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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27
CITY LOOP SENIORS
MEET NEXT WEEK
Mines to Receive Contracts,
Make Plans for Their
League Season.

Managers or representatives OF teams
which expect to compete in the senior
class of the Capital City Base Ball
League will meet Monday night in
room 2, District Building, at 8 O'Clock,
to receive player contracts and discuss
plans for the season.
Olmsted Grill diamonders, who will
compete in senior ranks this year, will
gather tomorrow night at 2814 Twelfth
street northeast at 7:30 o'clock.
Company K nine of Fort Washington
wants to book games with unlimited
mines of the District area. Company x
is booking through either Sergt He'll
man or Charles w. Thomas at Alex
andria 1245.
A practice game with an unlimited
class nine Sunday is wanted by the Sea-
brook, Md, A. G. team. The team also
is after other engagements. Business
Manager Charles P. Brown, Lanham,
Md. may be reached by phone at Bowie
14-F-23.
Wonder Insects will play practice
game tomorrow on Phoenix field. Won
der Bread Midgets, formerly Wonder
Boy Midgets, will hold tryouts Sunday
afternoon at o'clock on the east
Ellipse.
A flock of squads are planning drills
Sunday. Some of them, together with
the scene of workouts, follow:
Smithfleld Seniors, Third street and
Missouri avenue, 3 o'clock.
Skinkers, Wisconsin avenue and Up
ton street, 2:30 o'clock.
Ross Jewelry Juniors, Rosedale, IL
o'clock.
Foxall A. c., Foxa1l Field, IL o'clock.
Nye House Midgets, Monument
Grounds, IL o'clock.
Midget and insect Burroughs A. C.
diamonders will drill tomorrow after
noon on their field at Eighteenth and
Otis streets northeast at 1880 o'clock.
Aspirants for the senior, junior, mid
get, insect and peewee Lionel A. G.
mines will meet tonight at Immaculate
Conception Hall at o'clock.
Church or Bible class teams wishing
to enter the Georgetown Church League
should be represented at meeting OF
loop officials tomorrow night In Peck
Memorial Chapel at 1880 o'clock.
Sammy Vests, midget champions Of
the Capital City League, who this sea-
son will be known as the Schwartz Per-
feet Diamonds, being sponsored by
Charles Schwartz & Son, will meet to-
night at 4303 Ninth street.
Unattached midget players are asked
to call Brewer at Adams 1881.
Pitchers are especially sought.
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Gupo Park Backgrounds Check Nationals Batting Says Ju
Pills Will Trade
Klein, 1t Is Said.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 81

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March ~
R-Reports were in circulation
today that Chuck Klein, slug
ging outfielder of the PhillieS, is to
be placed on the market unless he
soon signs the contract offered by
the club. The reports lacked con-
firmation.
It was rumored that Branch
Hickey of the St. Louis Cardinals
had offered Chick Hafey, the be-
specialized left fielder; two pitchers
and $4,000 in cash for Klein, but
that the offer had been refused.
Klein Is at his home In Indian
apolis and has asserted that he will
not sign unless he is given $14,500
for 1881. The Phillies are under
stood 70 have offered him $12,500.
The Phillies arrived here today on
their way home from their training
camp at Winter Haven. They plan
to remain here until Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27
BENDER PITIES PITCHERS

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March q (4).-
Take it from Chief Bender, the Giants
pitching coach, who has been around
ball parks long enough to know a lot,
pitching is the important part of
modern base ball, especially where the
Giants are concerned.
''Hitters like Terry. OFT, Jackson and
Hogan have their swings grooved," says
the chief. They may slump a little
or gain little, but in the end they
will produce their basketful Of base hits.
Pitchers these days are the unknown
quantity. A pitcher must be naturally
smart When everybody gets through
coaching him and telling him every
thing, then it is up to him. He must
have rhythm and get control himself"
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R0USH SOLD TO REDS

Uncertainty as to Former Giant
Signing Contract.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. March 27.-Ed-
die Roush, the most intensive Of base
balls holdouts, has been sold by the
Giants to Cincinnati. 1t was a straight
financial transaction with no other
players involved.
Roush Is an attraction IN Redland
and II the Cincinnati Club has patience
and waits until he is ready 10 sign, he
may be In the lineup on opening day.
Then maybe again he may rot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27
F'istic Battles

CLINTON, Iowa. - Lefty Martler,
Moline, Ill, technically knocked out
Bobby Vernon, Chicago CD; Henry
Falegano, Des Moines, Iowa, and Glen
Camp, Kewanee, Ill, draw 00).
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Pete Latzo,
Scranton, Pa, outpointed Rattle XII
cline, Phillipsburg, NJ j. (10).
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HANn BALL KING CORES

MINNEAPOLIS, March ~ lPl.---AI-
fred Banuet. supple esldeIe from San
Francisco .,lugresscd toward third
consecutive National A. A. u. hand ball
Championship at the Minneapolis Ath-
hetic Club when he whisked Merritt
Bates Dallas, Tex, out OF his path and
narched to the serai-drals.
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TOLEDO GETS WERBER

Berwyn Boy Is Sent out-by Yanks
Under Option.
Bill Werber, Berwyn, Md, boy, who was
trying for shortstop with the New York
Yankee base ball team, has been re-
leased on option to the Toledo team of
the American Association, it has been
announced.
Werber formerly played with the
Washington Tech High and Duke Uni
versity mines and last year led the
Eastern League at bat.
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BOTT0MLEY HOLDS. JOB
jim Instead Of Collins Will Play
First for Cardinals.

BRADENTON, Fla, March ~ CP).-
Sunny Jim Bottomley apparently has
successfully repealed the challenge Of
Jimmy the Ripper" Collins for the
regular first base job with the st. Louis
Cardinals.
'Eottomley Is himself again." Man
ager Gabby Street commented today.
He is doing everything right. His
punch has come back, his fielding has
been up to par and his spirit could not
be improved upon. 1t looks as II he
will have one of his best seasons"
But Collins, slugger and sensa-
tional fielder from Rochester. viii be
kept around for emergency duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27
New Ball Lively
For Bucs' Rivals

T OS ANGELES, March ~ R.-
IL The Pittsburgh Pirates today
were wondering whether the
story about this years ball being
less lively should be hung up along
with the one about the three bears
and little Curly Locks, or whether
their pitchers have acquired a habit
OF growing them while waiting for
the supper whistle.
wednesday two Los Angeles hom-
ers In the twelfth inning took a
game from the BUGS. Yesterday
there were two out in the ninth
when a Detroit Tiger pasted four
sacker to grab the game. Wrong
side homers have figured in quite q
few Pirate exhibitions this Spring.
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MAT BOUTS ARE ADDED
Two Prelims. Arranged for Show at
Strand Next Tuesday.

Strand Next Tuesday.
Two lively preliminaries to the
wrestling card for next Tuesday night
at the Strand Theater were announced
today.
They list bouts between Pete Dallas
and Cyclone Smith and Archie Parker
and Tony Ricco from New York.
Jack Sherry and Boris Demitroh
viii meet in the main attraction.
experimenting this will be clashes
between Pat McGill and Andy Brown
and George Vassell and Rex Smith.
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LEEsRuRG LOSES FINAL.

IEESBURG, Va, March 26.-R. F. &
P. basket ball team, from Alexandria,
defeated the Leesburg Independents in
their final game of the season, 48 to %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March n up.
One of the most pleasing aspects Of
the New York Giants Spring training
record-to John McGraw at least-has
been the fact that no disciplinary meas
ures have been necessary.
ut must be some kind Of q record,
said base balls iron man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March ~
P)-Bill MeKechnie, Braves manager,
is disappointed in the manner Al Bool,
the big catcher, Is shaping up.
AL works hard, is fairly fast, and now
and then gets q long hit-off, but his
catching is inconsistent.
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.LOUGHRAN CHOICE
IN SCRAP TONIGHT
Picked to Down Griffiths in
Chicago for Chance
at Sharkey.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NHICAGO, March 27.--A mach
A. with Jack sharkey assured tie
4 winner, Tommy Loughran, mas
ter ringman from Philadelphia,
will engage the rough Gerald Ambrose
Grifiths of Sioux City, Iowa, in q 10
round battle at the Chicago Stadium
tonight.
The match is one Of the outstanding
heavyweight attractions of the indoor
season, but despite its importance there
has been no general rush toward the
box Office. Indications today were that
the probable attendance would be $4,000,
with gate receipts of $4,000. The rea-
son for the apparent lack of interest
was because Loughran ruled a firm z
to-5 favorite to outlook Grif11ths.
Loughran, most active of all heavy
weights, has scored seven consecutive
victories during the current indoor sea-
son with his sharpshooting left hand
He has King Levinsky, Dick Daniels,
Max Baer and Ernie Schaaf among his
recent victims.
The smiling Philadelphia says he Is
in the best physical condition Of his
IL years of ring activity and figures to
enter the contest tonight weighing
about 1873 pounds, with Grifhths scaling
1877.
win Wage Rushing Battle.
Griffths. knowing that Loughran is
not killing puncher, plans to wage a
rushing battle. because he realizes the
futility of attempting to outlook the
Philadelphian. Griff1ths is a stiff punch
er If he chooses to be and he hopes to
score 8 stunning upset.
The match viii mark the second an
niversary Of the stadiuns opening.
Loughrans appearance in the windup
CT the birthday is significant because
he was one of the principals when the
$1,000, 900 arena was opened two years
ago. At that time he successfully de-
Tended the world hght-heavyweight
championship against Mickey Walker.
The birthday party viii be supported
by an attractive card. Larry johnson,
desperate punching Negro heavyweight
from Chicago, will meet Paul Cava-
lier of Boston, Stablemate of Jack
Sharkey, In an eight-round semi
windup. Roger Bernard of Flint, Mich,
and Barney Ross of Chicago, two
promising young lightweights, also viii
tangle In an eight-rounder. Frankie
Cawley, Pittston, Pa, heavyweight, win
have Joe Doctor Of Buffalo as his oppo-
nent for six rounds. Steve Halaiko,
Buffalo, recent conquerer Of Sammy
Mandell, meets Carmen Cook Of Bridge
port, Conn, in another six rounder.
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VANCE AND ROBINS
ARE $1,000 APART
HurIer Spurns Terms That
Club Sets as Limit-Cub
Record Is Poor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
n Ar IANIT, Fla, March 27.-Various
M rumors TO the contrary, the
Brooklyn Robins and their
star pitcher, Dazzy Vance, still
are $4,000 apart on the question OF
salary.
Brooklyn's offer remained unchanged
at $4,000, while Vance refused to re-
duce his $25, 200 demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27

I go BURNS. protege Of Joe Croniu.
IL. no longer IS with the Nationals.
He has been sent to the Chatta-
nooga club and it develops he has been
the property Of that outfit from the
start The new major-minor agreement
prohibits a major club signing player
from the sandlots, so the Lookouts were
gi'Sn Burns originally.
Burns is a promising outfelder and
It is expected he will do well as a mem
Der Of. the Washington farm.
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TAMPA, Fla, March 81 R).-The
Cincinnati Reds catching staff appears
to be In f1rst-class condition again.
Sukeforth will carry the burden this
season, with Asby and Styles ready to
do relief work.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March ~ Dr.
Manager Rogers HornSby started the
Cub practice game season with a quota
calling for sweep of all contests. Even
a good-sized winning margin would have
been satisfactory, but the results have
not even amounted to that.
The Cubs lost to San Francisco yes
berday, making eight defeats by minor
league clubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27

CONDITIONS for training yesterday
~ were about the worst the Nationals
have encountered To date. the
threatening weather having chill that
was accumulated by high wind which
made 1t difficult TO get up a sweat. It
did not deter many of the boys from
getting out on the golf links in the
afternoon, however. and all Of them
finished their rounds despite rain which
drove them 20 cover for a time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27

YESTERDAY evening all Of the play
i ers and scribes were the guests Of
the Biloxi Chamber Of Commerce
ct q chicken and spaghetti dinner with
trimmings. Compliments were tossed
back and forth across the banquet
board, set in the fire house, and the
evening proved enjoyable. despite the
fact numerous speeches" were at
tempted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-27

Efforts TO organize another week
day sandlot loop. to be called the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. G. In the face of operators opposi- tion to a general conference or stabilizing the bituminous coal in- dustry organized miners through their union chiefs are still press ing for intervention by President Hoover.
 At the original meeting between Secretaries Lamont of Commerce and Doak of Labor and a group of operators, the mine owners ex- pressed the opinion that a confer ence with labor interests would be of little or no value in aiding the industry.
 John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. is still hope ful, however, that the government will be able to initiate some kind of a get-together of all interests.
 One Agreement
 On only one. thing is there ap- parently complete accord between mine owners, workers and govern ment economists It seems agreed that the soft coal industry has long been sick and is growing sicker and that hundreds of operators and thousands of unemployed miners and their families are in desperate plight. :. The root of the trouble, roughly
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
Soft Coal Miners to Push Demand for Joint Meeting
 to "DOctOr" Sick Industry

expressed, is 'too many mines and too many miners"
 Overdevelopment of the bitumi- nous industry was reached as long ago as 1913, economists say, and the current depression has aggra- vated the situation.
 F. G. Tryon, statistician of the United States bureau of mines points out that the industry is highly competitive and 70 per cent of the cost is labor.
 Over Development
 Among primary causes of the overdevelopment. he lists the abun- dance of soft coal, the ease with which small mines can be opened and occasional shortages in trans portation which drive up the price as during the period 1916 to 1922.
 Tryon stresses another factor the shifting demand for energy Coal is suffering, he says. from 'technologic unemployment" Oil gas and water power have invaded it's markets.
 Labor has been adversely affect ed, labor leaders say. by the in vention of coal mining machinery by job uncertainty, reduced periods of unemployment and wage cuts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
Nev Congress Must Wrestle
 Host of Farm Relief Plans

CTS and by the federal reserve board as acceptable security for loans.
 The federal reserve system now accepts only '.liquid" assets as farm collateral, and agriculture feels that through the inability of financial institutions to use farm mortgage papers with the federal reserve. farm loans have been minimized and loans already car ried. seriously reduced,
 The private banking system of this country, however, always has operated on a ''liquid' assets basis preferring CO., and 90-day renew able notes to the longtime credit involved in farm collateral.
 Small. Farm Aids
 The, result. is said to have been that the farmer with small hold ings but possessed of negotiable stocks and bonds found it easier to, obtain bank loans than the farmer of large capital investment who had only his property as se- curity. f
 On the other hand, tremendous pressure threatens the federal farm loan board for alleged failure to press advantages of the intermedi- ate credit banks and the joint-stock land banks-both of which accep; farm land and crops as security.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
By FRANK I. WELLER "A. P. Farm Edit0r)

WASHINGTON, D. O., Aug. G. The new congre ss promises tc seethe with almost every conceive able scheme to alleviate the farm CTS financial difficulties.
 Some advance planning even con- templates an absolute debt mora torium, but this usually steadies down to the more tangible propo- sition of federal reserve bank re- form.
 The first scheme, which obviously can hardly obtain although many expect 1t to be introduced would extend liquidation of all landed indebtedness. Congress has not the power to regulate private bank collections, but 1t could grant a two or three year moratorium to all farmers within the federal loan system, the time extension being added to loans at the date of orig inal expiration.
 Liberal Policy
 However, most bills likely will seek a more liberal policy on the part of both national and state banks with regard to farm loans The important thing to agricul- ture is to get farm land, livestock crops and other assets accepted by state and federal bank examin-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
AMER. AVIATOR NOW WIN CINC
 ACROSS OCEAN
Flier and Radio Operator Reach Greenland En-
 route to Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 6.-Unher- aided and without the benefit of fanfare, Parker Cramer, American aviator, and Oliver Pacquette, radio operator, have arrived at Angmag- salik, Greenland, and are to hop to Rekjavik, Iceland, today.
 Cramer and Pacquette took off from Detroit July 27.
 They are mapping a new air mail route to Copenhagen.
 They stared across the Atlantic via Hudson Bay and Baffinland.
 The mail route is for the Trans American Air Lines.
 Cramer was lost in Greenland for two weeks in 1928 when at tempting flight to Copenhagen from Rockford, Illinois. with Bert Hassell.
 Cramer also piloted plane which came to grief in the Hud- son Bay country while attempting flight from Chicago to Berlin. He also accompanied Wilkins on the North and South Pole flights.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
MILK TRUCKS
 HiJACkED IN
 PRESENT WAR
Thousands of Gallons Are Dumped Highway
 Police Sent

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 6.-Hi- lacking of milk trucks and dumping of thousands of gallons of milk continued in this area while the farmers spokesmen said they were willing to arbitrate with the dis tributors.
 The farmers are demanding a better price than an average of 3 cents a quart.
 Three men at Woodland, Wash were seriously injured trying to hijack a milk truck.
 Spiked blanks have been placed on highways and autos wrecked
 Gov. R. H. Hartley, of Washing ton, has notified the Sheriff of Clark County at Vancouver: See no reason why bunch of hood lums are allowed to run the af- fairs of the country" and State Highway officers were sent to keer the roads open.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
FOUR PLIERS
 CONTEMPLATE
 OCEAN TRIPS
Panghorn and Hernd O n Reach Tokyo and Make
 Announcement
MOYLE AND ALLEN TO
 FLY CITY OF TACOMA
Prizes Aggregating Twen- ty-nine Thousand Dol
 lars Are Hung Up

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 6. = The possibility of nonstop race across the North Pacific loomed today as prizes worth $2s,O00 spurred the fliers.
 Clyde Panghorn and Hugh Hern- don arrived here at 6:16 am. from Khabarovsk and announced they would fly to Seattle, nonstop.
 Don Moyle and c. A. Allen have arrived by boat and said they would fly the plane City of Ta- coma across the North Pacific.
 The plane City of Tacoma was the one in which Bromley and Gatty flew more than 1000 miles toward Tacoma when forced to turn back.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
CAME OFFICERS DESIRE TO AID
 NOT TO HINDER
Redington, Wright and Dr Reid Talk Before Cham
 Der of Commerce

The Alaska Game Commission and the United States Geological Survey desire to be of help, not intolerance, to the people of Alas ka," the Chamber of Commerce was told today by Paul Redington, Chief of the Survey, who has spent the past five weeks in the Terri tory. He reviewed some of the things he had seen on the current trip.
 He admitted the, problems of game administration are many, and said here sincere effort was hein9 made to work out program of sanity. He, Charles w. Wright, Chief of the Mining Division of tas United States Bureau of Mines, and pr. Harry Fielding Reid, world- famous glacialist. made short talks at today's meeting of the Chamber.
 Disclaims Being Authority
 At the very outset of his short talk, MT. Redington disc aimed having any idea of being or pos ing as an authority on Alaska. It would take a lifetime to acquire thorough knowledge of Alaskans and conditions in the Territory, he added.
 He commented on the cordial hospitality" he has noted in the Territory from Dixon Entrance to the Islands of Boring Sea, along the Yukon and as far northward as Seward Peninsula, all of which he has visited. When one comes to Juneau, for instance" he said, and has given him the generous reception that is proverbial here. 1t is with a real wrench that he leaves this fine community. By
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
CAPT. O'BRIEN
 DIES AT RIPE
 AGE OF 83 YEARS
Famous Ala s k a Pioneer
 Navigator Passes Away After Notable Career

SEATTLE. Aug. 6.-Capt. John A. O'Brien, pioneer Northern navi- gator, died her at the age of 83 years. He was the first captain to sail in Alaska waters for the Alaska Steamship Company. He went as master of the Rosalie, and later was master of the Dolphin.
 For many years Capt. OBrien commanded the Nome liner vic- toria for the Alaska Stea m- ship Company. He brought the Victoria into Seattle during the influenza epidemic in Nome. In addition to the dead bodies that were shipped from Nome on the vessel, many died en route.
 Capt. Johnny" OBrien Is sur- vived by literally thousands of friends made during his many years as a navigator in the North. He was an intimate friend of Jack London and Rex Beach and many other notables.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-06
MINERAL AREAS AND GLACIERS
 SEEN ON AIR
:. w. Wright and pr. H. F. Reid Fly with
 Photographers

Mineral zones and glacial areas in this part of Alaska were made subjects of research study, map ping and photographic work from the air yesterday by savants of science and expert cameramen in the service of the federal govern ment. Formations of earth and ice never before scrutinized by human eyes were closely observed, plotted and filmed. An extent of country $50 miles in diameter was examined under the most favorable weather conditions, and results of worth were obtained.
 Members of Party
 Members of the aerial explora- tion party who chartered the sea- plane Petersburg, Pilot Robert FL lis and Mechanic Brian Harland. were c. w. Wright, chief of the Mining Division of the United States Bureau of Mines; Dr. H. F. Reid, world famous glacialist and geologist, who, for the pur- poses of his present trip North, is in the service of the United States government; Percy Pond, Juneau photographer, and Richard Suratt, motion picture cameraman, who is taking films for both the federal government and motion picture news companies.
 The route of flight was first from Juneau to and over Glacier Bay, then across Lynn Canal and over Berner's Bay to the main land. thence down the Coast Range