davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-08-29

t1AC COuIlIly, Is luIllllIlS VIC SIlOW,
having cut it's canine teeth on sew
eral sanction matches in previous
years.
Some of the attractions they
promise for the coming show do not
sound particularly doggy, but should
certainly add to the color and sue
cess of the affair.
Stewards, ushers, car parkers, ETC.,
will be club members in glittering
uniforms. Not only will there be
free parking space for plebeian ex-
hibitors who come by car, but there
also will be free anchorage for
guests who plan to come in their
yachts or cruisers"
This unique women's yacht
club which stages dog shows
seems to have more than one
non-nautical bent.
1t also raises poultry in its own
scientific plant and plans to sacrifice
hundreds OF broilers for the dog
show. Guests will be able to buy
real Southern chicken dinners at
the grounds.
Dog Is Easy Patient.
Overheard in q recent conversa-
ton between doctors-"My next
profession is going to be a veter-
marian. If somebody brings a sick
dog to you, and it belongs to q Ger
tain breed, you may be pretty sure it
has a certain disease. But all
kinds Of people are subject to all
diseases. It certainly makes dag
nosis hard"
He might have added that the
sick dog was not 50 likely to call
in a second veterinarian and dis
credit the first diagnosis.
The recent railroad wrecks
which have shocked the c0un-
try call attention to the use
Of dog patrols by English rail-
roads.
The system was started 80 years
ago by the North Eastern Railway
Co. At that time Aredale terriers
were purchased to heap the police In
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Straight Off the Tee

it more cogent and to have some-
thing concrete toward which to
work in the matter of handicaps.
Tommy has asked all potential
members of the new club to turn
in five cards for handicap before
the meeting
Seeks to Join U. S. G. A.
He also has raised enough money
to back up an application for men,
bership in the United States Coli
Association. and all in all it sounds
as if Tommy is going through with
his announced intention to Or
ganize municipal golf around town.
Nothing in golf is more badly need
ed, and even though it will be a
good trick if he does it, Tommy has
habit of getting his way, without
the use of mirrors.
Entries for the city public links
championship will close at East
Potomac Park, Rock Greek Park
and Anacostia Park on September
3. Separate qualifying rounds will
be played at each course, with l6
men to qualify on September at
East Potomac Park and eight each
from Anacostia and Rock Greek
Park. Match play rounds will be
played September 6 and 7. An
drew Oliveri will be in the role Of
defending champion and will be
strictly the gent to lick.
Chubby checked Andy has lot
Of golf in him and usually gets it
out at the time of the city public
links championship, just as he did
at Baltimore in the national tour
nament. Doerer also announces a
mixed foursome affair at East Po-
tomac Park for September 4.
Evening star., 1939-08-29

the combination. Rule 6, section I,
of its own rules gives the commits
sion authority to compel Henry to
fulfill his contract or surrender
the title. 1t does not, however, mean
that Ambers automatically would
succeed to the welterweight crown,
for there still is. another angle to
that angle.
Welter Title in Dispute.
Enter the National Boxing Com
mission on the scene This august
body will decide at its convention
here next month whether Armstrong
lost both lightweight and welter-
weight crowns by his defeat. or
whether the stipulation, agreed upon
in signed papers, that only the light
weight title was up holds good.
Several authorities on the subject
think Ambers should get both titles
as both he and Armstrong were we'll
under the welterweight limit. They
agree that the November l bout
would find Lou, not Henry, defend
ing the 147-pound chapeau.
Thus, with all the punitive
weapons held by the New York
Commission. N B. A. and smatter-
ing of public opinion against him,
1t behooves Mr. Mead TO speak
politely until the storm blows over.
He may honestly think Henry was
robbed in the Armstrong bout, but
the licking he can get from the
commission and N B. A. will not
be a matter of personal opinion.
: As for the bout itself we saw
couple of boys in the semi
final who will give Ambers
trouble any time he asks for it
in the persons of AL Nettlow
and Jimmy Vaughan.
And there there is Sammy Angott,
whom many call the best 1885,
FOUNDER in the game today; Charley
Burley and Jimmy Leto, all trouble
makers.
Burley and Leto are meeting this
week at Pittsburgh, with the former
trying TO reverse decision Leo won
over him several weeks ago. On
paper Burley looks the better fighter
and should get the duke. Angott
propably will not come into the
championship picture for time
because he isn't affiliated with Mike
Jacobs-and doesn't want to be.
Mike, on the other hand, must re-
tain control of the titles now under
his thumb to keep the dollars rolling
! in.
Harry Raskin, remember him?-
pens from Detroit that Bob Pastor
is cinch to outpoint Louis for the
title. We hesitate to take issue with
! him-but.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Night Golf No Dream,
Declares P. 6. AS
Bureau Manager
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29-Night golf?
Not just a fantastic dream. but
something that definitely is going to
take its place in the fairway sport,
says Fred Corcoran, tournament
bureau manager of the Professional
Golfers Association.
'An engineer to whom I talked
recently said fioodlights can be car
ried by trucks around a golf course"
Corcoran said today, and this would
make possible night golf exhibitions.
From that point l think it will be
just step to courses with complete
lighting systems good enough to fol-
low the flight of the ball.
In recent years about 10 per cent
of the golf played in the East has
been of the twilight variety. What's
fantastic about the thought of
thousands of Office workers playing
after dark, getting in 9 or 18
holes in the cool of the night. Night
baseball once was thought fantas-
tic idea.
Corcoran is here for the Walter
Hagen international tournament at
Midlothian Country Club.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Hartford 4; Albany, 3
SprinTfeld IA: Binghamton. 3.
Scranton Z; Elmira. O.
Wilkes-Barre 10: Williansport 1.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Kendall Harness Races
OFF After 30-Yeur Run
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 29.-Ohio's s
harness racing fans, already cha
grined at the invasion Of North
Randall Track by running races, to-
day pondered 1895 second blow to
their pride-the historic ovals can
collation. Of the Grand Circuit meet.
Track officials cited financial diff
ficulties in calling off the program,
scheduled to start September 16.
Thus Randall will be without a
Grand Circuit meet for the first time
in its 3O-year history.
Evening star., 1939-08-29

spare time. Gees troupe, incl
dentally, is comprised OF firemen
with flair for Wild West stunts,
rough riding and lariat tossing, and
we have it on good authority they're
pretty good, too.
Meanwhile, plans have been per-
fected for the Labor Day extrava-
ganza,, which will feature a soft
ball game between teams repre-
senting precincts Nos. 4 and 6, an
Indian club swinging act by Detec-
tive Sergt. Dick Cox, motorcycle
stunts, boxing, wrestling, vaudeville
and track events. 1t adds up to a
full day Of entertainment for a
worthy cause.-The Policemen's Re-
tirement Association.
Evening star., 1939-08-29

III 1ne IODlng room after Armstrong
had been shorn of his lightweight
crown. You remember his blatant
bleating about the decision. You
recall how he said he wouldn't fulfill
a contract to let Henry risk his
welterweight crown-last of three he
once held simultaneously, against
the same Ambers November /.
You're probably still hearing the
echoes OF his verbal thumb wagging
at the commission, how he said it
could take running jump into the
nearest w. P. A. ditch and how he
threatened to expose corrupt con-
ditions in New York's politico-boxing
circles.
Well, all that was merely q
gl0rified version Of little Joe
Jacobs famed I'VE wuz robbed"
dirge, with which he retreated
from the scene Of battle after
every reversal.
It's gotten to be q stock phrase
to the ring generals. Eddie simply
added more high-sounding phrases,
but failed to disturb its legal concept.
He was rolled, make no mistake about
that, but no smart manager in his
right mind would utter the vicious
words that eascaded from Mead S
thin, white lips 1t wouldn't be smart
Really Looking for Trouble.
Eddie said he was hopping the
next choo-choo for Albany to lay
his charges in the Governors lap
He was going to rip things wide
open, but thus far we haven't noted
any mass movement of boxing fans
toward the State capital. One as
semblyman did dispatch a wire to
the Governors mansion, asking for
an investigation, but it develops
that he's an old hand at demanding
them, and a similar plea was fatty
rejected two years ago.
Now, with clean shave, shower
food and couple of days in which
to review the situation, Meade may
have a broader, saner slant on the
problem. He goes before the COM
mission today to explain his words
and actions and it's a fairly safe
wager he blames all his trouble on
nervous indigestion.
Eddie will reiterate his
charges Of being robbed to
save face, naturally, but the
pitch will be several octaves
lower and with the soft pedal
pushed all the way down.
What can the commission do?
Plenty. In the first place it can slap
sizeable fine against Mead. bar
him from Armstrong; corner for an
indefinite period, make Henry go
through with his November l date
with .Ambers, and just about wreck
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Allen, Top Shoe HurIer,
Has 8l.1 Ringer Mark
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 80
Averaging 8l.l per cent ringers, Ted
Allen, world champion from Boul-
der, Colo, and the defending title
holder. led the field at the halfway
mark in the $500 Midwest national
horseshoe pitching tournament at
the Iowa State Fair today. Allen
won all eight of his matches.
Charles Jones Waukesha, Wis,
and Guy Zimmerman, Sac City,
Iowa, each won six and lost two.
Tied for the fourth spot were Dean
Brown, Oakland, Calf, and Ira
Allen. Fresno, Calf, who each won
five and lost three.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

Today year ago-Pittsburgh
Pirates defeated Brooklyn, 10-1,
to extend their National League
lead to 5l2 games over New York
Giants.
Five years ago-Baby Ariz-
mendi won New York State recog-
milton as featherweight title
holder by defeating Mike Belloise
in Is rounds.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Marble Given Racket
To Shun Baseball

Alice Marble, United States and
Wimbledon tennis champion. like
/ Patty Berg, the golf champ, played
sandlot baseball as kid.
She's from Plumas County, Calf
When she was Is her farmer dad
gave her a tennis racket to get her
away from baseball.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Jim Thorpe Not at Hond
When Putt" Wos Born

Dear Sir-What is the origin of
the putt" in golf?-F. x. @.
Answer: I we'll remember the day
at St. Andrews when the putt"
as you express it, was originated.
A foursome, composed of myself
Harry Vardon. Ted Ray and a man
named Dlsraeli, later Prime Min
lister of England, were approaching
the green on the edge of the green
Disraeli was away Gust for the
week end). While waiting for his
return, Vardon spotted a hole In the
middle of the emerald carpet.
"Wretched condition, these greens
are in" he remarked.
"Stinking,' I agreed.
Let's see if we can put our balls
In the hole" said Ray.
With Ray, to think was to act
Within half an hour we had holed
out. and the Greens Committee was
busy drilling holes in all the greens,
to meet the demand. They went
like hot cakes. Souvenier-hu
grabbed them up and took them
home. By the time Disraeli re-
turned, Vardon had invented the
cup, Ray the pin and myself the
mashie-niblick Disraeli was green
with envy, but he choked it down
and said, simply: Il had a six" l
had him tabled for a seven, my
self
Jim Thorpe was not there at all
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Rudy York Fine Example
OF Cotch-os-Coteh Con

Dear Mr.. Lardner-What is the
difference between Greco Roman
wrestling and catch-as-catch-can?
Brown Eyes.
Answer: AS the name indicates,
Greco-Roman wrestling is a contest
between one or more Greeks and any
number of Romans. There are sew
eral varieties of this ancient sport,
such as Greco-Greco Ga bout be-
tween two Greeks, Roman-R Roman
(two Romans In close combat, Gre
co-Portuguese "a Greek on the one
side. a Portuguese on the other)
Smith-Smith ian English big-game
hunter, and Baden-Powell found-
er of the Boy Scout movement).
Catch-as-catch-can is a descrip-
tion of Rudy York playing the out
field. 1t was invented by William
Muldoon
Dear Sir-I wonder what's become
Of Sally?-Inquisitive.
Answer: Me, too.
Evening star., 1939-08-29
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

| No matter how much the golffing
boys want to win sectional cham
pionships and the little invitation
tournaments in which they play,
they realize that it's all headline
stuff which doesn't amount to more
than the froth on your beer when
you compare it with the big show
of amateur golf which started today
| in more than a score Of cities
throughout the land.
For months they've been training
the boys with tournament ideaS-for
the one big affair of the year It's
the national amateur championship
coming off at Chicago starting Sep
tember II, and throughout the land
today more than 800 of them were
embarked on the long trek that
may crown one of them champion
around September 16. Twenty
eight of the top golfers of the mid
die Atlantic territory-lacking only
few big names of the game
were playing 36 holes over the Five
Farms course of the Baltimore
Country Club today. Five of them
will qualify.
Out of this distinguished aggre-
CATION of links talent Washington
may grab two or even three places
They'll do all right if the boys
from the Capital get two places and
they'll be both lucky and good if
they get three. For the field, al
| though small, reeks with class, and
Washington does not have such good
golfers as Roger Peacock or Claude
Rippy in their pitching.
Brownen May Make 1t.
But it does have Bobby Brownell
the lad from Manor, who went
further in last years national than
any man in this sector and did a
good job of humping off Walker
Cupper Reynolds Smith and other
wise showed himself to be definite
ly big-time material Bigger and
stronger than last year and now
! tabled as national championship
dark horse Bobby can't afford to
muff this one. And he probably
won't. The boy is good enough to
rate among the first 80 or 40 golfers
in the land, and that's quite large
order.
The best guess you can get is
that it will take 154-maybe 153-to
qualify among the five. And it's
a cinch there'll be a lengthy and
bulky playoff late this afternoon.
Tommy Doerer is serious about
the business of organizing the pub
lie linksmen of Washington. He
has called special meeting at East
Potomac Park for September Is to
get into the meat of organization,
Evening star., 1939-08-29
A Dog S Life
By r., r. TAYNTON.

Another
givers it kennel club that
dog show, but womens yacht club of all things.
Md small town between Baltimore and Philadelphia readily
to exhibitors from this
Sandy yacht club
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Aviator Ronnng Flies High Ringer ower in Star Horseshoe Tourney
The Punch Line
BY LEWIS ATCHISON.

this department that obese Eddie Mead thrust his thick
Henry Armstrong lost to Lou Ambers their lightweight
be less head in the Mead family a
Eddie voice
Evening star., 1939-08-29
From the
Press Box
Little Known Gf at AID
Facts About Sports
Ry JOHN LARDNER.

Special Cor espondent of The Star
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 tNANA0.
Answering the mail. Editors no.
tice: This department positively will
not answer personal questions For
instance. when pro bono publico-
no doubt a cowardly alias-writes
in to ask, Did you ever do time?"
we tear his letter to pieces and
calmly jump up and down on it..
Everybody makes mistakes. Pub =.
lico probably is referring to that
little oversight in Terre Haute. AS
we told the Judge, if people would
stop trying to cash those things,
they wouldn't bounce. Anyway.
avoid the personal note)
Dear Mr.. Lardner: Once and for
all, is it true that Gen Abner Dou-
bleday invented baseball at Coopers-
town. N. Y, in 1899? Please do not
beat around the bush.-Loyal Wife
and Mother.
Baseball Needed Tonic
In Doubleday's Day.
Answer-That question can best
be answered by little anecdote
which they used to tell on the gen.
eral 1t seems that, after Grant won
the Battle of Vicksburg, somebody
went to the President and said:
You ought to find out what <ine
Of whisky Grant drinks and seno it
to all your generals
"Is that so?" replied Lincoln, quick
as flash.
Yes. it is" said the stranger.
There is nothing on record how
ever, to show that the President ever
sent whisky, or anything else. to
Gen. Doubleday. You probably have
him confused with some one else.
Dear MIR. Lardner-You're so
smart, can you state the infleld fly
rule without looking in the rule
book?-Cynical.
Answer: Yes. I can. Cynical, yes,
/ can. and it will give me real
pleasure to do so. The infield fly
rule-well, if there are less than two
out and one man on basel mean
to say, If there is less than one man
on base and m "e than two OH. -
or either way-if the batter lifts
or rather, hoists fly ball to the
infield-though the umpire would he
free in either case-frankly. Cynical
I have id little time to waste on
idle questions. Why don't you get
IN touch with Judge Lands?
Evening star., 1939-08-29
Potent Netmen Nip War

Patent Office defeated War De-
partment yesterday on the Potomac
Park courts, 80. in Departmental
League tennis match.
Evening star., 1939-08-29

Tommy Doerer is serious about
the business of organizing the pub
lie linksmen of Washington. He
has called special meeting at East
Potomac Park for September Is to
get into the meat of organization,
and out Of 1t he expects a strong
public links club to come. To make
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Floors Demand First
Inferior Attention

Now that summer is over and
people are living indoors again, it's
time to forget about rock gardens
and flower beds and concentrate
your beautifying efforts on home
interiors.
When you think of fixing up"
the house for the winter months
one of the very first things you think
Of is the floors. The floors are,
after all, the foundation of room
decoration, and are also the most
used and abused part of the whole
house.
If the finish on your floors is in
good shape, all that may be neces-
sary is to clean them thoroughly and
give them good coat of wax. If,
however, the finish is worn or
scratched, and If dirt has gotten
into the pores of the wood so that
it cannot be easily removed, 1t is
advisable to have the floors re-
finished completely. Here is the
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Wynsute Building Copy
Of Worlds Fair House

Utilization Of nationally known
building products is one Of the fea-
lures Of the copy Of the Worlds
Fair No. Home being built at Wyn-
gate, Md, by Permanent Homes, Inc,
under q special franchise granted
by the National Home Builders Bu-
reau, sponsors Of the original dwell
ing tn the Town Of Tomorrow"
The house Is taking such definite
shape that growing crowds Of In.
terested spectators are now able to
obtain visual evidence Of its final
exterior appearance. A bungalow
type home, it occupies q central site
IN Wyngate, the new low-cost homes
subdivision recently started on the
Old Georgetown road, Bethesda, Nd.
The house is designed to meet
the needs Of families able to pay
$50 to $40 . month for shelter.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
method recommended by one of the
largest makers of hardwood floor

method recommended by one of the
largest makers of hardwood floor
ings:
Have all the old finish removed,
preferably by machine sanding.
After the floor is perfectly smooth
and clean, apply one coat of a good
penetrating seal finish, let set for
or 10 minutes and then wipe off
surplus with clean cloths or cotton
waste. Allow not less than one
hour and not more than two hours
for the finish to set then apply
paste wood filler, cutting off the
surplus with burlap. Allow at least
IL hours for finish and filler to dry
and then wax the floor with a good
paste or liquid wax, buf1ing it
thoroughly to harden the wax and
produce good sheen.
A floor finished in this manner,
with good materials correctly used,
will last indefinitely without the
necessity Of ref1nishing, and is much
easier to keep clean and nicer look
ing than a floor finished by usual
methods.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
New Fire-Resistunt Finish

English chemists have invented
new fire-resistant finish calculated
to reduce the hazard of incendiary
bombs. This new product is in the
form OF fine mineral powder which,
combined with water into a plastic,
Is brushed onto the surface to be
protected.
Evening star., 1939-09-30
Sliding Closet Doors

Sliding doors for bedroom closets
not only are efficient space savers
but when well chosen also provide
a fine wall decoration.
Evening star., 1939-09-30

Sweden is subsidizing the building
of homes for large families.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-21

fund, proceeds of the "Mardi Gras"
and the 1888 popularity contest,
given at the House. Some member
is on hand at every public gather
ing.
This group has an iron clad con-
stitution and functions entirely by
committees. All meetings are con-
Quoted by parliamentary procedure.
Regularly scheduled is an annual
parents banquet, annual social
meeting and annual dance.
Officers are Miss Jewell Mann,
president; Claude Mason, vice pres
ident; Betty Marshall, recording
secretary; Mrs. Marjorie Mason,
corresponding secretary; Miss Bar
bara Mcclure, financial secretary;
Robert Shoffner, treasurer. Other
members are Harry Mayes, Harold
Mayes, Edward Blackwell, Miss
Hilda Moses, Donald Session, Rich
ard Session, James Carter, Sylves-
ter Carter, Miss Lillian Tyler, Miss
Earline Bell, Tyler Howell, Nor
man Bell.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-21
NEWLYWEDS AT HOME TO
FRIENDS

Miss Pearl Short daughter of
Mrs. Mary Short, 1917 South Fifth
street, and Mr.. Alvin Wilson, son
of Rev. and Mrs. A. w. Wilson, all
of Minneapolis, were married April
8 by Rev. Wilson at the Fourth
Street Church of God in Christ,
where Rev. Wilson is pastor.
Approximately 200 guests at
tended the wedding and a reception
held at the parsonage Immediately
following the ceremony.
Ten gallons of ice cream and 10
cakes were served. "A large num-
Der of gifts were on display.
The couple is at home to friends
at 1917 South Fifth street.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-21

Personal belongings and furniture
was lost. Workmen will start to
repair the damage next week. Rev.
and Mrs. Victor E. Holly and chill
dren are temporarily residing at
the home of Mrs. Dell Wright, CAT
st. Anthony avenue. Contest
winners - Katherine Jones won a
five-dollar prize in a limerick con-
test, W. E. Shackelford won a 1889
Chevrolet in a recent contest, and
Mrs. w. Donald Brown won love-
ly wrist watch in a radio contest.
The Mems Club of st. Philips
Church are making plans for an
other famous dinner. Two we'll
known st. Paul couples are heaven
ticipating = one in May and the
other in June. +. James Dorsey,
Milwaukee lawyer, former st.
Paulite, was instrumental in stop
ping the showing of the ''Birth of
a Nation" in that city last week.
-. Weekend traffic accidents re-
suited in Thomas Duncan, %, 459
Rondo street, being treated for mi
nor injuries, suffered in a collision
of automobiles in Minneapolis late
Sunday; Daza Temple, %, of the
same address, and Sidney Johnson,
48, and Estelle Vernon, %, both of
545 Mississippi street, also received
injuries.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-04-21
LOCAL 516'S DANCE BIG
SUCCESS

Over 1,40O people danced with
Local SIC, Northern Pacific Union,
at their Second Annual Dance Fri
day, April IA, in Stem Hall of the
st. Paul Auditorium. The evening
offered various forms of amuse-
m e n t-cab aret entertainment,
drinks, jitterbugs, dancing. Cor
don Parks, photographer, took can
did shots of the dance. Mrs. Nirota
Few won the door prize. A number
of the "Swing Mikado" cast at
tended the dance and put on some
real iitterhuppinp.