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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.

SECRETARY, mahogany; chest of drawers,
amps aroIs ehaes SCATTER rugs sS
SEWING MACHINES-Singer console like
new all attach; cost s14S. sac. sos cash.
2412 18th. Col. 3245.
SEWING MACHINES, s5 up; bargains in
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sTENOTYPE MACHINE and books, used
only 3 months. Illness reason for selling.
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STUDIO COUCHES. Mr.. Green says. II can
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Sunday Thank Gss you eEfy YOUR se credit ans IS
green Co.. $3.50 aeorga aSe
GeorRia 2223.
TENT, 10x1O feet. Army style, has extra
ny; VIII accommodate two people Phone
Emerson 6765.
lent working condition. S25. 512 H St ne
TYPEWRITER. Underwood No, 5. fine con-
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FARM AND GARDEN

WATER LILY BLOOMS. 75c doz.; lilies and
water plants. reasonable. Oxford 0864
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June 2S; $40 to $15 each. Woodley 6S74.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
$500 18th ST. NV,

HILLTOP GARDENS"
Drive out 18th or 18th TO Sheridan st.
turn on Sheridan to l4th
Two rooms. dinette. kitchen and bath:
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Large rooms. cross-ventilation, Venetian
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Evening star., 1939-06-22
BABY CHICKS.

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Evening star., 1939-06-22
ROOMS WITH BOARD WANTED

YOUNG LADY, Govt. employe, in Protestant
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Evening star., 1939-06-22
sITUArIoks-MEN AND WOMEN.

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woman part time desire care of small
apt bids in exchange for living quarters;
reference Box 162-M. Star. 2222f
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
O'TOOLE, M'COY
HEADLINE MAT
CARD At ARENA

Tommy O'Toole, handsome Irish
gladiator, gets another chance to
move back into the front line of
chalengers for Jim Londos' title
when he tackles the rough Bob
(Blbber) Mccoy, former all.around
athlete at Holy Cross, in the fea-
ture commute time-limit bout at
Turner's Arena tonight.
Since he lost to the mat king bv
diving out Of the ring, rendering
himself horS d'combat, O'Toole
has been working hard for a re-
turn shot. To date he has re-
corded four straight victories on
the local mat and, If successful
against the tough Mccoy tonight,
will be rewarded with a second
crack at the Golden Greek.
Mccoy turned in an impressive
performance last week when he
flattened Nick Campofreda, the
former Western Maryland star,
and almost fractured Nick'S left
shoulder in accomplishing the fall.
He is one tough baby and, if he
gets down to real business, a real
old-faShioned mat brawl is sure to
take place.
Other bouts on tonight's card
will see Karl Davis VS.. Lord Albert
Mills, a newcomer from England;
Chris Zaharias VS.. Red Ryan, Bull
Martin VS.. Frenchy LaRue, and
Angelo Savoldi VS.. WhiskerS Wells.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
First on Record

In five fights promoted by
Tex Rickard, Dempsey, with the
collaboration of Georges Car
pentier, of France; Luis Angel
Firpo, of the Argentine: Gene
Tunney, of New York, twice,
and Jack Sharkey, of Boston,
drew a total of $8,600,000. The
first million-dollar fight on rec
ord was between Dempsey and
Carpenter in Jersey City on
July 2, 1921. High-water mark
was reached September %, 1927,
when the second Dempsey-Tun-
ney fight drew $2,658, 900 out Of
which Gene Tunney was paid a
cool million dollars, the highest
wage ever earned by a profeS-
sional athlete in modern times.
The million-dollar gate may
be explained rather simply. It
came quite naturally when Rick
ard made prizefighting not only
respectable, but universally in
teresting and essentially dra-
matte. Rickard was a self-made
man, a gambler and Snowman.
But he was definitely the first
prizefight promoter to recog-
nize that the essential features
of every dramatic conflict are a
hero and a villain. From the
time that he drew his first big
gate, $452,522, with Dempsey
and Willard at Toledo, the
bland, thin-lipped Texan was
never without a hero and a vii
lain in his fights with but one
exception. And, strangest of all,
his star, Dempsey, played both
roles equally we'll. Dempsey was
the villain in the Carpenter
fight and the hero in the Firpo
match, the villain in the first
defense of his title against Gene
Tunney, and a hero in their sec
ond fight, and again a hero the
night he fought Sharkey.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
ByPauL Calico
Jack Dempsey Star in Alternate Roles
of Hero and Villain

pionship ended in the first pro-
motional loss that was ever
charged against Tex Rickard.
The match was between Gene
Tunney and Tom Heeney.
There were certain other ele-
ments besides the dramatic set
ups that led to these million
dollar hauls out of prizefights.
For one thing, there was Demp-
sey's durability. He won his
championship in 1919, and he
was fighting to win it back
again eight years later.
There was another important
factor, and that was the open
ing up the newspapers to a type
of publicity and ballyhoo that
differed entirely from any that
had ever before featured prize
fighters. It was the beginning
OF the era of personal publicity.
BY personal publicity is meant
the close watch kept by the
sports pages-and the news
side, as well-upon every single
phase of the life of an athlete.
He was no longer news only
when he was fighting or prepar-
ing to fight. He was always
news. He was news in his friend
ships, in his courtship, his love
affairs. and his marriage, his
home life.
The result was that the prize
fighters of the million-dollar
era were better known to the
readers of newspapers than
members of the readers own
family.
Money? There was always
fresh money. Richards fight
headquarters were like the bo-
nanza days in the rich mining
camps. In Philadelphia and
Chicago, where took place his
The Washington times., 1939-01-19

greatest money promotions, he
rented an entire floor of the
most gaudy and glittering hotels
and set up his offices there.
Tex was always around, bland,
smooth, grinning under his
wide-brimmed fedora hat with
the front turned down, carrying
his gold-headed cane and a
cigar.
always have to think of
those days, somehow, in com
parison with the last perform
ance in which Rickard figured.
when his corpse lay in state in
Madison Square Garden. His
last audience, come to patronize
him, thousands upon thousands
Of people, filed past his bier in
a never ending line.
The west end of the Garden
had been turned into an altar
of flowers, in the center Of
which was Richards expensive
coffin.
@AACAC "no AO k1OloG III LIlC
Garden that day except for the
ceaseless slurp-Scrape, Slurp-
scripe, slurp-scrape of feet
shutting over the terrazZo floor,
and coughs and clearings of
throats that echoed through the
arena. In from the right they
came, down and around they
filed and out to the left. Ushers
and frock-coated undertaker'S
staff men and uniformed Gar
den special police kept the
crowd moving. Up to the coffin,
a brief look, on and out.
The last show Of the man who
had turned prizefighting into a
million dollar industry was free.
(TomorroW's article tDill dis.
cuSS GnlGtueriSn1.)
Copyright, 1899. by Paul Calico.
Distributed by King Features, Inc.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Atkinson Named
Sports Director

William o. Perry, director of
the Boys Club of Goodwill In
dustries today announced the ap-
pointment of John Atkinson as
sports director of the club.
Mr.. Atkinson will work with
George Duncan, sports chairma's .
Of the larger boys section, and
Muna Pratt. sports chairman of
the smaller boys group, is de.
veloping some real competition
with the boys in the neighbor
hood.
Table tennis matches are in.
vited with Perry Karas, the cham
pion of the smaller boys. and
George Duncan, the champion of
the larger boys. Those desiring
matches are invited to correspond
with John Atkinson, 1918 New
Hampshire Ave.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19

And in Chicago on the evening
of September % he and Gene
Tunney in their famous return
match, drew $2,650.00O, an all
time money record for a single
prizefight gate.
Against Sharkey Dempsey was
pictured as the old iron-fiSted
mauler, better loved in defeat
than ever he had been in vic
tory.
And when Rickard put Demp-
sey and Tunney back into the
ring again two months later, it
was Tunney who was the william,
and Dempsey, for the last time,
had the appealing leading role.
There were comparatively few
in that crowd of 10000 people
at Soldiers Field. Chicago, that
night who were roofing for Tun-
ney.
And that ended the cycle.
Justice again failed to triumph.
Tuney won, Dempsey retired,
and the next heavyweight cham
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Attention !
Community Center
Meeting Monday

An organization meeting of
the Community Center major
league is slated for Central High
Monday at 7:30 p. M, to de-
termine if there are enough
basketball teams that are pros,
poets for another fast loop.
Two unusual conditions this
year have prevented the opening
of the league, which plays in
Techs gym on Tuesdays and
Saturdays. A Community Gen.
ter ruling which specifies that
players can participate only in
one Community Center spon-
sored league has caused the
cagers who joined teams in the
minor leagues to become ineligi-
BILE, and the recent amateur
professional row" which was
aired by the A. A. U. caused the
league to await a definite ruling
before starting.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
BRITISH POLO
TEAM TOPLAY
ON FAR COAST

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 19 G.N.S0
Great Britain's international polo
team, which will challenge Amer
lea for the WestChester trophy at
Long Island this summer, will play
a series of test matches at the
Midwick Country Club in Los
Angeles. February 10, 26 and
March 5. it was announced today
by Howland Paddock. chairman
of the committee in charge of the
event.
The Britishers will be opposed
by a Midwick quartet, headed by
Capt. C. T. l. Roark, former Brit
ish internationalist, who now
plays for Midwick, and Eric Ped
ley. one of Americas high-goal
mallet-wielderS.
Those matches will be for the
purpose of the British contingent
selecting their strongest quartet
from a squad including:
Gerald Balding, 10 goals; Eric
TyrrelMartin, 9 goals; Alden
Roark. Hesketh Hughes and Capt.
Humphrey Guinness, 8 goals; Bob
Skeen, 7 goals and John Lakin, 6
goals.
Lord Cowdray, non-playing cap
tain, is in command of the squad,
while Major Bob Leaf has charge
of the ponies, Sc of which already
are at Del Monte.
This will be the first time Brit
ish international team will play
in Southern California, and the
matches promise to bring out the
best polo since the visit of the first
Argentine team here in 1880.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Old ROOdy Days

The professional prizefights Of
the pre-Rickard days were
rough. rowdy. haphazard affairs.
You bought a ticket of admis-
sion to some Stuffy arena, but
less you could rough-and-tumble
had no guarantee of a seat, un-
a little yourself. There would
be long, unexplained delays be-
tween fights, brawls in the audi
ence. substitution Of fighters
without notice, raids by police.
With the Dempsey-C Carpenter
fight Rickard made his first
point-blank appeal to women.
The frail. handsome, blond
Frenchman with the debonair
manner, and the gallant war
record was a different type alto
gether from the frowning Demp-
sey, the ponderous Willard, the
freckled FitzsimmonS, the shape
less Tom Sharkey, the bruiSing
Jim JeffrieS.
Gorgeous Georges, then, was
the bait. But Rickard was also
smart enough to see that con-
ditions were right for the girls.
His portals, aisles, and seats
were carefully numbered. He
hired a huge staff of ushers,
and special policemen and
drilled and rehearsed them for
weeks.
But there was another i'm
portant bit of accurate psychol-
ogy to which Rickard was privy.
He knew that money breeds
money. He knew how to exhibit
it, use it, ballyhoo it, spend it,
make it work for him. He sur
rounded all of his promotions
with the glitter of gold.
BY rewarding prizefighterS for
their services with small for
tunes he took them out of the
class Of common pugS and made
them people of consequence.
For the Firpo fight Dempsey was
actually paid close to $4,000
per fighting minute, $4,000 a
second.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Canzoneri, Ha||y
Battle in Denver

DENVER, Jan. 10 GN.SO.-Big
time fight fever struck Denver's
boxing fans today for the first
time in six years as Tony Canzo-
neri and Wally Hally, from Holly
wood, took final light workouts in
preparation for their 1O-round
clash tonight.
At least 5000 fans are expected
to witness the veteran Italian from
Louisiana attempt a comeback
against the 22.year.old HaIlv.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19

end when he stopped prize
fighting. The next act was
Tunney versus Tom Heeney, of
Australia, for the heavyweight
championship of the world, and
it drew $691,014. The year was
1928, the time midsummer, still
a year before the crash. That
fight, as we'll as the previous
ones, the million-dollar gates,
were all of them promoted by
George L. TEX" Rickard.
Richard and Dempsey are in
separately knit together in the
American phenomenon of the
million-dollar gate. The story
of what lay behind these fantas-
tic receipts has to me always
been a fascinating one. I have
never seen it written.
Which took the lead, star or
Snowman? Did Rickard affix
himself to Dempsey's kite, or
vice versa? Neither. Each COM
plemented the other perfectly
There was the era, the time, the
money-and the two men, and
the luck of a host Of contribu-
tary circumstances.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19

crushes and jams to get inside
to attend a prizefight? Ordi-
narily the answer might be:
To see two evenly matched men
fight it out with their hands: to
be present to see the thrills when
they settle the question of SUI
premacy."
But arrange a match, let us
say, between a big man and a
smaller man and hint that there
is every possibility that the little
man will knock the big man out
of his shoes, and if the public
believes you, prepare to print
more tickets.
Now, let on that the little man
is not only a boxer, but was also
a soldier who fought for his
country, while the bigger man
has narrowly escaped charges
of being a Stacker, and you find
that you will have to call out the
reserves.
It was that primarily that sold
the Dempsey-Carpentier fight
in such quantities, with Demp-
sey figuring as the villain and
Carpenter as the lily-white
hero. It had to be something
like that, because on the face of
it, it was no match at all. Car
pentier never was more than a
light heavyweight.
Dempsey gained no stature by
knocking out Carpenter. Some
5000 people came solely to see
the smaller man whip him. And
yet two years later when Rick
The Washington times., 1939-01-19

ard cast him, this time as the
hero, to enter the lists against
another wild giant, one Luis
Angel Firpo, who had come up
from the Argentine to take the
heavyweight championship of
the world out of the country,
the public accepted him inmedi.
ately. To arms! Who would
prevent this monstrous thing?
Why, Americas own Jack Demp-
sey, of course.
In the third million.dollar
fight there was another about
face. Dempsey was villain again
to many people, and the fair
haired, studiouS Gene Tunney
was installed as hero and under
dog.
One year later Dempsey was
hero again-and what a hero,
in two fights that within sixty
days of one another drew a total
of $3,733,529! His fight with
Jack Sharkey in New York
crossed $1,083,529 on July 81.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Arn1u Scores
Fifth Win

WEST POINT, N. Y, Jan. 10.
Army's varsity basketball team to-
day holds its fifth victory in as
many starts, having trounced La
fayette College, 51-30.
Drinkers high score of IL points
In as many minutes and Sar-
geant's consistently fine work we're
the highlightS for the victors and
losers, respectively.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Harvard Mermen Lose

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. 10.
Brown University swimmers today
are credited with a 1887 triumph
over a flashy Harvard team that
had piled up string of q consecu-
tive victories.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Bob Seeds Signs

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. 10,
The Giants today have announced
the reception of signed contracts
Tor 1899 from Outfielder Bob
seeds and Rookie First Baseman
Babe Young.
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
FAREWELL TO SPORT
Million-Dollar Fight Gates Due to
TEX Rickard Touch
CHAPTER VIII

There have been in the past years just five przefght
gates than to million dollars over, and William
Harrison Dempsey figured all of them When he departed
from the sports stage great the audience got up
and left too because the millondoar gates an
The Washington times., 1939-01-19
Tex Knew HOw

What is it that makes people
leave their homes of a night and
fight their way through traffic,
subway, elevated and surface car
and bus crowds to an outdoor
stadium to battle even worse
The Washington times., 1939-01-19

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Evening star., 1939-06-18
Agency Reports Peak
In Private Jobs in Nav
By the Associated Press.

Secretary of Labor Perkins report
ed yesterday the United States En-
ployment Service had Allied 333, ,185
jobs in May, including more private
jobs than in any other single month
in its history"
Jobs with private employers. she
said, totaled 242 400, or rise Of 1876
per cent from April figures, and 523
per cent above May 1888 totals. OF
the private jobs, 136,164 were for
men and 106, 1876 for women.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

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the popular 2h4 By 3H4-
inch size. A sood look
ing camera that takes
up little space when
travelling.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

Spread this liquid over floors
or linoleum and let dry for
twenty minutes and you will
be amazed at the shiny new
finish it imparts.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

Simple. compact and easy to ope-
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take IS 2is by 2Ea-inch pictures on
one roll Of PD16 (616) Aim.
Evening star., 1939-06-18

A handsome boat. 90 inches
from bow to stern. 4as
inches from port to star
board. with $50 square
inches Of sail area.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

A.o"*dc onsdoy sds one t completely its erhoG
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-12

In the midst of death there is life, The
experience of 1914-1918 showed us that
despite all the horror of wars slaughter,
life goes on. People remain people even
after most of them are soldiers. The
human spirit can absorb only so much
punishment. After the cup runs over,
It can hold no more. Yesterdays horror
becomes the accepted routine Of today.
The imminent threat of war has been
so long over Europe, that war itself
scarcely causes any revulsion. The gas
mask has become commonplace of daily
life. Result: a fashionable London
speciality shop is now offering gas masks
with vanity cases attached. After all, q
woman living under the daily threat OF
sudden death is still a. woman, and not
a whit less so because the next hour she
may be a mangled body lying in a gutter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-12
Safer In Jungle

The jungle they say, is place of the
reign Of tooth and claw, where he lives
who makes the first spring and he sur
wives whose teeth are sharpest. Beasts
from such jungles have been carried to
London for people to look at on Sunday
afternoons. No doubt many holidayers
shuddered to see the sleek animals bare
their teeth and growl.
But it has been decided to shoot the
prisoner animals the moment war strikes
the British Islands. Some have already
been destroyed. Birds Of prey with
sharper teeth and claws, and which
pounce with an even more numbing
swiftness, will then be abroad. And they
might break the cages, and allow the
jungle beasts to revenge themselves upon
the people who for so many Sundays
gazed and pointed at them. Those beasts
may die in such a jungle as they never
knew when first they saw the light of
daV in Africa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-12
A Thought for Today
To Cost One-Tenth

According to State Highway Commits
sioner William j. Cox the ultimate cost
of maintaining the Merritt Parkway toll
stations will be about one-tenth OF the
annual income. This does not seem to be
excessive when compared to costs OF other
toll roads and bridges. Time and expert
ence may also show in our own instance,
too, that state-operated toll stations can
be maintained even cheaper than the
general average. All OF which should set
at rest some of the criticism directed at
the highway bureau recently on the
score of an expensive toll experiment
In a recent letter to the Middletown
Press, copies Of which also went to The
Democrat and several other state news
papers, Commissioner Cox seems just
bit put out that more time was not given
the operation of the toll stations before
venting criticism on them. However, with
the knowledge that the idea is repugnant
generally to good many people in this
state and certainly in most OF Fairfield
County specific criticism was bound to
result. There'll be more, too, for the toll
idea has not yet been sold to the entire
state.
There will be many of us to defend the
plan on the ground that there is no
better way to pay for new highways and
expansion of others than by collecting
tolls from the ones who are getting the
most benefit from the routes But We'll
want to have presented, too, such peril
nent facts as Com. Fox now has relative
to operating costs. The announcement
that costs will drop when the permanent
set-up Is ready should cause one school OF
thought on the subject Of tolls to declare
q protracted recess.