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Show MAYOR HYLAN FAILS AS MARBLE SHOOTER j NEW YORK. May 20 Mayor Hylan who boasts a j:reat reputation as an IH expert In throwing out first balls In IH baseball parks, very distinctly failed to qualify when It came to marbles to- IH The mayor "tossed out" the first Bja f "mlg" In the city's marble tourna-1 tourna-1 ment. but after an Impressive kneel, a furtive attempt to avoid "knuckling down' which was called to his alien- tion by one of the contestants, ho propelled his "taw only two feet towards the "fat." That It was not the "taw's" fault was shown by the fact that Mickey Markoff used the Identical shooter. And Mickey became champion of New York some 20 minutes after the may- or had opened festivities. Before a crowd of several thous- and. grouped behind a cordon of e- cited policemen, the mayor set the PH game in motion In fron' of 'ity Hall. |