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Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09

NEW YORK, April 9.-U.P)-As
one of the country foremost base
ball authorities ut was at my
suggestion that Abner Doubleday
introduced the seventh inning
strech) I feel it would be niggarly
of me not to tell you of the bets
I have made on the coming season.
With the possible exception of a
perpetual motion machine, I can
think of no sounder way for you
to invest your money than to
memorize my wagers and then run,
not walk, to the nearest bookmaker.
would not care, however, TO advise
you on the size Of your wagers. I
happen to be a plunger at heart,
and some of my bets run into ser
ious money. For example, 1 have
no less than S140 riding on my
hunch that Van Mungo and Paul
Derringer will win more games
than the combination of Carl Hub
bell and Dizzy Dean. In all, 1 have
made II bets, and if I win them all
my pockets pay-off day will bulge
with 1924 in hard, cold, crisp cash.
Here are the l6 other bets:
Hank Greenberg, Detroit, will hit
more homers than Jimmy FoXX.
Lou Gehrig's consecutive game
streak of 1903 will end this sea-
son.
Leroy Parmelee will win more
games for the Cubs than Paul Dean
does for the Cards.
New York city won't place a team
in the World Series.
Gerald Walker, Detroit outfielder,
will outhit Luke Appling, White
Sox shortstop and last years Am
erican batting champion.
Ducky MedWick will top Paul
Warner, National league hitting
champion.
Lefty Gomez will fail in his come
back and win fewer games than
he has since 1884.
Chet Laabs, Detroit, will be the
best hitting American rookie.
The Giant infield that starts the
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
Calexico Will Play Bottlers
FINAL PRACTICE
BEFORE GAM T

CaleXico high school diamondeers,
intent on reversing the decision
when they meet the coca Cola
Bottlers Sunday afternoon, today
romped through a final hitting and
fielding practice in preparation for
the tilt.
The Bulldogs looked strong at
the plate and in the field We'd
nesday against Yuma high and
they walloped the Criminals 8-5
In the Coca Cola, however, the
Bulldogs will be up against a Wor-
thy foe. The Bottlers have seven
players who hit the ball at a fast
clip and have nine players who field
their positions capably.
Coach Covington plans to start
his regular lineup against the Coca
Colans and will use Gamlin on the
mound. Stark will use Eddie Kinne
behind the plate. Black on first
Chuet on second, o. Miller on third
Hashem at short and Ritter, Emke
and Andrade in the outfield.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
United Press

SacramentO's ra mpan t
Solons today made the best
of their four safe hits to de-
feat Los Angeles 3-2 for their
third win in three games
against the Angels.
The victory gave Sacramento a
share of the first place berth with
the Seattle Indians who defeated
Oakland 8-3 in a game which was
halted by rain in the eighth inning.
Portland and San Francisco were
deadlocked at IL in the sixth canto
when rain halted their game.
Sacramento was held to four
hits by Prin. L. A. hurler, but scor-
ed one run in each the first, sixth
and eighth cantos. The Angeles
climbed on Murray for seven hits
but Murray was invincible in the
tight spots.
Seattle grabbed a two run lead
in the third stanza and were nev-
er headed by the Oaks. Gregory
hurled his second victory for the
Indians.
The San Diego-Missions game
was played under the arcs at
Lane Field.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
TODAY'S-
Sports Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE

season won't be the regular one in
August.
Schoolboy Rowe will win more
games than Dizzy Dean.
Dizzys gradual decline will con-
tinue and he Will win fewer games
than he did last season. Also that
his earned average will be poorer.
Ninety-one victories will be G.
nough to win the national flag, and
SO the American.
Bob Feller will win Is or more
games.
That it is impossible to name
three clubs that will finish above
the Reds. My opponent said the
Cubs, the Cards and the Pirates.
Ripper Collins will outhit his for
mer teammate, Johnny Mize.
Washington will win the Ameri-
can league pennant.
All but two of my bets were
made at even money. I got 80 to
by pickin gWashington, and my
scouts tell me that the Senators
are a swell long shot. My odds on
neither New York club winning
were to /. should have had odds
on Gehrig's streak ending, but as
I operated strictly on a hunch l
took even money.
If I win all the bets, and there
is little chance that 1 won't plan
to give a mammouth party for all
my readers The table will be
set for seventeen, and there will be
after-dinner mints, corn, and every
thing.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
IMPERIAL BOWS
TO CENTRAL g
IN SUGGEST

Five home runs. a flock of doub-
les and singles and handsful OF
errors sent fans home early and
tired baseball players OF Ell Centro
and Imperial high schools Thurs
day afternoon when the Spartans
spanked Imperial 1874.
Calvin Aaron hurled one hit ball
for the FL Centrans, holding the
Imperial team runless until the
last inning.
In the final Stanza the Imperial
team spoiled Aaron's hopes for a
perfect game when they combined
one hit with three errors and a
walk to score four times.
FL Centro started the merry go
round in the first inning and in
creased its, score in every inning
except the fourth.
The Imperial team. playing its
first game of the season, got more
exercise than the Spartans, that is,
if chasing base hits is more exer-
else than running around the bases
but demonstrated they will give
the leaders little trouble in tht
| pennant race.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
YOUTH STEALS
SHOW IN A.A.U.
SWIM MEET

NEW HAVEN, Conn. April 9.-UR)
The diving Of a q year-old Ohio
State freshman was the talk Of the
town today as the National A. A. U.
indoor swimming championships
entered the second round.
Blonde haired AL Patnik Of Home
stead Pa, inaugurating his second
year Of big time" competition, was
the only star to break the ranks Of
four defending champions who ap-
peared in the opening session of
the three-day meet in Yale's Payne
Whitney pool-and he did it by de-
feating two of Uncle Sans premier
divers.
This slender product of the
Homestead Library club-which also
produced Lenore Kight, one of the
leading woman freestylers-Won
the springboard title from AL
Greene of the Lake Shore A. c.,
Chicago, last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
Allison Advances
To Semi-Finals

HOUSTON. Tex. April 9.-UP)-
Wilmer Allison of Austin. former
national singles champion, advanced
today to the semi-final round in
the River Oaks invitation tennis
tournament as he continued his
drive for the title that he barely
missed the past two years.
Allison defeated Wilbur Hess OF
Houston. Ga, 60, 6-3, in the quar-
ter finals yesterday
Walter Senior of San francisco
was the winer in another quarter
finals match. he defeated Bobby
Riggs Of Hollywood. 7-5, 7-5, Cd
Bryan Grant of Atlanta, Ga, who
defeated Allison in the finals last
year and the year before, was pair
ed against Hal Surface Of Kansas
City in a quarter final match to-
daV
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
JOURNEYS TO
BE STARTED
AT GOLF CLUB

BARBARA WORTH COUNTRY
CLUB, April 9. Competition for
the Presidents cup and Vice-Pres-
idents trophy, which will wind
up the tournament schedule for
the season, will start this week
end, Curley Vesey, club profess
sional, announced today.
Qualifying scores will be turned
in this weekend at 18 holes. We'd
nesday is the deadline. First round
of match play will be played the
following weekend and one round
a week thereafter until the finals.
All play will be under handicap
with a revised handicap list to be
announced next week.
The low sixteen in the qualify
ing will compete for the Presidents
Cup. The second low qualifying
sixteen will meet at match play
for the e-Presidents trophy.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
SECOND SHOOT
FOR TROPHY
WILL BE SUN.

The Ell Centre police depart
ment range will be the scene Sun
day of the second of II pistol
matches for possession of the Bis
cailuz trophy.
Three man teams from the law
enforcement departments of Impe-
rial and Yuma counties will shoot
at the matches scheduled to begin
at 10 am. The cup will be kept
by the team winning the cup the
greatest number of times. The
Imperial county sheriff's depart
ment won the first competition al
Yuma last month.
Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz of Los
Angeles county donated the trophy
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
Bench
Warming
BY BURDETTE KiNNE
PoGt-Press Sports Editor

Blazing fists. each one an explod-
ing bomb, Thursday night led Her
man Graves to a spectacular victory
over Eddie Moore, CIF middle
weight champion. Moore had drop
ped only one decision before meet
ing Graves and he had met a list
OF outstanding middleWeights in
the state.
This proves what valley sports
experts have long maintained: that
Herman Graves is truly one of
the states greatest middleweights.
1t was a different Graves who
came stalking out OF his corner
for the main bout Thursday night.
He had confidence. He had, firmly
intrenched in his mind. a plan of
attack. and he used it.
His hands were always in the
path of Moore's Sunday punches and
as the Indian drew back to start
another blow Graves peppered him
with terrific lefts and right upper
cuts. labs an1 jolts.
Before the second round was
completed MOore's eye had begun
TO close. And when the final
bell rang Moore could scarcely
peer though the bruised lamp.
The Indian school battler started
strongly enough and managed to
land few telling blows early in
the fight, but in the second StanZa
Graves definitely ssWed up the bout
with two sizzling uppercuts which
whistled through the air and landed
with a solid thud in Moors's alb
domen and on his Jaw.
VILLEGAS STEALS SHOW
Jolting Joe VillegaS stoln the
limelight from Graves. however,
when II annexed a decision over
Tommy Young in the semi Windup.
Villegas ran into trouble in the
first round and for a moment it
apeared Young would put Villegas
on the canvas for the count. But
before the round was completed
Villegas slapped in two right crosses
TO the face that changed the tide
OF the bout.
Joe took both the second and
third rounds and was well on his
way TO a k. o. win in the fourth
when Yaang Threw two wild
rights that landed flush on Viii
legas' chin. Joe stepped back.
blirked his eyes. and then waded
in. For 80 seconds the fighters
stood toe TO toe and let go with
both fists.
Villegas blows took the most eff
feet, and when the gong ended
the fight Young was hanging on
for dear life.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
SNAPS WIN STREAK
or C.I.F. F.TITLEHOLDER

Lightning struck in the FL Cen
tro athletic club last night And Ed
die Moore, CIF middleweight cham .
pion from Sherman Indian school
was the victim. Herman DE Bom-
nah" Graves threw punches Tor
four bruising rounds and though
he stunned Moore ca several oc-
casions he was unable 10 pull out
a k.o. punch.
Graves took every round by a
wide margin and when the final
gong sounded. a battered Indian
staggered to his corner, badly
beaten.
Moore showed some of the zip
that made him CIF champion in
the econd round when he landed
several good blows 10 Graves head
and body, but a sizzling uppereut
took all of the fight out of him
and nearly took his head with it.
Jolting Joe Villegas jolted Tom
my Young around for four rounds
and took a popular decision. But
not until he absorbed a series of
punches in the fourth round that
nearly gave Young the victory.
Young started fast and bounced
Villegas from corner to corner in
the opening minutes, but Joe came
back in the latter part of the
stanza to even things. The second
and third were all Joe.
Villegas had Young on the verge
of a k.o. in the fourth when the
Indian rallied brilliantly to land
rights and lefts to the jaw to stun
Villegas. Joe recovered. however
and was pouring in Furnishing blows
when the bell rang.
Loudermilk Wins
The valley fighters reversed the
decision on the Indians this week
winning four out of seven bouts
The Sherman fighters copped foul
last week.
Lowery chalked up the only k.o
OF the evening when he blasted Mike
Castillo of Brawley to sleep in the
fourth round. MARTINEZ, lightweight
champ who dropped a decision tt
Shorty Hogue last week. decisionec
Jess Gotta of CaleXico. MARTINEZ
won every round.
Loudermilk beat Les Bernal
Clyde Lewis won a decision owe
Les Childers and Luckadoo de-
feated Dud Burson.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
Spartans to Take
On Criminals i'm
Net Tournament

The invasion of Yuma came first
in the list of important events at
Central Union high school today
as El Centro netters tried out their
favorite shots which they will use
Saturday morning on the Arizona
city courts.
The Spartans defeated Yuma in
a previous match and should take
the Criminals down the line Satur-
day without much difficulty.
Danny Judd c. Lazo, Jack Kinne,
James Free, David Roberts, o. Horne,
Helen Dowd, katherine Nufter,
Mary Anne Riddle, frankie Birk-
hauser. Barbara Hatch and Doris
Chestnut will make the trip.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
FLOWERS TO GIRL
BRING POLICE CALL

LOS ANGELES, april 8. U.P)-
Mrs. Jack O'Dare took one look
at the beautiful bouquet an ad-
mirer sent her daughter, Ginger,
today, and called police. The note,
she reported, was signed Robert
Irwin" name OF young sculptor
sought for questioning in the New
York Gedeon slayings.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09

Gregory and BaSsler; Dougla
and Raimondi, McCaskill.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
J.C. Racqueteers
To Play Invaders
In Only 81 Match

Winners in their only match Of
the 1887 season, El Centro junior
college racketeers. will match
strokes this afternoon with Army
and Navy net artists on the Ell
Centro courts.
Four singles and two doubles
matches will be played George
Brown. Jack Jones, I. Lazo, Doc
Dunn and Dale Cooper will play
for the Arabs.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
Coast League
Standings
CHAMPS COACH
GOES TO PASADENA

PASADENA, April 9.-tU.P)-Tom
Mallory, former University of Sou
thern California football player who
coached Classen high, Oklahoma
City. to a state championship last
year, will succeed Bob McNeish as
football coach Of Pasadena junior
college. McNeish will coach U. S.
C.S FroSh.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
MATCH SLATED
FOR SUNDAY

Pistols will be the weapons when
immigration border patrolmen meet
the El Centro Rifle club in a match
scheduled for the immigration range
at El Centre at a. m. Sunday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-04-09
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Called 9th, RAIN
Gregory and Bassler; Douglas
and Raimondi, McCaskill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
WIDE CHASE FOR
 SLAYER OF ERBE
Body Found in SOuthing. ton Home Yesterday
 Badly Mutilated

Southington, Conn, Nov. 24.-
 CUP)-Aided by possible finger prints and footprint clues. opera tives of the states attorneys office, cooperating with state and local po- lice, today spread a wide hunt for the assailant of Charles D. Erbe, 66. whose body was found badly mu- tilated yesterday on the floor of his home. Ten wounds were count ed on Erbe's skull during an autopsy performed by Medical Examiners Henry N. Costello, Hartford, and Dr. William T. Nagle, local official.
 Furnishings throughout Erbe's s home, where he lived alone follow ing death of his wife several years ago, were in disarray, window was smashed, and four gas jets in a kitchen stove were open when Jo- seph D. Erbe, assistant town post master and son of the slain man, discovered the body. Bloody finger prints and footprints were found on walls and floors throughout the dwelling, police reported. Authori- ties believed Erbe's assailant was surprised while burglarizing the house early yesterday and grappled with the elderly night fireman in a local brass works. Erbe's pockets were turned out, police said, and bureau drawers and closets were ransacked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24

to say right now"
 States Attorney Merrill Johnston made a plea for a verdict of death.
 Defense Counsel Martin s. Turn CT pictured Newton as a beloved minister of the Missouri hills who shared the joys and sorrows of the simple folk to whom he preached"
 "At no time has the state proved him guilty of murder" he said.
 Newton was accused of aiding the red-haired Mrs. Kelly, 45, to flee from an unhappy" home the night of July 12 and of murdering her during an argument which arose when he refused to elope with her.
 He signed an 1l-page confession later repudiated--that he struck her on the head with hammer. then threw her body into the Mis- sissivpi river.
 The confession, he said on the witness stand. was obtained under duresg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
HITLER STRIKES
 CHURCHES AGAIN
Evangelical Elections He Had Promised Are Post-
 poned Indefinitely

Berlin, Nov. 24.-(UP). Adolf Hitler has postponed the Evangelica church elections indefinitely, 1t was disclosed today, and government control will continue.
 The announcement in Fulda last night of Church Minister Hans Kerrl cancelling Hitler's promise foi free church elections, made last February IS, was considered by au- thorities to reveal the governments determination to prevent comics. sional leaders from gaining control of the church.
 Kerrl's speech at @ Nazi party mas meeting, Interpreting Christ teachings as identical with the Nag doctrine of anti-Semitism, Reiterat- ed the theological doctrines of Reich Bishop Ludwig Mueller and Julius Streicher, Germany's chief critic ol Jews.
 Kerrl Blames Church
 In announcing postponement oi the elections Kerrl said:
 Der Fuehrer extended a helping hand to the church in his electior decree and the church alone is tt blame for the fact that the elections cannot be held at the present time
 Tt is impossible to establish 2 unified regime in the Evangelica church. The state therefore adopts an attitude of wait and see regard ing this election which the church parties themselves rejected.
 Until further notice the state (Continued on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
REVERE MURDER
 CAUSING DREAD
May Be Reprisal Shoot. ings Over Killing of
 Louis Gaeta

Revere, Mass, Nov. 24--(UP)--Re- prisal shootings were feared today in the wake of the murder Of Louis Gaeta, A, Revere racket czar.
 Underworld sources revealed Q scramble for the vacated leadership of Gaetas race betting syndicate, which netted monthly profit Of $60,000 to $l00,000,
 A former chieftain of the syndi- cate, deposed by Gaeta several months ago, was sought by police as the slayer who pumped four bullets into Gaeta's body yesterday and es- capped in @ sedan.
 Also sought for questioning was henchman of the supposed slayer.
 Besides revenge, another motlve for the murder was suggested in dis. closure that only recently Gaeta had extended his North Shore operations into Boston, opening a Mattapan branch.
 Conn. Woman Witness
 A Connecticut woman and a Re- were man, both of whose names were withheld, were believed the only wit- nesses who could identify the slay- CT, The woman remained volun- tarily at police headquarters.
 Scene of the murder was the en- trance to Gaetas Nal Nor Cafe,
 (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
CHASE COMPANY
 EMPLOYES VOTE
Will Take Place December 1 on Questions of
 Representation

Employes of the North Main street rolling mills of the Chase Brass X Copper companies will vote on the question of representation on De- cember 1, between the hours of II a. m. and 2 D. m. At that time the 45O employees will decide whether or not they desire the Waterbury Brass Workers union to represent them in all collective bargaining.
 The election date was set at a conference in the Elton this morn- ing between Allen J. MacAdam of the NIDB., Charles Hart, executive counsel of Glasses, and John J. Dris- coll, recording secretary of the Brass Workers union.
 The election will be hel dat the plant and will be supervised by MI. MacAdam. Two representatives oi the union and two members Of the company will check the payroll to determine who are eligible to vote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24

1, The town of Southbury has taken no official stand against the proposed camp.
 2. A zoning commission was vot- ed and its membership named yes- terday at a special town meeting at which no mention was made. of the Bund camp.
 3. The zoning ordinance Is ex- pected to have no bearing upon the establishment of the Bund camp.
 Poor Publicity
 All of which failed of stress to- day in the Waterbury Republican and other state papers which have seized the protest" of one or two individuals as theme for agitation, in the opinion of the Southbury town officials. These newspapers First Selectmarl J. Edward Coer said today, have published only the par tisan stand of a group chosen by themselves as mouthpieces to cause the Bund camp to become a cause celebre, creating friction between neighbors, calling into staid South- bury sensation. seekers from every part of the state and from New York.
 But the tempest in Kettletown was stilled today, save for resolution" subscribed to by thirty three, by pos- sibly few more others, of the audience which attempted U iatterly meeting of protest" which followed the zoning meeting. 1T! , resolution" called upon the President, Senate, Representatives in Congress, the governor. to abate, dispel, des- troy. this menace to our con- stituted government"
 Protest Surprises
 Nothing of this came before the official town meeting and nothing of this has been presented to the selectmen. The protest" according to town officials, was surprise at It's source inasmuch as George R. Holmes, erstwhile building contrac- tor, "hasn't been in the public eye in Southbury much,' the selectmen agreed. It was MT. Holmes who
 (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
Baptist Preacher Found Guilty

T couldn't kill her, she was my friend and a devout church work er," he said. He accused his step daughter, Myra Hanan, S7, a trim spinster, of engineering the crime On the night of the staying, he said he was slugged and kidnapped by at least two persons, including MISS Haran.
 "When I recovered consciousness he related, ''Myrs was driving me home in her car and told me Mrs Kelly was dead and had gone down the river"
 Miss Hanan denied the charge and said she was home in bed. She teS- tified Newton had given her $l,s2C in cash for "safekeeping" July IS the day Mrs. Kelly's body was found by a fisherman. The state charged the money was the remainder ol $2.000 the slain mother withdrew from a Paris bank the day she lied with the preacher
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-24
TWO WOMEN STOP
 MANS FUNERAL

Worcester, Mass, Nov. 24-(UP)- Funeral arrangements for sup posed hit-run victim were delayed today while police and relatives tried to straighten out the tangle result ing from two women claiming him as their husband. The victim, Mar GUS Hunter, 37, was found beside the Worcester Grafton Highway late Saturday night, apparently the vic. tim of Q hit-run motorist. In East Brookfield, Mrs Frances Gillis Hunt CT told police she married Hunter ifl New York in December l935. Subse- quently he deserted her, she said.
 In Worcester, Mrs. James Durvon said Hunters real name was James Duryon, whom she married in Cam- bridge July 20, 1929. She said the Brookfield Mrs. Hunter could not be "Marcs wife,"
 ''There must be some mistake, she said. My husband and I were devoted and were never separated"