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Evening star., 1939-05-01
Riggs Near Net Peak
After Double Win
Al Hot Springs
BY the Associated Press.


HOT SPRINGS, Va. May l.
Bobby Riggs. Chicago player, who
was rated second only to Don
Bulge in American amateur ten
mis- in 1888, moved step nearer
No. designation and another Davis
Cup team berth this year by his
winning exhibition in the Hot
Springs invitation tournament.
Riggs employed his tricky drop
shots and accurate cross shooting
to defeat Wayne Sabin, Portland,
Oreg., 6-3, 81, @6, in the sin
giles finals Saturday.
Then yesterday he teamed with
Elwood Cooke, also of Portland, to
demonstrate his doubles ability by
trouncing the Sabin-John Doeg
team, 136, 60, 60, 60, in the
final round.
Finals in the women's singles saw
Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, Bever-
ley Hills, Mass. Wightman Cup ace,
defeat Florence Leboutillier, Old
Westbury, Long Island, 60, 6-3.
Mrs. Fabyan played with Eliza Coke,
Asheville, N. c., to win doubles
honors.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
County Bow|ers Hold
Spotlight Tonight
In CityMeet
HyottsviIIe's Star Bond
Heads Prince GEORGES
Group at Columbia

Featuring Prince Georges County
bowlers, the Washington City Duck
pin Association tournament swings
into its third and final week at Co.
lumbia tonight with a host OF sim
giles shooters which will include such
Hyattsville stars as Paul Hershey,
Howard Ritchie, Irvine Billhimer
and Oscar Hiser taking the drives
at 7:15.
Perce Wolfe. the county's No. 1
pinman. whose five consecutive 400
sets rolled on the Hyattsville drives
established an all-time record for
metropolitan Washington bowling,
will be at the helm of the Kiwanis
Club when team action starts at 8.
Carl Heinzman and Otto Weis-
berger, the latter top shooter in the
Bakers League. will be among the
doubles teams rolling at 10.
Arville Ebersole, association secre-
tary, announced today that all
teams, doubles and singles postpone
ments may be rolled any night
through Friday.
Title Battle in Georgetown.
The battle between Al Wright and
Joe Di Misa for the individual title
promises to steal the show as the
Georgetown Commercial League
winds up its season tonight. Wright
with 1888 is 81 pins ahead of
his rival
Charley Nicholson of F.. & A. No.
l team won the championship of
the Navy Yard League with an aver
age of 116-71. Breech Mechanism
copped the pennant for the third
time in five years.
Sweepstakes at Queen Pin.
A sweepstakes will feature the
pay-off OF prizes in the Navy Yard
Minor League at Queen Pin tonight.
The Grinders, recent flag winners
after a roll-of with the C. & R.
team, will be presented with a cham
pionship trophy. All captains are
to report at to elect officers for
next season.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Association HufIers
Easily Solved by
Ex-Piedmonters
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 1.-Gerald Priddy
and Phil Rizzuto, couple of young
sters up from Norfolk, Va, of the
Piedmont League, apparently find
American Association pitching to
their liking.
In 26 tries last week Priddy, 49,
year -old Kansas City second base
man, clubbed out Is hits, 7 of them
doubles, to take over the associa-
tion's individual batting lead with
q mark of 474.
Rizzuto, the other half of Kan
sas City's keystone combination,
lashed away for IA hits in "a at
tenpts and wound up with an even
400. This was good for fourth
place tie behind runnerup Clyde
Mccullough, also of Kansas City,
and Salvador Hernandez of Mil
waukee, who had .444 and .429,
respectively.
The unofficial averages included
games of last Thursday and Of
players participating in at least
seven games.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Bumper Crop Pnetes Will Compete Tournament Starting tonight

the year are: June 13, open day
for women, Five Farms, under aus
pices of the Women's Golf Associa-
ton of Baltimore; July II, mixed
foursome tourney at Beaver Dam,
entries to be taken by Mrs. N. j.
Waldron; August 20, mixed four
some tourney at the Elkridge Club
of Baltimore; october S, field day,
Indian Spring Country Club, 18-
hole handicap medal play, entries
to be taken by Mrs. K. S. Giles at
Randolph 2607 up to pm. Octo-
ber 3.
Vice presidents Of the State asso-
citation for the Washington area
are DR.. Robert A. Keilty Of Con-
gressional and Harry G. Pitt OF
Manor. The Women,s Committee
will handle all details of the State
championship tourney.
Another series of team matches
between first and second teams of
feminine golfers from the Wash
ington clubs will be held tomorrow
at Manor and Congressional with
the following pairings:
First teams-Chevy Chase VS..
Washington, Congressional VS.. Ar
gyle, Woodmont VS.. Indian Spring,
Columbia VS.. Army-Navy, Beaver
Dam VS.. Manor.
Second teams - Washington VS..
Indian Spring, Manor VS.. Army
Navy, Chevy Chase VS.. Columbia,
Congressional draws bye. No
third team matches are listed.
Evening star., 1939-05-01

OF good catches being made at
Solomons, Plum Point, Shady Side
and all the other regular grounds.
And with the beginning of the sea.
son the fishing contests also are
getting under way. Make it a rule
to measure and get statements from
your captain or guide regarding fish
Of fair size, and enter them In one
or more of the numerous contests.
There are at least two big national
contests run by magazines. They
are the Field and Stream contest
and the National Sportsman-H Hunt
ing and Fishing contest. Rules re-
garding them can be found in those
publications.
There also are several con-
tests of particular interest to
local anglers and those along
the Atlantic Seaboard.
One of them is the shark fishing
contest sponsored by the Ocean City
Reel Co. of Philadelphia. Complete
details may be had by writing that
organization. 1t offers 43 prizes
totaling more than $4,000 for large
shark. That fish generally is not
regarded as game fish, and the
reel company is giving anglers a.
break by having such contest be-
cause shark usually cannot be en-
tered In most contests.
Neptune Room Offers Prizes.
A purely local contest is that
sponsored by the Neptune Room
Restaurant in the Earle Building
being operated by the Lurba
brothers. The four Washington
fishing columnists-Bill Alderman
of the Post, Bob Wilson of the
Times Herald, Don Carpenter Of the
Daily News and your correspondent,
are the judges.
Practically all game fish,
both fresh and salt water,
caught in Chesapeake Bay or
its tributaries are eligible.
The contest opens today and closes
November l. Fish must be taken
on rod and reel legally and in public
waters. To enter the contest the
fish must be taken to the restaurant,
where they will be weighed and
measured. A loving cup will 60 to
the angler with the heaviest fish,
and in case of a tie the length will
be the deciding factor. Name and
address OF one witness must be sup
piled when the fish are entered.
Fish eligible are: Salt water
Evening star., 1939-05-01

drum (red and black, trout (weaks)
blues, hardhead. bass (striped bass
or rock, salt water black bass, spot,
perch, cabio, tautag and sheepshead; :;
fresh water-catf1sh, trout, all sun
fish (calico bass, crappie, Dream,
etc., fallfish, black bass and perch.
In addition to the cup for the largest
fish of the season. two free lunches
will go to the largest fish in each
species, and two free dinners every
month will be given for the largest
fish during that month.
Fishing columnists generally
are excluded from most con-
tests because often they are
judges, so there Is a special
contest for the writer's.
1t is sponsored by the Ashaway
Line and Twine Manufacturing Co.
A silver cup will be given the scribe
who catches the largest fish in each
of q different species classes, as
well as monthly cash prizes.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Silver Spring Teams
To Open Program
AtArcadia
Singles, Doubles Stors
Slated to Compete
In Inaugural Play

More women bowlers than ever
before will compete in the Wash
ington Women's Duckpin Associa-
ton championships which open at
the Arcadia this evening, Alice
Lauer, association secretary, an
nounced that a final check has re-
vealed record entry of 123 doubles
and 178 singles along with SO teams
that are only one shy of last years
all-time mark.
According to Mrs. Lauer, who,
with Esther Burton, president, are
new at their posts of directing the
city's feminine bowling body, the
big doubles entry is 13 more and
the singles top by three the entries
of last year which produced a
bumper crop.
With Bronson Quaites, president
of the National Duckpin Bowling
Congress and one of the citys pio-
neer woman boWlerS, throwing the
first ball. the 18th annual tourna-
ment will get under way at 7:30 with
a mixture of teams from the Silver
Spring Ladies and Suburban
Leagues supplying the action. Miss
Quaites, competing in team, doubles
and singles is slated for big eve
ming Her doubles partner will be
Ora Emge, maple spiller of ability
who is well known for her golfng
proclivities.
Four former Evening Star tourna-
ment champions, and the present
titleholder, Lorraine GULL, are slated
to roll singles at $50. Bess Ackman,
only woman roller to win the giant
Yuletide affair two years in success
sion: Vivien Burns, Merceda Ise-
mann and Georgia Hays will see
action in the singles. Polly Shugrue,
member of Lucky Strikes recent
pennant-winning Ladies District
League team, also is carded for sin
giles.
Deviating from former years, the
mixed doubles will be staged at
Chevy Chase, Saturday, May 6.
This date splits into the middle OF
the w. w. D. A. schedule. Hereto
fore the popular event has been
staged after both the mans and
woman's tournaments, when inter-
est had started to lag. The early
date promises to gain record field.
Tonights schedule:
7:3o PM
Teams-Class C. Reeds Refreshments
Beremanns Laundry, Coffmann Realty.
Silver Spring Motor Sales. Victoria Laundry.
Royal Crown Cola. Congress-, Wall Paper.
Shepard Park Restaurant, Edmonds Op-
tcal Co., Southern Oxysen, Monument
Electric. Hendricks Service.
Doubles-Class B. B. Quaintes-O. Emge,
NJ Cox-A. McQunn, M Hannigan-M. Han
pigan; class c, M Scott-C. Suess. NJ. Sper-
ber-L Tamey: class D. A. Klier-M. Gold
man.
$50 PM
- poublesaaclass E. E. Ruedi-M browning
II. Rebholtz-R. Blackman. B. Dugan-L.
Dennis, E. Smmonds-M Morrison: NJ. Cot
ton-M Croft, A. Thrift-E. Kimball.
Singles-Class B. B. Quaites o. Emge, V.
Burns. H. Moore; class A.. L. GULL. P.
shugrUe: class c. C.. Cox NJ. Sullivan, M.
Youmans. K Federline, B. Ackman. A.
Killer: class D. NJ. Williams. D. Newton. V.
Haieht class E. B. Lavine. NJ Goldman:
class F. A. Hoffman,. C. Snitehurst.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Teaching Preferable
To Sports, Former
Pitt Leader Finds
Harrison Happy in New
Post After 10 Years
As Athletic Director
BY thelAssociated Press.

~ AStTAoooSAesS~ A~~'
PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-Don
Harrison, who as director of ath-
letics at the University OF Pittsburgh
helped put the Panthers at the top
in football, is through with athletics.
A spectator at the Penn Relay
Track Carnival last Friday and Sat-
urday, Harrison declared: Ten
years OF high-pressure athletics Is
enough for me. I have no intention
Of. returning"
Harrison, now head of the English
department of the Pitt Extension
Center at Erie, Pa, resigned as di-
rector of athletics two years ago
following differences with DR.. John
Balm Jock" Sutherland, then head
football coach. Sutherland resigned
two months ago.
Il always have liked to teach"
Harrison said. Now I can do so.
I have a nice home near Lake Erie
where it is peaceful and quiet. I
like Erie and prefer to stay there
indefinitely. No more worries for
me. have had enough headaches -
Harrison, As years old, succeeded
Karl Davis as director of athletics
at Pitt IL years ago. 1t was during
his regime that the Panthers gained
national football recognition and
made four appearances in the an
nual Rose Bowl game.
II decided to retire" he explained,
because we couldn't have the two
leaders in the athletic department
fighting"
Harrison obtained a leave of alb
sence, following his resignation, and
taught for year at Stanford Uni
versity before going to Erie with his
wife and small daughter.
Evening star., 1939-05-01

records and statistics Of the Amer.
lean Kennel Club, the activities Of
the American Field Dog Stud Book
come as an astounding revelation Of
doggy activity. That organization
confines its registrations to hunting
dogs. In 1888 it registered 5,235
pointers, 5,185 English settlers and
1,2l0 Irish settlers, to name the
three leading breeds.
OF the 109 breeds recognized by
the American Kennel Club, only five
breeds registered numbers COM
parable with the first two mentioned
in the stud book.
Bert Franklin, ID. v. NJ,
suggests five grains Of cerium
Oxelate in a teaspoonful of
water to prevent car sickness
in dogs.
The Abbot of TWelvetrees, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Herrick's Scottish deer
hound, was best American-bred dog
at the Teaneck, N. j., show, where
he had stiff competition. He lacks
but one point of being a champion.
AS most fanciers know, the last
point always is the hardest one to
get, but today's. show may write
"finis' to his search for the title.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Five Maryland Gc|f
Tournaments for
Women Listed
Stote Championship PIoy
Starting May Is Is
First on Program

Five links events for women start
ing with the Maryland State cham
pionship at Congressional fort
night hence have been announced
by Mrs. Ralph w. Payne, chair:
man of the Women's Committee OF
the Maryland State Golf Associa-
ton. Others on the committee are
Mrs. c. H. Hoffroge of Rolling Road,
Mrs. R. C. Miller of Kenwood, Mrs.
j. w. Beller of Chevy Chase, Mrs.
Theodore Peyser of Woodmont, Mrs.
K. S. Giles of Indian Spring, Mrs.
N. j. Waldron of Beaver Dam, Mrs.
Verne P. Simmons and Mrs. w. r.
Bush of Congressional.
Mrs. Payne emphasized that in
the womens State title tourney,
starting on May Is, there will be
flights for all players, adding that
the final round will be played at 2
pm. May 20.
Other Journeys to be held during
Evening star., 1939-05-01
City Pin Tourney
Mems Leaders
CLASS A.

GLASS A.
vei1ts snop sos eea F4uB Hanr ss saS Allied Yn
Roofing i,769
- Doubles--LGochenour and Jarman:. 1872;
keith and Geib 74s; santini and Krauss'
singles-F Glethler 432; r. Watson,
&14; o. Pacini, Alb.
CLASS B.
Teams--chappeI Billiards, 1743:.F B.
Blood, i,7os: Takoma Billiards; I,7oe. -
fs pxon ana Philips ssS 7gs afs mRa
.as!ns5ssS ing Sss Yksameg ses: 2 g. Green.
W. James, 367.
Teams-st. johns, 1880 Soil Con-
EtSmss E5tsssle So refsdnnsi d KtllY SSsns 7ss'
na soohsr Ss Peck and eoEen S
Prather. 7os; Garner and and LaWhorn. 7os:
Lago and Tatun, 703; Howder and Jenkins.
se5:, q, Freeburs, 376: r. Gordon, 1865;
o0a0' 900 CLASS D.
1853 Hutomses Cts so frmary s23; con,4o
1e40;, PUBLIC Health. 1884.
,nd Ros ss Me- Mscc ha sos oS bsWa kntadt
s2:,n s52; coss:n ss1 and Eliff' 67l; slayton and
Singies-F McNey. 1854; H. White. $50;
sb4hs h'i0fe'h' "o'' H. miiieF' 800 L. h0Sef'
CLASS E.
Teams-Garage Heurich's), 1867:
6anico Cakes, 1925: Cartographic No. 2.
1893: Dude. 1890; Aerial Surveys. 1878.
Doubles-Oisboid and Mckinney, 500;
Miller and King. 671; Miller and Juer-
and McKinnon, 63s.
Singles-G. G. Zepp, 335:. F. Barnes.
331; W, Butler, $50; J. Miller. 329: L.
GottSchalk, 32S.
CLASS r.
Teams-Edmonds. 1881: Geran Realty,
1,628...
DoublesLQuigley and Reynolds, eos;
sinsies0oc, PendIeton. s2b; T. REYNOLDS.
e01; W. Crabbe, 297.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
7-Up Bows in Upset

1ndianhead piled up an early lead
to hand 7-Up an 30 defeat yester-
day on the Marylanders' field. It
was supposed to be a tune-up game
for the beverage boys, who open
their Industrial League campaign
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Brooklyn Team Leads
In Soccer Title PIoy
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May 1.-The st. Mary
Celtics Of Brooklyn are one goal up
on the Manhattan Brewers of
Chicago in their fight for the ma
tional soccer championship.
The Celtics defeated the Brewers
yesterday, ! to 0, before 5000 spec
tators. The same teams meet again
next Sunday at Brooklyn for the
decisive engagement.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Naval League Opens

Naval Powder Softball League Of
Indianhood opens its season today
with Boys Club, 1888 champion, en-
gaging Powder Line. United States
Marines and Engineers round out
the four club circuit.
Evening star., 1939-05-01

Today year ago-Joe Di Mag
gio and Joe Gordon of Yankees
collided in game at Washington.
Both were knocked out and taken
to hospital but neither seriously
hurt.
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Stars Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Charley Gehringer and Tommy
Bridges Tigers.-Former hit home
run with bases loaded and latter pitched
six-hit ball. striking out eight. as
Detroit crushed Indians
Mike Kreevich White Sox-Con-
tributed three spectacular fielding
plays as welA as a double at plate to
victory over Browns
Lou Fette. Bees-Held Giants to
six hits and famed five for third
straight win Of season
Gene Moore. Dodgers-Sineled with
lyn beat Phils. al.
Jim BaRby. Red Sox-Pitched seven
hit ball and hit home run to beat
Athletics
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Rod and Stream
BY GEORGE HUBER.
(May /. l93o)

May generally regarded the beginning fishing
particular section Of
all the
Choptank spots and
here they being found limited
increasing all the time
Evening star., 1939-05-01

oCCtiOAl, VIC 1OOIllo dAlu CQulPlilCIlI
used for reception, examination,
X-ray, electro-therapy, surgery, lab
oratory diagnosis and other pur-
poses.
Although this and the other ex-
hibits in the series are being spon-
sored by the American Veterinary
Medical Association, it has the aid
Of the National Livestock and Meat
Board. the Borden Co., Lederle Lab
oratories, Hog Cholera Serum Pro-
ducers, American Animal Hospital
Association and Friends of Pet
Animals.
While the good, old tradition of a
family trade or profession, handed
down from father to son for count
less generations, seems to be dying
out. at least one family in this
neighborhood is carrying on, for the
Scaggs at Upper Marlboro are thor
oughly doggy
Papa and Mama Scaggs run a
breeding and boarding kennel Both
have professional handlers licenses.
Papa Scaggs is chairman of the
Bench Committee of a local dog
club. Mama Scaggs is secretary of
ditto.
Little Gene Scaggs, aged II, is a
disciple of theirs. She wins Girls
Handling Glass competitions right
and left. She grooms her own
dogs for show and shows them in
competition in the adult classes and
frequently beats her own parents.
More than that, when papa and
mamma go off on dog show cir
cult Gene stays home and really
runs the kennel, which is no mean
job even for grown-up. But even
more than that, Gene undertakes
to carry on both papa's and man.
mas dog club activities for them
while they are away and makes
good at those jobs, too. Members
of the aforementioned dog club are
beginning to say, ASK Gene Scaggs"
instead of ASK the chairman of
the Bench Committee or the Sec
retary."
Very often Gene knows the
answer, or can get it more
quickly and more accurately
than seems possible.
Many dog has left this territory
to make name for itself in distant
show rings. However, the first to
attain Canadian championship
from this vicinity is, I believe, Beech
Tree TWeedle Dunn, sable-and-
white Shetland sheepdog, bred at
Beech Tree Farm near Falls Church.
He was sired by Longleigh's Leader
out of English Champion Tilford
Tinette, who was years old at
the time of that mating
| Since most brood bitches are re-
tired at the age of or 6 years,
Tinette's history is particularly in
teresting. She raised her first sue
cessful litter at the age of 7, has
had one litter year since then
and at 10 still is whelping excep-
tional pups.
To those accustomed only to the
Evening star., 1939-05-01
Dogs S Life
BY r. r. TAYNTON.

With the Worlds Fair opening in New York dog
lovers will be glad to that they
general scheme of things While there will
necion with the fair Morris
N j., being called year,
a observer will see in
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-17
Franco Protests Activity
Of LoyoIists i'm Paris

PARIS, Feb. T. CUP)-General-
issimo Francisco Franco has pro-
tested to the government against
activities in Paris of President
Manuel Azana and Foreign Min
lister Julio Alvarez Del Vayo of the
Spanish Loyalist regime it was
learned today.
The protest was made through
Nationalist agents here on the
ground that activities of the 10y
alist leaders at the Spanish en-
bassy here violated the privileges
Of asylum.
As the protest was made, French
right wing newspapers bgean a
campaign demanding that the gov
ernment forbid Azana and Del
Vayo to engage in any political ac-
tivity on French soil.
Del Vayo intended to fly back
to Madrid today to consult the
Loyalist cabinet. He cancelled MS
plans and resumed talks with
Azana when he received a reply
from Premier Juan Negrin TO a
long distance report he had sent
reporting his failure TO convince
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-17

ing for the submerged one half OF
our people than $40 month then
certainly we're not going TO be able
TO maintain our type of govern
ment much longer" he said.
We have got to have these peo-
pie where they will get something
out of the profit system. II we
do not have it, we soon will not
any OF us have anything"
Arguing for the Townsend pen
sion plan to provide up to $500
a month to persons over go by two
per cent transat ion tax, he said
that is only decent standard of
living today. He testified before
the committee which is studying
proposals to broaden the Social Sc
curity program.
1--WE have not scratched the sur
face of our wealth and productive
ability" he asserted, adding that
pensions might ultimately be raised
TO $500 a month.
1--WE can in this country have an
unlimited prosperity if We do one
thmg-eStablish the market, make
that market hungry and supply it,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-17
CaIexico Hotels
Awarded 10 Bank

A jury in superior court late
Thursday found that the Bank Of
America Trust and Savings associa-
ton should have possession of two
Calexico hotels and Mrs. Anna l..
Hartman should be assessed $3.50
for unlawful detainer Of the prop
erty.
The jury returned a directed
verdict on the points covered In the
suit brought by the association
against the bank.
1t was determined that Mrs.
Hartman could retain the property
if she put up sufficient bond pend
ing appeal of the suit to higher
court.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-17
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20. 1901.
Published every afternoon except
saturday and Sunday Saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by The Post-Press Sunday, es-
tablished 1856 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
State street. Ell Centre. Calf.
Entered at Ell Centre. California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Paul Jenkins, publisher: A. c.
Johnston, vice president and
general manager; E. A. Fita
hugh. secretary and managing
editor. West Holiday Co, Inc,
In conjunction with the Post
Press (Sundays), per month.
soc: paid in advance; 3 months.
$l.65; 6 months, $3.25; one year,
$500.
National Advertising Represent
atives.
Subscription rates: sc per copy.
Member California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-17
TripIets Born to
Tur|ock Couple

TURLOCK, Cal, Feb. II. (UP)-
Triplets-all three of them girls
were born today to Mrs. A. M.
Funk, wife of a Smelling district
rancher
DR.. Bruce Pearson, attending
physician, Immediately ordered the
babies given oxygen. He said, how
ever, the infant girls were in no
apparent danger.
Outside the hospital delivery
chamber, signing In open relief
at the end Of a u hour vigil was
the stunned father of the unnamed
triplets.
Its girl, he said, "all three
of them.