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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-01

Ten years is long time in the
field OF sports. Many changes
take place in that time This is
especially true where the compete
tion Is keen.
Ten years ago 30 Allen. Bill
Prater. Bob Cruzet. Gus Finney.
John tCockyD Glover Herschell
Solomon. and Harry Rusan were
members Of the Detroit Athletic
association basketball team. The
games were played at Kronk Com
munity Center.
The DAA has gone. and only
Harry Rusan OF that group il now
playing
Clark university. Tuskeree. Will
berforce Morris Brown. Baltimore
Athenians. DeIlart iubbard's Gin
cinnati komets. Buffalo Bisons.
Holy cross. OF Pittsburgh and Sa-
voy Big Five. OF Chicago. were the
teams seen on The Kronk court
during the winter months
Franklin Young. Rudy Marshall.
and Billy Evans you've probably
forgotten Marshall and Eyans)
were the topnoichers in the local
fislic brigade And the Sunset
Athletic dub had opened gym
nasium at 63e Livingstone street.
Nationally. Kid Chocolate was
he best among the featherweights :
Harry Johnson was just starting
his march TO success among the
light heavyweiehts. George God.
frey. when not playing pcssum
was ranked among The best OF the
heayyweights. Willie Gorilla
Jones was cutting down middle
weights. and Bruce Flowers was
outstanding in the lightweight di.
vision. His battle with Stanley
I.oayzo was an epic in Detroit hox-
ing history. Jackie Fields had
just beaten Young Jack Thompson
il Chicago. in bout that ended in
a stampede.
Jack Marshall, Rnbe Curry. Geor
ge Mitchell, Andy Cooper, and Al
bert Davis were pitching for the
Detroit Stars. Theodore Radcliffe
and Larry Brown were the receiv.
I ers. Norman Turkey Stearnes
Hurley McNair. and Christobel Tor
rientte were in the outfeld I'D
Rile, Grady Orange. Claude John
son and Robertson formed tho in
field. Nose l.. Walker was the
owner, and Bineo Demoss manager
I Jim Brown and the late Russ
was dividing the catching for The
Chicago American Giants. Willie
Foster was the mainstay on the
mound for the Chicagoans. and
Sandy Thompson was the offensive
20, l..
Wilbur tBullein Rogan. Albert
Cooper. and Chester Brewer we're
pitching the Kansas city Monarchs
10 championships with The aid Of
Newt Joseph. Newt Allen. Frank
Duncan and Dick Mothel.
! Leroy (Satohcln Paige was
hurting for the Birmingham Rack
Barons. along with Harry Solomon
Bill Parkins was throwing out
runners going ia second, and the
late Buford tGeechle) Meredith
vas stopping hot grounders at Sec
ond base.
| In track. DeHart Hubbard had
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-01

"Y" Checker Group
Grows From A Small
Club To Large Move

When a small group OF men met
IN The fall OF 1886 TO discuss plans
for The formation Of checker club
at St. Antoine yMcA. they did not
know then that they were laying
the foundation OF recreation
which has developed so rapidly in
the Intervening years as 10 be
stamped as one Of tho leading
sports in that institution.
Burrell Carter. Charles wooien,
William Lowndes. wilbur G. Wood.
son. Luke +. Williams. and Claude
H. Cooper were the first 10 attend
a meeting. Today the club has 50
active members.
A. first an effort was made to
ponhne tie games 10 straight
checkers. hut il was soon found
mat there were many interested in
Spanish pool checkers. Thus, an
increase in interest was manifest
cd. giving the club the largest and
most efficient group in the city. II
nor in the country.
In the recent ciiy-wide tourna-
ment held. Millage Hudson won the
heavNweight champion. William
Bowman was second. the same po-
si'ion he held in the first tourney
ia 1898.
Edward Ross. Canada. won first
place IN the light weight division,
J. swan was second.
Ia capturing first place in the
h"aryweiSht division, Hudson won
- lost 6, and drew %.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-01
Chatter Of HOofs
------------ by Razz Brown ----
You Were Warned About Him

War Jest. sterling four-year-
old filly owned by the old time
trainer. Jim English. won a race
recently at the Fairgrounds, New
Orleans. The odds were 40 /.
Readers OF this column. do you
remember reading that Jim Eng
lsn would win during the latter
part OF March. Well. by the time
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-01
Globe Trotters
Finish Third
In Tourney
Bill Gates
PAGES Rens To
Pro Crown

CHIC AGO The Now York Rem
sissanoe climaxed successful
season here TUESDAY nlrh' by de-
feaiing mo strong oshkosh. WIS.
STAYS % win 'he World professiou-
al basketball championship and a
purse q $1,000
In defeating The s'ropE Oshkosh
team tho Rens had 70 overcome NO
serious obstacles First. the Reps
had to overcome mo ink ~ losing
seven IN zen games 70 ne losers.
and second. the loss ~ Two oi
their chie, defensive PLAYERS IN
the early periods Tarzan Cooper
aud VILE smith.
Rens Are Hot
Ruf he Rens were hot and
went on 70 win by a substantial
margin. proving that they can
cash in when the chips are down.
The final score was 2i-e5.
The winners piled up an early
lead. and we're never headed, al
ihoueh The losers ouiscored them
ia the las' half. Bill Gates
newcomer 10 the Rens this year.
led The scoring with four baskets
and four free throws for total
os u poinfs
The Rens reached The finals by
defeating The New York Yankees
and Harlem Globe Trorors osh-
kosh uouneed the clarAsburs W.
va. Oilers and Sheboygao, WIS.
Redskins
The Rens defeated the clobe
rrorers 27-cs Monday night Lar
y Bleach. Detforer. paced Tie
Globe Trcsers With three bas-
kets.
The Globe Tro~ers bes'cd The
sheyboyraa Redskins 1e 70 SO to
take third place IN me tourney.
Sheyhoygan led 2o-il AZ the halt,
INT the Globe 1rorers took the
lead carly In he final period.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-04-01
Flint R. c.
Wins Central
AAU Crown
Bates And
Wells Pace
The Winners
Il, InhnnIe Copeland

FLINT Flint defeated the De-
,,oa Troisns. i7-i3 Saturday even
inc 10 win Top honors in the Gen.
raj Michigan AAli basketball tour
pameni ia Lansing.
The Flint r. 6. team defeated
,be lansins All-Siars Friday night
), enter ne finals. Floyd Bates
and Gns VOLS were The hig factors
Il me Flint victory. both defen-
sIysly and offcnsiycly.
Wells Top scorer
last week Flint r. c. were run
nsrsnn IN The state basketball
tournsmeu held in Detroit The
team has Won 10 Of its last IL
games
Wells won top honors in the
class 'ounament now in pro-
sress here Wells had 237 points.
Flint Recreation Council is favor
ed 10 Win
The Flint Recreation Council
viii NEE lhe Highland Park Frogs
Friday evening". March 81, in De-
,roll This viii mark the end OF
the season for the team.
The roniac Crusaders, winners
Of The rp,er state basketball tour
namenl IN Deroit. and Flint Re-
creation Council runners-up. Will
be presented medals at dance
which ME De given in Detroit.
April =
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KETCHIKAN GETS 1888
inches RAIN IN | DAY

kETCHIkAN, Aiaska--A tor
rent OF rain that dumped asa
inches here in "a hours moved
east Wednesday and residents be-
gan shoveling mud from their
doorsteps.
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from the Pacific and by 4:30 a.
m. CPsT) an entire years quota
Of rain in more arid countries had
fallen. No serious damage was
reported and the runoff from steep
hills of the city was rapid Annual
rainfall here averages about 100
inches.
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State Exhibits at ? World
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Cut your fuel bills way down =. and
enjoy even. acknowledgement heat
with this new Ward stoker. Sturdily
built. Complete with mereoid controls
-. no "sxtras"i A typical Ward savingi
Nogales international., 1939-10-21
Stores Not To
Close at 9
On Saturday

NogaleS stores will continue to
close at pm. on Saturday
A discussion in regard to keeping
open until pm. was tabled at
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce Thursday night.
Mayor Louis Hudgin and Chet
RAIDER favored the 9 pm. closing.
William Manning, Sam Capin, Man
ager Toner of the Newberry Store
and Harry Chernin were against it.
ArmiStice Day
Toner brought up at the meeting
the matter Of the stores closing on
Armistice Day, Saturday November
IL. Said he favored closing only two
hours, from 10 to IL. Toner, C. B.
Wilde and Sam Capin, were appoint
ed as a committee to confer with
the American Legion before a def
mite decision is reached in regard
to the Armistice Day closing.
Holiday Decorating
Chet RAIDER, president of the Lions
Club, announced the Lions would
again sponsor holiday decorating at
homes and in the business district,
prizes would be offered for the best
decorations, and an effort made to
have decorations up this year as
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Nogales international., 1939-10-21
100000

Tickets will be placed on sale
Immediately after contract is sign
ed, and weekly cash accountings
will be made to the National Com
mittee. Suitable bonds will be fur
nished.
"The Democratic National Con-
vention will be the greatest single
attraction in America in 1910. Ma
tional interest in the convention far
exceeds small indoor halls of $4,000
or 10000 seating capacity, and peo-
pie from all parts Of the Union
would attend the convention If they
knew In advance they could obtain
admission. The ever popular party
should heed the voice of the people
and give the greatest possible num-
Der chance to witness their lead
ers in action. Charging a nominal
admission fee will insure larger
and more interested crowd than If
no admission at all were charged.
yours very truly,
wv. B. STEWART, Lessee
Pasadena Rose Bowl"
Nogales international., 1939-10-21
<etlII3 59aI!Ise
DEDICATION OF 3 ROADSIDE
SHRINES ON NOVEMBER Il

Tentative date for dedication of
three roadside snrines along the
Canine de los Padres on Highway
80 in this county has been set for
Nov. IL, according to Mrs. Clara
M. Phillips, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Under present plans a brief ded-
icatory ceremony will be held at
each of the shrines The services
will be conducted by members of
the Catholic clergy, with Msgr. Luis
Duval in charge. Several out-of-town
speakers are expected to take part
in the ceremonies.
Gov. r. T. Jones of Arizona and
Gov. Anselmo Macias of Sonora are
to be invited to attend the program.
The shrines, honoring early day
Catholic fathers, are in the form
of grotto, with an arch in front.
Construction work is being done by
the National Youth Administra-
ton, under the direction of James
Early, NYA county supervisor, who
says the work will be completed by
Nogales international., 1939-10-21
Death Takes
Retired
Railroad Man

Final rites for Alex D. Handley.
retired railroad official, were con-
Quoted Sunday afternoon at the
chapel of the Carroon Mortuary.
Burial was in the Masonic plot of
the Nogales cemetery.
Connected with the Southern Pa
cific railway system throughout his
active life, Handley was general
manager for S.P of Mexico from
Nogales to Guadalajara at the time
ill-health forced his retirement a
year ago. Death came at 2:30 o'clock
Saturday morning at the age of 81,
due to a heart ailment.
Mr.. Handley, who was very
popular man, was born in Sequin,
Texas, and was active in railroad
circles in that state until 1924. He
was stationed at various points in
northern Mexico from then until
establishing a family home In No.
gales on Hudgin street.
The deceased was long active in
Masonic work and was member
of the Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite,
and Alzafar Shrine Temple, all of
San Antonio, Texas.
Mr.. Handley is survived by his
widow and two daughters, Miss
Margaret Handley. former head of
the English department of Nogales
High School but now of Stafford,
and Mrs. Osmund Burton of Tue
SON. In addition to his immediate
family, he is survived by brother,
Phil Handley of San Antonio also
railroad man, who came here to
attend last rites for the deceased.
There are also two grandSonS.
Active pallbearers were R. H. Bib
olet, A. A. Lichtenwalter, w. w.
Barbee, P. E. Baffert, Mike Levy,
and John Phillips.
Honorary pallbearers were DR.. j.
s. Gonzalez, DR.. E. G. Houle, Vic
Arana, w. j. Phillips, DR.. ". A.
Smoker of Tucson, Nick Kerson,
Ralph Moery, Ignacio Gonzalez, c.
E. Bells, J. j. Lowe. Wallace Smith,
Otto Herold, j. A. Jackson, G. B.
Wilde and F. w. Hannah.
Nogales international., 1939-10-21
Lee Out OF
Trustee Race

Jack Lee has withdrawn from the
race for school trustee of Nogales
District No. /, leaving two candi-
dates in the field for the election
to be held g. week from today.
The candidates are Thomas L.
Hall and Ruffo Espinosa and the
winner will succeed Trustee Charles
j. Bracker, who is not a candidate
for reelection.
Wednesday was the last day for
candidates to file nominating petit
tions.
The polls will be open from 10
am. to pm. and there will be one
voting place-the high school.
Who May Vote
Qualifications of electors: Every
person who is a qualified elector of
the state, and who has been resi-
dent of the district for thirty days
Immediately preceding the day of
election, and who is the parent or
guardian of minor child residing in
the district, or who has paid
state or county tax, exclusive Of
poll, road or school tax, during the
preceding year, is eligible to elec-
ton to the office of trustee, and
is a qualified elector at any school
election. Either spouse is deemed a
taxpayer on community property"
(Section 1909, Revised Code of Ari-
zona. 1929
Nogales international., 1939-10-21
Well Known
Resident
Passes Away.

Following a lingering illness, death
claimed Nicholas A. Bercich, mem
ber of one of this sections oldest
families, at Tucson sanitarium
Sunday afternoon. He had served
with the U. s. Border Patrol for 13
years and was a Santa Cruz county
resident all his life.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Methodist Church Wednes-
day afternoon. at 2, with Rev. w.
r. McGaugh officiating. The body
was brought from Tucson Tuesday
morning by the Carroon Mortuary.
Interment was in the Nogales Gene
terry.
Mr.. Bercich leaves his widow,
Mrs. Maude Bercich, a daughter
Margaret, and a brother, George
Bercich, member of the Santa Cruz
County Board of Supervisors; four
sisters, Mrs. Martha B. Lacy and
Mrs. katherine Tremaine, Of Tue
son; Mrs. May Davidovich Of On
tario, Calf, and Mrs. Tinina Simp-
son, Bowie, Arizona, and many
nieces and nephews, among whom is
Ted Simpson of Houston, Texas,
formerly of Nogales.
The deceased was born a years
ago at. the Bercich ranch In Parker
Canyon. He was the ramesake Of
his father, an early day settler of
this territory who died in 1899. His
mother, Mrs. Katie Bercich, pre-
ceded her son In death by little
more than month.
Mr.. Bercich had host of friends
throughout southern Arizona, all of
whom were deeply grieved to learn
of his death.
Pallbearers
Pallbearers at the funeral of Mr..
Bercich Wednesday were as follows:
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Nogales international., 1939-10-21
Governor Jones
To Officiate
AT Helzapopiin

Arizona's greatest fall festival will
be formally opened next week when
Governor r. T. (Bob) Jones and
three former chief executives Of
the state will declare Buckeyes an
nual Helzapopin celebration Off
cially under way. Aiding Governor
Jones will be former governors R..
G. Stanford and John C. Phillips of
Phoenix and Thomas E. Campbell
of Prescott.
The Buckeye celebration, also
known as Dias Viejas, will be stag
ed October Is, 26, 27 and %.
One of the outstanding attrac-
tions of the four-day fiesta will be
the crowning of Arizona's cotton
queen who, with her court of beau
tiful attendants, will reign through
out the entire show. Following the
celebration the cotton queen will
spend g. week In New York as the
personal guest of Olsen and john
son. Broadway comedians whose
show, Hell-za-popin, is the out
standing attraction of the Great
White Way.
No Arizona annual fete of recent
years hes been as colorful as Buck
eyes Helzapopin. Not only does the
entire populace don Mexican Co.'S
tune for the four days, but during
most Of the proceeding month as
week. In addition to Mexican cos
tunes the men of the city go in for
hirsute growths of practically every
hue. These growths come in all
sizes and shapes, ranging from the
style favored by President Arthur
and his cabinet, to the "all-over'
type, back of which the wearer is
completely disguised.
Whisker prizes, totaling $45.00
will be awarded on the opening day
for six distinct types of boards, in
, Guiding the longest, funniest, shag.
giest, fullest, semi-full and most ar
tistic. While several hundred mas
culine citizens of Buckeye are sport
ing boards, less than 25 are expected
to be actual contenders for prize
money.
Nogales international., 1939-10-21
TURKEY and ALLIES
SIGN MUTUAL AID PACT
HITLER ANGRY
OVER TURKISH
ALLIED LINEUP
French Say Treaty Halt
To German Expansion
In The Baltic
DIPLOMATIC VICTORY

Signing in Ankara, Thursday
night, of a mutual assistance
pact by Great Britain, France
and Turkey highlighted war
news this week.
The treaty, in which Turkey lines
up with her former World War
enemies, is for period of is years
and for the purpose of preserving
the present territorial and political
status in the eastern Mediterranean
and the Balkans.
Hitler Angry
In Berlin it was stated that chan
cellor Adolf Hitler became angry
when he learned of the signing OF
the pact and limited Turkey may
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Nogales international., 1939-10-21
Rotarians See
"American Wav"

A motion picture, 1.-THE Ameri-
can Way" was shown by Rotarian
Don Young, city sales manager of
the American Airlines at Tucson, at
the regular weekly meeting Of the
Rotary Club yesterday noon.
1t was very interesting and show
ed what is to be seen on flight
from Chicago to New York, via
Niagara Falls. Other trips were al
so shown.
The ground down under the huge
airliner looked like great, big
crazy quilt.
Nogales international., 1939-10-21
Mexican Tenor
At Hi School
November 5

Tito Guizar, popular young Mex
ican tenor who achieved fame as
the star of "Alla en- el Rancho
Grande" and other motion picture
hits, will make his first appearance
in Nogales in a concert at the High
School Auditorium Sunday night,
November S.
Mexican and Spanish songs are
featured on his program. A group
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