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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
.5OPER CENT LOSS
NOTED IN IS YEARS
All Sections Are Hard Hit by
Decline, Games Blue
Book Records.
: OUIS HEILBRoNNER, the
author of the Blue Book for
Doco Doll ic o,,fIanrit1y f0r

7 OUIS HEILBRONNER, the
author of the Blue Book for
Base Ball, is authority for
the startling statement that
minor league base ball is less than
so per cent of what it was IL years
ago.
In 1912, which was the greatest
of all years, so leagues, exclusive
of the two majors, started opera
tionS in the Spring and A OF them
completed their seasons. This
years Blue Book will list less than
IS, even if several doubtful en-
tries elect to make a start.
Among the minors that have expired
since 1912 are organizations that Few Oh
the present crop Of fans will remember.
The Empire State League, for example,
was not New York organization, put
rather a collection of the smaller cities
in Georgia. The South Central, strange
to relate, was not east OF the MISSISSIPPI
but q tiny league that did business III
the lower part of Texas.
One of the outstanding decedents is
the Virginia League, which existed 1or
many years, but gave up the ghost a
few seasons ago. and its one-tlme pa
irons now spend their time golfing,
fishing or taking in games at Washing
ton or Baltimore.
There are vast stretches of the United
States and Canada once supporting
minor league base ball that are now pc
reft of professional base ball. The State
of Ohio is now served by four leagues
where once 1t had seven. Michlgan at
one time held memberships in the
Michigan State, South Michigan and
Central Leagues, but now must look en-
tirely to the Detroit Tigers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
Y. w. C. A. 15-MILE SWIM
is COMPLETED BY THREE

Adeline Kruenzel, Louise McCloskey
and Mary Chadwick have finished the
15-mile swim Of the Y. w. C. A., ne
gotiating not more than half a mile
day. Seventy-four contestants still are
engaged. In the lead among the latter
are Helen Petrie, Elizabeth Williams,
Annabel Whaler, Olive O'Hearn, Hazel
Davis, Louise Robbins and Inge Won
Lewinski.
Life-saving examinations will be held
this week by the Red Cross at the E
street pool and for this reason the
usual dip period, from $50 to pm,
will not be observed this week and s
o'clock classes will meet at $50.
A beginners golf class will be start
ed Wednesday, with George Diffen-
baugh, assistant pro at Indian Spring,
in charge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
BY r. ID. THOMAS.

n n ERE mention of the foul line
.NA is enough to make a bowling
alley manager vince.
In every pin plant is a
large sign, reading, please Observe the
Foul Line"
In some cities they add to that,
"Or Don't Bowl"
The bowler who refuses to observe
the line isn't playing the game. He's
merely exercising.
Earle Stocking, manager of Conven-
ton Hall and a former president Of the
Washington City Duckpin Association,
suppresSes emotion and says this about
the black stripe:
What is the foul line? It is the
dividing line between right and wrong,
the difference between fair ball and a
foul.
1.-The foul line was established in
bowling for two reasons-firSt to as
sist the bowler and second to protect
the drive.
1.-The pitchers box in base ball is at
uniform distance from home plate on
all diamonds, so that a pitcher may
gauge the break of his curve, his drop
or fast one, which he could not do
If at one time he was so feet from the
plate and at another so and another
70 feet. The same is true in bowling
The bowler cannot consistently gauge
the distance of his hook or curve If
one time he stops at the foul line and
on his next ball goes foot or two over
1t. Neither does he judge the distance
properly with his eyes if he is at a
different distance each shot.
we see from this that a great part
Nf I4o lit
foot work and from his standpoint the
foul line was established to give uni
formity, to assist him in gauging dis
tance.
P From the standpoint of the alley
man, violation of the foul line means
expensive repairs to the fronts of his
drives three or four times a year. This
dragS the dirt distributed on the run
ways from shoes and rubber heels on to
the alley and grinds it in. In a short
time the shellac is worn away. In
order to save the alleys it is necessary
that they be thoroughly cleaned fire.
quently and Shellacked at least two
coats. In large establishment this
is an all-night Saturday and all-day
Sunday job for three or four men, with
oiling and polishing to follow Monday.
lit is one of the big problems of the
alley manager. He Is criticized some
times by the bowlers for the looks of
his drives when 1t Is condition diff
cult for him to correct owing to the
refusal to those who criticize to obey
the rules Of the game"
Howard Campbells many admirers
are disappointed over the King Pin
captains showing in the invitation
sweepstakes of the Baltimore Athletic
Club. Howard entered the final set
in second place and 10 sticks behind
the leader, Arthur Waters. Over here
he was figured an even-money choice
to win. But he finished fourth, Waters
took first place with l5-game total of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
GENERALS HAVE THREE
HARD GAMES IN A ROW

LEXINGTON, Va, February g.
Back in Lexington, after a three-day
trip to West Virginia and Maryland,
Washington and Lees basket bali team
will hit the home court with a vim,
playing three consecutive nights. The
menu calls for North Carolina to-
night, William and Mary tomorrow and
Sewanee Saturday.
After this weeks spree, six games re-
main before the end of the regular sea-
son. The opponent for February %.
Kentucky, is the only aggregation which
took the measure of the Generals in
pre-tournament play last year.
Return games with Maryland here
February Is and with Duke six days
later look like the other two hardest
spots on the card.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
INVITED
BY IZAAK WALTONS

Preparations for the first annual din
ner of the Washington, D. c. Chapter
of the Izaak Walton League of America
were practically completed when DR..
Darcy Magee, head of the local or
ganization, and Don Carpenter called at
the White House to present to Presi-
dent Hoover special invitation to at
tend.
He is honorary president of the ma
t1onal organization and also is a men,
Der Of the local chapter.
A special meeting of the chapter has
ben called for Friday night at s o'clock
at the Raleigh Hotel, and all likes"
are earnestly requested to be present.
AT a recent meeting of the committee
in charge of the dinner it was proposed
to invite the ladies. This is one of the
questions that will come before the
meeting Friday night.
Those in charge of this banquet re-
port fine progress and that acceptances
have been received from all the invited
speakers, who are Senator Harry B.
Halves of Missouri. Representative Will
liam Bankhead of Alabama, Commits
sioner OMalley of the United States
Bureau of Fisheries; Swepson Earle,
Maryland conservation commissioner;
A. Willis Robertson, chairman of the
Commission of Game and Inland Fish
cries of Virginia; Paul c. Redington,
chief of the Biological Survey and Sey-
mour Bullock, nationally known sports
man and one of the officers of the par
ent organization in Chicago.
The entertainment committee reports
that it has secured some of the best
talent in Washington. George O'Connor
and Mat Horn have promised to be
present and sing and play some of their
famous songs. One of the real treats
will be moving picture show under the
direction of ike" Hopkins, who has OBJ
tanned movies taken by the Canadian
Pacific Railway and never before shown,
together with many reels of his own de-
picting fish and wild life in different
sections of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
Earle Stocking Gives Lo,vdo,vn
On Value of Bowling Foul Line

1900. Ed Blakeney was second with
1876. Hap" Franz third with 1882 and
Campbell fourth with 1,779. Towards
scores in the final set were 101, 100,
125, 122, 1876.
No District Leaguers will be permitted
to shoot in the weekly sweepstakes
Saturday at the Northeast Temple
Thus, most all the stars are barred
The entry fee is two bucks, plus cost
of games
Everybody's welcome to roll in the
King Pin sweepstakes. The girls may
have their fling at coin bowling at the
Arcadia, where next Saturday night
Monk" Frazier will put on the first
of series of stakes for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
Base Balls Biggest ''Firsts"
Series Describing the First Records of the Biggest Plays
BY John B. Foster
By John B. Foster

estimate what players can do, not only
did he make 80 home runs in 1920, but
he made 81, and in 1921 he made So.
BY that time men had ceased to marvel.
They sat back stunned and wondered
how far he would go the next time. In
1922 he ran afoul of Commissioner
Lands, base ball law and some other
things and the season was bad for him,
because he batted only IS home runs.
but that was more than the record had
been before he started on its trail.
In 1923 he was back again with Al.
In 1924 he made As and in 1925 only IS.
Hes through at last" said an Amer
lean League pitcher on an opposing
team. THE Big Bambino has shot his
bolt. Time has got him.
But He Wasn't Through.
But he wasn't through. He never has
been through. In 1925 he made Al
homers and In 1927 he batted go. Much
whoopee in New York and what yowl
around the base ball circuits when he
made his appearance. In 1928 he wasn't
feeling we'll and batted only 81, and in
1929 he was more out Of sorts and
batted but As.
IF I'd been right I would have made
new record in 1929" said Ruth. u
never 1elt ike batting more In my lie
The trouble was that I wasn't right
physically. Too many things broke bad
His grand total of home runs with
some big first"
do you think anybody ever will
catch you?" Ruth was asked.
Maybe" he grinned. How can you
tell? But it won't be one Of these babies
that I see now"
How do you hit the ball so far?"
"I don't know why it goes so far. But
If you want it to go you gotta tap 1t on
the nose. That's the only way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
PENN ENTERS AZ MEN
IN INDOOR TITLE MEET

NEW YORK, February 6 (P).-Penn-
sylvania has signified its intention of
finishing first in the indoor track and
field championships of the intercol-
legiate A. A. A. A. here March l by
sending in the first list of entries.
Coach Lawson Robertson has nomi-
mated ~ men for the meet, it was an
nounced today.
The team includes the six athletes
who scored 20la points to take second
place last year as well as two others
who placed in the outdoor intercol-
legiates and three members of the
freshman medley relay team which set
new intercollegiate record in 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
NUMBER OF ATHLETICS
LEAVE FOR HOT SPRINGS

PHILADELPHIA, February P).-
A small squad of the champion Ath-
letics are today on their way to Hot
Springs, Ark. where they will take the
three weeks. before heading for the
Spring camping at Fort Myers, Fla.
Bill Gleason, veteran coach, is in
charge of the party which is made up
of "Rube" Walberg. pitcher; Bling
Miller, outfielder; Jimmy Dykes, third
baseman, and Jack Boley, shortstop
Arriving tomorrow they will find three
other regulars on the ground, Al Sim
mons, Jack Quinn and Bill Shores.
Mickey Cochrane, the Mackmen's pep
perry cacher, is making the trip to the
springs by automobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. - Emile (Spider) Pladner,
France, outpointed Arthur Boddington,
Great Britain C2).
OAKLAND, Calif.-Wesley Ketchell,
Salt Lake City, stopped Pete Meyers,
San Francisco ca. Milo Millettl,
Omaha, outpointed Kermit Thompson,
Oakland 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
TAKE HAND BALL HONoRs.

DALLAS, Tex, February 6 R)-
Charles Hahn and John Dunwoody, Jr,
New York State champions and both
members of the Pastime Athletic Club
of New York City. today had added
the junior national doubles handball
championship to their list by defeating
the team of j. w. Gherkin and Vol
ney Knoblock of the New orleans Attn
letic Club in the finals of the annual
tournament played on the Dallas Ath-
letic Club courts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
BY VINCENT RICHARDS,

international Tennis Star and Former
the second ranking player in this country to
N Bill Tilden the national
New Rochelle, N claim
place on the United States Davis
IN he
ever WILL should
cenate blood the
trophy back
But can't the that player
has fought
last reach the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
Syracuse Quint Highly
Praised by Penn Mentor

Syracuse's basket ball team, which
trimmed Pitt the other night, Is
highly rated by Lou Joudet of
Penn. He said it is the best team
he has seen this season, and that he
does not expect to see better one.
The five has everything a court
outfit with claims to greatness might
be expected to have, a tall center,
who hardly ever fails to get the
tap; fast clear-sighted forwards,
and guards who are able to shoot
as well as to guard
Fast passing, a great offense and
a defense not to be consistently
penetrated are the assets of the
Orange combination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
L0YOLA QUINTET LOSES
FLYNN, LEADING FORWARD

CHICAGO, February P).-The
Loyola University basket ball squad will
leave Friday for its six-game Eastern
invasion, without Tommy Flynn, SEN
sational sophomore forward.
Flynn yesterday was declared scIlo-
lastically ineligible and will be lost for
the remainder of the season.
Loyola plays Georgetown here next
Monday night at the Tech High gym.
The Chicagoans, who have won "a of
their last 35 games, have plenty of other
talent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
DEMPSEY NOT TO SEE
HIS SHOW ON FRIDAY

CHICAGO, February 6 (P).-Jack
Dempsey apparently is trying the alb
sent treatment method on his fight
shows at the Chicago Coliseum.
The former world heavyweight cham
pion, who has dropped around $4,000
on his promotional ventures, will not
be present at his entertainment Friday
night, in which Harry Ebbetts of New
York will meet Clyde Chastain, Dallas,
Tex. middleweight.
Dempsey is on his way to the Pacific
Coast, stopping off here and there to
referee fights.
He did not attend his last show. a
vaudeville engagement keeping him
busy elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
ELDER WINS SPRINT.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, February (P.-
Jack Elder. Notre Dame track and foot
ball star, ran the 50-yard dash in 2/5
seconds last night on the indoor track
at st. Xavier College, to win from Rob-
ert Brand, st. Xavier; Jack Mahony,
st. Xavier, and Dick Mahony, Notre
Dame, who finished in that order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
BRUINS PLAN JAUNT.

BOSTON, February (E).-The Bos-
ton Bruins management has announced
that its hocky team, regardless of its
success in the championship play-offs,
would probably make post-season trip
to the Pacific Coast and. play in San
Francisco and several California cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
RUTH's AUTO STOLEN.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, February 6
Hj.-Babe Ruth's roadster was stolen
here. The car was left on a down.
town street by Mrs. Ruth and when
she returned to get the automobile it
was gone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
UNABLE TO LIST G. W.

LEWISBURG. Pa, February ga
tentative engagement here between the
Bucknell and George Washington box
ing teams for February Is has been
abandoned,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
LICHTMANs PLAY LINCOLN.

Lichtman's baSketers will engage Lin
coin University Lions tonight in baS-
ket ball game at Murray's Casino,
starting at 10 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-06
Young Nen Fail DsLodge Hunter Minor Base Boil Decrease
FRANK STILL LOOKS GOOD
FOR PLACE ON CUP TEAM
Richards Believes Veteran Who EsArrived'' Late
and His Pal Tilden Would Answer Call
if Needed in International Play.

THIS Is OF series Of stories in wh araIs
g me playing ability Of the chosen years States
Darfs Cup squad. - "
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-03
VOICE OF WORKING WOMEN
For Class Against Glass Program

ing Woman with articles. These correspon-
dence circles can give US many valuable con-
facts for our shop delegate conferences.
In the coming imperialst war, millions of
women and children will be regimented into
industry, to make greater profits for the
bosses, while their men are sent to the front.
Working women are already being modified
by the U. S. government to take an active part
in this way.
Every day hundreds of capitalist papers
poison the minds of the workers with their
anti-labor strike-breaking propaganda, with
their vicious lies and attacks on the Soviet
Union. Only the workers press tells the
workers the truth about imperialht wars, and
how to fight against them.
The bourgeois womens organizations with
their hundreds of papers and publications,
either mobilize working women for the gov
ernments program, or mislead them with
dangerous pacfist illusions, which make the
workers helpless to fight against speed-up,
wage cuts, exploitation and imperialist wars.
The Working Woman published by the Com
munist Party is the only women's paper in the
U. S. A. which fights for the interests of
women workers wherever they are exploited.
1t exposes the role of the treacherous, social
fascist A. F. of L. and its handmaiden The
Womens Trade Union League. 1t teaches
women workers solidarity of the working class
of the world it mobilizes women workers for
the struggle against imperialist war and in
defense of the Soviet Union, the only country
where women workers have real freedom and
equality with men workers
The Working Woman is an organizer, en
agitator and propaganda. Its voice must
be heard by women workers in every shop and
factory. in every hell-hole of exploitation in
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On to mass working women's paper! Build
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-03
"The Menace of Russian Steel"

tries, but the effect on the American would
also eventually be harmful
But. of course. those who cover their united
front of counter-revolutionary war propaganda
against the Soviet Union with a mask of "rev-
dictionary" chatter, will claim that the Soviet
Union is menace to the capitalist world be-
cause it has "gone back to capitalism" or has
completed its "Thermidor degeneration, that
the Russian worker has "lost his liberty" and
so on and so forth.
Counter-revoutionary liars have never been
at loss to find lofty ''moral' justification for
their murder indictments against the workers.
Deterding and Henderson claim that god gave
the Baku oil fields to the Royal Dutch Shell
Company. The pope would restore ikons to the
kulaks. Rabbi Wise demands ''matzoth for
the Jews. The French police demand their
Koutiepov while Cannon demands his Blumkin.
Lovestone demands an end to the "ultra-left
line of the Communist International" The
]. W. w. strike breakers and the A. +. of l..
fascists. together with Kerensky and the czarist
grand dukes demand CELEBRATION" of the Rus
sian masses from Communist dictatorship"
The whole pack demands war against the So
Wet Union!
But the American workers will not be de-
ceived. No matter how disguised in priestly
robes or "proletarian'' vestments the workers
will know that these who cry at religious"
persecution or political" persecution, are on
the side of counter-revolution, on the side of
Wall Street Imperialism. on the side of the
bosses who rob them daily in the shops and
mills, the side of those disturbel million
aires who are preparing war against "the
menace of Russian STEEL" That is to say
against the socialist industry of the Soviet
Union, where wages are being raised. unem-
nlOVmpnt hp hour
week established, where workers enjoy ruler
ship of both industry and government and are
pressing on to complete socialist construction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-03

THOUSANDS Of women in the munitions
plants are working under terrific pressure
for 25 cents an hour, tens of thousands OF
Negro women tobacco workers slave for
wages ranging between 81 and Sc week,
millions of women in the textile mills, steel
mills, electrical and chemical plants packing
houses, canneries and other factories work
II to ID hours week for starvation wages,
under unbelievable conditions of speed-up and
exploitation.
These exploited workers must be reached
and organized. These women workers who
are today the slaves of the capitalists, must
be won for the class struggle and turned into
militant fighters for the rights of the working
class. Because the workers face so many
struggles today which require their activities
as an organized group, one of our primary
tasks is the organization of the millions of
unorganized women workers into the militant
industrial unions, and into the ranks of the
Communist Party.
The Importance of the workers press as an
aid in organization cannot be overestimated.
The Working Woman can become our best or
ganizer of women workers. Through effec-
tive distribution it will reach hundreds of open
shops, mills, and factories all over the coun-
try; it will reach backward women on the
farms and in the homes, placing before the
masses of exploited working women the class
against class program, the demands and slo-
gans Of the Trade Union Unity League and
the Communist Party of the U. S. A.
The Working Woman must become the voice
Of every working woman IN the factory, on the
farm or in the home. If the paper is to re-
fleet the conditions and struggles of the work
ers in the shops, we must have wide CAM
paign for shop correspondence. Women work
ers should be urged to write about their work
ing conditions, workers correspondence cir
eles should be formed in the shops and in the
unions, which will regularly supply the Work