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The Washington times., 1936-12-28
By FORD FRICK

THIS year IUF,UUU WOIUS WSIe
written and filed on the Sunday
and Monday preceding the meet
ing.
To me these telegraph statistics
express graphically the decided
upturn in the nations baseball
interest within the space of two
years.
In both the American League
and Our own, 1886 was a brilliant
year, though the picture of the
actual pennant races were strik-
ingly different.
In the National League the New
York Giants won the champion
The Washington times., 1936-12-28

ship after a gruelling struggle.
They gained their supremacy by
winning 26 out of % games start
ing July 81. They maintained
their lead in September despite
courageous and threatening drives
by the st. Louis Cardinals and
Chicago Cubs, who finished tied
for second.
In the American League, on the
other hand, the New York Yankees
held the upper hand all season.
Their pennant winning was a fore
Continued on Page "a, Col. II
The Washington times., 1936-12-28

uOOSA 4AdVUC4O
Briefly, mean that the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic AsSocia-
ton, the College Physical Educa-
ton Association, the American
Football Coaches Association, etc.,
are in the process Of holding their
1885 meetings and the wind resis-
lance is terrific.
In fact, If they all stopped talk
ing too suddenly. everybody would
misjudge the velocity and fall
down.
It's a great spot for any pop
off" person who, with an alert eye
for the headlines, can and often
does arise to state with violence
that football is a greater menace
to American life than galloping
consumption. In fact, you get the
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
|. ). j. Stars
Sought By
DC. Team
By HARRY COSTELLO


Washington officially is q big.
league football town now.
It became so today when Joe E.
Carr, president of the National
Professional Football League, Off.
cially informed Clark Griffith,
owner of the big-league baseball
team, that the pro grid league,
in official executive session, has
placed it's stamp of approval on
the transfer of the Boston fran
chise to washington.
George Preston Marshall, Wash
ingtonian and nationally known
as a sportsman, owns the major
ity of stock in the company which
controls the Boston Redskins, one
of the two top teams of profess
sional football. The Redskins met
the Green Bay Packers for the pro-
feSsional championship recently,
Green Bay winning the title.
The coming of professional foot
ball to washington has been
greeted on all sides with acclaim.
Immediately following Marshall's
announcement, some weeks ago,
that he contemplated transferring
the Redskins to Washington, he
was deluged with letters from peo-
pie in all walks of life in Wash
ington assuring him of their sup
port, moral and financial. Several
wealthy business men offered to
purchase stock in the company
which controls the Redskins.
MarShall'S word is, and has been
in the past, law to the Redskins.
It was his determination to give
his home town big league profess
Sional football which caused the
league officials to consider the
transfer of the Redskin franchise
from Boston to Washington. When
some hesitancy was shown by Of
ficials, Marshall eXerted the pres
sure which brought forth the Of.
ficial o. K. from league heads.
Professional football should
meet with success in WASHINGTON.
Contrary to some opinion, profes-
sional football does not hurt the
college game in cities where the
pro game thrives. AS a matter of
fact, as the records will prove, pro
football actually has aided college
football.
When announcement originally
was made Of Marshall'S determine
ton to bring his Redskins to
Washington, fears were expressed
that the advent of big league pro
football would hurt the gate re-
ceiptS of local SchoolS-George-
town, George Washington, Cath
olic University and University Of
Maryland.
Washington, according to the
reasoning of Marshall and Grit
fifth, should prove up as one of the
best professional football cities in
America. Both point out that
there are more than $4,000 mem
bers of various State societies here,
and that the vast majority of these
will have a more or less senti-
mental interest in professional
football, due to the fact that prac-
t1cally every State university in
the country is represented in the
professional big league.
Griffith and Marshall both in.
stst that Washington's sport public
always has and always will sup
port higher class attractions. Both
offer strong evidences in support
of their claims along these lines.
Marshall expects the Redskins
to be stronger in 1887 than they
were in 1885 when they opposed
Green Bay for the champion
ship. It is likely that the Red
skins will sign several of the
more popular and efficient play.
erS of the local colleges who
have completed their collegiate
careers.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28

idea that a galloping halfback Is
unwholesome, by contrast.
It all started with secret prac'
tice last night behind locked gates,
with the N. C. A. A. holding an eX-
ecutive session. Today, there'll be
committee meetings and a lunch
con of the Sportsmanship Broth
erhood at which a great many
trivial things will be said in very
earnest manner. Tomorrow, the
convention will be formally opened
with Major John L. Griffith pre-
siding.
Are intercollegiate athletics to
remain amateur?" is one Of the
questions listed on the program
for discussion.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28

v / C to ~ to
Schmeling next
une without
even an argu-
ment. Jimmy's
long spell of idle
ness a n d h e
large amount of
weight he has
taken on would
seem to justify
such an attitude.
See Max Winner
However, Brad
dock has done so
many unexpected
things in his
career at 1t
may be unwiSe to
count him out
without asking
his permission or,
at least, his par
don.
It as also
been taken for
gra IN t e d that
Louis would have
k n ock d out
Braddock in the
A tia ntic City
bout nd thus
The Washington times., 1936-12-28

nice little deficit.
When Jimmy
and Max square
off next June,
both should be as
creaky as the old
front gate down
on the farm. The
champion will
have been out of
action for two
years and will be
halfway through
his thirty-firSt or
thirty Sc con d
y e ar, according
to which version
of his age you
want to accept.
The current rec
ord books say he
was 80 on Deem
Der 6. Older ones
make him a year
older. Schmeling
will have been
out OF action for
a year, and will
be a I'm oS t 80
years old. These
circumS t a n c e S
won't make for
top fighting form
for either battler.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
Phil Fur TO Fight
In New York Jan. 5

Phil Fur, District welterWeight
champion, fights Eddie Carroll at
the New York Coliseum, New York
City, Tuesday, January 5.
Carroll defeated Lodier in New
York'S welterweight elimination
tournament last winter.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
1896 Sports
Rdmb|eS
Excite
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor


Foresight is always
better than hindsight
and personally I pre-
fer to let bygones re-
main in the shadows
and turn my face to-
ward the sunlight Of
the future. I have
heard a lot about the
"good old days." but I
have never been able
to devise a way to live
them over again, even
were I amind.
However, there is no harm in
paying a brief tribute to the
things which have hit me be-
tween the eyes in the span Of
the twentieth century which is
now rapidly slipping away.
So if you will pardon the retro
erosion I'll look back over my
shoulder, just for today, with a
prayer 1 won't be turned to salt
In the doing.
FiUe Great Games
To begin where the trail is still
the warmest, let me mention that
I saw seven college football games,
one COW moose which the law pro-
hibited me shooting and several
flocks Of wild geese, most OF which
are still on the wing, during the
nine so-called football weeks, and
five of the football games were
pippins.
Each gave me a thrill which 1
hardly expect to see exactly dupl-
Gated. 1 saw Larry Kelley make
his soccer kick that surely meant
the difference between a loss and
a win to Navy.
Too, 1 saw that stirring last
minute finish by George Washing
ton in the Arkansas game. I
wouldn't wish to see better foot
ball finish. I saw Dukes Ace,
Parker, race los yards with the
ball from a North Carolina kick
off, for touchdown.
I saw that blocked kick which
spelled victory for Georgetown over
Maryland, and I saw an Army
Navy game which wasn't so spec
tacular, but which was fraught
with smart, inside football such as
would please anyone who posed as
even half of a football scholar.
Such was enough football in one
season for your veriest connoisseur.
Louis Cracks Up
I saw, among other things
which stand out in my 1885 ram
blings, a befuddled Joe Louis
crack as early as the second round
TO lose d 1lSuG 10 MAX OC44IAS44AAS'
who did everything perfectly, IN
Guiding not making a false move
ment, in the biggest ring upset
since Tunney defeated Dempsey
In Philadelphia 10 years ago.
Before that I saw the great
three-year-old, Bold Venture, de-
feat the better but poorly ridden
Granville in the Pimlico Freak
ness in finish about which there
was no question.
Bold Ventures clean Preakness
win, after having surprised the
racing world by grabbing the Ken
lucky Derby seven days before at
CONTINUED on Page "a, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
Copyright, 1885, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.

NEW YORK-Madison Square
Garden has won another moral
victory in its fight to preserve
the sanctity Of the boxing con-
tract. But the rewards of its
victory are likely to be as hollow
as those won by the Solvers of
those "come.on" puzzles in the
magazine advertisements.
Had the Garden consented to
participate in the promotion of
the Louis-Braddock fight in At
lantic City, it would have bene-
fitted twofold. First, it would
have collected a share Of the
profits of that venture without
lifting a hand.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
Ford Frck Forecasts
Big Baseball Year

Editors Note This is the first of series writtem espe
ciay for International Nes Service By outstanding fig
ues IN spo,ts reviewing 1886 and looking ahead to 1879
BY FORD FRICK
of Baseball
NEW YORK, Dec % (LN.s).-When the major leagues
held their annual meeting in New York in 1884 the total
copy sent out by Western Union for writers covering
the news Of the meetings aggregated $1,000 words
The Washington times., 1936-12-28

BRILLIANT sports col
umnist whose column, I'm
Telling You" will appear in
The Washington Times on
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, each week.
%Won the title.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
College Coaches Hold
Annual Convention
By DAVIS ]. WALSH

NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-some of this country's most dis
tingushed wndbags assembled here today from all sec
lions the land for of amateur athletic conventions
held annually for the otene purpose of determining
what will be done in connection with something that
The Washington times., 1936-12-28

act squsbbe will be a. The tendency among most box-%
deficit, ing fans at present is to concede w
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
~ ~ ~:
GOMEZ TO RETAIN
PIODELA CLERK
RECEIVES OFFICIAL NOTICE
OF HIS APPOINTMENT AS
COUNTY JUDGE

Peace Justice Rogelio Gomez,
who was appointed county judge,
to succeed the late Judge Hugh
Gum, as announced yesterday in
The Citizen, today received of
fetal notification of his appoint
ment, from Tallahassee.
In a statement to The Citizen
today Mr.. Gomez said he will re-
tain as his clerk ]. G. Piodela,
who has held the position for 10
years, having been appointed clerk
by Judge Gum in March, 1926.
Early next week it is expected
the new county judge will comply
with all necessary requirements,
take the oath of office and as
sumo his judicial duties.
This will be good news to a
number of persons who for the past
20 days have been awaiting the
appointment of a county judge in
order that they may secure mar
riage licenses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
MOONLIGHT ROMANCES
BANNED BY EGYPTIANS
tBy Associated Press,

CAIRO, Feb. 29.-Egypt may
be a land of romance in fiction,
but lovers who fall under its spell
may find themselves fined or i'm
prisoned.
Police in Cairo and Alexandria
enforce a law which forbids "per-
sons of opposite sex to kiss on
public thoroughfares CIR public
property"
One young man, seeking to es-
cape the penalty for kissing his
girl on the banks of the Nile one
moonlit night, tried to bride a
policeman and was jailed for four
days without bail.
Another policeman found that
the officer actually had taken six
piastres from the youth. The
offending officer was dropped
from the force and also given a
Jail sentence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
lands RULEON
AUTHORITY GIVEN
TOSCHOOL BOARD
GENERAL ADVISES
AS TO AMOUNT ORcANIZA-
TON MAY BORROW IN CON-
NzCTIoN WITH TAX FUNDS
Especial ca 1Ae CiGIzeal

TALLAHASSEE, Feb 29.-
Attorney General Cary d. Lands
has advised that under existing
law county school board may
borrow up to so percent of the
amount of tax revenue the board
has a reasonable right to expect
from tax rolls at the time the
lean is made.
The opinion was rendered at re-
quest of w. S. Cawthon, state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton.
AS an illustration, the attorney
general said where a county is ex-
pecting $4,000 and has borrow
ed $4,000 out of total receipts
of only $4,000, the amount that
could then be borrowed would be
80 percent of the different be-
tween the amount already reeeiv-
ed and the original amount reason
ably expected during the current
fiscal year, which would be so
percent of $4,000, or $4,000.
Lands said such a transaction
as the last mentioned one would
be conditioned of course, on the
boards having paid all prior loans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
WOMEN'S PAGEANT
TO MARK STRIDES
OF HALF-CENTURY
Cry Associated Press)

LONDON, Feb. 29.-British
women have steadily invaded the
professions and industries. AS a
result, there are in Britain today
966 women iron-mongers, 1895
woman tobacco merchants, Fl
women makers of bricks and pot
terry and 60 women garage pro-
prietors.
A pageantry of their progress
and triumphs is to be given at the
first Exhibition of Women's Pro
gress in SO years, to be held in
London from March A to Fl.
Men will take part in the ex-
hibition only as "guest critics. "
Women will do the printing, adj
vertsing and managing of the ex-
hibition.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
GIVES OPINION
ONLAND DEEDS
MATTER DEALS WITH PROP
ERTY CONVEYED TO ROAD
DEPARTMENT
Especial to The Citixen)

TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 90
Attorney General Cary d. Lam
dis has advised Arthur Simpson,
attorney for the state road de-
partment, that it is his interpreted
ton Of the state documentary
stamp tax law that deeds to land
conveyed to the road department
for rights-of-ways for highways
do not require that stamps be af-
fixed.
Simpson, in a request for an
opinion from the attorney gen.
eral, said some of the lands thus
conveyed are grants, without any
price consideration, and the ques-
ton had arisen in many coun-
ties.
at is my opinion that deeds to
rights which are accept
ed by the state road department
as gifts are not subject to the
terms and provisions of the law, "
Lands wrote Simpson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
W. H. PIERCE OF
LIGHTHOUSE DEPT.
RETIRES SUNDAY
LEAVES POST ON PENSION
AT AGE OF SEVENTY; CON-
PLETES TWENTY NINE
YEARS OF SERVICE

w. H. Pierce, for almost 80
years in the service of the United
States. and since February 16,
1907, in the lighthouse service,
will tomorrow be retired from
the service on the prescribed PEN
sion granted those who have
reached the age of 20.
In a letter to Mr.. Pierce Daniel
C. Roper, secretary of commerce
extends personally and for the
department" sincere thanks for
your satisfactory services. l have
noted from the departments
records that you entered the serv-
ice in February 1907 and served
continuously for over 20 years.
Your long and splendid record
should be a source of continuous
NOAiAOIS ~ yVu, anu ChICi NS1AtA
the hope that you may long en-
joy the leisure which you have so
well earned"
Mr.. Pierce was for a number
OF years at Sombrero lighthouse
and on several occasions the as
sistant keepers associated with
him have refused promotion and
increased pay, in order to remain
with Mr.. Pierce and continue the
pleasant relations which had made
their stay at the light one to be
cherished in memory.
With Mr.. Pierce's retirement
the first assistant will be pro-
NOTED to the position of keeper
and the second assistant will be
stepped up to first.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
new JERSEY FOLK
ARRIVE FOR VISIT
OTHERS COME In YESTERDAY
TO SPEND REMAINDER
OF SEASON

Recent arrivals at the Over
Sea Hotel who come for stay in
Key West are Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
johnson and daughter Miss Bea-
trice, of Point Pleasant, n. j.
They arrived last evening, and
this morning visited the WPA
housing department. Mr.. John
son had a letter addressed to the
housing department by Mrs.
Agnes Bolton O'Neill, who was a
visitor in Key West last year.
Mrs. O'Neill writes she proposes
visiting Biloxi, Miss. and when
voyaging north will stop at Key
West where she hopes some day
to be able to purchase a nice lit
tie home and spend her days in
quiet and happiness.
Other visitors arriving yester-
day are Captain William Trip
lett, 9th Infantry, U. S. A., from
Fort Benning. Ga, Mrs. Triplett
and two children. who are oe-
cupying apartments on Duval
street and will remain until May
/.
At that time the captain and
family will go to New York, make
the necessary arrangements, and
take passage for China. where
the captain has been ordered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
PROTEST AGAINST
METHOD USED in
KILLING OF DOGS
CLAIMED MOST CRUEL WAY
SELECTED WHICH RESULTS
IN GREAT SUFFERING AND
LINGERING DEATH

Those responsible for the ruth
less killing of dogs in the cam
paign of determination which has
been carried on over a period of
several weeks, have adopted the
most cruel method imaginable,
say some of those who have lost
pets.
The first of the dogs which
were killed were not valuable and
their removal caused no COM
ment. Then several dogs of ex-
cellent breed, come of them with
pedigrees, were killed. Their own
ers naturally became indignant,
it was shown, and two of them
had their pets examined by ply
sicians.
Autopsies on the dead pets
showed that they came to their
death from ground glass, which
had probably been enclosed in meat
morsels and eaten by the animals
could not be egested ard caused
and painful death.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29

sons sat through the performance.
For three days the annual trop-
ical flower show of the Key West
Garden Club was in progress and
the exhibit of strange tropical
flowers attracted visitors from
more than score of northern
states. The Key West Botanical
Garden, brought into creation by
the Works Progress Administra-
ton, also was formally opened
during the week.
Besides these cultural activities
which were offered during the
week, there were a number of
athletic events staged. These in
cluded baseball, basketball games
between local teams and those
from the Island Republic to the
South, and one basketball game
between the Miami Daily News
and a local team. Open-air aqua
tics, golf and boxing were also Of
fered, as well as a cabaret and
dance in the open air.
Throughout the greater part of
the week good weather prevailed
go that every event could be stag
ed as originally scheduled. Clear
skies and warm weather helped
to make the week the success it
has been considered.
One day, last Monday, was CIV
en- over entirely to the Cuban
population here when those citi-
zens celebrated Ell Critic de
Barre. An 80-piece Marine band,
brought on one of the gunboats,
added a great deal to the festivi-
ties, and also played several con-
certs during the week.
Many of the events were spon-
sored and under the supervision
of various units of the WPA and
FERA here, and had been design
ed to give to visitors here as much
pleasure as possible.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
MRS. ]. ARIAS, Is
DIED THIS MORNING
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE
CONDUCTED TOMORROW
AFTERNOON

Mrs. Josephine Thrift Arias,
IS, died 11:1O o'clock this morn
ing at the residence 1911 Watson
street. Funeral service will be
held 4:3O o'clock tomorrow after
noon from the Pritchard Funeral
Home chapel. Rev. James S.
Day, pastor of First Baptist
Church will officiate.
Mrs: Arias is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Mervin Sterling,
of Tavernier, Mrs. c. E. Dexter
and Mrs. P. A. Knight. Two sons,
William and Loami Arias. Thir-
teen grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren. Two sisters, Mrs.
Eliza Almyda and Mrs. James
Brady and one brother, Hezekiah
Thrift.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
CUBA BRINGS IN
ZIG PASSENGERS
VESSEL SAILS LATE IN AFT
ERNOON FOR TAMPA WITH
23O PASSENGERS

Steamship Cuba, of the P. and
o. S. S. company. arrived yes
. serday afternoon from Havana
With nine first and five second
class passengers for Key West;
1876 first and three second for St.
Petersburg; 81 first and two sec
Ond for Tampa.
Arrivals for Key West were
Martin Moran, Fred Heron, Sam
Hertzler, Frank Hutchinson, Flor
ence Hutchinson, Elmer Harry,
Georgia Harry, Thomas Babour,
John S. Huntington, Emerito Co.
mez, Eulalia Tunes, Olga Tynes,
Evelio Valdez. May MilmOre.
The Cuba sailed o'clock for
Tampa and st. Petersburg with
23O passengers, % taking passage
at Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
STEAMER CEIBA
ARRIVES HERE

Steamship Ceiba, of the Stand
ard Fruit and Steamship company,
arrived from Philadelphia 2 o'clock
this morning and after taking
fuel oil at the Porter Dock COM
pany, sailed 8 o'clock for Vera
Cruz, Mexico.
Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde
Mallory Lines, arrived A o'clock
this morning from Jacksonville
and Miami. discharged cargo and
sailed 6:15 o'clock for New Or
leans.
Steamer Colorado, of the same
lines, is due to arrive tomorrow
from New York en- route to Tam
pa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
LUMBER ARRIVES
ON POWER BOAT

Cargo of lumber which arrived
from Miami this morning on the
Power Boat c. w. Powers, of the
Over Sea Transportation company.
is to be used doing repair work
On the Ferries Pilgrim and Trav-
eler.
Decking and rails of the vessels
viii be laid and constructed with
the lumber received today. Work
on the supergtructure will be
started Immediately upon the re-
ceipt Of the approved plans from
Washington.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
Proposed Bill For Erection
Of Tablet Now Under
Consideration By House
Of Representatives
By PAUL MAY


Especial Washington Correspondent
of The Citizen)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 20.
Establishment of a memorial to
DIR. Samuel Alexander Mudd, in
the form of a tablet to be erected
in the ruins of Fort jefferson, is
proposed by a bill now under con-
sideration by the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Sponsored by Representative
Jennings Randolph, of West Vir-
ginia, the bill seeks to honor DIR.
Mudd because of his service to
yellow-fever sufferers on the Am
erican Devils Island" during
his unjust incarceration there.
DIR. Mudd is the physician who
set the broken leg of John Wilkes
Booth, assassin of President Abra-
ham Lincoln. He was committed
to the Dry Tortugas penal colony
for his aid to the, assassin, but was
pardoned by President Andrew
Johnson, after four years, when
an investigation proved Booth had
concealed his identity from DIR.
Mudd.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-29
Proposed Chain Store Tax To
Affect All Places OF Business
ZIAwIgLZZZZ.
VISITORS CATCH
TWO FINE TARPON

so Captain II. L. Prindle and
e. A Srymer, u s. A. Avia-
ton Corps, Langley Field.
Va, have experienced the
thrill of tarpOn fishing in
these waters and yesterday
caught two nice ones
There were n number of
strikes and two trophies tax
en-. One weighed IS pounds
and the other IS pounds.
They were with Captain King
Gomez on the fishing launch
Moceasin, and will remain
in Key West several days en-
joying the sport.