The Daily Republican from Monongahela, Pennsylvania • Page 5

THE DAILY REPUBLICAN PAGE VtVt SDAY. 1. 1930 Occurred In 1929 Events Sport any Important OPERATORS' RENEWAL IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS MASHIES AND NIBLICKS DIGGING GOLD OUT OF CALIFORNIA HILLS; BOBBY JONES LAYS OFF GOLF FOR WINTER AND KEEPS WAISTLINE TRIM WITH 'DOUG' second place in Tech Track and Field Meet at Pittsburgh. All 13 1-2 points are made by James Simms. High school places fourth in W.

P. I. A. L. meet -with Simms scoring all 14 3-5 points.

The Monongahela team came out second best in the Washington County CARDS IN MAIL JAN. 6 brt Fans Had any Attractions Old Year lists passed find since today is the first day in rir'uips 1 lie liost thing; to do would he to list just what hap- in the days which liave just passed hy. all the national sports as the inter-national tennis BY PHILIP MARTIN tTVlD you know that Robert Tyre 1 J-J JnnM. the rising youns bar it liifc STATE FARMS USE WORTHLESS LANDS TO GROW TIMBER ryiust Be Returned To Bureau of Motor Vehicles Prior to March 1. Harrisburg, Jan.

1 The mails Harrisburg, Jan. 1 Land which is not valuable for the plant- meet with Washington taking it with 87 1-2 points. Monongahela scored 67 3-4 points. James Simms was high scorer making 27 points. Fourth is taken in annual Pitt meet held at University of Pittsburgh Stadium.

Simms and Sklar score M. H. 10 points. Simms enters National Inter-scholastic Athletic meet at Chicago and wins 8th place in broad jump event. New Eagle Indians open baseball January will carry 2,050,000 op touriufment, the golf matches, 1 lie world series and other events which occurred outside the city ing of crops or for dairy purposes erators' renewal cards, sent by the at State institutions under the su MARCH Monongahela continued basket- this resume of the season will takr in Monongalrela proper.

It followsA ball endeavors and showed more .1 pervision of the State Department of Welfare is being turnd to profitable timber land by the planting of hundreds of thousands of forest tree seedlings, according to a re- JANUARY Bureau of Motor Vehicles to men and women operating motor vehicles in Pennsylvania. These cars must be returned to the Bureau, at Harrisburg, prior to March 1, the beginning of the license year. Thee fee for a driver's card skill. Canonsburg is defeated '24 while McKeesport Calls tjwice Monongaliela High school iport made public today by Mrs. E.

S. H. McCauley, State Secretary of i 26-19 and 44-21. Monongahela is given breaks in "drawing for Washington County basketball tourney jbut are eliminated by Canonsburg 1 18-16 after defeating Charleroi. I Monongahela later enters Waynesburg tournament, but fall before Braddock 23-18 who later wins ketball team opened the season by defeating the highly touted Don-ora High school 20-19.

They then played the following games: M. H. S. 18, Clairton 26; M. II.

S. 13, Charleroi 15; M. H. S. 22, California 27; M.

H. S. Waynesburg 13; M. II. S.

24, Brownsville 13; M. H. S. 1C, California 17; M. II.

S. 11, Monessen Tlie league standing at the end of the month placed Monessen first and Monongahela third. The Monongahela High school girls did not win a hereafter is $2, not $1, the 1929 legislature having doubled the price. "As haa been pointed out in connection with vehicle registration" said Commissioner Benjamin G. Eynon today, "those persons who have changed their address since receiving a card last Spring will not receive a card unless they season by defeating Charleroi 5 to 0.

Memorial day races at local speedway won Orville Scott of Brownsville driving a Ford roadster. Horse shoe league organizes. JUNE Tennis courts are filled daily by tennis enthusiasts. Plans laid for tennis teams, but are only partially carried out. Clyde Smith is elected coach of athletics at Redstone.

High school. First half of junior baseball league closes with Waners leading Class and Withers ahead in I Welfare. The report submitted by R. Bruce Dunlap, agriculturist of the department, indicates that there are now 305,000 forest tree seedlings growing on the untiilable land of the State institutions. Nearly 150,000 more seedlings have been requested for 19H0 planting at the institutions.

Land which erodes easily and which cannot be used for pasture rister of Atlanta, who occasionally steps upon a golf course to win a National Open, a British Amateur or a IT. S. Amateur championship, has touched his golfing apparatus but once since he was defeated in the first round of the amateur tournament at Pebble Beach, last September? Bobby hasn't retired because of the humiliation he suffered in being eliminated by Johnny Goodman, an unheard-of player from Omaha, Neb. Duties of his law profession keep him busy. He has found the game of more familiarly termed "Doug" because it was popularized by Douglas Fairbanks, an interesting pastime and a conditioning exercise that does the work better than winter golf.

Bobby will stay away from golf courses until next spring, when he proposes to launch a campaign that eventually may carry him to the championship In four major golf events. The Atlantan has announced his intention to go abroad in 1930 to compete In the British Amateur and Open championships, in addition to the Ryder Cup play. He will endeavor to retain his U. S. open title and to regain his laurels as the premier amateur golfer in the country.

New York recently, where he was called on business, Jones told friends of his temporary retirement from golf. "I never cared particularly for the game in the winter, and anyway I'm too busy with my work," he declared. "I prefer to indulge in ''Doug' because it doesn't take much time. It also affords a pleasant way to keep in condition." rpHE rush for gold in the hills and dales of California back in 1849 wag made by horny-handed sons of toil, so the his-tory books inform us. Today we find a horde of men neatly dressed in short pants, gay colored socks and sweaters, engaged In the thrilling and profitable business of "digging the yellow metal from the soil of the golden Instead of picks and shovels of '49, the men today use golf sticks.

The series of California golf tournamentlthat offer a veritable gold mine are the Professional Golfers'. Association championship, the Catalina open, the Pasadena open, the San Diego open, and the Long Beach open. Two of the tourneys, the P. G. A.

and the Catalina events, yielded the gold diggers almost $20,000 in pay dirt. The remainder, which will include an open affair at Agua Caliente, and several meetings in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, will bear in the neighborhood of $100,000 to the prospectors. 1 In spite of what the critics say about Leo DiegeTs unorthodox Style, the Agua Caliente professional proceeded to annex for the second straight year the P. G. A.

crown. It wasn't an easy job, as Leo had to defeat such fellows as Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell on successive days. The experts say Leo tees his ball too high, crouches too low in his putting and plays a mashie all wrong. Still, he took the measure of the professionals who facpd him in the P. G.

A. tournament. Monessen is eliminated from W. P. I.

A. L. eliminations for championship by Homestead 22-17. notify tha Motor Vehicles Bureau of the change. These forms are is chosen for the pantling of the East Pike Run girls win county title in W.

C. I. A. A. tournament I held in local high school gymna-j sium.

They defeated Hickory 21 to 18 in final game. Jimmy France with S2 points, leads high school scorers for second half of basketball schedule. i Class A. mailed third-class, and even though a forwarding address has been left at the postoffice they cannot be forwarded to the new address, under postal regulations. It is important, therefore, that persons who have moved write seedlings, Mrs.

McCauley said. She said this timber land which will undoubtedly prove valuable to the State in the future is receiving as much care as the tillable acres on the farms. In many places on the game and in the Canonsburg game received the worst defeat ever suf- fered on the local high school floor C3-G. I The P. I.

A. A. announced that theage limit for high school ath- lcjji' would be 20 years, begin-1 ning with September 1929. The annual Sunday School ban- quet held in the St. Paul's Parish i I I Ruby Sklar is given guard position on second team of W.

P. I. A. L. while Woods is placed at center Harrisburg for change-of-addrese Mineral Beach team takes fourth place in Pittsburgh Press track and field meet.

Bruce of Trinity and Miller of Washington, score all points for local club. Horse shoe league opens with central pitching courts established at Fourth street. Athletic badge tests are held at Westminster playgrounds. George Gordon of Donora sets new amateur score at Mononga Bobby Jones, above, and Leo Diegel lire pictured here. Horton Smith was the sensation of winter tourneys a year ago but it seems that Diegel may become rich from his western conquests this season.

on third team. Christians take first place in Church basketball league while First Baptists take junior title. Floyd France, leads league in scoring with 57 points. Sunday stops Western Pennsylvania basketball tournament being held at local high school. Doc Gordons and Slaters are prevented from playing final game and a cup is awarded both teams.

St. idims unaesiranie trees are being form 1122 or M-18. This applies replaced with the better types and to persons who have mailed thinning in already overcrowded change cards since October 16, at areas is receiving careful atten- which time preparation of renewal tion- cards was completed. The report shows that the Polk "All renewal forms are released State School leads other State in-; from Harrisburg postoffice at the stitutions with 150,000 tree seed-'same time, not alphabetically, as lings planted. With the seedlings-' Hie public seems to think.

If the which have been requested from operator does not receive his card the Departmnt of Porsts and Wat-'w'thin a week he should ask for ers for spring planting, more than I a duplicate, keeping in mind the half a million seedlings will be change of address proposition, growing in the institutions by next i "There is no sound reason why fall. (operators' renewal cards cannot hela Valley Country Club. He made round in 33, which is four under par, 37. JULY William Gottselig wins tennis championship of Hillcrest in sin gles play. He defeated Morris Moretti, In the doubles play Sam In some cases Mrs.

McCauley 1 oe maUecl to Harrisburg lmmedi- uel Fornaciari and Morris Moretti defeated Harry and Vern Anders ately upon receipt. Two dollars is football coach signs as coach oi Elgin Academy, Elgin, 111. Clinton Baird is crowned horse shoe champion of city in singles class. Baird and James McMahon take doubles crown. In elimination contests held between Waners, winners of first half, and New Eagle, second half winners, New Eagle Indian Juniors win Press-Monongahela loop title.

Anthony Spalla is elected man house proves "flop" and formation of church league is postponed. City bowling league gets under way at Richardson Howling alleys. Sterling club begins season, but meets only fair success during month. FEBRUARY Summary of first half of basketball season shows Donald Woods led high school scorers with 50 points. Catherine Lynch of girls team was high scorer with 10 points.

Second half of basketball season starts with 19-15 set back in the hands of Donora High school. Other games during month were: M. 'VI. S. 21, Charleroi 1G; H.

S. IS, California 13; M. IT. S. 16, Waynesburg 19; M.

If. S. 28, South Brownsville 20; M. II. S.

28, Clairton 16; M. 11. S. 10. Monessen 33.

Monessen won the Section title of the W. P. I. A. L.

with nine victories and one defeat. Mononga-lieljj. finished the season in fourth place with four victories and six defeats. said that unprofitable land at the Jeromes of Charleroi, win junior class title. Glasser opens bowling alleys.

Junior baseball league is formed. Called Press-Monongahela League. Company A postpones fight at State Armory when slim crdwd appears to witness 'bouts. APRIL for the title. The final games were played on July 4th.

Fourth of July was a big day at the Monongahela Valley Country club with over 150 golfers on the State institutions which would ordinarily be waste land is now yielding profit to the institutions and the State by producing enough lumber to satisfy present' needs as they arise. ager of Monongahela High school football team. M. H. S.

opens sea The low sweep of the new Ford body changes is welt Illustrated from new radiator and hood to flaring rear fender in this picture of the Ford coupe. Sterlings are eliminated in Washington tournament in. first round by Washington Eagles 25 to 21. Monessen Rangers defeat them in first round of Tri-State tournament 36-22. First track call is issued at High school with 51 candidates answering summons.

Vincent Cor- son with 14-6 defeat in the of Duquesne. Marion Jones, Cy Carpenter and Catherine Wilson are elected cheer leaders at local high. Every day or so we hear of another important bank merger but for some reason or other this dqes not seem to make money any easier to get. green. J.

E. Burke was low medalist with a 79. Carl Gibson won the blind bogey contest. Christopher Paterlini ties for lead in Junior golf tournament, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Thirteen are awarded ithletic badges at Westminster plajground.

Annual Monongahela 7 Valley Country Golf tournament to determine championship of ishington Monongahela Valley Bowling lea a trifling sum, compared with the amount of money spent annually by the average owner and driver. The dilatory tactics of owners and operators result in a flood at the close of theperiod which works hardships on the clerical force, which is entitled to more consideration. Early mailing is an evidence of a desire on the part of the driver to play fair with the men and women working in the Motor Vehicles Bureau." WASH-JEFF QUINTET WINS OVER BUTLER The Washington and Jefferson basketball team opened the season by snatching a close game from the Paulist Club of Butler. The score was 27-25. W.

J. held a substantial lead until the third quarter when they dropped behind, but a last quarter rally put them ahead. Pitt Meets Southern Californians Today gue opens at Richardson's alleys. iPTTiiiyc! ippointed so is elected track manager. Leonard C.

Tlealy George and Jack Keillor of local I iic i diiuici luuLuau leum ui cue country club win and lose in exhibition matches played at local club and Uniontown. The French war debt question has been settled but it will take at least sixty-two years to settle the debt itself. TO $300.11 OCTOBER Washington High school fooiball team hands local schoo1 vorst defeat in history of school, 65-0. University of Pittsburgh will face the Southern California eleven this afternoon in the annual tournament of roses game. Pitt, with its perfect record, faces the Trojans, who have lost to California and Notre Dame.

A survey taken on paper shows Pitt to have a slight advautage and may win, but anything can happen. Monongahela High school loses Valley Triangular track jueet for the first time since its Clairton wins with 48 1-4 points, with M. H. S. second with 40 1-2.

Junior baseball league opens on April 15. Teams entered: Senior: Buzzards, Withers and Sunnyside, Juniors: Waners, Bartons, New Eagle Indians Juniors, Fifth East End Cubs, Courtney Tigers and Walls All Stars. Golfers at Monongahela Valley Country Club use greens for first and Greene county announced for August 6, 7 and 8. Courtney places fairly fast baseball team upon field. A number of local boys are given places on C.

M. T. C. teams. Monongahela tennis team wins and losses inter-city tennis matches with Charleroi.

The locals won the first 6-2 and lost the other 4-2. A city tennis tournament to determine the' championship of the Homestead wins 13-0, McKeesport i commissioner in Allegheny Mountain Athletic Association of the Amateur Athletic Vnion. A. M. A.

sanction is given for Western Pennsylvania amateur basketball tournament to be held in Monongahela High school gymnasium on March 22-23. Eight teams enroll in Sunday School basketball league which opens season on February 7. Sterlings basketball club eliminated iu second round of A. A. U.

tournament. In first game they defeated New Kensington 40-29 but lost to Washington Moose 31 to 25. A painting less than two feet wide by Fra Dippe Lippi was sold the other day in Paris for nearly $87,000. Which proves, girls, that it does pay to paint, if you can put it over. conies out ahead 14-0 while Clairton is lucky to get 7-0 victory.

Monongahela City Bowling Lea THE UNITED OFFERS: A Financial Service That meets the needs of every Family, A repayment Plan to Suit Your Income Plus a Quick, Confidential, Banklike Service. CALL, WRITE OR PHONE Charleroi 1146 gue Is formed at Glasser alleys. Gallatin and Sunnyside soccer city gets under way at close of month. time on April 2. MAY Monongahela High school takes iMONESSEN'S WIN I STREAK SHATTERED teams swing into action.

Palmer A. C. of Donora plays at local speedway park. McCurdy and Woodward play for McKeesport Olympics football outfit. NOVEMBER Tli eatre nton VtifttBfUmrffik 3 Monongahela gets only football Norwin High school handed the Monessen High school basketball team its first defeat of the season when it nosed them out 23-22 in a fast struggle last night.

It was the fifth straight victory for Norwin and was Monessen's first defeat in six starts. (SOT FIIIEED Wednesday-Thursday 417 Fallowfield Avenue Charleroi, Pa. AUGUST Tommy Waggoner of the Nema-colin Country club wins championship of Monongahela Valley Country Club in three day tournament. He defeated Ed McLeod of Washington 3-2 in the final match. Waggoner was also the low medalist of the tourney, making a 73, which broke the old record of 78.

Samuel Fornaciari defeated Morris Moretti to win the junior tennis singles championship of the city while Philip Scott defeated Donald Yohe to take the senior honors. In the doubles play Kent and Phil Scott were awarded thei Licensed By and Bonded to the State. He's Got a New Girl Friend Now! win of season in this month. The record: Monongahela 0, Monessen 18; Monongahela 0, Charleroi, 13; Monongahela 7, California Monongahela 0, Canonsburg 14; Monongahela 0, Donora 7. Donora, with three wins and no defeats takes championship of valley.

M. H. S. second team is defeated 20-0 by Rostraver Junior High eleven. Elite Bowling alleys are opened in cellar of Club Billiard par- They call places where bootleg hooch is sold "speakeasies," but it's hard to do it after visiting one of 'em.

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Christopher Paterlini in annual caddy tournament held at local country club, takes crown by de feating A. Galek 1 up. He was also medalist with an 83. Joe Ingram places third in 100 yard swim held in connection with Pennsylvania Railroad. Ford Davis of Downtown Y.

M. C. of Pittsburgh, won the junior A. M. A.

10 foot board diving championship in meet held at Mineral Beach. Cold weather caused postponement of ladies event. Forty-one report at Monongahela High school football training camp. New Eagle Indian Juniors win second half title in Press-Monongahela baseball league. Monongahela Valley Soccer club is formed with James Stark elected president.

Monongahela Valley Country Club begins annual club tournament. T. H. Robinson of Donora, with a 76, leads qualifiers. SEPTEMBER John Biddle wins sectional horse shoe tournament by defeating John McMahon in final pairing.

S. M. Downer wins flag contest at Country Club on Labor Day. Fred Bianchi of this city wins 50 mile race held at local speedway on Labor Day. J.

Green, driving a Jordan, wins 25 mile stock car race. Reed Clark, former assistant gheny County basketball league. Sterling basketball club organizes with Norm McVicker as coach. DECEMBER High school announced 1930 grid card with only one change. Washington High school is dropped and Trinity is substituted.

Fifty out for basketball at high school, but squad is cut down to 12 within few days. Season is opened with 17-13 defeat in hands of McKeesport. Independent basketball teams are formed by Engineers, Phi Alpha Sigma, Aces and Larro Clubs. Clairton on point system, is given W. P.

I. A. L. football title. Jan-off is given guard berth on third team in W.

P. I. A. L. selections.

Statistics on the past football season shows Giannangelo to be leading gr'nd gainer. He gained an averageui yards when he carried the ball. Only 4,536 people witnessed home football games which was almost 3,000 less than witnessed them the year previous. Redstone Township team, coached by Clyde Smith is awarded championship of Fayette county. Annual football banquet given by club is held in high school cafeteria.

"Jap" Douds, of W. J. is the principal speaker. Girls Bowling teams are formed at Brunswick Alleys, Second street. Gallatin soccer team plays brilliant soccer.

Game with Heidelberg Eagles, the semi-finals in West Penn cup play is postponed for later in January. mrniellW Eddie "Young America's Boy-Friend" as you like him! The charming lover of "Close Harmony" and "Illusion." With a new girl-friend, Jean Arthur. And Paul Lukas. In a rousing action-romance. Directed by George Abbott.

ALL TALKING COMEDY SONG REEL MICKEY MOUSE Show will run continuously New Year's Day 1:30 to 11:30 p. The Management of the Anton Theatre wishes all our patrons a Happy New Year COMING MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY JAN. 6, 7, 8 "THE VIRGINIAN" IT'S A PLEASURE Meet Little Johnny Jones, the Personality He sings like he rides and he rides like he loves and Oh, Hoy, HOW he can love! He's the biggest package of pep that has come this way in years. ALL TALKING COMEDY M. C.

M. NEWS REEL The Management of thelientley Theatre wishes all our patrons a Happy New Year Show will run continuously New Year's Day 1:30 to 11:30 to. m. I.