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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-05
A Thought for Today

And when the Lord Thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no cov- enant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.- Deuteronomy 7:2.
 Opportunity is rare and wise man will never let it go by him.-Rayard Taylor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-05
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:30 a. m. sets 6:20 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 You can notice the buds swelling and col- bring on our native trees now. Naples are reckoning and in few days will burst forth in all the!+ glorious green glory Daffodils are in blossom in many sheltered places. Easter should witness many blooms this season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-05

1. Into what body of water does the Volga River empty?
 2. From which state Is Louis Ludlow Representative in Con- gress?
 3. Name the sixth President of the U. s.
 4. What is hyperopia?
 5. Who is Joachim von Ribben- trop?
 6. Is Harpo Marx actually mute?
 2. What birds are nicknamed "camp robbers?
 8. Does long, continuous resi- dence in the U. s. automatically confer citizenship on an alienP
 g. What are the colors oi George Washington UniversityP 10. Where does the Arkansas river rise?
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Selected Poem
YOUNG APRIL

Charles Hanson Towne in the New York Sun Now that young April's here
 In every lane and byway, I seek the sweet primrose
 Far from the laundering highway. The secret paths are mine
 I know which roads are my way. For now whisper runs
 Beside the hidden rivers, Telling of many cove
 Where the light aspen quivers, Or wild jonquil, frail
 As lace kerchief, shivers And after winters dearth
 I seek such wonder out These are the dreams of earth That vanish every doubt .. Sing, hungry heart of mine!
 O soul and spirit, shout!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-05
Mr. BerIe Possible Choice for Czor Of the New York Stock Exchange; Garner to Pick IVA Probe Members;
 10000 TeIegronns Switched Wagner
N DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT & ALLE1G'

Washington, April 5-The spotlight of selection for the Czar of the New York Stock Exchange has played various candidates and of late has fitted over the scholarly brow of Adolf Bere, original Brain TruSter now Assistant Secretary of State.
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Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Frederick M Kerby

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T est Y UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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0. I recently read that four ac- tresses were living in the same house in Hollywood. Two of them, recall were Beatrice Lillie and Sophie Tucker. Who were the others?
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THE EDITOR

Q. How many persons were killed by steam railroad accidents in 1887?
 A. This information is available only for the first 10 months of the year. In that time, 4580 persons were killed and 31,259 were injured, according to interstate commerce commission figures.
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| TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce bibelot-
 beeb'-lO nor be'-bel-Ot; say, bib'-lO. I.H

A. Fannie Brice and Louise Ho- wick (formerly known as Gypsy Rose Lee.) -'.r
Evening star., 1938-06-04
mo CHANGE LIKELY
IN SCHOOL SERIES
Eastern Meets Tech, Wilson
Faces Roosevelt to End
Diamond Strife.

With only two more games remain
ing to be played In the current high
school baseball series, the clubs now
hold the positions into which they
eventually will fit barring upsets in
the finals Tuesday. Eastern's defend
ing champions. undefeated thus far
will play the fourth-place Tech nine
at Eastern Stadium. and Roosevelt
now in second place with one defeat,
will take on woodrow Wilson at Roose-
velt.
While Eastern was idle yesterday
Roosevelt made secure Its hold on
second place by handing Anacostia its
sixth successive series defeat, I'LL;
Western held on third position by de.
feating Central, AZ, with a seventh.
inning rally, and Tech slid in behine
Western with an 1l-to-7 victory ovel
Wilson.
Outstanding game OF the three
played yesterday was between Western
and Central at Western. The Mount
Pleasant nine held a one-run margin
in the seventh inning. but Pitcher
Dizzy De Zerne had a spell of wildness
walking two men with one out An
error by Shortstop Tony Di Blast al
lowed one run to score, and a double
by Dick Lynham pushed two more
across. Dick Rozzelle relieved De
Zerne at that point. and allowed but
one hit in the remainder of the game
Evening star., 1938-06-04
Kansas City Open Shortened
To 81 Holes after Lightning
Kills I, T,uo, Injuries T,co More

watch Horton Smith, Leonard Dod-
son Of Springfield. Mo-, and Leland
Gibson, Kansas City, approach.
A sudden binding flash, deafening
crash. and the crowd was milling about
in the mud and water in gibbering
confusion. Cries for help went up as
four still bodies were sighted among
q little, stunned group at the left Of
the green. The crowd surged forward,
hesitated. then broke. Some Of the
braver edged on. Others, mostly
women, turned in panicky flight.
As white faced, whispering men and
women jammed the club vedanda.
Fred Corcoran, P. G. A. tournament
manager, who had stopped play i'm
mediately. announced the days scores
would be disregarded. and that the
72-hole tournament would be cut to
10 holes today and SO holes Sunday.
The best in yesterdays of the record
scores was q "a by Walter Riepen, St.
Joseph, Mo-, amateur. A majoritay OF
the players were in the 80s.
However. several nationally-famed
players were flirting with par for the
few holes they travelled. Tony Penna
Of Dayton, Ohio. was three under fo1
IL holes. Horton Smith and Dodson
were close to par and Glen Oatman
Lawrence, Kans., amateur, was one
under for IL.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
DIR. PEPPER SCORES
BEFORE BIG CROWD
Record Gathering of Softball
Fans Sees 40 Triumph
Over Maritime.

They were searching the Ballston
Stadium today in the possibility that
a hundred fans or so might have been
lost in the crush last night and still
be buried among the bleachers. The
1,0oo-seat stands bulged with nearly
twice that many last night as the
DR.. Pepper Maritime Commission
game drew the largest crowd ever to
pay to see softball in this vicinity.
DR.. Pepper won the game, 40,
clinching victory in the second inning
when it pushed across two runs. The
Pepper lads nicked Harold Steffes for
the third and fourth runs in the fourth
and sixth innings. Claude Hills triple
scored Abe Rosenfield and Tom Clark
Tor the first two scores and Joe
Bovello's speed led to the third. Bo-
vello singled, stole both second and
third and scored on Rosenfield's fiy.
Bovello also knocked across wellens
with the final run of the game.
Rosenf1eld pitched his usual fine
game for DR.. Pepper, blanking Mari
time Commission with four scattered
hits. Although he bowed to his mound
rival in strikeouts. to 10, his con-
troll was perfect. not a Commission
batter walking.
In preliminary game, Glenn Leide
outpitched Bunker Hill to give the
Colonial Village All-Stars q surprise
Ga victory over Bureau of Investiga-
ton.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
By the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, June 4.-Over a
course stalked by death from the
sky 100 golfers, including many Of
the Nations elite, battled frayed
nerves as well as par today in q cur
tailed 54-hole tournament for 5000
In prizes.
The picture Of four still figures,
lying In drenching rain hard by the
ninth green where lightning had
tossed them was fresh in the minds
Of the sharpshooters.
Thirty-six players had finished
their first round yesterday when the
bolt killed two spectators outright,
injured seriously a third and caused
the initial scores to be put aside in
favor of shorter competition.
All the victims were Kansas citi-
sens. William D. Boyle, contractor,
and Edward M. Critchfield, a credit
manager. were killed. Thomas Cum
ningham was injured seriously. Lester
Allen, q bank employe, was knocked
unconscious but quickly revived. Sew
eral others reported shock and minor
burns.
The tragic interlude came shortly
before pm. when most Of the big
name golfers were Drawing down.
pour A crowd Of spectators stood
dripping near the ninth green to
Evening star., 1938-06-04
WALKER CUPPERS
RATED UNDER PAR
Scots Are Disappointed in
US. Team That Trails
British Golfers.
BY SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June A.
Great Britain, lost in envio1s admira-
ton of American golf for the past is
years. is disappointed in this years
United States Walker Cup team.
OF the newcomers. the Scots are
willing to admit only Chuck Kocsis
into that charmed circle OF great
American swingers" which they have
come to expect at st. Andrews.
They believe Kocsis is one Of the
finest long iron players and one OF
the soundest putters to come over in
number Of years. They like Johnny
Fischer's swing despite his speed and
Fred Haas has his admirers, but the
rest-even Charley Yates, the new
amateur champion-hasn not impressed
anybody. Certainly they spread none
Of the old American terror that used
to dominate the cup matches.
The best observers list Haas, Ray
Billows and Reynolds Smith together
as inevitable hookers." They say
they all are shut face" hitters who
are not likely to develop into great
players.
Scots are Critical.
Marvin (BudD Ward they consider
Tar below standard as "holder-out'
and while Yates in this respect is one
OF the best ever to come over here
the old timers around the royal and
ancient golf club dislike the stiffness
OF his back swing and his quick din
as he hits the ball.
All this may be nothing but Scott
tish dependency at the passing of
their idol, Bobby Jones. Certainly
all these criticims are being made
through comparing the present term
with those Of the Jones decade. when
Chick Evans, Francis Ouimet and
George Won Elm were swinging be-
fore the st. Andrews galleries.
One critic recently observed. "if
these newcomers could swing as we'll
as Ouimet, they'd swing much better
than they do"
There was a common belief today,
as the British began the singles
matches with q 2-1 lead, that if
Britain failed to win the cup for
the first time it probably would be
because of yesterdays disputed rul-
ing by Harold w. Pierce, United
States Golf Association vice president,
who referred the halved match be-
tween Fischer and Kocsis and Jim
Bruen and Harry Bentley. It may
make Pierce, who was persuaded
against his will to referee, the goat
OF the most unfortunate incident In
Walker Cup history.
Fischer played out OF turn at the
21st hole. He later explained he had
thought Bentley had conceded a putt.
Pierce failed to call the penalty Of
the loss Of q hole on the grounds
Bentley should have claimed it.
Officially the royal and ancient
is ignoring the incident, but nobody
else is and it is now admitted by all
authorities that Pierces decision, or
rather his failure to render . de-
cision, was incorrect.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
CAPITAL GOLFERS
GET GOOD SPOTS
Barnett, Worsham Treated
Well in Playing Times
in National Open.
By WALTER McCALLUM.

The two local qualifiers for the
national open golf championship at
Denver next week-Bob Barnett and
Lewis Worsham of Chevy Chase
haven't drawn nationally known part
ners, but they have been assigned IA
vorable starting times, according to
the pairings announced today by the
United States Golf Association.
Barnett. senior pro at Chevy Chase
woh, with Worsham, topped the Sec
tional qualifying field at Indian Spring
with card Of 146, will play with Bud
Mckinney of Scottsbluff, Nebr., al
9:o5 next Thursday and at 1910 on
Friday.
Worsham, playing in his first ma.
tional open championship, will play
with Jimmie Anderson, a Los Angelo.
amateur, at :05 Thursday at $50 Fri.
day. John Bass Of Clifton Park, Bal
timore, the other local qualifier, 9
few days ago said he would not play
in the championship. He is paired te
play with Frank Souchak, Pittsburgh
University's all-America football end
at 2:35 and HOS.
If Bass does not 90 to Denver The
alternate will be George Diffenbaugt
OF kenwood, who lost in play-ofl
at $50 to Bass. But Diffenbaugh say,
he does not intend to 60 into the
championship, which puts it squarely
up to Mel Shorey of East Potomac
Park. Mel is a native of Colorado
and would like to take the trip. Il
Shorey goes he will take the place
Of Bass as Souchak;s partner.
Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond
Va, only automatic qualifier in this
sector, plays with Paul Runyan OF
White Plains, NY.
Other pairings Of recognized stars
include the following:
~. Horton Smith a, and Sam snead. Byron
Ralph duldahl and John Revoita. S1St. I'd pud-
Dick Msta Din patra Hp 1884 Mehsro ehsmnion and
ana ana Wtltord Wehrle. the Western amateur
tttie,hclder; Ky Lafioon and Harry Cooper.
old McSpaden and Jimmy Demaret.
Gene Sarazen, champion in. 1922
and 1882, plays with long-hitting John
Rogers OF Denver. while Billy Burke,
the marathon champion of 1881, plays
with Jimmy Hines, the metropolitan
open champ.
In view Of the doubt surrounding
the start of Bass and possibility that
Barnett may not 60, local golfers are
not getting steamed up over the cham
pionship.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
WOODRUFF TRIES
RARE TRACK FEAT
Meredith Pulls for Negro
to Duplicate His Wins
in 44O and $50.
BY DREW MIDDLETON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, June 4.--John Youey
Woodruff. the Pittsburgh Negro who
runs calm and collected" is out to
repeat one Of the most difficult of
track doubles, the quarter and halt
miles, in the I. G. "A. finals today
Ted Meredith. who turned in two
straight doubles in these events once
himself. hopes John will make 1t.
While the timber -limbed Woodruff
won his 440 heat in 47.9 and his $50
trial in 1883. Meredith looked ON
approvingly yesterday from the press
box at Randalls Island.
II hope he makes it." he said, "he's
a great runner and I think I'm right
when say we don't know how great
he Is. And We won't know until some
one comes out there and pushes him,
hard and all the way, in the $780,"
None Close. to Meredith.
It was back in 1915 and 1915 when
Meredith sped in glory in the two
events. No one has come close since
It is one Of the real competitive rec
ords in the sport. But the graying
Ted Is pulling for long John to break 1t.
I hope they never make q miller
out Of that fellow" he said. Just
watching him I get tremendous kick.
I know the fields are good. but can't
see any one else but him"
The coaches must think the same.
There was almost a wholesale de-
sertion Of the half mile when 1t was
learned that the Olympic soo-meter
champion would run in that race.
Only Erwin Miller of Southern Cali
fornia, and New York us Jim Herbert
figure to push him in the quarter.
Dean Cromwell, coach of South
ern California, Is one who sticks
with Miller, saying he'll give that
Dig guy a race, and don't you for
get it,"
Cromwell doesn't have to worry. In
the trials his Southern California
athletes placed 13 men in eight
events.
Nutting PAGES Trojans.
Arnold Nutting paced the Trojan
squad. He emerged as the only triple
qualifier, winning his sprint heats in
s.8 and ais besides registering the
second best broad Jump with q leap
OF "a feet u inch.
No team even was close to South
ern California. Cornell had nine
qualihers, Pittsburgh, the defending
champion, California and Yale tied
with eight each, and Columbia, the
runner-up IN 1887, had six men In
the finals.
The closet fights loomed in the
sprints. where Nutting and syracuse's
rejuvenated Marty Glickman should
give Columbia,s Ben johnson the
sti1est sort Of fight, and in the mile
IN which Alex Northrop of Harvard,
Pete Bradley Of Princeton and Man
hattan's Lou Burns loomed over q
strong field.
But to the coaches and the fans
the quarter and half were closed.
They would have been even more sure
had they heard Long John humble:
well, I don't know. lust run
calm and collected like. But I think
I'll win"
Evening star., 1938-06-04
SHINE FOR G. w. HIGH

There were three four-letter ath-
letes at the George Washington High
School in Alexandria today following
presentation of monograms to "A
athletes last night.
Because they already had earned a
letter in football. Dick Burrell, Ed
Nowland and Charles Scott received
their second, third and fourth when
they were awarded "GW's" in bas.
ket ball. track and baseball.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
D0ERER MARKS UP ACE

Tommy Doerer, East Potomac Park
golf course manager, likes his own
links both as boss and player. He
was fonder than ever today of one
hole. No. s on d course. a 163-yarder.
Swinging . mashie. Doerer yester-
day scored an ace on No. 6. In his
foursome were Charley Ficco, Gerald
Edwards and Art Wilson.
Doerer toured the nine in IS, one
under par.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
H0YAS HONOR WHEELER

Waverly Wheeler, Maryland,s third
baseman who has Joined the Pitts
burgh Pirates farm at Knoxville, was
the only Terp on Georgetown's all
opponent team announced today from
the Hilltop. Roger Peckinpaugh's son
also was named.
From their Is games the Hoyas
picked the following as the best players
for each position:
First base, Matoln Of Temple; Sec
ond base, Marcells Of Fordham; third
base, Wheeler; shortstop, Peckinpaugh
Of Michigan; left field, Ingram Of
Navy; center field, Harper Of Prince.
ton; right field, Odessa Of Penn State:
catcher, Perikon Of Lafayette; PITCH
ers, Williams Of Temple and Borowry
of Fordham.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
GOLF STARS VAIL
OVER OPEN ROUGH
High, Dense Grass Declared
Unfair as Scores Soar
in Practice Rounds.
BY LOUDON KELLY,

DENVER, June 4.-Pre-open pick
ups:
Walls over Cherry Hills thick rough
grew in volume today among the early
arrivals who will try to separate Ralph
Guldahl from his national open golf
title here next week.
OEn Dutra, the big, swarthy Cali
fornian who won the title in 1894, de-
clared it was absolutely unfair" to
have such high, dense grass in the
fringes around the green's. - ..
After finishing nine holes, Dutra
sharpened his niblick blade to almost
Razor sharpness, the better to cut
the ball from the "hay."
Henry Picard, the tall Hershey, Pa,
pro, also complained the course Is
mot fair" in certain spots.
Metz Loses Four Balls.
Dick Metz, young Lake Forest, III,
professional, reported he lost four balls
during 9-hole round.
They'd better station three or four
caddies on every hole" Metz said, "or
there will be so many balls lost in that
rough We'll never get through here"
Metz thinks the best young player
he's seen around the country is Ben
Hogan, a Fort Worth, Tex, lad, who,
as the boys say, hits 'em ton."
Weary disgust was registered by
Defending Champion Guldahl after his
second trip over the national open
battlefield. mo card" he told sports
writers. I'm not going to turn one
IN until it's good one" He had a
IT, seven over par, in his first round
Thinks 293 Would Win.
Ky Laffoon hardly knew the old
place. KY, now of Chicago, used to be
the pro at Green Gables, Just west Of
Denver, but he said the Cherry Hills he
played soon after his arrival yesterday
was far different from the layout he
had played often in other years.
I'm telling you, If they leave the
rough the way it is now and don't
water those green's" said KY, any
body who shoots 293 can win this
thing"
The way Vic Grezzi of Deal, N. j..
mas been smacking the ball, the rail-
birds think he will be right alongside
Jimmy Thompson and "Slamming
Sammy Snead in pounding them OF
the tee.
Ed Kingsley, young Salt Lake City
amateur, checked in yesterday, but
didn't play. He was the first amateur
ever to win the Colorado open, COP
ping this crown in 1886 at Cherry Hills.
Kingsley played well in the 1887 trans
Mississippi, which also was staged at
the national open site.
Complaints from prominent players
about the stiffness of the course left
the home pro, Harold Long, impassive.
"Shucks, we can't have a wide-open
prairie out here for them," he said.
Evening star., 1938-06-04
Tech Defeats Wilson.

A e-run first inning, made on three
hits. two walks and two errors, gave
Tech the margin by which it won its
second game in as many days, de-
feating Wilson, Ill, at Roosevelt.
Previously 1t had taken Washington
Lee Highs measure, Us. The MAJ lal
Trainers were outhit, 12-11, but their
clouts were better timed and more
effective as the Presidents left 10 run
ners stranded on the paths.
Evening star., 1938-06-04

S>AA~>@s@S~~~S
the end of a phone making reserva-
tions for patrons Of the ball orchard.
Clark Griffith is a kindly sort of SOUL
You don't have to go beyond the record
Of his private life to know that. But
Clark didn't know until a few hours
ago that one of his employes-Helen
Dettweiler-wanted to play in the Dis
trict championship. and because she
was new in the Office she didn't want
to ask for time of. q. Clark was told
about 1t and expressed surprise he
hadn't known Of 1t sooner.
why wouldn't for anything stand
in the way of Helen playing in the
District championship" said the man
with the bushy eyebrows. Sure she
can play. And hope she wins again" /"
So Helen will play. Pairings for the
tourney, to b published tomorrow,
didn't carry Helen's name originally,
but they will tomorrow, for arrange
ments were made to accept her entry
after the deadline. As defending
champion she would have been eligible
to play without qualification, but Helen
Is an ambitious girl and wants to
prove her right to play by qualifying.
She also wants q crack at the
qualification prize.
Marion Brown Main Hurdle.
Main rival of the Dettweiler girl In
the tournament next week, If you can
judge by her performance yesterday.
will be the smooth-swfnging Marion
Brown, who was runner-up to Betty
Meckley in the Middle Atlantic cham
pionship at Indian Spring last fall. I
say main rival with some reserva-
tions because there are sure to be plen-
ty of rivals, among them Mrs. Meckley,
playing over her home course: the stall
wart and steady Mrs. Walter r. Stokes,
Mrs. Charlotte S. Stern, conqueror of
Helen last year, and Mrs. Myron Davy
of Congressional.
But Marion happens TO be
"hot."
If she IS anywhere near as sizzling
next week as she was yesterday when
she cracked out new women's record
for the Indian Spring layout, she will
be strictly the gal to lick. Marion played
that lengthy course In rs. strokes to
shatter by a shot the record mark of
76 made by Betty Meckley. She played
from the middle tees in a tournament
staged by Indian Spring women, so
the record is official, having been made
in competition. Here Is the way she
scored in a match with Mrs. L. G..
Pray, Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. Davy:
Out ---- 554 443 444-37
In ----- 544 445 534-S8-75
Marion, Of course, won the gross
award by city block, both in the
members class and the class for
guests. Mrs. Stokes took the members
net award with her 82-5-77, while
the putting award went to Mrs. H. o.
Porter with 80 puts. In the guests
Evening star., 1938-06-04
LYONS PIGEON WINNER

James B. Lyons Up and Ready won
the Capital City Pigeon Clubs annual
4oo-mile pigeon race from Deshler,
Ohio, averaging 1,o22 yards minute
Grand Slam. from Ollie Browns loft,
nnlshed second, and Rushmore. owned
by the Bush- -Eusebio Loft, was third.