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G|RDER WAS SEEN
 ID BUCKLE 0N AKRON

LAKEHURST, N. J.. April 13,- The doomed USS. Akron, Naval Court of inquiry learned. took off on it's last flight after plans had been made to strengthen its struc- ture at the very point where one of the three survivors saw girder buckle as the ship dove to de- Struction.
 The testimony came from Lieut.. Commdr. Edwin F. Cochrane, as- sembly and repair officer at the Naval Air Station here, and was subsequently, corroborated by Thos. L. Blackmore, the Stations aero nautical engineer.
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BACKWARD

WASHINGTON, April 13,-Peace and elimination of trade barriers were held up by President Roose- welt as the great need of the Amer ican Republics.
 Speaking to diplomats of ether American Nations at a solemn ses- sion of. the Pan-American Unions governing board in observance of Pan-American Day, he called a backward step'', the undeclared warfare between Paraguay and Bolivia, and Peru and Colombia.
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TOM TOMS BOOM
 FROM CANYON WALLS

TUCSON, Ariz., April 12,-1ndlan tom-toms are booming along the canyon walls of Arizona and Son ora, Mexico, as thousands oT Va. quis whirl in a conglomeration of pagan and Christian rites when are held each year during the Len ten season.
 Wearing grotesque masks, made from the heads of deer, the PaSco- leros and Venados, or Medicine Men are leading the faithful III prayer for a good harvest Ap- proximatelly 5000 Indians in Son ora and 1000 in the United States are taking part in it.
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EARLY DIAGNOSES MAY
 :. ELIMINATE OPERATION

NEW YORK, April. 12,-A new method of treating lateral curva- ture of the spine resulting from infantile paralysis has been devel- oped at the New York .Orthopedic and Hospital, it was announced.
 The method involves early diag nosis, made possible by x-rays of the patients spine. Hinged plast- CT jackets are used to Straighten the spine. Prompt treatment, it was said, precludes in most cases the necessity of an operation.
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DARROW MAKES FINAL
 APPEAL FOR KILLER

SPRINGFIELD, H., April Is, - Clarence Darrow, who looks with a kindly tolerance upon persons others regard as criminals, goes before the Illinois Pardon Board today in a last attempt to save young Russell McWilliams from the electric chair on April 21.
 After MT. DarroW pleads with the Board to spare the youth, who when 16, killed a streetcar motor man in holdup at Rockford, H., the boys fate will rest with Gov. Henry Horner. Twice convicted, all other avenues of appeal have been exhausted.
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.P0( AND AND GERMANY
 AT "L0GG[RHEAOS'

WARSAW, April 13, A burst of antipathy in Polish cities toward German residents and German business houses caused concern in official circles. German newspaper offices have been stormed ana windows and printing preses dam aged.
 The reciprocation of this spirit is reported in German cities JuSt across the German-Polish Doder. Measures are being considered ln diplomatic quarters to calm the present warlike trend of the two nations
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TAX WEALTH

PARIS, April 12, Putting on style is going. to cost the .taxpay- CTS hard cash under a measure approved Tuesday by the Chamber of Deputies to help tax officials.
 Tax returns must record yachts, automobiles, hunting grounds, rac- ing stables, the number of ser wants, in short, all visible signs or wealth e..
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CANCELLED

LOS ANGELES, April 13, A $1O,OOO reward offered for the cap ture of William Edward Hickman, executed slayer of little Marion Parker, was canceled by the Los Angeles city council.
 The action followed a court de- cision last May denying the re- ward to Tom Gurdane and Buck Lieuallen, Pendleton, Oregon off cers who captured Hickman.
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SPECTACLAR FIRE

NEW YORK, April 13,-A spec tacular fire in a dance hall. on the top floor of the Strand Theatre building took one life and forced 2,20O patrons of the theatre to file out into the street. The normally congeSted theatre district was made impossible for several blocks by the huge throng attracted.
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MITCHELL INDICTED

NEW YORK CITY, April 13, - Federal grand jury indicted Chas. Mitchell, former president of the National City Bank, On charges asserting he had evaded payment of his 1929 income tax.
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LOAN NOT A GIFT
HARTFOR

HARTFORD, Conn, April 12, = At least one man in this city who is receiving walfare aid for self and family looks upon funds obtained as loan and not as a gift. T believe it my duty to pay, back to the city every cent it spent for me and my family" the man wrote. T am keeping record o1 what I received weekly in grocer ieS."
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IN A SMALL. WAY !

TACOMA, Wn., April 13.-Alaska hasn't gone in a big way for 3.2 beer according to figures released by Burns Poe, collector of internal revenue, and revealed while re- porting the Washington Alaska district contributed more than $25, 1000 in government licenses. Poe said the money came almost en- tirely from Washington, as Alas ka has no breweries, but few re- quests have been made for federal licenses.
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CHANGED HIS MIND

MOSCOW, April 13, The one British subject who pleaded guilty to a charge of sabotage and es- pionage, rephdiated his confess ion. Further examination on the witness stand, however, disclosed as truthful most of the points in his confession. Y
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10 YEARS FOR KILLER

FRESNO, Calif., April IS, Mrs. Cecilia MOrena who stabbed Flor enzio Gonzales to death during a drinking party, was sentanced to maximum of 10 years in San Quentin prison.
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AIR COMMANDER

LONDON, April 13,-Rear Admir- al Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay, who married the Princess Patricia has been appointed in command of air craft carriers succeeding Rear Admiral R. Henderson.
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BODY IN TRUNK

NEW YORK, April 13,-The body of ar unidentified woman, about 35 years old, was found in a small steamer trunk in front of a Madi- son Avenue residence.
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HER GOODNESS SAKE"

ESCALON, Cal, Apr. 13, Jack Seaman received a reward for be- ing a good samaritan. He stopped to help a fellow mOtoriSt and found his own typewriter i'll the back seat of the motorists car.
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MUD BATH

WASHINGTON, April 13,-Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt was thrwn into a mud puddle in a park when her horse slipped. She was not injur- ed and continued her ride in her mud-Spattered costume. T slid off very gracefully right into the mud" she told friends.
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ATTORNEY CIIRTIS

WASHINGTON, D. O., April 13,- Former Vice President Charles Curtis was admitted to practice before the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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TAKES THE AIR

ADRAS, Algeria, April 13,-Capt. William Lancaster, flying from England to Cape Town, took off from here heading South.
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< - ing a good samaritan. He stopped to help a fellow motoriSt and found his own typewriter i'll the back seat of the motorists car.
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 CUT A BILLION
 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 13,- Senate Majority Leader Robinson told the Senate that government expenses had been cut approN- nately $1,000,000,000 and that "al- ready there is assurance that the budget will be balanced"
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 FOUND GUILTY
 LONDON, April 13,-Lieut. Nor man Baille Stewart was convicted by court martial of violation of official secrets act and was sen fenced to dishonorable discharge from the army and to five years in penal service.
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 PLEAD GUILTY
 SACRAMENTO, April 13,-Fay Weston and Charles Henry Hurley, suspected members of the notori- ous Weston gang of counterfeiters, pleaded guilty to counterfeiting charges as their trial opened in Federal court.
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 CHINA ACCEPTS
 RANKING, April 12,-China will accept President RooSevelt's invi- tion to participate in the Washing ton economic conferences, it was understood in informed circles. Acting Premier T. V. Soong is ex- pected to be the delegate.
 FAVORS MODERATION WASHINGTON, April 12,-Secre- tary Perkins, of the Labor Depart ment, stated she favorS the prin., ciple of the 30-hour week bill, but will suggest notifications to the House committee today to make it more workable.
 FAIR CROWD
 NE WORK, April 13, Major League baseball openings yester- day was curtailed in three cities yesterday because of unfavorable attracted crowds totaling 100000, according to press com pilation. Last year six opening day games attracted 116,500.
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 NOT SURPRISED
 LONDON, April 13.-The plea of guilty of w. L. Mcdonald in Mos COW was not surprising British of ficials slater. The plea was con- sidered the result of five weeks of solitary confinement and the methods of qustioning which had been employed.
 ', MUD BATH
 WASHINGTON, April 13,-Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt was thrwn into a mud puddle in park when her horse slipped. She was not injur- ed and continued her ride in her mud-Spattered costume. T slid off very gracefully right into the mud" she told friends.
 
 IN A SMALL. WAY TACOMA, Wn., April 13.-Alaska hasn't gone in big way for 32 beer according to figures released by Burns Poe, collector of internal revenue, and revealed while re- porting the Washington Alaska district contributed more than $25, ,000 in government licenses. Poe said the money came almost en-
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NEWS FLASHES
SIGNS EMBARGO BILL

LONDON, AprlI I3, Tine King signed measure whereby the government can place an embargo on all Russian goods.
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CUT A BILLION

WASHINGTON, D. C., April l3,- Senate Majority Leader Robinson told the Senate that government expenses had been cut approxi- mately 100000 and that "al- ready there is assurance that the budget will be balanced"
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NOT SURPRISED

LONDON, April 13.-The plea of guilty of w. L. Mcdonald in Mos COW was not surprising British of ficials stater. The plea was con- Sidered the result of five weeks of solitary confinement and the methods of qustioning which had been employed.
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FAIR CROWD

NE WORK, April 13, Major League baseball openings ,yester- day was curtailed in three cities yesterday because of unfavorable weather, attracted crowds totaling 100000, according to a press com pilation. Last year six opening day games attracted 116,5OO.
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FOUND GUILTY

LONDON, April 13,-Lleut. N0r- man Baille Stewart was convicted by court martial of violation of official secrets act and was sen fenced to diShonorable discharge from the army and to five years in penal service.
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FAVORS MODERATION

WASHINGTON, April 12,-Secre- tary Perkins, of the Labor Depart ment, stated she favors the prin', ciple of the 30-hour week bill, but will suggest modifications to the House committee today to make it more workable.
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RANKING, April 12,-China will accept President Roosevelt's invi- ton to participate in the Washing ton economic conferences, 1t was understood in informed circles Acting Premier T. V. Soong is ex- pected to be the delegate.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
SUBMITS
DRESSEN

NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-Bill
Terry. manager of the Giants, to-
day applied to Kenesaw Mountain
Lands, baseball commissioner, for
permission to use Charley Dresser
in the world series. Dresser, &C.
quired as an understudy for Travis
Jackson, was obtained from Nash
vile too late to be eligible.
There is no chance that Johnny
Vergez, the Giants regular third
baseman, will be in the series. He
is convalescing from an appended
tony. Jackson will play third.
But Terry would like to have
Dresser available in case Jack
sons legs should fail him.
Terry received yesterday f r m
Commissioner Lands the data
necessary to the voting of shares
in the world series purse. This
pleasant task will be attended to
Monday, according to Terry.
The players share of the 1924
series between Washington and
New York was $5.959.64 to each
of the Senators, and 49,.
820.29 to each member of the
Giants.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Ty Cobb Rates
World Series
As Toss-Up

REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Sept,
23.-"It looks like tOss-up to
me-"
That was the comment made
here today by Ty Cobb, the famous
former ace hitter of the American
League when asked to name the
probable winner of the forthcom-
ing world series between the New
York Giants and the Washington
Senators.
In the last 10 or Is world
series know of no teams which
apI ear to be SO evenly matched
as the contestants this year."
Cobb continued.
"The Senators, however, seem
= have more Of a punch than
the Giants, though both teams
play about the same type Of
baseball.
II think the outcome will de-
pend largely upon how the
pitchers go.
"The fact that Washington
has more players who iave seen
service in previous world series
will also be factor in favor
Of the Senator'S.
ut looks like a toss-up to me,
but naturally, as an old Ameri-
can League player, I am pulling
or the Senators to win."
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Godchild, stepchild

Within ten days Engel re.
turned to Griffith Stadium and
the first thing that caught his
eye was Clark Griffith himself
up there at the plate showing
Cronin how to stand and how
to hold the bat.
Very shortly Cronin got into
the game, Supplanted Bobby
Reeves and has been doing a
pretty tall piece of supplanting
ever since, finally supplanting
Walter Johnson who supplanted
Bucky Harris who was Cronin's
first manager at Washington.
The remainder of the baseball
romance of Joe Cronin is an
open chapter the land over
Gentlemen and ladies'
Joe Cronin!
The godchild of Joe Engel,
and the stepchild of George
Muehlebach of the Kansas City
Muehlebachs!
BY gar!
Ito be continued Monday
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Cronin Becomes Scout

Engel, keeping up the Gin
derella psychology on Cronin,
told the latter at lunch that he
wanted him to sit on the third
base side and he, Engel would
sit on the first-base side, and
look over a certain player, and
compare notes later. The
player, incidentally, was third
baseman, and Cronin played
that spot as well as shortstop
in Kansas City.
Or perhaps Engel wasn't
scouting any player at all, but
just carrying through a pro-
gram of esprit d'corps on the
boy, in order to get him out
Of the depths of despond and
depression.
Well, they compared notes
after the game, Engel asking
Cronin what he thought of the
fielding, throwing. batting,
base-running, ETC., of Exhibit
A. To everything Cronin said,
Engel replied:
That's just what I thought"
and it wasn't long before Cronin
began to- take on life and
animation and extreme interest
in things in general.
Within a week Engel brought
Cronin into Washington and
turned him over to the tender
graces Of Bucky Harris, while
Engel hied himself off on an
other scouting expedition.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Cronin Reports to Engel

Well, what should happen
along about 8 o'clock that
night when Engel is in his
room in the Muehlenbach
Hotel reading a volume of
Shakespeare, and a rap comes
on his door. He finished the
quotation from Guinevere and
spake:
Enter thou sweet one,
with thy golden locks and
cherry.kissed cheeks!"
And in walks Cronin!
The boy was forlorn! He
had been, since 1925, kicked
all over the baseball globe. and
now he was to go to Washing
ton and get farmed out maybe
to Memphis or Milwaukee.
Lngel, noticing the detection
written on the youths face,
Immediately grasped the situa-
tion and started a campaign
of psychology which didn't end
until he had Cronin in
Washington uniform and play.
Ing regularly.
AS all good baseball sleuths
usually do, and none can deny
Engel isn't good, the Griff
scout had a bottle of spirits on
his dresser, and suggested the
rookie. have a little sompin to
cheer him up. The records do
not show whether Cronin &C.
cepted, but we'll let. that drop.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

/ NEW YORK, Sept. % G.N.S)
Too bad about that young Mr.
Cronin. He's a very nice young
man with sterling character and
a heart of gold but he's liable to
hit the size of the petty cash in
the 1888 world series.
Who says so? Probably it's only
a coincidence but it seems to me
it was Mr.. Carl Hubbell, the No. l
pitcher Of the Giants, who was
saying so pretty earnestly yester.
day, with Mr.. Adolfo Luque, the
No. understudy. nodding his
head knowingly in the back
ground. OF, course, just what a
Giant understudy might think can
hardly matter because it seems
that no understudies are to be
needed, owing to the fact that
Mr.. Kuhel. Mr.. Manush. Mr.. Cos
lin and, in fact practically the
entire Washington ball club, also
will hit somewhere down among
the want ads.
The answer? They are "high
ball" hitters and the Giants
throw them low. Mr.. Hubbell,
for instance. He features a
screw ball that breaks down and
away from right-hand hitters, like
Matty's fadeaway. Then, it seems,
there is Mr.. Fitzsimmons, a young
man upon whom frailty and i'll
health have exacted their hag-
gard toll. The last seen of him
he was just wasting away. So
was Mae West.
"Fritz' knuckle ball breaks
downward" says Mr.. Hubbell.
$50 does Luque's 'downer.' So
naturally does Bells 'sinker.'
"As for Schumacher's 'sinker,'
it is an overland ball and
therefore breaks lower than any
other Of its kind. Even so,
MAAAer Hugg1nS used to have
the umpires watch Wiley
MOOre's 'sinker' very closely, for
II the catcher stood back in
his normal position, he was
always digging them out of the
dirt. Yet they were strikes.
"They also were side-arm
strikes. SO figure it out for
yourself from the overland
angle. Those high ball hitters
of the Senators will think
Schumacher is dropping a few
down a manhOle on them"
Meanwhile, it seems to be un-
derstood around here that Wash.
ington pitching will be subjected |
to a bad case of "fouLline phobia"
at the Polo Grounds against
pull" hitters like O'Doul, OFT,
Jackson, Moore and Davis.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
The Old Psychology

BY all rules of procedure,
Cronin should have gone right
to washington, but he didn't
want to hand over to Griffith
a licked ball player, SO he
said:
"Now look here, Cronin, I've
got to do some more scout
ing and I'm leaving for Akron
in the morning.
"YOu see that wardrobe
trunk over there. Well, there's
over a thousand dollars worth
Of clothes in it. Pick out any
two suits you like, as we'll as
some shirts and neckties and
SmaIl.cIOthes, take them down.
stairs to the tailor, have him
make them over to fit you, and
Join me in Akron day after
tomorrow"
Well, to kid who had one
suit of clothes, one necktie, a
shirt and half and one pair
Of shoes, that order sounded
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
President Aims
To See e One
Series Game

Washington defeated Phila-
delphia, April IL, in the seasons
opener which was the first AM
erican League game in which
young Joe Cronin had managed
team.
He was called to Presidential
box by President Roosevelt who
was also just starting in on his
New Deal" Said the President:
"GOOd work, Joe. Keep it
up"
Joe kept it up and the Presi-
dent has promised to attend at
least one game of the world
series. He said he will sit on
both sides Of the field when he
does.
Besides trying to be neutral to
the two leagues, President Roose-
velt finds his two "home teams"
playing in the series. Washing
ton being his new residence and
New York his old.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23

huHSuS Ctty WHeD PIRATE scout
ards also 1Odtching Cronin, aUho made
three errors and no hits out of five
times at bat. After the game the
scouts and oaCner of the Kansas
City team Vere in a brewery doing
some cGlesthenic exercises aUhen the
K. C. business manager rushed in
and said they'd better get rid of the
bum from Frisco, before the fans
chased the oWner out of the park.
"WhatN you take for Mm?" said
Engel. "T'en thousand dollars" said
the O1Oner.)
"1'll split the difference" spat back
Engel, hiding his devilment behind a
seidel of beer.
Sold" said Kansas City's leading
hotel, ball park and brewery owner,
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Bill Terry Admits
He Did Not Expect
To Win PennQnt

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Bill
Terry, manager of the Giants.
broke down and confessed for
the first time today that he
really never expected to win
the National League pennant
when the race started last
spring.
II thought we'd do better
than sport writer's figured" said
Bill. But never actually be-
lieved we'd have enough stuff
to win. My team surprised me
and l think they'll surprise the
Senators"
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
Pick Ups and
Put Outs

Baseball clubs play right into
the scalpers' hand by refusing
to sell series tickets for a sin
gle game. The guy who lays
his SI.1O on the line all season
(the loyal FAM finds it tough
to dig up $16.5O for block of
tickets. Arthur FelSch, the
Milwaukee fan, who has started
his vigil outside the Giants
bleacher gates, is a nephew of
Hap FelSch, the old White SOx
outfielder. The whole Schu-
macher family, of DOlgeville,
N. Y, will be on hand when the
family idol, Hal, goes to the
mound for the Giants against
the Griffmen. Jack Robinson,
former Georgetown Prep grid.
der and varsity center for the
NOtre Dame eleven, has been
lost to the Irish for at least six
weeks. . He Is suffering from
an eye infection.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23
CRON|N THANKS
NJ M'|NN|SFORA|D

There was something about Joe
Cronin when he bobbed up in the
camp of the Pirates in 1925 that
told experienced men in baseball
that he was going to become one
of the worthwhile players. He was
not awed in the presence of the
great Pirates.
Among the players then with
the team was Stuffy McInnis, and
the old Mackman was bit inter.
ested in Cronin because he was a
kid shortstop like himself when
he broke into baseball.
Cronin learned much from the
former Athletic star, learned that
the big thing in baseball is cour-
age. Batting and fielding will
come by practice, but the old
heart is more vital than either.
Cronin was as close student OF
baseball as ever broke in. He want
ed tt know from his friends what
his faults were. It was his luck
to break in when Glenn Wright
was playing his best for Pitts
burgh. Cronin watched him for
a year, saw how the job went and
was willing to take his chance in
the minors.
Believing Wright would last for
years, Pittsburgh let Cronin out,
the biggest error that club ever
made, as later developments
proved. In two years Cronin was
on his way to stardom. His climb
from Kansas City to Washington
was quite a jump, but no one at
thought he would
even hold down the job at short.
The Washington times., 1933-09-23

I'VE have due respect for
every Giant who steps to the
plate carrying a bat"
Reminded that 200 batters
were not in the habit of inspir-
ing fear in the hearts of the op-
position as they strode plateward
brandishing their willows, Cronin
paused to interject::
"The book is full of guys
who broke up ball games be.
cause the other team had the
idea they were easy marks"
"HOw about your starting
pitcher?" he was asked.
Haven't decided yet, My
whole staff is ready, however,
and l can count on any of
them to be in the best shape.
may not announce my start
ing pitcher until a few days
before the series opens"
Dlscoursing with youthful ex-
uberance on his team, he said:
Every one of them are to
be congratulated. They're a
swell bunch of players and the
best / ever had the pleasure to
associate with. They are a
credit to the game and I have
every confidence they won't
fail in the world SERIES"
The Washington times., 1933-09-23

"Theyll find Schumacher a
lot tougher than 1 am" said
Carl. "That sinker of his
should stand them on their
heads. / think Weaver will be
the hardest of the Griffs for
us to take. He's a great pitcher
with a swell fast ball. a nice
change of pace and a good
curve.
"CrOwder, Whitehill, and
Stewart are find pitchers, but /
think Weaver will bother our
hitters more than the Others"
NEW YORK. Sept. 23-"If
&he Senators beat Hubbell
we're sunk" said Lefty O'DOul,
Of the Giants today, vOicing an
opinion that he shares with his
teammates. But" he added,
"If HubbeIl beats them, as we
sxpect. he'll do 1t twice and