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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-18
SAMMY BAUGH,
D. C. PRO ACE,
EXPERT HEAVIER
Forwards Change
Types of Ball
BY FRANK "BUCK" O'NEILL

BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
The greatest development in
football over a period Of 80 sea-
sons is III the expert handling Of
the forward pass. Across the
land today in colleges, and even
in secondary schools are boys who
might put to shame the achieve
ment of the college greats who
starred in the dawn of the era Of
open play.
It is a far cry from the crude,
haphazard methods of passing in
vogue in the first year of the play
to the bullet-like throws of today'S
experts.
Back in 1906 the passing back
would curl the ball in the crook
of his elbow. with his fingers
clutching the tip of the long axis.
and hurl it over the line. If every
thing went we'll, a teammate
would grab it ~ of the air in the
midst of a wild melee, and the
crowd would cheer.
But it was not long before the
spiral pass was developed. Some
say that Paul Veeder, of Yale, was
the first to throw the spiral, but
this is disputed. Frank Mt. Pleas
ant, of Carlisle; Walter Eckersall.
of Chicago, and others became
expert.
GRIP THE BALL BY LACES
Some of these men gripped the
ball by the laces with their fingers,
placing their thumb along the
seam on the long diameter. Others
laid the ball flat on their palm
with the laces down. and by a
wrist twist developed the spiral
throw.
The football rules committee
and the manufactures Of athletic
goods have advanced the develop
ment of the play. They have made
available a ball that is far better
suited to the players of today
than to the men of even ten years
ago.
The Spaulding football guide
tells the story in the rules of the
game spanning a period of IL
years.
The ball in use in 1926 had a
circumference on the long axis OF
not more than 2812 inches and
not less than % inches. The cir
conference on the short axis was
from % inches to 2212 inches.
The ball of today remains 28a
inches or % inches in circun1-
ference over the long axis, but
the circumference of the short
axis now is not less than 21A
inches and not more than 2112
inches. The length of the long
axis is limited to not more than
i1A inches and not less than IL
inches. The weight of the ball re-
mains today as it was in 1926.
not more than IS ounces and not
less then IA ounces.
These dimensions convey a fairly
accurate idea Of just how much
better suited to passing the ball
of today is as compared to the ball
of the previous decade.
MULLER GREAT PASSER
Men with comparatively small
hands now may develop skill IN
forward passing With the old
ball it required big, powerful
hands. Men like Brick Muller, OF
California, who passed 10 yards
to Howard Stephens against Ohio
State in 1920; ar Brad Robin on,
of st. Louis, who amazed the
world with an 87-yard pass 10
John Schneider against Kansas IN
1905
In the hands of an expert like
Sammy Baugh. the forward pass
is to football what the fighting
plane is to a military force. 1t
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Grabbed 1t Up

He found it quite to his liking
nd forthwith negotiated for its
completion to include the Ma-Ja
,ngine that pounded through the
'otomac a year ago to victory in
he gold cup class.
So look out for this odd craft
ext Saturday and Sunday as you
lew the President Cup heats
rom your noorings or from your
,antage point along the sea wall.
Rutherford is out to repeat his
2ictory of a year ago, and thereby
duplicate the feat of George Refs,
he only racer in the 10 years
history of the local event to win
Two years hand running.
incidentally the Chinese gov.
eminent was not to be thwarted
by difficulty over letters of credit,
for it is purchasing its IL small
dispatch boats abroad, six from
Germany and six from Italy.
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g the first hull, when financial
Obstacles arose in view of the diff
iculty of getting letters of credit.
So the keels was never layed for
he other II, while the one par
tally completed craft languished
N it's blocks up along the At
antic Coast.
Rutherford, who spends con
.derable of his summers in jersey
?eard of the one unit which was
,artially completed, and decided
inspect it for possible service
) a racer.
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Dick Bartell Gets
Sh0rtstOp Berth
BY BABE RUTH
Chairman, All-America Board of Baseball

Registered c. S. Patent Office
Copyright, 1887, Christy Walsh Syndicate.
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sporting spectacle has grown in
Importance, dignity and sporting
appeal.
1t ranks with the finest motor
craft races held the country over,
and whereby in the beginning en-
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A GroWn Up Event

And now while the regatta spell
is still upon me, I'd like to make
the observation that year by year
over the past decade this splendid
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Copyright, 1881 Chrsty Walsh Syndicate
Another baseball has moved into its final month Of
play and the has arrived for the annual selection of ALL
America team The 1887 team the sixteenth such which
have the work becomes interest
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Kirk Miller
SPORTS EDITOR
Says:---

Comes the eleventh an
nual Presidents Cup Re-
gatta on the billowy Poto-
mac next week, and with
it Jack Rutherford, who
won the event a year ago
this month in his dandy
little craft Ma-Ja. Ruth
erford will be back in a
hull that happens to have
a bit of history.
For all l know he may have
pennant fluttering from his
entry this year bearing the Chi
nese dragon. for the 1887 racer
he is bringing here was origi-
nally built for the Chinese gov
eminent and undelivered be-
cause of the current war.
And while it's long way from
shanghai to Washington, I
thought you might enjoy the de-
tails of the incident which will
see a boat racing here, designed
for use so far away.
This is how it all happens.
TWeIUe Fast Boats
Some time before the Far East
situation became so ugly, the Chi
nese government ordered II small
boats for it's dispatch service from
the Ventnor Boat Works hard by
Atlantic City.
The builders completed the
models off plans approved by the
Imperial government, and were
we'll along on the way to finish
Evening star., 1937-01-01
SOUND LAND PLAN
OCCUPIES WALLACE
Rational Policy of Conser.
vation Vital to Welfare,
He Declares.
RY RLAJR ROLES,

Americas agricultural policy dur
ing 1895 emphasized the land and not
the tiller of the land. The Supreme
Court at the beginning OF the year
turned the Government from It's
course OF stressing market returns
for the farmer The death Of the
adjustment act opened the way for
the development of new agricultural
philosophy, long-range and based
upon conserving the fertile soil and
reinvigorating the depleted. so that 1t
might produce for centuries to come.
1T is coming to be generally rec
ognized that the corner stone OF a
sound national economy is a rational
land policy" Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace remarked Of the development
Of this outlook-not new, but new in
Its importance-toward agriculture.
The droughts of recent years, with
the resulting soil blowing and dust
storms, have focused attention on the
need of longtime land use planning.
Forest devastation, the progress of
soil erosion by water, the wide extent
OF farming on submarginal land, the
growing seriousness of tenure problems
In many areas and the prevalence of
destructive cropping and overgrazing
are few Of the problems which be-
token the want of co-ordinated land
policy"
The most vigorous proponent Of this
representation policy was the Re-
Evening star., 1937-01-01

protective areas for migratory water
fowl. The Indian Bureau took over
ii projects to provide more land for
the Red Men.
Sponsored IS Projects.
The Resettlement Administration
has sponsored 96 projects primarily of
an agricultural character, though
some Of them include recreation, wild
life and forestry aspects" Wallace
recounted during his observations on
the course of agriculture In 1896.
r. A. also approved 81 projects com.
prising 730,0 acres and contemplate
ing construction Of homes for 13,255
families. This activity pro, ided the
agency with its title Of resettlement.
for the occupants Of this land would
first be transferred from other land.
or resettled.
The great significance Of land
waste and consequent erosion was ex-
planned by Wallace. who remarked:
Mistaken land use practices in the
United States have caused the ruin
by erosion of some 10000, 900 acres
and seriously damaged so ,000, 900 acres
more. Much additional land is in
danger. Soil erosion injuries not mere
ly the owners or the occupants Of the
eroded land and their immediate
neighbors; it's harmful consequences
extend through whole watersheds and
throughout the country.
Erosion dissipates fertile soil In
dust storms, piles up soil on lower
slopes, covers rich bottom land with
poor subsoil, destroys food and cover
for wildlife and increases flood haz.
ards. 1t causes the sitting and the
sedimentation Of stream channels,
reservoirs, dams, bitches and harbors,
and damages roads, railways, irriga-
ton works. power plants and public
water supplies. 1t is a public as we'll
IS a private liability. and 1t can bs
dealt with effectively only by CO.
operative effort"
The problem cannot be answered
by the Federal Government alone,
said Wallace. Good soil care on one
farm can be Offset by poor care on
the neighboring farm.
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settlement Administration, now about
to be absorbed into the Department
of Agriculture after 4 1s-month ex-
istence as an independent agency
under direction of Rexford Guy Tug
we'll, who At the same time was
Undersecretary Of Agriculture. Long
before the closing months Of 1896 r.
A. announced that 1t had bought
$500, 900 acres Of land across the
United States, an area almost the
size Of Maryland. to be developed for
future generations.
And the chief figure in Resettle-
ment's land-pIanning program was
DIR. L. c. Gray, who for years was a
noted agricultural economist In the
Agriculture Department.. but who
blossomed as a man of great impor-
tance when Tugwell borrowed him to
supervise the Job of buying . large
slice of America.
THE Resettlement Administration
has begun to acquire poor farm lands
and to promote their development for
other uses." Wallace said in expla-
nation of the r. A. program, which
henceforth will be in his province.
1T has also aided farm people in
some areas to find better locations.
Approximately $3s, ,000, 900 already has
been allotted for the conservational
development Of these lands, and the
undertaking gave employment to Is
many as $4,000 relief workers"
r. AS land is divided into 207
projects. The acres were bought
after considerable study of their fu-
ture possibilities and the needs Of the
families occupying them before they
came into the possession of the Fed
eral Government. The usual pro-
cedure has been for Resettlement to
find new homes for the inhabitants
OF these unfertile acres and then to
turn the land over to q developing
agency.
The National Park Service of the
Interior Department, for instance, Is
developing IS of the 207 projects for
recreational purposes, % Of them are
under control OF the Bureau OF Bio
logical Survey. which uses them as
Evening star., 1937-11-23
Scenery Adds
Spirit to
Opera
Association Singers
Present Gay
Performance.
BY ALICE EvERSMAN.

by AL1CE EtEhSMAN.
TINE opera lovers of Washington
who faithfully have pstronioed
opera performances at Consti-
Il tuition Hall and overlooked the
makeshift staging that the character
Of the stage necessitates. must have
been considerably surprised last eve
ming to see what Paul Arlt. scenic
director of the Washington Popular
Opera Association, was able to devise
as setting for n Barbiere di Siviglia."
With the clever arrangement which
he had set up there was at last real
opera scenes. The tapertries at the
back of the stage were concealed by
long drop which reached to the top
Of stage sets, thereby eliminating the
Colonial figures that have looked down
on several music dramas whose stories
were far removed from the calm tenor
of their lives
The lighting also was excellently
contrived and the whole effect was
colorful and adequate for the play of
the story. The costumes carried out
the vivid note and the various stage
properties were appropriate. The as
sociation is to be congratulated for
surmounting so many obstacles so
we'll and staging the opera as realisti-
cally as could be done under the
circumstances.
Pleasant as it was to see approx
mately the proper setting for the opera,
1t was still more pleasant to hear 1t
sung by cast with excellent voices
and acting ability. They took the
tale of the Count Almaviva and the
fair Rosina. her doddering old guar
dian Bartolo, the knowing barber
Figaro and the pompous music master
Basilio into their own hands and
speeded it on through the three acts
as gayly and spiritedly as could be
wished for. The buffoonery and exag-
gerations of the libretto which Rossini
has transferred into the score were
in no way unduly stressed but came
out easily under the cooperation of
the six characters. The entire flow
of the opera was smooth and humorous
in way that the audience enjoyed
hugely.
IT is almost impossible to pick one
role and one singer as more worthy
OF notice than the others. The Rosina
Of Margarita Salvi, around whom the
story revolves. was charmingly and
gracefully portrayed. Her acting of
the role was polished in every gesture
and she is elegant in her stage deport-
ment and attractive in personality. In
her singing Of the role she allowed
herself some liberties as to tempo, and
her voice at times was too metallic in
color except in the highest register
to be ingratiating. but her presentation
on the whole was highly artistic. For
the singing lesson in the third act,
Evening star., 1937-11-23
Nine. Saliva sang the "Je Suis Titania"

Nine. Saliva sang the "Je Suis Titania"
aria from "Mignon.'
Angelo Photo, who sang the title
role in "Rigoletto." the first opera to
be presented by this association q few
weeks ago, was an amusing and skill
full Figaro. enhancing his various
scenes, and especially the famous "Al
Factotum" aria, with many bits of
clever details. His voice is somewhat
robust for the part, but he managed
to make it fit into the character.
Pompilio Malatesta, veteran basso
buffo of the Metropolitan. not only
gave a splendid performance, but
added individual touches which kept
the hilarity of the whole at high pitch.
ROLF GERARD. who substituted for
Armand Tokatyan in "Traviata"
performance in the same hall some
years ago, was the Count Almaviva.
His light tenor voice carried the fiorid
passages OF the role easily, while his
smooth and spontaneous action in each
of the disguises he assumes In the
opera merits high praise. Basilio, the
music master, sung by Lloyd Harris,
also already known to the local pub
lie through his appearances recently
Evening star., 1937-11-23
MRS. TYLER RITES
THIS AFTERNOON
Wife Of Dr.. H. W. Tyler, Ii
brary Of Congress Consultant,
Died Sunday.

Mrs. Alice Irving Tyler, 10, wife Of
DR.. Harry w. Tyler, consultant in
science at the Library Of Congress,
died Sunday at . local sanitarium after
q long illness.
Mrs. Tyler was . graduate Of Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology.
where DR.. Tyler headed the DEPART
ment OF mathematics until his retire.
ment there In 1880. Since then he
has been with the Library of Congress.
Mrs. Tyler was . member Of the
American Association of University
Women.
Besides her husband, she leaves four
daughters. DR.. Margaret Tyler, physi-
clan Of New Haven. Conn.,; Mrs. WAL
lace H. Wolcott, Scarsdale, N. Y: Mrs.
Stafford johnson, Cambridge, Mass,
and Mrs. Joseph H. Phillips. Flushing,
N. Y: six grandchildren and two sis
ters, both of whom live in Boston. DR..
Tyler is staying at the Cosmos Club.
Funeral services are being held this
Evening star., 1937-11-23

at the Rialto Theater. and Fiorello,
the Counts servant, sung by Fausto
Bozza, were excellenuy taken. The
second feminine role, that of Bertha,
the housemaid of DR.. Bartolo, was the
medium of local opera debut Of Clelia
Fioravanti, one Of Washington's WELL
known contraltoS
Although the orchestra played the
overture rather timidly, it gained con-
fidence under the authoritative direc-
tion of Fulgenzio Guerrieri, who is q
plant and watchful conductor. To-
gether with the singers, he kept the
opera moving along in lively fashion
In most enjoyable way. The audi
ence. while not large one, had good
time and to its applause gave the addi-
tional tribute Of its amused reactions.
Evening star., 1937-11-23

at least 80 obsolete pieces Of equip
ment now are in use-trucks and hose
wagons manufactured from l9 to 81
years ago.
The department has another appro-
priation-for 500, ,000-but the equip
ment to be purchased with this fund
will not be delivered until the late
spring or early summer.
The new hose wagons, which have
been assigned to Engine Companies 8,
10, l3 and 81, have not yet received
Evening star., 1937-11-23
Section Ed'' Smith
Is Grand father
For Second Time
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Ellison D. Smith of
South Carolina today became a
grandfs ther for the second time.
He received word from Flor
ence. S. c., of the birth of a boy
to Mrs. Laura Douglas Smith,
former Washington socialite and
wife of Farley Smith, the Sena-
tors youngest son.
The baby. weighing 51a pounds,
was named Ellison Durant Smith,
third.
THAT seems to complicate
things for Ellison, jr.." the Sem
ator commented, referring to his
own son of that name, who Is not
married.
Evening star., 1937-11-23
WRECK BLOCKS LINE
Coal Car on Pennsylvania Freirht
Leaves Rails at Switch,

PERRYVILLE, Md. Nov. % P.-
Mainline traffic Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad was blocked for more than
two hours today by q freight train
wreck here. No one was injured.
A coal car in freight train bound
from Harrisburg, Pa. to Baltimore,
left the rails at switch. Wreckage
was scattered on both lines of the
North-South Pennsylvania tracks.
Evening star., 1937-11-23

afternoon in Bethlehem Chapel Of
Washington Cathedral, with the Right
Rev. julius w. Atwood, DID,, retired
bishop Of Arizona, officiating.
Evening star., 1937-11-23
their final tests before official accept
ance, Schrom said.
Demand Whetstones,

To protest against the price Of whet-
stones to sharpen their scythes, peas
ants sat on the railway track at Ia
polco. Hungary. and held up traf,c
for half an hour.
Evening star., 1937-11-23
FIRE Department GETS
FIVE new HOSE WAGONS
Apparatus Is Part Of 4e2, 900 Or
der to Replace Very Obsolete
EQuipment,

Five new hose wagons have been
received here as part Of a $92, 900 or
der to replace very obsolete" equip
ment OF the Districts Fire Depart
ment. Three ladder trucks, bearing
the longest ladders ever used here,
are expected about the last Of the
year. They cost $l7.500 each and
their ladders will reach nine floors.
Fire Chief Charles e. Schrom said
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Distrust and caution are the parents
of security.
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TARTAN ESCAPES" is A
STIRRING ADVENTURE PICTURE

Crashing through breath-taking adj
ventures in the iungles. Tarzan and his
mate, as enacted by Johnny Weissrnul-
Ter and Maureen O'Sullivan, bring tc
the Kootenai theatre another breath
taking adventure romance.
This is Metro Goldwyn Mayors
aTarzan Escapes" packed with thrills,
telling the story of human deceit di-
rected against a primitive man of the
jungle, and of the treachery of civilized
man against the jungle friend Of wild
beasts who has never known the tricks
of his enlightened brothers.
aTarzan Escapes takes the Edgar
Rice Burroughs character into the coun-
try of giant vampire bats; its thrills in
clude battle between an army of
elephants and savage warriors, the
routing of lions by an elephant stam-
pede; a dash through a crocodile-in-
tested river, and other exciting details
surrounding the primitive love story
of the series.
In the new story Tarzan is betrayed
and captured by the man who pretsnds
friendship and who plans to exhibit
him as wild man. His faithful mate,
played by Miss O'Sullivan, and his
jungle friends aid in sensational
escape.
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A daughter was born to Mrs. William
L. Mills on February 90
Manion's Service sold. this week 1
new International pickup to Eugene
Pattie of Troy
| Spring indeed must be here. Libby
merchants are putting up their seed
displays and few robins have arrived
Mrs. Ed. Hendrickson came down
from Eureka during the week to visit
with her son and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Hendrickson.
Perce Baker came home the last OF
the week for short visit with his par
ents here. He is a student at the
Cheney, Wash, normal.
Miss Anna Louise Olson came home
the last of the week from her studies
at the Cheney normal. She spent the
weekend here with her parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Ed. Olson.
Don Olson came home Saturday from
his studies at the Cheney, Wash, nor
NAL to spend the weekend and the
Washington birthday holiday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Olson.
Assistant Forest Supervisor Jeffer-
son left for Missoula Sunday where he
will spend the next two weeks at the
regional office of the district, attend
ing conference of supervisors called
in from all over the region.
The Libby Lions will hold their reg
ular dinner and meeting at the Model
Cafe next Monday night. At that time
the debate team of the high school will
present some of the high lights of the
topic they are debating this year, rela-
tive TO public ownership of utilities.
Joe Vanderpool walked in from the
Glacier mine yesterday because of the
serious illness of workman there,
Harry Van Tassel, who it is feared, has
pneumonia. Because of the deep snow.
it was impossible to drive car to town
and Vanderpool walked the eleven
miles SO as to make arrangements to
send out team and sled to bring the
sick man TO town.
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Is YearsAgO InLibby

Charged with passing counterfeit
money, Frank Gillard and NJ ]. Page
We're arrested on Sunday by Chief OF
Police w. S. Megquier and lodged in
jail. The attempts to pass the spurious
bills were made at one of the saloons,
at restaurant and in the redlight
district.
The Montana Progressive Republican
league, organized at Billings last week,
went on record as favoring Theodore
Roosevelt for president and Joseph Nj.
| Dixon for senator.
The girls basketball team of the
Standpoint high school will play the
girls team of the Libby high school to-
morrow night at the opera house.
The special city bonding election. to
pass upon the proposition of bonding
the town for the construction of a
main sewer, is in progress today. Not
much interest has been manifested in
the outcome, only about so voters hav-
ing registered
The Libby school notes said that
Katherine Mccarthy and Emma Larsen
are now enrolled in the kindergarten
class. Mildred Upham is new scholar
in the third grade Irene Davidson is
back again after an absence of several
weeks.
Mrs. James Casey returned Friday
from visit in Spokane.
H. L. Wilson was in town the first
of the week from the Snowshoe mine.
An automobile trip from this city to
the hootenai canyon over the proposed
highway to the coast into the park
will be made by f D. Stoop within
few weeks.--Kalispell Inter Lake.
The members of the Penelope club
gave a leap year theatre party last
night. following which all gathered at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Adams,
where the balance OF the evening was
spent.
w. J. Croghan, with his family, ar
rived in town yesterday from Sheridan,
Wyo., and will reside in Libby. John
Vine and Ralph Nichols of the same
place accompanied Mr. Croghan and
will remain here.
George A. Bigelow Of Great Falls has
been engaged to take charge of the
grocery department Of the John r
Wall store.
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Safety Is Stressed

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