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Evening star., 1939-04-29
Eastern Enters Full
Squad in Evening
Star Track Meet
Lincoln Purkers Out
To Regain Leading
Place on Cinders

With Mike Kelley back at the
helm and bent upon building up
track to the high plane 1t once held
at Eastern High School, the Lincoln
Parkers today included the first an
nual Evening Star games, to be
held May 10 at the University of
Maryland, in their spring campaign.
Kelley thus became the first coach
to enter his squad in the Metropoli-
tan Washington public high school
championships that will share
equally with the District A. A. U.
championships in the meet pro-
gram.
Eastern will be represented in all
of the 13 scholastic events and
urges that an extra one, for relays,
be inserted.
His best performers are Cooksey
in the sprints and broad jumps,
Simmons in the sprints, Hooe in the
hurdles and high jump, Hipsley in
the quarter, Walker in the half,
Mcguire the mile and Pieri the
shotput.
In Simmons, Hipsley, Walker and
Hooe Eastern believes 1t will have
the best relay team in its history
These lads are running today in
the Penn relays.
Here are Eastern's entries in The
Star games:
100 yards-Cooksey Simmons and Kerse.
go yards-Simmons.
$50 yards-Walker. Kane, Belts and
Shulman
MiIe-Maguire and MARCEL
High hurdles-Hooe and HOLDEN.
Low hurdles-Hooe Holben and Kane.
Shotput-Pieri and Witkin.
Discus-Hallawa, Kidwell and Kirk.
Javelin-Vaniglio. Thomas and Mala.
tesla.
Pole vault-Neilson and Sanders.
High jump-Hooe Thomas and Ford.
Broad jumnf-Cooksey. snyder and Adams.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Heavy Cord Tuesday

Tuesdays inter-high baseball pro-
gram will be overcrowded as a result
Of yesterdays weather which caused
a postponement of both Tech-Ana-
costa. and Central-Wilson games.
A third game scheduled Tuesday in
wolves Western and Roosevelt, which
will force Central and Wilson to play
at Mount Pleasant, inasmuch as
Western will use its own field. Ana
costa will visit Tech.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
P With Two Titles an Goes for Record Haul Of Five in Penn Relay
Win, Lose or Draw
The Sport Thut Needs No Names
By FRANCIS {. STAN
Star Staf Correspondent.

The Sport Thot Needs No Names
PHILADELPHIA April 2ss probably have noticed by the lack
Relays been the
Archie
of
time
hear the talk around well.
We the almost
the financial baseball
the dodrums the Black scandal threatened
Boxing with Dempsey eceded
Wills
Jones ruling We thought thing
like Nun
and essential.
Frank Dobon Maryland talking today the
A. There
has missed Track the
taking bit tradition
Dobson the relays coaching
These people, said
the publicity and impress the the street
necessary Track interest will remain In fact is growing
Evening star., 1939-04-29
More Drake Records
Anticipated Today
As Relays End
Notre Dome's Rice Cuts
Losh's 2-MiIe Time os
Three Marks Foil
BY the Associated Press.

DES MONIES, Iowa, April %
Drake relays officials poised their
pencils today for a task they admit
they enjoy-the jotting down Of
more new records for the 30th an
nual track and field carnival.
They revised three records In the
opening of the meet yesterday and
more changes appeared certain to
come in the all-star finish expected
to attract capacity crowd Of $4,000
persons.
Record Possibilities.
Today's record possibilities:
Special 1.00O-yard run. featuring
John Borican and Charles Fenske:
the 120-yard high hurdles with Fred
Wolcott Of Rice likely to 60 under
his Drake mark of 0:142; the pole
vault: boasting Beefus Bryan Of
Texas and Milton Padway Of Wis
consin, and the 440-yard, the mile
and the 4-mile relays.
Yesterdays new records:
Two-mile run-Greg Rice of Notre
Dame In 9:10.
Sprint medley-Rice Institute in
3:251.
Discus tflrow-Edsel Wibbels of
Nebraska, 158 20 feet.
Knocks Down Lash's Mark.
Rice beat Gilbert Dodds of Ash
land, Ohio, by so yards: his time was
six-tenths Of second under the
previous record by Don Lash OF
Indiana University in 1886
The crack quartet of Turney,
Jones, Moser and Bell hustled Rice
Institute to the sprint relay finish
two-tenths of a second faster than
the record-establishing Rice team of
a year ago.
Wibbels broke a discus record set
by Tom Jark of Army at 158 feet
3 inches in 1929.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Indoor Aces Are No OLYMPIC Sturs

AS said
winter campagners who
They create
they whole lot
e after ALL travels cycle
the Olympic tremendously
Then after the
after
But getting
them Olympic
third either
Ray great miller
anything in the Oynpcs.
Lets There He in
He finished a
for Indiana Olympic
don't think Venzke the he help
And all of these the fellows
promoted during the
Evening star., 1939-04-29
1889 Relays Feature Fellows Named Joe

OF
events
household like Rideo
those follow
The Penn meet explained
1t be
Several
the Penn Relays
Drake Relays
Moines
colleges
robbed
invited here
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Mr.. Edwards Likes Pittsburgh and Georgetown

Mr. Kip Edwards of Washington who has been synonymous
track and field for nodded
Indiana
all Hays guided
dozen others They sitting together
final day of racing.
There Kentucky Relays They are
the soberer gatherings
like ho trainers whisper
each other in the tell cinch
the 40 the haf-me And like horse
positive disdan for winter campagners although
last years Derby the Kentucky
tain in
Tell what suggested Mr. Edwards
Fordham nothing
Georgetown
because they haven't of this winter
Evening star., 1939-04-29

Southern Association.
Knoxville, 6: Atlanta. 4
Little Rock, IA; New Orleans, 8.
6lrminEham at Memphis, CHRISTENING
Chattanoosa at Nashville, rain.
Piedmont.
innings)
tAll other games postponed, rain.)
Eastern.
tAll games POSTPONED. rain and cold)
Beaumont. Z: Tulsa. 8.
ShrT.yeport Dallas. 5,
nouston. =: Fort Worth q.
tnnings).
Evening star., 1939-04-29
The 10 leaders in each league:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Comeos After Come

Cameo Furniture nine has dia-
mond and wants game tomorrow.
Call Randolph SCOT after 6 o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Minor League Results

B? the Associated Press.
International.
Montreal. 5: Jersey City, 4.
tOther games postponed, rain and cold)
American Association.
Kansas City. 8: Louisville, 2,
Minneapolis. 3: Toledo, 2.
St Paul. 5: Columbus, 8.
Milwaukee, 8; Indianapolis. 0.
Pacific Coast.
Seattle. %; Oakland. ~.
San Francisco. 2: San Diego, !.
Los Angeles. &: Sacramento, T.
Hollywood, 6; Portland, 8.
Sally.
All Ranss POSTPONED. fAin)
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Stability Questioned
As Goodman Bats
Reds 10 Front
Lack of Heft Makes Ii
Hard for SIueger to
Hold Pace Long
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Cincinnatis one-mar gang, Ival
Richard Goodman, has boosted the
Reds into first place in the National
League, and if the charm lasts he
might keep them there.
He took Chicago's cocky Cubs b.
storm in the short series at Cincin-
natl Thursday and Friday In the
first game he hit a home run with
one on base in the first inning, and
then singled and scored to start an
eight-run explosion in the 9Th, which
he climaxed on his next time at bat
by tripling with the bases oaded.
He gave the Reds a 7-6 victory
yesterday by homering in the last
Of the 9th with two on base after
he had singled home run in the
7th.
This outburst made Goodman the
leading home-run hitter of his
league with three and the leader OF
both leagues in runs batted in with
II. 1t is the latter phase of his eff
forts which may hold the key to the
Rhinelanders remaining on top.
Observers Fingers Crossed.
Goodman is a paradox of the 321
degree and you can't blame Manager
Bill McKechnie and Cincinnati fans
for keeping their fingers crossed un-
til they find whether the bubble is
going to burst.
In the first place Goodman. who
for several years was ST. Louis
Cardinals chattel in the minor
leagues, is not a particularly large
felloW-standing feet 10 inches and
weighing around ITO pounds. This
doesn't measure up to his long range
firing and the result is he hits in
streaks.
He was second in the league last
year in home runs with a total of
30, but 10 of these came in the first
80 games and he got only four after
the third week in July and none In
the last four weeks of the camapign
when few good blows here and
there might have meant pennant.
He has been a regular with the
Reds for four years since coming up
from Rochester in the International
League Although always a slugger,
he never has batted 300 and never
has batted in as many as 100 runs.
Last year was his best season with
a .292 average and 90 runs batted in.
May Need Little Goodman Help.
1t follows, therefore, that Good
man could make the Reds the
nearest thing to a walk-in for the
pennant if he could pace his hitting
over a full season and get his safe
ties when they meant runs as they
have this spring.
It may not take much of lift
from Goodman, because the Reds
have a lot of all-around power and
plenty of pitching. Furthermore,
they are leading the league in field
ing. which should answer fears about
their infield.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
NATIONAL.
Standings.

NATIONAL.
Standings.
WI. Pct GB W. L. Pct. 6 B.
Cinci. So ia - StL. 43 .571
Chgo. SO .625 " N. Y. "a 1922
Bos. SO 625 u Bklyn. "a 1888 21a
Phila. 43 ST. Pitts II lbs ~
Results Yesterday.
Cincinnati, 7; Chicago, 6.
Other games (rain and cold.
Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
N. Y. at Boston. NJ Y. at Boston.
Phila. at Bklyn. Phila. at Bklyn.
Cinci. at Pitts. Cinci. at Pitts.
st, Louis at Chi. St. Louis at Chi.
Evening star., 1939-04-29
Major League Statistics
saturday Aprl g. 1882
AMERICAN.
Standings.
Saturday, April 70, 1889.

AMERICAN.
Standings.
WI Pct. 0B. w. L. Pct. GB.
N. Y.-51 1893 - Bos. SO 5000
StL.- 43 ST. ~ Wash. "a .429 21z
Det.- 81 .55611a Cleve. IS .3753
Chgo. ~ 5000 Phila. rs .286 3h
Results Yesterday.
st. Louis, 8; Cleveland, 8.
Other games (rain and colO.
Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Wash. at N. Y. Wash. at N. Y.
Boston at Phila. Boston at Phila.
Cleve. at Detroit Cleve. at Detroit.
Chi. at st. Louis. Chi. at ct. Louis.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
AlIshAbs Of Life W>err Jokes TO Rufus THombson
U@h0 Rose From Squatzer to Riches VIn Sheep

numerous and Illinois sent more visit
ors than Idaho.
Tourists from California, Washing
ton, New York, Michigan, Illinois,
Idaho, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Da-
kota, North Dakota, Iowa, Ohio, Ore
gon and Minnesota represented more
than half of the tourists visiting Mon
tana last year.
The present day automobile traffic is
a far cry from that of 1910 when the
trip from Missoula to Butte made
news. Of course, in those days, motor
lists were considered to be a bit mental
ly unbalanced No provision was made
for them in the way of roads and
traffic laws
In fact, as far as traffic laws were
concerned, the opposite was true. IN
1910 motorist was forced to come to
a complete stop when passing a team
of horses and he could not set his
vehicle into motion until the team had
put certain distance between it and
the automobile Speed limits of six
miles an hour were common in towns;
IS miles an hour was looked upon with
horror.
Roads were rutted and sometimes
a mass Of gumbo. If motorist ran out
of gasoline it was his problem. There
were no gasoline stations lining the
highways and competing with each
other in enticing the motorist to try
their own special brand Of gasoline.
The farmer and his horse took the
place of the wrecking-service garage
AS a result, the trip from Missoula
to Butte was indeed news.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Montana to Widen Appeal
to DruW Tourist Business

wider thorough national will be
This decided advertising
a Montan
and other features that O tourists.
The will the United States
Black Hills to
Heads travel who to visit the will
o this
in bringing
in
dealing with
this according to and the
Such inquiries by personal letter.
with its ranch division
plan
Waysid
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

Afterwards Rufus told friend of stay
ing with the woollies for two days and
nights, drifting in a terrific blizzard,
forcing himself to stay awake while
icicles formed from his mouth and
eyes and to rest meant certain death.
His warm coat of tallow doubtless
saved his life and his fortune on that
occasion.
From that winter when the snow
would have been hip deep to any tall
Indian who might venture out in such
weather for a little hunting, things
began looking up for the Thompson
outfit, and by 1890 the ranch was run
ming 10000 head of sheep on the open
range and the Thompson kitchen was
noted for its abundant and delicious
food. Rufus Thompson had a good cook
no matter what. And there was never
a man turned away from the ranch
without a bellyful and his horses load
ed with all the oats they could carry
besides.
Like most of the ranchers of his
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

housekeeper and cook. She had three
daughters by her first marriage and
she could make pies like mother used
to make back in Vermont.
No lover of western life was Mrs.
Thompson, however. and in 1897 after
diphtheria had taken their son, Faye
Thompson, and nearly caused the death
of their daughter, Marion, and herself,
she persuaded her husband TO build a
home for her in York. Neb near the
Thompson feeding station at Seward.
Here she lived with the children until
1906 when they built spacious home
in Lewistown.
In the meantime. Rufus had become
rich and influential. was elected state
representative from Fergus county and
became president of the Empire bank
at Lewistown. A man who once met,
could never be forgotten, stories of
his size and honesty and good nature
became widespread.
A Mason and a Shriner. he never
missed convention. Judge w. L. Ford
of White Sulphur Springs tells the
tragic story of trip to an early Ma
sonic meeting at Helena. Several of
them were driving to the capital city
in a wagon and Rufus. who seldom
used tobacco, was smoking pipe. When
he was through. he thoughtlessly showed
it into a back pocket still lit. When
the conflagration was discovered under
meath Rufus then 325 pounds, the
whole seat of his trousers had been
burned out Arriving at Helena the
party was faced with the very real
problem of getting him into the Placer
hotel without melting a riot. He had
only one pair of pants with him and
the only substitutes handy were a
couple of wool sacks. These they fash
Toned into a skirt which served to get
Rufus into a room without undue dis
play But the problem was not yet
solved. They separated into scouting
pair of trousers to fit Rufus-in bed
at the hotel-and when all had re-
turned they had not even a pair of
overalls which he could get leg into.
So they did the only thing possible
looked up a tailor and hired him to
make a pair. Fortunately, the fellow
had sufficient material.
Many were the jokes played on Rufus
and no one laughed longer and louder
at them than he did. When he at
tended woolgrowers' meeting at Miles
City in 1910 they hung a sign on him,
Grown in Montana Without 1rriga-
tion," and he displayed his 325-pound
bulk in a three-mile parade
all the way.
But ultimately. 1t was no joke. On
Sunday, Dec. Z, 1914, the layers Of fat
quietly smothered his heart while he
slept. His daughter, Marion, found him
in the morning with smile on his
face-as though he had Just made q
pleasantly with death-as though, per-
haps, that. too, was Just joke-on
him.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

twice that of Montana's entire popu-
lation.
Even the recession of 1887 did not
stop tourists from visiting Montana
1t is estimated that the money spent
during 1887 when the recession was
being felt: was approximately two
million dollars less than the 1886 total
of S3O,OOOOO0 spent in this state.
According to the Montana highway
department survey for 1887, the port
OF entry stations situated at Culbert-
son and Miles City showed decrease
in the number of tourists entering
Montana while all other stations
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

showed an increase. Because of these
statistics it is believed that tourist
business from the east suffered be-
cause of road conditions in neighbor-
ing states to the east
The port of entry station eight miles
west of MisSoula shows a decrease this
year over last year in persons enter
ing Montana. But it also shows that
from June IS to Sept II there have
been $1,000 cars registered there This
means an average of more than $500
cars per month.
Highway statistics show an average
of 3.19 persons in every car entering
the state and that each person spent
on the average Of SPOTS during stay
of nearly four days. A large percent
age of these tourists visit Montana for
the express purpose of spending a va
cation in either Yellowstone or Glacier
national park Others come to visit
friends and relatives. and to fish, swim
and hike in the Rockies.
1t is estimated that 1885, 63 persons
paid lodging at hotels and tourist
camps for more than 411500O DAYS
These persons distributed several nil
lion dollars in Montana. spent for food
wages and upkeep. Most of them were
favorable in their comments. express
the historical markers.
Visitors from Alaska. Hawaii. Mexi-
CO. France. England. South America.
China. the Canal Zone South Africa
India. Cuba. West Indies and Switzer-
land. as well as every state in the
United States, registered at ports of
entry. California sent the most visit
ors with Washington a close second.
New York and Michigan tourists were
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07

time, Rufus Thompson did not have
extensive land holdings. The practice
was to own the land on which there
was water and where hay could be
raised, and then to Craze the stock in
all directions. There were no fences, no
neighbors and no quarrels. The most
land Thompson ever owned outright
was 2,70O acres. 1t is interesting to note
that when he started out he had no
legal title to his land, having settled
on a squatter's right. This right was
pretty potent in those days. however,
since there is no way to gain title to
land which has never been surveyed
and is, therefore, understandable.
In October of 1892 Rufus Thompson
had every right to feel well pleased
with his financial status, for he was
well on his way to being one of the
wealthiest men in the state of Mon
tana. But the great heart, rumored to
be as big as the man himself, craved
love and companionship, and he mar
ried Mrs. Imogene Jacobs Brown. a
young divorce who had been his
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
COMES BACK FROM MORGUE
TO CLAIM COMPENSATION

The state industrial accident board
has approved compensation for
claimant who literally came out Of
morgue to submit his petition.
The claimant is Robert c.. Kapinos,
Fort Peck, injured in an auto accident
near jamestown, N. D., last May and
thought to have been killed instantly.
In jamestown morgue, Kapinos re-
gained consciousness. Physicians said
he had suffered a severe back injury.
He was employed as chauffeur for M.
J. Dunn. Fort Peck, and was taking
Dunn to jamestown at the time Of the
accident.
The industrial accident board ruled
that even though the accident occurred
out of the state, Kapinos was entitled
to compensation.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Auto Trip
Was News % Years AGO
By EDWARD b. REYNOLDS


1910. Newspapers of that period
carried accounts of such achieve
ments as trips to Spokane and
Butte from MisSoula. These were
really pioneer efforts and worthy
of mention, commonplace though
they may seem today.
One trip which gained especial at
tention in the newspapers of Montana
during the summer of 1910 was made
by several prominent Montana men.
Walter Beck, Gil Reinhard. R. H. Cob
ban, Frank Rouleau and DR.. E. Gugen-
helm travelled from Missoula to Butte
in a siX-cylinder Stevens car in 81
hours. The trip, l62 miles, was made
by way of the Blackfoot and Drum
mond.
Today such trip is made by hun
dreds weekly with never a thought.
and the distance is covered in less
than half the time it took in 1910. OF
course there's a reason.
Today, since the passage of tho
Montana highway act and the receipt
of federal aid in building roads, Mon
tana now boasts some of the finest
highways in the United States. Mile
after mile of paved roads, oiled roads
and improved gravel roads traverse the
state.
AS a result of these roads Montana's
tourist traffic has now become one OF
the ajor businesses in the state. IN
approximately five years the number
of tourists in Montana has mounted
to one-quarter million, more than
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
Mrs. Auerill of Townsend.
so. Oldest Woman Publisher

will That the given
of herr T. N
wanted do her 80th birthday
there he as
past
period
in which she has the the shop has been completely
enters her so Aver has the distinction Of being
possibly
the claim contestants
Kalamazoo
T. q
Montana candles
electricity
n electric
. outstanding
continue
birthday annfversaxioa
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
CAPTAIN MULLAN'S SON
DIES AT DESMET, IDA.

Peter Mullan, S4-year-old son
of the famed northwest road
blazer, Capt. John Mullan, died
recently at Desmet, Idaho.
Mullan, a native of northeast
ern Washington, had resided in
the north Idaho village for half
4 century.
After the Civil war his father
directed military construction of
the road from Fort Benton to
old Fort WaIla WaIla, Wash. A
north Idaho town and pass bear
his name.
Glacier County chief., 1939-04-07
INDIAN WAR VETERAN
PASSES AT MISSOULA

Barnett wilkinson, so, last
survivor of the volunteers who
fought in the Big Hole battle,
died recently in Missoula. Born
in Illinois. he had lived in Mon
tana for "a years, spending most
of his life in the hills.
Military funeral services we're
held with burial in a Missoula
cemetery.
He was IS years old when he
engaged in the Big Hole battle,
famous Indian conflict which
took place Aug. 9, 1877. In an in
terview at Missoula two years
ago, he said that he had lived
hard life, one on trails in the
hills"
Survivors are two brothers,
Aquilla of Hamilton and Fayette
of MisSoula, and a daughter,
Mrs. Stella Churchill of Missoula.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-13
j ontaiine Certain
| In His Own Mind

ID lCHlE FONTA1NE, the little
French war orphan and now an
american citizen. really looks like
million dollars physically.
He's broadened out to be all
Igosh, as your granpap so often
Remarked. What was once a trim
little fighting machine here, has
now become a sturdy. formidable
Booking warrior. But you'd never
,niss knowing who he is. Weight
hasn't changed him that much
Worried about being in the pit
~ith Armstrong? Not the kid
who came to America as a tiny
bundle of war salvage. When
ssked about his coming title battle,
Fontaine said:
1--WE met dozen fighters
who have caused me more
trouble than Armstrong. You
know certain fighters are just
made for opponents and Arm
strong il my meat. We fight
lot alike and i can figure
him at every stage of the bat
l tie. There may be fighters at
my weight In the world who
can take me but / don't think
Armstrong can"
Fontaine made his first Seattle
Annearance Yesterday at the new
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-13
be|IarnliiIle
At Lakeside

HelIafmine's n<iln nssl t1keet<ie
high u i..ksslsis Friday sfsssnsss
AZ , essicsk.
css<h Leo neksssis has bssa
drslllax hls team for IN aerial a.
tack and hslisves hla lnys have
reached = point whsrs thsy viii
bs dangerous Ia any sppeaens.
O>hsi1 Win ~ 81 ~ fnit-
heeh ps>s wht<h wss IN W
esss ~ ~ isj~sy ~ o't<asy.
tn lstshnas hsphs = ~ -
M tlsesis snmA MIS- stf11 -
she hespttal.
II slso 10 announced that Jerome
ttesiy. = newcomer. will b. ~ right
half. and that Middlston might ~
place Ehreth At right guard. othsr
than that the team stands ~ was'
The Hell reserves are playing
tbs stadium MIdEsis this after.
noon II issIlArmine field.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-13

Druxman gym at 7th and Pike
streets. He made fine impress
sion on the 200 or more fans at
the gyms dedication
Davey Ward and Jock Mcom-
Der. local weller and lightheavy-
weight, respectively. also attended
the gym opening and boxed a Few
rounds with each other.
Middle Champ Hostak was there,
of course, and others well known
in the fight game They saw
a modern, airy. clean gymnasium,
something Seattle has needed
since Chief Seattle quit picking
his teeth with salmon bone.