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Today's Olympic Schedule
And Yesterdays Results

Point scores (unoficial lo-5-4-3-
81 basis)
Men: United States 46. Germany
3114. Finland 304. Japan SIP,
Sweden, 5, Holland 4, Great Britain
2, Argentina /.
Women: Germany Is, Poland 4
Austria 3, Japan 2.
Wrestling.
Ross Flood. bantamweight; Francis
Millard, featherweight. and Harley
Strong. lightweight, gain third round
Frank Lewis. welterweight: Richard
Voliva. middleweight. and Ray Glenn
ons, heavyweight, win first-round
matches. Roy Dunn. thrown by Nils
Akerlind. Sweden, but remains ir
competition.
Modern Pentathlon.
Fred r. Weber, tied for second ir
fencing round robin with Edouarc
Delecourt.; France, trails in scoring
for first two events. with 2412 points
Herman Lemp. Germany. wins fenc.
ing and Gotthard Handrick, Ger.
many, leads competition, with 615
points. Other American scores: AL
fred Starbird II, seventh place anc
Charles Leonard As.
Soccer.
Italy defeated United States. 10
in rough match marked by fight, ir
which Bill Fielder slightly hurt.
Polo Round Robin.
Great Britain defeated Mexico
1911.
Weight Lifting.
Werner Hostin, France. defends
light heavyweight title with lift Of
1925 pounds; Americans, William
Good and John Miller, seventh anc
ninth.
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Hitting Them on a Line.

VAUGHAN, heretofore strictly pull
hitter into right field. has been
lining hits into center and left during
his batting spree. The defense pre-
viously had been moving sharply to the
right and many Of the fieet-fotted
Pirate slugger's drives were hauled in
that ordinarily would have gone for
base hits.
Arky says he is using the same style
bat as in 1895, when he set a new Pits
burgh home-run record with 10 circuit
smashes, and that his stance at the
plate is unchanged. He declined to
say whether he thought he would be
able to lead the league in batting
again.
"All I'll predict" he said, "is that
I'll hit better than 300 once my drives
start falling safe
Vaughan has yet to drop below the
select circle in his five years with the
BUGS.
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See Threat in 800.

WHILE pleased with the fact their
runners won first place in all
three heats in the 800-meter run,
the American camp was going slow on
predictions about winning today's final.
The general impression was that both
Mario LanN of Italy and Wladyslaw
Kucharski of Poland took things
pretty easy in the preliminaries and
kept plenty in reserve.
Both Woodruff John Woodruff
Pitt freshman) and Hornbostel (Chuck
Hornbostel, Evansville. Ind.) are going
to have their hands full beating them" "
predicted Brutus Hamilton, the Cali
fornia coach.
One of the coaches who clocked
woodruff yesterday said he ran the
f1rst half Of the race in 50 seconds.
Henry Dreyer, the big New York A.
c. hammert throWer from Providence,
R. l., thought that no alibis we're nee
essary for Americas failure to place
in the first four.
It's hard to beat fellows when
they're throwing records like that" he
said.
ITS up to you fellows to get us
medals in the strong-ar depart
ment," he informed Gordon Dunn Of
Fresno, Calf. and Ken Carpenter Of
Compton, Calf, the discus throwers.
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Minor Leagues

Baltimore, 3; Buffalo. /.
Toronto, 10; Syracuse, o..
American Association.
No games scheduled.
Southern Association.
New Orleans, 9; Memphis, 5.
Little Rock, s; Birmingham, 2.
Western.
Waterloo, S; Cedar Rapids, 0.
Des Moines, Z; Sioux City. J..
Omaha, 10; Davenport, 2.
Texas.
Oklahoma City, 2: Galveston, o.
Dallas, s: Beaumont, 4.
Fort Worth, 4; San Antonio, 2.
Houston. O.; Tulsa, !.
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VAUGHAN HITTING
LIKE A CHAMPION
1895 Ruler, Moving at 400
Clip for Three Weeks,
Runs Mark to .307.
" the Associated Press.

EN tue ASSOCldLcQ fTesS.
NITTSBURGH, August 4.-Arky
- Vaughan. the slugging Pirate
infielder who won the major
4 league batting crown in 1885
with an average of 1886, is staging a
belated drive in an effort to retain his
title this season.
The youthful shortstop has been hit
ting at more than 400 clip for the
past three weeks to raise his average
from .280 to .307 Vaughan's squirt sent
his batting mark over 300 for the first
time in the present campaign.
Arky, who has pounded out 112 hits
in 1854 trips to the plate, is not dis
turbed over his difficulty. He said:
I'm hitting the ball just as hard as
ever and the pitching is no better than
it was last year. 1t seems that most Of
my drives are going into the hands of
the fielders instead of falling safe"
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FIGHT IN al. HOT
FOR SECOND SPOT
Indians, Tigers and Two Sox
Clubs Seen in Running.
Rowe Trims Tribe.
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.,

BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
~ AIRING colossal crackup of
- the Yankees, there seems to
be little room left for argu-
- ment about the American
League pennant this season.
But that second-place slice Of the
world series money is beginning to look
very big to such clubs as the world
champion Tigers. the Cleveland In
dians, Chicago White Sox and Boston
Red Sox.
Those four have been sliding up and
down the scale for the past few weeks
and only 3l2 games separate the quar-
tet in the current standings. The In
dians. in second place, are 10 games
behind the pace-setting Yankees.
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Stars Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Schoolboy Rowe, Tigers-Pitched
effectively in tight places to sub
due Cleveland Indians and win his
thirteenth victory Of the season.
Roy Weatherly and Bill Knick.
erbocker, Indians - Their home
runs stood out as Indians bowed
to Detroit, o..
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Cards Are Clouting.

THE hustling Cardinals, beset with
pitching troubles, have more than
made up for such woes by over
powering the opposition with their
clubs.
Davis asked his support to get him
some runs today, while Jim winford
was the likely choice Of Manager
Frankie Frisch. Charlie Grimm
planned to start Carleton, Lee and
Warneke in the other three games
OF the set. The great Dizzy Dean
figured to pitch all of at least one
game for the Cardinals and parts of
all Of the others If necessary.
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TILT FOR PEEWEE TITLE.

Columbian Athletic Leagues peewee
division will end tomorrow when the
Columbian Peewees attempt to nose
out the Nichol nine for second place.
1t will be the third successive year that
the loop has been brought to a sue
cessful conclusion.
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Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Base Ball.
Philadelphia at Washington,
Sis.
Middle Atlantic singles tourna-
ment, Edgemoor Club.
Women's League tournament,
Rock Greek.
Swimming.
Girls inter-playground meet,
Georgetown pool, 2.
TOMORROW.
Base Ball
Philadelphia at Washington,
3:15.
Middle Atlantic singles tourna-
ment, Edgemoor Club, 1.
Women's League tournament,
Rock Greek, AIS.
Swimming.
Boys nter-playground meet,
Rosedale pool. 2.
THURSDAY.
Base Ball.
Philadelphia at Washington,
3:15.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic singles tourna-
ment. Edgemoor Club.
Women's League tournament,
Rock Creek.
FRIDAY.
Base Ball.
Boston at Washington, 3:l5.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic singles tourna-
ment, Edgemoor Club.
Women's League tournament,
Rock Creek.
Track.
Western Conference Playground
meet, Western Stadium, 2.
SATURDAY.
Base Ball.
Boston at Washington, 3:15.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic singles tourna-
ment. Edgemoor Club.
Women's League tournament,
Rock Creek.
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EXHIBITION TO REDS.

RICHMOND. Va. August lP).-
The Cincinnati Reds defeated the
Richmond Colts OF the Piedmont
League, to 2. in an exhibition game
here last night
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Feels Great to Win for u. S.

NEVER 1elt ike tndt before. l
loved it and I'm going to stand
up there two more times
One of the first of the crowd OF
athletes who jammed into the room
he shares with Dave Albritton, Ohio
State high jumper. to congratulate
Jesse was big Jack Torrance, the 300
pound Baton Rouge, La. policeman.
Great stuff, Jesse. Wish I could
have delivered like that" said the
ponderous shot putter.
That track was awful heavy or
I think We would have shown you
some good times" Owens said, slap
ping Ralph Metcalfe, whom he beat
to the tape by yard and half
You ran mighty fine race. Ralph
] was lucky to beat you" Jesse said
Metcalfe shook his head and said
neither I nor anybody else could
have beat you today"
Frank Wycoff, the high school
manual training teacher from Car
penteria, Calf, finished fourth, back
of Owens, Metcalfe and Martin Osen-
darp Of Holland.
Two record breaking performances
IN her first appearance on the heavy
stadium track left Helen Stephens OF
Fulton, Mo-, in a class by herself in
the 100 meters event. Stella Walsh
appeared as the lone possibility to
make Helen hustle to win the first of
several Olympic crowns she has in
mind.
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Five years ago-Al Simmons led
American League batting race with
.3sl, 2 points more than Babe
Ruth.
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National

Batting - Medwick. Cardinals,
1852: Mize. Cardinals, $3.50.
Runs. Martin, Cardinals, 90;
Suhr, Pirates, 78.
Runs batted in-Medwick, Cardi.
nails, 102; OFT, Giants, 81.
Hits-Medwick, Cardinals, 148;
Jensen. Pirates, 1877.
Doubles-Medwick, Cardinals, 81;
Herman. Cubs, "a.
Triples-Camilli, Phillies, II; j.
Martin, Cardinals, and Goodman,
Reds. 10.
Home runs-Ott, Giants, 81; Ca
milli. Phillies, 20.
Stolen bases-J. Martin and S.
Martin, Cardinals, 16.
Pitching-Lucas, Pirates, 80;
French, Cubs, 11-3.
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NEGRO STAR AIMS
TO TOGARNER30AKS
Collects First With Dash
Victory-HeIen Stephens
Speeds to Mark.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer

~ ERLIN, August 4-Grounds-
* keepers in three Ohio schools
IL might as well look around for
handy spots to plant some
oak trees this Fall-genuine Olympic
oaks. presented with the compliments
OF Ohio's speediest son, Jesse Owens.
One is going to the Junior high
school in Cleveland, where Jesse first
found he had lightning in his legs
Another is bound for his Cleveland
high school.
The third is destined to thrive in
the big shady oval campus of Ohio
State University, where he now goes
to school when he isn't breaking
records
One tree already is packed ready
for shipping, reward for his victory
in the Olympic 100 meters final.
Owens confidently expected to COL
lect the second today after the broad
jump is finished, and run up q couple
OF installments on the third in the
200 meters event.
None of the 100000 persons who
have watched him perform in the
last two days, however. would accuse
him of over confidence. He simply
knows what he can do
That's a grand feeling standing
up there before all those people with
the band playing The Star Spangled
Banner and everybody saluting," Jesse
said.
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ES the Associated Press.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE.

TODAY'S SCHEDULE.
Subtract six hours for Eastern
standard time.)
Track and field: 1890 am. and
pm-Broad jump trials and finals,
women's discus trials and finals. 200
meter trials and semi finals. 400-meter
hurdles. semi-finals and finals;
women's 100-meter finals, SOO-meter
finals. 5000-meter trials
Fencing: 9 am. pm and pm
-Women's foils. 5 rounds; mems team
foils, semi-finals and finals.
Wrestling: 10 am. and 7 pm
Catch as catch can eliminat tions and
finals.
Modern Pentathlon: 9 a.m.-Pistol
shooting.
Polo: 2 p.m.-Germany VS.. Hun
gary.
Field hockey: 4:30 p.m.-Holland
VS.. Belgium, France VS.. Switzerland.
Soccer foot ball. $50 p.m.-Sweden
VS.. Japan, Germany VS.. Luxembourg.
Track and Field.
Jesse Owens wins 100-meter dash,
equaling world record, 1913 seconds;
Ralph Metcalfe, second, and Frank
Wykoff, fourth; Helen Stephens twice
betterS women's 100-meter world record
in trials as Annette Rogers also quail
f1es for finals: Karl Helm Germany,
wins hammer throw with Olympic rec
ord toss 0f 115 feet Ala ipches uith
Bill Rowe fifth and Don Favor sixth:
John Woodruff, Charley Hornbostel
and Harry Williamson qualify for 800
meter final; Harold Manning, Joe
McCluskey and Glen Dawson for
3,000-meter steeplechase final; Glenn
Hardin, Joe Patterson and Dale Scho-
field for 400-meter low hurdles final.
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Today a year ago-Walter John
son resigned as Cleveland Indians
manager: Bruce Campbell. Cleve-
land outflelder, stricken with men
ingitis.
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Major Leaders
BY the Associated Press.
American.

by tne Associated PreSS.
American.
Batting-Gehrig. Yankees, 1892;
Averill, Indians, .375.
Runs-Gehrig, Yankees, 1876;
Gehringer, Tigers, 102.
Runs batted in-Trosky, Indians,
lo8; Foxx, Red Sox, 101.
Hits-Averill. Indians, 155; Tros-
ky, Indians, 149.
Doubles-Gehringer. Tigers, 35;
Rolfe, Yankees, and Hale, Indians,
"a.
Triples-Rolfe and Di Maggie,
Yankees, IL.
Home runs-Gehrig, Yankees, SO;
Trosky, Indians, 81.
Stolen bases-Lary, Browns, %;
Werber, Rex Sox, II.
Pitching-Hadley. Yankees, 9-1:
Kennedy, White Sox, 14-4.
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Hardin in Fine Fettle.

GLENN HARDIN, the 1.-the Louisiana
State University boy from Green
wood, Miss, who came through the
400-meter hurdles trials cantering, did
not appear to have a serious rival in
the semi-flnal and final races today.
Don Lash's chances of surviving even
the preliminary heats in the 5000
meter run today looked none too bright
to the American coaches since his fail
ure in the 10,000-meter event.
Although it. is generally understood
that there is something wrong with his
right leg, one coach said I'm afraid
Lash just hasn't got it against this
kind of competition"
There still is no definite word
whether Jack Lovelock, the great New
Zealand runner, would 60 to the line
IN the 5000 meters event. Even his
team mates professed to be in the
dark on the subject.
AS the result of a series of tests
at the village track yesterday, it ap-
peared almost certain that the Amer
ican 1900 meters relay team would
be made up of Harold eagle, Shaw
nee, Okla. AL Fitch, University of
Southern California runner from
South Pasadena, Calf; Ed O'Brien,
Atlantic City. N. j., and Bob Young
another University of Southern Cali
1ornia boy from Bakersfield, Calf.
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Would Give Runners Chance.

IN ORDER to give this quartet q
chance to appear in the stadium,
Jimmy Luvalle. the Los Angeles Negro,
Harold Smallwood, University of Cali
fornia runner from Ventura, Calf.
Archie Williams, Oakland, Calf, and
Hardin were understood to have asked
to be let of the relay team.
"They came all this way and they
deserve to run," said one of the latter
group.
Sentiment in the camp also favored
using runners in the relay who are
not appearing in open events.
Evening star., 1936-08-04

BY FRANCiS Z. STAN.
~ PPORTUNITY beckoned to
the Nationals collectively and
\ individually today as the
~ Washington ball club, well
shaken up for the first time since last
May. opens anew its quest for first
division berth against the convenient
Athletics at Griffith Stadium.
Home for six-day stand, during
which the AS and Red Sox will pro-
vide the opposition, the Nationals find
that, for all of their woes Of July. they
still are very much in the running for
a minor slice of world series lucre.
Dropping IA of their last 20 games
caused them to skid into sixth place
but, as they picked up the thread of
campaigning today, they found that
directly ahead and only three full
games in front was Boston.
Individually, the rest. of the cam
paign means much to pair OF Dixie
products, Cecil Travis and Wilson
Daniel Dee) Miles, fleet-footed out
fielder who breezed into town from
Albany today to take over the right
field post. Requested by Manager
Bucky Harris, Miles was recalled yes
terday in a shake-up that will find
Travis again placed on shortstop and
Dee given his first real chance to win
big-league berth.
Lose Little Ground in West.
THE scramble for money positions
In the American League has been
an unusual affair this season. Nor
mally. a contender that travels at a
429 clip over a stretch of 20 games
would find itself all but definitely out
of the running, yet the Nationals lost
little ground during their disastroLN
tour of the West. The Red Sox. for
instance. won only one more game
than the Mats on the same Western
swing. while the Tigers and White
SoX. despite better performances re-
Gently, are only a few jumps ahead Of
the sixth-place Washington club.
During the current home stand the
Griffs should gain ground, notwith-
standing the fact that they've been
able to show next to nothing for a
solid month. All season the Ath-
letics, by dropping 10 Of IL games,
have kept the Washington entry in
the running, and the Mackmen have
done nothing Of late to assure them
Of greater success. The Red Sox. who
will follow the AS In town for an
other three-game series. still repre-
sent the biggest let-downs in all base
ball. and a far cry from a team TO
be feared.
There Is an air Of cruciality to the
Washingtons' stand at the stadium
this week. The club has been just
as bad as its record in the West in
dicated, and Harris. desperately seek
ing to find remedy, has taken what
appear to be the only progressive steps
possible. With an eye to 1887, as we'll
as inserting new life in the current
club. Bucky is lifting Red Kress from
the lineup. turning deaf ear to the
booming bats of Carl Reynolds and
Jesse Hill, and gambling on one Of the
most puzzling Washington rockies in
years by putting Miles in right field.
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Piedmont.
Rocky Mount, IL; Asheville, 2.
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Miles Stars for Albany.

nEE came up last season and was
given a fling at right field, but
it was a brief trial he got. In the
first place, Miles had Johnny Stone
to force out of the lineup and it
takes a high-class ball player to do
this trick. And Dee. lacking defensive
polish. was not equal to the task.
Last Spring Miles made another bid
in training camp. but when the sea-
son opened he was sitting on the
bench. He sat there for a couple
months and Harris finally decided
that Dee would profit more by play
ing every day in the bushes. Thus.
he went to Albany, where he batted
nearly $50.
BY putting either Reynolds or Hill
in right field Harris probably could
bolster the Nationals as strongly as
by playing Miles. but he wants to find
out definitely how Dee will react to
regular job. Miles is fast, ambi-
tious and. at times. dangerouS-ap-
pearing batter. If Washington Is re-
building. he is the ideal man to win
the post.
Travis Fails as F1y-Chaser.
HARRIS decision to return Travis
to shortstop appears less momen-
tous at the present time than the
Miles experiment. The Nat bosses
were dissatisfied with Cecil as short
stop earlier in the campaign and
shifted him to the outf1eld.
As a f1y-chaser, Travis from time
to time proved that he was a good in
fielder and, what with Kress slowing
up, Buddy Myer out indefinitely due
to illness, and Ossie Bluege as the
only other utility infielder, Harris had
no alternative. Faulty as Travis may
be when it comes to covering ground,
he figures to plug the shortStop gap
as capably as Kress has been lately
and. of course, there remains the pos
sibility. however slim, that Cecil will
find himself in the inf1eld once he Is
assured that such-and-such a posi-
tion is his to have and to hold.
The young Georgian has worked
under terrific handicap the last cou-
pie seasons. He has been moved, In
order, from third base, to left field,
to shortstop, to right field. This is
hard enough for a veteran Of the
Bluege type, to say nothing of a %
year-old youth who must sometimes
wonder when he will be told to at
tach a toe-plate to his spiked shoe
and go out and pitch.
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AS, BOSOX OFFER
CHANCE TO CLIMB
Foes in Six-Game Home
Stand-0pportunity Also
Knocks for Miles, Travis.
BY FRANCIS T.. STAN.

BY FRANCIS Z. STAN.
~ PPORTUNITY beckoned to
the Nationals collectively and
individually today as the
~ washington ball club. well
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Pending District Bills.

Proposed local legislation on which the
Commissioners will ask the opinion of
citizens in q public hearing today
includes . variety Of bills that for one
reason or another failed of enactment in
the past session of Congress. On at
least three of these measures there
should be no doubt as to the Commis-
sioners' decision.
The Sunday liquor sales bill was pro-
posed by Representative Dirksen Of 1lh-
nois, referred to subcommittee in the
House District Committee and never re-
ported. The bill would extend the sale
Of hard liquor from midnight Saturday
10 . o'clock Sunday morning and would
permit the ION sale" Of liquor after /
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Sentiment In
behalf Of passage Of the bill is mani
festly commercial. It's effect would be to
weaken the regulations existing at pres
emit 10 encourage and to increase the
sale Of liquor. The bill should be and
Evening star., 1936-12-28

the mystery Of which they are part. They
cali their tribe the Eskualdunak or "those
who possess the Eskualda"-a tongue
which "does not belong to the Indo-
European language family at all and is
probably very ancient" Some Of their
customs, ceremonies and games are 80
distinct as to be practically without
parallel anywhere in the world. The
orists of generation ago presumed that,
as a people, they represent survival Of
certain Upper Paleolithic types. mostly
"lonG headed" and, in the imagination
of some, allied with the lost Cromagnons.
A curious social trait, discernible
throughout the whole chronicle of his
toric times, Is the Basques' insistence
upon independence. 1t may be that
they have endured because they were
endowed with an instinct to be self
sufficient. In any case, they have
emerged from all manner Of changes
largely unchanged. They are noun
taineers and sailors by tradition, hermits
by deliberate choice. occupying "tierra
apartado"-a land spart" from both
Spain and France. Their juntas con-
stitute the only governmental organiza-
ton they have been willing to recognize.
When all the rest Of Southwestern
Europe has submitted to dictation, they
have continued to preserve their in
tegrity undiminished. Royal edicts and
the legislative procedure Of the Cortes
have meant nothing to them. As late
as 1713 they still made treaties with
foreign powers in the name Of their own
republican institutions.
It is natural, of course, that the
Basques should be artists. Their cos
TUNES, for example, are picturesque. In
their hills are iron, silver and gold which
they mine and fabricate with rare skill.
Their cider is famous, and they are cele-
brated for their wines But, above
everything else, they are distinguished
for their manner. They carry them
selves with an air; they are proud and
chivalrous; they practice philosophy
of living joyfully and gratefully. And
it amuses them to be a problem unsolved
and perhaps insoluble.
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The Basuues.

News from Spain revives interest In .
fascinating problem of anthropology and
ethnography-the unanswered and per-
haps unanswerable question about the
origin and early history of the Basques.
Who are they2 Whence did they come
to their present homes in the Western
Pyrenees? Are they racially Is well as
culturally isolated from their neighbors
near and far? The challenge Of these
interrogations is compelling, yet mere
corporal's guard Of scholars has elected
to grapple with it. Other riddles appear
to be preferred by the majority Of archs-
ologists, philologists and folklorists.
But the Basques themselves do not
complain. Indeed. they take pleasure h