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Evening star., 1940-05-02
WI. Gets Late Scare,
But Wins by 5 to 4

Washington-Lee had another VIC
tory to its credit today after beat
ing James Monroe High of Fred
ericksburg at Baliston yesterday,
5 to 4.
Ed johnson pitched q good game
and weakened only in the ninth
when the invaders scored three runs.
Lou Tapp of WI. and Pete
Lowry of the visitors connected for
homers.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
From the
Press Box
Colonel Due for Bright
Start in 8Oth Year
BY JOHN LARDNER,

Special Correspondent OF The Star.
NEW YORK, May 2 (NAN.A.-
Bimelech, named for the Biblical
King who slew all his 10 brothers
but lothian, Is a standout horse
for this, the 66th Kentucky Derby,
coming up Saturday at Churchill
Downs in Louisville.
He may go to the post an even
shorter favorite than Johnstown,
who paid a lean 1920 mutuel, or
odds of 3 to S, last year. With Dit,
Midland and Pictor the ones to beat,
he still is the king his namesake
was until they pitch him off the
throne. What's more, if his 80-year-
old owner, Col. Edward Riley Brad
ley, wins with Bimelech, 1t will be
the fifth Derby triumph for the
Colonel and it will come soon after
his 80th birthday anniversary.
Here are the Derby deeds Of the
house of Bradley in review:
l92O-Stake money in the Derby
rose to $4,000 this year, and Col.
Bradley, now Kentuckian and a
horse breeder, sent his first delegate
to snap at the prize. The horse
was BY Golly, and he quit under
Jockey Lyke, running seventh In
the field of IT. Paul Jones, the
Raj Parr gelding, was the winner.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
St. AIbuns Nine Victim
Of Episcopal CIoutinq

st. Albans looked back on it's first
defeat of the season today after los
ing close game yesterday to Episco-
pal, to 7.
A 15-hit barrage by the invaders,
topped by three each by jug Harlan
and Frank Wideman, reached It's
peak in the seventh and eighth
when the Virginians scored four
times in each.
Bill Terry led the Saints attack
with two hits.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Tech, Loser 10 Blair,
Is Tuning for Game
With Roosevelt

After losing a close game yester-
day, Tech High was preparing to
bounce back tomorrow, when it will
entertain Roosevelt In a public high
title series game.
Playing Montgomery Blair at -Four
Corners, Md, yesterday, Tech lost
out in the last inning when the
hosts staged a two-run rally which
gave them a 4-to-3 victory.
Johnny Morris was the winning
pitcher.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Five Lost-Innine Runs
Win for G. U. Prep

Five runs in the last inning gave
Georgetown Prep a 9-to-8 victory
over Charlotte Hall in a Thinning
game at Garret Park yesterday.
Chuck Devine, with three hits and
Jake Powell with a triple, led the
attack,
Evening star., 1940-05-02

Owen. Tapp (2). Kirchner. Good. Errors
-Branscome. Long t2), Billingsley. Kirch-
ner. Runs batted in-Baker CD. Lowery,
hits = Baker. Tapp. Three : base hit =
McPherson; Home, runs-Tapp, Lowery.
sacrifice-. -shspperd: Left on bases---James
Helm, O.; OF Cooper, 1: on johnson. s.
Struck out-By Helm. /; BY Cooper, o: By
johnson. Z. Hits-on johnson. 9. for 4
Ia innings; Oh Cooper. 2, for 5 runs In
inninss. winning -pitcher-Ed Johnson.
Losing uateheg-A ceeper. Umpirs-Nr.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Macleod Pitches, Bots
Bethesda to Victory

Jack Macleod was hailed by
teammates today for hitting and
pitching Bethesda Chevy Chase to
q 11-to-7 victory over Dewitt yes
terday.
Macleod allowed five hits in six
innings and made four in five times
at bat.
Bob Webster stood out for Dewitt
with three hits.
Evening star., 1940-05-02

Runs-Hart, Gordon. SorreI. Edmonds.
Thatcher t2l. Schulze (2). Newby, Fellows.
Runs batted in-Schulze go; Newly t2).
Morrison. Lewis. Rike Sorrell Two-base
hits Thatcher, Newby, Schulze. Lewis.
Three base hits-Lancaster Schulze f2),
Thatcher Newly. Home run-Sorrell
Stolen bases-Morrison. Brown (2). Fellows
t'), Gordon. Sacrifce-Tha tcher. Double
plays-Tha tcher (una ssistedl: Thatcher to
Fellows: Schulze to Edmonds to McCrady
Left on bases-Wilson. g. American u, s.
Bases on balls-Of Brown. 4: of Ifshin. f.
Hit by pitnher-By Brown (BoswelD. Um-
pire-Mr. Trundle
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Travellers Are Called

All members of the Washington
Travellers are requested to report for
practice tomorrow at pm. at Mon
ument diamond No. 2.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Tech Rifle Team Beuts
St. Johns, l,268-1.2l2

Led by John Fondahl's 270, Tech
Highs rifle team trounced St.
Johns marksmen, 1858 to 1912.
Tech next will face Anacostia for
the inter -hiQh chamnionshin
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Diamond Trio Is Paced

Nick Mallus. Angie Valenza and
Euney Stadler, ballplayers, are re-
Quested to contact Edward McDon-
ough at Hobart 1888.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Georgetown Prep Schools golf
team. in rut now for several years,
below the standard of the teams on
which Maury Nee, Frank Allan and
Billy Dettweiler played In years
gone by, now seems ready to jump
into the forefront of the scholastic
loop.
Victors in three of their four
matches played so far this year,
the Little Hoyas have dropped
only one contest to the fast
travelling Bethesda Chevy Chase
outfit. which won the metropolitan
schoolboy title last year, and seems
in a fair way to repeat this year.
In their opening match Bethesda
Chevy Chase dropped their only
contest Of the year to date, losing q
close one to Bladensburg High
School. And yesterday a rejuve-
mated Georgetown Prep team, play
ing sterling golf in all positions,
whipped that same Bladensburg
outfit, 9 to 0. A clean sweep over
the team which licked the cham
pions is nothing to laugh about.
And it may indicate that the boys
from Garrett Park have something
on the ball this year which they've
lacked in recent years.
Boylan Scores 76.
Bob Boylan, who has done some
starring for Georgetown Prep in
other sports, helped himself to q
76. Jack Brayer had q II, and Bob
Mcdonald had SO for the first nine,
at which point he was so far in
front the match virtually was con-
ceded.. But the best golf of the
day was accomplished by young
Ed Sullivan, who played the first
nine in IS, which happens to be
par for the Garrett Park course.
Looking the schedule over you'll
find that Georgetown Prep plays
most of its matches this year on
its home course at Garrett Park.
That should be an advantage, but
the Little Hoyas have more than
that. They can go a long way in
the championship, and they may
bring the big mug back to the halls
at Garrett Park where 1t used to
reside in the days when George
town Prep ruled the roost in school,
boy golf.
v. A. Meet at Kenwood.
Veterans Administration en-
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Totals 3b e24 8 Totals O1427 8
Dewitt 006 010-
Rethesda 406 O1O 00x-1 1

Bethesda - 406 010 00x-11
Runs. Stevens, Kemp, Valenza, Pa
HssS.ssn HssS Ms0ssf G sGumase sesspd @ crsns Msr e.
Kinsman. Day B. Stevens. Errors-B.
stevens, Mirage, Kinsnan, Panago Cd.
Valenza. Two-hase hits-Hashagen,
Eaton. Stolen bases-Deiisi. Becker (2),
Kemp, Miller (2l. Cremins. sacrifice-Day.
Double play-Kinsman to MacLeod-
9rounder to second forcing runner and
throw to frst. Left on bases-Devitt, 8:
Bethesda, 10: Bases on balls-On Mac
teod. 8; OF J. Stevens, 5; Oh Fletcher, i.
Struck out-By Macleod, s; BY Mirage,
8: by J. Stevens 4; by Fletcher. 3. Hits
Oh Stevens. 8 in 4 innings; OF Fletcher.
in 4 innings: Oh Macleod, 8 in 6
Shoemaker, / in l inning. Hit By
pitcher-:By J. Stevens 9: By Mirage. /.
Wild Pitch. Stevens. Winning pitcher
pire-Mf. Kuste9.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
College Sports

Baseball
American University, Z; Wilson Teach
Navy. 4; Washington and Lee. tseven
coIaats. :; Syracuse. ?.
Yale. 8; Dartmouth. /.
Duke 10: Army, o.
Cornell. 8: Columbia, l.
Pennsylvania. Z; Lafayette. 6.
Mount St. Mary's. 4; Western Mary
Amherst, z; Massachusetts, State, &.
Wake Forest. 5; Davidson, O.
Washington College, Q; Gettysburg. O.
Randolph 10; Virginia Med
Richmond, eiali a. IL; William and Mary, 8.
Kansas State. 6: Iowa State. Q.
V. NJ. l., IL; Roanoke. 2.
Tennis
Army. 8: Lafayette, l.
Princeton, 6: Harvard, 3.
GEORGETOWN. B: Catholic University, 4.
Virginia. 4; Washington and Lee, 8.
Washburn. 3: Kansas l.
William and Mary (Norfolk), B; Wfi-
liam and Mary, 4.
Yale, sH; Amherst, ".
Lacrosse.
Army. 10: COLGATE. 2.
Hobart, IA; Syracuse 8.
Stevens. Il; Lafayette. 8.
Golf.
Maryland, 3: Johns Hopkins, 3.
Kansas, 10k; Washburn, IN.
Colgate. 5; Cornell, 4.
Evening star., 1940-05-02

Runs--Harlan (2), West (2), Wideman
l2). R. Buck, Burnett. Hare, Piggott, Terry,
Harmon (2). Alexander, Fuller Errors
Hare. Harmon, Trimble, Fuller, West, j.
Buck Runs batted in-Harian. West J.
Buck. R. Buck (2), Ellis ~, wexford,
Davidson, Terry. Fuller, Trimble (2). Two
base hit-Harlan. Stolen bases-Fuller.
Piegott Sacrifice Double plays
Davidson to Piegott to Harmon: Davidson
Episcopal IL. Bases on balls-On Ellis. 5:
Oh Davidson, 3; Oh Alexander. !. Struck
out-By Davidson, 2; by Ellis, l.. Hts
Davidson, is for 8 runs in III innings: Oh
Alexander. 9 in q innings. Hit BY pitcher
Eis SsSn Psssed bsj,SWellford ''o winnins Pi1Gn
pitcher-Ellis. Losing pitcher-Davidson.
Umpire-Robert Mcdonald
Evening star., 1940-05-02
v. A. Meet at Kenwood.

Veterans Administration en-
ployes, as enthusiastic q bunch of
golfers as you'll find anywhere in
Uncle Sans service, will stage their
10th annual tournament next Mon
day at Kenwood. Main prize will
be the General Frank T. Hines
Evening star., 1940-05-02

Totals 40 15 1s Totals 81 s27 13
Marsh caught for Wexford in NTH.
alexander pitched for Davidson in
Evening star., 1940-05-02

Runs-Clarke, Schrider (2), Cassidy,
keithley. Lewis. Bryan. Errors-Wilson
(3). Brewer, Rickenbacker. c. Green, Mar
lowe. Carter t2). Two-base hitsavCassidy.
Lewis.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
House Of Bradley Arrives
With a Venoeonce in II.

1s2l-The House of Bradley ar
rived with bang, and took over the
Derby as Ethan Allen took Tlcon-
deroga. The green and white Brad
ley colors ran one-two, with Behave
Yourself winning by a head over
Black Servant and both OF them 3
lengths in front of the favored
Prudery. It was a dingdong finish,
and none too happy for the colonel
who was said to have made most
of his future book bets on Black
Servant, the second horse.
1922-Bradley's Idle Hour Farm
sent three horses to the Derby, but
none of them was good enough to
head of Norwich, though Bet Mosle,
named for the coloners faithful bet
ting agent, ran second. BY Gosh
and Busy American brought up the
rear of the procession with dignity.
1923-Bright Tomorrow, the Brad
lev horse, was nowhere. The colonel
lost $4,000 in bets to Harry SIN
clair and Josh Cosden, whose Zev
and Martingale ran first and second.
192+A Bradley steed, Beau But
Ter, ran third back of Black Gold,
Mrs. r. M. Hoot's winner. Beau
Butler was coming on at the finish.
1925-No soap for Broadway Jones,
which finished fighting llth.
Evening star., 1940-05-02
Colonel Connects Again
With Double Borrel.

1926-Bradley again, with both
barrels. The winner was Bubbling
Over, perhaps the best horse the
colonel has owned till now, while
his Bagenbaggage ran second.
1927-8-Lean years.
1s2e-The colonel had the favorite,
Blue Larkspur, at 100 to l, and
backed him heavily, but Blue Lark
spur finished fourth, with Clyde
Van Dusen the winner.
1e30-The entry, Breezing Through
and Buckeye Poet, was buried in
the blizzard kicked up by the great
Gallant Fox.
1931-Nothing went.
1932-After six years of waiting,
Bradley hit the jackpot again, with
a horse named Burgoo King. The
King was not supposed to compare
with Tick On, the favorite, or Step
infetchit, but he overran the field
by five lengths, breezing.
Meade Boots Home 40-to-1
Shot for Idle Hour.
1933-The Colonel's fourth Derby,
and the year of the rough riders.
The horse, Brokers Tip, was
mounted by a young man named
Don Meade and little fancied. Head
Play led most of the way. Slow
on the break, Meade found a hole
on the inside at the start OF the
stretch, and pulled alongside his
rival, Harry Fisher, on Head Play.
From there on everything went, and
the Marquis of Queensbury turned
over in his grave. Meade and Fisher
beat each other with their whips,
grabbed for each others saddles,
and came across the line together in
q cavalry gangfight, with Brokers
Tips nose in front. The winners
future book price was 40 to l, which
did the Colonel no harm.
1934-Bazaar was out of the
money, Cavalcade winning.
1935-Bad news for Boxthorn,
Omaha the winner.
1936-No dice for Bien Joli.
1937-The Colonel had a side-bet
on his horse Brooklyn with Jerry
Louchelm, owner of Pompoon, but
Brooklyn failed to start, and his
stablemate, Billionaire, ran last.
Pompoon was second, behind War
Admiral.
1938-9-Nothing went.
194O-Fill it in for yourself.
Bimelech is spelled B-i-m-e-l-e-c-h.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-09

Heaven, wrote q sententious American
minor poet, is not reached in a single
bound. Mexico, and especially its oil
workers, are finding that out. A little
more than two years ago, those workers
were crowding American operators Of oil
industries in Mexico with demands that
were workers dream, an owners night
mare. Multiple holidays with pay, free
tickets to vacation resorts for long rests
with pay, fabulous overtime scales, free
medical care = this, that, and the other.
It reached an end. The American oper-
ators were either unwilling or unable to
comply with the mounting demands.
The Mexican government seized the wells.
A rush of nationaliStic pride swept over
Mexico. Now at last the workers were to
get their due. No more sweating, no
more exploitation. Industrial heaven
was to be reached, it seemed, at a single
bound, by appropriation. The govern
set up an administration to run the in
dustry. The unions were in the saddle.
Where foreign operators had sat, native
union leaders sat instead. The ordinary
workers looked ahead to an increasingly
pleasant life. Was it not their own In
dustry?
But troubles came Immediately. The
appropriated oil companies tried by every
means to prevent the national admins
tration from selling it's oil. Then the war
came, and normal buyers were shut off,
The industry began to fare thinly as the
months ran on. The cost of operation
scared to 100000 pesos year above
even the figure that caused the private
companies to buck. More than 100000
900 pesos have been poured into upkeep
of equipment by the federal government.
Restlessly, both government and workers
began to awake from their dream.
The piling up of $13 100000 in operat-
ing deficits had to stop. Economies were
necessary. Despite strike threat, Pres
ident Cardenas now proposes to fire 5000
workers, cut most of the higher wage and
salary rates, fill no vacancies when they
occur. Whether appropriation has been
failure or success, the Mexicon gov
eminent and workers must decide for
themselves. Even lower working stand
ards may have their compensations in
national pride and independence. But
the fact remains: under capitalism, social
ism, fascism, or antidisestablishmenta
nanism, you can't take out of an in
dustry what isn't there to take.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-09
Detour Ahead

A very complete statement of candi-
dacy from Public Works Commissioner
Robert A. Hurley and brief, but to the
point, one from Ex-Governor Wilbur L.
Cross indicate that the Democrats of
Connecticut have their work cut out for
them when they meet in state convention
at the New Haven Arena August % and
a. There has been pressure brought to
bear on both men to have them declare
themselves openly prior to this session.
In all fairness to the party and to the
delegates it is best that they have pro-
ceeded to do SO and in a spirit not OF
rancor and animosity, but real desire to
be of aid to the party in the 1910 election.
Whatever the outcome of the New
Haven convention we can rest assured
that the loser will be in the winners
corner throughout the long Tuesday, No
vember 5th. We see no break coming IN
the party over the rival candidates that
are now placed before us. There are
bound to be preferences expressed; that's
quite natural. But that the Democrats
should be split up by the desire of any
public minded citizen to be his party's
candidate for governor is hard to believe.
There are too many other factors present
in the 1910 campaign to cause party
cohesion when the candidates have
been picked.
The availability of DR.. Cross can't be
questioned. He has been a potential
candidate ever since it was announced
two years ago that he had been defeated
in his fifth quest for public office by our
present chief executive But that should
not deter anyone else from seeking to
secure the nomination And certainly
the enviable record of Mr.. Hurley in the
position to which he was elevated by DR..
Cross has made him a figure not con-
spicuous by notoriety but by accomplish
ment. Actually the Democrats of Con-
necticut can be congratulated on being
able to bring forward two such stalwarts
in this inter-party competition.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-09

Ocean Beach down in New London is
bit disappointed at it's "take''. The brand
new ocean front park called the finest
along the Connecticut coast and a min
nature duplicate of Long Islands famed
Jones Beach isn't bringing in the revenue
that city fathers and park managers
thought it would. And if this rate of
income is maintained these same Off
Gals aren't sure that the schedule of re-
tirement of bonds used to defray cost of
building the park will be maintained FL
nancing of the project was based on a
certain amount of income annually with
the expectation that within definite
number of years the costs would have
been retired. We haven't heard anything
but glowing terms about the resort it.
self, but there have been comments on
the prices charged. There is parking
charge, and admittance charge, a bath
house charge, pool charge, not to men
ton any other costs that would be in
Cured such as food, refreshments, SOU
venirS, etc. A new schedule of rates may
make difference for next season.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-09
Private Citizen Farley

Announcement of resignation from the
Cabinet by Postmaster General James A.
Farley finally pins down to definite date
his return to private life. On and after
the end of this month you'll still find
SLIM Farley in the ranks of Staunch
Democrats supporting the party and it's
candidates through thick and thin, but
he'll be like most of the rest of us report
ing for work at 8 or 9 o'clock in the morn
ing; out for lunch at noon; home for
dinner at night In short he'll have a
regular working job for the first time
in good many years.
The Post Office Department is going
to miss Farley. He may not have been
the best. Postmaster General we ever had.
No one is going to make any such claims
like that about him for he'd be the first
to raise an Directing voice. But he ran
the department pretty well and saw to it
that his assistants did their work prop
erly. He managed to bring the depart
ment'S finances down to point where
you didn't have to whisper its deficit in
whisper. And he did sell stamps for
Uncle Sam.
Philatelists will probably argue for
years to come the value of the Farley
regime in the Post Office Department.
He gave them all sorts of new issues to
add to their collections; he put stamp
collecting on the front pages of all Amer
lean newspapers. He played up the hobby
for all it was worth, ably seconded by his
stamp minded "boss", the President. AS
in almost every other job he accepted he
did pretty thorough job of it. We'd
call it a successful one His private en-
deavors henceforth can't help but be
similarly upward
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-09
Awful Anniversary

The hot days of early August are
fraught with a terrible significance to-
day for the British. So they were rs
years ago. It was on August that Bri-
tain took its fateful step in 1914 to back
Belgium and France and enter the war.
On August the first British "con-
tenptibles" set foot on French soil. BY
nlid-month all of them were across, and
for the remainder of August they were
being cut to pieces in that terrible retreat
which seemed never to have an end, and
which left scarcely enough of them alive
to serve as administers for the others to
come.
So now again in another August, 20
years later, Britain faces an even more
terrible crisis. An even stronger Ger
many, swollen with the assurance that
in view of the airplane "there are no
islands any more" awaits the moment
to attack the green island itself. Burn
It into the record: twice In GREATNESS
August, the fate Of q great empire hung
trembling In the balance.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-09
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to back
page for the answers.

/. The Aztecs are a group Of is
lands; a tribe living In Mexico at
the time of the Spanish conquest;
or a species Of large, bell-shaped
flowers found in Georgia?
2. A scratched horse Is one that
is withdrawn before a race is run:
is injured; or starts from scratch
without handicap?
8. Who was the first woman to
make a transatlantic solo air.
plane flight?
4. What is the abbreviation for
the degree, Doctor Of Philosophy?
S. Name the largest library in the
world.
6. Is the gallon used In Canada
larger or smaller than that Of the
United States?
Z. What was Thomas A. Edison's
middle name?
8. Is 1t known which of the
Dionne quintuplets was born first?
o. What in French history are
1.-THE Hundred Days?
10. What name belongs in the
blank space of the slogan, "Tippe-
canoe and --, too," which was
used by the Wings in the national
campaign OF 1870?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-09

High Sheriff Edward A. Plat of Fair
field County seems to be about the only
official in this category who furthers the
thought of providing jail farms for in
mates of the county jails. At least he
has just recently suggested that the pres
ent jail down in Bridgeport be removed
to rural area, preferably about half way
between the Park City and Danbury.
Whether or not this would result in the
closing of the county jail at Danbury, we
don't know, but probably it would. AS
a matter of fact no country needs two
jails. And in few more years propon-
ents of the jail farm idea may be able to
show no need of county Jail.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-08-09
TONE OF RECENT LETTER
OBJECTED TO BY ANTI
SEMITIC DIRECTOR
Editor, WaterburY Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
switched over to The Democrat
z years ago and have been a consist
ent reader since. In the last few
years note you allow to be printed
on your editorial page in letters to
the Editor some pretty raw letters,
for instance like letter signed az
indignant American" a couple Of
days ago.
I am not so dumb that I cannot
read between the lines that he is
taking crack at the Jewish people.
You spoil an otherwise good paper
by printing some radical, lunatic
fringe letters on that page.
We know President Roosevelt's
stand on anti-Semitism.
Watch Wendell L. WILKES also
in his August 18th acceptance
speech.
Anti-Semitism is a spearhead for
Facism and you know 1t.
Everything that goes wrong when
a country falls in Europe Is blamed
on us. Why help to hurt q race that
I think has suffered more than any
other race.
JOSEPH FELDNfAN.