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The Washington times., 1936-04-07
0uiin I
Plays Refiners
Here Tonight

The rubber game Of q series
between. the two best basketball
teams in the land-Globe Re.
finers, Of Mcpherson, Kan, Ma
tional A. A. U. champions, and
Universal Pictures, Of Hollywood.
CAL. Olympic tryout winners
viii be played tonight st Tech
High Schools gym. Game time
Is 9 O'Clock.
Although no championship Is
at stake tonight, the winner Of
tonight's contest can well con-
slider itself the nations number
one team. despite the fact that
Mcpherson won that title by de-
feating Universal in the National
"A. A. q. finals at Denver re-
Gently, AZ to IS.
|. But the other night In the
Olympic elimination finals ct
Madison Square Garden an
aroused Universal team upset the
dope by winning from the cham
piorls. 4443. :; 80
Fouls Hurt
Gene Johnson, beSpectacled Mr..
PherSon coach, attributed his
teams defeat to the banisl1lment
on account Of personal fouls Of
two Of his high scorers, Francis
Johnson and Harry Dowd.
Jim Needles, coach Of the West
Coast quintet, claims he has the
best team, and says he viii prove
it tonight.
Tonight's game viii be q battle
between two giant centerS-Frank
Lubin, six-footnine ace Of Univer.
sal, and Joe Fortenberry, sfx.foot'
eight Mcpherson star. Working
with Lubin win be Art Mollner
and Carl Knowles, forwards: Cary
Shy and Dwane Swanson, guards.
Francis Johnson, Vern Vaughn,
Tex Gibbons and Bill Wheatley,
will open UP with Fortenberry for
Mcpherson.
Lubin and Fortenberry have been
good for anywhere between 10
and 10 points per game. height
and a keen scoring eye being the
reasons,
Go TO Berlin
Thirteen Of the players who
perform tonight will make the
trip to Berlin this summer to
represent America in the olympic
games. Seven are from Universal
and six from Globe RefinerS.
In the preliminary tonight us
pound teams from the Washing.
ton and Northeast Boys clubs
Twill meet at 8 O'Clock.
Appropriate ceremonies win be
held few minutes before the
game starts. Several prominent
Kansans and Californians win b
| presented. TIardie Meakin, RKO
Keith's manager, will toss up the
first ball.
This afternoon at o'clock the
players will be the guests Of
Ambassador Hans Luther, Of Ger.
many. r
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Umpire Is Important
Cog in BasebalIdon1
Ry FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

MY friend The umpire IS vastly misunderstood man HIS
work condemns him life apart from the with whom
he associates daily for two hours. -. I
The Washington times., 1936-04-07

Gushed the lady: "It's wonder
full to go to the races. You see
so many interesting people"
Ah-yes! And see so many In
teresting sights-and hear so
many interesting things. Such as:
A trainer telling Jockey
about to be hOisted into the
saddle: Nov this horse is mo-
frOnt-runner. So don't you be
better than fourth till you're well
down the stretch. Then come
on"
And the jock -. off in tangle
/. sixth going into the back
stretch but whoopde-dooing
his mount along to be first
at the far turn. He was three
lengths on top swinging for home
-. then firing d. was caught at
the 70-yard mark his horse
dead beat-but fit and game =.
and so he came on again and
was first to the judges by a neck.
Bawls Out Jockey
As the horse was being un-
saddlad, said the trainer to the
jock:
81 thought 1 told you not to
go to the front till you hit the
stretch?"
To which the Jock, Solemn-faced,
wide-eyed, countered:
''Why, I did better than that.
, I waited with him till right out
here at the finish"
And to this day that jockey
vows the newspaper lads making
the charts were crazy
Look at that" he exclaimed
when shown o form chart Of the
race, "they got me in front at
the half and the three-quarters.
Why / never was even close to
the lead till we hit the last six
teenth pole. Them newspaper
guys are blind"
And. going to the races in
New York. .one is apt to see: An
Immediately dressed Handicapped
.. close to so years old and
worth half a million. but now. :.
fearing to get broke if he bet
thousands. as Of yore. he wa
gers tens and twenties. Yet: with
orders from his doctor to watch
his blood pressure. he fairly runs
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Kirk Miller SAYS:
Cont. from First sports Page)

Cont. from First Sports Page)
been almost the right arm Of
Clark Griffith, has retired from
the business staff.
Mrs. Charles King, q Virginia
chatelaine, modest and unaSSun1.
ing, has made her impress upon
those who, for what ! estimate to
be q couple Of decades, have had
business to transact with Griff. or
Eddie EynOn.
Mrs. King entered the business
world at q period In the country's
history when fewer femmeS BY far
were to be found in offices than
is current now. She created o
niche for herself which has come
to be a pedestal at local baseball
headquarters, in so far as many
Of we callers there are concerned.
Meanwhile, she has reared her
FAINT l y, and this duty done.
yearns for the domesticity Of
which she was deprived ct the
passing Of her husband, Charlie
King, who managed Spalding' 10.
cally up to about 1918.
Here is . perfect, living cameo
who has revealed q friendly per.
sonality to everyone who has been
in and on the edge Of baseball
hereabo1tS - players, managers,
magnates, bat boys and writer's.
A lady Of the true South, who de.
serves all the happiness so many
Of us wish for her-Mrs. Charles
The Washington times., 1936-04-07


His greatest reward is to be-
ignored. When the crowd can
leave a ball game without recall
ing the name of the unpires, their
work is perfect.
Yet the safety of baseball Is
placed in the hands Of the UNI
pire. If the umpire elected to
throw in with gamblers, he might
make fortune over a season.
Perhaps in two seasons he could
retire to live until his crime
against sport caught up with him
and sooner or later his crime
against sport would catch up with
him, for the gambler who bought
him would betray him.
Wanted to Retire
On that day-were it ever to
dawn-You could lock up the
stadia and burn up the bats, for
the game of baseball would die.
Scandals have involved ball play
ers, the first in the very dawning
Of the National League. The last
rocked the game in 1919 when
the White Sox sold out to thieves.
But never once has collision be-
tween umpireS and shadowy char
ActerS come to light.
And tits an open secret that
baseball trusts everyone but guards
it's security vigilantly.
Jim tombstone, one Of the stall
warts Of the National League in
the old days, made the beau caste
for all umpireS when he took off
his mask after a game and an
nounced his intention to retire.
Pressed for a reason, he said
that he had been approached and
offered a staggering sum Of money
to favor q certain team in q crucial
game.
when IL comes to that in
baseball, I'm through" John
stone said.
He didn't retire, though. He
remained to do his part in safe
guarding baseball.
Down where the big Smoky
Mountains roll their pine car
peted peaks to the skies. MAJ
in blue told the tale Of q cluD
owner who took him aside and
explained that while correct
decisions should be the aim Of
all umpireS, there were times
when missing q play might help
a weaker club.
What action did the umpire
take? He socked that busher
on the chin. That was q long
time ago, and it is the only IN
stance Of the kind we ever had
brought to our attention.
You know, it wasn't egotism
that made Bill KLEIN announce
to q skeptical world that he
never missed a decision in his
life. What Bill actually meant
was that he called all decisions
as he saw them. His eyes might
have erred, although such error
is inconceivable to KLEIN, but
his mind was correct, and his
heart was right.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Sport Worlds
Posing Show
LATE sPECIAL-sCYTHE

Hail Horton Smith, master OF
the masters. He won annual
masters tourney at Augusta,
2S5 score, nipping Harry Cooper
!. by one stroke.
The United States will win
the Davis Cup this year, VIII
mer Allison, Americas No. /
netman announced. Hers hop
ing.
Mexican Davis CupperS
started intensive practice at
Houston, Texas, for q meeting
with Americans this weekend.
Seven members Of Universal
Pictures five Of Hollywood in
cluded among Is cage stare Sc
lected to represent United
States in Olympic games.
Exhibition baseball: White
SOx, 8, Pirates, 2; Tigers, 0,
Reds, 0; Phillies, I, Macon, 6;
Cards, 8, San Antonio, 2; rain
won rest.
Ben Friedman, former Michi-
gan star, renamed grid coach
at C. G. N. 7.
Col. Matt Winn, Kentucky
Derby impressariO, predicted
this years classic will set all
time attendance record.
Wise Prince, surprised turf
followers by showing great burst
Of speed in stretch to win Saga
more Handicap, feature at
Bowie.
Detroit Red Wings ready for
second game Of Stanley Cup
hockey finals against Toronto
Maple Leafs, predicted victory.
Heavy rain caused postpone
ment Of qualifying round in
National North South golf tour
ney for women at Pinehurst.
Tony CanzOneri and Lou Am
beers tentatively matched for
lightweight title scrap in New
York, July Is.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Glenn Mccarthy
AT THE RACES

from paddock to betting ring. :.
face and neck flushed, breath
short. and then Broncho- Nagur-
skis himself around the ring.
roughing things with a lot Of
young and husky outside men. :.
trying to find a bookmaker laying
Is to 5. d. against a 5 to 2 shot.
for a ten-dollar note. Treasures
his money but ignores his life.
Or. one might go to the races
in Maryland. and see q man
holding down an official position
:. at nominal salary glad to
get it. But once upon q time. :.
he trained his own big stable. +.
whose horses ran so inconSistently
at short odds. but were consist
ent as the dickens at long odds.
that he gained the reputation Of
being one of the "smarteSt train
ers" in the business. Such fame
was his particularly after one of
his horses. /. at good odds. car
ried off the rich prize Of a winter
racing season.
But in the next three years. ;.
he shipped his big stable all over
America. and though no week
passed but what one of his steedS
was backed from 20 to /. (. down
to 4 to l.. or less. .on the
strength Of a whispered To-day
is the day" Il. not one single race
:. in three years. could that
trainer win.
Single Whisper
Yet, up to the day he retired
(broke), that single whisper OF
To-day is the day." would
panic supposedly intelligent horse
players into whipping out the
bankroll. and start trying to get
any price at all against one Of his
oat-destroyerS. And when the
beagle would wind up ninth in the
race those supposedly intelli-
gent players would say:
81 guess that guy has lost his
grip"
Today looking at him =. they
wonder If he ever had q grip. =.
on training horses. or was just
in the throes. of the same kind
Of luck that brings one. the win
ming ticket in an Irish Sweep
stakes.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Big League
Gossip

ELIzABETHTOWN, Tenn, April
THE New York Giants and the
Cleveland Indians continue, their
17-game transforming tour series
here today after having been
rained out at Sheffield, Ala, yes
terday. The teams are tied at
five games each.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April z.
Red Ruffing will open for the
New York Yankees today against
the Knoxville Smokes, weather
permitting. Rain and cold forced
the cancellation Of a contest with
the Nashville Volunteers. yester-
day.
RICHMOND, Va, April Casey
Stengel's Brooklyn Dodgers today
face the Richmond Colts here.
The game viii be played in the
Municipal Stadium, o football
field, because Of rains in this sect
ion which yesterday washed out
the Dodgers game against the
Norfolk TarS.
ASF1EvILLE, N. c., April z.
George Lawrence PUncinelh, the
smuggling broadback from San
Francisco, today is doomed as sue
ceSSor to Connie Mack'S departed
stars. In two straight games,
"Pooch" has hammered out seven
extra base hits for q total Of %
bases, o record unmatched so far
in spring training.
ATLANTA. Ca, April Jim
my Wilson, ambitious pilot of the
PhiIlies, is hoping for warm
weather here today when his Ma
tional I.eaguers battle the local
minor outfit. Jimmy realizes that
his men need plenty Of work be-
fore next Tuesdays opener.
Yesterday the Pills showed the
effects Of cold climatic conditions
by barely noSing out the Macon
club, Of the Sally League, rs.
JACK SON, Miss, April Z.
Pittsburgh'S transforming Bucca-
neers were determined to stop the
White Sox today by sending Cy
Blanton to the mound. Although
pitching bang.up ball, Spencer
WoodiIl, who is scheduled for the
farm, could not pull yesterdays
game out Of the fire, as the White
Sox knocked out an 8-to-2 victory.
BTRMINoHAlG, Ala, April 2.
Lefty Shoun and Tex Carleton
VIII divide the mound work. for
the Chicago Cubs here today In
the event the elements permit the
scheduled game with the Birming-
ham Barons, managed by former
Cub Riggs Stephenson. Rain
caused cancellation Of yesterdays
affair with the Boston Red Sox
at Gadsden in the second inning,
with the Cubs leading, 10.
Catcher Hal Seurne has been re-
leased to Birmingham, Pitchers
Johnny HutchingS and ClauSSon
Vines and infielder Joe Vitter win
leave today to join the Ports
mouth, Va, team.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Workof Team
Is Pleasing
10 Moore
By GARRETT WATERS

Recent practice sessions Of the
Western High School nine have
brought to light several interesting
( things for Coach Cliff Moore,
earnest mentor. .-
= First, pitching, Ted Kinsman
and Bob Rafferty, are the regulars
Of the Georgetowners@ staff. But
now two or three others promise
to steal the show right from under
their noses.
Lee Kushman, tall and rangy
southpaw, Is one Of this group.
George Dewitt, Highlander, is
another, while Tom Bright. little
left-hander fashioned after the
build Of Earl Whitehill, Of the
Washington Griffmen, is still an
other.
OF the trio, Kushman and De-
Witt are eligible at present. Bright
! is expected to cross the straight
!. and narrow as soon as the next
advisory reports arrive.
Moore in Smiles
All three hurlers have Coach
Moore in smiles. He sees great fu-
+. lures for the lads, particularly
I Nushman and Bright. The former
was given his first chance under
fire last week against National
2 Training School and held that
team scoreless in the five innings
he worked.
The latter has not been used
as yet because of his ineligibiltty,
but in practice he's been a small
sensation. In the batting drill
Of the Georgetowners yesterday.
the youngster belied all that
Moore has been saying about
him. His fast ball clicked and
his curve, when allowed to use it
!. for a few moments, had the boys
stepping away, so to speak.
:. Now, the remainder of the de-
!. partments. In the infield. Alden
Lawyer shows a great deal Of
promise. Lawyer l. small, but
fairly oozes with talent, satisfy
ing. Moore that one position in
the infield will be all right, II no
other shapes up correctly.
Middleton ImpresSeS
Jimmy Middleton impreSSes in
the outfield, both as a fly hawk
and D batsman, while behind the
! bat, John AlafoginiS and Hugo
Schultze promise to hold up their
end in capable fashion.
Coach Moore put a pinch rum
ner in for AlafoginiS, when West
ern met Georgetown Prep last
Friday, because of the lads sup
posed sloWneSS Of foot.
aMBut yesterday, AlafoginlS gave
the mentor a new angle on his
willingness to become faster by
engaging mates in foot races from
one end Of the field to the other.
The youngster gave promise at
that.
western engages Washington
Lee High at Ballston, Va. to1nor.
row. In this game, Coach Moore
hopes to see his new-found faces"
further their steps up the scholaS-
tic ladder.
II they do, and the remainder
Of the team gets in the swing. the
coming interhigh series may de-
.velop something quite interesting
from q Georgetown standpoint.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Last Nights Fights
FOR WEDNESDAY

AT NEWARK, n. J.-Tony GaIento,
Eddie Blunt. sie. New York Negro tiCS.
Larry JohnsOn. 1872; Chicago Negro,
scored technical knockout over Stanley
Ar CHI6AGO-Pat Murphy. l471S,
DmmvHIle, M, defeMted Bob Lannon'S,
140, Chicago (sl. Johnny Gaudes, 1914,
Milwaukee, beat sammy ScOgliO, 12S.
GhienRo .(Sl. Ray ShaFkey. 1S4, CleVe.
Hand, decisiOned Danny Valerie, 1881,
/, AT san. FRANCIsCO-Fred ApOStoll,
$50, San Ffancisco, deeisiOned Yoang
etuhleys 100. Chicago (10).
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Pee Wees Casting

!. The Buddy Myer Pee Wee nine
Is booking games for the Easter
holidays. Call Decatur 4527 after
8 D. m.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07
Harmony Is Guest

Maryland UniverSity's Terrapin
Club honors Capt. John w. Har-
mony, former ring mentor, to
night at Shells Cafe on @
Street at 8 p. m. Harmony trans
fers to another post this summer.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07

ELIzABETHTOWN. Tenn, April
THE New York Giants and the
Cleveland Indians continue. their
17-game transforming tour series
here today after having been
rained out at Sheffield. Ala, yes
terday. The teams are tied at
five games each.
The Washington times., 1936-04-07

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April z.
Red Ruffing win open for the
New York Yankees today against
the Knoxville Smokes. weather
permitting. Rain and cold forced
the cancellation of a contest with
the Nashville Volunteers. yester-
day.
Evening star., 1936-11-21
"Thank You,
|God,' . Topic
OF DR.. Ball
Metropolitan Baptist
to Receive Gifts for
Poor.

AT THE Metropolitan Baptist
Church tomorrow the annual
harvest home will be held. DR.. John
Compton Ball will speak on Thank
You, God" The pulpit platform will
be appropriately decorated by the
Phi Gamma Kappa Dible Class Do
nations will be received of fruit, gro
ceries and canned goods, for the bene-
fit of the Baptist Home for Ladies.
At the evening service DR.. Ball will
speak on THE Fruit the Seed Pro-
duces."
The d. A. U. will be led by Mrs.
Frank 3. Strauss. The subject is
Rebuilding Our Missionary Program
In China"
The Through the Bible Study Glass
meets Tuesday at O'Clock. The
Woman's Bible Class will hold its an
nual meeting Tuesday at o'clock,
when officers will be elected.
Prayer service Thursday at 7:45
o'clock. led by the pastor.
The B. A. u. will conduct religious
services at the Northeast Mission Fri
day evening. S. w. Cranston will
speak.
Evening star., 1936-11-21

Union services will be held IN the
Union Methodist Church at II am, in
which members of the Western Pres
byterian Church will join. DR.. j.
Harvey Dunham will preach.
Evening star., 1936-11-21
Euthrratt

TIY0MA Seventh and Dahlia SITS. NV.
lAAUMA Rev. ]. Adrian Pfeiffer. pastor.
Morning Service at IL: s. S. at 9:45.
THANKSGIVING Service Thursday. 10 am.
Evening star., 1936-11-21
THANKSGIVING
SERMON TOPIC
DR.. Miers' Discourse To-
morrow to Be
Broadcast.

There will be special Thanksgiv-
ing service in Fourth Presbyterian
Church at IL o'clock Thursday. DR..
Miers will preach a Thanksgiving SER
mon. The sermon will be broadcast
over VOL from 1880 to IL.
At II am. tomorrow DR.. Miers will
preach on THE Source of Christ's
Authority" This will be a study of
great questioning of our Lord with His
Illuminating answer thereto. This SER
mon will be broadcast from 1880 to
IL O'Clock over VOL At 8 pm. he will
preach on Obedience"
DR.. Miers will speak Monday on "A
Study Of the Earthquake Signs of the
Times of the End" At 8 pm. Thurs
day, prayer meeting and Bible study.
Evening star., 1936-11-21
McKendree Methodist

Thanksgiving service at II am.
with sermon by Rev. Samuel z. Rose
on The Grateful Life"
Young Peoples League at pm.
Two Subtle Beasts" the eleventh
sermon on the Book of Revelation.
will be discussed by the minister at
pm.
Evening star., 1936-11-21
Mount Bethel Baptist.

Rev. K. w. Roy will preach at
II am. on Christ Our Teacher.
At $3.50 pm, sermon by Rev. w. A.
Randolph, pastor of Walker Memorial
Baptist Church; pm, special SER
mon. There will be a sermon each
night through the week in the cele-
bration of sixty-first anniversary of
the church and the eleventh of the
ma stnr
Evening star., 1936-11-21

THANKSGIVING day services Will
be held Thursday in the churches
Of the National Capital with special
programs.
In various sections of the city many
this event.
The annual service will be held at
10 am. in Reformation Church in CO.
operation with the congregations OF
St. John and st. Marks churches.
Rev. Carl Heminghaus Of Baltimore
will be the speaker.
Rev. John F. O'Hara, president of
the University of Notre Dame, will
be the preacher at the pan-American
mass Thursday at 1890 am. at st.
Patrick's Church. Right Rev. Thomas
Sadlier of st. Leo Abby, Fla, will
celebrate the mass.
The apostolic delegate, Amleto
Cicognani and Archbishop Michael
Curley of Baltimore will preside.
The national Thanksgiving service
will be held at the National Me-
mortal Methodist Church at 10:30
am. DR.. Joseph M. M. Gray, chan
cellor of American University, will
preach on Decorations and Destiny"
The annual union services for
churches in the Bloomingdale section
will be held in the Rhode Island
Avenue M. P. Church at 10 o'clock.
Rev. r. H. Stone, pastor of the Lincoln
Road M. E. Church will preach the
sermon.
Other churches participating are
+ lexington Presbyterian, United Breth-
ren and Bethany Baptist.
Universanst Memorial Church will
| Join in the union service with the
churches of Columbia Heights. The
service will be held in All Souls Uni
tartan Church, the sermon being
preached by Rev, A. P. Wilson, pastor
Of Columbia Heights Christian Church.
National City Christian, Calvary
Baptist, First Congregational and the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
churches join in a union service at II
am. at the First Congregational
Church. DR.. John w. Rustin. pastor
+ of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, will deliver the sermon.
The service will be held at Hamhne
M. E. Church at 1890 am with the
minister giving Thanksgiving mes
sage. Special music will be rendered
by the choir.
Baptist churches OF Northwest
washington will hold services at 10:45
m. at the National Baptist Memorial
with DR.. Cove G. johnson presiding
The sermon will be preached by Rev.
Perry L. Mitchell of Clarendon, Va.
There will be a union service at
/ 10 o'clock in the Bethesda Presby-
terian Church, with Methodlsts, Lu-
i therans and Presbyterians co-operat-
ing. Rev. Mr.. Whiting of the Lutheran
Church will preach.
Union services will be held for |
churches of the southwest at the
Fifth Baptist Church at 10:45 am.
Rev. Henry Wooding of lexington
Presbyterian Church will preach.
A community service will be held IN
the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church
at 1890 am. Rev. William E. La Rue,
pastor of the Takoma Park Baptist
Church, will preach.
Union services will be held in the
Union Methodist Church at II am, in
which members of the western Pres
byterian Church will join. DR.. j.
Harvey Dunham will preach.
THANKSGIVING services in the
GEORGETOWN section will be held IN
the Congress Street M. P. Church.
DR.. Rufus w. Weaver will preach on
"Grace in Thanksgiving. Members !
Euthrran