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U. S. TO INVESTIGATE.
New Passport Fraud Charges Ridi-
cnIcd by German Embassy.


WAsHINGToS. June 5.-The charge OF
the spy Rosenthal In d that the
head Of the Berlin spy system has n
perfect equipment Tor manufacturing
American passports. was viewed In
Cial quarters here to-day as a very Sc
rious matter.
This liz the first time the charge has
been made in any quarter that the
German Government was involved in
frauds against the American passport
system. II has been charged at one time
or another that agents of Germany in
this country have had knowledge OF the
obtaining OF American passports by
false pretences, but II has never been
charged that German officials were act
ually fabricating American passports.
The charge that embassy agencies were
actually involved in passport frauds
never has been thoroughly proved.
There Is no doubt that the statements
reported to have been made In Rosen-
thal's confession will be noted by the
representatives OF the State Depart
ment. Officials here "a not yet seen
the full text OF his confession. but II Ia
expected that IL will be forwarded by
Ambassador Page at London. II is
thought more than possible that some
OF his statements will furnish a
basis. for Investigation by the United
states Government. II may be said.
however, that under no circumstance
will the United States take up the mat
ter with Germany until 1t has been con-
clusively established that German Off
Gals have been guilty of the fabrica-
ton OF American passports. as Rosen-
thai is reported to allege.
All the cases that have come to the
attention AZ the State Department since
the war began have been cases of false
pretences and not OF the fabrication OF
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CLOSING ON
italian CoIumns Advance TO Lay
siege to the Town.
Special Co,ie Despofch 10 Tur suS

ROME, June 1.-Two Italian column
the important strategic position Of the
Austrians In southern Tyrol. This town.
hfteen miles BY railroad from Trent. Is
defended By powerful batteries on The
surrounding heights and two lines Of
forts on the southern side OF the town.
I:alian Alpinls;s and Bersnglleri are NOV
ing 10 the attack from the south. along
the Adige Valley and from the south
west. on the road from store. which
the Italians captured several days ago.
Elsewhere on the front the operations
are limited to artillery duels. The heavy
leather and swollen streams proven:
infantry movements.
\ despatch 10 the Corrierc d'Itaho tells
Of ,he stormlrg Of an Austrian barbed
wire ENHANCEMENT by a herd OF cattle
sent by the Italians against the posi-
ton. The Italians gathered the herd in
front OF their lines and exploded near by
scores Of bombs The beasts, frightened
by the noise. dashed against the en-
tanylements and In fifteen minutes had
swept away the obstacle, enabling the
Italians to advance with the bayonet and
seize the ground.
Despite the tal!ure OF the Austro-der
man scheme to persuade the Pope 10
aha,a,, Rome tho oh,ec, Of which ia
Ia IN have heep 10 proyoke anti
,,ai,,, fee,inr among rho Catholics OF
,h. v,or,d saver,i nro-Gernsn nrela,es
Un.,,r,,.J d, 10 ,sser,ed no No, cor.
iaaS ~ iys,r,ar ran,, arherlair
s,,,I s~,-iv,,y 70 imnress on tho
80 axn.5,oncy ~ ia,y,ny ,he
r"U'" T."s .n",
..".'"n ."'t'', ~...tNV,,n -, -. -,
10 n.,.aI.,, syo,ni,y oyer J,a,y On
49,. ,,,rra
pa,a u.,adic, boweye- NAYS No heed
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Lord Mayor Attended Hearing
Till Prisoner Cheated Justice
by Hanging Himself.
CONFESSION on SLATE

Special Correspondence 10 THE SrS.
LONDON. May ls.-All those dramatic
accessories that grace a big English
trial. the ancient ceremonies Of process
sion. the coloring OF gowns and wigs
and uniforms. quaint little Old World
customs n impressive procedure were
seen at their best at the trial ~ Anton
kuepferle. the Brooklyn mar who was
accused Of espionage.
The great pile of buildings. the Old
Bailey. or to give It its proper name
the Central Criminal Courts. is physi-
cally suited for an enthralling case.
Erected on the spot where Newgate
Prison stood. the mind wanders to the
memories OF that grim keep. But the
new building has already stories of it's
own. such as the worldwide fascinating
trial OF Crippen. the wife murderer.
The entrance is big and imposing. hut
more imposing and OF more moment are
the giant policemen that guard its doors
and who on the days OF the Kuepferle
case urbanely refused admittance to
n on without proper credentials.
The marble halls and the broad stair
case continued the impression OF i'm
portance and placed the mind and feel
ings in a proper state for the full an.
probation OF the happenings in Court
No. /. Here in this glass cupolaed. oak
panelled ample room the dock and the
bench dwarfed all other features. The
dock II anything seemed more important
than the bench. At least IL stood out
more. and when the prisoner came to
occupy IL he naturally by his isolation
seemed more conspicuous than the scar
let gowned judges. Black gowned at
pendants OF the court. the sheriff In
his robes and golden chains and tho
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H~arienhurgh, Jenny said. was wanted
10y the German Consulate because Of
Information he was supposed 20 possess
and got $500 from the German ON
sulate' for whatever Information IN"
gave. He had n brother. Frederick, who
worked with Jenny and who, Jenny said,
got 500 Of the 5000 and went to phild-
delphia on the money. Leach. according
to Jenny. kept up his friendship with
H~ardenhurgh when the latter and stable
moved to 90 Ler6y street from 32I
Bloomfield street. Hohoken. and II was
at the Leroy street address that stable
first met Leach.
II don't believe said Jenny, that
Stable ever saw any guns on the Lusi-
tdnia."
Jenny was asked how Stable himse''
felt about his present trouble. lie re-
piled
"Oh, he said he didn't care, but he
said TO me yesterday tFriday), What
d" ] want with :hesr reporters" He's
afraid he is going 10 be arrested"
This same fear was voiced by
Mlttelacher himself. When he was asked
yesterday II he knew where Stable was
he asserted that he did not. that Ne
had been m~isquoted and that II he gave
cut any more Information abou, Stable
he would get into trouble with the Get
man Consulate"
Mittelacher also shed some light on
one OF the other afidav,ts made about
the Lusitania. II will he recalled that
"A Washington despatch TO THE SUS said
that one affidavit corroborating Stable
was made by Josephine Weir. Mite
lachcr said she was his sweetheart and
lived al 20 Leroy street, She is said
to be the woman who originally gave
her name as johanna Morrison"
Mittelacher at first said she had not
made any affidavit. Later. however. he
said that he did not know whether she
had made an affidavit TO the effect thai
she had overheard Stable talking about
his alleged visit 10 the Lusitania and
seeing guns on board.
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~ the Indictment IN two grounds. The
objections were made with the almost
elaboration and the Acknowledgement
replied in tho same msnncr. The Jus
tees conferred ana the Lord Ch.et JUS
t.cc deliberately oyergu,ed the objec-
tons.
Even the prisoner. = picture Of tense
ness, hts m~aN,.lary muscles extending
and contracting. his hands c.isped be-
h.ul his back. p,ealcl 80; guilty" in
Keeping with the atm spacrc - the
court. The witnesses were called and
testified i1 n. same manner the i'm
preston oC majesty VAS never dissolved.
The d"dWI'.f values We're admirably
balance! md maintained. But prob
ably Ku,pfyr,. WASH; interested in this
uNI," 90. th" trial 81 all HIS hard.
h!Uti. appealing fac. With a touch Of
Tatar In It's formation. and high cheek
bones, his jaws set like "A wise, seemed
to lee "Nud.uc the SlOr Of Hate. His
whole u".ug seemed 20 10 expressing
hat phrase = his letter found IN Brix-
ton PRISON. after No had hanged himself
"oh, for ore-hlaf hour hack AZ the front!
II ShpN these F;nglishmen.'
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General Fighting in Proorox.
From the Baltic TO the
Bukowina.
~SKIRMISHES NEAR SHAWL
s%eventeen officers, and captured som.
machine guns.
GERMANS GAIN EPDJI\.r
GERMANS GAIN GROUND
berlin Announces Advance SAINT,
of Prscmysi.

BERLIN. by wireless 20 London. fp..
5.-The following official report ree,,a.
ing the operations in the ct was +,
sued here to-day
In connection with attacks NJ Rus.
sian troops which were repulsoi a,
Rossicny and S~awdyniki yc.'.rl,,
our troops further advanced tlI 5r.ys
off tho opposing forces which held Ia
bridgehead at Sawdynisi Va mad,
1870 prisoners.
Further north cavalry engagement.
occurred in the region Of Fukoli,si
with good results for us
In the southeastern theatre o. wa,
.sast of Jnroslav, the e,tult'on :. IN.
changed. South of rrzcmys' ,roors
under Gen. Won Mirwi'z. with thu
Austro-Hungarlan troops, are ~alyanc.
ing in the direction of M0szl,ka. Tha
army Of Gen. o LinsinGcn has driven
the enemy back toward Kliusz and
Zurawno, on the Dniester River.
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under sheriff in his knee breeches moved
busily about making the Ina prepara-
lions for the trial.
Barristers In their wigs and military
and naval stan officers in KHAKI or blu.
took their places In the well or In the
spectators seats. The jury was assem-
bled on the right OF the bench. \ mo-
ment's silence and the doors nca- the
bench were flung open and an impress
sive but small procession entered, ordi-
nary attendants OF the court followed by
the sheriff and then two other sherirs
In purple gowns trimmed with sable.
and sable caps. carrying the historic
mace and sword. Then the Lord Mayor,
in court costume, sable hated and mag
n~ifcently bechained. then the three jus
tees. the Lord Chief Justice of Engl and.
Mr.. Justice Avory and Mr.. Justice Lush.
Each carried a small bouquet. which
seemed incongruous until il was oN-
planned that It was an ancient custom
maintained since the days whcr the
judges were IN danger from the iu!cr-
ton Of jail fever and prevented 1t by
smelling of sweet herbs.
The counsel for he defence objected
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BUNAU.V VANILLA CAPTURED.
Destroys AeropIane which Led
Raid ON Ludvigshafen.
Sp,c1ai Cabic Dtspatch 20 TnE SLY

PARIS. June bit was learned to-day
that Major de Gpys and Etienne Bunau-
Var.lla were in the aeroplane command
ing the recent raid on Ludwigshafen
which was forced to descend on German
soil.
There were eighteen %aeroplancs in the
attacking squadron. and uf these the re-
naming seventeen escaped. Before they
had gone far they saw that Major de
Goys and Eticnnc Bunau-Narilla. hav-
ing landed their machine safely. set Il
on tlrc before the Germans could come
Vi.
During the raid. which occurred on
Nay 90. a ton OF explosives was dropped
on the Baslsche Anilin Fabrlks, where
nitric acid is manufactured. The works
are among the most important OF their
kind in Germany. Tit raiders reported
that considerable damage seemed TO be
done by the bombs.
Etiennc Bunau-Varilla is n son Of
Philippe Bunau-Varilla. who was chief
engineer Of the Panama Canal under the
Count de Lessops when the work was
abandoned in 1891.
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TEUTONS PRESSING TOWARD LEMBERG;
RESUME BOMBARDMENT OF OSSOWIEC
One AuStrO-Gcrman Army
Reaches MOsciska in Drive
Through Galicia.
BATTLES on THE STRYJ
;secic. ca1ie Despatch 70 TuE suN

HNgfNfIs q Hfff bFNTNtFH ~ u ~
oNpoN, June OF htinr appears
~'rt,eral. except In % few sectors. along
''r eastern battle front. from the Ba'tic
the Bukowina. md In the flood "
conflicting dispatches -e'-:.ri very i;i!e
that is definite can be established
IN the shawl reg.on. north .: me
Niemea. 1nE snmen's a.e continuous.
The Germans s4ve resumed the bonn
bardment OF O~ssuw,cc. a'.un originally
IN .he drive on Warsaw. mara are a.
tillery battles in the STura TeyIoN and
IN the district Of 'hc pil.t4. The <jn
River, from .hs Iis,uiH ssn.r. rresc',s
n turmoil Of Actions. Tac.e arc battles
north trl scV'h - Stfvj ana al"~g &c
River ruth. Tho EYss!das are agh:nr.
and aghtirg desperately Lacking am
muni;i1n 'or their heavy aeid guns and
even rifles In some instances. .hey are
enieavoring to oppose artillery with IN
fantry.
The situation in the san River region
Is In great confusion. On the lower san
II Is fairly well established that ~
Russian offensive is driving west after
successes vest OF Iudnik Further south
II Is apparent that the armies OF Cen.
Won Maclensen, Germans and Austriars,
are driving cas; toward Lemberg
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ITALIANS REFUSED
IN STELVIO PASS
Vienna Reports Success There
-Austrians Capture SO Of
ficers and Men.
ARTILLERY DUELS GO ON

Special Cable Despatch to TEr srs
VIENNA. via Amsterdam. June 5.-The
following Official statement regarding
the fighting on the Italian frontiers was
Issued here to-day
In the frontier region Of Tyrol and
Carinthia nothing Of Importance oc-
CURED yesterday. '" @
An enemy battalion which APP
peared in che ne%ighborhood q OF
Stilfser-Joch tthe Stelvio Psss) was
repulsed. Ia The Giudicaria valley. the
Adige valley and on the plateaus OF
F'olgaria and Lavarone. as well MS
a. several places on the Carinthia.
frontier artillery -duels are continued.
In the coastal region three officers
and fifty men remained In our hands
after the repulse with great bloodshed
of an attack by our italian bat
talions against our positions north Of
Tolmcin tTolmino).
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~ r5.r.tsy " ILLUSTRATION
Przemysl's Flag Flying Again

NNrl Russia captured Przemysl the
c'y'+ ha+ 1as nowhere TO be found. al
n "sa Tor continental reasons the
>. .'aa. ac s'arches was made. II was
a'I..sn,nd later that when the fall OF
tn t~og.re.5 va imminent the flag was
Gu. into small pieces and each piece car
rir away concealed In the clothing OF
an officer.
fhJt tic seems not to have been true.
Immediately after the occupation of the
cay by tive Germans and A~ustrians II
W.ts announced mat Tie flag was once
ag'.a Tying over the main public build
inr OF the town. II had been concealed
.a Ne walls OF the chancellery.
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ENGLISH PEER FOR AUSTRIA.
Viscourt Taanr Fights In Fra ncis
s'Oseph's Army.

LoNpoN, May 2i-Among the Eng
fsh peers h?htiNg against England In
the German ranks is Viscount Taaffe.
who is in IN" Emperor Francis Joseph's
First Regiment of Dragons.
Count Taatfo, as he IL best known,
Il y count OF the Holy Roman Empira
al yves IN Austria. But he IL Wis.,
coL7' Tlaffe and Baron of Rally mote.
County Sligo, in the Irish pcerage, and
consequently "A British subject.
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IN MOSCISKA.
SPECIAL cable Despatch to tn,

VIENNA. via Amsterdam. Juno -
Austrian headquarters issued 'a.o'sh.
the following official statement
East Of Peremysl. near Modtykn
the Russians ave been unable 10 ho,d
the ground. tModjyko is between
Peremysl and Mosciska) The allied
troops. fighting constantly. adva-c.d
to MOsciska.
In the region ~ the upper San
several offensive attempts O. ire
enemy have been repuIsed.
The allied troops have advanced
from the west to the n~e!Chh1rAopd e,
kalusz and Iocrawno. where fighting
is still proceeding.
Along the rruth River Tho enemy
made strong attacks H. severa' Places
but were driven back Of the river
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PRINCE MOUCHRANSKY KILLED

LONDON, June 5.-The Petrog-ai cor.
respondent OF tho Morning Post send,
the following
During the recent fCht.rC IN Gal,c,a
Prince Bagratio M~ouchransky. who mar.
RED the Princess Tat.tui, clies' GAusa.
to- Of Grand Duke C~onsturtro. 'c', A,
the head of his squadron of th" Clytns-
Guards. This IL the Grand Dukes sac.
ond bereavement. his fourth son. Prince
oleg. having been killed on tho N.eusg
In October"
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SAYS GERMANY CANNOT STARvE
DeIbrueck Tells Prussian Diet
Problem IL solved.

AMSTERDAM. June 5.-A despatch from
Berlin SAYS Herr D~elbrueck. Minister Of
the Interior, has informed the Prussian
Diet that there need be no further worry
over Germany's food problem, as it has
been solved scientifically.
Out OF the harvests OF this year. he
said, there will be a considerable re-
serve for 1916.
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war rs a German Government agent and
met Leach In that capacity. Harden
burgh is said 10 have come to this coun-
try in March. He always wore good
clothes, had plenty OF money and stable.
so Jenny says, emulatcd him to IA great
extent.
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ITALY SEXES 81 SHIPS.
Conascmtcs German and Austrian
Steamer. valued At 500 900. 900.

ROME. June Official announcement
was made tonight that the Government
has co~nfscated hfty-seven Austrian and
German team in Italian ports of a
total tonnage OF 2l6.77o.
The value of the conhscated steamers
is said 10 be more than 1000 ,ooo.
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GERMANS SUPPRESS PAPER.
Socialist Organ Had Protected
sinking Of L~usitania.

Special Gable Despatch TO The Sun
LONDON, June 5.-The General COM
manding at Posen has ordered the so
cialist newspaper Goeriitser Volkseitun1
to suspend publication. according to a
despatch from Copenhagen.
The order was issued because OF a pro-
test the newspaper made against the
sinking OF the Lusitania.
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CLOSE TO STABLE IN
LUSITANIA SEARCH
L. s. Agents Get Clues as to
Late Movements of Affi-
davit Maker.
HIS FRIEND IDENTIFIED

Several promising clues to the where
abouts of Gustav Stable. the German
Government employee who signed the
Lusitsnia affidavit presented to the State
Department. developed yesterday, but
stable himself remained In hiding. At
the same time the statements OF a
boarder at 20 Leroy street, where Stable
lived until a few days ago, shed new
and interesting light on the circum-
stances surrounding the making Of the
affidavit.
Stables movements since his departure
from the Leroy street house we're traced
TO the office OF a German newspaper and
thence TO Volk's Hotel at Forty-second
street M Third avenue but inquiry at
the hotel ELECTED no response as TO his
hiding place. His roommate, whose
name. it was learned yesterday, is
Adolph Mittelacher, tried vainly TO get
Stable to talk TO newspaper reporters,
but the AFFIDAVIT. maker voided a meet
ing with them.
Inspectors of the Department OF Jus
tice displayed renewed activity in in
~vestigating the credtbility OF the Lusi-
tania affidavit and II was said last night
that they had found out just where IN.
document was made out and signed by
the German reservist. They are now
trying to learn who 1t was. II any one,
nat prompted Stable to sign the afti-
davit, and whether he really boarded
the Cunarder before that vessel sailed
on her last voyage.
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Russian. Not DishcRrtcncd.

The official statements Civ varying
details. Petrograd reports general fight
Ing and sends forth the assurance tina
despite reversos. the Russians are not
dishcartened. The lates, official state
ment received is AS follows:
on tho lower Sar the Russian Of
fersive Is developing with success.
or Junc z and 4 tn" Fourteenth
Austrian Army Corps, which was de-
fcatcd IN the ns1ting on the proceed
ing day, fc.l back or fortified positions
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within 20 Miles Of LENDERS.

AS was stated In dispatches sent last
night they have reached the neighbor-
mood of Mosciska. fftera miles east Of
przemysl, and within nifty miles OF Lem
berg. the Immediate objective. Further
south ana TO the east the armies of Gen.
Won Linsingeu are hurting themselves
upon the Russians In the Dniester re-
gion, no more than twenty-five miles
from Lemberg The Russians face a
general engagement in the lake region.
still further south, in the ne!ghbor-
hood Of Kalusz. vet another Austro-Ger-
man army is striking north as II to ef-
feet "A junction with the forces To the
north. and "A similar cond ition exists in
the Bukowina. Before every Russian
force in Galicia and the Bukowina to-
day there is "A perfectly equipped army
OF the allied 7eutous with superior guns
and big supplies Of ammunition
The confusion In northern Galicia is
due to the lack OF knowledge Of the
Russian movement. The Russians are
striking westward, as has been said.
possibly for the purpose of turning the
German left wing and cutting It's com-
munications TO the rear. At the same
time his force is In some danger be-
cause the German drive TO the east may
do the same thing for IT, It is 10
unusual spectacle OF two parallel
columns moving In opposite directions
and Of them must suffer greatly.
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Above is a photograph OF Anton Kuepfere. formerly OF brooklyn. and
the confession which he wrote OF a slate Just before hanging himself in a
London prson "A few weeks ago The Masonic sgn is visible OF thu slate
about half "a from the beginning Of the noe
kupfTles tral n n charge o espionage had not been ended hen he
took his W life
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Gives Trunk Key 10 Friend.

Stable himself was said to have
moved from the Leroy street house az
the hotel. but he could not be found
there last night. From the office of the
Stdats-/eitun0, which he visited on Fra
day morning. he disappeared almost
completely and has not appeared TO any
of those who have searched for him.
lie has turned over to Mittelacher the
key to his trunk. which IL at 20 LEROY
street.
Mittelacher has been in communica-
ton with him but refuses to give his
telephone number except to say that
1t Is in the Rector exchange. Mittclacher
asserted that Stable Is still working
as much as he worked lately-for some
body In the building where the German
Consulate-General Is installed and
where Capt, Boyd also maintains an
office.
Most OF the information about the
affidavit yesterday came from Danuel
Jenny, a Swiss, who knows Stable, Nit
telacher and Hans Hnrdenburgh. another
Government agent whose name has been
associated with the Lusitania case.
H~ardenburgh and Stable were room
mates at the Leroy street house until
Stable appeared IN the limclight. Since
then Hardenburgh has disappeared en-
tirely and is said to he out OF town,
perhaps in California. TIL Department
OF Justice IL said to know all about his
associations and travels.
Jenny told a reporter for THE SUN
Yesterday that hie me H%ardenpurgh
and Leach. the Lusitania steward. at the
Sailors Home in Hsboken. Harden
burgh. according to the Swiss. was in
England for three months before the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-09-17

ing stronger ball today than they did a
month ago.
Stallings says the Braves will re-
peat; Robinson says the Dodgers will
come through. But these teams will
have to do some tall playing IL they
want to land the bunting. OF the two
the Braves have the outside chance.
They have been through the grind,
play as good abroad as at home. while
the Dodgers weakness this year has
been the poor playing OF the team
while on the road.
The only way the Dodgers and
Braves can gain on the Phillies will
be through the western teams. II the
latter can down the Phillies, the other
eastern members OF the league may
have a chance. But ii mustn't be for
gotten that both contenders are play
ing the same teams that the Phillies
must clash with. And Moran still has
an ace in the pot. He has not worked
his one best bet-Grover Alexander
to death. He has pitched him in turn.
Should the race tighten up again.
Moran could shoot the king" in every
third game. Should the race tighten
up little then the series that the Phil
lies have to play with Boston and
Brooklyn may have a bearing on the
ultimate result.