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Evening star., 1938-10-26

mind that had wondered at the fact
that he was throwing in with Old
Emery Isakson. Old Emery, you know,
worked a silver mine up in Red
Canyon, barely eking out living.
He always claimed that If he had
the money and could buy equipment,
there was a fortune to be taken out
Of that old mine He claimed he had
prospected for more than 80 years
and he knew the signs.
"No one believed the old coot, and
no one would lend him the money.
Then this Boris Lord came along and
Clipped in a few thousand dollars.
1t made me wonder. Not that knew
Boris to have a criminal record. He'd
always kept just within the law in
his dealings. That's what 1 mean by
vanity. He thought because he'd kept
within the law every one believed him
10 be an honest citizens.
''Three months passed: and then
one day Boris came into my offce,
looking troubled He said that Old
Emery had been missing for three
days. He said at first he had figured
the old boy had walked off somewhere
and maybe camped out overnight. But
now three days had passed and he
wondered if I shouldn't be told. He
said that Old Emery had been acting
queer lately, mumbling to himself.
80 Sid Geery. my deputy, and I
rode out to old Emerys diggings and
looked around. We searched for two
days and didn't find hide nor hair of
him. Then we came back to the
diggings. We probably would have
quit and returned to town, for there
were important things to be done in
the county, but couldn't get it out
ehipped in with Old Emery when
usually he was fooling around with
much slicker deals.
80 told Sid to stay at the cabin
and keep Boris busy talking while I
took look around. I went to where
Boris and Old Emery had been digging
with the machinery they'd bought with
Boris money. There was a lot Of
loose dirt piled up, and the loose dirt
somehow looked queer. 1t looked like
II had been placed there for purpose
and not Just carelessly dumped.
80 I dug away, and pretty soon
I come on some outcroppings Of silver
that set my eyes bulging. There was
Q fortune In what I saw. So I sat
down and lighted a cigarette and
began to think And what I figured
out was this: Boris had come along
and seen those outcroppings of silver
and realized what 1t meant. He began
Evening star., 1938-10-26

fund-raising Campaign Committee for
the Girls Club and Hospice OF the
Volunteers Of America.
This was announced last night by
the Advisory Committee Of the volun-
teers.
At Mrs. Grants request, Mrs. Walter
B. Fry. president Of the District Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers, and
Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, former president
Of the District Federation Of Women's
Clubs, accepted the vice chairmanships
OF the drive. Mrs. Charles p. Keyser,
Evening star., 1938-10-26

charged for each class. The funda-
mentals of bidding and Of playing the
hand under the Culbertson system will
be stressed, 1t was said. Short lee
lures, supported by mimeographed
sheets, will be followed by supervised
play. Tournament play, with dupli-
cate boards, also will be taught.
Evening star., 1938-10-26

Municipal Hospital two years ago,
Claude A. Ezell, 921 Nineteenth street
NV, wants District Court to award
him $25, 900 damages.
Through Attorneys Vance v. Vaughan
and Albert Lyman, Mr.. Eze,l told the
court that on September IL, 1896, he
was arrested and placed first in the
fifth police precinct.
The next morning, he said, he was
taken to Gallinger Hospital, where his
feet became scalded, according to the
Evening star., 1938-10-26

auditor and former treasurer Of the
federation, will be campaign treasurer.
Purpose Of the drive, which will soon
get under way, is to raise funds to
complete and furnish the club and
hospice at 1925 Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1938-10-26
WITHIN THE LAW
scheming how he
could get that for.

scheming how he
could get that for.
tune for himself.
He couldn't just kill
Old Emery and
take it. Taking 1t
would require time.
So he agreed to
chip in some money
in return for q
partnership, which
would give him
clear title in case
Old Emery should
suddenly vanish.
80 after he'd
worked with Emery
long enough to alley
any suspicious, he
carefully covered
the outcroppings
with loose dirt.
This would destroy
any evidence Of
a possible motive.
Then he h,lmned
Evening star., 1938-10-26

when you're in
@e law-upholding
game" Sheriff Fred
Hodgson used to
say, you've got to
figure In all the
elerr1entS OF human
nature, You've
got to figure, for
example, that a
criminal Is just
as vain az an hon.
est man, and vice
versa.
"Now, 1t isn't
going to occur to
q vain man that
there's anything
about his charac-
ter that marks
him as different
from other folks.
I mean. you take
this jigger Boris
Lord. It didn't
once cross Boris
Evening star., 1938-10-26
Fat Needed for Eggs.

A proper fat ration for pullets Is
necessary to obtain best egg produc-
ton, 1t is reported to the American
Chemical Society,
Evening star., 1938-10-26

Humanity would make a great stride
toward longevity could it put an end
to syphilis, said to be the cause of
20 per cent Of the cases Of arteriol
sclerosis.
Evening star., 1938-10-26
BRIDGE CLASS SLATED
eulbertson System to Be Stressed
in Study Next Wednesday.

in Study Next Wednesday.
A class tn contract bridge will be
held at 1880 pm. next Wednesday at
the Hine Junior High School, Seventh
and c streets Sc. under the direction
Of Paul T. Phinney, it was announced
today by the Community Center De-
partment.
A fee Of rs cents per person will be
Evening star., 1938-10-26

suit, and as result two toes Of his
right foot were amputated, and he was
confined to a hospital for four months.
Evening star., 1938-10-26
$4,000 SUIT CHARGES
| SCALDING IN HOSPITAL
Negligence Of D. G. Government
Alleged by 1885 Patient
at Gallinger.

Contending that the District Gov
eminent was guilty Of negligence when
he was burned and scalded in Gallinger
Evening star., 1938-10-26
MRS. GRANT To LEAD I
GIRLS HOSPICE DRIVE
Mrs. Fry and Mrs. Biddle to Serve
as Vice Chairmen in Fund
Campaign.
Campaign.

Mrs. Ernest r. Grant, managing
director Of the District tuberculosis
Association, will head the general
Evening star., 1938-08-10

The sectional swimming meets for
girls held under auspices of the Play
ground Department will be concluded
tomorrow morning with races at Ana
costa and Banneker pools. Today's
events were scheduled at the Francis
tank.
In yesterdays meets at Mckinley
and Takoma the novelty events. sucn
as the balloon race, fan race and feet
tied race, were the most popular fea-
lures. as they were in last weeks
gatherings at Georgetown and Rose
dale.
The 25-yard free style race at both
pools also attracted attention yester-
day. Eleanor Fuller was the winner
at Takoma. while Mary Zanelitti
scored at Mckinley.
MCKINLEY POOL.
10 to IL Year Class.
poS5ey Syard Tef v. by heen
tMeKinr,li Msnsddn part, third. Rosemary Mastin
'Af%aHan F1oasnr rdens aemonstr.tors-won BY Helen
Mckinley: third. Auchey Jones edge
Novelty. race nan race,--Won .by vir-
Gnius ena AsS McknsH h ysn ssd9ns Hoavel a1
tRoSsl.
IL and II Year Class.
"5-yard side stroke--Won by Josephre
Zaneli'ti New York Avenue): second. Edith
Ware Warren MN MGKinley' ISan third Jacouelne
Feet first race-Won by Jacauelne
Msger Mckinley: second. Edith Warren
Mckinley: third Josephine Zanelitti
New York Avenue.
Novelty rae race sW ,hslloon race.~Won 6y
Ellin tBurroughsl third. Mildred Weeks
(McKinley)
Is and 16 Year Class.
25-yard free style-Won by Gloria War
rem: second Mary Klingenhaaen: third
Dora Poyner fsll Of Mckinley.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
PATTY BERG LEAVES
GOLF FOES IN RUCK
Totals ISL to be Seven Strokes in
Lead at Halfway Mark in
Western Derby.
bv TIE Associated Press.

bv TIE Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Aug. lot was Patty
Berg Of Minneapolis bv seven
lengths rs the field in the wom-
ems Western golf derby headed into
the nnal 36 holes today.
The chunky. freckle-faced Mime
sofa star, with 36-hole total Of ISL
strokes, was seven shots ahead Of her
closest rival. Ellamae williams Of
Chicago, at the halfway mark Of the
longest medal play tournament sane
toned for women in this country.
Ten strokes of the blistering pace was
Marion Miley Of Lexington, KY. who
for the last three years won the event.
while Miss Berg finished in second
place
The Minneapolis star carded 81
4l-78 yesterday. two-under-par
performance. which bulwarked her
sensational first-round score of 70, a
tournament record.
In third place at 159 strokes was
Mrs. Opal s. Hill Of Kansas City. with
a 70 yesterday. and at 100 was an
Iowa SHOEMAKER. Edith Estabrooks of
Dubuque, who turned in q one over
par 81.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Kay Sanners Takes Ouer Spotlight Eastern Tennis Tourney
T,uo S,oin's Today End Girls
Playground Sectional Tests

Backstroke swim-Won by Dora .Poyner:
xan,d. SxeS0n,d; Mary kltnKgSnhagen: third Helen
Lie preserve reiay0Won h, MCKINLEY
dpora Poynsr. Nary Klineenhagen;; Gloria
Hazeton. Elizabeth Williams).
IL Yesrs and Over Class.
c5-yard fee style--Won bv Mary zane
k,n,:v s9nss IMeKin1es): third Jeanne Hall INC
Feet tied r.ce-won BY Mary zan.l;ttII 1
tMeKinky!; third; Betty Jones lMeKinley1.
won s. R,ss Esssx i01 0sEo:.dsf.S;. :essnd:
hs1sueris en1n.r kispD s|s Ro'edale third Dora
Mite shirt relay-Won bv Mckinley
2aa zaa9elitti Rtta Es.ex' gunnsy Kn.pp; sec
Zsnelitti. ]. Hall. B. Jones.
TAKOMA POOL.
IN to I1 Year Glass.
25-yard free style-won by Amelia Rose
tTsEomsl: third, Betty Hsrper 1H.niitonS
sfef Amelia ih Ss:er y @
Nhird5: al q Tskems second, team com:
Lee OBrien tTakoma). Polly BirRfeld (Ta-
IL and ~ Yesr Class.
25-ysrd side stroke-Won BY Helen
Townsend CLafa yette); third. Nanceta Os-
mond lTakoma).
Novelty race fballoon race)-Won by
Helen Iugerman tTakomal: second. Annie
Laurie fownshend Lafayette).
Is and 16 Year Class.
"5-vard free style-Won by Patsy Palmer
fTakoma>: second. Helen Flett (Takoma):
thl5G Doethy ESrwel H. !Takqm r.rr.
and Helen Flett tTakoma) second; Patsy
Palmer and Phyllis Palmer tTakoma,
third. Eleanor Crouch and Betty Lee Wood
tTakoma).
17-Year Class and Over.
o5-yard free style-Won BY Eleanor
Feet tied race-Won By Eleanor Fuller
Evening star., 1938-08-10
PEPCO IS AWAITING
RIVALS IN PLAY-0FF
1887 Champions Ready to Defend
When Government, Industrial
Loops Decide Rulers.

Pepco nine. last years local sandlot
champion. will enter the playoff for
this years title next Wednesday. when
It meets the winner of the United
States Government League race.
Naval Air and District Commits
sioners at present are tied for the
second-half championship and game
yet to be scheduled must be played
before the team to meet Bureau In
vestigation, first-half winner, is de-
cided.
The second half OF the Industrial
League likewise is tied. National
Savings, until yesterday leading by
one game, was brought down to even
terms with Heurich Brewery yesterday
when the Brewers defeated the Bank
ers. 1914. The winner Of playoff
game will meet O'Donnells Grill, first
half champion. in three-game series
to decide the league team which will
meet the Departmental League next
Tuesday.
Pepco won the Commercial League
title yesterday by downing Gas Co.,
first-half winner. ILL.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
By GEORGE E. HUBER.

(August 10 1881
All along the bay country hardhead
are dropping of or have gone entirely,
and that is as it should be this time of
year. But the folks still are getting
them at some places.
A fishing party from the B. M. Shop
at the Navy Yard had good luck at
James Island with Capt. Lee Travers.
The gang consisted Of Tink Warner,
Pat Harrison, Bud Veach, Reds Foltz,
Fats Hartness and L. Melton. They
boated ITS hardhead and good trout.
The Gooses also seem loath 10
say good-by to hardhead.
Phoning Capt. William Beacker at
Breezy Point to learn what is going
on at the other side of the channel,
We find that Tuesday evening and
night, after week Of $3.50 fishing.
they hit into the fish again. Plenty
Of hardhead and trout were caught
No blues or rock.
Big Fish Are Scarce.
There is quite drop in production
at Ocean City's marlin factory. Where
they were bringing in 20 to 80 day
they now are doing business 70 the
tune of 5 to 10. 1t isn't storms that
caused 1t. it is Just that the fish seemed
to have shifted their scene of opera
tions and the shippers are having Iif-
ficulty locating them.
When things slowed down they di-
vided the feet into three sections
One went north. another straight Out
and the third south. The squad goine
north to Fenwicks Ridge has beer
connecting occasionally. Washington
anglers making marks recently are Mr.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
MAMAKOS MAKES
RIVAL CUT WEIGHT
Abrams to Drop From 100
to 154 Pounds for Bout
Here Monday Night.

The light system of revealing the
winner of the previous round and the
fighter leading on points over the
route. which currently is in an ex-
perimental stage at boxing shows here,
may be tried in Baltimore shortly.
AL Scherr, Baltimore News-Post box
ing writer, who viewed the system in
operation last week. was enthusiastic
over the idea and will bring the matter
before the Maryland State Athletic
Commission shortly. requesting trial.
The Pickering will continue in the
Steve Mamakos-George Abrams card
at Griffith Stadium Monday night,
with larger bulbs installed to insure
visibility from any section of the
stands.
Abrams, normally 160-pOunder,
must trim down to l54 pounds for the
rugged Mamakos. who fought the best
fight of his career last week in dis
posing of Ivan Nedomatsky. Steve
weighed lat pounds for that scrap.
Mamakos. however, is expected to
bounce back above $50 pounds and the
weight margin in Abrams favor prob
ably will not exceed pounds.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
HORSESHOESTARS
SHOOT TOMORROW
Mahaffey Tourney to Draw
Ringerites Throughout
Metropolitan Area.

The merry clank Of steel on steel,
music. anyway. to your horseshoe
pitcher. will desturb the quiet Of
Brentwood. Md, tomorrow night when
ringer flippers from throughout the
Washington metropolitan area gather
to honor Brentwood's Mayor. w. N.
Mahaffey, in the annual Mahaffey
Sweepstakes.
A l00-shoe qualifying round will
be pitched, with is to shoot it out for
the prizes. Two elimination rounds
will be tossed. and the four survivors
will have it out in round robbin.
Lee Fleshman of Rogers Heights,
Maryland State titleholder. will be the
defending champion in the Mahaffey
Sweepstakes and also a strong ia
vorite.
Fleshman is the current leader OF
the Metropolitan A League, an all-star
singles outfit which shoots tonight on
his courts at Rogers Heights.
After the Mahaffey event quail
flying tests will be held for the 10th
annual Evening Star championships,
which will decide the titles Of South
ern Maryland, Northern Virginia;
Washington and the metropolitan area
Maryland hurlers will compete at
Brentwood under Mayor Mahaffey'l
direction, those of Virginia at Falls
Church. with George c. Thompson
president of the Washington Sub
urban Horseshoe Pitchers Association
in charge. and those Of Washington or
the Mcmillan Park layout, where the
entire Star tournament was con-
Quoted last year.
In each territory Is will qualify
for the play-offs in a medal round OF
100 shoes.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
By PAUL J. MILLER. Jr.

MERIDIAN, Miss.-Strange it Is
how the New Yorkers feel that they
have a corner on the game of chess.
Just as strange as in 1859. when the
Old Wor,c awakened to the meteoric
rise of the youthful American, Paul
Charles Morphy. who vanquished the
most eminent of European masters to
demonstrate conclusively the superb
ority of the New World over the Old
when it came to a pragmatic knowl-
edge of how to play the Oldest game
IN the world.
Here in the heart of the Southland,
ls0 miles from New Orleans, the
birthplace Of Morphy. the tourist will
find that chess is played not only in
tbs air-conditioned rooms of local
hostelries but also beneath the
weather-beaten. pine-shingled roofs
of many a country store.
A chap by the name of McGrath
came out of North Mississippi around
the turn of the century to participate
In the fist caucus of the Northwest
ern Chess Association at Excelsior,
Mich.
The Gun McGrath won as Mississippi
champion has been recovered and to-
day it occupies sheltered niche in
the States Hall of Archives at jack
SON
At Memphis is published the great
tri-State newspaper. the Commercial
Appeal. For almost two decades q
chess column appeared to command
the attention of players in Tennessee,
Alabama and Mississippi. In the lat
ter half of the second decade the COL
umn was written by woman, prob
ably the only feminine player in this
country ever to edit chess column.
The Meridian (Miss) Star in 1929
carried daily chess column and chess
news appeared spasmodically in the
Jackson CMiss) Daily News, while a
hundred miles due west, at Vicksburg,
Maj J. B. Holt entertained weekly
Evening star., 1938-08-10
MAT BATTLE ROYAL
LURES 360-P0UNDER
Thor Johnson Among Six That
Will Bend Bones in Feature
of Show Thursday.

Six graphing citizens. who have
been eating raw meat and filing their
claws in preparation for the event
will stage minor riot tomorrow night
at Griffith Stadium when Promoter
Joe Turner offers another of those
battle royals.
Thor johnson. an undernourished
twister of 800 pounds, Mike Mazurki
Ed Ribbons, Bibber Mccoy. Slim Zim-
bleman and Ed White will start the
scuffle. with the two survivors squirm-
ing to a finish
Paul Bosch will bend bones with
Cliff Olson and Able Coleman will
tangle with Emil Dusek in co-feature
matches restricted to one hour.
The show will be moved to Turner S
Arena in case Of rain.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
GOLF TRIAL LURES
D. c. S|M0N-PURES
Big Field to Try for U. S.
Meet Berths August 30
at Congressional.
Bv WALTER McCALLUM.

More than a score of the top-llners
in golf around Washington have sent
their entries to the United States Golf
Association for the national amateur
championship sectional rounds at
Congressional, slated for August 30.
With the championship itself sched-
uled for the famed course OF Oakmont
Country Club at Pittsburgh, less than
$50 miles from the Capital, every
golfing guy who thinks he has q
chance to qualify for the big tourney
either has sent In his name or will send
it in before 5 pm. next Friday, the
deadline. and the local simon-pures
buster than ever this season, are point
ing for the 36-hole affair which will
take few of them to Pittsburgh.
Oakmont Test Is Toughest.
Back in 1925 Roland Mackenzie,
then Washington's leading amateur,
won the medal in the qualification
round of the national over the Oak
mont Course. Roland scored 145 to
win that medal. II probably Will be
lower this year, for golf has stepped
up. even though Oakmont still remains
one of the supreme tests Of the game.
You don't have to 60 any farther
than to look at Sam Parks winning
total Of 299 in the national open Of
1885 to realize that Oakmont is tough
and to remember that for years the
winning total in the open has been
below 290.
Oakmont is one of the big four" Of
championship layouts and with its 288
traps remains the toughest test OF
them all.
The championship is open to any
amateur member of member club Of
the United States Golf Association
who plays to handicap of strokes.
and who has the IS entry fee. Entries
should be sent to the United States
Golf Association, 73 East Fifty-seventh
street, New York. and should be made
on forms supplied by the association.
Medal for Victor Here.
Not the least item in the coming
36-hole tourney at Congressional.
whose course is being carefully groomed
for the test. is the winning of the
medal awarded by the U. S. c. A. to
the sectional leaders in each of the q
qualifying districts.
Virginia will stage separate quail
feat ton test at Richmond. which means
that the tourney at Congressional will
gather only the better golfers from
Washington and the Maryland area
On the basis OF comparative scores
Otto Greiner, the tall boy from Balti-
more. looks a winner and sure
qualifier. Otto topped the amateurs in
the recent Maryland championship
over the same course with q 36-hole
total OF lat.
Evening star., 1938-08-10
Rod and Stream

and Mrs. c. l.. Parker who landed
one while fishing with Capt. Red Hall
on the Guilty Sark. and H. L. Nc
Cormick, o. o. Mills. George Davis
and r. w. Tate. who landed one with
Capt. Talbut Bunting on the Cecil B.
Mrs. Michael Lerner of New
York has landed the first broad
bill swordfish ever taken in
Canadian waters by q woman.
Fishing from an 18-foot dory at
Cape Breton. Nova Scotia, she boated
a 295-pounder in hours and SO
minutes. She used a 1910 Finner reel.
a 28-ounce tip and 39-thread Ashaway
line. Her guide was Tommy Clifford.
who needs no introduction to followers
of big-game angling. Likewise. her
husband is we'll known to anglers as
one of the pioneers of tuna fishing In
northern waters.
Condensed Fishing Reports.
Conowinso Dam, Capt. Paul J. Sweigart
Water in fine condition.; have made
'' Rock Mil Run. Capt: W. W, WILKINSON
poets for some fine fishing now; rock and
D'kS sparTows aSo Point Capt. Louis F. Markell
Hardhead falling of in numbers: rock up
to 5 pounds each are plentiful; outlook
fair
shadyside, Capt. r., E. Lee-very good
catches of rock in early morning and late
afternoon outlook promising.
Ferry Grove Pier Capt. Levin Black
and Cumming: hardhead not plentiful
but large: outlook satisfactory;
Good catches on early morning and late
| afternoon trips conditions look good.
River Springs, Capt. Walter Cheseldine
Took 43 rock and 25 trout one trip;
rock UP to 10 pounds each.
Cape, Charles Capt Bryan Travis
Channel bass. bonita and blues running
| good; outlook good.
Detour, Md, E. L. warncr-Bass streams
in this section are in good shape for
Wachapreasue. Capt. L. s.. corbin-.
| Catches only fair here; should be good
Evening star., 1938-08-10
PLAYGROUND TENNIS
IS MOVING RAPIDLY
All Favorites Remain as Boys
Play in Second Round Of
Title Tournament

Completion of first-round matches
and opening Of second-round play was
scheduled today at Chevy Chase Play
ground in the Department Of Play
grounds boys tennis tournament.
In flrst-round games played yester-
day. nearly all favorites advanced.
Juniors.
Sawtelle fOsorEetown) defeated Asuser
psl os1lYSo: ass detsat.d esnss nn;.S a:. G
So. eM2: Club fHSoyer defeated Dur
6efss:ss sefssss H.nD, s%sn HsHfosSnd Hofoo d.ts.,.i
':nas dsfsased wooen lNos. Msce.1s GLAND
de1son s ss seetfs.ed Afdss ls:g
mond) defeated Tarleton (Garheld). 81.
PALACES fcolumbis Rec. Center, defeated
welt! defeated sandstr.et Stanton. 81.
SMI; Kushner lRaymond defeated
wSssnmIllsT 'Jsnns 1sfosy,d s Aoel
81. s--s cooksey. (Rosedaie, defestee:
Perry WESTERN. 81. 6-1 watts tTwiY
Oaks, Go snhs1,.el defeated Hroan tMtsh.ln s.
tCooke), 6-1. 6-3.
ToDAYs SCHEDULE.
Juniors.
At 10-Fynn (McMillan) ". Edwards
tTaft.
At 11--clubb Hoover W. smott Twin
Caksl; Goldberg HAPPY Hollow VS.
Maulding fBurrouehs): Bensinger (Ta.
koma) VS.. Rubin Park View.
At 2-Sawtelle tGeorgetown) vs. Cas-
per tRoosevelt,; McClelland fMontrose)
vs. Bradshaw MITCHELL; Katz (Hamilton)
VS.. Adler iRaymond).
Seniors.
AT 10.Custer tGallinseD ". Kushner
Sokol (BurrouehsJ; Kendall IMcMiiianl VI.
Watts Twin OakS W.
At 2--Palacos columbia Rec. Center)
VS.. schultz lRoosevelD Seville lMontroseJ
vs. Abel lGeorgetownJ: Robertson TIA.
koma) vs.. OBrien lGarfeld).
AZ Cook tEdgewood vs.. Barclay
At 3;3n-Wiliams tchevy Chase VS..
Cooksey tRosedale).