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The Washington times., 1937-01-13
DedCons Menace
UnbeatenG. W.

1t begins to look as If George
Washington University's fast
travelling basketball team will re-
ceive a stern test from Wake
Forest College, a team the Co
lonials defeated twist last winter.
The Buffmen and the Demon
Deacons clash tomorrow night
on the G. w. U. court at $3.50
o'clock.
Wake Forest, newly admitted
member Of the Southern Con-
ference, has won 10 Of it's first
II games, including among its
victims North Carolina, last
years conference champion, and
Clemson, whom the DeaconS
Swamped, 1926, last night.
Tomorrow nights contest will
wind up George Washington s
January home schedule. If the
Buff and Blue gets past Wake
Forest 1t will invade Philadel-
phia for q game with Villanova
on January % with a record of
seven victories and no defeats.
On the following night Coach
Bill Reinhart's lads will battle
Long Island University in Madi-
son Square Garden, New York,
and on January 81 will face
Army at West Point in the first
major athletic contest ever sched-
uled between the two institutions.
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Teams Clash
Tonight In
CardGynn

When the Catholic University
basketball team stalks across the
hardwoods Of the C. U. gym to-
night at 8:15 o'clock, the Flying
Cardinal quintet will meet per-
haps the featured team on its 1887
court slate in Mississippi State
College.
This intersectional clash has all
the earmarks Of being a wild
scoring tilt, with the winner not
decided until the final whistle. In
the preliminary battle the C. U.
yearling team will hook up with
Mt. st. Mary's promising outfit.
There is no changes contenl-
plated by Coach Fod Cotton of the
Cardinal team. The team played
in fairly good style against the
highly regarded Duquesne team.
Hermie Schmarr, one Of the great
est courtmen to wear the Brook
land livery, showed up in fine
style and his presence in the c. U:
lineup tonight may mean the diff.
ference between a win and a lose
for the Cardinals.
Halted by st. JOseph's
The Southerners' five-game
streak on their northern trip was
snapped by st. Joseph's in Phila-
delphia last night, the Hawks
winning, 1913, in a spirited bat
tie. The score isn't indicative of
the battles cloSeneS6.
st. Joseph'S, recognized as one
OF the best college teams in the
east, registered nine points in the
last four minutes while the South
erners were held scoreless. The
teams had been deadlocked, 28-28
until the Philadelphians put on
their winning surge and thus ex.
tended their own victory string
to seven.
NOrthward Bound
On its way north, Mississippi
State proved its basketball prov.
eSS with triumphS over Duke and
North Carolina the last-named
having clicked off nine straight
wins until falling before Missi6.
sippi State that specializes in q
"four-man" cut for the basket.
Fred Walters, one of Mississippi
States football greats, also stars
at forward on the basketball team.
He was top scorer in last nights
Mississippi State-St. Joseph's
clash, arching three goals from
the floor and capitaliZing on five
Of six attempts from the foul line.
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Terp Basketers
Play Terrors

Maryland and Western Mary
land will be meeting their ninth
year in a row at College Park
when they clash at basketball to-
morrow evening at 8:15 o'clock.
The Terps have won all Of the
past eight games, though half Of
them have been close enough to
offer keen sport for the teams and
fans. Last years tilt was a free
scoring affair, Maryland winning
40 to 80.
Maryland should get enough
opposition to tune the Terps for
the Southern Conference engage
ment with Duke Saturday that
will be the first half Of a twin bill.
In the finale, the capable Mary
land ring team will take on Rich
mond. It will be the first Of four
varsity double-header that will be
staged at College Park during the
indoor campaign.
The Terp boxers showed well in
beating Western Maryland last
Saturday, 6 to 2. Richmond will
be making it's first 1887 appear
ance but has veterans for six Of
the eight weights.
Dukes basketers are plenty
tough, their win over Navy last
Saturday being the ninth straight
this season.
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GoFChips
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Dan Hardie Dave Thomson's
brother-in-law) declares the 1888
golf regulations restricting golf
clubs to IA will make the game
more scientific but works a
hardship on such players as Leo
j. Walper, who carries "a clubs in
his bag pity the poor caddy
toting this load in an 18-hole
match and have extra sym
pathy If he lugS it SO holes J.. at
any rate, the caddies are thankful
for the u. S. G. A. heads for low,
ering the maximum to IA but
the reduction won't handicap Jack
T. Barnes he carries only
three woods, four irons and a
putter.
Frank M. Williams intends to
write mis- name in local golf an.
nails this season he's playing
and practicing at every opportu-
nifty at Washington .. and George
Diffenbaugh tests his new irons at
Indian Spring the local pros
probably will hold their first meet
ing in March at which time sep
aratton from their Baltimore
brethren from their Baltimore
P. G. A. Will be discussed Bill
Doherty's Pan Pacific Press duties
restrict his golf activities.
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there is intense racial feeling be-
tween the Films and Swedes, Just
as there is between the Poles and
Lithuanians and the English and
Irish,> Just now, Firms (and that
goes for all of them, including
Mickey are up in arms, like their
ancestors were at the Battle of
Copenhagen, because Of the at
tempt Of their Swedish brethren
to claim Gunnar as one of their
own on account Of his Swedish
name.
Under Swedish Rule
1t is true that Barlund is a
Swedish patronymic, but Gunnar
claims that he has looked I'D his
ancestry in Helsingfors and has
found that the Barlunds have lived
in Finland for 800 years. Three
centuries is as far back as he
delved, but that satisfied him his
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= By Dan Parker

herring and black bread in Fin
land under Swedish names, though
they're no more Swedish than
Crusher Casey, the Kerryman.
COrrects Press Agent
Several references have been
made to Barlund as a Swede in
the boxing columns since he came
into prominence here and his fel-
low countrymen in America are
just as quick to leap to their pens
in his defense as they were to
Jump from the weeds during the
famed polemics at Copenhagen.
They point out in their letters to
me that the Swedes also tried to
claim Paavo Nurmi. Edwin Wide
and Kalle Vakeva, the Finnish
track athletes, as their own, but
failed.
I happened to be in Barlund's
dressing room after he knocked
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out frankie Connolly one night
last month in the Hippodrome
and heard him correct Walter st.
Denis, the clubs press agent. when
Walter told the assembled news
papermen Gunnar was a Swede.
Walter knew that there were about
ten Swedes in New York for every
Finn and he was functioning
strictly as q press agent when he
made the crack. But Gunnar,
who does a good job with the Eng
lish language considering his brief
experience with it, cut him short
and said with some asperity: Il
am Finnish, not Swedish"
To those Of us who know both
the Films and Swedes as good
people, the controversy seems
pointleSs but it wouldn't be safe
to suggest that to Finn.
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Tinge Of Irony
In Old, New
Ball Wage
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Times Sports Editor
Walter Johnson, the
man who was born too
soon, must have suf-
fered a slight spell of
dizziness when this
weeks press dis
patches found their
way out to his house
by the side of the road,
giving him a gander at
some of the salaries
rampant in baseball
these days.
While Walter never was the
sort to envy any man what
good fortune might fall to his
lot, certainly a grim, if
furtive, smile must have curled
the corners of his lips on COM
pairing his top salary of $12,-
900, and his average salary Of
$4,000, with the compound, du-
plex, triple-expansion tel
ephone figures being paid
pitchers practically 80 years
after he was found in the
Idaho bullrushes.
Understand the above estimates
Of Walters emolument back yon-
der when he had arrested the at
tention Of an adoring baseball
world are approximate; but no
hairs are split and those were the
generally accepted facts at a time
when there was no income tax
against which to check.
Rude Comparison
The squire of Germantown
CMd.) who has retired to a life
of calm and sweet Solace in the
bosom of his growing family left
more footprints across the baseball
pitching records than a black cat
let indoors out of the rain; yet
the likes of Lefty Gomez and Carl
Hubbell, according to Uncle Sans
tailsmen, drew $4,000 and ST., 500
respectively in 1885 for not even
pitching their team into q world
series.
There's a tinge Of irony in the
rude comparison but it doesn't
take away for an instant the fame
or expertneSs Of either Lefty or
Carl. Those boys are all right and
should be happy they are living
in the dizzy days of lofty baseball
finance.
Yet, how differently the game
was able to reward its great and
it's near great in what might best
be described as eraS but one gener-
alton removed.
Bender, COOr1bs, Plank
Why, as I recall the facts, it
was lure of $4,000 that the Fed
eral League held out to Walter
johnson in order to sway him over
CONTINUED on Page FL, Col. ~
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Joe Hurney picks Roman Sol
dier in the Santa Anita Handicap
but Dan ''MOnk" Scanlon
chooses ROSemOnt. Was Bob Fol
lard thinking of his basketball
days as he hurried down X Street
the other day?. Bum Enright,
local basketball referee, says OTIS
Zahn, Heurich star, could play on
any pro five in the country. {.
Charlie O'COnneH qualities as a
bowling prophet, calling AstOr
Clarke's winning score (2O25) to
the pin in the United States
Sweepstakes. You'll never con-
vince Jimmy O'Shea there was
ever a greater football player than
Arthur Devlin or a Sprinter and
dash man ever superior to Bernie
Wefers, who wrote athletic history
at Georgetown at the turn Of the
century. Nor can you argue with
Milton Bumps" Turner that
Harry Costello had any football
peers and Bumps should know
d.. he lasted 10 years as a college
and professional player. and,
Furthermore, never suffered seri-
GUS injury Keep in condition"
is his recipe for football longevity.
BOzie Berger escaped uninjured
when his new car overturned on
the BaItimore.W Washington BOule-
ward Kirk Green has curtailed
his card playing since his marri-
age Horse HOlbrOOk deserves a
laurel sprig for his coaching work
with the st. Johns High basketerS
Burt McGann picks the Griff-
men to finish second while
Sam Sweeney names them third.
"COI." Charles E. Simms, who
caught the first ball dropped from
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Mystery Cue Star
Plays Here Tonight

The Masked Billiardist," whose
identity isn't revealed to onlook-
ers, appears tonight at the Arcadia
Parlors, Fourteenth and Park
Road Northwest, at 7:30 o'clock
in a 100-point match against a
local player as yet unnamed by
Sam Gray, Arcadia manager.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13

AT LEFT, the Jewish Community Center and Senate
Beer battling for the possession of the ball during the
second quarter in Washington Times Community Center
Basketball League game last night at Tech High At left
Billy Mitchell (8), Senae's sterling guard the floor
graphing for the oval Huck Cavanaugh Gay Edeln,
Fred scheee and Leon Esentad the latter the bottom
In rear Mlt henderson j. @. Cs guard. Senator Beer
won "a to 25
AT RIGHT, Federal WPA basketers attempting to
Left to right Pfau of WPA (0) Bser of WPA
(13) Diversion of Columbia (9) and Pttglio, Columbia
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of them were
Fin n S bearing
Swedish names.
T h is informa-
ton has come
to me, unSo-
licited, In C e
G u n n ar Bar
lund, the Fin.
nj S h h e a v y
weight, became
a figure in the
news. Gunnar's
remarkable sue
cess in N e W
York rings since
his arrival, un-
heralded, from
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Fosters Condition
Described Improved

Though only semi-conscious, the
condition Of Eddie Foster has been
described as much improved" !"
The former Washington infielder
is confined to Casualty Hospital
following an auto accident.
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SWedes VS.. Films

forebears have lived in the Land
Of a Thousand Lakes ever since
it was inhabited by human beings.
Finland was under Swedish rule
from about 1400 to 1900 and, dur
ing that period, every Finn hold
ing a government position had to
adolp a Swedish name because the
Swedes couldn't pronounce those
The Washington times., 1937-01-13

Finnish ones 1ull of double as
and other peculiar Ito them let
ter combinations. During the 30
year war between Germany and
Sweden In the Seventeenth Cen
tury, over 100000 Films fought on
the side Of Sweden and all Of them
adopted Swedish names. To this
day, their descendants are gobbling
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
J. C. C. Five Seeks Game

The j. C. C. unlimited bat
keters desire a game tomorrow
night with any team having a
gym. Call Manager Joe Cohen.
Columbia 2817, between 5 and 6
D, m. today.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
I'M TELLING YOU - S

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Years(
ago heard that 10000 Swedes
jumped out of the weeds at the
Battle of Copenhagen, but not un-
til lately did I find out that most
The Washington times., 1937-01-13
Cunningham Races Venzke

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Glenn
Cunningham and Gene Venzke
will oppose in the 1000 yards race
that headlines the Sixthy-ninth
Regiment indoor games here Sat
urday night.
The Washington times., 1937-01-13

Europe a Few months ago, has
brought to light the fact that
The Washington times., 1937-08-18

Our CaVeman Ancestors. Charles
r. knight. Distinguished Artist-Scien.
list. Paints q Stirring Scene showing
Prehistoric Man Defending His Wife
and Child Against Wolves. Repro.
duced In Full Color In The American
weekly, the Magasine Distributed with
Next Sundays Herald.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
TODAY IN
CONGRESS
SENATE

Meets at noon.
Considers conference reports and
bills on the calendar.
Finance Committee considers tax
loophole bill.
Select Committee continues Gov
ernment reorganization study.
HOUSE
Meets at II a. m.
Considers calendar bills.
Interstate Commerce Subcon-
mittee considers food. and drug
bill.
Flood Control Committee con-
tinues interstate compact hearing.
Postoffice Committee considers
postage stamps bill.
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
HEAD OF KHAN
PRAISES BLACK

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 10 Q.N.S0.
DR.. Hiram Wesley Evans, imperial
wizard of the Ku Klux Khan, an
swered in the negative today and
then baffled reporters with an
after.remark when they sought to
learn from him whether Hugo
Black, the new associate justice
of the United States Supreme
Court, is a member Of the Khan.
"IS he O. member of the Klan?"
was the question asked.
NO." replied DR.. Evans.
And then he added:
II couldn't tell you If he was,
could II"
Membership rolls Of the Khan
are supposedly kept in deep Sec
recy.
DR.. Evans then expressed high
regard for the new associate jus
tice, telling reporters they were
born in the same section Of Ala
bama and attended school to-
gether.
Hugo is a fine man." he said,
tone Of the finest know, and
the people need not be afraid of
him.
1.-The only thing anybody
might class as 'rabid,' and I
don't believe it's that strong, is
the fact he is strongly pro-labor.
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II have no intention Of resign
ing, rumors and reports notwith-
standing" the rangy red-headed
chairman said.
Hamilton said his immediate
ambition was to raise money to
nav off the committees deficit to
pave the way for the 1888 Con-
gressional election.
COMEDIES "SHARPSHOOTING"
Conceding there has been "some
sharpshooting" at him from va
riouS Republican quarters, the for
mer Kansas lawyer said there had
never been a chairman that fully
satisfied all party factions.
When stories were printed indi-
eating a move was underway to
GUST Hamilton, quick assurances
we're given him by former PreSi.
dent Herbert Hoover's forces and
those of All M. Landon, the 1886
presidential nominee. that it did
not originate with them.
Hamilton has been whiting the
party's deficit, which amounted to
nearly a million dollars after last
November's elections. The party's
September report to Congress OF
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
President Picks Two
To Overhaul FEC
MCNinCh and Craven
Named to Agency
BY EDWARD B. LOCKETT


G.N.s0 President Roosevelt
has picked for the admittedly
tough Job Of overhauling the Fed
eral Communications Commission,
q Tarheel whose administrative
genius Herbert Hoover first recog-
nized, and a technical expert who
learned about radio in the Navy.
There were strong indications,
too, that Mr.. Roosevelt intends to
transfer out Of the FEC Commis-
sioner Eugene o. Sykes, mortal
enemy Of Senator Theodore (The
Mani Bilbo Of Mississippi, and
throw in third "wrecking crew"
member.
MNINCH TO BE CHAIRMAN
The two picked are Frank r.
McNinch, Of North Carolina.
originally o Hoover appointee and
now chairman Of the Federal
Power Commission, and T. A. M.
Craven, FEC chief engineer, who,
during the war, taught the Navy
to locate enemy ships by radio
signals.
The President nominated them
to existing vacancies on the Com
mission. He will put McNinch in
as chairman.
Overhauling will start immedi-
ateIv and will be thorough,
The commission is under heavy
fire from Capitol Hill; a resolu'
ton for sweeping inquiry Of its
work is already on the calendar.
Nomination Of McNinch an d
Craven, and impending transfer
Of Sykes, were interpreted as an
Administration move to "clean"
its own house and avoid public
airing of internal commission
strife.
WLW ROW IS PROBLEM
The current row between Com
missioner George Henry Payne
and the Crosley radio station
WLW in Cincinnati, wherein
Payne has charged WLW used its
100000 watts experimental poweE
license unfairly to increase profits
was one major problem before
McNinch and Craven.
Craven is in favor Of super
power broadcaSting, but his report
advised commissioners that the
economic factors must also be
considered, and he did not say
yea or nay on this phase. Craven
will be placed in the position of
Judging the economic feasibility OF
q development he has already de-
clared technically okay.
SLAP" AT PAYNE
Craven's nomination was seen
as a Presidential dressing down for
Payne and his antagonism to super
power broadcasting. WLW holds
the only 5O0,00O-watt permit in
the country, authorizing use Of 10
times the maximum of any other
station. It's executives contend
WLW experiments with this high
power have laid the groundwork
for extension Of similar permits to
other units.
Another controversy facing the
commission is it's split on the ques.
ton Of providing more channels for
The Washington times., 1937-08-18
FISH UPBRA|DS
FLYNN ON JOBS

Appointment of Edward Flynn,
Bronx Democratic boss, as director
Of the New York Worlds Fair
Commission, was assailed on the
House floor yesterday by Repre-
sentative Fish (R), of New York,
who charged that Flynn would be
drawing two salaries.
Under the terms of the act estab-
fishing the commission, Fish said,
Flynn would receive $1,000 an.
nually and retain his $4,000 a
year salary as Secretary of State
Of New York.
He warned Flynn that because
he had accepted Federal appoint
ment he, as q member Of a New
York law firm, would be barred
from practicing before Federal
agencies such as the SEC and
RFC where the firm has been
most successful advocates"
Representative Merritt Cd, of
New York, a member Of the COM
mission, defended Flynn and as
serted the Bronx political leader
did not intend to accept salary
from the commission. Fish replied
that Flynn would have to accept
the salary or decline to accept the
job under existing law.
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contributions and expenses will
show that it has been cut approx
mately a fourth, he said.
GIFTS DOUBLED
Contributions to the party's war
chest have doubled between Janu.
airy and July. Hamilton smilingly
attributed the increase to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's proposal to in
crease the Supreme Court by six
members.
President Roosevelt aided the
Republican party in quickly re-
covering from the November de.
feat by his February proposal to
pack the Supreme Court" Hannil-
ton said. "It gave us something
to chew on"
Hamilton said the Republican
women are now active in all parts
of the country building up the
party.
Preparations are being made to
aid all Republican candidates for
Con g ress in 1888. Hamilton
recently conferred with Represen.
tative Smell Of New York, G. o. P.
leader in the House, on plans.
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Orders!
Told to Pass Bill,
Congress Acts

U.N.S).-When Congress has
orders to pass a bill it is like an
army being ordered to take a
trench. At least this was the in.
timation given the House Rules
Committee today by Representa-
tive Hancock Cd, Of North Caro-.
lima.
I'VE have just q housing BILL"
he said, explaining the banking
committees revision Of the
Wagner bill. 1--WE have had no
time to think. The bill had to
be passed this session."
whats the source Of the or.
derS?" queried Representative
Cox Cd, Of Georgia.
From good and reliable
sources draWled Hancock with
a smile.
And members of the Rules Com.
mittee seemed to understand.
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educational programs and decreas-
ing bands Of the big commercials.
Another troublesome spot lies in
what House members called "traf-
Ticking" in broadcast lice nses,
where inexpensive equipment has
been Sold-along with the vital
broadcasting privilege-for large
sums.
A major question was raised, too,
in congressional criticism Of big
radio chain 'monopolies." House
members charged one big chain
invested less than 100000 and
has paid out 100000 in divi-
dends. That same chain, said its
House critic, recently won SEC
permission to issue $50,000,000 in
securities.
These are only a few Of the
puzZlers facing President RooSe-
velt's radio "Wrecking crew." 1t
will be up to them to settle scraps
in the commission over these and
many more,