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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
Irish Mentor to Bolster
Offense for Penn Struggle
Bg limited preso

By United Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 3.-The
failure of Notre Dame to cash in
on five additional scoring opportu-
mites in the 1910 victory over Car
neg1e Tech last week caused Coach
Heartily Anderson today to consider
making some changes in the Irish
lineup for Saturdays game with
Pennsylvania.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
Stove League Chatter
BY EDDIE ASH

TINE lull in baseball activities
l. during the football season has
not interfered with the work of put
ting the finishing touches to Perry
stadium, the new home Of the In
dams, and Tribe followers are going
to gasp with pleasant establishment
when they drive by the park and
take a look. The eye-filling en-
trance is still under construction,
but enough has been completed to
give an idea of the future beauty of
the structure when the contractors
eventually call off their men.
Modernistic sketches in stone adorn the
outside high, white pillars with a touch of
coat of arm artistry showing Indian head
crossed bats, glove and ball. other mod
ernistic features elsewhere include batter
and catcher carved out in shoeIess and
g~loveless effect Fact of the matter, Nor
man Perry. Tribe owner seems to have
surpassed the big universities in the matter
of introducing hotsie totsie items of con-
structiOn
Wide cement walks now lead from Six
tenth street along the west side of the
stadium to the entrance proper and also
from Harding street along the south side
of the stadium to the several box offices.
From Harding street to the entrance, at
least a block. a BANKED terrace has been
formed and fresh, green sod placed. Ada
cent to the other promenade grass also
Will be grown to tidy up the cement lane.
All buildings outside the park have been
will be used to slick up the land for park
ing space. The parking space adjoining
the stadium on the west is now ready for
mense. Lumber on parking land south of
the park will be removed later, after
which cinders and gravel will be spread
there.
EACT of the matter, there has
Il been so much progress out there
since the league season ended that
it's a good guess that when spring
arrives the fans who attended the
late season 1881 games won't know
the place. Left field territory is
being built up to overcome a sink
ing of new earth and it will be
watched over winter and doctored
more if necessary. Just a minor
fault that all new parks face.
Light towers TOT night baseball are now
set up and will be put to the voltage test
shortly. Uprights have been LEANED and
painted and Norman Perry expressed the
opinion today that Indianapolis will have
the best nocturnal system in the country
next year. Three lowers are atop the
grandstand with no uprights obstructing
the view OF grandstand customers. The
other towers also are placed in spots to
relieve the fans of any obstruction or
glare.
It Is Perry's plan to give Indianapolis
three hight games a week next year. all
free to women, and also free to children
after school days are over for the sum-
mer. To ease the comfort for afternoon
game fans he has rugged up bars, hooks
and pulleys above the wall Of the grand
stand top runway to take care of an
awning that will blight out all sun rays
without cutting OF ventilation. This
scheme also win make q hit with the
right field and center field fly chasers by
reducing the sun glare in their territory.
At night games. Of course, the awnings
will be lifted. The color scheme for the
awnings, by the way. will be the same as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
Pug Rentner Hurt but Will
Play in Minnesota Tussle

son, full back, will do the pass
ing.
By United Press
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 3.-Mar-
shall Wells, Minnesota tackle, will
be kept out of Saturdays battle with
Northwestern because of an injured
arm. Kenneth cDougall, midget
quarter back, twisted his ankle
against Wisconsin, but will be ready
for Northwestern.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
IOWA SEEKS GUARD

By United Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. s.
Coach Burt I%nguerson was search
ing for a left guard today to replace
Nelson Thompkins, who has a
bruised shoulder and will be unable
to play against Nebraska at Lin
coin Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
PEORIA PILOT QUITS

CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 3.-The
resignation of Chic G. Fraser, man
ager of the Peoria Three-I League
baseball club, was announced today
by Sidney We'll, president of the
Cincinnati Reds. Peoria is a Cincy
farm.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
N. Y. U. FACES GEORGIA

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Their over
confidence shattered by Saturdays
setback from Oregon, the New York
university Violets are working in
earnest for Saturdays test with
Georgia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
FoRDHAM QUARTER BACK

bDFCUtttd FFbSs
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Possibility
that quarter back Jack Fisher, out
three weeks with injuries, may re-
turn to action has increased Ford
hams hope Of victory over Detroit
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

O'Leary. Wilkesbarre, Pa. outpointed Ken
meth Shuck Louisville. six rounds.
AT COLUMBUS. O.-Lou Bloom. Colum-
bus junior lightweight, gained the decision
rounds: JAG O'Dowd, Detroit heavy, scored
a technical Knockout victory. over Al
Gatchel, Cleveland. in the fourth round.
AT LEICESTER, England-Larry Gains,
Canadian Negro heavyweight, knocked out
Soren Peterson of Denmark in the fifth
round.
AT NEWARK. N. jay Macedon,
Newark w~elterweight. knocked out Ruby
Goldstein of New York. in the seventh Of
a ten-round bout.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

dicapped by minor bruises against
Ohio State, also will be ready for
action.
indiana. hopes to repeat their
1928 performance, when they sur
pr1Sed the Wolverines and defeated
the Maize and Blue for the first
time, 6 to O..
By United Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. s.
Coach Harry Kipke rehearsed the
Michigan team in several trir
plays Monday which the Wolve
ines r expected to use against In
diana here Saturday. John 10
walk probably will replace the in
jured La Jeunesse at guard this
week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

for box n reserved seats, orange and
green.
THERE has been a new surface
4 placed on Speedway avenue,
leading to Perry stadium from the
Fall creek bridge, left, which is an
other improvement. Go out and
try it. You'll be pleased. Holes have
been erased and the wrinkles ironed
out. It's going to be an easy drive
to Perry stadium next year with a
choice Of select routes.
More voltage! Owner Perry today adj
lighting system to hang out more lamps
on the towers and to increase the Juice"
fifty per cent. Now that Pm in it," Perry
for the players and fans"
The Tribe president and Jack Hen
bricks II already are Esp gdiyjing th UIf b to s 4sadg
within a few weeks to tell of the plans
and dates for exhibition games. He is
planning many surprises for the fans here
but at the same time he is not overlooking
the schedule in Florida. He said: Sara
opposition and the fact we have a new,
modern park here will give us a chance
to book the big leaguers to show at Perry
be with major clubs to give the fans an
opportunity to see FASTENERS in action
whom they miss during the summer"
A LAUGH was supplied stadium
IA visitors Monday when a lot OF
conversation with heads together
took place with owner Perry and
contractors holding conference.
whats all the shooting about?'
was asked. Were out of Bricks
was the reply. 1t was comical at
that, a big job and no bricks. A car
load was ordered. The incident was
funny like an amateur ball game
when the only ball is lost in the
weeds.
Baseball followers are smiling over a
crosS-eyed speech made by a newspaper
man man at cstd The resent TfGent M tsftim0n df the aie Gagr
IS a Philly home boy and the BANQUET
manager of the PhilIy Nationals. AS the
evening grew old a scribe, decided to
make an Grafton and in the course Of
~neighbor. There h sits, the greatest
catcher. in the American League, Jimmy
Smith,.
Answer to Fan, City-World series game
are PLAYED under same rules as regular
season contests. If rain ends play after
five innings team in lead wins.
Answer to Subscriber. City-Second.
third and fourth place clubs in American
League drew same amount of world
series melon this year as second, third
and fourth teams in National. There is
no difference in percentage of money ex-
cept between the title c~ontenders, which
is split sixty-forty. However, second
place winners in each league draw more
than third finishers and thirds draw more
than fourths. In other words, team I'm
ishing second in American this year drew
same sum of series coin as National League
runner-up.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

geles Olympic stadium Feb. %.
Johnny Buckley, Sharkey's man
ager, says Sharkey has been "as-
Sured" matches with Schmeling and
Dempsey next summer. The "as-
Surers'' can not be located.
Joe Jacobs says Schmeling never
viii fight for Jimmy Johnston, box
ing director at Madison Square
Garden, Johnston says Schmeling
is under contract to the Garden
and will not be allowed to fight for
any one else.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
City Title
in Balance
Manual and Cathedral Ton
Local H. S. Schedule
This Week.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Cathedral at Manual field.
~ShelbyvilIe at Shortridge field.
Sheridan at Washington field.
Technical at LoEanSport.
Crispus Attacks at CeyingtOn. Ky.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

And there you have the Glow
down" on The heavyweight boxing
situation. Little wonder that fans
are at a loss to make head or tail
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03
Down the Alleys
BY LEFTY LEE

Selmeir and Hueslein shared top honors
during the Kiwanis League play on the
Indiana alleys Monday night, each player
McGaughey team a triple win over Bock-
stahler. Clark and Gaines also won three
from Erik and Roberts, as Selmeir, Cox,
Horuf, Baxter and Woodman in the odd
game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

three times during the Sears-Roebuck
series on the Delaware drives. the last
game being decided by two pins. Fixers
Ink Singers during the other contests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

The Laundry League also rolled on the
Illinois drives. Pilgrim and Crown No. 2
Towel, while Sterling won two from Crown
No. l.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

Answer to Fan, City-WOrId series game
are played under same rules as regular
season contests. If rain ends play after
five innings team in lead wins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-03

Cheetham and Miller rolled a steady
game for the Western Electric team of the
Bell Telephone League, their three counts
being better than 1900 and the Main
tenance boys had to chalk up three losses.
A. T. & T., Auditors and Construction took
two from Bell. Traffic and Engineers dur
Kester,, 614; Cheetham, 613, and Lieb-
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Average Length of Life
Constantly on Increase

Figures based on the census az
1920 show that the expectation Of
life in the United States at birth
is 56.4 years (55.3 for males and
$40 for females). About so years
ago it was only 40 years. The
World Almanac quotes DR.. Louis
Dublin. insurance statistician. as
saying that the expectation Of life
has increased but the span Of life
has remained stationary. He states :.
THAT 20 years have heen added to
the average length of human life
since public health work began to
be actively practiced in the early
eighties of the last century is true.
But this gain can be traced to the
reduced mortality of infants and to
the cutting down of the unneces-
sary and preventable deaths Of
young people from typhoid fever.
diphtheria, scarlet fever, smallpox
and a host of other diseases. which.
for the most part, affect persons
under forty years Of age. Improve
ment after the age of forty has
been slight and almost altogether
limited to women" According to
various estimates, the total popula-
tion of the world is continuing to
increase every year.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Inspiration of Great Song

Carrie Jacobs Bond, author of
"The End of a Perfect Day." de-
scribes the circumstances under
which the song was written as fol-
lows: 1.-The story of the writing of
The End of a Perfect Day has
been told many, many times and
in many, many ways, but the truth
is very simple story. The in
spiration came to me as I was view
ing a wonderful sunset from the
top of Mount Rubidoux in Riverside,
Calf. | had been motoring through
southern California and we had
been seeing many beautiful sights,
but the glory of this sunset from
the mountains was the most beauti-
full thing / had ever seen. l hur-
ried back to the Mission inn to get
ready for dinner and while dress
ing I thought how | wished / could
express my thanks to those friends
in some little way, just out Of the
ordinary, and almost at once came
the words of A Perfect Day"
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
High Ideals Sought IN
Principles of Bahaism

The religious sect known as
Bahaism originated in Persia in
1914. The first prophet was Ali
Mohammed, or the Bah. Hosein
Ali was the first adherent of the
Bah and later announced himself
as the one Bah foretold. He be-
came known as Baha'u'llah. He
died in 1892, and before his depar-
ture named his oldest son, Abdul
BAHIA Abbas, interpreter of his text
and the center of his covenant.
He passed away November %, 1921,
and in his will designated his
grandson, Shoghi Effendi, guardian
of the cause. The general princi-
pies of the Bahais founded upon
the teachings of Baha'u'uah are:
The oneness of mankind; the indie
pendent investigation of truth; the
foundation of all religions is one !;
religion must be the cause Of
unity; religion must be in accord
with science and reason; equality
between man and woman; preju-
dice of all kinds must be forgot
ten; universal peace; universal ed
ucation; solution of the economic
problem; a universal language: an
international tribunal. The Bahais
believe in the essential necessity of
the intermediation of the Messianic
principle, or the holy spirit, in the
life of humanity.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Picture Earth's Core as
Holding Rich Treasure

A bonanza beyond belief exists
from two to three thousand miles
below the surface Of the earth, ac-
cording to two geophysicts Of the
Carnegie institute of Washington.
From all the known data these sci
entists infer that this planet is a
solid ball of nickel and iron en-
closed in three shells of rock.
Conjecture how the financial
giants could cash in on that, were
it accessible, if from mere pin
pricks on the surface they pile up
millions! But the scientists fol
low with the information that a
shaft more than 1000 miles deep
would have to be sunk to reach the
riches. 1t is doubtful if all the
wealth in the world would pay for
excavating small fraction of the
distance.
The core, according to the scien-
lists theory, is surrounded by
three shells. The first is of gran
ite, about 80 miles: the second Of
basaltic rock, increasing in density
for about 1000 miles, and the third
of heavy rock impregnated with
iron, or nickel and iron, for LOCO
to 1900 miles.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Brazilian Nut Pickers
Victimized by Buyers

The business of gathering brazil
nuts in the Amazon jungles resolves
itself into a skin game for the ma
tiveS concerned when the traders,
who follow the harvest, arrive with
their boatloads of rum and trinkets.
Near a group of huts on the river
bank the trade boat stops, writes
Hugo Franklin in the Boston Tran
script, and there the merchandise
is displayed in an iInprovised
'store." The trader sits, like the
spider in its web, behind a battery
of jugs of rum. surrounded by a
few pieces Of bright colored goods,
tobacco, bags Of salt, cans of kero-
sene, sometimes even cases of cheap
beer.
The nut pickers could make a
good profit on the long trip up the
river to the nut forests if only they
would shun the trader, but little by
little their crop piles up beside the
store. AT the end of the season
the poor natives owe money to the
traders and, unhappy and penni-
less, offer to pay the debt by help
ing to load the nuts on the boat
and work their way back to civ
ilization.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Observer Saw Beauty
in Locomotives Steam

In a period that provides us with
opportunities of learning how inter-
eSting and even beautiful a thing
railway can be, it is instructive
to recall that an earnest observer
Of century ago saw, in the Liv-
erpool and Manchester line, a
beauty, apparently, such as Keats
discovered in the Greek vase on
which he bestowed immortality.
Alexander Somerville, in his Auto
biography of a Working Man," pub
lished originally in 1S4S, and re-
ferring to a period during the thir-
ties Of the last century, states:
"All sights which l had seen in
London and elsewhere-the beau
tiful, the grand. the wonderful
shrank into comparative nothing
ness when, after reaching Liver
pool / went into the country for a
week, in the neighborhOod Of Pres
colt and saw leach day l sought to
see it, each hour of the day could
have stood to see it again) the
white steam shooting through the
landscape of trees, meadows and
villages; loaded with merchandise,
men and women, and human enter
prise, rolling along under the steam.
/ had seen no sight like that; |
have seen nothing to excel it since.
In beauty and grandeur the world
has nothing beyond it."-Manches-
ter (England) Guardian.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Peculiar Hairdressinp

German tribes, in olden days,
paid a good deal of attention to
their hair, says an article in Bos-
ton paper. In certain districts a
red dye apparently was used to
dye the hair a bright red. The more
easterly German tribes usually
wore their hair long and loose over
the shoulder, men as well as
women.
The Saxons. however, cut their
hair fairly short. Some western
tribes had a curious custom Of ty-
ing the hair on the right side of
the head into a knot. with the ends
creased to make them protrude like
horns. The women in all parts of
Germany had a great variety of
combs and brooches to keep their
long hair in place. although unmar-
ried women appear to have worn
their hair loose.-Detroit News.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Popular Old Legend

In the middle of the Sixteenth
century the legend of the Wander
ing Jew" received popular life in
Germany owing TO the claims of
a man who announced himself to
be the 'Ewige Jude" himself. In
Hamburg he gave his name as
Ahasuerus, and stated that he had
been a shoemaker in Jerusalem
who would not suffer Christ to rest
at his door when fainting under the
weight of the cross.
He struck Jesus, and ordered him
to move on, whereupon Jesus said
II will stand here and rest, but thou
shalt go on until the last day." This
mans story was subsequently pub
lished on the authority of a Lu-
theran clergyman, who claimed to
have met the Jew in Hamburg.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Stevenson's Tribute to
Civil Autograph Hunter

In Word Shadows of the Great"
Thomas F. Madigan tells Of lucky
man who received this charming
letter from Robert Louis Steven
son, then living in Samoa, to whom
he had written, asking for his au-
tograph:
"For the one civil autograph col
lector, Charles r.:
"You have sent me a slip to
write on; you have sent me an ad-
dressed envelope; you have sent it
to me stamped; many have done
as much as that. You have spelled
my name right; and some have
done that. In one point you stand
alone; you have sent me the
stamps for my own post office, not
the stamps for yours. What is
asked for with so much considera-
ton I take pleasure to grant.
Here, since you value it, and have
been at such pains to earn it by
unusual attentions-here is the
signature. ROBERT LOUIS STEW
ENSON."
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
That Word Funny"

The word funny has a very
wide meaning in Scotland. 1t does
not merely signify amusing or en-
tertaining; it is more frequently
used to describe something inter
esting, unusual, or even alarming.
In childhood to feel funny on a
Monday morning often meant a day
off school; it was a vague form of
illness that might be anything, and
was safer than complaining of any
thing local. He's a funny charac-
ter does not imply that he is an
amusing person, but that he is rath-
er shady. Perhaps the funniest
use of funny" was that of the old
lady who asked her little grand
son when he returned from a visit
TO the neighbOring gas works. "Was
1t funny, Johnnie; was it funny?'
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Great Novelist's Home

On the banks of the Tweed, not
far from Melrose and Galashiels, is
AbbOtSford, the old home of Sir
Walter Scott. The novelist was an
enthusiastic collector Of oddities.
and his home is like d museum of
strange objects and relics from all
parts of the world After you see
Scott'S chair, desk and library, you
will find the sword of Montrose.
Bob Roy's gun and sword, Helen
MacGregor's brooch. Queen Mary's
seal, Bonnie Prince Charles drink
ing cup. Though Scott has been
buried nearly a hundred years. a
visit to his house makes it possible
10 see the research material which
enabled him TO make such vivid
pen pictures Of thrilling events in
Scotch history.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-28
Production of Tung Oil
New American Industry

The United States Department of
Agriculture has, after experiment.
ing for more than 20 years, devel-
oped a new industry in this country
that promises much for the nation
as a whole, and for Florida in par
ticular.
Tung oil is an essential element
in the manufacture of the better
grades of paints and varnishes. In
the past, tung oil has had to be
imported from China. the only
country in which tung nuts were
grown. Now China is. in time, to
lose its best customer for this prod
uct, for the Department of Agricul-
ture has demonstrated that the tung
tree can be successfully cultivated
in this country, and especially in
some sections of Florida.
The actual experiment on a com
mercial scale started in Florida in
1923. Whole groves of tung trees
were planted, and these groves are
now producing to the extent of
close to 1,S00 pounds of tung oil
to the acre, a greater production
than has been possible in China.
The experiment has proved that the
tree will mature to a profitable
bearing state within four or five
years. The life Of the tung tree is
about 80 years, with a maximum
production stage reached at nine
years. No insect or blight of any
kind attacks the trees or nuts, and
no animal or bird will touch them.
The trees are hardy and require
only normal cultivation, less, it is
said, than citrus fruits. The oil
from the Florida nuts is said to be
superior to that imported from
China.