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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-08

I'm worried" Melita said. "Your brother and MT: Harper have had plenty of time to circle the island"
 Sure" agreed Tom lightly. They've probably run onto some- thing"
 ''Then why aren't they back?"
 They'll be along soon," young Forrest insisted. Calmly lighting up his pipe, he began to tell them of the cruise in the open ocean which he had taken with his brother and Grant Harper last summer. Apparently oblivious to the fact that Melita and Priscilla scarcely listened, anxious to get their minds of Kay Dearborn and the events of the past two days, he talked fast and furiously.
 It did not work. At last Melita sprang to her feet, hands clenched tightly. T can't stand this wait- ing! Why can't we go ashore and try to do something? How can Priscilla and ever be sure that your brother and Harper are lock- ing for Kay?"
 Because they said they were going to-" mentioned Tom Forrest quietly. "If you like we can 20 up on deck until they return"
 Somewhat ashamed of her out burst and considerably subdued by young Forests gray eyes, Me- linda agreed.
 They had not long to wait before they were rewarded by the faint sound of the speedboat's motor. The three stood anxiously by the rail as the rhythmic purr grew into a roar, Then Melita's heart sank as she saw that the approaching boat did mot carry Kay Dearborn. A single fig ure was in the boat, and that one at the wheel.
 Grants not aboard. said Tom in a puzzled tone. T wonder why he stayed on shore?"
 Priscilla's voice was choked' Something's happened to Kay. 1'm-I'm sure of it!
 Nonsense, Miss Dunn. Let's see what news Mac brings"
 They were at the rail only an- other minute or so before the sleek, fast speedboat drew along side. Cutting the motor and stand ing up, Mac Forrest tossed a line to his brother and climbed ex- citedly aboard the "Mistral."
 Where's Grant, Mac?"
 T don't know"
 You don't know!" exclaimed the trio at once.
 "No more than you do. He had me stand by at the north end of the island while he went ashore was to start along the shore in an hour if he didn't show up. But when l followed his instructions there wasn't sign of him. I went up and down the east side of the island three or four times, but no luck. So came back here to see if you'd seen him."
 We haven't" Tom told him grimly. T think we'd better have another try"
 His brother nodded. T did see the Chinook. She's moored of the other side of the island. But there's nobody aboard"
 Then Rays on the iSland!"
 Mac turned to Melita. Tt looks that way. And my guess is that Grant must have found her. And ." His voice trailed into si- lence. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-08
TUGS TO BE FIRE FIGHTERS

Toledo, (UP)-Four Great Lakes Towing company tugs have beeo equipped by the city fire depart ment for use as marine fire fighting force in Toledo harbor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-08
Brain TWizzlerS By Prof. ). D. Flint

The complicated age problems seem to intrigue a great number of Twizzlers. Some have even discov- cred that the age spacing of their own families works itself into a Twizzler beautifully. Not only that but one Twizzler even turned poet (would it be too harsh to say, after a fashionO and gives you this prob lem:
 There's Dad and Ma. Brother
 and me,
 The sum of our ages is eighty
 three.
 Six times Dads age is seven times Mas
 And she is three times me"
 What are the ages2
 Answer to Yesterdays TwIzzler
 A trapper cut a piece of rope one and one-half times the length of the boat and tied his own ring at point two-thirdS of the ropes length from one end. The short end he then tied to the prov ring of the boat and the other end to the stern ring, forming a bridIe. The long piece of rope which he still had he ran AEound . tree at an adjudged dis- mnce above the island and the ends he tied to the bridge ring. The cur- rent swung him out to the island like a pendulum.
 t0cpyrisht John ?. Dllle col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-08

QLUE-EYED, yellow-haired, a - daughter was born to Ananias and Eleanor Dare on lonely Roaroke Island just $50 years ago. In honor of her birthplace, her parents christened her Virginia. She was the first child of English lineage born in the New World.
 Members of Sir Walter Raleigh's second colonial expedition to America. the Dares landed at, Roanoke Island in the summer of 1887. On Aug. t8, Virginia was born. Mrs. Dare was the daugh- ter of Henry White. governor of the colony.
 Nine days aAter lAIs grano- daughter was born. White re- turned to England to seek addi- tional supplies and equipment for his colony. And there history takes leave of little Virginia. To- day she is still the mystery child of North America.
 When. Governor Wnile .-..--.. in England, he found the Spanish Armada threatening the country and he was obliged to postpone his return voyage. When he finally returned to Roanoke two years later and anchored opposite the fort he had helped build, no sign of life greeted him. A search revealed nothing of the hundred odd colonists. Carved upon a tree, instead, was the single word "Croatan." Thus was the fate of Virginia Dare sealed. So it re- mains sealed $50 years later on her anniversary as the United States houors her with a stamp. :
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-08
CHAPTER XI

N Melita and Priscilla were too dis tracted over the disappearance of Kay to enjoy the comparative lux ury of the "Mistral." Yet they were grateful for the cool water from her tanks, and the strengthening coffee and sandwiches Tom Forrest served up.
 "You don't have to worry" he assured them. Grant is right. If we don't scare up your friend around here we'll start out after the cruiser. And don't forget that this little white tub will make 12 or 13 knots"
 How will we know where to follow?" asked Priscilla.
 Don't worry" said Forrest eva sively. "'We1l find her. Every thing is going to be all right. Do you girls feel the need of some shut-eye? There's comfortable cabin aft that's all ready"
 Neither Priscilla nor Melita ex- pressed any desire to sleep. "Good!"> exclaimed Tom For rest. "Ill show you the good ship, then"
 As some people judge them, the 'Mistral" was not a big yacht but she was husky and ample, a 64.foot pleasure vessel that made the little Chinook" seem modest indeed.
 She's a private boat" Tom For rest explained ned by an old man who's like P old lady who lived in the shoe. ,he had so many children she didn't know what to do. This old fellow has so many yachts he doesn't know what to do-so he chartered this one to the university. Mac and Grant and had her last summer, too. She's all fitted out for the study of static oceanography."
 ''ytatic what?" asked Priscilla.
 "Static oceanography," Tom grim ned. If you tell me you know what it means I'll be disappointed as all get out"
 well" said Melita for both of them, i've don't"
 That's the study of the physi- cal and chemical properties of water This boat is ideal for our work, because most of the space is available for equipment rather than living accommodations. She's got a high speed Diesel engine with plenty of soup-that's why we pass ed you so easily that day"
 T remember" said Priscilla mean ingly.
 Furthermore" went on Tom en- Enthusiastically, she's got an oceano- graph which is driven by separate motor"
 Not really?" Melita smiled de- spite her worries. There was some thing about Tom Forests enthu- sissm that was deeply appealing.
 He nodded. Sure. And the winch has two drums-one of 'em carries 5000 feet of steel wire for handling heavy apparatus that we put on the bottom. The other has 180o0 feet of bronze wire. That's what we use to make soundings with, or let down little containers to get sample of the bottom-or take the temperature of water at various levels"
 
 .-- Tom Forrest told them much more about the work of the "Mistral" and her crew, and before many minutes had elapsed the girls found them selves genuinely engrossed, almost forgetting the disappearance of Kay.
 But when Tom had taken them from stem to stern of the boat, ex- planning its apparatus and operat- ing some of it for their edification, they discovered that several hours had passed-with no word from the rescue party in the power tender.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-08
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"Go on," pleaded Priscilla.
 well, I figure he must have run into her kidnaper, too. Otherwise they'd both have put in an ap- pearance before this"
 Tom Forrest leaped into the speedboat. Come on," he said. we've got to find outl"
 (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-08
CAST or CHARACTERS

CAST or CHARACTERS
 KAY DEARBORN-herOine who inherits . yacht for vacation.
 HrELTTA HOWARD = Rays roommate and cO-adventurer.
 PRISCILLA DUNN - the third ndventurer.
 FORREST BROTHERS and GRANT HARPER - young scien- tists whose expedition turned out to be a rare experience.
 Yesterday: Just as Melita and Priscilla are left marOOned on the island, help comes from three young university explorers. One gives the famished girls food while the other two begin a search for Kay.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Giants Strike Balance.

WHERE three men have shouldered
the pitching burden for the Gas
House Gang and seven have distrib-
uted 1t evenly for the Cubs. the Giants
have struck some sort of balance be-
tween the two extremes. Bill Terry S
revamped big four consists of Carl
Hubbell, 1O-game winner; Hal Schu-
macher and Slick Castleman, 7 each.
and Cliff Melton. g.
Of the standings. the Giants should
have fairly easy pickings between now
and the all-star game at Washington
a week from tomorrow. They have
four games on tap with the Bees, with
whom they've split even in six games
so far, but who since then have lost
13 OF their last l6 and slipped into the
cellar; three with the seventh-p place
Phillies and one with the Dodgers,
who, although they did end Hubbelrs
winning streak, have won only one
other game from the Giants in seven
tries.
There's always the chance, OF course,
that the Cubs, who, 50 far this season,
hold So edge on the Cardinals, will
take this opportunity to increase both
that margin and their f1rst-place lead.
In that case, even a strict attention to
parallels probably wouldn't do the
Giants much good.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
G|ANTSS|T PRETTY
SFOES STRUGGLE
Face Easy Sailing as Cubs
Have It Out With Cards
for League Lead.
BY BILL BONI,


TOR the sake OF their pennant
~ chances, it is to be hoped that
the New York Giants, back in
the days of their individual
and respective childhoods, studied
closely the parable of the little dog
that ran away with the bone while the
two big dogs were fighting over it.
As major league activity was re-
sumed today on all fronts, with the
Eastern and Western teams at home
IN each circuit, the Giants found
themselves in much the same spot as
that smart little pup. While, from
now until the all-star game on July
7. they will be disporting against the
National Leagues second division out
fits, the st. Louis Cardinals and
Chicago Cubs will play each other
five times.
This morning the standings found
the Cubs in front by points and
half game over the Cards. 10 points
and a half game over the Giants
While the two front-runners are
knocking off each other-the Cubs
also have four-game set with the
Pirates on tap@a reasonable amount
OF the breaks may bring the New
Workers back into the lead they re-
linquished to Chicago just two weeks
ago.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
News an Notes.

THE Mats didn't lose yesterday :,
it was an of day for the entire
league Bucky Harris likes the
way Bucky Jacobs made his major
league debut on Sunday "At
least he didn't act as If he was
scared to dea th." commented Bucky
Maybe Harris meant something
when he said "at least"
Buddy Lewis appeared on Harris
list OF selections for all-star game
duty but Joe Mccarthy passed
him up and selected Red Rolfe and
Harland Cliff instead Rick Fer
rell was the only other Nat on Harris
list
Nobody knew it. but Fred Sington
gave Tony Piet an awful jolt whils
running to third base last Saturday
Sington let Tony have the elbow
in the side, causing an ugly black
bruLse it was supposed to even
up for Piet's crashing into Johnny
Mihalic earlier in the White sox
series.
Base ball historians cannot recall
a spell quite equal to that which the
White Sox seem to hold over the
Mats :. :. The score for the last year
and one-half Of campaigning is: Chi
cago, rs wins; Washington, 8.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Cub Slab Staff Keen.

THE Cubs, of course, are going to
be tough to dislodge. Since their
pitching staff returned to its nor
mally healthy state some time ago. it
has been running like well-lubri-
Gated machine, with each of seven
hurlers credited with four or more
victories.
Larry French, Charley Root and
Tex Carleton are bracketed at the
four-won notch. Next comes Roy
Parmelee, at five, then Clay Bryant
and Clyde Shoun, tied at six. with
Bill Lee tops at seven. That accounts
for all Of the Cub triumphs.
The Cardinals pitching strength is
concentrated almost entirely in three
men. Dizzy Dean, who has won II
games; Lonnie Warneke, who has won
g. and Lefty Bob Weiland, who has
won S. Credited with 26 of the 35
games the Redbirds have won, the St.
Louis elbowers are the ones who will
have benefited most by yesterdays
scheduled day of rest.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Doyle Begins Training With Tour of Night Spots


years Vanderbilt Cup race, thinks
the redesigning of the Roosevelt
Raceway will keep him from re-
peating next Saturday Every
change they've made favors the
Germans, says Tazio Over in
Brooklyn, Red Luzin of the Quincy
A. A. throws right-handed when
playing the outfield, but turns
southpaw when he goes on the
hill.
The proposal to organize big
league ball players leaves the
Yankees cold Stewards at
Rockingham Park have told the
jockeys they don't mean maybe
about this rough-riding business
-. All the principals in the 1900
meter run in the National A. A. U.
track meet at Milwaukee next Sat-
urdAy are native Middle West
erners.
George N. oohan's March Of
Evening star., 1937-06-29

the Cardinals" dedicated to the
st. Louis gas house gang, is being
sold in sheet-music form E. J.
Baker OF st. Charles, ILL.,, has the
distinction Of owning the fastest
trotter and racer now campaigning
in Greyhound. 1:57A, and Cardi-
nal Prince, 1884 -. Sep Palm,
Bakers trainer, has just laid $1,000
on the line to bind an interna-
tional race between Greyhound and
the Mussolini-owned Muscleton this
Summer.
The nine Gerson boys form what
is believed to be the only soft ball
team in the country composed en-
tirely Of brothers Archie Tenn
pleton, the young strikeout king
the Cards found in a North Caro-
lima orphanage, has been sent to
the Shelby team In the North Caro-
lima State League for seasoning, and
whitfield 10 hatters On h1s pro debut.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

Jack Patrill, Flint, Mich, pro-
moter, has offered Sixto Escobar
$4,000 to defend his bantamweight
title against K. o. Morgan in Flint
sometime during the Summer ..
Pedro Montanez, the lightweight,
reaches Puerto Rico today to finish
training for his 10-rounder with
frankie Wallace of Cleveland, July
4 Arturo Godoy, the big
Chilean, is sought on the coast for
July fight with Big Boy Bray In
San Francisco.
Henry Armstrong, AL Jolson's
Negro featherweight, has begun
training here for q l0-rounder
with Al Blatch OF Australia h
Madison Square Garden. July 8
-. Last time Armstrong was East
he went out of his class to beat
Lightweight Aldo Spoldi.
Tazto Nuvoaan, who won hst
Evening star., 1937-06-29

or anybody else, wanted to buy the
team it was okay with him Mr.. G.
has done nothing except pour money
into his leading farm team anyway.
Mr.. Bales gleefully seized this an
nouncement and started his cam
paign. So far nobody has laid the
dough on the line in front Of Griff
Maybe. unlike Mr. Bales. Chattanooga
fans are wondering what they would
do with the franchise and the ball
park.
They wouldn't, you see, have any
ball club. Willy Mr.. G. has all the
worthwhile players tied up. Chatta-
nooga would have to start strictly
from scratch.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

"A vEW YORK, June 29-Jack
n Doyle. the Irish heavy
v weight, who may be Joe
L \ Louis next opponent, has
started training here by touring
the night spots Mike Jacobs
thinks the Comiskey Park layout
Is better suited for big fight than
the Yankee Stadium . The fine
work Of young Sammy Bell, Mon
treal's pint-sized second sacker,
continues to draw rave notices all
around the International League
wheel.
Jack Sharkey, golden glove mid
dleweight champion, has been
flooded with offers to turn pro >.
No less than four smart New York
managers are following him around
Won't be long now till the
foot ball news starts easing into
ths papers.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
POPPING I
Off"~JhGt HS
Psychology and Sour Grapes.

Maryland
Stadium the other day and unconscos rolling with punch the
White
L
ball coach the University
player,
1t when Mike Kreevich hit roller
that finally
made no attempt throw Buddy thought had picked the ball
Chief Hubbard
nhed strobe protest. a Of
rungout dsnrag the Mats
So much sports depends psychology
who did Pittsburgh os
H. That sweep of his arm
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Mats Must Stop Hottest Team.

A SIDE from the ambitions of the
traded players to distinguish
themselves individually, the series
which starts today offers the Grins
a chance to redeem themselves for
their ill-starred exhibitions against
the White S9S, who not only broke a
flve-game Washington winning streak.
but swept three-game series.
Despite their pitiful showing the
Mats did not lose much ground to
the birthplace Indians and they have
a chance this week to overhaul the
skidding Clevelanders. But to do so
they will have to whip the two hottest
clubs IN the American League.
The Red Sox rightfully can claim
the distinction Of being the hottest
club in the circuit. They won 9 of
10 games during their last home
stand and have moved into contention.
And, when the Bostons end their
visit, New York's world champion
Yankees will invade the Capital for a
three-game series.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
LIKE CUB PARK GRID
Pro Chibears Renew Wrigley
Field Leave for Three Years.

CHICAGO. June 20 (P).-The Chi
cago Bears, first professional foot ball
team to arrange to play its home
games in a major league ball park, has
signed three-year lease renewal for
use Of Wrigley Field, home of the Chi
cago Cubs. The Bears have made the
Field their home base since 1921 when
Owner George Halas brought the club
here from Decatur, III.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

' IS
has so many fine players. But you
can read their thoughts from here"
1t promised to be interesting.
High up in the stands was
man who professed to see what
was ailinE the Mats. A good
many people who get closer to
the club than Dobson couldn't
see II.
What's the trouble? Have they
just quit7 Is that why they're SO
lifeless?
Not exactly" said Dobson. II fol-
low them nearly every day Twice a
week they're all right. Once when
Monte Weaver pitches and once when
Yves Ferrell works.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press,

0y VIIe HSSUCIdleU TTe",
Today a year ago-Don Bud9e,
Fred Perry, Bunny Austin and
Baron Gottfried Won Cramm reach
semi-finals Of Wimbledon tennis
tourney as Bryan Grant loses to
Perry and Wilmer Allison to Aus
tin.
Three years ago-Lou Gehrig
suffers mild conclusion when hit
by pitched ball; Henry Cotton wins
British open golf with record
equalling score Of 283.
Five years ago-Helen Jacobs
reached Wimbledon tennis final.
beating Nine. Rene Matthew.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
new AUTO COURSE
ANN0YS NUV0LAR|
Winner Of Vandy Cup Last
Year Fears Rebuilding
Will Aid German Cars,
Py the Associated Press

~ tHe ASSOCIATED PRESS.
n YEW YORK, June 29.-Tazio
NuVolarl, the iron man from
" Italy, who won the Vanderbilt
A Cup race last year, is back in
America and preparations for the re-
neWal of the classic Saturday can 20
on with the king on hand and ready
to go.
Tazio's presence-he headed a dele
CATION Of six other European stars
which arrived yesterday-makes the
thing official. He will test the track
today but will not try to qualify until
later in the week The Americans are
due to resume qualifying trials today
after days interruption. Only one,
Billy Winn of Detroit. has done any,
thing thus far. He qualified Sunday
by running his three lO-mile jaunts
into one 30-mile trial.
Italian Not Optimistic.
NUVOLARI doesn't think much CT
his chances this year and blames
this on the revamping of the track
He believes the redesigning of the
track will favor the German drivers,
whose higher speed cars will outdis-
tance him on the straightaways.
But have fine car, and you never
can tell in long race" he concluded.
With Nuvolari came his teammate,
Giuseppe Farina. Behind Rosemeyer
Of Germany. European champion last
year, and Ernst Delius, the Auto
Union team. also arrived as we'll as
Rudolph Caracciola and Dick Seaman
the Mercedes team, also representing
Germany. Eugene Bjornstad of Nor
way also was an arrival He is the
driver who races all Winter with
spiked tires on ice.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
MinorLeagues

International.
Rochester, |: Buffalo. o. =.
Baltimore at Newark. rain.
Only games scheduled.
American Association.
Milwaukee. 6: Indianapolis. O.
Minneapolis. 13: Toledo. 3.
Kansas City. 12: Louisville. 8.
Columbus, 8: 81. Paul. s.
Southern Association.
New Orleans. 2: Nashville. 4.
Atlanta. Z: Little Rock. 6.
BIRMINGHAM 9: Knoxville. 4.
Chattanooga. 6: Memphis. 5.
Texas.
Fort Worth. s. Houston. 4.
Oklahoma City. 4: San Antonio, 8.
Beaumont. s: Tulsa. !.
Galveston. 7: Dallas, 5.
Pacific Coast.
No games scheduled
Evening star., 1937-06-29
Homer Standings
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The eaders-Selkirk, Yankees,
Is: MedWick, Cardinals, Is; Green
berg. Tigers, l6; OFT, Giants, Is;
Di Maggie, Yankees, Is; Cliff,
Browns, IA.
Evening star., 1937-06-29
HILLCRESTS ARE HOT.

Hillcrest A. c.. with a 1872 conquest
of Boys Industrial Home School, raised
its win mark for the season to IL out
Of 13 games. For games call Ed Ben
dure at Atlantic 0l22.
Evening star., 1937-06-29

This has not daunted Mr.. Bales
campaign. In his editorial campaign,
to prove something or other, he has
listed the present day front Office
set-up and compared it to that which
was in vogue when the Lookouts won
their last pennant. He places Mr.
Engel on a pedestal and shifts at
Master Calvin Griffith without proving
anything. There is one ludicrous item
in Mr.. Bales listing He shows that
in 1882 one Bill B1oxton was ground
keeper. Now Mr.. Broxton is general
manager
Recently Clark Griffith braved
the wrath Of Mr.. Bales by in
vading Cha alta nooga to conduct
an investigation.
In the process Griff announced pub
licly that if the fans Of Chattanoosa,