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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-15
On the Lam
-. With ..
Elliott Metcalf

NE KNEW this would have 10 ..
Ellsworth Vines is quoted 5 saying Don Bulge is
superior to any other tennis player he faced
1nasmuch Ellsworth batted Bill Tilden, Perry LaCose.
COchet and other immOrtas Of this and other lands
see where his estimate places Bulge
Whether was grand gesture from Californian near his
end 10 another Californian, at his peak cannot
But Vines viii have those laughed back his
throat Old Bin Tdens win tend to that At
that Vines quoted take
u probably will be okay with Vines
Vines insists he everything
nationwide wound behind beaten performer That
a
Too the anything
rchearsals for the dough
BASEBALL under organized authority stands out the
most upright professional sport extant
All has to do is to take look at the turf sport the
ring racket -.
Whenever connivers uncovered in baseball they
banished from the game forever Regardless Of pressure
threats pleas the offending players have been
mted to return to organized ball No matter how great
what gate magnets they
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TOMMY FAIR
BEATS BURMAN

LONDON - Tommy Farr. who
had to come home to win his first
fight in two years. was pulling
today for Max Baer to lick Lou
Nova in New York June /. He
scored an easy 12-round decision
over Red Burman of Baltimore,
Md. last night, and he wants
Make as a July opponent over
here. Promoter sgd Hulls has Of
fered Baer $4,000 to meet Farr
in London-if he gets by Nova.
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Wander Nicer To
Open For Reds

DAYTON. q. - Johnny Wander
Nicer is Manager Bill Mckechnie' $
No. choice TO pitch the Cincin-
matt Reds opener against the
Pittsburgh Pirates Monday. The
Reds and the Detroit Tigers play
their last road game today before
moving into Cincinnati for their
concluding pair. The Tigers won
a rs decision yesterday
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At that time the Initiative No.
u Victory Dinner and dance will
be held, with prominent fighters
for the cause as guests of honor
and at the main speakers table.
Included in the list will be some
so legislators who stood shoulder
to shoulder to beat back the poll
ticians whose devious methods
threatened for a time the very life
blood of the anti-salmon trap law.
Caravans of spoftsmen are
scheduled to roll in from various
parts of the state.
John r. Hurley, Mount Vernon
Legislature representative, will be
the principal speaker. He was one
of the main leaders in the fight
that gave No. II continued life.
William Leroy LaFollette,
Colfax, and Fred Martin.
Rockport. Skagit county. will
be other principal speakers.
They, too, are members of
the state legislature.
Earl Colson, sr.. Tacoma, will
be general chairman. while At
torney Rex Roudebush, long a
fighter for the great conservation
law. will be master of ceremonies.
Sportsmen intending to sit in on
the dinner and later participate in
the big dance are urged to obtain
their tickets early There is a
limited number, which may be
purchased at numerous agencies
through the city principally hard
ware stores. sporting goods stores
and leading cigar stores.
Dancing will begin at 10 p. m.
Purse seiners and their families
will play an important part in the
event. Four years ago at the last
Victory Dinner one of the features
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All Is Ready For No. "a Victory Dinner, Dance
Fife Trojjans
Win Contest

Excellent support behind Pete
Meilo's fourhit pitching gave
Fife Trojans a so victory over
Eatonville Cruisers in an opening
Pierce County league tilt played
at Fife yesterday. Mello struck
out is.
Mel Anderson only allowed
the Trojans five hits but er-
rors BY his mates at crucial
times proved hiss undoing.
Two of the Cruisers four hits
were collected by Anderson.
Sakahara's double in the fifth
inning drove in two Fife runs
after one had scored previously on
an error. Fife scored again in the
sixth and seventh.
r. n. f.
EatonYille .......... u .
Fife ............ ) ) /
NJ. Anderson and II. Nordstrom;
Mello and Davis
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Yanks-Dodgers
BY UNITED PRESS

NEW YORk-The Now York
Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers
open a three-game series today at
Ebbets field. Brooklyn won
14-12 smuggling match yesterday
for their fourth straight over the
Yanks.
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Amateur Boxers
Battle Tonight

SAN FRANCISCO -Thirty-two
survivors of 1853 original entrants
square off tonight in the CIVIC
Auditorium in semi-final and final
bouts to determine the eight 1899
champions of the National A. A.
L. tournament
The youngsters make new
draw Of opponents today and then
start swinging leather in bouts
which show up the class of the
nations amateurs.
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OREGON NINE WINS

EUGENE, Ore. - last-inning
rally netted the University of Ore
gon baseball team three runs and
a . to Z victory over Oregon Nor
mai here yesterday.
Mallory. oregon infielder.
spanked the Webfoot batting spree.
and accounted for four safeties in
four times at bat, one home-run.
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BOSTON BRUINS
SEEM SHOO.lN

TORONTO. Ont.-The Boston
Bruins, holding 81 game lead
over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
looked like shoo-in today for
their first Stanley cup in 10 years.
The price-makers skyrocketed
the odds to Al favoring the Bruins
after they had blanked the Leafs
20 In the fourth game of the
best-of-seven series last night.
Both squads leave tonight for
Boston. where the fifth game will
be played Sunday. The Bruins
were made SIS fsvoritics to take
the cup with the fifth game.
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CAMS TO PLAY

Cammarano Brothers. City Glass
A softball team, plays Chemical
Workers. City Glass B entry. in a
game at Mckinley No. 2 diamond
Friday night starting sharply at
$50 O'Clock. All former Bottlers
and the new candidates arc re-
quested to show for the important
tilt.
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BOISE PILOTS SET

BOISE. Ida. - Hayden Walker,
owner OF the Boise Pilots team of
the Pioneer Baseball league. re-
turned here today from the Pilots
training camp at Prosser. Wash.
TO announce his players ready to
open against Lewiston al Lewiston
Nav ?.
The Pilots will play an exhibition
game against Spokane, April 10.
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Medley distance Ed Anderson. Stan
Bowie. Chester Dyer. julius Beck
Shuttle hurdle Bill Tucker. Stan
Morton. Gale Smith. Russ Soper
Nile relay. class A: Jim Nelson.
BUD Phelps, Ray Marchesini, Harold
LeWtas
Senior 100 dash. Bob Lambert
Junior 100 dash. Stan Morton
Pole vault: Jerry Wilhelmsen,
George Warter Benny Blair.
High jump Jerry Wilhelmsen
Arnold SandYig Benny Blair
Shot: Dick Brewitt. Bliss Croft, Jim
Inge
Discus: Bliss Croft, Bruce john
son, Fred Angus, Jim lnge.
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SOFTBAI.L PRACTICE

Musicians softball team will
hold practice with the Tacoma
Avenue club Sunday at l O'Clock.
Mckinley field. A practice game
with the Eagles is billed for Tues
day at 6 p. m. Mckinley field.
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BOWLING

Eight teams are battling for the
second half championship of the
Glass B City bowling league as
the circuit heads into its final
week of play next Thursday.
Two of the strong teams, Ait
Heidelberg and Crystalline. are
tied for the top spot. Russ Mich
aels Service and Reese's BARRIERS
are next in line, one point behind
the two leaders. Myers Curb Ser
vice. Tryfon Hatters, Johnny's
Tavern and Triple X Barrel still
have chance to gain at least
tie for first place.
Jerry Warden, shooting for
Washington Hardware, led the
Class B league bowlers Thurs
day night, shooting 22s, 1873
and eli. for a 632 total.
Ed Cuppernull. Warden's
teammate, checked In with the
high single game. rolling a big
266 count in his first game.
Jim Shaughnessy had no little
part in placing the Alt Heidelberg
team in the top berth, for he roll
ed 1911, 225 and 100, TO reach SOC.
Rick johnson was the power
house for Reese's Barber Shop,
registering 200, 203 and 203 to
score COG.
Joe Bysak's total for Triple Y
Barrel was only one pin behind
Warden's top score of the session.
His games were 1919. 23s and 1874.
and the total 631. Cuppernull
finished with 610 for Washington
Hardware.
Bill johnson and Fred Lougheed
led the News Tribune pinmen in
piling up a 1900 total for the
best team score. Johnson finished
with 622 and Lougheed followed
with 613.
MOORE BETTERS 500
Charley Moore rolled 607 for
Marge's Lunch and Frank Hoff-
man missed the 600 circle by one
lone pin. Cy kachulis fouled.
Other high scores were: Dick
McNerthney 5S4, NJ. {. Jones
572, John Fijalka 573, Ted
Rivers 57S, Oscar Carlson SO,
Paul Schaeffer $50, Bill Daily
57I, Morris Gray 516, Joe
PenOwich $50 and Art An
COVE 583.
In the league race, Crystalike
won four from Stevens & Vetter,
Alt Heidelberg won three from
Tryfon Hatters, Reese's BARRIERS
won four from Johnny's Tavern,
Washington Hardware won three
from Triple X Barrel De Luxe
Beer won three from South Ia
coma Boosters, Carlson-McCallum
won three from erwin-Williams,
News Tribune, won three from
Myers Curb Service. Marge's
Lunch won four from Dale's Ser
vice. Tacoma Milk Producers won
three from Meadow Park Golf
course. and City Light won four
from Russ Michael's Service.
Ed MCGOWAN was the top scor-
er in the matches of the Eagles
league with us single game and
a 465 total.
The annual Pot o. Gold
handicap tournament is sched-
uled for the Broadway alleys
this weekend. starting Satur-
day night and continuing
through Sunday. Already. Is
teams are entered. II il
handicap tournament, with
1000 scratch. A big prize
goes to the first place winner.
Teams may bowl As many
times a. they wish BY chang
ing one man in the lineup each
time.
Vance Mcclure, secretary of the
City association. has called atten-
ton to the fact that all entries IN
the Northwestern international
Bowling Congress must be in the
mail not later than Saturday night.
The Northwest classic will be held
IN Spokane, starting April 26.
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was the charm of the Gig Harbor
district young women. They al
most stole the show. as the saying
Is. Undoubtedly they'll repeat to-
morrow night.
The women's committee will be
Mrs. Gerald Dixon, chairman;
Mrs. Barney jackson. Mrs. w. A.
Richmond and Mrs. Ed Pettus.
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Yesterdays Results
Seattle 4. Oakland 2.
Sacramento 10. Hollywood s.
Los Angeles 10. Portland 5.
San Diego p. san Francisco !.
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so Lawmakers
Honor Guests

CPORTSMEN conservaonsts and lovers of the outdoor,
with their folk. take their turn in the spotlight
tomorrow night at $50 o'clock the Winthrop hotel.
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you might argue, . faith In the
great sport h firmly established
b IT. heart Of fand0m
Jockey Meade was barred from
the nations tracks in 1884, when
Il was found he had bet on horses
other than his own mounts In the
same races In which he was han
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Kitchen Herb Farm
F|ourishes Nearby

Only u miles from Washington
on Bradley boulevard is one Of the
most unusual farming projects In
the entire country, an herb farm.
It is called weathered Oak Herb
Farm and lies on Is acres Of sculp-
tured hills and rolling country. Pro-
prietors of the farm are Mrs. Flor
ence Bratenahl and Charles H. Mer-
ryman, and their project Is just
about two years old.
In q way, the intensive cultivation
of herbs and small shrubs which
goes on here, may be said to serve
dual purpose. Many Of these plants
are particularly valuable and use.
full for landscaping purposes, and
Mrs. Bratenahl is a landscape archi.
tect. From another point Of view.
the fresh leaves of many rare herbs.
as well as the dried, crushed product,
are useful for the subtle seasoning
of foods when one Is thinking Of
cookery as an art rather than as
slap-dash matter.
It would probably be impossible to
name all the herbs which are grown
at Weathered Oak "for flavoring and
for fragrance" Even the names
suggest poetry and those sections Of
biblical literature which make men
ton Of delightful items outside our
usual experience. For example, there
are lemon balm, lemon verbena, am
brosia Cor oak Of Jerusalem), an
gelica. anise, five kinds Of basil.
betony, our lady's bedstraw, camo.
mile, chervil, chives, clary, coriander,
peppermint geranium, hyssop, lovage,
marjoram, 10 kinds of mint dnclud-
ing apple mint. horehound, penny
royal, saffron, sorrel, tarragon, tansy,
thyme and many others.
All this, however. covers but In
completely the charm Of the place,
with its timbered rooms in the herb
house, the well-stocked cupboards.
the small herb plots, the sheltered
beehives.
Those Washingtonians who long
for their own little farms In the
nearby country will find here some
thing Of which they have been
dreaming, for, while this is q real
farm, 1t Is also the last word in
artistry. It seems to represent
country life as the wearied city
dweller would Ike it.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

get switched, the flyer on Coinage
Operations" will dispel your fears
very quickly. For there we learn
that, while nickel and bronze coins
are not all weighed separately-as
are the silver pieces-"blanks" of
these metals are weighed "at fire.
quent intervals .. to test and keep
them to the proper legal weight"
And. speaking of form letters,
Director Ross staff got out a special
letter on the flag story. But most
inQuirers asked them so many other
questions that individual answers
are required.
British Experience.
Our British cousins can sympa-
thize with them, for the 1887 issues
of King George vi imperial coinage
which included a new 12-sided
3-penny piece-caused many a fur
rowed brow in the royal mint.
At first there was the usual rush
to obtain sets of the new currency
and the somewhat novel 3-penny
piece >. changed hands at a very
handsome premium" Soon, how
ever, the public wanted to know
about the heraldry of the royal
crest of Scotland" (Which appears
on the reverse side of some shillings)
or what particular ship had made its
appearance on the n penny. Cor
respondents were assured, too, that
no profound significance was to be
attached to the appearance of a
wren on the farthing."
The new type Of 3-penny piece got
the proverbial lions share Of atten-
ton, however. In fact, Just such q
crop Of stories accumulated as have
grown up about the Jefferson nickel.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Strange Pets Once Roamed
Lawns Of Mount Vernon

hunters but untrustworthy. The one
called Vulcan, and used as body
guard for Master Gusts, brought
complete disgrace upon himself by
making off with a large ham In.
tended for Christmas dinner.
The purchase of a parrot is re-
corded IN the diary. From China
came golden pheasants and Chinese
geese, which Washington wrote
were the most foolish geese he
had ever SEEN" On a visit to
Mount Vernon Gouverneur Morris
brought with him two Chinese pigs,
adding to the unusual collection Of
Oriental animals.
Spanish Jacks.
Washington was the first Ameri-
can to attempt to raise mules. A
gift Of two jacks from the King of
Spain was a diplomatic gesture. ex-
planned by the pending matter Of
the navigation of the Mississippi
River. Although such gifts were
contrary to the Spanish law, which
prohibited the expectation Of jacks
Tor breeding purposes, 1t Is now evi-
dent that the settlement Of the
Mississippi River negotiations was
not affected in the least by this
donation.
Royal Gift, the only jack who
survived the voyage, was sent on
tour of the South with a Spanish
groom. Later In 1856 Gen. Lafay-
cite sent from the island Of Malta
jack and two jennets. The jack
was named Knight of Malta and
was smaller than Royal Gift, but
had the ferocity Of a tiger. In
crossing the two strains Washing
ton obtained a jack which he called
Compound. His plans for using q
pair Of mules to draw his carriage
never materiaNzed.
The deer park, which is now an
open sweep of lawn. once held many
English fallow deer and Virginia
native deer.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

1t might be pointed out, is that they
are not only expensive. but Of a
long-range type not vitality needed
in Western Europe, where distances
are comparatively short and only a
few hundred miles separate the
capitals of the nations involved in
the current armament race.
To Judge aircraft entirely on
speed, to look at the problem from
another angle, is to oversimplify a
very complicated problem. Maneu-
verability is most important factor
and must be sacrificed to some de-
gree to attain greater speed. The
fastest plane Is not always the
easiest to handle in combat. Al
ready plans for developing two dif-
ferent types, one stressing speed and
another maneuverability, are under
consideration. In the same way
special attention has been paid to
planes capable Of climbing rapidly,
resulting in development Of the in
terceptor planes able to reach alti-
tudes Of 25,000 or 10000 feet in a
few minutes to fight of hostile
bombers operating at those alti-
tudes.
Meanwhile, the Army has devoted
attention to development of new
types, including two which repre-
sent radical departures from con-
ventional models. One, the Airacuda,
is two-motored monoplane pri-
marily of the pursuit type, but
mounting two cannon firing pinch
shells. 1t is designed to combat
enemy bombers above the range of
anti-aircraft batteries on the ground.
The other is the stratosphere plane,
which is expected eventually to re-
suit in new type of high altitude
craft for both observation and
bombing. 1t has a range of 1000
miles and carries a crew of six in
a sealed cabin at a cruising speed of
800 miles an hour at IS 900 feet alti-
tude. It was designed for q maxi
Evening star., 1939-04-23

seemed to feel that here was good
chance to make a little ready change.
Such ideas die hard, always-and
meanwhile telephones ring and the
postman's pack looks like the week
before Christmas.
Flag Omission.
If the Jefferson nickel is recalled,
suggested the original flash, it might
be because "the flag has been left
of the Capitol" Now, that really
irked the technicians over in the
mint offices. The building portrayed
is, of course, not the Capitol, but
Monticello, "Jefferson's historical
home near Charlottesville" And
hadn't they had the word Month
cello" printed on the coin "in order
to identify the architecture?" Dear
me! Their worst suspicious were
confirmed-people didn't know Mon
ticello when they saw it!
But there was no flag included
in the Schlag design for the Jef1er-
son nickel, which was announced by
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau last year as the winner In a
81 600 national competition. Some
Slight revisions" were made in the
model and experts commenced the
details and intricate work of perfect
ing the design. Then on October
l, 1888, Mrs. Ross announced that
the three coinage mints were pre-
pared to strike of the new nickel
at a rapid rate"
To date, more than so million of
these shiny new pieces have been
minted and the presses are turning
out others at the rate Of two to
three hundred thousand daily. And
will continue to do 50. For-radio
commentators notwtthstandiug-the
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Bv Edna J. Roberts.

Hidden within the yellOWeo pages
of the diary of George Washington
in the archives of the Library OF
Congress is the story Of the pets OF
Mount Vernon. The animals, rang
ing from Oriental geese, French
hounds, Spanish jacks, Argentine
parrots to Chinese pigs and Arabian
horses, were gathered from all parts
of the world and there Is a ques-
ton whether there ever was In one
household such a variety Of pets.
Nearly all of these animals were
sent to Washington as gifts and
they remained to become part Of
the life on his great estate and win
their way into the affections of the
family.
Horses came first with Gen.
Washington and in his stables were
the finest breeds that could be pur-
chased. Blueskin and Nelson, old
war horses, ended their days peace
fully in the Virginia fields. There
were PAGERS. referred to as Narra-
gansetts, and described by James
Fenimore Cooper in his Last of the
Mohicans" as horses who moved
both legs on side forward at the
same time" It was while riding
one of these horses that Washing
ton took his only recorded tumble
from a horse. At % years of age
he had spent more time in the sad
die and Travelled over a greater part
Of the Colonies than any other man
Of his time. Among his favorite
thoroughbreds were Samson, Steady,
Traveller and Magnolia, and the
full-blooded Arabians who once ran
in a race for a purse.
Hunting Dogs.
Hunting dogs were also a hobby
with the general, and it gave him
the greatest satisfaction to place
his finest dogs against the cunning
Of the fox. He went to the extent
Of recording in his diary the names
of the successful dogs. Gen. Lafay-
cite once sent Washington a pack
of French hounds as a gift, enor-
nous brutes with fierce tempers,
although their names do not reveal
them as such. They were called
Mopsey, faster, Cloe, Lady, For
rester and Captain. Lady had four
puppies called Vulcan, Searcher,
Rover and Sweetlips.
Although these dogs came with
high recommendations as hunting
dogs they proved to be a great dis
appointment and when brought to
the test were not only Indifferent
Evening star., 1939-04-23
By Mary Jane Brumley.

When radio commentator deli
cately limited, not long ago, that
the new Jefferson nickel might be
withdrawn from circulation he start
ed something. Several things, to
be exact.
The telephones in the director of
the mint's office, for instance. Calls
came pouring in from the District,
from nearby Maryland and Virginia
and even from Baltimore. There
were long-distance calls, too. Peo-
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Today This Country Cannot
Claim Superior Planes
Quantity Problem Not Serious,
Experts Agree Stress
Need for Quality

crease In production of commercial
planes, the aviation industry could
produce 1000 military planes and
more than 10000 engines a year.
Production at World War speed,
should the need ever arise, is huge
problem, but one for which a solid
foundation has been built. If the
time comes when speed is needed
the Army and the American avi-
alton industry can provide it,
whether in making planes or in the
planes themselves.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Excited inquirers," states the an
nual report of the deputy master
and controller of the royal mint,
asked whether 1t was true that
the issue was to be withdrawn and
reminted because =. full stop had
been used in the inscription instead
of a colon" Worried citizens asked
If the money could be used as legal
tender for bus fares or in church
collections. And we offer this as
the prize selection (and so, doubt
less, would the deputy master and
controller, some persons asked If the
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Liberty Motor Is Bright
Chapter in Air History
Peacetime Research Is Vital
In Keeping Aeronautical
Industry Up.to.Date
By Ben II. Pearse

The strains Of martial music from Washngtons Memorial
in suite in the Willard Hotel and issued orders be
the
the authorized only before beboy waiter
Willard staff tell
.Atmpts British French and italian
complications
accomplishing fair while the allies spreading
Hall had developed the HalScott engine
of Packard Motor completely adapted
mi and
Evening star., 1939-04-23

pie everywhere wanted to know If
coinage OF the Jefferson nickel would
really stop. And, If so, how much
would the existing coins be worth,
and would the value mount quickly?
Just the sort of questions that any
OF us might ashland that some of
us did ask, probably.
And, although mint officials as
sured all comers that the nickel was
mere to stay, the rumors grew and
grew. They spread to the rural
areas and letters flooded into Mint
director Nellie Tayloe Ross Office.
Ihe questions asked were substan-
tlally the same as those emanat-
Ing from local folk, Everybody