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hunt with Herb wilkins and will
tell about it next week. How
ever. we'd like you to know how
hardy Bob White can be If given
feed and cover, and talking with
Herb brought the following to
light. After our previous hunt.
Herb put his birds In his deep
freeze without picking them.
When he got around to it this
week he found one bird with one
leg half missing and q toe of the
other foot.
Either a previous hunter had
shot of the leg and toe, or pos
Isibly the bird had been caught
in a muSkrat trap when it went
to water, or even snapped at
by fox as it sprung aloft.
The half-gone leg was COM
Ipletely and feathered over. The
foot with the missing toe was
healed completely. We think it
remarkable that a ground bird Of
this sort could survive through
the tough part Of last winter. It
definitely was last years bird.
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Evansville Beuts
VEL in Windup

oWENSBORo, KY, Dec. 81
R.--Eyansville College went or
a scoring hinge in the opening
minutes tonight and held on fol
an 1868 victory over Washing
ton and Lee in the championship
game Of the third annual ALI
American City basketball tour
narnent.
The Aces from Indiana. q
darkhorse in pre-tournamen,
dope, caught fire in the second
FIVE minutes of play. scoring IL
straight points to come to take
Ia 22-S lead. The. closest the
Generals could come to the lead
after that was seven points at
1926 and 1928.
Bob Walker led the victory
with 20 points. Dom Flora topped
the losers with 20.
Kentucky Wesleyan took third
place honors in the tournament
with a 1862 win over Florida
College of the Pacific squeezed
by Hardin Simmons. 59-57. in
an afternoon game for seventh
place in the consolation bracket
and Pittsburgh downed Utah
Stale. S4-8l. for the consolation
championship.
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Troffic Judge in Ruck
With Long Shot Winner

ARCADIA, Calf. Dec. 81 t4l.
Clifford Mooers' heavily fav-
ored Traffic Judge finished out
of the money and a longshot,
Honey's Alibi, came up in the
stretch to win the $4,000 NAL
thu Sequel Stakes at Santa
Anita Park today.
Racing over a fast track be-
fore a crowd of $1,000. Honey's
Alibi, owned by the WI Ranch
of California won the $19.050
first money in blanket finish
with two other longshots. Hill
larry and Beau BuSher. :.
Traffic Judge. who gave
Nashua and Swaps good COM
petition in two races this sum-
mer. was never a serious factor.
Eddie ArcaTo was the rider. He
got up to ABOUT third coming
into the stretch but faded back,
The time for the 7-furlong
feature was 1:23 fiat.
The winner returned $3l
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Howard Defeated
In Chicago, 1924

CHICAGO. Jan. / R.--How-
ard University was beaten. 1922
%, last night by the Chicago
Comets Of the Illinois Valley
AAU.
After a close first half which
found the Comets leading $3.50,
Howard rallied midway in the
second session to tie the score at
74-all. But the Comets quickly
grabbed the lead again and never
were headed.
Howard did draw to within
four points of the Chicago team
late in the game.
Guard Tom Harris of Howard
led both teams in scoring with
"a points. Teammates Harold
Eaton and John Syphax dropped
in 10 and II, respectively.
The Comets 6-foot-7 center.
Merwin Roberts. formerly of
Tennessee State, scored 30 points
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sl4.60 and $3.50; Hillary. owned
by Ell Peco Ranch. $3.50 and
$3.50 and Beau Busher, $40.
Rex C. Ellsworth's betting IA
vorite, Terrang, stablemate Of the
famous Swaps. won the COM
panion feature. the $50, 500 Cal
ifornia Breeders Trial Stakes for
.2-year-olds foaled in this State.
Willie Shoemaker kept Terrang
of the pace set by Mobile and
took charge in the stretch to
win by three-quarters Of q
length.
Mobile. with Eddie Arcaro
aboard. was second and Fathers
Risk was third in the field Of IL
youngsters.
The time for the seven fur
longs was 1925.
Terrang paid $4.20. $500 and
$3.50; Mobile. $4.l0 and $3.50.
and Fathers Risk, $4.l0.
The crowd wagered a total Of
So. 29l. 623 on the eight-race card.
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Fair Grounds Results
By the Associated Press

FIRST RAcE,-Purse. $1,000; claim
ing: 3.year- olds and UP: q furlongs
f sSls rla Rms ,So' $50 &c se s seS
Lllipet. Hustle Gal Aiachigonne
Fighting wise Flyboy, Busy indian,
Fitting Rod Hs limited. Apamara
Tipf Field iia''
!, SECOND RAcE--Purse, s1:7o0: claim
ing; ytyssr .. sa,., ana up fprlenEs GA
P Psas. " sS9ssis ss|'' LOO 80 ssS
Blackamoor tThOmpsonlN 5.4O
Dreampasses. Group Three, Broom
maker. Fancy Gent Galikist. Uncle Pete,
DAILY DOUBLE PAID $500
THIRD RAcE-Pprse, si.s0o: claim
Corpy Johnsonl 2l.40 $50 $50
Five Hundred (Nelsen) 500 $40
junior Chic, Colonel sun, Sabre BIN,
Special Choice. snow Less. Time, j :4Sss.
FOURTH RACE--Purse, 81. 500; op-
ltional claiming; 3-year-oIds; furlongs,
Goyments tBers,nkeI HOO $50 4.sS
PSRs I've t SSG9s o's" HI
Miss Nell, stratonaut. wolfdog. spy
Lady, Laura g Weed Seed; Time, 1913
Pleasant Time Baird 800 100 500
Done II baldwin, 1l.20 $50
Contrary Girl tDever) $50
Lovly Lauri, Channel Guide, Mr.. Red.
SIXTH RACE-Purse, Sl,s00: claim.
ing. 3-year -olds and up: furlones.
Turf Pic tHeckmann) 800 $40 500
Printers Devil tIiettinserl AGO 3.4l
Cedaresaue (R0beftsl SEA
Crimson King, Weedemout, -Four Tc
Go New Stream, Nemesia, Vandanell
Baby's Delight. Time. 1:13h,
SEVENTH RACE--Purse. $4,000. al
lowances; 2-year-olds; 8 furlongs.
ReapinE RiGht Baird $50 40 ED
Judge Ray tHeckmann) SEQ 2.4e
Lady Swords tNelson) 2.0C
judy. Darling, TIGER Play. Brook&ood
EfdHTH RAcE-Purse. $1,000; op,
tional claiming; 3-year-olds and up
ssn,siss sBross,.ra, geo 400 80.
Reaisir Baird A.6O 3.0t
TanbArk tCratgb 500
Slammin Harp. Shannon Gal. Huge
NINTH RACE-Purse. $l,7O0: claim
ing; 3-year-olds; | Il miles.
Broken shedrow tC'nsb 3O.40 1910 5.at
Isayolboy tHettinger) $50 6.ft
Noble Twist BAIRD 3.6f
d Denny l., skippy's FIRST. sly Hoss
! Bow Divider. Time. l:4e.
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West Beats East Team.
10. in MIDGET Football

REDONDO BEACH. Calf,
Dec. 81 (P1.-The Redondo Beach
Crusaders defeated the Meriden
Conn All-Stars, TO in the an
nual East-West midget football
game here today.
! The teams. composed of boys
IL and Is years old and 80 to
ITO pounds in weight. are spon-
sored by the national Pop War
iner Foundation.
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OUTDOORS
With BILL LEETcH

and down the river. Not bad at
all.
The boys over ON the Eastern
Shore who've been walking the
frozen creeks for occasional shots
say they've seen lot of fine yell
say they've seen lots Of fine yell
Jack Marin. who not only Is an
ardent hunter but an angler. too.
says in one creek he saw some
big yellow Neds that made his
mouth water. They ran nearly
16 inches in length and weighed
around two pounds, One Of the
natives had caught some in a fike
net under the ice and chopped
the mout. Wish we might
have some Of these come into
Aliens Fresh during the Febru-
AIRY thaws. We can remember
them In the old days before the
fresh became well publicized and
commercial fishermen. with their
gin nets across the mouth. COM
'menced taking out the best of
the fish.
HxYasxa YHionri,,n a,nnkhnr r,ao n
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.Seixas Rallies
To Beat Sayitt
For Sugar Title
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. q

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 81 N1.
Vic Seixas Of Philadelphia
outlasted Dick Savitt in a five-
set match, IS, 4-6, 60. 81
So. today to win the singles
title in the Sugar Bowl Invita-
tional tennis tournament.
The victory gave the veteran
Davis Cup player his first sim
giles title in the 19-year-histo
of the tournament.
Seixas, using a drop shot ef.
fectively, simply wore down the
former Wimbledon and Austria
liam champion. now an oil mar
in Corpus Christi, Tex.
Savitt had all his strong shot,
under control in the first two
sets and ran Seixas from corner
to corner chasing them.
The pace on Sayitt's GROUND
strokes began to slacken in thu
third set and Seixas began scor'
ing on drop shots which Savit
had been able to reach durinl
the earlier stages.
As Savitt began to slow down
Seixas improved. He began scor.
ing on volleys which he had net.
ted at. the start, and his frs,
serve began hitting the mari
more often.
Savitt offered only token re.
sistance after the rest perioc
following the third set.
The 32-year-old Seixas, hunt.
ing for q doubles partner nov
that Tony Trabert IL o pro, pair.
led with Sidney Schwartz Of New
York to defeat Gardnar Mulloy
of Denver and Tom Brown, jr.
Of San Francisco. Ga, 6-3. In thu
doubles final. Schwartz hustled
on every point but Seixas wa.
the dominating figure.
Mulloy and Brown had beer
itop-seeded. Schwartz and Seixa.
were the second-seeded team.
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CLASSIC

Continued from Page Gel
q fast break that outclassed the
Tar Heels,
Wv Molodet, States watch
charm guard. and Center Ron
Shavlik led the devastating at
tack, Molodet poured in 81 points
while Shavlik. who controlled the
backboards, had II before leav-
ing the game with eight minutes
remaining.
Shavlik. 6-foot-8 center from
Denver, was selected by sports
writers and announcers as the
most valuable player in the tour
nament for the second straight
year. He was given a trophy after
the game by Faye Arnold, Miss
North Carolina.
North Carolina. which had
staged great second-haf come
backs the previous two nights In
defeating Villanova and Duke,
was led by Lenny Rosenbluth
with 10 points.
N. c. State maintained a terri
nc pace throughout. During the
first half it had a shooting per-
centage of SILL, hitting on 81 Of
Al shots to earn 46-31 lead.
1t marked the sixth time the
Wolfpack has won the Dixie
Classic.
Tonight's turnout brought the
attendance for the three-day
event to II 300, breaking the rec
ord of $4,000 set last year
Thursdays two crowds totaled
24,800, and there were 200 less
on Friday
Each visiting team will get
about $1,000 in addition to hay
ing its expenses paid. N. C. State
gets three -tenths of the net in
come and the other seven teams
One-tenth
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Rocco to Feature
|WrestIe Cord at
Capitol Thursday

Antonino Rocca. the popular
wrestler from Argentina. and
Jack Wentworth. billed as the
Canadian champion. will grapple
in a two-out-of-three falls. 60
minute time limit bout at the
Capitol Arena Thursday night
opening the 1866 wrestling sea-
son.
The feature bout will be tele-
vised over WTTG, channel 5, as
will future Thursday mig h t
matches from the arena, form
Ierly known as Turner's.
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RINEHART BACKS McKELDIN
Easy to Extend Racing.
Maryland Chief Says

4 ing Of Pimlico," he said. Either
track could use them"
The racing chairman said
Laurel could pick up two days
between the closing Of the half
mile track at Marlboro and the
opening Of its own season Oc-
tober "a.
Bowie could pick up two days
by opening Maryland's major
spring season March 6 instead
| OF March 8. or by running two
days at another track. Rinehart
said, while Pimpico could run
beyond its December closing
date.
Under the present schedule
Bowie gets "a Of the States l0C
major dates in 1856. with Laurel
and Pimlico slated for 80 each
II McKeldin's proposal goes
| through. Bowie would get two
extra days and the other two
tracks three apiece.
+ Rinehart also forecast nc
| trouble in adding dates to the
half-mile and harness SEIZED.
ules.
/ To increase the To-day season
at the FIVE minor tracks--Be
Air. Timonium. Cumberland
Hagerstown and Marlboro-tt
Ia days, Rinehart said each
could open Its meeting on {
Monday instead OF a Wednesday
The harness tracks are dowr
for 20 nights each, but they wer,
allotted "a nights to take care o.
any rained-out programs. Tit
new proposal would let them us.
all "a nights. II possible.
/ The commission will NEE
Thursday to discuss possibl,
schedule changes--just in cast
the 30-day session Of the legis'
lature next February makes thu
extra dates available
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BLUE-GRAY
Continued from Page c.

Michigan marked up the Blues
first score in the same period
with a 2-yard plunge. Haluska
threw . 4s-yard fourth down
pass in the third quarter that
sent Purdue's Leonard zyzda
over for a touchdown and evened
the score after Mike Falls OF
Minnesota converted.
Haluska's passes set up an
other Yankee score in the fourth
quarter. Jerry Harkrader OF
Ohio State took the ball over
from the two.
With time growing short,
Davis got loose for a 17-yard
run that put the Grays in scor-
ing position. Ken Keller OF
North Carolina scored from the
1.-TWO and Vince Gonzales Of LSU
added the winning extra point
! The game was devoid OF pen.
alties until the fourth perioc
when the South was charged
with two infractions and tbs
Blues one.
The victory gave the Rebels q
1925 edge in the Blue Gray
series. Last years game wen,
to the Yanks, 14-7.
BLUE SQUAD
1 Left end--Koeneks GAiinnesotA). Heck
/ er Bowling Green.
Left taekis-Panni tPurdue'. swsd
istt gaaIa--weaser tohio slater
csnssE.ssanasi. Dstroin. Karno.
o.f s,ssi cI SasSSS : Pans oaiHn''e'.'
Right tackle = salsTno Colorado,
Pcrtney tMissouri1.
Quarterback - Haiuska WISCONSIN,
I.h hslibses.B.ldaeei CMichisan,
l Ris s0iR RaifSas Aa z.l..si tcolor.d,
AM. Harkrnder tohio etate). Maroon
FullbacE--Roether tKanaas etAtel
Wiegmann uowa.
| GRAY SQUAD
1 Left Observation-Disclosures CKentucky)
Oermanos iAiahamaD.
| Left tackle--AAuitsby North Caro-
/ lina). Roman north Cardinal.
Left guayd--Suher mississippi State
| SardtSco tTulanel.
Center-Pratsr ivPIl. Avery tclem
/ SOM. Arnecke tSMU).
RiEht guard--Hurnthorne (Tulanei
Right tickle - Barron cMississipp
lstatel. Rayburn tRiee1.
Right en6-Tumineilo uSUl. Lynch
ousrtsr6aek = Hardy Reutucky'
Left NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. jackson
VILE, Ala. Teachers, Keller mort
Carolina. Johns uSu,
Right hAlfback--Dayis tMiksissipp
Statel. Mcioney fKentuckyl.
Fuliback--Ferguson uAUD, Gonzaie
i tI5Ul.
ttrey ----~------~~ 7-2'
| Blue seorins: -Baldacc
due as. pass from Hsins au5 HAY
raider Of Ohio State %, piunee). Con
version: Falls Of Minnesota
] Gray scoring Touchdowns---Hardy o
KENTUCKY e. plunsel: schnellenberee
Keller Of North Carolina 12, plunge
ICCnyeFNi0nHs HaYdy GarRAlAu ~ RYf
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Adams Mount Second in AustroIiu

MELBOURNE, Dec. 81 lP)--Jockey Johnny
Adams Of the United States grabbed second place
today in the mile -and-a-han International Stakes
at the Caulfeld meeting. He was on Booton,
25-to-1 outsider in the betting, and finished only
a length behind Sir William The winner was
the Stool choice
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|Ussery Rides
-Four Winners,
|Hartack One

MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 81 fR.-
Jockey Bobby ussery rode -four
winners, including Hoop Band
lin the featured Alligator Handi-
leap. and Hasty House Farm be-
came the Nation's leading money
winner Of the year before q
holiday crowd Of 1882 at Trop-
lical Park today.
Willie Hartack, the Nations
leading rider with AIT for the
year, won the fourth race on
Hasty House Farms Snare 70
lgive the stable winnings totaline
$3.50, 579 In 1855, only q shade
Iabove the late Belair Studs
1881 .425. gsrnered chiefly by
Nashua with $745.425.
MIR. and Mrs. Allie =. Reuben
tof Toledo. Ohio. owners Of
Hasty House. picked up another
$3.50 for Sea Tales fourth-plact
finish In the eighth race 70 make
1.-THE stables total $032.729.
Overtakes Leaders
Hoop Band overlook the lead.
lers In the stretch and gave
Ussery his third Of the day
beating Oh Johnny and Pete's
Folly in the drive for homie
Hoop Band is owned by Fred W
Hooper of Coral Gables. Fla.
and earned 81 725 from the gross
purse Of $ll,250 in the Alligator
Handicap. Ussery also won the
eighth on Principle t$9.30) and
made his total SO for the meet
ling.
The Saturday crowd wagered
I$1,159,312 on the nine-race pro-
gram, the FIFTH time this week
the handle passed the million
mark.
/ Hoop BAND. son Of the Ken
lucky Derby winner, Hoop, Jr.
whipped seven other 2-year-olds
lin the featured mile and . six
,lteenth race and paid $3.50. $3.7t
and $3.50.
\ Time for the mile and a six.
IIteenth was 1885 over q light
ming fast racing strip. HooT
Band carried lit pounds. shar-
ling high weight with s. L. Ro.
!!Imano's Spice Round. the fiftf
horse.
I Wins Sires Race
Hoop Band was winning hi
sixth race In ii starts and TO-
days victory made his bankrol
I$32,l8
I Ussery got the jump on Har
tack, in the first race and In
creased his total to SO for tn
meeting when he guided Hydro
gen Bomb TO a two and a hal
length victory. The o. G. Rancl
ilgelding ran the mile and q six
teeth over q fast track In 1:457
under ia pounds and paid $4.9l
! IIIartack had no mount in thi
race.
Ussery and Hartack were GU
Iot the money in the second, VOL
by Dark Patrol. under los pound
with Frank Vincent up. Darl
Patrol paid $3.50 and couples
with Hydrogen Bomb for a dali,
double Of $3.50.
: Ussery finished second Of
!. Calgary In the third. two length
behind w. J. Schmidtis / Or
Robert j. Martin rode the WHINE
lin l:44ss for the mile and
sixteenth and the payoG was So
flor 81.
d Ussery was first again on Ston
iIington 1880 in the NTH. Will
.IHartack finished fourth o.
Grafton Street In the six-furlon
dash for 2-year-olds.
=
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Blue scorins: Touehdoyns---Baldacc i
sof Miehtgan e, plungel: zyzda Of Pbr-
due CAS-, pass from Haluska; Hark-
RAIDER Of Ohio State q, plunge1. Con.
Iversion: Falls Of Minnesota.
Gray scoring; Touchdowns--Hardy OF
Kentucky t2. plungel: Echnellenberger
OF Kentucky t@7, pass from Hardy
Keller Of North Carolina (2, piunge)
lCcnyersions: HARDY. 0onZalea Of IaI
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We're planning another quail
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CHARTS OF RACES AT TROPICAL PARK

SIXTH RAcE--Pwse, $1,000 allowance: 2-year-oids III
mles Post 36l: off 3:51 start god drtyfng place
Trs1sr. owner vsiass-siSoS 500. $3.50. $50 Tina.
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lcopyright 1855. By TrlansIe Puplieations Insl :,
Eilss Post i;sl Of isl: st.rt eopd Won rSdeg 01s
bomb-BreEn Eroeads Trainer: A. Bronsdon veluss-
-iocEe Z "a u 81. Ein. odd
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doaT mqaels Ped HYpRo0EM so M6 ny 95
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Z. 600: claiming. 4-year-olds and
off 1904: start good: won driv-
!. L. Emery's br. 3. 4. BY Atten-
per. D. Emery. Values-$i.S50.
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SECOND RACE--Pufsl
up: 8 furlongs. Post, tx
ing, place same. Wfnnel
ltion-EhadoW Proof T
S326. $226. 800. Time
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baTE Patrol 1Vinse1s5
Valley Blue II tc'best)
Prize Ring lschwizer).-
MI. i Am fKoTtel
Sea Ripple (Boulmetisl
Keeping Posted M'k'n)
Jumbo Lies lHurr)
Population fUssery)
MID Century tH'rtack)
Beau-Gatn fLeBlauc)
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a. TahrF gsHs5s E si so s. al
Handle-S66,74o.
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Deluyin Sea Search
Brings DiscipIininq

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. Z R.-
The Coast Guard said yesterday
1t has disciplined one Of its men
for failure to initiate an imme-
date search for two fishermen,
one of whom died during Is days
they drifted in the open sea.
Rear Admiral H. C. Moore
said the Guardsman, Engine
man 1/c Curtis Evans, 81, OF
Whiteville. N. c.. "has been re-
lieved of his duties, reduced in
rating. and transferred, pending
further review and study of the
case"
Douglas Wilson Seasons. 20,
Of Laurinburg, N. c., was found
drifting far at sea November 9
in the 16-foot cupboard boat In
which he and j. E. Boone, "a, OF
Laurinburg. had set out fishing
October 26. from Fort Fisher,
N. c.
North Carolina State police
reported to the Coast Guard Oc-
tober q that a man had re-
ported a boat drifting toward
the mouth Of the Cape Fear
River. A search was not ini-
tiated. however. until the MORN
ing Of October 20, the day after
the fisherman's car was found.
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The best things
cannot be hurried

''The trouble with me-" famed
preacher Phillips Brooks said,
''iS that I'm in a hurry-but
God Is not"
In the December Readers
Digest pastor Harold Kohn
shows how We harm ourselves,
our family and our friends by
our restless impotence, and
gives his antidots for one Of
the chief troubles of our time.
Get December Readers Di.
gest at newsstands today:43ar.
ticles of lasting interest, includ-
ing the best from leading maya
zines, newspapers and books,
condensed to save your time.
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LAW IN THE NEWS
BY PHIL YEAGER
and JOHN STARK

What Is obscene and what
isn't? And how does one decide?
These are questions that are
kicked around the courts pc
riodically; but. in recent weeks,
it has been happening with in
creasing frequency.
Not long ago Indiana Univer-
sity's famed Institute for Sex
Research, which had been headed
by the late DR.. Alfred Kinsey
accused the Government of con.
stitutional violation In Selling q
collection Of items alleged to be
pornographic. The Government
said the photos, paintings. books
and statues taken were obscene,
immoral and should be destroyed.
This the institute denied. It said
they were the object of scientific
study.
About the same time John
Griffen. blind 36-year-old nov
elist whose book THE Devil
Rides outside" was banned In
Detroit as obscene, also let fly at
officials who called his work i'm
moral.
No Clear Definition
Honesty in depicting a char
acter is one thing" he pointed
out. while obscenity is another.
The problem could be solved if
there were a clear legal defini-
ton Of obscenity."
Arriving at clear legal def
milton" Of anything. however. is
not simple. 1t is particularly not
simple where a controversial
subject is involved. knowledge of
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LAW IN THE NEWS
Needed: A Clear Legal
Definition of Obscenity

which is hardly the exclusive do
main Of any person or group Of
persons.
Nevertheless. some sort OF
definitive word on the subject
may be forthcoming soon from
the United States Supreme
Court which Just recently heard
argument on the Griffen book.
Michigan claims the book would
incite minors to immoral acts
and is within the area prescribed
by Michigan law. Griffen's at
torneys say the book is serious.
well-written and is the victim
Of vague statute.
Test Suggested
After canvassing the legal field
for all that has been argued.
written and decided about
obscenity, the authors lawyers
say the best test for obscenity is
this question:
Is it dirt for dirt'S sake?
II so, the article or writing In
controversy is probably obscene.
II not. it 1t not obscene.
This is q definition which the
Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
recently adopted in a similar OBJ
scenity case involving a maya
zine which contained pictures of
nude women.
The pictures. said the court,
we're not obscene; they did not
amount to dirt for dirt's sake"
and this was amplified to mean
that there was no calculated in
citement to sexual desire" in
volved. They may never hang
in the Louvre" said the Judge
but they aren't filthy pictures
either"
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