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Evening star., 1934-08-22

~ RAWNY Lee Fleshman of
x Roger Heights, whom all but
a few unshakable adherents
predicted would flop in de-
fense of his Maryland horseshoe
fiinging title, Topped in a big way
last night in the final of the State
tournament at Brentwood.
Yeah, Topped 81 per cent Of his
irons on the stakes, with the result
that Rolph FARRELL, newly risen to
stardom and hot favorite, lost four
out of five games in spite of an excel
lent performance.
Today F1eshman loomed as lead
ing contender for the Metropolitan
Washington championship, goal of
every hoss shoe twirler in the Capital
and surrounding territory.
Turning on the pressure like true
champion, Fleshman for the first time
this season reached the form that car
ried him a year ago to the Maryland
title in The Evening Star tournament.
It seemed curtains for the champion
when FARRELL won the first game with
ease so to %, shooting "a ringers in
66 tosses, against % three-pointers for
Lee.
Coasts to Victory.
THEN the titleholder found him.
self. He fired GA percent ring
ers to take the second game,
5o-31, and performed almost as well
to win the third, 50-31. Once ahead,
he coasted. His ringer percentage
remained we'll over so as he grabbed
the fourth and fifth games, 50-22 and
50-38, to end the match.
FARRELL threw 46 per cent for the
five skirmishes.
The pitchers now will concentrate
on the Virginia championship, to be
contested tomorrow and Friday nights
on George c. Thompsons courts at
East Falls Church. Play tomorrow
night will start at 7:30 O'Clock with
16 high scorers in the qualifying
Evening star., 1934-08-22
Says He Cleared LOndOs' Path
adjimi, Suing Jim for $50, 800, Alleges He Was
Trial Horse to Determine Soft Mat Foes.

He then announced to those in
terested it was the only way he
could show the public he could
throw Sonnenberg, claiming the
latter had refused to meet him in
regular bout.
In his suit, Ladjin1i said he was
hired by the Londos interests to
wrestle matmen being considered
as opponents for big Jim. In that
way Ladjimi claimed, the board Of
strategy was able to choose only
those men he reported as inferior"
thus insuring one easy victory after
another for the title claimant.
Ladjimi charged he had not been
paid for these services from Sep
tember 2, 1880, to September 8,
1881.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
KUPCHIK CHESS LEADER

SYRACUSE, N. Y, August %
R.-Three games were decided in the
tenth round of the international tour
nament of the New York State Chess
Association, four being adjourned. A.
Kupchik, who leads, and Reuben Fine
of New York were the winners. One
game was recorded as drawn.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
YOUNG D. C. NETMEN
TAKE TWIN BEATING
Bow to Two Baltimore Teams.
Juniors by Q to 10 and
Boys by 4 to 5.
August 22.-Youthful

DALTTMORE, August 22.-Youthful
n Baltimore net men scored q twin
victory over Washington racket
swingers here yesterday on the Clifton
Park courts, routing the Capital City
Junior team 10 to 2, and coming from
behind in the Boys team tussle to
exc out a 5-to-4 win.
Four of the six boys single matches
we're won by the Washingtonians, but
the Baltimore lads made clean
sweep of the doubles. 1t was the first
intercity match in this class ever
played between local netmen and a
Washington team.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
as Pitt Peacock Fail in Amateur Tests Three National Upses
SERIES NOW ALL EVEN

Naval Air Station downed Northerns
and Farm Credit whipped Playground
Supervisors In games In the city soft
ball championship series yesterday,
tying UP the struggle with q victory
apiece for each Of the four contesting
teams.
No games are scheduled for today
but tomorrow Farm Credit will play
Naval Air Station on the latter mines
diamond and Playground Supervisors
will meet Northerns at RoSedale.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
Becomes A Coin Collector.

TINE boys have not actually trans
formed Mr.. OFT into a rainbow
since Mr.. Terry spoke those
words. but overnight they have made
coin collector of him. Numis-
maticians are supposed to be a little
screwy as a rule, and, if OFT can't
disappear and turn up three days
later in an alley in Skowhegan with
Evening star., 1934-08-22
1873 BY STEWART.
AT DENVER LEADS
Voigt, Homans, Emery Fail.
Quartet of Canadians
Among Qualifiers.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEw YORK, August 22.-The
nj front-line Of Americas anna
teur golfing army will be vir-
tually intact when the firing
begins In the national amateur cham
pionship at the Country Club Of
Brookline, Mass, September 10.
The annual 36-hole medal play sec
tional qualifying round, played yester-
day on % courses scattered through
out the Nation, found only there lead
ing golfers failing to make the grade
Gene Homans of Englewood, N. j.,
runner-up to Bobby Jones for the title
in 1880, and George Voigt, former
walker Cup player and one-time
Washington, D. c., star, both Of whom
were shut out in the New York dis
trict, and Walter Emery, former inter-
collegiate champion from Oklahoma,
who finished outside the fold at Tulsa.
Some Star Performers.
THERWISE there were no major
upsets as one favorite after an
other safely squeezed into the
field. Johnny Fischer and JacA West
land, members of this years Walker
Cup team, qualified In the Dayton and
CHICAGO districts, respectively; Johnny
Goodman, former national open cham
pion, and Rodney Bliss, at Omaha;
Charley Yates, at Atlanta; Jack Mum
ger, at Boston; Albert (Scotty) Camp
bell of Seattle, twice holder of the Ca
madam amateur crown, at New York,
where Rudy Knepper, Watts Gum
and other metropolitan leaders s!so
made the grade; Billy Howell and
Gene Vinson, Mississippi amateur and
open title holder, at Baltimore; Chuck
Kocsis, at Detroit; Maurice Mccarthy,
at Cleveland; Sam Perry. at Nashville;
Fred Haas and Leland Hamman, at
Dallas; j. Wood Platt, at Philadel-
phia, and George Dawson, at Chicago.
There'll be a Bobby Jones in the
tournament, too. Detroit's young star
of the same name as the Atlanta golf
ing machine, made the grade In his
home town. Four Canadians, Jack
Cameron and Gordon Taylor Of Mon
treal, Jack Nash Of London, Ontario,
and Phil Farley of Toronto, qualified
to Join G.. Ross Somerville of London,
Ontario, who, along with IL others,
including George Dunlap, the defend
ing title holder, was exempted from
the sectional tryouts.
Stanford Student Leads.
THE lowest score Of the day was
posted by Verne (Specs) Stew
art, Stanford University stu
dent from Albuquerque, who shot two
SOS for 1873 at Denver.
AL told I'll qualified in yesterdays
trials. Three others already had made
the grade in Honolulu's test but only
one of these three, Francis Brown,
plans to compete at Brookline.
The leader in each Of the 23 dis
tricts:
Evening star., 1934-08-22
virginia Places Six.

Where washington, as city, grab
bed of the major share of the IA
places, Virginia placed six lads among
the select. Billy Howell, the blond
Richmond youth who has been in
golfing obscurity for three years,
qualified with 1872. Charlie Kent. red
headed Richmond boy who led the
Evening star., 1934-08-22
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
T OS ANGELES, August a.
Picturing himself as a sort
of unpaid trial horse for the
prospective opponents of
Jim Londos, New York claimant to
the world heavyweight wrestling
title. Pete Ladjimi has filed suit
against Londos in Superior Court
here for $30,800.
In 1928, Ladjimi, a battle-scarred
veteran Of the grunt-and-groan
wars, met Gus Sonnenberg, then
rated as tops in the heavyweight
mat ranks, on a busy downtown
street corner and threw the former
Dartmouth gridder rather inglori-
ously.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
BOOK SOFT BALL SERIES.

The play-off for the championship Of
the Business Mems Soft Ball League
will get under way on the johnson
Playground Friday with Arcade Market
facing Wizard Locksmiths.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
WHELAN BECOMES PRO.

Tommy Whelan. former Catholic
University back1eld star, has signed
contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates
of the National Foot Ball League.
Evening star., 1934-08-22

field over the first round with 70,
made the grade safely with ISL.
Chandler Harper, the State cham
pion from Portsmouth, got in safety
with 153 although he was fading fast
at the end. Bobby Riegel, the Middle
Atlantic champ from Richmond, had
one Of the great rounds of the day
73 in the afternoon-to get in with
154, and young Dave Ewell, also from
Richmond, made the grade with 1872.
The two "f1oaters" who are outside
the local quota also qualified. They
were Davis H. Davis of Culver City,
Calf, and Jennings B. Gordon of At
lanta, both of whom bettered the top
score to get in.
And at the end Levi Yoder of Indian
Spring, who tied for last place at 155,
went out in a play-off which found
Spencer Overton, bespectacled Balti-
morean, winning the spot.
A FEW sidelights: Billy Dettweiler
IA borrowed Sister Helen's spade
mashie and putter to use at Five
Farms, so Helen's clubs now will play
in the national . Martin Mccarthy
now places Gene Vinson as his boy
hero Gene topped his tee shot on
the 422-yard sixteenth hole :. Martin
was walking with AL Treder of Manor
and laid AL 10 to 1 that Vinson
wouldn't get a 4 on the hole The
tall Mississippi lad holed an 8-footer
for the and Martin paid of he
needed it to win the medal =. Dick
Lunn was hopeless all day The
Chevy Chase lad, bothered by bad
arm, missed IL tee shots in the open
ing round of S6. you won't see Dick
do that often AS badly as he Is
playing, he is going to defend his Dis
trict championship next week .
Harry Pitt, who plays Five Farms bet
ter than any other amateur, was hope
lessly out of it all the way 4. Not hit
ting the ball at all well, Harry never
| had a chance Roger Peacock and
Miller Stevinson plan to go to Brook
line anyway to see the boys play
You could have gotten yourself about
10 to / that Peacock would get par
on either the ninth or tenth he
went 8 over par on those two holes.
no one can do that and qualify in such
a fast field And now Grantland
Rice will write another piece about
the drifting ghosts Of the Virginia
cavalry -. the Virginia boys played
well Billy Howell isn't the only
star the Old Dominion has.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
Giants Are Tinted Gray.

Giants Are Tinted Gray.
TNOR some years now, the Giants
r have been shutting along with
pretty drab group of athletes.
Shanty Hogan had little Of what it
takes at the ticket windows, but
Shanty no longer is a Giant. Hughie
McQuillan went his way a long time
ago, along with Stengel, Douglas,
Young, Kelly and Jack Scott.
Some of the current members
of the troupe, like Hubbell and
Jackson, have managed to draw
a little money because of their
merit and their personal popu-
larity.
Others, like OFT, Terry, Critz,
Moore, Mancuso and Schumacher can
play their heads of every day with
out multiplying the number of forms
in the Polo Grounds cash register to
any noticeable extent.
It's sad to think that you need
Evening star., 1934-08-22
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Giants, Seeking Needed Color, Turn OFT,
Ace of Team, Into Collector of Coins.
By JOHN LARDNER.

n YEW YORK, August 22.-They
nj have succeeded at last in
| Y pinning a sbit Of color on
Melvin Thomas OFT. It Is a
very pale mauve color. to be
sure, but any color at all is so much
velvet in the case of Ottie, the little
guy who bats well, fields well, throws
we'll, and never in his entire career
has done anything exciting nor
glamorous enough to draw customers
through the wicket on his own
account.
Melvin has been a problem child
to Bill Terry ever since William took
over the Giants and began coping
Evening star., 1934-08-22

a blue lizard tattoed on his knee, he
can at least collect lucky coins.
Ottie's first splash Of color
takes the form Of an elderly U.
s. two-penny coin, vintage Of
1864, the gift Of . Boston
admirer.
1t is said that the kid can, sock one
any time he comes to bat now, pro-
vided this rare fragment of Civil War
cash is lying in his pocket. 1t may
be true, and If it isn't it will give
the fans something to think about,
anyway.
1t used to be considerably easier to
acquire color. All Rube Waddell and
Phil Douglas had to do was follow
their inclinations. They always
wound up in paint-box. The un-
balanced Dizzy Dean and his kid
brother, who is far from Dizzy, can
attract public attention any time at
all simply by giving way to their
natural appetite for more dough.
Pepper Martin Is . highly
tinted character in his own
right, but he can touch up the
colOrs by pitching . couple Of
innings, with plenty Of prelimi-
nary conversation, and doing q
good job of il.
The Washington Senators, who are
badly in need Of box-office fuel, can
go out and snatch a pitcher with
opal-pink whiskers from the House of
David and see that he gets his picture
in the papers.
Evening star., 1934-08-22
The S1,000,000 Show.

NOW to get back to expenses.
N Sails average IS 500 apiece, with
the mainsails costing a great
deal more and the funny little ones on
top a great deal less. Each racer buys
between 35 and SO sails when the sea-
son begins. BY racing time, in the
Autumn, he has to order seconds and
thirds. Remember. that Is just for
sailSs
Evening star., 1934-08-22
SQUAD IMPRESSES
IN FIRST PRACTICE

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Evening star., 1934-08-22
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smarting with a sort Of accumulative
glow.
The Valkyrie Reports.

VYIELL, the tars of England were
w discouraged, to put it mildly.
But along came the Earl Of
Dunraven with his boat, Valkyrie, and
hope sprang again in the salty British
breast. The Valkyrie came within an
ounce of beating the Vigilant in 1893,
and, when she crossed in 1895 to
race the Defender, proud product of
the late Charles Oliver Iselin's sea-
manship and constructive skill, the
bets, as Mr.. Doyle would say, were
easy.
The Valkyrie lost the first race, on
September Z, 1895, by 8 minutes and
40 seconds.
On September 10 the British
boats boom raked the Defend
er's deck as the two yachts
jockeyed for starting position,
and the Iselin craft immediate
ly hoiSted her protest flag.
Even with this handicap (for they
say that a protest flag holds back a
full-rigged cup defender lilo of one
knot per hour) the Defender finished
only At seconds behind the Valkyrie.
The British boat was disqualified. On
September IL the Defender was
awarded the third race. The Valkyrie
III crossed the starting line and with
drew. By nightfan the Earl of Dun
raven was Britain bound, with a huff
and no Americas Cup in his hold.
That was the last time the Royal
Yacht Club raced until, in october,
1888, it challenged on behalf of
Thomas o. M. Sopwith. Meanwhile,
British tradition as challenger of the
seas was kept glowing by the late and
great Sir Thomas Upton, probably the
best sportsman and most consistent
loser that ever felt salt spray in his
face or hauled down an -condi-
toned spinnaker.
Mr.. Lipton's Shamrock boats came
over here in 1899. 1901, 1908. 1920 and
1880. He never won the old mug, but
his Shamrock ~ took the first two
races in 1920 and was beaten only by
the Resolute's stirring comeback OF
three victories In a row.
For that matter. Shamrock III
lost to Columbia in 1901 by 36
seconds in a 4-hour- and
vr.inufa
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-27

We are told that not only fingers
but knives and spoons were made
before forks. While the use of the
spoon and knife dates far back into
antiquity, 1t WAS not, until the early
sixteenth century that forks APP
peared upon the tables of the nobil-
ity of Italy.
The story goes that n~woman OF
very dainty tastes. the wife OF the
doge of Venice, who would not soil
her fingers with meat but conveyed
bits of food to her mouth with a
golden two-pronged fork Of her own
invention. was responsible for the
first fork known to history.
From Italy forks were then intro
duced into England by Il gentleman,
Thomas Coryate. who had been IA
vorably impressed by the Italian use
of forks while on visit to that
country. The English. however. did
not at first take kindly to the lnnova'
tlon, but looked on forks as an af
feetatlon of superiority. And there
came a saying. "Who would make
hay of his food and pitch 1t Into his
mouth with fork?" But finally lts
very usefulness won for 1t a per
manent place at the table.
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Introduction of Table
Fork Aid to Cookery

Surely the fork has done great
deal to simplify and advance the art
OF cookery by encouraging the taste
for solid foods and natural fayors.
1t has also made possible the serving
OF delicate slices of meat. and fur
thermore 1t promotes cleanliness ut
the table In contrast to the days
when finger bowls we're dire neces-
silly. 1t has also encouraged the use
of finer table linens.
Some of the very first forks were
really works. of art. The three which
Queen Elizabeth kept as curios were
described as zone of crystal gar
nIshed with gold and sparks of
garnets-another of coral slightly
garnished with gold--and third of
gold, garnlshed with two little ru-
bies. two pearl pendants and
coral"
History tells us that the first forks
to be made In America We're made
by John Noyes of Boston, about 1T05.
These forks. which have silver han
dies and steel prongs, are now In
the Boston museum. From these
have evolved the common table forks
whichs.we today consider practically
Indispensable.
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The New Year
BY Tennyson

I'D INC our. -,oiid bells. to ths Uild
sky.
The flying cloud. the frosty
light
The year is dying in the night;
Rins out. loild bells. and let him die.
Ring OUT The old. ring in the nero;
Ring, happy bells. across The snotn;
The year is going. let him go;
Ring out The false. ring in the true.
Ring out The grief. that saps the mind,
For those that here tUs see no more;
Ring OUT the ielId Of rich and poor;
Ring in redfess to all mankind
.Ring our slo1oIy dying cause
And ancient forms OF party strife;
Ring in The nobler modes Of life,
Hith speeter manners, pIrer tdtus.
.Ring Out the tpant. the care, the sun.
The faithless GOODNESS OF The times;
Ring out. ring out. my mourntul rhymes
Bul ring the fuller minstrel in.
"Ring out false pride in place OF blood.
The ciuic SANDER and the spite;
Ring in the love OF truth and right;
Ring in the common love OF good
"Ring out old shapes Of foul disease:
Ring out the narrotoing lusf OF gold;
Ring out the thousand pdrs Of old.
Ring in the thousand years OF peace
-Ring in the valiant man and free.
The larger heart. the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness 81 The land;
Ring in The Christ that is 70 be-.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-27

rhythmic chewing, combined with
exercises Of the head and neck, was
revealed recently at New York to
1000 models, members OF the Models
Guild, as the newest beauty formula.
The advice came from well-knoWn
specialist In response to request
from the guild for information re-
gardIng the system.
A dozen exercises are Included 10
the complete routine. The instruc-
lions for the one illustrated. Start
with chewing gum-one or tive
sticks. After few seconds, beglI
the exercise by tossing the heat
from side to side. Then open your
mouth as wide assAau can. Olose Y
gradually, and MI tho while endeavol
to chew your gum"
This exercise Is designed TO ton'
the muscles of the chin and lower
Jaw. Others promote a fine neck
line and beautiful cheeks.
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RnsnonsihilitY

IA child Is the repository OF In
finite possibilities and comes into
the world potential asset to society.
ns 1t comes In response TO d universal
call. and In fultillment of natural
Inv. II 1t ever becomes Liability.
ahe fault Is more with society than
with the parents or the child, as so
ciety has the advantage OF the ac-
cumulated knowledge and wisdom OF
the ages, to which the child has an
Inherent right, and society, as well
ais the parents and the child must
suffer and pay for what the child
does not get
This responsibility is one that 80
ciety must carry. To shlrk 1t Is nc
economy. To pass 1t on to the chile
without providing the preparation
that systematic early education VII
give Is to fail In our responsibility
to the past, the present and the III
4 ture.
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Parrot Altogether Too
Strenuous in Action

Probably the most unlikely story
told about parrots concerned one
which was purchased from sailor
by a clergyman The great delight
of the latter gentleman was for the
children In his parish to call him
uncle. Soon after he became the
proud possessor of this large bird he
spent several hours In trying to teach
1t to say uncle" But the parrot re-
NAMED dumb. As evening APP
preached he realized that he had no
cage for 1t, so he placed 1t at the end
of long perch In the poultry house
on which a dozen hens were roost-
Ing. Next morning he heard dis
turbance In the poultry yard and
found eleven dead hens, while the
parrot had hold Of the other by its
neck, and, shaking 1t from side to
side. was shouting, "Say Uncle you
silly fool. s. Uncle Y
There haze been heated debates
| between oWncTs VI pdliolS hHu cea-
| entIsts. The former state emphatl-
| cally that their birds talk intelligent
| ly. while naturalists insist that the
birds are simply repeating phrases
which they have heard. The parrot
has wonderful memory, and can
store up long sentences In Its little
brain. Perhaps some incident the
| bird sees calls one OF these to mind
and at an appropriate moment II
flashes out, to the amazement OF lis
teners. -London Answers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-12-27

show room and motioned Jerry over to
al sport roadster.
a.How nuch?" She asked.
.Elght hundred and fifty dollars"
said Jerry. Understanding dawned up
on him.
Nancy wrote check for the amount
make S4sf the papers" she said. u
want to drive Ii away
By that time the whole sales force
had gathered around. Including the
distributor. Walker.
The transaction completed, Nancy
aattled herself at the wheel and sped
out the exit
Walker extended his nand to Jerry.
.you vim. Jerry Congratulations! !"
Anderson. another salesman, re-
p,a rxed TO Smlth@-ARrd you get that?
Sha panks down eight hundred and
aftv 70 help Jerry win thousand.
which will pay for the chr md leave
hundred and flfty overi"
.What Of III" asked Smith "Who II
Tint little rearhY
..Why. she In merely Jerry's future
wife They nre to be married tomnr
| row--or rnther. today nv the way. =
nanny New Year. and all clean deals I
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TT WAS III .UU p. M. December 81.
Statesmen OF the "SpeedaWny o.
l. stood In groups discussing the
bonus contest Ut the year--nn extra
ST .OUu to the salesman with the great
est cash total, exclusive Of trade-in
credits.
For several months. first one sales
man had topped the blackboard In the
saIesmen's room, then another. But
gradually 1t became evident that the
race was to be between Mnrk Bertman
and Jerry Gayle. leading the others
handsomely.
Some of the boys Insisted that Mark 8
deals were not always ethical Others
said, .Get the business !"
But for Jerry's cean-cut methods
there was only admiration, though II
seemed that Mark would win.
Jerry left sympathetic group. vent
to the telephone and dialed a number.
.Hello! Nancy7" His voice WIS I'M
enthusiastic Mark is mp three hun
dred and ninety dollars on me. and
there Ia less than an hour to go. I'm
sunk |"
Nancy's voice came back TO him en-.
couraglngly. "Hold everything and
leave 1t to Nancy! !"
Jerry hung up, wondering. bu'
strangely revived. Nancy was such q
good little sport
At Hap Nancy breezed into the