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Evening star., 1938-12-05
Minors Cabling
Of Deals, Rule
Revisions
Lower Class Leagues
Hoping to CurtoiI
Bromhum's S Power
By the Asscciated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5-Minor
league baseball chieftains from 81
circuits gathered in hotel lobbies
here today while the hot stove"
league sputtered.
Hundreds OF them arrived for the
37th annual business session of the
National Association of Professional
Baseball Leagues, which begins
Wednesday.
In the meantime, several leagues
were holding separate one or two
day meetings, as every potted palm
hid huddle ready to swap bird
in hand for two in the bushes.
Practically everybody was ready to
take set of sore feet for classy
shortstop, and no manager could
afford to sit out discussion.
Besides the swapping of players.
meeting of the minors. there was a
deal of shop talk about changes in
the rules.
Judge William c. Bramham of
Durham, N. c., commissioner of the
minor leagues, who arrived yester-
day with numerous other club Off
cials and managers, said some IS
proposed amendments to the ma
tional association agreement had
been forwarded to him.
Judge Bramham himself has sub
mitted amendments to make rookie"
and "non-class" rules uniform
throughout the minors and to re-
quire leagues to award champion
ships on won and lost percentages
Of regular seasons rather than by
"Shaughnessy play-offs."
Some of the amendments, he said,
dealt with the minimum playing
dates, drafting players. player op-
tions, player limits. salary limits and
allowing certain leagues to give
percentage of sales of contracts and
bonuses to managers and players.
Two proposals were expected to
excite discussion. One would permit
the organization of a class E group
of leagues in textile and other mill
towns, with possibly four games a
week. The other would allow a
| change in the draft rule to let
major leagues draft two players in
stead of one.
There was movement, said to
have originated in the class c and
D leagues, intended to curtail Pres
ident Bramham's power to suspend
players and to return this authority
to the league presidents.
AS the minor loop magnates held
their confabs. there was talk Of
brisk shopping for talent by major
league manaA IS. who were expect
ed to get in some fancy spadework
for trading. even if few actual deals
come through this week.
The Southern Association and
the Texas League held their annual
meetings today. Three association
teams-New Orleans. Memphis and
Chattanooga-are without managers
for next season.
The American Association and In
ternational League. the two largest
minor circuits, also were meeting
before the formal opening of the ma
tional session. They studied a pro.
posal to curtail post-season play
offs from four out of seven to three
out of five games. The little World
Series between the champions OF
each would remain at four out of
seven.
Evening star., 1938-12-05

capitalize on them and out
played us from beginning to end.
That first touchdown, when Hank
Soar skirted of tackle on the
Giants first running play of the
game, naturally was a shock, but
it was Howell's recovery of a
Redskin tumble which led to the
touchdown which was the straw
which broke the Redskins back.
After that we never had . chance.
But we have no excuses and no
alibi. II there's any consolation
at all, it's in the realization that
this has been q screwy football
season all around. Who, for in.
stance, would have given Phila-
.delphia the slightest chance Of
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Varied Sports
National League Hockey,

National League Hockey.
New York Rangers. 6; New York
Americans l.
Detroit Red Wings, /: Toronto Maple
Leafs. 0.
American Association Hockey.
Minneapolis, B; Wichita. /.
Int.-Am. League Hockey.
Providence. 4; Pittsburgh, 2.
Professional Basket Ball.
Burlington IN. J0. 26; WASHINGTON
Heurichs, 25.
Akron Firestones, 20: Hammond Pro-
sheboygan. 46; Warren fPa.). "a.
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knocking Detroit out Of the
Western title chase yesterday?
And, looking back a while, don't
forget that it was lowly Cleve-
land which knocked the Chicago
Bears out Of the running for the
championship of that section.
Mel Helm, all-league center for
five years, played q great game
for the Giants yesterday, but
Tuf1y LeemanA Ward Cun and
Soar all did their part. However,
wouldn't single out any individ-
ual Giant for greater glory than
the rest. It was just the case Of
. whole team clicking and when
you have that, IFS the dream Of q
coach come txue.
Evening star., 1938-12-05
Heurith Is Foraging
For Basket Talent

Chris Heurich, jr., today was on
the trail of basket ball talent to
strengthen his Washington Heurichs
who have lost six successive games,
three Of them in American League
pro competition.
The quintet lost its third exhibi-
ton game last night in bowling to
the Burlington IN. j. pros, 26-25,
and tonight behind closed doors at
the local gym the team and officials
will discuss means of adding more
Evening star., 1938-12-05
Redskins Key Performers Too Tense, Says F|uherty
Coach Of Beoten comp Drow Consolation From Weird Wppinqs

strange thing about it is that
such extreme contrasts should
crop up between the two teams
with reverse English In the de-
Gliding game two years in sue
cesSiOn.
If I was to name any one thing
that kept us from playing our
normal game, I'd say 1t was the
mental attitude of some of our
key players. And those key play
ers were too keyed up, too tense,
too tight. That's what accounted
for our seven fumbles, four Of
which were recovered by the
Giants.
Sure, the breaks went against
us but the Giants were alert to
Evening star., 1938-12-05
Tide Scores 40
Wins, Loses4 I
nV2AN0A ~,
Over Span
Pitt, Holy Cross Next
With 40-5 Records;
Minnesota Slips
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Dec. 5-Despite what
amounted to a disastrous" season
for Alabama-one defeat and one tie
the Crimson Tide once more leads
the Nations major football teams in
the Associated Press annual survey
of gridiron records for the last five
years.
During the five-year stretch from
1884 through 1898, Alabama has rolled
up 40 victories against only four de-
feats and three ties for a remark
able average of 900, with ties disre-
garded. At that, the Tide boasts
only slight margin over two East
ern powers, Pittsburgh and Holy
Cross, which are tied for second place
with percentages of .889. Pitt and
Holy Cross have compiled identical
five-year records of 40 victories, five
defeats and four ties.
Oklahoma,s S Gain Greatest.
Minnesota, second to Alabama TN
the 1897 compilation, drops back into
fourth position this time as q result
OF defeats by Northwestern and
Notre Dame. The Gophers' percent
age fell to .875. Dukes undefeated,
united and unscored on Rose Bowl
nominees moved up from seventh to
fifth place, ahead of North Car
olina, which valuted from thirteenth
to sixth position.
The biggest gain on the list, how
ever, was made by Oklahoma, which
completed an unbeaten season by
whipping Washington State Satur-
day. The Sooners were about 10th
last year with 568 percentage, but
10 straight victories gave them a
.692 mark and 22nd place. Notre
Dame, despite its defeat by Southern
California in the final game of an
otherwise perfect season, came from
33rd to 18th place.
Duke Best on Defense.
On defense, Duke leads all the
rest with 5-year total of 169 points
by the opposition, an average of
3.52 points per game. Holy Cross
ranks second in that respect with
3.74, Santa Clara third with 3.89
and Pitt fourth with 4.O6. On the
other side Of the picture, Sewanee
teams for the past five years have
allowed the opposition 1893 points.
Browns opponents have scored 848
points and Virginia's 844.
Dartmouth, somewhat favored bv
schedule that usually includes
several early season set-ups, has
piled up 1,219 points to lead all
rivals on the offense. Louisiana
States 1882 points in SO games;
Armys 1,048 in Al and Alabamas
1,04O in Al leave these three closest
to Dartmouth. Sewanee again takes
the cellar" prize with only 2l2
points to show for five years of
football.
Temple Tops in Ties.
Among the 10 schools whose
records figured in the compilation,
Temple led all the rest in number
of ties-nine in the last five years.
One OF the most remarkable foot
ball streaks in the land belongs to
Western Reserve of Cleveland, whose
schedule forbids its inclusion in the
list OF so-called major schools. West
ern Reserves 5-year record shows
43 victories, 3 defeats and 2 ties for
percentage of 1886.
The 5-year records of the so leaders
among the so-called major group
follow: (Ties disregarded in per-
centages)
Evening star., 1938-12-05
George Toporcer Signs
To Pilot Little Rock

By the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Dec. 5.-The
1899 edition of the Little Rock
Travellers in the Southern Associa-
ton will be managed by George
Toporcer, former st. Louis Cardinal
inf1elder.
The new pilot, whosc baseball ca
reer as player and manager
stretches over II years Of major and
minor league service, signed a three
year contract.
Toporcer joined the Boston Red
Sox in 1886 and piloted Hazelton Of
the Eastern League last season.
Evening star., 1938-12-05
BY RAY FLAHERTY,
rosrh Uo Shipcton pAdskips


Now I know exactly how Steve
Owen felt just So weeks ago
today. And although you don't
have to be told, the hangover is
terrific.
If ever there was a complete
reversal Of form, yesterday was
the day. Last year, when we
routed the Giants, 1914, we
could do nothing wrong. We
were the perfect" football team.
And everything they did that day
was wrong.
Yesterday, everything the
Giants did was perfect and every
thing we did was wrong. The
Evening star., 1938-12-05

punch for the Heurichs' league
game Friday night with the Phila-
delphia Sphas.
Unless improvement is noted in
the team Immediately, Heurich in
dicated he would make several
player changes, drawing his mate
rial either from another league
team, from the unsigned player list
or from free agents who would like
to settle here.
Evening star., 1938-12-05
American League Soccer.

American League Soccer.
st.. Mary's Celtics, 4; New York Amer
leans, 2.
Kearny 1rish-Americans 2: Balti.
more. o.
Brooklyn Hispanos, 8; Brookhattan. Q.
Trenton Highlanders. 3: Passon Phil
lies, 3.
Baltimore Germans. 3: Kearney Scotch.
Americans, 8.
Evening star., 1938-12-05
They Couldn't Get Their Minds OFF Come.

cracked like bulwhp All
said better ball
players But this helmets
they? We can't play than four a time.
a gong O
a ball
fellow would off couple the feel of the
he'd
a
Shucks
o get game A lot
We Gosh wish the today
that and five before the Finally
field couldn't straight
Evening star., 1938-12-05
Alabama Again Leads in 5 Year Grid Surev DESPITE 8 Lapse
Win, Lose or Draw
What Happened? Still Is Towns Big Question
Redskins Aren't Sure. but They Have Theories
Bx FRANCIS f. STAN.

Losing football game thing and getting smeared $50
well be another especially when supposedly rstcass ball
like the Redskins that acing
asking What happened" the books the
Giants win the kind
with the manpower of the Redskins. And yet they did,
that combination things
Redskins about completely demoazed
football machine field ublng
athletes when band tt
frightened Indifferent the first Giant Haback Hank
Soar off tackle right Capt Turk Edwards paraded 43
yards that the began
gnaw the the Redskins.
which the
broke the Redskins according Coach Faher This
impression that Scars touchdown would
Washington didn't figure
club with fellows like Riley Smith, Sammy Baugh
Ed Justice and the bakfed fumh times and loses
ball times result it winning football Add half
opportunities intercepted and
snatched
hasn't much of
Evening star., 1938-12-05
C0lIeRe RRaket Rail-

Southwestern. SO: Kansas State, %.
Washington State, 43; Whitman, Al
Oakland City College. 43; N. c. A. q.
u. 80.
Manchester, 5s: Huntington. "a.
Concordia. Al: Minot Teachers. 80.
Newark Engineering. So; Cathedral
COLLEGE NJ Y %,
Evening star., 1938-12-05
Redskins of 1888, Missed Bottles on Defense.

The Redskins the for its this They
reasonably yesterday the
Redskins
general they the first to admit it. Some
goiousy back night, of
them, talk There harsh
among
the settled before permitted There little
trouble" admitted Faherty but all oned out"
wouldn't mention
of them took pretty hard and others didn't
head through
his ousted with old
Battling Bacchus
"Shucks inemen what happened
to this team that Cliff Battles plenty and don't let
tell different talking extensively
much defenvey either Battles didn't forward
thrown by the other He intercepted them snd p
he We haven't had back close to him."
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

\AIITH Winter almost over,
w March billiards to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. you find
yourself eyeing the fashion sheets
q little more than casually. In
deed you probably already have
your needle threaded. just waiting
for some nice Spring patterns to
make your acquaintance. And
here they are. three quick tricks,
each pleasantly awaiting your
choice, each designed TO make
some wardrobe happy. Which do
you prefer?
Fitted Bodice.
Look your Sunday best in this
graceful afternoon frock with it's
snug and softly shirred waistline.
The skirt flares slightly to the
front and emphasizes the slimness
Of the silhouette. Note the saddle
shoulder and short. puffed sleeves
"details that are unusually be-
coming and make for distinction.
One of the new widely spaced flow
er patterns in rayon or silk will
make your informal afternoons
and evening a double delight, and
the pattern is a particular JOY to
work with. So simple, and SO
pleasing.
Trim Morning Frock.
Don't be caught around the
house without your best foot for
ward. You needn't be. with this
crisp and flattering morning frock
at your beck and call. Simple
as pie, yet charming fresh and
youthful, this model dispenses
with all fussy details yet achieves
an appearance which will see you
through the busiest DAY. The skirt
flares a bit from a neatly fitted
waistline, and the ric-rac trim,
in contrast, adds a note of bright
ness. Just nine pieces including
the belt and pockets. Try dot
ted swiss or a printed percale.
For the Full Figure.
This charming frock is really
more than a house frock-you'l II
find it fattering enough and
dressy enough to wear through
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
TIPS TO
Gardeners
The First Step
THE first step toward a success
l. ful garden is an early start.

THE first step toward a success
l. ful garden is an early start.
Spade or p1ow as soon as pos
sibIe. If handful of soil can be
crumbled readily, the soil is in
condition to be worked.
1t is important that fertilizer be
used cautiously, advises Harold
Coulter, vegetable expert of the
Ferry Seed Institute. An excess
is often harmful.
Garden preparation effort is
wasted if you do not plant seeds
from dependable sources. Select
your favorite varieties from the
nearby store before the supply is
depleted, even though it is not yet
time to plant. Make sure the seeds
you buy are freshly packed.
Weather conditions permitting,
it is advisable to spade into the
soil some rotted manure, rotted
leaves or lawn clippings. or rotted
garden refuse. Clay soils are inn
proved in texture by this treat
ment, and sandy soils are i'm
proved in water holding capacity
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

out the day. The slim, straight
lines make every provision for
comfort. The skirt has a kick
pleat at front, the sleeves are full
and pleated, and the neck line
is just right to be very fiattering.
Furthermore you can make this
dress, of a rayon print or gay
percale, in a brief afternoon or
evening, resulting in a pretty,
runaround model at far less than
you usually spend.
The Patterns.
Pattern 1850 is designed for
sizes l2 to 20 (32 to SO busD. Size
IA 1927 requires 37s yards of 39
inch material with short sleeves.
Fourteen inch Upper required for
front closing.
Pattern 1912 is designed for
sizes IA to Al (32 to A bust). Size
Is (34) requires 334 yards of 80
inch fabric; ia yards braid re-
quired for trimming.
Pattern 1444 is designed for
sizes SO to So. Size 38 requires 43s
yards of 35 or 80 inch material; /;
Il yard required for revers facing
in contrast. Bow requires 15 yard
ribbon.
Send your order TO The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920,
I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, III.
Price of patterns, Is cents Tin
coins) each.
G Bell Syndicate. te.--WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
The Drawbacks

"Dear Mrs. Pucket," a school
teacher wrote to the mother of a
pupil, William was absent this
morning. Will you please tell me
what kept him out of school?"
Dear Ma'am," was the reply.
William is keeping time for his
father. Last mite he cum home
with an exampel about how long
would it take a man walking 3
miles an hour to walk two and a
half times around a field 4 miles
square. And as Willie amt no
man, we had to send his pap"
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
Cannot Arrest the President

Theoretically, the President of the
United States cannot be legally ar
rested for any act whatsoever, even
the commission of murder. His per-
son is inviolable during his term of
office and he is beyond the reach Of
any other department of the govern
ment, except through impeachment.
If the President were impeached,
convicted and removed from office
he would then be subject to arrest
as a private citizen. TIE President
might be arrested by mistake.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
Gauqing Sincerity

Interest in your work is the best
evidence in the world of your SIN
cerity for service. Where time
hangs heavy on your hands anc
you can see no chance for prog
ress or promotion-when your IN
terest in your work lags, it is your
duty TO get interested or get out
Van AmburGh.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

ALL ABOARD FOR SMOKE
PLEASURE-NO wonder this trio
of Prince Albert admirers is smii~
ing. They all check 1907 on Chief
Officer Wilkes (center) remark
Il never got the real pleasure
there is in 'makin's' cigarettes
until ! ran onto Prince Albert
What difference!" That speeis !
P. A. crimp cut sure is popular
around here with roll-your-own-
ers (AhOy, pipe-smokers, Join the
pipe JOY club Get Prince Alberta
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
Girl Wins
Big Prize
With NoUet

judges being Dorothy Garfield
Fisher and Fannie Hurst. That was
the news that Mr. Oppenheimer
picked up from the floor when his
wife was too i'll to read it.
Dorothy Garfield Fisher says of
the book: "a searchingly realistic
portrait Of an idealist. What an
idealist does to the world and what
the world does to an idealist is here
set down with power and SINGER
ity."
Winsome little Bisno is gone. One
wishes he could be carrying the
news down to the old Maxwell street
book stall. if it's still there.
G Consolidated News Features.
WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

the lead, as they say in the news
paper shops. This
StoTy mar reporter asks in
Has Kick diligence for saw
at the End ing the kick in
this one for the
end, noting merely that it is a
happy ending. In recent years,
there have been so many unhappy
fade-outs, from Sam Langford to
the League of Nations, that any
thing in the line Of an unexpect-
ed Garrison finish rates bit Of
suspense before the news pay-of.
In Maxwell street, Chicago, long
before the fragrance of Bubbly
creek ebbed and sank and saddened.
there was book-stall which was
the Jewish Algonquin Of those parts.
The place was overrun with phil
osophers, some bearded and
highly venerated. some young and
contentious, all stirred by fever
ish intellectual zeal. They wolfed
new books and started clamorous
arguments about them. the way the
crowds at the big pool hall down
the street grabbed the box scores in
the late sporting extras. SWeatshop
workers used to throng in after a
hard days work and get in on the
seminar.
Wrinkled, merry. misehievous lit
tie Abraham Bisno from Russia was
the Erasmus OF the sweatshop phil
osophers.
He used to circulate lot around
this and other Maxwell street book
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAA
WHO'S NEWS
THIS WEEK..
BY Lemuel r. Parton
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

NEW YORK.-Many a good news
' yarn has been spoiled by the
necessity Of getting the story in
the lead" as they say in the news
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
Erasmus of
SWeatskops
Makes Peace

militia because Bisno happened
along to referee an argument.
He was sweatshop worker. a
man Of amazing erudition. but of
salty, colloquial speech, never en-
meshed in the tangle of print Ian
guage around him. He used to tease
his friend, Jane Addams. OF nearby
Hull house, by calling her settle
ment workers 1.-The paid neighbors
OF the poor" He liked to defiate
the Utopians. boiling things down to
Gresham's law Of money, the law
Of diminishing returns, weighted
averages or something like that. He
was the first Of a multitude Of
sweatshop economists who spread
light and learning through Chicago's S
Ghetto.
Bisno had a bright-eyed, clever
little daughter named Beatrice. one
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

WELL, blow me down, mates"
chuckles j. w. Wilkie. Excuse him
for being chesty about how he rolls
'em.) Look at this perfect max
ms cigarette full of mild, tasty
Prince Albert smokin'."
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
The Bisnos
Pass Beyond
Our Ken

would hear from Beatrice some
day. But the world went TO war,
regardless Of Sir Norman Angel
and all the other philosophers. and
the Bisnos passed beyond the ken
Of this writer.
About twelve years ago. had a
visit from Francis Oppenheimer. a
New York journalist Beatrice Bis
no was his wife. She was going to
write a book, and did / know of a
quiet hide-out where she could write
it? ! sent them to the old Hotel Hell
vetia, No. % Rue de Tournon, in
Paris. She sat in the nearby Lux
embourg garden and wrote her
book.
They came home and the book
made endless round trips to pub
fishers Offices. The smash Of 1929
took the last Of their savings. Today
/ had letter from Francis Open
heimer.
I'VE finally threw the book in an
old clothes basket" he said. Then,
acting on impulse, we used our din
ner money to give it one more
ride. Weeks passed Beatrice fell
i'll. There came letter from Liver
wright, the publisher. ! knew il
was another rejection and didn't
want to show it to Beatrice. But
/ tore open the envelope and hand
ed it to her. Her eyes were glazed.
She could not read the letter. 1t
slipped from her fingers and fell to
the floor"
And in the same mail today. there
came to this desk a copy of the
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

shops. and many
times the state Of
Illinois was saved
the expense OF
calling out the
BiSno happened
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

new book, To
morrow's S Bread"
by Beatrice BiSno,
winning the 81, 500
prize award, the
Dorothy Garfield
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

paper shops. This
reporter asks in
diligence for saw
ing the kick in
this one for the
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17
Tmisan Ship of he Desert Ressts Launching.
Carthage Today Is Not the City
Of Which Virgil and Floubert Wrote

Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washington. d. C.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

For miles his high-arched aque-
duct stretches above grainfelds and
grazing focks, coming from Mount
Zahouan, which provides Tunis. as it
did Carthage, with water. You
parallel it on your way TO Kairouan
the Sanity.
How to describe this holy place
created by Moslems, some of whom
had seen the Prophet in the flesh?
Nothing you may read prepares you
for the silence Of the Great Mosque.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-17

ALLEN II. (AL) BOYES lat the SUheeD
gives good tip to all smokers who roll
their own when he says: That Prince
Albert money-back offer opened my eyes
to real joy smoking What differencel
First, P. A. hugs the paper-rolls up fast
and trim. 1t draws grand-burns slow,
cool, and mellow. There's no harshness
yet there's plenty of good, rich taste"
Well, Al. when a tobacco has the bite
taken out by a special process. it's got
to smoke milder-it's bound to give you
real smokin JOY.