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Show are Indignant because Ford Frick refused to attend their dinner for Casey Stengel Deo. 9. They write that H is about Umo the .National League president Informaobained some first-han-d tion as to what ks happening to John baseballs heat franchise Bay Whitney, who entered racing In n big way only n few years ago, now broods more horses than nay of bin clan . . . Pena and Corfootball nell have played forty-thre- e games hat never have had n contract . . . Tony Causeneri la gathering himself n stable of boxers. Be has not yet decided whether ho will bo on active manager pr s partner. Although his purse tor boxing Mike Belloise for the world's featherweight campiunthip amounted to fl.OOC, Dave Crowley, the English chsUenger, received only three dollars for himself. At least that is the story of his manager. Harry Levine, who promises never to return to the United States . . . Leon Ketchel, the Polish Peak, has gone in for wrestling. He retired from boxing after the veteran Larry Gaines twice stopped him in the Dr. George Devine, who gym. had a band In the Battling Sikl-MiMcTigue promotion, is duo in New York ahortly . . . Even England refuse to consider seriously the comeback Jack Kid Berg says he will make as a welterweight . . . In spite of the ballyhoo baseball la making little progress in England. Chicago In strong for the plan, originally advanced in New York, of five-da- y weeks for racetracks. The next pro season may reveal John Sims Kelley as head coach and Cal Hubbard as line coach of Brooklyns Football Dodgers. Which, the celebrated Pat Rosa suggests, will put Burleigh Grimes and Bnbbard la Just sbout the same rocking boat . . . Very best thanks to Skstelsnd for the season roller-skatin-g ducat, to the National Boui association for the honorary membership card and to Keen' for a chance to smoko "churchone of those wardens" after dinner . . . Pet Cleary, former assistant postmaster of Brooklyn, now is n boxing and wrestling timekeeper at Brooklyn clubs . . . John D. Spreckels 3d, The turfman, la a Boating enthusiast, but blushes when racing friends mention it for fear people may confuse H with the "boat race" term of the turf. Ask Me Another ROOKLTN fans O B1 Sinx&atw ... ' ; yk !7 ,VR- yr,4,3 ' klf Nn I t Tark behind-the-scen- Pit-W- fcrM MO Collegiate Abuses Due to Prexies Not Coach or Coached INVARIABLY at this time ef the year I ret a pals is the spot where toe many higher educators keep their brains. This snease la a neck, already so sorely battered that It can stand few more bruises and contusions, naturally comes from the annual yelping about the indecency of one of the widest spread ef collegiate practices. I reathfer specifically to the letic scholarships and the hugger-muggpublicity grabbing which ever is associated with them. Since this is a nation given to boasting about foisting book learning upon the masses, it is difficult to understand why one pack of purists must get into full cry because of one minor extension of the grand s gents privilege. Do these belike that an ambitious boy must be kicked in the pants because he has muscles as well as poor parents? Or is their fine dither due to unshakable conviction that youngsters who grow higher than five feet three inches or scale more than a featherweight are thus barred by nature from swimming around in classic fountains Can these highly moral cutups believe It is a crime against the state fer a youth to be healthy? Or can "It be that lather really beads their Jaws because sons of a Brooklyn waiter and of a Eta ten bland street sweeper were permitted to win scholastio distinction as well as football games at two famous universities this season? ed er high-clas- Tramp Athletes Are Believed on Wane 1 make no effort here to unravel the minds of such talented Yet stemming from the premise that even though education may not do husky kids any real good it probably won't seriously damage them the way is opened for a discussion of more wholesome things. Tramp athletes young men who prefer to travel from college to college. trading upon their athletic ability, rather than to sweat at a more gainful occupation still exist. But there is only a corporal's guard of them now. The reason for this is apparent Football has become a complicated game, difficult to teach and difficult for the student to assimilate. For preservation of their cozy Jobs, if for no other reason, coaches prefer players whose brains somehow keep apace of their muscular reactions. Similarly football has become a game where one mistake can spoil a season. Only toe well a wars of this, coaches also are aware that the shirker Is most apt to make the mistake. With few exceptions they have understood for years that the boy who cheats or lays down on his studies is not apt to discard these habits. mes-siah- s. Coaches and Coached Said to Be Pawns There you have the case for the coaches and the coached. One group being well paid in gold com tor their skill as teachers and recruiters. The other group receiving the doubtful tender of a modern college education in return for weekly ex-- hibition of muscular prowesses. Both groups, pawns in the fanatical glorification of victory over defeat which anesthetizes academicians of this land and day. The actions of neither group needing high powered Investigation quite so much at the smug tkulldt ggeries of winking college presidents. Do you doubt It? There ore N. T. b. alumni wbe will take oath that their Alma Mater tilted the scholarship fund not a whit when Chick Meehan came It the Institution tea years ago. The shrewd sad earthy Chick, they say, merely regimented the rewards whih previously had been spilled hi prodigal fashion upon barren sell. Is the picture still out of its accepted focus? Then listen to Southern Conference professors lamenting their own ravaged vistas. Last year Dr. Graham, ons of the saner college presidents in that section who long bad realized that ths yen for victory was inseparable from other greed, proposed a plan for keeping this . human craving in check. Be sought merely to have tho number of athletic scholarships limited and awardee in full view. It was sound reasoning that ds-Served a Better fate. -- es ... ke long-stemm- Di Maggio Keeps Legs in Shape Ice Skating In spite of the way bis boss. Colonel Ruppert, worries about it Joe Dl Maggto continues to keep his legs in a shape by cutting Ung capers on Lefty ODoul's Frisco rink . . . New York is a good a pot tor the Am- -' erlcan Bowling congress which will be held in New York ice-sk- city next spring for the first time in Joe Dl Maggio thirty - seven years. It is estimated that there are more than 300,000 bowler in the city . . . Earl'WaLh, Fordham football coach soon to be admitted to the New York bar, ia considering an offer to join o local law firm. When Shanteb won at Bowie It was the second time this year that a twin had won a race. Prior to this season horsemen couldnt aeem to remember when the last twin, if any, ever won. The Information r, is provided by that eminent Jerry DeNonno, along with the added tidbit that his first name really is Jeremlas , . . Could the rib Ixzy Jsnnatso ia supposed to have broken in the Ross bout really have been shattered weeks previously by Ceferlnu Garcia? . . . Glen Cunningham ia training daily at N. Y. U. under tbe watchful eye ef Track Coach Emil Von handi-cappe- El-Rn- g. The Mr. John Bosley, who seldom is menUoned when Mrs. John Bosleys horses win races, once was the most celebrated sports member of the family. That was twenty-fiv- e years or so ago when he starred at football and baseball tbr St. Johns (Md.) college . . . The Football Rules committee would be silly to alter tbe present rule governing interference with o forward pass receiver because of squawks heard this season. Thr truth Is that most coaches teach their defense men to interfere, figuring to get away with it under timid official!. So, since even now the helpless receiver ia hopelessly mauled, a milder penalty' for the foul merely would pava tbe way for really serious injuries. Babe Siebert and Eddla Shor played aide by aid an tb Boston Bruins defense all last season without speaking to each other . . . Clem Looghlin, maesger ef tho Black Hawks, remembers the coldest hockey game In which ho over took part. It was at Edmonton the Edmonton Eskimo and the Vancouver Lions. It was 4? below ter In the rink and so cold the players cut off tho lope of their stockings to axe them as ear muffs. Walter Camps first All American team was composed entirely of Big Three players; hit last team, in 1824, was tha first on In which no Big Three men appeared. . . , For three years, 1908-- 1 91 1. - Marquette U. tied Notre Dame; in the next year Marquette was defeated by Notre Dam. Ml A General STREAMLINES BRIN OUT CROWDS TO .WATCH THE TRAINS ROAR By WILLIAM C. UTLEY HAD just finished dinner in a home in one of north shore suburbs. - We settled back, lighted cigarettes. There was that temporary after-dinnlull when I could read the minds of my host and hostess with ease. .They were thinking, Well, now that dinners over, what are we going to do to entertain him? I was wondering the same thing. The sun had not yet sunk in the west and there was a long evening ahead of us. Lct'at" My hoateaa had an Idea. WE er driva Bill out to aee the Hiawatha," the said. "Swell! replied the man of tho bouse. "But grab your hats. well have to hurry And we have five miles to go!" What time doea it begin? I asked. 'Begin?" Both were plainly puzzled at my question. Yes, I said. -- T assume its a pageant or something of tho sort" "It's "Oh, no," ah explained. one of those new railroad trains. W thought you might like to ride out and see it go by. "Homo la Packed." I waa too polite to ask aloud if it were true that people in this wonderful year of 1938 still gathered at the stations to see a train go by. I simply went along, resignedly. I remember wondering if anyone would catch me at it and Josh me shout having a stjneck from looking at tha tall buildings, I got the surprise of my life. This was out in the country, but the rails were lined with little groups of people as far as the eye could reach In either direction. They wete all eager, intent, out for a good time, aa if they had been coming to watch a parade or a circus. A century tgo the crowds that gathered jo watch the first railroad trains could not have been much more excited. It was contagious. When the murmur of the crowds, heralding the approach of the train, reached us, the hair bristled on the back of my neck like a bull pups. In the twinkling of an eye the Hiawatha, like a long, slim serpent with the speed of light was upon and past us, a swift red and orange streak that created a chill wind in the wake of it roar, depressing the tall grass and making dead leaves and leap momentarily to life for many feet on either side of the The spectator were all waving their hats and cheering, and I swear that I cheered louder than any. We all went home happy that we bad seen a good show. The amazing thing ia that this UttJfe scene is being in hundreds of places throughout the United States, wherever the streamliners run. Crowds like that which watched the Hiawatha are also thrilling to the sight of the Mark Twain Zephyr, the Mercury, the Super Chief, the Sunset Limited, the 1 showered upon the customers of the roads. A thousand .petty annoyances and a few senpua ones are being ironed out. Even rates are being streamlined, and now you can often travel for two cent a mile or less. There are remaining only a handful of extf fare trains. Typical of the streamliners is the Mark Twain Zfephyr, a long tube of BY L right-of-wa- Who were the thL What battles of War were fought in South AW can waters? ' J. What waa Decembers Defenders af Common lam fat the Roman calendar? on!, . CANTA. MONICA, CALIF, Every time I write a squib 5. What event in American against communism, there folhk lows a flood of letters from per- tory happened December 21, sons who - begin by tsying fat the spectrum?, T. What is a charge daffalre theyre not communists-peri- sh the thought. - How many of Die Unitad But. cither I'm attacking fra States border on the Gulf of l&uL as though free speech ico? speech meant free license to undermine our 8. What does splrituelU" government; or, by indirection. I'm mean? , to undermine 10. Who wrote of trying Gascon DAn trad unionism, altagnan? 11. What does "pro rata" mean though what trad unionism has i n 12. What doea grizzly" mean? ' 3hmkd about u hang your hate on make an innovation of this city on wheels. An laaevatten In Trains. New types of bertha have been created for these trains. They have sliding aluminum panels which operate like roll-to- p desks and allow the traveler certain privacy. The upper bertha have windows, and some of them even have running water. , What these trains stand for in tha streamlined design trend, the Challenger, which runs between Chicago common with comand Los Angeles, stands for with munism Is somerespect to streamlined service. thing which 1 dont ' This train is the brainchild not quite see. One camouflaged of any engineer or designer, but of the people who ride the railroads. red or anyhow ho Tbe vice president of the road hired must be reddish-sta- tes a woman. Miss Avis Lobdell. to ride there are onall the trains on a largs western ly 100,000 known communists among irvta 8. Cobb 12a 000.000 of us, so why worry? But wouldnt you worry if 100,000 lepers were suffered to go at largo among ua, or 100,000 stinging lizards to run wild? A very passionate lady has been writing in, calling hard names. But I shan't argue with her, because Im a victim of aelurophobia. On looking in the dictionary, you'll find that aelurophobia means one who has an intense aversion for cats. I "Smitty's" Travels. EADING about a police sergeant D Iw Above: Serving meals from a luncheon cart on one of the new streamlined trains. At top of page: The bullet-lik-e nose ef the City ef Denver, one of the newest streamliners. stainless eteel which weighs not much more than a standard Pullman car. It does not have cars, but Is Completely articulated, that is to say, it is all in one piece. Only the varying decorations of the different sections of tha train allow the passenger to know when be is passing from one "unit" to another. Diaphragm vestibules the trail to "bend" around the curves. Riding on Rubber. Interiors are light'and gay In appearance, pastel shades displacing the customary reds and greens of e trains. Baggage rack the are gone and grips are stored out of sight Specially treated windows will not frost or steam to obstruct tho view. Complete air conditioning, doubly important on trains that are traveling at high speed, makes every breath of air purer and fresher than if you breathed it out who retired after forty years' service and never set foot off of his native Manhattan Island made me think of a gentleman known a a "Smltty" who, in my reportorial days on Park Row, was general roustabout at Andy Horns saloon. Smltty was born in the shadow Bf Brooklyn' 'bridge' and 'grew up there. He had traveled the various boroughs, but no matter where he went was always within the greater city. Finally he took a tour to foreign parte. He went to visit his sister, who'd married a truck gardener back of Newark, and the brother-in-law, who owned a car, toured Smltty about the landscape. I was one who greeted Smltty on his return. "Fur me, he said, "never again! I dont like that Joisey. Why, all them towns over there is got different names." system, interview passengers and find out whaT they wanted on a train. The suggestion were incorporated in the Challenger, which came travelers on a limited schedule for about 1 cents a mile, and is always packed. Some persons said that the cost of meals in the diners was too high, and some even disliked having to go from their coach into the diner because they might meet friends Dolling Up Lobbyists. who were traveling first class. As ever became of tha bQl WHAT a result, there is only one class on Into the Louisiana the Challenger everybodys class. legislature requiring lobbyists to Stainless steel lunch wagons ara wear special uniforms while followoperated through the aisles, serving ing their trade? As I recall the breakfasts for a quarter, luncheon erlglnal act, it provided that lobfor 30 cents and dinner for 35 cents. byists of less titan three years exPrices are just as low in the two perience should wear green skull diners. caps and rainbow-hue- d plaid trouser; veteran were to wear the Porter Refuse Tips. suits, Many other things on trains had green caps and which latter seemed especially apannoyed some of the passengers the pety charges for drinking cups, propriate, white being the color for towels and pillows; the fact that purity. Its just too bad if the notion has there was usually no one to help h travelers with their lug- been allowed to languish. And If an gage unless they engaged a redcap, amendment were tacked on requirand many of them could not afing that a certain type of legislator ford that; the straight-backeseats must wear garments with no pockbecame broken-bacseats on a long ets in them and buttoning up the ride; the lights were left burning back, princesse style, so the wearthroughout the night and trainmen er couldn't slip anything inside his were constantly disturbing the sleep bosom well, there youd have an of passengers by calling out the Idea that any state in the Union could profitably adopt, or, anyhow, stations. almost any state. On the new train there are adjustable reclining seats and pillows are provided free. So are towels and Styles In Womens Hats. drinking cups. Every car carries TJTiAVE you netieed those a colored porter who takes care of atonal hats the women are the baggage, giving it to a redcap wearing this season?If not, kindly on the platform at the station. Neido so. It'll distract your attention of ther them is permitted to take a from the part-tim- e frocks some of tip. Lights in the coaches are put them are wearing. out at 10 oclock, but little blue and The average woman la wearing amber lights are left to guide pas- what looks like part of a hat say one-hasengers and keep them from tripto Ive heard ping; there are tiny individual the more of the original hat the for who those want to read. milliner chopped off, the lamps higher Passengers who must get off In the went the price for what was left. night are told Individually no staI suppose with hata, as In the case tions are called. Another nuisance of a good clean appendix operawas done away with When the rule tion. if theyd cut tho entire thing was established that tickets were away, only very wealthy women to be collected only once during the could afford to go e Tbe Twentieth Century Limited, probably tbe worlde most famous ride. Even ao, tha wearer has sometrain, is now pulled by n streamlined locomotive. Inset: Englands Stewardesses Make Hi. thing to do with tha effect I ran streamliners look more weird than our own; this one, built at Swindon, But perhaps the greatest inn.iva-tio- n Into tho lovely Mr. Clark Gablo Is called tho King Henry VILL of all in this remarkable train and aha had on ona of tha new is its stewardess the first in tho fractional hata and it was powerd Argonaut, die Green Diamond, the in the woods. of railroading. A registered fully becoming to her. But m bet wheels make it possible to ride history Columbine, the Mountain Blue-Birthis nurse, pleasant woman it would look like tha very dickens young 100 with of ease tho at tho greatest tho Abraham Lincoln, Royal is able to give first aid. Is invalid on ma or Jimmy Durante. and others. miles an hour and more. Radios able in Blue, the I IRVIN S. COBB. looking after old or infirm Tha Twentieth Century and the provide entertainment and keep the She takes care of chilpersons. Oaprrtaht witp SotIm. now in with arc limited the world. touch partly passenger Broadway dren. too, when they are traveling streamlined. Stewardesses look after his comWroth Silver alone, op when their parents wish fort Ever since tho year 1170 the pa to Travel. It's Fun to leave them for a little while. There are three "cars" beside the This Is the age of speed, and the The Challenger has two cars re- lshea surrounding Knlghtlow, Stret-to- a on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, power unit on tha Mark Twain. served for women. The railroads with their streamliner hav paid Wroth Silver to tho Lord are beginning to live up to it New Trains like tho City of San Fran- keeps the key to these stewardess lock-ta- g oars, York to Chicago In 16H hours. Chi- cisco and the City of Portland, dethem at night to keep out stroll- of the Manor on St Martins day. have for runs, ha 39 signed longer may Los to hours; Angeles cago ers; even the train crew must hav Shortly before sunrise the money la Washington to New York in 4 hours; ten or twelve. permission" from her to walk placed In a niche in the remains of an old stone cross, and then la On these trains, decorations and through them. This Denver to Chicago in IS hours. busy young collected Trains fly along regularly at 90 sections are planned to make tho lady look after babiea by the Steward of the that cry Manor, miles an hour, sometimes bit it up passengers trip enjoyable over during the night She even a to according Mag. a azlna. to 119 or 12a Tha fee ara purely nominal, longer periods. Tbe City of Den- baby bottle warmer and keeps a milk What is important i that streamver, for instance, baa a "room" cooler In each car. ranging from one penny to two shlQ. toga and threepence-halfpennThia is what the railroads lining has coma to be the symbol of that la a reproduction of a frontier Dea great awakening of virtually all tavern shack of the period shortly doing and finding out that it art faulters, however, are dealt with pay tha roads to the dawn of a new after the Civil war. Walla and ceil- The people love it Is it end have to pay a fine any won. severely twenty shillings tor every penny, day of service end accommodation ings of rough white pine board, der they are going down to the which is already revolutionizing lighting fixtures that accurately tracks to watch the WeB A white bull with trains go br red simulate old kerosene lanterns, again? and a red nose. But there has passenger travel. 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