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The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Collegiate Teams
Prime for Busy
Program
BY HARRY COSTELLO

Seven local college basketball
teams will play Is games, nine of
them at home, between now and
midnight Saturday. Boxers of
three local colleges will engage in
two dual meets, while track ath-
letes of two will compete in the
New York A. C's annual indoor
games in New York.
Washington's Big Four-George-
town, George Washington, Catho-
lie University and Maryland -
will be involved in six basketball
games, the top game of them all
being the Georgetown-Maryland
battle at College Park on Satur-
day night.
Saturday night at Maryland
bids fair to prove up as one of
the greatest intercollegiate nights
Washington ever has known. In
addition to the Georgetown-Mary-
land basketball game, there is the
dual boxing meet between the
Terps and Catholic University.
This latter event overShadoWS
even the GeorgetoWn-Maryland
basketball game.
Cards in New York
Catholic University's basketers
are in New York today for to.
nights game against Long Island
University. The Cards are not
rated strong enough to win over
Long Island. The latter quint is
one of the very best and going
great guns right now.
c. US second basketball ven
ture of the week will be staged
in C. us spacious gym on Thurs
day night when LaSalle comes
here from Philadelphia. After the
C. U.-LaSalle basketball game,
the Cardinal athletes will sit
back and rest the remainde- of
the week.
Maryland's schedule for the
week is a heavy one. The Terp
basketers oppose Washington ana
Lee, at College Park, on Thurs
Continued on Page 80, Col. II
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Lou last night dropped a TO-
round decision to Johnny Jena,
of New York, former National
Boxing Association featherweight
champion, but not before he had
made a tremendous hit with the
crowd which witnessed one of the
greatest ring battles ever fought
in Washington.
Twice GevinS5n sent the Span
ism veteran to the canvas, once
in the second round and again
in the ninth, but despite the Sc
verify of the storm on both &C.
CaSions, Pena won.
Stirring Fight
Veteran ringworms insist that
Washington never before in ring
history witnessed such a stirring
fight as the Pena-Gevinson affair.
The two set a rapid pace from
the first bell to the last, the
veteran Pena's ring experience
saving him from what appeared
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

certain knockouts in the second
and ninth rounds.
Pena went down the first time
wien Lou caught him flush on
the button with a short left hook.
johnny toppled over.
His eyes were CLASSY and OBJ
viously he was badly hurt. The
crowd came to its feet as one
man and yelled for Gevinson. At
nine, Johnny just did manage to
make it.
GevinSOn Gets Cut
Lou Swarmed all over the Span
iSh vet r"an, but the latter, smart
in the ways of the ring, rolled
with each blow delivered by Gev-
inson and escaped.
1t was the first time in his
career as a fighter that Pena had
hit the deck! The Spaniard has
fought more than $50 fights.
Prior to the first knockdown,
Pena opened a nasty cash over
Gevinson'S right eye and blood
Continued on Page 80, Col. A.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Co|oniia|s 7 k e
18th Victory

George Washington Univer-
sity's basketball Colonials today
are singing the praises of West
minister's courageous team.
Last night, in Tech High gym,
the fast-traveling G. w. quint en-
countered all sorts of difficulty
winning from the visiting team,
"a to 80.
1t was G. WIS thirteenth win
in IA starts.
G. W., expecting a hard battle
at the start, was forced every step
of the way by the hard-fighting,
clever visitors. Tommy O'Brien
and Bob Faris led the way for
G. w., while on the other side of
the situation Andy Demo and
Ken Grubb stood out. Between
them. Demo and Grubb account
ed for 26 Of Westminster's points.
O'Brien and Faris accounted for
II of G. WIS total.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

in Berlin recently . Small Mon
tana is making a hit all over
Europe. He boxes Warnock in Bel
fast this month, and also is signed
for fights in London, March 4, and
Paris, March Is Jack Doyle
was let off with a warning for foul
ing Robinson, the tanker he faced
in his recent comeback effort, and
his entire purse was turned over
to him. The McGovern brothers,
of Brooklyn, please take notice =. e.
Jackie Kid Berg won his comeback
bout with Ivor Pickens, the Welsh
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Conniskey Offers
App|ing $17,5O0

CHICAGO, Feb. 16-J. Louis
Comiskey, owner of the Chicago
White Sox, expressed confidence
today that Luke Appling, major
league hitting champion, will
sign the contract forwarded him
yesterday.
Appling returned his original
contract, calling for $4,000, with
a note asking for $4,000 for his
services for 1887. Comiskey Of
fered $17,500, and said today he
will sit tight on that figure.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Louis, BraddoCk
Sign Friday

CHICAGO, Feb. 49, The Joe
Louis-Jim Braddock signing for.
malities will be staged here Fri.
day, although the battle for Brad
docks heavyweight title has been
definitely set for some weeks.
Before entraining for Kansas
City where Louis will fight Matte
Brown tomorrow night, Mike
Jacobs conferred with Chairman
Joe Triner of the State boxing
commission, and assured him
everything is all set"
Louis finished sparring sessions
yesterday, and after a light work.
out here today will leave for Kan.
sas City. He, his co-managers,
and Jacobs will return Thursday
for the ceremonial signing to be
staged for the benefit Of the news
reel men and photographers.
The Louis-Braddock battle, 1t
is understood, will be staged at
Comiskey Park the evening OF
June %, although Jacobs inti-
mated yesterday he would prefer
to hold the fight at Soldiers Field.
''But," said Jacobs, "We're
not going to be held up by an
exOrbitant price. The park
board couldn't have been serious
in asking for IS per cent Of the
gate. It's away out Of line. !
think that a 5 per cent rental
is q fair price"
Jacobs, who holds an exclusive
contract on Louis services, will
be associated in the promotion Of
the fight with the Sporting Club
of Illinois
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
= Coast Bout Offered Baer

based on the attendance at home
games.
The Italian Pugilistic Federation
has ruled that all Italian boxers
must fight for Italian managers,
with the exception that they will
be permitted to fight in Europe,
outside Of Italy, under the direc-
ton Of three French managers
who have been designated by the
federation :. Vittorio Tamagnini,
lightweight champion of Europe,
beat Rudolph Kretzchmer, the
German champion, in a title bout
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Brown Ends Workouts

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 16.-Natie
Brown, Washington Hebrew, who
is to meet Joe Louis in a 10-round
bout here tomorrow night, wound
up his training with light work
out today and the declaration that
he will go the route with the De-
troit Negro.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16

WO LOVELY REASONS WHY ROSSN TEAMS SET RED HOT PACE IN LEAGUES

EVELYN ELLIS (left)
and Lucy Rose (right) COM
bine good-looks with super
ior bowling ability all in the
cause of the Rosslyn team
which is leading the South
Atlantic and the Ladies Dis
trict leagues. Each sports
an average of 100 in the Dis
trict loop, while Mrs. Rose
has about 112 in the inter-
city cir cult. Pictures by
Times sports photographer
for International News serv-
ice.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Scott Gets Nod

RICHMOND, Feb. 16.-Howard
Cowboy" Scott, of washington,
D. c., last night took an easy 10
round decision over Eddie NC
Geever Scranton, Pa. Scott scaled
1876 and McGeever 1884. The de-
ciSion was unanimous.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Ruth Sees HoIdout
Record for Baseball

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 16.
Babe Ruth arrived here today and
made two predictions.
One was that he would win the
fourth annual Midocean golf
championship, starting on Thurs
day. The other was that 1887
would establish a record for base
ball holdoutS.
In addition to Ruth, some 80
golfers from the United States are
here for the tournament.
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Gevinson Wages Fight
'Spite Loss to Pena

Washngtonans fortunate enough to have witnessed last
nights feaherweght battle in Turner's Arena today sing
ing the praises of Lou Gevnson this % hope for the feather
The Washington times., 1937-02-16
Great Chance
For Terrdpiin
RaCeatMd.
Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

All university night
at the University of
Maryland leaves me a
little cold.
Evening star., 1937-05-21
Bedtime Story
The Great Mouth

asleep as he sat there, motionless.
No. sir, Grandfather Frog didn't look
in the least dangerous. If Father said
that that mouth was big, it must be
big. but they never saw it open, 50
they had no idea how big it was.
Closed it somehow didn't look par
ticularly dangerous.
One morning, as one Of the little
Sandpipers passed the shore end OF
that old board, he glanced out, as
usual, to see if Grandfather Frog was
sitting on the outer end He wasn't.
The small bird decided that he would
run out and see what it was like out
there. No sooner thought of than
done. For a minute or two he stood,
bobbing and teetering in that funny
way of his. Something, he didn't know
what, caused him to turn his head.
He stared into two big, goggly eyes
that, somehow, seemed to have
hungry look. in them. There was
Grandfather Frog, just preparing to
climb out on that board. Then the
small bird found himself staring into
a big mouth, bigger mouth than
he had dreamed any one could possess.
Grandfather Frog was making a lunge
at him. There wasn't time to run
back. There was just one thing to
do, and he did it-plunged headfrst
into the water off the end of that
Evening star., 1937-05-21
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS


r T ISN'T nice to be suspicious. On
the other hand, it isn't wise to be
too trustful. This is especially
true with strangers, or those Of
whom you know little. 1t isn't nee
essary to be always suspicious; neither
Is 1t necessary to be too trustful.
Trustfulness gets more people into
trouble than suspicion ever keeps out
OF trouble. The little people of the
Green Meadows and the Green For
est know this. The older ones do,
anyway. They know that being too
trustful of strangers is the chief rea-
son that so very many just starting
out in the Great World do not get
very far and are no longer heard of.
-Four wee folk, the children of
Teeter the Spotted Sandpiper, had
stood staring at Grandfather Frog,
who had just climbed out on the
end of an old board among the
rushes in the shallow water at the
side Of the Smiling Pool. One of
them had hoped up on the shore
end Of that board. None ever had
seen Grandfather Frog before. They
were not afraid of him. He was a
Frog, and because they had learned
that there was no reason to fear
other and smaller Frogs, they saw
no reason to fear him. So when their
father, Teeter, called a warning they
didn't know what to make of it.
They obeyed and ran to him, for
they were obedient little folk, but
why he had called them they hadn't
the least idea until he told them.
That is Grandfather Frog the
Bultrog. You mustn't get too near
Grandfather Frog" said Teeter.
why? What is the matter with
Grandfather Frog?" one of them
asked.
He has too big a mouth" replied
Teeter.
''All the Frogs have big mouths. OF
course, his Is bigger because he is
bigger than the others, but I don't
see what that has to do with U.s."
said one Of the youngsters.
You would if you should happen
to find yourself inside it," replied
Teeter dryly.
The four stared at Teeter as if
they thought they must have mis-
understood him. do you mean he
would try to swallow one of us?"
ventured one
IF he got the chance he would
swallow one of you as quickly as he
would snap up fly replied Teeter.
keep away from him. Even 1 take
care not to go very near Grandfather
Frog. That mouth of his is too big"
Somehow, in view of the fact that
the other Frogs were not dangerous,
1t was difficult to believe that there
could be any real danger in Grand
father Frog. After this first sight of
him they saw him almost every day.
That old board was a favorite place
with him. He loved to sit on the end
of it. Often when the little Sand
pipers were running along the shore
they saw him out on the end of that
board. Sometimes they stopped to
stare at him. He looked harmless
enough. Usually he looked to be half
Evening star., 1937-05-21
Natures Children
Chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger).

government passed a law protecting
the almost wiped-out animal. Today
few may be seen where once hundreds
played over the rough ground.
A few men have tried to raise the
chinchilla for its fur, but it has not
been successful venture. High and
dry places are not easy to obtain, and
the little animal. used to freedom, is
unhappy and quarrelsome in captivity.
Many think they are wearing chin
chllla, when they are wearing noun
tain rat. an animal that lives in the
same locality and has fur that is a
pretty light gray. The beautiful little
chinchilla, whose coat was 50 desired
by those who could afford to pay high
prices for it, is another example o7
ruthless killing for a fad,
Copyright. l937D
Evening star., 1937-05-21

name Of Molina described the bright
eyed chinchilla. 1t was very common
then in the Andes of Northern Chile
and Argentina as well as Southern
Peru and Bolivia. Until 80 years ago,
many Of them could be found living
happily at an altitude of three to fif-
teen thousand feet above sea level.
Here the climate was cold and dry,
and the warmly clad chinchillas lived
among the rocks and boulders in holes
and crevices where their many foes
could not reach them.
There were WeaSels, foxes, wildcats
and birds of prey, ever on the look
out for them. Against the cold the
chinchillas were amply protected, but
they had no means of fighting their
battles.
However, they were built along lines
that enabled them to go over the
ground swiftly, for their long hind feet
and legs could easily leap from rock to
rock and their plumed tails was an
efficient balancer. It was rudder,
too. when the little chinchilla sailed
JnTOugn tle alI.
They depended on grasses to be
found close to their home for food as
we'll as the bark, branches and leaves
Of the shrubs. For liquid refreshment,
they had the heavy morning dew.
The nursery is under huge boulders,
the entrance to it being small and
rather difficult to find. Two sets of
children are born each year, one to
three in each set. The babies are pro-
vided with warm thick gray fur coat
that keeps out the icy blasts.
All went well with the chinchillas
until the fur became popular. Then
the little creatures knew no place they
could flee from man. If his gun did
not get them, his traps did The
slaughter of the harmless chinchilla
was so intense that last the Chilean
Evening star., 1937-05-21

hopeless. A trump was opened and
Mr.. Farley promptly ran of all six
trumps. West, being afraid that
dummy's heart suit could be estab-
lished, discarded only one heart, then
small trump, and finally made the
foolish discard of the eight OF dia-
monds. Mr. Farley, deciding the dia-
mond flnesse was wrong, then led his
singleton queen of hearts and when
west failed to cover, the queen held
the trick Declarer then played the
ace of clubs and followed with the
ace Of diamonds.
At this point west could have saved
the situation by throwing his king.
This play would have established Mr..
Farley's queen, but he would then
have had to lose his remaining small
diamond and a club trick.
Actually, west played his low dia-
mond, whereupon Mr.. Farley threw
that hapless player in with the king
ana the last two tricks were won by
dummy's ace-jack of hearts, as west
was forced to lead his king small.
tCopyright. 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-21

While the bidding was quite good
the hands were somewhat of misfit,
and the slam contract appeared rather
Evening star., 1937-05-21
Brain Twizz1ers
BY PROF. J. d. FLINT.

WHILE visiting an asylum one day
wv a man entered room in which
such notables as Napoleon, Catherine
the Great, Caesar. Cleopatra and
William the Conqueror were seated
Each of the inmates representing
these characters took turn making
4 speech. After several talks, Caesar
stepped up and started an grafton
about himself. He began: Caesar
entered on his head, his helmet on
his feet, his sandals in his hand, his
sword on his forehead, a frown and
sat down." The visitor, thinking the
whole procedure interesting, took the
speeches down in shorthand, but
when he came to transcribing them
later he had difficulty punctuating
Caesars words to make sense. Can
you do 1t?
Copyright. 1877
(Answer on Page C-6)
Evening star., 1937-05-21

T ISN'T nice to be suspicious. On
the other hand, it isn't wise to be
too trustful This is especially
Evening star., 1937-05-21

The Four Aces will be pleased to an
swer letters from readers If a stamped
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Evening star., 1937-05-21

board and swan for dear life. Grand
fathers big mouth closed on empti-
ness, but it was narrow, a very mar
row, escape.
(Copyright, 1877
Evening star., 1937-05-21
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES,
Squeezing Out a Slam.

Mwin Oswald acoby Howard schenken worlds sadini
offour, of the system that has beaten
Evening star., 1937-05-21
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

Y vERE is another vanishing
American. His coat of soft
gray fur has been in such de-
Il L mand, that the rightful own
ers have almost been wiped out be-
cause Of the greed of their human
brothers. So it looks as If the charm
ing little animal will soon be memory,
unless something very drastic is done
to save it.
In 1882, a naturalist of Chile by the
Evening star., 1937-05-21

Squeezing Out Slam.
EADERS will be interested in
the hand printed below which
II was submitted to us by Philip
L Y F.. Farley, {, follower OF this
column. Mr.. Farley. playing with
William j. Topken. made snail slam
by means of pseudo squeeze. While
the contract, it takes real defensive
skill to combat the deadly squeeze.
South, dealer.
North-south vulnerable.
Mr.. Topken.
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The bidding:
South West North East
"a Pass ~ Pass
- Pass Sd Pass
o. Pass Pass Pass
While the bidding was quite good
the hands were somewhat of misfit,
and the slam contract appeared rather
Evening star., 1937-04-09

mated and their records stored away
where, nobody but Louis Monroe
knows.
Monroe, a former clerk in the Board
OF Education Offices for AZ years, who
retired about three years ago, was
characterized by Degges as "a walking
encyclopedia. He is contacted By
phone and tells just in which corner
OF which attic of which school the
rolls can be found.
The only redeeming feature, to
clerks, is the occasional humor that
comes up. There was, for example,
the case of the old colored man whose
age was to be investigated.
DO you remember who was Presi-
dent when you went to school? Was
1t Lincoln? queried a clerk.
oh, no, no, no, that was way befo'
nah time" was the reply.
An exhaustive chronology of post
Civil War Presidents followed without
getting anywhere. The answer was
always in the negative
Patiently the clerk decided to start
at the very beginning: Was it Wash
ington? George Washington"
Well" mused the old fellow
thoughtfully, "he may have been
runnin' round town, but I never paid
no attention to him.
The school force has been playing
this game of "how-old-am-I?" for
some time, Degges disclosed. There
have always been such cases where
people taking out insurance, or for
civil service tests or passport pur-
poses, have sought the date of their
birth through the school records, but
never has it reached the proportions
OF today under the social security act.
The large demand for school service
In age determination brought the mat
ter to the attention of Supt. Frank
w. Ballou, and the result was a cir
cular requesting supervising principals
and others to file notice of what
records they possess so they will have
some sort of organization to meet the
demand. He suggested that w. P. A.
workers assigned to schools should be
used in this work
Until this is done there is con-
siderable speculation as to the re-
sulting chaos If anything should hap
pen to Monroe.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
ARMY AND GUARD HELD
40 PCT. UNDER STRENGTH
Standard of 1920 National De-
fense Act Cited by Col. Gruber
in Address,

in Address.
The Regular United States Army
and the National Guard are only 40
per cent as strong as allowed under
the 1920 national defense act, COL
Edmund L. Gruber said Yesterday
at a special Army day luncheon meet
ing of the Kiwanis Club at the May
flower Hotel. Col. Gruber is at
tached to the operation and train
ing branch of the Army.
Col. Gruber pointed with pride,
however, to the fact appropriations
for research and modernization Of
the Army have grown gradually from
a low point of s4,oO0,0OO to the cur
rent figure Of s7o,oOoOo0. The Army
learned its lesson from the World
War, he said
The Reserve Officers Training
Corps, Col. Gruber said, "has well
justified itself, and any curtailment
would create a deplorable situation. j."
The speaker was introduced BY
Alvin Hall, vice chairman OF the En-
tertalnment Committee. President
George Mangan presided.
Evening star., 1937-04-09
RAIL-TRUCK CRASH
BLAMED ON DRIVER
Wreck Fatal to Two at Dorsey,
Md.-Cause Set by

Responsibility for the grade-cross~
ing wreck at Dorsey. Nd, February
Is, which cost the life of Baltimore
G Ohio engineer and a truck driver,
was placed on the latter today in the
report OF w. J. Patterson, director Of
the Bureau OF Safety OF the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
The engineman who lost his life
was Elmer G. Pope, So, Of Ridgevlle,
Md. The truck driver was Sol Eli,
20, of Baltimore, employed by the
Davidson Transfer g. Storage Co.
The fireman, Claude Beard, A, Of
Frederick, amid f1ve passengers were
injured.
This accident was caused by a
motor truck being driven upon a
highway crossing at grade directly in
front of an approaching train," the
report said.
The accident occurred In midafter-
noon and involved a passenger train
eastbound from Washington.
Evening star., 1937-04-09

that they were S. He put the aver
age cost of an age record search at
50, explaining the names are listed
geograp phically instead OF alphabetic-
ally.
The bureau is micro-filming It's rec
ords to facilitate research.
A s3,0O0,000 Works Progress Ad-
ministration project in st. Louis has
indexed the entire 1900 census re-
turns on 50,000,O00 cards Austin said
this would reduce the cost of a Ger
tificate of age to few cents.
These documents are literally
priceless" Austin said. I'VE are the
only Nation in the world that has q
complete record Of its people, men,
women and children, from its organi-
zation up to date"