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The Washington times., 1935-07-29

Welsh defeated him for his
third straight Public Parks title
yesterday at Rock Greek, 3-6,
81, As, 6+3, 6I3.
McElvenny would have defeated
him had he been stale in the
true sense of the work. NIGEL
venny is the type of player who
makes an opponent be at his
best and while he hasn't won any
of the major titles of the District
he always sees to it that the
champion earns his title if he
meet him en- route.
The transplanted Westerner
came intentionally close to win
ming yesterday. if you ask Mr..
Welsh.
Barney's wildness didn't help
him a bit but luckily for him, he
pulled himself together after the
third set rest.
When Barney got going, he
sent the ball over the net so fast
that the breeze it kicked up came
as a welcome relief from the
heat.
The turning point of the match
came with Welsh's 81 win of the
second set. McElvenny had set
The Washington times., 1935-07-29

A crack Beaver Dam team de-
feated the Manor Club repre-.
sentatives by a score of 221a to
AZ yesterday at the Beaver Dam
Country Club. Manor, team cham
pion of Maryland State, did not
have it's regular lineup. Cliff
Spencer and Martin Mccarthy, of
the home club, split with AL Tredor
and Harry Pitts. of Manor, each
taking 15s points.
Mrs. w. c.! Haskman was the
winner of the Women's Flag
Tournament at Beaver Dam yes
terday. Mrs. William Labille was
second. I
The Washington times., 1935-07-29

E. P. Fletcher, of Congressional,
with the help of a fine 80, three
under par, on the incoming nine,
toured the Congressional layout
yesterday in "a strokes. He shot
four brides on the last nine.
The japanese trophy medal play
handicap, a 72-hole affair which
started at Kenwood Saturday, was
completed over the weekend.
H. j. Miller won the low net
prize with scores # SO, II, 70, 68.
for a total of $50. F. M. Shore
was Secord with low net scores of
II, 10, 70. 67-281.
Russ Hollenbaugh was low gross
winner with IS, 81, II. 73-301.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Skeet Stars Send
Entries for Shoot

The National Skeet Shooting
Association reports a sharp pickup
in the number of entries received
for the first national skeet shoot
to be held in Cleveland during the
week of August 25th.
Entries have already been re-
ceived from 18 different States
and from Canada. With skeeters
journeying to Cleveland from such
distant points as Alabama, Geor-
gia. California, Massachusetts,.
Oklahoma, Minnesota and Texas,
it is apparent that skeet has taken
quite a hold on American sports
men.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29

ARK miller Joe IUr-
ner, the Methuselah of such
promotions locally, is spend
ing what time he isn't fish
ing and arranging his ensuing
next card at Griffith Sta
dium, casting about for a
roof under which to pitch
his canvas and is about to
give orders to a prominent
downtown architect to 60
ahead with one of the two
pieces of potential remodel
ling.
The next covered fight and
wrestling shows, therefore, am
able to inform you this bright,
beautiful late July Monday
afternoon, will be held either in
the Arcade Market, where
bowling has thrived for more
than 20 years, or at a garage
which is located Just off the
corner of Fourteenth and w
SITS. N. w.
Within 10 days a choice OF
these sites will be decided upon
and shortly thereafter the clat-
ter of hammer and sledge and
steel riveting will fill the air in
the vicinity of the location de-
cided upon. The concrete mix
ers will move in and the car.
penterS' saws will whine and
CRATE and rend the air.
A Friend of Man
am very pleased to note that
Uncle Clark Griffith is going
to rip that wooden press pew
off the roof of his center grand
stand and put us boys down.
stairs again where there will
be a more friendly association
with the element which makes
baseball-Mr. and Mrs. j. @.
Public.
Personally, I like to live in a
house by the side of the road
and be a friend to man, and I
have no objections either to be-
ing a friend to the ladieS-So I
rejoice that the newspaper boys
are soon no longer to be people
apart, for there is no fun in
that.
In the first place, when you
isolate a newSpaperman, you
deprive him of the essential Of
observing public reaction to
things. You take away from
him that intimate study of the
biggest element connected with
any sports spectacle-t he hui
man element.
Public Reflexes
How are we to know what you
good folks want to read about,
what is on your minds. to what
phases of sports you entertain
q receptive mind, unless we
mingle among you and study
your reflexes- that's what I
said, REFLEXES. and you'll
find it in the IRIS" Of any die
tionary.
1t is true that with the press
box down in the grandstands,
there is some unintentional an
noyance after games by we'll
meaning friends stopping and
asking questions pertinent to
the game and to the scoring, at
CONTINUED on Page is, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Chevy Chase GrdYs
Increase Streak

BY bowling, 6 to 0. Terminal
Refrigeration yesterday became
the Chevy Chase Grays' twelfth
straight victim.
Waters Burcher, Grays' hurler,
scored his eleventh win in a row.
He had allowed only one hit
until removed in the fifth to rest
for today's game. Walter Smith
allowed the losers one more hit.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Fans Await Day
For Werber

1t will be Bill Werber Day" at
Griffith Stadium tomorrow when
the Griffmen and Boston Red Sox
open a three-game series.
Friends of the former Tech
High School lad and Berwyn, Md,
resident, will present him with
gifts in recognition of his stellar
play since becoming a star in his
own right in the big time.
Ceremonies will take place
about 3 p. M, just before game
time. The usual 3:15 starting hour
will get the teams under way.
Werber came up to the New
York Yankees about four years
ago, but was never given a real
chance to play because of Frank
Crosetti's presence at short.
During the 1888 season he was
traded to the Boston Red Sox.
He was played regularly at short
by Manager Marty McManus and
in the following year at third base
by Bucky Harris. Since then he
has been a full-fledged big Lacquer
from a standpoint of batting,
fielding and base running.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29

c o n t r l b uted
most to major
league baseball
in the last 25
years.
Which is diff
ficult to an
swer, if for no
o t h err reason
than that the
introduction of
the lively ball
in 1920 chang.
ed the game,
i is technique
and the atti-
tude of tn e
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
International League

Games Today
Montreal at Newark might game)
Rochester at Baltimore
Toronto at Albany
Buffalo at Syracuse
Yesterdays Results
Montreal, 81; Newark, "a Second
game Z innings)
Albany, 18-4: Toronto, lis
Syracuse, So: Buffalo, 81
Rochester, So: Baltimore. IL
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Tonight's Ring Card
PIace-Griffith Stadium.

Place-Griffith Stadium.
First BOut-8:3O o'clock.
MAIN EVENT-Ten rounds (feather-
weigllts). Joe Temes VS.. Roger Bernard.
SEMIFINAL-Eight rounds Feather
weights). Andy Martin VS.. Patsy Severe.
SIX FOUNDERS - (FeatherWeightS)
Dave Barry VS.. Eddie Burl. Light
weights). Ray Ingram vs.. Patsy La
Rocco.
FOUR -(Welterweights).
Wild Bill Howell VS.. Gene Harrington.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29

in view OF
the former
i n d o o r
s C e n Q of
such sports
s p e ctacles
having been
taken over
by on Q Of
the branches
Of ur al
p b a betical
Government.
p M"
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Bernard Risks Title
Bout Against Tenes

boxing bout with Freddy Miller in Cincinnati August IA
hanging the balance today Roger Bernard time
king pin among the worlds featherweghts awaited tonghts
0round fistic feature with Joe Temes Griffith Stadium
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Staleness Forgotten
As Welsh Triu11phs

They've been calling Barney Welsh stale because of his
heavy tennis program since the middle of April but to
Ralph McElvenny the Rockville anything but
tagged.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Baseball
Standings

"Games behind leader.
Yesterdays Results
WASHINGTON. 81: New YOr' '.
Chicago, 14-4; st. Louis, 6-5
Boston, IL: Philadelphia, 3.
Detroit, II: Cleveland. 6
TQday's Games
Detroit at Cleveland.
Chicago at st. Louis
The Washington times., 1935-07-29

SGames behind leader.
Yesterdays Results
New York. 81: Brooklyn, 90,
Chicago, II; Cincinnati. Z.
st. Louis. Al; Pittsburgh, 3.S,
Philadelphia, 4.1O. Boston, LII
TOday'S Gamrs
st. Louis at Pittsburgh,
New York at Brooklyn.
Philadelphia at Boston.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Patsy Inn Victorious

Patsy Inn squeezed out a 80
win over Navy Department yes.
terdaY.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29

Founded
Schools
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Staff Writer

The writer received a letter
from a reader of this space, ask.
ing what type of ball PLAYER had
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Meridians Score

Meridians scored a 1873 win
over Quantico Indians yesterday.
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
lnSideRing
ShowsA re
Probable
By KIRK MILLER

Times Sports Editor
Washington IS NOT TO BE
WITHOUT INDOOR fight
ing and wrestling next winter
The Washington times., 1935-07-29
Concord A. C. Wins

Led by the Concord brothers
and Norris, Concord A. C. nosed
out Langdon Mill, 9-8, yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-10-01

the screen door Of her kitchen, after
the police had cornered it in her
yard. Benedicta was wearing a red
dress and could hear Gabriel's trum-
pet just as plain as if he were with
her in the pantry, helping to hold
the flour barrel against the door.
Then later at the Drouths when
the shot rang out, Benedicta blanched
and bolted for the bath room; where
she stayed put while the Angel Cab
riel went thrashin' round the apart
ment. And not until Jimmie got
home and the two of them assured
her that the gun had been put out in
the garage, would Benedicta unlock
the door.
OF course, the gun never got out Of
the apartment; and when, some weeks
later, during a black thundershower.
with lightning flashing and the water
pipes shivering, Benedicta thrust her
hand into the bread box and pulled
out the gun with her own fat and
frightened finger, why she just up and
quit right then and there.
X X
1T WAS shortly after this that jim
mie and Julie moved to another
apartment building, one about which,
they discovered after moving in, there
was something very mysterious in the
way one apartment after another was
being robbed; always. surprisingly
enough, when the hapless tenants
were out. 1t was generally thought
that the robberies we're being perpe-
trated by persons living in the build
ing who knew the movements of the
other tenants, but Jimmie didn't
think so.
For one thing, the family over them
hadn't ever been bothered, though
they were out quite Bit Evening
after evening their pup Fleeta would
bark her way down the soft-carpeted
stairs. past the Drouths door, leading
her master and mistress out to their
car. They would go, always leaving
Jimmie to wonder about whatever
strange and seemingly significant
sounds happened 10 sift down from
above, which as rule turned out to
be just the regular goodnight thump-
ings of the large family of children
on the third floor, making ready for
bed.
One evening, well after bedtime OF
the third-floor children. there began,
as Jimmie and Julie were just getting
into bed, a sporadic but systematic
humping directly overhead. With the
covers thrown halfway back. they
listened. The activity kept on-de-
liberately-intrepidly.
They're pulling out drawers"
whispered Jimmie, and drawing on
his robe he drew his gun out Of the
Evening star., 1935-10-01

terial, and within it is a soft fairy
like silk quilt, in which the eggs are
laid and the spiderlings hatch. They
remain in their nursery until Spring,
without water or air. AS to food
well, all baby spiders are cannibalistic.
In examining your premises for the
black widow, look for an irregular
web. If it has been placed close to
a log, you can easily find it in the
early morning when the dew is still
on it. No spider can travel her webs
until the wires are cleared. She wisely
remains in Seclusion until the pearl
necklace" has disappeared and she
knows the ropes will hold her weight.
So delay further action until she ven-
lures forth. Otherwise, if you go
poking about trying to locate her, she
may see you first.
Copyright 1850
Evening star., 1935-10-01
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

40 MUCH has been written re-
Gently about the dangerous
black widow, that she may soon
- be eliminated from our midst, If
her foes are as aggressive as their
fears lead us 10 believe.
In view of the fact that you do not
have to go far afleld to find her, she
is really more at your mercy than you
are at hers, contrary to the general
impression.
First of all, she never actually at
tacks you. Naturally, she tries her
silk sac of eggs when you trespass
upon her preserves.
Her favorite haunts are fallen logs
and dark corners of cellars and other
parts of buildings. Her web Is an
irregular one, and placed in the path
of travelling insects. Usually you will
find her spouse or suitor, an insig-
nificant fellow, hanging around some
spot on the outer edge Of the snare.
Like all spider husbands, he is very
inferior hunter and trap setter. So
he sticks around and eagerly picks up
the crumbs" from her bountifully
supplied table.
There is no special reason why this
spider should be designated the
widow" as most spider matrons con-
sumo their spouses If they can capture
them. But this one is dressed in
handsome black velvet, the garh sup
posed to be worn by widows.
The crimson signature on her abdo-
men is always your reliable guide to
identification. Spider males never
stab, for they are not provided with
hypodermic needles.
The black widow heads the venom
Gus clan among spiders in the United
States. She is very well known in
the South and is especially dreaded
in the tropical countries. She is
rarely seen in the North. Her close
relatives are the harmless house
spiders.
When she decides to defend herself,
she does so with swiftness and dis
patch. The pain is sharp, and inside
Of half hour, white spot will sur
Evening star., 1935-10-01

opportunity.
Call the police" said Julie.
Jimmie's eyes were cleaning: NO
not yet"
Then he turned 10 the hallstand,
opened the telephone book and fin
gered a number. We'll ring their
phone first and see what happens"
THEY heard a distant bell begin its
muted trill. Il rang on, unan-
swered, while all else stayed silent.
Keep on ringing" Julie told the
operator.
Then an opening door clicked
sharply above them and swung into
the upper stiffness Of the front stair
case. There was little caution and
much humping from side to side;
stuff was being carried down .
padded stuff heavy stuff. JIM
mie turned the apartment into dark
ness and pushed the door softly ajar.
Here they come"
The weighty steps were incredibly
slow, even faltering from drop to drop
under their bulky load. But on they
came, nearer and nearer to the trap
Jimmie breathed over the cold steel
of the gun; Julie braced herself for
the coming second when she would
jerk open the door and Jimmie
would ..
The load struck their landing; Jim
mie darted out with a growl.
"Stick 'em up!"
THE soft mountain Of a body into
which Jimmie buried his gun rose
like a released balloon. threw of its
basket and gasped. ITS the Angel
GABRIEL" Then collapsed under a
shower of rompers, socks. bibs and
bonnets that went to make up the
regular big wash for the third-f1oor
children.
And when Benedicta's macabre
whoop pierced Jimmie's ear, he pulled
the trigger, the lead plugging Bene-
dicta's flying wash basket just before
it tipped upside down over her faint
ing form.
The next morning when the second
floor folks heard about the shooting,
the police and the crowds of the night
before, they came down to explain to
the Drouths what they had discov-
cred to be the cause of the noises in
their bedroom which prompted their
neighbor's misapprehensions.
"It seems" they said, that after
we went out last evening Fleeta tried
every way she could think of to climb
up to the top Of our dresser after a
box Of chocolates we had left there
She even pulled out the drawers ="
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1935-10-01
Mem S F ashions
Student Formality.

THE return to formality which re-
ceived such notable impetus fol-
lowing the repeal Of prohibition has
been evidenced nowhere to such
marked degree as at the smart college.
The undergraduate who attends the
formal functions at his own institu-
tion. as well as making incidental
forays to formal occasions in town,
has need for an evening kit which is
complete in every respect. Whatever
the degree of formality required, the
well attired student is prepared to
dress for the occasion correctly and
smartly.
OF particular importance for the
undergraduate is the double breasted
dinner jacket, preferably in midnight
blue. This dinner jacket is correct
either in the peak lapel model of dull
ribbed grosgrain or the new shawl
collar model of black satin.
The Star, in cooperation with
Esquire, will answer all questions
on mems fashions. Write to Mans
Fashion Editor, The Evening Star,
and inclose self-addressed,
stamped envelope for reply.
Evening star., 1935-10-01
Natures Children
Black Widow Uatrodectus Mactans).

round the puncture, while pains will
begin to be felt in other parts of the
body. The patient should be put to
bed and q physician called.
Sometimes the suffering becomes so
intense as to cause delirium. Then
the effect Of the poison commences
to wear of, and within two weeks
the victim has recovered. Only rare
instances have been reported of ia
talities among humans, but there are
killed in foreign countries.
The life story of the black widows
offspring is the same as that of their
cousins and neighbors. The lovely
silken sac is made of waterproof ma
FEMALE
Evening star., 1935-10-01


ADDY THE BEAVER had
watched with q lot OF inter-
est the two families of Ducks
i in his pond in the Green For
est. You know, Mrs. Wood Duck ana
Mrs. Ouack the Mallard Duck had
each chosen to stay at Paddy's pond.
instead of going farther North for
nesting. This suited Paddy, for they
we're pleasant neighbors and he en-
joyed their company. So did Mrs.
Paddy, although Mrs. Paddy was too
busy with family cares to be very
sociable.
Paddy had known when Mrs. Wood
Duck brought her IL children from
the hollow tree in which she had had
her nest, and he had congratulated
her on her big family. He had told
her it was a family to be proud OF,
as indeed it was. He had known
when Mrs. Quack's four youngsters
took their first swim. He had listened
sympathetically to the story Mrs.
Quack had had to tell of how she
had eight eggs stolen by Blacky the
Crow, and so had been forced to nest
O second time.
There is little that Paddy the Beaver
misses in or around his pond. He
had seen one of those baby Wood
Ducks taken by sharpshin the Hawk.
He had happened to be watching
when another, who had Jagged be-
hind the others, was dragged down
by Snapper the Turtle. He had
known when Longlegs the Great Blue
Heron had caught the third. He
had been looking on when Billy Mink
had caught careless one. He had
shaken his head then.
II guess" said he to Mrs. Paddy,
cit is a good thing that Mrs. Wood
Duck has such big family. There
are only eight left now, and If they
keep on disappearing as they have
been doing, she will soon have as
small family as Mrs. Quack. Now,
Mrs. Quack hasn't lost single one,
yet I have always thought that Mrs.
Wood Duck was just as smart a
mother as Mrs. Quack."
She is" retorted Mrs. Paddy.
''Don't forget that, to start with, she
had three times as many children
as Mrs Quack, and that means more
than three times the responsibility.
She just couldn't keep her eyes on
every one every minute"
There was a lot of truth in this.
Mrs. Wood Duck had been a very
much worried mother. She had done
her best to warn the children of the
they must look out for. Now she had
eight who were half-grown, and they
were smart Ducks.
They had profited by experience,
for all of them had seen or knew
just what had happened to the four
who had been lost Sharpshin and
Snapper and Longlegs and Billy Mink
would never have another chance to
catch one of those young Ducks
through willfulness or heedlessness or
foolishness or carelessness on their
part. They had seen for themselves
that what mother had so often told
them at first was really true. 1t had
been very dreadful to see their little
brothers lose their lives as they had,
but it had taught them lesson such
as all the talking of Mother Duck
never could teach.
So the eight young Wood Ducks
and the four young Mallard Ducks
grew rapidly, and they were smart
lot Their mothers we're proud Of
them, and they had reason to be
proud.
Longlegs the Heron no longer had
to be watched out for, for the young
Ducks were too big for him even to
Evening star., 1935-10-01
ROBBERS WOUND FOUR
Chicago Bank Raided by Hood
lums in Two Automobiles,

CHICAGO, October (P,.-Glmmen
riding in two automobiles yester-
day left two women and two men
wounded in a raid on the University
State Bank on this city's South Side.
One Of the men shot was Special
Policeman William Fleming.
A few minutes after the robbery a
police squad was reported fired on by
six hoodlums riding in an automobile.
The car answered the description of
one OF those used in the bank raid.
Telephone wires to the bank were
reported cut during the robbery.
Evening star., 1935-10-01
NIGHT SIEGE

7 IN IL Jimmie
Drouth was 80
he had never fired
a gun. His wife
Julia had, though
once while jim
mie was at the Of
ice, to- prove to
B t n e d C t a, the
Drouths' whalellke
W a S h e r W o man,
that Jimmie's gun
wasn't loaded. The
Angel Gabriel had
already tried to get
B e n e di eta that
morning, she said,
before she came to
work. A st e e r,
escaped from the
S t o c kyards, had
plunged through
Evening star., 1935-10-01

golf bag beside the
bed, while jules
eyes glowed in the
draft of expect
ancy.
And up Jimmie
went, gun in hand,
two steps at a
time. 'ulie heard
h i'm k n ock "a
short but insistent
knock. She heard
a pause follow it, a
final t hu mp or
two, and then all
was still.
IN a m ON e n I
J i'm mie am e
down. We've got
'em trapped" he
said. His mind was
working with the
Evening star., 1935-10-01
Bedtime Stories
The Smart Young Ducks

think OF trying to catch them. Sharp
shin the Hawk was still an enemy
to be watched for, and they always did
watch for him. Billy Mink, OF course,
was to be feared at all times, even
by their mothers, but they had learned
the ways of Billy and they knew
how to watch for him.
They were already growing wing
feathers, and it would not be long
before they would begin to try those
wings. When they could fly they
Evening star., 1935-10-01
The Romance of Your Name.
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS.
Beck

THIS name is derived from the old
German word "becco" of the sew
enteenth century, which denoted
"axe." Modern forms of the surname
In Germany are Beckh and Peck.
One of the founders of this we'll
known surname in America was
George Beck, who was among the
German settlers that came from the
Palatinate and other parts of Germany
and settled in Pennsylvania during the
eighteenth century.
George Beck settled in York County.
Pa, where he became a naturalized
citizen in 1851. There are many de-
scendants of this family now living
in this section as we'll as in other
parts of the United States.
The family is unrelated to the Eng
iish families of Beck, who came over
from Hertfordshire and other parts of
England and settled in the New Eng
land States, and who bore entirely diff
ferent arms.
(copyrisht. 1880
BY an error, the coat-of arms OF
the Stansbury family was omitted
from The Sunday Star. Is is here
presented.