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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12
Crosby Gridmen
 Attend COnfab

Approximately 50 aspirants for places on the 1881 Crosby high football tea unattended the first grid confab of the year last night at the school where Coach Billy Schofleld discussed many vital points concerning the coming year,
 Co-Captains, George Mulligan and Mike Martone, were among the veteran players at the meeting. With thes two youngsters forming the backbone of the team Schoiield looks forward to another undefeat- cd season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12
Cooke to Newark

New York, Aug. 12.-(UP).- Allen (Dusty) Cooke, fleet out fielder of the New York Yankees who has been out of the game be- cause of broken collar bone sus- tained early in the season, has been sent to the Newark Interna- tional league club on option.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12
EAGLES AGAIN DEFI

The Town Plot Eagles seek games with New Milford, Ansonia, Naugatuck Pastimes, Seymour Eagles, Bethlehem, Winsted, South ington and Woodbury. For games phone 4O260 or write Fibre Jaca- ruso at 27 Normand street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12
rrCrrr Ar EnpT

FIGHT AT FORT
 New York, Aug 12.-Ralph Bar bara and Tony Ferrante will cross gloves in the feature bout of ten rounds at Fort Hamilton, Brook lyn, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12
BroadlDay's Boy Bandit" WEI Buck Garden Group
 At St. Nicholas Club
By DIXON STEWART fUyuifa.y tBracs SfaR Corpesnoudenh

New York Aug 12-(UP)-James J. Johnston, who has into the New York promotiona field serious rival to Madison So,are Garden is on the warpath
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12

lete, was eliminated in an early round of the Dallsa, Tex, municipal tennis tournament for women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-12

William Jennings Bryan is an nateur golfer in Tulsa, Okla.
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SandlOt Base Ball
ONE of the better attractions today is

NNE OF Lne DeIIeI dIITdCLiOho OoudJ Ao
" scheduled at Silver Spring where
Brooke Grub will oppose his 1881
edition of the Howitzer Giants against
the Alexandria Cardinals. who are cele-
brating their twenty-fifth year on the
sandlots in a double-header, the opener
to start at 2 o'clock.
The Howard A. French team will
debut today when it tackles the Del Ray
A. C. at 3 o'clock on the Del Ray field
Bill F1ester, French pilot, has sweet
looking aggregation, no one will deny
and he expects to win back the city
title lost last year.
The remainder OF the independent
sandlot schedule for today follows:
Ross Juniors VS.. Virginia Juniors, l
O'Clock, Duncan field, Alexandria.
Schwartz Juniors vs. Spengler Post,
IL o'clock. diamond No. /.
Schwartz Juniors VS. Robinsons,
o'clock. Fairlawn No. diamond.
Lindberg Seniors VS.. -Roamer A.
c.. 2:30 o'clock, Indy field.
State Department VS.. Washington A.
c.. / O'Clock, Fairlawn.
Linworths VS.. Olmsted Grill, 3 O'Clock,
diamond No. 10.
Firemen VS.. Potomac Food Distribu-
tors, 3 O'Clock, Cabin John.
Seabrook A. C. VS.. Sherwood A. c.. 8
O'Clock. Seabrook field.
Woodmen of the World VS.. Marion A.
c.. 8 o'clock, diamond No. |.
Wonder Boys VS.. AColumbians. l
o'clock, North Ellipse.
Colesville Cardinals VS.. Bethesda A.
c.. Colesville, Md, 3 o'clock
Marion A. c. VS.. Upper Marlboro A.
c.. Upper Marlboro, Md. 3 O'Clock.
Skinker Eagles VS.. Union Printers,
3 o'clock. Friendship field Eagles are
booking at Cleveland 1282-W.
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BRITISH IN HUDDLE
OVER RYDER TEAM
Two "ProbabIes" Defeated
in TriaIs-Captain Beaten,
but Not Eliminated.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r ONDON. May AFTER the final
trials for the British Ryder Cup
golf team today, the Selection
Committee went into huddle
tonight to study the results over the
week end. Announcement Of the team
which will defend the international
professional trophy against the United
States team at the Scioto Country
Club. Columbus, Ohio, in June, is ex-
pected Tuesday.
Nine "probables" of the British squad
were matched against as many posi-
bles" in today's trials, playing two
sonnes similar to the Ryder Cup cen
tests. Only two of the probables ioSt,
and one Of them was Charles WHIT
connbe, captain of the team, who bowed
to Tom Green of Copt Heath, ana l.
Whitcombe's position was not conslo-
cred in danger because OF MS oe1eat
TODAY. Green was holing puts 1rom
all corners and angles and was JUST
about unbeatable The other losing
nrol1able was Art Duncan, who was not
in one of his inspired" moods and
fell a comparatively easy victim OF
p. n. Rodgers Of Stannes. The mar
gin also was 2 and l.
The Probable Team.
The results of the trial matches ap-
parently brought the list down to these
plavers: Charles Whitcombe, Abe
Mitchell. Archie Compston, Art Dun
can, Fred Robson, Ernest Whitcomoe'
w n. Davies. S. A. Easterbrook, A, II.
Padeham and H. C. jolly. Easter
brook could not take part in the trials
because of an injured hand.
Mitchell defeated Gus Faulkner,
and 4: Compston defeated Duncan NC,
Cullough. and s. Robson defeated
w. j. Vranch, 8 and z; E. r. WHIT
conbe defeated Tom Barber, ana q
Davies defeated A. j. Lacey, 3 and 2,
and Padgham defeated Jelly and D.
In another match. Bert Hodson defeat
ed H Large and Z.
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TEN COLORED MINES
ARE READY FOR PLAY
Departmental League Will Start
Title Race Tomorrow on
Monument Lot.

With 10 teams lined up the Colored
Departmental Base Bail League will
start play at Sis pm. tomorrow on
the Monument Grounds diamond. with
Agriculture matched against Municipal.
Other teams in the league are Post
ONCE. Veterans Bureau. Treasury,
Government Printing once, Public
buildings and Public Grounds, Bureau
Of Engraving. Commerce and Special
Delivery. The last four are newcomers
in the league.
Agriculture won the title last season,
trimming the Municipal aggregation in
a final series. With the addition of the
four new teams andl the bolstering of
the others with new talent, the road to
this years crown should be rugged
The schedule will include two series,
the first ending June "a and the second
beginning June 20 and ending August IA.
Schedule for this week follows:
MAY 4-Agriculture VS.. Municipal.
May 5-Treasury VS.. Veterans Bu-
reau.
Nav &C. p. o. VS.. Post once.
Nav Public Buildings and Grounds
VS.. Special Delivery.
May s-Commerce VS.. Bureau Of En-
craving.
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BY BOBBY JONES.

American Open. British Open, American
Amateur and British Amateur Champion
PERSON beginning golf is usual
~ ly advised to omit the driver
~ from his first kit, for the reason
that. until he gains some idea
of what It is all about, he will find the
brasSie, with its greater loft, far more
satisfactory club, even from the tee.
This is not bad advice, for like the
number one iron, the driver is more
dificult to play than its more lofted
brothers, the brassie and spoon. 1t
demands a more accurate and more
powerful stroke to propel the ball along
a proper line of flight
/ have even heard the opinion ex-
pressed that a properly designed driver
was practically useless in the hands of
30 per cent Of the people who play golf,
and have been told that Chick Evans
played in at least one national cham
pionship playing all his tee shots with
a braSsie. the only wood club he carried
in his bag. But I think 1t is going
a bit far to leave the poor old driver, the
daddy of them all, entirely out in the
cold. In the first place, have seen
a lot of fellows, finding themselves
playing a brassie very well through the
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NEARLY THIRTY PAIRS
IN PRO-SENIOR GOLF
Middle Atlantic Association to
Stage Tournament Tomorrow
at Chevy Chase Club.

Nearly 80 pairs have been nominated
to play in the pro-senior golf tourney
to be staged at Chevy Chase tomorrow
by the Middle Atlantic Professional
Golfers Association. They will start
alternately at the first and tenth tees.
Here are The pairinPs so far:
30 pm-First tee. Col. M. Morrow and
Glenn Spencer, Gen. H. P. Mccain and Dan
Tenth tee-AdmiraI M. M. Taylor and
Alex Armour, Senator Thomas J. Walsh ana
IS p'm.-First tee: John c. Let's and
A. L. HouEhton. z. o. WaEenhorst and Jack
Tenth tee-pr. w. B. Mason and warner
Mather, G. Y. Worthington and Gene Lar
10 p.m.--First tee: waiter G; Peter and
Bill Hardy. Gen. c. G. Treat and Bill Mallor
clark, G. v, wheeler and Mel Shorey.
I45-First tee: Col. Hickman and Jimmy
Roche. T. NJ Talcott and Walter Cunning
Tenth tee-victor Kaufman and Willie
Schneider, Gen. d. C. Shanks and Bill Car
50 p.m.-First tee: Col H. M Morrow
and Cliff Spencer, r. X. Campbell ana Dave
AS more senior partners are signed,
the following pros will be paired: Tenth
tee-Lawrence Wisner and All Treder,
Douglas Brooks and Fred Mcleod, Bob
Barnett and Charles Betschler, J. Monro
Hunter and George Diffenbaugh. Irving
SchIoss and Ralph Beach, Tony Syl-
vester, w. H. Wood and Darcy Ban
agan.
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fairway, who have tried to use 1t of the
tee and discovered very soon that they
had lost the feel of playing 1t from
either place. What is good for the
rank beginner is not always the best
thing for the man who has played a
lot, however badly.
There Is one very good reason why
more people have trouble with a
straight-faced club like driver than
with similar club with mere loft. A
slight error in the alignment OF the
face at impact can be partially alb
sorbed by the pitch on the face, so,
obviously, the smaller this pitch be-
comes the smaller becomes the mar
gin for error in alignment. In the case
of the driver which has practically no
loft, this margin becomes correspond
ingly practically nothing. If the face
of the driver should be slightly hooded
at impact, it would be found that as it
hit the ball 1t would have a negative
pitch; in other words the face would be
looking toward the ground.
/ have made 1t a habit to watch
more or less closely the method of each
golfer with whom play-naturally, the
better players more closely than the
others. have never yet seen one per-
son who could drive consistently well
addressing the ball off his right foot so
that he was standing in front Of it, and
on numbers Of occasions just the little
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.HARR|DGE HELD DUE
FOR BARNARD'S Job
Seems Certain to Be Elected
to Presidency of the Amer
lean League.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

OH1CAGo. May 2.-william Har-
ridge, silent but powerful fig
ure in the world OF organized
base ball for almost quarter
Of a century. tonight appeared certain
of succeeding the late Ernest Sargent
Barnard as president OF the American
League.
Although names Of more than a score
toned unoff1cially for the presidency, a
position paying $40 900 year in salary
reliable information has been obtained
that Harridge will be named by the
American League club owners when
they finally get around to it, probably
not until next December
Harridge, private secretary to the late
Byron Bancroft johnson for 16 years
and secretary Of the league since 1927
has been handling the affairs of the
league as president since President
Barnard's death last March, although
the title of acting head automatically
reverted to Frank Navin, owner of the
Detroit club and vice president of the
league.
Affairs Running Smoothly.
Affairs have run along 30 smoothly in
the league that Navin and Harridge
have not been forced to confer on ques-
tons Of policy as yet. Not single dis
pute has arisen even TO the extent of a
protested game.
It was way back in 1911 that Har-
ridge. a man who never played a game
Of professional base ball in his life
broke into base ball. At that time, the
stormy johnson insisted that all Ameri-
can League players travel as much as
possible on a certain railroad line no
matter If they were forced to make mid
night jumps and change trains three or
four times to get to their destinations
Harridge was assigned to handle the
tough job and did it so capably that he
won Johnson's admiration and later a
position with him as private secretary
In Johnson's later years. when illness
forced him out of the Office, Harridge
virtually ran the league. When John
son finally was ousted in 1927 after his
fight with several club owners and Base
Ball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain
Lands, Harridge was named secretary
of the league in Barnard's Office In
that capacity. he has succeeded and re-
ceived the friendship and support OF
Commissioner Lands.
Edwards May BE Secretary.
Henry Edwards, public service secre-
tary OF the league under Barnards
regime probably will succeed Harridge
as league secretary although he declined
to discuss the question. However, he
did laud the club owners, umpires and
players for their spirit of carry on
Every one in the league seems to
have caught the spirit of good will as
never before" Edwards said. I'VE
haven't had a complaint on an umpire
or about a player 80 far this season.
Everybody is working hard and I think
we're going to have one of the best sea-
sons in many years.
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Straight Off Tee

n n EMBERS of the Chevy Chase
M Club yesterday concluded the
second round Of match play
in the annual competition for
the French High Commission Cup and
are scheduled to begin the third round
today Here are the results in the sec
ond match play round: c. v. Wheeler
defeated Admiral M. M. Taylor, and
e. L. B. Plat defeated Dwight Dick
inson, ! up: F. W. Coleman defeated
F. S. Carven. up: J. B. Treat de-
feated D. D. L. McGrew, 4. and 8; M.
K. Metcalf defeated e. o. Wagenhorst,
3 and /: P. S. Ridsdale defeated Worth
ington Frailey by default; DR.. r. c.
Ransdell defeated Henry Ravenel by
default; r. p. Whitley defeated r. o.
Glover 3 and 2.
DEAvER DAM folk are looking for
ID ward to a funfest today out there
on that lengthy golf course where
they make their brides tough and their
tee shots long. In the first place a
mixed Scotch foursome is billed as the
feature of the day and secondly the
women are to choose their own part
ners. II they have not already done
so. For several weeks the clubs golfers
have been choosing their partners for
this affair, but the catch is that the
women will be in complete charge of
the tourney and will choose their own
partners.
Manor Club members played yester-
day in stag day golf tournament and
later attended a dinner and entertain
ment at the club.
Mrs. Frank r. Keefer. president of
the District Women's Golf Association,
urges all players in the tourney at
Columbia tomorrow to be ready for
play at the first tee between and IL
o'clock. The low handicap players will
start at 8. with the higher handicap
players listed to follow Immediately.
Walter G.. Peter is the winner Of the
C. v. Wheeler trophy, presented to the
member of the Senior Golf Association
who made the best putting score dur
ing April. Peter scored 40 for 81 con-
secutive holes, which is five better than
even rs and Is considerable putting in
any league. The Golf Com mittee of
the senior association announce jocu-
larry that whenever there is world
championship putting contest we ex-
pect to enter him as our representa-
tive" The runner-up for the Wheeler
trophy was Dr. w. r. Du Bose.
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WASHINGTON DRIVERS
IN PIKESvILLE MEET
Beane and Braden to Compete in
Races Tomorrow-Track Is
Near Baltimore.

Two local race drivers. Joe Beane
and Wheeler Braden. will be among the
20 pilots who will compete in the auto
mobile races to be held today at the
Pikesville Speedway, near Baltimore.
Beane will drive a Dodge Special,
while Braden will pilot his speedy
Frontenac.
The Pikesville meet has attracted
many of the foremost dirt track drivers
in the East. Park Cup, Allentown, Pa,
will drive the Dusenberg formerly
owned by the late Ray Keech, while
Tom Chapman. Charlotte, N. c., holder
of the Nazareth track record; Johnny
Moretti, Atlantic City, holder of the
Bridgeton track record; AL Guth, Lew
Balus, Johnny Harmon, Harris Insinger,
Don Rinehart, Charlie Sachs, Harry
Reeves are others who are entered.
The Pikesville Speedway, which is
located on Milford Road. Just west of
the Reisterstown road, about one mile
from the Baltimore City line, was
scheduled to hold its inaugural pageant
last Sunday, but rain caused the post
ponement until today. The same card
of seven events, starting at $50 o'clock.
will be offered.
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New Ball Makes 1t Practicable to Use
Driver Through Fairway, Says Bobby Jones

suggestion to play the ball a bit farther
forward has put q man back to driv-
ing we'll Immediately. 1 think that
what I have Just said is the reason for
this. With the more lofted clubs, spoon,
3. 4, 5, ETC., irons, it is possible to play
the ball relatively far back and get
away with it, because the loft of the
club provides q margin. But when the
face of the club Is straight or nearly
so the margin simply Is not there.
I think that this is one or more re-
spect in which the new ball is going to
make the game easier for the average
golfer. He won't have to force his
swing in order to hit hard enough with
the less lofted clubs to make the ball
rise. AS an example OF the greater
ease with which the new ball can be
elevated. I might cite my own expert
ence. Using the smaller ball l hardly
ever dared use my driver through the
fairway-I never 80 used it without be-
ing conscious that / was taking a
risk. Since I have been playing in Call.
fornia with the new ball, have 1ound
that driver shots can be played quite
safely from any moderately GOOD lie.
I make use of the club in almost every
round, either for long shot into the
wind or when think / may reach
some long hole in two by stretching OUT
a bit.
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oodont Tourney Strong Field Sandos Ready for Big Fireworks

weighed 100 pounds today and said he
needed little more training than daily
sparring to perfect his timing
Schmeling will give an exhibition at
Youngstown Monday night He also
will box with his sparring partners be-
fore Flint, Mich, fans May z, and at
Chicago the following night.
Joe Jacobs, manager of SchmelinR,
said he had four training camp sites
under consideration-at Conneaut Park.
Cedar Point, Chippewa Park and
Geneva-on-the-Iake within easy
distance of Cleveland.
Pa Stribling. the challenger's mana
ger, has selected Geauga Park, near
Cleveland, and, according to Jacobs. viii
Start,his sons training May 20.
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PENN GOLFERS BEAT
GEORGETOWN U. TEAM
Merriam's Extra-Hole Victory Is
Decisive in 5-to-4 Defeat of
Hoya Linksmen.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May Jack
Merriams extra-hole victory over
George Monaghan in the No. 3 singles
enabled the Pennsylvania golf team TO
defeat the Georgetown liRks squad by a
5-to-4 count today in an Eastern In
tercollegiate League contest. played
over the course Of the Manufacturers
Country Club.
A par 4 on the nineteenth handed
the Red and Blue water polo star the
verdict after his Georgetown opponent
had waged a valiant battle down the
back stretch TO reach the end Of the
regulation distance all even.
Georgetown made a clean sweep In
the last foursome when Fisher and
Destefano not only came out on top
in their singles engagements with Nc
Kean and Holbrook, but handed the
Quaker players a 2-and-1 licking in
the best-ball match.
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Brave Precedent
In Boxing Suit

NEW YORK, May 2 P-The
~ precedent is all against the
plaintiff, but just the same
Madison Square Garden OF Illinois
will unimber its legal batteries
sometime during the coming week
in an effort to knock an imposing
rival and his fight attraction right
out of competition.
Within a few days in Federal
Court a hearing is scheduled on the
Illinois Gardens plea for an in
junction restraining Primo Camera
from fighting Jack Sharkey under
the promotion Of Dapper Jimmie
Johnston at Ebbets Field June 10.
The Garden claims the elephant
man to be already under contract to
the Illinois subsidiary for a match
IN September against the winner of
Max Schmeling's bout with Young
Stribling in Cleveland July 3.
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INTER- CITY BICYCLE
. RACE LISTED TODAY
Washington, Baltimore Riders to
Compete in Annual Event on
, Marlboro Pike.

Warrington and Baltimore cyclists
will compete today in the thirteenth
annual 25-mile Marlboro pike handicap
bicycle race under the auspices of the
Century Road Club Association OF the
District.
Riders wishing TO take part are asked
90 meet at the District Line To receive
numbers a. $50 O'Clock this morning
More than q score are listed TO COM
pete.
Among the entrants are Ed Bieber,
District sprint champion, who was
close second last year, Ed Rhoaoes,
MARYLAND State champion: Tony Mug
H1o. Baltimore 1o0-mile road title hold
Or, and Bits Homer, last years winner
and holder Of the course record at
hour and AZ seconds.
Liberal handicaps will be given new
riders and novices. The race is the
Oldest annual event held by the District
club
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CAPITAL CITY LOOP
OPENS RACE TODAY
Industrial and Georgetown
Leagues Start Tomorrow.
Giants Play Cards.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

- ANDLOT fireworks, by tomor-
row, will be popping and
~ suffering their merriest
when two more. week day
circuits, the Industrial and
Georgetown Church, join their
contemporaries, the Government
and Departmental on the Ellipse.
Today unlimited sandlot base
ball will be in full swing when the
Capital City League opens, joining
the independent tossers, who
hitherto have held sway on the
Sabbaths.
A dozen crack mines will inaugurate
NAV in the Capital City League this
afternoon, battling in two sections.
WHAT looms as the feature, from
w a local standpoint, is the Con-
gress Heights-St. Joseph fray,
slated for 3 O'Clock on the Heights pat
last wear Congress Heights won the
District section while the st. Joes mn
ished third after setting the pace carry
in the campaign. Both have mace ne"
and supposedly strengthening acqulsl-
tons and have expressed the usual con-
fldence of going places" this season.
Ciro's Italian Villagers will be enter
tanned by the Phoenix-Blue Coal Joss
ers on the Phoenix field. Both are new
clubs. These games, which are in sec
ton A, will be supplemented by tne
Dixie Pig-Columbia Heights clash at
Berwyn, the third Of the Section a
games.
election b Is not at all backward
[ y In it's presentations, either. the
Army Medicos and Majestic Raolo
mines are down for scrap at 5 O'CLOCK
on the Walter Reed layout
The remaining two games Will rno
three new Capital City League CLUBS
among the quartet. Saks Clothlers VIII
tackle the only veteran" nine when
thev clash with Foxall on the latter
CAPITOL Heights and Federal Storage,
which are to oppose on the 1orme;
field. round out the bill oHered Dy
Washington's premier Sunday circuit
r7HOsE fans who contrive to witness
either the Industrial or George
town Church Loop openers tomor-
row on the North and South Elllpse
diamonds, respectively, will see many
new faces. 80
The industrial, which looms as one OF
best. II not the strongest, OF the quarteC
of week day circuits due to operate tnlS
season. will have Washington Terminal
and the Constructioneers as the open
ing dav foes. A five-team loop, four OF
the teams this season are new ones 10
the Industrial League. and represent
some of the cream of last years inoe-
pendent crop.
probable line-ups in the industrial
League: -
washington Termina J.. pe1rn.r as s
Saines. SIS: Snyder. IT,; Brown, CT. Cloud
RI: Magee or Young. p. nj.
Construct ioneers-W jenkins, C.. BOWIE
IN !. r Jenkins 2b. OConnor. ID EooKer'
S.; Barry, II; Hemel, CT; Curtis RI Jew
Umpire-Mr. Shoemaker.
ELDBROoKE M. E, which Is COM
T. posed mainly of former Western
High athletes, will play Metropoli-
tan Baptist. a newcomer, in the Church
League opener on the South Ellipse TO-
morrow. -,
Larry Schneider probably will hurl
for the Eldbrooke Club and in the Held
will be supplemented by Hank Duryee,
Bob Fuchs, Mike Hunt, Ed Duryee, BOD
Freeman, Duvall, Turvey and Edy.
The Church Leaguers are looking Tor
ward to one of the best seasons in the
history of their circuit.