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Evening star., 1935-09-10

! e a d e r S among
the nations turn
formal attention
to E hi OPT a,
there Is q grow
ing convi / C ton
among impartial
observers I tha t
the League Is
powerless to pre-
vent a war be-
tween Italy and
the African king
dom.
Italy has in
dicted Ethiopia,
para d doxi cally
enough, and the
Evening star., 1935-09-10

ing, which has been so long improv-
ing, will rapidly fall.
At the present time 1t is generally
known that Italy is in q desperate
financial plight. Her credit is almost
gone and economic sanctions are
dreaded. 1t is thought that this will
cause domestic strife and possibly a
revolution which would overthrow
Evening star., 1935-09-10
WAR IN ETHIOPIA
:. HELD INEVITABLE
Geneva Observers, How
ever, Believe League Will
Finally Triumph.

The League OF Nations dppar-
emily truitless efforts to preuent
a ,Ddr betDeen italy and Ethiopia
are discussed here by Senator Pope,
member OF the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee, tDho is in
Genera on his round OF UtStts to
European capitals for a series OF
unofficial conversations tDith states
men there.
Evening star., 1935-09-10
BY JAMES p. POPE,

United States Senator From Idaho.
BY Radio to The Star.
GENEVA, September 10 N.A.
N.A).-As the Council Of the League
of Naticus gathers around its semi
circular green table and its component
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COAST VICTORY
TOROSENBLOOM

HOLLYWOOD, June 8. - For
the seventeenth Straight time
since he lost his worlds
heavyweight title to Bob DIN,
Make Rosenbloom, of New York,
today had been returned a win
ner in a fistic encounter.
"Slapsie" Make spotted Ford
Smith, of Wyoming, thirty pounds
and decisively defeated the rugged
210-pounder here last night.
Despite his reputation for be-
ing anything but a slugger Rosen-
bloom had Smith in bad way
at the final bell. The big fellow
was bleeding from the nose and
mouth when he sank exhausted
in his corner as Makes glove
was raised.
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Sunday Sandot
Schedule
NATIONAL CITY LEAGUE
SE6TTON n

Cherner Motor VS., Pig n Whistle, ON
East ELISE.
Miller Furniture VS.. Murphy's 5 and
10 Stores, ON South EIlipse.
at Taft Park.
Army Medicos VS.. Blue Flame Valet
Shop at Walter Reed.
SECTION
David's Grill VS.. Warwick on No. 1,
FairIawn.
Stansburg A. s. VS.. Georgetown A. c.
on North Ellipse.
Capital Transit VS.. District Grocery
Store On No. IL, Tidal Basin.
All games at o'clock.
JUNIOR DIVISION
Hilltop Merchants vs.. Montgomery on
East EIlipSe.
Wizard LOckSmtih VS.. Simpsons Phar.
macy on No. Fairlawn.
Auths vs.. Washington Flour on North
EIlipse.
PetwOrth Nationals VS.. Nation. Wide
GrOcers on South Ellipse.
All games at l o'clock.
MIDGET DIVISION
Nolan Motor VS.. VerSis on No. 4.
PetwOrth Eagles VS.. TakOma Play.
ground ON No. 1.
Washington Boys Club vs.. Jack Pry
Mats on No. 1, Fairiawm.
TrOjans vs.. O'DOnneil's Grill on No.
II. Tidal Basin.
All games at II o'clock.
NORTHERN VIRGINIA LEAGUE
Red Section
HerndOn at Arlington.
MiddleburG at BallstOn.
Falls Church at Manassas.
White Section
Marshall at Aide.
Fairfax Station at Vienna.
wildwood at Purcellville.
MARYLAND COUNTY LEAGUE
Silver Spring Giants vs.. Cabin John at
Wheaton.
Mt. Rainier Grays W. Mt. Rainier A.
C. ON BladenSburE Road diamond.
North Washington W.. HorninE Jewel.
ers on District Line diamond.
Washington Clowns vs.. White Haven
at Cabin John.
All games at o'clock.
DEPARTMENT STORE LEAGUE
LanSbRrGh's VS.. Kann's at the South
ElIlpse.
PaIais Royal vs.. Hecht's on East
ElIipSe.
All games at II o'clock.
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{ EAGLES FACE
SULLIVAN IN
CAME

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June g..
With the st. Mary's Celtics meet
ing the Frederick A. C. nine at
Frederick, Md, the Alexandria
Eagles occupy the spotlight here
tomorrow in their game with
the Emergency Works Admins
tration at Baggett's Stadium at
3 o'clock.
Joe Sullivan, Eastern High
School pitcher, will make his
debut in independent baseball
with the visitors, while "Shute"
Taylor will take the slab for the
Virginians.
Earl Mattingly. former miner
league pitcher, today signed to
twirl for the st. Mary's Celtics
and will work in the Frederick
MdD game tomorrow.
The Celtics also have signed
Art Zahn, former shortStop of the
George Washington University.
Gordon's Cafe and Quantico
Marines teams play on the lat
ter's field today at o'clock.
Happy Valley and Fairfax A.
c. mines mix at Roberts Stadium
tomorrow.
Old Dominion Loop plays the
following games tomorrow:
Cardinals VS.. Park Lane; Va.
White Sox VS.. Forestville; Fran
coma VS.. Clarendon; Occoquan
Grays VS.. Clarendon Business
Men and Rangers VS.. Mclean.
The lehman Belle Haven golf
team left this morning for Mar
tinSburg, w. Va, to play in the
bistate tournament.
Players with the Bell Haveners
follow: Charlie Rollins, Andy
Clarke, DR.. S. B. Moore, Jess Viii
lard, Comdr. Scott M'Farlane, R.
L. Kane, Henry Anderson, Herbert
Bryant, Charles Holden, jr., ana
B. L. Howell.
Next week the semifinal round
of the Belle Haven bowl tourna-
ment will be played. The matches
follow: DR.. Moore VS.. Charles Rol,
Inns; Comdr. M'Farlane VS.. Tom
Sebrell.
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badly, he is going to remain there
for a long time. Not only is Al
mazda hitting the ball and running
the bases Che leads the American
League in stolen bases), but he is
throwing in fine style.
Armada has a knack of charg-
ing the ball and fielding it like an
infielder. The first time this
writer saw him was last year in
Detroit. Then he raced across
the Sward into left center, picked
up a hard-hit ball and threw out
a man at third base. We marked
him for a star. He makes an &C.
casional error, but he will save
more games with his daring than
whole field full of safety first
ball players who watch, and for
ever wait.
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GRIST OF GRIFFMEN
By FRANK BUCK" o'NE1LL

ington" rolled over the loud
speakers in the sixth inning.
Bean had hit so many bats by
this time that Harris gave the
leave" sign and thumbed Petit
into the game.
Powell stood on third base pos
ing for animal crackers or some
thing while Kerr implored him to
score on Cramer'S error in the
seventh frame. Maybe it wasn't
animal crackers at that. Maybe
it was an allegory that Jake was
presenting. Something like "The
Conservation of Energies"
Myer drove in Kuhel with a
grounder that forced Manush at
second, and the score was tied.
Maybe Powell was waiting for
Cramer to start initiating the
fifth Hawaiian before starting
home. Anyway he counted when
Popeye Mahaffey mistook Petit
for Barnacle Bill the Sailor and
passed him with the bases
damned.
Our Mr.. Kuhel Smacked the
ball into the right field corner
in the seventh inning and drove
in two runs. This very fine bit
of smacking the ball put the
Griffs right back in the ball
game.
Travis slapped one down to
Warstler at second base which
was too hot to handle. Warstler
thought the ball had climbed into
the air after striking his chest,
and stood there, hands cupped,
waiting for the ball to come down.
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DEEMS
BASE BALL
GREAT"

CONTINUED from lst Sport Page
morning. "We're just going to
go along. Maybe we can de-
velop another kid like COppOla.
That would be great.
"That kid certainly figures
in my plans for the rest Of the
year and for next year." said
Bucky Harris, who just hap
pened to come along at the
time. COppola told me today
that he was a little tired and
his arm was stiff, but he'll be
all right. What a game that
boy turned in against the Red
SOx.
"YOu know, he's learning all
the time. He came back to the
bench after one or two innings
and told me how he was using
a change of pace and a let-up
ball along with his fast one.
His change is not anything
great, but he's learning all the
time. When he can whip that
low fast ball over the outside
corner at the angle he uses,
it's hard to hit"
Joe Kuhel put the Griffs bach
in the ball game yesterday after
noon with his triple in the
seventh inning.
Chips Fence
Bluege and Petit both got
singles and Joe then Clipped the
right field fence. He scored him
self with the tying run. and be
fore the frame ended six runs
scored and the issue was def
nitely settled.
washington made Is hits yes
terday, one of the teams big
days at the bat. They punched
those hits, too. making ten Of
them in the last two innings
and converting those 10 blows
into runS-nine runs to be exact
It is beginning to look now a!
if OsSie Bluege is a fixture a.
shortstop. The veteran refuses tt
as much as wave a greeting al
Father Time. but he's saluting al
sorts of pitching with a bat tina
right now is spraying the outfielc
with all sorts of hits. It's 4 pleas
ure to watch this old timer make
his plays as he makes them. III
gets the ball away like flash, anc
his throwing is so good it's almost
monotonous. If he'd make a wilc
throw now and then you'd pay
more attention to him.
Cecil Travis had a whale Of 4
day with the Mack infield, gettins
three taps that never saw rhe out
field.
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TOSSERS
DROP FROM
LEAGUE
By SID KATZNELL

Fear not, National City League
baseball players!
The Ellipse and Monument dia-
monds with the exception of No.
S and 7 fields, will open for COM
petition tomorrow. But all the
diamonds will be closed next week
because of the Shrine convention.
Stating that his team is too
green and too young to compete
in Section B of the National City
unlimited league, Manager John
Gunthow, of the Lewis Ice Cream
Company, withdrew his entry
from the circuit today.
Thereby the Woodmen of the
World gain a forfeit which makes
their record read five victories and
one loss. This puts them in un-
disputed possession of first place
for the time being.
Can Tie Again
Capital Transit and Stansbury
were tied with the Woodmen for
first place until Lewis Ice Cream
concluded activities. They have
won four games and dropped one,
and they can go back into tie
with the W. o. w. should they
! dispose of their opponents tomor-
row. Stansbury A. C. meets
Georgetown A. C. on the North
Ellipse at p. m. and Capital
Transit tackles DIGS. on No. IL
diamond, Tidal Basin, at the same
hour.
Miller Furniture Murphys
game will probably supply the
most fireworks in Section A of
the National City Unlimited
League. They come to grips at 3
o'clock on the South Ellipse.
Vic Gauzza, sandlot's Judge
Lands, emphatically states that
no changes are listed in the Mary
land County League.
Silver Spring Giants and
Wheaton A. C. will play their
game on the Wheaton diamond as
previously announced and not on
the Silver Spring diamond.
Repairmen Win
D. C. Repair Shop surprised by
defeating Bureau of Investigation,
to l, yesterday in the United
States Government League. Art
Lacy, the speedball artist, was the
hero for the repairmen.
He set down the Sleuths with
nine scattered hits and famed
four. Lacy was his best in the
pinches, as nine bingleS indicate.
Freddy Noone, formerly with the
New York Giants, came through
with a timely three-bagger for D.
c. Repair Shop.
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The Athletics have an interest
ing cutoff play on outfield hits.
With a man on first, if a ball
is hit to right or center field, the
outfielder throws to shortstop.
This applies when the runner can
not be prevented from reaching
third. It is a slick play, for the
batter makes too wide a turn, the
shortstop takes the outfielder's re-
turn and whips peg to first base.
The Giants, under McGraw,
used this play, and in the series
of 1922 Bancroft and Kelly cut
down Ward, Schang and Pipp,
who made their turns too wide
after driving men to third base.
There was quite a discussion
over whether or not a pitched bail
had lit Bob Johnson'S bat in the
first inning. Belve Bean rushed
in and ccntended that the ball
had hit the stick, and this writer
contends that Belve Bean is an
expert on that very point.
There was no doubt on the sub
ject minute later when Johnson
hit the ball into the left field
stands. Or would it be better to
state that Bean hit Johnson's bat
n no foolin'?
First Press Box Visit
Uncle Thomas Connolly, UNI
pire-in-chief Of the American
League staff, who started calling
them right in 1894, paid his first
visit to any press box yesterday
afternoon.
Your agent and Connolly had a
laugh over an old argument that
occurred on the Polo Grounds
nearly 20 years ago. After a lot
Of this and that Thomas levelled
a finger at this agent and said:
You write your two-for-a-penny
stories. and let me do the UNI
piring."
Uncle Tom had a copy of The
Times in his pocket, and it was
opened at the sports page.
The familiar announcement:
"Pettit now pitching for Wash
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Major League
Leaders
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGt 4
Leading batsman: Vaughan, Pirates,
400.
Most runs: Vaughan. Pirates, 43.
Most runs batted in: Medwick, Cards,
80.
Most hits: Vaughan, Pirates. SO.
Most doubtless MedwiCk, Cardinals. 16.
Most triples: L. WaRer, Pirates; Good
man, Reds, 6.
Most home runs: OFT, Giants, 10.
Most steals: Myers, Reds; BOrdagaray,
Dodgers. 8.
Leading pitchers Parmalee, Giants,
IL.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Leading batSman: johnson. Athletics,
.4O6.
Most runs: johnson, Athletics, Al.
Most runs batted In: Greenberg,
Tigers. 40.
Most hits: johnson, Athletics. 81.
Most doubles: VOSmik, Indians, u.
NMOst triples: VOhmik, Indians; CrOnin,
Red SOx, 6.
Most home runs: johnson. Athletics. IA.
Leading pitcher: whitehead, White
SOx, 81.
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work last season in triumphant
fashion?
Is there some obscure player as
saying his first tournament in
whom the divine spark awaits
kindling?
Today the answer to these ques
tons will be set in motion when
the City of Washington tourna
ment opens at the Rock Greek
courts.
AS far as the seeding commit
tee is concerned the question Of
who Welsh's chief rival will be is
settled. He is Latona, who has
been seeded No. / in lieu of Welsh
himself, who has not entered.
Mitchell No. 2
Mitchell, defending champion, is
No. 2; Ralph McElvenny, No. 3;
Bud Marley. No. 4; Hugh Lynch
No. S; Hickey Willis, No. s; Nor
gan Happy" Jacobs, No. Z, and
Pat Deck, No. 8.
Sixty-four are listed in the mems
singles, and the opening matches
get underway at 2 o'clock.
Other first Fighters who are
missing from the entry list besides
Welsh are Tom Mangan, one OF
the leading lights in the tourna
ment since it was organized, and
Gilbert Hunt, the young sensa
ton.
With only bona fide residents
of the District and immediate
suburbs eligible, the event will be
a test which will bring out local
top-notch talent in men and
women singles and doubles and
the junior and boys singles.
This marks the seventh running
of the tournament. The first
tournament was held on the Rock
Greek courts in May, 1929. The
event was conceived by Winfrse
johnson. then the newly ap.
pointed head of the Public Build.
ing and Parks Recreational ASSo'
citation.
johnson, in his omniScient sur.
vey of things termiStic realized the
need of a strictly all-WaShington
open tournament, and presto, it
became reality. From the very
first it was rated in the premier
players book as second only to
the District tournament.
Welsh VS.. LatOna
Today the first annual Argyle
open singles tournament ends at
Argyle with Barney Welsh tack
ling one of his main rivals of the
season, Tony Latona.
Another championship will also
be decided when Fred Haas and
A. o. White clash for the Colum-
bia Country Club singles at
Columbia at 4 o'clock.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
George Washington U. winds up
a brilliant tennis season against
the crack Columbia Club lineup
of Hickey Willis, Clarence Char
est, A. o. White. Harrison Hath
away, Thad R. Dulin and C. E.
Dawson. Billy Turner. is an al
ternate. Six singles and three
doubles will be played. Owen
Howenstein, who is recovering
from an attack of measles, may
also see action for Columbia.
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OMAHA F ACES
RIVALS

NEW YORK, June G.-Omaha,
Belair studs Kentucky Derby
and Preakness winner. coupled
with Sir Beverly, faces four other
powerful rivals in today'S renewal
of the historic Belmont stakes,
one of the most important g.
year-old fixtures of the year, en-
doWed with purse of $4,000
added money.
The big son of Gallant Fox is
expected to make amends for his
defeat at the heels of William
DuPont'S Rosemont in the recent
Withers stakes which was a mile
event. Today's big offering calls
for a run of a mile and a half
and the longer the better for
Omaha, a renowned stretch rum
ner.
All starters will meet at equal
weights of 1876 pounds. Rose
mont is scheduled to go and in
the early quotations is held 5 to
l second choice. while the Belair
pair is 3 to S favorite.
The lineup:
Prob.
Horse Owner Jockey Odds
aOmaha Belair Stud Saunders 3-h
aSir Beverly Belair Stud Malley So
FirethOrR w. JeffOrdS Workman FL
ROSemOnt VIM. Dupont Wright 81
Gold Foam A. Cntermyer Meade 3O-l
Cold Shoulder 4. Vanderbilt Bejshak 81
aBeIair Stud entry.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Kansas City. AS: Minneapolis. 3-3.
ST. Paul. IL: Milwaukee, 5.
Toledo. 6: indianapolis, 5.
Louisville at Columbus (rain).
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GRAYS SEEKING

The Chevy Chase Grays want
a game with one of Washington's
best unlimited mines for today.
Phone Cleveland 677O.
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HOME RUN HITTERS

&. Walker. Tigers. 2; johnson, OFT,
Giants: }. Moore. Giants; BOnura, White
SOX; Fox, Tigers: }. Moore. Phillies {;
Allen. PhiIIies: Byrd, Reds: KampOuris,
Reds; Goodman, Reds; KOenecke, DOdg.
ers.
Leaders: johnson. Athletics. IA; Green
berg Tigers, II; Foxy. Athletics. 10; OFT.
Giants, 10: BOnura. White SOx, 10.
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will it b e
De n n i son L.
"Dooly" Mitch
e l |, W h o m
Barney depoSed
last year?
Will it be Tom
Bud" Marley,
staging a come.
back, or Hugh
Lynch, former
Princeton n e t
captain and a
n e W c omer to
local tie n mis-
circles, or Tony
L a to n a, W h O
wound up his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-08
Armada Symbol of Rise
Of Mexican Sports
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

parous days in the Republic Of Mexico when
cheered viva E Presdente" but very careful know
which Chief Executive occupied the trembling seat of gov
Meo Armada rd stood high in the councils of the body
polite south of the Rio Grande
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l-Batted for Mahaffey in St

philadelphia ..,..... 200 OI2 OLE g
Washington .,....... 100 100 6Sx-11
Bean. Cramer 3. Dietrich, Kuhel 2,
Stone 2, Petit, Powell, Bolton 2. Two
base hits-BOltOn. Bean, Cramer. Three
base hit-Kuhel. Home run-J0hnSOn.
philadelphia II. Washington 8. Base on
baIIs-Off Dietrich .. Mahaffy l, Bean
3. Caster 3. Petit 2. Hits-Of Bean
in is innings, off Petit 4 in 3 2-S in.
Caster 9 in 2-S inning. off Mahaffey o
In 1-3 inning. Struck Out-By Bean 1,
by Petit 3. By Mahaffey 1. BY Marcum
!. Winning piteher-Pettit. Losing
pitcher - Dietrich. Umpirea-McGOWan,
Summers and Quinn. Time Of game
2:4O. Atteffdance-5,OOO.
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81 To BATTLE
FOR MEMS
CROWN
BY GINO SINH

Who will be the foremost chal-
lenger of the local tennis king,
Barney Welsh, this season?
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Patterson Cup
Golf Results

Mrs. F. r. Keefer:
Out. 6 "a 5-44
In. 5 ) 8 2 s 4 4 4 6-47-91-15-S6
Mrs. Vida Martin:
Out. 5 6 4 6 6 4 S S 6-47
In. 3 8 8 8 4 s 5 4 6-46-e3-16-77
Mrs. Montgomery Blair:
Out. 5 8 4 6 4 5-46
1n.... 5 5 6 I 5 6 "a 5-47-93-I5-78
Mrs. Hume Peabody:
Out. 60 4 s 8 5 4 As
In. 3 6675 4 5-45-9O-12-7s
Low Gross: Miss Wfnifred Faunce:
Out. 5755 54 SIS
In. 8 s 6 & $780, k-2i
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Uncle Tom had a copy of The
Times in his pocket, and it was
opened at the sports page.
The familiar announcement:
"Pettit now pitching for Wash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26

would be the obvious, surface shocks. His real trouble would come when he began to find out how people are thinking and what they are trying to do.
 Here was a man who went into seclu- sion just four years after Bryan's great free silver campaign of 1896 He probably supposed, when he went up there, that free silver was as dead as George Wash ingtons horse; but he would find 1t live Her than even Bryan himself ever dreamed, being looked upon kindly in the national capital itself.
 When this prospector went north, the United States was busy conquering the F'ilipinos; today he would find it equally busy setting the Filipinos free. If he re- membered the growing rnurmur against the trusts" back in 1900, he would see today's government feeling regretful be- cause the supreme court wouldn't let it band the big combinations of industry together in system designed to restrict output and maintain prices.
 Remembering the anti-railroad agita- tion of the 1900S, he would see the gov- ernment coming to the rescue of the rail- roads with millions upon millions of dol- lars. And then, of course, there would be the AAA for him to think about. Prob ably it would all seem pretty confusing If he looked abroad it would be even worse.
 England, which he last saw descending on the South African Boers, preparing to wage war to protect the independence of an African nation !. |. Russia under des- potism as rigid as ever, but turned upside down so that a different set of people is in Siberia |. Germany minus it's kaiser, with former house painter ruling more automatically than the kaiser ever dreamed of ruling .. wouldn't that be enough to bewilder the most intelligent of hermitS?
 Indeed, the old gentleman could hardly be blamed for taking one long look at the nation and the world which he last saw 35 years ago, and then turning around and heading back for his Alaskan dig gings at top speed And he would prob ably be accompanied by the shouts of despairing stay-at-homes- "Hey, buddy, is there room for any more of us up there?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-26
Success At Last

The news that the city had been grant, ed WPA appropriation of close to $15O,- 900 for construction of school athletic field on Watertown avenue is indeed en- couraging. We really believe that it spells the beginning of a new era for Water bury. This city for long years has held a proud record for SportSmanship in Con- necticut. That such a record might be splotched by inadequate facilities has long been bitter cup of poison for thou sands of loyal Waterburians.
 Efforts have been made in the past to provide the public schools with proper playing fields, but for some reason or other they failed. Of more recent years the last recourse has been the public parks with the several drawbacks that such utilization of them meant. Wa terbury is too large and too progressive city to be without an enclosed athletic field and we are glad to see that Mayor Frank Hayes, Senator Joseph Lawlor, and other interested persons have chang ed the course of events.
 We trust that work on the project may be rushed to completion. We know, of course, that the field will not be avail able for 1886 sports, as present plans call for most complete field, as well as the necessary stands for spectators and field house for competitors. The city is undertaking not merely responsibility in this new venture, but also is adding to it's annual expenses by the responsi- bility of maintenance. Yet no one will begrudge this and when the completed project shines forth we know that a vote of thanks will be expressed to those officials who had the courage and fore sight to push it to completion.