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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Burglary in Reverse

BIZ I WcS NptCIuE
MACE, Feb. 17-Counting chick
ems in his flock after finding evil
dence that providers had been in the
poultry yard at his farm home three
miles northeast of here, Albert Kef-
fer, instead of discovering any fowls
missing, found that he was three
roosters to the good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
M'NUTT TO SPEAK AT
NATIONAL TAX FARLEY
Governor Will Discuss Proposed
Federal Sales Levy.

Governor Paul v. N1cNutt will dis
cuSS the proposed federal manufac-
turerS' sales tax in an address Mon
day night at the national confer
ence of state sales and income tax
officials at the indianapolis Athletic
Club.
In Cleveland on Feb. 26, Governor
McNutt and DR.. Charles E. Merriam
of the University of Chicago will
address the first banquet of the
sixty-fourth annual meeting of the
department of superintendent of
the National Education Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Death Follows Operation

By IlmeS Np6Ctut
MOHAWK, Feb. 17.-Cecil v.
Brooks, 81, cashier of the Mohawk
State bank, is dead following an
operation for the removal of pieces
of a surgeons needle left in his
body thirteen years ago when an
other operation was performed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Seeks Legislative Seat

By I'M CS DptCIuI
MARTINSVILLE, Feb. 17.-Jap
Jones, secretary of the Municipal
Rights League Of Indiana, an
nounces he is a Democratic candi-
date for nomination for representa-
tive in the state legislature. He is
former representative.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Widow Seeks Office

By Times Special
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Feb. IL
Mrs. Wallace o. Everson, whose late
husband was elected twice as
Montgomery county treasurer, is
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the Office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
HiCCoughS Reveal Ulcers
By Times Special

By Times NpectuI
LOGANSPORT, Feb. 17.-An OPP
Grafton performed upon Raymond
Corcoran, 27, after he had hic-
coughed throughout a day, revealed
he was a victim of stomach ulcers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Fraternity Initiation

By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 17.-Mem-
bers of the Indiana university band
initiated by Kappa Kappa Psi, ma
tional honorary band fraternity, in
clude w. H. Hancock, Seymour, and
]. B. Scwartzkopf, Columbus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
Theater Aids Chosen

By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 17.-As-
sistants to John AK, Jasonville, bust
ness manager of the University
theater of Indiana university, in
clude Joe Schwartzkopf, Columbus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

Every joint in the root system OF
a johnson grass plant-often sew
eral feet in lengths a possible
source of propagation of this pest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
CHURCH TO GIVE PLAY

West Side Methodist to Present Pro-
gram on Tuesday.
The Social Service Club of west
side Methodist church will present
a play, 1.-The Last Day of School,"
at 7:45 Tuesday in the church an
mex, Southeastern avenue and Tenn
pie street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
CROWS LIKENED
TO DARK CLOUD
OF DESTRUCTION
Heavy Loss Suffered by
Farmers in RavageS by
Black FIockS.
Conservation

This Is the first Of two articles on
crows The second viii appear next
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

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The Washington times., 1934-05-18
MITCHELL TRIES
HURT ANKLE
By DAN GILL

Unless Dooly Mitchell makes
good his hope of defending his
City of Washington Tennis title
in tomorrow's tournament at
Rock Greek despite his sprained
ankle the participants will be fac
ing their greatest opportunity in
years.
Dooly won't make his decision
until some time today but he is
hopeful of being able to play II
his ankle will stand the pressure
With him out, the biggest OBJ
stacle in the way of a new cham
pion will be removed.
Hermann Turns Pro
Another menace to tennis play
erS' hopes was removed when
Gene Hermann, No. Z man last
year, turned professional to take
over the duties at Army-Navy
Club. The black-haired Gene has
always been a tough customer to
handle and has eliminated many
a good player who would have
gone far, had he not had the mis-
fortune to run into him.
Two other good men are at
North Carolina University and
will be unable to compete. They
are Frank Shore. No. 4 man, and
Hickey Willis, No. 8. Duke Uni
versity has another ace racqueter
in Barney Welsh, jr., the Capt.
tails No. 2 man, while Gilbert
Hunt is at M. I. T.
Hunt Wins Title
Hunt, who is No. 8. won the
New England intercollegiate ten
mis- crown a few days ago.
Some of the local boys will
have to divide their time be-
tween. exams and the courts.
which should give the others all
the breaks they could reasonably
hope for.
The tourney, which is for both
men and women, begins at 2
p. m. Tom Mangan and AXel
Craven are the doubles cham
pions for the men while Mrs.
Frances Stone and Mrs. Frances
walker Bassett are the women
doubles winners and Abbie Sard
the singles title holder.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
LIST.
EN- TERED
IN PLAY
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON


Unless there is an avalanche
of last-minute entries there won't
be enough entrants to make a
flight for the women's public
parks golf championship, which
gets underway Monday, with an
18-hole qualifying round at Rock
Greek Park.
Harry Graham, course manager
at Rock Creek Park, has received
less than a dozen entries, but
confidently expects bel a t e d
rush before the deadline Sunday
at 6 p. m.
Possibly the recent and chilly
weather is responsible for the
scarcity of entries. but warmer
days will probably revive the en-
thusiasm of women public links
golfers.
The championship is open to
any feminine golfer playing the
public courses, amely Rock
Creek Park, East Potomac, West
Potomac and Anacostia Park.
Following the qualifying rounds,
the low 16 will be paired for the
championship flight. There will
also be as many additional flights
as entries will permit. First and
second rounds of match play are
scheduled Tuesday with the semi
final and final rounds Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Peggy Wootton won the
championship last year and will
most likely defend her title next
week.
Woodmont Country Club will
begin qualifying rounds for the
club handicap championship.
Sunday, it was announced today
by Leopold V. Freudberg, tourna-
ment chairman. Contestants will
be paired into flights according
to the entries.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
HOWARD WAITS
TRACK MEET

Approximately 100 athletes
representing IA colleges and nearly
a dozen high schools will partici
pate in the annual Howard Uni
verSity open track and field meet
at Howard Stadium starting at
p. n. tomorrow.
With Leroy Scurry, 100 and 220
yard dash man just back from the
c. I. A. A. meet at Hampton where
he captured both events, the
BisonS expect to put on a strong
bid for honorS. There will also be
Barry Williams, former Armstrong
High sprint ace, to vie with
Scurry.
In the distance events, Edgar
Lee, another former Armstrong
High star and now enrolled al
Union University, is expected tc
endanger marks. Union won the
c. I. A. A. meet last week and is
expected to give the other schools
plenty of trouble. Howard placed
fourth in the meet.
In the scholastic events, Dunbar
Armstrong and Cardozo High
Schools will represent the District
of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18

The latest distance school to
announce its intention of par.
ticipating is Winonah Military
Academy, of New Jersey. This
academy always produces crack
track aggregations, and this year
is no exception. Thus far, ac-
cording to information received
here, the school has been vic
torious in all its dual meets this
season.
Tech Is Favored
Despite of 243 athletes and
81 choice teams entered in the
meet, Tech High, of our own
city, is still ruled the favorite.
John Marshall High, Of Rich"
mond, Va, which won the crown
in 1888, is not quite as strong as
last year, losing out to Newport
News High in class A division
of Virginia State, just last week.
Only a miracle can prevent
Eastern High from winning the
inter-high baseball series today at
Eastern Stadium. The Guyon
coached clan just have to defeat
the last place Roosevelt Riders,
who are met at $3.50 p. m. and
they will be crowned new cham.
pionS.
Sullivan to Hurl
Joe Sullivan has been assigned to
hurl for the Indians, while Frank
Baroni is scheduled to heave for
the Riders.
While Eastern is playing Roose'
velt, Central will be opposing
Alexandria High in special game
at Griffith Stadium.
Central is the only team able to
defeat both Alexandria High and
it's star southpaw pitcher, Johnny
Titcomb.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18

Her natural buoyancy Will keep
her nose and mouth above water
by just turning over on her back,
stretching out her arms and
elevating the chin so that the
back of her head rests on the
water. Then relax. The body
may bob up and down a few
times until it settles to its natural
level. The farther back the head
rests in the water, the higher the
feet will rise. Dropping the chin
to the chest will cause the feet
to sink and even Sub-merge you
up to your mouth.
While a woman floats easily, a
man finds it a difficult feat. His
bones and muscles being much
heavier, he has a tendency to
sink.
Large Man Floats
Except in the case of a very
large man with plenty of fatty
tissue, or the thin man with light
bones and large lungs.
A man doing hard manual
labor, or the trained athlete
whose muscles are hard and solid,
may find it difficult to keep
afloat without some movement of
the arms and legs. But even
the heaviest body will float on
the surface enough to keep
mouth and nose above water by
simply turning over on the back,
raising the chin high and stretch
ing out the arms to help you
maintain balance, for otherwise
you may turn over. Assist by a
slight up and down movement of
the arms and legs. Avoid strain
ing or tensing of muscles.
Threading" Method
Another method of keeping
afloat is called "treading". AS
the word "treading" implies, it is
an up and down movement of
the legs very similar to pedaling
a bicycle. Your hands can assist
greatly by a flip-like action of
the wrist and forearm close to
your hips. While treading water,
your body remains in a per-
pendicular position.
MONDAYS LESSON: Glide and
leg-kick used in crawl.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
W.-L., ALEX. TIE;
MEET CALLED

The track meet between Wash.
ington-Lee High and Alexandria
High yesterday was called at the
end of 10 events with the score
tied at IS ALL
Alexandria wanted to eliminate
the pole vault but WI. would not
consent unless they could elimi-
nate an event. They chose the
$50 but Alexandria didn't want to
do this and the meet was called.
Bus Drummer, WI. SpeedSter,
collected IS points by firsts in the
100, 22O and 440-yard dasheS. Long,
also of W.-L., gathered 10 points
with firsts in the high jump, Sec
ond in the discus, and thirds in
the 100 and shot put.
F'ritter, of Alexandria, with 10
points was best for the Twins" "
The Westinghouse nine will
present a revised lineup at Fred
ericksburg today in an attempt to
get back in the winning column.
Russell Brooks and Tommy Fair
fax will form the W.-L. battery.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
Golf Gleanings

"You can stay in bed tomor-
row morning" said Maury Nee's
caddy to Bill Harvey's caddy
after the former had trotted off
the eighteenth green a two up
victor in the second round of the
championship flight of the Chevy
Chase tournament yesterday. &.
there's a lot of humor in these
tournaments. what a great COM
posite golfer Johnny Weissmuller
and Fred Read, of Winchester,
would make. Weissmuller driv-
ing 'em and Read chipping and
put til ing.. Bill Harvey's shot
through the tree branches on the
seventeenth in his match with
Nee was a darb. 1T landed on
the back of the green but won
the hole for Harvey. the latter
lost out when he pushed his iron
second into the trap by the
eighteenth green. Tied" Bur
rows, four down to Major Richard
K. Sutherland at the turn in
the first round, evened the match
at the fourteenth. and then
blew a two-footer to win the
match on the final green. the
Army officer rammed in a IL.
footer on the first extra hole to
win. Claude Rippy gave a weird
exhibition of driving against
Maury Nee. looks like w. Beverly
Mason and Bill Harvey will have
much to say in future golf
tournaments. Mason is but 10
years old Billy Dettweiler (the
splints for his broken finger will
be removed today was among
the spectators. also Joey Gard
ner, the mite of a lad who has
placed athletics at Georgetown
Prep on a high pedestal. and
another interested observer was
Dub" Fondren, the Georgia
amateur. ."Please stay out of
the woods, baby" pleaded Mrs.
j. c. DeVilbisS, of the Richmond
team, as she sliced off the first
tee in the Women's intercity
match at Manor yesterday. the
ball came to rest on the edge
of the fairway.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
DUSEK TOPPLED
BY N MILAN

Jim Mcmillan today enjoys an
other victory over Rude" Rudy
Dusek, eldest of the Dusek family
of wrestlers.
It took Jim IS minutes to toss
Rudy at the washington Audito-
rum last night. The ex-collegian,
who once starred in football at
University of Illinois, literally
butted Rudy into submission after
armlocks, headlocks and eye-goug-
ing by both failed to register a
win.
In the preliminaries, Harry
Graber, latest mat sensation, de-
feated Bob Stewart in 16 minutes;
Mays McLain, former Haskell In
dian grid star, won from Wee
Willie Davis in 2612 minutes, on
a disqualification; Harry Fields
and John Katan struggled to a
draw, and Joe Dusek, youngest
member of the Dusek quartet Of
wreStlers, won from Andy RaScher
in 81 minutes.
In the main event, Mcmillan
left no doubt of his superiority
over Dusek. He appeared stronger
and more polished mailman.
In the early portion of the bout,
DuSek tried armlockS and head.
locks, but Mcmillan returned
them with gusto and with inter.
est. Then Rudy got rough, only
to find that Jim was rougher.
Even at eye-gouging, at which
Rudy is adept, Jim was adepter,
as the saying goes. Met at every
turn of his unorthodox methods
by others even more unorthodox,
Rudy finally succumbed after Jim
had given him a terrific taste of
rope-rubbing.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
France Takes Lead
OUeT Austrian Team

PARIS, May 18 QN.S0. E.
France ran up a 2-to-O lead
over Austria in the Davis Cup
zone play today, winning both
singles matches played in Ro-
land GarroS Stadium.
Stroking his way to an easy
victory, Christian Bossus won
the first match from Matejka,
Austria's first ranking player.
j1, 6-1, 6-4.
However, Andre Merlin was
hard pressed to defeat G. Won
Metaxa, Austrian star, -6,
96, 60, 60.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
STORE LEAGUE
BUSY SUNDAY

It will be Lansburgh's turn to
try to stop the faSt-stepping Hecht
Company nine when the two teams
clash in a Department Store
League contest Sunday morning at
II o'clock on the South Ellipse.
Kann's and PalaiS Royal will bat
tie in the other loop game on the
East Ellipse at the same time.
Manager Began, of Lansburgh's,
has primed Charlie Vance, his ace
left-hander, for the pitching job
against the Hechtmen.
Lefty Deck, LanSburgh'S sterling
first baseman, and Red" BibbS.
second sacker, will be unable to
play this week due to injuries re-
ceived in the Kann's game last
Sunday. Deck twisted his knee
severely and will be out of action
for two weeks, while Bibbs has
bad ankle Sprain. Baker and Sor-
rell will fill in for these casualties
Lefty Weeks or Paul Messink
will do the hurting for the Hecht
outfit with AL Miller or Barney
Weeks catching.
Palais Royal will use Mccall
Fleishman or Hurst on the mound
with Manager Earl Bowman doing
the backstopping. Mccall, a right
handler, pitched for the Soldiers
Home team last season and is a
newcomer to the PalaiS Royal out
fit.
The Kann's team, which broke
into the win column for the first
time by outslugging LanSburgh'S
last Sunday, will try to make il
two straight at the expense of the
Royalmen. Manager Vic Riston
will undoubtedly use Bob Wallach
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
Boxers Weigh In
MOndav, 3 to 6:3OP M.

About 80 boxers, entrants in the
District A. A. U. Golden Gloves
Boxing Tournament, will weigh in
Monday between the hours of 3
and $50 p. m. at Catholic Uni
verstiy gym, which will be the
scene of the tourney Monday and
Wednesday nights.
OF the 80 expected to weigh in.
more than so have already filed
entries for the big fistic event.
Preliminary bouts in the tournar
ment will consist of three two
minute rounds.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
Y. W. C.. A. to Begin
Net PL0U SATURDAY.

Members Of the Blue Triangle
Club of the Y. M. C. A. will con-
test in a tennis tournament on
Saturday and Sunday. The event
is part of program arranged
for the house party of the club
to be held at Vacation Lodge,
Cherrydale. Vacation Lodge is
the summer residence of the Y. w.
G. A. for business women.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
BrOlUning-M'MiILan
WTeStLe Next Week

Joe Turner, boxing and wrest.
ling promoter, today was com.
pletlng arrangements for two
cards at Clark Griffith Stadium,
He was seeking permission
from the D. C. Boxing Board
to stage a Matte Brown Johnny
RiSko fight June 4. This bout
had originally been planned for
May %, but that date was
awarded the Riding and Hunt
Club for bout which is said
to center around Lou Feldman.
Turner's next wrestling ven.
ture to be held outdoors May "a
was to embrace the two Jims,
Browning and Mcmillan, in a
feature match.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
: The Books Are Hidden
Fields Are Too Small
| Chute Is q Nuisance

thought along those lines it
must feel as we do that six
races are few enough at best.
(When two of them are run out
of the Widener chute at Bel
mont and over the steeplechase
course, there are really just two
races that the average fan can
see and enjoy0 That makes
the cost for looking $1.25 a
race, or $3.50 for approximately
two minutes of sport. Given
then a few Of those choice two,
three and four horse fields so
prevalent on our tracks and
what, I ask you, have you?
Echo Answers
An echo answers, the same
thing you had before betting
was Notwithstanding.
AS for the Widener straight
away, however much Mr.. w.
may dote on it, somebody
summed it up perfectly when
he said:
First they hide the boOkmak-
ers and then they hide the
horses"
The fewer the races out Of
the Widener chute, Mr.. Swope,
the better the racing public is
going to like it, and it is our
understanding that you and
your commission represent the
citizens of the State. Not a
preferred few. Or the turf and
field. Or the jockey club.
If it is true the Equipoise and
the unbeaten Chase Me are 60
ing to meet in the Metropoli-
tan Handicap tomorrow after
noon, how can you, who used
to be newspaper man yourself,
Mr.. Swope, justify the deep
secrecy with which the West
Chester Racing Association is
surrounding the fact. Here is a
match race that Arlington Park
probably would give S25. 900 to
stage. If you doubt that, ask
John Hertz if it wouldn't? And
not only would it give such a
sum, but it would so oublicize
it that it would bring 5000 Wis.
itors to Chicago, run a special
car from New York for the rae
ing writer's, and make it a red
letter day in the annals of the
sport.
Race of Century
This is pretty much a race Of
the century. A contest that no
real lover of a great horse would
miss. But the Westchester AS
Sociation keeps it as it's own lit
tie private secret. Riddle me
that one, too, won't you?
Even if Mr.. Widener and his
associates at Belmont have got
all the money they can ever
use, the State no doubt would be
glad to get its percentage of the
gate receipts from the 10000
extra fans that such a race
should bring out.
What 1 really wanted to point
out to you, Mr.. Swope, was that
the Set-up under the New Deal
is no better at Belmont than it
was at Jamaica. That is, ex-
cept for the trees. And I'm
afraid that Mother Nature beat
Mr.. Widener and the Jockey
Club to that improvement. Or
am I wrong about that, too?
Yours very truly,
1.-TWO ON THE NOSE" CORUM.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
Wrestling Results

At New York-Herb Freeman,
New York, threw Vanka Zelezniak,
Russia; Harry Denchin, New York,
drew with Max Martin, Colum-
bus, Ohio; Dick Griffin, Austria
liza, defeated Jackie Brown, Okla
homa; Tony Morelli, Italy, and
Herman Hickman, Tennessee,
drew: Maurice La Chappelle,
France, drew with Charlie john
stone, Cuba.
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
C9d2SEH+S
By BILL CORUM
Letter to Mr.. SWOpe
About N. Y. Racing
Which Hasn't Changed
NEW YORK, May 18,

NEW YORK, May 18.
Mr.. Herbert Bayard Swope,
Care of the Jockey Club,
New York City.
Dear Swope:
In your capacity as chairman
Of the New York State Racing
Commission, may I ask you for
some information?
I do not want this .informa-
ton solely for myself. Rather I
am anxious to clear up these
points for my readers.
The first thing we would like
to know is whether betting on
horse races in this State is now
legal, and if it is legal, who are
they trying to hide the book
makers from at Belmont Park?
For IS years we have had
puSSyfoot horse racing in this
State. Putting it bluntly, Mr..
Swope, horse racing that ig-
nored the law. Now that we
have what is popularity pre-
Sumed to be legalized betting on
the races, we still have speak
easy betting. How do you ex-
plain that, please, Mr.. Swope?
New Racing Deal
When the New Deal was
dealt to racing at Albany some
of us who had been consistent
and possibly annoying critics
of the old set-up decided that
anything would have to be an
improvement over what had
gone before, and agreed to be
boosters until the new system
was given a fair trial. 1t
hasn't been given a fair trial.
But it is more than a month
old now. and today it's harder
to get a bet down at a New
York track than it ever was
before. The bookmakers' states
are so small I suspect they
were manufactured for the
kindergarten class in school
for midgets.
One end of "the line" is so
far from the other that a
prospective punter would have
to have a motorcycle to find
out where he could get the
best price. And by the time
he got back it probably would
be time for the next race.
Why, would you believe it,
Chairman Swope, while the
customers mob the preferred
books at the head of the class,
there are little fellows down
on the end who haven't yet
found out that the season has
opened? But they all pay the
same for the privilege of max
ing book as I understand it.
Something for Money
Something for money:
Now we $3.50 customers Of
the sport do not want to be un-
duly impatient, either. Possibly
you and the associate members
of your commission have noted
the same faults we have and
are planning to right them as
rapidly as possible.
No doubt you fully realize
that $3.50 is a considerable sum
for us to spend for an after
noon of sport, and that it, Of
course, makes no allowance for
what it costs us to get to and
from the tracks.
If your com m isSion has
The Washington times., 1934-05-18
SWAN.EE A. C. TRAVELS

SWanee A. c. diamonderS traV-
els to Manassas, Va, Sunday to
play the Manassas A. C. Swanee
players are requested to report
on Swavely Field at 8 p. m.