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Evening star., 1936-03-26
Newsom Nicked Again.

DITCHING in batting practice yes
terday Mr.. Newsom hurled fast
ball at Buddy Lewis and saw it come
hurting back at him at pace. so
rapid that he had no time to do any
thing about it. Ouch, it struck Buck
on the knee cap, which Earl Averill
massaged so vigorously with ball last
June that Newsom was put to bed in
q hospital with his knee in cast.
A few minutes later Newsom
whipped across a ball to Red Kress,
and lightning struck twice. Ouch
again. it hit Mr.. Newsom in the groin
and Blushing Buck. game as is, de-
cided it wasn't his day.
"S'help me-" complained Buck, this
knee is broken again. I'm not fooling.
It hurts all the time"
Trainer Mike Martin. who examined
the bruise inflicted by Lewis, was in-
clined to believe Brother Buck was
spoof1ng a trif1e and that a couple
good nights of sleep would change the
ace right-hander's outlook on life.
There was, however, no stopping Mr..
Newsom.
yeah" he retorted, nobody
thought it was fractured when Averill
hit me, either. I oughtta do some
thing"
Just what Buck figured he should do
was something he couldn't answer
this morning, so while he's making up
his mind there remain other worries
up for discussion.
Dick Lanahan, the young southpaw
who seems ready to make the grade, is
in the dog house" because Richard,
apparently, fails to remember that
midnight is the curfew hour for Bucky
Harris ball players. Harris was so in
censed over this item that he left
Lanahan in Orlando to do penance
while the Nationals went on the cur
rent trip.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
Offense Is Not Weak.

DEFENSIVELY, except for pitching.
and extensively, Connie should
fare well. Working the infield will
be Pinky Higgins. third Hal Warstler,
second: Lamar NewSome, short. and
Jim Darn Oglesby, a hard-hitting
rookie from Los Angeles, at first.
Lou Finney may be shifted from
the outfleld to take over first, should
Oglesby funk out. Finney, Bob john
son, Wally Moses and George Pucci-
nelli, 28-year- rookie with great
punch, from Baltimore, will comprise
the outheld.
Catching is another serious ques-
ton. Connie has a half dozen re.
ceivers in camp, but isn't satisfied.
He may yet swing deal for an ex-
perienced one to help out the vet-
eran Charlie Berry.
mo, it doesn't look so good" re-
flected Connie. I'VE haven't much
pitching. It's big surprise to me
that a lot of young base ball players
don't even know how to throw that ball
any more"
Evening star., 1936-03-26

= ARASOTA, Fla, March 90
Hankus Pankus Greenberg, now
base balls number holdout,
- unofhcially was reported en-
route to the Detroit Tigers training
camp at Lakeland when our Nationals
invaded, paused to take a licking, and
passed through yesterday.
The chief angle to this item was not
so much that neither Vice President
Mickey Cochrane nor President Wal
ter Briggs knew anything about
Greenberg's reported visit as it was
the utter GOODNESS in which the news
of Hankus Pankus was received by all
concerned.
In short, Greenberg isn't wanted
very much in Lakeland, to all outwrad
appearances, although it is difficult
to see how the Detroits can fill the
first-base post in a manner that would
make any permanent absence Of Hank
a minor detail But the truth is that
Cochrane currently regards Green"
berg as an out-and-out threat to the
Incompatible spirit of amateurism and
willingness to die for the dear old De-
troit A. C. that has really won the
pennant for the Tigers in the last
two years.
OF all the Tigers who ganged up in
1885 and jumped from fifth place to
first in a style that not even their
best friends suspected was in them.
Greenberg has been the only holdout.
He has been the first to show that
he was in base ball for the money he
can get out of it. The rest of the
caste, so belittled as champions for
everything except great college spirit,
never has raised voice in protest over
mere financial terms.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
Wood Will Hurl
Terps' First Tilt
WOOD was expected to

GEORGE WOOD was expected to
be in the pitchers box for
Maryland this afternoon as the
Terps opened the local collegiate
diamond season with Ohio State
at College Park. Walter johnson
was to throw out the first ball at
o'clock.
If ready to hurl tomorrow, Vic
Willis, Maryland's mound veteran,
will take the hill In the second Of
the two-game series with the Buck
eyes.
Ohio State will remain over until
Saturday for a game with George
Washington at Alexandria.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
BOOSTS OLYMPIC HOPES.

NEW YORK, March 26 CP).-New
York Athletic Club team, prospective
Olympic contender. routed the Jewish
Peoples Institute of Chicago. IL to 3,
to win the National A. A. U. cham
pionship at hard ball or international
soccer water polo.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
CARAs TO DEFEND TITLE.

CHICAGO, March 26 @.-Jimmy
Caras. Wilmington, DEL, world pocket
billiard champion, will defend his title
against Erwin Rudolph Of Cleveland,
former title holder, in q 75o-point
challenge match In Philadelphia, April
"a, 23, a. and as.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
Then There's Gehringer.

CHARLEY GEHRINGER, for in
stance, has been dubbed the
silent knight" by his contemporaries
and the fanatical Detroit press and
Charley. who gets only $4,000 in this
moment of his greatest glory. probably
would live up to his cognomen in the
event Mr.. Greenberg received $25, 900.
But Gehringer may do lot of think
ing and, rightly. There isn't a ball
player in the American League who
thinks Greenberg is capable of carry
ing Gehringer's glove. If you really
want the low-down on how ball players
rate Greenberg's value, Hankus Pankus
runs fifth. In order of value, his
superiors are Gehringer, Cochrane,
Tommy Bridges and Schoolboy Rowe
There is no guarantee that Gehrin-
ger will resent this big galoot coming
down to training camp at Lakeland
and signing for SIS 5000 or better. but
there remains the chance that not
only Gehringer, but a flock Of others
who battled side by side with none
tary gain secondary in their minds,
will feel, unconsciously or otherwise,
that they missed bet by not holding
out.
This is the Tigers test year, regard
less of how much AL Simmons may
strengthen the club in its quest for q
third straight pennant. 1t was spirit
that carried the Detroits to the top,
spirit that stood out. There never was
a financial squabble to threaten the
collegiate camaraderie of the Tigers.
Now they're getting dose No. of a
new kind of spirit. Hank definitely
has put the winning of third straight
pennant aside for an individualism
and an "I'm looking out for Green
berg" attitude that Is distinctly novel.
It will be interesting to note the
effect when, and If, Hankus Pankus
agrees to play for 5000 more than
Charley Gehringer receives.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
Fighting Bunch, Anyway.

SPIRIT? There isn't club in base
ball with more of it. Philadel-
phia fans, who are sour because Con-
ME held his big December clearance
sale, are bound to be impressed with
bunch of youngsters who will never
stop trying and fighting to win.
Class? With Jimmy Foxx, Eric
McNair, Roger Cramer and John Mar
cum gone from a team that surren-
dered and finished in the cellar last
year, there couldn't be much left. A
nucleus is present with the leftovers
from the December sale, but the one
big ingredient, pitching. is missing.
Pitching is Comics biggest prob
lem, with no answer in sight. There
are 20 hurlers in camp, but injuries
and lack of pitching knowledge among
the rockies have made the task hard
and difficult. Trimmed down to q
basis of past performance, Connie
probably will depend on Bill Dietrich.
Whitley Wiltshire, Dusty Rhodes,
Charles Lieber and Henry johnson.
Lieber and Wiltshire now have sore
arms and Rhodes has sprained ankle.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
Varied Sports
College Rase Bal

College Base Ball.
University of Richmond, O.; Ohio
State, o.
Olympic Basket Ball Trials.
Kansas o., 80: Utah State, 81.
Washington, Il: Southern Califor-
mia, az.
OREGON state, 33; Stanford, az.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
BETTERS WOMAN'S MARK

Helen Stephens Runs SO Meters
Indoors in 6.4 Seconds.
CHICAGO, March 26 R.-Helen
Stephens, the Fulton, Mo-, sprint star,
won a special 50-meter race in GA
seconds at the Central A. A. u. track
and field championships last night.
The time bettered by two-tenths Of
a second the indoor American record
she holds jointly with Annette Rog-
ers of Chicago, second last night.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
GOLF FOR RED CROSS
Rock Creek Will Put on Flood"
Tourney Next Week.

~OS1A NY @NS@E " ON1A'
As benefit for relief of the food
sufferers. the seasons first golf tourna-
ment will be held at the Rock Greek
public course next week. it has been
announced by Manager Ed Burns.
He will charge entry fees of 81, which
will be turned over to the Red Cross.
Prizes to the winners and runners
up in each flight will be given. There
will be an 18-hole medal round on
Wednesday, followed by two days of
match play. Entries close Tuesday
A special flight for women also has
been planned.
Evening star., 1936-03-26
NEW KNEE INJURY
RETARDS NEWS0M
Lanahan Is in ''Dog House, "
De Shong, Weaver Fail
in Loss to Tigers.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
staff Correspondent of The Star.

Sldu "a AAS ON~A'
~ ARASOTA, Fla, March 26.-It
becomes a duty, mingled with
sadness and joy, to report today
- that Washington's 1886 dia-
mond edition is resembling the Ma
tionals of a year ago in couple OF
significant ways.
The sad observation concerns pitch
ing, which almost overnight has taken
a turn for the worse. In fact, even
the more optimistic attaches of the
National squadron were won't to shed
o flgurative tear.
The more pleasing resemblance con-
Germs the way Bucky Harris current
crew is walloping the ball. Bucky
never worried much on this score in
1885 because the Griffs were runners
up to the Tigers as hitting club and,
naturally, their batting resemblance
is making nobody mad. But without
the pitching even good hitting team
can't win, and so this comparison
strikes minor chord.
The pitching troubles are many and
varied, ranging from illness and mis-
behavior to downright .mediocrity. In
the first place, blushing Buck New
som, who is, or was, SO per cent bet
ter hurler this year, is hurt again.
The Washington board of strategy is
inclined to doubt the seriousness Of
blushing Bucks complaint, but never
theless Newsom complains plenty.
Evening star., 1936-03-26

Five years ago-Eddie Roush, after
years retirement, sold by Giants to
Cincinnati Reds.
Evening star., 1936-03-26

MICKEY COCHRANE and his en-
N tire Detroit training camp are
all hoped up over Clarence Lemuel
(Red) Phillips, big right handed
pitcher, who came up from the Texas
League. Phillips, who wasn't judged
fast enough when he had a previous
trial, has pitched is innings this
Spring and given up 2 unearned runs
and only scattered hits. He's a
cinch to stay and a pretty good bet
to see lots of action.
One sour chord in the Nationals
defensive work to date is the costli-
Evening star., 1936-03-26
YANKEESPUT BAN
ON 2-YEAR TERMS
Too Many Mistakes Made,'
Says Ruppert-Whitehead
Ready for Route.
BY the Associated Press.

0y Vic ASSOCAubCo EIcSS
1T. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
- 26.-Col. Jacob Rupert, owner
of the Yankees, has decided
~ there will be no more two-year
contracts for his players. "Too many
mistakes have been made with them" :"
he said in answer to holdout Charley
Rulings offer of compromise on
$13,500 for two years instead of the
$4,000 demanded and the $4,000 Of
fered.
SARASOTA, Fla.-The Red Sox are
due to find out today whether Johnny
Marcum's sore arm was q serious mat
ter or not. After several days of idle
ness, Marcum was slated to pitch
against the Nationals.
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Vernon
(Whitey) Wilshere, promising young
southpaw, won't accompany the Ath-
letics on their northern jaunt, which
begins after today's game with New
ark. Wilshere is to remain here until
April 9 to get the benefit of the warm
weather in conditioning his pitching
arm.
Whitehead in Trim.
BISBEE, Ariz.-Silent John White
head, last years rookie sensation, may
be the first White Sox pitcher to go
the full nine innings this Spring.
Whitehead is due to pitch against the
Pirates when the Sox leave the sage
brush league behind, and looks about
ready to go the route the next start
after that.
NEW ORLEANS.-Clint Brown, vet
eran Cleveland pitcher, has been one
Of Manager Steve O'Neil's biggest puz-
Eles this Spring, but he seems to have
found the solution. Clint gave New
Orleans only two hits in four innings
yesterday.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-With
no more exhibition games scheduled
here, the Browns finally may get
around to looking at the ocean and
taking q swim. Manager Rogers
Hornsby has planned short workouts
today and tomorrow to give his play
ers time to visit the beach.
Evening star., 1936-03-26

Cracking Tiger Spirit.
CREENBERG brought about a new
~ attitude in the Tigers since they
whipped the Cubs In the 1885 world
Evening star., 1936-03-26
Exhibition Games
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
New York (N). T: Chicago (N). 9.
Brooklyn on. II; New York tA). 8.
Boston (ND. s: Cincinnati tND 5.
Philadelphia tN). 3: Rochester Il. L. 2
Pittsburgh (ND. 21: San Antonio ct
St Louis (N). II: Columbus "a. Al. g.
Boston (A.). o: Newark Il. L., Z.
Philadelphia tA0, 5: st. Louis tAD. 2.
Detroit (AD. II; WASHINGTON (A1. 10.
Cleveland (A). Z; New Orleans IS
,Chattanoosa Is. AZ. 8; Montreal IL
Toronto a. L.. Z: Albany a. L.. d.
Minneapolis "a. A.. d; Baltimore Il
L., 4.
Today's Schedule.
Philadelphia (AD VS. Newark Il L..
Boston (A) VS.. Washington (A).
Chicago (A.l VS.. Bisbee.
ST. Louis (N) VS.. Detroit "a.
Chicago lN) vs.. New York tNl;
Philadelphia (N) VS.. Boston (NO.
Brooklyn (N) VS. Rochester a. L..
Pittsburgh (N) VS.. Tulsa IT. L..
Evening star., 1936-03-26
y a staff Correspondent of The Star.


~ ARASOTA, Fla, March 26.-
X That three-cronered battle for
the right-field Job on the WASH
~ ington ball club was a wide
open affair once again today because
the opportunism in Dee Miles is COM
ing out.
Dee apparently had dropped behind
in the running until this week. Carl
Reynolds, a great Spring hitter, and
Johnny Stone, a veteran, seemingly
had narrowed the scrap to themselves.
Then Jesse Hill sprained his ankle
last Sunday and Harris decided to
give Miles a chance to play left field.
In the three games in which Miles
has played in left field the rookie has
gone to bat eight times and blasted
two home runs and two triples to
score four times himself and drive
across four runs.
Against Montreal. last Monday,
Miles, in his only time up, raped a
homer inside of the Orlando ball
park. On Tuesday, against Minneap-
oils, he hit the first pitch of the
game out of the Deland park. Against
Detroit yesterday, he capped his SEN
sational showing by tripling of Eden
Auker.
HTHE right-field job is a toss-up
right now" declared Manager
Bucky Harris today, as he prepared
to send the Nationals against the Red
Sox here in a game that will find
Miles opening in right field. Miles
has been too impressive this week to
overlook All I've got to say right
now is that whoever plays will turn
in a good job. We've got three dog
gone capable outfielders."
Speed and versatility. Figure it for
the Nationals forte this season. But
it is becoming apparent that Bucky
Harris ball club packs considerable
power.
Have a look at the last four ball
games, for example. Fifty-three base
hits have ratified off Washington bats
and 18 have been for extra bases. Six
were doubles, were triples and were
home runs for grand total Of SO bases
on the SO safeties.
Evening star., 1936-03-26

. INEHURST, N. c., March 26.-
. Sixty survivors in the $4,000
North and South open golf
cham ninnshin heran q 26-hnle
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-29
PRIZE BUST OF LEE

Among the thin ranks of the g..
A. r. veterans there may yet be a
man to whom a portrait bust of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, carved in fine
old American walnut, will be a stir
ring memory of the days of '64.
For this bust was the trophy Of a
Union infantryman, taken by him
from captured Confederate gun
boat.
But little is known of the buSt's
history; battered gunboat, raked
and shattered by gunfire, drifted
helplessly upon a sand bar off
Natchez during one of those his
toric engagements on the broad
bosom of the Mississippi. Once
aground her crew put up a brief but
fierce resistance to the Federal
forces, but the odds were against
them and before long the Union
men were aboard the little vessel.
There one man found this bust
half buried, but unharmed-a trib-
ute to the hardness of the good
American walnut from which it had
been carved. Who had been its
carver no one knows.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-29

By the flow of the inland river,
Whence the fleets of iron have fed.
Where the blades of the grave-grass CULVER,
Asleep are the ranks of rhe dead;
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the judgment day:
Under the one. the Blue,
Under the other. the Gray.
These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom of defeat.
All with the battIe-blood CORY
In the dusk of eternity meet:
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the judgment day:
Under the laurel. the Blue.
Under the willow, the Gray.
No more shall the war-cry sever.
Or the winding rivers be red:
They Danish their anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead!
Under the sod ard the dew,
Waiting the judgment day:
Love and tears for the Blue.
Tears and love for the Gray.
TNHE first spring following the
close of the Civil war found
group of southern women deco
rating the graves of the soldier
dead. They placed their floral trlb-
utes on all the graves regardless of
the color of the uniform the buried
men wore. That these mothers, sis
ters and widows could remember
the northern soldiers with the same
tribute of love that they remem-
bered their own dead brought about
a feeling of tolerance all over the
country. This little ceremony in
spired the poet, Francis Miles Finch,
to write his poem, THE Blue and
the Gray
Later it was set to music, and
the singing and reading of it did
more to re-establiSh harmony than
any of the well thought out plans of
reconciliation of the diplomats. The
second spring after the war, the
northern women decorated the
graves of the southern men as well
as the graves of their own dead.
In 1868 General Logan command
ed all the soldiers graves to be dec
Grated. The same year New York
declared Memorial days a legal holi-
day and state after state followed
it's example. SO one day toward the
latter part of May the dead are hon
ored and a just tribute is paid to
memories.
Since this day has been largely
responsible for establishing har-
mony between the North and South
it is also due to it's results that
bellies from the South and maids
from the North now gather in the
same social cliques.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-29
PATRIOTIC
G MUSIC G
w VILLAIN BILLINGSisc credited
w with being the author of the


first American patriotic song,
one that became popular with Colo
NAL troops in the Revolutionary
war, although there was no specific
title to it. Another early one was
1.-THE Liberty Song" published in
176S, calling on the people to unite
for liberty. The first American-made
patriotic sea song was "The Yankee
Man-of-War," written about 177S, to
commemorate the exploits of Capt.
John Paul Jones. yankee Doodle"
known as an American patriotic bal
lad, was an English song at the be-
ginning of the Revolution and an
American song at it's close. 1t was
ordered played by General Lafay-
cite at the surrender of the British
forces 'at Yorktown. Joseph Hop
kinsOn wrote the words of Hail
Columbia" which were adapted to
the air of the presidents March"
the composer Of which is not def
nitely known. "The Star-Spangled
Banner" was written by Francis
Scott Key after witnessing the bonn
bardment of Ft. McHenry in 1914.
The air is from a song by the Eng
lish composer, John Stafford Smith,
entitled lode to AnacreOn." The
words and music of columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean," equally well
known as "The Red, White and
Blue" were written by Thomas a
Beckett, an English actor playing
at the Chestnut Street theater in
Philadelphia in 1S43. 1t is used in
England with suitable alteration of
the text, as an army and navy song.
Samuel Francis Smith, Baptist
Clergyman and poet of Boston, in
1913 wrote the words of America"
which were sung to the air of the
English God Save the King" BAT
tie Hymn of the Republic" was
written by Julia Ward Howe after
visiting the Army of the Potomac
in December, 1861.
"The Battle Cry of Freedom" by
George f. Root, was to aid President
Lincoln's second call for troops, and
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" was by the
same author. Marching Through
Georgia" was Henry Clay Works
song, and "When Johnny Comes
Marching Home was written by
Patrick S. Gilmore.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-29
Seeking Both Benefits

"Contentment is better than
riches" said the readymade philos
Opher.
True" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax !;
but my observation is that a man
who is rich has a better chance of
becoming content than a man who
is contented has of becoming rich"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-29
just Like a Native

jake understand Frank is
learning French. Can he speak it?
Shorty-He can speak it like a
native.
Jake-Well, that's fine.
ShOrty-Wait a minute! He
speaks it like a native of Timbuc-
too.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-29
Difficult Advice

"Can you laugh at misfortune, as
philosophers advise?"
perhaps 1 might learn" answered
Senator Sorghum. But why delia-
erately cultivate a bad sense Of
humor?"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-05-29
Smallest u. S. Soldiers

The minimum height of men who
entered the army of the United
States in the World war was 60
inches; the minimum weight was
10 pounds. The average height of
men in the United States army dur
ing the World war was 67.49 inches;
the average weight was 141.54
pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-23
FRANCE READY TO
 HEAR GERMANY

Paris, June 23.-(UP)-France Is ready to examine any German pro. posals for an agreement to promote peace in Europe, Won DelboE, for. eign minister. told the chamber of deputies today in presenting the for- eign policy of the new popular front government.
 Delbos announced the government proposed to urge strengthening of the league of nations. He explained that France was abandoning sanc- tons against Italy as inexpedient.
 He also urged speedy conclusion of regional pacts in the cast Danube region as well as the western Medi- terranean, as we'll as a renewed ef- fort for disarmament and Euro pean commission to study economic problems.
 Explaining the governments atti- tude towards sanctions, Blue said:
 "In the present state of things. their maintenance would be only a symbolic gesture without real effec- tivenesg. What good would 1t be to perpetuate measures whose charac- ter is aggravated by the very fact that they can no longer be assigned to Q definite objective9"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-23
43 YACHTS ARE
 SPEEDING ALONG

Newport, R. l.. June 2S--(UP)- The vanguard of the 4S American and European yachts which left here yesterday in the cruising club of America's biennial Newport-to- Bermuda race were believed to have covered about 2e0 miles of the 0S6- mile voyage at 2 ?. m. today.
 There was no communication be- tween the fleet and shore and the estimates of its position were made through calculations of local yachtsmen that the front-runners were doing 10 knots an hour.
 Six German boats, one Dutch craft, one Swedish entry and an- other from Danzig are among the contestants - all 10 foreign boats being in the "A" class for craft over 70 feet.
 Three of the German entries are new ships built especially for the race. They are the Hamburg, Brema and Roland Van Bremen. The other German competitors are Aschanti II, Ettsi, Edlu, and Arktur. The Peter Won Danzig. the Dutch yacht Zeearand, and the Sea Saga from Stockholm round out the foreign threat.
 On July 1 all the foreign craft and some of the American entries will head for Cuxhaven, Germany.