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Evening star., 1936-03-20

BY BILL DISMER, JR.
ROPOSAIS for an interprivate
u school track meet, bringing all
schools of that category into
l. direct sports competition for
the first time, will be presented within
the next few days to athletic authori-
ties at Friends, Gonzaga, Landon, st.
Albans and st. Johns by Joe Gard
ner, enterprising athletic director at
Georgetown Prep.
Envisioning a perfect setup on his
own athletic field at Garrett Park,
Gardner will suggest the afternoon OF
Saturday, May 16, for track get to-
gether of the six schools.
Aware that only scant attention is
paid to track now, Gardner sees that
very reason as one which would make
the affair a wide-open competition.
And he is confident that such COM
petition would prove spirited as well
as productive of some hitherto hidden
talent.
Pointing to the recent wrestling
tournament in which most OF the
citys schools entered matmen, the out
spoken little mentor sees the time ripe
for all of the schools to bury the
thought of remaining aloof.
Youngsters Seek Opportunity.
pUT, more than that, Gardner
- thinks that many athletes in the
local private schools eagerly would
welcome an opportunity to go out for
track.
Out at Garrett Park he has un-
doubtedly the best facilities for the
sport to be found in the city, with
gridiron-sized grass plot for field
events and a Quarter-mile track pro-
nounced by John O'Reilly, George
towns famous coach of former years
as the best track Of its kind in the
vicinity.
Meanwhile, Gardner will not slight
base ball at Georgetown Prep, which
has answered the challenge Of those
who see the sport dying in the schools
by attracting A candidates out OF
student body Of 80.
Assisted by James O'Hara and Pau
Guterl. young instructors at George
town Prep, Gardner is sponsoring threl
teams-varsity, junior and midget
and has arranged 16-game schedule
for the varsity.
Many Neophytes Out for Team.
HALF of the candidates never have
- played base ball, but no matter
how inept they may seem, none will bt
cut from the squad. Members of thi:
years smallest team will be trained
as in the past. for future service with
the varsity, which is one reason why
Georgetown Prep can point to win
ming percentage Of 200 in the last Sly
years.
Only four regulars from last years
team are back. Lefty De Sales Powell
southpaw, is the captain and one Of the
few pitchers on the squad, while Elkir
Franklin, second baseman; Berwin
Morse and Bob O'Shaughnessy, out
11elders, are of proven worth. Other
candidates showing willingness To
learn are Bill Thompson, Bill Keane
Ray Higgins, John Crosby. Billy Byrd
Tommy Graham. Joe Meseck, John
Reagan, Francisco zayas, Dick Can
ming, Billy MCGOWAN, jr.: Jackie
Dettweiler, Jim Murray and Tom
Nurre.
The schedule:
April 3, Western; Z, st. Adams;
%, Briarly Hall; "a, Episcopal; 27, Gen.
tral; 90. Gilman.
May /, Charlotte Hall; 5, Roosevelt
away; 8, Friends, away; 13, Mont
gomery; IS, Western, away; 20, Briarly
Hall, away; %, Chevy Chase; 25, Rock
vile; 27, Loyola, away, and 2s, Wood
row Wilson.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
V0LLEY BALLERs TRAVEL.

volley ball champions of the Dis
trict. the Y. M. G. A. team, will seek
additional honors tomorrow when
it leaves to compete in the Four
State tournament at Camden, N. j.
Evening star., 1936-03-20

They are having so much trouble
dragging Ellsworth Vines off golf
course that the professional tennis
league is thinking about getting out
subpoena. In the meanwhile Vines
has worked his golf game down into
the low 7os and is getting better right
along.
(Copyright. 1896. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1936-03-20
FIGHT DATE ADVANCED
Miller, Sarron Box for Feather
Title Here May II.

Because the date Of the annual High
School Cadet competitive drill could
not be shifted, the Freddy Miller-Petey
Sarron featherweight championship
fight will be moved up from May ID
to May II at Griffith Stadium.
BY advancing the date of the bout.
the District Boxing Commission also
is allowing more time between the
Police Boys Club benefit scrap and
the proposed Marty Gallagher-Bob
Tow fight here early in June.
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BIG SEASON AHEAD
FOR EAGLE NETMEN
Fourteen Dual Meets Awaiting
Team-Fifteen Aspirants in
Coach Hilton's Squad.

WITH five veterans and four prom
W ising recruits, American Uni
versity's tennis team is looking for
ward to a l4-match campaign which
will send it up against plenty of stiff
opposition. The Eagles will open their
season on April II against the Swarth-
more netmen at Philadelphia.
The present squad Of IS, now work.
ing out under the direction of Coach
William B. Holton, includes Len
Harris, Walton May, Sherman Lee,
Roger Barss and Ed Thrasher, all of
whom saw action last year. Among
the outstanding newcomers are Carl
Benscotter and Sgd link, basket ball
stars, and two freshmen, Carl Taylor
and Howard Hudson.
Home-and-home matches will be
played with st. Johns, University of
Delaware and Bridgewater.
The schedule:
April II. swarthmore st Philadelphia;
Johns Hopkins at Baltimore: "a Bridge
water at Harrsonburs; 90; Catawba.
ark; =. Randolph-Macon; &. st. Johns;
Lynch6urs College at Lynchbure: .. Ran
dolph:- Macon at Richmond; Is. University
OF Delaware.
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Plans Prep School Track Meet Hurdle Triumph Seen for Yanks
Varied Sports
A. A. u. Basket Ball.

A. A. u. Basket Ball.
Santa Fe Trails, "a; Central Mis-
souri, Teachers, %.
Universals, 81; Denver Sideways, 80.
Western Transits, 81; Kansas City
Life, SO.
Globe Refners, 81; Greeley State
College, 80. ..
College Swimming.
Yale, As; Harvard, 26.
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INDIVIDUAL RESULTS.
ages 12 to 10 Years.)

S1-pound class Macerino wv. B. CO.
threw E. Seeley (W. B. c. in 1:1D. Third.
Nelson.
S7-pound class-H Strong Devittl de-
cisioned C. LaZo dewitt. Third, Law
renee.
threw L. Bados (W. 3. c. in 2:35. Third
zanelotti.
1O1 pound class-T.. Hollon ~. M. c.
Lumpkin
I09-pound class-R. Cremins tunat-
tschedl decisioned J. Law tst. Albans).
Third, Petro.
lIT-pound class-W Colbert CW. B. c.
decisioned J. Lewis Nv. B. c.. Third,
Cosmanos.
I26-pound class-H Kelley ~. NJ. C.
A. decisioned H. Mckee ". M. c. Al.
w i45-ponnd class-w. Toll ". NJ. c. AZ
decisioned T. Nouragas ~. NJ. C. Al.
Third. House.
Unlimited class-W. Gunderheimer Up.
A. CO threw. e. Vermillion Up. A. c. in
1:0S. No third.
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to say:
'I take 1t all back. These
70-year -Old golfers you mention
not only putt as well as Hagen
or myself, but good deal better.
This remark was made just after
Bobby and Walter had blown pair
of 1s-inch puts, which Shirley Tenn
pie could have holed with her barley
spoon.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
BASKET GAME IS TIGHT.

Twelfth Street Y. M. c. A. basketers
edged out Union Station Red Caps,
1890, last night on the winners
court,
Evening star., 1936-03-20

The Hon. Robert T. Jones some time
back grew quite indignant when j.
Monroe and insisted that We knew
several golfers 10 or older who could
putt quite as well as Bob or Hagen.
After the next round, played at the
Evening star., 1936-03-20
NATIONS TALENT
BEST IT HAS HAD
Figures to Handle British
Postwar Challenge in
Olympic Games.

(This is one OF series OF stories
on American Olympic track and
field prospects. Written by sports
editor OF the Associated Press in
collaboration with this countrys
foremost track and field coacheS.)
Evening star., 1936-03-20

Overheard on a golf course: Indig-
nant golfer to caddy: Why don't you
60 where I hit emp" Indignant
caddy: why don't you hit 'em where
I amp"
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Instinct Best Brains.

" A NIMALS are much faster than
human beings in their refexes, "
Allen continues. "They don't have to
waste time thinking things out. A
Florida panther or puma that might
weigh $50 pounds-about the size of
a leopard or a wildcat-can throw a
claw almost as fast as a bullet. And
it's all instructive action"
Evening star., 1936-03-20
BY ALAN GOULD.

n YEW YORK, March 20.-Tna
M postwar challenge Of the
" British Empire to Americas
supremacy at the none-too-
gentle art of hurdling, high or low.
should be successfully handled at Ber-
lin this Summer.
Barring nlishaps or bad racing luck,
always factor in timber topping, the
U. S. A. figures to sweep the Olympic
l00-meter high hurdles and the 400
meter low hurdles for the first time
since 1924.
Our leading track coaches agree on
this forecast Though they are not
quite so unanimous when it comes to
putting their fingers on the athletes
most likely to send the Stars and
Stripes flying highest on the Olympic
staff.
OF the three foremost high hurdlers
in 1882, Percy Beard of Alabama, the
world record holder. apparently has
retired: George Sailing Of Iowa, the
Olympic champion, is dead. the victim
OF an auto accident, and Jack Keller Of
Ohio State, out of competition for
three years, tentatively is essaying q
comeback,
Evening star., 1936-03-20

Here is another argument that came
up on a long transcontinental trip:
'Is putting the easiest or the hardest
stroke in golf?" This Is quite a baf-
fer. It is very often the hardest
stroke in golf for a star professional
and the easiest for 12-year-old kid
or 75-year-old duffer.
Evening star., 1936-03-20

Instinct Is often far more important
than brains in sport. Especially under
flre-in quick action. Babe Ruth
never posed as any intellectual, but
after % years of big league base ball
no one can ever recall dumb play
turned in by the eminent Florida
golfer.
Evening star., 1936-03-20

recall talking to Larry Lajoie on
this subject. The big star of another
era merely said this: There's only
one right place to throw a ball on
every play. Why not throw it there?"
Evening star., 1936-03-20
Dewitt A. c. GAINS
WRESTLING TITLE
Six of Its GrappIers Annex
Crowns, Totals 81 Points.
Boys Club Second.

- NTERING the District A. A. U.
- junior wrestling tournament
without the benefit of outside
- competition, the Dewitt Ath-
letic Club nevertheless experienced
little trouble in annexing the team
championship last night at the
Y. M. G. A.
Sixteen of the 20 boys enrolled in
the club competedagainst teams which
drew from total membership Of more
than 2.400. Had its other four men,
bers not been sick, the Dewitt A. C.s
margin of victory probably would have
been more impressive.
Twelve Of the lads reached the finals,
six of them winning championships
to score 81 points. The Washington
Boys Club team finished second with
"A points.
Jimmy Trinble, a 10-year old lad,
who has been wrestling for three
years, was awarded trophy as the
most outstanding grappler in the
tourney. Jimmy defeated Sam Moore
Of the Y. M. c. A. to win the rs
POullu CLASS lOr Ine OeVltt A. v.
TEAM RESULTS.
Dewitt A.. c.. 81 points; Washington
Boys Club. a; Y. n; G. A., 81; Paul Ath;;
Club. l Powell Junior High, l. (Unat-
tached. potnts.)
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS.
Class "a"
CUnder IL Years Of Age)
65-pound class. Zanelotti wv. B. CO
threw w. Couant dewitt. in 2:03. Third.
H Brown
70-pound class-F. vinson (Devittl de
cisioned T. Strong Dewitt. Third. H.
Surratt
75-pound class-J. Trimble Devitt)
threw s. Moore (Y. NJ. C. Al in 3:5l.
Third, Dinterman.
S1pound class-H. Moses DEWITT threw
P. ODonoghue Dewitt! in l :57. No third.
g4-pound clasS-D. Loos tDevitt) threw
E. Elliott tDevitt) in 2:11. Third, Good
rich.
l01 pound class-R. Dunnigan DEWITT
deciSiOled R. Chambers DEWITT. No third,
Evening star., 1936-03-20

y1TH the approach Spring Augusta national Mr. Jones had this
Evening star., 1936-03-20
BIG NEED IS SEEN
BY Joe GARDNER
Garrett Park Coach to Ask
Six Institutions to Com
pete in Event.
NV RUL DISMER. JR.

BY BILL DISMER, JR.
ROPOSALS for an interprivate
school track meet, bringing all
/ schools of that category into
l. direct sports competition for
Evening star., 1936-12-02
trees were placed there under his spe-

trees were placed there under his Spe-
cial supervision.
There are more than 800 species Of
Hex (holly genus). They are native 10
the tropical and temperate regions OF
both hemispheres. It is said the finest
collection of different hollies Is to be
found in the Kew Gardens In England.
There are about 120 species. varieties
and hybrids at the present time. About
1874 the holly walk" was visualized
and today 1t is q reality.
Our American holly looks very much
like its English cousin. Both have
deep green leaves, with sharp prickles
or teeth along the margins. Though
the holly k evergreen and Is always
clothed. old leaves are tossed away and
new ones donned the year round. The
berries are usually solitary on the
American holly and clustered on the
English member.
The two hollies are dioecious. That
means there are father and mother
trees, and that the fruit is to be found
on the mother trees. Sometimes you
will find . male tree with . few ber-
ries. But you can depend upon 1t
that the tree heavy with berries Is
the female of the species.
Planting the berries in order to
have handsome holly trees takes too
much time. Besides, they average 10
male trees to one female tree. and
these small trees do not bear flowers
until they are S to II years old. and
until they do blossom, you cannot tell
them apart.
As you know, the fruit Is lovely
round red berry, that is q charming
contrast to the glossy green leaves.
Each berry contains from two to
eight seeds, usually four.
Hollies grow very slowly, but live to
a very old age, and grow more hand
some as the years 60 by.
At one time, the American holly
had natural distribution that
reached from Massachusetts, to Mis-
souri, and south to Florida and Texas.
Over-harvesting. with no replacement
to speak of. has practically wiped 1t
out from Massachusetts, to central
New Jersey. except on property where
it has legal protection.
Today you will find that the best
region for the growing of holly for
the markets is from Norfolk. Virginia
to Florida, within IS to so miles Of
| the coast. and westward to Louisiana
There are many thousands who
have an opportunity, at this season
of the year. to make money harvest
ing holly for the Christmas markets
Here is another chance to make q
wise investment, If you own some
land, by planting it to holly trees
You may find some small trees clus-
tering about their mother. You may
sow the seeds yourself, and later sci
the young trees out in rows. You car
buy sturdy young trees. A holly
plantation, in Q few years, will bring
in tidy sum, and will grow as the
years roll on.
(CopyrIsht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Bedtime Stories
Enough Is Enough.

weapons and q shield. Try as he
would. Buster could seldom get blow
past them. They kept crowding him
back. He would leap nimbly (big as
he Is, Buster can be nimble) to one
side and seek to rush in to close
quarters, but always Flathorns would
turn as nimbly, keeping the protection
Of those great horns.
Then Unexpectedly Flathorns would
use his hoofs instead of his horns.
He would suddenly rear and strike
downward, and behind those blows
was not only his strength but his
great weight. Buster couldn't always
avoid those blows, and when they
landed Buster squalled with pain.
But rage also made Buster squall.
Never before had any of the Green
Forest people seen him in such .
rage. Although he was getting the
worst Of that fight there was nothing
cowardly about Buster. And Flat
horns wasn't getting of unharmed.
No. indeed! Those great claws of
Busters had made deep slashes and
had torn the coat Of Flathorns SO that
he was rather a sorry sight. He was
in as great rage as Buster. He
squealed rather than squalled as he
plunged this way and that, now avoid
ing an attack by Buster and now
seeking to strike q blow that would
knock Buster down where he could
be trampled to death.
At last q lucky plunge landed those
hoofs where for the time being they
made Busters right forepaw almost
useless. Buster knew that If he
wanted to live he would have to re-
treat He would have to get away
He had had enough, and enough was
enough. More would be the height
of folly. So. watching his chance, he
lodged behind big stump and then
turned tail and ran. He ran surpris.
ingly fast considering that he had
only three good legs.
Flathorns, missing Buster when he
Evening star., 1936-12-02

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Enoueh's enough, and he is wise
who this plain fact doth recognize.
Old Mother Nature.
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o " NJ E068 EdSS TaSS
a. A bid beyond game, q slam invi-
tation.
(2) A further slam try showing In
addition long diamond Suit.
(3) Here North made the fatal slip.
Had he shown the ace of hearts, the
partnership would undoubtedly have
contracted for six notrump. BY his
failure to do so. he caused South to at
tempt the slam in diamonds.
a. South was now afraid that the
opponents held the ace and queen OF
hearts, in which event, If his partner
played the hand. a lead through his
king jack might prove fatal. At the
same time, if he played the hand at
six diamonds. he could probably get rid
Of at least one heart on his partners
spade suit.
West did not hesitate long on his
opening lead. One opponent had bid
spades and the other had raised
Hence. it appeared almost sure thing
that his partner could not hold more
than one Of that suit. The ace, fol-
lowed by . small spade, set the con-
tract.
While we admit both that North and
South had bad luck and that slams
are usually safer in q suit, there are
certain occasions, such as this, where
a slam in notrump is to be preferred
After all, In playing notrump, the op-
ponents can't run your high cards.
The Four Aces will be pleased to an
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The next article in this series will
appear Friday.
Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-12-02

lodged. rushed on past. When he
turned he failed to see Buster at
first because Of that big stump. Then
he saw him, and with . snort and .
squeal he plunged after Buster. He
was just too late. Buster reached a
great windfall under which there was
a passage big enough for him to crawl
in. Whining and whimpering. he
painfully crawled under the very mid
die of that windfall and there he
licked his wounds as he listened to
Flathorns thrashing about outside
and with his great horns trying to
tear apart that windfall. And as he
listened he realized more and more
that enough is enough. and he had
had enough of fighting with Flat
horns the Moose.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

~ YER in the Green Forest, near
I the shore of the pond Of
Paddy the Beaver, terrific
~ fight was in progress. a
fight between Buster Bear and
Flathorns the Moose. Never before
had the Green Forest known such q
fight. Most of the Green Forest
people, and some from the Old Pas
ture and the Green Meadows. were
there, looking on, but they kept a
safe distance away. You may be sure
of that.
Now Flathorns the Moose is, as you
know, . member of the Deer family.
Somehow one does not think OF men,
bers Of this family as fighters, except
ing among themselves. Only Honker
the Goose, who had seen F1athorns at
home in the Vast Wilderness beyond
the Great Mountain, was not sur
prised that he should dare fight
Buster Bear. You see, Flathorns was
q stranger there. having only just
come down from the Vast Wilderness.
who do you think will win?" asked
Paddy the Beaver as Honker swan
near.
"Flathorns," Honker promptly re-
piled.
Paddy shook his head II don't see
how anybody can beat Buster Bear ~
Now Buster Bear himself had had
much the same feeling. Never before
had he met any one who was not
afraid to fight him. 1t was a new ex-
perience and not wholly pleasant
one. And this fellow was a hard one
to fight with. There was no getting
in close with him. close enough to use
teeth as well as claws. Flathorns, with
his great head down, would present
only those great wide-spreading
antlers or horns. which we're both
Evening star., 1936-12-02

Digger Wasp Uses Pebble.
The digger wasp takes a small peb-
bic in its jaws to beat the earth hard
on top of its nest.
Evening star., 1936-12-02

Dance Evils Fought.
BY BOB PILGRIM

Police Of Toxic, Japan, who have
been fighting dance hall evils ener-
setically for several years now think
drastic methods are necessary. The
morality squad proposes that all such
places In the city be closed for . month
or two as lesson to the errant man
Evening star., 1936-12-02
LEGAL TO WE'D At IL
Northern Ireland's Age Limit for
Marriages Revealed.

That 1t Is legal for girls to wed
at IL and boys at IA was brought out
in the Northern Senate at Belfast,
Northern Ireland, while q measure was
being put through to provide for the
1887 census.
When the last census was taken
only those 16 and over were required
to answer questions relating to mar
riage. It was disclosed that one boy
and a. girls Of 16 were married. Per.
sons Of II or more win be asked BY
the takers Of the new census whether
they are married. It Is assumed that
none under that age have wed.
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Yesterdays Answer.

II would be impossible to put .
marker between pages a and a. In
the book. Page "a II on the other
Hde Of page 81. Try It on the first
book you see.
(copyrisht. 1850
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Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Slightly Careless.

0lIkut1y NdISACSss
LAM bidding with q partial score
constitutes one of the most dif-
ficult phases Of contract, as the
- advanced score often hinders q
complete exchange, Of information.
In today's hand, however. North and
South managed to arrive at . slam,
which would ordinarily be lay
down. While they were set, due to a
bad break, had they bid the hand
perfectly, they would have arrived at
an unbeatable contract.
South, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
North-South 10 on score.
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complexities still for
the relaxation The setting which these reax
enjoying Scotch andsoda their
~ house robes With the perennial problems of Christmas imminent
commend for consideration the and practical
that the
of smoking jackets yeseyears
Evening star., 1936-12-02
,sso.Is4s FLORIDA AVENUE
A Complete Cleaning Institution

Typs Of Laundry Service Guaranteed Dry Cleaning Guarantesd
Cleaning and Fur Cleaning Repairing and Remodng
Pillow Ssnzng Curtain, Cleaning Furniture
Automobile Cleaning Moth proof Storage Vaults fcs
Fues, Clothing Draperies Porde and Blankets
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

0y LILLIAN VOA A4nExs
- I'VE . holly tree for Christmas
4 to your tree-loving friends. II
Y they have place to plant 1t.
Very small trees may be had
now. Nve-year-old trees. with few
berries, proving they are mother"
trees, can be transplanted to the lawn
and what . lovely reminder Of the siver
each Christmas thereafter.
Evergreen holly trees live to be sew
erai hundred years old. Our first
President loved them, and in his diary
he makes special note Of the fact he
had planted holly trees in very ad-
vantageous locations. There are Is
of them at Mount Vernon, and In the
place referred to In his diary. There
fore, We can feel pretty sure these
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Cause of St. Elmo's Fire.

st. Elmo's fire, a light sometimes
appearing on the masts and spars of
ships, is due to slow discharge Of
electricity.
Evening star., 1936-12-02
Brain Twizzlers
BY PROF, ]. d. FLINT.

a. DYING farmer was faced with .
- perplexing problem. He had
owned square section Of land, but
he had sold q corner quarter Of the
land before his fatal illness overcafne
him He had four sons and wished to
divide the remaining land into four
equal parts Of the same shape. How
did he solve this problem?