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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-12
Good Taste
Today
BY EMILY POST
BY EMILY POST
A PICKUP:

Dear Mrs. Post: Several weeks
ago while l was standing on the
corner one morning waiting for
the bus, a young man who often
waits on this same corner spoke
to me. The conversation was about
the bus service, which seemed to
be delayed on that particular morn
ing | talked with him; II seemed
the natural thing 10 do. When we
got on the bus there were only
two vacant places-both on the
same seat. l sat down and he sat
down in the seat next to me. We
talked all the way to town on gen
eral subjects, including where each
of us worked. l got off at my
office corner; he tipped his hat
and said that he was grateful the
bus had been delayed. | smiled
and said goodbye. ] haven't seen
him since. Today ne telephoncd
my office and explained who he
was and asked me whether / would
lunch with him. As 1t happened
there was something else had to
do today, and so l just thanked
him and declined. If he calls again,
may have lunch with this strang-
er, about whom / know nothing
except that he was very pleasant
companion that one morning.
Answer: In the slang of today,
this is, | believe, called pick
up" which is certainly not sup
posed to be approved by etiquette.
On the other hand, since you are
a business woman and therefore
supposed to be fairly good judge
of whether man is gentleman
or not, and he has told you who
he is and where he works, which
you can easily verify If you care
to. / see no great harm in your
lunching with him--if what you
find out is all right.
Courtesy to a Ledger
Dear Mrs. Post: ] have a man
renting room in my house. He
spends practically no time in his
room except To sleep, and usually
comes home never later than IL
o'clock. The stairway upstairs is
in the hall just off one end of the
living room and when we entertain
this means he has TO more or less
attract the attention of our guests
when he goes through. My hus'
band thinks we should close the
living room door into the hall SC
that he wouldn't feel uncomfort.
able about breaking into our party
this way. But as we never close
doors on ordinary evenings, l am
afraid our roomer might feel that
we are ashamed to have our friends
see him. What in your opinion
would be the kinder thing to do
Answer: II he is merely lodgel
who pays for his room, the ques.
ton of whether your door is oper
or shut should really be of no con.
Germ to him. On the other hand
If you have made a friend OF hin
and given him the privilege of com
ing into your living room as otter
as he likes. to close the door woulc
be to shut him out.
Copyright, 1882
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Garcia, Aposto|i
Clash Toniqht

NEW YORK, Oct. 2. (UP) -
The big-time indoor boxing season
opens tonight at Madison Square
Garden with middleweight cham
pionship natural in which Frisco
Fred Apostoli makes his initial
title defense against Cefetino Gar
cia, Filipino knockiut artist.
This 15-rounder is a natural
because of Cd its Importance to
the pugilistic parade. CD the uncer-
tainty of its outcome. and go the
contrasting styles of its principles,
which assures hell-for- r-leather
fighting.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Todays Sports Parade
.nterfered

Morris, Roman numerals interfered
with my promising athletic career. -.
Fordham launched what its pub
licity department has been pleased
to call a suicide schedule" defeat
ing formidable Waynesburg, BAT.
Waynesburg scored first in the
opening period, which saw the "sev-
en- blocks of granite" play up to
their name-from the necks up,
that is
PanzerS Rose Bowl hopes scared as
1t crushed mighty East Strouds-
burg Teachers, TO Tulane's
green wave looked just that in bare
ly beating Clemson college, also
TO; Chicago further solidified its
position as an institution of higher
learning by losing to Detroit 60;
Illinois Big 10 hopes were as brok-
en- as Coach Bob Zuppke's dialect
when Bradley Tech tied the Illini
90 When you can't score
against Bradley Tech, you'd better
book John Getchell as your referee
for the next 10 games-with Doug
Corrigan as head lineman :.
Isn't it time that Tennessee was
broken up along with the Yankees?
The volunteers haven't lost
game since Major Bob Neyland got
there and asked for volunteers g.
Holy Cross so disfigured Manhat-
tan that even the Indians wouldn't
take 'em back i. It's a good thing
Arizona's climate is so bracing, be-
cause the university team of that
state will need every aid in recu-
perating from Minnesota The
score, $40, looked like the worlds
fairs top attendance figure
Howard Jones has not changed
his strategy at University of South
ern California :. He is still saving
Doyle Nave until it is too late q.
I'd suggest Howard start spreading
Doyle on the troubled waters be-
fore the last five minutes of the
game :,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
That Roar
It's the Fall
OfFavorites

NEW YORK, Oct 2. tUP)-The
loud noise that roared across the
Rockies over the weekend was two
top-flight football teams falling off
the ladder that leaders to the ma
tional championships.
Southern California and Texas
Christian, Giants of the 1888 sea-
son, have stumbled at the start of
the race. UCLA knocked Texas
Christian out of the running and
Southern California's record al
ready is tarnished by 7 to 2 tie
with Oregon.
Southern California still can re-
deem its season provided it can
get through a schedule that in
cludes such tough ones as Califor-
mia, Oregon State and Notre Dame.
AS for Texas Christian, victors in
the Sugar Bowl last year-well,
they have their memories.
The Pacific coast almost had a
monopoly on the weekend's sur
prises. The University of Pitts
burgh, a powerhouse along the
ground in Jock Sutherland's day,
turned into a great passing outfit
and won a surprising q to 6 vic
tory over a Washington team that
figured to do better.
Many of the nations top teams
have yet to see action, but by this
time next week the picture should
be fairly clear. Among those who
will get the acid test this week are:
Northwestern, reputedly three
deep in strong material, which goes
up against classy Oklahoma team.
Clifornia, which tried double
heder Saturday and got taken by
the College of the Pacific after VIM
ming from the California Aggies.
Californi ameets the Gaels of ST.
Mary's, tough gang any Satur-
dy in the year.
Cornell, one of the best in the
east, which meets a strengthened
Syracuse team.
Duke, which entertainS a COL
gate eleven that doesn't seem to
be up to standard, but still can
cause trouble.
Fordham, which will have to be
on its toes to keep from being en-
quilted by the Crimson Tide of
Alabama.
Holy Cross (keep an eye on those
babies) against Louisiana State.
Michigan, which has neighbor-
hood brwl with Michigan State.
Minnesota, which takes on Neb-
raska.
Ohio State, which entertains a
fast, clever Missouri team.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Oct. 2. UP)-wheat
registered losses Of more than a
cent today in a listless session at
the Chicago board of trade.
At the close wheat was off 1k-
y cent, corn off liz cents, and
oats off MIN cents.
Uncertainty over the war situa-
tion. coupled with an easier tone
in the stock market and forecasts
of scattered showers in sections Of
the winter wheat belt kept many
trader on the sidelines. The mar
ket dropped 1h cents in the first
hour, cancelling most Of Saturdays
gains. then steadied. Export bu-
siness continued dull.
The weather continued dry over
the weekend in the winter wheat
bit. Scattered showers were fore
cast in Nebraska, with promise OF
slight improvement in planting.
Outside markets suffered set
backs. Winnepeg was down about
cent after opening firm. Min
neapolis and Kasas City were down
more than a cent.
Other grains reflected the weak
ness in the major cereals.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
BY HENRY McLEMORE

NEW YORK, Oct. 2. UP)-Mon-
days grid-irony; Pittsburgh start
ed its football de-emphasis pro-
gram by sneaking our of town to
the music of only five bands and
flying $500 miles to completely de-
emphasize its natural rival, Uni
versity of Washington at Seattle.
. These two teams were drawn
together by sucn common bonds
as steel and salmon, SCOT and salt
air, the Monogahela river and Pu-
get Sound, and stogies and red
woods the score was 27-6 and
if Jimmie Phelan, Washington
coach, is smart he will equip his
scalp with a upper Because
the alumni who had expected a
national championship from the
HuskieS at the worst, will tear it
off him any time now
Amos Alonzo Stagg, who learn
ed football while in charge of in
tra-mural sports with Washington
at Valley Forge, won the award for
the best coaching job of the year
on the very first day of the season
when his College of the Pacific
team defeated the University of
California in what-believe it or
not-was the second game of a
double this oldest of
all grand old men" of any sport
now becomes the logical successor
to Harry Houdini and next wetk
will produce the Bremen between
halves . One more loss like this
for California, however, and no one
will be able to produce Stub Alli-
son
What has become of Cousin Nor
ris McLemore? I note that he
was not in the lineup when Van
derbilt overcame Rice This
leads me to believe they've added
spelling TO the curriculum at Van
derbilt and he is out with scho-
lastic difficulties Never mind,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Sacs One Game
Away from Coast
League Title

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2. UP)-
The Sacramento Senators today
were within one game of the IS 1000
first prize that goes to the winner
of the Pacific coast league baseball
Shaughnessy playoff. The Solons
split doubleheader with the Los
Angeles Angels Sunday.
The playoff stood at three games
to two for Sacramento. The Sen
ators need one game and the An
gels two to win the money.
The Angels won the first game
yesterday, 6-5, and the Senators
took the inning nightcap,
81.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Cincinnati Promises Tough
Battle for Champion yonks
Jaycees to Play
Citrus FRIDAY

The Central Junior college foot
ball team, looking for new fields
to conquer after their 26-0 win
over Yuma high, will invade the
gridiron at Citrus junior college
Friday night.
With Sander. Walker and Gray
carrying the load in the backfield,
the jaycees routed Yuma Friday
night with a display of power that
will rate the El Centro team even
with Citrus.
Coach Armstrong rated the team
the best in history of the college
after Fridays triumph and looked
forward to tough schedule which
includes two games with Phoenix
jaycees, one with Gila.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02

would provide the seasons biggest
upsets, however.
Imperial high school, which will
open it's season Friday night against
Palm Springs in Imperial, was
confident of another successful
season.
The Tigers made rather bril-
liant showing against Holtville in
scrimmage session last Thursday.
Coach Albert Klein anticipated no
shifts in lineup for the Palm
Springs tussle.
Coach Larry Hanson of Ell Centre
was secretly pleased with the
showing of his Spartans in Friday
nights tilt, but he planned a week
of drilling on fundamental block
ing and tackling and long signal
drills.
Only Weakness
Only glaring weakness in the
Spartan offense was memory lapses
on some plays.
While San Diego Junior varsity
was admittedly below par, the
Spartans were promising in their
first game. Tuffy Hester, John
Hunter, Red Riedy, Bill Thompson,
Waiter Price and Jack Kirkpatrick
clicked off assignments in the
backfield and the Ell Centro line
performed well.
Performance of the line was par
ticularly pleasing to the Spartan
mentor because pre-game observa-
tions indicated several weaknesses
in the forward wall.
Coach Edward Covington lauded
performances of Francis Keller,
center, who was converted into a
fullback, and his two wingmen,
King and Garcia in the Grossmont
contest.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02

NEW YORK, Oct. 2. CUP)-The
Cincinnati Reds arrive today prom
ising to give the New York Yankees
the fight of their lives for the
world baseball championship.
I'm not one to make pre-series
prediction" said Manager Bill Nc
Ketchnie, "but I've never gone into
anything in my life but that I ex-
pected to Win"
The Reds were in good shape
physically and spiritually.
McKechnie said his opening pit
cher would either be Bucky Wal
ters, his 27-game winner, or Paul
Derringer, who Won 25, and that
he would make a decision after
today's workout.
"Derringer says he is feeling fine
and he thinks his grueling battles
of the past few weeks have merely
gotten him into better shape for
the approaching SERIES" the Red
manager said, indicating big Paul
might start the opening gme We'd
nesday.
Brooklyn's clinching of third
place to shake off their second
division plague of six years feat
ured the windup of the Major
league season Sunday.
By nosing out the Phillies, 80,
behind Hugh Casey's four-hit pitch
ing, the Dodgers finished half a
game ahead of the Cubs to land
third place, highest they've fin
ished since 1882 when they also
were third.
The Cubs won their finale from
the Cardinals, 2-1, but they fell
half game short of tying the
Dodgers.
The Reds finished Az games
ahead of the Cards by splitting
with the Pirates.
Harry Gumbert blanked the Bees,
SO, for his 18th victory but the
Giants remained in fifth place.
Cleveland beat the Tigers, 8-3,
then lost 10.
The Browns nosed out the White
SoX in the tenth, 4-3.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Oct. 2. UP)-
me stock market turned lower to-
day as traders took to the side
INES awaiting Adolph Hitler's
speech to the German Reichstas
and outcome of debate on the Neu.
trality bill. Volume was light.
Bonds were irregular. Wheat lost
more than cent and cotton futures
held steady.
Losses of 2 points or more were
noted in allied chemical and East,
man. Otherwise they were points
or less and a majority amounted
only to fractions.
Trading continued light as the
close approached. A majority Of
prices registered declines.
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages: Industrial 151. Al, off 1.13; rail
34.S5, off 0.76; utility 25.O5, off O.O8.
Stock sales approximated $4,000
shares compared with 100000 Fri
day: Curb stock sales were $4,000
against $4,000 in the previous
5-hr. session.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Experts Dispute |. y. Grid Hopes
Fl Centre Winter
Bdsebaners Win
Season Opener

Jack Stark,s El Centro winter
league baseball team opened its
1939-40 season auspiciously Sunday
afternoon with an S-3 victory over
Imperial Valleys Negro All-stars
in Ell Centro stadium.
Held to six hits by Bill Morris.
who famed Is batters, the El
Centrans took advantage of six
All-Star errors to score all but one
OF their runs. Only damaging blow
was Joe Fornasero's triple.
Lefty Ferguson, of Holville, and
Joe Andrade divided pitching hon.
ors. for the Starkmen and limited
the Negroes to six scattered hits.
Andrade famed IL batters in five
innings.
B. Miller collected four of the
six hits for the Negro all-stars.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
L. A. BUTTER & EGGS
l.. A. STOCKS
,OS ANGEIES Oct 9 mp,

Los ANGELES, Oct. 2. CUP)-
Trading on the Los Angeles stock
exchange drifted downward today.
Following the same trend on the
New York board. Only four issues
showed gains while ten were off
and six unchanged in a volume of
$500 shares durig the morning ses.
sion.
l. A Industries 100 shares sold,
2b off "; Roberts public markets
shares 7h up a; Bandini Petro-
leum 100 shares 5, off Il; Union Oil
100 shares IS unchanged; Conscoli-
dated steel common 100 shares TX
off a, General Motors 100 shares
54k off 3s; Lockheed 100 shares
18, off /; Menasco 200 shares 2M
unchanged; M sou. sou Cal; EDISON co.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Bob Elliott Ends
Season with 1893
Batting Average

Robert Elliott, El Centro's gift
to the major leagues, wound up
his first month in the big time.
as an outfielder for the Pittsburgh
Pirates. with an average of 1888.
Elliott played in 80 games, batted
in % runs, hit ten doubles, three
triples and three home runs. He
was described as a faultless field
er. Sports writer's declared he has
the best arm of any Pittsburgh out
fielder since Kiki Cuyler.
His record:
GP ABB r ii 2b 3b HR RBI Aver.
80 1873 10 43 10 3 23 1888
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02


There was some CONSERVATION
aroused by Calexico's 1910 loss to
GroSsmont in the only other valley
game, but most observers took the
Bulldog defeat with a grain of salt.
Coach Edward Covington, willy
Calexico high coach, usually plans
to drop preseason contests for the
psychological effect. Last season
the Bulldogs dropped contests to
preseason opponents, tied a
third, then won the valley cham
pionship without the loss of a
game.
Brawley Hopes
Observers were equally divided
over Brawley high schools chances
in the 1889 season. Coach Sheldon
Loughborough was -committal,
pointing out it was difficult to
predict chances of a team before
its first game.
Loughborough, however, admitted
he was pleased with improvement
shown by Brawley.
In Holtville there was slight
shadow Of gloom hanging over the
chances of the Vikings because of
their comparatively poor showing
against Imperial. Coach T. S. Walk
er was still confident his team
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
B E N { H
B. Kinne
POST-PREsS
SPORTS
EDITOR
w A R M | N 6
Grid Observations !.

UTtu OOScI CuttOHo
Fifty thousand persons paid tr1-
butte to Doyle Nave, third string
quarterback on the University of
southern California football team
Saturday, as he passed his team
to a TT tie with Oregon Univer-
sity and thereby qualified himself
as the greatest pass tosser in the
nation today.
Nave. a 175-pound youth, who
tosses with every bit as much &C
curacy as Sammy Baugh or Davey
O'Brien. threw the touchdown pass
to Bob Peoples in the fourth quar-
ter to stave off defeat. But had
use receivers cooperated fully with
the Trojan passer. the Jonesmen
would have won by 13 points.
Nave threw four passes to AL
Kreuger, passes that nestled into
his arms as if placed there by un-
seen hands, but Antelope Al wasn't
equal to the occasion, and allowed
the ball to slip through his fingers.
The Trojan loss could be attri-
buted directly to overconfidence,
and to Oregons alert ball hawk
ing. Troy had the better team on
the field, but they could not over
come the fighting, vicious play of
the Webfeet from Oregon.
Ambrose SCHNEIDER and Granny
Lansdell were disappointing, but
both averaged close to five yeards
every time they carried the bail.
Don't underestimate the Trojans,
however The tie game against Ore
gon may serve as the necessary
tonic to bring out the best in use,
and the best is good enough to beat
any team in the nation.
Man of the Hour
Footballs man of the hour of
the Pacific coast today was not a
triple threat quarterback who scor-
ed touchdown as the timer pres
sed his finger on the trigger.
He was, instead, Amos Alonzo
Stagg, II, patriarch of American
football, coach at the little College
of Pacific and author of upset of
the decade"
The upset of the decade" as it
is already known among local curb
stone commentators, was College
of the Pacific's 60 victory over
the University of California Bears
at Berkeley Saturday.
Most of the credit for that OPEN
ing day thunderbolt went to the
kindly, spry, grey-haired gridiron
strstegist and grand old man of
football who six years ago was re-
quested to retire as coach at Uni
versity of Chicago to conform with
its 70-year- age limit. Stagg re-
fused to accept a pension job"
at Chicago and came to Stockton,
Cal, to take over the coaching job
at Pacific-traditionally a musi-
clans school.
He had coached Al years at Chi
cago. His triumphs were legion. He
had seen many of his protegees
become football greats in dramatic
games. But probably his greatest
thrill came last Saturday when his
fighting band of Bengals from
Stockton bleitzkrieged once-mighty
California.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Five Tie for First in Grid Contest

Five Imperial Valley football ex-
perts, Irwin CASTOR, Mrs. Max
Brents, Louis Anderson, Glen Hill
and Joe Smith, tied for first place
in the first Post-Press football
prognostication contest.
Each of the five will be awarded
two tickets to next weeks Ell Gen.
tro-Coachella football game and
each will be credited with five
points in the seasonal Rose Bowl
ticket race.
Those persons who picked s
winners and those who picked Sc
ven winners will receive THREE
and ONE points respectively.
Next weeks contest blank will
be printed tomorrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Favorifes Advance
In Net Tourney

BERKELEY. Oct. 2. CUP)-Favor-
ties in the Pacific coast tennis
championships, including frankie
Parker and Wayne Sabin, advanc-
ed easily through early rounds as
the tournament went into the third
day at Berkeley tennis club.
Parker, seeded No. in domestic
rankings, went into the third
round of the mems singles with a
6-2, Ga victory over Jim Hobart,
University of California freshman.
Sabin, Portland, seeded No. 6, be-
came a third round contestant with
an easy win over Harold Wagner,
San Francisco. 6-1, 6-1.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Gonzaga Bows to
St. Mary's, 1910

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2. CUP)
Held in check for two periods,
st. Mary's Galloping Gaels got
their touchdown machine into
working order in the second half
to beat Gonzaga 1910 Sunday in
the Gaels' opening football game
at Kezar stadium.
During the first half the Bull
dogs kept Slip Madigan's Mora
gans at bay, and it wasn't until the
third period that the Gaels' run
ming and passing attack got under
way with Herb Smith, fullback, and
Ed Heffernan, halfback, taking the
lead.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02
Golf Season Off
ToF|yinq Start

The golf season at Barbara
Worth country club was off to a
flying start over the weekend, ac-
cording to Curley Vesey, pro.
More than rs persons teed off
for first practice rounds after Off
ciai opening of the course Sunday.
Wayne Elvander, one of the
county's leading amateur golfers,
had the best score of the two-day
play, 73. Wayne fired Is straight
parS.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-10-02

thur Kato. r. w. Woodson, Gene
Robertson, Art Sparks, Ted Smyer
6-6
Jack Aaron, H. L. Hoffman. j.
M. Crosswhite, Iwao Shigemoto. Bill
Pelletier, Lester Fouke, DR.. Chat
fer, Billie Cowan, Leonard Higgins
Joseph Morton, Norman Sharp, Su-
sunni Myose, Otis Watts, Harry
Hovey, Kay Sanbonmatsu, w. B.
Hanna, John Omori, Leroy Fergu-
son, Walter Buckle, Billie Little
field, j. E. Dotson, Stanley Mito-
sinka, Guy E. Tuttle Jr, Jack
Hammond, L. A. Hobby, Jack Tack
EFT Jr., Roy Kobayashi, Roy Naka-
gawa, R. E. Horrell, Don w. Ketch-
en-, H. P. Smith, Charles Havens,
Norman Meyer, Joe Ugrin. Sam
Reiman, Joy Littlefield, Donald
Templeton, M. Allen, Jim Clark,
Johnny Miyata, Ray HcshHaki,
Bill Perry, Gail Miner, Mrs. Jerry
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Wade Ramsey, Maurice Galloway,
Stanley Conkey, Don Lewis, Harry
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