davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-02-04
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK: Feb. 4 LP.-Eegs. 14,4OO;
unsettled. Mixed colors. special packs,
1890 standards. .1sA-la; 1irsts. isA.
l7H2: seconds, 1612-'4; mediums. l6-164;
Critics. No. l. 16l6A; average checks. 15
Refrigerator. standards. 151a-l6Is; irsts.
I4.l5: lower grades. 12-13ta.
higher higher than extra. ss:5sA; extra lsS
seconds 1887. $3.50. -
Cheese. s0262; steady; prices un-
changed.
i, Whites: =, Resale of premium marks
S4h1-26; Nearby and Midwestern. premi.
ni1 nm marks, 23-24; exchange specials, 21h.
MidWestern. exchange standards. 81
Nearby, fancy. mediums. 20-22Ka. Nearby
ana western, exchange mediums, 1917
Pacific Coast, jumbo and premiums. 25-3O;
Slsc' Specials 24H,MS; standards. 23A-24 me.
211a-24; Nearby and western. special
PACKS; 2OHa-21. Nearby. small to mediums
". ". DUCK eggs: Fancy to extra fancy,
Dressed poultry quiet, all fresh and
frozen prices unchanged.
Live poultry. by. freight, easy Chickens,
-: mostly 1927; Leghorn. 20. Old
ROSTERS. 16: ducks. IS.
On sy ~, express irresular:. Chickens, Rocks.
so-.': crosses, 20; broilers Rocks. 1929;
mostly ?O-22: crosses. 1921: mostly 90
Il: Reds; 1921: mostly 1921. Fowl,
mostly "a. Old roosters. 1917; ducks. 20.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
VOTE DISSOLUTION
OF CHICAGO CURB
Members Decide to Close
Exchange Because of
Trade Shrinkaqe.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-The Chicago
Curb Exchange was headed today
toward dissolution, with the approval
OF . majority Of its members.
Shrinkage in the volume of security
trading was given as the reason for
the decision to liquidate.
Stxty-five Of the II members voted
at q special meeting yesterday to ap-
prove the Board of Governors recon-
mendation that the exchange apply to
the Securities and Exchange Commits
sion for withdrawal Of its license.
The exchange was incorporated in
1927, and began business in July, 1928.
1t was established as q trading place
for securities Of new companies and
small concerns whose shares were not
listed on the larger exchanges.
Memberships were said to have an
asset value of about $500 each.
In 1887 the turnover on the exchange
totaled 560,584 shares of stock and
SIC, 500 bonds, par value. The dollar
value Of 1887 transactions was put at
$l,340,846. In contrast, 6.645,637
shares Of stock were traded in 1929.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
j. s. RETAIL SALES
At SAME LEVELS
Cut Pay Rolls, CurtaHed En-.
pIoyment Hold Down Con-
sumer Buying.
H1 the Associated Press.

R1 the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Retail sales
for the Nation as a whole this week
marked time at last weeks levels, Dun
g. Bradstreet reported today.
Reduced pay rolls and curtailed
employment started to slacken the
pace of consumer buying in many Of
the leading centers Of retail distribu-
ton. so that sales were held down
to barely even with the previous
weeks" said the credit agency.
Alongside rising February. 1887. to-
tails. few districts could show a gain.
This cut the estimated volume of
retail distribution to to per cent
over the 1887 comparative, taking the
country as whole"
Regarding wholesale trade, the
agency reported:
Inflow of cash from successful
January promotions provided many
retailers with funds sufficient to place
more generous commitments for
spring merchandise than had been
planned at the beginning of the year.
AL AOOuVOIl, SpIIlS LAd1 hct OkCAAASC,
trade shows and conventions gave
most of the principal wholesale mar
kets a buster aspect than was ap-
parent in the week preceding.
Encouraged by the satisfactory
proportions of retail sales thus far
this year. buyers showed less hesitancy
in covering their short-term needs,
and even released future commitments
While some Of the markets in the
Southwest and Northwest booked
more orders than year ago, general
wholesale volume was below that Of
1897.
wholesalers experienced some diff
ficulty selling goods throughout the
country territory, as many small
town merchants complained Of slow
inventory turnovers and poor con-
sumer purchasing power. The latter
was attributed to the heavy storage of
farm products. pending higher prices,
which has prevented the realization Of
the full 1887 farm income"
Evening star., 1938-02-04
MANUFACTURERS
SALES DECLINE
Drop of 18 Per Cent From
December, 1886, Shown
in Reports.

Manufacturer sales during Decen.
Der, 1897. fell of 10 per cent from
December, 1886. according to reports
from manufacturers cooperating IN
the monthly Joint study of the Ma
tiona1 Association Of Credit Men and
the Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. Without adjustment for
seasonal influences December sales de-
clined 10 per cent from November.
The petroleum and machinery
groups maintained their advantageous
sales position in December. Both of
these industry groups registered sales
increases Of 2 per cent over Decem-
Der, 1886. It will be recalled that the
petroleum and machinery groups were
included among the three trades show
ing an increase in sales during No.
vember, 1887, from the previous year.
Rather substantial declines were
registered in the other industry groups
separately shown. Decreases ranged
from a decline of slightly less than ~
per cent in the paper and allied prod
ucts industry down to the drop OF Is
per cent registered by non-ferrous
metals and their products.
Collections during December
amounted to II per cent Of total ae-
counts receivable outstanding on De-
cember /, 1887. The comparable rati.
was 81 per cent for December, 1886,
and "A per cent for November, 1887.
The decrease in collections from De-
cember, 1885, was Characteristic OF
every industry group shown, none Of
which reported collection rate hieh-
er than during the same month Of the
previous year.
Inc total volume Of accounts re-
ceivaoie outstanding on December /,
1881 was 5 per cent larger than on
the same date Of the previous year, but
il12 per cent smaller than on Novem-
Der l. 1887.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, Feb. (R,-Liouidation GALES
were quite, large in the stock market as
thls was the last day of the current ac-
count. British funds continued firm as
sellers reinvested their capital in this
group. Oil shares and international &C.
curities sold lower and domestic rails
section was generally heavy, while foreign
bonds remained firm,
J.. PAR1S.-Government bonds continued
IN supply and rentes finished with net
declines OF * 20 80 centimes in the
Sourse today: International shares were
Royal Dutch was down about 100. The
banking group was mixed, with Bank Of
france issue reacting As francs.
regularly and closed !sd lower to Md up.
!Prices were lower early on . larger Amer.
lean crop estimate. but rallied near the
Cotton advanced on short covering and
REGISTERED gains of to points at the
Close Trading was on . small scale.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
Engineers Public
Service Co. Has
S3,768,777 Net
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Feb A. Engineers
Public Service Co. and subsidiaries, in
a preliminary statement for 1887, to-
day reported consolidated net income
OF $3,7e8,777, including undistributed
earnings of subsidiaries applicable to
the parent company, equal after pre-
ferred dividend requirements to IS
cents a common share.
This compares with net income of
s2,946,392 or 80 cents common share
in 1886, The company is a utility
holding company. with operating
plants in the East, South Midwest and
Pacific Northwest.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
CAR AND TRUCK OUTPUT
DOWN FURTHER in WEEK
By the Associated Press

DETROIT, Feb Awards auto.
motive reports today estimated out.
put OF the automobile plants at ST.
443 passenger cars and trucks for the
United States and Canada; compared
with 59,365 last week and 72,O10 70,
the comparable week of 1897.
The survey noted "a sign of en-
couragement in the sale of used cars
during the past week, tending to re-
duce current stocks"
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DIVIDEND OMITTED.

BOSTON. Feb. 4 P.-Directors of
Pepperell Manufacturing Co., large
New England textile concern, omitted
the semi-annual dividend on capital
stock due at this time, it was an
nounced today. In 1887 the COM
pany paid two semi-annual dividends
OF So each and special disburse-
ment Of IS in June.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
STEEL COMPANIES PLAN
TO SPEND $165.OOO, 900
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-The Nations
steel companies this year will spend
$l65,0o0,o0o for new equipment and
construction, a substantial drop under
$500 00,00o 50 spent last year, the
American Iron & Steel Institute esti-
mated
The prospective decline from the
1887 total reflects not only the cur
rent low level of operations, but also
the fact that many companies COM
pleted large expansion programs dur
ing 1887" the institute said,
Evening star., 1938-02-04
STATEMENT IS ISSUED
BY NEW YORK RESERVE

ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Federal Re-
serve notes in circulation increased
moderately last week, it was disclosed
by the weekly condition statement OF
the Federal Reserve Bank Of New
York.
The rise, to $s17, $50, 900 from $685.
PSI 900 in the previous week, reversed
the January trend Of contraction in
money circulation under post holiday
influences.
Member bank reserve account in
creased about $l7,0O0,0O0, while dis
counted bills showed q small decline.
Holdings of United States Govern
ment securities were unchanged.
The condensed statement follows:
Gold certificates on hand
ana Que from U. 8. Treas
rossiY ssY reserve. sss,s5sss5, ss5s ss5 ooS ooS
Bills discounted:
$int s.I}: IS}sl':a:!ss: sssss ssS
s5 IaS5s,sfIsi 4 :as:asssss Ssss market 435s:SSSSSS
iotai Y. 8. Government Sc
$$$
lstion ------------- e17.esoooo
Member bank-Reservs
ros:i sssf0ssss DEPOSIT. sss2sSs;SSS :sss;SSS
Ratio Of total reserves to deposit ana
s5.4 per cent. '~'
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NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK. Feb. 4 R.-suear futures
we're IRREGULAR today. The No. 3 contract
ne neid steady but the No. was easier in
=, March. No. 8. sold at 2.c4 and July at
22s, or net UNCHANGED. March. No. 4.
SOLD on to ;04 and September to 1.11h.
n1t n9t recovered partially and at pm. the
Evening star., 1938-02-04
CURB LIST MAKES
T|M|D COMEBACK
slightly Steadier Trends
Shown After Decline
in Forenoon.
~ the Associated Press.

~ tne Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. Curb market
sIocks displayed a slightly steadier
tlena IN late trading today after Slip
ping fractions to more than a point
curing the forenoon. The comeback
was timid, however, and numerous ac-
i've issues did no better than hold
even
Pan-American Airways, Pantepec
Oal. Pioneer Gold and Electric Bond
T. Share were minor fractions ahead
at the start of the final hour. Un-
changed to lower we're Newmont Min
Ing, Sherwin Williams. Aluminium Co..
American Gas and Lake Shore Mines,
Evening star., 1938-02-04

IN pankfuptcy or receiverSh1p or heing
reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act. OF
securities assumed BY such companies
are annual disbursements based on the
last quarterly or semi-annual declaration
unless otherwise noted special or extra
Also extra or extras. eOeclared or
Pald SO tar this year. no regular rate.
! Payaole IN stock aPald last year
paid or declared this year Wv With var.
rants. Nv Without warranta war War
Evening star., 1938-02-04
GAIN IN TELEPHONES.

NEW YORK. Feb. 4 Lp.-American
Telephone & Telegraph Co. reported
today a gain Of 3l.5O0 telephones In
service for the Bell System in jan
uary. compared with an increase Of
sc, 900 in January, 1887.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
ODD.LOT DEALINGS.
. khA AesAata Al n,>.s

The Securities Commission reported
today these transactions by customers
with odd lot dealers or specialists on
the New York Stock Exchange for
February 3: 11,228 purchases involv-
ing 265,377 shares; 6,438 sales involy-
ing 86,245 shares.
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EXCESS RESERVES
DROP $5O,0)D,0Dl)
Decline Is Due Principally
to Increase of Money
in Circulation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board reported
the excess reserves Of its member banks
receded last week from the high point
reached the previous week.
Excess reserves (Which are the lend
able funds Of the banks) declined $50,-
100000 to 1880, ,000, 900 In the week
ended February 2. The preceding
weeks total was the highest since
excess reserves were reduced on May
!. 1887, when the board increased the
reserve requirements.
The reserve decline was due princi-
pally to an increase of money In cir
culation, which rose $4,000, 900 to
$6.323, 100000.
The Federal Reserve Banks made no
changes in their investments in Gov
ernment securities during the week,
and other investments also were un-
changed.
The boards statement said:
During the week ended February 2
member bank reserve balances de.
creased $47,000,000. Reductions In
member bank reserves arose from in
creases Of s29,000.0O0 in money in cir
culation, $26,000,00O in Treasury de-
posits with Federal Reserve banks and
$4,000 900 in Treasury cash other than
inactive gold, offset in part by a de-
crease of sll,000,000 in non-member
deposits and other Federal Reserve ac-
counts and an increase of $3,OOO,0O
IN Treasury currency Excess reserves
OF member banks on February 2 were
estimated to be approximately $780,
100000. a decrease of 10000, 900 for
the week. Inactive gold included In
the gold stock and Treasury cash
amounted to 1929. .00o, 900 on Febru-
ary 2. unchanged for the week.
changes in member bank reserve
balances and related items during
the week and the year ended Febru.
ary 2, 1888, were as follows:
I'm millions Of dollarsD
Evening star., 1938-02-04
PIG LEAD SALES.

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 CP.-St. Joseph
Lead Co. reports 100 tons Of pig Lead
from Southeast Missouri mines sold
Yesterday at $4.75 per 100 pounds, St.
Louis.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Washington Ry. g. Elec. 4s-sl 900 at
l07, $1,000 at 107, $1,000 at 1O7.
AFTER CALL,
Capital Traction 5s-S5O0 at SO.
Wash. Ry. & Elec pfd-3 at llO1z.
Bid and Asked Prices.
RONnS
Evening star., 1938-02-04
DOLLAR OFF SLIGHTLY
ON LONDON EXCHANGE
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb 4.-The United
States dollar declined 3i16 of a cent
in foreign exchange trading today,
closing 5.0l1s to the pound. against
$5.007s for sterling In New York yes
terday.
French francs were 1921 to the
pound. compared with 1887 the day
before.
PARIS. Feb. 4 (P.-At the close OF
foreign exchange trading today United
States dollars we're quoted 30.51 francs
(3278 cents to the france, compared
with 3275 cents to the franc in New
York overnight. Exchange on London,
1924.
Three per cent rentes in the Bourse
were 68.85: AIS "A", TITO: AIS 1887,
l0620.
Evening star., 1938-02-04
WEEKS L0AD|NCS
OFF 17,157 CARS
Total Of 553,176 Reported,
Decrease Is Placed at
8 Per Cent.

NEW YORK. Feb 4.-The Associated
Press seasonally adjusted weekly index
OF freight carloadinRs. based on 1929-3O
as 100 declined today to 59.4 "a new
l937-3S low. compared with S0a
the previous week and 72.O . year
ago.
Range OF recent years:
l937-3s. 1886 1885. 1884. 1898.
Low - 59.4 6O.7 $50 59.5 Ar
By the Associated Press.
The Association Of American Rail-
roads reported today 553,176 cars Of
revenue freight were loaded during
the week ending last Saturday.
This was q decrease of 17,157 cars,
or 3 per cent, compared with the pre-
ceding week; . decrease of 99,846, or
1873 per cent, compared with a year
ago. and decrease of 300, ITO, or IS 8
per cent. compared with 1880.
The report classified the loadings as
follows:
This wk. Last vk. Year ago.
Miscellaneous
freight 1e9.336 -7.4e4 -65,3 ,3o1
Less than car.
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INVESTING COMPANIES

cur;i. NEW YORK; Feb. 4 op.-New York 8.
CURLY Dealers Association, oiA &c
moon ouotations.>
Evening star., 1938-02-04

Industrial Rayon Corp.-Plants Of
company are operating around 50 per
cent oe capacity.
Evening star., 1938-02-04

Advice can be had for nothing and
Is often worth It.
Evening star., 1938-02-04

extrsus h5's5 sse extr. XXI ~ esas soe psid s yan:
q. 1882 80 $14 extra paid Nov. 80.
1887. SOC extra. m $500 extra.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-06-16

coolies thought their mndsto get
from the davits Tommy jumped
the Chinese off He might well tried to
of them thrust him asidefled the
still coming.
yelled to them that there nothing to be
"Above their screaming and chat
voice that seemed
All the mob terrific
toward the Of the boat"
How Tommy Saved Himself.
battle his life He pushed back
the side the the seehng water Another inch
depending speed turning
% anybody who fell overheard.
fall dangled his hand and Tommy grabbed for it. An
trying something
great
another The mob Chinese
forehanded fellows their doom.
hold the fall from the fate.
While chung how long he could hold he
eboat yards the
thing he watched he
scramble climbing falls of their
and hanging the davits
"That out" he "and 1 took it. My
aching strength about spent, but
aged looked
just in time couple Chinese pushed
board. Then grabbed worked hand
hand to the safety Of the bridge deck
The turmoil then 1t for the of the
Chinese landed Liverpool They
Copyrigh Serv
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-06-16
3:!4:!l|l;;
PHOTOGRAPHY
Prize Winning Recipes
To Be Announced Soon

G.. Houston Goudiss, who writes
our ssWHAT TO EAT AND WHY"
series, reports that the Cake Rec
ipe Contest which he recently con-
Quoted through the columns OF this
newspaper was a gratifying sue
cess.
A tremendous number of recl-
pes were submitted and the home
economists on the staff of his Ex-
detrimental Kitchen Laboratory IN
New York city have been busy for
DAYS testing and tasting almost
every imaginable kind of cake.
They report that our town has
some very fine cake bakers!
They regret that it was impossl-
BILE to acknowledge individual en-
tries, but they thank every home
maker who entered the contest,
and have asked us to say that
each recipe will be given the most
careful consideration.
Because of the volume of reel
pes submitted, they will require
little while longer to complete
their tests and to arrive at their
decision as to the winners of the
$25.0O first prize, the five second
prizes Of $1,000 each, and the ten
third prizes of $500 each.
Prize winners will be reported
in these columns in the near flu
ture, and as announced at the be-
ginning of the contest, prize win
ming recipes, together with those
receiving honorable mention from
the judges, will be printed in a
booklet to be distributed nations
ally.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-06-16

cause of lack of pitching talent, but
because of an oversupply.
It is difficult to see how he can
leave such mound artists as Bob
Teller and Johnny Allen of Cleve-
land off the staff, and it's even hard
er to see how he can help picking
Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox
and Vernon Kennedy of the Detroit
Tigers.
Both these latter pitchers have
taken a new lease on life. Grove,
who overcame pitching injury that
threatened his career a few years
ago, has been a sensation SO far
this year. Kennedy, who came to
the Tigers from the White Sox, has
never looked better. Grove says he
is a far more skillful workman than
he used to be. In his youth he was
another Teller, relying on speed
alone. Now he is sly and foxy, a
master of the art. Kennedy has I'M
doubtedly been improved by Man.
ager Mickey Cochrane, who has
made him concentrate on his over
hand delivery.
g Western Newspaper Union.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-06-16
Floyd &66os'a<>
ADVENTURES CLUB 49,
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! I
'The Chinese Horde"
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter

I ELLO EVERYBODY:
Step up here boys and girls, and meet Distinguished
Adventurer Thomas E. Bowling of Woodsde, N Y Tommy
Bowling started his advenuing at early and
wasn't that he didn't earlier than that He
England and 1915 when he only thirteen
years he tried enlist in the army They turned him down.
but still he kept trying.
got but he did
he
himself ship cabin the captain
There job that dangerous than many sol,
North alive with German submarines Tom
through
collisions and in Halifax for the big explosion that prac
ticaIy the Tommy that the
for his life when his
but when the Germans chucked torpedo
into another he had aboard
Cargo of Chinese Coolies.
England, sailed out of Halifax with
shipped
Halifax the Tunisian Joined
nothing they
the and making for Liverpool where they
then things did begin to happen
yards port Of the Tunisian the S. S.
which them
what happened the
right there watching it, About six O'Clock
a torpedo hit There sudden
side-and she began to
the S. S. Tunisian.
Fighting the PancStricken Mob.
Tunisan trebled from stem
Chinese coolies began
the midst that
stampede his life keep from being thrown overheard
sounded his station beside the
captains boat He wasn't there two seconds before he facing
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-06-16

a neighboring dime store Then as,
he began to grow and trudged
around behind the famous Bobby,
Yates gained his first idea of the
golf fundamentals that have brought
him to the top.
Unlike Jones, Charley was unable
to devote the major part of his time
to golf, for although his father is
well-to-do merchant he did not have
the same opportunities as Jones.
After graduating from high school,
Charley attended Georgia Tech, TAX
ing course in general science and
finishing with honors.
When Jones retired from competi-
tive play, Yates had achieved suf-
ficient skill as golfer to be men,
toned among the young fellows
most likely to fall heir to Bobby's
fame. A year after Jones retire
ment, Yates fulfilled some of the
predictions by winning the state
title, repeating this feat in 1882.
Since that time, he has been
steadily justifying his early prom
Use. He won the national intercol-
legiate championship in 1884. Prior
to that he had finished first among
the amateurs participating in the
Masters tourney at August, a dis
tinction he won again in 1887.
BY 1885, Yates had advanced to
the Importance of Western amateur
champion and in 1896 he was select
ed for the Walker Cup team that
licked the British at Pine Valley.
His main triumph in 1887 came
when he was medalist in the West
ern amateur at Los Angeles, tying
the record. Following that event,
he and Dick Darlington won the
southern four-ball championship.
British golfing authorities were
agreed that Yates won over the field
at st. Andrews because he was a
better strikes of the ball than any
of his opponents, and like his hero,
Jones, he is quick player, wasting
no time with esprit levels on the
green's" He has the happy faculty
of tackling difficult shot swiftly
and doesn't let bad shot bother him.
The dropping of Lynwood (School-
boy) Rowe from the major league
was one Of the toughest breaks in
recent baseball history. The big
right handler, pitching mainstay of
the championship Detroit Tiger
teams of 1884 and 1885, was sent
back to Beaumont on option. The
Tigers can recall him on 24-hour
notice.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1938-06-16

as pinch hitter, back in 1925, he
hasn't missed game in which the
Yankees have been involved. The
closest any player in history has
come to his record was the 1907
consecutive game mark set by Ev-
erett Scott between 1916 and 1925.
Gehrig had SCOTS record beat back
in 1888. ~
In addition to his consecutive
game record, Gehrig has broken
seven major-league records and tied
one other. Among his records are
these: Most consecutive years, 100
or more games-12; most consecu-
tive years, $50 games or more-11;
most home runs with the bases load
edo; most years, $50 or more
runs batted in-7; most years, 300 or
more total bases-12; and most
years, 100 or more runs driven in
IL. The record he tied was Babe
Ruth's mark of having scored 100
or more runs IL seasons in success
sion.
Gehrig has seen great teams
come and go since he Joined the
Yanks in 1925. Only three men be-
sides himself survive the original
team he Joined Is years ago. They
are Business Manager Ed Barrow,
Earl Combs, now coach, and Col.
Jacob Rupert, the club owner.
This spring has been Gehrig's
most disagreeable in baseball. He
reported in rather stale physical
shape after his movie venture and
it has taken him longer than usual
to hit his stride. His batting was
rather pitiful in the beginning, but
he has been betting the ball again
lately