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The Washington times., 1934-08-21
The Best Polo Pony
Is the Bold Polo Pony,
Says DeUereur MiLburn

NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Some-
body asked Devereux Milburn
at a luncheon yesterday what
he considered the most import
ant quality in a polo pony, and
Mr.. Milburn replied, "boldness."
Having been an international
star himself and one of the two
or three outstanding American
players of the game, the ia
nous old time back of polo'S
big Four" did not add that
boldness was also necessary
quality of the man on the
horse.
Yet is it obviously true. Bold
horses and bold men make
great polo combination and
great teams. It was what made
Milburn'S own name familiar
to the world of sport in the gay
days before the war, and before
the words polo and Poland be-
came coupled in the batting as
q vaudeville joke.
For if it was the late Tod
Sloan, boulevardier and jockey
extraordinary, who first showed
a startled England the monkey
on a stick" method of riding
the running horse, it was De-
vereux Milburn who taught
them to hit a polo ball from
the iron," meaning stirrup. Or
Rather it was Milburn who set
the example for them in 1909
They have been trying to learn
ever since without startling sue
cess.
Without knowing any more
about polo than a fellow sees
from the grandstand after three
or four cocktails and heavy
lunch, I imagine that Milburn'S
style was to the British what
Babe Ruth's home running
would be to the precise one-base
hitting of Willie Keeler.
Both styles have their advan-
tages and adherents. BY that
mean it is possible to slug the
ball over the fence so often that
nobody cares. But whether you
like the crashing attack or not,
1t remains a mathematical fact
that you can't offset four-hase
hits with one-base hits.
A Touch of Drama
A touch of drama:
At the moment Milburn is
chairman of the committee of
three which is selecting from
the current test matches the
all-East team that will meet
the West on the eighth, twelfth
and, possibly, fifteenth of Sep
tember at Meadowbrook.
The chairman and one of his
associates, F. S. Won Stade, ad-
mitted at this lunch yesterday
that they were having their
troubles in hitting on the right
four.
However, if the committee in
charge of naming the East's
team will pardon a suggestion,
here it is:
Why not drop Milburn him
self in there at back for at
least one of these games?
It certainly would add
touch of drama that would
bring the old-time polo addicts
galloping all the way from
Tahiti, and at around so, Mil
burn still is just a Sun-tanned
youth. Why, I am practically
40 myself, and my mother still
complains about my staying
out nights. Which, I hasten to
add, 1 seldom do on account
Of all the places closing up so
early in the summer time.
But Tommy Hitchcock at SO"
and Milburn at back" what a
pair that would make for the
East to send out there against
those slashing, tearing rough
riders from the dude ranches
OF the new West.
That will be something no
lover of sport could afford to
miss, for, while I don't think
there is any real doubt that
he will appear in these East
West matches, 1 have a hunch
The Washington times., 1934-08-21
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
COBB WITH ATLANTA

Bill Cobb, who pitched for and
managed the Sebring club of the
Orange Belt League in Florida,
is a new member of the Atlanta
Crackers pitching staff.
The Washington times., 1934-08-21
PIRATES SCORE
PIRATES
Totals "a 82415 Totals. SO Is ~ 7
1Batted for Babich in eighth.
2Batted for Strip in ninth.

Brooklyn ......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 o ID
Pittsburgh ........ OOO2 Ks
Error - LavagettO. Runs-Cuccinello,
Koenecke, LindstrOm, Vaughan. Suhr,
LavagettO, Grace (2). Runs batted in
L. Waner, p. Waner (2), Lopez, Theve-
now. Grace, Suhr Tremark. TwO-base
hits-FrederiCk, KOenecke. Three-base
hit-LOpez. Sacrifice hit-Swift. Hits
Off Babich, 8 in 6 innings; off Carroll,
4 in 2 innings; off Clark, 2 in no in
nings (nOne out in SEVENTH. Bases on
balIs-Off Babich, 3: off Swift, l. off
Clark. 1. Struck Out-By Swift. Z; by
Babich, 3. Left on base-BrOOklyn, 6;
Pittsburgh, IL: Wild pitch-CarrOll.
Time-1:57.. Umpires - Pfirman and
Stark. Attendance - 1000. Winning
piteher-Swift. Losing pitcher-Babich.
The Washington times., 1934-08-21
TIGERS ON AIR

The Boston-Detroit game today
Is being broadcast over Station
WJSV, starting at 2 p. m, spon-
Sored by the Peoples Drug Stores.
The Washington times., 1934-08-21
Major League Statistics
nncIuding Yesterdays Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE

%Games behind leader.
Yesterdays Results
(NO games playedD.
TOday's Games
St. Louis at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
(OnIy games schedule6.
The Washington times., 1934-08-21
NEW YORK.PA. LEAGUE
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Memphis. s: Atlanta, 4.
New Orleans, i: Knoxville. 2.
Nashville, 6; Little Rock, 2.
The Washington times., 1934-08-21
HURT SLIDING

Making a needless slide into
home plate on an attempted
double steel, Charley Sheerin Of
the Atlanta Crackers twisted his
kneecap.
The Washington times., 1934-08-21
CQRUM,S
, Which Also Goes For
The Men Who Ride the
POnieS-EGSt Us. West

that Hitchcock, too, is about
ready to hang his mallet on
the trophy room wall.
The Washington times., 1934-08-21
Leading Hitters

*One-third inning. +TwO-thirds inning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
Mischievous Idle. Hands

The last few years have been conducive to lawlessness. Nothing will drive per son to crime more quickly than a lack or interest. How many thousands of young boys and even girls have found themselves with so much free time of recent years that they drifted slowly but surely into paths which only lead to ruin? The con- dition is as true right here in Waterbury as in Podunk or Painted Post Human nature is hard to change in all this wide world
 What to do with the leisure hours IS a problem that has been solved. There are many diversions with which we endeavor to interest the boy and the girl during the years in which an outlet must be provided for impetuous energy. But there are so many indications that we have failed m some respects that the future IS often dls- couraging. We read every day ot the many episodes of law-breaking in which the young man plays an important part. One crime only leads to another, usually more serious. ...-..
 The ultimate end is prison No one ever escapes the long arm of the law. II only we could bring that point home to all those boys who are tempted to engage Tn highway robbery, holdups, thefts, and the like. But they seldom think far enough ahead for that. Their only thought IS TOT the present. We are faced With so- cial problem of grave consequences to the nation. It is good thing that our many social agencies realize it and are working to maintain the high standard of the American youth There is work for all of us in this campaign against wayward- ness in our boys and girls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
The State Of New England

We wonder how nearly correct Cover nor Wilbur l.. Cross was in predicting at a future day New England as one large state. Right now it seems like revolu- tionary statement, but more mature minds would contemplate the idea at length and finally come to the decision that the gov ernor isn't very far from the truth. It is, of course, impossible to predict with any degree of accuracy the political ram ifications that will bind us by 1850 or 1875.
 There is no doubt but what economic interests are linking everyone of the SIX states in the New England group closer together. That ultimately some sort ot union to make uniform the many neces- sary restrictions and laws will be forth coming is but a natural occurrence. 1T it be jump of the imagination to extend this economic and industrial tie-up to the political order we must also confess that many of the events that have come to pass in this nation were also such flights oi fancy at one time.
 In the old days the creation of detl- nite area into territory and later into state was somewhat of an epoch. Our continental possession is now pretty well divided up, although there is no reason why such procedure as carving large ssate like Texas up into smaller ones should not be done. That would automat- ically provoke the query from New Eng flanders why they should be put in one large and perhaps unwieldy (from gov erning sense) state.
 This business of fooling with territorial lines is a. risky one. The mere suggestion that counties be abolished, even in Con- necticut which only boasts eight small ones, always causes an outbreak of crltl- cism. If we did eliminate our counties. though, we'd save money for the taxpayer, but discommode the politician. The same ugly head will naturally be reared if ever there comes an attempt to create the State of New England. Perhaps in twenty more years we may have divorced politics from many aspects of government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
ChuckleCorner
CAN YOU IDENTIFY By Clara Blanchard

The WAtertown woman who. suffering stormy voyage return ing from France, began right there taking an active interest in the berth control movement?
 The Newtown guy who inspired this tribute from his friend: He's so generous he'd give a friend the sleeves out of his newest vest"
 The Cape Cod Irish chauffeur receiving last-minute instructions from his employer going abroad? The employers final instruction was, "In case of fire, wire the broker.". But Mike interrupted, Whats the matter with calling the fire department?"
 The weary business man of Vine street, who sums up. his amazing success thus: He pays 80 per cent to the wholesaler, 19.9 per cent for overhead, licenses and code assessments to allow him legally to work eighteen hours a day. The rest he can spend to support his family in the style they're getting accustomed to-providing he does mt have to donate to some chari- table project.
 The Millville dark-skinned lad who, hearing a friend was quitting his job as chauffeur, applied for it? Gan you drive a carr" asked the employer. NO" answered the dark one, "but An can play a violin"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

little but bob awlxwardly about upon the water In rough sea, all but the strong are soon tired out. The crude jacket will not support their heads. Thus many die when they should be able to float and rest safely.
 Nearly all commercial ships use these primitive devices. The Coast Guard is said to have a much better preserver, easier to put on, snugly conforming to the shape of the body, supporting the wearer's head in the water and permitting easy swimming. Why should not such pre- servers be adopted universally?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
Sensible Life Preservers

If the victims of the Morro Castle dis aster were classified, it might be found that as many were killed by life pre- servers as by fire or water. Witnesses have told of seeing large numbers or passengers jumping overheard with ore servers on and never reappearing, or hanging in the water head downward with their feet entangled, or bobbing about on the waves dead with their heads hang ing upon the useless cork jackets.
 Every landlubber who has ever tried on me, of these jackets knows how difficult it is to get them on right, and properly fled. And any person who has ever i1naped overheard in one knows how awk- ward they are. The thick cork plates in fheir canvas frame make sort of strait iacket. In Jumping from high deck, the hlow from the water may shove 1t up acainst the wearer's chin ard knock hin se61seless. If he escapes that danger, and has the strings nronerlv tied he can do
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
Press Comment
RICHARD T. HIGGINS
(Hartford Courant)

When in 1911 the public utilities commission of Connecticut super seded the railroad commission with enlarged powers. Richard T. Hig- gins became it chairman. That position he continued to hold up to his death on Sunday. Republican administrations followed his ori- ginal appointment as democrat at the hands of Governor Baldwin, but there was never thought of displacing him, such was his repu- tation for fairness and integrity. Prior to assuming his semi- judicial office he had been house leader of the democratic party in the legisla- ture. where he displayed both abil- itly and tact, Then. as in subse- quent years his devotion to the public interests was recognized.
 In the position he occupied it was always easy for some to say that consciously or unconsciously he permitted himself to be swayed by corporate influences, but those who knew the man could never be persuaded of that. He had a too strong sense of right and wrong to do otherwise than his intelligence and conscience dictated. He was a student of his subject, thoroughly informed where critics might be ignorant. What were the facts and what should be tn Judgment based upon them? That was all he cared to know. In pursuing this course he gained for himself respect and public confidence that those seek ing political ends could not destroy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
Madrid Letter
By JAN H. YINDRICH

United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 Madrid (UP)-Grandee of Spain and railway engine driver-such is the Duke of Zaragoza, Don Jose Maria Mencos y Rebolledo de Palafox, who also bears the titles of Condo de los ArcOs and Marques de Lazan y de Canizar.
 A short, stockily built man, with sunburnt face and humorously sparkling eyes, the engine driver duke, who also Is lawyer and sol- ider, spueaks English, French and Spanish with bewildering rapidity and without the slightest accent.
 Autographed Pictures
 His conversation isf punctuated continually by interruptions as he Jumped up from his seat to hand me a photograph showing him chatting with the late King AL bert of the Belgians at a wayside station, or talk to. the Prince of the Asturias on the footplate of the royal train, or the latest photograph taken of former King Alfonso XIII.
 q have driven railway trains for 2,139,288 kilometers and have not had one accident" he said.
 For "A years have driven royalty. I was born in Pamplona on July 13, 1876, and from eight was interested in railway engines. I used to ride on the footplate and knew all the engine drivers in the district. I soon decided that there was no more interesting life than that of an engine driver.
 "But my father wanted him to be lawyer, so went to Jesuit college in Bilbao where I studied for five years, alongside Senor Gil Robles, father of the present lead CT of the Popular Action political party.
 Engineer in 1895
 "In 1895 I began as an engine company. After one years driv- ing, I became an inspector and three years ago I was made chief locomotive inspector.
 "The first time I drov royalty was in 1906, when King Alfonso XIII and his new queen went to San Sebastian. After that drove all the royal trains and any spe- cial trains carrying visiting cele- brities. In 1915 King Alfonso ac- companied me on the footplate between two stations near Burgos and in 1919 the Prince of the As turias travelled on the tender near Segovia."
 The Duke of Zaragoza showed me a golden cigarette case auto graphed by Stresemann be- queathed to him in his will. He pointed out the autographed photograph of Aristide Briand, souvenir of the French states mans visit in 1929. The King of Denmark, King of Sweden and the Shah of Persia are other members of reigning houses whom Spanis aristocratic railwayman has driven
 The title of Duke of Zaragoza was created in 184S. being be- slowed upon the present holders maternal grandfather. General Jose Rebolledo de Palafox. Captain General of Aragon, for his defense of zaragoza against the armies of Napoleon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Minnapolis banks. And these banks have notes of most of these employers.
 "Now my suggestion for breaking this thing up is for Jesse Jones to get in touch, with these bankers and notify them that the government does not intend having its loans impaired by employers who are willing to cut their throats to spite their noses."
 Olson's friends say positively that Jones did confer with cer- tain Minneapolis bankers.
 What, if anything, the REC chairman said, is not related. But it is a fact that five days after the Olson telephone talk with Roosevelt the employers suddenly reversed themselves, accepting a settlement proposed by gover me n negotiators which they had previously re- fused to consider.
 CROSSED HOES
 The New Deal having gone very Navy-minded, latest inno- vations are official flags for the attorney-genera land the post master-general. to be flown by all naval vessels when these off, cers are aboard.
 At which the old-line officers of the navy have had. no little laugh. They point out that the postmaster-genera flag carries the figure of a pony-express rid- n n1n of a frt l. lop-over the ocean waves.
 The only cabinet member who hasn't an official naval flag at present is the secretary of agri- culture. It ought to be no. trouble to devise one, chuckle several admirals. Specifically, they sug- gest:
 Crossed hoes over a row of cotton, and gravestone inscrib- ed "Thc Three Little Pigs"
 BRUTAL LANGUAGE
 The thing that got Cordell Hull's goat most in the senate munitions investigation was the allegation that George V of Eng land had influenced the Polish ambassador to buy guns from a British rather than an American concern.
 The cable I received from the British" Hull told the com mittee in secret session, twas brutal in it's tone. It will be a long time before the British peo- pie forget this gratuitous slight of their king" z
 On the whole, however, the secretary of state has given sympathetic and complete co. operation to the munitions com mittcc.
 Some members of the commit tee itself, however, have had a slight tendency toward cold feet. Several names of those receiv- ing Commissions" have b be n withheld, one or two American officials have been protected. Senator Vandenberg, of Michi- gan, especially. showed signs of pulling his punch on the du-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19
A Book a Day
Galsworthy's Final Trilogy Published
 -Ry RRI,CE CAPTION

The last three novels of the late John Galsworthy are now avail able in one-volume edition
 These novels-"Maid in Waiting
 "Flow ering Wilderness" and
 lover the River"-Twhich tell the story of Dinny Charwell and con- trive, also, to give an inDian sum-
 mer picture of the England that the goth century killed, are group ed as trilogy, End of the Chap ter" (Scribner's; $3).
 There is not much point in dis cussing them to any length here They are Galsworthy in his final stage = urbane. melancholy, re.
 signed, a little tired, like the so. ciety of which he wrote.
 For very gentle and sentiben- tally pleasant bit of arm chaii travelling, you could do much worse than read My Normandy" by
 Mary Cabde Dennis (Dutton; $2) This little book consists of a series of sketches of the people, the GUS. toms, and the countryside of Nor. ! mandy, and it reflects an honest love for a charming and pictures. que bit of the old world.
 Current literary gossip .Scrib. ner's anticipates such a huge de.
 mand for Herbert Hoover's forth. coming book that the first print.
 ing will total 75,00O copies
 Paul Angles American Song" is
 selling like popular murder story
 rather than like book of poems
 5000 copies having been sold te
 date .. Lionel Houser, reporter
 and author, went to California fol his vacation this summer and wa.
 immediately ordered to San Fran.
 cisco to cover the general strike That over. his publisher wired hin to start a new novel, and he got orders for three short stories. The ] vacation will ha taken later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

O. Where do the former royal families of Spain and Austria re- side? 1
 A. The royal family of Spain resides at Fontaine- Bleau, France; and the royal family of Austria lives in Steenockerzeel, Belgium.
 O. Who holds the woman's world altitude record for a para chute jump?
 A. Miss Smaranda Braescu. of Rumania, who jumped at a height of 24,000 feet.
 { O.. Where are the deepest coal and salt mines in the world?
 A. The deepest salt mine is salo to be one near Berlin, Germany, 4,157 feet. The deepest coal mine, 4,108 feet, is in Belgium.
 O. Who played the role of the Patriarch" in the silent motion picture .The Miracle Man ?"
 A. The late Joseph Bowling.
 @. Which is older the Appala- chian or Rocky Mountains.
 A. The Rocky Mountains are not sold as the Appalachians. o. When and to whom was the widow of John Jacob Astor mar
 A. To Enzo Fiermonte, an Ital- ian prize-fighter. November 27, 1893.
 Q. Who is the American Con- sul- General at Calcutta, India? A. Arthur c. Frost.
 O.. Why Is Labor Day always the first Monday in September?
 A. That day is specified in the act of congress establishing this national holiday.
 o. Are children born of Amer ican parents in foreign country American citizens?
 A. Yes.
 0. When it is 12 o'clock noon in Washington, D. C., what time is it in Los Angeles, Calf?
 A. Nine A. M.
 o. Where was the motion pie ture 'Napoleon" produced, that was exhibited in the U. s. in 1929, and who played the leading role
 A. The picture was produced by a French Film Company with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-19

Washington, Sept. 19-Several close friends of the president did their best to prevent him from sailing. to- the International Yacht Races on the yacht Nour- mahal last week end.
 To travel on Vincent Astor's floating palace to Newport. summer. mecca of millionaires, while thousands of textile work CTS were on strike, seemed to them bad politics.
 What they thought was espe- cially bad was the fact that serious rioting in the textile strike was taking place in Rhode Island just few miles from Newport.
 SOLUTION
 Some of these same advisers especially the more adventurous liberals = privately are urging ! what they assert is a sure-fire solution of the stalemated tex tile strike.
 These elements place the blame for failure of settlement squarely on the shoulders of the employers.
 They contend that only the mill operators refusal to recog- nize unions is holding up possi- bility of peace settlement.
 Therefore, the thing to be done they contend, is to soften up'' the employers by indirect gov ermnent pressure.
 To this end, they propose the bold scheme of the government renting idle mills in strategic strike centers, putting EZRA unemployed to work manufac- turing cotton cloth for the needy. EZRA workers, they say, already are manufacturing mat tresses, shoes, furniture. Why not textiles?
 AUDACITY
 The audacity of this plan faxes administration militants not at all. Probably there is no chance of Roosevelt adopting it; but they declare that similar tactics were responsible for breaking the deadlock in the turbulent Minneapolis teamsters' strike.
 They claim that blond, statu- esque Floyd Olson, farmer-lab- orite governor of Minnesota. after exhausting his patience with the employers, finally call ed up Roosevelt.
 ''Mr President" he said. "We are in a bad jam here, getting nowhere fast. The REC is hold ing considerable paper of these