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Lincoln On
iive-Gan1e Fl
Road I Trip

" JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.-(SNS)
The Lincoln University CMoo
cage quintet, whose record for the
six games played SO far this season
is five victories, resulting from
wins over Louisville Municipal,
Langstcn, and Philander
smith, whom they defeated twice
and one defeat suffered when they
split a twin bill with Langston,
take to the road January 81 for
thirteen-day tour in which they
will play seven games with five
opponents.
On the two days preceding the
tour, January 29 and 80, the Tiger
quint will play on their home court
against the West Virginia State
hoopers, a very promising outfit.
First stop on Lincoln's tour Will
be Saint Louis. where the Tigers
will be pitted against the De Luxe
Taxi cagesters, leaders in the hotly-
contested Y. M. D. League race,
Wednesday, January 81. FROM ot'
Louis the Lincoln U. squad Will
travel to Louisville, where it plays
Louisville Municipal February z.
February 8 will find the Tigers
battling the Kentucky State Thor
oughbredS, holders of the Midwest
Conference basketball champion
ship, at Frankfort, Kentucky The
Tiger squad jaunts next to Xenla,
Chic, where it plays Wllberforce
on the 5th and 9Th. After rest
period February 7, the L. U. hoop
sters travel to Institute, West Vlr-
ginia, and play the final two games
of their tour against the Yellow
jackets February and 1O. Inc
Tigers return to Jefferson City
February II and pull out again
later in the month for tWo-game
series with Langston.
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State
Bags Z ". Va.
G. I To IT

FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. o.
-fSNS) The kentucky State CO..
iege ThorobreGs gained sweet ye.
venge on their a:ch-rivals, West
Virginia State, here last night by
landing them a 1927 Shellacking
before a packed house. From The
opCalng two minutes Of play to the
end the ThOrObreds kept the lead,
West Virginia never coming closer
iAan 6 points on them.
an inspired band OF Thorobreds
tOCk the floor last night and afte~
SleeC'S one-pointer placed the Ken
iuckians ahead 5-4, the issue was
never in doubt a. the half, tnr
score was Kentucky IS, West Viz
9inia. 10. At one time during the
second half, the ThorobreGs led by
L POINTS, but West Virginia quick.
" shaved the lead to 6. Were it
not for the fact That the Thoro-
Ereds put ln a splendid exhibition
Pros 51-37 Friday night
in the closing Two T27inutes of play
ne game would have been n.uck.
loser.
Monets Sleet led the Kentuckg
-cOrers with ten points. Wells was
t.e West Virginia leader with
eight. Kentucky's Matthews was
demon at getting -e5ounds, while
r2vles Ct West virginia played has
unusual brillant game, a. guard
Last nights defect was the first
conference setbac> fer West Viz
2inia
Ky. State beat the Penn OhiJ
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EVIDENTLY thinking effort being made to
make light of the Atlanta Crackers victory the Gel
tics recently when he read Reporter John Martins obser
walton that certain key of the white pros lineup
not spy and risky they used to be- Mr. Jack Troy
sports editor of contemporary morning daily works him
self into quite ather the following passages extracted
from the FERDlNANDS CORNER phase of his daily col
"That Atlanta afternoon paper sl is doing its best
to try to take credit from Shep Iauer exceptional
Cracker basketball by taking pot shots the New
York Celtcs No has argued the Celcs any bet
There's only town in which the Renaissance have
done any good against the Cecs. That's Indianapolis
:. Out of six games played there the Cecs have
the mall and usually before than $4,000 folks each
and play in Atlanta what's all the huaba
loo about? The Crackers still great outfit And
they still the only of five southern teams to beat
the Cecs in Is years Neophyte experts usually wind
up looking slightly silly, anyhow
MR. TROY contends that no one has argued that the
Cecs any better than the Renaissance when he him
self carried display headline over an article that started
with the lines |Word Champion Celtics'-athough the
Cetcs world pro basketball champions than
you Sultan of Serbia.
The said afternoon paper made the mistake
did Mr. Troy and through its sports editor Mr. Morgan
Blake simply atOning for regretted mistake. Now,
instead of misiudgng the piece expOunded by Mr. Blake
it would seem Mr.. Troy would be following his lead and
correcting the wrong impression created the minds of
thousands of his readers who do not know better.
1t difficult appreciate Mr. Troys point in citing
special excellence of the Cetcs in particular town I'm
dianapois) when the Rens hold similar dominance
the Cetics many fact the have beaten
the Cetcs SO times in 76 meetings and haven't lost Sc
ries to them since 1884
The discussion on the Rens and Cecs grew out of the
fact that the said afternoon broad enough to at
tempt reccation of msimpresson created by it when
of its reporters referred TO the $4,000 tournament
by the Rens "cOlOred tournament and forth. The
said by the Chicago Daily News March
262728, 1885, the Rens and Harlem Globe Trotters
the only cOlOred clubs invited to participate. Nine white
outfits including the Cetics who eliminated
entered.
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JOE LOUIS GREATEST DESTROYER IN RING HISTORY
Brown Bomber, Greatest Fighter
In Ring History, Figures Reveal

Sporting knockout percentage far above other great
champions Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber from Detroit
Who wears the representing the heavyweight
championship of the world has just claim to being the
greatest of them ALL"
Aside from having the highest knockout percentage OF
of the other champions Louis also boast of having
sked his title often than any other champion. When
he defends his title against Arturo Godoy the South Amer
can champ, in Madison Square Garden, February g.
Louis will have defended his title for the ninth time since
winning it from Jimmy Braddock.
1t might also be noted that Tommy Farr, the Welsh
toughe, the only fighter go the limit against Joe
since he the mythical dadem.
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WHICH WILL 1T BE,
VIRGINIA OR VIRGINNY?

WASHINGTON - (ANP) - The
difference between Virginia" anj
"Virginny" is all that stands in til"
way of the official adoption Of
BIands famous song as the state
song of the Old Dominion. Argu
mentS in the state legislature re-
Gently narrowed the dicision down
to this point
Garry Me Back to OF Virgnny
is believed to be reflection on the
state by some of the Legislators,
while others feel that no matter
how much legislation is passed
making the title read. Garry VI
Back to Old Virginia" folks fo
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With the exception of Farr,
and two palookas Joe met early
in his fighting career, Louis has
kayoed all the fighters who have
gone the limit with him and de-
mOlished the one fighter to boast
of a knockout over him.
Max SchmeIing, the Torrid
Teuton, stopped Joe in IL rounds
and yet IN a return battle the
Bomber won the title, the Black
UhIan received one Of the worst
beatings in a single round ever
handed any contender in the his
tory of the game.
Louis has knockout percent
age of .840-the greatest Of all
time. He has had 81 knOckouts
i'm Al bouts. Eight Of his knock
outs have been in the first
round, six in the second, nine in
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the veterans Bill Brennab and
Bill Miskie and then he managed
to get away with the middle
weight Georges Carpenter, whose
weight had to De safeguarded
behind closed training quarters
doors. Theh came Tom Gibbons
going / 5 rounds with him before
his two-round win over Luis Fir
por, after which he was OutpOint-
ed and lost the title to Gene
Tunney.
Tunney only defended his
crown twice, outpointing Demp-
sey again in Chicago and knock
ing out Tom Heeney.
Louis has been bit uncanny
in calling his shots, usually call
ing his round before the fight.
Standing next to Louis IN
knockout percentages is Jess Will
lard who had comparatively few
fights, and next Dempsey, follow
ed closely by Tommy Burns.
Here are the records of the
great champions from John L.
Sullivan to Louis:
John l.. Sullivan, IL years, had
Is bouts, IL knockoutS, knocked
out once, won Ii decisions,
draws, no-decision bout. X. o.
percentage, .314.
Jim Corbett, II years, SO
bouts, S knockouts, knocked out
3 times, won Is decisions, lost
one on foul, a exhibition bouts,
1 no-decision bout. X. O. per-
centagc, ,139.
Bob Simmons, 22 years, Al
bouts, % bnockouts, knocked out
5 times, won S decisions, lost
on fouls, one drbw7 no-decisioT
bouts, / exhibitor. K. o. per
centage, SCI
Jim Jeffe*jeS, Ia years, e
bouts, | Knockout, knocked out
once, 7 decisions, draws, ex-
hibitions.. K. o. percentage, .434
Jack johnson, 22 years 81
bouts, 29 knockouts, knocked out
twice, a decisions, one draw. X.
o. percentage, 537.
Jess Willnd. IL years, 26
bouts, 10 knoc kouts, knocked ou'
twice, a decisions, one draw. X.
D. percentage, .73I.
Jack Dempsey, II years, 7
bouts, 4S knockouts, knocked ou|
once, IL decisions, 4 draws, losr
once on a foul 2 no-decisior-
bouts. K. D. percentage, .676.
Gene Tunney, 9 years, 65 bouts i,
33 knockouts, IL decisions, 13 no
decision bouts, lost one and was
in one no-coniest. X. o. percent
age, SOB.
Joe Louis, years, "A boutc,
81 knockouts, knocked out once,
6 decisions. K.O. percentage, $40
Added to this Louis is the
younge st champion in the history
of the ring, having been only %
when he copped he title, and as
can be seen from rne above, is
the deadIiest runcher of all time
Tuskegee 80 Talladega rs
X-GamGS Lost
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the third. five in the fourth, two
in the fifth, two in the sixth,
three in the eighth, one in the
tenth and one in the eleventh.
A lot of folks think that some
of the oLd-timers such as Bob
Fitzsimmo1s, Jim Jefferie', and
John l.. sullivan, the acknowl-
edged first champion under the
Marquis of Queensberry rules,
had superior knockout records,
but they didn't come anywhere
near the record of the present
champion.
Before the Bomber came along
it was the custom oI a champion
to pickle his title for year o.
more Dempsey only defended
his title six times in seven years,
taking a year before he stopped
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TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
(SNS) S)-Coach Jack Atkins, master
mind of the spaghetti shift in foot
ball, will bring his group of Mad
Magicians from LeMoyne College,
Memphis, to Tuskegee Institute for
a game with Coach Edward Adams
golden quint in Logan Hall, this
week.
The fast floor team from Mem
phis is expected to give the South
ern Conference Tournament Bound
Tigers one of the most spectacular
games of the season. Boosting OF
q group of the best ball handlers
in the Southern circuit, the Yellow
Jackets are determined to halt the
march which the Tigers have made
toward the conference basketball
crown.
SUCCESSFUL TOUR
The Tuskegee hardwood perform
ers have recently returned from a
trip which took them as far north
as Hampton Institute, and they
dropped only one game out of a
total Of six played while On this
tour.
Coach Adams, capable and
thorough. is surrounded this sea-
sen with a group of men who man
euver the floor smoothly and eff
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Tuskegee Now Boasts
II Wins In 20 Starts

GENTLY. William Robinson, Fuller,
Hamburger Brinkley Dickens,
Smith, Shaw, Van Zandt, Williams,
ORourke and George Robinson
are top performers on the hard
wood, and should improve in their
excellent floor covering ability as
the season progresses.
The seasons record of Coach
Adams basketball team to date
follows:
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Black Eagles Pix
Has Its Premiere

NEW YORK (C)-"The Motor
ious Elinor Lee" initial picture OF
the new MicheauX-Julian picture
company mad its premiere at the
RKO Regent theatre with Edna
Mae Harris starring, Oscar Nj
cheaux. veteran motion picture pro-
6'loer. nd Col. Hubert r. Julian
Irarlem'S AZ y, Eagle head the
recently tUrAeu company.
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tionaly they rated in the following order Xavier, KY.
State, Va Union, and Clark.
The STAG proved threehorse during the vista
tn last and insofar aggregate 1889
ords CO. Xavier with 271, Clark with 17-2 and Alabama
with 1873 chaed up SO victories against only six defeats
between them which by far the outstanding achieve
ment in any of the four major loops
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Inc RECORDS OF Jn6 UTlO dI0
well known. Xavier won II
and lost only one in 28 starts
last season, winning the
STAG tournament. from a va
liant MorehOuse quintet and
producing the most alright
claim on the mythical ma
tional title. Va. Union came
in with a record of 18 wins
and only two setbacks in 20
starts, capturing the ClAA
crown and whipping the Long
Island University seniors,
white national intercolllegi-
ate champions, to climax a
top season for a college not
even boasting it's own gym.
Clark had II wins in 10
starts, having led The pre-
tournament season in the
STAG with a conference rec
ord of 13 loop wins in IA
starts.
These three teams-along
with Ky. State Midwest tour
nament winner and a club
with an aggregate of 22 wins
in 24 starts in 1939-Were
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many years to come, will still sing
it as originally written. Garry Me
Back to OF Virginny."
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RICHMOND, Va.-(SNS)-After
trailing 1928 at the half, the Vir-
gfnia Union University PantherS
nosed out the A.. and T. College
Aegies 48-45, in a furious, thrill
packed battle last Friday night
The hggies who had difficulty ar
irving in snowbound Richmond
threw a scare into the Union
camp that will not easily be for
gotten.
Continuing their undefeated
status, the Panthers chalkdd up
their eighth victory of the season.
st. Paul will be the foe this COM
ing Friday here.
EVANS, SPECTACULAR
Evans, A. and T.'S brilliant for
ward, set an amazing record scor-
ing twenty points in the first halt
against the Panthers. Evans
shooting was absolutely sensa-
ticnal. In the second half, Melvin
Glover, Uniom's All-CIAA guard,
held the super-scorer to a lone
field goal.
Such an exciting second hall
contest will hardly be Seer in
many a moon. The Aggies led, 28-
%, at the start Of the period but
the Panthers pressed TO 1927
only to have the visitors squirt TO
80 with field goals by Roam and
GaskinS
KNIGHTON BATS IN ONE
Minutes later, Glover added two
points by virtue of a successful
field goal and the Unionites pulled
up to 1929. After KavanZO Hyue's
foul try bounded from the rim,
Ollie Kniehtnn, Panther centr,
tapped the ball in and Union
made its second bid. When Knight
on tossed in two COMPLETED foul
tries, the Panthers took the lead
never again to be headed.
Nip and tuck, the struggle con-
tinued. Union held a slim margin,
at times. three points at Oth"r
times, a lone point. Three min
utes to go, the Panthers led 46-45.
Fl completed foul try by Captain
Soupy Campbell increased the lead
to two points. Seconds later
Campbell added another point.
ATTEMPTED RALLY FONED
Desperately, the Aggics attempt +
ed a score revival but Coach
Hucles. the Wonderman. ha6
drafted other plans for his cham
pionship crew. The CIAA champs
Unbiased q passing attack, the
like of which has never been seen
in these parts, that held the pow
erful elongatd hgeies for over tWC
minutes. When the gun fired +
Panthers led, 48-45, having teStec
and dOwned the toughest oppon
ent yet played, the A and T. Col
lege Aggies.
TEAMWORK EXCELS
For Union it was tho same OLD
tale. The Dream Team" possess
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Va. Union panthers
Sack a. & T. 48-45

marvel, Evans, coupled with Hig-
gins. Roam, and Gaskins, put on
a show that Richmond fans WOulo
be willing to pay dearly for Sec
Ond run
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ATLANTA Ga.-(SNS)-
ATLANTA basketball people have been wanting to see
Xavier-C Clark Va. UniOn-Cark, XaverVa Union in
ton for the past two Seasons The idea of such game as
any of the three parngs would afford has been dis
cussed in every sector of the Gate Cy hot stove league
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TEAMWORK EXCELS

For Union it was tho same old
tale. The Dream Team" possess
cd too many guns. The whole
cam was a functioring unit. Fo,
A. and !. College. The shooting
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TuSkegee 80
X-GameS Lost.
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Talladega 26
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02

that army and justice department
officials will confer on problems
In making the announcement,
Stimson denied that alleys are en-
arising from the roundup.
ployed on defense projects on the
isthmus.
There are no persons working on
fire control equipment in the Canal
Zone other than American soldiers
or American engineers" he contin-
ued. Under the law. these individ-
uals must be American citizens and
their citizenship and affiliations
have been carefully investigated by
military authorities"
all federal Jobs must be filled in
Under a law enacted last June,
the Canal Zone by United States
citizens or Panamanians by May L,
1871.
Earlier this year agents of the
federal bureau of investigation Wis
tied the Canal Zone to check on
the spy and sabotage situation. they
reported TO President Roosevelt who
later made a personal inspection
tour of the Canals defenses.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02
Committee Studies
New Traffic Laws

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2. CUP)-
New traffic laws to be brought be-
fore the legislature were proposed
today at meeting of the joint
legislative interim committee on mo-
tor vehicles and the state auto
motive committee.
Today's session of the two-day
biennial meeting was devoted chiefly
to formation of subcommittee and
their separate conferences. Tomor-
row the subcommittee will report
at a general assembly and make
recommendation for program to
be presented to the next legisla-
ture session.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02
U.S.. Probes Background. Motives Of
81 Aliens Arrested in Canal Zone

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. CUP)
The War Department said to-
day that it had referred erron-
cously to 81 aliens detained in
the Panama canal zone as "for-
eign agents" They merely are
refugees, who had been given
temporary haven several months
ago by the Panamanian govern
ments and illegally entered the
canal zone, the department said.
WASHINGTON. Aug. ?. CUP)-
Civil and military authorities to-
day sought TO learn the character,
background and nationality of 81
foreign agents detained in the Pana-
ma Canal Zone on charges of
entering the area illegally.
Officials studied their cases to
determine whether they should be
deported direct from the Canal
Zone. brought to the United States
for hearing before the immigration
service, or held for "other dispo-
sition."
Secretary of War Henry L. Slim
son, who announced the detentions
late yesterday. did not give any
details. 1t was learned, however,
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02

HONOLULU, Aug. 2. (UP)-An
adventurous honeymoon couple and
their II foot sloop Confucius were
several weeks overdue here today
on a voyage from Monterey, Calf.
Charles Borden, 80, wandering
author, and his bride, Rosalie Mas
tassi Borden, Russian-born artist
of San Francisco, left Monterey
June % and expected to reach
Honolulu in about three weeks.
The tiny boat has not been re-
ported since it left Monterey.
The Bordens had 1,400 pounds
of food, so gallons of fruit juice
and 10 gallons of water, planning
to catch most of their water in
ocean squalls.
The Confucius was built in Teak
wood and was laid down at the All
King shipyards in Hong Kong
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02
Port 'Pu|verized'
By British Bomb
Attacks is Claim
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naval detectives at Kiel and Will
helmShaven.'
The air ministry, meanwhile,
said that while German planes
Yesterday were Showering Britain
with propaganda leaflets a strong
Raj coastal command squadron
made a successful daylight raid
on the German occupied airdrome
at Cherbourg, France.
(In Berlin the high command said
that the Cherbourg raid had been
made by eight British planes, all
of which had been shot down with
no losses to the GermanS.)
Describing yesterdays attack on
Cherbourg The air ministry said:
"A strong force of BriStol-Blen-
helms tbombers) dived out of low
clouds to attack the Cherbourg
airdrome. Direct hits wrecked the
hangers and heavy explosions fol-
lowed the Blenheims' salvos.
There were large number of
enemy aircraft on the airdrome.
Bombs burst among them and 9TH
ers pitting the landing ground.
Barracks in another corner OF the
airfield were damaged One pilot,
after dropping all of his bombs,
machine gunned German aircraft
on the ground
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02
German Amused
By This Spy Stuff

NEW YORK, Aug. 2. CUP)-Dr
Gerhart AloiS Westrick, Nazi COM
mercial emissary, appeared at the
motor vehicle bureau today to find
out about the revocation of his
automobile license because he die
not notify the bureau of chance
of address, and while there said he
was highly amused by the spy
stuff in the papers"
Dr. Westrick had been the SUBJ
iect of considerable publicity fol-
lowing disclosures that he had es-
tablished headquarters at an estate
in scarsdale and had received
number of American business mer
there.
In good humor, except when cam
era men attempted to take photo
graphs. he said his sole duty in
this country was to prepare the
way for trade between Germany
and the United States after the
European war.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02
Cliff Frightens
Coast Youngsters

YOSEMITE, Cal, Aug. 2. (UP)
The hours they spent virtually
suspended between earth and sky
900 feet up the face of towering
half dome cooled the adventurous
spirit of trio of Hollywood youths
today.
The three. Bill Warren, ID, George
OGorman, IA, and David Hester Is,
attempted to elm the cliff above
Mirror Lake in Yosemite national
park yesterday.
They had reached a point 900
feet up when Hester lost his footing
and fell 80 feet, suffering abrasions.
That frightened the others and they
decided to remain right where they
were. Jules Eichorn, park ranger
and Sierra club member, went to
their aid.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02
Olson Will Stump
State in Campaign

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. CUP)
Culbert Olson today
disclosed plans for a tour of CEN
trail and northern California next
week ito campaign for the election
of a peoples legislature"
AS he left for Los Angeles to
make a speech tomorrow, Olson
said he would visit Hanford, Ma
dera, MERGED, Fresno and Santa
Rosa next week TO discuss state
problems and probably 7 will name
candidates the administration con-
siders desirable"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02
Japanese Business
AGENT Arrested

LONDON, Aug. ,. tUP)-K. Maxi
hara. manager of the Mitsubishi
Shoji Kaisha company here, was
arrested tonight Reason for the
arrest was not Immediately made
public.
The MitSubishi company is one Of
JapanS greatest commercial houses
along with the Mitsui company.
1t has branches throughout the
world.
(Makihara'S arrest followed a SER
les of arrests of BritonS in the
Far East by the japanese. Nine
Britons are in Japanese custody
at present. The British government
has protested the arrests vigorously
and there has been pressure upon
it TO take reprisals if satisfaction
were not forthcoming)
Meanwhile, Japanese financial
sources here reported that British
banks were refusing to discount
japanese bills or extend credits
TO japanese banks.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-08-02
Honeymoon Couple Long Overdue on
voyaue from California TO Hawaii

where Richard Halliburtons Ill
fated Chinese junk was built.
The boat was equipped with an
auxiliary inboard motor and re-
ceiving radio. Borden shipped the
hull to the United States ABOARD
a steamer and had sailed IL once
to the Marquessas Islands.
The Bordens had planned to stay
in Honolulu about two months'
then turn toward the Marquessas
group, 270O miles away.
Borden, who said he had been
sailing since he was Is years ola,
had called the Confucius safer
than the Queen Mary" and said 1t
rode the waves like cork.
Borden has done extensive mag
azine article writing and his book,
wind in the Face" was TO be
published this month.