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Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
TODAYS
SPORTS PARADE
BY HENRY McLEMORE

of Nathalia Crane, Yehudi Menu
din, the late Thomas Edison, and
a nephew of Einsteins named Pete
OF Horace or something Germanic
like that.
To me this is pretty positive
proof that wrestling is as simple as
backward member of the Juke
family. You don't hear of any man
learning to play championship golf,
tennis, polo, baseball, handball, or
croquet that quickly. All the other
sports require years of diIigent
practice.
Nagurski isn't the only worlds
champion wrestler to break into
full bloom almost overnight.
Danno O'Mahoney, the fearsome
Irishman with the destructive
Irish whip" was another. Danno,
as 1 get 1t, was marching down
the streets of Dublin with his
regiment when an American
wrestling promoter tapped him
for the championship of the
world. And he achieved The title
almost before he had time to get
his ieggings off. One day a SOL
dier, without any experience in
the exact science of grunt and
grean the next magnificent per-
former, with every grimace, every
bit of pantomine, down pat.
I plan to watch Nagurski in action
the first chance I have because ]
am interested to see what new
tangled method of attack he has
developed. Being football player
assume he will employ something
with touch of Pop Warner, Bernie
Bierman, Wallace Wade, or Lynn
Waldorf in it. An off tackle smash
to his foes weak side or perhaps 9
double spinner. The latter prob.
ably will be better because a spinne,
has touch of the fake about it
and wrestling-well never let it bt
said that I cast the first stone.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13

NEW YORK, July 13. WP)-A
group of us intellectuals we're sit
ting around a campfire the other
night, toasting marshmallows and
paying Parchesi, when someone UP
and asked this question:
"Of all the sports, which is the
easiest to mastcr?'
After courteously allowing my
friends to name their choices, and
argue heatedly in their behalf, ]
quietly laid down my toasting fork
and ended the debate by saying
that wrestling was the one and
correct answer.
1 submitted Bronko Nagurski,
and his amazingly quick climb to
the championship of the world
as proof. Bronko made the switch
from football fullback to worlds
champion wrestler so swiftly that
he still was calling signals when
they lifted his hand in triumph.
don't have the exact informa-
tion at hand, but 7 believe that
Bronko became champion month
after he abandoned the gridiron
for mat.
Now Bronko is mighty fine boy
with brilliant pair of biceps, a
lovely matching set of tibulae and
fibulae, and Hart-Schaffner and
Marx torso. But until he took ur
wrestling he never had proved thai
he was an out and out genius
What I mean is, he wasn't chile
prodigy who wrote sonnets at the
age of nine, played the harpischort
at two, beat Titantic Thompson al
poker at three, and took to wearing
glasses and an ear phone at five
Yet, the moment Bronko turned tt
wrestling he started getting results
with speed that pales the efforts
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
TRIPLE PLAY
FAILS TO STOP
PHILADELPHIA

NEW YORK, July 13. CUP)-The
New York Giants executed a triple
play, but lost a chance to gain on
the league leading Chicago Cubs
yesterday in the sizzling heat of
Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. The
Phillies won, 6-3, getting all their
runs in the seventh.
The triple play came in the first
inning. The Phils had loaded the
bases. Arnovich, smacked a low
liner to OFT in right Otis quick
heave caught Martin off second and
Norris off third.
Manager Bill Terry. for the first
tima in his career as player or
manager was banished'in the ninth
for rowing with Umpire Bill Klein
The umpires had a big day in
Pittsburgh where the fourth place
Cardinals nosed out the third place
Pirates, 6-5. The Gas House Gang
got too rough for Umpires Moran
and Parker, and Durocher and
Mize drew walks to the showers.
Ducky Medwick, leading the lea
que with a nifty average of Ali
led the Cards attack with three
hits. driving in as many runs.
Other National League games were
washed out, and the American Lea.
gue's only scheduled battle-be-
tween Cleveland and Chicago-also
called off for the same reason.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
BOB MATTICK
'HOMESICK'

LOS ANGELES, July 13. W.P)-
AS long as it was homesickness and
not "girl trouble" that prompted
young Bobby Mattick to desert the
Los Angeles baseball team an hour
before the game time, he can come
back and all will be forgiven.
President Fleming of the Angels
today waived a penalty or fine for
the % year old crack shortstop who
jumped the club just before the
San Francisco game last Thursday
and went home to st. Louis.
Mattick, sr., an old ball player
himself, met Bobby at the station
and hustled him aboard a return
train.
There had been reports of rock
strewn romance with a st. Louis
girl, but word from Mattick's home
town indicated he was "just home
SICK
1--WE are all young once, chuckled
President Fleming, land often make
mistakes. Boboy just made mis-
take We're inclined to overlook
it if he'll come back and play ball
Apparently he was respondent
over a batting slump because he
had his mind set on going to the
majors. I am convinced that Mat
tick is potential star and can
reach the majors in year or so
by coming back and playing ball."
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
10 20 HAS IT!
SAYS PROMOTER

super something to sell him fight
er who can't fight. For johnson
knows a deal about the fancy,
learned from several years of alb
sorbing rights and lefts that rocket
ed off his square jaw, and dishing
out the same.
Ordinarily Johnson is the opposite
of an Grating senator in discussing
his battlers. A terse Hes a pretty
fair fighter" is high praise. But
speaking of 10 10, Johnston takes
out his cigar (Which in itself is a
great concession) and really pro-
duces true confessions of a ring
promoter.
"This kid has got it, Mayoe he
can't hit Graves, and maybe he
won't beat him and maybe I'm
crazy, but l think he can hit him
and whatever 10 10 hits he can
make a dent in. 1 don't bar any
thing, not even a brick WALL"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13

10 10 Halman is either a knock
out salesman, or the real Mccoy.
Because he has Noel johnson, El
Centro Athletic club promoter sold.
lock stock and barrel, on the idea
that inside a ring 10 10 is about as
harmless as a dozen sidewinders
with hangovers.
10 10 will have chance to prove
how harmful he is Thursday night
in the FL Centro area when he
meets Herman Graves.
A good salesman could probably
sell johnson lot of things he can't
use. from a tin switch engine to
Grants Tomb, but it would take a
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
NEW YORK S1'OCKS
By ELMER c. WALLER
United Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK. July 13. up
Stocks settled down to quiet irreg-
ularity today while grains SCARED
with wheat up the limit of fiuctu-
United states Steel led stocks up
ward In early trading when II
reached new high for the move
ment at 113a. It later declined 70
II Before the close steel came back
to above 112.
A rise in sacoline prices in the
east aided oil shares. The Euro
pean situation and far eastern
Traders hoped for a high rate OF
steel operations but none antici.
pated rise TO the high high of the
year set April rs at s2.3 per cent
Of capacity.
stocks Joined oils on the upside.
Ayiations. utilities, farm shares and
amusements were mixed. On the
downside were coppers. railroad is
sues. motors. tobaceos and rubbers.
A fair amount of buying came
into Newport Industries, which
mounted TO 35h. up X.
Demand for packing issues. to-
gether with firmness in oils. pro
Vided the only interest Packers
we're expected TO profit from high
er prices. Armour and Wilson each
gained fractionally.
Among other gamers were Ameri-
can Can. Du Pont, Phillips Petrol
erffm, which made new high; Rs-
dt2, Texas Corporation. and Union
Pacific.
u s Gypsum gained more than 2.
Sioss Sheffield was up at its high,
but lost half the gain. Budd Man
nfacturing preferred spurted 1 on a
single sale.
Chrysier touched los off "a. but
met support. General Motors al
its low was off nearly a point.
Atchison was down more than a
point Fractional loses were noted
In New York Central Baltimore g.
Ohio. Pennsylvania and Southern
Pacific.
Late trading was very dull. but
American Can jumped more than z
points Just before the final gong.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
averages showed: Industrial 17s2s
off o. As; railroad 5421 off 0.46
utility "a Sc off 0.33
transactions approximated $50.
COO shares compared with 100000
shares yesterday Curb trensac-
tions approximated 213,000 shares
compared with 21s.000 shares yes
ltrday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
MARKET QUOTATIONS
L. A. STOCKS

Los ANGELES, July Is. UP)-
The market marked time today on
the Los Angeles stock exchange
with nearly half the issues traded
changing hands at prices set by
the previous close.
One new low was reahed when
Pacific Distillers. young stock.
was off .15 cents to S1.10 on sale
of 100 shares. Other sales niclud-
ed: Pacific Finance 100 at 221a, un-
changed; ROBBERS Pub. Mkts. 100 at
6A, unchanged; Security units, 25
at 401a. unchanged; Transamerica
300 at 134, unchanged; Bandini Oil
100 at 49s, unc/nged; BolsaChica.
A. 500 at 4 down u; Hancock Oil
300 at 25A down u
Barkers Bros. pfd. jumped "a
points to 80 on sale of so shares
other quotations included: Rich
field Oil 200 shares ga. unchanged, ,
Republic Pet 100 at 17h. down
IL; Standard of Calf, 100 at 44s
up a.; Union Oil 800 at 25S, un-
changed; Creameries of America
100 at 61s up 1s Lockheed Aircraft
100 at 1874, unchanged; Menaseo
Mfg. Co.. 100 at 22s, up Pacific
Lighting pfd. 4e at 105 z, down Il
Southern Pacific 100 at 47A, down
Approximate volume of shares.
$500.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, July 13. -UP)-The
price of a bushel of July wheat
first Of the 1887 crops TO reach this
market. shot up 71a cents on the
Chicago. board of trade today. with
in y cent of the one day trading
limit on the July futures.
The price of July wheat was
posted at S1.27h a bushel
December and September futures
were up the five-cent limit on these
months. December at S1-2Sh and
September at s1.26h a bushel.
The sudden climb in prices spread
TO other markets. Winnipeg report
ed July wheat at S1.491a a bushel,
up the scent limit. and October al
S1.42B busheLup 4b cents. Winni-
peg December wheat was at 1.20A
a bushel, up 5 cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
Another Charge
Traced to Monty,
Golf Mystery Man

SYRACUSE, NY, July 13. (UP)
Syracuse authorities revealed to-
day that the fingerprints of a La
verne Moore convicted here in 1927
on a charge of extortion were the
same as those of the Laverne Moore
sought for the robbery of tavern
at Jay, NY, in 1880.
John Montague, Hollywood's
mystery man of the golf course and
companion of movie stars, admitted
he was the Laverne Moore who
with three others robbed the ta-
vern of $3.50.
The Laverne Moore in the ex-
tortion case was arrested here on
May 5, 1927, after police learned
that he and four other youths OBJ
tanned money from Syracuse man
on the threat that they would men
ton his name to police in connec-
tion with an investigation.
Police said Moore posed as q
detective and that he went to the
mans home and collected two
checks, one for $40 and the other
for $50 Moore kept the $50 check,
police said, and his four compan-
ions split the $40. The next day,
however, the Syracuse man stop
ped payments on the checks and
reported the case to police.
Moore was convicted and given
a six months suspended sentence.
Syracuse officials said, Moore was
noted for his athletoc ability, par
ticularly for baseball and golf.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
Nazi Davis Cuppers
Will Invade /. S.

BERLIN, July 13. CUP)-Ger-
many's two man Davis cup team
Baron Gottfried Won Cramm and
Henner Henkel-will invade the
United Statest late this summer
on the first leg of a world tennis
tour. it was announced today by
the government news agency
They will participate in the
American National Doubles and
Singles Championships. then pro-
ceed to the west coast for tourna.
mentS at San Francisco. and Los
Angeles. Next leg will be to Japan
and thence to Australia and India
They will be accompanied as far
as Japan by the woman player
Marie Louise Horn.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
Beavers Hottest
Coast Loop Team
By UNITED PRESS

Portlands Beavers, hottest clu'o
right now in the Pacific coast
league, moved into San Francisco
today to battle the second place
Seals in a series which probably
will cause some shakeups in the
first division lineup.
The Portlanders, 1886 champions,
have winning streak of six straight
and are only one game out of
fourth place as they take on the
Seals. Baseball experts for several
weeks have been predicting fold
up of the San Franciscans, but they
refuse to skid They took four out
of seven from Los Angeles last
week.
Los Angles, fourth place occu-
pant, invades Sacramento to play
the current pace settlers. With Sa-
cramento back on its home lot after
several weeks on the road, the
Solons are expected to sweep the
series.
San Diego, holding third place a
game behind the Seals, also went
home to play the Missions, the tall
end club from whom they took four
out of seven last week. In the
fourth series, Seattle comes to Oak.
land.
Positions of batting and pitching
leaders in the circuit remained un.
changed in last weeks play.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13

TO make desperate stand to turn
back the northenders. Ell Centro
last week lost to 2 to Calipatria
and 2 to o to Calexico. In the
latter game the border teams ace
moundsman, Eddie The Great
Myers, allowed only one hit.
Brawley's last two games have
been victories. one over Mexicali,
3 to /, and another win over Holt
vile.
Cslexico, riding high on a victory
wave behind Myers great pitching
is favored to continue in the win
column. Myers pitched a no hit, no
run game for Calexico last week
asainst Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
L.. II. LIVESTOCK

LOS ANGELES, July IS. UP)-
Livestocck:
Hogs, 200, steady; choice grain
fed $13-13.50; local $12.65-12.s5
Cattle: 700, holdover 4So. Steady
shart fed steers $3.50; grass steers
s7.50-s.5 so; Mexican 6-6.S5; grass e
81: cutter grade S3.50-5.00, bulls
s5.25-S6. Calves 300. steady; veal
ers Ss.75-S11.00; Texas calves 500
to Ss.25.
sheep, 500 Steady; no lambs
sold; other prices steady; ewes $3-5
good yearIlngs IS; late Monday
lambs were steady TO 25c lower !,
medium to- good California lambs
S1O4o-10.60.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
Shans Fights in
Brawley Tonight

Cleo Shans and Yaquis Joe Con-
zales will enter the Brawley arena
tonight for the main event of a
well balanced ring card. Match
maker Lloyd Brown announced the
shans-G Gonzales match is for the
featherweight championship of the
valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
Markets At
A Glance

tBy United Press)
Stocks higher under lead of steels.
Bonds higher.
Curb stocks advance.
Foreign exchange firm.
Cotton steady.
Grains lower. Corn off 2A to 3H
cents.
Rubber lower
Silver unchanged in New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
THREE SOFTBALL GA
BRAWLEY TO PLAY
IN Ell CENTRIC PARK

Firing opens again tonight along Imperial Valleys sofba front
Bravley will FL Centres Centre
diamond
Losing their last expected
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13

A recent survey disclosed an in
festation of citrus white fly in East
Sacramento. -t- -
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13

The Hedgeside distillery, Napa,
has closed because of the high price
of grain.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
l.. A. BANKS

LOS ANGELES. July 13. up
necurity First Nat1. 49,. No. Quot
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13

Yolo county has close to 5000
acres of tomatoes this season.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
L. A. HAY

Los ANGELES. July 10. UP)-
L $. No ! extra icary S20.0o-2e.5 90
II. q No. ! .,.......... $500 1880
U. y. NO. 2 ieafy ....... s17.00-s17.60
4. \. No 2 & good mixed $3.50 SIS 90
(These prices represent wholesale e
quotations. Retail prioNH EeH$raiiy
run $500 higherl.l p
Imperial Valley press., 1937-07-13
L. A. BUTTER Dc EGGS

LOS AHG ELES. July 10. UP)-
Butter and esgsi
Butter extra 34c; prime firsts
32Mc: standard 32c; undergrade 29-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-05
CITY ABATTOIR
MAY Be SET UP
Present One on Eagle
Street Sought BY Wa
terbury Brewing Co.

Plans for the erection OF q new
city abattoir will be placed before
the board Of works tonight by Sup
erintendent Of Streets Thomas J.
Fleming. Negotiations are underway
for the purchase Of the present
municipal abattoir on Eagle street
by the Waterbury Brewing Com
pany. No definite arrangement ha:
been reached as yet and 1t is pos
sible, 1t was learned today, that the
sale may not be contaminated.
Expansion OF the business Of the
brewing company Is believed to be
the reason for, the desire to pur-
chase the present building occupied
by the abattoir. The abatoir, located
on Eagle street, was purchased from
the old Eagle Brewery Company
The main plant Of the old Eagle
Brewing Company was taken over
subsequently by the Waterbury
Brewing Company are inadequate
and All effort Is being made to buy
the abattoir building back again.
The board of works will be asked
tonight to pass on the proposition
and, II 1t approves the sale. to cal,
for bids for the erection of a new
structure in South Waterbury ON
the sewer bed land owned by the
city. The new site Is just of South
Leonard street and near the loca =
ton OF the now unfinished sewage
disposal plant.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-05
Waterbury Facing Increase In
Welfare Department Expenses
Survey Indicates POSSIBLE
ity Of $50, 900; Yearly
Expense T; Facts Cited

innate that only twenty-five per-
cent Of these workers are eligible
for unemployment, W can add
these SO to the ITO from the group
under forty-five and estimate that
roughly speaking, go men and
women, out Of the $40 on the w.
p. A. will eventually be absorbed
by industry as the opportunity Of
1ers.
This means that the city, which
In the last analysis means the
taxpayer, Is facing an additional
relief load Of 600 cases whenever
the w. p. A. ceases to function.
Combine this number with the
400 unemployables which the De-
partment Of Public Welfare Is
now supporting and we have 1000
permanent relief cases. Using a
minimum relief cost Of $1,000
weekly per family, the total ex-
pense TO the city will run from
$4,000 to $4,000 monthly or
$4,000 per year. and this Is not
the entire story for TO this figure
should be added the salaries Of the
Welfare Department together with
tn cost Of maintaining patients
in state institutions and of oper-
ating the hildren's Home Com
mission and Brookside Home.
With this information, we con-
clude the city must be prepared
for a substantial increase In the
cost OF It's Welfare Department.
AS the w. P. A. continues to drop
workers here and there, certain
percentage Of them will find their
way 10 the Welfare Department
rolls. Each addition will add TO
the weekly expense.
Mrs. Verdon Is operating the
Welfare Department at cost pei
case as low as decent living stand
ards will permit. II her case
load Is increased by a sudden de-
cision Of the w. P. A. to drop all
physically handicapped workers las
several forecasters have recently
predicted, the city. must approp-
riate t, e, funds necessary to meet
the additional expense and thre
is no scaping the obligation.
In any case 1t should be a
source Of pride and satisfaction to
every citizen to know that the De-
partment of Public Welfare Is In
skilled hands, operating Efficient
" and economically.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-05

The split Of population among
the town Of 5000 or more residents
Is estimated as follows:
Ansonia 1858; Berlin 5,2el;
Branford 1887; Bridgeport 14o,13s;
Bristol $1,000; Danbury 30,332;
Darien 8,00e: Derby 11,O0S; East
Hartford 1913: East Haven 10,953:
Enfield 1925; Fairfield 2l,287;
Pennington 6,l4s: Glastonbury S.
o13; Greenwich 4O,768; 0riswold
1919; Groton 1887: Hamden IT,
SIT; Hartford 1887: Killingly g.
906; Manchester 24,725; Meriden A.
1877.
Middletown 1898; Milford 1850;
Naugatuck 14,415; New Britain 49,
085: New Canaan $3.50; New Haven,
166, 484; Newington 6,124; New Lon
don 32,540; Norwalk 41,7i7; Nor
witch 34,173; Plainfield 7,643; Plain
VILE 7,845; Plymouth $3.50: Putnam
5000; Seymour 6,967; Shelton TO-
562: Southington 0.80l: Stafford g.
1T; Stamford 68,575; Stonington
1853; Stratford 24,062; Thompson,
5000.
Torrington 2S,038: Vernon $50;
Wallingford 1912; Waterbury 1885,
TOO: Waterford 5.313; Watertown g.
656; West Hartford 36,372; West
Haven 26,352; Westport 6,747;
Wethersfleld 9,752; Winchester g.
674; Windham 13,477, Windsor 10
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-05
Amateur Rating
| Saves Accused
From High Court

A burglar" who chopped his
way into o cellar to steal q jug
Of wine was recognized As
non professional from his tech
lique by Judge John r. McGrath
In city court today and thereby
escaped being bound over TO SUI
perior court. The Judge changed
q charge of breaking and enter
ing TO one Of breach of the peace
and gave the accused q jail sen
tence Of 90 days.
The accused who gave his I'ame
~ jeremiah Bresnahan was ar
rested last night by Motor PATROL
men Phelan and Magner after he
had been caught In q cellar ut
1871 Baldwin street. Emelia Con-
gales. in whose cellar he was
found, said that he had entered
through q cellar window into
vacant cellar ard had then used
an axe to chop down the door In
TO her cellar, where some wine
YVES stored.
1--WE heard lots Of cases Of
breaking and entering" said the
judge" but never one like this. A
professional burglar would never
act like that"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-05
Estimate Supplied
By State Officials
On Approved Survey
Waterbury Holds Position as Fourth Largest City in
Connecticut New Haven County Leads in Total
Computation State Growing Rapidly

Waterbury's population should be
800 by July LIST. the Connecticut
department Of health estimates.
The current weekly bulletin Of the
department gives this advance fig-
ure. During the past two years, In
filing statistics with federal authori-
ties, Health Ofilcer DR.. T.. J. Cod
frey has quoted his data on an es-
timated population Of 104,400.
The 1890 federal census gave Wa
terbury population figure Of only
D0,90i. Surveys taken since then
by the WPA and enumerators for
the old age assistance tax have
shown considerable jump in the
number Of residents here.
Connecticut's population will be
1,766,o47 on July LIST next, the state
health department figures. The
1890 federal census gave the state
credit for 1,606,903 residents. Ac-
.cording TO the departments esti-
mate Connecticut's population Is
largely concentrated In the towns
having 5000 or more residents, these
towns row having total Of 1857
40 Inhabitants while the combined
count Of the remaining liz towns
Is 1882.
Waterbury still continues the
fourth largest city in Connecticut.
The figure arrived at by the de-
partment Is based upon methods OF
computation approved by the fed
eral bureau OF census for estimating
the advance Of population In the
intervals between the official de-
cennial count.
Computation
The State Department Of Health
annually undertakes the computa-
ton OF population growth of each
town and county and of the state
because the total number Of resi-
dents In the various subdivisions
Is a governing factor In determining
such vital statistics as the deaths,
birth and marriage rates and the
rates for disease incidence and
causes of death. These rates In turn
are very important In revealing to
the health authorities changing
trends which show the points of at
tack upon which the health defen-
siye machinery must be concern
trHted.
The population figure Of 1885,
947 will be the base In determining
these illuminating rates for Con-
necticut during the year 1887.
According to the health depart