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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-21
TRANSFER OF TRAVIS TO OUTFIELD NOT SURPRISE MOVE
At Short
Hurt BattinQ
OF Youth
BY FRANK BUCK" ONEILL

BY FRANh bUCh' " NE1LA
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 81.
Cecil Travis will return to the
outfield this afternoon when the
Griffs mingle with the Cleve-
land Indians. This move by
Stanley Raymond Harris to add
power, both offensive and de-
fensive to the team, cannot be
termed surprising in any sense
of the word. 1t will be remem-
bered that Travis was shifted
from third base to left field last
year, and played Is games on
the patrols. He showed far
greater ability out there than
he ever showed as a third base
man.
Travis showed more ability az
a shortstop than he ever dis
played as a third sacker, for
that matter. This spring on the
cotton infields of the South, and
during the early weeks of the
season, he looked good at short
stop. But as the grind of daily
play set in, and the many prob
lens that confront a shortstop
arose in battling succession,
Travis began to fret over his
responsibilities.
Tension Hurts Hitting
The tension under which he
worked in the field, affected his
hitting. In the vicious cross ruff
created by the worries of bat
ting slump, the responsibilities Of
breaking up double steals, making
double plays and what have you,
Travis went into blue funk.
Now, don't ever think for one
minute that the Georgian quit. He
didn't. But he just wore himself
down, and it came to a point
where Harris, in kindly and
friendly gesture, sent the boy out
where he really belongs.
It may be that Travis will re-
turn to the infield. If he does he
may get a trial at first base. con-
ditional upon whether or not Joe
Kuhel hits as we'll as he should.
He may return to shortstop II
KresS, or Ossie Bluege fail to boil
Ster the inner defenseS.
It may come to pass that KreSS
and Bluege will divide the labor
at shortstop. Bluege, the writer
reiterates, is the best infielder on
the Washington club.
The decline of Travis as an in
fielder started about two weeks
ago. For some reason or other ne
is not able to break on a sharply
hit ball. Over in Detroit the other
day Gehringer rammed a ball
through ShortStop that went for
two bases. It should have been
fielded. and at the worst held 10
a single, but three runs were
scored in that inning.
Old Story
It Is an old story with Travis
and he is no more to blame for his
inability to do the things that a
Wagner or Crosetti do naturally
than a chemistry professor is 10
blame for the fact that he is not
a bank president. It just isn't his
line. A year ago this writer advo-
Gated that Travis be placed per.
manently in the outfield. At the
time was roundly attacked on all
fronts. But, Travis is in the out
field again for the time being.
Perhaps permanently.
With that decision made, and
Harris intends to stick by his
guns, trade rumors fly around
this camp in thick profusion. An
outfielder is on his way out. In
st. Louis, it was said, Harris tried
to acquire Jack Knott. Cash and
players were offered, but Hornsby
refused to do business.
Bucky Harris is PACED fire.
quently in the hotel, and the
(COntinued m Page IL. Col. II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-21
Lack of
Players Is
Vets Break
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Quite a commentary can be
concocted on the scarcity of
young ball players coming
along for the major leagues
when it is considered the num-
Der of veterans who are being
tried out here and there under
the big tent in a desperate
managerial hope that they still
have a few final quivers Of
big-time baseball in their mus
cles.
The New York Giants this year
have emphasized the paucity of
promising youngsters available
for the higher stratum of baseball,
by trading heavily in men long
ago popularity supposed to have
outgrown big company.
One or Both
Bill Terry took Fred Marberry
and Tom Zachary into training
camp, hoping against hope one
or the other, or both, would come
to life with some pitching legerde-
main.
However, neither was able to
stick, and as they were turned
loose by Terry, both were able to
catch on with other major league
clubS-Zachary with the fainting
Phils, and Marberry with those
Pitching Paupers. otherwise your
own washington Griffmen.
Now I see that Bill Terry is TAX
ing another desperate stab at re-
habilitating one of the old timers,
Roy Spencer, we'll known here in
Washington. The Giants reached
down to Baltimore this week to
pounce on an opportunity to grab
Roy, who once did a successful
catching tour under the flannels
of the House of Griffith.
Despite the catcher's SO years,
Terry is sanguine that he can
again breathe big league breath
into Spencer's lungs and get him
to clicking for the New York Ma
tional Leaguers, now roosting
proudly in first place in the older
loop.
Not Coming Along
The lingering of these old tim
ers in top company forms an odd
study in professional baseball. 1t
means that the sandlots and col
lege playing fields simply are not
producing ball players of the cali
Der and in the quantity that was
true up to the last decade.
asked veteran baseball player
about this circumstances Of Mar
berry and Zachary and Spencer
and others of their ilk. being in
demand in big league baseball,
and he explained it thus:
"Our boys are not turning
out for baseball as they did be-
fore the big cities organized
their recreational facilities and
gave lads chance to play soft
ball, tennis golf and other sports
which were considered SiSSified
when the RuthS and CObbS and
Speakers and Walter JOhnsOns
came along.
Branching Out
until about the past 10 or
Is years about all the kids
played was baseball, and they
would play it on any street cor
ner they could find. whether
or not it was covered with tin
cans and rutS.
"The American boy is being
recognized in our social system
nowadays, and instead of look
ing for his own amusement, his
leisure hours are being planned
by directing organizations and
bodies, who give the youngsters
Of this era a broad program of
sport and recreation.
"Until this new deal came into
CONTINUED on Page 80, Col. 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-21
Major League Leaders

Moore. Cardinals; j. Martin. Cardinals;
OFT, Giants; FOxx, Red SOx; Whitney,
Phillies; Di Maggie, Yankees; Owen.
Tigers.
Leaders-FOxx. Red SOx. 0; TrOsky,
Indians. g.; Dickey, Yankees, u OFT,
Giants, Z.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-21
Sports Results

Baseball.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-21
Baseball
Standings

"Games behind leader.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
WASHINGTON, I: Cleveland, 9.
st. Louis, IL: Boston, 8.
Detroit, 4: New York, 3 90 innings)s
Chicago, 4; Philadelphia, o.
TODAY's GAMES
WASHINGTON at Cleveland.
New York at Detroit.
Boston at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-21
Printers Triumph

Union Printers defeated the
Hecht Nine, 7 to in a practice
game on the Ellipse. Two runs
in the fourth and five in the fifth
won for the Typos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-21
Beermen Seek Foe

Manhattan Beermen seek a
game for Saturday with an I'M
limited nine having a diamond.
Phone Bob Fenton, Georgia 3643
or District 1854, Branch 256.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-21
NATIONAL LEAGUE

SGames behind leader.
yesterdays RESULTS
New York, 10; st. Louis, I.
Cincinnati, 10; Boston, 8.
Pittsburgh, o; Philadelphia, 3.
Brooklyn, II; Chicago, 2.
TODAY'S GAMES
st. Louis at New York.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Evening star., 1936-05-18


completed Ickes and TugweH having their wngs clipped
Hopkins handle the Newsmen detect the
real new behind panied tone when they hear 1t.
is
furnished trhons of
labor refunds from the F. c. revolving
fund.
for the duration Of
campaign at jobs will line samples They will
handle the real goods.
themselves their friends
comfortably quiet will nobdy
municipal things
he has started but will things.
In other words existing condition accepted practical
political compromise.
Hopkins tavor NTH Mr. Roosevelt
has done everything he told to He has made
he spehd
did it, When he told to put certain number
indicating
No other lieutenant able the
a similar
unhappy
official family becoming slightly rough
official devoing himself
highly
Republican
shoulder declined
when Republican decline touch material
Deal official fairly good that there something
What officials right vacation
refrigerator
The
thereabo
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by formal statutory primaries. (Par-
enthetically. one aspect of the present
pre- nomination campaign is the slump
of the direct primary system into COM
parative disuse. The system has hardly
functioned 1t may be that the direct
primary, as part OF our political
mechanism, is about to slough oftD
The number of delegates bindingly
instructed for Gov Landon by stat
utory primaries is less than 100. He
has about another 100 whom he can
reasonably call his by virtue of the
| fact that State conventions have
passed resolutions approving his can
didacy. Endorsement by State con-
ventions is not a thorougly dependable
reliance. Any development seriously
detrimental to the candidate would
be taken by the delegates as justifi-
cation for ignoring such tenuous
instruction.
About 400 Allied.
Aside from less than 200 tied to him
in these two ways, Gov. Landon has
perhaps $50 or more delegates who
can be described as "for" him. The
allegiance Of these rests mainly on
voluntary tenders of support by indi-
| vidual delegates. All told Landon may
be said to have $50 to 400 delegates
of varying degrees of allegiance. This
is out of total of 1,001. No other
candidate has anywhere near so many.
In this condition. one Of two things
could happen. 1t could readily be
that numbers Of delegates not COM
mitted, seeing Gov. Landon much
ahead in the race and not seeing
anything disadvantageous to him arise,
would come to regard the nomination
as settled. Such development would
mean mean crystallization of a ma jor-
vention meets. In such event, a
majority would go to Cleveland pre-
pared to nominate him, and would
do so, probably on the second ballot.
(The first ballot is almost always
used to give State delegations an
opportunity to vote for favorite sons,
and to enable delegates committed
to minor candidates to go through
a perfunctory living up to their
obligationS) Z
Unless Landon gets the nomination
by this advance crystallization of
majority opinion, and unless he gets
it by the second or third ballot, such
failure to win promptly would point
toward a struggle within the con-
vention. Some conditions exist that
might lead to such struggle. While
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the city's much criticized department
of sanitation.
Carey will replace Col. Thomas W.
Hammond. who bore the brunt of crit
icism arising from the departments
inability to remove ice from the city
streets last Winter.
Col Hammond will be transferred
to the post of commissioner Of water
supply, gas and electricity.
Carey, 81 years old, was born in
Hoosick Falls, N. Y. He built railways
and canals for the Chinese govern
ment and was engaged in railroad
construction in this country, South
America and elsewhere He built a
dam in Vermont and aided in plan
ming the approach work of the Bear
Mountain Bridge in New York.
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looking toward
politically in the other of the again
Thus unless this of and
the French the most important
be closed to the warning nations.
Hitler speech month-one Of the few speeches which
have not had wide publicity delivered
The Feher spoke about the education
leaders
the Krupp Works and
The King of IayEmperor Ethiopia weeks-h
of otherwise
Victor Emanuel follows the world
cuo with one OF MusSons advisers the
The adviser said that replied dminuive
ach 1 was talking few days with
the thing
a " " NF ~ ~
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eliminated. The budget thing was a
nice break for the men now in the
control room Of British politics.
Fails in Use of HIS.
Wearing white topper at the races,
dining off the gold plate, steering his
daughter through an ultra fashionable
wedding ceremony. Mr.. Thomas con-
formed nicely in everything except in
the use of his HIS. These he let fall
where they may. to the amusement Of
his monocled fellow statesmen, who
spoofed him about it, and appeared
to like him better for this intransi-
gence than for his impeccable social
behavior. They also were indulgent
toward his old pipe, which he took
along with him on the way up. But
these pleasantries are forgotten. His
political enemies are out to make the
budget charge stick if they can.
When he was about IA, the spunky
Thomas boy stirred up humping big
row, organized a fighting union in
fact. because the engine wipers were
getting only two Jumps of tallOw to
clean an engine when they had been
getting three. They got the third lump
and he moved on through the years
to the leadership of 100000 members
OF the Railway Workers Union and
had virtual control of the big three"
union group which tied England in
granny knots. Thus accoutred with
all the trappings of political power, he
moved into the cabinet in 1924. Dur
ing the years Of the now possibly pass
ing labor ascendancy, he was able and
resourceful, seeking to get on well with
everybody except the Irish. His
troubles with the Irish Republic al.
most unSeated him three years ago.
Fail to Take" Howard Hughes.
When he was 20, Howard Hughes
had $4,000 day to spend. His par
entS were dead and there were no rel
atives or trustees to restrain him. The
shy, bean pole youth-he is feet 3
with high, thin shoulders-went "a
Hollywood to make motion pictures,
Out from behind bushes and from
under the sidewalks swarmed promo
ters, eager to take" him. He did
sink $4,000 in "Hells Angels"
when a re-take was made necessary,
as Al Jolson's Nanny" picture
marked the first feeble squak of the
talkies. But he got it back and more
as he learned the producing business
and then turned his attention to his
pet obSeSsion, flying,
He has been smashing records reg
ularly. the latest his record hop from
Chicago to Los Angeles. His was a
Texas oil fortune. He was educated
as an engineer at Rice Institute. His
picture producing seems to be a Sec
ondary, but lucrative interest Mr..
Hughes is a nephew of Rupert Hughes,
the novelist. He is 81 years old. He
has high rating in eligibility. as
many glamorous young women have
discovered, but he says he won't marry
until he is SO.
(Copyright, 1867
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government
their ability
well as British and American trade in China.
diplomats
The New Deal diplomats did not the Senate to ay
treaty Senate informally quietly
invited take look treaty that
the President decide whether ofhcialy
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Landon Near,
Yet Far From
Victory.
Nomination Likely TO
Depend on Luck in
Next Few Weeks.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

A NY careful summary Of the
n Republican presidential situa-
~ tion would begin by saying
4 a what is not new, namely, that
Gov. Landon Of Kansas is far in the
lead. There remains less than three
weeks before the convention during
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States in order get the Johnson the
It's simple arithmetic The debtor nations make
sdshtng the debt by so cent They that
period
Great Britain France undertakes s15o0o00o
America has plenty of and Wall Street willing deal
international loans Either Of these countries twice that
amount the without difficulty
nations their nsamens they have handsome
hand a
simpleton
learned his
The European statesmen hope important benefits
settlement Of the old debts
They regardless how tedly administration
to their
plight OF "Europes democracy" the people the
do not like
Mr. Baldwin recently expressed hope
League of Nations might United
at Geneva elsewhere that the American
ing to take chance But the American people still indignant
In order to change their Baldwin
change their European
countries overbudened
which could have been paid two three At time
expenditures
for the last Yet the of the British
reminders the United States Treasury
Evening star., 1936-05-18
Peat Fire Burns a Century.

In the living room of the farm
house of Auchnonie. Scotland, a peat
fire has been kept burning for cen
tury. Alexander Gilchrist, who has
just died, and his brother John tended
the fire each night in accordance
with the family tradition that the
peat must be kept burning like a
sacred lamp.
Evening star., 1936-05-18
DEMOCRATS WILL SELL
De LUKE BOOK FOR S1OO
Standard Convention Program,
However, Will Retail for
Mere $3.50.

Democratic party leaders are going
to turn book agent, but all in the
cause of raising campaign funds for
successful 1886.
The convention program this year
will be in the form of a souvenir
book of more than 100 pages and
will be priced for the general run of
Democrats at $3.50. For the more
opulent party members, a de luxe
edition, bound in leather and bear
ing the purchasers name in gold
letters, will be sold at 500, 1t was
announced today at Democratic ma
tional headquarters.
The sale will be in charge Of
agents" throughout the country ap-
pointed by the National and State
committeeman.
Evening star., 1936-05-18
80 PERSONS RUSH OUT
AS SMOKE FILL ROOMS
Night Fire to Rear of Building
Is Quelled After Two
Alarms.

Some half dressed and many others
in night clothes, about 80 persons fed
from a four-story rooming house at
AIS Sixth street last night when
smoke poured into the dwelling from
a fire that started in a rear areaway.
Two alarms were sounded when the
flames seemed about to sweep
through the building. but the blaze
was extinguished with little difficulty.
According to roomers, an unidenti-
fed man was partially overcome by
smoke and had to be assisted to the
street. No police report was made
of the incident, however.
Evening star., 1936-05-18
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY

Card party, Nativity Church. Four
teenth and A streets southeast, $50
pm.
Dance, Minnesota State Society,
Washington Club, Seventeenth and
K streets, 8 pm.
Dinner Stamp Club, Carlton Hotel,
7 pm.
Meeting, American Legion Auxil-
iary, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Fourth Degree, knights of
Columbus, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, Jacoby Society, La Fayette
Hotel, 6 pm.
Meeting. Sergt Jasper Unit. Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary, Raleigh Hotel,
pm.
Meeting, Oldroyd Circle No. S, G. A.
R., Raleigh Hotel, 8 pm.
MccIlIlB, bSIIlCt SluU, NdlclSLl
Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Young Democrats Speaking
Group, Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Sigma Chi Fraternity,
University Club, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, University Of Pennsyl-
vania Law Alumni, University Club,
pm.
Luncheon, Washington Credit Mems
Association, Raleigh Hotel, IL: 80 pm
Luncheon, Women's National Press
Club, Willard Hotel, pm.
Luncheon Aero Cluh Mavf7ouer
Evening star., 1936-05-18

which misadven-
ture, or any kind
of development,
could set him
back. No concrete
condition detri-
mental to him is
in sight. Yet
many a candidate
nearer to the
prize than Gov.
Landon has failed
to get it. His
nearneSs doe S
not rest on the
number of dele
gates bindingly
pledged to him
Evening star., 1936-05-18

q Repub ! l C q n
platform that
looks more to-
ward liberalism
and progressivism
than any since
1912 and a Dem
ocratic platform
that sc ks to
move away some
what from its
left-w ing ex-
tremes.
The adoption
by the Association
of New York State
Republican Clubs
of a progressive
Evening star., 1936-05-18

the road Tor tn
peppery Welshs
man who Tough,
his way up to the
high plateaus Of
power from a
childhood of bits
ter poverty.
The Torie 3
"joined' him, as
they did Ramsay
Macdonald, now
merely a hand
some reSonator in
the cabinet, and
the vestiges of la
Dor influence are
being Stnflin1lSlu
Evening star., 1936-05-18
Poland Begins Surplus.

WARSAW (P.-Monthly budgets Of
the Polish government have shown
a surplus since March of this year
for the first time SINCE November,
1880. Economies introduced by Eugene
Kwiatkowski, minister of finance and
e-premier, are credited with re-
versing the usual monthly deficits.
Evening star., 1936-05-18
Headline Folk
and What
They Do
]. H. Thomas Still Bat
ties Bitter Reverses of
Political Fortunes.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

CLITICAL fortunes are un
- stable these days. Just littl
| while back there was much tall
u in England about making j. n
Thomas lord. Mr.. Thomas being tn
one-time engine wiper who becam
colonial secretary. The budget lea4
scandal is an unhappy late turning O
Evening star., 1936-05-18
THREE IN FAMILY DIE
AS FARM HOME BURNS
Fourth Member Leaps From Win.
dow and Escapes With Burns
and Sprains.

BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW, KY, May 18.-Three
members of family burned to death,
and fourth was burned and other
wise injured yesterday when their
frame home near here collapsed in
flames.
The dead: William r. Madin. 81,
secretary of the Gallatin County Fed
eral Farm Loan Bank: his wife,
Nanny Ellin Madin, So; and their
daughter, Mrs. Theresa Adeline
GeX. 25.
William r. Gex, husband of the
young woman, suffered burns and
sprains in jumping through a window
of the three-story frame dwelling to
a pooh roof, then to the ground.
Evening star., 1936-05-18

tary and financial conditions in
Great Britain and throughout the
world have not changed to justify.
a resumption of payment of the
war debts"
The truth Is dawning upon Eu-
rope. If there is to be another
world conflagration, France and
Great Britain will not be able to
draw the American nations into
the vortex. 1t has become evident
that the South American countries
Evening star., 1936-05-18

markets in North China are being
undermined by goods Snuggled
in from Jdpdn's Manchukuo and
the free port OF Dairen. The
purpose OF the smuggling is to
escape Chinese customs duties
and thus undersell American and
British goods, Uhich pay the
customs duties.
The rate at which smuggling has
lately been increasing leads authori-
L. L. 4
Evening star., 1936-05-18
TWO CONVICTS SLAIN
Stabbed by Fellow Inmate as
5000 Look on.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, May 18
P.-Two convicts at Missouri State
Penitentiary we're stabbed to death on
the prison recreational field by fel-
low inmate yesterday, as 5000 others
looked on.
Roy Whipkey, "a, st. Louis, killed
William O'Hara, 35, st. Louis, and
James D. Griffith, 81. jackson County
tKansas City. Whipkey said the two
attacked him. All three were robbers.
Evening star., 1936-05-18
Snow Hill to Have Parade

SNOW HILL, Nd, May 18 (P-
A parade and decoration ceremonies
at the monument to the 80 Worcester
Countians who died in the World War
will mark Memorial day here.
Evening star., 1936-05-18
Party Policies
Shift From
Extremes
New Deal Conservatives
and G. Q. P. Liberals
Held Ascendant.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

THE most important campaign
development at the moment
Is the very definite way in
Il which various influences, fac
tors and events are tending toward
contest not between a reactionary
and radical program. but between
Evening star., 1936-05-18
Behind the News
Roosevelt Nonchalant About Relief Set-Up. Ickes
and Tugwell Have Wings Clipped.
BY PAUL MALLON.


HE insight Rooeves doing busi
| furnished by his relief announcement.
While Prof Tugwn bowling to Congress that he would
Mr.
still planting data with Congressman promote the eararkn
w. undermining
running off with the relief
there
Hopkins Ickes
scramble the relief dough bag Nothing in the situation
simple Tugwe going Just he
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Nineyah Not Barbarous.

The Nineveh of ancient days was
far from barbarous city for women
were able to read and great works
Of engineering were always going on.
Evening star., 1936-05-18

With money from Hopkins. lckes Is
going to continue his P. w. A. with
money from the r. F. c. revolving
fund.
You could tell from the Presidents
patient tone of voice that it panied
him inwardly to have to point out old
stuff like this.
Reporters dashed from the
room, sent of bulletins an.
1oupcjuo IN eH1cf Tint Mr
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United States may desire, provided
we agree to take a hand in the
messed-up affairs of Europe.
The war debts which the former
allies repudiated so Lght-heartedly
have again become sacred con-
tracts" in the eyes Of the political
leaders In Paris and in London.
They figure that it would be a pay
ing proposition to make a new re-
funding agreement with the limited