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Evening star., 1935-03-29
Hurlers at Panama City Can't
See H0,C Criff Can Get Along
Without EN-, Nor Can Writer

Of the hotel porch. But it wasn't an
other Gulf Coast squall bearing down
-no-just Orville Armbrust cutting
of the sun! "Army's" blue eyes
twinkled a greeting and as he gave
my hand vigorous shake his bal
loon-type waistline did bit Of shak-
ing on its own account. It's an estab-
lished fact that fat men are good ma
tured-well, this plump lad runs true
to form! He doesn't thing Marse
Griffith done him wrong-not at all
Army said he'd done himself wrong!
What change of pace to hear a ball
player say he had no one but him
self to blame. But he is not down at
all-claims he will be back in the big
show not later than June /.
Richard N. r. A. Lanahan is the
ultimate in confidence men. He
barged onto the scene with a swagger
doin', palsy walsy?" was Dicks OPEN
ing shot,. How are the rest of the
punks gettin' along over to Biloxi?"
Perhaps that needs a little explain
ing-Dick the Lanny is rather a dia-
mond in the rough, or better-a bit
rough on the diamond, but the WASH
ington powers that be all opine that
the former Blue Eagle performer has
plenty on the ball. And he is two
degrees beyond sure that he is tread
ing the threshold of the major cir
cults in toeing the slab for the Look
outs,
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Bucky Is Satisfied.

TN THE veteran Thomas, the rookie
Cohen carried over from last sea-
son, and young Coppola, recently
taken over from the Albany line oi
stock, the manager is confident he has
an excellent reserve.
Perhaps all will be carried up to
May Is when the ball club must re-
duce its membership to % players in
order to comply with league regula-
tions. Should Hadley be back with
the staff at that time two pitchers
would have to be shipped. Whoever
goes will not do so until merry scrap
to prove who's who has been waged.
And those shipped will have tight
strings on them.
Harris will prime his pitchers with
utmost care right down to the wire
and will be extremely cautious when
compelled to prune his squad. For
what success the Nationals may en-
JOY this year is strictly up to their
curving corps.
The manager is satisfied with
everything else about his club. No
matter who fills the shortf1eld berth
vacated by Joe Cronin, it will be well
handled. AL Powell, the Washington
lad. looks natural" for center and
the outfield has fine reserve in the
pair Of Freds, Schultz, the veteran,
and Sington, the recruit The catch
ing looks good enough to get the club
by. And there is power in the clubs
attack despite the poor showing at
bat the last two days.
How far the Nationals go this year
will be up to their pitchers. And
Harris holds that he has a corps
likely to provide fine brand of the
stun so essential to the making of q
tigh-class ball club.
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Exhibition Games
By the Associated Press.

Yesterdays Results.
Cleveland (A), S; New York (N)
(, 10 innings.
Brooklyn (N), 8; Detroit (A.), 5.
Philadelphia .(N), S; Boston (A.), 8
Boston (N), s.; Cincinnati (N), 2.
Chicago (A), 8; Pittsburgh N.), 8
Chicago N), 8; Portland (P. O., 6
New York (A.). 8; st. Louis (N), 2
Philadelphia (A), 16; Chattanooga
Is. A., 13.
Kansas City "a. AZ, S; Washington
(A.), l.
ST. Louis (A.), Z; Buffalo q. L.. 8.
Today's Schedule.
At Bartow--St. Louis (N) VS.. Ro-
chester Il. L..
At Kissimmee-Brooklyn (N.) VS.
Baltimore Il. L..
At Tucson-Pittsburgh (N) VS.. Chi
cago (A).
At Sarasota-Philadelphia (N) VS.
Boston (A).
At Tampa-Cincinnati (N) VS.. To-
ronto Il. L..
At Los Angeles-Chicago (N) VS..
Hollywood (P. c..
At St. Petersburg-Boston (N) VS..
Detroit (A).
At Observation-Disclosures (A.)
VS.. Birmingham Is. A..
At Chattanooga-Philadelphia (A)
VS.. Chattanooga Is. A..
At Clearwater-New York (N) VS..
Newark q. L..
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land Indians shaped up as the strong
est challenger until Billy Knicker-
booker, star shortstop and key man
Of youthful infield, was f1oored by
Old Man Appendix.
Unless and until Knickerbocker
returns in shape to pick up
where he left off in 1884 as the
leagues best young shortstop, or un-
less the club is lucky enough to OBJ
tain an experienced replacement, the
Tribe will be handicapped severely.
Cleveland and the New York Yam
KEGS, both substantially rebuilt within
the last year or two, are the coming
clubs, regardless of where they finish
this year. The Yankees have more
speed than power now, but their
pitching staff, with the veteran Pat
Malone just added to it, will keep the
club In the race. George Selkirk will
not make New York's fans forget Babe
Ruth in right field.
So many uncertain factors involve
the chances of the Boston Red Sox,
the Philadelphia Athletics and the
Washington Senators that it is pos
sible only to guess what these three
dark horses will do when the boys
begin playing for keeps. All should
figure in the scramble for first-division
berths.
Despite Rogers Hornsbys able and
aggressive leadership, the st. Louis
Browns haven't the stuff to go any
where. The Chicago White Sox,
equally handicapped and obliged to
depend on some ancient pitching
arms, can't expect even an AL Sim
mons to propel them upward this
year.
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Scriyener Is Griff's Pet.

~HIS disposes of any reason for
Martin to give much considera-
ton to more than three pitchers
in the squad of dozen now with the
Nationals. Al Thomas and Walter
Stewart, the latter late reporter,
have vet to come around to desirable
trim. Bump Hadley, since he devel-
oped a very sore arm, is an uncertain
quantity at present and may continue
to be such indefinitely.
Archie Scrivener. the only member
of the present squad not yet men
toned, is in good form, but he is not
being groomed for immediate service
with the Washington ball club. This
young left-hander, recruited from the
ranks of the George Washington Uni
versity nine, will be worked OCCASION
ally on the way back to the Capital,
then placed with good minor league
outfit.
Clark Griffith, the Nationals presi-
dent, regards Scrivener as his fair
haired boy" the biggest find this year,
and proposes 10 nurse Arch along
carefully. He hopes to find spot for
IIlc UOy Will AL S1AC 3NCW
York Pennsylvania League, class A
organization. The Harrisburg cub is
owned by Joe Cambria, who, through
the Albany club, has maintained a
close business relationship with the
Nationals.
BY the time the season is under way
Harris figures he will have ready for
service as starters Of games such
high-grade veterans as Whitehill,
Burke, Weaver, Russell and Linke.
Stewart, the manager thinks, should
be good for relief roles and an occa-
sional start. Petit, the cagey left
handler, brought up from the Chatta-
nooga farm, in Harris opinion, should
make q first-class rescue worker. That
"downer" Petit possesses is something
to annoy batter.
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Give Engel the Town.

4 MERE IS miles of the main drag
~ between Biloxi and the D. c.
would give me an opportunity to
look in on the Lookouts, and see how
that fivesome of deported hurlers was
progressing In its seasoning work
and after escaping from that 9 cents
a gallon road tax in the Shrimp State
I felt that was losing money not to
burn couple of extra quarts. So to
Panama City!
Well, must admit that this Engel
fellow not only is the last word in base
ball promotion, but a dozen or so ex-
clamation points tackled on the end!
If ever there was town more base
ball conscious-plus than Panama City,
it would be on strict diet of pitchers
mitts and its school kids would learn
to count in base hits! The Chamber
of Commerce didn't give Joe the keys
to the city-it gave him the city and
threw the keys away!
One of the first "Chattynoogy'
teamsmen to be encountered was the
rookie veteran COR vice versa) Alec
McColl. Grief and chagrin were
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BUCKY SATISFIED
WITH SLAB STAFF
Manager Figures Success
of Club Strictly Is Up
to HeaVerS.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.


~ BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March %.
K -Washingtons ball club
u brought out Of the Biloxi
training camp five pitchers
physically fit to go a nine-inning
route and three others strong enough
for at least q seven-inning stretch,
according to Trainer Mike Martin.
That, says Manager Bucky Harris, is
a very satisfactory state of affairs
what with the opening of the Amer
ican League season still more than
two weeks away.
Pitchers listed as at peak physically
today by the trainer are Earl Whitehill,
Bob Burke and Leon Petit, left-hand-
ers. and Monte Weaver and Henry
Coppola, right-handers. The three
closely pressing these five in condi-
ton are Jack Russell, Ed Linke and
sgd Cohen, the last mentioned a
southpaw.
This doesn't mean that all these
pitchers can pitch. That is some
thing else. Some may turn out to be
merely throwers. 1t has happened
often. But Martin is convinced that
those above named are about ready to
handle the hill situation so far as
sheer power is concerned.
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our own Nathan Brown, the reformed
rassler who carries a spotless Is
month record into the ring at de-
troit against Joe Louis, newest and
most sensational of Max Baer's con-
tenders.
Matte Is not conceded much of a
chance by leading ring critics to whip
the Detroit Destroyer, but to those
who have watched Brown in some
thing like 100 rounds of boxing in
local arenas an upset would not occa-
sion much surprise.
There is more money wagered
here on Brown and Louis than
was bet on any local fight all
Winter, according to reports,
and fortunate Is the gent who
can find 2-to-1 odds along the
local betting rialto. Nathan Is
an even money choice to 60 the
route and better than S-to-5
to win.
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ODlDTO Brown Is i'm Position
~ VN1 .N1lpE to Supplant Risko
~ ~OVA - as S'Spoier.''
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

n TOT since an extreme case of
nj senility forced rubbery blub-
Y berry Jawn Risko to quit
knocking off the Baers,
Sharkeys, Schaafs and Phil Scots
has the heavyweight boxing industry
boasted a first-rate successful failure
"a "spoiler" who can linger on the
fringe of the upper crust and find a
ready market for his carcass as a
hurdle for heavyweights possessing the
color and class to make themselves
bona fide contenders.
Tonight. however, there is better
than an outside chance that a sue
cessor to the Cleveland baker boy"
will emerge in the chunky person of
Evening star., 1935-03-29

smeared all over his pan like ia on
a 3-year-old. The aging camp Ter
doesn't think he is mipor le. que
timber in any sense-"Why. look what
showed 'em last season!" means
Alec. couldn't argue with that
I couldn't quite remember just what
he had shown, except he was one of
the staff of hurlers who enabled the
Nationals to nose out the White Sox!
While I was dabbing at my eyes
with a tear-stained handkerchief a
heavy shadow fell across the corner
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POSSESS HURL|NG,
POWER, DEFENSE
Weak in Reserves, but Have
Bulge on All Rivals in
Doping Pennant.
Note: This is one OF a series
OF stories analyzing major league
prospects,.

BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.
n YEW ORLEANS, March 29.-Peel
nj off the outer surface of the
| Y Spring training seasons
grapefruit" and you will
find it looks to be a wide-open race
in the American League this year
for second place-unless some effective
method is found to disrupt the IRON
bound confidence of the Detroit Tigers.
Mickey Cochrane's "battering Ben
gals" dominated the circuit from the
midway mark Of the 1884 race and
won going away. Untamed by their
world series beating, the Tigers have
the stuff to repeat. They are the
only club in the league now pre-
senting a solid, grade "AAA" front
in the three payoff departments
pitching, power and defense.
Naturally other American League
camps do not concede the Tigers are
so outstanding In them this OBJ
server has found two distinct schools
of thought. One holds that the Tigers
landed on top last season, not because
they had so much class themselves,
but because their foremost challengers
blew up at critical stages.
THE second and louder rebuttal is
based on the belief that De-
troit's luck" in 1884 was en-
tirely too good to last and that the
law Of base ball percentages" will
catch up with the champions rapidly
this year.
Cochrane's crew was fortunate in a
big way in escaping injuries to any
regulars in their leap from fifth place
to the top within one year. 1t is
equally true the team lacks reserve
strength again this year, especially
in the infield and outfield. Also it
may be conceded that a number of
the tiger pennant stars, including
Schoolboy Rowe, Marvin Owen, Billy
Rogell, Goose Goslin and Hank Green
berg, had exceptional years. Some
may not repeat. If anything hap
pened to break up the infield, the
club would be in a dificult hole, but
such speculation does not alter the
present fact that the Tigers figure to
repeat.
There are far bigger "ifs" connect
ed with the chances of all the other
contenders. Walter Johnson's Cleve-
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Sports Program
In Local Realm

TODAY.
Table Tennis.
D. c. championship tourney at
Wardman Park Hotel. 8.
TOMORROW.
Lacrosse.
Maryland VS.. Alumni, at College
Park, 2:30.
Bowling.
Occidentals VS.. Recreation Five
Of Baltimore, at Convention Hall.
Table Tennis.
D. c. championship tourney at
Wardman Park Hotel, 2 and 8.
Boxing.
Colored intercollegiate Athletic
Association championships at
Howard u. 8.
Third Corps Area team tryouts,
Fort Myer. 8 o'clock.
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and peppered according to big league
taste. But when the. Mats big boss
sends fledgeling over the mountains,
he has nice stout cord tied to the
ducklings leg so he can jerk him right
back to Georgia avenue if he should
persist in tossing two-hit victories
against other Southern Association
clubs.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
Message From Heinie.
CROM the morning mail:

II '1SOAFf VAhC HUI kA2A16 1Ifcxkks
Government of the District Of
Columbia, Boxing Commission.
Dear Friend Francis:
"Under penalty of being classified
with that vast army of used-to-wasers
generally accused of senile decay and
ossif1cation for saying They amt wot
they used to be!' I'd like to advance
Evening star., 1935-03-29
H0YA COACH INJURED
Ralph Mccarthy Is Hit by Liner

Bone in Foot Fractured.
Ralph Mccarthy, Georgetown Uni
versity base ball coach, will be hob
bling around on crutches the next
two weeks or so. An X-ray yesterday
revealed he had broken bone in his
foot as the result of having been
unable to get out of the way of liner
off Gus Crenshaws bat during the
Hoyas' practice Wednesday.
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Has All to Lose.

r OUIS has won l3 fights via the
i knockout route and won 3 by
decisions.
In meeting Brown he has every
thing to lose in the matter of prestige.
especially with the Carnera fight
booked as his New York debut and
the likelihood of a headline match
in the Chicago Stadium next month.
Brown has been undefeated in the
last year. and Louis, in making him
self the favorite on tonight's card.
added that he still expected to take
Carnera within five rounds. Louis
will weigh in at 1876 and Brown at 100.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
e Grf Pitchers in Top Trim Tigers Only A. L. Club With Solid Front
DemOtiOn Threat
Is Spur to Klein

T OS ANGELES, March 2S.-The
~ threat of being denoted to a
part-time job in the Chicago
Cub outfield apparently has STIR
red Chuck Klein into a hitting
mood.
Yesterday he got a home run,
double and a single in three times
at bat.
The day before he hit for the
circuit-off a southpaw.
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Risko Erratic StOOge.

ITO THOSE who know Browns style
of fighting and the circum-
stances under which he has
been forced to idle since boxing
Mickey Walker last October, Joe
Louis agreement to tackle Brown Is
a little surprising. Certainly the ac-
ton boosted the colored clouter's
stock, for he is the only ranking
heavyweight who would think twice
about an offer to fight Brown.
Nobody wants to climb into
the ring with Matte, not because
there II fear Of being tagged
Evening star., 1935-03-29
CHECK MADDOX DIES.

Death yesterday claimed Charles M.
Check Maddox. 46, popular sandlot
base ball player here 20 years ago.
He died of heart trouble at the home
Of his sister, 603 Tenley street.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
MATTE IS OM|NOUS
TO RISING FIGHTER
Louis Admits Washington
Heavy Is Tough One"
but Is Confident.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ ETROIT, March 29.-Joe Louis.
Detroit's unbeaten Negro
IL heavyweight, who has signed
to meet Primo Carnera in
New York this Summer, headlines the
fight card at Olympia tonight, meet
ing Matte Brown of Washington over
the 10-round distance.
Advance notice that Brown would
be one of the hardest fighters he
has met in his brief career in the
professional ring, drew from Louis
the admission that he knew he had
a tough one" to handle. But I'll
be in there doing my best" he said
With his two-fisted attack Louis
has battered an assortment of spar
ring partners all week, and as he
tapered off his training, said he felt
confident Of making Brown his seven
teenth consecutive victim.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
BY JIM BERGMAN.
bI JIM BEhNY MAN.
. REAKING camp q few days
K ahead of the Nationals, dis

N REAkING camp q rev days
K ahead of the Nationals, dis
covered, hidden between the
unfathomable folds of a road
map, a pin-point dot labeled Panama
City. Gradually 1t dawned upon my
base ball saturated Uranium that here
in this quiet and little-known Florida
village on the Gulf was another train
ing camp. And more than that. the
early Spring proving grounds of the
Chattanooga club, a diamond delega-
ton in which our local prexy, c. CAL
win Griffith, is somewhat interested.
In fact, Mardi Gras King Griff thinks
enough of Scout Engel's little Look
outs to shunt a ball player OCCASION
ally in the general direction of the
Tennessee wilds that he may be salted
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Digs Can't See 1t.

FONSIEUR PETTICOLAS finally
N Gated doing 3-hour turn in
lobby chair. Frank is
somewhat of an expert in that kind
of work-he wore out seven of the
new Biloxi Hotels overstuffed seats
in three weeks of concentrated sitting
at the Mats main headquarters. But
he seems satisfied with the arrange
ments; his only statement for publi-
cation was: "Oh, I guess I'm doin'
all right"
Evening star., 1935-03-29

by one of Browns punches
which are as impotent as
horses neck-but because Matte
can make a good fighter look
awfully bad.
That is why Nathan never has been
considered seriously as a heavyweight
contender: why he may succeed old
rubbery. blubbery Jawn Risko as a
"spoiler" and successful failure.
Maybe if Risko was his old self to-
day he would rate ranking as con-
tender, but when the Cleveland suet
seeker was in his heyday the heavy
weight division was overrun with
fighters whom promoters wanted to
push up the ladder. So there was
nothing for the comparatively color
less baker boy to do but play stooge.
In this capacity he was most erratic.
First he would play the part of per-
fection and succeed in losing to poor
old Tom Heeney, Loughran, Schmel-
ing, Jim Maloney, Roberto Roberti
and a couple of guys named Elmer.
Matte Not Natural Fighter.
THEN, just when folks began to
i wonder why Jawn ever stopped
kneading bread, he would up
and knock off Jack Sharkey, Mickey
Walker, Ernie Schaaf, Max Baer and
Phil Scott, the fancy feinter from
Britain. You never could depend on
Jawn. He was just fella who made
success of being a failure.
Now there is no successful failure
in boxing. In fact. there are few sue
cessful successes. Max Baer Is making
money, with the help of the movies
and radio, and few others are exist
ing. But you can count 'em on the
fingers Of two paws.
If Matte should kick over the dope
bucket tonight and outfumble Louis he
may be no nearer a title crack than
ever. He is not natural fighter, nor
pleasing one He is just one of those
fellows who every now and then will
beat the best in the business and the
customers will boo
But if Matte explodes the Joe Louis
myth as he pricked the Walter Neusel
bubble more than year ago he may
be just the gent to step into Johnny
Risko's shoes as glorif1ed trial horse.
II so, he at least will have the
consolation Of knowing that no
longer must he sit around and
twiddle his thumbs for six
months at time.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
TRYING
OUT NEW WRINKLE
Slider Used on Hoyt's Tip,
Battles Bucs-Grove and
Rowe Pitch Today.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TUCSON, Ariz-George Earn
shaw, whose goal this season
is 20 pitching victories-10 OF
which would be worth $500
each, under the terms of his bonus
contract with the Chicago White Sox-
is working overtime to master a trade
secret whispered to him by Waite Hoyt
Of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The new baff1er is called the slider. "
Earnshaw tried it for the first time
yesterday as he held the Pirates to
three hits in four innings.
SARASOTA, Fla Lefty Grove,
enigma of the Red Sox camp, faces
the Phillies today in his initial ap-
pearance of the season
Lefty has been following his own
training program, tossing them over
lazily during batting practice or lying
for long hours on the rubbing table
He would pitch, he announced, when
he thought his arm was ready and not
a moment before, and Manager Joe
Cronin was content.
And now-today's the day.
LAKELAND, Fla.-Schoolboy Rowe
is slated to see mound action again
today against the Boston Braves at
st. Petersburg.
The Brooklyn Dodgers drove Alvin
Crowder out of the box with a 12-hit
attack in the first five innings yes
terday and swept the four game series
with Detroit, 8 to 5.
Yankees Let Two Go.
CLEARWATER, Fla.-Cutting of
~ the New York Yankees squad
has begun with the release Of
Pitchers Howard (Red) Laflamme
and Mike SalinsenSen to the Newark
Bears. Jesse Hill appears to have
won a major league berth, and the
signing of Dixie Walker to a regular
contract indicated Outflelder Myril
Hoag may be the next to go.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.-With a
record of four consecutive wins, Connie
Mack's Athletics return today to the
exhibition game wars for another bat
tie with Chattanooga. In the first
game the AS had Is members of
their squad on the score sheet by
the time they won, 1913.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-The
st. Louis Browns went through a regu-
lar practice session today in prepa-
ration for another exhibition game
tomorrow with Buffalo of the Inter.
national League, at Fort Lauderdale.
The Brownies beat the Bisons, Z to 3.
there yesterday.
Cuceinello Shows Speed.
II 1SSIMMEE, Fla.-Another reason
II why the Dodgers have been
making life miserable for their
exhibition game rivals this Spring is
the added speed of Tony Cuccinello.
Tony. never noted for his spryness
afoot, has been covering more ground
than ever around second base, has
stretched couple of singles into
doubles and even has pilfered a couple
of bases.
BARLOW, Fla.-Bill Walker and
Bud Timing will toss the apple for
the st. Louis Cardinals against Roch-
ester today.
Tom Carey, reserve infielder, was
released yesterday to Rochester and
will play with that club today.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla.-Chief Fuel
Moore, Indian twirler for the Phillies,
faces Lefty Grove Of the Boston Red
Sox today The Phillies yesterday
broke a three-game losing streak by
defeating the Sox, to 8.
Evening star., 1935-03-29
FAMOUS JOCKEY DIES
Overton Rode Six Winners in Day
on July 10, 1891.

on July 10, 1891.
CINCINNATI, March 20 P.-
Monk" Overton, noted colored jockey
OF half-century ago, died in a hos
pital here yesterday.
He was credited with winning six
out OF seven races at Washington
Park. Chicago, on July 10, 1891. Later
he did we'll as a trainer.
The Fort Peck press., 1935-02-21
Beer Permit Limit Here

Helena Feb. 17.-Due to criticism
on the conduct of resorts in the
boom towns surrounding the Fort
Peck dam, j. j. Greene of the state
hoard of equalization announced to-
nlsht the board would issue no ad.
ditional beer permits within a ra-
dius of five miles of the dam un-
less local authorities approve them.
Those now in force. about IS in
the mushroom towns of Wheeler
and other settlements, he said, will
be permitted to continue only by
approval of the Valley county sher-
if or county attorney.
Greene said it was the belief of
the board that the community
should police its own camp