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and lead him home from the head
of the stretch.
MUSIC TO EARS
The career of Jimmy Martin Is
traced over American and British
stables, he says. He started riding
with the dawn of the '80's. From
the time he was knee high to a
grasshopper, Jimmy Martin loved
horses. And horses loved Jimmy
Martin. He would steal sugar
from the kitchen at home and
feed it to the plug that hauled
the ice wagon. The jaded equine
wasn't a plug to Jimmy. It was
a horse, however humble its
rating.
He drifted to the race tracks;
just couldn't help it. The beat OF
flying hoofS on turf was music to
his ears: strange, irresistible
music, powerful as the notes tina:
poured from the flute of Ham
Inns Pied Piper.
For weeks he Just hung around
and wished that he could touch
one of those velvet-skinned aristo
Gratis of the turf. The jockeys il.
their silken blouses and shiny
patent-leather boots became the
deities of his world. Even the
exercise boys; the colored grooms
and the various attendants be
came glorified in his wondering
eyes.
Then came the great day. He
was allowed to walk one Of the
Dryer string. the horses owned BY
Mike and Phil Dwyer.
81 was as proud as Lucifel
then" said Jimmy. Il knew my
day had come"
They let me brush the horses
and I learned how to bandage
their legs" said this little man
in the hospital cot. II was as
happy as ever a kid could be.
Then one day was told to ride a
horse in the morning workout.
Have you ever ridden a good
horse?" he asked. do you know
how it feels to have the reins in
your hand and the wind in your
face, the drum of heavens music
rolling up from the turf under
foot?
1T feel sorry for you if you
haven't ridden a good horse"
GETS CHANCE
It was all so final with Jimmy
His world rotated on an axis set il
broad pasture where none bu
the finest horses roamed.
II got my chance one day"
| CONTINUED on Page 80, Col. 81.
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ECHOES FROM THE GONG

Wilcox, Pat Klein, Charlie LIE.
MARI, Westy WeSterfeld, Frank
Scrivener, didn't miss a thing.
Joe Mulroe and Perez Wolfe
were ready to couple up against
any twosome in the crowd for
a duckpin match. Southwest
Washington's delegates, present
and voting were Bill Rawley and
Jack Ryall :. while Joe FuSchini
and Dick Phillips acted as am.
bassadors from Colonial Village.
Ralph Cipriano brought his
field glasses along but didn't
need them =. Jack Rabbit
talked business with his partner,
Pete Cocuzzi Lou Butler,
Mitchell Herson, Harry Bricklin,
Herman Sussman, Dave Silver
man, Alvin Newmeyer. Sidney
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Phil Fur and Matte Brown
basked in reflected glory circu.
lating around the ringSide at
Griffith Stadium last night to
let friends and admirers pat
them affectionately on the back
or shake the hands that shook
many a famed jaw Fans
were outspoken in hoping that
no more Marcientes, pronounced
"Marcian" would be thrown to
joey Archibald. . 1T doesn't
do Joey or his followers any
good.
George Diffenbaugh, Indian
Spring pro, secuted the gallery
for District open entries. and
spotted Eddie Bean, DR.. Thomas
UtZ and DR.. Marcus Parks. >.
Dick O'Connell acted as running
guard for Cliff Battles. the
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great West Virginia Wesleyan
flash appears in perfect physi-
cal trim for the Redskins prac-
tlce game at Frederick, Md,
Sunday.
j. Edgar Hoover and Clyde
Tolson relaxed from New Jersey
F.B.I. raids at the ringside. >.
Joe Blanken brought his wife,
Zelda. along as did Sam Bort
nick. DIR. Bonnette kept his at
tendance record string intact.
Phil Lampkin's fingers itched
for his swing music baton as
Hunter CroStic swung and swung
and swung. The Charlie Ros-
enthals and their charming
daughters, Leonora and Helen
were there.
Wash B. Williams, Carl
Linker, Mac Mcdonald, Frank
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PRATHER SHOWS
FORM IN DRILLS
BY HARRY COSTELLO

Dale Prather, former George
Washington University tackle, and
Eddie Britt. who carried the
purple of Holy Cross College, will
be fixtures on the Washington
Redskins if the two players con-
tinue in the form they showed in
yesterdays scrimmage at Ana
costa.
Prather, primarily a defensive
player, stood out among the line
men who scrimmaged yesterday.
Britt, a ball-carrier with a gift
of speed and not a little elusive
ness, startled some 1900 spectators
by his great play on attack.
Ben Smith, who played an end
position for Alabama. also looked
exceptionally good.
BATTLES BREAKS THROUGH
Cliff Battles, veteran star OF
stars in the big show, carried the
mail, as usual. and time and again
slashed through the defense to
get himself into the clear.
It was long and testing scrim
mage for this early in the season
and gave Coach Ray Flaherty q
fine chance to study the play Of
some of his new men.
Prather played right tackle or
defense. He stopped everything di
rected at him and proved too tough
for two attacking units to handle
Britt, playing the tailback, Of
ball-carrying position, reeled off &
number of long gains, and, like
Battles, got himself into the cleal
on a number of occasions.
Yesterdays scrimmage revealed
the Redskins still a bit sluggish
something which is not at all un
usual for this time of year
Continued on Page 80, Col. q
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ENRICH PLAYS
CARR TEAM

Another twin bill will feature
today's play in the Washington
Herald's Softball tournament.
On the east diamond Of West
ern Stadium, at S p. m, Ehrlich
Poultry, defending champs, will op-
pose the sensational Carr and
Boswell team.
On the east diamond Of East
p. M, the Zupnik nine will tackle
the team representing the Mis-
cellaneous Shop of the Navy Yard.
In yesterdays twin bill the girls
stole the show when the U. s..
Aggiettes upset the highly favored
United Typewriter girls, 20.
In the mems game, Enrich
Poultry had little trouble dispos-
ing of the Marine Inspection
nine, ITO. The victory qualified
Enrich for today's semifinal round.
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POLISH CHAMP
PICKED TO Win
WOMEN'S Event
Marble Engages
Miss HOrner

NEW YORK. Sept. 2.-The ten.
mis- might Of the world was massed
at West Side Tennis Club in For
est Hills today for the start of the
national championship tourna-
ment. And so was the tennis might
not.
Carrot-thatched John Donald
Bulge, of San Francisco, the VIM
bledon champion, and stocky Jad-
wiga JedrezjoWska, the Polish
powerhouse, were the favorites for
the mems and women's titles as
the warfare began-without them.
Their first appearances have been
deferred till tomorrow.
Bulge and the sleek blond Ger.
man, Gottfried Won Cramm, his
chief rival for the championship
won by Fred Perry last year, drew
first round byeS and consequently
were privileged to spend the day as
spectators.
MISS MARBLE PLAYS
To Alice Marble, the comedy
S eSqu e defending women'S
champion from Los Angeles, was
delegated the honor and response
bility of inaugurating the tourna-
ment in the main stadium at Ills
p. m. Her opponent was Miss JAG
queline Horner. An Inflated French
girl who was unseeded and treated
harshly by the luck of the draw.
Miss Marble, heroine of an
astonishing comeback last year,
has dropped to second choice be-
cause "Yahjah" Jedrezjowska took
her measure in four of five meet
ings this season. Her activity to-
day while the Polish challenger re-
mains idle finds its genesis in the
general plan of the tournament.
The lower half of the draw in
which Miss Marble figures was to
play today, while the upper half
with "Yahjah," Helen Jacobs of
Berkeley, ex-champion; and Mrs.
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan Of Boston,
was given an off-afternoon.
JAPANESE CHAMP
Following Miss Marbles appear
ance, the schedule called for Jiro
Yamagishi, dextrous japanese
champion, against Charles j.
Carr, jr., Of Hollywood; Heinrich
Henkel, of Germany, against Rus.
sell Bobbitt, of Atlanta; Senorita
Anita Lizana, of Chile. against
Mrs. Virginia Rice Johnson, of
Brookline, Mass, and Bryan
(Bitsy) Grant, Atlanta and No. 3
ranking player of the country,
against Murray D. Deloford. of
England, at Sis.
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Scott Gets The Hand

ovation that must have buoyed his
step and lifted his lowered spirits.
His was the true warriors way
Of going down-fighting to the
last and never for an instant yield
ing victory to an established SUI
perior who ultimately had to
draw on all of his craft to show
the local aspirant his proper
place.
There were those in the throng
who bespoke a draw verdict, as the
official slips we're being gathered,
but that was not to be-and
rightly so.
Lou Ambers was the best man
in the ring last night gagged on
the strict Interpretation OF scoring
rules, but he wasn't the best man
in the matter of fighting heart.
Brave Rear-Runner
For, my friends, it takes better
ticker to fight the losing fight
that was SCOTS than it does to
be forerunner all the way and
know that victory cannot be
denied.
Ambers seemed satisfied to
prance around, taking furtive
right-hand shots at the Cowboys
face betimes, but sparing him
as much as possible as long as
Scott would keep in his proper
groove.
But Scott did not go into the
ring before all those fellew towns
men to acquit himself of a mega
tive effort. He was not one to-
ward whom mercy should be
shown by the crowned head OF
the lightweight division.
He asked no quarter, and he gave
none, however much his audacity
cost him in the way of knockdoWnS
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Major League
Standings

"Games behind leader.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Boston, 2; Chicago, 0.
Called end of sixth-rain)
WASHINGTON, 8; Detroit, 2.
Cleveland, 4; New York, 2.
Philadelphia, s; st. Louis, 2.
TODAY'S GAMES
Boston at Chicago
Washington at Detroit
New York at Cleveland
Philadelphia at st. Louis
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EScOBAR KAYoES REED

HARTFORD, Conn, September
2.-Bantam Champion Sixto ESQ.,
bar, in a tuneup bout for his
title defense against Harry Jeffra.
of Baltimore, September 26, to-
night kayoed Eddie Reed, Of Hart
ford, in the eighth round
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*GameS behind leader.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
New York, I; st. Louis, 3.
Brooklyn, 6; Chicago, 4.
Boston, IA; Cincinnati, 81
Philadelphia, s; Pittsburgh, 3.
TODAY'S GAMES
st. Louis at New York
Chicago at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Boston, at Cincinnati.
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The true life story Of the most re.
markable royal servant in British his
tory starts in the Herald Sunday, Sep
TENDER 12. Phone DI. $3.50 and re.
Ceive your copy by guaranteed carrier
delivery,
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r. Year OldJockeyRecaA
Famed Races, From Cot
By FRANK BUCK" o'NEILL

fral little whose body is wasted under the
angina pector lies in Providence Hospital squirting
for the rail in the Great Sweepstakes.
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RE1TER EVc< "ENI V"'|S
with their accompanying handi-
caps. That is what won him over
with the audience and that is
what saw him leave the ring loser
but gallant one and graceful
one
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Two Right Hands

Ambers punished Scott, only
when Scott insisted on defiling the
champion, which was sporadic
throughout the fight, and which
was what made it absorbing to the
end.
In the long run and in the final
analysis, AmberS had the faster
and the more potent right hand,
and believe us, there were two good
right hands in that ring last night.
SCOTS drove the champion to
cover time and again, it must be
said to his everlasting credit.
To those of us who have seen
SCOTS improvement over the 10
or 20 months since he drifted into
Washington from Texas to adopt
the Capital as home, his showing
against the whirlWind Ambers was
most gratifying.
He wasn't much of a Scrapper
back in those early fights when he
cropped up here in preliminary
roles,
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Vast Improvement

But he could learn with expe-
r1ence and he estHS lished from
the outset his was a courageous
nature. willing to mix it with
whomever he was cast.
The kid lost no prestige in his
foray with Lou Ambers. His best
friends will tell him he is no match
for Lou, but that didn't restrain
him from finding out for himself
and in the meantime give a
thoroughly entertaining thirty
Continued on Page 80, Col. y
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Kirk Miller
SPORTS EDITOR
Says:---

Your most meticulous
fight fanatic can't ask
more than Cowboy How
ard Scott gave when he
ran second to Lightweight
Champion Lou Ambers at
the Griffith Arena before
$500 tense spectators last
night.
For the M mat ure Texas
ranger got up off the floor on
three widely separated occa-
sions and fought back at the
wildcat from Herkimer, New
York-and in no half-hearted
manner at that
Such is the stuff of which fight
ing men have been made all down
the line in our dynamic pugiliStic
archives, and in ring parlance,
that is the acid test which hall
marks the genuine as dlstin-
guished from-shall we say the
pewter.
Scott Gets The Hand
That SCOTS valiant efforts
registered positively with his be-
holders meath the white, hot
canopy is attested in the fact that
as he left the scene wrapped in
towels and the proud embrace OF
his handlers, he drew a prolonged
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Assessors to Meet

daughter of MT. and Mrs. Fred Koerber of Circle avenue here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

of a suicide club, to the advice of 8 man who said he was an expert and wrote in offering to solve the case within three months if paid $20O 8 mont h and given 20 men to work with him.
 Most dramatic part in the chase has been played by two detectives who were assigned as @ special de- tail. Bombing the three-mile length of gulley-cut Kingsbury Run, they have dressed as hoboeS, crawled into sewers, mingled with shifty transients, added knife-grinders, and demented former internes.
 Suspects of Many Types
 They have brought in 8 huge as- Sortment of suspects; tramps, butchers, perverts, demented per- sons, paroled convicts, barbers, male nurses, employees of slaughter houses and voodoo doctors.
 But there has been no trace of the mad butcher" Numerous tests have been made for the killers flngerprints. Not one print has been found.
 The roundup of suspects has produced some unusual cases.
 One in u m b o jumbo character, brought from the wastes of Kings bury Run, had adorned himself with beads and ornaments. He had discovered secret formula, he told officers, for transplanting human heads. The Investigators lost inter est in him when 1t was revealed he had been in prison while some of the murders occurred.
 Another suspect long sought but never apprehended lived on 8 street bordering the run. His favorite rec reation was performing Tarzan- style acrobatics on a 40-foot hand cable car of his own construction. He had dug a tunnel, for what pur- pose police did not know, and as a pastime he indulged in strangling rabbits and rats with his hands.
 Mental Quirks Revealed
 Traces of culture and @ knowledge of medical terms gave credence to the tale of one shabbily-dressed man of how he had lost a prosperous medical practice. He stroked g snarled Van Dkye as he told how a blow on the head led to his mental and physical breakdown.
 A hermit" pickup in the run was wearing woolen underwear, two suits, two overcoats, and four hats on @ hot afternoon. He produced newspaper clippings as statements from my bankers" and displayed the photograph of a beautiful heiress I'm going to marry when I make my second million" The detectives also found an assortment of 15 evils looking knives among his belong ings. Subsequently, however, he was released.
 From some such character sorpe- day, detectives believe they will ob- tain 8 definite clew.
 "It's been a night-and-day job since the first torso was found" Hogan said, land 1t would seem like a pretty hopeless situation. But the cards are stacked against anyone who has killed 10 persons. Wen get him."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
REMINGTON ROAD
 CROSSING BETTER
Traffic Maintained While Construction Work Is
 Being Completed

Construction and oiling in force in the State of Connecticut announced by the Connecticut Highway De- pertinent October 13, 1887, for the week ending October 8.
 Closed for Construction
 DetOur Provided
 Route No. 93 - Norwich Lisbon Bridge and approaches under con Stsuction.
 Route No. 179 - Barkhamsted Relocation of Route No.I179. 2 It miles of Waterbound macadam. Construction - Traffic Maintained Route No. US1 - New Haven. O. lumbus avenue. 1 mile of Sheet asphalt.
 Route No. US1-Fairheld. l22; L. F. concrete pavement at traffic circle. Kings Highway and Route l Route No. US5 - nfleld. East Hartford Springfield at Hyland'i corner. S14 mile of concrete pave' Snent.
 Route No. Us5 - Meriden. Old Colony road. Repairs to existing Drownstone Arch Bridge.
 Route No. US7 - Norwalk. Main Avenue Bridge. Stone faced rigid frame bridge.
 Route No. US7 - North Canaan Railroad overpass at Massachusetts Connecticut State Line. Traffic ovei temporary road.
 Route No. 6 - Seymour. Con- structing sidewalks.
 Route No. 10 - Hamden. Whit. r1ey avenue. 1 3-4 miles of reir1- forced concrete pavement and en- cased girder bridge.
 Route No. 14 and US6 - Wind ham. Elimination of grade crossing N. Y., N. H. 6 H. R. R. & o. v. R. R Route No. 20 East Granby 0ranby road. l 1-4 miles of Water bound nacadam.
 Route No. g - Norwich. High way overpaSs and approaches at 0. v. R. R. crossing at Yantic.
 Route No. 32 - Norwich. Bridge and approaches over Yantic river.
 Route No. i09 - East Morris Constructing bridge over 'Wigwan Reservoir. Open to traffic ovel temporary bridge.
 Route No. 173 - Newington. New. ington junction. Elimination o' grade crossing on Willard avenue.
 Route No. l70 = Barkhamsted Washington Hill-East Hartlant Read. 2 miles of macadam pave mert.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
METAL MEN GOING
 AT ATLANTIC CITY
Delegation Chosen at SO- Ciety's Dinner Meeting
 at Elton Thursday

"The Uses of Molybdenum in Steel" was the subject last night of Carl M. Loeb, of New York, speak ing at the meeting of the New Ha- ven chapter of the American Society for Metals at Hotel Elton. The meeting followed golf matches at the Waterbury Country club and dinner at the hotel.
 About 8 quarter of tn ehmeTnber- ship plan to attend the national convention at Atlantic City next month and those from Waterbury will include William LeNGay, Samuel spalding, Arthur Bliss, Henry Kesh- jam, and Harold Bristol, and Will liam Young, of Watertown.
 Henry Griggs was chairman of the meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

It was in September, 1885, after the finding of two decapitated bodies in KingSbury Run, desolate region near the heart of the city, that Detective Sergt. James Hogan took up the trail of ''The Mad Butcher of Kfngsbury Run"
 Today, 13 detectives are working full time on the case. In the 24- month period they have not turned up one substantial clew to the iden- tity of the surgically-skNled mur- derer who prowls the city's indus trial Hats and the lake shore, lures his victims by making friends with them, lops of their heads while they still are alive, and then sewers arms and legs with the precision of a practiced anatosnist.
 Earlier Murder Linked
 The mystery began with the find- ing of the first two bodies two years ago. Exactly one year before that the nude torso of 8 woman was found on the shore of Lake Erie. Investigators since have linked that death with the series of torso nur- ders.
 Sergt. Hogan has kept no record of the number of telephone calls from persons who think they have a solution to the mystery. He says the number would run into thou sands" He has on file more than 800 letters and telegrams contain ing fantastic tips and leads.
 Every tip has been investigated from that of the New York crim- inologist and psychiatrist, who sug- gested the murders might be the act
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
JOSEPH PHALEN
 FACES CHARGES Waterbury Man Has Three Counts Against Him;
 Arrested Last Night
BEACON FALLS
Correspondent Wm. !. Baxter
 Phone Naugatuck s94S

Beacon Falls, Oct. 15-No court date has yet been set for the trial of Joseph T. Phalen, 42, of 3s Elmwood avenue, Waterbury, who was arrest ed last night by State Trooper M. H. Santy of the local state police barracks. Phalen is out on $500 bond and will face charges of driving a motor vehicle while under the in- fluence of liquor, evading responsi- bility and reckless driving.
 The car he was driving was iIl- volved in an accident on the Bea- con Falls-Naugatuck highway, ac. cording to state police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
RATHER CEASES GIRL

Comrey, Alta. - (UP) - Being chased by an angry rattler was the experience of 17-year-old Florence Stegstra. The snake chased her down a roadway to her home. Her mother, hearing her cries, ran out and helped to kill the reptile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

Birth Announced
 Announcement has been made of the birth of a daughter, October 5 to MT. and Mrs. Philip Bulente of Ansonia. Prior to her marriage, Mrs Bulente was Miss Alice Koerber,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
CASE OF MAD BUTCHER BATTLES CLEVELAND POLICE FOR 2 YEARS;
 NO CLEW TO 10 TORSO MURDERS
Squad of 13, Working Full Time, Fails Even to Turn Up Fingerprint
 In Quizzing 300 Suspects
BY H. D. QUIGG, JR. Limited Press Staff Correspondent

Cleveland, Oct 15 = (UP) = man-hunt which has neted 300 suspeca of whom have been jailed for other serious crimes has reached the twoyear mark without shedding single clew the mystery of Cevelands 10 headless victims of atter-day Jack the Ripper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

Meetings of the local board of as- sessors are scheduled for Saturday, October 30 and Monday, November 1. Property lists will be signed at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15

a/ No Permits :. No fire permits for fires on state property win be issued until Decem. Der 1, the fire wardens here have announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-15
Nn Rar,,,its

these sessions by local property owners.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-21
BY HENRY McLEMORE
limited Press staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, May 81. U.P) -
Knighthood's Flower has long since
gone TO seed, but a feature of me-
dieYal days might we'll be adopted
by our major league baseball teams.
refer to the champion-that
stalWart in cast iron pants and
waistcoat who assigned himself as
protector of his lady fair, and
when she was threatened rode out
to ioust with the enemy.
BaseballerS are the worst fight
ers of all athletes. The latest proof
Of this was offered in ST. Louis two
days ago when an acre Of Giants
and Cardinals fought for ten min
utes and inflicted but one wound.
This was a very inferior black
eye to Don Gutteridge, who hap
pened to be the smallest man on
the field.
Maybe they wear themselves out
yelling how tough they are. May
be their tickers beat but AZ times
to the minute.
But whatever the cause. they
couldn't fight their way out of a
solarlum with a crowbar in either
hand so 1 earnestly urge that each
major league club hire itself an
official bouncer - an honest TO
goodness tough gent who, when
trouble breaks out, will walk out
and protect the gentle taobieS of
the duoOut from harm
If 1 were a cluD owner l would
not delay in hiring such a cham
pion for my team. s5ecause there
is no telling when, through mis-
take, a really tough ballplayer will
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-21
TOURNEY AT
GOLF CLUB TO
BE SURPRISE

Golfers of Barbara Worth Coun-
try club Sunday will bid farewell to
another golfing season with a sur
prise tournament and buffet lunch
con ION the club The tournament,
according to Curley Vessey, club
professional is radically different
from any ever tried here before.
Serving of free beer and lunch
will start at 10 am. A large crowd
OF early morning players is antici-
pated.