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tee. This committee Is headed BY u. A.
Brooks, and includes Joseph Kirchner,
J. II. Potts and L. T. Souder. The
Electric League Of this city put in the
ORIGINAL equipment for the lighting of
the tree, and annually furnishes and
arranges the lighting.
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department Of the District. was found
dead Of o heart attack yesterday In the
rest room on the second floor Of the
District Building. She was found by
Mrs. Clara s. Bergh, clerk In the as
SCISSORS ONCE.
Mrs. Seely. It was learned, had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-09
Dress Rings of Wood Shown.

Dress rings made of wood and set
with precious stones are the newest and
smarteSt of the striking fads in Paris.
Ebony is the most popular wood, and
ring Of 1t as narrow as platinum has
been shown. Sandalwood is a second
fayorite.
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Snake in Soup Kills
40 Indian Students.
Including the Cook
BY the Associated Press.

BOMBAY, India, December 0.
Death of 40 students of the
London Mission School at Erode,
Madras, is attributed to snakes
poison in their food.
The students, Exchange Tele-
graph Co. dispatches from Erode
say, had just finished their mid
day meal when 40 collapsed and
died in quick succession.
It was stated afterward that q
snake was found in the utensil
in which the soup for the meal
had been prepared, the soup as a
consequence being highly poison
Gus. The cook was one Of the
victims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-09

Rev. Hugh Mcintyre Butler, a Pres.
byterian, who claimed to be the oldest
minister in the United Kingdom, has
died at Magilligan, Ireland, aged 103
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-09

under the care Of . physician for SONS
time. She Is survived by two brotherM
Louis A. Dent and Milton Dent OF Ions
Branch, and q sister, MRS. +. o. RorerR
Funeral services viii be held &C tn
Sergeon undertaking establishment q
o'clock tonight.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13

last summer in five trips at bat
against the Indians he poled two
singles, a triple, home run and drew
a walk.
Chief HOgsett, real Indian rookie
sOuthpaw with Detroit, is a CherO-
kee adopted by the Iroquois. In
other words he's all redskin. And
his name in IrOquois is "Ranan-
tasse," which means "Strong Arm"
Wonder what the Indian name of
Ben lineup means? Strong
Thirst" perhaps.
Free Air Shres is going to ask SIS. 900
instead of s25, 900 for 1880. latest info says
The matter of reinstatement must come
first. however. for he's still carried on
the Sox roster as suspended.
n
The story is told of player reporting
late at training camp blowing and show
ing signs of tear. His alibi was he just
had been sealed to the "onIy girI' aud
his manager replied: From your ap-
pearance evidently the knot was tied in
the Little Speak Easy Around the
Corner"
For the third consecutive season
exactly fifty American League play
ers batted 300 or more in 1929, with
Ty Cobb, retired, missing from the
select list for the first time since
1905 and Iris Speaker. with New
ark, and Eddie Collins, Athletic
coach, absent for the first time since
1908.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
OhiOLinks
Star Leads
Rich Open
Denny Shute of Columbus
Has 2-Stroke Edge:
Hagen Quits.
BY RONALD W. WAGNER
United Press stan Correspondent
P1ILIEE & COIrNTRY Lib LOS

RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB, LOS
ANGELES. Jan. 13.-The Los An
geles $4,000 open tournament.
marred by downpours Of rain,
reached the first of two days of ex-
tended play today, with Denny
Shute, Columbus (OJ pro, holding
a two-stroke lead
He sloshed around q soggy course
Sunday in IA strokes for eighteen
holes. three over par.
Horton Smith. Joplin, Mo, ranked
second. having a l49 after shooting
a rs Sunday.
Eighteen holes of play were sched-
uled for today, with the field mar
rowed down to fifty entrants. The
same fifty will play the last eighteen
holes Tuesday, to bring the tourna-
ment up to its final ffty-four holes.
The tourney was to have ended
Sunday. but Saturdays postpone
ment because of rain cost one day.
Then it was decided to split the final
thirty-six holes between today and
Tuesday.
Three professionals and the first
CT the amateurs shared third place.
being two strokes behind Smith with
Isis. They we're Fay Coleman, Los
Angeles non-money contestant, and
Bobby CruickShank. Progress, N. Y;
Al Espinosa. Chicago, and Tommy
Armour. Detroit.
Walter Hagen became disguSted
with the rain at the end of nine
holes Sunday and picked up. That
put him out of the tournament.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
Dempsey limiting Comeback Ranks Sharkey Best Heavy

Tony Canzoneri and Jack kid
Berg sharing second.
Benny Bass, recent knockout vic
tor over Tod Morgan, is given top
ranking among the junior light
weights, with the> former champion
in, fourth place.
g.
DAT BATTALINO, featherweight
ID champion. is dropepd to third
place in his division because of the
fact he was out of action recently
with a broken hand. Kid Choco-
late of Cuba is given top ranking,
with Earl MaStro of Chicago sec
ond.
The leader of the bantam class
is Al Brown Of Panama, according
to Dempsey, with Bushy Graham
second.
Another Cuban. Black Bill, gets
the highest ranking among the fly
weights
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
Fives
In Junior
Title Play
Sixteen Teams to Compete
for Crown; Entries
Close Jan. rs.

The disputed junior basketball
championship Of the city will be
settled Feb. 8 7, 8 and 9 in tour-
ney to be sponsored by the En-
Roe Sporting Goods Company. Sew
eral local quintets have claimed the
title at various times.
Teams with players Is years old
or younger will be eligible to enter
the event. The first sixteen quin-
tets to file applications will be en-
tered. Entry blanks may be Sc
cured from Carl Callahan at the
Em-Roe store and must be filed by
noon, Jan. 25.
A silver trophy and gold medals
will be awarded the winners by the
sponsors of the tourney. -Four games
will be played on Thursday and
Friday evenings and Saturday aft
ernons. Semi-fnals will be played
Saturday night, with the champion
ship round scheduled for Sunday
afternoon, Feb. 9. All games will be
played at st. Philips gym, on North
Rural street,
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13

INDIANA high school basketball
Il continued through another week
end with very little change in the
ranks of the leaders. Washington
retained its top position by adding
the thirteenth and fourteenth vic
tories at the expense of Blooming
ton and Central of Evansville.
Frankfort continued to close the
breach separating them from the
HatchetS, MartinSville took another
step up and Columbus remained IN
the same position, closely followed by
Anderson, Connersvlile, Horace
Mann and Delphi.
Number thirteen. the traditional omen
Of bad luck almost provided stumbling
block for Washington. Bloomington. with
one victory in nine previous starts, forced
the Ha tchets to come from behind in the
last five minutes to win % to 10, Pat
Page the PantherS gridiron ace, led them
in their stand against the prep leaders.
Saturday night, Washington disposed of
a more difficult foe. Central of Evansville.
by 37-to-2O count.
Everett Cases state champion
ehip Frankfort quintet proved its
strength by administering de-
csive 22 to ii defeat TO LOgans-
port on the Berries home floor.
Due to an extra game schedule,
Coach Wells of LoganspOrt used
a lineup composed mostly of re-
serves against JEFF of Lafayette,
and lost another encounter, "a
to %.
JEFF. led by Grove, displayed
potential power. Lafayette also
defeated Charlottesville Friday, al
to 26.
~ ELPHI turned in half sue
. cessful weekend. With Shuey
eligible for the first time the Ora
cles forced the strong Connersville
quintet at top speed on the Spar
tans' floor before losing, 35 to 33.
Saturday night, on their home floor.
Delphi avenged an early defeat at
the hands of Washington EAST Chi
cago), 26 to 18.
Despite announcements carried in most
state papers, ConnersvilIe and Columbus
did not meet Saturday. Thy will piay at
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
OFF OFF Blackboard I! 3; "a!
The BY VERN BOXELL

the former place next Friday. Columbus
had an easy time conquering Brazil, Al
to "a.
Anderson walked away with a 44to-27
triumph over Rochester. Kokomo. the
hard luck team. lost another close one to
Lebanon. 26 to a. Peru also doWned the
Wildcats. 81 to 25.
Shelbyville stepped up By drub-
bing Franklin, % to IA, and stop
ping Lebanon, "a to 27, at the lat
ter place. Muncie defeated Nor
ton of Richmond easily, but lost
to VincenneS at the latter place,
so to %.
Martinsville staged spectacular
late rally to overcome an eight
point lead and stop the Alices, S3
to "a, Friday night.
A LTHOUGH Horace Mann won
IA two easy games, from Whiting
and Newcastle, Goshen stole the
northern show by handing La Porte
its first defeat in seven starts. La
Porte came back to defeat South
Bend Saturday, however.
Valparaiso defeated Froebel Gary i.
Hartford City trimmed Portland. Green
field beat Rushville. Seymour stopped
cI,y ND 1har
set Mitchell, and Roosevelt East Chicago)
stopped Emerson Gary in other week
end features.
THREE of Backboard's selections
Il in the four Western Conference
games Saturday were successful,
Purdue providing the upset by drop
ping Michigan. Among the high
schools we weren't so successful,
with Vincennes, Shelbyville, Peru,
Bedford and JEFF of Lafayette up
setting the dope bucket.
Six right and six wrong for Sat-
urdays card. Eighty-two victories
and Thirty-one losses for the sea-
son. Batting average .726. Not so
hot.
n q
Aftetr seeing Purdue upset Michigan.
Be ckboard wonders how the Wolverines
expected TO win the conference and swhy
Purdue wasn't rated SO high. And after
jeff and Logansport in action,
We wonder why jeff hasn't been heard
from before, and If Wells second team is
that good, how hot" is the Berry varsity.
n n
Northwestern looks good for tonight.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
SMITH MEETS FRANCIS
Hoosier Big Nine Quintets
Shine I'm Conference Start
Purdue Trips Michigan and Indiana Bowls Over ChlCago
Notre Dame DiSpoSeS of Marquette.

after taking the ball off the back
board. Michigan led, II to g. at half
time. Murphy was high with nine
points
Led by Jumping Joe zeller,
sophomore forward and Captain
Branch McCracken. veteran center,
Indiana university's quintet won its
first conference game. defeating
Chicago at the Windy City, 36 to
"a. The two stars scored thirteen
and sixteen points respectively. In
diana led, II to 8, at half time
Yates scored fourteen of Chicago's
points.
De Pauw's Tigers ran wild in the
second half of their game with
Evansville and piled up a 41-to-l2
score. Ragsdale led the attack and
was high point man with sixteen
points.
Notre Dame, led by it's two speed
kings, Norb Grove and Joe Gavin,
easily disposed of Marquette, Al to
%. The Hilltoppers threatened only
once when in the middle of the first
half they succeeded in tying the
score at 11-all. The score at the
half was 10 to II. Grove, with
twelve points, was high-point man,
Concordia of TT. Wayne fell be-
fore N. A. G. U. at Indianapolis, 80
to %. Gahl, Concordia guard, led
in scoring with thirteen points.
Hanover had difficulty with Rose
Poly at TerTe Haute, but closed the
game with 32-to-27 victory. Alex
ander and Wsllin. forwards on the
opposing teams, tied for high scor-
ing honorS with eleven points each.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
Down the Allevs
BY LEFTY LEE

The Block Optical girls posed out the
HltI MqeiterNsSh .h @ BY Two pins 2747 to 7,!45 to
day. Kritsh and Fox were the leading
scorers for. the Block team with totals
McKinnen were over the 500 mark for
the Mueller girls. Other prize winning
totals we're: Gray. Gribben and Gray,
S4s and s6ortnS S1fa oods aS9R s2s
High single individual game of the meet
was rolled by Mrs. L. Wiesman OF the
6ef last game f9n teams paTc IN
pated in this event.
rolled on the Illinois alleys Sunday. sew
enty teams taking a whirl at the at
trsctiye prize list offered. George Voelker
ana J. Hall were the winners when they
three-game route. Vollmer and Faust were
second with 1903. other prize winning
ler-Faust. 1895: BlanfordF Faust, 1878;
Stemm- Kelly. 1852: RackamanW Wimberly.
ESQ; Pitchman-Shaw, l.254, and Amick-
Smith. 1.24s High single game prize was
won bv Hod Eller with 25e.
Harry Fuehring's perfect 500 games was
the outstanding feature of the league play
on local alleys during the past week.
Fuehring also cOpped top honOrs for all
loops over the three-game route. with
OF SYS ns seasrah % is ali 50 SoIs2s sTge
dream that he bought an east side friend
new delivery truck.
Dad Hanna slipped in a 500 series for
the bows of the WASHINGTON League 10
look at, growing better each game with
counts of lS9. $50 and 269 TO reach this
mark.
A. Maschino and Alexander rolled 61l
and 6O9 to top the field of women bowlerS
during the weeks play. z. Dawson had
the best single game with score OF 243.
In team play the Coca Cola boys OF the
INDIANAPOLIS League turned in the best
three-rame count with total of S06s,
which was featured BY a finish of 1.f0s.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13

BU United Press
NE YORK. Jan. 13.-LeW Fon-
SEGA of Cleveland won the Amer
ican League batting championship
for 1929 with an average of 1863, but
the official averages, released today.
reveal Charlie Gehringer. Detroit
second baseman, as a whale of an
all-round star.
Gehringer finished eleventh in
batting with an average of .339:
played in the most games. 1856;
scored the most runs. 1871; stole the
most bases. 81; led in three base
hits, l9; tied his teammate AleXan-
der for the most hits. 215: tied an
other teammate. Roy Johnson, and
Heinie Manush of st. Louis. in dou-
bleS with As, and although in an un-
favorable position in the batting Or
der drove in 106 runs.
Fonseca, National League cast
off. compiled the lowest average
which has won the American
League title since 1914 He led his
nearest rival, Al Simmons of Phila-
delphia. by four points, while
Heinie Manush, 1928 runner-up. was
third with 1855. one point higher
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
BY DIXON STUART.
Tinted Press Staff Correspondent


NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Jack
~ Sharkey is the best American
heavyweight and the accredited
worlds champion for 1880. Jack
Dempsey said today in a copyright
article in The Ring. boxing maga-
zine.
Dempsey says he believes Shar-
key can take care of the task of
Keeping the title in this country. but
that if Sharkey can not he will re-
turn to the ring and keep the title
in America.
I'm inclined to believe that my
second fight with Tunney was my
farewell to the ring" Dempsey
said. but if a foreigner gains the
worlds title I may be prompted to
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
Purdue Plays
Wildcats for
Big Nine Lead
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO. Jan. 13.-Purdue's
sharpshooting quintet has an op-
portunity to take first place in the
1880 Western Conference campaign
tonight when it meets the unde-
feated Northwestern five.
The Boilermakers inauguated
their Big Nine season Saturday
night by trimming Michigan, % to
10. A victory over the Wildcats,
holding first place in the conference
scramble as a result of victories over
Wisconsin and Minnesota, would
give Purdue the leadership.
Attention also will be focused on
the Michigan Illinois game at Ann
Arbor. Illinois is undefeated in the
conference race.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13

MAKE RosENBLooM is given
Ava top ranking among the light
heavyweights with Jimmy Slattery,
Lou Scozza and Leo Lomski follow
ing. Mickey Walker is rated first
among the middleweights, with Dave
Shade, second. Walker also shares
top ranking among the light heavies
with RoSenbloom.
Jimmy McLarnin of Vancouver is
given equal rating with champion
Jackie Fields at the top of the well
terweight class.
In the junior welterweight divi-
sion, Dempsey places Baby Joe Cans
first and Ruby Goldstein second,
with the champion, Mushy Callahan
in third position. Lightweight
Champion Sammy Mandell is
awarded first place in his class with
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
GOLFERS CONTINUE PLAY IN $4,000 TOURNAMENT
Stars Compete
in New York
Track Events
BIZ Bnited Press
-

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-The an
nuaI New York County American
Legion meet at One hundred Sec
ond Engineers armory tonight,
opens the weeks indoor track pro-
gram. Phil Edwards, National in
tercollegiate champion, will make
his first appearance Of the season
in the 1,000yard run. with Frank
c. Bayley, metropolitan two-mile
champion, Joe Hickey, intercolle-
giate two-miIe champion, and Will
bur Getz. National Collegiate A. A.
mile champion, meeting III the fea-
ture one mile event.
Ray Conger, crack Iowa middle
distance runner, will oppose Elmo
Purje of Finland in the feature
1,5O0-meter run at the PaStime A.
G. carnival at Twenty second
Engineers armory Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
Hot Fight
fOrPOints
in League
Birch Tops City Meters
With At: Next Games
on Tuesday.

A close battle is going on in the
City Baske sball League for individ-
ual scoring honorS.
Shorty Birch is out in front with
forty-seven points Birch jumped
to the top last Tuesday when he
scored nine field goals against the
Earl Radio. Pete House of the
Radios, who led before last weeks
games, did not play against the
Grottos and dropped to fifth place.
Brown, Beech Grove, missed 60
ing into a tie with Birch last week
by two points. He did not play the
entire game, however, against Hayes
Body, retiring in the second half
when injured
Kiesling, who plays center for the
Earl Radios and coaches New Pal
estine high school, is in third place
With forty three points, Ray Miller,
who helped Technical high school
reach the final round of the state
high school tournament last sea-
son, is in fourth place.
In the seventh round games
Tuesday night at the Y. M. c. A,
Beech Grove Big -Four will meet
Earl Radio in the first contest at 7
o'clock, Hayes Body will oppose Big
Four A A at o'clock and Sahara
Jrotto quintet will play Marmon
Motor Company at 9.
Big -Four A. A. has won six games
without defeat. The Grotto five
is in second place. League individu-
al scoring leaders follow:
Birch. Grotto. At FRANKIE Big Four. 33
Brown. Grove. ..,.45 Bradbury, Grotto 80
hleSllng. Radio 80. 43 Hutchinson. Radio %
Miller. Grotto. 42l wilkins, Radio. :. 90
House, Radio. ..... 41Hill. Grotto. .......27
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
reconsider, for I still believe I am
master of the present crop"

reconsider, for I still believe I am
master of the present crop"
q
DEMPsEY made this statement
IL in connection with his selec-
tions for the ring of the leading
fighters in all divisions. formerly an
annual task of the late Tex Rickard.
Max Schmeling OF Germany is
rated as the outstanding foreign
contender. Tuffy Griffiths of Sioux
City, Ia, is ranked third with Phil
Scott of England, in fourth place.
Tommy Loughran, whom Demp-
sey calls "one of the greatest light
heavyweight champions since Bob
Fitzsimmons." is rated fifth. fol-
lowed by Otto Won Porat, George
Godfrey, Johnny Risko, vittorio
Campolo, Young Stribling. Pauline
Uzcudun and Primo Camera.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
U. GRAPPLERS WIN

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. 13.-
Wrestlers from Nebraska university
lost to Indiana's graphing team
Saturday night. Is to II. The
Hoosiers won decisions in the 1873,
49, 158, 1853 and heavyweight
classes and the Huskers in the 118
and 128-pound classes. Hunt OF
Nebraska won the only fall when
he downed Waraska in eight min
uteS and thirty seconds.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13

Purdue's % to 19 victory over the
Wolverines of Michigan at Lafay-
cite was the big noise in Hoosier
sportdom over the weekend. The
victory resulted from a whirlwind
rally in the last three minutes, after
Michigan had secured a lead of 10
to 18. 1t was Purdue's first Big
Nine battle.
Wooden's ability to dribble under
the basket for short shots featured
the final squirt, coupled with Stretch
Murphy'S ability to make counters
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
Independent, Amateur
Basket Gossip

Oak Hill Juniors want games with teams
in the 17-year-old class having access to
gyms. Call Oh. 1884.
Union. 19 to O. at the Y NJ C. A. and
took the league lead. Terry, Banayote
and Ferracane starred for the winners
Indianapolis Stove Company defeated
Belmont Greyhounds, 26 to 20 Brandt
brothers were best for the winners. For
games. write William Brandt, sl7l6 orange
street. or call Dr.. 2958-M. Edgewood A.
c. take notice.
Atkins defeated Power and Light. 81 to
26. The losers missed the services of Al
lison. big forward. CT. and J. swamped
Irvington Trojans SO to II. For games
with Atkins of G. and j., call Mckinney
at Ii. 4541 or IT. 3054-R after D. m.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
i scoring leaders follow
One for One

bU tNltCu PftSS
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Nick
1 Y Altrock, Washington's ia
nous comedian coach, was
the only American League
player with a perfect batting
average during the 1929 sea-
son, hitting a single in his
only appearance at the plate
to attain the 1000 mark.
Fans around the American
League circuit are certain to
hear glowing accounts of the
achievement next season when
old Nick swings into action on
the coaching lines.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-01-13
Turner's Drop
Anderson Five

With Roberts and FRANKIE leading
the attack with fifteen and ten
points. respectively, South Side
Turner's defeated Anderson Boosters.
AZ to % Sunday afternoon. The
visitors held the edge from the
start until the middle of the second
period, being in front 18 to IA at
the half.
A fast passing attack in the final
ten minutes bewildered the Ander-
son five, and the south siders went
into big lead. Turner's play
Noblitt-Sparks at Greenwood Thurs
day night.