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The Washington times., 1931-07-08
POISON THREAT
BY GIRL PUTS
ENDTOPARTY
Smith, Throckmorton, Model
Shun Court Call; GunpIay
Denied by Show Producer

A respondent artists model, 10,
and two well-known Washington
men were central figures in an
alleged shooting affray which
brought police to the scene of a
party at 816 K st. N. w. last
night.
The girl is Mrs. Clara Moore,
of Philadelphia, who has breezed
in and out of local art circles for
the past few months, and who is
alleged to have threatened to sWal-
low a phial of poison before the
row" caused police to be sum-
moned last night.
The men are Arthur Leslie
Smith. 80, theatrical producer,
son of T. Arthur Smith, local con-
cert manager. and Robert Will
liam Throckmorton, 81, brother
of Cleon Throckmorton, an alum.
nus of Washington'S amateur
theatrical circles and now a
scenic artist. Smith lives at 2716
Woodley Pl. N. W.. and Throck-
morton lives at the apartment
where the party was held.
Fail to Face Court
The trio forfeited SIS collateral
on disorderly conduct charges in
Police Court today. Mrs. Moore
is said to have left the city.
The principals of the arrest
threw further mystery about the
case when they denied there had
been any shooting, and expressed
great indignation at being ar.
rested.
A number of reports, however,
persisted that there WIS a shoot
ing shortly before police arrived.
Four older persons and several
children were in the apartment
when police arrived. At the First
precinct it was discovered Smiths
clothes were Spattered with blood.
He had a small cash on his head.
Bullet In Wall
Three shots were fired, accord
ing W pOACC, dnO .JE calOre
slug was found imbedded in a
wall.
No evidence of any disorder was
in the apartment when the po-
licemen arrived. Mrs. Throckmor.
ton. who was in the kitchen when
the shooting is said to have oc-
CURED. said she heard a slight
Scuffle. but no shots.
A large crowd from a nearby
theater gathered at the scene.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Planet Too Big to Be True,
Verdict on Tokyo Find

PASADENA. Calf, July 6.-DiS.
cOvery of hitherto unknown
planet or planetoid, as reported
from Kyoto, Japan. is highly i'm.
probable in the opinion of DR.
Walter S. Adams. director of the
Mt. Wilson Observatory, near
here.
Said DR.. Adams:
1T Is highly improbable that
a body 11,OOO miles in diameter,
only 18O,OOO,OOO miles away,
could have escaped detection
centuries ago. In the first place,
it would be a planet. not a
planetOid. being larger, accord
ing to reports, than either the
earth or Venus which are 5000
miles in diameter. It does not
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ACTRESS BACK,
HYSTER|CAL

NEW YORK, July 8 GN.SD.
Refusing to explain her where
abouts since her strange disap-
pearance Sunday night, Evelyn
Wilson, %, an actress, returned
to her home early today.
When detectives finally were
able to interview her, after being
denied admittance for hours, they
were unable to obtain any in
formation, due to her hysterical
condition. She is under the care
of a physician.
Miss Wilson vanished after
leaving the apartment of her
sister during a party Sunday eve
ming.
The actress mother insisted
that she had been kidnapped by
racketeers for ransom or by white
slaVerS.
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6,DAY F|GH 7
FOR LIFE
FUTILE
n4-Year-0Id Elsie Bryant Vic
tim Of Love-Mad Dredge Cap
tain; Spurned His Money

Fourteen -year-old Elsie Bryant
lied shortly after noon today at
Einerge1cy Hospital from a bull
let wound inflicted by Bill
Owens, 70-year-old dredge cap
cain, who shot the girl last Fri.
day.
A formal charge Of murder
probably will be placed against
the love-crazed suitor today. An
inquest will be held tomorrow.
Sister Recovering
Mrs. Gertrude Campbell, IL,
sister of tn dead girl, who also
was shot by Owens, is recuperat-
ing at her home at 456 M st.
s. ".
The shooting occurred at the
Campbell home when Elsie is
said to have refused to kiss
Owens. Elsie was shot twice in
the forehead. once in the neck,
and in both thighs. Her sister
was shot twice in the arms.
Owens, who posed to Elsie as
q wealthy man, promised her
large sums of money, but she re-
fused his offers.
Threatened Her Life
He is said to have threatened
Elsie with death if she continued
to spurn his affections.
At the time of the shooting,
he is also alleged to have
threatened James T. Wilmer, 21O
Thirteenth St. S. W., Elsie's hoy
friend" if he showed further at
tentions to the girl.
Owens, who has a wife, ST
years old and lives at District
Heights, Md, has been held at the
District Jail since the shooting.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Government MOUeS
To Get AnalOStan
Island

The Government today
moved on behalf of the Ma
tional Park and Planning Com
mission to acquire by Condem-
nation Analostan Island, the
80-acre tract of land in the
Potomac River lying just above
Columbia Island. the Virginia
abutment for the Arlington
Memorial Bridge.
Assistant Attorneys General
Henry H. Classic and Arthur
G. Lambert and United States
Attorney Leo A. Rover filed
the bill for the condemnation
Of the island, which belongs
to the Washington Gas Light
Company and is held in trust
by the American Security and
Trust Company and the Riggs
National Bank to partly secure
bond issues of $5,20O,000 and
$4,000, 900, respectively.
The bill does not disclose
the value placed on the prop
erty by the Government.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
MICKEY WALKER
'J|NKS' CITED

NEW YORK, July 8 0N.S),
New Year Eve high jinks in the
Rumson On. J.) home of Mickey
Walker, contender for heavy,
weight honors, we're revealed to,
day in an affidavit filed in
Brooklyn supreme court by Mrs
Sally M. Winn.
Mrs. Winn, seeking an order
for the civil arrest of Laverta
Mccormack, a dancer, in a $780,.
600 alienation of affections suit,
charged that red.haired Laverta
undreSSed to her Step-ins right
before Mickey and her husband,
Herbert Winn.
Mrs. Maud Walker, divorced
wife of the ring champion, sup
porter Mrs. Winn's action with a
lengthy and sizzling affidavit
about the doings at Mickey's
house.
Laverta is now the wife of
Charles GoudiSS, stock broker, of
Spring Lake, N. ].
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Reno Divorce Mill
Is Automat, Says
Judge Lindsey

SAN FRANCISCO. July 8
N.SD.-"Reno's system of di-
vorce is that of a slot ma
chine" according to Judge Ben
Lindsey.
You put in the papers and
out pops divorce. However, it
is doing some good in forcing
other States to realize the need
of revising divorce and mar
riage codes"
The former Denver jurist and
advocate of companionate mar
riage has just spent a week in
the divorce city.
Reno results from the
struggle for something less
static. the struggle for relief
from the tortures Of indissoluble
marriage" he said.
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W|NG|NG WAY
TO ALASKA,
THEN To
TOKYO
Plane Fort WORTH Endurance
Pilot at Controls, Aims to
RefueI for Hop Over Ocean

VANDERHOFF, B. c., July
8 I.N.S.O.-Reginald Robbins
and H. S. Jones passed over
here at 9:32 a. m. (12:S2 p. m.
Washington time) in their non
stop flight from Seattle to
Tokyo.
VanderhOOf is on the Cana
dian National Railway about
40 miles northwest of Prince
George and nearly a hundred
miles from Quesbel, B. c.,
where they were sighted at
8:45 a. m. 11:45 a. M, Wash
ingtOn time).
The fliers apparently had
followed the Frazer River to
Prince George, where they
picked up the raiIrOd en- route
to HazeltOn, B. C.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 8 G.N.S0
Hoping to be the first to span
the Pacific in a nonstop west
ward flight to Japan, Reginald
L. Robbins and H. S. Jones,
Texas filters. took off from the
Seattle airport in their trim
monoplane, the Fort Worth, at
1858 a. m. today, Pacific Coast
time (6:58 a. M, Washington
time).
More than 5000 people gath
cred at the airport to cheer the
daring aviatOrs on their way.
With perfect weather condi-
tions reported all the way across
the ocean, the fliers turned the
nose of their ship northward,
heading for Seward. Alaska.
To Refuel Twice
Their course lies across west
ern British Columbia to Seward,
then eastward to Fairbanks,
where they will be refueled;
thence northward to Nome,
where they will again take on
fuel in the air, and then west
and south to Tokyo.
From Fairbanks to Nome their
path will be the same as that
traversed a week ago by Wiley
Post and Harold Gatty, round
the-world fliers.
From Nome. however, the
West-bound nonstop fliers were
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G|RDLERS PLAN
= LECTURE HOP

NEW YORK, July 8 GN.SJ.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty,
round-the-world flyers, will begin
an air tour of the United States
with their plane Winnie Mae
next week upon their return from
Oklahoma, it was announced to-
day by the National Broadcasting
Company.
The tour, expected to take six
weeks, will include New England,
a route to the Pacific Coast, and
probably will be concluded with
a course which will take them
back through the south. They
will give course of lectures on
aviation at various airpOrts.
Innumerable invitations have
been received from cities which
wish to be included in the itin-
erary.
Post and Gatty were guests
here last night at a dinner given
by the Aeronautical Chamber Of
Commerce of America.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Brush Fires SWeep
California RegiOn

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8
q. S. - Twenty-Five hundred
weary fire-fighterS today were
slowly bringing under control
brush, grass, and forest fires
which menaced homes and
ranches and burned over nearly
100000 acres in northern Cali
fornia. A 25,0OO-acre fire which
destroyed cattle and property
estimated at 100000 was brought
under control on the slopes of
Mt. Diablo.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
7 TWO POLICEMEN
FACE OUST|NG
Times Staff Photo

The Police Trial Board recon-
mended dismissal from the force
of two policemen, in report
sent to the District Commission
ers today. The officers are Will
liam H. Banning, of the Third
precinct, and Chester A. Bailey,
of the Seventh precinct.
Banning was charged with in
toxication while on duty, while
Bailey faced charges of absence
without leave and making un-
truthful statements to his Supe-
rior officer.
Banning on Beat
Banning was taken into Gus
tody by Sergt. John L. Norris, of
the Third precinct, while he was
patroling his beat in a drunken
condition, it was stated to the
trial board.
Bailey, according to testimony.
did not report for duty recently
and failed to communicate with
his precinct. His superior officers
went to his home and received
no answer to their knocking.
Sometime later a police radio
car was sent there and the Off
Ger in command of it told him
to communicate with his precinct
Immediately.
Reported Accident
When Bailey reported back on
duty he told Capt. Maurice Col
Inns that he had had an accident
in the country and could not get
in touch with his precinct.
The conflicting testimony be-
tween the officers and the radio
man brought about the charges.
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seem possible that such a body

seem possible that such a body
could have been Over!Oo oked."
If the reported planetoid is
100, 100000 miles from the earth,
it is in the region of the minor
planets between Mars and Jupiter.
Most of these planetoids, of
which more than a thousand have
been discovered, are only a few
miles in diameter; the largest
about 400 miles. The calculation
of 1000 miles for the new planet
remained to be explained.
Pluto, the outermost major
planet of the solar system, dis
covered at Flagstaff. Ariz.. last
year. was found to be approx
mately 3.800,000.0O0 miles from
the sun,
The Washington times., 1931-07-08

William David Webb, %, of
1928 I st. N. w., who admitted
he turned in 10 false fire alarms
because he was lonely" today
was committed to Gallinger Hos
pital for 10 days mental observa-
ton by order of Police Court
Judge Ralph Given.
Webb was arraigned on a charge
Of turning in an alarm on a fire
box at Ninth and D SITS. N. w.
He was captured by Sergt. w.
H. Thomas of the Eleventh Pre-
cinct.
The youth told police he had
been drinking and left his home
after a quarrel. -
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Wife Attaches Seat
Of Cotton Broker

NEW YORK, July 8 0.NSO
Because Homer w. Orvis, broker,
allegedly failed to pay his former
wife, Mrs. Emma Hill Orvis,
$4,000 back alimony, she has at
tached his seat on the cotton
exchange and his interest in a
brokerage firm.
OrviS. after agreeing to ac-
cept a summons ordering him to
explain the delinquency, left for
Europe with his second wife, the
former Marguerite S. Peck, social
registerite, 4 was charged.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Engine InUentOr, Son
Sentenced For Fraud

NEW YORK, July 8.-Clark W.
Parker, 68-year-old church trustee
and inventor, who boasted four
years ago that his rotary engine
would "reVolutionize the auto
mobile and airplane industry"
and Wyman C. Parker, his son,
were sentenced by Federal Judge
John M. WoolSey to five years
each in Atlanta penitenHary for
mail fraud,
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
T1UO Spanish Banks
Close Their Doors

LONDON, July 8 QN.SD.-The
Arnus and Reus banks of BARGE
Iona, Spain, closed their doors to-
day, according to a Central News
dispatch received here. The Reus
bank is the oldest banking institu-
ton in Catalonia. Another inn
portant Barcelona bank failed
yesterday, seriously affecting the
bourSe.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Cache of Weapons
Found at Sing SinQ

OSSINING. N. Y, July g.
Twelve hidden knives and a
length of rope were found in
Sing Sing after thorough
search of the entire institution
prompted by three StabbingS, two
of them fatal, within the walls
of the prison during the past
month,
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Rosa RGisG Mother
Of FiUe-POund Girl

CHICAGO, July 8 GN.SJ-
Nine. Rosa Raisa, soprano of the
Chicago Civic Opera Company,
today was the mother of a five
pound baby girl. Nine. RaiSa's
husband. Giacomo Rimini an
nounced that both mother and
daughter we're doing fine"
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Mrs. HOOUer Agrees
To Sponsor DiriqibLe

The NaVy'S new gaint dirigible
Akron will be christened by
Mrs. Herbert Hoover on Aug. 8
at Akron, Ohio, it was announced
at the White House today,
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Fall DOWn Terrace
Breaks Youths Arm

Charles Dood, 8. of Alexandria,
suffered broken arm yesterday
when he fell down a terrace near
his home while playing.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
THE WEATHER

Fair and slightly cooler tonight; Thursday fair
and cooler; gentle winds, mostly north and
northwest. Temperature yesterday-Highest,
SSj lowest, 10.
Full We0her Report Page
The Washington TimPa the only afternoon paPer In
this city DUbshing the dispatches Of Inter
national News Service and Universal Service.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15
La Sale KayOed
In Fourth Round

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Is. U.P)-
Bobby La Sale of Ocean Park was
no match for the husky King Tut
Of Minneapolis and the eastern boy
gained a technical knockout deci-
sion over La Sale in the fourth
round of scheduled l0-round bout
last night.
Bobby was down for counts OF
nine in the second and third rounds
before Referee Larry McGrath saw
La Sale was helpless and stopped
the fight. Bobby had failed to land
a solid blow. Tut weighed l47 and
La Sale 14l.
Harry Wallinder surprised by
winning a four-round decision over
Able Miller. Bob Minton decisioned
Vic Pertley, Karl Ogren gained the
nod over Pete Penovich, Eddie
Block won over Sailor Bacon, and
Joe Adrian had Billy Jayul down
seven times and then knocked him
out in the third.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15
BRITISH TENNIS
STAR WILL FACE
TOUGH OPPONENT

RYE. II. y. Aug IS. U.P)-FTed-
erick j. Perry, English Davis cup
star and only surviving foreign
player in the eastern turf court
mems singles championships. faces
a severe test today in his semi
finals match with Clifford Sutter
of New Orleans.
Sutter. No. ranking American
player ana the defending champion.
has been playing excellent tennis
throughout the tourney.
The other semi-final Will feature
Gregory Mangin OF Newark. y. J.
and J. Gilbert Hall Of South
Orange. n. J. Mangin won his quar-
ter finals match from Gerald P.
Hughes Of England. 6-2. 90. while
Hall defeated Jake Hess Of Texas,
6-3, 60. Perry eliminated John
Van Ryn Of Philadelphia. 3-6 6-3,
and Sutter won from Berkeley Bell
of Texas. 1913, 4-6, 6-l
Womens championship hono-s
were shared by Miss Joan Ridley
ana Mrs. Elsie Goldsack Pittman Of
England, vino retired after each
had won a set IN the final round
match. Both players refused 10
continue or 10 toss a coin for the
title and tourney officials ruled that
IL was a double default and that
neither Of the players name vii
be inscribed on the championship
cup
The English players returned 70
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15
SPOR i S
KEARNS SAYS DEMPSEY REALLY
WON SECOND TUNNEY BATTLE

J have given Jack the decision by a
knockout The official timer would
back me up that Tunney had been
down 10 seconds and Barry couldn't
help awarding a knockout.
Would Claim Title
AT any rate I would have
claimed the title and certainly
would not have let Jack continue.
II Barry insisted upon going by his
own count the only thing he could
90 would be to diSqualify Dempsey
because 7 entered the ring.
II he did that the whole thing
would have been up to the COM
mission and I'd have the argument
that the Marquis Of QueenSbury
rules makes 10 seconds the official
time for a knockout. I don't think
any commission rule is meant TO
alter the Queensbury code and I
think the commission would have
backed re up in the argument tha:
the Illinois kncckdOwn rule was
made to protect a fighter arising
from the floor and not to penalize
the man who scored the knock
down
I'll agree that Dempsey was a
sap in not getting TO a neutral cor
ner Immediately, but the fact that
ii all states have since
clarified their knockdown rules and
now require the referee to pick up
his count from the official timer
after seeing that the ether fighter
is in his corner indicates that
such was the intent of the rules
under which Dempsey and Tunney
fought
Kearns' eyes cleaned as he
dreamed of what might have been
and he closed the conversation with
a sigh,
Gee! But that would have been
great ballyhoo for a return match.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15
And
GIANTS CLASH
AT new YORK
BY /. :. CAMERON
United Press sports Editor

NEW YORK. Aug 10 UR)-Gao-
by Street and his ST Louis Cardl-
mails moved into the Polo Ground
today for a four-g3me series ln
which they hope definitely 10 eimi-
nate the second-place New YoiS
Giants from the 1881 Nauona.
league pennant race.
The Giants are in second place
9la games behind the Cards 4
clean sweep Of the series or three
of the four games would pat The
Giants back in the fight
St. Louis completed the haulha-
ton of Brooklyn Robins Yesterday,
winning 9 to to make q clean
sweep of The four-eame series.
LuQue held the Cards 10 one run ln
seven innings buo ST. Louis scored
four runs in the eighth and added
four IN the ninth to win.
Young Jim Mooney. recently re-
called from Bridgeport. pitched the
Giants TO to ! victory over
Pittsburgh and increased their Sec
ond place margin over Chicago TO
q full game. Mooney allowed only
nine scattered hits.
Ray Benee pitched and batted
Philadelphia to G Il 10 / victory
over the Chicago Cubs Benge net
only held the cubs TO : hits but he
led the Phils attack with four hits
in four times at bat. scoring Two
runs and driving II another.
Brilliant pitching by Ed Brandt
and Willie Sherdel gave the Boston
Braves a double triumph over Gin
cirnati. 10 to @ and 3 TO / Brandt
held the Reds to six hits in the first
game. Sherdel held the Reds TO
five hits in the aftermath.
Philadelphia. the American league
leaders. was Idle yesterday. but
gained a half game as the second
place Washington Senators dropped
their third consecutive game 10
Chicago. 5 to 4. The Senators raj
lied in the ninth but Relief Pitcher
Frasier struck out Two batsmen and
left the tying and winning runs on
base.
Cleveland, playing host TO the
New York Yankees Tor the last
time this season, won a double
header l3 to : and 9 to !. despite
homers by Babe Ruth and Lou
Gehrig.
St. Louis defeated Boston, - TO
.. behind the nine-hit pitching Of
Dick Coffman IN the other Aneri-
can league games.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15
Pacific Coast
League Scores


The Coast league leaders are
punched again.
The San Francisco Seals Friday
night went into tie with Los An
eeles for first place and the Oak
land Acorns were only one game
behind
The Seals got to Portland for ID
hits, and every hit meant a run,
for Ii to victory.
Los Angeles lost to Hollywood. D
to 4, as a result Of home runs by
SEVERED, Gazella and Barbee.
Oakland took the Missions, 4 TO ),
scoring three runs in the sixth, and
the Seattle Indians came out oi
their hitting slump to defeat Sacra- :
mento. 9 to 2. The Indians piled
up a total OF II hits.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15
By DIXON STEWART
[ niled Press staff Correspondent

/ Jack kearns. one-time MANAGE
and later arch enemy Of Jack
Dempsey. agrees with the thou
sands OF boxing fans who believe
Dempsey was entitled to a knock
cut decision over Gene Tunney in
lhe famous "14-cOunt' heavyweight
championship fight at Chicago.
And if kearns had been in Demp-
seyS' corner that night Dempsey
might have gone down IL history
Is the first fighter to regain the
worlds heavyweight crown.
KeatnS and Dempsey split up
before DempSey's first fieht with
Tnney ana they are no longer
friendly. bur the aStute Doctor
still believes his former charge was
one Of the greatest fighters of all
times. In a recent tanning bee
Kearns' conversation turned TO the
value Of good seconds and he eX-
pressed The opinion that he would
have made Dempsey champion had
he been il Jacks corner at Chica-
go.
ANY good smart second would
have got the title back for JACK
that night said Kearns. "At
least II he hadn't forced the referee
10 give Jack the decision he would
have made him the winner in the
opinion of everyone who saw the
oouJ and Tunney never would have
had an opportunity to stage that
tinal comeback which won him the
bout ami made Dempsey decide TO
retire
"Dempsey's seconds never should
have allowed the referee to give the
ID count. What would I have
done?
We'll. the instant my own timer
told me Tunney had been down 10
seconds I would have jumped into
the ring and got Dempsey out of
the arena. Then it's a 100 TO bet
that Referee Dave Barry would
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15
Corbett -Lecadre
Bout Is Farce

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Is. U.P)
-Booes greeted the termination Of
the scrap between Young COrbett
III and CASTOR Lecadre of France
here last night which went 10
rounds to a decision for the Caliter-
MIA welterweight champion.
It was a listless. dull fight. with
both men reluctant to lead.
A capacity house, estimated 10
have paid $4,000 to witness a fight,
was present.
AS early as the fifth round the
fans began demanding action and
their demands grew in loudness
round by round, but the two scrap
pers continued to take lie very easy
Young Corbett had things pretty
much his own way all the time, and
didn't have to extend himself TO
take the decision.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15
California Boys
In Junior Finals

CULVER, Ind, Aug. Is. U.R)-Jay
Cohn, Santa Monica, Cal. was fav-
ored today to win the national jun
lor tennis title from Jack Lynch,
Taft, Cal. Cohn gained the final
by defeating William Doeg, Santa
Monica. Cal, 6-1, GA, and Lynch
advanced by defeating Henry Hol-
den, Houstin, Tex, 2-6, Ga, 1913
in yesterdays semi-finals.
Frank Parker, Milwaukee, and
Gene Mako. Los Angeles, were the
finansts in the boys division.
In the junior doubles Cohn and
Lynch, the singles finalists, were TO
meet Kendallcram, Nashville, Tenn.
and Judge Beaver, Gainesville, Fla
In the boys doubles final Parker
and Jock Milan had Mako and Ned
Russell, Los Angeles, Tor the oppon-
entS
Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-15

hard hitting Chicago negro who has
had trouble finding an opponent
recently.
Phelps. outweighed II pounds.
gave Johnson a boxing lesson In a
l0-round bout last night at Dene-
mark stadium. Phelps weighed
1877, Johnson l80.
johnson blamed his defeat on four
months of idleness and an injured
ankle, which prevented him from
moving around quickly.
Tom Patrick, l73, Los Angeles,
scored a technical knockout over
Battling Motley, l72, Chicago. in the
second round.