N. bE f air and square, to , oUR AGE AND SUPPORT THE " IS 0 U R MOTTO vO 0ME HI. — ISSUE NO. CLEVELAND JOURNAL __ A Weekly for A merican Slovenes _ -- ere( ^ as secon d-clas3 matter August 2, 1928, at the post-office at Cleveland, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879 THE FIRST AND THE O N L Y AMERICAN - SLOVENE NEV/S PAPER PRINTED IN THE ENGLI3H LANGUAGE 0 bser ver ( , Tlie miliš of the gods grind jLjy but they grind exceed ijgiy sma11 lifery has been proved conclusively in the čase of ■James Texas Franklin Neeley of Tyler, w hen he was arrested for N nurder 1883 . years L that he committed in James F. Neeley is 70 old. 11 H What vvould you do in a pre- jicament of this kind? Bert gjagle and Sam Franks the fonner a Democratic and tlie L r a Republican candidate for Sheriff in Franklin, N. C. Can- jidate Slagle chopped wood for a n hour for a woman voter when \ 6 S at down to rest after the |our the woman said, “I hard- ly know whom to vote for. Both jou and Mr. Franks have been so niče to me. Why, right nov/ jlr. Frank is' out on the back peron churning.” Ti TI At Pine Bluff, Ark., three mmg men, Ulysses Long, Louis and Walter Holconfb went out to disconnect their radio aerial when ready to move. The faonneeted aerial fell aeross 2,- 3000 volt high tension wires. Ulysses tried to pick up the aerial got stunned, Louis tried to pick up Ulysses likewise was stunned, Walter tried to pick up Louis and shared the same fate. When neighbors reached them three were dead. T’will be ever thus! II IT It would be bard to decide svhether Kenneth Hay should be bppy or sad when on the. eve his vvedding he discoverea ■t his bride-to-be was his long it sister. II IT Even cold and calculating PMple of England can get ex- £ |W about the modern fads. Miniature golf courses vvhich Jave swept America by storm ®ve become popular in England At the Charing Cross s tation the course was so pop- 11 ai ' that special guards were stationed there to warn the peo- le of the train departures. be some of America’s špirit doing things has finally pen- e Pa ted slow moving Europe. TI 11 John Arney, 78, of Punxsu- wney, p a . ; di e( j 0 f f ra ctured ' . u J one week after the clapper i the church beli he was toll- - ng fe H on his head. C • 11 if j °®cidenc^ or mental telepathy er e probably responsible for efact that Mrs. Chance Sher- ^Od; Oeath Takes Pioneer of the Newburg CommiiRity Hundreds of Friends Attend the Last Rites of the Slovene Pioneer of Anothe r Decade CAME TO AMERICA MANY YEARS AGO Was Part of the Cultural and Progressive Movement in Newburg Since he Came to America Last Monday one of the links with the Slovene pioneering past has been buried. Well loved and well respeeted ia^the com- munity Melchior Plut pioneer Slovene and in former days one of the most colorful figures that has graced ; the oldest Slo¬ vene settlement in Cleveland, Melchior Plut received the last rites while many a he-man com- panion stood aside with uncover- ed head and with tears in his eyes while the celebrant said the last vvords over the bodily remains of a man who stood for ali that may be said to be typi- cal of a Slovene man. When Vodnik, the first Slo¬ vene poet, deseribed the typical man the typical Slovene he must have known someone who was the prototype of Melchior Plut or Mr. M Plut must have been the direct decendant of that man who was deseribed by Val¬ entine Vodnik. Happy, never discouraged, always willing to help with advice and with money if that were the only al¬ ternative, philosophising as ev- ery Slovene is philosophising, Melchior Plut vvith the smile of fortune upon him, he was the ha ven to many who would have otherwise have despaired when they came to this country and had no one to turn to. He was the community father or rather if the Slovene term must be used the^ starasina who took čare of the people, when other Continued on page 2 CLEVELAND. OHIO, THI T RSDAY, OCTOBER 16th, — 1930 ZARJA W0RKS HARdIn PRIČE FIVE CENTS OPERA READY FOR NOVEMBER Groups Gets Invitation to Sing in Musič Hall Solos and Chorus are Being Stressed Now to Round Out Best Slovene Opera COMEDY VEHICLE FOR PAS- SION PLAYERS SEASON OPENER Zarja is determined to keep up the tradition of performing an opera every year and as the years go on the works that are being performed are becoming increasinglv more and more dif- ficult. This year the Slovene group will perform the Opera Gorenjski Slavček which on numerous occasions has been pronounced as the best Slovene opera \vritten. There are many things which can be said of the opera and its superiority in comparison with some other operas vvhich could be given. The most in- teresting detail of the work is that in a very ingenious way it incorporates ali the Slovene folk $ongs in such a veonderful way that the opera becomes a repos- itory for Slovene folk songs pieced together by the Slovene master musician Foerster. Sec- only the opera is interesting for it has made history for itselt in the threatre at Ljubljana vvhere it has been performed nightly for a whole year with large attendance at ali the per- formances. As the work of Zarja the di- reetor is stressing the choruses of the various acts to make them well rounded and pliahle as the choruses were in the past per- formances. The solos vvill be carried by the stars who have been seen in the past perform- ances and that is recommenda- tion for the opera itself. While yet in the rehearsal stage the Singing Society Zarja has been invited to perform it at the Theatre of Nations ser- ies under the auspices of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. That performance will be held in Feb- ruary or March while the Cleve¬ land premiere vvill be held oii November 23. Continued on page 4 p arrived back to Hartford., la ° nn -’ from Los Angeles. It lj r de veloped that her sister s - John Cassens arrived to gele ^° rt ^ ^rom Los An- e s to pay a surprise visit to S ‘ Chance Sherwood. are 6r6 are m ' an y things that J, su ffering from the decrease ^ Jhe slaeR times. The fa- as industry of the divorce v , e m ^ e no. Only 2,070 couples grai ited divorces at the 3 1 ° as ^ivorce city a dr op of f 0re - ^ es timated that the thi n lea c °mpetition has some- er 5 to d o with it. With great- ll ex ' eed ° m * n Switzerland and !c ° money is HERE’S A PLAČE TO GO! J; Saturday, Oct. 18, 1930 1 George Washington Har- X ♦ vest Dance, at Slovene X Nat’l Home, St. Clair % Avenue. Harvest Dance held by the Young Ladies’ Soda- lity at Grdina’s Hall. ? Sunday, Oct. 19 ,1930 Slovene Sokols - Dedica- tion of the flag, after- noon, dance in tlje even- ing at the Slovene Nat’l 'k Home. Dance given by “Zdru¬ ženi Bratje, Lodge No. 26 SSPZ at Slov. Work- ingmen’s Home, 15335 Waterloo Rd. Interlodge Bowling at the St. Clair Eddy Re- creation Parlors at 2:30 P. M. X Thursday, Oct. 23rd, 1930 % X Interlodge League Dance X X at Slovene Nat’l Home, f. X St. Clair Ave. •j. ' LOCAL SCOUIS IN RACE TO COLLECT WASTE PAPER Tribe Paper Clean-up Cam- paign Creates Rivalry Scoutmaster Announces Sp e cial Prize Interlodge Dance Extension of Work Will Depend on Success of Dance s otne (maybe the a ttraction). Knaus’ Hall will be the scene of the comedy production “Ka¬ kršen gospod tak’ sluga” which will be staged by the Christ, the King K. S. K. J. lodge next Sun- day, October 19th The comedy is a light and very comical picture of the sol- dier as interpreted by an out- sider and as such has many moments which are very amus ing and laugh producing. The program for tne evenlng "vvciild be very light if only the comedy were played but the manage- ment has also scheduled a dance vvhich will be held after the play. Ali in ali the evening will be very delightful and well spent if it is spent at Knaus’ Hall on October 19th. The Christ the King lodge is very famous for the style of their productions they have staged the first presentation of the Slovene Passion at the Slo¬ vene National Home last spring and have attraeted vvidespread attention with the magnitude of the production and the manner in which they have performed it. While the current play is much lighter there will be that show of experience of the play- ers andtthe class in which they are familiar in moving. PERSONAL Miss Vera Laurich,” who was at Polyclinic hospital for several weeks, is now at home, 6406 Varian avenue where her friends may now visit her. GEO. WASHINGTON BARN DANCE The aims and purposes of the Interlodge have been talked of very often and the achievements of that august body has been the subject of comment among ali classes of people who have vvatched the latest wrinkle in Fraternal organization develop- ment for the last few years. The Interlodge has been doing very creditable work in making things move in the neighborhood es- pecially.in the line of athletics. Later similar efforts have been taken on by others with fuller realization of an active Slovene youth. It is the Interlodge that has taken the initiative in ar- ranging sports programs for the various clubs that are to be found on its roster. It is seldom that the Inter¬ lodge enters into the social ac- tivities in the neighborhood but occasionally they do. The first time for a long time will be the Interlodge Dance which will be held on Thursday evening, Oct., Continued on page 2 The 17 members of the Sil- ver Fox Tribe No. 2, Boy Scouts of America, who during this week and the next are col- lecting old newspapers, magaz- ines and discarded books in the community, have been divided into 4 teams covering five dis- tricts which embrace the ter- ritory from East 55thj Street east to 71st and between the lake and Superior Avenue. Collections Reported Daily The interest in the campaign has created a keen rivalry among the' teams w'hich each evening report their collections to the Tribe Scoutmaster, Mr. Felix A. Danton, at the Bath House. At the time the Journal went to press on Thursday morning, 813 pounds of paper had been collected by two teams in the first two days of the campaign which opened Tues- day and is scheduled to close on next Monday evening. Team captains are Vic Ander¬ son, Teddy Sulak, Albin Maver and John Dejak. Sp e cial Prize to be Awarded As an incentive to the Scouts, the Tribe Scoutmaster has an- nounced that he will award a prize of $2.00 in Scout equip- ment to the team that first secures 1000 pounds of paper ay Saturday evening at 6:30 p. m. The Scouts of the team se- curing the greatest number of pounds of paper thruout the entire campaign will have ali their expenses paid at the Thanksgiving Čamp at the Boy Scout Reservation in Chagrin Falls, Nov. 27-30, 1930, by the Tribe Committee. STRIVERS AUTUMN DANCE IN COLLINWOOD Earmers and farmeretts are moving to town next Saturday evening when the George Wash- ington lodge will hold its an- nual barn dance at the Slovene National Home on St. Clair ave¬ nue with Johnny iGribbons or- chestra performing from the mušic platform. As is customary with the Geo. Washingtons they will have the hali attractively decorated with ali the things which will re- mind one of the old farm stead. But what is the use of talking their past performances of sim¬ ilar nature are ample proof thai they know how to conduct a dance and ali the things which make a dance a little more than a time to dance it is a real so¬ cial evening with “bushels of fun.” Thousands Attend Bar- Bishop, Local Speakers and Vis- itors Address the Thousands Present MARCHING LINE A MILE LONG Slovenes From ali Parts of Northern Ohio Attend Centen- ial of First Slovene Bishop in America Close to 7,000 people have been thrilled last Sunday when they listened to the story of the first Slovene priest and later bishop in America as it was tolci at the Cleveland Centenial Cel- ebration that was held at Prov- idence Heights in Euclid, Ohio Bishop Schrembs, Reverend Hri¬ bar, pastor of St. Mary’s church in Collimvood, and Reverened Plevnik of Joliet outlined the history of the Slovene pioneer priest and bishop. Thousands Attend Centenial Inspired no doubt by the sol- emnity of the oecasion and with the kind invitation of the smil- ing sun the plače at Providence Heights was a seething throng of Slovene men and women, young men and young women, boys and girls who have come from ali parts of Northern Ohio to add to the glory of the een- tenial and to be a part of the annual pilgrimage vvhich the Slovenes have every year. More than an hour before the procession was scheduled to start the Slovenes began to as- semble on the upper parking grounds the plače from where the head of the column was to Continued on page 4 SOKOL PARES FOR FLAG DEDI- M Many Organizations anldL Indi- viduals Accept Invitations to be Present at Celebration SOKOL ACTIVE FOR THIRTY-THREE YEARS Has Taken Part in Cultural and Physical Development of Community Since Organization DANCE BY “ZDRUŽENI BRATJE” LODGE CHICAGO PROFESSOR’S AD¬ DRESS AT FASCISTI MEETING in CHICAGO The Slovene Workingmesi’s Home at 15335 Waterloo Road will be the .scene of the gay Autumn dance vvhich will be helc' by the Strivers of the Croatian Fraternal Union on- Saturday, October 18, 1930. There will be nothing more to be desired when it is known that the Arcadian Melody Pilots will be in charge of the rhy- thmic tunes that make the feet keep time, wily-nily. Besides this the attraetions will be some gay colored balloons which will serve to put extra color to the affair and make it resemble autumn the gayest of' seasons. There is always a, connection betvveen being happy and har- vest time so the Strivers are not forgetting that part of the evening’s program. The way they say it is, “Come early and get the novelty noisemakers.” Again, the dance will be held on Saturday evening, October 18 at the Slovene Workingmen’s I^ome on Waterloo Road. A dance will be given next Sunday, October 19th by “Zd¬ ruženi Bratje” Lodge No. 26 S. S. P. Z. at the Slovene Work- ingmen’s Home, 15335 Waterloo Road. Sadar’s orchestra will furnish the mušic for dancing. while the entertainment com¬ mittee will have ineharge the refreshments. A good time is promised to ali who will attend. FIND MYSTERY GIRL AT THE SODALITY DANCE There has been no girl miss- ing in the neighborhood yet there will be a mystery girl at the dance which the Young La¬ dies Sodality is holding at Gr¬ dina^ Hall on Saturday evening, October 18. With an almost universal protest at the illegal and bru- tal methods of Italians in re- gards to the treatment of the Slovenes in the new Italian territory vvhich has reached its highest point in the execution of four Slovenes in Trieste in September alt the Slovenes in the United States have felt a sting and a lash at their na- tionality. Almost spontaneously protest meetings of the Jugo- slavs has been the order of the day at which they, who were not informed from inside sources learned of the atrocities, vvhich have been committed in the in¬ terest of the Fascist movement in Italy and the terrorization of the ,Slovenes Ibecause they are Slovenes, were informed of them. One of the gems of ali the protest meetings in the United States in regards to the execu- tion of the four Slovenes is the speech of Dr. Preveden the pro- fessor of languages at Depaw University of Chicago. Dr. Pre¬ veden is well versed in the situ- ation and has given some points vvhich have escaped or have not reached American Press com¬ ment because of the strict cen sorship. His speech at the Chi¬ cago protest meeting has been received and is published on page two of today’s issue. It is interesting to see the view- point of the struggle in Italian Yet there will be a mystery girl there and for the fun of finding her the Y. L. S. will give a gold piece to the lucky finder who attends the dance. If there are people who do not want to dance there will be card tables in the adjoining rov„n for those who are more interested in cards than in tripping the light fantastic. The proceeds are to go into the New Church Fund of the St. Vitus’ proposed church. Kolister and his boys Slovene community from a phi will furnish the muisc. | lological viewpoint. Sunday October 19, has been designated as Cleveland Sokol day. That is it will be the Slo¬ vene Sokol • day for the people and for the Sokols of the Slo¬ vene (community. On Sunday, October the new flag will be dedicated at the Slovene Nat’l Home with a live and interest¬ ing program and will be follovv- ed by a dance in the evening. It will be a Slovene Sokol day and a whole Sokol day. The particulars of the pro¬ gram have not been announced as yet but everything has been set to make it a vvonderful day. The Sokols are anxious to have the light of other eyes on the vvork that they have been ac- complishing during the time of their existance and have in¬ vited a representative set of people in the city’s puhlic life to be there to give an espect of the importance of the a day on vvhich the flag is dedicated. Organizations accept invitations to attend Invitations have been sent to ali sorts and manners of people to attend the significant cele¬ bration either as riorporate bodies or as individuals and many have accepted the invi¬ tation as a signal that the So¬ kol with ali of its vvork in the cultural and athletic fields has deserved a right to have a gala" day of it. Ansvvers of aecept- ance are reaching the Sokols every day and the program to- day is very undecided. Mr. Frank Oglar and Mrs. Birk will act is sponsors for the new flag wMch will be de¬ dicated and several speakers are the only part of the pro¬ gram that is sure. The dance in the evening will also be a part of the celebration. But vvith the exception of these small items of the program there is nothing more that is definite. Hovvever reputation for having good programs is typically Sokol in nature and there will be no dissapointments now. Active for 33 years The Sokol has been function- ing in Cleveland for the last 33 years and since the first year hundreds of young men have been active members of the organization. The flag dedi- cation will mark a. event in the life of the organization here. tions of its kind in America and fhe Slovene Sokol in Cleveland has been doing much in the line of athletics and according to the constitution has stood for the best not only in athletics but also in cultural things. The Cleveland Sokol has been assu- ciated, vvith ali that is best in the grovvth of the community and has been represented in any thing that stood for achieve- ment and for progress not only for themselves but also for the Continued on page 2 i! Page 2 CLEVELAND JOURNAL OctoteMt^ I9 , ‘(Ulmlaufr iourttal” Published every Thursday by The American - Jugoslav Printmg and Publishing Co. 6231 St. Clair Ave. — Cleveland, Ohio ‘Heinie’ 'tank Suhadolnik, Editor Martin Antončič — Sports Editor ubscription Rates: One year $2.001 Six Months $1.00 Established May 24th, 1928 CLEVELAND, OHIO, THURSD AY, OCTOBER 16th, — 1930. one of the most spectacular championship series ever imagined in local Slovene circles. The Interlodge works on and on and its vvork is something that has created favorable comment. The Interlodge is an organization of organizations interested in Slo¬ vene youth and by an attractive program hopes to interest Slo- venes in themselVes and the work of the pioneers. It is function- ing vvithout deviation from its purpose and is accomplishing things. that were thought impossible when it was started. To the Interlodge League and ali its members must be given the praise that they are making tradition and setting up some¬ thing which will be a future force. What is needed is j ust that cooperation and mutual work so that permanent things can be accomplished as they have been already accomplished. kk INTERLODGE” “An organization of organizations” has been the epiteth that has been applied to the unique organization that has been function ing under the name Interlodge League. As an organization it is a voluntary organization of organizations who have come to- gether to have an intercourse with the members of ali the lodges and have a common organization to do things which one organ¬ ization could not and cannot accomplish. Among the groups of local organizations the Interlodge League is unique anij in that position it has been the spring of many activities that either vvould never be accomplished or which could not be accomplish¬ ed. J Characteristically the Interlodge is an organization of the E,x Libris Conducted by the St. Clair Branch Public Library. enough! are here made the set¬ ting for the adventures of a daring English girl who is im- prisoned by a sinister vicomte of the old school (charming ras- cal), whose specialty is the dis- posal of stolen objects of art. Against the background of ro¬ mance is throvvn the sbadow of modern crime, smuggling, tor¬ ture, perhaps murder,—ali to the accompaniment of the laugh- ter of youth and the purr of high povvered cars. A book ol genuine unalloyed entertain- ment for the idle hour.” make it one of the livest and Jance will be a source 0 f the most active cofamunities in tion for a continued Cleveland. work that has be*« «. ° Ve ne Benson, Therese, pseud. The go-between “A story of amusing situa- tions and humorous dialogue. Jerry Kip, who has vvritten a novel under the pseudonym of Ivan Jay, and Diana Franklin, a youth and its effort to get together on a common vvorking ground manuscri t reader who g0 es un- _44-1« « «^ ^ t« rvnf-iTrn 4-/-» i nTrn n t-tt ov-»H o nmrDn tf An T. ^ with a common objective to achieve unity and a united front That this has been accomplished is evident. In the League today ali the large fraternal organizations have been represented as well as independent organizations such as the Orel and the So¬ kol the latest entries in the Interlodge roster. Primarily an or¬ ganization of the ^English - speaking lodges, which means the youth, it has attracted favorable attention of the older people and has been a source of hope of the Slovenes to keep the tra- ditions of the Slovene going when older hands must relinquish the guiding hand. Up to now the main interest of the Interlodge has been the arranging Slovene loops in athletic lines and the success of the bowling and the base-ball league is ample proof that the Inter¬ lodge has accomplished what it set out to accomplish. By its program of sponsoring the various activities the Interlodge has brought together, in a manner unique in history of Slovenes, ali the Slovene organizations and vvith friendly competition raised the interest of the Slovene youth in the organizations which their fathers built as well as in mutual interest. Athletics have been used as the inspiration and the calculated results are evident more and more as the history of the Interlodge gets longer and longer. j More than ever the Interlodge has shov/n that Slovenes can accomplish things when Slovenes set their hearts on accomplish- ments and achievements. Not at ali thought of vvhen the Inter¬ lodge was started is the fact that more and more Slovene youth is conscious of its own possibilities and its own abilities. It has succeeded in dispelling some of the “inferiority” which has been the stumbling block for the Slovene youth. Every day sees ad- vance in that direction and though totally unthought of when the Interlodge was organized it is becoming more and more evi¬ dent. That educational feature is perhaps the best and the highest praise which can be given to the Interlodge League. While the Interlodge League functions with the cooperation of the lodges vvhich belong to it, it has never, and it is not its in- tention, meddled with the work of the organizations themselves. The converse, however, can be claimed for the Interlodge. The arranging of athletic programs has made the various lodges con¬ scious of its own work and has inspired better working among themselves. Last Sunday the Interlodge has initiated its bowling program and the Sunday before it closed the baseball season furnishing der the name of Gwyn 'Gale, have idealized each othef in corres- pcndence. But when they ac- tually meet—under their true nam.es —in America, they fail to recognize each other’s identity. The “go-betvveen” who finali’-' brings them together, is Lin, a little girl friend of Diana’s vvho. bora in China of American par- ertage, has oxcellent Orienta! ideas of matchmaking.” “It is a n enterraining štory, sparkling vvith humor, vvith plenty of incident, and Jiough not exciting it is interesting erough to make one sorry when the end is reached.” * * * gripping situation is revolved so that both father and son find happiness.” ❖ & King-Hall, Luise and King-Hall, Magdalen Well-meaning young man “Dan Cavanrgh, typical young Irishman witli public school ideals and no special talent for vvork, is sent by the family to take up a fore'gn post in Italy. On this eventful trip Dan gets side-tracked to, a glorious Ger- many, and beccmes chauffeur to MELCHIOR PLUT Continued from page 1 agencies vvho can now help and do help were too busy with other vvork. With the natural ambition of every Slovene Melchior Piat tackled the vvork at hand vvRen he came to this country and sev h ar d to work saving every penny he soon had enough to buy some prcperty and to enter business. The business prospered and he built a hali vvhich has been the cultural center of the Nevvburg Slovenes for more than a vie- Melchior Plut was bora m 1859 at Vrh in Slovenia, he came to this country at the age of 29 and with the pharacteristic Slo¬ vene ambition and energy he be- gan to be interested in the things that make America vvhat it is. For a short time he work- ed for others but he was dissat- isfied vvith that kind of thing and vvent into business. He has the honor of being the first Slo¬ vene merchant in Nevvburg and perhaps the first Slovene mer¬ chant in Cleveland. From that he vvent into the grocery busi¬ ness and at one time'he vvas also a saloon keeper vvith ali the social ends vvhich the salooTi keeper in those days had to be. His plače of busines vvas a little more than a plače vvhere one could get a little bock beer or vvork that has been the " ctle of the Sokol in the 33 its existence. s 0 f INTERLODGE DANCE Continued from Page 1 23rd at the Slovenian n... The Dance 1( Home. The Dance v/vill'?? 1 first for the Interlodge L ^ this season and a grand 6aglie tunity vvill be offered to° PP ° f ' that final contact vvhich ; mal!e 1 *s n ec> essary to make it reali Ze it, . At the dance the pl ayer , 81111 and their friends vvill have an portunity of meeting €a „v „ 0I) ' from a different point of 0 ?' 1 ’ —instead of rivalry on the!? letic or sports fields the vvill be the dance floor one can say hello to plače °n vvhich & if A#’ it» ls i- ji- t> lie vvithout feeling that he anothe. a glorious Italian princess, vvhocsde of Nevvburg history. Form- joins Rex Guggenheim, movie ! erlj/ the chief plače vvhere peo- some stronger liquid.lt vvas a so- that to anyone on ^ is dok p se Lincoln, Joseph C. Blovving clear “John Heath vvas living a simple secluded life on the Mass- magnate, in a rococo palače — but fails to get h er contract. Dan finally reaches his destina- tion, and vvrites to assure the niče little English girl he met in the early course of his travels that ali is vvell.” “The story is loosely con- strueted, but vou vvould not vvilli.ngly špare one lover’s knot sachusetts coast, vvhen from the past, vvhich he has tried to for- get, comes a son vvhose birth is shrouded in mystery. His vvhole life is changed by the rearing of this boy. After this son has grovvn to manhood and achieved popularity in one of the big universities, John Heath meets the tvvo big disappoint- ments of his life—one that dafces from his obscure past, and an- other caused by his son. This of it. The pcint is that the characters are ali flesh-and- blood human beings, not paint- ed figures set up to be knock- ed dovvn.” * * * Messer, M. N. A. ‘A castle for Sate “This is an adventure story that moves vvith animation from the very start, and ends, to the reader’s delight, vvith one of these surprising turns or tvvists in the plot vvhich save fascina- ting villians for possible Ser¬ vice in future volumes. Geneva and its surrouiidings—romantic pl e could gather. It vvas at Plufs Hall that marked the beginning of Dramatics in Nevvburg ana though the hali vvas small it did not dampen the ambition of the groups vvhich staged the pro- ductions. Bands, orchestras, lodge and every other active body in Nevvburg of a quarter cial center. When the hali vvas built above his establishment that it became the cultural and social center of the vvhole Nevv- burgh community. During his last years the vvorld moved very fast and Melchior Plut retired from active life as if it vvas too much for a pioneer. He reu.red from very active life and vvork- ed only for enjoyment. Twu years ago his vvife died and left him alone in this vvorld, sad and sorrovving he 'has joined > her now. Seeing the need of organiza-. tions he vvas one of the charter members of the oldest Nevvburg lodge the indepndent lodge of St. Aloysius vvhich stili funt. side. century ago can trače its devel- . . opment to Plufs Hall. Those tim f' A Pioneer m ali lmes and Friends vvho h ave P ? mired the provvess of the pl ers on the field vvill h ave portunity of saying hello to t T athletes and the athletes ^ ‘ž (jdo v) ,jc& have a chance to vvill vvalls stili standing at 8615 East 81st Street if they could speak and teli tales of things that have gone on could teli the history of the Nevvburg community for the last 25 vears.' With the coming of the Slovene National Homes and the building of the Home on East 80th, the popularity de- clined and the Plufs Hall has gone dovvn vvith a glorious past to be supersceded by modern ideas and modern developments. These things are monuments to the man vvho had vision and špirit enough to help in the de- velopment of the community to vvith a smiling Slovene neart and happy disposition ali vvho knevv Melchior Plut vvill be sori^ to hear of his demise. He may rest in his grave but his memory vvill carry on. SOKOL CELEBRATION Continued from page 1 community at large. Next Sunday’s celebration vvill be the climax to the 33 years of conscientious vvork among the Slovenes and the ansvver that thhe Slovenes give to the Sokols by their attend- »ay hello t the sidehne admirers. Thu s t further aim of the InterlodU vvill be realized more than J before. . It is quite necess ar y that the dance is a success because the further functioning 0 f the b terlodge vvill depend on M -hat kind of crovvd attends the dance for the Interlodge vvill have a chance to extend its circle of vvork only in the proporti on 0 f the backing it has. Be sure to leave the date open for the In- terlodge Dance on Thursday eve- ning, October 23rd. Arcadian Melody Pilots vvill pl ay . * fl 0^E RS sbauer f , j{aKo vl ° 5 , tod 0 g. psclv s , peters ,Xotals WiBiam A. Vidmar Attorney-at-Law 212-14 Engineers Bldg. Office hour s : 9:00 A. M. to 5 :00 P. M. . MAin 1 195 Residence : KEnmore 2307-M 18735 Chapman Ave. *** »*♦ «*♦ ***♦**<*»<)* SUBSCRIBE TO THE “CLEVELAND JOURNAL" ^' ,eS ,trori° perm acK farag' 8 ,Tota ls SCADIAN {Sodja »Kuhe 1 jiphel g. Cetina j„ Pekol -Totals (BEL Irovat Jtojselc Žnidaršič Lusin tekovec Pajk Kolar -Totals ■ar p SLOVENES IN ITALY By Francis R. Preveden, Ph. D. On Sunday, September 21,1930, a meetir.g of protest against the Italian fascist atrocities vvas held at the Chicago Sokol Hall, by the representatives of Jugoslav organizations in United States of America having a membership of more than 200,000 Slovenes Croatians and Serbs, at v/hich a speech vvas delivered by the em- inent professor, Francis R. Preveden, Ph. D. vvere istruggling out from the flaming inferno. En- couraged by this success in one fascist history-making the same zealots make shortly aftervvards another bon fire in the Serbian Greek-Orthodox Church in Trieste, a treasury of art and historical records, reaching out far into the Middle Ages. Instead of shooting dovvn the agonized vvomen, the fascist bonfire makers amused themselves this time vvith breaking up the sanctuary and throvving the objects of vvorship in the flames. But if some of you might think that the fascist objection is confined to the Greek-Orthodox churches, I have to correct your impression by referring to the fascist in- vasion and deseeration of the Catholic churches as vvell, if these vvere filled vvith Slavic vvorshippers, pray- ing and praising the Almighty in their native tongue. and human society is unthinkable vvithout the medium of the language. I count among dear friends of mine scholars vvho devote their lives to the study of the speech of the Afričan natives, Eskimoes and other primitive peoples, and through them I have come to admire the alertness.and the povver of the human mind even in the most primitive of men. What a crime against nature, against civilization it vvould be to per- secute or to ridicule these humble citizens of the vvorld for the use of their native speech. “I am here to join my voice to yours, and to mourn the death of four young Slovenes, three of them uni- versity students, vvho have been recently murdered by the fascist authorities of Trieste. My grief is the deeper as this is not the only murder or the only crime perpetrated against the Jugoslav people by the fascists. Ali of you vvill recall the fact that some tvvo years ago another Slovene študent vvas shot in the back by the fascists in Pola. Stili fresh vvill be in your memory the atrocious act of savagery marking the very appearance of the fascists on the stage c{f history. You ali recall that terrible August night of 1920 vvhen the fascists in company vvith bersablieri made a huge bonfire of the finest and loftiest hotel in Trieste. The only reason for this particular pastime of the promising history- makers vvas that it bore the name Balkan, that it vvas ovvned by Slavs and that it sheltered Slavic men and vvomen. But the ghastliness of this crime fades before the horror of the sight of the inmates of the Balkan, the panic stricken men, vvomen and children, being shot dcvvn by the fascist guards, as the unfortunate ones “Unable to restrain themselves from such atroci¬ ties vvhich even among the furies of war vvould be de- cried as Hunnish and Vandal, the fascists after Corn¬ ing into povver embarked tovvard the Jugoslavs a polic,y of tyranny and oppression or the ultimate extinctiori of the race. The burning of the schools, incarceration of the teachers, demolishing of the Slavic banks, stores, business qlaces and ali manner of cultural centersj be- cafne a method fascist enough to suit Mussolini’s at- tempt at improving history in the eastern Adriatic. “But my personal indignation passes into open re¬ volt at another point. H to many of you it vvill appear in comparison vvith the horrors already mentioned, a minor grievance, I vvant you to think of me as of a linguist, a man vvho passionately loves the language, ali the speeches of mankind. His native speech is the sacred right of every human being, civilized or uncivil- ized. There is no law or government which can deny him that blessing of nature. For it is the language that distinguishes man from brute The mental as- sociation and thinking processes are possible only through symbols of speech. Every individual seeks his hapiness in human scciety by means of the language “But Mussolini and the fascist saviours of the civil¬ ization think that they can take any license and help themselves vvith the vvildest persecutions of anyone and ali speaking Slovene or Serbo-Croatian. To this end they not only use the povver of the state for the sup- pression of the language in the public institutions, but incite their bands and mobs to bodiiy violence on per- sons speaking Slavic also in private. Regardless of age . and sex, the Slavs are insulted or beaten on the $treets, in their circles, churches or at home, for no vvorse of- fense than using their native speech. Instead of being ashamed for their brutal temper, the fascists boast of these acts as conductive to the banishment from their cultured state of the “barbarous” speech, vvhich, of course, is Slovene and Serbo-Croatian, the language of the ‘slaves’ as they find it. crest and the backbone of the Turkish invasion, vvhicli saved and defended for generations the splendor ol the Italian renaissance from the impending devast: tion by thfe Turks? Who can demand the racial sui- cide from the peoples, vvhich unlike other invaders ol the Roman and Byzantine empires, vvhich vvere w: out by storms of history, maintain themselves up to this time both in the heart of Byzantium and on tlie threshold of Italy. The Slavs of the South took always a supreme delight in their language and poetry, vvith crystal purity preserved to this day the language of their forefathers from before the davvn of historj- I am not using these historical references in any chau vinistic or belligerent mood, but merely to feel out e pulse of the people, the heart of vvhich Mussolini wan to crush. “It is evident that the Italian fascism is bent 0I | jc course of extermination of over half a mililo 11 a u people, living in a country, vvhich vvas theirs f® 1 last 13 centuries. Of ali the reasons in the vvorl n vvas the last one vvhy this territo»y was attache nationalist na Italy by the treaty of Versailles. The treds and the jingoism from vvhich the its precarious existence, demand that the Slavs O:\mwooib Mihelčič Krajc Stepic ■ Stenic •Totals c ®RADES Itek 1 Alich Smole '• hflolt ■ Alich Totals ^okols Sick ferincek 'cina 1 J ereb J ereb Totals '• 9. d. . Out®, >ian laiis Eastern Adriatic submit into a fascist slaver ^ a i?oi‘ t ? av ec “Novv, vvhoever of you vvould be prone to dismiss this grievance as a trifle or as a linguistic pastime, I vvish to remind him of the. grave social dangers of such cynical trampling of the basis human rights. The vi- ciousness of such abuses lies into a tradition. Villified, abused and humiliated on every step the Slavic people of the Eastern Adriatic vvould in the long run turn into a caste of “untouchables,’ providing that they slavish- ly submit to the fascist tyranny. But vvho can demand this from the Slavs, that sturdy race vvhich vvas for centuries repulsing the onslaughts of the Venetian Em- pire, vvhich as “the vvall of Christianity” broke the their language, reject their national culture. their glorious art and literature, spurn their an lier« 11 past, and turn overnight into fascistically minded F j ians. I am sure that such a course is utterly repUr h nant to ev.ery sound and patriotic Italian^ ana lnrm tH e suffering Italian people are vievving vvith a ^ a ^ or ts bloody and insane adventures of the Mussolini in the Eastern Aririatie ” (Continued Ne x Come to the DANCE given by at SLOVENE NATIONAL 6417 St. Clair ave IlO^ Thursday, Oct. 23rd ’30 ARCADIAN MELODV Musič by piL()T g Admission SOC M? ich n ^5 ‘Meh list LSk a 6t »Saj V s oi . t, , lGlh, 1930 CLEVELAND JOURNAL Page 3. ^ J H %JSf H A %'S 'a Ve S ' eu 11 1 * J 8 V* »on Si CN ih, H 1 ha ^ %e of tll ■ L Sli havj S l '^\\ G s " e than journaTšport mim !■■ ■■■■■*■■■■■■ ■•! jnterlodge League gowling Scores gUNDAY OCTOBER 12th sfA $obte' el jjftaB \vy s °P ,jXANS iinutlT- t, MUa veC ^.jotals 168 161 191 185 180 167 166 127 191 224 213 174 200 188 224 548 501 518 564 628 885 875 999 2659 ai ’y that ^aust / % a on ds wi >l 'Im, its tl« Be for% ;s.v- Lausche i'ei' se .Blind Verbič Udoviclr ^Totais M. C. 151 186 125 182 147 189 190 125 182 162 158 173 125 161 141 498 549 375 525 450 791 848 758 2397 tOSAUTES Petrovič gromar permack gasnic 156 166 148 189 182 162 160 206' 159 193 116 194 168 206 156 434 520 522 554 531 i: _Totals pjONEERS .Shauer p, Makovie S. Boric B. tišch D. Petere ^Totals 841 880 840 2561 164 164 163 137 178 179 171 174 128 161 171 166 187 138 191 514 501 524 403 530 By HEINIE MARTIN; 1 SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAV OCTOBER 19th Alleys 1 and 2 — 1 SPARTANS vs. ARCADIANS AHeys 3 and 4— CLAlRWOODS vs. PIONEERS AIIeys 5 and 6— LOYALITES vs. vvashingtons Alleys 7 and 8— CLEVELAND No. 9 vs. COMRADES Alleys 9 and 10— BOOSTERS vs. S. Y. M. C Alleys 11 and 12— SOKOLS vs. ORELS Alleys 11 and 12 — UTOPIANS vs. BETTSY ROSS SOKOL - OREL match will take P ace on a date to be decided later. AU games begin at 2:30 P. M. TEAM HIGH SINGLE SPARTANS 999 WASHINGTONS ... 938 BOOSTERS 925 COMEJADES. 891 LOYALITES .880 INDIV1DUAL HIGH SINGLE J. MILAVEC . 224 J. ELLIOT . 224 J. KRAMER . 222 C. KOTNIK . 222 J. LAURICII . 214 806 813 853 2472 AKCADIAN L. Sodja F. Kuhel hursday a Kuhel Arcadil ' R ' Cetina Iay. J, Pokol -Totals 163 101 165 117 196 152 166 150 165 184 174 130 181 132 202 439 397 496 404 582 TEAM HIGH THREE SPARTANS . 2659 W ASHIN OTON S . 2658 BOOSTERS . 2585 STATISTICS OF INTERLODGE SERIES 742 817 819 2378 OREL .Hrovat Zakrajšek Žnidaršič tein ■Leskovec Pajk Kolar -Totals 149 111 121 111 139 89 154 150 113 145 149 177 131 171 112 443 111 ,.234 r*433 419 89 283 631 732 659 2012 asion,« ng deW“' i racial *■ jiuad«®'! were •eives pl* an( m tooH a 1 "' 1 -': poettJi sedanP o£l^ ;oP # sten' fot 1 CLAIRVVOODS Mihelčič Krajc Bokar PsiStepic J. ; Stenic -Totals 190 130 136 192 193 171“ 160 139 167 212 169 132 177 159 201 530 422 452 518 606 841 849 838 2528 COMRADES Turk I Alich Smole P. Fifiolt & Alich •-Totals 147 138 173 182 174 158 177 175 189 192 188 180 133 208 160 493 495 486 579 526 COMRADES LOY ALITES 2579 2561 INDIVIDUAL HIGH THREE J.. MILAVEC . 628 J STEPIC . 603 J. KRAMER . 590 J. PEKOL F. FIFOLT 582 579 INTERLODGE LEAGUE STANDINGS SPARTANS . 3 ARCADIANS . 3 CLEVELAND No. 9 . 2 COMtKADES . 2 LOYALITES . 2 WASHINGTONS . 2 SOKOLS . 1 CLAXRWOQDS . 1 PIONEERS . 1 BOOSTERS . 1 ORELS . 0 S. Y. M. C. 0 1000 1000 667 667 667 667 333 333 333 333 000 000 BOWLIN'G CAPTAINS! 819 891 869 2579 SOKOLS Rupnick 'Marinček Bencina fr Jereb fr Jereb "Totals 191 149 182 150 183 166 149 180 152 201 140 164 155 124 171 497 462 517 426 555 855 848 754 2457 isr,tn lAi t e * eir V« K ^4 Ko 9. CLEVELAND J - Cimperman 'fr Klaus Klaus fr' Milavec fr Cimperman "Totals JEAN SIMMS HURLS BLEPP KNITS TO VICTORY Each captain is to be provided with a score book in which a record of each bowler will be kept. It is very important that the naraes and figures are writ- ten legibly in order for the sec- i team trailing in It should not be at ali diffi- cult to pick out the series stars of the recently played cham- pionship games of the Interlodge League. On this sheet we pre- sent a composite box score shovv- ing the batting and fielding averages of each individual vho participated in the crucial games. In sizing up the batting and fielding -averages of both we find that a very peculiar condi- tion exists. For instance the Loyalites show a better fielding average while the S. Y. M. C. outhit the new champions hy over 100 points. Verbic-Tekavec Big Guns The least heralded and yet the biggest threats for the los- ers were Tekavec and Verbič. Cy outshined members of both teams by batting a grand aver¬ age of .600. He rapped out nine hits in fifteen trips to the plate. This included two doubles and a homer, besides. scoring 3 runs. Tekavec another left- hander also played a brilliant game both in the field and at bat. Snag wound up the series vvith a grand 462 average. He led both teams in two baggers garnering five. F. Yerse was also a heavy sticker with .455. The figures shovv that the S. Y. M C.’s were not as effective COMPLETE SUMMARY OF INTER¬ LODGE CHAMP GAMES S. Y. M. C. Batting Fielding LO VALITE S Name GAB R II 2B.3B.HR Batting Pet. PO A E Fielding Pet. LOY ALITES 0 0 .3 1 7 0 0 23 S. Y. M. C. _£j o 0 ! 0 I 2 22 . ? Bases on balls: F. Yei’še 11, Jdfraj 7, J. Grzybowski 3. Štručk out: F. Yerse 23, Jeraj; 22,. J.. Grzybo\Vski 4. vvith the bat with men on bases j $ Left on.bases: Loyaiites le, s. y. m. g, 30. .. X Double plays: Lausche to Kovačič to Zupančič, J. Grzybowski to Pekol, ‘s* Kovačič to Zupančič. «1» Passed balls: H. Grzybowski 2, E. Yerse 1. X Wild pitches: Jeraj 4, F. Yerse 10. Sacrifice flies: Kovačič, F. Kuhel. Times of game: 2:05, 2:19, 1:25. as were the champions. Only 16 men vvere left stranded for the Loyalites to 30; for the losers. H. Grzybowski led the Loyal- ite team with .455. He also led both teams in the matter of runs, tallying seven times. His playing had considerable to do in the vietory for the S. N P. J. outfit. Hovvever, three of his mates must come in for their share of the glory. Louie Sod¬ ja accepted thirty four chances vvithout a slip and batted an even .400. Murphy was another dangerous hitter with a .400 average. J. Kuhel finishecl up with .364. i V. INTERLODGE DANCE OCTOBER 23 The dance which is to be held by hte Interlodge League on October 23rd promises to be the largest of the season. With 14 clubs vvorking behind teh move- ment there is no reason why it should not be the grandest and most successful dance ever held in the Slovenian National Home. The various team managers are vvorking hard to distribute the tickets. Ali indications point With the Blepp-Coombs Knit | to a lively evening. The Arca- the seventh dian Melody Pilots who are to JERAJ IN ANOTHER TITLE SERIES Gorniks lisi Opener 3-2 -O—— Ed Yerse 5 s Terrific Smash in 9th Ends Bali Game Iggie Jeraj who pitched for the Loyalites champions of the Interlodge league, is very likely to be on another championship team. Sunday ( he hurled the Moose Lodge to a 7 - 0 victory over C. O. F. Iggie granted three hits. Dejak poled a homer and a single. It was the first game of the series. 114 137 152 136 184 172 171 178 163 176 139 149 175 168 168 425 457 505 467 523 r e tary to credit the respective bovvlers vvith the correct scores. Pleasp vvatch this closely. Be a “ŠPORT” ATTENB THE Interlodge Dance THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23rd At Slovenian National Home iflii A / $ o c / 723 860 799 2382 COlLINVVOOD BOOSTERS Laurich T Elliot fr Laurich ^ Krall P - Obrestar "Totals 827 925 2585 INTERLODGS NOTICE! Members of the Interlodge are- | ec iuested to kindly co-operate, L feporting the number of tickets sold, to Joe Kogoy r Rudy Lisch on the night of Ule dance. GRISSETTIS WIN “B” FLAG The Grissettis, a team composed of players along St. Clair Avenue annexed the Ciass “B” champion¬ ship aftejT vvinning the the first, dropping the se- cond the locals came back in the deciding game of the series to win a 9-7 contest. The Grissettis enjoyed two big inning^ in which they scored eight runs. ihe hitting of Koshar was the feature. He poled tvvo hom- ers and a single Lustig was also a batting luminary with tvvo hits including a tvvo bagger. Ayers batted best tor for the Tinnerman Stoves. Jean Simms vvas rushed in to the pitching box to hold off the opponents, vvhich task she per- formed very capably. Mean- time her team staged a four run rally and held the edge until the end. The final score was 10 - 9. play at the monstrous dance, have earned for themselves an enviable reputation as real mu- sicians and appeal even to the most diseriminate. On this evening the largest gathering of sporting celebreties Eenyes garnered four, and Jean e V er assembled will grace the Simms three hits. Mačk Slogar playing vvith the Icsers crashed out one hit. ALLOWS TWO HITS—LOSES For seven innings Boldin of the Filipovič minor softball team vvas pitching a no hit no run game. But in the eighth he vvas nicked for a single and ther, Mraven socked one of Big Bold- in’s fast ones for a home run, putting the Divis Alleys ahead 2 - 0. The Filipovič’s were un- able to score in their half and thus ended the first game of the championship series. The losers made three hits YAEGER FOOTBALL PLAYER floor of the National Home. This is not an affair strictlv for the members of the Inter¬ lodge. Others are cordially in- vited. At this dancp, too, the Loyalites, vvinners of the Inter¬ lodge indoor championship, will he presented vvith the Blepp- Coombs trophy. Bon’t fail to teli your friends that we, your friends and their friends, are staging the dance at the Slovenian Home on St. Clair Avenue, Thursday, October 23rd, 1930.. About 5,000 people vievved the first game of the Major League championship vvhich featureu our local Gornik Habs and the Favorite Knits. It vvas a close battle throughout as the score indicates. Both clubs display- ed sparkling bali, with the hopes of victory resting upon tft,? moundsmen Brauer and Hoffer. After playing five innings vvithout either team scoring during vvhich time Hoffer and Brauer shovved their effective- ness, the Gornik’s finally came through vvith their first tallies in the sixth. Snag Tekavec opened the frame by singling sharply to left. J. Kickel whif- fed. Brauer vvalked Bill Kubil- us got an infield hit. Habian hreezed. With the bases load- ed and tvvo outs E. Austin coax- ed Hoffer to a pass forcing in the first run. Eddie Kovačič the next batter singled bringing in Brauer. The Habmen carried the tvvo run lead right up until the final inning and then nearly handed the game to the knits. Chanko grounded to Kovačič vvho made ;i niče catch and toss to. E. Yer- se.. But the latter dropped the bali. Roth follovved vvith a pop fly in rightfield and this time Kovačič foozled the bali. Follovv¬ ed a vvild pitch and then Timm singled scoring Gabby Chanko and sending Roth to third and on the throvv in Timm took sec- ond. Ciancola ivhiffed, Dorn- kott singled scoring Roth vvith the tying run and placing a side Park. runner on third. Things looked mighty gloomy for the Habmen, but not very long. Red Apple obliged the St Clair avenue lads by flying out to Ed. Yerse vvho squeezed the pili this time. Boot ’em Boys Do It The tvvo Eddies—Kovačič and Yerse vvho pulled a boot ’em acfc that might have lost the fiest game of the championship came through heroically in the last half. After one out Kovačič singled through second and took second on an infield out. Tvvo outs and Ed. Yerse strolls to the plate, vvhile the manager, coach players-and crovvd beg of him to vindicate himself by get- ting a hit. Perhaps no one vvished any harder than did Yer- se to connect solidly—and hovv he did connect. He sent a sizz- ling liner into the left field crovvd scoring Kovačič vvith the vvinning run. It vvas a great sock and there vvas no need of circling the bases. The tvvo Eddies also provided the fielding features. Bill Ku- bilus kept up his hitting spree by getting a bingle. He has yet to go hitless this year. Brauer and Hoffer each al- lovved nine hits. The former vvhiffed nine the latter six. Dornkott rightfielder pulled dovvn four Gornik drives. The Habmen have only one more game to win in order to annex the Major League title. The second game of the Series is to be played Sunday at Brook ■ Simms Drops Decision to Hunt Frankie Fails in Finislt WI10 ARE ZAK SWEETS? Time and again you hear of a Zak being connected vvith some Matt sporting activity or business. But there are so many Zaks one doesn’t knovv who’s vvho unless he actually meets vvith the per- son. By Rudolph Antončič Babe Hunt, the Oklahoma oil gusher flooded Frankie Simms vvith a collection of assorted left j abs and right chops at the Public Hall Tuesday night and at the end of tvvelve rounds, Brock the Boo! Boo! Specialist reaehed high to raise up the mitt of the six foot four Babe. And a fair decision it vvas. But don’t let anyone teli you beltin’ Frankie didn’t put up a great fight.- In fact the For some time the Zak Svveets , have been holding dovvn second Sloveman huck actually beat the plače in the Smith “B” League. vv'/v vVvv*. SLOVENIAN GIRLS LOSE Stanley Yaeger bali player, daneer, pugilist and vvhat not is nuvv a member of a football team representing the mer- chants from Collinvvood. Mord later. The Slovenian lassies lost to the Woodland Hills girls 23 - 14. V They laced out sixteen hits, vvhich included three each for Čampa and Gasparič, vvhile KIo- peck, Doljack and Skoda each pounded out tvvo bingles. Ko¬ porc handled nine chances neat- lv at second. Novv when one considers that there are tvventy teams in the loop, one realizes the signifi- cance of their position. The bovvlers are Steffes Kra¬ mer, Russ, McDermott, Geran and Kuche. Kramer bovvled a remarkabte series of 715 last vveek Novv this fellovv Zak we start- ed to vvrite about. A good many years ago he managed the Smack A. C. balk team. Hence the name Smack, everybody along Oxford avenue knew “Smack”. Hovvever, fevv know him to be Zakrajšek pro- prietor of the Zak Svveet Shoppe formerly Mlinars on East 39th Street. Zak’s baseball days are over. Hle recalls a fevv of his stars such as Red Rossman the pitch- er and Adolph Krall. He is novv highly interested in his bovvling team &nd his b»isiness. vvestern giant in ten rounds. It vvas in the last tvvo rounds that Frankie lost the fight. Maybe the fact that Simms has never been called on before to go 12 rounds had something to do vvith his vveakening in the last tvvo fcimes. Personally, we are in-