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Evening star., 1935-09-26
S0LDAN0 PIGEON LEADS
Sproesser Has Three in First Six
in 15O-Mile Race.

Jules Soldano won the National
Capital Racing Pigeon Concourse's race
from Lynchburg. Va, but birds be-
longing to DR.. Theodore w. Sproesser
made the best showing. Three of the
first six pigeons home from the 150-
mile point belonged to the physician.
Soldano's first return, however, flew
9 yards more per minute than did
Sproesser's fastest. "
Following is the speed flown in yards
per minute of the first return to each
loft, the first II being diploma win
ners:
soldano. Lose 6.O3; sproesser. 1.077 80;
Adams. 1.O74.57: Sproesser. .072.73 Pen
nning1ton; ndGg1; 1,062o9 Costello. 1.o1o35;
sremmerman. i0o6a 81 hos Hxson o6S 1.o6S4o:
Duckett. 1,O61 95; Kelly, / ,O67 40; Wood
side Loft. I,066.73; Neitzey & Reinhardt.
1oS6 45; Hgntt HIs G6l2s o5 United dt State States
l050.o5: Mathews. 1o45. 4. Copenhayer
1:041.37; Turowsh. 1,.036 81: Dismer &
McGann. :O34 80. Goddard, / ,O2s.15:
1,O92 SO; Moore. & .Venning. 1,022.57;
Gorely. 1.O21.97: Seymour. 1,021.s2
Howlin, 1.0l610: Mundie. LOIS g;
Trotter, l .0o3 50: Eberly. i ,oO3 IS; Rup- D
pert. 1,003. .73 Miller. .O01 .s5; Thomas.
g97 81; McNamaIa. 9S4 81; Haste. 9S1 90 /;
ESse Rose Wander Ges H. 9sl;s5 scheueh, a7s6S;
sss2s Bunker Hi Loft 95554; HssS1n BTo%n.
s65.76; two lofts. no report.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
TRIO Of NOV|CES
DISPLAYING SKILL
Maryland Forced to Revise
Starting Team-Meglen
Shines at Hilltop.

HREE Washington boys, who
never played foot ball before
are making a strong bid to be
u in American University's start
ing lineup against Bridgewater on
Saturday in Central Stadium, while a
fourth local youth will be kept on
the sidelines only in difference to an
injury received in practice.
Everett Palmer, a former Western
student, has been looking exceedingly
good during the past few days and
may start in the guard position va
Gated by Jack Rhodes. former all-high
performer of Tech, who will be Kept
out of the lineup. Coach Walter
Young will take no chances on a
seasons Interpretation of an expert
enced lineman through an inaugural
contest.
Jim Applegate, who is also playing
the grid game for the first time tins
year at A. u, seems slated to start at
the other guard position, While
Whitley" Branson, another local boy
without previous grid experience, is one
of the reserve halfbacks pushing the
regulars to be in the game at the
kickoff.
All are looked upon with favor by
Young and his assistant. George
Menke, who are optimistic over
chances for victory in their first
Chesapeake Conference game of the
year. Saturdays game will be the
first of four conference contests the
Eagles will play.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
c. Boys Bid for Grid Jobs Southern Conference Eerens Glass,

Cadets expect to win their share Of
the games this season.
NORTH CAROLINA.
INJURIES have cut down several OF
the best reserves. but the Tarheels
expect another iron man first-string
eleven that may put them in the
championship fight again.
Don JackSon'S passing ability may
help.
DUKE.
A FINE line charging ahead Of q
powerful and versatile backheld
with plenty of frst-class reserves.
In Clarence Ace" Parker the Blue
Devils have one of the best signal
callers in the South and in his own
right one Of the best ball toters.
Wallace Wade's men seem eager and
willing. and many experts believe able
to measure up to their difficult role of
championship favorites.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE.
~ CNA AANOL1loO4N IlScOo d NlIlIlSL
and apparently has it. He has a
large squad and although many of the
first stringers are sophomores their
presence in the lineup will not be
because of paucity of veterans.
Cowboy Robinson, sophomore half
back, will lead the attack.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A PPARENTLY the surprise package
of the conference. Don McCallister
has taken the light Gamecocks and
turned out a smart. clean blocking
eleven with Wilburn Clary, q fast
stopper, groomed for stardom.
They've come along fast and if Duke
doesn't take too much out of them
Saturday, they may be heard from.
CLEMSON.
TWO big lines, a couple of fast back
fields, and a world of experience
Manuel Black and Tom Brown are
a pair of great tackles, while Clarence
Inabinet and Capt Harry Shore stack
up with the best guards in the con-
ference.
Randy Hinson. the backfield ace.
may be on the shelf for few weeks
with a bad arm, but the rookie
"Streak" Lawton and the veteran Joe
Berry will be hard to stop.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
Yachting Leader
Reception Guest

DR. JOHN EIMAN, president of
the national Comet Glass Rae
ing Association, will be the guest
of honor at an informal recep-
ton tonight at the Capital Yacht
Club when he will present char
ter to the local comet fleet.
Thus on the eve of sailboat
races on the Potomac tomorrow
as part of the Presidents Cup
regatta, in which the trim craft
will vie for The Evening Star
trophies, the local fleet of II
comets receive national recogni-
tion and will be taken in as
member of the national association.
Herbert Stone. editor of Yacht
ing, also is expected to be present
and will officiate as chairman Of
the Sail Race Committee tomor.
row. The reception rs slated for
$50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
G. P. @. AND N. R. A,
MINES ARE FACING
Will Have to Shine to Match 6-5
Series Thriller Hibbs Takes
From Kann's.

DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUES cham
pionship Government Printing
Office base ball team was to face N.
r. A. at 4:30 o'clock today in the
weekday series, but it was doubtful If
that game could produce the thrills
of yesterdays in which the w. B.
Hibbs nine defeated the highly
favored Kann's Sons Department
Store League winners, to S.
Although apparently coasting to a
6-2 triumph with but one inning to
play, the Bankers are glad today
that they had some one like Conrad
Roger to assure victory when 1t ap-
peared by no means certain. With
one out in the ninth, two runs across
and the winning run on base. Roger
relieved Starting Pitcher Mannix and
struck out Owens and Cuozzo.
Handy got a home run and two
other hits for the winners.
Hibbs players will be feted as cham
pions of the Bankers League at the
Raleigh Hotel next Tuesday evening
at Z O'Clock.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS, JR.


T.. {: : 6: :s:'s:: ): =: i:
patch. it often Is just too
bad. Apparently some mistake
cropped up in the forwarding of
your correspondents report on the
Foxcatcher Farms races last week
end, for in transmission the original
theme was obscured. if not lost The
story intended to announce that Will
liam du Pont, jr.. had proved his point
about brush racing.
Mr.. du Pont has. within recent
years, become nationally famous as
an expert on designing steeplechase
courses. He had his own ideas about
erecting an American grand national
at Fair Hill, Md, and last year he
opened the course. Within seven
months thereafter he contributed
plans for the Virginia Gold Cup brush
courses, and last Summer he had a
guiding hand in the regeneration OF
the Saratoga infield
An ardent believer in the greater
practicability Of brush racing as op-
posed to timber tests, he gave express
sion to his ideas in the structure OF
Evening star., 1935-09-26
COLORED PITCHERS
START FINAL PLAY
16 From Washington, Virginia
and Maryland Remain in Run
ming in Stars Tourney.

THE big battle Of the colored section
= of The Evening Stars metropoli-
tan horseshoe championships takes
place tomorrow night at the Banneker
Recreational Center. when 16 pitchers
from Washington, Virginia and Mary
land toss for the 1885 title.
Lincoln Roots, defending champion
of both metropolitan and District
titles, faces one of the most difficult
fields in the history of The Stars tour
nament. Three tough foes-John Hy-
son. Norman Hall and Franklin Mar
shall-are paired in the same bracket
with Roots. Raymond johnson, who
had ruled the Districts colored pitch
ers for two years. is in the lower
bracket. along with Holsey Ford and
Walter Smith, title holders of the Dis
trict and Virginia, respectively.
The matches are scheduled to start
at 7 O'Clock. Prompt appearance is
requested of the contestants.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
81 1ANBARI< 7u|Rls5 - 81:

Blue Ridge Hunt Club, Berryviile,
Va, Wednesday, october 80.
Piedmont Fox Hounds, Llangollen
Upperville, Va, Saturday, November 9.
Middleburg Racing Association,
Middleburg, Va. Saturday, November
l6. and Wednesday, November 20.
Montpelier Hunt, Montpelier Sta
ton, Va, November %.
The Fairfax Hunt Club has set
October l9 as the date of its opening
hunt this season. The meet will be
held on the lawn Of Fairfax Court
House, in accordance with past GUS
tom. Announcement also has been
made that the hunt ball sponsored
by the club will be held November 2
at the club house at Sunset Hills, Va.
FIGHT polo teams have been entered
in the Chief OF Cavalry Cup"
handicap tournament to be held on
Potomac Park and Fort Myer fields
between October and 49, The 9Th
and 10th Field Artillery, the Free
hooters. Fauquier-Loudoun. Hagers-
town, the War Department, the 3rd
Cavalry and Fort Belvoir will send
contestants into the fray. with one
match scheduled each day up to and
including October 9. and the finals
set for the 18th.
Under the set-up released by Capt.
Charles Reed of the War Department,
two artillery aggregations. plus the
Freebooters and the Fauquier-Lou-
doun squad will be seeded in one di-
vision, and the other four In the sec
ond bracket. This will provide four
preliminary games, semi-finals and
the wind-up.
There will also be a consolation af-
fair for the teams eliminated in early
competition.
The National Horse Show announces
| it will return to a schedule of morn
| ing sessions this year during the
meeting in Madison Square Garden
November 6 to II. Examinations for
some of the larger open classes will
be held in the forenoon, in order to
speed the night programs.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
Sports Mirror

By the Associated Press.
Today year ago-After years de-
lay American Olympic Committee
formally accepted invitation to par
ticipate in 1886 Olympic games at
Berlin.
Three years ago-Max Schmeling
stopped Mickey Walker after eight
rounds. Max Baer stopped Tuffy Grit
fiths in seven rounds Helen Hicks
was eliminated in qualifying round of
national womens golf championship.
Five years ago-Bobby Jones beat
Jess Sweetser. and 8. in semi finals
of national amateur golf champion
ship. Cardinals clinched National
League Dennant.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
Terp Regulars Hurt.

MARYLAND has had to revise its
4A starting lineup for the opening
game with st. Johns OF Annapolis at
College Park Saturday in which play
will start at o'clock.
Both of Maryland's regular guards
appear certain to be on the bench
when action is begun, while John
Gormley, fullback, also is due to be
watching the tilt from the sidelines.
Ed Minion, ace guard, is nursing
O bruised shoulder, and Bill Wolfe
who gained the distinction of being
the only soph to crash the tentative
first team, has a bad ankle. Eo
Fletcher, reserve last Fall. will sup
plant Minion and Mike Surgent, an
other soph, will fill Wolfe's shoes. Ed
DAILY. close on Gormley's heels for the
regular fullback job, will be in that
position.
Waverly Wheeler, member of the
second backfield; Buddy Yaeger, let
ter man. reserve back, and Jack Hur-
ley. who has been developing promis-
ingly as a ball carrier. also are on the
shelf. Yaeger is out for three weeks
at least, with torn ligaments in his
shoulder. This complicates Mary
lands main problem, shortage OF
backfeld man.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
DISTRICT PIN LOOP
OPENS ITS SEASON
Rolls on Three Drives Tonight.
Smith and Murphy Team Hot
in Takoma Circuit.

ID OLLING for the first time at 10
~ pm. the District League inaug-
urates its season tonight on three
drives. Fred Buchholz's champion Oc.
cidentals begin another quest for a
title against Lucky Strike on the
Lucky Strike alleys, Heurich's Brew
ers meet Arcadia at Georgetown Rec
reation and Northeast Temple starts
knocking 'em over at Convention Hall
1t will be the first season the leagues
matches have not started at o'clock
Scarcity of alleys at that time necessi-
tated the switch.
Smith and Murphy copped just
about all the honors Of the Takoma
Duckpin Association last night when,
in winning three games from Takoma
Lunch, they achieved high team and
individual game and set. Their set OF
I'LL was helped along by 5s1 Sec
ond game. RittenhouSe showed the
way with 152 game and 389 set.
Colonial Wall No. l and A. A. A.
also took three games, while Colonial
Wall No. 2 and F. G. E. won two out
of their three sets with Takoma
Motors and Field Construction, re-
spectively. Victims of Colonial Wal
No. / and A. A. A. were Colorado
Servire Station and Dome Oil.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
LOOK TO BASKET BALL

12eUTICHS IIdHHIHS IU HBdfH Oe
in Professional Field.
Resumption of the amateur basket
ball series which proved SO popular
last year has been planned by the
Heurich Brewing Co. A meeting will
be held the middle of next month to
organize the teams.
Heurich's professional team, which
played Sunday games at the new gym
last year. will continue its weekly en-
gagements against outstanding clubs
of the country this Winter.
Evening star., 1935-09-26

Any 135-pound eleven wanting
game for Sunday should call Manager
Rice of the Mount Rainier Ramblers
at Hyattsville 698.
Evening star., 1935-09-26
"IRISH" TICKETS HERE
1000 for Notre Dame-Navy Clash
Received at Club.

Received at Club.
One thousand tickets for the Notre
Dame-Navy foot ball game in Balti-
more on Saturday, october 26, have
been received by the Notre Dame Club
of Washington.
They may be obtained from the
president of the local club, James D.
Hayes, 1912 Morgan drive, Chevy
Chase, Md; telephone Wisconsin 1881.
The reserved section Is between the
30 and so yard lines.
Evening star., 1935-09-26

these three plants. Each one was dis
tinguished by large, wide and squarely
placed fences, each was adapted to the
particular Typographical conditions
prevailing at its site.
Nevertheless Mr. du Pont had not
realized his ambition completely.
Horses must run over his courses,
they must draw large entries and be
pronounced desirable by trainers,
riders. owners and spectators alike.
Last September only small fields as
sayed the Fair Hill obstacles when
that plant opened. BY May, more
ready response greeted the Virginia
Grand National inaugural. And last
Saturday the theory really became a
fact. with 13 horses facing the starter
when his feature race at Fair Hill
was called.
IT is interesting to note that mary
of the new recruits Cthere were
only five starters in 1884 we're en-
listed from the big tracks. Having
tried a Du Pont course at Saratoga.
they no longer feared to take a shot
at one in Maryland. Equally worthy
of notice is the fact that in the Fox
catcher Grand National not one horse
came down until the twelfth fenre
After that some of them began To
tire. One fell. Two lost their riders.
A fourth refused the last fence.
Because of the relatively small Der
centage of casualties it may be argued
that neither the Virginia nor Fox
catcher Grand National fences are
comparable to those at Aintree. Mr..
du Pont says they are. He ought to
know. 1t must also be remembered
that the exceedingly large fields. the
greater distance (more than miles
in EnglandD and the temptation tu
start almost any strong jumper (be-
cause long shots have won at Aintree
SO often) must be taken into account
in contrasting the English records
with our own.
Whatever you think about the
standards of comparison, it must De
admitted that Fair Hill this year saw
as beautiful horse racing as any in
America. The fields were large, well
matched and in general cleverly han
died, the Du Pont grandstands give a
magnificent view of the courses-and,
less tough or tougher than Aintree,
we predict this meeting will within
two years rank as one of the most
popular on this side of the Atlantic.
The setting alone would assure that.
Ask the owners Of Santa Anita.
Drank J. BRYAN, secretary Of the
National Steeplechase and Hunt
Association, announces the following
dates for further hunt races In this
district:~
Evening star., 1935-09-26

Drank J. BRYAN, secretary Of the
National Steeplechase and Hunt
Association, announces the following
dates for further hunt races in this
diStrict:~
Evening star., 1935-09-26

SEEKS DIAMOND BATTLE.
Georgetown A. C. seeks a game for
,nday with some strong out-of-town
= ball team. Call Lincoln 9471-R.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Books Received
N0n-hction

ALBERT OF BELGIUM. BY Emile
Cammaerts. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
JONATHAN EDWARDS. BY Clarence
H. Faust and Thomas H. johnson.
New York: The American Book Co.
GUIDE TO THE DIPLOMATIC HIS
TORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
BY Samuel Flagg Benis and
Grace Gardner Griffin. Washing
ton: Government Printing ONCE.
MANAGING THE PEOPLES MONEY.
BY Joseph E. Goodbar. New
Haven: Yale University Press.
INVITATION TO INDUSTRY By
William A. Rhodes. Boston: The
Christopher Publishing House.
YOUR NEW BABY. By Linda Nc
Clure Woods. New York: Robert
M. Mcbride & Co.
THE HUMAN ROSEBUD. BY Joseph
B. Stephenson. Boston: The
Christopher Publishing House.
NEW PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN
WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. BY
Gladys Gage Rogers and Leah C..
Thomas. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Co.
COLLEGE MEN, THEIR MAKING
AND UNMAKING. BY Dom Pro-
face. New York; P. ]. Kennedy &
Sons.
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH. BY
Alfred E. Stearns. Boston: w. A.
Wilde Co.
THE WORLD OF MYTHS. BY Frank
Chaplin Bray. New York: Thomas
Y. Crowell Co.
so LONG. OHIO. BY Wesley Monro
Carpenter. Boston: Meador Pub
fishing Co.
THE CHRIST OF THE DAWN. BY
Arthur Ernest Whittle. Boston:
The Christopher Publishing House.
RICHARD ALLEN. BY Charles H.
Wesley. Washington: Associated
Publishers, Inc.
AIR STORMING. BY Hendrix van
Loon on N. B. C. New York: Har-
court Brace & Co.
JOB HUNTING AND GETTING. By
Clark Belden. Boston: L. c. Page
& Co.
REX COLE ON SALESMANSHIP
New York: B. C. Forbes Publish
ing Co.
GOD IS NOT THE NAME. BY Ed
ward Remington Ames. Los An
geles: Published by the author.
Poetry.
THE HAPPY WANDERER. By Fran
els Parkinson Keyes. New York;
Julian Messner, Inc.
LA BALLADE DU-BON ESPRIT AMI
OTHER WRITINGS. BY James
DeTreville. New York: Published
by the author.
THESE TWINKLING ACRES. By
Edith Mirick. Dallas: The Kaleid-
ograph Press.
Evening star., 1935-12-15

back into the seventeenth century.
These three families were foremost
In taking early root in the Province
of Pennsylvania, the Province of New
York and the Colony of Virginia, and
their records are interviewer with
every stage of the beginnings and
early progress of the United States
of America. 80
'The collection as q whole proved
to be far broader in scope than was
at first surmised. Finding intact
such a. series Of letters practically
covering the lives OF each member
of san entire fanily-birth educa-
ton, marriages, separations, deaths
was In itself an amazing circumstance.
When considered against the late
eighteenth century background OF
their lives, the historic events Of which
they were part, before, during and
after the American Revolution, this
collection contains q priceless record
Of theAtnner life, thought and psy-
Evening star., 1935-12-15
SO few breaks, must be acknowledged
to be unique.

so few breaks, must be acknowledged
to be unique.
ONE may as well begin with the
- story of the discovery Of the
diaries, which Is almost an adventure
in itself. Miss Armes, in her preface,
tells 1t as follows:
"In doing research for the Robert
e. Lee Memorial Foundation, Inc,
my object was to secure records and
information that might be Of service
In the restoration and refurnishing
of Stratford Hall, the national shrine
in westmoreland County, Va, COM
memorating the patriot Lees. Through
Miss Elise Packard, chairman Of Lee
Records Committee Of the foundation,
learned that DR.. and Mrs. Lloyd
p. Shipper of Washington, D. c.,
had several chests containing
original letters, diaries and other doc
uments. The records Of the
Shippens, like those of the Liv-
ingstons sand the Lees, extend far
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Nancy Shippen's Journal Vivid Colonial Picture
Or. l. p. Shippen, George
towns Only Direct De.
scendant of Belle Alive.

chology Of the times. Nothing else
like it has come to light"
Thus it was that the collection of
letters and the unique journal Book"
were found. Mrs. Shipper. telling OF
her family's care for these valuable
documents, says: Nancy Shippen's
brother, Thomas Lee Shipper, was DR..
Shippen's great-grandfather. Nancy'S
things were left in her parents Phila-
delphia home, to which she returned
after she left her husbands estate
in New York. They were moved finally
to Baltimore and then, in about 1879,
were brought to Washington, con-
tanned in an old chest"
Fearing that such valuable papers
might be unsafe in their home during
their Summer absences, DR.. and Mrs.
Shipper several years ago presented
a considerable part of the collection
to the Library Of Congress.
POSSESsION remained in the fam
= lily, but the Library was given GUS
tody for the combined purpose Of
exhibition and safe-keeping. In addi-
ton to those papers which remained
in the chests in the Georgetown
home to which Miss Armes' preface
refers, other documents were locked
in a quaint old desk, the desk, Curl
ously enough, which had belonged to
young Nancy's father in his Phila-
delphia town house in those days
before the Revolution, when that home
was a center of fashion and gayety.
And who was Nancy Shippen and
what is the story that her journal
Book" tells?
Well, she was a Colonial young lady
of fashion, which also meant that she
was a young lady Of birth and fortune.
When she had duly completed her
education in Miss Rogers School for
Young Ladies, in Trenton, N. j., she
returned to her parents home on Lo-
Gust street in Philadelphia, and there
set about breaking as many hearts as
she possibly could. She had certain
assets for this dire business. A de-
scription of these, as they were ar
rayed for the serious purpose of having
her miniature painted by the artist,
Joseph Wright, may be included.
Nsncy's own language being used.
She wrote: HE has dressed me in
Leylock satin edged with gold. with q
blue girdle. My hair is thrown back
negigently and tied with pearls-ring-
lets In my neck-long sleeves, with
white satin cuffs and cape
And another picture shows her, as
told in the introduction to the Jour-
nal Book, /" wearing the high-waisted
frock of the period, with short, pulled
fContinued on Tenth fage.y
Evening star., 1935-12-15
WAR FEAR DOMINATES BOOK
Famous Correspondent Makes Closeup Study of His Eel
low Citizens Under Conditions of Stress-M Maurois An
alyzes Some Leading Influences in Field of English
Letters-Other Books Reviewed.

prose. In this manner he explains
lapses In Moore's work which have
puzzled and offended critics for Q
long time.
George Moore's life, as this young
friend saw it, was one long effort at
recreation of self, a genuine recreation
at determination to bring into
being at each step of his de-
velopment a new artist capable
In turn, of creating new style that
would express that development
When he was successful In this ef'
fort, as, says Mr.. Morgan, he was ir
the The Brook Kerith" and Esther
Waters" he wrote perfectly, or we'll
nigh perfectly. When he failed. hi
fell into the hands Of AMIGO Moorini
and produces work that was repre-
sentative neither Of his best youth
nor his maturity.
It is q conceit sufficiently persua'
sive. The only way to understand
any writer, of course, is read tha'
writer. But Mr.. Morgan's piece i
well done. and, after all, not yer!
long, either.
Travels With q Donkey.
TONGUES OF THE MONTE. B!
J. Frank Dobie. Garden City
Doubleday Doran and Company.
THIS book can be recommends
without a qualm to the story-lov
ing portion of the public. for it con
tains some Of the very best tales IL