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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-08
Building Costs are IS Per Cent Less Thana Year Ago
Numerous Actual Instances Have Been Reported to American Builder and Building
 Age of Reduced Costs Up to 25% Off

areas of our cities is 8 reproach to our civilization. old. insanitary and unsafe buildings should be con- demned and pulled down, and the sites cleared for proper modern developments. Many public build ings, such as schools, court houses and city halls are hopelessly out of-date and unsuited to present day requirements and standards. Thou sands of retail merchants are losing profitable business because of the rundown and dilapidated appear ance of their store buildings.
 Sound business economy should cause the scrapping of these struc- lures that have outlived their use- fulness. MT Johnson said. "Build- ing costs are now IS per cent below those of a year ago. This Is the average for the entire country. Numerous actual instances have been reported to American Builder and Building Age of reduced costs this spring both in residential and non-residential construction, rang ing up to as much as one-quarter
 "These low building costs result from reduced building material prices and from the increased pro- ductivity of building labor. Material prices ore now at a lower level than at any time since the spring of 1917. They can scarcely go lower.
 Building labor is extra efficient under present conditions and is de- livering an increase of 20 per cent or more of quality output, thereby reducing labor costs without re- duction of wage scales"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
Fistic Battles

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Al Singer, New York
outpointed Johnny Cato, Yonkers, N
j. I0); Ray Meyers, New York, and
Mkt Gelb, Hungary, drew 10): Luis
Angel Torres, Porto Rico, outpointed Al
Palladino, New York (6); Steve
Wolanin, Syracuse, N. Y, stopped
Frankie McKenna, New York 90.
PITTSBURGH.-Jac Fields. Los
Angeles and Jimmy Belmont, Pitts
burgh, drew G0).
TRENTON, N J.-Young Terry
Trenton, outpointed Billy Hood
Plymouth, England G0).
CHARLESTON, S, C.-Wildcat Monte
Tulsa. Okla, stopped Tod Smith, Miami
Fla. 80.
BOSTON.-Andy Callahan, Lawrence
Mass, outpointed Sammy Fuller, Bos-
ton 90.
PARIS. Arilla, Spain, defeated
Frankie Genara, New York, foul CD.
WHEELING, w. Va.-Battling Gizzy
Donora. Pa, outpointed Eddie Elder
man, Cleveland G0); AL Grover, Akron
outpointed Harry Morris, Weirton 90
Young Terry, Akron, outpointed Tony
Quinto, McMechen o..
ANDERSON, Ind.-Peter Mike, South
ampton, Long Island, outpointed Jack
Kay, Denmark f10); frankie Gierke
indianapolis, outpointed Bruce Britt
Terre Haute, Ind. q0).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
STEELE AND DUSEK
PROMISE MAT FIRE
Hot Bout Likely as Clever
WreStIerS CIinCh Here
Thursday Night.
NUzzLE No. 2 Of the local Fall and
- Winter wrestling season will be
presented THURSDAY night when

UzzLE No. 2 Of the local Fall and
- Winter wrestling season will be
presented Thursday night when
Ray Steele and Rudy Dusek step
into the ring at Washington Auditorium
with a $4,000 purse egging them on.
Washington's wrestling followers re-
ceived genuine surprise when Herr
Richard Shikat spilled Steele here sew
eral weeks ago when the boys grappled
for a purse reputed to be $4,000, and
picking the winner of the Dusek Steele
affair promises to be no set-up for mat
prognosticators,
Rudy and Ray have met thrice. so
each claims, and the result has been a
victory for each and a time limit draw.
A promising preliminary program has
been carded, headed by the Semi-Wind-
up, featuring Chief White Feather and
Matros Kirelenko, which Kirelenko is
expected to win after an exciting SEES
sion of overcoming chinlocks.
The three time-limit matches follow:
Vankah Zelesniak and Herb Freeman,
Al GeiceWicz and Benny Ginsberg and
Steve znoski and John Katan.
Tickets are available at Promoter Joe
Turner's Office in the Annapolis Hotel.
1t has been announced that no increase
in the price of seats will be made, de-
spite the necessity of guaranteeing the
high-priced principals the reputed sum
of $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
Mat Matches

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Jim Londos, 20l
Greece, threw George Calza, pit, Italy
(52:49); Tiny Roebuck, 245, Okla
homa, threw Vanka zelesniak, PA
Russia (4:34); Sander Szabo. POS
Hungary, threw AL Pierotti, 210, Bos-
ton (5:02); Herb Freeman, 2l9, New
York, won over Matros Kirilenko, 214
Russia 1929; Kirilenko unable to con-
tinue after falling out of ring); Sam
Stein. 200, New York, threw Joe (Toots)
Mondt 225. Colorado (6:33; Ray
Steele, 215, Glendale, Calf, threw Gus
Bauer, 2o5, Germany Q1;2O.
HOLYOKE, Mass.-Henri Deglane
Montreal, defeated Frank JudSon, Cam
bridge, two falls out of three (Deglane
first, 20:l7 Judson second, Sis;
Deglane third, 14:54).
CHICAGO-Rudy Dusek, 215, Omaha
won on straight falls from Fred Grcb-
mier. 100, Iowa (29:42 and 6:40); Jim
McMillen, 2l3, Chicago, threw Jack
Holenbeck, 1913, California (8:12)
Early McCready, 210, Oklahoma drew
with Gino Garibaldi, 207, Italy 10000
MANCHESTER, N Hal Baffert
Canada, defeated Jack Wagner, Provi-
dence 1.-TWO falls out of three); Len
Macaluso, New York, drew with Pat
Mckay, Memphis 10000.
STOCKTON, Calif-Ed stranger
Lewis, 235, Los Angeles, defeated Joe
Varga, 900, San Francisco. in straight
falls, 3l:00 and OILS. Gus Schlagel,
900, Kansas City, threw Joe Rainere,
220, San Jose, Calf, 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
SINGER is TOO SMART
FOR YONKERS BOXER
Easily Outpoints Cato, Earnest
Foe, Losing Only Third of
Ten Rounds of Bout.

NEW YORK, November 17.-Show-
ing all the flstic assets that carried him
to the lightweight title, with the ex-
eeption Of knockout punch, AL Singer
carved out decision over Johnny Cato
of Yonkers in a 10-round bout at the
ST Nicholas arena last night.
Al lost only one round, the third, in
which the Yonkers italian ratified sew
eral hard punches off the Bronx boys
chin.
1t was Singers first appearance in
side the ropes since he belted out Eidie
Martin last Summer and, especially in
view of his long lav-off, he did very
well. II Al is wise he will manage to
get himself a fight every two or three
weeks.
Cato, rough and rugged youngster.
was outSmarted from the start. but he
never lost heart. He took punches that
would have fiattened many a light
weight without showing any discomfort
and when the bell rang for the open
ing of the final round he almost rushed
Singer off his feet in a desperate at
tack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
ALEXANDRIA LYCEUM
FIVE READY TO PLAY
Basketers Open Season at Home
Wednesday, but Lack Opponent
for Contest.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, November IL
st. Mary's Lyccum five, runners-up 70
the Alpha Delta Omega in the city un-
limited race last Winter, plans to open
It's season in Armory Hall tomorrow
night and is seeking a speedy opponent:
Tom Lucas, pilot of the Saints. "
may be phoned at Alexandria 2783 be-
tween am. and A pm.
Among the performers with the Ly-
ceum five are Hardy" Gensmere, Earl
Thomas Charley Collum, Bob barley,
Wee" Lyons, Dick Perry, Francis Cor
man and Lucas.
Columbia Engine Co. will be repre-
scented on the basket ball court by viz
tually the same team that represented
Howard A. French Co. and the r., F.
e. P. Railroad in the Washington indie
pendent League last Winter.
Tho h"ld-overs are Elicit Cabell,
PUSSY" Bremen Lester McMenamin,
Eddie CollihcWer and Buddy Zim-
norman. Billy TTavers has been added.
Robert Mcdonald is manager.
Alexandria Aces want games with
145-pound and unlimited clubs having
gymnasiums. Phone Jack Allen, Alex
andria 424. between $50 and pm.
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SCHWARTZ BATTERED
IN ALEXANDRIA BOUT
Goodwin Gets Technical K. 0. Over
Alexandria Boxer-F0ur Hurt
as Stands Collapse.

Bob Goodwin of Norfolk scored a
technical knockout over Billy Schwartz,
Alexandria light heavyweight, in the
feature bout of the Alexandria Day
Nursery benefit boxing card last night
in Portner arena in the Virginia city.
1t was a WOW of a scrap which was
stopped at the end of the seventh
round after Schwartz had been battered
numerically. Schwartz pleaded that
he be allowed to stick it out. Goodwin
went right after Schwartz in the first
round and outclassed the plucky Alex
andrian all the way.
The main bout was only one of sew
eral that was packed with thrills. To
add to the excitement a section of the
stands on the ground floor collapsed
and three men and woman suffered
minor injuries. The crash Of the
stands came just as Willie Eschinger
knocked out Sailor Oden in the third
round of one of the preliminaries
In the eight-round semi-final Charley
Conner, Baltimore, outpointed Sailor
McKenna, Washington, and in other
encounters Marine Marini defeated
Navin Barber, K. o. Riley wen from
Ray Bowen and Roddy Davis drubbed
Young Jack Britten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
OUST|NC OF HICKEY
APPEARS UNLIKELY
Minor Base Ball President
Well Supported in Run
for Reelection.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
~HICAGO, November 17.-Presi-
dent Thomas j. Hickey Of the
~ American Association, today
faced what seems to be an an
nual campaign to unseat him, but ap-
Parehtly with the advantage on his side.
Ciuo owners of the association, one
OF the three AA circuits, were in Chi
cago Tor the annual meeting, and the
Dig item on the business schedule con-
eerned Hickeys tenure OF office.
The Hickey forces claimed four votes
as certain, which would be sufficient to
keep him in the Office he mas held for
10 years. His principal opposition was
expected to come from hackers of
George Belden, president of the Mime
apolis club.
Belden stood out as a possibility be-
cause OF reports that Mike Kelley. pres
ent manager of the MillerS, might be
elevated to the presidency of the club
and that DOME Bush, who piloted the
Chicago White SoX during the 1880 and
1881 campaigns, would assume Kelley's
job.
Other possibilities were Joe Carr,
president of the National Professional
Foot Ball League, and William Clauer
former secretary of the Indianapolis
club.
1t was limited that Hickey, if ousted
from his present position, might become
candidate for the presidency of the
National Association of Minor Leagues
M. L. Sexton, president of the latter
group, also is said to have opposition
which will present candidate at the
annual convention at West Baden, Ind,
early next month.
The American Association also had
the problem of doing something about
its Toledo franchise. The Toledo club
finished the season in deep financial
trouble and tine franchise may be
moved. Schedule making will be de-
ferred until the club owners meet at
the West Baden convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
SOx Chief Sheds
Fat, Not Players

CHICAGO. November IT Dr.
~ Louis Comiskey, heir to the
White Sox fortunes, is getting
ready for the base ball trading sea-
son by taking health treatment in
Chicago hospital.
Excessive weight Is the White Sox
chiefs ailment, as he tips the scales
we'll over $40 pounds. He expects to
Join the new White Sox manager,
Louis Fonseca, for the major league
meeting here In December.
President William l.. Veeck of the
Cubs has returned to his Office after
trip East and will talk over plans
with Manager Rogers Hornsby this
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
HALF DOZEN CRACK
QUARTERS IN DIXIE
Three Fine FuIIbaCks Also in
Section-Linemen Not Up
to Standard.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
A TLANTA, Ga, November II.
~ With the gridiron season
nearing its close, Dixie
sports writer's are begin
ming to size up the candidates fol
the 1881 all-Star Southern Confer
ence honor team.
AS is usually the case, most in
terest is directed to the backfield
The South has it's full share OF
fine ball carriers this season
whereas the linemen, as whole
are not up to the high standards
of year ago.
There are a half dozen crack quarter
backs who would gladden. the hearts OF
any coach. These include Austie
Downer of Georgia, Lowell Dawson OF
Tulane. Tommy Henderson of Wander
bilt. Bracket of Tennessee, ana HONEY
of Alabama. Burke Of Mississippi also
was good.
DoWnes probably is the most expert
enced field general of the lot although
Dawson is close behind DoWnes has
shown excellent Judgment in his d.
rection of the Georgia team for the past
two years. He can pass and punt,
blocks well and is fine safety man.
Dawson Clever Quarter.
Dawsen's fine handling of his Tulane
team in the Georgia game ranked MIN
as one of the best. Henderson also mas
PLAYED well all year and has shown to
advantage in games which his team
lost to Georgia, Tulane and Tennessee.
Gene MeEver of Tennessee, was an
all-southeFn halfback two years ago,
and his record this year is just as i'm
pressive as In 1929. Two years ago
MeEyeF was Just a driving, plunglng
back, but this year found him an ex-
cellert passer a fine strategist as well
as an outstanding ball carrier.
In Don Zimmerman, Tulane has one
of the best backs ever produced in the
South. He Is at his best on end sweeps,
but also can sift through the line. He
passes and kicks well and Is good de-
fensiye player. Payne OF Tulane also
is a fine performer.
Other outstanding halfbacks all OF
whom do more than just run well, IN
clude Key and Mott of Georgia. Thomas
Of Virginia, Berger of Maryland, SluSser
of North Carolina, Chandler Of Georgia.
Clary of South Carolina. Rogers OF
Florida, Dickens of Georgia, Hitchcock
of Auburn, Baron and Hart of Georgia
Tech, Roberts of Vanderbilt and Kelly
of Kentucky.
Three Great Fullbacks.
Probably no section of the country
has three fullbacks who can step along
with Felts of Tulane, Cain of Alabama
and Roberts of Georgia.
OF the three, Felts probably is the
most powerful. He hits the line with
fast, driving force and generally is good
for a few yards any time.
Roberts Is lighter and speedier than
Felts. He Is the halfback -fullback type
who is just as likely to slip away Tor
80 yards as for 4.
Cain can do more things with foot
ball than either Felts or Roberts. He
can pass with either hand and Kick
with either foot; his kicking game is
probably the most accurate in the South
He can plunge the line and circle the
ends wiAh the best of them.
other good fullbackS include Gee OF
6ewanee, Brewer Of Duke. Brown OF
Auburn, Peppelman of Maryland and
Blount of South Carolina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
HOPPE SCORES WITH CUE
Takes Three of Four Exhibition
Matches With Cochran.

Willie Hoppe won three of four bill
lard contests with Welker Cochran in
exhibitions. last night and yesterday
afternoon at the Lewis g. Krauss estab-
lishment. Hoppe recently won the
1871 balkline title in a match with
Cochran at Pittsburgh
Play yesterday consisted of a match
of $50 points at 1872 balklire and a
25-point three-cushicn contest at each
performance
Both balkline tests were won by
Hoppe, who triumphed in the after
noon, 250 to $50, and last night, $50
to 2S5. Hoppe had high runs of Isl
and and SO, against 80 and As for
Cochran. In his lone win Cochran won
at three cushion play in the afternoon,
25 to % in "a innings. He had high
run of 5 against for Hoppe.
Hoppe won at three-cushion last
night, Is to 16 in IA innings, having
high runs of and 5, against two SIS
and a 4 for Cochran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
PENN LISTS 8 GAMES
Contest With Navy Next Fall Is
Booked for October 90.

PHILADELPHIA, November IT P-
Pennsylvania foot ball schedule for
1882 calls for eight games This Is the
first time since 1918 that Pennsylvania
schedule has called for less than nine
contests.
Ohio State will be met for the first
time. the game to be played in Column
bus, and will be the only one away from
home. Dartmouth will come to Phila-
delphia for the first time since 1921
and Pittsburgh will be played for the
first time since 1925
The Navy game has been advanced to
the middle of the season.
The schedule:
October Franklin and Marshall
October 8-SWarthmore. October 10
Dartmouth. october 22-Lehigh. Oc-
tober 29-Navy. November 8, Pitts
burgh. November 12-Ohio State At
Columbus. November 24-Cornell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
Schmeling Plans
U. S. Boxing Tour
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 17.-Max
IN Schmeling has arranged another
exhibition tour Of the country to
put himself in condition for his ex-
pected heavyweight title defense
against Mickey Walker In Los
Angeles, February %.
The German slugger will open his
tour at Boston December IA and
wind up on January Is at Oakland,
Calf. He will carry two sparring
partners with him on the trip and
will box two rounds against each
man in % cities.
The Schmeling- Walker bout still
Is up in the air, but Something's
manager, Joe Jacobs, already has
suggested TO William F. Carey o.
Madison Square Garden that the
Garden join forces with California
interests to promote the match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17

Of white and black. with two similar
ones or each side and two small white
ones under the center of It's body. Rod
and Stream is frank to confess H. never
has heard Of such fish and will be
glad to receive any word from anglers
who have ever caught anything resem-
bling it,
1t has been long time since anglers
have enjoyed a bass season like the
present. The weather has been ideal
and the condition of the water is per-
feet, both upstream and down. Bass
anglers have had long walt. muddy
water interfering with their sport dur
ing most of the Summer season. But
now both artificial lures and live bait
are proving most acceptable.
DONALD N. CARPENTER, who has
- been fishing the upper Potomac
and Shenandoah Rivers for the
last 10 years, reports that he never has
seen so many bass in both streams as
this year. Carpenter attributes this
fact to two thingS-the non-Sale Of
bass and the license fee The sale of
bass is prohibited in Virginia, and in
only four months of the year is it legal
to sell them in Observation-Disclosures,
September, October and November He
informs us that the bass are not I'M
usually large, running from l to 2
pounds in the Shenandoah, and that
in the Potomac they are being caught
from 2 to 3l2 pounds. Carpenter also
says he has been having good sport
Landing bass in the canal above Little
Falls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
SUBURBAN FIVE OUT
Basketers Hold First Practice at
Mount Rainier High.

Mount Rainier High.
MOUNT RAINIER, Md, November
II, - Thirty-one candidates for the
Mount Rainier High School basket ball
five reported to Coach Perry Wilkinson.
All members of last years quint, along
with much promising new material,
were at hand.
Robert Bellman. Gus Chakalakis and
Foster Matthias, forwards; Charles CAL
low and MyleS Timko, centers. and Bob
Matthias. Robert Emory and Phil Zieg-
Ter, guards, were the players of a cam
paign ago who turned out yesterday.
Other candidates on the job were
Roland Lilley, William Como Sam
Tayman. Billy Galloway. Charles Thorn
as. Don Matthias, Jimmy Glynn, Charles
Rocker. John Tolone. Mollahan and
John Quill. forwards; Bill Bernard,
Robert Gscheidle and lilly Scott. CEN
tiers, and Warren Spough, Earl Miller,
Joe AK, Bill Allen, Sam Bacalman,
Charles Shepherd, Buddy Gerhardt,
Harry Whalen and Edward Tolone,
guards.
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REPORT received from Gunsto

REPORT received ITOin CulloOoia
n Cove states that the big mouth
"A bass, which have not been bit
4 a ing so we'll the last week or SO
at this place, have started again
and are furnishing excellent sport. In
Gunston Cove the anglers will find that
these gamesters are hitting best on the
flood tide and that the big majority OF
them are landed with artificial pant.
Just why the bass in this particular
place stopped biting for time is an
other one of the mysteries OF the deep.
Across on the Maryland side OF the
Potomac, at Piscataway Creek. the an
glers are having the time OF their nVes
landing plymouth bass, catches OF as
many as % and 80 having been made
last week. In this creek the bass strike
only on the ebb tide. This is just an
other eccentricity of the denizens OF the
deep.
Bagby King of No. precinct fishing
in Piscataway Greek last week, land
ed % bass, and Detective Leo Murry OF
police headquarters captured II. Ihese
men say that some OF their catcneS
were good, big bass weighing around
pounds. and that now is the time TO
catch them.
THE Potomac River, both upper and
i lower, is full of fish. Small
mouth bass are striking in the
upper river, plymouth bass in the
broader parts of the river below Wash
ington, and in the salt water rocktsh
and some trout are being landed.
George Knight at Leonardtown IN
forms us that trolling in the late after
noon in the lower Potomac is great OIL
Island Bar, off st. Georges Island. and
also off Tall Timbers, where rock run
ming from 2 to is pounds are being
caught.
Harry M and Stephen M. Jones OF
Leonardtown, trolling off Island Bar,
landed eight rock this week, averaging
from to IL pounds. These anglers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
Conference Presents Array of Brilliant Baced Men This Season
ROD AND STREAM
by PERRY MILLER

causing widespread interest, The fish
is described as having eyes about the
size of a pea, located on the top OF its
head. It has scarcely any scales. Its
head pulls out an inch when the mouth
is open, and 1t has a good sized tongue,
On each side of its head 1t is marked
with red design something like a clus-
ter of grapes. 1t has short tail fin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
TARHEEL CHARITY GAME
Pick of "Big Five" of N. c. Foot
Ball to Clash at Durham.

RALEIGH, N. c., November II (P).--
Athletic representatives of the big
Five" foot ball teams of North Carolina
have agreed to game for the benefit
of the unemployed between all-star
elevens picked from the five gridiron
squads.
Subject to approval of the several
faculty committees, the game will be
played in the Duke Stadium Decem-
Der 5.
Players will be selected by the coaches
of the five institutions-No Carolina,
North Carolina State, Duke, Wake For
est and Davidson.
Each squad will be composed of p
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
CRICKETER TURNS PRO.

SYDNEY, Australia, November IT,
Failing to obtain Don Bradman, Aus
tralia's premier cricketer, the Accring-
succeeded in signing Alan-Fairfax of
New South Wales as a professional.
Fairfax is to get 500 a week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
PRISONERS VS.. POLICE.

OSSINING, N. Y, November II up.
Sing Sing prisons foot ball team,
having beaten the Naval Militia, SO TO
o, has accepted a challenge to play an
AN-Pclice eleven next Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
Pointers on Golf
BY SOL METGZER.

Do you, like most golfers, have
dificulty in swinging your club
through smoothly2 If So one of
the principal reasons is a poor start.
Helen Hicks does not start her club
down in this way
Instead, Miss Hicks pulls her
straight left arm directly down her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
Franklin
FOOT BALL INJURY FATAL.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. November II
P).-James Nichols of Fort Wayne,
Ind, center on the University of Ala
bama freshman foot ball team. who was
injured in a scrimmage with the. var
sity Armistice day, died early today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-17
GENARo LOSES ON FOUL

PARIS. November IT CP).-The Span
ish f1yweight champion, Arilla, won on a
foul in the seventh round from Frankie
Genaro, New York veteran, here last
night.