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Evening star., 1936-12-07
Pro Foot Ball

NEW YORK, December F.-
Final standings In the National Pro-
fessional Foot Ball League:
Evening star., 1936-12-07
Browns Ready TO Deal.


THE new st. Louis owners will have
such items as Rollie Hemsley. the
uncertain catcher; Outfielder Sam
West and bundle of cash with which
to entice some deals. Since the Browns
now are well backed financially,
Rogers Hornsby won't be obliged to
make deals that migrt further cripple
the club.
Washington will dispose of Cliff Boil
ton, the catcher, who sometimes is
there. but very often at home in North
Carolina, and one or two of its pitch
ers. With few proper additions. the
Nationals might be pennant contend
ers. and Clark Griffith is a shrewd
dealer.
Uncle Connie Mack probably will
use Pinky Higgins. the third baseman,
in a trade if he can help his pitch
ing staff. With a couple of good
hurlers the Athletics could get back
in fast company. What Boston will
offer or get is problematical. but II
Tom Yawkey fails it will not be for
lack of effort.
Evening star., 1936-12-07
Meeting Slate Slim.

RARRING an unexpected decBlon by
Commissioner K. NJ Lands on the
Bob Feller case" battle over the
"sandlot" rule, in which Feller and the
Indians are involved, or a dispute over
the liveliness of the ball, little of i'm
portance is expected to come from the
meeting rooms.
There has been some discussion of
special low-price admissions for chill
dren, uniform regulations on broad
casting, granting the Browns permis-
sion to play night games and the BAN
ming of "synthetic" Sunday double
headers.
Evening star., 1936-12-07
Giants, Cubs Dicker.

ROTH Bill Terry, Giants manager,
~ and Owner p. X. Wrigley of the
Cubs said they expect to do some trad
ing this week, but they're at a stand
still now. Wrigley gave a cool recep-
ton to Terry's offer of Hank Leiber,
Gus Mancuso and Hal Schumacher for
Bill Lee, Frank Demaree and Ken
O'Dea. The Cubs are interested in
Leiber, however, as well as Lew Riggs,
Cincinnati infielder.
Cleveland's Indians are shopping
around briskly for catcher One deal
reported in the making would send Joe
Vosmik, frankie Pytlak and Bill
Knickerbocker to the st. Louis Browns
for Rollie Hemsley, the ex-playboy
catcher; Lyn Larry and Julius Solters.
Cleveland, Boston and Chicago all
are said to be dangling bait in front of
Connie Mack in hopes of getting Third
Sacker Pinky Higgins away from the
Athletics.
Evening star., 1936-12-07
Sense Of Proportion Lost.

YOU never would have believed the
dressing-room scene before the
game If you hadn't seen it. You
have been in the dressing rooms Of
college teams and thought you heard
fiery pep talks from coaches and
players choke up. But never was
it like this. The Redskins all filed
into the big room and took seats in
front of their lockers. They are ter
rifcally big men. You lost your sense
Of proportion after q while because
Evening star., 1936-12-07
SPECIAL Dispatch to The S.ar.

special Dispatch to The S:ar.
n YEW YORK, December TT
M want you to see what goes on
behind the scenes in profess
sional foot ball." brightly re-
marked Mr.. George Marshall. ma
jor-domo of wet wash in Washing
ton and boss of the Boston Redskins,
who are the new Eastern champions
of the National League. You might
as we'll learn all about our kind
of foot ball because I'm serious about
moving the Redskins to Washington
next year"
1t was before the game with the
New York Giants, who were the Bos-
tons last obstacle in the path to-
ward battle with the Green Bay
Packers for the National League title
Mr.. Marshall stood at one end of
the Polo Grounds, cold, steady rain
beating down and running on his
hatlike minute tributaries of a river.
That he was able to say any
thing brightly was a tribute to
his ability to stake 1t" for the
freezing rain meant that, in
stead Of 10000 persons, only
I7,751 turned out to see the af-
fair. That was an awful sock
at the pocketbook.
Over on one side of the field a band
was blaring "On Brave Old Army
Team" lending collegiate atmos-
phere to the setting. 1t was, 60
piece band George had brought down
from Boston. Mr.. Marshall's Red
skins were throwing passes and kick
ing and so were the Giants. Tuffy
Leemans, who plays with New York,
waved hello.
Brrrrrr. 1t was cold. The ground
underneath was frozen and If you
made q misstep while walking on the
field, the water splashed up on your
ankles.
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Want TO Show at Best.

WHILE 1t is considered fine pub
w licity and probably will be re-
peated in each of the cities scheduled
on the seven-game transforming tour
between the clubs. Jack Mcbride. part
owner of the Yankees. revealed WASH
ington may be awarded an American
League franchise next year. 1t was
due to the fact that the teams wanted
to display their finest foot ball and
not because of the rain that the game
was postponed from yesterday until
tonight, according to Mcbride.
Newman's addition to the New York
roster boosts the Yankees hopes Of
tying for the championship. With
out the stocky battering ram the YAM
KEGS dropped two close games to the
Shamrocks this year, TO and 1877,
running up % first downs against
Boston's in the latter fray.
Admission to the game will be $1.10
for general admission and $1.65 for
reserved seats, with high school and
college students being admitted for
half price upon presentation Of their
athletic association books or cards.
Evening star., 1936-12-07
MAJORS
NEED NEW STOCK
Even Yanks Could Use More
HurlerS-0Wners Ready
to Talk Turkey.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS,

UNLESS all signs fail, as they
often do in base ball, there
will be an unprecedented
amount of buying and trad
ing done at the joint meeting Of the
major leagues in New York. No club,
with the exception of the New York
Yankees, can stand pat with any great
confidence, and no Autumn in re-
cent years found so much trading
talk in the air.
Fifteen clubs need strengthening.
and even the Yankees would not be
adverse to coming up with another
winning pitcher or two. A manager
never can have too many winning
pitchers.
The New York Giants, National
League champions, need two pitchers
and a third baseman. They also may
need a first baseman if Johnny Nc
Carthy and Les Powers fail to de-
liver, but Bill Terry cannot tell about
that until next Spring. The Giants
may send Pitcher Hal Schumacher
and Outfielder Hank Leiber away if
a proper deal can be arranged.
Cubs Need Plenty.
The Cubs want another outfielder,
pitchers, and could use a better
| hand at third. Will offer any one on
the club except Outfielder Hank De-
maree, First Baseman Jim Collins
and Second Baseman Billy Herman.
St. Louis also needs pitchers and a
third baseman. May put Dizzy Dean
on the block if offers are strong
enough. Pittsburgh can use pitch
ers, an outfielder and infielder. NAV
offer Arkie Vaughn as bait for
good deal.
Cincinnati can use bit OF every-
thing, and has some good material
with which to tempt rivals into q
swap. Burleigh Grimes, the new
Brooklyn manager, is out to cure the
dizziness boys of their dizziness. and
may clean house in Flatbush, which
means he will talk trade with any one.
Boston and Philadelphia have little
to offer, and will get the same in re.
| turn.
Five American League clubs are
ready for the market, and only the
Yankees and Tigers have been silent
as to possible transactions.
Cleveland wants a catcher. pitch
ers and inf1elders, and may put Joe
Vosmik, the fine outfielder, on the
block to land some new blood. Chi
| cago has definitely decided to send
John Whitehead, the Texas hurler.
who would rather eat than pitch. else
where, and likely will find takers.
Whitehead should be o great pitcher,
but won't for the Sox. at least. Chi.
caso needs another catcher and
pitchers.
Evening star., 1936-12-07

Results Yesterday.
Boston. IA; New York. o.
Detroit. IA; Brooklyn. 6.
Green Bay. o; Chicago Cards. o ttie).
Evening star., 1936-12-07
WETF|ELD|SSEEN
. ASA|D TO YANKEES
Figures to Slow Shamrock
Running Ace in Battle
Here Tonight.
: yITH a wet field expected to

w YITH a wet field expected to
throttle the powerful run
wv ming attack of the Boston
Shamrocks, the New York
Yankees hopes for victory were buoyed
today as local foot ball fans awaited
the American Professional League
battle tonight at Grifith Stadium at
$50 o'clock.
Don Elser. Notre Danes bruising
ball carrier of last season, is the chief
threat of the Shamrocks, but the
soggy turf is likely to hamper his
effectiveness considerably.
Count on Moneys Punting.
WHILE the teams apparently are
w matched evenly from the stand
point of aerial maneuvers. with Harry
Newman tossing for the Yankees and
the accurate Hank Soar Tipping for
Boston. punting is apt to play an i'm
portant factor in the outcome Of the
argument, and it is in this department
that New York holds distinct margin
over its rivals, who will be striving to
clinch the league title.
Jim Mooney, one Of the most
polished punters ever developed in
local collegiate ranks, might turn the
tide for the Yankees with his lengthy
spirals. The former Georgetown star
still is booting the oval go and 10
yards.
Should the game be decided by
field goal, New York probably will be
the winner. Newman, an all-America
back at Michigan. and Ken Strong,
formerly of New York University, are
considered two of the finest place.
kickers in pro circles. Strong, for in
stance. has a 52-yard field goal, and
one of seven, to his credit this season.
Evening star., 1936-12-07
Wade Impresses Harris.

CNGTON has yet to prove that
he is not a big Lacquer, but he
also has yet to prove that he is
Is a major league player. It will be
recalled that he conducted himself
In great style whenever Washington
played Detroit and it Is likely that
he made quite an impression upon
Cochrane.
Jake Wade, youngster brought up
from the American Association late
(See MATS, Page A-13)
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(See POPPING OFF, Page
Evening star., 1936-02-22
Mount VernOn's Tenant

There comes, too, the vision Of an
event which took place at Mount Ver-
non on Washington's last birthday, in
1899, gladdening the few remaining
months Of his life. The scene is the
marriage of his beloved stepdaughter,
Nellie Custis, to Lawrence Lewis after
an idyllic romance
And If but a brief visit to Mount
Vernon so stirs the Imagination. what
host of memories will be awakened
this week for Col. Dodge. who has be-
hind him 81 years of intimate asso-
citation with this treasured spoti
While Americans here and through
out the world celebrate Washington's
birthday on Friday, it is at Mount
Vernon that the most poignant of an
! nlversary dramas will be enacted.
For Harrison Howell Dodge the
panorama of his own life and that of
Mount Vernon inevitably will appear
to merge. and in the quiet of their
mutual Offices Gen. Washington and
he together will pore over the we'll
worn account books which tell the
day-by-da story of the ancient estate.
One knows that Gen. Washington
will find that at Mount Vernon the
faith has been kept.
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the members let their salaries accu-
mulate. While they are not permitted
to deposit outside money-money that
may be sent to them from home, for
instance-they can leave their salaries
at the sergeant at arms Office and
check against this money.
To provide them proper checking
facilities, old Uncle Sam even goes so
far as to have the check books made at
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
and there is no finer sample of check
book in all the land than these, the
books carried by the Representatives
The books are encased in smooth, soft,
yellow leather-a sort of calfskin eff
feet, with silky-satin finish that
feels to the fingers like the fur on
cats back. And the paper itself is of
the finest. Also the engraving. The
design carries the mace-token of the
sargeant at arms office-and a front
view of the United States Capitol
Building.
There, then, you have an idea of
what goes on in the way of banking
business down under the dome of the
Capitol. This bank does a regular
banking business, too, even to making
loans. So if you ever run out of funds
down on Capitol Hill and know Rep
resentative who trusts you, here is a
good chance to get a helping hand
from Uncle Sam.
Evening star., 1936-02-22

OGDEN MILLS SURVEYS TIMES
Pleads for Restoration of Prosperity Through Convention
and Constitutional Methods-Kent Looks Ahead and
Sees National Conservatism Active in Election.

in the August Times review, according
to the laws Of syntax, or, II you prefer,
plain old grammar.
Still, the book is not anywhere near
so terrible as the Times description
would make you think. It is con-
cerned with the life of a surgeon Of
yes, high ideals. 1t Is somewhere
throbbingly Teutonic, but to be throb-
bingly anything a work clearly has to
be alive. One can say that this novel
has that quality which, on the stage,
is called good theater." It is, anyway,
above the level of routine contempo-
rary fiction.
IN THE SECOND YEAR. BY Storm
Jameson. New York: The Mac
milan Co.
THIS. alas, is another one Of those
essays of what lies ahead, of the
type which has been yielding writing
men and women such pleasant profits
ever since MIR. Wells took up his lit
erary corner on the future" market
and made so handsome a killing
thereby. Our own fair lad, Sinclair
Lewis. has recently written book
describing how horrid it will be in
America when the dictators take us
over in years to come. And now Storm
Jameson does virtually the same thing
for England. She does not do it badly,
but, of course, she does do it. If you
like that sort of book, there seems to be
no reason in the world why you should
| not like this one. But you will have
to like the sort first-that is certain.
THE SURROUNDED. BY Darcy
| .McNickle. New York: Dodd Mead
& Co.
THE recent slow but sure encroach-
n ment of the American Indian on
the pages of sentimental fiction has
caused reviewers to wonder hopefully
whether they might not look for a
corresponding decrease in Negro novels
of the popular consumption type. For,
while there would seem to be little or
nothing to choose between in the
Evening star., 1936-02-22
OF MOUNT VERNON
Washngtons Diary Shows that Despite Fact He Was Child
less He Played Part of Father to Many Nieces Nephews
And Other Fortunate Youngsters

few other articles. I hope my dear
uncle will not think me extrava-
giant, for really I take as much
care of my cloaths as possibly
can"
Out Of the depths of an old trunk
recently discovered have come letters,
bills and receipts. Redolent with
camphor and age, they yield intimate
details of expenditures Of the Wash
ington family. The trunk once be-
longed to Betty Lewis, only sister of
George Washington. Her children
played an important part in the ex-
ecutive life of President Washington.
One of her boys was appointed to his
own Life Guard" Howell Lewis was
offered secretaryship at Mount Yer
non, which position carried salary
of $500 a year. The other brother.
Lawrence, served at the time of the
Presidents retirement, at which time
Washington offered him a home.
Lawrence Lewis accepted the offer and
later married Eleanor Gusts.
The French boy" although not of
the family, held an exalted place in
it. The Marquis de Lafayette, who
came as young nobleman of 10 to
America, was always referred to in
the most affectionate terms From
his very first visit he won a place in
Washington's heart and he would
travel great distances to meet the
French boy" and escort him to Mount
Vernon. The experiences of war
brought them closer together and
formed a lifelong alliance.
There is the story of the unnamed
boy, who dreamed that Gen. Wash
ington gave him a certain piece of
land. The sequel to that dream is
told in Washington's will. Historians
believe beyond doubt that the dream
er was none other than Bushrod,
favorite nephew, and son of John
Augustine Washington. The estate
of Mount Vernon was bequeathed to
him, including all of his uncle's pa
pers and the library, the conveyance
of the deed to the property being
made for the consideration Of natural
affection" Bushrod was his uncles
travelling companion on the eventful
western trip of 1884. He was given
legal training by Judge James Will
son in Philadelphia, becoming an
eminent jurist and associate justice
of the United States Supreme Court
from 1898 to 1929. He fully repaid
all Of his uncle's kindness and in
later life assisted him in all his
legal affairs.
IN THE Spring Of 1881, the great
river flowing by the very door,
step of the estate had brought Brit
ish boats filled with troops Young
Lund Washington, a nephew who had
been left in charge of the place at that
time, sighted their approach. Lund
was fearful of the enemy and well
coined the officers with extreme cour-
tesy. Refreshments were served them
as a diplomatic gesture to safeguard
from any contemplated damage to
the estate However, on receiving
word of this happening, Gen. Wash
ington Immediately wrote his
nephew:
"It would have been a less pain
full circumstance to me to have
heard that, in consequence of your
noncompliance with their request,
they had burnt my house and laid
the plantation in ruin. You ought
to have considered yourself as my
representative.
Evening star., 1936-02-22
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the ancient kitchen, buffers house,
smoke house. laundry and coach house
and other outbuildings. And inside
the mansion itself such a host of
relics that even to catalogue them
would require columns of space.
But deserving of detailed mention
is a room which perhaps may be
termed the most historic of any in
the country, the chamber in which
Washington died. Here is the bed
stead upon which Washington
breathed his last on December IA,
1889 Here also are his bureau, wash
stand, mirror, shaving stand and an
armchair which belonged to his
mother.
Sharing interest with this room is
tiny one on the third floor which Mrs.
Washington occupied after the death
of her husband. In keeping with the
custom of the time, she closed his
room after his death. and took this
one, under the roof. from which she
could see Washington's tomb.
The vault she could see is now
known as the old tomb, and all bodies
were removed from it in 1881. Wash
ington himself had stipulated that
this be done because of the danger of
landslides at that point.
Abofe the doorway of the hallowed
new tomb, cut into the stone, is the
simple legend:
Within this Enclosure Rest the Re
mains Of Genl. George Washington"
To this place, and especially during
the many years of Col. Dodge's ad-
ministration, have come the great and
the humble of this and all other
lands under the sun.
Presidents, kings, emperors here
have uncovered before the two mar
BILE sarcophagi which inclose the
bodies of George and Martha Wash
ington. Here all ranks are leveled as
potentates join ordinary citizens in
rendering tribute to the man whose
courage, fortitude and genius brought
a new Nation into being.
Everywhere on the estate are evi-
dences Of Washingtons abiding love
for Mount Vernon. One finds with
delight original boxwood hedges,
sturdy trees which he set out as sap
lings, fields over which he rode, even
the coach in which he made his jour-
neys, the very china, knives and forks
with which he ate, and the glasses in
which he responded to the toasts in
which he invariably was the central
figure.
A S ONE wanders about the place. or
sits on the portico facing the
broad Potomac, one visualiZes easily
the scenes enacted here century and
half ago. There return again to
visit with the great man at Washing
ton such figures as Lafayette. Jeffer-
son and host of others whose names
are written indelibly In the annals of
the country. One relives the days of
open-handed Virginia hospitality; sees
again the glow of candles in their
beautifully wrought sconces; hears
again the tinkle of glass, the echo
of laughter, the resonant voice of
Washington discussing affairs of the
dN.
Evening star., 1936-02-22

thing to do with the increasing pop
ularity OF this agile sport. How
ever, it turns out that, quite other
wise, this is a discussion of the
comparative merits of rubbing the
gentle skis with salt herring, rind of
smoked bacon, beeswax, lard, tar, fat
or resin. Well-live and learn.
THE KITcHENETTE COOK BOOK.
BY Ruth Taylor. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
A LOOSE-LEAF cook book designed
"a for the guidance of "the woman
whose activities, business or other
wise, do not enable her to spend much
time in housekeeping" 1t seems to
be full of very good ideas and lots
of information of useful nature on
varieties of foodstuffs.
THE PHANTOM OF FORTY-SEC-
OND STREET. BY Milton Raison
and Jack Harvey. New York: The
Macaulay Co.
THIS is a bizarre mystery of the
costume variety. A murder Is
committed by a man dressed In the
garb of Napoleon and assuming, over
his victim, the well-known Napoleonic
pose. While the police are still waking
up, a second crime is committed by
figure wearing toga of the style al
fected by the Empero Nero. And then
third by Capt. Kidd in sea boots,
earrings and otherwise full regalia.
All this in or about Manhattan.
It is one of those mysteries where
all the characters talk in the tough
oblique dialect which, as every one
knows, is the accepted language OF the
native New Yorker. It is solved at
last by the cynical young dramatic
editor" of one of the dailies. why
has that jouranlist-detective become
cynical, one wonders? He has, OF
course. He never shows his face In
any thriller nowadays without bored
sneer twisting his mobile sensitive
lips. It makes one q little wistful for
the days when he was the youngest
reporter and solved the mysteries
that Center. street despaired Of with
an air Of eager boyish igenuousness
and a simple zest for good, clean fun.
But he has grown up since then.
Eheu fugaceS-l He Is an editor
now. r