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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

Government: Mrs. Anna Moore, Corona,
N. Y, and Mrs. Annabelle Feest, Water
bury, Conn, all Of whom sent greetings
in their States; Mrs. Byron D. Har-
rington, Warrensburg, N. Y; Mrs. j. T.
Nelson, Peoria, III, who, at the invi-
tation of the Governor Of Illinois, un-
yelled the memorial to the Gold Star
Mothers Of Illinois, the ceremony oc-
curing December IL at Springfield;
Mrs. G. H. Springer Of Elgin, Ill, who
was also present at the unwilling; Mrs.
Mary Jane Bates, president of Jackson
unit of the American Gold Star
Mothers, who recently organized the
Kalamazoo. Mich, unit: Mrs. Hattie
Milliman, president of the new unit at
Kalamazoo; Mrs. Ella G. Holmes, Hast
ingS. Nebr.: Mrs. Modesto M. Wolf,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21
American Gold Star
Mothers

The American Gold Star Mothers
held the last regular meeting for 1890
in the blue room Of the Hamilton Ho-
tel on Tuesday evening, the president,
Mrs. George Gordon Seibold. presiding.
After prayer by the chaplain, MRS,
William J. Seelye, the Mothers reSpond-
ed to the honor roll call, which In
cluded the giving OF the name OF her
deceased soldier son. with the service
resulting in his sacrifice.
Mrs Alexander X. Anderson Ae~
companied at the piano as the Mothers
rendered the national anthem,
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he knew whether he had his stuff
There was no sense in him wasting his
strength after having pitched a whole
game just "a hours before.
When Haines walked Gehrig, he and
Hornsby consulted. Then Hornsby went
to the dugout. A moment later the
telephone in the bull pen rang.
Il answered. Hornsby must have
thought it was Alexander, for he said,
All right, come in
81 hung UP the receiver and started
for the pitchers box. But I'd only taken
few steps when the telephone rang
again.
It's Alexander want said Hornsby.
/ want him to pitch against Lazzeri.'
$50 Alec went in.
We'll, it certainly wasn't a soft SPOT.
1t is true that Alec had done well
against Lazzeri in the other games,
but then Tony was about due to get
a break. Also Alec still was tired from
pitching the day before. And, expert
enced though he was, what with a
world championship depending on him,
he was up against new experience.
i don't believe he had a seconds fear.
He struck Lazzeri out on his third
pitched ball and stopped the Yankees
dead for the rest of the game.
Eyes, that was the gamest thing I've
ever seen on a base ball field. At least
never saw anything gamer"
(Copyright, 1907
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was there, too gossiping with Alexan-
der. They knew the facts.
AS for Alexander, it wasn't like him
to ever care what any one said about
him. He was willing to let his record
on the field speak for itself.
The gossip Is only brought up here
for one reason. Willie Sherdel says
that Alexander's act in relieving Haines
and winning the seventh game and the
championship was just about the gamest
and the most sportsmanlike act he ever
saw on a ball field. If the great old
pitcher had steadied his nerves by arti-
fetal means some fools might have the
bad sense to question his gameness.
But the Yankees wouldn't ever be
among these latter. They respected
Alec for what he did and gave him
every credit in the world.
Excepting Alexander, nobody could
tell the story of that historic episode
save Willie Sherdel. OF course, Alex
ander would never talk about himself.
Here Is Willie's account:
1.-The reason you have to give Alec
credit is that he had pitched against
New York the day before and won, 10
to 2. That victory put us all even on
the series.
Manager Hornsby sent Alexander
and me to the bullpen at the start of
the seventh to warm up. The scose
was 3 to in St. Louis favor, but he
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On the Alleys Tonight

F1 HsF,o Goi as Northeast g. Temple
ParE@Sy Fhg sa atss A. ISaEy STRIFE strk vs.
ODD Fellows, League: Section A-Coiumbia
rs; Harmony, Phoenix VS., Washington. Sec
don IS Amty No. T GSefs s Rgs Lang
R %atEhiR VS. WOd adss Al give.
:. North of Washington Mems League: Sec
Section %Wynnew r Park s'0t VS. PsiHi vsr
Spring Qyeing and Cleaning. at Silver
King Pin Business Mems League-Bank
81 o., CSSmmerce VS.. King Pin No. 2, at King
Suburban League-Mutual Cleaning VS..
St Easte Marii Tes at PetSorth p,.r,.
ss taFs Nrbt oWs
EEasns;y vs.. SaamsarteH, at Northeast he St
caPitOl i Hin Lsague-Nayy Yard Us, South
Eastern Star League Brookland ID VS. st.
Pleasant vs. Acacia, Martha VS. Mizpah,
BANKERS Ieseueb qsK sE Vs. riggs Amer
lean Security No. l vs.. National Bank of
Second, Washington Loan & Trust Co No.
I vs. vs., washington S. Loan Trust Co. No. 2,
Northeast Gibbs not scheduiedy. at Arcade ia.
National Capital Press, Washington Typog s.
raphers VS.. Judd & Detweiler, Big Print Shop
Us. Lew Ihayer, Potomac Eectrotype VS. CO.
iumbtan Printing, H-K Advertising VS.. d, G.
Paper Manufacturing, NJ. Joyce Engraving
vs.. Charles H. Potter. Ransdall, Inc. VS.
standard Engraving, Typothetae VS. National
publishing. Model Printing VS. Gibson Bros
PaTker-BraWner VS.. Caslon Press, at Lucky
Merchants Leaeue-Stern VS.. Thompson's
Dairy, w. r. Winslow VS.. Edward w. Minte,
Barber IL Ross VS.. Hugh Reilly, Penn Elec-
trtc US. Skinless Franks, Thompson Bros
Furniture VS.. Sunshine Yeast, National Bis
cult vs. Southern Diaries, at Convention
Federal League-Interstate VS.. City Pos,
once, Treasury No. VS.. p. o. Collections,
Bureau of INVESTIGATION vs. d. G. Firemen
Interior VS.. Public Buildings and Public
Parks, Agriculture VS.. q. p. o., Merchants
Fleet vs. Veterans Bureau, Treasury VS.
Navy Internal Revenue VS.. Post once, al
Plumbing Industry League-Crane VS.
o.Hanlon, Cunningham VS.; Ed Morris. E. d
Plumbers No. 4, Manufacturers vs. Master
Plumbers No 2, at Lucky Strike.
Bakeries League-Wander vs. Rice, Gen.
erel VS.. Dorsch, Hostess VS.. Corby, Holmes
VS.. HolslIm, HoltZbierlein VS.. Homema de
Buttercrust VS.. Hayenner, at Convention
General Counsel Mems League--Athlettcs
Giants, White Sox vs. Robins, National.
Cardinals. Braves VS.. Reds, at Lucky Strike
Agricultural Economics League--Grain We
Finance and Estimates, Farm Name ger1eNt
VS.. Coops, Standards vs.. Fruit and Vege-
tables, Center Market VS.. Color Lakora toIy
| at King Pin Me- A.
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in Keen Scraps Tomorrow Cameras Worth Yet to Be Tested
BUSTING INTO BASEBALL
"HOw I Broke Into the Major Leagues"
BY PAUL WAIVER,
As told BY John r. Mccain.


w YHAT occurred In the shor.
M time between the starting
" hour Of a double -header
and shutdown is all that
saved me from giving up base ball and
going back to my home town, probably
never to play again.
It all took place one afternoon in
an early season game with San Fran
cisco, but had been in q base ball
atmosphere long before that. When I
was a boy my family lived at Harrah,
Okla, and my father, who was q base
ball player with the Oklahoma City
team, used to take q lot of interest
in playing with my older brother,
Ralph, and me, but he didn't seem to
care much about us playing profession
ally.
However, after went to the East
Central Teachers College at Ada, Okla,
I got to be pretty good pitcher and
outf1elder, and then played several
years with the independent team at
Oklahoma City under o. A. Green, the
manager. He was q very good man at
correcting faults, and after three years
with him, he sent me to join the San
Francisco team.
I didn't impress the owners very
much. They planned to release me, but
after Manager Jack (Dots) Miller of
fered to pay my salary If he could own
my contract they decided to hold me
a bit longer. After the season started
though, and the time came to cut down
the player list, they decided to turn me
loose.
Good luck came to my rescue when
two of the outflelderS were injured. So,
during a double-header with Seattle,
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WEEKS RING CARD
/. HAS TWO FEATURES
Camera Takes on Rioux and
Singer Tackles Loayza
on Friday Night.

By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, January PA
IN heavyweight battle at Chicago
with Primo Carera, mammoth
italian, as a featured per-
former, and a lightweight duel at
New York between Al Singer and
Stanislaus Loayza Of Chile provide
hstic fans with their outstanding at
fractions this week.
Camera makes his second American
start against Elzear Rioux, Canadian
heavyweight champion, at the Chicago
Stadium Friday night. Singer and
Loayza will meet in Madison Square
Garden the same night. Both bouts
are scheduled for 10 rounds, but
Camera is expected to finish Rioux
long before the last round is reached
Other bouts on the national schedule
include:
Tonight--At Philadelphia, Billy Jones,
Philadelphia Negro, VS.. Pete Latzo,
VS.. Yale Okun, New York, light heavy
weights, and Gabey Babdad VS.. Pat
Haley, Philadelphia, welterweights, each
10 rounds; at Kansas City, Young Jack
Dillon, Louisville, VS. Chick Rains
Tulsa, and Tiger Johnny Cline, Los
Angeles. VS.. Billy Atkinson, Scam
mon, Kans., all middleweights. each
10 rounds; at Baltimore, CASTOR
Charles, France, VS.. Sidney Lampe,
Baltimore, featherweights, 10 rounds,
and Charles Ernst, France, VS.. Joe
eight rounds; at Louisville, Jackie
Dugan, Louisville, VS.. Babe Peleco, New
York, junior lightweights, and Bill
Thomas, Louisville, VS.. Mickey Berry,
Louisville, middleweightS, each 10
rounds; at New York, ST. Nicholas
Arena, Izzy Grove, New York, VS..
Gorilla Jones, Akron, Ohio, middle
weights, and Tony Vacarelli, New York.
VS.. Steve Gotch, welterweights, each 10
rounds.
Tuesday-At New York, Lenox S. c.,
Freddy Lattanzio, New York, VS.. Victor
Ferrand, Spain, f1yweights, six rounds;
at Los Angeles, Fidel Labarba, Los
Angeles, VS.. Johnny Torres, Los An
geles, featherweights, and Al Gordon,
Philadelphia, VS.. Rita Punay, Los An
geles, lightweights, each 10 rounds.
Wednesday-At Cincinnati, Bushy
Graham, Utica, N. Y, VS.. Freddie Mil
Ter, Cincinnati, lightweights. 10 rounds.
Thursday-At Pasadena, Cecil Payne,
Louisville, VS.. Dud Fades, Pasadena,
junior hghtweights, 10 rounds.
Friday-At New York, Madison
Square Garden. Harry Ebbets, Freeport,
N. Y, VS.. Doc Conrad, Newark, middle
weights, and Dom Volante, England VS..
Louis Quadrini, Italy, lightweights, each
10 rounds; at Chicago, stadium, Bruce
Flowers, New Rochelle, NJ Y, Negro,
VS.. King Tut, Minneapolis, lightweights,
10 rounds: at Boston, Garden, Ace
Hudkins, Nebraska, VS.. Arthur Flynn,
Lawrence, Mass, light-heavyweightS, 10
rounds; at San Francisco, Frankie Stet-
son, San Francisco, VS.. Eddie Murdoch,
Tulsa, lightweights, 10 rounds; at Hol-
lywood, frankie Campbell, San Fran
cisco, VS.. Benny Ross, Buffalo, N. Y,
heavyweights, 10 rounds; at Seattle,
Wash, Dodge Bercot, Monroe, Wash,
VS.. Cecil Geysel, Seattle, heavyweights,
six rounds
Saturday-At Cincinnati, Babe Ruth,
Louisville, VS.. Sammy williams, Martins
Ferry, Ohio, lightweights, 10 rounds.
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OKLAHOMA SEEKING
FIRST BIG SIX WIN
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, January 27.-A final
despairing attempt by Oklahoma to
wrest a single victory from the first
round Of Blk Six basket ball play will
furnish the most dramatic point of Con-
ference warfare this week Only three
games are on tap within the Big Six
circle in the next seven days and they
offer small promise Of any important
change in Conference standings.
The Sooners, champions of the 1928
race. have only the most pessimiStic
outlook In their effort to avoid white
washing in the first round robin. Their
opponent Saturday in Norman will be
Missouri, co-leader with Kansas of the
Big Six race.
Nebraska holds the individual scoring
leader in the person of Don Maclay,
center, who has so points in four Con-
ference clashes.
Results last week:
Nebraska, IS; Oklahoma, 20. Kansas
Aggies, "a; Oklahoma, %. Oklahoma,
IS; Bethany. 81. Nebraska, 80; Iowa
State, %. Iowa State, 81; Creighton,
40. Nebraska. Al Iowa, 26.
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Runner-Up Post Is Guards Coal
In County Loop Clash Tonight

7 r YATTSvnLE, Nd, January
- IT, Company F, National
Guard, and Dixie Pig A. c.,
and Hyattsville Southern Meth
odists and Maryland Collegians will
meet in Prince Georges County Basket
Ball League games tonight at the Ma
tional Guard Armory. The MethodistS
and Collegians will start play at 1880
o'clock.
Company F, which is tied for second
place in the championship race with
the DORA quint, will be out for a win
to gain the runner-up post Dixie Pig,
which won the pennant last Winter,
stands fifth.
Though neither is among the leaders
in the race, there Is keen rivalry be-
tween the Methodists and Collegians
and a spirited battle doubtless will
ensue. A win for the Collegians would
enable them to tie the Churchmen for
sixth place.
Brentwood Hawks all but clinched
the pennant yesterday when they con-
quered DORA, 10 to Is. The Hawks,
with nine victories in as many starts,
now have three-game lead over Dora
and Company F.
In the other half of the double bill
in the armory yesterday Company F
chalked up its ninth straight win out
side of league play, scoring over West
ern Electric Co. basketers of Washing
ton, "a to ID.
DORA led the Hawks, to 0, for the
first five minutes, but then the Brent
wood boys gained the lead and held it
thereafter. At half time the Hawks
margin was 10 to 6.
Johnny Wanley and Wiler, each with
z points, led the Hawks offense, while
Harry Dobbs and John Troy. with 4
points apiece, did most of the losers
basket sniping.
Company F led Western Electric from
the outset, gradually increasing its
margin as the game progressed
Bernard Troy, with II markers, was
the ace of the Soldiers attack, while
Robertson, with 5, was most consistent
for the visitors.
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THE CAMEST ACT
As Told by
Willie Sherdel
[ EV E r S A W
Weary Alexander Facing Yankees for World Championship
Without Warming Up.
To J. p. Glass.

wanted to be ready for anything that
turned up. He could use me against q
left-handed hitter and Alec against a
right-handed one, If necessary.
We'll, things went wrong for Haines
in that inning. Combs walked. Koenig
sacrificed him tC second. Jess had to
pass Babe Ruth purposely Meusel
grounded to Bell, forcing Ruth at Sec
ond, but Gehrig walked and filled the
bases.
Meantime, down in the bullpen, I
had been warming UP. But Alexander
hadn't. After throwing a ball or 90 he
had gotten into q conversation with
Herb Pennock, who had beaten us in
the fifth game.
Now you can't criticize a pitcher
like Alexander for a thing such as that,
Nobody ever needed to tell him what to
do. guess that after he threw one ball
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CANT|LLON, EX-NAT
MANAGER, IS DYING
Picturesque Figure of Base
Ball Suffers Another
ParaIytic Stroke.

~ EATH was expected to claim
Joe Cantillon, former manager
Of the washington base ball
club, at any time today in the
home Of the veteran diamond figure, at
Hickman, KY. Suffering a second
stroke Of paralysis, Pongo Joe, as he
was affectionately known in the game
he loved so well, has been critically i'll
for several days.
Cantillon was manager Of the Ma
tionals for two years, heading the club
in 1908 and 1909. Prior to that time,
Joe was an umpire in the American
League and throughout his life has
been associated with professional base
ball. After his service with the WASH
ington club Cantillon owned and man
aged the Minneapolis club Of the
American Association for several years
and later operated the Little Rock Club
Of the Southern Association. After his
first stroke of paralysis he retired from
active participation in the game, but
was given an honorary position as
supervisor of uInpires in the American
Association.
Probably no man in base ball is bet
ter known than Cantillon. He numbers
among his friends virtually every man
who has had to do with the uplift Of
the professional game. And probably
no man In the diamond sport today
knows more of its history and its in
timacies than Cantillon. His knowledge
of base ball is indeed profound.
News of his latest illness was given
yesterday to Kenesaw Lands, commits
sioner of base ball, and Charles Co
miskey, owner of the Chicago White
Sox, with whom Cantillon played in his
younger days. Judge Lands imme-
diately after hearing of the critical con-
dition of his longtime friend COM
municated with Mrs. Cantillon over
long-distance telephone and expressed
the deep regret and sympathy Of the
entire base ball world at the serious
illness of the loved veteran.
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including last nights
AMERICAN GROUP.
INTERNATIONAL GROUP
HONEST BATTLING CRISIS
MEETS SHIRES' MASTER

DETROIT, January 81 P).-Battling
Crisis, Detroit heavyweight, whose claim
to prominence consists In his alleged
refusal to take a dive" at the request
of managers for Art Shires, was signed
to meet George (Supergreat) traitor
at the Chicago Coliseum, February 4,
according to announcement by Leonard
Sacks, business manager for Jack
Dempsey's boxing club.
The Crisis Trafton bout will be an
added attraction on the card which
features Earl MAESTRO and Pete Zivic
for the main go.
Trafton is the only boxer who has
defeated Shires.
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CARNERA POURS TEA,
TAKES ART LESSON
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, January 27.-Primo Car
nera and his retinue, including two
sparring partners, his manager, and a
drawing instructor, today were here to
prepare for the Italians Western box
ing debut, with Elzear Rioux at the
Chicago Stadium, Friday night.
Primo'S first workout in Chicago was
on his schedule for today, the giant
having spent yesterday Afternoon after
arrival from New York, In pouring tea
for a delegation of his countrymen,
looking over his training quarters, and
taking lesson from his drawing
teacher
Camera. who conquered Big Boy
Peterson in less than a round, in New
York Friday night, is on the same bill
with Bruce Flowers, New Rochelle,
N. Y, lightweight, and King Tut, rough
Minneapolis puncher, who meet In
return match at the Chicago Stadium.
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cized for sending young prospect like
me IN with murderouS puncher like
'Hambone." 1t was during my second
year as professional, after / had spent
about year in the amateurs.
I have often been asked how I de-
veloped the stamina that enables me to
throw gloves from every angle when
everybody and the fellow I am fighting
expects me to fold up. My sole prepa-
ration for the amateurs was driving a
truck. A fellow naturally gets strong
out In the open, hustling on and off the
| footboard of truck. / also built NY
self up working on farm In New Lon
don, Conn, ploughing. cultivating, and
milking cows. had to get up at
o'clock in the morning, and I was glad
to go to bed early.
Right off the bat in the first round
against "Hambone," and before I real
lied that he was left-hander and
stood with his right foot forward, Kelly
parked his left glove in my right eye.
When you get little cinder In your
eye 1t hurts, doesn't It? Well, a fist
Is bigger than a cinder That punch
made me groggy for three rounds. In
the fourth took chance by swinging
my right. 1t landed and broke the
bridge Of "Hambone's" nose. He bled
lot, and 1t made things look good for
me during the last half Of the 60.
I took the fifth and sixth rounds by
VIDE margins, and won the decision.
Next-Armand Emanuel.
(Copyright, 1880, by North American News
paper Alliance.J
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ville's record for the season will be 800
per cent should they win.
Company F's next game outside of
the county league will be played on the
armory floor here Thursday night, en-
tertaining Columbus University bas-
keters of Washington. The game will
follow county league match between
Brentwood Hawks and Berwyn A. G.
First Lieut. Hugh McClay, Company
r athletic officer, has announced that
the Guardsmen will enter the unlimited
division in the District of Columbia
A. A. U. Association championship bas-
ket ball tournament, starting March 10.
Shipley's Midgets, l15-pound basket
ers, are seeking games. Their latest
win was over the Boys Band team of
Washington. Burdette Cogar, Hyatts-
vile 903-J, is booking for the Shipleys
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In CHESS CIRCLES
by FRANK B. WALKER

During the holiday season Capablanca
played in a tournament at Hastings,
England, where Pillsbury came to the
fore. None of the other outstanding
players took part. A tournament now is
In progress at San Elmo, Italy, in which
most Of the leading players, Capablanca
excepted, are participating. AT the end
Of six rounds, Alekhine, world cham
pion, is in the lead, with five wins and
draw. Tartakower is second, and
Bogoljubow, whom he defeated last
year, is third. Other players include
Rubenssein, Vidmar, Maroczy, Spiel
man, Niemzowich, 16 in all.
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WORLD SKI RECORD SET
BY YOUNG IMMIGRANT

WESLEY, Wis, January 81 (R.-Alf
Engen, a 20-year-old youth, who came
70 Westby from Norway six months ago,
yesterday set new world record in the
snowflake Ski Clubs annual tourna-
ment when he jumped 1872 feet from
scaffold hill.
Engen, who took first place in the
tourney, surpassed the previous mark
py 5E feet. The old record was set
oy waiter Bratlund, of Ironwood, Mich,
m 1919, IN an exhibition jump, Engen
leaped l91 fest.
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EASTERN LEAGUE.

The Trojans dropped from first place
by losing three games to the Miller
Furniture Co., Lovett's 1862 being the big
shot. Hasneys went into first place by
taking three from the Freeman ALI
Stars. sherwood A. G. went into a tie
for second place by taking the odd game
from the fast-traveling Holy Rosary
team, Honey's $50 and Brill's BAT being
the winning punches. Bureau Phar-
macy won three from Congress Heights
and Nights Owls won three from Baum
gartenS.
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OTTAWA ADVANCES
IN HOCKEY LEAGUE
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, January 27.-The OF
tawa Senators moved up in the inter-
national group of the National Hockey
League last week.
They started in fourth place by a
one-point margin and moved into a tie
with Les Canadiens of Montreal for
second. They gave Pittsburgh trounc-
ing, ia, to take third; dropped q 6-3
decision to the New York Rangers, then
beat the Montreal Maroons, A to o, SAT-
urday to tie Les Canadiens.
In the American group the Boston
Bruins continued their amazing pace
with three more victories, making %
games won out of "a played, for q AZ
point total.
The standing, including last nights
games, follows:
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BOWEN HAS BOUT.

DAYTONA, Fla, January 27.-A
10-round boxing bout has been arranged
between Andy Bowen of Washington
and oscar Hewell, Tampa light
weight, as part of show in the Armory
here Thursday night. Bowen is here
with his brother, Johnny, also boxer.
who is recovering from injuries received
in a recent automobile accident.