davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

ratlroader, while his brother
was a stationary engineer.
James died in 1912 and
Thomas lived on alone, sur
rounded by his gold and his
silver. until he, too. breathed
his last, leaving the heirs a
merry chase-and a profitable
one, IL they had the patience
and stamina to find IL all.
In The Cat and the Ca
nary" the treasure Is found in
the first hour of the play.
Even murder Is done. for evil
forces are at work trying to
get the necklace and other
legacies from the rightful
heiress. It all comes out right
by the time the final curtain
falls. But, of course, that's
only on the stage.
The Hodson brothers real
life drama isn't quite as simple.
If they intended to plague and
perplex their relatives in a
puckish way, they have been
e m inently successful. The
puZzling map is a teaser and
a perpetual challenge to the
heirs to continue to search.
Robert Hodson is so certain
that he will find the treasure
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

that he has refused to let anybody see the map
except trusted few, lest unlimited explorers join
the hunt for the hidden riches
At the moment Hodson is bewitched. bothered
and bewildered. But not his departed cousins.
They couldn't take il with them any more than
fctional Mr. West Yet if there are chuckles be.
yond the grave, the Hodson brothers undoubtedly
are having them at their kin's expense
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19

a long forgotten crevice.
The brothers were a happy
go-lucky sort. Money obviously
meant nothing TO them. They
tossed il around as loosely as
though 1t were Confederate cur
rency. A portable clothes closet
was the safety deposit box for
81 900 in United States War
Savings Bonds. They were scat
tered among newspapers.
A SMALL commode was the
~ receptacle chosen for dis
position of sacks containing
silver dollars. Teapots, shoes.
desks and other remote reposi-
tories were utilized by the
brothers as storage places for
their wealth.
Thomas had no more in.
tereSt in the fortune than
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-19
Two Slightly WoekY Benefoe-
tors MisehievousIy Hid Riches
= in Many Odd Places

She at the mantel when the knob OF the
locked bedroom door turned spooldly from
the outside ana mysterious rapplngs came from
the other side OF the panel
Annabee turned In alarm but continued her
quest. noticing a carved vine on the scrollwork
OF the fireplace. She began counting the little
knobs from the edge of the mantel and when
she reached the ninth, directly under the vine,
her fingers pressed secret recess. II opened
and there the dazzling necklace lay.
But the task OF Robert Hodson was 10 deciphPr
the crude maps. He decided to begin In the Base
ment of the house. following clues Of one of the
sketches. He edged through rows of wood
stacked against the walls to the end Of the aisle
There as the drawing showed was a stove with
three sacks of sawdust piled In front Of It. In the
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about $l4.000
in gold coins
alone, mean
ing thatsnore
tn an $4,000
may be buried
under a tree
or stuffed up
a rainspout or
damned into
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Stove there was a one-gaIIon
syrup can. Inside the can there
was $500 In gold.
The discovery was an inspira-
ton to Hodson. He turned the
basement upside down In search
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Former Horsehide Great
No1u a. Maryland Farmer

Connie Mack as the greatest base.
ball man in history"
Would I possibly return as a
manager or coach? Well, that's
hard to say. If the offer were right
maybe"
Meantime, he keeps close track
of the pennant races through news.
papers and radio. He is sure the
leagues will get through 1914 all
right but he hesitates to venture q
guess should the war last beyond
that.
Baker, the old-timers will re-
member, picked up his nickname
in the World Series of 1911 while
playing with the Athletics against
the New Yorl. Giants.
In the sixth inning of the second
game with the score tied one-all
Baker teed off on one of RUDE
Marquard's slants, drove it over
the wall to score two runs and tie
up the series. The next day he
walloped a ninth inning homer of
Christy Mathewsovan to stave
feat and singled in an eleventh inn
ing rally which turned the series
tide to the Athletics.
In those days home runs were
not produced by lofting a rabbit
ball out of the park and Baker 8
feats became legendary. His tor
home run production with a very
dead ball was IL in single season
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New York Giants Certain
10 Operate Coming Year

NEW YORK, Feb. 2. - up -
although no signed contracts have
been returned, Secretary Eddie
Brannick on the New York Giants
ISN'T giving any thought of con-
curing with President Alva Brad.
ley's statement that the Cleveland
Indians would close down if he
couldn't present high class base.
nall this year.
.'We, like all other clubs, have a
big investment to protect and we
are not even considering the posi-.
3lity that the major leagues will
not operate this year. said Bran.
nick. 'The Giants have 10 4-F
players on their roster and I ex.
2ect to announce several signed
contracts within the next few days.
II wonder if Bradley gave
thought to the fact that if he
closed down he would forfeit his
membership in the American Lea
que and that all of his players
would became free agents. There
are several players on his club
that several of us would like to
have, including Manager Lou Bou.
dreau."
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FEUD CONTINUES

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 2. Up -
The professional rivalry Of Byron
Nelson's, Toledo's superb golf star
and Harold (Jug) McSpaden. the
ace from Philadelphia, reaches its
third 1914 round this weekend
S., 900 Phoenix open.
They - and probably Is other
pros and 80 amateurs-will match
strokes over the tree-bordered fair
ways and well-trapped green's of
the Phoenix Country Club.
Nelson comes here at the peak
of his game after coping the San
Francisco Open January II with a
spectacular 72-hole total of 275-
10 strokes under par.
McSpaden, who placed second at
San Francisco shots behind Mel
son, has been playing brilliantly
/ winter swing of the dwindling pro
golf brigade. "Jug" took top mon
ey in the rich Los Angeles Open
earlier this year with 278 to es-
tablish new 7-hole record at the
Wiltshire Country Club.
Nelson, holder of the National
Open championship in 1889 and the
Professional Golfers Association
title in 1910, carded a morning
round 70 and an afternoon SO over
the par II Phoenix layout yester-
day. McSpaden, playing with Mel
son, recorded a SO and II.
Fans who like a dark horse have
been eyein Leonard Dodson, Kan
sas citian playing out of La Jolla,
Calf. Dodson, who has been play
ing the local fairways for more
than week, has carded three sub
par 68s.
Craig Wood of Mamaroneck, N.
Y, National Open champion, had
70 yesterday. Sam Byrd Of De-
troit, Ray Mangrum Of Los Angeles
and Jimmy Hines of Amsterdam,
N. Y, registered par lis.
A 36-hole proamateur best ball
event tomorrow precedes the start
of the 72-hole open Friday.
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CONTINUE
CLINST0CK CASE

CHARLOTTE, Feb. O. Up DIR.
Henry c. Parker, Charlotte den
fist, and Lee Skies, dental tech
nician, charged in warrants issued
by police with first degree murder
in connection with the mysterious
death Of wrestler big Jim Clinstock
waived a preliminary hearing in
police court today.
They were ordered held for trial
under $1,000 bond each at a term
of superior court which starts here
Feb. %.
Earlier in the day City Solicitor
Mercer j. Blankenship had an
nounced four new witnesses hao
been found whose testimony would
present a "clea- picture" of Gin.
stocks death here Saturday night
in the S & S Dental Laboratories,
of which Skies is part owner.
At the same time the prosecutor
said what we have found leads
us to feel that there was no pre-
meditation in Clinstock's death
and at this stage it looks like q
manslaughter case, with liquor al
the basis of it ALL"
At habeas corpus hearing fol
the release of DR.. Parker and Skies
Sunday, the state advanced theo
ry that the 240-pound wrestler was
strangled with towel after going
berserk in the dental laboratories
and hitting and kicking seve-a
men and women. The defense
sought to show he died of a heart
attack.
DR.. w. M. Summerville, Patio.
logist, completed an autopsy today,
but his report has not yet beer
filed with police. Funeral services
for the wrestler will be held at a
mortuary here tomorrow afternoon
and the body sent to Durham for
cremation.
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DIPLOMATIC MOVE
BY REDS HAILED
Continued from Page One)

Union) meanwhile the new diplo.
matte set-up Of the U. S. S. R. is
causing intense speculation.
Examining the move as announc-
ed yesterday, foreign diplomats in
Moscow saw possibilities Of the
Soviet Unions creating one of the
broadest and most elastic foreign
public in foreign affairs would
world, one which would give Rus.
STA the opportunity to swing great
weight in the Allied countries.
The new program was being
scanned closely for an indication
of the trends Soviet foreign policy
may now take; whether, for in
stance, Moscow will seek separate
representations in the various
countries with which it now main.
tains diplomatic relations.
Autonomy of the Is Soviet re.
publcs n foreign affairs would
give Moscow the legal right to ask
for multiple representation on such
councils as the league of nations,
a type Of representation the Brit
ish Empire now enjoys.
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Duk Graprlers To Meet
Mighty Preflight Team,

DURHAM, Feb. 2. -(P- The
Duke University wrestling team,
tied with the University of North
Carolina for the Big Five cham
pionship, will play host to the Car.
olina Pre-Flight team at 7:30 to.
morrow night. This will be the
second meeting between these two
teams.
Pre-Flight annexed the first
scrap, 1911, but since then the
Dukemen have defeated Carolina S
crack team.
In Examinations today, Miner and
Mccain, heavyweights, fought te
\ nine minute draw. Mccain was
elected to start against Pre-Fhght.
Twenty-four bouts will be staged
tomorrow night with three on al
one time. This is the second time
this year that such an event has
been held in this state.
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All wearers Of the Purple Heart
medal awarded to members OF
the Army, Navy and Marine corps
wounded in action-will be admit
ted free to Promoter Bert Caus'
ey's wrestling shows at ITALIAN
hall during February.
Causey extended the blanket in
vitation to the wounded service
men today. These boys have CIV
en- lot" he said, "and if they
enjoy good wrestling ! want them
to come up as my guests. All they
have to do is show the proper
credentials.
The promoters two brothers are
in the service. One, Lieut.. George
Causey. is on duty in Italy. He
was graduated from the Camp
Davis Officer Candidate School
several months ago. The other.
Sergeant Jake Causey, recently
completed a bombardier school
and is awaiting assignment aboard
Flying Fortress. Both are ma
tives of Greensboro.
Causey said he believes service.
men will like the matches he has
arranged for this coming Friday
night. Reports. are that Pete Man
nagoff had best be extremely care
full with Freddy Stee'e, his oppo'
nent in the evenings main event
Both these wrestlers employ the
same type style and are bull
alike. The fans will be treated tx
a strictly scientific match wher
these two hook up, as both O.
these men specialize in skillfu
tactics and never resort to rougl
stuff.
Steele made an impressive debu
here last Friday as he teamed wit
Milo Steinborn in a tag team bout
He will be battling with Mannago
for the top popularity spot in tn
coming show. Pete has long rule
here as the leader of the crow
pleasers.
The Steinborn-Coffield match o
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SPORTS TRAIL

bit of argument about the zone
defense, but / guess it is here to
stay as when you start telling a
team how to set up its defense
you're killing the game. Imagine
telling Joe Louis he mustn't make
1t too tough for the other guy to
hit him.
Speaking of Louis, he's on ref
ereeing tour, and it must be re-
lief to fighters to be able to step
in the ring with him without get
ting their brains knocked out. 1t
would be just too bad if he forgot
he was Just the referee. It reminds
me of that old gag about. the bat
tered pug who went to his corner
and was told the other guy hadn't
laid a hand on him, and who said:
Somebody better watch that ref
cree, then. Somebody's knocking
the daylights out Of me-"
The University Of Georgia was
fined $500 for playing ineligible
football players last fall. That's
quite an innovation and may have
far-reaching effects. If the schools
are going to get soaked in the
pocketbook they'll be more careful,
and might even make the football
players attend classes. If I re-
member right you got through on a
course of gym, recess and lunch
hour, didn't YOU?
Well, Joe, that's about all for
now. still don't know just where
you are, but that's not odd. I don't
know where I'm at half the time
these days, and l guess that's true
of the baseball men, too. Every
time they pick up a paper they
find they've lost ball player.
Keep punching, Joe, and if you
get a chance throw one at the
Japs for me. A FAST ball, chin high
and right at 1t. Your pal-Whit-
ney.
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FEW UNDEFEATED
TEAMS AT DAVIS

CAMP DAVIS, Feb. 2. - The
ranks of the indicated teams in
Camp Davis hoop competition sui
fered another casualty last night
when the 584th Officers, after WIN
ming six straight, bowed to the
111th EN-, 1927, in an American
League contest.
For half of the opening session
the teams were locked in close
combat but suddenly the 18th
courtmen began to employ a fast
break, and with Waugh and Grove
feeding Carroll, Dykes, and Krum-
finger the TripleOne outfit soon
owed an 1911 advantage at the in
PERMISSION. The third period found
each club scoring eight points be-
fore the 584th Officers Signaigo
and Seel spanked rally NAT
brought them 10 within three points
of a tie with two and one-half
minutes remaining. Here, Caruso
dribbled through for two timely
111th field goals to settle the issue.
In an earlier court clash in
Farnsworth Hall the 58th EN- fl
nally earned a win, after dropping
five in row. By taking the meas.
ure Of the DIP Officers, 21-16, the
584th EN- emerged from the Amer.
lean league cellar and tumbled the
losers into that spot. The victors
were forced to come from behind,
trailing at one time by six points.
Thompson, second leading scorer
in his circuit, accounted for five
goals to provide the main impetus
in his teams first triumph. Lockers
and Bradley were the hot shots for
the Officers.
Second place in the South
ern lea gue was nabbed by
the 61st Brigade on the heels of a
1927 conquest of the Gun Mat.
Officers. A nine-point spread estab.
ished in the first half stood ur
for the Brigade-men as both teams
battled on even terms during the
second chapter. Decker and Simon
racked up 81 points between them
for the winners while Carter ano
Cheney, the latter being the loop S
No. polnt-getter, starred for Cur
Materiel.
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SEVERAL TRACK
MARKS ACCEPTED

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 2-R-Four
American track and field records,
two Of them by Fred Wolcott. have
been accepted as world standards
by the International Amateur
Athletic Federation as represented
by the organizations President j.
S. Edstrom and Secretary 30 Exc
lund. both Of Sweden:
Wolcott, Rice Institute star, had
his time of 1877 seconds for the
120-yard and 110-meter high hurd-
les made at Philadelphia on June
former Georgia hurdler who es-
tablished the marks at Oslo in
1886.
Roy Cochrane's 1872 for the 40
yard hurdles, set at the Drake re-
lays on April Is, 1912, replaced
the record held by another Arneri-
can since 1927. John A. Gibson
raced the distance in :52.6 at Lin
coin in 1927. Cornelius Warmer
dam, only man ever to clear Is
feet, improved on his own interna.
tional standard with recognition
Of his pole vault of Is it. 7 ga in.
at Modesto, Calf, on May %,
1912. It bettered his 1941 record
by two inches.
Anne Anderson's breaking OF
Gunder Haegg's monopoly on
middle distance records was Of
ficially recognized at mile and
1900 meters. Anderson, who estab-
llshed the marks while his fellow
Swede was touring the United
States last summer, was given
credit for his 4:02.6 mile and 3:45
1900 meters. Haegg's standards
were 4:oz.6 and 3:45.6 respectively
The committee also approved
F. j. Redman's time of one hour,
IA minutes 30.6 seconds for the
lO-mile walk, made in London IN
May 26, 1884.
THE record simply was forgot
ten Ekelund said, "then the Sc.
cretary Of the British Athletic As
ISOLATION uncovered it and decid.
ed to send it. Redman actually
held the record from 1884 to 1912
when it was bettered by John r
Mikaelsson, a Swede, with a time
OF one hour, 10 minutes three and
eighth-tenths second.''
Ekelund said the short ,ist n
new marks was as complete as
could be made on the basis OF in.
formation available to the IAAF
Headquarters in December, 1919
Everyone abroad is so busy
carrying on the war that thew
don't have time to send in ret..
ords," Ekelund declared, "as il
is. two Of the marks accredited
today date back to 1912 and an.
other three go all the way back
to 1941."
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Big League Players
To Enter Link Action

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 2. -(P-
Marjorie Row Of Admission, Ala.
who won the Miami Women's Golf
Tournament last week, and big
league ballplayers Gerald Walker,
Paul Waner and Paul Derringer
are entered in the third annual
Florida Open two-bau mixed four
some golf tournament opening
here next Wednesday.
Ten pairings already have been
completed for the tournament to
be played at the Dubsdread Coun-
try Club here, pro Denny Cham
payne said today. They included:
Gerald Walker, Cincinnati Red
outfielder. and Jeanne Cline,
Bic omington, III.
Carl Damn and Georgia fainter,
Fargo, N. D.
Denny Champagne and Mrs. Mil
dred Schwab, last years winners.
Lee Kosten and Marjorie Row.
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Charlotte To Be Scene
Of Big Golf Tournament

CHARLOTTE, Feb. 2. 49, QD -
The Charlotte Junior Chamber of
Commerce voted today to sponsor
a $4,000 open golf tournament here
in March.
Dates for the tournament will be
set after consultation with the
Professional Golfers Association.
The event will precede the annual
North and South Open at Pinehurst.
Tentative plans call for the To-
hole tourney to be played over the
Myers Park Country Club course.
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DRESSER MAY SUB
AS BROOK PILOT

BROOKLYN, Feb. 2-tR-Chuck
Dresser, who was dropped by the
Brooklyn Dodgers last year only to
be re-hired, likely will be the club S
interim manager if Leo Durocher's
projected overseas tour for the
USO extends into the playing sea-
son.
Durocher, who was believed
overseas, was located in Florida
yesterday while entertaining in
various army camps.
Branch Hickey, president of the
Dodgers, said today that Duroch-
er's overseas jaunt might last two
months and that he would make
another attempt to contact his
manager Immediately.
eve 60 to training camp next
month" Hickey added, "and I've
got to know when I can expect
his services. If he isn't going to
be available for a considerable
period, I may have to find another
man.
1dAuCl tl1lS WAllCS1, WuSIl ~ was
thought Duroche-. would be back
at> his baseball duties by late
March, Hickey indicated that Dres-
sen would be in charge until the
leader returned. He minated to-
day he still listed Dresser as the
no. 1 substitute now.
The Dodgers are ticketed to be-
gin their drills at Bear Mountain,
NJ Y, on March Is.
Durocher said in Tampa yester-
day that his trip overseas had been
delayed until certain papers are
Strengthened out"
Dresser, former manager Of the
Cincinnati Reds, has been coach
of the Dodgers ever since Duroch-
er took charge, except for brief
time last spring. This winter he
has been the Dodger spokesman on
the banquet circuit.
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BY FRED w. STAPLEY

TRAPPE, Md, Feb. 2-tRHIt' S
a pretty safe bet that if this little
Maryland town population less
than 3OO-ever changes. its name,
it would be to Bakersbuf'g, or may
be Bakerstown.
In so doing it would be honoring
Z its acknowledged no. l citizen,
husky. active 59-year-old native
son who answers to the name OF
John Franklin Baker.
Maybe that name is not familiar,
but how about Home Run" Bak-
er? Yes sir, that's the gentleman
Home Rum Baker, third base
man and heavy hitter Of Connie
Mack's immortal $500, 900 infield, "
and later a star with the New
York Yankees.
Baker, who retired from base
ball 20 years ago this January af-
Ter career which saw him lead
the American League in home run
production fer four seasons and
play brilliantly in half a dozen
World Series, is a farmer-a dirt
farmer-and community leader.
The owner of four large proper
ties near Trappe, he works on them
as hard as any of his help.
He looks lot less than his years
and in the words of an admiring
photographer is "the perfect physi-
cal specimen for a man OF his
age"
Long active in the villages civic
life, he has been a member OF the
town board bank director and fire
company promoter. His home on
the towns main street is one OF
the villages show places.
Old baseball friends, such as Ed
die Collins, another member Of
Mack's great infield, frequently
visit him and he always manages
ito see game or two at Phila-
delphia or Washington each sum-
mer" He speaks reverently Of
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Ex-Baseball Star Tinker
Is In Better Condition

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 2. - R-
Physicians for Joe Tinker, SO, base
ball star of another era, today re-
ported his condition at the Orange
General Hospital here as slightly
better.''
DR.. Frank D. Gray and DR.. Spen-
Ger A. Folsom said Tinker was
still under an oxygen tent but he
was more restful today and was
able to eat.
Gray said if no further setback
occurs, the celebrated member OF
the Chicago Cubs Tinker-to-Evers.
to-Chance doubleplay combination
may recover.
The Physicians said Tinker was
i'll of influenza aggravated by heart
and kidney trouble and diabetes.
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By WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Feb. a. Up =
SGT. Joe Smith,
Somewhere,
u. S. Army,
Dear Joe: You know that two
bucks l owe you and you have
Feen worrying about? Well, you
csn quit worrying about it. have,
md you don't know what a relief
it is not to be fretting over such
trivial things. For while | was
afraid I'd forget to remember to
forget to leave it out of my letters,
and I really worried about it. Now
7 don't even think about it.
I'll Try to catch you up on the
sports doings back here, but I've
had to catch up a little myself
as some germ got ahold of me
and shook me until my teeth chat.
tered, and / missed out for few
days. From what I understand
though, all I missed was a few
meals. Sports have been in a state
of suspended animation, more or
less.
They did have a boxing match
here the other night between Beau
Jack and Sammy Angott. Nobody
got hurt and it was a draw. Drew
about $4,000 fans, in, fact. The de-
cision was a draw, too. I don't
like those nothing to nothing games
myself.
Baseball is in something of a
quandary, as they say. Some base
ball men think the season won t
start, and that if it does start it
don't know, but from the way the
ball players have been lad late
" it looks like your kid brother
might be playing second base for
the Yankees if they do play. He's
IA now, isn't. he?
Basketball still is going strong
at the garden. There's been quite