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Evening star., 1935-12-12

Washington Club auditorium. Seven
teenth and K streets. and continuing
until 10 pm. Proceeds will be turned
over to the st. Nicholas Russian Ortho-
dox Church.
Holy pictures. typical of Russia, are
made on wood and protected by g spe-
cial lacquer. A number Of rare Rus
sian history books and biographies Of
famous individuals Of that nation will
be exhibited also as well as gay masses
Of embroideries, toys, wooden handi-
craft, dolls and Russian post cards.
| Entertainment will be offered both
in the afternoon and evening Vladi-
mir Piontkoff. choir director of st.
Nicholas Church, will lead group oi
Evening star., 1935-12-12

He added that although several per-
sons had been engaged in this work,
no cases of need had been reported.
He further declared that while this
condition was extremely cheerful,
the association must be sure that no
one in the Benning area would oe
cold or hungry on Christmas day.
A motion was approved to request
the Office of the chief engineer OF
the District to move some OF the su-
nerflous street lights from Benning
road and install them in the poorer
lighted side streets.
J. M. Kayser was appointed to rep
resent the organization at the hearing
before the Public Utilities Comr1lls-
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sion on bus and street car service,
which starts Monday He was in
structed to ask for 3o-minute bus
service and for more street cars dur
ing the morning and evening rush
hours.
The group resolved to cooperate
with and aid the recently-formed
Junior Citizens Association of Ben
ming.
A resolution was adopted authoriz-
ing the secretary to communicate
with Capt. Rhoda Milliken Of the
Womens Bureau asking that police
woman be assigned to the Benning
section to handle the growing prob
Evening star., 1935-12-12
Ship to Fight Fire and Water.

Prepared to fight both FIRE and food,
a salvage vessel has just been launched
at Havre, France, and will be sta
toned at Brest to help Atlantic ship
ping on the stormy coast of Finisterre.
Should q ship spring leak the vessel
will pull alongside and pump out water
at the rate of TOO gallons a minute.
BY reversing the pumps water may be
poured on a blaze at 500 gallons a
minute.
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costumed members in folk songs and
Russian Yuletide songs.
Countess Elizabeth Heiden win sing
several solos, as will Mrs. Sonia Gar
della. Nine. Ludmilla Vassilieff will
present q group Of children in dances
at pm Sophocles T. Papas' or
cheStta will present musical pro-
gram. A refreshment booth will sell
Russian sweetmeats, pastries and
serve tea.
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ICONS TO FEATURE
ST. NICHOLAS FAIR
Reproductions by Prague Stu
dents to Be Shown for
Church Benefit.

Reproductions of century-old icons,
made by students of the Kandakov
Academy, Prague, Czechoslovak,a, will
be one OF the outstanding features Of
the third annual st. Nicholas Fair
opening at noon tomorrow In tie
Evening star., 1935-12-12
Outsized Soldier Rothers-

The tallest soldier In the French
army Is causing embarrassment to the
French war ministry. A member Of
the 10th Colonial Artillery Regiment,
Robert Thiery, Is feet inches tall.
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BENNING SECTION
NEEDY NOT FOUND
Association President Asks Mem
bers to Aid in Roundup
for Yule Giving.

Cooperation of Benning Citizens
Association members in locating
needy families in the community was
asked by Frank e. James. president
Of the group, last night at a
Erecting in the Odd Fellows Hall.
Evening star., 1935-12-12
$25, 600, 900 for Plant Seeds.

Amateur gardeners Of England have
spent more than s25, ,o00, 900 for British
flower seeds.
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lem Of delinquent children and young
people in that area.
Evening star., 1935-12-12

Fancy Whisk Broonns Handker-
chief Cases Pun and Tissue
Cases Sewing Boxes Sew
ing Kits Pajama Pillows
Coat Hangers Lingerie Csses
Tie Holders Ash Trays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-08
STEEDS Of EVERY
BREED ON PARADE
Best of HorsefIesh to Be
Seen in Show Opening
Here Tomorrow.
TINE legions Of horsedom's war

TINE leeions Of horsedom's war
riors encamped at Bradley
Farms today, awaiting tomor-
rows call to battle in the an
nual three-day National Capital horse
show.
Representing the foremost forces in
the lists of Virginia, Maryland. the
District and half a dozen other States,
the equine thrusters are scheduled to
try their skill in SIS separate joustS,
each designed for different types of
horses
Fat and shiny show horses. rough
and ready working hunters. the
strangely bred specialists in open
jumping, saddle horses. ponies, animals
of every breed and description wete
disgorged from rumbling vans today
and led into gayly decorated stables
for final rest before the tussle.
The colors flashing over their doors
and in the tack rooms advertised the
presence of some of Americas most
prominent show stringS-John Hay
Whitney, Robert Guggenheim, DR.. l..
M. Allen Clifton Farms, Ernest l..
Redmon and dozens of others known
wherever the railbirds perch beside
tanbark.
Is Classes First Day.
4 N EXEMPLARY program. mixing
n the competitions for all types. is
slated for the opening session.
The first of the Is classes will begin
at 10 am. and the last wind up at
about $50 pm.
Reservations in the boxes and COW
cred stands promise the attendance of
many Of the citys most prominent
socialites and members of the official
set. while the inevitable battalion Of
veteran ring followers will be on hand
for an initial taste of the local out
door ring season.
The schedule:
THURSDAY-FIRST DAY
1000 (Class No. 1S..3-year-olds,
shown in hand.
1915 COS and 4-year-olds, shown
under saddle.
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Yanks Strongest So Far.

At REGARD the Yankees as strong
est of the clubs We have met.
Perhaps that New York bunch
will be the one to beat for the flag
this year. Still the Yankees have
their defect. They could stand a
better outfield," Bucky commented.
LAS to the Red Sox, well, they don't
appear quite so good as many would
have had people believe before the
season started. However, they will
cause a lot of woe to other clubs this
year. That goes for the Athletics.
too, although 1 know that Connie
Mack is disappointed keenly in them
already.
Wait until the AS get Higgins back
at third base, though" Harris warned.
They'll be still more troublesome, de-
spite shortage of good pitching.
Il don't care to say anything par
ticularly about the Tigers and the In
dams until after we have met Them
the cagey Washington manager went
on. That is, anything more than that
I realize they're pretty good ball clubs.
They certainly have the material to
make them such. But they can be
beaten.
The White Sox, of course, have been
running wild since the start of the
season. They took us for two in a
row. I still don't believe they are as
good as they have looked. though. Nor
am I convinced that the Browns are
as bad as they have played" was
Harris view.
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SEES NELLIE FLAG
'PREAKNESS VICTOR
Owner Wright BIames Poor
Handling for Failure in
Kentucky. Derby.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
~ ALTIMoRE. May s.-Heavy
K going. on a slow track mud
II died by an unprecedented May
rainstorm, was the lot today
of Preakness candidates as they
settled down for their first serious
workouts in preparation for the run
ming of the $25 900 added value classic
Saturday.
Comment was rife around the Pim-
leo stables as the railbirds discussed
the prospects of what appears to be
an unusually large field Of entries to
face the barrier in the tracks closing
program feature.
The advent of the Calumet Farms
Nellie Flag-backed by the confidence
of her handlers that the filly will be
far more serious challenge to
Omaha. ranking favorite in the event,
than she was in the Derby-lent a
spice of interest to the dopesters'
wrangles.
Linked with Nellie Flag was Mrs.
Walter N. Jefford's Commonwealth.
which. with Wayne Wright slated for
the saddle, rapidly was gaining favor
today as another possibility to upset
the chances Of the Bel Air studs
Derby winner,
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It's a Habit Now.

TOR several years past their stables
r have wed in grabbing of top
honors, and it naturally Is to
be expected that both arc well groomed
for the grapple.
Judging from the friendly rivalry
which prevailed in previous set-tos
it would not be surprising to see
a cheering section made up of one
factions staunch supporters go into
a frenzied locomotive" with three
Whitneys on the end, or "let's give
a triple bar jump with Guggenheim
over the top"
The hoof-and-saddle- minded GUS
toners who lean toward the custard
pie tossing type of comedy should get
a few outlaws when the "skyscraper
class" of jumpers convenes for tus-
sic with the 5-foot bars
If the recent rains have done what
We suspect to the terrain at Bradley
Farms, there ought to be some mud
splattering worthy of the best LAUREL
Hardy screenings.
butting scrapes between the Guggen-
helm Stables horned mascot and Rid
ing Master Charlie Carrico's ram
burctiouS goat is almost a certainty.
The fact that the handlers of the
respective billys usually come out a
poor third and fourth never seems
to irritate the assembled multitude.
Outside the show ring, vari-
Gus forms of entertainment are
being introduced.
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Wright Is Confident.

A THOUGH Nellie Flag proved a
n faint threat to Omaha at
Churchill Downs, Warren Wright,
her owner, asserted she was badly
handled In the Kentucky classic but
that he looked to her to repeat the
win registered by her dam, Nellie
Morse, in the 1924 Preakness.
Col. E. r. Bradley's Black Helen,
held out of the Derby, is expected to
start Saturday and thus far has drawn
plenty of attention as another likely
fllly. She wound up a nine-furlong
workout in 1859 and travelled the mile
in 1:4525 in good workouts here.
The Maemere Farms Mantagna was
added to the list of entries yesterday.
and Matt Dagger, Maryland Jockey
Club secretary, and Judge Frank j.
Bryan. racing secretary. were expect
ing additional nominees to the excep-
tionally large field before the day was
over.
Secretary Dagger has announced
that every private box and reserved
seat had been sold, and he expects
between $4,000 and 10000 spectators.
Throughout the afternoon Radio
Station VIDAL will be on the air.
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Pirates Given Credit for ChisOx Rise

I'm not saying we're going to
win the pennant," he resumed. yet
I don't think we're just a flash in
the pan, either. We've always had
plenty of power, but now we are
getting some good pitching. notably
from young men. Whitehead? I
think he's the most promising
pitcher in the league. If the rest
of us, the veterans, can come
through now, we'll keep on sur
prising this league all season."
Lyons was asked how it felt, for
q change, to know that he had a
good team behind him when he
climbs on the pitching mound. He
replied:
"It's q great feeling. I feel like
I have an even chance with my
pitching opponent. It's rather
tough on a pitcher, you know,
when he knows he can't give up
three or four runs without get
ting licked"
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Can't Figure a Runa way.

""HIS is to be better-balanced
race than the early going would
indicate" was the Washington
managers prediction. mo club is
going to run away with the flag"
The Browns were not SO bad at
that as they took 7-to-3 beating in
their first encounter of the campaign
with the Nationals. The Washington
club was fortunate in building up a
f1ve-run lead off Buck NeWsom early
in the fray. as after four good innings
Earl Whitehill began to wilt, and he
staggered through the last three
rounds
The Nationals helped themselves to
IS safeties in the clash. Five hits
were cleaned off Newsom before he
Dick Coffman came on to pitch
Through the fifth. Jim Walkup gave
up scores in the sixth. but hurled
a good seventh. Then Fay Thomas
and Ivy Andrews each chucked
scoreless stanza.
The bulk of the Nationals lambast-
ing was done by Cap Myer and Jack
Stone. Each of these batters banged
four hits. The Cap cracked a double
and a home run during his hitting
bee, and there were two two baggers
among Stones blows.
1t was double by Myer at the
start of the game and Stones first
single that accounted for the initial
Washington tally. Stone then got
around to third, and counted when
Travis skied out Triples by Travis
and Powell, with Bottoms single sand
wiched, and a wild heave that let
Powell carry on after hitting got the
Nationals three more markers in the
fourth before Newsom took to the
shower.
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Myers Hit for Circuit.

TIME last two Washington scores
were hung up in the sixth, when
Whitehill walked and Myer land
ed a homer on the roof of the stand
back of right field.
Nine hits were made off Whitehill
by the Browns. Earl also gave up five
passes. It was his wildnesS that kept
him in hot water after the first four
frames So active was the Browns at
tack after Whitehill began to wabble
that they put over all their runs and
had eight runners left on the five final
filings at the left-handed hurler.
Hemsley's single and Strange's dou-
BILE began the Browns scoring in the
fifth. Vests bunt backed by Peppers
two-bagger, and Bells deep loft &C
counted for a sixth-inning score.
Whitehill had two out in the seventh
then was found by CRUDE for single.
Cliff walked and West singled over a
marker. Again in the eighth Whitehill
got two out, then with single and
two walks, the Browns crowded the
sacks. This time, however, CRUDE
struck out
Jack Russell was rushed to the
warm-up pen when Whitehill got into
difficulty in the eighth, and he was
there again as the Earl walked the
first Brownie up in the ninth. But
Russell never was needed, for flne
support got the left-hander through
the final frame.
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One Example.

Suppose, for example, that I lead
you. protesting, by the hand to the
twelfth hole
This hole is exactly 621 yards in
length. These 621 yards are guarded
by 81 bunkers. 10 mounds and a
ditch. The fairway is 40 yards in
width. To be sure of being safe from
the tee. the first demand is a carry
Of 235 yards
You can gamble to the left
along narrow strip of green
fairway, but the gamble isn't
sure thing. and the next shot
then Is much harder.
But as you stand on the tee and look
at those 80 hazards leering at you
along the 621-yard stretch of turf, you
have deeper respect for the earlier
pioneers who braved Indians and deS-
erts to cross this continent.
"YOu must play this hole"
some one said. with a covered
wagon"
Now we'll move to the dog-leg
fourth, $40 yards in length. The tee
shot on this hole is guarded by II
traps, where the first carry is 235
yards, unless you care to gamble on
straightness down the narrow fair
way. The second shot is guarded by
IL more traps, and thereare 6 pits
and bunkerS surrounded the green.
And II you happen to catch one of
these green guarding grottoes, then
you call for a graphing hook and a
life preserver.
Sawibob.
saw Bob Jones catch one Of these
traps on his second shot in 1927 and
finally hole a good putt for a 7. And
he was less than IS yards from the
pin in 2.
Yet, as Emil L0effler says,
there are no impossible shots on
the course. Almost every shot
is q hard one.
Think this over" Gene Sarazen
said. Here is a course where there
isn't a single easy shot. There isn't
place where any one can get away
with a gamble and then start in to
relax. You can't take anything for
granted here. There is some form Of
trouble waiting for every type of mis-
take. You can't even be halfway
careless on a 20-inch putt.
II have been playing tournament
golf now for Is years and I've never
run across this condition on any
course before. At most Of the other
courses the par holes are almost
sire SIS with noSsible As I'd settle
right now on SIS on every par-5 hole.
wouldn't do that on any other course
ever saw. I might not get my
birdie As, but I can get my par SIS.
No one can be sure of his par SIS here"
And yet" I asked Gene. don't you
think Oakmont is fair test?"
81 think IL Is" he said. 'Tn .
way it may be brutal, but 1t isn't
tricky.
There is no fiuke angle to it. It
calls for everything that makes up .
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effect-'all hope abandon
We who enter here"
AS I stood on an elevated knoll in
the middle of the layout with Gene
Sarazen and Emil Loeff1er. the Oak
| mont guardian, young Dante seemed
to have the answer.
For there around us were 1000
rolling. sloping yards. guarded, but
tressed and barricaded by more than
200 bunkers and half as many more
bitches, mounds. and savage trouble,
waiting for the field that will gather
here in early June for the next U. S.
open.
You are looking now" Gene
SaraZen remarked. lat the
toughest golf course in the
world"
"You are also looking at a golf
course Emil Loeffler cut in. lin per-
feet condition, without a single un-
fair shot if you know how to play
them ALL
And both statements were entire
ly correct.
The fairways at Oakmont are
matted carpets OF green velvet. The
putting greens are as true as shaven
ice. and almost as keen.
But when you miss the fairway or
when you miss the green-then. nv
fellow citizens, you move in one jump
from romance to tragedy-from hap
piness to heartache-from song to sob.
Gene Sarazen is right. Oakmont
fodov Glands &c the TOUGHEST scoring
test in golf where there isn't lone
breathing spell from the first tee
shot to the final putt
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RACE VIDE OPEN,
STILL HIS BELIEF
Accounts Yanks Best Team
of Five Griffmen Have
BattIed So Far.
BY JOHN b. KELLER,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star

ut. LOUIS, May 8.-When the
base ball season got under
\ way the middle of last month
Bucky Harris insisted the race
in the American League would be
wide open. And after seeing five OF
the Nationals seven rivals in action
he sticks to his original belief.
Now that we've played all the other
clubs in the East and the White Sox
and the Browns in the West I'm not
revising the opinion I expressed at
the beginning of the seasOn-that any
club had a chance to go through to
the championship, said the WASH
ington manager today as his charges
were to wind up their series with the
Browns here.
II still consider the Washington
club as strong as any of them. I'm
convinced it will be right up there
at the finish. We're contenders now
and we'll be contenders in August.
What's more, barring accident. we'll
be in the thick of the contention in
September" Bucky declared.
IT realize We are only just above
the 500 mark after beating the
Browns yesterday but there remains
q long road for us and the other clubs
to travel The pay-off isn't now" he
pointed out.
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BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
ut. LOUIS, May 8.-While Fred
- Schultz sits on the bench and
means. Jake Powell, Washing
tons own, swings mean stick
to make more certain of his job in
center field for the Nationals.
In the dozen games played on the
Washington clubs current trip, Powell
has batted for an average of 1888. This
Is far better than he did at the plate
while the Nationals were at home
Jake has hammered II safeties on the
road and every time he hammers one
it pains Schultz more than does the
latter's charley horsed leg.
Manager Harris had expected to
start the veteran Schultz instead of
the rookie Powell in center field at
the outset of the season. But Fred
pulled up lame few days before the
opening game and the newcomer got
the call. When the leg seemingly had
healed, Schultz was sent into the game.
But he did not appear to advantage
and to make matters worse for him,
he hurt the leg again.
Now it looks as if Fred will have
q long, long rest on the bench.
WHEN each hit safely four times
" yesterday, Myer and Stone
crashed Washington hitting
class Manush and Bolton had held
to themselves. Twice Manush has
10 III L. H., Dc
Bolton has done so once.
Kuhel poled a pair of great drives
as the Browns were taking their lick
ing, but great fielding kept hits from
him. In the first frame, Beau Bell,
the new st. Louis outfielder, leaped
high against the right-field stand
barrier to haul down liner, and in the
fourth, when the bases were filled with
Nationals, West. ran against the CEN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-08
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

)HICAGo, May 8. - Ford
Prick, president of the
" rival National circuit. can
call it treason II he wills,
but Ted Lyons says the Pittsburgh
Pirates are the one big reason for
the sudden surge of Chicago's
White Sox, last years American
League doormat that is fluttering
grandly from the top of the stand
ings today.
And Ted, a great pitcher who
has been one of the few bright
lights during the long famine at
Comiskey Park, should know most
of the secrets.
THE Pirates started it ALL" said
Ted. When we started playing
them In Spring training We looked
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like about the same ball club, with
q few improvements here and there,
notably In Catcher Luke Sewell.
Then we started to belt the Pirate
pitchers and win. In Spring train
ing most players on teams getting
beat merely growl, but the Pirates
were different. One player after
another came over to us and told
us we we're a great ball club. Pie
Traynor was one. He said we had
the makings So did the Waners
and the others.
What happened? All Of us be-
came encouraged, we worked
harder and we got to believing in
ourselves again. And we haven't
stopped. Today we think we can
challenge any ball club and beat
them all"
Lyons also paid high compli-
ments to Manager Jimmy Dykes
and his methods Of running the
club.
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cnGr a.
GSI{s s1 49,
F4s:sY
> ~ x@

River road, and hook drivers from
Kenwoods third and fourth tees!
Saddle ponies and a pony drawn
tally-ho are to be on hand for the
amusement of the younger genera
ton of turf fans, and complete line
of CONNECTIONS on. sale to sweeten up
the long hours while ma and pa
decorate the rail around the ring.
All in all, a gala celebration looms
for everybody except the four footed
staged, they-beautiful brutes-won't
even get a chance for a good horse
laugh. The National Capital is three
days at hard labor for them!
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c On Club Strong Any Rivals No Longer Smoker Csoa
SPoRTScopE..
Side Attractions Offer
Plenty of Rivalry
for Equines.
BY jim BERGMAN.

VERY horse has his day-in fact
- he will have three days-start-
ing tomorrow. One hundred
and f1fty-four Of the equine
aristocrats are entering competition
at Bradley Farms in the 1885 edition
of the National Capital Horse Show
and each sleek thoroughbred has the
chance of collecting no end of little
blue silk knots and silver-plated low
ing cups. and beautiful opportunity
to break his masters precious Ito the
master) neck.
The Junior League of Washington
is sponsoring the horsey affair and
dressing it up with all sorts of extra
added attractions, which lend a COM
bination country carnival Madison
Square atmosphere.
AS usual, proceeds will 60 to the
support of the leagues charity activi-
ties. so if you get an overdose of hot
dogs don't regret it too much-some
poor kid is going to get his hunger
pains relieved,
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THE SPORTZICHT
Oakmont, Toughest Course in World"
in Perfect Condition for u. S. Open.
BY GRANTLAND RICE

3. Three-inch burrows in
every sanded grotto-in every
bunker-off the tee or near the
green.
4. Fast. keen greens that
slope and slant. that dip and
curl - that demand steady
nerves. a velvet touch. complete
confidence in a putting blade.
and keen eye that can figure
the slants and slopes.
The next United States open a
Oakmont isn't going to be won b.
some one who can pitch, chip ant
putt.
The heaviest penalties here ar,
from the tee. Amy time you miss tn,
fairway from the tee and reach 4,
bunker Sarazen said after playins
the course. you are facing a 6 OF
your card or something worse"