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Evening star., 1936-12-28

In recent weeks have been asso-
- ciated with q Miss Ida SIM
mons Of Norfolk, a somewhat strap
ping young lady whose talent with a
bowling ball has continued to amaze
duckpin followers.
Probably you are the type Of person
who can take bowling or leave it
alone, possibly preferring the latter
course. If such is the case Miss SIM
mons still Is too interesting a subject
to overlook. The other night, rolling
with Ray Won Dreele of Baltimore,
Norfolks world champion Of woman
pinspillers tipped over 1858 sticks in
10 games to average 1875 and a few
stray pins and help in the setting of
q couple of world records.
Now bowling records are q
dime dozen. Somebody is al
ways breaking a mark and, IL
the person Is lucky, he some
times can reach home quickly
enough to announce without
fear Of contradiction that he,
or she, Is . record holder.
But Miss Simmons is different.
Anybody who can make the name of
Lorraine GULL as obsolete in the world
OF bowling as, say, the term Of model
T in the auto industry, must have
something. And that is what Miss
Simmons has done. People may argue
on the relative merits Of men bowlers,
some sticking up for Nick Tronsky
and some for Astor Clarke, but no.
body is mentioning any girl with Miss
Simmons.
Nothing Unusual at Outset.
CHE never saw bowling alley until
1880, when she walked into a Nor
folk pin plant with three other en-
ployes Of . department store and
rolled q game. A Norfolk promoter,
anxious to fill a woman's league,
drafted them into service. In Ida's
first three-game set she rolled 255
and at the end Of a season she had
only an IS average.
So far Miss Simmons case was very
ordinary. Nearly any girl can aver
age IS. But when the Norfolk city
championships were held at the end
Of the season there was detected a
spark Of future greatness when Ida,
competing in class B, won the woman's
singles. doubles and all-events.
Thus her pin career was
launched. She never played
any other sport and 50 her time
was devoted to bowling. In
1881 she averaged 80. In 1882
she jumped to los. In the last
three years she has climbed
steadily.
Her average this season In the
South Atlantic division Of the United
States League is 1854 and in the
Norfolk Major League it Is 122-16.
Out Of curiosity some time, look I'D
the best averages of our leading male
bowlers and compare them.
She Creates Crises.
NO BOWLER in the country, man
or woman, today is SO much in
demand as Miss Simmons. Her phe-
nomenal feats have caused duckpin
promoters throughout the East to
send for her and demonstrate how
the game should be played. Half a
dozen newspapers, running bowling
schools" hire her as the teacher
Her "class" in Atlanta, f'rinstance,
has nearly 400 pupils.
The meteoric career Of Ida SIM
mons has reaped multiple benefits
for the game but BY the same token
1t has created q few minor crises
In Norfolk. for example, no woman's
tournament or sweepstakes can be
held unless 1t Is a handicap event
Her current average is 1875. The next
best woman bowler in the town has
Q ITO average
This means that IL Ida and
her No. 1 rival rolled from
scratch, Miss Simmons would
win by Is pins a game, IS
fve-game set and $50 q 10.
game block.
Evening star., 1936-12-28

Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Boxing.
Lou Gevinson vs.. Joe Tenes, fea-
ture bout, eight rounds, Turner'S
Arena, $50.
Hand Ball
Y. NJ. c. A. tournament, Y. NJ.
g. A., 7:30.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
st. Johns ". Alumni, st. Johns
sym, 8.
Hand BAH.
Quarter-final, Y. M. e. A.
tournament, Y. M. G. A., $50.
WEDNESDAY.
Basket Ball.
Georgetown VS.. New York UNI
versity, New York
Gallaudet VS.. Prospect Park Y.
M. c. A., New York.
Washington-Lee High W. Alumni,
Ballston, Va, 8.
Hand Ball.
Semi finals, Y. M. G. A. tourna-
ment, Y. M. c. A., $50.
Evening star., 1936-12-28
Has Monopoly on Records.

kOR two straight years now Miss
Simmons has been ranked No. I
and, at 23. she seems destined to stay
on top as long as she likes. If she likes
bowling that much. Ida ought to break
Lorraine's record for longevity Of 70.
gime.
Iseman. who has watched
bowling and bowlers since the
game started in the back Of
saloons, says that it may be 100
years before another girl bowler
like Ida Simmons comes along.
This is not intended to get too
technical at the close but of you
happened to have followed this long,
Miss Simmons so far this reason has
rolled seven 400" sets, which means
that seven times she has rolled three
successive games and averaged not
less than 1873. Her high set was 434;
her low. 407. She has rolled IL 800"
sets. which means that for five-game
stretches she has averaged at least
l25. Her high was 693.
Her method Of teaching, incl
dentally, Is as unusual as the
young lady herself. It seems
she doesn't tell you how to do
1t. She merely tells what not to
do.
And in the meantime. Brother 1se-
mann and other pin pappies are tell.
ing her what not to do If she has any
further ambitions than to lift every.
thing from our Miss GULL except the
rings on her fingers.
Evening star., 1936-12-28
Glickman Dash Victor.

MARTY GLICKMAN Of Syracuse
took the 100-yard dash in 90
seconds and Helen Stephens. Olympic
sprinter. overcame handicaps to lead
her field in the century in 11.3 sec
onds.
The sso-yard run was won by Char
lie Beetham Of Ohio State in 1:56.
Floyd Lochner Of Oklahoma captured
the two-mile steeplechase.
Tonight boxing teams of st. Louis
and New Orleans will meet. The Ar
kansas-Tennessee basket ball game u
scheduled Wednesday night.
Evening star., 1936-12-28
HALL AND ROSSLYN
SCENES OF ACTION
Lucky Strike, HyattsviIIe,
Temple, Takoma Take Up
Struggle Tomorrow. :.
BY ROD THOMAS.

BY ROD THOMAS.
TINE climax battle Is on in The
Star bowling tournament.
Survivors Of the qualifying
Il round, in which more than
1000 men and women competed, will
start shooting tonight for cash prizes
totaling nearly $500 and for two gold
medals, one each to the man and
woman champion.
Patrons Of Convention Hall and the
Rosslyn alleys will get the final week
OF competition under way, with to-
nights pin scattering to start at 7:30
O'Clock at both plants. Charley Bell,
manager OF Convention Hall, will direct
the doings there, and Gait Davis. boss
at RosSlyn, who turned in a MASTER
piece Of promotion in the prelimin-
aries, will have charge of the RossIyn
roll-off.
Experts Take Beating.
IT Is significant of the break given
mediocre bowlers in The Star tour
nament by its handicap system that
few stars will be found in the large
groups rolling at Convention Hall and
Rosslyn. Only half q dozen are
found in the hall list. where Tony
Santini, Bill Krauss, Ed Espey, Dutch
Newman, Norman Schroth and Joe
Pricci made the grade.
OF the top-fighters who rolled the
preliminary set at Rosslyn only Whip
Litchfleld and Joe Freschi among the
men and Blanche Wootton and Evelyn
Ellis among the girls survived. Gait
Davis. himself pin whacker of no
mean distinction. was q failure. DOS
slbly because of the distraction of
rounding up more than 200 entries for
by far the best showing among the
minor alleys, If not Of the entire
tournament. considering the size Of
his place.
Pacini Among Failures.
THE scenes Of action tomorrow night
Will switch to the Lucky Strike.
Northeast Temple. Takoma and
Hyattsville.
Sharply noticeable through alb
sence from the list Of qualifiers at
the Northeast Temple is the name of
Ollie Pacini. The former No. l
duckpinner Of the country needed 100
sticks in his final game to make the
rhine and got only 90. He joins the
great Astor Clarke and a host of other
notables as tournament spectators.
Following are those who will try
their fortunes at Convention Hall and
Rosslyn:
Evening star., 1936-12-28
NET STARS COLOR
SUGAR BOWL FETE
Grant Heads Lot Playing
Today-Southern Marks
Go in Track Meet.
By the Associated Press.

"a YEW ORLEANS, December 2s.-
M Sugar Bowl sports enthusiasts
turned to tennis matches to-
4 day for q tournament in
which Bryan (Bitsy) Grant of At
lanta, third ranking American net
man, was seeded No. /.
Frank Parker Of Lawrenceville, N.
j., was seeded behind Grant and 9TH
ers entered included DR.. Johns Nc
Diarmid of Princeton. defending
Champion Arthur Hendrix Of Lake
land, Fla; Ernie Sutter, New Orleans.
and Walter Senior, San Francisco,
California champion.
Evening star., 1936-12-28
Lash Fades Out, Returns.

THE biggest disappointment OF the
- Olympics, to Americans. was the
failure Of Indiana's Don Lash to give
the Finnish distance runners more
than q passing challenge. Lash fin
isned eighth in the 10000. in which
the Firms were 1-2-3. The American
college star ran fourteenth, next to
last, in the 5000. Prior to going
abroad Lash lowered Nurmis world
outdoor emile record to 1888 at
Princeton. Back home again, the
Hoosier proved king of the cross
country pack, nationally, for the third
straight year.
Equally surprising was the failure
OF George -Varoff, Ben Eastman, Bill
Bonthron and Walter Marty, a quar-
tet of world record holders, to make
the Olympic team. Varoff failed in
the pole vault only week after soar
ing to the new record height of IA
feet 61a inches. Eastman and Bon
thron faded in the middle distances in
blistering hot weather at Randalls
Island. Marty failed to qualify in the
high Jump and watched his record dis
appear as two lanky Negroes. Cornell
als johnson and Dave Albritton,
scared over the bar at feet s%
inches.
Winter performances, as usual
failed as an Olympic barometer. Joe
Mangan, the Cornellian who upset
Glenn Cunningham and Gene Venzke
at indoor mile running, turned up as q
pro coach. Another sensation, Syra-
cuse's Eddie O'Brien, made the team
only as member of the 1,600-meter
relay quartet. Big Jack Torrance, the
Louisiana State holder of world shot
putting records, never recovered his
best form. indoors or out. He placed
nth In the Olympics and Is now q
pro fsticuffer.
Wykon Is Comeback King.
HELEN STEPHENS, No. / feminine
athlete Of the year, captured ma
tional championships In the sprints,
discus throw and shotput. The Mis-
sosiri girl lowered the women's world
mark for 100 meters to 114 seconds
In the Olympics. beating Poland's
Stella Walsh. She also anchored the
winning United States 400-meter re-
lay team, but 1t was hollow triumph,
because the German girls dropped
their baton while away out in front.
Frank Wykoff, Southern California; s
one-time fastest human" and CO.
holder Of the world 100-yard record
Of % seconds. pulled the years finest
comeback. He qualified for the Olym-
pic 100. placed fourth In the final, and
anchored the winning United States
sprint relay team which set q new
Tocord Of 39.S seconds.
Speaking Of relay records, the
picked American and British Empire
teams blasted them apart In the post
Olympic meet at London. q. 8. A..
quartets lowered the 2-mile mark to
1883 and the 4-mile record to
i7:17.2. British mile relayers cut the
world record to 3:1o.6.
Cunningham, beaten by Lovelock
iA the Olympics, dsspite running ~
Evening star., 1936-12-28
Track Meet In Rain.

EOUR THOUSAND fans turned out
in q drizzling rain yesterday for
the track meet, first of the sports
events, which will be climaxed with .
foot ball game between Louisiana
State and Santa Clara on New Year
day.
Southern records fell in the mile
and two miles. Archie San Romani,
Kansas State Teachers, nosed out the
veteran Glenn Cunningham in q 4:14
mile. two seconds under the mark set
here by Cunningham last year. Don
Lash, Indiana. was third.
Wayne Rideout Of Texas Teachers
set the two-mile mark by running the
distance in e:03.5. Lash. who estab-
lished the former record Of 9:15.5 last
year, was second.
Evening star., 1936-12-28
1886 Rough 7Iuck Field Marks BouIers Open Star Roll
POPPING a.
Off"~JGfa a3nIzSs5N
Blond Bomber.

Nor do the bowling fathers ap-
plaud the idea Of permitting Miss
Simmons to roll with the men, chiefly
because she probably can beat out
of 10 Of the top-notchers. There
are scattered throughout the East any
number Of people who are willing TO
donate Ida's entry fee in the forth.
coming United States Sweepstakes
and wager that she can win it. es-
pecially If Tronsky of Connecticut Is
a little off his game. George Ise-
mann, secretary Of the National Duck
pin Congress, has put his foot down,
however, on the grounds that her
entry would keep out men bowlers,
fearful Of licking.
Topples GULL in 1888.
MISS SIMMONS. from time to
time, has been called bowling's
Blond Venus" the Harlow of
Duckpins" and a few other such
names by the more sentimental pin
writers. She hardly qualities more
than remotely. in that Ida outveiphs
Venus and Harlow by quite a bit, due
to her 173 pounds. She is blond,
however, will be % years old in Feb.
ruary. and uses her weight to whip
the fastest ball of any woman bowler.
She rolls from the center Of
the alley, like Tronsky, and her
ball has a definite break" on II
NV the tina Oh
Washington first became aware of
Miss Simmons in 1884, when she was
imported from Norfolk to bowl GULL.
The local gal had cleaned I'D prac-
tlcaily everybody else and for eight
years she had enjoyed the distinction
OF being the No. ! woman bowler
OF the country.
She defeated Ida that night In
1884. Going into the last block. GULL
held an 80-pin lead. At the finish
she won by eight pins. Whether
she realized it or not. Lorraine,s
throne was tottering.
In 1888 the throne fell with
. resounding crash. Miss Sim.
mons rolled GULL several times
and not a match. block or even
game did Lorraine win.
So far this season GULL again has
been blanked. In two mixed doubles
matches, with GULL rolling with Clarke
and Simmons shooting with Won
Dreele. the local duo has been beaten
soundly both times. chiefly due to
1das superiority over Lorraine. And
this is not detracting from Miss
Gulli's ability.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
BANKHEAD BILL
WINS BACKING

International News Service
Congressional leaders reached
an agreement with Administra-
tom officials at a White House
conference today, it was an.
nounced, whereby support will be
given the Bankhead farm.tenant
bill.
Senator william B. Bankhead
CD Of Alabama. author of the
measure, announced following
the conference that President
Roosevelt, Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Wallace and Farm Credit
Administrator Myers favored the
bill provided some adjustments
were made in it.
Banhead conceded that the
President had held billion dol
lars to be too high a capitalize.
ton for the corporation which
would lend money to tenants to
enable them to purchase their
own farms. He would not say,
however, how much it would be
scaled down or what other
changes will be made in the bill.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
NEW WORKERS
BACK B0RAH

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 dN.sJ.
While New York supporters Of
Senator Borah (R) Of Idaho
urged that he become an active
candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination, leaders
of party factions today appar.
entity were agreed on an unin'
structed delegation to the G. o. P.
convention at Cleveland.
A telegram signed by Repre-
sentatives Fish and Marcantonio,
New York Republicans, and other
prominent party leaders, was sent
to the Idaho veteran. voicing hope
he would be nominated at the
convention and pledging their
support.
Meanwhile. State Chairman
Melvin c. Eaton issued a state
ment that he and Fish are agreed
on an unpledged delegation from
New York. Eaton added that
Fish "need have no fears about
what he has previously termed
Darkroom domination Of the
delegation"
Eaton said no political Signifi
canoe attaches to his luncheon
engagement with Senator Van
denberg (R) of Michigan al
Washington next Wednesday, re
calling previous engagements he
has had with others mentioned
as possible Republican presiden
tial timber. -
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
Army, Navy Cost Set
At Over Billion

, Under the new estimates, the
Navy proposes to increase its en-
listed strength by $500 men to a
total of 100000 by June 80, 1887.
New Ships and Planes
1t also proposes to spend $780,
100000 on the construction of
naval vessels and aircraft. This
will provide for the continuation
Of construction on "a ships now
building and the launching of IL
new destroyers and six subma-
rines during the new fiscal year.
1t also will provide for the ex-
penditure of $27 100000 for the
purchase of 273 new planes for
the Navy and 1o4 for the Naval
Reserve.
OF the SAB, 500 1905 War Depart.
ment estimates, a total OF $377,'
$685. was for strictly military
purposes. This represented an in.
crease of approximately $4,000,
900 over the current fiscal year.
These Army estimates provide
for the purchase Of q total of 507
new planes for the Air Corps, Ma.
tional Guard, and Organized Re.
serve; new equipment for the
Army and increasing the enlisted
strength of the Army to an aver
age Of $4,000 men for the 1887
fiscal year.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
Department or Agency
CONTINUED from Page u

to unexpended balances carried
over from previous appropria-
tions, this brings the estimates
for the 1887 fiscal year to the
81, 065 ,599, 305 figure. 1t does not
include the extra but undeter-
mined amount of funds which
both the Army and Navy hope to
obtain from deficiency bills.
Full Treaty Strength
The estimates are designed to
enable the Navy to carry on its
program of building UP the
American Navy to full treaty
strength. They also provide for
the purchase of approximately
800 new airplanes for the Army
and Navy and for an increase in
the enlisted strength of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps.
The estimated increase in naval
expenditures totals $18,400, 900
over the current fiscal year. This
represents 1851, 1903, 399 Of new
funds and $70,591 ,601 available
from previous appropriations,
thus bringing the total naval ex-
penditures for the 1887 fiscal year
to 1921 900, 900 as compared with
$500, SOC, 900 COR the current fiscal
year.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
UNDERWRITERS
HEAR EDITOR

De Loss Walker, associate edi'
tor Of Liberty magazine, is SEIZED
uled to address the D. c. Under.
writer's Association at its lunch
con meeting today at noon at
the willard Hotel.
Mr.. Walker has been making
a study of business conditions
during the last three years.
A student of sociology, he
gained practical experience in
the slums of New York city.
Walker is former president of q
mining. company.
The meeting will be presided
over by J. E. McCombs, presi-
dent of the Underwriters AS
ISOLATION.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
1887 Deficit q Billion.
Roosevelt Says

greatly to increase the number
Of persons employed by them
"The credit of the Govern
ment is at its highest. The
average Of the business men of
the nation stand ready to do
their share. It is to be hoped
that motives and attacks which
spring only from the desire
for political or financial power
ON the part Of D few will not
retard the steady prOsreSS we
are making"
The President defended the
wealth-tax act which Congress
passed at the last session. He
said it would add only about
1927, 600, 900 to Federal receipts
this coming year, or about 30 per
cent of the increase anticipated.
Current gains in revenue, he en-
phaSized, came from increased
earning power and profits
main.
Leaves S5.OOO,OOO
Figures for the regular estab.
lishment in 1936-37 were encour'
aging. Including CCC, AAA and
PWA, Mr.. Roosevelt estimated
it would cost $5.069, 100000 to
run the Government.
But he expects receipts Of
1854, 000, 900, leaving an excess
of $685. 100000 From this, he
plans to spend $3.50, 900, 900 for
debt retirement. still leaving
$4,000, 900 in excess receipts.
During 1867, however, the
Treasury will be spending $1,103,.
100000 in unexpended balances
from the $4,000, 100000 emer.
gency appropriation of last year
and the $4,000 .0OO,O 900 similar ap.
preparation of the year before.
It is by deducting the $4,000, 900
anticipated excess of receipts
from this $1,103, 100000 that the
Administration arrives at it's esti.
mate of a $1,09S, 000, 900 deficit
for next year exclusive of new
emergency appropriations.
The $4o5, 000,O 900 asked for a
Federal public.works program will
be spent in continuing work on
projects already started, such as
Tennessee Valley, Boulder Dam,
Grand Coulee Dam, All-America
Canal, etc. Included is $50, 0O0,.
600 for Federal-aid highway con.
Struction.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
ARCHIVES JOBS
HARD TO FILL

Although some $4,000 persons
applied for positions with Ma
tional Archives, it was necessary
to comb other sources before the
AZ attaches on the payroll Of the
Government document repository
as Of the close of the last fiscal
year were selected, DR.. R. D. w.
Conner, National ArchiviSt stated
today in his report on activities
up to June 30, 1885.
In explanation, DR.. Conner de.
clared:
The problem Of selecting the
personnel Of the organization,
because of the highly prOfes.
siOnal and technical character
of the work Of the professional
divisions, called for careful con-
SideratiOn.
ut meant the selection from
among some $4,000 applicants
of persons qualified by training
or by experience and, as FIRE.
quently happened, when no per.
sons qualified for particular
duties could be found among
the applicants, the initiation
by the Archivist of steps to
find such persons elsewhere"
Every effort was made, accord.
ing to DR.. Conner, to carry out
the mandate of Congress as ex.
pressed in the National Archives
Act. that appointees to the Ma
tional Archives be selected "solely
with reference to their fitness for
their particular duties and with.
out regard to Civil Service law"
DR.. Conner stated that the
monthly pay roll of the AZ EN-.
ployes, as Of June 80, was &c..
393.11.
Documents were culled from
225 different buildings by exami.
ners under direction of Thomas
M. Owen, jr., chief Of the Divi'
sion of AcceSsions, DR.. Conner
reported.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
White House
Funds Cut
BY $lO2

Budget balancers were pleased
to note in the 1887 estimates sub
mitted to Congress today the fol-
lowing item:
"The estimates for 1897 for
the Executive Office show a de-
crease of S1O2 below the apprO-
priationS for the current fiscal
year"
The decrease represents the diff.
ference between a $98 increase
for salaries and a 5000 decrease for
maintenance of the White House
and it's grounds. The total
estimates carried in the budget
are $437,130, as compared with
$437 ,232 in the current act.
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
Gov. Nice 10 Address
Neqro Republicans

Gov. Harry w. Nice Of Mary
land will address the colored Re-
publican voters Of Prince Georges
county at a mass meeting tomor.
row night in the Upper Marlboro
courthouse.
The meeting is sponsored by the
Countrywide Republican Club Of
which Charles A. Greenleaf is
president. The con. m ittee in
charge of arrangements includes
William Griffith, CHI a irm an;
Charles W. Hawkins, Frank Cole.
man, Mrs. Helen Cardozo, and
Mrs. M. F. Brown. . :.-.:
The Washington times., 1936-01-06
SCHR0M WINS
FIGHT ON OLD
FIRE TRUCKS

Fire Chief Charles E. Schrom
has won his fight to replace an.
tiquated equipment now in serv.
fee in the Fire Department with
modern fire fighting apparatus.
In the budget message sent to
Congress today, it was noted that
the Fire Department had been al.
lotted $4,000 for new equipment
and $4,000 for promotions and
pay during 1887 fiscal year.
For years, the department has
sought funds to replace several
old-style hand ladder trucks with
the modern and up-to-date aerial
ladder vehicles.
In submitting his total esti.
mates to the District Commission.
er, Chief Schrom asked for So,
507 900. Although the Budget Blu
reau cut this to $2,422,200, which
also represents decrease Of $780,
661 when compared with the 1885
appropriation, the bureau in
cluded the items of $4,000 for
new equipment and $4,000 for
pay promotions.
Major Ernest w. Brown, super.
intendent Of police, was allotted
$3,641 100 by the Budget Bureau
to operate his departments during
the fiscal year 1887. The 1886 APP
preparation for the department
was $3,619,715. The $4,000 in
crease is to be used for pay in
creases and miscellaneous ex.
penSeS.