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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-31
HOBOKEN. SEER
SAYS HITLER'S
STAR SETTING.
But Then, He Declared,
Italy Would Not At
tack Ethiopia
By DAN ROGERS
lin Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. 81. (UP).-
Prof. Gustave Meyer, the Ho
boken seer, came out of ecllpS'
last night and offered in compe'
tition to war headlines the lntor-
nation that Adolph Hitler Is dy'
ing from cancer of the throat.
Other forecasts equally as start
ling concerned an assortment OF
notables and the fate of the world
at large. but to day mind were
either self-contradictOry or cloud
ed in generality.
al find that the star of Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler is slowly bu,
surely setting and that ne is prac-
tically dying on his feet from cam
GER of the throat, as | mentioned
some time ago in many period
Gals" the professor said. 1T
Won't be long now. Of that feel
He was as certain of this as he
was a couple of months ago that
NIussolini was ''only a big bluff
and wouldn't attack Ethiopia.
When this was tactfully recalled,
the professor promptly veered off
on a dissertation that November
will be 4 very fortunate period
for females, engagements and
marriages.
President Roosevelt got a draw
in the professors Interpretation
of the stars. The professor can
he depended on to say something
nice about almost anyone except
Hitler, but he always "coppers'
the good news by lacking on some
dire foreboding.
SEES MUCH BENEFIT
TO ROOSEVELT, SAYS
.'Much benefit is indicated to
oeeur to our good president and
onr government" he said. Then,
inst to have all angles covered. ne
quickly added that the president
should guard against fanatics
accident or operation. The gov
eminent almost got by "the ma
toms counsellor" with clean-eut
forecast of good fortune, but mol
quite.
However" he added, and the
word had an ominous ring, mot
withstanding this good, the minds
of the masses will be in a most
t,,xh,,Iont or var-Eke or revolu-
tionarv state and strikes and riots
will be instigated by the reds"
The professor didn't have 70
strain his powers to forecast
"much sorrow, loss and trouble
among people engaged In tarmins
and cattle-raising" as TINS ma
been the lot of farmers always.
Oh YES, the war - which I'M
GOOD professor had said wouldn
bappen. He came through nobly
promising to get the boys hom'
by Christmas. ~
"It looks to me as though thu
dove of peace will settle or perez
itself on the warning nations II
Europe and that peace, In al
probability, will occur before TN
Christmas" he said. 81 judg
that our president will have I
hand in the settlement of suen
and that without any declaration
of war on the part of Premle
Mussolini." ..
Autumn weather he forecast ex
actlv : He couldn't miss 1t Will
this one: MOSTLY clear, sometime:
stormy, with alternating cool
warm and cold spells, and oe
casional foggy weather"
He concluded with the protounlc
observation that those engaged. II
the liquor business will ENJOY
great success and prosperity.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-31
FRANCE TO DEVELOP
ITS COLONIAL MINES

PARIS, Oct. 81. (UP)-France
has announced an important gold
strike in it's colonies.
An official announcement issu-
ed in Paris states that gold-bear-
ing deposits in French West At
RIGA especially in the Upper Niger
basin, have proved so large and
rich that there is no reason why
they should not be exploited tech
nically in the same way as the
South African fields. They are in
many cases up to and above the
Rand level.
M. Louis Rollins, minister of
colonies, has sent the governor of
West Africa instructions to get
on with the full and proper pros
pecting of the new gold fields.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-31

}. A. Maxwell gave his neigh
6ors quite a pleasant surprise by
his recent marriage. The COM
munlty is happy to welcome such
an accomplished lady and hope
she will be pleased with this as her
new home. Mr.. Maxwell is being
congratulated by his friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Crane have
gone to be with their daughter
who has a child very i'll at her
home near Cedar Mountain.
James Young and granddaugh-
ter, Miss Mahaffey, have return
ed to Chicago after a two weeks
visit with relatives in this section.
Mr.. and MIS-. Ebb Ford have re-
turned to their home near Bes-
semer City after spending few
days with the latter's sister, Miss
Alice Crawford. Miss Crawford
has been quite i'll recently.
! Mrs. Homer Cairnes has spent
a few days recently with her bro
Their. Will Hollingsworth and his
family, on account Of illness in
the home there.
Mrs. Rachael Allison spent the
day recently with Mrs. A. W..
Cash.
Miss Sallie Green Allison spent
the weekend at home here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-31
CASE
|. IS STILL maze
Lawyers Will Try to Show
What Happened to
French Bank
BY HAROLD ETTLINER
United Press Staff Correspondent

Copyright, 1885, United Press
PARIS, Oct. 81. (UP).-In the
Assizes Court next week, two
years after the sensational revela-
tons of the greatest scandal
France has seen since the war.
lawyers will wade through a veri-
table bog of tangled records and
explain what happened to nearly
400,000,000 francs.
This huge sum-nearly $27,-
100000 at the current exchange
represents the amount that Sa-
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-31

member snts1;. of the st.r;-'\'
hort Sm nne sums we rri,Ny a.
tor tor. Pierre Sisss'i 6. S5 h; {. i !;
s snd a S5 as{ ne c u BE- I
t 600 , of this ism non Ss.' 5: SOM e.,
.ne purchase Of v s.''s3t,eiIy&'
m n agencies ~ Fat : 20.
through the pu nSi' and iatrs'
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side of Frankie's head with tell.
ing swings that would have
dropped a less formidable ad-
versary. Too, Decrease was
plainly hanging on toward the
end, but not giving up, by any
means.
On one occasion, in the sixth,
Wolfram had Decrease on the
ropes with a tattoo of lefts and
rights but Pete refused to go
down and that was the nearest
there was to a knockout.
Failed to Make Kill
That Frankie was not too
much the superior is proved by
the fact he couldn't finish up
DeGrasse then and there
something failing the blond
gladiator when the crowd was
yelling for the kill.
Both lads were intent on vic.
tory, so much so that DeGrasse
committed two palpable fouls
by hitting Wolfram across the
chin coming out Of breaks and
frankie on other occasions
planting three blows so low that
the customers groaned 10 rows
back.
However, neither offense ap.
peared to be more than Incl
dents of impulsiveness on their
parts and in no way marred the
fight as dirty.
Worthy Counterparts
The semiwindup and prelimi.
naries were worthy counter
parts of the main go which
produced an opponent for the
winner Of the Petey Sarron.
Joe Rivers bout booked a week
hence. joey Green showed re-
markable improvement in his
decision over the roustabout LIE.
Roy Dougan and this pair had
the crowd out of their chairs
and yelling at high pitch for
the six rounds Of their grudge
fight.
Sid Silas earned Joe Turner's
$40 award for the best pre-
liminary performer when he
decisioned Roddy Davis in a
furious six-rounder wherein
there was no love lost.
Mike Tardugno drew with
Wesley Martin in six rounds.
and Kid Easter was a very
proud young man to get
the duke over Francis Carrier
in the four-round curtain raiser.
Both Inspectors Thaddeus
Bean and Albert J. Headley en-
joyed the bouts from ringside
seats, thereby taking relaxation
from the House crime inveSti-
eating committee. Each had
his son as his guest.
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IAN earnest contest at third base;
Joe Medwick will be in left field,
and Jack Rothrock, a good, steady
man, in right. Shortstop will be
taken care of by Leo Durocher
and perhaps the man who was
born again, Charley Colbert.
But what about that inevitable
straight line through the three
middle positions of the ball club
the vitals of any team? The
pitching may not be so good. III
explain about that later. Frisch
may not play enough games
Moore, the new man in center
field, may not do.
Frisch, you see, looked through
in the final world series played
between the Cardinals and Ath.
letics. That was four years ago
and he's still the second baseman.
Only One Better
"Why not?" said Bill Terry in
Miami a few weeks ago. "I can
only think of one man in the
league who's better
He added that, in case F'risch
couldn't go, there was a great
young star waiting in Burgess
Whitehead.
"Why not?" echoed Hickey
today. maybe Frank ought
to be through but the fact is
he isn't. He's one of the great
world series players of his
tory. Mo- I'm wrong. I've
made a mistake. He's the
greatest. He looked tired in
Iceland then he came back.
Why, you can't get him out
Of there"
He added that, in case you
ever could, there was young
T. >-Nconelnusa on Peee- - CoA ~
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SOLDIERS FACE
IN TEN BOUTS
7 D n | 6 H 7

FORT MEADE, Md, March 19
Fort Myers boxing team featured
the opening round Of the Third
Corps Area championship here by
taking two bouts.
The tourney gets into full mo
mentum tonight with 10 bouts
The finals are scheduled Thurs
day in Baltimore.
John Devine, 118 pounds, and
Gerard Andrews, ITS pounds, were
victorious for Fort Myer, defeat
ing Uwel Lough, Fort Monroe
and Gerald Lease, EdgeWood, re
spectively.
The entire results:
118-Pounds-JOhn Devine, Fort Myer,
| deCisiOned Uwel Lough, Fort Monroe
stephen KlenkO, Fort Meade, technical
knockout first round Willard Wassells
Fort Howard.
Meade, decisioned Robert Scott, Lang
| ley Field; Eugene GarceaU, Fort Mon.
roe. decisioned Tony Piscatelli, Fort
Myer; Charles fackett, Carlisle Bar.
racks, decisioDed Paul villa, EdgewOOd
Arsenal.
voir, decisioned Fred Norton Carlisle
Barracks: Thomas Kern, Fort Monroe.
decisioned Frank Casper, Fort Howard: !:
Frank Reynolds, Fort Meade, decisioned
John Albys, Fort Washington.
175-POunds-Gerard Andrews, Fort
Myer' decisioned Gerald Lease Edge
Heavyweight-HaFold Crosse. Fort
Meade. decisiOned Joseph MacOwsky,
Fort Myer.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
Pickups and
Putouts
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON


Increasing weight has COM
PEELED Johnny Doonis, local
boy, to quit a jockeys life. >.
his brother, Charlie, will handle
the book for several Jockeys
when Charles Town opens its
gates on May 13. . Charlie War
rem will act as master of cere.
monies for The Washington
Times Duckpin League shindig
at the Maryland Club Gar.
dens tonight. Garrett Waters,
Times sports writer, gave an in
teresting baseball talk at the
TakOma Boys Club last night
=. SandIot baseball is coming
back with q bang. there are
twenty.fOur different govern
mental teams in leagues already
organized Monk Fraser will
have his Arcadia plant spic and
span for the opening Of the
national duckpin championships
Saturday.
Among WaShingt0nianS golf.
ing at Coral Gables, Fla, last
week were Owen W. SWeCkeR
and Robert Ash
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are Tom Mangan and J. r. Gui-
nee, and Randy Myers and Paul
Pearlman.
Schwartz and Raftery are par
ticularly perturbed tonight for
right off the griddle they tackle
Mangan and Guinee, and if they
squeeze by them they are to face
Myers and Pearlman in the second
round, unless those two are upset
by A. j. Wondrack and S. w.
Lambdin.
Last night in the opening round
of the singles John B. Payne came
out on top in a match with Randy
Myers, 21-19, 11-20, 21-19, and
thereby looms as a strong chal.
lenger for title honors. Payne,
captain of the "Y" team, is one
of the seeded players but was ex-
pected to encounter tough oppos-
ton from Myers, and did, as the
scores show.
Another seeded star, Tom Man"
gan, widely known local netman,
advanced to the second round by
virtue of a default from Frank
Raftery, of the j. c. c.
This is the fifth year for Dis
trict A. A. U. singles and doubles
four-wall championships. Only
Y. M. c. A. and J. c. c. players
have ever worn the champion
ship togas in both categories. Jack
Schwartz brought the singles title
to the j. C. c. twice, with j. p.
Payne and Charming Walker, OF
the "Y'', annexing it in 1888 and
1892, respectively.
Break Monopoly
Schwartz and j. L. Kosowsky
were able to break up the Y. M.
c. A. monopoly on the doubles
honors in 1888, only to see the
title revert to "Y"-men, Joseph F.
Cowley and Charming S. Walker
in 1884.
The current singles tournament
drew the smallest though most
potent entry, 10, since the event
was inaugurated. The first run.
ming attracted 10 and this number
was tied in 1888. Former champ
ions:
d. C. HANDBALL SINGLES CHAMPS
19S1-Jack Schwartz, J.C.C.
1932-Channing 8. Walker, Y.M.C.A.
1851. p. Payne, Y.M.C.A.
19S4-Jack Schwartz, J.C.C.
D. C. HANDBALL DOUBLES CHAMPS
19S1-ChanninE s. Walker-Perrie Nc
Lean, Y.M.C.A.
10S2-Thomas r. CharShee.Randy T..
Myers, Y.M.C.A.
1933-Jack Schwartz-J. L. KosOwSIky,
J.C.C.
19S4-Joseph F. COwley Charming 9.
Walker, Y.M.C.A.
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For the first three rounds
Wolfram boxed as orthodox a
battle as you'd expect to see on
any boards the country over,
then going hay-wire, and I
thought losing some ground,
turned to wide-open slugging of
the rough and tumble type
wherein he did not fare so we'll.
Reverts to Better Balance
Then, as if to sense the error
of his way, frankie brought
himself on even keel and two
timed his Canadian foe, with his
own medicine, left hooks mixed
with right uppercuts and crosses
which established him a lead
that he never relinquished.
In the long run Wolfram
proved the sturdier, both in Civ.
ing and taking it, particularly
when Decrease, in the middle
stages of the fight, found the
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defend his share of it. However,
Cowley's partner. j. B. Payne is no
body's set-up. He held the District
A. A. U. singles diadem in 1888.
Jack Schwartz and Frank Raj
terry are the only twosome en-
tered from the Jewish Community
Center, but according to their fol-
lowers, that club needn't worry
about not being adequately repre-
Sented. Schwartz and Raftery
and Cowley and Payne are the
two seeded teams.
However, there are two clark
horse" entries whom the two
seeded teams eye askance. They
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
Schedules Ready
For All Games
In League

Baseball fans, your American
League schedule is ready.
For the sixth consecutive year,
The Washington Times is giving
it's readers vest pocket editions
Of the entire 154 games played
on the 1885 American League
schedule.
These convenient little book
lets telling where every team
plays every day are available
Immediately to all who send a
Self-addressed stamped envelope
to the Baseball Schedule Editor,
The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
BY DAVIS J. WALSH


FORT MYERS, Fla, March 10.
The story Of the st. Louis. Cardi-
nails, as I see it and hear it, is
not so much whether they will
repeat in the National League this
year but whether their manager
will. The same being MIR. Frisch
who has been around longer than
an old but reliable Model T. The
man was busy on the playing field
today and, besides, I decided not
to walk right up to him, then and
there, and brightly ask:
"Are you through as Sec
Ond baseman?"
In fact, after thinking things
over, I decided not to ask him at
all but to take the matter up with
Branch Hickey, officially the alter
ego and the man who stands in
the wings and makes the curtain
go up and down.
Hell start the season." said
the latter, choosing his words
carefully. "And he'll also fin
iSh it. In between, he is liable
to miss some games. After all,
we've got to save him."
'cFOr what?" I asked, innO-
Gently.
Why, for the world series, it
seemed. Mr.. Hickey just couldn't
understand about that. He
thought everybody knew about
the opening game of the world
series next october at Sportsman s
Park, st. Louis.
In-otheR ond -ShiAzeAu
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FRISCH AS PLAYER HOLDS ANSWER
TO CARDS RETAINING PENNANT

>least half of the pitching is liable
to be great. The rest don't know
about and, suspect, neither does
Frisch at this early date. Tex
Carleton, 16-game winner, had
to be traded to Chicago because
the elder Dean didn't care for his
haircut or something.
But, of course, Jim Collins will
do all the first basing and a lot
of the run producing; Pepper Mar.
tin will be in there giving the ball
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
WOMEN'S WINNERS
Zaharias Would
Clean Up Duseks

The big, bad DuSeks may be
villains to the wrestling fans,
but they're merely softies to
belligerent George Zaharias who
opposes Emil Dusek at the Wash
tngton Auditorium Thursday
night.
"After I get through with
Emil I want Rudy and the
Kid, Joe Dusek," Zaharias con-
tends. 1--WE got what it takes
% whip those DuSekS and the
1OoneP I clean mp the family
i the betteR.@
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
YOnders Defeats
TwOCue Opponents

Leon Yonders, former Baltimore
cue wizard, continues his winning
ways around Washington, con-
quering two opponents yesterday.
Jack Bennett fell before his
prowess, 100 to 81, and John Gill
len, 100 to II. Yonders had a run
of 55 against Bennett.
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pretty confident. It feels that it
has the same men who won the
worlds championship last year
plus a new and perhaps better
center fielder in Terry Moore
from Columbus, and some new
and perhaps worse pitchers.
All, Those Deans!
The Deans (Delirium and Ire
mens) will be and are among
those present, meaning that at
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

a S e v e n t h,
which includes
one of the de-
Tending cham"
pions, Joseph F.
Cowley, goe S
into the second
round through
a bye.
Cowley, pres
ent "Y" singles
titleholder, won
the d ou b ] e s
crown last year
with Charming
s. Walker, but
Walker is i'll
o~l 111aoh1o %a
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

League, a group
of dyed-in-the.
wool duckpin
fans were dis
C u s sin g who
is who in the
oc al circles.
One said:
"This fel-
low Campbell
u . ed to be
able to hit
'en1, but his
arm is gone
now. I doubt
If he can
break 120."
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

views with a
certain alarm
the fact that
the Washing
ton infield has
had just two
drills this sea.
son.
One Of these
was in the reg.
u ! a r morning
practice. The
other was in
what was laugh
ingly called a
ball game on
last Frid a U
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
C. u. ALUMNI MEET

The D. c. alumni chapter Of
Catholic University meets tonight
in the music building auditorium
at the school at 8 o'clock to dis
cuss plans for the athletic ban
quet at the Mayflower Hotel on
May /,
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

tween frankie Wolfram and Pete DeGrasse,
the two featherweights who gave 1000 fans
10 rounds Of torid tormenting at Washing
ton Auditorium, with Wolfram the winner
by narrow enough margin to not give De-
Grasse anything over which to hang his
head.
Weighing within split hair of each
other these two 126-pounders wound up a
solid card of slugging which registered
high blood pressure from $50 o'clock on
and otherwise completed piece of match
making which only Goldie Ahearn seems
capahla of ACCOMPLISHING haraahonts
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
Seven Handball Pairs
Vie for D. G.. Title
Rv GINO SINH

Handba in the local sport spotlight this week IA
ron men, battle for the District A. A. u singles and dou
bles fourwaN championships at the Y. NJ G. A. courts.
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

Editors Note: This is the
ninth OF a series OF articles by
Davis J. Walsh, dealing aOith the
Uarious major league clubs in
spring trdi1ing.)
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
GriB Lag
hGaiiniing
7opForm
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL
Times Staff Writer

BILOXI, Miss, March 10.
With the Cleveland series just
around the corner, Bucky Harris
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
A|N|PBELL WINS
TINES PIN
AWARD
By SID KATZNELL

The day before Howard Camp
bell rolled a 1873 game with the
Lucky Strike team in the District
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

DeGrasse brown-sknned Canadian Indian relying
trey too much darting left hook couldn't quite cope
with the rugged Wolfram also Canadian, from Winni
peg who brought into the ring greater assortment Of blows
shift in style which must have had the little tanned
tiger from above the border guessing exactly what to
The Washington times., 1935-03-19
.Two Hands Superior
To One, Wolfram
Shows De GraSse
Bv KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

twohanded fighter most always best EARNED
menace whether in 24foot ring paperhanging
test and therein lies the chief distinguishing features be-
The Washington times., 1935-03-19

ca m p bells Howard Campbell
huge game easily took first prize
in the mems division Of The
washington Times high duckpin
game contest last week. Howard
says:
"I can still take many of the
present crop Of young bOwlers
into camp despite my ailing
arm"
Competition was keen in the
women's division. Three young
ladies were tied for first place
with 1877 each. They were Viola
Bechtold, Of the Independent
League; Margaret Lynn, of the
District League, and Irene Scott,
Of the Federal League.
Bill Miller bowled IT'S with King
Pin in the District League to cap.
ture second honors in the mems
section.
Checks will be mailed in care
Of the alleys in which the high
game was rolled. The list of win
S1aHsa ]o1loUycs
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NAME LEAGUE CAME
Howard Campbell, District .w..~. 1873
BNA MILLER. District. t.........s..sm1 175
Bert Sheehy, Holy Name "A"..... 175
j. c. Williams. Bankers. ...s.... 1T3
Harry MillIard, District. .......ss 10
Elmer Wesley, Diamond Cab. .mu... 168
Jim McProuty. Merchants. I. :. . !. .sU 1893
WOMEN'S WINNERS
NAME LEAGUE GAME
Viola BechtOld. Independent. s.s... 1877
Margaret Lynn, District. ........ 1877
Irene Scott, Federal. al................1 .137
Helen Sullivan, Washington. .135
Sarah Updyke, District. 1874
Elizabeth MinsOn, District. ..m...s. 1873
Catherine Quigley, District. q. . . .,,, 1913
Billie Butler, Washington. {. .s.os 1873
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take the floor in the first round
Of the doubles competition, while
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Would Be a Precedent.

TOR the first time since the rank
ings we're instituted, if you count
Freschi home" the list will in
clude a bowler who didn't compete in
the District League. He is one Of the
first raters ever overlooked by that
all-star organization, but several OF
its teams likely will be bidding for him
next season. There isn't enough genu-
inc talent to fill the demand Of buSl-
ness concerns that sponsor crack
teams.
Freschi. incidentally is member OF
the King Pin team which is making
a strong bid for the National Capital
League pennant. being in third place.
but only Two games behind the lead
ing Heurichs.
If the King Pins win the pennant
theirs will have been just a victory,
for the team which has led the race
a large part of The season. Sholls Cafe,
has been beaten, to !, four times by
the King Pins.
Sholl's was knocked from the top
perch by the King Pins two nights
ago. the Heurichs assuming the lead
by winning all games of a double
header
Evening star., 1935-03-24
TWO BOWL TO TOP
IN A. B. C. TOURNEY
$50 by Springer Heads Singles.
Mattison's 1908 Gives Big
Edge in All-Events.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YRACUSE. N. Y. March 23.-New
y leaders in the singles and all
events We're uncovered in the
American Bowling Congress and a
flock Of changes were made in the
doubles.
Earl Springer of Cleveland Ohio,
stepped into first place in the solo
event with $50 on games of 214, PIG
and 257. Bill Mattison of Toledo be-
came the new all-events pace setter
with 1908
The leaders:
sISGLEs-Earl Springer cleveland. ..
$40; Billy Knox tPhila delDhial. 6sl:
Frank Schoen lSAxinaWl. 616.
DOUBLES-B. Cook-R. Schue tCincin-
natD. I.2S5: J. Gauer-H. OmsberE 'Chi-
cagoD. l.2s4: H. Darrell, Dwonkowski
(Detroitl 1B@
ALL EvENTs-w. Mattison Toledo
.@OS; Bart Cook tCincinnati. $50, w
Hitlebeitel tJenkintown). I.s6S.
TEAMS-The Detroit GaSkets Detroit
1856 Bileks Florists 'ClevelandJ. 2.9@9:
John Ennis milwaukee,. . 9"2.