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The Washington times., 1937-02-19

The game will be played in the
Tech gym and will start promptly
at $50.
Carnegie and Pittsburgh were
tied at the end of the regular con-
ference season last year, both hav-
ing a record of seven victories and
three defeats. In the play-off the
TartanS won 1927.
Tech has four regulars remain
ing from last years championship
team. Only Joe MacCalka is
Returning veterans are
"Hoot" Gibson, forward; Hugh
Stretch" James, towering ST.
center, and Si Felser and Maurie
Patt, guards.
Earlier in the season George
town lost to Carnegie 25.17. The
HoyaS found the zone defense of
the Skibos so difficult to master
that they only scored two points
in the first half. Besides George
town, the Skibos hold wins over
Washington and JEFF
ferSon, West Virginia, Duquesne
and Geneva.
Coach Freddy Mesmer is ex-
pected to start the same five that
worked so successfully against
Syracuse. Harry Bassin and Ed
Kurtyka will hold down the for
ward berths, Mike Petroskey will
be at center, and Tommy Nolan
and Don Gibeau at the guards.
Carroll Shore. injured in the Yale
game, will be ready for action and
will be inserted when needed.
In a preliminary starting at
I, the Georgetown freshmen will
meet the Delaware and Hudson
Independent five. Probable line
ups are as follows:
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

of Rob Roy Mackey as he swings
through Florida on his annual
winter hegira William Hope
and Jake Shuman, Warwick
pig-skinnerS, are also bouncing
and jOuncing along Dixie high
ways and by.wayS, chugging to-
ward the Pacific Coast.
Chester Bid, after a four
year layOff due to travels and
physical ailments, is back into
the duCkpin whirl Johnny
Micro will use some of that
fOOtwOrk he learned on the
diamond on the Odd Fellows
Hall dance floor where the Tile
settlers and TerrazzO. workers
are giving their dance and buf-
fet supper tonight.
GINO SINH
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS

We catch the torch you throw,
George 1t is ours to hold it
as high as we can. hoping at
times to hold it as you once
held it always
All that was mortal of George
A. Simpson was laid to rest in
the huShed and glistening 81
ience of SnOw.cOvered Mount
OIivet Cemetery yesterday. while
a wide representation from the
Capitals sports world paid sol
emn tribute to a loyal friend
and fine sportsman. The
Washington Times sports de.
partment is grateful to all who
helped sOlemniZe the occasion.
The sport parade marches on
Miami'S cleaning sands
crunch under the firm tOOtsies
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
FenCers
Beat Terps

The Johns Hopkins fencing
team nosed out the University of
Maryland foilmen by IA to 13 in a
hotly contested five-and-a half
hour tournament.
The local schools showing was
commendable because Hopkins is
considered one of the best teams
in the East, the latter school
having a professional coach and
an experienced team against Mary
land, with a student coach and
only two experienced men.
In this, the first 27-match
tournament fought by the two
schools, Hopkins took the foil,
5-4, Maryland took the Epee,
5-4, and Hopkins took the sabre,
5-4,
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
intolerance
HdsN0P|dCe
In Sports
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

"S~S SPVHSc ~SS~
N ext Wednesday,
Max Schmeling, who
by this time must know
every e swell in the
broad Atlantic and
cry iceberg also,
sails again from Ger
many to America to
protect his fighting
interests.
He is coming back to insist
that his contract for an early
June fight with Champion Jim
Braddock be carried out accord
ing to the written letter. This
is the fight away from which
Braddock SHE'D last September
on the claim of having arthritis
in one fin.
When the New York Boxing
Commission permitted this fight to
60 over until next summer, it
exacted a 5000 appearance guar
antee of Braddock which is now
In escrow somewhere or another.
Glue SchmeIing Air
Sinister influences are today at
work to sidetrack Schmeling and
trump up mid-June fight in Chi
cago between Braddock and the
peoples choice, Joe Louis.
The inference is that the Brad
dock-Schmeling fight will be boy
cotted by nationalities oppressed by
the Nazi government and that thus
the spoils from such a fight will
amount to not much more than
that from community bingo
party.
Those conniving to ignore
Schmeling, and Bradock and his
Shrewd little manager, Joe Gould,
are undoubtedly part of the plot,
adhere, o. profess to adhere, to
the thought that a champion has
a right to fight to the biggest pos
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Steele and Risko
Clash Tonight
BY DAVIS J. WALSH


International News Service Sports Editor
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 G.N.SO.
Something better than 10000 peo-
pie will witness the unveiling of
Freddie Steele, of the Pacific
Northwest, for his first Metropoli-
tan showing at Madison Square
Garden tonight, the occasion be-
ing 15-round fight with Eddie
Babe" RiSko, of Syracuse, for the
world middleWeight championship.
That is. it's the world middle
weight championship. as we OF
America are prepared to pay on
things like that, although Lou
Brouillard doubtless would like a
discreet word on the subject, now
that Marcel Thil has admitted
that maybe he was hit on the
necktie in Paris the other night.
This will be the third meeting
between Steele and Risko, Cou-
pie of the handsome Harrys with
which the middleweight division
is currently endowed. Risko, a
gent from the Navy, took the title
in 1885 and blew it to Steele last
July.
Steele is the party who hit Vince
Dundee on the jaw so hard that
it was necessary to wire the fellow
up like a signal box. Offhand,
about so per cent of Steele's fights
have been won by a knockout and
he's had the Pacific Northwest
gipbering about him for years. He
has lost only two fights in his en-
tire career, starting back in 1923,
and altogether he seems to be
quite a party.
He's 2 to l to retain the title,
largely off his gymnasium per-
formances. which have been ex-
cellent, and, all told, everything
would be ypSilanti and positively
upsala if it wasn't for the fact
that this Risko is nobody's chin
panzee.
First, he knocked over Teddy
Yarosz in a non-title fight; then
took the guy for his title in a later
fight. At that time Risko was
party who wound up like old
Eppa Rixey and let fly from first
base. But he's improved
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Fl. Myer Boxers Win
From Fort BeIVoir

Ft. Myers boxing team today
is celebrating q surprise victory
scored last night over the ring
men from Ft. Belvoir. The final
count was AZ to 312.
I1S-POund CIass-Labutta (BelvOir) de-
feated Heath, three rounds.
126-POund CIass-Clark Myer) de-
feated ShObe, three rounds.
13O-POund Observation-Disclosures (Myer)
drew with Dwyer, three rounds.
135.POund ClasS-Sezchak (Myer) de-
feated YOjchew, three rounds.
135-POund Class-BOOker (Myer) de.
feated Dagucki, three rounds.
I55.POund Class IS hreVe (Myer)
knocked out Harney, minute 8 seconds
third round.
I58-POund Class-Harris (Belvoir) de
feated Dunn, technical knockout, 1 min
ute 90 seconds first round.
l6O-POund Class - Benarick (BelvOiF)
defeated Furman, three rounds.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

sible gate because it might be his
last gate and it should therefore
be a big one.
They are frankly afraid the
threatened boycott may develop
into nothing less than a Sit-down
strike on the part of the anti-Nazi
Sympathizers. Which is to say
that a great number of people will
sit at home, rather than at the
HinpSide
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
New Grid Coach

ATCHISON, KanS., Feb. 49,.
St. Benedict's College today pre-
pared to welcome Marty Peters,
former Notre Dame grid star, as
the new athletic director and head
football coach. He succeeds Larry
Mullins. who resigned to become
football coach at Loyola UniVer-
sity, New orleans.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
They Point Back

They point, as proof for their
stand, that the Schmeling-Louis
fight was boycotted in such man
ner. They refer to the great num-
her Of empty seats at Yankee
Stadium the night of that fight,
particularly ringside seats which,
row on row, were quite vacated.
I find myself unable to agree
with any of the gentleman who
are putting up such excuses for
ditching Max Schmeling.
am unable to convince myself
that American fight-goers, as a
block, are influenced by any racial
bigotry, and I can think of many
reasons other than a anti-Nazi
feeling for the Schmeling-Loui
fight being a financial flop.
In the first place, not one man
in so, including your humble Serv.
ant, had any idea the Louis7SchmeI.
ing match was good one.
Same Old ShoW
The public, almost unanimously,
though it would be another early.
round knockoutS for Louis and re-
The Washington times., 1937-02-19

fused to pay such exorbitant
prices for seats as were being
asked.
They had seen Louis knock out
Carnera and Baer at very fancy
prices and didn't relish approx
mately the same act at costly fig.
ures with Louis going in against
a man who had been so much out
of the picture. comparatively mac
tive in the ring in his native Ger
many and who was nearly 80 years
old as against Louis % years.
Now, If anything would hurt the
CONTINUED on Page 81, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Pike vs.. Pincus

Pixies Confectioners tackle the
Pincus quint tonight in Merrick
Boys Club gym. The Pikers also
would like to play some team to,
morrow night, but the team must
have q gym.
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Walsh Knows How 1t
Is With Lou, Rupert
Rv DAVIS ]. WALSH

NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-Al know, after listening very in
teny of the enlightened minds Of the profess
so that Henry Lou Gehrg who after the biggest salary
baseball must be something Of sucker and that the Herr
Jacob Rupert might beeven with all evidence to the
of
The Washington times., 1937-02-19
Hoyas Oppose Skibos
Tonight at Tech

Fresh from their successful invasion Of the North which
cmaxed by upset victory strong Syracuse University
five Georgetown vastly improved Hoyas will go after their
fourth consecutive conference win of the tonight when
they meet the towering Skbo of Carnegie Tech last years
Eastern intercollegiate Conference champs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
THERE'S TRAFFIC
COP IN POTOMAC

There is a. traffic cop-officially
an inspector Of the Department of
Commences Bureau Of Navigation
in the Potomac River these days.
And that doesn't mean swimming
in the river, either.
Those swift launches you see
racing around, or just loafing
along through the harbor, around
Hams Point, or possibly travelling
up and down the Potomac chan
mel, are probably inspection boats
attached to the S. S. Navigation
now being overhauled in Wash
ington.
You can be sure Of it If you
know the official flag Of the Blu
reau Of Navigation, and it happens
to be flown that particular day.
The bureaus flag is rectangular
with a red circle in a blue field.
Inside the red circle is a white
sailing ship with three masts. But
when one of the high officials Of
the Government is aboard his flag
is flown instead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
Engineers Study
Maryland Canal

Engineers Of the War Depart.
ment have taken under advise.
ment proposed construction of a
canal connecting the Miles River
on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
to the Tired Avon River and upper
reaches of the Choptank River.
Action on the proposal is expected
after the next executive session
of the board, scheduled for Sep
TENDER 81.
Supporters of the project at a
hearing yesterday claimed it would
mean savings to waterborne COM
merce between Upper Chesapeake
Bay points and points on the East
ern Shore and would reduce fresh
vegetable and fish prices in BaIti-
more and Washington. Cost of
construction is estimated at $74,-
600.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
Donald WynkOOp
Dies of Infection

Eleven-year-old Donald Wyn,
koop died early today at Provi-
dence Hospital after a long and
terrific battle for life against a
rare bone infection. Donald has
lain within deaths grasp for near,
ly two weeks. Doctors had admin,
iStered three blood transfusions to
replace red corpuscles destroyed
by his disease. He injured his
ankle two weeks ago while play.
ing ball near his home in Claren.
don.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
Seeing America Last By Helen Essary1

to me. I'm from Kansas. There's not so much
scenery out there to catch your attention"
"All aboard" called the bus driver.
Here's your fried egg sandwich" said the
lunchroom boy. Take it and eat it as you 60"
We climbed into the bus again. The fried egg
man struggled up the high steps, clutching his
lunch in brown, shriveled hand.
Reaching for black goggles to protect the
eyes, and patting comfortable nests in the bus
pillows d5 cents extra) the bus passengers pre-
pared for the long journey across the Mohave
Desert
If had seen nothing new and thrilling and
had met no amusing people on this long trek, I
should have been rewarded for the troubles and
hardShips Of travel by the Mohave Desert alone.
Our bus load of travellers stopped there for
dinner at the Montmarte Cafe The Montmarte
Cafe was more like Nominate than you'd sus.
pect. It's tables had bright cloths and a red
green, yellow, blue or purple napkin at each
place. Small eating booths were crowded with
lively young men and women. The men were
collarless and tieleSs, the girls in Stacks and
bright shirts and blouses and bandannas
mechanical piano was playing IF Am Happy
You Must Be Happy, Too" The crowd was sing
ing over bowls of soup and platters of roast
beef and hash
sat down to order from an enormous menu
card and was trying to decide whether to select
from Hot Merchants Lunch" or Gold Mer.
chants Lunch, cold sliced pork, potato cakes
and lettuce" when familiar voice said to the
waitress at my elbow:
Fried egg sandwich, please" and DO you
mind Ma'am if I join you at the table2"
1t was the meek little man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
Polite Thief
Lifts Purse
Politely

Charles H. Storm, Of the An
napolis Hotel, was impressed with
the apologize politeness of a col
ored man who apparently spit on
his trousers accidentally last night
as he was walking in the 1900
block Of New York Ave. N. w.
The colored man apologized
profusely and insisted on brush
ing the gentleman's trousers with
his handkerchief. After the Incl
dent was over Mr.. Storm felt the
world was not such a bad place
to live in after all.
Later, however, he discovered,
that his billfold containing $3.50
had also been brushed off" him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
Marine GROUP
PLANS Dinner

A dinner meeting Of the Wash
ington branch, Society of the
Third (Marne) Division. will be
held September 8 at 1880 p. m. at
MAYORS Restaurant, it was an.
nounced today.
The feature of the meeting will
be election of officers, after which
dinner will be served. Four men
are candidates for the presidency.
At a recent executive meeting,
the officers of the association
voted to maintain the group as a
social organization and to steer
clear of political and legislative
activities.
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RUTLAND ASKS
INCREASED D. c.
HEALTH BUDGET
so Pct. Boost Next
Year Sought

Bemoaning inadequate appro.
priations for public health work
in the Nations Capital during the
past decade, Health Officer
George c. Rutland today re.
quested a so per cent increase in
his departmental budget for the
1899 fiscal year.
He asked for $3,416,655, an in.
crease of $1,208.465 over the cur.
rent appropriation of $2,208,190.
With the increased funds DR..
Rutland proposed starting a new
$450,0 medical ward at Calm
ger Hospital, building another
health center at a cost of 100000
and increasing the personnel in
the various divisions of the de-
partmentS fighting increases in
tuberculosis, venereal diseases and
other contagious ills.
DEATH RATE CITED
DR.. Rutland pointed out that
over the last decade the highest
per capita appropriation for pub"
lie health was $1.09. The current
appropriation is 81 cents. He said
the standards of the American
Public Health Service call for an
appropriation here Of $3.50.
The Capitals death rate for
1886 was 1859 per 100000 popula-
ton, while the rate for the rest
of the country was 1892. He
singled out the death rates from
pneumonia, tuberculosis and vene-
real diseases as the most alarming.
His statistics were:
Pneumonia-D. C. rate, 1891
per 100000 population. rest Of tho
nation, 81.8; tuberculosis-D. C.
rate, ITO, rest Of the nation, SIS;
venereal diseased. C. rate 1913,
rest of the country, 9.8.
Terming the public nursing syS
tenn the backbone of public health
work, DR.. Rutland requested an
increase of $62,O21 to employ an
assistant director Of the service,
three additional supervisors, 20 ad-
Continued on Page 10, Col. ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
MAJOR TRAFFIC
CHARGES fewer

Marked decreases in the number
of major traffic violation charges
filed in the Corporation Counsel's
office at Police Court during the
last fiscal year were noted in the
annual report forwarded to Cor
poration Counsel Elwood H. Seal
by his assistant, John O'Dea.
The report showed driving while
drunk cases decreased 27; chit
and rum" 206; first offense speed.
ing, 1858; third offense speeding,
II; reckless driving, So; passing
street cars, So, and bad brakes,
81.
Increases were shown in minor
traffic offenses, with overtime
parking cases increased by 4,316.
Total number of traffic cases
filed was 34,O85, in increase OF
2,790. There were 100 traffic
deaths, an increase of seven, and
1862 personal injuries, an in
crease of SOC.
In other branches of the court
the number of cases fell off 2,505.
with intoxication cases decreasing
1852 and diSordely conduct cases,
604. Vagrancy cases increased
275.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
Helen EsSary


. hasn't it," said the lunchroom boy. "And all
the rest of these people here gotta eat, too"
The rest of us sat around a white counter on
high stools, determinedly chewing on double
slices of thick white bread with dabs Of meat
or cheese between.
We had Just climbed down from the cross
country bus U8.hourtrp) bound for Los An
geles. Stiff and tired. we were taking the 40
minutes rest" prescribed by the bus driver.
Since in the morning we had been riding
in the sight Of mountains and lowering along
precipiceS.
I should have had for this Western pilgrim
age one Of those counters that club managers
use to check off the number of people who
come to dine and dance 1t would have been fun
to clock off the mountains.
IF only my eyes hold out from all this
lookin," said the blue polkadotted woman next
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
By Robert Convay
Revenues "Dried Up"

lett tramping, singing comrades and walked into
the Presidents executive offices.
The remainder, halted by Secret Service men
gathered in the auditorium of the Labor De.
partment where the Presidents communication
handed to LASER by Presidential Secretary Mar
win H. Mcintyre. was read to the idle army.
The Presidents message left responsibility to
Congress Before the marcherS could arrive to
press for more WPA appropriations, however
Congress adjourned. Now even the demon.
StratorS are getting fed up with the dullness of
it all. No bricks have been thrown. No army
has been called to shoe the demonstrators away
as occurred when the bonus expeditionary force
annoyed Roosevelt's predecessor, Hoover
Perhaps it is the lull before the storm. Per.
hapS prosperity, making its bow from around the
corner, has given the country something else
to think about. But Uncle Sans political nerve
center seems in a state of apathy.
Nobody Appears Excited
Nobody appears to get excited-not even about
the chances Of an extraordinary session of Con-
greSs next fall Majority Senate Leader Barley
and House Leader Rayburn had luncheon con.
ference with the President on that subject.
They admitted that their vews-both pro and
con-weren't important, indicating that F. D. R.
will continue to make his own decisions.
The President, asked what his plans were at
the o'clock press conference yesterday after
noon, would only say he had the special session
plan under Amusement.
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in his power to provide relief jobs for those
unable to obtain private employment, may have
coast-tocoast reverberations. The demonstrators,
last contingent of which arrived Monday, came
on foot in trucks and broken down nivvers,
from far and wide.
New York, New England, New Jersey. Penn
sylvania and important points in other Eastern
Southern and Middle Western States, are all well
represented.
Little Interest ShoUUn
But even yesterday. when a colorful parade
braved rain to march toward the White House,
White House correspondents sighed and reluct-
antly removed feet from desk tops. There was
little interest, even when a delegation headed by
David LASER, president of the Workers Alliance,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
John E. McCabe
Heads 40 and 8

John E. McCabe was named
grand chef de care Of the Gran lie
Voiture 174 of the Forty and Eight
Society last night as the organiza-
ton held it's grand promenade of
1887 in the Potomac Boat Club.
Songs of overseas days, such as
"Mademoiselle from Armentieres,
featured the meeting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
Fund to Restore
Church Sought

A campaign for funds to restore
st. Andrews Church, in st. Mary'S
county, Md, is being conducted by
members Of a committee appointed
by the Right Rev. James E. Free.
man, bishop of Washington. APP
proximately $4,000 will be needed.
according to Mrs. Samuel West
Russell, member of the commit
tee.
The church, near Leonardtown.
was founded IN 1851, when a group
voted 100000 pounds of tobacco
to build the structure. Services
were started there in 1865, and
have continued without INTERRUPT
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
Mattress Worker
Injured by Fire

Luther Watson, 20, of 616
Maryland Ave. S. w., a clerk in
mattress renovating shop Ats
C st. N. W., was recovering today
from burns received last night
when he attempted to put out a
fire in tool room of the shop.
Watson, after calling firemen,
attempted to put the fire out and
was burned about the legs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25

bert Hoover occupied that
mansion. Then get an eye
full Of the 5000, more or less,
jobless WPA men and women
camping nowadays on the
banks of the Potomac. Their
best antics are greeted with
a tremendous yawn.
Lack Of interest isn't geo.
graphical. The WPA problem
is nationwide, and President
RooSevelt'S message to the
marcherS yesterday, regret
fully telling them it wasn't
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25

"Sure, you'll get your fried
egg sandwich all right"
But I'm afraid the bus
might co." said the little man.
He was about IS and
wrinkled and meek and small.
Across the side Of one cheek
was a big red scar. He wrig-
gled on the high stool and con.
tinued querulously:
1.-THE doctor said I couldn't
eat meat and all you have is
ham,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-25
New Highway
Baltimore BOttieNeck
To Be Removed

A new four-lane highway 1pplac.
ing the present Washington Boule.
ward bottleneck in Baltimore, and
connect ag with tho present boule-
ward beyond Halethorpe, will DO
built before the end of 1888, Mary.
land State Highway Engineer Ma
than L. Smith announced YeSter
day.
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on old people by claiming to be
able to improve their eyesight.
But its conscience doesn't
seem to have been touched at
all by these labor leaders who
are collec tin G hard-earned
money from the working man
on the pretense that they in
tend to set up a Farmer-Labor
political party. It would seem
to be significant that they
aren't collecting any money
from the farmers for this pur.
pose. In the first place it would