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name is lost orphan in an otherwise united
family of saints ST. Thomas, st. Kits, ST.
Martin, st. This and st. That
So much nonsense has been written about IL
(by those who have never been there) that IL
might well be called Isle de Munchausen. With
enough fantastic qualities to be put into
chapter of "Gulliver's Travels" it is neverthe-
less the quintessence of staid, middle-class re-
speetability. Mystery Island" would be we'll
deserved name
If you look very carefully on large map
of the West Indies, you will find near st. Mar
tin and St Eustacius dot labeled Saba and
pronounced with long "a"
1t is as completely off the beaten tourist track
as if it were in Little America. The only way
to reach it is by taking a small Dutch cargo
steamship that plies between Curacao on the
south and ST. Thomas the north. To visit
Saba you must stay there either two hours
while the boat is diScharging and taking on
cargo or you must remain for two weeks And
the traveller with time to spare, in search of
something different" will choose the latter
alternative.
1T IS less than 13 miles in circumference and
almost 5000 feet high, with its summit always
tipped by clouds. Perhaps it is its seeming
aridity which has prompted stay-at-home
writer's to state blandly, Even the soil which
is necessary for the few vegetables grown has
to be brought from the neighboring islands"
Its steepneSs started the ridiculous legend
still found in guide books and encyclo-
pedias, THE men of Saba build the best ships
in the West Indies, and lower them to the
water with ropes And it is the haziest kind of
hearSay to call forth the pronouncement, I'm
Saba, every one is known by his or her given
name, for due to some unknown reason, all
Sabans have the same surname, Smonds"
The facts less interesting than the
fictitious inventions concerning "the dear old
rock as the Saba Islanders call their lofty
home Here are some of them:
There is no known origin for the name Of
the island. 1t is not Spanish, it evidently was
not named by Columbus, who christened the
rest of the Antilles group with sanity cog
nomens. Yet Columbus must have passed it,
must have seen it. 1t is a spectacular bit OF
scenery that no one could miss
Although the Dutch have been in possession
for more than 200 years, there Is no known
history of how they came by it, or what man
ner of people inhabited it before them But one
thing is certain, the original settlers must have
been white men, of Anglo-Saxon ancestry. For
despite Hollands ownership for two centuries
and a half, English has always been spoken on
Saba, and is today.
pirates, perhaps? Smugglers? A marooned,
mutinous crew from some English ship, left on
what was supposed to be q barren island where
the men would surely die? In q population to-
day Of 1900 people, including black as well
Evening star., 1934-03-18

The white men leave "the dear old rock"
while still in their teens and go to sea.
Strange, that an island where boat building
can only be done on a beach about the size
of a pocket handkerchief should produce such
marvellous navigators. But that Is just one OF
the paradoxical facts with which the myS-
terious island is cluttered.
The myth of ships being built on top Of the
island and lowered over the steep sides to
the water" is regarded there with mingled
ridcule and resentment Schooners and sloops
have been built Saba, but only on the narrow
rocky beaches at the foot of the cliffs
1t is certainly true that Saba Islanders are
among the most skillful of all sailors You
will find them in maritime professions the
world over But they return at life's close, to
spend their last days upon this island.
THE physical aspect of Saba is as strange
as its history, and its lack of history. Viewed
from the sea, it has the general shape of a
cooked hat plunled by drifting clouds Like
red and white buttons the tiny houses cling
to the steep, tawny cliffs 1900 feet above the
sea. There are no harbors only two open
roadsteads in which the ship can anchor-n
it is not too rough.
Passengers are taken ashore in big. seaworthy
boats cared by elderly white men with shrewd,
sea-faring blue eyes.
If you land at the leeward side nicknamed
"The Ladder" you are faced with an appalling
climb of some 800 feet almost straight up.
along concrete steps set into the dizzy sheerness
of the cliff. If you wish, you may be carried
up in rocking chair to which poles have been
attached Three stalwart Negroes will man
your Saban ricksha.
Or If you land on the other side of the
island called THE Fort Way" the grade il
easier, but longer, and you walk up The trop-
ical sun beats down with terrific force. You
gasp and pant. You stare incredulously as
black men and women go swinging past you.
balancing loads Of bales or boxes, trunks or
barrels on their heads The weight of such
cargo win very often exceed 200 poundsl E.
Both roads from the rocky, pocket handker-
chief-size beaches lead to the same place. Up
to THE Bottoml" Yes, that is the name or
the first settlement you reach, almost 900 feet
high.
charming, tropical village, colorful with
palms and flowers, famboyant trees loaded with
coral blossoms, banana plants, bougainvillea
vines. With all Of its luxuriant vegetation.
Saba Islanders depend for water on rainfall
exclusively.
Certainly there seems to be enough, but did
the first settlers know that? What made them
take chance on an island that looks from
the to be more than barren rock, and
which takes the agility of goat to discover
the tropical paradise within?
NOU realize that 1.-The Bottom" is, after all,
not such misnomer. For it is actually the
crater of an extinct volcano. On all sides the
steep slopes of higher mountains hem you in.
Across the island, two and half miles along
a footpath and TOO feet higher, is the little
town called "Windward Side"
Still higher is "Hell's Gate" far closer 70
Continued on Fifteenth Page.
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you the slightest hint of a tradition as to who
these first settlers were, when and why they
arrived or where they came from.
IN THIS West Indian rock are five scat
~ tered little towns, each more steeply To-
Gated than the one before. The wooden houses
are white, red rooted, surrounded by stone
walls, are immaculate and comfortable.
Great trees shade the narrow, pleasant
streets, lush tropical vegetation Is everywhere.
So fertile Is the soil (and It has not been
brought from other islands, that anything in
digenous to q temperate or tropical climate
grows there-bananas, manguS, pineapples,
onions potatoes cabbages, roses, jasmine and
carnations.
There are roads on the island, but no wheeled
vehicles. The trails that go steeply across
the wind-swept spaces are only for pedestrians
and sure-footed horses. There are no electric
lights, no gas no ice, no movies. News comes
from the outside world in terse dispatches on
the government wireless, and newspapers
brought on the little Dutch steamer every two
weeks
Yet In spite of its isolation, three methods of
industry keep the island fairly prosperous. The
black folk, who form third of the islands
population, are headers" That Is, they carry
all the cargo from canned groceries to pianos.
up the steep trail from the beach to the little
towns
The island women, both black and white, are
famous for their exquisite drawn work, which
they call Spanish work" Here again they
have no idea as to who first brought the typi-
cally Spanish and Mexican type of embroidery
to Saba. t5s@ ..,...,,,.. r.. ..-
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as white, there are only some is surnames-
and all of them Scotch or Englishl
And yet, with all the obvious romance and
glamour Of such beginning, you cannot find
one person ON the entire island who can give
Evening star., 1934-03-18
SABA Land of the Question Mark

A Noted Author Traveller
Tells the Fantastic
Truth About One of the
Most Lied About Spots
in the World An
Island With a Past, but
Without a History.
Evening star., 1934-03-18

N ISLAND with a past, but without
history-a volcanic dot Of land that
is challenge to the imagination and
test of physical endurance to reach
\ that is Saba, tropical rock in
the Dutch West Indies, whose very
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-02
Monday Basket Scores

COLLEGES
Indiana, .43; Temple 29
Purdue, "a; Arizona, %;
Evansville. 40; Valparaiso. 25.
Niagara, So; John Marshall. "a.
Minnesota, 81: Nebraska, 16.
Ohio State. Al; Dayton, IS.
Wittenberg. 81; Princeton. 49,
Concordia Minnesota IS; Moorehead
Mississippi College, %: Loyola (Chi-
Kansas City. 81: Kansas Wesleyan. %.
Brigham Young. 54: Western State. 80.
HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEYS
At Evansville
vincennes. 80; Bose. IT.
WESTMINSTER e. GentGal H. ,er.n
Greencastle. 10: Attica. IS.
Brazil. 25; Charlottesville, 10.
Charlottesville. SO; Attica IA (consola-
Brazil. %: Greencastle, % ChnaD.
At Muncie
Muncie. 49, Logansport, Is.
Newcastle. "a: Kokomo, % triple over
Llogansport 80; Kokomo. IT (consola-
Muncie. 10; Newcastle. 10 Overtime
final.
At Lebanon
Lafayette. A: Lebanon. 81.
Frankfort. 19; Delphi. Is
Delphi. % Lebanon. II fconsolationl.
Lafayette %; Frankfort. % ANAL.
At Jasper
Huntington. 80, Reitz EVANSVILLE 81.
Tell City. Is. Jasper. 19
Huntingburg. I9: Tel CITY. I8 CfnaD.
Other H. $. Scores
Wiley lTerre Hautej. l9; Garfield (Terre
linton. 3O Sullivan. II.
Plymouth. 30. Mishavaka. II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-02
Sauer Stars.
West Wins

By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-The
ninth annual Shrine football game
between the east and the west was
history today with the west vic
torious, II to 0. and the name of
George Sauer, NebraSkas all-Amer-
lea back heading the honor list of
the forty-four college stars who
competed.
The NebraSkan scored both of the
West touchdowns and personally
halted two of the EaSt'S five drives
into touchdown territory. In addi-
ton, he recovered fumbles at crit
ical moments and punted Slip
perry, muddy football accurately and
for good distance.
Ed Danowski. Fordham half back,
who played with the East. came
very close to matching Sauer's work.
Only the toughest of breaks kept
Danowski from engineering two or
more touchdOWns for Ills team.
Thirty thousand saw the game.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-02
Anderson Is
Given Berth

By United Press
RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. Grid
fortunes of North Carolina State
college for the next three years will
be in charge of Heartily w. Hunk
anderson, formerly head coach of
NOtre Dame, his alma mater.
Signing of Anderson was an
nounced last night by President E.
c. Brooks after a conference with
DR.. Ray Shermon, director of ath-
leticS for the college. Anderson's
salary was not announced.
During the past season, State had
one of the most unsuccessful cam
paigns in years, winning only one
game. AS result, the contract of
John P. Clipper Smith, also of
NotrH Dame, was not renewed.
Anderson Jared almost as badly at
Notre Dame, where the Irish this
year lost five games, but closed out
brilliantly against Army to win, 10
to IL. He will report here in time
for spring practice.
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WITHOUT detracting from the
W ability of his players, New
York experts already are laying
down the carpet for Little to march
into the coaching hall of fame
along with other immortals like
Rockne, Haughton, Warner and
Jones.
Llttle's generalship transformed
the season into glorious one when
all seemed lost. The Lions suffered
a 200 rout by Princeton in their
third game. Then Little cracked
the whip, made five flrst-string
lineup changes, and polished the
outfit into the smoothest working
eleven in the east.
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New Castle, but is defeated by Washing
ton, La Porte, LOganspOrt and Shelby
Vile
"Muncie wins from Frankfort, Frank
lin, Lebanon and Washington, but loses
to COnnersville, LOganspOrt, Tech and
Hartford City
New Castle whips Bloomington, jeff
KOkOmo, Greencastle. but is beaten by
Connersville, Richmond and Martins
Vile
"Rushville has lost by one point to
Shelbyville, Richmond, Tech
"ShelbyvilIe wins from Seymour, Rush
vile. MartinSville, Greensburg and
Greencastle, but can't hurdle Franklin
or COnnersville-
"ShOrtridge has whipped Greenfield
Alexandria,, Greencastle and Marion
Tech has won from Frankfort.
Muncie, Richmond, Columbus and Rush
vile while losing to LOgansport-
"Vincennes wins from Columbus, SuIIi-
van, Bloomington, Wiley and BOSse,
while losing to Bedford and Washing
ton
Washington bows to Jasper. Bedford,
Petersburg and Muncie while winning
from Mitchell, Martinsville, Brazil, Vim
cenneS and Sullivan
Il
The wiSeheimer who wrote GO
lumbia, the Gem of the Ocean" GER
tainly knew his California weather
-VERN BOXELL
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Independent and Amateur
Basketball Gossip
DOLLS DISPLAY CLASS

DOLLS DISPLAY CLASS
The Doll Flyers opened their basketball
campaign yesterday afternoon at the Dear
born gym with 40 to II triumph over
the Indianapolis Flashes. winners of the
early season tourney. The new Doll lineup
is composed of former Butler university
players, including Ray Miller Lyie With
row, .Searle Profit. Babe Christopher and
Marshall Tackett. Miller. Proffitt and
Tackett were named on all-state teams
during their college careers. The Flyers
are now ready TO book road games with
state teams. Write Fred Howenstine. 1888
North Gale street. Indianapolis.
The Memorial scabookies added victories
Leaf the past weekend, downing the
Red Devils. 44-i7 The scabookies, WI" Who
play in the 18-year-old class, desire state
games and only the best of city compe-
team Kirshbaum Meters. The Scabookies
have a gym on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. Away from home games
are desired for Thursday Or Friday nights
Write Manager Kendall, at 1912 Broadway
Indianapolis.
from the soAthics f5I and f'D now ' eeSTe
games Call J; M. Davis at Cherry 357O,
the Decatur R G. {heir Tst s Setback acR0e Of
The season, 25-20, with ,Terhune carrying
having a gym Call Drexel 2O55. or Lin
coin 1851, or write Ted Tansy at Hotel
Michigan, Indianapolis.
After a 52-47 victory over the Lauter
Boys Club METERS. the Mickleyville Flyers
John Scott quintet at the Scott gym tonight
The Flyers desire games. Write Robert
Brizendine, 701 South Manhatten avenue
Bob "a" 0eiH'0"' i40i ring ana ask i0r
With Funke leading in the scoring.
For s9 Cubs dropped the, Irvington Cubs,
teams playing in the 15-17-year- old class.
Write Woody Smith. 4O6 South Dearborn
street, or call DreXel 0937 R.
The O,Hara Sans and Brightwood A. C.
tives Will battle at Brookside community
house tomorrow at p. m. Later this week
the Sans will take on the Monrovia In
dependents and indianapolis Flashes. and
have tentative Friday night game with
the Taoer TaXiS Tigers, whose manager is
+bSqute s 70 can Cherry l?25-W regarding
me tray Other teams desiring games and
who have. playing floors are asked to call
that number, or write H. L. Hustedt 1870
North Dearborn street
The fast Hilgemeier Packers will oppose
the Martinsville Krogers tonight at old
arranging their schedule to include some
OF the strongest independent fives in the
state.
So-Athic Club girls basketball team has
the United Brethren gym at Eleventh and
Olney streets for Thursday night and
Call Herbert Wetzel, DR.. 4735.
Rex Tavern five scored a 25-ls win over
communal cagers and q forfeit win over
Doves Seal Fast Comets. but dropped
close decision to the fast HAWTHORNE A. c,
quintet 20-l9. The Tavern five desires
return game with the Hawthorne five, also
games with Lauter Juniors. Kirshbaum,
Holy Trinity. West Side Social Club and
Sacred Heart high school i've Write
virgil Hartmen; SOB Woodlawn avenue. or
call DreXcl 1882
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Columbia's win made the count to
date eight wins for the far west, six
for other sections of the country,
and three ties.
Chief credit for the victory be-
longed to BarabaS. He not only
scored the only touchdown of the
game but he twice stopped Bobby
Grayson, Stanford's back1eld ace,
when it appeared GraySon was of
for the goal line.
Stanford Outkicked
Helping Barabas were Cliff Mont
gomery, captain and quarter back,
who ran back punts and consistently
outkicked Stanford's toe experts, and
Tony (Red) Natal, who played
great defensive game and whose
catch of a pass from Montgomery
led to Columbia's touchdown.
The best man on the field Of
fenSively was Grayson, who tore of
gains of more than twenty yards
five times. On the other hand, Gray
son was something of a goat. Once
he fumbled on the Columbia one
yard line when a Stanford score
seemed imminent. Columbia recov-
cred his tumble.
The statistics of the game gave
Stanford sixteen first downs against
the Lions five, and the Cardinals
gained 1874 yards to Columbias 148.
40 OO0 Brave Rain
Stanford's only other defeat of the
season was on a similar turf when
it lost to washington, 6 to 0, in the
slop and rain.
The rain reduced the crowd to
scant 10000. Most critics agreed it
was the most exciting game since
Roy Riegels ran the wrong way to
give Georgia Tech an to 7 victory
over his California team in 1929.
Certainly the result was an up
set, since Stanford entered the game
a 21a to l, or 12-point, favorite to
win.
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best heavies, will perform in the
semi-windup against Sol Slagel, a
newcomer to indianapolis. Slagel is
another acknowledgement mauler
and last year disposed of Joe
Savoldi in a feature bout in the
east. Sol is said to follow the rough
style of mat tactics.
In the opener tonight, at $50, DR..
Karl Sarpolis, former Chicago uni
versity wrestling ace, will tackle
Andy De Vito of New York. Sar-
polls has done most of his wrestling
in the east around Philadelphia,
and is rated among the leading
future leading lights of the rough
and tumble sport.
The show at the Armory tonight
will be staged by the Hercules A. C.
Lloyd Carter is matchmaker.
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By Eddie Ash
Florida Draws Bulk of Major Mines
City Slckers Outsmart Native Sons

FLORIDA will receive the bulk of the major league baseball
business next spring and it looks like great training
son in the grapefruit league Eleven of sixteen big league
clubs will pitch camps the Sunshine state and the tourists
will have no trouble finding entertainment The New York
Giants world champions picked off the choice spot Miami
Beach, and will be up Manager Bill Terry to keep his
athletes under his thumb.
The Cincy Reds were world champs once and selected
swany Miami for training the following spring and the boys
haywre and paid little attention to baseball resulting
in a long early season slump.
ST. Petersburg will have two clubs again in 1884 the
New York Yankees and the Boston Braves The Philadelphia
Athletics will return to Fl Myers the Boston Red SOx to
Sarasota the ST. Cardinals Bradenton, the Phade
pha Phes to Winter Haven the Detroit Tigers to Lake
land the Cncy Tampa the Brooklyn Dodgers to Or
lando and the St Louis Browns to West Palm Beach.
xx1AsHNGroN will work out at Cleveland at New
w Three major outfits will hit the trail to Ga0n nd p T
reb Pirates at Paso Robes several sma-sized put
league curtain up Spring tram
camps FASTENERS trained the west last spring
The Giants shakes of last spring
that of his list and embarrassed
tried Miami in 1888 but the boys refused
of the state at quiet Orlando where they
rANFoRD UNIVERSITY doubtless is ready to admit
- Atlantic and The Pacific Hail Columbia
the lone touchdown Of the
yesterday The started of with an
e Cy pgS m M Golden Gaberty wins! There were lot
Of Melting Pot boys from the city Columbia
ineun be
ponen experts destined end in
and the downpou but
coach evidently grab the jump before the
Churned
TINE Lions hustled second got
completed to the Stanford I7yd
line pulled out of the bag Baabas
faxed handing it to Bromnskl
doing Of the Co.
uba Montgomery his right and Brominski plunged
modified their defense
Montgomery the meantime Barabas
to his left a the BALL carried
EFF behind him. shielding
stride and
Baabas
sharply line The Indians caught fiat
footed Wilder kicked the extra point.
7 coach entitled the
Il Up of 1884 The Columbia gdder will receive their paudis
bedlam
invitation the Lions that
another machine,
asked" Hail Columbia!
Recently
walked the because
mauler who not a member
twenty-five years that
grapper
picked John Parei
thrown him out of the ring engaging the crowd
paid Lefty Mickey
years
them he the pair $225OOO.
jokesmhs saying Honsby
along world baseball fall
them back.
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OFT TOPS WALKS
Sixteen Purdue Cagers See
Action as Arizona TumbIeS
By Times Special

By Times Special
LAFAYETTE. Ind, Jan. 2.-Pur-
due scored another win in its pre-
conference warm-up series here last
night with an easy "a to % victory
over Arizona. Coach Ward Lam
bert used every one of the sixteen
men on his squad.
1t was Purdue's fifth win in six
starts. Second and third string
players were used in the opening
half, and Purdue held a 20 to 10
advantage. the regulars going in late
in the second half. 1t was the sec
ond defeat in ten games for the
Arizona boys and Jack Byrne, center,