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Evening star., 1937-11-06
Glpp and Berries

0ipp dHu bOrrIeS.
TEORGE GIPP was like Thorpe in
many respects. I don't believe
more carefree soul ever played the
game at Notre Dancer anywhere
else, for that matter.
AS freshman, he was inst g. hid
VINO liked to kick a football around
Tor fun and never gave a thought to
going out for the team until Knute
Rockne saw him kicking one day and
GRATED him for the squad. But he
had so much natural ability that it
was no trouble for him to make a
place for himself on the freshman
team, and. later, to star with the
varsity.
Football still was just as much fun
To hlm. The big games with Army
ano Indiana and Nebraska never wore
on MS nerves. Nobody ever saw him
IN lighting rage or even in a dither
He wise-cracked in the dressing room
and on the field, kidded his team
mates and the opposing players. But
when there was any football to be
played in his immediate vicinity. he
played 1t-and they still talk. out
around Notre Dame, of his almost
legendary skill.
Buzz Berries was a more s,,hd,,ed
ngure than either Thorpe or Gipu.
He lacked their flair for the laugh
and the wise-crack and lacked much
OF their color. But he was q great
football player, too-one of the great
est on the long roll at Annapolis
and one of the secrets of his great
ness was his absolute control of his
nerves and his body. He could re-
lax more completely-and more OBJ
viously-than any other player 1 ever
saw on q gridiron. When there was
nothing for him to do, he was so
much at ease that he almost drooped.
But when there was something to be
done, he snapped to the alert so that
you could all but hear him click.
And when he struck, he struck hard.
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LATE FINDING HIMSELF.

Washington's captain, Frank (Fritz)
WaScowitx, an outstanding triple
threat back, was such q poor foot
ball player in high school that he
got in only two games.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
Tunney at Philadelphia.

THIS ability to relax is one Of the
greatest gifts an athlete can have.
One OF the finest examples OF it that
can recall was that given by Gene
Tunney the first time he fought Jack
Dempsey. Tunney had trained him.
self perfectly for this fight. He had
made a careful and thorough study
of Dempseys style and was certain
he was going to win. And with the
fight less than an hour away-feeling
that he had done everything he could
in preparation for it and that there
was nothing more to be done until
the opening bell-he lay down in his
dressing room and took nap. That
was relaxation plus-a young man
with the title and a fortune at arms.
length being able to reserve all his
strength for the actual combat. ,
The compensation for those who
cannot relax frequently is a great store
OF nervous energy, which adds force
to a punch, power to the swing of a
bat or golf club, drive to a smash
ut the line. But there always is q
danger that this energy will wear
on before the contest is over-a dam
ger especially present in a major golf
tournament, where, as the play ad-
vsnces, you are likely to hear COM
petitors blowing up all over the course.
The winner usually Is fellow who
can relax between shots.
But, as said in the beginning. nv
friend has lot on his side-a Hinkey
IN football--a Cobb and a McGraw
IN baseball-a Dempsey in fighting
and Bobby Jones in golf. They
burned up terrific amount OF energy
IN every start-but they always had
some left over for a smashing finish.
Baugh VS.. Nagurski.
WHAT type is more valuable to a
w football team?" writes H. J..
r., "a Sammy Baugh or a Bronko
Nagurski? A great passer and kicker
or a powerful offensive star along the
eround?"
1t so happens that Baugh, on one
field, and Nagurski on another, op-
crate against the Dodgers and Giants
tomorrow, and these two sessions will
help to add further statistics to the
argument.
Some time ago there was another
argument under way as to whether
q coach would rather have ii Nagur-
axis, IL Bill Hewitts or II Ken Strongs.
The argument developed q lot Of
oratory at least.
The battle between the Giants and
Bears will be one Of the feature games
Of the pro season where the ensuing
crash should be heard many miles
at SEA.
tcopyrisht, 1887. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1937-11-06
FAMILIAR NAMES
DOTPROL|NE-UPS
Twenty Three Former Aces
of D. c. Schools With
Presidents, CeIts.
. WENTY-THREE players who

WENTY-THREE players who
formerly starred on local COL
lege gridirons will mix tomor-
4 row afternoon in Grifith
Stadium when the Washington Presi-
dents and the st. Marys Celtics of
Alexandra tangle In 4 Dixie League
contest.
Two objectives will be gained by
the winners. First, another successful
lap in the race for the championship
Of their league. and, secondly, the
professional football supremacy of
Greater Washington, excluding the
Redskins.
Presidents Record Better.
A COMPARISON Of their records
so far this season gives a decided
edge to the Presidents. who are de-
Tending the Dixie League title They
are undefeated in loop competition.
The Virginians have been pointing to
this encounter. however. and since
their encouraging victory over Ports
mouth last week figure to offer the
enemy some tough opposition.
Outstanding among the Celtics Is
Don Bomba. who starred for George
Washington in 1898 and was chosen on
two all-America teams in that year.
Joe Carter, Alb Wright. George Jenkins
and Kenneth Rathjen are other
former Colonials who are performing
creditably with the Alexandria team.
Celtic Wall Is Strong.
THE sturdiness Of the Celtic forward
wall is expected to compensate
for the highly developed aerial attack
of the Presidents. Bill Adamaitis'
toases beat the Norfolk Clancys. 2l-o,
last week Another capital factor in
the President attack is the place
kicking of Willis Benner. former Uni
versity OF Maryland star, who ac-
counted for three extra points in last
weeks victory.
Other familiar names on the Presi-
dent roster are Gene Augusterfer
coach and quarterback; Tom Oliver
and Joe Katalinas. all formerly Of
Catholic University: Dick Nelson
Bernie and Bucky Buscher. ex-Mary-
land stars. and Angus LAmond, loca.
boy who was-A football star and all
American lacrosse player at st. Johns
College Of Annapolis. Game time i.
o'clock.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
COLTS NEW CLUBS
SHOW NO CHANGES
Run-of-Mine Sets for 1888
Made as Usual, Despite
14-Stick Limit.
BY w. r. McCALLUM.

HE 1888 sets of golf clubs are
coming into the market these
days, and If you think there's
Il going to be any radical change
in the clubs with which you maui a
golf ball over = carefully groomed
pasture you'll have to guess again.
Even though the United States Coli
Association has stopped the indis-
criminate manufacture of all kinds
and numbers Of golf club by its IA
club rule, the run-of-the- sets
OF iron clubs aren't going to be
changed at all. At least what changes
have been made aren't visible to the
naked eye.
Iron sets for next year will come In
groups of eight instead of nine.
Wooden clubs will come in sets Of
four, consisting of driver. brassie and
two spoons. These. with the inval-
liable sand wedge and the putter, will
constitute the set of clubs In the bag
of the average golfer.
Irons Are Unchanged.
COME players will vary the menu
by inserting in place Of one of the
wooden clubs clipper, or another
putter. but in the main the eight irons,
four woods, the wedge and the putter
will be standard equipment for the
1888 golfer.
There was some conversation this
year about changing the pitch OF the
iron clubs all along the line. making
the No. iron a little stronger, chang
ing the No. into q weak No. 3 and
40 on. But the pitch of the clubs
hasn't been changed an iota. They are
and will be just the same as they've
been for years.
The No. iron has been dropped
out OF all the sets. It's been the most
useless club Of them all, anyhow, and
its place has been taken by the spoon.
or the utility iron. which has q deep
face and is a valuable club when the
ball must bore through q head
wind.
There haven't been a dozen pros
in the country who played the No
iron in preference to the scocn,
and even those felt little soeamis1
about the club. The No. / was one CT
the hardest clubs of all to play.
Club Faces Shade Deeper.
CLUB faces are shade deeper,
shafts are sturdier and, strangeIv
enough. lighter in weight, but i'll
every other respect the new clubs are
the same as those iron-shafted i'm
plements in use for many years.
Outside of the passing of the un-
usual clubs, such as the number l2s.
and the clippers and the wind JAM
mers." the club sets to be offered for
sale in 1888 won't be at all different
| from the sets of this year.
Nor will the 1888 golf ball differ
at all. The agreement entered INTO
between the u. s. G. A. and the ball
manufacturers in 1896 stands for
1898.
Under this agreement the manufac-
turers agreed not to lengthen the golf
ball, which could be done very simply,
and they'll stick to it during 1898.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
DISTEMPER research got its first

nISTEMPER research got its first
impetus in 1922 and 23. It reached
its elimination in the research work
Of DR.. Laidlaw and Maj. Dunkin in
England in 1928 and 20. Their work
was financed by popular subscription
and for almost the first time combined
the forces Of the M. D. and the Vet
erinarian. The primary object of the
work was distemper control. Another
objective, however, not so well known.
was to study the causes and cure of
Evening star., 1937-11-06
THORPE, B0RR|ES,
G|PP, EASY-GO|NG
Critic Doubts Wisdom of
Advice to go Crazy" in
PigSkin Game.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

A N OLD-TIME football player
~ who is friend of mine ad-
~ vlses boys who play the game
to go crazy on the field if they
want to win and achieve greatness.
He has a lot on his side, at that.
Some great football players virtually
we're madmen on the field, capable.
while the fury of combat was upon
them, OF feats that would have been
beyond them in their calmer moments.
and seemingly impervious to injury.
But I'm not sure he is altogether
right. Three of the greatest football
players I ever saw-Jim Thorpe.
George Gipp and Buzz Borries-were
masters of relaxation. They could
turn the pressure on and off. saving
themselves when there was nothing in
particular for them to do-and letting
everything go in the pinches.
In fact, Thorpe liked to relax so
much that Pop Warner frequently
was irked with him on that account
and refuses to agree with most of
those who saw the Indian at his peak
That Jim was the greatest football
player of all time. Pop says Jim was
lazy, had to be spurred to do his best.
and wouldn't block or tackle unless
he had to. I have no quarrel with
Pop on that point. He saw more of
Thorpe and knew him better than I
did. Nor do want to leap into the
middle of any debate about who was
the greatest player of all time. But
l will say that, when the big brave
was rolling, he was pretty good foot
ball player-and never saw him when
he was acting as though he was even
mildly crazy. He took the game in
his stride-enjoyed playing it-never
looked upon it as hardship. Once
i asked him if he ever had been hurt
playing football, and he laughed and
asked, how could anybody get hurt
playing football?"
believe he was sincere, too. He
was so strong and so hard that the
foughest football game was Just lark
as far as he was concerned.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
FOOTBALL RULED
BY ENGLISH, IRISH
Two NationaIities Provide
0ne-Third of Players
With Major Teams.
By the Associated Press.

r HEADLINES sometimes indicate
IL the Popovichs and Babartskys
have taken over the gridirons.
4 4 but q checkup today showed
the Browns, Smiths and Jones still are
in the majority.
A survey of dozen major teams.
representing every section, disclosed
that one-third of the first team play
ers are of English or Irish ancestry
A quarter Of them have Teutonic fore
fathers
There's not single Ansio-American
on Jimmy Crowley's starting eleven at
Fordham. while Pittsburgh and Mar
quette have only two.
Some Irish at Notre Dame.
THE fighting Irish" Of Notre Dame
really have some Irishmen this
season. Anglo-Americans dominate
the Yale and Colorado teams
Here's how the ancestry Of the others
stack up:
Alabama-Four Irish. two Slavs, two
English, one Scandinavian and one
Jew.
Marquette-FiveG Germans, one Irish,
two SlAvs, one Scandinavian, one
Weshman and one Dutch.
Michigan State-Five Germans,
three English, one Scandinavian, one
Dutch and one Syrian.
Minnesota-One Irish. one English,
four German. one Dutch, one Nor.
wegian, one Italian and two Negroes.
Evening star., 1937-11-06

"HE National Capital Kennel
Club really has something in
the new series of meetings
4 which it is sponsoring. The
meetings are highly informal, the
atmosphere is congenial to good feel
ing. the subjects so far discussed and
projected for the future are OF the
greatest interest to both breeders and
amateurs, and the general good will
is fostered and enhanced by the su-
perlative buffet supper which follows
the talk.
Evening star., 1937-11-06
MRS. s. w. DU BOIS. wife of q
%HE;k s
By PAUL ]. MILLER, Jr.

. AUL MORPHY CHESS CLUB,
u formerly the War Department
c, c.. in the aen1i-final round
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
SSJSssssSsSI;f shh",, ". ] ss ss"r" STORIES IN ] ss Y Y A MpS
.lssUED STAWPs b SxMeoLlze WAR.

DEACE has dominated the for. X eign policy of the SoViets, practically since tho beginning of this Communist state. They wish to avoid war chiefly because war would defer, perhaps wreck tho realization of the soclali2ation dream.
 AZ the same time, the Soviets have fevcrishly plunged into the business of building a vast mili' lnry machine such as the world has never before known. It boasts the ultra.modern In artillery md the swiftest In aircraft. So war. conscious have the Sovicts become that mass parachute jumps arc to' day a national pastimc.
 Yet Russia deplores war and has suffered repeated insults from Japan 10 avoid war. To maintain peace they have been willing to yield their control of Northern Manchura. They accedcd to the Kellogg-Brland pact. And they took another step, unique among nations. Russia issued a set of stamps to symboll2o the horrors of modern warfare. Two of these, depicting the bombing of mod srn city and war destroying civili- .ation, arc shown here. They were ssucd in 1884.
 lL,onYrlght, iO37, NF;A Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
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upset her greatly. That, on top of the excitement when Bob was in danger, served doubly to unnerVe her. q,
 She realized, though, that all this was none of her affair, that this was a business trip in the interest of science, and from her standpoint vacation from the hectic and somewhat stitiing rou. tine of society la the moneyed East, What if the red girl did throw herself at Dr. Barryp
 Mary Melissa was doing her best to philosophize, to be logical But 1t wouldn't work. Logic wasn't the answer. Her eyes filled with uninvited tears, and a sob came. She got up hastily then, to go and look for old Hades Jones. She must talk to somebody.
 The white girls chin was set, and her eyes were strangely hard, as she walked away She knew there was just one thing in all the world she wanted, and she meant to have 1t.
 (TO Be COntlnued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24

so far that he wondered now how he had ever swung far enough to leap Into the cave. He still could see no possible means of entrance or egress, unless Q series of six or eight long ladders, supplemented by chiseled finger and toe holds, were placed on the face of the cliff. There were some natural steps and footholds, nev- ertheless. Defiance Castle was the most impregnable of all the cliif fortresses he had ever seen, he knew,
 When he was sure that no other means offered, Bob did a simple thing. He grinned to himself as he worked,
 'Ill look like a real cave man when descend" he told himself. He wondered what Hades Jones would say then.
 With his pocket knife, he cut and tore his shirt, handkerchief, trousers legs and undershirt into small strings and tied their ends together. He let this long string down to Mary Melissa and Honey Bee Girl, then pulled up a small rope which they tied to the string, With the small rope he then pulled up Q stronger one.
 It took time, but 1t was easy. He knotted the big rope at fre- uuent intervals, for steps, and himself was back In camp soop after Hades Jones returned with Hoffman. The talk was very pro- fuse all around, for q while, save for Honey Pie.
 When food had been served, and the work of building a more permanent camp started, Honey Bee approached Bob alone, just outside the supply tent.
 "I cried when you were ur there" she simpered, rather sur prisingly.
 Mary Melisa overheard it, She was inside the supply tent, but obviously the Indian girl didn't know,
 Honey Bees infection was one of secrecy, of deliberate intimacy Tn the Indians background, ac- tons were direct; one took what one wanted, one said what one thought, let the results be as they may,
 Mari Melissa, caught the intent In a flash, realized In that Instant that Honey Bee was In love with Robert Barry The thought astounded her
 You you mean --P" Bob missed It. "Aw that's oil right Honey Bee. Don't worry about me- But I'm sorry frightened you girls. Certainly I don't want to scare the best cook ever had"
 He felt that some sort of pat on-the- back would calm matters After all he had acted rather foolishly. He didn't s ee that Honey Bee was offering herself to him. with her eyes, her attitude her desire. She was still a servant In his right, q rather pretty child who must be kidded along.
 Mary Melissa remained quiel until they moved away. Best mol reveal that she had overheard even by accident, 50 personal ( bit of conversation The thing hat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
Todays Answers to
 oANlUM CRACKERS

1. The state of Texas has been under the flags of Spain. France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Southern Confederacy, and the United States.
 2. British army privates are called Tommy Atkins" The name was used as a specimen name in army service record books.
 3. The has four poles. In addi- nion to the North and South Poles e1aere are also the north and south magnetic poles.
 (. The portrait of Alexander Hamilton appears on the D. 8. slO kii.
 6. The boy made the sign read s'What do you think? I'll shave you Cor nothing"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
CRANIlJM CRACKERS

f. The state of Texas has I ex- asted under six flags. what were they? o, ar,t.
 2. What is the nickname oi er''' ssh army privates? . .no
 3. How many poles does Uhe earth have? .,
 4. whose portrait appears on the Q. s. $l0 bill? II.
 s. A barber had this sign in his ~indow: "What? Do you think I'll shave you for nothing" A small boy changed the punctuation and the barber shop was crowded. why?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
BUTTON GEMS

Hedy Lamar Viennese actress who lust arrived In Hollywood to make pictures for Metro-uoldwyn. Mayer, has startling collection Of costume jewelry. One of her sets has been made from enormous jew cled buttons. She has earrings, Q bracelet and ring made of buttons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
CAST OF CHARACTERS

 ROBERT BARRY = hero, sx- plOrer.
 MELISSA LANE - heroine, Barry's partner. HONEY BEE GIRL - Indian; member of Barry's party. HADEs JONEs-plOneer; mem. bee Barry's party.
  Yesterday: Bob Barry dangleS aa Che end of 600 feet of rope. He cannot climb hack. H0lllman thinks Bob has been killed when the rope slackens, lies limp In his hands.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-20
NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
SENATOR sMATHERs ON THE ALTAR

In recent editorial The New York Herald-Irl'
bune SAYS that Senator William II. Smathers, OF
Atlantic City, and former citizen of WaynesViie'
is on the altar, and "bids fair to become the most
distinguished martyr to Democratic party regular
ity that this quarter of the U. S. A. has produced
in a long while"
The Herad-Tribune goes on to say:
ELECTED United States senator IN November
by the Hague organization, the luckess Smathers
has not only been denied hitherto the superior
emoluments perquisites, privileges and dignties to
90 with a suite of offices on Capitol HILL but has
had 10 expose himself to constant fight OF sting
ing oups and jibes by sitting tight in Trenton as a
loyal son of his political alma mater, the dear old
Hague machine.
"Having now served his usefulness in Trenton,
he is about to proceed to Washington to incur
there the bitter animosity of every intelligent clt-
zen of the State of New Jersey, as the Hague ma
chimes special packet of tribute to the Roosevelt
Farley machine. He will leave his humiliating post
in Trenton as sit-down Hague striker against
Republican control of the state senate to support
in Washington President Roosevelts raid on the
supreme court That responsibility to the New Jer-
sew electorate which he has far failed to assume
in Washington because his boss needed him at
home he is now ready to discharge by functoning
as the Hague sacrifice on the Roosevelt altar"
Waynesve Mountaineer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-20
PATRONAGE AND PORK

s A political commentator thinks that Congress
Aien are getting over their traditional passion for
pork" .E5~H"e .?
Chairman Ramspeck of the House Civil Service
committee said recently that they are beginning
to realize there are no political values in patron
age, because they have to dsappoint far more peo-
pie than they can supply with available jobs"
Mr.. Ramspeck also suggests that eff congress-
men wouldn't spend so much time on patronage
they could attend to their legislative work better
There have been great advances in our concep-
ton of and attitude toward public service in the
one hundred and fifty years since the government
of this republic was set up.
A good deal of Improvement is yet to be made
and perhaps some of it will be right along this lin,
of patrOpase and "pOrk."-ReSk Hin Herald.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-20
JUSTICE

Men who imply that the supreme court Is re
dictionary" as the president does in his project for
"a constant infusion of new blood" in its member
ship, would, if they were quite frank with them
selves, go on and say that justice itself is reac-
tionary. Their angle is that in the affairs of men
there is no law but force and that anything which
gets in the way of it is not to be tolerated.
While the present move is Mr.. Roosevelt's own,
and has no chance of prospecting save as legislators
let their fears of him sway them, yet if it were
put in force it would be the act of congress, and
he could pausbly throw over a revolutionary prof.
ect the mantle of national legislature executing
what he is apt to call popular mandate. What
congress (that is, Mr.. Roosevelt) says, would be
law, regardless of what the Constitution says. On
the face of it, jcstice would give way to Con-
gressional justice
What congressional justice is, single illustra-
ton will show: Congress exercises the judicial
function mainly in disputed elections of its own
members; the rule is that all Democrats vote for
their man, all Republicans for theirs When Thad
Stevens, entering session after brief absence,
learned that it was voting on such dispute, and
asked fellow-member whom he should vote for
the latter said it didn't matter, as both were Gin
fernal scoundrels" Thad retorted: THAT amt the
point! Which is our Internal scoundrel?"
Such is political justce-force seeking advan-
tage.
Denying the rule of force real justice says that
| there shall not be law for the many and an.
other for the few. 1t declares that the humblest
citizen has his rights against society at large
/ It's sanctuary is the supreme court-Cincinnat
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