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Show , THE MIDVALE JOURNAL , April27, 1928 ' Page Three ' ***************************************************** * ' * ! Bell to Star for Boston Braves ** LESTER BELL, regular third ~ ~ * * ~ ~ * ~ *-~ * * * * ** ~ * * * * I ** * ~ NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Flood Control Bill Fought by Coolidge and Others as "Extortionate." and they were ousy repairing the Bremen so they could continue their flight to New York. James Fitz· maurice, promoted to major by the Free State government, was taken to Lake Ste. Agnes. Quebec, by Duke Schiller, CanadiHn a via tor, to get a new propeller with which he intended by tly back to Greenly island. Baron von Huenefeld, Koehl an(! Fiwlmaurice will be entertained in New York for five days. and then, proceeding to Washington, will be the guests of President Coolidge, the Irish minister and the German ambassador. Tlie wives of Koehl and Fitzmaurice will soon join tbem in this country. By EDWARD W. PICKARD HAT the flood control bill passed by the !1enate and, with certain a mendments, mHler debate in the house last week, Is the most extortionate EN. UMBER'l'O NOBILE and a measure in the 11istory of the governcrew of tifteen left lllilun, Ltaly, ment Is ;he opinion of President Cool· tdge. His remarkably outspoken view in the dil'igible ltalia on the way to C)f this bill Cl'eated something Of a the North pole, and on the first lap of sensation in Washington and it en· the journey ran into a fierce storm couraged a group of representative". over Germany. Finally the airship, led by Mr. Frear of Wisconsin, in a somewltat battered, came dowu S'afely determined fight on the measure re· at Seddin airdrome, near Stolp, Pomported by the house committee. The erania, where repairs were made and main issue was the question of local further trial flights begun. Two more con tribution upon which the President hops will t'ake it to King's bay, Spitzbergen, which will be the base of opbad insisted. erations. Nobile, who piloted Amund"Contribution is a cardinal prinsen over the North pole two years ago ciple in f-ederal, state, and municipal aid, " said Mr. Frear. "This case pre- in the dirigible Norge, intends to make l!(;nts no exception. 1'housands of cor· several flights over the pole, taking porations and large individual owners scientific o])servations. He carries a under this bill will enjoy enormous cross given by the pope which will be fin ancial benefits through flood protec- planted in the ice at the top of the tion. They should contribute toward world. the e:rpense. If we pass this bill and D:I.II.RAL J. K. ROBIS0.:-1, former adopt the plan of giving away the taxchief of the navy engineering bupayers' money without limit to rehab ilitate or benefit great interests reau, was a star witness for the de· that can bring political p1·essure to fense in the Sinclair Teapot Dome bear on congress, a hundred other cunspiraey trial and he assumed full flood control pt·ojecte now knocking at responsib\lity for the change in the committee doors wlll all demand the government's policy from conserving same treatment without contt·ibutiQn." the navy's oil reset·ves to storing fuel Reid of Illinois, chairman of the oil in !1eaboard tanks and that he fafio od control committee, said in reply: vot·ed the opening up of the whole re"There is in the bill no provision serve. "Sinclair asked me what we for local con'lributioo. There can be wanted if a contract was entered into," none if congress intends to protect the declared ltobison. "! told him we Jives and property of its citizens from wanted a pipe line among other things, these destructive floods. No levee sys- and such arrangements as would give can be effective unleE'S it is uni- him the lat·gest possible profits, and fie d, co-ordinated, and complete, nnd glve us the largest possible share of should any le;·ee district fail to pay a · hi9 production. The more money he contribution necessary under the rec- got, the more I got for the navy. "I wanted to get tile absolute maxilamation theory the whole plan would fall. Nearly every levee district is mum for the navy, and J got it.'' Robnow or will soon be bankrupt. There ison almost shouted at the jury, as he ts no possible way for them to get banged the rail of the witness enmoney, as they are unable to sell any closure with his fist. Under cross.oexamination Robison bonds because of the defimlt in the was compelled to admit a close friendbon ds already issued." T here were conferenceg of house ship for Sinclair. He disclo!1ed that he senate leaders for the purpose of traveled for a week in Sinclair's pri· modifying the measure so that the vate car and was Sinclair's dinner· President would sign it. Senators guest at the exclusive Lotus club in Ransdell and Sackett talked with Mr. New Yorl<. He also admitted he had Coolidge and reported that be would played poker with Sinclair the very approve a bill similar to the Jones night that Sinclair secured three val· bill originally reported from the sen- uable contracts, one of them to sup· ate committee. This draft, while It plement the Teapot lease. The defense sought to show through eliminated local contributions, con· tained various safeguards which were Former Secretary of tbe Navy Denby not in the mearure as passed by the that the scheme to !eare the Teapot senate and approved by the house flood Dome reserve was conceived in the Navy department, but Denby's testi· (ontrol committee. mony was shut out by a govemment Y HOLDING up action on the $364,- objection. Before the senate investigating com000,000 naval appropriation bill radical Republicans forced the sen- mittee C. C. Chase, a son-in-law of to adopt the resolution of Blaine Albert B. Fall, made admissions that Wisconsin demanding from Secre- were considered extremely damaging Wilbur information as to the cost to Sinclair's cause, and he was sum· lives and money &f the operations moiled by the government as a reof the marines in Nicaragua. Mr. Wil- buttal witness In the trial. bur Informed the senate that maintenanc e of the marine expeditionary fQrce PltiNG in China brought n resumpIn Nicaragua had resulted In the tion of the Nationalist campaign death of 21 marines and the wounding ngaitlst the Northerners and according of 45 others. He set extra cost to the to latest reports the Southern armies government of marine act! vities In under Chiang Kai-shek are making Nicaragua nt $1,530,170. The total great progress In Shantung province, cost of maintaining the expeditionary where the miseries of war are added force, Mr. Wilbur llxed at $3,536,000. to thore of famine and flood. Foreign It was explained, however, that more military observers in Shanghai predict than $2,000,000 of the tota l cost would the collap!1e of Mar shal Chang Tso-lln have been expended on the ma rines and his withdrawal to Manchuria witheven If they had remained in their In a few weeks. Japan expresses rellome stations. The secretary sai d It newed fear for the safety of her na· was known that 202 Nicaraguan~ had tionals and her interests in Shantung been killed In fights with tbe marines. and therefore bas landed marines at Tsingtae and Is pret)arlng to send a ASHINGTON, New York and Chi- large body of troops. It Is almost cercago were making plans to give tain that what .Tapan especially de· rousing welcomes to the German-Irish sires is to assure the status of her transatlantic aviators, and were aS· large Interests in Manchuria In case sured that the flyers would visit those Chang is defeated there. cities after getting away from desolate Greenly Island In Belle Iele straits. OV. AL SMITH was formally entered ns a candidate for the DemThe stories of their flight show that lost their way because tbeir com- ocratic nomination for President by pass failed In the dark and the snow· the New Yot'k state D~mocratic cowstorm, nnd they wandered far to the mittee at a meeting in the National north of their route. Relief and aid Democratic club In New York city. reached thein by plane and otherwise His name was presented ty former T G A B S W G > *** * * *~ 1-Duke Schiller, Canadian aviator, who flew to Greenly island to aid German-Irish transatlantic crew of tile Bremen. 2-President Coolidge accepting for the government the statue of Andrew Jackson in Statuary ball of the Capitol. 3-Gov. AI Smith of New York enjoying his vacatron at Asheville, N. C. baseman of the Cardinals for three years, has been released to the Boston Braves in consi\leration for Infielder Andy High, who Is a St. Loulsan, and a cash eon· sideration. While the Cardinals obtain In High 11 player who Is cap· able of playing any inlleld position with the possible exceDtion of first. Manager McKechnie does not plan to use him as regular third sacker. He said that, according to his present plans. High would be used in a utility role, with Wattle Holm as the hot corner guardian. The trade of Bell was not unex· pected. While he was hitting the ball hard In his spring Hppeat·ances, he was miserahle afield. In nearl,Y every game be appeared his fielding was erratic. Witl1 a change In scenery, and play· ing with Rogers Hornsby, under whom. in 1926, he had his greatest season. Bell may be able to r~turn as a star. When the Cardinals won the pennant and world series in HJ~6. Bell wus fJne of the zt·eatest third basemen in the game. He hit .3~G. being the t;>~un's leading hitter that year, and he also fi"lded well. Missing the driving lnflueuce of Homsby, Bell . pro,·ed a "flop" lasT year. He b.ttted only .259, and as his hittin:; declined. so did his fielding. He appeared in 115 games. Even in Lester Bell. his best years, however, Bell was not a popular player In St. Louis. He was unmercifully "ridden" by fans on numerous occasions. The passing of Bell ends a six-year term in the Cardinals' organ!zation. Purchased from Lansing ft·om the Central league in ID22 for n smnll sum, he was "farmed" to Syracuse, and then to Houston in 1923. He was recalled by the Cardinals that year, and played in fifteen games, batting In 1024 Bell got into seventeen games with the Red Birds, and then was sent to Milwaukee .on option. He was recalled at the end .of the season. After ~atting .365 during tbese few years, Bell was used as a shortstop. From 1925 Ito the present, Bell was a regular with the Cardinals. being converted into a third baseman. His first full season he batted .285. As mentioned, be batted .3:!5 in 1926 and .259 last year. His lifetime batting average is .294. Bell is twenty-seven years of age. Bell took tlie release nonchalantly, "It's baseball,'' he commented. "Though I bate to leave the Cardinals, I feel that the tt·ade wil!. bme· fit me a great deal.. I like to play with Hornsby. They may say what they want about him, but he's always treated me rol'ally, and I think I'll. find my new surroundings very agreeahl'e." Lieut. Gov. George R. Lunn, and the ~ laudatot·y resolution was seconded by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Both speakers centered the hopes of tllelr party on the oil scandals. Senator ~ Blease of South Carolina, who Is ~ Nrongly aguinst Smith, has put into the Congr-essional Record his opinion ~ of the situation in his state. Summarized, this Is that South Carolina ~ will oppose Smith for the nomination to the last ballot; that if Smith gets the n.omination In the regular way by ~the two-thirds rule, South Carolina will not Initiate or join in any rump ~ convention; and finally, that if Smith ~ gets the nomination, some ~ontb Carolina Democrats, though not a great ~* many,· will vote the Republican ticket, while a consideral)le number or' them ~ will remain away from tl1.e polls, but 1 not enough, in any event, to throw SoutlT Cnrolina into the Republican column. llotb Republican>' and Democrats of Illinois held their state conventions, the· former being strong for Lowden and the latter turtling the delegates to And then we havle the Pirates, who Houston over to Smith. Republicans of Colorado refused to Instruct their lost three straight to the Frisco Seals. delegates at large for Hoover. 1'hose Pitcher Billings of Detroit knows of Delaware and Connecticut chose un- · instructed delegations to the Kansas his gt·oceries. His first job was drivCity convention, and It is expected ing a wagon for a grocer. the!1e delegations will do their best to Danny Clark, Cnrdinal outfielder, ''draft" Coolidge. Senator Fess of Ohio, temporary chairman of the na· hafl been released outright to the tiona! convention, says he believes it Houston club of the 1'exas league. will be the duty of Mr. Coolidge to acCbarles Bames, a younger brother cept the nomination if a deadlock, of Virgil and Jess Barnes, is trying real and not manipulated, develops. Meanwhife one national ticket al· out with the Kew York Giants this ready is in the field. The Socialists spring. held their national convention in New Frank (Red) Crist, first baseman of Yol'k city and nomin~ted Norman l\1. Thomas of New York for President the Fairmont t~am of the Middle Atand James H. Maurer of Reading, Pa., lantic league, has decided to quit for vice president. Thomas is a min- baseball. ister and lecturer. Maurer is a memRabbit Whitmau, Montreal outfieldber of the Reading city council and president of tbe Pennsylvania State er, bas hit under .300 only once since he's been in baseball, dropping to .283 Federation or Labor. live years ago. * *** * * * * * ;.3'(3: FIVE CLUBS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN ~ * ~ ;j; ~ ~ :1: * ~ ~ * ~ *~ * ** * * ** ~ * ** * *** * ~ ** * * * :!' ~ ~ * ** * ~ ~ * * ~ * * ~ * ~ ~ ~ * *~ t **************************-lC-*-l:•***********************"'"** * VDIAMDNDX Olympic Team Pilot 1\PJCK·UPS • • • • Ben Chapman and Allen Cooke, two youngsters with the New York Yankees, have been released optionally to Asheville of the Sally league. • • • • ljc was the out· this • • • Jim Poole, who tried for two sea· sons to play first base satisfactorily fo1· Connie Mack's Athletics, will plu.l' with Atlanta In the Southern teague this year. • • • ,COOLIDGE, In nn adat the opening ression of the annual convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, criticized federal en· croachment on the rights of the states "Shanty" Hogan, the Ghmts' catcher, and the growing interference of gov- celebrated his twenty-second llirthday ernment in business nnd the life of wbiie the Giants were in spring trainthe individual. He was warmly ap- ( Ing. In an exhibition game that day plauded when he asserted that the he got two hits. American theory of society "rests upon a bighet' level than communism;· Split seasons have been adopted for and uttered a plea that the nation re- the coming ye11.r by the Pacific Coast turn to the high Ideal" for which the league, Southern a~sociation. Western· American Revolution was fought. league, Texns league and numerous class C and D organizations. EN. OSCAR CARMONA, dictator of Portugal, was inaugurated Old Alex Is one of the grand-dadPt·e$ldent of the republic, having been dies of the big time now. Grover elected by regular suffrage without Alexander of the St. Louis Cardinals opposition in March. ts· forty-one and in his seventeenth Violent earthquake shocks, extend· ! campaign this season. He started with ing over several days, caused the loss the Pbillies In 1011. of many lives and vast destruction of • • • Albert Kritt, a young outfielder from property in the Balkans, mainly in Bulgaria. There were also defltruc· Washington, has been signed by Man· tive temblors iD Peru and in Oaxaca ager Joe Neptune fot· his Frederick state, .111exico. Hustlers of the Blue ltidge league. Ellsworth Milton Statler, sixty-five, He was given an early trial by Atwho rose from bellboy to ownership of Janta of the Southern league. more hotels than any othet' man in the • • • world, died of pneumonia at the Bote! Fred G. Somers, former lnternation· Pennsylvpla, New York, which lle op· a! and Eastern league first saeker, bas erated. been appointed mauuger of tlte Peters· Fort;<> persons were killed in W~st burg club of tl1e 1"!'nunped Virginia Plains. Mo., by a mysteriou& explo!'l.on lpague. SolllPI'S t~:l(l n sl10t. at it In tbat wrecked a dance hall. 1 • ,.,.,,, • ' 1"""'1~ at onp time. I • • • I • • • ••• G 8001-100! JUMOR. lVOA/7' lVAIJr AIN NAS1Y MEDIGIA!E + + ~: + t It we had all the wondrous sense ::: Our glory would be so immense + -t:t" + + +~ William Muldoon, one of the three Solemn Solons of boxing in New York, while he has notbing against a holding company, is much set against holding In company, especially when that holding is in the ring. At the weekly meetlll"J of the New York State Athletic commission Mr. Muldoon declared himself. "There has been entirely too much holding in some recent so-called boxing bouts,'' thundered the dean of boxing so!ons, the while his colleagues On the commission nodded as· ·sent, ''and we propose to ba ve it stopped. Hereafter the rPf· erees will be warned to take note of this particular breach, nnd holding will count against the offender In the final reckoning that will be instrumental in rendering the decision." * •lo -I• i+ + •lo i + & :t: ot• :I: -I• i ~: Parental Estimation Our parents thought we had, <l• That no one could be sad. t :t Horror of a One-Pants Suit ·f ... -I• "Wife!" shouted fatner from the head of the stairs at eleven o'clock SundaJ· morning, "where in the thunder are my pants?" "You'll have to stay in bed until daughter gets bacl;," snapped mother, "for she went on a hike this morning an\1 wore them." :!: •} -I• •!• + + + i •lo •!• ~: +• ¥ + ••• Fell ow Feeling "How do j'OU manage to remain popular with your con~lituents?'' "I don't try to deceive tltem," answered Senator Sorghum. "There are many things I know little about. I franj,ly admit it, and so l•eep myse!f in sympathetic toueh with the ma• jority."-\Ynshington Star. ~. + + ot• •!• :i: ~: >:• -I· ... (~·+++~~+++++++++++{~+++++++ 1 I THEY'RE STILL COMING Ruth Picks Yankees • Harry Rice, fleet outfielder who acquired from St. Louis during wittter, should make the Detroit field one of the be>'t in the majors season. ltESIDE~T I DONr WRONG GIRL Outfielder Joe Bonawitz of the Fort Worth Panthers was called away from camp recently by the death of his mother in Col umbos, Ohio. Danny Taylor, recruit outfielder witt! the Brooklyn Robins, has been tumed ov11r to Memphis of the Southern league. He was not quite what Uncle Robby wanted. P dress Enough Said + + Tbe photograph shows Lawson Robertson, track and fielu coach of tile University of Pennsylvania, and bead coacb ot tile American Olympic team in 1024 who was chosen by the Amateur Athletic union to be beud coach again this year when the Olympic games will be held in Am· sterdam. "Robbie" will also be business manager of the expedition. ''Did you el'er hear," Inquired a wagl,!'islt acquaintance, "of the American "·lw, owing" to an accident to his airplane, sudd~n')' changed his nationulit)·-he crrme down a Russian." "YH~." we t·eplleli, falling in with his humor, '·hut we hernd Curther t11at this aviator cruTied a passenger who nl~o changed his nationality--he landed on some telegraph wires and came down a Pole." + + ol:• • • • QUICK CHANGES Mamie, I love you!" "You may love both me and Mamie, but my name's not :\Iamie." f .... • • • harbor work during the fiscal year 1929 discloses that Eastern and Southem waterways, together with the l\11:;,· sissippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers, have the lion's shm·e of the items running over $1,000,000. Of the big allotments 57,225,000 goes to the Mississippi river between the Ohio and Missouri rivers and between the Missouri river and Minneapolis, $4,590,000 on the Ohio river, 83,630,000 on the Missouri, $1,- · 700,000 on the Eiu.clson river, $1,200,. 000 on the East river. $2,150,000 on th€ Del a ware t·i\·er, $1.000,000 on the in· land waterway frol!l the Delawan t·iver to Chesapeate bay, $800,000 fm the Savunnah, Ga., harbor, $800,()()( for the waterway from Beaufort to the Cnpe Fear river,. l\. C., $650,000 for Uiami harbor, and $1,025,000 for the· Sabine-Neches waterway, Texas. The Illinois rh·er is allotted $575,000 for !mproYement wot·k with the develop· ment of the Illinois link of the lakes to the gulf route. +++~+++++++++~~++++++~+~}+ l -I• • • • Bill Ciesell, the costly rookie of the Chicago White Sox baseball club, has been insured for $100,000. Cissell cost the Sox $128,000. Flannagan-And now that he is mar· ried l1e spends all his evenings at' home with his wife. IIoollgan-Oh, so that is the kind of a man he is, ell? Flannagan-Well, that is the kind of a woman his wife is, all right. I * • •• of the government PUBLICATION engineer's allotments for river and .John J. McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, regards the 19~8 pen11nnt race in the National league as "open." He gives his club an equal chance with four others to wln the championship. "lllost decidedly five clubs Jul\·e a chance to win the pennant in the National league this year," he salt). "We except to be in there tlgluing with the others, and I am very llopeful. The condition of our pitchers pleases me. Their stay at Bot Springs did them a great deal of gond. They reported het·e with their wind good as a result of mountain climbinl(. un\1 this is a most important item. [ "Naturally the pitchers are ahend of the other members of the sq:Jad in development. The regulars huve b(\en coming along well enough, and befot·e I we leave Augusta the team will begin tv take definite shape. "Cohen will play second base. I am much encouraged by his early play·J ing there. I think he will surpt·ise a great many persons who thought he would not measure up to the mark. He is an earnest worker and highly· intelligent. There Is no reason why he should not be a high-class second baseman. "Some of the younger pitchers have also developed rapidly and I am inclined to believe two or even three may be members of the first string. "There is a possibility that I will carry seven outfielders, counting Ott as an outflelder, or six If WP consider him an infielder. At this tlme he is both, and he can step into either the infield or outfield and give o good accou!ll of himself.. 1 "I think nine pitchers will be enough and that probably will be the number retained." Manager ~fcGraw thinks the tight will be between the Giants, Pirates, Cardinals, Cubs and Reds. The first four finished the first division, although not In that order, last year. The Little Napoleon thinks well or Cincinnati, at the head of the second division in 1928. l Muldoon Is Against l Holding in the Ring •• • • • McGraw•Rates Giants With Four Others. lAkE J.ltS N/~E MEOJCJf}JE, SO HE~GOWq ~~~·~~~ BE "T'ERR.ISLY S/~K! 0~ DEAR.. Association football has developed into the most popular sport in Aus· tria since the World war. ~ .. Southern tennis stat·s will gather on July 9 at Louisville, Ky., to decide the 1928 Southern amateur championship. • • • Another of the i'erious blunders of golf is to oe caught standing too close to the ball a second or so after you have swatted it. "Willie, you have a new brother, just arrh·ed from a foreign land." "Huh, thought they were going to. stop these durn immigt·ants from COlli· ing in !" • • • Miss Shirley Cobb, daughter of Ty Cobb, was named a blue ribbon winner in the ladies' horsemanship class at the Augusta horse show. • Music Mysteries Why Is it that the tenor, Of thin and silky tune, Has gen'rally a waistband That rivals a balloon? • • Feeling that he can whip George Godfrey, tlie big negt·o heavyweight, Paulino Uzcudun wants to fight him In New York. They recently fought in California. • • • Berman Byers was named as hon· OI'ary captain of Indiana university's football team of last fall by Coach B. 0. Page. Byers played at halfback, and i& from Evansville. • • • Me!.:lco w!ll compete In the 1928 Olympic games with a squad of 40 men. This will make the second appearance of Mexico as an Olympic corppetitor, the first having been ill 1924. • • • A golf team, made up of students from Oxford nnd Camo~idge, is planning to visit the United States during the coming season to engage In matches with Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Cornell. • •• Aileen Allen. woinen's coach at the Athletic and' Country club of Pasarlena, Calif., has been appointe<f to train the American girl athletes who will be entered In the Olympic games at Amsterdam this summer. One Method Sizing up the contenders tor the approaching big league cumpair>n, Babe Ruth forecasts the Yankees and Cardinals in the world series uext October. He figures Connie Mac::•s Athletics, with Ty Cobb and 'frls Speaker, finishing In second place In the American league scramble. He has the Pirates slated for second place in the National, and the Giants third. One Maiden Sister to Another Maiden Sister-It wonld seem so good to bear a man's voice 'round the house. The Other Maiden Sister-Well, iet's get a radio. Utilitarian "My boy," said the old gentleman, "suve your me!ley; you will find it your best friend." "But,'' queried the young man, "what good is a friend you don't use?" Betty Nuthall Is Seen as Helen Wills' Rival Changed Days Betty Nuthall, "Beaming Betty" of She-Love-making is the same as lt the continental courts, will need her ~lways was. new over-hand service and an effecth•e He-How can you tell? one if she Is to cope wltb the power She-I'1•e just read of a Greek of Hellen Wills' nttack abroad this . sat and listened to a lyre maiden who year. 1 all night. The young English girl, finalist in the American championships lnst year against Miss Wills, is generally Pretty Thin looked upon as the Californian's most Landlady-How did you find your interesting rival. bed, Mr. Newbord? It will be one of the high spots of Newhord-Well, I don't think the the court campaign when they meal mattress will ever need to be treated at Wimbledon in June. for !he removal of superfluous hair. I DO/.JI CIG>:; MOM; \VHEJ.I [JAOl>Y C2oMES HOM~ J..IE'L-t.. MAKE IH.E TAKE tr Nor Far Now Flannagan-Since his little windfall O'Gay has been going some. Hooligan-Yes, and this morning lie bought a second-hand car. Flannagnn-\Yell, then there is no knol}·ing bow far be will go now. Impossible "So you think ~·ou krww as much about it as the instructor?" "Weir, he just said that It wa~ impossible for him to teach p.1e any· thing." |