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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-05-28
Birthday Party
Il. Held at WabassO

Wabasso, May 26-Mrs. r. F.
Druck entertained five little girl
friends in honor of her daughter Bel
vas sixth birthday last Friday after
noon from three until six. Games
were played and a delicious lunch
was served. Those present were
Bethel Burchart, Edna Davis, jeanette
Matison, Helen Winn and Delight
Larson. Belva received many nice
gifts.
Josephine Prantner who has been
assisting at the John Daub Sr. home
for some time left for her home We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Edward Weldon and son DIV
er and daughter Inez and Roy Zeren
spent Sunday afternoon at the Chas.
Johanneck and Gene Paradis homes
at Redwood Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Goblirsch,
Mrs. Mary Goblirsch and Rev. FIR.
Schmitt motored to st. Paul Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Torney accom-
panied by Mrs. Ben Bode and Mrs.
Lloyd Sinclair motored to New Ulm
Thursday where Mr.. Torney attended
the buttermakers' convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Nelson of Evan
spent pleasant afternoon at the Ber-
nard Castensen home Saturday.
A number of friends gathered at
the home of Mrs. Amelia Boyer last
Friday afternoon to help her cele-
brate her birthday. The afternoon
was spent in social way and at
five o'clock a delicious lunch was
served.
The Seniors and Juniors of our
public school enjoyed picnic at
Ramsey Park Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Fritz, Mrs. John
Dommer and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Degner attended the funeral Of Ferd-
inand Degner of Lamberton Friday
afternoon. Interment took place at
the Waterbury cemetery. The de-
ceased is the father of Albert Degner
and an uncle of Mrs. A. J. Fritz of
this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Netzke of Lamber-
ton were Wabasso callers Saturday
on their way home from Redwood
Falls where they had spent a few
days visiting relatives and friends.
John Zollner and Mrs. Ludwig
Daub and daughter autoed to New
Ulm Thursday where they visited
with relatives.
Mrs. N. j. Franta spent few days
the past week with relatives at New
Ulm.
D. E. Sinclair, DR.. A. J. Mclean,
Lloyd Peavey. and Harold Franta at
tended the banquet at the new two
story building of the Southern Min
nesota Supply company at Mankato
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. George Franta accompanied
by Mrs. R. A. Lestikow, Mrs. C. H.
Lestikow and Mrs. Edw. Schffman
were visitors at New Ulm Friday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Merth were
Redwood Falls callers last Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Zeren and son
Francis autoed to Fairfax Friday af-
ternoon where they were called on
account of the serious illness of Mrs.
Zeren's mother, Mrs. Joseph julius.
Appolonia Starken is now assisting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press sports Kditor.
NJ AA& 49, T.rn

No. 4--At the Top.
w WITHIN two years after joining
M the washington "NationAis,' ?
" " for whom he at once be-
came the first-string back
stop, oabby Street was recognized as
one Of the finest catchers in the game.
Although not a powerful hitter. he
was known, as Connie Mack had been
before him, as b tough man in 4 pinch.
Defensively he was more conspicuous.
He handled the pitchers cleverly. OUT
smarted the base-runners and kept up
steady line Of encouraging chatter.
His chief rival for backstopping hon.
ors L. the American League was Billy
Sullivan, then nearing the close Of his
career with the Chicago White Sox.
George Gibson of the Pittsburgh Pr
ates, Jimmy Archer and Johnny King
OF tire Chicago Cubs were the best in
the National League. Bill Carrigan Of
the Red Sox, Ira Thomas Of the Ath-
letics, Rogers Bresnahah Of the Cardi-
nails were others Of prominence.
'aThe hands OF Catcher Street Of the
washington club are not marked by
scars or by any twisted OK broken nm
gers" wrote contemporary scribe, yet
he has caught more than 400 games
since he joined the washington Ameri-
can League club.
Street says he always holds his fin-
gers together when he catches the ball
and that he never was injured, even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
ceod Prefers Present Colt Ball. DeayedD Horseshoe Finals
Street, With Nationals in 1909, Set Record, 1
Still Standing, of 924 Chances Accepted

jinxed by this ballyhoo or not, Street
shortly afterward met with his nrst In
jury, broken finger.
The accident put him out Of the game
for several weeks and proved costly 70
the washington club, at a time when
II was also handicapped by infield weak
ness and the illness OF the great wal
ter johnson.
For the three previous years Street
had averaged lie games behind the
bat but he caught only "a in 1911 and
batted .222. This was Gabby's high
mark with the stick for his first four
major league seasons, at that.
His top figure for backstopping was
In 1909 when he was behind the bat In
1877 out Of Washington's 156 contests,
setting an American League record for
chances accepted, 924, that still stands
on the books.
Street would have raised this total"
wrote an observer, but for quitting the
Nationals. laying of or becoming lost
or something or other in midseason. He
was gone week or 30. Otherwise, he
would have given closer race TO George
Gibson of the Pirates. who caught $50
Of PittSbtlrgh's 154 games"
GIbson's mark, National League
record, still stands. Ray Schalk set the
American League record at ISL In 1890.
Cy Perkins of the Athletics caught
148 games in 1870 and 1922, and Muddy
Ruel Of the washington Senator'S was
In 149 games IN 1924. Mickey Coch-
rane's high mark with the Athletics
was i35 games in 1929.
Street was traded in 1912 to the New
York Highlanders, who let him 60 to
Providence later the same season.
TotnoFrow--Big Trains Fireman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
RUSSELL WILL Be
A.A.U. HEAD HERE
Committee Also Picks Slate
for Other 0ffices-CaIIs
Meeting for Monday.

Nomination Of william 4. Russell Of
the Boys Club 10 succeed John D.
O.ReIIly as president Of the District Of
Columbia Amateur Athletic Union has
been announced by A. Earle Weeks.
chairman Of the Nominating Commit
tee.
The committee also completed the
new ticket by naming Edward Rossn-
blum, A. Earle weeks, Norman Lam
dreeM and Winifree johnson 70 serve
as FIRST vice president, second vice presi-
dent, third vice president ana secretary
treasurer, respectively.
The new president has had unusual
success In registration work since the
association severed relations with the
South Atlantic A. A. u. in 1929.
The second annual meeting Of the
association win be held Monday at 72g
Fifteenth street. Member clubs are
asked to submit the names OF three
delegates to represent them during the
Following is the list Of those nom
mated:
rss ss: E.:sa Bee sSs
jewish Community Center. "a. w..N,
-Sec0nd vice preslqent-As nSue "eeAS'
third VICE prssidsnt-Nofman IAndHsau,
American Lewion.
Secretary-treasurer - Winfree johnson
Welfare and Recreational Association.
Registration Committee - Cheflee Fyfe
yoys Club; A. Earle wees, WsshingtoE
Ernest L. Miller, Potomac Boet Club; LlfiaK
HOFFMAN, Capitol Athlgtfc Club.
Winfree Johnson, Welfare and Reereattonal
Association; J. KIP EDWARDS. Downtown
Norman Lendrgau, American Legioni Dorsey
Grtnlth. Catholic University,
Sharpe, Downtown Coaches Club; 8. w
Huehes Terminal z: z. N: 9: A.; Ed
ter: James =. Sullivan, KNIGHTS of Colum-
bus; Thomas 3. Milisa Georgetown uniYer-
sity; Ggorge M. Motifs, &C Club.
Handicapped, track and neh-Yank Rob.
bins, Downtown Coaches Club.
Handicapped. administrations Q. Shear
Warrington Canoe Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
Hayes, Frazier and Williams
Hot Rivals i'm Shoe Play-Off

FALLS CHURCH, va, September II.
Ira Marshall Is still running wild
against all local opposition. Chairman
Samuel Murray IL pointing toward the
Fairfax County finals next Tuesday
evening. Murray Is expecting strong
opponents from Merrifeld and Bailey'G
Gross Roads.
FORT BERRY, Va, September II
The local tossers are anxious to start
the county fireworks Albert Marshall
and Stanley Robinson are working hard
to make clean sweep Of the Halls Hill
toSsefs. State Chairman Hyson ex-
poets to stage the big event at Hall'
Hill next Wednesday night.
ANNAPOLIS, September IT,
John Sembly, chairman Of the local
pitchers, b completing his tourney II
fast time, and soon win be ready fo1
the State play-offs. Eennbly Ia favored
to win the Annapolis crown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
'BLUMDERG TAKES
CITY JUNIOR TITLE
Hot Prince Georges County
PIay-off Set Tomorrow.
State Tits Monday.

IN AIN prevented first-round
X play in the Washington
i mems finals of the metro
politan horseshoe cham
pionShipS on the New York avenue
playground courts, but the juniors,
who started early yesterday, had
1t out to a finish, with M. Blum
berg, Virginia avenue division
champion, winning the title.
The grown-ups will try again
today at 5 o'clock, and if rain in
terferes again the contests on the
courts at New York avenue and
First street will be postponed un-
til tomorrow.
OF almost as great interest as the
washington finals are the Prince
Georges County play-offs, to take place
tomorrow night on the well lighted
coutrs at Mount Rainier, with cham
pions and runners-up of town to,Irna-
mentS engaged, This event will bring
out more natural rivalry than the
Washington affair, from which six Of
the Capitals leading favorites unex-
pectedly were eliminated.
EOUR or five crack pitchers have
4 qualified for the Prince Georges
finals and the remainder of the
field is far from mediocre. A large gall
lery Is assured and, led by Frank Bau-
man, town champion and tournament
chairman, the Modnt Rainier pitchers
have made every arrangement possible
to make the play-offs attractive to both
performer and spectator.
A dozen or more win compete for the
Prince Georges title, now held by Ray
mond Panlnolzer, formerly Of Seat Pleas
ant, who moved to Washington and will
not defend.
Among the leading contenders viii be
Merle Holman Of Hyattsville, county
champion two years ago; Woodward,
1888 champion Of Hyattsville; William
Copenhaver, Marlboro champion; will
mcr Greenwell, Seat Pleasant cham
pion; Frank Bauman, Mount Rainier
champion, and Walter Handbook, Boule.
ward Heights champion.
HOWEVER, the two representatives
i 4 Of Capitol Heights, Darling sRol-
Inns, champion and Alvin Marks,
hunner-up, won't want for attention to-
morrow night. These two swept through
the largest town event in the entire
Metropolitan tournament. There were
about 200 entries.
Pairings will be announced in tomor-
rows issue Of The Star by j. Theodore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
crown, Prince oeorges county chair.

Crown, Prince Georges County chair
man.
The Southern Maryland finals, with
champions and runners-up Of Prince
Georges, Montgomery and Charles
Counties engaged, will be held next
Monday night at Mount Rainier, at
7:30 o'clock Montgomery County's
finals will be played next Saturday aft
ernoon at silver Spring, with Brooke
Grub directing.
The Northern Virginia finals win be
played next week, probably Wednesday
night, at Arlington, home OF the de-
Tending champion, Clayton G. Hensen
and the metropolitan grand flnai 4
slated for next Thursday, on the New
York avenue courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17

ray, Valparaiso, Ind, 5 and 3: EaraEen
beat Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y.
Z and s; Shute beat Jim Fouls, Chi
cage, and /; Smith beat Willie Mac
Fariane, 8 and 5.
Billy Burke, the open champion, To-
day had to play Abe Espinosa, who
rallied yesterday TO beat Bill MehIhorn,
Z and /. Burke ousted Bob Crowley,
Haverhill, Mas, Q and 4.
The other quarter finalists were Cyril
walker, open champion In 1924, and
Tom Creavy, Albany, N. Y. walker
eliminated Johnny Golden Of NofotoF1,
Conn.,, and Z, yesterday and CfeAvy
defeated Pete O'Hara Of Verona, Pa
4 I'D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
ARMOUR, SARAzEN
At CRUCIAL STAGE
Champion Plays Shute, Gene
Meets n. Smith in P. G. A.
Quarter Finals.

By the Associated Press.
~ RovIDENCE, n. T., september
- 1.-THE favorites in the Pro-
fessional Golfers Association
championship play, Tommy
Armour, defending titlist, and Gene
Sarazen, today were at the crucial
stage.
Armour was matched against Denny
Shute Of Hudson, Ohio, FOR the third
round. Sarazen drew Horton Smith,
who has high hopes Of regaliing pfes-
YESTERDAY Armour beat walter Mur-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
YALE STRESSES PASSING

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, September II
R).--Yale's foot ball squad yesterday
began work on the forward pass in
earnest under the supervision Of Benny
Friedman, former Michigan ace, and
Bucky O'Connor.
Backneld men spent nearly the entire
two hours CT the afternoon drill In
learning the art Of THROWING and receiv-
devoted to fundamentals and . signal
drill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
BowLERs DELAY START.

The opening Of the Recreation Duck
pin League has been postponed until
Thursday. September "a. The post
ponement was due to shortage Of two
teams. Any teams interested in join
ing the league are requested to get In
touch with Dave Cox. secretary, at the
Recreation Alleys,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
PLAY PRACTICE GAME

A practice game between National
Training School and Episcopal High
gridders Of Alexandra tomorrow after
noon on the Training School field viii
be the nearest approach to formal COM
petition the schoolboy group hereabout
has had to date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17

g u8ub anu 10cZpcI16DCEUs
Dewitt Props candidates also were 70
get down TO serious training today. jam
Mcnamara coach, issued a can Tor cam
didates, who were to report At 2 On the
school gri6iron.
A workout was held yesterday but
only about IL were present.
Coach Paulie Byrne as ct. Johns was
elated yesterday with turnout OF GA
candidates, who were put through their
first workout on the Monument Grounds.
Only i've regulars, however, win be
back. They are ecznlon, captain
Lynch, Dixon, Rogerson and DAILY.
The Cadets Will open their season
October against Mount st. Joseph.
Other games scheduled thus far are
Calvert Kali, october 10; Loyola. o.
tober -; Georgetown Prep. November 0,
and opn1aga. November 10. More tilts
VIII be added.
Brother James Il the new athletic
director, succeeding Brother Eugene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17

Competition IN the Rose Park colored
divisional play-offs OF The Star horse
shoe tournament will start today at 8
o'clock. Some sizzling matches are due.
No favorite rules here. With Sergt
Angus Hayes, Ceola Frazier and
Reginald Williams tossing in the same
tourney, 1t is anybody's title.
Hayes and Frazier start play with two
divisional campaigns behind them, but
Williams Is q newcomer, who won
recognition by defeating Hayes for the
Cook playground title The going should
be tough for an concerned. Blocker and
johnson Of Magruder playground will
be two customers hard TO deal with.
Blocker halls from Harrisburg, Pa,
where he was champion Of the local
Y. N. c. A. The junior play should
furnish some keen contests. John Con-
way Of Rose Park Is outstanding. He
showed wei yesterday IN q tlThe-up
match with Sergt. Hayes. Junior play
starts nc pm.
Howard divisional action was halted
yesterday by rains. Play win resume
today at 5 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
pApnocY 4 TATHrR.

PASADENA, Calf, September II tE9.
Charles Paddock, noted sprinter, has
become . father, son was born TO his
wife, Neva, at hospital here last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17

HYATTSVILLE, Md, September IL.
Chairman Warren Walker is prepar-
ing for the Prince Georges County play.
The ::Old Fox" Is worried at last.
Rumors from North Brentwood have it
that Chairman Julius Wheeler Is
drilling his two aces, Sammy Williams
and Felix Tilghman, night and day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
BUSINESS TO AGAIN
HAVE LIGHT SQUAD
Starts Work Today-Devitt Also
Gets Busy--St. Johns Has
Large Turnout.

Business High Schools foot bali squad
was 20 report Ct the Monument
Grounds today for It's frBt drill Of the
year.
As usual the stenoes are expected 10
be light and inexperienced.
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The Washington times., 1931-09-26
BOARD
CUTS STAFFS,
DROPS20
Sections Reduced, Executives
Remain; ParmeIee Handed
$1,000 Raise in Salary

Further dismissals reported this
week at the Shipping Board Of
ficeS bring the number removed
since July up to 20. This number
is in addition to routine resigna-
tionS and transfers.
Most Of the reductions are be-
ing made in the auditing section,
headed by Comptroller L. D. Par
melee, who has just been given
a salary increase from $4,000 to
$4,000. Malcolm r. Brown, also
of the auditing section, has been
given an increase of $840 per
annum.
Routine Reductions
E. j. Skidmore, personnel CHIEF
of the Shipping Board, who sends
out the dismissal slips, insisted
this week that only routine reduc-
tions are being effected.
He said the Shipping Board
personnel is now at its minimum,
and that the board will continue
to function with practically the
present strength.
However, many minor clerical
employees, particularly in the sal
ary grades of $1,800-$2, 800, re-
ported this week the ak is hang
ing over several of the sections,
especially the auditing staff, with
further dismissals expected.
Executives Remain
It was also stated that no ex-
ecutives are being let go, even
though many minor chiefs who
formerly had charge OF large
offices now have only two to a
dozen employees under them.
One executives subordinate
staff has been reduced from IS
to 2, but he still retains his title
and salary and job, it was said.
The tenor Of the clerks protest
is that if reductions must be
made. the burden should fall
equally on all grades, and not
solely on the smaller salaried en-
ployeS.
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
"Saturation Point" Nears
For Monuments Here

Washington, which is noted the
world over for its monuments and
memorials, is fast approaching
the saturation point in this re-
spect, in the opinion of Lieut.. Col.
U. S. Grant, Sd, director of the
Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks.
Commenting informally and
casually this week on the numer.
Gus applications being made now
by patriotic and civic bodies for
permission to erect monuments on
the new plots now being made
available by the wholesale wreck
ing program, the park director
said that washington needs open
spaces as we'll as monuments.
Still Room for Some
There is still room on various
,triangleS over the city for a few
more monuments and a few ad-
ditional memorials inevitably will
be built.
One Of these is the $780, 900
memorial to Samuel Gompers. to
be erected by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. This probably
will be built in the triangle at
Eleventh Street and Massachusetts,
Avenue Northwest. Applications
henceforth will be scrutinized with
increasing care.
Colonel Grant smilingly re-
minded that Washington is
"chock full'' Of monuments now,
many of them never noticed.
Some are beautiful works Of art,
and some have been called just
the opposite. Some, like the
Meade monument in the Botanic
Gardens, is seldom seen except
by tourists. For that matter,
Colonel Grant pointed out, Dis
trict residents pay little heed to
the Capitals memorials anyhow.
Lincoln Shrine Popular
The Lincoln Memorial, costing
well up in the millions of dollars,
The Washington times., 1931-09-26
WORKERS SEEK
WAGE REFORM

Special group wage legislation
will soon be unnecessary to rem
edy specific irregularities in the
Government salary system, if
plans for a general reform being
made by the organized Federal en-
ployes are carried out.
The various personnel agencies
of the Government are likewise
working to end at the earliest pos
sible moment the inequalities
and vagueness of the present
classification system.
Discriminating Scales
The 1923 classification meas
ureS were so inadequate in scope,
and left so many lOOphOles, TO-
Eether with obvious inequalities
in compensation, that various
groups of Government workers
began to seek special wage legis-
latiOn.
The postal employees. not cared
for in the 1923 legislation, put
through Congress a bill fixing
$1,700 minimum for clerks and
$500 for laborers.
T e Customs Service in 1928
secured passage Of special act
establishing a $1,000 minimum
for laborers, $1,700 to clerks,
1850 to guarG- and $2,100 to in
spectors.
Another act in 1928 fixed $2,100
at the minimum pay for immi-
grant inspectors. Previous Con-
crosses have seen several similar
moves for class legislation, in
spired largely by the general dis
crepancies in .,ay scales and non-
uniform classification.
Eyed With DisfavOr
The Personnel Classification
Board has looked with Gisfavor
on these special wage appeals,
even when successful. Each vic
tory, it is alleged, tends to dis
turb the existing wage relation
ship and encourages similar de-
mands by other groups, as we'll
as increasing discomfort and
charges of discrimination. The
Governmental agencies which,
with the organized clerks. are
seeking uniformity. point out that
consistency is a main foundation
of a fair and equitable wage
policy.