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Evening star., 1927-05-31
TILDEN is EXTENDED
TO DEFEAT RAYM0ND
rv the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated fTess
ST. CLOUD, France. May 3l.--
Louis Raymond. South African tennis
champion, besides gaining the honor
Yesterday of winning the first set lost
bv Bill Tilden during the present In
ternational hard court championships.
holds the distinction of being the first
player of the series who forced the
American to remove his sweater.
When within one game of victory III
the hard-fought third set, which he
wone S-6. Tilden walked over to the
stands and whispered to Francis +.
Hunter, the other member OF the
American team, who was idle for the
day. It developed that Raymond not
only forced Tilden to remove his
sweater. but made it necessary for I'll
den to ask Hunter to get him dry
shirt. Tilden won the match, 81,
g., SIS. 6--3.
Asked today about his alleged re-
fusal to agree to a poStp0nement Oh
his match with Raymond. because tn"
South African was suffering from
sore foot, TiIden said: 1T is the first
] ever heard Of it,
Tilden's next opponent viii be the
winner of the Cochet-Froitzhelm
match. probably on Thursday.
zone of our three musketeers is
gone" was the lament of French spec
tators after the defeat Of Jean Borotra
yesterday at the hands of his country
man, Antoine Gentien. by the score Of
g.. lib. 60, "a.
They found immediate solace, how
ever, in the fact that Jacques Brug
nong Frances fourth ranking player,
reached the quarter finals by defeat
ing Nicolas Mishu of Rumania.
Gentien, who is about 81 years of
age, has been prominent in French
tennis for three or four years. He is
doing military service at present.
Evening star., 1927-05-31
'nknon CnDtzes mile Auto Classic at Indianapolis
Roring the Sports World

spread, professionals and amateurs in
dulced in ski-iumping and skiing.
The artificial snow consists of soda
that is prevented from becoming
chalky by saturation in an acid solu-
ton, which is the inventors secret.
WORCESTER, May 81 R,--Four
members of the British Ryder Cup
team-Duncan, Ray, Boomer and
Havers-have won II open titles. OF
the American Ryder Cup team only
Hagen and SaraZen have finished
first in big international open events.
But Americans may Question the
speculative value of this situation,
for to Boomer alone goes the honor
of eight open titles.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark. May 81 (P).
Billy BrideWcll is only IL years old,
but has just won the Arkansas am
ateur golf title for the second time
in as many years.
Billy, Little Rock high school
senior. is especially good in his driv-
ing and plays a steady game on the
green lie is not troubled with tenn
permanent and emerges from the
rough in the same calm manner
displayed in sinking a long putt.
lie Stafteu piaElilE 6oll "heH = l
years old and at Is entered the
Southern amateur tournament at
Louisville. Ky, qualifying with an 81,
but meeting defeat in his second
match.
LONDON. May 81 (P).--Even erie
ket bats are much affected by the sex
question.
White willow is the wood from
which the bats of such famous players
as Jack Hobbs must be plated. VII,
Evening star., 1927-05-31
B0ROTRA DEFEATED.
But IS GIVEN MEDAL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ST, CLOUD. France, May 31.--Tust
as Jean BOrotra. Frances ranking
tennis player. netted the last ball,
which spelled defeat for him yester-
day by the youthful Antoine Gentien.
some official approached him and said:
Il have great pleasure in informing
You that you have been awarded a
gold medal by the French Academy
of Sports as one of the most remark
able of French athletes in 1926"
Borotra bowed, smiled Drayely and
thanked the official warmly. Later,
speaking to a few American CORE
Spondents, Borotra said:
ut was a very appropriate moment
to inform me that | have won a gold
medal, just after being handed a tin
medal OH the tennis courts. l believe
that is the way you say it in Amer
ica."
Georges Michel received the other
gold medal given by the Academy of
Sports, together with 10000 francs
for his swim of the English Channel
in September last
Evening star., 1927-05-31

TOR THE second straight year
l. Hap Hardells track team, pub
lie high champion, will be hard
4 hit by graduations next
month.
The chief loss will he Henry Nc
Donald, who had the distinction OF set
ting the only new record established
in the recent championship meet when
he cleared II feet ] inch in the pole
vault to better the old mark by ! inch,
and who also won the shotput ana
was third in the javelin and the DIS
Gus throws to compile II points ana
wiz individual scoring honors.
capt. Shaw Blackstone. who was
second in the 4l0dash, and who
flashed brilliant but futile c%blbi-
ton in the relay when he made up
some 20 of % yards in the last quarter
mile, Is another notable performer
10 be lost. Arthur kriemelmcyer,
ruuner,up in the shOtput, is third
fine athlete who will not be available
another year.
Other sturdy boys who have car
ricd Techs colors for the last time
are Orion Blandford, Paul Fellows,
Fred Morhart, John Griltiths, Stutz,
klatt and Zanoff.
Whether Bob Havel, who won the
440, and Omer Jeter, who captured
the discus throw, was second in the
iavelin and third in the shotput, will
graduate is uncertain. If they do
Hap Hardells team will indeed be
shattered.
Evening star., 1927-05-31

The 1927 contribution is Andrew
House, pitcher, now allied with PITTS
burgh.
some Of the familiar figures Of base
balldom turned out by St Mary's are:
Duffy Lewis. Harry Hooper, Hubert
Dutch" Leonard. Eddie Burns, Wal
ter Mails. "Stubbie" Mack, Joe Oesch-
GER. Harry Krause, Louis Guisto and
Frank Ferguson.
BERLIN. May 81 LP).~Snow to or
der all the year around for skiing, to-
hogganing and other kindred Winter
sports has become a fact
The Berlin Week end Exposition
introduced artificial snow as the out
standing feature. with Il serpentine
fantasy by young women on snow
shoes. On an area of 1000 square
feet. ascending to a G0-foot level, over
which $4,000 worth of snow was
Evening star., 1927-05-31
BY the Associated Press.

w YITH Memorial day past and
A| pitching arms working
" " their best under a warmer
sun. with Walter Johnson
back in the box for Wash
ington, with the stirring duel between
Yankees and Athletics on again-the
big league pannant race was gather
ing speed and Zest today
Only two other teams in the two
league were able to match Washing
tons feat of cleaning up two games
in a day. although every club played
a pair. Brooklyn took two from Bos-
ton. to > and to .. while the ST.
Louis Cards walloped Cincinnati. to
8 and 3 to /.
Both league-leading teams had an
even break. The Pirates caught d
Tartar in the Cubs, who broke
their winning streak of II games by
beating them in the morning tilt by
Z to s, but the Buccaneers came back
in the second with a 6-to-5 decision.
Both games went an extra frame.
big factor in the Cubs triumph in
the oDener was an unaSSlsted triple
play by Jimmy Cooney. shortstop,
A protest by Manager Connie Mack
of the Athletics followed the Him
ming victory of the Yankees. 8 to ..
after the AS had won the first game,
q to 8. His protest hinged on the
technical point of whether the rule
applying to running on a ball that
falls into the dugout applies as we'll
when a man catches it and falls in
with the ball.
Collins and Ty Cobb were on base
when .Grabowski, New York catcher
Evening star., 1927-05-31
George Souders, an
TYRO WINS $4,000 PRIZE,
AVERAGING SPEED OF 07.54
Deyore Second. GuIotta Third-LOckhart, Favor.
ite, Forced Out of Race-Baen, Burned III
Guiding Burning Car, Hero of Event.

| was ever recorded in the race foa-
tured the first half of the event
Jules F,llinSboe of Memphis was
seriously injured in one of the acCi.
dents that marrcd the race. He re-
Coivcd a crushed chest and internal
injuries when his ear crashed into an
inside turn and pinned him under
meath. He will recover.
Charles KOhlert of st. Charles. Ill.
received n probable skull fracture and
other hurts when he was thrown from
his machine after it hit a retaining
wall.
Ba;ten Hero of Race
Norman Batten was seriously
burned in guiding his machine to the
SIDE of the track while it was a roar
ing mass of flames.
The front part OF the racer caught
fire on the back stretch in sight Of
hundreds of spectators. With flames
soaring his hand Batten thinking of
the safety of others stood erect in his
machine and managed to pilot it to
one side, the flames getting so hot
he could only use his foot to guide the
machine toward the last. When 1t
was almost stopped he tumbled to the
track critically burned but the hero
Of the race.
An indominatible spirit and adapt.
bilIty for driving enabled Souders to
win the worlds greatest automobile
race classic after several years of dirt
track racing. 1t was said he "staked
his all" on the race. The former Pur-
due student gave his first winnings
as a race driver to the mother of a
fatally injured fellow driver. The
driver was killed in the first of
series of races at Greenup. ILL.,, some
wears ago and Souders drove reckless
)y in the remaining events to win first
p'!Ze money. which he turned over to
no mot her who wa < in y bOSnita1
Evening star., 1927-05-31
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Il NDIANAPOLIS. May 81. - One
of the most spectacular Of the an
nual 500-mile races at the Indian
i apolis Motor Speedway passed In
history yesterday with the WIN
ming Of the long grind by George SOU
ders of Lafayette. Ind, an unknown
the crowning climax. SoudefS' -
and a former Purdue University stu
dent never had raced in big time
before and his victory was totally un-
looked for.
Souders. who drove the five hour
grind alone. drove steady race, his
average of 1854 miles an hour com
pairing favorably with averages III
other years. The record of l0ll5
miles an hour was set in 1925 by
Pete de Paolo. who was forced out of
Yesterdays classic, which attracted a
crowd of 135 .000.
Souders victory duplicated Frank
Iockhart's win of last year The
latter youth. like Souders. compare
lively unknown, flashed across the
finish line first.
$4,000 Goes to Souders.
souders won $4,000 of the 100000
prize money. Earl Devore took
SpCOUu IldNes illiASHlDS : = iilIt10 h1
hind the winner. Tony Gulotta was
third, Wilbur Shaw fourth, Dave
Evans fifth Peter de Paolo. relief
driver for Bob McDonogh, sixth.
Eddie Hearne seventh. Ralph Hep
burn, relief driver for Tommy Milton.
eighth; Cliff Bergere ninth and Frank
Elliott tenth.
Lockhart. the favorite threw
wheel after leading for 297 miles and
was forced from the race Many of
the veterans We're forced to quit he
cause Of mechanical trouble and acci-
dents. The most terrific pace that
Evening star., 1927-05-31

"AIR racketers of Tech High
L School are in the midst of their
| tournament for the singles title,
L with Alice Mayo leading. Miss
Mayo has reached the final
round in the upper bracket at the eX-
pense of some of the best players
trying for laurels. She sprang a sur
prise in the second round when she
defeated Esther Eshelman, 1926
champion. 6-3, 1-6. Cd.
Miss Eshelman was favored to win
the tourney, but Miss Mayo proved
the steadier.
In the semi-finals. Miss Mayo elm
mated Eloyse Sargent, 60. b-l.
Grace Moomaw has advanced to
the third round in the lower half and
will meet the winner of the match
between Frances Henry and Lucinda
ToffoIi this week for position III the
semi finals.
Summary of matches played so far:
First ronnd--Eloyse Sargent deiea,thh Fa,th
HaherIne ofS5,ed WassmaN Wrt S lean l KaFe o b11
6@1 Esther EsheIman defeated Betty,
irwin gn bg deia @ e Ase ray@ May@ Modma@ actsa!Sa
d"featad Ellen Fenwicx. ti--4 6--t Anita
Dunlap defeated Sally Hnman. I'll ID
Frances Henry defeated Alyina Roessler
ti@3, 6-1 irene Rollins defeated Edith
ADAMS. 60. e--1 Lucinda ToholI de-
Ranish won from Dorothy Riess by default
Eleanor Mcleod twaltiug to play winner OF
beginners tourney.
Higgins. 90. -6---4; A. Mayo defeated r.
defeafed i1s''gi' A. Dunlap, 81, -.
Eleanor CoIahan and Jessie Rollins
won the doubles championship of Hol-
1pfn1tinp
Worthington and Bette Peelle, 6--3,
30, in the title match.
In the semi-finals the Rollins-Cola-
han team eliminated Barbara King
and Frances Carter, while tie Worth
ington-Peelle combination had dis
posed of Katherine hall and Eliza
beth Breckenridge.
At the II. A. a. banquet held re
Gently. the "All-Around Sportswoman
Cup was presented TO Frances Duke,
judged the outstanding figure in ath-
letics during the past year. Jessie
Rollins was voted the best hockey
PLAYER in school: Alice Worthington.
the leader in military drill; Frances
Duke. the most skillful on the basket
ball floor; Eleanor Colahan, the best
racketer; Elaine Patteson, the best
rider, and Jessie Rollins, the keenest
track performer.
Each was presented with a silver
emblem Of their particular sport.
With the fall of the curtain on the
1927 athletic season at Holton Arms.
one of the principal figures on the
stage makes her final exit. Alice
Nic0l1, who has coached the Holton
Arms girls through several successful
seasons of hoskey, basket ball. track
and tennis, is leaving for New York
aSd will not return next Fall. She
Nf,l he missed not only by the stu
Evening star., 1927-05-31
WOMEN in SPORT
by CORRINE FRAZIER

dents on g street, hut also by the
members of the Washington Field
Hockey Club. of which she was presi.
dent and one of the most valuable
members.
Mary Hall has been appointed act.
ing secretary of the District WOm-
ems Tennis League, replacing Ruth
Curran. who sails for Europe on
June 2. All information regarding
team matches should be sent to Miss
Hall. care of the Naval Observatory.
or phoned to her at West sos.
Entries for the elimination tourney
10 start Saturday, June 4. are being
received by Florence Poston. chair.
man OF the tennis committee. Sn2
Maryland avenue northeast. telephone
Lincoln S9S5.
Evening star., 1927-05-31
311, 900 FANS WITNESS
HOLIDAY MAJOR GAMES

BY tho Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 31.-Ot all the
ways of spending Memorial day.
81 600 persons in the country decided
the best was to go to see big league
ball game.
Following are approximate figures:
NATIONAL.
Chicago AT Pittsburgh, morning and
Philadelphia at New York double
header .........-. .-......- 10000
Cincinnati at st Louis. dolble- header IS 600
Brooklyn az Boston. double header. $4,000
Total. 900
AMERICAN.
New York at Philadelphia. morning
and afternoon -. -t... suuOU
St Louis at Chicago double he ader. 40. 900
r. lstOn at Washington. double-header $4,000
Cleveland at Detroit morning and
AFTERNOON s...'.' -. i'''"V
Total, .14S 900
Evening star., 1927-05-31
LEADERS IN BOTH MAJOR
> LOOPS GET EVEN BREAK

fell into the home team cave with
the ball in his mitt. after Scooping in
a skyscraping foul. The umpire let
Collins score. on the ground the ball
fell into the dugout but held Cobb
on base. where he died.
The cl0seness of the battle in both
leagues was brought out by the
number of even breaks in the eight
pairs of games played. The Giants
were II to 10 better than the Phillies
in the first game. but l to 0 worse
in the second: the Browns were going
fast enough in the first to beat the
White SoX, II to 8 but We're knocked
out of the picture with a 10-to-0 lac.
ing in the second,
Further proof that YOU never can
tell about a ball game was given
when. the Indians nosed out Detroit,
to s. then took solar pleXus wal
lop. II to 3.
A summary of yesterdays games
follows:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
MORNING GAMEl
New York. 81 ooooe . o o--s1s ]
Philadelphia . o ! / x-9 o
Pinsras. Shawkev Giard. Beall and Collins;
Grove ard Cochrane
AFTERNOON GAMED
New York. 0020n030 1-6 13 O
PHILADELPHIA. 00010370 o--5 y .
-. Pennock Moore and Grabowski; Gray,
Waiherg and Cochrane, Perkins
tMoRNING GAMEA
GsTeI:no Dstroi: ... $685. oS 7-slS 7-s :
Miller, Karr. Shaute and L. sewen; Carroll,
WhitehilI and Shea.
AFTERNOON GAMEl
Ge1eisnd Gftrsi, / dd"1 3 I'll II ! ls 3 3
Holloway and Bassler; Uhle Karr and L.
FIRST GAME)
Shicseo St hesis 5-ij d !, i :
=, Stewart and oNein: Faber Jacobs and
SECOND GAMED
eh,cdea &, Lepis: -: 9 9 8 oo-lSS1s i
Zachary wingard and ONeil: Thomas and
McC' rdy
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
tMORNING GAME
rnteaSG plt,s6nrgb 59d5 SO ID ID Z Z d
Kanfmann and Hartnett; Bush Nichols
AFTERNOON GAMED
Chicago .. 4 o o o o o 1-5 8 O
Pittsburgh :. O / 3 Q If Is ]
Root, Blake and Hartnett: Aldridee and
Guoch.
FIRST GAME)
Re;aqf,saia Rsn 9a4R. a-I415 s-E4l5 :
Carlson. Wiloughby Dean and Wilson.
Jonnard. Fitzsimmons. SonPer and ONell.
SECOND CAMEO
philadelphia. Q Q ooo1 Q o-l 2 Q
Mitchell and wilson: Clarkson. Greenfield
and 0'Nel.
tFIRST GAMEl
cincinnati -. Q Q Q Q 0 Q $40 Q
Lucas and Hargrave: Haines and Schultz.
(SECOND GAMED
ST t''I",tns LOUIS. 0 Q : / 0 0 0 0 x-3 o j
Rixey and Picinich: sherdcl and Snyder.
fFIRST GAME.)
Brooklyn ~ o O o ] O o o 0---5 z 3
Boston ......0 O O o o o ] Q % =
Doak and Hargreaves: Robertson. Mills
Goldsmith and Hogan.
(SECOND GAME.l
Boston o o o o o : 0 o o.! 4
Barnes and Deberry: Edwards, Hearn,
Moer.dge WertZ and Gibson.
Evening star., 1927-05-31
JOHNSTON WINS COAST
TITLE FOR NINTH TIME

SAN FRANCISCO, May 81 LP).--
William NJ. Johnston, former national
champion, won his ninth consecutive
Pacific Coast tennis championship by
defeating Gerald Stratford, 5-7. 6-3,
90. 4-6, 6-1.
Johnston played careful back
court game, forcing Stratford into
many errors. Stratford's service.
however. seemed to bother Johnston
considerably.
Helen Jacobs again won the coast
title in the womens' singles by de-
feating Mrs. May Sutton Bundy,
G-3 e.
Evening star., 1927-05-31
ST. JOHNS BALL TEAM
MAY PLAY THIS SUMMER

Coach 'Zube" Sullivan and other
st. Johns authorities were discussing
today the practicability of the school
nine continuing it's activities this
Summer.
Sullivan's proteges who have made
a fine record in this campaign would
be pitted against leading independent
teams and, the mentor believes. the
experience would prove beneficial to
hpF
Evening star., 1927-05-31
HAMILTON AND EDDY
GAIN NAVY HON0RS
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
A%NAPOLIS. Md, May 31.-TWo
midshipmen. Thomas James Hamilton
of Columbus Ohio, and Daniel Thomas
Eddy of Saratoga Springs. \. y, have
been honored for pre-emnence in ath-
letics.
Hamilton received the Thompson
cup for having done most to promote
athletics at the academy and special
sword for general athletic ability. He
starred in foot ball. base ball and cap
tanned basket ball.
Eddy, for three seasons varsity
stroke and outstanding foot ball play
er. was awarded the sword for general
excellence in athletics.
Evening star., 1927-05-31

low trees are seXed. The female trees
afford the best wood. and they are be
coming so scarce that bat manufac-
turers are hard put to find a supply.
There are more than 80 recognized
varieties of willow, but few are suit
able for cricket bats.
NEW YORK, May 81 G40
Duncan's latest role is as an ambas-
sador of Irish golf. During odd mo.
ments of the invasion of the United
States by the Ryder cup team Dun.
can will urge leading American pro-
fessionals to enter the Irish open
championship at Portmarnock. be
ginning August /, as Well as the
British open at ST. Andrews, starting
July II.
1T won't be my fault If the Amer
leans don't enter the fight for the
Irish title" says Duncan.
Evening star., 1927-05-31

By the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, May 3l.-For a.
consecutive years ST. Mary college
has landed at least one base ball play
or in the ma jor leagues.
The first youngster Graded here for
the world Of big base bah was Charley
Gegus. who signed with Washington
nearly so years ago.
Evening star., 1927-05-31
HELEN WILLS WINS ABROAD.

STAMFORD HILL, England. May
81 LP>.-Helen Wills of California
came back to competitive tennis yes
terday in the north London cham
pionships at the Gipsy Club. She
breezed through the first round, elm
mating +. Holden. 6--1. 6i.
Evening star., 1927-05-31
POLO GAME rs THRILLER.

WINSTON SALEM. N. G.. May 81
P).-WinstonS Salem Polo Club defeat t.
ed the Fauquier Country Club of Vir-
ginia in hotly contested game here,
G. to 5, in an extra chukker.
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POSSIBILITIES OF
AIR CONSIDERED
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vision can see the signs of victory
in conquering this means of mobil-
ity, and it as only a question of
time when air travel will be acz
CURED by Mr.. Commuter | do not
hesitate to predict the fact that it
will come, and l already see and
feel its effect upon real estate near
the seashore.
Think of the effect of travelling
home at the rate of 100 miles an
hour instead of thirty-five . Cut
the committing time down to one
third of the present schedule. 1t
certainly paints a different picture
of suburban real estate.
The tremendous application we
have for country homes and coun-
try acreage is a direct indication
of this great increase in the gener-
al mobility of people, and this
movement will be increased 100
fold through conquering the air.
Mobility and it's closer contact of
distant points is the secret of good
will and understanding between
states and nations. The people of
the earth have never ceased to in
crease the speed of locomotion
since Adam or his nearby descend
ants climbed upon some quadrnped
that could travel faster than man.
This mobility is due to increase in
decade, with a revolutionary effect
on real estate values.
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RUFFU SEEKS TO CARRY
CUT BADER'S IDEAS
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Baltimore during the great fire.
He contracted typhoidpneumonia
and was patient for four months.
For many years he was Fire
Marshal of Atlantic City and is
now State Representative of the
Firemen's Relief Association.
In fraternal affairs he is equally
prominent. He is a member of the
Elks, Moose, Eagles, Foresters. of
which he is past chief ranger;
Red Men and several civic clubs.
He is also member of the Morris
Guards, National Minute Men
Committee, serving with the rank
of captain; Legione Garibaldi, of
which he is a past president
Loggia Colombo, Sons of Italy;
Atlantic City Chapter of the
American Red Cross, Partito
Fascista Nazionale. the Italian
American National Republican
League, representing New Jersey;
Atlantic County Republican League
and numerocs other clubs and
organizations.
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PLANS TO
CURB SPEEDING
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islands on Atlantic avenue will be
another Improvement. Two islands
are to be located in the downtown
district, at Morris avenue and
Iowa avenue. This is for the
especial benefit of people travel.
ing TO and from the beachfront
hotels. These islands will be stag
gered. The other safety islands up
town will be reconstructed later on
staggered plan to make the
system uniform and to improve it
from safety standpoint. The
islands at South Carolina, Tennes-
see, and Arkansas avenues, which
are parallel and ON the south side
of the crossing, will not be
disturbed since travellers using the
railroads land on that side of the
crossing.
Cuthbert proposes also to make
new rules regarding Atlantic ave-
nue. parking in order to get some
of the cars off the street and make
it safer for driving. One form of
this regulation viii be to forbid
parking near the end of the safety
islands. The present system causes
congestion and increases travel
ing hazards in the commissioners
opinion, since it requires drivers
to follow serpentine course.
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ANTICIPATES
BIG YEAR HERE
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steamers are now plying between
Palm Beach and Havana together
with the beautiful harbor in
Miami
'1The strange part of it," he
added, sis that while New Jersey
is republican state, and with a
republican administration i'm
power, we cannot get any harbor
improvements in this state, al
though the government is able to
authorize the expenditure of mil
lions of dollars for harbors in a
democratic state"
He expressed the belief that the
government is overlooking wonder
full possibilities in not giving this
state adequate harbor facilities.
Senator Richards spent most of
his time in Palm Beach, although
he touched most of the other
resorts and motored through the
state. He declared that the roads
are greatly improved in the state
to attract motorists. and that
West Palm Beach and Palm Beach
have made many improvements,
including paved streets.