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Evening star., 1938-04-13
UMPIRE, SHOWING
SKILL, MISSES EN-
Stark Blind Illustrating
Fine Vision, but Writer
Lets Him Rave On.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, April 13-Albert
Dolly Stark. the National League
umpire, suddenly crouched with a
strained expression on his face and
stared fixedly at a cuspidor in a far
corner of the room.
He wasn't startled. He merely was
demonstrating in advance of opening
day that all umpires are not blind
that some Of them, at least, have un-
commonly good vision.
Now do something" he CHALLENGED
Anything. And you'll admit I'm not
looking at you Okay. You moved
your right hand, didn't you? And you
crossed your legs, too. That's how
we've got to learn to call 'em out of
the corners of our eyes,"
It was thrilling exhibition, and
even little mystifying. Stark obvi-
ously was so pleased with his spring
form that the writer didn't have the
heart to tell him that he hadn't ac-
tually crossed his legs on the play
hadn't, in fact, moved them at all. It
would only have started an argument,
and there's no use arguing with those
guys.
Tells How It's Done.
Anyhow, by this time Stark was
bobbing and weaving around again
demonstrating how he and his fellow
jumps contrive never to lose sight of
a pitched ball. Well, practically never
1t was, he explained, the. Bill KLEIN
technique" consisting of getting up on
the balls Of the feet and peeking over
the catcher's shoulder.
Its silly, that stuff about our view
being blocked by the catcher on low
balls and about how we have to guess
at a lot of 'em," he said. Indignantly
1--WE have our eyes right on SO out of
every 100 balls as they cross the plate
If they do"
Hardest pitchers in the National
League to call balls and strikes for
are Van Mungo, Carl Hubbell and Russ
Bauers, the young fast-baller of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, In Stark's opinion
It's no wonder the batters find them
equally trying.
Mungo is Speediest.
"Mungo's easily the fastest pitcher
in the league" he explained, land he's
just wild enough that you can't tell
beforehand where that balls going.
Hubs screwball is hard to follow, too,
and Bauers' high curve keeps an um-
pire working his head off.
strangely enough, Dizzy Dean isn't
hard to work. He's great pitcher,
but he slips them down the middle
most of the time And, as we say in
the business, you can work fellow like
Lou Fette of Boston in rockingham
I don't mean we ever can loaf, but
there's less tension"
Like all the other arbiters, Stark
loses around 10 pounds in the course
of season, even though he starts off
in good condition. Stark has been
working out at Fordham University
for the past week.
Asked if there were any truth in
the popular belief that ball yard Ian
guage is perhaps not quite so salty
as 1t used to be, Stark shook his head
vigorously.
Don't believe that" he said. sadly
These boys know Just as many things
to call IN umpire as anybody ever did.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
TODAY.
Baseball.

Baseball.
Washington vs. Boston IN. L.,
Griffith Stadium, 3.
Roosevelt VS.. Eastern, Roosevelt
Stadium public high title series),
2:30.
Western VS.. Tech, Western Sta
dium public high title series),
2:30.
Bethesda Chevy Chase VS.. CATH
ersburg. Garrett Park, Md, $50.
Wilson High VS.. Landon, Be-
thesda, Md, $50.
Track.
Triangular meet, Roosevelt, Will
son and Gonzaga, Roosevelt Sta
diurn, 4.
Tennis.
Maryland VS.. William and Mary,
College Park, 4.
st. Adams VS.. Episcopal, Alex
andria, Va, $3.50.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. Boston IN. L.,
Griffith Stadium, 8.
Georgetown vs. Michigan, Thirty
ninth street and Reservoir road, 8.
Maryland VS.. Penn State, College
Park, 4.
Central VS.. Fredericksburg High,
Fredericksburg, Va.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
ereN Makes Bid to H League Opener Facing Bees Today
WIN, Lose or Draw
Nationals Of 1893 Are Better Here and There
Bueky Harris, Though, Still Has Problem Teom.'
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,

NEW Washington ball club
~ seven full weeks in the Southland
but for the especially
lows like Oe Buege who beginning
1ngton uniform and Buddy Mye
since 1925 AS matter of fact Mr. Clark
club this The firm lists
are that anybody the trouble probably
be revealed of the
Taking Mats 1888
OF analysis that years has
OF ball
Bonura mean the Mats and will hit driving
out only limited amount hits
runners stranded DensVe they
AS usual Harris hasn't enough pitching
individually Wahrgton
Spring
velopents this will
be more valuable pitcher When sharply hit
first Mr. Gus Phann Washington will
not covering that bag for the first
Bonura, defensivey,
Evening star., 1938-04-13
TRACK CHAMP QUITS

Aillng Ankle Causes Robinson to
Desert Cinderpath.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 (P.-
Elroy Robinson, American champion
in the $50 and 1000 yard runs, an
nounced today he had given up track
for all time because Of an ailing ankle.
Robinson set the American $50
mark Of 1:49.6 and the 1,000-yard
mark Of 2:09.7 in 1896.
He broke an ankle in the 1886 Drake
relays mile attempting to pass Glenn
Cunningham. He injured the ankle
again last fall.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Sports Program for Local Fans

Montgomery-Blair VS.. South
River IN. J) High, Silver Spring,
Md, $3.50.
Wrestling.
Jim Londos VS.. Dropkick Muir
ply, feature match, Turner's Arena,
$50.
Track.
Tech VS.. Episcopal, Alexandria,
Va, $3.50.
Tennis.
Maryland VS.. Richmond, College
Park, 4.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. Baltimore, Grit
nth Stadium, 3.
Maryland VS.. Michigan, College
Park, 2:30.
Tennis.
George Washington VS.. Rich
mond, Columbia Country Club, 2.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. Baltimore, Grit
fifth Stadium, 3.
Maryland VS.. Virginia, Char
lottesville, Va.
Episcopal VS.. Virginia Episcopal,
Alexandria. Va, 2:30.
Track.
Maryland VS.. v. M. l., College
Park, 2.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Biscuit-Admiral
Race Not Match
BY the Associated Press.

xoy tliC hoooStdtC 1Ic6S.
NEW YORK, April 13.-Officially
the 100000 match race between
War Admiral and Seabiscuit May
80 won't be match race at all.
The rules of racing, as laid down
by the Jockey Club, specify that
no association is to add money or
other prize. BY its definition, "A
match Is race between two
horses, the property of two differ
ent owners, on terms agreed upon
by them and to which no money
or other prize is added"
Thus when the race for which
the Westchester Racing Associa-
ton Is putting up the big purse Is
run, 1t will be called the tl0o, 900
race between horses.s
Evening star., 1938-04-13
AS Usual

Totals 80 16 "a 7 Totals 35 10 ~ II
.Batted for Hossett in eighth
+Batted for Hutchinson in eighth.
IRAN for Ferrell in ninth
Slated for Phebus in ninth
Washington -------- DOB OO1 O20-e
Boston - 400 O1O O2x-7
Errors-Lewis t2), Maegert. Runs batted
tn-West. DiMaggio (3>. Wright t2). Bo-
nura t2).. Cuccinello, Ferrell,. Lopez t2).
Two-base hits-Lewis, Travis. Myer. Three
base hit--Moore. Home runs--DiMaggio
Lopez to Mayo. Maggert to Cuccineilo to
Warrington. 10: Boston, 6. Base on balls
on Hutchinson. 6: off Hogsett, 2. Struck
out--By Hutchinson. 2: by Hogsett, 4; by
Hogsett, in I innings: off Phebus. 2 in i
inning; OF Erickson, none in = inning;
is in s innings. winning pitcherwHutch-
inson. Losing pitcher-Phebus. Umpires
-Messrs. GoetZ and Hubbard Time 200.
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Lewis Still a Coming Ball PLAYER.

OHenslVe
$40
else the club zeke will hit
100 He definite Improvement
Rick Feren Ricky
The frstsing catcher then
Hogan called shanty
Washington had him Rick be the
but he is another big improvement
Skipping Lewis jr back
the old stand John Kelly 81 old
the best third the American League
probably
closest rivals this He still coming ball
Bearing slightly the right find Cecil
shortstop He Wagner Crose Cecil
Howell from Reda carries prolific will
mostly, getting
q of
Evening star., 1938-04-13
Outfielding Corps Is Elderly.

to
Buddy Myer Buege of
a
tackled
be
a ALL
righthanded and he still first he still
fielding
lthnded pitching Gosln 81 and with
Evening star., 1938-04-13
BOSS IS SATISFIED
W|THBEEHURLERS
Opening Game to Determine
if Diz Is 0kay-Chiozza
of Giants Hurt.
BY The Associated Press.


Satisfied that his starting pitchers
are ready, Manager Casey Stengel OF
the Boston Bees, here to meet the
Griffs today. will not force any of them
to go the route until next Tuesday,
when Deacon Danny MacFayden
opens the season.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Can the
Cards count on or DN?" the big
question in the st. Louis camp. may
be answered April 10 by Dean himself.
Manager frankie Frisch announced
today Diz would pitch the seasons
opener in st. Louis against Pittsburgh's
Pirates.
FRANKFORT, Ky.-The New York
Giants are getting brittle again, which
is something to worry Bill Terry. Lou
Chiozza came up with q sprained
finger on his right hand yesterday,
and Johnny Mccarthy also felt indis-
posed. So Burgess Whitehead and
Sam Leslie started for the Giants at
second and first.
Mungo in Fettle.
RICHMOND, Va.-Van Lingle Mum
60, the Brooklyn Dodgers flreballer, is
intent on ending this "all through"
talk. He said his arm feels stronger
than at any time in the training tour
and that neither it nor his shoulder
has bothered him in recent work.
outs.
WICHITA, Kans.-"Who said the
loaflng Pirates'?" asked Manager Pie
Traynor. today. He was chuckling
over Bill Brubaker's steal Of home in
Pittsburgh's game with the White Sox
yesterday, and Arky Vaughan's fourth
and fifth homers Of the training sea-
son.
LYNCHBURG, Va-Deacon Bill
McKechnie appears ready to name
Lee Grissom and Willard Hershberger
as his battery in the opener with the
Chicago Cubs in Cincinnati Tuesday.
Grissom is believed to have won the
nod with his work against the Red
Sox Sunday.
LEXINGTON, N. C.-The Phillies
have been showing lack of punch,
but as long as the hits come at op-
perfume moments and the Phils keep
on winning it's okay with Manager
Jimmy Wilson. They've taken eight
in row, their longest streak in
years.
Evening star., 1938-04-13

Three years ago-Washington
crews made clean sweep Of regatta
With Caufofnta.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18
MASCULINE SPEECH
(VallejO Times-Herald)

lpalleJO 1lmeS-Herald)
Your modern college youth is red
blooded, herman fellow and there isn't
much chance of his being taken for any
thing else. He even carries his masculin-
ity into his grammar.
For, according to a recent linguistic
survey, he would rather be ungrammati-
cal than conspicuous, and much prefers
the chance of being taken for an litter
ate than the possibility of being consider
ed pedantic.
He avoids words like adorable divine,
exquisite, naughty and precious for the
same reason that his slang vocabulary
doesn't contain "ducky' and "goody."
They're too feminine. And he deliberate
ly drops down to cts me- when he actu-
ally knows the correct at is l." because
he is afraid Of a lifted eyebrow in his
crowd, afraid of being set apart He
prefers to be trite, colloquial and slangy
because he prefers to be inconspicuous
Well, it's at least simple, direct and
unaffected. 1t avoids the "genteelisms"
and the stilted affectations of other pc
riods. And when the college man finally
needs to use the more subtle discrimna-
tions in his speech, he probably can find
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18
PUBLIC SENTIMENT
SUPPORTS G-MEN

lSan Bernardlno SUM
Lay-off of half of the force of the G.
men has caused a raising of eyebrows
in these United States.
The lay-off was necessary, so it is eX-
planned, in the interest of economy.
But in high governmental circles there
Is a disposition to criticize private en-
ployers for such steps, and unlike pri
vate employers the government has ac-
cess to all the money it actually needs
and then some.
Simultaneous with the lay-off order is
the new regulation that henceforth all
publicity for the G-men will be examined
by the department of justice and such
information as is given to the public
will be according to announcement by
the department of Justice
All of which might indicate jealousy
in high places at Washington.
The G-men, under the direction of j.
Edgar Hoover, have achieved widespread
publicity. But we think this publicity
has been for fine purpose There was a
time in this land when the gangsters
We're glOrified now the G-men are glori-
fled. Suppression of crime rather than
crime itself is the subject matter of
publicity. The reason has been splendid.
Throughout the land boys are talking
about G-men. 1t is the ambition of thou
sands of youths to become G-men. There
is widespread talk of service with the
G-men as a career.
Certainly as result of the publicity
the G-men have received there is a new
attitude toward law enforcement. People
generally have greater feeling of con-
fidence and security since the rise of the
Hoover men to fame.
j. Edgar Hoover's department has re-
covered for the government itself more
money than it spent.
Quit monkeying with the G-men"
might very we'll be the terse command
that the public directs toward Washing
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18
WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING
IN THE PAPERS

"These things have got to be kept
quiet" a field boss informed reporter
from this newspaper Tuesday when the
reporter showed up to cover the strike
of laborers in a carrot field near Holt
Vile. 1--WE don't want anything in the
papers about this!"
The reporter had been sent out to get
a story.
at looks" he said, like everybody's
working now How many walked out?"
Nobody walked out grunted the
field boss.
"But I've just talked to several men
who did" the reporter said. The field
boss retorted that eve don't want any
thing in the papers. The reporter re-
monstrated.
"A strike" he said, lis more or less
public property"
Anything that happens on this place
is not public property" the field boss
declared. He seemed to have forgotten
the deputy sheriff, whose salary is paid
by the public, who watched the field to
prevent disorder.
The reporter got his information else
where, and wrote the story. 1t appeared
in the paper that afternoon.
When a strike ceases to be a matter
of public interest, then labor and in
dustry both will be in very bad way.
And when either employers or laborers
attempt to give out false information,
the first conclusion is that their case
needs strengthening before the bar of
public opinion. Because the public is
as vitality affected by labor strife as are
the principals, true information is alb
solutely necessary to sound Judgment.
1t seems TO us impossible for anyone
to regard the increasing prices and the
increasing unemployment-with relative
higher cost of relief-during the past
three years, considering that they are
brought on partly by labor troubles
throughout the nation, and still to con-
tend that strikes are not matter of
public interest.
And it seems to us, from the vantage
point of a newspapers workings, thought
less on the part of either employers or
laborers to give out false statements rela-
tive to anything that involves as many
people in as many different walks of
life as a strike We have known both
unions and employers to try it-and we
have yet to see any good come of it.
The public does not often go wrong
when it knows the facts-and We believe
the public is entitled to the facts in ev-
erything that affects its welfare.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18

ed that by standing up. -,
The music was divine. 1t exalted
him His cold feet didn't matter:
there were no holes in his shoes
now. .4
,rhe opera concluded, he went
down to the sidewalk and Watcheo
the rich. well-dressed people come
ont and get into their automoblleS.
A foolish and absurd idea daWned
in his mind. I'm going to sing
so we'll some day that rich people
in fine clothes will come TO hear
me-" he said to himself.
The more he thought about II,
the more he was determined to do
exactly that.
He went to Warsaw to carry out
his eXtravagant idea-and nearly
starved to death for his pains. He
earned money by running errands.
and delivering flowers for floral
shops. One night when delivering
flowers. he stopped a moment 10
look at the tempting food III the
kitchen. Something about that look
made the cook suspect that all was
not well and he gave the boy 1ood.
Then the boy did something that
gave the cook a surprise. Ne sang
beautifully: not too loudly. for the
master and mistress had to be
thought Of.
For a year and a half he studied.
At last came his big opportunity.
A part in the Polish National
opera. "Halka!" He had only ten
words to Sing. but he resolved to
sing them as they had never before
been sung.
He sang them with vim and fire
and gusto-and was fired.
Tramping the streets again! Then,
a few DAYS later. there was knock
at the door. He opened it to man
he had never seen before. A voice
teacher. who had heard Kiepura
the night he had failed. The night
he thought he had failed was the
turning point OF his life, for the
voice coach gave him the right in
struction and Kiepura shot up like
a rocket. In no time at all he was
in Vienna singing the leading role
in Pucinis opera. "Turandot'.
Soon he was the favorite of the
Paris Opera House. Rich people
in their cars came to see him and
applauded
Pretty soon Hollywood sent for
him and he made a picture.
Then the Metropolitan Opera of
New York sent for him.
This Polish boy. who made a re-
solve with holes in the soles of his
shoes. is doing right we'll now. He
is rich and honored around the
world. In fact, four governments
have decorated him. Not bad, eh?
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
YOUR DAUGHTER

Near the Meloland school the other
day, Robert Doig went at the end of the
day to retrieve a school zone sign warn
ing motorists to go slow. The sign was
one of the kind you have seen-a wooden
cut-out of small girls figure, life sized.
1t was placed where children crossed
the road going to and coming from
school.
Doig found the sign lying in the road,
severed foot or two above the ground
from its base. Unmistakable evidences
were there that it had been struck by an
automobile.
Some motorists, if it had been a girl
and not a sign, would have been guilty
of manslaughter that day. In some fam
lily there would have been grief that no
prosecution of the guilty man could heal.
School signs should not be necessary
to make a motorist slow down in a
school zone. The common sense that al
lows person to drive a car should do
that
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18
Famous Sayings

The starry eyed idealist can get
into a good deal of trouble, what
with his habit of stepping out in
to traffic with his eyes on the
heavens. But there are times when
it does seem that the coldly prac-
tical realist can get into more of
a tangle than a dozen idealist put
together.
What ails the international set
up in Europe these days. if not a
dose of super-realism, applied
bloody by practical men
whose boast it is that they have
tossed idealism overheard as a de-
lusion and snare?
We are witnessing right now the
final death rattle of the League of
Nations. When Britain and France
inform the League, as they are to
do within a few days, that they
are giving formal recognition to
Italy's conquest of Ethiopia. the
League will be just about ready
for the undertaken And when
they follow that by requesting the
League to abandon the Stimson
policy of refusing TO recognize ter
ritories acquired by force, as they
are expected to do, the work of
mailing down the coffin lid will
have begun.
All of which has a direct bearing
on this question of idealism versus
realism.
With all its faults, the League
was the work of idealists. That is,
it did represent an effort to sub
stitute international law for the
law of the jungle. The effort may
have been weak and half-hearted.
but it was a step toward a more
enlightened and civilized world
order for all that. 1t tried to free
the world from the fear of war by
setting up a regime of collective
security.
What is replacing it is, very
clearly, nothing less than a return
to the ancient balance power
system. Europe once more divides
into armed camps, whose inmates
arm to the teeth and remain at
peace only SO long as neither side
can seen any percentage in start
ing a fight. That is system which
makes peace expensive and war
inevitable. 1t could be followed,
one would think, only by people
who had completely blinded them
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18
News Behind
the News
HOnieICard Bound :.
Tax Exemptions :.

WASHINGTON. - Congress hul-
Gates every intention of going away
without needing Mr.. RooseVent 5
plea that it stop the issuance oil
tax exempt bonds.
Hardness of the request, which
came late in the session after the
long struggle over pending legis-
lation had reached a final stage,
aroused sour comment among con-
gressional and administration tax
experts who had been worn down
bv a season of heavy work.
The President used to be able
to pop a tax surprise into Congress
at almost the last minute and eX-
pect action. But not any more.
Furthermore, the taX-eXempt Sc
curities issue is both complicated
and controversial. No one knows
how long it might take to draft an
intelligent bill to cover the prob
lem
Nevertheless, there are students
of taxation who believe the re-
moval of tax exemption from pub
lie bonds would contribute more
toward business revival than re-
peal of the corporate surplus profits
tax and the capital gains tax.
About 7OOO,000.OOO of federal,
state, county, city and other public
bonds are now outstanding. 1t has
been estimated that the loss to the
Treasury through its inability to
tax these bonds has been running
upwards of S300,000,000 a year
But the point made by opponents
of exemption is that the bonds offer
almost hopeless competition for pri
vate borrowers in the capital mar
ket. Lenders prefer the small but
certain return from public bonds, as
long rs that income is tax exempt,
to the combination of risk and
taxes.
1t has been figured out that
lender in the $l,000000 income
bracket. assuming that he pays a
state income tax-such as that in
New York-as well as the federal
tax, finds tax-eXempt securities at
3 per cent more attractive than
the chance to make a private busi-
ness loan at II per cent. Under
the circumstances, removal of tax
exemption on future public issues
could hardly fail to drive money
into private investment.
Behind the Presidents continued
failure to choose new ambassador
to Russia to succeed Ambassador
Joe Davies, who is being transferred
to Belgium, is the fact no one who
might exactly fit the Moscow post
seems willing to accept it, and the
further fact that officials of this
government are annoyed by the
facts of life in the Russian capital
which contribute to making the job
unattractive. The State Department
regards the Russian attitude on the
Rubens spy" case as unsatisfactory
Ambassador Bullitt became fed
up with the post and was trans
ferred to Paris at his own request.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies had enough
Of it almost at once and have spent
very little time on Russian soil.
Disappearance of numerous en-
ployeS and friends of diplomats,
correspondents and other Americans
in Moscow has helped make the
country unpopular among Ameri-
cans assigned there. many of whom
have felt compelled TO urge Russian
friends to stay away from them for
their own safety.
Even the most sympathetic Am
ericans, anxious to study the U. S.
S. R. with a friendly attitude, find
themselves baked, according to
Foreign Service men who have serv-
ed at Moscow and found themselves
unable to report much accurate in
formation.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18

selves TO the painful lesson OF 1914.
Yet it is precisely this system
which is being revived by the
cleareyed realsts.
Prime Minister Chamberlain of
England has openly said that he
is following a policy of realism.
His French allies have said the
same. On the opposite side of the
fence, Dictators Hitler and Musso-
lini have long boasted of the Ut
ter absence from their scheme of
things of any taint of idealism.
Yet this vaunted realism can
give the world nothing better than
a return to the road to war!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-18

house. 1t had been
raining and his
feet were wet. But
that was all right;
he k e pit from
catching cold by
wriggling his toes.
The boys name
was Jan Kiepura.
T h ere W 4 S
something. how
ever. that was not
quite right, for
when he sat down
he could not see
the stage. He cur