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The Washington times., 1936-03-28
COLONIAL NINE OPENS SEASON AGAINST BU(
VinDeAnge|is
To Take Hill
Fore. W.
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

oy OcONNG kAs O4GNAA OO4N
George Washington University,
facing one of the most difficult
schedules in the schools baseball
history, plunges into action this
afternoon, entertaining Ohio state
in Baggett's Stadium, Alexandria,
at 2 o'clock. Winnie DeAngelis is
the ColonialS' hurting choice. Yes
terday'S Ohio State-Maryland
game scheduled at College Park,
was cancelled on account Of rain.
Max Harrington. who has been
aiding Coach Edward X. Morris
with the team, speaks highly Of
Fred Price, Six-foot sophomore
who'll play first-base. Says Max:
"He should prove one Of the
cIaSsieSt players in college base
ball hereabOutS. Price not only
fields in grand style but also
has shown batting power in the
few drills we've had this year."
PRACTICE HAMPERED
Price, a southpaw, halls from
Erasmus Hall High, Brooklyn, N.
Y, where DeAngelis performed
before entering George Washing
ton.
Rains and the flood have
gnawed the teams practice and
the squad isn't as far advanced
as Coaches Morris and Harrington
desire.
Not only must the squad travel
half way across town to drill on
the Rosedale playground field but
no site other than Baggett'S Stad.
iun was available for the opening
game. Yet, these handicapS have
neither discouraged coaches nor
players and the few practice ses-
sions have been marked by an
enthusiastic spirit.
Conditioning Of the Colonial
tennis players too has been re
tarded by the weather. The net
men open with Amherst on the Co
lumbia Country Club courts Fri
day.
Draws Line ON Array
The weather also has hindered
workouts Of the Georgetown base
ball team but Coach Ralph NC
Carthy has been able to draw q
line on his probable array. Pitch
ing will be provided by George
Nicketakis, Ed Cuffe. Mike Petros-
Ky, Tony BarabaS, Ed Spiegel,
Jim Drury and Joe Wojciechow'
ski.
Capt. Gus Crenshaw is a fixture
behind the plate but Mario Greg
orio and John Loving will be re-
lief catchers. Harry Basin will
occupy first and John Cacadine at
third. Buddy Nau or Bob Ferrara
viii handle second base with
Tommy Keating or Ed Bodine
handling short. The outfielderS
will be chosen from "Smitty"
Nau, r. Peanuts" Sheeran, AL
Perrine, Alex Urbanski and Tom
my Nolan. The HilltopperS open
with Western Maryland on
April s.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Pacific Coast
Loop Opens

SAN FRANCISCO, March 28.
With a fiery and new prexy, q new
city in the loop, and a new spirit,
the Pacific Coast League, once
the hottest minor league in the
nation, but in the doldrums for
the past five years, today was to
open its 1886 schedule before
approximately $4,000 fans in four
California ball parks.
The leagues new president is
W. c. Tuttle, author Of Western
fiction.
San Diego replaced Hollywood
In the league following a row.
New managers, besides Killifer
at Sacramento, are Willie Kamm,
formerly Of the Chicago White
Sox and Cleveland Indians, now
boss of the San Francisco Mis-
sions; Max Bishop, Of Philadel-
phia, now leader Of the Portland
Beavers, and Bill Meyer, last year
at Binghamton and now chief Of
the Oakland Oaks.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Boys Club Card for
New Week
Indoor Baseball

(Junior World Series for the Junior
Indoor Baseball Championship
March 81. S:45 p. m" B. C. Cubs vs.
B. c. Browns.
April ?. S:45 p. M. B. c. Cubs vs.. B. c.
Browns.
April 3, S:45 p M. B. C. Cubs VS.. B. C.
Browns; 4, 6:15 p. M, B. C. Cubs vs.. B.
C. Browns.
March 80, 7:4S p. m. B. C. Red sox We.
B. c. Rules.
(Winner to meet the B. C. Tigers for
the second half championship senior sec
tion Of the Indoor Baseball League.)
Touch Football
March 80. s:45 p. m, B. c. Tigers vs..
B. C. Ruels.
(PIay-off series for the 115-145-pound
class league championship
115.POund Glass
April 1, 7:45 p. M, B. C. Americans
vs. Bovello Midgets; ., T:45 p. M, B. c..
Americans VS.. Bobello Midgets; 8, 7:45
p. M, B. c. Americans VS.. Bevello
Midgets.
145.POund Glass
April 1, S:45 p. M, Merrick B. C.. vs..
Georgetown B. c.: ., S:45 p. m. Merrick
B. c. vs.. Georgetown B. c.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
MediCa Cracks
Swim Marks

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, March %.
Shattering records in both events,
Jack Medica, Of Seattle, today
emerged as the first double cham
pion in the 18th annual National
Collegiate Athletic Association
swimming meet.
Medica shaded Johnny Ma
cioniS, Yale sophomore, to win
the 220-yard free style. in 2:09.6
which bettered his own intercol-
legiate record. In winning the
1500-meter swim. Medica also
created a new record.
Dan Zehr, ace Of Northwestern
University, smashed the 150-yard
tsckStroke record when he was
clocked in 1868.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Electrical
Pin League

s22. High team set-PEPCO-Mainten
ance, 1.74s. High Individual game
Goad, 1853. High individual set-Moyer,
424. High Individual averages-Overend,
1887: Robinette. 1898: Meyer. 1928:
1905: s. hawthorn. 11O-s2; Clements.
110-15; Eckstine. 110-12. High strikes
Goad. 45; James, a.: Overend. a: Meyer,
~; Robinette. ~; Roller, Al: Smith. 40.
High spares-Robinette, 200; Vitale. 1877;
Overend, 1913; Meyer. 100; Eckstine. 1877:
Goad. 1870; Clements. 1T. High weekly
game-Bush, 140.-
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Last Nights Fights

AT CHICAGO-Red Burman, Baltl.
more heavyweight. knocked out Buddy
Knox, Dayton. OhiO (5). Harry Thomas,
Eagle Bend. Minn., heavyweight,
stopped Harry Nelson, Detroit (5). Bob
Tow, Alexandria. Va, knocked out Lou
Janek, Buffalo, n. ", heavyweight (9.
Johnny Erjavec, 1S1, Duluth, beat Joe
Lipps, 179. Ty-ty. Ca. co.. Sandy Nc.
Donald, 194, Cleveland, decisioned
PacKy Gardner, ais. Indianapolis Cs).
Bobby Kraft, III, Dayton, Ohio, de.
feated Eddie Boyle, 17S, Cleveland (6).
AT HOLLYWOOD-Ceferi Garcia,
147, Manila, scored technical knockout
over Lou Halper, 1491S, Newark. N. j.,
(6). Pete De Grasse, 126, Mohawk
Indian, outpOinted Danny London, New
York (6).
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Washington Red Sox
Practice Tomorrow

Bill Jenkins manager of the
Washington Red Sox, has called
another practice session for his
team for tomorrow morning at IL
o'clock. jenkins would like to hear
from out-of-town teams in regards
to games, he may be reached at
Atlantic 3922-R, or address him at
521 Seventeenth st. S. E.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
A PAIR OF JUNIORS ALL TIED UP

THIS SITUATION almost could be called tie because
heir TO- However they were up in few moments quite in
the fashion of the familiar professional bouts where holds
held for long. Carl Lngmack Paul Junior High
the lad top. Raymond Huyke Washington Boys Club
the opponent Huyks the winner. The bout part
of the Boys Club mat tourney Gallaudet. Times Staff
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Bethesda Loops

SEASONS RECORDS
High team games-Friendship, 674:
Mutual insurance, 64s; Derrick Decorat-
ing, $40. High team sets-Mutual Insur.
ance, 1889; Friendship, 1,S47; Derrick
Decorating. 1,777. High individual
(F). 1859; Hiser (A.), 81. High in.
dividual games-Tew (B.), 1872; S. Parks
(M.). 1859; Walter (F.), 166. High ine
dividual sets-S. Parks (M.), AIS; Tai.
bert (MD, 412; Peaks (RD, 400.
High strikes-Linkins (FD, At; Peaks
(R.), IS; Pugh (S.). A. High spares
Linkins (F). 23O; F. Riley CD. 213;
r. Parks (M.), 206.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Bethesda Mems S
Business Loop
U. S. Shipping Board

SEASON RECORDS
High team game-Regulation No. I.
611. High team set-Regulation No. L
1.7S0. High individual game-McNally
(Finance), 162. High individual set
A. L. Lansdale (ReguIation No. 1, 4SA.
High individual average-Woody (SecrS-
tary), 1854. High average spares
Boylan (Finance), 2.6S. High average
strikas-Woody (Secretary), .7SS.
Weekly prize-Stoner (Operations), 14S
pins-36 pins over average.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Women S Pin Body
Meets Friday NIGHT

A meeting Of the Washington
Women's Duckpin Association will
be held on Friday, April 3, at 8
p. m. at the Lucky Strike alleys,
for the purpose Of making final
plans for its annual classified
tournament which will be held
this year at Convention Hall.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Ladies' Procurement

Individual avera ges-Gude. go; Thomp.
son, 90; Slayton, 81; Parillo, IS;
Hausenfluck, S.. Individual high sets
Guide, 500; Hausenfluck, 311. In"
dividual high spares-Thompson. So;
GUIDE, II. High team games-Alley
Cats, $50: Pinettes, 47O. High team
sets-Cardinals, 1875; Alley Cats, 1888.
Individual high strikes-Anderson, 13S
GUIDE, IL. Individual high games
Hausenfluck, 1928; Anderson, 1872;
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
ResettIements PIav

Resettlement basketers meet the
Baltimore "Y" today at 3 p. m. in
Wilmington, Del, for the right to
clash with the Wilmington team at
9 p. m. in the title round Of the
interstate tourney,
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
WAR DEPARTMENT OMEN
APP Pin Loop

HIGH LIGHTS OF BOWLING
MONDAY NIGHT
High individual game, Hogan (Ann
Page), 13s High individual set (Prize
WINERY Casey (Encorel, 3e4. High team
game, Condor, $40. High team set, En-
core, 1887.
RECORDS OF IS HIGH AVERAGE
BOWLERS
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

LINEUP MONDAY, MARCH 80
Ann Page We. Grandmothers: Condor
VS.. Red Circle: Worthmore vs.. White
House: Bombay VS.. Wildmere; Cold
VS.. Sultana; Mayfair VS.. Sun
nybrook; SuHnyfield vs.. Nectar; En-
core VS.. s O'clock; Rajah VS.. Bokar.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
CoaImen Practice

The Washington Coal unlimited
baseball team will hold It's first
practice session of the season to-
morrow at noon on the Silver
Spring diamond. All players are
urged to report promptly.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
B. Y.P.U. Pin Loop

OhAoON IENOHD5
High strikesLCleary (w. wash.). A.:
Lewis (Second). 4s. High spares-Fel-
%ash.}. Was ITS 1s4: NS; eocRenour he @ tMst.S' ismC isC.
Averages-Cleary. 1879; Fellows. 117-s:
Gochenour, 116-5s: Jones, 1925; Olson.
1923; Bunch. 110-14; Meyer, 109-1S;
w. Brown. 1911: Greer, 100.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
McAboy Is Pilot

Lyman McAboy has been named
manager Of the Miller Furniture
nine this season. The Millers will
play In the Industrial League.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Interior Dept. Loop

High team set-Land, 1,S72. High
team game-Survey. 500. High individ-
ual set--Marchant. 4O3. High individ-
ual game-Miller, 17s. High number Of
strikes-Miller, AZ. High number of
spares-Olson. 163. High Individual aver.
ages-Olson. 112-1: Miller. 111-S4.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
ArIingtons Seek

Arlington A. C. diamonderS want
an exhibition game for tomorrow
at 2 p. m. on the Arlington field.
Phone Earl Mcpherson, Arlington
1898.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Sodality Ladies'

SEASON RECORDS
High average. flanagan. M, SO: high
strikes, Bennett. Gray, 13; high spares,
Hama gan, NJ. 90; high game, flanagan.
NJ. 1875; high team set st. Gabriel No.
1. 1895: high team game, st. Gabriel
No. l. 40.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Donaldson Sets
\ Pin Pace

Frank Donaldson continued his
pin-spilling in the Odd Fellows
Bowling League by turning in a
set Of 395 for Amity No. /, bringing
his average nearly to the 118 mark.
His team won all three from
Friendship.
Eastern upset Columbia for two
games, with Lund and Ehlers hav-
ing the best totals. .kelly's 131 put
Eastern across in the odd game.
Amity No. 2 rolled 1,780 to win
the set from Covenant, with the
Donaldson boys, Melvin, Ed and
Wally, contributing sets Of from
369 to 1862. Mt. Pleasant won two
games in a hot battle with Fred
D. Stuart.
The following contributed good
totals: Pierce Elicit, 1858; Cordell,
358; Norman Croft, $50: Gregory,
346; Steele, 344; Jim Elicit, 343;
Fonoroff, 345, and Chalmers Croft,
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Glen Mccarthy
AT THE RACES

Odd, but fact: white Hat" Nc
Carty's hat was seldom white-and
how could it very well be, since
the beaver chapeau was handled
pretty freely throughout day and
night. >. Lucky" Baldwin wasn't
always lucky-though q lot Of us
would like 10 per cent Of the luck
that came to him. :. 'Betcha Mil
lion" iates never offered to bet
anybody million on anything:
that moniker was the fiction Of a
bright young reporters imagina-
ton 80. Chicago" O'Brien saw
more years Of horse-playing in a
lot Of cities than he ever did in
Chicago. Pittsburgh Phil" was
famed as q plunger, but he never
made a plunging bet In Pitts
burgh; was just successful piker
when he left there.
What's the biggest check you
ever put your name to? Charlie
Weeghman, now running q swell
restaurant in New York, made a
fortune out Of lunch counters in
Chicago, and when he bought the
Nation II League Baseball Club in
that city (the Cubs), wrote out
his check for 100000.
Tells Story on Self
But the best story Charlie tells
on himSel .aS to do with old
Washington Fark racing days,
when the original Chicago track
Of that name was the hotsy-t -totsiest
race course west Of Sheepshe. |
Bay. Derby Day loomed up,
Weeghman ha6 a red hot tip on
The Picket. didn't know whether
to pay any attention to it or not
:. but was told the odds would be
long-So what the dickens!
Charlie had just bought one Of
the new-fangled gasoline buggieS,
and his dad and granddad were
in Chicago, his guests for the
Derby-and it would he their first
peek at a big thoroughbred horse
race. So. since Charley had prom
ised to bet a ten-spot for each Of
them on his hot tip-which would
be a long shot, they were a lot
more excited about The Picket
than over their Scion's merry
Oldsmobile. in which they chug-
chugged out Michigan Avenue to
tn race course. For Granddaddy
Weeghman confided to Charles
wife, that the biggest bet he'd
ever made on o horse was two
dollars, on Jay-Eye-See to win a
trotting race-and he only won q
dollar for his two!
Made Late Start
The Jolly party had made q
late start. and more than q mile
from the track found themselves
in a traffic jam.
Progress was so bad the chauf-
feur picked out side street detour
and lo!-within three blocks they
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
De Paul Gains Try-outs

CHICAGO, March 2s- s-Q.N.S0 De
Paul University, Of Chicago, today
had won the right to play in the
final Olympic basketball try-outS
at New York next month.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
SEASONS RECORDS

bbAoOIN . NHOOhDS
High team game-Lebanon, 65S; King
David, $50. High team set-Lebanon,
1898 whiting 1890. High individual
dverages-Litchfield, 1904; Simon, 49,
"a; Billheimer, 119-4s; Cleary, 1850;
Ellis, 1884. High individual games
17S; Brooks. 17S; Billheimer. 1853. High
4trikes-Simon, So; Del Vecchio. "A:
Roper, 43; Litchfield, "a: Billheimer, AZ.
High Spares-Cleary, 1877; Deputy, 1877;
Bittenbender, 1876; Hare, 1874; Miltner,
1872. High weekly games-Brooks, 17S;
Billheimer, 156.
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Season Record

High individual game-Claggett 161.
High individual set-Perce Elicit, 400.
High team game-Amity No. Q, 607.
High team set-Amity No. 2, 1,7s5
High strikes-Glossbrenner 81. High
spares-Wally Donaldson, 1913. High
average-Frank Donaldson, 117-42; Perce
Elicit, 116. ' -
The Washington times., 1936-03-28

CHURCH (LADIE
(Final Standings)
The Washington times., 1936-03-28
Made Late Start

The Jolly party had made o
late start. and more than q mile
from the track found themselves
in a traffic jam.
Progress was so bad the chauf-
feur picked out side street detour
and lo!-within three blocks they
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". Mr.. Thorne was the first

Wednesday. Mr.. Thorne was the first
passenger.
On the next trip the Rev. Henry
Bailey, Tangier clergyman, was the
passenger. The Rev. Mr.. Bailey had
been stranded in Crisfield, unable to
return to his charge.
Later, ]. Willard Tawes, chairman
of the Red Cross unit in Crisfield,
was flown to the island to make sur
vey of conditions there for the Ma
tional Red Cross in Washington.
Tuesday, Mr.. Tawes flew to Smiths
Island to investigate conditions.
Throughout the day the planes
pilot, Al Bennett, Of Highstown, N.
j., took back to Tangier or Smith
Islands members of a party of 60
fishermen and oystermen who have
been stranded in Crisfield for two
weeks, unable to return to their
homes because of the ice pack in
the bay.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Or
phans' Court for Worcester County,
Maryland, letters Testamentary on
the personal estate of Thompson J.
Henderson, late of Worcester County,
deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof, to the subscriber on or before
the 18th day of August, 1886. They
may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of the said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay
ment. Given under my hand this 9th
day of February, 1886.
JOSEPH C.. STEVENSON,
Executor.
Test: Paul Jones. Register of Wills
Feb. 7-3t.
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Extren7ities Weather
Mark This Season
Continued From Page u


monia victims on the island.
DR.. r. H. Johnson, county health
physician Of Somerset County, took
the oxygen equipment from Crisfield
to the islands. Although Tangier is
in Virginia, outside of DR.. Johnson's
jurisdiction, he undertook his mission
of mercy at the request of the is
lands two physicians, who have been
attempting to treat the pneumonia
cases without adequate equipment.
On neighboring Smith Island, ar
rangements were being made to take
Mrs. Eva McCready, severely burned
in an oil-stove explosion, to Washing
ton by airplane so that she night un-
dergo treatment at a hospital in the
capital.
Among those stricken with pneu-
monia on Tangier Island are the two
sons of James Thorne, mate on an
oyster boat. Mr.. Thorne was maroon
ed in Crisfield, unable to reach his
home, but Wednesday he flew by air.
plane to the bedside of his children.
Two other planes took Investigators
to Tangier and Smith Islands to in
vestigate conditions there.
One of the Investigators who land
ed on Tangier was Mrs. Theodore
Phillips, wife Of the vice-president of
the Phillips Packing Company of
Cambridge, Md. She was the first
woman to fly to Tangier.
Taking off at 8 A. M. from the
Easton airport with Capt. Charles
Richards at the controls of her plane,
Mrs. Phillips landed on Tangier 40
minutes later and began an immediate
survey to determine the needs of the
islanders, who have been isolated from
the outside world-except for visits
by aircraft-for over two weeks.
She returned to Easton about l P.
M. and was prepared to make report
on her Investigations on the island.
Between Crisfield and the islands
an aerial ferry service was operated
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FRANK BOWLER.
Trustees Sale

Stewart K. Powell and Warner
Ames, Trustees, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder in front
of Custis' Store, Charlottesville, Acco-
mack County, Virginia, on Saturday,
9Th day of February, 1886, at 2:3O
o'clock P. M. the valuable real estate
of Hattie Parks Northam known as
"Major Farm, containing 467 acres,
more or less, situate near the said vii
lage of Charlottesville.
On this property there is large
quantity of merchantable standing
timber.
For further information see poster
or address said Trustees.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express heartfelt ap-
probation of the quick response and
splendid work of our city firemen
when our home caught fire on Friday
evening last. We also wish to thank
our neighbors for sending in the
alarm, their invaluable assistance
and the kindness and courtesy shown
us in our hour of need.
A. A. Mason
Feb. 7-1tp.
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Evening star., 1936-01-02
7. v. SCOTT DIES;
VETERAN |. D. D. F.
Lodge Members Participate
in Funeral Services
This Afternoon.

Thomas w. Scott, 81. believed to
have been the oldest active member
of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows here. died Monday night at his
home. 32l5 o street, after four
months illness.
Funeral services we're to be held at
2 pm. today at the H. NJ Padgett
funeral establishment, Isl Eleventh
street southeast, with members of the
Beacon and other Odd Fellow lodges
participating.
Mr.. Scott joined Union Lodge, No.
II, I. o. o. F., in 1868. This lodge
later was consolidated with Beacon
Lodge, No. Is, in which Mr.. Scott
held nearly all honorary positions,
including that of noble grand, to
which he was to have been elevated
for q second time this month.
Many of the frame dwellings in
Southeast Washington were built by
Mr.. Scott when he was in the con-
tracing business. Previously, he had
been a member of the District Fire
and Police Departments. serving five
years in the former and two In the
latter. He is a native of Calvert
County. Md.
Surviving Mr.. Scott are his only
child. Mrs. Eva " Jordan; a grand
daughter and three great-grand-
children.
Evening star., 1936-01-02
Tenement BLAST
TOLL PUT AT FIVE
Five More Hurt in Explosion
Caused When Man Ignites
Gas.Filled Cellar.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FresS'
BUFFALO, N. Y, January 2.-Five
persons were dead and five others
were in hospitals today as the re-
suit of a gas explosion, which ripped
to pieces a three-story tenement IN
the Italian quarter New Year morn
ing
The dead are Joseph Presi1llipo, 81.
and his wife Geraldine, 81; Thomas
Scorsone, A; his wife Mary, "a, and
their daughter Anna, IL.
Another Scorsone child, Rosa, 8,
was reported in critical condition,
bat her brother and sister, Peter, S,
and Tionetta, 9, we're believed out
Of danger. The others injured are
Santo Presifllipo, II, and his brother
Joseph, 13, sons of one of the dead
couple.
Authorities agreed the blast was
due to escaping gas in the cellar.
Police said apparently Presifllipo
went into the cellar with a candle
and struck a match to light it. The
explosion followed. The building COL
lapsed and buried the two men, two
women and four of the children un-
der the wreckage.
The Presifillipo brothers were
blown out of the structure and were
not seriously injured.