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Bridge Stars
Come High
By HARRISON CARROLL

Copyright. 1881. Premier Syn iicate)
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Dec. %.
Nowhere in the country is the
Culbertson-Lenz bridge feud fol
lowed more closely than in Holly
wood.
The film stars have gone in
feverishly for contract bridge,
and several expert players have
developed. The consensus Of
opinion is that Frances CRingD
Meighan Is perhaps the best
woman player. though Bebe
Daniels, Diana Fitzmaurice and
Kay Francis have high rating.
Bebe used to be one Of the
auction sharks. She often sat in
on games with Joseph Schenck,
Samuel Goldwyr- and other high
stake players.
Some say that Buster Keaton
is the best of the men. He has
a marvellous card sense, and ex-
GELS at all games.
Bridge is the general favorite
all over the colony, although
Harold Lloyd prefer, backgam.
mon and Uncle Carl Laemmle
sticks to pinochle. When AL Jol,
son was out here. he used to play
hearts by the hour.
It is no unusual thing, when
there Is an M.G-M preview at
San Bernardino, for executives to
charter a Pacific electric car,
board it near the studio and
play bridge all the way. Irving
Thalberg is a crack player. Ere
quently Ralph Graves and Jack
Conway sit in on these games.
Bridge player. too, were the
four Marx brothers. What is more,
they carried their own Kibitzer
Eddie Cantor.
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What Kind of Boy?

Or I wonder whether his
father adopted another attitude.
Maybe he pulled him to him
and shook a report card in his
face. Maybe he said:
You're bad clean through.
Do I have to slave my life away
for a young punk who doesn't
appreciate anything? If you
ever brings home card like
this again I'll slap you so hard
that you won't come out of it
for a week"
confess very freely that I
don't know anything about 1t.
Perhaps the boy seldom saw
his father. I repeat-1'm just
wondering.
I keep thinking of his first
experience with a woman. Was
it some little girl of his own
age? Some pretty child who
sat with him in a soda store,
slipped her hand in his and
said:
Gee. Johnny. you're so nice.
I like you SO much. I'd rather
sit here and have a soda with
you than be out with anybody
else in the world. You're al
ways gonna be a good boy, amt
you, johnny"
Or was it some hard-faced
dame who called him into her
flat, looked at him through wise
and chilling eyes, and said:
Was Nabbed EARLY
. You're an okay kid. Mayme
likes you. but if you want to
stay liked you gotta help along.
Hang around Martins saloon
and Frankie's pool room and
keep reminding the boys that
Mayme is fine company. Here's
q buck and a kiss to remember
me by. Come around ton1or'
row."
Just wondering.
One of the papers carries
complete record Of Jack Dla-
lnond's arrests and convictions.
Heading the table, see that
he was sent to the New YORK
Reformatory at the age Of l9.
The charge was burglary.
MY mind travels to that re-
formatory in those days. Was
there someone there who was
big enough to understand that
the young criminal can be
saved with half a human
chance? Someone like Warden
Joseph Wilson, of the Great
Meadows Prison. who would
have taken the boy aside and
said:
John T. Diamond, why don't
you give yourself a break in
life? I1eep on as you've gone and
you'll wind up in a morgue be.
fore you know what life Is all
about. Tell ME your thoughts
and I'll do my best to help
you. Talk to your friend, boy
what is it?"
Or was there someone in
charge whose motto was "once
a criminal, always criminal?"
someone who glanced over a
record and said:
Thinking Out Loud
That Diamond crook seems
to think he's, pretty cute. Well
soon cure him of that. Take a
few socks at him and then
shove him into solitary. Well
fix him. Who does that little
rat think he is?'
Still wondering.
You think I'm attempting to
build up sympathy or weave a
sob story around Jack Dia-
mond? Not a bit of it. I'm
merely thinking out loud, as
one collaboration always says
to another. AS a matter of
strict fact, during the last two
years of his life Jack was very
much disliked by those who
formerly associated with him.
I remember very clearly one
important. underworld char
acter telling me his impressions
of Jack Diamond
Mark" he asserted. "Dia-
mond was a good kid in days
The Feature Is
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to
Fight New
Proposal
BY ANDREW r.. KELLEY

A seat for every theater patron
In Washington Is the purported
aim. Of q bill which Senator Rob.
ert D. Carey (R) of wyoming,
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A Crackerjack Picture

Delicious" which was pre-
viewed yesterday in order that
dramatic editors may write about
it without bucking the Christmas
crowds, is the best Farrell.
Gaynor picture since Seventh
Heaven" Gaynor is immense,
Farrell better than in any of his
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They Bid High

It was inevitable that Culbert-
son and Lenz would received a
proposition to make pictures. Last
week, the Wampas otion pic.
ture publicity mem offered to
sponsor them in a series of IL
shorts. Living up to their repu-
tations as aggressive bidders, Mr.
Culbertson and Mr.. Lenz are said
to have countered with the not
too modest request for 100000
guarantee and a percentage of
the profits. The Wampas passed.
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Tough News For Dieters
Can it be true, this story Of
Fritz Tidden's, th~t a studio ef-
ficiency man inspected the COM
missary accounts and wanted to
make the 1,O00-island dressing
take a cut?
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Guards His Friend

On the other hand, what
would be your opinion of the
mans character in the follow
ing situation: Some IS months
ago a friend and I were driving
through the Fifties when we
met Jack and Marion Roberts.
Jack told us of a nearby speak.
easy that he was operating and
insisted that my friend and I
have a drink with him. I
didn't consider it wise to re-
fuse. With the drinks on the
house. my friend proceeded to
get pretty well plastered. After
an hour or so I told Jack we
would have to leave. The mob
ster looked at my friend and
asked if the car belonged to
him. I said it did.
Well" said Jack. hes not
driving. My chauffeur will
take him home. Don't argue
with me. My chauffeur's taking
him home and will put his car
away for him. Beat it,"
When a man is the cold
desperate that Diamond has
been pictured why should he
worry about and care for a
man whom he has never seen
before? Now you wonder.
Prediction True
I once wrote a story about
Jack Diamond. Oh, yes. Why
should I have been an excep-
tion? 1t appeared in this
space on August %, 1850
time when he was suspected of
several murders. Perhaps
few of you will remember the
last three paragraphs of that.
story.
Strange guy, this Diamond"
I wrote. Somehow or other, I.
1lnd IL nara to believe that he
is as bad as he is painted. Yet
he is a marked man-and l
suspect that nobody knows it
better than he.
THE authorities have already
tried him for murder, and
know -le police would feel a
lot easier if they could send
him to the chair. They might
get him some day, but I doubt
it very much.
When Jack Diamond dies, a
human hand will move a trig-
ger and not a switch"
Thus. for once. I was right.
Not quite 16 months later the
hand moved the trigger.
The train still flies along.
see kids playing in the coun-
try streets. They seem so
happy. Jack Diamond must
have started the same way.
What happened?
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gone by. BY that I mean that
he could keep his mouth hut.
he could be depended upon to
come through in a deal and
plenty Of the boys liked him.
But what's happened? In
stead Of keeping to himself, as
any smart guy should. Jacks
been willing to be turned into
a newspaper bad man. He gets
a heluva kick out Of reading
the stories the papers print
about him, and he thinks it's
up to him to live up to his ep-
utation. The stories In the
papers have done more to 1ake
that guy a killer than anything
else. And it's all a laugh. Be-
cause when he's cold sober nd
off the stuff. he's like an old
lady.
Meanwhile. none of us can
take a chance on having any
thing to do with him. He's
marked-and so is every guy
who gives him tumble. That's
Diamond today"
My own impressions of the
man were somewhat similar.
Twice in my life I saw those
two red, pin points come into
Jack Diamonds cheeks-and
am very frank to admit that
I left the scene on both occa-
sions just as swiftly as I could.
Because I knew that. drunk
and angry. there was no more
dangerous man in the world. I
can tell you now that. on 10Th
occasions. I was mighty glad
left when did.
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Whataman Shires
Still Heads Pack
Bat Race
Hitting at 1874 Clip to Lead
Lebourveau BY 8 Points;
Mound Marks Good

Chicago, Aug. 29.-tP)-Art Shires
has finished another week IS leader
Of the American Association batting
race, and is the first player in the
league to bang out 200 hits.
According to semi-official averages,
he had a mark of 1884 for 131 games,
including Thursdays engagement,
and led De Witt Lebourveau, Co.
lumbus, by eight points.
Lebourveau'S only other leadership
was In stolen bases, in which he re-
placed Bernie Neis, Minneapolis, as
p~ace-setter, with a total OF %. Pat
Crawford, another Columbus slugger,
had 20 home runs and 296 total bases
to lead In two departments.
Tom Angley, Indianapolis catcher,
had an average Of 1877, but played in
only 96 games, IS less than Shires had
worked in. Following the Milwaukee
first baseman among the regulars
were: Lebourveau, Toledo-C Columbus,
1915: Crawford, Columbus. 1865; Keo-
necke, indianapolis, 1868: Roettger,
st. Paul, 1850; Layne, Louisville, .351;
Manion. Milwaukee, .35l; Herman,
Louisville, $50; Metzler, Milwaukee,
.346; Saltzgaver, st. Paul, .344.
There were plenty of good pitch
ing marks. Russ Van Alta, st. Paul,
had 10 victories and three defeats:
Bill Swift. Kansas City. had 10 and
5: John Prudhomme. st. Paul. and
Ken Penner, Louisville, each had Is
and 6; while Dutch Henry, Mime
apolis. had compiled 10 triumphs
against nine defeats. Oral Hide
brand. Indianapolis young south
paw, had struck out IS batsmen, to
lead in that department.
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Bottomley Seems
Destined to STAY
Regular For Time
Sunny Jim, After Early Injury,
Stages Comeback With
Bat and Climbs Up

New York, Aug. 29.-P-For sew
eral months it looked like Sunny
Jim" Bottomley was destined to lose
his job as regular first baseman for
the st. Louis Cardinals. The big
slugger. after an early injury. had
difficulty in regaining his batting
eye and so we'll was his place filled
by young Jim Collins that the critics
were beginning to count him out.
But predictions were premature.
Since returning to the lineup, Bot
tomley has been hitting with all his
former skill and power, and his big
stick played a prominent part in the
Cardinals last triumphant tour of
the east. His comeback campaign,
through Thursdays Sgames, had car
ried him up to fourth place among
the National League regulars with a
mark of 1888 in 80 games.
Virgil Davis, big backstop of the
Philadelphia nine, chung to the lead
ership through another week with an
average of $50, followed by Bill
Terry of the Giants, with .344, and
Chuck Klein of the Phillies. with BAL,
Then comes Bottomley, with 1888;
Cuyler. Chicago, 1897; Hornsby. Chi
cago, 1884; Grimm, Chicago, 1881;
Hafey. St. Louis, 1927; Strip, Gin
cinnati, 1926. and Cuccinello. Cincin-
natl. 1924, to complete the first ten
While he has lost the batting lead
ership, Klein still heads the field in
runs scored, with 100, compared to
SO for Terry. He has hit the most
home runs, 81, and knocked in the
most runs. 100. Me- OFT. stocky
Giant outfielder, is the Philly stars
only real rival in the home RUIZ race
with 26, and also stands second In
runs knocked in, with 81.
frankie Frisch, st. Louis, with &c
stolen bases. practically was assured
high honors for the season.. His
closest rival was Pepper Martin, a
team-mate. who had pilfered 13.
Jess Haines. st. Louis veteran
boasted the highest average among
the leagues regular pitchers. with
II victories and three defeats. His
rookie team-mate. Paul Derringer
was tied with Bill Walker, New
York southpaw, for second place, each
with IA wins and six defeats.
Burleigh Grimes of the Cardinal.
and Ed Brandt of Boston topped the
list in total triumphs, each with 16
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-29
r. Practice at Beverly Awaiting Start of i. S. An
MM OHIO MINISTER WINS AMERICAN HANDICAP TRAPSHOOT TITLE
Mesdames PressIer, Hill Reach Final
California and Kansas City Wo-
men Battle for Women's
Western Golf Title

Highland Park, ILL.,, Aug. c9.-(R-
Two of the stoutest hearted cam
paigners of golf, Mrs. Leona Pressler,
San Gabriel, CAL, and Mrs. Opal S.
Hill, Kansas City, faced each other
today in the final fight to the finish
for the women's western champion
ship.
Mrs. Pressler. who wore the crown
for two successive years in 1927 and
1928, was a slight favorite although
she vas confronted by a difficult task
in disposirg of her rival, who march,
ed through the hardest bracket of
the two and climaxed it Friday by
defeating Virginia Van Vie, Chicago,
in a 19-hole overtime match. Mrs.
Hill, who succeeded Mrs. Pressler as
champion in 1929, is on her game and
q result one way or the other wouldn't
cause any surprise.
The two have met but once before
and that was in the semi-finals in
1928 at Indian Hill. Mrs. Pressler
defeated Mrs. Hill in that battle but
the struggle lasted to the final putt
on the final green.
Mrs. Hills match against Miss Van
Vie was the most stirring battle of
the tournament. Two down at nine
and n down at 16, Mrs. Hill came
back to square the match on the 18th,
hold her rival even on the 18th and
then win with a sllaky six in the
extra hole when the heavy head wind
carried Miss Van Wie'S second shot
out of bounds.
Mrs. Pressler romped into the finals
by the other extreme, defeating June
Beebe. 18-year-old Chicago girl, 5 and
4. Miss Beebe, visibly nervous and
unable to cope with Mrs. Pressler's
great iron play, failed to win a hole
on the journey.
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REV. ROEBUCK Wins
CHAMPION HONOR IN
FRIDAYS SHOOT-OFF
Succeeds Rufus King, 15.Year.
Old Texas Boy, in Highly
Priced Position
new CHAMP DARK HORSE
Miss jeanette Jay, WaverIy, la,
Leads Feminine Shooters
At vandalia

Vandalia, O, Aug. 29.-P-The
Rev. Garrison Roebuck, a United
Brethren minister Of Mcclure, O., I'M
til Friday virtually unknown in clay
target circles, Saturday held the
most highly priced honor in the gun
world-the Grand American Handi-
cap championship.
Shooting at clay targets for only
the 10th time, Roebuck brought the
classic Of the Amateur Trapshooters
association tournament back to Ohio
Tor the first time since 1926.
Breaking So out of 100 targets from
the 17-yard line, Roebuck tied with
Fred Harlow, Newark, O., and r. F.
Willbaum. Greenville, O.. and then
continued on to win by breaking sc
OF Is targets in the shoot-off.
Harlow, Grand American champion
in 1908, fell early in the three-way
shoot and finished third. Willbaum
placed second, falling three targets
short of Roebuck's mark.
The Rev. r. Roebuck's victory net
ted him nor than 1000 in cash and
trophies. He was undecided until al
most shooting time whether to enter
the event, and was listed as a dark
horse"
Rufus King, Is, Wichita Falls, Tex,
whom Roebuck succeeded to the title,
finished far down the list with an 81.
A broken right foot and q courtyard
handicap proved too exactinQ,
Miss jeanette Jay, Waverly. Ia,
winner Of the North American Wom-
ems championship earlier in the week,
led feminine shooters with a 90, one
point ahead of Miss w. Stillwagon,
Trenton, N. j. Miss Belle McCord
Roberts, Long Beach, Calf, was
third with SO.
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LITTLE, V0|CH7 AND
WILLING Show WAY
TO FRIDAY PLAYERS
35th Annual Tournament Will
Open Monday Over Tricky
Chicago Course
$50 PERFORMERS ENTERED
Johnston, Ouimet, Marston,
CuiIford, Evans, Former
Champs, to Play

Chicago, Aug. 29.-(P-The ad-
vance battalion of the army OF $50
PLAYERS who will march over green's
and fairways of the Beverly Country
club when the 35th United States
amateur golf tournament begins Mon
day satisfied itself Saturday in samp-
ling the course.
Those who battled high winds Fri
day discovered that the Beverly bunk
ers and sandtraps might prove for
midable handicaps to next weeks
play.
william Lawson Little, Jr., the
modest San Franciscan who told
Bobby Jones in 1929 that he would
have eliminated him if JOHNNY Good
man hadn't, achieved the best round
of the day. a 70, two over par.
George Weight, the New York star,
produced the next best, a "a. DR.. O.
r. Willing, Portland, Ore, took a II,
while Russ Martin, F1ossmoor, held
himself to Is.
Other practice scores were posted
Friday by T. Philip Perkins, former
British amateur champion, 80; Ross
Sommerv vile, Canadian amateur
champion, 81; Max Marston, national
titleholder in 1923, 80: Watts Gum,
81; Roland Mackenzie, medalist In
1925, 81; Lester Bolstad, 80; Ellsworth
Augutus, 81; Arthur Sweet, 81; and
Johnny Goodman, 81.
The tournament proceedings were
made more interesting Friday with
the sudden entrance Of Cyril Tolley,
former British amateur champion.
Unlike his fellow-Britons in the meet,
Johnny and Alaric De Forest, Tolley
had not signified his intentions OF
entering. He will be exempt from
qualifying, as we're the De Forests.
Five former champions, Jimmy
johnson, Francis Ouimet, Max Mar
ston, Jesse Guilford, and Chick Evans,
will perform in the Beverly battle, but
the greatest Of them all. Bobby Jones,
will be present only In the role Of
spectator.
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LITTLE WORLD SERIES WILL
OPEN in ASSOCIATION CITY
St. Paul Is Almost Certain to
Face Champion of Inter-
national League

Chicago. Aug. 29.-P-The Little
World Series" will open on the home
lot of the American Association pen
nant winner, undoubtedly st. Paul,
Wednesday, Sept. 30, and continue
there for four games before moving
into International League territory
President Thomas j. Hickey of the
American Association said Saturday.
President Hickey said hopes still
were held that the Pacific coast would
make the series a three-Some but
that because of a certain play-off
there for the title between the first
and second half split season winners
that it was questionable.
If the Pacific Coast League winner
of the play-off decides to play, Presi-
dent Hickey said arrangements would
be made to do so with the winner Of
the American Association -Interna-
tional League series probably going to
the coast to open.
There wasn't much doubt as to st,
Paul's lease on the flag Saturday al
though the pennant battle In the In
ternational League was not decided
The Saints hoisted their first place
margin to 10 1-2 games Friday by
defeating Toledo S to 3, while the
second place Kansas City Blues split
a doubleheader with Louisville, win
ming the first game 2 to 0 behind
Bayne's four-hit pitching and drop
ping the nightcap Z to 6.
Milwaukee crowded closer to the
third place Indianapolis club by trim
ming the Indians 3 to 2 in the opener
of their series at Milwaukee. The
Columbus Minneapolis game was
called off because of cold weather
Score by innings:
Saints Beat Mud Hens
St. Paul 49,. 90 02O 2Ox-5 10 2
stoffner and Henline; Prudhomme
and Fenner.
Brews Win Close One
Indianapolis . . 100 200 oooH2 S .
Campbell and Angley; Caldwell and
Manion.
Colonies. Blues Divide
Louisville -. 900 600 900 4 3
Kansas City 600 002 O0x-2 10 l
Deberry, Mays and Shea; Bayne and
Peters.
Louisville :. 100 o4o oo2-7 Il :
Kansas City. O1O $50 1915 IL
Penner, Weinert. Marcum. Williams
and Shea; Maley, Thomas and Pade.
Peters.
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Simmons LayoH
Gave Two Yankees
Good Opportunity
Babe Ruth and Lou Cehrig
Gained on Athletic in Hit
ting During Week

Chicago, Aug. 29.-tPD-A Sim
mons bid to retain the American
league individual batting title has
not been helped by an enforced lay
off Of more than a week due to an
infected leg.
The semi-official averages, which
include Thursdays games, show Babe
Ruth gained 10 points to 1881, with
Simmons only four points out In
front. Lou Gehrig, the other member
of the Yankee smuggling firm, also
took advantage of Simmons vacation
to jump into a tie in total hits, with
TIA. Gehrig held sole possession of
three other leAderships. He had
batted in 1873 runs, had scored 100
times. and had a total base collection
of $50.
The Babe cracked out three more
home runs during the week to raise his
total to 81, three more than Gehrig,s
total, Benny Chapman, the Yankees
sprinting outfielder, stole six more
bases and had 81 for the season.
Following Simmons and Ruth
among the regulars we're: Morgan,
Cleveland, 1858; Gehrig, New York,
1854; Webb. Boston, .351; Alexander,
Detroit, .341; Goslin. st. Louis, 1897;
Cochrane, Philadelphia, 1897; West,
Washington, 1886; Avcrill, Cleveland,
1888.
Robert Moses Grove failed to create
a new American League record for
consecutive victories when the st.
Louis Browns beat him, but the defeat
did not drag the Athletics fireballer
down to within hollering distance of
the pack. He had the handsome rec
ord of Is triumphs against three de-
feats, and still had a mark of 80 vic
tories at which to shoot and plenty OF
time in which to accomplish the feat.
George .Earnshaw'S idleness helped
Grove to move into the lead in strike
outs with 1876 in "a games.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-29
Rain Causes Delay
In Doubles Tourney


Brookline. Mass, Aug. 29-(R-Un-
finished business held sway at the
golden jubilee national doubles ten
mis- tournament Friday with an in
completed quarter finals match and
q semi-final On the card.
Rain forced the postponement Of
Fridays matches until today and the
finals were put over until next Tues
day, which scrambled the entire
scheduled tennis campaign.
Today Wilmer Allison and John
Ryn were to meet Clifford Suffer
and Bruce Barnes In the national
doubles semi-final. Frank x. Shields
and Sidney Wood faced the defend
ing champions. George N. Lott. IT.
and John H. Doeg IN the unfinished
quarter finals match.
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Chicago Junior Nin j.,
Winner in LIST Game

Houston, Tex, Aug. 29.-(P)-The
first victory of the junior baseball
world series was held Saturday by a
team of hard hitting boys from
South Chicago.
Columbus, S. c., was defeated 13 to
4 in the opening contest of the Amer
lean Legion sponsored series here
Friday night. The two teams re-
sumo their battle for the champion
ship at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon.