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Evening star., 1939-06-18
BY ROBERT MYERS,
Associated Press Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES, June 1.-Two
new records went into the books and
Southern CALIFORNIA; mighty Trojan
forces rode on to their fifth con-
secutive triumph today as the 18th
annual national collegiate track and
field championships came to a close
in brilliant climax of the 1899
college season.
Thirty thousand spectators. largest
crowd in the history of the N. C. A.
A. and the biggest track turnout here
since the 1882 Olympics, witnessed
the colorful spectacle.
Record smashing feature of the
day came when chunky Gregory
Rice Of Notre Dame reeled off the
2-mile grind in minutes 2.6 seconds.
leaving gallant Ralph Schwarzkopf
OF Michigan to trail by 9 yards in
second place and the N. c. A. A.
meet record of 9 minutes Ill seconds
set by Walter Mehl of Wisconsin a
year ago to fall
Woodruff Completes Sweep.
Long John Woodruff of Pittsburgh
closed his college career by winning
for the third straight year the $50 in
minute 5l.3 seconds. and Pete
Zagar of Stanford retained his discus
title with winning throw of 1854
feet a inch.
Elmer Glamour Boy Hackney of
Kansas State failed to better the
shotput mark he set in yesterdays
prehmlnarles and it stays at IS feet
1873 inches as the new N. C. A. A,
and American record.
Southern California captured four
flrst places and won the team cham
plonship with S6 points.
Stanford. as expected. finished
second in the team standings with
46'4 points, with Michigan next
with 81. Washington State %. Wis
consin % and Rice 20, to list the
leaders.
Zamperini Slow in Mile.
Starting off with the mile, when
Troy's Louie Zamperini retained his
title with Disappointing time of
minutes 1876 seconds after quelling
a threat offered by Wisconsin's ex-
2-miler, Mehl, and John Munski of
Missouri. the meet was a succession
of thrills.
Flying Fred Wolcott from Rice re-
tanned his two hurdle titles, while
Stanford's Clyde Jeffrey ran to an
upset victory over Defending Cham
plon Mozel Ellerbe of Tuskegee in
the 100 to ring up the first of his
double victories for the day. Jeffrey
did the 100 in 0:09.8 and ran away
with the 220 in O:21.1.
Wolcott bested Earl Vickerv of
U. S. c. in the low hurdles and raced
to an easy win in the hiphs when
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Dodgers GET Schott,
Hur|er, From Pills.;
LEI Sington Go
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June lin two swift
deals today the Brooklyn Dodgers
claimed Pitcher Gene Schott on
waiver from the Philadelphia Phil
lies and released Outflelder Fred
Sington outright to Louisville OF the
American Association.
Schott, a sinker-ball specialist who
started the season with the Gin
cinnati Reds, has appeared in only
three games and his only decision
was a defeat in a one-inning re-
lief appearance for the Phils Sum
day against the Reds.
The intra- a-league waiver price is
5000.
Sington came to the Dodgers late
last season from the Knoxville club
In the Southern Association, but
never showed the hitting power ex-
pected Of him.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Yale Po|oists Rally,
Whip Harvard for
College Title
ES the Associated Press.

~ ire HSSOC1ateu Press.
BEDMINSTER, N. j.. June H.
Yale University's polo team rallied
in the second half to gain the ma
tional intercollegiate championship
today on 12-to-5 victory over
Harvard, the defending title holder.
A. L. Corey of Yale took high
scoring honors with five goals.
Three of them were set up by his
teammate, c. M. Mott Wooley, jr.
The Duchess of Rox burghe of
Roxburgheshire, Scotland flew here
to present the trophy to the Yale
team. 1t was the Bulldogs first leg
on the cup held previously by West
Point and Harvard.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

STUNNING UPSET-Here is
the finish Of the mile of the
century" at Princeton yester-
day, in which Chuck Fenske
of Wisconsin was the winner,
and Sydney Wooderson Of
Great Britain finished fifth
and last. Glenn Cunningham
was second, Archie San Ro-
mani third and Blaine Ride
out fourth. Wooderson was
fourth when this picture was
snapped but gave way to Ride
out. "A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

POMPTON LAKES, N. j., June
17.-Scooparade: Joe Louis has
promised to put Tony Galento to
sleep between 1853 and 2:04 of
the first heat. If the Jersey rae
ing bill passes they'll start out
with three tracks-one just across
the George Washington Bridge,
another near Camden and a third
in the Red Bank area. o. B.
Keeler, the Atlanta Journals
great golf authority, who has
covered 20 straight open tour
naments, says this years was
his last. To which all who know
the old fire hoss retort:: "Nertz!
Tell us another, o. B."
One minute interview. Ed
Bank, Cleveland News: II pre-
dict Earl Averiu will give the
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Mats and Browns
In Double Bill

The Mats today are creating a
synthetic double-header in an
attempt to lure a sizable crowd
to Griffith Stadium, moving to-
morrow's game with St. Louis up
to today in order to provide the
twin bill. .
Dutch Leonard and Joe Kra-
kauskas will hurl for Washing
. ton, with Roxie Lawson and Ver-
non Kennedy slated to pitch for
the Browns.
The first game will start at
lao O'Clock.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Tribe Options Drake,
So SeweII Is UseubIe
Bv the Associated Press.

Br the Associated Press.
BOSTON, June 1.-THE Cleve-
land Indians today optioned Pitch
er Tom Drake to Buffalo of the In
ternational League to make room
on the active list for Coach Luke
Sewell.
The latter will return to catching
duties in the event he is needed
to help Catcher Rollie Hemsley.
The Indians only other catcher,
frankie Pytlak, is nursing a fin
ger fracture.
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Blaine Saws Wooderson Did Bumpinq

under the concrete stands there were
many runners wanted know what
happened explain So the American
lads did the explaining.
the sme event
Blaine who under shower 1t
finally departed leaving
only Blaine
Il didn't foul Wooderson explained
ne calm Blaine shutters
never foued runner in my life tried Woodeon and
each time he bore out and had drop
Instead of making
kept straight
His elbow hit in the
kept
After walked apoogized humping
but, as told Wooderson did the humping
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Little Woody Held in No Awe

pricked attentive heard
for him and he moved he said:
There's the greatest of them all He
ton than Genns 1000 miles
mobile and delivering
than they but his backs
Glenn didn't break this
that to Cunningham
his blank until months
couple of to audby,
fellow who holds the world
the field he faced today few laughs from
speculation.
a great miller
the
runner We thought the significant
mile which obviously
the his Brianic
muscle shifted "Ah
England" beloved. Big
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Hamilton Nine to PIoy

Hamilton Decorators will assemble
at noon at Sixteenth and u streets
NV, before going to Oxon Hill for
game with the newly organized
Duty All-Stars at 2:30
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Hit Too Many Peaks, Says Logan

Glenn Cunningham
took Blaine by the led him held whispered
versaion the assembled separated
the mob converged Cunningham
Il didn't humping
lap? I'll
know better than get boxed If didn't have racing
fault Glenn didn't
bystanders thought
faded and he did indeed glorious
had lead hit the
particularly interested Roland
tenow-Ka who takes of the they call Od Bones
But Mr. Logan himself holding with
Roland willing talk Wooderson"
saying s that he has been hitting
been running miles England another
All Of his
lows have been running him. Wooderson
like this and he couldn't stand the pace"
Evening star., 1939-06-18

lSee STAN, Page E-4)
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Major League Statistics
AMERICAN.
Resulfa Vasfardav
SUNDAY. JUNE Is, 1899.

WASHINGTON. 4; St. Louis, 3 u1 innines)
New York. L; Detroit, O.
Philadelphia. s. Chicago. g
Cleveland-Boston. cold and wet grounds.
STANDINGS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
That Food Stamp Plan

Prospects that Tacoma may be of the cities
where the federal government will install its stamps for
surplus foods PLAN Seattle of the original cities
where the experiment is being tried out and apparently the
scheme has been most successful If extended to 100 more
cities, Tacoma has good chance of being selected
Within few months it will be possible to judge
whether this of distributing foodsufs success
fully solves the problem of surplus utilizing them for
the needy rather than destroying them.
Those relief may take much of their relief allow
they wish orange stamps good at all cooperating
groceries For each 81 orange stamp bought 50cent blue
stamp also given But this blue stamp good only for the
purchase foods of which there embarrassing
surplus up including butter flour cereal pro-
ducts citrus FRUITS pears and fresh vegetables Cotton
goods and lard may be added in the fall
OF course the government then redeems the stamps
when the who has collected them turns them in
Something under 500 900 already appropriated by con-
sress for reducing commodity SURPRISES will have been
spent The key the plan that grocers handling greater
volume products and Others be able to reduce
prices Of them and thus induce greater consump
on and business among those not on relief
careful study this winter shows that has worked that
way congress may decide that its got something there
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
By All Mean. Let
Have . Moral Revival

There signs scattered through the that the
United States Is about to have moral revival
It's long overdue. good could be made for the
theory that the failure of the world the 20
years il moral failure That failure is all evident in
withdrawing nations and in cynical governments
dona, state and local. well in personal relations
It questionable whether all the staggering losses of
the World in in material and in money total
to the loss in moral force which has been restored
The tragic part of moral revvals of this kind that
they often spend themselves nonessentas and in
tepreting morality in the terms of strictly
sonA conduct produce tempess of sound and fury amid
which the great social abuses go unscathed
The Governor Dickinson type of person is capable of
fousng storm Of indignation the sight of cocktail
strous of mmoraites There is type of person who
remain mute in the face of the grossly immoral
civic corruption There type which is scandalized by
brief bathing suit but is silent in the face of the moral
degradation of those who to racial preudces and
class hatreds And the result is sent to prison for
life for possessing pint of whisky and perfectly respec
able citizens hauled off to the local caaboose for trimming
hedge on Sunday afternoon
In short. many welntentioned moralsts train their
heaviest the mice of the moral unges and let the
elephants rampant.
To demand decent peaceabe friendly relations among
nations demand honest effective and fair
frsament ct home demand honesty and fair treatment
in business labor, and industrial relations there is field
ample in to absorb the energies Of all moral revival
ists It il field the real intent Of the word
morals than reversion to wtch-hunt against
cocktail drinking cigaret smoking and petting in the park
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
rRvDAY. AUG. 4, 1889

After the early morning hours
benefic aspects rule today, sc-
cording to astrology. Ones juds-
ment may be too optimistic to
be reliable. Important decisions
should be postponed.
Confidence in business Is en-
couraged by the stars while this
CONFORMATION prevails. Good
feeling will stimulate profitable
enterprise through the autumn.
This is an suspicious rule for
initiative and launching ambi-
tious projects. Capital may be
released under this sway.
This planetary government Is
more fortunate for men In active
business than for those who
possess wealth. New fortunes
will be made in the autumn.
but financial risks should be
avoided.
Labor should be fairly for
tunate today. Amicable ADJUST
ments with employers are pres
aged. New leaders are to be
chosen In several organizations.
the seers foretell.
Women may expect aid and
advice from friends today. but
romance viii not flourish Com
petition for high business or
political positions will be un-
lucky for girls,
The evening is suspicious for
social affairs. The stars en-
courage discussions of public
affairs. Forums will flourish
next month when peace viii be
strongly advocated.
A leader in India In TO reach
the end Of his career at an early
date, II is prognosticated. Ben
gal may be disturbed by COM
munistic agitation.
Persons whose birthdate il IL
have the augury of a year of
happiness. Conrtship and mar
rage are presaged for many.
Temptation to extravagsnce Ii
Indicated.
Children born on this day
probably will be decided in
character and lofty In ideals.
These subjects ef Leo usually
command great success Many
! travel widely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to the
woman's page for the answers.
/. Which famous writer of de-
tective stories used an a char
acter an Andaman Islander in
one of his stories7
2. What is an oligarchy?
8. Which boxing bout drew
the largest gate receipts +.
4. Was the name of the vessel
in which Henry Hudson discov-
cred the Hudson river the Full
MOON. "Halfmoon" or Moon
BEAM
s. What is the name for the
largest of the anthropoid apes7
6. Who was the starting
pitcher for the American league
in the All-Star baseball game
recently played at Yankee sta
dunn,
Z. What is the name for the
solid part of the EARTH
8. What is the correct pro-
nunciation Of the word covetous .
Q. For what organization do
the initials CLIO stand.
10. Name the state for which
Evergreen" is the nickname.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
REASSERTs STAND ON
THE WPA STRIKE

Editor, The Times: The tenn
per and the bias of the resent
ment expressed against any i'm
partial comment on the recent
strike of WPA workers against
the government only substan-
tiates the criticism of the strike
thus far made.
The strikes were largely pro-
NOTED by those WPA members
of radical tendencies, persons
with definite leanings toward
communicate or totalitarianistic
government ideas. Ii they SO
keenly resented arbitrary action
of our government. we wonder
what they would do If every ac-
tivity and relationship was arbi-
trarily controlled and regulated
by the administrative powers
and you would have to like it
and say nothing or off to prison
or the execution wall for you.
The action of our government
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ergy was not always well d.
rected. After they had safely
crossed the Snake river IN the
covered prairie schooners.
somebody made the suggestion
that il would be easier TO float
down the river than to drive
over the rough trail. When they
asked advice of traders who
were established near the Sec
ond crossing on the Snake river,
they replied that 1t was feasible
and much easier than trying TO
follow the trail. They followed
that advice with an offer 10 buy
the stock and extra equipment
OF those who wanted to try the
water route. A number of fool
ish ones accepted the offer.
They sold for less than half the
value of the property and none
of them completed the trip by
water.
The converted wagon boxes
served the purpose In still
water but were no good In
swift currents and rapids.
Most of them we're wrecked
and the operators reached
shore with only the wet cloth
ing they wore. They became
objects of charity which had
the willingness but lacked the
resources TO more than help
them keep soul And body to-
gether.
The experiment WAS profitable
to the traders only. After hay-
ing reconditioned the stock they
had bought for song they sold
the animals to other emigrants
who had money to replenish
their teams.
1t was at the second cross
ing of the Snake river that
Meeker replenished his finan-
ces. For moderate sum he
offered the use of his con-
verted prairie schooner to
transport those who were in
too much of q hurry to take
time TO caulk a wagon box.
In a little more than week
he had made $40.
He might have stayed in the
ferry business indefinitely, but
the strenuous life on the trail
was beginning to tell on his
wife and baby. Rather than
jeopardize tn cir health he
abandoned the project and hur-
ried down the Columbia. He
arrived at the Willamette with
only S2.75 of the $40 left. 1t
was an expensive trip. compare
lively, but the mother and baby
we're saved.
Friday: Getting a start in the
new land.
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pie don't realize-and can pick
and choose his next job. He does.
however. want to have great In
fluence in the next presidential
campaign-as a national rather
than a local figure.
Here is where his scheme TO
run for the bench enters the pic
ture- Suppose he makes the
judgeship campaign as an in
dependent next fall and rolls up
= tremendous vote both upstate
and down-stste, though not &C
tually winning. Under such cir
cumstances the politicos of both
parties-Democratic and Repub-
lican-wilI be begging for his
support in 1910. And that kind
Of hmelixht would soothe his
restless spirit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
BRIGHT MOMENTS
IN GREAT LIVES

Lord Kitchener. one of Eng
lands grea est fighting men, had
no use for favorites. Early in
his career in the orient a young
officer was sent To him by the
war office. He reported, and
Kitchener asked him if he knew
when the next steamer sailed for
England. Il have not looked it
up, sir the officer replied.
We'll" snapped Kitchener. you
look it up and sail back home on
the steamer"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
RAINING MOUNTAIN
| IGHT
Continued from Page One }

certain White House spokesman
in their campaign to smear the
vice president" Lewis shouted
1t from the housetop. whereas
they have been whispering it to
newspaper mouthpieces and par
ty orators.
Despite their anger, the Tex
ans political friends really well
coined the incident. figuring that
it strengthened the v. P.'s hand.
1t gave numerous prominent
Democrats on Capitol Hill the
opportunity to express their deep
esteem for him without endors-
ing him politically. Privately
they favor Gamers candidacy,
but they had thought it discreet
to withhold their views until
after congress adjourned. They
seized this explosion as chance
to engage In a bit of exploding
themselves.
Several state delegations-and
numerous powerful bosses = Of
fered to wind up their vindica-
tons of Mr.. Gamers personal
habits with a definite endorse
mcnt of his 1910 candidacy. But
the shrewd man from Uvalde
counseled against any precipitate
action at this particular time.
A steady stream of political
farmers has been invading Henry
Wallace's offices the last few
days to protest against the ter
rifle drop in prices of major
crops--and to demand that he
do something about 1t. Not since
the waning days of the Hoover
administration have members
from agricultural areas been so
disturbed. II holds a distant
threat to them and the 1910 ma
uonA ticket.
AAA's private reports fore
cast near-record lows for corn,
wheat. hogs. cottonseed oil, cot
ton and other staples for the
coming year. Bumper crops and
heavy carry-overs insure a small
err return to the farmer, despite
benefit checks. The major farm
organizations here sourcd on the
Wallace farm program months
ago. but the new and dangerous
factor is the spirit of discomfort
prevailing ong individual
farmers and their spokesman on
Capitol Hill.
This situation explains Wal
lace's decision TO extend the sys-
TEN OF furnishing iow-priced food
TO reliefers to hundreds of sddi-
tional cities-his emergency con-
ferences with workers and adj
visers in the field-his approval
OF barter business and export
subsidies he once condemned.
The 1899 farm revolt calls for
desperate remedies.
Fiorello La Gusrdis's closest
friends doubt that he really in
tends TO run for the office Of
chief justice of the court of APP
peals of New York state. They
think the resourceful mayor is
playing some smart ls4o politics.
La Guardis hates the law, and
would not be happy on the bench.
He has frequently said that Il
he quits politics at the end Of
his present term - and he has
given that promise to Mrs. La
Guardia he wants to teach or
write. He viii retire with an
+. xlk0Oo penaon-which most peo-
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Oregon Trailers Take
To the Water
Prairie Schooner Venture
Worked Both Ways
Traders Advice Leaves
emierenfs Stranded
Meeker Sets Ouf of
Tight Spot
because he had conserved
~ the strength of his cattle.
Ezra Meeker arrived at the
Snake river ahead of many who
had passed him on the trail.
After aping the cholera
scourge which took such heavy
toll from the emigrant train
there was little out of the ordi-
nary az far as the Meekers were
concerned. There was the usual
ily routine - making and
breaking camp, preparing for
possible attacks which. fortu-
nately, did not materialize, be-
ing satisfied with a reasonable
days progress and rationing out
the proportionate share Of the
supplies.
Aeeker had spent most of his
money buying the outfit and
supplies for the trip. He had
very little cash when he started,
but that did not worry him. He
had figured that there would be
no opportunity to spend money
on the trail but found that he
was mistaken. When he reached
the Snake river crossing he
found that his cash had dribbled
away, and he did not have money
enough to pay the ferry charge
to the other side.
To continue down the south
side of the river where there
was little feed for the cattle
meant that the animals prob
ably would starve. Meeker was
stumped until it was suggested
that the box of the prairie
schooner" might serve as
boat. 1t was worth trying. The
wagon was taken apart and
everybody in the party was set
at the job of caulking the
cracks.
A few hours completed the
job, and when the box was
pushed into the water it looked
to them as beautiful a piece of
marine construction as the
Queen Mary does to this gen.
GRAFTON. Why the boxes of the
wagons built for the trail were
shaped to be so perfectly con-
verted into boats nobody knows,
but they did serve that purpose
admirably. 1t was just one of
those mysterious things that
contribute to so many essential
performances.
The Meeker party crossed
without mishap. Dandy, the
big OK with an intelligence
that was almost human, went
into the water at Meeker's
bidding and started for the
opposite shore, and the other
cattle followed him.
The incident at the Snake
river crossing is one of many
which emphasize the almost un-
limited possibilities of human
endeavor intelligently directed.
Had it not been for the resource
fulness of the pioneers the set
Element of the west would have
been delayed many years.
Unfortunately in some in
stances the wagon trailers' en-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04

San Jscinto tunnel-to bring one
thousand million gallons of water
daily to Is cities in Southern Cali
fornia-was water.
Driven under 10,805-foot Mt. San
Jacinto, the 18-foot bore penetrated
many assures through which pour
ed torrential quantities of snow