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The Washington times., 1936-06-23

rCne 1aIIS. ana WOEkeu hAASe1u'
cutting brush.
This was the Iife-said I to my
self. Nothing trivial about this!
Not one of those piffling, putter-
ing, little chores women usually
perform. A regular job with a
wallop! The kind of a job that
got you somewhere, as those lit
tie programs never did!
So on I went, pinning medals
on myself; all aglow over the
idea that the world owed practi-
cally it's entire progress to daunt-
less guys like me, who had the
courage to shake off the petty
Shackles of the conventional life
and strike out into the painless
WiIds.
LITTLE ACTS COUNT
Midway in the modest mono.
logue I stopped for breather.
Good to lean back against the
old pine, lift the demijohn-
heavy in it's wet, sack covering
feel the icy nip of mountain
water cutting through salt-caked
lips, dust-choked throat.
Behind me loomed the forest
thunder-dark. Before me spread
the long lift and lope of the
mountains, thinning to violet
haze. Somewhere a jay squalled
"a squirrel chattered-some wild
thing Scuttled for it's hole. And
here was I in the middle Of it all,
bossing the whole works!
Just then my hand fell on the
cable we'd been using. Somehow
I'd never noticed before what a
slight thing it waS-that cable.
Hardly half an inch of steel, but
there it was-pulling along a
house as heavy as a ship, hold
ing firm against the bucking of
that Snorting "cat" and the grip
of those aged StumpS. Some
baby, to stand all that strain.
Yet how simply it was made.
No master performance of the
Machine Age. simply a twisted
strand of filaments, fine as hair
.filament upon filament, each
one contributing it's tiny strength
until - from that accumulated
strength-there had come gigan-
tic, quiet power to pull or resist
And it was that cable-that
slender cable, made Of those frag-
lie filaments-that was doing the
whole job. Without it's power the
"cat'S" fierce energy, the Drawn
of those muScled men, my own
bluster-would all have gone for
nothing. It was the cable that
was pulling us through, doing the
real job.
Suddenly it came to me, the
Truth, I've spent So years of noisy,
selfish life resisting. It wasn't the
Big, Daring Deed that carried life
through. j.. it was all the little acts,
the obscure, monotonouS, day
after-day acts of decency and
loyalty and plodding purpose that
did the trick!
What a fool I'd been!
Copyright 1895. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.l
The Washington times., 1936-06-23

Should the American farmer agricultural i'm
...uouo ports checked?
nave ploou0eu "ee the debate
Will he produce them In the 1u questions will
twe? vantage which may be decisive.
sbyE FeaurssS Syndcate ,IncO
The Washington times., 1936-06-23
SOLVENT

Representative Clare Gerald
Fenerty .(RJ Of pennsylvania,
The Washington times., 1936-06-23
pOW[pS DlSIpBuTED 4

NATIONAL AND LOCAL RULE
Is there any advantage in the
division of powers between Fed
eraI, State and local Govern
mentS?
In his Autobiography jefferson
says: 1T is not by the consolida-
The Washington times., 1936-06-23
A LOST CAUSE

A LOST CAUSE
"The play Is the thing, do or
die, the show must go on"
So, Senator Duncan U. Fletcher
The Washington times., 1936-06-23

Politics is perhaps the only
profession for which no prep
The Washington times., 1936-06-23

(copyright. 1896, King Features Syndicate. 1nc)
Evening star., 1936-01-11
FROM THE PRESS BOX
Camera Is Ready to Fight in Africa
or America, But Much Prefers Latter.
BY JOHN LARDNER-

be hurled, suddenly and like a giant
chunk Of shrapnel, on the heads of
Halle SelaSsi's luckleSs teammates?
Or will he be commissioned to pursue,
overtake and punish Joe Louis and
Jimmy Braddock, the current usurpers
of the heavyweight limelight?
Primo's own personal vote, for
what it is worth. has been cast
in favor of the latter scheme.
Discussing the situation with your
correspondent, Signor Soresi pointed
out that Camera is a goodwill am
bassador at heart, rather than an en-
gine of destruction.
ITALY will not send him to Africa. !"
said the honest signor. "Carnera
does more good over rere, winning the
hearts of the American people and
keeping the dates have made for him,
at large percentage of the net. This
Italian army business is just a legal
matter. Two weeks of service and
then our Primo will be with us again."
hope Soresi is right, but it strikes
me that the Italian high command will
think twice before releasing Pvt. Car
nera from Ethiopian duty-especially
if the score is close. In a few weeks,
you may see Mussolini waving the big
fellow in from the bull pen and hear
the announcer yell:
Primo Camera, Numbah "a, now
pitching for Italy!"
| (Copyright. 1896. by the North American
Newspaper alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1936-01-11

many blocking opportunities were
passed up. No wonder Grayson and
Wilson couldn't run. They had to
go it alone with practically no sup
port. S. M. U. especially fell away
badly in this respect from what I
had seen them do before"
As offensive foot ball is at
least IS per cent of the game,
and as blocking is about IS per
cent of offensive foot ball,
Crowley's statement is along the
original road we happened to
take.
Crowley figures that Stanford would
be hard team for any one to beat
with its fine defensive strength, but
that more than few teams around
the foot ball map had a stronger Of
fenSe, as the game was played.
Against this Crowley figures that
Stanford's defensive play was as fine
as anything he'd seen. Which should
just about wind up the argument, one
way or another, until a new season
starts.
copyright. 1895. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1936-01-11
By the Associated Press.


~ HICAGO, January Ii
When Arch Peeveler,
Y hopeless white hope Of
Williamson, w. Va, re-
ceived an offer to appear in the
heavyweight elimination tourna-
ment at the Chicago Stadium he
was so tickled that he jumped into
a taxicab and started right out for
Chicago.
The trip required 10 hours steady
driving. The bill was SIS.
Today Peeveler was bounding
over the roads in the same cab,
with a lump on his whiskers and
$50 in his pockets. He was
knocked out in two rounds by John
Hrtsyee. the Duluth dynamiter.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

In the minor leagues more than
1000 new players signed their first
professional contracts in 1885. These
are youngsters just starting out in
the game. Perhaps that many more
applied at training camps and during
the season, but were not ready for the
professional ranks.
While we have looked for all this
increasing interest, we are not per-
mitting it to run off with better judg-
ment, and there will be no relaxation
in the policy of assured stability.
The moral and financial obligations
of those who wish to operate minor
league clubs must stand the test.
That taken care of, and with fan
and player interest on the boom, we
approach the season of 1886 with the
feeling that we will all continue to
''hit the ball." and that such efforts
will be rewarded with pronounced
success.
(Next-Joe Carr
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Woman Promoting Fights
Mrs Erne, Succeeding Late Husband, Is Well
Qualified for Task.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ETROIT, January IL
Michigan's only woman
boxing promoter received
- her license this week from
the State Athletic Board of Con-
troll and posted her motto: "Never
a postponement."
The new promoter is Mrs. Frank
Erne, who inherited the business
and the slogan from her husband,
the late Frank Erne, who had ar
ranged boxing and wrestling cards
here for the last five years.
During that time Mrs. Erne was
his business manager, selling
tickets, computing the gladiators'
percentages, and writing the
checks. When Erne died recently
after scheduling a fight, his widow
made a prompt decision.
"He would want the Tight to
20 on" she declared, "and 1t shall.
Flrthermore. ! shall step into his
Evening star., 1936-01-11

shoes and continue the Friday
night fights and others, too, If the
Boxing Commission will let me-"
Mrs. Erne explained that under
the new arrangement the scope Of
her work will not be enlarged
greatly, since she has hired a man
to pick the combatantS.
81 never could go into gymnasi-
ums and match up fighters, but I
can run the business end and the
bouts will be subject to my ap-
proval," she said. "I'll be pretty
busy"
If the popular notion Of q
woman fight promoter calls for a
boisterous person, given to sulphur
GUS language and loud dress. Mrs.
Erne does not qualify at all. Re-
served In manner, she speaks with
the accent she brought with her
when she came here from England
In 1928 as she says:
81 shall try to carry on" .
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

Maryland VS.. V. NJ. T., at Lex
ington, Va.
Wilson Teachers, at Shenandoah
College.
Baltimore University, at Gallau-
det, 5.
Eastern at George Washington
Freshmen, 4:30.
st. Adams VS.. Episcopal, Alex
andria. Va, 3:45.
Montgomery-Blair at Washing
ton College Freshmen.
Howard University, at Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Va.
Boxing.
Catholic University VS.. North
Carolina State. Brookland, 8.
Swimming.
George Washington VS.. Ran
dolph-Macon, Shoreham Hotel. 8.
George Washington Freshmen,
at Baltimore Friends.
Wrestling.
Gallaudet, at Franklin and Mar
shall Academy, Lancaster, Pa.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Ban Threat Hits
At Slow Golfers
BY BOB CAVAGNARO,

Associated Press sports writer.
NEW YORK, January 11.-Golf-
ing "slow pokes" were threat
ened with disqualification in tour
nament play today by the Cham
pionship Committee of the United
States Golf Association.
John G. Jackson, chairman Of the
committee and president-elect Of
the association, sounded the warm
ing in his 1885 report to the annual
meeting of the U. S. G. A.
"The committee takes this occa-
sion to give notice that slow play
by certain competitors in cham
pionships will not be tolerated in
the future" Jackson reported, land
that it will take appropriate steps,
including disqualification, if neces-
sary, to insure fair play to competi-
tors who play at the customary
speed"
Evening star., 1936-01-11


A TENDANCE generally was good
through 1885 and many clubs
showed remarkable improvement IN
their gate figures.
Hand in hand with increased at
tendance is better sense of business
management among the operators of
minor league clubs. We had to get
away from the days of wild spending
But base ball had learned its lesson
and is being conducted on a sane level
There are two new leagues virtually
assured for 1936-the Ohio State
League and the South Atlantic League
Also, the promotional department is
working in several other fields. Prob
ably there will be 25 minor leagues in
the field in 1886.
Compare that with the dozen
which were on the roll before the
season of 1888. and it is simple mat
ter to visualize the steady growth
which has been enjoyed
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Lindstrom, Cut Loose by Cubs,
Sought by BRACES and Chiso*
BY the Associated Press.


- HICAGO, January 11.-Freddy
Lindstrom, one of the char
acters in the Chicago Cubs
'. dramatic stretch drive to the
National League championship last
Autumn, was listening for offers Of
employment today.
In the wake of an announcement
by Manager Charlie Grimm a few
days ago that he would stand pat on
his 1885 finishing battle front, Lind
strom was Unexpectedly given his un-
conditional release yesterday. A 10
year man, the former New York
Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates star is
free to dispose of services at the best
figure obtainable.
It did not appear likely that Lind
strom would have to wait long before
lining up with another major league
club. Manager Bill McKechnie of the
reorganized Boston National League
club, wired to Lindstrom in Miami,
Fla, offering him job.
j. Louis Comiskey. owner Of the
Chicago White Sox, gave Manager
Jimmy Dykes permission to negotiate
for the young veterans services. The
Sox, who sold AL Simmons to Detroit
for $4,000, need outfielding talent,
!, and Lindstrom, a native of Chicago's
!. southwest section, may play ball close
. to home next season.
~ =, Lindstrom, obtained from Pitts
-burgh with Southpaw Pitcher Larry
French q year ago, in exchange for
Pitchers Guy Bush and Jim Weaver
and Outfielder Babe Herman. went
the way of his predecessor at center
field for the Cubs, Kiki Cuyler. Lind
strom, who was obtained from the
Pirates to play third base. moved to
center field when Cuyler was uncon-
ditionally released last July.
No reason was given for Lindstrom's
surprise release. Other National
Evening star., 1936-01-11
One Taxi to Knockout, SIS
West Virginia Hopeless White Hope Rides l9
Hours to Chicago for Beating.

Jim Mullen, matchmaker for the
stadium, offered to pay Peeveler's
transportation, but forgot to stip-
ulate how he should travel. He
also agreed to pay the West Vir-
ginia boxers hotel bill for one
night, so Peeveler engaged suite
of rooms for himself.
Billy Adams, an old-time Eng
lish boxer, manager of Peeveler,
advised Mullen that he also was
bringing along Bobby Edwards, a
strapping 182-pounder, to fight last
night. When they put Edwards on
the scales he shrank to 161 pounds.
"Blime," Adams exploded, "he
must have lost the weight In the
bloody taxicsb."
Evening star., 1936-01-11

MORE spectacular but less signifi-
" cant was Westerns triumph over
the Rough Riders.
Trailing throughout the fray. Roose-
welt all but gained its objective in the
final seconds of play when Frank
Bailey, guard, sailed looping toss to-
ward the hoop just as the whistle blew.
The ball swished the net for basket,
but Referee Dutch Ebert ruled the
game had ended prior to the shot.
Roosevelt, playing without the serv-
ices of the injured Harry Silverman,
found difficulty in penetrating West
ern's defense and was forced to resort
to long shots which wouldn't sink.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
PLAY TABLE TENNIS
FINALS TOMORROW
Washington and Baltimore Men
and Women Stars to Clash on
District Courts.

THREE Championships of the Wash
ington- Baltimore table tennis
tournament will be decided tomorrow
at the District courts, 403 Eleventh
street northwest, when semi finals and
finals are played in mems singles and
doubles and women's singles.
Elias Schuman, District champion,
probably will meet Raphael Sherry
for the singles championship as both
the No. and 2 ranking players are
in the semi-f1nal round. Schuman
meets D. M. Geary while Sherry plays
George Sampeles.
Madeline Teghthmeyer, women's
favorite, will play Mary Singman, the
winner 10 meet the survivor of the
Dorothy Dent-Joan Martin match for
the women's title. The mems doubles
championship will be decided between
the teams of Bob Lee-Ken Lafferty
and Eddie Eddie Ratcliffe.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Leagues Chief Looks for Continued umd Trend National Sport
THE SPORTZIGH
Mistress Temple Is Keen Sports Fan;
Baer Ayers He Didn't Quit to Louis.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

covery just concluding a half-mile
workout in Is seconds, which you
wouldn't call crawling.
LAS I told you BEFORE" his owner
continued, Discovery is rough. tough
horse which can use up lot of work.
About the weights? One hundred and
thirty pounds are all right with me"
"Top Row won't be any too
easy to stop with 116 pounds,
but I'll stick with Discovery"
1t might interest you to know that
at this spot Santa Anita has just
about doubled last years start. The
track now is on its way to a $20,-
900 900 play. Hal Roach. the genial
polo-playing president, confesses that
things are even better than they had
hoped for. Certainly no track in the
history of racing ever was run better.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Max Raer ReDOrtS.


T ONG distance call from sacra-
mento-MaX Baer speaking
Hello, Grant. Come up here and I'll
show you a new golf swing
Rice-What are you doing these
days?
Baer-Golf and bridge And I'm
playing both better than / was at our
last meeting. Tell Hal Sims III be all
set for him next time.
Rice-What are your plan, Max?
Baer-More golf and bridge. Any
more fighting? I don't think so. This
other is more fun. I'm taking good
care of myself and feel great Later
I hope to go back to motion pictures
and radio work About that fight? l
must have looked terrible, but honest
I didn't quit. took plenty. Two hun
dred and fifty punches from Louis
ought to be par for any course.
With Schmeling and Brad
deck both tied up there is no one
for Baer to fight, anyway. No
one who could draw any money.
Also it is much less dangerous to
hook drive out of bounds or to double
three spades than it is to ramble in
front of Joe Louis left or Joe Louis
right. In about another year Louis
will have almost the entire heavy
weight brigade taking up golf and
bridge, with a few moving in the gen.
eral direction of tennis or polo.
Discovery Ready
I'm QUITE satisfied with the way
Discovery looks just at this spot, y
AL Vanderbilt reports.
This SnllndS reaSOnah BILE with Dis
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Late Rally Beats Terps.

ONLY a late rally in the closini
minutes, dur;1g which Al Waters
crack Maryland forward, was in
iured, brought defeat to the Terps
who held 1912 lead over Washing
ton and Lee at the half. With thl
score tied at 27-all, Bob Spessard, six
foot-seven sophomore center, sealet
Marylands doom with a snowbird OF
a pass from Petite, making good oI
a subsequent foul.
For the remaining 80 seconds thl
Generals froze the ball so ef1cientll
that no Maryland man touched TIL
leather after the last tap-off.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
BY w. G. BRAMHAM,

President National Association Of Pro-
fessional Base Ball Leagues (Written
for the Associated Press.
- HARLOTTE, N. c., January IL.
"A microscopic look into the
last year, as concerns the
minor leagues of base ball.
furnishes a very good cross-sectional
view of what we may expect for 1896.
Happily, 1 can report that the retro
spective search reveals facts indicating
q continued general upward trend.
We started the 1885 season with 81
leagues on the National Association
roster. This represents a substantial
gain over the darker days of the de-
preston period. and once again We
enjoyed a season during which no
league failed to finish its schedule.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
TAILORs SEEK REVENGE.

Dave Keppel's Rinaldi Tailors will
be seeking revenge tomorrow when
they go after the Stonewall Jackson
Club of basketers of Baltimore in the
G. w. gym at 3 o'clock The Balti-
moreans are one of the two teams
which have defeated the Tailors this
season.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

n YEW YORK, January 1o-A
nj certain amount of confusion
VI surrounds the case of Pvt.
L Primo Camera, the triple
threat man Of the Italian Army, who
is now being held in reserve by his
superior officers for use in case of a
tie with Ethiopia.
BY throwing Pvt. Camera into the
balance the army leaders are conf
dent that they could swing the tide
of victory their way. AS matter of
fact, Pvt. Carnera has the same idea.
When last interviewed by your cor
respondent the versatile warrior ex-
pressed the opinion that he, and he
alone, constituted the difference be-
tween defeat and triumph for the
forces of Italy.
"If Italy goes to Africa to
win, to conquer" he said, "she
will call Camera to the front.
But" added Pvt. Carnera, a mo-
ment later, u hope she don't"
Evening star., 1936-01-11
MARTIN So ACTIVE
He |RKS CARD BOSS
Pay Cut for Pepper Looms
Unless He Abandons His
0ff-Season Sports.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
- T. LOUIS, January 11.-Pepper
- Martin, st. Louis Cardinal,
whose latest role is that of Of
~ fetal of an ice hockey team,
may have to cut down his extra-cur-
ricular activities or take les$base ball
pay.
He was expected to talk today to
Sam Breadon, Cardinal president,
about his salary for 1886. They had
several things to settle, mainly relative
Evening star., 1936-01-11
DARTMOUTH VS.. STANFORD.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calf,
January II P.-Alfred Masters,
Stanford graduate manager, said the
Board of Athletic Control has zap
provel' an invitation from Dartmouth
for a home-and- home foot ball series
starting in 1887.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
TWO FOR CONGRESS HEIGHTS.

Congress Heights courtmen won two
games in the Southeast Community
Center League last night, defeating
the Northeast Business Men, $500,
and the Eighth Street Business Men.
1921. Taylor scored az points in the
two frayA
Evening star., 1936-01-11

house right was never higher than
.018, scored bulls eye after bulls eye
ON Primo's ample anatomy. And the
'Ethiopians can give Make cards and
spades in the matter Of marksman-
ship.
While this vexing problem is under
consideration, Primo remains In the
bull pen. waiting for signal. WIN he
Evening star., 1936-01-11
BROOKMAN WINS AGAIN
135-Pounder Helps Fifth Precinct
Beat Fourth, g to I.

Five hundred spectators cheered El
Brookman, 135-pound boxer of the
Fifth Precinct Boys Club, as he added
to his string of victories last night
while his teammates were pounding
out a 81 victory over the scrappers
of the Fourth Precinct Boys Club.
George Holiday was Brookman's
latest victim.
Results of other bouts:
50-pound class-Charles BozZie mo. 81
decisioned Ed Welsh.
60-pound class-Dan Petro mo. 81 won
on technical knockout from Jay Spellos.
first round.
75-pound class-Joe spinelli (No 81
decisioned Harry Harper.
S0-pound claSs-Eddie Arnold mo. 81
drew with George Vernon.
1O0-pound class-Tony Ditto mo. AZ
won on technical knockout from John
McCloskey. first round.
deciSioned Charley Reilley.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
MOUNTS LEAD COURT RACE.

Of to a good start in defense Of its
title, Mount Rainier High Schools
courtmen were leading the 1886 race
today as a result of yesterdays 1912
victory over Laurel. Hvattsville High
kept step. however, with Ais shell
lacking Of Oxon Hill.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Sandl0t Game Grows

A MOTHER point that savors of op-
n timism is the great number of
amateurs and sasni-pros who are play
ing base ball. This country is full of
Independent leagues and teams. and
the national association is co-operat-
ing with them in various ways.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
CARD0zoS GET EVEN.

Courtmen of the Cardozo Night
School avenged an early season defeat
by the Protons last night when they
trounced their former conquerors,
34-22, on the school floor. Thomas
led the winners, with II points.