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The Washington times., 1935-02-26
P1nOChle Semi-Finals
Set for Tonight

Approximately so competitors
remain this morning in the Dis
trict of Columbia pinochle tourna-
ment sponsored by The Washing
ton Times, in conjunction with
P. Hal Sims, card authority, fol-
lowing third-round play last night
in the continental room Of the
Wardman Park Hotel.
In fact. some of the so were
eliminated, as Director George E.
Bishop of the local contest ran
off part of the fourth round
before ceasing activity. Official
results of the fourth bracket, how
ever, will not be available until
tonight, after the Semifinals be-
gin in the dragon room OF the
hotel.
Mr.. Bishop, former all-State
football player and wrestler at the
University of Kansas, now a local
bridge and pinochle authority, an
nounced this morning that rules
for tonight's semifina1s have been
changed. To survive, players must
win three of five games instead
of the two in three that prevailed
during early action.
Chance at $1,000
The ultimate winner of the
D. C. event will receive q prize
of $500 and a free trip to New
York, with a chance to gain
1000 if conqueror in the national
tourney scheduled March II at
the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria. Prizes
of $10O will go to the second
and third competitors in Wash
ington, while all semifinal en-
trants will get an autographed
copy Of Mr.. Sims book, "Pinochle
Pointers"
Last nights action was typical
Of the affair to date, resembling
in color and atmosphere" the
opening night last week, when
almost 600 appeared for initial
play. The smaller field, how
ever, proved more orderly and
easier to control for the tourney
officials.
The hand of fate was, as usual
in cards, very evident. L. A.
Creeseman, head doorkeeper Of
the Senate, was eliminated last
The Washington times., 1935-02-26

night in two Of three games after
winning his first six games in
the opening rounds. Other in
stances were similar.
Those in Play
Except for eliminations not re-
corded, those continuing play to-
night at 8 o'clock are as follows:
w. r. Lewis, Eli Wolfe, C. A.
Slifker, B. M. Hartman, Harry
Bachrach, Moe Lounsbury, viii.
liam Roberts, Henry Batson,
Charles Lppold, S. R. snider,
]. Cody, Joseph Weir, Simon
Rather, J. A. Sourwine, E. Pate,
Jack Leonard, Frank Prever,
Albert Foer. George Chase, v. R.
Miller, Charles McCrea, Archie
Friedberg, S. J. Owen, Clarence
Crown, Mrs. J. L. Bowsher, w.
H. Rehbein, Jacob Frei, Louis
Boss, M. Topper, Dorothy
Braasch, John Ellis, Mrs. D. I.
Wacker, Theodore Herdeman.
w. F. Sidders, James Lauziere,
Jesse Kellman. Henry Greene,
Mrs. A. Albert, w. E. Barclay,
Raymond Johnson, Christian
Nelson, w. R. Lewis, Martin
OLeary, James Erwin, B. Weiss
brod, H. E. Forscht, Carl Davis,
S. Rubinstein, Gertrude Doyle,
William Stocker, L. L. Cromwell,
Florence Pilling, Enroll Dunbar,
Mrs. j. N. Leonard.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Tobacco Workers
Get Wage Raises

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 26.
Thousands of Richmond tobacco
factory workers have felt the first
effects of the new NRA code for
the industry, their pay envelopes
for the Vice. having contained
wage increases.
A tobacco company official here
said the average increase is about
5 per cent, those in the lower
brackets receiving the largest
raises,
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
BY MARY PADGETT

Sanford Bates, director of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons, was
the principal speaker yesterday
at the February meeting Of the
District Federation Of Women'S
Clubs, in Barker Hall, Seven
teenth and K Sts. N. w. His
subject was Have our Prisons
Failed?" Mr.. Bates said in
part:
"Many of the critics Of our
prison and refOrmatOry system
become impatient at the slow
progress from day to day. We
have only to look back so to IS
years, however, to discover what
significant changes have al
ready taken place. Thousands
of prisoners are today in honor
camps, restrained only by their
own sense of honor. The ball
and chain, the iniquitOuS lease
system, the shaved head, the
water cure and in m o 8 t
instances the striped suit and
the dark solitary are things Of
the past.
''While our new system is to
p be built around the concept
that all its prisoners must be re-
turned to society and that
society is not protected unless
they are returned more efficient,
more honest and less criminal
than when they went in, at the
same time 1 believe that even
such punishment need not lose
its deterrent value simply be-
cause it is constructive.
"A prison need not have dirt,
ldleness, graft, and cruelty to
deter persons from committing
crime"
The manner in which prison
ers are treated has become a
public concern, Mr.. Bates
pointed out, and the old STAN
dards of prison management
have been entirely discarded, he
said.
The speaker was presented to
the gathering by Mrs. Charles
T. Watson, program chairman.
Another speaker at the meet
ing was Miss Sibyl Baker, Dis
trict director of Fairgrounds,
who discussed the Weir report
on unification of recreational
facilities in the District.
The D. C. Federation also
elected its delegates to attend
the triennial convention of the
General Federation of Women'S
Clubs in Detroit June 4-12. They
are: Mrs. Esther M. Bair, of
the Park View Woman's Club;
Mrs. Ernest H. Daniel, Political
Study Club; Mrs. Horace j.
Phelps, Petworth Women's Club,
and Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle,
Takoma Park Women's Club.
AlternateS are Mrs. j. Edwin
Reid, of the Sunshine and Com
munity Society; Mrs. Charles A.
Langley. Takoma Park Women's
Club; Mrs. Perry D. Huff, Junior
Women's Club, and Miss Cor
nelia Hill, Columbia Heights Art
Club.
Mrs. Ellis Logan, chairman Of
the department of fine arts, Of
fered a resolution Of apprecia-
ton to Andrew w. Mellon for his
gift of rare paintings to the Ma.
tons Capital, which the Fedora
tion endorsed. Mrs. Logan will
write Mr.. Mellon a letter of ap.
preciation for the Federation.
The Federation also voted that
its president, Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley, should speak before the
House Committee against the
proposed bill providing that
women in the District only work
40 hours week. The federation
believes that this law, if passed,
will not prove of benefit to
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Clinic Card Partv

Elaborate arrangements have
been completed for the benefit
card party sponsored by the
Women'S Clinic which will be
held Thursday at $3.50 p. m. at
Roosevelt Hotel. Proceeds will
be used to carry on the work of
the clinic.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Sanford Bates Talks on Prison
System at Meeting Of
Capital CIubwomen

women, but will cause discrimi-
nations.
The Federation also voted to
add its name to a petition to the
District Commissioners asking
for an enlargement Of the D. c.
police force.
The Washington times., 1935-02-26
Visitors Entertained

Twelve students and graduate
students of the Schol Of Social
Work, Sydney, Australia, who
are touring the United States to
study the social service methods
Of this country, were enter
tained yesterday at a luncheon
in the Dodge Hotel, with Miss
Mary Lindsey, manager of the
hotel, as the hostess.
Members of the group from
Evening star., 1935-10-02
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Heroes and Villains of Past Series
Recalled as More Are Due to Parade.
BY JOHN LARDNEH

handling the ball like high-class
jLggler.
There was Burleigh Grimes,
who marred a great pitching
record with an unfortunate ref
erence to Mickey Cochrane's
ears in 1880, and took the con-
sequences.
There were Billy Rogell and Ernie
Orsatti, nervous at the wrong times
in 1884.
And there were others-one for each
year.
Also Some Heroes.
ON THE black side of the ledger there
~ were the series heroes-Matty,
with his three shutouts in 1905-Babe
Adams, the rookie sensation of 1909
Frank Baker, the home run king of
1e11-Red Faber, the iron man of
19I7-Dickie Kerr, star of losing
cause in 1919-Casey Stengel. with his
pinch-hit homers in 1928 Max
Carey, whose two-base hits in 1925
were murderous and timely-Aleck in
1926-Ruth and Gehrig. the butchers
of 1928-Jimmy Foxx, with his crit
ical home run in ls3o-Pepper Mar
tin. the wild horse Of the 1881 series
Ruth, with his called shot in 1892
-Hubbell in 1933-the Dean boys last
year.
And this year, who? A week from
now some unhappy Cub or Tiger will
be marked down in the records as the
primary instrument of defeat for his
club, and some shining individual will
have pitched two victories or un-
loaded a homer with the bases full or
stolen the dealers shirt.
A world series is field day for
individuals. It always Is upon
an individual that the fans and
the writer's fasten.
(Ccpyris1t. 1925. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Gnc.)
Evening star., 1935-10-02
Seeks Bud Thomas.

Seeks Bud Thomas.
CRIFF went to the meeting last night
~ at the Statler Hotel in hopes of
acquiring Luther (BudD Thomas.
former Washington sandlotter, from
Atlanta of the Southern Association.
Thomas was given trial by the Ma
tionals several years ago after star
ring for the Olmsted Grill team, but
he was given his release by Chat
tanooga, where he was "farmed." /"
Since then he has made rapid strides
and is looked upon as a likely
prospect.
All hopes of getting Thomas via
the draft were dashed early, how
ever, when the Philadelphia Ath-
letics came up with pitcher Harry
Kelly of Atlanta. Only one player
from a club may be drawn.
Kelly is the same pitcher who
served a brief term with the cham
pion Nationals of 1925. He won %
and lost 13 games for Atlanta this
year.
Five days remain for bigleague
clubs to draft minor leaguers, but
Griffith doesn't believe he will take
any more. Few of the players in
this years draft are rated as of big
league caliber.
Meanwhile, Griffith still is holding
daily conferences with other Amer
lean League magnates, and it would
not be surprising If he laid the foun-
dation for q trade or series of swaps
Evening star., 1935-10-02
Think Tigers Past Peak.

IT WAS case of youth and drive on
the side of the Cubs. laring cour-
age that showed through the National
League stretch. against a team that
many of the experts think passed its
peak about the time it dubbed the
last vestige Of opposition out of the
American League about month ago.
1t was Mickey. Cochrane's problem to-
day to lift up by the bootstraps the
identical team that fell before the gas
house gang from st. Louis last Fall.
shook off those defeats to win the
American League flag, but slumped so
in the stretch that they won only II
out of their last 26 games.
There were no mysteries TO bother
the faithful-none but the mystery of
where TO locate the last ticket needed
to get into the ball yard.
The weather man, after shaky
start, promised clear. warm skies.
The managers hid nothing, not even
(See FINE START, Page C-3)
Evening star., 1935-10-02
BROWN is LACKING
IN GRID MATERIAL
Lone Veteran Lineman and Some
Small Backs Form Nucleus
for 1885 Eleven.
for 1885 Eleven. .

PROVIDENCE, r. 7, October Up.
Determination and enthusiasm
must be made as potent as unavailable
experience and natural ability if the
Brown Bears are going to make any
kind of stand during their over
ambitious foot ball warfare.
One veteran lineman and a half
dozen midget ball carriers are about
all the seasoned material Coach
''Tuss' McLaughry has to start a sea-
son that calls for conflicts with Har-
ward, Yale. Dartmouth. Holy Cross,
Syracuse. Columbia and Colgate
Most of the other 40-odd candidates
are newcomers TO big-time foot ball
and the squad as a whole can be
matched by at least 20 other New Eng
land colleges, few of which would be
willing to commit foot ball suicide in
such fashion.
Evening star., 1935-10-02
Umps Supreme
In Series Change

BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
DETROIT, October 1.-THE eject
ing of ball players from world
series games was back In the hands
of the umpires today following a
decision last night by Judge Kene-
saw M. Lands commissioner of
base ball.
When Heinie Manush, Washing
ton outfielder, was ordered from a
game during the world series of
1888 by Umpire Charlie Moran of
the National League, Lands drew
up rule whereby no player could
be elected unless he did it. Last
year in the Tiger Cardinal series,
the judge ordered Joe Medwick of
the Cards from the game after
DetroitS vegetable throwing Incl
dent.
While Lands made no public
announcement, it was learned that
he told Umpires George Moriarty
and Bill MCGOWAN of the American
League, and Dolly Stark and Ernest
Quigley of the National League
that they had the power to take
any such measures Il necessary. I,
Evening star., 1935-10-02
Looking Around.

NAAA6 hiVuHu
PORTRAITS-Clark Grifith and
Joe Cronin with heads together
constantly and Cronin con-
ferring with Yawkey and General
Manager Eddie Collins Heinie
Manush riding elevators and wear
ing cat-that- just-swallowed-the-
canary look A line of would-be
guests waiting two hours at the Book
Cadillac desk to register If DOS
sible . . Phil Cavaretta as loose
as a goose :. Mickey Cochrane cuss-
ing cold and scowling
Ford Frick watching workmen re-
inforce the screen in left field be-
cause Hank Greenberg had driven a
pail through the single-strength wir-
ing duplication of that would
create controversy Greenberg
probably wondering if he can snap
out of his slump during the series
Griffith hiding possible disappoint-
ment over Washington's drawing in
the draft Walter Hagen, the
goofer, travelling with Grantland
Rice :. . and doffing his coat during
the Cubs practice to play a bunting
game with Gabby Hartnett young
Augie Galan quietly correcting a
newspaper man, who put the accent
on the ga" of his name Its
French name" he explained, "and
it's pronounced with the "a as in
Atlanta and the accent on the Ian B"
-. Galan's pop was born in France,
not far from the Pyrenees, and his
mother was born near Paris
Augie may bear watching in this
serieS-F. E. S.
Evening star., 1935-10-02

Macks Get Star Hitter.
EVERY team in the American League
with the exception of the Yankees
and White Sox, drew players in the
draft. The Athletics were the only
club to get more than one player
last night. In addition to Kelly, the
Philadelphia club drafted Outfielder
George Puccinelli of Baltimore, who
led the International League in bat
ting with an average of .359, and
who made So home runs.
He also scored 135 runs and batted
across 172 tallies. The St. Louis
Browns drafted Catcher Angelo
Guilliani of st. Paul, who batted .276.
The Red Sox drafted Pitcher Manuel
Saliva from Sacramento of the Pacific
Coast League. He won III and lost
l6 games.
Cleveland drafted Joe Becker of
San Francisco, an outfielder with a
1856 batting average, while the
champion Tigers drew Pitcher r. w.
Phebus from Chattanooga. Phebus,
however, pitched for Davenport this
year, winning IS and losing 10 games.
Evening star., 1935-10-02
The Guarding Barrier.

The Guarding Barrier.
THERE is not likely to be any repe-
tition of the rough-and-tumble
tactics that turned last years series
into one of the all-time classics.
A 20-foot screen has been erected
across the left-field bleachers. This
means the enraged or excited Tige:
rooters no longer can peg pop bottles
oranges, apples and onions on a dead
line at some hostile head Any thrown
missile must be arched over, affecting
not only accuracy but also softenirg
the moment of impact.
Only an Australian bolo or
boomerang expert could do any
(See SPORTLIGHT, Page D.
Evening star., 1935-10-02
CARDS ARE GENEROUS
Give Full Share to Crawford
Ill Throughout Season.

ST. LOUIS, october 2 R-Regarc-
less of the front-ofice attitude. win or
lose, the st. Louis Cardinals are a
generous squad of ball players.
Meeting to distribute their second
place money. the team voted full
share to Pat Crawford, pinch hitting
star of 1884, who has been out Of aC-
ton all this year because of an i'll
lection following an operation.
A half-sfare was voted for Charley
Wilson, utility player, transferred IN
lnidseason 10 Rochester,
Evening star., 1935-10-02
BY JOHN LARDNER.

~ ETROIT, October a. This
series Is going to have a
hero and a villain, like every
other series. The hero will
steal all the bases in sight, make a
couple Of Barnum g. Bailey stops. and
hit for 500. The villain will lose q
fly ball in the sun, kick a grounder
into Northern Indiana and strike out
II times.
The villain is not a black hearted
fellow. like Ralph Vandeleur (take-
off those whiskers Ralph or Mr.
Shakespeare's Iago. He is simply the
victim of circumstances, the young
man who happens to be jittery in
what happens to be the pinch.
The chances are that, after
fighting down the temptation to
cut his throat, he will cash his
pay check and 60 off among
the duck ponds and bowling
alleys to forget.
There have been series villains be-
fore
Evening star., 1935-10-02
WILL FOLLOW GENERALS.

LEXINGTON, Va, October a.
Washington and Lee students will
move on Richmond practically en-
niaSse for the Generals clash with
Duke Saturday.
Evening star., 1935-10-02
THE TIGERS PRAYER.

ShQQeS OF ~, LHe georgia FeucH,
Shades OF Wild Bill Donouan,
Shades of Crawford and OF Vedch-
Ghosts of oil that ancient clan
Lead us to the open road.
Take array the bitter blast,
Turn aside the singing goad.
Lead US through the togs at last.
Year BY year ,Ue'ue felt the slash,
Dating to the Cubs OF Chance:
We hare felt the Pirates smash
On the road OF lost romance;
We haze seen the Dean boys hot
AS the gas house gang rushed BY
Must Ue al,udys bloD the pot
When they cut the golden pie?
Up and at 'eni, Schoolboy Rot0e;:
Come on, Mickey, through the din
Greenbergs ,Daiting for the bloto
That will blast the runners in;
Gehrinoer is on the job.
With another cro1Dn at stake
Shades OF Crawford, Veach and Cobb,
Can't we euer get break?
~ ETROIT, october a. Much
to the surprise of your cor
respondent. Mickey Cochrane
- and Charlie Grimm both
announced they expected to win the
world series. Both also confirmed the
rumor that each team, meaning Tigers
and Cubs, practically was full Of the
old pink, without an alibi to offer In
advance.
I'VE didn't cut our way through 81
straight games running on one leg and
with q flock of lame arms" Charlie
Grimm told me. IF you think this
bunch has frightened up," he said in
the Cubs dressing room, lust look
them over"
Gabby Hartnett's loud guffaw was
rocking the spider covered window
panes. Young Galan, one of the sea-
sons stars, looked as loose as ashes.
-ne Cubs gave you the ap-
pearance Of q team ready to
20 behind Lon Warneke, the
lean-armed sniper from Mount
Ida, Ark.
Mr.. Warneke also stated that he
was in the old-fashioned pink, feel
ing just about the same as he did the
day he stopped Paul Dean and the
Cards with a two-hit shutout This
means at least that Lon didn't have
the cholera or the pip.
"a world series depends partly on
the breaks" Grimm said, but the
winners must force the breaks. That's
what we hope to do, and think Ne
can do it with this bunch"
The Tigers were in the same cheer
full frame of mind. I had long talk
with Schoolboy Rowe and his old man
from Arkansas.
'If I'm not right now, I might
as well cut the old whip of and
send 1t back to Arkansas" Rowe
said.
Schoolboy Rowe is only feet AZ
inches above the turf. He might as
well be throwing a ball from the top
Of skyscraper.
You'll see different Lynwood this
time" Old Man Rowe told me. "You
watch and see."
Why do think we'll win7" Mickey
Cochrane asked. Because think we
have 6 better ball club. ! th&nk well
Evening star., 1935-10-02
THE SPORTZICHT
Cochrane, Grimm Jolt Writer, as Each
Picks His Team Without Reservation.
BY GRANTIAND RICE

get better pitching and harder hit
ting. What more does il take?"
The harder hitting. the
heavier punch, is the factor that
favors the Tigers.
Cochrane expects to work Rowe
Bridges and Auker in turn, with Gen
Crowder held in reserve, tugging al
the bull pen leash.
Evening star., 1935-10-02
LIGHT TEAM CHALLENGES.

Any l50-pound eleven desiring q
game for Sunday is asked to get in
touch with r. George of the Clarendon
Lions. who is booking games at
Clarendon 1892, between and pm.
Evening star., 1935-10-02
Famous Villains of History.

THERE was Fred Snodgrass, who
dropped that historic fly against
the Red Sox in 1912.
There was Heinie Zimmerman, who
pursued Eddie Collins across the
plate in 1917.
There was Roger Peckinpaugh, who
watched the ball slide through his
legs in 1921.
There was Tony Lazzeri, fooled by
Alexander with the bases full in 1926.
There was Hack Wilson, who started
Philadelphia's famous 10-run rally by
losing one in the sun in 1929. and In
the same series there was Woody
English. the apprentice lehortstop
Evening star., 1935-10-02
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

~ ETROIT, October 2.-President
Clark Grifith's quest for
added pitching strength for
the Washington ball club was
we'll under way today following the
drafting Of Pete Appleton. veteran
right-hander from the Montreal club
of the International League.
Appleton formerly pitched for Cleve-
land under the name of GraboWski
His draft price was $500.
The newest National is about 80
years old. With the Montreal club he
won % games and lost 9. performing
in Al contests all told. He is a good
batter, winding up with 1861 average
Griffith, who as early as last July
had his eye on Appleton, thinks the
newcomer has q chance to help the
Nationals next season Sometimes a
ball player takes little longer to
develop" declared the Washington
president. land Appleton may be such.
Before the draft was made last
night I ran into Ray Schalk, who is
managing the Buffalo team. Schalk
says that Appleton is much i'm
proved pitcher since he was with the
Indians"
Evening star., 1935-10-02
Nav Set TurnstiIe Mark.

THE setting was the sun-lit stadium
of Navin Field, where only a year
ago last years curtain rang down on
the Tigers in a storm of vegetables
aimed at the St. Louis Cardinals. VIC
torious in as rough and turbulent a
seVen-game struggle as modern his
tory of the series knows. Nothing like
that threatened today. as the widely
contrasting battle fronts drew up on
strictly business lines, full of respect
for each other as well as admonitions
from the high moguls that nothing Of
the sort must happen again.
Around the park swirled the front
ranks of the throng heading through
the gates at 9 m. for the 10000 in
dlvldual perches on the vast eXpanse
OF pine seats stretching beyond the
left field walls, encroaching on that
part of the playing field so that the
home run distance has been cut TO
30l feet in that direction. Every re-
served seat was sold, and scalpers de.
manded SIS each for choice box loca.
tlons originally priced at $3.50. There
wasn't the slightest doubt in any ones
mind of sell-out, the biggest crowd
ever TO see ball game here. and a
fine financial start toward the record
for series receipts. S1,207,O 900, taken in
at the sevengame series between the
Yankees and Cardinals in 1926. Radio
rights started the pot off with slOO 900.
Despite the fact that the big Rowe,
WhoH always be a schoolboy despite
his fine start toward raising a family,
has the advantage of veteran world
series club behind him, his friends
packed around him, his surroundings
friendly and familiar, the dynamic
young Cubs, behind their great rifle.
man. Warneke. were slight favorites TO
win the first game.
Evening star., 1935-10-02
Criffs Draft Pete appleton,
Star on Mound for Montreal;
Seek Bud Thomas of atlanta
MackS Get Star Hitter.

to be announced at the joint meeting
of the major leagues in December.
Evening star., 1935-10-02
Crowder Is Confident.


A LVIN CROWDER was tying his
= necktie in the Detroit club house
How many games will it go? I'd
say five and certainly not more than
six I really mean 1t. We're a much
better ball club this year. I wasn't
confident in the last series, but I
know what We can do to the Cubs"
Charlie Grimm was telling it to q
group of scribes.
mo, didn't say the Cubs would
win in four straight games. I've been
in base ball too long to give out any
such rash statement OF course, ]
think the Cubs will win, but we are
in for a tough fight.
Il haven't had much chance to
study the Tigers at first hand, but it
seems to me the two clubs are strong
in every department. We ought to
have great series, one of the great
est"