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200 GOLFERS LISTED
FOR COAST TOURNEY

VIRGINIA COUNTRY CLUB,
LONG BEACH, Calf, December 80
R.-Sou:hern CALIFORNIA; annual
golf fete, that draws the eyes of the
green and fairway world upon it, will
get under way here tomorrow when
the first of approximately 200 golfers
tee off in the qualifying IS holes Of
the Long Beach open $4,000 tourna-
ment.
This three-day tournament is pre-
liminary to the $4,000 Los Angeles
open tournament which will be staged
at Ell Caballero Country Club next
week, with practically the same list
of international golf stars partici-
pating.
Two qualifying rounds of IS holes
each will be held tomorrow and Satur-
day and the final flight of So will be
staged Sunday by the low GA scorers
and ties from the qualifying rounds.
Professional golfers from IS States
as we'll as Canada and England, in
Guiding an array of names high in
the titles of the go1f1ng world, will
participate.
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of Rsbe1 Former White Soc Sortstop May Bring Ne,U Quiz
GRIFF ADDS 6 PLAYERS
AND 2 SPRING CLASHES

Four more Nationals have sent
i'm their contracts and two others
have agreed to terms offered. rails.
ing to IA the number of players
now I'm line for the 1927 base ball
campaign. Contracts of Recruit
Pitchers Frank Burke. Frank
LOTUS, Ralph Stewart and Clay
ton Van Alstyne, as well as let
ters indicating terms offered were
agreeable from Catcher John
Berger and Pitcher Dick COffnan,
were received Yesterday by Presi-
dent Clark Griffith.
Two more games have been add
ed to the Nationals Spring exhibit
ton list, both with the Pliillies.
They will be played at Bradenton,
Fla, March 10 and at Tampa
March "a.
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SCANDAL is TRACED BACK
TO GOSSIP AMONG TIGERS
Indications Are That Fixed Came Allegations
Would Have Come to Light Even If Commissioner
Lands Hadn't Barred Them.

the case get through talking, more of
the real facts in the case viii be open
to public view. This applies to such
statements made at Detroit by Freti
West, who said he placed bets for
Cobb on horse races and not on bal
games.
Some Facts I'm the Record.
With reference to Leonard's return
to Detroit in 1924, some interesting
facts can be turned up by looking at
his record. In 1919, Leonards last
year in Detroit before his self-imposed
vacation. and after he had been sent
to Detroit by Boston, he took part I'm
% games. His earned-run percentage
was 27S, which at that time was about
the average of $3.50 pitcher.
Leonard reappeared at Detroit I'm
1924 after he had been reinstated. He
played in eight games. He won three
and lost two, but his earned-run per
centage was AIS, and that wouldn't be
rewarded with much more than sack
OF peanuts when the decorations were
passed around.
The Detroit players thought a bone
had been pulled when Leonard was
asked to turn up at the training camp
in 1925. Cobb half apologized for
Leonard poor SUOWlIlE III IoSft Dut
insisted that Dutch" had something
left in his arm.
@ Won IL, Lost 4, i'm 1925.
Leonards record as a pitcher in
1925 was II games won and lost.
He took part in IS games. He pitched
complete games and won Of those.
That was good work and Cobb's judg
ment was vindicated. Leonard's ac-
tual pitching skill was not much bet
ter than in 1924, for his earned-run
percentage was $50.
All this while there were ball play
ers on the Detroit team who were not
overload of Dragging about the work
of Leonard. The same atmosphere
surrounded him at Detroit as II had
at Boston.
When 1926 came around Leonard
was not with Detroit, and in the OFF,
cial roster of players OF 1927 the name
of III. i. Leonard will again be found
as having retired voluntarily from the
Detroit team.
(CODyright. 1921
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CAN MPLICATE TWENTY
in SCANDAL, HE ASSERTS
Lands Declares He Would Welcome Hearing
''Swede's' Charges-West Changes Story of Bet.
Cobb and Speaker Are Maintaining Silence.

West in his statement yesterday said
that the money given him by Leonard
and Wood to wager that Detroit
would beat Cleveland was not bet on
the ball game at all. The money, he
said, was laid ION the nose" OF a horse
named Panaman. a hot tip" In the
first race at the Aqueduct track on
that day. The horse breeZed home in
'front.'. and that is how Leonard and
Wood each happened to be weather.
by $3.50 the night of September %,
1919.
That, at least, is Vests latest ex-
PLANTATION. Leonard, at Fresno. Calf.
said it sounded to him like a laugh"
The West statement also failed to i'm
press Speakers attorney, William II.
Boyd, in Cleveland.
Il cannot reconcile Vests. state
ment with statements made to me
that l know are truthful testimony"
Boyd commented.
Conflicts With Testimony.
The statement also conf1icted with
the transcript of testimony given be-
fore Commissioner Lands, who. inter.
rogating West, put this question:
did you have anything to do with
a bet made on the Cleveland Detroit
game of September %, 1919"
To this West is reported to have
answered.:
Yes, sir. l placed the bets
Another voice from the background
was that of Bob Quinn, president of
the Boston Red SoH, who spoke an
aside in which he said he would
like to see Lands appoint a 'clean
sports" ambassador to bolster sport
ethics among players of both major
leagues. The Ambassador" would
mingle with the players frequently,
keeping constantly before them their
responsibility of keeping the game on
a high plane.
Working backstage are high school
boys, who today continued their can
vas of Detroit Office buildings, seek.
ing $4,000 signers to petitions demand.
ing a public hearing for Cobb and
Speaker and Wood.
Scandal Status Unchanged.
Despite much talk. counter-talk,
conjecture, accusation and refutation,
the status of the scandal remains
virtually unchanged. Commissioner
Lands continues mum. Cobb and
Speaker have attorneys to do their
talking for them.
The cue-book points to Cobb and
Speaker as holding the key to the
next action in the drama-with the
possibility that their lawyers will
speak the next lines themselves.
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HODSKiN SETTING PACE
IN TWO CUE JOURNEYS

y. b. Hodskin, with a percentage of
300. is setting the pace in the pocket
billiard tournament in progress at
Elmer's billiard parlor. Hodskin, with
"A handicap of 70. has won six and
lost no games. Standing of other con-
testants. with the games won and
lost and handicaps. follow: r. Leon
ard, 2, /. s.: A. F. Swinburne, 4, 2, IS;
NJ. ]. Marcellino, 2, 2. 80; w. NJ.
Smale. ., 2. 100; II. w. Tallman, !. /.
70; J. w. Baldwin. 1. 3. 80; J. Rupert.
l. 8, rs; G. r. Grenfell, ., 2, 95; G.
Wilpan, 0. 8, 65.
In the three-cushion tournament at
Eimers, Hodskin also is in the van,
with a clean record in five starts. He
has handicap Of IS. Other contest
ants. with games won and lost and
handicaps, follow: X. r. Hughes. 2.
|, rs; A. w. Watts, 2, /. %: III. w.
Tallman, 2. /. 26: G. e. Greenfell, 2, .,
%; w. NJ. Smale. 2, 3, "a; G. w.
Harsin. I, 3. %; c. f. Kellogg, I. 8,
%; NJ. HaddoX, L, 4, 20.
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Two of the strongest senior teams
about Washington will clash tonight
on the court of the Maryland National
Guard Armory at Hyattsville, when
the Company F Regulars of Hyatts-
vile match floor skill with the un-
beaten Kanawhas Of the Washington
Basket Ball League at $50 o'clock.
Company + has been a bit erratic
in it's early season games, but reach
ed a high point in ability two weeks
ago, when It trounced the Anacostia
Eagles. unlimited champions Of last
year. The guardSmen have been con-
sistent winners since that time. Kama
whas have marched steadily through
all opposition in the senior loop this
year, displaying great strength. The
game tonight should be one of the
best of the season.
AnacOstia Eagles will play the
strong Comet A G. in the Congress
Heights gymnasium Sunday after
noon. Comets travelled down to War
renton. Va, yesterday to trounce the
Warrenton five, 43 to 30.
Standings i'm the senior basket ball
league are unchanged today as the
result of last nights contests at the
Arcadia and Washington Barracks.
Epiphany Roses trounced the Column
bia A. &. tossers, 20 to II, in a game
at the Arcadia, while Calvary M. +.
pounded out a 30-to-17 win over the
Wonder Five and Kanawhas staged a
last.period rally to subdue the ST.
Stephens quint, 20 to 10.
The best game at the Arcadia was
the last named contest, with St.
Stephens putting up a strong game
at the beginning, but weakening
toward the end.
At Washington Barracks the FL
liotts threw a scare into the Clovers,
but the latter by steady teamwork
and dazzling individual skill won out,
80 to 10. Arrows trimmed the indie
pendents, 80 to %.
Columbia Heights tOssers had little
difficulty in beating the Fort Myer
five last night at the fort, winning
45 to %.
Another military quint fell last
night, when the Washington Col
legiates nosed out the Fort Washing
ton five at the fort, 20 TO 20. Fer
guson was high scorer FOR the win
ming team.
Kanawha Juniors and LOcusts
won their games in the opening
! clashes of the Jewish Community
Center League yesterday. Kanawhas
trimmed the Colony fioormen, Al to
| 10, while Locusts won from the
Eclipse five, 81 to II.
Yosemite fOssers nosed out the
Potomac Boat Club five last night at
| Central High gym, winning 81 to 18,
| Woodward starred for the winners.
COurtmen of the Old Dominion
Boat Club Of Alexandria encountered
little difficulty in trimming the Mont
rose A. c. tossers last night, 62 to
| 10. st. Marys won a preliminary
| game from the Five Jacks, 30 to 16.
Boys Club Celtics took a 43-to-19
game from the w. II. West quint last
night. with Dave Walsh and Enyart
leading the scoring attack.
Boys Club Senators are seeking
games with ll5.pound court aggrega-
tons. Call Manager Cassassa, Co.
lumbia 562.
Ccrinthian Insects have postponed
i all their local games this week In
view of scheduled game in Phila
delphia.
Former college players at Lynch
| burg, Va, have formed the Fisher
! Five and are seeking games with
strong Washinston unlimited 0uin
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NORWAY AND HOLLAND
SEEK YACHT TROPHIES

NEW YORK. December 80 N).-
Challenges for two international
yachting trophies, the Seawanhaka
and Scandinavian Gold Cups, have
been accepted from Norway and
Holland by the Seawanhaka Corin-
THAN Club. The races will be sailed
off oyster Bay next September.
Norway will attempt to lift both
trophies, while Holland has chal-
lenged only for the gold cup. Den
mark and Sweden also are expected
to seek the latter prize. The con-
tending yachts will be of the g.
meter class.
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PRO NET MATCHES
DRAW $4,000 GATE

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, December go
With the drawing power of profess
sional tennis demonstrated in the
final match staged here by c. G.
Pyle's constellation of net stars.
when gate receipts were estimated at
$40, 900, the promoter has transferred
his attention for the time being to
coast invasion of Harold H2ed)
Oranges foot ball team, which he
also manages.
The tennis stars. headed by SUI
Zanne Lenglen, French woman ace.
were en- route to San Antonio today,
following a tour of the Pacific Coast.
Mary Browne. Vincent Richards,
Paul Ferret and Howard Kinsey con-
tinue to support Suzanne in her ex-
hibitions.
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POLICEMAN STOPS FIGHT
AS BOXERS IGNORE GONG

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. December
80 N).-When the bell failed to stop
Mike Mandall of st. Paul and Lou
Rollinger of Waterloo, Iowa, at the
end of their siX-round set-to last
night. policeman stepped into the
ring TO pinch-hit for the gong.
The 175-pOunders gave the box
ing fans plenty of thrills in the
slashing six frames and then kept
right on until the policeman sepa-
rated them. Mandall had the better
of the go.
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ALFONSO BEATS TILDEN
IN EXHIBITION MATCH

BALTIMORE. Md, December 3d.
Bill Tilden. six-time national cham
pion, bowed to Manuel Alfonso. Span
ish Davis Cup player, in straight sets.
14-12, "a. last night at the Fifth
Regiment Armory in the second and
final match of their series of exhibit
ton contests in conjunction with the
national indoor Junior boys tennis
On Monday Tilden conquered the
Spaniard in a three-set match.
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Wv YASHINGTON'S all-st ar
n bowling team will carry
NM into the final block of its
match with Spinella's Or

Dh6umS, at 6rOOkiSn, OIi
January s, an advantage in all three
divisions of the contests earned last
night on the Convention Hall drives,
and Il probably will need everything
it may have in the way Of a lead.
For a crowd that does not pursue
the sport of duckpins as do the Wash
ingtonians, the Brooklynites can SOCK
the little naples with a vengeance,
and with such a heavy counter as
Barney Spinella in their lineup OPP
posing leads should mean little TO
them ~
This Spinella. is a marvel on the
drives in the small-pin business. An
he did last night was anchor Tor
Rrooklvn's five-man team and shoot
a. set of 70S, including a game or IN,
total 65S in the doubles and count oo0
IN the singles, Now, this Barney per-
son is not of such great stature ana
seemed tired in the singles. What ne
might have Gone had he been
stronger ~
Rarnev's efforts bettered three Dis
trict records. His set OF 1OS Tor hFe
games exceeded by 81 pins the local
mark made by Arthur Urban iast
February. and his game of ISL, Just
. n;ns Shv of the city record, was
better by I pins than the intercity
match game record made by Earl NC
Philomy last February. And his aver
age of 127-11 for Is games never mas
been approached here.
Despite Barney's wonderful WORK,
the Washington bunch put across
rhree victories. The local five-man
team. with Walter Megaw biazing tne
way. beat the Brooklyn crew, Z.9Z9 10
284i. taking all FIVE games. In the
doubles, Brooklyn was beaten, 1,lS9 to
ITO. with Washington grabbing 1our
of the Ave games. In the singles
Glenn Wolstenholme, washington
champion, defeated Barney Spineila,
55s to $50. three of the games going
to Wolstenholme. e,
stable crowd of bowling fans
turoed out for the match. and, al
though roofing valiantly for WASH.
ington TO come through, it gave hltle
Barney q great ovation. u
The scores of the first block follow
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COSTELLO POST WILL
HOLD SPORT EVENTS

Vincent e. Costello Post, Washing
toms largest American Legion post,
will stage a series of semi-monthly
athletic nights beginning with the
new year.
The events, to be held at a down
town location yet to be named, will
be open to members of all post of
the Legion and their guests. with ad-
mission by membership card only.
The affairs will be in charge of the
following members of the athletic
committee, recently named by Comdr.
William Mitchell: Heinie Miller, chair.
man; Fred Bucholz, J. y. Halper,
Robert Morris, Edward T. Pollard
and Michael =. Shelly.
The committee will meet at the Dis
trict Building next Tuesday to formu.
late plans and announce a definite
date and location for the opening
show.
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BY the Associated Press
~ HICAGO, December 3O.-A
new base ball quiz may come
out. of declarations of Charles
~ "Swede" Risberg. former Chi
cago White SoX shprtstor,
that he "can give base balls bosses
information that will implicate 20 big
IeaguerS who never before have been
mentioned in connection with crooked
ness
Risberg, banned from base ball as
the result of the 1919 Wolrd Series
scandal. made his statement to the
Chicago Tribune at his Minnesota
dairy farm, and Immediately drew
from Base Ball Commissioner Lands
a declaration that he would welcome
hearing Risberg's story.
Most certainly he would be well
COME the commissioner said after
reading Risberg's accusations, but he
declined to comment on the statement.
in which Risberg declared Lands
and the big bosses of base ball don't
want to know the facts"
The Tribune said 'it was q kindly
man who began to read the state
ment and a burning Nemesis who
finished"
A Challenge to Lands.
RiSberg told the newspaper there
has been ''plenty of crooked work
going on in base ball." and continued:
IF Commissioner Lands and the
owners and managers haven't seen it,
they're blind. Lands and the big
bosses of base ball don't want to know
the facts. This is a challenge to the
commissioner. Let's see what he'll
do about it,
Meanwhile the Ty Cobb-Tris Speaker
drama moved briskly along, and al.
though lawyers have sealed for the
present the lips of the two principals
In the latest edition of the scandal Of
1912" from others came statements
that complicated the plot.
One member of the cast, who spoke
his prologue in the office of the COM
missioner before the curtain ever rose
on the scandal" took the center of
the stage yesterday. That was Fred
West, park attendant at Navin Field.
home of the Detroit Tigers, scene of
the fixed" game. West is the man
named in the testimony as having
placed bets for Dutch Leonard, then
a Tiger pitcher, and Joe Wood, Cleve-
land smoke ball thrower.
West Changes His Story.
Vests public lines differed from the
manuscript as constructed from
Leonard's charges and the transcript
of testimony before the commissioner.
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GOLF CODE is PRINTED
IN SPANISH IN MEXICO

NEW YORK, December 80 R.-
The rules of golf have been printed
in Spanish for the benefit of devotees
of the ancient game in Mexico, where
half dozen clubs have formed a new
association.
A copy Of the Mexican golf hand
book. received by the United States
Golf Association. reveals that the
game first was played below the Rio
Grande in 1899.
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TUNNEY IS TRAILED
BY TWO PROMOTERS


NEW YORK, December 30.-Rival
promoters beckoned to Gene Tunney
today with talk of another million
dollar heavyweight championship bat
tie next year.
On one hand was Tex Richard to
remind the title holder OF a promise
last September to make the first de-
Tense of his crown under Richards
promotion. Building on that verbal
agreement, the Madison Square Gar
den promoter has proceeded with an
elimination tournament to choose
Tunney's outstanding challenger.
At the other side was Humbert ].
FugaZy, with figures to show he will
be able to seat $4,000 persons at the
Polo Grounds if Gene will consent to
fight Jack Delaney of Bridgeport
Conn, the ight-heavyweight cham
pion.
After his conferences with the pro-
noting rivals, Gene will resume his
vaudeville tour with an invasion of
the West, where he may discuss the
possibility Of fight at Chicago, I'M
der the direction of Jim Mullen. Sol
diers' Field is the proposed scene of
conflict.
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new ZEALAND BOXER
COMING TO AMERICA
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 30-Tom
Heeney. New Zealand heavywei sht
champion, who since last July has
several times challenged the British
champion, Phil Scott, to fight here,
sails soon for America, and hopes to
arrange meeting with Scott there.
Heeney and Scott have met twice
before, the latter winning both times
on points. The first fight took place
two years ago and the second was in
July last at Southampton, when
Heeney was substituted for Joe
Beckett, who had strained an arm
muscle. Although Heeney had only
two days training he forced Scott
TO go the 20 rounds to win on points.
Heeney's manager ayers that Scott
is afraid to meet his man. the reason
he gives for this being that Heeney,
while acting as SCOTS sparring part
ner, learned all SCOTS tricks and
gave him many anxious moments
while training. Scott says he is
afraid Of no man.
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BY JOHN II. FOSTER

n YEW YORK. December 30
When "Ty" Cobb took Dutch
VI Leonard back to Detroit to
4 pitch for the Tigers in 1924
his Judgment was criticized by
players of his own team and by other
managers. Leonard had then been out
of base ball since 1919. operating a
ranch in California.
Strong indications may be found
that the Cobb-Speaker-Leona scan
dal over an alleged fixed" game.
which now has the base ball public by
the ears, goes back to gossip among
certain members of the Detroit team
who have referred mysteriously to
this Leonard affair. That gives an
idea as to the relations existing be-
tween Cobb and his players. who were
presumed to be with him through
thick and thin in a fight for the pen
nant.
If any of the Detroit players did
refer in any manner to anything
which had to do with the evidence set
forth by Judge Lands concerning
Leonard, it is plain enough to see that
sooner or later the affair would have
come to a head.
MuclSrakers Were Busy.
In fact. the muckra ckers had been
delving around to get some ground
upon which to spring a sensation
for many weeks before the evidence
III the case was produced by Com
missioner Lands in Chicago. The first
suggestion of scandal in base ball
was heard in reference to one of the
principals only, and If the source of
that suggestion should be traced to
the players of the Detroit club it
would surely be significant as show
ing a condition on the Detroit team
which had produced both jealousy
and hatred.
If direct action is taken by Cobb
and Speaker against Leonard, the
testimony is likely to bring out
whether or not Leonard told any of
the Detroit players that he had let
ters such as have been produced In
the evidence now in the commits.
sioner's Office.
When all the persons involved in
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By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--My Sulli-
van, st. Paul, outpointed Jackie Con.
way, Minneapolis Q0). Morris Grams.
berg. St. Paul. beat Paul Wanglay.
Minneapolis (S) Mike Mandall, st.
Paul, beat Lou Rollinher, Waterloo,
Iowa t6).
SAN F'RANCISCO.--Dallas Bate
man, st. Paul, defeated Young Far
rell, Los Angeles 16).
DENVER, Colo.--Roscoe Hall. Des
Moines. beat Dandy Black, Brooklyn
~. peewee Jensen, Denver, won
from Buddy Chambers. Omaha ~.
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ROBERTS HAS A MONTH
TO TRAIN FOR DUNDEE

NEW YORK. December so GP.-
Eddie Roberts of Tacoma, Wash. will
have more than Il month TO train in
the East for his return welterweight
battle with Joe Dundee of Baltimore
Tex Richard has fixed February for
the conflict. and Roberts is expected
to begin training in New York tomor-
row.
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Clean Sports Ambassador
Is Urged ON Lands by Quinn

talking to the players of every
club at least once month on
their responsibility of keeping the
game on a high plane both on and
off the field.
Quinn is represented as feeling
that the two leagues should
handle the matter jointly and that
base balls high commissioner is
the logical man to appoint the
Ambassador"
Quinn evolved the idea several
years ago, the paper says, and
base balls most recent scandal is
responsible for it's publication.
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LATzO TO FIGHT WATSON.

NEWARK. n. j.. December 80 O49.
Pete Latzo of Scranton, Pa, world
welterweight champion, has been
matched to fight One-step Watson,
negro contender, Of Omaha, Nebr., in
a 12-round bout at the Newark
Armogy on Wednesday. February 2.
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON. December 30.-Presi-
dent Bob Quinn of the Boston Red
Sox would like to see Judge X. NJ.
Lands appoint "a "clean sports"
ambassador to instill the ethics Of
sport in the players of both major
base ball leagues, the Boston
Herald says.
Quinn's idea, the paper says, in
wolves the appointment of an old
time base ball player of character,
ability and personality to make
the rounds of the big league cities
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TOSSERS MEET
EVANSVILLE CUARDSMEN

tets. w. f. S. Gresham. jr., 1924
Main street, Lynchburg, is managing
the team.
Games are sought by the Arrow
Seniors. Manager Palmer may be
reached at Franklin 1923.