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Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25

With 804 runs scored, they were
the only club i'm the National
league to reach the 800 mark,
the next highest being the Car
dinals with 795.
The Bucs topped the loop in team
batting, with club average of
.286 and they made more hits than
any of their rivals, with 1896. AS
a combination of speed and punch
the Pittsburg team clearly stands
alone.
Sports minded fans who have
been crying becuase there have
been no sporting events in the
valley during the past weeks should
cry no more.
Starting Thursday, April l, ANA
teur fights will come back. April
2, Holtville high will hold its an
nual relay meet in which II or 10
schools will compete.
April 3, the Pittsburg Pirates
will officially dedicate the new
Ell Centre ball park when they
meet the Coco COlans and on
April 4, the Pirates will meet
the same club in Brawley.
An exhibition tennis match,
featuring Shields, Woods, Alice
Marble and Kay Winthrop will be
played in Calexico April a.
And on April 9 Ell Centre will
hold the county track and field
meet.
Besides these high school and
junior college tennis players are
holding matches. midget racers
clash each Sunday, high school
baseball teams are playing practice
games and ping pong tournament
is in full swing in Brawley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25

Stroking, serving, volleying and
with finesse which bodies no
good for their opponents this sea-
son, Ell Centro junior college ten
mis- team Wednesday afternoon
opened its 1897 tennis schedule
with an easy ST. win over Yuma
high.
Johnny Moore, No. | college
player, started the ball rolling
with straight set win over Bohr
of Yuma George Brown, Jack
Jones and 'Isidre Laze chalked
up wins i'm the singles matches
but John Moore and Chester Young
dropped the first doubles match
to Greene and Svelnoe.
Dale Cooper and Leonard Moore,
however, closed play for the day
with hard fought three set win
over Movie and Sprukins of Yuma.
Jack Jones found himself pitted
against Yuma's first girl singles
star in the third singles spot, but
he rose to the occasion to annex
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
DEFEATS HARDWARE
BENCH WARMING
By Burdefte kinne

The Pittsburgh Pirates. who will
make an appearance in the El Gen.
tro park Saturday afternoon, April
3, are not ordinary ball players,
the type who could be seen any day
i'm the week. The Pirates boast one
of the strongest rosters in organi-
zed baseball and are definate
threat for first place in the Ma
tional league.
Pie Traynor's club is rated 20
percent stronger this year than it
was last season and the Pittsburg
team finished only eight games out
of first place last year.
Major league baseball has seen
no more consistently great ball
clubs than the Pittsburg Pirates
have been, down through the
years. A remarkable record
stretches behind the Pirates. In
the last 10 pennant races the
Pirates have failed to finish only
three times in the first division
i'm the National league, and on
none of those three occasions
they were lower than fifth.
In 81 seasons since the turn of
the century, the Buccaneers have
finished outside the first division
only seven times. Only once did
they land in eighth place as tail
enders, record surpassed in the
majors only by that of the Detroit
Tigers, who have never finished in
last place in the American league.
Last years official records show
the Pittsburgh club to have the
most powerful attack in the league.
And if the are 20 per cent stronger
this season the other league teams
are in for a night-marish season.
The Pirates led all rivals i'm
hitting and run getting last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
SPARTAN NET
TEAM IN WIN
OVER VIKINGS

Ell Centre high school tennis
team moved a notch nearer the
valley championship Wednesday
afternoon when the Spartan net
ters walloped Holtville high five
matches to two.
Coach Burcham played his re-
serves for the most part to give
promising underclassmen a chance
to take part in match play.
James Free turned in a victory
in first singles, Lazo dropped his
match to the Holtville second sim
giles player and the Holtville boys
doubles team walloped Munson
and Potter.
All Ell Centro girls teams an
nexed as did the mixed doubles
of Jack Kinne and Doris Ches-
nut.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
CalexicO Whips
Ell Centre "A

Calexico high schools baseball
team annexed its first practice
game against high school compe-
tition Wednesday afternoon when
the Bulldogs defeated Ell Centre
high IA.
The game, played on the Ell Gen.
tro diamond revealed surprising
ly strong Spartan nine and one
of the most evenly balanced CAL
exico teams ever developed by
Coach Covington. And he's de-
veloped a lot of good ones.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
Summer Goodness and
Water Comfort

ThermadOr Water Heaters bring great
comfort to the home. Under our plan
they cost fOm Sill to $1.74 per month.
No home is complete without an Elec-
trio Refrigerator. Think what it means
during summer months. Westinghouse
RefrigeratOrs from 1921 per month up.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
SWARTHOUT-YOUNG MATCH
RACE SLATED SUNDAY p. NJ.

Ward Swarthout who finished
second and third in the two main
events at the Ell Centre speedway
last Sunday afternoon will meet
Hardin Young in a special match
race next Sunday afternoon
Swarthout, whose car is in per-
feet running order, is certain he
can defeat the Brawley driver in
a. match race and plans to shoot
the works" in his tiny speedster
in an effort to conquer the cham
pion.
Besides the special match race
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
COCA COLA TO MEET PADRES
VALLEY CHAMP IN
PHOENIX MEET

Logan Jenkins, Imperial Val
ley golf champion, will qualify
Thursday in the annual south
west tournament in Phoenix.
Despite the fact the valley
star will be pitted against the
best golfers in the southwest,
he is given a good chance To
advance TO the semi-finaIs and
with breaks in the draw. may
get TO the final round
Eldred and Forrest Ferguson
and several other valley golf
ors will take part in the tour
nament.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
Junior College Meters
Defeat Yuma High 81

with the loss of but one game.
Isidro Lazo seemed in no hurry
to return to Ell Centre in the
fourth singles match, in winning
81, 14-12 over Joe Smith.
Doc Dunn and Joe Badger, team
regulars, did not make the trip
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
TRIP /. v. CACERS
27-26: BACHELORS
UPSET 1920 FIVE

lazy, looping corner shot, banked through the net
ting by DeadEye Hurst with less than 30 seconds to
play Wednesday night the Golden State basketba
team 2726 victory the |. v Hardware and gave
the Buttermakers two game lead and championship in
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25


midget officials plan to run two 20
lap main events as they did last
week.
The track is being resurfaced this
week, and midget race moguls
promise the complete elimination
of dust.
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There are aobut 23OO acres of Ber-
muda onions in the Laredo district
of Texas.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25

Shippers of the Northwest had
sold 90 per cent of their Bose pears
Jan IS
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-25
Modern Appliances Bring Efficiency
and Comfort to Valley Homes

At the left is picture of the modern
housewife with her Easy Washer and
IrOner. These appliances are among
the most popular offered in our great
Home Comfort and Economy Sale. The
women are the ones who appreciate the
marvellous benefits of electric power in
the home. Think what it means when
these great servants may be purchased
for as little as:
Easy Washers - $1.42 to 5.89 per Mos
Easy lrOners - $1.53 to $2.71 per Mo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

Fancy patterns in checks, stripes, and all-over de- signs - with "Non-Wilt" collar--plain white or blue also. All pre-shrunk @%
 sizes IA to IT .... VII
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

Miss Mary Rice, organist of St. Patrick's church. Eugene Oviatt played organ, selections as the audience was being seated.
 Mrs. Pape SOloist
 Professor John L. Bonn ac- companied the choristers on the organ in the opening chorus, and on the piano in all but the a capella numbers. Mrs. Katherine Pape, ac- companied by MT. Bonn sang for her solo numbers "Homing" by Del Riego, Rubinstein's Since First I Met Thee" and Puccini's "vissi D'Arte."
 William T. Harrington was master of ceremonies for the performance, introducing the artists and numbers.
 The choristers opened with chorus and solos from Mendelssohn's "Athalie" following an organ solo Toccato and Fugue by Bach played by Miss Rice. The choir ensemble next sang group of three, two Irish airs arranged by Balfe, "As a Beam OCT the face of the Water" and Silent Oh Moyle," closing that group with a madrigal by Macfarren You Stole My Love-" sung without accompaniment. Three organ se- lections were next played by Miss Rice, Enchanted Isle," Londonderry Air." and "Salida." Weirich's Ave Maria" was sung 8 capella by the choristers. The closing number of the program was a group of two Spring Will Return to You" sung by the choir quartet assisted in the refrain by the entire choir and the finale was Italian Street Song" by Victor Herbert, sung by Mrs. Pape, soloist, assisted by the choristers.
 ChOristers
 The personnel of the choristers follows. sopranos Mrs. Katherine Pape, Margaret Maloney Margaret Harrigan, Ruth Tanning, Elizabeth Brophy, Loretta Skelly, Helen Mo- Donald, Madelyn Harrigan, Rose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

care about how we celebrated the day of years ago. still, If you were here in 1898, you would have ha da chance to see thousands of Irishmen on parade at the annual convention af the Ancient Order of HibernIans. Members of the press wore large green badges, with the name of the paper printed thereon and also their own name. And how the treats" were handed to the reporters, as the late Mar tin Scully told us years ago. He was the last of the reporters around on that day.
 However, what we have written at the outset concern sthe pro- gram of events as we observed them around 45 years ago, when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

Grove, Margaret Wallace, Margaret Roy, Mary Maher, Kathryn Ryle, Ann Lawlor, Mrs. Helen Snyder, Mrs. Marion Gaug, altos, Winifred Griffin, Vera Czarzasty, Barbara Stone, Nancy Delaney, Claire Mur- phy, Alice Lawlor; tenors, Joseph Mulcahy, Joseph Harigan, Fred Mathon, Stephen O'Brien, Jr, Will liam Boyd, passes, Joseph G. Con- nor, Daniel Smith, John Doyle, Wil- liam Courtney. Aidan McVerry, Ed ward Ansara, Louis H. Stocking.
 Two pianos solos, Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue, and the Firefly, by Grieg, were played during the intermission between musicale and revue, by Miss Dorothy Guilfoile.
 Eight young women, dressed in identical evening gowns of variety of colors, appeared in a colorful pro- logue that was the opening of the revue. The girls were: Claire Lee, Jane Phelan, Peggy Barry, Eileen Flanagan, Alice Reardon, Helen Leahy, Ruth Barry and Camillius Quinn. Next came the Mastersingers under the direction of Joseph Lezotte, assisted by St. Margaret's Girls Choral club.
 Specialties
 In the second portion of the pro- gram popular songs of today and yesterday were sung by soloists and chorus. Those soloists heard were George Simpson, Miss Elizabeth Maher, Robert ODonnell, Charles Wilson, Miss Anne Mae Bowling and Clifford Hirsch, Speciality numbers were offered by the Ryan Brothers dancing team, Miss Betty Dzinski, tap dancer, Frank Austin, rnariinba, artist, Louis Jannetty, banjoist, and Domenic and Anthony Mecca, ac- cordionists.
 Timmie Crowe's orchestra furn- ished music for the revue. The chorus ensemble included the fol- lowing: Mary Ellen Stroker, Cath crime Flaherty, Anne Egan, Jose phine Egan, Anne LeRoy, Margaret Maloney, Helen Shea, Mary Troy, Mary Van Deusen, Betty Mullen, Anne Dzinski, Doris Bronneke, Mary Mulcahy, Catherine Kane, Genevieve Moran, Doris Burns, Helen Deconinck,. Katherine Dunn, Mildred Hebert, Sally Devine, Rita McKenna, Betty Brodeur, Fern Sleeves, Katherine Egan, Gertrude Foley, Edward Conway, Rayrnony Gordon, Victor Blanchone, Ray mond Brodeur, John Gordon, Michael Daly, William Delaney, An thony D'Angelo, William Guilfoile,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17
TOM MOONEY IS
 STILL FIGHTING

Sacramento, Calif., March IT, (UP).-Proponents of the long cam paign to free Tom Mooney from s Quentin prison shifted their in- te-est today to the state supreme co Tt after the senate rejected a bill to grant him a legislative pardon.
 The court has under consideration cn application for habeas corpus to li',srate the labor leader convicted With Warren K. Billings in the pre- paredneSs day bombing in San F~s. 1cisco 2L years ago.
 An adverse verdict by the court, legal experts said, likely would send u: case back to the United States supreme court which once refused
 intervene until all legal recourse in California had been exhausted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17
St. Patrick's Day Parades
Irish-American Banquet Recalls Memories of By-Gone Years When Hundreds of Sons of Erin
 Staged Public Demonstrations.

without a whimper. Saint Patrick's was our day, and we meant to celebrate 1t properly.
 And when the parade started, we generally first went to the Convent of Notre Dame; there we halted, while the students sang some of the old Irish tunes and numbers that again made us feel how happy 1t was to be associated with such Q race. An expensive harp always stood on the sidewalk, and was played by one of the stu- dents. Afterwards the real march was started, always held in the morning, although it was after noon sometimes before we dis persed. Up to the Abrigador we went, taking in every street in that particular section. Then we went to Dublin street by way of Bridge street, and over Silver street to East Main street, up Cherry street to the North End, down Grove street to the West End, and then over to the Brooklyn district.
 What?
 You say it wa sa Hong hike2" It may seem so to you today, but to Us then, 1t was "a bit of a walk"
 When our parade was over, we went to one of the halls, ate and drank and danced until early the next morning.
 But we were up bright and early for our work on the following day; our heads were clear and our minds keen. We thought too much of our employment to risk the loss of the job by losing another day.
 But what do you Irish of today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

r.ries ana succulnbkt nearly tt b cr- later at Q hospital. He ca| here Sunde to visit his brother wsc had made a down payment q @ on the machine and accompanied Ralph on the ride yesterday.
 Tolice were told by hospital as- tendants that Ralph's body was found to the rIght of the car, end
 1ry was sitting on the running br cd on the drivers side when the ambulance arrived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17
POLICE TRYING
 - TO FIND DRIVER

Hartford, Conn, March 17.-(uP). Police questioned Henry Horton, g. today to determine who was diving the automobile in which his brother, Ralph, 21 GA West How ard street,, Quincy Point, Mass, was injured fatally last night when the car struck a pole.
 Ralph suffered head and body in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17
BY THE OUT EASTER


 The celebration held in honor of Saint Patricks Day at The Elton Sunday night by the Irish American Association made us think back and recall the cele- brs ,ions of years ago, when we always paraded the streets on St. Patric,i'c Day, regardless of weather conditions or the expense attached to losing a day at our factory employment.
 Old OuS Fest WAS made up prac- tically of rep esentatives of the Irish race. We had them along East Main street fo.' its full dis tance, Wall street had them, William street had them, old Vol colt road had them, old Dublin street had no families except the Irish, and all of the other side streets were of the same nation ality. The Hibernians were then in their glory; so was the old Temperance society, at the head of which was the highly respected John Thompson of old Dublin street and MT. Maher of the West End, head of the excavation forces of the Waterbury Gas Light Com pany. And we rode horses, then, too. There were few of us, who didn't own 8 horse, even If he did work on the dump cart during the week. But for Saint Patrick's Day, we dressed him up, we curled his tail, we brushed him from head to foot, and we trimmed his main with little bits of Irish green rib- bon that made the old animal look as though he just came out of rac- ing stable. The man we generally had for Grand Marshal was that stalwart figure, Major Charles R. Ramon of Civil fame. And how the handsome major could ride. Few there were, who could equal him among out lot. We had a fine brass band then, too, Flaher- tvs by name. The late Tom Moran, Barney Reil, and Billy Will son, all East End residents were members of the organization. They got little for their work on this particular day, but the old Irish spirit was in them, and sure why shouldn't they play to do honor to the day, and the fine lot of Irish families we had in those days.
 None of us had much; we either kicked foot press, or worked at the old buff wheel, or used pick and shovel in the digging of cel- lars or improving the highways. But when Saint Patrick's Day ar. rived, all of us to a man quit for the day. Our employers didn't ex- pect us, and knew we were out for the celebration. The expense of the loss of time was ours, but we never demurred. We started off by going to mass in the old Church of the Immaculate Conception, where the life of Saint Patrick wa sexplained to Us by one of the good priests of the church.
 Our horses stood, almost at at- tention, in and around the stately old church. We were a proud bunch and we held our heads high as we emerged, and jumped onto our waiting horses. Of course, all of us didn't ride; we had as many men on foot as we had mounted. Across our manly breast was our regalia of green, and we wore a great big green plume in our cooked hat. Not a man appeared in line without a black suit or overcoat; we wouldn't let him march, unless his dress was similar to what we had prescribed. This meant extra cost, but we met 1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

we were a young shaver. just ready at the legal age to enter the factory. .;and where we still are to- day at the old buff wheel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17
Musicale Pleases
 Capacity Audience
St. Margaret's Church Sponsors Delightful Program in Buckingham Hall; Various Numbers We'll Received

An enjoyable St. Patrick's eve musicale was presenteded before a capacity audience in Buckingham hall last night under the auspices of st. Margaret's church. The choristers' program under the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

Six thousand copies of e''Three Little Pigs" in Russian were sold daily in Moscow and the entire first sdition of 25O,0OO copies was disA6 posed of throughout Russia withins 6 short time. Ae
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

General Chairman
 direction of Prof. John L. Bonn was followed by revue under the direction of Joseph Lezotte, featur- ing the Mastersingers.
 The musicale featured such soloists as Mrs. Katherine Pape, soprano, Miss Winifred Griffin, contralto, Joseph E. Mulcahy, tenor, Joseph c. Connor baritone, and the St. Margaret's church choristers. Organ selections were played by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

Armand Guertin, clifford Hirsch, Howard Jones, Harvey Lawton Howard Lang, Robert O'Donnell Maurice Rousseau, George Simp- son, Charles wilson, John Harmon, Paul Hirsch.
 Rev. J. Oliver Cronan, assistant pastor at St. Margaret's church was general manager of the affair which was given to raise money to- re-decorate the church.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
Walter Reed Wins

Walter Reeds quint defeated
the Northeast Business Mems
team, As to 80, last night at Wal
ter Reed Hospital. Sergent led
the victor's attack with II points.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21

KellSboro Jack won in 1882, her
husbands entry, Chadd's Ford,
finished seventeenth.
Troytown, rated one of the great
est 'chasers of all time. and who
won the 1920 Grand National, was
owned by Pat Rogers when Troy
town was hunted with the Meath
Hounds. Troytown afterward was
hunted again by a Hertfordshire
man from whom he was purchased
by Lord Airlie. He was owned by
Lord Airlie when he won the Grand
National.
Sea Soldier, an American chaser,
finished eighth in the 1882 race.
T. Cullinan, who had the leg
up on Billy Barton in the famous
1923 Grand National, is an Irish
jockey.
Buffalo Bill finished third in the
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
Buck O'NeiLI SAYS:
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(COnt. from First Sports Page)
even in Johnson's features as the
thlro strike moaned past Kelly.
The tensed face of Robert Tyre
Jones in the Open championship
of 1929, when, 200 yards from the
last green, he needed two shots
to tie Al Espinosa, already fin
iched with the championship
seemingly won. Jones made the
deuce and won the playoff. But
who ever recalls the deeds Of the
Atlanta magician now?
The scene shifts to Louisville.
The rolling thunder of galloping
hoofS, the incoherent shouts of
a race-mad throng rolled over
Churchill Downs. Down the stretch
through the Splashing mud of a
rain, drenched Derby Day looms
TIE range-cheveroned blouse of
Mrs. Silas Mason's Head Play,
and the white and green of E. R..
Bradley's Brokers Tip.
Two Weazened Faces
Meade and Fischer, the jockeys
waged their duel of whip and
spur, tugging on saddle cloths
and striking with clenched fists in
the foul race that stirred the turf.
Their faces were twisted into
Weazened fighting masks.
Fighting faces that passed in
the rain; that passed in flash
leaving in their wake the strong
and steadfast face of our PreSi-
dent. There remained the calm
and sturdy face of a man who has
not flinched from assuming lead
ership in a world filled with in
trigue and hate and strife.
There was no mask, no diStor-
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
Flynn Upsets
Johnny Dodge

Gene Flynn won't win the Dis
trict three-cushion billiard title
but last night he went a long way
toward settling who would when
he knocked off Johnny Dodge. tied
for the lead with Gene Ruark, de-
Tending champion, last night at
Lewis and KrauSs parlors by a
35-to-19 score in 80 innings.
Flynn was aggressive from the
start and had Dodge on the de-
fensive throughout. Gene was in
masterful form and romped home
with the bacon.
Ruark, the champion, tackles a
dangerous opponent in Everett
Crouch tonight at 7::30 o'clock
and a defeat will again throw him
into a tie for the lead with Dodge
If Ruark wins, as he is expected
to. Dodge can force a play-off by
defeating him tomorrow night in
the final match Of the tourna,
ment.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21

ton in the face Of a man whose
trials have dwarfed the seven la
borS of Hercules. His smile was
kind. infectious. Only in his keen
eyes could you catch the CLINT OF
battle lights of a truly great
fighter.
In those eyes that pierced the
rain and enveloping gloom was
the light of courage erasing the
memory of others called fighting
men with fighting faces.