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Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
Bench
WARMING
BY BURDETTE KINNE
POst-Press Sports Editor

Strategy, an important weapon
for high school and Junior college
coaches, win play a big part in
deciding the valley tennis cham
pionship this season.
When Ell Centro and Calexico
high school tennis teams tangle
Saturday morning on the Ell Gen.
tro courts in the first of a series
of matches between the schools,
the winner of which will hold
undisputed lead in the league,
strategy will indubitably determine
the winner.
Ed Hannah, who guides the
destinies of the CalexicO team,
has been sitting up nights try
ing to figure out how he will
place his players i'm Saturdays
match i'm order to put the strong
est possible team on the court,
and Coach Joe Burcham of El
Centre is suffering from the
same worry.
Hannah's defending champions
boast an unbeatable boys squad
and Ell Centre boasts the most
powerful girls squad in .the val
ley. AS a result, CaleXico is eX-
pected to sweep the boys matches
and Ell Centro is slated to trim
all the girls matches.
Thus the mixed doubles match
will probably decide the winner of
Saturdays match and possibly the
winner of the valley title.
AS a result both coaches plan
their strongest possible team in
the mixed doubles event, yet at
the same time maintain strength
in the other positions.
Whichever coach uses the cor
rect strategy in selecting his mix
ed doubles team will see his team
emerge a 4-3 winner in the first
inter-school battle.
You've watched the local high
school and Junior college basketball
players get set for a shot at the
basket, then suddenly tieup and
miss the rim and pass up an op-
portunity to win ball game.
Then you've cursed at the
kid under your breath and wish
ed for player who wouldn't
tie up under pressure, but in
stead loft an easy shot at the
basket, a shot that would plunk
!. !. through. the. netting and chalk
J up two more important points
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
INJURED IN CRASH

INJURED IN CRASH
PRESCOTT, Ark, Feb. 16 Wp)-
Lynwood "Schoolboy'' Rowe, ace
Detroit Tiger hurler, suffered
broken nose and other minor in
juries near here last night when
his automobile struck a truck.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
METERS WILL
PLAY SAT. FOR
TENNIS TITLE

The high school tennis cham
pionship will be at stake Saturday
morning when Ell Centre and CAL
exico netters clash on the El
Centro courts in the final match
of the first round OF valley league
play.
Both Calexico and Ell Centro
have defeated Brawley and Holt
vile and though the Ell Centre
netters have made better records
in match play Calexico is favored.
The Border City team has an
unusually strong boys squad but
the Ell Centro racket squad boasts
the strongest girls division in the
valley.
Both coaches plan to arrange
their lineups so as to win the
maximum number of matches pos
sible.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
Practice Rounds p
OLDER PLAYERS
FORSAKEN BY
w. s. TAYLOR

Coach w. S. Taylor began work
in earnest on his underclassmen
today and announced he would
use them in the remainder of the
basketball games on the Ell Gen.
tro schedule.
The underclaSsmen, who will
form the nucleus for next years
cage squad, will open their CAM
paign against Imperial high school
Friday night in the Ell Centre
gymnasium.
While Taylor worked with his
next years ball club Coach Marvin
Clark fought against a wave OF
overconfidence that is sweeping
over his cage team following their
win over Ell Centre and Sweet
water last week.
Despite the fact Clark's charges
should have little trouble from
Holtville high this week, the Braw-
ley mentor drove his charges thru
one of the longest workouts of
the season yesterday afternoon.
Calxicans Drill
In CaleXico Coach Covington sent
his cagers through a stiff drill in
preparation for a tough game
against Calipatria in the Brawley
gymnasium Wednesday night.
Calipatria stands good chance
to upset Calexico and thereby eli
inmate the Bulldogs from the
league race. To date Calexico has
won five games and lost but one.
Another loss, however, will shove
them out of the league running
and clinch the title for Brawley
Calipatria is particularly anxious
to upset Calexico for a win for
the Hornets will give them a
chance TO take third spot in the
loop standings.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16

through Wednesday. Match play,
l8 holes a day, will start Thurs
day, with the semi-finals falling
on Saturday and the finals on
Sunday.
Regulars" at the Barbara Worth
Monday were getting in early
practice before the first contin-
gent of out-of valley players ar
rives. Led by Don Rex, defending
champion, score of title threats
tried out their shots over this
all-grass green course but none
were able to equal the even par
performance Of long-hitting Mel
Ferguson of Holtville. Mels 72
stood up despite the sharp shoot
ing of Rex, Benny Kellerman (who
gave grand account of himself
at the recent Brawley Lettuce
tourney, Eldred Ferguson (who
slid around in a snappy 75), Jer-
Sey Birchfield, Wayne Elvander
and a number of other star links
men.
AS a sample of the hot golf to
come, threesome composed of
Floyd Leng, Mel Ferguson and
Jersey Birchfield turned the first
nine with a best ball of under
par. Mels eagle three on No. l
helped considerably. He laid an
iron shot dead to the pin and
Knocked in the gimme putt.
Eldred Ferguson's rs, one of the
best scores he has shot, was re-
garded as warning of hotter
golf to come. He has been no.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
TODAY'S-
Sports Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE

Orleans, 1 know, because when
was there week or SO ago Tor
rance and his man-killing feats
were the chief subjects of con-
versation, being even more popu-
lar than the rise of the river and
the strength of the levees. The
town had even gone SO far as
to name a shrimp dish after him.
The entire city had a tremen-
dous interest in Torrance, parti-
cularly as to his efforts to re-
duce. I talked to dozens of citi-
zens and there wasn't one of them
who couldn't reel off his latest
measurements as readily as brok-
ers do stock quotations.
He had knocked out" three
men when I was there, and I talk
ed to several citizens who had seen
him send his opponents into beau
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
Staters To
Stiff
Test Wed.

Golden State baSketeers, who
are leading the commercial league
by two full games, are slated to
meet their stiffest test of the
season in the Ell Centro gymna-
SUM Wednesday night when they
tangle with the vastly improved
I. V. Hardware quintet in the first
game of the weekly doubleheader
Bachelor Club cagers, who are
in undisputed possession of the
loop cellar position, will trade
baskets with the 20-30 club, which
is deadlocked for second spot in
the league, in the second game.
The Golden Staters, who have
presented the most perfectly bal
anced team in the loop, will have
to play at top speed to defeat the
Hardware for the I. v. team pos
sesses a deadly passing attack and
strong defense.
They demonstrated their de-
fensive skill in stopping the 20-30
club 1920 last week and played
without the services of two of
their regulars. Wednesday, how
ever, the full Hardware club will
be on hand and unless the Golden
Staters pull all of their tricks out
of the bag they will be forced from
their undefeated standing in the
loop.
The 20-3O cagers, who have drop
ped two games in row, are an
xious to push the Bachelors fur
ther into the cellar and at the
same time better their own posi-
ton in the loop race.
The Bachelors, on the other
hand, plan to use a new offen-
sive system in an effort to break
into the win column at the eX-
pense of the slipping 20-30.
League Standings
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
BottIers To
Try to Wipe
Out Defeat

Jack Stark's Coca Cola diamond
artists will journey to Yuma Sum
day afternoon to erase from men,
ory their To shellacking from the
Brawley all stars last Sunday.
Stark has groomed the strong
est pitching staff in the south
west and has club capable of
making the going tough for any
semi-pro ball club in the state.
Harris, Pilip and Alviso will
divide the pitching honors when
the Coca Colans meet Yuma Sum-
day and Ridge, Arizonas great
est hurler, will be on the mound
against them.
Bob Elliott, who has paced the
Coca Colans all season, will en-
gage in his private duel with Ridge
Sunday. Last time Bob faced
Ridge he garnered three hits and
Ridge vowed Elliott would go down
swinging every trip to the plate
the next time they clashed.
Both teams will put brilliant
defensive players on the field and
an array of sluggers who will make
life miserable for the chuckers.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Feb. l6
(UP)-Another Louisiana bubble
is broken.
News dispatches from New Or
leans during the information that
Jack Torrance, the Bayou Behe-
motn, hasn't been knocking Out
prize fighters at all, but a collec-
ton of high divers who allowed
themselves to be swept off the
springboard by the breeze from
Jacks mighty haymakrs.
Torrance had disposed of four
opponents and was already to dust
off fifth when No. was sudden
ly overcome with remorse (either
that Or he didn't want to get his
new suit wet) and confessed his
guilt.
This was sad blow to New
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
for the home club.

for the home club.
UP at Stanford University there
is just such a player. His name Is
Hank Luisetti and at the present
moment he's the nations greatest
player.
Hank, who is only a junior, has
already established a new Scor-
ing record with 632 points in less
than two years (the previous rec
ord was 629 for three years COM
petition) and is heading for
record that will stand for many
seasons.
Luisetti is the important cog in
the Stanford machine, who has
led that machine to a league
championship in 1886, and through
what has proved to be its great
est season thus far in 1887. The
Stanford team has lost but one
game and has played the leading
teams in all sections of the coun-
try.
And while Stanford has been
chalking up several victories in a
row Hank has been ringing the
bell for an average of 20 points
a game.
His record is all the more re-
markable because every team
tries to stop him. "Stop Luisetti
and you stop Stanford" is the
cry of coast colleges. But none
have been able to stop him. So
Stanford leads the league.
THE main reason Luisetti is
such an outstanding basketball
player is because he is completely
relaxed at all times. When he
shoots at the basket he takes an
easy, relaxed shot.
Besides being relaxed even when
under pressure, LuiSetti knows al
the angles in shooting baskets. The
distance from the basket, the re-
bound, and as result he is ar
accurate shot from any spot.
With his 20 points and better {
game, Luisetti will lead Stanlor'
to its second straight, champion
ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16

tiful one and one-half gainors,
swans, and back jackknives. They
were tremendously enthusiastic,
and said his "shot put" punch
was the most devastating thing
since gun powder was invented.
remembered asking at the time
if his opponents had been bona
fide pugilists, and 1 remember be-
ing told they were men of great
skill.
When the New Orleans boxing
commission heard the full details
of what some term a scandal it
pr omptly suspended Torrance S
board of strategy. 1t is a good
thing that all state commissions
have not treated similar cases
with such severity. because if they
mad half the heavyweight cham
pions this country has produced
would have the bar sinister across
their crests.
Primo Camera, to name one,
would have SO many bar siniSters
across his coat of arms that it
would resemble a zebra, for old
Bootsie spent full year doing
nothing else but pushing over
pushovers with invisible punches.
OF course, Primo had a pretty
good excuse-that was just about
the only type article ne could
knock down. That, and Jack Shar-
key, whose knockout by Primo
will always go down in my book
with other such mysteries as the
whereabouts of Charley Ross and
the name of Cock Robins BASTARD
ly assassin.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16

ticed practicing faithfully lately
under the tutelege' of Curley Ve-
sey. club professional.
Tournament entries already are
starting to pour into tournament
headquarters. Entries may be filed
either with Bob Mcnamara, tour
nament chairman, any member of
the general committee or with Ve-
sey at the club house.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
MIAJA MADE GENERAL
OF LOYALIST ARMIES

MADRID, Feb. 16. U,HJ = Tic
IoyaIist government-sOrely press
ed by the rebels and realizing
the necessity of unified COM
mand-tonight appointed General
Jose Miaja generalissimo for the
armies of the entire central front.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
THIL GIVEN NOD

PARIS, Feb. 16. W.p - Marcel
Thil of France retained his worlds
middleweight boxing champion
ship claim tonight by defeating
Lou Brouillard of Worcester, Mass.
by disqualification in the sixth
round of their 15-rOund contest.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-02-16
NICE TO ATTEND
WELFARE MEETING

Charles Nice, county INDECENT Of
ficer. plans to attend meeting Oh
the Public Welfare association IN
Modesto February 27. The county
board of supervisors instructed him
+, attend to hear discussions OF
LEGISLATION affecting welfare fund
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
CONGRESS ADJOURNs

a hurried search through dictionary fails
to reveal any descriptive adjectives which do
complete justice to the extra session of congress
which was adjourned this week
No one benefited in any degrees labor, aglicul-
tulc, capital and business are all in exactly the
same spot they were in before congress convened,
unless it might be considered that the so-caled
recession has reduced all of them to an even more
precalious condition.
The wages and hours bill. the housing measure,
and the farm relief act these were the mea-
slres the congressman had been called to Wash
ington to enact, and it can hardly be said that
during then si& weeks Of meditation they al,-
preached step nearer the solution of these
problems, i'nloee consider their failure TO do
anything 4 step in the right direction.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
HALF OF ROUGHAGE
SHOULD BE LEGUME

One half the roughage fed with
a full feed of grain to fattening
cattle should be legume hay if most
economical gains are to result, says
Con S. Maddox, extension animal
husbandman, Washington State
College.
In experiments at the college,
calves made 35 per cent more econ
omical gains and tWo-year-olds Is
per cent more economical gains
when fattened on a grain and hay
ration, the hay consisting of at
least half alfalfa or first-year sweet
clover along with half of oat, wheat
or barley hay of good quality.
| Most cattle feeders find it is pro-
htable to chop hay. 1t is cheaper
than grinding and practically as
satisfactory. It has been found that
chopping alfalfa boosted its value
from the standpoint of economy of
gain more than 20 per cent. Two
or three tons OF chopped hay can
be stored in the same space as one
toll OF loose hay. Care must be
taken not to overload the joists of
the barn if CHOPPED hay is used.
State college eXperimenters found
that combinations Of one half albit
wheat hay horsford barley or mark
ton oat hay with one-half alfalfa
hay were equal TO alfalfa hay
alone. when fed with grain to fat
tening calves.
F'irst-year sweet clover is equal to
alfalfa, but second-year clover is
not. Good quality pea straw is a
satisfactory roughage for feeding
tWc-y ear-old steers receiving
..eavy grain ration
Additional information on the
feeding of cattle for market and
ether points concerning their care
are contained In a new bulletin
gust written by Mr.. Maddox and
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
WPA Offers College
Courses At Home

The college correspondence and
extension service of the Works
Progress Administration, sponsored
by the University of Washington,
is doing splendid work for students
living away from the beaten paths,
and those who are unable to enter
college training, says the WPA ed
vocational information service.
Right in the home, under the
students own study lamp, sheltered
from travel necessity, inclement
weather and without any additional
expense, except postage, any earn
est student may receive the edu-
cation of which he has been de-
prived and about which he has
dreamed.
Students eager to continue their
education at this point, or others
who desire to brush up on subjects
required for participation in gen.
eral conversation today will be in
trigued with the thought of free
education under guidance of COM
petent instructors, ever ready to
assist students with any knotty
problems that may appear in the
course Of study.
A list of available courses will
be mailed upon application. A few
of the subjects most in demand
are: Agriculture, horticulture, pol
itical science, business administra-
ton, sociology home economics.
Further information may be Sc.
cured by writing to Adult Educa~
ton, WPA, 819 Alaska Bldg, Seat
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priests of Iceland and is one of
the main sources for the belief that
the Norsemen discovered America.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
Iceland Sagas

The Flateyjarbok is a collection
of sagas once preserved on the
island of Flatey, Iceland but now
in the Royal Library, Copenhagen.
1t was written in 1880 1895 by two
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23

Precipitation amounted to O6 of
an inch, recorded on the 18th, while
on the night of the 21st, snow
which melted as it struck the
ground resulted in trace of pre-
cipitation. ~
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
The Weather

Maximum and minimum temper
atures recorded by observer Moffitt
at the Hanford weather station:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
ec-osset & Dunlap.-wNu Service.

available free at offices of county
agents, OF from the extension SER
vice, Pullman. Its title is "Fatten
ing Cattle in Washington"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
CHANGE

Philosophers tell us that the driving force OF
humanity is to make the world better place for
our descendants; that striving toward a more
perfect world is what makes life worth living AS
is the case in so many other fields however, theory
and practice are as dissimilar as night is to day
Far from endeavorng to bring about reforms
and changes which will improve life in the fu-
ture man seems determined that the world shall
remain in static condition.
We all look back through the years Of history
and congratulate ourselves upon living IN a hap
pier time having more of the Injuries of life as
we'll as more of the necessities than our ancestors
We look upon these Improvements as If we our
selves were entirely responsible for them We
shut our eyes to the fact that all reforms we en-
JOY were only after hard battles; after pow
erfu minorities had held back progress until
enlightened people had overthrown them.
But nothing is ever perfect. That which seems
the peak of perfection soon becomes obsolete and
useless usually through the very demands that
it creates. Machines, constructed to fit certain
needs, must soon be altered to satisfy the chang
ing conditions, they are thrown onto the rub
bish pile. Governments, if sufficiently progressive
to anticipate the needs of the people, must soon
be altered as the people take full advantage of the
opportunities available and learn to demand even
greater reforms.
AS new opportunities arise, new responsibilities
develop, and to grasp the opportunity without
accepting the responsibility is to try to have ones
cake and eat it too.
Life holds many riches, but to win them man
must earn them He who attempts to take every
thing from life and put nothing in for the rest
finds his rewards but hollow mockeries. He who
endeavors to help his fellow man finds that life
is full of riches.
cnNnREsS AnINTTRNS
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-12-23
CLEAR THE TRACK
TO BETTER TIMES
FOR THE RAILROADS AND AMERICA

Since the low point the depression American railroads have
expended millions OF dollars equipments
have made tremendous strides Improvement
senger and freight service
During this period prices Of the things which railroads
buy have about 4O Taxes have increased about 1884,
Wages risen about 1870.
Yetin the face Of these expend
lures equipmentfhe level of freight hos gone
down about 1OR and passenger fores about 1871
As result the margin between outqo
to agriculture industry, business and all Of us.
The railroads must make they provide the
efficient economical transportation upon which highly
developed agriculture and widespread based
and they to continue to operate self supporting pay
ing contributors to national and local prosperity
Manufacturers and producers in lines ordinarily raise
you buy about 4O than they did 1929
the railroads not liberty their except
authority OF the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Now the time has when the railroads
in order to meet the rising tide Of operating costs They have
therefore, submitted for the consideration the Interstate Com
Commission proposed of 5b all freight
with certain exceptions for which fixed provided
The proposed increases will be burden upon either
agriculture To you, consumer, will mean
increase of less hon 10 in the wholesale price
OF commodities Yet this increase in 1aehich the
OF the ralroadsw help to insure their pogressveness
future prosperity which matters only of
local concern.
Remember, the railroad home industry EMPLOYS
local people, makes purchases locally and that
ute substantially the support your schools
public institutions.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 15.-Railroad
obligations flattened before a heavy
burst of liquidation today, as bond
market dealings neared the noon hour.
Setbacks ranged from fractions to
around points.
The rest of the domestic corporate
list was under pressure. as share prices
whirled up and down. but the majority
Of losses were held within a point.
Turnover in Federal loans was small
and fluctuation were narrow in both
directions. Gains, which were in the
majority, did not exceed 1882 of a
point. Government guaranteed bonds
were neglect.
Continued rallying power in Italian
obligations frightened an otherwise
depressed foreign list.
Medium and lower priced rails re-
ceived the toughest handling Boston
& Maine SIS fell around points and
Kansas City Southern SIS were off a
like amount. M. K. T. 4 IS slid about
points and the SIS dropped around q
Of a point or more we're Bethlehem
Steel 3&4s, Erie 5s, Allegheny 5s. Rock
Island As, Steudebaker IS and Illinois
Central 4aas.
New York Dock SIS and Manati
Sugar tbs were off around 6 points
on few trades. Industrial and utility
obligations fell back fractions for the
most part.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
CHICAGO PRODUCE.
(Reported by Chas. D Barney & Co.

>. CHICAGO. October Is P-Poultry
live 37 trucks; hens steady. Springs easy;
Colored Springs. pounds uD and less
than pounds. 20: Leghorn chickens. is;
other live poultry prices UNCHANGED
Butter: lo,46I, steady; creamery. spe-
34'4: extra hrsts ts0-9D. 33ia-34I4
frsts tso-s9, 81 i2-32; seconds 1s4-S1l7l. J.
2s-3012: standards go centralized car
lots), 34i2. EGGS. 3949. frmer: extra
f1rsts, local and cars, 2@l2; fresh graded
hrsts' local and cars, %; current receipts
Pip.
Potatoes. los, on track. 267; total
United States shipments. 173: slightly
stroneer: supplies moderate; demand slow
AT hlgher prices; sacked per hundred
weight, Idaho Russet Burbanks. U s.
No. l., 1,45.-55: Colorado Red McClures,
U. S. No: /. 1,35 Washington Russet Bur
banks. U. S. No. |. 1910; North Dakota
Bliss Triumphs. U. S. No. ! and partly
graded. 1,15-20; Cobblers. u S No /
and partly graded. 92I2-1 90: Early Ohios
y. S. No | and partly graded .O5: South
Dakota Early Ohios; unclassif1ed. S5;
Utah Russet Burbanks. partly Graded
1.35: Nebraska Bliss Triumphs u s. No
and partly graded, 1.20; Minnesota Cob
blers; U. S. No. l and partly graded. 90
%: Bliss Triumphs. partly graded. 95:
Wisconsin round whites. U. S. COM
mercials. So.