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The Washington times., 1932-08-19
1000 COMPETE
IN D, {, MEET

Final details have been com
pleted for Washington's own
Olympic games" Tuesday, the
tenth annual District playground
championships, at Central High
Stadium.
Over 2,CO0 youngsters represent
ing So Fairgrounds will partici-
pate in the meet, which starts at
$50 a. m. The opening will be
marked by ceremonies somewhat
similar to those which opened the
Olympic games at Los Angeles.
The program is under the Gt-
rection of Miss Sibyl Baker, play
ground director, and a recent
spectator at the Olympic games,
and Richard S. Tennyson, play
ground athletic director.
A half-mile marathon will be
the feature sport attraction of the
day.
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The Madison Square Garden
Corporation, in fact, asked the
man about this some three days
ago, indicting a full-rate telegram
in its haste to still those Wagging
tongues. AS yet, however, he
seems to have vouchsafed no
reply but everybody around the
Garden is confident that this is
on the way and undoubtedly it
will arrive in the course of time.
So will the HarvardYale boat
race.
Ordinarily, of course, the Gar
den would not wish to be peremp-
tory with the heavyweight cham
pion. But in this case Schmeling
and Walker have just signed for
a championship elimination con-
test in September and somehow
there is something very dispirit-
ing in the spectacle of two men
fighting for the right to fight a
man who may not wish them
to do so. Besides, the Garden
is a little distressed about the
backstairs gossips who are saying
unkind things, some of them hav-
ing been at no slight pains to
state that the heavyweight cham
pion of the world is a man who
The Washington times., 1932-08-19

not only will not fight very often
again, but cannot.
DiScOuraging Champ
This is liable to be a little dis
couraging to promoter who
has no desire to suppress the
belief that the next heavyweight
championship fight is going to
be a very gripping encounter.
However. Sharkey is a some
what discouraging champion.
For one thing, nearly 10000
people were at the last title
match but, on count of noses,
it seemed to be largely one judge
and a referee who saw him win
it. For another. he looked
bloated and blousy and just a
little sodden with success. clearly
indicating that age had come
upon him practically in the
night. For a third, he was in
spired to fight in other years by
desire for the title and an i'm
perious need of money. He now
has both, which leaves him right
out there in front with nothing
to DO and no great urge to do
it.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
The First Alibi

Phaedippides collapsed at the
end of his journey and he died
shortly thereafter thereby CIV
ing birth to the first sports al
ibi, because he had not trained
FOR the trip. So, he was the
Greek Paul Revere. of Greece,
after a sense, and now let's get
on to something more modern,
say. like tomorrow's marathon.
Sir Roddie informs us that
the current champion in this
marathon speciality of his is
Bill Agee, of Baltimore. who
will be out there in slippers
and panties tomorrow, defend
ing his title. We have OBJ
served this Agee many times
In action and have come to
the private conclusion that this
marathoning gives one the kind
of momentum that makes him
a marathoner all of his life.
What we are trying to say
is that you get started run
ming marathons and it seems
you simply can't stop. Some of
the best of them, like Mike
Lynch and Clarence De Mar,
are we'll past the 4O-year-old
mark. and if a man hasn't learn.
ed not to run his tongue out at
40, the chances are he never will
learn and will keep on running
until some day he steps on his
tongue and that would be just
too bad.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
NETMEN AWAIT.
TITLE TOURNEY

BROOKLINE, Mass, Aug. 19
The team of Wilmer Allison, of
Texas, and Johnny Van Ryn, of
Philadelphia, both members of
the United States Davis Cup
team, are seeded first in the
American list in the defense of
their nationals doubles cham
pionShip.
The tournament is scheduled
to get under way Monday at
the Longwood Cricket Clubs
grass courts in Chestnut Hill,
with a strong foreign threat and
Americas best players in the
field.
Top seeded in the foreign list
is the British tandem of Bunny
Austin and Fred j. Perry, who
are paired in a national cham
pionship tournament for the
first time. Back of them is the
French team of Henri Cochet
and Marcel Bernard, who are
followed by Jiro Satoh and
Takeo Kuwabara, of Japan, and
John S. Olliff and Edward R.
Avory. of England.
Following Allison and Van Ryn
in the American list are Ellis
worth Vines and Keith Gledhill,
Berkeley Bell and Gregory S.
Mangin, George M. Lott and
Francis x. Shields, Lester Stoe-
fen and Sidney B. Wood, Jack
Tidball and Elbert Lewis.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
Mat Card Held
Intact for
tonight

For the second time since the
memory of man runneth not to
the contrary Joe Turner is to,
night putting on a postponed
wrestling show on account of
inclement weather on the date
originally set therefor.
Pat O'Shocker, who has taken
up residence at Sherwood Forest,
will, accordingly, do his stuff
against Gino Garibaldi tonight
at Griffith Stadium beneath the
floodlights, hoping to GUST Gino
from the upper hand which he
now holds in the bidding for a
bout with Jim Londos in the
very near future.
washington happens to be be-
yond the bounds of the zones
where Londos is barred until he
takes on Ed stranger" Lewis
and as soon as Turner's elimina-
ton series has produced a suit
able challenger, it may be eX-
pected Jeems will again be seen
here.
The remainder of last nights
scheduled card is still intact
and will go on tonight. 1t in
cludes Rudy Dusek and Fred
Grobmeier, Frank BrunoWicz and
Son Jennings, Lou Palmer and
Buck Olsen and Herman Hick-
man VS.. Jack Hurley.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
Younger Gets Younger

Another who is old enough
to know better, is Dan Younger,
of Baltimore, chronic case Of
perpetual motion. Dan, as Irish
as they come, is Sc years of
age and is willing to bet he'll
finish up there somewhere
among the leaders. He is such
a remarkable athlete for his
age, that John Hopkins Uni
versity is said to have put in
a strong bid for his heart,
when and if it ever stops tick
ing. Dan says marathoning
makes him younger.
Like De Mar, he is a printer
by trade, and often works all
night on a Baltimore news
paper, grabs a light breakfast
and then enters some marathon
or other.
One of the oldest of athletes
tc be in this distance running
business is Percy Wyer. the
Canadian, who weighs but SO
pounds and is the smallest dis
tance runner in the world. Ac-
cording to Roddie De La Roche,
Percy started running around
the Canadian landscapes when
a very little fellow. in order to
keep warm during their hard,
tough winters up there.
The continual exercise, says
Thomas, sort of stunted Percy's
growth, and he has never been
able to put on much weight,
what with constantly running
1t off.
Another freak of this mara
thoning enterprise can be found
in the case of Johnny Cigars"
ConnorS, who trains for his
marathons and actually runs
'em, on Pittsburgh stogies. Con-
nors' home is Roxbury, Mass,
and he averages about 20 cigars
to each marathon, or slightly
less than one per mile. He al
ways runs strong race.
Paul De Bruyn, the German
champion and winner of the
Boston marathon, will make a
real bid for the Bicentennial, as
will Jimmy Henigan, of Boston.
Champ Pickens, sports director
of the Bicentennial, will be at
the finish line to catch any
CollapSing.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19

And his reasons were vel
warranted. For, Johnson, look
ing ahead, realized his team
faced two double-headers in two
days, the first of which will be
run off today against the Chi
cago White Sox.
''What am 1 going to do for
pitchers, he mOaned.
And the chorus in Griff's of
flee Joined in the refrain.
But that silver lining always
pops up around that dark cloud
And with johnson and his chorus
of moaners, it entered after sew
eral moments of strenuous
thought.
"Why not use Bill McAfee
in one of the games against
the SOx?" was Boss Griffith'S
suggestion. "Then that will
leave you to call upon your
mainstays, CrOwder and Weav-
er, on Saturday"
"Never thought of it in that
light" was Manager JOhnsOn'S
answer. Guess it wouldn't be
such a bad idea at all. And.
say, we can use Marberry in
the other game against the
SOx, can't we? Well. sir, what
dc you know about that? Our
pitching situation is practically
settled. But the next worry is
whether they'll come through"
Whether they come through or
not remains to be seen, of course.
But it's the only way out and it's
worth the chance, particularly IN
McAfee'S case, because everybody
on the club is interested in what
this newcomer has or hasn't got.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19

Manager johnson says he would
use Lefty Lloyd Brown as a
starter in one of the double
headers but can not because the
veteran is still weak and troubled
with the cold he contracted on
the Griffs' recent trip west. In
other words, Johnson figures
Brownie will return to his best
fettle quicker by working rellet
shifts these days rather than
starting roles.
Might Be Man
McAfee hurled against the
1924 Griffs last Monday. and did
not do so badly at all. If he
can become a successful pitcher
in today's test, it's sure thing
he'll be an added welcome to the
teams ailing pitching staff.
Johnson is also hoping that
Marberry turns in a commend
able effort. Fred has been kept
in relief roles for the greater
part of the season, but would be
brought back to the starters
class at moments notice if his
showing warranted.
Pitcher Tommy Thomas is still
under the weather with that sore
arm of his However, Trainer
Mike Martin hopes to have MIN
ready before the Cleveland series
is ended next Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19

Anyway, he wishes to tell
one and all that this years edi-
tion of his marathon is dedi-
Gated to the Bicentennial and
will be staged tomorrow starting
at 2 p. m. at Mt. Vernon and
ending at the White House, a
trip once made on hoss back
by George Washington. The dis
tance is the regulation mara
thon, 26 miles 385 yards, orig
inally run by a Greek named
Phaedippides. who carried the
news of the victory at Mara
thon to the city of Athens.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19

SPORTS
BicentenniGL Marathon
VIII Be Run TOMORROW
Mt. Vernon to D. G..
Agee Defending Champ
De Mar Is an EntrGnt
Younger Gets Younger
,By KIRK MILLER

Rodde de La Roche Thomas regales with the dings
of his National A. u championship marathon which he is
tossing in the memory of George Washington and that
isn't good enough auspices then we'd better all stick
around until better comes along.
Now Sir Rodde is happier than when he is throw
ing marathon unless it when he's playing host in
hos shoe pitching contest He does both annually for
good friend the Evening Star and the Sunday Star
and each year acqus himself so well that he is immed
atey nominated for the job the ensuing year. Such popu
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
Hechingers Battle
For Insect Lead

The Hechingers battle Eastern
A. C. tomorrow at l o'clock on
the South Ellipse for first place
in the French's Insect League.
Two other interesting games
are also listed for tomorrow.
Sears engage Marberrys at II
a. m. on the South Ellipse and
VerSis plays Ristigs at l o'clock
on the East EllipSe.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
HUNGARIANS PLAY

CHICAGO. Aug. 19.-The
Olympic championship water polo
team from Hungary will battle a
picked team of American stars
here Sunday, it was announced
today. Gate proceeds will be con-
tributed to the Chicago quota of
the American Olympic fund.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
Garden Seeking Sharkey's
Plans for Near Future
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Conscous of current whispers to
the effect that barring occasional contest of skill with
very reliable and, in fact praseworthy bum Jack
sharkey plans keep the heavyweight championship
tca perpeuty the Madison Square Garden Corporation
today asked the to declare the honesty of his intentions
toward the Schmeng- Walker winner
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
AUTHS VS.. WHITE SOx

Auth's unlimi- Is travel to
Arlington, Va, play the Vir-
gin1a White So. Sunday at 3
o'clock on the Arlington diamond.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
T1vin Bills Force
johnson To Use
Newcomer
By GARRETT WATERS

When rain forced the postponement of yesterdays scheduled
game with the White Sox the signal for Manager John
to begin meaning
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
ACES SEE ACTION.

Gaithersburg Aces play the
strong Boyd A. C. Sunday at
3 o'clock at Gaithersburg, Md.
The Aces have won IA games
this season.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19
NOUN TS MEET
ELDBROOKE

The baseball teams represent
ing the churches of Eldbrooke
and Mt. Vernon will clash again
today at 5:15 o'clock on the West
Ellipse in the first of three game
series to decide the champion
ship of the Georgetown Church
League.
Eldbrooke won the first half
crown and its opponent captured
the second half title. These mines
have met so often this season
that they know each others tricks
of the trade.
Eldbrooke may use either
Schneider or Carter on the hill
while the Mounts will count on
Ev Russell.
WOODMEN SEEK PITCHER
The Woodmen of the World
nine seeks a pitcher. Call Man
ager Armstrong at Potomac O276
after $50 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1932-08-19

I!nn u9es Tor GoIonlaI beAch' and 10
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
ARROWHEAD
FUND QUOTA
Directors Met Saturday and
Decide on $40, 700 Fund
For This Year.

Ely's quota for the support of the
Arrowhead Association for this year
has been placed at 500 by the directors
of the Arrowhead Association meeting
in Duluth Saturday for the purpose of
outlining campaign for $40, 700 to
cover the activities of the association
for this year. Of the total amount
Duluth is expected to furnish $4,000.
The drive for the quotas viii be held
late next month or early in March &C
cording to resolutions adopted by the
finance committee at the meeting. A
chairman Of the drive committee will
be selected at an early date.
The quotas assigned to the member
towns follow: Aitkn, 500; Aurora, $50;
Barnum, 500; Biwabik, $50; Carlton,
500; Cass Lake, 500; Chisholm, $3.50;
Cloquet, $500; Cook, 500; Duluth,
81, 600; Ely, 500; Eveleth, $3.50; Gill
bert, $50; Grand Marais and Cook
county resorts, $500; Hibbing, $500; In
ternational Falls and Fort Frances.
Can, 500; Itasca county including
Bovey. Calumet, Coleraine, Deer River,
Grand Rapids, Hill City, Keewatin,
Nashwauk and resorts, $500; Meadow
lands, SIS; Moose Lake, 500; Tower,
$500: Two Harbors and Lake County
resorts, $500; Virginia, $500; st. Louis
County including resorts, $3.50; rail-
roads and bus companies, $3.50; mis-
cellaneous sources, 81, LIS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
Catholic Council Met
On Tuesday EUening.

The Ely Council of Catholic Women
local chapter 70 the National Council
of Catholic Women, met at the Com
munity Center. Tuesday evening. After
a short business meeting, Mrs. M j.
Fleming gave very interesting report
on the Quarterly Diocesan meeting
which she attended at Eveleth. Miss
Rose Schmidt also attended the meeting
where she gave ten minute report
on the work that is being done by the
Little Sisters.
The next Quarterly Diocesan meeting
is to be held in this city on March II,
and committees will be named to ar
range for the meet.
The Study Club work was then taken
up with Mrs. Fleming as chairman.
The lesson studied was Mass of the
Faithful" Mrs. Thos. Murn, Mrs. Jas.
Moonan and Miss Kathleen MCGUIRE
gave some very worth while talks on
this lesson.
Current events were given by Mrs.
B. Lambert and Mrs. F. Lindgren. Mrs.
Oscar Friedsburg won the attendance
prize.
A delicious lunch was served by Mrs.
Matt Kobe as chairman and a COM
mittee composed of Mrs. Anton Kot-
chevar, Mrs Eugene Merrill, Mrs. 3.
Lambert, Mrs. j. Kun, Mrs. e. Joncas,
Mrs. j. Kovach and Mrs. Jas. Mccarthy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
SEvENTY-0NE
YEARS YOUNG
Odd Fellows Tender Olof
knutson Surprise Party
Last Thursday.

When Olof KnutSon went to the
meeting of the Odd Fellows on Thurs
day evening, he was most agreeably
surprised to see a mammoth birthday
cake adorned with seventy-one candles
at his station as treasurer of the local
lodge, the position held by him for the
past twenty years.
The cake was reminder that he was
the guest IN whose honor the confec-
ton had been prepared and before he
had finished thanking the members for
the remembrance, he was further
showered with gifts. The gifts were
in the nature of depression" momentos
but notwithstanding their frugal
Scotch aspect, were nevertheless very
acceptable to the celebrant.
The evening was very pleasantly
spent with Norwegian Whist and
other games in which Mr.. Knutson
excells. Later in the evening the cake
was passed around with the necessities
that go with it. The party was an
impromptu affair and organized by
intimate friends of Mr.. Knutson at the
last minute and before his host of
friends in the city and along the line
of the D. & L R., could be notified
Before adjournment he was the re-
ceipient of the unanimous wishes of
those present for many happy returns
of the day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
MURN HEADS
BOY SCOUTS
Officers of Ely Scout Council
Elected Monday; Thomas
Murn, Chairman.

AT meeting Of the Ely Boy Scout
Council held at the Community Center
on Monday evening, officers for the year
were elected as follows:
Chairman-Thos. Murn.
Vice Chairman-W z. Engiund
Secretary-Ray Hoefler.
Treasurer-George Somero.
Commissioners j. Carey. Ben
8. Richards and William Mitchell
At the meeting it was also decided 70
instruct the delegates 70 the area
council meeting to take measures 20
affiliate the Ely Scouts with the Head
water Area Council at Hibbing pro-
viding the other cities and towns in
this area join the Headwater Council
as per their previously expressed de-
sire
It was thought, by the sentiment ex-
pressed at the meeting, that this move
would be highly beneficial to Scouting
in this city. Four troops are now IN
full swing here and it is expected that
several more viii be formed before
spring. It was also the sense of the
meeting that the troop leaders meet
and arrange for session of the Court
of Honor to make awards.
Scout leaders report enthusiastic
sessions of their several troops and
much interest IN Boy Scout lines
Literature vii be secured and placed
in the library to further augment the
interest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
Suomi Benefit Concert
PLeases Large Audience.

The benefit concert given by a mixed
choir from the Suomi Synod Lutheran
church of Virginia, directed by Waino
Nelimark. for the Suomi College of
Hancock, Michigan, last Sunday even
ing at the Washington Auditorium, was
largely attended and enjoyed by those
present
Supt. Quickstead of the Mountain
Iron schools wa sthe speaker, of the
evening. He spoke on the advantages
offered by this educational institution
and the valuable educational work
being done. He cited noted graduates
of the Suomi College in all fields of
endeavor
The choir sang several numbers.
Miss Christine Herranen gave vocal
solos and Mrs. o. Sarkipato gave
violin numbers. The choir of the local
Suomi Synod church also rendered
numbers. All were applauded and
forced to respond to encores.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
More Men on Road Work
This Winter Than Last

Trunk highway construction and
maintenance gave employment to 4,532
persons in Minnesota in December, ac-
cording to figures given out by Com
missioner c.. NJ. Babcock. The figure
includes all persons employed by the
department or by contractors on state
highway projects, but does not include
those engaged in furnishing material
or supplies for highway purposes
The number employed in December
is only about one-third as many as
during the peak of construction during
the summer, but it is more than double
the number employed last January,
when 1897 were on the payroIls. The
department has planned lettings SO as
to keep as many as possible at work
on grading and bridge jobs during the
winter
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
VALUATION OF
MINERAL LANDS
Assessed Valuation of Mineral
Lands In County Show
Decrease.

The value of mineral land in st
Louis County in 1881 was 500, 377, 758
decrease of $3,078.836 from 1880, ac-
cording to a report on the valuation OF
iron ore properties and taxes by Waite,
II. Bergen, county auditor
The total value of the real estate, in
Guiding minerals, was SOS, 1853 1877.
Value of the minerals taken from the
ground and classified as persona
property was $685., 127, an increase OF
s448, 373 over the 1880 figure OF
1854, 754.
Taxes, real and personal, assessed
against ore properties in 1881 totalec
s14, 327 1862 as compared with s14,.
938,71794 in 1890.
The taxes paid by mining property
owners in st. Louis county is more thar
half of the total paid-S22, 355, 613. 80.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
HIGH CLASS
MUSIC GIVEN
Concert by the High School
Orchestra Meets With
Favor.

Those who missed the concert at the
Auditorium by the High School Orches-
ira last week were the losers. The
concert was pronounced one of the
best musical events ever given in the
city and praises were showered on the
orchestra and its director, Frank "
DiNino.
In brief introduction before the
concert, Supt. W. E. Englund of the
schools informed the audience that the
orchestra was playing the highest class
of symphony music unabridged and
without Encouragement. The program
given bore out the statement of Supt
Englund
The program opened with the over
ture Mariana" the production of w
Vincent Wallace IN 1915 and again in
1865. This difficult opera showing the
influence of the Italian and French
styles, was followed by the "Andante
Contabile" by Tschaikowsky.
SECTIONS from the opera "Pagliacci'
by Leoncayallo was next on the pro-
gram. This opera won a sweeping
triumph when produced at the theatre
in Milan, Italy, in 1892. The orchestra
reproduced the difficult passages most
admirably. Symphony in D Major
found the musicians at their best in
the four movements of this Haydn
symphony.
Miss Ruth M. G. Mellby was the
vocal soloist of the day. She sang to
the accompaniment of the orchestra.
''Solvejg's Song" and It Love Thee"
from the Peer Gynt Suite No. u by
Greig was her offering. Miss Mellby
needs no superIatives by writer's on her
work. She gave her numbers in an
artistic manner. In her accompani-
ments the orchestra showed its adapta-
bility.
The closing number of the evening
was Sleeping Beauty Waltz from the
Ballet Suite by Tschaikowsky. In this
the same degree of efficiency was
shown as in the previous numbers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-01-29
County Will Lose On
Inheritance Tax RULING.

st. Louis county VIII lose hundreds OF
dollars annually because a Minnesota
statute governing inheritance tax COL
lections on Minnesota corporation
stocks owned by non-residents has been
invalidated b. the United States su-
preme court, according 70 Sheldon
Watts. clerk Of probate court
Several large estates IN recent years
have been involved under the statute.
The exact amount OF money involved
is not known. as no records for this
specific item are kept.
Formerly ST. Louis county could
assess an inheritance tax or sazTeS OF
stock in St Louis county corporations
which were part of the estate Of a de-
ceased nonresident.
TIE new ruling by the supreme court
holds that Only the state IN which the
owner of stock lived ar the time Of
his death can collect the inheritance
tax