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Evening star., 1935-01-23
Just Good Business Man.

DUT he has done more than develop
u a chain of Leoffler operated golf
enterprises without any knoWl-
edge of the game itself. Believing that
any commercial enterprise will pros
per if the customers get a fair shake
for their tWo-bit pieces, Leoff1er has
not only given the municipal links
golfers of Washington set of fine
golf courses on which to play, but he
has kept the cost of that play within
reasonable limits and has helped the
better golfers to attain their ambition
to play in the national public links
championship.
Year after year Leoff1er has reached
down into his jeans and spent money
earned from the nickelS and dimes of
the boys themselves to send a team
of six players to the national cham
pionship. He has put up cups for the
municipal title, has made concessions
to the good swatters of the ball and
all in all has done mans job in put
ting municipal golf on its feet in
Washington. And how has he done
this?
Simply by refusing to charge exor-
bitant prices and by keeping his
courses in apple-pie condition, even
under trying weather conditions. To-
day the cost Of a round of golf at one
of the Leoffler-operated courses is con-
Siderably below the price charged at
a comparable course in New York or
Chicago. Fifteen cents for nine holes,
25 cents for 18 holes, on week days.
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, nine
holes, 25 cents: 18 holes, so cents. And
5 cents daily for round of golf at
West Potomac, with the fee shooting
up to 10 cents on week ends. That
isn't much to pay for round of golf
when you figure that the average club
member pays (althOugh he doesn't fig
ure it that way) about So for each
round throughout the year.
Leoffler's only rival in the local mu-
nicipal golf field is the Welfare and
Recreational Association. This Or
ganiZation, now operating the Fair
lawn course, in Anacostia Park, is
real rival, for they offer golf of
caliber comparable with that in Po-
tomac Park at the same price. And
1t may be that when the time comes
next December to renew Leoffler's con-
tract the Welfare and Recreational
Association will have something to say
about bid for the operation of what
are now Leoff1er enterprises. But what
ever transpires, there cannot be any
considerable doubt that Brother Leof-
fer has done a good job on this local
golf tack Good for himself and good
for the golfers. He isn't making as
much money these days as he used to
make, what with salary cuts for Gov
ernment employees and less time to
play golf. He says so himself, but
you've got to take these things with
@ grain of salt. Certainly most of the
elaborate equipment needed on a golf
course must be paid for by this time
and certainly he doesn't have to spend
much for new equipment.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
CELTS PLAY TONIGHT.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 23.-
st. Mary's Celtics meet the Washing
ton Tobacco Co. basket ball quint to-
night in Armory Hall at $50 o'clock.
In the preliminaries Washington Post
Seniors of Alexandria face the Old
Dominion Boat Club and St. Ritas
tackles Del Ray.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Foul Shot Gives Friends 21-2O
Victory Over Landon.

Scoring the winning point after the
final whistle had blown, Friends
School dribblers conquered their old
foe. Landon. 21-20, yesterday on the
Landon court.
May of Friends was fouled in the
closing seconds of play, but before
he could try for the tally the whistle
sounded. He converted the shot,
though, for his only point of the
game
Summary:
Evening star., 1935-01-23
BOOTERS IN SEMI.FINAL.

American hooters of this
city are listed to engage the Fern
semi-fnal game in the national anna
teur cup soccer competition for this
section on the Benning Field Sunday
at pm.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
RoXING TICKETS ON SALE.

Tickets now are on sale at Spald-
ing's, TIT Fourteenth street, for the
Temple Catholic University boxing
bouts to be held Saturday night in
the Brookland gym. They are 85
cents for ringside and 55 cents for
general admission.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
CRAWFORD IS HONORED.

NEW YORK, January 23.-Andy
Crawford of Washington was voted
honorable mention for his work in
behalf of boating by the Circuit Rid
ers' Club here yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Makes Rapid Advance.

ONCE with his feet in the munich
~ pal golf puddle, how the boy
did go from there. From that
little nine-hole golf course, built by
Walter J. Travis under the supervision
of Col w. w Harris, has developed the
Leoff1er enterprises which now include
four nine-hole courses or 36 holes in
East Potomac Park; 18 holes in Rock
Greek Park; nine holes of the still
used West Potomac Park courses; the
WestWood course in Richmond; Mar
BILE Hall in Philadelphia, a big slice
of the Annapolis Roads property, and
SO rumor has it, considerable voice
in the operation of the Beaver Dam
Country Club.
Today pudgy little Severine G. Leof-
fler, jr., the Santa Claus of public
links golf, reigns supreme as the little
czar of municipal golf between Tren-
ton, N. j., and Richmond. Va.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
SOLDIERS IN RING MATCH.

Fort Humphreys and Fort Meade
will clash tonight in a dual boxing
meet at the Engineer Theater, Fort
Humphreys, beginning at $50 O'Clock.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Summary
TWIN BILL AT OAKTON.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 23-
Boy and girl basket ball teams Of
Lee-JackSon High and Oakton High
will battle Friday night at Oakton.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
BIG QUINT SEEKS FOES.

Silver Spring Merchants, unlimited
class basketers, are after games in
their gym. Call Shepherd 3506R,
between 6 and 7 pm.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
HOWARD QUINT ROUTED
Loses to Virginia State, "a to 46,
in Conference Contest.

PETERSBURG, Va, January %
Howard University basketers of Wash
ington suffered 46-34 defeat at the
hands of the Virginia State quint here
last night. in Colored intercollegiate
Athletic Association Conference match.
Wynne and Jones, with IL and 10
points, led the Bison attack, but Grif-
fin of the winners, with 10, was the
games high scorer.
Summary:
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Max to Quit Glowing.

4 CCORDING to advance reports
~ this will be the last of Max
Baer's clownish efforts. Jim Ma
loney has been out Of the game since
he was defeated by Johnny Risko and
how he expects TO make it interesting
for Baer with regulation fighting gloves
is known only TO himself. He has very
short arms for a heavyweight and will
be lucky if he manages to flick the
champions face with a stabbing left
Baer is doing a smart thing in CIV
ing up the exhibitions to engage in
real matches. Those 10-round no
decision contests he plans to enter in
Chicago, Detroit and Boston are Just
what the game needs.
Babe Hunt did Buddy Baer a IA
vor when he proved that a scowl and
a tremendous swing propelled by a
Bear did not always result in knock
out. If Brother Max is in earnest
about his plans for Buddy to succeed
him two years from now. it is good
time to start him against better op-
ponents than he has been meeting.
Set-ups do not help young man with
Buddy's build, strength and fighting
background. He needs a few tough
fights spread over a period of time
to give him the necessary experience
to cope with seasoned fighters.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
RISE OF D. c. MAN
READS LIKE MYTH
Selling Box Lunches When
He Makes Winning Bid
to Run Links Here.
BY WALTER r. McCALLUM.

W 411Al4N hAAANAA IVA NesAAAS - SAAA
N the facile pen of Horatio
v Alger, jr., nor any exploit of
the Merriwell boys can outdo
the rise of Severine G. Leoftier, jr,
the rotund little czar of local public
links golf, from an humble peddler of
2O-cent lunch boxes back in 1921 to
the boss of municipal golf in three big
cities in 1885.
The benevolent little dictator of
public links golf in the Capital, boss
of three of the four pay-as-you-p play
courses located in Washington, comes
faily close to being the biggest man
in public links golf in the territory
between Trenton and the Southern
border of Virginia.
Not only does he WELD the guiding
hand in municipal golf affairs in the
National Capital. but he also operates
-patronized public courses in Rich
mond and Philadelphia. and is stretch
ing out into other fields, such as the
operation of what once was the eX
elusive Annapolis Roads Golf and
Country Club.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
KIick Is Confident.

n OSS must beat Klick deciSively to
n retain his position as the best
lightweight in the world. Kuck
surprised Barney when the pair met
in San Francisco. The bout was
called a draw and frankie honestly
thinks he can win over his better
known rival. He gave away as much
weight as he is doing tomorrow, so
that they will be fighting under the
same conditions save for the fact that
Ross has had two hard fights against
Jimmy McLarnin and two against
Bobby Pacho since that meeting.
Frankie suffered a severe cut over
his eye against Tony Canzoneri and
was charged with a technical knock
out. At that frankie showed sur
prising boxing ability against the
charging little italian and might have
grabbed the decision had the fight
gone the limit.
Ross is not taking the match light
~. He spent several weeks in the
Wisconsin woods after a spell at He
Springs and put in two weeks Of hare
preparatory work at a Chicago gym
naSium before reaching Miami some
10 days ago. He has been working
out daily and looks every bit as good
as he did against McLarnin last Sum-
mer.
Ross cannot afford to lose this one.
He has been severely panned for re-
fusing to fight Canzoneri and Lou
Ambers The latter was designated
No. l challenger for the lightweight
title His victory over Harry Dublin
+ sky gave the local Boxing Commits
sion something to crow about. II
was the first time since the Oldest
fight fan can remember that the COM
mission called the right turn. But
it is too early for jubilation. Unless
Ambers shows far more than he did
against Dublinsky, who injured his
left arm in the seventh round and was
unable to use it, he will prove a poor
match for the harder hitting Ross
Evening star., 1935-01-23
One-Day Schedule Is Agitated
For Dra,vn-Out Campbell Ereni

| one evening. His scores were AIS and
| 407, with high games of l62 and 159.
Two of the city's leading veterans
had hot hands last night. Joe McGol-
rick, at Georgetown, had a string of
161 and set of 374 in Section C of the
Holy Name League, and Jimmy Sim
mons, in the Columbia Heights League
! at the Arcadia, totalled 1896.
Bob Temple Leads.
| A BRILLIANT race IS on for the in
~ dividual championship of the
Prince Georges County League
at Hyattsville. Bob Temple leads
with 1872. followed by o. Hiser, 1871;
Smith. 120, and Costigan, 100.
The high weekly game contest in
| the Masonic League was a corker.
Stackman of st. Johns won with 155,
! and Homer Of Petworth, Bean of Whit
ing and Freeman of National tied for
second with ISL.
Heavy pinfall marked play in the
Washington Ladies' League at Con-
vention Hall The ColonialS shot a
| game of 585, seven sticks short of the
season record. Evelyn Ellis was the
/ top individual with a 1879 game and
376 set, and her team, the El Gees,
totalled 1916, nine pins shy of the
season record. Evelyn Ream had one
of her many good evenings with 800.
! Lorraine Gulh and Billie Butler, close
rivals for the league title, each shot
| BAT,
Evening star., 1935-01-23
BY ROD THOMAS.

THE Howard Campbell Sweep
stakes, to be held for the
ninth consecutive year, start
ing next Saturday. has been
so successful in many respects that
its sponsors hesitate to make any rad
ical change in the system of running
it, but one has been suggested which
could do no harm and might help
a lot
Not few of the regular partici-
pants would have the event run off
in one day instead of on three sue
cessive Saturdays. Like most things
lorg drawn out, the Sampbell stakes
loses much of its appeal to bowler
and fan alike with a weeks delay
between SkirmiSheS.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
Cause Not Clear.

THERE has been steady decline
in the field since the record
entry of 81 in 1880 and the
reason is difficult to define. Nearly
all duckpin fixtures have grown as
steadily as the Campbell has slipped
This reporter has maintained from
the start, when the first Campbell
event was held in 1927, that not the
size Of the field but the class of it
was of prime Importance, and has
leaned toward the thought that it
should be strictly invitation affair.
Many a bowler has dropped a SiZable
chunk of cash in the tournament, with
barely the ghost of a chance of win
ming a dime. Some have done it
year after year and the decline in
entries may be aScribed to the fact
that boVlers who don't quite belong"
in Campbell Sweepstakes company
one by one have come to realize it
and have quit playing against long
odds.
The tournament has been very useful
in the promotion of bowling. No mat
ter the size of the entry, it has brought
out the fans in droves. packing three
establishments annually.
Same Simon will be the defending
champion this time. Shooting a record
score of 1878, Sam won last year from
the smallest field that ever competed
in the Campbell-19. Conditions are
far better in the sport this season than
last and for that reason, if none other,
a larger entry is expected for the
competition at hand.
Evening star., 1935-01-23

If Perce Wolfe rolled all of his games
on the Mount Rainier mapleways he
might be without an equal. Anyway,
the Pig n Whistle star has beaten 400
no less than four times this season at
the Crawley plant, and the other
night, in double-header. achieved
the rare feat of rolling two 400's in
Evening star., 1935-01-23
WINS AFTER TIME UP

Totals 16 IA 46 Totals. 1112.
Evening star., 1935-01-23
MegaW Holds Prelim.

u ED MEGAW hopes to fill the
N Georgetown Recreation drives
tonight at 10 o'clock with a
Campbell preliminary, the winner of
which will receive his entry fee and
perhaps bit more The fee for the
prelim is $2,45, including cost of
games.
Evening star., 1935-05-12
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS

Syracusians Lodge met Friday and
conferred the Page rank under the
direction of Master of Work O'Roark
and Syracusians' dramatic team.
Calanthe Lodge will hold another
enthusiastic convention tomorrow.
Ranks of Page and Esquire will be
conferred on nine candidates.
Rathbone Temple. Pythian Sisters,
will initiate three candidates next Fri
day. At the last meeting there was
measuring party. a cake walk and
clothespin contest. Prizes were won
by Mrs. Newcomb, Mrs. Marks, Mr..
MagiIl, Mr.. Kirby and Mr.. Barkman.
Evening star., 1935-05-12

Southern Cross Chapter, U. d. c.
Plans were made for Confederate
memorial exercises at Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery on June at meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Jane Elliot
last Tuesday evening.
Miss Lois Brown, president, presided
over the business meeting, which was
followed by a program and social. Mrs.
| Marion Cooper Titcen gave reading
in memory of the late Mrs. Albert F.
Ferguson, who was for many years
president Of this chapter. Later Mrs.
Titcell gave two readings in Negro
dialect. Mrs. D. w. Thayer gave q
poem on Gen. Robert e. Lee.
The hostess, Mrs. Elliot, served re-
freshments.
/ The June meeting will be held at
the home Of the honorary president,
Mrs. Alice Virginia Ferguson, 36l8
Porter street, when she will be assisted
in entertaining by her daughter, Mrs.
Joseph N. Saunders
Philo Classics was entertained May
3 at the home of Miss Julia Macmillan,
| 2o7 A street northeast. After lunch
con the business meeting was opened
by the president, Mrs. M. T. Fohrman.
Announcement was made that Mrs. H.
j. Harris had received one of the prize
awards given by the District of CO.
lumbia Federation of Women's Clubs,
her subject being, 1.-THE Genealogy Of
the English Kings" The reading of
Evening star., 1935-05-12

The mothers Of Areme Chapter are
invited to attend the meeting of May
IS, which has been dedicated to them.
The Washington times., 1935-10-21
Ice Time From Wrath

of the enemy, the militia took to
their heels and at three o'clock
the regular dinner was served.
Five days after my arrival 10 of
the more responsible members Of
the managing staff rented a large
room in town and moved into it
with all their belongings. But our
vanquished enemy, the militia,
eager for revenge, did not leave
us in peace. 1t procured the nee
essary legal documents from the
city authorities and elected us in
turn from our new quarters. We
moved to another place and were
again put out. Our commander.
Sienkevicz, was important in the
matter as all formalities had been
complied with. Six times we were
chased out, until at last the new
barracks were ready for us, and
we settled there for good.
The Washington times., 1935-10-21
Ice Gets Harder

Finally all the brick and half
the timber were loaded and ready
to leave. But suddenly a change
of weather set in; it turned very
cold and n the morning we found
the river frozen and the closing OF
navigation was officially an
nounced. The tugs were taken to
the docks and were guarded to
prevent us from ordering them
out in spite of the ice. Our bargeS
remained at the pier.
I was quite aware Of the danger
confronting me. If the barges
remained there for the winter, I
faced dire consequences. I had
many checklist well.wishers such as
Zakhariantz, and it would be easy
for them to portray this occur
renee in a light that would make
it appear I had Intentionally
planned it. I could be accused of
sabotage and "wrecking," could
be arrested again, and sentenced
to the usual punishment meted
out for such grave crimes. My
only chance was for warm weather
which would melt the ice. Two
days passed in anxious expecta-
ton. The ice was getting firmer.
During these two days re-
ceived an untold number Of tele'
grams and was constantly called
tense that I asked for a last
respite until morning, assuring
The Washington times., 1935-10-21
Off to KOtLQS

Now I was impatiently waiting
for orders to leave for Kotlas, but
they did not come. I had no more
work and, not wanting to spend
my time in the barracks, I wan.
dered about town and the ceme-
terry, where the priest daily said
morning mass in an empty church.
He thought himself quite alone
and sang the service in a beautiful
inspired voice which resounded
clear as a bell from the listening
walls. In the perfect silence Of
the temple his voice rolled and
lulled, then grew again, filling the
church with reverberationS and
penetrating the innermoSt re-
cesseS of the soul. I closed my
eyes and gave myself up wholly
to the charm Of it, forgetting for
a moment that I was a prisoner.
The telegram calling me to Kot-
las came two hours before the de-
parture of the seasons last
steamer. left Ust-SySolsk hoping
never to see it again. The jour.
ney was as melancholy as the
clouded sky. On the second eve
ming the lights Of Kotlas greeted
me in the darkness and, at 10
o'clock, entered the building Of
the EXC office, where our supply
department had made its head
quarters.
In KotlaS the construction Of
buildings for the administration
was progressing rapidly. The
prisoners working on them lived
in tents at the site Of construc-
ton. The entire area reserved
for the administration settlement
was already surrounded by a
barbed.wire fence. There was an
acute shortage Of all other build
The Washington times., 1935-10-21
Pathetic ReUeL

The walls Of the barracks were
hastily put together and admitted
plenty Of fresh air. We had excel
lent ventilation. but, as winter was
advancing. it was rather cold. My
bunk was near the window. and
in the morning I woulo find my
pillow covered with a Zine spray
of snow and frozen to the wall.
But life was more comfortable
than at UstrSysolsk, and I did not
carp at fate.
The enterprisi11g radio operator
had constructed a receiving set
and installed a loud speaker in
the corridor Of our barracks. After
midnight we could hear the broad
cast from abroad. Officially it
was forbidden to listen to any Of
these, but the commandant in
charge of our barracks loved fox
trot music, did not enforce the
regulation, and was the first to
come to the midnight concerts. At
the first sounds Of dance large
numbers Of prisoners came into
the corridor from their dormitor-
les in search Of momentary Solace
and oblivion.
They came out heavy with sleep,
hasily dressed in overcoats and
felt boots. It was a curiouS-look-
ing aSSemblage. In order to for
get the sad realities, they covered
their eyes with their hands and
stood or sat around listening to
the splendid orchestra from the
Savoy Hotel in London.
The audience in the corridor
mentally flew to the source of the
music, signing and trembling with
excitement when they heard the
applause Of the people who were
actually present, and free to dine
and dance. Then, as soon as the
music started again, they were
instantly still, drinking in the
melodiouS tunes. Some of the
younger prisoners were even in
spired to do some dance steps on
the coarse cold floor, in spite Of
their heavy felt boots. The dim
light Of q kerosene lamp fell upon
our nocturnal revel; it was
pathetic and groteSque.
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ing materials, but barbed wire was
always plentiful.
The large new two-story office
building was ready except for the
window.panes; the barracks re-
served for the office staff were
also not quite completed and the
staff was temporarily housed in
the military barracks at the sta
ton. They were cold and dirty,
with o floor of packed earth. I
spent five days in one Of these
barracks. AS usual there was
neither room nor facilities for
sleeping, but, being hardened in
this respect, I found a berth on
top Of some wooden boxes and
slept on them without murmur.
In Kotlas I met again my old
prison companion, Pevny. Within
these nine months he had changed
from a man Of Herculean build to
a feeble STOPPING old man with
sunken eyes and a bad cough, the
result of an assignment Of work
in the forest. My other compan'
ion from the Lefortovsky prison,
the financial inspector GranovSky,
had been transferred to Ust-Vym
and died there Of consumption In
October. Only 40 or my fellow
passengers in the prison train
that had brought me to Kotlas,
remained there. The great
majority had been assigned to the
Uftug timber-works and had per-
ished there.
The Washington times., 1935-10-21
BY LEWIS J. VALENTINE
Police Commissioner Of New
York City

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 U.S0.
Functions of the New York
police department are many and
varied, its problems are more corn
plex than in any other city in the
United States. It's efficiency is
maintained by rigid discipline en-
forced equitably by able command
ing officers.
The success Of the New York
city police department can be- at
tributed to three important fac.
tors; first, complete and absolute
separation of politics from law
enforcement, for which Mayor F.
H. La Guardia deserves special
commendation; second. the un.
usually fine type of men compris-
ing the police force, and third
hearty cooperation of the general
public with the police.
Eradication of political influence
has eliminated organized crime
from the city. No policeman need
fear to arrest anyone seen com.
mitting a crime. No alleged pull
with a district leader nor political
affiliation Of any kind will change