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Evening star., 1938-06-14

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Worsham the future spreads out in an
inviting vista awaiting only the time
when he can get those far-fying tee
shots and those tricky puts all work.
ing together. and come home the win
ner. It may be more or less q dream
Of youth, but other youths have had
similar dreams and have seen them
turn into reality. Such kids as Gene
Sarazen, pitching golf balls around a
caddie-pen at Rye, N. Y, 20 years ago; !;
as John Farrell, who did the same
thing in Westchester County, and of
others who have won the big cham
pionship and seen the stuff OF which
dreams are made become the solid
stuff on which fortune and fame are
based.
And would Lewis Worsham be salts
fed to grub away at q workbench
in some ones golf shop while this in
viting vista opens itself up to the
tall youngSter who holds down the
assistant pro berth at Chevy Chase?
He would not, by a good many times
5000 miles. Just after May Is Lewis
was down at Indian Greek, Miami
Beach, preparing to close up Bob
Barnetts golf shop there One warm
day he hoped in his car and streaked
1t home to Washington.
His objective then was the
sectional qualifying rounds for
the amateur championship on
May 81, and he wanted 10 get
home in time to get the feel
Of Northern golf.
Florida golf Is little different,
particularly in iron play, and Eagle
Beak" wanted to get the feel Of .
solid fairway, instead of Florida's sand,
under his iron shots. How we'll he got
that feel he showed in the sectional
rounds, where he tied his boss for the
top score at LAG, and was the only
man from this sector to make the trip,
which he did by airplane.
Worsham Learns Plenty.
do you think you learned anything
out there with the big boys of the
game?" asked Lewis, as he worked
at his clubs at Chevy Chase. "You
bet I did" he said. and a wide grin
creased his slim face. II learned
among other things. not to try the
impossible; to keep that ball straight
and not to attempt foolish shots. I
learned also that there are lots Of
methods of hitting the ball and that
all Of 'em pay of, If the gent who
uses . particular method happens to
know it. learned that If you can
keep out of serious trouble you'll get
along alright and I learned that II
you play good golf (not spectacular
golf) you'll also do alright. Sure, I
picked up . lot of things out there,
but how did that yarn get around that
took q IL? 1t wasn't so. 1 took a
on the twelfth hole, and I played
pretty badly in that round. Boy, oh,
boy, it sure was worth it.
I've played in = few tourna-
ments. around here and around
WASHINGTON, but 1 didn't have
Evening star., 1938-06-14
Sports Program for Local Fans

Baseball.
Washington at Cleveland.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Detroit (2).
Tennis.
Hotchkiss Cup matches, Colum-
bia Country Club
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Detroit.
Tennis.
Hotchkiss Cup matches, Colum-
bia Country Club.
Horse Show.
Marlboro Hunt Club show, Marl-
bor0 Fair Grounds, 10.
Evening star., 1938-06-14
NEWPUbL|CL|NKS
CHAMP PCOM|NGUP
Dutch Rittenhouse Tagged
to Succeed Rippy as
Talent Departs.
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Looking ahead to the sectional quail
ification rounds for the public links
championship, to be decided at East
Potomac Park late in July, the situ-
alton on the public courses has changed
over the last few years. Claude Rippy
the lanky ace from North Carolina,
has gone and won't be back to annoy
the other municipal linksmen with his
sound golf. Andy Oliveri, who had
been tagged as Rippy's successor, isn't
playing much golf, and a newcomer
M. w. Dutch) Rittenhouse-b the
new hot shot among the public links
lads, with Jim Gipe, one of the best
putters who ever drew q bead on q
distant cup. slated to be among the
top-notchers.
Leoff1er Generous Again.
Again this year S. G. Leofier, con-
cesslonaire at most Of Washington's
public courses, will 60 down into his
pocket and come up with expenses for
team of four men to represent the
Capital in the sectional rounds for the
national tournament at Cleveland.
The local qualification rounds will
be staged at the end Of July. and
again will be a double e-barreled affair
at n holes, to settle the team Of four
to represent Washington and to settle
the city municipal links championship.
The Leoffler Trophy is out Of compe-
tition. Rippy won it last year for the
third time and now 1t reposes in the
Rippy home. Leofner probably will
put up a new trophy for the public
links championship.
Burton Still Threat.
Bobby Burton, the bespectacled Navy
Yard mechanic, remains a topnotcher
but George Malloy now Is a member of
private club, and Ted Burrows, sew
eral times champion, isn't playing golf
any more. The whole situation has
turned around and a new crop of
leaders has come up from the hurly-
burly Of the game as it is played on
the pay-as-you-play courses. Ritten-
house is q good golfter and a long
hitter. but he has quite a way to 20
before he becomes another Rippy.
The North Carolinian probably was the
best public links golfer since George
Voight was winning em all at Potomac
Park, back in 1923 and 1924.
Evening star., 1938-06-14

TO-DAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Cleveland.
Golf.
Federal Golf Association tourna-
ment, Kenwood Club, first match
3 am.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington at Cleveland.
Horseshoe Pitching.
Metropolitan Horseshoe League
matches, Rogers Heights, Md, 7:30.
THURSDAY.
Wrestling.
Grifith Stadium. feature match,
Bruins vs.. Londos, $50.
Evening star., 1938-06-14
Trouble Gua Golf Looms as Game Goes Amrv
Straight Off the Tee
BY WALTER McCALLuM.

School days long our
mah professor wasn't
all miles and all adds the collection woha
competitor
Denver has Travelled in three weeks seeking
Ralph Gudahls is
Wosham thrilled
championship in which he miles pay
ahd De an ACTOR IN go big show At
tune weakng beckonng finger
Evening star., 1938-06-14
LAWRIN GOES SATURDAY
owner Apt to See Derby Victor
in Hollywood Race,

=. NGLEWOOD, Calf, June IA (P).-
:1Awrin, winner of the Kentucky Derby,
Today was announced as a positive
Etarter in the $4,000 Hollywood Trial
Stakes here Saturday.
- Distance is mile. and one-six-
Ieenth. Lawrin's owner, Herbert M.
sWoolf. Kansas City business man. is
expected to fly here to see his crack
3-year-old.
Evening star., 1938-06-14
. SEA GRILL DEFEATED
First Half League Winner Bows
81. "a to Lowly National Savings.

ODonnelPs Sea Grill nine, which
has clinched the first-half champion
ship in the Commercial League by
winning seven consecutive games, re-
ceived its first defeat of the season
yesterday at the hands of the next-to-
last-place National Savings nine.
A home run in the eighth inning
by Shortstop Tillie Scott which scored
twp men ahead of him gave the
savings nine its 4-3 margin.
-. ~ In the Departmental League Mari
sine Commission shut out Accounts
and Deposits, 80.
Evening star., 1938-06-14
AGGIE NETMEN PRESSED
Defeat War, 8 to 2, in Match in
Departmental League.

Although no match went the limit
of three sets, War Department just
did nose out Agriculture, 80, in a
Departmental League encounter yes
terday on the Potomac Park courts.
Anderson and Thomas Of War had
the most difficulty in winning, being
extended to IS, l0-8 by Landers
and Thompson.
steinhauser-Larsen *(A) defeated Fall
coner Saunders. 1-5. 6-e;, Anderson
son: 1-5. les, Harrell-Joy lAD defeat
ed Shaggs-Heller. G---L I'd; Gillespie BIZ
6--3: McPike-Weiss tA) defeated Hof-
becker-FleminR, 6-3, 81.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
Clothes Make the Man.

Carrying to its logical conclusion the
administration drive to see that a fuller
life is available to the ill-fed, ill-housed
and ill-clothed, the Treasury Department
has completed purchase of eight and a
quarter million dollars. worth of mems
clothing for the w. P. A. to distribute
to the needy.
This program was announced less than
two months ago as a ten million-doll
project. Within a few days bids were
received from overstocked manufacturers
trying to sell their surplus, including
dress suits and baby clothes But when
the time came for delivery many Of the
manufacturers found that business had
improved so much that they were able to
sell their goods through private channels
at higher prices. AS result the original
ten million dollars now has q balance
Evening star., 1938-08-30
Scraping the Bin.
From the Los Angeles Times.


The Japanese war Office, according to
latest reports, is preparing to throw
100000 more men than have already
been mobilized into the great NAV that
is China. It is the So-called recruits"
this time that are to be made ready for
the sacrifice--a special group that has
not received active military training.
It would indicate that Tokio's dis
illusioned war lords deprived by unex-
pected Chinese resistance of an antici-
pated easy conquest and forced to pre-
sent formidable front again the hordes
of Soviet Russia, are beginning to scrape
the bin for man power. If face is to be
saved in the eyes of cynical world.
China must be brought to its knees in
short order.
That the Nipponese can force Chang
Kai-shek's regime to cease fighting and
give in becomes increasingly doubtful.
The armies of Toxic drive on, winning
victory after victory, then are almost
literally swallowed in the vastness of the
Asian mainland The Chinese, yielding
ground before their spearheads, strike
at their fanks and rear The costly
process is repeated every time strategic
area or a city is taken. 1t is the invader
and not the defender that is suffering
from attrition, for Chinas man power is
as vast as its territory.
Hankow may fall and soon, although
even this seems doubtful. No competent
foreign observer, however believes that
Japan can dispose of China in hurry,
whatever force it may throw into the
fray, and many of them frankly predict
that Toxic will eventually have to aban-
don its whole campaign.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
Testing the Purge.

Democratic voters In South Carolina
today are writing their answer in the
first big test of President Roosevelt S
effort to purge his party of Senators who
will not vote as he wants them to vote
In South Carolina. Senator Cotton
Ed Smith is seeking denomination
against Gov. Olin D. Johnston, who has
the support of the President and his
New Dealers While Mr.. Roosevelt has
been more cautious in his attacks on
Senator Smith than he has in attacking
Senator George of Georgia, and Senator
Tydings of Maryland. there is no gain
saying the fact that the South Carolina
decision will be of utmost importance
to him.
Smith victory, particularly if deci-
sive, will deal heavy blow to the purge
and will seriously impair the prestige of
the President. Should the South Caro-
linians reject Mr.. Roosevelt's plea for
the elimination of their veteran Senator.
saat fact will of itself improve the
chances of Senators George and Tydings,
q possibility which certainly has not
been overlooked by the administration.
Fortunately, the issues in South Caro-
lima have been clearly drawn The re-
tirement from the race of State Senator
Edgar A. Brown, who was also running
Evening star., 1938-08-30

ability to elect Senator Pope if they so
desired. Senator Pope received sufi-
cient margin in his previous national
election to defeat the Republican candi-
date. If he had received the same
Democratic votes as he received then
and the Republicans had voted as a
body for Representative Clark, Senator
Pope would have been renominated. The
fact that the entire Republican vote was
not present in the primary totals only
leaves the conclusion that large num-
Der of Idaho Democrats thought Clark
the better man.
Furthermore, Senator Pope claims
that 2G,0OG Republicans voted for Clark.
There are approximately $4,000 Demo-
cratic voters in Idaho. In the primary
under discussion only about 10000 votes
were cast for both candidates. If the
Senator's contention is true then $4,000
Democrats failed to vote. The asSump-
ton must be that either the two candi-
dates were not acceptable to the non
voters or that the voters did not feel
interested enough in the issues involved.
In either case the fault lies with the
Democratic party or the Democratic
electorate, for they could have assured
the denomination of the administration
stalWart. Does the administration really
believe that the Republicans defeated
Senator Pope or does the New Deal wish
to camouflage its error in overlooking
Senator Pope while attempting to dictate
to the electorate Of the "feudal' South.
At any rate there are many who believe
that immortality could be better applied
to one who depreciates the intelligence
and political sagacity of the American
voter. JUSTIN.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
The Harlan Agreement.

For the first time in many years there
is real hope for industrial peace in the
soft coal fields of Harlan County. Kv..
as result of the labor agreement signed
by the Harlan County Coal Operators
Association and the United Mine
Workers.
Conditions in the mines of that area,
which had come to be known as bloody
Harlan County" have long been a dis
grace to American industry. Efforts of
labor leaders to organize the miners and
the determination Of the operators to
resist any unionization led to outbreaks
OF violence ranging from simple assaults
to murders and stamped Harlan County
as an industrial area which recognized
no law but that originating within its
own borders.
Now, however, there is good reason to
believe that the era of rule by force and
intimidation is headed for the discard.
Should that prove to be the case, the
new agreement will mark a signal
triumph for reason and good sense on
the part of the operators and the miners.
The contract has been the object of a
bitter attack by William Green, president
OF the American Federation of Labor,
but the facts as disclosed so far do not
appear to support him. The National
Labor Relations Board, as a result of
the signing of the agreement, has with
drawn a complaint against the operators
and Mr.. Green views that as evidence
OF a conspiracy" between the operators
and the board to give the United Mine
Workers, c. I. o. affiliate, a dominant
position in the county.
On its face, however, the withdrawal
OF the complaint after a mutually salts
factory settlement of the controversy
between the miners and operators is no
evidence of the conspiracy envisioned bv
Mr. Green, and he will have to produce
stronger proof before the country will
be willing to view the Harlan agreement
as merely another device to undermine
the A. F. of L.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
for the purchase Of women's coats and

for the purchase Of women's coats and
suits.
There is material for argument in the
wisdom of such purchases out Of Federal
funds for persons on relief. Without
doubt the victims of today's conditions
must be cared for. Relief is a national
necessity. But there are some who be-
lieve extravagant aid is further victim
izing the submerged groups. Others
distinctly feel that the Nation is being
made the victim In recent primary
campaigns hinging on New Deal issues
charges were made that some individuals
are carving careers in relief
The entire problem is shrouded in
clouds of theory, of humanitarianism,
and of individual and exceptional cases.
With an apparent end of the gravest
phase of the economic emergency in
sight, and an election year nearing its
close, a careful and politically disinter-
ested study Of the minutiae of relief
seems to be in order
Evening star., 1938-08-30

as New Dealer, leaves the field to
Senator Smith and Gov. Johnston, and
gives the voters an unobstructed chance
to register their choice between them
Senator Smith, although claiming to
have supported the Roosevelt adminis-
tration in the main. has made no attempt
to return to Office on the Presidents
coattails. On the contrary, he has stated
specifically that he will not vote for
administration measures hereafter If in
his judgment the best interests OF South
Carolina would be served by voting
against them. And, he told his political
foes, IF that be treason make the most
of it,"
That points to but one conclusion
when the votes have been counted, Mr..
Roosevelt should know with some GER
tainty whether the people want the
policies of this government dictated from
the White House or left to the elected
representatives Of the States.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
Undeserved.

The Republican National Committee
Is accomplishing no particular good by
the current charge of job-grab bbing
leveled at both President Roosevelt's
program for revamping civil service gen.
orally and the law passed bv the last
Congress to put postmasters of the first,
second and third classes under the
merit system
Only partisan could condone or de-
lend the abuses of civil service that
have taken place since 1898, but the
Presidents order making thousands of
exempt positions subject to competition
at least offers hope of reform, even
though long delayed. The same holds
true OF any reorganization legislation
that seeks to further these aims by
reaching agencies affecting which the
President has no power to act.
Nor is the committee accurate in stat
ing that the postmaster bill will freeze"
Democrats into Office. It is true that
under ordinary circumstances. about
half Of the $4,000 incumbents affected
by the new law will obtain life tenure;
the rest, however, will not come up for
reappolntment until after 1910, and their
places will be at the disposal of the next
administration.
The test of President Roosevelt's civil
service program and of the postmaster
law has been the publics reaction to
them, and this generally has been favor
able. They involve principles long ad-
vocated by organized Government work.
ers and others interested in better per-
sonnel administration. The Republican
National Committee would serve the
public better by pointing the way to i'm
provements rather than by indulging in
blanket indictments.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
Head of Relief Society
COmmendS Editorial.

To the Editor of The Star
YOUR editorial of August "a entitled
Death in Prison, is we'll written
comment on vast evil.
While I was serving time in Mounds
vile witnessed something on the same
order. The prison guards took some
convicts to the prison bath house shower
and turned scaldirg hot water on them.
When the men cried out the guards with
clubs forced them back under the water
and two were scalded to death. Nothing
was done about it.
If the public knew as I do what goes
on in our jails and prisons a change
would take place. For "a years the Pris-
oners' Relief Society has been bringing
to public attention the awful degrada-
ton and inhuman treatment our con-
victs are subjected to and we have made
some progress.
When the Prisoners Relief Society
was first organized in 1914 the Federal
prisons were what you might call out
posts of hell" Our society kept at 1t
and great improvements have been made
AS rule convicts in Federal prisons re-
ceive kindly treatment and get proper
food and medical attention.
know because I went through 1t when
our prisons were at their worst. The
degradation and hardship I suffered
while in prison is beyond the human
mind to comprehend.
E. E. DUDDING, M. D.
Evening star., 1938-08-30

only when one moves to the suburbs,
and lives at slower, and, therefore,
more normal pace, that he Is able to
realize at last what he had been missing
all these years in not being interested
in a personal way in the lives of the
feathered folk.
Moving to the suburbs or full country
Is the sure cure, Of course, for what
might be termed bird Indifference.
1t is impossible to live in the less
densely populated sections for SO little
as week without becoming interested.
What bird is that?"
Cardinals and bluejays and fox SPAR
rows and mocking birds and doves and
nuthatches come alive" to use favorite
phrase of recent years.
They are no longer mere things to read
about, but actual, living, flying creatures,
with curious habits, distinguishable
coats and different ways
They are part, one quickly sees, Of the
entire scenery, and thus Of the great
world and greater universe.
X
Feeding things, delight to many per-
sons, has one of its greatest urges in
birdland.
1t is impossible for these persons to
see the little fellows in the snow and
cold without wanting to put out some
crumbs.
Soon it is realized that "just crumbs
are scarcely enough if one wants to live
up to the best that can be done for the
birds.
Seed, grain-these are essentials, and
Nil
come from all directions, evidently hav-
ing told one another.
"a little bird told me" is not a mere
fantasy.
1t is real, live fact. for little birds
do have ways of telling things, espe-
cially to each other.
*
There is one time of day, however,
which seems especially good for observa-
ton at this time OF year.
1t is that good period between supper
and dusk.
The earlier the supper the better.
Then there is a long stretch. compare
lively speaking, in which bird life seems
to be particularly delightful, not only
to watchers, but especially to the song
sters themselves.
They are slightly slowed down. They
enjoy flying around the yard at a leis-
| urely pace.
They perch on boughs, and chirp softly
seldom doing any real singing, but quite
evidently enjoying life.
This is a perfect picture of normal
| decent rest after a day filled with the
wholesome activities of normal work.
1t is the model, in every back yard
| upon which mankind SO long based his
| own after-supper activities. But new
| days, new ways, and now the world. or
at least some portion of it-insists that
| night life, so-called, is the best thing.
The real prelude to the night is this
| spectacle of the birds, quietly singing
! to sleep as nature intended.
Evening star., 1938-08-30
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
A question which comes to this desk

A question which comes to this desk
often is as follows:
What is the best time to watch birds?
The proper answer is, any time the
watcher has available.
That's the best time for bird observa-
ton. whether made in the city, suburbs
or on farms.
In this sense, there is, of course, no
one best time, for bird life goes on all
the time, day and night, sleeping and
waking.
Since few persons are equipped to spy
on the birds at night, and since the re-
suits would not be very exciting, one
may feel, if they did, the daylight hours
are the best"
This leaves from 4 o'clock in the
morning, on summer days, to o'clock
IN the evening
AS dawn comes later and later, day
by day. now and darkness earlier, the
real time for observation of our song
Sters is shortened, until in the depth of
winter we cannot see before am, and
not much after 5 pm.
There is, thank heaven, nothing formal
or exact about amateur bird watching.
The scientist, with his instruments,
may go about it in a meticulous manner,
but the average bird friend asks nothing
better than just plain looking.
With this he tries to hitch up as much
plain knowledge as he can muster about
birds, combined with reasonable
amount of interest and even affection
for them.
Perhaps some persons are born bird
lovers, but most have to have it thrust
upon them. This is particularly true of
city folk.
Every one is supposed to know all
about birds" but the fact is there is no
form of life which many people know
so little about. 1t is only in middle age,
and even later, that they become inter-
ested in birds in the personal way which
is the only way.
Birds are SO common, on every hand,
even in the deep city, that many persons
simply accept them and think nothing
at all about them. This deprives them
Of lifelong interest: this is the attitude
of all attitudes which defrauds humans
of real JOY 1t is better to hate thing,
or to think one hates, than to be really
Indifferent toward it.
This indifference toward the beauty
and interest of bird life prevents one
from seeing the plctures-real moving
plctures-on every hand.
1t makes an English sparrow lust a
sparrow" and nothing more.
The beautiful cardinal becomes that
red bird" If it is noticed at ALL
City living is partly to blame. for not
so many species come to it. and there
fore the observer has harder work,
Lack of knowledge is a contributing
factor 1t does not take much knowledge
to get one interested in bird life, but it
takes a little.
Then there is the immersion of the
personal life in immediate affairs. 1t is