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The Washington times., 1938-06-07
Hillcrest A.C. Mines
Win; Seek Games

Anacostia Motors, which won a
league game Sunday from Capital
Transit, by forfeit, later topped
the same nine, 80, in a practice
game.
The Hillcrest A. c.. unlimited
aggregation has issued a challenge
to Frederick MD or Winchester
(VaD teams for a July 4 tilt.
Wakefield Dairy, HillcreSt's
junior nine, won both games of
a doubleheader last Sunday, top
ping Plaza Wine and Liquor, 90,
and the Blue Jays, 5-3. Tom
Sutphin's two-hit hurting and Fred
Davis eXtra-base hitting were the
highlights.
Next Sundays junior competi,
ton finds the strong Annapolis
A. C. slated to appear at Fair.
lawn. A 3 p. m. game is sought
to complete the doubleheader.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
HEALTH DROPS
|. SOFTBALL GAME

The District Water Division de.
feated the National Institute of
Health in the Government Soft,
ball League by a score of g.
Schelin, the winning pitcher
starred both afield and at bat.
allowing only seven scattered hits
while getting two hits out of three
times at bat, including a two-base
blow.
A double play, Merchant to
ForSythe to Chism was a feature
of the game.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
PRAISE FROM ARCEL
Drops Dead
Cricket Player Hits
Ball, SucCunlbs

LONDON, June Major C. B.
Grace, Sc, member of a famous
cricket family, fell dead on the
field today just after he had hit
a fast ball to the boundary for
four runs. He was the son of the
famous player. always known as
wv. c."
Major Grace went to the bas
when his side had scored 285 runs
in an effort to make 300 for a
record for the season. He had
scored IL runs before he had hit
his last stroke, and the scoreboard
flashed 300 just as he fell.
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wrenched his back in the sixth
round.
What fighting there was, was
done by Abrams. George fought
the perfect fight. You can tell the
story of this bout in few words.
Yarosz' legs are gone; there's no
question of that. Abrams kept
forcing the eX-champion continu-
ally. Teddy couldn't set himself
for a punch and in the final analy-
sis, that was YaroSz' only chance.
His speed is gone; he moves like
a sleepWalker in slow motion, and
his once wealthy fistic resources
have been drained by time.
ABRAMS SPURTS
The rumors that Yarosz would
attempt to bull Abrams around
were we'll founded. Teddy leaned
on George at every opportunity
but he couldn't keep the local kid
from throwing leather. In the
tenth, with victory in his grasp.
Abrams exploded with all the pent-
up fury he had boarded for his
big chance.
Abrams hit Yarosz with every
punch in the book in that round
and even when Teddy hit on the
break-an offense of which he
was guilty (and was penalized for)
three times-George spurned the
apologize handshake of the Pitts
burgher and his fists churned
leather like a machine pouring
out doughnutS
Yarosz Said later in his dressing
room that his zip seemed to be
gone"
HE didn't hurt me-" Teddy
explained. Hes busy fighter,
but he doesn't hurt you. But he's
much better than a lot of your
local fans think"
PRAISE FROM ARCEL
Ray Arcel, YaroSz' trainer, wa!
extremely generous in his praise
of Abrams. Arcel said George ha!
a great future and Ventured the
opinion a return bout in Yarosz
home town, Pittsburgh, woulc
draw a barrel of money"
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
Labor g WallOps
Procurement Div.

Bureau of Labor overwhelmed
Procurement Division, IA to S, in
the Departmental League. Center
fielder earns led the attack for
the winners and Pierce, who
pitched and played first, was the
best hitter for the losers. Pitcher
Woytych held Procurement to
seven Safeties.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07

Cincinnati will be the first
night foe, Wednesday, June IS.
The Pittsburgh Pirates come here
for an arc-light contest Tuesday,
June 2l, and the Boston Bees
wednesday, June 30. The Chi.
cago Cubs Will be encountered
upon the Dodgers return from
their third Western trip Wednes.
day, July 81. The st. Louis Car,
dinals are night foes Wednesday
August Z, Cincinnati; August
later.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
Right and Wrong

must confess that cockfight-
ing is sport which l enjoy
seeing, provided the birds do not
fight to the death. 1t doesn't
make any sense to say that you
thoroughly disapprove of setting
up horses tails and yet are keen
on the roosterS, but that's the
way 1 feel.
The prohibitiye statute runs
like this: "A person who sets on
foot. instigates, promotes, or
carries on, or does any act as
assistant, umpire, or principal,
or is a witness of any rights be-
tween cocks or other birds is
guilty of misdemeanor punish
able by a maximum fine OF
$1,000 or not more than one
year in Jail"
Consequently every devotee
who even puts in an appearance
at one of the clandestine cock
fights staged by the local yokelS
of nearby Maryland and Vir'
ginia, and there are quite a few
of them, may be forced to cool
his heels in the cooler for a
year.
1 say maybe, because just as
horses with set,up tails parade
about Madison Square Garden
in November, feathers fly and
spurs are bloodied throughout
the land in the cockpitS of the
country. with seldom a brush
with the law.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07

All days following night games
Will be open dates. To make up
for the open dates Sunday double
headers have been carded as fol-
lows: June 26, st. Louis; July 8,
Philadelphia; July 81, Pittsburgh;
August 7, Cincinnati; August
2l. Boston; September Is. Chi
cago.
The May 26 game with Chicago,
which was rained out, will be
played as part of a doubleheader
Sunday, June 10.
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week. Strangely enough, the
New York statute seems to have
no effect on the five-gaited
classes exhibited each November
in the big show at Madison
Square Garden. All have set-up
tails. The law is obviously not
enforced; an anomaly which is
not without precedent in these
United States.
There is another provision in
New York's penal laws relating
to cruelty to animals which is
carried on the statute books Of
most other States. 1t has to do
with cockfighting.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07

Cluded in its
statutes is a
section which
m a X e S it a
miSdemeanor
for any eXhi-
bitor to show
a saddle or
harness entry
whose tail has
been operated
on subsequent
to January l,
1884.
The opera
ton was de-
Scribed in this
column la S t
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
O'DOnnell's Downs
Russell Motors g

O'Donnell's Grill subdued Rus
sell Motors, II to 6, as Pitcher
Rafferty, held the losers to six
safeties. Pitcher Chaconas led the
losers with three hits in three
trips, while Via, of the winners,
had 2 for 4
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
BOILING FIELD WINS

Boiling Field ran wild against
St. Elizabeth's, winning by 10 to ;
as Kowalski held the losers to I
hits in the Herald Militia League
Browning and Wissner each
made two two-baggers and Hagnel
came through with home run.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
d. C.. Golfer in Tie
For First Place

BALTIMORE, June u. S.
Connolly, of Washington, D. c.,
and N. Gosnell, of Baltimore,
scored 66's to tie for first place in
the Mid.Atlantic Greenkeepers'
golf tournament held here yester'
day.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
National LeAgue Clubs
Schedule Night Games

NEW YORK, June IN.s)-Every National League club
except the Giants will play night baseball Ebbets Field
was announced today by the Brooklyn Dodger offices Thu
Giants refused the invitation Six games have been scheduled
and one more will be arranged at a later date.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
SEEK GAMES

The Varsity Club, a uniformed
softball team, is seeking games.
Interested managers are asked to
call Mr.. Sichelman at District
1920, during the day.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
WOMEN'S
RIGHTS
end LETS
BIZ Lillian Rirey-

OF all the 48 states, New York
has the most stringent laws for
the protection of animals. In
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
LAcEYs BOOKING

Lacey A. C. is seeking a Sunday
game with some strong unlimited
baseball team. Call Clarendon
547.J.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
WRESTLING RESULTS

AT NEW YORK-Ahe Coleman. New
York threw Ed "Strangler" White,
Ala bama: Hank Barber, Chicago, downed
Tor johnson. Norway.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
BATTING

Denotes one-third inning.
denotes two-thirds inning.
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Great Secrecy

The most remarkable cock
fight I ever heard of took place
at Guantanamo, Cuba, some
years back. The fleet was in
and the young naval enSignS
divided their time between the
Red Barn at Cainanero and
the pits.
There was much palGbrG that
year about a ranting, tearing
rooster owned by one of the
natives which had never been
beaten. He was a red bantam
cross bred called "Chichito." His
head had been bloody many
times, but he still hadn't taken
the final bow.
The ensignS guaranteed to
produce bird to meet Chichito
in the Championship of Cuba,
winner to take the entire gate
proceeds. On the eventful day,
half the fleet and all of Guanta-
namo and the surrounding
province were on hand, doubly
excited by Ron Barbancourt
and Bacardi.
Chichito was permitted to
strut about the pit, and the en-
signs in charge made no COM
plants when they discovered
that his spurs we're sharpened
down to a scalpel point.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
War AUerted

Amid great secrecy, the United
States entry was hush-hushed
into the arena completely en-
closed in a hooded cage. No
one had previously gotten a
glimpse of the Nays bird.
When the cage was lifted a
pail of depression hit the native
stands. and then they lifted
their voices in Mortified shrieks
of "Madre de dos Que es
esso?" CMother of God! What
is it?D
1t was an American bald
eagle.
Chichito's owner defaulted on
the spot and forfeited the pro-
ceeds to the victorious ensigns,
who returned to start all over
again where they left off in the
bar of the Red Barn.
Had Chichito'S owner followed
the practice of Haitian cock own
ers, who take a huge mouthful
of "clarine," the local fireWater,
and sprinkle it all over their
bird, after the fashion Of Chi
nese laundrymen, Chichito would
have stood a good chance of
licking the proud American bird
Fortunately, Haitian practices
had not quite penetrated to
Guantanamo at that time. and
war between Cuba and the
United States was aVerted.
The Washington times., 1938-06-07
Hayes Home Run
Downs Merrick 80

A home run by "Gabby" Hayes,
with one man on base, in the
eighth inning, gave the Cardinal
Athletic Club Insects a 9-to-7 vic
tory over Merrick Boys Club.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
POPULAR ATHLETIC COACH
ASSUMES NEW DUTIES

George F. "Gimp" Darlington, teach
er of history and athletic director OF
Crisfield High School for the past
ten years, has resigned his position
to accept a larger and more respon-
sible position at the State Teachers
College at Frostburg. Mr.. Caring
ton took up his new duties when the
college opened this week.
A native of Waterbury, Conn.,, Mr..
Darlington received his first college
training at Washington College, Ches-
tertown, where he was valedictorian
of his class, and made the All-Mary-
land Basketball team, besides taking
numerous other scholastic and athletic
honors. He majored in Physical Edu-
cation at the University of Mary
land, where he took his work on the
Master of Arts degree.
On coming to Crisfield in 1928, Mr..
Carrington's athletic ability was quick
to show itself. In the ten years of
his services there, the school has TAX
en- first-place in county and state
wide contests in more than any other
like period in the history of the school.
Not only in school athletics has
"Gimp's" acumen been apparent, but
the local military unit built up a
formidable basketball quint under his
leadership, and summer softball was
built around his suggestion, and under
his direction.
In the classroom as we'll as on the
athletic field, Mr.. Darlington has al
ways been ranked as outstanding
Energetic, pleasant and highly intel
ligent, he has proven one of the most
popular young educators on the East
ern Shore.
In his new position Mr.. Darlington
will be director of Athletics for the
State Teachers College at Frostburg,
and will devote his entire time to the
athletic endeavors of that institution,
Mr. Darlington married Miss Cath
ryn Sterling, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Radie Sterling, of Crisfield who
will join her husband at a later date.
While regretting to see Mr.. Car
rington and wife leave their myriad
of friends wish them we'll in their
new home and new position.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
DIME A DECADE CAMPAIGN
STARTED ON FINAL WEEK

The Northampton-Accomack Me-
mortal Hospital "Dime Decade
campaign for funds last week starts
into the final ten days of the thirty
day period with more than 5000 for
warded to the Hospital Superintend-
ent, Miss Evelyn Heath. The actual
collection of envelopes from the So
licitors has not been started and it is
impossible to state the total actually
collected to date.
Miss Heath stated last week that a
he ten cents asked have been received
from local residents. She also said
that several off-Shore donations had
been received including one from Hon..
S. Otis Bland, of Washington another
from a Baltimore resident who asked
that her name be withheld; third
from a former Shore resident who
mourned the loss of loved one who
might have been saved had there
been hospital facilities here years ago;
and others.
1t is understood that systematic
campaign for the distribution and col
lection of envelopes for the conven-
ience of those who have not been con-
tacted through some civic organlza-
ton will begin during this week. Miss
Heath stated that contributions were
always acceptable at the hospital but
that the present campaign, in observ-
anace of the hopitaPs ten years OF
service, would positively not be con-
tinued over the orgininally set date OF
September 18th.
The campaign seeks to give every
resident of the two Eastern Shore
counties an opportunity to contribute
one cent for each year of the hos
Dital's existence, or ten cents pei
CAPITA and the envelopes referred to
are simply containers for the conven-
ience of donors. Contributions may
be sent, of course, anyone may secure
an envelope from any of the persons
listed as solicitors for the fund.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
SCHOOL BOY RUN DOWN
BY TRUCK AND KILLED

Edmund Kass, aged 13 years, Sec
ond year student at the North East
High School, son of Alfred Kass, of
Charlestown, was killed by being
struck by a truck late Wednesday af-
ternoon, shortly after he had finished
his first day of school-the schools
having reopened that day for the
school year. He started across the
street near the corner of Main and
Cecil avenue in North East and was
knocked down by large truck driven
by George Everett, of Elkton, one
wheel passing over him. The boy was
brought to Union Hospital. At the
institution the physicians announced
that he had been dead for some min
utes. The driver of the truck was
placed under bond for action of the
coroner's jury, which was summoned
by DR.. R. c. Dodson, coroner for that
county.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
Postal investigators are working on
all three cases.
VA. COUNTIES ALLOTTED
ADDITIONAL WPA FUNDS

Additional funds totaling $51, 1,469
have been alocated to WPA projects
in Accomack and Northampton Coun-
ties, William A. Smith, state admins
traitor, announced last week. The pro-
jects in the two counties are as fol-
lows:
To Accomack County, SCOTIA to
improve schools; $2,526 for cleaning
public schools; $5,398 for library SER
vices in public school libraries; $3,465
for clerical assistants to compile
student record.
To Northampton County, $4,572 to
improve sidewalks in the town of
Cape Charles; $1,263 for cleaning and
renovating public school buildings;
$3,465 for compiling school records.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
DEL. LIQUOR PROFITS DE-
CREASE FROM AUG '37

Cash collections of the Delaware
Liquor Commission for the month
ended August 81 were $35,214.28, com
pared with $47,645.29 in August of
last year, according to the monthly
report of the commission made public
last week.
Beer tax collections were $11,849.-
rs, compared with $12,691.O3 in Au-
gust of last year, and spirits tax col
lections were $2O,865.O1, compared
with $31,639.83 in August of last
year. Wine tax collections last month
were $4,000, compared with $1,3O8.-
"a i'm August of last year.
Out of last months collections
cS31, ,73O.68 was deposited to the ac-
count of the State Treasurer. In Au-
gust of last year, $46,249.37 was so
deposited.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
GreenbackvMe

Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Worrall and
Miss Elsie S. Brown were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. T.
Brown.
Mrs. Willis Outten of Silva, Va,
visited Mrs. S. J. TulI and Mrs. w. H.
Merrill, Jr., on Thursday.
Mr.. W. H. Skeeter is on the sick
list this week. We wish him a speedy
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. May of Whining
ton, Del, is spending this week with
Mrs. Bertha Lang and Mrs. Thomas
Freeman.
Mr.. and Mrs. George D. Dryden and
daughter, Elva, were supper guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hickman near
Stockton on Sunday.
Mrs. William Wimbrow is nursing
Mrs. D. P. Miles at Mona, Va.
Mr.. Norman Dennis of Philadelphia
Pa, spent part of last week with Mr..
and Mrs. Graydon J. Tull.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Skeeter and
sons, of Porterville, Md, visited his
father, Mr.. w. H. Skeeter, on Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Marvin Coffin and SONS, Vic
tor and Richard spent last week with
her mother, Mrs. Mollie TulI at ASA
woman, Va.
Mrs. Louise Adkins is spending
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
FROM ONN
EXCHANGES =
CHARLES H. GIBSON IS
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS

Charles T. LeViness, Assistant At
torney General, announced in Balti-
more last week that Charles H. Glib
son, Republican lawyer-farmer of
Dorchester county, had been certified
by the Republican State Central Com
mittee as the G. o. P. candidate for
Congress from the First District of
Maryland, and will oppose T. Alan
Goldsborough, incumbent, and Demo-
cratic nominee for reelection.
Mr.. Gibson, who for eleven years
was United States Attorney in the
Virgin Islands, is 81, a graduate OF
Washington College and the George
town University Law School. He was
elected State Senator from Dorchester
county in 1920.
He was dismissed from his post in
the Virgin Islands by the late Paul
M. Pearson. DR.. Pearson later was
removed as Governor of the territory
when the Senator undertook to probe
his administration. Mr.. Gibson ap-
peared as a witness against Cover
nor Pearson.
Governor Pearson was the father
of Drew Pearson, Washington Column
ist, who is a member of the David
Lewis brain trust.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16

day evening by his father, Mr.. Arthur
White. The occasion celebrated Ed
wards eighteenth birthday. The
Frances Bundick, Effie Marshall.
guests included Misses Elva Dryden,
Mary Justice, Lorraine Brimer, Mil
dred Russell, Marian Sturgis, Lois
Lang, Grace Petit, Eta McCleary.
Elva Porter, Verna Skeeter, Dorothy
Matthews, Roy Howard, Pearl White,
June Kambarn, Messrs Howard VIM
brow, Edward Wimbrow, Billie Mer-
rill, Charles Cowley, Chales, Matthews
Clifford Matthews, Elwood Hill, Clar-
ence Merritt, Oscar Tarr, Howard
Brown, Carl Brown, Charles Hudson,
Ellis Jones, Sam Russell, Willie Sharp
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
STOLEN MAIL POUCHES
RECOVERED IN SEAFORD

Three mail pouches stolen from the
Seaford railroad station June were
recovered at that place last week with
a part of their contents intact.
The bags, all of which had contain
ed First class mail, were discovered by
Lloyd Wilson, farmer near Cannon, in
a branch on his farm. They had been
rifled of the greater part of their con-
tents, but several pieces of mail re-
manned.
When he found the pouches, large
water snake was making it's home in
one of them, and all three were badly
decomposed by exposure to the ele-
ments.
Postmaster Joseph H. Cox and a
part of the postoffice force spent a
major portion of that day sorting out
the pieces of mail that were found,
and they were forwarded, insofar as
possible, to the. addressed parties.
The theft occurred while the pou-
ches were on station wagon await
ing early-morning transfer from the
main line to branch railroad. They
were consigned to Dagsboro, Federals-
burg, and Denton.
No clue was discovered as to the
identity of the robbers.
The recovery was the second made
of stolen mail in lower Delaware this
summer. Three sacks containing news
papers and parcel post, consigned to
Trappe, Grasonville and Queenstown
were stolen from the station June T.
and recovered by William B. Mears
dairyman, 18 days later, abandoned in
a wheatfield. The bags had been rip
pen open and emptied of all contents
except newspapers.
Only few days before the two mail
robberies, the Bridgeville postmaster
Bradford Jones, was slugged and the
postoffice robbed of $500 by an un-
identified negro.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16

Mrs. Harry Kelley and son, Ernest
spent part of this week with her sister
Miss Florence Banks at Wilmington,
Del. While there Mr.. Kelley was
treated by an eye specialist.
Mrs. J. T. Paradis is spending some
time with Mrs. Willis Outten near
Silva, Va.
The Greenbackville Grammar School
opened last Thursday with an enroll
ment of %. Miss Catholene Bailey
of Horntown, Va, is the new teacher
and we hope she will like her work
here as we'll as all the pupils seem to
like her already.
A very delightful surprise party was
given to Mr.. Edward White on Mon
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16
NARROWING TRAGEDY
IN BALTIMORE COUNTY

Tragedy marked last Monday, La
Dor Day, in Woodlawn, Baltimore
County, when C. Nelson Kirk, who
was working at a sawmill, was vir-
tually cut in two when trapped be-
tween the whirling sawblade and a
log which was being rolled into place
on the carriage. Mr.. Kirk was work.
ing with two other men at the time
the accident occurred. The two men,
Walter Edmondson and Charles S.
Klaus, were piling logs and witnessed
the accident. Kirk was said to have
walked between the circular saw and
one of the logs which was being NOV
ed into place.
The accident was reported by
Kinks wife to Officer C. Albert Eit-
miller of the Pikesville Police, who
summoned the Pikesville ambulance.
DIR. George Y. Everhart pronounced
the man dead and Magistrate Osborne
P. Beall, acting as coroner, gave a
verdict of accidental death. The blade
of the swiftly turning saw struck
Kirk at the hips.
He is survived by his wife and
three children, two boys, II and IL
years old respectively, and daughter
who is 8 years old. Kirk was SO
years old.