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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14

lett OF kfeSS. NO damage, Tor Larry
tried to steal and was pegged out,
KresS taking the throw.
Our own Franklin Sartwen is
always belittlin'. We were talking
of st. Petersburg, Fla, and some
one said that there is always a
breeze that will blow you up in
a palm tree.
and frequently does" said Mr..
Sartwell, with a nasty inference
in his tone.
The Browns spent a lot of time
trying to catch Ben Chapman. No
one ever yet caught the will O.
the wiSp.
A freak play came up in the
last half of the fifth. Lewis half
topped one to Hogsett, who first
tried to tag Lewis on the lines,
and, failing, made a belated throw
to first which went wild. Hill
scored on the heave. If Hogsett
had attempted a throw immedi-
ately, he might have changed the
entire complexion of the game.
Ben Chapman had a fine day
at the bat. He cracked a single
to center and twice hit into right
field to push runners around the
paths.
And then came another freak
play for the umpireS to interpret.
With Carey on first base, Hogsett
bounced a high hopper to Bluege,
who was in collision with Carey on
the lines. The last named was
called out for interference over
the wild protests of the Browns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
Last Niqht' S Fiqhts

At Newark, N. Paul Pr
rome, 1853, Cleveland, knocked out
Ralph ChOng, 165, Chinese from
New Orleans (2).
At WaShingtOn-Buck Everett,
1T, Washington, won decision
over AL Delany, 1873, Buffalo,
N. Y. (1O3.
At BaltimOre-Ben Brown, 152,
Atlanta, Ga, OutpOinted Young
Terry, 1873, Trenton, N. J. (1O).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
Bees, q; Pirates, I
PITTSBURGH

Totals. SO 1919 Totals. 81 627 IL
2Lucas batted for Weaver in eighth.
Boston .,........ 0 % o 2 0 o 0 2 o.
Pittsburgh ....... 90 90 o OIL
Runs-MOOre, Jordan, Thompson, Fin.
ney. ErrOr-Suhr. Runs batted in
Lee, COsCarart, Jordan, Thompson, Jen-
sen. TwO-base hits-Brubaker, ThOmp-
son. ThFee-base hits-JOrdan, Lucas.
Double plays-Warstler to CuccinellO
Suhr. Left on bases-BoStOn. 4; Pitts
burgh. 6. Base on baIls--Of Swift,
2: off Chaplin. ?: off Weaver. 1.
Struck Out-Bv Swift, 4; by Chaplin,
2. Hits-Off Swift, In 1-S innings;
off Weaver,e 0 in 90 inning; off WeIch,
in inning. Hit ny pitcher-By
Chaplin, Jensen. Losing pitcher-Swift.
Umpires-GOetZ, ReaFdOn and Mayer
kurth. Time-1;41. Attendance-1.2OO
and 500 boys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
Treasury Triumphs
In Net Loop Match

Treasury netmen scored its
twenty-seventh victory of the sea-
son when it defeated Agriculture,
4 to l in a Departmental League
match.
Treasury leads the circuit by
virtue of this record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
Sarron Contributes
To Olympic Shortage

NEW YORK, July IA check
for 500 was in the hands of the
Olympic committee today to help
overcome the shortage of funds to
send American athletes to Berlin.
1t was from Petey Sarron, feather
weight champion boxer.
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ID for HOgsett In eighth.
WASHINGTON

Runs batted in-Clift. WhitehilI, West,
Travis (2), Bluege 49,, Kuhel, Chapman.
TwO.base hits-HiIl, Bluege. Three-base
hillary. Stolen base-Chapman. Double
plays-Bluege to Kress to Kuhel, Carey
LonIs. o: washington, II. Bases on balls
-Off WhitehiIl, 2; off HOgsett, 4; off
Kimberlin =. Hits-Off HOgsett, IS in
I innings; off Kimberlin, in l inning.
Hit by pitcher-By HOgsett (Bluege).
struck Out-By Whitehill, 2; by HOgsett.
8; by Kimberlin, 1. Winning pitcher
Whitehill. Losing pitcher-HOgsett. I'm.
pires-MaGOwan and Owens. Time Of
game-2:05. 800.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
Night Games Sought

Night baseball games are sought
by the Arlington A. C. The team
has a field in Ballston, Va, on
Wilson Boulevard, facing North
Stafford Street. J. Roy Splitter,
Arlington. Va, is handling the
schedule.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14
OrioIe SoftbalIers Win

Oriole softballers lead the st.
Anthony's League by virtue Of
their victory over the Unknowns,
2 to /. Gheen's homer decided
for the Orioles.
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GOODRICH GOLDEN PLY
SILVERTOWNS Are Sold by

GOODRICH GOLDEN PLY
SILVERTOWNS Are Sold by
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATION
18th and Church SITS. N. w.
BOWMAN'S SERVICE STATION
3lO1 Nichols Ave. S. E.
BARRY-PATE MOTOR CO.
ll3O Connecticut Ave.
BLAIR ROAD SERVICE STATION
CAMP s Ms1G GIsiF F1 kGiS n STATION ~
4th and Florida Ave. N. E.
DOME OIL CO.
1925 Blair Road
DONOHOE CHEVROLET CO.
1920 M st. N. w.
ENGELSBERG TIRE &
BATTERY SERVICE
1888 Florida Ave. N. w.
C. F. GIBSON
800 9Th st. N. E.
CROSSES GARAGE
1894 9Th st. N. w.
HANDLEY MOTOR co.
1880 Georgia Ave. N. w!
MANDELL CHEVROLET CO., INC.
18th and Good Hope S. E.
MANHATTAN AUTO & RADIO CO.
l7O6 9TH st. N. w.
MAZZULLO'S SERVICE STATION
1887 Good Hope Road S. E.
MEISEL TIRE CO., INC.
1888 14th st. N. w.
3O59 M st. N. w.
HOO H st. N. E.
GIL Pennsylvania Ave. s. E.
NEW JERSEY AVENUE GARAGE
419 New Jersey Ave. NV
OURISNAN CHEVROLET SALES
61O H St. NE.
OWENS MOTOR co.
6323 Georgia Ave,
PACKARD WASH. MOTOR CAR CO.
1901 KalOrama Road
w. B. PHILLIPS
1901 M st. N. w.
QUAKENBUSH SERVICE STATION
9Th and Massachusetts, Ave. N. w.
SAVERS SUPER SERVICE
5000 Rhode Island Ave. N. E.
SCHWARZMANN'S SERVICE
STATION
18th and Pennsylvania Ave. S. e.
SELLERS SERVICE STATION
I'd and H SITS. N. E.
o. C. SERVICE STATION
HOO New Hampshire Ave. N. w.
L. P. STEUART CO.
144O P st. N. w.
TIDEWATER OIL CO.
SERVICE STATION
1913 18th st. N. w.
Georgia Ave. and Underwood st. NV.
TRIANGLE MOTOR CO.
2 N. Y. Ave. N. w.
WAKEFIELD MOTOR CO.
2525 Sherman Ave. N. w.
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left of KreSs. No damage, tor Larry
tried to steal and was pegged out,
KreSs taking the throw.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-14

Larry smacked a line single to
center field which went to the
Evening star., 1936-08-02

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looking because the ends are finished
with an oversttoh done in wool thot
gives hondwork effect. Size 72x84
inches Select from six plain co!ors
Specially priced.
Evening star., 1936-08-02
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Warm but so light they can be
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Evening star., 1936-08-02

Rich two tone pIoids or pastel COL
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Very specially priced for this sole.
Evening star., 1936-08-02

Two other famous names thot repre-
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q wide selection Of solid coIors; each
blanket is finished with wide sotin
bindine Double bed size, 72x84 inches.
Specially priced.
Blankets Second Floor
Evening star., 1936-06-05
The New Speaker.

The quick election of Representative
Bankhead to the Speakership yesterday
within a few minutes after the House
convened probably has few, if any, prece-
dents. But the high dignity with which
the proceedings were conducted served
really to accentuate the sense of personal
loss that members of the House felt for
Speaker Byrns and made deeply NOV
ing spectacle out of ceremony that
the House usually treats as an informal
occasion for uproarious celebration.
The business of the Nation, as Mr..
O'Connor explained in few brief words,
must go on. The death of the Speaker
came at time when the exigencies of
the legislative situation. with Congress
pressing toward adjournment demand
ed pushing forward without pause.
In Representative Bankhead the House
has summoned to the Speakers chair
D man who, by most of the precedents.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Patrick Henry.

The bicentenary of the birth of
Patrick Henry passed with little notice
He was born in Hanover County, Vir-
ginia, May %, 1876, and normally it
would have seemed that national COM
memoration of the wo-hundredth ami
versary of his appearance on the world
stage would have been in order. Per-
haps the explanation of the neglect lies
in psychological change among his
countrymen. 1t may be that people no
longer care very much about liberty.
Theoretical comfort-a planned econ
omy" of social Security-perhaps has
taken the place of the old traditional
concern for human freedom.
But the great orator and patriot who
did so much to emancipate the Colonies
from the tyranny of George III ought
not to be unacknowledged. His career
was not exclusively that of an agitator
Instead, it was replete with constructive
values of the highest, the most useful
and the most durable significance. The
man himself was possessed of keen
and enthusiastic knowledge of human
nature; by instinct he was equipped with
power to understand and to appreciate
his fellow-creatures. Possibly no other
character of his time was more abun-
dainty gifted with capacity to appraise
the race or to anticipate its potential
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Transit Service a Luxury
For Those Who Remember
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Certain political interests that are for
ever directing fiery attacks on our trans
poration system. evidently expect service
'-de luxe" for the price of cents per
ride, which is actually all one pays, on
an average. since the pass system was
adopted.
Those of us old enough to recall the
horse and cable cars, not to mention the
"rickety," foul-smelling herdicS, with
dirty straw covering the floor in cold
weather, are somewhat astonished at the
incessant and chronic complaints of the
majority of car riders of this period.
Not so very many years ago "Tooner-
vile" types of street cars, drawn by
horses, dragged slowly along, and in
Winter these animals would frequently
fall on the snow and ice, thereby ham
pering traffic. 1t was not uncommon
for passengers to give hand" to these
fallen steeds, while other weary ones
pursued their way homeward on foot
Later the cable car afforded some i'm
provement, but with cables sometimes
Swapping" the system would experience
a general 'tie-up," thereby subjecting the
public to incredible inconvenience.
Today we have Streamline cars and
busses moving swiftly and easily along
that are we'll heated and lighted and
reasonably comfortable. In comparison
to former times, transportation has
reached almost a millennium, although
the present generation, who know moth
ing whatever concerning the hardships
experienced by older riders, are certainly
not aware of it.
E. K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Chipman's Memorial Day
Claim Shown to Be False

To the Editor of The Star:
wish to call your attention to a state
ment made by writer-one Mr.. Herbert
Hollander-in an article on Decoration
day entitled Memory Revered" in issue
of The Star May 30. In his article he
states: Some time early in 1868 Adjt.
Gen. N. P. Chapman of the Grand Army
of the Republic was told by former
private in the Union Army that in his
native land of Germany it was the Gus
tom to gather in the Spring and place
flowers on the graves of the dead. He
suggested that the G. A. r. inauglIrate
such an observance of the soldier dead
Chapman Immediately seized upon the
suggestion without delay made a rough
draft of general order covering the
subject, laying it before Gen. John A.
Logan, commander in chief Of the G.. A.
r. Like Chapman, Logan was impressed
strongly by the suggestion and added
several paragraphs of his own to the
general order. The date selected, May
80, was chosen largely because it was
possible then to find suitable flowers in
the extreme Northern States"
Gen. Chapman never claimed the Sug
gestion during my fathers lifetime, nor
NFOkA ASAAii6 AAly lAlOOAiN2 o. bOS oNAOSA Wiz
had passed away gave an interview to
California paper, where he then lived,
to this effect, to which promptly stated
to him by wire and letter his statement
was absolutely false. My mother Sug-
geSted it to my father, which she states
in her work, "reminiscences of a Sol
dier's Wife" from which quote the fol-
lowing account: After q trip with Col.
n~ln SzFf I1in
journal, accompanied by his niece and
his flancee. Miss Farrar of Boston, our
daughter Dallie and baby son, John A.
Logan, jr, in church yard near Peters,
burg We saw hundreds of graves of Con-
federate soldiers. These graves had upon
them small, bleached Confederate flags,
faded flowers and wreathS that had been
laid upon them by loving hands on the
occasion Of their Decoration day. Upon
our return, Gen. Logan was much inter-
ested in our account of what we had seen
and remarked to him had never been
so touched as was by seeing the little
flags and the withered flowers that had
been laid on these graves. At this, Gen.
Logan said it was beautiful revival of
the custom Of the ancientS in thus pre-
serving the memory of the dead, and
that he, as commander in chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, would issue
an order for the decoration of the graves
of Union soldiers-and Col. Wilson,
heartily approving of the plan, said he
would be glad to exploit it in his paper
in Chicago. Gen. Logan sent for Gen.
Chapman, then adjutant general of the
G. A. R.. and dictated order No. H. for
the first decoration of Union soldiers
that ever took place in the United
States" and this is the true history of
the origin Of Decoration day and the
order No. IL, which Col. Chapman did
not suggest or compose.
MARY LOGAN TUCKER.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

stood next in line. He had risen to the
important Office of majority floor leader
within relatively brief period of service
in the House. He was first elected in
1917 Circumstance and his own ability
pushed him forward. Chairman Pou of
weakened in spirit and health by the
death Of his son during the war, passed
on to the younger, more vigorous Bank
head the task of handling on the floor
much of the Rules Committee business,
and Mr.. Bankhead fitly succeeded to the
craftsmanship on Mr.. Pou's death. He
threw his support to Speaker Byrns on
the death of Speaker Rainey, and sue
ceeded Speaker ByrnS as floor leader.
Invalided during much Of the first Ses-
sion OF this Congress, when he was
forced to delegate his duties as floor
leader to Representative Taylor of Colo
RADIO, he pleasantly surprised his friends
by a recovery in health which enabled
him to assume with vigor and efficiency
the full responsibilities of his exacting
Office during the current session.
Mr.. Bankhead has shown himself to
be an able man in private as well as
public life. He is a graduate of the
Georgetown Law School, class of 1895,
which enables the District to share with
Alabama pride in the distinction which
has been accorded this younger of the
two brothers who serve their State in
House and Senate.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Whitman Article Recalls
Story of Warm Friendship
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The article by Otto Torney Simon
about Walt Whitman in Saturdays Star
makes me wonder if I could add any
thing about his characteristics by re-
peating what Gen. Culver C. Snifen.
paymaster general of the Army from 1906
to 1908, has often told of his intimate
friendship with Whitman-when as a
young boy he would get up early in the
morning, meet Whitman, the man, at
the Brooklyn ferry, ride across to New
York and up Fifth avenue and back on
the stage, entranced with every word
Whitman uttered in his conversations
with the pilot of the ferry boat and the
driver of the stage coach. When, In
1853, he came to Washington he one day
came face to face with Whitman and the
latter opened his arms and embraced him
in the middle of Seventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
Gen. Sniffen always said there were
two men especially who had influenced
his life for good. AS boy it was Whit
man and as young man it was Ulysses
S. Grant, under whom he served In the
White House eight years
MRS. c. c. SNIFFEN.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

development. Yet he was no visionary.
He had faith in the people without ex-
pecting too much from them. 1t may
be that his own experience made him
charitable. He was on intimate terms
of acquaintance with failure and disap-
pointment throughout his youth, and for
that reason, if for none other, was toll
Grant and generous.
Philosophical resignation, however,
was infeasible in an individual of so
ardent a temperament as Henry, Scottish
and Welsh by descent, had inherited He
felt in his soul compelling necessity
to take arms against sea of troubles"
Thus, it was not mere eloquence that
prompted him to demand death as an
alternative to slavery. He meant his
challenge sincerely, passionately and
without reservation. Rather than wear
chains, he preferred extinction. But the
choice never was forced upon him. His
contemporaries agreed with him in re-
sistance. And, when opportunity offered,
he coined his ideals into terms of statute
law in the religious freedom act, the first
Constitution of Virginia and, less di-
rectly, the Constitution of the United
States.
Henry, it should be added, never was
guilty of selfish ambition. He was twice
Governor, but successfully refused to
serve in the Senate and in Washington's
cabinet, as Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court and as Ambassador to France. He
died soon after election to the Virginia
House of Delegates-an honor sufficient
to his desires in his last years. At the
end he was Federalist, Sternly opposed
to experimentation as a policy of gov
eminent. Both Democrats and Republic
ans then, have ample cause to remember
him. And Americans in general, without
regard to party, should be ashamed to
forget him.
Evening star., 1936-06-05
Errors in Star Story About
Armillary Sphere Corrected
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Evening Star for May 18 you
published picture of the new armi-
larry sphere recently placed in Meridian
Park.
in the appended write-up are two
errors, which should be corrected, in
fairness to the designer of the sphere.
First this is not duplicate of a sphere
designed by Paul Manship. Spheres Of
this general type are included among
early Chinese astronomical instruments.
This is an original creation. Second the
sphere was not designed by me, but by
c. P. Jennewein, New York sculptor,
whose work is represented on a num-
ber of monumental structures in Wash
ington. My own contribution was merely
incidental and accessory, as architect of
Meridian Hill Park, in the development
of the base and setting.
HORACE w. PEASLEE.
Evening star., 1936-06-05

soaking with the hose. This real soaking
is done with the nozzle off and the water
turned down slightly at the source.
Simply laid on the ground, the hose
pours out water so silently that those
who are used to the lure of the f1zzing
nozzle cannot think it is doing any good.
1t is, however, the one best way to put a
great deal of water into the ground. Not
that the nozzle hasn't its uses. But the
other method is best for putting a lot
Of water deep. If there is burnt patch
in the grass, don't fool around with the
nozzle. Take 1t of and let the water
trickle out. A real soaking will bring
back the grass overnight.
X
This is June, and the ANIMALS have
not done so well, eh?
There is plenty Of time, however
Zinnias, those old standbys, may be
planted as late as July, with certainty
of blooms in September.
Many other favorites may go into the
earth late.
Consistent watering will be necessary.
The seeds and seedlings must take their
chances with the chemical elements
therein, or the lack thereof.
Heat is the great forcer after all. When
Summer sets in in earnest, with no set
backs, the reclacitrant ANIMALS will
spring into life quickly, we feel sure.
X
Another sign of drought is that the
wood thrush has gone back to the woods!
Where there were thrusheS by the
half dozen a month ago, today there will
be one or two in yard.
No doubt they seek the deep woods to
nest in many cases, or even go there to
get closer to creeks and small streams.
The home gardener often does not
stop to realize that Nature often falls
down, in one respect or another, espe-
cially in that small cultivated section
called the back yard.
Thrushes and robins and catbirds and
mocking birds and flickers and the rest
demand a certain moisture IN their
habitat.
That is why the garden hose must be
brought into play, not alone to water
plants, but to make the habitat more to
the birds liking.
Those who have observed the robins
waiting in the shrubbery for the yard
to be cleared will understand how much
birds like moisture.
They even Will search Tor worms When
the garden is full of visitors. but like it
best when no human is therein.
1t used to be the delight Of the evening
to watch the thrushes trot around after
the lawn had been well watered. Not
after worms. as the robins were, but
probably soft grubs and fallen insects.
Locust grubS, Just emerged were con-
Sumed by most Soft-billed birds.
Baby robins, bigger than their parents,
show plainly their membership in the
thrush family. Their very beSpeckled
breasts prove it to all willing to look.
1t is said that one reason baby birds are
larger than their parents is that the
latter have worn themselves to a 'fraz-
zle" hunting food for their offspring.
AL birds like a moist locale, but the
robins like wet yard best of all, because
the moisture brings the earthworms to
the surface. 1t is sight to see four
baby robins in the yard, all industriously
yanking worms from the earth, then
hopping one by one onto a rustic chair,
and sitting there solemnly for a few
moments before they fly down to the
grass again Such brief glimpSes as these
make bird watching what it is, one of
the finest recreationS.