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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-05
Couple on A Block Boys
Bring EN- Back Alive

Don Mcodanus and Dick Snyder are two Greenbelt
boys who AREN'T afaid Of snake bites. "a snake bite
feels like q pin prtck", says Dick noncha1antlys
"Then about 80 minutes later you get sick at your
stomach: I've been bitten ten times, and I'm still
a1ive.n
Don and Dick are the proud propristors Of a
agsre which at present cont aims ten snakes and five
turtles. The formers caught barehanded by the boys,
include four garter snakes Of assorted sizes, three
black snakes ranging from to four feet, two hog
snakes, and six inch brown king snake. The
turtles cont11butedW nei borhood boyss Snakes
and turtles live very happily to gether in stout
wooden eight by four by two feet In dimension.
Layer Of earth IN the botton provided bargowing
space, screened window provides venti1atdcns and
an old branch placed agonally in thu box acts
an exercising bar.
The black. hog nose, and garter snakes curl up to-
getler in common hollow the boys report. Only the
king snake is exclusive and is seldom seen except
when the pen is cleaned and It discovered in its
private burrow. Furthermore, it has never been seen
to eat anything and the boys wonder how it stays g.
Live.
Every two weeks the rest of the snakes swallow
whole and kicking average of three freshly caught
frogs apiece, which take them about week to digest.
"You can see them go down., report the boys with
relish. The snakes Will eat only frogss Toads
"out", the snake keepers fomds
The collection once contained q bull snake brought
from Nebraska by Werner Steinle, who caught it in
sack. This spe cimen escaped after two months
finemat, and Is STILL AT LARGE! Two years ago the
boys had two foot black snakes w Oh accepted
by the Rock Creek Zoo. "They were used to Lot Of
freedom. reported Dick. I'VE used to Let them out
everything. When hey got to the Zoo they used to
bang against the glass window all the time"
The boys make a re gl1ar practise Of letting the
snakes out once week for exercise. They al
Lowed to crawl and stretch much they please
and then recaptred. Dari ng hot spells they are
released every day.
where do you catch the snakes7n asked the shud-
dering reporter. "oh, around the houses and along
the High School path. We smoked big black snake
out Of Log. He tough."
Dan developed his passion for snakes Nai 1e living
in Wyoming and Colorado. Dick became interested
when he and Don worked up joint report snakes
for Paul Brsngle, Freshman Science teacher at the
areenbelt High School.
The snakes weren't fooled minute by the recent
cold weather, the boys report, but kept active as
they have been ever since the beginning OF SUMNER
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-05
FSA Survey Shows Ideal Population

A survey made by Farm Security Admin stration,
September 1888, indi Gated that "ideal" popula
tien for Greenbelt would be 1888. Adults ls
to total 1850, percentage Of 7o.5, High
Schoo1ers from 1913, 2s3 $3.50, children from
to II, 347, ll.9, ana pre-schoc1 youngsters 25s,
or $3.50.
Mrs. Nary Jane Kinzer indicated Last week that
Greenbelt is overcrowded and that the different
groups far exceed these "idea1" quotas.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-05
'sYOUNGSTER" SELLS GCS
MEMBERSHIP SHARES

Dr.. George A. rreimm, who calls himself "youne-
ster of 70" Is and B1ock's representative from
the Greenbe1t Consumers Services, Inc, in its
rent drive for paid up memberships. This spry old
gentleman estimates that he has 90 people in all
Of this number, member has signed up, eight
have paid up in full their first shares and ~
have promised to purchase second shares, applying
Last years. dividends.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-05
Shirley Friedman Wins Scholarship

Shirley Friedman, recent Greenbelt High School
graduate, has been awarded the Metropolitan Area
scholarship Columbus Junior College in Washington
viii CHI offers two year course.
For the three years she has attended Greenoelt
High School Shirley has made an ma average in her
studies. She has decided to take up secretar1a1
work at Columbus.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-05
SCHOOL STATS TAKE
ON NEW TEACHERS

The Greenbe1t E1smentsry School has two
teachers In its ranks, Mrs. Beu1ah Wall and Matte
Nee El1iford.
Earl q. Becker and Alma E. Marshall newcomers
to the teaching staff Of the High School.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-05
Braden To Attend Convention In
Colorado Springs

Town Manager Braden left for q months vacation
Last Saturday. He plans to motor to New Orleans M
Paso and finally to Colorado Springs, where he Will
attend the International City Managers Converts
from September u to zoe
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-05

"Look at the way that grass Is grroWingr mourned
Angus McGregor during Last weeks wet spell, sand
can't get out to cut it,"
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-05

Plan to visit oreenbslt's Fair this week.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Fans Would Need Printing
To Be Sectionol-Minded

For all the loyalty that Boston
golfers for years have showered on
Francis Ouimet and to lesser ex-
tent Jesse Guilford. it hardly was
to be expected that the gallery could
have enthused over the 1884 final
between Lawson Little of San Fran
cisco and Dave Goldman of Dallas.
Pittsburgh would have needed spe-
cial priming to warm up enthusias-
tically to the final between Willie
Turnesa of New York and Pat Alb
bott of Hollywood, or Chicago to the
tussle last year between Bud Ward
of Spokane and Ray Billows OF
Poughkeepsie.
Today's galleries know more golf
than did those of a score of years
ago, and it is quite possible that they
enjoy the battle between the two
fnalists for the championship just
as much. But something went out
of the game. with the dying off Of
sectional rivalry.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Two Games Saturday
To |naugurate City
Loop Flag Series
MilIers, Kleins Change
Date to Avoid Skins
Season Opener

Miller Furniture and Klein's Tav-
ern will inaugurate their three-game
series for the championship of sec
ton A, National City League, with
a double-header at 1;30 pm. Satur-
day on the South Ellipse.
Managers of both teams, after a
conference with President Vic Gauz-
"a, agreed to move the games up one
day to avoid conflict with Sundays
Redskin curtain-raiser. If a third
game is necessary it will be played
the following week.
Kneesi Cubs and Naiman Pho
tographers. who clash in one
game playoff for second-half honors
in the Junior circuit, also moved to
avoid a conflict with the football
inaugural by scheduling their game
at 10:30 am. on the same diamond
1t was scheduled originally at l
o'clock. The winner will qualify for
a three-game championship series
with the Cardinal A. c., first-half
victor.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Baseball
Continued From Page D-1.)

30 and 81. while the Brooklyn
Dodgers were losing a pair to the
Chicago Cubs. 8-5 and 80. Bucky
Walters pitched four-hit ball in the
opener and Paul Derringer scattered
six in the nightcap. 1t was the 18th
victory for each.
Dizzy Dean stalked back into the
National League by hurting siX-hit
ball for the Cubs second triumph
over the Dodgers. But his side-arm
stuff looked about the same as that
which he used last spring before
going to Tulsa in the Texas League
to try to cure his arm trouble. He
had good control and varying speed
but none of it like his former fast
one.
The slugging st. Louis Cardinals
gouged the New York Giants twice.
IA and 80, getting II hits in the
opener and taking the nightcap on
Terry Moore's home run in the ninth
inning.
The Pittsburgh Pirates crushed
the Phillies, 9-3, with q five-run
furry in the ninth.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
'Doerinq Is Only Major Casual
With Is Left in u. S. Amateur;
Two Ex-Chompions Battle

champ was three under par for 2e
holes.
His morning opponent today was
Abbott. and, surviving that. he faced
the winner of the Billows-Haver-
stick match in the afternoon. He
gave Billows an easy trimming in
last years final.
Though he fell of somewhat from
his great golf of the qualifying
rounds. Chapman was only two
over par in squelching his first two
opponents and rated a favorite over
Mccarthy in the feature match Of
todays first round. The winner
was to get Strafaci or Burke In the
afternoon.
At any rate. there will be only
four players left tonight to carry on
in tomorrow's 36-hole semifinals.
At a guess. they might be Chapman
and Wehrle in the upper bracket.
and Ward and Turnesa in the lower.
but there is no guarantee attached.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Gerry Brothers
Aknusti -Four in Bid
For Open Crown
Go on Rampage in l1-6
Win Over Guest Team;
Face Tough FinoI
By the Associated Press.

WESTBURY. N. Y, Sept. l2-If
the Gerry brothers. Eldridge and
Bobby, can keep up the pace they've
set so far, the Aknusti team is a
cinch to win the National Open polo
championship.
Aknusti, winner over the Texas
Rangers III the first round, turned
back Winston Guests Gulf Stream
four yesterday, LIS, as the Gerry
brothers literally ran wild. Each
scored four times.
The losers two nine-goal stars
played fine polo, Mike Phipps scor-
ing once and Guest four times, but
there wasn't anything the Gulf
Streamers could do about the Gerrys.
The Aknustis, however, will face
a tough team Sunday. when they
run up against Iglehart's Great Neck
outfit.
The Iglehart Dandies turned back
the defending champion Bostwick
Field to reach the final in as tight
defensive game as the tournament
has seen.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
BY the Assoclat.d Press.

MAMARONECK, N. Y. Sept. IL
Three former champions and the
present titleholder> Marvin BUD
Ward of Spokane. Wash, still were
in there pitching as the surviving
Is went at it again today in the
National Amateur golf champion
ship at Winged Foot Club.
Two of the ex-champs-Jess
Sweetser, %. and Johnny Fischer,
'36-were paired in the first of the
days two 18-hole rounds. willie
Turnesa, 1888 winner, also turned
back his first two opponents yester-
day.
The only highly regarded player
missing after the frightful carnage
of the first two rounds was Art
Doering Of Chicago Ranked in the
second group of hot contenders,
right behind Ward. Doering failed
to get going and was rocked out in
the first skirmish by Otto Greiner
of Baltimore, 5 and 4.
Billows Has Close Call.
nay olllONS Va IOus
runner-up twice in three years.
still was among those present,
though he had a narrow escape
when he had to go % holes to elimi
nate Bill Dear, jr.. of West Orange,
N. j., in his morning match.
Wilford Wehrle Of Chicago, who
the professionals say is the most
mechanically perfect player among
the amateurs, still was around.
Also Frank Stafaci of Great Neck,
N. Y: Pat Abbott of Pasadena; Dick
Chapman of Winged Foot. tourna-
ment medalist; Maurice Mccarthy.
jr., Cincinnati star; George Dawson
of Chicago and John Burke Of Rye,
N. Y.-all well-known to the ma
tional scene.
Only the remaining four sur
vivors might be termed outsiders, s."
and each of them owns high
sectional rating. Tom Sheehan, jr,
of Worthwhile, Mich. last years
medalist; Greiner. conqueror of
Doering; w. B. Mccullough, jr., Of
Abingdon, Pa. and Harry Haver-
stick. jr., of Lancaster, Pa. COM
prised the quartet that confounded
the experts slightly.
McCulloughs best victim was Gus
Moreland, former Walker Cup star,
now grown portly. whom he ousted,
! up, in the afternoon. He drew
Turnesa as his initial opponent
today. Sheehan upset the dope
somewhat by eliminating Albert
(Scotty) Campbell of Seattle, 2 up,
also in the afternoon. Haverstick
licked a pair of equally obscure
players-Dan Cawley jr., of Mari
eta, Ohio, and James Oleska of
Brooklyn.
The play, in other words, had run
remarkably true to form up to this
point. Ward established himself
a stronger favorite than ever by
shooting the best golf of the day
to beat Ellis Knowles, the Rye
grandpappy, 6 and S, and Buddy
Haas of New Orleans, 3 and 2. The
Evening star., 1940-09-12
PIummer, BockwinkIe
Hook Up in Grudge
Match ON Mat
Will Settle Old Score
Tonight; Doubles Bout
Also Is Featured

A Plummer known as Lou and
Warren Bockwinkle will settle an old
score on the mat tonight at Turner's
Arena in the feature bout of an all
star wrestling show. The first match
is scheduled for $50.
Exactly what the score was when
they last met is not quite clear, but
both are anxious to settle it and risk
getting the correct answer. It will
be a finish match-another one of
those foreign ideas.
Chris and Babe Zaharias are
booked for a doubles engagement
with Sheriff Tom Hanley and Herbie
Freeman.
Chief CheWaki, a villain of first
water, meets Gino Garibaldi and
Tommy O'Toole tackles Frank Jud-
son in supporting bouts.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
St. Mory's Defends Clean Ring
Slate Against Merick Boys

vile Recreation Center, Norfolk
Boys Club, Frederick and Virginia
Athletic Clubs and a host Of others
and they hope to add Merrick's name
to that imposing list.
Merrick will present three Mason
brothers, popular young ringmen
who appear headed for bigger
things in the squared circle.
Tomorrow nights program:
147 pounds-Carl Steele vs. AL Barnard.
147 pounds-Bernie Cook VS.. Ray Ma
son.
145 pounds-Frank McCaleb VS.. Top
oonent to be named).
11S pounds-Al Horton VS.. Joe Gam
non
$50 pounds-Joe Liparini VS.. Wilbur
Mason.
los pounds-Mutt Bailey vs.. Henry
Ragsdale.
147 pounds-Larry Baldwin VS.. Bernie
Mason.
90 pounds-Beezy Clayton VS.. Dave
Evening star., 1940-09-12
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 12.-Take
1t from Frankie Frisch. ballplay-
ers should welcome strict discipline.
"sure I'm tough" said the Pitts
burgh Pirate manager. my ball
players get to bed by midnight or
there's trouble. I won't have ell
bow benders' and night owls on
my club. I won't keep 'em, don't
care how good they are. One bad
actor hurts young players.
Furthermore" continued Frisch,
who learned the meaning Of disci-
pline with the New York Giants
under John McGraw, II think strict
discipline makes a ballplayer last
longer
Look at Cobb and Walter john
son and Hans Wagner. They played
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Old AiIment Might End
Betty MeckIey's Golf

The golf future of Mrs. Betty p.
Meckley, former District. Middle
Atlantic and Maryland State cham
pion. was undetermined today, with
the Kenwood star in Doctors Hos
pital after an operation which may
terminate her competitive career.
Mrs. Meckley. a recent participant
in the Mason-Dixon championship
at White Sulphur Springs. w. Va.
suffered back injury several years
ago, but returned to play steady golf.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Major Leaders
Z u Z CcSs
AMERICAN LEAGUE.


Battins-Rsdclifl; St. Louis. .34s; Di
Runs-Williams Boston. lie: McCosky,
and Greenbere, Detroit, 1O6.-
Runs batted in-Greenbere, Detroit,
124: Di Magic. New York. 1I5.
Hits-Cramer, Boston, 1s5; Radcliff,
St. Louis, 17a.
Doubles Detroit, 4s; Bou-
Triples-McCosky, Detroit, II; Finney,
Boston Is.
Home runs-Foxx, Boston, 35: Green
stolen bases@case, washington, 80:
Walker. Washinston, 21
PitehinE-Newsom, Detroit, 1s-3;
Rowe. Detroit, 13-3.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting-Walker. Brooklyn. 800: Hack
and and. dleeson' Chicago and Mize, st.
Runs-Mize, st. Louis. 100; Vaughan,
Pittsoursh. and Werber, Cincinnati.
Runs batted in-Mize, St. Louis, III:
r. Mccormick, Cincinnati 1l3.
HitsCF. Mccormick, Cincinnati, and
DoubiesSF. Mccormick. Cincinnati.
30: Vaushan, Pittsburgh. Hack and
Gleeson. Chicago. "a.
Triples PITTSBURGH, IA;
Ross. Boston, 49,:
cafo. callsds9phia' 81 and Nicholson Chi
Stolen bases-Moore, st. Louis. II;
Frey Frey, g Cincinnati and Hack. Chi.
Observation-Disclosures Brooklyn, IL
2: Sewell. Pittsburgh, 14-3.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Score Of Trim Little
Graft Taking Part
In 2-Day Meet
l25Bouts in II Glasses
Expected to Compete
For Star Trophies
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

While two days remain before the
Potomac River off Hains Point is
taken over by the East Coasts
choicest fleet of small sailing craft
for the 14th annual Presidents Cup
Regatta, followers of sail will have
preview of the colorful feet to-
day and tomorrow at nearby AL
exan6ria.
The first open regatta of the new
Pen"rin Glass Dinghy Association
gets under way this afternoon at 2
o'clock with the first of five races
sponsored by the Old Dominion
Beat Club of Alexandria.
More than 20 penguinS-a trim
little 1lla -footer carrying a single
saffron Washington, nearby
Maryland and Virginia, New York
and Florida will move on to WASH
ington at the close Of COMPETE
'tion tomorrow afternoon for the
cup regatta opening here Sunday.
Association Secretary Ralph
Youngs, who is handling penguin
entries, reported yesterday IL Of the
little boats will be on hand from
scattered fleets at Montauk Point
and Manhasset Bay on Long Island;
Rochester, N. Y; Perth Amboy,
Lakehurst and Atlantic City. all in
New Jersey, as we'll as from Barnegat
Bay.
Penguin Class Largest.
With the exception of the comet
division, the penguin class is ex-
pected to attract the largest field
in the local regatta, for which The
Star has donated trophies.
Two races are on today's pro-
gram, the second starting IS min
utes after the finish of the first
Third event is for 10 am. tomor-
row and fourth and fifth going off
similar to today's. Herbert L. Stone
of New York City, honorary chair
man of the Cup Regatta Race
Committee, will present trophies at
the Old Dominion Club tomorrow
at 9 pm.
For shippers and crews it will
llOG DC dll IUll dllO j ldClIls. 1Ol4sll
they gather in the Alexandria club
for the first national meeting of
the penguin class. At that time a
new constitution and bylaws will
be voted upon.
All penguin events will be sailed
under rules of the North American
Dinghy Association.
Post Entries Numerous.
Although entry deadline for the
Presidents Cup races closed two
days ago, Arthur Carnduff. chair
man of registration, reports skip
pers from many parts of the East
ern seaboard continue to write him
they are coming here. Approx
mately 100 boats in IL classes have
entered, and officials, recalling the
last-minute rush of previous years,
expect the field to reach 125.
Previous record high for starters
was 100, set in the 1888 regatta.
Sailing of Hains Point begins at
l:30 pm. Saturday, with classes set
ting out at five minute intervals
from a start at the Coast Guard
cutter Calypso. Sundays races are
at $50 am. and 2 pm.
Free lunches will be served all
contestants between races Sunday
at Corinthian Yacht Club.
Evening star., 1940-09-12

st. Mary's Boys Club ringmen
will defend an unsullied interclub
record of "a consecutive victories
this evening when they square of
with Merrick Boys Club in an out
door show at Municipal Stadium,
Alexandria. The first bout is sched-
uled at 815.
Carl Steele, A. A. U. 135-pound
champion: Bernie Cook, A. A. u.
welterweight titleholder; Frank Nc
Caleb, 1888 Golden Gloves champ,
and AL Horton, reigning 1l2-pound
Golden Gloves champion, will ap-
pear in the Saints star-studded line
up This final outdoor match Of the
season has been dubbed the Car
nival of Champions"
Coach Naaman Massey's boys have
met and defeated such strong teams
as Richmond, Roanoke, Charlottes-
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Colts Turf Experts
Hear Jones Here
Next Monday
Ex-Links Ruler Among
-Four to Speak Before
Greens Section Group

Robert Tyre Jones, jr., one-time
world emperor of golf, will be in
town next Monday. But. so far as
Roberts present schedule is laid out,
he won't be showing that molas-
ses-smooth swing at any Of the local
country clubs.
Bobby will be here, as director Of
the American Golf Institute, to
make speech during the Septem.
Der meeting of the United States
Golf Association greens section at
the Hamilton Hotel. A lot of celebri-
ties also will be present, among them
Jess Sweetser. treasurer Of the
United States Golf Association, who
was quite an amateur golfer himself
back in the old days; Fielding Wal.
lace, chairman of the U. S. G.. A.
Greens Section Committee, and a
number of other gents connected
with the angle of U. S. G. A. opera
tions which does the most good and
gets the least publicity-its work
toward improving the turf OF some
5000 golf courses throughout the
land.
Turf Experts to Speak.
The occasion will be the annual
turf meeting sponsored jointly by
the green section and the Green
keeping Superintendents Asocia-
ton. 1t will be held September 15
and II and will attract scores Of
men interested in turf and golf
course development. DR.. John Mon.
teith of the Department of Agricul-
ture is the chief of the Washington
staff and a man regarded as the best
posted turf expert in the land.
The experts will gather at the
Arlington Turf Garden, across the
Potomac near the end of Memorial
Bridge, at 9 am, September IS, and
will view the experiments in prog
ress there. They'll hear other ex-
perts discuss turf culture until $3.50
and then will visit turf experiment
plots in the parks here. That night
they'll attend a dinner at the Ham,
ilton Hotel at which Bob Jones,
Fielding Wallace, Dr.. M. A. Mccall
and John Gray will speak.
Meeting Highly Important.
On Tuesday, September IT, they
will visit experimental plots at near
by golf courses. viewing fairway
fertilizer tests, fairway weed control
and experimental greens. Later they
will split into small groups and dis
cuss turf maintenance problems.
This meeting is regarded by the
U. S. G.. A. as one of the most i'm
portant Of the year In January
the Mid-Atlantic Associat ton Of
Greenkeepers holds a short course
for greenkeepers in this area Many
of the experimental grass plots to
be viewed by the experts are at Cap
ital Golf and Country Club.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
BY WALTER McCALLUM,
Star Stan Correspondent.

WINGED FOOT CLUB. Mamaro-
neck, N. Y, Sept. 12.-The longer q
fellow gets around to these national
amateur golf shows, the more he is
impressed with the multitude of men
and boys who have become fairly
good at the business Of knocking a
golf ball around tough course in
respectable figures.
They come from anywhere, from
Oshkosh, Racine, little towns around
Chicago; from Boston, New Orleans,
Texas and California. They haven't
come lately from Washington, or at
least not with skill enough to go
anywhere in the championship. But
they will. 1t takes only one or two
really good golfers in a section to
breed a flock of boys good enough
to win.
Horton Smith, the tall pro and
one Of golf's keener observers, was
talking about it. II don't know when
I've seen so many amateurs who can
hit the ball right" said Horton. Bob
Jones said the same thing. So did
Jimmy Thompson. These three,
among them, are qualified to speak
with some authority on any phase
Of golf.
There isn't 50 much difference as
you might think between these good
amateurs and the top men Of pro
golf. They hit the ball the same way,
and even though the pros may score
lower, the amateurs would do the
same thing II they had to do 1t to
eat and make a living. After all,
urgency spurs a fellow on to do his
best. II they were pros they would
have to discipline themselves, take
care of themselves physically and
mentally and build themselves up to
the winning level. But what I mean
is that by any standard of shot
making, they are good"
Pack Closer Behind.
do you think the amateurs of to-
day are as good as those of say Is
years ago?" I asked. How about
men like Jones, Won Elm, Sweetser
Ouimet, and one or two others. Gould
these boys 60 along with them?"
Maybe not" grinned Smith. "It's
like any comparison you might make