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The Washington times., 1936-12-03
SENATOR PAT BEACON OFFERS
SUGGESTION ON PASSES
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

By FRANK BUCK" O'NETLL
AS football officials, coaches and
other members of the great grid
iron family search about for the
panacea that will cure all ills in
forward pass interference, State
Senator Pat Beacon of West Vir-
ginia comes forward with a Sug-
eeStion of constructive nature.
Senator Beacon will present his
theory for discussion and conSid-
Grafton at the annual meeting OF
the football rules committee, to
be held in New York during Christ
mas week.
Senator Beacon advocates zon-
ing the gridiron. He would estab-
1iSh 30-yard zone at each end of
the field. These would begin at
the 20-yard line and extend to the
limit of the end zones. Between
the 20-yard lines, full so yards of
open territory. he would establish
what he is pleased to call the free
zone.
In the event of interference
with an eligible receiver of a for
ward pass in the free zone, Sena-
tor Beacon would have the pres
ent rule stand, with the ball going
to the offended side at the point
Of the foul.
Ball to Offended Team
Should the interference occur
within the 2O-yard zone on a pass
thrown from the free zone, the
ball would go to the offended
team on the 20-yard line, with
first down and the customary 10
yards to gain.
To illustrate this point: Sup
pose that team A, always the at
tacking team in these hypothetical
cases, has the ball on an oppo-
nent's 35-yard line. There is in
reference with an eligible re-
ceiver on the 15-yard line. Under
Senator Beacom's plan, the of.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

IL Will De a case OF Cne survival
of the fittest bank-roll and which
ever club lands him will pay
plenty.
Called Potential Star
Ever since he set a new Amer
ican League strike-out record
against the Browns last summer,
he has been classified among the
great rockies of all time and a po-
tential star, with the result that if
he is freed, he virtually can name
his own price.
Commissioner Lands may not
announce here what action he has
taken in the case and withhold
the decision for the major league
meetings at New York next week,
but, in any case, he can do only
one of three things:
Cast Feller adrift to be signed
by the highest bidder; ratify his
contract with Cleveland or declare
him the property of the Des Moines
club of the Western League.
The latter would suit Lee Key
ser, the Des Moines ownre. who
originally had strings on Feller.
In that case, Keyser would get a
whack at all that money.
Regarded Least Likely
However, because of the far
reaching effect of a decision max
ing Feller a free agent this is re-
garded as the least likely ulti-
matum to be handed down by the
commissioner.
Baseball men say that If he
turns Feller loose to get all he can
from the highest bidder every
player in the majors will be seek
ing a way out of contracts with
view to making lush payday
for resigning. The financial Stam-
pede probably would leave club
owners MANNED and bleeding all
about the premises.
Meanwhile, the arrival of Man
ager Bill Terry of the New York
Giants was awaited by Manager
Charlie Grimm of the Cubs, who
wants Hank Leiber. If he and
Terry can't get together, Grimm
will make a trade elsewhere for
a hard-hitting outfielder.
Willing to Listen
Horace Stoneham, the Giants
owner, said proposals made by
Grimm were mot interesting, I"
but he is willing to do some more
listening.
Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh h
Pirates last night signed Lee
Handley, the infielder, who only
this week was declared a free
agent by Commissioner Lands.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

Tended side would get the ball on
the defending teams 2O-yard line
with first down and 10 yards to
go.
Now, if another pass is thrown
inside of the 2O-yard zone, and
there is interference, the ball
would go to the offended side at
the point of the preceding down.
The down following, however,
shall be the first down.
Might Keep 1t Up
Here is a hypothetical case to il
luStrate the point: Team A, with
eight yards to go on the fourth
down, throws a pass from the Is.
yard line. Interference is called on
the defensive halfback. Under
Senator Beacom's plan, Team A
would take the ball on the 15-yard
line again, but it would be first
down instead of fourth down.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
Sport Worlds
Passing Show

st. Louis Cardinals sold Catch.
er Virgil Davis and Infielder
Charley Colbert to Cincinnati
Reds but rejected Reds offer of
100000 for Dizzy Dean. Gun
mar Barlund, Finnish heavy
weight champion, knocked out
frankie Connolly, of Boston, in
ninth round of New York bout.
Two teams tied for lead in
international Six-day bike race
at New York Seven Eastern
colleges urged formation of foot
ball league through joint editO-
riaIS in undergraduate papers.
WOOdIander ran to victory in
West End Handicap, feature at
Fair Grounds.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
Three Games Listed
For Brewery League

Three games have been sched-
uled as opening attractions in the
Heurich amateur basketball league
Sunday.
Two CCC teams, Olehon and
Veola, mix in the first contest at
1870 D. m. Senate Beer and Della
ware and Hudson clash at 2:30 p.
m. and WPA formerly Rinaldl
Tailors) and GenoveSe Shoe op-
pose at $3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

Baseball Prophets Expect
Gar Lands 10 Declare
YounQSter Free Agent
By LAWToN CARVER

MONTREAL Dec. 3-Basebal men today predicted one Of
the most spirited auctions in the history Of baseball if Com
missioner Mountain Lands declares young Bob Fee
the Cleveland pitcher free agent likely he will
do within the next 10 days.
Commissioner Lands has arrived for the annual minor
league convention and while he declines to discuss the Fer
much less reveal what his decision ultimately will be-
this suddenly has become topic rvang in popularity even
the probable trading of Dizzy Dean by the St. Louis Cardinals
The obvious. the 1yearod fireba toser from
Van Meter Iowa. declared free agent because of alleged
rule violations in his signing with Cleveland every major
league club will be to make bid for him.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
Congress Heights
Scores Over Read S

Cong ress Heights triumphed
over Reads Pharmacy, 26-24, in
the feature game of the Southeast
Community Cen ter basketball
league games last night. Taylor
and Morgan divided the scoring
honors, each registering nine
points.
In other games, Clark's scored
over Mu Sigma, 30-19, and D. c.
Paper Company nosed out North
east Business Men, 23-22.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
.Edst-West Game
P| |ans Rushed

CORVALLIS, Ore, Dec. 3.-De-
tails and invitations to play in
the annual East-WeSt football
game at San Francisco New Year
Day will be completed next week,
it was announced today by Percy
P. Locey, assistant dean of men
at Oregon State College.
Locey has acted as co-Coach of
the western team with Babe Hol-
lingbery of Washington st a e
College.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

in a race named for that grand
gentleman of the old school OF
chivalry and square dealing.
One Smart Mayor
Mayor S. Davis Wilson of Phila-
delphia is the kind of a go-getter
that any great city might be
proud to have at it's helm.
At an expense of $25O,O00 he
revamped the Sesquicentennial
Stadium into an all-purpose mun1c-
ipal stadium and took the Louis
Ettore fight there at ridiculously
low rental to boost business in
Philadelphia.
Believe it or not, the Army and
Navy paid the City of Philadelphia
only $4,000 rental for the use OF
the place last Saturday, but the
merchants of Philadelphia made
up in better business what the
city sacrificed in rent as against
cost of improvements.
Bert Bell, the Philadelphia pro-
fessional football promoter, used
the stadium for his II games.
Philadelphia, through the far
sighted Mayor Wilson, rented the
stadium to Bell for flat fee OF
$500 per Sunday.
Offer Arn1y-Irish
Losing ten of II games the Phila-
delphia team naturally was not a
big attraction and if it hadn't
been for the reasonable rental
would have lost money. AS it is,
they broke even, but Mayor Will
son is sold on professional football
and is figuring against the time
when Sunday professional games
will bring a mob of people to the
Quaker City, a dead spot at oests
on the Sabbath.
Right now the imaginative
Mayor is angling for the Army
Notre Dame game, and unless the
New York ball club cuts the take
at the gate, Mr.. Wilson may sue"
ceed.
Wilson thinks New York takes
things entirely too much for grant
ed and is definitely out to keep
the stadium busy, not for profits,
but to bolster Philadelphia busi-
ness generally.
("Mr. Marshall can be located
at the Madison Hotel Fifty-eighth
and Madison Avenue, New York
city,
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
RjCkenDoCker Would Add
To touchdown
Celebration
Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Suggestion: That the Touchdown Club
banquet committee contact George Marshall
*and ask him to bring Eddie Rickenbacker to
their dinner at the Willard next Wednesday
night. I think George would be glad to make
the gesture in behalf of a most enjoyable eve
ming for the Touchdowners and their guests
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

Besides being Americas out
standing war ace and president
of the indianapolis 500-Mile
Speedway Race corporation
and a director of the Roosevelt
Raceway, Long Island, this
Rickenbacker is one of the
grandest personalities who ever
achieved international fame
and still kept his feet on the
ground.
The phrase, plain as an old
shoe" was coined for him. His
smile is a mile wide and not af-
tected.
Not Least of 'Em
Eddie was an enthusiastic if
trapped celebrity at the Army
Navy game, attending with no
blare of bugleS or military escort
as might have been his due, but
rather in the serene dress of a
Fifth Avenue business man, black
derby and conservatively cut
o'coat of subdued hue.
The odds would be prohibitive
that any cadet, corporal, lieuten.
ant, captain, colonel, major or
general in that monster horse
shoe Saturday will live to do as
much for his country as did Rick
enbacker nearly 20 years ago.
But the man has never lost the
common touch, and if he can be
grabbed for the Touchdowners,
die guests are going to meet a
bird they'll never forget-a war
bird if you please.
He and G. P. M. are closer than
that!
Sounds Porodoxicol
Irony creeps into every phase
Of human effort.
The first horse to be sponged
In the Bowie epidemic was Moon
Side, the faVorite in the Thomas
Kirby Lynch Memorial, November
81. Lynch, one of the most sterl-
ing lovers of horseflesh and long
associated with the management
of Bowie and Marlboro tracks, for
Is years was a chart-maker on
American and Canadian courses.
Any phase of human or animal
distress always affected Lynch
deeply. His honesty and thorough
ness in the management of his
two pet Maryland tracks were a
legend to those who watched him
operate. All the more paradoxical
that a horse was tampered with
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
KiIian- -Vope| Lose
Six-DaY Bike Lead

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The
teams of Pellenaars-Schoen and
Pecen-ThomaS were tied for the
lead today as the six-day interna-
tional bicycle race passed the half.
way mark at Madison Square
Garden.
Four teams in the field of II
remaining combinations were tied
for eacond n1aca Standings:
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

diagram football field Senator Pat
will suggest that be zOned at the annual meeting
of the Football Rules Committee the last of this month In the
that territory between the 20yard lines interference
pass the ball the offended side at
the Interference inside of the 2Oyad
thrown from the will the ball to the offended
side the 2Gyard line with first down. On interference inside
of the 2Oyard interference will give the offended side
first down at the point Of the previous down.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03
Trojdns Planning
Varied Attack

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3.-Bud
Langley, one of the longest punt
ers in the Coast Conference, whose
weakness in blocking and pass
catching assignments have kept
him from the regular lineup.
probably will be used by the
Southern California Trojans when
they meet Notre Dame here Sat
urday.
Coach Howard Jones said today
he hoped to take advantage Of
the below-par punting Of the
Irish, most of which is done by
Joe O'Neil, right end.
A wide open game, featured by
plenty of laterals and forward
passes, will be mixed with the
regular Trojan power plays judg-
ing by the workouts this week.
More than 10000 tickets have
been sold and with fair weather a
crowd of better than $4,000 would
not be surprising.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. S.-An-
other double workout on the Uni
versity of Arizona's athletic field
was in store for the Notre Dame
football squad today.
The Notre Dame squad, in tip
top physical condition, will ar
rive in Los Angeles tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1936-12-03

('Mr. Marshall can be located
at the Madison Hotel Fifty-eighth
and Madison Avenue, New York
citV)
Evening star., 1936-09-13
Lard Consumption Declines
With Shift to Substitutes

crease for the month was $4,000, 900
pounds.
Obviously suficient lard was pro-
duced last month to satisfy the trade. I"
said s. A. McMurray, lard specialist
Of Schwarz & Co., land It would ap-
pear reasonable to assume that sub
stantial increases in supply will occur
when the Fall marketing of hogs takes
place.
by such indications We may have
more lard on hand November l than
we had September /, whereas an aver
age reduction of well over so per cent
is usual at this period.
Lack Of Fall export business Is
partly responsible, but the usual in
crease In domestic trade appears abb
sent, probably because Of the trend
toward substitutes, such as has con-
spaeaously oeeuyrs6 ahrosd." 4
Evening star., 1936-09-13
OPINIONS DIFFER
ON LAG IN STOCKS
Approach of Maine Election
and Foreign Outlook
Are influences.
BY BERNARD 8. O'HARA,
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, September 12.-What
caused the stock market to lapse into
a flabby gait after its brisk squirt on
the post-Labor Day resumption OF
;rading has divided opinion among an
alysts.
Some attribute it chiefly to ap-
proach of the Maine election next
Monday and an urge to wait for evil
dence as to how the political winds
are blowing before proceeding aggres-
sively on the speculative front. Others
emphasize the uncertain European
situation, particularly labor unrest in
France.
Market forecasters attempted to
read political signs in terms Of in
flationary or deflationary prospects.
Some confess that, at this stage, their
conclusions are compounded largely
out Of guesses. But they hope to pick
up better clues after the Maine
election and leading presidential can
didates get into more detailed discus
sion of problems bearing upon fiscal
policy.
Meanwhile. business statistics for
the most part have pleased those pull
ing for an advance in share prices.
Rail traffic. building, textile and other
industries have supplied data indicat-
in recovery forces still have a strong
hold.
A further rise in many high-grade
bonds has indicated investment de-
mand for securities remains fairly ac-
tive. regardless Of lazy movements Of
speculative market.
The Associated Press price average
for top-grade rails has risen to new
peaks for six consecutive sessions. The
scramble for the Treasury's latest Of
ferings lent emphasis to the force Of
investment demand.
The new movement of gold from
Europe, while it may have caused some
hesitation among spectators as a
token Of European unsettlement, is
seen as a stimulus to bonds. 1t has
the effect of boosting the surplus of
loanable funds in banks, the much
discussed excess reserves" in Federal
Reserve credit control policies.
Evening star., 1936-09-13
STAPLEPR|CESR| RISE
WITHIN FRACTION
Of YEARS RECORD
BuIIish Government Crop
Reports and Trade News
Boost Commodities.
BY A. A. PATTON,

hoooSiotCo 1ACoo otdIlStiCIuA
NEW YORK, Septemer 12.-Bullish
Government crop reports and buoy
ant trade statistics prodded COM
modify prices to within a fraction Of
the years peak this week.
Industrial staples continued to
climb into the highest range of the
recovery movement. Insistent demand
for metals, spurred by heavy orders
from leading steel centers, advanced
steel scrap and tin quotations sharply
Many branches of heavy industry
were important contributors to this
rise. Building in all its phases main
tanned sharply contraseasonal ex-
pansion. Railroads took steadily in
creasing steel tonnage in the form OF
new equipment, and advance pur-
chases Of metal by motor manufac-
turers for new 1887 models assumed
substantial proportions.
Index Climbs Further.
The Associated Press weighted in
dex Of wholesale commodity prices
rose to 81.26 of the 1925 average, from
80.29 week ago, and compares with
76.41 last year.
Farm products swept abruptly
higher on two crop reports, corn and
cotton. The grain estimate was little
changed from last month, the lowest
in SIS years. Analysts expect final har-
vest figures to show much the same
result, as any improvement in weather
conditions from now on will have
but slight effect. The grains, corn,
wheat and rye, were slightly higher.
Slashing estimates of the cotton
outturn ], 800 900 bales, Government
commodity men recorded the largest
condition change the trade has seen
in more than a decade. Prices re-
sponded with quick run-up, some
of which was subsequently lost.
Textile Markets Strong.
Textiles were strong, wool, silk and
cotton cloth sharing the rise. The
latter showed effects of the crop re-
port as well as a tight spot condition.
Factoring circles say retail demand
has been so heavy wholesalers have
placed sufficient orders with manu-
facturers to keep them operating at
capacity for many weeks.
Foods were mixed, eggs, cocoa and
flour putting the index up despite dips
in sugar. lard and butter. Live stock
quotations supplied the only major
setback, slight bulge in cattle prices
being more than offset by declines in
hogs end lambs.
Thu index with its components.
based on 1925 as 100, compared as
follows:
Evening star., 1936-09-13
Aduerse Foreign Developments
Check London Market Upturn

the normal post-holiday return OF
currency and notes to the Bank OF
England will occur, while normal ex-
perience suggests that domestic de-
mand will expand currency circulation
by about f20. .000, 900 between october
and the end of the year.
Preparing for this eventuality, the
bank steadily continues its gold pur-
chases and pursuit Of its policy Of
refusing to allow the credit basis here
to be contracted for fortuitous foreign
events.
Depreciation Of the franc Is causing
. lower sterling price for gold and
temporarily depressed gold mining
shares, which, however, now are
steadying on the belief that there is
no ultimate danger Of a sustained fall
in the price of gold.
Increasing encouragement In the
domestic outlook is evidenced by q
further big decline in unemployment,
bumper rail trafic figures and an
absence Of the normal seasonal recess
sion in the production levels of the
leading industries.
Copyright. 1885. By the North American
Nsvspspss Auisncs. Iue.)
Evening star., 1936-09-13
UPTURN IN AUTO
TRADE is AWAITED
Renewed Advance Is Expected
Next Month, When 1887
Assemblies Start.
specia, Dispatch to The Star.

specia, Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September 12.-In its
weekly summary of the general busi-
ness situation, the Standard Statistics
Co., of New York, currently comments
as follows:
"The next major move in business
is expected to receive its impetus from
the automobile trade. Assemblies will,
of course, be held at a minimum this
month, but a renewed upswing will
get under way in october. Several
manufacturers are now in production
of their 1887 models. and the entire
industry will probably be turning out
next years cars within four weeks.
THE heavy industries are continu-
ing to make impressive showings, and
this group, on the average, is currently
operating at the highest rate in over
six years.
1.-THE continued improvement in
residential building is distinctly en-
couraging, as it is largely the result
of basic forces and lacks the artificial
stimulus Of operations in the other
two major divisions"
Evening star., 1936-09-13
BY LEONARD ]. REID.
BY Cable to The Star.

LONDON, September 1.-THE out
standing feature Of the past week in
the city markets was q re-emergence
Of adverse European influences, which
checked the recent strong rise in the
security markets and induced profit
taking in recently active stocks. The
latest evidence, however. suggests that
this phase will be short lived unless
fresh foreign disappointments inter-
vene.
Renewed fears for the franc played
the chief disturbing role in midweek,
but no new development was discern
ible in the French situation. The
policy Of Premier Blum has been
strengthened by . renewal of labor
support, but the budget, currency and
trade problems are drifting daily into
greater difficulty.
A combined study Of the latest re-
turns of the Bank Of England and
the Bank of France shows gold still
is leaving Paris in substantial amounts
and that the French boarding Of Eng.
lixh hank notes continues unchecked.
Hsues. Il NOW apSpars unlikaly that
Evening star., 1936-09-13
VIRGINIA TOBACCO
ESTIMATE LIFTED
93,863,W0 Pounds Fore.
cast, or 2 Per Cent Above
August Figures.
By ne Associated Press.

0y tIie hoSoCAatGo EAcoos
RICHMOND, Va, September l2.-
Henry M. Taylor. Federal-State agri-
cultural statistician, reported today
improvement in the tobacco crop dur
ing August that raised the predicted
production to 93,863 900 pounds, about
2 per cent above the estimate on Au-
gust /.
Average production for the five
years, 19281932. was 98,409 900
pounds, but last years crop totaled
104, 765 900 pounds.
The flue- cured crop, the report said,
improved slightly during last month,
with weather conditions generally ia
vorable. The crop is much later than
usual and growers estimated that
only IS per cent had been harvested
on September l, compared with 70 per
cent last year and "a per cent in 1894.
Flue-cured production was forecast
at 66,5o0.o00 pounds, compared with
"a ,090, 900 harvested last year and q
five-year average of 65,574,00
Fire Cured Crop Late.
The Virginia fire-cured crop,
planted much later than usual be-
cause of dry weather during May and
early June, also showed slight i'm
provement during August. Harvesting
on September l was only 10 per cent
complete, compared with 6S per cent
last year and IS per cent on the same
date in 1884.
Mr.. Taylor estimated fire pro-
duction of 17,625, 900 pounds, COM
pared with the 1885 crop of 2O,445 900
and the five-year average of q, ,944, 600.
Considerable improvement in the
hurley crop raised the predicted yield
to 7,200,0 900 pounds, compared with
7,140,000 last year and the norm of
1890 This crop still depends to
q considerable exent on weather dur
ing this month, Mr.. Taylor declared
Only per cent had been harvested
on September /.
The greatest improvement was
noted in the sun-cured area as the
result of good rains in many sections
the first part Of the month. The Sep
tember forecast Of 2,538,000 pounds
was about Z per cent greater than
was reported in August but per cent
less than the 2,790,000 pounds har-
vested in 1885 and Is per cent less
than the 1928-32 five-year average
production of 1891 900 pounds.
U. S. Totals Listed.
Total productions for the United
States, based on the September l con-
dition. were forecast as follows:
Flue- e-cured-684, ,645 900 pounds, I
per cent greater than the August re-
port, but 16 per cent less than the
1885 crop.
Fire-cured-97,97 CTS, 900 pounds, about
II per cent less than last years crop
and 80 per cent less than the average
for the Eve years, 1928-32
Burley-215, ,909, 900 pounds. slightly
above the August report, and almost
up with the 221, ,63s, 900 pounds last
year. The 1ive-year average Is 1885,
S45, 900.
Dark aired types - q, 1890, 900
pounds, about Is per cent less than
the 1885 crop and less than half Of
the nve-year average.
Evening star., 1936-09-13

S6onfin1ed q Tht1a NSs.l
Evening star., 1936-09-13
COTTON INTEREST LIMITED.

NEW YORK, September IL (P.-
The Board of Managers of the New
York Cotton Exchange voted to set a
maximum limit of interest by any
member, firm or corporation at 250.-
900 bales for delivery in September
and in all months up to and including
August, 1887.