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60 to second on a passed ball. An
drews lined the pellet toward right
field to, put Erskine on third. al
though Joe Snow made a remark
able stop to retire Andrews How
ever, Snow lost his glory on the
next play when he dropped the
throw to first to spoil a nice stop
by Werner and let Erskine count
the last Douglas run.
- Erskine took his last fling on the
hill In the last Of the sixth. swap
ping places with Andrews. and
turned back the Moose one-two-
three, Then 1t looked as though
Douglas might yet pull the series
out Of the fire, when, with two out
In the first of the seventh. Roller
scratched a Single past Smith. But,
with the last Redskin. Gray. in the
batters box, Smith caught Nelson
running for Roller, mapping off first
and Snow ran him down for the fl
hal putout. 4.
The MOOSE pointed the way to
win last evening. when, In their
first time at. bat they drew first
blood. with one away, Hagiund
waited andrews out for a walk
stole second and Snow singled him
home.
All that Is now left Of the 1887
Qastinean Channel Baseball season
Is the annual banquet. s..'
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Washington Is Real
Capital Of Nation;
New York Loses Out
continued from Page ono


large measures upon the outcom,
of the mayoraity fight in New YorI
City.
They figure that If anti Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith and Tammany
Leader Christopher Sullivan win the
mayoralty nomination for Senator
Royal Copeland over Justice Jere-
miah Mahoney, backed by New Deal
Democrats, they might gain control
of the entire party organization in
New York City.
Even If Mayor LaGuardia, SYM
pathetic to the New Deal. defeated
Copeland in the finals, Smith and
Sullivan might be able to retain
control of the party organization
in the city and take an anti Roose-
welt delegation to the 1910 Demo-
cratic convention.
Combined with conservative DEM
ocrats from the South, the Tam
many delegation might make the
going tough for any New Deal can
didate for the Presidential nomina-
ton.
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TOO SOON TO PREDICT

Such appraisal of the possible pow
er of Roosevelt forces at the
next convention is predicated upon
a sizeable contingent from the
South being hostile to Mr.. Roose-
lvelt or any candidate he favored for
the nomination.
Veteran politicos, however. believe
lit is bit premature to begin count
ing OF, formidable southern opposi-
ton to the President, particularly
at time when he may be prepared
| to give the go ahead signal on mil
lions OF dollars In loans to Dixte's
cotton farmers. - IS = 4. -
Some old-line Democrats, who have
no particular liking for the Cope
land Smith detectives, are fearful
nevertheless that a second victory
for Fiorello Little Flower" La
Guardia might turn out to be @
sprig of poison ivy for the Demo-
cratic party from a national stand
point.
The building up of a strong La
Guardia organization, combined
with a continued split in the Demo-
cratic force: of New York City
might deprive the Democratic party
of long time bulwark of strength
in Presidential contests.
Between elections the tiger fire.
quently has been looked upon as an
unsuitable running mate for the
donkey: but when that quadrep-
NAL crucial day in November rolled
around. the tiger could almost in
variably be counted upon for ar
effective vote-getting performance
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THE SUMMARY

Stolen bases Bonner. Manning
Haglund, J. Schmitz, Werner; sac
rifice hit. ]. Schmitz; two-base hits
Bonner. Addleman; runs batted In:
Bonner. Snow, J. Schmitz, Con-
verse; innings pitched by Andrews
s., Erskine 1; at bat against Andrews
Is, Erskine 3; hits off Andrews A.;
runs, off Andrews 3; struck out by
Andrews /. Erskine /, Smith q;
walked by Andrews: Haglund, Snow,
Werner q; walked by Smith, Roller;
earned runs off Andrews /, Erskine
O; Smith o: charge defeat to An
drews; Wild pitches: Andrews .; hit
by pitched ball, Smith by Andrews;
passed ball. Addleman: left on bas-
es: Douglas 5. Moose 6: time Of
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FEDERALS WIN
IN FAST GAME
FROM MINERS
Great Brand of Softba II
Seen-Allstars, Rock
cts to Meet Tonight

Playing the best brand of ball
of the season, according to specta-
tors, the Federals beat the Miners
10-7 in last nights softball game
in Evergreen Bowl.
The Federals piled up a five run
lead in the first inning that proved
too much for the Miners to over
come. Sporting, Iverson, Duck
worth and Mash starred for the
victors.
Bavard hit out the longest straight
drive of the season when he hit a
homer in the seventh. Other Min
ers to star we're Gudbranson, Ford,
Harron and Baskaskie
The lineup in last nights game
were:
Federals-H. Sporting, p; L. e.
Iverson, S.; R. Duckworth, c.; j.
Turner, 1b; L Hendrickson, If; c..
Prucha, 3D.; w. Kimball, SIS; G..
Forward, CT replaced by Noble in
the SIXTH d. Naish, IF; l.. Holm
quist, 3b.
A. j. Miners-Peterson p; first
inning S.; Ford, IT,; Gallemorc,
h.; Bavard, 3D.; Mcdonnell, S.;
j. Harron, 3D.; ]. Mcdaniel, CT;
replaced by c. Gray in seconO
Gudbranson, rf.; Dig, c.; replaced
by H. Krause in second) Bas-
kaskie, p.
Score By Innings
Federals, II 81 0 O., 2 2 0-10
nn...a..4 q q q O O y
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MISS TAYLOR BACK n
FROM HAWAIIAN Is,
TO VISIT IN SITKA

Miss DOME Taylor. who is th1s
fall returning to her teaching posi-
in the Juneau Public Schools, after
spending last year as exchange tea
cher at Paia Maiu, Hawaiian Islands
arrived In Juneau from Seattle
aboard the motorship Northland.
Miss Taylor Is, however, continu-
ing on to Sitka aboard the vessel.
After visiting at Goddard HOT
Springs, she will return to juneau
in time for the opening Of school
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Are Again
Channel Champs !.
By e Triumph
Moose Down Fighting Doug
las Nine Last Evening for
Third Win, Title Series /

Run down between first and sec
ond by the Moose was Sam Nelson,
and tagged out with him was the
last Of the pennant hopes for this
year Of an ever-fighting Douglas
baseball team. .,sias
With his only effective pitcher,
Claude Erskinc. unable to take the
mound SO soon after pitching HE
heart out Sunday for ten innings TO
keep the Island pennant flame
glowing, Manager Walt Andrews
took the brunt Of the battle on his
own shoulders and last evening at
tempted to hold the Juneau MOOSE
in check But, it was not to be,
Four Moose blows and a fatal error
by Bonner. sealed three to two
verdict for the Moose and gave then,
the Gastineau, @ hannel League
championship for the second year
In a row. .. ssfs
81 Fatal Fourth &. III
Only four safe hits did Andrews
allow the Paps, but the wildness
that slowed the Pap, bludgeonere,
proved boomerang to big Ahdy'',::
a. wild pitch advancing two Moose
runners just, far enough to enable
them to score the runs that sank
tn epouglas cause. In the last Of the
fourth inning 81, Is, ., 1..s " III
The first Of the fourth had seen
Douglas tie the score at ofie-ali,
when, Erskine reached second on
Jack schmitz. throw into THE dira
| at first. and Bonner cracked, cnt
double. to send Erskine home; !,
That even score went Its stway
through the last OF the fourth when
Bonner's mispiay let Snow reach
! first with out out. Addleman fols
lowed. Snow with a single, then
came the wide heaye that let Snow
and Addleman move up notch
apiece e. <.
| Schmitz's Squeeze *
With the scoring trigger Cooked.
Jack Schmitz made the squeeze
with a beautiful bunt down the first
base line, on which Snow slid home
to put the Moose again In front
while Addleman reached third and
Schmitz arrived safely at first.
Schmitz stole second, then Con-
verse scored Addleman with the
winning marker on grounder to
Bonner. Though Converse was re-
tired on the play and Schmitz died
on third, the die had been cast
the Moose were on the throne.
After being BANKED In the fifth,
the Islanders made their last big
stand in the first Of the sixth, and
did put across one more run. With
one out, Erskine was credited with
his second hit when he rolled one
past the mound and Smith missed
his stab. Addleman let Erskine
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SACRAMENTO
IN TOP PLACE
COAST LEAGUE
Portland Helps Senator's by
Defeating Former
Leaders
tBy Associated Press)

The Sacramento Senator's yester-
day took possession Of first place
in the Pacific Coast League when
they defeated the Missions by a
score of A to 1 and Portland helped
out by defeating the San Diego Pa
dres, in first place for some time,
winning by a score of 2 to l.
/ Los Angeles and San Francisco
are practically in tie for third
place, san Francisco defeating Sc
Iattle by score Of 5 to 4 and Los
Angeles losing to Oakland, 3 to Q,
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GAMES TUESDAY
Pacific Coast. League

San Diego 1; Portland q.
! Los Angeles Q; Oakland 8. 4.
Seattle 4: San Francisco S.
Sacramento A. Missions |.
Nationa. League
Pittsburgh o; Boston l..
Only game scheduled.
American League
New York 8; Chicago Q.
Washington 8: st.. Louis 6. IS
Boston 8; Cleveland 4, thirteen in
1ings. g at',,
Philadelphia 8, 0; Detroit 8, 8.
Channel Title, Series
Il tFinaD
Moose g.; Douglast2.
j ~ y g 10
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at the pay-office window for his
40 percent cut.
Manager Jacobs promised Louis
the money would lie forthcoming
pronto and the only argument
around this big burg is whether
the fight will gross the necessary
100000. Farr is guaranteed $780,
600.
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INA ]. BRINGS In
BIG SALMON CATCH

Bringing 10000 pounds of salmon
to w. o. Carlson, New England Fish
Company Agent, the boat Ina j.,
Capt. S. E. Anderson, was the only
arrival on the Juneau fish market
today.
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DAVE MILLER
DIES SUDDENLY

TACOMA, Wash, Aug. 25. = Dave
Miller, manager of Champion Fred
Gle Steele, is dead after a mastoid
operation performed last Sunday.
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SHORT FIGHT
IS PREDICTED
ON THURSDAY
Sport Fans Think Louis
Will Land Knockout
Early in Go

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Nearly ev-
eryone interested in prize fighting
thinks Joe Louis will hang one on
Tommy Fairs jaw early in the eve
ming tomorrow night and then call
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FLEIscHMANNs GINS tDry or
Sloe) cost no more than ordinary
gins. adv
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Tonighfs Game
All Stars vs. Rockets, o'clock
Evergreen Bowl.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-25

game hour SO minutes; umpires:
Novel;. M. MacSpadden; scorer,
Clark.
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Try The Empire classifieds TO
results.
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American League

Channel Title Series
g wins out of 5 gamesl
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-08-25

League Standings
Evening star., 1937-09-12

that the best possible education for
them is an economy to the community
in the long run, proper education of
handicapped children must be con-
tinued
Try to Help "Siow" Children.
In the schools of the District of
Columbia We have also tried to meet
the needs of the child who is slow
We have a small corps of teachers
known as adjustment teachers who try
to help such children and place them
where they may gain the greatest
benefit from their education. We have,
of course, a great majority of normal
children who go through school with
out any great difficulty and who offer
no problems. Then there are the
children who are the unusually bright
or quick pupils. This last group con-
stitutes, in my opinion. one of the
greatest challenges of today in our
school system. 1 am becoming in
creasingly alarmed over the fact that
public school systems everywhere. be-
cause of overcroWded classes and over
worked teachers, are letting down
standards SO that the slow child can
be promoted and the normal child
permitted to get along, as he is capable
of doing. without any great effort.
This leaves the unusual child with
very little incentive and, in my opin-
ion, not enough attention.
The usual answer by school people
(See SCHOOL SYSTEM, Page g.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Three New Members on
Board of Education
as Year Opens.
DR.. BALL0U REPORTS
ADDITIONS TO FORCE
R. W. Evans Becomes Admins
trative Principal at Thompson,
Filling Finckels Post.
BY DR.. FRANK w. BALLOU,
Superintendent of Schools.

The school year 1878 for public
day school pupils opens on Septem-
Der 20. The opening day will witness
many changes in the public school
system due to changes in personnel.
Several thousand new pupils will be
indicted into their respective schools,
some to begin their educational ca
reer, and some to enter the public
schools of Washington from other
cities. During the Summer months
the IT'S school buildings have been
thoroughly cleaned and put in prop
er condition for the coming school
year. A few new classrooms will be
opened on the opening day of school,
and a still larger number will come
into use from time to time during
this school year.
Changes In the Board.
/. The school year opens with three
new members on the Board of Edu-
cation.
On April 7, 1887. Henry Gilligan
Evening star., 1937-09-12
c. v. j. ERECTING
z NEW BUILDINGS
Library and Hall of Govern
ment Now Being Put Up
With Gift Funds.

The thousands OF returning upper
classmen and freshmen newly entering
upon their college careers at Georgt
Washington University will witness the
erection of two new buildings this veal
"a library and hall for the schoo
of Government.
This construction will increase te
five the number of new buildings put
up by the university during a three
year expansion period. Both the
library and the Hall of Government
have been made possible by gifts from
friends Of the institution, which were
announced in June by President Cloyo
Heck Marvin.
The library is the gift Of, and will
be named for, Abner Lisner, retired
Washington merchant and philan-
thropist and long a member Of the
schools board of trustees. The Hall oi
Government is the gift of an
anonymous donor.
The Lisner Library will be erected
between the Biological Science Build
ing and the Social Science Hall, opened
last Fall. 1t will complete the group
on the G street SIDE. forming an i'm
pressive development in modern archi-
tectural style. Preliminary plans for
the interior were drawn by DR.. C. c.
Williamson, director of university
libraries and dean OF the School OF
Library Service Of Columbia University
The Hall of Government will be
located upon an extension of the
university yard. Selection of the site
now is under consideration by the
president and the board of trustees.
Registration at the school will open
next Saturday and classes will get un-
dey way Wednesday, September %
Students from every State and many
foreign countries will be brought to-
gether at the university
In line with the expansion of build
ing facilities the university's develop
ment has been marked by continual
heightening of entrance requirements
and scholarship standards, strengthen
ing of the teaching and research pro-
grams and the augmenting of faculty
personnel.
Students must have attained speci-
fed scholarship rank in their high
schools to enter the Junior College and
the School of Engineering. Two years
of college work are required for ad-
mission to Columbia College, the
Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Edu-
cation and Government and the Di-
vision of Library Science.
The Law School, third largest among
approved law schools of the country, is
on a graduate basis. college degree
being required for entrance. Following
the practice of other leading law
schools, the institution has established
the degree of juris doctor, a profess
sional graduate degree recognizing the
graduate nature of the law work.
Three-quarters OF city block, COM
prising $4,000 square feet of land
bounded by G, H. Twenty-second and
Twenty-third streets, has been acquired
for future construction OF an audi
torium- gymnasium.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
G.. j. REGISTRATION
BEGINS TOMORROW
Additional Courses Are Be-
( ing Arranged for Com.
ing Year.

Preparations are under way in all
departments of Georgetown University
for the opening of the 13sth academic
term this month.
Beginning with the College of Arts
and Sciences tomorrow and ending
with registrations in the Graduate
School the week of September 27. ap-
proximately 1000 new students will
enter the university from preparatory
schools and colleges in every State.
During the past year Georgetown drew
some so. students from the insular
possessions and half a dozen foreign
countries, and it is probable that this
record will be exceeded in the coming
scholastic year.
III was heartening to Georgetown
circles In general to hear recently that
the president, Very Rev. Arthur A.
OLeary, S. j., would return to re-
assume his duties late in the Fall. DR..
O'Leary was stricken last May and
'NS StfSASoAAy AL db lSetOWU f1US-
pltal for many weeks. Since his re-
cent discharge from the hospital he has
been recuperating at Cohassett, Mass,
and probably will take Southern trip
before returning to the university.
Changes Being Arranged.
DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j.. acting
president, reported that important
changes are being arranged in connec-
ton with the 1878 academic year. A
number Of additional faculty members,
especially in the Graduate School, are
yet to be announced. There will be
additional courses, also, in most of the
professional schools.
The dean of the Graduate School.
Rev. Aloysius j. Hogan, S. j., Phi. D.
tContab), announced that this Depart
ment will afford enlarged advantages
and opportunities to students desiring
to pursue research work in many fields
OF graduate study. The Graduate
School has been provided with more
spacious quarters in the Healy Build
ing. Registration of students will
begin September 27 and continue
throughout the week. Glasses will be-
to small groups, thus insuring very per-
sonal and distinctive direction for each
student
DR.. Hogan reorganized the Graduate
School year ago after leaving the
presidency of Fordham University, in
New York. There will be instruction
this year in biology, chemistry, physics,
economics, both theoretical and ap-
piled, history, mathematics and seis-
mology and in the several fields of
political science, including diplomacy
government, foreign trade, interna-
tional law and international relations.
DIR. Hogan in Charge.
All graduate studies at Georgetown
are under the direction of DR.. Hogan,
with the exception of the graduate de-
partment in the School of Law. At
the School Of Foreign Service. where
DR.. Walsh is regent and DR.. Thomas
H. Healy is dean, new policy of hav-
ing freshmen report earlier than usual
has been inaugurated. All first-year
morning students will report for spe-
/ cial classes Wednesday. Other classes
begin the new term September 20.
separate Constitution room"
has been provided, as the school
will stress studies of the Constitu-
ton this year in honor of the sesqui-
centennial. Georgetown University
was founded in 1899, the year In
(sse GEORGETOWN, Page s.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

NttV Aina cCA FSd
the Board Of
Education for
nearly IL years
resigned, a n d
Gratz z. Dun-
K u m was ap-
pointed as his
successor. On
June 80, George
M. Wh.twell ter
minated his serv-
ices Of nearly six
years on t he
Board and was
S u C c e e d e d by
Charles D. Dray-
t1., ~ r H-
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den Johnson who had for many years
been the senior member of the Board,
and had served continuously for II
years as member of the Board de-
clined further appointment. He was
succeeded by Col. West A. Hamilton,
who took up his duties on July /. In
many ways the public and the asso-
ciates of these men have indicated the
debt which the public owes to these
retiring members for their fine public
service.
Deaths of Officers.
During the school year death re-
moved the following officers:
c. K. Finckel, administrative prin-
cipal, Thomson School, September 5,
1896.
Mrs. R. S. Netherland, administra-
tive principal, Burrville School, jan
uary IL, 1887.
w. c. Myers, assistant principal, Nc
Kinley High School, February 20. 1887.
These officers had served the pub
lie for many years and had performed
faithful and efficient service. Their
places have been filled as follows:
r. W. Eaves, administrative princi-
pal, Thomson School.
w. l.. Browne, administrative prin-
cipal, Burrville School.
A. M. Vliet, administrative princi-
pal, Mckinley High School.
Retirements Of Offcers.
The law provides a retirement an
nuity for officers who may retire VOL
unfairly at so years Of age and must
retire at 10 unless otherwise ordered by
the Board of Education. During the
past year the following officers retired
Allan Davis, principal, Roosevelt
High School. November 30, 1886.
Miss S. r. Craighill, administrative
principal, Blair-Hayes School, jan
uary 81, 1887.
S. M. Ely, supervising principal, Di-
vision 5, January 81, 1887.
Miss M. w. Frank, administrative
principal, Petworth School, January
81, 1887.
Miss H. M. Knight. administrative
principal, Bowen-G -Greenleaf School.
January 81, 1887.
Their places were filled as follows:
Miss M, P. Bradshaw, principal,
Roosevelt High School.
Miss Margaret Moore. administra-
tive principal, Blair Hayes School.
Miss A. G.. Lind, supervising prin-
cipal, Division 5.
Miss B. K. Lacy. administrative
principal, Petworth School.
Miss A. H. Ewers, administrative
principal, Bowen-Greenleaf School.
The following officers retired on
August 81, 1887:
Miss M. r. Lyddane, administrative
principal, Emery lexington School.
Miss Emily Scrivener. administra-
tive principal, Park View School.
Miss Mary Ossire, teaching princi-
pal, Fillmore School.
Miss S. E. Thomas, teaching prin-
cipal, Benning School,
Their places have been filled as
follows:
Mrs. l.. j. Wakeman, administrative
principal, Emery lexington School.
Miss Roberta Shoemaker, adminis-
trative principal. Park View School.
Miss Margaret Patterson, adninis-
trative principal, Fillmore jackson
School
Mrs. E. d. Armes, teaching principal,
Benning School.
Miss Mildred Green was promoted
from teacher to teaching principal
at the Blake School and will take up
1er new duties there at the opening
If this school year.
The staff of l09 clerks employed in
he school department has been aug-
nsnted in the appropriations act for
1898 by the appropriation Of new
alaries for and the appointment or
assignment of three additional CLERKS
n the following ofices: Ofioe Of
superintendent Of schools. 4; clerical
(See BALLOu. Page s.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Dupont Circle School
Has Perfect Record
For Students Health

The pride of the Dupont Circle
Boarding and Day School is its
record of not a single illness
among its pupils since the school
was started seven years ago.
Correct diet and plenty of sleep,
together with daily health drills
and hikes. constitute the reason
for the record, school officials say.
Enclosed Fairgrounds, art
classes, native French conversa-
ton groups and musical courses
are features Of the school.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

(See INFLUX, Page A.
Evening star., 1937-09-12

(see BOARD. Page 3.)
Evening star., 1937-09-12
To Enter Notre Dame.

Three Washington youths will enter
Notre Dame University this year.
They are Edward P. Fenlon, 1914
Seventeenth street northeast: James
Melvin Corcoran, 2o26 Thirty seventh
street, and John =. waldron.