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Evening star., 1936-10-07

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RACK on the golf course where he
learned the game Roger Peacock
really can stroke golf ball. Roger
today holds the distinction of being
the best golfer in the Procurement Di-
vision of the Treasury, which he
proved to the satisfaction OF more
than 100 fellow workers yesterday,
when the former District amateur
king walloped the ball around Indian
Spring in level par of II. Gene Pitt
man. the drawing chap from Texas,
was next with rs.
S. @. Wetzel and F. J. Weis tied at
net ST for the Admiral Peoples Cup.
The good admiral is the boss
Of the Procurement Division.
w. J. o'connor won the gross award
In class B with card of 81. with the
net going to E. B. Morris, jr., at 50.
Morris also won the Federal Archi-
tect's Trophy. In class c, the Con-
sulting Architects flight, the gross
play resulted in tie between c. r.
OolfoFdA alio L. n. ccEIHStoL, pOtn
with 96. j. L. Wilkinson won the
net prize with "a. The boys wound
up with dinner at the club last night
attended by Roland Mackenzie, Con-
gressional pro. and Treasury officers.
TIED for the Muncaster Trophy,
Mrs. Douglas Tschiffely and Mrs.
c. A. Daile will play 80 holes Friday
and Saturday on 4 handican hasix
Evening star., 1936-10-07
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BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS. JR.

Y1LLhAM OO PUNT, Jr., nao
M the press boys imported for
" " . luncheon at the Fox
catcher Hunt Club not SO
long ago. To many of the sports
writer's the news of the day was the
fact that M. Du Pont and colleagues
are planning to open q nat racing
plant in Delaware. quite near Whining
ton. Important. maybe, but very small
fry in comparison to the revelation
that Du Pont ct confreres intend to
build up to q real American Grand Ma
tional at the Foxcatcher race course
near Fair Hill, Md.
Because Of the size of its jumps, this
course has been compared with the
Aintree classic since the opening Of
the American plant in 1894. Then
this season the sponsors offered to
double the purse Of $3.50 added If
more than 20 horses started, and OBJ
servers began to suspect that behind
this lay the intention to promote the
greatest steeplechase on his side of the
Atlantic, building up by degrees.
Mr. du Pont confirmed that notion,
through his emissaries and in person,
during the roundtable session on
Sunday. He Is willing to see the purse
grow to $50, 900, make it the prime de-
sire Of every owner of q jumping
horse in the United States, enlarge the
grand stand space to meet growing
attendance and carry the thing out to
the point where smart English owners
will be sending their horses and best
riders to this country to try for the
Foxcatcher Cup, even as our wealthier
sportsmen forever dream of capturing
the Grand National.
MR.. DU POINTS intentions toward
hunt racing in America extend
much further than his own plant and
the glory of founding a great racing
tradition. While he does not expect
other courses to build such stiff bar
riers (the thirteenth fence on his
course stands feet 6 inches), he
wants to standardize the jumps at
hunt races. His idea is to have them
built along the lines which he has SO
indisputably defended by example. In
other words, the fences would be big,
but would permit q horse to hit them
hard, brush through and still stand
up. The penalty for bad jumpers
would not be a broken leg or serious
injury to the jockeys. but the loss of
ground, the firing struggle that goes
with plowing through stacked brush.
Thus o careless horse could not win,
which is fair and just yet he would
not risk destruction In running over
routes Of this type.
So far, the Du Pont fences have
been installed at the Virginia Gold
Cup grounds, the new Middleburg
layout, at Belmont, Saratoga, Aque-
duct, for the current season at Roll
ing Rock and Bridlespur (the latter
in st. Louis) and in the future, we
trust, at every major hunt meeting in
these fair States. They have proved
to be successful from every stand
point, pleasing to trainers, owners
and riders alike, and they undoubt-
edly win aid in RELOCATING timber
racing back to the field where It be-
longs-to bona fide hunters, not to
race horses.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
SLEUTH Nine TOLISTEN
Will Hear Griffith, Hoover and
Brown at Eete Tonight.

oIUWH Ht cVc 1UuI6 NJ
Clark Griffith, ]. Edgar Hoover and
Mai. Ernest Brown will be the prin-
ciple speakers tonight at the banquet
for the Bureau of Investigation base
ball team, city sandlot champion,
which will be feted at the Occidental
Hotel.
Four trophies-sponsored by Fred
Buchholz, Clyde Tolson, Hoover and
Brown-win be presented during the
evening.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
WILL TOUR TEXAS,
MEXICO, FLORIDA
Travels With Noted Stars.
Plans to Be Gone Until
Next Spring.

- MBARKED on the longest golf
- ing trip taken recently by a
top-fight golfer. Helen Dett-
weller, Congressional links
star, Is on her way to Texas and uI-
timately to Mexico City, where she will
play in a tournament late this month.
Helen left Washington late yester-
day with Mildred (Babe) Didrikson
and does not plan to return to the
Capital until next Spring. She will
spend the Winter in Florida and
plans to play in all the major wom-
ems tournaments in that State.
Miss Detweiler, outstanding girl
golfer of the city for two or three
years, will not play in the Middle At
lantic championship at Elkridge, Bal
timore, next week. She was runner
up last year to Mrs. Betty p. Mackley
for the premier sectional title and also
was runner-up for the District cham
pionship this year. again being beat
en- by Mrs. Mackley. Her current
trip will take her over about 5000
miles of travel
Evening star., 1936-10-07
VIHILE the comparison between the

WHILE the comparison between the
Foxcatcher coarse and Aintree
is fair as to size, except that Fox
catcher fences average about . foot
higher than the English brand, the
test Of . horse Is not the same. The
British are addicted TO baling their
jumps-that Is, packing the brush in
with balers until It IA almost as stiff
Evening star., 1936-10-07
SEES TENNIS NOW
SUPERIOR To OLD
Steadily Becoming Faster,
Says WiIIiams-Asserts
Perry Best Ever.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TWICE national champion him
self, r. Norris williams, I'd, Of
Philadelphia holds no brief for
Il the expressed belief of some ex-
perts that Americas present amateur
crop is inferior to that of his day.
The veteran internationalist, who
held the American Singles Cup in
1914 and 1916 and the doubles crown
with Vincent Richards in 1925 and
1926. still is playing competitive ten
mis- despite the loss Of the touch which
led him to championships.
Williams, with his close-cropped
gray hair and knee-length shorts,
is a picturesque figure on the courts.
More Capable Players.
MUsNG over q recent statement
" by Richards, that present-day
amateurs couldn't stand up with those
Of his day, williams said:
You must remember the game has
gone ahead, competition Is keener,
more people are playing the game
and 1t Is getting faster every year.
I'VE are not winning Davis Cups,
I'll admit. because better players are
rising in foreign countries"
To Williams, Fred Perry of Eng
land Is the worlds greatest player
and could have beaten Tilden at his
peak.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

as timber. The first year at Llangol-
len Is the only thing Of the sort we've
seen on this side Of the big water, and
that set-up knocked jockeys and
horses for hospital loops.
THUS 1t may be that the Maryland
Hunt Cup, the most murderous race
in the world today for all but superb
jumpers, will be kept alive in America
as the equivalent Of the Grand Ma
tional. while the Du Pont fences will
make it easy for trainers to get their
horses ready for hunt races in any
State whatsoever.
A horse that knows q certain fence
gives only 50 much, requires precisely
this amount Of jumping, will usually
put out the effort to get over In good
shape-but mix EN- up on fiimsy
courses and tough ones, tall and small,
and see what happens. It is that
confusion the Du Pont interests wish
particularly to eliminate. And in the
process Of making q generous gesture
lift the Foxcatcher races to national
supremacy.
IN THE small talk at Mr.. Du Points
luncheon we heard one Of the most
amazing horse stories around the hunt
race circuit. IT'S of Toolbox, the gray
son Of Sr Greysteel with which the
Richard K. Mellon stable has won six
straight fiat races on the turf. Toolbox
originally belonged to the late Sylvester
w. Labrot Of Maryland, and In the
Evening star., 1936-10-07
HURLER AN ARCHITECT.

The Pittsburgh Pirate, Jim Weaver,
graouated from Western Kentucky
state Teachers College in 1927 with
degree In architecture.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

Rates Bulge Best Yank.
II BELIEVE Don Bulge is Amer
ica's greatest, but he still has
not reached Perry's class. He needs
that something--hard to define-that
will put him there"
Evening star., 1936-10-07
SEEKS LIGHT GRID FOE.

An opponent in the l2o-pound class
Is being sought by the Northeast
Eagles. Interested grid teams should
call Atlantic 5028.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Miss Janney Good PLAYER.


ELIZABETH JANNEY, the long
hitting Green Spring Valley girl.
also will be among those favored to
do well in the coming tourney, along
with Mrs. Jerome Sloman of the Bal.
timore Suburban Club.
Entries will close Saturday at the
Elkridge Club and the tournament
will open Monday morning, with
flights for all players. The usual sup
porting features will be held, with a
mixed foursome, driving contest and
other competitions being arranged.
Elkridge women will be hosts to the
visitors at a luncheon early in the
week Of the tournament.
Back in 1891 the tourney was played
at Elkridge, with Mrs. M. L. Bell Of
Baltimore winning over Mrs. Morrow
on the nineteenth hole.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Seeks Scoring Punch,

MARYLAND, In scrimmaging with
1 George Washington yesterday at
College Park In q session that was
halted only by darkness, spent the
majority of its time inside the 10
yard mark striving to perfect scor-
ing punch that was lacking in five Of
six opportunities against Virginia
Tech at Roanoke last week. All kinda
Of plays were used, including fore
wards and laterak.
While Georgetown was tuning for
its first big game of the year, it also
was booking another battle for next
season, stating Lafayette to appear at
Griffith Stadium October 16, 1887.
This makes the fourth big tilt on
the Hoyas' 1887 list, the others being:
October 23, Penn at Philadelphia;
October 80, Manhattan, and November
20, Maryland, both in Washington.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Will Join Marion MiIey.

In Fort Worth, Tex, Miss Dett-
weller will join Marion Miley, ma
tionally prominent golf star, who
won the Mexico City tournament last
year, and will go with Miss Miley to
the Mexican capital Helen passed
up the Congressional Club cham
pionship, now in progress, to make
the trip with the Babe" who will
wind up her Western tour in Los
Angeles, where she is slated to make
a couple Of movie shorts.
Major women's tournaments In
Florida are to be played around Miami,
Tampa, Ormond Beach and Palm
Beach, with the closing tourney Of
the season listed for st. Augustine.
Helen Dettweiler played in only four
Of the Florida Journeys last Winter.
Undoubtedly a star who might up
set several Of the favored players,
Miss Dettweiler's withdrawal from the
Middle Atlantic will re-establish Mrs.
Meckley as the favorite to win again.
Lily Harper the Portsmouth girl
who has made four attempts to win
the Middle Atlantic and twice has
been beaten in the final, will be one
Of the outstanding stars at Baltimore
next week, along with Mrs. E. Boyd
Morrow of Elkridge, who will be q
rugged competitor on her home
course.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

Plat in the. 54-hole tournament for
the Sheridan Trophy, with an 88 in
the opening round yesterday against
80 for Mrs. Platt. Mrs. Hume Wrong.
former champion. scored 90, while
Mrs. Y. E. Booker, Miss Louise Claytor
and Miss Susan Hacker all had 92s.
with Mrs. Bishop at SO. The second
round was being played today and the
tourney will wind up tomorrow.
At Columbia Mrs. James w. Beller,
defending her title, clashed in the
Semi-final with Mrs. George B. Nc
Ginty, runner-up last year. while the
other semi-final found Mrs E. M.
Amick meeting Mrs. H. M. Brundage.
Mrs. Amick yesterday defeat
ed Mrs. Norman B. Frost, the
medalist.
MRS. ROLAND MACKENZIE, last
years winner, won handily from
her mother, Mrs. r. A. Bowden, In
the first round Of the Congressional
Country Club title chase, and today
met Mrs. F. D. Let's In the semi-fnal.
The other semi-final lay between Mrs.
j. o. Rhyme, the medalist, and Mrs.
c. A. Stewart.
Mrs. Ralph Goldsmith, holder of the
Woodmont title, today met Miss jan
ice Loeb, one Of the best of the
younger golfers Of the club, in one
semi-final match. while the other
found Mrs. Theodore Peyser matching
shots with Mrs. Gilbert Hahn.
Over at the Army-Navy. Mrs. c. S.
Stern. medaist in the tourney, met
Mrs. c. p. Clarke in a second-round
match, while Mrs. Robertson and Mrs.
Carter clashed In the other contest.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
HOYAS, 0LDL|NERS
WORK ON 0FFENSE
Get Ready for Tough Tits
on Foreign FieIds-G. U.
Books Lafayette.
GEORGETOWN and Maryland

- GEORGETOWN and Maryland
4 travel far for games Satur-
Y day, with Cincinnati and
~ North Carolina, and hope
they can travel fast after reaching
the scene of hostilities.
The Hoyas, who are slated to hit
the trail tomorrow night for Satur-
day night tilt, will be favored over the
Ohioans, but the Terps, who do not
entrain until early Friday night to
battle the next afternoon, will be de-
cided underdogs to the Tarheels.
Georgetown and Maryland both
worked along the same lines yesterday,
putting strenuous efforts into the at
tack, the Hoyas being on the field for
more than 21a hours. They will prac-
tice under the lights tonight so as to
accustom themselves to conditions
that are new to them.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
FIGHT FILM PAYS.

The Louis -Schmeling fight pictures
are said to have crossed over $500, 900
so far.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

VIRGINIA A. C. DRILLS.
Virginia Athletic Clubs eleven will
drill at 1880 o'clock tomorrow night at
Stadium in Alexandria.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
OLE MISS SPORTS
:BEW Of BRU|SERS
Hapes Duo Far From Having
!. Monopoly on Power in
Rebel BackfieId.

A IL of the dynamite which Ole
~ Miss will explode against
~ George Washington Friday
= 4 night in Grifi1th Stadium Is
not stored up in the highly-pub-
licized Hapes brothers, Ray and Clar-
ence. No one is more aware Of this
fact than every man jack Of jim
Pixlee's ambitious squad. AS far as
they are concerned the Colonials be-
lieve every member of the visiting Car
dinal and Blue is worthy foe.
= Take the Hapes brothers backfield
mates C. w. will have to take 'em
II the Buff is to score a victory for
instance. Little has been heard or
written here about Ned Frosty" Peters,
Dave Bernard, Parker Hall, Billy
Mann, Herb Baumstein, Kimball Brad
ley and Phil Machine Gun" Kelley
yet any one of them, SO the Colonials
have been told. is capable of break
ing up ball game on his own achieve
ments.
Peters, like Ray Hapes, fast and
shifty in a broken field, ran 81 yards
TO score against Catholic University
in the Orange Bowl game. He also
returned a kickoff 88 yards against
Florida last year. This speedster, q
veteran of two seasons, will start the
game at right half.
% Bernard Smart General.
RERNARD is called the smartest
! quarterback Ole Miss has boasted
in recent years. When switched from
flllback to take over the signal CALL
ing against Mississippi State-arch
rival of Ole Miss-last Fall, Bernard
caused q team that had muddled
around for two years suddenly to be.
Come sharp and incisive force. Ole
Miss won the game, scoring a dis
fnct upset over the club that had
Heaten Army and Alabama.
Young Hall and Mann, sophomore
stars of the 1885 frosh, are the best
passer and kicker, respectively, on
Coach Ed Walkers squad. Both will
get into Friday nights game and when
In action will perform their specialties,
although Big Clarence Hapes ordi-
harily does the kicking and passing in
addition to the brunt of line smashing
and defensive work behind the line.
- Baumstein, a Junior, is an able un-
derstudy for Bernard as field general,
besides being an exceptional forward
passer His passes accounted for two
uf Ole Miss three touchdowns against
Catholic University. Bradley a soph
weighing 100 pounds, ranks with the
best Of Walkers blockers and also can
direct the team, while Machine Gun"
Kelley can slip into a halfback posi-
mon and lug the ball through tackle
Or around ends with any of 'em.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
All Thrown to Ground.

1OH legs went Dad, said Jack
Chatterson, II, the teams other
co-captain.
Coach Robinson was standing be-
side me. He yelled when the lightning
struck. As soon as we could, we
started carrying the boss to cars
nearby"
II thought I was Clipped" said
John Haupt, varsity right halfback.
Il didn't know what hit me. Every
thing went black.
When came to, I looked around
and saw Don Correll lying on the
ground. He was very still and his face
was blue. All the other boys on the
team were lying on the ground. Some
of them were moaning"
Included in the injured was Assist
ant Coach Wilbur Billings. All were
taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment
and later released except william
Miller. IS, center; John Kline, II, left
tackle; William Atkinson, l6, right
guard, and Charles Steineck, Is, sub
stitute right guard.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
= Hutson Gets His Chance.
HUTSON, 210-pound

- senior center, had to be content
with reserve role the last two seasons
snly because Ole Miss possessed an
outstanding ball snapper in Tex Nelson.
But with Nelson graduated, Hutson Is
dealing out destruction as q rowing
center and starting Ole Miss running
plays of with well-timed and smooth
passing to the backs.
Alex Breyer for two years has been
one Of the best guards in the entire
South, which takes In plenty of ter
ritory. Built low to the ground and
packing 180 pounds, he has speed
enough to get down the field under
punts and to lead the interference
ahead Of such sprinters as Ray Hapes
and Peters.
The other starting Ole Miss forwards
Prank Hart, 209-pound right tackle,
and Dave Wilson, 180-pound left guard
all are experienced players who've
been through the fire Of tiptop COM
petition. Ample reserves will be ready
to relieve the starting hnemen without
detracting bit from the teams punch.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
BY r. r. TAYNTON.

OCKER SPANIELS still head
the list Of most popular dogs,
well over q thousand Of this
breed being registered In Au-
Evening star., 1936-10-07
Poole q Whopping End.

/ OOKNG over the linemen you will
ind some Of the beefiest, yet
vest. forwards to appear in WASH
S6n this Fall Big Buster Poole,
2S-pound left end, usually plays in
The opposing backfield and spears
passes with the certainty of . shark
snatching food. He's big enough to
handle defensive tackle by himself
and tough enough defensively to spill
Interference and the runner. G. w.
yon't meet better end this year than
the Buster"
. Alongside Of Poole will be "Bruiser''
Kinard, whose nickname amply ex-
plains how he performs. Weighing 213,
this rugged junior can run the 100
yard dash in 10.4 seconds, which gives
You an idea of how fast he might
charge across the line of scrimmage,
Tipping into G. WIS tackle smashes.
Ole Miss Is boosting this fellow along
With Ray Hapes for all-America
Aonors.
Evening star., 1936-10-07
LIGHTNING KILLS
GR|DDER, HURTS L
Lehman, Ohio High Captain,
Wictim-Coach Suffers
Leg Paralysis.
" the Associated Press.

~ANTON. Ohio, October T.
1 Foot ball practice at Lehman
4 High School was called off
today because bolt of light
ming killed Co-captain Don Correll,
l8; sent Coach Jimmy Robinson to
the hospital with his left leg paralyzed
and injured 10 others.
A scheduled game with Dayton
Kiser at the Lehman Stadium Friday
was also postponed.
The bolt struck late yesterday Just
after Coach Robinson called for "a
couple of more plays" One team was
lined up on the defensive while the
other was huddled around Robinson.
receiving instructions for the play.
Without warning the flash came,
flattening the entire first squad.
Hands few into the air and all fell
to the ground, stunned.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

Of the historic material. The book
Is modern and complete and Of great
interest to the students Of the breed.
Evening star., 1936-10-07

TIED for the Muncaster Trophy.
Mrs. Douglas Tschiffely and Mrs.
c. A. Daile will play 80 holes Friday
and Saturday on o handicap basis
Evening star., 1936-10-07

w YHILE Central and Tech,
M perennial leaders Of inter-
" high foot ball, were pre-
pairing for their two hard.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
C0NGER FUNERAL RITES
WILL BE HELD MONDAY
Full Military Honors to Be Ac-
corded Retired Officer Who
Died Monday.

Funeral services for Lieut.. Comdr.
Franklin B. Conger. jr, u 6. NJ, retired.
who died Wednesday in the Naval
Hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y, will be
held at 1880 pm. Monday in Arling-
ton National Cemetery. Lieut..
Comdr. j. H. Brooks. Chaplains Corps.
will oficiate and burial will follow
with full military honors.
Comdr. Conger, who was ~, was
retired in 1884 and since had made
his home in Bethesda. Md. His serv-
ice had included duty here at the
Navy Department. He was . grand
son Of Omar d. Conger, who served
as Senator and Representative from
Michigan.
Surviving him are his widow. Mrs.
Katherine Stuart Conger. who was
with him at Brooklyn; q son, Frank
lin B. Conger, 3rd, who has been
staying at Roswell, N. Mex, with
Comdr. Conger's sister,, Mrs. Donald
Hamilton; two other sisters, Mrs.
Aubrey Wray Fitch, wife Of Capt.
Fitch, U. s. NJ. stationed at San Diego.
Calf, and Nine. Guido Costarelli di
Gregoria OF Rome. Italy, and q
brother. Comdr. Omar D. Conger, sta
Honed at- San Dteen.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
STONE COMPANY
DAMAGED BY FIRE
$1,000 Blaze at BIadens-
burg Destroys Valuable
Papers in Office.
, q STAN Correspondent OF The Star.

0y ctdu IoIIesponoent OF lne oLAfs
BLADENSBURG, Md, December
26.- Flames of unknown origin swept
through the office of the Mcleod &,
Romborg Stone Co., her last night
as volunteer firemen from three COM
panies battied the blaze for . half
hour before they could control it.
Company executives estimated the
damage at more than $4,000, of which
5000 was covered by insurance. No
injuries were reported.
The fire. completely demolishing
the wooden structure, button ad-
dition to the steel storage building
kept firemen at the scene from 1890
pm. until after midnight. Heavy
Christmas holiday traffic on the
Washington Baltimore boulevard and
the Defense highway was blocked by
crowds attracted to the scene. Special
police details were called to keep the
stream of automobiles moving.
According to D. Hazen Mcleod Of
Edmonston, one Of the owners, VAL
liable records were stored in q safe To-
Gated in the ONCE. Whether the heat
injured the contents Of the safe,
which held no money, had not been
determined today.
Other owners Of the company, =
plant for fabricating cutstone, are
George Mcleod Of 537 Randolph
street, Washington; Reese Mcleod Of
Lanham, and Carl Romborg of 270l
s street, Washington.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
CIVIL SERVICE SETS
EXAMINATION DATES
Large Group Is Scheduled, With
Applications to Close on
January IA.

Another large group OF examina-
tions has been scheduled by the Civil
Service Commission. for which appli-
cations will be received until January
IL and IA, the latter date applying to
those coming from the Pacific North
west.
The list includes four in the Bu-
reau of Animal Industry: Animal hus-
bandman sheep and goat breeding,
$4,000 annually assistant, $4,000; as
sociate, swine breeding, $4,000, and
associate, animal nutrition, 5000.
In the Commodity Exchange Ad-
ministration, Department of Agri-
culture, there will be several classes,
with pay ranges from $500 to $500.
There also will be q test for scien.
tific aid. milling and baking tech
nology, at $1,000, in the Bureau of
Plant Industry, and in the Forest
Service for engineer-pilot, at $500.
Details are available at the Com.
mission, Seventh and r streets.