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NJ. A. TITLE EVENT
DUE TO Be ADDED
Columbia, Beaver Dam and
Indian Spring Also May
Foster Affairs.
BY w. II. McCALLUM.
MOTHER invitation tournament
...n.. IN, fn,n,. ~. ar,n N q inY

A NOIhER lIlNlIdtlOLl JOu4 A4dIIlCA4b
" season with four or five major
~ affairs among the golfers ap-
a IA pears likely for the Spring OF
1886. judging by the preliminary set
up to be acted upon by the District
~ Golf Association at its annual meet
ing in February.
The local clubs have fairly well lndl-
Gated that the staggered system OF
holding tournaments only every two
wears instead of each year is finding
favor except in one or two instances.
But now it appears that a big sectional
tourney will be added to the list In
1886, this being the Middle Atlantic
Golf Association championship, which
probably will go to Congressional next
gear.
Invitation tournaments were staged
In 1885 by Woodmont, Chevy Chase
and Manor, the smallest group of such
affairs held in many years. But
Washington Golf and Country Club,
which three years ago announced in
auguration Of a biannual schedule
will come into the tournament fold
during 1886 to take the place of
Manor. which went on a biannual
basis four years ago.
WoodmOnt to Be Early.
WOODMONT probably will stage its
wv invitation affair in early May
leading the tournament procession
while Chevy Chase will come along, as
usual, in mid-May, with one of the
bigger and better tournaments of the
gear.
Columbia has made no pronounce
Snent as to an invitation tourney in
1886, but it isn't likely that 1t will &c
two years in a row without an invita-
ton affair. For many years the tour
f1ey for the Wardman Trophy was one
of the outstanding affairs about the
Capital and it isn't probable that those
In charge Of golf affairs at Columbia
will let the tourney lapse for two years
in succession. Columbia did not hold
d 1885 tournament.
So with Washington. Woodmont
Chevy Chase, probably Columbia and
the middle Atlantic Journeys to ot
staged around Washington, there won't
be any let-up in the activities OF the
links brigade when May opens up TIT
competitive year in 1886. Combine
these affairs with the national open a
Baltusrol early in June, several wom
ems affairs, and you will see that tht
club wielders of the Capital are in TO
another busy season.
Crowded Out This Year.
"A ND in addition Beaver Dam triec
last year to find spot for an in
Vitation even on a crowded schedule
and couldn't work it out. So did In
dian Spring. If both these clubs conn
into the tournament fold in 1886 th'
season will become another one o.
those old-fashioned scrambles, with
steady succession Of big affairs from
the first week in May to the end o.
June.
On the winning side it isn't probable
that Roger Peacock will be such 6
factor in the tournaments next year
for he is in the process of getting him
self Government job. If he succeed!
he won't be able to play unlimited
tournament golf of the type any top
notch player needs to keep his game
in gear for strenuous competition.
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BY c. ROBERT KAY.
Associated Press Stan Writer.
vFW WORK. December Il

Associated Press Stau WrlIeI.
N YEW YORK, December 18.-
nj The racing public likely is
NJ to overlook the dangers
A y which threaten a jockey
when he attempts to bring his
mount from behind and charge
through a humping field to victory.
p But there was one riding feat
which drew universal acclaim in
1895. The hero was Clarence Reid,
q Negro jockey. whose persistence.
though not successful, gave the
patrons of Narragansett Park who
had wagered on a horse named
Staked Plains, run for their
money.
Staked Plains reared on the way
to the post, throwing and injuring
Jockey Willie Moran. No jockey
could be found to ride the nervous
thoroughbred. but finally Reid vol
Unteered.
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glance recently from one golf ball
manufacturer to another, and the
firm with which Smith now is con-
nected is planning to make a big
spalsh on the merchandising horizon
next year. Every golfer knows how
it is done.
It works something like this: A day
or two after Joe zilch has won the
Goofus tournament the newspapers
break out with a big splash ad carry
ing the announcement, Joe Zilch
wins Goofus tourney playing the new
Hi-Fli golf ball." the inference being
that if Joe had played another golf
ball he wouldn't have finished in the
pay.
OF COURSE, Joe is good golfer
~ and could win tournament OF
two with a tennis ball with a pick-aX
handle for a driver and a croquet
mallet for a putter. But the obvious
fact is that Joe couldn't have won
playing any golf ball. He had to play
the Hi-Fli. So it goes. The major
golf ball companies are taking a big
rap in the pocketbook for their sub
sides of leading players, but it is being
done and done plenty.
And, after all. every golf ball made
to sell in the better grades is good
golf ball The real story back of it
is that Horton probably will be one
of the lads chosen in the first 10 or
II tournament players next year. He
should be, for he has been a graceful
and gracious figure in the game ever
since he first broke in at Baltimore
in 1928.
Meanwhile there is one disappointed
boy down there at Coral Gables. Ro-
land Mackenzie has been playing very
fine golf. but he couldn't get those
chip shots clicking at the Biltmore.
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SCOTT WILL BOX BURL
Feathers Face on Card Topped by
Delaney, Mitchell.

Cowboy Howard Scott, kayo winner
over California Joe Rivers and re-
puted to be one of the most colorful
featherweights from the Southwest,
will receive an introduction at Joe
Turner's Arena next Monday, when
he boxes rugged Eddie Burl in six
round support of the Al Delaney
Terry Mitchell feature.
Mitchell and Delaney are carded
for eight rounds.
A combination boxer and puncher,
Scott will meet tough test in Burl,
despite Eddie's advancing years. Hav-
ing recorded upsets over Pete Sarron
and Pete De Grasse here in the past.
Burl proved he still had something
left late last Summer. when he out
pointed Dave Barry of St. Louis and
more recently he defeated Billy Lam
derS,
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ALL oLYMPIANs SCORE.

With every member taking a hand
in the scoring, the Olympians turned
back the U. S. Marshal Juniors, 21-16,
yesterday. Burka and Cohen tied for
honors, with Z points apiece.
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Increase in Golf Tourney Here Likely
GOLF ING CARAVAN
MOVES TO NASSAU
Horton Smith, Miami Win
ner, Heads Notable Field
in British Colonial.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n K IANdI, Fla. December 1S.-Hor-
NH ton Smith, richer by $4,000
N for his sparkling victory in
4 n the Miami Biltmore open,
headed a notable golfing caravan to
Nassau today for the $4,000 British
Colonial open.
Fourth in the Winter series OF Gulf
Stream Journeys, the three-day Brit
ish Colonial opens Friday. Diminutlve
Bobby Cruickshank Of Richmond was
hopeful of repeating his triumph in
last years inaugural competition Ior
the 81 900 capital prize.
The lanky Smith, afterward explain
ing Il Just felt subconsciously that ]
was due for something" racked up
rounds of SO, 10, 70 and 10 for his
three-under-par 28l in the Biltmore
tourney yesterday.
He's Horton of Old.
OK strokes under Farmer" Gene
- Sarazen's 1892 tournament course
record, the former Joplin Ghost
now of Oak Park, nl-served unmis-
taxable notice upon his compatriots
that the magic of five years ago had
returned to his game.
Smith and quiet, modest pro from
Pine Valley, N. j., Ted Turner, alter
mated in the lead for the four rounds.
Unsteadied by the strain of the home
stretch drive after leading at 18 and
81 holes, Turner shot a closing rs tc
tie at 2S4 with KY Laffoon Of Chicago
for second and third money. $1,25C
and 81 900.
Willie MacFarlane of Tuckahoe, N
Y, came the nearest of any previou:
winner to the golden lure of first place
finishing fourth with 2s5 for $3.50.
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WINS GAME BY POINT.

Kendall Green School courtmen
eked out 1913 victory over Mount
Rainier High at Kendall Green yes
terday. M. German Of the winners
led both teams in scoring, with 8
points,
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HAMLrNE PICKS LEADER.

ST. PAUL, December 18 CP.-John
Hutchinson of Whitefish, Mont, a
Junior, has been named captain OF
the 1886 Hamline University foot ball
team.
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Nup -----A W cOA4
Three points each for the following:
U. S. Wightman Cup team, women's
tennis; Montreal Moroons, profess
sional hockey: Oklahoma A. and M.
College, wrestling; Edmonton Grads,
girls basket ball; New York Giants,
pro foot ball; Alabama, Rose Bowl
foot ball champions.
One point each for the following;
New York University, basket ball;
University of Michigan, swimming;
Jeffersonville Qnd9 High School, bas-
ket ball; Kansas City Stage Liners,
basket ball: Japanese professional golf
team, United States swimming team,
which invaded Japan; British amateur
boxing team. which beat New York
Golden Glovers.
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r CONTINUED From First Page)
the University Of California track
team, the University of California
crew and the British Davis Cup team
all received top ranking on two or
more lists.
Irish" in Greatest Beat.
.NTOTRE DANES gridiron outfit,
= several experts suggested, turned
in the greatest single team perform
ance for one afternoon when it came
from behind in the last period to beat
Ohio State
The tabulation of the poll on out
standing teams of 1885, showing point
fofaIr fnllouSs
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Three years ago-Craig Wood won
Pasadena open golf tournament with
72-hole total Of 278.
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Tigers

fconttiinuled from FIRST pase.)
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PLAN
YULE BROADCASTS
Radio Facilities in Many
Lands Will Carry
Greetings.

~ Ado facilities of many coun-
- tries of the world will be em-
IN ployed on more than so
y Christmas programs TO be
Evening star., 1935-01-06

of the case that Virginia Thompson only
few hours before her marriage had decided
not to be married if the term decided may
ever be used with legal exactitude as applicable
to any act of the adorable SEX"
The afternoon of her wedding she went to
a party. To the party came r. Howard Bland
jr.. and "his fair and charming BRIDE" whom
Judge O'Dunne describes as most refreshing
not only in appearance but in the simple
straightforward candor Of their testimony"
when they later told him the events of the
day. When they arrived at the party they
said to Virginia:
"Now, If you and John are going to get
married why We think that is swell. and if you
are, then talk quickly and get going If you
are not to marry, say so, as we have bowling
engagement shortly and nothing less than the
romance of wedding is going to make US
break it."
Followed another chapter of feminine inde-
cision during which the wedding was on and
off more than once" according to the judges
report, until finally, in answer to Bland's
Virginia, let's get set: either there is to be
a wedding a bowling match" the License
Bureau was called and found to be still open
at $50 pm. ION account of a murder" The
license clerk, who knew they were in Balt-
more, told them he would give them half hour
to put in an appearance at his Office in Ellicott
City, Md.
their roadster hoped r. Howard Bland, jr,
and his sweet bride. Into roadster climbed
Virginia and John. Safe to assume, in less
than one-half hour the romanticists stood be-
fore Cupd's clerk with dollar down and no
interest or other installments to pay.
Presumably the usual question was put by
the license clerk. For dog or woman?-(same
price, They unwisely chose woman. Running
entirely true to feminine form, as as Miss
Virginia got what she thought she wanted, she
no longer wanted it-and she said, What
should do? I don't want to go through with
it"
However, good sports manShip ordained other
wise and they got the license They then
went to an Episcopal minister; he told them
that three days must elapse between the license
and the ceremony according to his church, but
he added, Judge ODuTne pointed out,
''Yonder is the home of Presbyterian min
lister not bound by such structure to three
days delay. Ii I refuse to marry YOU for that
reason, would you 60 to him and get married
in any event?"
A GAIN Virginias sporting blood made hcr
bravely answer yes, and then the minister
replied: I'm that case would not want to be
the humble instrument in the hands OF in
scrutabe Providence in driving out Of +''n Epis-
ccpal church tand into anoth~N -
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ancient female prerogative?
Does he too concede to woman the right
to say yes at one moment and no the next.
or does he rail against this habit and demand
that she become what he considers rational
being?
Does the woman of today scorn the fickleness
for which her grandmothers were famous. or
does she, too follow in the footsteps of history
as legitimate daughter of Eve and reserve
the right to change her mind nonchalanty
as she does the fashion of her hair dress or
the color of her nail polish?
Strange as it may seem, the very latest ver-
dict On feminine capriciouSneSs has been handed
down by less dignified male than the
learned Judge Eugene O'Dunne, who presides
over Circuit Court No. in Baltimore.
And, stranger still, this gentleman of the law
has decided that there are no limitations legal
or human, on the right of the female to change
her mind at any time on any subject, since
decisions dissecting the feminine mind, soul
and body and their several requirements are at
best mere man-made laws, and law is never
accepted as binding on the female OF the
species cat least by herr"
What is more, less a personality than
A. P. Herbert, the noted English wit, novelist,
student of Jurisprudence and indefatigable cru
sader for saner divorce laws, has seen fit to
praise the literary as we'll as the judicial talents
of the American judge in the columns of Punch,
Londons humorous weekly
THE present discuss ion about the ancient
prerogative of daughter of Eve to change
her mind as she would her dress or the brand
of her perfume" grows out of marriage which
took place in EcCt. CITY, Md, in Novem-
bel. 1888.
The bride was the 21-year-old Virginia
Clacsen Thompson of Baltimore, who had been
selected as color girl for the Annapolis Naval
Academy exercises in the Spring of 1893 by
MidShipman Ernest Lee Jahr ckN. son OF Ernest
Lee Jahnckc former Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. And the groom was the 24-year -o'd John
Bradon Bronner also of Baltimore, an employe
of a filling station.
1t seems according to the way thu judge
himself tells tho "+or'' il hi breezy ds"U ion
Evening star., 1935-01-06

at the Naval Academy" and that this lack sf
mental consent was too subtle for ordinary
understanding"
IA /HEN the first inklings Of this romantic
w comedy of marriage crossed the Atlantic
Ocean, they interested Novelist A. p. Herbert
vastly.
Herbert, who took first class in jurisprudence
at Oxford in 1914 and has been writing for q
quarter of century, compliments Judge
ODunne on his wisdom and humanity well
as on his literary skill
He writes that the words about woman's habit
of changing her mind. proceeding from any
bench, might well have started Nationwide
breaking UP of homes" but he hastens to add
that since they were bound up with an excellent
judgment, they could do only good. And he
says that in his opinion the bride had not, as
she put it, changed her mind" but had as q
matter of fact never made it up at ALL"
Herbert declares that the Judge tells the story
with breezy humanity which he commends to
the high court; he likes the kindly way in
which he wrote the decision before sailing for
Paris in order to give the romantic htigants
peaceful Summer, and he adds that Judge
O'Dunne has shown himself a master Of life
and of literature in this report.
Herbert emphasizes time and again the "at-
tractive brightness of Judge ODmnes opin-
ion, and then concludes: You, reader, who
are accustomed to deride American customs.
pray do not miss the moral of this story, in
which it is not too easy divorce but too easy
marriage that causes all the trouble"
But even If A. p. Herbert wants specially
to point out that hasty marriages cause harm
while easy divorces make people happier, the
fact still remains that the breezy tale which
Judge ODunne told SO well did all spring out
of the inability Of woman to make up her mind.
For, Judge ODunne said, dissecting q
womans mind is great question, lone that Is
as old the history Of the human race and so
delicate that a mere man, whether layman or
judge, may well approach it with feelings Of
utter helpleSsness" And Judge ODunne, re-
aliZing that when woman changes her mind
she will not listen to a contrary law, granted
Virginia c. Thompson ner annulment because
he believed it was the thing that would make
her tand incidentally her husband) much
happier than the welded state could.
Evening star., 1935-01-06
Rain Sill Short

THE tremendously heavy rainfall during
September, October and November has
changed the weather map of the interior States
greatly, but still failed to restore the subsoi to
its normal condition OF moisture. More than
three months Of heavy rain are vital If the
effects of the long -drawn-out drought are to be
counteracted.
While the Fall rains were far above normal,
they failed to bring the years rainfall up %
the, annual average. p. T. 3."[
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members of this faith; therefore in such case
I think I ought to marry you"
And he did, not without first, as Judge
ODunne in all fairness records, trying and fail
ing to get "dispensation" from his bishop by
calling him on the telephone because "the line
(not of bishops but of telephone service) was
dead"
Thus Virginia Classen Thompson became Mrs
John b. Bronner in the eyes Of the law and the
State, but in her own heart she remained Miss
Thompson; for no sooner did she discover that
she was really bride than she wanted to undo
what she had SO recently done. The groom
acquiesced in her desire and they took their
plea for an annulment to court where, fortu-
nately for Miss Thompson, it fell into the hands
of Judge Eugene ODunne.
After having heard all the facts and spoken
with the principal romanticists. Judge ODunne
sat down to write his opinion. With the decree
annulling the marriage Judge ODunne attached
a 14-page memo closely written in longhand on
hotel stationery
In his memo the Judge proceeded to reason
out the case to a conclusion. He writes
There is in this case no suggestion of ine-
briefly of either party to the proceedings or by
any OF their friends, but mere human nature
knowledge tells me that neither good nor bad
gin-and there none good in November,
1888, and have seen little since-Sobers the
thought or makes for serious and deliberate
judgment of high order, but serves rather to
befoggle thought and stimulate indecision OF
the feminine mind, never in need Of such
Stimulant
Has any man ever Eeen born who could
interpret the female heart? Decisions dissect-
ing the feminine mind, soul and body and their
several requirements are mere man-made laws,
and law is never accepted as binding on the
female of the species.
What are the limitations, If any, legal or
human, on the right of the female to change her
mind at any time on any subject, as she would
her dress or perfume? There is none. Woman
may change her mind with utter disregard of
consequences, without any sense of RESPONSE
bility, either to God law man, and more
especially in all affairs Of the heart.
Even the day after the sanction Of the reli-
gious ceremony it is still not too late for the
feminine mind to exercise this ancient preroga-
tive of the daughters of Eve to change her
mind"
Toward the end OF his opinion the learned
Judge remarks: "The cynics may sneer and
think the judicial life itself too cloistered fully
to comprehend human nature in the making.
Perhaps the only answer worth while giving
them is that am sailing for Paris and may
broaden my 'kultur in that line during the
Summer"
He concludes by granting an annulment and
declaring that he based his opinion on the fact
that there was a "lark OF mental consent Of
Virginia Thompson. the fair plaintiff (and she
$780," k,'r~;~ f." t,c 'vss. tt!c3tcS color g'rf
Evening star., 1935-01-06
BY M1DELIN BLITZSTEIN.

HILE poets and song writers have
penned many romantic verse
n celebrating the changeableness
NM of the feminine mind how does
" " the modern. sophisticated man
of the world react to this
Evening star., 1935-01-17
Horse-Sense Tests.
om the Los Angeles Times.

from the Los hLBclcS 4AAess
Decision of the District of Columbia
Supreme Court that Secretary Nor
genthau has a right to dismiss some
900 Treasury employees who refused
to take, or who failed in, a new civil
service examination directed by Con-
gress, means that the merit system,
being a creation Of legislation, is at
the mercy of legislators. The merry
Congressmen who decided to require
new tests left out (by accident or In
tention) any provision for credit for
experience, and the Civil Service Com
mission consequently was unable to
give any.
However, the complaint of the 900
at the nature Of the questions asked
does not seem to be well founded.
Their particular attack was directed
at "horse-sense" questions which re-
quired them to know the meanings Of
words which, they point out, have
little relation to the fiscal transac-
tons the Treasury Is mainly concerned
with. The words cited are all In
fairly common use.
This was only o part Of the test,
however, and it would have been pos
sible to pass the examination without
answering correctly any Of the horse
sense" questions. Inclusion Of such
questions does not seem unfair. Gen.
eral intelligence and hteracy are cer-
tainly qualifications for any Govern
ment post.
The unfairness came In emitting
experience as desirable qualification.
For the omission, the responsibility Is
that of Congress. When Congress
abuses its discretion, not much can be
done about 1t except at election time.
Evening star., 1935-01-17

commonplace nowadays as to deserve
no different designation - brings
sharply to view again the weakness Of
the parole system. The abduction Of
members Of the parole board Of the
State with weapons supplied through
the connivance Of a paroled convict
cannot fail to hasten consideration Of
the dangerous inefficiency Of the re-
mission of sentences for the sake OF
possible redemption Of offenders by
their restoration to liberty.
Another of the tragic episodes OF
the day is more encouraging. A
Federal posse in Florida cornered two
members of a gang of kidnapers,
mother and son, and after a battle
lasting six hours slew them both.
The woman is believed to have been
the brains of the organization. who
had trained her sons in crime. There
can be no pity for her on the score
of her sex.
In Illinois a gang of robbers foiled
in an attempt to loot a bank was
pursued by q posse for many miles.
All were taken, one killing himself
just before capture. A bank official
and a sheriff were slain. The pursuit
and running fight covered three
counties. The law scored victory,
though at heavy cost.
These three affairs conceded to
make the 18th Of January, 1885, a
day to be remembered. A thwarted
bank robbery, the determination Of a
desperate kidnapping gang and a
prison break with incident demonStra-
ton of the deplorable weakness Of the
parole system are the components of
a sorry picture of American civiliza-
ton,