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The Washington times., 1935-03-22
Rolls Record,
semann Is
Ignored

They just won't give George
L. Isemann, National Duckpin
Bowling Congress secretary, the
credit due him as a bowler.
Recently George, with Sue
Miller as a partner, set a Nor
folk mixed doubles high game
record Of 306, and no one both
cred to mention it. And is he
disgusted.
It was in the st. Patrick's
Mixed Doubles tournament and
George ripped off a 166 game
while his partner had 14O.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
N. Y. Net Ace
Joins D. 6.
Colony

WashingtOn's m a lie tennis
colony has been increased by
one.
He is William F. Mehler, Of
New York.
Mehler, 24-year-Old Depart.
ment of Justice emplOye,
learned his tennis on the public
courts, and played on the Stuy-
vesant High School team.
He plans to enter all local
tournaments for which he Is
eligible and expects to give a
good account of himself.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22

doubtful h a n
ding of some
m or league
manager.
At least until
such time as
Cappola h a S
a c q u i red
e n ough major
lore to enable
him to protect
himself against
the lack-lustre
c o a c h in 6
he might re-
ceive in the
10 Wer claSSifi.
nofin1o loo OIInS
The Washington times., 1935-03-22

the best dressed
bowler in the
country, is hap
py today or
Washington his
home tow n,
c a m e through
with flying col
ors.
This city of
ours h as en-
tered 81 teams
in the eighth
a n n u al N a.
tional Duckpin
Bowling C o n
gre SIS tourna.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
Handball Tourney
In Finals Monday

The District A. A. U. four.wall
handball finals will be played
Monday between the teams of Tom
Mangin and j. r. Guinee and Joe
Colley and John Payne.
These teams reached the finals
yesterday by defeating the Randy
Myers-Paul Pearlman and w. C..
Woodward-L. Weinberg teams.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
Euen GriH
Must Get
ALaugh
Times Sports Editor
Uncle Clark Griffith must
laugh himself to sleep some
nights.
That is to say, even to him
Bv KIRK MILLER

it must be
funny til e
way he ma
n i p u ! ates
his baseball
chattels and
pawns; dis
t r i b uting
t h 9 m
around his
v q r j o u s
farms, nuf-
series q n d
br ooderies,
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
Might Baseball To Open
At Cincinnati in May
By DAVIS J. WALSH

EN- ROUTE NORTH, March 22.-Night baseball, at once
hope of toterng major league structure will
inauguated in the National League at Cincinnati shortly
after NAV 20 next with the elaborate ceremonies that
the agile mind of its author is able to devise.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
EAGLES To PUT 7
STRONG NINE
On FIELD

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March %.
Fraternal Order of Eagles will
place a baseball team on the field
this season.
The first practice is scheduled
Sunday on Haydon's Field at 1:45
o'clock.
The Eagles travel to Fredericks-
burg, Va, April IA to open the
season against White Oak.
The first annual girls basket
ball tournament, under the direc.
ton of Miss Kate Alfriend, opens
at the armory tonight.
In tonight's contests the Alexers
and st. Rita's collide at 1880
o'clock, and the Fairsex Celtics
and Lee-Jackson alumnae play in
the second encounter.
The Alexandria Light Infantry
and Company ID" Of Richmond,
basketball quints play for the
State National Guard title Satur'
day night. The AlexandrianS have
yet to lose game in the state
series.
The st. Mary's Celtics open
their season, April IA. The Celtics
were slated to play the George
washington U. nine but this game
was Cancelled because the Colonials
will not play Sunday games.
Sergt. Edgar Sims has been
named coach of the Alexandria
police baseball team.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
Griffith Will Coach
Cappola Himself
By FRANK BUCK" O'NE1LL
Times Staff Writer

BILOXI Miss March 22-Harry Cappola the young right
handler who became the property Of the Grmen yesterday in
the deal that sent Ray Pm to Albany will become the per-
sonal pupil Of President Clark G. Griffith.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
lerS
Wait Pin
Event
By SID KATZNELL

George Lincoln Isemann, execu.
tive secretary of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress, and
The Washington times., 1935-03-22

ment, which George l.. lSemann
starts tomorrow at p. m. at
Monk Fraser'S we'll conditioned
Arcadia Alleys.
Heading the local entry list are
such capable teams as ShollS
Cafe, Washington B. Williams,
Holy Name League, Bill Wood
Girls, Pig'n Whistle, Knights Of
Columbus, Temple and Lucky
Strike Girls. All of these teams
have enjoyed great success this
year, and have high hopes of cap.
turing one of the many prizes.
Maryland Sends "a Teams
Our neighboring territory, Mary.
land, also goes in for bowling in a
big way. It is sending "a teams,
and all are of the highest caliber.
With such splendid coopera-
tion, Isemann sees nothing but
success for the tournament.
Speaking of Isemann, there's a
real worker for you. If any man
is responsible for the growth Of
the duckpin game, then that man
Is George Lincoln Isemann.
He has labored day and night
promoting sweepstakes, tourna.
ments and special matches for
various teams and alley managers
throughout the country without
letup.
Davis LaudS ISemann
Gait Davis, likable manager Of
the Rosslyn Alleys, praises 1se"
mann as follows:
"Without ISemann, the duck
pin game wouldn't be the same.
He has done more for bowling
than any one man in the cOun-
try"
The Washington entry list fol-
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
DIRECTORS MEET

The board of directors Of the
Boys Metropolitan Police Club,
meet today at the Harrington
Hotel at 1890 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22

Griff said this morning that
Cappola was too bright a pros
pect to be turned over to the
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
SOMETHING IN NAME

There is something in a name
sometimes. A steed entitled Nc
Carthy won the Louisiana Derby
on the seventeenth of March.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22

"CappOla has q bright future
as pitcher" said Griffith this
The Washington times., 1935-03-22

Travis Jackson, wheel horse
of the Giants infield, gives Kid
Elberfeld, old.time washington
star, credit for teaching him
all there was to know about
playing shortstop. The Kid
took Trayis in tow when he
was IA.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22

Bob Boken. the string.bean
third-baseman, who hit over his
head during his trial with
washington, is now wearing the
flannel Of the st. Paul, Amer.
tcan Association club.
The Washington times., 1935-03-22
Off the Cuff

A tea and moving picture de-
picting some Of the best Jump
ers in the count y will be held
Sunday afternoon at the new
Riding and Hunt Club on East
West Highway and Beach Drive.
Evening star., 1935-03-10
Continued From Second Page)

familiarizes himself with the early
conditions existing here he wonders
how anybody ever managed to survive
for any considerable time.
Up to the beginning Of the Civil
War, and in some sections even later,
every stream was lined with slaughter
houses, and frequently horse stables
and COW sheds were maintained but
a few feet from the family water sup
ply. Indeed, we may be getting mo
better fast" morally, but no one can
deny that our sanitary conditions have
improved wonderfully.
"54 South Street.
Concord, N. H.,
February 10, 1885.
"Mr. John Clagett Proctor,
Washington, D. c.
Dear sir-For many years have
been reading your interesting articles
about old times in Washington, D. C.,
and for several years before that ]
read articles Of the same kind by your
predecessor, all in The Star, and be-
fore his time read articles by his
predecessor. So you see that am
not young. I lived. as man and boy
in Washington AZ years, and am 75
years old, born in Vermont. I re-
tired from the Government service
four and one-haH years ago. but &c
to washington every Winter.
with this long preamble ! viii
explain the cause Of this interruption
to your busy life. for you must be busy
Evening star., 1935-03-10

to get out an interesting article for
publication every Sunday. have often
thought I would call on you, and
should have done so, but for the rea-
son in the last sentence.
I'm reading your last article (Wash-
ington Monument) I was surprised to
note that Daniel Webster did not de-
liver the grafton on that date, July
1, l848. I have heard that many
times and have always thought he
had that honor. Can you tell me how
this error originated? Don't put your
self TO any trouble to find out, but If
you have it in the back of your head
I should like to know.
II know or knew many, many boys
whom you have mentioned in your
articles-Bob Barr, Dutch Mckee,
Butch Miller, Johnny Viehmyer, Will
B. Robson "a schoolmate), Sam and
Will Wise, all fellow ball players on
the old circus grounds, Ninth and r
and S streets. We lived all over
Washington (15 houses and so I had
opportunity to become acquainted with
the young people. At the Franklin
School I went the only year I ever
went to public school. At that school
were George Judd, Washington Top
ham, Dick Topham, George Rawlings
(my chum). Fred Benjamin, Charles
or Will Butler, Clay Barclay, etc. I
often thought would hunt up Wash
ington Topham, but never did.
"On Capitol Hill, where the Con-
gressional Library Is. went to school
with Ed. Hillyer, Henry olds Che
Evening star., 1935-03-10
Springs and Pumps Furnished WIater

changed the spelling to Oldys), his
brother, Edison B., recently dead;
Frank Stailey, George Lukens, Percy
(Cat) Clark, ETC., and there we're some
girls there, too.
AT the Spencerian Business COL
lege, Seventh and L streets. went 10
school with Ed. Pettengill, Rudolph
Giesler, Sam Rosenbaum, Orlando A.
Jones and Gus Eherly and brother.
There are other parts Of Washing.
ton where I knew some young people,
such as Sixth street southeast. where
I knew the Repetti boys. Wilson
Mckee (not related to Dutch who
was the son Of Ridick R., superin-
tendent of schools. Hal Peake. John
Ingram, - Briggs, whose mother
was a writer, etc. You must be tired
by this time, so will desist.
"Duhamel is another who comes TO
mind, and Will Garner, Arthur Tou-
lon, william Haines. Jessie Gaddis.
George Wood, etc. I suppose I could
write several hundred more, but I
guess have imposed on you enough,
especially for the first time.
"Myron Parker, who officiated as
grand master when the Monument
was finished, was a very intimate
friend Of my father, the late DR.. w. p.
Corey, who practiced medicine many
years on r street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth. They were old SOL
diers together from Vermont, etc.
Hoping to hear from you whenev9
It is convenient for you to write, am,
"Very truly. G. r. COREY"
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longer decreases with increasing dis
lance from the earth. There may
even be a slight increase. The level
at which the thermometer stops fall
ing is the beginning of the strato-
sphere. It also marks the point above
which no clouds can form, for there
is practically no water vapor.
The altitude at which the strato-
sphere begins is about miles above
sea level in the latitude OF the
United States and Europe, about 1ol2
miles in the tropics, and probably
about 6 miles at the poles. The zone
is believed to extend to an altitude
of about 80 miles above see. level.
Although the stratosphere has ap-
proximately an even temperature, 1t
is very cold-somewhere between So
and rs below zero in the Summer.
The temperature differs at different
seasons and at different times of the
day. Curiously enough, it attains its
lowest temperature directly above the
equator. 1t is considerably warmer
at the poles.
To human eyes this stratosphere
is bright and seemingly serene. But
in it tremendous invisible forces play.
Into 1t pour the whole family OF the
suns rays, many of which never reach
the earth's surface, for they are cut
off by the screen of clouds and water
vapor. In this region also the mys-
terious cosmic rays are much more
numerous than at the surface. This
terrific barrage Of rays collides with
the atoms of the thin stratosphere
air. plows through them, and tears
many of them to pieces.
The various rays that stream in
from the sun and from outer space
are most powerful where the air is
thinnest. 1t is for this reason that
the forthcoming flight seeks to rise
to the highest possible level for
Evening star., 1935-03-10
May Regain Markets
THE fear that American crop Gu

THE fear that American crop cur
tailment programs and general
lack Of interest on the part Of foreign
buyers Of American agricultural prod
ucts might indicate the eventual loss
Of foreign markets for all times is not
justified. according to Nils A. Olsen.
chief Of the Bureau Of Agricultural
Economics.
The European nations have not
been able to make themselves self
sufficient, Mr.. Olsen believes, after a
survey of the situation.
There is decided shortage of fats,
which means that the American hog
raiser can look forward to a return
of the European demand, particularly
in German and British markets.
With world wheat prices tending
higher the demand for hard Winter
wheat Of the type grown in this
country Is expected to return.
Cotton also Is expected to be in
better demand, as efforts to produce
supplies in Egypt and Brazil have
not been sufficiently successful to
offer very much competition 10 the
American grower.
Evening star., 1935-03-10
Chinese Air Corps CrOirs

N HANGCHo"' Chlna' located IN
cne of the real beauty spots Of the
ancient country, China is developing
an air corps-a youthful air corps
but one, nevertheless, which numbers
in its ranks some of the real cream Of
the nation.
Several hundred planes have been
purchased for the use of the students
who are being trained in all the rudi-
ments not only of flying but Of plane
construction.
A West Pointer. former commander
of Langley and Brooks Fields. Is in
charge of the work. He is Col. John
H. Jouett and assisting him is a staff
of West Point and other college gradu-
ates from this country.
Already an efficient group of flyers
has been developed. BY the time the
contract of the American instructors
runs out it is possible that the Chinese
will have developed sufficient instruc-
tors to carry on by themselves. Should
this not be the case, undoubtedly
American instructors will be retained.
although Italian interests have shown
a desire to aid not only through sup
ply of instructors but also through the
sale of aircraft to the Chinese.
Evening star., 1935-03-10
Tips on Lily Pools
PROPERLY constructed lily n

A PROPERLY constructed lily pool
= takes into account the points of
the compass. The deep end-for one
end should be deeper than the other
is always to the south. in order that
the rays of light may travel from the
depths to the shallow end as the day
progresses.
The bed of the pool should ALWAYS
carry coating of gravel over the soil
to prevent the water becoming cloudy
from dirt when the fish placed in the
pool root around on the bottom.
The lilies to be planted must be Sc
lected with attention paid to their
normal length of stalk. Some lilies
grow at much greater depths than
others and these naturally are placed
in the deep end of the pool, and as
the water becomes more shallow
shorter-stemmed types are used.
If care is taken in the selection of
the plants and they are properly
tended, fairly long blooming season
will make the pool one of the attrac-
tive features of a garden.
Evening star., 1935-03-10

only weigh ebout l59 pounds If he
stepped on the scales in the strato-
sphere.
Above one the sun shines far more
brilliantly than any man ever saw
it shine on earth before. 1t is a
great flaming disk set in a sky Of
dark purple. There would be only
the faintest tinge of blue to soften
the darkness above, for one would
be above the light-scattering blanket
of gas responsible for the familiar
blue heavens. A short distance away
from the glare Of the sun the planets
and brightest stars would shine at
MONDAY as brightly as at dusk on
earth.
T OOKING downward one could sur
- vey an area Of approximately
$4,000 square miles. Rivers like the
Mississippi would appear like small
rills. The Great Lakes would look
like fairly large ponds. The horizon
would drop away to the right and
left in a definite curve. That is. the
stratosphere observer would actually
see the curvature of the earth.
What is the practical purpose Of
such as ascent? many ask.
First. it makes possible scientific
observations which cannot be made
at the earth's surface. Some of
these, it might seem, are only of
theoretical interest at present. but it
has become an accepted doctrine that
no extension of human knowledge is
without value. And some of these
observations deal with the funda-
mentals, new information concerning
which can be applied in many fields.
Take. for example, the matter of
weather forecasting. 1t is becoming
increasingly recognized that what
happens in the stratosphere is one
of the most important factors in
weather changes. This region of tenn
Evening star., 1935-03-10

100000 cubic feet; altitude. $4,000
feet.
Settle and Fordney, United States,
November 20. 1888: volume. 100000
cubic feet; altitude. 81 ,237 feet.
Fedossenko, Vasenko and Usiskin,
Russia, January 80, 1884: volume, 882,-
$50 cubic feet; altitude, 72,l78 feet.
CAPTS. STEVENS AND ANDER-
~ SON do not expect to go much
above $4,000 feet. That is about the
limit of any balloon which it is practi-
cal to build at present. 1t by no
means represents the extreme distance
away from the earth man may hope
to attain with future mechanical de-
velopments. The bigger the balloon
the greater the height possible, but
there is a. definite limit, according to
calculations of Bureau of Standards
scientists, who have been engaged as
scientific advisors for the stratosphere
flight, beyond which it will be i'm
possible to go except with some
altogether new type of transportation.
We are still long way from flights
to the moon, which would be possible
theoretically only with the perfection
of some form of rocket motor.
The higher one proposes to go the
larger the balloon required. To get
down from greater and greater heights
safely more and more ballast is re-
quired. The amounts go up slowly at
G-1T
by DR.. L. B. Tuckerman of the Bu-
reau of Standards for distances which
actually have been reached.
Fifty-four thousand feet, 2,100
pounds for balloon and equipment and
1,040 pounds for ballast.
Sixty-six thousand feet, $500
Evening star., 1935-03-10
National Geographic Society Ahvady Planning Another
Sh-utosphere Flight This Summer-Vhat the Scientists
Expet to Discovw-N|hy Balloon Trips Are Limited
Lessons of Other Sky Expeditioms

hardly would add more than q mile
or two, at the most, to the possibilities.
One proposal is that the ballast be
carried in the form Of liquid hydrogen,
and II this should prove feasible some
further progress might be expected.
It might be possible some day to
reach the ultimate height Of 80 miles
in a balloon, but for the present, IS
miles is all that can conservatively
be planned for. All sorts of fanciful
space flights" have been portrayed
in fiction, but they all are based upon
the future development of rocket"
motors, for which the decreasing
density Of the atmosphere would be
immaterial since they would be sus-
tanned by the kick-backs of their own
explosions, in much the same fashion
that gun kicks back against the
shoulder of the hunter.
Some pioneer work has been done
with rocket motors, but the efforts
have been confined to the surface of
the earth. Theoretically ii is not i'm
possible to conceive of a rocket ship
which might get out of the range of
the earth's gravity altogether, after
which it would tend to proceed in a
straight line in whatever direction it
was going without any expenditure
of energy until it came within the
gravitational pull Of some other
planetary body.
But rocket transportation, even to
the stratosphere, is matter of the
distant future. At present mans
limit away from the earth depends
upon the properties Of gas-filled bal
looms.
lust what is the stratosphere?
It is that strata Of the at
mosphere wherein temperature no
Evening star., 1935-03-10
HOW HIGH CAN A MAN SOAR ABOVE?-AND WHY?

perature equilibrium may be a great
highway for warm and cold fronts.
Then again comes radiation-per-
haps the most fundamental of all
phenomena, upon which depends the
very existence Of life on earth. In the
stratosphere direct observations can be
made on the incoming radiation Of the
sun. Exterpolations must be made in
observations made on the earth's sur
face to allow for the effect Of the at
mospheric blanket.
Among the specific projects to be
carried out are:
Temperature and barometric meas
urements from the earth to the cell
ing" OF the fight. Only one set Of
such measurements from the surface
to the stratosphere ever has been made
in America.
A check on barometer measure
ments Of altitude, by optical methods.
A camera Of accurately determined
focal length, mounted in the bottom
Of the gondola, will photograph the
comparisons with barometer and ther-
mometer readings at the times the
| photographs were made, much more
| accurate altitude tables can be COM
piled than those now in use.
Bottling of air samples at several
high attitudes. The samples will be
brought to earth and analyzed for gas
composition and relative humidity.
Recording cosmic ray frequency,
penetration and direction Of move
ment at various levels. The rays are
more numerous and more powerful
high above the earth.
Wind direction and velocity studies.
Measurement of solar radiation. A
much truer picture of the heat sent
! out by the sun can be obtained above
the lower atmosphere.
Photography of the solar spectrum.
From such photographs still higher
atmospheric conditions can be in
! ferred.
Record of sky brightness and sun
brightness. The sky is less bright the
higher one rises from the earth.
Thirty or forty miles up it would be
almost black The sun becomes
brighter as the altitude increases.
Oblique photography for distance.
and test of the actinic value of light.
and secondary absorption by the at
mosphere.
Effects of altitude on radio trans.
mission.
Balloon navigation problems. par
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pounds for balloon and 1900 for
ballast.
Seventy thousand feet, 4,30O pounds
for balloon and $500 for ballast.
Seventy-three thousand feet, 1900
pounds for balloon and 1900 for
ballast.
Beyond this, DR.. Tuckerman points
out, everything is theoretical, but the
increase of necessary balloon weight
and ballast goes up very rapidly. Thus
at 10000 feet balloon weighing a
minimum of 1890 pounds and carry
ing 4,200 pounds of ballast would be
required. For 100000 feet the re-
quirement would be balloon weigh
ing 22,300 pounds and carrying 1900
pounds Of ballast. It requires stretch
of imagination to conceive Of going
through the clouds with an apparatus
weighing close to Is tons.
Beyond this, the figures as calcu-
lated by DR.. Tuckerman are: One
hundred and ten thousand feet, $4,000
pounds and 13.100 pounds; 10000
feet, So, 400 and 1900 pounds; 10000
feet, 123,900 and 40,600 pounds;
100000 feet, 220,220 and 7l,90C