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squaring off to repel attack. Umpire
MCGOWAN dashed across from third
base and thrust himself between the
irate players. then members of both
teams dragged their men away. I'VE
don't want any trouble; there are too
many people here" AL is reported to
have told Fred. Fred said nothing,
but waited for AL to do the starting
the big pitcher was ready to come back,
though. perhaps just lot Of show
manship by Simmons. but Al did
make two fine plays in the second game,
the best plays of the double bill. In
the first inning he ran back to the
grandstand wall and leaped high to
drag down with one hand Cron1n's
smash. then slid down the wall and
did an unnecessary tumble. In the
seventh he rushed in for a brilliant
grab of Manush's liner. In the ninth,
however, he became the last out when
hit by a ball he batted. al topped the
ball in front of the plate, then stepped
forward and as it bounded before him
childishly slapped it aside.
CHIBE PARK management went up
y in the air long before game time
and gave up trying to handle the
throng at the gates AS Phila-
delph1an remarked, trying TO get INTO
the park after l pm. was like trying
to jimmy a bank vault with tooth
pick" They even closed the press
gate and If any one with proper
credentials managed to worm his way
through the milling mob to get to that
gate no attention was paid him
Your correspondent was one of the
locked-out For an hour he was
among the / 900 at the press gate
and 999 of them were on his back, his
feet or in his ribs Even Mayor
Mackey of Philadelphia couldn't get
in when he showed up Your CORE
spondent finally gained entrance half
hour after the first game was under
way, heading his honor into the park
by five minutes Six good Phila-
delphia cops could have Strengthened
affairs but they were late in get
ting to the park and the early
police arrivals walked inside without
trying to do anything on the outside
but they were games worth wait
ing to see.
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rE Flag Three Mack Haze As
LIKELY TO CAPTURE
Is OR MORE GAMES
Grove, EarnshaW, WaIberg
Can Come Close to Winning
Flag by Themselves.
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.

n IEW YORK, July 14.-It is
M only mid-July, just over
i Y the halfway mark In the
major league season, and
already the three star pitchers Of
the Philadelphia Athletics have
As victories to their credit. A
three-ply pitching record now Is
the goal of Messrs. Grove, Earn
show and Walberg.
What do those As victories mean?
That in the season Of 1881 these three
fingers have 1t in them, II they main
tain the pace, to win more than rs,
probably 80 games. And II the Amer
lean League championship can be won
with 80 victories, which is entirely pos
sible-then this trio will have come
within 10 games or so Of hurting the
AS into the world series.
That makes 1t easy to understand
why Mickey Cochrane says the pen
nant is "in the basket"
The strength of EarnShaw as q
pitcher has been demonstrated this
year by success against teams that
might menace his pals, except in one
instance. He has not been successful
against Washington. He has won
game in Washington, but has lost two
the Yankees and lost one. He has
soaked Boston three times. He has
beaten Cleveland twice and has done
the same thing to Detroit. He has
won three from Chicago.
That makes three teams from which
he has won three games-New York,
Boston and Chicago. That represents
No. ~ Oh @@HA
campaigning when a team Is q
week ahead in a championship race,
the players sleep more peacefully.
EarnShaw has won one game from
st. Louis and lost one. Thus there is
not a team in the American League
against which he has failed to pitch
a winning game.
Now comes Lefty Grove with a record
quite identical. He has been king over
Washington. Four times he has Beaten
them and once he has lost. He has
defeated the Yankees twice and done
the same to Boston. He has twice won
from Cleveland and has won three
games from Detroit. Chicago beat him
once, but he has three victories over
the White Sox. He has beaten st. Louis
twice.
The only team from which Rube
Walherg has won three games Is Chis
cago. That does not detract from the
fact that he is a powerful left-hand
auxiliary rallying to the support Of his
associates.
1t is not the fact that the Athletics
are in the lead which is so prominent
this year as that they are In the lead
largely because three pitchers hold
them there.
Managers who have said that three
pitchers cannot stand the wear ap1
tear Of season are confused by the
present success of these three, and al
most every manager Is predicting that
they will break down and have their
reverses before the season is over. They
show 10 sign of it.
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Southpaw Appears Essential
To Industrial Loop Success

//C IGN a left-hander and keep in
the pennant chase" apparently
is the keynote of success in the
Industrial Base Ball League,
today in the throes Of a wild rush for
the second half title.
Possibly the southpaw element is ex-
aggerated somewhat and the real rea-
son for the success of Washington Ter
minal, Loffier and the Constructioneers
is in the seven players behind and the
catcher in front of the left-handed
moundsmen, but, If true. the coinci-
dence is somewhat remarkable.
Although Big Print Shop and Rail-
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D. C. SHOTS ACCEPT Def

Washington Gun Club trapshooters
have accepted the challenge of the An
napolis Gun Club for a 10-man team
race Saturday afternoon at Annapolis.
Comprising the program will be 100
singles at 16 yards rise and Is pairs
of doubles. High and second high guns
in each of the four classes-A, B, c
and Din the 100 singles will receive
a trophy as will each of the members
o. the winning team. A five-man
doubles match also will be staged. Three
trophies will be awarded under the
Lewis class system on the SO doubles.
In former years Annapolis has had a
formidable team. Interest in the clays
is reported strong in the Maryland city
after remaining pasSe for some time,
and the Washingtonians expect stout
competition.
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CARDS BETTER LEAD
BY TRIMMING CUBS
Win, II to 5, to Run Margin
to a. 1-2 Games-PhiIs'
Run Beats BUGS.

BY the Associated Press.
The st. Louis Cardinals yesterday
walloped the Chicago Cubs. 1875. to
stretch their lead to four and one-half
games over the idle New York Giants.
With the score tied at % after three
and one-half innings, the Cardinals
shelled Pat Malone and Lester Sweet
land for seven runs in the fourth and
added three more in the fifth.
Burleigh Grimes gave the Cubs nine
hits while the Cardinals collected 10.
Jake Flowers, utility inf1elder, clouted
two doubles and a triple to drive in
four Cardinal runs and score two him
self.
In the only other game of the day
in the National League Jim Elliott of
the Phillies blanked the Pittsburgh
Pirates with five hits, 10.
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FIRST GAME.

'Batted for Marberry in eighth.
Tran for Hargrave in eighth.
4Batted for Grove in eighth.
PbiisdnInS'a 20 1888 . : I'd
Runs batted in-Kuhel, Spencer, H. Rice
(2), Harerave Haas, Cronin, Cochrane 90.
Foxx, Bishop, Williams 90, Simmons S21.
Two-base hits-Haas. Bishop, Cochrane: TO
COchrane, Foxx, Bishop, Williams. Simmons.
Left on Observation-Disclosures, II; Philadeiph Ia
Earnshaw, /; on Marberry, 81 OF Hadley. 9.
Struck out-By Grove, 4; by MaroeTry; >.
berry, Z in innings; on Hadley. I in part
Of inning Gnone out in siGhth1 Gn on IN 5pr in
ming. wild pitch-Hadley. Winning pitcher
Grove. Losing pitcher-Hadley. Umpises
-MeSsrS. Owens, Dinneen and MCGOWAN.
Time of game-2 hours and 26 minutes.
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Games Wanted.

Swift 81 Co., week day and Sunday
mornings. Have use of Diamond No.
3 on Thursdays. Call West 0780 or
District $50.
Nationwide Seniors, for Saturdays.
Call Lincoln 3275.
Ballston A. C. Call Clarendon 1858.
sherwood A. c. Call Lincoln $3.50.
Palisades, for tomorrow, Saturday
and Sunday. Call Cleveland 1881.
Brandywine A. c., for Saturday. Call
Brandywine 7-W.
Yesterdays Results.
knights of Columbus, 9; Potomacs, 4.
Washington Red Sox, 3; Fredericks-
burg, /.
Nationwide, 6; Clinton. /.
Post ONCE, s.; Special Delivery, 2.
Hitless Wonders, 9; st. Elizabeth's, 4.
Argols, 20; Palace, is.
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Stars Yesterday

By the Associated Press.
Jake Flowers, Cardinals-Drove in
four runs and scored two against Cubs
on two doubles and triple.
Dibell Williams, Athletics-Came up
as pinch hitter against Senators with
bases filled and clouted home run.
Dave Harris and Joe Kuhel, Senators
Their home runs accounted for five
runs as Senator'S beat AS in second
game, ga.
Jim Elliott, PhillieS-Blanked Pirates,
LOO with i've bits. Instrumentation.
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Mat Matches

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO, Ontario-Stanley Sta
siak, 257, Poland, threw George God
frey. 268, Leiperville, Pa, 11:43.
JACKSON, Mich. - Jim Londos,
Greece, defeated Hans Bauer, Germany,
straight falls, 1920 and 5:45
MONTREAL-Nick Lutte, 208, Cali
fornia, defeated Gene Ledoux, 21o,
Chatham, Ontario, straight falls, 5000
and 1900.
STOCKTON, Calif.-Abie Coleman,
2o5, New York, defeated Jack Plummer.
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SECOND GAME,
'Batted for walbsrg in ninth. n as
49,. %

Runs batted in-,Harrs 6s)s Miii ssTT;;sk kHnel
ca, simmons; BOley;c oc IToneaSe Home runs
M nISa E0~ Kuhel. sacrce-WsibeTS. Double Die
play-Cronin to Hayes to k nneE first
base on baiis-OH Crowder, 4; on Waioerg'
Struck out4y croTCdf,T f. p ,n ~ M0P Passed d
bsii-Cochrane. Umpires-Messrss Danneen'
MeGoWan. Ovens
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BLACK SOX WIN GAME.

Black Sox, clever colored ball team,
conquered Hillsdale Giants, S to 4, in
ball game bringing together leading
colored mines here yesterday. The win
ners did all their scoring IN the first
three innings .-----.-.---.-4--.A
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Homer Standing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Home runs yesterday: Cochrane,
Athletics, / F'oxx. Athletics. l; Bishop,
Athletics, l; Williams, Athletics, J.;
Simmons, Athletics, l; Harris, Senators,
/; Kuhel, Senators, !.
The leaders: Gehrig, Yankees, %;
Klein, Phillies, %: Ruth. Yankees, 81;
Foxx, Athletics, ID; Averill, Indians,
Is: OFT. Giants, IS; Hornsby, Cubs, IA;
Arlett, Phillies, IA.
League totals: American, SIT; Ma
tional 302.
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Highlander in Eddie Collihower and
Dick Hughes, neither club has been a
threat, either in the first or second half
series.
Washington Terminal, Construction
GERS and Loffler, on the other hand
have been battling among themselves
for the league leadership, and their
pitching has been done by Lefty McIn-
tyre, Lefty Jewett and Lefty Wormsley,
respectively.
Another duel of lefties was much in
{ evidence yesterday when Jewett of the
Constructioneers and Wormsley Of Lof-
f1ers hooked up, the Constructioneers
winning, to 3.
THE Union Printers still are looking
i to Heinie Webb for pitching and
Heinie still is making sure they
do not have to look in vain.
Heinie, who joins in the chorus every
Spring with almost every other sand
lotter In the singing of his own swan
song. can beat these Government
League teams even If he gets so old
he has to pitch from q wheel chair"
to quote a jubilant Typo as the
Printers, with Webb on the mound,
downed Interstate, IL to /, yesterday,
to stick close to the League-leading
G. P. o. nine.
IL was a typical WeDD performance.
Interstate combed Heinie for seven hits,
no more than one hit apiece rewarded
the most determined efforts Of the
losers.
THE Departmental League race is be-
i ginning to look a smaller edition
of the Philadelphia National
struggle in the American League, with
D. c. Repair playing the part of the
league-leading AS and Commerce
taking the role of the Nationals.
Although D. c. Repair is out in front,
Commerce, winner of the flrst-half
series, still figures a crack" is near
and is determined to stick close to the
Repairmen's heels.
Commerce pounded two pitchers for
IL hits yesterday to down G. P. O.,
Is to 3.
It's do or die for the National Pale
DryS this afternoon In the French
Midget League. The Drys were to OPP
pose Nash Post at O'Clock at Camp
Meigs
Nash Post is leading by a one-garne
margin, and unless the Drys win today
the gonfalon will be in the bag.
The standing:
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COME BACK TO WIN
AFTER ROUT BY AS
Wilt Under Storm of Home
Runs Then Triumph With
Four-BaSe Hits.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

w WHATEVER criticism may
M be made of this years
v Y Nationals, favorable or
otherwise, their game
ness cannot be questioned. They
have it and plenty. Any critic OF
the club who may have enter
tanned an idea it lacked pluck
should be thoroughly convinced
it does not after the outcome of
yesterdays twin bill with the Ath-
leticS in Philadelphia.
To take a terrific beating as the Ma
tionals did in the opening game, then
come back and win handily in the sec
ond part of the double header as the
johnson band did, requires plenty of
courage. gameness, spirit or whatever
quality it is that enables body of men.
though down, never to regard them
selves as out.
And so this gameneSS of the Wash
ngton club keeps the struggle for the
1881 American League pennant still hot.
The Nationals went into battle with the
gue-leading AS six games back in
second place. They emerged from it not
gamers, but certainly not losers, and the
fight goes on with all the big contenderS
Tor the flag striving to pick up at the
expense of the Western clubs now being
entertained on the Eastern fields.
I OSS of the 12-to-7 first game was a
~ sad blow to the Nationals. For
eight innings they gave Lefty Grove
o good humping, good enough to get
7-to-5 lead, then the AS arose in their
might and registered seven runs in their
eighth batting turn and blasted the
Washington clubs hope of victory.
The AS overpowered the Nationals
with home runs. hitting five. Three of
these were made off Fred Marberry.
who hurled seven innings, then was
eliminated by pinch-batter when his
club broke tie with two runs in the
eighth. Cochrane, Foxx and Bishop got
the homers off Marberry, but it was
the homer by Williams, pinch-batting
for Grove in the Mack eighth, that all
but broke the Nationals hearts.
Bump Hadley had been sent to the
hill at the outset of the inning, and was
promptly smacked by FoXx for q triple.
Bump then went to a three-and-two
count with Miller and passed him. He
did the same thing with Dykes, but the
fourth ball this time was a wild pitch
that let Foxx score, Miller reaching third
and Dykes second. One of our very best
wild pitches. Bump, still wild. hurled
three wide ones by Boley, then was
ordered 10 throw a fourth ball purposely
and fill the bases.
Here the lett-handed Bob Burke re-
placed Bump on the hill, but Connie
Mack countered by withdrawing the
left-hand-batting Cove and sending
Williams, right-hand swinger, to the
plate. Williams let pitch, a ball, go
by, but swung on the second to drive
the ball into the upper left field stand
for base-clearing homer.
Burke managed to get rid of the next
two batters, but Cochrane doubled and
Simmons shot homer over the right
field wall to give the AS their last two
runs.
In their ninth the Nationals batted
against George Earnshaw and got no.
where. They were too well beaten to
do so at the time
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GRIFFS TO ATTEND FETE.

Several members of the Washington
base ball team are expected to attend
the st. Gabriel's Church carnival at
Grant Circle this week. This Is the
second week of the fete.
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National League.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Philadelphia. /: Pittsburgh, o.
st. Louis. IL; Chicago. 5.
Other clubs not scheduled.
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n JEW YORK, July 14.-It is
M only mid-July, just over
/ \ the halfway mark In the
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Standings in Major Circuits

American League.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Phila delphia, 1924; Washington, rs.
Other clubs not scheduled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
The COncOrdia
 Singing Society Hosts to Many Visitors at Lakewood Park Yes=
 terday

The local Concordia Singing so- citv acted as host to visiting sing ing societies from all over the state vesterday at the annual picnic or the state societies held at Lakewoou, There were several thousand peopie In attendance at the affair at wh'cn informal singing featured.
 Every two years. singing Tor prizes is featured, but this year the pro- gram was not held as 1t is known as the of year or the year on which no contests are held. The SO. cieties represented were: Harttora saengerfcst, Harugari or New havem, Concordia of Seymour Hhrtdora Moenecoch Arion Of Danbury. Ger. manla Of Bridgeport. Ldederthtc' .. Htamf ford. Hchwacbischer M. C' oi prldgeport, Dcutscher Vereln or An. sonia. Cermania Of Port Chester, " M. Germannln of TorrinRton. Lied. erkrans of Thomaston. Donnu oi New pritaiD, Teutonia of New brit' ain and the Quartet club of New
 chnrles Dreher was chairman oi inc committee in charge, Wiliinn Wehrje, loader Of the local society. ied inc 800 voices which rendered n ilne program including "Whld. meraenj, "Keniueky iiahe" nnd innlejman". Fred iiuttner, preside 0f the state groups. praised MT . If.. her who has been with inc rociets for over 70 years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
Concert At The
 Swedish Lutheran Church

A concert was given at the Swed- ish Lutheran church last night with the church choir and several quar- tets taking part. The program fol- lows: "Onda Ord", ladies' quartet: Norwegian Idylp and "Auf Dem Lande," string quartet: recitation. Miss Edith Grahn; Sabbath Call'' choir; banjo solo, Doris Swanson: Mas Gubas'', Hear My Prayer" and "One Fleeting Hour. choir; violin solos. "Berceuse" and Mo ment Musicale" George Clausen; "Halsa Dem," ladies' quartet; Min uet" ((Beethoven), By the Brook" (Balsdeffre) and "Serenade" (Vic- tor Herbert) string quartet: piano solo, Miss Helen Anderson; duet Jag ar en Framling," Miss Mary Swan son and Mrs Herbert Bohlin; Lord God. We Worship Thee" choir.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
Cradle Roll at
 Baptist Church
Richard Roden Awarded Prize for Youngest
 Baby Present

The cradle roll beginners party held Saturday afternoon at the First Baptist church, was largely attend ed. Mrs Anson Stone and Mrs Will liam Bourne were in charge of the program and were assisted by Mrs John Clark, Mrs Charles Wilken- back, Barbara Gray, Eleanor Belyea, Virginia Peck, Mrs Vincent Leonard
 Miss Helen Milton and Mrs Loren Durner.
 Richard Roden won the prize for the youngest baby present while to Philip Lushinsky won the award for
 being the fattest youngster on hand
 Prizes for weight in the various classes went as follows: One and one half year old, Robert Mcbride; two lyear old, Arthur Spenser; 1-yeaI
 old. Esther Zdanowich; under 1 year | Vinal Duncan. Lillian Sawasta was declared to have the curliest hair
 while Priscilla Hall was found to
 have the straightest. Bernice Hamp- ston was given the prize for being the tallest baby.
 Among the children present were: , Vinol and Nadine Duncan; Lillian Sawasta, Philip Lushinsky, Richard
 Roden, Esther Zdanowich, Beverley Sleeves. Elizabeth Durner, Priscilla and William Hall, Roberta Mcbride
 Bernice Hampston and Arthur Spen. cer, all from the cradle roll. From the beginners there were: Rutf ICandall. Pauline Duncan, Margare'
 Hastings. Donald Holbrook. Richard
 Holbrook, Mary Nowakowski, Jane Mcbride, Lorna Spencer, Rutf
 Zdanowicz. Philip Signor. Dorothy Gray, Jack Gray and Dorothy Lane
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
Clerk Russo Held
 Under $5,OOO Bonds
Faces Trial in Superior Court on Money COm=
 plaint

Following a hearing of four hours duration in police court Saturday A.
 Mario Russo, clerk in the defunct
 Alfonso Russo x Sons Agency at l285 Bank street, was ordered held
 for superior court under bonds of |$5,000. Probable cause was found in the complaint that he obtained lmoney under false pretenses and had
 violated the state banking laws in |accepting deposits from patrons. The Iagency was not a private banking Iinstitution, but money forward ing firm. Six other charges of q
 similar nature were withdrawn by
 Prosecuting Attorney Mitchell C.
 Meyers
 | Alfonso Russo, president of the company, has disappeared from Wa
 terbury. State banking experts re-
 port an alleged misappropriation of over $9O,00O. The missing founder of the concern, now a fugitive from justice, is believed to be in South America or is being concealed by friends in this country.
 Last week Mrs Josephine Russo, wife of the missing president and her son, Mario, were arraigned in police court on the charge of breach of the peace. They had quarrel with Miss Angelina Nocera and lPasquale Cimiaera. The, last two named appeared against them on the charge of breach of the peace and were witnesses Saturday. Miss Nocera lost legacy of over $S.O00, while Ciminera is looking ill vain for deposits of $1,15O. They pro- duced passbooks which bore the initials of "A. M. R., those of the accused son.
 Two days before the agency failed, Ciminera tried to withdraw his money, but A. Marion Russo inform- ed him to keep quiet and wait q couple of days as his father had the keys of the vault.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-25
Spring Rally at
 Hamilton Park
Boy Scouts to Hold Big
 Meet on June 6

The district rally for district No 4 was held Friday evening at St Francis Xavier hall. The troops talk ing part were troops 20-19-12 and g. Harold Hole had charge of the events which were rope tying, compass re- lay, fire by friction, verbal message relay and blanket stretcher race.
 Troop 9 took first prize. Troop 19 second, Troop 12 third and Troop 20 fourth place.
 All scouts and leaders in the dis trict are to continue training for the spring rally to be held at Ham, ilton park, Saturday evening". June 9th.
 Scout Executive Marston talked to the boys and leaders about Camp Sepunkum and advised the camp this year would be better than ever. Several new features are planned for the education and entertainment of scouts and cubs attending camp this year.
 The rally was closed by all present giving the pledge of allegience to the flag and the sounding of taps.