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Evening star., 1937-03-17
PITCHING IS ONLY.
UNCERTAIN FACTOR
Sure to Be in Race if They
Continue Improvement of
Last Three Years.
This is another OF a series out
lining major league pennant pros
pects)
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Wrltar

AMPA, Fla. March 17.-There
may be fireworks from the
Rhineland sector this year.
Manager Chuck Dresser and
his Cincinnati Reds, no longe. league
doormats, are aiming high. Give
ther good right-handed hitting out
fielder and me of the good pitching
they have a reasonable right to ex-
pect and they'll wear no mans collar
in the impending National League
pennant fight.
Its like this" predicted Warren
Giles, new general manager of the
Reds, "our club is one j reasonably
can say can win but you can't say it
can't win"
Give us as much good luck this
year as we had of hard luck in '36 and
we'll fool 'em ALL" forecast Manager
Dresser
The 1887 edition of the Reds is i'm
pressive. Dressen's club has speed,
hustle and enough latent talent to
burn up the circuit, and it wouldn't
surprise many of the experts if the
Reds did it.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
BY WALTER McCALLUM.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

RLANDO Fla, March
l for this
an League last something thinner
that's
Tinker Field listen
Clark Griffith
athletes
fail off
Give
regarding
of A.
Looks like we've which
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Rupert Stands Pat on $4,000 Gehrig.

Stan Bordagaray, the reformed
Dodger, passes the hat The
other night the boys picked up $24
in little more than an hour
P. S.-The slot machines had that
in little more than another hour.
The Florida sun hasn't mellowed
Col. Jake Rupert one dollars
worth It's still $4,000 or
nothing for Lou Gehrig When
Pete Norton Of the Tampa Tribune
shoots he aims high He invited
President Roosevelt to fish for
tarpon off the Florida West Coast.
.. Moreover, Mr.. Roosevelt prom
ised to keep the invitation in mind.
The veteran Charlie Gelberts
fine play IS threatening to drive
Alex Kampouris of second base
for the Reds Harry Cooper and
Jimmy Thouason. the golfers, took
Evening star., 1937-03-17
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

~ AYTONA BEACH, Fla,
March 17.-Same old Car
dinals :. same old Pepper
~ Martin . just can't stop
that fellow He and his hill
billy friends are making the Cardi-
nal training camp here just about
the liveliest in Florida . Some of
the natives may long for a few
close-ups of the Mr.. Dean, but
Pepper and his pals won't let them
miss even old Dizzy for long.
First time he reported to st.
Louis camp, Pepper rode the rails
.. This year he slowed up from
Oklahoma in a handmade truck
. If he isn't loading it with
picaninnies and roaring up and
down the main stem with the
throttle open. he's taking on .
Evening star., 1937-03-17

CIle 1dIlkS ana DetrOlC II We get away
to a good start opines Bucky, over a
hand of pinochle.
But you can always find some sour
puss somewhere around the premises
who isn't strictly a yes-man, which
is somewhat unusual around a ball
club during training season, come to
think of it.
Kinda funny, too, the sour-puss in
this case is none other than our rosy
faced, smiling friend, the erstwhile
mayor of Cherrydale, none other than
Mike Martin.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Spills Draw Spectators.

PERHAPS the simplest way OF giving
graphic general idea of the
National is to point out that several
thousand bowler-hatted bookmakers
scattered around the lawns and in
field are pleased in most cases to bet
you even money that your particular
nag doesn't complete the course.
Any horse that runs 4 miles, 856
yards and carries a heavy rider over
80 jumps without something coming
unsnapped is plain lucky. Eight or
nine f1nishers out Of field Of, say,
so starters in the Grand National y
q good. high score.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Sees Great Race Tonight,

CUNNINGHAM sees a 4:l0 mile "or
better for tonight's race, al
though he believes that moving the
time of the race back to IL o'clock
from 10 will slow down the runners.
The boys will be pretty tired and
sleepy by that time. Besides there'N
be more smoke and that always cuts
speed, I believe that the fast times
made in Boston this year were due as
much to the absence of smoke in the
arena as anything else"
Glenn doesn't believe Don Lash,
1ndiana's two-mile champion, will do
as we'll at the mile as he has at his
speciality. There's lot of difference
IN the two races, and I think Don
would do better at two miles"
AT present Glenn is studying for
his Ph. D. in physical education at
New York Universitys School of Edu-
cation
Evening star., 1937-03-17

Miami papers report some Of the
Giants (no names mentioned) put
the blast on Havana as training
spot Said the weather was
ok, but the players couldn't cut
down their weight After the
second day we couldn't sweat"
one Giant said . Seemed like
the heat just dried us stiff"
Note to Francis Albertanti, press
agent of the American Bowling
Congress: The Cardinals hotel
here served "A B C soup" yester-
day . It isn't official yet, but
some of the other managers are
going to tear a leaf from Mickey
Cockrane's book and put the ban
on wives In training camps next
yeAy.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
GO0FY HORSE RACE
| BECOMES CLASSIC
Grand National Was Started
by Saloon Keepers Out
for Days Sport.
BY the Associated Press.

4 1NTREE, England, March H.
~ You can take all your hofse
~ races, from Ben Hur to Santa
Anita and lump them all to-
gether, and you still won't have any
thing half SO fantastic and completely
dippy in every respect as the race that
Is going to be run here again Friday
afternoon
The Grand National stands alone.
You can believe practically anything
you ever heard or read about it. There
is a widespread belief that the man
who invented it had been reading
Alice in Wonderland The facts, how
ever, are even more curious.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
FEET Of DODGERS
BEING UNTAKGLED
Hurd|er Beard Is Hired for
Task, With Winsett as
His Main Pupil.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,

~ LEARWATER, Fla, March II.
Wonders never cease in the
camp of the Flatbush Follies.
~ It wasn't enough that
Brooklyn's Demon Dodgers should fire
their old clubhouse trainer and hire
. fancy physiotherapist, now-every
other method of teaching base run
ming comic failure-theyve recruit
ed star hurdler to show them how to
ship over the base ball bumps.
Percy Beard, who used to set world
records for Alabama Poly and now
makes a living as track coach at the
University of Florida, has been hired
by Manager Burleigh Grimes to show
his boys how to get away from slow
motion.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Has Slab big Four"

p1TCHING is the big if, but it should
be better than the brand used to
give the Reds fifth place last season.
Paul Derringer, a carefree man again
after his matrimonial troubles, and Al
HolingsWorth, whose arm went bad
last July, will be the hurting main
stays. Eugene Schott, 23-year-old
right-hander, who won II last season,
and Ray Peaches" Davis complete
Dressen's "big four
The rest of his mound candidates
have excellent possibilities for spot
pitching duty. Among the leaders in
the race at the moment are Benny
Frey, a slow starter; Wild Bill Halla-
han and Lloyd Moore, a right-hander,
who won 20 and lost for Ell Dorado
in SO
Dresser can't miss having a good in
field. His only problem is to pick out
the best combination from his ex-
llenJ talent. So far it ooks like the
Ped inner works will be composed of
Les Scarsella, first; Alex Kampouris,
second; Bill Myers, shortstop, and Lew
Riggs at third.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Bucky Likes Clubs Power.

REING as curious as your maiden
aunt, we asked Bucky about it:
"Sure we'll have a lot of port-sided
hitters," he said, land the other pilots
will know about it quick enough but
guess we can get along pretty good.
That's a power house with the stick,
any way you figure 'em. Chapman,
(see POPPING OFF, Page C-2.)
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Manush Getting Lessons.

work on an old major league Of
fender-Heinie Manush. who strayed
into F1atbush from Boston's Red Sox
this year. Heinie got single in the
first intra-camp game and imme-
diately was picked off first base.
Nov I'm a full-fledged member of
the Flatbush Follies," supplied Heinie
as he came back to the Brooklyn
bench to face the irate Grimes.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Intends to Become Coach

HOPE to be coach eventually,
but I'm looking forward to a lot
more running he explained.
Opposing Cunningham tonight will
be Archie San Romani, Luigi Beccali
and Gene Venzke, representing with
Glenn the cream of the mile field.
Evening star., 1937-03-17
Dresser Is Enthusiastic.

WERE on the upgrade and make
no mistake" says Dresser.
Gaining every year. In 1894, we
finished "a games out of first place.
In '35 We won Is more games. while
last year We won "A. That makes "a
games we've picked up in three years.
And don't see how we can help
keeping up this picking-up business in
81"
The Cardinals, Giants, Pirates and
Cubs had better watch those Reds
They're going to be tough, and that's
no pipe dream,
Evening star., 1937-03-17
a. a.
Off"%'J %'Jtf5n::: 5Izz1 -
Fish Out of Water.

Waiter McCnlum The
Nationals training today
conductor and decided to himself.
All in the Uay, mn frdn'I
Evening star., 1937-03-17
ExhibitiOnCanes

At Daytona Beach, Fla, New
York (A), S; st. Louis CN), 2.
At st. Petersburg, Fla, New York
N), 8: Boston (N), 6.
At New Orleans, La, Cleveland
(A.), "A; New Orleans Is. AZ, 3.
Schedule Today.
At Orlando, Fla, New York (N.)
~ Warrington AZ
Evening star., 1937-03-17

Battle for Reserve Job.
CHARLIE GILBERT, obtained from
the st. Louis Cardinals, and Jim
Evening star., 1937-03-17

batting practice with the Tigers at
Lakeland the other day.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
CROSS STITCH TOWELS

Aren't they festive with their
garIands of cherry blossoms
these cross stitch tea towels with
their pots. pans, china and glass
ware? They are so quickly en-
broidered in gayest of cotton that
you can make a set for that bride
tobe as well as one to keep your
self. Pattern 1902 contains a
transfer pattern Of six motifs
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
PATTERN 1902

averaging 41axS inches; illustra-
tion of all stitches used; color
suggestions: material require
mentS.
Send 10 cents in stamps or coin
(cOin preferredl for this pattern
to The Washington Times, Needle
craft Dept, 81 Eighth Avenue,
New York, N. Y. Write plainly
PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME
and ADDRESS.
The Washington times., 1937-03-08
BONNEVILLE TOPICS-By FOntaine FOz

The REVIVAL LARGELY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCREASED HEAT N The car sIoyg
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Man Catches Up on Talk.

Dumb for nearly 20 years and his
speech restored by chance, Charlie
Prentice of Hounslow, England, is try
ing to catch up on his talking. II
can't stop speaking" he said. 1T all
seems too good to be true, and I'm
afraid I'll wake up some morning and
flnd I'm dumb again"
Evening star., 1937-09-09

Up to point, North and South's
bidding was very fine. South's fve-
club bid over Vests opening pre-
emptive three diamond call was quite
correct, and North's raise to six was
fully justified South's bid of seven
clubs was, in our opinion. somewhat
doubtful, but who are we to criticize
when seven clubs can be made? Then
West, being not vulnerable, decided
to sacrifice with bid of seven dia-
monds. While North might have
doubled this bid, he did not wish to
shut out seyen-no- trump bid by his
partner, should that player hold the
ace of diamonds. South decided that
his partners pass to seven diamonds
was an invitation to him to try for
grand slam in one of the major
suits, and he made the woeful mis-
take of contracting for seven hearts,
from which there was no escape,
being set five tricks doubled.
Howard Schenken could see no
fault with North's pass to seven dia-
monds, and construed that bid as
AAa~s>AAAAA6 why OilC 4l1NlId-
ton for South to bid seven no-trump.
The entire blame for the hand must
be placed on South. His judgment
in attempting grand slam in a pre-
viously unmentioned suit was atrocious,
and he should have been we'll con-
tent with the large penalty that he
could have garnered by doubling
West
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Evening star., 1937-09-09
Would Marry Man. 1872.

Kozhan, aged 1872, a peasant of
Yugoslavia with 3l2 living descend
ants, has received by mail proposal
Of marriage from an American woman
living in Lincoln Hills, England, whose
name is given as Miss Mary Tanvett.
According to reports received in Bel
grade, the woman wrote that she is
80, but Kozhan's 100 years seniority
is no obstacle to marriage.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Separate Seats for Monks.

II being considered a sin for Bud
onist monks to sit, mix. eat or chat
with laymen, separate compartments
IN railway trains for them and their
atNndants Is TO be urged in the Burma
Legislature.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
japanese Get New Swords.

Because swords carried by Japanese
soldiers in Manchuria have been
breaking frequently the South Man
churia Railway research laboratory
has produced . harder metal for the
weapons.
Evening star., 1937-09-09
Winning Contract

BY THE FOUR ACES.
David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier Os-
vald Jacoby. Howard Schenken. world s
leading team of four. inventors of the
system that has beaten every other sys-
tenn in existence
Evening star., 1937-09-09
400 Point Disaster.

THE Mayfair Club in New York
City is the scene of many vio-
lent bridge disputes. The players
at this popular club seem to get spec
tacular hands, or else their bidding
makes them so, and when disaster oc-
ours, the two partners will usually
make a bet as to which is wrong
and then call up the Cavendish Club
and appeal to one of the Four Aces
for a ruling North and South in
CURED 1,400-point set on the hand
below, then promptly called up the
Cavendish Club and asked Howard
Schenken to settle their dispute.
West, Dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
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10 6
$685.
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764 S &s3
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The bidding:
West. North. East. South.
80 Pass Pass 5A
Pass 50 Pass "a
- Pass Pass ~
Dbl. Pass Pass Pass
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
why you never see a fox car
rying an umbrella.-Punch.
A Progressive Town Council

Town Council is closing a
year of good work and
achievement. They have tried
to advance Smyrna's interests
to the best of their ability,
but no matter how progress
sive they want to be, there are
knockers" who are criticising
the building of the Tax Office
and the Town Hall tower and
clock as unnecessary. We take
Issue with this and feel Town
Council has done a good and
worthwhile job. Both these
projects make for a more up
to-date municipality. So will
a progressive move be made if
Town Council will use it's eff
forts in the matter of extend
ing Market Street thru to
South. It's an improvement
worth while and will show
Smyrna to be alive and awake
to community good. Who
knows but what some day
Market Street will be a good
revenue producer. We must
not stand still. We must go
forward.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
Last Cave Dwellers in
Europe Are Moved Out

Budapest-The last settlement of
cave dwellers in Europe has dis
appeared.
Until recently, in certain district
Of the Hungarian county Borsod, not
far from the Czechoslovak border,
several thousand poor farmers, to-
gether with their pigs and poultry.
lived in caves into which no ray
of the sun ever penetrated.
For many decades neither author
tiles nor public opinion paid any
heed to their condition.
Then recently group of socially
minded young Hungarian writers
reused the nations conscience and
started movement to end this
medieval situation.
Among the first to respond to their
call were members of the cabinet.
Minister of Interior Nicholas Koz-
ma donated neat wooden farm
house; this example was followed
by his colleagues. Foreign Minister
Koloman Won Tanya, Finance Min
lister Tihamer Fabinyi, and Minis
ter Of Commerce Geza Bornemisza.
During the summer a new up-to-
date village, with a modern church
and school building. was construct
ed.
1t was named "Mikszatfalva," or
Mikszat's village. after the writer
Mikszat, who, by depicting the
plight Of the cave dwellers, had
greatly contributed to the reform.
BY the end of September the pop
ulation had moved into their new
homes.
To destroy every vestige of the
former shameful situation, the cave
settlem ant was blown up by dyna-
mite.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
CORRESPONDENCE
CONTINUED From Page Eight)

than in previous years, attributed,
it is said, to the severe winters that
prevailed before the present one.
1t is believed that the new stock of
cottontails will improve conditions
immeasurably for hunting, when
the cunning season opens next No
vember. Hunters generally are
much pleased over the prospect of
more game.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph c. Hutchi-
son had as their guests at turkey
dinner last week Mr.. and Mrs. John
r. Carpenter and son Jack of Nc
Donough; Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds
Wilson, of Harrington; Mr.. and
Mrs. William Carey, of Odessa;
Miss Dorothy Moore, of Newark;
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Lester Daniels,
Bobbie Hutchinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph c. Hutchinson, Jr., and son
Carey, of Townsend.
Misss Name Townsend, Of Phil
adelphia, Pa, who has been visiting
her brother, Mr. .Howa I'd Townsend
and Mrs. Walter Gill and Mr.. Gill,
have returned home.
Mrs. w. I. Cochran had as re-
cent guests her sister, Mrs. Samuel
Weigel. Of Kenton; Mrs. Paris
Hutchinson and Msr. Clyde Shock
ley accompanied them on q motor
trip to Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
Aid the Boy Scout Movement


This is Scout Week in
Smyrna, the State and Nation.
No more worthy movement
can engage your attention.
For it's the boy of today that
makes the man of to-mor-
row. Throw every advantage
in his way to help him carve
out his future. Solicitors are
out now. What you give is
for a good cause. The people
know that the organizations
chief business is to make good
boys initially and good men
finally. 1t stands for the good
of all communities in which it
operates and pays it's way in
work which is laden with
priceless benefits to everyone.
The chief aim of the pres
ent campaign is to meet the
budget requirements of the
Delaware Council of Boy
Scouts for $32,500. At pres
ent in the area there is one
Boy Scout for every four boys
Of scouting age. The immed-
late forward aim is one boy in
every two of scouting age.
That will be a wonderful
achievement. 1t will make for
a better Smyrna, a better Del
aware, and a better Eastern
Shore.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
State Welfare Home Needs


The Delaware Legislature is
being importuned to come to
the aid of the State Welfare
Home, Smyrna, by granting it
the necessary appropriation to
erect a separate building for
the negroes and another pa
vilion for use by the whites.
The Old Age State Welfare
Commission is making a
needy request and we hope
the Legislature will make
them a full appropriation.
Says the Morning News: "an
effort was made to have the
last Legislature provide the
increased space desired. An
appropriation was made for a
new kitchen and a laundry.
This helped to ease the ten
sion.
with the hope that the
problem will be solved, the
Welfare Commission will ask
the Legislature to finance con-
struction of an additional
building at a cost of 100000.
This would help materially.
Gas matters stand now, it
is necessary to crowd the ad-
ministration building with
Negro residents. The hope is
that this situation can be
overcome, and at the same
time that provision can be
made for the applicants now
on the waiting list.
Because of lack of room a
waiting list has existed ever
since the home was opened.
This is not an economical ar
Persons on the
list must be sustained
at public expense. The cost
of doing so is greater per
capita than is sustenance in
the home"
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11

provements to his home and
grounds and the night before
his death had about perfected
plans for a big ornamental
screened-in porch and terrace.
A home-loving man, devoted
to his wife and daughter, he
exemplified the highest ideals
in home-making.
The community is the bet
ter by his life and works
among us.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
SASSAFRAS
Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About NeighbOrhOOd

Items of Personal and Social inter-
est Cleaned About NeighbOrhOod
Sassafras, Md, Feb. IL. = Mr..
and Mrs. Landis Johnston and
daughter Charlotte Ann, have left
for Philadelphia, Pa, where they
will spend some time with his
brother, Mr.. Lloyd Johnston and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kennedy
and Mrs. George Kennedy, of Ken
nedyville, have returned from a
visit to Mr.. and Mrs Robert John
ston and family.
Mr.. Ernest Bailey was given a
delightful evening recently at his
home in honor of his 21st birthday.
A very enjoyable time was spent
by all and at a late hour refresh
ments were served Everyone left
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11

wishing him many more happy
birthdays.
Mr.. B. F. Caulk, of Charlestown,
spent a visit with his sister and
daughter. Mrs. Laura Townsend
and Miss Helen Caulk.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11

Are you well informed !?
Well, let's hear you name ten
members of the lower House
of Congress.-Asheville Citi-
zen.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
Why Make a Change?

Why does New Castle Coun-
ty want a five-member Levy
Court until it tries out thor
oughly the present three
member court, a less cumber-
some and a more economical
body?
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11

Zen.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11

A woman writer mentions
that fox furs are absolutely
waterproof. This explains
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11

Entered at the Post Office at Sm- rna. Del
aware. as Second Class natter.
Subscription price. s1.5o per year. strictly
in advance.
Smyrna times., 1937-02-11
Passing of Prof. Schantz

RAISING OI fTOl. ScndnlZ
In the passing of Prof. G.
w. w. Schantz, superintend-
ent of the John Bassett Moore
Schools and the Smyrna Spec
ial District Schools, the town
and community has lost a val
uable educator and the town
of Smyrna one of its most ac-
tive and useful citizens. His
tragic death which dazed the
community took from active
life a man who was deeply in
terested in the cause of educa-
tion and especially the Smyr-
ma Schools to which he gave
the full measure of his devo-
tion, not only in continually
raising its standard but in ac-
quiring the magnificent school
building which to-day is the
pride and joy of Smyrna.
The public generally will
never know the time he spent
to details and equipment in
getting the best for Smyrna.
He worked zealously with the
School Board, Building Com
mission and architects in per-
fecting plans and had consid-
cradle to do with the finishing
touches that has made our
school edifice so beautiful and
up-to-date.
As an educator and busi-
ness manager, he had that
rare combination that is going
to make his place hard to fill.
He had one Of the finest
school organizations in the
state, a staff of teachers and
employees that were loyal to
him. He enjoyed their esteem,
love and respect, and they
mourn deeply his passing.
Nor did his influence for good
stop here. He found time in
his busy school life to mingle
with the business and social
life of the community and
made an impression that will
long linger. Genial, kind
hearted, with that infectious
smile that made him so popu-
lar, he took an interest in
community activities that
made him a leader among
men. He had a fellowship in
st. Peters Episcopal Church
of which he was a member, in
the American Legion of which
he was an ex-service man, in
the Smyrna Rotary, the Boy
Scout organization and even
in municipal and public enter
prises. At the time of his
death he was deeply interest
ed in the project to open Mar
ket Street thru to South, not
only as a public benefit but
for the good of the school in
that it would give an addition
al approach to the school
building and campus.
No man in Smyrna loved his |
home better than he. The
beautiful and modern home he
erected on the Boulevard
south of Smyrna was a real
retreat for him. He was con-