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The Washington times., 1932-10-04
Not 10O-to--1 Shot

, Wiley Moore, mind you, is
probably the very worst hitter
1who ever wore a major league
uniform. There may possibly
. have been worse than Wiley
at the bat, but the culprit
doesn't come to mind.
: Yet, out of three times at
bat in the series, he gets a
hit for a 1893 average, some
thing that wasn't even a 100
toll shot ha& anybody brought
the matter up before the series.
Moore you know, is the fel-
low Babe Ruth bet one spring
$100 he wouldn't get two hits
all season. Moore had one hit
up to about September 20 that
year and on September 81, got
. his second and last hit of the
season, to say nothing Of Ruth'S
century.
+. Finally, and it sticks out in
the composite box score like
an airway beacon in the night,
that error of Babe Ruth's in
the first game which he made
before the series was five min
utes old, struck me as sort Of
uncanny. Ruth's errors in reg
ular play or world series play
either, are so few and far be-
tween it sort of froze me when
he let English's hit get through
him the second play of the
series. Did it you?
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
DUB BOWLERS
GLITTER

While the stars were making
duckpin history on one set of
Temple alleys. the dub" bowlerS
in the Temple Minor League
were also doing themselves proud.
Sunrise Bakery chopped out a
SIT team game. the Wild Turan-
ians threw in SIS and the
Times-Herald crew had $40. The
Times-Heraldians had 1641 set
for a, new league record.
Arthur Moore started off like
a house afire with games of 143
and 1874, but a 81 final game
robbed him of a coveted 400"
George Pappas had a 149 game,
but couldn't do anything there
after, finishing up with 351.
Jack Wright led the jewelers.
League with a 373 set and IA
game. Art Kleisath, with set
of 1856 and 145 game, topped the
Federal League rollers. G. P. o.
pitched in a GIL game and 1776
set to make it memorable
evening.
whip" Iitchfield continued
his hot hand with a 400 set in
the Masonic League. Charlie
Bernhardt'S 372 and Sweeney's
141 shone brightly in the Dis
trict Government loop.
Thorn Means Shoes collected
a SCI game and 1893 set to
stand out in the Merchants
League,
The Washington times., 1932-10-04

.By KIRK MILLER
Series in Retrospect
Had Its Odd Spots
Ruth's Early Error
But TIUO Sacrifices
TUO Stolen Bases
Wiley MOOre'S Hit

am not one to deal with statistics records To
they very dry reading customary feel that per
haps others would prefer gaze upon different data than
supplied by figures
But the long, hot journey back from Chicago after
had read all of the of the papers and done the
word puzzles in sheer desperation get my mind off
the tedium of 20 hours the tra rsked my eye
the composite box score, and things which
at least impressed as being unusual I don't claim
they records because don't like records anyway and
often, say others don't but couple of the
things the composite reflected unusual and
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
/ AS
POWERFUL
ELEVEN
BY HARRY COSTELLO


Mr.. Frank Thomas, footballs
first great running guard at Notre
Dame, who now coaches the Grim
son Tide of Alabama, writes q
newsy letter.
IL could bring to Washington
for the George WaShingtOn-Ala-
bama game a squad of so men,"
pens frankie. at is possible
that 1 will do so, but not
probable.
"Were 1 to bring the so play
erS they would weigh a total of
11,OO4 pounds, an evarage of
1873 pounds. Out of the so men
on the squad, IL scale 200
pounds or over.
"As you undoubtedly know,
have power and plenty of it.
However, 1 can uncOrk deception
as well, if necessary.
'Bill Lee, one If my tackles,
Is the heaviest man on the
squad. He scales 218. Bellini,
q quarterback, is the ligbteSt
man. He weighs only 135.
POWERFUL TACKLES
"YOu mention tackles. How
about these tackles-LaSlie and
GOdfree? They average 200
pounds. Then 1 have Jim
Dildy and Charlie Mari. They
average 212 pounds. Exclusive
of these, / have Lee, Barker
and Hundertmark. They aver
age just under 200 pounds.
Four of the seven tackles men,
toned average s feet in height.
Laslie and GOdfree are last
years regulars. They are vet
eran men and cause me small
worry. There is still Lee to
mention. He is a tackle, too,
and a varsity tackle at that.
He normally weighs 21S.
81 know you will hail John
Cain as one of the greats of
the game along with Thorpe,
Gipp and Nevers. He is versatile.
He kicks leftfOoted and throws
left-handed, and how. Watch
him kick!
WATCH JOHN CAIN
eff the people of Washington
knew the sort of football player
this fellow Cain is, they would
flock to the park Saturday to
see him perform. If Cain is not
one of the best five football
players of this modern game,
then I know nothing of football
and football players"
Frankie's letter tells all about
his team. Between the lines one
can read that all Alabamans fig
ure they have a national cham
pionship team in the making. The
Crimson Tide anticipates real COM
petition from George Washington.
Some notion of the sort Of team
which will face G. w., Saturday,
in Griffith Stadium, may be
gained from the following para
graph from a letter written by q
Georgetown University alumnus
who lives close to Tuscaloosa:
"ThiS 1882 Crimson Tide will
be right up there with NOtre
Dame, Northwestern, Michigan,
Stanford, Southern California
and Harvard battling for the
mythical national champion
ship. Personally, / do not see
how any of the great teams can
be superior to Alabama. The
basic necessity of successful foot
baIl-pOwer-is in the Crimson
Tide team to a greater degree
than it can possibly be in the
others. When you see Alabama,
ON October 8, in Washington,
you will understand what I
mean. Alabama is a sensational
team and one which is worth
going miles to See."
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
COucci Suspended
At Laurel Track

LAUREL. Md, Oct. 4.-Silvio
Coucci, star jockey. was under
suspension today as the Maryland
Racing Commission considered
charges againSC him. He was &C.
cused of grabbing the saddle
blanket of Chleodair as he
reached from his mount, Lucky
Racket, while coming down the
back stretch.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
WeN-KnOwn Dancer
Pockets $4,000 By
Yankee Sweep

+ NEW YORK, Oct. A.
"Feather Foot" Bill Robinson,
= the colered tap dancer, is the
greatest Yankee fan in the
land.
Bill bet $4,000 against $4,000
that the Yankees would win
four in a row. He refused to
work during the world series,
and was out every day to root
for the Yankees.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
Soccer Loop Meets
Tomorrow NiQht

The Capital City Soccer League
will meet at O'Clock tomorrow
night at the playground office,
District Building, instead of to-
night as originally announced.
The Columbia Heights soccer
team will gather at the Arcadia
at 1880 tomorrow. All players
and candidates are urged to at
tend.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
ELLSWORTH Vines
In TI0O Matches

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Oct.
4-EllSworth Vines, American and
Wimbledon net champion, was to
appear in two matches here to-
day. Vines, en- route to Australia
.On his honeymoon, will meet
Jiro Satoh, japanese ace, in a
'three-Set match, and will team
with Keith Gledhill in a doubles
clash against Ed Levy and Phil
Neer, Coast and State champions.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
Jim Corbett Turns
Ring Promoter
At Jamaica

NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-Jim
Corbett branches forth tonight
as an honest-to-goodness boxing
promoter. Jim opens tn e
Jamaica arena with his name
on top as boss of the shebang.
It is the first time in the
former heavyweight champions
career that he has elected to
take Up the trials Of a pro-
moter.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
TUO Feature Races
Ton WhiDpet Card

Two whippet stakes will fea-
ture the Southern Maryland
Whippet Association S-event pro-
gram at Chesapeake Beach Sat-
urday.
The headline race is the $3.50
derby at 200 yards which will
draw six of the speediest dogs
in the east
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
COURT OFFICIALS MEET

The D. C. Board of Approved
Basketball Officials Association
will hold it's initial meeting of the
year tonight at 8 o'clock in the
offices of j. R. Daily, ITO Four
teenth st. N. w. Discussion of
the new rules will be the principal
subject of the conference.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
Gridder
Fi0htS Pneumonia

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 4.
It was a different sort of game
that Myron Ubl, star University
of Minnesota halfback. was play
ing today.
Life, not victory on the gridiron,
was the stake as the Gopher gladi-
ator lay on a bed in University
Hospital, putting up a game, but
losing, battle against the ravages
Of double pneumonia.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
4O-Lb. Cake Rewards
E. u. GridderS for
Victory

AS a reward for Saturdays
gridiron rout of City College, a
Catholic University admirer,
who prefers to keep his identity
a secret, baked a 40-pound cake
for the Cardinal gridderS.
Last night 35 hungry ath-
letes, with Athletic Director
Dutch" Bergman welding the
knife, "cut themselves a piece
of cake and made themselves at
home.'
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
Jess Petty Opposes
NeLDnrk Bears TOdnu

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. 4.
Jess Petty, left-handed veteran,
was Manager DOME Bush's choice
for mound duty on behalf of
the Minneapolis MillerS in to-
days resumption of the little
world series against the Newark
Bears.
The minor league baseball
classic stood deadlocked with two
games each to the credit
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
PetrOLLe viii Bat
For RGY Miller

NEW YORK. Oct. 4.-Ray
Miller will not face Tony Can
zoneri at Ebbets Field tomorrow.
The Chicago left-hook star suf-
fered a badly bruised nose in
training and Frankie Petrolle, of
Fargo, N. D., has been substituted
in. his stead,
The Washington times., 1932-10-04

The gang which caused all the
furor last night will take the Lucky
Strike drives tonight in the Temple
Hand Laundry lineup in a Ma
tional Capital League match
against a stronger King Pin crew.
Hokie Smiths boys are out for
revenge.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04

There were but two sacrifice
hits in the series. There were
two dozen, oh we'll, make it a
dczer. sr0tS In the series where
a sacrifice hit seemed to us
like the smart thing to try,
but only two were forthcoming
and that is the kind of base
ball teams are playing these
days and times.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
HISERMEN PLAY

The HiSer's All Stars and Dora
mines will play the final game of
their series Sunday at 3 o'clock
in the Riverdale Park. Each team
has won q game.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
PIGS CLOSE SEASON

Dixie Pigs baseball team has
concluded its 1882 season after a
fine year. The pigs won the In
dustrial League championship and
finished second in the Capital
City League unlimited section.
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
Temples Record 712 Game
Marked by Consistency
Bv >GINO SINH

That Numbering IT, CentraSouth Atlantic record team
game of the Northeast Temple in the District Duckpn League
last nieht q remarkable example of consistency
The Washington times., 1932-10-04
PLAY FIELD BALL

Mt. Rainier High School opens
its girls field ball season against
Maryland Park at Mt. Rainier
today.
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BAR GROUP TO MEET

ITO Be Continued
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

quietly. well, guess III be moving
on" He reached the door.
"Chilelp
'fYeah?"
"Saccarelli's crazy about the Kids
sister"
Young Moran?"
"Young Moran. seen them
dancing. He's almost in love with
ner. 1 wouldn't accuse him of be-
ing entirely in love with any one
though-except the empress of
PeTul"
Chile stared. Empress? Going
in for high life, is he? The son OF
a gunl"
Buck swaved a hand explanator-
lily. That's the name he gave the
diamond, Chile. Empress of Peru.
Peru amt had no empress. see?
Well, the trade amt never had no
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diamond like this one. That's how
1 figure it."
Chile nodded. 'tI see"
WELL" Buck turned briskly to his
desk once more for a last minute
accounting. He glanced about to
add, Sooner or later Steve Will
show the diamond to this girl of his.
Women love diamonds. Savvy?"
81 savYy."
Zine. Keep the Kid occupied
with any phoney job you can think
Of and pay him fifty smackers a
week. Toss in a present Of some
clothes. Supply him with theater
tickets and introduce him to some
good-looking danes.
Sooner or later, he's going to
tell us where the little old empress
hides out. See?"
well" Chile smiled broadly,
now that you mention it, Buck, l
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Two hundred twenty carats, Chilel
What a stonel"
"Where'd. he get it?"
Game by it honestly-thst's the
funny part. He's offering it on the
open market and we've got to get
i'll"
Chile stood up. stretching his
huge length with a spreadeagle
motion that filed the room.
How we going 20 get it? How
we going to get rid of it, if we lay
our hands on it? Ever think Of
that?"
Buck Harkins swung his chair
around and eyed Chile. Say, for
half million I could get rid Of the
city hall, wrapped Up in tissue paper
with a red ribbon on it."
Chile returned his glance specula-
lively. Il believe you," he decided
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BrGrN HERE TODAY


MONA MORAN, receptionist in WaH
Street law office, goes with her child
hood sweetheart. STEVE SACCARkLLi,
70 q popular supper resort. the HalcYon
Club.
Mona supports her Invalid father,
mother, little sister, KITTY, and ne er-
do-well brother. BUD. steve has been
lnysteriously absent for three years. lie
has returned, well dressed and prosper
Gus
with no thought OF improperly. he
has ordered a gown and wrap sent to
Mona, which. after much inoeciSion,
At the Office that day Mona has met
BARRY TOWNSEND. rich and socially
Prominent. but refused his invitation TO
dine with him.
Bud Moran comes % the Halcyon Club
70 see BUCK HARKINS. the proprietor.
who has underworld connections Mona
aces her brother and fears he is asso-
eiating with gangsters. Steve tries TO
quiet her fears
LOTTIE CARR. fashion model, dis
misses her escort and Joins Mona and
Steve. Then Stcve's business partner
arrives. lie proves to be Barry Town
send.
Barry tells Mona how steve. years
before. had befriended him, how together
they sailed for South America and have
been operating a diamond mine that
Townsend inherited.
NOW co on WITH THE STORY
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CHAPTER ELEVEN

Tor the rest of the evening,
n Mona was all gaiety She had
determined to put her worries aside
and not spoil Stoves party.
During a dance with him she
slipped away to telephone her
home. Bud answered and his voice
was casual, satisfying.
Yes, he'd been working. Sure, he
was in now for the night. What?
Oh, eating a sandwich. Yeah. Be
home little later would she?
Well, that was okay. He'd leave a
light.
Mona turned away from the tele-
phone relieved. But was home and
apparently staying there. His voice
had seemed as innocent as Kitty's
might have been.
The four young people danced at
the Club Morgan, exchanging part
ners with gay, flattering banter that
made each girl feel certain that Sc
cretly each man would have pre-
terred her to the other
Then they drove swiftly through
the park in Steve's car to the latest
and smartest club in Harlem and
danced again.
More like home, eh?" Barry
laughed over his shoulder at Steve,
as gorgeous cafe au lait dancer in
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"a moment lighting a cigaret and
slipped beneath the wheel.
Mona, watching, knew that he
would wait until she had time to
climb the three flights so that the
creaking Of the door and the start
ing of the motor car would not be
simultaneous.
She tried not to worry about Bud
as she saw, gratefully, that he was
asleep in his room. She reflected
that Steve's interest in the matter
would help her a lot.
Il
DACK at the Halcyon Club, Buck
ID Harkins was finishing a long
talk with Chile.
yeah. Saccarelli offered a dia-
mond for sale. Diamond Of the
first water, Chile. Blue as steel
Bigger than the Regent Of Portugal.
Bigger than the Star of the South.
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ARQK
a DAY,
BY BRUCE CATION

A PREFACE TO DEATH" by
L N Fred Rothermell, is thought
ful, excellently written, rather grim
book about the odd things that peo-
pie do with themselves when they
discover that they have only short
time to live.
1t is chiefly the story of DR.. Vor-
dorm, director of an eastern univer-
sity's astronomical observatory, who
has to go to a sanitarium in New
Mexico to be treated for tuberculo-
sis.
DR.. Vondorn lives only for his
work. He finds the sanitarium a
fearful bore. Contrary to his doc
tors instructions, he insists on writ
ing a book on astronomical research
while he is there.
Then, to top it off, he falls in
love with a woman patient in the
santarium, an artist, leaves the
place with her and establishes a re-
treat in a desert cabin.
Both lovers are dying. Neither will
submit to the regimen which alone
can bring back health. He loves her
sincerely, yet he puts his work
ahead Of her precisely as he did
with his wife, and in the end he
finds little more contentment with
her than he did with the woman he
deserted.
His one moment of true happiness
comes when he drags himself, on
the very eve Of his death, to a
desert observatory and makes a
pathetic effort to get back into the
old harness again.
Mr.. Rothermell has created a
strange, complex character and has
succeeded splendidly in bringing
him to life.
His best achievement, however, is
the atmosphere he has thrown over
the whole book. You won't find it
light or pleasant reading, but it has
a lot of power.
It is published by Little, Brown &
90. and sells for $3.50.
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THEY TELL ME'
Hsyttrc ~
If5T1lrINl,91A

Tor years the state highway COM
l. mission has been making the
people take it on the chin and like
it.
But now that closed corporation,
which has been ruling legislatures
with an iron hand, is on the re-
ceiving end and can't take it.
If nothing else, this special session
of the general assembly has proved
that Indiana isn't being run as
private game preserve for road ma
terial and machinery interests.
And the real credit for the victory
should go to an aroused public
opinion, which using the voice of a
police siren or crack of thunder i'm
pinged its demands upon the legis-
lative organ jestingly termed the
brain.
The people you'll hear more
about them in campaign speeches.,
who have been taking it with a grin
ever since the highway commission
was created, with the assistance of
DELPHI McKesson of Plymouth,
Democratic house floor leader, have
landed a couple of rights and lefts
on those gentry and you should
hear the squeals.
y
MEKesson's use of public opinion,
and the legislative club of hold
ing up the senates pet bills until
action was taken on his measures,
has enabled the people to obtain
passage Of two bills which will send
half Of the gas tax and auto license
funds back to counties, cities and
towns to provide work on local road
projects and to refund bond issues.
The highway departments $24,-
100000 jackpot, used to throttle any
attempt to investigate and purge it's
activities, will be sliced to $12,000,-
0G0. And thus the first step is taken
in the campaign to make the COM
mission the servant, and not the
master of the people.
Arrogant and powerful with its
millions, and 10000 directly and in
directly on the pay roll, the high
way commissioners and the paving
material machinery lobbyists were
confident that, although the bills
had passed the house, they would
die in the senate.
II n
Legislators were threatened that
if they voted for the measures, no
roads would be allocated to the
counties they represent and the fact
that 5000 people hired by the COM
mission and 5000 by the contractors
cut some ice in an election was
mentioned readily and often.
For the first time since Indiana
awoke to a realization that the
highway commission ran the legis-
lature, the threats failed.
Even the senate, usually so &C
quiescent to the vested interests and
the powers that be, disregarded the
club and the bills now await the
signature of Governor Leslie.
If he attempts to run counter to
aroused public opinion and vetoes
the bills, it is Safe to predict that
they will be repassed so quickly that
his head will swim.
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Negro Attorneys to Hold National
Convention Thursday.

Nationally known leaders Of their
race will appear on the program
Of the Negro National Bar Asso-
citation convention. which will meet
in indianapolis Thursday to Sat-
urday.
The Marion County Lawyers Club
will be host to the visitors.
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Now indeed were the great Alali shes
troubled The leader paced to and fro max
ing hideous faces Suddenly she halted.
"Comel" she signaled. When she started to-
ward the forest they trooped behind her-au
but the PROSTATE woman.
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PAGE
HUNTS MATE; INJURED
Cuts Arm in Attempt to Break Up
Alleged Triangle.

Severe cut on the right arm was
incurred Sunday night by a wife
when she broke the glass in a door
while attempting to break up an
alleged triangle.
The wife, Mrs. Minette Shroyer.
of s25 North Gladstone avenue, said
she went TO % South Cruise street,
where she charges her husband,
Jack Shroyer, was in the company
of another woman. She smashed the
door glass when refused admittance
Police found no one at the address.
Mexico produces more silver than
any other country in the world,
exporting almost all of its output.
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do see. A $3.50 split, Buck, eh?"
'.Fifty-fifty. Chilel" Buck nodded
Like always"
Outside the door Chile lighted a
cigaret NEGATIVELY. Like always.
Yeahl''
ITO Be Continued
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Young City Man Started
Practice Last July.

Funeral services for Dr. Jean r.
La Vanchy 25, formerly of Indian
apolis. who committed suicide Sun
day night in his office in Carthage,
Ind, will be held at 2 Wednesday
afternoon at the George mccarthy
undertaking establishment in Fort
vile. Burial will be at Fortville.
La Vanchy's body was found a
short time after visit by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. La
Vanchy, living on East Ninety sixth
street. Poison was the cause of
death. No motive was assigned to
/ the act.
A graduate of the Indiana univer-
| Syit school of medicine and of Tech
nical high school, Dr.. La Vanchy
served interneship at the city hos
pltal. and opened his office in
Carthage in July.
Survivors. in addition to the par
ents. are a brother, Robert P. La
Vanchy, and three sisters, Miss Iva
La Vanchy of the Ninety-sixth
street address; Mrs. c. 0. Ross of
Greenwood, and Mrs. Effie Dawson
of Tucson, Ariz.