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Evening star., 1937-05-22

Mrs. A. Stedman Hills and Mrs.
Carl Monsees were joint hostesses At
a bridge luncheon at the Shoreham
today. Guests were Mrs. John Dale
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Continued on Sixth PaRe.)
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affirm that no base ballist on earth
ever had or ever could catch 4 regu-
lation ball that was tossed from one
Of the windows Of the Washington
Monument"
But there were those who believed
1t could be done, and among these
was Pop Arson. Continues the press
account:
"A little party was made up con-
sisting of Messrs Grifith, Parrot,
Decker. Stratton and Hutchison Of
the Chicagos; Frank Bennett, manager
Of the Arlington H. P. Burney and
Col De Baum 1t was deed that had
to be undertaken with some care. 1t
was necessary to proceed with caution
so as not to have the matter interfered
with by the watchful gardians Of the
lofty oblisk.
ITO say that Schriver was pro-
foundly impressed with the difilcult
and perhaps dangerous nature of the
exploit he had undertaken is putting
it mildly. The weight Of opinion was
against his ability to succeed. There
was nobody, In the absence OF Pop
Anson, to brace him up. The whole
crowd would have bet two to one on
his failing, and so no wonder the poor
fellows heart was faint. So faint
was it that after Griffith and Hutchi-
son had got to the top, and the former
had tossed the ball from a north
window, Schriver made no effort to
catch it. But instead Of boring g.
hole 10 feet deep in mother earth, as
some said it would do. the leather
globe bounded up about as hugh as
1t would from an average hard strike,
but no higher. This encouraged
Schriver wonderfully, and he resolved
that the catch was no great shakes
after all. The signal was given from
above and again the ball was pitched
forth, Schriver catching it fair and
square, amid the applause Of the
spectators.
He didn't get q chance to repeat
the act, for by this time the Monu-
ment cop got on to the game and was
highly indignant that any such affair
had occurred. - :"
This old base ball park brings back
| fond recollections to the writer, who
recalls it back in the days when ii
was known as Beyer's Park-and that
has been quite long enough ago. Asso-
ciated with the grounds was the Park
Hotel, which catered particularly to
the farmers living in the country tc
the north of the hotel, though the
proprietor did not confine himself to
this trade alone, but was willing tc
take most any one, as his advertise
ment in the City Directory for 1865
and at other times, would indicate
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Connie Mack and Clark Griffith Were League Players Who
agers-Catcting Ball Thrown From Washington
Attracted World Attention..

Schmelz's ball players down to a
total OF seven, and not one Of these
seven was made until the sixth inning.
For five innings he kept the locals
guessing, the only men getting to
first to that time, reaching there by
bases on balls and an error by Dahlen
at short"
At this time the lineup included
for Washington: Shelbeck, short
stop; Joyce, third; Hasamaear, right
field; Abbey, center; Mcclure, catcher
Selbach. left; Cartwright, first base;
Radford, second, and Mercer, pitcher
The Chicago team hsd the following
players: Ryan, right field; Dahlen,
shortstop; Willnot, left; Decker, first
base; Lange, center; Irwin, third;
Parrot. second; Griffith, pitcher, and
Schriver, catcher.
EVERY once In while an item
ap. ,rs in the press about the man
who firsG caught a ball tossed from
the top OF the Washington Monument,
and, generally, that much admired
ball player. Gabby Street, is given
credit for this clever stunt, and only
few years back, the writer saw in
the paper picture Of Gabby and OF
Preston Gibson, beneath which was
this statement:
"Gabby Street is shown here hold
ing the ball tossed of the 555-foot
Washington Monument which he
caught back in 1908. 1t was found
recently in an attic. The ball was
thrown by Preston Gibson, Wash
ington journalist, who originated the
stunt" and it was further said that
Street learned in Africa that Monu-
ment ball-catching feat had made
him world famous"
Recently, the writer decided to run
down the facts connected with this
much discussed act, and singularly
enough, he found that CLARK Griflth
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Club, Columbia Heights Citizens
Association, Harmony Lodge, No. II,
F. A. A. NJ, and B. P. 0. E., No. is.
How time changes! Just to think
= of it-43 years ago, on August "a,
1894, when the Washingtons and
Chicagos were playing in this city,
probably on the same diamond, Clark
Griffith, then playing with the team
from the Windy City, and occupying
the mound, did his stuff just as did
the two pitchers who played in the
opening game last Monday, when the
WaShingtons lost, which they also
did in 1894, only it was to the tune
of 1915 This is part of what the
press said regarding the earlier game {:
"A young man named Griffith was
huge stumbling block which the
Chicagos rolled into the pathway of
the Senators upward march yester-
day afternoon. He did the pitching
for the visitors and with apparent
ease kept the safe hits of Manager
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had . part In the successful per-
formance Of this feat. However,
hardly had the Monument been COM
pleted before the feasibility of CATCH
ing ball thrown from this lofty
structure WAS being discussed In the
newspapers, and on December 26,
1884, The Star had this to say on the
subject:
"It was reported that Supt Nc
Laughlin of the Washington Monu-
ment had made bet with Paul
Hines, famous base ball fielder, that
he, Hines, cannot catch a base ball
thrown from one of the windows of
the Monument. Mr.. Mclaughlin said
today that he had made no such bet,
but that he would be willing to wager
that the ball would not be caught.
1t is probable that the Monument
will be used for many tests as to fall
ing bodies, and SO much interest
attaches to an experiment similar to
the one spoken Of that 1t is more than
likely the test will be made. Officers
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was considerably greater than II 1t
had been batted. In one or two in
stances yesterday, however, the fall
was wrongly measured by as great
q distance as 10 feet"
And here, apparently. the matter
rested until August Is, 1894, when q
ball thrown from the Monument was
successfully caught, and held. The
facts connected with this exploit are
given in the press Of August 26, as
follows:
"a great deal was done yesterday;
record was broken and a tradition
of long standing smashed to smith
Greens by William Schriver, the clever
catcher of the Chicago base ball team.
Year after year as regularly as
the boys would come down from the
Windy City to do up the local club,
even as the 'plaided clans came down
to battle with Montrose,' controversy
would arise between Pop Anson and
H. P. Burney, chief clerk Of the
Arlington. Burney WAS won't to
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deaf mute, outfielder; William r.
Wilmot, outfielder, and George G.
Shock, right fielder.
Perhaps just word about Clark
Calvin Griffith, president of the WASH
ington American League Base Ball
Club, might be interesting. First Of
all, he was born on November 20, 1869,
in Vernon County, Mo-, and there
fore we could hardly consider him
along with the early ball players
mentioned. although he did break into
professional base ball as far back as
1893. when he began pitching for the
Chicago Nationals. Here he must have
been satisfactory, for he continued
there for seven years, when he went
to manage the Chicago Americans
in 1901, continuing until 1902. From
1908 to 1908 he managed the New
York Americans, and the Cincinnati
Nationals from 1909 to 1910. In 1895
his batting average was .319, and he
pitched TIA per cent Of victories in
1901. In 1902 he led the American
League pitchers fielding record with
1856.
1t is further said that he was
educated in the Illinois Normal High
School and in Wesleyan University in
Bloomington. On December 80, 1900,
he married Miss Ann Robertson, who
was born in Scotland Mr.. Grif11th
is the son of Isaiah Griffith. Vir-
ginian, and Sarah Ann (Wripht)
Griffith. who was born in Indiana.
He is descended from John Grif1th,
an officer in the Revolutionary War,
on his paternal side, and on his ma
ternal side is of Mayflower ancestry.
Since 1911, Mr.. Grifith has made
his home in Washington and has
thoroughly identified himself with the
city and its interests. He is a member
Of the Board Of Trade, Chamber Of
Commerce. Racquet Club, Columbia
Country Club. Indian Spring Golf
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OF the Monument calculate roughly
that the ball would take about 512
seconds to descend and at the bottom
would be going at the rate of about
1s0 feet per second, or in the neighbor-
hood OF two miles per minute. The
resistance to be offered by the person
who attempts to catch it would be
only about ITO pounds, or in other
words, he would have to put forth
enough strength to lift that weight.
The ball, 1t Is thought, would not be
going as fast as many that are taken
readily by the inflelders in a game
Of ball, but there are other matters
to be considered which would make
the test more difncult. The great
height would perhaps prevent the ball
being seen at once when thrown, and
any person who has attempted to
catch ball thrown or batted very
high in the air recognizes the difficulty
Of judging 1t accurately. II Hines
should attempt to catch 1t he would
probably have more trouble in judg-
ing 1t than in catching It,"
FOLLOWING the matter up, no
reference was found where Paul
Hines had attempted to catch the ball.
but 1t was later inferred that he did
make the attempt, as will be seen
from the following item copied from
the local press Of January 10, 1885:
"A delegation of base ball players.
including Hines, Baker, Yewell, Ryan
and others, went over to the Wash
ington Monument, yesterday after
noon, to test the problem of whether
a ball thrown from the top OF the
Monument could be caught The
ball was thrown from one Of the small
windows with some force in an out
ward direction. Baker, in one in
stance, gauged its fall correctly, and
caught it in his hands. but almost
Immediately dropped 1t. Its force
Evening star., 1937-04-25
By Lucy Salamanca.

~ I'D you know that We are at
present in the midst of an
epidemic OF meningitis in
- the United States? Did you
know that every 10 years. approx
mately, We can count on the recur-
renee Of epidemic conditions for this
disease, and that every seven years
the cases begin to mount to reach
their peak at the end Of the decade?
Did you know that every day Of your
life you mingle with individuals who
are carrying the dire meningococci
germs in their nasal pharynges, and
that q sneeze, q cough or other drop
let" methods may serve to convey the
disease to you? Did you know that
many Of these carriers" never suffer
with the disease themselves? Or that
If you yourself are carrying the germs
in your nasal passages, you may sud-
denly prove breeding ground for
the meningococci because Of your
own lowered vitality or other condi-
tions that stimulate sudden infec-
ton?
There are many things, in short, in
connection with this strange malady
that affects the spinal cord. draws
back the head, rolls the eyebalk and,
II 1t does not kill, sometimes leaves
the victims deaf or blind, that the
great mass Of the people do not know
Specifically. for example, they ARE
unaware Of the incessant and pains
taking and dangerous labor that goes
on in the laboratories Of the National
Health Institute in Washington, to
the end that knowledge may be gath
cred for the protection of human
beings. either by immunizing methods
or in cure. They do not know how
men and women work daily with the
deadly little germs in cultures, testing
this strain and that, inoculating ex-
perimental animals, trying out serums
growing, freezing, drying countless
colonies Of bacteria 50 diabolical that
in epidemic years they produce condi-
tions wherein the mortality rate
reaches As much as 80 and 90 pei
cent, and even in non-epidemic OF
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endemic periods, are reSponsible for
q 20 per cent mortality record.

endemic periods, are responsible for
q 20 per cent mortality record.
THE present epidemic began in 1885.
Throughout 1886 it slowly mounted,
and now in 1887 it maintains about an
even level. with the prospect that by
the end Of the year it will have begun
its decline Thereafter. We may ex-
pect an even level of cases, with the
pendulum swinging upward again
around 1912 and reaching epidemic
proportions by l945.
Why the cycle? That's what every
research worker, every physician, every
scientist would like very much to know,
and is trying very hard to find out.
There is always, however, a very def
mite reason for it, and all diseases show
the same inevitable tendency to pc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
S4.95 Spring and Summer
GOLF STACKS

Checks and plaids, light and dark
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15

New 1887 weight; new 1887
size; tough cover, extra dis
lance golf balls. Sell every
where at SOC each-reduced to
S2.29 dozen.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-09-23
Deputy Collectors To
Assist In Filing New
Social Security Tax

M. Hampton Magruder, Collector Of
Internal Revenue, will have Deputy
Collector located at the following
places for limited time for the pur-
pose of assisting taxpayers in prepar-
ing and filling Federal Social Secur-
ity Tax returns:
Bethesda-Bank of Bethesda-Last
Monday of each month.
Rockville-The Farmers Bank and
Trust Co.-Last Tuesday of each
month.
Rockville = Montgomery County
National Bank Last Wednesday Of
each month.
Gaithersburg-First National Bank
Last Thursday of each month.
Takoma Park-Takoma Park Bank
Last Friday of each month.
Silver Spring-Silver Spring Post
Ofice-First Monday Of each month.
Posted notices to substitute for this
schedule will be posted if scheduled is
changed.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-09-23
Reopening OF The
DerwOOd School Is
Now Being Asked
Sixty-two Residents Of Com
munity Sign Petition; Claim
Situation Remedied

Reopening of the Derwood School
was asked in a petition signed by 81
residents of that community and pre-
sented to the Montgomery County
Commissioners at their weekly meet
ing Tuesday.
Mrs. Lewis Hankel and Mrs. H.
Whalen, who brought the matter be-
for the board, asserted children had
to wait long periods after school be-
fore the bus arrived to return them
home from Rockville and that some of
the children's lives were endangered
when they attempted to walk the dis
tance.
County School Supervisor Edwin w.
Broome appeared before the board
later, however, and explained this sit
uation had been corrected with re-
cent change of the bus schedules. The
school was one of a number closed
last year in consolidation program.
DR.. Broom explained such consoli-
dation was necessary to prepare the
child of today for living in the modern
world. The day when one teacher
could teach four or five grades in one
class room has gone, he said.
Commissioner Robert Hagner asked
for "discontinuance" of the services
OF F. Barnard Welsh, legal counsel to
the commissioners, charginb, he "de-
fed" the board by not instituting a
test case in the courts to determine
the validity of the merit system, as
was requested of him by the commits
sioners.
Commissioner Hagner agreed to a
suggestion by Chairman Frank Karn
that action be deferred until such a
time when Welsh could appear before
the board. He has been i'll for some
time.
An application by Buell. H. Gardner
for rezoning Of lots /, 2 and 8 in C.
II. Vietts addition to Rockville from
residential "a" to commercial "D"
also was approved.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-09-23
Neighb0rs Entertained
By The A. D. Farquhars

The September meeting of "The
'Neighbors" was entertained last
Thursday evening by Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Douglas Farquhar at The Cedars,
the August meeting having been
dropped on. account of the death
of Mrs. r. Rowland Moore and Mrs.
Joseph T. Moore, active members of
the Society, so on the opening of
this meeting a short silent tribute to
their memory was called for by the
presiding officer, Mrs. Aubrey Beall.
An interesting account of a trip
taken this summer to the Pacific
Coast was given by Tom Hallowell
as the program.
Tom had motored over 11,000 miles
in a trip which took him through
the Southern States on his way to
California, and through the Canadian
Pacific coming home, benig accom-
panied by fellow student of Swarth-
more College.
With his diary Of the trip we were
given many details of most enter
tanning experience, and its many
beauties expressed in truly enthusi-
astic manner by this young college
student.
The usual questions resulted in
helpful suggestions, and in the bust
ness meeting two recommendations
were sent to the Community Council
through it's representative DIR. Ste
phen Beebe, one being the advisa-
bility of establishing a registration
bureau for the unemployed in this
vicinity, the other the disapproval
of the new resurfacing of the Ashton
road to Snells bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard w. Janney
were welcomed to the club as newly
elected members, and adjournment
was until October 14th to meet at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer
o. Stabler.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-09-23
Bandits Arrested
In Recent HOldups
In Two Counties
Montgomery Officers Get Con-
fessions In Ednor And
Lisbon RObberies

! Clever detective work on the part
OF Montgomery County police this
week solved at least two recent hold
ups with the arrest of four negroes.
three of whom were concerned in the
robbery and shooting Of Herbert
Cuff, Ednor storekeeper and two
mixed up in the hold-up Of Eswor.
thy's Service Station at Lisbon. Com
fessions were obtained from two Of
the men involved and another made
a series of conflicting statements
which police say de him up with .
number Of criminal acts.
James "Doy", identified as oue
James DufEin, a former resident Of
Rockville. and arrested in Baltimore
immediately after the hold-up and
shooting Of Mr.. Cuff, refused 10
acknowledge his part in the robber-
les but repeated questioning Of his
wife brought out the fact that ha
left Baltimore Thursday morning
(preceding the Cuff shooting) in
company with two other colored men.
one Of whom she knew as Arthur"
The latter was arrested and identi-
fled as Arthur Mitchell, who Is said
by police 10 have confessed 10 be
the trigger man" in both the Ednor
and Lisbon robberies.
A routine questioning of Mitchell
Is reported to have brought into the
affair the name Of Mike Berger, also
of Baltimore. "A search of Bereer's
home brought to light a As caliber
revolver, suspected as the gun used
at Ednor. Berger claims he loaned
the gun to another colored man. MIR.
Esworthy identified Doy's automobile
as the car used in the Lisbon affray.
James Ross, Of Baltimore, was later
caught and is-said to have confessed
to the Esworthy robbery.
The men concerned in the, Ednor
case will be charged with assault to
kill as well as robbery. Howard coun-
ty authorities viii take over the
prosecution of the two negroes in
volved in the Lisbon hold-up.
Officials credit Montgomery County
police with a quick solution of the
two cases and particular attention
is given the work of Sergt. James
McAuliffe, Roy Bodmer, and Guy
Jones and Officers Barnes and Wind
ham. Corp. Harry Merson also had
role in obtaining the arrest Of Doy,
whom he recognized as a former cul-
prit.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-09-23
Young Democrats !
Resume Activity
In Upper County
Fall and Winter Program Opens
With Party At Casey
Estate

Including Senator Stedman Pres
colt, the Upper Montgomery County
Young Mems Democratic Club had as
it's guests nearly all of the party's
leaders at an open air meeting last
Wednesday. Not only the leaders from
all the upper section of the County
but also the presidents of every young
Democratic club of the County at
tended this rally at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Casey, near Rock
vile.
According to Jack Diamond, presi-
dent of the club, this meeting far sur
passed any they have had in the past,
not only in attendance but in the
genuine enthusiasm and willingness of
every man present to help this orga-
nization become the most active of it's
kind in the County.
Each of the club presidents made
short address and each made num-
erous complimentary statements rela-
tives to the clubs rapid strides that
had been made since its formation a
year ago.
After a brief resume of the past
activities, Mr.. Diamond announced the
Forthcoming program.
Monthly meetings beginning on
October 4th and continuing on the
first Monday of each month at the
Gaithersburg firehan.
2-The nomination of new officers
at the October meeting.
3-Plans to obtain the declaration
of intentions from all new residents
in the sections within the jurisdiction
of the Club. -
Various social functions which
include three dances the first one to
be Halloween dance on October 29
and the others falling on Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas nights respective
ly.
5-The organization of two or more
bowling teams for entry in the CATH
ersburg League and to compete
against teams from the other young
Democratic Clubs.
6-The establishment of a clay
pigeon and skeet shooting club.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-09-23
Soil Conservation
Allowances Still
Available To Farmer
o. w. Anderson, Count Agent,
Urges All County Farmers To
Make Use Of Soil Program

Farmers of this County who are
cooperating in the 1887 agricultural
conservation program will have time
to earn their soil-building allowance,
according to o. w. Anderson local
county agent. Mr.. Anderson points
Ecut that an allowance for improving
lon-crop open pasture land is in
cluded in the 1887 soil-building allow
ance for the farm. This pasture al
lowance can be earned by applying
lime, superphosphate or potash to
pasture prior to October 81, 1887.
Payment also may be earned for new
seedlings of permanent pasture such
as bluegrass, clovers, timothy, and
redtop, in adapted areas.
In addition to applying lime, super
phosphate, and potash on permanent
pasture, as well as rotation pasture,
the soil-building allowance may be
earned by making these applications
in connection with fall seedlings OF
bluegrass, clovers, timothy, redtop,
and winter cover crops such as GRIM
son clover and vetch.
Payment will be made for applying
not less than 1000 pounds of ground
limestone per acre at a rate Of $3.50
per ton on the Western Shore and
Sc. 90 per ton on the Eastern Shore
and in Southern Maryland.
For applying not less than 100
pounds of 16 percent superphosphate
per acre on soil-conserving crops,
payment will be made at the rate OF
so cents per 100 pounds.
Payment also will be made at the
rate of $1.00 per 100 pounds for ap-
plying not less than 30 pounds per
acre of so per cent muriate of potash
on land on which superphosphate is
applied in accordance with the provis-
ions of the program.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-09-23
Enterprise and Montgomery
Clubs Hold Their Meets

Both the Enterprise and Montgom-
cry Clubs met the past week, the
former holding its September meeting
with G. Rust Candy with Osburn
Stabler presiding officer; and the lat
ter at the home of Francis Miller
with A. Douglas Farquhar in the
chair.
The usual routine business of the
Club at Mr.. Canby's was transacted
an inspection Of the farm and his new
cattle wa SHIELD, and the fine display
of Mackentosh apples raised by the
host sampled, with the members all
given baskets of the same to take
home.
The October meeting will be held
with Clarence B. Hurrey.
At the Montgomery Club after a
fine supper served by the hostess and
some of her friends, and the usual roll
call of questions, the subject of the
two electric fences which Morries
Cissel and that on "Pierson's Choice"
use, brought forth many interesting
points on the value to the farmer of
this manner of fencing his stock.
The October meeting will be held
with Robert H. Miller Jr., the Clubs
secretary.