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The Washington times., 1936-12-25
INTRANURAL TOURNEY FINALS HOLD SPOTLIGH
Co. B Victor
OF Floor
Title

LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. IS.
Finals in v. M. I. intramural bas-
ketball, boxing, and wrestling
tournaments we're held under the
direction of Major M. G. Ramey
before the cadet corps left on
Christmas furlough.
"B" Company defended its bas-
ketball championship by winning
13 out Of Is games. "A" Com
pany, the runner-up, went down,
19 to IT, when Crosby Miller, OF
Richmond, sank a one-hand shot
while falling to the floor. The
game duplicated last years
thriller, in which the same two
teams played two extra periods
before ~" Company triumphed.
i"F' Company captured third,
with Bill Moore, Of Hazard, KY,
leading all scorers with 101 points
and winning the cup awarded to
the player most valuable to his
team.
Companies &C." "E" and "F''
finished in order in the boxing
tournament, in which all bouts
except one went to decisions. "B"
Company was unable to hold on
t Slast years honors in the ring.
Leaders in Wrestling
Companies 3D." &C" and "A"
, were the leaders in wrestling, with
the first two companies reversing
their positions of last year, when
Company &C" copped the title.
Six of seven final bouts ended
in falls. John Jetton, of Trenton,
Tenn, forfeited his match after
becoming runner-up in his boxing
bout.
Wrestling Results--11S lbs, J. B. Ca
bell CD, Savannah. Ca, threw E.
O'Connor (CD, Ft. Meade. S. D.; 12s.
s. w. fortsif sfarbuFgh D1 AteSfnr% AGGGmaG Won
Hampton, threw D. B. Slessman (E),
Pittsburgh, Pa; 149, w. C. Shreve Co,
Falls Church, threw E. w. Mitchell CO.,
Baltimore, Md 159, o. H. Hill (C::),
cision, c. H. Phipps CO.. Waynesboro;
169, w: A: Irving, OBJ, Chester Pa
threw T; W; Campbell 6D.(, LexinstGn1;
threw w. C. Mitchell (A.), Norfolk;
heavyweight, ]. A. Edge (A.), Down
ingtown, Pa, threw L. r. Williams
(A), Smithfield.
Boxing Results-115 lbs. F. W. Adams
(B.). Fort Warren, Wyo, defeated j.
W. Burchfield (C.), steubenville, Ohio;
125. J. w. Paxton (C.), Clearwater, Fla,
La; i31, R. H. Barnes (C.), Richmond,
]. W. Jetton CD, Trenton. Tenn; 1873,
R. A. Edwards (E.l. smithfield. de-
feated L. A. Keesee (F), Helena, Ark;
145, W. H. Zimmerman OBJ. Augusta,
Ga, defeated J. B. Young (BO. Nc
Crory, Ark; 153, r. A. Grant (CD,
Asheville, N. c., defeated F. NJ. RAIDER
(AD. Bristol; $50, ]. D. Harris CD.
Petersburg defeated NJ. NJ. Fitzhugh
CB), Newport News; 1853. Wendell K0-
var (C.), Ford City. Pa, defeated E. F.
Tate (C). Norton; 175. A. w. Ellis FD,
Richmond defeated J. P. Gayle (AD,
Newport News technical knockout,
1:4O Of first round; heavyweight. w. NJ
Echols (A.). Portsmouth. defeated j.
r I,arrick (F), Mddletown.
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.UCKPIN
HONOR ROLL

The Warrington Times die
tributes Twenty-Five ($25) dol
lars in prizes each lOeek to men
and WOmen in the WGshinston
area rolling the seven highest
hardwood duckpin games in
FOUL-LLNE, fiUs-msn team
league competition on regulG-
tiOn alleys from, Monday to Sat.
urd0y through the season to the
last Saturday in April.
The prizes Duplicated for
men and UOren) are:
Highest game of week, IS.
second highest, $3.50. Nsxt
five highest games, 81 each.
GRAND PRIZE of $25 each
to man and UOm0n rolling the
highest game by expiration Of
contest, including final lpesk.
Owing to the obvious supsri.
GRITTY of certain leagues It is
necessdry to limit prizes to three
per league (except in case of a
tie) and one to each bowlcr.
Only fiUe-men team leagues are
eligible.
Blanks must bear the FULL
first and last name of each
boWler and must be signed by
the foul line umpire and the
president or official scorer Of
the league.
Last Nights Scores
At Queen Pin Alleys
Southeast League
Harry Brown Quality ShOp) 16I
Richard LaBillie Square DeaD 80. l3i
George Honey Quality Shop 80. 131
At Georgetown Recreation Alleys
Ladies District League
Marie Spates (GeOrgetOwn) ...... 1aO
Georgia Hays (GeOrgetOwn). ....... 1lE
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LIST
Secret Workout

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 25-The
Marquette football squads Christ
mas dinner will be delayed until
this evening when their appe-
titeS will have been whetted by a
long secret workout. The Mil
waukee team arrived here late yes
terday, and prolonged civic greet
ings made 1t possible for Coach
Frank j. Murray to give his
charges only a go minute drill.
Murray said he planned to con-
centrate on defense against Texas
Christians plays today. The Mar
quette team appeared to be in the
pink Of condition after three days
of double sessions at Durant, Okla.
Texas Christian, the Hilltopper's
opponent in the Cotton Bowl game
here New Years Day, will resume
training at Fort Worth tomorrow,
the first workout since the horned
frogs beat Santa Clara two weeks
ago.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Cle1n Mccarthy
AT THE RACES

keenest sort of memory for a few
horses, those they have cared for
or admired. Horsemen too, fire.
quently are remarkable for ability
to accurately describe thorough
breds they got to know well. Be.
tween them, and the clockers, lies
the main difficulty in getting by
with a ringer"
System players will always be
with us. I know one of the most
intelligent of the worlds practical
horse players. He's a veritable
wizard of a Handicapped, and he
will wager you that he can take
anybody's selections, no matter
how bad they may be, and make
them win for a system-AFTER
the races are run.
oldest name of a horse ever to
creep into the stud book (the Brit
ish): .Here-She-C Comes -With-Her-
Eye-Knocked-Out, containing 80
letters. And did you ever notice
in a pedigree that horse named
Pot-8-os? Originally he was Pot
oooooooo's. He's in the pedigree
of at least SO per cent of the
worlds thoroughbreds-if you run
them back far enough.
What hosS won the most last
race-of-the-meetings? Jimmy Col
lins would wager you on Dark Hill,
and Paul Cervin would back him
up. But I fear they would lose
Instead of the ten straight last
races of last days of meetings,
that Collins and Cervin claim
Dark Hill won, he landed only
six, and they were not of success
sive meetings, nor in a single
season.
Wonder who was the king-pin
"last-race-of-the-day" hoss. Cali
fornia'S perennially uthful
horseman, John M. Crane, once
confided to me that his own John
H. Sheehan was entitled to wear
such a crown. But I wasted an
hour checking that up, finding
that Sheehan was winner of a
closing race of the program only
four times in a long career.
Copyright, 1886. by The Christy Walsh
Syndicate,
The Washington times., 1936-12-25

Heard along the quarter
stretches: If the Duke Of windsor
(ex,King Edward VIII, if your
memory is short) eventually
spends much of his time in Amer
lea, and races a few horses here,
he will not be the first English
Duke to show his colors on an
American course. That honor be-
longed to the Duke Of Beaufort.
He shipped Strathrose here from
England in 1893, to run for the
first $4,000 Derby ever pro-
grammed in this country, the
American at Chicago's original
Washington Park.
The colts English jockey, one
Manser, became so befuddled in
the hour and half the Derby
field stayed at the post, he just
sat there when the real break
finally came. looked blandly up
at Starter Pettingill, and pipel:
II beg pahdon, sir, but is it q
gowh?" PETIT could hardly refrain
from throwing his flag at the
British rider. Strathrose was
shipped home almost Immediately
after the race, and London papers
were very bitter over the raw
deal" their candidate got from
"the uncouth American starter" {"
Granville'S loss to American
racing for 1897 is a serious one
unless some colorful young
handicap star comes up to take
his place. Such things happen.
Exterminator could have dropped
out of the racing picture at the
end of 1918 (his Derby year, with
out stirriny any turf editor to
emotion. And so could Diavolo
at the finish of his three-year-old
campaign. But at four - what
handicap stars they were-and
Fxterminator was at five, six and
seven!
How do clockers tell horses
apart? Your experts in that pro-
fession memorize and jot down in
little pocket reference books every
identifying mark of horse, par
ticularly of good-looking tWo-year-
olds whose names are unknown.
Any clocker with the memory for
human facial and physical char
acteriSticS possessed by every top
class detective far Surpasses the
morning-trial timers not blessed
with such q talent; the latter
must rely upon their reference
books.
Peculiarities of color, gait, car
riage of head, are the fundamen.
tai distinguishing lectures of thor
oughbredS. I've listened to five ex-
perienced, able clockerS hang
three different names on horse
cantering along the far-side of a
track in misty early-morning
hours. Each of the three horses
was a bay, perhaps the identical
shade of the Steed in question. AS
for white markings, there was lit
tie difference; in size too there
was excuse for confusion.
But just as the controversy
over what that hoss is" and
"who he amt" reached the boil
ing-over (betting) point, one
clocker would chirp, "Hey, look
at the way that hoSS twists his
tall tell you-," but there was
no need for further discussion.
That simple, but distinctive way
Of twirling his tail had identified
the horse conclusively to one and
all, and the hullabaloo over his
name ended as suddenly as it be-
gan.
Hundreds Of groonns have the
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Sugar Bowl Tourney
Attracts Athletes

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 25.-Every
State in the Union and many from
Latin America will be represented
when the Great New Orleans
Sugar Bowl" sports program
gets underway Sunday.
Hotel registers are already filled
with reservations of thousands Of
visitors from all parts of the coun-
FRY
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Case Ace ReC0Vered:
Returns 10 Races

PULASKI, Tenn. Dec. 25.-Case
Ace, star colt of the Milky Way
Stable owned by Mrs. Ethel Mars,
will return to the races. He has
recovered from his recent illness,
trainers for the stable said here
yesterday. Case Ace may turn up
as the winter book favorite to take
the Kentucky Derby. He won
three Of four starts in 1896, includ-
ing the Arlington FuturitY.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Maryland Kennel
Show Listed Feb. So

The first all-breed show of 1897
in this half of the country will be
staged by the Maryland Kennel
Club in the new 5th Regiment Ar
mory, Baltimore, February and
6. The club announces that a purse
of $1,000 in cash will be placed
in competition.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Scores of Writers
ToC0Ver Bowl Game

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 25.-News-
paper men from all sections Of the
country, including many nation
ally known writer's, will cover the
Sugar Bowl game here on New
Years.
Two hundred or more papers
will be represented by staff
writer's.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Max Baer 10 Meet
Neuse| In England

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. 25.
Max Baer, former heavyweight
champion, along with his man
ager, Ancil Hoffman, will sail for
England on February 10. Baer, it
is said by Hoffman, will meet
either Walter Neusel, German
heavyweight, or the winner of
the Ford-Peterson fight.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Runyan Enters

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Paul
Runyan, 1884 P. G. A. champion,
has entered the amateur-profes-
sional best-ball ch m pionship
tournament to be played at St.
Augustine, Fla, March II to 81.
He will be coupled up with Charles
Whitehead, of South River, N. J.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
TourneYCourt Entries
Close at Police Club

Those basketball teams who de-
sire to enter the Police Boys Club
tourney, which opens Saturday,
in George Washington University
gym, have until $3.50 p. m. today
to enter. Entries will be accepted
at No. 5 Precinct.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Browns, Buy Farm

DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 25.
The Des Moines team of the West
ern Baseball League is now a St.
Louis farm, according to an an
nouncement made here yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Tropical Sub Race

upward; claiming; purse. 500; 114 miles.
xWatch Him. 100 MopecO ........ ia
xROsS ........ 100 Stipulate ...... 108
xGood visibility. i lOS xPayrack .1O6
xApprentice allowance claimed.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
Cunningham To Race
In Sugar Bo1uL Euent

NEW ORLEANS Dec 25-The greatest array Of track and
field talent perform in the South has been lined for
the Sugar Bowl classic at Loyo Stadium Sunday December
27 This fact made evident with the by
1. diBenedetto secretary Of the Southern A. A. U.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
National Loop Gets
Cleveland Grid Team

CLEVELAND, Dec. 25.-Cleve-
lands Rams, professional football
team, will play in the National
League in 1887, it has been an
nounced by Frank Strock, Secre-
tary of the club. The Rams last
season were in the American
League and were the most sue
ceSSful of the teams in the new
loop, drawing as high as $4,000 to
a game.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25
CHRISTMAS-
Big Grid Games

PETERSBURG, Va, Dec. 25.
Petersburg High School will play
two big intersectional football
games in 1887. opposing Jackson
High - of Jacksonville, Fla, and
Baldwin High, of New York city.
The Washington times., 1936-12-25

.NERRY CHRTSTMAI
The Washington times., 1936-12-25

CHRISTMAS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02

Substituted for Schumacher in
 third.
 Substituted for Smith in third. &--Batted for Coffman in fourth. Substituted for Coffman in fifth. for Gabler in eighth. [-Substituted for Gabler in ninth.
 SUMMARY
 Stolen bases: Powell. Bartell; sac rifice hit: Di Maggie; two-base hits: Di Maggie, Mancuso, Bartell; home runs; Lazerri, Dickey; runs batted in: Rolfe, Di Maggie ?, Gehrig 3, Dickey 5, Lazerri 5, Co., meg 2, Bartell, Terry 2; double play; Giants (Leiber, Schumacher); hits off: Schumacher 3 in 2 innings, Smith 2 in 1-3 innnigs. Coffman 2 in 1 2-3 innings. Gahler 5 in 4 innings, Gumber 5 in 1; at bat against: Schumacher {, Smith 3 Coffman 6. Gabler IT, Gumbert 8; earned runs off: Gomez 3, Schu- macher {, Smith 3, Coffman l,,.Gab- Ter 3, Gumbers 6; struck out: by Gomez 8, Coffman 1, Gumbert l.; walked by: Gomez 6, Schumacher 8, Smith 1, Gabler 3, Gumbert |; wild pitch: Gomez; left on bases: Tanks 6, Giants g; charge defeat to Schumacher.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
SCORE BY INNINGS

NEW YORK, Oct. 2. The full might of the Yankees slugging at tack, cliinaxed by Tony Lazzeri's home run, with the bases loaded in the third inning. fell upon the Giants today and all this in view of President Franklin D. Roose- welt and 43.543 fans. Crushing the National League champions Is to 4 and evening the Civil War of Man haitian in the Subway Series for the World Champonship at one game all. The game also set a new World Series record for runs scored in a single game.
 Game BlotUn Apart
 Lazzeri's belt to the right field stands in that great third inning climaxed seven run rally that blew the game apart as Crosetti and Di Maggie had scored ahead of him, and the bases were all occu- pied. The only previous time such a feat was accomplished when when Elmer Smith, of Cleveland. against Brooklyn in 1920, made homer with the bases loaded. srs
 Gomez was cratic, walking or flaming seven in the first six in, nings.
 Short Last
 Harold Schumacher, right handler who is credited with ten wins dur ing the season. lasted only two in- nings, yielding to Lefty Al Smith. with the bases full and none out and the Tanks leading 2 to in the third, Smith allowing three runs and filled the bases before Dick Coffman came in and he was greet ed by Lazzeri's homer.
 Frank Gabler went in in the fifth thinning and was removed for a pinch hitter in the last of the eighth. Harry Gumbert finished and he was greeted by a six run barrage in the Yanks' half of the ninth including Dickeys homer with two men on bases.
 It was a great day for the Tanks "a great day The play bv play story tells the short scoring by the Giants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
PLAY BY PLAY
FIRST INNING

YANKEES = CroSetti singled to center. Rolfe walked. Di Maggie bunted and beat Jackson's throw for hit, filling the bases. Gehrig flied out to Ott, Crosetti scoring after the catch. Rolfe took third on a wild pitch. Di Maggie raced to second. Rolfe was held at third. Dickey flied out to Leiber and Rolfe scored after the catch. Schumach- CT intercepted throw to the plate and nabbed Di Maggie at third for an out.
 Two runs. two hits, no errors, none left on base. X GIANTS famed. Bartell famed. Terry singled to center. Leiber walked. Ott out, flied to Di Maggie.
 No runs, one hit, no errors, two left on bases.
 SECOND INNING YANKEES = Selkirk walked. Powell lined out to Ott and Selkirk was thrown out stealing. Mancuso to Whitehead. Lazzeri walked. Co., meg famed.
 No runs, no hits. no errors. one left on base.
 GIANTS Mancuso walked. Whitehead flied to Selkirk. Jack son flied to Selkirk. Schumacher walked. On wild pitch, Mancuso scored and Schumacher gaine d third. Moore fouled out to Rolfe.
 One run, no hits, no errors, one left on base.
 THIRD INNING
 YANKEES - Crosetti singled to left. Rolfe walked. Di Maggie bunt- ed. Jackson fumbled and all were safe. Al Smith replaced Schumacher in the box. Gehrig singled to right scoring Crosetti and Rolfe, and Di Maggie reached third. Dickey singled to right, scoring Di Mag gio, sending Gehrig to third. Sel- kirk flied out to Leiber, Gehrig be- ing held on third. Powell walked Dick Coffman replaced Al Smith in the box for the Giants. Lazzeri smashed a homer to the right field stands, clearing the bases for four runs. Gomez famed. CroSett grounded out. Bartell to Terry.
 Seven runs, four hits, one error none left on base. GIANTS -Bartell walked. Terry famed. Leiber famed. Ott fliet out to Rolfe.
 No runs. no hits. no errors, ont left on base.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
.HAL|BUT BOATS ARE FINED FOR
 ILLEGAL WORK
Belinda Assessed $o00 and Summit $500 by Ket-
 chikan Judge

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 2. - Entering pleas of guilty to fishing in a closed area, before United States Commissioner E. c. Austin, the halibuter Belinda was fined $900 and the halibuter Summit was fined $500. There was no confis- cation.
 Thirty thousand pounds of hah- but were aboard the two vessels.
 The two vessels, with the Canad- ian halibuter Finella. were seized by the Coast Guard cutter Cyane for illegal fishing in Area Two. The Finella was taken to Prince Rupert.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
ANNUAL BUDGET TO BE BALANCED SOON, SAYS FOR
$, Picture of Disastrous Western Oregon
President Makes Thrilling Address to Thousands
 in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 2.-Pres- ident Franklin D. Roosevelt stood under brilliant floodlights in Forbes Field last night and told an audience of thousands that if the National income continued to rise as it has been rising, the Governments an nual Budget could be balanced within year or two,' and this without additional taxes.
 NeD Poticy
 Levell.ng of fat the Republican opposition, President Roosevelt said he cast aside a mo nothing or wait and see policy" and reversed the policy of previous Administrations" !"
 This change of former policies had cost money, the President said, but the people knew in 1883 that it would"
 People Are LiUing
 Continuing the President said. T promised my administration was de- IcillilIicu u hSCp tIc PCoPiC VI eAAc United States from starvation"
 Speaking of balancing the budget, President Roosevelt said.
 We had to balance the Budget of the American people before we could balance the Budget of the National Government.
 Loud boos arose when the Presi- dent referred to my predecessor, " but he drew immediate silence by holding up his hand and saying. Go Ahedd Policy If we had followed the policy of let naturesdo its;course back in 1893. it would have continued wiping out of the people of small means. con tinued loss of their homes, farms and small business, loss of resources of a multitude of individuals and families and small corporations and concentration of property ownership in the hands of one or two percent of the population"
 Tremendous cheers greeted his statement
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
EDITOR CHARGED
 WITH Z L|BELS

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 2. = Charged with political and criminal libel by Gov Elmer Holt. John w. Nelson. Great Falls editor, has been taken in custody here by Sheriff Brian O'Connell.
 The charges are based on an arti- cle published in Great Falls accus- ing Holt of lotting the Miles City Band. when he was Vice-Presi- dent, by allegedly using the funds of depositors in an irregular man. ner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
NelU York Times Announces z It's Support of President
 ROOseUeIt for Reelection

NEW YORK, Oct. 2.--The New York Times, one of the largest and most influential newspapers in the United States, in an editorial titled: "A Reasoned Choice" announces it's support of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for reelection.
 The Times is an Independent Democratic newspaper.
 The Times in the editorial said: "A conservative newspaper, in it's own sphere, cites three reasons why it supports the reelection of President Roosevelt"
 First-It is its belief that the sec-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
FIRE HITS IN BUSINESS AREA
 OF WENATCHEE
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Damage Done
 During Night

WENATCHEE, Wash, Oct. a. Fire, striking in the heart of the Wenatchee business district late last night, ragged through half a block of buildings and caused damages, estimated by firemen, at $300,000.
 The fire started in the basement of the Anderson Hardware Com pany and spread to adjoining build ings.
 One fireman was slightly injured during the fight against the flames which for time ragged fiercely.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
Good Pay Attracts Teachers to
 Alaska Territory

ANCHORAGE Alaska, Oct. a. Because of better pay and also the glamor, Alaska Territory has avail able better trained school teachers than in similar posts in the States, Anthony E. Karnes, Commissioner of Education, now on tour to this section, made the statement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
BEST LEGS IN MOVIE COLONY
 ARE SELECTED
Five Most Beautiful Pairs Are Selected by Hol-
 lywood Artist

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Oct. 2.-Dun- can Gleason, painter, has selected the five most beautiful pairs of legs in the Movie Colony.
 His selections, in the order of beauty follows: Marlene Dietrich, Ruby Keller, Ginger Rogers, movie stars; Jane Hamilton. featured player and Jacqueline Dix. night club dancer. now appearing in movie parts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
Constitution PrOues to
 Be Just q Campaign Dud
By BYRON PRICE (Chicf ot Bureau, The Associated Press, Wasllington)

The definite submergence of what once appeared the paramount issue of the political campaign could not be more positively demonstrated than by what happened-or failed to happen-on Constitution Day, 1886.
 It is not long since that political prophets were agreeing almost un- animously that this would be year made forever memorable by a ter rife political struggle over the pre- servation of constitutionalism.
 By late summer, said the forecast CTS, the country would be on fire with disssension over the tremen- dous question, and the day set aside to observe the anniversary of the Constitution was certain to produce as grand a burst of forensic pyro- technics as the voters had seen in many years. It seemed natural.
 Now Constitution Day has come and gone, and it may be doubted whether more than small per- centage of American citizens even knew of it's passing.
 Neither of the principal nominees for President took any noice of it. A scattering of lesser political ora tors mentioned it, but mostly their remarks were tucked away on the inside pages of the newspapers. In the countrys largest city, the chief address was delivered by the presi- dent-general of the National Socie- ty of the Sons of the American Revolution.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-02
EXECUTED FOR HOLDUP DEATH; $40 INVOLVED Former U. 5. Marine Hero Dies in Lethal Cham
 Der in Prison

FLORENCE, Ariz., Oct. 2.-Rol- and H. Jerry" Cochrane, former United States Marine. who bravely faced death for the Government during the Nicaraguan rebellion. calmly and smilingly went to his execution in the lethal gas cham Der at the State Penitentiary at down today in payment of a $40 holdup and staying.
 Cochran was pronounced dead in seven minutes and forty seconds after the deadly cyanide eggs were dropped into the pan under the death chair to which he was strapped