Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 June 1933 — Page 5

.TUNE 21, 1933

FOUR LEAGUES TO OPEN SOFT IIALL TOURNEY Initial Games in Series to Be Staged at City Grounds July 3. Play in the four city soft ball leases will cpen July 3, according to Bob Nipper, playground supervisor, announced today. Anew plan has been instituted this year with boy governors named to represent each team, and to accompany the team on trips to other grounds in the city. The teams have been divided into groups according to the sections of the city in which they are located. Teams in the western group include: Rhodius, Hawthorne, American Settlement, Riley and Lent; southern, Garfield, Orange, Kansas, Finch, Ringgold and Greer; eastern, Brightwood, Willard, Brookside, Christian, Ellenberger and Oak Hill, and northern, Fall Creek, Dearborn, Sixty-first street, and Forty-ninth street. Afternoon Games Set All games will be played at 2 in the afternoon. Each team will play twice weekly. Semi-finals for the city championship will be played Aug. 9, at Rhodius park, and finals will be held Aug. 16 at Willard park. At the end of the season, awards will be made to boys showing the best playing ability, and outstanding sportsmanship. A silver loving cup will be awarded the winning team of the city. Umpires for the game will be Nipper, Sergeants Frank Owen and Tim McMahon of the police accident prevention bureau, instructors at playgrounds and other officials of the recreation department staff. Summer Schedule The schedule for the summer for the southern, western and eastern groups, composed of six teams each, follows: July 3 and 19 Garfield vs. Orange: Kansas vs. Pinch, RincrKold vs. Greer; Rhodius vs. Hawthorne; American .Settlement vs. Military; Riley vs. Lentz; Willard vs Brookside; Brightwood vs. Oak Hill, and Christian vs. Ellenberger. July 5 and 2+-- Kansas vs Garfield; Ringgold vs. Orange. Greer vs. Finch; American Settlement vs. Rhodius; Lentz vs. Hawthorne, Military vs. Riley; Brightwood vs. Willard; Brookside vs. Christian. Ellenberger vs. Oak Hill. July 10 and 26- Finch vs. Garfield; Ringgold vs Kansas; Orange vs. Greer; Rhodius vs. Military; Lentz vs. American Settlement. Hawthorne vs. Rilev; Oak Hill vs Willard Christian vs. Brightwood, and Brookside vs Ellenberger. July 12 and 31-—Garfield vs. Greer; Orange vs Kansas, Ringgold vs. Finch; Riley vs. Rhodius; Hawthorne vs. American Settlement; Military vs. Lentz, Ellenberger vs. Willard. Brightwood vs. Brookaide. and Oak Hill vs. Christian. July 17 and Aug. 2—Ringgold vs. Garfield, Finch vs Orange: Oreer vs. Kansas; Rhodius vs Lentz; Military vs. Hawthorne; American Settlement vs. Riley; Christian vs. Willard; Brookside vs. Oak Hill, and Ellenberger vs. Brightwood. The schedule for the northern group, composed of four teams, follows : July 3, 12 and 24—Fall Creek vs. Dearborn and Sixty-first vs. Forty-ninth. July 5, 17 and 26—Dearborn vs. Sixtyfirst and Forty-ninth vs. Fall Creek. July 10, 19 and 31—Fall Creek vs Sixtyfirst, and Forty-ninth vs. Dearborn. DRILLS TO BE GIVEN BY 200 CHILDREN Features Will Be Included on Grotto Program. More than 200 children, under the direction of Mrs. Norma Koster, supervisor of handicraft and pageantry in city playgrounds, will take part in the Sahara Grotto celebration at Butler bowl, July 4. The children will present several drills, the feature of which will be a military formation in red, white and blue, with the children formed into a living American flag. They also will present the ‘Parade of Nations.” “Goddess of Liberty,” and “Uncle Sam.” Rehearsals will be held Thursday at 2 at Brookside park community house and at 3 Friday at the open air theater at Garfield park. All children in the neighborhoods are invited to take part. Each child taking part will be admitted free to the “Battle of the Argonne,” the Grotto presentation. One adult member of his family also will be admitted without charge. ANNUAL PARKE COUNTY REUNION IS SLATED Solon J. Carter Will Be Speaker at Picnic in Garfield Park. Annual picnic and reunion of Parke county residents will be held Sunday at Garfield park. All to attend have been asked to bring basket dinners. A quartet from Washington high school will provide music. An address will be given by Solon J. Carter, attorney. Officers of the Parke county picnic group who are making arrangements for this year’s get-together are Tom Nelson, president; H. S. Kendall, vice-president; Mayme Jacobs, secretary, and Martha Jones, treasurer. OFFICIALS TO SELECT HONOR PLAYGROUND Social Will Be Given for Children at Winning Park. Weekly visits to the city playgrounds and parks will be made by members of the city recreation department this summer, to determine the cleanest and best managed, according to an announcement today by Clifford Courtney, supervisor. Records also will be kept of accidents at each place and at the end of the season an ice cream social will be held for children involved in the fewest accidents, and who have kept grounds cleanest and bestmanaged. BANKRUPTCY SUIT FILED E. 1,. Vantls Lists Debts at $13,013, Assets 5602, in Federal Court. Petition for voluntary bankruptcy was filed in federal court Tuesday by Elijah L. Yantis, proprietor of the Yantis Tostee Shop. 2301 North Meridian street. Debts of the petitioner are listed at $12,013, including SIO,OBO for which he is sued on lease of th* Tostee Shoppe building. His assets total $602, the petition states.

Life Guards Given Assignments to City Park Pools and White River Beaches

Recreation Division Aids to Wear New Style Swim Suits. Life guards for the five municipal swimming pools and two Indianapolis beaches, received instructions and assignments last Wednesday at the barfield swimming pool. Robert Goodwin, supervisor of pools and beaches, gave the instructions, and H. W. Middlesworth, city recreation director, assigned the guards. Don Bauermeister, chief guard of the Garfield pool, exhibited the new style suit to be worn by guards this year. Assignments at, the swimming places are: Ellenberger pool, John Compton, chief guard; Paul Bechtcld, Jack Neely, Dick McGaw and Marjorie Fowler. Garfield Pool Donald Bauermeister, chief guard; Robert Jarvis, Ray Motsinger, Robert Collins and Rosemary O'Connor. Rhodius Pool—Don Pittman, chief guard; Russell Mclntire, Jim Seward and Sam Klezmer. Willard Pool—Courtland Christner, chief guard; George O’Connor and Wayne Cole. Twenty-sixth Street Beach—Alexander Sabo, chief guard; James Motsinger, Dick Davenport, George Kustad and Nathan Goldberg. Warfleigh Beach Lawrence Simons, chief guard; Eddie Hurley and Robert Harry. Douglas Pool Howard Clark, chief guard, and Frank Ransom.

PLAYERS WILL CONTROL LOTS Self-Government Follows Staff Reductions in Local Parks. The city recreation department, under the direction of H. W. Middlesworth, director, and Clifford Courtney, supervisor of playgrounds, is endeavoring to institute selfgovernment at the local playlots. The plan was started after reduction of the staffs. In the new plan, eight boys or girls will be appointed each Monday to serve for that week. Four will work In the morning and the others during the afternoon until the close of the grounds at 8. The four selected for each group will be assigned duties by the matron (f instructor. All ctiildren attending the grounds must obey the instructions of the four children managers. GIRLS WILL PLAY BALL Senior, Junior Teams to Be Formed at City Playgrounds. Baseball for junior and senior girls wll be started Thursday, June 29, at playgrounds, under the direction of Miss Alma Teifert, supervisor of games. The juniors, girls under 14. will play each Tuesday, and the seniors, for girls between 14 and 17, will play each Thursday. The American Settlement team won the junior title and Brightwood team the senior honor last year. Greer street girls were runners-up in the junior group and Rhodius girls were run-ners-up in the senior group.

Contract Bridge

BY W. E. M’KENNEY Sfcretary American Bridxe League SO many contracts are lost simply because the declarer will not take the time to plan the hand out in advance. If you are in a game contract, count up your sure tricks. Then, if you are one or two tricks short, analyze the different possibilities of picking up those tricks. Don't resort to a finesse that may lose, unless there is no safer way to play the hand. Watch your entries —try to conserve entries in both hands.

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South has two and one-half tricks, but the hand has no flexibility, and if partner can not at least make a weak third bid, there is certainly no future in the hand, and it should be passsed. West also will pass. North would open the bidding with one club. This just suits South, and as he has passed a hand almost strong enough to bid originally, he should show

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Upper, (left to right)—Don Pitman, John Compton, Robert Jarvis, Robert Collins, Ray Motsinger and Don Bauermeister. Center, (left to right)—George Kustad, James Motsinger, Russell Mclntire, Dick Davenport, Sam Klezmer and Alexander Sabo. Lower, (left to right)—Jim Seward, Rosemary O’Connor, Marjorie Fowler and Bob Goodwin.

Arliss Is Establishing New Photoplay Records Noted Actor Plays Role of Business Man in 'The Working Man,’ Based on Story by Edgar Franklin. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN THE heaviest acting roles of George Arliss are not the ones wnich have made the most money at the box office. Am informed on good authority that “The Millionaire” in which Arliss was a business man and later an attendant at a garage, is the biggest money maker yet given to the screen by Arliss. The same authority tells me that another business man role in “The Working Man,” based on a story by Edgar Franklin and adapted by Charles Kenyon and Maude T. Howell, is breaking all Arliss box office records all over the country. Ace Berry, manager of the Circle, tells me that he has booked this

new Arliss movie for the Circle, starting Friday for a week. You might suspicion that his great work in < “Alexander Hamilton,” “Disraeli” and even “A Successful Calamity” would be the biggest box office draws. But the fact remains that when Arliss has a human working or business man role, he draws more people to the theater than when he plays famous historical characters. And in my experience, so far I have not seen Arliss give a poor performance and most of the time all of his characterizations may truely be called great. In discussing Arliss’ supporting cast in “The Working Man,” Berry states: “As usual in an Arliss picture there is an unusually strong cast of stage and screen celebrities, hand picked by Arliss himself. Bette Davis, who played the ingenue role with Arliss in “The Man Who Played God,” has the leading feminine role in this picture. “Hardie Albright, who has the juvenile lead, is also an Arliss protege. and played with him in ‘A Successful Calamity.’ Theodore Newton was brought direct from the stage for his first picture role with Arliss. “Gordon Westcott is also a recent acquisition from legitimate drama, although he has played in several important pictures.”

this strength with a bid of two no trump. North will respond with three no trump. 0 0 0 WHILE it is not generally considered good defense to lead away from a king, West can do nothing else, so he starts the attack with his fourth best spade—the four. East plays the jack, and the trick is won by the declarer with the ace. South leads his queen of diamonds, and West properly refuses to cover. Now, let us count the declarer’s hand—having located the king of diamonds, he practically is assured of four diamond tricks, one club, one heart, he has a spade trick, and may make the queen of spades—eight tricks in all. He either must establish a club trick or take the heart finesse. The better plan is to establish the club suit. Declarer must watch his entries, so his proper way is to lead a small club. West plays the ten. and declarer wins the trick with the ace and returns a small club, which West wins with the queen. West cashes his king of spades and then leads a small spade, dummy winning with the queen. A club is ret'irned and West wins with the king. He then cashes his good spade, declarer discarding a heart. West has nothing but hearts and diamonds left, and regardless of what he leads, the declarer will make the rest of the tricks. If he returns a diamond, declarer will discard his losing queen of hearts on the eight of clubs, while if a heart is led it is right into declarer’s ace-queen. (Ooovrieht. IM9. bv NBA Service, tee.)

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Indianapolis theaters today offer: Ted Claire on the stage and “Trick for Trick” on the screen at the Lyric, “Melody Cruise” at the Apollo, “The Nuisance” at the Palace, “Ann Carver's Profession” at the Circle, burlesque at the Colonial, “The Big Cage” at the Mecca, “Christopher Strong” at the Belmont, and “Officer 13” at the Talbott. tt tt n CIRCUS ON VIEW AT FOUNTAIN SQUARE The Fountain Square theater offers a real live stage circus for tonight and Thursday night, presenting Purcell’s Circus once only each evening at 8:45. The circus consists of a variety of animals, including eight dogs, “Venice” billed as the world’s smallest pony, monkeys, clowns, acrobats and jugglers. The screen attraction on the same bill is “Girl Missing,” in which Ben Lyon, Mary Brian and Glenda Farrell are starred.

Playlot Leaders Receive Instructions for Season

Officials Ask Public to Aid Rules Enforcement; Safety Stressed.

Instructors and matrons at city playgrounds and parks have received, their instructions from officials of the city recreation department. The recreation department also has asked aid of the public because of sharp reduction in the department's staff. The rules for the matrons and instructors follow: Open playground promptly at 8 each morning and close promptly at 8 at night. Instructors must not be absent without first notifying the supervisor or department office. Men instructors must assist in locking up equipment. Instructors may be detailed to any other playground at any time, and may be called upon for Sunday duty. Inspect all equipment daily before grounds are opened. Report all unfit equipment to office and do not let children use it. Have boy instructor or custodian rake tanbark in place when it becomes scattered. Allow no dogs, knives or dangerous articles on grounds. No golf balls or hard balls allowed on grounds. Send all childrren home at closing time. Allow r no smoking or swearing on grounds. Standing In swings not allowed. No pushing of large swings. No children older than 6 in baby swings. No crawling up slides; no paper on slides. No throwing of sand in sand boxes. No children more than 16 years old. No baseball playing near equipment. No gambling on grounds.

CROWD MARKS SHATTERED AT LOCALj’OOLS Thousands Swim During Hot Week-End to Post New Record. Attendance at swimming pools and beaches surpassed all previous first week records this year, according to an estimate of the city recreation department. Low temperatures last Thursday and Friday, first two days of operation for the season, kept attendance down, but Saturday's and Sunday’s high temperatures brought bathers out by the hundreds and beaches and pools were filled. Swimming places used by thousands during the few weeks of high temperatures, prior to the opening of the guarded places, now are forsaken. Due to lack of rain many creeks near the city do not carry sufficient water for swimming. Eagle Creek Is Low Big Eagle creek at West Washington street, one of the favorite swimming holes, and where approximately 500 swimmers went in every day prior to opening of the beaches, has dropped until it is almost possible for a person to wade across without getting bathing suits wet. Indianapolis pools and beaches, however, are not going dry, and Indianapolis is thronging to the places where the water is cleaner and cooler than the old swimming holes. The city recreation department has attempted to improve swimming places, one of the greatest improvements being made at the beach at Warfleigh. This site has been improved with more sand and a larger beach. Repair East Side Pool East side residents have been unable to use Ellenberger pool because of a break in the concrete. The pool was to be opened today. Misfortunes also were encountered at the Garfield pool last week, when it was discovered that the water had fallen twelve inches. The repair, however, was made immediately and the pool was open for week-end crowds. The recreation department is organizing a “learn to swim” class at each pool and beach in the city. Instructions will be given each Monday morning at 9:30 under the direction of a guard. The first recreation department swimming meet will be held at the Rhodius pool, July 4, at 3 p. m. Local swimmers are practicing for this event.

Wow, It’s Hot Sun-Baked Metal Slide Halts Boy on His Initial Trip.

OSH, but that’s hot.” VJ A little boy had just started down the slides at one of the city’s playgrounds when he suddenly discovered that the chute was too hot for the full trip. Monday’s broiling sun had been beating down on the metal of the slide and several older children were avoiding the place when he climbed to the top of the chute and, giving a big swing, started down. The chute had lost some of its smoothness and the boy, barefooted and thinly dressed, got about half way down the slide when it became too hot. He climbed from the slide and dropped to the ground several feet below. The boy. when warned by the matron not to jump from the slides again, replied: “I know it was a little dangerous, but it wasn’t nearly as bad as that slide was hot.”

No equipment permitted off grounds unless under supervision. Do not leave grounds when it rains. In case of accident, administer first aid and make report to recreation office. CLAUDEY TO STAY AS PRISON WARDEN'S AID Personnel Changes Almost Completed, Kunkel Announces. H. D. Claudey will remain as assistant warden at the Indiana state prison, it was announced Tuesday by Warden Louis A. Kunkel on a visit to the statehouse. Kunkel is the new Democratic warden who succeeded Walter H. Daly, Republican. “So far as I know now, the personnel changes at the Michigan City prison are nearly completed,” Kunkel declared. “We are making the guards bi-partisan, half the places going to Democrats and half to Republicans.” He has made numerous changes to improve sanitary conditions, especially in the commissary and kitchen. Kunkel reported. He also is studying the matter of issuing cigaret papers for prisoners to “roll their own.” They are now permitted to receive pipes, tobacco and cigars.

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Children Storm Park as Play Season Is Started

Hundreds Flock to Swings and Slides: Pose for Times Camera. Several hundred children from the south side gathered at the Garfield playground last Wednesday, when the play season was opened. The Garfield ground opened a day earlier than other parks and playgrounds in the city, and the children were ready to try out the slides and swings when they were unlocked by Miss Elizabeth Major, 2814 Washington boulevard, matron. Augustina Azzarello, 11, of 668 South East street, just couldn't keep all the fun to herself, so she brought Skippy, a neighborhood pet, along, and the puppy, as well as Augustina, enjoyed the slides. Josephine Brown, 7, of 1106 Prospect street, was another early visitor to the playground. At the time of a visit by The Times photographer she was enjoying a swing. Jimmy Board, 7, of 287 Summer avenue, was getting ready to start Josephine on a high swing at the time the picture was snapped.

CHILDREN WILL MAKE MECHANICAL CATS Toys First Summer Playlot Handicraft Project. Mrs. Norma Koster, supervisor of handicraft and pageantry at local playgrounds, has arranged for children at the various play spots to make walking cats as their first handicraft project this summer. Patterns for the cats have been made by Mrs. Koster and will be distributed among the children who will be able to make the toys from light wood or cardboard. Upon completion, the children will be able to push the toys along and the cat will walk. The tail of the cat also will move. The cats will be used later in games and races.

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Upper—Augustina Azzarello Skippy. Lower Josephine Brown and Jimmy Board. Treasure Hunts Planned at Parks Miss Alma Teifert, supervisor of playgrounds, is planning a treasure hunt to be held soon at the grounds. Information about the hunts will be posted at the grounds.

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SAFETY TO BE COUNCIL TOPIC AT PLAYLOTS Meetings to Be Held Each Week Under Police Supervision. Safety meetings will be held this summer at city playgrounds. Sergeant Frank Owens of the police accident prevention bureau announced today. The meetings will be held weekly at each ground, under the direction of Owen and Sergeant Tim McMahony of the bureau. Instructors also will hear talks by Owen and McMahon, receiving instructions on how to conduct safety meetings. After a few weeks the children will shape their own meetings. With instructors' and matrons’ staffs reduced H. W. Middlesworth, recreation director, said ”we are going to depend on the children to be careful and avoid accidents.” Approximately 50,000 children visited playgrounds in the city last Saturday, it is estimated, and only three minor accidents occurred. Instructors and matrons will hold their weekly meetings in the council chamber Saturday morning at 8:30, and at that time will receive their first accident prevention lesson from Owen.

It’s Your Turn Recreation Department Has Open Season on Queries.

CITY recreation department officials must know the what, where, when and how about their playgrounds, in addition to their many other duties, it was revealed after phone conversation the other morning. • Alma Teifert. supervisor of girls* games and athletics, answered the phone. “There's a woman on the phone who wants to know where the swimming pool is located at Rhodius,” she said, turning around. H. W. Middlesworth, city recreation director; Clifford Courtney, supervisor of playgrounds, and Bob Nipper, supervisor of boys’ games and athletics at the parks, answered unanimously, “It’s at the east end of the park.” Miss Teifert gave the reply to the waiting woman and after a brief pause announced: “She wants to know where Rhodius park is located.” Nipper reached for the phone. “It’s at Belmont avenue and Morris street,” he said. “What’s at Belmont and Morris street?” came the voice at the other end. “Rhodius park,” Nipper answered. “Well, how do I get to Belmont and Morris street?” came the next question. Nipper sighed, gave detailed instructions, then turned in his seat to stare at the ceiling and twiddle his thumbs.