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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
STARTED IN PRISON

The aristocratic game of racquets originated in the debtor prisons of England, in the late 18th century. The sport spread and reached its all-time peak between 1860-1880.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
ACTIVE SCHEDULE

Henry s. IoeMott, tournament chairman of Eae Long Island Golf association, has scheduled forty-one events for the coming summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
TODAY'S PROBABLE PITCHERS (By United Press)
 National League


 Chicago (French 1-O at Pitts burgh (Blanton 1-0). Brooklyn (Fitzsimmons) at Bos- ton Fette 1-0). Philadelphia (Hallahan 0-1 and Mulcahy 0-D at New York Gum bert 10 and Melton 2-0-two games. St. Louis (Warneke3 at Cincinnati (Grissom 0-D.
 American League Cleveland (Harder 1-0) at Chicago Dietrich 0-D.
 Detroit Bridges 0-D at St. Louis (Newsom 200.
 Boston (McKain) at Washington fDeshong).
 New York Hadley) at Philadel- phia (Kelley).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
SLIDING LOST ART

The art of sliding is practically ignored today and few of the big league baseball clubs have sliding pits in their training camps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Score by innings: ton. 020 OO1 9 x-6

Runs-Lewis, Bonura, Travis 2, Myer. R. Terrell, Cramer, Foxx. Cronin, Desautels. Errors - Chap man. Lewis. Runs batted in-Travis, Armada, Desautels, Foxx, R. Terrell. Bonura 2, Higgins, Appleton. Two Three base hits = Appleton. Home runs - Travis, Desautels, Bonura. Stolen bases = Lewis. Sacrifices - Myer, Doerr. Double plays--Travis to Myer to Bonura 2: Appleton to Boston 2; Washington z. Bases on Marcum 1, off Appleton Struck out-by Appleton 2. Winning pitcher-Appleton. Losing pitcher Marcum. Umpires - Rue. Summers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
PREFERS RAW MEAT

Ali -4etourner, six-day bicycle racer, ,ats very little cooked meat during marathon. He believes raw meat is more easily digested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
BASKETBALL GIANT

Tiny" Hearn, who stands six feet seven inches, is the tallest center in the American Professional Basket ball league. He plays for Kingston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
MIDDLE AGED STAR

Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, one of Americas outstanding women golfers, was born in. Edinburgh, Scotland, fifty-five years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Games Yesterday Philadelphia at New York. Brooklyn at Boston. Chicago at Pittsburgh. St. Louis at Cincinnati.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Gene Sarazen is planning to spend several months as golf in- structor at various colleges and high schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Runs-Herman 9. Collins, Lazzeri. Hartnett, L. Waner, Suhr,. Young Errors--Herman. Runs batted in Lazzeri, Brunbaker, Collins. Two base hits-Demaree. Three-base hits Collins. Home run-Laz- zerie. Sacrifices-Swift, Marty. Dou-- ble plays - Lagzeri. Herman and Collins; Young, Vaughan and Suhr 2. Left on bases-Chicago z, Pitts burgh 10. Base on balls-Brandt 3. Carleton 4. Struck out-Carlton z. Swift 1. Hits-off Brandt 3 in. 1-S innings; Swift. 10 In 2-3 in- nings. Hit by pitcher-by Carlton pires-Pinelli, Goetz and Reardon. Time 2:26. Attendance 7,623.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Games Yesterday Cleveland. at Chicago. Boston at Washington. New York at Philadelphia. Detroit at St. Louis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
'Tf1e8SfaneIi.,qs
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games Today Cleveland 10, Chicago 6. Washington 6, Boston 4. New York 5, Philadelphia 3. Detroit z, St. Louis 1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Yellow Ball Gets Initial Trial Today
BY STUART CAMERON Limited Press Sports Edit0r)

New York, April 26.-(UP)-Fred- eric H. Rahr's yellow ball." which he hopes will become standard base ball equipment, gets its first test, today. Fordham and Columbia will use it in their 34th contest at Ba- ker field . Samples of the yell low ball bounced onto Metropolitan sports desks this week. They are of vividly dandelion yellow and have bright red seams .. Rahr really seems to have something in this new ball. It's definitely easier to see than the old, familiar white one .. somehow, though, 1t seems doubtful if the majors will adopt it. As has been noted before. big league baseball is slow to change. =. .....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Totals ..........42 15 24 10 z-None out when winning run scored.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Z-NOuC out Wlleu WlUulIS run SCOTSu.
 Score by innings: Ansonia ... 1 1 02 0 3 2 3-13
 Runs-McGrath 3, Verno 2, Stuart 2, Began 2, Ray 2, Chestone, Hasisn- ger, Shaw, Barlovich 3, Natowich 3, Napier 3, Marchand 2. Carroll, Will Saper sHn Wilson HeTa1 BarloHeS Ke Runs batted in-Regan 5, Verno 2, Chestone 2, Hasisnger 2, McGrath, Ray, Carroll 5. Napier 5. Wilson, Yuravich. Gamble. Two base hits Began. Three base hits-Carroll Me- 2. Yuravich ?, Mar chand, Natowich, Napier. Stuart, Shaw, Re gan. Sacrifices - Shaw, Burns Left on bases-Wilby g, An sonia g. Bases on balls-off; Shaw 8, Radzeisch 3, Fahy 1: Burns 2. Hits Shaw. in 2 1-s; off Burns, II in 6 off Radzevich, 6 in 2. Hit by pitcher. by (McGrath) by Fahy (Wilson. Ma pier.) Struck out, by Fahy 4; Burns 6: Shaw 1. Passed ball-Marchand. Winning pitcher shaw: Losing rington. Time-2:20.
 Other Results
 Hillhouse 4, Central 2.
 Fairfield 5. Darien 2.S
 Wilby 14, Ansonia IS.
 Terryville 8, Gilbert 4.
 Scarborough 9, Naugatuck i.
 Commercial 6, Woodrow Wilson (Middletown) 3.
 Boardman Trade 5, Hamden 2.
 West Haven 5, Danbury 0 c in- nings).
 Romford 4, Salisbury o.
 fa,
 Putnam Trade g, Norwich Free Academy 8.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

X-Batted for Doerr in Sth. xx-Batted for Desautels in Sth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Joe OlMdSSIO SIdyo AA oLAC AlCaN0 lines Here in New York the finally-achieved signing remains as basis for debates as to whether the whole project was ballyhoo |. Facts are that Yankee owner, Jake Ruppert, insists it was as 1t ap- peared to be on the surface. Ditto DiMaggio But the fans re hard to convince and so the ar- guments rage
 Talk that the players resent Di- Maggio's hold-out tactics is so much hooey =. Every player tries to get as much as he can .. One of Joe's teammates, who, of course, won't be quoted, sums it up like this: "It would have been swell for everybody, not only on the Yankees but on all other clubs, if Joe could have won that fight for $40,000. Babe Ruth was the greatest salary boon that baseball ever had. When the Babe was getting that heavy dough it was easier for $5,000 player to get 5000 and for a $15,- GOO player to get seventeen-five."
 
 Present dope is that the starting field in the Kentucky Derby will be a small one. Maybe as few as dozen There has been an unusual tendency towards early declarations out .. Right now the classic has "big four" among the probable starters They are Stage hand, the favorite, and Fighting Fox, Bull Lea and Dauber :. the other more likely starters as of today are Menow, Nedayr, Bour- bon King, Lawrin, the Chief, Gov. Chandler, Mountain Ridge and Red Breast .. Of course there are a dozen more possibilities. any and all of whom might start just to give their owners a very noble, if, very
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

and Quinn Time-2:17. Attendance 5000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

NATIONAL LEAGUE
 Games Today New York 12, Philadelphia 6. Boston 4, Brooklyn 1. Cincinnati 8, St. Louis 2. Chicago 5, Pittsburgh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

So the big fight goes to New York t. barring the unforeseen Louis will defend his heavyweight title against Schmeling at the Yankee stadium, June p Promoter Mike Jacobs leaves loophole so he can shift the site if an anti-Nazi boycott seems to be biting too hard at the box office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Score by innings: Chicago 1 0 % 2-5 Pittsburgh % Oil O00 0-3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

RDAY'S HERO: Tex Carleton, Cubs right-hander, who shackled Pittsburgh's powerhouse for the first time this season and snapped their seven-game winning streak with a 5-3 triumph.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Score by innings: Ansonia ... O2 3 2 3-13 Wilby ......0 2 010 6 2 2-14
Montana labor news., 1938-07-07
SIoan's Brainstorm ON Wages

A defense of the low wages and long hours
which many employers force hundreds of
thousands of working men and ome to
accept featured a message sent by Alfred +.
Sloan, Jr, chairman of the General Motors
Corporation, to the company's $4,000 stock
holders. in a communication on the trend
of business distributed with the June divi-
dend checks.
Asserting that the Nations system of pro-
duction and distribution of wealth had been
unbalanced by too rapid increase in wages
and shortening of hours, Mr.. Sloan unlim-
bered good-sized chunks of his ire against
the Federal Wage and Hour Act as a con-
tinuation by government fiat of the unbal-
ancing process.
What are the wage rates which cause MIR.
Sloan's wrath to knock the top out OF his
temperamental thermometer? For the first
wear after the Act becomes effective en-
blowers in the industries covered by it will
be required to pay their employees not less
than 25 cents per hour with a maximum work
week of Al hours. This amounts to Sll Tor
a full-time week. For the next six years the
minimum wage must be not less than 81
cents per hour. For the first year OF this
six-year period the length of the maximum
work week is reduced to AZ hours, or $3.50
for a full-time week. For the next five years
the maximum work week is reduced to 4O
hours and the minimum pay raised to 40
cents an hour by the end Of that period. When
the wage is raised to 40 cents, the workers
will receive SIG for a full-time week.
The contemplated high wages which MIR.
Sloan visions as still further unbalancing the
American system of production and distribu-
ton are $11 for a 44-hour week, $3.50 for a
42-hour week, and, ultimately, SIG for a 40
hour week.
Personally, Mr.. Sloan doesn't have to
worry. Last year he is reported to have been
paid a remuneration in the neighborhood of
$650,000 for his services to the stockholders
of General Motors. Safely protected from
want by this munifcent salary, he would do
well to hide his totally unwarranted hostility
to a measure which prohibits employers from
paying their employees less than the alto
gether-too-low weekly wages Of Sill next
year, $3.50 the year following, and $40 by
1945.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-07

for themselves and for all humanity, OF which
Labor is, of course, by far the largest element,
a higher, a better and a nobler life.
This standard of life rises as civilization
progresses. To realize this ever-advancing
standard for the workers and their families,
the American Federation of Labor, fully con-
scious of the a~ll-important function per
formed by the workers in the ~wealth-pro-
ducing processes, demands, in the language
of one of the A. f. of L.. conventions, "a con-
stantly increasing and larger reward as the
result of our labor and our services to our
fellows"
Under our system of production and dis
tribution of wealth, this larger reward can
only be secured by larger wages with which
to purchase the necessaries, the conveniences,
the comforts and even the so-called luxuries
which are required for modern living stand
ards and which we are capable of providing
for all our people when those who manage
our productive and distributive mechanism
organize it so as to make it possible for the
masses throughout the Nation to acquire with
their pay envelope contents all the essentials
of the abundant life.
In other words, it is an automatic fact that
for the masses of our people the necessary
and constantly increasing portion of the
wealth making up this abundant life, wealth
which in the final analysis is mainly produced
by the masses themselves, can only be real
lied by ever-increasing wages. The profit
motive, and even the profits of those who
W and operate industry, will have to be
regulated in %consonance with the just de-
roand of the toilers for a larger and larger
portion of the new wealth constantly created
under our industrial system.
DR.. Ezekiel, standing by the side of the
employers, holds that this remuneration
should be gradual, and, above all, limited to
the amount the employers are able to pay
without increasing prices. Organized labor,
standing by the side of the wealth producers
in industry, holds that wages, which deter
mine the lives of the workers, must rise and
rise until the abundance that is possible for
all encompasses the home of every toiler in
the United States Of America.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-07
EMMETT (FISH LYONS,
WELL KNOWN ATHLETE,
FILES FOR ASSESSOR

Emmett (Fish) Lyons, who will be
remembered by his many friends as
one of the outstanding athletes in
the history of Christian Brothers
high school and one of the greatest
%all-around athletes of the state, has
filed his candidacy for the office of
county assessor on the Democratic
ticket. Mr.. Lyons, who was born
and reared in the city of Butte, is
a member of the Miners and Clerks
Unions, well qualified for the posi-
ton he seeks, and pledges an eff
cient and dependable administration.
Fish" hopes that the many sport
fans, members of organized labor,
and voters of Silver Bow County
will remember Lyons for Assessor
on election day.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-07
PROMINENT MEMBER OF
MINERS UNION FILES
FOR THE LEGISLATURE

Vincent (Squint) Burns, a resident
of Butte for "a years and an active
member of Butte Miners Union No.
l since its reorganization, has an
nounced his candidacy for State
Legislature on the Democratic
ticket.
If nominated and elected, he
promises to work chiefly for ade-
quate old age pensions with the
elimination of the "Pauper's Oath
provision of the present law, for inn
proved social legislation, particular
ly in connection with the Montana
Public Welfare Act, and to support
all legislation of benefit to labor and
the farmers.
"Squint is noted for his persistence
in adhering to a principle when he
believes that he is correct.
Montana labor news., 1938-07-07
DIR. Ezekiel's Wage Fallacy

DR.. Mordecai Ezekiel, economic adviser to
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, seems to
have become an ally of those who oppose
organized labor's just demand for constantly
rising wages and constantly decreasing
length of the work week as the only adequate
method by which working men and women
can secure a fairer proportion OF the new
wealth in the production Of which their brain
and Drawn are the most essential elements
Speaking at the fourth annual conference
of the Tamiment Economic and Social In
stitute, at Tamiment, Pa, DR.. Ezekiel de-
clared that wage increases should be limited
and gradual, and that even these small adj
vances in the remuneration of the wealth
producers should be made dependent upon
the so-called ability" Of employers to pay
them without any increase in either the cost
of production or prices. In short, DR.. Ezekiel
accepts as valid and ethical the employers
ancient and subversive policy that when low
wages have been imposed upon the workers
bv means of the autocratic power which
ownership of the means of production gives
to employers, these low wages must not be
increased unless the workers produce larger
quantities of commodities and services Tor
the employers to sell at a profit.
DR.. Ezekiel, in his wages theory, begins
at the wrong part Of the industrial mechan-
ism. He starts with the employers, who,
under our system Of production, employ
workers to make a profit out Of their labor,
and who fix prices for the articles the work
ers produce SO that the profit will be secure.
Labor, in its theory of wages, starts at the
groundwork of our industrial mechanism.
Labor begins with the millions of working
men and women who are the actual pro-
ducers of the wealth which the employers,
when it is produced, own as their private
property.
For the production of this wealth goods
and s~ervices) Labor demands wages that
shall make secure for every worker the OPP
portunity for that more perfect physical and
mental health and growth required by ration
al self-respecting human beings who aspire
Montana labor news., 1938-07-07
Investors Organize Against
Railroad Workers

An indication that investors are usually
afflicted with congenital and hidebound
shortsightedness when it comes to a consid-
Grafton of wages is apparent in the action of
the National Council of Investors in forming
state units to influence legislation in favor
of railroad security owners with especial en-
phasis on the wages question.
OF course to the investors who own rail
road stocks and bonds the wages question
means joining with the railroad executives
in their endeavor to force the railroad work
ers to accept lower wages and consequently
lower standards of living.
The railroad workers are the men who do
the work in transporting passengers and
freight. They are the persons who manufac-
ture transportation, a commodity which the
railroad executives sell and from the pro-
ceedS of which the investors in railroad Sc
curities receive their interest and dividends.
Good wages for the men who perform the
useful work in the production of railroad
transportation is the fundamental and pri-
mary charge against the railroad industry.
It is a manifestation Of bad executive judg-
ment for railroad executives to seek to cut
the wages and reduce the living standards
Ol IilG IdllIOdu employees. Odt v lHS 1oil-
road investors to make common ground with
the railroad executives in undertaking to
slash the living standards Of those without
whom there would be no railroad transporta-
ton manufactured, no dividends and no in
terest on railroad securities is shortsighted-
ness carried to the extreme.
If the National Council of Investors were
imbued with the genuine patriotism which
should characterize those whose income is
frequently described as "unearned," its mem
bers would turn from their subversive en-
deavors to slash railroad wages for the bene-
fit Of rail security owners and take up the
real difficulties underlying the railroad prob
lem. One of these difficulties is the interest
on railroad bonds. 1t has been suggested that
voluntary agreements with railroad bond
holders to accept lower interest rates until
business recovery reaches the Nations rail
road industry would relieve considerable Of
the distress experienced by railroad manage
ments. Serious consideration of this sugges-
ton by the National Council of Investors
would undoubtedly be more in the public
interest than joining with the railroad execu-
tives to slash wages of railroad workers. 1t
would also very likely benefit the railroad
bondholders. This view is held by Senator
Borah of Idaho, who proposes that those who
own railroad bonds take a drastic cut in in
terest rates to help the railroad executives
through their present financial difficulties.
Suggesting possible government loans to the
railroads if the interest slash we're made,
Senator Borah said "the bondholders would
rather have an assured three per cent than
a six per cent return that they do not get"
pOrurnNH OU CT rrNHo TN cTEET IIET n
Montana labor news., 1938-07-07

BOTTOM OF SLUMP IN STEEL HELD
PAST-headline in financial section of The
New York Times of June 81. That must be
the reason why the steel companies want
to cut wages.
Evening star., 1938-05-17
PROS APT TOFOO[
DENVER BOOSTERS
Low.Score Open Likely at
Cherry Hills, Despite
Rugged Layout.

Out around Denver they are tout
ing the. course Of the Cherry Hill Club
as one Of the toughest layouts Of them
all. They predict that the 170-odd
entrants in the coming national open
championship will find in Cherry
Hills . course over which they won't
bust any records. Yet, anyone who
has watched the trend Of scoring over
the past few years cannot help but
think that low scoring is not going
to be stopped by just any golf course.
The top pros have successfully shat
tered the championship record over
the past two years, and from the way
they are scoring the only way to stop
the birdie orgy Is to return the title
tourney to Oakmont or move 1t over
to Pine Valley.
Oakmont Stops EN-.
If you are up on your golf you'll
find that 800 has been broken only
once at Oakmont in the past two
championships and that Sam Parks
did 1t in 1885.
And in case you've forgotten the
figures, IL Of the top pros Of the land
played last October in q tournament
at Pine Valley and 302 was the best
score for the y holes.
Sectional qualifying rounds will be
played locally over the Indian Spring
course on May 81, but the entry list
from Washington won't be large.
WHY Cox, the District open champ,
isn't too keen about making the long
trip to Denver, but he Is like fire-
horse. When the bells start ringing
and the sirens start shrieking he'll be
there. The only way he'll be out of
the open championship will be to fail
to qualify at Indian Spring.
Final Five Holes Rugged.
Bill Flynn. who has laid out some
of our better courses, including that
of Washington Golf and Country
Club, did the designing at Cherry
Hills. He laid out the last i've holes
with the idea Of making them the
toughest tests of the entire course on
the theory that If the finishing holes
are good there wouldn't be so many
halved matches and so many ties.
The greens are small, and the 18th,
. par affair, is one spot where some
of the pros may get into real trouble.
It's q water hole with . green entirely
surrounded by nuid and. according to
the press notices, only . foolhardy.
daredevil would try for 1t on the Sec
ond shot.
The tourney is slated for June 9,
10 and II.
Evening star., 1938-05-17
Ne,c Book on Florida Fishing
Ciues Thrills, Valuable Tips

game fish. His book. Big Game
Anglers Paradise" does not, however,
neglect the sailfsh, marlin (of both
varieties), wahoo, bonito. kingfsh, dol
phin and all those other answers to
an anglers prayer which abound of
both coasts of the Sunshine State and
down around the keys. Nor does
Kaplan neglect the matter Of how to
make fishing trips. the tackle to be
used and everything else connected
with the catching Of the big boys of
Florida's teeming coasts.
Amply illustrated with some re-
markably fine pictures and charts. the
book is an answer to the question.
Where shall I go in Florida, and
what shall fish for? And what tackle
do I need?"
More and more salt water big game
fishing is coming into its own. To
realize that one doesn't need any bet
ter testimonial than the hundreds Of
Evening star., 1938-05-17

Gonzaga-Sharkey Quinn, Fitzgerald,
Bodnar. Beuchert and Springer. That
match will just about decide the high
school title in the metropolitan area
this year. Both teams up to today
were undefeated.
They buried Calvert Dickey yester.
day. The kindly fellow who used to
sit at q table In . corner Of the grill
room at Washington and arrange
balanced" matches, died suddenly
Saturday. Known for years as the
man without a hook" Dickey was one
Of the more-loved and colorful charac-
ters around the Washington club, q
golfer who played practically every
day and whose scores ranged between
IS and 80 regularly. Cal" as he had
been known for years to fellow Ro-
tarians. was runner-up In the club
championship three years ago. and
was one Of the most regular members
Of the Washington club. He will be
missed by Dorie Gruver, Thurston Furr
and Harold Wiley. with whom he
played regularly, and by host Of
others who loved the kindly man with
the sportsman's outlook on the game.
Evening star., 1938-05-17

fishing cruisers which run out Of such
hot spots as the Miami, Palm Beach
and Stuart areas on the East Coast.
or out Of Everglades. Naples. Boca
Grande. Sarasota. Venice. Fort Myers
and other West Coast spots.
Reliable figures on the money spent
on sport fishing around Florida are
not available but 1t must run into the
millions annually. Big game fishing
today is fast-growing sport and
Florida is the hot spot. It gives an
old tarpon fisherman a thrill to read
Kaplan's descriptions of the tarpon
spots in the Ten Thousand Islands
south of Marco We've been there so
many times it brings back that old
feeling. of the jar and wallop Of the
tarp when he hits: that breath-taking
series Of jumps, and the thrill Of it all.
miss reading Big Game Anglers
and a lot who haven't tried it, should
No man who loves Florida fishing,
Paradise"