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count, and he insisted on his ball
players eating substantial, regular
meals.
One of Bugs teammates tipped him
off that McGraw was going to 60 sky
high when he looked over the dining
room accounts and found that Bugs
hadn't been near the place for eight
consecutive meals.
Imagine McGraw's surprise on
checking over the accounts to find
that Raymond had eaten the full 50
worth allowed him for the three-day
stay! Bugs had indulged in a 50
breakfast for the last meal!
One of the problem children OF
modern baseball is Ed Linke of Wash
ington who was the victim of series
of freak accidents. When he joined the
Washington club the fingers of his
pitching hand began to 60 numb, and
he took to carrying little heater in
his hip pocket to keep those fingers
warm and timber.
Rival managers secured a ruling
against that, on the grounds that he
might be carrying something in his
hip pocket to rub on the ball. Then, on
July 26, 1895. Linke used his head in
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by BOB EDGREN. JR.

double play and was taken out of the
game! This was one of the queerest
plays that ever happened in the big
leagues.
Washington was playing the Yankees
in New York. There was runner on
second. and Jesse Hill came up to bat.
Linke sent over fast ball. waist high.
Hill slashed at it and drove it back at
the pitcher. Before Linke could get his
glove up the ball hit him on the head
and bounced back toward the third
base line. Redmond, the catcher, ran
out, caught the fly for the putout,
and whipped the ball down to second
for double play.
They took Linke to the hospital.
where his first remark was: 1T never
did knock me completely outr'
This is probably the only time
pitcher was taken out of game for
assisting in double play. but there
was pitcher in the minor leagues who
was fired after pitching no-hit. no.
run game.
This man was Iron Mountain
Miller. Bob Quinn. now president OF
the Boston Bees. was managing
Columbus in the American Associa-
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wing - she rubbed her eyes - one
shoulder.
Here? And she'd fallen asleep!
Missed the turning in at the strange
gate, the golden stream of lamplight
from strange windows. Disappoint-
ment, however, was quickly lost in the
excitement of the new faces, the big
kitchen with the table spread with hot
biscuits. jam, and brimming pitchers
of milk. Mrs. Galloway's big white
apron cracked as she hustled around.
Was she going to sleep with Rachel?
Suddenly a wave of homesickness had
swept over her. Did they miss her?
Did they know?
You'd better lay out your dresses
50 the wrinkles will shake out. chill
dren," said Mrs. Galloway as she
showed them the room with its high
feather bed.
There was the rustic of paper as she
and Rachel undid their bundles. Lucy
stole quick look at the familiar tas-
sells as Rachel carefully put the white
shoes under the bed There was little
silence.
Rachel's eyes had Travelled from the
shining kid to the canvas button shoes
that Lucy was slipping under the bed.
There was puzzled frown between
her eyes. Rachel stared out into the
darkness as Lucy knelt beside the bed
and said her prayers.
Don't you pray, Rachel?"
What for?"
Lucy tried to figure out the answer
after Mrs. Galloway had tucked them
in and blown out the lamp.
(Continvsd on poos 15)
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Little White Shoes
Continved from pose five

the ones that got lost but - that's all
had left from the egg money"
Lucy turned and flung her arms
around her mother and let the tears
stream down unstopped.
They're b-beautiful. I'm c-crying
cause I'm 50 happy. Now l can
march,"
"Of course you can march.
wouldn't have had you miss it for
anything, daughter"
Lucy gathered up the shoes and
took them to her room, where she set
them beside the starched dress. Her
conscience bound her heart with red
hot bands.
Finally after what seemed like an
eternity, the great moment of depar-
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had been saving a death-harried soul.
drive into the, barn. There was the
jingle of the harness, the creak of the
closing barn door, and then his heavy
steps on the porch.
The next morning at breakfast a
momentous decision was announced.
Her father, who had been told of the
strange disappearance, had stopped to
bribery. There was a reward of ten
cents offered to the person who found
the shoes or who could give any in
formation as to their whereabouts.
Della had fixed a long. bland look on
her, a look heavy with speculation.
Ten cents! Would it be better to con-
fess before Della told? Or should she
take the chance on waiting? Maybe
Della didn't know. She kept waiting
for the accusing finger. But it didn't
come. Breakfast went on around her
as usual.
And school went on around her as
usual. In two more days they were to
leave. The excitement and anticipa-
ton began to filter through the numb
ness of apprehension that had sur
rounded her. Miss Wilson announced
that there were to be prizes for SPELL
ing, for marching. Maybe Rachel or
Lucy would bring home one of these
rewards. The whole class watched
them with envious eyes.
At recess Lucy sought out Della.
She said, Tiff win prize, you can
have half of it"
Della looked at her for long mo-
ment.
"All of it," she demanded tersely.
Lucy blinked her eyes at the sud-
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IT MAY be baseball tradition that
pitchers are the dumbest athletes
on the diamond at handling fast
infield play - but some of them
are mighty foxy in other ways.
The trouble is that when pitcher
does any original thinking. he never
gets any credit for it. Take the case Of
Dizzy Dean. A fellow named A. L.
Todd. of Texas, can tell you there's
method behind Dizzy's madness.
Todd was a Dallas catcher. Dizzy
was pitching for Beaumont. Todd had
a wonderful right hand wallop and
Die had big chin. The result was
that when these two men had their
first clash, Dean went down for the
count. He vowed revenge.
Shortly afterwards Beaumont had
a crucial game with the Steers in the
Dallas park. A great crowd of home
towners jammed the stands. Dizzy
Dean was pitching, and after he had
put two men out in one of the late
innings, he walked over to the umpire
and stopped the game. The umpire
and Dizzy went over to the Dallas
bench, where they asked for the
lineup. Dean counted down the list to
see when Todd would come up.
The crowd went crazy as Dean
suddenly and unaccountably began
issuing intentional passes. He walked
three men in a row without putting
over a strike - the bases were jammed
with runners. Then a great roar rose
from the crowd as Todd came to bat.
Dizzy, grin on his lean face, shot
three strikes over the plate so fast that
Todd hasn't seen them yet.
''Huhr' said Die. HE may be able
to lick me in a fight. but made him
look like a sap at this game - and
that's what we're paid for!'
An outstandingly goofy pitcher of
bygone days was Bugs" Raymond. He
didn't have a loony nickname for
nothing.
y Raymond was more eccentric off the
diamond than on. 1t was very difficult
to get him to train. He liked to make
a beeline for the nearest beer parlor
and win a free beer from one of the
innocent patrons by betting he could
write his name in the foam. This trick
was easy, because he always carried an
indelible pencil, which left deep pur-
pie line wherever it touched the suds.
One time the Giants stopped in
Baltimore for spring exhibition series.
Raymond found a nearby beer parlor
and spent all his time there. living on
the free lunch. This made McCraw
wild, because he had set aside $3 day
for each man on the dining room ac-
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Mosozins Section

and Wlllamsport in the New York
Pennsylvania league in 1888.
Wlliamsport had man on first.
Hearn came up to bat. He duCked a
wild pitch; the ball hit his bat and
bounded out onto the diamond for a
double play.
In the next inning batter named
Paiment, of the Reading team. came
up to the plate. He also ducked a
whistling fast one. The ball went over
his head, struck the end of his bat and
looped out between second and third
for clean single!
You may think that things like that
could never happen in the big leagues
- but they have One of the earliest
grievances between the Brooklyn
Dodgers and the Giants was classic
fluke that spoiled the pitching record
of a star Brooklyn hurler named
Mullins.
Mullins was the most unfortunate
pitcher who ever came close to hurting
no-hit, no-run game. He was robbed
of a great performance by queer
break
This classic game was played IN
Brooklyn before rabid crowd OF
Flatbush fans who we're having the
time of their lives seeing the Giants
trounced and pitching record set at
the same time. Mullins was hot as "a
Bessemer converter, and not one Of the
Giants had been able to get as much
as a scratch hit off him. The game
went into the last inning with Mullins
stillkeeping his form. and the Brooklyn
crowd roared as he quickly set down
the first two men to face him.
The only Giant remaining to be put
out was Stein. the pitcher. He was the
weakest batter in the lineup. Mullins
hitched up his pants and confidently
went to work He put over strike one.
Then strike two. The Brooklyn ball
park rocked with cheers.
What was gong on then IN MulllnSs
mind will never be known; perhaps
he planned to scare Stein away from
the plate or befuddle him with fast
one. At any rate. this is what hap
pened:
The ball came straight for STEMS
head. Stein hit the dust As he fell, the
ball sailed over his back. whacked the
bat and rolled out through the inheld.
Stein came to life and sprinted for
first. Foutz, who covered first base,
was pleading for the ball. The amazed
inhelders rushed for it, but failed to
get Stein out by a fraction of a second.
Mullins retired the next man in
short order - but his no-hit. no-run
game was gone with the wind.
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1897
ANGLER Tells of Duel
With Mountain Flood

while the mule danced a jig on the
poor old mares ribs.
To make a long story short, the
horse died and DR.. Smith, after
an examination, officially pro-
nounced her dead. So with sobs
of the grief-stricken farmers fam
lily gathered on the banks of the
stream, then about 100 feet wide.
We tremendously pulled the horse
out on the bank and the doctor fell
exhausted on the bank after his
ordeal, while the farmers family
placed a bunch of violets on the
deceased.
We finally got the car out, took
it to a repair shop and filled our
selves with whiSkey and asperin
after nearly four hours of work
ing neck-deep in icy mountain
water with temperature nearly
down to freezing. We just escaped
pneumonia, but the farmer did
not release our car until we wired
for and paid $50 for "the best horse
this side of Warrenton!" Our
clothes, camera, car, tackle, ETC.,
were nearly a total loss and we
got home three days later.
So when you mention horses, I
say "Horsefeathers."
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BY DON CARPENTER

Speaking of floodS-how well
remember the opening of trout
season in Virginia some five
years ago when a flood similar
to this one hit the mountain sec.
ton between Sperryville and
Charlottesville.
DR.. E. Kirby Smith of Chevy
Chase and I were fishing in the
Moorman's River about five miles
west of Crozet, Va. The weather
was cold and the rain fell in a
blanket, over the watershed.
Opening day was April Is and
despite the rain, we landed a
fine catch of brookies. The fol
lowing morning, after an all
night downpour, we set out to
fish again, rain or no rain, be-
fore noon the already angry
stream overlooked its banks.
We both worked our way peril
ously down stream to the doc
tors car. In doing this we had
to ford the stream several times
and we barely got through.
Bridge Inundated
Arriving at the car, we drove to
the bridge leading out of the noun
tains and found that it was GOV,
cred with about three feet of swift.
ly flowing water and impossible.
We then drove back and over a
nearby mountain, headed for
shallow ford which we knew would
give us access to the main roads
We he'd no chains and slipped and
slithered through the gumbo mud
and just did make it to the ford.
The ford, which normally was
six inches deep and five feet across
was then about two feet deep and
twenty feet wide. We drove into
it, stalled, and before we could
start again a wall of water rolled
down on us, reaching the windows
of the car in a few moments.
Using a barbed wire fence to
keep from being swept away, ]
crossed the torrent and found a
farm house about mile down the
road. I asked for help and the
farmer brought out of his barn a
young mule and an ancient mare
We returned to the car and made
ready to rescue it. Meanwhile it
was being carried down stream
steadily, the cushions floating
under the roof.
Car Sticks Fast
Taking the chain attached tt
the whiffletree I dove under
water and attached them to the
front axle. The farmer mounted
the mare and the horse and mule
strained belly deep in the current
to move the car, finally it moved
about five feet and then held fast
We urged the animals on in a DIES
perate effort.
The mare slipped and fell, tan
Cling in the chain and Wiffle
tree. The mule then lost its foot
ing and fell on the horse. Hooves
flew in all directions. I pulled the
farmer out from under the drown
ing horse and then tried to hold
the mares head out of water
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-28
Washington Orchestra
To Play on Aquitdnia

The George Washington Col
legians," an orchestra composed
of five young District musicians,
has been selected to play on the
liner Aquitania, which sails from
New York today, bound for Eng
land and the coronation.
The "CollegianS" roster includes
Ernest Ackert, Paul Haas, Andy
Wahl, Paul Banker and Buddy"
Suggretti.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-28
HIT
BY FLOOD IN
MARYLAND

Sunny skies and receding waters
today belied the wreckage wrought
by the raging Potomac during the
last four days in the western part
of Maryland, but towns along the
lower part of the river to CheSa-
peake Bay were expecting the
worst to come"
AS the stream returned to its
banks above washington, leaving
dozens of communities covered
with mud and debris, the crest
of the flood rolled past the Capt.
tai toward Chesapeake Bay.
The Wicomico and Potomac
have cost trap-net fishermen
about $4,000 in lost equipment
at the height of the fishing sea-
son, while high winds and rising
waters washed away a $4,000
bridge at Rock Point, in Charles
county. Another span was torn
from it's foundations at Middle
Hoopers Island.
Oysters In Danger
On the Eastern Shore, where
residents hurriedly prepared to
fight havoc in fishing towns and
low-lying farmland, parts of Dor
chester county are under water.
st. George Island, from which a
dozen residents were carried to
safety by boats yesterday, was
still inundated.
Conservation au thorities de-
clared the greatest potential dan
ger was to the oyster beds. Last
year the influx of fresh water dur
ing the flood ruined thousands of
bushels of the bivalves, which
cannot live out of salt water.
Up the Potomac River about
5000 persons were believed to be
homeless, either because their
houses were washed away or are
unfit for habitation until flood
damage can be rectified. Total
losses, however, we're said every
where to be far less" than last
year.
Cumberland Clear
The Potomac, which yesterday
stood over large sections of Cum
berland, Hancock, HarperS Ferry,
Point of Rocks and other places,
had dwindled by today almost to
its normal size. A slight rise late
yesterday, due to rains, was re-
ported in spots, but was claimed
to have had little effect.
Water in Cumberland, which
stood three feet high on Baltimore
Street at the height of the rivers
rampage, has ebbed, leaving mud
but small loss. All roads to the
city were open, including those
closed yesterday, except the route
to Berkeley Springs, w. Va,
which is blocked because of the
washing away of a bridge across
the Potomac.
Harpers Ferry reported today a
fall of four feet from the rivers
highest stage of 20 feet.
Most roads to the community
we're in use, except the bridge to
Maryland. which was expected to
be ready for traffic later today.
Highways Opened
Highways we're again open into
Hancock, where the Potomac was
reported to be almost back to
normal" Traffic across the river
was stopped. however, because of
the washout of the only bridge
for miles around.
Livestock was the principal sui.
ferer in this years inundation,
Hancock authorities said. Property
damage was claimed to be under
last years mark "by wide mar.
GIN" although 80 families were
driven from their homes.
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.01hot1 MtIuk mix

When you tire easily, you can be sure
that you are draining your energy
faster than you are replacing it.
Drink a glass of milk three times
a day. Milk is concentrated nourish-
ment and energy in the most digesti-
bic form. 1t gives you these FIVE food
essentials: Proteins for repair of mus
Giles and tissues; Mineral Salts for
blood, bones and teeth; Vitamins A,
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-28

hit In an amateur production. some bearing diplomas from dramatic schools, and some arriving cold. By cold l mean a girl who hasn't had any experiences or diplomas or beauty contest prizes. but has simply de- cided she'd like to be movie actress and packs up her things and comes to Hollywood. Darthea fitted into the cold class.
 "It took her a month 10 discover what she was up against. At the end of two months she had succeeded in getting listed as an extra girl. An1 within the next three months she was scenes Pretty discouraging, you might think. But Darthea wasn't the kind to quit
 And so she fell to thinking and schemng, and suddenly an idea popped into her head. Why not, she thought became different from the general run of extra girls!
 Why not cause her looks to attract attention when she appeared in mob scene with hundreds of others? Why not assume personality?
 "Today that idea Is shopworn, but then it was quite an innovation. Ani 1t worked. The next time Darthea was called to play an extra part she spent several hours making herself up. Slight changes. such as penciling her eyebrows, putting ringlets in her hair, shaping her lips with rouge to create a different impression. The effect was quite astonishing. She stood out in that crowd of extra girls like nObody's business.
 Lee MacReady, one of my assist ants, was handling the scene, and he came up to me after it was over, with Darthea in tow. Look, he said, grin ming broadly, what found.' l loOke' and was al first impressed Later l became skeptical. But kept the skepticism to myself. The industr. was young then and vas young and willing to take chance.
 I've gave Darthea a minor role ln uut next produt tion and the results were alarming. l believe 1 can truth fully say she vas the first unknown 10 steal q picture. The movie-gOing people went wild over her perform ance. MacReady was delighted, proud of his find. l didn't want to tell him what thought: l didn't dare to. Lee or anyone else would have laughed
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-28
ARTIST
 s By STANLEY CORDELL
c Associated Newspapers wNU Service.
NONY Wells is ace director for
 the Forrest Film corporation.

"ONY Wells is ace director for
 the Forrest Film corporation.
 He Is one of the pioneers in the
 field. having been associated with the industry for nearly twenty two years. He knows the inside drama of hundreds of personalities and not infrequently when we are to cident that is worth repeating. To night I sat with him and Mrs. Wells on the veranda of their Beverly Hills home. It was dusk and beyond the hedge we could see the lights of Holly. wood flung against the sky.
 Right now" I smiled. "is an ex cellent opportunity to tell me abou. Darthea Ellis Remember, you prom ised to give me her story one of these days"
 "Darthea Ellis" Mrs. Wells said sud, denly. wasn't her right name. She only used 1t because she thought 1t sounded arty. Her real name was-.' Tony looked at his wife In mild re- proach. and Mrs. Wells broke or anh smiled. All right. darling. you tell him about Darthea. 1 guess l didn't know her as we'll as you"
 "No," said Tony. smiling at his thoughts, "I don't think you did.' He turned 10 me You see. Darthea Ellis was a personality. The minute she got into pictures she lost her individuality and became a personality. And per sonalities are easy to know. because they are types"
 "I don't think 1 get It," 1 said. But how did Miss Ellis get into the movies In the first placer"
 Tony chuckled. "Well, yes, 1t Is in- teresting. When she arrived In Holly wood she had Individuality. But 1t didn't help her a great deal because she was one of hundreds. They come every year. these girls. some of them having won beauty contests back ID their home town, some having made Q
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-28
Formation of Natural Class

Natural glass Is a phenomenon well known to science. AS a rule It Is caused by the fusion of lightning and sand. Examples found in the Arabi an and other deserts are invariably tubular and friable. Another variety. known as tpktites, occurs in mcteoric craters. and has long been familiar as "obsidian." "wnter chrysolitp," and "Moldavite." the various names given 10 gem stones cut from 1t.
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of New York city,
 the tuberc ulosis death rate in the United states ranks seventh among the 30 countries listed. New Zealand, the Union of Sout h Africa, Australia, Ceylon, Denmark and the Nether- lands are the coun- tries that h a v e lower tuberculosis death rates. These
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-28
The Aurora Borealis

Aurora bOrealls Is the name given to the Northern Light. It is not visib'e in the southern hemisphere. The an rOra australs or Southern Light Is seen there. Aurora polaris Is a name given to both.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-28
Let Our Motto Be GOOD HEALTH
 BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD Professor of Bacteriolosy and Preventive Medicine. University of Illinois, College of Medicine.
THE UBIQUITOUS TUBERcLE AND
 ITS RELATION TO MAN

According to a report just issued by the National Tuberculosis association
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-28

Prepared by the National Geographic Society. Washington. D. C.-WNU Servica
 r HAMBURG thinks in terms Of + ships, of fish, and trade with
 far-flung places. Overseas
 .o,~,c ooDAofo1lv naUc that
Evening star., 1937-01-23
Deaths Reported.

Michael Dewitt. 81. Garfield Hospital.
Harriet iyies. ase.- -eia Lamont St.,
George Wise. So, EMERGENCY Hospital.
Amelia B. Schmidt, So. 1881 Hobart st.
yehn ISws e. 50 g. sas 9 st. Home
clarence G. Goodloe. rs. 1900 North Capt.
c.rtrua. ,, Danforth. rs. the Seward
WIFE william ?: 3. MSSsosas Hl5Ss' 5$s 18Th &
Allenia B. Fisher. !72. 1888 Monroe st;
William A. Hannaker, II. U. s. Soldiers
Adff &i.h m seSsab sNfSSSs g. g. 1888 1853 Pa'nsF ol 's
AIDA A., c. Neikirk, 6s, 134S Euclid st.
Prank a. Eilithorp. 81. Wardmsn Park
Ihoms; Roach, so. D. s. Soldiers Home.
v. Parker Rsinohl. Sc. sibiey Hospital.
James r. Howell, 40, 1850 Wisconsin ave.
Georse A. snspp. A. 1914 East Capitol st..
Robert 6. SEEDS. 10 70. 1920 New New York Sci N ave.
Infant Gene Bears Chtldren's Hospital.
Infant Doris Taylor. Children's Hospital.
Infant Bruce z. Long. Walter Reed Hos
infant Donald P. shoup: 1925 22nd st.
ni:as ssn.. e ss:sii. I'm and Bell. Boswell rrovi-
intent en-. e assSis. ss,R and Bella Boswell Pr0vi
kf:A:na.r tst: Al YSSna %.ns g s9s sth s' St. n.
Emma Durkee. So. Gallinger Hospital.
Infant Lawrence White. children's Hos
Infant to Albert and Adessa Golfer. 1888
Vermont ave.