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The Washington times., 1929-08-01

This ardent champion Of COM
fort was voicing an opinion. the
influence Of which has done more
to spoil or retard the development
Of latent golfing talent than all
physical faults and fallacies con-
corning the game combined.
Comfort, of course. is the pri
mary thought OF the average easy
going player at any game. and in
golf the quest of comfort Is espe-
cially conspicuous. 1t is frequently
carried to comedy or farcial ex-
tents, as we teachers Of the game
know full well.
And yet, q reasonable degree
of comfort is needed and can be
attained, but not by lacEadaisi.
cal, comfortable methods.
There are certain decidedly un-
comfortable details OF golf that
must be mastered il one means to
play well.
For example. the most comfortable
way to swing is to get the right
elbow higher than the right shoul-
der at the top Of the swing. But
that is wrong and it produces
neither long nor accurate drives.
Everyone who has tried it knows
that lit is most comfortable to have
the right hand far under in grip
ping a club. But such a faulty
grip results almost invariably in
pulled shots.
Numerous other instances might
be cited to show that the correct
way of playing golf is essentially
way of playing golf, |. e.. from the
MOST comfortable positions.
However. most beginners and
many who have been clubbing"
about the links for yeaAs, take golf
too easily at first. At an early
stage, they decide that they have
certain individual styles (com-
fort being their chief criterionl.
and SO go on hooking and slicing
ad infinitum.
And how easy ii In to hook
and slice, except when q player
wants to do so! Such errors are
comfortable things to execute.
but the opposite of that when
contemplated.
It is grinly amusing to hear
many, who play but few rounds
of careless golf In the course of a
month, talk quite solemnly abont
my style" this, and my style"
that; when a glance at their play
shows in short that in reality they
have no such thing as style" at
all.
In the first place, genuine style
cannot be acquired without inten-
sive and constant practice; and
even then it still eludes some.
Above all, such steady practice
cannot be comfortable-why even
such fundamental details as the
grip and stance are horribly an
moving to nearly every beginner.
Yet by CLOSING over practice and
sighting fundamentals, because
they are not comfortable, tens of
thousands of players are more or
less thinly disguised buffers for
years and years.
Why many do not even
bother their club professionals
once they have been told the
elementary uses of their clubs
and the locations Of the holes
on the course.
Why bother about further instruc-
tions?
Wen play and. in doing so,
develop our own styles they say
or think
And so another easy going group
of "my-stylistsH saunter forth 70
clog up the fairways, repeating the
errors of the past. confirming them
selves in duffer 'cussedness, and,
at that perhaps. enjoying every.
thing on the links--but their scores!
To improve play forget or com
pleteIy subordinate that comfort
idea. have your pro do his best to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Mrs. George C. Finfrock

Mrs. George c. Finfrock, 48, OF
31O1 Broadway. has been closely
identified with the leagues activi-
ties since the inception Of the man
ager movement in Indianapolis. she
is an ardent advocate of city man
ager principles and led the work
among women of the city in the
referendum election in 1927.
Mrs. Finfrock was born at Gin
cinnati in 1881. and has been a resi-
dent of this city twenty-five years.
She has been affiliated with the
Republican party but never was
candidate for public office.
After graduation from Woodward
high school at Cincinnati she at
tended the University of Cincinnati.
Her husband is Indiana Superln-
tendent of the Sanborn Map Com
pany and is a graduate of the Mich
igan law school.
Mrs. Finfrock has been active IN
Parent-Teacher. League of Women
Voters and Little Theater work.
She was active in Red Cross work
during the war and is member of
the w. c. T. u. and the Unitarian
church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
MORAY PLANS
FAIR EXHIBIT
Ex-Governor Reveals His
Ambition for Future.

New hopes and ambitions today
appeared on the life horizon of War
rem T. McCray, former Indiana gov
nor, when he attended the state fair.
Less than three years ago, Nc
Cray, who served a federal peniten-
tiary sentence at Atlanta, Ga, had
only the ambition to return to his
home at Kentland, Ind, and recon-
mence his farm and stock raising
activities.
Today, as he strolled about the
Playground, viewing exhibits, Nc
Cray said his highest ambition now
is to have an exhibit Of his own at
a future fair.
81 am feeling fine and this is the
best fair ever saw" McCray Smil-
ingly remarked. This is a good, old
stornping ground for me and 1 hope
I'll be able to have an exhibit of
my own at an Indiana fair soon.
Yes, sir, the Playground looks mighty
good
Persons who talked with McCray
said he seemed in the best of health,
which McCray himself confirmed.
He was president of the fair board
two years before he was convicted
and sentenced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Father and Son Race to Win
Honor of Being First to Solo

erty, Sc, commanding officer, Eighty
fourth division reserve corps, will
win even if he loses, has arisen in
the Qougherty family.
The colonel, a flying student of
Curtiss Flying Service of Indiana, is
striving nightly to master the in
tricacies of landing and taking off
IN order to take his first solo flight
before his son Jack, 20, beats him.
Jack, "a chip off the old block" also
is student at the CurtisS school,
and a mighty good one, according
to Earl w. Sweeney, instructor.
II have flown, off and on, since
last January while on business trips
by air." the elder Dougherty ex-
planned. while I have often taken
the controls in the air, and even
have Topped the loop and done other
tricks, I never have tried to land or
take off.
81 am starting right now to learn
that too, so 1 can solo before Jack.
But even if I lose, I'll be mighty
proud of Jack. He's a great boy"
Jack has had only four or five
lessons, but is spending most of his
time at the airport to solo before
he enters the University of Illinois
this fall. .
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
PARK SHELTER
HOUSE WANTED
Delegations Petition Tax
Board for Approval.

A $4,000 bond issue for erection
of a shelter house at Christian park
today bore the tentative approval
of the state tax board.
Nearly 100 residents Of the south
east section, mostly women, ap-
peared before the tax hoard in the
house of representatives. Tuesday
afternoon to plead for the project.
The issue is by the Indianapolis
park district. Park Commissioner
Michael Foley and Walter Jarvis,
superintendent of parks, appeared
in it's support.
According to Lee Burns, architect,
Of the firm of Burns ard James, the
plans will permit expansion to in
clude gymnasium. The first struc-
ture will contain club rooms, rest
rooms and an auditorium and play
ROOM
Mrs. Edna M. Christian, who, with
her husband, the late Wilmer G..
Christian, donated the park, ap-
peared. She said the shelter house
will resemble the old Christian
homestead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Ellsworth Elmer Heller

Ellsworth Elmer Heller, 81, of 1923
Pleasant street, has been engaged
in the coal business at 1924 Fletcher
avenue for twenty-seven years. He
formerly operated a grocery on the
south side.
He was born in Fayette county,
Indiana, in 1862, coming to Indian
apolis more than a half century ago.
He was graduated from the Tailholt
high school. He has been active in
south side activities but never was
a candidate for public Office. He is
Republican.
Heller is a member of the First
Baptist church, Masonic and I. O..
o. F. lodges, Sons of Veterans, is
former president of the city and
state coal dealer associations and
now is president of the Southeastern
Savings and Loan Association, 1701
Prospect street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
CITY SUES CITIZENS
Foreclosure for Street Paw
ing Is Asked.

Suit to foreclose assessments on
twenty-five Arlington avenue prop
erty holders was filed Tuesday in
Marion circuit court by the city of
Indianapolis. Attorney fees of $25
from each defendant also are asked.
The assessments we're for improving
South Arlington avenue in 1924.
The petitions aver no remon-
strances were filed against the
project.
Defendants are Robert Brookout,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Brooks, David
Buskirk, Elizabeth House, Harriet
Fleener, Ida Fleener, Harry Fleener,
Alexander Dorman, Mary Dunn,
Matilda Griffin, Mr.. and Mrs. John
E. Hurley, the Miller Products Com
pany, Hugh D. Mcconnell, Mary
O'Connell, Horace H. Page, Maggie
E. Patterson, Marion L. Sheperd and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Holt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Henry MCCabe Downing

For twenty-five years Henry Nc
Cabe Bowling. ST. of 1856 Wash
ington boulevard, has engaged in
the practice of law in indianapolis.
He was born at New Albany, Ind.
in 1872. and came to Indianapolis
in 1896. Bowling is a Republican
and served two terms as assistant
encouragement and term on the
railroad commission under Governor
Hanly. He never before has been a
candidate for public Office.
After graduation from De Paw
university. he attended Harvard
law school. He is a member Of the
First Presbyterian church. Indian
apoliS Literary Club. Delta Kappa
Epsilon and the state and city bar
associations. His Offices are at ITO
Fletcher Savings and Trust build
ing.
Although he has not been con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
William Henry InSIey

From a S. week job as a gro
Gerry clerk thirty-seven years ago,
William Henry Insley, SO, of AS
North Audubon road, has risen to
the position of president and gen.
eral manager of the 1nsley Manu-
featuring Company, Olney and st.
Clair streets.
Insley was born on a farm in
Fountain county and taught IN a
country school before coming to
indianapolis thirty-seven years ago.
He attended De PAW university
and received an engineering educa-
tioon at Rose Polytechnic institute.
He is a Republican but never held
public office.
AS chairman of the City Man
ager Leagues executive committee,
Insley has been prominent In the
movement to bring about adoption
of a successful city manager form
of government. He was an election
commissioner, representing the city
manager forces, in the referendum
election in 1927.
He is a member of the 1rvlngton
Methodist church, Little Theater
society, Masonic lodge, Indianapolis
Art Association, Society of Indiana
Pioneers and professional engineer
ing organizations. Insley has been
active in Community Fund and
Family Welfare society activities
He served as consulting engineer
for Indiana in the United States
fuel administration and as Indiana
chairman of the resources and con-
version section of war resources
commission, U. S. A.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
H. Nathan Swain

Hardness Nathan Swain, 80, OF
1925 West Thirty-sixth street, was
a candidate for judge of the Marion
probate court on the Democratic
ticket in 1925. He is an attorney
and has Offices with James M. Og-
den, Indiana encouragement, at
GIL State Life building.
For thirteen years he has prac-
ticed law in indianapolis. He was
born at louisville, Ind, and at
tended De Paw university and
University of Chicago.
He is a member of the Methodist
church. Sigma M fraternity, Phi
Delta Phi, and Order of the Golf,
legal fraternities the Masonic lodge
and city and state bar associations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
John Franklin White

John Franklin White, rs, of 1545
Lexington avenue, Democratic city
councilman and south side CIVIC
leader, has spent more than nifty
wears of his coIorful career in In
dianapolis. He is the Oldest city
councilman to serve in recent years.
He was born in 1853 in Charlotte,
Mich. and is a product of the Little
Red School House" Since coming
to indianapolis a half century ago
he has participated in many phases
of public life and is regarded as an
outstanding leader in the movement
for better city government. He IS
a member of the league executive
committee but took up the fight Tor
businesslike government and eStab-
lishment of the civil service prln-
ciple in city affairs before the in
ception of the local league move
ment.
The city council chose White to
fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of a south side city council
man who was indicted in the city
hall bribery scandal in 1927 White
served on the first city council Or
ganized under the present Federal
charter in 1891, during the term OF
Mayor Thomas L. Sullivan. In 1913
he was a candidate for the school
board on the Citizens ticket.
White was member of the police
civil service commission during the
Duvan regime and was instrumental
in the establishment of civil service
rules in the police and fire depart
ments but resigned the city post
when politics supplanted the merit
system. ,
Before hi: retirement he operated
the Sterling laundry for eighteen
years. Prior to that he was a
iourneyman printer in indianapolis
and at one time published news
papers in Cambridge City and
Haserstown, Ind. Early residents
remember him for his fight on be-
half of organized labor from 1880
to 1900. He is member OF the
typographical Union and Masonic
lodge. but is not affiliated with any
church.
White served as president of the
Federation of Community CIVIC
Clubs for two terms, director of the
Family Welfare society for twelve
wears and chairman of the Indian
apolis Free Employment bureau
under the Indianapolis Foundation.
His latest civic venture is the In
dianapolis Smoke Abatement League
of which he is chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
BOND ISSUES
ARE RENEWED
Seven Funds for Paving
Jobs Discussed.

Seven Marion county proposed
bond issues were reviewed by the
state tax board Tuesday.
Willis Nusbaum, attorney for the
Indiana Taxpayers Association, ap-
peared in behalf of four highway
issues. and presented objections to
two others.
Those recommended by the asso-
citation we're: Charles B. Wright,
county unit road, resurfacing Key
stone avenue, $4,000; w. o. KIM
berlin road, Thirty eighth street, be-
tween Eastern and Emerson ave-
nues; Earl Hughes road, Holt ave-
nue., between the National highway
and Morris street, and Frank Stuck
county unit road, Troy avenue, re-
surfacing and widening.
A delegation appeared favoring a
petition for a $31, 900 issue for a new
eighteen-foot pavement on Hobart
street, between Churchman avenue
and Bethel avenue. Center township
would pay for the road, according
to Merrill NToores, who headed the
petition. Moore said that through
a mistake several years ago Perkins
street, a block away, was paved in
stead of Hobart street.
Hearing was to be held this after
noon on an issue of $4,000 for paw
ing of the Thomas Wynn road,
West Forty-second street, between
Meyers road and Kessler boulevard.
The Indiana Taxpayers Association
objected to both proposals.
The petition of the Indianapolis
park district for $4,000 issue for
a community building in Christian
park also was presented.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
SINCLAIR MAKES
SLOW PROGRESS
FOR CLEMENCY
President May Not Receive
Petition Until Nearly
Time for Release.
BY HERBERT LITTLE
United Press staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Harry
F, Sinclair, the oil man serving a
sentence in District of Columbia
jail, is making very slow progress in
his campaign for White House Glenn
ency.
Today, more than two weeks after
Sinclair appealed for commuta-
ton of sentence on grounds of ILL.,
ealth, Justice Fdereick L. Siddons
had not acted on his petition, &C
cording to the office of United States
District Attorney Leo A. Rover.
Sinclair's sentence will expire early
in November, if the usual five days
month for good conduct is taken
off, so that if the red tape is not
unwound fast, the petition will not
reach President Hoover until nearly
time for his release.
The petition must be passed on
by United States Attorney Rover
and Attorney General Mitchell, in
addition to Justice Siddons, who
presided at Sinclair's trial on charges
of contempt of court.
Rover also has indicated he will
put it before Justice Peyton Gordon,
who, as United States attorney,
prosecuted Sinclair and his jury
shadowing associates, Henry Ma
son Day, William j. Burns and w.
Sherman Burns.
Days sentence of four months will
end during October. Sinclair'S six
month sentence started earlier, over
tapping a three-month sentence he
was given for contempt of the sem
ofo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
TAXES INCREASE
August Collections in State
$1,664, PAS.

Gasoline tax collections increased
A per cent during August, as COM
pared to August last year, accord to
figures made public today by Lee
land Fishback, state gasoline tax
collector.
Refunds, however, were greater
than any previous month in the his
tory of the department, he said.
Total collections for August this
year were $1,664, 246.03, a gain of
$498, 151.73 over the 1923 figure. Re-
funds for the month were $130, 94227
on 1923 claims.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
GROUP SESSIONS
FEATURE DAY
FOR TEACHERS
America Facing Economic
Peasantry, Professor
Schultz Declares.

Group sessions dealing With vari-
Gus phases of public school work
were on today's program for the
1000 teachers attending the Indi-
annapolis teachers institute at Short
ridge high school.
Europeans look upon America as
a materialistic nation without re-
gard for spiritual, esthetic, or moral
values" declared DR.. j. Raymond
Shutz, head of the department Of
sociology OF Manchester college,
North Manchester, Tuesday after
noon in Caleb Mills hall.
He repudiated European charges
that education in America is by the
mass production method" but en-
phasized the need for more atten-
ton to spiritual, esthetic and moral
values in our educational program.
Fear that American agriculture is
headed toward an economic stage
of peasantry was expressed by DR..
ShutZ.
"Thirty-seven per cent of Indiana
farms are in control OF absentee
landlords, and if the present trend
continues in agriculture, we are rea-
sonably sure of having peasant
system in America" he said.
Large industries and chain organi-
cations are drawing money from
smaller cities and rural communities
so rapidly it is seriously affecting
the tax valuation, he pointed out.
"Such organizations do not pay
taxes in the communities in which
they are located, and this is going
to hinder education by lessening
available funds for it"
The institute will continue Thurs
day and Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04

Biographical sketches of the
seven candidates for city commits
sioners Endorsed today by the In
dianapolis City Manager League are
publisher here. The Times urges
its readers to preserve these sketches
for careful consideration as the
date of the city commissioner cleo
ton, Nov. 5, approaches.
The who's Who" of the candl-
dates Endorsed by the league:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04

West Ohio street, and the son of
John R. WEIGH, member of the
league executive committee. He
joined the business of his father
seventeen years ago after attending
Cathedral Parochial school and
Notre Dame university.
He is a Democrat and was a can
didate for the legislature in 1929,
having the Endorsement of the City
Manager League. He is a member
of st. Joan of Arc Catholic church,
Elks Club and knights of Columbus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
BOY TAKES DARE
GOES TO HIS DEATH
Lad Touches High Tension
Wire, Topples to Doom
From TreStIe.

A dime reward and a boy who
always took a dare placed an under
takers wreath today on the door of
the home at 3244 West Washington
street.
For while neighborhood boys
played banter" today-challenged
each other to acrobatic featS-the
boy who had always "bantered"
them, Fred Meier, 8, Of 3244 West
Washington street, had been ban
tered" by death.
Meier and a group of youths were
playing Tuesday afternoon near the
T. H., I. e. E. trestle over Eagle
creek.
They dared Fred" related James
Lloyd, IL, of 3248 West Washington
street, ito climb across steel cross
beam of the treSle. knew he'd take
the dare for he would do almost
anything. Some one offered him 10
cents to do it. I'll give you a dime,
too the other boys yelled. He tried
to do it"
Lloyd told how Meier crawled on
top of the trestle. He said as Fred
reached midway of the bridge he
touched high tension wire for sup
portland the tragedy occurred.
The wires voltage knocked the boy
off the trestle top, his head struck
q ~ he 10 n
into Eagle creek.
Youths playing near the creek
bank rescued him from the water.
He was given emergency treatment
and taken to city hospital, where he
died from skull fracture late Tues
day night.
He was the son of Ned Meier, an
employe Of the Deusenberg Motor
COMPANY,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
DRIVER IS SENTENCED
Detroit Man Gets Terms for IN
toxicated Operations"

Robert Shaw of Detroit Tuesday
began serving a thirty-day sentence
on the Indiana state farm follow
ing conviction in Municipal Judge
paul C. Wetter's court Monday on
a drunk-driving charge.
Shaw was arrested Sunday after
his car wobbled crafty in the $500
block North Meridian street.
Thomas Vail, So, New York City,
said TO have confessed holding up
= restaurant at 1549 North Illinois
street Saturday, was bound over to
the grand Jury by Municipal Judge
clifton r. Cameron Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to the police
as stolen are:
Thomas R. West, zoos Congress
avenue. Ford roadster, 561-972, from
the state fair ground.
Walter Sands, 808 South Noble
street. Nash coach. 99-798, from
Pearl and East streets.
G. H. Robbins, 1927 West Twenty
third street, Ford roadster, 65-O28,
from Washington street and Senate
avenue.
Police Chief Mulvihill of Green
field. Ind. reports Chrysler coupe,
556-5O6, stolen from Greenfield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
SOLONS keep COOL
New Washed Air System
Installed in Senate.

BIZ Scripps- HoWQrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Sept. Allow
ever hot the tariff fights get, the
senate will remain cool.
A new washed-air system installed
during the summer at a cost of
$124, 900 in the senate chamber will
keep the chamber and galleries at
approximately Is degrees, whatever
the outside temperature.
1t also supplies fresh air to the
senate and the occupants of the gal
leries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Young MOtOrist Killed

BIZ Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 4
John Mckinley, 20, was killed when
the automobile he was driving
turned over twice on the National
road west of Brazil. He was an
employe of an undertaking firm
here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Negro Faces Charges

Henry Bremen, Al, Negro. re-
Gently released from the Indiana
state farm, was arrested on Tuesday
night when Patrolman j. F. Wilson
saw him in an automobile belong
ing to Charles Erber. 235 Dixon
street. He is alleged to have taken
a fiashlight from the auto.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Postal Receipts Gain

Increase of SAB per cent in postal
receipts for August, compared with
August, 1928, was reported Tuesday
by Postmaster Robert H. Bryson. The
increase, amounting to $18,897, was
due principally to better business
conditions. BrySon said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-04
Naval Plane Is Wrecked

LONG BEACH, Cal, Sept. A.
Three navy fiers were injured
slightly when the amphihian plane
1J2 upset in a forced landing here
Tuesday. The plane was wrecked.