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Evening star., 1939-08-03
East Potomac Maids
Flock LaureIs in
Swimming Meet

Following gala opening yesterday
the annual District of Columbia Rec
reation Department swimming meet
for girls was to continue this morn
ing at Takoma and Mckinley and
at Georgetown at 2:30 pm.
Yesterdays events held at East
Potomac were dominated by girls
representing the East Potomac pool
who scored SO points for a COM
manding lead The second place
Western team totaled 25 points.
Mary Moncure starred for the lead
ers in swimming and diving events.
At Anacostia, Van Buren Play
ground, with 80 points, took a big
lead over Anacostia and Virginia
Avenue, each of which scored 18
points. Catherine Kerge and Helen
Sterling performed consistently for
Van Buren.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Club Event Helps Make Summer Busiest Ever Here for nkwomen
70 Years Ago
In The Star

Ban johnson. president of the
American League, said he would
levy a stiff fine on Carl Mays,
who is under suspension for de-
serting the Red Sox shortly be-
fore being sold to the Yankees.
Johnson, who threatened to sus-
pend the pitcher for the rest of
the season, is being bitterly criti-
cized by New York officials.
Despite losing its final matches,
Euclid, with 46 victories and "a
defeats, won the Suburban Ten
mis- League championship. Argyle
and Bureau of Standards tied
for second, with A wins and %
losses.
Although outhitting the win
ners, IA to 10, the Mats were
humbled by Cleveland, 1876. Jim
Shaw, leading Griff hurler, was
to oppose Stan Coveleskie, star
of the Indians, in the final game
today.
Mrs. G. B. Doyle won the putt
ing contest at Columbia Country
Club in play for the j. c. Nc
Laughlin Trophy. Mrs. A. VIM
ter and Mrs. S. A. Reeves also
have one leg on the trophy,
which requires three victories for
possession. Mrs. Doyle defeated
Mrs. c. x. Brands in the final,
up.
Before record crowd of
2l.000 cheering fans, Cincinnati
strengthened its hold on first
place by licking the invading
second-place Giants, 40. The
Reds now are two and one-half
games ahead.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Federal Golf CHAMPS
Regain Power for
Closing Drive
Accounts and Deposits
Routs Leading 6. P. o.
To Get Near Top

Mastering a representative team
for the first time in months, the Ac-
counts and Deposits team of the
Treasury Department, match play
golf champions of the Government
departments and agencies, is NOV
ing forward with a rush just as it
seemed that the champions were
due for. rude humping, and per-
haps the loss of their title. The
tournament is being sponsored by
The Star for the second straight
year.
Latest evidence of the new
strength of the champions, who
have been bumped around in sec
ton 2, came in their decisive de-
feat of Government Printing Office
at Army Navy by score of 4l2 to
1la. The printers had been riding
high, with single loss, up to their
setback at the hands of Accounts
and Deposits. But Big Bill Harvey's
boys put the crusher on Joe Balestri
and his G. P. O. crowd, victory
which put them in second place in
section 2, still back of the Printers
who now have total of 20 points
Accounts and Deposits has 261:
points.
Miller Back With Team.
The championship Accounts ano
Deposits outfit has been having g
tough struggle this year. In one
case they were unable to muster g
full team and Harvey tried-unsuc.
cessfully-to play the best ball Of
two opponents.
Everett johnson, one of theil
mainstays, is lost to the outfit; JACK
Palmer, another regular, has no
been available, and all in all they've
had rough time. But now Harve,
has mustered a good outfit, which
can win again. To defend their titlt
in the play-offs late in September
the champions must win in sec.
ton g.
John r. Miller is back on the team
and with Don Miller, Bob OMalley
and Harvey, the championship ag.
gregation now is ready to go te
town. They play Treasury in the
final match of their section on Sep.
tember Is.
Navy Pressing Leaders.
Navy Department strong outfit
pushing the leaders in section /, tool
5l2 points from the hapless Rail
road Retirement team at Army Navy
permitting the railroad men half ;
point Comdr William S. Popham
captain of the Navy team, is lookin,
ahead to return engagement will
War, but they won't have the chance
this year in The Star series. Wa
licked Navy about a month age
Meanwhile, F. H. A. and War are a
the top in section l.
Labor Department, unable t,
muster team because of Office reor
ganization. has dropped out of sec
ton !, which is the reason F. c. A
won 6 points from them. And i,
section 3 Bureau of Agriculture
Economics is doing a good job. Thei
latest conquest was Patent Office
whom they licked, to l, in a mattel
at Beaver Dam.
The Star tourney, now in its latte
phase. is getting hot. From nov
on the matches will be tougher.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Baseball.
st. Louis at Washington, BIS.
Tennis.
Women's League Tournament,
Reservoir courts, 2-6.
Wrestling.
Red Ryan VS.. Manic Singh,
main bout, Turner's Arena, $3.50.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Chicago at Washington, 3:15.
Tennis.
Women's League Tournament,
Reservoir courts, 2-6.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Chicago at Washington, 3.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic Tournament,
Edgemoor Club, rs.
Women's League Tournament,
Reservoir courts, 2::3O.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-One of the
few newspaper reporters who in
herited money and didn't retire to
white a best seller has found max
ing money on race horses is no
cinch either.
His name is Gordon Rolls. Last
year his father died leaving f460,-
061 ($2,093,085) to his three sons.
Gordon took his share and
started a racing stable to skin the
bookmakers. The bookies won
the first round SO Rolls bought
Tuckmill for the Grand National.
Tuckmill finished first in his next
race. but he didn't win the Grand
National.
Rolls increased his string to II
hay burners much to the glee and
profit of the bookies. One day he
won $3.50 betting on his entries.
Il can do this every day with
luck" said Gordon.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Redskins 10 Abandon
Farm al HazIeton
As Fruit|ess
Gain Only Two Players
From League Champs;
Abbitt Is Missing
By BILL DISMER, Jr.,
Star Staff Correspondent.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3-Disappointed
both in the lack of fan interest in
Hazleton and the failure of it's pro-
fessional football team to produce
an expected supply of players. the
Washington Redskins will abandon
last years farm" team in that
Pennsylvania town and establish
another in city yet to be picked.
Among the 81 prospective 1898
Redskins scheduled to resume their
Westward trek from here late to-
night only one is from Hazleton's
1888 Eastern League champions He
is qulet-Spoken Johnny Spirida, St.
Anselm's star kicker three years ago,
who is up for his third trial with
the Indians.
The absence of Jim Abbitt, the
only other Hazleton player invited
to train at Spokane, is a mystery.
Abbitt was among those scheduled
to leave Washington yesterday, but
General Manager Jack ESpey has
heard nothing from him since re-
ceiving his acceptance of travelling
orders.
Spirida reports that high school
football far overshadows pro football
In Hazleton. citing that whereas
crowds of 10000 turn out for the
scholastic games, the Little Red
skins had trouble drawing 500. He
also stated that the smallness of
the average player in that league
made them unlikely big league pros
poets, nullifying any Redskin advan-
tage in continuing to support the
team.
There is a move under way, how
ever, to set up another farm team
and Eddie Kahn, a former Redskin
guard who was sent to coach at
Hazleton last year. will be in charge
of it. Kahn did extremely we'll with
the Hazleton team, not only winning
the Eastern League title. but a play
off game with the Dixie League
champions
Evening star., 1939-08-03

of breeding and show dogs. It's
tables of canine pedigrees and
champions of most of the leading
breeds are invaluable English breed
standards are given, together with
lists of recent outstanding dogs in
the various breeds.
Particularly interesting are
the chapters on The Com
mercial Side of Breeding" and
'The Dog on Show" which
explains the English show
system.
In the lists of outstanding dogs
it is interesting to find several of
Mrs. r. H. Johnston's Dandie Din
mont terriers mentioned among the
outstanding specimens of that breed
in this country. And of the very
limited number of Shetland Sheep
dogs listed as really outstanding
Eng Oh. Tilford Tinette also is 10.
cally owned by Beech Tree Farm
Kennels.
Advise on Obedience Test.
News from the parent body of
obedience test clubs, officially known
as the Obedience Test Club. states
that the American Kennel Club re-
Gently appointed an advisory COM
mittee of 10 people outstanding in
the dog show and obedience test
world to advise on matters per-
tanning to the rapidly growing sport
of obedience test trials. This COM
mittee will recommend changes in
rules governing these tests, etc.
There have been several changes
in the rules governing obedience
test trials and new scales for scor-
ing have been adopted in all classes
The third annual specially show
of the club will be held in con-
junction with the Westchester Ken
mel Club at Rye, New York, on Sep
tember 10.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Chunoku Rated Threat
In Finals of Swim

Alec Chanaka. crack Montrose
natator, today loomed as a threat
to capture unlimited division honors
next week in the finals of the Dis
trict playground swimming event at
Mckinley pool
Chanaka captured the 50-yard
free-style race in 20 seconds yester-
day in preliminary test at George
town pool. More than 200 boys par
ticfpated in the trials, won by
Georgetown with lis points.
Gallinger was second with %
points. while Montrose scored 26
Gordon, II; Palisades, 4, and Stod-
dert, 4.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
The
SPORTLIGHT
Twelve Per Cent Take
Beats Turf Bettors
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (N.A,NA).-
No one can say that Col Edward r.
Bradley of Lexington, KY, and Palm
Beach doesn't know his way around
through the battling mazes of chance.
His horses have run and won on
many tracks and his wheels have
spun for more millions than you or
I could ever dream about. He has
known his game for more than so
years and he has known it from the
cellar up and from the roof down.
A few days. ago at the track he
turned and asked me an extremely
simple question, How can you beat
II per cent against you?"
The answer, of course, is that you
can't Not for any extended period
of time.
Within short while racing will
be almost exclusively mutuel betting
1t will cover big part of the coun-
try, so far as centers of population
are concerned. But this goes for
the bookies, also. The list includes
New York, Massachusetts,, Illinois,
California, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Florida, Maryland, Delaware, New
Hampshire, Arizona and other COM
monwealths. 1t soon will include
New Jersey.
They all are trying to beat IL
per cent on the wrong side, and as
Col. Bradley asks, How can you
do it."
One might just as we'll ask, How
can you catch a phantom?"
Evening star., 1939-08-03

MOTIFS ana Essex SHOW at 1lTdlCp
Farms. At this show, the largest in
the world. there is nothing but class
and group judging. There are no
obedience tests, sheep herding eXhi-
bitions, parades of champions or cos
tuned exhibitors, nothing but the
best dogs and the best judges in the
world, plus beautiful and spacious
setting and every comfort and con-
venience for the exhibitor.
Westminster Is Opposing School.
Westminster, which takes place
every February at Madison Square
Garden, is the de luxe example of
the opposing school. Here in addi-
ton to the finest dogs and judges.
and a number of the former limited
only by the size of the exhibition
space, there always have been sew
eral added attractions of a doggy ma
ture. Some of these. like this years
obedience test exhibition have added
greatly to the interest and educa-
tional value of the show.
Other exhibitions, such as the
sled dog exhibition at the same
show, certainly added nothing
to the enjoyment of the spec
tators.
Some OF the so-called added at
fractions have been of decided detri-
ment to this show. Others. like the
hound show which has been re-
peated from year to year, would be
greatly missed if omitted.
Beyond a doubt, bench committees
decide on all the extra attractions
they can command in an attempt
10 bolster up gate receipts and
thereby increase revenue. Few ken
mel clubs could survive two or three
years of losing on their annual
shows. But it is moot question
as to which is the better method of
making money. While the financial
sheets of the two clubs mentioned
above are not made public, it would
be surprising indeed if both were
not in the large money-making
group.
Dog Gazette Amusing.
Probably the funniest thing to
roll off the canine presses in recent
years is the Police Dog Gazette.
Written and published by Alice
Tompkins, editor of the Shepherd
Dog Review, it is a charming bur-
lesque on all sorts of doggy activity
reporting, with special reference to
shepherd dog interests. The adver-
tusements alone are more than
worth the modest price asked for
the Gazette Some of the particu-
larly delightful articles are Dates
and Results of Coming Shows"
How to Influence Judges" and
kennel News"
A Book for Dog Students.
Quite another volume is the re-
Gently published The New Book
of the Dog" by Edward c. Ash,
one of the foremost students of
doggy matters in England. and con-
sidered worldwide authority on
all subjects relating to dogs. This
book is one for the serious student
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Turf rips Retired Scribe
London Ex-Reporter's Legacy Hard Hit
By Bookies, So He Sells Stable

A couple of days later he
dropped Is grand on the same
horses and the only big money he
saw after that was feed bills.
Today he ordered his trainer,
the famed Steve Donoghue, to
sell his string.
"At least have lived" Gordon
consoled himself.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Mclean Visits BuIIston

Runner-up in second-half Tri-
County League competition, the
hard-hitting Mclean (Va) baseball
team will invade Ballston Stadium
tonight for a game with Lu Blues
Baseball School outfit at 8:15
o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Dubuque Hires Mercer

DUBUQUE, Iowa, Aug. 3.-Ken-
meth Mercer, former football coach
at Beloit College, has been ap-
pointed director of athletics and
head grid and basket ball mentor
at Dubuque University here.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Soccer Loop Will Hold
Meeting Tonight

Washington Soccer League will
hold meeting for the purpose of
electing officers on August Is at the
Y. M. G. A., 1876 G street NV,
at 8 o'clock.
Any one interested in soccer is
invited TO attend.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
A Dog S Life
By X. r. TAYNTON,

There Two schools of thought what constitutes dog show
schools
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Evening star., 1939-08-03

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Io relieve itching torment Of Athletes Foot and
other surface skin conditions, Just swab the irrta-
ton with soothing. dependable, liquid, ann
SOLUTION. Used by thousand, Grea.eless, in
vinble-a pharmacists time-proved .formnls a.
selected ingredients. Combats torment ~ vss.+shls
and animal parasites contacted. Relieves
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quick Or money back. Ask your druggist tIllh
teday for ann SoLUrioN-ouly Sc. w
Evening star., 1939-08-03
SoftbulIers Seek Foes

Takoma softball tossers are seek
ing action with crack clubs. Call
Manager Jack Ellis at Shepherd
4676-W between $50 and $50
o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Christy Mothewson Master
Of Odds in GombIino

1t is a Well-knoWn fact in smart
gambling circles that no gambling
game ever was invented for the
benefit of the player or the public
But only limited number can
resist the chance to turn S5 into
$50 with no work involved. Few ever
consider the matter of percentage.
Years ago, when I travelled with
the old Giants, there was one ball
player who could break the club at
almost any game played-chess, po-
ker, craps. bridge. He was known
as "Old Man Mathematics" and
"Old Percentage" His name was
Christy Mathewson.
Christy Mathewson had a bril-
liant mind. He was something more
than one of the great pitchers of
all time. I saw him one night in
Pittsburgh play II different chess
rivals at one sitting, and win every
game.
Blk Six knew what percentage
meant-in the long run. He worked
with it-not against it.
You may think I'm smart" he
told me one day, but I'm not smart
enough to buck the percentages
and get away with it. Nobody ever
has been that smart. The real sport
ing man asks only for an even
break. The gambler can't get by on
that
Evening star., 1939-08-03
Public Resents Protection
Against Losing Its Coin

This is no knock at the racing
game, which happens to thrill or in
terest many, many millions. And
there is no possible way you can
keep the "so-called human" race
from gambling.
If you made 134,000,00O gambling
inspectors out of 134,OOOOOO of the
U. S. population, you still would
have more gambling than the re-
manning 2,0000OO,O00 from the world
at large could handle. In the sec
ond place, any attempt to protect the
public is all lost motion.
The public resents any such pro-
lection. 1t has an idea it can take
care of itself. individually and COL
lectively. Even if it can't, it still
insists on the right to try.
Life, itself, is about 90 per
cent gamble, one way or another
health, opportunity, heredity, en-
Vironment, the breaks, etc. When
the football season opens almost
every taxi driver, bell boy, and ele-
vator boy will ask me what I think
of T. C. u, Tennessee, Northwest
ern. Michigan, Southern California
Fordham and a dozen others-most
of whom were unknown to them
a short time ago. Why? Because
they are trying OF pick six winners
out of ten selections where the odds
against his pick are at least to /.
They bet only a few dollars each,
but the total runs into more than
$200,000,000 for the season.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16
Ethel Maxwell
to Be Awarded
Masters Degree

Returning to her home in st,
Paul this week to spend her sum-
mer vacation, Mrs. Ethel II. Max
well will be present at the annual
commencement exercises of the
University of Minnesota on Satur-
day evening, June II, when she
will be awarded Master of Arts
degree.
Mrs. Maxwell is veteran social
worker. She was employed for six
years as a case worker with the
Minneapolis Family Welfare Asso-
citation, later going to st. Paul
where she became a supervisor in
the Ramsey County Board of Pub
lie Welfare. In 1886 Mrs. Maxwell
accepted a position on the faculty
of the Atlanta University School
of Social Work, Atlanta, Georgia,
the only Negro member of the
American Association Of Schools
of Social Work, and for the years
1857 was also consultant for the
Atlanta Family Welfare Society, a
position which she held along with
her teaching schedule in the uni
versity. 49,. -.
Mrs. Maxwell is a native of St.
Paul, and received both her under
graduate and her graduate educa-
ton at the University of Mime
sofa. She will attend the gradua-
ton of her son Stephen L. Maxwell
on Friday evening from st. Paul
Central High School, from which
she was also graduated.
She is a member Of the Ameri-
can Association of Social Workers,
the Georgia Conference on Social
Work, and the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority. In private life Mrs. Max
well is Mrs. Wilbur A. Williams,
wife of Mr.. Wilbur A. Williams,
well known Federal employee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16
Won't Fight

Won't Fight
Speaking of Negroes wants and
needs Allsop said, "They want an
all colored fire department, they
want Negro school teachers, they
want clerk and white collar jobs
but they won't get out and fight
for them"
Stating that the packing indus
try employs more Negroes than
any other industry, Allsop dis
closed that the impending national
strike of Packing House Workers
would probably be difficult, but
vitality necessary.
Auspices Joint Council
The mass meeting was held un-
der the auspices of the Joint Labor
Council which is composed Of
Negro representatives of Twin
Cities labor unions.
Members of the different unions
who appeared as speakers were:
Frank Boyd, secretary of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
tiers; Tony Kowski, president of
local four, packing house workers
at South st. Paul; Boyd Collins,
vice president of the P. w. o. C. at
South st. Paul.
Urge Women to Help
Mrs. Martin Schenpf, chairman
of the Woman's Auxiliary to Local
No. 4 of the Packing House Work
ers at South st. Paul, spoke urg-
ing colored women to join their la
Dor union auxiliaries.
Blair Stiles, an organizer for the
Building Service Local No. "a of
the A. F. of l., and Reginald Harris
of the International Brotherhood
of Red Caps, Local 1908, also spoke
briefly on the program.
After the meeting two in the
audience, Mrs. Juanita Mitchell of
the st. Paul branch of the NAACP
and Reverend L. w. Harris of the
Twin Cities Ministerial Alliance
pledged the aid and sympatnies of
their respective groups to the
cause of Negro Labor in st. Paul.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16
Bathing Beauty Contest,
Baby Show and Picnic at
Harriet Monday All Day

BATHING BEAUTIES TO THRILL CROWD AT ANNUAL PICNIC
All roads Monday will lead the Twin City Triangle Clubs Fifth
Picnic which will held June Island Paul
This affair." always the biggest outdoor gathering of the
have addition chief feature the bathing beauty contest
gigantic baby show.
the Twin City in the bathing beauty contest
Vna j. Myers Dorothea Baney Lucille Ray Mae E. Bell
Villa Mae Riley Dorothy White Anita Peoples Wined Rice Tommy
Riley, MIy Willis Iva Napue Helen Lewis Mary Bell Combs Ber
Stone Louise Myrtle Smith and others
who attend the affair early will have opportunity of
joying all of attractions
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-16
Brewing Company
Official to Talk
With St. Paulites

What his company can do to en-
ploy Negroes will be discussed at a
meeting with business and profess
sional people Wednesday, June 81,
by L. C. Gydesen, representing the
Jacob Schmidt Brewery, in the Hal
lie Q. Brown House at 8 p. m.
The meeting has been arranged
by the st. Paul Urban League with
the cooperation of the business and
professional group headed by Mel
son Martin.
The Company was requested to
send a representative who could
speak authoritatively on employ
ment policies and possibilities at
the plant.
For a long time the citizens Of
st. Paul have been expressing an
interest in the employment policies
of firms which receive a large
amount of business from the col
ored community, according to the
Urban League.
The league pointed out recently
that perhaps many companies are
willing to give employment in re-
turn for patronage, if they can be
sure of the cooperation of the COM
after openings are made.
During the summer months con-
sumption of beverages rises and
usually there is an accompanying
rise in employment.