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Evening star., 1923-05-11

McHugh is coming to Washington
at the invitation of Jim Sprigman,
veteran member of the &C" Club. who
is his personal friend and admirer
Others were hot on his trail for the
date. but Mac" had given his word
to come here, and he'll be on the job
tomorrow to assure a square deal and
a good start for all. McHugh always
has been happy in an opportunity to
help the youngsters, and it is for this
reason that he is coming to Wash
ington tomorrow instead of going
elsewhere.
He has been a great supporter of
Public Athletic League activities in
New York city, and has won a warm
place in the hearts of the kiddies
around the Bronx, as he has in col
legiate and club circles.
1t is the hope of those who are
sponsoring tomorrow's meet that the
stands will be filled in order to show
McHugh and the many others that are
expected from out of town that
Washington is determined to remain
on the map in field and track ath-
lctics.
The scene is set for the meet.
No one more than conjectures who
will win top honors, but 1t generally
Is conceded that Central. Tech and
Western of this city will have as
principal rivals Baltimore Poly, Tome
and StauntOn.
Events set aside for the youngsters
of the grade schools are bound to
excite n whole lot Of interest. The
boys have been training consistently
in the hope of winning the handsome
Sprigman trophy and many medals
that have been set aside for them.
Particularly keen Is interest in the
championship relay. in which seven
teams are scheduled to start.
Tickets for the meet will be on sale
at Spalding's and at both east and
west gates Of the stadium. Gates will
be opened at l O'Clock and the events
will start promptly an hour later.
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the Arlington Reserves. Call CIaren-
don S05-F-3 between and o'clock.
Superior hitting gave the Seneca
Athletic Club a victory of 10 to Z
over the Indian Athletic Club, The
winning team would like to hear
from the manager Of the Pierce
Athletic Club. Call Lewis Becker.
Adams 1856.
Dominican Lyceum, one OF the
strongest mines in the city last year.
will have the same nine this year.
Cardinal Reserves Of Alexandria. is
seeking games with teams in the
senior class. Communicate with
Samuel Il. De Vaughn, Mount Ver-
non and Carroll avenue, Del Ray, Va
Sergeant jasper Post will hook up
with the Wash ngton Barracks nine
today at o'clock on the latter's dia-
mond.
Members Of the White Haven Ath-
letic Club will hold a dance In Our
Lady of the Victoria Hall. Conduit
and New Cut roads, tomorrow night
at o'clock.
Anacostfa Jf. O. u. A. NJ. (NO. 18)
base ball nine Will hold practice this
afternoon at o'clock in preparation
for its opening game with the Sea-
men Gunners tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock on the Congress Heights
diamond,
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RAY ANXIOUS TO RUN
IN MILE AT HARVARD

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 11-Joie
Ray, Chicago distance runner. still
hopes to compete in the mile event at
the open handicap track meet to be
held at Harvard on June 9. according
to word received by the Harvard ad-
visory track committee.
Ray. who desires a chance to break
the mile record of 4.12 3-5 minutes
made by Norman Taber in 1915 on the
Harvard oval. had signed up to run at
Notre Dame University on a day con-
fiicting with the Harvard meet.
He wired the Harvard authorities.
however, that If he could arrange to
break off his Indiana engagement
without detriment to the Illinois Ath-
letic Association he would be here to
compete.
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While Washington Barracks and
Walter Reed have not met with re-
verses, Boiling Field has severely
trounced all its opponents. Yester-
day the aviators nosed out a victory
of 6 to over Camp Meade.
Keokuk and Mariners will do battle
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock on
grounds. Manager w. T. Allen of the
Keokuks, Lincoln 1927, would like to
hear from some fast teams.
In n game that went thirteen in
ninEs Henderson Athletic Club de-
feated the Newton Athletic Club,
2 to l.
ComfDrter Club will meet two
strong opponents tomorrow and Sun
day. 1t will tackle Boiling Field to-
morrow at 2:30 o'clock and Domini-
can Lyceum on the following day at
$3.50 o'clock at Washington Barracks.
Teams desiring games in the six
teen -Seventeen-year-Old class are
urged. to write Fuller Betrek, 3217
Volta place, manager of the Volta
Athletic Club.
The Surrattsville Juniors are cast
ing about for a game on their field
Sunday. Telephone Melville Carroll,
Lincoln 1928.
A challenge to all teams in the
senior division has been issued by
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ACQUISITION of Zahniser Bosters Box Staff Milk Fund Sh0w
PLAYERS TO SWARM !.
ON ELLlPSE FIELDS

Sandlot leagues will figure in five
Here's the list: Treasury Interbureau,
Supervising Architect vs. Annex No.
/; Government, G. p. o. VS.. G.. A. o.:
War Department. All Service VS..
Ordnance; Departmental. Agriculture
VS.. Treasury, and Commercial. Judd d
Detweiler VS.. Connecticut Avenue.
Ten circuits had games yesterday.
One of the best contests was in the
Government series. when Navy fell
before Interstate, 4 to o.
In the Treasury League. Registers
had an easy time .trouncing Treasur-
ers, IL to 3.
Quartermaster, with sixteen hits.
swamped Air Service. IL to 8, In the
War Department circuit.
A battle was vvaged between Rail-
way Mail Service and Mall Equip
ment the latter winning, to 4, In
the Post Office League.
Printers took the measure of Bu-
reau. 3 to 2, in the Departmental.
In the Terminal y. series. Shops
romped away with Car Department
16 to o. Balsinger allowed the losers
only one hit.
Mcconnell. hurlinR for Western
Union. famed nine batters, his team
winning over Williams-Webb, TO
>. in the Commercial circuit.
With two down In the ninth, Mount
Vernon Church nine scored tally
and defeated the Lutheran team. Z
to 6, in the Sunday School series.
Apollo nine vnnquished savoy, III to
S, in the Crandall League games.
General Accounts defeated War and
Navy. 8 to T. in the Colored Depart
mental series.
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In addition to getting Zahniser, the
Nationals will have the pick of the
Memphis team at the close of the
Southern Association season. This
option is independent of that on
Hankins and gives the Nationals
opportunity to reclaim any of the
other men turned over to the Memphis
outfit or any likely big league pros
to offer next fall. Lapan and HAnkins
left the club last night for Washing
ton, while La Motto has been recalled
from the Eastern League New Haven
Club. to which he was loaned. and
ordered to report at President Grif-
hth'S headquarters.
Deal PIenses Bush.
The message from Griffith so
pleased Bush that he forgot all
about the clubs idleness. enforced by
a snow storm that broke all records
for the merry month of May in this
section of the country. Nearly seven
inches of snow fell Wednesday, and
Navin Field yesterday was so
blanketed with the white flakes that
a second pOStpOnement was necessary.
The Nationals We're hoping 10 get in
another battle with the Tigers to-
day. But although the weather is
warming rapidly the Detroit grounds
were not in good condition this MORN
ing, and it was possible that Bush'S
men would have three double headers
booked for them on their next visit
here.
With Zahniser joining the mound
staff. perhaps tomorrow. Bush de-
clares that for the first time this sea-
son he will have plenty of pitchers
available. This loaf here has been
welcomed by the hurlerS. who had
been getting their work right regu
larly. 1t has been a boon particularly
for George Mogridge. permitting him
to get some light work outs before
resuminE his work on the slab after
a lay-off of nearly three weeks. fol-
lowing an injury to his pitching hand.
in New York. George and all of
THE other pitchers except Johnson
went TO Navin Field yesterday and
INDUCED in a brief drill in the
stands
Zahniser's addition to the pitching
staff will give the Nationals many
right-handerS as southpaw slabman-
four. Both quartets will be ready
back in harness and ZahniSer well
seasoned by his work under the balmy
skies at Memphis. Zahniser is the
real goods as a pitcher. if one is to
accept the opinion Of Scout Joe
Engel. who has had his eyes on the
Memphis man for some while. Engel
states that ZahniSer has speed.
he possesses.
ZahniSer participated in thirty
nine games last year in the Southern
Association and was credited with
twenty victories against twelve de-
featS. Rated on earned run averages.
he was eighth in the ranks Of the
circuits boXmen. allowing an average
of 2.75 earned runs game. If George
can SteD along in the American
League at 4 pace anywhere near that
followed by him last year. he'll look
pretty good in a Washington uniform.
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RICHT-HANDER OF MEMPHIS
TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY
Infielder La Mott and Catcher Lapan Given in Ex-
change, While McCrew and Hankins Go Under
Option-Rookies Record Impressive.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

ETROT, May l1That pitching problem
! while training in
Florida be to a
acquisition Zahniser
yesterday
Bobby La Mote nhd Lpan catcher
brings the Nationals mound experienced right handed
who lacking
their
Zahnser
hurler Memphis
according President Griffith The
Leagu last to be to Memphis under
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$50 TO BE TOP PRICE
FOR BIG FIGHT SEATS

SHELBY, Mont, May 11.-Ringside
seats for the heavyweight champion
ship fight here July between Jack
Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons will
cost $50, plus war tax.
Hanging downward, the prices will
be $50, s25 and 500, exclusive of war
tax.
Work on an arena to seat 10000
will start at once. If the seat sale
by June Is warrants it, the arena
can he increased to a capacity of
100000.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. May IL
Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pjon, will start training here within
ten days for his fight July with
Tommy Gibbons.
Evening star., 1923-05-11

The drawing cards of the show un-
queStionably are Jess Willard and
Luis Angel Firpo.
When Jess was champion he was
not at all popular. In fact. there
never was n more colorless champion
But now with the burden of years
upon his shoulders his fight for a
comeback-always a dramatic pro-
Ceeding in Sport-has caught the pub
lie fancy and there Is very unusual
interest in the outcome of his ef-
forts.
AS for Firpo, sullen, silent, hairy.
stalwart, he meets in every respect
the popular idea of how a gladiator
should act and look. He has nothing
of Dempsey's magnetism. of Jim Cor
belts likableness: he has, in short.
few of the human qualities that have
made past heavyweight stars per-
sonally attractive or interesting, or
both. But he does register an i'm
preston of some outdoing ferocity,
of brute force that have proved ap-
pealing from a gate receipt stand
point.
No Odds in Main Match.
Most persons are picking Jess Will
lard to defeat Floyd Johnson, but no
one is offering the odds on this that
were offered up to the first OF the
week. A food of Johnson money has
washed the odds practically out of
sight, and today even money pre-
vailed.
Some shrewd dopesters believe that
Jess will not be able to walk through
fifteen rounds and that unless he
slows Johnson away early he is liza
BILE to be beaten through a combina
tion of his own exertions and john
sons punches. Floyd is twenty
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GATE TOTALING $1,OOO,OOO
is PROSPECT AT BENEFIT
Expert Picks Floyd Johnson to Wear Down Jess Will
lard, and Jack McAuliffe to Win on Points
Over Luis Angel Firpo.
BY FAIR PLAY.

EW YORK May 1lIndcation today
heavyweight carnival for the benefit the milk
will Yanks wher the will
be held has setting 7O
likelihood that this mingng of heavywegh will million
dollar affair." besides the regular
commodatons rdating
which will be the pitching
1t charity
nced with figure make anything
is outside the fighters They will do we'll indeed with
tions from $00 each the
perhaps apiece for the fighters the
bottom the
that only takes couple of waops
aim S ma hay while is out
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RENO-DUNDEE FIGHT
RESULTS IN A DRAW

Johnny Reno and Joe Dundee drew
! in the ten-round feature bout at
Sportland Heights last night.
Other results were:
Lefty Lewis won on points from
Hurley in four rounds.
Bat Woodman halted Pete Purnell
in one minute and forty seconds.
Sailor Billy Vincent won a decision
over Patsy Mozier in eight rounds.
Jack Skinner knocked out West in
+ the second round
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STARTER McHUCH INSURES
FAIR PLAY FOR ATHLETES

NER hear John McT1ugh? Probably
he hereby introduced the best
who follow field and track
Mcugh, who will ofciate
the Club the
clubs OF
Charlie Paddock.
sta has the the veteran oHcaI ~
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CHISOX, 9; RED SOX, Z

Runs-Menosky. Mcmillan. Re,chle. Burns
Inns (2): Mostil 20. Kamm, Elsh. Schalk
Errors-McMillan. Mcclellan. Collins. Elsh.
Two-base hits-Reichle. Kamm (2), Schalk,
Mostil. Three base hit-Reichle Home run
Flagstead. Stolen bases--McclelIan. Collins.
Sscrifces-McClellan. Quinn. Sheely Mostil.
Boston. 8; Chicago. 9. Bases on baIls-of
Quinn. !; off Faber. S; off o,Doul: 8: of Full
5: by Fullerton. 2. Hits-oR Quinn. IL in
4A innings; OFF o'Doul in 7s inning: OF
Fullerton. none in rs innings; off Black. /
in none. none out in eighth inning: of Muir.
ray. none in / inning. Wild pitch-Faber.
Losing pitcher - Quinn. Umpires - Messrs.
Evans. Hildebrand and Holmes. Time of game
hours and minutes.
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three; Jess is forty-three, at least
It's big handicap Willard is
carrying. and the insiders would un-
hesitatingly pick Johnson TO win had
they not seen the poor effect of his
punches upon Fred Fulton.
Luis Firpo is not likedly TO have as
easy time with Jack McAuliffe as
most of the fans have figured. Right
now McAuliffe looks to be the most
tenders, and at the same time he has
peach of a left and can sock with
his right. McAuliffe is not likely to
stick his Jaw into one of Firpos
swings as Brennan did. It would not
be surprising, of course, to see Firpo
land and cop.
Dope ON the Possibilities.
Based on sport, and forgetting fac
the moment that the fight game today
is big business. here's the writer's
dope on possibilities at the finish Of
the hectic fistic day:
The show opens with a four-round
affair between Tom Roper and Harry
Drake, the Englishman. No choice
here.
Second bout: AL Reich and Tiny
Herman. 1t looks like Reich all the
way. although almost every one has
knocked Reich out. Herman still is
an unknown.
Third bout: Jack Renault and Fred
Fulton. Fulton. despite popular oDfn-
ion. has as good a chance as Renault.
Neither likes punishment at all.
Fourth bout: McAuliffe on points
over Firpo.
Fifth bout: Johnson to wear down
Willard.
(Copyrgnt, 1921
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MACKS, 10; BROWNS, Z
Totals. SO 13 27 12 Totals. 35 10 81 8
sBatted for Hasty in sixth inning.
tBatted for Danforth in third inning.
tBatted for Bayne in seventh inning.
sBatted for Root in ninth inning.


Slated for Root in ninth inning.
sssi'iiSslshi.: 81. iasis .::: ssSS ~ ~
Runs-Matthews (2). Hale (2). Perkins
Hauser (2>. Welch (2). Dykes. Tobin (3),
jacobson. Williams. SEVERED. Gerber. Errors
Matthews (2). Galloway. Dykes, Williams
Robertson. Two-base hits-Tobin. Perkins.
Jacobson. Three base hits-Matthews (2)
Jacobson, Welch. Home runs-Hauser Tobn
az. Stolen base-Hale. Sacrifces-Hale
Miller Double plays-Galloway to Dykes to
Hauser; Dykes and Galloway; Dykes Gallo
way and Hauser. Left on bases-Philadelphia
8: st. Louis, 2. Bases on balls-of Hasty l;
eff Danforth. g.; off Bayne. |; off Root, l.
Koip. /: by Bayne 8; by Root, i. HitsLoff
Aasty. in innings; off Harris. in ga
Danforth in innings; off Kolp, 8 in 2h
innings; off Bayne, none in l25 Innings: off
Root in innings. Winning pitcher-Has sty.
Losing pitcher-Danforth. Umpires-Messrs
Moriarty and Rowland. Time of game-l
hour and 56 minutes.
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BOILING FIELD HAS ONE
OF BEST MINES In CITY

q OLDER the clashing independent clubs in
for the coming championship
Thus far only Army aggregation proved
unusual strength Boiling Field
teams In locals circles
Evening star., 1923-05-11

GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW
GincinnatI at Boston. Cincinnati at Phila.
Pitts. at Brooklyn. Pitts at New York
st. Louis at Phila. St. Louis at Boston
Chicago at New York Chicago at Brooklyn
RESULTS OF YESTERDAYS GAMES,
St. Louis, z; Philadelphia. o.
Cincinnati, 4: Boston. 8.
Other games (cold)
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YANKS, l3; INDIANS, 4

Totals. a ls 27 1s Totals. SO 8 81 8
.Batted for Morton in seventh inning.
fBatted for Boone in ninth inning.
eisvslssd' etS asda " : E ieS 81
Runs-wittt 90. Dusan Meusel. Hoffman.
son. Wamby, Guisto. o'Neill. Errors-Ward,
hits: sewell, Speaker. Three-b base hits
Witt. Ward. I. Sewell. Home run-Dusan.
Stolen base-Jamieson. Sacrifices - Summa,
Wamby Witt. Pennock, Scott. Double plays-
Ward. Scott and Pipp. Left on bases-New
York. 8; Cleveland. 6. Bases on balls-oR
Pennock, 2; off Edwards. /; off Morton. l.
Hits-of Edwards, in 8 innings (none out
in fourth inning); off Boone, in innings;
off Morton, II In innings. Struck out-By
Pennock. s.; by Edwards. s; by Morton. 2; BY
Boone. l. Losing PitcheT-Edwsrds. Umpires
Of game hours and 8 minutes.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Rocky Mount, Ito; Wilson, Sc.
Richmond. Z; Petersburg. /.
Norfolk, 10; Portsmouth 8.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Greensboro, +3; Danville, SIS.
High Point, 8: Raleigh, 8.
Durham, 6; Winston-Salem, s.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
All games postponed.
Evening star., 1923-05-11

SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Augusta. s; Greenville. 8.
Charleston, 8; Spartanburg. 8.
Charlotte. Is; Columbia, IL.
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BIG LEAGUE STATISTICS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW
Wash. at Detroit Wash at CleveIand
Boston at Chicago. Boston at St Iouis
New York at Clevel'd. New York az Detroit
Phila- at St. Louis. Phila, at Chicaeo
RESULTS OF YESTERDAYS GAMES.
Washington at Detroit (snow)
Philadelphia 10; St. Louis, 7,
Chicago. 8: Boston. T.
New York, 13; Cleveland, 4.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pct. W. L. Pct
New York. ..l6 6 .727 Cincinnati 10 ii 47s
pittsburgh. l2 8 .57l Boston. ii .45o
81. Louis. Is 10 .565 Brooklyn. IS $50
Chicago. IL 10 .524 Philadelphia. IA 800
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keller s DAD
GIVEN RAZZ
ENAFH -r-.tys ESQ.,
BY MATES
WiIIie's Father Thought He
Was Greatest Player and
Justly So.

Wild Conroy, coach Of the PhilIies,
and one of the veterans of the ma
tionaI game that remain to link the
old with the new, played with the
late Willie Keller, when the latter
was at his zenith.
> Wild says that Willie's dad, a wise
Irishman, thought that Bill was the
greatest ballplayer alive. He drove
horse car from the BROOKLYN
grounds to the sticks, and every day
after the game the players would
ride on the front platform and rag
the old man.
1--WE knew he was fsothing at the
mouth and wanted to kill us
omadhauns," said Wild, when we
started to ride Willie. Oh, boy, the
things that we used to say about
Bill, just to get the old mans goat.
"He wouldn't say word, because
he knew he couldn't get into an argu.
ment with the passengers. But,
boy, you could see the red creeping
up around his ears. He would cheer
fully have knocked US off, one by
one. 1t was great game we played
on the old man until Bill tipped his
dad off that we were players and
were only trying to kid him."
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HARD TO CONVINCE
AMBITIOUS FIGHTERS

The matchmaker of a boxing
club gets plenty of laughs. Re.
Gently a battle SCARED individual
appeared before Tom McArdle OF
the Harlem Fairmont club and de-
manded a match with Lew Hurley,
a youngster who has been knock
ing them over in round or two.
McArdle was at a loss to get some
one to tackle Hurley, SO the strang-
err got the job.
Every day the stranger got Nc
Ardle on the phone to make sure
that Hurley had not run out of
the match.
"I'n knock him dead" he would
saw. please don't let him get
away"
The night of the fight the
stranger wagered his last 50 that
he would stop Hurley before the
six rounds were over.
When the gong sounded Hurley
tented once, whipped his left to
the Jaw and the fight was over.
They dragged the stranger to his
corner and told him he had lost.
He would not believe 1t.
"Why the fight hasn't started
vet" he declared. II went out
there, got the referees instruc.
tons and here am waiting for
the fight to begin. Now you try
to tell me that I lost. II that's
the way they do things. in New
York I'm going to get out"
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READINGS PARK WILL.
ACCOMMODATE MANY FANS

READING, Pa, Jan. 12.-McCor-
mick G. Moore, president of the
Reading Internationals, announced
here today that plans now being
prepared by prominent Philadelphia
architects would practically give the
Lauer's Park grounds, the home of
the Aces" seating capacity for
10000.
Work on these new improvements,
which include an annex to the
grandstand, private boxes, built-in
tiers to accommodate 700 and adj
ditiOnal bleachers in left field on
the ground recently acquired by
the Reading Baseball and Athletic
Association. will be started Febru.
airy II and completed in time for
the first home exhibition game of
the sason on April ~, when the
Boston Red Sox will play Reading.
The international lid will be pried
open here April 10, when Buffalo
will be the attraction
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TINY M'MAHoN IS OUT
OF GRAPHING STUNTS

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Jan. H.
Penn State wrestling hopes took a
downward drop today when it was
learned that Tiny Mcmahon, giant
tackle on the football team and
former star heavyweight grappler,
would not report for the mat squad
this winter. Coach Dave Detar
had been banking heavily on the
big fellow and expected him to get
into action this week following the
return Of the football team from
the coast.
Tiny was badly injured in a prac.
tice bout last year and was forced
to give up wrestling for the year.
He was his old-time self on the
gridiron this fall, however, and
played through the entire season
without injury, so that it was
thought that he would be available
for the mat squad.
The big fellow is fearful that a
sudden twist might bring a re.
currence of last years injury, so
he will confine his activities to
football and track. Detar is keenIy
disappointed, for he believes that
with Mcmahon for the heavyweight
berth the Nittany grapplers would
be strengthened enormously.
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DoNIINIcANS REFLECT
OFFICERS FOR YEAR

With the exception OF one. all
officers who led the Dominican LgA
ceun1 in the successful year just
closed, will remain in service for
another term.
Tom Green, who was vice pfesi.
dent, declined denomination. In
his place was elected Micky Nc
Connell, the Dominicans crack
baseball pitcher.
Thomas p. Brown remains as
president; Arthur O'Dwyer. secre-
tary; III. A. REM, ST., treasurer;
Edward Biggane. financial secre-
tary.
Thomas Sheehan and Maurice II
Flynn were elected to the board
of directors.
Happy Raeder announces he VIII
be the chief Dominican rooter IN
the next campaign and promises to
keep off the opposing sides line.
having been tenderly escorted from
such places numerous times.
Happy nominated himself and.
was, unanimously elected.