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Evening star., 1941-10-02

American University football fans,
players and coaches alike may be
too optimistic about the team to be
unveiled Saturday in a game with
Susquehanna at Woodrow Wilson
High School Stadium, but in the
words of Coach Staff Cassell, they
Just can't help it"
The mere sight of two teams roam
ing through signal practice on the
drill field is enought to warm the
average Eagle fans heart, and al
though injuries will take their toll,
the team figures to be at least so
per cent improved over last year.
American has pointed for its
debut with Susquehanna, hoping to
Evening star., 1941-10-02
OUTDOORS
Ocean City Again Having TrowIer Trouble
Many Authorities Pronounced Lax
With BILL ACKERMAN

Sold for 81 at the ma jority of post
Offices, duck stamps provide funds
for the extension of wildlife refugees
in every section of the country.
Something New in Excuses.
Game wardenS, like traffic police
men, know most of the excuses for
violations, but C. P. Montgomery
PoWhatan County warden, encoun-
tered a hunter with a squirrel the
other day with an alibi he never
had heard before.
Montgomery naturally asked the
hunter for a look at his license.
"Oh, I don't need one" replied the
Virginian as he Stroked the buShy
tail of the dead squirrel, the sea-
son isn't open in this county,
He was right-well, about the
squirrel season, anyway.
Will Set Quail, Rabbit Dates.
The opening and closing dates of
Virginia quail and rabbit seasons
will be announced on October 7
after the Game Commission has re-
ceived the report of the recently Or
ganized Virginia Sportsmens Ad-
visory Council, and their recon-
mendations for the various sections
of the State.
According to the regulations passed
by the commission at its meet
ing on September Is the open sea-
son on grouse in Loudoun County
will be November 20 to December 81
inclusive. The season on ringneck
pheasants in Caroline County will
be December l to the close of the
quail season.
The proposal for deer season in
Richmond County from November
20 to December 4, because the in
creased deer population appears to
warrant it, will be acted upon at a
later meeting
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Second Mcneil Is Stor
For Michigan Stote

By the Associated Press.
EAST LANSING, Mich, Oct. q
The McNeils. father and son, have
played football on the Michigan
State turf.
The son, Bob, is a senior end for
the Spartans. The father. Alex, was
member of the Oregon Aggie
eleven that whipped Michigan State.
20 to 0, in 1915 in one of the first
lnterSectional contests.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Bobby Jones, Sd,
Rubid Grid Fan

Bobby Jones. Sd, is having the
time of his life. And not on a
golf links. The husky 15-year-
old son of Grand-Slam Bobby is
up to his ears in football. He'd
rather talk punts. passes and
first downs than eat, and is a
walking filing cabinet of assorted
statistics.
He's student at Baylor School,
Chattanooga.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Undermined Squad
Hurt Seriously by
Loss OF Barrett
Coach Hoeerty Gloomy
As His Team Prepares
For Y. P. |. TussIe

The loss of Johnny Barrett, reg
ular quarterback who underwent an
appendectomy yesterday, may be an
augury of deepest import for a
Georgetown football squad already
feeling the pinch of lack of man
power. 1t might mean that the
Hoyas' luck is beginning to change
Georgetown needed Barrett as
much as you need your right arm
He was a swell blocker, a good ball
carrier and last week against Mis-
sissippi displayed lnmistakable signs
of being a good field general. That
probably, was his most important
asset. He handled the team like
veteran, recalling the three years
that Copper Joe McFadden was at
the helm and running Georgetown
like a trolley motorman.
Can't Afford Another Loss.
Every winning football team must
have three important ingredients:
(A) players. OBJ coaching, Co its
share of the breaks For three years,
or until it hit Boston College last
season, Georgetown had all three.
1t needed players badly this season,
what with 18 lettermen, including
the whole first team, lost by grad
uation. 1t got the breaks against
Mississippi last week and it seemed
that Dame Fortune again would
smile on its efforts. But now comes
Barrett's loss with its terrifying re-
minder of what can happen.
"Mush" Dubofsky and George
Murtagh, Hagerty's assistants, sug-
gested that the remainder of the
schedule be Cancelled. It would save
g lot of work, they argued, and give
the Hoyas another undefeated sea-
son. But this facetious strategy
couldn't coax smile out of the boss,
He's on the hot seat now and knows
1t. One more serious injury could
down Georgetown and only a major
miracle can keep the remainder of
first stringerS sound and unbroken
with one opponent after another
cunning for them.
Spirit Still Is High.
The only hopeful sign on the Hill
top today is the spirit of the boys.
They seem to realize that Barrett S
loss puts heavier load on their
shoulders and that they'll have to
put out just that much more to keep
winning. The squad had hoped to
surprise with another undefeated
campaign and it hasn't given up on
the idea. Hagerty can shuttle his
backs and come up with another
suitable combination, but whether
he'll get good enough signal-caller
is nag of another hue. You've got
to have more than good legs and
lungs to be strategist.
Georgetown leaves for its game
with v. P. I. at Blacksburg. Va, to-
morrow morning at 9 o'clock. arriv-
ing In time for a workout tomorrow
afternoon. .
Evening star., 1941-10-02
WoIdorfs Are Haunting
Kansas State Gridmen
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANHATTAN, Kans., Oct. q
Kansas State has a Waldorf" COM
plex. Last Saturday the K-Staters
were held scoreleSs by Little Fort
Hays Teachers. coached by Paul
Waldorf
This week their assignment is to
try and stop big Northwestern OF
the Big Ten, coached by big Lynn
Waldorf. The Waldorfs are brothers
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Bough to See Fovorite
Actor at Bethesda

Redskins Sammy Baugh and Andy
Farkas will appear at the Saturday
matinee of the Bethesda Theater, it
was announced today.
Baugh's serial movie, King of the
Texas Rangers" starts at the Be
thesda on October II.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Missouri Eleven Claims
Another Passing Paul
By the Associs ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Oct with Paul
Christman of Missouri, an alumnus,
the students at Columbia are tag
ging Paul Governah as the Passing
Paul of l941.
.yCoaeh Lou Little predicts that the
junior will be the equal of the great
Sid Luckman, come 1912.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Sees TuIone-A e-AIubumu
Victor as Bowl Team

Bill Keefe of the New Orleans
Times-Picayune is the first one out
on the post-seaSon bowl limb.
He predicts the winner of next
months Tulene-Alabama game will
play in one of the big games New
Year Day.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Grid Weights Attested
Before Notary Public
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
TULSA, Okla, Oct. 2.-You
needn't lift your eyebrows when you
see a young giant take his place in
the Tulsa lineup and then glance
at your program to learn that he
weighs but 1876 pounds.
Bob Mullin. the Tulsa appraise
man, jotted down the exact weights
while a notary public watched.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
"A. u. Rooters Can't Help Being
Optimistic, Declares Coach

wipe out last years loss to a power
full Crusader eleven. Cassell believes
the team is ready, although afflicted
by an epidemic of injuries, and will
surprise the visitors with its new V
formation.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Really Must Be Greet

If frankie Sinkwich is Is per cent
better this year than last-as
Georgia sources claim-he should be
able to write his own ticket for all
America.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
Team of Jubilee Bows"

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Oct.
R.-West Virginia's Mountaineers
are celebrating their 50th anniver-
sary of football this season and
as result are known as the Jubilee
Boys"
Evening star., 1941-10-02
College Golf Is Dated

The 1912 national collegiate golf
championship will be played June
22-27 at the Chain-o-Lakes Country
Club in South Bend, Ind.
Evening star., 1941-10-02
a Football Outlook Dakened Appendicitis Strikes Ace Quarterback

ROOKIE ACE-Russeh Cotton,
6 feet l inch, 197-pound back,
whom the grid Dodgers got
from Texas School Of Mines
via the Philadelphia Eagles.
He'll doubtless see action
against the Redskins here
Sunday.
Evening star., 1941-10-02

Sold for 81 at the majority of post
Offices, duck stamps provide funds
for the extension of wildlife refugees
in every section of the country.
Evening star., 1941-10-02

, Du Pont ''Zerex' is outstanding premium anti
freeze It's non-evaporating. It's for the who will
pay little more to get complete freedom from win
ter Worries
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Court Efficiency

A good example of the need for
consolidation and coordination OF
the city's courts is presented in
the traffic branch of Police Court. A
report on conditions in traffic courts
throughout the country was made
public recently by the National Com
mittee Conference of Judicial Coun-
cils. Some months previously a
similar report and recommendations
had been made to the American Bar
Association by the National Commit
tee on Traffic Law Enforcement. In
both are to be found criticisms of
many of the ills which beset Wash
ington'S traffic bench.
In recent years many important
faults in enforcement have been
overcome. Physical conditions OF
the court have been improved, trial
delays have been reduced and ticket
fixing efforts have been made dltfl-
cult and embarrassing. But there
remains the system of rotating judges
monthly, whether they are especially
versed in safety problems or inter-
ested In such work. overwork.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Deaths Increase

Washington's toll of forty persons
killed in traffic during the first six
months of this year, as compared
with thirty-six for the first half of
1910, is disheartening in view Of
efforts which have been made to
improve the city's safety record. But
it is only a reflection of the national
record, which showed an increase
of II per cent in the half year.
This trend, which will claim more
than 10000 lives before the end
of the year unless checked, is
shocking, since no definite reason
for such an increase can be deduced
from statistics. Including military
and defense work, automotive mile
age has increased only IL per
cent. For more than ten years the
national average of deaths per mile
has shown steady decrease, and the
gross toll in Washington has declined
steadily since 1886. But figures for
half of this year promise to undo the
safety efforts Of q decade.
1t is true that, considering It's
Evening star., 1941-08-02

through lack of an adequate means
of keeping minor and routine cases
out of court, continues, coupled with
the custom oi permitting thousands
Of offenders tU avoid all contact with
the court through mere posting of
nominal collateral. Decision on the
merits of each of the 10000 or more
cases brought to trial each year is
impossible, yet there exists no uni
formity in penalties or in the han
ding of cases by the several judges.
1t is hoped, therefore, that the
Judiciary Subcommittee of the
House District Committee, as a re-
suit of its consideration of plans for
local court reorganization, will find
it possible to recommend reforms
that will lead to a more efficient
administration of justice in the
lower courts of the community.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
A Police 'Czur'

Senator McKellar's proposal to
strip the Commissioners of all au-
thority over the Police Department,
while giving absolute" control to a
police commissioner, would be step
which-if taken-might be expected
to add to rather than lessen the
confusion associated with the Capt.
tails present form of government.
If Senator McKellar's proposal is
sound in the case of the Police De-
partment why is it not also desir-
able in the case of the Fire Depart
ment, or any of the other municipal
subdivisions? The logical result of
such a move obviously would be to
destroy the existing semblance of CO.
ordinated government in the city,
substituting therefor a collection of
independent units which could not
be expected to function to any ones
satisfaction, if they could be expected
to function at all.
1t is quite true, as Senator Nickel
lar points out, that the Police De-
partment has not been functioning
satisfactorily. But practical rene
dies for existing deficiencies already
have been mapped out, and there is
no reason to discard these for
drastic bit of legislative surgery
which would amputate the Police
Department from the rest of the
municipal government.
There are persuasive arguments in
behalf of a GEAR" for the municipal
government as a whole. But all of
these proposals fail to take note of
the fact that the head "czar" in
Washington is, and will continue to
be, Congress. If this czar met its
full responsibilities, there would be
less need for the various subsidiary
czars that are, from time to time,
suggested.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Still Down

1t is day, and no pirld is about, nor
any sound:
The 1Uorld is tuU Of sEroine still
ness like death.
OF all things living only am aWake,
And I am fearful of the silent ground
And the sloiD pulse of life without
breath
Brooding there beyond the sleeping
lips of the lake.
And in the strange unyieIding hush
of things,
Kno,Ding that I must keep this hal
lotDed day
Unmarried of any earthly sound, un-
guessed
By euen the tdinteSt of tree
tohiSperingS,
I tOiH 90 softly all my t0Gy,
So that / do fot stir the eternal
tUind frort its rest.
JOHN v. HICKS.
Evening star., 1941-08-02

population, Washington ranks fourth
lowest in the list of large cities. But
it is showing no improvement. Last
year the entire month of July saw
only four traffic fatalities, while
there were seven this year. Even
with multitude of pressing national
and international problems clamor-
ing for attention, the only way to
save some of these 10000 American
lives year is to continue relent-
lessly. the campaign for safety on
the streets, a campaign which can
obtain results only through whole
hearted cooperation of law enforce
ment authorities, traffic experts and
the driving and walking public.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
THIS AND THAT
By Charles y. TracetDeL.

The sparrows are gluttons, aren't
they? They never stop eating and never
want to share. But when they become
too noisy tell them to pipe down. Be-
lieve it or not, they do. And they sell
dom fly away, although they see me.
Thank you, Mr.. This and That-The
Star would not be The Star without
your column.
"Very sincerely, M. M. s."
~
As far as we can determine from the
description, the tan bird Is either a
young starting or a young cowbird.
The fact that the starlings are afraid
Of it would seem to indicate that it is a
cowbird.
The other bird may be the black and
white warbler.
1t might be a nuthatch, or possibly a
female downy woodpecker. The dark
blue of the nuthatch bird is often held
to be black by observers. A correspond
ent has sent in a clipping from the
Sunday edition of the New York Times
about blue color in birds. The para
RrdpQ Is as lOllOWS.
THE blue of a Eluejay is black and
not blue, reports Prof. Wilder D. Ban
croft (CornelD to the American Chem
ical Society. There is no blue pigment
in the feather of any bird. The tip on
the feather of a bluejay is white, be-
cause it lacks black pigment Back the
feather with ink and the tip becomes
blue. The effect of blue is achieved by
q suitable turbid medium with a dark
background. In feathers, the turbidity
is caused by air bubbles, but a similar
effect can be produced in glass by the
right amount of identification, or de-
classification.
We have never seen a robin at an
elevated bird feeding station, but would
not say that they will not come.
Returning to the tan bird, there is a
possibility that it may be young star
ling, one which stands on the brink
where childhood and maturity meet in
starlingland.
The color of starting bills changes
from season to season
We have never seen a sparrow eat
raisins. Neither an English sparrow
nor a song sparrow. But somebody else
may have seen them do it.
AS to the possibility of birds obeying
spoken command of the human voice,
there can be no doubt of this. While ST.
Francis is the classic example, there are
scores of lesser instances where birds
either respond 10 commands or at least
seem to do so.
There can be no doubt of the fact that
certain persons have a way with them,
when it comes to animals of all kinds.
There is no reason to believe that birds
would not respond readily to such per-
sons. Before the war there was an ac-
count of some humble middle-class per-
son in London who fed the sparrows at
certain public space. He had trained
these sooty London gamins of the bird
world to sit in row on a railing, and
to catch seeds in turn as he threw them.
Each bird answered to its own name.
We often have wondered what became
of this good little man and his good
little birds.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Swiss Anniversary

The story of Switzerland is the
story of a human aspiration for
freedom achieved and preserved.
Long before written records were
kept, people who wanted liberty re-
treated from the plains of adjacent
Europe to the refuge of the Alps. A
number of different tribes are known
to have gained security in the high
plateauS and sheltered valleys of a
land whose every natural aspect was
friendly to an independent spirit.
True, the Romans conquered the
Helyettii in So BIC. and the Rhaeti
in IS BIC, but their victories entailed
no coercion of the defeated clans. A
series of excellent roads and half
dozen cities date back to those times
and circumstances. Later, about 400
AID, the Alemanni occupied the
whole of the northern portion of the
country, where German now is
spoken; the Burgundians moved into
the western part, where French pre-
dominates, and the OStrogothS in
vaded the southern sector, where
Italian prevails.
All Of these several races eventually
were subdued by the Franks-who
wisely were content to govern
through agents whose power gradu-
ally declined to vanishing point.
When the Franconian empire was
dissolved, Switzerland theoretically
was divided between Swabia and the
Kingdom of Burgundy. Subsequently,
the German emperors exercised
nominal control; and dukes, counts
and bishops endeavored to dictate
to the population of the towns and
villages. The Hapsburgs, who had
been considered guardians of the
cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Inter-
walden, Strove to make themselves
masters in fact as well as in name,
only to fail. 1t is doubtful if there
ever was any such person as william
Tell to defy the tyrants, but there
were heroes who resembled the
legendary archer.
At last the death of the Emperor
Rudolph in 1921 resulted in the for
nation OF "a league for mutual safety
and the protection of their liberty"
Two weeks after his departure repre-
sentativeS Of the Forest Cantons as
Sembled in the meadow of Ruth near
Seelisberg and entered into a solemn
covenant to resist oppression. The
date was August 1, and the occasion
is regarded as the founding of the
Swiss confederation. A celebration
OF the six hundred and fiftieth ami
verSary of the meeting currently is
in progress throughout the republic.
1t was hostile world into which
free Switzerland was born, and it is a
hostile world in which it survives.
But perhaps because there is con-
slant peril to liberty, so also there
is consistent defense of its blessings
by those who rather would perish
than languish in slavery to an alien
lord
The example of the Swiss fedora
tion Of divergent cultural elements.
languages. religions and PHILOSOPHERS
is something worthy of the attention
OF all who look forward to the
ultimate emancipation of humanity
| from the curse of war.
Evening star., 1941-08-02

@. What is the longest flibuster on
record in Congress?-J. S. H.
A. In l908 Senator La Toilette con-
Quoted almost single handed a fllibuster
against the Aldrich-Vreeland financial
bill. He took the floor May %. at 12:4o
pm and held it until 7:O5 am, May 80,
or 18 hours % minutes However, he
failed to block the passage of the bill.
@. For whom is Mitchell Field named7
A. S.
A. Mitchell Field, Long Island, was
named in memory of former Mayor
of New York City, John Puroy Mitchell.
who was killed in an airplane accident
during the World War
@. Please give the number of rural
and urban users of electricity.-F. H.
A. In 1910 there were "a $50 500 urban
residential customers and 6S6,127 rura!
residential customers of electricity.
@. Who invented the box kite?-
S. A. F.
A The box kite was invented in 1893
by Lawrence Hsrgrave, an Australian.
who demonstrated the great lifting
power of kites and wrote many papers
on the subject.
@. Please give the population Of the
United States for the years 1920, 1880
and 1940.-H. H.
A. In 1920 the population was l05,7lo,-
$40; 1890, 122,775, ,O46; 1910, 131 ,948,727.
@. Where is the greatest width of the
Potomac River?-L. A. j.
A. At its widest point, the mouth OF
Chesapeake Bay, the river is about six
miles wide.
@. Please give the inscription which
was on the sun dial in the garden of
Sir Walter Scott.-H. c. K.
A The Night Cometh When No Man
Can Work"
@. What was the full name of Mozart,
the composer?-W. T. E.
A. Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart.
O. Was George Washington a Mason?
M. L. D.
A. George Washington belonged TO
Fredericksburg Wa) Lodge, No. 4, and
was raised to Master Mason on August
4, 1888. He was charter master of Alex
sndria CVa) Lodge, April 2S, 1888, now
called Alexandria Washington Lodge,
No. %. 1t is said that Washington was
the only President to hold Office while
master of lodge. He took his presi-
dental oath on the Bible of st. Johns
Lodge, No. l, of New York City, a VOL
ume which has been carefully preserved.
@. Please give the date Of the tragedy
at Mayerling-S. L. A.
A. On January 30, 1888, Crown Prince
Rudolph of Austria and the Baroness
Vetsera were found shot in the princes
hunting lodge at Mayerling. The cir
cumstances have remained o mystery
@. What is a Wsrdian easef-w. j.
A. 1t is a portable case with glass
top and sides and metal or earthen
base, for moisture-loving plants. 1t was
named for its inventor, the English
botanist, Nathaniel B. Ward.