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BABE RUTH PUT
Down BY kerr
BambanO Fails to Hit Homer or
Dfckie as SOx Trim Yankees
BY Score Of 10 to 8.

Chicago. Aug. 5.-Big Bambino
Ruth and his New York pals have
left US, and they are sadder but
wiser geezers. Dick Kerr, Kid
Gleason's wee left handler, made
monkeys out Of Babe and his mates
yesterday, the White Sox annexing
the fourth and final game of the
big series, 10 to 3.
Ruth was all but completely
stopped. He vent to bat five times
and got one single, his hard smack
to rightfield In the first being the
only thing close to a base hit that
he made all afternoon. Kerr had
nerve. Not once did he allow the
big Tarzan to walk to first base.
1t was a glorious day for Comis-
key. Gleason and the rest Of the
White Sox family. More than &c.
900 folks paid to watch the game,
making q grand total Of 123, 900 who
paid to see the four games played
here.
This morning the White Sox are
only four and half games behind
the leading Cleveland Indians,
thanks to Clark Grifith and his
crew from the capital. And the
Sox practically are tied for second
place with the Yankees, who must
battle with the Detroit Tigers for
the next four days. Score:
Chicago ....4 0 00 212 x-10
New York 40 300 900 I-3
Batteries-Kerr and Schalk; MO-
gridge. R Colline, Thormahlen and
Ruel.
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GRAND CIRCUIT
FAv0RITES WIN

Toledo, Ohio. Aug. 5.-Three of
the four favorites of the grand cir
cult card came through winners
yesterday at the Fort Miami track.
Some thrilling finishes marked the
races.
Royal Palm. winner at Kalama-
zoo two weeks ago, took the To-
ledo Blade 2:14 trot for a purse
Of $4,000, the feature, in straight
heats, while Favonign won the Le-
gal News stake, for 2-year-old trot-
tiers, after Bogaly came through in
the first heat. All Of the three
heats were trotted by the juvenile
in less than 2:10, making it the
fastest race Of the season for colts
OF that age.
Brother Peter, one Of the mem
bers Of the Peter the Great family
and q rank outsider among the
talen men. won his first race on the
grand circuit when Walter Cox
piloted him to victory in the 2:10
trot. In the third heat Brother
Peter choked, staggered to the edge
Of the track and fell over, while
Miss Pretender, . contender In the
previous miles, came through the
stretch an easy winner.
George Volo, the favorite. won
the 2:09 pace, but J. W. s.. the
pacing pony raced over half-mile
tracks last summer. came on and
won the second heat for his new
owner, Hugh McNichols.
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HOW DICK KERR
KEPT BABE RUTH
FROM HOME SLAM
First Inning-Ruth's first time at

First Inning-Ruth's first time at
bat happened with two out and
Pratt on first Kerr dished mp a
curve that was high, but Ruth met
it sQuarely and lined it like q shot
to right field for a single
Second Inning-On Ruth's sec
ond trip to the plate one was out
and the bags empty. Kerr fed him
q curve inside of the plate, then
slow one outside, and came back
with fast one that was over. Ruth
smashed at 1t and raised q high
fly to short right.
Sixth Inning-Ruth came up the
third time with one out and nobody
on. He took one strike that came
over the inside corner. then passed
up a ball that was low and wide.
The next one was high and outside
for a second ball. then Kerr bent
one over and Ruth let it go for .
second strike. The sixth ball
tempted Babe and he fouled it high
in the air back of the plate, where
Schalk could get under it.
Eighth Inning-Ruth's fourth trip
occurred with Pratt on first and
6ne cut. Kerr brushed him away
from the pan with q fast one in
side, then pitched wide curve for
a second ball. On the next one
Ruth smashed a hot bounder to E.
Collins, forcing Pratt out.
Ninth Inning-Ruth's last time
up came with Wick on third, Pratt
on first and two out. He went af-
ter the first ball pitched, . hit high
and inside, and poked an easy
bounder down to ]. Collins.
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HUTCHINSON N
GOLF PLAY FoR
WESTERN TITLE



Olympia Field Country Cllb. CHI
caso. Aug. Spy United PresS. -
The western open golf champica-
ship was to b decided here tnday
when the second halt Of tie y
holes was to be played. The win
ner viii receive $3.50 In addition 70
the title.
Jock Hutchinson. Chicago BRO
fessionAl. led at the end Of yestsr-
days first Sc holes. william
Creavy, Kansas City. was second
and Harry Hampton, Richmond,
Va, third. The days feature was
the afternoon play Of James Barnes,
st. Louis. the title holder. IN the
morning round he played badly and
turned in an 50. In the afternoon,
however, he shattered the record q
70 for course number l by making
. IS, going into sixth place with
ISL. s'''1S
C. w. Hackney, Atlantic City.
who broke the record Of III ON
course number Q with q 70 IA the
morning play, took - in the after
noon and stood fourth with 14s. W.
c. Sherwood Newark, Ohio, WAS
NTH with "a, 76-150. fii's
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CICOTTE REGRETS
BABE DIDN'T GET
HOMER OFF HIM
BY EDDIE CIC0TTE.

l would rather see Babe Ruth get
. homer off my pitching than any
other player In the league. He is
q good friend Of mine and I think
he is the greatest hitter Of all
times.
= But he has never made q home
run off me yet and l am asked to
tell how l pitch to him.
There is no particular way to
pitch to Ruth. He has no hitting
weakness that-I ever noticed. The
whole thing, as / see it, is to give
him balls that can't very well be
hit out Of the park.
I mean this: A fast ball can be
elevated easy So can = curve ball.
But a low splitter, which has 3
downward break, is hard to hit for
q long clout. If a batter gets un.
der it it goes straight up in the air.
Ii he hits it square it is \ ground
ball nine times out Of ten, and the
tenth time is a fly with q whirl
that brings 1t down within reach Of
the fielders.
But a wise pitcher facing Ruth
will never feed him spitters ex-
clusively. mix them up. l give
him my fast one to show him l
have one, but 1 never groove It.
Usually shoot it about face high.
When 1 use my slow ball on him l
keep 1t inside and low. Then when
the count is close, l use the splitter.
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BOXING NOTES

CHICAGO. Aur 5.-Floyd Fitxsim-
mons. the Benton Harbor boxing
was in town yesterday.
He saw Babe Ruth try to hit Dick
Kerr and made it known that Lar
ney Lichtenstein's heavyweight,
Tony Melchoir, would appear on his
Jack Dempsey-Billy Miske card
Labor day. Tony will box Ted
Jameson, Bob Deye or Homer
Smith in one Of three special scraps
that will precede the heavyweight
championship bill.
Duquoin, Aug. 5.-Pete NARROW,
champion lightweight and his man
ager, B. E. Hampton, has left Du-
ouoin for Fort Worth, Texas. where
he will meet Soly Friedman Of Chi
cago. The bout will be at 1876
mounds and staged before an ath-
letic club at Fort Worth tomorrow
night.
Newark. N. J., Aug. 5.-Mickey
Shannon stopped Carl La Blanche
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OUTLAW LEAGUES
CHASE HAL CHASE

visalia, Cal. Aug. SC. T. Buck
gan, president Of the San Joaquin
ssliey Baseball league, announced
yssterday that Hal Chase. Hari
assert or any other baseball play
under ban in organised baseball
soold not be permitted to play on
~ club Of the San Joaquin league.
LAST night it was reported the
sAmoore club Of the San Joaquin
que would endeeyof to sign
asn 1asgert Salt Lake City Held
:. and Chase.
u aaoe Borton Vernon. infielder,
suspended indefinitely and
!sert released Internationally
" AcCarthy yesterday for alleged
ssssy and gambling In connec-
49, with Pacific Coast league
- At the same time Hal
800, former Pacific Coast and
Of league player. was barred
~ 80 Coast league parks in connec-
~ with the same charge. Borton
~, denied the charges. The men
~. oe tried BY the league direct0ls.
thy announced.
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TRIAL HORSE TATE
or NEW SHAMROCK

New York. Aug. 5.3Shamrock ".
Sir Thomas Lpton's unsuccessful
entry in the 1890 international
yacht race, viii not be broken mp,
but viii remain In New York to
be used against Shamrock V - .
trial horse in 1922, Sir Thomas said
today.
II have publicly announced that
I would challenge again after .
lapse q 10 months" Sir Thomas
said, provided notone else does %.
I have decided that Shamrock ~
will stay right here When l come
back to race again In 1S12. II it II
nv fortune to do 30. I will use
that boat to test out the new
racer"
Sir Thomas declined to make
comment on the challenge made b
A. C. Ross. .. Canadian yDehtsmAn.
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THE SCOREBOARD

THE SENATORS drove Morton
from the box in the sixth inning
when Smoky. Joe Wood tried to
stage a comeback but lacked con-
troll. Score: Washington, Il;
Cleveland, 8. $500.
WEE DICKY KERR held the
Yankees to three runs while the
White Sox gathered 10 and are
now yapping at the heels OF the
Yanks for second place.
: THE ATHLETICS chased We'll
man in the seventh and defeated
the Browns, z to 2. Sisler's- home
run, with CARRIER on, accounted for
the Browns scores.
RED" CAUSEY held the Cubs
to two singles and the Phillies
took the game, to 1.
THE RED SOX took. the odd
game Of the series from the IL
gers, S to l.
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RULES GOVERNING
BASEBALL TOURNEY
OF A. I. A. A. TEAM

Akron. Ohio. Aug 5.-The Ameri-
can Industrial Athletic association
has placed 5000 booklets in tbs
mails which contain the rules to
govern the associations national
championship baseball tournament
that starts September 3.
The booklets are sent to all in
dustrial concerns in the country
that are represented on the base
ball diamond: and to the leading
sport writer's of the nation.
Below in condensed form, are
extracts from the rule book Of the
tournament:
/. Entrance fee for each base
bail team Is $1,000.
2. Only A. /. A. A. members may
enter teams,
3. Teams other than those in the
A. I. A. A. have until August Is,
to join the association and con-
form themselves to the eligibility
rules Of tho government.
1. Professional and semi-pro-
fessi0nAl players are barred from
competition.
S. Tho first games In the series
viii be played September 8, and 5
8. Umpires are to be selected
and agreed upon by the manageri
OF opposing tsams.
Z. A player to be eligible for thu
tournament must have been 30 day
In the employe Of the drm upor
whose team he 10 playing.
8. Scheduling Of games Will b
the work OF the baseball chairman
after consultation with. manager
o teams and presidents of Indus
trial leagues.
>. Entries must Be pcstmarksi
not later than midnight. August =
AK the Argus sporting editor 70
If1yth0 information.
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GRIPS TRIP sPOKES.

Cleveland. Aug. k-Washington
wound mp its series here BY vim
ming. IL to ;, thus breaking even In
the present series. Morton pitched
great ball until the sixth inning.
when, with two out, he weakened,
allowing four runs. Joe Wood. who
had pitched but tvo-thirds Of IN In
ming since 1917, than tried to stage
. comeback. but lacked control
Home runs BY Speaker and Smith
drove In Cleyeland's runs
Tomorrow is an OF day hare. the
game scheduled With philadelphia
having bean played Nay =. Score:
Warrington 10 0oe41 s I'LL
Cleveland ...10 10000 g. I
Batteries-Erickson and Char.
|rity: Morton, Wood. ClAxia an1
ONei11.
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PHILLIES BREAK
drive OF CUBS
Faulty Pitching Aid to Quakers :
Pirates Blank Braves with
Cooper Pitching.

Philadelphia. Pa, Aug. 5.-Leave
it to Cloudy Claude to beat the
Phils' losing streak. He did it yes
terday, I to 1, in an extremely NOR
Trying combat. In the first place,
Causey held our sluggers to a pair
of singles, neither of which figured
in the runs. Hendrix was the vic
tim Of bum support when the win
ming tally was chalked up in the
seventh. There should have been
but one run off Cloudy Claude,
who was soaked nine times in sew
en- rounds.
Carter and Martin finished the
pastime in q blaze Of bases ON
balls. Mistah Nick blew up after
retiring two blokes in the eighth
He loaded the bags with passes and
Martin forced in two runs by his
lack Of control. Speed hit Casey
Stengel with the corners loaded
and pitched four wide ones to Cy
Williams. A frantic cheer went up
from the multitude when Speed
pitched . strike to MeuseL The
batter hit the next pitch and the
side went out
Score:
Philadelphia .....000o1102l
Chicago -. -. .000010000-1
Batteries: Causey and Tragres-
sor; Hendrix. Carter, Martin and
Ki1lafap
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Thr0o.EyO LoaeuA

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Three.Eyc League
Evansville, 1: Rock island, 0.
Bloomington, s; Moline, 2.
Rockford, Al; Peoria, OF.
Terre Haute at Cedar Rapids
rain.
American League.
Chicago, 10: New York, 3.
Washington, IL; Cleveland, 3.
Boston, s; Detroit, /.
Philadelphia, Z; st. Louis, 2.
National League.
Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, /.
Pittsburgh. 3; Boston, 0.
No others scheduled.
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Runs batted in-Rigsby, Leyme,
Hauk, Foelsch Stolen bases =
Craig, Leyme. Double play-Maun
to Foelsch. Left on bases-Peoria.
8; Rockford, 8. Bases on balls
on Lynch, s: of Maun. l. Struck
out-By Lynch. Z; by Maun, l. Wild
pitches = Lynch (2). Umpire
Spade. Time-1:35.
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AS TRIM BROWNS.

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 5.-The Ath-
letics disided the series hero BY
battering Weilman 70 beat the
Browns, Z to 2. Weilman was
knocked on the hill in the seventh.
Naylor blanked the locals until the
eighth. when Clarence Walker hit
the scoreboard in left with two men
on in the seventh. Score:
Philadelphia ....01.00 1230O-7
St Louis .00000002e2
Batteries-Naylor and Perkins;
Wsilman, Lynch and Severed.
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Egd5 1l7n IdbIes; " 'Qui1Ian Pitches Ioddl


Moline, ILL.,. Ang. 4.--Inability 70
hit IN the pinches cost Moline the
second game of TIL oee1ss 8 to 2.
Twice Moline filed the bases bat
was unable to hit the runs in.
ZAhniser was Wild but allowed the
Hackmen only I'VE hits.
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RROWNS GET LYNCH.

st. Louis, Aug. 5.-Adrian Lynch
q pitcher, was purchased from the
Dies Moines Western league club
yesterday by the ST. Louis Amerb
cans, according to announcement
by local officials. Lynch 10 TO re-
port Immediately.
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dO0e Tuu-E eaICS. AnAcC UoSS
hit - Newasha. Two base hit
Foelsch. Stolen bases - Jackson,
Dresser, Buser. Brant. Runs bat
ted in-Craig (2), Newasha, Dana
her, Bluege. Bowman. Pearce. Runs
earned = Peoria. s: Rockford, :.
Bases on halls-On Anderson, 3.
Struck out-By Bowman, 8; by An
derson, :. Hit BY pitcher-By An
derson (Buser}. Umpire Spade.
Time of game-1:23.
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Two-base hits, Snyder. Sykes,
Mack. Sacrifice hits, Kellerman.
Coltrin. Lenahan. Stolen bases.
Runser. Struck out. by Zahniser.
2; by Beck. /. Bases on balls, off
Zahniser, s: off Beck. 1. Hit by
pitched ball. by Zahniser (Jones).
Umpires, Weir and Lpe. Time,
1880.
Rockford, ILL.,. Aug. 5.-Rockford
divided the day with Peoria. The
first game was played In q driz-
zling rain. Lynch's wildness gave
the opener to the locals and the
effective pitching Of Bowman and
the hitting of his mates gave the
second game to the visitors.
Tho Scofes
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LUNDT OUTFIT
EASY PICkINGS
FOR ARGUS men

YESTERDAYS HERO: Art Nc
Carthy. Argus left fielder. He rob-
bed the perspiring Lundt & Co.
baseballists of their one golden OPP
portunity by q beautiful running
catch in deep left.
YESTERDAYS NEAR HEROES:
The entire Argus aggregation,
headed by Jimmy Hughes, who hit
a home run off the Lundt speed
demon. Jimmy. however. out of
consideration for his wind and the
opposing team, took only two bases.
YESTERDAYS MARTYRS :,
Lundt & Co.'S baseball team. The
score was q to 4, with The Argus
on the heavy end.
THE LUNDT bunch brought
along some classy looking femi-
nine fans. II their baseball play
ers had been as strong on playing
as the the ladies were on repartee.
the score might have been differ
emit.
ONE LADY WIT hailed The
Tombstone editor as "a string bean
shimmier." This can be appreciated
II you know him.
INCIDENTALLY, the score was,
23-4.
The score by innings:
T.undf q q l.
Argus ..... 10 l 6 0 0 6 x-23
Batteries-Heinz, Thorburn and
Block; Means and Dahlen.
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Red SOx BEAT TIGERS.

srott Mich. Aug. 5.-Although
6ush was taken for II hits the
49, could score by one run. and
= was due to q mum by Schang.
49, NED Sox won the deciding
ne OF the series. s to I. Strike
Z and double plays stopped Do
IN the pinches. Score:
ton .......101 500 o OLS
olt ......e1eoo0eO oil
Mo- Bush and ecott: Leon-
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One thousand dollars WIN b
awarded professionals in the vest
ern open golf championship, begin
ming q Toledo. Aug. I.
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PLAY BY PLAY
FIRST INNING.

FIRST INNING.
Evansville: Bashang walked.
Meyers sacrificed, N. Glox to Ben
son. LOTUS popped to W. Glox.
Bashang took third on wild pitch.
Wire famed No runs, no hits, no
errors.
ROCK ISLAND: Mann threw out
Shafer. Purpurs fanned. Benson
walked. N. Glox doubled to left
center. Benson, Bashang to Mar.
TIN, trying to reach third On the hit.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
SECOND INNING.
Evansville: Stewart threw out
Johnson. Mann famed. Martin
was hit and stole second. Lothes
walked. Martin was caught nap
ping, Stewart to Benson. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
ROCK ISLAND: IcInery famed.
Morrison threw cut ". Glox. 1t
was . One.hald stab Of hard one.
Dixon walked. Cassidy popped to
Mey oiS Nv iuA'' NV ' NJ
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EvanSViile: Mo.ison $500 5000.
otewsrt Decame wnts Gsav
sacrlnceo, o.e~s. - - ~.
stewart passeu Meyele sua vn'rs'
nifing the bases: wires ny 70 me-
Inery scored Morrison. but Macs
peg 10 fufpura neio oo'n o.net
runners on men ,, D.Ses o w
walked, ass'n ni ,. .n Is. t - s,vos "
IioA tnre" w. anu ~ .ne p ~
One run NO niIS, no eIto
KUN ISLAND. osss p
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pufa sineica tnIvsea 0o W. MI : y.
pufA OUT nsPpihs' AiSon y" WI"
NO runs, one my, NO errv
fvVhin INNINo.
Evansviiie' Martin s'nsleu over
second base. Lotnes sscrlnceo' ~.
Giox unasslsted. Mcnery caught
Morrlsons ny ana Marlin was OUT,
mac to fuipura 20 benson Iol
starting 70 tnird before tne ny vs.
causnt. - T.. was = . uouoie p'"' Nv
ru nSc uue 1 70, az aTH "a. p.... Hid
hVCH AcLANy' Densv uaos
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wv ETrTH MING
Ev.r.x;lls. p..hanr singled IN
,af, Mevers hit one safe behind
.hort Rashanr taking second. Loe-
tins forced Meyers. W. Glox to BEN
son Wire hit To n. Glox and Ba-
sSanv h.st ont the throw to the
Mate Ioftus going to, third. John
con sing,ed to left acoring LOTUS
and Carlson running for wire. took
second stewart passed Mann. I'LL
10 tho hasea henson lost Mar.
tin., oro.,nd hit Carlson scoring.
stewart tirhtene,i and famed
Iothes and Morrison. Three runs,
three hits one error.
ROC KisLAND: w. Glox hit I
fast one over third. Dixon forced
Clox Movers to Mann. Murphy,
hottinp for Cassidy. doubled to LETT.
parson vas ont irving to score.
!. oftns IN Martin Il, Lothes. Stew
= ~ Niad IN Rashane No runs. two
hits M errors
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OLD STAR DuGl(ED,

n4tsef1ec Cooper and Haednof;
FfllinStm, Scott and 0owdy.
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Evansville: Bashang walked.
Meyers sacrificed, N. Glox to Ben
son. LOTUS popped to W. Glox.
Bashang took third Oh q wild pitch.
Wire famed. No runs, no hits. no
errors.
ROCK ISLAND: Mann threw out
Shafer. Purpura fanned. Benson
walked. N. Glox doubled TO left
center. Benson, Bashaag to Mar.
TIN, trying to reach third On the hit.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
The Irish standard., 1920-05-29
UnClean ''MOVieS''
Banned by Statute

Here" was the way headline in a
St. Louis secular newspaper chron-
icled this failure.
The Morals Committee of the St.
Louis Branch of the Catholic Fedora.
tion has accomplished most of the
good with which it is credited by
those familiar with it's work not SO
much by punitive as by preventive
measures. In all cases where moral
suasion can correct in advance any OBJ.
jectionable feature in theatrical per.
formance, picture exhibition or pub.
lication, that method is adopted, and
both publicity and prosecution are
thus avoided. It is only as last re.
sort that the police department is
invoked.
Edward v. P. Schneiderhahn, a
prominent Catholic attorney, has for
several years marshaled the forces OF
decency in st. Louis. He has obtained
the cooperation of the Lutheran ALI.
ance and the Church Federation, an
other Protestant organization, in prac
tically all the Morals Committees
efforts for clean conditions in St.
Louis.
The committee has not restricted its
activities merely to the theater and
the picture show. 1t has done much
| to prevent the circulation of immoral
| pictures and publications, to remove
improper displays from drug stores, tc
l"cleanse" commercial advertising, tC
inspect and reform dance halls and tt
| correct many other evils.
In large number of instances, g
report of the organization shows, com
plants of improperly and positive in
decency in theatrical and like perform
ances resulted in corrections by the
management. Protests were ineffec
tual in only few cases.
Chairman Schneiderhahn is now at
tempting to bring about an interstate
Organization which would cooperate
in the exchange of information ant
actual assistance to purify the stage
and the movie" 1t is Mr.. Schneider
hahn's idea that If reprehensible fea
lures in plays originating in New Yorl
could not be eliminated by the New
York branch of this organization tn,
branches in other sections of the coun
try could continue the endeavor a,
the production appeared in their re
spective communities.