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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11

foster mother may in some cases
have to deal with temperament, with
lack Of training, with perhaps a
total ignorance of politeness and
manners, with inconsistencies and
strangeness and unhappiness.
ALI these children won't come from
the better homes. We have many
Of those fortunate babies already;
the ones who could come over with
good nurse in charge, and are
rapturously absorbed by rich grand
mothers and friends. Most Of the
children who are coming will be-
have much as our own American
children would if they were suddenly
transplanted from New York or Bos-
ton or any other American city and
suddenly transported to England.
Ernest Thompson-Seton once gave
in one Of his books the jungle's rule:
"if it's strange, it's hostile" and
children still retain many Of the in
stincts of the jungle.
In handling these guests we must
use infinite patience and tact, and
an entirely unreasonable amount Of
kindness. They mustn't be disci-
plined, or subjected to rules, even
as much as our own children are.
No woman who wants to shelter one
should undertake it unless she is
willing to regard the experiment
with the utmost seriousness, and ex-
poets no surety of personal pleasure
or return from it whatsoever.
Keep Arrivals Together.
My own hope is that America,
rather than scattering, the small
English arrivals, will keep many Of
them together In something as like
q great boarding-school as possible;
will find good-hearted Englishwomen
who will understand them, and act
as nurses, cooks, guardians, teach
ers for them. That would seem to
me far truer hospitality than the
seemingly-kindlier one Of giving
them to individual foster-mothers in
scattered homes.
There must be in our various cit
les many empty buildings that could
easily be fitted with cots and lock-
CTS dIlQ IC1CCIOly tdOACo, 0AA8
equipped very simply to meet the
needs of small children. There are
certainly, in all our communities,
experienced mothers, doctors, diet
specialists to keep an eye on the
visitors, and be sure that they have
plenty Of outside pleasures and ex-
cursions.
Handle With Mass Efficiency.
We should make this an under
taking entirely separate from the
ordinary line Of our charities and
sympathies, and handle it with mass
efficiency, and with the proper pub
Lefty to prevent the difficulties that
will be inevitable if the Smiths and
the Bakers and the Johnsons all are
permitted to stretch out welcoming
hands to small Londoners who, with
in three weeks will have every
member of the household in state
of complete bewilderment and dis
comfort.
These little war-scared folk ara
a sacred responsibility; we want
them always to remember their
American visit as a time of happi-
ness and affection; we want them to
90 back as so many separate am
bassadors of friendship between one
great country and another.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
tBeil syndicats-wNU servica.)

By KATHLEEN NORRIS
TT IS a real joy and satisfac-
ton to the hearts of Ameri-
l. can women to know that we
are to have as our guests this
year several thousand little
refugees from war-torn Eng
land.
That they are trusting us with
their children at this time is sure
proof of the confidence and af-
lection that naturally exists be-
tween the two great countries.
! Even those of us who have been
most positive against any plan
of Intervention in this or any
other foreign combat, are eager
to extend a welcome to the
small girls and boys who are to
be sent away for awhile to
safety.
So they will come trooping over;
they will file down from the ships q
little scared and more than a little
homesick; they will be absorbed into
thousands of homes. And for a few
days all will be harmony, interest,
eagerness to make them feel COM
Portable and happy.
For a few days. Then the real
test will come for both visitors and
visited. And we must all hope that
when this test comes we will not fail.
Again America Sets Example.
This is perhaps the first time In
the history Of the world that one
nation has thus extended hospitality
to the children Of another. America
is often first in setting some exam
pie that the whole world presently
follows. And surely she has never
originated a more important one
than this. If it succeeds we will
have knitted our hearts to those Of
England forever. Trade treaties,
franchises, taxes, these are cold
blooded necessities between nations,
and misunderstanding and bitter
ness may easily upset them. But
when we say to their children:
"Come to us for safety and kindness
and good times and friendship" we
do something that goes far higher
than any business agreement goes;
we begin new type of International
exchange that may be the opening
of better day.
If it had been the fashion in Eu-
rope, during the past 900 or 300
years, to exchange children when
children were in danger, how diff
ferent might be the history Of the
world! For we have to remember
that the alignment of warning forces
has been different in all the wars.
For example, 20 years ago French
children might well have been sent
into Italy or Spain, for France and
Italy were on the same side then.
Russia might well have welcomed
English children, for Russia was one
of England's allies.
So that this is very solemn and
significant thing that we are doing.
We are saying to England: 1--WE be
of one blood, thou and l." We are
saving her the keenest pang that
her danger knows, the fear for her
children, and we are proving that,
even though we are not with her in
war, what we can do for her with
out war we are eager to do.
Creates Domestic Problem.
But the taking of a strange child
into any home is serious thing. II
that child is a small baby it means
that one woman's time is given COM
pletely over to the baby. If the child
is older-and the ages of these chill
dren supposedly will range from
to l6, then the problem is infinitely
complicated. Instead Of straight
ahead nursery service with bottles
and cribs and vegetable soups, the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-10-11
CHILD REFUGEES

Child refugees sent from England
to america for safety offer this coun.
try the greatest opportunity in history
10 promote international friendship.
Kathleen Norris Warns that il is ter.
ribly important that these children re-
ceive unusually kind and considerable
treatment. They are living in a foreign
land among total strangers ,citH differ.
ent customs. After all, she points out,
they are only children with childven's
temperament. i'll manners and home.
sickness.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Successful Defense
OF Western Crown
Looms for Nelson
Open Golf King Strips
Two Strokes OFF Par
In Pro-Amuteur Tilt
BY the Associated Press.

oJ eie hSoOtidtSd IICcc.
HOUSTON, Tex, Feb. 16.-His
Western open golf crown exposed
before one of the stoutest fields
in the tournaments history, Byron
Nelson went forth complacently to-
day to defend it.
Arlayed against him in the IS 900
event was a field choking with tai
ent, but the Reading (Pa.), pro-
fessional proved yesterday he was
unruffled and still on his stick.
In the pro-amateur competition,
he stripped two strokes from a par
made doubly elusive by cold north
winds.
The performance secured his po-
sition as favorite in the tourney.
Nelson. national open champion
and 1889 Vardon trophy winner,
was ill during the early days of the
winter tour but recovered to win
the Texas open at San Antonio a
few days ago and lead the Ryder
Cup team in its rout of Texas
amateurs at Dallas Tuesday.
Nelson's 34-35-69 on River Oaks
35-36--71 par left him in a three
way tie for second place individual
l.onors in the pro-amateur. Leland
Gibson, Kansas City professional,
cornered the first prize of $100 with
his amazing 34-32-66.
1t was the first money Gibson
has won on the current tour.
Best ball honors went to Nelson
and his simon-pure partner, Joe
Russell of Houston, with So.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
By ROBERT HENRY.

One of the most important double
headers of the scholastic season will
be played at Tech High tonight when
Western meets Anacostia for the
formers last chance to get into the
interhigh basket ball title series
playoff, and Woodrow Wilson faces
Central, with Central needing vic
tory In one Of its two remaining
games to assure itself of a playof
berth.
The opening game at 7::3O between
Western and Anacostia, first of the
seven teams to have playoff hopes
blasted, looks no setup for Western.
The Indians, on the Warpath,
knocked playoff hopes out of Tech,
and are apt to be troublesome to-
night.
Edge With Western.
Western, though, has more capable
players than the Indians to throw
into the fray and should win on
numerical strength, if nothing else.
Anacostia will depend mainly on
Johnny Places, who almost single
handedly defeated Tech last week
In cracking the scoring record for the
current series with 20 points. He
will be backed by Lambeth Anderson,
Art Faircloth, Johnny Burroughs
and Jack Koontz.
Westerns big four-Jimmy Karas,
Hal Mitchell, Hop Perrell and Irving
Schenker-will take the court. Jake
Hilleary and Johnny Lumpkin
should help.
The Wilson-Central game at $3.50
could 60 either way without being
startling upset. Each team has
played good and poorly in series
competition and non-title affairs.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
New Nat Too bashfuI
To Speak 10 Pilot
He'd Never Met
Gehrmon Dodees Harris
On Troin; Torres to Be
HurIer or Nothing
BY q Star stan Correspondent.

By Star Stan Correspondent.
ORLANDO, Fla. Feb. 16.-Pitcher
Paul Gehrman of the Mats, grabbed
from Albany in the draft, has set a
new high for bashfulness in a Wash
ington training camp.
The husky Highlander from
Bend, Ore. rode all the way from
Washington to Orlando on the same
train with Manager Bucky Harris
and nine other rockies, and didn't
get around to introducing himself
until the train neared its destina-
ton, IS minutes late.
There is nothing small about the
Nat rockies. sgd Hudson is 6 feet
4 inches tall. Elmer Gedeon is 6
feet inches and weighs 205 pounds.
Almon Williams is feet 3 inches
and weighs exactly 200; Walt Mas
terson is 6 feet inches; Joe Kra-
kauskas, 6 feet l inch, and Gehr-
man is an even 6 feet, weighing 1876.
More rockies were expected in
time for today's practice, but word
from Washington is that Joe Cam
bria's Cuban delegation, headed by
Gilberto Torres, will not be able
to leave Havana on the Tampa
boat until today. Torres, incident
ally, will be a pitcher or nothing,
according to Griffith. During the
winter Torres played third base In
the Cuban League and was one of
the top hitters but Griffith spurned
Bucky Harris suggestion that Gill
berto be groomed as a possible
utility man.
Don't let him do anything but
pitch" Griffith said. If he can't
do that, we'll see about letting him
fool around third and first bases
later"
The little Orlando railroad sta
ton was buster today than it has
been in a coon's age. In addition
to the carload of Mats, the opera
star, Gladys Swarthout, came on
the same train to fill q singing en-
gagement Practically every pro-
fessional photographer in town was
waiting on the platform.
Evening star., 1940-02-16

heavyweight. Dorr and LAMA are
newcomers, but potent punchers.
Bob Bradley is on the sidelines With
cut eye and Dick Hathaway is
nursing a bruised hand. Both are
resting for the conference tourna-
ment next week.
Cards Favored to Win.
Catholic University is expected to
end its season on a triumphant
note, finishing the campaign un-
defeated. Lock Haven is comprised
chiefly of inexperienced talent, al
though it boasts three outstanding
mittenmen.
One of these, Jimmy 'A,pkins,
meets Joe Bunsa in bout that
shapes up as the evenings feature.
Bunsa never has been defeated in
the home ring and hopes to continue
that record.
1t will be the final collegiate ring
appearance for the Cardinal captain
as well as Jay Turner and Fred
Slant The trio, incidentally, is in
volved in a close race for the Meyer
Trophy, annually awarded the most
valuable member of the squad.
Lock Haven's Billy Bressler, who
mingles with Len Baritone in the
127-pound class, is one of the visitors
best men. He holds decision over
Datner Kaufman of c. c. N. Y, cur
rent Eastern intercollegiate cham
pion. Billy's twin brother, George.
will box in the 120-pound class, op-
posing Ted Mandris.
George Washington has been
working overtime this week against
zone defense, which is West Vir-
ginia's strong suit. The Colonials
took their cue from the Georgetown
West Virginia fray after watching
the latter harass the Hoyas with the
zone. Coach Bill Reinhart specializes
in breaking up this type of defense
and the downtown school should
come through with another for tho
right side of the ledger.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Ray Morgan, Member
Of Famous Griffs Of
1912, Succumbs

Ray Morgan, a cog in one Of
Washington's more famed baseball
machines, is dead today from the
twin ravages Of a heart ailment and
pneumonia. The former Nat second
baseman died yesterday at Balti-
more City Hospital which he en-
tered Sunday.
Morgan was one of four rockies
who made the grade with the 1912
Nationals, the first Washington
team managed by Clark Grifith,
and with Eddie Foster. Danny
Moeller and Howard Shanks gained
a measure of fame In his first year
up as Washington won II straight
games.
That team, which climbed from
the cellar to finish in second place,
still holds the record for consecutive
victories by Washington team.
Morgan played with Washington
through 1918 and performed for q
short time with the Baltimore
Orioles In 1920.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Hope of Title PIoyoH Berths
Will Spur Western, Central
In High Battles 7oniqht

Wilson has the more experienced
outfit and a four-star combina-
ton in Moke Macdonald, Gene Cow
drey, Bart Fugler and Jordan Bent
ley. Central will look to Morris
Bisker, Teddy Thomaides, Charley
Kligman, Herman Mandes and
Harry Martin.
Tussles Outside Series.
-Four outside" games also were
on the local program today. This
afternoon at $3.50 Eastern was to
play host to st. Johns, Friends
was to entertain st. James of
Hagerstown and Fairfax was to in
wade st Adams. Tonight at 8
O'Clock Mount Rainier will play
Montgomery Blair at Silver Spring
An out-of-town game sends WASH
ington-Lee against Thomas Jeffer-
son at Richmond, Va.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
And a New Whut's t's-Wronq-With- th-Krokkv Theory

LOOK at Wasdell You can't a fellow
who long ball and huses Look at
noner hghe And those kids
like both them fight"
lot of white hopes huh they play we'll as fight?
speaking OF fighters wouldn't
behind the bat and left him there real good
ye bu neither Cochrane
best Cochrane boxer long time
Just kept boxing those pitches until he got great"
This wouldn't be crack at the
mean it. And don't putting paper Leonard is nv
pitching staff You might This Joe HAYNES
gong to be great So Chase and
kauskas VIII wake up He would
But he didn't know how to PITCH wasn't that
But he didn't theory Now If he
trains this year like Leonard frnsance he'll be agong
to tell him you'll got
still think he majors Gehman too He's
the fellow got Albany
We that seems to take of about
ability and such degree field Saw
there's chance Of this breaking the diamond
there? Maybe the mothers should
OF the streets before Mr. Grfhs eat EN- like
- -
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Hagen, Still Master Snowman Coptvotes Dallas Gallery
Sir WoI Makes Simple Appear Spectacular Applaud

when he stroked the putt 'blind.s
Sure, 1t went IN the hole!
That almost stopped the show.
Down the fairway went the
foursome, Hagen's ruddy night
club tan gnstening in the sun.
He reached his ball-only q short
approach shot into wide open
green. Deliberately he pulled q
club from the bag, studied the
shot.
No 1t wasn't the right club.
He reached again, pulled out an
other, studying the shot intently.
No, that one wouldn't do either.
Back he went for a third club,
keeping his gallery on edge. Now
-. - -.
Evening star., 1940-02-16

green, not too close to the hole.
The gallery app1auded.
It was just another shot-but
the Haig made it q spectacular
piece Of work.
Nearly SO now, Hagen is no
longer a competitor. Crispness
has disappeared from his game.
The showmanship hasn't.
He follows the tournament
swing as non-playing captain Of
the Ryder Cup team. Occasion
ally he galleries the boys: most
Of the time he chats in the club
house and hotel Hobbies.
The Haig still signs more auto
graphs than most OF the young
SfnrQ
Evening star., 1940-02-16

younger Nelson's. Sneads, Gull
dahls, Hogans, McSpadens and
Smiths, was playing again.
Over on another fairway q
goodly crowd followed Slammin'
Sam Snead and National Open
Champion Byron Nelson. Behind
the Haig trailed the throng.
Some were old, aided by canes.
They were seeing the master OF
two decades ago.
On the green stepped Hagen,
the picture Of nonchalance as he
strummed his putter, ukulele
fashion. The crowd surged in.
Some one laughed just as the
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

Woodrow Wilson VS.. Central,
Tech gym public high series
game), 8:45.
Anacostia VS.. Western, Tech
gym public high series game),
7:45.
Eastern VS.. st. Johns, Eastern
gym, $3.50.
Washington Lee High VS..
Thomas Jefferson, Richmond,
Va.
Mount Rainier VS.. Montgomery
Blair. Silver Spring, Md, 8.
Friends VS.. st. James, Friends
gym, $3.50.
st. Albans VS.. Fairfax High,
st. Adams gym, $3.50.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Jersey
Skeeters, Riverside Stadium, $3.50.
Horse Show.
10th Field Artillery, Pikesville,
Md. Z.
TOMORROW.
DAoACt OOAs
Maryland vs.. Catholic Univer-
sity, College Park, 7:30.
George Washington VS.. West
Virginia, Morgantown, w. Va.
Wilson Teachers VS.. Newark
Teachers, Newark, N. j.
Western VS.. Randolph Macon
Academy, Front Royal, Va.
Episcopal V. st. Christopher's,
Alexandria, Va, $3.50.
Washington-Lee High VS..
Petersburg High, Petersburg, Va.
Howard University VS.. Morgan,
Howard gym, 8.
Boxing.
Maryland VS.. Western Mary
land. College Park, 9.
Catholic University VS.. Lock-
haven State Teachers, G. U. gym,
8:15.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Jersey
Skeeters, River Vale, N. J.
Track.
Local schools in New York A.
G. games, New York
Swimming.
woodrow Wilson VS.. Charlotte
Hall Military Academy, Char
1otte Hall, Md.
Horse Show.
10th Field Artillery, Pikesville,
Md, 10 am. and Z pm.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Pair Of Ring Meets, Lone Court
Tilt on Week-End Bill Topped
By Show at Maryland

Maryland and Catholic University
ringmen were slated to take their
final warmup pitches this afternoon
in preparation for tomorrow nights
matches with Western Maryland
and Lock Haven State Teachers, re-
spectively.
The basket ball situation is COM
paratively quiet. No games today
and only one-Catholic U. at Mary
land-for stay-at-home fans tomor-
row. In other games, George WASH
ington tricks to Cumberland for its
annual meeting with West Virginia
while Wilson plays Newark State
Teachers on the latter's floor.
The Terp-Cardinal game ushers
in "All University Night at Mary
land. Everything but pink lemonade
and elephants go into the gala eve
ming which climaxes the winter
sports program at College Park. All
extra-curricular activities on the
campus are depicted in a lengthy
and colorful program sandwiched
in between the court and ring con-
tests.
Door Of the Coliseum will be closed
at 8:15, when the program swings
into high gear, and not open again
until Immediately before the start
Of the boxing match. The basket
bali game starts promptly at z
o'clock.
Tam Dine Ta.u. ChuAu~a
While Catholics oft-beaten quint
isn't rated in the same class with
Maryland's, the Cards recent games
indicate that they'll push the Terps
to the limit. It threatens to be one
of those wild, slam-bang affairs
with Catholic trying to offset lack
OF polish by unstinted enthusiasm.
Although Coach Heine Miller has
shuf1ed Maryland's ring roster and
come up with few strangers on
the first team, the Terps still are
favored to stop the Terrors. West
ern Maryland has experienced
rough going this season, bowling to
Army by an 30 count last week.
Capt. Joe Rouse, 120 pounds;
Harry Kicker, 1875, and Mike Pet
rucci, heavyweight, figure to give
as good as they receive tomorrow
but, barring upsets in other classes,
the team still doesn't seem to have
sufficient strength to stop its host.
Maryland will lineup with
Johnny Harm at 120 pounds;
Charley Dorr, 1877; Nate Askin 1876;
Buck LAMA, 145; Izzy Alperstein,
l55; Newton Cox, 1865; Josh Hughes,
light heavyweight, and Izzy Leites,
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Princeton Five Needs
Help 10 Gain Ivy
League Lead
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The Ivy
Basket Ball League apparently has
narrowed itself to three-team
race-but before one of those quin-
tets emerges as the winner there's
going to be some hectic doings.
Cornell's bid red clan seems to be
the hottest team in the circuit at
the moment, although it wouldn't
be surprising if Princeton wound up
the weeks play atop the standings
The Tigers have lost only one
game and meet Columbia Saturday
in what shouldn't be too tough q
test. If the Orange and Black car
win that one-and Cornell can
dump Observation-Disclosures goes
into the lead. Dartmouth, now only
once beaten, would thus join Cor
nell, which has lost two.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Foirfox, Mount Vernon
Fives in Title Come
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
- FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. l6-Fairfax
Highs basket ball team will seek
its eleventh victory in Is games to-
night when 1t meets Mount Vernon
High for the Fairfax County cham
pionship at the new Fairfax High
gym.
Fairfax, which dealt Mount Ver-
non a 29-10 trimming earlier in
the season. will be an overwhelming
favorite to repeat. Fairfax's only
losses have been to Montgomery
Blair, George Washington High.
Washington-Lee High and Ameri-
can University froSh.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
1hrong 10 See Heurichs
Play Sphas in PhiIIy

A capacity crowd is expected to
see tomorrow nights American
Basket Ball League game in Phila-
delphia, where the Heurich Brewers
and Sphas will clash in a game In
volving second place. The Brewers,
currently third, will exchange
berths with the current runner-up
Spha outfit should they repeat their
recent victory here over the Phila-
delphia team.
Sunday afternoon the Brewers
will return home to meet the Troy
Celtics. Because the league leading
New York Jewels are scheduled to
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Peoch-Fuzzed Cheeks, Foot and Some G-r-r-r

linen Lewis definitely is going to play the outheld,
why hot? We're base That
York deal cold believe Now the Vm and
York cases?"
Well practically but how did get the
American Lacquer Last Bill Weber paid
Tor him and William led them to the National pennant
Because Vosmik amt good people The
Browns had him They didn't has
oe soters Averl and eenbe Connie Mack rebuilding
me YANKEES can't use him The Red sox have Dominic
Indians traded Vosmik. Does this take O
Wel there is franchise in Chicago, go that
thanks.
Listen beamed the old gentleman chewing his cigar
Il don't need other peoples ball rootn
ootn of ball They're fight by
goooness now they'll fight! That Walker
the same Kind OF ball player
says won't the ANYBODY
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Pro Court Picks HoImun
As Meet Commissioner
By the Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Nat Hol-
man, basket ball coach of the City
College of New York and one Of
the greatest stars ever to play pro-
fessional basket ball, has been
named commissioner of the national
professional basket ball champion
ship to be played March 1920 at
the Madison Street Armory.
Evening star., 1940-02-16
BY FELIX r. MCKNIGHT,

DALLAS, Feb. 16.-Sir WAL
ter Hagen waggled q brassie over
the fairway shot-hemmed in by
q tremendous gallery.
The Haig's bulging apple
cheeks shook q bit, but the icy
wind failed to disturb one hair
on his perfectly groomed head.
Two waggles more and he was
ready for the swing. He stopped.
Out of the corner Of his eye
he sqquinted into the throng.
There's . gentleman over
there without a ticket" he
Evening star., 1940-02-16
Suhr Only Unsigned Phil

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16 (R.-
The Phillies have announced that
with the exception OF First Baseman
Guss Suhr the entire cast has
signed 1910 contracts.