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Evening star., 1936-11-25
Sets Pace in Odd Fellows,

TODAY he is leading the Odd Fell
- lows League, the loop from which
he never took furlough, with an
average of 1918, more than seven pins
ahead Of his nearest competitor. At
the same time he is averaging between
1l0 and lis In the faster Recreation
League, the first other loop he has be-
come part of since his voluntary re-
tirement. Elicit began a partial come
back late last Winter when he Joined
Sol Herzog's team in the Recreation
League, too late in the season. how
ever. for more than half-dozen
matches.
For 20 years Perce and his dad,
James T. Elicit, have rolled in the Odd
Fellows League. in recent years being
regarded as the backbones of the loop
which might have passed into colivion
had it not been for the energy and
enthusiasm of father and son. The
elder Elicit, incidentally, rolled for
The Evening Star in the first organ
lied duckpin league in the city, formed
by the G. P. O., the Washington Post
and The Star at the turn of the CEN
tury.
Today Perce is found on the league
leading Amity No team Of the Odd
Fellows loop, while his pater is on
Amity No 2, currently resting in third
place Last Monday, for the first time
this season, young Elicit experienced
what he termed an "off" night, during
which he rolled a set of 343 That ia
average for the evening reduced his
seasons average to its current mark
Of 12l and fraction.
Active w. c. d. A. Leader.
EILETT, however, is not the kind to
be selfishly absorbed with his own
exploits. With the aid of two equally
capable officials, the own live-wire hero
of this yarn is about to lead the local
duckpin association to its greatest
year in history, with more active lead
ership provided than the body has
known in years.
With Elicit at the top, the associa-
ton is further bolstered by Orville
Ebersole and Men McAlwee, secretary
and assistant secretary, respectively,
two tireless, enthusiastic workers
whose constant aim is the steady i'm
provement of Washington's biggest
Winter sport.
Elicit does most of his rolling at the
Recreation Alleys on G street, but his
thoughts of and efforts for bowlers in
clude those of every set of alleys in the
District. His position at the top of
the city's most important pin body is
the elimination of progress by bowler
who has risen from the ranks.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Stanford IL VenrefuI.

COLUMBIA-STANFORD: Sheer
guesswork on this one. Stanford
to part avenge that Rose Bowl defeat
in 1894.
Boston College Holy Gross: Annu-
ally as grueling a game as you can
find: Prepared for quick retreat,
the nod goes to Holy Cross.
Oregon State-Nebraska: It's q long
trip for the Huskers and Oregon State
scores on little or no provocation. On
q quick reverse to the strong side,
Nebraska.
Georgia Georgia Tech: Another of
those traditional affairs. One mans
guess looks as good as another for
the moment. Georgia Tech.
Louisiana State Tulane: And still
another, but Louisiana looks too pow
erful.
Auburn-Florida: Auburn.
Southern Methodist-Texas Chris
tian: Still banking on Sammy Baugh,
Texas Christian.
Rice-Baylor: Eenie, Meenie
Baylor.
Colorado College Brigham Young:
Brigham Young.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Elicit Boosts Worth as Pinman Ball Golf Gudget
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have developed an eye for pocket
billiards, which used to be called pool
before they moved it into the parlor.
Others just sit around and fan about
golf and golf shots and how to play
'em. But you don't fnd the boys
hitting the booze any more. Those
days are gone.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
BASKET BALL CODE
SUBJECT OF CLINIC
Players, Coaches, Officials
Will Take Part in Open
Meetings at "Y."

THE second annual National
Capital basket ball clinic, which
proved valuable aid to play
- ers, coaches, officials and fans
last year in interpreting various phases
of the court game, will be held at the
Central Y. M. c. A. on December 4. 8
9, 10 and IA, it was announced today
by B. e. Phillips, chairman
Well-known coaches, including Val
eDutch) Lentz, st. Johns College, An
napolis; Freddy Mesmer, Georgetown:
Fod Cotton, Catholic University: Wal
ter Young, American University: Bill
Reinhart, George Washington, and
Burton Shipley, Maryland, will con-
duct the meetings.
Girls Will Take Part.
A MONG the various subjects to be
discussed will be conditioning. in
depreciation Of rules, responsibilities
fundamentals, individual defense
types Of defense, offensive play, pro-
fessional play and any others which
may have been overlooked.
Handling the women's angle of the
clinic will be Miss Ruth Atwell
George Washington director Of won-
ems athletics; Eline Won Berries o'
Goucher College, Baltimore; Helen
Lawrence, girls basket ball coach;
George Washington and Ellen Jervey
Hood College, Frederick. Md.
Meetings Open to Public.
THE District A. A. u, District Phys
ical Education Association, Dis.
trict Approved Board of Basket Bal
Oficials and the Central Y. NJ C. A
are sponsoring the event., which Il
thrown open to the public.
Assisting Phillips on the committee
are Win johnson, secretary of the
District A. A. u; Birch E Bayh, di.
rector of health and physical educa-
ton. public schools; DR.. j. A. Simpson
president of the District Approved
Board of Basket Ball Officials; Dallas
Shirley. Y. M. c. A. basket ball coach
and Miss Atwell.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
you always can find some new
I angle to this golf business and
the training for it-if you look

Y you always can find some new
" angle to this golf business and
the training for it-if you look
= for 1t. Leo Walper. for ex-
ample, has q new wrinkle In the Job
Of training for golf championships.
The Walper man, who tied for
seventh in the qualifying round of the
late p. @. A. jamboree at Pinehurst
and went along through the third
round, cut and shucked corn at the
old family homestead near Shepherds
town, w. Va, for four days before he
showed of for Pinehurst and the big
championship.
II don't know anything that will
strengthen your hands and wrists
more than snucking corn" Leo said.
"You exercise all the big muscles in
your back and you really use those
smaller muscles in your hands and
wrists.
"a good man can shuck IS
bushels of corn In a full day,
and did pretty good myself.
II managed to meet the quota three
days in a row. and it strengthened
my hand and wrists so that I didn't
mind the pounding they got at Pine
hurst"
Evening star., 1936-11-25

| Touchdown-Ellott Point after touch
strong, offutt. Referee@Arthur Farauhs-
Head linesman-Rob Middleton. Time Of
periods minutes thrst and third:
! minutes (second and fourth)
Evening star., 1936-11-25

ONE of the major problems of the
~ Conservation Commission in re-
cent years has been to restore deer
hunting. During the last year 1913
deer were stocked and negotiations
have been begun with Pennsylvania
to purchase 100 more for 1887 de-
livery. In spite of efforts along this
line the deer population is small, COM
pared to capacity of the range. and the
season was limited to four days this
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Always Practice on Tee.

Always Practice on Tee.
A ND as for training by keeping the
= swinging muscles in the groove,
they all spend q half hour on the
practice tee before q round. The Gil
Evening star., 1936-11-25
BUSY AS OFFICIAL,
BETTERS BOWLING
Perce Rolls High in Two
Loops, Adds to Prestige
of City Association.
BY BILL DISMER, JR.

NOM1NS DdCh 90 q oo"ASa oAiN
venturing anew as an execu-
! tive. That's the dual role OF
one who promises to drive the
Washington City Duckpin Association
to unprecedented activity this year as
well as restore the name of Elicit to
the forefront of active rollers during
the 1867 campaign.
Perce Elicit, whose 113 average in
the District League was second only to
that of Earl McPhilomy In the Winter
of 1924 never has stopped bowling
completely. But this year. due to free
dom from studies which have occupied
most of his spare time for the past five
years. he is destined to outdo all of his
previous pin activities-on the alleys
and behind the desk.
For, you see, Elicit was elected presi-
dent of the w. c. D. A. early this Fall
taking the place of Harry Greer, who
asked to be relieved of his duties. Al
the same time Elicit is bowling his
first full season in more than one
league for the first time since 1881.
Evening star., 1936-11-25

~ the hills of West Virginia.
More than $50 years before the Amer
ican Revolution this tribe of hunters
and warriors drove out the more peace
full Eries and established their hunting
grounds on the western slopes of the
Alleghenies. Their efforts, however,
combined with those of the white men
who followed them, virtually drove
out the once numerous buffalo, Wild
cat and deer.
The last buffalo was killed in 1925.
wildcat are found only on State-pro-
tected farms, but deer are available
in huntable quantities in many West
Virginia counties. And now, so the
legend runs. on almost any cold, clear
night, especially if the moon is above
the trees, you can see the shade OF
some Indian hunter creeping along
a deer track, or waiting silently for
a big buck to put in his appearance
beside some stream or pool.
Within the last Is years West
Virginia has become c0nserva-
tion conscious and has em-
barked on q policy Of rehabilita-
ton for her hunting grounds
and fishing streams.
And the set-up is perfect. The
country is mountainous, especially
along the eastern border, where the
hills rise more than 1000 feet in some
places. The remainder of the State
is wild and hilly, providing ideal hunt
ing country through which trout and
bass streams wind. Much of this
territory can be reached by road, but
there are still areas that can only be
reached by primitive methods and
where human >habitations are almost
Evening star., 1936-11-25

COnJlnueQ FROM twelfth Page.)
just about nothing when the service
schools collide. Army, with the in
f1uenza whipped at last. should be At.
1t seems here the cadets have better
scoring weapons than Navy. and this
ballot in their favor is predicated on
the belief that Army will be quicker
to take advantage of its scoring op-
portunities.
Evening star., 1936-11-25
Barker

Continued From Twelfth Page.)
Evening star., 1936-11-25
BY GEORGE HUBER.

. NCE again the ghosts Of the
mighty hunters OF the 1ro-
quois Indians are roaming
. the hills of West Virginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-04

ticket was returned in splendid fashion. They'll raise their voices higher to think that they control the state senate and all the congressional seats. It would require much writing to pay personal tribute to che many local and state candidates who were honored in such splendid fashion yesterday. We in Waterbury feel that our contribution to the democratic vic- tory was quite in keeping with our proud record of past years when the majorities were smaller, but Waterbury was only one of several cities and towns endorsing the democratic candidates.
 Waterbury remains democratic; Con- necticut, unlike the leopard, has changed her spots and will, we venture to predict, enter a new era of political freedom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-04
America Marches On

In the tumble of election returns last night down here on lower Grand street; in the midst of all the comments pro and con the astonishing results of yes- terday's voting; in the calm aftermath of glorious victory one thought sticks with us. Speaking over the facilities of WATR from the city rooms of The Waterbury Democrat last night James w. FitzPatrick left with his listeners something to ponder on and having thoroughly done this to come to con- clusion. He summed up Tuesdays results in the succinct expression, Amer lea marches on.
 Truly she did this yesterday, for now that the heat of the battle Is over and candidates have been selected and rejected, all must see that to have de- serted the cause of Roosevelt at this time would have been retrogression. The United States brides herself on progress; she is constantly going forward in all humanitarian president, Franklin Delano the following March went down to the White House to conduct the affairs of troubled nation, he brought with him different philosophy of government.
 We have seen the effects of 1t during the past three and one-half years. That these effects, despite the scourging they took at the hands of republicans and Orstwhile democrats, have made deep and lasting impression was conclusively proved by the vote of yesterday. You can't win an election in the fashion that President Roosevelt and hordes of demo- oratic candidates did without offering to the great mass of voters something that appeals to them. And in this day and age of independent voting 1t is great tribute to President Roosevelt and the democratic party that 1t was to them that millions of voters turned for support and guidance.
 No president will ever return to the White House for second term as encouraged as should be Franklin D. Roosevelt. No group of democratic legis- lators, national and state, no list of dern- ocratic state officials will apply itself to the work at hand of carrying on the reclamation of a nation rising from the wreck as those now endorsed at the polls.
 We can't, nor wouldn't say "I-told-you- so''. Who did? But we can and do say that our pleas and our urgings of the past few weeks, when we knew that the nation was suffering from an over indulgence in political palaver, must have fallen on many receptive ears. For the defeated candidates we have only. sympathy. They waged losing cause for the simple reason that their philos- ophy of government included retrogres- sion. They wanted to go back to the old style of government. It no longer suf- fees. Times have changed and America marches on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-04
THE RESULT
(New Haven Journal-c courier)


 It looks like Roosevelt by Q land- slide as we write. With New Ha- ven democratic by 2i,000, with the state heading to Q democratic mar gin proportionately large, 1t is clear history was made here and in the nation Tuesday. The New Deal receives Q vote of confidence after as strenuous campaign as we have had in decades: and the country faces four more years of that poe litical and sociological change from which even MT. Landons platform was not wholly free. The country may be depended upon to forget the heats of the battle as the battle passes. It may expect the New Deal and the New Dealers to do likewise.
 Many of the most candid of MT. Roosevelt's supporters hoped not quite this consummation would oc- cur. They felt he required the christening which Q narrower vic- tory would imply. Nor, as c mat ter of fact, do the electoral tallies, the total of the popular ajorities, leave him wholly free. That the country has made decision against abandonment of his objectives is perfectly clear; 1t is clear, too, that 1t likes, in general this methods. But no one who voted Tuesday voted for extravaganza for its own sake, for change as preferable per SC to stability for adventure on the simple ground that adventure Is lots of fun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-04
MIR. ROosEvELTs NEW DUTIES
 (New York Times)

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 President Roosevelt asked the country for vote of confidence. He has received 1t, pressed down and running over. The sweep of his vic- tory crosses sectional lines. It ranges under the democratic banner many states which are normally re. garded as republican. It leaves no doubt of the presidents great per- sonal popularity. A large majority of the American electorate has now looked at the record of the last four years and found 1t in the main sat- isfactory.
 Even in these first hours of tri. umph the president must ask him. self what Is the true significance Of the great victory he has won. Plain- ly, if the result is judged in tho light of his own appeal to the elec- torate, this victory is an endorse ment of broad principles he has fol. lowed in the past, rather than Of specific measures he now advocates. The votes which have reelected Mr. Roosevelt are votes cast by large numbers of people who believe that his administration has helped great- ly to restore hope, to equalize oppor- tunity, to prevent the excesses of the recent past and to conserve Ameri- can institutions by adapting them to changing times. All this the presi. dents victory means. It does not mean that he has been given an or- der or authority to proceed along the line of a highly centralized gov- ernment or new and radical policies The people who have reelected him have simply been placing in his hands a national trust to be dis- charged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-04
A GREAT PERSONAL TRIUMPH
 lNeW York Herald .TrIbune)

There have been few victories in the history of American politics to parallel President Roosevelts extra ordinary sweep in yesterdays elec- ton. From the start of the returns the trend was unmistakable. When the city vote from Connecticut ar- rived, showing that the Roosevelt tide, 50 far from having receded since 1882, had actually risen, the figures seemed conclusive. As Chi- cago echoed them, giving MT. Roose- welt Q lead beyond l932, the wide ex- tent of the landslide stood beyond questioning.
 The rural vote at its hoped flor best could not overcome such extra ordinarily pluralities in the cities. AS these scattered returns arrived they, too, showed Q marked falling of from republican expectations. There were good spots and bad spots, but the powerful Roosevelt appeal was plainly in control.
 Thus the president after caIn- paign which he has conducted all but single-handed, finds himself re. turned to the White House with an overwhelming endorsement. Though the popular vote will undoubtedly be closer than the electoral vote, his plurality there may also prove heavy. As for congress, while the returns are still incomplete, such an extraordinary personal victory makes any great shift unlikely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-04
The Leopard Changes His Spots

For years republicans in public life always comforted themselves when the going was hard or there were complaints from their constituents with the thought that come what may Connecticut was always safely republican. And usually they were right. The state could be depended upon to provide safe and often large majorities for gop. candidates for state and national office. AS result the state got quite reputation for being a g.o.p. citadel. But like all things made by man, decay and signs of crumbling were detected. The rest you know.
 The rout of the republican party in Connecticut was completed yesterday with the greatest democratic victory that this state has ever witnessed. Even when the state swung to Woodrow Wilson back in 1912 there was nothing comparable to what happened yesterday. In this state as in others the division in republican ranks enabled the democratic candidate for president to carry it, as well as to make possible the election of a demo- cratic governor, also an unheard-of thing.
 In the face of the claim of J. Henry Roraback, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, that Connecti- cut was going to give the republicans a 150O00 majority Tuesdays outcome was all the more overwhelming. It will with out a doubt end the Roraback regime in Connecticut. We do not intend to start the wolves barking at his door for his resignation, but from time to time in the past two years we have pointed out that k needed but one more democratic vic- tory to end for all time the old republican set-up in this state. The nails were griven home fin the coffin yesterday.
 Democrats will rejoice that their state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-04
A Book a Day
Book "As American As Corn On Cob"
By BRUCE CAPTION

The word "great" is cheap, in book reviews. Any book that jars Q jaded reviewer out of his accus- toned boredom is more than likely to get 1t; if 1t irnpresses the poor hack as the sort of book he himself might have written, given time and ambition, he is apt to call 1t super. latively great"
 That being said, I must go on to add that l suspect "Caleb Cat lum's America" by Vincent McIIugh (stackpole Sons: $260), of being Q great book.
 It has that peculoriar blepd of broad hunior and sensitvie poetry that go t6 make greatness. It is as American as corn on the cob. It is an extravaganza that never gets flat or forced. It Is both rowdy and subtle. In short, 1t is Q swell book.
 Cabel Catlum Is Q hero in the tradition of Paul Bunyan and John Henry--b both of whom stalk through this book. He was born in 17os and he is deathless, because the Catlums descended from Eric the Red and Ponce dc Leon, who drank from the fountain of eternal youth.
 Caleb went west with Lewis and Clark. He teamed up with Mike Fink in the heyday of the Missis- sippi fatboat men. He rode the plains with Buffalo Bill, shot at c mark with Daniel Boone, talked with MT. Jefferson in the White House, rode circuit with Abe Lin- coin and piloted steamboats with Mark Twain.
 He was Q monumental braggart, Q liar who could hake his lies come true, Q fighter and drinker and wencher and an everlastingly restless searcher.
 He stands for the common American, and in the end, he is licked by the traders = the Sam Slick, Jim Fisk breed, who over- run the country. So Caleb and all his deathless tribe e-- Lincoln, Sam Adams, Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, Wyatt Earp, Huck Finn and the other real and legendary heroes of the land-retire, at last, to c great cave in the Rockies [. there. like King Arthur in Avalon. to bide their time until the country shall be ready to receive them again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-04
Credit Where Credit Is Due

Now that all the shouting has died down to steady buzz of conversation, let's sum up and see who was right. Before starting to hand out bouquets for this and that - naturally the victorious candidates get the roses - how about a great big hand for James A. Farley, gen. eralissimo of the democratic forces in the United States. MT. Farley called the turn not once, but twice, three times, and even oftener. His predictions, the figures are beginning to show, were shrewdly accurate.
 He called the turn in Connecticut a year ago. Maybe it was a blind stab in the dark, but if that is so, then the same is true of all the other claims he made those claims which Chairman John Hamilton of the gop. ridiculed. Chair man Farley sized the situation up from the beginning, planned his campaign accordingly, selected his aides to fit the plans the rest is now history. To Chair man Farley for his magnificent accom- plishment we pay our highest respects. He deserves the credit.
 And let it be said that right here in Connecticut there was an active ana energetic democratic chairman leading the party to it's greatest triumph. To J. Francis Smith of this city we offer an accolade tonight. He, we know, will dis tribute the honors of the campaign fight to those upon whose shoulders they should fall. There are many unsung heroes in this victory. You read about the party organization. They get out the vote. Yesterday their work was made easy by the eagerness of thousands of voters to register their choice. A bit of exultation is natural after such victory. But there are those who should be entitled to a big share of this rejoicing This is their day; give 1t to them.