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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-02
Italian Flash
Runs Back
NinePunts
BY SID KATZNELL


There should be no doubt now
that George "Pepco" Barry is one
Of the most versatile athletes in
the Nations Capital today.
Yesterday the diminutive Ital-
ian flash was instrumental in
the Washington Pros holding the
powerful Richmond Arrows to a
scoreless tie in the Dixie Football
League at Richmond before 5000
wildly cheering spectators.
Barry did not enter competi-
ton until the latter part Of the
first half, but his presence was
felt the moment he stepped into
the fracaS. Time and time again
he ran punts back with dazzling
speed. He Snagged nine punUs
and returned them for a total Of
121 yards. His longest dash was
81 yards.
Carlin and West
One of the features of the game
was the expert punting between
Lee Carlin, former George Wash
ington University backfielder Of
the Pros, and Capt. Jimmy West,
of Richmond. Both punters got
off several distance kicks, some
going as far as SIS yards. Neither
really threatened to score. The
Washingtonians once had the ball
on the VirginianS' 32-yard line.
and the VirginianS had the oval
on the Pros 33-yard stripe.
Royals Triumph
Regal Clothiers hung on to their
lead in the National City League
by soundly trouncing the Cardi-
mails, 10 to 0. The Royals have won
three and lost none. Keller and
Petrakis scored the touchdowns.
However, they couldn't have got
ten very far without the fine block
ing of the Myer brothers.
In the other league contest,
Palace A. c. battled the Airing
ton A. C. to ScorelesS tie.
Next Sunday the Palace runs
into plenty of trouble. They meet
the leading Regal club at 2:30
o'clock at Duffy Stadium. Stand
ingS:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-02
Presidents PLAY
Hopewe|| High
Friday

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Nov. 2.
George Washington Presidents
and Hopewell High gridders CLASH
here Friday in the first conference
contest for the locals.
Episcopal High and Virginia
Episcopal School team Of Lynch
burg, Va, furnish the fireworks
on Hoxton Field Saturday.
Virginia Athletic Club football
team, with a last-minute rally,
tripped the Warrick A. c., Of
Washington, yesterday, TO. Pull
man scored the touchdown.
Next Sunday the Fredericksburg
Corsairs will be the opponents Of
the AlexandrianS at Baggett's.
The Alexandria Skeet Club will
sponsor a big turkey shoot on
Wednesday night at the local
range on Hunting Creek.
Old Dominion Boat Club bowl
ing league stages its regular
weekly matches tomorrow night.
The Bow five is leading the loop.
VOTE AMERICAN
MohaWks Beaten
Virginia Avenue A. c. trounced
the Mohawks, 81 to 8, on the West
Potomac Field. Bill Mcbride fur.
nished the most spectacular play
of the game, running the kickoff
back IS yards for a touchdown.
Allen scored the only points for
the MohawkS. This was the fourth
straight win for the victors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-02

You could search far and near and
1 doubt if you could find such a
reasonable place to live. It is in
a strictly private home where they
will give board and room to a
couple for $3.50 apiece. Delicious
home cooked meals will be served
twice a day. The 14th Street car
line passes by the door bringing
you downtown in fifteen minutes.
NEW APARTMENTS
(14th G. Tuckerman SITS. N. W.:
Go out and see what a clever
builder has created at 14th and
Tuckerman SITS. N. w. Innova-
tons of every type. Everywhere
you look you will see some Of the
clever tricks he has performed to
make these new units unusually de-
sirable. In my limited space I
can't tell you all the attractive fea-
lures, so I will try and describe
one unit. It was two-room, kit.
chen, dinette and bath unit. The
rooms were large with plenty of
windows and light; the walls were
tinted and paneled in soft flatter-
ing shades; the bathroom had all
those new appointments so neces,
sary to our comfort, and a sta.
tionary stand with full cabinet
under it "a very new feature) E.
These apartments are the first
word in newest conveniences and
location. Rentals are quite mod
crate.
FURN. APT. DOWNTOWN:
Rarely do 1 have an opportunity
to present such a charming apart
ment. 1t is artistically furnished
with all those little touches that
add to the attractiveness of a
home. The living room is spacious
with an unusually nice window
arrangement, the bedroom has
plenty Of closet space and there
is a delightful sunroom which can
be used as an additional bedroom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-02
Roosevelt High Opens
Section Floor Test

Roosevelt Highs second annual
intersection basket ball tourney
got under way last week with 400
boys from IS sections participating
in the series. Redinger starred for
Section 3015 with IA points. Re
suits:
Section 1898 defeated Section
$3.50, II to 9.
Section G-2O16 defeated Section
1886, forfeit.
Section 3O15 defeated Section
3045, % to II.
Section 1884 defeated Section
1854, ID to 2.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-02

lshe beat Omaha in the Ascot Gold
Cup.
But their mother, verdict-her-
self corking race mare, had So
called half-bred parents. Social
ed" because you have to 60 a
long way back in their pedigrees
to come upon non-thoroughbred
ancestors. But those non, or part,
thoroughbred ancestors made their
offsprings, and all descendants to
come, ineligible to registration in
the General Stud Book. Actually.
Verdict, Quashed and Thankerton
are as much thoroughbred as any
race horses in the world.
But since they can't be regis
tered in the General Stud Book,
they are ineligible to registry in
our Stud Book. Wherefore, since
Thankerton could not be registered
here, he can't race on any Ameri-
can track, but he may compete on
any English, Irish, Australian or
Canadian track! Also he could
compete in American Steeple-
chaseS.
Oddly, Man o. War was eligible
to our Stud Book, was registered,
but he was not eligible to the
British book! Yet he could race
there, as he did here.
A nice kettle o. fish.
Five most common names in
jockeydom: Smith, Jones, Miller,
Martin and Lewis. JOB for a turf
statiStician: Approximate the num-
Der Of different color combinations
that have been seen on American
race courses. Oldest grandstand
still in use: Pimlico. Too, its club
houses antedate all others in this
country. Longest homestretch:
Aqueduct-and it's the toughest,
being slightly upgrade through
quite a piece Of it. Many of Eng
lands courses, especially EPSON
Downs, have stiff upgrades-al-
most hills through the last quar-
ter mile.
This country used to have three
tracks with notable upgradeS
through the last half of their back
stretches: Montgomery Park, in
Memphis. the Association track in
Lexington, and the West Side
Driving Park in Butte, Mont.
Copyright. 1885. by Christy Walsh
Syndicate. Inc
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-02

Anacostia Indians smashed No.
4 Police Boys Club 125-pound
team, Is to 0. Spencer, fullback,
scored two touchdowns.
Brewers Collegians stopped the
Silver Spring Merchants, 10 to 0,
and Virginia Avenue A. C. trim
med the Mohawks, 81 to 6, in two
other interesting Sandlot games
yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-02
Pimlico Opens Fall
Meeting Today
Late special-ALMARINE
Seventh at Narragansett
Bv PADDOCK

PIMLICo, Nd, Nov Ideal racing conditions prevailed
here today for the Maryland Jockey Clubs nneday
ing While the racing strip rather dull this morning caused
by the rains Of yesterday the track should be its best
p. m, which has been set as post time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-02
RENTAL HUNTING
With BARBARA HOLMES

interested of the places described belooc 1Ori bhon
call Barbara Holiness 1917 H St. N. IT., District $780,
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VOTE AMERICAN
Evening star., 1936-12-02

was manifest in painting, literature and
music, II not elsewhere among the civil
lied activities of men. OF course. the
contradiction required correction. Grad
ually perhaps, yet surely, law and order
are regaining the upper hand.
And it Is worthy Of repetition that
those values never are-never can be
accidental in character. They depend
upon accumulated conviction. In other
words, they are traditions. without
them society would be morally and
ethically bankrupt. Anything which
influences them deleteriously is harmful
In its effect; anything which preserves
and strengthens is helpful in its service
to the masses. 1t might be pleasant If
the contrary were true, but no amount
of sophistry can alter the facts. America
is constructively correlated to its sources
as q democratic nation, q community
free under the authority Of principle.
DR.. Norwood and his lantern symbolic
an endowment precious beyond the
power of words to tell.
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Traditions.

America, still young, gradually is
gathering traditions. To illustrate the
point, "tucking the boys in" has been
revived at Alfred University. President
j. Nelson Norwood, it has been an
nounced, will visit student residences on
the eve of the one hundred and first
Founders day. His predecessor, william
Kenyon, head of the school between 1857
and 1867, established the practice. An
old candle-lantern, used in Civil War
time, has been resurrected for a modern
equivalent of its original purpose. Prob
ably, the boys" will not enjoy being
Checked" but doubtless their grand
fathers also objected. The idea, however,
is a good one. Early to bed and early
to rise" retains it's efficiency as q rule of
conduct unaffected by the passing of
years. It represents an example of folk
wisdom hallowed by time and justified
by practical results. ..-...
But even more important is the grow
ing conviction that a cultural inheritance
Is worthy of protection. A few decades
ago only a small minority Of people
possessed Of large means cared anything
about old books, old pictures, old furni-
ture, old houses The craze for novelty
ran riot over the land. a madness for
what was new and untried dominated
the public mind. It was the age Of So
called cubism, vers hbre of the most
anarchistic sort and the hideous dis
sonance Of jazz. The spirit Of the jungle
Evening star., 1936-12-02

assaults by patronage seekers. subversive
interests and those who would contami-
nate law enforcement with politics, At
tacks which long ago would have dis
heartened Q man less sensible Of his
obligations toward society.
Recently widely published reports of
his early retirement to private life had
been disquieting to those who believe In
the IF. B. l." Of law enforcement. Per-
haps the circulation Of such reports is a
case of the wish fathering tho thought
At any rate. the Attorney General
brands such speculation as "a waste
of time" He is to be commended fol-
his unwavering support Of Mr.. Hoover
in the Governments remarkably effec.
tive war on interstate crime.
Evening star., 1936-12-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

When we stake something" for what
ais US" much to the disgust of the
medical profession, without consulting its
members, We yet do 1t as free-born
Americans whose bodies as well as souls
are. or at least are supposed to be. our
own.
We are not altogether Indifferent to our
own welfare; we feel certain that our own
views of that welfare cannot be entirely
wrong; that we are closest to ourselves
and hence ought to know what Is good
for us and what Is not.
All OF these testimonials" cannot be
"the bunk" as the phrase has 1t; no
doubt many Of these persons were a bit
hasty in their words of praise, eagerly
taking any improvement as q sign Of
cure, but In the main where there Is
much smoke there must be some fire, let
US hope of physical and mental improve
ment.
The names of the towns from which
these letters come are as intriguing as
the letters themselves.
Many of them, the majority, indeed,
are names of small places, probably not
over 1000 inhabitants, in the main.
although that could not be determined
precisely except by a reference to o
gazetteer in each case.
Here we have Grants Pass, Oreg. !;
Homer. La; Milligan. Fla: Glenford,
Ohio; Cyclone, No.: Yatts, Okla: Bethel,
Kans.; Bible School Park, N. Y; Edin-
burg, Ind: Dowagiac. Mich. and Leets-
dale, Pa.
We find Chester, Va, and Buchanan,
Ga. and Alpha, MINI. Atascadero, Calf; /;
Orafino. Nebr.; Falfa, Colo, and Escan-
aba. Mich.
Hickory. N. c., makes a hit immedi-
ately. 1t has a good, solid sound.
And shall we not like Humble, Tex?
We do. and at once.
To the point is VoX, KY. 1t means
voice" of course. but one may wonder
how it got the name, who was the imagi-
native person who selected it, and why?
Was he thinking Of the voice of the
people," ETC.?
The name Shovel Lake, Mich. would
kept in mind that the Indians of those
shape of the bodies of water. In this
particular case it may have been white
settlers who named the lake, initiating
the Indian custom.
Good old Hacker Valley, W. Va, comes
to view. But how did Opp. Ala, get its
name? You explain. because we cannot.
Or Humarock. Miss? Mill Shoals, H..
seems easy. Polo, Mo, is another inter-
esting one. We find Dongola. ILL.,; Apopka,
Fla, and Hicksville, Ohio. Cynical read
ers may believe the latter unduly honest.
but it probably is no more than named
after Mr.. Hicks.
We cannot let these names 60 without
putting down Tujugga, Calf. There Is
a wonderful name for you!
We confess to an old-fashioned liking
for all such booklets, and never find one
but what We discover something worth
while and interesting in it.
What We do not believe therein we
accept with smile. and what we like
we rejoice in as much as if It were printed
on the finest Of laid paper and illustrated
with the most glorious of colored plates
Not all that glitters in print is gold.
Sometimes the curious deliver into the
printed word may find a gem of purest
ray In what appears at first to be a
valueless leaflet.
1t is true that this does not happen
very often. but that is the reason it ap-
pears all the better when It does happen.
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Human Experience.

Human Experience.
A lot of chaps with wealth today
Can look back on a time
When fortune seemed to hide away,
Though strength was in its prime.
With feeling for your fellow men
Your heart will surely throb
If you sometimes remember when
You didn't have job.
It's time to work with thought and skill
To find the way to lead
Those who would labor with q will
To shun the hour of need.
1t may be helpful now and then
To aid, not pause to sob
AS you perchance remember when
You didn't have job.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

This is the time Of year the calendars
and almanacs come rolling In.
Despite the fact that they differ very
much, they all have one thing in common.
The date:
1897.
The rev year, yet to be, slaps the reader
directly in the face.
The mystic rolling of time comes home
to one, then, as 1t perhaps does not do
otherwise. Dismiss the subject as one
may. there Is no doubt that year Ii
almost gone, another one ready to begin.
Fortunately one does not have to
ponder the mystery long.
Inside the almanac, or calendar, the
reader will find standard information,
the sort which holds its place with the
years, having grown old with America.
Almanacs in particular, especially OF
the medicine variety, hold q warm place
in the hearts Of many.
Who cannot recall, as q child, having
made q collection of some particular
almanac, from door to door. after the
distribution?
There were tables of weights and meas
ures, signs of the Zodiac-the goat and
the twins and the ion-best bait to be
used in fishing, times to paint, harvest,
etc.
Well, they are still in these publica-
tions. An unusually well gotten-up one
came to desk the other day, and we spent
many pleasant minutes going over it.
Evidently there Is some standard center
of almanac culture, where the various
intriguing facts used In the tables are
dug up.
Who, for instance, except an almanac
man, would recall that President Fill
more was born on January 7, 1900? Or
that the first shot of the Civil War was
January 8, 1862? That the first steam
train in the United States came January
IS, 1881; Benjamin Franklin born jan
uary II, 1706: Gen. r. E. Lee born jan
uary 10, 1907?
The month also shows the birthdays
of Lord Byron, former Emperor William
and Henry M. Stanley, the explorer.
The month of February gives, of course,
Lincoln's birth, as we'll as that of George
Washington. Henry w. Longfellow, the
poet, We are reminded. first saw the
light of day on February n. 1908.
The list is extended through the COM
ing IL months, but there are many other
facts presented. too. and some near
facts. such as weather predictions for
the entire year.
Most of these forecasts are made on
an old Indian method, whereby the near
ness Of certain signs OF the moon to
midnight are supposed to indicate just
what the weather will be at any time
in the future. Position of wind, too, has
something to do with it.
One may smile at such predictions. but
over the days they often hit" it, as. nc
doubt, they could not help doing.
1t is a pretty safe guess. for instance
that May to Sin any year-will be
bright pleasant" as the almanac says
for 1887.
Similarly clear and cold will do for
almost any December 4 to 6.
Testimonial almanacs, when well
handled. will intrigue many person who
would not. perhaps, admit to such an
interest.
One may have suspicion. or more than
that, that most humans are only too will
ing to expect improvement after taking q
medicine. This is, no doubt, as it should
be. Hope, after all, and fortunately for
all of us, springs eternal in the human
breast
Evening star., 1936-12-02

tive Democrats who don't want Con-
gress to surrender its historical preroga-
tive as the tariff making power New
Dealers stress the substantial improve
ment in export trade resultant from
reciprocity, especially with Canada. En-
phasis will also be placed on the su-
preme desirability of promoting eco
nomic peace among the nations at this
sorely troubled stage of world affairs.
Something bearing a cousinly resem-
blance to coalition government" in
miniature exists in Washington through
the circumstance that several important
Federal posts are in the hands of Re-
publicans originally appointed under G.
o. P. rule or later commissioned by
President Roosevelt. Conspicuous among
these officials are Robert Lincoln OBrien,
chairman of the United States Tariff
Commission: Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
administrator of veterans affairs; Gov.
John G. Winant, chairman OF the Social
Security Board; Col. Charles n. March,
chairman of the Federal Trade Commits
sion, and Richard N. Elliott. acting con-
troller general of the United States. The
dean of Republicans still f1ourishing in
high places is Gen. Hines, who has been
in Office since 1923. In certain cases they
retain their commissions because of
statutory provisions for bipartisan rep
resentation in the Government agencies
with which they are connected. Secre-
taries Wallace and Ickes both rated as
Republicans in pre-New Deal times.
baSSadorial rank at Washington along
with the limited group of bigger coun-
tries which permanently have that status
here. Senior Captain Colon Eloy Alfaro,
who has been Ecuadoran Minister to the
United States since 1888, is clothed with
ambassadorial authority and title for the
duration of the boundary negotiations
between his government and Peru, now
in progress in Uncle Sans neutral Cap
ital. Pan-American authorities here
abouts shivered this week when news
came that Ecuador was threatened with
q military revolution. Had it ASSUMED
serious dimensions, it would have cast
an unfortunate pail over the feast OF
brotherly love just getting under way at
Buenos Aires. Chilean recognition OF
Italy's conquest of Ethiopia is sort Of
rift in the lutte.
Representative Martin F. Smith, DEM
ocrat, of Washington plans to sponsor
legislation in the incoming Congress
looking to establishment of a labor
tribunal for peaceable settlement of in
dustrial differences and the prevention
of strikes and lockouts. His ideal is .
law that would rigidly protect alike the
rights of workers, employers and the
public. Mr.. Smith thinks the arbitra-
ton act adopted by Great Britain fol-
lowing its famous general strike q few
years ago might serve as q model over
here. Whatever is set up, the North
western Representative favors Federal
agency fitted with full set Of teeth to
enforce its rulings.
\ -
New Jersey q. o. p. leaders are evf-
IDENTIFY trying to groom Republican
Woodrow Wilson-Dr. Harold w. Dodds,
president of Princeton University, who
has just been proposed as gubernatorial
timber for 1887. If the Nassau execu-
tive cannot be persuaded to run next
year, his friends hope he may be avail
able In 1910. They are dangling before
him the seductive fact that Trenton was
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Hoover to Remain.

In the face Of persistent rumors that
j. Edgar Hoover will leave the director
ship Of the Federal Bureau Of Investi-
CATION to accept more lucrative indus
trial post, it is comforting TO learn that
Attorney General Cummings regards
such talk rs nonsense"
While Mr. Hoover undoubtedly has
received many attractive offers from
outside organizations, events Of the past
have demonstrated that no nAp In
public ONCE has his job closer at heart,
or has deeper sense Of responsibility
toward public trust, than has the d.
rector Of the T. 3. I.
He has withstood valiantly repested
Evening star., 1936-12-02
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Winters Imprint.
The Winter stamps its impress

The Winter stamps its impress
In wreaths of crystal snow,
On slender weeds and rushes,
On withered stalks of bushes:
A weight that bends them low.
Yet though they may lie broken,
Their roots In the warm earth
Snow safely blankets under:
And, oh, the ceaseless wonder
When Spring gives them new b
Evening star., 1936-12-02

The Monroe Doctrine is being studied
by modern craftsmanship. While it deals
with the most delicate political rela-
tionships, it is so old-fashioned as to
say nothing about having anybody shot
at sunrise.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

A spirit of kindness prevails and the
wants Of children are being studied.
Good judgment must be exercised even
in charity to prevent some little one
from receiving 4 rubber doll when it
would rather have q bowl OF bread and
milk
Evening star., 1936-12-02

China's immensity is suspected of
being able to absorb even the aggressive
power of Japan. Uncle Remus' fable
of pugnacious Brer Rabbit and the Tar
baby may not be without its moral.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

New magazines revive old titles with
pictorial magnificence. 1t may be the
lack of an H. c. Bunner, with q mastery
of wit and versification, that prevents the
revival Of Puck along with the rest.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

stepping stone to the White House
for one president OF Princeton and say
ing that DR.. Dodds has the stuff to make
history repeat itself. He is a Pennsyl-
vanian by birth, a years old and wholly
inexperienced in politics. though he has
taken an active part In surveys Of State
and local government in New Jersey.
(Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1936-12-02

Wicked pinball machines will be con-
fiscated and sent to other nations as an
insidious means, perhaps, of undermine
ing morals and thereby weakening
morale.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

Munitions makers are demanding a
peaceful gesture, at least to the extent
of q gentlemen's agreement not to shoot
up one another's factories along the
water front.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

No man attains favorable publicity
to the extent of eliciting cheers from q
section of the public without being men,
toned as a presidential possibility. 1t
has already happened to Leader Lewis
of c. I. O.
Evening star., 1936-12-02
A Fault Finding Life.

"A statesman" remarked Senator Sor-
ghum, has hard work preserving .
pleasant disposition"
HE can't be blamed If he is not
always cheerful"
mo. Many people regard it as neces-
sary to find fault with him and con-
slider it his duty to hunt up things to
find fault with"
Evening star., 1936-12-02

No man can be always wrong. AS the
generous Christmas spirit expands it re-
minds the world that when he said You
can't shoot Santa Claus" Al Smith was
right.