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Evening star., 1936-08-22
Protest Clouds Victory.

nOWN here, considerable stress Is
placed on the class confined to
Clarke County hunters. which, after
all, is of most interest to local people
and carries the most weight in set
tling arguments about whose horse
can beat which. The outcome of that
issue for 1896 was victory for Mrs.
Greenhalgh's Merry Prince, a big bay
that was handled with consummate
skill by Miss Virginia Jacobs. one of
the home-bred equestriennes.
More or less of a cloud was cast on
the Whitney Stables one-two victory
with Bon Diable and Spring Hope in
the Corinthiau class, when q protest
was lodged by DR.. Allen, Turner Wilt
shire and U. S. Randle, Washington
owner. Their arguments was not
against the judging of the event, but
that the riders Of the winners, who
handle show horses regularly for Mrs.
Whitney, was not eligible to partici-
uate in Corinthian where certain
conditions are specified by the Ameri-
can Horse Show Association. Pend
ing settlement of this issue, the re-
suits of that contest are not official.
The day wound up with five good
old-fashioned county fair horse races,
some Of which were definitely exciting
affairs.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
Fischer Gets Default,

FISCHER advanced yesterday over
M. ]. McLaney. New Orleans
champion, who was forced to default
in the third set due to a back injury
after taking but four games in the
two sets.
Detroit came in for more honors
when its women's championship
doubles team Of Constance O'Donovan
and Mrs. Esther Shallove Politzer
reached the finals. There they were
to clash with Edna Smith and Irene
David of Cleveland this afternoon.
In the women's singles division an
all-California battle featured the
semi-final contests. The defending
champion, Elizabeth Deike Of Los
Angeles was matched against Mar
jorie Lauderbach, also of Los Angeles.
Paired in the lower bracket were
Edna Smith and Helen Germaine,
New York.
Evening star., 1936-08-22

~ N THE trophy Slic1sCc VA oSoA W
1 of washington swimmers and
divers are medals and silver
~ ware galore for achievements
in the water. But q man, VINO !!
pushed into a pool probably would
drown, will be presented with gift py
local natators for his efforts In the
ater-churning sport.
A. Earle Weeks, who never swan
stroke in his life, but whose EFFORTS
have made it possible for thousands TO
eniov the sport, will be the recipient
of q silver plaque, made possible
through the contributions OF all local
competitive swimmers.
Champ Will Present Plaque.
IN APPRECIATION Of his efdcient
and tireless efforts as chairman OF
the District A. A. U. Swimming Com
mittee, in which capacity he has made
It possible for them to gather addi-
tional awards, washington swimmers,
headed by Rita Augusterfer, District
A A. U. 22O and 440 yard free style
champion, will present Weeks with the
plaque on August 20 at the Washing
ton Canoe Club, in conjunction with
the Presidents Cup 3-mile swim.
responsible for bringing to wash
inpton such outstanding events as the
mems Junior national diving. mems
Junior national medley relay, mems
i,,nior national water polo and wom-
EMS Junior national medley champion
sh,ns. weeks has elevated local com.
netitive swimming to . new high plane.
Although weeks, on 'tns aovies q
Evening star., 1936-08-22
PARKS NET FINAL
VET-ROOK MATCH
Fischer, Dark Horse From
Detroit; WethereII Play
for Championship.
BY the Associated Press.

ut. LOUIS, August 22.-The ma
- tional public parks tennis
championship rested today be-
- tween an unrecognized dark
horse from Detroit and a top ranking
veteran from the West Coast.
Carl Fischer, stocky, blond Detroit
champion who came here a virtual
unknown, bowed into the tournament
by blasting top-seeded Bill Lurie of
New York, then moved uncolorfully
to the final round. Opposing Fischer
was flashy Louis Wetherell of Los
Angeles, who was forced to a five-set
semi-final tilt by MacNeill Smith of
East st. Louis.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
WHITNEY HORSES
DOMINATE SHOW
Take Grand Championship,
Reserve CoIors in Ring
at Berryvi|Ie.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

6pcClbI b1Sp0tCu 10 u0 6J2I.
~ ERRYvILLE, Va, August a.
x Mrs. John Hay Whitney, who
has been committing between
the Saratoga races and the
Virginia horse shows in recent weeks,
made q flying trip to this towns great
annual festival Of equines yesterday
and saw her imposing brown mare,
Spring Hope, win the grand cham
pionship Of the meet, while a s.
year-old youngster named Nickel
earned the reserve color for her
Llangollen Stables.
When the leading point winners in
the two-day session were lined up to
be judged on their relative merits at
the close of the exhibition. there were
three horses in the ring. ALI three
belonged to Mrs. Whitney, who at
least had her rewards for leaving the
cool luxury Of Saratoga and passing
two days amid teeming, sweltering
crowd on a show ground ankle deep
in dust.
While the Whitney string, both be-
cause Of its size and strength, often
dominates the news of horse shows
in this district. all is not told in the
report Of its triumphs, for many a
good hunter goes out to the wars
against the pride of Llangollen and
returns victorious, such was the case
here, with DR.. Lewis Aliens impress
sive sons of Cog Gaulois matching the
Whitneyites at many turn, and such
reliable owners as Mrs. George p.
Greenhalgh, the Peach brothers,
Turner Wiltshire and others sending
out the quality that is always ex-
pected of them.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
Aid. Starr Entered.

tourney last was QelQ al OOluIu-
bia, scores of 155 got into the tourney
held at the Kenwood Club near Gin
cinnati. This year, with little faster
field and fast course, the scoring may
be lower, and it may take 153 or bet
ter to make the grade on Tuesday.
Not a single player from among the
recognized amateur stars around
Washington has failed to enter the list,
and, in addition to the club players,
there are five entrants from the East
Potomac Golf Club. which only re-
Gently became member of the United
States Golf Association. One Of these
entrants is Claude B. Rippy, local pub
lie links title-holder, and runner-up
for the national crown last month.
Pairings and starting times for the
local tests follow:
Tbeodore Rutey P Tss1
tto5 s:o5:Is:o5 pm@EraSk T. kesslass'
Chevy Chase; Maury FITZGERALD. Kenwood.
s:i0- l2:!0-Max g. TAYLOR. Beaver
oa Pa 3 AEsf FAT
DAM FTed 4 sayase w.lfsr jE Es5ass Ns,msn Han.
over &. G.. Hanover. Pa; Hickman Greene.
spsSs Ea2s7d f. Bean sssh' Indian
Poso%sc; ); N. Haiieck. ,ksnwosd. ,..r.
chase + n Goodwin, H. jr Leg; res fv'
.ional: Claude 5: Rippy. East Potomac.
1ndan sprtns: oeoPse n Molios t Esst p:
s:5o-12 :5o-volney G. Burnett Indian
Spring W. E. Dettweiler, Jr. Congress
s:f5,5-1e: e:55-Miller B. stevinson. Co.
u@0ia si&Robsrt ROBE Brownel Tet'Si indian Spring;
s;o5ei: :e5-HsTyey F. Johnson: ir CO.
Hanover. Pa Capt. b. F. STAGE. Army
9:15-l lit Welby Kines. East Po-
L. Caldwell Hillendai ie.N
dale; %ilii;s%m HIadshaw, Indian sp5ins; Spring :,
Leo Cullinane Kenwood
9:35-ll, ;3,5-Rslph ?; ouinter; jr;i Chevy
a 49mNorman aaanSBaf B Frost aieed columb,a;
M Pnrker Nolan; cpngressi0nsl sansk
! asoi hG5p 's6J W. HExS MaFvey Sn5Te 3T, Manor; e.
p. .Brunine. Hillendale.
spsnssr overson Rollins mGsns Road bai'lm0fe
10-2-otto p. Greiner. Rodgers Forge;
i0:05-2 :O5EDavid L. Davis. Austin C.
G., A: stin, Tex; Walter e. Greiner.
Rodeerr Forge
.1O:1O-2:1O-Ed Semmler. Hillendale;
EDGAR T. Brown. Rodgers Forge.
1umbia Jack Fulton. Baltimore
10;20.2:20-Troy Carmichael. Congress
sional: Martin F. Mccarthy Columbia
10:25-2:25--C. c. Trautner. Indian
sD1ps ?9ha 5sTr GGamsia Pi1tmsh
Harry G. Pitt. Manor
1n:35-2;35-.Iohn H. Maroney, Indian
Spring; George F. Miller. Columbia
I0:4o.2 :40wMaj: r. <; Sutherland.
10:45-2:45-Jesse F. Bagsett Beaver
sn1,nS 1,G;5o,NS;50nGpllns N.tS.n Gaines; L. Indian
10: 55-2 :55-John r. Miller. Beaver
Isl. Stewart Barr. Columbia; Mark
z. Trone, Hanover
IL :O5-3 :O5-Donald woodward. Column
11:Io.s: 1o.Wiiiiaim B. Waxter. jr.,
Green Spring Valley; Morton Mccarthy,
Princess Anne.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
P. WA.
NINE KEEPS BUSY
Will Play Practice Games
to Keep in FettIe for Post
Season Series.
VICTORIOUS In both halves of
the Departmental Base Ball
Leagues season. Public Works

" Leagues season, Public Works
' Administrators nine today
was content to schedule practice
games for a while until the time comes
for it to test its power with the cham
pions of other sandlot leagues.
A Ga triumph over Government
Printing Office clinched the second
half pennant yesterday for P. w. A,
which now awaits the city series with
supreme confidence.
In only one inning was Matlack en-
dangered by the bats Of the Printers,
who scored all of their runs in the
fifth. Benny Schneider's home run
with two on accounted for three. Out
side of that frame Matlack was su-
preme, turning the losers back score
less for the other five innings and
giving up only six hits.
Hudson Best Hitter.
HUDSON led p. w. AS attack with
three hits. but Koenig, Jewett,
Farrell and Coe got two apiece.
The Bankers League also ended
Its season when Riggs scored in all
but one inning to wallop Metropolitan,
1876, and Hamilton doubled the score
on American Security, 1915. National
Savings & Trust clinched the Bankers
championship more than a week ago.
Timmons' three-hit pitching acted
as a whitewash brush for Mount Ver-
non, which BANKED Metropolitan Bap-
tist, 80, in a Washington Church
League game.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
Dozen TO QUALIFY
FOR TITLE QUEST
Every Amateur Star in D. c.
Ready for Test Tuesday
on Columbia Links.
by w. r. McCALLUM.

BY w. r. McCALLUM.
EVENLY EIGHT players for IL
- places. Fifty-six golfers from
all the local clubs, with % play
~ ers from nearby spots, to play
Sc holes for the right to compete in
the national amateur links champion
ship at Garden City. Long Island,
starting September IA.
That's the set-up for the sectional
qualification rounds for the cham
pionship at Columbia next Tuesday.
Pairings and starting times for the
36-hole test, with all the prominent
local simon pures entered, were re-
leased today by the Maryland State
Golf Association. The Middle Atlantic
champion-Levi Yoder-and the Dis
trict champion-Roger Peacock-head
the brilliant field, which will set out
at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning in quest
of the IL places allotted to this sector
in the championship trials to be held
on 80 courses throughout the Nation
next Tuesday. Section rounds at Los
Angeles and San Francisco already
have been held.
One Place to Six Starters.
THIS area, which includes the local
- clubs, Maryland and nearby Penn
sylvania, gets IL places for 78 players,
q ratio of about one player to each
six starters. Last year. at Indian
Spring, the area had IA places, but
this year another qualifying spot was
added, at Richmond.
Two of the entrants in the local field
are classed as "floaters," or men from
outside the territorial limits of the
area. These are Morton Mccarthy,
the portly former Middle Atlantic
champion from Virginia Beach. and
David l.. Davis of Austin, Tex.
Two more local amateurs have gone
far afield to attempt to qualify. Page
Hufty of Chevy Chase is in the field at
the Country Club of Brookline, near
Boston, and Craig Mckee of Columbia
will start at Des Moines, Iowa, making
So local entrants in all in the sectional
rounds for the amateur championship.
Evening star., 1936-08-22
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

~ N THE trophy Shelves OF scores
4 of Washington swimmers and
I divers are medals and silver
,r,ro oo1ore for achievements
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-22
BERRY GROWERS
TO CONVENE AT
THE ALLEN FARM
Tuesday, May 26, Date For An
nual Strawberry Field
Day, In Salisbury

Growers of strawberries and others
interested in that crop will gather at
the w. F. Allen Company Farm near
Salisbury, Maryland, on Tuesday, May
26, for their annual Strawberry Field
Day, it is announced by A. F. Vier-
heller, Extension Horticulturist of the
University of Maryland. A feature
of the day will be inspection of ex-
detrimental plots under the supervis-
ion of DIR. George barrow of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture and DIR. A.
Lee Schrader of the Maryland Expert
ment Station.
Mr.. Vierhel 'es that those at
tending will have an opportunity to
see the Dorset, Fairfax, Blakemore,
Big Joe, Catskill and Premier varie-
ties of strawberries grown in matted
rows and also in narrow rows, with
plants spaced and II inches apart.
Also, there will be shown five varie-
ties of the ever-bearing types, Mas
todon, Gem, Wayzata, Aiken, and En-
pire All Red; these varieties are be-
ing grown in matted rows, in 7 and
n inch plant spacings, and in double
hill rows with various numbers OF
runner plants.
An additional feature will be COM
parison of plots of all varieties grown
with and without irrigation.
At similar meeting last year, &C
cording to Mr.. Vierheller, growers
found great interest in growth OF
plants spaced farther apart than is
now the custom. Under commercial
conditions, he says, Dorset, Fairfax
and Blakemore varieties grown in IL
inch wide rows, with runner plants
spaced inches apart, yielded 1864
quarts per acre, which is large in
crease over the usual average yield
He explains that the wider spacing
gives each plant more chance to deve-
lop and produce larger and better
fruit, and permits cleaner picking and
higher percentage of marketable ber-
ries
The plots will be open for inspec-
ton during the entire day and will
be explained to visitors.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-22
DROUGHT IS HURTING
THE GROWING CROPS

The prevailing drought is playing
havoc with growing crops. The straw
berry season, so far as quantity is
concerned, is a failure; prices are
holding up fairly well, ranging from
50 to 81 a crate.
Tomatoes are suffering for rain.
Already many plants have withered
and died, and replanting has become
necessity in many fields. High
winds, have on certain days, joined
with the suns rays to bake the fields,
and still relief seems far in the dis
lance.
On Tuesday last, a sprinkle visited
this section, hardly enough to lay the
dust. Since then the air has been
much cooler, and, to humans, the heat
less exhausting. The weather man
does not hold out any representations
for clouds and rainfalls. Farmers are
bound to suffer and with them, all
the rest of the community.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-22
COMMUNITY
SIGN-UP MEETS
in SOMERSET CO.
County Agent Keller Gives No
tice Of Meetings, Saturday
To Tuesday, Inclusive

The series of community sign-up
meetings being held by Somerset
County Agent C. 2. Keller for the pur
pose of giving the farmers of the
county an opportunity to prepare the
work sheets in connection with the soil
conservation program, will close with
the following meetings.
Pocomoke, Saturday, May 23rd,
Gladding's Garage.
Westover, Monday, May 25th, w.
C. Ford's Store.
Princess Anne, County Agents Of
flee, Tuesday, May 26th.
Applications will be received and
work sheets will be prepared during
the day or night from 8 A. M. to 8
P. NJ, in order that every farmer will
have the opportunity to have his
work sheet prepared at one of the
meetings.
The purpose of the work sheet is to
list the acreage of all crops harvest
ed in 1885. Acreage figures also
will be collected on idle crop land in
1885, on crop land pasture, and the
land in roads, lanes, buildings and
feed lots.
The principal crops which will make
up the soil depicting bases for farm
ers in this county are corn, potatoes,
vegetable crops, soybean hay and
small grain crops.
There will be class 1 payment of
$1,000 an acre for a reduction of Is
per cent in the soil depicting crops
and the seeding of this acreage to soil
conserving crops.
The soil conserving crops include
practically all annual, biennial and
perennial legumes as the clovers, les
pedeza and grasses grown on crop
land from which no soil depicting crop
is harvested during the year.
There is also a second class pay
ment of $1.00 an acre, known as soil
building payment for each acre in a
soil conserving crop this year.
Some of the work sheets that have
been prepared showed possible pay
ments of several hundred dollars. 1t
is estimated that the farmers of the
county can receive total benefit pay
ments of approximately $4,000.
The continued drought has curtailed
the acreage of the soil depicting crops
and it would seem to be advisable to
seed one of the soil conserving crops
as soybeans or cowpeas for turning
under as a green manure crop, and
receive the benefit payment, as well as
improving the land, instead of allow
ing the land to remain idle.
Work sheets can be prepared at the
office of the County Agent follow
ing the community sign up days.
The final date to accept the work
sheets, will probably be around the
middle of June. Work sheets must
be filed before the farmers can be-
come eligible to receive the benefit
payment.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-22
R. 7. GRANT NOTIFIES
FARMERS OF MEETINGS

According to R. T. Grant, County
Agent, practically all Worcester coun-
ty farmers are eligible for payments
under the new Soil Conservation Act,
but are required to make out a work
sheet of their 1885 acreage before they
receive these payments.
The work of sgning these work
sheets is progressing rapidly with
sign-up meetings scheduled as fol-
lows:
Stockton, May 22nd, 9th, Fire
House, 9 a. m. to p. m.
Pocomoke, May 23rd, 18th, Citizens
Bank, 9 a. m. to p. m.
Berlin, May 25th Municipal Build
ing, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Snow Hill, May 26th, County
Agents office, 9 a. m. to p. m.
All farmers who have not reported
on their crop acreage for 1885 are
urged to do so at once.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-22
"Chirps'' ~
from the
Democrats Pen
from the

Well. Sir. some of these folks who
are trying for that money prize by
counting those dots, are complaining
that the pesky things won't stay
counted after they're told to. They
keep jumping around all over the
black square, and if you happen to
close your eyes, there are about forty
million of 'em photographed on the
retina, or some other gimcrank OF the
eye ball.
They say it's like counting sheep as
they Jump over the fence-a httle
scheme to cure insomnia. just as
you've got 'em all over, then they
come skippin' back again, and tnen
you feel like sayin' things not in Holy
Writ. got message over the phone
the other day asking me, if all the
dots were to be counted.
I said, "That's what they're there
for"
But" it was argued, "Some Of
'em have holes in 'em."
was just bit intrigued as to how
such a small thing as one of those dots
could have a hole in it. Seems to me
the hole would have done away with
the dot. There couldn't be both the
hole and the dot, too. They couldn't
resemble doughnut that much.
Howsomever, Pm not supposed to
know anything about that little exer-
else in eyesight and "figgers"; All
I'm supposed to do is to furnish the
cash for the best counter; and I'm
here to tell you, want lot OF you
people to dive into that mess of dots
and tell us how many there are. I'm
scared to death I'll have some OF my
hard earned money to cough up. It's
easy, and you don't know what might
happen.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-22
MEETING CALLED
TO DISCUSS CITY
IMPROVEMENT
Mayor Ross Desires Reaction
With Reference To Munich
pal Building

By advertising in today's issue OF
the Democrat" Mayor E. w. Ross
has given notice of a citizens meeting
to be held next Tuesday evening at
7:3O o'clock, in the Municipal Build
ing on Willow Street. This meeting
is for the purpose of securing the
ideas and wishes of the people of Po-
comoke relative to the erection of a
municipal building in this city-a pro-
iect much needed in the community.
Just how much the structure is
needed; where it is proposed to place
it; and how the funds are to be pro-
cured, are all topics of Importance to
be discussed. What is to be empha-
sized equally with these points is the
responsibility of Pocomoke's citizen
ship in all such matters, and the i'm
portance of their attendance at meet
ings called for consideration of all
civic matters.
Regretful as it may be, such calls
upon the men and women of commune
ties, are frequently unheard, and
many residents apparently do not
recognize their duty to participate in
discussions looking toward local
changes and improvements. They pre-
fer to absent themselves and then
apparently take great pleasure in
criticizing adversely the action taken
by those who did care enough to be
present. In many cases, tax payers
absent themselves from public dis
cussions, because they may not see
any chance to influence action ac-
cording to their views, and, after
wards soundly berate whatever is ac-
complished in Meeting assembled.
Why not attend and express views for
or against in the presence of fellow
citizens. This will win far preater
approval than talking on the street
corner. The Democrat" would urge
large attendance next Tuesday in
the interest ia project that should
receive universal support.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-22
SALISBURY STORES TO
CLOSE MEMORIAL DAY

By advertisement in today's "Demo-
craft, it can be seen that, despite the
fact that Memorial Day May 80, falls
on a Saturday, the weeks biggest
shopping day, Salisbury merchants
have decided to keep their stores
closed for the entire day.
The Salisbury Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION has made a canvass of the
down town shopping section and the
great majority of the stores have
signed an agreement to close for the
entire day.
In discussing the full day closing,
Mr.. l. L. Benjamin, President of the
Association, stated that in view of the
fact that an agreement was reached
some years ago to close all stores on
Memorial Day, it would be inconsis-
tent to discontinue the celebration of
this patriotic holiday because it falls
on Saturday.
Salisbury stores will remain open
during the evening of Friday, May 30
the night before the holiday, for the
convenience of shoppers.
Practically every type of store in
Salisbury has agreed to close, with
the exception of the grocery stores,
which have not as yet, announced any
plans.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-05-22
COUNTING THE DOTS

COUNTING DOTS has proved popular and the count
ing still The contest does not close until June
rd and those who have counted them and entered have
good chance yet to win of the cash prizes The
test less than ten out of hundred usually
count them right Read details inside You can't lOse II
you fail to win prize you get the Democrat for
months IA MONTHS with it's local county news and
month additional II page ROtOgravure farm
it
HOW MANY dots there, constantly asked? Hon.
esty do not know. We have tried to count them. The
campaign manager does not know The only who does
is the who made the plate and he lives hundreds of
miles His machine count is sealed and will be opened
Judges when the contest closes. Until then nobody
knows AhO several tell they do because they have
counted them Maybe The contest closes June 3rd
Every is being checked arrival by the contest
manager and all books will be turned to the judges
when the contest closes.