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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-18
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than 100
/. What play very often deter
mines whether you will make game?
2. Bidding initially no-trump or
minor, what do you deny?
3. Does two plus two always
equal four in bridge?
The Answers
1. The first.
2. Strong major
3. Not to unsound bidders and
players.
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What connection has the World
Court with the League of Nations?
The League of Nations is an as
ISOLATION of nations formed by viz
tue of the covenant which consti-
tutes Part 1 of the Versailles treaty
of peace with Germany, Austria
Hungary and Bulgaria, signed on
June 20, 1919. The World Court,
officially known as the Permanent
Court of International Justice, is
an international court, accessory to
the League of Nations, established
in accordance with Article IA of the
covenant of the league. The World
Court, therefore, is creation of
the league.
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What is phOtOsynthesis?
A process Of plant life by which
carbohydrates are manufactured
from carbon dioxide and watsr
through the agency of chloroplasys
and light.
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VALUE BASIS SET
Utilities to Be Appraised on
Original Cost.

Original costs will be used by the
public service commission in ap-
praisal of interurban, street rail-
way and bus lines involved in the
proposed merger of Indiana insult
utilities into the $70,O00,OOO Indiana
Electric Corporation, Commissioner
Harvey Harmon announced today.
Use of the reproduction new basis
Of valuation would set too high
valuations for issuance of securi-
ties, Harmon declared in announc-
ing procedure to be taken by the
commission in passing on the
merger which will effect 200 In
diana communities.
The original cost Of the proper
ties represents actual money in
vested in the properties while ap-
praisal on a reproduction basis
would result in a valuation far in
excess of actual money COSTS" the
announcement said
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E. WASHINGTON ST. SEEN
AS AUTO TRADE MARI
Modern Business Trend Is Noted
Toward Street.

Development Of East Washington
street into large automobile mart
within the next few years is pre-
dicted by E. M. Ragland Of the
Ludwig Millinery Company, preSi-
dent of the East Washington Street
Merchants Association.
This district is beginning TO at.
tract automobile sales companies
and with the recent construction OF
new building by the Hare Chev@
rolet Company and the moving into
the territory of tire and accessory
companies such as Swissheln and
Parker, and Riser Brothers, Il q
forecast of the future possibilities.
Naturally the association win
welcome all legitimate enterprises
to this territory and we especially
favor enterprising automobile CONS
panies," Ragland said. III
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BANKS, BUOU HELP
Financial Institutions and
Theater in Fete.

Harvest festival of the East Wash
ington Street Merchants Associa-
ton, which begins Saturday, has re-
ceived the support not only of the
merchants, but of the three banks
in that section and the Bijou the
alter, which have volunteered all
possible aid to make the festival the
success it is sure to be.
The Meyer-Kiser bank, the East
Washington State bank, and the
City Trust Company, have rendered
financial and moral support and are
aiding in acquainting the rest Of the
city with the vast resources and pos
SibilitieS of that section.
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MERCHANTS TO MAKE
STREET BEAUTIFUL
All Stores viii Be Decorated for
Autumn FrOIic.

No efforts will be spared by mem
bers of the East Washington Street
Merchants Association in decorat-
ing their stores for the annual
Harvest festival, which begins Sat-
urday.
All stores have been asked to
place the national colors in front
of the buildings.
Expert decorators have been en-
gagged to make the appearance of
each store a thing of beauty and
special feature decorations are being
arranged by the merchants.
In most of the decorations, the
fall motif will be carried out.
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FORMER MEMBERS HELP
Leslie Meyer Turns StOrerOOm- Over
for Festival.

Former members of the East
Washington Street Merchants Asso-
citation ere as keenly interested in
success of the Harvest Festival,
which begins Saturday, as those par
tciipating. Leslie Meyer of the
Home Furniture Company, which
sold out, has turned over the store
building on the southeast corner of
Washington and Alabama streets as
a display room for the more than
5000 In prizes to be given visitors.
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Speaks of AutOgraphy

NE WORK, Oct. 26.-Hoover or
Smith-it doesn't matter to the
autograph fan. Thomas F. Ma|'-
gan, autograph dealer. says both are
prolific letter writer's and their
autographs should be plentiful.
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Astronomical clocks control q
hundred miles Of street lights in
Oak Park, III. At Sunset they au-
tomatically turn on the lights, and
at sunrise turn them off.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
FORMER CHAMPS
MANAGER QUITS
FIGHTING GAME

LOS ANGELES, March P)--
George Blake, former manager Of
Fidel La Barba. has followed tn
former flyweirHt champion into re-
tirement.
Blake announced today that he
han turned over his stable o DO
ers to Eddie Sears and that he no
longer would be connected with the
n an active way.
Although it is possible that Blake
may be the third man in the ring
in some OF the important bouts
here, he said he would not take
cut license as a referee.
The BOXERS turned over to Sears
included Ben Golden, featherweight;
Joe Woods, light heavyweight, and
Pete August, lightweight, whom
blake has handled for Charley Rose
Of New York.
Blake said he was arranging to
enter business mot directly con-
nected with BOXING" He had been
La Barba's instructor in the latter's
amateur days and launched him on
his professional career. La Barba
is said to have made upward OF
$15O,OO0 during his three years in
the ring, and Blake's end as man
ager amounted to small fortune.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
SDOP &c Baseball Basketball, Boxing Golf . D OfnR rs
~ Racing WrestIing Tennis Etc -

drafted into the Douglas ldague II it
is formed as now planned.
Camp Jones is warming up the base
ball material that has won the cham
pionships and the cups s1d contests
all over the army area ana this district
for several seasons, past. 1t. Luongo,
camp athletic officer, is determined TO
whip into shape as good team for the
battalion as they produced last year
and most of the men who payed on
that team are still available 1t has
been agreed that a team from Camp
Jones could probably be arranged for
the league if the arrangements for the
other teams work out as planned.
AS the matter stands now the man
agements of the Sox and the Stars are
willing to agree to the formation of
league that would be sponsored by
some local club or fI,.ternal organiza-
ton and which would include the Sox,
the Stars, the high school team, the
army team from Camp Jones and two
other teams that would be organized If
possible.
Further work on the matter is be-
ing undertaken by the Baseball boosters
and by the members and managers Of
the teams to the end that by the time
the teams are whipped into shape to
play system shall have been worked
out and schedule for games and for
handling the gate sh2ll have been
agreed to so that the baseball for the
season will be handled in an efficient
and orderly manner and taken entire
ly out of the hands of the players and
their team managers and captains.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
PRACTICE GAMES
ARE SCHEDULED
FOR WEEK END
Four Teams Warming Up
In District for Coming
Baseball Season

With four likely looking teams in the
field all working fast and hard to de-
velop good baseball for Douglas the
outlook for a season of first clBss stuff
on the local diamonds is excellent. An
nouncement was made last night that
there will be two practice games to top
off the week. The first will be on
Saturday at 4 D. m. at the Tenth street
park between the Douglas All Stars
land the high school team. The second
will be on Sunday at 10 a. m. between
the first and second teams Of the
White SoX.
The Sox will appear for the benefit
of the public at their field at the
southern end of G avenue. They have
named the field the International field
as it is very near to the border and
the nEme adds a distinction to the
fine level diamond which has been
constructed there. The Sox have been
working out all the past week and are
showing q high class of early season
ability 1t is expected that they will
develop as strong a team this year as
they did last which will make some
thing interesting for all the other
teams to go up again.
The All Stars are showing something
this season that they have not had
before and they h1ve signed up a
bunch of ball players that have not
been gathered together in any former
season. What they will finally amount
to cannot be predicted at present but
the stuff is there and is very likely to
come out in tight little nine.
The high school practice has not
progressed azr enough to show up
much but there again the class of
players is good and there is sufficient
material to pick from to insure a good
team. The school has a schedule for
their regular play UP to the end Of the
school year after which they will be
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
FOUR DEADLOCKED In
POCKET BILLIARD PLAY

CHICAGO, March 8 (P)-Frank Ia
bersk Of Schenectady, N. Y, national
pocket billiard champion, two former
title holders and veteran tourna-
ment player tonight were deadlocked
for leadership in the current national
tournament. Each had won two games.
Erwin Rudolph of Chicago, former
champion, advanced to even terms
with the other three leaders today,
when he defeated Harry Wood, of
Duluth, 1875 to A. Rudolph ran out
in IS innings. He had a high run of
81, scratched twice, played safe four
times and had a high run of 10.
Taberski, Ralph Greenleaf of Phila-
delphia, former title holder, and Pas
quales Natalie of Baltimore, the other
three leaders, were idle today.
Onofrio Lauri, New York state
champion, showed a reversal of form
today to defeat Harry Oswald of
Pittsburgh in the shortest game Of
the tournament Lauri ran 125 in
seven innings, while the best Oswald
could do was gather 13 points.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
OLDSTER TAKES
LEAD In RACE
ACROSS COUNTRY

MOJAVE WELLS, Calf, March 8
P)-The blistering sun and chill winds
of the Mohave desert we're surmounted
wit hcase today by 44-year-old Ar
thur Newton, hundred mile running
champion of England, to win the fifth
lap of the coast to coast marathon
in hours and 48 minutes. His sue
cessful battle with wind and sun also
put the sinewy runner in first place
for total elapsed time in covering the
165 miles reeled off in the five days
The lanky British marathoner, who
finished second in yesterdays lap
from Victorville, crossed the finish
line at this desert water camp fer in
the lead of the field of $50 runners
and walkers who headed out of Bar
stow at 8:55 o'clock this morning.
He went into the lead half way to
Mojave Wells, passing Earl Dilks,
Newcastle, Pa, racer, who had show
ed his heels to the crowd from the
starting point.
Dilks, despite the fast pace that he
set at the start finished nearly a
half hour after the veteran Newton,
to take second place. The Pennsyl-
vanian covered the 80 mile rocky
stretch in five hours, 13 minutes and
so. seconds. Oil Wantinen, slight
Finnish flier, was the third to check
in at this tiny water hole.
Newton, in taking the lead in
elapsed time, had a. total of "a hours,
28 minutes and 80 seconds. Wantinen
who led at the end of yesterdays leg
in running time since showing oil
from Los Angeles, was next to New
ton at the finish of today's grind
with total of "a hours, 80 minutes
and 81 seconds. Dilks elapsed time
was 81 hours, 53 minutes and so
seconds.
Ninety-six pound Wantinen bound
ed over the rocky and dusty cover
ed trail to check in with time OF
five hours, 10 minutes and 55 sec
ondS
Peter Gavuzzi, Southampton, Eng
land, came in fourth, having made
the trip in five hours, 80 minutes
and 80 seconds, and brought has
elapsed time to % hours, AZ minutes
and 35 seconds. Louis j. Perrella,
of Albany, N. Y, and Andrew Payne,
of Claremore, Okla, came into the
control station almost stride for stride.
Perrella came in fifth, his time being
five hours, Al minutes and SO Sec
onds, while Payne, given sixth posi-
ton, required a second more. The
Albany plodder's total elapsed time
was "a hours, Is minutes and Is sec
cnds, and Payne'S 26 hours, 42 min
utes and AZ seconds.
Arne Souminen another Finnish
contestant, required five hours and
50 minutes for the stretch, for an
elapsed time of 27:01:2O.
Hot sun, cloudless sky and dusty
road had little distressing effect on
Newton.
After the finish he rested in the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
GAME OF VOLLEY
BALL AT THE "Y"
BISBEE-DOUGLAS

The local Y. M. c. A. volleyball
players will show their stuff tonight
against the Bisbee "Y'' boys. The
game will start at 7:3O and it will
be the best three out of five games.
The focal boys are about equal in
ability to the visitors and in the last
two years have won an equal number
of games.
This game will be the first OF a
series between the two teams in pre-
paration for the southern champion
ship, which is expected to be played
in this city on or about March 81
The lineup for today's game is:
Newcomer, Martin, Lewis, Hall, Good
and Evans.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09

United States of first place in the
Olympic pole vault, as Charley
HOff, the Norwegian who held the
record before Carr broke it last
year, will not be eligible to COM
pete.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
PITCHERs FEAR GEHRIG

'They didn't want to pass me to
get a crack at Gehrig, but they didn't
get real scared of him until the sea-
son had half passed. They thought
when he started banging all those
homers that he was hitting over his
head and that they would soon find
his groove. When they couldn't find
his weakness they couldn't pass me
every time they we're in hole.
''You may say, if you have read
some Of the papers, that Gehrig has a
weakness and that he can't hit a
high fast ball inside. Well, if That's S
his weakness I wonder why those
pitchers don't make him eat high fast
ones if they can pitch them? That
big bird hasn't any weakness or it
would have been discovered before this
time. If I had all the weaknesses
some of the critics have found in me
would strike out every time went
to bat. Those pitchers aren't out
there to make suckers out of them
selves SO the crowd can cheer a home
run.
Another help I got in 1927 came
from the fact that the Yankees were
way out in front and discouraged the
other clubs badly. If there was hot
pennant race like they had in the
National league I know I would have
been passed oftener and Gehrig, too,
would have been given plenty of
walks. If the Yankees get away like
they did last year and have the PEN
nant seWed up by August ought to
get more chances to step into them. +"
x = +
When it comes to talking base
ball, the Babe certainly is no
dummy. He's a smart baseball
player and he knows the game.
He's big enough to admit that if
Gehrig wasn't hitting behind him
he might not have banged out 60
hOmers last year.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
FIVE TEAMS IN
TIE FOR LEAD IN
.6-DAY BIKE RACE

NEW YORK, March P-Sensa-
tional riding in the evening sprints
of the six-day bicycle race in Mad
ison Square Garden tonight sent
five. teams into tie for the lead.
The combinations of Letourner-
Brocardo, Belloni-Beckman Georg-
etti-Debaets, Horan-Garrison and
" alker-Hill were the pace-makers
at 10 p M, the 97th-hour of the
gruelliug event, which closes Sat
urday night.
The leaders had covered 1888
miles and nine laps, while the next
combination in line, Spencer-Walt-
hour, was two laps behind. The
team of Faudet-Goosens was lap
back of Spencer ,althour. .
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
ATHLETES GET
A YARDSTICK
AS A M EASURE
InterschOlastic Assn Sets
Peg of Merit for Quail
flying Performers

Track and field candidates have a
target to shoot at with the introduc-
ton of the Arizona Inter Scholastic
association, which outlines the re-
uuirements for membership to the as
socp ton Coach j. F. McKale, of the
University of Arizona, has sent list
of the events and the record to be
attained in each event. There is a
junior and senior record and any stu
dent may try for either requirement
Completion of these requirements
admits to membership in this associa-
ton. A certificate will be granted to
those who fulfill the requirements.
The events and records for seniors
and juniors are as follows:
Smile walk: hour Is minutes; i
hour 80 minutes
1oO-yard dash: 10 seconds; 12 S-5
seconds.
22O-yard hurdles: 80 seconds; 35 sec
onds.
high jump: 4 feet inches; feet,
Broad jump: Is feet; IA feet.
12-pound shot put: 80 feet; 25 feet
Pole vault; Z feet inches; feet
Throwing baseball: 200 feet; It's feet
Punting football: 80 feet; IS feet
Swimming (continuous): so yards;
35 yards.
Mile run: minutes; 6 minutes 80
seconds.
Foul shooting (basketbalD 6 strl light
or 7 out of 10; straight or out of 10.
Pull up: 10 straight; z straight.
When an athlete has won an athletic
letter in football, basketball, baseball
or track, he may substitute one letter
for Eny one requirement in this as
sociation, except swimming.
This year efforts were made to
perfect this organization and Douglas
high entered in this contest under
Coach Bob Thomas. Ben Flores and
Joe Causey were the only athletes to
survive in making the senior require
ments. They were both sophomores
at the time and completed the require
ments during the track sG2Son.
Joe Causey later established three
records in the 5pole vault event at
Tucson during the state track meet.
He now holds the state record at IL
feet 10 inches Causey is now a fresh
man at the University of Alabama, Ind
strong candidate for the track team
at that Institution.
During the next feew weeks many
track aSpirants will make 4 n effort to
win membership in this association.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
aHoo,klsann
9!Slidti:teSa
MAY BREAK RECORD

Babe Ruth has it all figured out
that he may make new home-run
record this year. The Babe always
has had modest and becoming way
of admitting ne is good, but after he
hung up his record Of So homers in
one season he confided TO friends that
he doubted he ever could hit more.
II could hit EN-" he said, "but they
won't give me the chance. They won't
pitch to me. If they would give me
a good one to cut at once in a while
l might give a lot more of them a
good ride
Approaching the 1923 season, the
Babe figures his chances better to
break the record again than he did at
this time last year.
I'm in better physical condition
than I was a year ago." he said. 81
was kind Of sluggish or something
through the first quarter of the race
last season. want to get going from
the first game this year.
There's no use saying that the
fear of Buster Gehrig last year
made lot of those pitchers work
on me. .-..{
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09

Cars form almost assures the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
BOWLING SCORES

The American legion succeeded in
taking three games from the Y team.
The c. and A team took three
games from the Eleventh Streeters
Adams was high man. These games
were rolled on the Y alleys.
American Legion: Hinton 422 Stol-
croft 429, Napier 456, Pollak 49l
Foster 466, total 1854
Y. M. C. A.: Handicap 24O, Lindner
314, Lamb 432, Bull 344, Brown 373,
Kibbe 800, total 2193.
G. and A. Ballentine 512, Smith,
493, Best 342, Negri 459, Evans 465,
total 2271.
Eleventh Streeters: Handicap 93
Adams 524, Patterson 366, Whitehead
378, Cooper 4O2, Meredith 399, total
2l7l
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09

Gardner finished in z hours and
% minutes, falling from second to
fourth place in elapsed time.
Age won from youth over the color
splotched desert hills when the vet
eran Charles Hart, So year old Eng
lish runner, plugged along INCREASINGLY
to- take 9th place from r0ad JoSephs,
young Los Angeles negro. JoSephS
who is the youngest contestant, was
the last to come in tonight.
The gravel desert road was a wei
come sod for the sore feet of Nicholas
Quamawahu, Hopi Indian. When he
hit the native dirt the Hopi broke
from his tagging walk into a run
and passed many of the tail enders.
Yesterday he had developed trouble
with feet and ankles, and early this
morning was taken back in an auto
mobile to cover IA miles west OF
Barstow which he had been unable
to finish last night. The Indian
made up the IA miles in walk,
plodded another ten on pavement,
and then with a grin hit his native
heath with lope that carried him
rapidly ahead of other runners. He
finished in far better condition than
yesterday.
The burning sun beat down from
a cloudless sky upon the heads and
backs of the trailing caravan, strung
out for 20 miles When Newton loped
into NGojave Wells station scme of the
tail enders were nearly 20 miles west.
The weary ones trickled in to the
haven OF food. water and rest as
evening saw the sands IT the desert
OrOW colo
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
EDWARD A. BORTON DIES

TUCSON, March 8 (H9-Edward A.
Borton, Arizonian since 1874, died
today on his seth birthday at the
home OF his sister Mrs. Ygnacio
Bonillas, whose husband was Mexican
ambassador to the United States
during the World war. Another sister,
Miss Elizabeth Borton, one OF Ariz-
ona's first school teachers, and for
whom public school is named, died
two years ago. A brother, Joseph A.
Borton, lives in oregon.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
CARR RECoRD-BREAKER

When Ruth hit SO homers for base
balls greatest record it was thought
that the sky had been reached, but
when he took hold of so last year the
critics we're willing to admit that
nothing is impossible for the Babe.
The same looks to be the case with
Sabin Carr, Yales great pole vaulter.
who made the experts gasp when he
cleared the bar last year at IA feet.
When the boys started getting over
at 13 feet the critics thought the root
had been nailed on When Carr
boosted the marks up to "A feet
coaches figured it the limit.
But Carr came along just few
nights ago at the A. A. U. indoor
championship meet and did IA feet,
inch To do that indoors is doing
something.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09
CAFE OWNER RECOVERING

PHOENIX, March g dP)-Fred VIII
liams, cafe owner here, shot through
the abdomen recently in gun battle
with Hack Hunter, alleged highway
man, is recovering, according to a
report today.
Hunter, shot in the head during the
gun fight, is held in the county jail
on charges OF lN'obery ana assault
with intent to commit murder.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-03-09

shade of a tin-roofed shack, drinking
water and discussing the race.
Ed Gardner, Seattle negro and VIM
ner of yesterdays 33.1 mile lap from
Victorville to Barstow, fell far behind
&oday, Twenty miles out he was trav-
cling along at slow gain in twenty
second position.
Beginning with eighth place, the
other leaders today finished in this
order.