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The Washington times., 1938-06-17

MOSCOW, June II Q.N.S>.
A flagpole from the American
Arctic schooner jeanette, lost in
the ice 81 years ago, has been
discovered by the Soviet Arctic
station on Henriette Island, 1t
was revealed today.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
Autographs SaUantS Goal

four years. and expects to com.
plete his job by 1912
His collection does not comprise
the signatures of movie stars. but
pictures of stars in the heavens,
which. he says. virtually write
their own autographs"
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
President Gets Bill
Lifting Bridge Tax

The House yesterday unani-
mously passed a Senate-approved
bill exempting publicly-owned in.
tereState highway toll bridges
from local taxation. The bill now
goes to the White House.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17

prices is given by a prominent
New York furrier today was upset
world conditions and wars"
The winter season, he predicted,
will see leopard and Persian lamb
predominating with q return Of
Hudson seal for dress use.
The Washington times., 1938-06-17
War Threats Hit Fur Prices

NEW YORK, June II U.NSO.
Here's q cheerful note for dear
hubby-next winters furs will be
40 per cent less expensive than
Reason for the decline in fur
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
|, 0, 0, F, UNITIES
FOR PILGRIMAGE

Delegates from Maryland, Vir-
GINA, North Carolina, PennSyl'
Vania and other eastern States
will participate in the annual
pilgrimage of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows to the Tomb
Of the Unknown Soldier the after
noon Of Sunday, June II.
The night before they Will
gather ct banquet and dance IN
the Mayflower Hotel, starting at
T::30. Sunday morning the visitors
will be taken on sightseeing
tour.
Assembly for the pilgrimage will
be at the Fort Myer gate at 2:30
with all local branches OF the
order in uniform. Services will be
held at 3 p. M, when Thomas G
Andrews, grand sire, will dellVe:
an address.
Charles P. Lampe, then grand
master of the washington Chapter
of I. o. o. F., originated the an
nual pilgrimageS in 1884, and they
have been made every year since
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
ANACOSTIA HIGH.
DIPLOMAS READY.
FOR CLASS OF Sc.
Junior Exercises Set
For June 2l

Anacostia Senior High School
will hold graduation exercises
June % at p. m. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle will represent the
school board. Principal J. P. Col
Inns will award diplomas to Sc.
The Junior branch will have
graduation exercises the previous
afternoon, with Henry I. Quinn,
school board member, in attend
ance.
Senior graduates, all from the
southeast with the exception OF
Julius Sherman, 1902 Bennings
Rd. N. E., and Evelyn Katherine
Homes, 1902 Eastern Ave. N. E.,
are as follows:
| Mary Ament. 2sO6 Nichols Ave; Erma
Cecilia Boahm, 1916 Forty-fifth Pl.;
Mildred Louise Beane, 2114 Minnesota
Ave; Claire Frances Burke, 24S6 Thirty
third St; Claudia Louise Burrows, 1642
sixteenth ST.; Iona Elsie Carter, Route
No. 1, Bennings Station; Willie May
beth Crifasi, 1910 Maple View PL; Mary
Ellen Edmonds, 1910 Galen ST.; Norma
Pearl Estes, 1922 Chicago ST.: Elizabeth
Alice Ethridge, 2019 Naylor Rd.; Claire
Winifred Forsythe, 5216 Livingston Rd.
Mary Elizabeth Hayden, 1923 Minnesota
Ave; Mary Teresa Hayden. 11o6 Good
Hope Rd.: Martha Louise Hess. 1907
Seventeenth ST.: Virginia Mae Hulvey
1917 w ST.: Pearl Estelle James, 1928
Fifth St; Frances olivia johnson, 271S
Pennsylvania Ave: Lillian Marie Ken
Knaggs 127 Anacostia Rd.; Lillian Fearl
Kurland, 3217 Fifteenth Pl: Edith
Eusebia Lagundo, 451S Alabama Ave. ::
| III Iv =
Lois Leftwich, 1416 Young St.; Emily A.
Lines, 1904 Alabama Ave-; Charlotte
Virginia Lloyd, 4217 Beck ST.: Mary
Louise Lloyd. 4217 Beck St.. !: Vivian Tressi
Marshall s l4s7 Ridge Pl.; Margaret
Elizabeth Miller, 1904 Twenty-second st. /:
Della e. Myers 3O15 v Pl.: Dorothy
Overholser, st. Elizabeths Hospital;
Alta May Fearl. 1905 Twenty-second St. :;
Emma Jean Smith. 4224 sgsbee ST. !;
Anna Kunigunda Tanner, 1881 Twenty
second ST.: Thelma Louise Warder. 4444
Ord St. Margaret Virginia White, 1915
Fifth St: Retta Jeanette Wolfes, 1928 s
St. Elsie Lillian Woodland, II Anacostia
Thirteenth St. Jay Princes Dodd. 1922
Wee St; William Elton Fish, S21S
Eleventh Pl; Ambrose Gass, 1913
Thirteenth St; Eugene Geniesse. III,
Hagedorn, 1893 You St; Fred Peter
Harich, 200 Good Hope Rd.: Thomas
Harvey Hutchinson, 2412 Minnesota
Ave; Warren John Kidwell, 1920 w ST..
Clarence Raymond Knott, 2238 Mt. View
Pl.; William Edward Marshall, 1857
Ridge PL: Charles Freeman Mcknight
1920 Fourteenth St: William W. O'steen.
I1326 Ridge FL; Jesse Andrew PAWS. 3217
Fifteenth Pt; Preston Robey Tucker.
1904 Fourteenth st.
POST GRADUATE
Freeman Hartnell, Cheltenham, Md.
Marie Guy. 1928 Fifteenth St; Meredith
Porte, 1917 Twenty-fifth st.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
SUMMER
SCHOOLS JULY 5

Twenty-Five public school build
ings will reopen July 5 for the
month of summer school sessions
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of public schools, an
nounced today.
Sixteen teachers, with monthly
salaries totaling $4,53O, have been
certified for vocational education
positions, DR.. Ballou said. These
were opened through operation OF
the George-Deen act which pro
vides the government shall pledge
tWo-thirds of the funds REQUIRED
to meet the pay roll.
The board named two schools
and a stadium at its meeting yes
terday. They are: Alfred Jones
elementary School, at First and
L Streets Northwest; the James
E. Walker elementary School,
Third Street between K and L
Northwest, and the Arthur Brooks
Stadium, formerly known as the
James E. Walker Stadium, at Dun
bar High School.
The board also approved eStab,
lishment of new dental clinic
at the Thomson Elementary
School, Twelfth and L Streets
Northwest.
oB-asf etaoi etaoi etaoi etaoinn
The Washington times., 1938-06-02

James Harold Fox, A. NJ, Ed.
d., now associate professor Of
education and secretary Of the
executive committee Of the School
of Education, will retain his as
sociate professorship and will be-
come dean of the School Of Edu-
cation.
PROFESSORS
The following associate profes'
sors will become professors in the
subjects indicated:
Mitchell Dreese. Ph.D. educational
Francis Edgar Johnston, Ph.Ds math-
William Crane tombstone. jr.. Ph.D.,
professor of political science and dean
of the Junior College. -,
Leland Wilbur Parr. Ph.D.' bacteri-
Benjamin Douglass Van Evera, Ph.D.'
chemistry.
ASSISTANTS ADVANCED
The following lecturers and assistant
professors will receive the ranks IN
Levi Russell Alden. AM, LIE and
Gilbert Lewis Hall, ABB, LIB, ADJUNCT
professors of law. ~.
Custis Lee Hall, M. D.; william Berry
Marbury. MD; Paul Stirling Putzkl
MD. and Arch Lockhart Riddick. Abb,
IND. clinical professors of surgery.
Nathaniel Howard Engle, Ph.D.. and
Wilford Lenfestey White, MIA D'C'S'
nrofessorial lecturers on marketing.
Douglas Bement, AM, LIB, assoct-
ate professor of English.
Arthur Edward Burns, Phi. D.. associate
professor of economics.
John Harold Hanks, Ph.D.D associate
professor of bacteriology.
Ira Bowers Hansen, Ph.D.' associate
professor of zoology.
Harold Friend Harding, Ph.D., as
sociate professor of public speaking.
Thelma Hunt, Ph.D., MD, associate
professor of psychology.
Ralph Dale Kennedy Ph.D., associate
professor of accounting and business al
minstration.
John Albert McIntire, A.B.' Lib as
| sociate professor of law
Ernest Alfred Watson Sheppard, NJ.
ID.CM., associate professor Of ophthai-
mology.
sociate professor of English.
INSTRUCTORS PROMOTED
The following instructors will receive
promotions to assistant professorsnlps
| in the subjects indicated:
| Winfield Dewitt Bennett, AM. pub
| lie speaking.
John Porter Foley, jr., Ph.D.. psy-
chology.
mechanical engineering.
| Howard Maxwell Merriman. Ph'D.,
history,
| william Warren sager, MS, MD,
surgery.
Fred Salisbury Topper Ph.D., English.
| Laurence Lee Cockerlle. MD, OBJ
stetrics and gynecology.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Virginia Girl
Wins 500

ARLINGTON, Va, June 2.
Miss Logs Marion Blake, mem:
Der of the graduating class OF
Westinghouse High School, is
all smiles today.
She won the Statewide essay
contest sponsored among high
schools of Virginia by the Ameri-
can Legion, and the prize is 500.
The money will not go for new
dresses, either. Miss Blake, seri-
ous-minded young lady, plans to
use it as the foundation for a
college education fund. She would
like to study medicine.
Miss Blake's essay dealt with "A
Comparative Study of the Advan-
tages Of American Citizenship"
The 500 prize and a gold medal
is to be presented her at a schc7l
assembly,
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Griffith Host
School Patrol Will
See Game Today

Clark Griffith will be host to
5000 school safety patrolmen from
the schools here and in nearby
communities at today'S ball game
between the Senators and the Chi
cago White Sox, it was announced
yesterday by the American Auto
mobile Association.
Boys will be accompanied by
their teacher-SponSors, and music
will be provided by the Stuart
Junior High School band. The A.
A. A. sponsors and equips the
patrols.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
5Oth Reunion
Visitation ALIGnlnGe
To Gather

The alumnae association OF
Georgetown Visitation Convent
will hold it's forty-fourth annual
meeting Friday at II a. m. at the
convent. Mrs. Joseph Letter will
preside. After the meeting Sisters
of the Visitation will give their
annual luncheon.
Many alumnae plan to stay for
the retreat, which starts Friday
evening and ends Monday morn
ing.
The class of 1888 will hold its
fiftieth reunion this year. Glasses
of 1898, 1908, 1928 and 1888 also
will hold special reunions.
Visitation is the Oldest convent
in the country. It was founded
140 years ago, and has never closed
its doors.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
SCHOOL PLANS
FINALS JUNE I

The National Cathedral School
will hold it's commencement exer.
cises June 7 in the Great Choir of
the Washington Cathedral. The
Very Rev. Noble C. Powell, dean Of
Washington, will deliver the ad-
dress.
Bishop James E. Freeman will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon
Sunday afternoon. There will be
flag day exercises at $500 Woodley
Rd. Monday afternoon, with Col.
Charles S. Hamilton making an
address. Mabel B. Turner is pin
cipal of the school.
Graduates in the general, OF
five-year, course from Washington
unless otherwise indicated, are:
Louise Bennett, Winston-Salem, n. c.;
Mary Austin Campbell, Wytheville. Va
Kathrine Conlyn; Mary F. Hamilton;
Marianne Hewitt, Huntington, w. Va.
Harriet Huntley; Bob-Ed Lasater, Win
ston-Salem, N. c.: Jane Moore; ElinoI
Nostrand, Easton, Md; Edna Roth
Simpson, Mt. Lebanon, Pa, and Jean
Stats, Huntington, W. Va.
Those completing the college prepare
tory, four-year course:
Louise Adair Jacksonville, Fla; Rose
Barksdale, Lynchburg, Va; Helen Marie
Byars: Jane Davis; Dorothea Ensko'
New York city; Dorothy Funston, Uni
versity, Va; Harriet Gross, Cambridge,
ohio; Jane Harvey New York city; Dolly
Hiden, Warrenton, Va; Mary Margaret
Jackson: Lucille Laporte; Jean McNeer.
Huntington, w. Va; Frances Nehls,
Hawthorne, N. j.; Ann Brooke Peterson
Jane Richter, Pittsburgh, Pa; Denny
Scott, Lynchburg. Va; Edna scratchley;
Bobette stackhouse; Virginia Walker;
Carol Weatherly, Kingston, Pa; Doro
thy Ann Wheaton, Salisbury Nd, ana
Nelson whitaker.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
.Jelvs Await
"ShOUOuS'

Jews the world over will start
the observance of ShovouS, the
Feast of Weeks, on Saturday.
Shovous, literally meaning
weeks" takes its name from the
fact that it is celebrated seven
weeks after Passover. More than
1000 years ago Greek-speaking
Jews gave the holiday the name
"Pentecost" since it occurs so days
from the second evening Of Pass
over.
Shovous is the day Of confirma-
ton in Reform synagogues for
Jewish youths. Boys and girls,
having been taught the meaning
of the Jewish faith, confirm their
faith on that day.
In ancient times Jews brought
their offerings of first fruits and
of grain to the Temple in JeruSa-
lem. Saturday, synagogueS will be
decorated with greenery and
flowers.
The holiday is celebrated for
two days by Orthodox Jews and
one day by liberal Jews.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Honored
D. C.. Youths Elected
At Catholic u.

Two Washington youths were
elected presidents Of student
clubs at Catholic University yes
terday.
Douglas M. Mosteller, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. L. K. Mosteller, of 1924
Calvert st. N. w., will head the
Senators Club, while Jerome B.
Wyble, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
E. Wyble, of 1705 Taylor st. N. w.,
is head Of the Cave Dwellers Club.
Both are juniors in the school
of engineering. Wyble is a grad
uate of Mckinley Technical High
School and Mosteller is a graduate
Of Western High School.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
C. U. GOES OFF
male STANDARD

One of Washington'S last cita-
dels of masculinity-George town
University crumbled yesterday.
So staunch was the bulwark
against femininity at the Hilltop
that even the telephone operators
spoke bass-until yesterday.
Then one staff member, who has
been te.lephoning the college
weekly for the last 10 years, got
the shock of his life when a sweet
feminine voice answered. He was
so dazed he thought he had the
wrong number and hung up to
dial again.
The Misses Elizabeth Taylor and
Mary Schulz, it was explained at
the university, will have control
of the schools switchboard from
7 a. m. until II p. m. in the future.
No official explanation was
given but it was rumored univer-
sity officials decided girls can
operate a switchboard more ef-
ficiently than men.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
D.C.HOMESTEAD
BILL URGED BY
CITIZENS GROUP
$1,000 Exemption
Demanded
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

The enactment of a homestead
law for the District that would
exempt from taxation $1,000 OF
the assessed valuation of all homes
occupied by their owners was
urged by the Friendship Citizens
Association at it's final meeting of
the season last night in Janney
School.
The resolution, introduced by
Martin A. Cook, chairman of the
committee on law and legislation,
pointed out that some IA States
now have such a law to encourage
AID stimulate small home owning,
with exemptions ranging from IS
tc $4,000.
The association approved the
action of it's president, Samuel j.
Flickinger, in opposing before the
Zoning Commission applications to
rezone highly residential sections
Of it's territory that would permit
construction of twofamily flats
and apartment houses.
NDORSE LODGE
The association Endorsed Thomas
E. Lodge for appointment as Dis
trict Commissioner to succeed
George E. Allen, by vote, with a
majority of three over William
NICK. Clayton.
The association reaffirmed the
policy in urging District jobs for
District people. President Roose-
welt was asked to strictly observe
this policy in making appoint
ment of the three new judgeShipS
on the District bench and one on
the Court of Appeals.
POISON IVY
An appropriation was ordered
to purchase a spraying apparatus
to eliminate poison ivy in the
Janney School playground.
Mr.. Flickinger was reelected
president for the fifth conSecu-
tive term.
other officers elected were: c.
ID. Franks, first vice president:
Miss B. L. Pulizzi, second vice
president; Harold Mills, secretary
and Harry Friedman, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Vets Plan Party
At St. Eizabeths

Cooley Mccullough Post, Amer
lean Legion, will sponsor an en-
tertainment at 8 p. m. today in
Red Cross Hall, st. Elizabeths
Hospital, for the benefit of dis
abled veterans.
Featured will be Sylvia Kap
lowitz with a company of 40 sing
ers and dancers, and Joe King
ventriloQuiSt.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
SHRINE READIES
GALA PROGRAM
TO AID CHARITIES
Baseball and Beauty
To Be Features

Supplanting the usual Shrine
Grotto baseball game staged an
nually, the Masonic fraternity
June IS, will put on a program
which will include a baseball game
between two leading amateur
teams, a pageant of all uniformed
bodies of Masonry, popularity
contest, circus and fireworks
display. Proceeds will go to the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
Already Harding Lodge has Sc
lected dark-eyed Jane Allen
Slaughter, 20, to represent it in
the popularity contest, but beauty
alone will not figure in the COM
petition.
ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE II
Entries are open to any girl,
sponsored by any organization
either within or without the fra
ternity. Deadline for entries Is
June II. On the stub Of each gen.
eral admission ticket sold is q
voice in the contest.
Miss Slaughter is a typist in
the General Accounting Office.
She is from Richmond, Va, is
5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 113
pounds, has naturally dark curly
hair and would give any beauty
contestant a run for the prize.
The festivities will take place at
Griffith Stadium. Brig. Gen. AL
bert L. Cox, recently appointed
commanding officer Of the D. c.
Militia, will head the pageant as
grand marshal.
MILITARY DISPLAY
Color guards have been detailed
by the Army. Navy, Marine Corps
and Coast Guard. The Reserves
will be represented by the Fifth
Battalion Fleet Reserve Band,
under direction of Leon Brusiloff.
Jobs Daughters will enter a 100
piece uniformed drum corps in the
spectacle.
The fireworks display will be
touched off following the pageant.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Boy Leaders of ~
To Meet in Camp

Plans for summer activities will
be made by 26 boy leaders of
the Y. M. C. A. at their first an
nual retreat this weekend at Camp
Let's, near Annapolis, Md. Ward
N. Barrick, camp director; Ru-
dolph Gaber, boys work extension
secretary, and r. B. Morgan, phys
ical director, will confer with the
boys.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Y. M. Delegation
Attends Farley

Leonard w. DeGast, Y. M. c. A.
general secretary, will head a dele
CATION to the annual interstate
"Y" convention of the District
Maryland and Delaware opening
at Wilmington today.
w. K. Handy of Washington
is vice chairman of the inter
state committee. Page NICK
Etchison, in charge of religious
work at the "Y," and George E
Harris are representing Washing
ton at the convention.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Roosevelt to Get
O'COnnell's Report

Representative Jerry O'Connell,
= Montana Democrat who was ode
ported" from Jersey City, N. j., in
his second unsuccessful attempt
to address an anti-Hague meeting,
will lay his case before President
Roosevelt tomorrow, he said yes
terday.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Tests Announced
By Civil Service

Civil Service Commission yester-
day announced open competition
examinations for the following
positions: Engineering drafts
men, maritime research assistant,
maritime personnel representative,
assistant electric-rate investigator
land loftSman.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Bill Would Accept
Holmes Residence

Representative Kent E. Keller
CD, of Illinois, chairman of the
House Library Committee, yester-
day introduced a bill directing the
Government to accept the deed to
the Oliver Wendell Holmes resi-.
dence at 1870 / st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
DIR. Gunnar Myrdal
Will Speak Today

DR.. Gunnar Myrdal, of the
Swedish Parliament, will address
the Central Housing Committee
subcommittee on research and
statistics at luncheon in the Lee
House at 2 D. m, today,
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
HERRELL NAMED

Russell H. Herrell, controller Of
the Government Printing Office,
has been named administrative
assistant to Augustus E. Giegen-
gack, Public Printer. He will be
succeeded as controller by Felix
e, CriStofane,
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
st. Louis Zoo Chief
Calls on DIR. Mann

George Vierheller, director Of
the st. Louis Zoo, paid a short visit
to DR.. William Mann, director Of
the Washington Zoo, yesterday.
DR.. Mann said the call was purely
Of a social nature, and there was
no talk of animal swapping"
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
STRONG HEADS UNIT

L. Corrin Strong will lead the
Metropolitan Unit of the Com
munity Chest in this years cam
paign, it was announced yester-
day by William j. Flather, jr.,
campaign chairman. Strong has
been member of The Special
Assignments Unit since 1881.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
ADM. LAND SPEAKS

Admiral Emory S. Land, chair.
man Of the Merchant Marine
Commission, spoke today at the
luncheon meeting of the Junior
Board of Commerce at the An
napolis Hotel. He discussed the
status of the American merchant
marine.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
INVITES AUTO CLUB

The Advisory Board of the Key
stone Automobile Club has &C
'epted the invitation of Mark
Iansburgh to hold its June
Meeting in the gardens of his
home at Bill Idaho Ave. MI
nervous public officials have been
invited.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
ALUMNI DANCE

The alumni association dance
Of Gaithersburg High School viii
hold a prom at the National Won
ems Club tonight from 10 O'Clock
to / a, m,
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
DR., MILLER RETURNS

DR.. Raphael Miller, pastor Of
National City Christian Church,
will return to his pulpit Sunday.
after a month speaking tour
in the West in behalf of the
church.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
TRADE ASSN TO MEET

The Washington Automotive
Trade Association will meet in
the grill room of the Hay-Adams
House Monday at 8 o. m.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Night Classes
Graduate Tonight

Graduating exercises for the ele-
mentary night schools, Divisions
10 to Is, will be held tonight at
Armstrong High School.
The Washington times., 1938-06-02
Faculty Promotions
Announced at G. w.

President Cloyd H. Marvin of George Washington UnVer.
sty today promotions in rank OF 81 members OF
the faculty. following action by the board OF trustees
The promotions will effective in September, with the
nnenino of new academic
Evening star., 1938-02-20
TO SEE
NAVIGATION EXHIBIT
Federal Services Are to Have Dis.
plays at Lectures of Po.
tomac Squadron.

The Potomac River Power Squad
ron has arranged for exhibits illus
trating the work Of both the Light
house Service and the Coast and
Geodetic Survey at its weekly classes
IN navigation, which are being held
IN the auditorium Of the United States
Public Health Service. The classes
have attracted 200 yachtsmen.
Two exhibits have been scheduled.
one tomorrow night when the class
will receive instruction on the sig
nificance of lighthouses, fog signals
and buoys and the other on March Z.
at which session charts and their
use is to be the subject.
Ralph c. Smith and Russell z.
Yates, members of the local squad
ron, are In charge of the exhibits
which have been arranged through
the Department Of Commerce. Weekly
classes IN boat handling and pilot
ing viii continue until April ( and
Are tree 70 the Dublic.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
JEFFRA IS G TO )
TO RETAIN TITLE
Escobar Boasts He'll Land
Kayo to Regain Crown.
Gate Disappoints.
BY the Associated Press

SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico. Feb 19.-
Champion Harry Jeffra, the ex-golf
bag toter from Baltimore, ruled q
6-to-5 favorite tonight to retain his
bantamweight crown in tomofrows IS
round bout with Sixto Escobar here.
Despite the little Puerto Rican's fiat
statement that he not only expects to
win back the title he lost in New
York last summer, but will be out for
q Knockout victory. the betting fra
ternity made the titleholder the wager
ing choice as both wound up their
training grinds.
The fighters weigh in for the bout
at 10 am. Eastern standard time) to-
morrow, with the mill slated for Q
pm. Eastern standard time) In the
Escambron baseball park. Expecta-
tions are Escobar will tip the beam at
lit pounds. with the champion Just
making the 1ls-pound limit.
Gate Disappointing.
Although a last-minute rush fos
tickets swamped the box once. crowd
predictions were revised downward
with indications that the gate would
gross under $25 900, some $4,000 short
OF previous calculations.
The last hitch in the fight arrange
ments was overcome today when Nat
Fleischer, editor Of the Ring Magazine,
withdrew from nomination as one Of
the judges to permit the JefIra camp
to select Ned Brown, former New York
boxing writer, to sit in his seat. This
made way for selection by the sports
commission of a local man as the
other Judge. Johnny McAvoy, veteran
New York third man." already has
been named as referee.
Tomorrow's bout is Escobar's third
crack at the l1S-pound laurels. He
won the United States National Boxing
Association ranking as titleholder in
1884. then droppsA the crown in 1885
and regained it in 1897 before the o.
year-old Jeffra gave him a going over
IN the Carnival OF Champions" in
New York last September.