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Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
GROVES PITCHING MAKES HIM s
SPORTS HERO OF THE WEEK

natural curve and his speed that
after a few games the Martinsburg
club of the Blue Ridge league per-
suaded him to jump the semi-pro
team. After six games with Mar
tinsburg, of which he won 3 and
lost 3, Grove was sold to the Bal
timore, International league club.
Makes Quick Jump
So in less than year after he
first curled his long fingers around
baseball he skyrocketed from the
town baseball to the Glass AA's.
After five years with Baltimore,
Connie Mack purchased Grove Tor
sos 900, one of the highest prices
ever paid for any ball player.
Grove is a smarter pitcher, II not
better pitcher, than he was few
years ago. He used to throw IS per
cent fast balls.
II have learned my lesson" ne
said recently. II realize there are
eight other players on the team.
Now I only throw about 10 to 10
per cent fast balls. I rely more on
my curve and control. Tn not try
ing for any more strikeout records,
either -.
Grove has one outstanding eccen-
tricity. He will not pose for pic
ture the day he pitches. Any other
time he'll pose as long as the CAM
eraman's plates hold out.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY

CHICAGO, Aug. THE sports
hero of the week was Robert Moses
Grove, southpaw of the Philadel-
phia Athletics, because he BANKED
the New York Yankees, 8 to O, and
snapped the greatest scoring streak
In major league history. Until Grove
stopped the world champions they
had scored in 308 straight games
since August, 1881.
Grove, now 80 and one of the
greatest pitchers of all time, never
had baseball in his hand until he
was 10. He was a glass-blower in
his home town of Homecoming, Md,
when a strike put him out of work
He took up baseball because he
couldn't find anything else to do
"You are big and lanky and ought
to be a good first baseman," one OF
his friends told Grove in 1920
"Come over and play on our semi
pro club"
After three or four games the
semi-pro manager converted him
Into pitcher. All of the other in
fielders protested that every time
Grove threw a ball it had break
on it. They didn't want their fling
ers busted up by Groves curves.
You're miscast, Grove said the
manager, from now on you're
pitcher
Grove was so successful with his
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
BY JACK CUDDY

United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Aug. Z. tU.P;-The
Philadelphia Athletics, the wreck
ers' of the American league, threat
en- to blast the pennant hopes OF
Washington or the New York Yam
KEGS, although they retain virtually
no pennant chances themselves.
Connie Mack's outfit has inject
ed an additional hazard into the
flag chase for both the Senators
and the Yanks, because it is play
ing brand of baseball that might
be hailed as championship were the
AS not 10 games behind the second
place Yanks and Is behind the
leading Senators.
In their last four starts, the Ath-
letics walloped the Yankees three
times in a row at New York, and
then trounced the Senators at
Washington yesterday. Despite the
absence of Simmons. Dykes and
Haas, they looked like champions,
making As hits, 43 runs and only
one error in the four contests.
Launching a 13-hit attack OH
Chapman, Thomas, Russell and
Burke, the Athletics downed the
Senators, IL to 8.
The Yanks gained on Washing
ton by shading Boston, S to 4, aided
by George Uhle's excellent relief
pitching and three Boston errors.
Detroit replaced Cleveland at
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
Editorial Page
and
Features
IGNORING UNENF0RcEABLE Law

IN ONE day at Yuma last week, 10 mar
] riage licenses were issued.
Of the 20 principals concerned in the
licenses, II were from California. Each
of the other three principals was marry
ing Californian.
On another day Is licenses were is
sued, only one of the 26 principals not
being from California
CALIFORNIA; law, requiring persons de-
string to be married to wait three days
for the license to be issued, after appli-
cation for it has been made, is respon-
sible for the heavy California patronage
in Yuma.
In the opinion of many the state law
is a good one. Others hold that it is not
a desirable law, for its purpose is ig-
nored by those wishing to get married
in hurry They merely go to Arizona,
to Nevada, Oregon or Mexico, any one of
these places being a short journey from
any point in California, thanks to our
modern means of rapid transportation.
The purpose of the law was to prevent
so-called "gin marriages. or those at
fairs where the contracting parties, in
spired by alcoholic stimulation, might be
induced to enter matrimony.
Yet has anyone the right to assume
that these Yuma marriages, for instance,
are so inspired? Can anyone state with
any semblance of certainty that they
will be less permanent than those con-
tracted in California? Has CALIFORNIA;
divorce total been decreased because of
the law?
The residents of California who go out
side the state to be married do so be-
cause they find the three-day law incon-
venient to their plans. They pay taxes
in California but they must go outside OF
the state to marry as they wish Whom
they marry or when they marry is gem
orally conceded to be their own business.
That is, such concession is made except
in the case of the state.
What they think of the states eXcep-
ton is written day in and day out in the
record of marriage licenses issued to
Californians in territory adjacent to our
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE GAMES

The Portland Beavers, 1882 Pa
cific coast champions, regained tine
top r,lng Sunday by a double
header victory over Missions, and
aided by the surprising San Fran
cisco Seals, who trounced Sacra-
rnento twice and showed the erst-
while leaders into fourth place.
! In the entire list not one double
header was split.
The Beavers beat the Reds, 8 to
z. in 10 innings, and s to 5, to win
the series by a to 3 count.
Tony Freitas, southpaw sent to
the Beavers by the Philadelphia
Athletics, nearly lost his game due
partly to errors behind MIN, but
pitched himself out in the 10th.
The Reds rallied in the severss
with three runs, and tied the count
by score in the ninth. FTiberg
and Sheely got home runs.
The Beavers had less difficulty
In the njghtcap. when Art Jacobs,
another southpaw, held the Reds
in hand. Missions didn't get run
off Jacobs until the eighth. Mana
ger Fred Hoffman of the Reds was
sent from the field for disputing a
close decision.
The Seals, winding up their spree
against Sacramento by winning
four, games in two days, took the
first tilt Sunday, 8 to 3, and the
second, IL to 10.
Bruce Cunningham let three SEN
taors across the plate in the first
inning of the first game. but only
granted two hits and one pass af-
ter that.
It required o 7-run rally in the
fourth for the Seals to overtake the
Senators in the second contest.
They were trailing by three runs,
then. The Seals added two more in
the fifth to clinch the game. Sac
ramento hit &c zines and San
Francisco 13.
Stars In Second Place
Hollywood slid into second place
by defeating Seattle, Z TO 3 and
10 to 6.
The Stars reached Page for ID
hits and staged four run rally in
the seventh inning in taking the
opener. Campbell granted 10 hits
TO the Indians.
The second game went to the
Stars when nine runs came across
the plate in the fourth and fifth
innings, after the Indians, who
reached Wetzel, Buchanan and
Shellcnback for Is bingles, took a
three run lead in the early innings.
Radonits and Sewell gave the Stars
II blows.
Los Angeles also climbed by
dropping Oakland. Is to 3 and 7
to 5.
The Angels heavy sluggcrs scored
five runs in the first inning. four
in the, third, three in the fifth and
three III the seventh, Ill Oh II hits
Off Walsh and Fieber.
In the second game, an Oakland
lead was short lived, as McEvoy
succeeded Joiner and Salirsen fin
ished. Buck Newsom held the
Oaks to nine hits, all that the Az
gels got Off their three victories.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

WASHINGTON, Aug. Z. W.H -
A Montana Indian agent bought
some grasshopper poison that walks,
thereby creating a problem OF the
first order for Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps Director Fechner to
solve.
Reforestation army headquarters
1ecently made available fund for
purchase of grasshopper poison in
hope that President Roosevelt's
woodsmen could help abate the an
nual insect scourge in the west.
The Montana Indian agent (name
unrevealed got his orders to buy
poison, went to a poultry dealer and
bought 1900 turkeys. Then he
wrote a letter to headquarters:
Turkeys are the best grasshop-
Der poison know"
If Fechner decides that turkeys
are poison all will be well on the
srasshopper front. If he doesn't
the Indian agent must pay for his
flock of poison. In any event some
Montana Indians intend to have
turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner.
The men in the United States
ariny's 10th brigade wear out twice
as many shoes as any other army
outfit in the country.
The puzzled quartermaster's corps
investigated, discovered that the
18th bridage spends most Of its
time at funerals. and issued an
order for more shoes.
The 10th brigadiers, stationed at
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

calling me, I'll keep on reading my
paper" For while he was sitting I'M
der the cool trees, Mr.. Longears was
reading to pass away the time. But
as soon as he again started TO read
the Blue Jay called more loudly
than before:
Hay! Ray! Fish hook"
MY goodness me, sakes alvev'
exclaimed the rabbit gentleman.
Cant you fly away, Blue Jay, and
do your yelling somewhere else? l
want to be quiet. Go away, please!''
Il can't go away" said the Blue
Jay. .v
why not?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
Because am caught. fast in this
tree over your head, was the an
swer. II can't fly. I'm caught"
Caught? That's too bad" said
Mr.. Longears. How did it hap
pen?"
oh" answered the noisy Blue
Jay bird, II was hopping around
in the tree, having fun, when my
left leg got tangled in some string
wound about a branch. 1t is a very
strong cord and it is tied in a hard
knot so I cannot loosen it with my
beak nor can I break it. have been
calling for help long time.
II heard you calling" said Uncle
Wiggily, but l didn't know you
were in trouble and needed help. ]
though you were just yelling foi
fun. So I didn't pay any attention
at first"
1T isn't any fun to be tangled in
a string on a tree branch so you
can't fly away" said the Blue Jay
sadly.
mo, I suppose not" answered
Uncle Wiggily. But l will help yol
to get loose. Wait a minute" I'm.
Gle Wiggily didn't say so but he wa.
hoping the Blue Jay would fly ava,
latter he was loosed, SO he would
mot make so much noise while TIN
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
BLUE JAY

Once upon time, when Uncle
Wiggily was sitting out in his gar
den under the shady trees, keeping
cool. the rabbit gentleman heard a
loud voice shouting: -
Hay! Hay. Hay!"
At least it sounded like that.
Though, as the voice kept on calling
it also sounded like:
Ray. Ray! RAY"
This is rather strange" said Un-
Gle Wiggily to himself as he twink
led his pink nose. First I thought
that might be the milkman's horse,
calling for hay to eat. Next 1T
sounds like somebody calling a 1T
tie boy named Ray. wonder what
1t is?"
Just then the voice shouted what
sounded like:
Fish hook! Fish hook! Fish
hook"
"Ah," laughed Uncle Wiggily. Il
know who it is now 1t is the Blue
Jay bird. He has different ways OF
calling. Well, as long as he isn't
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
Locals Defeated
In Coast Game

A five run tally in the ninth
inning gave the Chula Vista team
a 1912 victory over the Ell Cen
tro All-Stars in thrilling game
played in the coast city Saturday
night.
Reports of the game tell that
it was a spectacular affair UP to
the ninth inning the locals were
leading 1913 but then the Chula
Vistans put the pressure on Joe
Hurst and edged out their victory
by one run margin. There was
plenty of heavy hitting by both
teams and eight errors were turn
ed in.
This victory evens up the series
between the two teams, the Vistans
having lost here two weeks ago.
rrI,a cporp.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
Don't Quote Me-
By United Press

Washingtcn'S Fort Myer, are the
crack troopers who march at all
the funerals at Arlington cemetery
An average of two funerals day
are held there.
The brigade also keeps a con-
slant guard marching, before the
Unknown Soldiers tomb.
The shoe running troops have the
further job of officiating in all
Washington parades, which are le-
gion, and in providing military es-
corts whenever necessary, which is
most of the time.
Not only do the soldiers in bri-
gade Is wear out lot of shoes ir
all their tramping but they also gel
a lot of practice. They are reccg'
nized as the pest trained body Of
soldiers in the country.
Gov. William II. alfalfa Bill
Murray, a visitor IL Washington
was telling James A. Farley. post
naster general, how the latter hap
pened to ge appointed a colonel or
the governors staff.
Murray recalled as an after
thought that ne mad appointed
heroic Negro bank messenger, kiilcl
of three robbers, a major on hi
staff.
But you outrank him." Murra!
assured Farley.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
Public Tennis
Tourney Opens

NEW YORK. Aug. 7. U.H-More
than 100 players from A cities OF
Is states opened play today at
Central Park in the 18th annual
national public courts tennis
championships.
Defending title holders were pres
ent in both mems and women's
single divisions. Miss Helen Ger
maine OF New York City seeking
her second consecutive singles
crown, and Arnold Simmons OF
Louisville. KY, on hand to de-
fend his mems singles title.
Ted Drews of st. Louis, runner
up to Simmons last year, was de-
termined to do better this time,
special grand stands were erected
for the tourney.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
Local Youth Ends
Training At Camp

Ell Centre had but one represent
tative, Willis A. Record, at the
Citizens Military Camp at the
Preside of Monterey. The camp
closes August 4. Training at the
C. M. T. c. stresses not only the
military aspects Of soldiers life,
but every boy is required to par
ticipate in two hours of athletics
each day, and receives an extensive
course in citizenship.
During his stay at the c. M. T
camp Record was awarded honors
as a rifle sharp-shooter.- He also
played on company A indoor base
ball team.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

otdl, oCOlCo AOuA 6OdAc w ASoN oAAS
Riviera Ramblers to a 9 to 6 polo
victory over the Riviera Grcyho,itids
yesterday.
LAKE ARROWHEAD, Aug. 7. =
Frank Hixon Of Los Angeles finish
ed with a IA to capture low gross
hotlors in the finals Of the 36 hole
Lake Arrowhead golf tournament
yesterday. Richmond Nicholas Of
La Jolla won low net honors with
a 1876. j. L. O'Neill of Pasadena took
low net for 10 holes with 81.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. Jack
Knemeyer, Southern California No.
2 junior player, added to his laur-
els yesterday by defeating Charles
Carr in the finals Of the Los Ange-
les metropolitan junior tennis
championship.
Knemeyer won, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
The junior girls title was cap
tured by Elizabeth Dean who de-
featcd June Holmes, 6-l, 6-3.
| SANTA BARBARA, Aug. z. -
Gerla Dempsey and Alex Bullock
swept the Santa Barbara Reds to
victory over the Los Angeles Riviera
club in a polo match here yester-
day, Is to 9. Dempsey paced the
scorers with five goals.
CHICAGO, Aug. THE 31st an
nual women's western golf cham
pionship opened at the Oak Park
country club here today with 158
players entered. fyT
| Virginia Van Vie, Chicago, ma
tional women's champion, was IA
vorite.
The 80 low scorers in today's
round will start match play to-
morrow, with finals Saturday.
Mrs. o. S. Hill of Kansas City is
defending champion.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
Aug. 7.-W. Lawson Little, Jr.. Of
San Francisco, Stanford university
golfer whose lengthy tee shots were
subject of discussion on the
Broadmoor golf course, today held
one of the most priced titles In
Rocky Mountain golf. ~
BY outlasting Harry Candy, a
smooth shooting youth from Tulsa,
Okla, Little won the 18th annual
Broadmoor invitation tournament
over the SO hole route yesterday. He
lifted the crown from the head Of
l.. B. Maytag, Newton, Ia, whom he
defeated in the semi-finals. Little's
margin of victory over Candy was
4 and 3.
PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y,
Aug. Tommy Hitchcocks all
eastern polo team, which will bat
tie an all-western aggregation at
Chicago next week, displayed for
midable power yesterday in its last
tune-up encounter, defeating q
pickup Red team, 10 to 7,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

Published every evening Except Sunday by The
Imperial Valley Press. Inc. 62s State street,
FL Centre, California. w. c. Costello, business
manager. Telephone 20, business office; ZOO edi-
torial department. Full leased wire United Press
Associations.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
LEAGUERs TURN PACIFIsT

DAYTON BEACH, Fla, KU.HJ-If
state convention here, 300 Ep-
worth League members resolved
"that looking forward to the COM
ing of universal peace, we refuse
to bear arms in warfare, prefer
ring to live for our country, rather
than die for a nameless cause"
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
TEN YEARS AGO
A..-..s,A N09o

Supervisors recently passed a rul-
ing that all citrus stock and trees
must be fumigated before they may
be brought into the county. This
was done to protect citrus crops
here.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
Baseball Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
New York. 5. Boston 4.
Philadelphia IL, Washington 8.
Chicago 6-1, st. Louis ST.
Cleveland 81, Detroit 7-2.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
COAST LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Hollywood 7-10, Seattle 3-6.
San Francisco 8-12, Sacramento
$40. ~ ~
Los Angeles 15-7. Oakland 3-5.
Portland 8-6, Missions 7-3.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

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Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
New York 3-3, Brooklyn SO.
Philadelphia IL, Boston o..
st. Louis 10, Cincinnati 81.
Pittsburgh o, Chicago 6.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

state. The law is just another unen-
forceable one for those who do not wish
to recognize it.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell Of
Imperial Valley for This
Date In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
August !, 1913

Congratulations are due the news
papers of the valley. The Calexico
Chronicle soon will be a semi
weekly and the Brawley News soon
will become a daily, as will the I'M
perial Enterprise. The Secley Sem
tinel, the baby paper, and the FL
Centre Press and Progress also are
keeping abreast OF the times.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

Imperial Valley Typographical
union No. TOT recently voted to APP
propriate $3.50 from the treasury for
the purchase of Liberty loan oonds
Of the fourth issue. The vote was
unanimous.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August 7. 1918

The state horticultural commits
sioner set price Of $50 per GAL
lon for grasshoppers. The hoppers
vii. be used for fish bait and there
is big demand for them.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

Tomorrow is the day set for Arizona
to fall off the water wagon.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

The Capri fig crop in MERGED
county is late and Calimyrna fig
growers may have to obtain their
supply from counties farther south
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

1t was found that 81 men have
signed as members of the local
cavalry company. A total Of 65 is
required before the petition may
be presented the governor.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
BE SURE IT'S OUT

THUS far the wooded section of the
state nearest to Imperial Valley has
escaped any serious forest fires this
year, and continued vigilance on the part
of all visiting that region should MAIN
tain the excellent record.
One of the chief causes of forest fires
is the carelessly dropped cigarette stub.
A state law prohibits throwing lighted
cigarette butts from automobiles, and
while many motorists observe this law
many others do not.
Observation in the hills over several
week-endS has shown numerous travel
ers throwing lighted butts from cars in
areas where disastrous fire could easily
be started.
The mountain area between Imperial
Valley and San Diego is too precious to
valley residents and many others who
use it for week.ends and vacations, to be
destroyed by carelessness. Having few
trees of our own down here ought to
make valley residents doubly careful
when they visit the mountain areas.
1t takes a little time and thought, of
course, to extinguish cigarette butt be-
fore tossing it from a car. This is better,
however, than exposing life and property
to loss through forest fire.
Those French flyers went the wrong
way. They'll never get shower of
ticker tape in New York now.
Tomorrow is the day set for Arizona
to fall off the water wagon.
-O-
Senator King urges shake-up for the
federal income tax regulations. Testi-
mony earlier this summer indicates a
cleanup is needed.
That tear bomb in the stock exchange
might give some of the Democrats who
have been forgotten" an idea for con-
gress next winter.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

That tear bomb in the stock exchange
might give some of the Democrats who
have been forgotten" an idea for con-
greSS next winter
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

Those French flyers went the wrong
way. They'll never get shower of
ticker tape in New York now.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

Senator King urges a shake-up for the
federal income tax regulations. Testi-
mony earlier this summer indicates a
cleanup is needed.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07
Here And There
In Sport World
BY United Press

BY United Press t..tas
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.-Willio
Drift, former University Of Arizona
star, scored four goals to lead the
Riviera Ramblers to 8 to 6 polo
victory over the Riviera Grcyhoufids
yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-08-07

SANTA BARBARA, Aug. Z. -
Gerla Dempsey and Alex Bullock
swept the Santa Barbara Reds to
victory over the Los Angeles Riviera
club in a polo match here yester-
day, 13 to 8. Dempsey paced the
scorers with five goals.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-04
A Day OF Class Peace

TABOR the hayear mark the New Deal
of officials to obng the workers Tor
submission to of the Blue Eagle
the labor ieutenants OF American
keep the American workers from
policy independent class action This year. the policy
class collaboration written law with slppve
organ of the capitalist dictatorship behind it.
What can the workers this Labor
Day for celebration proof fness of their class col
liberation policy?
rhey can point to the textile steel OIL auto
They can point skebreakng instrument Of the national
board. -.
Above all thew can the CODE and the
fact correctly interpreting Inc MIA oe
cared the open shop guaranteed to all employers
M deeds of Of the Utah and New
Mexico of Judge Stone Of New York declaring
all pcketing under is ga nuisance" and illegal
benens OF the Ne"
can exhibit the Philadelphia strikers the 100 ST
fired for joining unonsafer Green signed
the auto shop code
New hope Lighters the dawn OF Labor Day 1883
inspired belief that the New Deal at Washington Will
result in deal for labor
THE of propagandized all sides about the bless
feel the real intent OF the NA
these honest workers are eng
to move into action disguised with delays and
promises industries they have forced strikes
Labor mounting strike struggles giving the
lie to Green's preachments of class
the rank and h OF the A. Oh
the officials true role smash down the illusions In
the MIRA, to the for struggle
close 100000 unemployed racing
deeper crisis Green has not Woro 10 say
unemployment insurance.
1t the task rising mlancy of
necessity the workers fighting as class Tor
their rights which Green and the bosses seek 10
We must win F. of L. for the banner of
for Independent class aco Tor ne revo
tonary the real day OF labor as the
day struggles for the overthrow of capt.