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Evening star., 1936-11-26
CIVIL WAR NURSE
FOUNDED HOSPITAL
Richmond Scenes of Horror
Softened by Tender
Young Woman.

The Sunday night of July 81, 1861,
found Richmond hot and terror
stricken, says the Richmond Times
Dispatch. The first big battle of the
war had been fought a few hours be-
fore, the first Battle of Manassas.
They were telling it around that the
Federal troops had won great VIC
tory and were marching on Rich
mond; and that there had been blood
shed past all belief.
During the night, dispatch from
Jefferson Davis, who was at the scene
of the battle, stopped half these
rumors: I'VE have won glorious
though bought victory. Night
closed on the enemy in full flight
and closely pursued"
Dearly Bought Victory.
How dearly bought this victory was,
Richmond saw "a hours later on that
stormy Monday night when the first
ambulance train arrived in a down.
pour Of rain. bearing the wounded.
The cry was for more stretchers, more
instruments, more torniquets, more
stimulants-more of everything that
would ease maddening pain, help am
putate splintered limbs and make
sound bodies once again out of that
sorry mess of blood and protruding
bones. 1t was not sight for those
who held that war was glorious.
Among the women who went down
to minister to the wounded was Miss
Sally Tompkins.
Women were thought to be retiring
creatures in the day of 81, but not
10 days after she had seen the first
of the hundreds of wounded men that
poured into Richmond from Manassas
Miss Sally had opened up a hospital
1t stood on the northwest corner of
Third and Main, the home of Judge
John Robertson, who had taken his
family to the country, and who. in
answer to Miss Sally's frantic pleas
for a hospital, had turned over to her
his dwelling.
Robertson Hospital.
With the little money she had Miss
Sally equipped her hospital, which she
called the Robertson Hospital. During
the four years of the war she nursed
1884 wounded men. There were no
trained nurses There were The Ladies
of the Robertson Hospital" women
who gave their services and offered
courage and willingness in place of
formal training. There were seven
surgeons, all of whom gave their serv-
ices, and stewards. And there was
gardener, a wounded man, who
raised fine vegetables in the back
yard of the hospital. and carpenter,
another wounded man, who made
chairs and other furniture. One OF
the chairs may be seen in the Con-
federate Museum.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
VANDERBILT HEIRESS
TO WE'D H. G. DAVIS
Miami County Judge to Officiate
Tomorrow at Ceremony
on Yacht.
By the Associated Press.

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, November
26.-Mrs. Earl E. T. Smith, the former
Consuelo Vanderbilt. will be married
today to Henry Gassaway Davis, Sd,
former husband of her cousin, Grace
Vanderbilt, in a quiet ceremony on
her fathers yacht.
William K. Vanderbilt announced
last night the engagement of his
daughter to the mining heir.
Only few close friends will attend
the ceremony, performed by County
Judge w. F. Blanton of Miami.
The former Mrs. Smith Is the
younger daughter of the late Mrs.
Virginia Fair Vanderbilt.
Davis, grandson of Henry Gassa-
way Davis. one-time Democratic vice
presidential nominee, nine years ago
eloped with Grace Vanderbilt, daugh-
ter of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, and married her in civil
ceremony. witnessed by a policeman.
A New York columnist reported Earl
e. T. Smith, Consuelo's former hus-
band, would marry Mimi Richard
son, daughter of the CORTLAND Rich
ardsons, before the end of the Christ
mas holiday season.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
MOTORISTS FINED
Arlington Judge Imposes $40 and
rac%o C1,~

Arlington Judge Imposes $40 and
Costs on Four.
b O. Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,
November 26.-Four motorists were
fined $40 and costs by Judge B. M.
Hedrick in County Court yesterday on
charges of reckless driving.
They were listed as Edward L. Ston-
hell, Braddock, Alexandria; Eugene w.
Hyde, $500 block Of Thirteenth street,
Washington; Policarpo N. Rulloda,
100 block Of F street, Washington,
and Arthur p. Decker, River road,
Alexandria. The fine against Decker
was suspended. Two of the motorists
were arrested by State Officer c. B.
Presley.
Evening star., 1936-11-26
FIRE DESTROYS HORSES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN. Md, November
26.--Three valuable horses perished
and q barn filled with corn was de-
stroyed in fire yesterday at the farm
Of T. Grover Stone near Budds Greek.
Damage was placed at $1,000.
Stone told authorities the blaze was
Of incendiary origin. A store owned
by Stone was razed by fire nearly
three years ago.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Playground Ken,uood Won Reure Open Golf
Potomac to Ciue Old Dominion
R0,vers Chance to Even Score

ouadruple sculis - Won BY Potomac
Distance. one-haif mile Time. 1855.
Eisht-oared shell - Won by Potomac
tStewart. Henderson. Birch. Duncan. Her
man. Knox. Dollins. Bun and G. Haid,
coxswain): second. Old Dominion Mon
roe. Travis. Moriarity Whitton. Bradley,
Hoy. Bales, Whitestone and H. Scott,
coxswain).
In the singles the Potomac forfeited
when its representative did not appear
for the event.
INTRACLUB EVENTS.
Canoe.
Singles-First. Harding; second White
stone: third, Bales.
Doubles-First, Hoy and Bradley; sec
ond. Whitcstone and Scott; third. Doni-
phan and Monroe.
In and out race"-First. Scott; sec
ond. Doniphan: third. Whitestone.
Kangaroo-First, Scott; second, Doni-
phan: third Harding.
Tandem over gunwales-First, White.
stone and Scott; second. Doniphan and
Fours without psddles--First, scotts
team: second. Whitestone's team.
In Q comedy canoe race the Old Do
minion skies. without paddles, defeated
tho Potomac. The winners were G.
Jameson, Roberts. Edmunds. Boothe, Nich-
,lson and Grant.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
SIXTEEN UNDER PAR,
M'LEOD SETS MARK
Columbia Pro Has Scores of %,
26, "a and 26 for Nine Hole
Course at Swampscott.

SOuASC az o~ dmPSSotts
Special Dispatch to The Star
CWAMPSCOTT, Mass, August "a
Freddie Mcleod. professional of
the Columbia Country Club of Wash
ington, set an all-time record for the
new Ocean House golf course yester-
day. The famous nine-hole short
course was no problem for the former
national open champion. In four con-
secutive rounds he shot 104, or Is un-
der par. His scores were %. 26, "a
and 26, the "a in the second round
equaling the record of the course
which has baffied the best golfers in
America in the last 20 years.
A gallery of distinguished North
Shore vacationists followed Mcleod
throughout the four rounds over the
course, with its handkerchief greens
spaced from 100 to 165 yards apart.
The professional shot with deadly
accuracy, making nine deuces. In
only a single instance did he 60 over
par and then only by one.
Mcleod was paired with Walter p
Skinker Of Washington, their oppo-
nents being Alex Ellis, professional at
the Tedesco Country Club here. and
Leonard Green, professional at the
new Ocean House.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.

Bob Feller, Indian s-Held
Browns to six hits and struck out
Is in first major league start.
Travis Jackson and Hal Schu-
macher, Giants-Former batted in
all winners runs in 80 double
header opener win against Bees:
Schumacher pitched eight-hit ball
in nightcap.
Larry Rosenthal, White Sox-
Had three hits. driving in two runs,
in win over Tigers.
Pete Appleton and Cecil Travis,
Senators-Former pitched five-hit
ball in twin bill opener; latter
drove in three runs with double
and single in nightcap.
Larry French, Cubs-Held Reds
to four singles for TO win.
Joe Di Maggie, Yanks, and
Johnny Kroner, Red Sox-Former
hit homer and double, batting in
two runs in double header opener
win; Kroner drove in four runs in
nightcap with double and two
singles.
Art Garibaldi. Cardinals-Drove
in three runs with three singles in
win over Pirates.
Frenchy Bordagaray, Dodgers,
and Bucky Walter, Phillies-For-
mer drove in two runs in twin bill
opener: Walter pitched nine-hit
ball in nightcap.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
CROOK WILL DEFY
ALL MOTOR CRAFT
Ready to Send His Betty V
Against Speeders That
Challenge Record.
By the Associated Press.

~ ED BANK, N. j., August "a
- Melvin Crooks Betty v, hold
IN G ing her TT, third national lIss sweep. ).
seek new laurels if any challengers
succeeded in lowering her mile speed
record in time trials on the North
Shrewsbury.
Many of the country's fastest mo-
tor boat drivers, who competed in the
outboard and inboard events. in the
sweepstakes regatta Saturday and
Sunday, remained here today to try
for world records on the mile straight
away.
Crook, Upper Montclair. N. j.,
sportsman, who set a mile record of
82759 for single-engine boats at
Washington last year, may not enter
the trials today unless his record is
threatened.
Evening star., 1936-08-24

- ONE day some amateur is going
- to bust that course record of Sc
over at Washington Golf and
- Country Club. but no simon
pure in recent years has had better
chance than Tommy Webb muffed
yesterday. The tall Webb boy came
to the sixteenth hole under par,
with three As for IS to tie the
record set by Maurice Mccarthy
eight years ago. He knocked his sec
ond shot within feet of the cup
at that sixteenth and in going strong
for a birdie he three-putted for S..
He also took three puts on the sew
enteenth and finished with So, his
best card of the year. He played the
mines in 80 and 36.
Claude Rippy, District cham
pion, also was as hot as the
weather, whacking the ball
around the lengthy Beaver
Dam course in IS, which hap
pens to be 4 under par.
Rippy went out in So and then
burned up the back nine with a 80,
Evening star., 1936-08-24
FEDERAL WORKERS
STAGE TANK MEET
Eighty, From Sixteen Branches
of Government, Vie Tonight
in Takoma Park Pool.

ONE of the biggest District of Co.
lumbia swimming meets of the
Summer will bring together 80 or
more men and women tankers tonight
at the Takoma Park pool, under the
auspices of the Interdepartmental
Water Polo and Swimming League
and the A. A. U. Sixteen Government
organizations have entered teams.
An annual affair, the meet has
doubled in size over last year. There
will be eight events the first of which
will be run of at 8 O'Clock.
A number Of Government officials
will be honor guests and will make the
presentations of prizes.
The program will consist Of the So
yard free-style. 50-yard breast stroke,
50-yard back stroke fancy diving, 200
yard free-style, 200-yard relay, 150-
yard medley relay and 2oO-yard be-
ginners' relay.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

AN ERROR py Eddie Foster in
50 the tenth inning of the first
game enabled st. Louis to earn an
even break in the double-header
With Washington, the visitors win
ming the first 5-4 and the Mats tax.
ing the second. AZ Walter john
son won the second game. which
was called at the end of the seventh
inning on account of darkness
Manager Fielder Jones is wiring
President Phil Ball of the St. Louis
club asking him to protest the sec
ond game on the ground that j. was
dark and the umpires KIN the
full nine innings could not be d
when the game started. Jones says
he protested before the start ~ the
game. but was overruled.
Boston's Red Sox now boast a
five-game lead over Chicago in the
American League peEant race, while
the Boston Braves are but three
and half games behind the Ma
tional League-leading Brooklyn
Robins. Six American League teams
have percentages over 500, all ex-
cept Washington and Philadelphia,
but only the first three National
League teams show better than an
even split in their schedule to date.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Money Loss Not Severe.

WE SAW all the champions from
w Tony Manero down for the price
of a single admission ticket, and even
though the tournaments were not ex-
actly financial successes, they were not
financial bloomers.
Over the four-year stretch the Ken
wood club, while it didn't make any
considerable amount of money, didn't
lose enough to cause any fuss. And
they were comparatively cheap affairs.
too. as is any $4,000 tournament In
these days when $4,000 and $4,000
open tournaments are as common as
missed puts.
Last year the s2,5oo Maryland open
took the place. in a way, Of the de-
! funct National Capital open. but 1t
didn't attract the fine field that the
Kenwood affairs drew in 1882, 1888
and 1884.
Now it looks as if the tournament
is through. 1t Is fairly definitely
through for this year. You can count
on that, for it's getting late to make
a move now and all the choice dates
have been gobbled up.
Too bad, for the Kenwood folks put
on a good show.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
PaOlinO Returns From Death
Trudges so Miles in Four Days Without Food
Stalked by Communist Rifemen.

tracking me. It took me four days
without food and sleep to reach
Pamplona."
Paolino said he would accom-
pany rebel troops in the advance
on San Sebastian in an effort +,
see his aged mother, who lives in
q small town occupied by Spanish
loyalists.
II won't do any fighting," he
said. "I've had enough fighting
to last me for the rest of my life
both in the ring and the civil war"
Paolino, sitting on q cafe ter
race surrounded by admiring rebel
militiamen. gave his opinion Of the
conflict thus:
Some funny things are going on
In Spain. ! think we'll hold the
civil war championship for long
WHILE"
Evening star., 1936-08-24

landed by George Alexander. 1t
weighed Az pounds.
Others in the party were Charles
Welder, Walter Smith, George r.
Snow. jr., and Capt. william Dixon.
DINEY POINT, MD, entertained a
group of judicial anglers over the
week end. Judge Isaac r. Hit Of
Police Court headed the party, taking
with him his clerk, Anthon Hougaard;
Attorney Joseph Byrnes and four
others.
GRACE NEISLER Of Kings Noun
~ tain, N. c.. who was runner-up in
the North South skeet championships
held here early this year, announced
today that she will be out for the ma
tional womens skeet title at the
championships scheduled. for st. Louis,
Mo-, September IS to 10.
Her leading competitor will be
Esther ingalls, Of the Hot Springs. Va.
Coli and Tennis Club, defending
champion. Her sister, Rachel ingalls,.
is another entrant.
Reports from st. Louis indicate that
800 shooters will be on hand to test
their skill In the nine championship
divisions Of this popular sport, or
ganised 10 years ago.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
LYMAN DIVES TO CROWN
0ptionals Best Cranston in Test

0ptionals Best Cranston in Test
for D. c. A. A. q. Honors.
Joe Lyman, former Central High
School and Brown University diving
star, today holds the District A. A. u.
high-board championship, scoring
1887 points to win out over Harry
Cranston yesterday at the Congress
sional Country Club.
Cranston, tallying 1908 points,
pressed Lyman. former South Atlantic
scholastic title-holder, on compulsory
dives, but Joe displayed almost per-
feet form in his optional dives to win
OUT.
John Marshall swept into an early
lead, but lost his balance on two en-
suing dives to finish third with 117.74
points.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Two After Record.

INTEREST centered chiefly on the
class X outboard time trials, in
which Fred Jacoby, jr.. North Bergen.
N. j., professional, and Bedford Davie
of Tuxedo Park, N. Y, planned to
try to better the unofficial mark of
approximately "a miles an hour made
recently by Jean Dupuy Of Paris,
France.
Crook, who set a new sweepstakes
record of 63.1l4 miles an hour in
the first 15-mile heat of the sweep
stakes Saturday, won the second heat
easily yesterday, but loafed through
the third heat in which he finished
second. He trailed a lap behind
Ma-Ja II, driven by Jack Rutherfurd
of Port Washington, Long Island.
The Betty v won her third straight
title with 1,100 points. The Ma-Ja
II was second with $50, and the
Jay-Dee. driven by Mrs. Jack Ruth
erfurd, was third with 500.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Sixteen Britishers In.

EXEMPTIONS awarded to eight for
- mer title holders and Is British
invaders. including the 10 members
of the British Walker Cup team. ac-
counted for "a places, while qualified
in California two weeks ago.
James B. McHale of San Gabriel,
Calf: Roger Kelly of Los Angeles
and Winfield Day Of Chicago passed
the test at Los Angeles. Natias
Palacio of San Francisco and Ernest
PEPPER, jr., and Don Edwards of San
Jose succeeded at San Francisco.
Tomorrow all but two members OF
the American Walker Cup squad of
II are due to battle with the others.
Capt. Francis Ouimet and George
Dunlap were admitted as former
champions.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Travis
Continued From. Tenth Page.)

ways to escape damage in the
second inning of yesterdays nightcap
Jimmy threw three straight singles
after two we're out but the AS failed
to score Niemiec made the first
hit and Lisenbee the next then
-7inney cracked a drive that would
have gone between Kuhel and Bluege
but it struck Lisenbee and retired him
automatically for the third out :. :.
Finney was credited with hit while
the putout was given to Kuhel, who
was nearest the ball.
CTANLEY HARRIS, Jr., young son
~ of the Griffs' manager, has estab-
lished himself as mascot young
Stanley was on the bench in Wash
ington when the Nationals started to
win and in hopes that he would con-
tinue to bring luck, Bucky took him
to Philadelphia :. 1t looked bad for
the kids reputation as q mascot until
yesterday.
Nearly $4,000 cash customers turned
out for yesterdays double-header, in
dicating a healthy interest in base ball
and Nick Altrock put on one Of his
now rare shows between games
Umpire Bill MCGOWAN served as an
unwilling stooge for part Of 1t ;. they
vowed the trade. The heat in Philly
yesterday was tougher on the Mats
than even that t'y In Washington
when a record was set Red Kress.
who played only one game, got touch
of sunstroke and became Ill as soon
rs he got in the conditioned train
/. and plenty Of others barely man
aged to stay on their pins.
Evening star., 1936-08-24

lcoyyright. 1885. By the Associated Press,
HAMPLONA. Spain, August "a.
- Paolino Uzcudun, Basque
heavyweight fighter. trudged
u so miles through the woods
and over mountains to return
from the dead" today.
Communists wanted to kill me-"
the Fascist sympathizer said, be
cause I wore a clean shirt and
smoked good cigars"
The woodchopper denounced as
Communist propaganda" reports
Of his death given out by the Peo-
ple's Front forces at San Sebastian.
He said "funny-looking people
with guns" had been following him
about for several weeks.
"One night I had enough" he
continued. II hit into the woods
with i've Communist rifiemen
Evening star., 1936-08-24
RECORD FIELD OUT
F0RU.S. AMATEUR
1,12O Strive Tomorrow for
Crack at Golf Throne
Vacated by Little.
Br the Associated Press.

n YEw YORK, August 24.-The
M United States amateur golf
championship, left without an
4 owner when Lawson Little de-
cided to play for cash instead of cups,
will be the objective of a record COL
lection of more than 1000 players
when the sectional qualifying rounds
start on 80 sun-browned courses to-
morrow.
The entry list, increasing annually,
touched the new high mark of 1.12D
this year. but 80 of the 210 places
in the tournament at Garden City.
N Y, Golf Club September IA to
19, already have been allotted.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Voigt Tries at Winged Foet.

Voigt Tries at Winged FOot.
or THE others, four have elected
" to tackle the tough metropolitan
district at Winged Foot. where 206
players will compete for 81 qualifying
berths. They are George Voigt, the
only New Yorker; Albert (Scotty)
Campbell and Harry Given of Seattle
and Reynolds Smith of Dallas.
Omaha's Johnny Goodman, Walter
Emery Of Oklahoma and Atlanta s
Charley Yates will compete in their
home districts, where they should have
little trouble making the grade. Ed
White, the Texan, Is entered at Phila-
delphia and Johnny Fischer at Boston.
Regardless of where they are play
ing, it is a good bet one or two will
fail to make the grade. Since the Sec
tional tests were inaugurated in 1881
it has become almost a tradition that
the dark horses" pick these rounds
to do their best shooting at the ex-
pense of the stars.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
IN LEGION PLAY.OFFS
Manchester, Spartanburg Tilt to
Meet Western Victor.

Manchester, N. H., and Spartan
burg, S. c., mines will clash In a
three-game series for the North-South
title in the American Legion junior
base ball sectional play-offs at Spar
tanburg starting Wednesday.
The Western play-off saw Seattle,
Wash, and Pierre, S. Oak, mines ad-
vance to the second round with re-
spective victories over Butte, Mont,
and Salt Lake City, Utah, at Bismarck,
N. Oak.
The winner of the North-South
series will battle the Western cham
pion next week in the little world
series" of five games, which will be
played in either Spartanburg or
Manchester, beginning August 81.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
ROwles Sound Hitter,

7 EFTY ROWLES, Central first base
man, garnered three hits. nclud-
ing a double, in as many appearances
at the plate.
National City Unlimited.
Heurich Brewers, 13: Woodmen Of
, shady Grove. 5: Plaza Wine and
Old Manhattan Beer, IA; Nolan
National City Junior.
Simpsons Pharmacy, B; J. C. Flood
West End Laundry. 10; New Deal. O.
George's Radio 10: No. 5 Precinct, 5.
National City Midget.
Takoma. Is; Nationwide Grocers 7.
Atlantic & Pacific.
Rajah. 3: Iona, q.
Bokar. .: Encore. O Forfeit.
Police Boys Club Midget.
Home Theater. 13; Sanitary Grocers. 3.
No. IL Precinct. IA: No. Precinct, !. q.
Independent
Cabin John. 3: Prince Georges. s.
kensington A. c.. 10; Washington
Kensinston A. c.. 8: Bethesda Fire
. Eastport A. c.. z: Washington Red
-. Mount Rainier Grays. 5-15: Diamond
Cab, 40.
Congress Heishts. 10: Ballston A. c.. =.
Petworth A. c.. IA; Fairland A. c.. 8.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Record Drive Baked.

MRS. RUTHERFORD, who finished
" second in the first two heats,
surprised in the final heat by setting
a new lap record of $3.50 miles an
hour, She appeared on her way to a
new sweepstakes record when the wa
terpump of her engine broke on the
sixth and final lap. forcing her from
the race.
She had averaged 1854 miles an
hour-the fastest time any American
competition.
The old lap record, which she bet
tered, was 64.3 and was made by
Crook two years ago.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

Today year ago-Helen Jacobs
and Sarah Palfrey Fabyan won
national women's. doubles tennis
title for second straight year;
Jimmy Dykes signed to manage
White Sox in 1886.
Three years ago-Walter john
son signed to manage Cleveland:
Eouipoise won Hawthorne Gold
Cup, to bring total earnings to
S314, 420.
Evening star., 1936-08-24
NATIONAL CAPITAL
CAN'T GET BACKING,
Full Eastern Tourney List
Also Checks Renewal of |
0nCe.PopuIar Meet.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

~ ENWOOD Golf and Country
u Clubs National Capital open
n tourney is of for this year
L u from all indications at the
club where the tourney ran for four
years starting with 1881.
How can we hope to hold an open
tournament this year, with the sched-
ule all cluttered up with big money
affairs and with that P. G. A. restric-
ton on small-money tournaments?"
asks Witty Cox, the tall guy who will
have the handling of the tournament
if and when it comes of.
Witty has sounded out sentiment
around the club and has found little
response to proposal that the Ma,
tional Capital open be revived, which
makes Bobby Cruickshank, the chunky
little guy from Virginia who won the
1884 open, the king bee for another
year.