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Evening star., 1936-06-15
Not Spur-of : Moment Deal.

IT ISN'T necessary for. Chapman tc
be tagged as a bad hombre because
of his rift with Mccarthy, either
Those who know the fellow we'll say
he's an okay guy. Jess Hill played
with Ben on the Yanks, and Jess, o1
a man who will keep from regular
job, was saying yesterday that Chap
man was a great fellow.
Wearing a Washington uniform
Chapman will be managed by one Of
the squarest and most likeable pilots
in the game-Bucky Harris.
This Is no sIur on Mccarthy,
but there is an air Of informality
and understanding tolerance
about Harris that many manag-
ers lack. II Chapman can't get
along with Bucky, there really
will be something wrong.
Lastly, this is a deal that in no way
is connected with Powell's recent
benching and disciplining by Harris
for allegedly not trying. The Wash
ington club long has cast covetous
eyes on Chapman. Last March when
Ben was a stubborn holdout and the
Nationals were travelling North from
Spring training, Griffith thought
enough of Chapman to make spe-
cial trip to confer with Mccarthy on
the same deal that was swung yester-
day-Powell for Chapman.
And it was no go on the Yanks' part
until "a hours ago.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Has ,3o5 Lifetime Average,

RRoM 1880 to 1885 he missed bat
ting better than 800 only once.
That was In 1892, when he hit .299.
Then, 10 the story goes, his rift with
MsCarthy broke out, and Chapman
went into q slump. In 1895 he batted
only .289, and so far this season,
ridden" and hooted by New York
fans, Chapman has batted 266. His
lifetime major league average is .306.
Ben broke into professional base ball
In 1928, With Asheville of the South
Atlantic League. He batted 1886 and
went to st. Paul the following season,
hitting 1886 again. He has been with
the Yanks ever since.
Powell is the only homegrown boy
ever to make good with the Griffmen.
Born In Silver Spring, Md, he began
his career on the local sand lots, but
his helter-skelter tendencies strung out
his minor league polishing. In 1894,
after batting 1851 for Albany, he was
brought back to Washington, and has
been the regular centerf1elder ever
since tzas FAN Of that season. Chap
man was born In Nashville, Tenn.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Mccarthy Is on Spot.

WHAT if the Yanks don't win? Joe
w Mccarthy probably is shudder-
ing this morning at the very thought.
Already this year Mccarthy had cause
to regret one deal that he made, and,
singularly, with the Washington Club.
He gave up one of the most promising
young pitchers in the American
League, Jimmy De Shong, for the
inland out, hot-and-cold Bump Had
ley.
Now, with the shrewdest trader in
all base ball, Mccarthy sanctions a
swap of Chapman, with whom he
pffft a season or so back, for Pow
ell, harum-scarum fellow with only
a single full season of big league ball
under his belt.
Chapman, q veteran Of more
than six full seasons, Is only
28 years old.
Powell, currently undergoing the
trying "second-year test" Is only six
months younger than Chapman.
The Yanks better win the pennant.
Else when the flag is clinched this
coming Fall there may be a rush call
for a straight jacket to be delivered to
Yankee Stadium. Over the head of
Marse Joe Mccarthy will hang the
stigma, deserved or not, of having
been outfoxed out of championship
by the Old Fox.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

by the AssoClattu PTtSs.
Today a year ago-Jack Love-
lock won mile in 4:112 at Prince
ton invitation meet, beating Bill
Bonthron by 10 yards: Glenn Cum
ningham by IL yards. Roman Sol
dier won Detroit Derby.
Three years ago-Giants traded
First Baseman Sam Leslie to
Dodgers for Pitcher Watson Clark
and Lefty O'Doul.
Five years ago-Dr. Henry VIII
liams, inventor Of Minnesota foot
ball shift, died. He was So.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
DEEMS CHAPMAN
POWELL'S BETTER
Plot Sees Mats Getting
/, STEADY Player in Trade
y for Erratic Jake.
BY FRANCIS Z. STAN.

80: :: 6:
Nationals pulled up stakes
on their stomping grounds today and
departed on the second Western swing
of the season stamped as stronger
ball club than ever.
That, at least, is the contention
of Owner Clark Griffith and Manager
Bucky Harris, who long gazeo
with covetous eyes on William Ben
Chapman when the fleetest base-run-
ner of modern times was plying his
wares with the Yankees. Chapman
today is a National as result OF q
surprise deal that yesterday sent Out
fielder Jake Powell to the league
aeading New York club.
It was a straight swap, announced
Grifith, who confidently is banking
On his newest acquisition to regain a
batting stride that, a few seasons back
marked him as one of the American
Leagues most brilliant ball players
In this optimism he is Joined by
A.. Harris, under whose wing is coming
q man with a reputation of being
stormy petrol.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
)ueld Sap Help Says Harris Net Queens Title Well Earned
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Boxing.
Bat Battalino w. Cowboy Howard
Scott, feature bout, 10 rounds,
Grifith Stadium, $50.
Tennis.
City Of Washington mixed dou-
bles tournament, Edgemoor courts,
late afternoon.
Women's District championships,
Columbia Country Club, late aft
ernoon.
TOMORROW. :.
Base Ball.
Washington at Detroit, SIS.
Tennis.
City of Washington mixed dou-
bles tournament, Edgemoor courts,
late afternoon.
Women's District championships,
Columbia Country Club, late after
noon.
WEDNESDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington at Detroit, Sis.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
MATS HEAD WEST
FOR 13-T|[T TOUR
Miss Rise to Third Place as
They Drop Last Home
Clash to Chisox.

Y AVING blown chances galore
to step into the first division
during a two-week home
Il Il stand, the Nationals were to
depart today to try their luck in the
West, where all campaigning will be
committed until June 80.
Thirteen games are slated during
the tour, which will open tomorrow In
Detroit. The Tigers will be played In
three-game series. Subsequent stops
will be, in order, Cleveland, st. Louis
and Chicago. The series with the
Browns will be the only set to 60 four
games.
Earl Whitehill, veteran southpaw,
will shoot for his fifth victory of the
campaign tomorrow against Detroit.
This appearance, incidentally, will
mark the debuts of two newcomers in
Washington uniforms. Both Ben
Chapman, procured yesterday from
the Yanks, and Pitcher Joe Casca-
rella, obtained from Boston on Sat-
urday. will join the Nationals in the
Motor City.
IN DISMAL style the Griffs wound
up their home stand yesterday.
Everything was lovely for six innings,
Washington holding q 3-2 lead, but
in the Chicago seventh the Nationals
defense went hsywire and the White
Sox scored four runs, to take o 6-3
lead.
Pete Appleton, who was doing q
swell job Of pitching, walked the FIRST
two batters In the seventh. Joe Kuhel
then picked up Tony Piet's bunt and
created a force play at third base,
but Mule Haas bounced to Appleton
and a double play was averted when
Pete's throw, which was a little be-
hind Red Kress at second base, went
sailing into the outfield.
The error, scored for Kress, enabled
a run to score and set the stage for
Mike Kreevich to triple across two
more and eventually count himself on
Jackie Hayes one-bagger.
The Washingtons staged noble
rally in the ninth. Vernon Kennedy,
pitching for the SoX, walked Clif Boil
ton to start the frame, and Kress and
Bluege singled TO fill the bases with
none down. Here the rally went
blooey when Pinch-Hitter Carl Rey-
nolds fouled out, Hill hit into a force
play. scoring Bolton, and Buddy Lewis
grounded out.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Loom As Mixed Team Rivals.


TO-DAY, both Marge and Edith will
train their eyes on their third and
second championship Of the same
tournament, with a right to expect
that they may meet again on Wednes-
day, when the final match OF the
mixed doubles competition is sched-
uled. To bring about such a state Of
affairs, Mrs. Robinson and her hus-
band, Stan, should they defeat Mary
Ryan and Charley Charming today,
would have to conquer Mary Cootes
and Ralph McElvenny, first-seeded
team. while Miss Clarke and Tom
Markey would be required to win two
preliminary matches.
Tomorrow the Clarke-Markey duo
will meet the winner of the Christine
Gawne and A. 3. Reed-Willie O'Steen
and John Desch match scheduled for
this afternoon and then, If victorious,
meet the BobSey Turney- Tony Latona
team. 1t is likely that Miss Clarke and
Markey would play both matches to.
morrow, provided they win the first.
Lacking only the bitter rivalry
usually found In the last remaining
contenders for q priced trophy, the
singles match between Miss Clarke
and Mrs. Robinson found both con-
teStants hammering away at each
other for the women's ranking posi-
ton in local netdonn, with the latter
outsteadying at crucial moments her
younger but promising rival
Evening star., 1936-06-15
FINE GAME PLAYED
!. BY MRS. ROBINSON
Too Steady in Singles for
Edith Clarke, Teammate
in Doubles Win.
BY BILL DISMER, JR.

~HAMP1ON in every sense Of
the word-both as o player
and a symbol Of true sports.
~ manship-Margaret Carspeck.
en- Robinson of Boiling Field today
could envision her name being en-
graved on The Evening Star perpetual
trophy with justifiable pride, having
emerged supreme in the City Of
Washington tennis tournament over
one of the classiest fields ever in
local net event for women.
Only slightly less satisfied, and the
last one in the world to envy the girl
she greatly admires, is Edith Clarke,
gracious loser to Mrs. Robinson In the
singles final match at Edgemoor Club
yesterday morning and subsequently
helpmate in the match which
brought the new net ruler her second
championship Of the day-the doubles
crown of the same tourney.
BY the rather convincing straight
set margin of 90, IS, Marge
Robinson succeeded to the title held
last year by Sara Moore, who, with
Dorette Miller, also saw her doubles
championship socked away by the un-
relenting bats of Mrs. Robinson and
Miss Clarke, likewise in straight sets,
6-1, Ga.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Pair Similar in Aggressiveness.


IN ROUTE, Chapman became en-
ragged at allegedly cutting remarks
by Earl Whitehill, and responded by
punching the pitcher on the club
house steps. All of the three players
were fined 5000 each and suspended for
three days.
Powell, like Chapman, is best known
Dor his aggressiveness. Although this
D. only his second year as a major
ieaguer, Jake already has become
known as one Of the most feared and
reckless base runners in the game
With a series of collisions and rough
riding tactics, which embraced the
breaking of Hank Greenberg's wrist,
Powell has been both feared and
"laid for" by infielders throughout
The entire league. Twice he narrowly
has escaped pitched fist battles with
Bill Werber of Boston and Zeke Bo-
nura of Chicago.
Chapman in 1881 hung up the mod
ern base-stealing record, when he ne
eotiated 81 thefts. That was his best
year, although in 1880 he broke into
the majors and batted .316, a point
higher than his 1881 average.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Official Score

Totals ----37 4 IL ~ 16 1
sBatted for Appleton in seventh.
fBatted for Newsom in ninth.
Chicago " 200 900 400-8
washington 1O2 900 00l4
Runs batted in-Bonura (2), Kreevich
f2). HAYES, Stone Kuhel. Bolton, Hill.
Two-base hit-Hill Three-base hit
kreevicn. Stolen. basezzHill; Sacrifice
Bonura (2J. Appleton to Kress to. Kuhel.
Kress to Bluege to Kuhel. Left on bases
Sh,icaso WashinEtSn Ksnn.ss E. asss str,ksn on
outs-Kennedy. 9; .Newsom. 1. Hits-on
Appleton, II a 2 innings; Nevsom. in
nins pisehe;;E;-Kksnnedy; Losing IssehsEtM. sE.-
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Chapman, a veteran Of more
than six full seasons, Is only
2R wears old.
Rem SuIked in Gotham,

A LREADY in the Capital have been
heard rumblings of disapproval
of the deal from Washington stand
point. I wouldn't condemn Griffith or
Evening star., 1936-06-15
Records for Week
In Major Leagues

The standings, showing games won
and lost, runs, hits, errors, opponents
runs and home runs for each club
through the week:
Evening star., 1936-06-15
10 D. c. PADDLERS
IN LyMP|C TESTS
BIadesmen of Washington
Canoe Club Win Way to
A. c. A. Finals.
.EN Washington Canoe Club
paddlers will vie for olympic
team places at Philadelphia

T EN- washington Canoe Club
paddlers will vie for Olympic
team places at Philadelphia
Il on June a and 28 as a result
of their dominating the Middle States
division of the American Canoe As
sociation championships for the Sec
ond consecutive day yesterday on the
Potomac.
Winning three OF four 1,000-meter
races and qualifying four additional
entries by placing second or third
the local canoeists captured IL OF
the 81 places allotted to this sector,
having taken five places on Saturday.
Carrying the Washington banner
will be the veteran Harry Knight,
Edward Trilling. w. J. Rhodes, w. D.
Havens, jr.; Johnny Long, Russell
Swami, Dick Ackad, Hermie Vollmer
Joe Johnson and George Shorb
Canoeing is being included in the
Olympic games for the first time
since 1924 when the Washington
Canoe Club carried Uncle Sam to
victory at Paris.
THRILLING, lanky, bespectacled local
luminary, trimmed two team
mates in taking the one-man double
blade race, winning out over Rhodes
and Haven, and then triumphed in the
single-blade event, beating Bill Wood
ward of the Philadelphia Canoe Club
across the line by four seconds.
The bald-pated Knight and Johnny
Long, who breezed home first in the
10 O,OOO-meter double blade race Sat-
urday, followed up with a tandem
double-blade victory over the short
course. Fred Wilke and John Haas,
unattached, of Tacony, Pa, finished
six seconds behind the winning shell.
Stan Cimokowski and Franck
Krick, national canoe marathon
champions, representing the Cacawa
Canoe Club of Tacony, easily annexed
the tandem single-blade race. Sum-
maries:
(All races 1000 meters)
one-man double e-blade-Won By Edwsrd
Trilling (Washington Canoe Club1' 4:4S;
washington Canoe Club. 300.
Tandem double -blade--Won by Harry
Knisht and John Long washington Canoe
Club]. 4:49; second. Fred Wilke and John
Haas Unattached, Tacony Pa. :55:
(Washington Canoe Club. 4:57.
Oneman single blads-Won by Edward
second. woodward CPhiladelphia Canoe
Club. sos; third. Al Bauer philadelphia
Tandem single -blade-won by Stanley
Canoe Club. Tacony Pa 4:41: second.
Harry Knight and Dick Ackad washing
Knight and Robert Graf philadelphia
Canoe Club. SOB.
Evening star., 1936-06-15
New Nat Is Colorful.

CHAPMAN comes to Washington
- with a batting average of only
.266 as compared to Powell's .290
mark. A high-strung type Of player,
Ben has spent most of the present
season sulking, according to reports
from New York, because of inability
to get along" with Manager Joe Nc
Carthy of the Yankees. 1t was this
feeling that prompted the Yanks to
replace vital cog in league-leading
machine.
Chapman, who will be % years old
next December, is colorful type Of
player like Powell, who now is 81
years old, despite the fact that only
last season he was a rookie. Jake
personally was secuted and signed by
Grifith in 1880, but his polishing
process in the minors required five
years. As a result he was not deemed
ready for the big show until late in
the 1884 campaign.
The trade brings to Washington
man whom local fans were ready to
tar and feather back in late April of
1888, the season the Nationals won
the pennant Sliding into second
base, Chapman spiked Buddy Myer,
and the second baseman retaliated by
delivering several kicks at Ben while
he was prone on the ground When
Chapman arose, they battled until
separated by umpires and sent to the
club house.
Evening star., 1936-06-15

(See GAME, Page 81
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-16
WOMAN INJURED IN AVALANCHE HERE
Former Slides Recalled Today By Juneauites

The bad slide on Gastineau Ave- nue this morning brought to minds of Juneau residents former slides, at least two of them worse than the present avalanche.
 On January 4, 1920, a slide came down off Mt. Roberts which result ed in the death of five persons and did property damage estimated at the time at around $50,OOO. It came down back of Mayor Goldstein's s store. taking a boarding house, 12 cabins, three residences and an apartment house with it. Four feet of muck and water were in Gold stein's store and it was a year be- fore complete rebuilding and re- pairs were made so the store could reopen.
 In October of 1918, another slide occurred, sweeping the Walter Bathe apartments down the hill, and sending stream of water through the lobby of the Gastineau hotel.
 Last year slide occurred at Third and Harris in which several houses were badly damaged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-16
First Trip Out
 of AtIin Gives
 Girls Thrills
Nieces of MT. and Mrs. w. Peterborough Enjoying
 Sights of City

No two girls in Juneau are hav- ing more fun this week than Nora and Mavis Peterborough, IA and Is year old nieces of MT. and Mrs. William Peterborough, of Atlin Nora and Mavis and Miss Mary Conroy, a friend, flew to Juneau aboard L. T. Bdrr's North Canadian Air Ex- press Pilgrim plane early this week to meet MT. and Mrs. Peterborough who arrived on the Princess Louise from Vancouver
 Though they live only one hour and 10 minutes by plane from Ju- neau, this is the first time the Rox- borough girls have ever been out of Atlin. Their eyes have been as big as saucers. and they have been sec ing things with that first-time ex- citement that most of us have for gotten about
 First of all, there was the air. plane trip, which in itself was quite an event. Arriving n Juneau the girls saw Neon signs, paved streets, electric stoves, up-to-date movies and a radio station, all for the first time.
 The journey made out from Atlin, unless made by airplane, is quite a jaunt. A passenger takes two lake boats before he reaches the train, and two trains to reach Skagway, and, of course, another boat at Skagway. It involves at least two days and a lot of trouble, and somehow the girls had just never been away from their home town of Atlin before they had chance to fly down in a little over an hour with MT. Barr
 In Juneau the Roxboroughs are visiting pr. and Mrs. R. H. Will Hams. MT and Mrs. Peterborough who own the Kootnay Hotel in Att lin, have been south for the last three months for medical attention and on a vacation trip They spent most of their time while south in Vancouver.
 Among those who have enter Etained for them while here are Mrs. Williams, Mrs. w. w. Council, who had small tea yesterday, and Mrs. Florine Housel, who entertained twelve at dinner last night for the visitors.
 Weather permitting, the party will return to Atlin today. Otherwise they will wait over and the girls will see more sights. Chances are they will make another trip to KINY for it was the radio station that inn pressed them more than anything else. It was something special to see how the programs they had re- ceived in Atlin through their ra- dios started out on their way along the ether waves.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-16
MRS. SIMPSON BURNED;F|RE
 DAMAGES HOME
Suffers Slight Injuries as Living Room Ablaze
 Early This Morning

Mrs. Robert Simpson was slight ly burned about the feet this morn- ing when she entered the living room of her home on Gold Belt Avenue, to find it in flames. An immediate call was put in to the Juneau Fire Department at $40 a. m. and the blaze was extinguished before it spread to other parts of the house.
 Besides first degree burns and blisters on the feet suffered by Mrs. Simpson when she came in contact with a burning carpet, damages amounting to about $40O or $500 re- suited from the blaze, according to estimates of Fire Chief V. w. Mulvi- nil.
 The fire was started by defective wiring in a radio set at the switch. The flames consumed the radio and spread to an overstuffed chair which was burned, scorched an- other chair and slightly burned the carpet. The heat from the fire cracked the living room windows. Great quantities of smoke from the burning upholstering added to the difficulties of fighting the blaze
 Mrs. Simpsons injuries were treated by Doctor w. w. Council this morning. She is now confined at home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-16
COURT ASKED TO REMOVE PRIEST FROM N. U. s. J.
Coughlin Is Preaching Fas. cism, Undermining Demo-
 cracy, Claims Accuser

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 16. - John ODonnell, of Pittsburgh, has asked the Circuit Court to remove Radio Priest, the Rev. Charles E. Cough lin and six trustees from the Ma tional Union for Social Justice
 ODonnell alleges Coughlin is dis sipating the trust funds "in preach ing propagation of Fascism and un- dermining democracy He asks that receiver be appointed for the National Union.
 The complaint also charges that the defendants are permitting Coughlin to pose as an expert ec- onomist and waste the trust funds in distorting fundamental doctrines and expounding economic theories of which he possesses only super ficial knowledge"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-16
ROARING GOLD
 CREEK CAUSES
 FLOOD DAMAGE
More Than Inch of Rain Falls in Three Hours
 Road Awash on Loop

Torrential rain causing heavy damage in this community reached its peak this morning between 3:45 and 745, total of 103 inches of rain being recorded in the three hour period, according to U. s. Me- teorologist Howard J. Thompson. Since 10 p. m, October IA, to noon today was 11.95 inches, already over here, the weather records show. The fall so far for the month to noon today WIS 1196 inches, already over the normal of 10.93 inches for the month.
 The weather bureau reported that in its 19 years of record there have been only five Octobers with greater precipitation.
 In addition to the big slide on Gastineau Avenue this morning, floods were caused on Irwin street off Twelfth this morning, filling several basements and city crews were called out to clear the damned water ways. Gold Creek was out of its banks and 20 feet of the new rock embankment, completed last year by relief workers, was washed away
 Out the Glacier Highway, flood waters again crossed the route in several places, and the lower end of the Loop Road was again re- ported impossible in several places. Streams everywhere in the com munity were reported filled to over flowing and slides were feared in many places.
 Road and CCC crews were on the job in several places out the road and crews were working at top speed to keep ahead of the flooding waters.
 The forecast is for continued rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-16
F|REMEN CALL
 STRIKE VOTE IN MARINE DISPUTE
Negotiating Committee Acts On Sailors Union An-
 nouncement to Defer

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 16. The Marine Firemens' Union of ficials announced this afternoon that a strike vote will be taken as requested by the joint union nego- tiators during the newly extended truce in the present Pacific Coast marine dispute. The call for a strike vote was issued yesterday by executives of maritime unions. If strike is authorized, as result of the vote, it will be called for mid- night, October 28.
 Harry Bridges said the negotiat- ing committee will meet immedi- ately to take action on the Sailors Union announcement it would de- fer vote pending the arrival of Maritime Commission representa- tives. Bridges said the committee will also consider the position of the Maritime Cooks and Stewards who are understood to have lined up with the Sailors Union in deferring a vote.
 In the statement issued by the Marine Firemens Union, the offi- cials said they endorsed the move for strike vote because we feel if no agreement is reached by Octo- Der 28, the unions will have no other alternative but to take decisive ac- tion."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-16
Ne,u $l3O,OOO Po,ver Plant
 of Alaska Juneau, Salmon Creek Unit, No,v Cenerating 2

Power was generated this week for the first time in several years at the completely rebuilt Salmon Creek No. power plant, part of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company's operations, according to L. H. Metzgar, General Manager of the company.
 The work of rebuilding, which was started last year, involved an expenditure of $130000, most of which was for local labor
 The former plant was largely de-, stroyed by fire several years ago.
 Shortly after the purchase of the Alaska Gold Mines property by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com pany, plans were laid out to rebuild the Salmon Creek No. power unit
 In order to restore this plant to production it was necessary to con-