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ment. Then the kid began to look
in the fifth round.
Maybe our Imagination got away
with us, but We didn't like the looks
OF that kayo at all Pancho ran
into punch as soon as the round
opened dropped to the floor, rolled
around and was counted out. As
Tackett stopped down TO lift him,
Panchos knees showed altogether
too much spring for a boy VINO was
supposed to be out" In his cor
ner he rolled his eyes a couple oil
times and then sprang Up as we'll a.
ever.
Pancho looked much better than
in his previous fights. Re was NOV
ing fast at all times and he con-
nected with Nino plenty Nino had
trouble getting started but he was
catching up with Pancho when the
end came. II they fight again, Nlno
could take him in a round
Louis Reyes and newcomer
called Ismael Garcia, fought good
four round draw in the opener.
Garcia. southpaW. had Louis look =
4 ing bad in the first part of the
fight but he came back strong
enough in the end to be entitled TO
the draw There was plenty OF
slugging IN this scrap and after the
, card was all over one wished that
either one of these boys could have
got that link person in the ring.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Vines Is Hope In
=. Tennis Singles

NEWPORT, N. j., r. l.. Aug. y.
W.P) - Ellsworth Vines, youth1ui
Pasadena, Cal, star who has been
the sensation of the eastern tennis
season, carried the American hopes
today in the finals of the annual
Newport casino tennis champion
ships.
Vines is paired with Frederick j,
Perry of Great Britain in the men
singles championship match and Is
conceded an even chance against
the British Davis cup star who has
defeated six members of the Unit
ed States First 10" during the past
two. weeks.
Vines also will play in the doubles
finals, teaming with Keith Gledhill
+of Santa Barbara. against John
Doeg of Newark and George M.
Lott of Philadelphia. Vines and
Gledhill qualified for the finals yes
terday by defeating John Tidball
and Lester Stoeffen of Los Angeles,
SO, Ga, 6-2. Doeg and Lott won
"a semi-finals match from Frederick
j. Perry and G.. p. Hughes OF Eng
land, 81, Us, ST, Ga, Ga.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
'GABBY' STREET MAKES GOOD
AS BIG LEAGUE TEAM PILOT

the Cards might win the pennant.
Failed As Nurse
Street failed at that task. No
one could have succeeded.
Gabby probably was the best
watchdog Alexander ever had. He
could talk to Alex from his own eX-
perencs. He had tried Alexis route
himself. and saw it LED nowhere.
But one day in midsummer he gave
up on the Alexander assignment,
went TO Breadon and admitted fall
ure.
When Breadon saw Billy South
worth needed more Qinor league eX-
Perieuce as q manager. and decided
TO let Bill McKechnie go late IN
1929, it was Street who stepped
ahead. There was no disposition on
the part Of sports writers when an
nouncement was made that Gabby
would head the club in 1880. to fire
salyoS of applause 1t looked like
Breadon, noted for his quick shifts
OF manager, was just keeping Stree!
en- until ne had time to consider a
better choice.
Indifferent baseball after 4 splen-
did start marked the Cardinals nay
during spring and early summer
The players had decided that Cab
by wasn't a fixture. But on August
Z, Gabby was signed TO one year
contract and that date marked the
virtual beginning of the stunning
pennant drive. in which four out OF
every five games were won uutll
the championship came to st. Louis.
Fittingly enough. on August this
year. Breadon announced that Cab
by had signed for another year.
That announcement won back foI
Breadon all the fans who had been
calling him names because Taylor
Douthit was traded.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
MRS. MOODY IS
ONLY YANKEE IN
SEMI-FINAL PLAY
BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Press Staff Correspondent

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Aug. %.
U.R)-American tennis today owed
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody a rising
vote of thanks for returning to the
courts this season.
For had not the great Californian
decided to come back after a years
absence. the national singles cham
p!onship most certainly would have
remained in England for another
year at least.
If you doubt this, take look at
the semi-final bracket of the tour
nament and be convinced. Mrs.
Moody is the only American survi-
.Eor. the other three semi-final
berths belonging to Miss Betty Nut
snan, Miss Phyllis Mudford and
MRS. Eileen Bennett Whittingstal,
sail of Great Britain.
Mrs. Moody is, OF course, a heavy
favorite TO win. She meets Miss
Mudford today. Miss Mudford,
however. proved in eliminating Mrs.
Lawrence A. Harper of Oakland,
Cal, yesterday that she Is no set
UP.
,,s Miss Nuthall is favored 10 defeat
Mrs. Whittingstall, despite the lat
ter's amazing victory over Miss
Helen Jacobs in the quarter-final
round yesterday. Mrs. Whiting
stall was completely exhausted
when she finished her match WIFI
Miss Jacobs and is likely to lack the
stamina to withstand the tireless
attack of buxom Betty.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
| SPORT I S
BILL TERRY AND
SIMMONS OUT TO
RETAIN RECORDS

! NEW YORK. Aug. %. (U.P-Bill
Terry, New York Giants first base
man. and Al Simmons, Philadelphia
Athletics outfielder. are making q
strong bid to retain their major
league batting championships Won
in 1890.
/ Statistics issued today and in
Guiding games Of Thursday. August
20, show Simmons leading the AM
erican League with a percentage of
1856, four points above his winning
average of 1890 Terry. who topped
the National League last season at
40l. has rallied after a slow start
ana now is in second place III the
senior circuit with an average of
.346. Terry climbed from third to
second place during the last week
and now is only eight percentage
points behind Virgil Davis, Phillies
catcher, who has been near the top
since the start of the season. Chuck
Klein, Phillies outifelder. is in
third place with 344
Babe Ruth is runner up to Sim
mons in the American League with
an average of .371 and Eddie Nor
gan. Cleveland first baseman, is
third at 1855.
Lefty Grove of the Athletics tops
the pitchers for both leagues with
25 victories and two defeats for 1859.
while Jess Haines' 10 victories and
three defeats for .769 headed the
National League.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
FILIPINO FLASH
S0UNDLY BEATS
COAST VETERAN

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug 90. U.P1
Young Tommy, Filipino flyweight
who holds the championship Of the
Orient, conclusiyely proved his abil-
ity last night by trouncing Ernie
Hood, Pasadena veteran, 50 badly
that the fight was stopped in the
fifth round. 81
Tommy Waded right in from the
start, and won four Of the five
rounds before he was awarded a
technical knockout. Hood got in
one good punch in the third and
dropped Tommy for no-count, but
thereafter didn't stand d chance.
Both boys weighed ia pounds.
1t was Young Tommys iirst AM
erican battle, and best seen here
in a long time.
Jimmy Olivas, former national
amateur Welterweight champion
hailing from San Francisco won
his second professional fight by de-
feating Guy McKenna in four
rounds. Each had the other down
for no-count.
Lloyd Smith oecisioned Young
Papke, "a; Augie Curtis defeated
Sal Macias, "a; Willie Davis de-
cisioned Al De Nave, "a.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
bushes:
BY JIMMY GREENE

If Joe link is sample Of the
present supply of fighting marines,
it is no wonder they have been un-
able to get Sandino down in Near
aqua, and heaven help old Uncle
Sam if he ever gets into war
with Paraguay
Moreover, one cannot blame Cen
eral Butler for wanting TO retire
and II is a long way back from
Belleau Woods and Chateau Thiery
Joe link can go down in the his
tory of the Imperial Valley Athletic
club as putting up the worst eX-
hibition of attempted fighting ever
seen there. That's saying plenty.
Not even the preliminary boys from
whom nothing much is expected
could possibly be as bad as Joe.
link was supposed to be the
champion of the Atlantic fleet
That being the case the Swiss navy
could lick the Atlantic fleet.
The end came in the fourth round
when link had been down twice for
nine counts and had gone down a
third time. His second threw in
the towel He didn't throw ii in
because link was hurt. The second
has to be given that much credit
He threw it in because he was 50
disgusted with his alleged fighter.
Dick Ramies has a good record
as a fighter but he looked terrible
last night. Even Mickey walker
would have looked bad against
link. No fighter, who knows any
thing about the game at all, would
know what to do with link. That S
the spot Ramies was in. He didnt
know what to do nor how to do it.
! Naturally he expected some sort OF
( offensive and defensive on the part
of link. But all link did was zinl
| to the floor every time glove
came near him A couple of time
he started something, possibly try
ing to jump out of the ring. bu.
Ramies couldn't tell whether ZinE
was going to faint or Just SIT down
on the canvas.
During his first knockdown in
The third round, link told Bill Tao
kett he had two broken ribs. Thai
alone couldn't be responsible T.
be as bad as he was ne would al
least have to have broken arches
SPAWN, athletic foot, gout, con-
sumption, hardening of the arter-
{ les and ingroWn toenails.
That's about all for Joe link, ouI
nomination for the poorest fighter
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
ZINK GIVES WORST EXHIBITION
EVER SEEN IN LOCAL. ARENA

who ever stepped into any ring,
any time, any place Joe link
ta2z-berrieS.
Armstrong Wins
Ole Deacon Armstrong went out
and got hisself a fight last night,
handing a shellacking to Pete loft,
and nearly everyone who saw it felt
as good over the victory as Andy
did. and that's saying plenty.
Andy TOOK the fight by throwing
mere punches than Pete and by
throwing cleaner punches. Pete is
mighty mighty careless, TO say the
least. when ii comes to 4 discussion
Of territory into which he throws
gloves He was cautioned several
times last night but continued &c
drop them low and they helped TO
lose him tie fight. Maybe Pete
doesn't know that low blows count
against him in the scoring.
Armstrong set a fast pace in the
first round and carried the fight
to Peto all the way. He had a shade
on the ground but dropped the sec
end when ne let Pete take the play
from him Andy had the third by
better fighting and a foul and took
the fourth the same way.
There was not a great deal OF
fighting in the fifth and we called
It a dead heat, with the sixth round
going to the Holtville colored BOY.
Trouble with Andy is he's too darn
eood natured and easy going TO
fight as good as he can. II he'd
get i'll there and forget about being
nice he'd be further ahead in the
game than he is. but he hasn't lost
any friends by fighting fair and
clean and doing his best
Kid Pancho, substituting for Cast
miro Mus, looked like a million dol
lars against Nino Perez for the first
couple eff rounds in their engage
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Pacific Coast
& League Scores
by United Press


Free hitting and numerous errors
featured the Coast leagues session
last night.
Shellenback kept up his mighty
pitching to win his 22nd victory
and. the Hollywood Stars defeated
Oakland, 9 to 2.
The Stars and Acorns travelled
through five innings evenly and
then Hollywood rallied to bring IN
six runs and another win for the
ace tWirler. Shellenback allowed
Oakland six hits.
Portland moved up into second
place III the league standing when
Coleman's home run in the last of
the fifth clinched victory over
Los Angeles, 7 to 3.
The San Francisco Seals took q
beating from Seattle. l9 to 9, but
continued at the top of the league
While Oakland was being dragged
down.
The Indians took advantage OF
nine errors by the Seals to run up
their large score. San Francisco
got l6 hits and Seattle tailed but
l3.
Despite 18 hits to their credit, the
Sacramento Senators lost to tS2
Missions. 10 to 8. The Missions
brought their tallies III ON y safe
clouts to give Caster victory. Cas-
ter helped himself along in the sixth
by scoring on an error by French.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
BERC-CANz0NERI
. GATE EXPECTED
TO SHOW PROFIT
BY VIRGIL PINKLEY
United Press Staff Correspondent


LONDON, Aug. %. UkJ jeff
Dicksons proposed return fight
between Tony Canzoneri and Kid
Berg for the worlds lightweight
championship, if actually staged at
the White City. should result in d
gate OF S250,000 to S300,000. =
The planned outdoor show would
probably draw So 900 spectators and
might easily reach the $4,000 mark.
The Kid Is really Britains only
drawing card in the prize-ring and
his large following plus the pulling
power OF a worlds championship
fight with a Briton involved might
result in a new attendance record.
jeff Dickson has offered Cam
zoneri $4,000 and his training ex-
penses and Berg will probably fight
for about a third of what the cham :
pion would receive. Dickson can
see visions of a 100000 profit.
Even if the fight is not staged,
the young American promoter likes
10 blow dust every now and again.
His publicity is worth a tidy sum
and should the fight be held, Dick
sons likely earnings would be a
welcome change to recent losses. i
Kid Berg, Jewish Whitechapel
boxing idol, has the color and fol-
lowing pleasing to any promoter,
especially in these days Of decreased
ring earnings. over here they
thing something "phoney' happen.
ed when the little Italian -Ameri7
can champion knocked out the
Whitechapel Pinwheel. Since the
title fight took place in Chicago.
rank suspicious still are current.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Here And There
In Sport World

i CHICAGO, Aug. %. UD - The
date of the S25 600 added Haw-
thorne gold cup has been moved up
from October 10 to October in
order not TO conflict with the
Northwestern -Notre Dame football
game at Soldier Field on the former
date.
pr CHICAGO, Aug. %. (U.P-Burn-
ing Blaze, formidable contender for
the two-year- old championship OF
the turf, was a So favorite today
to capture the $4,000 added Haw-
thcrne juvenile stakes at Hawthorne
race track.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. UR'
-Fidel La Barba, 12712, Los An
Feles, defeated Pinto De Sa. l27A, OF
Portugal, in 10 rounds at Dream
land auditorium last night.
Martin Zuniga, Los Angeles
knocked out Buddy Ryan, Pitts
burgh, in four rounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
ATTENDANCE AT
GAMES SHOWING
HEAVY DECLINE.
BY L. 5. CAMERON
United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, Aug. %. U.P)-With
one-Sided pennant races detracting
from interest in major league base
/ ball. club owners are resorting TO
the expedient of synthetic" dou-
bleheaders to bolster attendance.
Philadelphia Is game lead IN
the American league and St, Louis
gig game margin in the national
have convinced owners of rival
clubs that there is no prospect OF
breaking into the world series IN
addition, the fans are no longer in
terested in the race and the attend
ancc is showing the effect.
The magnateS' desire to increase
attendance was demonstrated yes
terday when National league games
between Chicago and Brooklyn and
New York and Cincinnati were
postponed because of threatening
weather'--a new departure in major
league ball. The postponements
enabled the scheduling of double
headers between the clubs today.
a procedure calculated to aid Sat
urday gate receipts.
Another National league game
between ST. Louis and Philadelphia
was rained out, leaving the. Pitts
burgh-Boston tilt as the only con-
test played. Boston won. 2 to l..
with Ben Cantwell besting Erwin
Brame in a mound duel.
American league competition saw
Boston and Chicago joining Detroit
in the ranks of mathematically
eliminated clubs. The Red Sox and
White SoX now are 81 games be-
hind the Athletics and could do ne
better than tie for first if they won
all their remaining 81 games while
Philadelphia was losing its 20 re-
naming contests.
Philadelphia strengthened its po-
sition with a Is to II victory over
Chicago. The AS made only 10 hits
but were aided by 10 walks ana
three Chicago errors.
Detroit scored seven runs in the
seventh and eighth innings to de-
feat Boston, IL to 5.
Home runs by Babe Ruth and
Lou Gehrig aided the New York
Yankees in defeating st. Louis. II
to 7. Ruth's 35th homer Of the year
and the 600th Of his major league.
career, and Gehrig's saith homer OF
the season, featured the YankS' five
run rally in the third
Washington defeated Cleveland,
6 to 3, with Lloyd Brown holding
the Indians to six hits.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Fat Boy Team
Plays On Coast

Victorious in their two previous
visits to the coast, Maggie Bros. Fat
Boy team is hoping to make it three
in a row tomorrow at the expense
Of the San Diego Colored Giants.
The local team will tangle with
the fast coast nine on the Golden
Hill playground diamond at 2:30.
Starke will be on the mound for
the Fat Boys. The San Diego team
has beaten some of the best semi
pro teams in Southern California
and the Fat Boys are expecting
plenty OF opposition from them.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Keller Favored
To Win Tourney

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. %. U.P)
.-Chet Keller, San Diego Country
club, and Joe G. Hunter of Flint
ridge were to meet today in the &C.
hole final round OF the A. 3. Spreck-
els cup golf tournament at Coronado
Country club.
Keller had an easy time scoring
an 8 to 7 victory over Billy Jacks
Rancho, while Hunter, tournament
medalist, defeated Dick Thompson
of Oakmont, and 3.
Should Keller win the tourna-
ment, he will be the first player 10
keep the title in San Diego since il
was inaugurated in 1924.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
Don Planning To
Race At Detroit

DETROIT, Aug. %. (UP)-Kay
Don, the worlds fastest motorboat
pilot, was to come to Detroit to-
day to prepare for his challenge
for the Harmsworth trophy, and
when he arrives the first news for
him probably will be the current
rumor that Gar Wood is building
new Miss America
The rumor, denied by Wood, is
that the new boat will be powered
by engines of 5000 horsepower and
viii have a speed Of $50 miles an
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
WAR VETS CHANT PRAYERS

TOXIC, U.R)-rrayer has bet q
added to the list of methods ust =
by disabled veterans OF the Russo
japanese war. who demand life
pensions Twenty-Five veterans,
representing $4,000 disabled soldiers,
chanted Buddhist prayers to the
spirit Of the late Emperor Meiji in
front OF the Meiji Shrine here. for
four days. asking that the great
ruler of the war period return and
grant them justice
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
SENTENCED IN II HOURS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. lUP)-Wlthln
- hours after they had held up a
filling station here and obtained So,
George Guthrie was sentenced TO life
Imprisonment and Charles Dickey TO
so years in prison for the BRIEF
splurge N crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
JAP MOVIE STARS PAY Low

: TOXIC, U.R) - Japan's highest
paid movie star, Denjiro Ohkohchi,
gets a yearly salary which is less
Than the weekly earnings Of some
OF Hollywoods favorites. Income
tax returns reveal Denjiros wages
are $4,000 q year. Yoke Umemura,
highest salaried woman star. gets
only $500 year
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
B A S E B ALL
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results
Washington, 8; Cleveland, 8.
Philadelphia, Is; Chicago, y.
Detroit, Il: Boston, 5.
New York, IL; st. Louis, 7.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
THIEVES ETHERIZE CHICKENS

ACTON, Mass. U.P) - Poultry
thieves in this vicinity are spraying
ether on their quarry TO prevent
their cackling and resultant danger
of being caught .
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22

hour. Dons Miss England II holds
the worlds record for speed boats
with ll0.223 miles an hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Boston, 2; Pittsburgh, |.
An others postponed, rain.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-22
COAST LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

Yesterdays Results
Seattle, l9; San Francisco. 9.
Hollywood, 8; Oakland. >.
Portland, 7; Los Angeles, 3.
Missions, 10; Sacramento, 8.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
IRON AND STEEL
AVERAGE SET

NEW YORK, Aug. IL .QN.SO
The iron and steel industry pre-.
sents a confused picture, accord
ing to the weekly summary by
Iron Age to be released tomor'
row.
Slight increases in steel ingot
output we're made at Pittsburgh
and Youngstown, and declines
were reported in the Wheeling
district and at Cleveland, but the
average for the country at large
is estimated at 80 per cent, the
same rate as a week ago.
The summary points out that
whether or not steel production
has actually reached its lowest
point, as now seems to be indi,
Gated, it is clear that several i'm
portant market factors point to
an cupturn in the near future
Vacation" suspensions by con.
Sumers will terminate and the
automobile industry must issue
specifications this month if there
are to be increased operations in
September.
The Iron Age composite prices
of pig iron and steel scrap have
declined slightly this week, the
former to $3.50 from 1854, and
the latter to 1925 from $9.42 a
week ago. The finished steel
composite price is unchanged at
$2.116 cents a pound.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
BUILDING LOAN
AIDS BRITAIN

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.-In-
creased stability of political con-
ditions in the British empire will
grow out of the newly developing
investing habit among the work
ing classes there, it was predicted
by James Brace, EaStbonrne, Eng
land, in a speech before the Inter
national Congress Of Building So
cietieS and Building and Loan AS
Sociations here yesterday.
Mr.. Brace, who is member
of a British delegation Of $50 to
the International Congress, spoke
en- the Economic Consequences
of Postwar Development Of the
Building Society Movement in
Great Britain" His audience con-
sisted of 1000 delegates to the
centennial convention of the
United States Building and Loan
League holding joint sessions with
the congress, as we'll as delegates
from Poland, Germany and South
Africa.
The United States League is
holding it's convention and enter.
tanning the international Con-
gress of the business in Philadel-
phia in celebration of the found
ing here 100 years ago of the
first building and loan association
in America.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
PHILADELPHIA
LEADSP|CK-UP

Philadelphia led the country in
business recovery last week, it was
revealed yesterday in reports from
all sections to the Presidents
emergency employment commit
tee.'
Employment increased 8 per
cent in the leather industry in
the Philadelphia area, and good
gains were shown in the woolen
and worsted industries, the chem.
ical industry and the building
trades. Public utilities in Eastern
Pennsylvania are making many
improvements and retail trade is
active.
Charlotte, N. c., reported that
business for July was well ahead
of June and far ahead Of year
ago." while Wilmington, Del, re-
ported upswings in the building
trades and leather industry
throughout Delaware.
From Atlanta came word that
there are evidences OF slight
improvement; Memphis said
there is "a percentible pickup in
economic conditions" while there
is more buying in Dallas and
more jobs being filled in Kansas
CITY.
The Washington times., 1931-08-12
BULL FORCES
FAIL On CURB

NEW YORK, Aug. II G.N.SO.
The bull forces found that it was
one thing to put prices up, and
still another to keep them there in
today's curb session. and after a
somewhat firm start the market
began to give ground slowly, al
though few traces Of outright
weakness were discernible.
The utilities as a group were
generally lower. Some show Of
firmness was given by American
Gas and Electric and General Gas
and Electric convertible preferred
B, but gains were not extensive.
Cities Service was somewhat
easier, dipping 14 to 93s. but it
was obviously in demand on re-
ceSsions.
Oils were the one section Of the
market to hold firm, with Solar
Refining, Standard Of Ohio, and
Standard of Indiana recording
fractionally higher levels at one
time or another in the day.
Weakness cropped up in Parker
Rustproof which broke 3 points to
within a point of its years low at
81.
A scattering Of speciality issues
chalked up some fairly good-sized
price gains. Included were Alum
mum which rose 3A points to
1914. Great Atlantic and Pacific
Stores up 212 at 20712, Mead John
son, up 17s at 1919, and Newmont
Mining, up IL at 2712.