davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
TRAGEDIA v SMOLENICKYCH
HORACH.

Y Casoch tesne pc prevratc roz-
mohli sd IA Slovensku pytlaci po
vsetkych lesoch V poctc nikdy
predtym nevidanom. TAX al V
smolenickych horach roku 1920
Sarapatili pytlaci.
Tito stavali sa nebezpecnymi ME
len pre- zivot zvere, ale / pre- IL
vot horarov, ktor1 lesy strazili.
Lesn6 tirady podnikly vsetko mo-
zn6, ably pytlaci boil amendment.
Z1rive boje medzi pytlakmi a no.
rarmi, ktore sa odohravaly hi
Stinach lesov, boly na kazdoden-
nom poriadku.
Taky neuprosnT boj prot py-
tlakom V smolenickIch horach
viedol hlavny lesnI radca Jan
Melan, ktory sd dozvedel medzi
inIm al o banlkovi Janovi Hart
manovi, ze sa zaobcra pytlaccnlm.
Idhodlal sa. zc lIartmana znc-
mozni V jcho rrmcslc. SVoJc Cd
hodlanie i previedol preto jc
dnes postavcnE pred porotnI sud
V Levoci, ably sd zodpovcdal 4 IL
myscl'neho zabitia cloveka.
Podl a obzalobnGho spiSu, jed
nGho dna hlavny lcsnT radca Me-
Ian pocl1al ST na Hrtmana dvo-
ma horarmi. Ked' Sa Hartman V
lcr,e zjavil. Mtlan strclil na n2ho
a zastrelil ho. Horari. ktOri spre-
vadzali Melana, puSku Hartma-
novu zahrabali mrtvolu nechali
Ia mieste tragGdic. Tam ju potion
l'udia dediny nasli. Melan sa
IA side primal, re pytlaka zabi-
la jeho gul'ka, ale Ma svoju O.
branu uviedol, ze povodne chcel
pytlaka len naStraSit'. ked vSak
mieril, puska nahodou vypalila a
Hartman padol mrtvE. Oslobodc-
ME Melana sd ocakava.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
70 starei vIasti
MA DUNAJI RASTIEME. =.

C.-sl. dunajska paroplavebna
spoloenost' vydava prave statisti-
ku osobnej al tovarovej dopravy
"a rok 1880. Podla tejto Stati-
stilSy Bratislave uplynulom
roku bolo preclene dohromady
136,774 os6b, v Komarne 25,S13
~osob. Statistika tovaru predbez-
ne este ME je dokonGena, ale al
IL tejto sa vykazuje naproti minu-
lynn rokom vePkT vzrast. Nzhl a.
dom na to, re osobna doprava
najma ma priamej linke Bratisla-
ya-Belehrad vzrasta, bude este
tohoto roku zavedena nova linka,
kde parolod' bude diva raZy do
tyzdna odchadzat' Z Bratislavy
do Belahradu. Tato LODI bude eX-
presna cas-, ktory potrebuje az
do Belehradu. je As hodin. Preto
tato nova linka bude najma pre-
dopravu rEchlotovaru vel'mi w
hodna hojne uzivana. S pociat-
kom dopravy sd pravdepodobne
zacne uz Is. maja.
SO vzrastom dopravy osobnej
al tovarovej ilzko suvisl al po-
treba zvacSit' bratislavsky pr1-
stav. Ia tym 1celom sa al zaca-
10 so stavbou petrolejoveho pri-
stavu, ktory stal stat do I milo
nov Kcs, preto sa este tohoto ro-
ku zapocne novymi stavbami ::
so stavbou prilstavn6ho riaditel'-
stva so stavbou novel Stanicnej
budovy. Prva budova bude Apo
schodova naklad pre- nu urce-
ny jc 5.5 miliona Kcs. Druha bu-
dova budc stat asi Is miliona
kcs.
Okrem t[chto stavieb sd toho
roku rozSiri dokonci zcleznicna
siet' zimnom pristave. L toho
vSetkGho ie vidno, lie Bratislava
sa stava jcdnIm najd6lezitcj-
sich prisatvov na Dunaji. Tato o.
kolnost' sd da len radostnc v1tat'
lebo tym rastie al hospodarska a
prirodzenc i finanCna sila Brati-
slavy.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
80, MAJA 1871.


Q tejto zene a jej zazracnom zmrt
vychvstani siri ga pi kraji q lu-
dia 20 sirokeho okolia putujd do
r., aby zenu v rakvi, ktora So
vratila 20, zahrobia zpat do 1.-Two
ia, videli. Cesky casopis ''Pod-
karpatske Hlasy" tom pise: L'u
dia celom kraji veria, ze tato
zena zomrela 0 ruskych Verkono-
ciach. Ked' zomierala, napomina-
la placdcich pribuznych, aby sa
netrapili, ze sa Ease prebudi ze
sa vrati. Ked' zosnula oblecena
bila do rubasa a ulqzena do ra-
kve, po troch dnoch sa vraj Ease
prebudila k zivotu a cd toho ca
su zije. Sotrvava vsak v rakvi a
tvrdi, ze o svatodusnych SWAT
koch Ease zomre. Vzkriesena zena
je vraj obdarena jasnovidnost 'ou
d vesteckym duchom. L'ud'om do
brym vesti buddcnost', hriesni-
kov cd seba zlobne odhana. L 'udl
neznamych a z d'aleka prichodia-
cich oslovuje ich menom a zna
vraj cely ich zivot.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29

diela. Bude to prvy vel Ky krok
ku sprfstupneniu tatranskych sti-
tov sirokej verejnosti. Dosiap W.
stup ma najvyssie tatranske sti-
ty trval 5-6 hodfn namahavej
cesty, po postaveni lanovky bude
mozno dostat' sa ma vrchol poho-
dine bez namahy a tesit' sa este
krasneho pohl'adu ma okolite
stity. Dufajme, ze krasny plan S
postavenim lanovky ma Lomnicky
Slit stane sa 60 najsk6r skutkom.
Bude to ku prospechu nasich mai
krasnejsich h6r, Vysokych Tatier.
ct. o.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
PREDNASKA POL'SKEHO
PROFESORA.

Dna 19. maja prednasa V Bra
tislave DIR. Zigmund Myslakow-
ski professor Jagiellonskej uni
verify V Krakove. PrednaSat' bu-
de na tema: "Vychova hi adj
ska statneho a narodneho'. Jeho
prednaSka V Bratislave ma byt'
manifestation Ia prehlbenie u
pevnenie kulturnoj spoluprace
naroda pol'skeho slovenskeho a
vzbudi iste zvyseny zauiem V 81
rokej pospolitosti slovenskej.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
SPIONI v KoSICIACH.

V Kosiciach chyteni boil ne
davno mad'arski spioni 33-rocna
mad'arska prislusnieka Roza Ur-
banova, manzelka dieloveduceho
V kosickej magnezitovej tovarni
a 24-roeny Izrael Kohs, obchodny
cestujuci, ktory ked' sl1zil pri
vojsku, daval Urbanovej rozlicne
tajne informacie O c.-s. vojsku a
planoch. Ma side Urbanova bola
odsudena ma 5 rokov zalara a
Kohn na roxy.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
PAcHANovo vYHoRELo.

Dna q. aprila veeer hlasil ve-
litel cetnickej stanice v Kalniku
na Podkarpatskej Rusi, ze obec
Pachanovo v okrese mukacev-
skom je v plamenoch a re uz Wy
horelo 20 obytnych domov via
zero stavisk hospodarskych. Po-
ziar vecer este trval. Vzniknul
pravdepodobne ncopatrnost 'ou de
ii. z Mukaceva odisli do Pacha-
nova hasici mestski a hasici ta-
bakovej tovarne.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
NOVY VYNALEZ v OBORE
TELEGRAPH.

Anton Zovinec, postovI trad
nix Zeliezovciach, po dvoJme-
sacnej praci sostrojil maly pri-
stroj X volaniu jednotlivEch sta
mic na clare. Vel'kou vyhodou to-
hoto pristrojku je, ze netreba ru-
kou yolat' stanice, ale tento po
pripraveni na urcitn linku sam ju
zavola. S tymto zlskava uradnlk,
konaj1ci s1uzbu, mnoho casu, le-
bo kym mu stroj VIOLA tu-ktorli
stanicu, moze Sd venovat' ineJ
praci.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
ZVYsENA TAzBA ZLATA
MA SLOVENSKU.

Vysledky t ABBY rud obsahuj1-
cich drah6 kovy, boly V minu-
lom roku vscobccnc priaznivG a
cproti roku 1922 vylazuju znac-
ny prirastok. Tazba zlatej, stlie-
bornej a clnovcj rudy zvysila sd
10 $4,000 metr. centov rOku
1929 Ma 100000 m. centov roku
minul6ho. Vseobecne zvysila sa
vyroba drahokamov[ch rud O Al
percent.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
SENZACNE ODHAL'OVANIE
PENAZOKAZCOV.

Ma SlovenSku poslednOm cd
sc priSlo sa na Stopu falOSnych
penazi. PovolanG ilrady uz ME
kol'ko mesiacov stopujl po fall
Sovatel och ich praca istej
mierc bola korunivana zdarom ia
Podk. Rusi, kde blizko rumun-
skych hranic priSlo sd na stopu
pachatel 'ov. Ale hned' vtedy sa
zistilo, ze falSovatelia ceskO-slo-
venskych penazi, ktori falosnymi
bankovkami zaplavuju pohranic-
lie kraje Ruslnsku, ME sll to-
toni 81 spolocnost'ou, ktora pre-
vadza svoje skryte remeslo ma
uzpml Slovenska.
Stalo sa vsak pred istym caSom
v Romave. re neskoro vecer pre-
padnuta bola V tmavej ulicke l.
sta trafikantka. ktora sa pobera-
la 20 svojej trafiky domov.
Neznamy pachatel' jul na ulici
prepadol, zbil a potion wal. jej
peniaze. Trafikantl1a prepadnutie
oznamila policii, ktora po pacha-
terovi zahajila patranie. Stopy
viedly do Tornali, kde policia "a
tkla isteho Juraja Hegedusa, kto
ry sa primal, re trafikantku pre-
padnul. Nakol'ko vsak ulnpene
peniaze sa IL neho nenasly, bola
prevedena domova prehliadka,
ktora sa skoncila senzacnym w
sledkom. V byte ma schoganom
mieste nasla policia nplne zaria-
denn malu penazokazecku dielnu,
ktora bola vystrojena vsetkym po
trebnym ma falsovanie roznych
bankoviek. V dielni policia nasla
vel Ike mnozstvo klise a matric a
mnozstyo specialneho papieru ma
bankovky.
Bol hned' zatknuty al brat He
gedusov, ktory pri vysluchu udal,
ze dielnu zariadil isty Anton
A n,hr1S k4nry bo1 ,an,ostpopJ T,
blizkej papierni. Ma zaklade jeho
Nypovede zatkli al Ambrusa, a
TO prave vtedy, ked' sa priprayo-
val ma odchod do Mad 'arska.
Je pravdepodobne, re ma Slo.
yensku ncinkuje este jedna pena.
zokazecka spolocnost'. Vysetrova.
ME v tejto yeci je plnom prd.
de.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
ZAUJfMAVY PRIRODNY T.
KAZ PRI PARKANI.

Obec Sarkanyfalva pri Parka-
hi ina SIovensku) trpela nedo-
statkom vody. Zrazu objavila sa
voda vo yel'kej miere yo yset-
kych studniach priekopach, ba
zacala zaplavovat' al domy, tax
re je nebezpecenstvo, ze sa yelka
ciastka tychto domov srnti. Bola
povolana Wlastna komisia Pra-
by, v ktorej je niekol'ko geolo-
gov. Tento nkaz je totiz nejakou
zvlastnou geologickou zmenou.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
POL'SKY HLAS o POL 'SKO-CE-
SKO-SLOV. COLNEJ UNI.

KrakovskI 'Kurjer codzienny'
uverejnuje odborny clanok do
centa Jagellonskej univerzity DIR.
Zweiga moznosti a vyzname
pol -cesko- o-slovenskej unie. Y
clanku medzi inIm hovori, ze V
prlpade uskutocnenia nemecko-
raklskej colnej dohody jej prl-
padnIm rozsirenim na Mad ar
>ko, dostalo by sd Cesko- -Sloven-
sko do uplncj zavislosti na tom
to hospodarskom bIoku a cesko-
slovensky vyvoz do Rakuska d
Nemecka by Dol tNmto blokom o.
hrozeny. V podobnom postavcni
by sa ocitlo al Polsko, ale S q a
lel1o menSimi dosIedkami. Uvazu-
juc o navrhu IA uZavrctic pol 'sko
cesko-slovenskej colnej unie, u
pozornuje DIR. Zwcig, ze tato my
slienka bola Pol 'sku uz pred 7
rokmi predmetom zivej diskucic
re tvorila programovy bod lu-
dOvej strany Piast. Pol'sko-cesko-
slovenska colna unia by bola dl'a
mienky dr.. Zweiga spravnou od-
povcd 'Ou IA colnu llniu nemecko-
rakllsku. Prof hospolarskemu bio
ku nemecko -rakuskcmu, so 73 mi
lionmi obyvateFov, by boil posta-
vcny biloxi cesko-slovensko-pol :
sky so 43 milionmi obyvatelov.
DIR. Zweig povazuje myslienku
bloku "a st'astnejsiu ako plan a,
grarneho bloku statov stredncj a
vychodnej Europy. Unia by Sd
stretla roznymi prekazkami,
ktore by sa ale daily pri dobrc,
y0li l'ahko odstranit'.
Cesko-slovenska republika ii,
slala by touto colnou uniou pria.
my nastup k moru a zakladnu
pre- hospodarsky rozmach pre- eu,
ropsky severovychod.
Cesko-slovensky priemysel by
zlskal move odbytiste pre- svoje
stroje, automobily, tovar kozenl
adj, kdezto Pol 'sko by ziskalo '
Cesko-Slovensku sirsiu zakladnu
pre- 1verove a bankov6 operacie
a pre- vyvoz svojich zemedelskych
vyrobkov, uhlia, cinku, surovycf
olejov atd'. Otazka vzajomne,
konkurencie priemyslu cukorne,
ho, strojarenskeho, kovoveho {
drevarskeho, mohla by byt' uprs
vena vhodnymi smluvami medz
priemyselnymi organizaciami.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
ZAZRACNA zENA MA PODK.
RUST.

Pidivuhodny pripad sa udal v
obci r. pri Mukaceve no Podk.
Rusi. Zabyva sa MIN cetnictvo.
V jednej chalupe lezi v pohreb-
nom rubasi V rakvi ziva zena,
ktora vraj zomrela znovu ozila.
Nejie, nepohybuje sa. Len jednu
ciasku caju vypije denne. Povest
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
DIVADLO v PRESOVE.

Ochotnici Matice Slovenskej a
Ziveny zahrali 25. a 26. aprlla V
preSovskom meStSkom divadle
StodOlovu veselohru "Jozko Pit
elk a jeho kariGra'. Hra mala
vel'ky uspech.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
sMRTEL NEsTAsTIE MA
SPISI.

V Smizanoch dostal sa zamest-
nance vychodnej elektricnej nc.
spoil, 22-rocny A. Unterberger
pri sberani elektrickej prudovej
spotreby priblizko, k elektricke-
mu vedeniu a boil usmrteny. Po-
chovali no V Spisskej Novel, Vsi.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
L.AN0VA DRAHA MA L0MNI-
CKH STfT.

Vysoke Tatry tesla sa stale vac
Sci navsteve hosti domacich j GU
dzich. Stavajd sa stale Wac Wy
hl'adavanym liecebnym miestom,
okrem toho navstevuju ich sta
le Wac l'udia, ktori sa venujd
turistike, ktori hl'adajd krasy
prirody, ba poslednej dobe ma
vstevuj1 Vysoke Tatry i Pudia,
ktori tam proste prichadzajn na
odpocinok. Toto vSetko ma "a
nasledok priamo obrovsky vzrast
navstevnikov Vysokych Tatier.
Toto najvyssie horstvo nasej re-
publiky i strednej Europy stale
sa poslednej dobe - rovna(ko V
sezone letnej ako zimnej - do
stavenickom velkej spolocnosti i
Z d'alekych zahranicnych krajov.
Ak sledujeme zaznamy hosti, u
vidime, re Vysoke Tatry maju
svojich stalych kazdorocnych ma
vstevnikov, nielen republiky a
Europy, ale az i z Ameriky Toto
Vsetko podmienuje ovsem, ably
Vysoke Tatry molly dat ma
vstevn1kom vsetko, co tito po-
trebuji nielen ku svojmu zdra-
viu, ale ku svojmu pohodliu.
Vysoke Tatry ako miesto, kto-
re vracia Pud 'om zdravie- jedna
sa predovsetkym o Pudi nemoc-
nych tuberkul0zou, - s1 dnes uz
na celom svete dobre zname. A
mozeme radost'ou poznamenat', /,
re tatranske liecebne ustavy
stoja na vel vysokej a dobrej
Urovni. Horsie je tomu po stran-
Ike turistickej. Vysoke Tatry este
dosial' nemajl dobr6ho spojenia
ami zeleznicneho, ami autobusove-
no, hoci jedna Z najdolezitejsich
transverzalnych trait republiky: {:
byvala zeleznica kosicko- -bohu-
minska prebieha priamo pod nj
mi. Touto zeleznicou dostaneme
sa pod same Tatry skor krajov
znacne vzdialenych, ako potom Z
tatranskych zeleznicnych stanic
do samych Vysokych Tatier. Maj
lepslm dokladom nedostacnosti a
neprakticnosti dopravneho spoje-
MIA vo Vysokych Tatrach, je prl-
pad S tax zvanou strbskou zuba-
ckou, to jest ozubenou drahou,
lltora bude V najblizsej dobe
pravdepodobne zrusena, lebo ne
vyhovovala potrebam dnesnej do
by. NestaG1 vSak odstranit' to
sare. co dnes uz nevyhovuje. Je
vel'mi dolezitt a vel'mi potrebne,
ably Sd ihned' sucasne postarali G
move a dneSnym pomerom vyho'
vujuce spoienie Tatier so zelez.
niCnou trat'ou .Bude ukolom pO
volanych odbornikov rozhodnlt
ci bude vyhodnejsie sriadit' do
pravu autobusovu, ci automobile
wi alebo in1 formu dopravy. ToP
ko je vsak iste, ze dnesne pome
ry s1 naprosto neuspokojujuce
nevyhovuj1ce. Cd problemu do
pravneho mozeme prejst' hned' /
problemu turistickych utul'ni
noel 'aharni, ktor6 si1 vo Vyso
kych Tatrach vel mi potrebne
Nesmie sa pri tom zabudnGt' ns
to, ably tieto instit1cie boly ct
cenove prlstupne i sirokym vrst
vam navstevnikov Vysokych Ia
tier, ktore pochadzaj1 kruho1
menej zamoznych a nemozu 81 "a
platit' vysoke poplatky "a stra'
VII byt v prednych tatranskyTcl
hoteloch. Dalej bude treba dcel
he pracovat' na spristupnenl ia
transkyych prlrodnych kras.
"A tn SINE u problemu vysute
lanovej drahy na Lomnicky stit
Niekedy sa myslelo, re lanov;
draha bude vystavena na najvys
81 konciar tatransky ma najvys
Stu horu v republike vobec, NJ
Gerlachovku, bohuziap plan ten
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-05-29
OBESIL sA.

V Dobsinej minule dni obesil
sa 22-rocny robotnik Jozef Bur
ger na pojde ridicovskeho domu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06

Continued From First Page)
three of the next four as Westland be-
came tangled up in a losing struggle
with the traps.
Francis sank a 20-foot putt to go
7 up at the twenty-third hole, but
Westland's par golf on the next four
holes to the turn cut the margin to
up, with nine to go. At the twenty
seventh Ouimet again struck a masters
blow. While Westland was straight all
the way, Francis hooked his drive into
grove of trees, shot out safely
through narrow opening and then
Clipped beauty, feet from the cup,
to clinch his par and a half
1t required only four more holes to
settle the issue. Ouimet won the short
birdie, and finished the last four holes
in even par to end the match on the
thirty-first green.
Ouimet. due to his good inward nine
carded rs for the morning round but
otherwise the medal scores of the final
lists were nothing to become excited
about. Westland used 81 strokes for
the first round. With the wind strong
in the afternoon Ouimet was out in AZ
and Westland in Al
For the day, Ouimet was IL over
par and Westland Is.
The Stati7t.ca. kIzei5si5 showed
Ouimet was in five traps, in the rough
10 times and took 60 puts for 81 holes.
Westland was eight times in the bunk
ers, IL times in the rough and required
63 puts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
Ma Ouimet Proud, but Worried
Champs 7O-Year-Old Parent Fearful Lest Strain
of Tourney Hurt Francis Health.

ear and when he was 20 several Of
tn country club officials urged him to
enter the 1918 open.
Francis thought he would have no
chance against Harry Vardon and Ted
Ray, but he entered and played so well
that he finished in a tie with those
great Englishmen. who were regarded
as the greatest golfers in the world.
Il will never forget the play-of1. Our
house faces the country clubs seven
tenth fairway. was waiting for them
to come UP to that tee and when they
did Francis told me he was two strokes
up on Vardon and that Ray was far
behind him.
Francis played that hole we'll, but
Vardon got into a trap and became four
down. Francis picked up another
stroke on the eighteenth for a 70.
Vardon took n and Ray IS. Every
since that day the seventeenth has
been called the 'Vardon, for that was
the hole that gave Francis his first
championship.
He thought this victory over such
great golfers was due entirely to luck
and it was not until the next year. when
he won his first amateur championship
up in Vermont. that he began to have
confidence in himself Since then he
has played so much that his health was
threatened several times
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
BY BILL KING,
Press Sports Writer.

n RooKL1NE, Mass. September 5
K To the rest Of the world
Francis Ouimet is battle
Scared veteran, who returned
from a golfers valhalla to win another
national amateur championship. but to
his sweet-faced 70-year-old mother ne
still is a frail little boy. who taxes MS
strength by playing too long ana 700
hard.
"Of course, I am glad that Francis
has won again" Mrs Mary E. Ouimet
said after She heard him broadcast his
paean of victory from that far-aWay
Chicago course, "but I am worried
about him.
Il know Just how much such
tournament takes out of Francis and l
do hope he has not injured his healtn;
You know he has been feeling splendid
for the past year, when he played out
little golf. and the rest enabled him to
gain 18 pounds. Golf takes such lot
out of him that 1 don't want MIN 10
run any more risks
Mrs. Ouimet. for the past IL years,
always has regarded her boy as the
champion of golf.
When he was four years old, she
said, "he whitfield out golf club and
practiced with stones. A prominent
golfer saw him swinging at his stones
and was so impressed that ne patteo
him on the head and said keep 1t up
son, you'll be champion II you prac-
tice long enough
That's just what Francis did, he
became a caddy at the country cruz
and learned his shots by closely studying
the better players. He improved every
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Ouimet's Golf Clubs Preach
Eloquent Sermon of ''Never
Say Die" for Veteran Stars

studious looking champion as the title
came his way on the thirty-flrst hole
today was Charles Chick Evans, jr.,
of Chicago Like Ouimet, Chick was
a boy wonder himself, but he hasn't
Gone much since he copied the ma
tional open and amateur in 1916 and
the national amateur in 1920. He spent
most of his time cheering for Ouimet
this week. since he failed to qualify
again for the title. and when it was
over a broad smile spread over his
face:
Don't count us old boys out. Well
fool you yet
Harrison R. (Jimmy) Johnston. 1929
champion, who failed to qualify in both
the 1880 and 1891 championship tus-
sles; Bob Gardner, who won the anna
teur way back in 1909 and 1915; Max
Marston, champion in 1928, who also
failed to make the qualifying grade this
year, all admitted that maybe after all
they weren't exactly through"
Ouimets triumph was a victory for
bulldog persistence. Fifteen times in
10 years has he entered the big show
of Amsrica'S amateurs. Sixteen times
he qualified but only once-in 1914
did he win the title. Eight times he
strobe into the semi-fnals. Five times
ne Was stopped IIlcIe, ldll1IlS OIlSC al
the finals and winning twice.
Lack of stamina was Ouimet's biggest
hazard. although three times he had
given way to the irresistible Bobby
Jones, but this year he decided to go
after the elusive title with more de-
termination than ever. First he realized
he had to play more golf. He played
most of his week ends around Boston
and strengthened his none-too-strong
muscles by constant practice. He took
on Is pounds. Results were gratifying.
His game improved. some Of his great
est shots returned to him and he
tramped over the 1s and s6 holes with
out letup.
So when the big show at Beverly
opened at last this week the boy Won
der" Of almost 20 years ago was fit
and ready.