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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-18
FRENCH SOCIETY
 MEETS TONIGHT

Consideration of plans for rais- ing funds to assist needy members will be given at meeting tonight of the Society of St. Jean Baptiste in Franco American hall. The meet ing will start at 8 o'clock with President Joseph Nobert in charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-18
Corn Roast

AiiO A1FVAJAldlA 11lblC NAdoc O2 Waterville will entertain the Ladies' Aid Society of the Grace Methodist church, at 8 corn roast, Saturday afternoon, August 20th, at Lake wood Park, to show their apprecia- tion of services rendered to the Bible Class during the past year.
 Cars will leave the church at 1:30 p. m. and dinner will be served at 4:30 o'clock. A most tempting menu has been planned and the men guarantee to do all the cooking and serving, and dish washing. The committee includes Carl Froelich, Frederick Book, Joseph Carron and William Westwood.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis P. Stevens, Of Thomaston avenue, visited Sunday, with their son, Robert L. Stevens, who is cadet at the United States Military Academy, at West Point. They were accompanied by Mrs. Frederick Stevens of Thomaston avenue, and MT. and Mrs. Frank Seery, of Fort Hill. The visit was the first they had made, since he was sworn in as a cadet at the Academy, on July 1st. The visit was also made in observance of his twenty-fist birthday, which was on Monday.
 While at West Point, they viewed the afternoon parade, and also saw the varius points of interest con- nected with the academy.
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be at all helpful?"

be at all helpful?"
mo. know nothing, and have
nothing to tell you"
I'm that case" Vance returned
politely, II think we had better be
going downstairs"
The woman picked up her cane
and struggled to her feet, despite
Vance's protestations.
II wish / could help you," she
said with sudden kindliness. "But /
am so well isolated these days with
my infirnity. Walking, you know,
j quite painful process for me
I'm afraid I'm growing old"
In the hall Vance waited till the
door was shut.
Gan amusing old GIRL" he re-
marked. "Her mind is as young
land shrewd as it ever was IN
pleasant young citizen, Fraim. He's
as ill as the old lady, but he doesn't
know it. Endocrine ambulance"
/ Vance continued as we went down.
stairs. "Needs medical attention.
wonder when he had basal meta
bolism taken last"
"He simply looks like weakling
to me-"
"Oh, yes. Doubtless. AS you say
devoid of stamina. And full of re-
sentiment against his fellowmen and
especially against his brother-in-
law"
When we had reached the lower
hall Vance went Immediately to-
ward the drawing-room and stepped
inside.
Mrs. Renting, who seemed per-
turbed and ill at ease, sat rigidly
upright on the small sofa, where we
had first seen her. Her brother-in-
law sat beside her, looking at her
with a solicitous, comforting chair.
near the desk.
II know you told us Mrs. Kent
ing" Vance began, shat you could
not describe the men who called on
your husband several nights ago.
wish, however, you would make an
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say again, it's frightful situation
Nasty mass. Rather. Still,
have groggy notion" Vance went
on, ''that you won't be called upon
to pay the ransom money at all.
And, by the by, Mr. Renting, you
didn't mention the amount that
your brother asked for when you
last saw him."
81 was hoping you wouldn't ask
me that question:" he said regret
fully. II avoided it purposely, for
I am afraid it might create an er-
roneous impression"
Elbow much was it," snapped
Markham.
"Well, the truth is" Renting
stammered with evident reluctance,
''Kasper wanted fifty thousand dol
lars. Sounds incredible, doesn't it?
81 imagined that was the figure, u
Vance murmured. Thanks awfully,
Mr.. Renting. We shat bother you
any more just now, except that
should like to konw whether Mrs.
Kenting's mother, Mrs. galloway,
still lives here in the Purple House?
"Oh, yes" Renting said with dis
gruntled emphasis "She still occu-
pies the front suite on the third
floor with her son, Mrs. Kenting's
brother. But the woman is crippled
now and can get about only with a
cane"
Hes the most incompetent youns
whippersnapper I've ever known
He always seems to be sickly and
has never earned so much as a pen
ny. He's perfectly content to live
here with his mother at the expense
of the Renting estate" The mans
manner now had something Of re-
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did your brother approach Mr..
Fleel about the matter?" Vance
asked.
Eyes, he did," the other returned.
Whenever I refuse him anything
he goes Immediately to Fleel AS a
matter of fact, Fleel has always
been more sympathetic with Kas-
par than I have. But Kaspar's de-
mand this time was utterly outrag-
eous, and Fleel turned him down as
definitely as / did"
Has Mrs. Renting any money of
her OWN" Vance asked unexpect-
edly.
Nothing - absolutely nothing!"
the man assured him. "She is en-
tirely dependent upon what Kaspar
gives her-which, of course means
some part of what / allow him from
the estate"
I'm view of this mornings occur
renee" suggested Vance, "it may be
that your brother was not unduly
exaggerating about the necessity for
this money"
THAT is a horrible thought, sir, g
ne said, half under his breath.
When you receive further in
structions regarding the ransom
money, what do you intend to do
about it-that is to say just what
Is your feeling in the matter?"
AS brother" he said slowly,
what can do? I suppose I must
manage somehow to get the money
and pay it. can't let Kaspar be
murdered It's frightful situa-
ton"
"Yes-quite," agreed Vance.
And then there's Madelaine. I
could never forgive myself I
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Shown above is the West Jeffer-
SON Boy Scout troup, Of which Rev
J. w. Luke IS scoutmaster. This
troop meets weekly at the local
Presbyterian church. In the center
at the bottom, is Mary Frances
Luke. Bottom row, reading from
left to right are G. T. Badger, Jr.;
Robert McNeilI Thomas Scott, Joe
Worth, Jr.; second row, Roy Free
man, Parks Coward; Scott Denney,
Jack Miller; back row, Jim Pri-
vette, John w. Luke and Rex Nor
ton, assistant scOutmaster. (Photo
used through courtesy Of Ashe
Presbyterian
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effort to give us at least general
description Of them"
"The TACT is, Mr.. Vance paid
little attention to them, but know
that one of them was a large man
and seemed to me to have a very
thick neck. And as / recall, there
was a lot of grey in his hair; and he
may have had a clipped mustache. |"
Continued Next Week.
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Evening star., 1938-04-04

the next tournament and catch up
later Marion Miley and Jean Bauer
often do this, always coming back
after short lay-off to play better golf
than ever.
Develops New Players.
Although the old campaigners OF
the winter circuit gradually are quit
ting, the new and bolder players Of
today compensate for any absence OF
color previously found in the old
timers. Indeed. they are providing a
color of their own. for. as Gallagher
says. Instead of taking out book to
see how they should hit certain
shot, these present-day girls simply
walk up to the ball, grab an iron and
let fly. They don't hit with delicate
swing. either, stroking harder than
their former colleagues, Because they
have learned to coordinate hard hit
ting with well-timed swing, these
girls have something which their
predecessors lacked"
Mickie is one who is convinced that
winter tournaments are making cham
pions quicker than they were made in
the old days. Even Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Lands, the baseball car,
says the golfers, like baseball players,
need winter training for perfect CO.
ordination.
tccpyrisht. 1883. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Incl
Evening star., 1938-04-04

weight champion, as matchmaker
for New Yorks Twentieth Century
Sporting Club, was because the
Barney Ross-Henry Armstrong bout
was booked over his head AL
refused to allow Ambers. who de-
serves crack at Armstrong,
featherweight champion. prior to
Ross, welterweight title-holder, to
be pushed around WE'LL also
manages Joey Archibald and if
Joey takes the world bantamweight
title from Sixto Escobar here in
a proposed June bout. AL will be
handling two world champs.
Tuffv Leemans' toughest foot
ball game wasn't played while with
the New York Giants it was
against Denver, while he was per-
forming for George Washington >.
the playful Denver lads insisted on
pulling the tape from a cut over
Tuffy's right eye that later re-
quired eight stitches. Leemans
says Sammy Baugh and Turk Ed
wards both will be back with the
Redskins. but the Giants will win
the championship despite their
presence we can't miss" says
Tuffy.
Cliff Moore, Western High bas-
ket ball and baseball coach, is plan
ming another successful summer
l.
Conn. 4. Wilson, with seven reg
ulars returning to its baseball team,
figures to be dangerous despite the
loss of Kilmer Bortz. strikeout
wizard Ed Clements, the for
mer Catholic University gridder
now coaching at Westinghouse
High, is assuming balloon propor-
tions Moon Evans, Bus Pfau
and Norwood Sothoron, former
Evening star., 1938-04-04
MACKENZIE WON'T
DROP PRO: STATUS
Eligible to Seek Amateur
Reinstatement, He Is to
Remain in P. G. A.
Ry WALTER McCALLuM.

Roland Mackenzie, Congressional
Country Club golf pro, who has re-
signed to enter his fathers business,
can apply for reinstatement as an
amateur golfer and again become a
top figure in the amateur game in this
sector, but he probably won't do it
at once, at least.
Roland isn't tired Of golf He loves
the game and would like to keep on
playing it every day. But he won't
be able to get in more than a couple
rounds week, under the business
set-up In which he will engage as soon
as Congressional finds a man to take
his place. This, by the way, prob
ably will be done within 10 days.
The situation is this: Under the
flVe-year rule of the United States Golf
Association a pro cannot regain his
amateur status if he has served as
professional for five years or more
The rule, so the rumor -mongers tell
us, was promulgated back in 1923 to
keep Walter Hagen out of the ANA
teurs, after he had applied for REIN
statement at the request of his wife,
who didn't want her husband to re-
main a pro-
Eligible for Change.
Mackenzie announced his intention
to become pro golfer in November,
1882, but he didn't accept money or
take over club affiliation until April
l8, 1888. Therefore he has a few
days more as pro before he will
become ineligible to apply for amateur
reinstatement. He claims that even
though he announced his intention to
become pro five years ago last No.
vember he did nothing to impair his
then amateur standing until April,
1888.
But he won't become an amateur,
II he can, for long time. If Roland
does at any future time apply for
amateur status he will not be eligible
for amateur golf until three years
from the date of his application. The
U, S. G. A. requires that length of
time for a probationary period, as it
were.
Will Remain in p. G. A.
Nor is IT likely that he will seek an
amateur status He isn't interested in
1t, and he intends, he says, to remain
a member Of the Professional Golfers
Association. So the local sin1on-pures
can remain calm. There won't be any
Roland Mackenzie around as an anna
teur to get in their hair in tourna-
ments, for a long time. if ever.
Roland planned today to play in
P. G. A. tournament at Baltimore,
where he'll sing his swan song as an
active competitor. But he won't play
IN the Middle Atlantic P. G. A. tourney
at Old Point Comfort next week and
the Mackenzie name won't be on anv
more tournament scoreboards.
I simply won't have any time to
play other than weekend golf" he
said. And very little Of that"
1t kinda leaves a guy wondering
about this pro business. Roland was
30 Keen for 1t just few months back
Evening star., 1938-04-04
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BY BURTON HAWKINS

TACK MILEY. the sports scrib-
bier, who was on the receiv-
ing end of fracas with the
St. Louis Cards last year,
dishes out a neat blast on the
Giants Wailing Willie Terry in 4
current mag Duke University
diamonders will clash with Duke
alumni, alias the Philadelphia
Athletics, Friday .. Chubby Dean,
Bill Werber, Hans Wagner, Wayne
Amber and Ace Parker, all Blue
Devil products, will start for
Connie Mack.
Macfarland Junior High, proving
ground for Roosevelt High athletes.
will send another hot prospect to
the Rough Riders in September
He's Frank Ciango. who already
can toss himself l9 feet in a broad
jump. in addition to playing pol
ished baseball and basket ball
Lefty Stevens, former minor league
twirler and local sandlot star. is
Tipping 'em plateward against Gen.
tral High in batting drills.
Georgetown and Catholic Univer-
sity finally are getting together
-. in q tennis match May rs
Joe Dunn and Tom White, George
town freshmen diamonders, are
sons Of former baseball stars
Joe, ST., played four years for
Brooklyn as = catcher and later
managed Denver. Dallas. Birming-
ham and Evansville i. Tom is the
son of Jack White, former Balti-
more pitcher His uncle, the
late Jack White. performed for
John McGraw's Giants about Is
years ago.
The resignation of Al WE'LL. who
manages Lou Ambers, world light
Evening star., 1938-04-04

1ilViAoSio VI tIlC SlQD. llc
will be the first staged by the Wash
lngton club in five years, and will be
one of the two invitation events
around Washington this spring.
Jamison Starts in New Job.
AL Jamison, new pro at Indian
Spring, took over his post in the golf
shop today as George Diffenbaugh
sped to Roanoke, Va. and his new Job
at the Roanoke Country Club. George
will be back in town Wednesday when
they toss testimonial dinner for him
at Indian Spring. He didn't attend
the meeting of the Middle Atlantic
P. G. A. at Baltimore today. nor will
he play in the P G. A. championship
at Old Point Comfort later in the
month. Il hope they swamp me with
lessons down there at Roanoke
George said before he left Washing
ton.
Il can use the money and
after winter of idleneSs here
want to work hard"
The prediction was out that Leo
Walper, the driving range pro who
won the Middle Atlantic pro title last
August, was to be tossed out of the
sectional P. G. A.. following charges
made against him by George Jacobus,
national president of the P. G. A. The
charges have to do, it is understood,
with little fuss at Sarasota, Fla,
between Walper and Jacobus, and
some other matters but if they toss
the P. G.. A. Middle Atlantic champ
out, the matter won't drop there.
Walper is a scrapper and if the P. g.
A. is trade union. he probably will
take his case to the courts. The boys
who were sitting in judgment on him
at Baltimore today were the same
men with whom he has played dozens
OF rounds of golf.
Schoolboy matches in the Metro
politan League tomorrow will find
Central playing Georgetown Prep at
Prep. Anacostia meeting Roosevelt at
Army Navy, Western playing Tech at
Washington, Wilson meeting Mont
gomery-Blair at Kenwood, Dewitt
clashing with Gonzaga at Indian
Spring and st. Johns meeting Be-
thesda at Congressional.
Five Tie in Tourney.
Cliff Spencer started his tourna-
ment parade off at Beaver Dam yes
terday with handicap affair, in
which five men tied for first place at
net 73
They were J. w. TalIentaire,
F. w. Crosthwaite, J. J. Morris,
F. A. Markowitz and r. E.
Zuber. Six others tied for Sec
ond place.
Over at Indian Spring Bill Briggs
scored an ace on the 180-yard four
Evening star., 1938-04-04

NSolWhuSd Alo1u dkC n~lt.y
Of contention. George, on the other
hand, needs only to prove his ability
defensively to share the Job.
Ump's Error Cost Game.
A bad decision by Umpire Steve
Basil cost the Griffs that AZ game to
Detroit yesterday. Monte Weaver.
after pitching four scoreless, nearly
perfect innings, ran into trouble in
the sixth round. Still, he might have
escaped with only one run scored
against him If Greenberg's foul ball
had not been called home run by
Basil. The drive went out of the
park at least feet onthe wrong
side Of the line. Basil later admitted
it was foul. Il didn't see the white
foul post" he explained.
Anyway, Hanks homer" came with
man on base and boosted the count
to 80. Weaver then walked Rudy
York and Pete Fox scored Rudy with
the final Detroit run by tripling.
- Dutch Leonard finished the game
for Washington, giving up one hit and
no runs in the last three innings. In
the meantime the Griffs were help
less before Jake Wade and Harry
Eisenstat until the ninth. Then they
finally scored for the second time in
their last AZ innings against major
league pitching,
Eisenstat walked Myer and Lewis
to open the inning and Travis beat
out an in1eld hit to fill the bases.
Fox robbed zeke Bonura OF a home
run. Myer scoring. Then Goslin
singled across Lewis. cutting the score
to Al, but Stone and Almada went
out to end the game.
Evening star., 1938-04-04
ARMY Of R|NGMEN
OPEN TITLE STRIFE
Hundred Bouts Carded on
Opening Day of A. A. U.
Championships.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, April 4.-Boxing's only
three-ring circus. the A. A. us ma
tional championships, opens . three
day stand at the Garden this after
noon with cast of 1856 performers.
The army OF talent, gathered from
20 States, the District of Columbia
and the Hawaiian Islands, includes
two of the 1897 champions, but neither
will be a defender
The District Of Columbia contin-
gent, limited to three fighters due to
lack of funds. includes Willie Tapp,
Metropolitan Police Boys Club fly
weight; Ovid Crider. Fort Belvoir
featherWeight, and Bob Harris, Fort
Belvoir middleweight.
Billy Speary, the Philadelphia mite
who won the fyweight honors last
year. has put on six pounds and will
battle in the 118-pound division.
Morris Parker of Newark, N. j., the
1887 bantamweight champion, has
grown into a featherweight.
Most of the others are sectional
champions They will keep their fists
flying until early tomorrow to reduce
contestants to the 64 quarter -finalists.
Today's program will include more
than 100 bouts.
While the ambitious youngsters bat
tie for national fame and a medal,
the A. A. US Boxing Committee will
select one of them for the Good Will
Challenge Cup" a new trophy do
mated by Sir Charles Hieham. a
British boxing devotee 1t Is Sir
Charles hope the winner will be sent
to London to meet the most skillful
English youth in his class.
Evening star., 1938-04-04

not break 80 if forced to play on str
On the other hand, there are thos
time they play a course new to them,,
and, from then on, crack 80 con-
sistently. These are the girls who are
the real golfers Far from mere
theorists. these girls depend upon ex-
perience and competition of winter
tournaments far more than all the
hours they spent on lessons or practice
tees.
In this sense, the fair golfers are
like the money-Winning professionals
who annually make the rounds of the
winter circuit. Mickie Gallagher,
Augusta (Ga) pro, says that there are
hundreds of local professionals who
are really fine golfers on their home
courses, but that only a winter or two
on the circuit can uncover their best
shots. Since the P. G. A. was organ
lied in 1902, the United States has de-
veloped the most consistently winning
professionals in the world. The win
ter circuits, with their resultant pots
of gold, have been mostly responsible
for this condition.
Because they have not played since
October, the girls are eager to start the
three month trek from Georgia to
Florida and back to Pinehurst, for the
complete winter circuit. Although
many go the full three-month period,
many others get homesick and travel
weary after two months. Usually they
do not quit altogether, but merely stay
at one place and rest, content to miss
Evening star., 1938-04-04
JONES REAL HERO
OF HIS GOLF MEET
Old Master Hits II in Big
Comeback, Nears Picard,
Tourney Leader.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~'>'"teo hteos cpOi 70 ~TltSI.
AUGUSTA. Ga, April "A tightly
jammed star field, led by the straight
shooting Henry Picard Of Hershey,
Pa, headed down the final 1s-hole
stretch Of the fifth annual Auxusts
national invitation golf champion
ship today, but the big news was that
grand slammer from Jaw-tuh, Mr..
Robert Tyre Jones, jr.
To the elatlon of every one, Bobby
made comeback reminiscent Of his
world-conquering days yesterday when
he breezed over the final nine holes
with record-tying 33 to post third
round total of par 70 and a 54-hole
tally Of 222, just seven shots behind
the pacemaking Picard.
Most Of the record gallery Of 5000
spectators watched him and gave him
great ovation.
Jones Like Old Self.
Wee Bobby Cruickshank, playing
with the old master for the first time
since Bobby trimmed him in the Ma
tional Open plav-off at Inwood IS
years ago, predicted Jones was good
enough to come back if he 30 desired.
Give him five tournaments" said
Cruickshank, "and I think he still
could beat the world at'golf."
1T was more encouraging than snv
round I've played here" said Jones
happily. Il felt more like nv old
self because I hit the ball firmly and
had fair idea where 1t was going"
Jones has improved steadily from
the first round, scoring 7s-74-72
successively. No one expects him TO
win the show, but he stood a fine
chance Of lettering his best showing
for the tournament, which was 4 tie
for 18th place.
Sarazen Ties for Second.
Casualties were numerous yesterday
as the 40-man field struggled against
shifting wind over the second and
third rounds. As Picard scored q pair
of even TBS alongside his first round
II to post the leading total Of 2l5.
most of the early leaders collapsed
and others came up with q rush.
Foremost Of the labeled also-rans
who rallied was Gene Sarazen, the
Connecticut squire. Gene began with
a 78 Saturday. but got 10 Yesterday
morning and a great SO in the after
noon to tie for second, shot behind
Picard. with Ed Dudley. Harry Cooper
and Ralph Guldahl, national open
champion.
Nelson in Title Race.
Dudley, pacing the field at 36 holes.
blew himself to II on the third
round to lose his great chance. while
Guldahl scored his second straight 73
and followed through with . 70.
Byron Nelson, defending champ
from Reading. Pa, still was very much
in the title jam with 73-74-70-2l7.
Tommy Sufferin Taller of New York,
alternate on the United States Walker
Cup team. got up with fine SO on his
third round. and also had q chance.
Today's final was programmed to
start at pm. Washington time, and
1t still was anybodys baby.