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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Ed Johnson's Pigeon
Wins Kalama Flight

Ed JohnSon's entry won first
place IN the Tacoma Pigeon club
race Sunday from Kalsms to Ia
coma. The birds time was two
hours and II minutes for the 100
miles. A similar flight will be
staged next Sunday. Results in
yards per minute:
Ed Johnson. ll53.o4: Howard
Olsen. 115o.7s: George Ness, 114e-
II: Harry Vandenburg. 1904:
Harry Friberg. 11l27a; NJ :.
Fechko. 109e.41: Parker johnson.
i0eT.69; Roy Stephens, 1927 Sc:
Roy Stephens, l0e7.4e; Joe Nc
Connell. 10e146: John Davis.
i0s0.ss Dave Craig. 107s.3o: An
drew Roberts, l061.s6.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Hutchinson Star
In Lettuce Loop

DETROIT - Freddy Hutchinson
may not he big Lacquer on the
pitching mound yet but he has
proved himself very capable when
II comes TO pitch ig' in the let
tuce league.
Young Hutch. the Detroit Tigers
expensive rookie from Seattle, was
a guest OF honor with several other
Tigers players at banquet the
other night given by the Detroit
Caterers Restaurant association.
He didn't strike out.
Pete Fox, q veteran In the
Lettuce league. merely bowed
when Intro Sliclser
Coffnan, y taltative man On
the bench. Also said nothing.
Hutchinson WAS called ON
next.
His talk was brief but il won
the audience. He expressed thanks
for the kindly attitude Detroit
fans and the press have shown
him. He praised the Tigers man.
agement. Tiger players.
MY chance TO pitch will come, =
he concluded, "and when 1T does l
hope l can win some ball games
for you"
Lettuce league scouts said Hutch
had made the grade in their cir
cult.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
City Class A Softtall
League Starts Tuesday

Brewers have strengthened
considerably while the Bot
tiers have lost their ace pit
cher and are hampcred by
injuries.
The Brewers will rely on the
southpaw slants of the veteran II.
T. McLain. twice all-state pitcher.
johnson Paint finished in second
spot last year, game back of
the Brewers, and is out for a
crack at the title without any
doubt. Manager Irving kussuhn
has signed an all-star infield and
carries the ace pitcher of the city,
Bus Anderson. Transfers. replace
ing Feek Cigar. have lined up an
all-around team. Most of the
Transfers are former baseball
players and have yet to lose a
game this year In practice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Rodegard First
At Hood Tourney

PORTLAND--Or RECON skiiers
BANKED out-of-state contestants
Sunday in the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. second annual giant
slalom program on Mount Hood.
Olaf Rodegard Of the Cas-
cadc ski club captured the
mems senior title In 2:05.t.
when he was the only one of
nearly $50 entrants to negoti-
ate the precipitous course
without fall.
Other title winners were Bert
Hagen. Bend, Ore, Skyliners. jul
nior slalom, $50; Bill Healy, Port
land junior novice, 2:S4.4: Robert
Stone, mems novice. 1895 tower a
shorter course); Mrs, Ida Zacher
Darr, Multnomah club, women's
race, :4q.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Three Pin Marks
Fall At Spokane

sPOkANE-Three new records
We're set in the 9th annual North
west international Bowling Con-
gress yesterday by two young men
and two women from Astoria. Ore.
Earl Armstrong and Henry Ir-
win broke the sll-time booster
class doubles mark by rolling 1905.
exceeding the former record by
II pins.
Mary Amato established another
record when she bowled sol in the
womens Class A singles Her
teammate. Dolores Jarvinen, set a
third mark when she knocked over
6le pins in the women's B division.
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COL


BROOkDAIE
Results of Transfers medal play
tourney Sunday: First division. Bill
Kister. o0-ll--69, Prank Ruffo,
8T-i7-7O: second division. Harry Sat
terlee. p2-27--6o: Jack Bremen, 90
20---oe third division. Clyde Black,
pp-sl-es: Norm Erpcidins. i0o-so
10.
Results Of the mixed foursome
four-ball tournament Sunday: First
division. Mrs. X. Fry and Georre
williams. i7o-23--i&7. second divi-
sion. Mrs r. Mahon and Chef Corey,
l7B-34-i<4; Mrs. Cal Hughes ana
Nj. Hughes. li-<6--i45.
Results OF seiccted nine tourney
Sunday: First division. George Holm.
s1-S-2p: Bill Kieter. ass is-2e a.
second division. All Larson. s6-S-2H;
Harry Grimm. 37-6is-26i.. third
division. Clyde Black. 12-i6is-26is.
Chet Corey. Sp-il--26
Results Of Saturdays points tour
nament: FIRST division, George Holm.
81 points. second division. CLYDE
Black. Is points.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
IDAHO GAME COMMISSION
CENTER OF POLITICAL FIGHT

poned yesterday until the middle
Of May.
Charges the department was not
dealing properly with alleged
beaver bootlegging" by a ring
operating in the state for Illicit
traffic in beaver pelts.
Accusations there WAS dis
sension within the commission
over alleged efforts Of some
commissioners to defeat the
purpose Of thc civil service
system and make the depart
nsent = political patronage ma
chine. One commissioner may
be asked to resign.
Charges the commission failed to
keep public record of its meetings.
Accusations the jobs were being
handed out to non-citzens of the
state and that advance copies of
civil service examination questions
were being passed out to men
favored by the department
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Kittenball Loop
Bills Night Tits

The Sumner softball league -
only kittenbsll circuit in Pierce
county planning to play its COM
plete schedule under lights-starts
tonight with a double header pro-
gram.
Beaver Drug meets Modern
Drug in the first game at I'D
p. m. Fibreboard is matched with
Odd Fellows in the second game.
Thursday night the other two
teams in the league open play,
when Young Mems Business Club
battles Club Cigar. The other
Thursday game pits Modern Drug
against Fibreboard
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
DiMaggiio To Stay
On Shelf z Weeks

NEW YORK - The New York
Yankees left for Detroit on their
first western road swing of the
season today. and behind they left
their star center fielder. Joe Dr.
Maggie, nursing an injured right
leg which may keep him out of
the lineup from one to three weeks.
X-rays of the injury, suffered
Saturday when Joe went down
trying to field a line drive, failed
to reveal a fracture
Joe said that Or. Robert Emmett
Walsh. Yankee physician, had sd-
vised him to stay off the ankle for
at least five days and that 1t
would be 10 days or longer before
it would stand any hard usage.
He was hitting ABS up TO yes
terdav.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
RISTVET TOPS
PUBLINX FIELD

Leo Ristvct, long-hitting Brook
dale veteran. led near-record
field Of 1903 qualifiers for the Ia
coma Public Links championship
at Allenmore. with a IS. according
TO figures released Sunday. last day
to qualify for the annual tourney.
Three strokes back Of Ristvet
was Howard Olson. Mea W
Parker, with II. Lawrence
Kelly Of Allenmore was third with
. ~ and Enoch Alexson was
right behind with 70 strokes.
Psirings viii be announced with
In the next few days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

Meet In Puyallup

Puyallup softball league starts
its second week Of play tonight
with Al Dahlberg's Vikings meet
ing the French Cleaners at Viking
field at $50 ?. nj.
Other games this week are Vik-
inss VS.. Eagles at Viking field on
Tuesday: Neal-Pickens VS.. Elks
at Spinning school on Wednesday;
Bode- Buchanan Schmitt VS. Eagles
at Spinning on Thursday and
Vikings VS.. Neal-Pickens at
Viking field on Friday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Gretchen Kunigk Victor
In Paradise Ski Finale
PARADISE VALLEY Making

PARADISE VALLEY Making
a brilliant comeback here after
nearly a full season Of being con-
fined to the shelf, Gretchen Kun
iGk. Tacoma's No ! woman skier.
yesterday copied the Rainier Ma
tional park slalom championship.
Don Fraser, versatile Seattleite,
outsped a classy field OF men to
take silverware emblematic of the
title in his division
Fraser and Miss Kunigk-
slaloming together these days,
a. W. Winchell would say
collectively ran their best
races of the year. The blonde
and petite feminine star fin
ished IL seconds ahead Of her
most astute rival, Mrs. Jane
Scully. Seattle. The winners
time for the tricky route, Alta
Vista to Paradise inn, was
:26.2.
Ralph Bromaghin. one of Herr
Otto Lang's able instructors.
wound up second in the men S
classification. Representing the
Ptarmigans, Bromaghin to- X
1:141 to negotiate the distance
while Fasers time was 1851.
A field of over 40 competed for
the two handsome cups put on
the block by the Rainier National
Park Co The championship go
was the last competitive affair on
the ski calendar for the 1889 sea-
son here.
More than 1900 persons filed
through the park portals yester-
day to either witness or partici-
pate in the finale.
Results:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

Tacoma will get its first 1899
glimpse nj Class "A" softbali Tues
day night under the lights at Lin
coin bowl as the City league opens
its season with double header
starting at 7:45 o'clock.
Cammarano Brothers face the
defending champions. Alt Heidel-
berg, in the opener, while johnson
Paint and Transfers close the
festivities.
The Cams won two out of
five starts against the Hcidci-
bergs last year after dropping
the first three games. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Jr. Ball League
Meets Wednesday

The Junior American Baseball
league. classes A and B. will meet
Wednesday instead OF Friday al
the Y. NJ. c. A, room SOC. at 8
?. N Final rules for the season
VIII De adopted.
Class B play viii get under way
next Saturday at p. m. on the
Mzson grounds with Independent
Dairy IS. Dutton Sluggers. At JEFF
ferson with Sunset Thester facing
the jefferson Chiefs. and at star.
ley with Jack Kerns tsngling with
e5d Street
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Tacoma Splits Double Bill With Vancouver
Powell Stars
In Seal Win
SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO -A double
header was divided by San Fran
cisco and San Diego here Sunday,
the Padres coping the first game,
4 to /, and the Seals taking the
second. 5 10 !.
Splendid hurting marked both
Tits. Byron HUMPHREYS let down
the Seals with but five hits in the
opener, while Larry Lefty Pow
ell. recruited from the Tacoma
team Of the Western international
league. won his third Sunday
seven-inning game by giving up
only four safe blows.
q. .rJt Gane)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

Sacrifice hits-Brady Reich. Two
base hits--CailteauX. Stewart, Noun
tain. Home runs-Samhammer, Me
Ginnis. Double plays-Dailey to Me
Cue, FerFGr.s 70 hartman to Gar
retson Left on Vancouver 4.
Tacoma Z hits runs off Dailer
In innings plus. hits 0 runs off
MentZ IN 2 innings. Winninp pitcher
-Mentz. Struck out-By Mentz 1.
by Brady 4 Bases on balls-On
Daley / Runs batted in-Reich. Gar
retson 2 Samhammer McGinnis.
Stewart. DALEY. Time so. Umpir>
Moran and Morgan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Sacra mento Wins
Both Angel Games

LOS ANGELES - The Angels.
league leaders and once believed
invincible, were twice dropped by
the Sacramento nine here Sunday
in a double-header, 3 to 2 and
Z to 3. The twin win gave the
Sacs the series. to 2.
Four-hit pitching by Sherer gave
the Solons the opener while IA
sol d hiti were largely r1spon-
sible for their victory in the night
cap.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Seattle Gains
0nAngeI Nine

SEATTLE-The Rainiers slapped
down Oakland twice here Sunday.
ID n 2 and ? TO l, 10 take the
series. 8 10 ?. and move two whole
games closer 10 the league-leading
Los Angeles Angels.
Seattle batsmen gsnged up on
Sheehan and Priest in the opener.
knocking out IS safeties. Dick
Barrett outpitched Bithorn and
Buxton in the seven-inning second
game, although both teams were
let down with three hits apiece.
tFirs. Game
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
OMEN
SCORES DODO
AT HIGHLAND

A. J. Davis dragged out his No.
five iron on the third tee at High
land Sunday, swiped Justify at the
pellet and. to his surprise and de-
light. saw il trickle into the cup
for hole in one. The hole. a par
three. was 142 yards away. He was
playing at the time with J. Charles
Dennis. Frank l.. Worden and
Frank c. hampton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

HbWLTtU TOT IIDHUU III tINUIHs
SCORE BY INNINGS
San Diego .......... 900 600 400
san Francisco ....... 600 600 00i-i
SUMMARY
Errors. Niemioc 3. Storey. Wright,
Gibson. losing pitcher. Gibson in
nings pitched, Gibson B. at bat. off
Gibson 50. hits OFF Gibson 4. runs
ncored. off Gibson d runs responsible
for, Gibson 2, Humphreys / struck
out. by Gibson 4. Humphreys .:
bases on balls. off Gibson / passed
ball before. two-basc hit Boss. runs
hattcd In. before 2. Stewart. Storey.
sacrifices, Stewart. storey. stolen base,
DIMnrrln-
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WOOD AT MAMARONECk
NENl XnRk Ea.rfrc r-as

large part OF mis- clubs member
ship 81 a dinner al which ne was
feted. Craig Wood. new profes-
sionai a. Winged Foot succeeding
Mike Brady. has settled down TO
renedying ailments in the games
Of members Of the Msmsroneek
club.
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Two-base hits--Colbern. Mountain.
Abbott. Garretson. Clifford. Isekite.
Home run-Abbott. Double plays
Hartman to Ferraris TO Garretson:
Garretson, unassisted. Left on bases
Vancouver 10 Tacoma y. q hits
runs Off Blasinski In l 2-3 innings.
Z hits runs off Musgrave in 5 Is
innings. 2 hits / run off Mentz.
BY Blasinski !. by Museraye 3 by
lsekite 6. Bases on ballS-Off Blasin-
ski l. off Musgrave !. off fsekite 10.
Runs batted in-McGinnis. Kerr s.
Abbott 6. Reich z. Garretson. Hit by
pitched ball--Mountain by Musgrave.
Time 2 .os. umpircs-Morsen and
Moran.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

Yesterdays Results
Boston 8, Philadelphia l.
Washington 8. New York 2.
Chicago 6, st. Louis 5.
Detroit Il. Cleveland /.
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Losing pltcher-Sheehan Innings
pitched-Sheehan GA At bat-Of
Sheehan 10 Hits-On Sheehan 7.
Runs scored-On Sheehan g. off
Priest 7 Runs responsible for-T'ur-
pin 2. Sheehan 5. Priest 7. Base on
balls-Off Turpin 2, Sheehan !. Priest
l. Left on bases-Oakland 3. Seattle
Q. Home run-MartineZ. Two-base
hits - Browne. Martinez. Raimondi.
Strange Hancken. Vergez. White.
Christoff Runs batted in-Martine2
g. Morrissey, Lawrence. Turpin, Hunt
2. Hancken. White. Strange. Christoff,
Raimondt Sacrtfices-Luby. Hancken,
Turpin. Morrissev. Lawrence. Time
/ AZ. Umpires-Fanning and Falls.
Second Game)
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aBatted for Olsen IN fifth
bBatted for plllette in seventh

SUMMARY
Error. Storey, innings pitched,
Olsen A. at bat. off Olsen IL; hits,
off Olsen 7. runs scored. off Olsen 4.
runs responsible for. Olsen 4, Powell
/: struck out, by Powell g. bases ON
balls. off Olsen I, Powell 2 Brown 2.
Pillette e. losing pitcher. Olsen, hit
by pitcher. Frazier Thy Brown. two
base hits. Boss, Storey; runs batsad
in, DiMaggio. Frazier. Boss 2. Storey.
sacrifices Storey, Niemiec. double
plays. before to Haslin. Storey TO
Wright to Boss.
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SUMMARY

Batted for Berry In ninth.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Sacramento ......... 0l0 200 00O--3
Los Angeles ....... 900 200 000-2
SUMMARY
Losing pitcher. Slime: innings
pitched. by slime 3, runs responsible
for, Sherer 2. Slime l. Berry ,. struck
out. by Slime /. Berry 2: bases on
balls off Sherer Berry 2. home
runs Wiec2orck Williams: two-base
hits. English. Berry, runs batted in
Wiec2orek ?. Williams, Rothrock
MaVp
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.s
WESTERN INT. LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Tacoma 1913, Vancouver A..
Spokane -. Bellingham 6-2.
Yakima LIS, Wenatchee 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Brooklyn 8, Philadelphia /.
Boston s, New York 2.
Chicago 4. st. Louis i.
Cincinnati-Pittsburgh, rain.
AMERICAN IEAGUE
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runs batted IN. Moore, J Collins
Sueme Wteczorek erik 3 More
house. sacrifice J Collins. double
PLAYS English 20 StrinEer 20 J. Col
Inns ca. English 70 Collins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Second Tilt Is
Heart Breaker

The Tacoma Tigers. hitting all nine, swatted the ball
far and wide to win the first of doubeheader with
Vancouver 10 to but eased the Capanos feelings by
tcaly giving them the nghcap to g. at Athletic park
Cunda
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
DIkCS
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Seattle 1872, Oakland ri.
San Francisco Is, san Diego Al
Hollywood So. Portland a..
Sacramento 81, Los Angeles
q
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Losing pitcher. Bithorn. hits. off
Barrett 3. Bithorn s. runs rcsponsi-
Bile for. Barrett /. Bithorn ! Buxton
/: struck out. by Barrett ., Bithorn !;
bases on balls. off Barrett /. Bithorn
5. Buxton 2. innings pitched. Bithorn
4 at bat. off Bithorn IA. runs scor-
ed off Bithorn l. passed ball. Conroy:
left on bases Oakland 3. Seattle 7;
home run Vergez two-base hit,
Archie: runs batted in, Lawrence,
Hunt, Vergez: sacrifices, Martinez,
Hunt: stolen base Martinez. double
play. Luby to Gibson, time. "a
umpries Falls and Tanning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

professional and groundsman of
the Oakmont Country Club of
Pittsburgh. signed Barrett Melvin.
2i-year-old Franklin golfer. as his
playing pro and teaching assistant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

Floyd Lefty iseklte, making
his initial start here this season.
hurled the opener for the Tigers.
Although wild the walked 10 bats
menl, Isekite struck out six and
gave up but four hits while his
mates were boosting their batting
averages with Is safe blows off
Mike Blasinski, Tom Musgrave and
Jack Mentz.
Leaders Of the attack were
Morrie Abbott, hurry left field
C.NED rGpp9u ont .wo singies.
n double and a home run, and
Il kite. himself, who poked out
two-bascr and n couple Of
singles In four trips TO the
plate.
The second game. mates, should
be read on paper edged in black.
1t was pretty melancholy bust
ness
TIGER HOPES RAISE
Scheduled for only seven innings,
the game was tied 3 to 3 when
the Tigers came TO bat in the last
nhU OF the seventh.
Hopes rose when Ferraris
walked. got still roster when Pfei-
fer laid a perfect hunt down the
first base line. And when pitcher
Carl Brady was safe on another
tantalizing roller down third, fill
ing the bases with no outs, hopes
knew no bounds.
But hing, hing and hing.
Hartman forced Ferraris at
the plate, Colbern popped out
To the third bascnan and
Mountain was. out. second to
first. As easy, aud rs heart
breaking, rs that.
In contrast, Vancouver didn't
have any men at all on base in
putting over the winning run in
the next inning. Paul McGinis.
former Portland university dia-
mond star, simply pasted the ball
over the fence-an almost exact
duplicate of homer made in the
sixth inning by Ralph Samham-
mer. Cap center fielder.
That clout settled the final score
as the Bengals in their half of
the eighth went out in order after
Abbott had led off nicely enough
with single to left.
A NILLAINOUS ROCK
Brady pitched the distance for
Tacoma and, looking back ON the
game, it seems as if wicked little
Fates had plotted against him. Be-
cause what really beat Brady
wasn't those two home runs, nor
even Tacoma s strange paralysis in
the seventh. What beat him was
p rock, planted, never doubt, by
those evil little men near second
base
Al Cailtsaux, Cap third
sackcr, had doubled and was
on second when Ed Stewart,
the right fielder, hit an easy
groundcr right ut Second
Baseman Ferraris. The ball.
one soft bounce away from
Ferraris' mitt, struck the rock.
II angled sharply away from
Ferraris and past him. In the
resulting CONFUSION, CailteauN
scored and Stewart reached
second.
Saturday night the Tigers
whipped Wenatchee. to 2, be-
hind the steady hurting of Ray
Medeghini The Bengals were talk
ing 1t easy today, on their way
to Vancouver, where they open a
series Tuesday.
tFirst Gamel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02

Winning pitcher. Smith losing
pitcher. Prim; innings pitched by
Freitas S. Prim IA; at bat. off Fret
tas 40 Prim 81: hits. off Freitas s.
prtm II, runs scored off Freitas :.
Prtm l. Smith /. bases on balls. off
Smith 4 hit by pitcher Nteezerok
by Prim left on bases Sacramento
4 LoS Angeles g home rtlnS. Vie
czorek erik. Morehouse, tWo-hase
hits Sueme. Garihsldi, Vezilich.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-05-02
Pines Win Tilt
At Mcneil Isle

Breaking IL tie in the ninth
inning, South Tacoma Pines de-
feated the Mcneil Island Federals
Saturday in the first game of the
season at Babe Ruth field. on the
island. The Pines scored three
runs in the last inning. Short
score: r II f
South Tacoma ........ 4 S ?
Federals ...,........
Kelvin and Ausserer; James,
Meyers and Mason.
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Batted for Frcitas in fift
los ANGELES

Batted for Sueme in eighth.
2 Batted for Lieber In ninth.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Sacramento ......... 600 900 304-7
Los Angeles ......... 400 100 0O0--S
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AttFAN 10 -
Seven innings by agreement.
ECOPF Py INNINGS
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oAkMONT SIGNS MELVIN

Meyers and Mason.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-27

few in effect = are outgroWths Of the
Townsend plan which still has an enorm-
Gus following The chief bar to the pay
ment of pensions higher than the $50
grant, common in most states, is the rails
ing of sufficient funds. Colorado is re-
porting all kinds of difficulties IN meet
ing the $45 payment. Relief allowances
have been cut, taxes have been increased,
school expenditures have been reduced
an6 the state is still mourning deficit
in paying its 10000 pensioners.
The citizens of this country might also
turn to the drouth-Stricken farmers. 1t
is estimated that $4,000 families are in
urgent need of immediate help in 80 diff
ferent states because of the severe au-
tumn drouth. To meet this situation, a
group of congressional leaders has formed
an unofficial committee and is studying
methods of bringing relief to these farm
families. Both these matters pensions
and drouth - are more important to this
country than war at the moment. Both
must be taken up dispasSionately, with
out the influence of war hySteria.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-27
Eyes Turned Inward, Please

This may be the time for Americans to
take their eyes off Europe momentarily
and examine few things that have been
forgotten in this country. It has been
inevitable that attention should stray
from internal problems while a major
conflict was taking shape elsewhere in
the world, but American affairs are still
as momentous as they always were and
demanding of the same careful scrutiny.
Overshadowed by war but not forgot
ten in the general world melee are the
old-age pension plans poisoning in vari-
Gus forms throughout the nation. In a
comparatively short time, the demand for
legislation to meet the needs of the aged
has arisen from an inaudible voice to an
insistent racket. There is no debate on
the moral principle involved-the proper
care of needy aged. There is consider
able difference Of opinion as to how this
goal should be reached.
Many states are currently wrestling
with old-age pension plans. California
has its "Ham and Eggs" scheme with its
$50 Every Thursday" and Ohio has its
Bigelow plan. Texas is trying to work
out system and Colorado is presently
administering a $45 monthly minimum
pension for which all persons over 60
years of age are eligible. Most of the
plans now before the voters and the