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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Both Sides End Up
by Blaming Teams

l am not entirely satisfied with
"Pollyannas" and the "Pity Poor
Us" groupings. Actually there is
very little difference between the
Pollyannas claiming the incest
things are going to happen in this
best of all possible worlds and the
Pity Poor Uses whining in advance.
Both sets usually wind up by
blaming it all ON the team Saturday
night. Meanwhile, since opposing
coaches and the operators of foot
ball pools are cynical men, they
have fooled nobody save people who
play football pools.
It also returns us to where we
started. Perhaps because, like 9TH
er voices of the people, alumni usu-
ally do their darndest in November,
i could try the rating once suggested
by the lamented sports commenta-
tor, Bill Mcclellan. This was,
Coaches sure of their jobs and
coaches who never say word even
when the music prof f1unks the on
ly running halfback left with two
legs"
Yet, what good does that do MS?
Almost Immediately we discover
that some Of the men sure of their
Jobs are so new to success that they
have mot yet had real opportunity to
make a failure of it. Conversely,
some Of the boys who have lost
everything save the franchise, took
their nose dive because they were
too SNUG while at the top.
That brings US back to the Rockne
rating-"Winners and losers" True,
men who compose the groups often
interchange so quickly that it is diff
ficult to tell who is coming and who
is going. Yet, with all other things
equal there are men who will FUN
bic and men who will go on for touch
downs. The essential difference is
there in all sports. Sometimes form
holds for a day, sometimes for a
season. Anyhow, the public pays off
And, cnne to Tank Of it, aren't
sports ss a.cl Asse, that grca er
.-...--,--.-Vs=t
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Boys of America

OF COURSE what we have a
" right to expect from the
American boy is that he shall
turn out to be a good American
man. Now, the chances are strong
that he won't be much Of man
unless he is a good deal Of boy.
He must not be a coward or a
weakling, a bully, a shirk or a
prig. He must work hard and
play hard. He must be clean
minded and clean-lived, and able
to hold his own under all circum-
stances and against all corners.
It is only on these conditions that
he will grow into the kind of a
man of whom America can really
be proud.-Theodore Roosevelt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Situation Is Changed
by Irish and Pitt

Only football had anticipated the
modern trend. There was, for in
stance, the matter Of properly as
sorting the coaches. Once that had
been easy. You merely put them
into two groups, "lucky fellows with
jobs in the Ivy league" and "sad
agents hoping there would come a
day when they would have pay roll
big enough for them to compete with
the Ivy league in the higher educa-
tiOnal field"
Then the classification changed.
Notre Dame and Pittsburgh, two in
situations which for years had been
doing well enough in preparing
young men for the travails of teach
ing and bond selling, enlarged their
scope.
Forthwith the spotlight centered
on the two men of undOubted genius
who had been responsible for this
pickup. With the generosity that is
prOverbial among newspaper men,
the press credited each of them with
having a system. Other coaches
copied their strategy. Soon it be-
came the habit to refer even to
such lOng-established practitioners
as Gil DObie or Hurryup Yost as
followers of the "Warner system
or thu "Rockne SYSTEM"
Obviously there was some error
here and there in such groupings,
but the general rating was pretty
well accepted. One day I asked
Rockne if he believed there was any
sense in such RECOMMENDATION.
"No," he replied. "There's only
one way to classify coaches or
teams either, for that matter. Win
ners or losers. That's what it all
bOils down tor
Midway in another football sea-
son and knee-deep in gentlemen who
are claiming all sorts of new CLASH
fcations as the result of municipal
and state elections throughout the
nation, I have been thinking about
that reply.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26

Carl F1uDDell hurry AdOlfO LuutlG
to get back to Okla
homa after the World Series was
not because he was greatly con-
cerned about his pecan groves. AL
though he has been playing the
game only two winters the cele-
brated southpaw has become one
of the nations most ardent golfers.
Says his wife tells him he's crazy
but he just can't help getting out
on the course rain or shine.
Only FIVE Of the sixteen hockey
Rangers-Davey Kerr, Babe Pratt,
Cecil Dillon, Butch Keeling and
Frank BOucher-are married
Hughie Goose Gustafson, defense
man with the Rangers Philadelphia
Ramblers farm team, was voted the
most valuable player in the North
ern (Class ID basebalD league last
summer. He played first base for
the winnipeg Maroons and can also
play a hot game of basketball
Joe Mccarthy of the Yankees says
baseball manager does most of his
worrying in the winter, usually
about things which never happen
Coach Chef Wynne, who played
with George Gipp at Notre Dame,
claims he does not get the material
at Kentucky that he did at Auburn.
Also feels that the climate, which is
often more of the Midwest than
Dixie variety, works against him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Wear All the Jewels You
Wish and Be in Fashion

From Paris comes report of an
unrestricted use of jeweled gold
and silver belts, huge clips, jew
eled buttons and brilliant sequins
and other amazing jewels, in way of
necklaces, bracelets, rings and in
Vulnerable individual brooches,
flower sprays, bow knots and such,
bringing back 1900, 1860 and the
Eighteenth century luxury display
that characterized the modes Of
those periods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Tells Why It's So Hard
to Pick Golf Winners

Notes on why it's almost as diff
cult to pick golf winners as it is to
get football selections right . KY
Laffoon was 80 pounds overweight
last summer. Jimmy Demaret has
the smoothest swing in golf but
lacks the winning urge. Harry
Cooper is sucker money for the
bookies because he let's his nervous
temperament lick him. Horton
Smith just can't get the touch of
Eastern courses. Vic Ghezzi is too
easily diverted by outside allure
ments. jug McSpaden is lost on
Florida courses.
Tony Galento, who never uses
sparring partners, always bills Man
ager Joe Jacobs for them anyhow
after a fight His friends insist
that one Of the first things Middle
weight Harry BalsamO did when he
started fighting star bouts was to
buy a washing machine Cliff
Wilson, Harvard's very good line
man, wanted to go to Navy but
missed on the appointment because
of some dental trouble Dave
AlbrittOn, Ohio States Olympic high
Jumper who will double as a hurdler
next spring, is conducting an Or
chestra this winter Carl Brum-
baugh, new DOdger backfield ace
and former assistant to Coach Bez-
dek of the Cleveland Rams, scored
three tOuchd0wns in six minutes
against Alabama in 1928.
Henry Armstrong, the feather
weight champion, plays the violin
and piano and sings in the choir.
He likes to bowl, and once was
pin boy. Doctors claim his heart
action is slower than normal, and
he shadow-boxes six rounds in the
dressing room before entering the
ring for fight. Sports writer's prob
ably have coined more nicknames
for him than for any battler of
modern times. He has been nick
named Homicide Henry" Illus
Ting Hank" the California Com
et," "Black Blizzard - Cyclone
Buzz MISUNDERSTANDING
McGovern." Aside from being lit
tie gentleman, he is the greatest
fighter in the ring today.
Harry Gilmore of Chicago was the
first featherweight champion, large
Iy because he claimed the title when
the class was established and rec
ognized in 1887. How many old
timers remember that Dial Hawkins,
usually recalled as q lightweight,
succeeded him on the throne? The
feather class limit in those days
was 11S pounds After beating
Abe Attell in five rounds Brooklyn
Tommy Sullivan held the title for
nearly four years. Then in 1908 he
lost it back to Attell, who kayOed
him in four rounds Louis Kid
Kaplan, now a Connecticut inSur-
ance man, performed an almost UNI
precedented feat after winning the
title via the elimination tournament.
He refused $4,000 for a fight, say
ing he could not make the weight
and would not take money under
false pretenses >. Johnny Kilbane
held the title the longest, II years.
Eugene Criqui, who succeeded him,
was champion for only one month.
Noble Kizer, who will spend the
winter at Albuquerque, N. M, ex-
poets to return to Purdue in tine tc
conduct spring football practice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Adver+isinq Reduced Cost

A third of century ago the
price of the cheapest automobile
was about $1,000. Today. a much
better car can be bought for
around $500. Advertising created
demand, demand created mass
production, with many times the
number of jobs, and mass pro-
duction improved the quality and
reduced the price.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:

A THOUGH he started his news
"A paper career as a sports writ
err, Henry L. Mencken, the eminent
author and critic, now confides he
has seen only one sports event In
six years. He says that was COM
bat between two lady wrestlers and,
although he was highly entertained
when one Of them bit the other In
the leg, he departed feeling sorry
they had not killed each other
The twenty-year-old Man O. War
now weighs 1875 pounds, 800 more
than he scaled during his racing
prime.
Add winter occupations OF ball
players Mule Haas operates a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Public Paying Off
on Accomplishments
in Gridiron World
@ New York Post.-wNU Service.

WEARS ago when Democrats and
Republicans were still doing bust
ness as such, life was considerably
easier for a sports writer. Every
thing had a tag on it, was classified
with seemingly as much perma-
nence as the two major political par
ties.
There were only two big leagues,
the American and the National. No
one had thought at that time to iden-
tify the Yankees as a separate or
ganization any more than they had
yet conjured up such cute labels as
curve-ball league, fast-ball league,
hitters' league and pitchers league.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26

tavern in Jersey.
Ethan Allen contin-
ues to write a book
a b out baseball.
Adolfo Luque is rails
ing game chickens
in Cuba. Buck New
som is about to buy
a pool parlor down
in Carolina. Joe Cas-
carella is warbling
love sonnets over
the air waves =.
1A1 1...,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Corsage for Youth

Floral gifts are appreciated in diff
ferent ways. A young person will
usually like best an arrangement or
corsage, while an older person is
likely to prefer a plant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26

Black and gold, black and gold!
Style creators and designers are
singing the refrain in clarion tones
while the vast throng of fashion fol-
lowers join in a mighty chorus
that resounds throughout the fall and
winter mode. With the seasons
highlight of black and gold in mind,
Madame Jolles of Vienna, noted for
handbags, especially exquisite petit
point as well as other media. de-
signs the elegant bag which you see
in the picture of black antelope with
an imported dome-shaped gold
frame and a circular center lock
topped with ruby red stone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-11-26
Luxury Motif

Lame combined with furs and rich
fabrics makes handsome evening
costumes at the leading Paris fash
ion houses. 49,
Evening star., 1937-03-23

off1ciate and burial will be in Con-
gressional Cemetery. The body will
lie in state in the church from noon
tomorrow until the time of the funeral.
Mrs. Grigsby, who died Sunday at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Lemuel H. Windsor, 513 Nicholson
street, was widely known for her
work in Odd Fellow activities. In
November. 1915, Canton Washington
No. /, Patriarchs Militant, conferred
upon her "the Decoration of Chiv-
airy" the highest award of that order.
Mrs. Grigsby had served as a men,
Der Of the Home Board of the Odd
Fellows Home Association for many
years, being its secretary from July,
1918, to the time Of her death. She
also was member of lexington
Evening star., 1937-03-23
Natures Children
Parsley (Petroselinum hortense.) }

will shut out the sunshine from weed
pests and thus protect herself.
Millions of punches are sold to ho-
tells, private homes, grocery stores and
to all having the responsibility of serv-
ing food to the travelling public. Sales
run into millions Of dollars annually.
School gardens may be used by the
children to furnish their own homes
and neighbors with beautiful sprays
OF this handsome little plant.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
from Csc spoi'. s2.4o
to $1.65 , poi'. $3.50

prettiIy packed for Foster giving in Foster egg boxes
Few cents extro.
Eostertine or any time, girls of all oees love
Gold Stripe from "smorties" desqned for
slim little Juniors, to the famous "AdustobIes"
designed to fit every woman, every length, every
type eirdIe. Gold Stripes rich heritage of quality
assures superb wear and extra service in the
assurance thot mo run starting above can poss
the famous Gold Stripe"
Exclusive! Gold Stripe Silk Stockings only at JelIeffs
Woshineton-oIso OF Neehbohood Shops ot l72 and
34Oo Connecticut Avenue.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
CAPT. MOVES IS NAMED
SARATOGA COM MMANDER

The Navy Department today an
nounced that Capt. Leigh Noyes, re-
Gently on duty in the Bureau of Navi-
cation here, will be detached from the
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla,
about Friday and become the new
commanding officer of the aircraft
carrier Saratoga.
Capt. Noyes will relieve Capt Will
liam F. Halsey, who, as rear admiral,
will become commandant of the Pen
sacola Air Station. Rear Admiral
Charles A. Blakely is now comman-
dant at Pensacola. New orders for
him have not yet been issued.
Evening star., 1937-03-23

formerly resided at Ashton, Montgom-
cry County. He was a native of St
Marys County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Marie
Kraus Bowles, formerly Of Washing
ton, and two sons, George Herbert Of
Washington, and John Umhau Bowles
OF West Hyattsville Services will be
held at 2:30 pm. tomorrow from
Chambers funeral home, 14Oo Chaplin
street, Washington. Interment will be
In Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
RY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

~ EAUTIFYING platters of food
- all over the Nation is one Of
the things the parsley plant
- does we'll. To most of the
world who notice the parsley spray
placed to enhance the esthetic value
of the color appeal of the food, the
plant is merely for decorative purposes.
But in fact the plants first mission
was for flavoring soups, salads and
other cooked dishes. 1t has a decided
taste of its own that is very pleas
ing Too little attention has been
given this valuable plant. 1t should
be in every home garden. Of late
years housewives have learned the
parsley makes a very pretty window
ledge plant and have planted few
seeds along with thyme and savory
The beautiful green foliage of the
plant and its pungent fragrance make
it a cheerful and acceptable plant to
cultivate.
There are many varieties to choose
from. the only difference being in
the foliage. The deep green curly
variety makes a lovely garnish when
placed on a large platter of fried
chicken or broiled fish.
Parsley is a biennial Old roots, if
still in a fourishing condition, may
be transplanted in the Autumn, be-
fore the killing frosts, and brought
inside, where the plant will continue
to furnish sprays for us.
When it is about year old it bios
SONS. The flowers are small and a
yellowish-green. There are many of
them developed, and naturally there
Evening star., 1937-03-23

Union of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union.
She leaves two other daughters,
Mrs. Mabel E. Geyer, West Point, Va,
and Mrs Emma Rhodes, Norfolk, Va. ;
a granddaughter, Jo-Ann Geyer, West
Point, and a niece, Miss Mary E.
Murray, this city.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
Rabbi Silverstone to Speak.

Rabbi Harry Silverstone Of Tifereth
Israel Synagogue will speak on THE
Significance of the Passover" at the
monthly meeting of the Argo Lodge,
Bnai Birth, tomorrow at $50 pm.
at the Jewish Community Center.
An entertainment program and re-
freeshment will follow the talk.
Evening star., 1937-03-23

will result millions of seed children.
When your plant has developed
the seed stalks, cut them out The
plant will keep yielding foliage, and
you can garner rich harvest of fine,
clean seeds. These can be planted in
shallow boxes in the Winter. placed
in a sunny window and pretty soon
you will have fine crop of new plants
to transplant into your window box
or kitchen garden. There will also
be enough seeds to share with your
friends. The seeds may be sowed out
doors in rows or little patch of pars-
ley established among the plants of
your rock garden.
Use good soil and keep the weeds
from choking out the young plants.
After that the healthy, vigorous plant
Evening star., 1937-03-23
MRS. annie GRIGSBY
FUNERAL TOMORROW
Rites for First President of Re-
bekah Assembly, I. 0. 0. F.
nied Sunday
Died Sunday.

OICU OUHUdy.
Funeral services for Mrs Annie E.
Grigsby, 10, first president of Reoekah-
Assembly, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of the District, will be held
at 2:30 pm. tomorrow in Fifth Bap-
tist Church, 600 block of E street
southwest.
Rev. DR.. John E. Briggs, pastor, will
Evening star., 1937-03-23

Drug smugglers in China have
adopted the use of homing pigeons,
each OF which can carry ounces of
dope, to evade the vigilance OF govern
ment inspectors.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
GEORGE W. BOWLES, II,
DIES OF LONG ILLNESS
West Hyattsville Resident Was
Truck Farmer-Rites
Sc Tomorrow.

Sc tTomorroW.
Special Dispatch to The Star
HYATTSVILLE, Md, March %
George Webster Bowles, II, died Sun
day night at his home on Riggs road
extended in West Hyattsville. He had
been in i'll health for some time, but
his death was unexpected.
A truck farmer, Mr.. BoWles had
lived on Riggs road for 10 years. He
Evening star., 1937-03-23
Flowers
for Spring

Becouse their fragile feminine
charm enhances this Springs
feminine mode. Becouse white
flowers ore more than chic
they're the essence OF Spring!
From our garden Of white flow
ers, pick IiIocs, moenoIio, cor
nations, EdeIweiss, IiIy-of-the-
valley, tulips, clover, doisies,
white VioIets. soc TO Sl.o5.
The white accent in patent
leather belts, white cherries TO
dromotize your Navy suit.
Evening star., 1937-03-23
STEAMSHIPS.

BERMUDA VIA FURSESS. sGJ up round
LIP with private bath on Monarch OF
eimuda ana Queen of Bermuda. Frequent
oaILIngs. ASK YOUR travel agent.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30

That Congress should be prohib-
tied from imposing export duties.
Notable also was this week of the
Convention for the report on the
Office of President, submitted by
committee of which David .Brearley.
of New Jersey, was chairman.
1t proposed that mo person except
natural born citizen. or citizen
of the United States at the time of
the adoption of this Constitution,
shall be eligible to the office of Presi-
dent; nor shall any person be elected
to that Office, who shall be under
the age of thirty-five years. and
who has not been, in the whole, at
least fourteen years resident within
the United States"
For the first time in the delibera-
items of the Convention, the report
suggested the Office and duties Of
ice-President. 1t recommended. that
the Vice-President should be ex-
cfficio President of the Senate, and
that he should not vote except when
the Senate was equally divided.
Discussion on these proposals was
reserved for later sessions.
Next Week: Final ReviSionS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30
THE IMPORTANT DETAILS

THE IMPORTANT DETAILS
r BY the end of August, 1887, the
Federal Convention that wrote our
Constitution just a century and a
half ago this summer, was approach
Ing its successful close.
During the preceding fourteen
weeks, delegates had been develop
ing the broad design of the new
government which was to loom SO
large in the history of human free
dom. Now they were concerned with
the tremendously important details
Of that plan.
Yet even in details, their leaders
chung jealousy to the principles OF
democracy which had influenced all
the deliberations.
When, for example, on August 81,
questions arose over methods of rati-
flying the National Charter in view
of the fact that it might affect pro-
visions in certain state constitutions,
James Madison, Of Virginia, quickly
pointed out that these presented
problems for the people to decide.
1.-THE people," he said, ARE, in TACT,
k&kC 1OuIICdlk1 VI oil pOWCA, cAAN
added that by reSorting to them all
difficulties are solved.
Madison was equally inSiStent that
in the proposed Union there should
be no discrimination between states.
Even states not yet organized, but
which because of expanding pOpu-
lation west of the AppalachianS were
expected o,later to seek admission,
should enter, he insisted, on the
same footing as those seaboard states
represented at the Convention.
1.-THE western states" he declared,
neither will nor ought to submit to
a union which degrades them from
an equal rank with the other states"
Many similarly significant details
were ironed out during that busy
week, and a large number Of the
conclusions then reached gave our
Constitution its now familiar form.
Among other decisions. the Conven-
ton agreed.
That ION the application of the
Legislatures Of two-thirds of the
States in the Union for an amend
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30

Sir Hubert Wilkins North Beach Apor New
take off for the frozen north TO-
flight fe MOSCOW u
North Pole Wilkins will refue IN toronto M
Canada, for the long flight over the Arctsa NaS =
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-08-30
MRUSTLE0F SILKSI

knitted things, the simple little
DAYTIME frocks that would have
cost her clients about 500 apiece,
the handsome evening clothes and
her short ermine cape. In her
Jewel box there was the short
string of real pearls she had
bought as an investment, the long
err strings of synthetic pearls that
gave her such elegance. There
was also the diamond clip that M.
Choiseul had given her ION behalf
of the grateful committee" on the
anniversary of the opening of her
shop. There was the diamond
bracelet that Mark had given her
for her birthday. But, Mark,
can I take it ?"
"It's my very first vacation"
she said loud enough for Letitia
Higgins to hear.
Letitia closed her book, made
certain once more that she had all
the necessary papers. They were
soon due at their stop.
"I had a vacation once," she
said. "At camp"
"Fun?"
"Sprained ankle, icy water,
lumpy food. Mosquitoes. Athletic
girls and poetic men"
"Umm. Well, it may not be
that way here"
Letitia opened her book. ut
says here, that foreign drinks
such as gin or whiskey should be
avoided here, as in other parts,
since they are apt to be potent
and homemade and the prices
are often higher than in the most
luxurious bars in Paris. The
French book beer is, however,
cheap and ="
Mari reached over calmly and
took the box out of the girls
hands.
"Bock beer! You talk of such
things, Letitia! We are going to
see tropical flowers and expresses
against star-hung sky, hear the
Mediterranean lull us to sleep,
perhaps who knows we
may find more beautiful things?"
Letitia permitted herself gig
gle.
It was at that precise moment
that the train came to a stop.
Mari looked at her watch. There
were still three hours to go. She
settled back in her corner.
Then, minutes later, she bade
Letitia open the door Of their
compartment in answer to a
knock.
$50 sorry" the incest southern
voice Mari had ever heard came
from the other side Of the door.
IT wonder if you ladies would per-
nit me to finish the journey in
your compartment There's been
an accident in mine and ="
Mari called out, Certainly"
Before she saw him, she saw his
"gear" not unfamiliar collec-
ton of paint boxes and portable
easel.
He was tall, slim, fair and he
said he was Alec Garland, from
Atlanta, Ca, U. S. A., Ma'am."
| (To Be COntinued)