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Evening star., 1937-08-08
August 8. 1897

to save three" He stood, facing us, and we
looked at him, our silly mouths open like we
couldn't believe what we'd heard.
Little Hines spoke first. He said what we all
felt: I'VE can't stay here. Cap'n, an watch
your boys drown before our eyes!'
Captain Holbrook raped out his order for
putting up the boat. No one moved. No one
spoke We were here to take risks; we were
supposed to save lives. And he'd stopped us.
The men began shuff1ing and muttering Then
they burst into babble of talk.
you can't do it, Cap We got to take her
out. We got to try!
We beat on him like waves Little Hines kept
crying: I'VE went to school with them! We
went to school with them!" We started toward
the lifeboat. Sara sprang forward.
"Pa!' she shrieked. PA, you can't let em
drown! You can't stand there and see em
drown and not lift hand!" Though he looked
at her, it was as if her words did not reach him.
!. Sara ran up to me.
Ed" she screamed Don't listen to him!
He's not himself He's not been himself since
that day! 1t s murder! You can't take orders from
u CTOEy OtO WuV VHO UOV kvOsV Wf" Hb UO"S.
She did what neither our begging nor her tears
could do She got through his skin. He roared
back at her:
GO up to the station! know what I'm a
doing" Suddenly he wasn't Captain any
more but an old man whose vanity has been
hurt His power had gone from him. She
bounced upon his weakness like the wind at
loose canvas.
'Yousee, Ed!' she screamed. "You see, boys,
you can't let EN- drown! You got to save 'em!"
If he hadn't cracked and shown the weakness
of age, l could never "a broke through the
habit of my whole life. l said: "Cap'n Hol-
brook, I'm sorry. We got to take the boat out.
Come on, men,
1t was mutmy We knew it was mutiny. There
wasn't man who didn't understand what he
was doing For a moment we wavered. He saw
this and he took advantage of it. He went down
to the boat and stood facing us. He drew his
revolver and said quiet:
I'll shoot the first man who touches that
boat. If necessary, I'll wound every last one of
YOU" For a moment we faced each other. The
tide was far out, and the beach sloped sharply
at this point He stood down on the risin' al
most within reach of the waves.
He didn't see Sara running down the beach.
She flung herself on him with her full weight,
her arms around his neck. Unprepared, he
Evening star., 1937-08-08

was arguing like that as though was arguing
before Judge and jury. Up for the murder of
man. Up for the murder of Captain Isaac Hol-
brook.
'You next, Dan." the Captain said. Dan was
the youngest, under twenty. "Jump! 1t was
an easy jump; the Three Brothers was small
vessel. don't know how he missed. He was
swirlin'' past us in the water. As though he'd
been waitin' for this, the Old Man grabbed
him as he was rushing by and held him against
the tearing of the sea held him as young
man couldn't have, his arms torn almost from
his sockets, until we could bear hand and
heave Dan inboard. The boy sat shaking with
cold in the bottom of the boat.
IF it wasn't for you, Pa" he kept saying,
I'D be goner! We'd all be goners!'
The old man looked at him as though he was
saying: IF I'd had my way, you'd a drowned.
If had followed my own judgment none of
you'd be here" That was what read in his
face. wanted to yell to him:
Don't you feel like that! We all did what we
thought was right. You did what no captain
ever did before for his crew. We all know it.
It's as if we owed our lives to YOU" But he
couldn't "a heard.
We rowed inshore easy, the wind behind us.
We rushed the boat up the beach on an in
coming wave. Captain Holbrook sat there
while the men lifted Fred out. At last he rose
slow and careful. Like someone walking in his
sleep, he climbed the beach above the risin'.
He stood taller than any of us as we gathered
around him asking anxious: you all right,
Capn?"
Sara put her arm through mine and could
feel her shakin' with fear. She whispered to me:
whats the matter. Ed?"
Then we were quiet because he was going to
speak to us. Men," he said and stopped while
we came near to him. His voice was steady and
gentle. you was right, Ed, to take command.
l been hangin' on longer than Id ought. No
use. Sara, come here, l want to lean on you.
Ed, you come to my other side. I'm a-goin'
home"
He Strengthened himself up, towering over
us. | needn't "a worried. He was more our
Captain than he'd been in all his years. Only
great man dares say he's wrong. He leaned on
us heavy.
I'm a-goin' hon,e," he said again, and we
felt his whole weight crumple on us.
Evening star., 1937-08-08

launching the boat Cap'n Holbrook walked
up to us mutinied men and said, Il am going
with your
Sara came running after him. Ed" she
cried, you can't let him go! You see how it isl"
I'm your Captain, and I'm goin', " he said.
ED, you got to stop him. Sara cried HE
hurt himself when he fell" No one spoke He
was our Captain. He had right to 60 with US.
He got into the boat. She watched him sitting
there, the figure of captain, and she must have
understood then. He couldn't "a stayed behind.
If we hadn't mutinied, we'd never have
launched that lifeboat. We managed by
miracle in the split second of time when it was
possible Now we had to make good. This wasn't
any ordinary shipwreck, when rescuing men is
just our regular duty. We had to save the
Cap'n's boys after what we'd done to their
father We'd got to prove he was wrong; and
he was helpin' us. He was steering that boat as
if he was like Sara had said, "fey," as if he
knew everything beforehand.
No men ever were captained as we we're by
him sitting there erect and stern, barkin'
orders, steering the boat, all his knowledge of
sea and wind squeezed into these minutes.
1t was impossible for us to make the rescue.
He'd known it was impossible, yet that's what
we were doing.
Against all reason we made the lee of the
Three Brothers, Her deck was welter of
RIGGING. The broken mast which they had man.
aged to lash down partially pinned the canvas
of the unfurled sail, which billowed and snapped
like it was alive. One of the boys was lynn on
the deck. Jim and Dan called into the storm:
"Freds legs broke.
1t wasn't the first time we'd had wounded,
helpless men get into our heaving lifeboat
from wrecked vessel All of sudden even
while we was gettin' the boys into the boat,
what we'd done came over me. kept looking
at the Cap'n and wondering.
What was he goin' to do now? What could
he do? We'd mutinied, and we'd been right.
We couldn't "a done anything else.
"What else could l a done? He wasn't
himself" thought. He hadn't any right to
Judge who he saved, had he? Even if they was
his boys, they had the right to their chance"
Evening star., 1937-08-08

staggered and fell. she with him. Somehow she
took the revolver from his grip and flung it far
from him.
picked it up as the Captain got to his feet
He swayed as if he was going to fall Someway
he made me think of Samson He stared first at
Sara, then at us, like he couldn't believe in
what had happened don't think ever can
feel as bad again. We went about launching
the lifeboat, heads down as if we was ashamed
He didn't seem to hear Sara who came up to
him and said humble: PA. are you hurt? Speak
to me, Pal"
There was lull in the storm. The waves
seemed fattened by the wind. We went about
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
Veteran To
MakeCiinder
Fly Sunday

A griseled veteran in the race
driving racket, man who was break
ing records when midget tracks
resembled a badly worn mountain
trail, will whip his speedy midget
racer around the Ell Centro speed
way Sunday afternoon in an at
tempt TO out-run a field of valley
speed demons in the opening races
of the season.
His name is George Sparks and
he is the Oldest registered midget
driver in California. His was one
of the first midget cars TO flash
around the tiny ovals in this state
and he holds more records and
trophies than any driver in the
nation
Sunday afternoon he will enter
his new speedster against the young
pilots, and he asks no quarter
Il can still beat the best of them
when my auto is in good running
order, and the old girl mas never
been in better shape" he announced
to midget race officials today.
Valley drivers were no little wor-
ried by the entrance of Sparks and
renewed efforts to speed up their
tiny cars in order that they might
compete with the Los Angeles vet
eran.
When the local race drivers open
up their speedsters in a desperate
attempt to beat Sparks, fans will
witness a race which will make all
other race events ever held on the
FL Centre track seem tame. And
there have been some brcathlaking
events at the speedway.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
Coca Cola
9 to M eet
Yuma Stars

-OO--
Boasting a record of IL wins and
only two defeats in season which
has seen them buck up against
the toughest baseball teams in the
southwest, Jack Stark's Coca Cola
diamondeers will take on the Yu-
ma Valley All Stars Sunday after
noon in the Brawley park. The
proceeds from the game will be
turned over to the Red Cross to
use in flood relief work in the
east.
The Coca Colans We're previous
ly scheduled to meet the El Cajon
basketballers Sunday but the San
Diego county team was forced
to postpone the game because OF
a championship playoff.
As a result the Bottlers srrang-
cd TO have Jimmy Ridge round up
an all-star team in Yuma valley
to meet the Coca Cola team in
benefit game.
Ridge, who only recently re-
turned to pitching form after an
eye operation, did not disappoint
the Coca Colans. He rounded up
every outstanding player in his
section and has groomed the
strongest ball club to represent
Yuma in years.
Stark plans to start Alviso
against Ridge in the game Sunday
and as a result valley baseball
fans expect TO see an alright
pitching duel.
These chuckers have tangled
twice this season and each has
won a shutout victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05

ever, and l suddenly realized there
were three players on the squad
who would be welcome additions
to almost any prep school team.
A tai. easy going lad, the other
players called him Hutch. proved
TO be the outstanding player on the
floor. He handled the ball smooth
" passed with an uncanny accur-
scy. and took a nice, easy shot
which rolled through the hoop as
though it were drawn by magnet
Another tall. slim youth. Tex, he
was called. proved a brilliant ball
handler and q capable shot from
the corner or from just behind the
foul line.
The B squad bad two outstanding
ball handlers but their brilliant
play was overshadowed by the
steady work of big guard
Harris. the capable guard, prov
ed invaluable on defense and g
dead-eye shot from the corner.
The other players. while not so
outstanding. fitted In smoothly. and
the club proved by its maneuvering,
ii viii be a serious obstacle in the
path OF larger schools on its sched-
ule.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
HOltville Varsity
Wallops Imperial
High School 1920


Holtvillc high school turned in
its second league victory and I'M
perial suffered it's fifth straight
defeat Thursday night when the
vikings whipped the Imperial Gag
ers 1920 in the Ell Centre gym
naSium.
The Vikings grabbed first quar-
ter lead and managed to hold their
advantage throughout the contest,
though the Tigers threatened in
every period.
Imperial's cagers defeated them
selves, however, by committing 80
fouls, 10 of which Holtville con-
verted into points. Besides giving
the Holtville team 10 points, the
numerous fouls caused the loss
of several first string players and
as a result the Tigers finished with
a second string team.
Oliver, of Imperial, was high
point man for the evening, with
8 digits.
Imperial Gees Walloped Holtville
Eighties l4-5 in preliminary game.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
Stars
Tune Games
For Battle

Del Rio Club, Brawley, ETAU
DEL RIO CLUB, BraWley, Feb.
5.-Entries for the Annual Lettuce
Golf Tournament here mounted to-
ward an all-time high today, ac-
cording TO Tournament Chairman
Elmer Sears, as golfers continued
practice rounds preparatory 10 quail
flying next week. Qualification
rounds, 18 holes, may be played
Sunday, Monday Tuesday Or We'd
nesday.
A field of 1877 played last year,
twelve flights. This year, however.
early indications point to a field of
over 200.
With the course in tip top cQndi-
ton golfers continued their par or
near par performances. Benny Kel-
lerman, who has been playing
steady golf recently, turned in a
neat IA Thursday while Elmer
Sears added a 73 to his 70 of few
days ago. Red HenSler of Holt
vile, The Man Who Beat Mel
Ferguson shot an 81 ON his first
round over the course and Charlie
Rocker of Phoenix slipped in 49,
Jersey Birchfield Of Ell Centro, who
has nicked par on several recent
occasions On the Barbara Worth
links, has been tuning up his game
here as well as Dave Taylor and
Paul Pace. Pace shot a 73 Thurs
day. He had a GO earlier in the
week and can be counted on to go
far in the tournament. Walter
Walsh turned in a 38 in a late nine.
AS the fairways are in excellent
condition, all balls will be played as
they lie, Tom Reha, club profess
sional, announced AS an added
attraction during the tournament,
Reha revealed sporting goods
concern will give demonstration
of a golf ball driving machine, a
real mechanical man of golf thai
never misses. This will take place
at the club Friday afternoon, Feb.
II
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05

The monotonous swisfing of a
basketball dropping through the
netting was heard throughout the
Central gymnasium today as Coach
es Erskine, r. r. Taylor and w. S.
Taylor began prepping for the an
nual Coaches and Officials jaycee
game which will be played Thurs
day night.
w. S. "Eagle-eye' Taylor, who
rates himself the best player in the
state, and r. r. Taylor who claims
"Eagle-eye" is a dub in comparison
to him, worked on the Taylor-to-
Taylor combination which has fail
ed to beat the jaycees in two prev
ious battles.
"The jaycees are taking this
years game too lightly, Noval
Walker confided last night. "If
the boys will just feed me, we're
cinch to win by so points, or
more, he added mOdestly.
Viggo Hansen, who doesn't get
around the court as last as he once
did, spends all of his spare time
perfecting his fayorite shots and
Pete Sewers, who is expected TO last
about one and one half minutes in
Tuesdays game, has revived his
freak shots. which, according to
Sewers, are the worlds best.
Bob Erskine, who teaches English
during his two periods day, care
fully selected his words in making
a statement for the Press.
II think them there mugs
ought to name the club after me.
We could call the team 'Erskines
all stars. Boy that name sure
enough sounds plenty good to
me-"
Erskine, who is noted for his abil--
ity to foul without getting caught
at it, announced he has mastered
all of his tricks and plans to give
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
TODAYS-
Sports Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE

Johnny Fischer will recapture the
U. S. amateur title Henry Cotton
Or Horton Smith will win the Bri-
tish open-the crystal got a little
foggy here-and Pam Barton will
win the British women's cham
pionship. Patty Berg will dethrone
Pam as American titleholder and
U. S. G. A. officials will amaze the
world by trimming down the size
Of their badges to three square
inches.
The st. Louis CardinalS-if the
Dizzy one signs and who thinks he
Wont?-Will win the national league
pennant. The Yankees, who, be-
lieye it or not, will eventually get
all their prima donnas signed, will
repeat in the American league Lou
Gehrig's consecutive game streak
will go haywire and, by the fifth
game of the season, Lou will be
known by all the fans as "Tarzan".
He will deny Is reports that on
independence day he will play in
nothing but pair Of spikes and
leopard skin. Bob Feller, Cleve-
lands young pitcher. won't be so
hot. Brooklyn will finish in the
second division--the safest OF all
these predictions-and Babe Ruth
will be reported contemplating:
serving the Boston Red Sox, open
ing stationery store in Adds
Ababa and playing left field for
the Bloomer girls.
Notre Dame, Southern California
and Minnesota will be tops in foot
ball but Pittsburgh will play and
win another Rose Bowl game. Five
coaches will be fired at the end of
the season and 1875 players will be
thrilled at being named on one
of l,235 all-American teams.
Washington Huskies will win the
Poughkeepsie regatta; the Detroit
Red Wings will retain the Stanley
cup. Editors note: for papers west
of Mississippi: That's the ice hock-
ey championship America as usual
will keep the Americas cup,
yachting trophy, Rosemont will win
the Santa Anita handicap and there
are still 322 shopping days until
Christmas.
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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
TEL Centro Will Bal
BrawIey Ill.,
Will Clash

Ell Centro and Brawley
high school basketball teams
1uo-favorites in the valley
basketball race, will meet
stiff tests today when they
clash with Calexico and Calipa-
tria quintets.
El Centro is slated 10 meet the
Calexico cagers in the Brawley
gymnasium at $3.50 this afternoon
and Brawley will tangle with Cali
patria tonight at 7:30.
The Spartans. who have been
working out a combination to fill
in the vacancy left by Carroll
Smith, appear to be in the finest
form they have shown all season
and stand a good chance to upset
the big Calexico team.
Brawley is expected to take
Calipatris down the line pretty
easily, though the Hornets have
shown tremendous power in their
past few games. The Calipat team
all but knocked over Ell Centro
last week and trounced Imperial
with little or no trouble the week
before.
In the class G division El Cen
tro is favored to slaughter the
Calipatria cagers and Brawley will
win in walk from the Calipatria
Eighties.
Should FL Centro and Brawley
win tonight's games, as they are
expected to, the game between the
rivals next week in the El Centre
gymnasium may decide the valley
championship.
The same situation exists in the
Glass c race for the Central light
les have lost one league game and
the Wildcats are undefeated.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05

Go to Be Staged

CHICAGO, Feb. 5. (U.P)-The IL
linois Athletic Commission brought
the proposed heavyweight cham
pionship prizefight between Jim
my Braddock and Joe Louis right
up to the contract signing stage
today.
Assuming a sit-tight attitude,
the commission virtually assured a
l5-round Braddock-LouiS bout in
Chicago June Is.
II see no legal entanglements
at this end that might halt the
fight" Chairman Joseph Triner
of the commission said.
I'VE have the assurance OF the
best legal minds at our disposal
that Illinois has ever right to stage
this fight. For once, we have a
chance to break New York's COR
ner en- heavyweight bouts"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
BY HENRY SUPER

Dl
Pinch hitting for Henry McLemorc
NEW YORK, Feb. 5. UP)-Some
long distance crystal gazing by a
/ pinch hitting" who, with Wintry
winds whipping around the sky
scrapers, get few minutes pleasure
thinking of baseball, tennis, golf
and sundry summer sports:
James j. Braddock will lose his
heavyweight title before the year
is out. regardless of whether he
fights Louis, Schneling Or the
Siamese Twins. Lou AmberS will
get slapped from the lightweight
throne: Freddie Steele won't have
much trouble keeping his middle
weight belt in one piece when he
tees off against Babe Risko this
month. and Joe Jacobs will lay
down 2257, ,895.678 feet OF stogie
smoke trying to talk Schmeling
back to the heavyweight throne.
United States will recapture the
Davis cup (the percentage favors
this one because they've been pick
ed to do that every year since 1927
when France took the cup for
boat ride).
Don Bulge. the red-headed buck
ioothed, ice-cream soda drinking
Californian. will win the U. S. ma
tional tennis title and then turn
professional. Helen Jacobs will get
married and also win back the
American title which she lost last
year to Alice Marble. Baron Gott-
fried Won Cramm Of Germany will
win at Wimbledon, but only be-
cause guy named Perry won't be
around and Hilda Krahwinkel Sper-
ling will take the women's trophy.
Americas women will retain the
Wightman cup and 25-foot-faults
and outs will be miscalled by III
nnesmen Of Forest Hills who sim
ultaneously will be studying: 2 l.
blonde in box 3; 2-an airplane
flying over the stadium; and 3-the
condition OF their fingernails.
In regards to golf, Americas
Ryder cuppers will break the jinx
that says the visiting team never
wins by pasting the Britishers on
their own links. Harry Cooper
finally will break his run of hard
luck and win Vie Y, 5. open.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05

OF the court at o.3U tonight 10
avenge a pair of defeats handed
them by last seasons. junior col
lege team.
The San Diego team boasts an
array of prep school stars who
will make the going mighty tough
for Taylors charges but the re-
vised Arab lineup is rated strong
er than any combination used this
season by the collegians.
Wagner, big guard who made
an outstanding record on last sea-
sons high school team, will be
given a starting berth at a guard,
and Grassland, who has made a
fine showing in the last three j.
G. games, and who was particu-
larly impressive in practice this
week will be at the other guard.
Mclaughlin and Templeton will
move to forwards from center and
guard respectively and Holbrook,
formerly a guard will take over
the center duties.
The junior college reserves, who
have dropped but one game this
season, will tangle with the 1. V.
Hardware quintet in a preliminary
game starting at 7:30
IinrIunc fnt. DrnIt,,,s,ar,f u:It
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
Lettuce Tourney Entries
Mount to All Time High
[. V. COACHES PREP
For Annual Game Against J. G.
AND ARE THEY HOT

the referees a mighty tough eve
ming, as we'll as the jayceeS.
Bert of Imperial, Clark of Braw-
ley and Covington of Calexico are
also practicing religiously for Tues
days game. That is all but Clark.
He swears somethin' awful when his
pet shots go awry.
Meanwhile the jaycees arc hatch
ing several tricks TO use against the
coaches.
A slum feed in the high school
cafeteria will precede the game and
a ticket to the game entities the
buyer to a free feed.
The feed starts at $50 and the
game as soon after as the players
can comfortably ease into their
uniforms.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
BULGE, GRANT
NEAR THIRD
NET MEETING

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. 5. QJ.P)
Don Bulge and Bitsy Grant,
No. l and No ranking tennis
stars, met semi-final opponents
in the Surf club singles today as
they advanced toward what tour
nament followers expect to be
third championship battle of the
winter net circuit.
Bulge matched against Art Hen
dirk of Lakeland, Fla, and Grant
was pitted against Charley Harris
of West Palm Beach, Fla, in the
semi-finals.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05

The Del Rio clubhouse has under
gone a face-lifting since last year.
A large, new bar is being installed
near the golf shop and the main
dining room has been completed
Last year it was only partially fin
ished by tournament time.
Entries for the tournament may
be made through Reha, at the club,
or any member of the tournament
committee.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
GEORGE MYATT
SIGNS CONTRACT

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 5. U.p)
George Myatt, shortstop for the
San Diego Padres of the Pacific
Coast league, was understood to
have received a raise in salary
today with his signing of 1887
contract.
Myatt was the first Padre to
return his contract, in contrast
to his stubborn holdolt campaign
last year
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05
Basket Ball

BASKETBALL SCORES
Southwestern 80. ST. Louis U. %
Drury Al, Central 81
Coffeyville Junior College 35
Dodge City 25
Moberly Junior College 20, Trcn-
ton Junior College %
Tennessee so, Vanderbilt 80
South Georgia Teachers 80.
Florida 35
Davidson IS, F'urman 81
North Carolina State Sc, Virginia
Tech "a
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05

Rcdhead Anne Shirley has been
borrowed by Samuel Goldwyn TO
play Barbara StanWyck's daughter
in stella Dallas. Lois Moran play
ed the role in silent pictures.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05

SAN DIEGO CAGERS
TANGLE WITH ]. c.

A five game losing streak will be smashed tonight in
the Central gymnasium if the Arabs fulfill the they
have taken to trample Army and Navy academy junior
collegians. The Nomad quintet will have its work cut
out however, for the invaders will in to the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-05

Lineups for Preliminary Tilt