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Evening star., 1938-11-09
Mary K. Browne 10 Give
Net Lessons al 6. W.

Mary K. Browne, former national
women's singles tennis champion,
will appear at George Washington
University three days next week to
instruct classes in tennis technique
and participate in mixed doubles
exhibition. it was announced today
by Miss Ruth Atwell. head of the
G. w. women's physical education
department.
George Washington will abandon
all sports classes during the period
Miss Browne is here in order that
students may absorb her tennis wis
dom.
Three times national singles
champion. Miss Browne twice was
captain of the Wightman Cup in
!. A.ternational team. Since retiring
from tournament play she has been
teaching at Lake Erie College in
Painesville, Ohio, frequently making
tours to colleges throughout the Ma
ton.
Miss Browne will participate ir
a mixed doubles exhibition Wednes-
day at Tech High gym which viii
be open to the public. The demon.
stration will begin at o'clock anc
admission will be so cents.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Redskins Are Warned
To Avoid Fisticuffs
With Rowdy Bears
Loss Of Key Players
Might Be Prevented
By Discretion
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,
Star staf1 Correspondent.

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Unless the
Redskins are unusually alert Sun
day, that which has proven costly
to. the Chicago Bears in half Of their
eight league games this season may
cost the champions the services Of
any number Of their most valuable
players.
According to those close to George
Halas' big, bad Bears, the Bears
are just that They are sent into
the game with definite instructions
to stop the other fellow with any
tactics they see fit. even though
those tactics be unfit for anything
but a barroom brawl. AS re-
suit, the Bears probably are in
volved in more fisticuffs than any
other team in the National Foot
ball League.
The Redskins have been warned
not to allow themselves to be drawn
into any individual fights pro-
voked by the Bears. But what the
outcome would be should couple
of players swing on Redskin, say
Sammy Baugh, like they did in the
play-of game last December, or at
tempt to cripple any other Indian.
remains to be seen. After all, some
of the Redskins have been revealed
to possess exceedingly short tenn
pers themselves on occasion.
Plasman Is Out.
incidentally, Dick Plasman-the
Bears end who started the trou-
BILE with Baugh in the title game
Is out for the season with a broken
wrist, received Sunday in the
Packer game when he crashed into
a concrete wall while rushing for
a pass in the end zone
1t seems, however, that this ten
| dency to draw an opponent into a
fight was boomeranged against the
Bears, and that is the argument
| Coach Ray Flaherty is using in
drilling the necessity of remaining
cool into his players minds. For,
instead of conflning their scraps to
the men on the opposite side of
the line, the Bears have been fight
ing among themselves during games
to a point where actual blows have
been avoided only at the expense
of constant pickering and exchanges
of sharp words. Some critics say
that the Bears have beaten them
selves by these tactics in every one
of the four games they have lost.
Forget About Playing.
Especially is their tendency to
forget about playing and devote
their time, instead, to cussing each
Evening star., 1938-11-09

regulation football ground Is laid
out in the center.
The development. now one of the
best sandlot plants in the city, is
known as Turkey Thicket, the name
being taken from an old map of the
District which gave that as the title
of the section now called Michigan
Park, but to the old-timers it still
is Hutchinson's Field.
More Fields Being Built.
Additional Improvements are be-
ing made this week. Some of the
hollows are being filled, another
football field is being laid out, and
basket ball, dodge ball and volley ball
courts are being planned. General
supervisor Of the fields is Dave VOL
per, a sandy-haired Scot known af-
fectionately to the kids as Pop"
Between so and 100 boys gather
there after school each day, and the
old disorganized, pickup teams have
given way to well-coached and uni
formed elevens which play weekly
games with visiting teams not for
tunate enough to have their own
gridirons. These are Grady's Boys
an 85-pound outfit; Michigan Park
Terrors, 100 pounds; Hessick Coal
And as soon as the football season
is over the boys will take up soccer
and basket ball.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Second Spot Gained
By Western High
In Grid Series
Eastern Beoten in Mild
Gome-WiIson Tilt Apt
To Help Central

Centrals unstoppable football
squad is expected to move step
closer to positive possession Of this
years gridiron crown tomorrow
when it entertains the Tigers Of
Woodrow Wilson, who in their sec
ond year Of schoolboy competition
have yet to win game.
The game originally was set for
Friday, but was moved up because
Of the Armistice holiday as was the
Roosevelt-Anacostia tilt today at
Roosevelt. Roosevelt was favored
to score its first victory of the sea-
son, chiefly because of its weight
advantage over the Indians. Both
contests were to start at 3:15.
Western Moves Up.
Meanwhile the Red Raiders from
Western are in second place, half a
game behind Central and the same
distance ahead of Tech, having
moved there yesterday by skinning
through its game with Eastern. 60.
Playing far below the standard set
in previous games. Western finally
scored in the third period on two
passes from George Barnes to
Roddy Snow that moved the ball
across from the 25-yard line.
Only at rare moments did the
game sparkle and as both lines
played listless ball it took the COM
bined efforts of Barnes, Snow and
Fred Stone in the Western backf1eld
and Ray 500. Francis Hallama and
Paul Cohill of Eastern to inject
occasional bits of fast action.
Big Eastern Threat.
Eastern made its biggest threat in
the third quarter when it began a
sustained march from its own 40.
With Cohill passing and 500 pound
ing of good gains through the line
the Lincoln Parkers marched in
three first downs to Westerns IL,
and seemed set to score when
stopped by the half time whistle.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Wade Heads Into Stretch of One of His Greatest Grid Seasons
Modern Playground Replaces
Old Hutchinson's FieId, Once
BrookIond Boys 'Honqout'

A decade and more ago on the
outskirts of Brookland Just below
the railroad on Michigan avenue
was a tract Of land known to the
boys Of the neighborhood as Hutch
inson's Field and used for. sandlot
football and baseball games.
1t was privately owned. partially
wooded and full Of rough and un-
even spots, but being at that time
practically in the country it made
an ideal place to gather after school.
The Brookland Terrors. Michigan
Avenue Peewees, jackson Street
Peewes and many other teams had
their birth and spent the brief
span Of their unsupervised exist
ence there on diamonds and grid
irons laid out by the boys them
selves. A small stream wandered
through the center, and this was
damned in one spot and used as a
swimming hole by the youngsters.
Public Playground Made.
Building activities doomed around
there about 10 years ago, and in
the area near the field streets were
laid out and homes constructed in
the section now known as Michigan
Park. The stream was covered, and
as building came closer and closer
the boys several times were threat
ened with loss Of their field.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission finally stepped
in to save it, however, and six years
ago purchased II acres for about
100000 Under supervision of the
District Playground Department
gradual development has been 60
ing on until now the plot has been
cleared, most Of it leveled and a
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Movies Give Odd Twist
To Chibeur Debate

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Coach
George Halas of the Chicago
Bears, irked at poor tackling by
Bear backs last Sunday against
Green Bay Packers. beloved at
Quarterback Bernie Masterson:
Bernie, you haven't made q
tackle all season."
Il did so. coach" retorted Ber-
ME. Il made one in the Pitts
burgh game"
Halas became so angry at the
laugh which followed Mastersons
remark that he got out the
movies Of the Pittsburgh game
and ran them over-to discover
Masterson had not played that
contest.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Luckmon's Early Tutor
Has Superior Find
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. paul Sulli-
van, Erasmus Hall High School
coach, who prepared Sid Luckman
for stardom. claims his new prospect,
Max Reubenfeld, is better passer
than Sid was at a corresponding
stage in his career
The boy is cool under fire and
spots his receiver under the most
difficult conditions says Sullivan.
Proof: Max completed six out of ten
passes and figured in three out of
four touchdowns as Erasmus beat its
old rival, Manual Training. $50 yes
terday.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, Nov. O. Coaches
and critics who saw last Sum
days Bear-Packer game here
say that the Bears played their
best game Of the season, despite
the fact that they were beaten,
24-l7. Fullback Bert Johnson's
two fumbles in the first two
minutes of play gave the Pack
ers scoring opportunities which
they cashed in on. That, nat
urally, was quite a handicap for
the Bears to overcome, but they
bounced right back to score two
touchdowns themselves in the
first half and were only four
Evening star., 1938-11-09

tough. all right Remember.
they have two all-league line
men in 270-pound George Musso
at guard and 230-pound Joe
Stydahar at tackle. Because
such fellows as these like Moth
ing better than a good. hard
scrap. they're going to be as dan
gerous Sunday as if they still
Evening star., 1938-11-09
DieeeI Coils Again

PHILADELPHIA (P}.-Leo Diegel,
the golf pro who suffered injuries in
an automobile accident during the
Cleveland open in August, has re-
covered and will play in the winter
tournament tour.
Evening star., 1938-11-09

Five years ago-Andy Kerr re-
engaged for three-year term as
Colgate football coach.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
PREMISES.

There were scattered single votes
for Eckersall, Heston. Grange,
Thorpe. Nevers, Poe, Brickley, Un-
derwood. Landon, Jimmy Roosevelt
and Elsa Maxwell.
Those figures answer the ques-
ton pretty clearly and should set
tie the matter once and for ALL but
in case there is any further doubt,
we will enlarge on some of the re-
plies. One expert points out that
1t is all question of timing.
II remember a game between
Green Bay and Wellesley, in the
early part of the year '00," he says,
'in which the Green Bay team
showed up on the field half an hour
early and put the ball into play at
once. The Green Bay team scored
practically at will in that first half
The score was l80 to when the
Wellesley team arrived, and another
touchdown was in the making when
a penalty for offside threw the
Packers back in their tracks"
The narrator explains that the
penalty for offside in those days
was hanging, which is the key to
the situation.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Sports Mirror

By the Associated Press.
Three years ago-Notre Danes
six-game winning streak snapped
when Irish. without Andy Pilney,
lost lat to Northwestern.
Evening star., 1938-11-09

Touchdown-Snow. Substitutions: East.
Hilleary. Nance Snow Wrenn Islesias.
Referee-Mr. Masontn Mich Umpire-
MI Du -Four &c. u. Head linesman-Md.
OMeara tGonzaga)
Evening star., 1938-11-09

Today a year ago-Joe Med
wick, st. Louis Cardinals left
fielder, voted National Leagues
most valuable player Of 1887, beat
ing Gabby Hartnett, Cubs, in poll,
70-68.
Evening star., 1938-11-09

had a good chance to win the
Western title.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Some Scattered Votes
Are for EIso Maxwell

Can a good pro team beat a gooo
pro team? The answers were di.
vided as follows:
Yes-14,517.
No-14517.
Red-3,578.
Blue-2,478.
Yes and no-643.
Unnarried-390
Notre Dame-185.
Texas Christian-94.
Seabiscuit-68.
Dewey-43.
Light wines and beer-26.
Indefnitely-l8.
Get the h off these
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
Voter Falls Dead
At Ballot Box

CHICAGO, April 10 GN.s).
AS he was about to mark his
Democratic ballot in yesterdays
primary election, Leon F. Boyes,
So, a warehouse supervisor, fell
dead Of a heart attack.
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
WOMEN TO MEET

CHERRYDALE, Va, April 10.
The Woman's Club of Cherrydale
will hold it's regular business meet
ing at 8 p. m. tomorrow at the
home of Mrs. Edith Walton, 1921
North Military Rd.
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
MRS. LAUREL
IN ESCAPADE

HOLLYWOOD, April Is GN.SO
Illiana, Russian singer and pres
ent wife of Stan Laurel, movie
comedian, was in a hospital today
following a hectic escapade with
police
According to police records she
led officers a merry chase in Aer
automobile through the streets Of
Hollywood before crashing into a
tree.
Taken to the Hollywood jail,
she was booked on suspicion of
drunken driving and held there
until Laurel arrived and posted
$500 bail for her. He then took
her to the hospital for treatment.
HOLLYWOOD, April 10
0N.SO Stan Laurel, film CO.
median, faced more legal trouble
today. His first wife, Lois Laurel,
filed a demand in superior court
for $1,355 per month for support
of their 10-year-old daughter, Lois.
Laurel, now married for the third
time, to Llliana, Russian singer,
claimed he cannot pay the amount
because his earnings have been re.
duced
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
zONINC BOARD
PLAN SNAGGED

At a meeting of the House Dis
trict Committee, attended only by
Chairman Vincent L. Palmisano
Cd, of Maryland, and Dan H.
McGehee CD, of Mississippi, TO-
day deferred action on the coming
law, written at the request Of the
District Commissioners.
b The measure sets up five-man
board of zoning adjustment with
authority to force zoning noncom-
formers to move.
THAT is going much too far"
opined Chairman Palmisano,
and McGehee agreed.
Representative McGehee re-
ported that the Judiciary subcom-
mittee, of which he is chairman,
has been unable to get together
to consider disposition of the
Cachs bill, legalizing horse racing
in the District. He promised action
before the committees next
meeting.
The full committee favorably
reported a bill granting the rail
roads the privilege of taking out
joint liquor licenses for their
dining, club and lounge cars.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
Dc Numbers Players Make
Big Killing on Whitney Case

District Line, was hard hit by the
ironic twist of fate, but all bets
cleared through there were paid,
it was reported.
When it became apparent be.
fore the first race at Bowie that
1876 would be the hot number
of the day, most of the operators
still doing business in Washington
FASTENED to protect themselves
by passing their bets on to
"Jimmy'S place."
Latest trick of the numbers
game writers in Washington in
their attempt to get around the
drastic new anti-lottery law is q
cipher code. For instance runners
who accepted 10 cent bets on
1885" yesterday would jot down
8350710. Only the first three mum.
bers and the last two meant any.
thing to the runner.
Police and the District At
torney's office are awaiting re.
suits of the first test case under
the new law, which was placed
before the Grand Jury yesterday.
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
.Ex-TEACHER,, ST,
HANGS HERSELF
IN SHED HERE
Tenants Discover Body
Of Mrs. Lane

Her last worldly business con-
clu6ed with characteristic calm
and order, a 67-year.old former
school teacher went to a shed be-
hind her home and hanged her.
self.
Suspended by a rope from a
rafter in a Northeast garage, the
body of Mrs. Bertha Edsel Lane
was discovered last night by Mrs.
Grace Spindler, Mrs. Lane S
tenant, at 915 Ninth st. N. E.
Discovery of the suicide was
made only few hours after Mrs
Lane had concluded a transfer OF
her house, in which she had lived
quitely for the past IA yeas, to
Mrs. Spindler and her husband
Grover Spindler.
When Mrs. Lane, who had kept
close to her room for the past five
years, failed to appear at meal
time, the couple began a search
of the neighborhood, which led
to finding Mrs. Lanes body.
The aged woman's nearest rela
tiveS, a brothr and sister of Ham
monitor, N. j., where Mrs. Lane
taught school, were on their way
to Washington today.
Mrs. Lane had shown signs OF
increasing nervousness of late
Mrs. Spindler said, but she at
tributed this to the strain of ne
gotiations over purchase Of the
house.
-VOTE FOR OUTRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
Honored
Interior Employees
Bid WaLz FGreUeIL

Nearly two-score fellow workers
gathered in a fourth floor con-
ference room of the new Interior
building today to bid farewell to
Peter Frank WalZ, 25-year-old
Chippewa, who leaves tomorrow
for the departments branch Of
flee in Juneau.
E. j. Armstrong, chief clerk Of
the Indian Office, presented the
honor guest with a piece of lug
gage.
Wall, who lived at $50 Six
tenth st. N. W., has been in
Washington two and one-half
years, coming here from Mahno-
men, Mimi, where his parents
live. He intends spending Easter
with them before leaving for the
north.
While in Washington, Walz was
enrolled in the liberal arts course
at George Washington University.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-13

Pursuing the old adage that cts
an Ill wind that blows no good, "
District numbers" players yes
terday reaped a small fortune
from the final disgrace of Richard
Whitney, one-time millionaire
president of the New York Stock
Exchange.
When early edition newspapers
reported that Whitney had lost
his proud name in Sing Sing
Prison to become Convict 94835
hundreds of players" were seized
with simultaneous lunches. They
rushed to place bets on the num-
Der 1885,"
And after the third race at
Bowie had been run con-
sternation reigned among num-
bers game brokers and JOY was
widespread among their customers
because the winning number for
the day was 1886"
"Jimmy's Place." notorious gam
bling house on the Bladensburg
Road in Maryland, just across the
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
Girl, 6, Receivers
From Acid Burns

SiX-year-old Lois Ritner today
was recovering from burns on her
legs received late yesterday when
a strong acid floor cleanser seeped
through the ceiling from the floor
above the apartment of her par
ents in the 600 block of Buchanan
st. N. w.
Mrs. Harry R. Ritner. the child S
mother, said the child was listen
ing to the radio when she began
to scream as the acid dropped on
her legs. Inquiry developed a jan
itor had used the fluid to clean
the floors of an apartment above
the Ritner suite.
The Washington times., 1938-04-13

NEW YORK, April Is Q.NS0
Driven from their home by the
downfall of Richard Whitney, the
imprisoned brokers' wife and two
daughters have left the luxurious
ly-furniShed Whitney town house
in the hands of creditors.
This sequel to the financier'S
downfall came to light today as
Whitney started his first full day
of prison routine at Sing Sing
with a breakfast of corn meal
mush, bread and coffee.
A reporter, calling at the town
house which once held 10 servants,
learned that Mrs. Gertrude Whit
ney and her two daughters, Alice
and Nancy, yesterday removed
their personal effects from their
home.
Only a caretaker, his wife and
tEo children remained in the
house. The caretaker revealed
that "the bank" had placed him
in charge of the Whitney family,
he said:
They're all gone and I don't
know where they went to-"
-V0TE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
Numbers Suspect
Indicted in lSt Test
OF Gambling Law
Walter Reed Hospital Orderly Arrested
For Possession of Slips

Arrested Monday and said by police have had quantity
of numbers game slips wrapped about his body Robert H. Will
ams %, of the 700 block of Kenyon ST. N w. today became
the first person be indicted the roncad anti
numbers law through which police expect to eliminate the
The Washington times., 1938-04-13

racket in the District.
The District Grand Jury re-
ported a two-count indictment
against Williams.
POSSESSION A FELONY
One count based on the old law
and accusing him Of maintaining
and operating a certain lottery
known as a numbers game" and
the other under the new law which
makes it felony for person to
have numL ers slips in his pos
session.
When arraigned in Police Court
for preliminary hearing yesterday,
Williams, an orderly at Walter
Reed Hospital, obtained a two-day
continuance, but a further Police
Court hearing was obviated when
United States Attorney David A..
Pine presented the case imme-
diately to the Grand Jury.
THIRTYTHREE TRUE BILLS
A total of 80 true bills were re-
turned by the Grand Jury today in
its last report before the Easter
recess. Others indicted and the
charges against them include:
Frank F. Daughton, John Moore
Grand larceny.
Cooley Hill-JOy riding and grand lar
Carl Shelton, David ]. Pursell, Rufus
Smart, Arnold o. Dye Charles B. Black
burn, Thomas johnson, jr.; Rubin Brax-
ton, Harry N. Englehart-Robbery.
Harry N. Eglehart-Assault with in
| tent to commit robbery.
Arthur L. Schultzes, Bessie Mcneil
HOUSEKEEPING.
George Harris. Andrew w. Swami,
Alonzo Hutchins-Housebr breaking and
Frank A. Coppock, Eddie Stafford,
Ben L. Butler, James Butler-Assault
with dangerous weapon.
| William Luck, John Haley-viola-
ton of liquor tax law.
John W. Donald, Herbert Donald,
William E. Larman, Joseph A. Amato,
Dorsey T. Queen. Ella Bethea, Irma
Noble-Gaming.
Earl w. Pearson Leroy G. Hunter
violation of marihuana law.
Charles H. Levistre, Rosie Lee Wat
kins, John C. Bates-Violation of Har-
rison narcotic act.
Percy Caldwell-Rape (two counts).
Richard Boss-Incest and carnal
knowledge.
The Grand Jury exonerated Alphonso
Feemster of joyriding and took similar
action in the cases of Thomas H. Ben
ton, who had been accused of assault
with intent to commit rape, and OF
Fleetwood Brown and James Dixon who
had been charged with assault with q
dangerous weapon.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
Seadlund Appeal
STAYS Execution

CHICAGO, April 10 Q.N.S0.
The execution of John Henry
Seadlund for the kidnap murder
of Charles S. Ross was auto
matically stayed today after the
circuit court Of appeals set May 2
for hearings on an appeal. Sead-
lund was to have gone to the cleo
trio chair April 10.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
The Washington times., 1938-04-13
Firemen Wounded
Fleeing Bandits

CHICAGO, April Is U.N.S0.
Ralph C. Kent, Detroit firemen,
was recovering here today from
a bullet wound inflicted by two
robbers from whom Kent at
tempted to escape after they
halted his auto at traffic light.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 80