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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-14
SANDLOT GAMES
At TRACTIVE

With the end Of the sandlot base.
ball season rapidly approaching
some high class attractions are on
the card for tomorrow. Perhaps
the choicest morsel Of the lot will
be served up to the fans who att tend
the Dixie Pig-St. Joe game on the
North Ellipse at 3 o'clock with the
Capital City League unlimited
championship IN the balance.
The Saints and Dixie PIGS have
their full strength for this aIl.im-
pOrtant contest and Iii promises to
be one Of the best OF the year.
The washington Red Sox are TO
meet Laurel. Nd, at Laurel. Lefty
Brown is scheduled to hurl for the
local nine. The Red Sox feel that
they have logical claim to the
local independent title and are
willing to meet any claimants for
the championship In single game,
three or fivc.game series.
The Prince Georges county
title viii be the reward to the
winner Of the Bowie Mot0r.Nt.
Rainier double header at Mt.
Rainier tomorrow. The teams
are deadIOclked for the title.
In case they split single game
play.Off win be scheduled.
The Phoenix Al. G. nine Ii sched.
uled to journey to Damascus for
a game with the town team tomor.
row and would like to meet any
of the following mines, st. Marys
Celtics, Georgetown A. c., Wash
ington Red Sox. The HILTON A. q.
and the A. B. and w. Busnlen will
meet on the Arlington diamond
also tomorrow.
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Mohawk Candidates
TO Workout Tomorrow

The Mohawks football team. un.
limited champions, win add top
notch college stars to its roster
this season.
With championship aspirations
again in store, the Mohawk candi.
oates will report to the clubhouse
az Z O'Clock Tuesdays and Thurs
Gays and Sunday mornings az 10
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.Charest in Veterans
Singles Finals Today

FOREST HILLS, N. r., Sept. IL.
Clarence M. ,Charest, 46.year.old and
asone-armed District singles cham.
plon. advanced to the finals Of the
veterans singles tennis champion.
ship, by defeating III. III. Bassford,
OF ScarsdaIe, N. r, the 1928 cham.
pion. In the semifinal round.
The District net marvel dropped
the first set to the defending cham.
pion, 2-s, but came back strong
and annexed the next two sets,
60, 6--S.
Charest viii clash with J. B.
IAdorie, in. OF Dallas. Tex, in, the
finals today.
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swing. OVERRIDING it win have
just as bad a result as letting
the elbows flop around loose. The
correct manner Is this: In the
address your left arm win hang
entirely free from your body.
There can be just slight curve
In the elbow. Then your right
arm. reaching across, should find
your right elbow either Just graz.
ing your hip, or missing grazing
1t by half an inch or maybe an
inch. The right arm can also
be Just slightly curved at the
elbow. That Is. neither arm
should be rarn-rod stiff either now
nor at any other point in the
swing. Then keep the arms and
elbows to that position until the
club has been started away ana
has drifted around.
Copyright 1929 by John r sDflla "a !
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HagerstOwn Takes Lead
In Blue Ridge Series

HAGERSTOWN, Sept. 14.---IIa.
gerst6wn took the lead over Martins
burg in the Blue Ridge League
play.off sereies yesterday when Reg.
gle Rawlings hit home run in
the tenth inning to give the Hubs
a 5.to.4 victory. =
Hagerstown has won three games
to two for the Blue Sox, with whom
Rawlings formerly played. The sixth
game will be played In Martinsburg
today. :.
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CANOE SAIL 0RS
MEET SEPT. z

During the past year there has
been revival OF interest in canoe
sailing in Washington, resulting in
the formation of the Sailing Club,
devoted to the promotion of this
sport and in the holding OF a mum.
Der Of spirited contests, sponsored by
the Sailing Club itself and by local
aquatic organizations.
On September % Washington
Canoe Club will be, the host at an
open regatta consisting 81 three
races. The first will be for canoe j
OF unlimited sail area, the second
canoes rugged with single sail of
80 square feet or less ana the third
for canoes rugged with two or more
sails, total said area 80 feet or less.
Members Of the Sailing Club,
other local aquatic organizations
and unattached canoe sailors will
be cordially welcomed and Il d
confidently expected that an lIn.
precedented fleet win face the
starter. The Washington Canoe
Club has provided prizes for
those finishing first, second and
third In each event.
Entries In all three events have
been received from e. s. SHEPARD,
Washington Canoe Club; T.. ". Haz.
card, Colonial Canoe Club; DR.. and
Mrs. j. 81. Hurst. unattached; X. q.
Toms, unattached; e. s. McGuiggan.
Washington Canoe Club; James
Wood, unattached; o. Kangiesser.
Washington Canoe Club.
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/. While / have
been urging
you to learn
to keep your
elbows in dur.
ing the initial
part OF the
back swing, at
the same time
there is a limit
to how tightly
YOU keep them
IN. lou 90 not
freeze" them
against your
81 de You
must not jam
them In there
tight and close,
and expect to
fpaolgA A.-a
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WILMER IS FIND
Or NIKE KELLEY

CAPE MAY, Sept. II. - Mike.
Kelley. former Holy Cross football
star, who gained fame by producing
many : good football team while
coach at Washington Central High
School. had 4 way all Of his own
OF uncovering qparterbacka for his.
schooiboy elevens.
It so happens that this method
used BY Mr.. Kelley gave college foot.
ball very promising quarterback
and It also gave Pennsylvania it
signal caller for the cemink season.
Back during the season Of 1924,
Washington Central was rebuilding
after losing many Of its best men.
Coach Kelley was hard pressed for
rowing center and q quarterback.
He shifted husky little fellow
named Wilmer from end to center
and Mort, who was then q 1885,
FOUNDER. was found backing up the
line.
The quarterback situation became
more and more Of d problem rs the
opening OF the season neared.
Finally the coach was forced to so
up into the class rooms to seek
quarterback. In looking over the
marks OF the various members of
the team he came upon Mort Will
ner's record.
That was enough, for the
same afternoon Mort was told
20 report for quarterback. Even
since that time the Quaker
baseball captain has been cal.
ing plays for football teams.
This year he seems ready 10 ret
his biz chance In handling the
Penn varsity.
After year at quarterback dur.
Ing his junior year Wilmer decided
to step out during the next summer
50 he attended Knute Rockne'n
football school where he claims to
have really learned his football.
Wilmer feels that he owes 4 great
deal to the Notre Dame coach, as
the famed mentor gave him the
ground work that has aided him
ever since. Mort has always wanted
to 80 back to this summer school.
but has never been able Is find
time.
During his senior year In high
school Wilmer starred ut quarter.
back on one OF the best teams
Washington Central has had N !
long time. The Capital City boys
lost only one game and ran up 4
great record In eight victories.
Mort broke In during the Cornell
freshmen game at Pennsylvania and
since then he has served as an
underStudy to Johnny Shober. This
year nothing seems between Wilmer
and the regular position.
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SASSCER BROS.
MAY MEET

The finals OF the Rolling Road
Clubs invitation tourney In Balti
more today may have 4 brother
aspect. Leroy Sasscer. Of Indian
Spring Club, and Tom Sasscer, 81
Baltimore. played their semifinal
rounds this morning.
Leroy, the only WashInRtonian
left In the championships flirht
faced Harry IA. Wizotskey. Of the
York pal Club, and brother Ton
opposed J.. 8. Grimes, Maryland
State champion,
Leroy Sasscer reached the semi
finals by eliminating Alex M. Knapp
up, after having disposed Of ~,
Byrn Curtiss. Of Indian Spring and
Inedalist, 4 and 3. in the first round.
Tom Sasseer was carried III the
nineteenth green before defeatina
w. D. Waxters III, ! up, III the
first round.
Knapp. who yielded 10 Leroy
Sasscer. measured DR.. Larry q.
Oteli. Of Indian Spring. and 3,
~ the first round. Talbot r.
Speefs Of the Baltimore Country
Club, eliminated j. "A. Cox, 81
Argyle. 3 and .. IN the first
round.
Grimes put out volney Burnett. OF
Beaver Dam, and 3. In the first
round, and Page Hufty, OF Congress.
sional, disposed of John w. Owens.
Of Columbia, ! mp. in 20 holes. Hufty,
however, fell before Jack Gaines, i
up, in the second round.
Karl II. Kellerman,. OF Columbia Il
playing in the semifinaIs Of the
second flight. He won over Com.
mander Popham. of the Naval Acad.
envy, 4 and :, and d. B. Miller, jr.,
4 up.
A. 3. Gardiner. Of Columbia.
and his son failed to survive the
first round In the third sixteen.
y. A. Owens, Of Columbia, gained
the semiflnals Of the fourth
flight.
Harry G. Pitt, Of the Manor Club,
won the low gross prize OF the
kiwanis Club tourney yesterday at
Congressional with q score of ~.
r. Lester Rose was second with n,
and 9. II. Pardoe third with 90.
The low net prize went to Barge
P. Hartz, 80, 81. Charles a.
German took second low net with
$40, "A, and Harry Allen and
David H. Roberts tied for third prize
with rs. Allen had a handicap OF S5
and Roberts q 90 handicap.
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PRACTlcE IoM0RRnW

Football candidates for the Notre
Dame Props viii practice it Rose
lale Fairgrounds tomorrow morning
t 10 o'clock All members are
'equested to report.
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PICK WOMEN GOLFERS FOR RICHMOND
c. j. S0PHONDRES Fl ASH
FOOTBALL STRENGTH
BY Kirk Miller
Times sports EDITOR

49, - s J, p ~; sI pO s.. q george
holding down that many Of the IL positions looms today in
view Of the final scrmmage with Temple University wherein
they performed like seasoned sent their coaches
back to Ocean City for todays two final workouts in
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PRESS CARDS DRILL

The National Press Building Cardi.
nails football eleven win drill TO.
morrow morning a. II o'clock on
Diamond No, .. An players ana
new candidates are urged to report.
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IRISH POLO TEAM

With the two Baldings, Cecil and
GeraldI and the two Roarks, Capt.
G. 7. !, and Alden, 1t would not be
surprising to see Ireland enter In
ternational polo competition before
long.
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HARTF0RDS EAGER

Buddy Beall. manager OF the
Hartford Senior nine, would Ike to
hear from some strong senior team.
CAN at Columbia e5sS.
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'HYATTSVILLE SLATED

Hyattsville nine journeys to
Galesvilie to clash with the tea s,
Of that town tomorrow afternoon
at : o'clock.
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PLAYERS OUTING

The w. r. and n. baseball team
viii hold an outing for players and
families at Waterloo Farm tomor.
row.
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Mrs. Haynes DEPARTS
late THIS MONTH
FOR TITLE PLAY
By George a. simpaon

The District golfers who oppose Richmond
Wcmens team at the Country Club Of Richmond Va,
Tuesday has been selected by Mrs Marvin Haynes
captain and chairman of the ntercy matches arranged
District Wnmeu's Golf Assncatinn
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POL0ISTS meet
F0R OPEN TITLE

WEsTBURY. N. r, Sept. IA.
Bringing the 1929 polo season to an.
end, Tommy Hitchcock's Sands
Point quartet and Laddie sanford ]
Anglo.American Hurricanes viii
meet this afternoon on international
Field here to decide the open cham.
pionship OF the United States.
Sands Point reached the final
round by wins over the Eastcotts
and Greetree. The Hurricanes drew
q bye In the first bracket and de-
feated Roslyn in the second to go
into the finals.
HitchcOck's outfit Is an over
whelming fav0rite 10 take the
title, due largely to their play
In the Monty Waterbury Tour.
nament which has been running
at the same time OF the open.
In this tourney the Hurricanes
went out at the hands Of Greentree.
an outfit that was easily defeated
by Sands Point.
Both Of the finalists have won
the open, Sands Point winning in
1927 while the Hurricanes were vic.
torious in 1926.
The lineup,
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HAWK PREPS WORK

The Mohawks Props football
eleven win hold light drill to.
morrow morning at 1850 o'clock at
Virginia Avenue Fairgrounds. a All
players are urged to report promptly
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Football Camps

EVANSTON, Ill, Sept. 14--wai.
ter Homer, captain Of the North
western University football team
last year, today announced that he
win remain at Northwestern as as
sistant football coach rather than
play professional football as he had
at first intended.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Sept. L.
An assistant football coach at the
University Of Minnesota for the past
"A years, Sig Harris today an.
nounced that he was leaving his
post due to the press OF other
duties.
CHICAGO, Sept. twin
Two varsity teams participating,
the first football scEimmage 81
tne season was scheduled 1t
Loyola University for today.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-colun,bia
has adopted touch football "a
means of improving the backs al
broken field running and also to
Increase the agility Of the line
men.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Sept. IA
scrimmage under game conditions
between the tentative Navy varsity
ana the strong plebe eleven Is
scheduled for today. Coach Ingra.
ham has shifted his backfield. re.
placing Bauer and Clifton with
Castree and Antrim.
FARMINGDALE. N. 7. Sent
14.-At the end Of two weeks
work Coach Chick Meehan Is
well pleased with the condition
OF his New York University
football squad. But he warned
the men against any feeling Of
over-confidence.
CAPE MAY, N. u, sent. IL.
Pennsylvania will not have TO worry
about the center position this year.
Judging from the early work OF
Harry Dixie Warren. The Louiei.
ana boy has been going strong
every day and looks Ike a capable
successor to Leon Westgate, 1925
star pivot man.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. Sept. Ia.
Yale's football camp became scene
of action today as the coaches, man.
ageres and assistants arrived for
work. News that Freddie Loesser,
star center Of last year. has recov.
cred from automobile injuries and
viii play this year makes Yaless
prospects much brighter.
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|INSID s.
Col
| BY Chester Horinn

Concerning the elbow position at
the start of the back swing, you
beginners must understand that,
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PITCHING RECORD
LYONS DRILL

Clarendon-Lyon football team
viii hold its initial practice tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock on the
Lyons Field, Clarendon, Va. Old
and new men are urged to report.
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As an example OF how pleased
Little was with Fridays scrimmage
against the Owls, he entered the
dining hall at the Southern Hotel
night night and, tapping sugar
bowl for order, told the players
they might remain on the Boardwalk
until II p. m. instead Of being under
their covers at 10. the customary
hour for retiring. Those who know
Lou Little understand he Is q man
who doesn't proffer such liberties
unless they are genuinely deserved.
The showing at end OF Bob Bren.
nan Is probably the greatest revelar
ton that has come TO the coaches.
whereas ii had looked before yester.
day az though Louis ParIette and
Bob Flood might capture that vacant
end berth on the other side from
Provincial, there will be nothing to
the Job II Brennan keeps going the
way he did against Temple.
He repeatedly took out Big Boy
Kramer, the Temple giant, and this
became 20 embarrassing to the Owl
coaches they speedily withdrew
Kramer and sent in q slightly smaller
player, who didn't fare any better
against Brennan.
The team enumerated above de.
voted 20 minutes with the ball IN
its possession and broke through
Temples heavier line at least ~
times for gains, which, had not
the whistle blown, would have
cleared the goal line after time.
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CHICAGO. Sept. 14.-With
two varsity teams particiuatInr.
the first football scEimmage 81
the season was scheduled II
LOyOla University for today.
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Bob Brennan, Pawtucket, r, l.,
end; Bill KataIinas, Shenandoah,
Pa, guard; Morris DubofsIry, Hart
ford. Conn, guard, and Roy Bor-
deau, North Bangor, N. r.. full.
back, compose the sophomore quar-
tet which impressed itself In the
final drill with Temple.
& Those four, with Morris at cen
ter, DriscolI and LIston. tackles;
Provincial, end; Leary, quarter.
back, and Maczees and Schmi5
halves, were thrown at Temple and
1t 10 not exaggerating the truth in
the least to report that defensively
and extensively they played rlngs
around the Philadelphia collegians.
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z
The Washington team will con-,
hist OF Mrs, j. Marvin Haynes. Of
Columbia. AS captain; Mrs. Frank
Keefer, or Chevy Chase; Mrs. vii.
liam 8. corby. Of Columbia; Mrs.
Frank Tomlinson, club champion Of
Columbia; Mrs. George Parker. Of
Columbia: Mrs. ]. E. Gross, Indian
Spring; Mrs. Monroe Miller. Con.
gressional. and Mrs. L. 4. Steele.
Indian Spring.
The players will depart Monday
afternoon for Richmond as the.
matches are scheduled to begin at
p:30 o'clock on Tuesday morning.
The team named is perhaps not rep
aesentatiye of the best women golfers
here, but some of the leading fair
players could not find time to make
the trip to Richmond.
Mrs. Haynes is in New York
where she has been gOIfing with
friends and win return to the
Capital tonight or tomorrow. She
plans to leave September % or
rs for the Oakland Hills COun-
try Club In Detroit. where she
win attempt to qualify for the
national wOmeil's golf champion.
ship on September 80. I'll
Mrs. Haynes missed out by three
strokes last year at Hot Springs, Va,
when she carded "a, No. score higher
than 81 has ever qualified for match
play In the last three women's cham.
pionships.
The Columbia fair star, however,
has an exceedingly fine chance to
make the grade this year. She has
been playing well, particularly az
columbia and should quality. II she
will only play the game capable
OF her and not allow the nervous
tension to upset her.
Mrs. Haynes best performance
this year was a round of 81, scored
from the back tees at Columbia.
And the sorrowing part is that
Mrs. Haynes could easily nave
turned in a rs had she not pom
dered too much on the possible
score. She needed 3, 4, Tor 20
and that knowledge was acid as she
finished with 4, S, 5.
she drove into the ditch at the
sixteenth. something that Mrs.
HAYNES seldom does as she is un-
;errir,g with her drives. She attri.
biltes her shortcomings on those
last three holes to excitedness and
the fact that she was pressing her
shots.
The Oak Hills layout Is long,
measuring about s 800 yards and
is said to be extremely diff.
cult. Mrs. Haynes is going out
there in advance to have few
practice rounds before the
tourney opens.
Golfers as yet unentered in the.
annual Bannockburn invitation
event have their last chance 70
do so tomorrow. Chairman Fred
Byrne stated today that the entries
will close tomorrow night at s
o'clock. The entry list has exceeded
the fondest hopes of BannockburR
officials and q successful tourney
Is the prospect.
Bannockburn has some unique
rules for the tourney that work
for the benefit of every entrant
and give all a decent chance at
the prizes. golfer must get into
the flight designated according to
his average or be unable to play.
Golfers Of the Navy Department
and the Naval Academy will prob
ably clash next Saturday in the
third and deciding match of their
series. The Naval Academy play
ers won in the first match con.
tested at Sherwood Forest, but the
- - - /. : 70
tiers in the second struggle held at
Chevy Cha sa
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There are many used car buys" IN
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In 50 doing, the Georgetown
eleven, although Il was not
made mp Of the same men as
when u faced Temple three
days ago, completely reversed
IT. miserable showing Of last
Wednesday, and as q result
Head Coach Lou Little had kind
words 10 say TO the players Is
flley took the field today. In
stead 81 the harsh warnings he
lsstled them following that ter.
rible Initial showing nc Atlantic
City.
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Mrs. Haynes is in New York
where she has been goIfing with
friends and win return to the
Capital tonight or tomorrow. She
plans to leave September % or
26 for the Oakland Hills COuTI-
try Club In Detroit, where she
win attempt to qualify for the
national wOmen's golf champion.
ship on September 30.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Colunabia
has adopted touch football as i
means of improving the backs al
broken field running and also to
Increase the agility Of the line
men.
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The players themselves seemed 10
feel they had done themselves proud
on the invasion Of Atlantic City, for.
despite the fact they had had two
tough sessions, they were dancing
together to victrola music on the
plaza before supper.
The camp Is beginning to take
on an appearance of evacuation.
Coach Herb Kopf has already gone
to washington. Several Of the less
essential substitutes were given per-
mission to leave for Washington by
automobile this morning. A few
Of the boys who live In Pennsyi.
valiia and Jersey have begged off
until Monday to visit their homes
over the weekend
The team will leave Immediately
after breakfast in the morning By
bus for Philadelphia. A stop there
will be made for church services.
The trip to washington will be com.
pleted by rail, over the Baltimore
and Ohio. arriving in the Capital at
:35 D. ms
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An amusing incident OF George
towns offensive play was the fact
that it had stolen" a play OF
Temples which had given the Blue
ana GRAY much trouble last Wednes-
day.. and perfected it in the day
between the scrimmages. 1t was
a short pass behind the line, when
had confused Georgetown no little
on Wednesday. In the middle OF
yesterdays practice, Lou Little gave
the signal for Georgetown to pun
that play, and Temple was as bal.
fled as IL it had never heard OF It
before.
lected his wits and realized what
had happened, he gave his boys
good tongue-lashing. Why, you big
bozos," he said, they pulled one Of
your own plays on you and made
you look like flock of fish.
Meanwhile Little and his fellow
coaches were over on the sidelines
having the laugh Of their life. Mac
ices was throwing forward passes
like q man playing his last year OF
college football and Leary was snag-
cling passes with equal dexterity.
Later on ScaIzi was put in the
backfieId, doing his customary clever
passing. Schmid backed up the line
In naid.season form. Temple was
stopped cold In all Of its efforts to
use the forward pass. Although no
check was kept on the number they
essayed. They didn't complete three
all afternoon. much to the ehagrin
OF thu coaches.
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The Oak Hills layout is long,
measuring about 5000 yards and
Il said to be extremely diff.
cult. Mrs. Haynes Is going out
there In advance to have q few
practice rounds before the
tourney opens.
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Then the same III men turned
the bah over to Temple and de-
fended the line in just rs salts.
factory 1 manner, Temple being
unable to penetrate very often.