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The Washington times., 1930-10-01
I { R PS look
To ODEFENSE

Not satisfied with the defensive
work Of his team, Coach Curley
Byrd is spending his days drilling
his Maryland University PLAYERS
in the art of stopping the other
fellow on the gridiron these chilly
afternoons.
Yesterday he had them against
the Tank Corps School eleven
in q practice Scrimmage. The
Soldiers offered quite q little
more resistance than Washington
College, which team the Old Lin
ers ran roughshod last Saturday.
Coach Byrd feels that i'm
order to beat Yale this Sat.
urday at New Haver. his
team must have a strong de.
fense, coupled with the DOW.
erful offense his team looks,
or looked to have in the
Washington College game
when go points were rung mn.
Therefore the scrimmage YES
terday with the Soldier team. a
husky collection Of warriors. to
say the least. The Old Liners
found them quite a Stumbling
block or just the practice that
they needed because of their
(the Soldiers) power on both the
offenSe and defense,
The Washington times., 1930-10-01
TODAY e
Np(DRyIs'OnIAL
BrKIRK MILLER~

PHILADELPHIA, oct. /.
Well sir, here we are around
to another world series with
the same old crowds milling
around the main stem and the
main hotel lobbieS and with the
main question on their lips
who's goin' to win the Series?"
There are other questions too,
which might well be asked and
the answers to which are Just
as indefinite.
What I'd like to know is
who's goin to be the hero Of
this thing which is just about
to break loose on a palpitating
public and I'd like also to know
who's going to be the goat
for every world series has a
goat you know.
Washington had a goat Of
its own back in 1925 when
Roger Peckinpaugh couldn't
keep out of the way Of his own
feet. The Chicago Cubs had
one last autumn when Hack
Wilson, who has been outdo-
ing himself at the bat this year,
got sun spots on his eyes and
dropped two Of the most impor-
tant flies Of the series with the
Athletics.
Then some time back Mark
Koenig was quite a goat in the.
st. Louis series, I believe it was
in 1926, and before that there
were inumerable goats, such as
John Miljus who wild-pitched
the Pirates to defeat against
the Yankees in 1927, Hank
Gowdy who might have retired
Washington but instead Stun
bled over his mask in 1924
before Earl McNeely's drive hit
a pebble in front of Lindstrom
and bounded past the Giant
player.
Oh, the world series archives
are just as full Of "Billys" and
"NannyS" as they are of heroes
wearing haloes, and since it all
comes under the very natural
head of that human element
which enters into everything we
do, I'd like to know, and am
doing no little wondering, as
who will be the goat of this
thing that is about to start
here today before the very eyes
of the President of the United
States, the Mayor of Phila-
delphia, the creme de la creme
Of finance, art, industry, Hteca-
ture, peanut vendors and knot
hole peppers.
Will AL Simmons hit or will
he be a bloomer like Hans Wag-
ner, Ty Cobb and Rogers
Hornsby have been known to
be in worlds series? Will
Bob Grove come into his own,
something he didn't get a.
chance to do last year, or viii
fate hold him off until the last
The Washington times., 1930-10-01
MENKE IS HURT
IN PRACTICE

The Catholic University eleven
received an unexpected setback
for its game with Franklin and
Marshall, Saturday, when George
Menke, guard and captain OF the
team was injured yesterday dur
ing scrimmage.
Menke suffered a severely
bruised leg which will keep him
idle for the next week or so. He
will be back into the lineup by
October IL when Holy Cross at
Worcester is met.
The injury to Menke marks the
second that the Cardinal eleven
has received during the early sea.
son. Hugh Flynn, tackle, was
hurt sometime ago, severely
enough to keep him out Of this
Saturdays game. He, like Menke,
will not be able to take his place
in the lineup until the Holy Cross
contest.
The Washington times., 1930-10-01

as it did Walter Johnson in
1924?
All, this baseball is a funny
animal. Men are not machines.
They do not always do the
same thing the same way 365
days out of the year. Both he
Athletics and Cardinals have
been clicking like so much ma
chinery over the last month Of
the race. Neither has faltered
for an instant Which one will
falter now? Which will crack.
Will it be that steady old left
wing Of Groves pumping t,o
and down, up and down, that
battles the Cardinals, or will it
be those Southpaw slants If
Wild Bill Hallahan of the Card
inals which silence the bats of
the likes Of Miller, FoXx, Dykes
and Simmons? .u...-
Someone, my friends, has got
to win this series, if it takes all
winter. Apparently, if the
millions of words Of dope and
predictions that have been dedi-
Gated to this series count for
anything, an immovable object
is about to be contacted by an
irresistible force-and out Of
the impact will come a weak
ling. Which will it be, the
AS or the Cards?
AS the gong for action
sounds, it is difficult to grant
either team an edge, as each
is possessed of the two major
elements Of baseball warfare,
hitting and pitching. Both
teams have shown that in the
last month when each refused
to crack-anything but that old
apple.
It may be that the margin Of
superiority may be found in the
mystery of Burleigh Grimes
splitter, or in the superior han
ding of the AS pitchers by the
Incompatible Mickey Cochrane.
It won't be any great difference
in hitting and pitching, which
will make a victor or a bum out
Of one team or the other be-
cause on the surface and in the
more important things they are
about a stand-off.
It will be some small edge
that counts in a crucial mo-
ment that will decide this
series, smarter baSerunning, a
timely sacrifice or some stel-
lar. piece Of pinch hitting or
possibly relief hurting.
Look for a hard-fought some
what drawn-out series with
Gabby Street crosschec ecking
and perhaps double checking
the cunning Of Connie Mack
and trumping him with some
audaciouS piece Of baseball
plunder dragged from the dark
ages of II years ago when he
was winding up his days as .
player.
The Washington times., 1930-10-01

One Of the standout draft pick
upS of the convention, from a
The Washington times., 1930-10-01
BrOOkLGv1d GridH1len
In Great Shape

Billy Gates, peppery former
Mohawk Prep coach, is pounding
his newly acquired Brookland
unlimited eleven into great shape.
Holden, OrmeS, OBrien, Voor-
hees and Brown are showing
fine form in the backfield. The
Brooklanders, entered in the
Capital City League, expect TO
open October IL.
The Washington times., 1930-10-01
MAJORS DRAFT I
MINOR STARS

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. PLAY
erS drafted from the minors by
the major leagues were made pub
lie today.
The New York Giants drafted
Outfielder T. A. Nash from Nash
vile. and Third BaSeman Picker
ing from Birmingham.
Cincinnati took Catcher ASbjorn-
son, from Nashville and Infielder
SigfooS of Los Angeles.
The Boston Braves drew First
BaSeman Earl Shelley from San
Francisco, Outfielder DreeSon
from Springfield, Mass, and
Catcher Luebbe from Charlotte,
N. c.
Brooklyn drafted Pitcher
Clyde Day, Of Kansas City
and Paterson, . pitcher and
Outfielder from Macon, Ga.
The Cubs got Pitcher Whit
worth from Fort Worth.
The Cardinals obtained AL
Moore, an outfielder, from the
Pacific Coast league.
The White Sox obtained Out
fielder Eichrodt from New Or.
leans.
The st. Louis Browns got Ouy,
fielder Waddey, Of Memphis.
ShortStop Bill Hunnefield is
coming back up from Toledo to
the Cleveland Indians.
The New York Yankees drafted
Pitcher Lefty Weinert, Of Louis
vile.
The AS got Catcher Ed Phillips
from Toronto.
The Washington times., 1930-10-01

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-Mys-
teriouSly enough, First BaSeman
Joe Hauser, who set a home run
record while representing Balti-
more, OF the International League,
this season, was high-hatted in
the draft lottery staged here last
night.
Hauser slammed SO circuit
belts while establishing an all
time professional record.
Philadelphia'S Nationals, who
had first call on minor prospects,
preferred Stuart Bolen, a pitcher,
to his more illustriouS team
mate.
Since the fainting Phils had
first call in the draft and Sc
lected Bolen, no other team could
claim Hauser.
Bolen, who was also wanted
by Washington, was Philadel-
phia'S main choice. But a crack
outfielder, Red Foster by name,
also was picked up. He for
merly was affiliated with Little
Rock.
Washington, sadly in need Of
a right hand hitting outfielder,
finally accepted q .349 Southpaw
cutting gardener, Baxter Jordan,
by name. The youngster ap-
peared alternately at third base
and in the outer precincts this
past season.
Jordan, who played with New
ark during 1880, will be used in
the outfield exclusively by the
Griffmen, Clark Griffith last
night insisted.
The man actually sought by
Griffith was a right hand swing
ing product, George Davis. Davis,
who performed with st. Paul of
the American Association, could
not be had because Wiley Moore,
ex-Yankee pitcher, was previous
ly claimed by BoSton'S Red Sox,
a club of low classification.
Moore also was affiliated with
the Saints.
President Bob Quinn, who
personally supervised BOS-
toms swapping, Okayed the
acquisition Of John Benson
Brillheart, one time Wash
ingtOn singer who showed
with the Chicago Cubs be-
fore eventually drifting to
Minneapolis.
Jordan, Griffith figures, should
help washington plenty. Al
though he takes an un-orthodox
slice at the ball, the International
Lacquer is said to be q real slug
ger.
Baxter'S q better fun time
player than Davis, the man I
bid for" the Old Fox admitted
after last nights drawings.
'But I was looking for an emer-
genCy man instead Of q regu-
lar. / won't necessarily stand
pat on Jordan. But he win get
every chance to make good"
One Of the standout draft pick
UPS Of the convention, from a
The Washington times., 1930-10-01
LONE SURVIVOR

Bobby Jones was the only
player in the U. s. amateur golf
tourney at Merton who competed
for the same title over the same
links IA years ago.
The Washington times., 1930-10-01
REGULAR EVENT

The English Derby has not
missed a running since it started
in 1850. Even the World War
tailed to bait this racing classic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01

Alligator pears, grapes, bananas, tam
gerines and lemons were other fruit
offerings this morning.
Green vegetables from nearby Ind
the Norfolk, Va, section were not very
plentiful this morning. the heavy snow
tall having put q temporary stop to
the gathering of crops. AS soon as the
snow in the two sections clears away,
it is probable that increased receipts
will reach the local market, especially
the receipts from the Norfolk section,
Lima beans, received in small guam
titles from Mexico, claimed attention
of retailers, but were not in heavy de-
mand at So a crate. There also were
some peas from Mexico to be had
around 81 a crate. California stock
selling at SIS and So.
Tomatoes, some of unknown origin
were in light receipt. They met q
light demand and dull market, dealers
reported. Prices ranged from So for
slightly spotted stock to $3.50 for the
best Florida stock.
New cabbage. product Of Florida, "a
bushel hampers, pointed type, sold at
50 and $2.25, mostly the higher price
Light supplies Of old cabbage, mostly
from New York, 10O-pound sacks
Danish type, sold around $3.50.
Moderate receipts of celery, lettuce
onions, potatoes and beetS we're re-
ported. Dealers reported light receipts
of spinach, cauliflower, peas and car
rots, and very light receipts Of peppers
and cucumberS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
FRENCH DRAW GOLD
ON LOW BANK RATE
Further Reduction to 3 Per
Cent for Discounts Inter-
eStS Financial CenterS.
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.
Special Dispatch to The Star


NEW YORK, February 1-While the
Bank of England governors yesterday
were celebrating over their rediscount
policy, and again decided to make no,
change in the per cent rate, the heads
OF the Bank of France met the open
market money situation in Paris and
for the first time in two years reduced
their rediscount rate to per cent, the
lowest in Europe.
This announcement had tremendous
interest in international banking cir
Giles, both as an evidence of the de-
Ginning trend of money rates through
out the world and of the growing COM
petition between London and Paris for
supremacy in these markets. Bankers
here were of the opinion that the spread
OF per cent between the English and
French rediscount rates would probably
not continue and that the action by the
Bank of France would be further rea-
son for reduction in the Bank OF
England rate. This has been scheduled
to follow cut in the Federal Reserve
Bank rate in New York from AZ per
cent to 4 per cent, although the latter
has been less talked Of recently than
in the early part Of January.
On January 10, 1928, the Bank of
France reduced its rediscount rate from
per cent to 3 "a per cent, where 1t had
stood ever since Meanwhile, rediscount
rates all over Europe climbed up sharply
That of the Bank of England went to
6l2 per cent when New York was draw
ing funds from London to help finance
the stock speculation here. Relatively
sharp advances were made in Scandi-
navian countries, in Italy and in Hol-
land.
Throughout this period France con-
tinued to draw gold and to fill the
vaults of the Bank of France to over
flowing with the yellow metal. There
has scarcely been a week in the last
two years when the gold holdings of
the French institution have not shown
a gain over the week previous. The last
report of the bank shows substantial
increase In gold over the week previous
Compared with year ago, the Bank of
France gold is up nearly nine billion
francs. In contrast, the credit bal
ances abroad of the institution have
declined approximately 40 per cent, be-
ing less than seven billion francs at
present. as against nearly twelve billion
francs in January, 1929.
The only countries in Europe that
have had as low rediScount rate as
France are Switzerland and Holland,
which are still quoting 312 per cent.
Holland is at 4 per cent. Nor
way and Denmark are down to Az
per cent. This year Germany has re-
duced her rate to 61a per cent, which
is still the highest of any leading Eu-
ropean nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
UTILITIES Feature
ADVANCE ON CURB
Other Groups Participate in
Upturn in Largest Satur-
day of Year.
BY JOHN A. CRoNE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February Public
utilities today led the biggest Saturday
curb market this year The strength of
this group spread to other sections. en-
abling the market to close in many in
stances at or near the top for the day.
Strength in United Gas and Lone
Star Gas attracted attention to Houston
Gulf Gas, Memphis Gas and Arkansas
Gas.
Rails were unusually brisk, especially
Chesapeake q Ohio new and Pitts
burgh & Lake Erie.
Proper silk Hosiery was feature of
the lower priced industrialS, rushing to
q new high.
Electric Bond & Share spurted to q
new high. American Superpower. Mid
die West Utilities and Niagara Hudson
Power also were bid for briSkly. Eastern
States Power B was up more than a
point on a string Of sales and United
States Electric Power performed a SINH
lar feat.
Taggart Corporation, among the
industrials, ran up nearly a point. Mines
were firm. Transamerica rose at times
a point and Standard Oil of Indiana
was slightly higher near the close.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
!. T. & T. AUTHORIZES
$5O,OO0,0OO BOND ISSUE

The International Telephone e. Tele-
graph Corporation, after a special
meeting of the directors Thursday III
New York, announced that to provide
funds for its corporate purposes, ir-
GLIDING the discharge of Indebtedness
contracted in financing improvements
and extensions made during the past
year to the properties of associated OPP
Grating and manufacturing companies.
It had authorized an issue of 25-year
3 per cent debenture bonds in the prin-
cipal amount of $4,000, 900.
The bonds are to be dated February
l and are to be redeemable as an en-
tirety, at the option of the corporation,
upon so days notice, at the following
prices and accrued interest: On or be-
fore February /, 1910, ITO per cent:
thereafter until and including February
l, 1914, 10712 per cent; thereafter un-
til and including February /, 194s. los
per cent; thereafter until and INCLUDE
ing February 1, 1852, 1927 per cent.
and thereafter 100 per cent.
The bonds have been purchased by
j. P. Morgan & Co. for the account OF
themselves, the National City Co. and
other associates. who will make an
offering of the issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
U. S. BUILDING ACTIVITY
SHOWS GAIN IN MONTH

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February big build
ing activity in the United States made
an suspicious beginning for the new
year in reaching a total of 1924, 500 900
for all classes of contemplated heavy
construction operations announced dur
ing January, the McGraw-Hill Con-
struction Daily reports. This figure
compares with $550,12O, 900 in January,
1929. In the past week, proposed
projects we're valued at $3.50, 800, 900,
which compares with $118,514,70O in
the preceding week and $11S,550,00o in
the corresponding week last year. Pub
lie work, commercial and industrial
building activity continued at high
level.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
FITKIN INTERESTS BUY
UTILITIES STOCK

Fitkin Securities Corporation, the
holding company recently organized by
the Fitkin interests. announces the or
ganization Of Eastern States Public
Service Corporation, of which Fitkin
Securities Corporation and associated
companies will own or control not less
than "a per cent of the common stock
Eastern States Public Service Corpora
ton in turn has acquired from Chase
q Gilbert, Inc, of Boston a predomi-
nantly controlling interest In the class
''B" common stock of Atlantic Public
Utilities, Inc.
Atlantic Public Utilities, Inc, through
subsidiaries, supplies electricity, water,
gas, ice and cold storage facilities and
other miscellaneous services to over 800
communities in l6 States along the At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
HUGE TIN MERGER
COMPLETED IN LONDON

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February Final de-
tails of the merger of I'VE tin companies
into the new London Tin Corporation,
Ltd, with q capital Of f2,250, 900, were
completed today. At separate class
meetings Of the corporation a resolution
confirming the right Of the preference
shares to cumulative dividend of ~
per cent and their participation in
residuary profits up to total of 10 per
cent was unanimously passed.
Consummation of the merger makes
the London Tin Corporation the largest
producing unit In the British EN-
pire,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. February l Especially -
Wheat was sharply higher today under
covering by shorts Influenced by the
3l4 cents advance In Liverpool. After
the opening there was pressure when
winnipeg failed to keep pace with our
advance. After the first half hour
March was 117ls, May l22 and July
124.
Corn was higher with wheat. March,
S7&; May, 913s, and July, s3l2.
Oats sold higher. March, 44ks; May,
4S7s, and July, 447s.
Provisions were unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01

lantic seaboard and in the East and
Middle West. Operations are conferred
in Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Virginia,
West Virginia, Kentucky and North and
South Carolina. Among the cities served
are Savannah and Augusta, Ga; Roa-
noke, Va; Greenville, S. c.; Green's
boro, N. c.; Paducah, KY, and Prov
incetown, Mass.
For the IL months ended November
80, 1929, gross revenues were $7,829, O62
and net earnings $2,633,0 Total as
sets at the above date were over $62,-
100000, OF which nearly $57 1000, 900 was
represented by the Investment in plant
and property. Operation of the proper
ties will be under the management of
United States Engineering Corporation,
the management and engineering sub
sidiary Of Fitkin Securities Corporation.
Mongolia's population Is now esti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
PAYS EXTRA DIVIDEND.

BALTIMORE. February l Especially .
An extra dividend of IS cents per
share, in addition to the regular semi
annual dividend Of so cents per share,
has been declared on Colonial Investors
shares, payable February IS next. This
is the second extra cash dividend of IS
cents per share paid to stockholders. the
last one being paid August Is, 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
TREASURY BALANCE,

The United States Treasury balance
announced today as of close Of business
January 80 was $100,O07, 377.3l. Gus
toms receipts for the month to date
were $39,741, 1896. Total ordinary ex-
penditures, $5,924, 5o4.l4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
WHOLESALE PRICES.
az the Associated Press.

By the ASSocIated Press.
Wholesale prices last week, as worked
out by the Census Bureau index, were
slightly higher than averages Of the
preceding week, though markedly lower
which follow. give the index for the
period. based on 100 equaling 1926
prices, and for comparable periods
while in addition, the selling price OF
a composite ton Of finished steel prod
ucts for the same periods is given:
All Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01

'aIeS, 8,I33,42U shares.
BONDS

1UbaI Bates IpaF VAIueJ1 9y,IyU,UUU
tCopyrEht 1880. standard Statistics Coz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01

Mongolia's population Is now esti
mated % 3,000, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February Following is
the complete official list of transactions
in stocks on the Chicago Stock Ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-01
BONDS.

$4,000 insult Utii SIS 40. 1921 Il
5000 Net FL g B A. 30, es
Bond sales today, sos, 500.