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The Washington times., 1937-08-10
MINES IN BATTLE
FOR LEGION TITLE

Costello Post and Agriculture
Post American Legion mines battle
today at S p. m. on Diamond No.
S of the Monument Grounds in a
game pertaining to the Legion
championship Of the District.
A victory for the Costellos will
win them the right to the regional
championships in johnson City,
New York, August IA, Is, and 16.
A loss. however, will drop them
into a tie with Fort Stevens for
first pla in the District League.
Should this occur, the two teams
will engage in a play-off game to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
FANS Give FARR
OUTSIDE CHANCE
over. JOE LOUIS
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

LONG BRANCH, N. j., Aug. 10.
It may be kept in mind that lot
of the old, flat foot ex.fghters,
who come rolling in here Of an
afternoon to get meal on the
cuff and wind up with most Of it
on the cravat, arrive on the scene
with a specific understanding.
They recognize moral compulsion
to blather their brains away on
behalf of Thomas George Paul
Farr, the pride of Great Britain,
the idea being to give the promo
ton a break.
If they don't, Thomas maybe
won't even draw caricatureS on
the night of the twenty4sixth when
he is to engage in gripping en-
counter with Joe Louis for the
worlds heavyweight champion.
ship.
Yet-there isn't much doubt to-
day that some pretty good people
seem to be getting some pretty
curious ideas about Farr. After
eyeing him very narrowly, of and
on, for some weeks, they give him
good chance and I certainly wish
they were around now. Because
upon thinking it over I'd like to
ask them whether they mean a
good chance to live.
''He comes in with a weave"
they say, "and anybody who
does that to Louis will do
other things to him. He's got
speed, when he wants to show
it. He's got a good straight
left. He's got"
Probably it's only one Of my
boyish mistakes, but I can't help
remembering that among other
things he's got is a fricassed
visage. It looks like it was
absently left under a tractor and
I wonder, if he's really so good,
how he got that cross country
nose and the ear with the
double-chin. That ear isn't just
cauliflower. It couldn't be less
than a tomato surprise.
Couldn't Beat AltrOck
Moreover, ringside eye.wit-
nesses claim he really lost to
Loughran who's now so old he
probably couldn't beat Nick
Altrock, except with a club: also,
the record book says that Farr
was knocked down twice by Bob
Olin, the greatest lobby fighter
in history. It's like this: Robert
hits the floor and everybody hits
the lobby.
Nevertheless" they come
back at you around here, "Farr
is going to surprise everybody
including Louis. You just
won't listen to reason"
AS a matter of fact, I remem-
ber the last time I wouldn't.
That was the time I agreed to
jump off the metropolitan tower
without rubber heels-if Baer
didn't beat Braddock. This time,
I'll do better it'll be Mount
Everest-with SaSh-weightS.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
CUNNINGHAM Up
FOR GOLF PRExY

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-Opposition
to the reigning administration of
George R. Jacobus, president OF
the Professional Golfers Associa-
tion, which has been Simmering
for the past year, finally broke out
today, when Alex Cunningham, of
the North Shore Country Club and
president of the Illinois section of
the P. G. A., announced that he
would be a candidate for presi-
dent of the organization when the
meeting is held here in November.
A storm of discomfort in the
ranks of the national body has
been brought about through vari-
GUS policies instituted by Jacobus.
The diScharging of Robert E. Har-
low as the associations tourna-
ment manager last winter, with
out a full explanation of the &C
tion, is one of the chief bones of
discord now engendered in the as
Sociation.
In making his announcement,
Cunningham said that it is the
hope of my brother professionals
to set up a national organization
to hold an impartial, strict and
complete observance of the code,
and resist efforts of a minority
group control"
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
KAROW WORKING.
With Navy nine.

ANNAPOLIS, August 10.-Navy
baseball is notably stepping
ahead this summer through the
circumstance that the second
(junior) class, which contains
the bulk of the varsity material,
is spending the season at the
academy, under the prescribed
routine, affording a fine oppor-
tunity to Marty Karow, Ohio
State three-letter man, who
joined the navy coaching staff
a year ago.
In his efforts to secure a
better brand of baseball-for the
navy has not met with much
success in the national game
Karow is having the very warm
support of Comdr. Andy McFall,
graduate manager of athletics,
who used to be a varsity pitcher
for the navy some years ago.
For one thing, Karow has de.
veloped an infield this summer
which shows a lot more knack
and speed that has been seen
in a navy infield before. He has
shifted Howard Thompson, from
second to short, and Walter Nc
Guinness from short to third,
and put Dick Cady. not on the
varsity last year, at second, and
completed the quartet by placing
Len Powell, who played in the
outfield last year, at first.
Jerry Bruckel, the best Of the
varsity pitchers last year, is with
the second class squad this sum
mer, as is Eddie O'Herron, who
took a regular turn behind the
bat, while Karow believes that
he has a real pitching prospect
in Lem Cooke, who played third
base last year, but who has
pitched several good games this
summer.
Cooke is a leading athlete o1
his class, being also a Strc1g
backfield prospect for the eleven
this fall. When not pitching, he
wilf play in the outfield, being
one of the best stickmen on the
squad.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
M|LEY LEADS IN
WESTERN GOLF

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-Marian
Miley, of Lexington, KY, today
was off to an impressive start in
her drive for her third straight
Derby championship of the
Women's Western Golf ASSocia-
ton.
The slender, dark.haired girl,
whose father is golf professional,
set a sizzling pace yesterday in
the first round of play at the
Onwentsia Club. Her "a, 42-76
was four under par and it estab-
lished a new competitive 18-hole
record for the course.
Three other players smashed par
and two more negotiated the dis
tance in par figures, so it was well
for Miss Miley that she was at top
form.
Only a stroke behind the leader
came Edith EStabrooks, of Du-
buque, Iowa, with SO, 39-77, while
Beatrice Barrett, of Minneapolis,
the Minnesota State champion,
toured the course in Al, 38-79.
Patty Berg, Of Minneapolis, prin-
cipal rival of Miss Miley in the
1885 and 1886 derbies, finished the
first round in Al, 42-83.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
MILLER SAYS:
Continued from 1st Sports Page)

Continued from 1St Sports Page)
derstand domesticity as it is prac.
ticed in the best regulated families.
Maude. an experienced hand at
the wheel, has been her husbands
mechanic" in some of his greatest
and most successful races and, on
the other hand, he has been her
ballast in some of her finest ef-
forts.
Last September the master of
the House of Rutherford won the
local cup and in January re-
ceived the gold medal emblematic
thereof from the hands Of PreSi-
dent Roosevelt himself.
Jack won the event in his dy-
manic Ma-Ja II. This year that
combination will have Mrs. Ruther-
ford to cope with in her Miss Palm
Beach Days, which is her Old Co.
lumbia entirely rebuilt.
We shall see about this husband
wife argument.
1t ought to be good.
They always are.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

UuI y Ou Cdu SCI q UCG ClIHCI way =
Terrence is a fine-looking youth.
He is well over six feet in height
and he weighs somewhere in the
neighborhood of $50 pounds. He
would cause great thud if he ever
fell down. He eased himself down
last night, proving in a degree
that a college education was not
wholly wasted upon him.
Lacks Ring Style
1t Is just too bad that Torrance
cannot fight a lick, and he might
just as we'll be told in words that
may sound brutal to him now,
that he never will fight lick.
He lacks the style, the technique,
and if his performance last night
may be taken as a criterion, he
lacks the heart. Quit is an ugly
word, but Torrance turned his
back to his rival, went down to
one knee and listened to the
count.
He is just one more marcher in
that endless parade to the bot
tomless caverns of the fight racket.
The pit is full of fallen boys like
Torrance. They go mumbling
along through the half shadows
of life, talking through thick lips
like men whose mouths are full of
mush. Their great fight is always
just ahead of them. The un-
fortunate Ad WolgaSt has been
training for 20 years to fight Joe
Cans.
Has Education
Where the Louisiana giant diff
fers from the wrecks who strew
the fiStic trail is that he has an
education. He can make a living,
and for while he might be able
to trade upon his reputation as a
college athlete. A few more af-
fairs like last nights, and he will
be remembered as a mug who
couldn't punch his way out of a
paper sack, and who could win
anything but a tankside fight.
The writer met Jack Torrance
in Chicago a few years ago during
the national intercollegiate track
and field championships. He was
there with the team Of Louisiana
State University. a happy, ruddy
checked youth. He revelled in the
associations of the hour. He was
a champion.
AS you saw Torrance reel before
the punches of Kanner last night,
you turned away your head, sick
ened little at his futile efforts.
You saw in the kaleidoscope OF
sport the college champion, his
monogram on his sleeveless shirt
out there on the athletic field.
Film" Races On
The film raced on, and you saw
Carl Morris, the Oklahoma giant
who stepped down from the cat
of a locomotive and announced
his intention of winning the heavy
weight championship of the world
You saw the ring at Madison
Square Garden; the old Garden
and Fireman" Jim Flynn was II
the ring with Morris.
The thud Of Kanner's gloves re
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
DORA|S APPEARS
POLL GRID HEAD

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-Charles e.
Dorais, former Notre Dame foot
ball player and present gridiron
mentor at the University of De
troit, today appeared a certain
winner in the national poll to Sc
lect a staff of coaches for the COL
lege all-starS, who play the Green
Bay Pro League champions at
Soldier Field here on September l..
Although not all the votes cast
will be counted until early tomor-
row, Dorais' total Of 4,930,357
points made him seem a sure
choice. Running in second place
was Lynn Waldorf, Northwestern
University coach, with 3,743,744
points, while Elmer Layden of
Notre Dame continued third with
3,723,091.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
LAKE REGATTA
HAS BIC ENTRY

PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, Aug. 10.
Despite Squally weather that wet
contestants, the largest entry list
in the history of the event was
here today for the third day of
the 1nterlake Yachting Associa-
tons forty-fourth annual regatta.
More than $50 boats were reg
istered, and fast times were turned
in yesterday in spite of soaked
sails and shifting winds.
The Northrup Trophy for "R"
boats was won by Gypsy, owned
and sailed by Neil Lynch, Detroit.
Airline, owned by Harold HaSs-
Ter. Cleveland. won the star boat
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Sport Worlds
Passing Show

Tommy Farr seen as poor op-
ponent for Joe Louis in heavy
weight title bout at New York
August 26.
Marion Miley led in first
round of Chicago golf tourney
with a 76.
Don Erickson turned in Ct in
qualifying trial for national pub
lie links championship at San
Francisco.
Eight seeded players in mems
singles of Eastern Grass Court
tennis championships advanced
to quarter-finals.
New York Giants given little
chance to overtake Chicago Cubs
in National League pennant
race.
Bow To Me scored sixth
straight triumph at Lincoln
Fields.
Wise Mentor captured Tory
Stakes at Saratoga.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

strength to continue, as Kanner
punched home a few belts to hurry
on the passing.
After years layoff, Baby Man
uel, Tampa, Fla, who holds more
decisions over the better boys than
you can shake stick at, won by
a technical kayo over Ray Borree,
of Baltimore. Borree was unable
to come up for the sixth rouno.
when the Babe sliced open four
hemmed cut over the latter's right
eye.
The four-round curtain-raiser
produced the local Negro middle
weight, Battling zuzu, who pun
meled his way to a close decision
over Prince Albert, of Miami. A
hard left to the Schnozzle as the
bell sounded decided the voting in
favor of the local thumper.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10

called the thud of Flynn's gloves.
The ring became a shambles as
Morris, poor, helpless Morris reeled
and rocked under the most fright
full beating ever taken by any
pugilist.
There were just two reasons
why that ring last night was not
turned into a similar ShambleS.
The first was, that Kanner lacked
the ability of Fireman" Jim
Flynn, and the second was that
Torrance lacked the fighting heart
of Carl Morris.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
OMEN'S AMATEUR GOLF SLATED FOR OCTOBER TO
DOMINION CLU VENTURE SHOWS
States REGATTA CLASS IN BOUT
FULL CARD D u E Win OVER FURR

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 10.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by officials of the Old Do
minion Boat Club for the intra-
club regatta to be staged here
Sunday afternoon.
Bob Whitton is general chair.
man of the event and is assisted
by John w. Brookfield, jr., Johnny
Edmonds and C. Phillip Heishley,
the latter president of the club.
Besides the races for club mem
bers, a sailing regatta, under the
auspices of the Potomac Sailing
Association, and outboard motor
races will be on the afternoons
program.
The eight-oared shell of the Po-
tomac Boat Club will engage in a
special race with the old Dominion
crew as the high-light of the day.
This race will be over the George
Washington Memorial course.
Open house will be held at the
Old Dominion Club and 1t is ex-
pected the local waterfront will
be lined with enthusiastic follow
erS Of the sport.
Alexandria Cardinals nine. COM
posed of players with the Celtics
and other local teams who can
play weekday ball. trek to War
saw, Va. tomorrow night for q
game with the warsaw SemiprOS
at O'Clock.
Two games have been scheduled
for the Alexandra Boys Club team
this week TOmoTrow The locals
mix with the Police Boys Cub
No. { toSSers and SATURDAY tne
Georgetown BOYS Clua teAm VII
be here for q game
Both contests Wil be plR q on
Haydon,s Field a. 7-3o 0'cb0ck-
The second round o. the senioT
golf tourney At the Belle Haven
Club will get underway this after
noon. Only players over 50 years
of age are eligible. II Was also
announced Tom Ryan. local pro.
will compete in the Virginia open
tourney at Charlottesville. Va.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
By CHICK KENNY

Too bad II Duce wasn't there
last night!
II Duce would have had plenty
to rave and chin about, following
the manner in which his Italian
welterweight champion, Vittorio
Ventura, thumped his way to a
fairly easy victory over Washing
tons Phil Furr, at Griffith Sta
dium last night.
Just returned from the Pacific
Coast rings where he met with
marked success, Furr made his
Homecoming debut anything but
a masterpiece. In fact the master
piece may be credited to this cool
thinking, frozen-pan Italian who
hinged a contagious left all eve
ming, and followed up with a Bit
ter-feeling right, much to Furr's
discontinue.
For a change in the general
scheme Of things, the referee, Ed
die La Fond, and the judges,
Frank Schuyler and DR.. o. U.
Singer, voted unanimously for the
fighting Fascist party. AS far as
The Times score card is concerned
Phil took only the second and
ninth rounds, and these by way OF
the caution" route. The first
and tenth rounds were even, and,
Of course, our Gentleman from
Venice. or Genoa, or Como, an
nexed the other six heats with
loads to spare.
Sixth Round Tells
II vas in the sixth round that
venturi proved himself to be the
stuff for the evening. Midway in
the heat. he conked our Philburt
nth q vicious uppercut that made
Toe washington welter a dreary
Young man. And then quicker
than you could say Jadwiga
JedrzejowSka, our fine Fascist
friend let loose another, which
only a FUR could still stand for.
Using q weaving crouch style OF
attack as he came in, Ventura had
Fur looking bad throughout the
evening. The washington welter
failed to connect, with the result
that left hooks and straight rights
in the explosion, had Furr more
than befuddled.
Fur looked best only in the
early stages Of the opening neat.
He flew into the Italian importa-
ton in windmill fashion, but the
Venician covered up and toward
the end Of the round was battling
on even terms with the District
biffer.
A turnout of 2,41O paid $3,062 SO
to watch the evenings fisticuffS.
In the semi-final event, which
was staged after the main go, Irish
Johnny Dean of Philadelphia, du-
plicated his knockout performance
over AL Dunbar of Brooklyn, by
dropping the Flatbush lightweight
in three Stanzas. Referee Eddie
La Fond stopped the bout after
Dunbar crashed the canvas the Sec
ond time.
Terrence in Debut
In the third bout Of the eve
ming, which called for six innings,
Jack Terrence, the former Louisi-
ana State football player, and
Olympic Shotput champion made
his Capital debut, which lasted
five rounds, against Murray Ken
ner, an ex-North Carolina State
grid great.
Scaling 24O pounds and carry
ing more weight than our old
friend Atlas, Terrence took a Strik-
ing pose in the opening round, and
although he got in some fair
punches in the first Stanza, tired
out after the third round and
passed out in the fifth. The Olym-
pic star just did not have the
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
CANTWELL TO BROOKLYN

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Brook-
lyn'S wobbly pitching staff today
was bolstered by acquisition of the
veteran Ben Cantwell, bought
from the New York Giants. OBJ
tanned by the Giants from the
Jersey City International League
club three weeks ago, Cantwell
pitched ony four innings for them.
The Washington times., 1937-08-10
Torrance Lacks Technique
To Become Real Fighter
Bv FRANK "BUCK" O'NEILL

Jack Torrance has brain his head he will quit the prize
while he has that BRAIN The former champion shoputte
who Al-Souhern AllAmerica tackle knocked
very few minutes by Murray Kanner local youth
whose rating the blue books of fstana will
huasm Murray may yet place in the sour SCIENCE
Evening star., 1937-11-15

ting down or eliminating Govern
ment functions. And to those who
advocate such course it is fair
to PIT the question-Which func-
tions OF government do you advo-
cate cutting of?
4. PLANNING-Of equal impor-
Ance with intelligent reorgani-
cation Of the executive departments
is intelligent reorganization OF our
methods Of spending national funds
for the conservation and develop
ment Of those natural resources
which are the founda ton of q viriIe
national life. AS said in a special
message to the Congress last spring,
we have reached 4 stage in the de-
pletion OF our natural resources
where We should allot a definite
portion Of each years budget to
this work Of husbandry.
Our present machinery for car
rying out such purposes, however,
is geared TO methods OF which the
rivers and harbors legislation of
many years ago is an example. We
spend sporadically-on a project
here and 4 project there. deter
mined upon without relation to the
needs Of other localities-without
relation to the national employ
ment situation or the Federal
budget.
Governments Need
For Operating Plan.
To avoid waste and to give the
Nation its moneys worth from
the national funds we expend. we
must. like any business corporation.
Evening star., 1937-11-15

through which the Chief Execu-
tive may coordinate executive
functions
tc) To permit the Chief Execu-
tive to make slight increase in
the White House stan so that he
may keep in close touch with, and
maintain knowledge Of. the WIDE
spread affairs of administration
which require his final direction.
(d) To establish accountability
Of the Executive to the Congress
by providing q genuine independent
audit by an otficer solely RESPONSE
BILE to the Congress. who will, how
ever have no administrative part
In the transactions he audits and
Certifies.
,e To extend the merit system
upward. outward and downward to
cover practically all non policy
determining posts. I am giving
consideration to proposed execu-
tive orders extending the merit
principle OF selection under the
authority vested in me by the Con-
stitutDn and Revised Statutes.
Executive orders, however, have
not the permanence of law: they
will not lessen the need for perma-
nent Legislation on this subject in
connection with reorganization. 1,
therefore, seek 4 statutory mod
ernized machinery for the perma-
nent enforcement of merit princi-
pies in appointment, promotion and
personnel management throughout
the Government service.
Increased Efficiency
Expected From Plan.
The experience OF States and
municipalities definitely proves that
reorganization OF Government
along the lines Of modern business
administrative practice can in
crease efficiency, minimize error,
duplication and waste. and raise
the morale Of the public service.
But that experience does not prove,
and no person conversant with the
management Of large private cor
porations or of governments hon.
estly suggests. that reorganization
OF Government machinery In the
interest Of efficiency Is = method
OF mixing major savings in the
cost OF government.
Large savings in the cost of gov
eminent can be made only by cut
Evening star., 1937-11-15

have . definite building and opsr-
ating plan worked out ahead Of
time planned order in which to
make expenditures. . planned TIM
ing for sxpenditurss % that We
may kssp our working force en-
ployed, and . planned co-ordinatsd
uss Of the projects after compile
ton. And because relative values
Of local projsctA should bs ap-
praised before thsy come to Wash-
ingtou, first BY those with local
knowledge, and then by regional
conferences, We must have some
kind Of local and regional plan
ming machinery and coordination
to get full value OFT Of the final
appropriations authorised in WASH
inston-money value and human
value.
Last year I rsoomme mended such
machinery. For this purpose Of
conservation and development of
our natural resources. recon-
n1ended that the country be divided
into seven great regions into which
nature divided those resources
that in such regions local authori-
ties b set up to arrange projects
into some kind OF comprehensive
and continuing plan for the entire
region-and that only after such
consideration should regional prof.
ects be submitted to the Executive
and to the Congress for inclusion
In q national development pro-
gram of. such size ss the budget of
the year will permit.
Such machinery will provide de-
centralisa alton. It will give local
communities and the Nation alike
new confidence in the true worth
Of such expenditures.
What these four subjects promise
in continued and increased pur-
chasing power-what they promise
in greater efficiency in the use of
Government funds-Are intelligent
foundations for the other plans for
encouragement OF industrial ex-
pansion with Government help.
What they promise in social con-
tentment is an almost necessary
basis for greater security Of profits
and property.
In the months they have been
before the Congress they have been
discussed from one end Of the
country to the other.
For the sake Of the Nation,
hope for your early action.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
Evening star., 1937-11-15
MRS. GERTRUDE TAYLOR
LAST RITES ARE HELD

Mrs. Gertrude g. Taylor, 90, mother
of DR.. Chase Taylor. Washington ply
sician, who died Friday at her home,
1888 Belmont street NV. was buried
today in Rock Creek Cemetery, follow
ing funeral services at the residence.
A Washington resident for more
than 60 years. Mrs. Taylor was the
widow OF r. B. Taylor, former Treas
ury Department employe. She had
been active in the Missionary Society
Of the Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church.
She leaves two other sons. Kenneth
Taylor. Minneapolis. and Irving Paul
Taylor, Detroit; . brother, Irving U.
Townsend, Boston: six grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.