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The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Boston Braves
Need HurIerS

Tight-lipped, gray-haired Bill
McKechnie is faced with the dis
tresSing task of lifting his Braves,
one of the weakest teams in Ma
tional League history, to a stand
ard where they can cope with
Tom Yawkey's million-dollar Red
SoX for baseball interest in Bos,
ton next season.
McKechnie has no money pot
and there are only one or two
promising rockies available to fur
nish the team with new blood. In
the bargain, he must worry along
without an established front Of
flee.
The canny Scotch American
pilot needs everything. The Braves
were weak in every spot on the
diamond last season, but it was
the pitching staff, reputedly one
of the best in the circuit in the
spring, that was most diSappoint-
ing and which is in line for a
thorough overhauling.
The pitchers on the Braves re-
served list who have one or more
years of big league experience are
surprisingly old. Walter Belts is
3d., Ed Brandt, 81: Ben Cantwell,
"a; Fred Farmhouse, 80; Flint
Rhem, "a, and Bob Smith, 36.
Moro of the young rookieS-Albert
Blanche. Eldon Mclean, John van
der Nicer or Gerald Veach-has a
minor league record that is par
ticularly impressive.
The lone deal made by the
Braves this winter was the op,
tional release of Pitcher Bob
Brown to Syracuse, of the Inter,
national League. Brown has been
the property of the Braves since
1880. In two years he developed
into one of the youthful pitching
sensations of the National League
Playing for a second division
team. the then 2l-year-old right
handler won IA. lost seven and
had an earned-run average OF $50
Brown was expected to be one
of the bulwarks on the Braves
firing line, but his pitching arm
fell into a state of almost com
plete uselessness thereafter. He
was with the Braves through most
of last season. mainly because OF
the scarcity of young pitchers.
In the muddled situation con
cerning the Braves franchise one
thing is certain: The Braves viii
stay in Boston next year. Be
sides the emphatic statement by
President Ford Frick to that ef
feet, the National League has
Braves Field under lease through
the 1885 season. 1t would cost
the league more money to satisfy
that lease than they could afford
to spend. Then. again, there
never has been anything wrong
with Boston as a baseball city.
The league does not want tc
operate the franchise, nor is il
desirous of having Charles A
Adams in control of the club, be
cause of his horse racing affilia
tions. Because of such situation
the league is in a tight spot. Out
Siders are not showing any inter
est in purchasing the club for the
reason that it would mean taking
over 1925, 900 in debts.
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Against Kansas, Carnegie Tech,
Wisconsin, Navy, ttSburg h,
Ohio State, Northwestern, Army
and Southern California the
Irish rolled up an impressive
margin in every department eX-
cept lateral passes.
In first downs Notre Dame
was ahead of it's opponents, SO
to 81. for an average of 1913 to
IL per game. Of these, 70 were
gained by rushing. II by passing
and four by penalties. The op-
ponents were two behind in pass
ing and penalties, but were able
to penetrate the Fighting Irish
line for only As first downs.
Notre Dame outrushed its riv-
ais from the line of scrimmage
by the wide margin of 1918
yards to TAG. This is an average
of 35 yards try, to the enemy's
%. In passing also, they led
easily by 655 to 344. To pile up
this yardage, Notre Dame threw
1T passes, completing As, or 38
per cent. Opponents averaged
only 26 per cent. completing 26
passes out of SO attempts. On the
completed passes. the Irish were
able to average 14.6 yards to the
1872 average of the opposing
teams.
Fail to Gain Anything
Only in lateral passing were the
boys in green unable to outgain
their rivals. Their three laterals
failed to gain yard. while the
other teams piled up 80 yards on
Is tries. Seventy of these. yards
were accounted for by Boucher of
Ohio State who grabbed a toss
from Antenucci, running that dis
tance for the Buckeyes first score.
In total yards from scrimmage,
counting forward passes, laterals
and running plays, Notre Dame
compiled a total yardage of 2,273
against the opponents 1854. The
average per game was 253 to 1879.
Although the nations best
kicker, Staten Islands Bill Shakes
peare averaged 43 yards a punt
from the line of Scrimmage for
the season, second and third
string kickers brought the team
average down to 35.3, exactly the
same figure gained by the oppos-
ing teams. A half dozen of
Shakespeare's kicks ranged from
10 to 80 yards in length. Most of
his long punts were made from
behind his own goal line. Taking
a look at the yardage Of punt re-
turns, it is easy to see why
Millner and Peters rate with the
best ends in the country. While
Notre Dame was returning kicks
528 yards, the rival safety men
were able to bring the ball back
only 1919 yards. or about three
yards on each return.
Notre Dame led in two other
phases Of play that they would
rather have had the other teams
lead in, namely, yards lost on
penalties and fumbles. The Irish
we're pushed back 210 yards dur
ing the season for infractions of
the rules, while other opponents
suffered losses amounting to only
155 yards. In fumbles, Notre
Dame ran into its greatest diff
culties, Northwestern victory
over them resulting directly from
six fumbles, two of which led to
both the Wildcats touchdowns.
Another for Shakespeare
Shakespeare. the boy who does
most of the kicking and passing
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Amerks Choice
Over Rangers

NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-Seriously
handicapped by the illness of Bill
Cook, veteran wingman. the New
York Rangers tonight face their
local national hockey rivals, the
New York Americans. in the sec
ond contest of the six-game series
Cook has been laid up several
days with tonsilitis, and it ap-
peared problematical W h e t h e r
Ching johnson, fiery defense man,
woulo see action. johnson has
been bothered with an old rib in
jury.
The Amerks. riding the crest of
a four-game winning streak, are
favored.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Swarthm0re Girls
Swim Team Chosen

After tryouts, the Swarthmore
College varsity women's swimming
squad of 18, captained by Miss
Carol Keyes, has been chosen.
The squad consists of Gretchen
Watson. Margaret Jacobs, Mar
garet Huntington, Virginia Lup-
ton, Martha Smith, Nathalie Ir-
vine. Jean Anne Evans. Marion
Snyder. Miss Keyes, Eva Laden
burg. Charlotte Dean, Gretchen
Collier, Rachel Martinez, Sally
McClelland, Margaret Voskiul,
Alice Hickey. Mary McDermott
and Debby Wing.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Maybe BY 1898

There exists the possibility that
Southern California will come
East to play New York University
in bootball. The groundwork has
been laid, and maybe by 1888 the
game will go through, provided
the renascence of New York Uni
versity continues.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Raw Steele on Mat

BROOKLYN, Dec. Pr ay
Steele, California heavyweight,
and Ralph Garibaldi, Italian ia.
vorite, are to be rivals in the fea-
ture wrestling bout tonight in the
Broadway Arena.
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Del Cenio on Gard

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Leonard
Del Genio, Harlem Italian. will
launch a campaign for the worlds
lightweight title Monday night at
the st. Nicholas Palace, where
he Is to box Lou lombard, Jer-
sey City, in a 10-rounder.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
HOPES to Skate Again

Val Bialas, the iceskating cham
pion who lost a leg in an automo-
bile accident last year, hopes to
skate again. He has been train
ing on an artificial limb.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
OImsteds Score

Olmsteds defeated the Bovellos,
1922, Acacia won from Heurich
and Ft. Myer triumphed over
Columbia Firemen, 47-25 in
Heurich League games last night,
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Game Is Cancelled

Resettlement and Census will
not play their scheduled game
tonight in the Central High
School gym, it having been indie
finitely postponed.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Mt. Rainier---Look!

George Cook, of Gonzaga High,
is anxious to have the manager
of the Mt. Rainier High five get
in touch with him.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Baptie In Chicago

Norval Baptie is back giving ex-
hibitions at the Chicago hotel
where he made his figure-skating
debut centuries and centuries ago.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Figures Reveal Irish
Outplayed Foes

Despite Of the difficult schedules in the country
the oncebeaten tied Notr Dame football team the
seasons statistics completely outpayed its opponents.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
This Changing World
Sir John Simon Will Visit Moscow This Month";
if Diplomatic Disease of Laryn-
gifts Permits.

respects more power than the Kaiser
or Field Marshal Hindenburg himself
A little man. with a huge forehead,
he was inexorable in his decisions.
When the Kaiser tried to reprieve
Nurse Cavell-for political reasons
the German high command was quite
willing to bow to the desires of the
German ruler. Nicolai opposed it and
the English nurse was shot.
He left the German army after 1918
and went into retirement in a secluded
place in Prussia. known only to a few
of his most intimate friends. When
he left the war Office he took with
him important confidential files. pre-
venting their falling into the hands
Of the allied military missions, which
were sent to Berlin. Many a neck
was thus saved in France. Great
Britain and other allied countries.
Col. Nicolai is at work again-more
intent and more active than ever be-
fore. Spies, males and females. are
again infesting the world. Polish
princesses, German countesses. Hun
garian baronesses, Greek gamblers,
smooth -tongued former officers, un-
frocked priests, money lenders, rough
necks, master safe breakers, are all at
work again. Some are moved by a
genuine patriotic motive, others by a
Evening star., 1935-03-08
BABY DIES OF BURNS
SUSTAINED IN CRIB
Draft Blamed for Spread Of
Flames Started by Child
in Clant0n Home.

Burns received while he lay helpless
in his crib proved fatal early today to
l5-month-old Kenneth Clanton, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Clanton, 1926
Gales street northeast. The child
died at Casualty Hospital
Kenneth's mother and father, each
thinking the other was at home, went
out for short time yesterday. Dur
ing the interval the child's 4-year old
sister, Shirley. started playing with
matches and touched off a pile of
clothing in room adjoining Ken
neth'S.
A draft swept the spreading flames
through the door and over the crib
where Kenneth lay Mr. Clanton was
returning from neighborhood store
when he saw fire apparatus pulling up
before his house.
He dashed into the residence
through the smoke and flame and res
cued Kenneth from the crib where he
lay.
A neighbor, unaware Of Kenneth's
presence, already had taken Shirley
to safety. Kenneth was burned about
the back. chest and face. He was re-
moved to the hospital, where he died
at o'clock this morning. The flames
were extinguished before they did
much damage to the house
Evening star., 1935-03-08
SE!;E!G9f4E7i|lg]

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OF thousands who have used PILE FOE.
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good druggists.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
NEWARK STRIKERS
STOPPED BY COURT
Temporary Order Restraints Pick
citing by Editorial Workers
at Ledger Office.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., March 8.-Trus-
tees of the Newark Morning Ledger
yesterday obtained a Chancery Court
order temporarily restraining striking
editorial workers from picketing and
other strike activities.
The order, which names the Amer
ican Newspaper Guild, the Newark
Newspaper Guild and a score of
strikers. strike sympathizers and Guild
members as defendants, was signed
by Vice Chancellor Berry.
Hearing on the order was set for
March l9 before Berry who will rule
on an application by the trustees,
George w. C. McCarter and Henry
S. Puder, for a permanent anti-strike
injunction.
The permanent injunction. If
granted, would restrain the defendants
from picketing, from "molesting" en-
ployes of the Ledger, from boycotting
sales of the paper, and from distrib-
uting hand bills, fly sheets, the
Guild Reporter circulars, or any
other written or printed matter of any
kind containing false statements re-
specting the complainants and their
employees"
Evening star., 1935-03-08
GREECE OPENSA|R
ATTACK ON REBELS
Citizens Flee Athens as
Great Offensive Starts
in Provinces.
CONTINUED From First rsge)

crush the insurgents land forces.
Later news that he had begun the
drive were received.
The commander Il the government
troops estimated The rebel forces
pitted against him number only 5000,
compared with his $4,000.
The generalisslrnc. who yielded his
position as minister of war to take
the field against the insurgents, as
serted fatty that he could capture
Kavalla, rebel stronghold, within 48
hours The fall of Kavall, he said,
would deal a serious blow to the in
surrectionists.
In this same tswp two days ago
bitter street fighting took place be-
tween residents and the revolutionary
invaders after government airplanes
rocked its environs with furious aerial
bombardment.
While The deep snow was believed to
be holding the governments mass Of
fensive in check. preliminary skirm-
ishes between the loyalists and rebels
In Eastern Macedonia last night gave
foretaste Of the bloodshed to come.
After battering The rebel lines with
steady artillery and aerial attack,
kondylis sent portion Of his con-
tingent plowing through the snow
drifts in trial assault on the insur-
gents. Reports from the battlefront
said the loyalisH made q slight ad-
vance.
The rebels reported to be in sore
need OF supplies. we're said to have
been pillaging numerous villages In
their line OF march.
Insurgents Elusive.
While the PirSen shore batteries
were being primed to hurl shells
against the rebel navy, the where
abouts of the five insurgent war
vessels was uncertain. They last were
reported rowing the Aegean Sea near
the Cyclades Islands. In this area
yesterday the revolutionary sailors
captured the towns of Samos, Chios
and Mytilene.
-Four Greek warships were reported
to have put out to sea in an attempt
to intercept the enemy craft and turn
Evening star., 1935-03-08

thirst for gold and high life. Many
are caught and either lose their necks
or are shot in the back or hanged; !;
others. the majority. get away with
the stuff and complete the confidential
files of the various intelligence serv-
ices throughout the world
In the Richswehramt in Berlin, in
the rue de university in Paris, in the
White Hall in London, in Toxic and
other capitals, staff officers belonging
to the intelligence departments work
in rooms inaccessible even to their
brother officers, gather documents,
secret messages transmitted in spe-
cial codes and prepare for the next
catastrophe.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
FIGHTING NEAR BRIDGE

KULATA. Greek Bulgarian Frontier,
March 8 (P).-The sound Of furious
artillery bombardment heard here dis
tinctly today appeared to indicate
that Greek rebel and government
forces were waging a desperate battle
for possession of the railroad bridge
over the River Struma, near Sidero-
kastron.
The bridge is a vital link in the
main line connecting Saloniki with
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Unless Maxine Litvinov, the Soviet
foreign minister. develops an at
taack Of laryngitis. Sir John Simon
will be in Moscow before the end Of
this month.
Laryngitis is the most convenient
diplomatic illness. 1t cannot be easily
detected, does not require special bull
letins and prevents the one allegedly
afflicted with the ailment from talking.
Former Premier Andre Tardieu de-
veloped an acute attack when he did
not want to see Henry L. Stimson at
Geneva in 1881: Macdonald suffered
from it on different occasions when
he did not want to be questioned in
Evening star., 1935-03-08

them back before they came within
Smelling range of Athens.
The British cruiser Royal Sovereign
and the French destroyer Verdun we're
anchored In Piraeus harbor, their
presence serving to allay somewhat
anxiety over possibility Of an attack
from the sea.
The Government was exercising
every means at its disposal to cut of
the rebels source of supplies.
Greek consulates In neigkboring
countries were instructed to place an
embargo on any shipments to Greece
which might fall into the hands of
the insurgents. The partial embargo
aroused concern In some quarters that
the country may be compelled to
enter upon q period Of strictly limited
rations.
Reports circulated that Premier
Tsaldaris regarded the situation so
sravely that he was considering in
viting former King George to return
to his vacant throne.
President Zaimis issued a statement
reiterating the governments accusa-
LlO1 tIldt lOILilCl IICullCl tciIisEiNo 10
responsible for the uprising and set
ting forth his hopes for restoration of
order.
To Buy New Ship.
Premier Tsaldaris announced that
Greece will buy a new battleship to re-
place the cruiser Averofi which is in
the hands Of the rebels.
Nine. Tsaldaris began the organiza-
ton Of Red Cross and soldiers relief
units.
An appeal from Venizelos to John
Politis, Greek minister to Warsaw, ex-
horting him to relinquish his post and
become diplomatic representative of
Venizelos' nation was Transmitted from
Vanea to Alexandria by wireless for
further transmission to Warsaw. but
the Egyptian government stopped the
message.
1t was said rebel prisoners are being
freed in Athens after signing petitions
calling for the punishment of the re-
volt leaders. Attorney General Gheorg
Hiades, q Venizelist who vanished
since the coup. was officially ousted
from the cabinet.
The reported flight to Egypt of
former Premier Venizelos remained
unconfirmed and was considered i'm
probable.
Evening star., 1935-03-08

the House of Commons, and now
Hitler has followed the example of
these two statesmen when he decided
to snub the British foreign secretary.
Sir John Simon's visit to Moscow
will mark a new epoch in British
foreign policies. Sir John Is the first
British foreign secretary to visit
Russia in the last so years. A num-
ber of British cabinet ministers have
been to Russia, especially during the
World War, but no British foreign
secretary has condescended in recent
years to show himself in the Russian
capital.
The main reason of Sir Johns pill
grimage to the Kremlin Is not the
Eastern pact. He wants to talk over
with the Soviet leaders the compli-
Gated situation arising from the new
German Polish Japanese military un-
derstanding.
The Germans and the Poles have
their eyes on the Baltic States and
especially on the Ukraine. This is a
matter which concerns Russia to a
considerable degree.
The japanese have their eyes on the
maritime provinces, in the Far East.
This also concerns almost exclusively
the Soviets. But the japanese have
a determined policy to dominate the
Far East and that concerns the whole
world in general and Great Britain
in particular.
The European statesmen are puzzled
as to how this Japanese-Polish-G Ger
man understanding Is going to work.
They fear that at given moment one
party will be ready to strike, and soon
after the others will strike too.
The Russians are protected on their
European frontier by more or less
comprehensive understanding with the
French, who, in turn, have a definite
military understanding with the
British. But there are no such ties
between the British and the Russians.
Sir John, whose country is intensely
interested in the Far Eastern prob
lem, will sound the ground and see
what kind Of working agreement can
be made with Russia.
X \ II
International espionage is rampant
throughout the world these days. A
couple Of years ago governments suf-
fered from spiomania, In most cases
in order to rouse the nationalistic
spirit among their people.
But now espionage has become an
actual danger. Almost every day the
counter-espionage services In every
country discover some new plots or
see, to their great dismay, that many
military secrets have been betrayed
for handful Of gold or for the beau
tiful eyes Of blond or brunette.
~
At the end of q corridor in the
German War Office there is a suite Of
rooms more zealously guarded than
those leading to the Reichsfuehrer
himself. These are the rooms of the
new head of the German military in
telligence service, Col Nicolai.
This officer is an old acquaintance
of the allied military intelligences,
During the World War Nicolai oc-
cupied the same job in the same rooms
where he is today. 1t is he who
launched an army Of spies through
out the world. It is he who employed
the famous Mata Hari, the equally IA
nous and more elusive "Mademoiselle
Docteur." and 1t Is he also who always
managed to find out "a hours ahead
the most carefully concealed plans
Of the military operations of the
Franco British armies.
During the war Nicolai had in many
Evening star., 1935-03-08
CANADIAN DISTILLERS
PROBED BY TREASURY
New Information on Reports of
Liquor Import Duties Said to
Have Been Barred.

By the Associated Press.
An investigation to determine whether
various Canadian distillers had evaded
import duties on liquor shipments to
this country during the prohibition
era is being made by the Treasury.
1t is being conducted. it was said
authoritatively, by agents of the Intel
ligence Unit of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue and by the Customs Service.
Officials would not discuss the mat
ter, but it was learned some new
information had been secured from
former employees of several distilleries.
which was being followed up by Gov
ernment agents here.
It also was disclosed the Govern
ment has been checking for some time
its import tax figures against export
tax figures made public by the Domin-
ion authorities in an effort to deter
mine whether they agree.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
Van Beurens Seek Divorce

RENO. New, March 8 tP).-Freder-
ick T. Van Beuren, Sd, New York So
cial registerite, yesterday filed suit
here to divorce Nannette E. Van
Beuren on grounds of extreme cruelty.
Mrs. Van Beuren countered with a
complaint making the same
charge. The two were married in
New York June 20. 1929.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
RED CROSS TO MEET

Special Dispatch to The Star
SILVER SPRING. Md, March g.
Walter Davidson, assistant manager Of
the Eastern area for the American
Red Cross. will speak at the annual
meeting of the Montgomery County
Chapter Of the Red Cross tonight at
8 o'clock In the Rockville Court House.
Election of officers will be held and
roll call reports will be made.