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Evening star., 1935-11-28
BIS0NS AND LINCOLN
READY FOR WHISTLE
Howard Is Slight Favorite in
Gridiron Battle Between
Old Foes Tonight.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
A TLANTIC CITY, November 28-
Midst ali the tradition connected
with the country's oldest colored foot
ball rivalry, Howard University of
Washington and the Lincoln Lions
awaited the whistle tonight in the
Auditorium for their thirtieth battle.
The Bisons. despite a mediocre
record for the season. reigned slight
favorites to down Lincoln. The return
of Plummer and Oxley to the back
field has served to boost Howard's
stock.
Since their foot ball rivalry began
81 years ago, Howard has won IA
games, lost 8 and tied 7.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
SisIer Associates Named.

sister Associates NaIheu'
A MONG those said to be associated
In the project to purchase the
Browns are Frank Ruppenthal, owner
OF the Flyers IN the American Hockey
Association; Ed Steffen, fur dealer
Edward Magnus, brewery vice presi-
dent; Eugene Funsten, business man;
Walter M. Smith, department store
manager, and Edward Marsh, partner
of Sisler In promoting soft ball league
contests.
Sisler. who Joined the Browns as a
pitcher in 1915, was shifted to first
base and became a star almost imme-
diately. A brilliant batter, he was
voted in 1922 the most valuable player
In the American League.
Sinus trouble affected his eyes and
forced a lay-off in the middle of the
1928 season. After managing the
Browns the following three seasons
he was succeeded by Dan Howley
when Ball, the club owner. decided he
did not have the managerial tempera-
ment.
He played later with other, teams
and passed out of the major leagues
in 1880. He is now sporting goods
manufacturer and soft ball league
promoter.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
Glass A Handicap,
B.-C. C. SCHEDULE HEAVY

With but two regulars returning,
Tony Kupka's Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School basket ball team faces
the toughest schedule the school ever
has attempted.
The 24-game schedule is as follows:
December g. Roosevelt, away; g. Sandy
Spring; IL. Gsithersburg; 10, Eastern,
away; IL. Gaithersburg, away; 10, West
ern; 90 Alumni.
January 8, Eastern; 8. Frederick. away;
10. st. Johns, away; Is, Washington-Lee
High, away; 16, Maryland Frosh, away;
81, Silver Spring, away; %, Gonzaga,
away; q. GEORGETOWN Prep; 27. Roosevelt;
so Lana1n. o.onx... g v..,,nr.,
Lee High; IL, Western, away: IA, Fred
erick; IS. St. johns; 10, Landon, away;
81. Georgetown Prep. away.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
Michigan's Record Its Defense
Yost Cites Titles Won, Wealth of Points Compiled
in Answering Critics Attacks.

for another championship" the
veteran coach said.
Digging into tie record books,
Yost pointed out that Michigan
has won eight conference titles in
the last Is years and has rolled
up 2,oos points to opponents 67s
during that time.
eff our boys haven't any offense.
what the devils the matter with
the other fellows?" he inquired.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
TECH ENDING CAMPAIGN

Tech Highs foot ball team was
ending its season today at Charlottes-
vile, Va, meeting the Lane High
School eleven. The Maroon and Gray
squad Is substituting for Central,
which originally was scheduled to
meet the vrginians until the game
with Mexico City here tomorrow was
arranged.
Coach Hap Hardell plans to use
every player on his 30-man squad,
alternating three teams throughout
the game.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
DRESSER HAD lob
IF C|NCY bALKED
Sought as Coach by Giants.
Brooklyn Held Likely
Spot for Evans.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
"a YEW YORK, November 28.-1f
N Charlie Dresser hadn't come
VI to terms with the Reds he
4 could have had q coaching
job with the Giants Bill Terry
made him nice offer at Dayton i.
Tip to Billy Evans: If Bob Quinn goes
to Boston, get in touch with Judge"
McKeeyer of Brooklyn.
Columbia alumni are afraid Lou
Little, who gets $4,000 per year and
owns SO suits Of clothes, may quit
because Of poor material Haw! 4.
Jimmy Leto was all banged up in that
last fight with Harry Dublinsky I.
the two-year home-and-home agree
ment between Temple and Marquette
will not be continued next year &.
this Bobby Grayson must be the real
thing. boys.
GOOD for the base ball men for
almost doubling the salary Of
Judge w. G. Bramham. minor league
czar -. he may be the next Judge
Lands If q successor is ever ap-
pointed which we doubt. .
Glenn Cunningham, Kansas great
miller, will make his first invasion of
Dixie in the Sugar Bowl track meet
at New Orleans next month.
Lou McKenna tells this one on
Sheldon Beise, Minnesota fullback
when Beise was called to the
center of the field with Dick Crayne
ivH fhn AHSnnaSnfo -
referee said: "Mr. Beise. as visiting
captain, you get the choice of the
coin" TO which Beise replied:
"Beise, pleasey. not Beesy." .
Notre Dame fans are finding 1t pays
to stay In their seats until the last
whistle these days.
YOUNG Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Is the leading money winner
Of the American turf this year .
and the Aga Khan, one Of the worlds
richest men, tops the winners in
England just goes to show that
them as has gets. Bernie Bier
man and Harry Kipke have opposed
each other as coaches four times q.
the total score is "a to for Min
nesots Michigan has yet to pass
or carry the leather past the Gopher
goal line.
Farmer Burns, the former wrestling
champ, Is getting ready to open q
gymnasium in Council Bluffs the
farmer lives at Omaha, but will teach
the hug-and-tug racket by means Of
stooges. the Yanks will part
with Bill Dickey in a pinch. .
good for old spearfish normal it's
still in the Rose Bowl running.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
BETHESDAN H0N0RED.

A Bethesda boy. Bill Burney, has
been named on the all-intramural foot
ball team of the Manlius Prep School,
Manlius, N. Y, according to word
received from Mark Bardley, athletic
director of the school.
Evening star., 1935-11-28

ON the 15-game basket ball schedule
Of Charlotte Hall Military Academy,
which opens its season on December
Is. Both st. Johns and Woodward
will be met in home-and-home series.
The schedule:
Evening star., 1935-11-28
DECIDE GRID HONORS
Wpecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. November 28.-
The scholastic championship of North
ern Virginia was to be decided here
today when the George Washington
and Westinghouse High School
elevens net at Baggett's Field.
A huge bonfire marked the pre-
game celebration held at Haydens
Field last night.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
George Ser Plans Base Ball Return Part Oner of ST. Louis Bo

December Is, Damascus; IT. st.
Johns, at Washington; 20, Woodward.
January 7, Mount st. Joseph's, at
Baltimore; 10. Friends; IT. Woodward,
at Washington: "a, Annapolis; 80.
Evening star., 1935-11-28

Gaithersburg; 81, Mount st. Josephs.
February /, Silver Spring; 7, Da.
mascus, at Damascus; IA, Friends, at
Baltimore; IS. Hyattsville; 81, Gath.
ersburg. at Gaithersburg; 81, st. Johns.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
INTERCITY TABLE TENNIS.

Washington Baltimore table tennis
rivalry will be on display tomorrow
night at 403 Eleventh street north
west, where Elias Schuman, District
champion, meets Bernard de Boer,
Baltimore's best, In an exhibition
match, starting at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1935-11-28

Sisler, once con-
sidered the best
first baseman in
b ase ball and
one-time Browns
m IN a g e r, con-
f1rmed reports last
night that he and
a group of st.
Louis sportsmen
and business men
plan to buy the
American League
club.
I'VE know just
about how much
it will take to buy
Evening star., 1935-11-28
Mn. ARBOR, Mich, NJ

A Mn ARBOR, Mich, Novem-
IN Der 2s tF.-F1elding H.
4 a Yost, athletic director of
the University Of Michigan,
reduces the Wolverine foot ball
record to statistics, in defense Of
the Michigan system" a.
IF We waited for the other nine
teams IN the Big Ten to pull even
with us. we'd have 10 wait 80 years
Evening star., 1935-11-28
HORNSBY TO STAY
AS CLUB MANAGER
Group of Sportsmen Will
Share Proprietorship With
Former Star.
By the Associated rress,

By the Associated Fress.
~ r. LOUIS, Mo, November 26.-
George Sisler. who experienced
the glory and misfortunes of
~ base ball in a decade with the
st. Louis Browns, expects to return
to the team as part owner.
Evening star., 1935-11-28

sand it looks as though We'll have little
trouble raising the necessary amount. "
He said the ST. Louis group had been
In touch with Louis v. Won Weise of
New York, president of the Browns
and trustee of the estate of Phil Ball
owner of the Browns.
Sisler, who managed the team after
suffering eye trouble at the height of
his playing career, said his projected
return to the diamond would not be in
an active role
"Hornsby will do the managing" he
asserted.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
SAIL TO FINAL WINS

Louise, BrangIer II Are Best in
Potomac River Series.
With crews scrambling to the high
sides as the choppy Potomac heeled
the craft to dangerous angles. Louise
and Brangler II finished first in the
final races Of the Potomac River Sail
ing Association Fall series OF Hams
Point.
Louise, sailed by Warren Mitchell
and Carl Claudy, took the class B
handicap event, while Brangler II,
skippered by Adrian Gilbert, annexed
the class A sail-off for second place.
Results:
Evening star., 1935-11-28
QUINTET SEEKING TILTS.

Auditing Division, G. A. O., desires
games with unlimited basket ball
teams having gyms. Call Oscar Long
at Adams 1853.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
lone OUTF|ELDER
| LONE TIGER NEED
An Al Simmons Would Make
Champs Reasonably Sure
of Another Flag.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
N YEW YORK, November 28.-One
M more outfelder maybe Al
" Simmons-is all the world
champion Detroit Tigers need
to feel reasonably sure of winning the
American League pennant for the third
straight year.
That is the word of Mickey Cochrane,
now vice president Of the club az well
as manager.
Returning from q conference In
Florida with Walter o. Briggs, new
owner Of the Tigers, Cochrane ad-
mitted he was after a hard hitting
outfielder, but that so far he and his
old pal jimmy Dykes couldn't agree on
a price for Simmons. Dykes had asked
$75,oO0 and Gerald Walker.
York Is Versatile.
OTHERWISE Mickey is satisfied to
stand pat on his club. which has
some promising reserves. Rudy York
from Beaumont was described as q
one-man ball team.
He can catch, play the outfield, first
base and hit like a son-of-a-gun. He
may be the answer to our outfield prob
lem," said Mickey.
The Tigers also have three good
looking third basemen ready for trials
next Spring, Don Ross from Beaumont,
Gil English from Portland and Chester
Labbs from Milwaukee.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
ON c. H. M. A. FIVE'S LIST

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLOTTE HALL, Md, November
28.-Two Washington prep schools are
Evening star., 1935-11-28
PING CROSBY, the crooner, owns

PING CROSBY. the crooner, owns
race hoss or so and a piece
of Lightweight Freddy Steele =.
when Kate Smith, the buxom crooner-
cite. heard about it, she went out and
bought herself an entire professional
basket ball team Max Schmeling
is on his way to New York to sign
for fight with Louis next Summer
Z. Max watched that river of gold
roll by until he could stand it no
longer You can bet there'n be
a big shake-up on the Boston Redskins
next season Coach Eddie Casey
may be one of those to 60.
Tad Wieman says his Princeton
line is just about as good as the
masterpiece he turned out at Michigan
in 1925 Tom Yawkey and Eddie
Collins are hunting in South Caro-
lima . Bill Terry did a lot of pop
ping off last Fall about retiring, but
those in the know say he'll be right
back on first for the Giants, aching
dogs and all Eight Of Harvard's
starters against the Yales will be back
next year.
Evening star., 1935-11-28
CANADIAN GATES
SLIM FOR BOMBER
Coftman-Ter Combination
Has Gothamites TaIking.
Der Max WeakenS.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Va vEW YORK, November 28.-
N Well. folks, it looks as if they'll
VI have to change the stationery
4 ' to read: THE National League
of Seven Professional Base Ball Clubs"
>. the happiest man to come out of
that meeting of club owners last night
was Charles Francis Adams of Bos-
ton. He no longer owned the Braves
Ford Frick will add one ques-
ton to the list his investigators are
asking people in the street -. 1t is:
DO you want to buy the Braves?"
GIANT fans wonder how Bill Terry
and Dick Coffman, two of our
best-known l0-minute eggs, will hit it
off Before the Stanford game
Stub Allison of California said: Stan
ford will win, but hope I'm lying
again" .. Fight experts say Al Nc
Coy of Boston is just the lad to pin
back John Henry Lewis ears .
"Jafsie" Condor of Hauptmann case
fame now boDs up as Fordham's first
foot ball coach.
Joe Louis isn't so hot above the
border Lou Dettner, Canadian
promoter. dropped $4,000 on Joe's
exhibitions in Ottawa. Montreal and
Toronto {. During all the time he
managed the Braves Bill McKechnie
never had a contract -. Judge Emil
Fuchs, by the by, now is director
of the Massachusetts Unemployment
Commission the job pays $1,000
per year more than the good
Judge got out of the Braves Tom
Ginty. Cleveland sports promoter, is
~, to11,,,
Evening star., 1935-11-28

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OF the usual 80. 23ro more
starting power tat zeroD than
sac. requirements. 2,341
50. in. OF active plate area. l0S
amps, at 20 min. rate.
Evening star., 1935-11-28

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Evening star., 1935-03-17
S8,623,124.55 OIL SUIT

WICHITA, Kans.. March 16 (R.-
Alleging discrimination designed to
drive it from business, the Derby Oil
Co. of Wichita, sued the Universal OIL
Products Co. Of Chicago today for
$8.623, ,124.55.
The Universal company. owner of
the famous Dubbs oil cracking process
under which many ref1neries operate
on a royalty basis. is accused by the
Derby company of charging it twice
the royalty charged larger oil COM
panies. The suit was brought in United
States District Court under the Clay
ton act.
Universal, alleging infringement of
patent, has instituted scores Of law
suits at various times against refineries
throughout the country.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
BOMB WRECKS BRIDGE

WILKES BARRE, Pa, March 1e
R.-A railroad bridge and several
homes were dynamited tonight as vio-
lence broke out anew in the coal mine
strike in which 90 union officers were
jailed several hours earlier for con-
tempt of court.
The explosion which virtually
wrecked the bridge followed by less
than an hour a dynamiting that dam
aged six miners homes in the Empire
section of Wilkes-Barre. No one was
injured in either blast. Police said
owners of five of the dwellings were
members of the United Anthracite
Miners of Pennsylvania, the striking
union.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Opera Star Deserts Her
Royal Mountie for
Blond Texan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AMARILLO. Tex, March l6.-
Mary McCormic, opera singer ana
erstwhile Princess Serge Mdivani, Is
after wilder game.
hunting is too tame" she
confided today as she prepared Tor a
hunting trip on her fathers ranch In
Northern New Mexico. Il want to
rough it out close to nature. / want
to hunt deer, coyotes and animals
that are really wild. Men are get
ting too sissy: he-men are disappear
ing-becoming a bunch of softies. "
The thrice-married, now-blond diva
said her latest heart interest was a
tall, blond Texas ranger"
He has crowded, but not entirely
replaced. my royal mounties," she said.
referring to the Canadian policeman
whose name was linked romantlcally
with hers several months ago.
Southerner warmer"
"Au all, the only difference be-
tween a mountie and ranger is that
the Southerner is of warmer ma
ture," she explained,
Miss McCormic boasted Of royal
mounted police badge, which she said
was given to her by her Canadian
friend. Asked if-like the mounted
police-she always got her man"
she replied laconically:
IT always have"
The operatic star said she would
be accompanied on the hunting trip
by only one man. Whether that man
was her grocer-father, ]. H.. Harris
of Amarillo; the tall, blond ranger.
or some one else, she declined to say
| Rests in Texas.
Miss McCormic came to Amarillo
after withdrawing from concert
troupe on the West Coast to "recuper.
ate from the effects of laryngitis ano
a strenuous tour.
The first day after her arrival she
was in a most unromantic mood,
having substituted sweat baths fol
romance" The next day she was
thrilled by a telegram from George
Givot, whom she described as hel
latest and only fiancee. The next
found her talking roulantically of 9
Texas ranger, and by the fourth shs
had decided that men were bunch
of softies.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
TWO new INQUIRIES
ORDERED BY SENATE
Morro Castle and Mohawk Dis
asters and Cotton Slump
to Be Probed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The always curious Senate yester-
day INDUCED its hobby by ordering
two new investigations-an inquiry
into the Moro Castle and Mohawk
disasters and into the recent drop in
cotton prices.
It voted $4,000 to inquire into the
ship disaster that cost more than 100
lives and then made $4,000 available
for the attempt to learn why cotton
fell more than SO bale on March IL.
The funds for the probes were
reduced in each instance. For the
ship inquiry, $4,000 had been asked
and for the cotton study, $25, 900.
Eager to get under way, Chairman
Copeland, Democrat, New York, of the
Commerce Committee named himself,
Fletcher of Florida and Shepherd OF
Texas, Democrats. and johnson OF
California and White of Maine, Re-
publicans, to take over the ship dis
aster investigation, beginning tomor-
row.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
SENATE PLAYING
TO HUGE CROWDS
Buzz in Gallery Has Been
Headache to Members
and President.

The depression which has hit the
show business throughout the coun-
try has had a reverse effect on the
exhibition put on by the United
State Senate.
This august body is playing to rec
ord crowds for the early stages Of a
session. The circumstance has been
something Of a headache to Sena-
tors who are disturbed by the gallery
buzz and to the presiding officer who
Is forced frequently to admonish the
galleryites that they are guests Of
the Senate and must remain orderly
to keep their places in the gallery.
Jurney Keeps Order.
Most of all, however, it has been
a headache to Sergeant at Arms
Chesley w. Jurney, who is reSpon-
sible for having the galleries policed
and kept orderly. Mr.. Jurney's most
potent assistance comes from four
plain clothesmen from the downtown
police force, who are scattered
through the visitors galleries. Any
disturbing demonstrations above the
Evening star., 1935-03-17

head of the worlds greatest delib-
erative body are sure to receive
prompt attention from this strong
arm squad.
In addition, Senate attendant Is
stationed on the inside of each gall
lery door to marshal the visitors on
the inside, while another attendant
holds his post outside each entrance
to maintain order there. Reviving
custom of several years ago, these
attendants now are giving each Wis
itor a slip, on which is printed a
warning that spectators must re-
frain from any demonstration, and
pointing out they are subject to re-
moval if any such is attempted.
Few Vacant Seats.
Not including the press gallery, the
total seating capacity in the Senate
"grandstand" is about $50, divided
between several sections of different
classification. Attendants are allow
ing utilization of standing room,
however. so that the guest population
often reaches about 1,500. Even the
press gallery, reserved exclusively for
working newspaper workers and
special writer's, has shown few va
cant spots during most of the daily
battle hours Of IL to 6 pm.
Evening star., 1935-03-17
Heiress Hides in London
After Maid Makes
Announcement.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, March l6.-Barbara Hut
ton is getting ready to divorce her
Asia Minor prince, Alexis Mdivani,
after all.
A laconic announcement tonight
from her hotel suite. where she has
been in virtual seclusion since she
arrived from Paris this week, said her
lawyer has been instructed to inSti-
tute divorce proceedings.
Only Thursday the Woolworth
heiress, whose fortune has been esti-
mated as high as s42, 900 900, had is
sued another of her many denials
that her marriage was near q break
up.
I'VE are very happy" she said then,
land have had no quarrel"
She said definitely she would rejoin
her prince In London or Paris within
about two weeks"
Just why she is divorcing Mdivani
whom she married in Paris June 90
| 1888, her brief announcement did not
/ say.
Heiress Is Upset.
Her maid and masseuse was all the
company Bobby" had at her hotel
knew only that "she is apparently
very upset and has acted very strange
ly since coming here"
"She very seldom leaves her room. u
the maid said.
The heiress came to London alone
she said Thursday, instead of tag
ging after" her husband to Spain.
Tonight the prince was reported
either in Barcelona or en- route there
In company with his sister, Nine. Sert
the wife of the Spanish painter.
Although it was considered unlikely
that Barbara and her prince would
get together within the specified 1.-TWO
weeks" in view of her statement that
he was also going to Venice to ar
range for reopening of their home
there this Summer, the heiress in
sisted in her interview Thursday that
they would not be separated longer
Woolworth Heiress.
Barbara. the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklyn L. Hutton and heiresi
to a large share of the Woolworth
sand -l0-cent-store millions, was
married to Prince Alexis In Paris on
June 20, 1898.
Less than a year later her father
was steaming toward London to coun-
sci the princess in rift that had de-
veloped between her and her husband
Since then reports Of an estrangement
have cropped up frequently, and have
been almost as frequently denied.
Last November the couple celebrated
the princess twenty-second birthday
anniversary with lavish, all-night
party in Paris and next day the prince
said:
II hope every one will now realize
we are happily married and love each
other"
Shortly afterward. however, they
were travelling in different directions
the princess toward New York and
the prince toward India.
Prince M'Divani is a son Of the
late Prince and Princess Zakhari
His father was an aide de camp an6
general at the court of the Gar oi
Russia.
His first wife was the former Miss
Louise Astor Van Allen, from whom
he was separated by divorce in 1882
Evening star., 1935-03-17
ADMIR-. BROWNSON
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Retired Naval Officer, SO,
Dies Here-Funeral
Tomorrow.

Rear Admiral Willard H. Brown
son, U. s. ~, retired, whose career
took him from hand-to-hand nights
with pirates to command Of American
ships in virtually all waters, died yes
terday at the Mayflower Hotel from
pneumonia. He would have been 30
years old next July. and had lived
here since retiring from the Navy In
1907.
Three weeks after Admiral Du
Points victory at Port Royal Sound
in 1861-Browning. q youth OF Is,
was appointed to the Naval Academy.
During the Civil War he served as q
midshipman aboard the flagship OF
the North Atlantic Squadron.
His first command was the yacht
America, which won from England
the cup that afterward took its name.
He was in charge Of the old ship. now
tied up at Annapolis, Nd. while 1t
was in the United States Naval serv-
ice during the Civil War.
Commanded Cruiser Yankee.
In the Spanish-American War, Ad-
miral Brownson commanded the con-
verted cruiser Yankee, which cap
tured a fort on Guantanamo Bay
Earlier he had commanded the cruiser
Detroit in the Rio de Janeiro blockade
during the revolution of 1893-94.
Admiral Brownson was superin.
tendent of the Naval Academy about
| 1902 and commanded a division OF
the Atlantic Fleet in 1906, afterware
commanding the Special Service
Squadron and then the Asiatic Fleet
He was chief of the Bureau Of Naviga.
ton at the time he retired.
Born in Lyons. N. Y, the son o
Morton and Harriet Brownson, Ad'
miral Browrson spent his boyhooc
there, attending local schools and re-
ceiving a private education.
Rowboats First Command.
His first command was that OF 81,
rowboats that chased a band Of pi
rates IS miles up small river II
Mexico.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Isa
bella Brownson, and two daughters.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row at 2 pm. at the Covenant-Firs
Presbyterian Church. followed b.
burial in Arlington National Gene
terry.