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The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Giants Open Series
With Cleveland

BATON ROUGE, La, March 1S.
A picked New York Giant team,
selected by Manager Bill Terry,
leaves training camp here for New
Orleans and the opening games of
an 18-game exhibition series with
the Cleveland Indians tomorrow
and Sunday. A second Giant de-
tachment will head for Lafayette,
La. Worried over the showing Of
his farm club, the Jersey City
Giants of the International
League, Terry has decided to give
them couple Of games with their
big brothers over the weekend.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

day that will be Of interest to
washington fans.
"I can't say anything until I
get the necessary information on
all the st. Louis clubs. Joe
Engel and Cambria have the in.
formation want and, Of course,
they will transmit it to me-"
It is common knowledge that
Griffith has attempted at
various times to sign young ball
players, only to learn to his
great chagrin that they were
bound by promise or other OBJ
legations to the Cardinal octo-
puS.
"I know the players on the
Cardinals, Rochester and Co
lumbuS clubs" Griff said. II
am not well acquainted with
the men on the Houston team
and other Cardinal affiliates Of
lower classification.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Caras Wins, But
POnzi Keeps Lead

NEW YORK, March 18 Q.NS)
Although he lost to Jimmy Caras,
of Wilmington, Del, for his first
defeat in 10 matches, Andrew
Ponzi, of Philadelphia, today main
tanned his lead in the worlds
pocket billiard ds championship
tourney here.
Caras won in 81 innings, 1875 to
so. Irving Crane, of Livonia, N. Y,
entered a three-way tie for fourth
place when he turned back Joe
Diehl. of Rockford. ILL.,, 125 to Sc
in Is sessions.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

ORLANDO, Fla, March 1S.
President Clark Griffith, by
long distance telephone, tele-
graph and all other media Of
modern communication, seeks
accurate information on all
members of the several sub
salaries of the st. Louis Cardi-
nal chain system. Griffith has
talked to Joe Engel, president
of the Chattanooga LookoutS
and former Washington scout.
He talked with Joe Cambria,
now in Greenville, s. c.
IF any man or If several men
in the Cardinal chain who may
be declared free agents by Com
missioner KeneSaw M. Lands
will help the Washington club,
I will take steps to sign them"
Griff said today. II may have
something to say later In the
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

The boxers, Fred Slant, mid
dleweight, and Jay Turner,
hght-heavyweight, from Catho-
lie University, and James Brady,
Georgetown University light
heavyweight, gave definite proof
of their eligibility.
Slant, who was reported to
have appeared in the Norfolk
Golden Gloves tournament,
wrote to his old school, Belmont
Abbey, Belmont, N. c.. to prove
the institution had sponsored
his appearance in the tourna-
ment. Turner obtained a GER
tificate from the local Amateur
Athletic Union attesting he had
competed during an olympic
year and with the purpose Of
trying out for the Olympic team.
Under reg1slation 4 of the eligi-
bility rules for the N. C. A. A.
tournament, both boys were jus
titled in competing in outside"
bouts.
Edward LaFond, boxing coach
at C. u, said today he would
send the information to T. M.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Six Races Carded
For Deep Run Meet

WARRENTON, Va, March IS.
A card Of six races has been an
nounced by the race committee Of
the Deep Run Hunt Club which
will hold its eleventh annual
spring race meeting April o.
The total value of purses and
trophies to be awarded will be
approximately $4,000, a record for
the meeting. Feature of the pro-
gram will be the Richmond Plate,
a tWomile event over brush and
carrying a purse of $500. The
winner Of this race will be awarded
the Mrs. Randolph Scott Trophy.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
IFBI and SENATE.
PLAY. TOMORROW
FOR CAGE TITLE.

Four basketball games, mclud-
ing the final game of the play-ott
series for the Washington Times
Community Center Basketball
League between Senate Beer and
F. B. I, are scheduled for Tech
High gym tomorrow night, start
ing at Z o'clock.
First round matchs in the Com
munity Center tournament will be
played at 7 and 8 o'clock and at
10. The Senate-F. B. I. tilt is
scheduled for 8 p. m. Ten teams
are entered in the Community
Center tournament, including the
winners and runners-up of the
leagues at Central, Macfarland,
Langley, Roosevelt and Hine.
The first contest is between Bell
Clothiers and Railroad Retirement
Board, runners-up respectively at
Macfarland and Central. The 8
O'Clock battle involves Trinity
Methodist and Roosevelt Boys
Club. runners-up at Langley and
Roosevelt. The last game Is be-
tween Bliss Electrical School and
Miller Furniture, champions OF
Macfarland and Hine Leagues.
OUTSTANDING GAME
None could ask for better games
than Senate and FBI turned IN
during the first two games OF the
play-off series. Senate won the
first games 21-20 after trailing
1913 at half. The next meeting
saw the Omen grab a 17-8 lead
at half only to have Senate tie
them at 3O.all with but few
minutes left. Investigation finally
pulled away to a three-point lead
and won 1880.
Jim Thompson and Dopey Dean
are the big guns of the. Omen
while Pete Noon, Gerald Burns
and Fred Scheele stand out Tor
the Beerman.
Senate Beer makes its bow in
the eleventh annual A. A. U.
basketball tournament at Tech
High gym tonight at 8 p. m.
against Treasury Accounts and
Deposits in an unlimited clash.
Merrick Boys Club battles Mt.
Vernon at 10 p. m. in the other
unlimited class offering. Two 145-
pound games complete the Tech
card.
X. OF C. SWAMPED
At the Washington Boys Club,
13O-pound teams vie, with the
highly-touted Roosevelt C. G. boys,
meeting Merrick at 7:15 o'clock.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
took long stride toward the sue
ceSSful defense of its unlimited
crown when it swamper Knights
of Columbus, so to Is, as Robinson
scored II points and Colley, 10.
The 13O- pound champions
Washington Boys Club Fleetwings
nosed out Goode Cleaners by one
point, 81 to SO, as McNally and
Thomas led the losers with IL and
10 points respectively and Schul
mas tailed four field goals and
two fouls for FleewingS.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Five Nations Bid
For 1914 Olympics

CAIRO, Egypt, March 1S.-Hun-
gary, Switzerland, Finland, Greece
and England bid for the 1914
olympic games as the interna-
tional Olympic games committee
opened its meeting tonight. Swift
zerland and Norway have made
application for the 1914 winter
Olympics.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

price Of his
bravery in a
release to the
C o lu m b u S
Red Birds, a
Cardinal sub
sidiary in the
American AS
so CT a t / on.
This is his re-
W ard for 10
y e a r S o I
m e ri toriouS
service in the
major leagues
six Of which
were spent in
the hilarious
Il ~ @aw
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Wild Life Benefit
Shoot Arranged

A shoot for the benefit of the
Wild Life Restoration Campaign
is scheduled for the National
Capital Skeet Shoot Club Sunday
from II q. m. to dark.
There will be skeet and trap
shooting events with twelve prizes
being distributed for all classes
from beginners to experts.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
FORM soFTBALL LOOP

eoftball teams wishing to par.
ticipate in a slow-pitching circuit
are requested to send representa-.
tiveS to the Virginia Avenue play
ground at 8 O'Clock, where a
league of that nature Is being or.
Ranized.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Sunday SOftball
League Gathers

The Sunday Morning Softball
loop will gather at Joe Judges
Grill tonight at o'clock with
Victor Barrate presiding.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Red Grange Leaves
Hospital Cot Soon

HICAGO March 1s.-The
famed &c alloping Ghost" Of
Illinois, Harold Red" Grange, will
be out Of the hospital within q
week after a successful operation
to correct an injury received on
the gridiron 10 years ago.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
G. u. AhIeteS Stage
:Drammer' TO Pay Off
Track Meet Mortgage
BY CHICK KENNY

College athletes do something than play football basket
ball and basebaand for examinations the final two
weeks each semester it Out at Catholic University the
athletes choice dish that smack of the late Flo
Zeged and Earl Carroll rolled into one and labeled The AL
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Local College Boxers
Certity Eligibility

The status of three local college boxers who threat
ened with neigbily in the National Collegiate Athletic
Association Boxing Tournament at Charlottesville Va,
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
It's This
Way
By FRANK 'BUCK' O'NEHL

By FRANK BUCK UNEALh
ORLANDO, Fla, March 18.
There is o sublime futility IN
the stand of Joe Strip, who
dared to defy the st. Louis
Cardinals and who paid the
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

Athletes wrote the "book::" ath-
letes wrote the lyrics and the
music: athletes are the stars; and
athletes are the high kicking
chorus girls.
Wayne Ambrose, the tow-haired
football and basketball star of
the varsity during the past year,
who captured the nigh scoring
honorS of the D. c. collegiate
basketball set, combined with
John Kasunich, regular left end
of the football team, to author
the book. Original words and
music we're contributed by mem
ber of Eddie La Fond's ring team;
substitute forward on Fod Cot
tons basketball team and
second string punter on Dutch
Bergman's football team. The boys
who will be girls" are recruits
from the varied assortment Of
athletic organizations supported
by the University.
AS for the girls" the dancing
chorus has more on the hoof than
a bevy Of those high steppers who
pound the stage planks at Jimmy
Lakes Ninth Street emporium.
CUTE CHORINES
The chorines are Art Sabo,
football guard; Sully Greco, full
back and ring star; Nick Sarelas,
halfback and basketball center;
Rocco Pirro, tackle and basket
ball guard; John Chludenski,
tackle and Frank Cairo, tackle.
The male chorus has, as its per-
sonnel, Burke Vidnovio, and Irish
Carroll, halfbacks; Carman Pirro,
tackle; Joe BunSa, end and
boxer and Clem Mccormick, foot
ball manager and track star.
Several "blackout acts" the kind
that made George White famous,
are listed with athletes in the star
ring roles.
To begin with, Dave Bernstein,
bantomweight boxer, is listed with
a rope-spinning feature, and stuck
with a cowboy suit, a six-Shooter
and a lasso. "Tor" Katalinas, the
undefeated heavyweight boxer and
220-pound tackle of the football
team, is down for the "heavy" role
in the "mellerdrammer" entitled
"BICod and Thunder" Two men,
bers of the fencing team are dis
guised as first and second mortg-
ages. in the "drammer," or some
thing, with little Nell played by
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

environment Of the Dany
Dodgers.
stripp demanded $4,000 per
annum from the Cardinals. The
clubs best offer was $500 Tor
one wear. The offer was &C
companied by q bruSque uitl-
matum to sign or go to the
minors. Nothing was said OF
making him a free agent a1Ver
II NAV be contended, and per-
haps with justice, that a player
who batted .243 last year. and
whose life time batting average
Is only .296 is well paid at
$500.
Strip says he won't go to
Columbus, but mighty few ball
players ever stood by that de-
cision.
whether or not Strip reports
to Columbus is Of small moment
60 any one except Strip, and
maybe the Columbus Redwings.
That any organization could
railroad man Of his ability out
Of the game is Of interest to
all baseball fans. There are sew
eral clubs which I can name
without thinking TOO hard, that
ordinarily would welcome a play
Or Of Stripp's ability.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18
Trail to NOWhere

Such a court, comprised Of
neutral men. qualified by train
ing and knowledge Of baseball
and the law, to weigh values OF
courts, would aid both sides in
such disputes.
Strip, breathing defiance to
baseball and declaring stoutly
that he never will report TO Co.
Iumbus, whips right around
with all the lack Of logic Of the
basic ball player. He says he
has received an offer to coach
baseball in Japan. He is invited,
he says, to organize q major
league team and tour Nippon in
the fall.
It is interesting, in view Of
events, that any group Of Nip
ponese should make any offer,
however tentative, to an Amer.
tcan baseball team. The senti-
1nent of the highly nationalistic
Japanese public is wholly against
foreigners taking money out OF
the empire.
The japanese public groans
under taxes, and the preliminary
costs of the Chinese campaigns
are Just being received. Those
costs will mount and the result
ing tax burdens will pyramid.
There will be little surplus cost
for the Japanese citizen to spend
upon such frivolous things as
baseball.
That is a matter for the Jap
anese to decide. It will be inter
esting to observe the club own
ers when and If Joe Strip, hold
out, who refused to submit to a
turJnil ride to Columbus, comes
around seeking permission to
take a team to Japan--or Ho-
boken.
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

UEII t1dII FIU1ICo,
This is something new and
original with the Brookland point
getters, and the result Of their
experiment will be unfolded Sun
day evening in the Music Build
ing on the campus. The curtain
goes up on the first annual edi-
ton of the musical opus that fea.
lures everything from a revusical
panorama to a heart-throbbing
"mellerdrammer."
The Washington times., 1938-03-18

Of the game is Of interest to
ALI baseball fans. There are sew
eral clubs which I can name
without thinking too hard, that
ordinarily would welcome q play
Or Of Stripp's ability.
Player on Spot
Baseball may or may not be
4 benign monopoly. It showers
wealth and prestige upon its
favored ones. Needless to say,
its favored ones are the players
who add to the glory Of base
ball. It banishes its recalci-
trantS.
Somewhere along the line, it
seems to me, the constitutional
rights of Joe Strip, considered
now as the basic ball player,
come into this matter. He has
only the right to take what is
offered to him or quit. Because
Of the monopolistic reserve
clause, the player has no more
right to pursue happiness than
do club owners allow him. No
other club can bid against the
Cardinals for Strip. That
would be "tampering," and be
it said that tampering is a
grievious crime, calling for dire
puniShments.
Barring breaks in the luck,
O ball players first contract
plays a tremendous part in his
entire career. If he signs with
the right club, he may fare ex-
ceedingly well. He may in the
short career that is the average
players, win financial indepen-
dence for life. If the breaks go
the other way, the story is diff
ferent.
The writer has discussed the
reserve clause and its effect
upon the player with many ball
players who are qualified to
talk on the subject.
It is the consensus Of these
men that court of arbitra-
ton, should be established in
baseball to sit in salary disputes
between players and club own
ers. Now the player has abso'
lutely no recourse but to take
s.,haf is offered or nllit.
Evening star., 1938-10-30

for . subcommittee Of publishers
representing the American Newspaper
Publishers Association and IL regional
and State. associations, directed An
inquiry to Mr.. Andrews.
He asked the administrator 10 de-
fine the status Of daily newspapers
under that section Of the act which
exempts ANY employe engaged in
any retail or service establishment the
greater part Of whose selling or service
ing Is in intrastate commerce.
Mr.. Hanson cited several cases in
which. he said, strict application Of
the law would result in exaggerated
salaries for reporters on the basis Of
time and q half for overtime.
Daily newspapers are not con.
cerned with the minimum wage pro-
visions Of Section g." he added They
pay far more than the minimum now.
They are concerned with the mAnda-
tory overtime requirements of Section
7. for the simple reason that II those
provisions are held to apply to the
newspaper publishing business. such
application will make impossible for
many, II not all, daily newspapers.
much Of the service they now render :"
Mr.. Andrews has not yet made pub
lie reply.
Evening star., 1938-10-30

permanently diverted from the rail-
ways. Even what Is now carried Is
upon the whole, carried At an out
of-pocket cost"
Tractors, trailers, pipe lines and
barge lines have all drawn traffic away
from the railroads, the report finds
and relocations of industrial plants
the development Of. other forms OF
power and new methods Of produc-
ing power have also had their effect
This competitive situation, the re-
port states. has had the effect of re-
ducing railroad rates and fares with
the result that the average revenue
per ton-mile Of freight has fallen
Moreover. a serious effect of this
competitive situation has been to
produce in many instances rates which
are based on the presence. or absence
Of competition rather than rates which
are the lust and reasonable rates
that should otherwise obtain"
CONTINUED Skimpins"
In Maintenance.
Maintenance" the report states,
AA0o AotuAShy 0uACLCu Do uCt I8lWAy
income declined. The maintenance
situation Is described a. one of con-
unued skimping.'" Purchases Of ma
teriaS and supplies have also Jagged
behind earlier years.
The report observes that the rail-
roads have made efforts to cut their
operating expenses. Locomotives with
more power, heavier rails, better grades
and better roadbeds have all con-
tributed to improving the productivity
Of the railroad plant" the report
states, adding that this board can
not, Of course, pass any judgment
upon the question of whether the
management Of tn roads. consider
ing the limits Of h4r resources. has
kept pace Is rapidly Is It should With
Evening star., 1938-10-30
25O-POund Buck
InUudes Home.
LsQuickly Shot
By the Associated Press

CAMERON, 8. c., Oct. 29.-The Rev
G. E. Hill, a Methodist preacher. and
his wife and 4-year- r-old daughter were
sitting quietly in their dining room
tonight.
Crash! The window pane was
shattered. And into the middle Of
the room jumped-a seven-point, 2so-
pound buck deer.
Mr.. Hill grabbed his little daughter
and jumped through the hole the deer
had made in the window. Mrs, Hill
made a frightened exit through tho
door.
The preacher said he then crept
into another room of the house and
got his shotgun. and made his way
to the room where the deer was.
The big buck, painting and blowing.
stood IN corner 1t had been cut
by the smashed glass and was bleed.
ing from several wounds.
The minister shot twice, and the
buck fell dead.
Evening star., 1938-10-30

burdens fall with undue weight upon
those least able to meet them"
Some adjustments are now taking
place through the processes Of reorgan-
ization. The unusual percentage Of
carriers now in receivership or trustee
ship thus need not necessarily disturb
one. 1t may, indeed, be desirable from
a broad standpoint that that percent
age should increase, provided only that
the processes of reorganization will
result in real and not makeshift re-
adjustments. No sacrifices of note
need be asked for to preserve values
that already have been long dead and
whose burial is now merely matter Of
the proper amenities Of finance"
I'VE have thus far dealt with the
problem from the standpoint that the
carriers inability to pay is character
lied by short-term aspect To date
it is SO. The employees emphasize the
fact that an upturn in the volume OF
business has already taken place. = =
Naturally, we cannot rest our con-
clusion merely upon prevalent, but
possibly unwarranted optimism. 1t
may. indeed. eventuate that operating
revenues will fail to return within
reasonable period to 1897 levels or
thereabouts
II the occasion should arise for the
carriers to reduce wages. the board
believes 1t would be we'll for them to
consider these drawbacks of wage re-
duction upon a horizontal national
scale-(a) the failure of such a pro-
posal to distribute the benefit of the
savings to the needier roads: (b) the
fact that a horizontal wage reduction
falls alike upon all classes of labor,
upon the better paid and the less we'll
paid alike
Examination of the data above de-
tailed leads us consequently to the
conclusion that the level of wages of
railway labor is not high when COM
pared with wage levels in other indus
tries. Nor do wage trends show that
railway wages have advanced proper
tionately greater than wages in other
industries. Instead they seem to show
slight lag. though on the other hand,
they show greater resistance to decline
than wages in other industries Fur
thermore. no justification arises for a
wage reduction from the current wage
situation in other industries. There,
no general movement to reduce wages
has made its appearance These con-
siderations lead us to the conclusion
that the carriers proposal can derive no
sustenance from the contention that
railway wages as whole are too high"
I'VE conclude that no horizontal re-
duction upon a national scale of the
wages of railway labor should be
pressed by the carriers at this time"
Evening star., 1938-10-30
WAGE INSPECTORS
T0ENFORCE LAW
First Group Is Sent Out to
Establish Offices in Four
Regions.
By the Associated Press.

6y the ASSOCIATED Press.
Elmer F. Andrews, wage and hour
administrator. sent his flrst Rroup of
inspectors into the field yesterday to
enforce the new Fair Labor Standards
Act.
The ofdcials, 20 Of them, will set
up temporary headquarters in Bos-
ton. Washington, Chicago and San
Francisco. Lack Of funds makes 1t
impossible at this time to set up the
IL regional offlces which later Will be
established. Mr.. Andrews said.
= The field stafY will handle COM
plants, make inspections and fur
nish information and advice on how
to observe the wage and hours law.
Two Onicials Named.
In the field force are two newly
appointed omcias, Ernest r. Stempel
Of Yellow Springs. Ohio, to have tenn
porary charge of the Northeastern
area headquarters at Boston, and o.
j. Libert Of Madison, Wis, acting
supervising inspector for the Mid
western area. temporarily in charge
Of the Chicago headquarters.
Where possible, it was said, the in
spectors would be located at Social
Se"'rity Board offices.
Calvert Magruder, general counsel,
replied yesterday to a question from
motion picture theater operators as
to whether they would be affected by
the act. He said he believed they
would not, but that only the courts
could decide the question finally.
The status OF newspaper reporters
also became an issue before the d.
vision when Elisha Hanson, attorney
Evening star., 1938-10-30
Everybody Benefits.

ST. LOUIS, Me-, Oct. 20 LP).-When
word got around the city was going
to take up a strip Of wooden paving
blocks residents of North st. Louis
street jumped the gun and ripped up
the blocks for stove wood. Police tried
TO stop them. But city officials Just
smlled-the work would have cost
$500.