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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
Griffmen Home Again;
Play Tigers Today

>go for a big score in the seventh
inning but lost on a bunt. That
is, maybe they lost on a bunt. In
the seventh inning Hildebrand
walked Powell and Kress. Burke
was sent up to bunt, but after
missing one effort, the sign was
switched to hit, and Burke missed
swing. He then struck out.
the right center field screen and
from the stands it seemed as if
the ball would clear the fence.
Powell, however, hesitated. And
you know what happens to the
man who heSitates. He loses.
Kress was slowed up in his ca
reer for the plate so that after
Powell crossed the rubber, Kress
was out by an eye lash, Wright to
Hughes to Pytlak.
That made two out where two
runs might have scored. Stone
sent Myer home with a single,
but was out stealing and big
chance of the day was lost. Yes,
lack of a bunt and lack of a
little running spilled the beans
or the Griffmen whichever you
choose.
Home Run HitterS
The Griffs did all their home
run hitting on the road. Manush
made his first of the season,
clearing the right center field
barrier in the sixth inning. The
other circuit clouters are Powell,
who made a four-sacker in New
York; Bolton who walloped one
in Detroit and Myer who cleared
the pavilion in st. Louis.
The collapse Of Lyn Larry as a
batter was one of the unexpected
developments of the tour. Larry
just could not get the ball into
safe territory. He has been at
bat SO times and made 10 hits
for a percentage of 1913.
Harris finally derricked him
yesterday and put in Red Kress
who is hitting just little bit
better.
The pitching was not so much,
but we did have two complete
games turned in by both Earl
Whitehill and Bob Burke. All
told, IS pitchers have been an
nounced over the amplifiers as
working for Washington, an aver
age Of slightly more than two to
the game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
BLUE FLAMES
MEET. PIGS
SUNDAY
BY SID KATZNELL

Sandlot baseball fans will flock
by the car loads to Riverdale Park
Sunday to see Pig'n' Whistle and
Blue Flames tangle in the main
event in Section A of the National
City League. The teams are
deadlocked with Murphy's Five
and Ten Store for possession OF
the top rung with two victories
and no reverSals.
The Pigs are sure to choose
Ralph Ruble, former Maryland
University twirler, while the Blue
Flames have quite of a variety of
pitchers to pick from-Joe
Stankus, Frank Corkins, Frank
DiNenna and the veteran but
capable Lefty" McIntire.
Murphy to Play
Three other attractive games
are listed in Section A. Miller Fur
niture mixes with Army Medico
on the East Ellipse; Murphy'S Five
and Ten Store meets Rinaldi Coal
men on the South EllipSe, and
Union Printers stack up against
Cherner Motors on Monument
Lot No. 3.
Either Fred Waller, Joe Porter
or Jack Milburn will heaVe for
the Millers. Speed" Howard is
scheduled to work for Murphy'S
while Mickey Mcdonald, speed
ball artist has been nominated by
Colonel Rinaldi to shoot for the
Coalmen. The Union Printers will
send either George Mosedale or
Lefty Bean against the Cherner
Motors, while Hynie Newman, a
battle-scarred veteran, is all set
to fling for the Motors outfit.
Four games that may be just
as good or better are carded in
Section B.
Warwicks in Action
The section leading WarwickS
entertain Capital Transit at Wal
ter Reed; District Grocery Society
opposes Lewis Ice Cream Com
pany on Monument Lot No. z;
David's Grill matches Stansbury
on the North Ellipse, and George
town A. c. engages Woodmen of
the World elm Camp on
Monument Lot. No. 4.
The Warwicks will probably
send Charlie Mackie, ace south
paw, to the hill. The Street Car
men have named Beach to oppose
him.
The rest of the Warwick's line
up will include Joe Cicala, CT:
'Tech" Chopin, If; Frank Lucas,
c; Willie Edinger, 3b; John DAILY,
Id; Ev Lucas, r.; Alec Mackie,
%; and Bob Chalfonte.
All games start at o'clock.
In the Industrial League, Wash
ington Coal Company nine took
Southwest Market over the jumps
by a 14-to-6 count. Eddie Cinotti
was the batting star for the win
ners with two hits, including a
long home run.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
COLON|ALS END
TENN|SSEASON

The George Washington Univer-
gity tennis team today had ended
its season following yesterdays s.
to-4 triumph over Temple Univer-
city on the Columbia Country
Club courts yesterday afternoon.
The Colonials lost only to Duke
this season.
The Colonials came from behind
to defeat the Owls yesterday,
dropping four of the six singles,
but they swept the doubles to
gain the verdict.
The ColonialS' baseball nine de-
parts early tomorrow morning for
its weekend invasion of North
Carolina for games with Wake
Forest and Elon College. The
Colonials ended their home season
yesterday, losing to the Quantico
Marines, 90, on the South FL
1ipSe.
Maryland registered it's four
tenth victory in 10 games by de-
feating Washington College, 7-3,
at College Park yesterday. Vic
Willis was in rare form for the
Old Liners, limiting the Eastern
Shoremen to five hits.
Thanks to the one-two per.
Torrance of Joe Hugel and Bernie
Lieb in the half-mile, Catholic
University managed to defeat La
Sale College of Philadelphia,
65A to 6024, in a track meet in
the c. U. stadium yesterday. The
half-mile was the closing event on
the program and the Cards were
trailing at the time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16

Bucky Harris, who returned
home with his travel-wOrn base
ball troopers today, mOaned as
he thought of the many double
headers facing his team upon
the second excursion into the
midwest. and with a pitching
staff that needs more bulwarks
...Jack Mcmahon looks the
same as the day he was catch
ing for the Catholic University
nine. something like ten years
ago. oh, yes, C. u. mad a
baseball team in those days. E.
Ahearn Is busy gIad-handing
every one these days. what
with a gold mine in the CanzO-
neri-KliCk bout here June 10.
Joe Sweeney, after Is years of
basketball, has about decided to
quit the game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16

HERO-Critz, Giants-Hit two
home runs in the opener Of a
double header off Dizzy Dean, ace
Cardinal hurler, enabling the
Giants to win 4 to l.
GOAT -Babich, Dodgers-Who
lasted less than an inning in the
first game of a double header
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Pat Mcclure, Patsy Inns pro-
prietOr, tonight will fete the
baseball team he sponsors u.
Gaiety will also be the keynote
at tOnight's Department Store
Duckpin ague banquet. D..
Handsome" Fitzgerald, catcher
for the d. C. Repair nine, de-
serves the title Of the fastest
base runner on local sandlOtS. =.
hit q ball from the north Ellipse
that rolled to the far end of the
south Ellipse. and just barely
made third base on his prOdi-
giOuS wallOp.
giOus wallOp. Joe Davis, for
mer citywide boys boxing cham
piOn, will be a spectator at to-
nights bouts at the NORTHEAST
Boys Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
EIGHT Tits CARDED IN NATIONAL CITY LOOPI
BERGER IN FEAT

One Of baseball's great indi7id-
ual feats was turned in by Wally
Berger, who with Los Angeles in
a double-header went to bat nine
times, scored nine runs, walked
twice, made seven hits, including
three home runs, and stole four
haSeS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
NET ACROBATICS

TENNIS OFFERS many
chances for acrobatics such
as Sidney Wood, high rank
ing net star, demonstrates in
practice on the Pacific Coast.
Sidney really intends using
this style of play in the COM
ing Davis Cup matches. It
is when the ball is out Of
reach.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
LAST NIGHTS FIGHTS

At Montreal-Baby Quintana, 122.
Panama, won a decision over George
Page. 12n. Cleveland. Ohio O0l.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-16
Major Leagues Hero and Goat

with the Chicago Cubs, giving UP
two hits and a walk before retir-
ing, with none out.
The Washington times., 1935-03-25
Staggered Hours

The staggering of hours the Government offices the
latest attempt of officials to solve Washngons traffic prob
lem proves be the solution it will be well worth all
the trouble and inconvenience that it will cause
Government employees fearful that the plan 60
ing to mean additional overtime for them There isn't any
sound why should and does the blame will rest
not with the plan but with the administrative officers
The wishes of these officers have been respected in work
ing the staggered schedule and the schedule to
take proper consideration of relationships between the va
GUS departments and bureaus
Under the circumstances there wouldn't appear to be much
for officers bringing in his subordnates earlier
than the schedule provides.
Of course that is done any extensive scale the whole
program will become useless and the already existing
fusion will be greatly confounded.
appears to that the greatest inconvenience Of the
plan will fall the housewife particularly in the homes
where there several Government employees In those
homes there will be drastic shifting Of breakfast and dinner
hours which not calculated to make the life Of the house
wife any easier.
But when you being nconvenienced by the staggered
hours just give thought to the fact that Washington has
about ten thousand traffic accidents year and that already
this year we have killed more than of persons
cut that toll by suffering little inconvenience
it will be worth it.
The Washington times., 1935-03-25
Peace Costs Plenty

"Tension in Europe Oisiby increased today Meetings
of allied Representatives in Paris and of British and
German in Berlin Oiu take place to the
roll of drums, the marching tread of recruits, and
the of munitions factories running double shifts
"Fresh renforcementS moving into that Tlghty
chain of Notifications from Sutherland to the North
Sea uUEich is Frances first line of defense.
"Russio's Red army of a million men lies O0st ana
n1ysterious in the background.
Germany is hurrying to complete equipment or ITS
admitted thirty-sx divisions
"The British rushing their program to make their
air force second to none"
This and much more from H. r. Knickerbocker toregn
International News Service whose dpcns
appear in The Washington Times exclusively. (,
Reading the watching Europe apparently drtng toward
the abyss Americans least give frvent thanks that tn
are NOT tied any European nation or group OF naton o
treaty. by entente by debt by any obligation whatsoever
If war comes, it will not be our war.
If money and sought by the comoatants must
not be money or our men, .
And if our right to mind business threatened
we must have army navy and air force strong enough
to make that threat empty gesture
This country drawn into the Great War because II
was UNPREPARED TO STAY OUT.
If another and greater should break over Europe
It must not repeat that bunder.
Preparedness is expensive
Fleets armies air squadrons cost millions, or billions.
But unpreparednes is vastly expensive as we learned
In 1917 and after.
The only way remain at peace is to PAY for
and it is cheaper pay than to delay until it is too
late.
We ought to know that by this time.
We had our lesson.
The Washington times., 1935-03-25
HOusecleaning Needed
Bu James T. Williams, T.

Roosevelt's appeal to the Amer.
lean people several years ago
to organize themselves in every
State for the purpose of over
throwing this obsolete system
of county and local government
which has come down from the
time when the OK cart was the
chief means of transportation.
To be most effective these
organizations ought to be
formed in both political parties
under the leadership of first
voters-voterS who enter the
electorate with a determination
to raise the standard of gov
ernment by eliminating waste
and by driving from the pay
rolls of the people those po-
litical parasites who Squander
the peoples money in the
name of government and in
the dirty business OF pork
barrel politics.
UP TO TAXPAYER
The notion that this obsolete
system of county and local
government from which the
people of State after State
are suffering today is merely
of local concern is all wrong.
Governor Lehman, of New
York, emphasized this fact in
a message to the legislature in
which he said:
inefficient local government
is of more than local conse-
quence. The weakness Of local
government is a handicap to
the State itself in the dis
charge of some of its principal
duties.
"Our counties, cities, towns,
villages and thousands of spe-
cial districts have all Jagged
far behind. 1t is true Of rural
government and city govern
ment alike.
"In days like these govern
ment must be especially buSi-
nesslike and efficient. The
taxpayer demands it and Is
entitled to it,"
But the taxpayer will not
get what he demands; he will
not get what he is entitled to,
and the plain people who pay
the taxes will continue to
suffer until they organize
themselves all over this coun.
try for the single purpose OF
throwing off the yoke of OK
cart government by reorganiza-
ton of the system of govern
ment in the several States, by
reducing the number of gov.
ernmental units and by that
retrenchment in expenditures
which begins with the purging
of corruption and the elimina'
ton of waste.
Copyright. 1885. The Washington Times)
The Washington times., 1935-03-25

Now is the time and every
community in every State is
the place for first voters to
rally if they would play a use
full part in the purging Of
Government.
Reform in State, county and
local government is the most
urgent governmental reform at
which the plain people of this
country can work today. And
they can best work, in both
political parties, under the lead
ership of those who have been
enfranchised since the last
presidential election.
1t is the enthusiasm and firm
resolve Of these first voters
that will quicken the deter
mination of older voters to
throw their support to pro-
gressive leadership with a pur-
pose.
OFTEN OVERLAP
AS long ago as the summer Of
1888 a progressive group Of
Democrats, meeting in the
State of New York at Elmira,
adopted the following resolu-
ton:
THAT the Democratic party
pledge its consistent and Wig
Orous support to the reorgan-
izatiOn and moderniZatiOn of
county and local government so
as to dispense with useless Of
fices, define conflicting authOri-
ties and center responsibilities"
This resolution followed the
filing of a report showing that
there were 13,497 units of local
government in the State of New
York, but outside New York
City. These local units re-
peatedly overlapped. Their au-
thorities. are vaguely defined
and in consequence their re.
sponsibilities frequently con-
flict.
In some cases a citizen finds
his property taxed today by
five different governing units.
This report also revealed that
the towns and counties alone
in the State of New York
have over $4,000 officials, most
ly elected: that there are over
1000 tax collectors who have
appropriately been called "the
army of occupation"
This condition in the State
of New York is in greater or
less degree to be found in every
State in the Union. Its exist
ence gave rise to President
The Washington times., 1935-03-25

House that McFarlane the day
before had asked him one ques-
tion, but under leave to extend
his remarks had written an en-
tire page which, had Bulwinkle
not objected, would have ap-
peared in the Record as part
of the North Carolinian's re.
marks.
Bulwinkle said he didn't
want to be given credit for
McFarlane's remarks.
McFarlane said he didn't
want Bulwinkle to get the
credit.
Speaker Joseph w. Byrns dis
covered that the speech didn't
appear in the Record anyhow.
McFarlane told Bulwinkle he
should sit down.
The day that the House passed
the bonus bill there D1S al
most unlimited discussion con-
cerning payment of adjusted
compensation certificates.
Strange to say, however, that
when the Congressional Record
appeared the next day it
showed only a small amount of
debate as actually occurring.
Where scores of pages are
usually used to record the pro-
ceedings, only 10 pages were
The Washington times., 1935-03-25

Gemma, who seldom mas even
bread. What a fool!
DREADFUL BOND
There was, to be sure, another
sort of ''happiness"-but how
could anyone make Fenella .un-
derstand that? An agonizing
ecstasy from which you could
not escape-a dreadful bond be-
tween two souls, demanding
sacrifice, humiliation - daily
crucifixion.
Grinning across the table,
Gemma's sad, gypsy eyes sur.
veyed the long years ahead and
reckoned the cost to the last
tear. Then clicked her tongue
contemptuously at the hopeless
ness of expecting understanding
from Fenella's baby brain.
Copyright, 1895. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-25

apart at Fan hIram EeEcJ MaAlH
anna. On February /, he closed
a valve which placed the Colo :
RADIO River under his command.
Men have labored for five
years preparing for the closing
of that valve. Then one man
gave a signal, and in As min
uteS the roaring Colorado,
which had been its own master
for three million years, sur
rendered, and from now on its
waters will do as man dictates.
During the building Of
Boulder Dam, the river had to
be diverted. Through the
solid rock on either side, four
enormous tunnels were driven.
Tunnel No. 4 carried the
river around the dam under
normal conditions. The others
were reserve tunnels for Pc
riods of flood. AS the dawn
came, on February /, six men
with shovels attacked the thin
strip of gravel which kept
the river water from entering
Tunnel No. /.
Then came the moment
when but one shovel of gravel
remained between the Colorado
and the tunnel. When this was
pitched out a thin trickle OF
water flowed through. 1t
washed a little channel. In a
few minutes there was a big
channel, and in an hour a
roaring torrent.
UNDER CONTROL
Thus was supply of water
provided for down-river irriga-
tion. It only remained to
close Tunnel No. 4 to bring
about the long-looked-for dam
ming of the Colorado. In charge
of the construction was Frank
T. Crow, who gave the signal,
and in a few minutes the r.
foot-thick, 1,500-ton gate valve
went down. And thus was the
great river damned.
During spring freshets the
Southern California Imperial
Valley may sleep soundly. The
valley is below sea level, and,
Of course, much below the
level of the Colorado. A flood
beyond a certain height meant
The Washington times., 1935-03-25
More Swimming Pools

The Municipal swimming pools the Washington Monu
ment have been given stay Of execution but there
that the order that they be demolished will be
rescinded
In fact certain that the Federal officials who control
the land which the pools built determined that they
shall go.
the program for building additional bathing and wadng pools
The city seriously lacking in such facilities especially those
which can be used without charge by children.
At at least pool built by District taxpayers the tax
payers children have to pay fee Federal officers before
they can swim.
Miss sbyl Baker, director Fairgrounds has program
for building additional pools which, to be hoped would be
open the youngsters without charge We hope she gets the
money build them time put them in service this Summer
The Washington times., 1935-03-25
Bring Back the Polka!
BY Robert BenchIey

The advent of the tango
opened the play up quite a bit,
as only about a third Of the
dancers knew how to tango and
only about half Of them tried.
The tango was the cause of so
much drunkenness during pro-
hibition, as it left so many peo"
pie sitting at tables with moth
ing to do during a dance except
open bottles.
The presentday rhumba has
the same effect, only more so.
AS it is danced now, with the
gentleman holding the lady far
enough away to vault over her
if he so desired, the floor can
ccommod date only a few
couples, but, as only a few
couples make the try, it works
out all right. The rest Of the
mob go right after that good
old vintage champagne.
But when it comes time for
the peasants to get up and do
their folk-danceS, and the
rhumba orchestra moves out to
give way to the two and three
four time boys, the old conges-
tion sets in, and the best that
most of us can do is adopt the
step introduced a few years ago
by the college boys and debS,
which consists of putting one
arm arour.d the shoulder of
your partner and walking, side
by side, down the edge Of the
rink, chatting and yawning.
Whatever goes on on the mod
ern dance-floor, no one can call
it sensual.
What I would like to see, and
what I imagine the dancing in
structors would like to see, is a
revival of the old grasshopper
dances, like the polka.
The polka was the first dance
that I ever learned, and, &C.
cording to public gossip, the
last.
With that "slide-Slide-and-a-,
slide-step-hop" Cor, to be math-
ematically minded, "slide,slide-
and-a-one-two-three), it wouldn't
take long for the heavier
couples to clear the floor, or to
make the management provide
more space.
The polka is a gay dance, and
a clean one, and eXhausting
enough to weed out the old
men and weaklings after the
second round. The music, also,
is catchy, and would give our
song writer's something fresh to
work on.
The only current number that
I can think of which would be
suitable is Cole Porter's "There'll
Always Be A Lady Fair"
I have just hummed that
number over to myself, trying
out the steps in a pas seul, and,
although I might have looked a
little funny if anyone had sud-
denly walked into the room, I
was pretty darned good.
Try it yourself and then
write your Congressman to
back the polka.
Copyright. 1885, BY King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-25

deVOCed TO CAe House on tnaC
momentous occasion.
The appendix was lengthy,
however.
The boys merely wanted to
rewrite their remarks SO that
they would read well back
home.
He is out of town but appar-
emily some people don't know it.
A fond mother escorted her
young son through the Capitol
the other day.
After a visit to the House and
Senate she stopped near the
Senate chamber to say:
"NOw, son, we are going into
the Senate-the higher branch
of Congress"
The lad pulled back crying:
CAV, Maw-Huey Long might
be there with his bOdyguards."
It is seldom that any member
of the Senate cares to engage
in debate with that caustic gen.
The Washington times., 1935-03-25

The dancing instructors of the
country are determined to get
away from the modern form
of ballroom peregrination or
hitch-hiking, and I don't blame
them. Aside from those special
lied South American dances,
there is nothing left to teach.
Anybody knows how to walk.
Ballroom dancing, except for
the Castles and Rosita and Ra.
mon and other couples who
could get the floor to them.
selves, went into a decline as
long ago as 1915, when the
boites de mutt, or nightboxes,
came into vogue with their
dance-floors the size of a wrest-
ling-mat and their crowds the
size of a Nazi demonstration.
From then on, anybody could
dance who could hold his head
I'm
The Washington times., 1935-03-25

S nick ere d
impishly a S
S h e S a W
pretty Fenel-
las naughty
horror-a a n d
t h e n S a j d
words which
sent Fenella'S
fairy-tale no
tionS crash
ing to bits.
Genma is
really Eliza
beth B rg-
n e r, SenSa-
tional A u S.
trian actress.