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The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Yale Club Takes Lead in
Class B Squash Tourney

Yale Club. by to 3 victory over
Harvard Club on the Harvard courts
yesterday. earned the lead In the second
division of the Class p metropolitan
squash tennis championship. The Eli
graduates are now the only unbeaten
team in the division. It was an evenly
contested meet, the result being IN doubt
up to the final game of the final match.
In which Gurney l.. Smith OF Yale
scored over r. G. Rand of Harvard
This pair fought into an extra game in
which points were "set' before Smith
won at 1914 -
On the Heights Casino courts the
home team scored its first victory of the
season at the expense of the New York
Athletic Club squad. TO 3, but the
winners were aided by two defaults, the
Mercury Footers taking three of the
five matches played. The summary:
YALE CLUB. a HARVARD CLUB. g.
Quincy L. Smith. Yale. defeated r. c. Rand
Harm, asrvard ,,s H. LBS. LBS. 1914; Grover
Yale. i5-3. 1913; A. NJ. Hyde. Harvard.
defeated. f. A. Guggenheim. Yale. 15-9.
15-s: D. Mex. Blodget. Yale. defeated
J. A. Mholland. Harvard. 1917. 1H-6:
Ralph w. Wolf. Yale. defeated William
Platt. Harvard. l5-s. 3-t5, 1912: II. p.
DnayIson;- Yale; defeated F. p: Lund. Jr..
vard. defeated c. T. coodhue. Yale, 15-9
17--1i.
HEIGHTS CASINO. 4; NEW YORK A. G.. D.
NJ. H. Bergfeld y. Y. A. c.. defeated Rich
ardson Pratt Casino. 1912. Isl: Rich
mond L. Brown. Casino, won from NJ NJ
Sterling, N V A. C.. by default: #. E.
Walton. Casino. defe!Hed C. Ropes. n Y
A. c., 15-4. 17-f4 +. NJ. Loughman
n. Y. a. c.. defeated r. n. vollmer
Casino. f5-ii 1J-10. James Butler, Ir.
n. ". A. c.. defeated G. IT. Thirisield.
Casino, i5--f0. 15-if: g. Hearn. Casino.
from L. French n. Y. A. C.. by de-
a cSambers Yra,a A. ofsn4 isic qelfsien ois 80
CLUB STANDING.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
GOULLET-BELLONI GAIN TWO LAPS ON D
THE LISTENING POST
HEADWORK.
By WALTER TRUMBULL
right. 1922. by THE NEW YORK HERALD.


From highly valued Boston have obtained another
Harvard eleven In the fourth quarter OF the
stubborn
considered policy drop kicker
ready Karl Pfafman received orders to
and forth the side lines that the
had justified The began pile up
flmbled Harvard
penaized yards The time had arrived A right called
charge strategy
instructions
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during half the We only want Pan
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mod stepped the 80 yard line kicked and back
the his Not only mechan
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writes when wake in
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usually strikes
the other two 'ones' to be Of the time
why hunt In far off Africa
trip tohch
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IN baseball lea9nef
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to make themselves when collector calls
Apparently Paddocs records up
East of the difference in time
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material and under
for the championship the Ohio Conference
certainly
out of the frame
Rowland an American
managing and have Mcraw
don't switch positions well.
bootggers continue to furnish
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The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Havana Results.

FIRST Rs>CE--For maiden two-year-olds: :
purse 500: five and half furongs. VIM
s2.2o. won; Miss Mazie. Io2 C.andervillel. !.
s3.to and $40. second; Gray Bonnet, lV1
,woodstock), $270. third. Time. ;Qs 30:
Jennie c.. Dinah Dean. Brushwood and
Con, ndrum also ran.
SECOND RACE-For three -ycar-olds and up
ward. claiming; purse 500; five and a half
furlongs San Pablo. 10 (McDermotD, !,
$40, $3.50 and SO won; Hellocross. loI
Duke OF WELLINGTON. lo7 Handkerchief. 4.
$50 third. Time, :0s 3-5. Puff Dali,
Miss Dixie, Little Niece, Ell Coronei. Nc
Murphy. Dinty Moore. Guardsman and
THIRD RACE-For three-ycar -oids and up
ward: claiming. purse $500; five and half
furlongs Runnan. 112 (Primrcse), $3.50.
$3.50 and 50. won; Kitty Cheatham, 100
ti2 Erunner). $3.50, third. Time. ;07 3-5.
Jill, Two Eyes. Miss Calfha, Crimpsaii,
Old Pop. Big Son and Chow also ran.
ignRTH RACE-For swo-year,oids purse
$500 $500 and out. won: wawona. 100
(Brunner), $3.50 and out, second: .Hayana
Electric. los (Pickcns). out. third. Time,
i:OO3-5. Faithful Girl .Babe Alice and
FfFTif RAcE-The samaguey Handicap; for
oil ages; PURSE 900; six furlonFs. Little
Black Sheep. % lcallahen), $40. $50
and s2.60. second; Dr. Hickman. 10
)r3rothers). s2.so, third. Time. i2. Janku,
George kuffan. Heron. Belle Of Elizabeth
town and Aiken also ran.
SIXTH RACE--For three -year-oids and up
ward; claiming. purse $500. one mile and
an eighth. sun God. log Oirothera). 500,
s2.4o and S2.10. won; Wakefield, III
VI stevens 100 0'rimrose). 81. third. Time.
I - IS. shortstop. Bucknall and Bin Hun
icy also ran.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Dave Sehres Made Captain
of N. Y. u. Football Eleven

The New York University football
team will be captained mex: season by
Dave Sehres Sehres played quarterback
on this years eleven and has been the
Violet's mainstay on defense in the
backfield for the last two years He was
elected team leader for 1929 at a meet
ing OF the football letter men held yes
terday.
John j. Harding OF the class of 1925
was elected to- manage the freshmen
football team for next year and @. Mel
son Furbeck automatically becomes
manager of the varsity for the coming
season, having occupied the position Of
assistant manager during the last year.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Hall of Fame Basketball
Squad Cut to Twenty-four

Sixteen candidates for the New York
University basketball team fell by the
wayside yesterday when Coach Ed
Thorp cut his squad from forty to twen-
ty-four. OF these survivors ten remain
in one main group. Thorp's selections
for regular service are Toorock. act
ing captain; Taylor, football captain !;
Masllne, Cassidy and Halves. The other
men on Squad A are Fletcher, Walsh,
Haimmowitz. Feinberg and Rainone.
Thirteen games are on the basketball j
schedule. with the opening contest set
for Friday night of this week. when the
Alumni five will be opposed.
The schedule:
DECEMBER-s. Alumni at home: 16. Haver-
ford at home; 10, Wesleyan at home
JANUARY-5, Columbia at Columbia; IL,
st. Johns at home; II. Swarthmore at
home.
FEBRUARY-7, West Point at West Point
10, Union at Schenectady: Ia, Fordham
at Fordham; 16. Rutgers at home; %,
Brooklyn Poly at Brooklyn; "a. Lehigh at
home.
Armory.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Butler Outpoints Munce
in A. A. U. Special Bout
Met Heavyweight Champion
Loses in Trinity Tourney.

Gordon Munce of the Pastime A. c..
former national amateur heavyweight
champion and present metropolitan
holder of the title. lost to Ben Butler
of the Trinity Club. Long Island light
heavyweight ttleholder in special
bout at the finals of the Trinity Clubs
A. A. L. tournament IN the Rink Sport
ing Club.
The two siugged for three rounds. but
there were no knockdowns. Munce won
the first round. while Butler took the
next two and the decision. The sum
maries:
ti2 POUND CLASS
sEMI-FINALs-Al williams. Trinity Club.
defeated Nat savitsky. Brooklyn a. A..
sapon. Trinity Club. defeated Jack Will
Jams. Hollywood Inn Club. three rounds
FfAii~-sapon defeated williams three
rounds. Judges decision.
IFS POUND CLASS.
SEMI -FTNA ALS--Joe Kaufman. Clark House
a. A., defeated William Molin. unat-
tached. three rounds, Judges decision; /;
Frank Neze. unattached. defeated Sam
Weiss. Trinity Club. three rounds. judges
defeated Neze. three
rounds. Judges decision.
12s POUND CLASS
SFMI-FINALS-Ed Elkin. unattached. de-
feated Sal Terrenova, Trinity Club. three
rounds. judges' decision Oliver Flowers.
Wynn's Boxing School, defeated Al McCor-
mick. O'Brlen's Gymnasium, three rounds.
judges decision.
rINAI.-Flowers defeated Elkin, three
rounds. judges decision.
13s POUND CLASS.
SENI-FINALS-Jack Herman. Bedrock A.
c.. defeated Tom Ginger, Trinity Club.
three rounds, judges decision; John Lane,
Trinity Club. defeated Tom Guinan. unat-
tached three rounds. judges decision.
FINAIs--Lane defeated Herman, three
rounds. Judges decision.
HEAVYWEIGHT SPECIAL.
Ben Butler, Trinity Club. defeated Gordon
Munce. Pastlme a. c., three rounds judges
decision.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Navy Favors Earlier Date
for Service Football Game

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Dec 5.-Sontimen,
at the Naval Academy favors November
"a for the annual football game with the
Military Academy rather than Decem-
ber 1. which has been suggested The
latter date. II is contended. would extend
the season too much. while the many big
games on the earlier date would tighten
the demand for Army-Navy tickets.
Representatives of the naval and mill
tary academies will meet within the
next ten days 10 frame n new football
agreement 1t is thought that the con-
tract will cover at least three years and
will differ little from the one just com
pleted. Under the latter the game was
played on the Saturday nearest TO No
varrber Ok
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
SQUASH PLAYERS OF
TOP RANK SURVIVE.
Coward, Cordier, Bull, Fink
and Mixscll Move Up in Open
Tournament.
ny SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

Five OF the first ten ranking players
came through rather comfortably in the
third round of the open scratch tourna-
ment OF the National Squash Tennis
Association at the Yale Club yesterday
They were Thomas r. Coward. national
champion Auguste ]. Cordier, former
title holder Harold r. Mixsell. Prince
ton Club champion and Charles NJ. Bull.
Jr.. and r. Earl i-in-S or the Crescent
Athletic Club Bull was the only one
OF the quintet 20 yield game, but that
occurred after he had taken the frs.
division of play at t5-3 from II. 5.
Thorne of the ID. X. T.. Club. and it was
apparent that he was content to tune up
his strokes, confident that he could clincb
the victory whenever he cared to spurt
Cordier really had the only sharr
tussle OF the ranking five. lie was in
his craftiest mood. placed skillfully and
showed all the strategy and speed that
earned him n national title two years
ago. but IN Douglas NJ. Bomeisler, the
former Yale football star, he had a per-
sistent opponent whose strength, hard
hitting and alertness made the match
decidedly sinteresting-c in fact
than the score of 15---S, 15-10 indicates
NeeIy's Victory "a Surprise.
Thomas Coward national champion.
won from Lindsay Bradford at l5--3.
!5-7. and Harold Mixsell seldom en-
ployed his severest stroke against o. S.
Greene. Besides the five ranking play
ers mentioned above William Rand, Jr.
and J. A. Richards Of the Harvard Club
and John G. Neely Of tho Princeton
Club survive. The last named surprised
by his defeat of L. l.. -Grinnell of the
Harvard Club. after an uphill fight
Neely was ut least four times within a
single point OF straight game defeat yet
came through with victory at S---15.
17-16. 15---l0 In the latter stages of
the match steadiness proved the winning
factor.
THIRD ROUND.
william Rand. Jr.. Harvard Club, defeated
c. w. Dlngee. Crescent A c.. 15-J, l5-13
Thomas r. Coward. Yale Club. defeated
Harold Y. Mixsell. Princeton Club, defeated
o. s. Greene, Princeton Club, 15-10. 15-9.
John c. Nicely. Princeton Club. defeated L.
!. Grinneli. Harvard Club. s-15. 17-16,
Auguste J. cordier. Yale Club. defeated
Douglas NJ. Bomcisler. Yale Club. 15-T.
r. Earl Fink. Crescent A. c., defeated II. ".
Crawford, Crescent A. c., Isl. $50.
REGINALD Roome, Yale Club. 15-7. 15-9
Charles NJ Bull. Jr.. Crescent A. c., de-
feated II. S. Thorne. d. X. Z. Club 1873,
D-15. 1j-3.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Four Defensive Backs.

While on the subject of defensive
backs, let us stress the fact that four
men stood out above all the rest. They
are Mallory of Yale, Basista of Wash
ington and jefferson. Caldwell of Prince
ton and Langdon of Pennsylvania. Huf-
ford of Penn state was good and bad
by turns. Owen of Harvard was a
mighty deadly customer In some games
but he did not stand out particularly on
defense this year.
The injury to Mallory was factor
which, Yale men believe. lost the game
with Princeton. However. Yale was held
on the one yard mark so the Mallory
factor may be dispensed with in that
particular case.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Columbia Varsity Five
Defeats Brooklyn Poly
Engineers Beaten, 27 to Is,
After Close First Half.

Columbia's basketball five trounced
Brooklyn Poly. 27 to Is, last night on
the Morningside floor During the first
half the Engineers held the Blue and
White to II to 3, but in the final pc
riod the Lion played rings around the
visitors
Sam Strom, the star of last years
yearling outfit. was the individual star
of the encounter, registering five goals
from the field. Strom not only led In
the scoring, but also indirectly ac-
counted for several other scores with
his brilliant passing and general all
around work. Springhorn also played n
splendid floor game for Columbia, while
Coughlin led Poly.
The lineup:
Columbia CD. Brooklyn Poly G5).
Springllorn.. Right forward. ...... Marzahl
DOckerill ......... Center. Provost
Mullen. .........L Left guard. ........ .Coughlin
Wilson. ......... Right guard. .Munzer
Field goals-Columbla, Strom 90, Dockerill
(3), Mullen (2). Springhorn; Brooklyn Poly.
Marzahl, Sleeps. Provost. Munzer. Coughlin
(2). Foul goais-Columbia. Wilson Is out OF
Schepps q out of 81. Linolsi q out OF -
Provost q out OF 81.
ubstitutions--Columbia, Puleyn for Will
son. Reilly for Mullen. Fields for Spring
horn: Brooklyn Poly. Turani for LinolC.
schepps for Marzahl. Marzahl for Schepps.
Linoh for Turani. Turani for Idnoki.
Schepps for Marzahl.
Referee-John ]. O'Brlen. st. Johns. Um-
pire-Edmond w. Butler. Cornell. Time OF
hslves-20 minutes.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Malone Shades Downey.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Dec. Jock Malone,
ST. Paul, shaded Bryan Downey Co
lumbus o., here tonight IN a twelve
round bout according TO sport writer's
II was their eighth meeting. Downey
was wild with his swings and It was
Malones cleverness at in-fghtinS that
enabled him 20 gain the newspaper de-
cision. Downey weighed i541a and
Malone 155 pounds.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Sectional Football
Champions for 1922

would not say that as class they did
any particular shining this year. There
was no Sprackling. no Strubing. But
the best pted pretty high. Most of
the teams in the East suffered from
quarterback trouble. At Yale they say
that Kelley would have been, star of
the first magnitude had he got his
chance. But Kelley did not go 10 the
races and may get hN chance In 1928
He has a habit of holding the ball in
fiontA of him when he runs and Tad
ones does not like it,
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
AS to Sectional Titles.

While many football critics In the
South lean heavily toward Georgia
Tech as the sectional champion others
cannot dodge the fact that Vanderbilt.
which was the only team In Dixie which
finished unbeaten. also Is entitled to
major consideration. It looks as If the
honors will have to be shared by the
Golden Tornado and the Commodores.
The University of Utah won the cham
pionshp of the Rocky Mountain con-
ference championship on Thanksgiving
Day when it beat the Utah Aggies by IA
TO 0 and finished the season undefeated.
The Colorado Aggies finished second.
They did not meet Utah.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
DIR. Hunt,ngton's All-East.

DR.. Ellery c. Huntington, physical di-
rector at Colgate for two decades. has
picked an AllEast team and hasn't
given any the best of 1t to Colgate. DR..
Huntington has brought to light couple
of stars. notably Byham, the Allegheny
tackle who was the greatest man at that
position who played against Colgate this
season, according to the doctor. That
takes IN Treat of Princeton. The
Princeton line, as a whole, was nothing
to brag about the day 1t faced Colgate.
The doctor hands the palm to both Gray
and Smith. the Princeton ends. His
team follows:
Ends--Smith and Gray, Princeton.
TacSles-Byham. Allegheny. and Leon
ard, Colgate. Guards-Rollo, Cornell.
and Welsh Colgate. Center--Richarde,
Cornell. Quarterback--Pfann Cornell.
HalfbaclSs-Tryon. Colgate. and Ander-
son. Syracuse. -Fullback--Kaw, Cornell.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06

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The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Crescent A. c. Five Defeats
Brooklyn Law School, 47-18

The Crescent A. c. basketball team
easily defeated the Ave Of Brooklyn Law
School last night in the Crescent gym
nasiun. the score being AZ to Is. At
the end Of the first half the Crescent
team led 30 10 IS. Tie lineup:
crescent Brookiyn Law
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Pfann of Cornell Stands
out Among QuarterbackS
Buell., Harvard; Smythe,
Army, and Darling, Boston,
Also Rated High.
BY DANIEL.

George Pfann of Cornell was the
best quarterback in the East. That's
our conclusion after seeing most of
the topnotchers in the section. Pfann
was a first class man last year but this
fall he improved by at least 40 per
Gent. His strategy at times was open
to question, but there is no question
that in this important detail he was
handicapped by the limitations of the
attack developed by Gil Dobie. In
carrying the ball, in versatility, Pfann
ranked with the best backs of the
season.
Opinion among critics seems to be
divided fairly evenly between Pfann
and Charley Buell. of Harvard. with
George Smythe of the Army. Conroy
of the Navy and Chuck Darling of
Boston College coming in for con-
siderable mention too. Buell., 1T must
be granted. was the headiest quarter
back of the campaign. But quarter
backs duties, as generally accepted
are not limited to picking the play
and calling the signals. He must be
carrier-and Buell. was no carrier.
The Harvard system precluded his
shining as runner.
We saw Smythe against Yale and
again in the Navy game and while he
impressed us greatly We did not rate
him as the class OF the field. Smythe's
nt,.ef hA ~ .
the Midshipmen too. for that matter
was open to squeston on quite few
occa sions. Against the Navy he proved
the star but his style of running was. to
say the least unorthodoX. Smythe vio-
lated every rule of running yet he came
through. His method of running back
ward and doubling might have been de-
cidedly costly IL his line had not done
yeomen's work all afternoon.
Darling Highly Touted.
Conroy played fine foot ball ell season
hut he did not seem to be up to his ls2l
mark. 1t may be that, the weight of
his captaincy handicapped him. That
has been true in many cases in football
history We are sorry we did not get
a chance to see Darling in action. Foot
hall experts down East tell us that had
Darling been a member of one of the
Big Three his praises would have been
sung all over the country.
Mills of Dartmouth was a corking
good quarterback and so was German
OF Princeton Zimmerman of Syracuse.
Neidlnger of Yale, Maloney OF Rutgers,
Meyers of Brown, Brennan of Lafayette,
Malion of Williams. F'rugone of Syra-
cuse. Townsend OF Colgate, Dinsmore OF
Princeton and Langdon, of Pennsylvania
also ranked with the best OF the year.
Langdon was a peculiar sort OF quar-
ter. He rarely ran with the ball. His
strategy generally was sound Langdon's
chief merit lay in his defensive work.
Against Penn State he was particularly
deadly.
Taking the quarters by and large we
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Manhattan Quintet Wins.

Manhattan College defeated New
York Teachers College on the basket
ball court OF DE La sale gymnasium
last night, 30 10 10. The Manhattan
team was never IN danger and used
nine substitutes
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
St. Louis-Notre Dame Game.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. Dec. 5. Sters
o'Rourke. athletic director at St Louis
University. announced to-day arrange
ments have been made for a Thanksglv-
ing Day football game with Notre Dame
here next season.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06

In the state amateur three cushion
championship at the Brooklyn Recrea-
ton Academy yesterday four games
were played with the following results
l.. A. Servatius IL. NJ w. Lake 80. II
innings: Servatius 30. ". L. Burke 1s.
40 innings; Burke 30. r. n. Everest 25.
s5 innings: l. ]. Brussel 80. Harry
Longenecker IL. AZ innings; Servatius
and Brussel each had high runs Of 4.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
Billiard Results

In the Manhattan handicap pocket
tournament at the Recreation Academy
OF Manhattan yesterday three games
resulted as follows J. J. Hickey t53)
defeated Robert Kind C33), SO to %; b.
a. Ehrlich (35) defeated Fred Kern 5D.
s5 to 81, and j. T.. Mosley defeated r..
J. Clary. 20 to IL.
Peter Judicc won over Andrew Mid
way. 1875 to rs. last night in the seven
teepth game OF the New York state
professional pocket billiard champion
ship at Lawler Brothers academy.
Brooklyn. A high run OF 25 put Midway
in the lead early. but he was forced
behind when Judice scored 45. A rapid
fire straight rail handicap tournament
has been arranged for LAWYERS tonight
by the Amateur Billiard Fraternity and
Arthur Church meets Leo Silver in the
championship tournament.
The New York herald., 1922-12-06
EATON-ECC TAKE
lap in LONG SPRINT
Fast Grind Lasts One Hour and
Sets Record for Races
in Garden.
GREAT CROWD THRILLED
Fast Riding Of Early Evening
Holds Spectators Until
Late Hours.
Two O'clock Score
Fiftieth Hour.
BY HENRY ". KING.

Record--1, 1853 miles ) laps, made by Ca
efon and Kaiser In 1915.
The daily times., 1922-02-28
TAR HEEL FIVE TO
BE CONGRATULATED

Chapel Hill, Feb. 27.-A telegram
bearing a message of congratulations
for the excellent showing made so
far in the southern tournament was
sent today to the Carolina basketball
-uuint in Atlanta by Garland Porter,
president of the university student
body. The results of the first two
games of the tournament with the
press reports that the Tar Heel quint
was making a fine impression have
created a wave of optimism among
the students, who are hoping to see
the quint do even greater things be-
fore making the trip back home.
On account of the dates of the
southern tournament being announc-
ed after the college schedule had been
formed, and the presence of the Caro-
lima quint in Atlanta the early part
of this week, causing a conflict in
the regular schedule, Graduate Man
axer Wooden announces that the game
with Washington and Lee will be
played in the Raleigh Auditorium
Thursday night instead of Wednes'
day night as originally scheduled
North Carolina state will play Wash
ington and Lee on Wednesday night
instead of Thursday night, having ex
changed dates with the Carolina five
This has also caused a postponemen1
of the North Carolina State-Trinity
coufoct from "Wednesday night tO
some later date.
The daily times., 1922-02-28

sTRAYED-BLUE SPECKLED Fe.
male Hound, answers to name of
"Sing". Reward If returned to r
B. Ezzell, 602 Pender Street.
2 e. 6td
The daily times., 1922-02-28
MIR. LEONARD SAYS
MERCHANTS ARE CHEERFUL

Statesville, Feb. 27.-While they
realize that the crisis incident to
liquidation has not entirely passed,
many North Carolina merchants are
now taking more optimistic view
of the future and are planning for
business expansion this spring and
fall which would not have even been
contemplated last fall, according to
j. Paul Leonard, secretary of the
North Carolina Merchants assOcia-
tion, who has just returned from a
weeks, trip in the interest of his or
ganizations. Lots of the merchants
are still going through the fire, so to
speak," says Mr.. Leonard, "but most
of them feel that the business pen
dulum began it's slow swing back to-
wards prosperity during the winter
and We believe we can see the light
in the future"
Mr.. Leonard reports that every 10
cal merchants association visited II
planning special trade events for the
spring to stimulate retail sales and
are also undertaking work through
their organizations 70 rthe genera
betterment of their community.