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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30
In New York
n MaA' MIA
BY GEORGE ROsS

New York, Dec. 30 = The busiest
benefactors in this town are the
subway folk who run the under
ground Lost and Found Department
for New Workers are VIGOROUSLY
butter-fingered in rapid transit.
One of the strangest assortments
of sundry articles Is to be found in
the Lost and Found storeroons of
the IRT line and the attendants
up there say that the situation Is
not improving. New Workers con-
tinue to lose the darndest things on
expresses and locals.
Umbrellas, they repent, remain
the most misplaced articles while
gloves and eyeglasses run a close
second. Cats, birds and dogs, Gagged
In baskets, are being left on sub
way trains In greater numbers than
ever before and 1t is worrying the
Lost ana Found boys since they
have to care for them. The animals
are. fed at the L. g. F. office for a
week or SO and then forwarded to
the ASPCA If the claimant doesn't
show up. Cargoes of white mice
have been discovered recently in
trains by startled conductors.
Popular magazines are often left
in subways by people who drop
them there deliberately. Guards and
motormen turn them In, however,
on the bare chance that a passen-
ger would like to finish reading the
serial.
Absent Minded-Students
Sometimes the attendants strike
up an acquaintance with frantic
subway riders who have come to
claim valuable article and become
their lifelong friends. A cigar manu-
facturer in Brooklyn forwards SAM
Piles Of his product each Christmas
to everybody in the Lost and Found
Office because the department once
turned back to him something he
treasured sentimentally. It was a
chow dog. The attendants also get
many New Years greetings each
season from satisfied customers.
Once a fellow left a briefcase in
the subway, discovered his loss I'M
mediasely and TAXED up to the Lost
and Found In hurry. After wait
ing twenty minutes, biting his nails
and pacing the corridor, the miss
ing article was brought in by a con-
ductor. So the happy man insisted
upon taking the staff out to dinner
where they discovered that he was
an insurance salesman. Before the
last cognac disappeared down their
outlets, he had sold one Of them a
policy.
That rurnor about absent-mind-
ed college professors, the L. & r.
boys VOW, Is myth and nothing
more. They can't remember when
a pedagogue last left a briefcase
containing examination papers,
treatises and such in the subway.
On the contrary, they have daily
traffic with college and high school
students who leave text books be-
hind.
They Eat-and Have Fun
No lack of social life wracks Man.
hattan's illuminate, nor Of fraternal
cameraderie Is there any dearth.
Now going at full tlast Is the Cheese
Club which toasts guests of honor.
currently in the headlines. at BIZ
weekly luncheons. Recently. Harry
Richman and Dick Merrill after
their two-way hop across the ocean.
DR.. Dafoc. Lou Little and Coach
Jim Crowley were Ilonored with
speeches and o midday meal. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

Another jarring note on Christmas day
was the sacking of the Spanish news
paper, Democracia in Tangier by Italian
sailors. Nothing with name like that
is wanted over there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

American patriots, at this historic
moment, are following the example OF
Stephen Leacock's valiant English noble
man who "leaped upon his horse and
rode off violently in all directions"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

Australian soldiers have dolfsd
the famous digger" hat, 40 famil-
lar during the World war, and have
% new peaked CAP.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

If you want copy Of our book
let ON Queer Facts Of Geography"
write The Waterbury Democratic
Washington Bureau, 1912 sThir-
teenth st., Northwest, Washington.
ID. G. Enclose 4 cents I'm postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

There's some argument now as to who
is the real ruler of England. How about
the Kings Proctor?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

10 minutes, by Abraham l.. Monte
verde, Of Mays Landing, N. Y
Nal 6 to July "a, 1929.
Q. Has any man been elected
president by q majority electoral
vote who received less than a plu-
rality Of popular votes?
A. Rutherford B. Hayes, In 1876,
received about 100000 fewer pop
ular votes that Samuel j. Tilden,
and In 1885 Benjamin Harrison
was elected although his popular
vote was about $4,000 less than
Grover Cleveland's.
Q. What Is the total number of
motion picture theaters In the Uni
ted States?
A. The 1895 Film Daily Year
Book Lists 1855.
@. Name the vice-president Of
the United States In 1924.
A. The ONCE was vacant, owing
to the succession Of Calvin Coolidge
to the presidency after the death
OF President Harding on Aug. 2.
1928.
q. When and where did Mrs.
Warren q. Harding die?
A. November 81, 1924, at Marion,
Ohio. M
Q. How old is Mahatma Gan
dbl?
A. He was born october 2. 1859.
II you want . copy Of our book
let ON "Queer Facts Of Geography"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, "These kind Of
things are destructive;
say, "these kinds Of things"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30
Daily RN.~.-, -. D~...lea
Washinston sS.s.1 y ~ .HSsss
VATICAN FEELS POPE Plus
CAN NEVER RECOVER
BIZ DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN

Rome, December 30. - Those inside the Vatican say
privately that the Pope from his pres
ent Illness may drag out for months but he viii never
be the same
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30
7 est Y o u e
knowledge

Can You answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn TO back
page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

@. How old Is Mahatma Can
dbl?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

!. q. When and where did Mrs.
Warren q. Harding die?
A. November 81, 1924, at Marion,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-30

10 minutes, by Abraham L. Monte
verde, Of Mays Landing, N. Y
Nal 6 to July "A, 1929.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
Trojans FaUored
To Take Division
Basketball Title

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb "a UP
The outcome of the southern diviS-
ion Pacific Coast conference baS-
ketball title chase appeared today
to hinge principally on the UniveT-
sity of California Bears, deprived
Of virtually all hope of winning the
championship when they lost 80 to
% to the U.CL.A. Bruins Saturday
night dividing a weekend double
header.
California plays Stanford while
use. engages U.CL.A. at Los An
geles Friday night With the Cards
and TrOjans tied for leadership by
virtue Of a weekend split, use.
appeared the faVorite to grab the
title, if the issue is decided Friday.
use. favored to defeat the
Bruins, while outcome of the STAN
ford-California game seems to be
unpredictable The Bears, rated
considerably weaker than the IN
dians, have won two of three meet
ings thus far this season. If they
repeat, and use. beats U.C.LA. the
Troians will meet University Of
Washington in the conference title
play off.
Following are the division stand
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. "a. U0
Frank ODoul, the butcnerboy
who led the San Francisco Seals
to a Pacific Coast League pennant
in his first year as manager, will oc
acclaimed a true miracle man if he
can repeat this year with the squad
now available.
On paper the Seals don't look so
hot. They have weak spots all
around-in the outfield, from which
graceful Joe Di Maggie is conspicu-
ously absent; in the infield, from
which Les Powers, Art Garibaldi
and Len Backer will be missing;
and in the pitching staff where the
principal losses are those of Roy
Joiner, little southpaw, and big
Floyd NeWkirk.
But O'Doul took a club slated for
no better than sixth last year and
whipped together a baseball team
that won the second half title and
beat Los Angeles for the pennant
in a play-off series. He did it with
the aid Of Di Maggie, the lanky
youth who drove in more runs than
anyone else, who threw out more
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24

MIAMI. Fla. Feb. "a. UP)-Hav-
ing seen in the public prints where
James J. Braddock spoke harshly
Of Max Baer's comeback plans, and
advised the Californian to chase
such notions from his noggin while
ne still had a noggin, we fell to
thinking Of James is right 10 such
an opinion.
At first, we felt that Braddock
had not business discouraging Max
in his plans to recapture that
priceless fistic bauble which IS the
worlds heavyweight championship.
After all. il IS Baer'S ears, Baer's
profile. and Baers nose, which
Baer VIII risk. If a man wants to
get one. or all, Of those items
Knocked off. its his own business.
II is only when a man goes about
borrowing ears. like Anthony that
the public has a right to complain.
Moreover. it seems to US that
Braddock. above all people, should
be sympathetic Nith comeback ell
forts For certainly James J. holds
the world record for coming back
from nowhere. Many have start
ed from oblivion, but Braddock
started his climb 10 the heights
from the last house, on the last
street. in a town $50 miles south
Of oblivion. He'd knocked out three
puvs before he got that far.
But the more we thought about
it. the more we saw Braddock's
side. He would be less human had
ne not put the Of sneer on Makes
return to the wars II youll think
back a year. TO the time when
Braddock signed to meet Baer for
the title. you'll remember the con-
temptuous manner in which Make
treated the challenger. Baer talk
ed a lot in those days, and from
the time he started training until
he climbed in the ring, he must
have uttered seven or eight mil
Ion words. But you could sitt
them with a coffee strainef ana
never find one good one for Brad
dock. The nearest he ever came
to saying anything nice about Brad
dock was in an interview shortly
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
Guarded
FOLLOWING Threat
From Vice Lords

LOS ANGELES, Feb. "a 0lp,-
Fheba Crawford Splivalo militant
assistant to Evangelist Aimee Sem
PIE Mcpherson at Angelus Temnla
Io'i Iouay was guarded by police fol-
lowlilS no.'S her report that she had re-
ceIved underworld threats"
Inc onetime New York Salvation
Army lass who was known to Man
hatten as THE Angel of Broad
way rushed into secret confer
ehce with Chief of Detectives
Joseph Taylor after receiving a
day. IVA .
Mrs. Splivalo, former director of
the state welfare department. said
she had incurred the enmitv of
underworld groups" because of
her attacks on asserted vice in
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
Four HOldOuts
On Frisco Mines

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. "a. UP)-
Only four holdouts marred the
signup campaign Of San Francisco's
TWO Pacific Coast League baseball
clubs-the San Francisco Seals and
the Mission Reds-today as the
clubs prepared to open spring
training at Monterey and Fresno.
Phil Collins and Ed Stutz, pitch
ers, and Harley Boss. first baseman
from Nashville. sought salary in
creases from the Seals manage
ment.
Don Johnson of Laguna Beach,
utility inflelder from Sacramento
was The only Mission player unsign-
ed as the Reds prepared TO depart
for Monterey.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
SEALS WEAKENED
BY WINTER TRADES

oaSe-runnerS than ony other out
fielder, who finished second in bat
ting and runner-up in home run
Clouting, and with the assistance OF
Sam Gibson and Win Ballou, veter-
ans who found regeneration in the
foggy climate of San Francisco.
Gibson, who is peculiarly effect
i've in night games, is 80 and Ballou
is "a. They were breaking into the
game when some of the youths with
whom they will compete were just
growing out of their dependence
on safety pins as their chief means
of support.
Ten other pitchers will ne in the
squad. Kenny Sheehan, left hand
er carried over from last year, is
expected to blossom into a VIM
ner. Another sterling hurting pros
pect is young Bob Cole, star of the
San Francisco winter league. Ed
Stutz is a holdover seen principal
ly in relief roles.
The infield, shot by midwinter
sales and trades, has only that
prince of fielders, Hay Rhyme, and
a promising youngster, Steve Ba-
rath, back. Barath will hold down
third, a post he shared last year
with Backer. Harley Ross, former
New Orleans and Cleveland slug
ger, has been acquired for first
base. The question mark of the in
ner works is Brooks Holder of
Crockett, who spent last year at Des
MoineS and Who has the hands, the
speed and the know" to be a good
player. He'll try to fill the key
stone position.
The outfield has a lot OF good
prospects but no Di Maggie. Joe
Marty is back TO cover centerfield
Ted Norbert will be in left and his
big bat will be a help. ODoul will
try to pick a third man from six
other candidates, of whom John
Ihomas, Oakland boy with Des
MONIES last year, looks to be the
tops. Carl Jorgensen of Corcoran
and j. L. Graves of Oklahoma, both
with Muskogee in 1885, Ivan Rob
ertsoh OF Napa, Dan Jerry of Los
Gatos, and Al Nudge of Piedmont
also will be given trials.
His catching staff looks to be the
strongest department on the team
Larry Woodall and Vim Monzo are
oack from 1885, Bill Salkeld of Sac
Tamento has been added and Neal
Chitord and Bill Callegari, rockies
VIII be given tryouts.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
Bench
Warming
BY B. KINNE

Their fine showing in the Holt
vile relays made Coach w. S. Tay-
lCr's track and field team the out
standing favorite to romp off with
honors in the county meet next
Saturday.
FL Centro was the only valley
school TO make a creditable show
ing IN the relays finishing second
behind Yuma with Coachella bring
ing up third place.
On an inspection of figures We
find that Yuma's c team won the
meet for the Arizona tracksters.
El Centre scored "a points in Glass
A competition as did the Yuma
squad. In Class B events Central
rang up "a points and Yuma %, but
in Glass c events Central scored
only 5% digits while Yuma was run
ming 13 to win the meet.
Using statistics of the Holtville
relays We predict the teams to fin
is has follows in the county meet:
Class A-El Centro. Brawley, I'm
perial, Holtville, Calexico and Cal
ipatria. Glass Bel Centro, Calex-
ico. Holtville, BraWley. Imperial and
Calipatria. Class C-Brawley, Holt
vile, e Centre CaleXico, Imperial
and Calipatria.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
CoachesFiive
Set for Bio
Game Tues.

To get in shape for the big
game against the fast travelling
Junior college basketball team
Tuesday night. is the chief worry OF
every member o. TaylOr's All Star
team.
w. S TAYLOR is racing against
ms track men around the einder
path each afternoon 90 regain his
old form and 10 build up his wind
Taylor was quoted as saying 1
can devote al of my time tC build
ing up my endurance for I am
already the best shot in Imperial
Valley"
r. r. "Eagle-eye" Taylor is prac-
ticing Ions shots from the center
of the floor because ne expects to
see Bert and Hansen IN the All
Star lineup and The only way to
get a shot when Bert is in the
fray is t. shoot before he does.
Feed viii Precede Game
A lather-Son slum feed will be
given i'm the nigh schoC cafeteria
at $50 p. m. The feed is sponsored
by the a. NJ. s. and the admis-
sion price l. the feed viii also
take care of admission to the game
ANY man wishing to attend the
meal who does not have q son will
be furnished q boy for the eve
ming
Jaycees Hold workouts
F5r the first time this season the
junior college cagers are holding
WrCkOuts without the coach pres
ent. According TO the players sev-
eral tricky plays are being farmu-
lated to completely beiuddle the
Coaches Officials team.
Boxing, Fencing
Several boxing matches will be
held between halves of the bas-
ketban game, bringing together
some of the outstanding hign
school and junior college leather
Fingers.
In the first bout Of the evening
Donald Bonar will meet Dale Coo
per According to Cooper he IS
plenty good and expects to kayo
Bonar in less than two rounds
Cooper says that he has licked bet
ter men than Bonar in his day
and Bonars strings of victories
worries him not.
Patrick Bush will try TO down
the great dairy fighter, Glenn
Smith in the second bout of the
evening and in the feature fight
ice Goff will cross blows with
Bud Kilgore.
Neither fighter could be reached
for a statement but according 20
students at C.UHS. this battle
will be a WOW.
AgustO Ishamaru will meet T.
J. Ota in a fencing duel following
the boxing.
II
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
Chicago Teams
Start Training

LOS ANGELES Feb. %. UP)--
Two major league baseball teams
start their spring workouts today
following their arrival from the
east to herald the return of base
nall season.
The Chicago Cubs, WINNERS VI Une
National League pennant, will work
as usual at Santa Catalina Island
while their fellow townSmen the
White SoX will drill in nearby Pas
adena
Coast league teams also start
practice today with Los Angeles
drilling at San Bernardino, San Di-
ego at Fullerton, Seattle at Santa
Monica and Sacramento at River
side. Portland opens work at Ven
tura in a week.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
TODAYS
Sports Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE

before the fight, when he only
called the challenger a bum.
Interest of Public
There is a chance, too, that Brad
dock has the interest of the public
at heart, and put the blast on MaX's
comeback plans in an effort to save
the citizenry from another sight of
the California braggart in the ring
Take it from one who saw Baer
against Braddock, and then against
Louis, that anything which can be
done to keep him from view, should
be encouraged.
Braddock is firm in the belief
that Baer cannot fight a lick, and
he believes it is he, not Joe Louis
who ended MaX's fighting days
We disagree with the champion on
this point. We believe that the
end OF Max Baer as a fighter came
in the first round Of his bout with
Joe Louis when, for one mad mo-
ment, he forgot his fright, and,
becoming the supreme egotist again,
spraddled his legs and tried to out
slug the negro.
Confidence Lost
When he set his legs and refused
TO give ground, Baer believed he
was the toughest guy, the hardest
hitting guy, who ever lived. Then
he met his master, his complete
master, and when the wild furry
ended with him backed against the
ropes. bleeding from mouth and
nose. and with his arms and hands
crossed in front of his face for
protection, he was through as a
fighter.
His confidence the only thing
he ever had--Was gone.
And he'll never find it in those
California hills.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24

PHOENIX, Ariz, Feb. "a. UR)-
Henry Hank Leiber, ace outfield-
er for the New York Giants, report
edly was en- route to Tucson today
to become baseball coach for Uni
versity of Arizona after a final
dispute with Giants officials over
his 1886 salary.
Friends who declined to be quot
ed directly told the United Press
Leiber told them, after an exchange
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
YUMA BULLDOGS
HAND ALL STARS
6-5 DRUBBING

Handicapped by the absence of
four players, Stark's All Star base
ball team dropped a 6-5 decision to
Yuma Sunday aftrnon on the Ari-
zona city diamond.
The entire game was played IN
the rain.
Yuma scored all of their runs in
the first two innings blasting Har-
ris for eight hits and six runs.
Priest relieved Harris in the third
and limited the Bulldogs to single
scratch hit during the remaining
seven innings.
Miller poled out a three base hit
for Ell Centro in the fourth canto
to knock in two runs.
The score:
FL Centre ....... 600 212 00G-5 6 /
Yuma -............. 240 900 00C-6 go
Batteries: Harris, Priest and
Priest, Daughtery; Ridge and
Farewell
Juan Kirkpatrick, fleet Glass B
sprinter at FL Centro high, ran in
four events in the Holtville relays
and was one Of the outstanding
Glass B performers in the meet.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
Founder of Bank
Of America Dies

LOS ANGELES, Feb. "a. U.R)-
Ora Eugene Monnette, founder of
the Bank of America, died here
last night from a blood disorder
which had kept him in A hospital
several weeks. He was SO.
He was a noted geneoiogist and
an amateur poet as well as a bank
cr-lawyer and prominent in civic
and political affairs.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
LEIBER TO COACH ARIZONA U.

of long-distance telephone calls
and kilograms with Bill Terry,
Giants manager, We'll, if they
don't need me this year, I certain
ly don't need them
The coaching job was offered
Leiber by j. F.. McKale, athletic di-
rector OF the university. McKale,
however, refused to say what salary
Leiber definitely had accepted.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
SONG Is MENACE

PARIS. Feb. "a UP)-Budapest
police have branded the song
Gloomy Sunday Public Menace
No. and asked all musicians and
crchestras 10 cooperate in suppress
ing it dispatches said today.
To its gloomy strains, the police
attribute l8 suicides.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
WIND FLINDERS QUALIFIE|
Defending q
{. h a ampion
Tunes Game


BARBARA WORTH CLUB, Feb.
24-First qualifiers Sunday made
their bids for places in the annual
Imperial Valley golf champion
ship. Qualifying will continue until
Wednesday when a big Calcutta
drawing and barbecue Will herald
match play Thursday.
A high wind Sunday afternoon
sent scores soaring. Earle Davis
led for high score with a snappy
1O9 unit nosed out at the last
hour by Walter Ehrllch who shot
100.
Championship flight golfers will
qualify Monday and Tuesday. Mel
Ferguson in a practice round Sun
day took the Barbara Worth
course apart with a 10. Mel was
three under perfect figures on the
first nine, laying his approach
snots stiff and splitting the fair
ways with long tee shots.
Vic Blalack of Yuma, defending
champion played two practice
rounds Sunday and indicated he'll
be in first class form fer match
pay. Blalack qualities automatic
ally.
Qualifiers and scores:
r. D. McPherrin 80, w. S. Dunn
1O4. F.Manley SO, Earle Davis 109,
DR.. w. A. Clark "a. w. Nixon SO,
John DePaola SO, w. J. Strickland
81. John w. Tyler 100, Lee Nuffer
1902. E. Roberts 79, Carl Jacobson
100, N. C. Smith 95, R. Nance II,
H. Reimer 1O7, o. R. Hensler SO,
p. Pace 81, G. w. Glasgow SO, H.
SCnes ga. C. B. Collins 107 jim
Carson "a, V. Azhderian 102, a.
M. Seckbach 100, H. Hendrix 98,
B. Kelerman 80, Glee Smith 100,
R. Swerdfeger 81, D. Sweeney Sc,
Walter Ehrlich 122, Horace Conner
115, Tony De Vita III, John KEEP
lev 81, ]. P. Carter ITO, G. z.
Matthews lie, w. E. Whitacre lOl,
Virgil Sims 90, A. Crayeth 85, Dick
Haas SO. A. H. Mcclure sc, M. c.
Pinnell l04
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24

Henry McLemore finally picked
one. He picked Top Row to win the
Santa Anita handicap and also pre-
dicted that Discovery would not
finish in the money.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24

Hank Leiber. New York outfield-
er, has decided to take up coaching
at Arizona University if the Giants
don't settle the salary question in
the immediate future.
Leiber played his first year of
major league baseball with New
YORK last season and his play was
nothing short Of sensational Even
when his teammates slumped in the
final weeks Of the race Leiber kept
hitting the ball.
He finished the season with a
batting average Of well over 300.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24

Jack Rand. former NCA.A. pole
vault champion will give an exhibi-
ton OF pole yaulting in the county
track and field meet in FL Centro
next Saturday.
Aztez, former Fullerton student,
who has broad jumped over % feet
viii also perform at the county
meet.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24
General Petroleum
BATTLES Hardware
In Second Gam G

Cox Brothers basketball team, winners Of the first
round title will attempt to begin second half campaign
with victory the strong Golden State cagers at 30
tonight in the high school gym.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24

Bob Fox took first place in the
pole vault in the Holtville relays
Saturday without a single pre-meet
workout. Fox went 10 feet, inches
to take the event.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-24

Cox Brothers is especially
anxious to trim the cream
cry quintet IN tomshrs Datae
since the Cox team lost TO The Col
den State in the ars. meeting o.
the Two clubs early N the season.
The buttermakers also are deter
mined To win to prove that the first
victory was not "a fluke and also To
get of TO a flying start in pursuit OF
the second round championship
In the second game of the eve
ning L. V. Hardware Will meet the
rejuVe0ated General Petroleum
quintet The Hardware five boasts
one win in the second half while
the Oilers have dropped one game.
The Oilers have added several
new players to the roster, however.
and viii prove a tough opponent
during the remainder of the SEA
SON