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Evening star., 1939-03-29

638, the Santinis slumped to 500 in
the final game after seven marks in
the first two frames. Krauss, who
had rolled Ais in singles and 4O6
in doubles, needed 1894 to supplant
Wesley AskeW, the Baltimorean,
who leads with l,214.
1t just wasn't Krauss' night. The
handsome brother of the once great
Harry Krauss came through with
124 as a started. He rolled So in
the second game and with it went the
title opportunity. His nine-game
count was 1853.
Blakeney rolled brilliantly to post
403 set, but he needed 18 more
sticks to nave to the front. His
1897 gave him third place in the
all-events.
Elks' Lineup Reminiscent.
Prominent bowling names of a few
years back are noted in the Elks'
League booster lineup to roll in the
tournament next Sunday at pm.
Kenny Thorpe, Chester Bid, Ed
Mulvey, Palmer Sewers and Phil Het-
felflnger are slated oroll.
Washington sports writer's will
have Charley Hamilton's 1863 to beat
when they roll at the Lucky Strike
tomorrow at pm. The Richmond,
Va, News Leader chronicler posted
his score last Saturday when he
visited here with the Richmond
bowlers. Hamilton, twice winner of
the sports writer's title, is the duck
pin ace of his craft.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

Of Rockville hounds became tangled
with cattle and scattered. That run
lasted about half an hour.
Moving into the woods west Of
Watkins Corner hounds again gave
tongue and began to circle. This
time the chase lasted close to an
hour and after a hard run the
hounds denned the fox. BY this
time most Of the field had either
pulled out or dropped way back.
Only three riders were left when
the dogs were called in. Col. Frank
Whitaker, John Paulding Brown
and 1t. Col. Ben Grimes. 1t was
almost dark when they started hack
ing home.
On Saturday, April 8, the eighth
annual Potomac Hunt Trails will be
held on Brewers farm, just of
Bradley lane, near the National
Women's Country Club. There will
be five classes, similar to last years
trails.
The purpose of the trails is to
test hunters that hunt as distinct
from hunters that show. The course
will be about TX miles over natural
hunting country. Proceeds of the
trails will go to the panneling fund.
Among those making up yester-
days field were: Mrs. Lock Shoe
maker on Lockett; Mrs. Earnest l..
Smith on Seagram; Robin Riddick,
who won the Dunboyne Challenge
Cup three weeks ago, on Ceyenna;
Mrs. Marshall Exnicious on Shift
less; DR.. Howard Lee Smith on Sir
William; Thomas De Lashmutt on
Ammeron; Col George S. Patton,
jr, on Waihai; Mrs. Patton On
Keanoklu. and their son, George, on
Quick Silver; William Hanson on
Battalion, and Mrs. Hanson on
Smokey; Mary Jackson on Marie,
and Edward Altemus on Blackie.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Midd|etown Capito|s
And Blue Ribbons
Invade Friday
Ice Palace and Regal
Quints Hosts; ~ Five
CIings to Margin

Washington bowling fans will have
their pick of two big-time intercity
attractions Friday night when the
Capitol Five of Middletown, Conn,
clashes with the Chevy Chase Ice
Palace All-Stars at Chevy Chase
and the Connecticut Blue Ribbons
engage the Regal Neon Sign ALL
Stars at Rosslyn.
Both matches, with doubles and
singles to follow, will start at 8.
The Capital got sample of what
the Middletowners have to offer las.
November. when Steve Witkowski.
the Capitol Five manager, finished
second in the Dixie Sweepstakes
Only recently he won the Connecti..
cut Valley Sweepstakes in the Nut
meg State and looms as one of the
country's 10 foremost duckpinners in
this seasons rankings. Witkowski
is member of Wesleyan Univer-
sity's athletic staff.
His teammates will be Square
Carlson, Marty Flynn. Walt Suski
George LIE Compte and Frank Trim
gall, all top Fighters.
The Ice Palace lineup will include
Paul Jarman, Joe Freschi, Bill
Krauss, Charley Glessner and JACK
Talbert.
Take Epic Beating.
Given the worst trimming ever
dealt a Washington team in 10
years of competition. the Rega is
will wager plenty that the Blue Rib
bons from Willimantic can't do it
again. Not here, anyway.
On their own drives, the Blue
Ribbons, after winning the team
match by some 40 pins, added insult
to injury when Mike Bogino and Bill
Tato shot national doubles record
of 1894 and Nick Tronsky made it a
sweep by overwhelming Joe Harrison
and Hokie Smith in singles last Feb
ruary.
Usually highly successful in pick
ing hot" bowling combinations
Max Rosenberg, Regal sponsor, will
have Astor Clarke. Joe Harrison.
Hokie Smith, Ed Blakeney and Perce
Wolfe, besides himself, firing at the
famous New Englanders.
Y. NJ. c. A. Retains Edge.
Y. M. c. A. maintained its 1-game
lead in the Rosslyn Independent
League over the Kidwell Senators
by taking the odd game from Allied
Roofing. Senators were 81 winners
from McGlincy's Market, despite the
weeks top set of 404 by Gene Har-
gett. Kingans swept Cooke Press
with Capt. Belvin Weakleys 3sl
high. Bill Hills $50 was instru-
mental when Arlington Cleaners
blanked Quality Shop.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Troder Terry Cheerful
Over Gionts' Chances

New York Giants-Our operative
reports that Trader Terry is in a
bonhomous mood and quotes the
normally chilly man from Memphis
as stating freely that his club is the
one to beat for the pennant. 1t
may be that William is right. His
big right-hander from the Pacific
Coast, Manuel Salvo, appears to be
the pitching find of the year, more
so even than Frederick Charles
Hutchinson.
The Giants can finish first or
sixth or anywhere in between. Zeke
Bonura and Frank Demaree are
ShaKy investments, Burgess White
head will have to show it before the
1ans will believe it and George
Myatt has yet to prove himself as a
hitter or fielder Carl Hubbell and
Hal Schumacher no longer can be
counted on for 20 victories, more or
less apiece.
But Hubbell will win a fair num-
ber OF games on brains and courage
alone, as long as his left arm stavs
hooked to his shoulder. Mr.. Terry
undoubtedly has the makings. And
he seems to think he has them rolled
and lighted. too.
Philadelphia Athletics-A robust
outf1eld. as usual, and not much else.
Connie Mack comedies that he won't
win the pennant. which is more than
he would admit in recent springs.
1t seems to be official.
Philadelphia Phillies-The frank
est orators In the National League,
Branch Hickey, Larry MacPhail and
others, have announced that, if the
worst comes to the worst, the lowest
their teams can finish is seventh
place. The eighth and last bracket
has been reserved for the Phillies,
as little token of the rest of the
leagues esteem. The Phils dis
tanced all competition for this berth
last year by 241a games.
Chicago White Sox-Here is a
club with good inf1eld, fair out
field and a good manager, which
should by rights be up there fighting
Tor room in the first division. But
1t won't be, because the human race
suffers 34,516 minor and major in
juries daily, all over the world. and
statisticians estimate that 80 per
cent of the victims in these cases are
White Sox.
Copyright 1929 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1939-03-29
From the
Press Box
No Florida Monopoly
On Winning Clubs
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK, March 29.-We have
not directly secuted the ball teams
training outside of Florida-and
Florida people tell us that the best
thing to do is ignore them entirely,
just as they have ignored Florida's S
ever-loving sunshine, which burns
daily by special arrangement with
the Chamber of Commerce.
Nevertheless, those eight teams
may have something to say in the
disposition of the National and
American League pennants in 1889.
To round out the record, we have
asked our Louisiana, Texas and
California agents to report on each
OF the eight, which they did, with
the following results:
Chicago Cubs - The National
League champions spent the winter
licking their world series wounds.
They are pretty well recovered by
this time, but there's no telling
what would happen if a Yankee
suddenly appeared in camp swing
ing his bat There's room for only
four ball players under one bed, and
the traffic jam would be terrific.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Henry's Book on Self
Includes Kayo Win
Over Future Foe
Chapter on Dovey Day,
His Opponent Friday,
May Need Revision
BY SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, March 29-The
literary set may like to know tina:
the well-known poet and song
writer, Henry the Hammer Arm
strong, is turning author.
Those removed from the litera.i
may recall Henry the Hammer as a
fighter Of parts. He's that little per-
petual motion machine who rules
two boxing divisions and is a rign.
tough citizen to tangle with in the
ring.
At odd times in the past, however.
the Hammer has put his hand to
composing music and writing verse.
In his off time these days, his artist S
soul is at work again. He's doing"
a book, the autobiography of Henry
Armstrong He has it about one.
third finished, and he's ealing it
THE Glory Road"
Tells His 'Tnside" Story.
It's going to tell the "inside" of
the rise. of the little Negro who went
to Los Angeles from st. Louis. put
on the gloves in a gymnasium for
coffee and cakes" and went on 10
accomplish something never before
equaled in ring history, becoming
champion at one time of three divi-
sions. He still has the lightweight
and welterweight crowns. but has
abdicated the featherweight throne
Co-authoring the tome with Hur-
ricane Hank is his trainer-brother
Harry. Thev work on the manu-
script when they're not busy getting
ready for a fight. And take it from
Henry, this is no ordinary book.
"Oh, no." he explains. 1T isn't
prosaic, hackneyed recount of
fighters career It's much more
than that. In it I have endeavored
to transfer my emotions to the
pages, to put my feelings on paper"
Day Chapter May Need Revision.
There are any number of Ham
merin' Hanks opponents who wish
he'd do that very thing in the ring.
When he's wearing gloves and box
ing trunks, they tell you, Henry is
all too willing about transferring
his feelings-and not on paper.
During his training periods in the
last few weeks, Henry has found
time to add three or four chapters.
One of them deals in glowing terms
with his knockout victory over
Chicago Welterweight Davey Day.
Inasmuch as Henry doesn't meet
Day until Friday night in Madison
Square Garden, this particular
chapter may need slight revision.
Mr.. Day thinks so. anyway. He's
more interested in his press clippings
and the sports pages than in Henry's
book.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Potomac Hunt, With 80 Riding,
Near Kill in Fox Chase in
Last Event of Season

After an unusually successful sea-
son the Potomac Hunt held its last
outing yesterday and enjoyed two
fast runs, the first OF which almost
resulted in a kill.
With a field of 80 riders meeting
at Riddick's Gate In Bradley Hills
joint Master Harry Semmes and DR..
Fred Sanderson, Huntsmen Phil
Bowen and Roy Glacken led The
group over stiff post and rail and
into the woods. There the IS cou-
Piles of hounds jumped a red fox
and headed north. Crossing Tuck
ermans lane the chase became
faster and for while the riders had
vision of the desired results. How
ever, after reaching Seven Locks
road and jumping into farm south
Evening star., 1939-03-29
SoftbaI| Association
Votes 10 Stand Pat
On 1888 Rules

Softball in the District will oper-
ate under the same rules this sea-
son as it did last. a move having
been squelched last night to divide
1t into two sections and to permit
players to compete on two teams.
Eleven leagues were represented
at the meeting, which unanimously
voted not to change the constitution
to divide the District Softball Asso-
citation into two sections. with the
so-called weaker teams competing
in Section B. 1t was planned to
open the season on April IS, with
the deadline on player transfers set
at July Is.
Harold B. Vincent. secretary of the
association, unanimously was re-
turned to Office. Elected to the
Board OF Governors were Temple
FARRELL, Prince Georges County
League; Vic Barratte, Sunday Morn
ing League; Joe Bertolini, Gov
ernment League, and Joe Mitchell.
Sherwood League. Harry English of
the Community Center and Winfree
Johnson, District softball commits
sioner, automatically take places on
the board.
College Golf.
vanderbilt Is; Kalamazoo. 0.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Washington AS Bowling Teams Engage Two Crack Connecticut neups
Standards Five PIoys
Library for Lead

Undisputed leadership of the Gov
ernment-Y. M. c. A. Basket Ball
League will be at stake tonight az
Congressional Library and Bureau
Of Standards, currently deadlocked
for first place, meet at 800 o'clock
on the "Y" court. Each has won six
games in seven starts.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Sports Club Gets Three
New Soccer PLAYERS

Strengthened by the signing OF
new players, the Washington Sports
Club continues it three-game cup
series with Heurich Brewery hooters
at 2:30 pm. Sunday at Gonzaga
Field.
Following are the Washington
Soccer League standings based on
two points for each league victory
and one for each tie:
Evening star., 1939-03-29

Today a year ago-Henry Arm
strong knocked out Lew Feldman
In fifth round, extending his win
ming streak to 30.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

Three years ago-Bobby Jones.
in practice for Augusta national
golf tourney, broke course record
with 81, eight under par.
Evening star., 1939-03-29
Hortnett Is Confident
About National Race

About his own league, Manager
Gabby Hartnett is serenely conf
dent. He thinks he got the better
of William Harold CTrader) Terry
in the deal which brought Dick
Bartell, Hank Leiber and Gus Man
cuso to Chicago Naturally. the
Trader feels otherwise. Bartell has
had gout, and Lieber has had his
usual spring (and summer, fall and
winter trouble with curve balls.
But Hartnett likes them all, and his
Is the vote they count in Chicago
In the last 16 years only three
National League winners have re-
peated. That makes the outlook for
the Cubs somewhat bleak, the more
so because they are intrinsically no
better than four or five other clubs
in the league, and fortunes blessing
seldom strikes twice in the same
place.
Cleveland Indians-Oscar Witt has
acquired every prima donna that
the Metropolitan Opera Co. could
get waivers on. There is SO much
temperament in the Cleveland camp
that Witt has yet to assemble line
up he can call his own. There
doesn't seem to be much improve
ment. But keep your eyes on Rob-
ert Feller. This is going to be his
20-victory year
Pittsburgh Pirates-Your CORE
spondent is tempted to cut the
Pirates dead in Piccadilly for the
way they betrayed him in the
stretch last season. But still they
have good, strong club. if they can
convince Pitcher Russ Bauers that
work won't hurt him. A locomotive
wouldn't hurt Bauers if it hit him
head on, so why should work?
st. Louis Brownsville new st.
Louis manager, Fred Haney, is not
dlsconsolate about the Browns
chances, and there may be some
merit in his attitude The Browns
are a sleeper bet for fifth or sixth
place if one or two of their young
pitchers stand up.
Evening star., 1939-03-29

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COLLEGE Golf.
Vanderbilt. is; kalamazoo o.
Geocgia Tech. 12ha: Hampden Sydney.
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Behind The Stock Ticker
Business Trends a. Seen by Wall Street

at $1.23 a share-has $500, 900
backlog of orders =. United States
Rubber common going into long
pull accounts Container Cor
poration's 1889 net placed at S1.10
share Some Interlake Iron
shares being switched into Great
Northern Ore :.
Smart positions taken in dupont
common-for investment =. Con-
solidated Aircraft received navy
department contract running to
tune of S2o,016, 500 - calls for
parts as well as planes Beld-
ing -Heminway will show net of
30 cents a share for 1889 st.
Joseph Lead shares held mostly as
wartime" speculation
Bower Roller Bearings 1899
net placed at 1925 a share !. 4.
Long-pull positions In Niles-Be-
ment-Pond being switched into
Philip Morris Because of new
financing, Soldering shares being
avoided And. that Westing-
house Air Brake received $264,-
321 Argentine State Railway con-
tract for air brakes-this was to
have been filled by German firm.
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PRODUCE
PRICES HIGHER

Oregon cauliflower and cabbage
were reported scarce by Tacoma
wholesalers Friday, resulting in a
10-cent raise in the better quality
OF the produce. now listed at SIPS
and $1.35 per crate. Local cabbage
and cauliflower were advanced to
81 per crate, listing a raise of 10
and Is cents.
Baskets of California sweet
potatoes were received by local
dispensers and carried the price
Of $2.25 per.
Japanese oranges were still in
demand. holding prices of $1.25
and s1.35 per bundle.
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NEW YORk-War or no war,
Great Britain doesn't intend to
allow the United States to build
up trade with Latin America
Here's proof: Sir Esmond told the
British Chamber of Commerce that
the Argentine government and
British embassy have agreed on
a compiled list of British goods in
which Argentina is interested and
the quantities required. In return.
Great Britain will continue to
purchase Argentine goods.
Trade War--U. S. commercial
attaches in Latin America report
late as usual-that Great Britain
Ia strengthening its trade position
by offering machines. textiles,
chemicals, etc, at low prices in
competition with u. S. interests.
There's no fooling about 1t. A
British-U. s. trade war Ia raging
in South America. And Uncle Sam
il being outsmarted.
Loans-Bankers say that COM
meRial loan volume will be the
decline from now until mid-Febru-
airy. That's when industry pre-
pares for spring business. But
spring business isn't as large as
that of the autumn months. Con-
sequently, commercial loan volume
during February and March will
not run high unless this country
is flooded with war orders during
the next two months.
Request-The house ways and
means committee is ready to an
nounce a bill which will permit
the governments debt limit to be
raised from s45, ZOO, ooo. 900 to $780,
900. oo0, 900. Secretary Morgenthau
told the house appropriations sub
committee he had no objections
Even though the secretary didn't
ask that 1t be done, his words
implied a request.
Expected - Trade insiders say
that despite the soft tone in steel
scrap prices, bottom Is being
touched. Big mills aren't in the
market. But since they are re-
ducing inventory positions. it viii
not be long before they are buyers
Steel scrap price strength is ex'
pected early next month.
This years final quarter stee
industry earnings are substan'
TALLY above those Of the previous
three months. And that goes fol
profit margins.
Here's what steel officials ex
pect for 1910 first quarter operat
ing results: January's average vii
be so per cent of capacity; Febru
AIRY, 10 per cent. and March neal
so per cent. This makes a mrs
quarter average of close to n pc
cent-which forecasts good earn
ings for steel companies.
Reports Are That. Rail equip
ment sales volume for next sprini
points downward Penick
Ford's 1889 net privately place
at 81 a share Twin Coach
1889 net semi-officislly estimate
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TRAFFIC DEATH TOTAL
IS NEAR THAT OF 1888

CHICAGo-The way you drive
New Years eve may determine
whether traffic fatalities for 1899
will exceed those Of 1888. the
National Safety Council said to-
day.
The total for 1888 was 81. 400.
Dec. last year the total was
2s.e7o. Dec. this year II was
rs. 6e0-2so fatalities. or about one
per cent. short.
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an excess Of IS inch; since Jan. /.
3o.l1 inches, a deficiency Of s.s7
inches.
Wind at 3 a. m. Friday. east
2 m.p.h.: barometer at 29.95,
falling. then rising, but slightly
higher.
Sun rises at 1856 a. m. Saturday
and sets at 4:30 p. m.
Tacoma's weather on Dec. %,
193s-Cloudy, IA inch Of rain,
maximum temperature 81 degrees
and minimum 46. Highest wind
velocity ~ m.p.h. from the south.
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INVENT RADIO GUIDE
FOR HOMING PIGEONS

L0NDON-A secret alloy by
means of which homing pigeons
can be piloted along planned
courses has been discovered by J.
Sells in cooperation with other
scientists. Owing to the military
value of the discovery. the COM
position of the alloy is being kept
secret.
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Third Successive
MilIiOn-Share Day

Stock sales Appropriated 1.l40,-
900 shares. against 1850. 900 on
Thursday. Curb sales were 2es,-
900 shares. compared with go, 900
m the previous session.
NEW YoRK-stocks advanced
Friday in the third successive mill
lion-share day. and the Industrial
average reached new high since
Nov. ~.
Reinvestment demand and some
new speculative buying absorbed
. considerable amount Of tax sell
ing, some Of II for cash. Aggres-
sive leadership was lacking. how
ever. and there was q tendency to
take profits late In the session.
Most activity was in Standard
Brands at S.. up y. Next in
volume came Nash-Kelvinato at
~. unchanged; Lockhecd. s2A.
unchanged: United Air Lines at
= new high OF I6A. up Y. Com
mercial Solvents at l4L, up IL;
Commonwealth 4 Southern IL,
off y; curtiss Wright. 1ok, I'M
changed, and Radio Corporation
1T 81. unchanged.
Steels and motors held small adj
vances. while coppers and rails
were mixed. and utilities steady.
Several issues made fair-sized
gains, and q few reached new
highs for the year.
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FRIDAY. pECENIBER %

FRIDAY. DECEMBER %
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Charles and Charlotte Shev-
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Honesty Always Paws

FINDERS OF lost articles adver-
tised below, please take notice.
After you have returned the arti-
cles TO the loser go to the Tacoma
Times office, 9th and Pacific.
where you will be presented with q
guest ticket to one OF Hamricks
theaters
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Investment Trusts

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Want Ad Can Rent Anything 315
Phon. Want Ads TO Main 3I5i
Miscellaneous for Sale
Pre-Inventory Sale
Of Washers
Savings Up TO 1873 Per Cent

Savings Up TO 1873 Per Cent
ALL WASHERS in stock over six
months must go. These washers
are taken from stock and
marked down.
/ G. E. Model 112, with pump;
reg. price, 1925; special price,
1895; save 5000.
2 G. E, Model All; reg. price,
se.95; special price, 69.95; save
5000.
3 C. f. Model 1902; reg. price,
1925; special price, 34.e5. save
1900.
1 APEX Model 243, with pump;
reg. price, s995; special price,
6995; save 1000.
1 APEX Model 212; reg. price
1895; special price, 1895; save
20.0O.
APEX Special Model; reg. price,
1926; special price 1895; save
1000.
ABC Model 147P, with pump;
reg. price, 1895; special price,
1895; save 5000.
l ABC Model esp, with pump;
reg, price, 1895; special price,
1895; save 5000.
1 ABC Special Model; reg. price,
1895; special price, 64.95; save
$500.
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with pump; reg. price 10995;
special price, 1895; save 5000.
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Forecast for Washington -
Cloudy with showers Friday night
in west portions Saturday; snow
over the mountains, little change
in temperature; southerly gales
off the coast. decreasing Friday
night; moderate to fresh southerly
in the sound and straits. decreas-
ing Friday sight.
Rainfall In Tacoma for the "a
hours ending at s a. m. Friday,
IS inch: since Dec. TIA inches,