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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-16
GAMER MAY GET
 SECOND SHOT AT CHI AMI IONSHIP
Signs to Box Tiger Jack Foxy Winner to Meet
 Bettina
BY LESLIE AVERY

United Press Staff COrrespOndent) New York, Nov. 16.-(UP)-The New York state boxing commission, ruler of fistic domain completely divorced from the National Boxing association, took definite steps today to determine disputed world championships" in its two most active divisions light heavy weight and middleweight.
 It announced eliminate tourna- ments in both divisions and selected the fighters who will participate.
 Al Gainer of New Haven, Conn.,, and 'Tiger" Jack Fox, Spokane Wash, will meet in 8 15-round fight November 29 for the right to challenge Melio Bettina in the final of 8 so-called world light heavy weight championship tournament.
 John Henry Lewis is no longer recognized in New York because he sidestepped Fox, the local commits sion's No. challenger. So, the commission named Fox, Gainer and Bettina as the leading contenders, put their names in hat and con- ducted drawing.
 Bettina, Beacon, N. r., soutpaw, was the lucky one because his name stayed in the hat while those of the two Negro veterans were pulled out, sending them into the elimination battle. They will meet in the Coli scum. The final, in which the win ner fights Bettina, is expected to provide a big enough gate to be staged in the Garden or the Hippo drome.
 It will be the second Fox-Gainer fight. They punched IS rounds at Pittsburgh last year and Gamer got a very close decision. In his last fight Gainer unsuccessfully tried to dislodge Lewis crown which still is recognized by the National Boxing Association. Lewis may relinquish his title before he meets Joe Louis in a heavyweight championship fight in January, and this may lead to N. B. A. recognition of the New York tournament victor.
 The commission will recognize as its world middleweight champion the winner of Friday nights Fred Apos- toli- Young Corbett 15-round match at the Garden. The N. B. A. recog- nizes Solly Krieger of Brooklyn be- cause of his recent decision over Al Hor--.k in Seattle.
 The New York ring body wants to defend his claims to the title against the Apostoli- Corbett winnery and has given him until November 9 to sign for such meeting. Man. agers of Apostol and Corbett have agreed for Promoter Mike Jacobs to withhold $2,000 of the winners purse as a guarahte that Krieger will be given a chance at the title. Solly's manager, Hymie Caplin, insists that he has six months to defend "our title" and that he won't accept the commissions plan for untangling tht ll60-pound muddle.
 At yesterdays meeting Henry Armstrong and Ceferino Garcia were given through physical exam. nations and pronounced in excel lent condition for their welterweight title fight at the Garden November 25. The bout originally was Sched- uled for November but champion Armstrong fell and hurt his back in his last workout on November l The injury has responded to treat ment and Henry is training daily His lower lip, gashed in his fight against Lou Ambers in August, also has healed completely, commission physicians said.
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Legal Notices

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS TRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO BATE COURT, Nov. 14th, 1938 ESTATE of FRANK A. FLOTO, late of the town of Waterbury, in said district, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Waterbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly at- tested, within said time, will be de- barred a recovery. All persons in- debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 NETTIE s. FLOTO, 11-15-3t ExecutriX.
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North End Y Chatter

tBy Jim Jannetty)
 Good Evening:
 Greetings to you members, and
 Mir. Brown,
 Another season has rolled
 around;
 My best wishes in all your
 sports,
 Especially while on the basket
 ball courts.
 By Ken Kelly. (Columnist's Note: Though away at Becker College. Ken Kelly will continue to contribute poems to the column.)
 This evening another double bill will be staged for the benefit of the "" Varsity. The "" Cadets, the Coachless Wonders, will encoun- ter . strong team in the feature game at 8:30 o'clock with the Pio- sneers and the Tommies clashing an hour earlier.
 Correction! Last week the column had the "Y" CrescentS challenging any 18-19 year old basketball team in the city. Manager Toilette writes in to say that the CrescentS are in the 15-18 year class and he is book ing games with the same. Thank you, Slip"
 Coach Rich" Ricciuti's St. Lucy's c. Y. O. squad will hold another practice session this evening at the "" hut at S:15 p. m. sharp. "Rich" has a group of experienced ball players under his tutelege and the team should show up well in the newly organized 0. Y. O. city league which gets under way November 28th.
 All individuals seeking to off, ciate any "" games this year will be subjected to approval by Board of Directors which will be appoint ed soon.
 The North End "Y" Spartans are busily preparing for a strenuous court season under the coaching rein of Variety" Lou Chestone, Manager E. Jackson writes in to tell us that the squad numbers eleven men in all and that Ed Lowe is the captain. The team is in the ~" Senior League and should go places this year. Tots of luck, Boys"
 Bowling is going on at full swing at the "Y'' with the St. Lucy, Pros- pect, and Poker Leagues attracting a whale of attention.
 The Dictatorship Bowling League will get under way Thursday night at the Y at p. m. The Tiger Club is sponsoring the affair. The Nazi. Socialists, Communists and FasciSts make up the loop. (No, the boys were not thinking of Hitler or his Pals?) Vic Membrane. leader of the club will officially open the league by throwing the first ball down the alleys. out of the gutters of course, and not having the ball take him with 1t. (Well be on hand, boys, to witness the fun)
 Pick Ups
 Ken Kelly, our column ode dona- tor was in town over the weekend and we learned that Mir. Kelly tried { out for the Becker basketball squad and to the joy of all his North End RoOterS, made the varsity. Ken is also active in the social line as he Was apbointed chairman in charge
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]. ADDITIONAL SPORTS !.
Thomas Least to Blame for Farce
By DAN PARKER

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POLICE COPS MATCH

Behind S5 balls at one time by a 75-4O count, Louis Police came through with runs of 24, 20 and l8 to eventually deefat Torrington's Joe Considine last night at Matta- tuck Recreation, 125 to 79 in a state league match. Considine had a high run of 33 but finished badly.
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LIQUOR PERMIT

This is to give notice that l, Gilbert Hanson, of 379 Walnut St., Waterbury, Conn.,, have filed an ap- plication dated Nov. 9th, 1888, with the Liquor Control Commission for Tavern Permit for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises, Il Woodtick Road, Waterbury, Conn. The business is owned by Fiada Antonas, of Woodtick Road, Wa terbury. Conn.,, and will be conduct ed by Gilbert Hanson, of 397 Wal nut St., Waterbury, Conn, as per- mittee.
 GILBERT HANSON.
 Dated Nov. 9th, 1888. 11-9-16
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-16
PUNY AS A BABY

Joe Savoldi, former NOtre Dame football star and now heavyweight wrestler, weighed barely three-and- a-half pounds at birth and his life hung in the balance for long time.
Evening star., 1938-02-06

TO THE north OF the old station
were the Metropolitan Railroad
car barns, and q block to the west
ran Reedy Branch, In . southerly
direction. 1t was an open stream, at
least until 1871 or 1877, when it va,
converted into . sewer. It was quite q
large stream at one time, and where
1t crossed Florida avenue At Eighth
street a hand bridge was placed for
the use Of pedestrians.
When quite young. the writer loved
to gather the beautiful pebbles and
stones to be found in this branch,
and for many years the old parlor
what-not bore evidence Of this child
ish delight.
When the Boundary sewer was COM
pleted Reedy Branch was diverted into
1t. This sewer was begun in 1879, and
when finished was the largest cylin-
drical sewer in the world. At its
starting point at E street between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets
NE. 1t is ~ feet in Diameter. inside
measurement. 1t extends along Flor
ida avenue from its Northeast start
ing point to about Eighth street NV.
1t was one Of Washington's greatest
engineering feats and was construct
ed under the direction of Maj. Hoxie.
Swampoodle, of which much has
been written. had no exact boun-
daries but may be said to have ex-
tended in a general way several blocks
to the east OF North Capitol street
and north and south Of H street.
with the larger part lying to the
north of the latter thoroughfare.
The name with which this section
was dubbed suggested itself, most
naturally. by the svampy land on
either side of Tiber Creek, which
crossed H street about midway between
North Capitol and First streets NE.
Much has been said, in a joking
way, of the early residents Of this
part of the city, but seriously, the
worst anyone might say about them
would be that many of them were
poor. but hard-working people who
minded their own business and saw
to it that everybody else did the
same. They did not like the dog
catcher, nor did anyone else, and
they did not care for the policeman,
for they preferred to settle their diff
ferences among themselves without
any outside interference.
GENERALLY speaking, Swampoodle
was not composed Of teetotalers,
nor were the people here strictly Of
the reverse tendency. though if called
upon to vote. would probably have
cast wet ballot, and yet. as a mat
ter of fact, they probably did not
indulge in strong drink to any greater
extent than did the people of other
sections Of the city That they sent
their children to school and educated
them is evident. since many OF them
became representative Washington
men and women, and this conclu-
sively shows that they were not as
Evening star., 1938-02-06

automobile. was just as reckless and
needed just as much watching as the
careless and inconsiderate automobile
driver does at present, and about the
only difference, If any. was that only
people of means had horses and car
riages, while now most any one can
afford an automobile.
1t was then against the law "to
drive any horse, mare or gelding in
or on any street, avenue or alley of
this city at a pace faster than a
moderate trot or gallop, or to make
any attempt or trial OF speed between
two or more horses" If any one was
injured during violation of this law.
the driver was subject to fine of $40
and incarceration in the workhouse for
not less than 80 nor more than 80
days.
Florida avenue proved great
Evening star., 1938-02-06

black as painted. Indeed, if we could
push aside the curtain and see this
neighborhood as it was so years ago,
and become acquainted with the peo-
pie there, We might say that, after
ALL they were a mighty fine class Of
people.
Just where the Swampoodle boys
and girls received their early educa-
ton one might only assume by the
schools in that vicinity.
On H street between Third and
Fourth streets NE there was a
wooden one-story building only used
as a school during the years 1879
and 1880. At one time it had a mar
ket house which was owned by the
District, the ground belonging to
Bennet H. Hill. The writer could
not find out any of the names of the
children who went to this school. but
there is no doubt they resided right
in the Poodle"
Perhaps some of them went 10 the
school at the corner OF New Jersey
avenue and street, several blocks
to the south, where, in 1878. the fol-
lowing were sufficiently proficient to
receive certificates: Ernest Hill.
Richard Cromwell. Frank Ourand,
Clinton Demo. Albert White, William
Boyd, Edward Smith. William Do
nath, James Cromwell, William Smith.
Harry Spottswood. Robert Balm, John
Wheeler. William Burk, Franchot
Boyd, Charles Schneider, Stephen
Walsh, Mitchell Roxbury. Frederic
Reeves. Otto Selhausen. William Miles,
Allie Grant, George Heinecke, T. Ed
munds Turpin. William Lauxman,
Jerome kaufman. Elmer Dom, Max
Blatzheim, Harry May. John Fitz-
gerald. Henry Horning, Martin Nc
Cormick, William Phipps. James La
porte, Harry Hodges, Harry Straus,
Lewis Moser william La1enby, Rob-
ert Wheeler, Ignatius Gordon, Will
liam McNall, Edward Evans, Frank
Evening star., 1938-02-06

Suddenly, however, the name of the
manager came to me. and after q
futile essay with q pulque- -sodden
lounger in front of one of the numer-
Gus grog shops, found q boy who rec
ognized that name and took me just
around the corner to the hotel, where
I found the members Of my party in .
sad state Of nerves over my disap-
pearance and about to organize a
rescue squad for my salvation. I have
no alibi for my misadventure, save the
choice OF the founders of Taxco in
the matter Of site and my own false
confidence in my sense Of direction.
RUT Taxco is well worth while. It
is old and it is beautiful It is
worth even a half hour of panic-a
state to which I did not actually at
tain-for the visiting. And no wonder
that the artists go there for inspira-
ton and subjects My own particular
grievance is that my visit there CO.
incided with the period of lamentable
Photographic lapse, to which 1 have
heretofore made discreet reference.
Hence have no pictures of Taxco to
present, though there is a picture there
at every turn of its maze Of narrow
streets.
Then, to carry on with the recital
OF reasons for going to Mexico, there
is the drive westward to Acapulco from
Taxco, days trip through mountains,
over plains and desert land, again over
mountains, and finally the long slide
down to the Pacific, through forests
where parrots may be seen in the trees,
a sharp declension from the temperate
to the subtropical zone. There is no
loveller sight in all America than the
view OF the sea from the last scarp of
the Sierra Madre. There lies one Of
the finest harbors in the world, cele-
orated IN song and story. a deep nat
ural basin protected from the power
OF the Pacific, big enough to float one
OF the great navies, bordered by hills
covered with verdure, two beautiful
Evening star., 1938-02-06

AS the writer first knew the second
precinct on Seventh street road, 1t had
opposite 1t the Park Hotel, removed
only few years ago and which at
one time was known as the Maryland
House, and where the ball grounds
are now was Beyers Park.
This was a well-wooded area con-
tanning many sturdy oaks Of the forest
primeval. The amusements included
a dancing pavilion, bowling alleys, a
merry-go-round that didn't break
DOWN and other attractions. Upon one
occasion the writer witnessed foot
races there and no doubt other sports
we're included from time to time. Like
the Schuetzen Park half mile farther
up the road, beer seemed to be the
greatest attraction, and the clang Of
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neighborhood. and several ferocious-
looking bloodhounds guarded the place
and kept away intruders.
Nearly all OF this area is now oc-
cupied by colored families, and the
pioneer Irish and the few German
families that once lived hereabout
have long since moved elsewhere, and
many have passed into the great
beyond. However, many of their
descendants are still living in Wash
ington. Indeed, the writer went to
both private and public schools with
some of the sons and daughters of
this settlement and always found them
to be good and loyal friends. Many
became prominent in various walks of
life, and those who are still with us
and holding positions OF trust may
be justly regarded as OF the first
families of Washington.
BOUNDARY STREET-as many an
old Washingtonian still insists
upon calling Florida avenue-was,
with few exceptions, for many years
only covered with gravel, just like all
the streets in and around the city,
Evening star., 1938-02-06

the hill. The horses were all re-
moved from the wagon and the two
mules substituted, and when Alcorn
said Get up" they bent forward
with their bodies almost touching the
ground. and as the load began to move
they Strengthened up and carried it
up the hill on run. 1t was indeed a
most beautiful sight.
Being steep. this hill made Won
derful coasting when there was snow
on the ground. although it required
much skill to swing the sled into
Barry place, since houses then lined
the south side of the thoroughfare,
where the avenue now continues on
to the city.
In addition to the mule episode an
| other thing which occurred there that
the writer will never forget was
colored boy, in his bare feet, par
ticipating in the sport of coasting
down this hill. A few years later this
same boy was shot and killed, for
which his assailant was afterward
acquitted in court.
EIFTY years ago Ninth street was
not cut through above Barry place
and Eighth street was called Wright
street. Down this street, or perhaps
paralleling it in places, ran Reedy
Branch, along which a number of
slaughter houses were located This
stream had its source somewhere to
the north and flowed down the east
side of Sherman avenue in a narrow,
deep cut it had made. At about Eu-
cid street it turned almost abruptly
into Eighth street, passing close to
where once stood the National Home
for Destitute Colored Women and
Children, which institution was erected
some so or more years ago.
One of the sights one will never for
get is the great droves of hogs. sheep
and cattle which were driven through
the streets of Washington to the
slaughter houses that lined Reedy
Branch, sometimes even spreading out
beyond the curb line onto the side
walks. Legislation finally cured this
evil. and everybody was better off and
happier thereby. One of the sights,
however, which many will recall while
these slaughter houses were still in op-
Grafton was the large number of oxtails
commonly seen thrown over the shoul-
ders of the colored men who helped
to do the killing. No doubt they were
given them as part of their pay, but
now they are sold for making oxtail
soup, considered by many as a del
cacy.
Another common sight around Cow
town in the early days was the cutting
of ice by the butchers for their ice
houses, and the writer recalls the large
quantities gathered by Henry Rupert,
who had two meat stands. one in the
Center Market and another in the
Northern Liberty Market. His slaugh-
ter house and residence occupied a
large piece of ground at the northeast
corner Of Barry place and Sherman
avenue that extended to the top of the
hill. His home was of brick and was
one of the largest residences in this
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Sun, at Teotihuacan. near the Capital.
He will rue his venture in hours Of
later WEAKNESS and pain. These and
other climbs to the heights of man.
made structures must be taken slowly
and with due regard for the hereafter.
But the heights are not all occupied
by monuments of antiquity-that is,
the early antiquity of aboriginal days.
Some of them are sites Of towns and
even cities. Taxco is an example.
Situated about hundred miles south
Of the Capital, it Is one OF the most
fascinating places on this continent.
1t is a veritable hill town." cluster
of houses and churches clinging to the
steep slopes of the mountainside, with
a sweeping view of far-flung plain.
1t has become a favorite resort Of
artists intent upon painting the Mex
ican scene and no wonder, for there is
a picture at every turn. BY some
miracle of urban engineering there are
two fiat spaces in the town, each about
two or three acres in area. One of
these is the plaza-there is plaza in
every Mexican town, whatever its size
and the other is the market.
Whoever laid out Taxco-it is pro-
nounced "Taz-ko''-may have made a
good job of getting the most building
space out Of the chosen area. but he
did not have any consideration for the
stranger. I demonstrated his negli-
gence in this regard by getting quite
definitely lost there on the evening Of
arrival, when I undertook to return
alone from the market to the hotel
where the party of which I was men,
Der was quartered. became thor
oughly confounded by the utter lack
of geometry in the town planning,
and the coming of the night made my
case rather sorry one. I twisted and
turned, climbed steep, narrow streets
over the rough cobbles, I asked my way
Of natives without result, because they
had no English and I no Spanish, and
to make matters worse, could not re-
member the name of the hostelry.