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Evening star., 1935-03-14

The main humping was done by AL
Powell, Washington's own; Jack Stone
and Joe Kuhel These batters poled
several long ones, Powell especially
giving the leather a sound larruping.
There Is no doubt about Powell pos
sessing a lot of batting power. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether he can hit
big League pitching, however. All the
power in the world would mean noth-
ing If the hurlers have 1t on the hit
terS.
A peppery infield practice was held
With all six of the infield group par
ticipating and sgd Cohen, most ver-
satile player with the Nationals, and
Joe Mills, Washington sandlotter here
to learn something of big-league base
ball, as well. Cohen toiled tor time
at first base, and so did Mills after
working a while at second base.
Mills handled himself nicely at the
middle post. He breaks well to either
side. picks up the ball cleanly and gets
it away with speed. There might be a
spot for him somewhere In the minors.
But Joe wants to keep away from first
base. They need them longer than he
Is for the initial station jo1er
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Sports Program
In Local Realm
TODAY.
Wrestling.

TODAY.
Wrestling.
Washington Auditorium. Dan
CMahoney, ireland, VS.. Fred Grob-
mier, Iowa, two falls out OF three.
Show starts $50.
Boxing.
Semi-finals in Golden Gloves
A. A. U. tourney, at Catholic u,
8:15.
Basket Ball.
Extramural tourney, Maryland
VS.. Catholic u, at University of
Maryland, $50.
SATURDAY.
Swimming.
Shoreham pool. South Atlantic
high school championships.
Boxing.
Finals in Golden Gloves A. A. U.
tourney, at Catholic u, 8:l5.
Extramural Finals.
volley ball, 1880: basket ball,
s; boxing, 9, University Of Mary
land.
Rifle.
George Washington VS.. Navy, at
Annapolis, 1:30 (shoulder-to-
shoulder. Tech VS.. Navy plebes.
at Annapolis, 1870 (shoulder-to-
shoulder. George washington.
girls VS.. Carnegie Tech girls.
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BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

~ RADENTON, Fla, March IA
x The ST. Louis Cardinals have
a reputation for being one Of
the hardest boiled clubs In
base ball, but they act more like a
squad of happy, well-paid athletes this
Spring than the rough and rugged
band that swarmed to the top of the
heap last Fall
The world champions know they are
good. They have superlative pitching,
allowing even for a slight falling of
in the victory column by the Dean
brothers They have turned up a
sensational new center fielder in Terry
Moore.
The second line of defense probably
will be stronger, with Charley Colbert
making an infield comeback.
All of which has developed a
tendency toward oyerconfidence that
Manager frankie Frisch is doing his
utmost to combat. The high tide of
prosperity not necessarily is fatal, but
it is a fact that the Cardinals have
yet to come back and win the pennant
after being victorious in the world
series. They skidded in 1927 and again
in 1932-but Frisch wasn't manager
then.
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By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
~ ILOXI, Miss, March 14.-While
x Manager Bucky Harris is
u paying considerable attention
to lot of young pitching re-
cruits at training camp here. old
Alex McColl Is toiling pretty much
on his own and chucking in right
impressive manner.
The right-hander who stuck in the
minors nearly a score of years before
coming up to his first major job does
not know whether he has any chance
of sticking with the club this year,
but he is not quitting because no one
In charge seems to give him tumble.
They haven't said word to me
since I started training" said McCon
today. II don't know whether I'll
remain with the club or not. Well,
that's base ball. Here today. gone to
Chattanooga tomorrow. But I do
know that am better right now than
at any other time since I Joined the
Washington club"
Which was something for Alex to
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Allison, Foresaking Tennis for Time Being
To Play With Radio, Contacts II Countries

He even has thrown down his Off
season standby. golf. in a Jealous
effort to contact more amateurs in
distant parts of the globe than any
other American operator. He spends
many hours daily before a powerful
short-wave set in the basement OF
his apartment tinkering with the
dials.
I'm forgetting about everything
else until this contest is over" Allison
laughingly remarked. 1T will be con-
cluded next week and I expect to
begin my tennis work in earnest then
to get in condition for competition.
I'm having lots of fun. I talked yes
terday to fellow in India, but can't
pronounce his name"
With the contest half over, Allison
has contacted II countries and feels
that he has a good chance to win.
Although Allison has shunted every
thing aside to play with his radio, he
runs or miles every morning so
that when he goes into training he
can reach top form in double quick
time. He has lost or pounds this
Winter.
Il always lose in the Winter, be-
cause I don't eat as much as when
I'm playing hard" he said.
Allison is fully recovered from an
attack of influenza that sent him to
bed early in January, but doesn't ex-
pect to do much playing before the
middle OF May. Except for a few
practice games, he has played only
once since the end of last years
campaign.
He definitely has decided against
entering early tournaments at Pine
hurst and White Sulphur Springs, but
will play in Houston, Tex, April l, and
possibly go to Atlanta later.
Allison said he would like to skip
the American zone eliminations and
does not, at present, intend to enter.
Sidney Woods and two or three
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Capable of 20 Victories.

VXIHITEHILL should be in the
" pink when the flag fighting
starts next month, ready to
back a sound arm with a strong body.
In that condition, score of victories
in the season would not seem too large
an order for the chunky chucker.
Manager Harris is enthusiastic over
the speed with which Whitehill is
rounding into form. When with the
Tigers Whitehill was an unusually slow
trainer, Harris says. The start of the
season usually found the pitcher still
of edge and this handicapped him and
his club no little in the early going.
At peak Whitehill was hard to beat,
but he took much punishment from
opposing batters before reaching his
best form.
If Whitehill manages to start on
edge this time-and it now looks as
II he will-the pilot is confident the
portside pitcher will do much toward
getting the Nationals away well in the
championship chase
1t is important that this time White
hill is going about his training with
his mind at ease. apparently we'll
satisfied with conditions about the
camp and the club. Last season Earl
came into the fold not so we'll pleased
after losing a salary argument with
President Griffith and generally at
odds with everything about the club.
This certainly affected his conditioning
work and as a consequence he never
at any time during the Nag race was
his real pitching self
He had his good days, but they were
few and far between. In a better
mood this year, however, there should
be more Of these good days for White
hill. He believes there will be-and
20 do those engaged in making the Ma
tionals club to be reckoned with in
. the impending American League cam
nAipn
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PITT TIED FOR TOP
BY WEST VIRGINIA
Mountaineers Score 43 to 26 and
CUNTS Will Play Off for
League Honors.

BY the Associated Press.
HORGANTOWN. W. Va, March
VI 1i-West Virginia University
court men put crimp into
Pitts champion-seeking five by de-
feating them here, 43 to 26.
The Mountaineers, as result of
last nights game, are now tied with
the Panthers for top-notch rank in
the Eastern intercollegiate Basket Ball
Conference. The teams will play of
for the title, probably Saturday.
Pitt. a heavy favorite. was caught
unaware by the West VirginianS' at
tack and never seriously threatened
the victorious team.
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FIGURES DODGERS
TO WIN @ GAMES
Club Official Cites Number
Various TWirIers Are Ex-
pected to Take.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ RLANDO, Fla. - Manager
1 Casey Stengel remained dis
Y J creetly silent, but Joseph
Gilleaudeau, vice president
of the Dodgers, had it figured out
that Brooklyn would win 95 games
this season.
Figuring Van Lingle Mungo as a
2o-game winner, Gilleaudeau rated
the list of hurlers as follows: Dutch
Leonard, II; Ray Benge, l6; Johnny
Babich, Is; Watson Clark, 10; Frank
Lamanske and Bob Logan, a total of
IL, and Tom Zachary, S.
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Players Furnishing Sunshine
At Biloxi, Where an Overcast
Sky Is Regarded us Concession

At any moment of the afternoon
c. C.'s little blond Thelma or Jack
Relief Russell may come swooping
through the columns. completely out
of control. Yesterday morning
hree-cornered handicap was staged
over the mile and -sixteenths
course to the park.
Scribe's wife Mildred led at the first
turn but WIS shouldered by parked
car as she tried to lengthen her lead
going to the Gulf road. Photog's frau
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Deans Have Help.

THE Deans, unless they suffer a
severe reaction, should combine
with Bill Walker, Bill Hallahan
and Pat Malone, newly acquired from
the Cubs, to give the club all the first
class pitching it needs. Hallahan.
with real comeback year, could make
another pennant easy for the Red
Birds Two old campaigners, Jesse
Haines and Dazzy Vance. will shoulder
the relief work. Among the candi-
dates for varsity jobs are Ray Harrell,
Norbert K,einke, Henry Pippen, Dick
Ward and Lyle BUD Thinning. The
first three are farm" products, the
last two from the Cubs.
Terry Moore has moved into the
outfield. replacing Ernie Orsatti, in
spectacular fashion. Only % years old
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
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BARNEY ROSS MATCHED

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March IA
P).-Arrangements have been COM
pleted for Barney Ross, lightweight
and Junior welterweieht champion of
the world. to defend his latter title
against Henry Kid" Woods in Seattle,
Wash, April 9.
Ross has recovered from a slight
attack of neuritis.
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Talk of MelillO
Swap Is Revived

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, March
w 14.-Rumors were revived here
today of the possibility of
oscar Melillo, Browns veteran
second baseman, being traded to
the Boston Red Sox.
Manager Rogers Hornsby fatty
denied any such deal was pending.
but added. IF the Sox have any,
thing to offer that might strengthen
us we'll consider the matter"
The Sox tried to trade for Me-
lilo last Winter, but now, with
Max Bishop attempting come
back at second base, they may have
no need for a second sacker.
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Finds Big Tummy
Asset on Mound

BY the Associated Press.
DASADENA, Calf, March IA
L Babe Phelps, White Sox pitching
prospect, is overweight. but he
knows how to use his big waistline.
Phelps hides the ball behind his
enormous torso by starting his deliv-
erv underhanded and brings it into a
overland delivery by a. flick Of the
wrist Just before releasing the ball. SO
far he has bafied the White Sox bat
ters In their drills at the cage.
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Cochrane Eyes Rockies.

T AKELAND, Fla.-Mickey Coch-
/ rane is making a very careful
estimate this week of the po-
tential reserve talent among the
rookie fielders.
He put Bob Seeds, Dixie Howell,
Salty Parker and Corporal G. c.
Owens from Fort Bragg in the yam
nigan lineup yesterday and watched
them perform against the regulars
for seven innings.
Howell had three hits in three trips.
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Training Tits

BY the Associated Press.
Yesterdays Results.
Boston (A.), Z; New York (N.),5.
Philadelphia (A), Z: st. Louis
(N9, 3.
New Orleans (S.A), 7; Cleveland
(A), l.
Today's Schedule.
At Miami Beach. Fla.-New York
(N.) VS.. Boston (A).
At Los Angeles-PittSburgh (N) VS..
Chicago (N).
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young players" likely will be picked
for the Davis Cup squad, in Allison's
opinion.
FRANKIE Parker ought to be on the
squad" he said. Johnny Van Ryn
likely can have a place if he will
accept" Van Ryn is Allison's old
doubles partner.
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ARMSTRONG VICTOR.

The Armstrong High Niters con-
tinued their winning ways last night
by downing the Chalkwriters of Balti-
more, so to 27, on the Armstrong floor.
Bush, Brown and Harris topped the
winners attack.
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Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A USTIN, Tex, March 14.-Wil-
" mer Allison the Nations No.
~ tennis star, has tossed aside
for the present, his rackets
and thoughts of Davis Cup competi-
ton to concentrate on winning a
short-wave radio contest.
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on his shoulder. It was othclaIIy caiIed
no race when Nick slid into first with
his mount preceding him by a full
furlong.
The Earl of Whitehill is one among
the delegation who is not thoroughly
enjoying festive mood. 1t seems that
Earl contracted a muscular cold dur
ing the choice bit of Little America
atmosphere which greeted the Wash
ington contingent upon its arrival and
DR.. Martin prescribed his famous heat
cure.
Daily the chunky southpaw has to
wrap in heavy woolens and dream
peacefully before the red-hot little
stove in the clubhouse But a few
days of this roasting and the valued
hurler will be back tossing his curves
from the mound and slicing those
vicious left-hooks off the tees of the
Biloxi Country Club.
All in all, if the leaking skies can
just remain dry-eyed for a stretch,
things will be considerably brighter
along the Gulf Coast base ball battle
front.
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Bucky Loses Props.

Bucky Loses Props.
DUCKY HARRIS returns to the
n Griffs greatly enriched in ex-
perience since the pennant days
of 1924 and '25 and may need IT to
make up 1or the board of strategy
that heped him in those successful
campaigns. Bucky. even as a Young
ster. was uig enough to listen to the
advice of subordinates and he had a
wealth of it from Peckinpaugh. Judge,
Ruel and Johnson-not to speak Of
a base ball Solomon in c. C. Griffith.
Bucky's view of his job probably
was described best by his own re-
mark, lust before leaving for Biloxi:
I've got to make good all over
again."
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Edna slipped stirrup at the first wa
ter jump and the judges declared her
all wet
Platinum -thatched Thelma forgot
that it was the best two out of three
falls and took six on the first lap.
Something was little shady in the
palm grove covering the midway mark,
because when the contestants came
into the home stretch Altrock was out
in front by a bay window, Lyn Larry
was pedding the Griffith entry in re-
verse and Buddy Myer had No. 3 cycle
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GAUZZA LEADS AGAIN

Vic Is Reelected President of De-
partmental Ball League.
Vic Gauzza again will head the De-
partmental Base Ball League this
coming season. Gauzza was reelected
president at a meeting of officials last
night at the Government Printing
Office, where plans also were laid for
the coming campaign.
Others officers are Walter Shomo,
vice president; Edward Conover, sec
retary-treasurer and scorer; I. L.
Shoemaker. umpire, and c. D. Bussis
and Carl Newman, alternate umpires.
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BOOKS SEVEN MEETS

GEORGETOWN and Maryland Among
Richmond's Track Foes.
RICHMOND, Va, March IA (R.-
University of Richmond's trackmen
headed by Jimmy West. one of the
States most versatile performers, will
take part in seven meets. Georgetown
and Maryland are on the list.
The schedule:
April 8. Davidson. home; IL. Maryland.
College Park: lS. wake Forest. Wake
Forest; ~ Washington and Lee. Lex
May 3 Hampden-Sydney. home tpos-
sihly triangular meet with Randolph
Macon included; II. Georgetown. home;
II. William and Mary tplace pending.
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Braves See No Deals.

OF. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Manager
y Bill McKechnie says there are no
deals in sight for the Braves.
He had been counting on getting
Pat Malone from ST. Louis until the
latter decided to show up at the Cards
training camp. And he had hopes Of
getting Paul Waner and giving players
as well as money in exchange until
that hard-hitting outfielder had
Strengthened out his differences with
the Pirates.
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LAzzER| IN TRIM
TOPROTECT lob
Scents Competition From
Heffner-Indians Prove
Weak With Bat.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ut. PETERSBURG, F1a.-Tony
Lazzeri, expecting some stiff
competition from Don Heffner
for the regular second base
job with the Yankees, has had little
trouble getting into shape.
he spent the Winter climbing hills
to take off weight and reported at
the same poundage as when he Joined
the Yanks in 1926.
II took of IA pounds" said Tony,
land I feel better without the extra
weight"
Evening star., 1935-03-14

Cycling has become the real fad du
jour. There are three available two
wheelers which are getting such a
large play that the driveway of the
headquarters building is beginning to
resemble Madison Square Garden with
the six-day grind in progress.
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Win Enthuses Athletics.

Fort Myers, Fla.-Connie Macks
Athletics took the practice field to-
day with fgurative feathers in their
caps. They were inspired by ,-ester-
days 7-to-3 victory over the world
champion St. Louis Cardinals.
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BY JIM BERGMAN.

~ nOXI, Miss, March 14.-The
x last few days have seen Camp
J Biloxi get off to belated, but
more like-the-real-thing start.
Old ]. Pluyius decided to take little
Of his accumulated N. r. A. time off,
not that he would allow Signor Sol
full reign. but at any rate even an
overcast day is plenty of cause Of
merrymaking around these parts.
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Shrimp again has made its appearance
at the hotel menu, frankie Baxter is
wearing nobby white suits again and
the boss himself is tucked under the
old panama kelly.
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Tribe Gets Four Hits.

NEW ORLEANS. March IA P).-
~ The Cleveland Indians are look
ing forward to batting prac-
tice-and more batting practice.
In an exhibition game with the New
Orleans Pelicans yesterday, the In
dians were able to collect only four
hits from a trio of semi-pro pitchers.
One of the hits was an infield scratch
and another was a wind-blown ny
which fell safe when a rookie in
fielder misjudged it.
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Lieber Gets in Line.

HIAMI BEACH, Fla.-The holdout
lVl of Hank Leiber, which got a
lot of publicity because neither
he nor Manager Bill Terry did any
serious talking about it, has come TO
an end.
After several days of training with
the regularly enrolled members of the
squad and appearing in exhibition
games, he signed yesterday.
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Dean VIII Face Ruth.

n RADENTON, Fla, March IA R.-
Is Dizzy Dean will face Babe Ruth
from the pitching box for the
first time this year when the world
champion Cardinals play the Boston
Braves at ST. Petersburg next Wednes-
day.
Manager Frank Frisch said today he
expects to start his ace right-hander
in this game to give the Grapefruit
League" fans the spectacle they have
been anticipating.
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Smokes Ball to Bolton.

4 CCORD1NG to Trainer Martin,
~ there never was cause for worry
about Whitehill's arm, even
though the pitcher complained of the
pain in it. No heat treatments were
tried and none are contemplated.
Martins efforts brought the arm
around to fair form quickly and since
Earl has pitched the limb into good
trim.
In a long workout yesterday the
southpaw chucked to Catcher Bolton.
After a few loosening throws White
hill let out and the ball repeatedly
sunk into Bottoms big mitt with re-
sounding thwacks. Earl was throw
ing as no pitcher with a sore arm
could throw. He used that odd wind
up of his and put all he had into his
last dozen pitches. They were regu-
lar season heaves.
And today Whitehill says there IS
no soreness at all in the arm and he
believes it will Withstand any rea-
sonable strain that pitching might
put on it,
If general condition counts as it is
believed to do, Whitehill should prove
as valuable to the Nationals this sea-
son as he was in the winning
campaign of 1888. Then he won %
games to make the best season record
ever for him in the majors. Earl
came to this camp in far better trim
than he was when he reported here
in 1888. Then he had lot of extra
flesh to shed. This time as a re-
suit of his work with the American
League all-stars during their tour of
the Orient last Fall he got there not
so far above his usual playing weight.
And he is training down without any
great effort.
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Strong, KNOW It,
BUT WORK HARD
Frisch Drives Champions in
Manner of MCGraW.
Moore a Find.

Mote This is the fourth OF
series Of stories giving frst-hand
impressions and outlining the pros
poets OF major league base ball
clubs for the coming season.
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Ouets Wng Once Ha1oed Cards N0W Happy Lo
F. d., Jr., Pulls His Own Oar

Son Of the President Is shown
here at No. 4 position in the
Harvard junior varsity shell dur
ing the seasons first workout on
the Charles River.
Wide World Photo.
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T OS ANGELES. March IA R).-
/ It's all exhibition base ball from
now until the opening of the
National League flag race for the Chi
cago Cubs.
Back on the California mainland
after two weeks stay at Catalina
Island, the Cubs faced the Pittsburgh
Pirates in the first of a 29-game exhi-
bition schedule today.
Evening star., 1935-03-14

THE grand old game OF horse
shoes is going high hat! It's
going to change its name.
A movement emanating
from London, Ohio, where the car
of the sport, R. B. Howard, publishes
the Horseshoe World, is spreading
throughout the land and before long,
it is expected, we'll be reading about
the game of ringers" and in time the
tag "horseshoes" will be as obsolete as
FOUNDERS" III the lexicon of base ball.
The reformation" of horseshoes
really began when, at the behest OF
Howard, the National Horseshoe
Pitching Association dolled up the
field in the world championship tour
nament last year at Chicago.
Every participant wore white uni
form with a dark stripe down the
sides of the pants. The "barnyard"
atmosphere, so long the weapon OF
jibesters, was eliminated completely.
Taking their cue from this,
the finalists in The Evening
Star tournament last Summer
showed up in spick and span
toggery and somehow 1t added
greatly to the show.
1.-TWO of the ringer flippers who
played in the last Evening Star
tournament have the stuff to
beat Blair Nunamaker, the chap
they're featuring in newSreels.
Our authority is the highly re-
spected George C. Thompson of Falls
Church, former Virginia champ. who
saw Nunamaker perform recently at
Miami, Fla.
Both Clayton Henson, metropolitan
champion, and Deadpan Raymond
Frye, Henson's runner-up. have beaten
Nunamaker's best average for 200
shoes and according to Thompson at
least could make it hot in straight
competition for the trick shot special
ist and former national title holder.
And while we're on the subject you
may look for the biggest horseshoe or
ringer season ever, by far, in Wash
ington Sensing it, the Municipal
Playground Department has put in for
funds to build a stadium for the game
A real barnyard item: Thieves re-
Gently relieved Joe Merryman, the
Maryland horseshoe star, Of SO hens
and cleaned out his flock excepting
two roosters.
Now you know the country's
going to the dogs" groaned Joe,
when a body could be that
mean-to a ro0ster!"
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CampbelI a Real Daredevil.

DOWN in the land of Ponce de
- Leon the Rabbits harp: "Once
the sand of Florida enters your
shoes you'll always wanna come back. :"
On a trip down there last Winter
the writer got the sands Of Daytona
Beach in the shoes Of his automobile
tires and thought he might never get
out of the State.
Reading about Sir Malcolm's speed
tests, many folk no doubt think his
daring is exaggerated. But that spec
tacular strip of ocean border never is
of the billiard table smoothness some
have been led to surmiSe.
In its most unruff1ed state there
are undulations barely perceptible to
the eye and hardly noticeable to one
driving over the leach at moderate
speed. But hit the pace of a Camp
bell and they're something to conjure
with. If the BritEher hadn't been
strapped in on recent runs reyond
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Or is he? As this is written
he may have taken another zip
down the Florida coast and hit
one Of those bumps a little too
hard,