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The Washington times., 1934-08-10
JOURNEYS WAIT
JR. GOLFERS

Junior golfers of the District
will have links feast next week
as two tournaments await them.
Monday there will be a junior
pro event at the Woodmont Coun-
try Club, while the weekly Junior
Field Day" will take place Tues
day at Washington Golf and
Country Club.
Professionals and assistants
invited to compete in Mon
days tourney are Freddy Nc
Leod. Reds" Banagan and "Set''
Collins, Columbia; Gene Larkin
and Dick Barnsley, Woodmont;
Mel Shorey, East Potomac Park;
Danny Burton, Army and Navy;
Leo Walper. unattached; Al
Houghton and Billy Houghton,
Kenwood; Dave Thomson and
Brick Wood, Washington; George
Diffenbaugh and Jim Schneider,
Indian Spring; Roland R. Mac.
Kenzie, Claggett Stevens and
Johnny Mears, ceSSional; Al
Treder, Eddie s and Claude
Orndorff, Manol. al Price, Rock
Greek; Tony Sylvester, Bannock-
burn; Cliff Spencer, Beaver Dam;
Walter Cunningham, Frank Gun
ningham and Gillie Cunningham,
Burning Tree; Bill Carson, Ana
costa Park; Bob Barnett and Bill
Hardy, Chevy Chase, and Tommy
Ryan, Belle Haven.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Anglers attention.

On October 49, 1884 there will be given Free for the largest
fish caught in the interim of fine fishing equipment
In fact nearly 5000 WORTH consisting fine rods reels
tackle boxes.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
AN ELASTIC CUP
SUGGESTED To
AID PUTTING
BY BERNARD FREEMAN

Whenever golfers get together
to talk over the game, they gen.
orally start moaning about two
main bugaboos-the admittedly
faulty system of handicapping and
putting.
The latter department of the
game has come in for goodly
share of attention. what with
Gene Sarazen's proposed eight
inch cup, Charley Halls plea for
counting the putt only one-half
stroke. and most recently, a local
golf writer's suggestion tn t
square cups be used instead Of
circular holes.
They all pale into inSignificanCe
before our plan. which not only
would radically eliminate all pres
ent putting ills, but would take
care of handicapping problems
also.
Handicap BY Inches
Briefly, the plan comprises all
elastic cup, with handicaps based
not on strokes, but on inches.
Thus, a par shooter, who opposes
an 85-player would putt for a cup
of about 3l4 inches in diameter,
one inch less than the present
size.
When it came time for the 85-
shooter to putt, the caddy Cor in
the case of wealthy players, the
special cup eXpande), would work
some kind of gadget and presto,
the weaker players would putt for
siX-inch cup. We are working
at present on the gadget.
In case he missed, the cup could
be expanded an additional inch
for the second attempt. A slid
ing equalizing scale might be used,
for certainly each time the cup
becames bigger, the golfer be-
comes smaller. At least it seems
that way when there's a crowd
around.
Aids Manufacturing
Naturally. a great many argu-
mentS would arise in measuring
the cup on each hole. That would
mean the purchase of huge guam
titles of rulers, which would spur
manufacturing. Also, in big
money matches, the hiring of cup
expanders and meaSurerS, all of
which would spur unemployment.
In our opinion, the elastic cup
would reduce the present EN-,
phasis on putting and would re-
suit in better scoring for expert
and duffer alike. 1t is worth a
trial at any rate, for it cannot do
any harm. Well, not much any
way.
Observation-Disclosures solution
to this putting problem would be
to have all green's built on quick
sand. Then all you'd have to dc
is hit the green and the ball would
disappear.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
YOUNG NETMEN
IN SEN|F|N
TODAY

Because rain prevented them
from playing yesterday, contes-
tants in the semifinals of the
boys senior and Junior play
ground tennis championships
will attempt to play off their
matches today at o'clock on the
Chevy Chase courts.
In the junior class, Allie Ritz
enberg, Cooke, will face Diokie
Lynham, Eaton, in the feature
m a h, while Hop Lomax,
Georgetown, will meet Maurice
Robbins, Burroughs, in the head
liner of the junior division.
The girls got in their innings
before the rain yesterday when
the final round was gained.
Doubles featured in these
matches with Charlotte Decker
and her team m te, Adah
Hickey, of Janney Playground,
defeating Elaine Hart and viii.
sic Riggin, of Happy Hollow. The
scores were 6-4, 81.
Only two other teams remain
in the tournament. One of these
will be eliminated in today'S
play. Helen Orme and Lucille
Mcdowell, Burroughs, meet Mar.
garet Alley and Virginia Prit-
chard, Garfield, at Rosedale. The
first named team defeated Alice
Sartori and Esther Stein, of Twin
Oaks, 3-6, 81, Ga, yester-
day
The Misses Allen and Prit-
chard defeated Catherine Adams
and Lucille Towers, of Sherwood,
6-3, 6-1. The winner of to-
days match will oppose the
Janney team tomorrow in the
finals.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
.cCarney Sees
Big Future for
Matte Brown

That Matte Brown, Washing
tons rugged heavyweight, ranked
seventh among the contenders
for Make Baer's title in the
August issue of the Ring Maya
zine, will be a serious worlds
championship threat within a
year is freely predicted by Natie's
willy manager, Billy Mccartney
Having assisted in steering
Brown from obscurity to his
present high ranking during the
past six months, McCarney de-
clareS that his protege will fall
heir to several big time matches
if he gets past Don Petrin at
Griffith Stadium Monday night.
Mccartney says:
mates got one of the best
left hooks in the country today
and greatly improved right
hand that should carry him
far. He looked like great
fighter against Art Huttick in
Washington recently and he's
improving all the time"
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
PRINTERS NEAR
TOURNEY TITLE

NEW YORK, Aug. 1O.-An
eleventh title in the tWenty-third
annual Union Printers baseball
tournament stared the Washing
ton Typos Squarely in the face to-
day as the schedule went into the
finals.
Today, the D. C. lads meet Gin
cinnati. the only obstacle left in
the path for the championship.
Washington will 60 into the fray
with five consecutive victories be-
hind it while Cincinnati has a
record of three triumphs as
against one loss.
A victory will gain the coveted
title for Washington as the loss
will mark Cincinnati's second of
the tourney. And when a con-
testant loses two games it is elm
mated.
Should Washington lose today,
a second game will be played i'm
mediately with the winner in that
contest gaining the title.
Washington made its advance
into the finals more than certain
by virtue of its 7 to triumph
over Twin Cities yesterday. In
this contest, George Mosedalc cut
pitched Herbie Numbers, although
the game was pitchers battle
until the fifth. After this frame
the D. C. Typos made a runaway
of the fray by scoring runs in the
fifth, sixth and seventh.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

City, Md, owner of the tight little
"Hilda," reports that the blues are
only fair but that the bottom fish
is fine. Plenty of big flukes and
sea bass. How about tuna fishing,
Capt? Atlantic City and Beach
Haven are going right ahead with
it. Only vest erday Lawrence
Richey was asking how it was
down your way. We know they
are out there any day you can get
out to them. Tell us about it.
Capt. Sam Tillet at Oregon In
let, N. c., says plenty of small
blues but the channel bass fishing
is not so good. Only from one to
five to the boat and up to so
pounds. Sam, any day can catch
up to five bass weighing that much
1 have had a real day and I think
most anyone will agree with me.
Capt. Oscar HaddaWay at Thigh
mans, Md, reports that blues and
trout are running good this week
along with the hardheads.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

Read the above entry blank
over carefully and then 60 to it..
Make it a real contest by entering
anything and everything that has
any size to it at all. Don't let the
other fellow get that fine tackle
box the Army and Navy Sport
Center is offering. It's value is
SIS and you will be proud to own
it. Barber and Ross at Eleventh
andsG Streets Northwest have for
their prize a $40 order on the
sports goods department. That
means a really fine rod or any
thing you might pick out. Atlas,
at 437 Eleventh st. N. w., has
waiting for a new owner a He'd
don Life Pal rod. Stop in and
look at it the first chance you
have. National Electrical Rudolf
and West, Fries, Beal and Sharp
and del Vecchio all have fine
equipment to trade for a big fish.
Rock Fish Dope
We finally have the lowdown
on those large rock fish. The law
in Maryland distinctly says, over
II inches and under Is pounds,
and although it was made to
cover the commercial fishermen,
no exception was made for the
sportsman.
From a reliable source of infor-
nation we find that the game
wardens do not bother anyone
taking them with rod and reel.
Two other States New Jersey and
Delaware) have size limits of 20
pounds. The reason is very
simple. A large rock is anything
but desirable for eating and it
does spawn incredible numbers of
eggs each year. The smaller rock
N1 inches up) spawnS, too, but
there can be no comparison as to
the amount. Therefore Sportmen
do your part. Catch those large
babies if you can, but release
them after you get them up to
the boat.
Blues Only Fair
Capt. Dewey Webster at Weno-
nah, Md, reports exceptionally
fine catches during the week. One
party from Mannheim, Pa, had 367
fish, of which 1O4 we're trout. An
other party from Harrisburg had
321 hardheads, 81 trout and a
channel bass weighing As pounds.
Mr.. Adam Snyder was the lucky
angler. Try this place over the
weekend.
Capt. Crawford Savage, Ocean
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
CLUB LISTS z
! GAMES OVER
WEEKEND
BY GARRETT WATERS

Which team is the busiest on
the local Sandlots?
Many mines might have strong
claims for this honor, but the ag'
gregation getting the most votes,
in our opinion, would be the
MajesticS, managed and directed
by that Connie Mack of the local
amateur baseball horizon-Howard
Wyche.
Wyche begins making his
Majestic Nine the busiest of all
local teams as early as February
when he has the schedule prac-
tically completed. Soon after
March the team gets out on the
field.
Play During Week
The Majestics manage to play
every Saturday and Sunday oft
times during the week. Double
headers also are crowed in on a
holiday, either with an out-of-
town or a local foe.
Manager Wyche believes this is
the only way to enjoy baseball
season. Says Wyche:
There's no use having a ball
club unless you're going to play
games every chance you get.
That's the reason why the
MajesticS are so active. Another
thing, the team has gained
plenty of recognition by this
program, as out-of-tOWn teams
particularly seek our Scalps."
Speaking of out-oftown con-
tests, the Majestics play two very
important games over the current
weekend when they travel to
West Point, Va, to meet the
Chesapeake Paper Mills nine to.
morrow and Sunday.
Expect Hard Games
The Wyche-managed team eX-
poets plenty of opposition in this
pair of clashes, as the Chesa-
peakes boast of a record of Is vic
tories this season. But the Ma
jestics plan to put up real battle,
with such stars as Bill Payne and
Ray Davidson as their pitchers.
Huck Wynne, George Clark, Ed
Duffy, Jimmy Corcoran, Frank
Cumberland, Dick Nelson, Will
liam McGeever, Ted Wright, Dick
'Wingate and Edgar Heflin will be
on hand to hold down the remain
ing positions on the team.
Two double-headers are on tap
in the Department Store League
for tomorrow. On the South El-
llpse, at II o'clock, Kanns and
Hecht Company clash, while at l
o'clock, on the same diamond,
Lansburgh's and Hecht play.
The other twin bill is on the
East Ellipse. Lansburgh's meets
Palais Royal at II o'clock, while
at o'clock Kann'S and PalalS
Royal tangle.
Kann's is the leading team in
the loop, with three victories
against no losses.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
FLIES TO REDS

Alex Kampouris, Sacramento
second sacker. who was sold to
Cincinnati, left by plane to join
the Reds.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
MAJESTIC NINE RATED AMONG BUSIEST OF S
4ssador Summing {
BACK STROKE

The most useful other than for
speed is the inverted breast stroke,
using a frog kick with a sweeping
sculling movement of the arms,
starting over head and ending at
the sides. 1t is surprising the
amount of power you can get out
of the leg action when doing the
frog kick. In fact you can go
great distances on your back using
the frog kick without any assist
ance from the arms whatsoever.
Came to Deep River
On a recent camping trip while
hiking over the hills hunting
groundhogs, I came to a narrow
but deep river. Wishing to cross
over to the other side where hunt
ing seemed more promising,
glanced to right and left, no
bridge or boat being in sight,
quickly diSrobing I made a bundle
of the clothes and rifle, stepping
into the water I turned over on
my back holding the bundle in
the air at arms length, I pro-
ceeded to swim across using only
the legs.
Proceeds With Hunting
Reaching the other shore I don
ned my clothes and proceeded
with my hunting, returning by the
same means later in the day. This
method of swimming is very use
full in lifeSaving when making a
swimming rescue. There is also
another form of back stroke used
in speed swimming. Which is
simply an inverted crawl stroke
in which the arm action is an
alternating circular movement
with a rapid up and down thrash
of the legs, same as in the crawl
stroke.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
ELKS
!: LIST SERIES

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 10.
IA five-game series for the North
ern Virginia baseball champion
ship between the st. Mary's Gel
tics and the Fredericksburg Elks,
will open with one game on Sep
tember 2 at Fredericksburg.
On Labor Day. Sept. 3, the
teams will clash in morning and
afternoon contests, also at Fred
erickSburg.
September 9 the teams will
play a double-header at Bag
gett'S stadium.
Blue-F1ames and Celtics collide
here Sunday.
Manager Mack, of the River
Bend, A. c., is seeking a twin-bill
for Sunday at River Bend, Va.
Phone Alexandria 958.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10

Totals 81 ga Isl Totals 81 ~ - Is
Iran for Numbers in eighth inning.
Twin cities ,..... O2O 100 OOO-3 .
Washington OOl 122 1Ox-1 II :
Huns-Rice. Hansen, Paulfranz, Ho-
man, HOlbroOk (2), McPhersOn, Reid
~. MOsedale. ErrOrs-RicP, Numbers,
Schneider, MOsedale. TwO-base hits
AChterlinG, LOnergan, HOman, HOl-
brook. Dewhurst. Stolen bases-Ian-
sep. Rice, HOlbrOOk, MOsedale, HOman,
Numbers. SacrifiCPs-Schneider, Nose
dale. Hansen. Double piayS--Schneider
to Mcpherson to Edwards: Hoffman
to Rice. Bases on balls-Off Numbers,
,; off MOSedale, 1. Struck Out-By
Numbers, 3: by MOSedaIe, 5: by Rice.
l.. Hits-Off Numbers, IL in :: off
Rice. none in 1. Hit by pitcher-By
MOsedale (NumberSD. Passed ball
SChliek. Losing pitcher-NumberS. TIM
pires-RNnn and Eftrat. Time-2:O2.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Won ReedOn Rests
After Operation

Charley Won Reedon, local feath-
erWeight boxer, was resting easily
today following an eye operation
at the Episcopal Eye. Ear and
Throat Hospital. Won Reedon,
who'll be confined to the hospital
for several days, will probably
never enter the ring again. The
eye injury was suffered in a re-
cent bout here.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
JONES 3 DOWN
At 9TH HOLE

HINSDALE, ILL.,, Aug. 10 0,N.
SO.-Fred Haas, jr., slender 18-
year-old New Orleans youth, was
3 up today over Bobby Jones,
Detroit youngster, at the end of
the first nine holes in their 36-
hole match for the Western jun
ior golf championship at the Hins-
dale Club.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Wrestling Results

At New York-Dick Shikat,
Philadelphia, threw Wee Willie
Davis, Virginia; Scotty McDougall,
Toronto, tossed Ernie Stevens,
Texas; Eli Fischer, New Bruins
wick. N. j.. ard Jack WaShburn,
Boston, drew.
The Washington times., 1934-08-10
Star COlOred Mines
To Battle Sunday

LeDroit Tigers and Georgetown
A. c., Washington's better colored
baseball teams. meet Sunday in 4
double-hedaer on the formers dia-
mond, TWenty-sixth and Benning
Road Northeast. First game
starts at 130 p. m.
Jack Cutout is scheduled to
pitch for the Tigers.
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
The highest poDer may be lost
BY miSrule.

The highest poDer may be lost
by niSrule.
-Syrus.
It must be a welcome relief
to President Roosevelt to get
even a fortnight's respite from
the company Of those costly ad-
viserS who misled his Admins
tration into the tragic blunder
that dates from Postmaster
General Farley's edict of the 9th
of last February. This was the
edict in which the Postmaster
General proclaimed his cancel
lation of all domestic air mail
contracts.
He cancelled them without
due process of law. He gave
the holders of those contracts
no chance to be heard in their
defense. He condemned and
convicted them and their COM
panies and he punished not
only these companies and their
officials but nearly half a mil
lion stockholders without giving
to the stockholders, the compa.
nies, or their officials that day
in court which is the due of
every citizen under the flag.
"The Big Four
This edict of Mr.. Farley ap-
pears to have been issued at
the instigation of Senator
McKellar of Tennessee and
Senator Black of Alabama.
These two Senators are old
time enemies of American Air
Transport. They have been
fighting for a long time to de-
prive it of that Federal aid
without which it could not
have b. ome the eighth won
der of the world. For that is
what it was until the edict of
Mr.. Farley shook the founda-
tions of this magnificent Amer
ican achievement.
But this edict of Mr.. Farley,
1nStigated as it appears to
have been by Senators Nickel
lar and Black, ,vas not issued
until it had been approved by
Attorney General C;;--'nings.
This is why Senator Nickel
lar and Senator Black, Post
master General Farley and At
torney General Cummings are
known today as "The Big
Four" in the wrecking of the
Federal air mail, the crippling
of American Air Transport and
the paralyzing of the Army Air
Corps.
Since that first edict was is
sued the Administration has
stumbled from one blunder into
another in the twofold effort to
save the political reputation Of
The Big Four among the Presi-
dents advisers in this ill-starred
adventure and to revive the Fed
eral Air Mail.
After cancelling all domestic
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
Administration MiSled Into
Tragic Air Mail Blunders
By James T. Williams, Jr.

air mail contracts without due
process Of law, The Big Four's
next step was to hatch the
scheme of having the Army Air
Corps fly the mail. This deci-
sion was arrived at without any
consultation with the Secretary
Of War or any opportunity by
the General Staff to study the
problem.
After eleven officers of the
Army Air Corps had been sent
to an unnecessary death because
they were ordered to fly the mail
before they could familiarize
themselves with the route or
without being supplied with
suitable planes and equipment.
The third step was to suspend
the Federal air mail altogether
in an effort to stop the slaugh.
ter in disguise and to improvise
suitable equipment for the
Army fliers to perform the non-
military mission of carrying the
mail.
Senator McKellar and Sena-
tor Black then lead off with the
fourth step by sponsoring legis-
lation to restore the Federal air
mail to private operation upon
condition that the companies
and officials blackliSted by The
Big Four should be barred from
bidding if they attempted to
prove their innocence in any
court of the allegations of fraud
and collusion brought against
them.
Time Will Tell
When an outraged public
sentiment forced senatorial pro-
tests against this tyrannical pro-
posal there was another series
of secret consultations in which
The Big Four participated.
Now comes another edict from
Postmaster General Farley in
which he undertakes to do by
executive order that which Sen
ator McKellar and Senator
Black have shown their inability
to do by legislation.
The latest Farley edict calls
for new bids for temporary con-
tracts to carry the mails but
bars from bidding for these con-
tracts the companies and Off
cials whom Postmaster General
Farley in his edict of last Feb
ruary condemned, convicted,
and punished without a hear
ing.
Until President Roosevelt re-
turns from his vacation The Big
Four among his air mail ad-
visers will apparently be supreme
in the skies, unless Congress
clips their wings.
How long the Congress and
the country will permit the
power of The Big Four's misrule
to go uncurbed only time will
tell.
Copyright, 1894, The Washington Times,
The Washington times., 1934-03-30

passed that way? Twenty-no,
more than 80 years! Yet in a
flash they were gone, and I
was a girl again-the girl who
once had raced along that old,
tagged walk.
What a hurry she had al
ways been in-that far away
youngster! So excited about
everything = so inqulslt1ve,
furious and delighted so
achingly in love with life. And
now
Suddenly hated the woman
who stood in that girls place.
What had she done with that
shining young enthusiasm, those
brave young dreams? Why had
she-why have we all, who
once were warm and eager
grown so cold and empty with
the passing years? Is it in
evitable? Does life fail us?
Must we become like that if we
live too long, too much?
I knew the answer. It was
not inevitable! We do not age
because we live too long or too
much. WE AGE BECAUSE
WE DO NOT LIVE ENOUGH!
That lost girl had what it
took for great living cour-
age, curiosity, faith. fury, ten
derness, joy. BUT SHE DID
NOT HAVE THESE THINGS
MERELY BECAUSE SHE WAS
YOUNG. SHE HAD THEM BE-
CAUSE SHE WAS OPEN TO
LIFE. AND LIFE, IN RETURN,
FILLED HER WITH ITS
WARM AND RACING TIDE.
Then, with the years, she
drew apart from life. Uncon.
Sciously laziness, cowardice and
conceit formed a shell about
her shut life out shut
her away from those challenges
and conflicts that once kept
her fresh and fit. She grew
cold and empty-and old.
The years did not make her
old. Years, by themselves, do
not make any of us old. Un-
knowingly, we make ourselves
empty and old and cold by
shutting life out. Then some
day, at some turn in the road.
Va coma upon 6ua lost selves
The Washington times., 1934-03-30
The Human Side of the News
Jungles and Oceans Disgorge Treasures
By EdWin C.. Hill

cellular, evil smelling matter.
grayish in color and mottled
with darker streaks. There are
SIS pounds Of the substance, and
excitedly he summons two
ranchers, who discover another
20 pounds. "Ambergris! they
exclaimed, pretty much as old
Sutter must have cried "Goldw
in the same California, 80 years
ago. And off they rushed with
samples to the laboratory Of
the University of California
with prospects of converting
their find into $4,000 in real
money.
For even today, with gold at
the highest price in its history,
an ounce Of ambergris will bring
pretty near as much as an
ounce Of the yellow mineral.
Our three Californians come
into the windfall, all because a
sperm whale, somewhere out
in the Pacific had a stomach
ache. He rolled around sick,
in the ocean, and either from
his stomach, or intestines, dis
gorged these rs pounds of sub
stance, along with the beaks Of
the cutie fish upon which he
had been feeding.
Other Rich Finds
And the reason that it is
worth so much is that it is an
ingredient absolutely essential
in the manufacture of high-grade
perfumes.
AmbergriS buying is a trade in
itself, and one of the best-known
brokers was the late Capt.
David c. Stull, who maintained
his agency for a Paris house in
a small wooden building on the
wharf at Provincetown, Mass.
Captain Dave paid as high as
$4,000 for one lump of amber
girls back in the days when gold
was only $40 an ounce and
ambergis was worth twice as
much.
Ambergris is the best base
known for perfume. It is melted
in boiling alcohol and it holds
in solution all the various oils
and essences. Six ounces to a
gallon is about the proportion
for the highest grades Of per-
fume. Most manufacturers use
four ounces, some two, and the
proportion is cut down to the
point where the inexpensive
products contain none at all.
Three small finds have been
reported from Oregon in the
past fj-'' years, and the richest.
most mt one, was that Of a
53-pound lump landed at a whal.
ing station in Scotland and sold
in London for $42,750. The
largest lot on record was taken
off the Bahamas, in 1858, by a
Nantucket whaler, and the 600
pounds were sold for $4,000.
Copyright, 1884. King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.S