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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-17

ingtOn for the development of the
Potomac river as a great water
way to the West In 1884 the
"PatOwmack" Company was char
tered by the Legislatures of Vir-
ginia and Maryland. George
Washington was its first presi-
dent. The first secretary and
general manager was James Rum
soT. CT steamboat fame
Although a million dollars was
spent in blasting channels and
building locks and a route cleared
that could be used at high water
when the river was low, naviga-
tiOn was impossible and hardly
practicable at any time, upstream.
On January 81. 1925, the Maryland
Legislature created the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal Co.. and
he Potomac Co, on May Is, 1925.
agreed to the surrender and trans
fer OF its charter to the newly-or-
ganized C, e O. Canal Co.
July a. 1928, was The beginning
day Of the Canal. President John
Quincy Adams Is he dug the first
spadeful of earth for the building
OF the canal. said: "This contem-
plates a conquest over physical
nature SUCH as never yet has
been achieved by man The won
ders Of the ancient world, the
pyramids of Egypt, the Colossus
of Rhodes, the Temple Of Ephesus
and the MausOleum of Artemesia
or the Walls of China, sink into
insignificance before it."
Another project, destined to be
a rival of the canal, was born the
same day. On the same day that
John Quincy Adams dug the first
sDadeful of earth. starting the c.
& o. Canal, Charles Carroll. of
CarrOllton, last surviving signer
of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, did the same thing in the
starting of the B. & O. Railroad.
In performing this rite, Charles
Carroll said: 81 consider this
among the most important acts
of my life, second only to the
signing of the Declaration of In
dependence, if even it be second
to that"
Mr.. Kareth concludes his excel
lent article in the magazine as
follows: "Thus the same day
witnessed the beginning of two
great enterprises = the canal and
the railroad which for many miles
were to parallel each other, with
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-17
HORSE AND BUGGY
DAYS
BY the Old Lamp Lighter

When you mention the old c..
& O. Canal, the minds of many
readers will naturally revert to
the horse and buggy days. or,
more strictly to the mule days of
years ago. Many of course, will
remember the c. & o. Canal, par
ticularly at Williamsport, and if
you were youngster in the days
when horses and especially mules
pulled the big boats on the canal,
you wondered at what appeared
miracle. How could the canal
hold water on a grade without all
running out? We'll, it was very
interesting and instructive to
have the lock system explained to
you. Even when school teachers
told pupils how it was done. es-
pecially if the school was located
some distance away from Will
Transport. Shepherdstown Sharps-
burg and other nearby canal
points.
But what about the old historic
waterway, which had its begin
ming III years ago = 1928 - and
was completed at Cumberland in
1851? Modern events have brought
the old canal into the limelight
again. On September %, 1888,
the great inland waterway was
taken over by the Federal Gov
eminent and the c.. & O. Canal
ceased legally to be. although the
sight. always of interest of
boat slowly making its way along
the waterway faded out some
years ago.
A recent issue of the B. & o.
Magazine carried a very interest
ing story of the canal under the
caption, Government Pays B. &
o., $2000,000 for c.. & o. Canal"
The story was written by Ray
mond F. Kareth of the Public
Relations Department.
In these days Of rapid reading,
Swimming along and quickly for
getting a brief review of what Mr..
Kareth has to say will be inter
esting, worth while and instruc
tive.
AS the canal transfer was made
to the National Park Service, Mr.
Finnan's office acquired all Of the
old employees of the National
Park Service, according to the
writer. There were 81 of these
employees, their ages running from
76 to SO years. The oldest is j.
H. Speaks, tender of Lock II at
Cabin John and the next oldest
S. Sigaforce, IS. tender of Lock
go at Jefferson. There are Is
lock tenders with so years service
and two of the 81 are women
one in the office, the other a
lock tender.
West of Seneca, the old Canal
bed will be converted into a
highway, so as to link Harper's
Ferry. the Antietam and Gettys.
burg battlefield, with the proposed
n-Gettysburg Memorial
Highway.
The c. & o. Canal, continues
Mr.. Kareth, was the result Of
plans conceived by George Wash
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-17

Stocks of wheat in Maryland
mills and elevators on January l,
were estimated by the Maryland
Crop Reporting Service at 100000
bushels. Present stocks are con-
sidered higher than those of the
past four years.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-17

Thirty-five per cent of 2223,000
acres of the land area of Mary
land is forested, according to c..
F. Winslow, specialist in forestry
for the University of Maryland
Extension Service.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-02-17

Rep. Cleveland Sleeper Jr., Rock
land, Maine, presented bill to the
state legislature that would make
it illegal to add tomatoes to Maine
clam chowder. He stated that "t,le
union of tomatoes and CLAIMS is an
unhOly One.''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Foxx ofRedSo Out For Week

Boston, May, 17-UP)-Jimmy Eoxx. slugging first baseman of the Red Sox and the American leagues most valuable player in 1888, was hospitalized today with sinus in- lection.
 Dr. James Conway, club physician, said that Foxx, who entered St. Elizabeth's hospital yesterday, would remain in the hospital "for at least two days and possibly week.
 Foxx had been bothered with the sinus trouble for several weeks, and when the Red Sox arrived here, he was examined by Dr. Conway, who found him to be running high temperature.
 A similar infection two years ago hospitalized "double-x" in Philadel- phia and later handicapped his batting and fielding throughout the season.
 Foxx, who boasts .406 batting average, led the Sox most successful road trip in recent years during which the team won nine of II games to remain within striking dis tance of the leading New York Yankees.
 Lou Finney, recently purchased from the Philadelphia Athletics. re- placed Foxx in the Boston lineup against the Chicago White Sox yes- terday and got two doubles and a single in his teams 1894 victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
IhisSpOrting World
 
Notes From New York
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

Peraps time back about Art Rooney afternoon looking for football deal When the track $256O0 in folding money" guy who took him there puts it so we'll
 The latter gent was Madden pub West 56h street and fashion that he has had three scheduled Madden believe when tell you he an this M It sells for deuce and to give you an especially what his coauhos and aides Bruce and Lou Little say about 1t:
 Reform school prize ring years booclan getting cooled of with and dice bets are whats authorship Joe Madden hopes the whistle his third book today This one titled Se Up" follows his first WhatM You Have Boys?" and completing what Maddens calls kind builds side writes Barton in his and with family at his board Couch Lou Little Miss Wendy Iglehar Parker sports Hyand chaplain at Dannemora the football Giants wishing with his Nobel prize attracted interesting Mad-
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
BULLDOGS VS. 7=ll

The South End Bulldog softball team will go into action Friday against the 7-11 Grill. Jerry Parant- eau, who pitched a no-hit no-run game last week, will be on the mound for the South Finders with Damelio receiving his offerings. All members of the Bulldogs softball team are asked to report at the South End Diamond at 500 D. m.. Another game will follow the Bull dog 7-11 Grill.
 Meeting Tonight
 zThe following members of the South End Bulldogs are urged to be at the Boys Club Library tonight at 6:30. This meeting is very important for every member of the club.
 Jimmy Mccarthy, Jerry Parant- eau. Albert Damelio, Harold Parant- eau, Jackie Traver, Red" Reardon, Gerald Caulfield. Johnny Reardon, Sammy Procopion, Louie Ruby, Louie Procopion, Louie Voulgarls. Tommy Griffin, Joey Cicco, Jackie Ermida, Alphonse Schiavone, John ny Florio, and Louie Naclerio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
DUSTY B ALL RESULTS
Action was varied and continuous,

Action was varied and continuous, competition was close and good time was had by all while Indus trial Softball league games were played last night on various dia- monds through the city.
 French Mfg. defeated Blake & Johnson, 3-2; Chase Office shaded Lux Clock, 3-2; U. s. Rubber Go. nosed out Waterbury Paper Box, T. 6; Waterbury Buckle won over Benrus Watch. 15-12; American Brass nipped Scovill, 5-4; Ingersoll whipped American Fastener, 6-5; Chase routed Prock- Hall, 15-5; and Farrel Foundry set back the Post Office, 9-6.
 Features of the games included two home runs by Grohman of Far rel which accounted for five runs; Bowen's hitting and fielding for Am- 'erican Brass; Jim O'Donnell's hit- ting for Chase Office; the pitching of Despins and fielding of Hudo- benko of Ingersoll; Edmonds' sen- sation catch for U. s. Rubber sav- ing the game in the seventh; home runs by Gallagher and Bowen, of Rubber; Daly of Paper Box and three hits apiece for Williams, Pa per Box and Shannon, Rubber; and Stollar's wild peg in the eighth in- ming which gave French its victory. French .. ..1O1 00OO1- 6 1 Blake Joh'tn o 0 900 o. 5 ]
 Tsposito and Nelson; Stollar and Hallenberg. Umpire: Fusco. Chase { l,a office .SSS1 SSad-$ Sa s 3
 Nolan and Petite H. Loughlin - Guns Ham and Mieie. Umpire: Greece.
 US. Rubber Co. 30300o 1-7 12 ( Wtby. Pap. Bx. 1 o 900 2-6 z
 Rabinovich and Gallagher; R. Kul- man and Williams.
 wtby. Buckle s22 41o 4-ls 20 E
 Paoli and Zelski; Lombardo and Baker. Umpire: Perriello.
 ssa;.l7, Am; Brass Col !SosSs2-5,7 3
 Kelsey and Bessette; Baily and Hughes. Umpire: Gugielmo.
 r. h. e. Ingersoll 203 1 % O. 6 13 C Am. Fastener. 2 002 0-5 9
 Despins and Rahuba; Luddy and Ziello. Umpire: Gerace.
 Chase .....ao5 o4s o-IT5 h 5 [; Brock-Hall ..02O O21 O-5 6 6
 Babin and Cronin; s. Bowler and B. Bowler. Umpire: Barone.
 Farrel Fdry.. 400 32O O-9 10 1 Post Office ..003 300 0--6 3
 Hathaway and Parisot; Jokaibaitis and Slattery. Umpire: Kiersted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
WILEY SHUT OUT BY ANS0NIA g.. NAUCY HIGH WINS
Errors Hurt Local Chances in 8=O Game-Gilbert
 Loses

Held to four hits, while booting the ball considerably and consist ently, Wilby's baseball Wildcats were remarkably easy victims of Ansonia high yesterday at Hamilton park, the Copper City kids going home with an 80 shutout, due for the most part to four-hit pitching by Ted Zedrowski. It was a case of runs and 8 hits for Ansonia, with five Wilby errors aiding the Ansonia cause no little, three by Mcfarland.
 ot until the fifth inning did Wilby get hit off pitcher 2, when Brickel singled, Georgie Jones get- ting two hits and McGrath the other one. Carroll's catch of Kalis- ky's line drive down the foul line was a fielding feature of the game. Wilby has won three and lost three in valley league competition to date.
 J Torrington comes to Hamilton park Saturday for a game with Wilby; Crosby goes to Winsted for a game with Gilbert high. Summary:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
DEAN, GRISSOM
 SHOW A MARKED
 RETURN TO FORM
Dahlgren, Finney, Subs for Gehrig and Foxx Hit
 Hard Yesterday
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY

United Press Staff Correspondent,
 New York, May 17.--(UP).-The skeptics who pronounced Dizzy Dean through after his herculean but futile effort to halt the New York Yankees in the World Series last October had to backtrack to- day and admit they might be wrong.
 On the basis of his first test old Dig may only be waiting for the hot weather to get going again. Un- expectedly called to the firing line after the Dodgers had plastered 13 hits of Vancve Page and Jack Rus sell and led the Cubs, 12-0, Dean breezed through five innings in im- pressive style. He blanked the Dodgers on three hits, struck out five and issued no walks.
 AS in the World Series, Dean didn't show any of his old time speed. He was loose and free but depended largely on his control and pitching knowledge to keep the Dodgers eating out of his glove. If Digs i.rm doesn't go bad on him, he is likely to reward Phil Wrig- ley's patien..e with something more than cheer-leading.
 Going Up
 Brooklyn's eventual 12-2 victory enabled the Dodgers to tie the Cubs for fourth place. Whit Wyatt gave up only four hit in scoring his fourth victory, snapping the Dodg- ers' three game losing streak. Dolph Camilli hit home To. 6 and Cookie Lavagetto No. 1.
 Spotting the Giants 5-0 lead, the Cardinals knocked Harry Gum bert kicking and went on to win. 7-6. Pepper Martins homer with two mates aboard tied the score. and Lynn Myers pinch single drove in the winning tally. Bill McGee, pitching one inning in a relief role, received credit for the triumph.
 Cincinnatts pennant hopes sky rocketed when Lee GriSsom, one of the Reds big q'estion marks, came through with 7-hit game to beat the Bees, Al. Ernie Lombardi re- gained his batting eye and slammed out two doubles, driving in three runs. The victory gave Cincinnati a second place tie with the Bees.
 Pittsburgh bounded out of tie for the cellar with an 8-5 win over the Phillies. Joe Bowman held the PhilS to nine hits and drove in four runs himself with double and triple.
 Babe" Belts One
 With Lou Gehrig missing his first game in Yankee stadium since 1925, Babe Dahlgren, his successor, led the Yankees to a 7-5 triumph over the Browns. HitleSs thre times. Dahlgren hit a homer with two mates on base to win for the Tanks. Jack Kramer, Browns brilliant rookie, was charged with his first loss.
 The Boston Red Sox, minus the services of Jimmy Foxx, in the hos pital with sinus trouble, blasted out 19 hits to crush the White Sox, 1894. Lou Finney, subbing for Foxx, hit two daubles and single. Woody Rich, Red Sox rookie, won his third game, pitching 8 6-hitter.
 Tommy Bridges won his fifth straight game as eDtroit beat Washington, 6-2 and the Tigers moved up to fifth place. Bridges drove in three runs with double and single.
 Tn the American Leagues first night game, the Cleveland Indians scored two runs in the eighth to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Grammar Baseball

Grammar school baseball games played yesterday were fairly close with the exception of an exhibition game in which Webster defeated Bradleyville by the basketball count of 34 to 3 in a four inning game. Webster got five runs h the first inning; 16 in the second; 8 in the third and in the fourth. By that time, 25 hits were made.
 J. Goldson of Walsh blanked Dug gan for the last five innings of the game, succeeding his brother E. Goldson, but Duggans six runs in the first two innings were just enough to win 6 to 5.
 Led by Porta and Cavalieri, who got four hits between them, Merri- man was 6 to 3 winner over Driggs the losers being held to four hits by D'Andrea. Today's games were:
 At Hamilton Park: No 1--Wood- TOW Wilson vs. Sprague Umpire Pronovost): No. 2-Anderson vs. Rockville (umpire Hyland).
 At Fulton Park: Kingshury vs. Bunker Hill (Umpire Myland).
 At Washington Park: H. s. Chase |vz hopeville tumpire orudxinskD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
ITALIAN-AMERICAN
 LEAGUE OPENING
Two Games on Saturday Harrington at Flag=Rais=
 ing Ceremony

The Italian American baseball league will open it's fifth season Saturday afternoon at Fulton Park with appropriate ceremonies. Peter DiLeo, organizer of this league second such in the nation, has been named honorary president this year together with Nicholas zappone, Secretary of the Italian American Federation. Both men have served as active presidents of the league in past years.
 Two games will be played on the opening day. William T. Harrington, City Editor of the Waterbury Demo- crat. active in a number of civic groups, will officiate in the flag raising ceremonies.
 Officers named this year arc Michael Tascinelli, President, James Bianco, vice-president. Peter Pol letto, Secretary, Romaniello, assist ant-secretafy, and Frank zibello, treasurer.
 The Lourdes A. c. will face the Pontes at 1:30 o'clock, and follow ing the flag-raising ceremonies, the Civiltas will meet the Aviglianese. George Greece and Charley Gerace will officiate.
 The Knights of Sicily, newest en- trant to the league, were granted a bye for Saturdays games.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Odds And Ends

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
NOVA HAS HAD TO WORK SINCE HE WAS ELEVEN

Shortly after his fathers death, well-to-do uncle took Lou Nova to New York. Little Lou lived the life of a rich mans son for two years, but didn't like Fauntleroy suits and stiff collars.
 He spent two summer vacations in the Adirondack, and it was there that he showed his first ath- letic inclination. He learned to swim and paddle canoe won medal at canoe racing.
 Mrs. Nova returned her son to San Francisco when he was 8 supported him by working at her profession nursing. Lou was becoming so large for his age that he was allowed to join the Boy Scouts long before he was 12. When he was II his mother fell i'll with heart trouble and he acted as her nurse, fixed her meals, cared for her as best he could. He picked up little money carrying fuel for steam shovel.
 Lou Nova got there the hard way from that time on.
 He appreciates his opportunity has hurdled bigger obstacles than Max Baer.
 NEXT: Lou Nova, the all-round athlete, puts on the gloves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
CROSBY=W WILEY GOLF
 MATCH ON FRIDAY

Crosby Highs golf team won over Leavenworth 13 1-2 to 1-2 Monday at the Chase Country club in the first of the city interscholastic meets. It was Crosby's second vic- tory in as many starts, having set back Torrington High the preceding week by 15-3 score. Crosby takes on Wilby's golf team Friday.
 The scores:
 Crosby: Piotrowski 91, Gurklis 89, Augustauskas 92, Viginas 96: Plot rowski-G -Gurklis l, Augustauskas-Vi- ginas 3: Leavenworth: Labutis 87, Gartwaite 90, Ambrose 96, Kristo- pavicius 103; Labutis- -Gartwaite 2, Ambrose -Kristaviciu o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
FOLLOWS FIRE ENGINES; PUTS ON WRONG CLOTHES

He studied cheese making in college and married the professors daughter. He recently became a father.
 He is violent baseball fan and a radio bug.
 He is crazy about fire engines and has habit of putting on the wrong clothes. . Nova, just turned 24, did not inherit his fighting ability.
 His father, Louis Nova, was a musical director and writer. His mother was nurse. The par entS met in a hospital. The elder Nova died in 1921, shortly after Lou's sixth birthday.
 Two famous orchestra leaders Paul Ash and Paul White man worked under Lou Nova's dad in San Francisco, where he directed a large band. It was during this association that the elder Nova wrote the music for Beside a Silver Stream" Whiteman and Ben Black collabo- rated on the lyrics.
 During his last four years in San Francisco, Louis Nova, ST., also played the piano in the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, which was directed by Alfred Hertz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
Will Nova, New Ring Star,
 Shine Only Brief Period?

the Clarkstown Country Club at Nyack has been an s"all" football and basketball player. de has set records for throwing the javelin. He is a star baseball player and back stroke swimmer. He is yachts man and won medals in canoe races and is expert on Surfboard.
 He plays the piano, sang in the high school glee club and has ap- peared in plays and operettas. He posed as a javelin thrower on the stage during the Olympic Games of 1892.
 Nova has been the poor little rich boy and the just plain poor little poor boy. He worked as a laborer in box factory, lugged fuel for a steam shovel, drove a truck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17
KR|EGER MAKES. STAND AT. SEATTLE SOON
Will Give Hostak Return GO for Title June 27;
 Winner vs. ApOstOli
By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent)

United Press Stan COrreSpOndent)
 New York, May 17-(UP) News of the Krieger- Hostak middleweight title fight at Seattle on June 27 means merely that the moguls of maui are taking Horace Greeleys advice and turning west to get the proper build-up for a big outdoor 16O-pound battle at New York this summer.
 Manager Hyrnie Caplin jostled the world of jolt yesterday by announc- ing that his Brooklyn better, Solly Krieger, will fight Al Hostak at Seattle. He assured the press that Krieger is making this defense of his National Boxing association crown against Hostak because:
 CD Hymie and Sollie are bound by a verbal agreement to make such a defense against Hostak, from whom Krieger won his title claims last November.
 @ Promoter Nate Druxman of Seattle has agreed to give Kriegel major split of the purse.
 (3) Promoter Druxman will per- init Manager Caplin to import neutral referee from among Jack Dempsey, Jim Braddock, 3enny eonard or George Blake of Califor- mia.
 In Reverse
 Caplin's announcement rattled the crockery along cauliflower can- yo nbecause only last week Hymie declared that all negotiations for the Krieger -HoStak return brawl had been severed cleaner than close clipped tonsils. At that time double-taking Hymie made 1t clear that only the flourish of a pen was required to match Krieger and Fred Apostoli of San Francisco for New York melee which would decide def1- nteily the destiny of the 160-pound crown. Apostoli is recognized as middleweight king by the New York commission.
 That pronunciamento was made by Caplin before Friday nights fight in which Krieger los ta iop-sided bout to light-heavyweight Billy Conn of Pittsburgh at Madison Square Garden. Conn registered this second victory over Krieger with much more ease than he had beaten Apostoli in either of the two Corn- Apostoli meetings. The boxing fra ternity recalls also that Apostoli beat Krieger twice in '37, once by technical knockout in five rounds. And, that 28 year old Krieger was a younger man in those days.
 Jacobs Pleased
 Under the circumstances, Pro- moter Mike Jacobs of New York re- alizes that if Krieger beats Hostak again, it will regain some of his fading prestige and make him more of a gate attraction against Apostoli in August or September. And Pro- moter Jacobs knows that If young Hostak happens to beat Krieger he will be even more of a box office pull with Apostoli than Krieger-because Al will be an entirely new face in the east.
 Meanwhile Walter "Popeye" Woods of Brooklyn has been matched with Ceferino Garcia of the Philippines for the Garden on June 15. And there will be one other middleweight bout slated shortly thereafter among Georgie Abrams, Terry Yarosz, or Archie Moore. Those two winners will tangle and the survivor will meet Apostoli, who now is nursing an injured right hand. The prop erly publicized victor of this semi elimination, which should be Apos- toli, will tangle with the Krieger- Hostak winner in an outdoor brawl which should draw at least $125, ,000.