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Evening star., 1937-03-03
Ohe an Inspiration.

A ND how. in spite of all that, he
vaulted IA feet inches, the exact
height Meadows had scared to win the
Olympic title.
That's inspirationl OF course,
realism demands I cite the fact in
door conditions are ideal for small men
no wind, ETC. Still, Meadows was at
no disadvantage.
An incident brought this to mind.
A medium m-sized vaulter from a nearby
college sought permission to use Penn's
indoor runway. do you think" he
asked anxiously, I'm too small to get
anywhere?"
Ohe is the answer.
Speaking of small men, can't re-
sist this story after watching my old
friend, Abel Kiviat, act as starter
for the Hunter Mile at the New York
A. C. games-a fine tribute to q fine
runner, who won the event back in
1910.
Kiviat may be only a name to
schoolboy athletes, but he was q
great miller, worthy of place with the
Cunningham Bonthron-Venzke world
record wrecking crew of recent years.
The story has heart and humor.
Kiviat Had Real Grit.
NEW YORK sports writers liked to
~ say Abel was a "Jewish-Amer-
ican" running for the Irish-American
A. c., coached by Scotch-American.
that guy Robertson.
Now, Kiviat was not only small, Like
a jockey. but even had bowed legs.
which aren't supposed to be ideal,
certainly not compared to the Cum
ningham Bonthron Venzke ideal
makeup. And not ony bowed legs.
but extremely short legs.
But what heart he had!
Take these facts. In November he
won the national cross-country title
6 miles, over a field including Koleh-
mainen, the Finn, and world cham
pion.
The following February came the
indoor nationals. Abel studied the
entries, blinked at the big names. but
stuck to his plan to win not one, but
two titles. Knowing he was strong
enough. I agreed with reservations,
since only IS minutes separated the
500 and 1000 yard runs, his goals.
A Grand Slam.
IN THE 600 were such stars as Ted
L Meredith, Olympic 800-meter cham
pion and world outdoor 8S0-yard
record holder, but Abel won that.
Came the 1000 with a packed field
of stars like Mel Shepherd, Olympic
champion and world record holder
at various distances. Abel won that.
too completing a grand slam Of three
titles miles, 600 yards and 1000
yards in a little more than three
months!
I can hear you saying Kiviat must
have been the exception, man with
an iron heart (true) and that things
are different now Not entirely.
Little Archie Sam Romani Of Kan
sas State Teachers. is about Ohe's
weight, but 1 rate him the worlds
best miller. outdoors. Beating Love-
lock, Cunningham and others in the
Princeton Invitation Mile last Fall was
no fluke. A little man is leading the
new parade of milers, Just as Kiviat
led it in 1900.
(copyright. 1887. Ledger syndicsts)
Evening star., 1937-03-03
Played With Great Collegians.

JUDGE looks for no picnic in his
y first season as q college coach, but
he will tackle the task confident that
it will be q far more pleasant job
than would be one Of driving base
ball into the skulls of bushers so preva-
lent In the minor circuits.
Remember, I told you college boys
are pretty smart. I mean they've got
more than bone in their heads" Joe
went on. IT saw q lot Of EN- while I
was with the Washington club and
most Of EN- were great base ball play
s1s. Anybody who's been following
Evening star., 1937-03-03
Consensus Picks Louis Fight Ohe Incentive to Vauers
How They Stand
i'm School Series
-.,.- WI, Psi ee6 r.,b WI rss; lsao
western z 8 700 Central - 100
Roosevelt 8 4 900 Wilson - o 10 .OOO
Result Yesterday.
Central. Al; Wilson. 80.
Game Friday (Play-oH).
Eastern VS.. Western Tech High sym. ).

Eastern VS.. western. Iecn dlsn SsW' O.
Previous Results.
Central. 90: Eastern. II.
Tech. 20; Roosevelt. 10.
Eastern, 26: Western. "a.
Eastern. 40; Wilson. 12.
Roosevelt. "a: Central. %.
Western, %: Tech. II.
Eastern, "a: Roosevelt. 10.
Roosevelt. 20: Wilson. IL.
Eastern 10: Tech. "A.
Tech. 20; Central. 25.
Roosevelt. 26: Western. 10.
western 80: Central. 26.
Tech 43: Wilson. 10.
Central. 43: Wilson. 90.
Western. 81: Wilson, 12.
Eastern 80: Central. 81.
Western. 35: Eastern. SO.
Roosevelt. 23: Tech. 14
Eastern. AZ: Wilson. 21.
Roosevelt. "a: Central. %.
Eastern "a: Roosevelt. 80.
Tech. 20: Western. %.
Central. 20; Tech. %.
Roosevelt 40: Wilson. 8.
Western. 81; Roosevelt. 20.
Tech 40; Wilson. 1S.
Tech. 90: Eastern. 23.
Western. 2S: Central. IS.
Evening star., 1937-03-03

College Hockey.
Michigan. 8: London. Ontario l.
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College Swimming.
Macalester. SO: st. Olaf. %.
GustavuS Adolphus. a: Hamline. %.
College Wrestling.
Nebrasks. 1871: Iowa, 14Is.
Evening star., 1937-03-03

should be applied to the heavy brass
gears which do most Of the work. and
machine oil should be used on bear
ings.
Casting reels demand the
ightest and best machine oil
money can buy.
Too much oil Is Is bad as too little.
It slows up the high speed gears and
collects grit, even though the gears
are inclosed in Q case. Clean out the
oil you put in . few months ago when
the reel was packed away for the
Winter and put . light coating Of
fresh oil in its place. Two drops b
sufficient for each bearing-more than
that will slow 1t up. # your reel Is
q good one it viii have . small felt
pad next to the jewel, which acts as
q reservoir and will hold oil to last for
about one trip.
Casting reels, because Of their deli
cate balance, should be cleaned after
using, and reoiled. II not they will
get gummy and stick. Under no cir
cumstance Is graphite to be. used on
these reels; it's too heavy.
Anti -Backlash Not Needed.
WHILE on the subject Of casting
w reels. did you ever think Of get
ting an aluminium spool for yours?
They cost only about 81, and add
much to your distance and accuracy
because they turn faster with less
effort. They also reduce the possi-
bflity Of backlash, as there Is less drag.
Another handy kink with reels = to
Evening star., 1937-03-03
WILSON.
BATTLES BALTIMOREANS

81 20 103 1853
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Mat Matches

Totals 80 4 "a Totals
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ONLY TWO CARDS THIN.

Totals II se TotaIs--- go:
Evening star., 1937-08-07

ing white marble structures into night
mares of blue and orange, pink and
lavender.
In like manner, the Library OF Con-
gress could be forced into a coat OF many
hues-lemon with crimson polka dots,
perhaps. The Folger Library. meanwhile,
could be daubed with strawberry short
cake carmine and the Supreme Court
Building could be ornamented with blue
berry pie festoons of indigo. Meanwhile,
a catsup vermilion might be applied to
the National Museum, the Corcoran Gal
lery and the National Academy of Sci
enoe. Just think what could be done
with revolutionary brush on the De-
partment of Commerce, Post Once De-
partment, Internal Revenue and National
Archives Buildings! They might be re-
duced to the level OF Cezanne or a Ma
tisse canvas
But why stop at architecture? 1t would
be equally reasonable to dye the trees
in Rock Creek Park a glorious miscel-
lany OF rainbows The Potomac could be
doctored to look like claret instead Of
chocolate soda Even the tolerant heav-
ems might be corrected" None of these
prodgious tasks would be beyond the
powers of Harry Hopkins and the W. P. A.
Seriously, however, nature seems best
Psychologists testify that it is we'll that
grass is verdant emerald. 1t would be
distinctively hard on the eyes if it were
Bolshevik scarlet
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Concerning MIR. Franklin.

A number of Star readers have writ
ten to protest, some in gentle and some
in more violent terms, the recent articles
by The Stars entertaining columnist,
Mr.. Jay Franklin, which appear on the
page opposite this page. A few OF them
are inclined to take The Star to task
and demand an explanation. Give me
just one good reason" wrote a gentle
man from North Carolina, "of why you
should use Jay Franklin
Well, there are several good reasons
for the use OF Mr.. Franklins column in
The Star. In the first place, the world
would be barren region. indeed. with
out the introduction of new thoughts
for display in the marketplace of ideas.
Mr. Franklin is the author of many
new thoughts. His more recent premise,
from which he argues his point that
Senators who were elected on the Roose-
velt ticket have double crossed the
voters by opposing the Presidents court
plan, may have provoked the indigna-
ton of a part of Mr.. Franklin's public
who hold these Senators in high esteem,
but it must be admitted that the idea
is novel and therefore interesting. 1t
should be displayed. In addition, Mr.
Franklin is highly suspicious of Wall
Street, and his frequent exposures of
how Wall Street has silenced the
tongues Or tied the hands OF erstwhile
liberal Senators serve the purpose of
putting us on guard against the octopus
But in these troubled times the role
of a defender Of the New Deal is an
important role and Mr.. Franklin flls
it adequately and faithfully. When
everything seems lost for the New Deal
and the critical columnists are volley-
ing and laundering against it from all
quarters, along comes Mr.. Franklin to
lay down a counter barrage. This is
useful and, The Star believes, necessary
in maintaining proper balance. Mr.
Franklin may not be the formally
chosen defender of the New Deal but
he is an able defender, the unofncial
spokesman who seeks to give the other
side. and always manages to and the
other side at time when the discern
ing eyes of others seem to have missed
it. The Star plans to continue the use
OF Mr.. Franklin's column until that
time when more consistently loyal and
able exponent of the New Deal philos-
ophy comes to light. Up to the present
none has made his appearance.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Events Illustrate Fascism
As a SYNONYM for War

To the Editor OF The Star:
Current events abroad clearly illustrate
that fascism, besides being tyrannical
form of government, is just a synonym
for war
In the Fascist states Of Europe a huge
war machine Is being made. The dicta-
tors of these nations openly proclaim
their imperialist intentions with the STIR
ring up of national feeling among their
people. Because of the bad results of
their militaristic economic system, the
Fascist leaders seek new incidents or
occasions that would give them an oppor-
tunity to bolster their deteriorating sys-
TENS. This could only be done by their
disembursing of the accumulated arma-
ments and the acquisition of new territory
which contains the raw materials their
lands lack Ethiopia has furnished Italy
with this convenience and now both die
tators are attempting to do the same to
the legally elected, democratic govern
receiving benefits in iron ore from rebel
held Bilbao.
Great Britain, seeing her Mediter-
ranean interests are involved-especially
to the report that large German guns
are being mounted on the Spanish from
tier opposite Gibraltar-ouickly urges a
new non-intervention plan. which will
undoubtedly prove TO be boomerang to
her II approved. That the Fasctsts are
not To be trusted to observe treaties is
shown by their disregard OF the first
non intervention agreement Thus, while
honest nations are observing the agree.
ment. the dictators wfIl eonv us their
Evening star., 1937-08-07
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS K. HENRY

and prophecies Of the future of the
human race in the skull
These atavlSmS and forecasts are
explained by DR.. Ales Hrdlicka, curator
OF physical anthropology of the Smith
sonlan institution, as warning to
anthropolOglStS against far reaching
hypotheses Of antiquity based on any
single skull. The findings are based
on detailed studies of thousands of
Skulls OF different human races in the
National Museum collections
Few individuals, DR.. Hrdlcka saws.
would fail to show exceptional or primi-
tive features which might lead students
aStray. He describes the skull as an
unstable complex of hundreds of char
acters, all of which have their own
phVlogenetlc or ontogenic individuality
and any of which may separately. or in
correlauons with others. present atavis-
tic, reminiscent, anomalous or advanced
prospective conditions"
In other words the skull is like
big family, all the members of which
have learned to live together fairly well,
but each one of whom has its own in
dlVldual pecullarities. For 30 years DR..
Hrdllcka has been assembling at the
National Museum the greatest collec-
tlon OF such material in the world Only
from minute measurements of great
quantities Of single skulls do the facts
become clear
Drawing these conclusions in the cur
rent journal of Physical Anthropologv,
OF which he is editor, Dr. Hrdlicka mar
shallS evidence in the same article that
existence of an ice-age land bridge be-
tween Asia and North America across
which ancestors of the American In
dians might have followed game into
the New World, is extremely doubtful
Such an hypothesis DR.. Hrdlicka points
out, has been advanced in support of
the claim that this continent was in
habited during Pleistocene times. If a
bridge OF this sort had existed, it might
fairly be assumed that the ice-age hunt
ers of Eastern Asia would have hit
upon it.
Il can assert with all positiveness," >"
DR.. Hrdlicka was assured by Philip I.
Smith, chief Alaskan geologist Of the
United States Geological Survey, that
so far as my own experience in the
Seward Peninsula goes, as we'll as that
OF present and former members of the
Alaskan branch, there is no known
evidence that proves a land bridge con-
nectlon betWeen the American and
Aslat1c continents during or subsequent
to the glacial period
DR.. Hrdlicka also cites evidence that
Berlng Strait, over which the bridge
sometimes is alleged to have extended,
actually marks sharp differentiation in
fauna.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

A great deal has been written about the
person who goes on vacation-but how
about the fellow who never takes one?
He really has the best Of it, hasn't he?
He watches them go away with hope,
and come back with most hopes un-
realized.
Just what they expected to find at
mountain or shore-or fiat terrain de-
void Of anything except mosquitoes-is
hard to say, but it is easy enough to see
in their eyes that they are disappointed
One thing they have, however, and
that is Sunburn
Sunburn is right!
1t is the modern badge Of the eco
nomically free American cor free for at
least two weeks, the standard time).
Once it was golf, but now it is sunburn
The more of this commodity one bears
back on various parts of the epidermis,
the more successful the vacation, evi-
IDENTIFY.
The unhappy wight toasted and blis-
tered to an unhealthy looking red tone
Is accounted the Perfect Vacationst.
The person who stays behind knows
ali about it. He was fool once, too
He knows about the sand between one s
toes and the sharp splinter of wood that
got caught in the right foot. the Soggy
towels, and the unforgettable smell of
the bath houses.
He has been there, too; maybe that
is the reason he is so willing to stay at
home.
For mosquitoes and poor bacon he
trades comfort and cleanliness.
For solled sheets toften at the best Of
hotels) he has his nice, clean linen, his
dishes just So his water as he likes it.
shower is not large but it is abso-
lutely clean.
In ones own bath room there is no
need to keep on the watch for that most
invidious Of foes, the famous athletes
foot.
At home one has what one likes to
eat, and just as little or as much as one
desires.
Down at the beach or at the hotel one
fiddles with the bread and water until
the waiter gets ready to bring the meal.
Think of all the fat old ladies rocking
on the porch, and giving the new guests
the once over
Who wouldn't want to escape their
eagle eyes?
And those Saturday and Sunday
crowds, with their poor little babies slung
over their shoulders, and the push and
shove. and their sticky sandwich papers
flying in all directions.
The eternal round of bathing dinner.
bathing, supper down to see the train
come in, movie, pin ball, dance, rocking
on the porch
The eternal mosquitoes and the never
ending smell of citronela-
The clammy feel of towels and linen
and the taste Of water with iron In it
Wet sand in the eyes. and now and
then a tiny sand crab where 1t has no
business
All things to be endured not enjoyed
or looked forward or backward to with
any pleasure.
Evening star., 1937-08-07

moves men to follow fad, some merely
for the exercise they get in climbing
mountain trails and some to kill time" I"
but the vast majority entered the park
to satisfy the age-old thirst for beauty.
The vistas from Panorama and Sky
land, mists in the valleys, inspiring sun
sets, frail. fragrant blossoms in the
Spring and multi-colored foliage in the
Fall, sly glimpses OF wild animals, cool,
sparkling streams and range on range
OF mountalns-these we're the things that
caused the multitude to turn its back on
cities and the routine of life to get liter
ally closer to the heavens. These and
perhaps spark of the pioneer spirit on
which the Nation was founded account
for the ever-increasing pilgrimage to
Shenandoah Park.
While wars rage and share the head
lines with crime and scandal it is encour-
aging to find even small items in the
newspapers which mean not only what
they say-in this case that Shenandoah
Park sets the pace in attendance-but
that, after all, the human race still re-
spends to the Intangible spiritual forces
of beauty, tranquility and inspiration.
Evening star., 1937-08-07

Always the same old bores on the
porches, taking all the best chairs, never
getting up for a second.
At the rusty piano the same old girl,
year after year, no doubt century after
century, trying to play-and sing God
forgive her-"Good- by to Summer, Good
by, Good-b-y-y"
In the evening there is sure to be the
same old crowd, culminating-or does it?
in the inevitable girl in the shawl, who
does Carmen" for the assembled guests.
Not bad, her singing Of the "Habanera, 4"
but she always has to spoil 1t by dong it
just once more, and then once more, and
then once more, until Carmencita flies
out the window through the salt-rusted
screen, leaving in her place only Mary
Hortense from Baltimore.
Carmenclta, my eve, Mary HOrtense
lives on There avenue; her father runs a
bakery, and you will find him right now
down at the life saving station telling
about that time he walked up the beach,
10 miles each way, and back again, and
now he muSt-a walked al least 30 miles.
all told, what with all the soft sand slid
ing beneath his feet, and the crooked
path he took. trying to keep on the hard
sand where the tides had left it.
The rank and file of Americas S workers
get two weeks vacation, and count them
selves fortunate, but it isn't enough
ArlStocracy Of the hands" get four
weeks, whole month, think of that, but
it still isn't enough.
Three or four months, or nothing, saws
the stay at-hOme
Nothing it is my lad, so you STAY, and
have nice, clean place to sleep. and the
old easy chair, and food just the wav YOU
want it, and books movies, the nice new
electric phonograph, birds in the trees
cool at night, and comfortable And no
radio.
No aimleSs walking up and down a
boardwalk just because everybody else
is walking up and down a boardwalk: no
Auction Sales This Day" where good
dollar vases may be purchased for as
little as So; no foaming beakers of Curl
Gus orange juice, and saltwater taffy
that is neither tafy nor salt, no RAINY
days when there is nothing to do but
rock, rock, rock no peellng nose, no
sunny day when the breeze has died
down, and one must stay out in the sun,
whether one wants TO or not. since the
rainy day deprived the vacationer of
some of his precious time to gather sun
burn or suntan, as one chooses.
This, no doubt is the great thrill of
the modern vacation.
The entire measly two weeks is for this:
the going away, in grand rush. and the
coming back, in an even greater: the
countless insects, and poor cups of cof-
fee, and the girl children screaming for
ice water every five minutes, and the
glasses OF ginger ale that make one more
thirsty than before, owing TO a high
pepper content
All these, and much more, for the sole
purpose of being able to breeze into the
office on Monday morning. and have the
boys give grudging, See you got a sun
burn -
No, 1t amt worth it; so the wise ones
stay at home and enjoy themselves.
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Indians also had their Moses.

Indians also had their Moses"
The story of an inspired lawgiver
who led his people to promised land"
through a treacherous swamp, across
which no enemies could follow, has
been unearthed by DR.. Truman Michel
son, Smithsonian Institution enthnolo-
gist.
This story of the mystic green buffalo
and MS Moses-like protege forms part
of the sacred literature" of the Fox
tribe, once powerful element of the
Algonquinian Indian family. The Foxes
now have a reservation near Tama,
Iowa, where the last remnants Of the
generation familiar with the old ways
and lore are fast disappearing.
Noteworthy in this legend to students
Of racial psychology is the weird green
motif which runs through it-green ami
mails. green skies green flames, etc.
First the future lawgiver is seen
by member of the tribe standing be-
side green bison. The child himself
is not aware of his ghoStly companion
which leaves no tracks in the snow. 1t
was a "manitou' buffalo. This marked
the little boy as one with supernatural
guidance.
The tribe in its migration had come
to the edge of supposedly impossible
swamp. Enemies were pressing it from
behind. 1t seemed doomed to destruc-
ton. The child, because of his OBJ
served association with the manitou
buffalo, was chosen to lead the way
through the great morass, in which
wood would sink and marsh birds and
mud turtles were sucked to the bottom.
AS soon as they were safely across,
the tribe made an Offering of tobacco
to the "manitou" who had guided the
steps Of their child guide, and accom-
panied the offering with a peculiarly
human request. In the words Of the
legend:
"As soon as I see my fellow man
may slay him?"
The child Moses rebuked them:
Indeed you did not ask for long life.
You have asked for something which
is frlghtful. You were to have asked
for something right. We have safely
crossed the hole in the earth. The
manltou made it to be peaceful for
us. Because he told it to be peaceful
IS why we went across. If he had done
what you ask we should, indeed, have
all sunk in the swamp"
The prodigy grew up able to under
stand the language of wolves. who told
MN OF the approach of the tribes
enemies. He went on mystical journey
around the earth and came to the shores
OF the four seas. Always the ghostly
green buffalo was appearing at appro-
pirate tlmeS-a sort of deus ex ma
china. The boy had visions. The trees
ana animals talked with him.
Eventually he produced from his vari-
Gus visions vague list of command
ments which now are incorporated in
one Of the sacred ceremonies Of the
Fox tribe.
There are throWbacks to the past
Evening star., 1937-08-07
Cancer Institute.

President Roosevelt, having signed the
National Cancer Institute bill, the
United States Public Health Service now
is equipped with funds for the construc-
ton and operation of a research center
dedicated to the solution OF one of the
greatest health problems with which the
Nation is faced
The primary purpose of the law is to
finance investigation OF the causes of
cancer and study of different theories
OF treatment. Inferentially, the disease
Is recognized as mystery. Nobody
knows very much about how it develops.
The institute is designed to attempt to
answer the question
OF course, there already are in exist
ence considerable number of institu-
tions pledged to the same objective The
scourge has engaged the attention of
some OF the most eminent physicians
who ever have lived. 1t also has en-
listed the generous philanthropy OF many
men and women of means enough to
endow the endeavors of laboratory scien-
fists of undoubted genius
With the National Institute estab-
lished and dozens of independent foun-
datlons already functioning perhaps the
next step should be that of correlation
If the Public Health Service will bring
together the knowledge Of the plague
currently available. it will help SINH
larly, 1t should promote more eficient
cooperation among all isolated agencies
concerned with the cancer campaign.