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The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-02-03

Cloves were such an expensive
luxury to western civilization at
one time that the ships of ex-
plorer Ferdinand Magellan sold
o cargo of them for more than
the cost of a three-year expe-
dition.
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APPROVED:
Mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. /. 1850

ORDINANCE NO. /. 1850
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING OR
DINANCE NO. Z, 1919 AS AMENDED
BY ORDINANCE NO. 5, 1928 AS
1892 AS FURTHER AMENDED BY
ORDINANCE NO. n, 1919 SO AS TO
PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT
OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, PRE-
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-02-03

This the 18th day of January. 1850.
OPHELIA LEWIS,
Administrative.
1-2O, 81. %. 10.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-02-03

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF JACKSON.
Whereas. on the 25th day of Octo.
Der. 1919, ROBERT REEVES, executed
and delivered TO the undersigned, l..
K. Mcintosh. trustee. n d. o.. New
man. Beneficiary; a Deed OF Trust
which was duly recorded In Book AZ
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ESTATE OF MRS. MAY d. cowAN

NO. 1881
Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary on the estate of May D.
Cowan. deceased. were granted to the
undersigned by the Chancery Court of
Jackson County, Mississippi. on the
IL day of January, 1850, and all per-
sons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified to present their
claims to the Clerk of said Court TO
have them probated and allowed with
in six months from this date; failure
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to do so viii bar the claim.
This the 10 day of January. 1851
C. b. Dantzler, Executor.
At l-2T. 2-3. 10. II.
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Witness my hand and the seal of
the City of Pascagoula. Mississippi,
this the 9th day of January, 1850.
rs z A L. tSignedl v. p. DeJean
IA "a Clerk
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as same appears on the minutes of
said meeting in Minute Book 50.
Evening star., 1950-04-03

Orleans. Hamey said Petit may
not even be a starter during the
earlier part of the season.
AS a bonus player. Petit must
90 up to Pittsburgh next year.
So far he looks good for a rookie
getting his first taste of pro base
ball in a fast AA league. But
Hamey said the Pittsburgh organ
ization won't be stuck if Petit
never becomes a good pitcher.
The reason. Hamey said, is
Pettit's speed, fielding ability and
batting form.
This kid has the makings OF
a great outfielder." Hamey added
That's how Babe Ruth became
famous you know, not as a
pitcher"
In his five innings yesterday
Paul walked four men and struck
out one. But the most impressive
thing about the youthful 205-
FOUNDER is his poise under fire.
Paul's 100000 bonus makes
him probably the most publicized
rookie of the year. But it hasn't
affected his relationship with his
teammates. They're all pulling
for the likeable rookie.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
BY the Assoeiuted Press

NEW ORLEANS, April 3.-Paul
Petit, Pittsburgh's 100000 bonus
pitcher. has made an impressive
beginning in his professional
baseball career.
The 18-year-old California
souhtpaw rookie was farmed to
New Orleans of the Glass AA
Southern Association for one
years seasoning. Yesterday Petit
went to the mound for the third
time during exhibition play and
inherited the tough job of pre-
serving a no-hitter.
Another New Orleans rookie,
Bob Purkey. had pitched the first
four innings against Nashville,
another Southern Association
team, without giving up a hit.
And Purkey had singled in the
only run.
But Petit came through in fine
style and New Orleans won the
no-hit game, 10.
Paul hasn't opened up yet. Gen.
eral Manager Roy Hamey of Pitts
burgh said he will not be expected
to be a regular pitcher for New
Evening star., 1950-04-03
HoyaNneFacingPenn Petit, Impressive in Sharing
Tomorrow in Opener MOI Hitter, Is Yet to Open Up

Coach Joe Judge has an ex.
perienced team with which tc
open Georgetown's baseball sea-
son tomorrow afternoon as host tc
Pennsylvania and it will cost tt
see the Hoyas this spring. George
town has completed the fence
around it's athletic field ard i'm
proved it's bleacher seats and q
man will be there to collect sc
cents from each customer.
Other schools have no fences
around their fields, hence no way
of charging admission. In the
case of George Washington, il
plays on the public diamond or
the East Ellipse.
Georgetown's holdover infielc
includes Joe De Lilo at first, Bot
Walls at second. Dick Falvey al
third and Steve Korfonta at short
stop. Johnny Moskal is back tc
do the catching. while in the out
field are Tommy Hardiman
Frank Alagia and Lou Surman
Five experienced hurlers also are
on hand.
Three college games here today
are openers for the visiting teams
Vermont at George Washing
ton, Wesleyan at American U. fol
a double-header and Maine al
Boiling Air Force Base.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Dartmouth Ski Team
First College Champ
ey the Asxoeiotsd pr.x,

| DILLON. Colo. April S.-The
collegiate ski champions of 1856
until the NCAA comes along with
meet of its own-are the Dart
mouth Indians.
Dartmouth ran up lead in the
doWnhill and slalom events,
then added enough points in yes
terday's jumping and cross-coun-
try contests to beat out Denver
and Washington.
Denver and Wyoming Univer-
sites. the sponsors, billed 1t As the
first national college ski meet with
the comment that the National
Collegiate Athletic Association
should have had one long ago.
Dartmouth alumni apparently
knew what they were doing in
donating the trophy. for the In
dians piled up l.483.84 points to
take the cup back to the home Of
the Big Green.
Denver was second with 1.442.56
points and Washington third with
1.435.54.
The other seven schools finished
in this order: Western State Of
Colorado. 1,41094: Washington
State. l .346.05; Colorado. l.340. so; {;
Montana State, l,33927: Wyom-
ing. 1,287.82: Nevada. 1.2a2.64.
and Harvard. 1888.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Fight Promoter Speaker
At Howard RING Clinic

Harry Markson. general man.
ager Of the International Boxing
Club. will speak on THE Inside
of Promoting Fights" at Howard
University's fifth annual boxing
clinic tomorrow at the schools
temporary gymnasium. The clinic
begins at 2 pm.
Other afternoon speakers will
include Lester Bromberg. boxing
writer for the New York World
Telegram and Sun: Lightweight
Champion Ike Williams, Feather
weight Sandy Saddler, Nat
Fleischer. editor Of Ring Maya
zine mad Charlie Johnston, man
ager of Saddler and other top
fighters.
These celebrities will be pre-
sented awards at the big dinner
set for 6 pm. The public is in
vited to the clinic and may attend
the dinner at 50 per plate.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
7 raining Camps
Continued From Page A-18)
while the Boston B squad downed
the Crackers at Atlanta, 8-4.

PHOENIX, Ariz.-Flushed from
three consecutive wins over the
Giants. beaten yesterday. 11-8, the
Pittsburgh Pirates left here last
night for New Orleans. The Buc.
are scheduled for their next ex.
hibition against their New Orlean,
farm club on Wednesday night.
SARASOTA, FL Southpav
Chuck Stobbs. hampered by 8
lame shoulder, may get shot a,
the Cardinals today as the Rec
Sox travel to st. Petersburg fol
their final Grapefruit League
game before breaking camp. De-
troit belted Ellis Kinder for four
runs In the fifth inning and
gained 4 6-3 decision over the
Sox yesterday.
TAMPA. Fla.-The Reds, who
lost two weekend exhibition
games, were to make their final
Florida start today against the
Yankees. Kent Peterson was
scheduled to try for a seven-inning
stint with Ken Raffensberger and
Herman Wehmeier slated to di-
vide duty in the last two frames.
LAKELAND, Fla.-Slow to start,
the Tigers mound staff has shown
some fine improvement lately. In
the last four games. Bengal hurl-
ers gave up only seven runs and
u hits. Yesterday Ted Gray and
Paul Dizzy Trout gave the Red
Sox just seven hits in winning.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Minneapolis 10 Play
Anderson for Crack
AT Syracuse and Title
By the Asseeio,eS Pres.

Two favorites and one upstart
have emerged from divisional
playoffs in the National Basket
ball Association post season cham
pionShips.
The champion Will come from
Minneapolis and Syracuse. first-
place winners in the Central and
Eastern Divisions, and Anderson,
.runnerup in the Western Division.
Underdog Anderson upset In
Iiianapolis. 67-65. Saturday night
TO win the Westerns best of three
series.
Syracuse advanced last night by
defeating New York, $3.50. before
a Syracuse record crowd of 1920
TO clinch their three-game match.
Minneapolis whipped Fort Wayne
last week in the Central finals.
The favored Minneapolis quin-
'tet will play Anderson Wednesday
night in the first of their three
game series, The winner will meet
Syracuse for the MIA champion
ship. Syracuse gets bye because
1t finished the regular season with
a higher winning percentage.
The game at Syracuse was close
in the first three-quarters. the
home club leading only $3.50 at
the end Of the third period.
Syracuse Center Dolph Schayes
played a fine rebound game and
led the scoring with "a points.
Nat player-coach Al Cervi COL
lected IA points and 10 scoring
assists. New York's Harry Gala
tin and Ernie Vandeweghe paced
the losers with II points.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
By Lewis +. Atchison

Not since Regret did it in 1915
has a f1lly won the Kentucky
Derby. but Alfred G. Vanderbilt
master of Sycamore Farms, hopes
he has young lady who may skip
past all the boys at Churchill
Downs next month. 1t is Bed O.
Roses, leading 2-year-old money
winner last year.
Ralph Kercheval, the old (38.
year-old) Brooklyn pro football
player, who manages Sycamore
had no additional information
about the filly during a visit to
Laurel last week, but If good man.
ners is the deciding factor Kerche-
val says Bed O. Roses is q cinch
to win.
She's the best-mannered filly
you ever saw he said. Does
everything right and nothing
seems to bother her. including
shipping. She trains well. eats ane
sleeps well. But you'll have to talk
to Bill Winfrey about her chances
in the Derby"
Winfrey is Vanderbilt's trainer
and his handling of Bed O. Roses
last year is evidence that he'll
have her wound up tighter than
a bachelor dinner for the big race
Veers to Football.
But if Kercheval was reluctant
to talk about Bed O. Roses he had
a couple of good football stories
One incident occurred in a game
with the Redskins with the score
tied at TT in the final period on
a muddy field. Brooklyn was
somewhere near the Redskin 40
yard line on fourth down, and
Chris eagle was calling signals.
eagle decided to punt but Ship
wreck Kelly suggested letting
Kercheval kick a field goal.
Can he kick that far?" asked
eagle.
Hell, yes" Kelly replied fol
Evening star., 1950-04-03

his old Kentucky teammate
Under the circumstances there
was nothing for Ralph to do but
kick the goal-a 47-yard beauty
that won the game.
Kicked Great Field Goal.
Being around a horse farm is
no new experience for Ralph, who
was an expert pony rider on his
grandfather's farm near Lexing-
ton. KY. at the age of 4. But
not until Sycamore comes up with
a big winner bred and foaled un-
der Kercheval's direction will his
reputation in horse breeding
match his pigskin fame. Kerche-
val was an all-around back at
Kentucky and then Brooklyn, and
a top-f1ight kicker.
He broke into pro ranks during
an era when players salaries
weren't much bigger than their
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Ex-Grid Ace KerchevoI in Derby Picture

chest measurements and remained
six and one-half seasons to play
under four coaches. In order they
were John McEwan, Paul Schiss-
Ter, Potsy Clark and Jock Suther-
land. All were smitten with the
same idea, that a player ought to
earn his pay, although a couple
were tougher than the others.
I'VE didn't have the platoon
system then," Kercheval recalled,
land I played the full 60 minutes
of the first 10 games"
He got of early in the 18th
and final game, playing only 55
minutes.
The Brooklyn football team
wasn't as daffy as it's baseball
counterpart but Kercheval believes
Herman Hickman. present Yale
coach. spent half his time crawl
ing under tables and down rail-
road coach aisles giving hotfoots.
Army Experience Helped.
Kercheval was assigned to the
Army remount service during the
war, stationed at Fort Robinson,
Nebr., where the Army had some
1000 horses and 1000 mules. 1t
was good prepping for his present
post although there's a wide diff
ference between handling mules
and thoroughbreds. But life on
any farm is no bed O. roses.
And speaking Of the filly, she
had $199,200 in her piggy bank
at last count, a figure surpassed
by only two other fillies, Top
Flight with a record of $4,000
in 1881 and Bewitch's with $213,-
CTS in 1947. Both also were
fillies.
Bill Winfrey will get the best
out of her in the Derby" said
Kercheval. "but you must re-
member she raced only fillies at
a distance last year and we don I
know what she'll do against the
colts"
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Auto Race Driver Escapes
lin Spectacular Mishap
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

OAKLAND, Calf, April 3.-A
flaming racing car. spewing burn
ing gasoline and parts over the
asphalt track where other racers
were roaring along at better than
100 miles an hour. brought a
spectacular halt yesterday to a So
lap race at Oakland Stadium.
Bud Sennett of Burbank escaped
with superficial burns. His fuel
line broke as his Car went into q
steep turn at a speed of nearly
100 m.p.h. He fought to keep the
car out Of the way OF the others.
It crashed into a cement wall,
bounced of and spun around.
Then he brought it, still blazing,
to an apron Of the infield. Fire
men pulled him out.
Troy Ruttman of Ontario was
awarded first place in the AAA-
sponsored contest, running twice
through the flames on the track
before he was halted at the end
Of 80 laps. No time was l.
nounced.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Hiqh School Mines
Facing Several
Games This Week

High school baseball picks up
momentum this week with several
teams seeing action. Today's
schedule had Washington-Lee at
Mount Vernon. Bethesda at Cool
idge, Osbourn at Falls Church and
Chamberlain at St. Anthony's.
Wilson High will visit George
Washington tomorrow. while Tech
travels to Annapolis to meet the
Navy Plebes, Dewitt visits Central
and Chamberlain plays at De
Matha.
St. Johns will play at Wilson
Thursday. while Coolidge visits
Episcopal. St. Adams is at Be-
thesda and Chamberlain and
Woodward play on the Ellipse,
Friends will play at Washington
Lee Saturday. while st. Albans
plays its alumni.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Dodgers Ask Veto Of Bill
10 Ban Split Twin-BiI|s
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, April "a bill
aimed at making it illegal to
charge two admissions for split
double-headers was termed "un-
constitutional" and "discrimina-
tory" today by the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
The bill, passed by both houses
OF the State Legislature at Albany
and now on Gov. Dewey's desk for
his signature. is designed to stop
the Dodgers from the practice OF
charging for two games a day.
Walter F.. O'Malley. attorney
representing the Brooklyn club,
called on the Governor to veto the
bill on the grounds it is IAN i'm
proper exercise of police power. f"
A memorandum to the Governor
added the bill is unconstitutional
under both State and Federal in
stitutions because "(D it has no
relation to health, safety or
morals, and (2) it is discrimina-
tory upon its face"
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Colonial Village Bowler Fires
434 Set to Pace CITY Tourney

With 60-8l5. Walter Waddington,
co-proprietor of Colonial Village
and Dave Burrows, his Stansbury
Lodge partner, took third in A
doubles with 62-812 while Jack
Kelly and Bub Guethler. National
Capital League rollers, are fourth
with 22-810.
Eric Sieling and Pete Turner,
Building Trades, were best in B
doubles. tying for third place with
14-760.
Perfect in Pinch.
Two perfect single-pin shots in
the clutch won for Harry Blumen-
thai of the National Capital Major
League the annual Arlington
Handicap with 45-725 score at
Arlington Bowling Center last
night.
Among the last of 81 partici-
pants to roll. Blumenthal needed
fat 10 in his final box to beat
out David Chester of the AGO
Mixed League by l pin. He got
10 naples the hard way. His
first shot cleaned off eight pins,
leaving Nos. 4 and S standing for
a split. His next two shots were
true to the mark. He collected S75
Chester. a 9O-average pinman,
tailed 724 with 2oo-pin spot.
Other prize winners: Walter
Lund, 1866; Robert Prosisi, l75-
694; William Maddox. 130-694; !;
Francis Sisler. 120-691: Pete
Townsend, 60-691; Jesse Proctor,
65-686. Highs consolation game,
Orland Kinsman, $50: high
scratch set. Stu Burger, COL.
| D. c. Duo Wins in Baltimore.
A Washington couple won the
fifth annual Recreation Mixed
Doubles in Baltimore yesterday
when Lyn Kuczek and Harry
Stewart of Hi-Skor spreadeagled
the field with a 1926 combined
count. Bowling in the first squad.
Mrs. kuczek posted 597 and Stew
art the mems high set of 698.
They split $125 while Stewart won
an extra $40 for high set.
Elizabeth Barger and Bill Bro
zey Of Baltimore were second with
1921. Brozey flashed 17s, 100
and 143 for his first three games,
then skidded to 105 and lot for
a 693.
Dorothy Prentiss and Bob Reid
Of Washington were fifth with
1852.
Bill Bursey, Hi-Skor. Business
Mems League, won the Hi-Skor
full handicap first place of $50
with 45-459.
Judith DeWeese, 95-average
Penn Recreation League roller.
collected the $50 top prize in the
Takoma full handicap with 99-
444, nosing out 16-year-old How
ard Stewart of Takoma who to-
tailed 75-442. Frank HASTE was
third in field of 124 with 69-441.
Stan Brown and Bill Williams
with a 24-653 count split the $50
first prize in the Anacostia Spill
way doubles novelty. George He'll
and Paul Custer were runners-up
with 40-636.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Boiling Nine to Bottle
3 CoIIeqes This Week

Boiling Air Force Base, defend
ing Worldwide Air Force baseball
champion. will get large dose of
college competition this week. The
flyers, who won the Air Force
title last September in New York,
meet the University OF Maine
today at 3 o'clock, play host to
Rider College of New jersey
Wednesday and Washington and
Lee Saturday. =,
The Quantico Marines, mean
while, continue to feast on college
opposition. The Marines blasted
out 13 hits and utilized II walks
to sink the University Of Akron
TIA, yesterday at Quantico.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Longeneeker Takes
ID. t.. .15-MiIe Race

The District AAU l5-mile cham
pionship run yesterday followed
the course of all such events
not much happened according to
form. First. the runner favored
to win-Lou Di Fazio of Philadel-
phia's Mutual Of Omaha team
didn't. In fact, he didn't even
show up. The stellar little fell
low, who has won the last two
District AAU l0-mile grinds in
record setting time. developed a
heavy cold Saturday and had to
scratch his entry.
This mishap probably cost the
Philadelphians the team title
which was won by the White
Horse Club of Baltimore with a
low of II points. Mutual Of
Omaha finished second with is
and Washington Track and Field
Club third with 18.
Don Longenecker. representing
the Shanahan Catholic Club Of
Philadelphia. won the individual
title. romping home three city
blocks ahead of Edo Romagnoli
of the New York City police force
in hour 26 minutes 20 seconds.
The course was from the Eastern
Branch Boys Club to Suitland
and return.
Johnny Leiss and Jimmy Car
rick, who placed ninth and tenth.
respectively. were the first District
entries to finish, and Leiss' per-
formance earned him the District
AAU distance-running crown for
1850. Jim Speer, also Of Washing
ton Track and Field Club. was the
third Washington entry to cross
the line, coming in 17th.
First 10 Finishers.
Don Lonsenecker tshanahan Cath
olis CLUB; Philsdslphiao; Edo RoWss.
Omaha Of Phiiadelphiai; It'd Dobroski
Hs2d Airborne, Fort Bragg. N. c.; 5--Her-
bert .Benario (White Horse Club, Balti-
morel; 9-Harry Murphy lunattaehsd;;
sfs Ysrf oT G sr..s p pon Hn
isks white Horse CLUB, Baltimore! p,
Club; 10-Jimmy Carriack (washinston
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Georgetown Shippers
Take Dinghy Regatta,
Seek Mid-AhanticT Title
By Malcolm lomborne, Jr.

Bud Rohrer and Chet Peet,
Georgetown University's top skip
pers. have their sights on winning
the Middle Atlantic associate
member championship of the In
tercollegiate Yacht Racing Asso-
citation for the third straight time.
They made sure yesterday that
they'll be on hand on Cayuga
Lake when Cornell stages the
title races April % and %.
Between them they accounted
for most Of Georgetown's 56 points
in an elimination series on the
Anacostia River OF Buzzards Point
Boat Yard.
Closest to them yesterday were
Maryland University's Jack Mar
tin and Bob Clasett, who scored
~ points.
Martin Is High Scorer.
Martin. former Hampton one
design champ from Annapolis, was
high-scoring individual skipper
for the day. with Is points. Peet
and Rohrer did not skipper their
boats in the nth and final but
turned their Tempest dinghies
over to their crews, since they
held a comfortable margin over
Maryland. Accordingly they lost
out on earning individual honors.
Lehigh placed third in the series
Rensselaer, was fourth and St
Johns Of Annapolis, nth.
The fleet sailed in a perfect
southwest breeze, with a race COM
mittee Of such talent as Ben
Minor. Writ Gill, Frank Mar
cuardt, Walt Lawson, John New
man and Henry Anderson, the
last two from New York City.
Afterguard Chapter Planned.
The two New Workers were here
to launch chapter of the After
guard, a graduate group of the
intercollegiate Y. r. A. The Aft
erguarders took over the dinghies
Tor an informal four-race series.
Eric Nordholm won two races
Lawson led another and Mar
quardt, the fourth.
The PETITIONER combination
won the spring title Of the Middle
Atlantic last Easter and did it
again in the fall. No school ever
has won it three in a row. The
Hoya shippers are more than will
ing to defy tradition.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
St. Teresu's to Honor
Basketball Champs

There was celebrating at ST.
TereSa's School in AnacoStia to-
day. A big rally was set for 2
pm. to celebrate the winning OF
the Eastern Interdiocese CYC
Junior boys basketball champion
ship by St. Teresa's Saturday
night in Philadelphia.
st. Teresa's, which won the
Washington CYO and the Con-
zaga invitation tournaments, beat
st. Wenceslaus of Baltimore, At
Is, in the semifinal round and
then trounced st. Michael's of
Philadelphia, 42-14. in the final
AL Burch, Bob Watson and Dave
Zirkle were the pace-setters.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Martins Soccer Team
Is Rowland Cup Loser

Martins Bakery bowed out o1
the Rowland Cup soccer competi.
ton by losing, AZ, to Pompei OF
Baltimore in the deciding game OF
the series yesterday in Baltimore s
Patterson Park.
Pompei started fast with two
goals by Ed Volpe in the first IL
minutes. The second half was
even. with Tommy Bradley anc
Charles Wray scoring for Martins S
In a Washington and Suburban
League game, Marlboro and
Charles County played to q %
tie at Marlboro.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
|GIobetrotters OutcIoss
College AII-Stor Five
BY the Assoeio,sd Pres s

CHICAGO. April 3.-The Har-
lem Globetrotters opened their
18-game world series" exhibition
with the College All-Stars last
night by outclassing the COL
legians. 58-47, before a Chicago
Stadium crowd of 1886.
Nat Clifton and Marquis Haynes
shared scoring honors for Har-
lem with IA apiece. while Don
Rehfeldt Of Wisconsin and Kevin
O'Shea Of Notre Dame were tops
for the collegians with 10 each.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
u. S. TobIe Tennis Title
Is Won by English Ace
By the Assoeioted p,s.s

ST. LOUIS, April 3-Johnny
Leach, England's top-ranked star,
turned on glittering exhibition
Of table tennis last night to win
the national mems singles crown,
defeating Bill Holzrichter Of Chi
cago, 21-11. 21-18. 1920.
Reba Monness Of New York up
set Defending Champion Leah
Neuberger, also of New York, for
the women's single crown.