james started all 14 games in which he played at left guard in his first season with the dolphins. the batter's eye wall itself was covered in a black material designed to reduce glare. as a result, the canal had a curvy course. from september 1937 to october 1939, he served as the navy's commander of surface craft. in an interview in 1987 he explained that approximately ten years earlier, around 1977, he had felt himself to be at risk of "only making paintings [...] like making wall furniture" and of hiding within "borrowed" forms. 