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The Washington times., 1937-08-03
The Listening Post By Carlisle Bngeyou
What do the Senators fear

erty. In fact there were all sorts of abandoned
plantations around the club. We were told that
the site Of its golf course was once rich planta-
big oak tree and commanded his slaves to serve
him.
There has been tremendous exodus from
the South in recent years, we were told, be
cause of economic conditions. Fully twothirds
of the Southerners are said to be in Wash
ington helping Mr.. Roosevelt make democracy
work. It's the remaining third that he wants
to help with his wages and hours bill. II
he doesn't do this, it is pointed out, then they
will be up here insisting that they also be
permitted to help him make democracy work
the New Deals madness. 1t shows you, too
how much one can learn when he gets out
and travels.
New York Culture By Radio
According to the information we could get
the South has advanced culturally by leaps
and bounds in recent years. The radio carries
New York programs to the most remote farms
and as result the Southerners are able to
absorb the culture of New York which was
available only to few in the old days,
Every week they hear such inspirationaI,
educational uplifts as Eddie Cantor and Walter
Winchell. On several occasions they have even
heard Senator Wagner. In this latter respect
they are considered more blessed than the New
Workers themselves. That u.s. they can hear the
Senator, but they don't have to listen to him
all the time.
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GRANTS HANG FIRE

A. L. Bowen, Illinois State vel
fare director. after comforting with
the Social Security Board, said
last night no agreement had been
reached in the States efforts to
reinstate Federal old-age benefit
grants for Illinois. Bowen will con,
tinue discussions this morning.
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especially opponents Of his
court plan-are keenest Of all,
although it was Republican
Arthur Vandenberg who Shoul-
dered the onus Of virtually
ordering the President to name
the ninth old man forthwith
or else to wait until the Senate
returns to Washington next
January.
The Vandenberg resolution is
not, Of course. so blunt. 1t
states in carefully parliamentary
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DC. Realty License
Bill Before Senate

Hearings will open at 2 p. m.
tomorrow by the Senate District
Committee on a measure creating
a local real estate commission and
establishing the practice of licens-
ing real estate operators. A
similar bill has been passed by the
House
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try Club just across the river
in Virginia. She Is really mis-
taken in her belief that the
Southerners don't wear shoes.
The men wear shoes just like
us northerners. And the
women wear shoes, too, but
their toes are out.
We were told, however, that
this isn't due to a shortage of
leather or other stuff that goes
into the composition of a
woman's shoe or to any lack
of hIIVinc f1nwer HIT eivoyoI1 ha-
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BE sure to feed the rabbit,
the cat and the canary while I'm
on my way West"
eyes man." said Horace,
showing about 81 white teeth.
'T'H look after 'em. But / won't
feed 'em together. l might cause
collision"
Started at Last
Would that there had been a
little more collision between the
red cap and the train "potah."
AS my typewriter was passed
from black hand to black hand
it fell heavily on the railroad
track The casa hrolo off
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Stuff

The Senate's anxiety to know whom the Presi-
dent expects to name to the Supreme Court is
almost ludicrous His own Democratic followers
The Washington times., 1937-08-03
RIVER DRAGGED
FORTWOBR|DGE
.LEAPERSBODIES
One Former Postal
Stamp Expert

Leaving note declaring that No
preferred death to i'll health
Michael L. Eidsness jr., A, noted
philatelic authority and former
superintendent of the Post Office
Division of Stamps, is believed to
have leaped to his death in the
Potomac River early today.
A coat identified as the prop
erty of Eidsness containing two
notes, one addressed to the
coroner and the other to his
brother, Lars EidSness. 22l4 New
ton st. N. E., was found on the
grass near Memorial Bridge this
morning by John Kern, an em'
ploye of the National Capital
Parks Office.
Police Drag River
Kern turned the coat and notes
over to Park authorities, and po-
lice Immediately started to drag
the river in the vicinity, believing
Eidsness had leaped from the
span.
This morning the brother re.
ceived a letter through the mail.
postmarked at 1880 last night, in
which Eidsness said he intended
to end his life. Dated August 2,
the note contained a key to his
apartment, some personal papers.
and a note addressed:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern:
81 am ill and Respondent. This
act of mine Is motivated by no
other reason. My family, eSpe-
cially my brother, is aware Of
my struggle for health since my
streptococcus infection Of 1927
and 1881.
LED ACTIVE LIFE
"Active all my life, I cannot
carry on with the handicap Of
continued i'll health and Suf-
ferings. 1 prefer death to linn
tied activity and future in
validism."
Born in Iowa in 1893, EidsnesS
came to Washington with his
parents as child, and attended
public schools here. At the age
of Il he joined the postal service
and became superintendent of the
stamp division in 1921.
Stamp Expert
A year later when the philatelic
agency of the department was
established, he was at its head.
and remained there until 1888
when he resigned.
Second Leaper Sought
Meanwhile police are also draS.
ging the river near Highway
Bridge for the body of Charles
Bord, who left note on the span
last night, saying he intended to
end his life. This note, found by
William Larkins, 1926 Eighth St.
N. W.. along with a pen and pencil
set, read:
81, Charles BOrd, of 300 Con-
neeticut Ave-, jumped off this
bridge 8:45 p. M, Aug. 2, as
the one thing l wanted in life
1 could not have. So long, rOsks.
This is the end.
CHARLES BORD.
whoever finds this tell my
brother, Ned BOrd, 300 Connec-
ticut Ave. Thanks"
Police learned Bord is 10 years
old and was visiting his brother,
Ned Bord, Washington real estate
dealer, at the Connecticut Avenue
address. The latter told detectives
his brother seemed respondent
yesterday.
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cause the women want their toes to stick out,
pink toes, tanned toes, red toes or blue toes as
the case may be. But these incompleted shoes
cost Just as much as the complete shoe, we were
told, the toeless shoe is not because of any un
derprivileged status in life at all.
Most authorities with whom we discussed the
matter attributed the toeess shoes, in fact, to
woman's desire for selfexpresson. The revolt
spirit which seems prevalent in our society has
touched southern women. They feel an urge
now and then to kick over the traces and this has
resulted, in their kicking out the toes of their
shoes, so to speak.
Those Abandoned Plantations
Undoubtedly we saw but the froth, the surface
gayety of southern life on our fleeing visit. Be-
meath there is unqueStionably lot of dire pov-
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Just as the train came chugging up the hill
to the Silver Spring station I gave final fare
well instructions to Horace:
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cept1on OF the South, we took run down there
the other night-down to the WASHINGTON Coun-
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his seat before being confirmed" This view was
privately echoed by other statesmen.
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POPPING, ,:f5s|
Off"~Jkt .%44l@!
Spade Calling.
Spade Calling.

The ssr.
G's' s So. s. more '.s ] say this series
ing heroic about it, nothing funny nothing nothing
jumping all over the little from the block The little fellow
1t ganglng
weakly batted
Giants alike
nothing outstanding
impossible
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simply are cogs in an overpOwerins
machine that is destined to roll on
There is no more science or bravery
attached to their feats than is con-
nected with stepping on and squashing
a cockroach in a corner.
Nor Is there anything Quixotie
TO this series. Nobody. f'rin-
stance, could fancy the Giants
coming back.
Twelve years ago the Senators led
the Pirates. to /, and needed only
another victory. Despite the pro-
hibitive odds it was conceivable the
National Leaguers could win. And
they did.
But the Giants. This is written be-
fore game time today. By nightfall
the series should be over If not, 1t
will be over by tomorrow at dusk. It
simply isn't in the books for the Giants
to win
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LEADING NCCUBSSEEK
NO. 3 WIN OVER SOX
French's 4-Hit Feat Gives
National Leaguers Edge
in Chicago Series.
By the Associated Press.

Z
~ HICAGO. October 9-The Chi
4 cago Cubs. apparently deter
\ mined to use their home town
~ rivals to prove they are bet
ter team than their recent National
League race collapse indicated, went
after a third victory over the White
Sox today in the fourth game of the
twenty-second city championship Sc
ries.
Holding an advantage of two VIC
tories to one for the White Sox, the
Cubs sent husky Bill Lee, a right
handler, after another win which would
make the National Leaguers strong IA
vorites to crack the string of three
straight championships captured by
the American League club. The Soxs
pitching choice was Johnny White
head, also 4 right-hander.
Tight Hurting Marks Series,
IF THE same brand of pitching that
has marked the skirmish thus far
holds out today, the plate averages Of
the losers will continue to suffer. In
the opener, Tex Carleton hurled the
Cubs to victory on f1ve-hit perform
ance. In the second game, Vern Ken
nedy of the White Sox turned back
the Cubs on a three-hit chore, and
yesterday AS the Cubs went out in
front. Larry French repulsed the
White Sox, 4 to l, on a four-hit mas
terpiece.
French had plenty OF help from his
mates, notably Catcher Gabby Hart
nett, the North Side clubs grand old
man" Hartnett socked a homer in
the third inning with Billy Herman on
base. Then in the next frame, ap-
parently deciding to take part in the
offensive as we'll as defensive duties,
French banged triple to score Augie
Galan, who had doubled. The final
Cub run came in the fifth on a double,
two passes and an error.
One Of the four hits allowed bv
French was disputed homer by Jackie
Hayes which saved the Sox from a
shutout. The ball hit near the top
OF the wall and bounced into the seats.
The Cub protest that the hit should
be held to a ground rule double rot
nowhere with Umpire ziggy Sears of
the National League.
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Di Mag Flocks Laurel.

III MAGGIO knocked off the most
individual hitting honors The
Yank sophomore led in runs, 152; in
total bases, 418 tied for the lead
In triples with Stone at IS, and led
in home runs, with 48. Bell made
the most hits, 218, and the most
doubles, 81. The -batted-in lead
ership went to Greenberg. 1873, while
Ben Chapman of Boston set the pace
IN stolen bases. with 81 to his credit
Among the pitchers, Johnny Alien
of Cleveland set the pace with is
wins and l loss, the setback coming
on one Of the final games of the sea-
son. Other leaders among regular
hurlers were: Johnny Murphy, New
York, 1874; Monty Stratton, Chi
cago, 1876; Red Rufnng, New York,
20-7; Roxy lawson, Detroit, 1877;
Lefty Gomez, 21-11. Gomez led in
strikeouts, tanning 1874 during the
season.
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YAnk Pitching Surprises.

THE greatest surprise has been the
Yankee pitching. Because of the
dizzy scores piled up all year by Joe
d Maggie, Lou Gehrig. Bill Dickey
and the other mammoths, it had be-
come popular to suppose that the
American League pachyderms were
blundering through behind a collec-
tion OF throwers The Giants we're
supposed to have the pitching; the
Yankees the batting
Now, at this late date, it comes to
light that McCarthys pitchers can
really fog ball across. After Monte
Pearson's exhibition yesterday, in
which he retired the first IL Giants to
face him and allowed only five hits all
told, Terry gave grudging testimonial:
Either they have some great pitchers
or my boys are all blind"
Pearson finally went out in the ninth.
when the Giants filled the sacks with
two away, but that scarcely dimmed
the brilliance Of his work. Johnny
Murphy pitched to the last man, Harry
Danning, and caused him to fly out.
That was the closest that the Giants
had come to injecting themselves into
the series in three days. Danning
could have tied the score with a home
run. He could have been elected Presi-
cent, too, with enough votes.
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Gehring0's First Title.

CHARLEY GEHRNGER, Detroits
ace second baseman, wound up
the season with a batting average
OF .37l. giving him his first league
title. Hank Greenberg. Detroit first
baseman. finished with 1877 average
for seventh place, two points ahead
OF Gerald Walker. Pete Fox, Detroit
outflelder. batted .331.
Detroit's leading team hitting mark
was .2s2, 8 points better than the
st. Louis Browns. In defensive work.
Detroit's top mark was .s7e, with
Cleveland second at .e74
Gehrig finished second to Gehringer
in the hitting race with an average
Of 1853. Other leaders we're: Joe Di
Maggie, New York, 346; Cecil Travis,
Washington, .345; Zeke Bonura, Chi
cago, .345; Roy Bell. st. Louis, $40;
Greenberg. Detroit, .337 Walker, De-
troit, 1856; Fox. Detroit. Johnny
Stone. Washington, and Bill Dickey,
New York, 1871.
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Terry Apt to Shuttle Club.

HERE was possibility that Terry
would change his lineup today.
His volunteer advisors were suggesting
after yesterdays debacle that he get
Hank Leiber, Wally Berger and Sam
Leslie in there somewhere. None of
the three is twinkling star afield. nor
famed for his thinking, but each has
been known to get base hit on oc-
easion. Anything they might con.
tribute along the latter line would be
q change, at least. But Terry didn't
know. He didn't even seem to care
All he would swear to was that Hubbell
would pitch and Danning catch. Gus
Mancuso Is out of the series with a
damaged little finger.
The CORY details OF yesterday vary
from those Of the first two DAYS only
In that the Yanks got started earlier.
Hal Schumacher, third of the Giants
aces, proved to be only what is pop-
nlarly known as dirty deuce when
those Yanks started swinging. He
lacked control and his sinker ball
didn't fool anybody for a minute.
A walk to Selkirk and successive
singles by Hoag and Lazzeri gave the
Rupperts theirf first tally in the second
inning. Gehrig's single, Dickey's
triple OF the left wall and Selkirks
single accounted for two more in the
third. Gehrig's long fly brought in
Rolfe, who had doubled in the fourth.
Three Giant errors-two of them by
Johnny Mccarthy on the same play
combined with another single by Hoas
10 produce the final score in the NTH
That WAS all. It wasn't spectacular,
and no home runs. But 1t was sum
eient to sink the Giants convincingly
Evening star., 1937-10-09
BYE, BYE BLACKBIRDS.

SHERIDAN, Ind. (P-Smart black.
birds will shun this community unless
they are ready for the happy hunting
ground. The Town Board, tired OF
huge flocks which set up headquarters
here annually. has organized blackbird
vigilantes (the countryside's crack
marknmen) to make the featherfd ones
unwelcome.
Evening star., 1937-10-09
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Today year ago-Joe Ioris
Knocked out Jorge Brescia OF Ar
gentina, in third round of ten
round bout at New York.
Three years ago-Dizzy- Dean
blanked Tigers. 1l-0, as Cardinals
won seventh and deciding game OF
world series.
Five years ago-Walter Hagen.
with 69-65 for last two rounds and
total Of 28l, captured $4,000 st.
Louis open.
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eleven was beaten in five games
yesterday, a day marked by
the scoreless ties of st. John S
with Eastern and of Bulls with
Washington-Lee
Three other private schools turned
in victories, Gonsaga downing Loyola
at Baltimore, 1913; st. Adams defeat
ing another Baltimore team, Boys
Latin, at home, 1870, and Friends
routing the School of Printing at Port
Deposit, 300.
Though failing to win, the ties
gained by ST. Johns and Bulls were
the highlights of the day. Both had
entered their respective games as
under-dogs.
Eastern, starting its second team
against the Johnnies, soon realized its
mistake, but the Lincoln Park regulars
never were able to hit their stride.
st. Johns, In fact, came the closer to
scoring, reaching Eastern's 3-yard line
in the third period. In addition, the
Cadet line blocked three Eastern p,lnts.
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Mats Better Than Giants.
I WOULDN'T be an expert on the
subject and maybe this should be
left unsaid. But II the Giants were
to play the Mats we all called buns
this year, I'd have to bet on Wash
ington.
Taking them Individually, Johnny
Stone Is better outf1elder and hitter
than anybody on the Giants Mel
Almada is 2-to-l better ball player
than Lou Chiozza In the American
League Al Simmons has slowed to a
trut, but judged by National League
standards. he. too, is as good as any
OF the Giant outfielders.
Mel OFT cannot carry Buddy
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Giants Chance Slim.

THAT was the thing that appeared
to hurt Terry most--when he
heard that his managerial rival. Joe
Mccarthy. was going to Use fourth
pitcher instead of shooting Lefty
Gomez in there again. The colonel
seemed to feel that his club at least
deserved to be licked by the best.
There WAS an off chance. OF course.
that the National Leaguers would
sAAge a comeback today behind Hub
bell. Carlo still is great pitcher,
~ he demonstrated for five innings in
tsse 1rst game. He might, the Giants
iast-ditch supporters declared, start q
rally that would pull the world series
oat OF the FIRE.
But no fairly impartial observer, who
had watched the Yanks assert their
superiority the last three afternoons
could agree there was better than a
I.oo0-to-l chance There wasn't any
comparison between the teams. yester-
day or the two previous DAYS.
Some were beginning to ask "Why
n world series?" They could even
ask, with some justice, why the
Yankees?"
A team so obviously in a class by
1tsef should be forced to form its own
leeR,ss and not 60 around picking on
nice young men like the Giants. It's
neither sporting nor particularly prof
liable. Only $1,000 paid their way
into yesterdays abbAtoir.
Evening star., 1937-10-09

WASHINGTON-L the team that
W whipped Central, 1855, last week,
couldn't capitalize on its only scoring
chance, an attempt at field goal.
against Bulls at Ballston, and the
Silver Spring eleven walked off the
field with moral" victory.
Like st. Johns, Bulls came the
closer to scoring by the same means
that the Little Generals used, an at
tempt at . 3-pointer being made by
King from the 25-yard line. wills
attempt came from Anderson, from
the az
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Lewis glove as th1rd BASE
man. Even as n hitter, Lewis
rates the edge over OFT, at the
moment.
For all-round value, Dick Bartell
probably overshadows Cecil Travis,
and Burgess Whitehead figures over
Buddy Myer. But, bad as he has
been this year, Joe Kuhel Is a better
first baseman than Mccarthy. The
kid has one of the poorer batting
strokes.
You would have to take Rick Ferrell
over Mancusco or Danning, too. That
is, Rick Ferrell when he Is sound of
body.
The Mats haven't had a pitcher as
good as Hubbell since Walter john
son. Or, maybe, it should be said 4
pitcher as good as Hub was. King
Karl doesn't seem to be the same.
Schumacher is no better than
Jimmy De Shong and Yves Ferrell Is
3-to-1 better than Melton. As a re-
lief pitcher, Monte Weaver could
pitch rings around Dick Coffman.
Or maybe I'm wrong.
Evening star., 1937-10-09
CRUCIAL COUNTY GAME.

Still battling for the Montgomery
County base ball championship, Coles
vile and Kensington will meet in a
crucial game tomorrow Afternoon at
Corby Field on the Rockville Pike.
Evening star., 1937-10-09
TIGERS STAND OUT
IN MANY PHASES
Win Team Batting, Fielding
Titles, Produce League
Stick Champion.
Ry The Associated Press

sy fhs ASSoClattO HreSs.
THE New York Yankees won the
American League pennant in a
walk, but they had no strangle
= hold on Junior circuit indi-
vidual honors for the 1897 season.
Unoficial averages, which are sub
ject to approval of league statisticians.
show that Detroit's Tigers. in addition
TO finishing second in the team stand
ings, knocked off the team. hitting
and fielding honors and landed four
players in the circuits topfiight list
of batsmen.
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For the Yanks, Of course,
Lefty Gomez. But the Giants?
National Leasuers Face Crisis.

MEANWHILE, National Leaguers
are dying q thousand deaths.
They have conceded victory. Their
league has not won q world series
since 1894, when Dizzy and Daffy
Dean beat the Tigers. That makes it
three straight series defeats, counting
this one. And they have lost two
out Of the last three All-Star games.
A charitable press can write around
1t for while, but, in the end, there
Is no hiding the blunt truth. The
National League is not on a par with
the American. En- route to the Polo
Grounds today, one of the National
Leagues more famous coaches con-
fessed.
have to be honest" he
said. ''The Giants don't belong
on the same field with the YAM
KEGS. And the Giants we're the
best in our league"
1t now is pretty evident to all that
American League fans see the classier
base ball. In fact. it is too evident.
This means that cities like Chicago
and Boston and New York are likely
to swing strongly toward the Ameri-
can League club next year. And that
the gate receipts Of teams like the
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aiants ----------s- Uad3 hdX gvVU-o
Runs batted in--Lazxeri, Dickay, Sell
Kirk Rolfe. Gehris. MCCARTHY. Two-base
hiis,Rolfe 2). MCCARTHY. Three-base
play-Whitehead to Bartell to Mccarthy.
Left on bases-Yankees, L; 0lants, B.
Base on balls-On schumacher' 4
,Crosetti, Selkirk. Pearson, LasxerD: off
z1elton. Nazzeri. Rolfel: of Pearson.
Schumacher, lDi MasEio Pearson, Las.
zeril: by Pearson. 4 techumAcher OFT,
6ereers; BartelD. Hits-On Schumacher,
innings: OF Melton. in 2 innings; Cd
Murphy. Q in y inning: on Brennan, 0
Winning pitcher-Pearson. Losing pitcher
Schumacher. Umpires--Messfs. Daaii
"a. IL. plate; Stewart IN. L.. first base:
Crmsby "a. L.. second base; Barr IN. L..
third base. Tlme-2:07.
Evening star., 1937-10-09

Earned 1un-Yankees III Giants sacrhce-Hoag Double plays
Whitehead Whitehead
Whitehead Baten Mccarthy Coseu
Gehris) Left Giants 90 UmpiresMes
and Stewart Naona Basil
Time of games-Firs,