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Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
YANkS TOUTED
AS RIST0RY'S
GREATEST TEAM

NEW YORK, Sept. 81. UP)-If
you meet fellow today and he asks
you, How come the Yankees are
American League champs when
they can't even beat the White Sox
and the Browns?" Here's little
narrative you might give him.
Tell this fellow, who has just read
that the Yanks have lost five
straight for the first time in eight
years, that the American League
race is all over and the blue chips
won't be down again until Oct. s
Tell him that the Yanks are cool
ing out for the worlG series.
The Yankee team probably is the
greatest aggregation of ball players
ever to don spiked SHOES. You can
quote Ed Barrow, master mind be-
hind 10 Yankee penuant winners in
lS years, Connie Mack, builder of
nine championship teams himself
and Jimmy Dykes, oldest active
player in baseball who guides the
Chicago White SoX. They all say
the Yankees of 1888 comprise he
greatest baseball team of our time
A National Lacquer, we may as
sumo, might ask, How about tha.
red hot race in the senior circuit?'
Tell him "rain-no game today"
and then drop a hint to the Pirates,
who are floating into the pennant
behind their 3l2 game lead, not tr
try to take any extra bases on Di-
Maggie, Heinrich and Selkirk be-
cause they throw strikes from the
oGtfield.
In yesterdays American Eeague
games the White Sox beat the
Yanks. Sd, the Red Sox took
doubleheader from the Browns, 1878
and To and the Indians beat
Senators, 81.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
BY HENRY McLEMORE

NEW YORK, Sept. 81. CUP)-One
OF the kindliest, most beloved old
gentlemen in the world, had the
finger put on him today as the
father of six-day bicycle racing.
In a startling confession, the
American promoter of the sport that
turns men into squirrels, placed the
blame for it all on Santa Claus.
Yes, Santa Claus. Santa of the
twinkling eye. rosy cheeks, bounti-
full beard, and reputation for good
deeds.
Seated in the Madison Square
Garden press box, almost within
reach of the tortured souls now
riding round and round in the 147
hour chase that leads to nowhere,
Harry Mendel broke down and
named the North Poles No. / citi-
zen as the brains" behind a BRAIN
less sport.
Santa Claus paved the way for
the first siX-day race when he
started giving boys bicycles for
Christmas" Mendel said. ''And he
has kept the races alive by contin-
uing to leave bicycles at the foot of
Christmas trees.
Every man out there on the
track learned to ride on a Christ
mas bike, when he still was in
knickerbockers."
This indictment of Santa Claus,
this coupling him with the worlds
zaniest endeavor, first shocked his
hearers and then fired them into
an effort to disprove 1t. AS man
we rose and tried to break down a
statement that not only blemished
Santa's spotless reputation, but
made accomplices of those treasur-
ed reindeer, Donner and Blitzen.
I set straight out to interview
the riders themselves; to ask them
if it were true that their lives of
shame, their falls from grace, dated
back to Christmas bicycles.
The first l met was Alfred Le-
tourner of France. One Of the
greaters riders of them all. Alfred
was lounging in his little bunk
pitched just inside the track. His
face was drawn, and his red silks
were soaked with sweat.
In my broken French asked him
when MS desire TO become a six-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Junior CoIIesians Point
For Phoenix Contest
Arab Defense
To Be Altered
For Arizonans

Coach Robert Armstrong expert
mented with Junior college back
field material Tuesday in an at
tempt TO line up q strong offense
combination for the first game of
the jaycees season against Phoenix
one week from Saturday.
Feeney. Dickerson. Gillette and
Kashiki were rated the best COM
bination but players like Van Nor
man, Domenigoni and Wong may
be in the lineup before the season
opens.
Armstrong. who secretly hopes
to start the season in a blaze of
glory with a win over strong
Phoenix team. mapped a new de-
fense for the junior collegians and
planned to slow the vaunted Ari-
zona offensive with a charging line
and an alert backfield pass de-
fenSe.
El Centre junior college has never
beaten Phoenix j. c. Once the
Arabs salvaged a tie, once they led
until the final three minutes of
play.
Thirty grid candidates have now
reported for the team. A few more
are expected before next Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Nova Kisses
Good Luck Pieces

NEW YORK, Sept. 81. (UP)-
Lou Nova kissed a rabbits foot in
obeisance to lady luck, that tickle
dame who tossed him on the high
road toward a title match with
Joe Louis, as he alighted from a
transcontinental plane today.
The Oakland, Calf, youth might
have continued betting them over
on the west coast for several years
more if Bob Pastor hadn't gouged
a chunk out of his leg with an axe
at Saratoga Springs two weeks ago.
Bob, who once stayed" 10 rounds
against Louis, was training to meet
the Finn, Gunnar Barlund.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
review Of Big Fight SIated Here
Bench Warming
By Burdette Kinne
Post Press Sports Editor

Vallejo Valley. give Allison and
the California alumni cause for
hoping that the experts might be
wrong again.
Notes From the Coast League
Absence of Buster Adams from
the Sacramento lineup with brok-
Ell leg in all probability cost the
Solons first place. His hitting would
have taken a heavy burden off the
oppressed pitchers Joe Or
engo, ShortStop for the Sacramento
SacS, is regarded the most graceful
athlete in the league =. sort of the
'poetry of notion SO to speak . :.
Experts figure that 1910 will be
Dominic DiMaggio's big year. as
minor Lacquer >. the kid Is
still growing E.. Dwight Van Fleet
must have thought Los Angeles a
strange town when he came to the
Angels for Oakland He was booed
on a number of occasions for no
reason whatsoever
These queer noises were made by
friends of Marvin Gudat who was
traded for Van Fleet. Neither play
er had anything to do with the
trade, and it is cinch Marvin did
mt approve on what some of the
fans handed Van Gudat used
to regard l3 as his lucky number,
but never again. In this, his thir-
teenth year in baseball he suffered
two fractures and because of a re-
dundancy of high class outfieldS
on the Angel club was traded to a
team with no chance to get into
the money this year =.
Bill Norman of the Hollywood
club is one of the few players left
in the league who relishes his
"chawing terbaccer," and how! 1t
formerly was a universal custom
among professional baseball play
ers. They thought it quieted their
nerves during battle
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
L. A. STOCKS

LOS ANGELES, Sept 81. UP)-
Stocks were sluggish and irregular
on the Los Angeles exchange to-
day. with only a fair volume of
trade reported.
Sales included: Cent. Investment
20 shares 151s, down 9s; Pac. Fin
ance 100 shares 13, up Is; Trans
america loo shares 10, up 4 ; Ban
DIM Pet. 100 shares 4M, down Il:
Richfield OIL 100 shares rs, up Is;
Standard Oil of Cal. 100 shares
297s. up Il; Union Oil 100 shares
20ia. up II; Univ. Con. Oil shares
i6. unchanged; Claud Neon 100
shares 9M, up 1s; Consolidated
Steel common 200 shares Az, un-
changed: Gen. Motors 100 shares
As. up "a; Menasco 100 shares ~
Unchanged Vandekamp Bakeries
100 shares 81, down Y; Taylor
Milling 100 shares ga, down ~ f;
Edison common 100 shares 2i%,
down * Edison per cent pfd 100
shares 27K. up u San Joaquin 2
per cent pfd shares 110h, un-
changed.
Sales approximately $500 shares
nine issues up, five down, five un-
changed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Today's Sports Parade

day bicycle rider was born: when
he first felt the urge to spend his
life riding around track that had
no end and no beginning.
In English almost as broken as my
French, Letourner said that it dated
back to the bicycle that "Pera
Noel" left in his house in Amiens
in 1913. a> -.
Dismayed, but still not convinced.
| sought out Gustave Kilian of Ger
many, winner of 20 races and a
leader in this one.
In my broken German (and
crushed" would be a more truth
full word than "brokenD asked
Kilian the same question.
His answer left no. doubt that
Santa Claus, adopting a new alias
with each country visited, was to
blame for six-day racing.
Kilian explained that his career
was decided on that Christmas
morning IL Luxembourg when
"Weihnachtsmann" left him BIZ
cycle, Weihnachtsmann" being
the alias that Santa Claus adopts
when in Germany.
Alvaro Georgetti, Italy's greatest
rider, stopped tearing into a steak
long enough to give the same
answer, as LetoTner and Kilian
the only difference being that
Santa Claus was Santa Natalie"
to him, and his bicycle was left
under a tree II Perugia.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21

The experts arc quiet about the
chances of University of California S
Golden Bear football team this sea-
son. quiet because II is difficult to
predict Just what last years ma
tional champions will do when the
1898 season opens next Saturday.
University of Southern California
and Washington have been placed
above the Californians and there
may be some justification for the
lukewarm regard in which the ex-
perts hold the Golden Bears. A
team which loses six men who won
a place on somebody's all-America
team last year is naturally weaken
ed to some extent.
Taking Sam Chapman. Bob Her
wig, Johnny Meek, Ward Stock.
ton. Bob Evans and Perry Swartz
out in one swoop certainly should
wreck a football team, but Stub
Allison, California coach, isn't so
unhappy as one might think he
should be.
Allison foresaw the farewell par
ade of his six stars long before
last season began and he built
accordingly during the 1887 cam
paign when the Bears marched un-
defeated through Pacific coast
competition and stunned Alabama
into defeat on New Years day.
Each Saturday afternoon Allison
worked his regulars only half a
game, not, as the fans thought, to
save the opposition from an un-
merciful beating, but to give the
Juniors and sophomores some game
experience.
So this year, as Allison scans his
prospects, he can point to 20 men
who either were regulars or who
saw nearly as much action as the
regulars in last seasons campaign.
That and the presence of Vic
Bottari, the vicious Venetian from
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Spartan Baekfield Shows Weaknesse.
FIRST SCRIMMAGE
REVEALS LACK OF
SPEED AND POWER

Head Coach Laurence Hansen and
Assistant Coach Bill Maxwell be-
came ivory hunters" Wednesday
after a revealing scrimmage at
Central stadium between the first
and second teams at FL Centre
high school.
Ivory hunters because Central
high school needs three backfield-
men and two linemen. Jack Kirk
patrick was the only bsckfield can
didates who lived up to the hopes
of the Central coaching staff in
Tuesday nights preps.
Peters, Price, Hester, Rex and
Burke fell below expectations. Price
a reserve from last year, was be-
low the standard he demonstrated
last season.
The center spot was held down
during most of the scrimmage by
a l25 pound japanese boy, Miyose
when Charles johnson failed to
make the grade at that position.
Two new guards, Gene Tex and
Jim Shigenlatsu, bolstered reserve
strength in the line. Jack Harner
and Lloyd Edgar were outstanding
at end and tackle in the scrim-
mage.
Hansen, however, is still looking
for another end and one reserve
tackle.
At Holtville Tuesdays scrimmage
demonstrated one thing in par
ticular. Jack Gray will be as fast
and as tough as he was last season.
Brawley and Calexico held short
workouts Tuesday out planned first
scrimmage on Wednesday or Thurs
day. Sander and Mendoza perform
ed well in the Border City prep.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Women Golfers
Start in Earnest.

WILMETTE. Ill, Sept. 81. CUP
Real bombing starts today in
second round matches of the Wom-
ems National Amateur Golf tour
nament and when the toll is figur-
ed at sundown tonight only eight
of the GA in the original field will
be left.
After one smooth round of play
cutting the field in half yesterday,
the three early favorites still held
sway. Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page,
defending champion and co-medal-
ist, Dorothy Traung Of San Fran
cisco, co-medalist, and red haired
Patty Berg of Minneapolis, were
more prominent than ever.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21

Dummy Mahn Of Les An1rIft q
one half OF a double main eFant
Thursday night Shorty HnFus Nha
will tangle with Grave one ueea
from Thursday. vii fisht Gus Con
zalez in the other hall of ths sea-
sons finest program. Bouts start
at $50.
Jack Morissette once the middle
weight champion Of the valley. uiii
resume his comeback drive agalnst
Ricky Castro OF Los Angeles. Cleo
Shans. who belted out Mende Mar
Gus last week. will attempt b cool
Rookie Rodriguez IN the fourth
special bout.
Dummy Mahn. Graves opponent.
boasts a better than average rec
ord on the coast but Indications
are that Graves should win In three
rounds The Bomber has decida.
to alter his style in Thursda "
fight in preparation for his clash
with Shorty Hogue the following
week.
Gus Gonzalez, former Mexico and
Central America champion. may
prove a tough hurdle In the Hogue
path. Gus is undefeated since he
entered the welterweight ranks. He
has won more than half of his vic
tories by k.o. on the coast.
Hogue, however, is the stiffer
puncher and is strong enough to
have an advantage in the clinches.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
ZURICH Favored
Over Peter Kane

LONDON. Sept. 81. (UP)-Jackie
Zurich, California flyweight, was
a 2-l favorite today to defeat Peter
Kane, Liverpools diminutive black
smith, in their Is round outdoor
fight tomorrow night which, accord
ing to the British board of boxing
control, is for the worlds 112 pound
title
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
LoyoIa Routs
.CaI.Tech, $40

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 81. CUP)-
Loyola University of Los Angeles
beat California Institute of Tech
nology 5l-0 in southern California
football season opener that saw the
air beneath the arc lights at Gill
more stadium filled with passes last
night.
Loyola flipped laterals for a
touchdown on the third play. An
other score game in the first quar-
ter, none in the second, and three
each in the last two periods.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
ALLISON HOLDS CLUB
TO LIGHT WORKOUT

BERKELEY, Calf, Sept. 81. CUP)
Coach Stub Allison put his I'm
iyersity of California football team
through light practice today. taper
ing off for Saturdays opening game
against st. Mary's. Allison was
pessimistic as the last scrimmage
of the week was held yesterday,
disliking particularly the varsity's
pass defense.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Opponent Sought
For AIHostok

SEATTLE, Sept. 81. CUP)-Pro-
moter Nate Druxman said today
ne had signed world Middleweight
Champion Al Hostak of Seattle
for Is round title bout here Nov.
l with an opponent as yet unnam-
ed.
Druxman said Solly Krieger of
Brooklyn. Glen Lee of Los Angeles
and Walter Woods of New York
were among those being considered
as an opponent. The promoter said
neither Fred Apostoli, San Fran
cisco, nor Young Corbett, Fresno,
other topnotchers, was available.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
IDAHO LOSES
VETERAN BACK

MOSCOW, Ida, Sept. 81. UP
Jimmy johnson, veteran right half
back. was out of the University of
Idaho lineup today with back in
jurieS as mis- team drilled against
Oregon State college plays. Coach
Ted Bank drove his team out under
the arc lights for practice last night
for the first time in the teams his
tory.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
l.. A. VEGETABLES
LOS ANGELES,

LOS ANGELES, sept. q. CUP)-
Supplies were generally moderate
in most lines with demand and
trading very slow
Cantaloupes: Local HB's std. l6s-
24s mostly 6-65c. 27s $4,000. 36s
25-40c. japanese melons std 3s-
LIS 40-50c. Honeydews local stds
8s-16s 50-65c.
Tomatoes: Stones lugs local 4x5s
60-65c. 5X5s 81 5x6s best 1890.
6x6S $4,000. Ventura & San Luis
Obispo co 4x5s 6575c. 5x5s 81 5x6s
85-90c. 6x6s 65-75c. San Diego co
4x5s 60-75c. 5x5s g. 5x6s 65-75c
6x6s -C0-G5e.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Rain Delays
Golf Tourney

SCARSDALE, N. Y. Sept. 81.
(UP)-Rain almost as heavy as
the dough that will go to the win
ner forced postponement today of
the opening round of the 108-hole
Westchester open golf tournament.
}ssOne of the greatest fields ever
assembled on an American course
found the links water-logged from
an all night downpour. If the
weather improves, play will start
tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
l.. A. LIVESTOCK

LOS ANGELES, Sept. q. UP)-
Hogs 400 Ten to IS cents lower;
bulk 9.5O-10.15: top l015; sows 7.25-
IT'S. -
Cattle 500 Quality plain slow;
barely steady, few common steers
$50; few heifers 5.50-625: COWS s.
SIS; cutter grades 3.50-475; bulls
Sc; calves 400. slow, steady; few
calves 750-8.25.
Sheep 500. No lambs sold; mixed
ewes steady at 2.75.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
George Crouch
Kayoes Peters

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 81. (UP)-
With Nick Peters of Texas SO blind
ed he had to be led to his corner,
Referee Mushy Callahan awarded
technical knockout to George
Crouch, Los Angeles lightweight,
in the seventh round last night
Peters left eyebrow was badly
slashed and his right eye was near
ly swollen shut.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Grid Practice at
BIC Starts Mon.

Brawley junior college football
team, its first game scheduled for
October IA, will not start grid preps
until Monday afternoon, Coach
John Mcintyre announced We'd
nesday.
More than Is aspirants are ex-
pected to answer the first call to
practice.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
BRUINS ROUNDING
INTO SHAPE

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 81. CUP)-
University of California at Los An
geleS' Bruins were rounding into
shape today for their season open
er against Iowa Friday night. Coach
Bill Spaulding held stiff workout
behind closed gates on the West
wood practice field last night to
accustom the Bruins to the lights.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
First Contingent
Of EIks Depart
For Ne eetinq

The first contingent of the Ell
Centre Elks softball team depart
ed early Wednesday morning to
play the Alameda Elks for the state
title on Friday night.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Markets At
A Glance
BY United Press

Stocks higher in moderate trad
ing.
Bonds higher; U. S. governments
higher.
Curb stocks higher and quiet.
Foreign exchange higher.
Cotton easy.
Wheat off rs to 1h cents; corn
off q to 11s.
Rubber steady.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
Herman Graves.
Ho9ue Meet IA.
Foes Thursday

Herman Graves, amateur bookings most under-rated
glove thrower will become aggressive sashug haer
Thursday night in the ECAC when he will open hs
pagn to eliminate all challengers for Golden Glove bchs
the November tournament Graves s seheIu.d In mot
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
LEADERS

Player and Club G Alb r II Pct
Foxx, Red 1Sox 140 533 129 1876 .349
Lombardi, Reds 1T $40 So ISL .343
Myer, Senators 119 406 "a 139 $40
Averill, Indians 126 447 96 $50 1886
Heath, Indinas 116 457 81 1853 1886
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
l.. A. BUTTER & EGGS

LOS ANGELES, Sept. q. up
Butter: extras 2614c, PRIME tirsts
2519, standard 25c. undergrade 235c
Large eRUs
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21

Trade Your Don't Wants For
DO WANTS POST-PRESS
WANT ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
I. A. GRAINS

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 81. CUP)-
Eastern Grains-BuIk
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-21
FLAX

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-07

! now these could best be utilized and
incorporated into a larger and more
adequate program which would near
~ meet present needs and, at the
same time, conform to the require
ments of the Social Security Act, the
committee drafted a proposal which
was presented to and approved by th..
Children'S Bureau
1.-THE new plan, approved in March.
1886, contained the following essential
provisions: Cd Recognition of the
North Carolina State Board Of Health
as the proper agency to coordinate
the work of the several agencies in
the State for solving the problems of
the crippled child CD the creation of
an advisory group, representative of
the primary interest in the crippled
child, namely, medical groups, medical
schools, health and welfare agencies,
educational groups and lay, civic or
CARNATIONS. The organization thus
formed is known as the North Caro-
lima Crippled Children's Commission
and meets semi-annually, at the call
of the State Board of Health, for ad-
visory counseling.
Detectives Set Forth
"The main objectives of the Grip
ped Children's Division of the State
Board of Health, under which the Or
thopedic program is administered,
are: To locate crippled children and
cause them to be registered; to pro-
vide diagnoses and treatment, through
clinics; to provide hospital care at the
State Orthopedic Hospital in Gas
tonia, and at selected general hospi-
tails located at convenient points
throughout the State; to follow up
cases by visiting and supervising Grip
pied children in their homes, through
a fled service of personnel, trained
especially in the care and treatment
of individuals affected by Gripping
conditions, or conditions which might
lead to crippleness, and to collect data
and publish information engendering
public interest in the solution of the
problems involved"
The orthopedic surgeons whose SER
vices are employed are all men who
have qualified under the National
Board of that speciality and who, prior
to becoming associated with this work
had practiced their profession exclu-
sively in North Carolina for at least
one year.
The general hospitals selected pro-
vide an average of 100 beds, in addi-
ton to the $50 at the State Orthope-
die Hospital in Gastonia, for the care
of operative cases, to the number of
1000 a year.
1874 for Hospitals
During the two years the North
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-09-07

Carolina Plan has been in operation,
it was pointed out by Supervisor
Barnes, there have been 1874 cases
authorized for admission to the gen.
eral hospitals, averaging more than
70 a month, while the number actual
ly admitted was 1913, with 1,4O8 dis
charged. In addition, more than $50
have been admitted to the Orthopedic
Hospital for treatment, bringing the
total up to more than 2,20O
Through the State clinics, exclusive
of those at the Orthopedic Hospital
because these do not share in the ex-
penditure of Social Security funds.
there have been nearly 5000 admis-
sions of children for diagnostic or
treatment services, AZ per cent Of
whom were new admissions; Al per
cent were admitted to register, and
there were SO per cent of return adj
missions.
The field staff has attended 442
day clinics, resulting in more than
1000 patient contracts, individually
planning care and treatment in the
home for 1900 of these. There have
been 691 investigating visits made,
300 locating visits, and 1,767 new and
old case service visits. Service con-
situations were held as follows: With
surgeons 379; with health officials,
545; with welfare officials, $50, and
with other persons, 1,134.
The general hospitals at which
treatment is given crippled children
are located as follows: Raleigh, p;
Durham, 3; Greensboro 3; Salisbury,
1; Charlotte, 4; Winston-Salem, 2, and
Asheville, 3.
Clinic In Henderson
The eighteen clinics, together with
the names of the organizations con-
tributing to their local expenses, are
distributed as follows: Asheville, Rot