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MAHlN RITES
TO BE HELD
TOMORROW

Frank Webster Mahin, former
newspaper publisher and Ameri-
can consul at Amsterdam during
the World War, died yesterday at
his home, 1851 Columbia Rd. N. W.,
from heart trouble. He was "a
years old.
Mr.. Mahin had a varied and In
teresting career. He was a type
setter, lawyer, editor, publisher,
foreign service officer and free
lance writer. He was born in Mus
catine, Iowa. While still in his
teens, he became an apprentice
typesetter on the Muscatine Jour
nal, owned by his brother. One
Of his fellow workers was Samuel
Clemens, known to literature as
Mark Twain, who was then a Jour-
neyman printer. The two became
friends and remained as such until
TWatn'S death.
He was a member of the Cosmos
Club, the National Press Club, the
Art and Archaeological Society and
q director of the English Speaking
Union.
Surviving him Is his wife, the
former Abbie A. Cadle, Of Mus
catine: a daughter. Mrs. A. R.
Tweedie, Of Nottingham, England;
a son, Lieut.. Col. Frank c. Mahin,
stationed at the headquarters of
the First Corps Area, Boston,
Mass, and five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held to.
morrow afternoon at 2::30 in the
Gawler funeral chapel on PennSyl.
vania Avenue Northwest. Burial
will be private.
TRACY w. McGREGOR
Tracy w. McGregor, philan.
thropist and book collector, died
in Garfield Hospital yesterday OF
a heart attack. He was in his
sixty-Seventh year.
Mr.. McGregor was born in Der.
lin Heights. Ohio, the son Of Eliza
beth and Thomas McGregor, who
founded a chain Of homes for the
destitute.
He studied at Oberlin College
and later took up the work Of
directing the missions which his
father founded in Detroit.
He was one of the founders Of
the group known as the Thursday
Organization, which did so much
social work, including the conStruc
ton Of the Wadgmega Home for
EpilepticS and the advancing OF
funds for the construction of the
Belle Isle Bridge when the city OF
Detroit lacked the money.
Mr.. McGregor was q member
Of the English photographed So
ciety and many other clubs.
He lived at the Shoreham Hotel
with his wife, Mrs. Katherine
Whitney McGregor, who survives
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Admiral Berenger
Dies at 1O1 Years

TOULON, May Admiral
Pierre Berenger, 101, Frances old.
est naval officer, died here yester-
day. .&1AaAk
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$3.50 best seller. 81 Want You
Only" by Eleanore Meherin, starts in
this newspaper Monday, May IL. Don't
miss the opening chapters.
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BIRTHS

Howard and Anna Whitlock boy.
Earl and Helen williams, boy.
Claude and Florence Lee Roy, girl
Raymond and Maria Morauer. boy.
Howard and Helen Rhodes, boy.
Lewis and Ruby East, boy.
Fulton and Myrtle Oglesby boy.
Constantinos and ANGELA Pappas
.irl
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BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES

land Bobbis Jackson. Is. 1914 Thirteenth
Archie T. Berger. rs, and Mary \.
Mondell, "a, both Of Avis, Pa.
John d. Reese. 30, % Logan Circle.
and Helen z. Taylor. 10, 1919 Pleasant
St. s. E.
Herman e. Wood. jr., %, and HeleA
]. Clarke, 10, both of Richmond, Va.
Raymond L. Sacks, 3d. and Esther
Klavansky, 81, both Of Baltimore. Nd.
DEATHS
Nora Southwich, IS, Garfield Hospital.
Savilla Denny, II. 2210 First st. n. W.
Estelle v. Buxton, rs. 372o Upton
Jackson C. vininE. 70. ST. Elizabeth
Ella t. Collins IS. s11s Dumbarton
stephen A. Reynolds, 81. 1850 via
Ave. ". W.
Andrew Taylor, 50. Providence Hos.
Albert T. Humphrey. st. Elizabsths
Hospital.
Rose silvsrberg. as, Emergency Hoe
pital.
st. n. w.
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NE. FEE. Gains Two

Continuing toward the goal of
100, 1000 members which it set for
itself at the last national conven-
ton. the National Federation of
Federal Employees has announced
the formation of two new local
unions, Nos. $50 and SCI. in Cleve-
land and Mobile, Ala. The Cleve-
land folk are employees of the
Custodial Service, and those in
Alabama serve the War Depart
ment'S Engineer office.
Gertrude Mentally, secretary
treasurer Of the organization, also
announced that older local unions
throughout the country are show
ing sizeable membership gains, a
fact over which federation is par
ticularly proud because it accepts
membership only among Federal
employees.
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Depression lOve-''I Want YOu Only"
by ElenOre Meherin, starts Monday In
this newspaper. Don't miss 1t.
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him. Funeral services and burial
will be in Detroit.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
SAILING MARATHON
WILL BE PROPOSED
Champ to Foster 15.Mile Event
for Local Skippers-Plans
Will Be AIRED"

A UNIQUE race for sailboats, taking
IA the form Of q ls5-mile marathon,
will be proposed to local shippers
within the next few days by Nell
Champ, the Skipper, who conducts a
quarter hour weekly radio broadcast
over Station WJSV each Friday at
SIS o'clock.
Primarily interested in furthering
the sailing interests OF the Capital
which have been greater this year
than ever before. the Skipper is plan
ming to make the undertaking well
worth the time of those who fall in
with his suggestion.
AS planned, the course would pro-
ceed from Hams Point down the Po-
tomac and up Chesapeake Bay to
Deaie, Md. Herring Bay. Boats
would be brought back by automo-
bile.
Champ will arrange for prizes and
a cup for the winner.
The date Of the marathon would
come some time after the Presidents S
Cup regatta. but interested shippers
are asked to get in touch with the
Skipper at once. Letters should be
mailed to him care of Station WJSV
in the Earle Building and radio inter-
views and discussions will follow. No
limitation is placed upon entrants
except that they must be over ls
years of age.
Champ will further explain his
project over his broadcast next Fri
day.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

n VANSvILLE, Ind, Septem-
- Der 22.-Memorial High, 80;
carmi, ILL.,, 0.
This was Just another
score in the "foot ball results"
column today to some people. But
to those who saw the game the
score meant the greatest tribute q
schoolboy eleven could make to
friend, the brother of their cap
tain; Billy McGannon.
Billy led his teammates to the
victory q few hours after attend
ing funeral services for his brother,
Tom McGannon, one Of two Pur-
due University foot ball players
burned fatally in q shower-room
blast September IL.
Special memorial services were
held on the field last night for
Tommy, one-time Memorial cap
tain. 1iily, Who played hseauss
Evening star., 1936-09-22
LINE IS UNSETTLED
FOR NAVY OPENER
MorreII and Soucek to Be
Rested-MiIIer Leading
Center Aspirants.
Or eciaI Dispatch to The star

A NNAPOLIS, September "a
~ With the backfield which will
~ start against William and
4 n Mary in the Navy's opening
game here next Saturday practically
settled some doubt exists as to sew
eral places on the line. due In meas
ure to the fact that Capt. Rivers
Morrell. guard. and Zeke Soucek. end.
both first choices. are being rested
this week, and may not start.
Johnny Miller easily leads the group
Of fve center candidates. He is pass
ing and playing on defense well and
has gained some weight. He now
weighs I7s. Ray Dubois is one of
the guards, and Dick Gunderson, q
stout lad Of over 100 pounds, has
been playing in Morrell's place.
At tackle Ned Hessel and Frank
Lynch seem to have an edge. but
have little on Duke Ferrsra and Dave
Sloan. while Heber Player and YER
ner Soball, both slashing players OF
over 100 pounds, are covering the
fianks in the absence Of Soucek and
Fike. Some changes are possible. and
substitutions are likely to be frequent
in the opening contest.
Much time is being spent this week
in polishing of the flrst-string back
field, now made up of Charley Rel
mann, Bob Antrim, Sneed Schmidt
and Frank Case.
Recent transfers to the varsity squad
are George Muse and Frank Swid-
erski. backs, who have been doing
good work in practice, and Carl Flebs,
. 2o0-pound tackle.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

the former Mrs. Marion du Pont Som
erville, races her horses now merely
under the name Montpelier" .. Be-
sides Itsaboy, q name that foored Col.
Surcingle even before the horse won,
Mrs. Gibson had a second entry at
the meeting name was Another
Boy nobody seemed to know the
explanation.
Every one gooed and gasped
at the size Of the fences on the
Foxcatcher Cup course, but
more horses fell over the
smaller brush route set UP for
the opener.
the American Aintree. but its stretch
run for the turf races is more like
Newmarket ..a . good, steady uphill
pull from the stretch turn almost to
the finish line, and then q downward
dip that must seem like heaven to
tired horses.
About half the II starters in the
last nat race had no chance after q
ragged getaway but the boy on
Mill River Stables Flying Falcon
might have made it q different story
If he'd moved a bit earlier in the
stretch. Flying Falcon was run
ming over the top Of horses at the end.
At least . dozen habitues Of the
hunt race circuit remarked that it
was the "best-dreaed, incest looking
crowd in the history Of the
sport" -. and the bookies were 20
pleased with everything In general
that they actually quoted as high as
Is to / on some horses and set q
record in the big event BY holding
even the favorites at 3 to ] j.. I to 5
Is considered pure oft-heartedness for
choices at most Of the meets.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
BY the Associated Press.

~ BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Septem-
* Der 22.-Trigger may be
just an ordinary, homely
- toad to others, but to the
Birmingham Barons he's a potent
factor in their play-ofi fight for .
place In the Dixie series.
Trigger lives under the Baron
dugout, where it's cool and damp.
When night base ball came into
vogue, he became q regular spec
tator.
And the Southern Association
team started winning. in sharp
contrast to their earlier perform
ances.
Owner A. H. (Rick) Woodward
noted Triggers powers" and fat
and succulent flies were fed the
toad by the score.
Trigger steered his favorites into
third place in the Southern Asso-
citation by exercising all his
charms" during q neck-and-neck
race.
Then Nashville and the Barons
opened a five-game series.
Arriving at their home park with
the games one and one, they could
not find Trigger. The Barons lost,
Is,
Evening star., 1936-09-22
-FOUR BIG TENNIS
MATCHES CARDED
D. c. Leaders Slated Today
for Third.Round Action
In Playground Open.
TOUR outstanding matches were
- scheduled today as the De-
/ partment Of Fairgrounds an.

TOUR outstanding matches were
- scheduled today as the De-
partment Of Fairgrounds an.
nual Fall open tennis tourna-
ment advanced to the third round.
With Hugh Lynch facing Ed Mather.
Tony Latona squaring of with Hickey
Willis. Barney Welsh meeting Herb
Shenkin and Gilbert Hunt opposing Hy
Ritzenberg.
Mather. seeded No. 8, experienced
little trouble In trouncing Buddy Adair,
former Central High School racketer.
81. 60. while Hunt. Middle Atlantic
titleholder. advanced with ease, trim
ming Max Kay, 60. 81.
Shenkin and Ritzenberg found more
formidable opposition. however. Shen-
kin, District Public Parks doubles
champion. defeated Maurice Goubeau.
6-4, Ga. while Ritzenberg was ex-
tended to 6-3. rs scores by Leonard
Sokol. District boys champion.
Two Stars Default.
THE tourney lost much Of its sting
yesterday when Harold Mcdufnn.
prominent Philadelphia netman, and
Buddy Goeltz. Wilkes-Barre champion.
defaulted their matches in order to
compete In the Allentown. Pa, cham.
pionships.
Welsh and Ralph McElvenny have
been seeded at the top Of the doubles
draw. with the teams of Hugh Lynch
and Bud Markey, Gil Hunt and Ed
Mather and Joe Baker and Freddy
Doyle following in that order. Doubles
play got under way today at Potomac
Park and Edgemoor courts. Following
is today's schedule and yesterdays
results:
TODAY's MATCHES.
A. Potomac Park.
Second round-3:so o'clock. fnish Of
Third round@ o'clock, Stan Haney VS..
Tom Moorehead; 4:3O o'clock, Hugh Lynch
W. Edward o. Mather; 3 O'Clock, Frank
Shore VS.. George petticord, Spencer Aowell
VS.. winner Bradley-Contreras match.
At EdEemoor.
Second round-4 o'clock. Bill Buchanan
Third round-2 O'Clock. Tony I.atcna VS..
Hs5 nt,, Wlls Huns Barney Wedn Rs..n
berg,
MEMS DOUBLES.
Al EdEemoor.
First round-b o'clock. Welsh and Nc
Elvenny VS.. Adair and partner.
At Potomse Park.
First roqndwS, 9eiOek Od Lyneh Lms s,f.a fna
and Doyle VS.. Barber and Goubeau.
yEsTFRDAy,S RESULTS
First round-Hy Ritsenberg defeated
Alan Staubly by default; Tommy Moore
head defeated Dan Suttonneld. o-2. 81
Max Kay. 90. s|1: Hy Ritzenberg de-
feated Leonard sokol. 6-,3. ID; Qeorse
default; Edward o. Mather defeated Buddy
Adair, 81, 6-2; Herb shenkin defeated
Maurice Goubeau, 6-4, 6-4; Tommy
Moorhead defeated Buddy GoeltY by de-
fault Bob Bradley was leading Billy Con-
treras. l0--S. at darkness.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Red Cross Makes a Complete
Fnist.Aid Set-Up for Regatta
BILL ADAMAITIS,

In addition, two mobile units-in the
form of speed boats-will be equipped
with two Red Cross life-savers to pick
up any casualties as they occur. Most
OF the life-savers have had nve years
experience with the regatta. One boat
will be stationed at each end OF the
course.
The set-up will be completed with
two hospital boats, one at each end
of the course, on which will be found
physician and trained nurse. A
hospital station also will be found
aboard the Apache, the Coast Guard
cutter, which serves as the committee
boat. An ambulance will be available
at all times at the Corinthian Yacht
Club to take the most serious casualty
to a local hospital.
Direct communication with all units
of the first-aid corps will be effected
through radio. which will connect the
two hospital boats with the Apache
and all other stations.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Class A Handicap.
SLEUTHS IN TOUGH TILT
Team, Unbeaten in Series, Faces
Greenbelts Today.

Investigation. one Of the two un-
defeated teams in the weekday sand
lot base ball championship series. was
to stack up against potent threat
in the Resettlement Greenbelts, cham
pions of the Federal A League, today
on the South Ellipse diamond at
( o'clock.
With the losing nine facing elimina-
ton. Naval Air Station, which took
a Ga decision from Accounts and
Deposits yesterday, was to clash with
Procurement Division diamonders to-
day at 4 O'Clock on the North Ellipse
field.
Public Works Administration, paced
by Coe, FARRELL and Koenig, slammed
10 hits OF the offerings of Lefty Joe
Sullivan to trounce Pepco tossers.
%. Garrison and Goan led Naval
Airs attack, each collecting two hits.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
TERPS SCRAPPING
FOR OPENING JOBS
Several First Team Berths Still
0pen-Many Players Due to
Face st. Johns.

NTARYLANDS squad, now down to
" 80. spent all Of its time yester-
day in running through plays, Head
Coach Frank Dobson handling one
group and Jack Faber the other.
Today the final battle for positions
In the opener against st. Johns Sat-
urday at College Park starts, with
several OF the jobs much in doubt.
Dobson. though, will use two full
teams and may use some others
against the Johnnies in looking to the
big games that follow, the FIRST with
Virginia Tech At Roanoke on Oc-
tober 3.
All 80 Of those on the field we're in
the drills yesterday and the only cas-
ualty was Alex Males, q guard, who
got q deep cut over his left eye in
colliding with Q teammate in signal
practice.
Saturdays game will start at )
o'clock and the admission will be IS
cents.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
HORSESHOE BRIGADE
HONORS MERRYMAN
Sweepstakes Tournament Opening
Tomorrow Night Is Named
for Ex.Maryland Champ.

THE first annual Joe Merryman
Horseshoe Sweepstakes will be
held on the newly built Rogers
Heights. Md, courts on the property
Of Lee Fleshman just off the Edmon-
ston road. tomorrow and Thursday
evenings.
The tournament was named in
honor Of the 1891 and 1882 Maryland
State titleholder who recently suffered
two broken legs when struck by an
auto.
A 100-shoe qualifying test will de-
termine the eight pitchers who will
enter a round-robin play-off. The
tournament will be one of the tests
in determining the 10 top-ranking
pitchers Of the metropolitan district.
All shoe tossers are invited to try
their hand at qualifying and must
be on the courts by 1880 pm. Wednes-
day.
There will be no entrance fee.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
20 Years Ago
IN THE STAR
WHILE two young pitchers were

WHILE two young pitchers were
" stopping the Mats, Cleveland
pounced on Walter johnson in the
thirteenth inning to score . 80
victory over Washington. Sam
Rice got back into the game after
a long lay-off and made good the
claims that he can hit. getting q
single. double and triple.
Boston's Red Sox have just about
clinched the American League pen
nant, being az games ahead Of
Chicago and games ahead Of
Detroit. with but IL more games
to play. Brooklyn has a 2ia-game
lead over Philadelphia in the Ma
tional League.
The first foot ball scrimmage OF
the year has been held at George
town, with the Hoyas' backfeld
remaining exactly as 1t finished the
1915 season. Gilroy and Wall are
at the halfback positions, Leighty
at full and Maloney at quarter.
Only two linemen are leftovers,
however, Cusack and O'Connor-
Stewart, Ahearn, Anderson. Green
and Hanlon being new.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
rabbit" Finally Bows Out
Maranville, Legs Gone, Quits Playing After
Quarter of Century.

Pennsylvania League. played his
last game with his mates yester-
day as they lost the play.off TO
the Scranton Miners, four games
of five.
Maranville, who piloted Elmira
to Its FIRST championship in
N. Y.-P. play since the league was
formed IL years ago, batted .326 In
1913 games this year. It was afield
that the legs got him."
Ihs underpinnipgs that carried
the rabbit" sensatioaally through
q major league career Of "a sea-
sons with Pittsburgh, Brooklyn
and Boston, never completely re-
covered from o fracture he suffered
at the outset of the 1884 season
with the Bees, then the Braves.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
lry Eleren Headed Places With Bigger and Better" Squad
Ratings of Foot Ball Eleuens
Based on williamson System

ratings respectively each efncency consistent
|
the table the Of the
important listing merely
fractional differences in order.
played this included In the table
based the payno
pasg r
counting
upseing tie half
There upsets and upsettins tie
CTex) Teachers, g.; Austin College, o.
Enpora (xans) Teachers 2o Mcpherson, u
Emory Henry O.; Randoph-Macon, o.
hsafino
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Mat Matches
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del.-Yvon Rob-
ert, 2l8, Montreal. defeated George
Koverly, ais, Hollywood, Calf, two
straight falls.
LANCASTER, Pa.-George Becker.
1874, California, threw Tony Siano,
l78, New York, 40 minutes.
PORTLAND, Oreg-Al Williams,
165, Chicago, defeated Don Sugaai.
$50, Salem, Greg, and Walter Achiu.
l6l, Dayton, Ohio two matches).
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Fights Last Night
Hy the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSOclhtcu EIees'
CHICAGO.-Eddie Carroll. 146E,
Ottawa, Canada, outpointed Toots
Bernstein, 154, Milwaukee 90.
NEW YORK-Izzy Jannazzo. l471a,
New York, outpointed Gustav Eder,
lat. Germany QS.
LOUISVILLE-Lloy Pine, l27z,
Akron, Ohio, outpointed Jimmy Buck
Ter, 127, Louisville Q0.
HOLYOKE, Mass-Andre Jessurun,
146, New York. outpointed Bobby
Cortez, 148, Mexico QO.
NEWARK, N. john Anderson,
1851. Sweden, and Freddie F1ducia,
1872, Newark, drew Q0).
MIAMI, F1a--Snag Trowbridse.
1851, West Palm Beach. Fla. outpoint-
ed Tony Monin. 141Ka, Tampa 90.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Wins for Pals Dead Brother
Evansville, Ind, Team Led by Billy McCannon,
Kin of Fatally Burned Purdue Star.

Tom would have wanted me In
there" made one touchdown, and
his brilliant runs paved the way for
the other five..
The Memorial team was OUT
weighed almost 20 pounds to the
player. But no team could have
defeated the Memorial eleven last
night. They were winning for
Tommy"
Evening star., 1936-09-22
FIELD TRIALS SLATED

ROCKVILLE, Md, September al
The annual field trials Of the Mary
land Fox Hunters Association will be
held October 1928, with the farm
of Tarlton B. Stabler, near Hollands
Corner, this county, now operated by
Forest Beall, as headquarters.
The derby is scheduled to be run
the FIRST two days and the all-age the
other three days.
Evening star., 1936-09-22

|HAT the safety and good health
of drivers and skippers in the
Presidents Cup Regatta will
L be exceptionally well guarded
is seen in the elaborate first-aid corps
which has been set up by the Red Cross
for the three days racing.
Under the chairmanship of Dr. Oscar
Hunter who has been assisted by Ira
D. Law of the White House police
force, more than so persons will be
ready to render assistance to con-
testants who may be in need Of medical
aid. Law will coordinate the ac-
tivities of the Coast Guard with those
OF the Red Cross.
Plans call for three first-sid sta
tions on the shores of the regatta
course-an outboard pit on the Mount
Vernon boulevard near the Highway
Bridge, another near the reviewing
stand at Hams Point and a third at
the Corinthian Yacht Club.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
HIT PINS FOR BIG SCORES

Featuring a triple header strike and
. IA game by Herbert Davis of the
Trustees team and a 376 set by David
Thomas Of the Deacons outfit, the
Clyde Kelly Bowling League of the
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
inaugurated its season last night at
the Bethesda Alleys.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
By the Associated Press.

= CRANTON, Pa, September
22.-"The Rabbit this play
~ ing antics thrilled thousands
for nearly a quarter Of a
century in the big leagues-hung
up his glove today with mo re-
grets."
Walter Maranville, one of the
most colorful figures the game has
ever produced, announced his re-
tirement as a player at the end OF
q season which catapulted him
into prominence as a successful
manager.
The scrappy, fun-loving second
baseman, now manager of the e.
mira Pioneers in the New York.
Evening star., 1936-09-22
Toad Mascot Needed to Win
Barons Lose Without ''Trigger," Take Two in
Row. Play.Off Series After He Returns.

Trigger turned up for the sec
ond contest. Birmingham won, 8
to 2. With the series depending on
the final game, a pair of flies were
dangled before him and the Barons
won, S to 2.
Trigger will be very much In eW-
dence when the final play-oft
games begin tomorrow.