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finals. David Baylor. 1929 king. was
a visitor at the Twelfth Street "Y"
courts Yesterday. He pitched like the
master Of old.
John Hyson, champion of the Shaw
Playground. pitched 20 ringers out of
81 shoes yesterday in game with Sergt
Hayes.
ROCKVILLE, Md, September A.
The Montgomery County finals for COL
ored pitchers will be staged at Rock
vile on the lighted courts of Rev. James
Davis. Peter Harris and other Mont
gomery flashes will be on hand to shine
EVANSVILLE, Md, September 4
L County Chairman Warren Walk
er has the local tournament well
in hand and will announce the site for
the Prince Georges finals this week
Walker is anxious that all town tour
neys be sped up.
HALLS HILL, Va. September A
The large local entry list is down to
the semi-finals reports Chairman Fred
Ewell. The local fans are looking for
ward to the county and State finals.
BRANDYWINE, Md. September A.
With over 80 pitchers lined up to finish
the local tourney. Chairman Proctor is
set for some hot games tomorrow after
noon. Monday pitchers from T. B. and
the surrounding countryside will COM
pete in a big special tourney. Proctor
has a field of f1rSt-claSs tossers.
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Fistic Battles

BY the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE-Ange Clivelle. Porto
Rico, knocked out Frankie Battaglia,
Winnipeg. Manitoba %; Henry Firpo,
Newcastle. Pa. outpointed Roy VIII
liams Q0): Frankie O'Brien, Hartford,
Conn. outpointed Jack McVey, New
York I0).
DETROIT. - Ray Miller, Chicago,
outpointed Danny belmont Chicago
u0); James j. Braddock, Jersey City,
and Andy Mitchell, Los Angeles, drew
Q0).
CHICAGO.-Phil Ross, Chicago and
Joe Sharkey Albion, Mich, drew u0 i;
George Nate, South Bend. Ind, OUT
pointed Ed Jose Fino, Mexico (8)
MUNCIE, Ind-Moan Baumgartner,
Fort Wayne, knocked out Johnny Fagg,
Clinton, Ind. 49,.
NEW YORK. - Joey Costa. Jersey
City, outpointed Lew Feldman, New
York 90.
SACRAMENTO. Calif-Tod Morgan
Los Angeles. outpointed Cecil Payne
Louisville (lO)
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BARRY AND WEISS
WILL FIGHT AGAIN
Ringmen Who Drew Matched
for Main Bout of Fort
Washington Show.
y ED BARRY, Washington light

~ ED BARRY. Washington light
- heavyweight. and Sammy Weiss
of Philadelphia, who drew IN
a recent boxing engagement at
Fort Washington. will meet there again
in the main spot of the next card, to be
held either September IA or Is.
Henry Irving, Washington middle
weight, who has scored three knockouts
to date this season, his first as a pro,
has been matched against Gus Edwards,
Baltimore veteran, in the semi final
at six rounds.
Caspar Leon. grandson of the one
time bantam titlist, will take on Roddy
Davis, District lightweight, at four
rounds; Nevin Barber, former District
amateur featherweight champ, Is to
meet Billy Eschinger, also of this city,
and in other prelims Frank Vance and
Billy Tucker. light-heavies. and War
rem Dempsey Van Solver and Phil
Devine, middleweights. will face.
Sailor Billy Landers of Norfolk and
Midget Wolgast, claimant to the world
f1yweight title, will meet September 81
at the fort. This bout, fort authorities
said. Is the most expensive yet carded
for the nearby Army post.
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SHOE STARS FOCUS
ON CARNIVAL EVENT
BIadensburg Mecca Tonight.
Weather Holds Up Play
in Division Meets.
TINE horseshoe spotlight switches

THE horseshoe spotlight switches
temporarily from the Washing
ton divisional playoffs, which
opened yesterday, to BlaSons-
burg. where tonight Leading performers
of the metropolitan area will battle for
special prizes in the Bladensburg Fire
mems carnival feature.
Heading a list of players who have
won major honors in The Stars an.
nual championships is Harry Fraser
Saunders. metropolitan champion. He
Is expected to have stiff competition.
A buffers tournament at BladenSburg
finished last night, was won by Lee
freshman of Riverdale, who defeated
N. Mostow of Bladensburg in the final
so to u. Fleshman's father, F. L.,
reached the Semi-finals. He finished
third. with Billy Mitchell of Bladens-
burg fourth.
In the Bladensburg town tournament
a regular unit in The Stars event, ".
and J. Osterman, will meet today in a
semi-final match, the winner to take
on Billy Mitchell III the final. The final
victor will meet Joe Merryman, recog
nized aSsthampion OF Bladensburg, in a
challenge match.
I UNCERTAIN weather put c-imp in
~ the opening days program of the
NA' AoiI'A PA''J -oilo llClt' In oNtoAS
OF the Fairgrounds on which the play
offs are being held have been instructed
to use their own Judgment in the mat
ter of declaring defaults, but after to-
morrow any eligible who has failed to
get in touch with his tournament d.
rector will be erased from the lists. Co.
operation between players and directors
Is utterly necessary for the proper con-
duct of the play-offs.
A new champion has been crowned
at BerWyn. William H. Baker defeated
last years champion. A. B. Gahan, and
Frank Giddings in the finals. He beat
Gahan. 53-38. $40 after vanquish-
ing Giddings, 52-32
In the South Carolina avenue tourna-
ment here, held on the courts of S. F.
Harriss, Fred Acton defeated William
Hunter in the final, 5O-45. Then both
lost out in the Virginia avenue play-offs
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Savoldi, Crowley. Flanagan, Elder
and Gipp, outstanding backfleld
stars of Notre Dame. electrified the
multitudes attending their games by
the end run shown in the accom-
panying diagram. The runner. in
the No. back position, received
the ball from center and ran at
top speed for the right side line in
this case.
3 and blocked the defensive
end being circled led down
the field. l cut down the nearest
defensive back to the play. The
rest of the Job of making it a sue
cess was up to the short side line
men, 6. and 8, and the diagram
shows how they came through at
full speed to dispcse of the three
remaining defensive backs.
That play was always a thriller.
1t was often followed up with a
startling forward pass unusually
effective as the defense by now felt
that it had to give its all to stop
the stampeding runs of the Fighting
Irish.
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STEELE WILL TAKE
ON WHITE FEATHER
Wilson and Nelson to Grapple in
One of Preliminaries at
Show Wednesday.

Ray Steele. who trimmed Don De
Laun in the main match of the wres-
ting card here Wednesday night, again
will appear in the top spot next Wed
nesday at Griffith Stadium, meeting
Chief White Feather
In enc of the preliminaries Doc Will
son and Tiger Nelson, both colorful
performers, will clash.
Because 1t was announced from some
sources that last Wednesdays card had
been postponed. Promoter Joe Turner
has let it be known that holders of re-
served tickets for that show who die
not attend will be given seats free oil
charge to next Wednesdays matches.
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Major Radio Features

VARIETY.
Kate Smith, crooner, WMAL, SOP; Phil
Cock, comedian, WRC, $50; Service
Hour, with Cavaliers Quartet and
Bourbon Orchestra, WRC. 100;
Eskimo Club, WRC. 500; Leo REFS
mans Orchestra, WRC, $50: Ann
Leaf at the organ, WMAL, 1880.
DRAMA.
The Stebbins Boys" WRC, 5:45; Amos
n Andy, WRC, 600.
CLASSIC.
Howard Barlow'S Orchestra, WMAL,
1870
DANCE MUSIC.
Red Nichols Orchestra, WMAL, II 100:
Earl Heinz's Orchestra, WRC, IL 100;
McCoyS Orchestra, WRC, 1890.
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AERIAL FERRY OPENED
TO GOTHAM AIRPORTS
Three Tri-Motor Planes Form Cir
Gle High Above City as New
Service Is Inaugurated.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September "A giant
wheel began spinning at 100 miles an
hour half a mile above the city today
when passenger service opened on the
hourly aerial ferry system linking New
ark, Floyd Bennett and Glenn H. Cur
tiss Airports.
FLYING in a circle as though attached
to the rim of an invisible wheel, three
tri-motored planes went into service
carrying a total of l 900 guests on their
several trips. Tomorrow regular COM
mercial service begins, with one plane
leaving Port Newark every hour on the
hour. flying to the other airports and
back to Newark.
Mai. William B. Robertson. one of
Lindberghs original sponsors, will man
age operation of the air ferry line. He
said planes would be added as demand
for service grew.
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HIGH LIGHTS ELSEWHERE.

5:45-Tcpics in Brief; Lowell Thomas
WIZ, VIDAL, KDKA, WBZ,
WRVA and WLW.
6:00-Maj. Bowes and His Capitol
Theater Family-WEAF. WAR,
WILT, WCAE and VIVID.
6:l5-Mme. Frances Aida and Frank
La Forge-WJZ. WBZ, VIDAL,
KDKA, WHAM and WLW.
6:45-Robert L. Ripley in Believe It
or Not"-WJZ, WBZ, VIDAL
WRVA. KDKA and WHAM.
7:00-Mary Lawlor, soprano, and Nat
Brusiloh's Orchestra - WI q
WBZA, WHAM, WREN, WBAL
and WLW
8:00-Billy Jones and Ernie Hare. and
Will Perry's Orchestra = WIZ
WHAM, KDKA. WREN, WBAL.
WBZ, WHAS and WAX.
8:30-Vocal chorus, Francis X Bush
man and Josef Kcestners Or
chestra-WJZ. WHAM, VINO.
KDKA, WBAL, WAX, and
WREN.
9:00-P3ul Whiteman and His Orches-
tra-WJZ. KDKA, WBz, WSM,
VIDAL, WHAM and WJR.
9:30-Clara, Lu and EN-. humorous
Sketch-WJZ, WHAM. VIDAL,
KDKA. WLW and WREN.
10:30-Jack Denny's Orchestra-WJZ
WBz, WBAL and WHAM.
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Mat Matches

B. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Ray Steele 215
Glendale. Calf. drew with Sammy
Stein, 200 Newark, N. j. 40 minutes !:
George Calza. 2l8 Italy, threw George
Hill, 212, Wisconsin t25:33); Sander
Szabo, 2O5, Hungary, threw Mike Ro-
mano, 200, Italy 29:44); Gino Carl
baldi, 21O, italy. threw Gene Gruce,
200, England $1,000.
TORONTO.-Ed Don George, 220,
North Java. N. Y, defeated Stanley
Stasiak, ESQ. Cambridge, Mass. two
straight falls (41:28 and 3:10); Joe
MalcewicZ, 1876. Utica, N Y. threw
George zarynoff, 1913, Russia, one fall
G6:58): Cyclone Rees. 1872. New York,
threw Harry Spiro, 172, st. Louis, one
fall $3.50.
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STEELE. STEIN DRAW.

NEW YORK, September 4 (41.-Ray
Steele and Sammy Stein, heavyweights,
wreStled 40 minutes to dra.' in the
main bout of the New York Coliseum
show last night.
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With the completion of new highways
Argentina now has 5000 miles Of paved
roads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04
WDH 1855 Meters.
w NA ga KfI0eveleR.

$50 KtlOcyclcs.
SODA FIESTA de Los Angeles.
3:15-"This, That and the Other" by
Strickland Githlan.
Magical City" by the Radio
Guild.
4:15-Fireside Songs.
4:30-The Benjamin Moore Triangle.
4:45-Tea Timers.
4:59-Program highlights.
5:00-Waldorf Orchestra.
5:15-Dance Orchestra.
5:45-"The Stebbins Boys"
6:00-Amos n Andy.
6:15-Wilkins' Orchestra.
6:30-Phil Cook, comedian.
6:45-Maj. Bowes' Capitol Family.
7:O0-Service hour. with Cavaliers
Quartet and Bourbon Orchestra.
8:00-ESkimo Club.
, 8:30-Leo Reisman's Orchestra.
S:O0-Nathaniel Shnkret's Orchestra,
quartet and Olga Medolaga AL
bani, soprano.
0:30-Theater Of the Air.
10:00-Correct time.
l0:01-Vincent Lopez and his orchestra.
10:30-Advertising feature.
1O:45-Jack DennyS Orchestra.
10:59-Weather forecast.
1l:00-Organ recital.
12:00-Earl Heinz's Orchestra
1880 to 1:00a-McCoy's Orchestra.
Early Program Tomorrow.
Eisenhower Health Exercises.
7:OOa-Gene and Glenn
7:15a-Morning Devotions.
7:30a-Cheerio.
8:00a-Parnassus Trio.
8:l5a-Tom Warnings Troubadours.
8:45a-Food program.
9:00a-Mrs. Blake's Radio Column.
0l6A-Hitg and PifS
l0:l5a-"Food Conservation" by DR..
Hazel Stiebelurg.
10:20a-Edith Markham.
l0:30a-KeyS of Happiness.
IL :00a-Vocal solos.
ll:15a-Breen and de Rose.
11:30a-On Wings OF Song.
l2:00m-Palais dor Orchestra.
12:30-National Farm and Home Hour
1:30-The Melody Three.
2:00-Dancing melodies.
3:0o-Classic gems.
3:3o-Description Of the Hopeful
Stakes at Saratoga.
WMAT, 1883 Meters.
$50 Kilocycles.
3:oo-Unemployment talk
3:l5-Saratoga Racing Series.
3:45-Semi-fnals Of the National ANA
teur Golf Tournament.
4:30-John Kelvin, tenor.
4:45-Edna Wallace Hopper.
5:00-"In the Realm Of Society,"" by
Dolly Cameron.
5:l5-Earl Carpenters Orchestra.
5:30-Whispering Jack Smith.
5:45-F1ashes from The Evening Star
6:00-Time and program resume.
6:02-Kate Smith, crooner.
6:l5-Dennis King and orchestra.
6:30-Jimmy and Jane.
7:00-Arthur Pryor's Band.
7:15-"Singin' Sam"
7:30-Howard Barlow's Orchestra.
S:00-Dramatic sketch.
8:45-"Latest Aviation News" by
Casey Jones.
s:0o-The Pageant, with Tolscha Seidel,
Song Birds Quartet and Sam
Lanin's Orchestra.
9:30-Around the Samovar.
l0:00-Bing Crosby, baritone.
Observation-Disclosures Musical Art Gal
lery-Harold M. Dudley, bari
10 3o-Morton Downey and Anthony
Wons.
l0:45-Don Bestor's Orchestra.
IL :0O-Red Nichols Orchestra.
IL :30-Ann Leaf at the organ.
12:00-Weather forecast.
Early Program Tomorrow.
S:Ooa-The Commuters.
830a-Tony's Scrap Book.
5:<5a-Morning Minstrels.
9:O0a-The Ambassadors.
9:30a-New World Salon Orchestra.
10 Observation-Disclosures of Helen and Mary.
10: 30a-Columbia Revue.
IL :O0a-Don Bigelow's Orchestra.
IL :30a-Taft Orchestra.
u :O0m-St. George Orchestra.
2:30-Atlantic City Musicale.
1:00-Street Singer. novelty act.
1:15-Columbia Salon Orchestra.
2:00-The Four Clubmen.
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The Dial Log.
Stations Heard in Washington Regularly

Flashes from The Euenino Star,
a resume OF World neUS, is broad
cast daily by WMAL at 5:45 o'clock
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MOI 22S.s Meters.
WI 1870 KilocycIes.
3:oo-Good afternoon program.
4:00-March Time.
4:l5-Nonsensicali
4:45-Novelettes
5:oo-Musical interlude.
5:15-Army program.
5:3o-One- time Opportunities.
6:0o-Sportorial by Bryan Morse.
6:l5-Cecil and Sally.
6:30-Phil Loria's Orchestra.
7:0O-Fleming Orem, marimba Soloist.
T:2O-News flashes.
7:30-Northern Dramatic Co.
s:O0-L. z. Phillips, trombonist.
8:15-Advertising program.
$50 to 9:00-The VagabondS.
Early Program Tomorrow.
7:00a-Musical Clock.
s:0Oa-Chimes and Birthdays
S:O5a-Musical Clock (continued.
10 :00a-Musical interlude.
10:30a-Program by the tuberculosis
Association.
10: 45a-Request program.
I:l5a-Walter Reed Hospital request
program.
11:45a-Organ interlude.
IL :00m-Luncheon Music.
1890 to 1:00-Dance music.
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Today on the Radio


2:lS-National Amateur Coli Tourna.
ment finals.
3:lS-Saratoga Racing Series.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-04

A compact, superheterodyne set
with the new Pentode tube: new
electro-dynamic speaker and tone
control; American black walnut
cabinst. Try to match 1t for per-
Torrance!
Weekly herald., 1931-11-08

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 frs Bon Els trada Pr op.
 ST RE All goods reduced to present
 market prices
 Come in and sec, fall and winter values,~ Vn.J. Ribbs Prop.
 EOR FINEST H tRD@'ARZ co.
 Ship Candlery Electric Supplies epor ting Goods Motors, Xxi tchen Utensils. Cordova, Alaska.
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 For the ETTTE YORK LIFE IES- SURANC3 co. Phone 36 5 ~J:. I. C NELL Fec >RTFIY ALASKA ~ Merchant Gen'l 9npplies and Miners and Trappars Supplies
 J.B DWELL Pr Op.
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Rope the Streets on
Parade Occasions

To the Editor of The Star:
1t has been my impression on several
different occasions that our Avenue OF
Parades" should have equipment of a
permanent nature, capable of handling
large crowds during celebrations, in
the Halloween celebration was all the
more convinced of its being an urgent
necessity.
First CT all, the District should pro-
vide adequate means for roping off the
Avenue, the Ellipse and Constitution
avenue. Bed plates could be perna-
nently installed at the curb for receiv-
ing stanchions to support cables de-
signed to hold back crowds. If one
cable will not work use two strands
with woven wire between. When not in
use this fence could be wound on drums
and stored. The public utility COM
panies have excellent equipment for
handling such work and are expert at it.
Whenever the movable type stanchion
is used with rope as a cable it is con-
sidered a joke by the crowd and the
police are utterly unable to handle them
except by getting rough and hurting
some one, usually women or children.
When the Avenue is net roped off
the crowd invariably surges into the
street, and when the parade comes along
it has to force its way slowly through
a dense jam. Saturday night this was
repeated 1t would take more police
than we have on the force to handle
such a crowd successfully without
equipment such as I describe. In any
event, there seems to be no predeter-
mined plan for handling large crowds,
and of all the cities in the country that
have them to cope with Washington is
at least number two, if not number one
on the list. ROBT F. JONES.
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Natives Representation
In Halloween Parade

To the Editor of The Star:
BY an error in the list of entries, as
given out for the city's Halloween cele-
bration parade, the Society of Natives
of the District of Columbia was re-
ferred to as having float. when in
fact 1t had three major entries in that
pageant. They were as follows:
An old-fashioned stage coach, about
g century old. on which were, among
others, the Halloween queen, Miss
Martha Holland Shelton: the Hal
loween princess, Miss Vivian Ira Shell
ton, and the hostess. Mrs. Watson "
Shelton, and the owner of the coach,
Arthur L. Evans and his daughter
Miss Elaine Evans. The coach was
drawn by a team of four perfectly
matched gray horses, furnished by the
Chevy Chase Dairy.
An entry, through the cooperation
of Charles E. Galliher comprising q
float bearing a perfectly executed spin
ming wheel scene, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur C. Barrett in the leading roles
in Colonial costume, with little Miss
EVELYN Jane Yeide and Mrs. Harry E.
Yeide in a home background.
A gaily decorated coach, through the
courtesy of the Capital Traction Co..
filled with masqueraders and on top
of it a Halloween policeman imperso-
mated by Miss Frances Sullivan, who
some years ago was prize winner in q
children's contest, against several thou
sand competitors at Polls Theater
Miss Anne Hyde Cochrane was witch.
FRED A. EMERY.
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Dorothy Wilhelmi's
Relief Plan Wanted
no the Editor of The star:

To the Editor OF The Star
How any person can have plan
which will stop all human suffering.
end the depression and restore pros
perity to this distressed world, as claim
ed by Dorothy b. Wilhelmi in The Star
of october 80, and withhold 1t longer
than necessary, is beyond me.
If she is holding back the idea TO
attract attention and obtain backing for
her scheme. she need not do so. Any
feasible plan would quickly be welcomed
by the distressed millions and put into
practice by our puzzled politicians. she
would quickly become famous and her
praises would be sounded by the thou
sands who have contributed anxious
hours of thought as their mite to the
multitude of counsel.
All Christian and patriotic American
citizens are studying and praying that
the way may be made plain and that
our eyes may be opened in this time
of urgent distress. Socialism is rearing
its ugly head and Communistic panaceas
are being mentioned as cures. Govern
ment executives are doing all that Is
humanity possible for the relief of the
unemployed and still stave of huge
bond issues and increased taxation.
II the plan is practicable and feasible,
as patriotic American citizen, let her
hasten to place it at the disposal OF q
grateful public. safe in the knowledge
that it win be highly appreciated.
DAVID BENNETT.
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Thanksgi ing. 1881.

President Hoover's proclamation of
Thursday, November %, as a day Of
national Thanksgiving is necessarily
pitched in a somewhat negative tone.
II calls upon the people Of this country.
in conformity with a custom dating
from the garnering of the first harvest
by our forefaelers in the New World"
to give thanks for their temporal and
spiritual blessings. despite a measure
of passing adversely The President
sets forth that the country has been
widely blessed with abundant harvests,
the people have been spared from pes
tiiercc and calamities; their institu-
tons. have served the people, knowledge
has multiplied and lives have been en-
riched with its application. Education
has advanced, the Executive notes, and
the health of the people has increased
They have dwelt in peace with all men.
These are abundant causes for thanks
giving.
Many Of our nesghbors." says the
President, ARE in need from causes
beyond their control and the compass
sion Of the people throughout the Ma
ton should so assure their security over
this Winter that they. too, may have
full cause to participate in this day of
gratitude to the Almighty"
Thus defined. Thanksgiving Day for
1881 becomes day Of helpfulness. a
day to forward the work of succor that
has been undertaken to allay the ad-
versities with which several million of
the people are afflicted at present.
These universities, however, arise from
economic causes and not from physical
disaster. They may. they will, be over
come. They will pass. The spirit of
helpfulness invoked by the President IN
his proclamation will effect a cure for
the ills that now beset portion of the
American people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-04
Corrections in Local
Base Ball History

To the Editor Of The star:
I read with interest w. J. Dryers
letter in last Fridays Star about
some old base ball days in this city.
In this interesting letter Mr.. Dwver
has made several misstatements of
fact. washington, after the reduction
Of the National League circuit, was
without professional base ball for one,
not two, years-1900 was that year.
Again Mr.. Dwyer states that WASH
ington Joined the American League II
l9O3-1901 was its first year IN that
organization. not 1908. For three
years. 1961-2-3, the grounds at Fiji
teenth and II streets northeast were
occupied. and at the start Of the 1904
season the removal back to Seventh
street and Florida avenue northwest
took place Mr.. Dwyer himself was
manager for part of that year; 1 have
not, as I write, access TO old base Dali
records. but my memory tells me that
Louisville and Cleveland were the two,
Western clubs dropped from the ~
club National League in the Winter OF
1899-l900. Milwaukee, If my memory
be correct. never was in the Nati9r al
League, but was in the American
League for a short time.
EDWARD SCANLON.