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hadn't been for Cordie. There wa,
something ABOUT that road Keenet
didn't know. With the wind blow
ing like 1t was, there were places
on II where It filed up with SAND:
And Keener's car had oid-faahioned
cIincher tires on 1t small, hard
ones no good in q sandy country.
Gordie goes into my place, gers
an old loaded .45 ] keep there.
climbs into a car Of mine with
oversize balloon tires on 1t with
hardly any air In 'em--Just the
thing for a sandy stretch - ana
starts after him.
HE OVERLOOK HIM
FIFTY MILES OUT
He overtakes him ifty mites
out in the desert, stuck Eastern
lighthouse, redder'n ripe pricKiy
pears, scared almost to death ana
Just about to have q stroke OF
apoplexy. PIG
..Listen. Keener," Gordie says.
sticking the gun In his face. Don't
anybody but fools go over this
road, and there may not be another
for q year or two. IL go on ana
leave you, you'll die Of thirst, slow
and painful. Get out, get into TINS
car and drive. I'll give you two
hundred dollars for yours. which
is more than it's worth. I'll send
after 1t later. Step lively. now"
with the gun in his ribs. Kcener
drives my car back to Two Rocks.
on the way, you're going to
take that $40 train east" Little
Half Pint says. "And before that,
you're signing an affidavit before
a notary public and witnesses,
swearing you'll never see Lily
again, or communicate with her,
as long as you live"
And blamed If that's not what
happens-with half the town look
Ing on; and--weli, Gordie and Lily
have been married five years now.
but neither one of ems heard a
cheep out of Keener. Gordie may
be a little half pint. but he's sure
full Of pre-war stuff,
THE END
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up, as how can he help doing? But
Gordie don't know he's cleaned up,
and comes back for more, and
somehow or other he gets Keener
down.
THAT ought to do YOU Gordie
says. getting off of him. Nov
beat 1t like told you" /.
Keener gets up slow and con-
temptuous All right. Half Pint.
I'll beat 1t. I'm beating 1t cross
country to Lily. Look what's on
the floor back there In the cornert'
Gordie looks. and it's letter
he's written, sealed and addressed
to Miss Lily Burns, No Wood, Ar
ibona--which is where she Is. II
was on his desk that got knocked
over.
well, Little Half Pint, I'll 20
talk things over with Lily. Maybe
there's ways Of making women see
the light that little pussy cats like
you don't know about. Is she amt
waiting for you at the church. don't
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-11

Editor, Tall Tower Topics: The old clock the wall
ticks drearily the pendulum swings with monoonous
rhythm The for this melancholy procedure is
planable by the fact that clock has fuuret
goes and goes but it stands in the place America
also stands in the place that u.s. her mountains al
tangible but the other hand America has future
America must progress! Many and complicated the
roads toward and the slump from which have
yet to is still quite Deep But which road have W.
taken? Who tell One of the highlights of the
Rooseyetan Administration the recognition of Russia
This indeed step toward international and
good will Quite truly does that modern popular say
Love Thy Neighbour" but must remember to love him
and not his money The administration has
plghed long dreamedof goa-the road has been cleared
for moving toward orderly, planned and intelligent d.
recton of industry well the organization of labor
now has the counrys mind in damned hullaballoo We
may bow heads in shame when presented with
tho fact that the first of the World War cost this high
standard country OF nineteen billions OF dollars
the money needed for building rather than destroying for
living rather than dng and for evolution rather than
luton cannot seem to afford it. Is this logic? Well
may there is great quantity of money being spent
being spent noproductive labor when there such
great need of food clothing and shelter? Why there
people starving when they should be enjoying the full Offer
ings of the spring? Why socaed high standard be-
back and hope for miracles Let wait for the other
fellow to This is indeed like bridge problem You
cannot sit and hope for Kbzer to and advise you
how to play The cards have been dealt the bids have been
well known optimism of Herbert Hoover increasing the
popularity of the has been out To quote of
famous American statesmen, America is looking for
prosperity which she possessed. Let not
not live in the past! We not hope provide for
the fure Let us bear in mind of the old proverbs Of
the Sages, "THE MAN WHO CAUSES DEED IS
GREATER THAN HE WHO DOES IT"-Raphael Stein
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GORDIE, who runs a re-
fresbment stand In d desert
town.
LILY, 10 whom Gordie Is
engaged.
MARCUS KEENER, an
fastener who plans to marry
Lily.
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TWO ROCKS amt any kind of place to live in, but
how I've been able to get away from it. When the
wind don't blow way it blows the other, and there's
nothing but those two big rocks and handful of adobe
buildings and bear grass and cactus.
I the Desert Garage, and right alongside of it
Gorde Wilbur Gordes Place. where he sells soft drinks
and tobacco and couple of hundred odds and ends people
49, dnsxx 4L.o.< L
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NERTSl

It's merits for you and merits for me
In the argot of the day
Doesn't mean much
But as such
Guess it's here to stay.
How do you like my new hat?
Questions the girl friend coy
Merits Awful
That's the lawful
She gets from the admiring boy.
A busy wife prepares meal,
Works as hard as she is able
Decorations slick
Merits says Dick
What's wrong with the kitchen table?
It's merits for you and merits for me,
My but that words overused-
Doesn't mean much
But as such
It's been very much abused.
En-. En-.
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En-. EN-.

Editor Tall Toner Topics: Enclosed please find
t0o tickets for the first Annual Mar Gras and dance to
be givem by the Brooklyn Interclub Council at the
Brooklyn tomorrow night. Sincerely yours Joseph
DeVito, chairman of the dance committee.
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Arrived in Waterbury safely last week. Rehearsals for
annual spring concert proceeding rapidly (Signed)
Hyla Pickeringii. And that, Towerites is an
nouncemen of considerable Importance There those Of
who base certain actions of daily lives the dong
of Hyla Pickerng Oh forget to explain that young or
old Hyla P nothing less than pepper species
of tree toad whose vocal chords in the spring of the
make wonder if they made of Indiarubber That's
something only science explain The pepper shy
visitor and when under the verna is by
From any spot that contains enough water to hide
tiny pepper the strdent voices pour forth in nightly
melody the sweetest music some unearthy to others
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fool! You can't get through on
that road with the wind like thisw
But Keener just waves his hand
and goes Off haw-hawing into the
desert.
Well he'd be there yet If 1t
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Aside to NJ. G.. Sorry I can't use the item you
your letter had been used IN Saturdays Democrat>i
article, pertaining to the affair question,
Society page. Thanks for your interest and again
whem you haze fev nea0sy bits for Toner readers
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Easter is usually cherry blossom time IN Washing
ton This year it aoasnt because Of the cold ao,ter.
Late June brings as Rose Sunday at Elizabeth Park in
Laurel Week. NoW Charleston to the front aoith
Azalea tie This year the peak of bloom is scheduled
from April 10 to rs. The South Carolina citys Cham
Der of Commerce is doing active boosting for it,
Judge that By such expression this. "Come
and enjoy Americas most gorgeous flower dsplay"
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say / didn't tell you'll" And Keener
let's in the clutch and starts off into
that little road running east that
we call the Pete Jones Road.
Gordie stands looking after him,
and then he yells: Come back, you
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

It was in the sixth inning when
it all occurred. The Griffs were
behind, 3 to 0, following fifth
inning rally which had seen the
Yanks push across five runs on
five hits and two long outfield
flies.
Charlie Ruffing was the yam
kee hurler. He'd allowed only two
hits up to the sixth and had not
walked a single batsman. In this
sixth he began by passing Myer.
Immediately there was that
thought the great highlander
was weakening on account Of the
heat. It became even more ap-
parent when he pitched a couple
of wide ones to Red Kress' the
next batter.
Then bingo! Kress hit Rulings
third pitch to far right center.
1t looked like three-bagger all
right! But no, there was Babe
Ruth, the guy accused Of being
through. getting nearer and
nearer to the sphere.
A one-handed stab! That was
the sudden bit" and consequently
a bit that settled Ruffing so much
that he was able to get by the re-
mainder of the inning without
being scored upon. ......
To picture how the fates and
fortunes of baseball. run. Heine
Manush, the next batSman to fol
low Kress. doubled sharply to
right. sending Myer. to third. Gro.
min walked to fill the bases. but
Ruffing, taking two looks at
Travis and Harris, the hitters to
follow, heaved and got" Travis
on short fly to Hoag, and retired
Harris by the Strikeout route.
Now the point in this "fate anc
fortune" angle is this. The Griffs
had an excellent chance to win
the old ball game in that sixth in,
ming but they had it taken away
! from them by Babe Rutland at
q moment when he should have
never come near Kress' bid for a
real base blow.
Nevertheless he was there and
his catch halted the Griffs as
suddenly as they started. Had
he not made the catch Kress'
hit would have scored Myer-it
was a double at least-while
ManuSh's two baser would have
pushed Kress across. And the
Griffs would have been right in
the thick of the going. with most
anything liable to happen from
that stage on.
The McCarthymen, by winning
ran their streak of victories to six
while Ruffing, by turning in the
shutout, chalked up his third
whitewaSh game in as many
starts, numbering all told, 2S
scoreless innings in which he's
pitched in his last four games.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
D. C.. NET STARS
CLASH TODAY

Tom Mangan. a quarterfinalist
in the District Mems Tennis
Tournament being played at Co.
lumbia Country Club, remarked:
"If 1 were q tennis fan, I'd
rather see tOday's matches
than the finals, If 1t came to
q choice of the two because
today there are four good
matches, involving the last
eight players all Of whom are
seeded"
At three o'clock. Barney Welsh,
No. 2 player. was to meet Tony
Latona. No. 6. in a battle which
will find at least one Of the two
out for blood"
One hour and q half later, Tom
Mangan, the No. 4 man. is SEIZED.
uled to face Frank Shore, the
No. 5 player.
At S o'clock, Dooly Mitchell, the
champ, is due to run into a most
formidable foe in Bud Markey,
who is back in town after a years
absence.
Another interesting match will
find Ralph McElvenny, the No. 3
man, pitted against hickey Willis.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
LEGION SERIES
At Fl. MONROE.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June o..
Fort Monroe has been selected for
the Virginia State American Le-
gion Junior baseball tournament,
starting July 26.
Eight teams, Alexandria, Nor
folk, Richmond, Newport News,
Hampton, Quantico, Pulaski and
Powhattan, will play.
Eligibility lists must be filed at
Richmond by tomorrow. Each
team will be allowed IS players.
Director Hamilton. Of the Alex
andria Post, is enthused over Alex
andria's prospects of copying the
State title.
Mr.. Vernon Independents de-
feated Tidewater Oil nine yester-
day, 1910. Sunday the Mounts
Journey to Vienna. Va. for game
with the Vienna Firefighters.
The st. Mary's Celtics drill TO-
day for their game Sunday with
George Mosedale's g. P. o. nine.
D. C. Government League leaders.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
and
Putouts
BY GINO SINH


Joe Collins, Century Road
Club secretary, will watch
some other bikeman trail the
field in District meets this
season Joe'S brand new
racing bike was stolen the other
day, shortly after he received
1t.
When Joe RanSavage, Am
hassador swimming coach. goes
hack to his home town in Luz
zerne county. Pa, he auto
nlaticalIy becomes . deputy
sheriff. Hy Ritxenberg
lost 18 pounds playing tennis
this season. Two sets Of
brothers started in the District
tennis tournament. The
Sherfys and the Three Ritz
GnbergS.
Eddie Baker, a District ten
mis- tourney entry, was an as
sociate editor of the Lawn Ten
mis- ten years ago and halls
from New York and Pitts
burgh.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Dc. WOMEN NET
ENTRY.
LIST LIGHT
BY DAN GILL

Unless the women sign up in
large numbers within the next
three days, the District Women's
Tennis Championship entry list
will look pale and insignificant
beside that Of the mems tourney.
But since the fair sex has a
habit of waiting until the last
minute and then changing their
minds, the event which begins
Monday at p. m. at Columbia
Country Club should present a
fairly sizeable field.
Entries close Sunday at Co.
lumbia. Until then, however,
they will be accepted over the
telephone by Mrs. H. Clay
Thompson. Wisconsin 1919 and
Mrs. Dorette Miller at Adams
1929.
Ten Out-Of. TOwners
Ten out-of-town girls, including
four from Baltimore and four
from Philadelphia, will be on
hand. Reba Kirson. of Washing
ton, Baltimore and Warrenton,
Va. last years runner-up. will COM
pete again. The committee hasn't
heard from Louise Hoffmeister, of
Chicago, who won the last two
titles.
Other prominent players in
clude Charlotte Darling. No. 10
Middle States player and Frances
Grimes, West Virginia star.
ID. C.. Entries
Washington entries include
Marian Wood, former Californian,
who reached the semifinals of the
City of Washington Tournament,
only to be barred because Of her
short period of residence here;
Ruth Martinez, No. l player;
Bobsey Turney, Eleanor Finckel.
Dorette Miller, Mrs. Thompson,
Sara Moore. Ruth Colladay, Ruth
White, Edith McKelvey, Betty
Whitfield and Mary Deck.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
3daI4H+S
; Tony Is Back Again
If He Was EUer AUGy
But Kicks Game Boy

forced to the limit. But with
frankie peering courageously
from only one pepper, Tony was
cagey.
Indeed, he was as slick as the
inside Of q ripe tomato. He kept
walking around on Kicks blind
side and hooking him with a
jolting left Frankie couldn't see.
He only knew it was there. He
couldn't we'll have failed to
know that. Tony was constant
ly reminding him.
CanZoneri also took Franks
Fourth of July slam without
seeming to suffer much from it,
except perhaps once in the
fourth when Kick staggered
him with a right that made the
white mouthpiece he always
wears pop through this lips.
But the second edition Of
Babe Ruth was good enough to
make it possible for Sam Plan,
who manages Ross to win an.
other suit of clothes off me
when Tony and Barney meet
again. this fall, or when ever.
Strutting Up Way
Mr.. Plan has been Strutting
I'D and down Broadway in fin
cry bought him on bets on the
last fight ever since his boy be-
came a theatrical draw on the
big elbow, and by Fall he'll
probably need another suit or so.
Well he going to get chance
to get it. Barney is going to
have to beat our boy one more
time to make it take with me.
Sammy Goldman said to me
before the fight:
Don't worry about this one.
. This one is in. They have been
doing all that talking SbOut
Tony having fought too lOSg.
Ten and IL years and all thai
sort of stuff. r eally he has
fought only eight and in my
opinion is right now ut his best.
You don't think I'm after that
third fight with Ross just to
get the short end, do you? Can
zoneri is too good q fighter and
is too well fixed for me ever to
have to do that with him. If 1
wasn't dead sure he can beat
Ross and in fact has beat him
in Chicago, 1 wouldn't let him
fight even for the title"
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
WON e Of 20
BOUTSASAN
AMATEUR
By SID KATZNELL

With the legalization of profes-
sional prize fighting in the Dis
trict, local boys are becoming
boxing conscious.
The latest youth to give up
Simon Pure fisticuffing for the
pro Game is none other than
little Bonnie Jenkins, all-around
Northeast athlete.
AS an amateur jenkins partici-
pated in Is fights and emerged
victorious in %, which is not a
bad record. He is 81 years old.
stands S feet 9 inches, and weighs
approximately $50 pounds.
Harry cKid'D Groves, fight
trainer, thinks that jenkins is one
of the best local prospects seen
around here in a long time.
Eleven Bouts as Mailman
Jenkins plays center field on
the Sanico baseball team OF the
National Capital League, and IS
clocking the. apple at a .545 clip.
He also plays football with the
Maryland A. c., and is considered
one of the finest half backs IN
this section.
Bonnie has participated in II
wrestling bouts. too. losing only
two matches. He is quite a swim
mer and a track performer, hav-
ing won gold medals in both OF
these sports.
jenkins says that the big mo-
ment in his career was when he
decisioned Cary Wright in an
amateur bout. Wright has since
turned pro and has been doing
pretty we'll.
Harry Groves is expected to
handle Jenkins interests when ne
makes his debut as professional
fighter.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
DC. Woman Net Aces
BOU in Md. State Test

BALTIMORE, Md. June 20.
Washington, D. C.'s two doubles
teams in the Maryland State
Tennis Tournament will have to
watch further play from the side:
lines.
Both were defeated yesterday
in the -second-round play when
Mrs. Charles Boehm and Miss
Anne Townsend defeated Sara
Moore and Dorette Miller, 60.
ga and Mrs. De Lloyd Thompson
and Cecilia Reigel won from
Ruth Martinez and Bobsey Tur.
ney, SO, 81.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
BOPST OBTAINS
NET ENTRIES

Alvin M. Bopst. Of Frederick,
Md. fingered around the Column
bia Country Club long enough to
line up few of the better
players for the Frederick Tourna'
ment which starts July 4.
Barney Welsh. Frank Shore.
Hickey Willis. Billy Bouic. Tony
Eatona, Dewitt Kendall, r.
Strand johnson and Hugh Trigg
have promised to compete. Buddy
Adair, Bobby Doyle and David
johnson will go up for the Junior
singles. Entries close Monday
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

Navy Yard tripped Aggies, yes
terday. 6 to 3, to throw Aggies
and Sleuths in a first.place tie
Lefty Kuhnert famed eight Ag-
g;es, collected a single and scored
run to aid his team. Lefty"
Joe Stankus hurled for the Ag-
gies and pitched creditable ball.
jewelers. Play For Title
Ross jewelers. play Capitol
Heights on the West Ellipse at
o'clock, Sunday, for the first
half title in the District 1ndepend-
ent League. Here is the entire
schedule:
D. G. S. Warehouse VS.. Compensation
Commission, Diamond No. l, at 1 p. m.
Ross Jewellers vs.. Capitol Heights, West
Ellipse, at p. m. Grace A. c. VS.,
Postal A. c., West Ellipse. at : p. M.
Mount Rainier Grays VS.. Wentworth A.
c.. Mount Rainier High School. at
S:15 p. m.
Gichners Iron Works dropped
an 8-to-6 decision to Home Loan,
in the Industrial League.
FederaIs Score
G. P. o. Federals scored over
Interstate Commerce, in the Fed
eral League, 8 to 3.
In the National Capital League,
Sanico won from Acacia, 3 to l;
Gulf Refiners beat Pepco. 10 to 6.
and Thompsons Dairy outslugged
Shell to win, IL to 9.
Grace M. E. won first-half hon,
ors in the Georgetown Church
League with a 12-to-9 win over
West Washington Baptist.
P. w. A. and Post Office bat.
tied to a 4-to-4 tie in the Colored
Departmental League.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
4 California Prune
Beats Californian
In Ebbetts Field Bout

NEW YORK, June 2s.-The
little gentleman of Queensbury,
who Is Tony Canzoneri, in case
you are not familiar with the
boys in our set, came back to
the resin pit at Ebbets Field,
Brooklyn, last night with all
his guns booming.
BY scoring a technical knock
out over game little Frankie
Kick in the ninth round of a
10-round fight, the humping
Tony clearly earned a second
shot at Barney Ross light
weight title, and If there is
justice in boxing he will get it.
1t was not so long ago that
Klick fought a catchweights
draw with Ross in California
and sent the champion out of,
the ring with a badly puffed
eye.
Last night the puffed eye
was in the other face-Klick's.
A righthand smash to the OPP
tic that struck with Eile gong
ending the fourth round started
the fighting Brooklyn italian
on the road to victory and up
the comeback trail. That is,
If he has ever been away.
Not only did the triumph earn
Canzoneri a return bout with
Ross, it also earned him a rising
vote of thanks from the news
paper boys in the press pews. 1t
was the first relief we have had
from fighting. golf shooting,
eight-oared crew rowing, tennis
playing Californians around
here in long time.
! Comes From Frisco
Klick comes from San Fran.
cisco and at the finish of this
one he must have thought he
was right back out there in the
fog, so blind did the sharpshoot-
ing Tony have him.
It may not have been much
but it was small break in the
California sweep. a tiny leak in
the dam and We should be
thankful for small favors the
way those native sons have been
going around here this season.
And Of all things, it had to be
a California prune that brought
1t about, for that was exactly
what Kicks eye looked like
after the fifth round-an over
size California prune. Or is an
oversize California prune
watermelon? Well, it wasn't
quite that big. but it was big
enough.
Big enough to have Klick
blind in the eighth and ninth,
though he kept punching,
punching. punching, like the
truly game kid he is. He is
no bad fighter. Mr.. Kick. Not
great. But not bad either. 1t
was the first peep I had ever
had of him, and in fairness
I must say that if Tony hadn't
hung that sinner on him he
would have annoyed the little
gentleman Of Queensbury no
little.
He is a tricky. punching, an
noying-like fighter. the Fris-
coan, with a style peculiarly
his own. Sometimes he looks
as though his joints worked
on hinges and every now and
then he would yank 'em back
and forth when sparring, like
q guy opening and shutting a
door.
!. Champ Misses 1t
Champion Barney Ross did
not see the fight of his most
dangerous lightweight rivals,
although he is in New York.
He was on the other side Of
the bridge in a motion-picture
theater. where all good cham
pions go when they get to be
champions.
Mr.. Max Baer, in person.
opened in rival theater down
the street from Ross Yesterday.
and am told that he left the
audience. largely composed OF
ladies, standing and cheering
when he sang them a soft
goodby.
] Because of the injury to
Kicks eye, it was difficult to
] tell just how good Canzoneri
! might have been If he had been
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

Grace M. E. won first-half hon
ors in the Georgetown Church
League with 12-to-9 win over
West Washington Baptist.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
INCREASE PURSES

Although the Pimlico Futurity
has been dropped from the pro
gram, the association has in
creased the Walden Handicap and
the Riggs Handicap to $500,
from their original $4,000 value.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

P. w. A. and Post office bat
tied to 4-to-4 tie in the Colored
Departmental League.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Agriculture Nine Tackles
Sleuths For Crown

Agricultural Aggs and Bureau of Investigation play off for
the stha honos in the Departmental Baseball League to-
dav on the South Ellipse at clock.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Fates Are With Yankees
In Pennant Drive
Bv GARRETT WATERS

The fates and fortunes Of baseball have an ODD way IN
functonng times The Grffs opener with the New York
Yankees of Yesterday proved instance.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Sports Today
TENNIS

TENNIS
At Columbia Country Club
District of Columbia champion.
ship, 4 p. m.
GOLF
At Congressional Country Club
District Girls Junior champion
ship.