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Evening star., 1937-01-20
D. c. RECREATION
STATUS CLOUDED
Leaders Claim Odd Data in
Report Ranks Capital
Too Hiqh.

A warped picture of District recre-
ational facilities, as measured by those
Of II comparable" cities, is presented
in statistical studies CT the Jacobs
Fiscal Relations Committee, 1t was
charged today by informed recre-
ational leaders here.
These leaders made no attempt to
belittle any advantages possessed by
the District. Rather. they insisted
there is need for more. that present
needs are not yet met. But they did
voice amaZement that the fiscal
experts based generalizations on sta
tistical counts which could not accu-
rately be compared.
Here is an example: Kansas City,
Mo, was listed in the committee sta
tistical tables as having no tennis
courts, no outdoor swimming pools,
and no golf links. That served to
tear down the averages for the II
comparable cities and to boost the
high rank accorded the District as to
play facilities.
More Than 100 Courts.
The facts are, however, that Kansas
City does have tennis courts, to the
number Of ITO in 1882. and perhaps
more now. Washington, in 1885, was
counted as having SO. Kansas City
does have golf links, amounting to
three 18-hole courses and one 9-hole
course, in 1892. And Kansas City has
outdoor pools.
Why these discrepancies? The rea-
son is that in Kansas City these fa-
cilities, while for recreation, are
classed as belonging to the city park
system and their expenses are so
charged.
These disclosures are pertinent to
the fiscal inquiry since statistics
upon which the committee depended
showed that the District ranked high
in both facilities and play personnel
They showed that the District had
an average of 8.3l regular workers for
recreation, per 10000 population,
whereas the average for the II cities
was but 429 or a little more than
half the number here
The committee calculations also
were influenced by the inclusion of
Rochester, N. Y, in the statistical
tables. Rochester has virtually no
recreational program as known here.
1t hires no playground directors at all.
It has but tennis courts, ! wading
pool, 1 18-hole golf course and little
else, according to the committee fig
ures. Consequently, its record heavily
reduces the average for the II cities.
Newark shows up in the committee
tables with but one base ball diamond,
whereas the District is credited with
81. It Is not stated In the committee
report, however, that the county park
system in Newark-outside the Mu-
nicipal system-provides considerable
such facilities. Such is the case.
Programs Vary.
There are other strange elements
Milwaukee has the highest average for
recreation personnel, with 1917 per
10000 population, nearly double that
for the District. Milwaukee has III
tennis courts listed but only one 18-
hole golf course and one of 9 holes
Boston specializes, apparently, in
bathing facilities. having q beaches
and pools listed, but with only 81
Evening star., 1937-01-20
.0X0N RUN SEWER
PROGRESS RELATED
Transit Service Also Dis.
cussed at Southeast
Council Session.

A detailed report on the progress
that is being made toward the con-
struction of the Oxon Run sewer was
given by Emil Press, assistant to the
District sanitary engineer. at a meet
ing last night Of the Southeast Council
In the eleventh police precinct.
He declared that despite adverse
views on the subject, such as the
elimination Of an item Of $4,000 by
the Budget Bureau and the contem-
plated cut in relief help. the inter-
ceptor was nearer realization than ap-
peared on the surface. He concluded
by saying that ultimately the project
would serve about $4,000 residents.
At present four citizens associations
in the communities affected are maxi
ing efforts to have the appropriation
restored by Congress.
Another speaker, D. ]. Locke Of the
Capital Transit Co., discussed bus and
street car service, disclosing that the
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increase in mass transportation since
the merger in 1888 had grown more
than so per cent, with the increase
greatest among the buses.
New School Backed.
Business undertaken by the council
was the passing Of a motion support
ing the North Randle Community As
sociation in its efforts to obtain an
eight-room school at Minnesota ave-
nue. and e street southeast.
Other action considered was the
request by the Bradbury Heights As
sociation for q flre-alarm box at Hill
side road and Forty-fourth place
southeast, referred to Police and Fire
Committee for a report at the next
meeting; q motion passed requesting
the reopening Of Eleventh street from
B street northeast to South Carolina
avenue southeast, which is now one
way south, to two-way traffic, and the
appointment Of a special committee
from the 10 groups represented in the
council to confer with the traffic di.
rector; the unanimous Endorsement of
the reappointment Of Commissioners
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Hazen and Allen and opposition to the
Jacobs Committee report on fiscal
relations.
To Seek Library Fund.
Although an item Of $4,000 for the
purchase Of ground for q branch
library in Anacostia was stricken out
by the Budget Bureau, q special COM
mittee consisting Of Capt. Frank M.
Dent, chairman; z. J. Newcomb, A. w.
Lee, H. D. Wood and w. e. Nair was
appointed to appear before the House
and Senate Appropriations Commit
tees in an effort to have the item
restored.
Representatives from Washington
Highlands, Southeast, Anacostia, Hill
crest, Bradbury Heights, Lincoln Park,
Congress Heights, Randle Highlands
and North Randle Community at
tended the meeting.
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AIR OFFICER TO RETURN

Maj. Theodore J. Koenig, Army Air
Corps, formerly In Washington rs Air
Corps Reserves instructor, has been
ordered relieved from his present posts
as assistant military attache for air to
Germany. the Netherlands, Denmark
and Sweden aud as assistant military
attache at Berlin.
Maj. Koenig will return to the
United States for duty with Air Corps
troops at Mitchell Field, NY.
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Fairgrounds whereas the District has
81. In other words, the programs
vary widely.
There are no uniform practices
among cities, no yardsticks. no real
means of making comparisons. said a
District recreation official. Further
more, the statistics selected by the
Jacobs Committee gave number Of
Fairgrounds and not the area Of play
spots. It gives attendance figures but
there is no way of measuring how
adequate was the service"
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To Speak on Social Security.

DR.. Frank Horne of the National
Council of Youth will talk on Social
Security and Youth" tomorrow at
noon meeting of the Washington
Council of Social Workers at the
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A., Dol
Rhode Island avenue.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

American Candy Popular.
People of.the Philippines are show
ing an increased fondness for Amer
ican candy.
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II SEIZED IN GAMBLING
RAID ON CLUB HERE
Three Charged With Setting Up
Gaming Table After Police
Enter Establishment.

Raiding the Printers Literary
Club" at 1906 I street yesterday, police
arrested II men, 8 of whom were
charged with setting up a gaming
table.
Breaking down a door at the above
address, the raiders, led by Sergt.
George c. Deyoe, seized a number of
alleged racing slips, cards and dice.
Those charged gave their names as
Herbert Donald. 80, of 1916 Seven
teenth street: Thomas B. Reynolds,
20, 1854 Thirty-first street. and John
r. Green, "a, colored. Of TAI Fairmont
street northeast. There were no print
ers in the group.
The IA not charged were released
to appear as witnesses.
Evening star., 1937-01-20

WHAT NOW is New York's Park
w Avenue was an ugly cash through
the heart of Manhattan only a generation
ago. Squalid buildings lined its sides; dirt
and noise made it a place where no one
wanted to live.
Then in 1906 began an amazing trans
formation. The railroad was electrified. A
boulevard, divided in the center by plots
of grass and shrubs, lined with apartment
houses, clubs and hotels, grew up over the
railroad tracks, supported by columns OF
steel. An ingenious system Of separate col
umns was devised to sustain the track levels,
the street, and the apartment houses. The
sturdy steel legs on which the buildings stand
are insulated with vibration-mats Of lead,
asbestos, and cork. Those who live on Park
Avenue, or walk or ride on it, are scarcely
conscious that beneath them pass 500 heavy
trains in each "a hours.
1t could not have been done without steel.
Steel is the basic product, the underlying
factor in progress of many kinds. United
States Steel laboratories, working with the
men in the mills, have constantly produced
better steel. This in turn has resulted in
better transportation for America, better
communication, better farming, and, as dra-
matically shown by Park Avenue, better
cities and homes.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-18
77nlilITo1 For n Cup And Still PuVinq!

sition by radio, and after that was not heard
from again until she finally showed up on the
Atlantic coast of America under an emergency
rig! She had been lost for days; the towing
yacht had not returned to the radoed position
but had made for port under her own power
the captain evidently figuring that the risk of
trying to pick up the EndeaUom II in the storm
was too great.
The captain of the challenger was in a fight
ing mood when he arrived Abandoned by the
towing yacht, he had made the crew fix up d
jury rig and rode out the storm finally making
port under sail. This proves that the cup racers
specialized though they are-can still conquer
the Atlantic.
1t is unfortunate that so much money is spent
on a sport which often creates i'll will as
anything else The last regatta with contenders
coming in flying the foul claim flag constant
pickering before the rules committee, and many
charges of unfair practice on both Sides left
bad impression. 1t may be hard to wipe that
out. And that was not the worst case of i'll
feeling after a cup race!
Way back in 1895, British syndicate headed
by Lord Dunraven sent over Vdlkyrie III as a
challenger Months later Americans were still
repeating the joke of the year: Amt you Dun
raven YETI"
The Defender won the first race
At the start of the second race some compli-
Gated maneuvers occurred during which Val
kyrie III fouled Defender and the race commit
tee decided that Vdikyrie III should be disquali-
fed in that race. To make matters worse, the
boats sailed on unaware of the decision, and
the English boat crossed the finish line first
Even with the time allowance, the British boat
won. When it announced that the race COM
mittee had disqualified Vdlky'ie Ill., Lord Dun
raven went right up in the air and he didn't
come down for months.
Two days later both boats crossed the start
ing line for the third and Valkyrie III
withdrew almost Immediately.
Vdlkyrie III and Lord Dunraven went home
to England. What he said became front page
material, it SO hot. He didn't like American
decisions and he declared that the Americans
had slyly put extra ballast in their boat, which
would have been cheating under the specifica
tions American papers Immediately called him
a liar and bounder The Prince of Wales was
drawn into the battle. The Prince very wisely
he ought to go back to America and demand an
investigation. Dunraven did,
The investigation thorough 1t cleared
the American owners and turned public opinion
in both countries against Dunraven q. . who, of
course, madden than
The present challenger, Thomas Octave Muir
doch Sopwith, ought to know about air currents
the first daredevil pilots. 1t was in 1910 that he
$4,000 prize for flying the Eng
lish Channel Now he hopes that his boat will
the air currents efficiently the planes
he builds for Englands air fleet.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-18

yacht built in the challenging nation. There are
never more than two in the race.
Second, he specified a size for these yachts
f they had only one mast-as most of the re-
;ent boats have had--they must be between 65
md 80 feet long 1t would be possible to build
bigger and faster boats than the cup racers; in
act, many of the older boats entered in the
event were twice as big the present day
types and had more than twice much sail
Third, the challenger had to sail to the scene
of the race This rule has been changed so that
most challengers towed across the Atlantic
to save time. queer turn of the rule occurred
this year. Tom Sopwith ordered his challenger,
Endeauou II, towed across the ocean. All went
well until they got to the middle of the Allan
tic. Then terrible storm came up. During the
night the challenger-with captain and crew on
board--broke from her tow line and was lost.
The next day the Endeduour II sent out her po-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-18

New York that they bring over one of the city's
crack pilot boats (pilot boats were fast sailers
in those days. and try for the Hundred Guneas
Cup of 1851.
The Americans thought they would do better
than that. They had small schooner built for
the race This schooner, called the America, was
only SS feet long on the waterline but she sailed
over the Atlantic to the Isle of Wight. where
the race was to be held.
There was some confusion when she arrived
The first race which she might have entered
was an event in which she would have had to
give time allowance to all the smaller boats
The owners, Stevens and Schuyler, didn't
for that idea, and the America didn't enter
This left the British in a peculiar position. A
boat had been built and sailed over from Amer
lea to compete against them in their own
waters. Yet the ownsrs of this boat would not
conform to the racing custom of that time and
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-18

give handicaps Therefore, rather; than see the
visitors sail home without a race, they threw
the Hundred Guineas Cup race open to all en-
tries without a time allowance to anyone.
There were three dangerous rivals for the
America in this sixtymile contest around the
Isle of Wight and all three of them were put
out by accidents. The America sailed in with
tremendous lead and won the cup. Ever since
that time it has been one of the established
precedents in cup racing that the races are for
the purpose of determining which is the better
built boat as we'll as which one is the faster; if
a mast breaks off or a sail gives way, that is
just too bad for the victim.
The cup was given to the owners of the
America The last one of them to die, George l..
Schuyler of the New York Yact Club, made out
a deed of gift and outlined the conditions for
racing. Perhaps these conditions will explain To
you why the Cup Races held the way they
are.
First, he demanded that the race be betwee.
one yacht built in the defending nation and one
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-18
1t Takes Real Money, AS Well
AS Skill, To Race Boats! <
By Bob Edgren, Jr.

y ness. Football, tennis baseball, even the Oily
Games. mean profits. What kind of business
you call it when the interested parties spend
100000 to win cup?
There is a sport in which competitors have
that much 10 win, and. strange to say, this
which demands such great sacrifices has proc
some of the most glaring examples of poor ST
manship.
The pastme we refer to is yacht racing for A
icas Cup a trophy which will be risked once me
a regatta beginning July 81.
Many picturesque and unusual characters have
tied for this mug One man who hors
driver in New Orleans later spent $4,000 900 Il
to win it; another who began his career as a
storming aviator put S700,0 900 into a cup racer
year and nearly lost his whole investment in a
on the Atlantic.
Even though this boat did not go to the bottom
may still turn out to be heavy loss. Why?
take the case of an average cup-racing craft; E
prise, for instance. Enterprise won the Cup ref
in 1880. She cost 100000 then. Inside of five
years she was scrapped for junk. Value, $4,000.
An old cup racer is a sad sight. There used
to be one at the New York Athletic Club yacht
anchorage off Travers Island. The owner had
bought the boat for very little, and tried to
make her over into a serviceable yacht. He
had partitioned the space below decks into
staterooms. and had built a trunk cabin to
give extra headroom. The whole experiment was
d uZZic. Inc pOdl WdS just uOl Dulll W De USE
full. She was disappointment from the start.
When the writer went aboard she had been
abandoned for a year or more. The paneling
was warped out of shape, and partly ripped
from the stateroom walls by vandals. The light
ing fixtures were smashed; the floor planking
torn up; the few tattered bits of cloth remain
ing below were stained and mildewed A musty
smell of rotting beams and DID, unaired bilge
water pervaded everything below. 1t gave you
the creeps. Up on deck, matters were no better.
The seams were opening. The mast, unvar-
nished, was cracking open and turning white
Scraps of rusty cable, with broken wire-ends
sticking out of them, lay on the plankng where
once nimble feet had in answer to racing
shippers shouted command. The deck was
stained red and brown with rust, where it
wasn't bleached white by the sun or turned gray
by the damp.
She lay heavy in the water; not a1oat
stuck fast in the mud to stay, like rotting log.
That was the end of a cup racer.
Now for the glory. There is great deal of
that! Perhaps you have heard how some Brit
ish yachting enthusiasts suggested to friends in
Evening star., 1937-11-08
TOP GRID SCORERS
HIT BUMPY GOING
Colorado's White, With II
Points in One Game, Is
Big Exception.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
r IKE the leading football teams,
the leading scorers found the
going rough over the last week
end, but Byron CWhizzer)
White of Colorado provided the big
exception.
The topmost point-getter in the
Rocky Mountain Conference picked up
II points-all his team made-with
two touchdowns. one extra point and
field goal. That brought his total
for six games this season up to 79
points, enabling him to pass the Mid
western leader. Wayne Shelley of Au-
gustana IS. ID and take second place
in the national tabulation behind Bill
(Big Boy Tranavitch of Rutgers.
Tranavitch made one touchdown on
82-yard run against Lafayette to
keep the national lead with an 3D.
point total. He has made IL touch
downs and IL extra points. Shelley,
who scored z points Saturday, also
has IL touchdowns and a total of rs
points. White, with 16 points after
touchdowns, leads the leaders in that
department.
Evening star., 1937-11-08
ONLY L ELEVENS
UNBEATEN, UNITED
'Bama, Colorado, Santa
Clara, Lafayette, Montana,
Major Survivors.

BY the Associated Press.
"HE mighty have fallen on the
gridiron-definitely.
After the first Saturday in
4 November, the honor roll OF
major" teams which remain unde-
feated and united reads: Alabama,
Colorado, Montana, Santa Clara,
Lafayette.
There are II in all, including upper
Iowa College, which kept its record
pretty well hidden until this week, but
all except the five mentioned belong
on the small-team list without any
trace of doubt.
Over the week end, the apparently
unbeatable California crew was held to
a Scoreless tie by Washington; Baylor
was set back by Texas; Louisiana State
Northeast Center, the high-scorine
crew which had rolled up 282 points,
was stopped in 90 stalemate by
Southeastern Louisiana, and Dayton,
Catawba, New York Aggies and San
Diego State of California were de-
feated.
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again :. making stops that no other
inflelder makes, singing across an
important run, racing from second to
home to beat even the finest of throws.
But Ossie fought the greatest
sorrow of his life and now he is
back in the picture. Offhand,
/ wouldn't know how old he is
but Bluege still is the best util-
ity infielder in the ma ajors.
You got to talking with him and
Bluege is enthusiastically looking for
ward to a new year. I'm working
with boys club" he was saying, land
waiting until spring training rolls
around. No, Joe Engel hasn't said
anything about my managing Chatta-
nooga. don't know that I'd want to
leave the majors, anyway. Fortunate
ly, don't pick up weight and I've al
ways had good legs and a good arm.
Weight, Of course, might mean a little
power at bat, but in Griffith Stadium
not many fellows make home runs.
That's ball park for us hitters who
get singles and that's the park in
which always want to play"
Some day Washington will have to
throw a party for Ossie Bluege. He
came out of mold on the same order
as that which produced johnson.
Evening star., 1937-11-08
Shu Still in Front.

CAMES bearing on the conference
standings will find Furman at
South Carolina, the Citadel at v. M. I
and Washington and Lee at William
and Mary. Other contests on the card
include Virginia Tech at Virginia,
Hampden-Sydney at Richmond anc
Clemson at Florida. Wofford meets
Wake Forest on Friday.
Paul Shu, V. M. I. sophomore back
counted in his eighth game Saturday
when he booted a placement for an
extra point against Maryland and
continued to lead the conference
scorers with 46 points.
Dukes rout of the Deacons, however
placed three Blue Devils just under the
Keydet ace. Elmore (Honey) Hackney
has Tailed As points, O'Mara AZ and
Upton 38. North Carolina States
Berlinski is among the leaders with
AZ points, while Earring Jim" Meade
Maryland, and Mel Henry, Virginia
Tech, are next with SO each.
Evening star., 1937-11-08
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

r EDGAR HOOVER, the No.
Oman, and Senator Pat
! Harrison never miss one of
~ Promoter Joe Turner's
wrestling productions here
Louis Soresi, manager Of Primo
Carnera, got what is called q
break, when that breach of promise
suit against Camera was tossed out
Of the London courts Louis COL
lected exactly $4,000, which had
been tied up in an American bank,
pending settlement OF the suit. r
This is what you call professional
courtesy: The customs oficials
held up a shipment Of bicycles for
the French six-day hike team Of
Evening star., 1937-11-08
'Bama Barely Escapes.

{ CORNELL COLLEGE OF Iowa was
left alone at the head of the
parade with eight straight victories,
one more than any other team has
amassed. Augustana of Sioux Falls,
S. Oak, took over the scoring lead
among the unbeaten-untied teams with
2l2 points, while Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
Teachers was the only team with an
uncrossed goal line.
Alabama barely escaped defeat, win
ming 9-6 over Tulane, while Lafayette.
scored upon for the first time, beat
Rutgers, 1876. The other major teams
that survived won handily.
Records of the undefeated and un-
tied teams:
Evening star., 1937-11-08
Boston College Faces Tartar.

ROSTON COLLEGE, after routing
Western Maryland, 27-0, expects
rugged competition from Kentucky's
wildcats who spilled South Carolina,
27-7. Harvard takes on Davidson,
West Virginia meets Toledo, and Rut-
gers plays Ohio University. Duquesne,
surprised by Carnegie Tech, 60,
travels to Lubbock to face Texas
Tech Thursday, while George Wash
ington. swamped by Mississippi, 27-6,
plays North Dakota State Friday.
The big domestic struggle of the
day will find Dartmouth arrayed
against Cornell and Yale against
Princeton. Dartmouth spotted Prince
ton points and then won, 1873, but
the Indians can expect trouble from
Cornell. Well-rested Yale, whose
backf1eld ace, Clint Frank, scored all
three touchdowns in a 1870 rout of
Brown, will be strongly favored over
Princeton
Undefeated Villanova, Holy Cross
end Lafayette all look safe while Ford
ham, an impressive array in a 21-3
victory over Purdue, takes Saturday
off. Villanova, which shellacked Mar
quette, 25-7, plays Boston University
Thursday; Holy Cross, which spilled
Colgate, 1877, plays Brown, and
Lafayette, 1875 victor over Rutgers,
meets Washington and Jefferson.
Evening star., 1937-11-08
Tar Heels in Running.

CHOULD the Tar Heels win, they
would have a strong claim on the
title. The records show Duke with
four family triunphs and no defeats,
the Blue Devils climaxing their march
through the home folks Saturday with
$40 rout of Wake Forest. North
Carolina has beaten three conference
teams, but was tied by South Carolina
in the seasons opener.
Three intersectional contests are on
the week end card, featuring the clash
of the strong Maryland team which
blasted V. M. l., 81, Saturday, with
Penn at State College. NJ C. States
Wolfpack, successful several weeks ago
at Boston College, again will send
Eddie Berlinski and Co. northward to
meet Manhattan in New York. David
son and Harvard play at Cambridge.