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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
Gals Put on Catty Act
at Swank Hunts Meet

When Don Meade initiated a regi-
ment of Cossacks while winning
Kentucky Derby some seasons ago,
there were numerous high class
folks who roundly deplOred such tao
tics. Truly enough, it was highly
enlightening and sinful sight but
scarcely as entertaining as a hunts
meeting / once viewed in Maryland.
One of the events was for lady
riders and it was evident from the
start that only two of the gals had
a chance. The two took their du-
ties seriously. For the first furlong
they tried to ride one another onto
the rail.
After that they really got down to
business. They finished the race
whipping. But, for once, both horses
got a break. The two sportswOmen
were using their whips on one an
other.
Golf also has had its moments.
Once-this is for the greater educa-
ton of those who squawk that the
United States has exclusive privi-
leges along such lines-an Ameri-
can went to England to compete in
a tournament. His short game was
tops but he was not long driver.
The Briton he opposed in the final
could hit 'em a mile.
For the greater glory Of the home
land, the tournament committee
probably composed of the same gees
who booed the winning American
Ryder Cup team-mOved the tees
mere 20 yards or SO farther away
from the greens.
This was almost as good as the
not too distant season when the hos
pitable French soaked their tennis
courts so that their soft game play
ers would not be inconvenience
against hard-hitting Americans.
Perhaps the crusaders for a bet
ter life would be immensely sOIaced
If this space contained a moral di-
rected at the young men who have
been waving boisterous fists on ball
fields this season. Yet far be it
FROM this erring brother to pitch
out the FIRST stone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
N22zwned ~. EEckGEd
SUMMARIZES THE WORLDS WEEK

personal supervision, was making
advances, but at such loss of men
that the cost might be too great.
Insurgents stormed loyalist en-
trenchments directly in the face of
point blank machine guns. Losses
were so terrible that thousands of
wounded lay without food or water
among thousands already dead and
decaying in the hot sun. Infantry,
tanks, cavalry and artillery were
supplemented by airplane bombers.
In one salient 250,000 men were
fighting, including the cream of both
armies. The loyalist position was
admittedly the most serious of
the whole war, and upon the govern
,ment's ability to withhold against
the attack rested the fate of the
best units in its army. It was re-
ported that 10000 italian troops
had Joined the rebels for the battle.
While the Madrid conflict was in
full sway, the insurgents sprang a
surprise air attack on Barcelona.
In the early dawn advance planes
dropped flares which lighted up the
city. Then came additional planes,
dropping bombs on the easy target
and turning machine guns on citi-
zens who attempted to flee At least
IS persons were killed and $50 in
jured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
Pros and Amateurs
Alike Beat Rules
So More Fun's Due

TT PROBABLY Is just as well that
the Congressional Record keeps
the more pious fretters about the
nations naughtiness so busy that
they have no time for the sports
pages. Otherwise there might be
considerable hell to pay because Of
the immoral manner in which ath-
letes have been desecrating the
summer peace.
For instance, there was the recent
moment in Brooklyn when the
young Red, Lee Grissom, slid into
Babe Phelps, raked his spikes into
the catcher's meaty arm and re-
ceived a few pokes in the lugg.
II was moment which, no doubt,
Mortified the good citizens Of bor-
Ough which is not accustomed to
such bOisterous d0ings from mere
$4,000 a year ball players. Yet,
since this Offense against baseball
law occurs almost daily in less sane
titled big time towns, do not men,
ton the incident in any highly moral
dudgeon of my own.
Ever since David found a way to
beat the weight in his well publ
cized contest with Goliath, the rules
of sports have been subjected to
considerable monkey business. No
doubt this partly has been due to
the fact that healthy young men
(and women) engaged in rough and
vigorous competition have no time
for fretting about the strict letter of
the code.
There was, for instance, the Old
Oriole device for persuading run
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
De Valera Is Reelected

F HIS party, F'lanna Fail, can
L keep in power that long, cannon
de Valera will be president of the
executive council of the Irish Free
State for another five years. He
was elected to the nations highest
office by a vote of 81 to So in the
dali eireann (parliament). De Val
era, in favor of severing all ties
with Great Britain, won even the
vote of the labor group, which does
not endorse his party.
1t was believed that De Valera
would go ahead with legislation nee
essary to implement the new consti-
tuition approved in the plebiscite of
July /. He would in that case set
up a senate and elect president
by popular vote, as the constitution
provides. If De Valera is elected
president, to serve seven years, po-
litical experts say he will virtually
disappear from politics and his
party will break up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
Is This the Beginning?

"A S JAPAN brought airplanes into
A action for the first time since
the new Sino-Japanese crisis devel-
oped, and threw all available
strength into campaign against
the Chinese Twenty-ninth army in
North China, it was feared that the
expected long Japanese military Of
fensive had begun. While it was diff
ficult to assimilate many conflicting
and confusing reports, there was
good ground for the belief that all
attempts at a truce had failed, for
while at least.
The Japanese airmen rained
bombs upon Chinese military bar
racks around Peiping, and pressed
infantry and artillery attacks along
the Peiping-Tientsin railway and the
highway to the sea. Entrance of 200
Japanese marines into the Chinese
Chapel district of Shanghai sent TO-
600 men, women and children fleeing
into the international settlement in
search of protection. 1t was ru-
mored a Chinese mob had killed a
Japanese sailor, provoking Japa-
nese reprisal.
Meanwhile the threat of real war
continued to hover as the Chinese
army refused to leave positions in
and near Peiping, in what Japan
considered violation of the Tientsin
peace agreement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06


eye, by the way, on AL Lane, cap
tain and fullback of the Princeton
Frosh last fall. He is the brother of
Art Lane and he may be the man to
make up for the loss of the very
capable Steve Cullinan at center.
Anyhow, he Is spending the summer
working out at the job and devotes
three hours day to pivot passing
alone.
Pittsburgh was the only team to
score in every game it played at
Wrigley field last season. Max
Bodenheim, who startled the nation
with his sexy novels few years
back and who now is producing a
volume of worthwhile poems, is one
of New York's most ardent baseball
fans and can spout averages for
hours. In addition to controlling
the world prize fight situation, Uncle
Mike Jacobs also owns the prettiest
country estate north, east, south or
west of Red Bank, N. J.
Fred Fitzsimm0ns and Waite H0yt
have carried on a friendly yet per-
sistent argument ever since they
Joined the Dodgers. Fitz insists that
John ]. McGraw was the greatest
manager who ever lived, while Hoyt
gives his vote to Miller Higgins.
Lee Grissom of the Reds pitched
two shutOuts in one day while per-
forming for Fort Worth against
Houston in 1885. Friends report
Bill BarfeId, former great Prince
ton tackle, is at his Florida home
recovering from a nervous break
down.
The hint is out that Ducky Pond is
nearly through at Yale. Also that
the reason why Larry Kelley did not
turn pro is because he will take over
the head coaching job (along with
the Greasy Neale brain trust) in
1888. Princeton's Steve Cullinan,
now dwelling in the Southwest,
writes that Texas Christian will be
tougher than ever this fall. Says
that 20 of the T. c. U. athletes are
working out on ranch this sum-
mer. Keep tabs on young Harry
Bill of Lawrenceville. The fellow is
so small that he could skin through
that needles eye, but he has great
competitive spirit.
If Star Golfer frankie Strafaci
would stop eating greasy fried egg
sandwiches for breakfast on the
DAYS he is playing in tournaments
he might be far more successful.
But frankie likes them and insists
they don't hurt, even though he
practically collapsed in the locker
room between rounds Of a recent
event.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
40 Hurt in Strike Riot

A ALTHOUGH the independent
"A steel plants were back at work,
there was still plenty Of discord
along the labor front. Forty per-
sons were injured in a wild riot
among pickets of the Steel Workers
Organizing committee (affiliated
with C. l. o., loyal workers and
police at the Corrigan-McKinne
plant of the Republic Steel corpora
ton in Cleveland.
A mob of strikers hurled rocks
from a hillside upon cars of em-
ployees parked in the valley about
the plant. Loyal workers attempted
to drive the strikers away, and at
one time 500 of them rushed out
of the plant and set upon the pick
cts. Police tried to break up the
fighting, relying chiefly on their tear
gas guns. One striker was killed
when a moving automobile, which
was being stoned, got out of con-
troll and ran berserk through
picket line.
In Buffalo there was a serious
food shortage because of a strike
of 1000 wholesale grocery truck
drivers and 1000 butchers at four
meat packing plants. AS c. l. o.
and A. F. of L. unionists co-operated
in their demand for closed shops,
residents of the city were forced to
motor to the country for butter,
eggs and vegetables.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
Football Couldn't Save II

MOT even the excellence and pop
4 y ularity of Edward Patrick (Slip)
Madigan's football teams could save
little st. Mary's college at Oakland,
Calf, from the auction block. It
was knocked down" to its security
holders for SAIL, 150-the only bid
after it had failed to pay interest
on its bonded Indebtedness of 81 &c.,
500 since 1884. When Madigan came
to St. Mary's from Notre Dame in
1921 it had II students. His football
teams made it famous and built the
enrolment up to 700. 1t was indi-
Gated he will remain as coach, at a
reported salary of $1,000 year and
ten per cent Of the gate receipts.
Receipts last year were $174,67l.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
A Year of Reclamation
PPLICATIONS for grant

a PUBLICATIONS. for grants under
"A last years agricultural conser-
walton program covered 283, 1000, 900
acres-two-thirds of the country's
crop land-and represented an esti-
mated 100000 farmers, H. r. Toll
ley, agricultural adjustment admin
istrator, reported. Nearly 81, 0OO,O 900
acres were diverted from crops
which deplete the soil; 100000
acres received the benefit of soil
building practices.
Conservation payments for the
year totaled 32,323, 303.11, benefit
and rental payments $235, 744, 1854. AZ.
Total expenditures by AAA during
1886 were 1857 1893, 617.3O, including
administering expenditures and liq-
uidation of obligations outstanding
when the Supreme court held Sec
tons of the original AAA unconsti-
tutional.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

enough to elect Harrison, on the
eve of the secret election. But that
night Dieterich, apparently under
pressure from the Democratic party
organization in Illinois, begged Har-
rison to release his pledged vote, in
order that the Presidents personal
choice might head the party in the
senate. IS |
The slim victory by no means
patched the obvious party rift. Even
the administration admitted that the
Presidents Supreme court bill was
virtually dead even then. Vice Pres
ident Garner visited Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler of Montana, leader of the
opposition forces, and invited the
opposition to write its own bill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:
URDLER SPEC TOWNS is re-

NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:
III URDLER SPEC TOWNS is re-
Ia fusing all track invitations
this summer so that he may con-
centrate ON training for his ANAL
football campaign at Georgia Tech
.. Glenn Cunningham also Is turn
ing down track bids, including
European tour, because he does not
wish to take time of from his post
graduate studies. Jack Irwin,
handsome Princeton track and foot
ball star, Is on world cruise and
plans to relieve the tedium by doing
sports pieces for the papers. Gene
Venzke says the Randalls island
track has improved 100 per cent
over last year but Archie San
ROmani disagrees.
Golfers insist that the National
Open scoring next year will be a
joke, with the winning mark prob
ably as low as 260. This is because
the Denver course selected by the
all-wise U. S. G. A., is so short, wide
and easy that feeble amateurs shoot
in the low 70's. Fellows like Little,
Laffoon and Thomson, who have
played there, have been we'll under
65 time and again. Nothing much
that can be done about it, either,
the pros say. Even though the
course is heightened and cunningly
trapped, the high altitude will con-
tinue to make the balls travel long
distances.
Summer vacations have not halt
ed the arguments at Lafayette, once
one Of the better football institu-
tons. Historically minded students
who do not see eye to eye with Ath-
letic Director Esky Clark or Uni
versity President Lewis, who is his
chief hacker, have labeled the pres
ent gridiron regime 1.-THE Lewis and
Clark expedition into the wilder
ness" Also players who liked
the departed coach, Ernie Nevers,
are agreed that the former Stanford
star never will be a really able
mentor. They say that, like Pie
TraynOr of the Pirates, he Is too
easy going.
Jerry Day, Hill tennis star, and
Tommy Pierce, eastern interscho-
lastic golf champion, are passing up
college stardom to enter Babson in
stitute Army continues in the
sports writer's doghouse due to in
ept press relations. The word is
out that this years Boston college
football team will be the best Gil
Dobie has coached since his Kaw-
Pfann Cornell days. Uncle Gil
should watch that pass defense,
though. Jimmy Marks, son of
the Kiski headmaster and football
coach, plays very swell game of
golf in spite of the fact that he can't
pivot properly due to a ligament
missing from his knee as the result
of gridiron accident.
Lawson Little feels something
should be done about the amateur
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
'Aw, Let's Go IAome!'
~ ITH Supreme court bill re

w ITH Supreme court bill recon-
w mitted to the senate judiciary
committee, a new substitute bill for
reform of only the lower courts due
to be reported out of the commit
tee, and a new. senate majority lead
er selected to take the late Senator
Robinson's place, the overwhelming
sentiment of the members of the
seventy-fifth congress was to pack
up their bags and get as far away
from Washington as possible.
Even measures which President
Roosevelt had insisted bear the
must label were being showed
aside with dispatch, as Vice Presi-
dent Garner sought to heal the
party wounds inflicted during the
bitter court battle and salvage as
much of the Presidents legislation
as he could. The first to be buried
was the new AAA and t'ever-nor-
NAL granary'' bill; the senate agri-
culture committee shelved it until
the next session. The committee
authorized James P. Pope, Idaho
DClliOCl0 cAi0 CO-opOiioO1 VI IiiC OAAA1
to prepare a senate resolution to
lay the plans for regional hearings
on a comprehensive farm program
during the remainder of the sum-
mer and report back in January.
It seemed certain that the Presi-
dents legislation for governmental
reorganization would be left over
until next session when the record
of three months hearings by the
joint congressional committee was
made public. 1t was revealed that
committee members have not even
come close to agreement on any of
the main points involved.
Majority Leader Barley said that
the White House still wanted the
wages and hours bill, the Wagner
1ow-cost housing bill and a judiciary
bill passed, as well as legislation
to plug tax loopholes. The Wagner
bill, meanwhile, was reported out of
committee, and it was expected the
senate would act upon it quickly. 1t
would set up federal housing au-
thority with power to issue $780,
100000 in bonds over three years
to make loans for '1ow-cost'' hous-
ing construction. 5 81
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

a runner, who also happened to be
an advanced thinker, unbuckled his
belt before reaching the bag. The
runner rounded the base. McGraw
grabbed. McGraw was left there
holding the belt while the runner
he probably also had thought Of
providing himself with a safety pin
was scoring easily.
There are certain other episodes
which also may be mentioned in
connection with purely amateur
sports affairs, lest it be considered
that too much stress is given here
to the carvings on of the pros.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

States senator. He is
forty-two years old.
1 Traditionally, hav-
ing been nominated
by the state commit
tee, Bailey is "as
good as elected"
but he may be OPP
posed in the cleo
tions which he will
call himself, Sep
TENDER IA, by a Re-
publican or by other
Democrats running
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

golf situation. Says
you can count the
good ones on the
fingers of one hand.
Goodman, Strafaci,
Fischer, Du nj a p,
BillOws. Just like
that. PrincetOns
and Yales are still
squabbIing. Seems
the Tigers still re-
sent the brusque at
titude of Malcolm
Farmer W no has
charge of Eli ath-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

ners to linger at
third base. ] o h n
Joseph nj C G r a W,
probably the best
mind ever produced
by baseball, was the
originator Of that
one. He m e r ely
grabbed the runner
by the belt and held
him while the UNI
pire's attention was
elsewhere. 1t worked
very well save for
One afternOOn when
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

ator from Kentucky,
is the majority lead
er of the United
States senate, sue
ceeding the late JOS
eph T. Robinson of
Arkansas. The vote
was 38 for Barley
to 81 for Sen. Pat
Harrison of Missis-
sippi.
The conservative
Democrats in the
senate had been as
e 90
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

brought to the lobby
a swarm of moving
picture actors with
out any makeup on
and not much else.
This was in the era
Of the silent films,
but you wouldn't
have dreamed it to
hear the remarks of
an historical lady
star when she dis
covered that her
chow had been for
rfCffan Tho cttrrnt,f
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
Glory Be to God!'

n WING for weeks, the scheme to
~ add to the number of justices
of the Supreme court finally choked
its last gasp and left this world. On
roll-call vote the United States
senate voted to recommit the Rob-
inson substitute for the Presidents
original bill to the judiciary COM
n1ittee. The vote was 70 to 20, the
most crushing defeat the Presi-
dents legislation has yet suffered
at the hands of house of congress.
In an agreement made at a ses-
sion of the judiciary committee ear
lier, it had been decided to let the
opposition senators write their own
bill, an innocuous measure for "ju-
dicial reform" not dealing in any
way with the Supreme court. Sena-
tor Barley, the new majority lead
er, attempted to save. the Presi-
dents face by having the bill left on
the calendar, but he never had
chance. When the roll-call came,
even Senators Ashurst of Arizona
and Minton- Of Indiana, two of the
Supreme court bills chief support
ers, voted to recommit.
''Glory be to Godi" said Sen. Hi
ram johnson (Rep., Calif.) when
the results of the roll call were
made known. The applause that
beloved forth from the senators
and gallery alike left no doubt that
the veteran from California had
voiced the sentiments of the great
majority 2 all.s1 .sr.4 haG 4.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

THE Spanish government was de-
Asfending Madrid against the in
surgent forces in the most terrible
battle of the entire civil war and
the most important. 1t couldn't last;
it was too furious. The whole
loyalist cause apparently rested on
resisting this. the most vicious at
tack the rebels had yet made, Gen.
Francisco Frances army, under his
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
what (Ilk
@lWV/ thinks
Sabout:
Western Hostelries.

GAN FRANCISCO, CALF
~ They have mighty fine hotels
in this town. I've stayed at
several of them and friends of
mine have been put out of some
of the others.
And once / enjoyed a fire scare
here when the alarm, at $3.50 a. M,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06
Low Interest for Farmers

pY A vote of II to 10, the senate
- overrode the Presidents veto of
a bill extending for year low inter
est rates on loans to farmers. 1t
was a defeat even more crushing
than the recommission of the court
bill, and made the bill a law with
out the Presidents signature, for
the house had previously passed it
by a two-thirds majority over Mr..
Roosevelt's veto.
Senator Barley made half
hearted attempt to stave off the
overwhelming vote, and the defeat
was accepted by many observers as
an expression of resentment over
Barkley's having been elected ma
jority leader instead of Sen. Pat
Harrison of Mississippi.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-08-06

husband also was temporarily miss
ing but she was comparatively calm
about that. She probably figured a
husband could be picked up almost
any time whereas darling little Ming
Poo had long pedigree and rep
resented quite financial invest
ment and anyhow was permanent
fixture in her life.
Through the strike here, the trav-
cling public seemed to make out.
Maybe visitors followed the old
southern custom-stop with kinfolks.
Think, though, how great would
have been the suffering had the
strike occurred during prohibition
days when transient guests might
have persisted of thirst without
bright uniformed lads to bring them
frst-aid packages in the handy hip
pocket sizes! Bellhops qualified as
lifesavers those times.
Humans in the Raw.
A S behold vast numbers of fell
lUW ii 3 oLioiliiiS tiiC
beaches, yes, and the public thor
oughfares too, while wearing as few
clothes as possible-and it seems to
be possible to wear very few in
deed-I don't know whether to adj
mire them for their courage or SYM
pathize with them in their suffering
or deplore their inability to realize
that they'd be easier on the eye if
they'd quit trying to emulate the
raw oyster-which never has been
pretty to look upon and, generally
speaking, is an acquired taste any
how.
For gentleman who ordinarily
bundles himself in heavy garments
clear up to his Adams apple, this
warm weather strip-act entails lot
of preliminary torture. At first our
gallant exhibitionist resembles
forked stalk of celery bleached out
in the cellar. Soon he is one large
red blot on the landscape, with fat
water blisters spangling his brow
until he looks as if he were wearing
chaplet of Malaga grapes. In
the next stage he peels like the wall
paper on an Ohio valley parlor after
flood time.