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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
Spotlighting Brass City News
"Old Story"

Five pieces of apparatus were called yesterday to quell the result of four year old Louis Lebraux, Jr's. first experience in playing with matches. Left alone for few moments while his mother went to the store, little Louis set fire to c wastepaper basket, and the en- suing blaze caused $200 damage to the house at 36o Mil street, which is owned by Angelo Lombardo, The blaze was confined to the kitchen of the two story house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
1000 Guests!

Approximately 2,000 members of the Sons of Italy, Provincia D'Avelino Lodge, are expected to attend the annual outing of the unit at Lakewood, Sunday. Arr arrangements have been completed by a committee headed by An- thony Colosanto. assisted by Deputy Sheriff Nick Jamele.
 The program will include re- treatments, music, and a contest of sporting events. Prizes will be awarded for the latter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
MINOR DEFINED

Hartford. Conn. July 2s-(UP)-- The attorney generals office today defined a minor" as any person under 2i.
 The definition was made on re- quest of State Labor Commissioner Joseph M. Tone. who. under Q new law, must register all minors" em- ployed in industry.
 Some employers. Tone said, in- sisted q minor" was someone un- der ia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

Late yesterday afternoon there was considerable excitement in lo- col circles when 1t became known that the library book mending pro- ject, which is now functioning with five members, had been closed for the reason that there was no more money left in the appropriation.
 Conference Held
 But the wires started buzzing soon after this disheartening news had been published and before long
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
SIGNS FARM TENANCY

Washington. July 23--(uP)-PTes- ident Roosevelt today signed the compromise farm tenancy bill which seeks to alleviate tenancy evils un- der an experimental program of fedora laid Co farmers purchasing their own lands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
THIEYEs FAILED

Bristol. Conn. July 2s-(UP1- Thieves were unsuccessful in an ate tempt to open Q safe at the Hurl- burt Motor Gar O., offices.
 so they stole a sedan from the companys showroom window. They dr1Ve it out back door.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
RY ELMER Q. wALzER

New York, July 2S-Stocks frmed in moderately active trading at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23

The All G-Man in person will
 present diplomas tomorrow when
 his crime specialists complete
 their schooling.
 of police activity has been consid- cred of sufilcient importance to justify personal attendance ct this course of training by thirteen chiefs of police in order that they could return to their departments and take personal charge of the in- struction not only of the recruits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-23
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The Washington times., 1937-02-05

before the pass. In this way
we had headway for our double
and triple passes; the single
and double reverSes.
GREAT BASIC FORMATION
"On one of these reverses
Bracklin took the ball from
CaIac and shot inside Of Dart
mouths tackles. They never
learned how to stop that play.
GuyOn tore through, and l was
lucky enough to make a couple
of forward passes in the pinch
that all played their part in a
great victory.
Here's a little Sidelight on
the game. We played Penn at
Franklin Field a week before
we met Dartmouth" Welch went
on. Dartmouth scouts thought
we would have to uncover our
stuff, but we didn't. We won
without it. So when we flashed
the double wing on the Green,
they Just couldn't fathOm it.
Warner took the formation to
Pitt, and then to the Pacific
Coast, but the Indians first used
it, and l think it is the greatest
of all the basic formations"
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

4@S4S AGS OS1S AV'
The carrot-top, who saw his own
1872 game of last week in the same
loop topped by the record effort,
laughed his characteriStically gay
philosophy:
Tough break for me, yes, but
it might have been tougher. He
might have rolled it last week
and robbed me Of first prize in
the Washington Times High
Game contest for the week."
And over in another section of
the town, Agnes Rubin is also bub-
bling over with happiness for her
147 game with the R. E. A. Clean
ers in Ladies District League
Copped first prize among the fems.
Won Couple of Prizes
Winner of a couple of 81 prizes
earlier in the season, Agnes has
been looking forward to snatching
the main prize in the near future.
Now her ambition has been real
lied but that only has given rise
to another ambition, that of re-
peating the performance.
Charles Young, assistant secre-
tary of the National Duck Pin
Bowling Congress, just back from
trip to Miami, Fla, will be
doubly glad to receive the mems
second prize of $3.50 for his 172
game in the Georgetown CONNER
cial League.
A 142 game in the Eastern Star
League gave Corille Scarlet sec
ond money among the females.
Three pinettes whose names are
household words among the bowl
ing fraternity caShed in on ST
prizes, Helena Kohler. Rena Levy
and Billie Butler. Two up and
coming young feminine perform
ers, Georgia Hayes and Alma
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Louis
Fight Awaits
Signature
BY BILL COLLINS

CHICAGO, Feb. 5.-EXcept for
the formal rigamarole Of taking
pictures of Joe Louis and Jimmy
Braddock squiggling their sigma
lures to the contracts. their tiLular
bout was set today.
June % is the date, White Sox
Park the site.
The chief obstacle to a cham.
pionship bout in Chicago, Max
Schmeling'S contract for a title
fight with Braddock to be pro-
NOTED by Madison Square Garden
in New York June 8, was easily
disposed Of. 1t was just ignored.
Max Jacobs, who holds a five
year contract on Louis services,
delivered the signed contracts for
the bout to the Sporting Club of
Illinois, the promoting organiza-
tion, yesterday.
Jacobs also holds a contract On
Schmeling's services, and Max is
on his cuff for $4,000, but he
seemed unperturbed by the Schmel.
ing-MadiSon Square Garden angle.
Let Jimmy Hold Bag
All concerned were willing to
let Jimmy Johnston hold the bag.
Said Chairman Joe Triner Of the
Illinois Athletic Commission:
eve don't care anything about
it. That's up to Gould Joe
Gould, BraddOck's manager.
He can get out of it anyway he
can. BraddOck will sign a con-
tract to fight Louis here and
that's all we care about"
Said Jacobs:
II haven't any contract with
the Garden. 1 merely released
SchemIing to the Garden for a
championship fight for a share
of the profits, just as I'm doing
with Louis for the fight in Chi
cagO. If have any difficulties
to get out of they won't affect
the Louis -BraddOck fight at ALL"
Schmeling, apparently, is to help
Jimmy Johnston hold the afore-
mentioned bag.
Fly to New York
Braddock and Gould, Triner an
nounced, will fly here from New
York Monday for the formal sign
ing ceremony in which Louis and
his managers, Julian Black, who
yesterday was publicly very mad
at Jacobs, and John Roxborough
will take part.
Braddock's contract, it is under
stood, calls for so per cent Of the
receipts, and Louis 1712 per cent.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

GuS WEIGH, IGCGllGly dPpOII1GCO
director of athletics at American
University, played quarterback for
the Indians. Welch's play that
day won him All-America ranking
by Walter Camp.
Joe Guyon, brother of Eastern
High Schools popular athletic
coach, played halfback on the In
dian team that same afternoon
and no man ever played a greater
game of football.
"a lot of football fans think
that Warner developed the
double wing back formation at
Stanford" Gus WeIch said this
morning as we sat together and
cut up a few old touches. "As a
matter of fact, the double wing
first was used against Dart
mouth in that game in New
York city.
81 remember that game as if
it were played yesterday" con-
tinued Welch. Dartmouth led
us, 9 to 0, at half time, and 1
guess everyone thought we we're
all through. We were using a
tandem formation in that first
half.
POWER PLUS DECEPTION
eve had been working on the
double wing at Carlisle in prac-
tice, but had not used it. 1 was
captain of the team, and said
to Coach Warner, How about
that new fOrmatiOn?'"
go ahead" was his answer.
1--WE started in the second
half and scored IS points. New
York sports writer's said it was
one of the greatest displays of
power and deception ever made
by any football team.
81 was playing wing-back on
the right de-" continued the
sachem Of the ChippewaS. Guy
Bracklin, a Sioux, was on the
left wing. Peter Calac was in
the pOwer-back position and Joe
GuyOn played alongside of him.
'The original double wing was
somewhat different from the
formation you see today" Welch
said. "The wings played wide
of the tackle, threatening in
side or outside. But the other
backs played four and One-half
yards behind the line, and paral-
lei to the line of scrimmage.
"The ball was passed to either
GuyOn or Calac, and either
Bracklin or 1 started in motion
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
King Kong K|eins
Meet Brewers

King Kong" Klein's All-Stars,
who play the Heurich Brewers
professional team Sunday after
noon at $3.50 at Heurich's gym,
Twenty-sixth and D Sts. N. W.,
are said to be experts in basket
ball "dunking."
With each Of the six former
college stars stretching close to
six feet or more, the All-Stars are
expected to provide local pro fol-
lowers with some rare "dunking'
entertainment.
Among KleinS teammates who
will be seen in action are Moe
Strauss and Harold Weinstein,
former N. Y. U. stars; Bud Hol-
burn, formerly of North Carolina
State; Harold Fitzpatrick and
Tidy Millen, late of Brooklyn Visi,
tation.
No New York team-and the
best have been here-haS been
able to defeat Heurich at home
on Sunday afternoon. The Brew.
ers have victimized Renaissance,
Original CelticS, Brooklyn Dux.
New York Presidents and more re-
Gently the New York Whirlwinds
There will be a triple-header
Sunday. At 1870, CCC (Ole) will
meet District Fire Department
ard at 2:30 Fort Myer will face
Sterling before the main game.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Facts
Feature Of
Golf Confab
By HARRY COSTELLO

Nearly 500 greenskeeperS from
all parts of the United States and
Canada, who were in Washington
these past three days for the an
nual convention of the National
Association of GreenskeeperS, to-
day are homeward bound, satisfied
that this years convention sur
passed in educational value any
previous gathering of the aSsocia
tion, which is now II years old.
Probably the outstanding fea-
ture of this years convention, held
at the Wardman Park Hotel, was
the concentration of the green's
keepers on mastering the details
of fungicides.
While it has been said that the
greenSkeeper always likes and sell
dom gets definite information on
any subject connected with his
profession, especially as it pertains
to the use of chemicals, this years
convention actually witnessed the
spread of definite information on
turf diseases and their control.
Arrive at Conclusions
The experts, it is true, do not
profess to be right in every case,
but through long terms of expert
mentation they have, through
the process Of trial, arrived at GER
tain definite conclusions and these
conclusions they readily passed
along to those hardy men who
must prove themselves mechanics,
chemists, agriculturalists and sales,
men all at one and the same time
One little dreams of the cost
CONTINUED on Page Al, Col. u
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Fans See
.NdtieHaviinQ
A Chance
By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

One finds no little
sentiment locally indi-
eating t h a t N a t i e
Brown has a better
than good chance to
"stay with" Joe Louis
for the full route when
they meet socially for
the second time at
Kansas City come the
18th inst.
One also finds that there are
some optimistic souls who have
convinced themselves Matte has
a chance, if only an outside
one, to maybe sneak some sort
of a cop at the expense OF
Louis or otherwise come off
with the best of the argument.
Their lines of argument, these
imaginative, wide-eyed ring fans,
are interesting, whether or not
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

Schultz captured the other two
prizes.
The five other men winners
were Cooper Orme. Gordon w
Parker, Gordon Scott, Joe Harri
son and Victor Heflin. List o.
winners:
WOMEN's WINNERS
Agnes Rubin. Ladies' District
League, ?375 Champlain st.
n. w. Apt. 3O4.. -.. o.. 147 $50
COriIle Scarlette. Eastern Star
League, Lucky Strike Alleys,
Fourteenth and Riggs SITS.
Helena Kohler Eastern star
League, Lucky Strike Alleys.
Fourteenth and Riggs SITS.
Rena Levy. south Atlantic III "
Ladies' League. Rosslyn Al.
Georgia Hayes. Washington
Ladies' League. Arcadia AL
Ieys. Fourteenth st. and Park
Alma Schultz. silver Spring
Ladies' League. Silver Spring
Alleys. Silver Spring, Md 1873 10
Billie Butler, Ladies' District
League, Arcadia Alleys, Four
teenth st. and Park Ri. n. W. 1871 10
MEMS WINNERS
Pinxy Bradt, Columbia Heights
League. Arcadia Alleys, Four
teenth St. and Park Rd n. w. 1872 $50
Charles Young, GEORGETOWN
Commercial League, George
town Recreation Alleys, 1926
Wisconsin Ave. n. W.. 172 2.5
Cooper OFme. ROsslyn Indepen-
dent League, ROsslyn Alleys,
ROsslyn. Va.......... 169 10
Gordon W. Parker, Resettle-
ment League, PetwOrthy Al
leys, 3712 Georgia Ave. n. W. 1853 10
Gordon Scott. Daylight League,
Convention Hall Alleys. Fifth
and X SITS. n. w.. .. 1873 10
Joe Harrison. Mems District
League. Georgetown ReCrea-
tiOn ALLEYS. 1925 Wisconsin
Ave. y. ...-.... -...... 1853 l.O
Victor Heflin. Bankers League.
Arcadia Alleys. Fourteenth st.
and Park nd w 15A a
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Eagles 10 Play
Lyn(hburq

American University's basket
ball team will play its first game
under its new coach, Paul Smith,
on Saturday night when the
Eagles oppose Lynchburg Col
lege. Smith formerly played at
Dickinson and has been director
of intramural athletics at Ameri-
can for the past three years.
The squad under Smith has
been strengthened by the return
of Emerson Bartlett. Bob Hill
and Hal Toner. basketball letter
men Of other years.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

Wrestling fans who attended last
nights show in Turner's Arena to-
day are wondering how Jack
Hader, a wrestler. escaped death,
or a fainting spell, or something
last night when he was cracked
over the head with chair welded
by a spectator who must have
been an expert chair-swinger.
AS 1900 people looked on, the
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
[RED FAN ENLIVENS MAT CARD
BY THROWING CHAIR

in 321a minutes with a Japanese
leg hold and John Katan tossed
Joe Dusek in 3312 minutes with
a dropkick and body press.
The Hader-Ralph Garibaldi bout
was called a draw, although the
doctor ordered the thing stopped
after Hader had been cracked over
the noodle by the chair-swingpg
spectator.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Billiard Queen PIavs
Exhibitions Here

The worlds woman pocket bill
lizard champion, comely and left
handed Ruth McGinnis, will help
launch Georges Modernistic Bill
lard Academy, 143 B st. S. E, to-
night at O'Clock, and will also
give exhibitions tomorrow and
Monday.
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

'irate fan got in his dirty work, but
Hader didn't die, or faint, or any
thing. The chair-swinging episode
took place as preliminary bout
was in progress.
In another bout, Leverne Bax-
ter and Abe Coleman offered a
swell riot act-a tWo-man riot act
in the aisles.
In the So-called double windup,
Cliff Olson won over Mike Mazurki
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

Jimmy Dykes will be called up
on to do no little manipulating Of
pitchers this spring. Vernon Ken
nedy, of course was outstanding,
and will be the No. l pitcher this
year. Monte Stratton and Silent"
John Whitehead will be used IN
order. A surprising bit of inforna-
ton comes from Chicago sources
to the effect that Dykes intends
to use Sugar" Cain and Bill Diet
rich as two starting pitchers.
Will "SpOt" Pitchers
Cain could not win in Phila-
delphia nor st. Louis. Dietrich
failed in Philadelphia and WASH
ington before finding himself in
Chicago.
Dykes will develop a policy of
"spotting" pitchers. There are
some hurlers who just natura! y
beat some clubs. Italo Chellnl
generally manages to give Wash"
ington a tough time of it, and we
may expect to see him in action
against the Griffs in or out of
turn. Some of the other pitchers
will be worked on that same policy.
Dykes striving to gain every edge
possible.
Whitley Wiltshire, cast off Of
the Athletics, is possibility for
the SoX this year. If he can re-
gain something of his best form,
he will be a great aid to the
White Sox.
Rigney, of St. Paul, seems to
be the most promising of the
minor league crop that seeks to
make the grade with the White
Sox this year. Rigney is a big
boy and won 10 games in the
American Association last year.
Luke SeWeu looms as first
string catcher, and he is of top
ranking. The rest of the staff
is not too strong, figured by any
process. There isn't a real good
hitter on the roster.
Luke hppling, batting cham
pion of the American League,
figures to be the head liner Of
the Sox this year. He cracked
the ball for a tidy average of
1888 last year. Bonura is next
as power hitter, and then the
rest are Just run of the mine.
1t may develop that Dykes this
year will step down If he can
develop someone to take his
place.
Dykes last year had slowed to a
degree where he was almost as
effective sitting down as standing
up. He is one of the veterans of
the major leagues in point of con-
tinuous service, and is not quite
up to the task of taking the pound
ing day in and day out.
Piet VS.. Hayes
Tony Piet will give Minter
Hayes a struggle for second base
honors, and may win the assign
ment.
Steve Mesner, a kid from Los
Angeles, is an infielder and may
develop into very valuable young
man. If he can learn how to play
third and maintain that .344 aver
age of his California days he will
be a real sensation.
Larry Rosenthal looms as the
center fielder. This young man
can cover a lot Of territory, and is
a dangerous, if not particularly
prolific hitter. Ripper Radcliff i
a potent batSman, but not SO hot
in his defense. However, few find
fault when hits ring off the Rip
per'S bat.
Henry Steinbacher, who hit .35e
with st. Paul last year, may be q
great help to Chicago this year.
The entire picture of the Chi
cago club is one of a team that
may wreck the pennant hopes o1
any team in the league with little
more than a fighting chance Of
finishing in the first division it
self.
IF l. NI
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
BY FRANK BUCK" 0'NEILL

Jimmy Dykes looks to the of 1887 with all the conf
dence manager who found the best combination of his club
last year. and who expects bigger and better things in the
The White sox finished third last season.
truly surprising achievement reviews the potenaes of
the Yankees Tigers Red sox and Indians they seemed
this time last The margin of the sox over the Gfs
narrow indeed, but it was margin, and it served.
So nothing lower than third place will satisfy the White Sox
this year. Chicago beat out Washington for third place largely
because defeated the Gfs with the greatest during
Chicago took 6 from Washington and lost only
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Carlisle First to Use
Double Wing-Back
By FRANK BUCK" o'NEILL

Football fans in general think that the double wing back
developed by Glenn s. Warner at Stanford
University there that the formation gained its greatest
fame it first used against bewldered opponent by
the Carlisle Indians in 1913 Dartmouth the VICTIM and
Polo Grounds New York city the of action
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Last Nights Fights

At New York Pedro MOntaneZ. 140,
Puerto Rico, knocked out Joe La Fauci
1873. New York (2).
Milton Cofresi, i47. Puerto Rico de-
cisiOned Jimmie GassarO, 146, New York
(a)S
The Washington times., 1937-02-05

= OF the most glamorous fight
> careers the record books reveal, is
stung by the adverse criticism, JUS
titled or otherwise, accruing from
: his failure to "catch up" with
Bob Pastor a week ago.
? Joseph Barrow Louis knows he
can't afford to let two foes in sue
. cesSion finish out fight with
him. He never has and it stands
: to reason he won't soon again.
: That is one phase Of Louis posi-
ton in his forthcoming fight with
f. the washington boxer that is i'm
portant.
p Another phase-and tremen-
. dously vital one-is the difference
In their competitive edge and
= spirit.
AlWays in Form
. Joe Louis handlers have re.
= Vealed unusual sl1reWdness in keep
ing their man fighting; with Joe's
assert, of course Any smart fight
man will tell you the way to keep
in fighting form is by fighting
opponents-n:l only spar mates,
= gymnasium rtnerS, punching
bags or body bags.
= Louis fought 10 times in 1886;
an average of once every five
weeks. Matte Brown, who, like the
late Sarah Bernhart, retired and
then reconsidered a time or two,
- CONTINUED on Page Al, Col ~
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
Bradt and Rubin Cop
Times Duckpin Cash
By GINo SINH

George "Pinky" Bradt the roicing red-head Of Foggy
Bottom was pattng himself back energecay Wednes
day morning after Tony DeFno 2O8 game in the Columbia
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
DUCKPIN
Honor Roll
Last Nights Scores
At Arcadia Alleys
Mems District League

At Arcadia Alleys
Mems District League
Paul Jarman (Heurich) ..........sS- $50
Lon PantOs (Arcadia) )............... ISL
Ed BIakeney (HeUriCh) ............ ISL
Ladies Federal League
Elizabeth MinsOn UabOr) .......... 1913
Anna Smith (AAA) ................. 125
Pauline Bradburn (WaT) ........... 1913
Margaret SmOOt (FHA ............ 1913
C. & P. Ladies' League
Helen smith (NOrth) h)............... 1873
Catherine HartunK (NOrth) ......... 124
Marguerite winchester (NOrth) zee. ia
At Recreation Alleys
Department Store League
Leroy Henry (Kann's) )............ 14S
Joe Hess (Palais Royal ............ 1877
Dwight Terry (Palais ROyaD ...... 130
Recreation League
EI Geib post Offiee) .........s.,.. 140
Irwin Simon University Shopl ..... 14S
AstOr Clarke (DiplOmat) ............ 143
George Pickett (MarbOrO HoteD... 142
At TGEonlG Alleys
TakOma Association League
Dutch Sherbahn (Park Pharmacy 172
At RoSSlyn Alleys
Agriculture Interbureau League
Chester LindstrOm (Plant) ......... I57
Benny Benidt (Sugar) .............. IiS
John Rose Nnterbureau ........... l3S
At PetWorth Alleys
Inter-SOrOrity League
Helen Bailey (Chi Sigma No. L. =. 1874
Catherine Counts (Chi Sigma No. y. 127
L. LinthycOmbO beta Gamma PhD ia
The Washington times., 1937-02-05
A Wider Knowledge

ones self into any conVlctlon. II
one listens long enough.
A Wider Knowledge
For instance, there is one line
of reasoning that maintains Matte
Brown will go into the ring at
Kansas City with far greater
knowledge of Louis fighting style,
than he possessed in Detroit in
March, 1885.
Also that Matte not only has
the benefit of that gruelling TO-
round affair with Louis, but the
added benefit Of having watched
Louis fight at least half dozen
times since then, thereby en-
hancing his familiarity with the
ring tactics, offensive and defen-
sive, of the Detroit bomber.
Add these sets of circumstances
and the inference is that at least
Matte should do no worse than he
did nearly two years ago, stay the
limit and lose the decision, or,
benefiting by that experience and
subsequent observation, maybe
-contrive to exc out some sort of
q victory.
Complete Picture
If the debate were to be cut off
there, Natie's well-wiShers might
seem to have a basis for their
faith. However, all of the facts
are not considered by these fanci-
,ful souls and possibly I can sub
nit a few angles to complete
more rational analysis.
First, let's acknowledge the fact
that Joe Louis, in the midst of one