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The Washington times., 1924-06-07
Salt Lake Charter
Squeezed Tightly
By Owner

LOS ANGELES, June T.
Another offer for the Salt
Lake baseball franchise was
turned down here today by
William Lane, president Of the
Salt Lake Club. The latest bid
was from Frank w. "Dope"
Smith, a. Spokane, Wash,
sportsman, who offered Lane
the free use Of ball park in
Spokane and a cash bonus Of
$4,000 If Lane would bring
his team to the Washington
city.
Vancouver, B. c., made an
offer for the Salt Lake fran
chise a few days ago.
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0lSt n C eS as AADE AUTH
measured along the right field foul
" lines where very few balls are hit,
instead Of the various distances
from the plate to the bleachers,
Y covering the average distance be.
ID tween deep center and right.
That's the big pOint-yOu don't
gee many hOmers hit along the
right field foul line or one or two
feet inside it, and that's the
>. thing to remember in comparing
the fences and bleachers IN both
leagues.
j.. Anyhow, / want to say that by
shifting the home plate out at our
ball park have been helped, and
n yet my longest homers and hardest
hit balls nowadays are hit to true
center where, at the Yankee sta
dunn, it is absolutely impossible to
drive the ball into the bleachers.
For this reason balls which are
Il caught by outfielders. who play
| very deep for me do not go for
!. homers, as they would at many
other parks.
It's a funny racket-this home
run business. One year you do
~ this, and the next you do that.
ssThis year think / have hit the
ball harder than I ever did. The
other day I succeeded in driving
= the ball into the bleachers in. al.
s most true center, and almost hit
"a the score board. In the same series.
o bit earlier, I drove a homer high
up into the right field bleachers for
the longest homer had made, un.
= til / finally connected with the
bleachers in front of the score-card.
Z That sock, the boys tell, me meas.
ured 476 on the fly. How far It
would have carried on the roll II
there had been only a fence to
+ clear don't know.
Still, / believe the hardest ball
! I've hit in a few years-maybe
the hardest I ever hit-was .
ny that Ty Cobb caught ON me
two weeks ago. That, too. was
4 hit to true center. I guess I'll
have to develop . little more
pull toward right field and sock
the bali into the bleachers SO
the boys won't haul in the best
drives / make.
Meantime, MS I continue to shoot
u for homers, my batting average Il
climbing steadily, and in spite o.
q bad start in the matter OF singles
doubles and triples-or just plain
base hits-I'm getting close to the
$50 mark.
But so long al the homers con
A. tinue to come l wont mind. Here's
an interesting fact for fans:
I have made more home runs ir
my career as a ball player than
have two.base hits. One Of the
statisticians nointed this out to ms
8 before we left New York and TOLD
me to put it in my pipe and smoke
Il. I've done what he said and
the pipe won't go out. It sure ]:
Q mighty interesting fact to me.
Copyright. 1924, by The Christy
Walsh Syndicate.)
The Washington times., 1924-06-07
ELECTRIC LEAGUE TO
HOLD GOLF TOURNEY

Arrangements for a golf tourna-
ment have been made by the sports
committee Of the Electric League.
The tournament will be held on
the links OF the Bannockburn CLUB
Monday.
Local electric jobbing concerns
have offered a silver cup for the
winner Of the tournament. Various
other prizes will be awarded for
low gross score and other kinds
of scores. Lunch will be served to
the contestants and their friends.
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and that bias was permitted to go
unheeded.
Boys who develop their real
boyish tendencies aren't criminals.
And, you fellows as sport writer's,
are amiss il you don't point it out.
Boys must play, and Loeb and Leo
pold forgot how"
This writer offers no comment on
that opinion. He found 1t interest
ing, and he has attempted here to
repeat 1t as nearly verbatim as
possible. Perhaps it will give you
food for thought. At least it seems
that this baseball player has hit
upon a new angle to an old Ques-
ton.
Perhaps sports are worth while
in work-a-day world after all.
Surely they fulfill their function
If they teach boys to play.
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NO DISCIPLINE, EIBEL
GETS AIR AS MANAGER

MACON. June 7.-Charging him
with failure to maintain discipline
among his players, the owners of
the Macon club in the Sally league
have released Hack Eibel, who
opened the season as manager and
first.sacker.
Eibel was playing fine ball him.
self, with nine home runs and
batting average Of 1926 to his credit.
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Gehrig Is Hitting

Babe Gehrig, former Columbia
baseball and football star sent to
Hartford by the New York Yam
KEGS, Is clouting the ball in big
league style and is sure of another
trial in the big show,
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CuIIop in Garden

Nick Cullop, Omaha pitcher, was
purchased by the New York
Yankees last year, but permitted to
remain in the Western League pro-
evided he played in the outfield. He
Ills now holding down left field and
hitting around .450. He is sure Of
American League champions.
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ran Tell OH the
top Of the score
board and broke
his leg. When
q horse does
this, he is taken
out and shot.
but when news
Of the accident
reached the dug
out, they won
dered il they
could get the lad
to run bases for
the Phils. The
Giants won both
sets that day,
and made twenty
hits in the first
and twelve in
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out his 25Oth home run, it was
this same Baumgartner who fan.
ned the Babe i'm the ninth inning
with the bases as full as an alder.
mans vest. It was the first time
the Athletics won from the
Yankees this year.
well remember the game they
won before this one. It was in 1872,
and Mark Twain said to me:
That's funny story for me to
tell in one of my looks. Nick"
But some club has to lead the
Backward League, and so far as I
am concerned, would rather 1t was
Philadelphia than my Washington
club.
see in the papers where some
of the boys refer to the Senators
as Kid Harris club, but as every
one knows, am the real brains in
back of all the smart playing that
comes off at our home grounds.
The two Boston clubs are play
ing a hustiing game, and It would
be no surprise to me If the Red
SOx won't be the club that will
have to be 'nOsed out for the
American League title.
In the National League, Cincin-
natl ought to be going good again
when their managerial situation
gets settled into smooth running
order. / look for the, Reds to fig
ure for three reasons. They are:
l. RUDE Marquard will get well
again.
2. They used to have great beer
in Cincinnati.
8. 1t was the birthplace Of per-
haps the greatest left.handed
gentleman of the American National
Pastime, Nicholas Altrock.
When advising my frienis, the
fans, Of all inside facts regarding
baseball, always give my reasons
My motto has always been: Call
your shots, but don't forget to put a
prayer on the cue ball."
Copyright 1894, by Christy Walsh
Syndicate.)
The Washington times., 1924-06-07
Speaker May Retire

CLEVELAND, June t. iris
Speaker may retire from baseball,
II the Indians fail to land In the
first division this year. according to
close friends Of his here. He Is
greatly disappointed at the poor
work Of his team this season.
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Paskert Still PLAYS

Dode Paskert, former National
League outfielder with a son in col
lege, Is playing centerfield with
Nashville in the Southern. Associa
ton.
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g1QeraDIy more
home runs than
there were in
1928.
I was criti.
cised last year
tor saying what
i thought about
the right field
fences in the Ma
tional League
rs ON p are d
with those in
the A m e r i c a n
League. / was
misunderstood in
that those who
critic 8 ed me
Rnnnna rnd 4 he
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Youngster May Rise

Saginaw, in the Mint League. has
q farmer boy pitcher in "Lanky
Andy" Messenger, who Is emulating
Walter johnson In weiser, Idaho.
He has terrific speed and is cool
as cucumber in tight places. Big
league scos(s are giving him look.
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Play. Doubleheader

The Georgetown A. c. Is down
for two games In the w B. A. A.
Potomac League tomorrow. meeting
the Rialtos In the morning and the
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GIBBONS NEVER ACHIEVED
BIG MONEY CLASS
By ED w. SMITH.

Tom Gibbons had been foreigner and could box as well
he present he figures he would Be worth three
possessed by Georges Sarpentef wnc
the wav amounts to quite dollars Despite some careu
handling management Tom got into what genea
known as big money" class. . III 49,.
The st. Paul star always been whang away at small time
stuff until he cot into this thing with Carpenter Here he got
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Among the Athletics. Uncle Con,
ME Mack has tried and tried ana
buyed and buyed to strengthen ms
cl,;b, AS a matter Of fact. the day
that young Baumgartner broke one
Of the losing streaks that Is getting
to be chronic with the Athletics ne
n,rchased Baum a new suit.
After Babe Ruth had knocked
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BeaII Nav Advance

Walter Beall, former Mohawk
pitcher, Is pitching brilliantly for
Rochester in the International
league. Some folks think he will
get a major league trial in the
fall
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Philbin May Advance

PhiIbin. playing third base for
Little Rock in the Southern Associa.
ton, Is attracting big league scouts
and looks likely to advance before
another year rolls around.
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RUTH GLAD OF CHANGE
IN ANGLE OF PLATE
AT STADIUM
By BABE RUTH.

LOUIS Last had trouble hitting homers
the new Stadium Most Of the we've played this
played ball and consequently most
Of my have been made there. ,.S@.
handicapped by awkward right field
target shoot in New York This it's little better The
angle of home plate has been changed and that has given me
O n break.
AS right field the Yankee Stadium even
the Polo Grounds where played when
Of fifty mine in 1921 Believe
right field fences and beachers
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NICK THINKS PILLS AND
AS IN WRONG CAME
By NICK ALTROCK.

June TT club in either league beats Of the
Philadelphia clubs for last place. they will they've been
fight Year in and out moy out the Athletics low like
lead in lake. And the Phes high the babearngs
of lawn
begins look like standing Phlade
pha with foot in each box office Pretty
take both clubs Of the league standings put them the @
TX To try beside basel
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Neun Leads League

Johnny Neun. sent to st. Paul BY
the Detroit Tigers, is leading the
American Association at bat and
seems sure to come back to the
big show next spring.
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But somehow or other the shift OF
the home plate has fitted in better
with the kind Of swing take, and
the result is that have been doing
w better than / did last year. This
change has also helped many Of the
visiting players and to date. there
has been con.
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Milwaukee Brewers ?
Have Now Become
''Hornebrews"

In the ancient days, when old
man Schlitz was making Mil
waukee famous" American. As
ISOLATION baseball fans used to
call hte Milwaukee club the
Brewers" Now all that is
changed.
Today American Association
fans refer to the Milwaukee
team as the "Homebrews."
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Gregg Has Record

Vean Gregg holds the minor
league strikeout record with S67 in
1910 while with Seattle in the
Pacific Coast league.
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Brewers Lack Pep

American Association sports writ.
ers unite in saying that the worst
fault of the Milwaukee Brewers is
heir lack Of pep or desire to win.
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Lapan in OutfieId

Because he is hitting around .430,
Pete Japan IL playing rightfield for
Little Rock. though he ia7R catcher.
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On Decoration. Day. In Mr.. Bakers
National League Park. they had a
crowd that was capacity. A boy
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That's what l mean by a ser.
mon in this case. Their develop.
ment wasn't normal. It was biased,
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That's the big pOint-yOu don't
Gee many hOmers hit along the
right field foul line or one or two
feet inside it, and that's the
thing to remember in comparing
the fences and bleachers in both
leagues.
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measured along the right field foul
I lines where very few balls are hit
instead Of the various distances
from the plate to the bleachers,
{ covering the average distance be.
1 tween deep center and right.
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city; only happy faces and glad cheers
greeted him. "God Bless Our Cardi-
nal,D "Welcome Home Our Cardinal
such were the messages on the in
Vulnerable signs along the route.
With pleasure it can Be truthfully
stated right here that from the begin
ming to the end Of the wonderful pa
rade or the ending Of happy day no
one attempted to raise his little finger
to harm Cardinal Mundelein. On the
contrary, he was greeted with smiles
and joyous acelaimations and with
humble tears on the part Of many Of
the faithful members Of his great
church. which is constructed on >
solid stone foundation. which win
stand to the end of time. They shed
tears Of gladness and great joy for
they never expected 10 rive 70 see the
day to behold a Cardinal of their
church vending bis way through the
streets Of the great city Of Chicago
with more than one million men,
women and children lined along its
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On Sunday afternoon. May II,
which was a very beautiful Sabbath
day and while all nature seemed to be
at rest and while the gods seemed to
be engaged in showering down their
most bountiful blessings upon all the
sons and daughters Of humanity, scat
tered throughout the universe, His
Eniaence George Cardinal Mundelein,
Archbishop of Chicago and its first
Cardinal, returned back to his home IN
this city where he Is dearly beloved
ana held in the highest esteem by all
classes Of his fellow citizens.
Cardinal Mundelein returned home
direct from the Holy City Of Rome,
which stands on the seven everlasting
nils, where His Eminence spent two
months and. before his departure for
America, high honors were conferred
upon him by Pope Plus XI.
The Cardinal travelled home from
New York City. where he landed safe
and sound after a somewhat stormy
sea voyage, the Baltimore and Ohio
Aailway officials provided a special
tran for him and for the two hundred
priests which were headed by Mon
Hgnor Rev Father Edward A. Kelly
sS-chaplain Of the old Fighting
Seventh Regiment Of Illinois and the
dearly beloved pastor Of 81. Anne's
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LAYMEN TO BE KNIGHTS OF
ST. GREGORY

Hon. E. F. Carry, President of the
Pullman Palace Car Company.
Hon. F. ]. Lewis, prominent manu.
facturer and successful business man.
Hon. Robert NJ Sweitzer,
Hon. Joseph w. Mccarthy.
Hon. Anthony Czarnecki.
Mr.. Jesse Binga, President Of the
Binga State Bank, being member Of
the general reception committee to re-
ceive Cardinal Mundelein. He jour
neyed to New York City IN order to
greet him and he was well pleased
with the wonderful reception which
was instore for him when he arrived
in his home town, the great City of
Chicago.
No Potentate, Emperor, King,
Prince, nor President Of the United
States, have ever been received with
more democratic honors and sim
plicity BY the citizens Of Chicago than
George Cardinal Mundelein, and as
long as he continues to breathe the
breath Of life he viii pleasantly re-
member his home coming to the queen
city Of the middle west.
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IONSIGNOR REV. FATHER EDWARD
A. KELLY, THE ELOQUENT AND
BELOVED PASTOR OF ST. ANNNE'S
CHURCH, WENTWORTH AVENUE
AND GARFIELD BOULEVARD,
COVERED HIMSELF OVER WITH
GLORY IN GREATLY ASSISTING
TO WEI COME CARDINAL MUlNDE-
LEIN BACK HOME.

Roman Catholic Church, Wentworth
ave. and Garfield blvd, Mr.. D. F. Kelly,
chairman Of the general citizens COM
mittee of welcome and many other
prominent personagss were on the
sneciaI train which arrived at the Gar
field boulevard and Leavitt street sta
ton Of the B. & o., shortly before two
O'Clock on that beautiful Sabbath af-
ternoon-
As it stopped, Cardinal Mundelein,
surrounded by priests and friends,
stood on the observation platform.
Immediately Mayor Dever and other
members of the welcoming committee
awaiting the train, advanced
The mayor reached up his right
hand and Cardinal Mundelein bent
down over the rail- Mayor Dever
knelt, took the cardinal hahu anu
Kissed the famous ring that came to
him from the Pope with his elevation
to prince Of the church. Then they
both smiled and shook hands warmly
Only a few moments after the ar
rival Of the special train bearing the
Cardinal and the Others had alighted
from It the great parade was whipped
into shape with the Cardinal and Mr-
D. F. Kelly seated in an automobile
and it did not make much headway'
until after the two hundred and fifty
who came On from New York
-, With him had been seated IN their
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autos behind him then a great num-
Der Of motorcycle policemen started
east on Garfield boulevard, who were
followed by thousands of autos.
Mayor William z. Dever's car was
the first one to fall in line behind
Cardinal Mundelein and the next to
follow was the auto Of Hon. Morgan
IA. Collins, Chief Of Police Of Chicago.
AS the Cardinals car slowly adj
vanced an automobile in which sat De-
tective sergts. Hugh Mccarthy, Pat
rick Ryan and Thomas flanagan,
took the lead a few feet ahead Of il.
Two other car loads Of detectives
were on either side Of the prelate's car.
In one Of these was Capt Gregory
Moran, in another Capt John Prem
dergast, secretary to Chief Morgan
A. Collins.
The detectives kept sharp lookout
for cranks. But not even the slightest
untoward incident o. demonstration
occurred during the long, slow three
hour ride Of the Cardinal through the
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"One does not need to travel far abroad to
find how keen is the desire to keep alive the
hatred Of the war, to draw US, If possible, into
their chickering's and their age-long national
hatreds. Thank God said to one, we Amer
leans are better spOrtsmen; we want to forget
a fight as soon as it is over, to shake hands as
soon as the contest has been decided, as the
North and South did. Only the ignorant crack
ers keep up the feuds for generations in our
land
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streets to do him honor and to heartily
welcome him back home.
His Eminence, by his honest appear
ing face clearly proved that he is not
fearful Of the great mass Of his fellow
citizens or fellow countrymen for all
along the line of march he sat in his
auto, which was wide open all of the
time and any person white Or colored
could approach him and he would
freely shake hands with them and at
the same time he would pronounce his
blessings upon them and upon all Of
the law-abiding citizens Or his dearly
beloved city.
The great parade slowly wended its
way east on Garfield boulevard to
Michigan avenue. north On thar avenue
to Roosevelt road. where the first sec
sion swung ahead Of the cardi-
nal and then north on Michigan
avenue 10 North avenue, west on
North avenue to Dearborn. south On
Dearborn to Chicago avenue. east on
Chicago avenue = State street. south
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More Than One Million Citizens, Consisting of All
Races Nationaties and Religions Assisted In Extend
ing the Right Hand of Fellowship to His Eminence.
George Cardinal Mundelen, Archbishop of Chicago
in Welcoming Him Home from the Holy City of Rome
"Our Duty to Keep America Undivided"
Loyalty Keynote of Cardinal A1ndeLeins Address

"And now comes our duty, yours and mine,
to keep that people one and undivided; to keep
far from il alien influences and shield il against
foreign propaganda. To repel from our midst
those who would split US IN parts, who would
halt our progress, who would hamper our mis-
sion for the peace, the happiness and the real
prosperity of our people and our country.
"This is my part Of this great purpose"
CARDINAL MUNDELEIN,
In His Address at the Auditorium Tuesday evening.
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TO BE MoNsIcNoRs

The Rev. John Webster Melody.
The Rev. Thomas "A. Kearns.
The Rev. John Dettmer.
The Rev. John Ryan.
The Rev. Dan LuttrelI.
The Rev. M. Kruszas.
The Rev. Francis G. Ostrowsli.
Francis A. Rempe, protonotary
apostolic, or first notary, college Of
the church legal department.
The Very Rev. Francis Gordon.
The Rev. William d. O'Brien.
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on State street to the Holy Name
Cathedral where the impressive serv-
ices were held.
The picture in another column Of
this newspaper shows that thousands
and thousands Of people were standing
around the Holy Name Cathedral be-
ing utterly unable to enter it to wit
ness the long to be remembered serv-
ices.
The Cardinal being full Of the milk
of human kindness for his fellow
creatures and fully realizing that hun
dreds Of thousands Of them would not
be able to get near his church, wore
his regalia IN full view Of the vast
concourse of people who had thickly
lined the streets to smile upon the first
Cardinal Of Chicago.
Wears Full Regalia
Those who eyed him closely beheld
what seldom, if ever, has been seen
outside the clustered walls Of the Vati-
can. Cardinal Mundelein, deviating
from the custom and tradition of cen
turies, as a slight reward for those
-, ~,x,,a +x, t,0~,o,- /, ~, mora 4ta f,,fI
consistorial regalia of a CARDINAL
great cloak of cardinal red, with red
cape falling below his elbows trimmed
with gold lace; and the cardinals
wide-brimmed hat Of red and gold
He wore a watered silk red cassock
reserved exclusively for the cardinal o.
the church, which formed brilliant
background for the golden pectora
cross.
Il wear these for the first and prob
ably the last time in Chicago" saic
his eminence. @It is to please the peo
ple-to show them what they will re
member as a great honor won by thei
city and their efforts.
MY parsonage is nothing; the
honor the high Office hold, and an
pleased to allow them to see thes
gorgeous robes never worn outside 0
Rome"
1t was very pleasing to note tn
part that the colored Catholics playe,
in assisting to welcome Cardinal Nun
delein home, the members of Rober
Elliott Court Of Catholic Order o
Foresters, the members of St. Moni
cas- Roman Catholic Church and tn
pupils Of the Colored Catholic schoc
on 37th street, all made a splendi
showing in the parade and receives
the blessings OF Cardinal Mundelei
as they passed before his view.
Cardinal Mundelein brought witt
him direct from Rome. Many nev
honors and blessing for the citizen
Of Chicago from Pope Plus XII ant
the following personages were remem
bered By the head Of the great Roman
Catholic Church.
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HON JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS
REMOVES HIS LAW OFFICES

On May !, Hon James Hamilton
Lewis, ex-United States Senator from
Illinois, removed his law Offices from
the Otis Building, Madison and La
Sale streets, into an extensive suite of
Offices On the 18th floor OF tie new
Burnham Building, 100 N. La Sale
street.
In the near future. Senator Lewis
VIII contribute an historical article to
this newspaper, which will Be of vast
interest to both the white and the col
ored people throughout the United
States.
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SECRET CHAMBERLAIN TO
THE POPE

The Rev. Denis Z. Dunno, DID,,
former chancellor of the archdiocese
and now pastor of Holy Cross Church
Ito bear the title Of the Most Rev.
Monsignor).
Previously announced apostolic
honors, confirmed by the cardinal, are
as follows:
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TO BE MoNsIGNoRs

The Rev. Father Centennial Joseph
QuiIle. head cF the Chicago Working
Boys Home
The Rev Father Edward Fox, pas
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tor Of St. Charles Borromeo Church,
Roosevelt road and Cypress street.