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Evening star., 1932-09-12
SEIZED IN POLICE KILLING

CHARLESTON, s. c., September IL
R).-William Wallace, colored, cap
tured after one of the most extensive
manhunts in Charleston's history, was
said by police to have confessed yester-
day that he killed Policeman Lawrence
M. Strock and wounded John Henry
Meyer Saturday night.
Wallace was arrested early yesterday
as he sought to make his way to his
home after spending the night In a
clump of bushes. His capture closed a
search which had been conducted by
approximately 400 civilians, the entire
police force, Coast Guardsmen, Federal
prohibition agents and railway police.
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number Of tractors has increased from
47,455 to- 105,059 for an increase Of
1914 per cent in the same period.
The number Of farms reporting gaso-
line engines has increased from 1885,
632 in 1921 to 1855 in 1881, an in
crease of 1892 per cent.
There is one binder for every 1.69
farms and one threshing machine for
every 9.64 farms In Canada.
Last but not least-one Canadian
farm in six has a radio, one In 3.11 has
q telephone, one in 8.16 has water piped
to the kitchen and one in 20.17 has
water piped to the bath room.
Evening star., 1932-09-12
321 ,306 AUTOMOBILES
ON CANADA'S FARMS
Number Doubled in Last 10 Years.
Average One for Every 2.27
Families.

OTTAWA, Ontario.-Markets may be
bad for the farmer and prices low. but
the fact remains that there are 32I, ,306
automobiles on Canada's 728, ,623 farms,
which is one car for every 2.27 farms
The number Of cars has been doubled
in the last 10 years.
Ontario has more cars to the farm
than any other province, the average
being / for every 1.53 farms, and
age being one in every 5.106 farms.
The number of farms reporting trac-
tors in Canada has increased from a.
s78 in 1921 to 97,176 in 1881, an in
crease of 1913 per cent; similarly the
Evening star., 1932-09-12

Street fatalities in Edinburgh, Scot
land, are increasing.
Evening star., 1932-09-12
Glider Pilot Is Killed,

ENID, Okla, September IL R.-A
glider, crashing on the local airport
from a height of rs feet yesterday
killed its pilot, John Smebodnick, 38
Enid merchant and American Legion
leader. He had helped build it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-12

Then, of course, for those who like
to get at the bottom of things. there
are the private lives of public men
done into best sellers. exposing an
the terrible things they ever did or
thought of doing. which is great
help.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
LOCAL Y CAPTURES
VOLLEY BALL MEET
AnnexeS Four Matches to
Sweep BiCentenniaI lnvi-
tation Tournament.

~ RACK volley ballers of the
Central Y. M. C. A. last night
won a Bicentennial invitation
tournament on the courts here,
when they vsnquished the Wilkes
Barre, Pa, team in straight games in
the final, 15-3, 15-1l.
Washington twice defeated Wilkes
Barre during the tourney, which started
yesterday morning. The d. c. team
first turned the trick in the semi finals
of the championship competition,
1910. Isl, and then after the Penn
sylvanians had won in consolation play,
took them to camp again last night.
Washington captured four matches to
sweep honors. Slim Stanier was the
D. c. teams outstanding performer.
Other members Of the Washington COM
bination were Loehler, Lansford, HUNT,
D. Smith and Sampell.
Last nights triumph followed vic
tories by the D. c. team In an inter-
state competition and in a tri-city loop.
The Washingtonians now plan to enter
the national A. A. U. championships
soon TO be held in Philadelphia.
Other teams competing yesterday
were from Reading, York and Lancaster,
Pa, and Richmond and Roanoke, Va.
Following the final of the consolation
bracket banquet was held in the Y
assembly hall. when plans were made
to make the tourney an annual affair
and possibly name it the Cherry
Blossom tournament.
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Ducpn Rings Down Curtain Official Bong Campaign
duced to rs. q cut OF 10 from the start
ing number.

duced to rs. q cut OF 10 from the start
ing number.
The aspirants are: Pitchers, DeVoe
Meade. Babe Anderson, Forrest Meade,
Stanley Herman, James Campbell, Owen
CLANCY and Park MearS; catchers, Ted
DIV Glasgow, Robert White and Tom
Bresnahan; first basemen, Junior Bealor
and Sidney Lanier: second basemen,
Donald Mcdonald, Harold Brown, Hen
ry Eisenschmidt and Nathaniel Mos
tow: shortstops, William Cook and
Blaine Calhoun: third basemen. Charles
Shirley and William McClay, and out
fielders. Fred Miller, Philip Bowman.
Harvey Smith, John Lynham and VIII
liam Barker. Herman also plays first
base and DeVoe Meade and Anderson
the outfield.
There are five letter winners on the
squad. including Glasgow. DeVoe
Meade, Anderson, McClay and Miller,
The schedule:
Wednesdays High.
F'riday-Laurel High at Laurel (coun-
ty title game).
April 28-Western High.
April 29-Mount Rainier at Mount
Rainier county title game.
Nav 4-Tech High at Washington.
May 6-Laurel High County title
game.
May 7-Gonzaga.
May 1l-EpiScOpal High at Alexan-
dria.
May 13-Maryland Park at Maryland
Park county title game).
May I7-Maryland freshmen at Col
lege Park.
May 25-Western High at Western.
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BIC ANNUAL EVENT
OPENS TOMORROW
Squads in All Glasses viii See
Action on Drives at Con-
vention Hall.

TIME beginning of the official
end of the 1882 duckpin
l. bowling season will start
tomorrow at Convention
Hall when the curtain rises on
the last event of any Importance,
the Washington City Duckpin As
sociation's classified tournament.
Tomorrow'S singles. doubles and team
squads, albeit involving hundreds of
bowlerS will represent only a fraction
of the number who will have COM
peted at the end of the threeweek
tourney. Virtually every one of Wash
ington's mems duckpin leagues is rep
resented
Four hundred and ten teams, a record
entry by three, have been lined up by
Secretary Arville EberSole, whose I'M
tiring efforts brought forth amazing
results, for with nearly every other spe-
cial bowling event showing a deficit
as far as entries we're concerned, Eber-
sole carried on, undiscouraged, to make
this twenty-Second annual tourney the
biggest in history
Included in tomorrow'S squads will
be many bowlers quite capable Of set
ting up Sizable marks in all classes
A, B. c, D and E. Non-eXpert bowlers
will greatly outnumber the stars to-
morrow Not a single Glass A team is
scheduled to shoot, but there are sew
eral in the singles and doubles.
Among the we'll known pinshooterS
will be Frank Mschou, Hokie Smith
Freddy Moore, national mixed doubles
champion, with Lorraine GULL; Charlie
Young. Paul James and Ollie Webb
who shot Alb for the national team
champion, Silver Spring, in the re-
cent N. D. B. c. Tournament
Tomorrow's rolling will get under way
at 7:l5 pm, when the singles will be
started. Team bowling will start at
8, and doubles at 1915.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE CTAD
WASHINGTON again defeated
IN THE STAR.

WASHINGTON again defeated
w New York, 10 to 3, as Pitcher
Bob Groom was given fine sup
port. New York made eight errors.
Clyde Milan got three hits in four
tries The Nationals hit the ball
harder than at any time this season.
Ford, Warhop and Mcconnell pitched
for New York.
Dave White held Harvard to three
hits and Georgetown bested the
Crimson, to /. G. U. also got only
three bingles.
Eugene Mccormick has been elect
ed prt sident of the Intermediate ball
team Of the Boys Department of the
Central Y M. c. A., with Samuel
Miller captain. Other players are
Robert Kohr. Mark Showers, Leslie
Meyers, Clifford Cox, Edward Felt.
Samuel Miller, Herrell, Godson and
CarSwel
The Potomac Boat Club has elect
ed these officers: Charles G. Warden,
president; Wi:xhm c. Mckinney,
vice president; F. Russell Under
wood, treasurer: E. Richard Gasch,
secretary; John P. Evans, captain;
G. Arthur Bell, first lietenant; John
c. Mckinney, second lieutenant;
Claude R. Zappone, John J. Nolan
Douglas Spencer Bliss. Underwood,
Albert B. Dent, GaSch, William c.
Mckinney, Warden and John Had
ley Doyle, members of the board of
governors. The club will try to get
the Middle States regatta for Labor
day here
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AILING STARS HELP
TROJANS WIN MEET
Wykoff, Graber and Barber Prom
inent in Defeat of Olympic
Club.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
7 OS ANGELES, April 16.-Three all
- ing stars of the national cham
pionshtp University of Southern
California track team joined their more
sturdy mates today in winning a track
meet from the Olympic Club of San
Francisco. 91ls to 39la.
Frank Wykoff, recovering from back
injury and infected teeth, won the 100
yard dash In 98 seconds He continued
through the 100 meters in l0.6 seconds
equaling the Olympic record
Bill Graber, who has been out with
a sprained ankle, won the pole vault
at l3 feet 8 inches and might have
gone higher, except that his coach
Dean Cromwell, admonished him to
quit there.
Dick Barber, who has been suffering
with pulled muscle in one of his legs
won the broad jump as he pleased with
a best leap of "a feet inches.
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White, captain, is pitching; Lytton Glib
son. manager, shortStop; Paul Gibson,
catcher: James Anderson, first base;
Billy Brown, second base; Cecil Ear
mon. third base: James Trumble, cacr
te-held: Henry VawteI, left field; wes-
ley Martin, right field.
Harry LuSby has been pitching for
Mclean. as we'll as shifting to first
base; Wade Hansboro and Robert Ka-
del have been on third base. with Hans
boro relieving LuSby as pitcher: George
kerns. second base: Huron Strawser.
shortstop; Wesley Dodge. left field 1;
Charles Scriyener, centerfeld; Julian
Hansboro, right field, and Stanley
Thompson. catcher.
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NINE NOT YET PICKED
AT HYATTSVILLE HIGH
Will Open It's Campaign Against
Central Next Wednesday on
It's New Diamond.

HYATTSVILLE. Md, April l6.-A-
L l. though Hyattsville High Schools
base ball team opens its season
Wednesday against Central High
School of Washington on the schools
new field here. Coach Leland Worth
lngton has made little progress toward
selecting his flrSt-StringerS. The squad
has been handicapped by unfavorable
weather and lack of training grounds,
the schools diamond not having been
completed.
Hyattsville was to open its season
against Charlotte Hall here last We'd
nesday, but this game was postponed
as was contest with Maryland Park
High. scheduled yesterday. The latter
was an opening game Of the Prince
Georges County championship series.
The Maryland Park game will be
played ON a day next week to be set
and Hyattsville also will play Laurel
High at Laurel Friday in another title
game.
The Hyattsville squad has been re-
Evening star., 1932-04-17
D. C. TRAPSHOOTERS
WIN AT BALTIMORE
Lieut.. Williams High Scorer as
Team Evens Series With
Oriole Gun Club.

BALTIMORE, April Washington
Gun Club trapshots eyened a series with
Oriole Gun Club at three wins each,
when they downed the latter in both
singles and doubles at the traps here
this afternoon. A strong side wind
handicapped the scatter gunners.
Washington took the l0-man event,
S52 to 819, and the doubles, 178 to 1872.
Lieut. COmdr. F. P. Williams Of the
District of Columbia team was high in
both tests with SO hits out of 100 in
the singles and Al out OF so in the
doubles. He also won the first prize in
Glass A
The deciding match in the series will
be contested at the Washington clubs
traps at date in July to be announced.
Yesterdays scores:
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LEE-JACkS0N LEADS
IN FAIRFAX COUNTY
Tops 0akton, Falls Church and
Mclean in High School Dia-
mond Series.
EAIRFAx. Va. April 1s.-The secon,

EAIRFAX. Va. April 16,-The second
i round OF the series for the base
ball championship OF Fairfax
County high schools left Lee-Jackson
team at the head OF the list, each OF
the three other schools in the circuit
having lost one game
In the latest combats Lee-Jackson
trounced Mclean. 37-3. and Oakton
trimmed Falls Church. 7-3.
Lee-Jackson has Wade Lewis at cen
tert1eld; Vernon Daniels, shortstop:
Bill Lewis, pitcher: Herbert Sublett,
first base; Tommy MCGOWAN. second
base; Dick Ayres, third base; John
Hawes catcher; Frank Morris, right
field; Weaver Doyle, left field
ONeil Sutphin. captain OF the Oak
ton team, is catcher; Merle Twombley
pitcher; Charles Thompson, shortstop;
Darwin PortmesS, centerfield: Bruce
Mcclure, first base; Alton Moreland
second base; Stanley Dove. third base
Lowell Rely, left field; Millard Ed
wards, right field
In the Falls Church line up Victor
Evening star., 1932-04-17
LISTS DISTRICT ELEVENS
Gallaudet and Maryland on Wash
ington College Grid Card.

CHESTERTOWN, Md. April l6.-Gal-
laudet and Maryland appear on the To-
game foot ball schedule arranged for
Washington College for next Fall. Gal
laudet will be met in Washington Octo-
Der 8, and Maryland at College Park
September "a, in the opening contest OF
the season for both teams.
Delaware has been booked for the
final game of the campaign November
26, at CheStertoWn, marking renewal OF
natural rivalry.
Washington Colleges schedule fol-
lows:
September 24-Marylsnd at College Park.
october Johns Hopkins at Baltimore.
October 6rGallaudet at Washington.
October 15-Loyola at Baltimore.
October -SusQuehanna.
November 5 Mount ST. Mary's at EN-
November 5-Mount st. Mary's at En-
mtSburg.
November 12-Haverford at Haverford.
November l9-St JoSephs.
November 26-DelaWare.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
TAKE PIN 'STAKES,LEAD
Wolstenholmes Lead Brothers
Tourney With 1,214.

Jack and Glenn WolStenholme as
sumed the lead yesterday in the annual
Times Brothers Sweepstakes with an
aggregate score of 1,214 for 10 games.
Jack, the younger of the two, shot 6566,
while Glenn rolled 558. 1t was Glenns
first appearance on the drives in some
time.
Second place was taken by Louis and
Joe Pricci. who shot 1908. Louis got
581 and zoe 627. Niva and Louis Bon
brest we're third with 1,l73, Harry and
Perce Wolfe fourth with l,170 and
Henry and oscar Hiser fifth with l,l68.
The rolling took place on the Be
thesda and Recreation alleys. The event
will wind up next Saturday, when the
two squads will switch alleys.
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TYPO T0SSERS START
Union Printers Add Promising Re

Union Printers Add Promising Re-
cruitG TO Veteran Players
Union Printers base ball squad viii
hold its first drill this afternoon on the
EllipSe at 1880 o'clock.
Most Of the former mainstays along
with several newcomers Of proved worth
will be on the job and the Typos figure
they have fine chance of successfully
defending their international title at
the tourney to be held in August In St.
Paul. and also Of grabbing honors In
league play here.
Ed Lovery again is managing kass
team
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SILVER SPRING LEADING
outrolls Baltimore All-Stars by
3.o3O-2.e75 as Match Opens.

Silver Springs national championship
duckpin team outScored Kings All
Stars of Baltimore, 5000 to 2.975, in
the first half block of a l0-game home
and-home series last night on the Sill
yer Spring alleys.
Charley Watson of the winners took
individual honors with a 662 set in
Guiding games of lat, 103, 1l6, Isl
and las
The scores.
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YALE VICTOR AT POLO.

NEW YORK. April 16 L4o).-Yale Uni
versity's powerful team rode roughshod
over the high-goal Los NanduceS COM
bination, national open champions. to-
night to remain in running for the 1882
open title. The score was 91s to o..
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TOmOrrOw's List
For Pun Tourney
SINGLES-7:l5 PM.
TEAMS PM.

ri Gunton Temple North WASHINGTON;
3s Fruit Growers Express. Takoma PIX.
az Heller Plating Co. Jewelers.........
% Galt's, jewelers.. ..-.... ...-......
81 Burec Transportation Building .....
90 American Rwy. Assn, Trans. BLDG.
80 Alibis. Trans. Bldg ...............
81 Ground Hogs Trans. BLDG. ..........
as Naval Research Lab, Southeast .....
IS Cathedrals, Takoma. ma..........,..-...
81 La Billie. Sanico o.....................
SO Hendricks. Sanico Observation-Disclosures.
80 Surface. B. p. E..................
40 Construction, Vet Administration.
Al Engineers, Vet. Administrstion ....,,
q Legion, p. P & E...................
43 Income, Valuation Ex x...............t
~ Division AZ Patent once. ............
As Penn Electric. Merchants. .-.........
46 Kapneck Electric. MerchantS........
~ Book OF Washington. Saturday Night
46 Saturday NiRhterS. Saturday Night.
~ De Molay, Saturday Night ...........
so KtVanis. Civic Observation-Disclosures.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
DOUBLES Es-l0:lS PM.
DUNBAR EASY WINNER

Dunbar High Schools base ball team
yesterday downed Miner Teachers nine
Is to 5, In the Dunbar Stadium. TIE
winners will meet the Howard Univer
sity freshmen Wednesday In the Dun
bar Stadium.
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Summaries.
Championship Competition,

FIRST ROUND-Wilkes- Barre defeated
Roanoke. l5-6. l5-l2: Richmond defeated
York. 15--3. l2-l5 l5-5; Lancaster defeat
ed Reading, 15-4. 1913; Washington drew
q bye
SECOND ROUND-Wilkes- Barre defeated
Richmond, l5-5, 49,; Washington defeated
SEMI-FINALS.Washin defea ted wilkes
Barre. 1910. 15-7.
CHAMPIONSHIP WASHINGTON de-
feated WilkeS-Barre. l5-3. l5-1l.
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Consolation Cnmnetitinn.

FIRST ROUND-Roanoke eliminated York,
l5-12, l5-6; Lancaster eliminated Reading.
sECoSD ROUSD-Richmond eliminated
Roanoke. 1914. l5-12
MI-FINALs-Lancaster eliminated Rich
mond 15-ll, 1913.
FINAL-Wilkes sBsrre eliminated Lancaster
l5-4 l5-l2
Evening star., 1932-04-17
WORKS FAST MILE.

NEW YORK, April 16 P.-Top
Flight c. V. Whitney's Kentucky Derby
hope, gave the railbirds at Belmon;
Park something to talk about today as
she breezed a mile In l "A
Evening star., 1932-04-17

Centennial blew a great chance to
gain on Parker in the Masonic League
race when the leader dropped three
games TO Pentaloha. But the best Gen.
tennial could do was take one from
Hope, leaving Parker considerably in
front.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
NNE victory in their six remaining

ONE victory in their six remaining
~ games is all the Rendezvous girls
need to clinch the championship
of the Women's District League. Then
Columbia. in second place. even If it
should win all Of its nine remaining
games. could not even tie.
Margaret Miltner's 156 game. an all
time District League record, was the
feature Of the weeks rolling. She had
Q triple header strike and two spares.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
COLORED MATMEN BUSY
Twelfth Street Y Meets Baltimore
Team Here Tomorrow.

1CdIII 11C1C 4 4OIIIOI IO"s
WreStlers OF the Twelfth Street
Y. NJ. c. A. will engage grapplers of the
Baltimore Y here tomorrow night.
Chief Brown of Washington and
James of Baltimore will meet in the
feature
Others on the card include William
Moore, Jerry Terry, Rufus Collins,
Rough House Gordon. Norman Jenkins,
Ted Adams, Billy Hunter, Red Plume,
Jim Rowe and John Frye.
Evening star., 1932-04-17

THE Beeques caught up to the Colum-
J. bians last week by scoring a sweep
over Veterans ureau while the
Columbians were losing one to the Hill
toppers. Billie Butler starred in the
Beeques' win with a 342 set.
Lonnie Krauss and his staff at the
Columbia are sweeping the dust off the
rafters in preparation for the largest
bowling crowd of the year there.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
CHIPS FROM THE
MAPLEWAYS
DEADLoCKED for the lead, Colum-

DEADLOCKED for the lead, Colum-
- bians and Beeques Tuesday will
oppose University Park and Keenas
respectively, in the final nights rolling
in the Washington Women's League at
the Columbia.
OF the two, Columbians appear to be
in for more trouble as the University
Park quint, with Lorraine GULL rolling
anchor, have been dangerous at times.
In the event OF a tie, Columbians
would win first place as they have a
big margin in total pinfall over the
Beeques.
Evening star., 1932-04-17

A season record for high individual
set was established and broken by two
teammates on the Bureau of Mines team
in the Department of Commerce League
Hargett rolled a 403 total for a new
mark. A couple of minutes later Devlin,
on the same team, pulled up with 406
total
Evening star., 1932-04-17

COME fancy scoring featured the
~ weeks shooting in the Womens
Federal League Irene Scott and
Pauline Ford of the Marines rolled 37l
and 368 respectively, Mrs. Ford's set in
eluding 143 game and five strikes.
The other outstanding bit of work was
the l $50 team set rolled by Agriculture
Evening star., 1932-04-17
DOUBLES,

Total ........ 17s Total ......... 1872
Evening star., 1932-04-17

~ RACK volley ballers Of the
Central Y. M. c. A. last night
y 4 won a Bicentennial invitation
Milford chronicle., 1932-05-27
FREDERICK

The Sunshine Society will hold q
bake on Saturday, beginning at 9 a
m, in Hopkins meat store. Come
out and aid worthy cause.
The commencement exercises OF
the eighth grade will be held in the
new school building. The furniture
is still arriving and it is expected
that the entire equipment will soon
be here.
The present staff of teachers has
been employed for next year as fol-
lows: principal, Felix w. Mick; Miss
Evelyn Long, Mrs. Eleanor Mick,
Miss Edith M. farrell, Mrs. Annie
B. Harrington and Mrs. Alice G.
Melvin.
Lester Hall, who has been receiV-
ing treatment at Hahemann Hos
pital, is much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Reynolds Robbins
entertained at dinner last Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. C. V. Robbins of Will
mington, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harry
Latchum and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hopkins of Milford, Mr.. Theodore
Deale of Virginia and Miss Pauline
Cahall of Lewes.
Mrs. Louder Belts, who recently
had an operation in the Milford
Emergency Hospital, is improving at
this time.
Mrs. Samuel Bostic spent the
weekend at tlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Mick and sons,
Felix and Frank, Mrs. A. M. Melvin
and ATrc Anpia ID LIarr;,,otov, ,r;e
tied the circus in Wilmington on
Friday evening.
Mrs. Stanley P. Lee, of Troy, New
York, Mrs. Robert Hayden, of New
Brunswick, N. j., and Mrs. John B.
Conner of Magnolia, were guests of
Mrs. Sallie Williams last Friday.
Mrs. C. w. Wharton, of Ruther-
ford, N. j., spent several days last
week with Mrs. Herman Vinyard.
Hamilton Patterson, of Delmar,
Harry Patterson and Mr.. and Mrs.
S. r. Blocksom, of Philadelphia, Wis
tied their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Patterson, last week.
Miss Mary Torbert and Miss Mar
garet Smith, of FELTON,, were guests
of Miss Sara Williams over the week.
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson Denney and
sons, of Marcus Hook, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Sapp, here and Oak Orchard.
Baseball has been revived again
with all the enthusiasm of previous
years. On Memorial Day we have |
two games with the strong Vandever |
team from Wilmington. They were |
down last year and enjoyed the trip |
down the state so we'll that they |
booked these games very early in
the season.
IF the fans wish to witness a
couple of good games the opportun-
ity is offered them. The following
report by the baseball reporter,
William Prouse, is very interesting.
Frederick defeated Harrington last
Saturday 2 to 1, in a well played
game.