davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-10-27
GRID TICKETS READY
Sale for Acknowledgements
Game Will Open Monday.

Tickets for the Georgetown-M Mary
land football game at Griffith Stadium
on November 20 will go on sale next
Monday, it was announced today.
The ducats will be available at Grif-
fifth Stadium, Spaldings, the athletic
departments of Georgetown and Mary
land and all Postal Telegraph offices.
Prices of tickets will be SIS cents for
bleacher seats, $110 general admis-
sion to the grandstand. s1.65 for re-
served seats and 1920 for upper boxes.
Reservations will be accepted by
mail. with an additional fee of 20
cents for registration, although Postal
Telegraph will deliver tickets without
cost for the delivery service.
Evening star., 1937-10-27
Clashes of Unbeaen Offer Many Foot Ball Thrills This Week
FLORIDA IS MECCA
OF BALL PLAYERS
Golf, Fishing and Hunting
Calculated to Keep EN-
in Condition.
Hy the Associated Press.

EJ tne As5oCIated Press.
~ ARASOTA, Fla. Oct 27-The
World Series just nicely Is over,
but scores of big league base
- ball hands have started their
strenuous winter conditioning in Flor
ida.
Golfing, fishing and hunting are
favorite pastimes for the base-hit
boys. Some players solemnly con-
tend these sports are fine physical
conditioning methods.
Other observers insist arguing over
golf scores probably is good warm
up for oral wrestling with the boss
about that contract next spring.
Evening star., 1937-10-27
PLENTY OF CUSTOMERS.

MINNEAPOLIS.-At least Notre
Dame and Minnesota won't have to
worry about whether any one will be
there to watch when their football
teams clash Saturday. The stadium
was reported entirely sold out yester-
day. with approximately $4,000 GUS
toners accounted for.
Evening star., 1937-10-27
Halloween Tourney Arranged
For BOwlers at TakOn,a Park

of BIT and 1,035, took the measure of
the Torches in the Washington Gas
Light Ladies League at Lucky Strike.
Flames registered the second sweep by
downing Toasters. High game laurels
were won by Ruth Parlaman with l26
to top off 81 win for Meters against
Burners. Kay Burns, one of the city's
leading rollers, is the leading spirit
of this eight-team loop, which has
four girls to a side.
Executives and Property Manage
ment are running neck and neck at the
top of the H. o. l.. G. loop with the
former club holding high game of 587
and high set of 1851 Individual
marks are held by Booher with high
average of ia, Fling with a string of
157 and H. P. Evans with a set of 391.
Rosslyn, three time champion, again
is the team to beat in the District
Ladies' League flag chase. 1t tops the
all-star girl circuit with eight wins
and one loss, two games in front of
Rendezvous and Convention Hall.
Evening star., 1937-10-27
How They Stand
In School Series

Fridays Came.
Central VS.. Western, Central
Stadium, $3.50.
Yesterdays Result.
Eastern, 12 Roosevelt, O.
Previous Results.
Eastern. 6; Central, 0.
Roosevelt. 6: Wilson, 0.
Tech, 21; Western, IL.
Eastern, 26; Wilson, 13.
Central, 6; Roosevelt, O.
Tech, 80; Wilson, 0.
Evening star., 1937-10-27
Some Unbeaten Tests.

THIS should be a rough Saturday
L for quite number of the un-
beaten. Either Yale or Dartmouth
must take a dip. Holy Cross faces
Temple-both unwhipped to date.
Unbeaten Nebraska meets Indiana in
another hand-to-hand grapple where
anything can happen. Vanderbilt has
no part of soft afternoon with Geor-
gia Tech.
Either Fordham or North Carolina
will go overheard at Chapel Hill. The
same thing goes for Detroit and Villa
nova, which have yet to be bumped
off. And Baylor's Waco Wallopers
can't afford any loafing against Dave
O'Brien and T. c. U.
1t isn't often this far along in the
season that so many unbeaten tribes
march into the wilderness of heavy
trouble,
Evening star., 1937-10-27

Florence Hesse counting 276, defeated
Adjutants the odd one. But the thrill
of the night came when Louise Rupp
of the losers, spared, struck and spared
in her fast effort for 81 game. The
Adjutants' lone win proved high game
of Alb.
Bronson Quaites, guiding spirit in
organizing this new league, will hold
bowling class for members Of the
loop at the Recreation Thursday at 5
o'clock.
Pauline Grant High Again.
EOR the second straight week
Pauline Grant copped high-scor-
ing honors in the Ladies' Catholic
League with 120-321, which paved the
way for her Holy Comforter "E" team
to make 1t six in q row as L. A. A. O. H.
bowed as its second victim. st.
Joseph's gained undisputed possession
of first place by sweeping Holy Com
forter 3D." while Holy Comforter "A"
slid to second place with 81 win
from Holy Comforter &C." The loops
top average roller, Naomi Farrall, with
115-311, led st. Francis to 81 ver-
dict over st. Anthony after Ellen
Donovans 100 had won the first skir-
mish for the latter team by one-pin
margin.
With Audrey Thrift's $40 featuring,
Safety Valves, with high team counts
Evening star., 1937-10-27
M0HAWKS WANT ACTION.

Southeast Mohawks want action
Sunday with 125-pound opponent.
Call Manager Maloney at Lincoln
4591-M between 5 and 6 pm.
Evening star., 1937-10-27

Touchdowns-Wade,K Kidwell. Substitu-
tions-Eastern, O'Brien. Mathieson; Roose-
welt, Sheehan, Gundershelmer. Sheridan
Laddbush. Booth. Watkins. Freund. Ham
NETT, Fox. OVERLY. Holland Referee-Mr.
-Four &C u. Head linesman--Mr. O'Meara
(Gonzaga). Time of auarters-10 minutes.
Evening star., 1937-10-27

Imagine the bewilderment of the
chief, therefore, when he reads IN
the sport page of his morning paper
that q certain bronko Nasurski
has been mixed UP in vulgar
football contest out in Chicago
and on Sunday afternoon. at that.
Evening star., 1937-10-27

4
N ball is the farthest thing
" from the thoughts of Chief
a Thunderbird and most of
the other big league wrestlers. OF
course, they've heard of football.
Some of the boys in the herd, like
Gus Sonnenburg and Don George
and Dean Detton, actually used to
play the daffy game before they
found out they were better of
wrestling.
but as soon as they smartened
up," explains Chief Thunderbird.
the Indian pachyderm, they quit
football cold. And I don't blame
them. You meet a better class of
people in the wrassling game than
you do in football.
"I have nothing against football
personally, mind you, but it must
be pretty lowb-ow stuff. Football
players have got no manners-not
the ones I've seen. I guess they
don't pick up much culture in that
kind of game. In wrassling we
like culture. When a football
player joins up with wrassling it
takes him maybe a couple of years
to learn etiquette and how to be-
have like decent citizen.
"Us wrasslers are very patient
with the football players, but it
disgusts me sometimes TO see the
way they act. You wouldn't want
to introduce your sister TO foot
ball player, would you? No, you
wouldn't" said Chief Thunderbird
firmly, answering his own ques-
ton.
Evening star., 1937-10-27

Cherrydale is setting the pace in the
Methodist Protestant League, with
Fort Myer Heights in the runner-up
Position, one game back. Dick Clouser
is holder of two season marks, having
posted 152 for high game and 375 for
high set.
Evening star., 1937-10-27
Three Standouts.

THREE teams now are standoutS in
= their various circuits They are
California on the West Coast, Colo
RADIO in the Rocky Mountain division
and Baylor in the Southwest.
Probably the three strongest teams
In the country. when it comes to man.
power material are California. Pitts
burgh anG Minnesota. But, from
these three. only California has played
up to its possibilities.
And it isn't any sure thing that any
one of the three would beat Yale or
Dartmouth. And they would have
trouble with Baylor or Colorado-or
Auburn. Plenty of it.
That's the way football is today
The superstuff is pretty we'll washed
out. There are too many good foot
ball players and too many good
coaches,
Evening star., 1937-10-27
GR|D|R0N' MIGHTY
FACE TOUGH TESTS
Unusually Strong Groups of
Major Teams in All Sec
tions This Fall.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

N YEW YORK, Oct. 27.-A day or
M two ago, in an unguarded
" moment. we offered the sug-
a gestion that eight picked foot
ball teams from the South this sea-
son might be more than a match for
any other eight teams picked from
another sector.
Our Southern nominations included
Alabama, Vanderbilt, Auburn, L. S. u,
Duke, Tennessee, North Carolina and
Georgia, Georgia Tech or Tulane.
Two rebuttals from the Midwest and
the East were entered Immediately.
The Western fan nominates Mime
sofa, Ohio State, Detroit, Indiana,
Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Michigan
State and Illinois.
The Eastern supporter names an
even stronger test-Pittsburgh Yale,
Dartmouth. Duquesne, Fordham, VIII
lanova, Holy Cross and either Navy
or Army.
We might argue about this for 600
years and still finish back of where
We started.
Evening star., 1937-10-27
By JOHN LARDNER.

N yEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Foot-
M ball is the farthest thing
" from the thoughts Of Chief
4 Thunderbird and most of
Evening star., 1937-10-27
Four Season Records Set.

EOUR season marks were chalked up
In the Acadia League, when
Kacy's Knaves made an sbout-face
and hung a 81 sinner on Mooer's
Redskins, with high team game of SAT.
Chick Hunter saved the latter club
from a shutout with record game Of
1875. Roberts Raiders continued to
set the pace by downing Crippen's
Comets, 2-1.
Esther Russell chalked up two sea-
son marks in the women's section,
when her 131 and 307 were the high
lights in the Heitmuller's taking two
games from Halliday's. The defeat
dropped the Halliday's to tie for first
place with Duhey's Debs, who charged
to the front by sweeping Hutchinson's s
Stenos.
Evening star., 1937-10-27
SP09eT11 r 16Y<
BY BURTON HAWKINS

Emmy HUGHES, local box
ing referee and former
crack George Washington
gridder, has been invited to
Evening star., 1937-10-27
EASTERN AND TECH
AWAIT BIG BATTLE
Likely Will Decide. Title.
Lincoln ParkerS Given
Scrap by Riders.

TINE public high school series to
day began to mark time for two
weeks, awaiting the game be-
tueer Eorterr, and Terh uhirh
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
SURGERY At SEA
SAVES CHILD, 6

: NEW YORK. Sept. II G.N.SO.
A dramatic story of an emergency
spinal operation, performed on
six-year-old Joan Millward in the
infirmary of the liner Eastern
Prince, rolling in a South Atlantic
swell, by a doctor in his second
year of interneship, came to light
today when the liner docked in
Brooklyn.
Little Joan, with her mother,
Mrs. Beatrice Millward, and two
sisters, was en- route here to rejoin
her father, Harold Millward. bank
executive recently transferred
from Buenos Aires, when she was
stricken aboard ship with measles
and went into coma.
Although there were six phySi-
clans among the passengers, DR..
T. e. Jarret, "a, working with DR..
M. Finkleman, of Passaic, N. j.,
elected to operate. The ships
motors were stopped while the
young physician, who had gone to
sea as ships doctor for the sum-
mer, tapped the poison in the
child's spinal column.
DR.. Finkleman said CDR. Jarret
practically snatched the child
from DEATH" Today Joan is in
Brooklyn hospital and physicians
say she is recovering.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
Keeps Slim
Lion Tanner Says Job
Aids Waist Line

LONDON G.N.S0.-Ladies - to
keep that slim and sylph-like
figure, and gentlemen-to keep
the waistline from developing a
middle-age spread-lion-taming is
better than golf.
DR.. R. H. Hunter. curator Of the
municipal ZOO at Belfast, ireland,
surprised an audience of promi,
nent British medical men attend
ing the British Medical Associa-
ton meeting at Belfast, by assert
ing that CONTAINING was better
than golf for SHINING.
And to prove his claim DR..
Hunter gave the medical dele
gates, their wives and daughters,
a practical demonstration.
Dressed in immaculate evening
clothes, a carnation in his but
tonhole, the adventurous doctor,
armed only with an iron prong
and a whip, entered the cage Of
two African lionnesses, Trixie
and Dot, belonging to the Belfast
Zoo.
Round and round the cage, DR..
Hunter drove the snarling beasts,
forcing them to do his bidding
and sit up. The distinguished
audience remaining breathleSSly
hushed.
DR.. Hunter then left the cage,
flushed with exertion but Smil-
ing happily.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
GARER IN ny" WORK

Rudolph H. Gaber, former Mis-
souri, State supervisor of educa-
tional aid and guidance under the
National Youth Administration,
yesterday began his duties as as.
sistant boys work secretary of
the Y. M. c. A. He will assist
Ward M. Barrick, newly named
boys work secretary, who starts
October is.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
BEER TAX FOR SCHOOLS

HAVANA, Sept. II QN.s).
Bottled beer will bear the burden
of a thousand new class rooms in
schools throughout Cuba, II the
bill introduced into the house OF
representatives by M. P. SolorZano
is approved. The measure calls
for a tax of two cents on each
bottle Of domestic and imported
beer to erect new schools
The Washington times., 1937-09-17

CHICAGO, Sept. II G.N.S9.
Alfred C. Weed, curator of fish
at the Field Museum, was author
ity today for the statement fish
get seasick.
He said a number Of dogfish
caught off Bar Harbor, Me-, we're
so weak and sick they didn't have
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
z MORE HURT
BY D. C. AUTOS

Two persons were injured in the
District last night by automobiles
while crossing the streets. One OF
them was a hit-and-run case.
William Francis O'Connell, 43,
of 921 Eleventh st. N. W., was in
a serious condition at Emergency
Hospital after being run down by
a hit-and-run driver at Fifth and
L Streets Northwest. Shortly
after the accident a 40.year-old
colored man, who witnesses identi-
fled as the driver of the machine
that struck O'Connell, was ar
rested and is being held for in.
vestigation. O'Connell suffered a
possible fractured skull and body
bruises.
Michael Leone. 81, a sailor at.
tached to the Naval Hospital, suf-
fered fractures of the shoulder
and leg when hit by an automobile
at Ninth and E Streets Northwest.
The injured man was taken to the
Naval Hospital by the driver Of
the machine which struck him.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17

"The Gods Of the Mountains Killed
Them!" Strange legends that cluster
around unconQuefed peaks of the
Hlmalayas by which the natives ex-
plain the wiplne out Of the latest ex-
petition. In the American Weekly
with Sundays Washington Herald.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17
Flash, Fish Get Sedsick!

the strength to jump out OF an
open tank dashed alongside the
boat.
The Washington times., 1937-09-17

suddenly clOaked our dry nelghbOr and
vanished abruptly in a day puzzling
astronomers. Read about their re-
searches in the American Weekly, with
Sundays Washington Herald.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

the traffic lights turned against us Mine followed their gaze Dicks face was pale beneath his tan his knuckles showed white as his hands frightened their hold of the wheel. Wondered if Dick recog- nized him decided silence was golden
 Told Dick of my i'll luck .. got a counterfeit $l0 bill in change . :. he wanted to give me another for 1t opened his wallet. I saw big wad of new bills of course refused. told him I wasn't passing my i'll luck on to him guess he's quite generous :. perhaps I've misjudged him.
 Surprised to learn Dick knows Roger knows that he got his chance with Rocco because he went down one night to take the place of friend who sings there. and accidentally left a portfolio of his designs in the club.
 Rocco found them, I suppose got a swell job for almost nothing. I guess" Dick said his disturbing eyes searching mine.
 "Yes, but kuger didn't mind that 1t gave him the chance he wanted to break into this line of work, and now he's getting on we'll"
 "So I sec According to the gos- sip in The Crows Nest, it's to be another case of poor boy makes good and marries his patrons daughter"
 Perhaps" I answered as lightly as I could; but that spoiled the rest of the evening for me.
 It might have been spoiled be- fore If I had let myself think about what the manager had said to me . he might have to let one of us girls go if business slackened of suppose I'll be the one as I've been at Longs a shorter time than any of the others. Has my luck gone sourP Called me later said Mrs. Fenwick, the society woman wanted someone to be hostess at hei swanky tearoom In Maine. With Peter on my hands I guess that's out for me.
 Tuesday: Must put a postscript to my last entry. Am in a new world. So much has happened all ] can do is jot down some of the higt lights. Took the job at Mrs. Fen. wick's, though I almost lost out because of Peter she didn't want any little boys around Miss Pegler heard about 1t ehei summer homes quite near the tea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

room one word from her put me right in.
 I'm sure I'll love it here .. imagine getting a summer holiday in Maine for nothing (my expenses going and coming are being paid by the lady) and earning a nice salary for few hours work every dayl Best of all the manager promised me my job at Longs would be wait ing for me when I returned to New York in fall!
 What was that noise? With ears trained to the screech of "El" trains. the shouting of newsboys and fierce shrieks of fire truck horns, 1t seems terribly quiet in the country. Everyone's gone to the village to the movies tonight (the college girl waitresses and the famous cook, Big Kate, live in the cottage with us) except Peter, who's asleep upstairs.
 There 1t goes again. I've got to see what it is. Cal, the handyman, told me today were almost a mile from the nearest neighbor |. sounds like someone knocking |. Rowdy, part Airdale, part German police deg, hears 1t too.
 ] Back at my desk once more, still 1 shaking with excitement. Well. here's what happened. I tiptoed into the hall which was in semi darkness (Mrs. Fenwick likes to save elec- tricity), nearly touched the ceiling when saw a face pressed against the lower pane of a small window beside the front door.
 Hi, there !. anybody home, I want to phone,' a mans voice called.
 Rowdy rushed ahead of me, bark ing furiously told the man daren't open the door in case the dog would go for him. (He looks the fierccst thing, but he's gentle as a lambz with his friends) .. offered to make his call for him
 He stormed about for a minute, then agreed, while I racked my brain as to where I'd seen his face before got his number r.. a foreign voice answered :. couldn't or wouldn't understand my message returned to man told him then, scowling as he glanced towards his stalled truck, he said, "Tell them to step on 1t ... digger says sol" Suddenly I knew where I'd seen him.
 (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
CHAPTER HI

Monday: Stopped at the news stand in the Roosevelt Hotel today and bought a magazine from the clerk who usually waits on me.
 Look, she whispered, glancing in the direction of the dining room, "there's the man who own the Ace-High Club"
 I turned around while she con- tinued, He's with the young fel- low who designed the interior and Furniture for it. They say Rocco wants him for his daughter you bet she like him nice, Clean-cut fellow wouldn't mind having him myself. Oh, don't you feel good?"
 knew my tell-tale face was betraying my heart so, making the best of it, I forced a smile and pointing at the clock, said, I'm all right, but look at the time!" and putting the change in my handbag hurried away.
 When I neared the door, Roger was already on the sidewalk. A flashing, metal-trimmed car was at the curb. The door opened, Angela's laughing face was raised to his if only l could have heard what they said when he got into the car.
 Peter didn't say much when l told him Roger and I had broken our engagement; but his, Gee, Sis, Rogers a swell guy!" still rankleS. Don't know it?
 I've tried to console myself with the thought that Roger delib- erately made an issue of Peters fu- ture so that he could bring our en- gagement to an end; but my heart tells me that's not so. There are moments when I can feel Roger s kisses on my lips. have not heard from him all day if only might know whether Angela really means something to the man shall always love.
 Ran into Rita Haley, an old col lege friend, on Fifth avenue. She's a buyer for a western store sails for Paris tomorrow interested as usual in my affairs suggest ed get summer job and take Peter to the country. That might be all right, but what about a job in 1all2 Offered to get me one if Longs S refused to take me back .. her promises were still ringing in my ear5 as we said goodby she'll probably marry count and forget everything else.
 You're not going to stand for that, are you?" Gail asked when she came on duty in the after noon. T think it's time someone put flea in the ear of that gos- siper," and she thrust paper into my hand, her finger pointing to this paragraph in The Crows Nest:
 "Betting,s in favor of the lovely Angela leading her young designer to the altar"
 I laughed and handed back the Newspaper.
 "Then there's nothing to all this talk about Roger and Angela?"
 I shook my head and darted to the locker room. Does Roger know where he's drifting? His strength of character how { much I admired that.
 Went out with Dick had a grand time disturbed bit \ though at that car that came along side us as we crossed the Queens borough Bridge. I can see the dark ferret-like eyes of the driver now .. they were rivited on Dick when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
Brain TwizzlerS By Prot ] D Flint

A loyal and ardent Twizzler pre- Eents a mystery for you.
 A bruised and battered gentleman Of wealth walked into police sta- ton with this story, Day before yesterday two men forced me to en- ter their car. They blindfolded me until we got out into the country md was led into shack where the blindfold was removed and was questioned. Then l was bound and gagged and kept that way for long time, except when food was niven to me. Two other men had Joined the party by this time and was constantly watched. l learned from their conversation that three If them were leaving to negotiate the ransom while one guarded me I watched for an opportunity and 1t came just as the remaining man WIS bringing my food. leaned over and blew out the single candle which was the only light, and then Iinged from my chair. My Ahoulder hit the guards chest and knocked him down. ren- d6ring him unconscious. when his head hit the floor. managed to nntie the rope and tied him with it walked to a nearby farmhouse and then came here. can take you io the place if you wish.
 The police investigated and found the conditions as the man described They captured the other three men and also held the wealthy gentle nian for questioning because of a sznW in his story.
 what was 1t?
 Amswer to Yesterdays Twizzler
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17
IA|0A |0Ily lDll[AlRY \
 BY IEAN sEYwnlSHT eepsrsAI losg, NEA ssrSss, Ins
CAST OF CHARACTERS
JOY-Heroine, hostess in smart Maine tearOOm.
 ROGER = Joys fiance; rising young designer.
 ANGELA-Joy's rival in love. DICK-Wealthy young playboy, Rogers rival in love.

Yesterday: Roger and Joy quar- rel over Peter. Joy returns her Engagement ring 4 to Roger as they part in anger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-17

Answer to Yesterdays TwizzIer It was two hundred miles from Wndville to Yazoo Village.
 (Copyright John F. Dille Col
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-24
Moose Women Play Cards at
 Social Meeting.

The Women of the Moose enter tained last Monday night following their meeting with card party and social. Whist and pinochle were played.
 A delightful time was enjoyed and refreshments were served at the close of the evening.
 Winners of the prizes at cards were: Whist, high score, Mrs. Ro- bert Light; low score, Mrs Eliza beth Bender; pinochle, high score, Mrs. s. E. Eskesen; low score, Mrs. Ray Peterman.
 Mrs. E. Eskesen was chairman of the entertainment committee and had, serving with her, Mrs. E. Rod enberg and Mrs A. Goodman, while the refreshment committee was headed by Mrs. Sigurd Olson as- sisted by Mrs. A. Smith.