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Nationals

For the third straight year the
Nationals finished in the second
division in the American League
race, while the New York Yankees
for the fourth time in succession
won the pennant by a comfortable
margin. President Clark Griffith,
seeking young blood, sold Outfielder
Al Simmons and First Baseman
zeke Bonura and experimental
with rockies at many posts. Few
of them made the grade.
At first base the Mats used five
players from time to time, and in
the outfield players constantly were
shifted. AS result the Mats, off
to slow start. finished a bad sixth.
Individually it was a big year for
three of the Nats-Pitcher Dutch
Leonard, Outfielder George Case
and Third Baseman Buddy Lewis
With 20 victories as against only 8
defeats, Leonard ranked among the
four American League hurlers who
achieved the 20-game class. Case,
although out with an injured arm
during the last month of the season,
led the majors with 81 stolen bases
while Lewis. batting 319, not only
topped the Washington club in hit
ting but also led the league in hit
ting triples.
During the winter meeting in
Cincinnati early in December Presi-
dent Griffith took steps toward
strengthening the team when he
traded Outfelder Taft Wright and
Pitcher Pete Appleton to Chicago
for Gerald Walker, a right-handed
hitting fly chaser. Griffith also in
troduced rule prohibiting the
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Ice Hockey

Following several exhibition ice
hockey games which captured the
imagination of local fans, Riverside
Stadium obtained a franchise in the
Eastern Amateur League.
Redvers Mackenzie, coach of the
Atlantic City Sea Gulls for nine
years, was named to tutor the local
outfit, culled entirely from Canada
and stamped as the Washington
Eagles. The Eagles currently are
competing against the New York
Rovers, Atlantic City Sea GuIls
Jersey Skeeters and Baltimore Ori-
oles and are in the scrap for the
coveted Hershey Cup.
Making an unimpressive debut
here, losing to the Sea Gulls, the
Eagles have gathered effectiveness
and loom as title contender
Sparkling them have been Goalie
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Cycling

The city's little colony Of bicycle
racers was obliged to curtail its
usual lengthy list of activities be-
cause OF wholesale injuries suffered
early in the season. A large squad
OF pedal bumpers entered the ma
tional championships at Columbus
IN the spring and then, plagued by
injuries, were unable to compete in
the local meets.
For this reason the lone ofacial
event on the calendar was the an
nual championship series consisting
OF races at a mile, S, 10 and Is
miles. Bill Cauffman, q veteran
cycler, captured the coveted trophy
with a total Of 13 points. Runner
up was Quiton Miller.
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Pigeon Rucino

William Rupert, Bill Seymour
and Dave Buscall were the names
to command respect In the sport of
Washington pigeon racing. Rupert
not only had the best average in
young bird races sponsored by the
washington Concourse Association,
but earned the title of local cham
pion with the best average speed of
any fancier's pigeons. Seymour had
the best record in the young bird
races, while Buscall was the only
local fancier to have a bird home
the first day of the big Chattanooga
National.
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final. The new titleholder also went
to the Maryland State champion
ship final. where she lost on the last
hole to Mrs. Jerome Sloman. 1t al
most was toss-up for first place
in the feminine rankings between
Mrs. Walper and Mrs. Walter r..
Stokes, the Middle Atlantic cham
pion, but Mrs. Walper wins the top
spot because of her showing in the
Maryland tourney.
Another surprise Of the year was
the improvement shown by 19-year-
old Ralph Bogart, the Indian Spring
and Army Navy youngster who won
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Andy Farkas and Tackle Jim Bar
ber. Farkas set a new all-time
league record with II touchdowns,
two more than any man ever had
scored in single season. He also
wound up as the leagues high
scorer with 68 points-only II short
of another all-time mark-and it's
second best ground gamer, Farkas
also combined with Frank Filchock
to set a new all-time record for
yardage gained on a single play,
taking one of Filchock's passes for
a 99yard advance.
Just before leaving for his home
on the coast, Coach Ray Flaherty
was signed by Owner George Mar
shall to coach the Redskins for the
next five years. Marshall announced
it was the longest contract ever given
a professional coach and at the
highest salary.
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Gordon Lee and Len Burrage, crack
defense man imported from Lon
dons Harringay Racers.
The Eagles went into training in
Canada two weeks prior to the OPEN
ing Of the Eastern League season
and benefited tremendously from
several exhibitions with leading
amateur Canadian clubs.
Riverside Stadium was enlarged
and remodeled to seat 4,5O0 spec
tauors for hockey and the trim arena
has been housing near-capacity
crowds since the Eagles made WASH
ington their home.
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Horses

Equestrian sport gained heavily
in public favor with local and nearby
riders, adding considerably to their
fame, Several figured in sensa-
tlonal triumphs, and one girl es-
tablished an unofficial record. Com
petition was of high caliber and
generally close.
None could match the steady and
sometimes brilliant efforts of Mar
garet Cotter and her famous mount
Rocksie This couple rose to new
nights by clearing feet, 3 inches at
the Washington show. Although
unofficial. this is regarded a record
feat for a girl in competition. Miss
Cotter and Rocksie scored at the
Atlantic City and New York shows,
and altogether won 4 champion
ships and Is blue ribbons.
The Fort Myer riding team scored
consistently here and away. Its
wins at Atlantic City and New York
established it among the most
formidable in the land Such ex-
perts as Col. A. w. Roffe, Capt.
Charles B. McClelland, Capt. John
Collier and 1t. David Wagstaff rode
their mounts, including Smacko,
Enterprise and Clipped Wings,
to many hard-earned victories.
Smacko, unknown early last winter.
won championships at Fort Myer
and Warrenton, Va.
The washington and knights of
Columbus shows provided spectators
with thrills, although the Washing
ton show was not quite up to
standard.
Juvenile riders increased, and
often held their own against vete-
rams. Fred Hughes. ir.. and his
horse, Black Caddy. proved danger
Gus opponents. The fox-hunting set
enjoyed many fast runs, and field
trial entries were large and first
class.
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Amateur Wrest|ino

Dewitt School dominated District
A. A. U. wrestling, winning the
junior team championship for the
fifth consecutive year, while the
University of Maryland snatched
senior honors, scoring 26 points to
Y. M. c. AS % and Gallaudets 7.
Dewitt scored more points, "a,
than the rest of its competitors COM
bined. Y. M. c. A. was runnerup
with % points. while Police Boys
club was third, with q. and George
town Boys Club, fourth, with 81.
st. Adams won the District private
school wrestling championship, TAX
ing IL of 20 titles at stake in three
classes in compiling 881a points
Landon, defending champion and
runner-up, scored 40 points, and
Friends was third, with 171a.
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champion American League club
from trading or buying from other
league teams except by waivers.
The plan was adopted.
The most noticeable trend in
baseball was toward night ball.
Griffith, once a bitter foe of what
he termed artificial baseball" not
only has changed his tune regard
ing lights in other parks. but he
has indicated that his Mats may
play under lights during 1910.
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Redskins

Washington sports fans probably
never had an anticipated pleasant
ending turn out so sour as that IN
which they saw what they consid-
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Archery

With interest stimulated by the
establishment of a half dozen out
door ranges, archery reported an in
crease of about 100 per cent in
active devotees. The Potomac
Archers' Association sponsored most
of the shooting, but collegiately
there was great interest at George
Washington, American and Mary
land Universities and Central High
School pupils showed considerable
enthusiasm. DR.. L. B. Olmstead
directed the association.
Fred Acree, jr., and Lucy De Loss,
two Federal employees, won the
mems and women's championships,
with Acree also winning the tourna-
ment of the Old Dominion Archery
Association held at Hagerstown.
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Chess

Martin Stark succeeded Vladimir
Sournin as District chess champion.
Mrs. Anna Bran retained the wom-
ems title for the District, Maryland
and Virginia. Robert Feeney con-
tinues as interscholastic champion,
while Paul Miller Of Eastern wears
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
Is It All Over?

Up in Hartford yesterday they were announcing that it was all over but the shouting as legislators frolicl-ed through Capitol halls at the end of their 1889 ses- sion. It remains to be seen, though, whether or not it's all over. The legisla- tive term may have ended on the day pre- scribed by law, but that's no indication all is we'll with the state government. The acid test comes in the application of the laws the General Assembly made. Time will tell whether the lawmakers erred seriously in emitting many other pro- posals.
 We could enumerate many important pieces of legislation that went unheeded which we think have been put through the hill. And how many other people could do the very same thing? A great many could, of course. In time we'll be able to 20 back over what took place last fall when three political parties were com ing down towards election day and were assuring the voters that if elected they'd do this and that. Everyone won't check up on these promises, but many of us will
 There mas been leglSlaIlOn peHullS 1ol several years in this state that never gets beyond the "very important" stage. Every one agrees that we should have it, but when it comes right down to changing mere bill into a state law, well, the boys who people the Senate and House are bit backward about registering approval. We say quite definitely it isn't all over but the shouting now so far as the 1889 Legislature is concerned. By it's acts will it be known henceforth. Let's trust they were good ones and not too much was overlooked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
Check-Up Required

The bill setting up elaborate pension plans in Waterbury would seem to be worthwhile at first reading but there's more to it than is readily apparent. At the outset this bill, planned by Senator George T. Culhane, was intended to pro- vide the police and fire departments with a modernized retirement fund which would provide retiring department mem bers with an adequate pension, to which both they and the city government would have been contributing. The measure went further than this, though and cov- cred all city employees.
 Providing minimum $1,000 pension for any city employe may not seem ex- cessive until the records are checked over. Then it can easily be seen that the city might be forced to pay to one or more retired employees the equivalent of their present-day salary. We think that sur vey of city employees might be made, so that it could be clearly shown just where this pension plan goes astray and what should be done to correct it before the city is indebted to score or more of faithful employees who find the life of retirement as profitable as one of work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
Unicamerals

States have been slow to follow the ex- ample of Nebraska in establishing one chamber legislatures. This political experiment appears to have worked we'll It has strikingly reduced the cost of legis- lative sessions, and though it is early to say definitely, seems to have improved somewhat the quality of legislators chosen, there being fewer of them, chosen by broader constituencies. Most state constitutions were modelled after the federal one, and though most of the reasons for having House and Senate in the federal government do not apply to the states, they followed precedent here, too.
 Precedent is strong, but, nevertheless. bills proposing unicameral legislatures gained places on the 1889 legislative cal endars of seven ststes, according to the Council of State Governments. Four have been defeated, action is still pending in Ohio, California and New Jersey. Five years after it's experiment in stream lining" state government, Nebraska re- mains alone in having a unicameral leg islature But the recurrence of such bills in many states shows that some at least are still alive to the possibility Of inn provement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08

source of much of what newspapers print is clearly indicated. Behind every word of it is an elaborate and skilled organization of trained people who have checked and rechecked.
 Many critical eyes have read the con tents of every newspaper before it goes to the public. The number of newspapers which would willingly mislead people is small indeed, and even they look good compared to the mass of furtive and improbable rumors that circulate by word of mouth and in many organs de- voted to special causes.
 "Is there any sense to this?"N Does it sound reasonable and sane?" 'Who says SOP" "What motive might he have for saying SOP" Where did he get that?" "What actual ground is there for believ- ing this?" Those are the questions we ought all to ask ourselves whenever one of these "inSide-stuff artists" begins to work on us It is no time to be gullible It is time to weigh, to consider, and to think
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
Pin Down The Loose Talker

If ever there was time when the people of the United States need to think clearly, to see the substance of things and not the shadows, 1t is now The testimony of the DeatherageS and Moseleys before the Dies Committee is evidence that we are scoot- ing into another of those periodic mo- 1nents in our history when people whisper and pass dark rumors in corners rather than standing up in the light and care fully seeking to find the truth.
 Nothing is more dangerous than this. AnG the only remedy is to pin down every such rumor-monger with questions like Exactly why do you believe that?" and "What is the source of that information?" You hear them buzzing everywhere: "They are going to take over the govern mentl" They are doing this, and plotting that!"
 Theyl Theyl Exactly who are "they," those mysterious and elusive people of whom 130,000,000 Americans are ex- pected to be so afraid? Is it the 80,000-odd members of the Communist party? Is it the unstated number of adherents to fly by-night letterhead Fascist organizations, probably far smaller in number? Who are
 they" anyway? Insist on knowing, from the next person who buttonholes you H<t4t cVAklc VI tAAto SALi-1kiia anu COcktau- party stuff, exactly who he or she means. Insist on knowing precisely of what this fell plot consists. Insist on knowing how he or she knows about 1t in the first place.
 General Moseley doesn't trust the news papers, he said, to give true picture of what is going on. Naturally he Is entitled 70 any such opinion he may feel justified "a holding. But what appears in the news papers Is open and ab0ye-board. It can be E<ad ~ IeIsure and internationally. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08

What was primarily intended to curb the activities of one water company in this state, but which by virtue of the legislation planned would have included many public utilities, was lost in the closing days of this past session when the Senate refused to take from the table the bill requiring Water companies to show reasonable necissity' before con demning land This bill was aimed at the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company and was a follow-up of the efforts of residents of the Saugatuck Valley to prevent crea- tion of reservoir in this valley. The bill might even, had it become law, had some effect upon the various state departments that acquire land through condemnation purposes. The main argument used in preventing the Senate aking up the measure, which the House had passed, was that it was aimed at one company and was obviously an effort to block this company's reservoir expansion plans through state statute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
Current Comment

I beg you to let them come in. The real feeling of every American family is that there is always room for one more.
 -Actress Helen Hayes, pleading be-
 fore congressional committee for
 admission to U. S. of 10000
 refugee European children.
 Already things have taken place which make it impossible for other nations to look upon us as neutral. Senator William E. Borah. Idaho
 Republican.
 Our two countries are the great est In the world. Their relations are vital to humanity, are unlimited in the power for good and are bui- wark of liberty and peace. |--Marqucss of Lothian, British ans bsssador- -desIsnate to D. 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
In Today $ Mail

to be that the Secretary of Labor of U. S., who is a cabinet official. the Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, the Chairman of Immigration Committee of House of Congress, maintain a sympathetic contact with the National and In- ternational organizations to work for the interest of refugee relief so- cieties, the object of which is to weaken the provisions of the irnmi- grafton laws of 1917, 1924, so as to
 make an easy entry for refugees from whatever country to D. s.
 Dickstein, ,as chairman, of the Immigration committee. is in a strategic position to aid the scheme. He was an unauthorized agent to probe Maxi activities in U. s. Moth ing. of vital importance was es- tablished., His record on the Immi- grafton Committee always showed weakness in support of exclusion acts, and with Secretary of Labor and Commissioner of Immigration, you have officials attempting to nullify and Interpret our inlmigra- ticna laws to the advantage of the alien, especially those deportable, and are. erldeayoring to tear down
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08

ances, we are proud to have him as a member of the executive committee To which Death craze replied, "I advise you to puM your neck in unless you think you can take it. when the break comes" WANT AID
 The day the Camelia generals simo was being grilled by the House committee, there appeared in the classified sections of Wash- ington newspapers the following ad: Administrations. Good Opportunity. Apply 1910 goth St. N. w"
 Had the committee investigated this seemingly innocent notice 1t would have uncovered another link in the underground anti- Semitic movement. Author of the ad was Donald Shea, 58-year old head of the National Gentle League and former Deatherage lieutenant. His purpose was to drum up contributions and ,mem- bers for a women's auxiliary .of the League in the Capital.
 Mrs. Mclean is not aware of
 it, but one. of the ladies Shea had listed to be approached on
 his proposition was Mrs. Ev- eIyn Walsh Mclean, wealthy .socialite.
 NOTE-Although Shea escaped running afoul of the un-Ameri-,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08

One more highway in this state, if it is ever built, will be designated by the name of governor. The route extend ing all the way from Hammonassett State Park in Madison northward to the town of Suffield at the Connecticut-Massachu- setts state line would be known as the Raymond E. Baldwin Highway. The ex- tension of the Merritt Parkway is to be called the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway With still lot more ex-governors living in the more pathways if we are to continue this custom, which may be a good one, but always struck us as a bit overdone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08

canism committee, he had less luck with Secretary Ickes, who wrote him caustically when he sought the use of a government park for meeting of his fol- lowers: While am Secretary of the Interior 1t will never be used by one group to spread prejudice against others"
 COURT NOTES
 The recent term of the Supreme Court was the l60th in its history. Established in 1789, the tribunal held two terms a year until 1902, when Congress passed an act hm- iting 1t to one . 1911 was the only year in which the Court did not meet. This was due to the fact that only three of the seven justices showed up, four being a quorum .s :. .. Six times Con- gress has changed the. number of justices on the Supreme Court. The first court had six members, this being reduced to five in 1901, increased to seven in :. 1907, in- creased again to nine in 1887, jumped to ten in 1863, cut to seven in 1866, then in 1869 boost ed back to nine, its present size William o. Douglas is the 84th Associate Justice and Charles Evans Hughes the ninth Chief Justice.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
LET EUROPE TAKE CARE OF ITS OWN REFUGEES, Y SAYS WRITER ,,
June, 2, 1889.

,I., June, 2, 1939.
 Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 The question of what to do with :
 refugees, principally of Germany. seems to be vexing problem. The United States should not further any method that would annul our present immigration restrictive laws so as to favor admitting to the United Staets refugees from any foreign country. Not under any cumstances should the United States give financial aid for refugee immigration, as by doing so we would establish precedent that would bring pleas from every dis satisfied religious and political min- ority in Europe.
 The inter-governmental commit tee on refugees are full of ideals and creative irnaginations for refu- gee welfare, but when 1t comes to reducing them to practice they do not operate. i4T& a-fS es x.
 The removal of refugees would be. easily solved if the United States would receive them en masse with out question. The committee is no doubt agreeable to the preference. hope we are not as dumb as they wish. The consensus from European and South American countries through their refugee committees, is that none of them want to be sheltering haven for refugees.
 It appears that city dwellers of Germany constitute the majority of so-cailed refugees; fraction are agricultural workers. Most countries. including the United States, have plethora of city dwellerS and the problem of finding congenial havens for refugees is doubtful.
 Palestine has voiced her protest to receiving any refugees, strange to say; France gave her opinion that the United States should take the burden of receiving refugees. The European countries want to make the United States a refugee goat. as they have made us the goat for bad debts. We have plenty of relief refugees in the United States at present, and Europe could well re- ceive many allen refugees that we are nursing. i|
 Let humanitarianism begin at home and have Europe take care of their own refugees. The fact is we are fed up on this immigrant Aux and it's time we settled down and if possible become assimilated. We are thinking, acting and talking alien to such an extent that it Is nearly impossible fo realize our Inative existence.
 The situation at present seems
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-08
Selected Poen,
ARRIVAL

Doris Peel in the Christian Science Monitor> Summer, I see, N. has come
 suddenly: for here is fly young, mere child of a fly, standing hesitant, innocent, mild: on six infinitesinal threads exploring agog, continent of wall; taggering over the crater heads of tulips; now, with fall, discovering gardens in chintz-ed chair; now, after pause, off-up-tackling the huge air with brave beat of gauge. So young. so ridiculously small @ thing: growing cocksure, the world at its wing; now once more disconcerted. shy, 8 mere child of fly for company hurrying back to me.