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The Washington times., 1934-09-07

Arthur Dutch" Bergman, OF
Catholic University, finds that it
is difficult to escape blisters: his
men have sore feet after three
days Of practice.
Punters Are Scarce
Jack Hagerty, Of Georgetown,
searches for a punter; punters
are hard to find these days, es-
pecially on the Georgetown squad.
Jack Faber, Of Maryland, won
ders about a backfield; as a rule
Maryland turns out a pretty fair
backfield, and. there is that
rather swift young man, Mr.. Earl
Widmyer.
Among G. WIS four fullback
candidates is one Ray Hanken.
He weighs 100 pounds. He is
fast. He is a ripper. He hits
'em, does Mr.. Hanken. How good
is he? Well, he's so good that
none other than Lone Star DietZ,
who coaches the Boston Braves
professionally team, states that
Mr.. Hanken right now is capable
of filling Cliff Battles shoes. If
you happen to know anything Of
Mr.. Cliff Battles, we need not
The Washington times., 1934-09-07
DELAY FAVORS
'LARN|N
BY HYPE IGOE

NEW YORK, Sept. when
rain came to force a postpone
ment of the great Christmas fund
welterweight extravaganza, it was
Jimmy McLarnin who grinned
widest. He will have taken on
three or four added pounds by
tonight.
It is doubtful if last nights de-
lay afforded Barney Ross any
added weight. He was a bit over
stuffed, in my opinion, when he
came in at 14O yesterday. Right
along, he has been hitting 1873 in
training, and I think the two ex-
ira pounds, had he fought last
night, would have hurt him more
than they would have done him
good. He should have dried out
to about 1877.
Added weight, on the contrary,
helps McLarnin, though the
chances are that at 145A, he
came in at a perfect notch. II
he weighed 145 for Young Corbett
the night he won the title from
him in California, it is certain
that he was right when he
weighed 1851 for Ross yester-
day.
When McLarnin scaled 145A
there was a rush among the wise
men of Broadway to do a little
hedging on their Ross bets.
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the moment they can't get out
Of the downtown cocktail hooks.
What learned at the Polo
Grounds in that 2 to l JintS-
Cubs game I shall incorporate
in a report which I don't wish
to compile until after I have
watched the remainder of the
series as well as the Sunday
game with Cards. 1t Is my pur'
pose to thoroughly investigate
these Jints, then go into one
of my customary frances and
come out with the answer to
the world series against the
Detroit Tigers.
There's nothing like learning
all about these things somewhat
ahead, so that one and all may
know exactly on whom to wager
the family plate as against a
long hard winter and six or nine
tons Of anthracite.
But we were discussing the
Ross -McLarnin fight, weren't
we? Oh, yes, it comes off to.
night, weather permitting. II
not then, the first clear night
and with all the new shows on
Broadway, say nothing Of the
fascinating styles of Fifth Ave
nue., I wouldn't care if we did
have a spell Of weather and were
forcel to hang around, say, un-
til about Monday night.
To get along to subject at
hand, however, there is a lot of
talk going on about the Ross
McLarnin nuptials, but that
what it mostly iS-talk. In a
town where you can't believe
half you hear nor much that
you see, the safest plan Is TO
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The Washington times., 1934-09-07
Surgeons Are Stunned
By Recovery Of
Earl Combs
Bv FRANK "BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Stof Writer

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Sept. HE bred in old KentucA
this prematurely gray haired young with the gntnt
blue eyes, He lived his life in the blue grass of that storied
The Washington times., 1934-09-07
HeyWGoDownEiHn
And That Is All
Anyone Asks
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

NEW YORK, Sept. 7-They heating over the Ross
Mcarnn fight shortly after supper tonight and while that
might sound like serving hash out Of last nights steak no
The Washington times., 1934-09-07

fight crowd is NOT IN town
For a team that is going into
o world series before another
month has passed, the Giants,
with the third-place and by-no-
means-out-of.the-race Cubs drew
q paltry 1881 customers. In the
wide-spreading Polo Grounds
you couldn't find them with a
magnifying glass.
A Swell Drink
During the game a lady
stepped in for the ostensible
purpose of powdering her nose
and drank two ounces Of iodine
instead. 1t was reported she
was despondent because only
7,781 came out to see them
there "Jints." My deduction,
therefore, is that if there's a
fight crowd in New York at
The Washington times., 1934-09-07
Naval Air Wins
SOftball Title

The Naval Air Station players
are the District Softball cham
pions today. They won the cham
pionship when the Playground
Supervisors forfeited to the Sailors
yesterday. The Sailors will be
awarded the washington Herald
trophy
The Washington times., 1934-09-07
Showers Nay
Halt WeIter
Fight Again

NEW YORK, Sept. THE
weather man was none too OPP
timistic this morning that they'd
be able to stage the Barney
Ross-Jimmy McLarnln welter-
weight title fight tonight. The
bout was originally scheduled to
have been held last night, but
was put off because Of rain.
The forecast read:
'MOstI cloudy, probably &C.
CaSiOnal showers Friday and
Saturday"
The Washington times., 1934-09-07
GUZMAN HERE
FOR BOUT

Baby Joe Guzman is in town
and frankie ("Kid') Coveli will
be here Sunday. The two meet in
the 10-round star bout of the Rid
ing and Hunt Club card Tuesday
night. Guzman will complete his
training at the Mohawk A. c.,
where yesterday he boxed three
rounds each with Tony Lopez and
Carl Gugginia.
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wished that some other hitter coming t0FFank Buk O
the plate when the Yankees had the bases loaded
hit meant the ball game.
At the present hour Combs convaescng in st. John Hos
pal from fractured skull and shattered cavce sustained
when he crashed into the left field fence July He
going to play again next year The physicians him of
that and in giving their they shake their heads
and prepare to write chapter in medical history
The Washington times., 1934-09-07

land where horses run fasCer than those Of
any other realm, and where chivalry treads
its stately measures squirting the beauty of
the country through life. He is Earl B.
Combs, of the Yankees, and right now one
of marvels Of America to the medical pro-
fession.
You've seen Combs many time at Crit
filth Stadium, racing with the speed of a
Kentucky thoroughbred to spear a far driven
ball.
You've seen him lash savagely into offer,
ings of Griff pitchers. Perhaps you We
The Washington times., 1934-09-07

their respective cns through the ropes to be used as COM
munity targets.
Because of the charitable nature of their scheduled 10
round bout am sorry to break down and adhere to
such facts as seem to suggest themselves with respect to the
probable attendance.
sneaked myself up the Polo Grounds yesterday after
noon to watch the New York Jn and Cubs through IL
innings of very tight baseball before their staemate could
be thawed out while there became quite convinced the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09
A Dress and Matching Sun Suit
See Shirley Temple at
APOLLO Theatre in
stand Up and Cheer''-Now Playing.
Nov I'll Tell by Mrs. Arnold ROthstein"
Beginning Friday.


SAVING? She's school dress off and she's ready play
white mOaddO
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
appy NeW Year! We're Going FOrWard in 1884!

they had fought doggedy but the battle was we'll
nigh lost.
Unemployment increasing. Distress and desti-
tuition everywhere in the land Business was at
a standstill
There was little hope and that hope was based
vaporous optimism.
How different conditions today!
Millions have gone back to paying jobs
Factories are once again in production
Stores and shops have felt the turn and sales of big
and little units are growing and expanding.
Destitution and distress which running homes
and driving individuals to distraction have been greatly
curtailed.
Old 1888 the crisis come on and saw the start of
the recovery.
The old year saw the country sinking into state Of
semiparalyss.
It saw the spirit and ambition of America nearly
stfled under blanket of despond.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Bachelors Heaven

D6CnCAUES 4AG0NCA
Some day, I shall not be sur
prised to hear that all the
bachelors in America have sud-
denly and secretly sailed for
Russia.
Russia-where there are no
wedding-bells! The Bachelors
Heaven!
Russia-where you just slip
on your office-coat, run down to
a registrars office at lunch-time
and sign up-and there you are!
Married! Until you care to be
unmarried.
No Lohengrin to face! No
mother-in-law stuff! No hope.
chests and linen showers and
engagement paroles and en-
graved invitations. No waiting
and wondering, with your heart
in your throat, whether the
bridegroom will show up on
time or half an hour late with
six or seven bracers aboard!
No shopping and fittings and
selecting of bridesmaids and
color schemes. No wedding gifts
to try to live down or to throw
at each others heads after the
honeymoon.
No photographs and snap
shots and gushy write-ups in
the newspapers. No honeymoon
trip. to run you into debt or to
give you time to wonder if you
haven't made a fatal mistake.
No old shoes and rice and tire
some practical jokes. None Of
the ancient inquisitorial tor
lures, through, which women
and the conventions have been
putting men for centuries. Rus
sia-the land of the free and
the grave of the home!
theoretically, I'm all FOR It.
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By T. E. Powers
By Helen Rowland

I mean this idea of taking a
wedding as casually as you'd
take a morning stroll or an
afternoon bridge-tea. A SHOW
WEDDING has nothing more
to do with making a happy mar
riage than a show-funeral has
to do with getting you into
Heaven
And yet, thert is something
atavistic and sentimental about
every normal woman's nature.
which inspires her to want to
make a beautiful ceremony of
the most vital act of her life.
The girl who just steps off and
diSpenSes with all the "frillS"
of a beautiful wedding, misses
one of life'S greatest thrills.
No matter how badly her
marriage may turn out, the
memory of her wedding is
always a beautiful thing. to a
woman. Even after she has
divorced her husband. she can
sentimentalize over her we'd
ding day and take out her
wedding-gown in q eamy
ecstasy of remembrance.
A man, on the other hand,
would like to soft-pedal the
whole thing-and he's heart
and soul for the Russian
theory, where you register"
your emotions by merely sign
ing a register. He wants to
get through the red-tape as
quickly and quietly as possible.
For him. a wedding is just an
embarrassing quarter = of an
hour not a Big Moment.
That's why Soviet Russia may
some day look like a haven to
the timid bachelor.
Copyright. 1884. by King Features
SyHdicats41
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

Before we can do 1t!
So one needn't be a prophet
To know that this
Is going to be
The toughest year
We've ever had
On human selfishness and silli-
ness,
Laziness and greediness,
Ignorance, intolerance,
Cruelty and conceit.
This year will call our bluff
Your bluff, my bluff,
Everybody's bluff.
We've pretended to be civilized;
We've pretended to be Chris
tians;
We've pretended to be
Ladies and gentlemen.
Whereas, actually we've been
Savages in breech cloutS.
Now we've come
To the end of that:
We've gotten so mean
We've spoiled our own racket,
And we've got to change
Or go bye-bye.
So now I'm facing
The toughest year
I've ever faced
A year that will make
Or break me
But, if can take it,
This year will also be
The greatest year Of my life.
For here's a chance
To take my place
In building a new world
A cleaner, kinder, braver world.
And here's my chance
To grow, with that new world,
Away from my weakness,
Stupidity and unkindneSs.
Away from my jungle hiding,
Into q place in the sun.
Copyright. 1894. by King Features
Syndicat0.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

of year, Elsie Robinson
Different from any other year
In human history.
We have come to the end
OF the other kind of years.
We have come to the end
OF jungle years
And jousting years;
OF sentimental years
And years of ruthless grabbing;
And now, at last,
We're going to try
The tremendous experiment
OF civilization.
We're going to try to stop
Being infants or savages.
And live grown up
All for each,
And each for all
Which listens lovely:
But what terrible beating
Wen have to take
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
House of Representatives
Hampered By Own Bulk
RI Tn1,ooe r Williams Tr
BIZ James T. Williams, T.

II the New Deal" is to
include the legislative branch
of the Government, it might
well begin by reducing the
membership Of the House of
Representatives to approx
mately one-half its present
number.
At least one-half Of the
present membership of the
House imposes upon the Ameri-
can people an utterly unneces-
sary expense. What is worse,
it imposes upon the Federal
Government a serious handicap
in the enactment Of sound legis-
lation.
The numerical strength of
the House today is 435 Repre-"
sentatives. This is based upon
an apportionment of one Rep"
resentative to every 100000
inhabitants.
Fewer and Better
If there were one Represent
ative to every 100000 inhab-
itants, there would be fewer
and better Representatives, and
the American people would get
better legislation at much lower
cost.
It costs the American people
more than seven million dol
lars a year to maintain the
House of Representatives at
its present strength. More
than half of this amount goes
to pay the salaries of Repre-
sentatives. Additional hundreds
of thousands go to pay the
salaries of the clerks and other
employees of the House.
If there were one Represen-
tative to every 100000 inhab-
itants, the leadership of the
House would be improved, the
standard of its membership in
creased and the approximately
26O Representatives such an ap-
portionment would provide
would be an all-sufficient num-
her to discharge the legislative
duties of the so-called popular
branch of Congress.
Take the State Of Arizona
for an example. There is only
one Representative in Congress
from this, the youngest State
in the Union. But the people
of Arizona are more ably rep
resented today by Mrs. John G.
Greenway than many States
which are represented IN Con
gress by three or four Repre-
sentatives.
other States which are rep
resented in Congress by only
one Representative are Wyom'
ing, Vermont, Nevada, New Mex
leo and Delaware. .o-
Reducing the House from 4SS
members to 26O members Woulo
result in the abolition OF a mum
ber of useless and expensive
committees. It would enaple
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

the House to transact much
more business in Committee Of
the Whole. More public ques-
tions that are discussed mostly
in committee could be ventilated
by thorough debate on the floor
of the House than is possible
with a membership Of 435.
A survey of the House at the
last session shows that most Of
it's real work was done by less
than half it's membership. The
other half either blindly fol-
lowed their leaders or those
blocs of voters who sent them
to Congress.
BY cutting the House of Rep
resentatives in two, Congress
men would be compelled to
give more attention to ma
tional legislation and less to
local chores.
Up To People
The larger the membership
of the House, the easier it iS
for county and local politicians
to determine who shall be
nominated and elected. And the
larger the membership of the
House, the greater is the con-
troll over it's deliberations which
county and local politicians are
able to exercise.
Never was there a time when
the American people more
needed Representatives in Con-
gress with a national point Of
view, a patriotic vision and
that ability which distinguished
Abraham Lincoln and enabled
him throughout his public life
always "to see the country
WHOLE"
It is estimated that there are
less than 100 members Of the
present House who possess the
training, ability or inclination
"to see the country whole"
Most of the members of the
House, on the contrary. see the
country through the keyhole Of
their own political organization.
Much more than half the time
of a majority of the members Of
the present House is spent in
doing minor errands for county
and local politicians and for the
special interests which this polito
ical horde of office holders
represent.
Many of the most important
measures enacted by Congress
year after year are rewritten IN
the Senate because the member
ship of the House is too large
for it's machinery to operate et-
fectively.
It is too much to expect that
Representatives in Congress will
vote to reduce their number. To
reduce the House SO that there
will only be one Congressman
for every 500, 900 inhabitants is
a progressive achievement that
only the people themselves can
bring about.
Copyright, The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
ONCE OVERS

laugh as you will a sense Of
resentment.
Your remarks are too trivial
to be worth picking up, but they
leave a bad taste in the mouth.
All of this may be your af-
fair if you choose to play such
a role.
But if you are aiming to have
more than a local good stand"
ing it won't get you anywhere
and will be an actual set back
to your ambitions.
None care to run the risk Of
your tongue in playful mood.
Those nearest to you may
love you too much to tell you
all this or they may have be-
come accustomed to your un-
kind jibeS and know they are
said without rancor.
But most people have some
regard for the target.
Copyright, 1888, KinE Features
Syndicate. 1De.9
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
The Human Side of the News
Junges Hold Secrets of '"The Real People"
By Edwin C.. Hill

in Central America. Where
did they get it? This race,
this people, who called them
selves "The Real People," re-
mains one of the great mys-
teries of tn whole sweep Of
human life. A few drops of
their blood flow sluggishly in
the veins of the shy, dull
tribes that creep about the
jungles, among the fragments
of palaces where kings walked
alive, trotting in from the hills
on market day, as c. E. Scog-
gins writes in his great novel,
"The Red Gods Call" the
women with slant-eyed, flat
faced babies on thier backs and
burdens on their hea Is; the
men lopeing along under loads
that would crush a mule.
Dumb. Stupid. The life
crushed out of them. Building
nothing; knowing nothing of
their fathers, who set up monu-
ments to bearded kings. Elk"
plorers come, spectacled white
men, trying to read the story
of the past, and these dead
people, who haunt the jungle
like ghosts, only stare at them
and answer DULY: 1--WE do not
know"
Nobody left to answer except
the idols squatting in the jungle,
half frog and half tiger, squat
ting and grinning over their
dark, impenetrable secrets, and
these shy, stupid, docile people,
knowing not even the names of
those monstrous gods their
fathers prayed to. Only the
jungle, with it's stealthy breath
ing, its eternal creeping-in, its
fatal invincibility-a ,idelesS
ocean into which things sink
and cease to be.
Jezebel
Owen Davis has written a
play, his three hundredth, about
a lady who set the pace for all
the Salomes, the Cleopatras, the
Du Barrys and the Nell Gwynns
whose wiles and wanton smiles
changed the fate of nations. At
the same time Harvard arChae-
ologists have unearthed in the
soil of Samaria, in the ancient
Kingdom of Israel, the very
palace in which this lively lady
practiced her destinations upon
kings and prophets.
Her name was Jezebel. You
may read about her in Chapter
9 of the Second Book of Kings,
a tale of tremendous drama. For
Jehu the mighty, rebelling
against her son, King Joram,
slew the king and set off in his
chariot, behind the laundering
hoofs of his great horses, for
this very palace that the Har-
ward people have brought to
light.
AS courageous as she was
wicked, Jezebel rouged her
cheeks and darkened her eyes
and donned her most beautiful
robes. And when Jehu came
storming up to the steps of the
palace she taunted him and
dared him. One tradition has it
that he rode her down under
the feet of his horses and the
iron-piked wheels of his chariot.
And so she passed from life, but
not from knowledge or even the
news.
And the news is given to such
strange condolences as this item
that a great playwright builds a
story around her, even in the
hour that a famed university
discovers the very stones upon
which her slim feet lightly
danced.
D. Copyright. 1894, King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
Won Nav Be Funny" Too

You May Be Funny" TOO
If your penchant is for max
ing sport of the peculiarities or
the infirmities of Others IL
might do you good to know the
general verdict
Your friends tolerate 1t oe-
cause you are like that"
To be sure. they have each
been hurt-it stung for a while:
perhaps some had a sense OF
humor and that outWelgheo
the cutting. mocking words.
In company. those who know
YOU least and do not know the
ones of whom you speak so
vividly derisive. for a time or
two will call you "lots of fun"
But when a loyal friend OF
those of whom you speak heart
lessly and disrespectfully, just
'in fun" hear your remarks.
you won't get 30 much Of .
The Washington times., 1934-01-01
WORDS OF WISE MEN

Immodest words admit of no
defense-for want of decency is
want of senSe.-Earl of Roscom-
mon.
In agriculture, if you do one
thing late you are late in all
thingS.-Cato.
It means less to a man where
he is born than how he can live.
The devil can cite scripture
for his purpoSe.-ShakeSpeare
The Washington times., 1934-01-01

That man who has never been
In danger cannot answer for his
courage.-La Rochefoucauld.
Cultivation is as necessary to
the mind as food to the body.
Cicero.
Suspense, the only insupport-
able misfortune of life. - Lord
Bolingbroke.
Hasty counsels are generally
followea by repentance.