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1935
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VOL. VH, No. 35
SWARTHMORE, PA., AUGUST 30, 1935
$240 PER YEAH
LOCAL CLUB BEATEN
BY MEDIA NETMEN
Sunday's Meet Ends with Swarthmore's Score of 3 But Half
That of Opponents
When the local tennis club met Media
at Swarthmore last Sunday a final score
of 6 for Media against Swarthmore's 3
resulted. Nearly all the matches were hard
fought and close contests.
In the singles Robert Hall, Swarthmore,
defeated Dunn, Media, 6-1, 6-2; Brown,
Media, defeated Will Cresson, Swarthmore,
6-2, 6-8, 7-5; Arnold Media, beat Ralph
Rhoads, Swarthmore, 6-4, 7-5; Worrilow,
Media, beat Bud Spahr, Swarthmore, 6-4,
3-6, 6-4; Edward Passmore Swarthmore,
beat Strine, Media, 7-5, 6-3; Broadbelt,
Media, defeated Wills Brodhead, Swarthmore, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
The returns of the doubles were: Hall
and Cresson, Swarthmore, defeated Dunn
and Brown, Media, 6-2, 6-8, 8-6; Worrilow and Broadbelt, Media, beat Rhoads
and Spahr, Swarthmore, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5;
Strine and Arnold, Media, defeated Taylor
and Brown, Swarthmore, 7-5, 2-6, 9-7.
The next match to be played will be
with the Sun Oil Company at Concord-
ville on Saturday, September 7.
WASPS WIN TITLE
IN JUNIOR LEAGUE
Honors  Go  to  George  Corse's
Team After Hot Contest with
Michael's Sluggers
In a hotly contested game at the Station
Field on Monday evening the Wasps met
the aggressive Michael Sluggers.
The Sluggers, coached by Emma Michael,
have enjoyed a successful campaign and
were fresh from their last victory over
the Eaglejj^Last. Friday the Sluggers took
over the scrappy team iromMicmgatt-Avenue to the tune of 7 to 5.
George Corse had his. Wasp aggregation
on the diamond with all the regular players
present.
The final score of 7-4 doesn't tell the
whole story, as there were thrilling plays
and breath-taking slides throughout the
entire pastiming.
These two rival teams boast of some
future big league greats and those townspeople who saw this game will all testify
it was the outstanding duel of the entire
season.
The league ended with this game, with
the final standing as follows: The Wasps,
Michael Sluggers, the Eagles, the Yellowjackets.
Don Thomas and Alex Ewing made up
the battery for the Sluggers and performed
creditably. The Wasps were able to solve
Thomas' delivery quickly, however, and
pushed over four runs in the first stanza
to take a real lead.
The Wasps worked their regular combination of Jack Corse on the mound with
Elliott Richardson behind the plate. This
battery worked well in the opening frame
and held the opponents scoreless.
In the second inning by smart baseball
the Wasps counted two more tallies and
this lead they didn't lose.
Although Corse had some difficulty with
his control in the second, the Sluggers
failed to dent the rubber and this inning
ended with the count of 6-0.
The third saw the Sluggers threatening
and they counted four markers.
While the Michael Midgets had no
trouble in getting men on bases, the young
Wasp twirler proved effective in the pinches
and was able to slip over a third strike
when it meant the most.
The game during the fourth was nip
and tuck and neither team could score.
With the Sluggers taking last bat and with
one out and two on, the game ended in a
fast double play.
The features of the game included a
clean steal of home by Bill Black.
The line-ups and batting orders follow:
Wasps—J. Beddoe, left field; Richardson, catcher; Storm, second base; Corse,
pitcher; T. Beddoe, center field; Yarnall,
third base; Black, first base; Jerry Corse,
right field; Peckerman, shortstop and
catcher; Price, shortstop.
Sluggers—Hamby, third base; Chew,
right field; Collins, second base; Thomas,
pitcher; Schobinger, shortstop; Ewing,
catcher; Rogeri, centerfield; Spencer, left
field; Davis, first base.
Runs were scored by Jack Beddoe, Elliott Richardson, Bob Storm (2), Jack
Corse, Black and Peckerman for the
Wasps; and Chew, Collins, Thomas and
Davis for the Sluggers.
Laurence Drew and Bob Reed were umpires.
THE BOYS OF THE INDIANS' LACROSSE TEAM
(Courtesy Chester Times)
This dangerous looking group is none other than the Swarthmore Indians, famous for introducing Box
Lacrosse to this vicinity. The players here are: Top row (left to right): Joseph Kahler, Porter Waite,
William D. Taylor, Raymond Fellows, Print Manning, Avery Blake, William H. Brearley, Jr., Percy Belfield (captain), and George Joyce. Bottom row: Walter Hickman, William Hickman, Frederick Matey,
Howard B. Green, Jr., John Belfield and Henry Belfield.
SINGLES CHAMPION-
SHIPSUNpER WAY
Six Victories Turned In to Date;
Four   Seeded   Players
Yet to Play
The Swarthmore Tennis Club singles
championships have commenced with seeded
stars advancing with others. Those turn
Jng^.ia.vktone&.are: Bob Hall, .defending
champion; 'William Cresson,'"seeded fifth;
A. H. Van Alen, seeded number seven, and
Clark Allison, seeded eighth, along with
Wills Brodhead and John Spahr, serious
contenders. Seeded players who have not
played as yet, are: Howard Buckman,
William Allen Brown, 3rd, Preston Buck-
man and Thomas Baird.
Because of vacations first round matches
have been extended to Sunday at 6 P. M.
At that time all incomplete matches will
be given defaults.
In the first women's singles tournament
Betty Tomlinson and Virginia Tomlinson
are seeded number one and two respectively. However, dark horses such as Ruth
Lewis, may upset the favored players.
Tom Baird, tournament chairman, urges
all contestants to see the club bulletin
board for drawings and arrange for match
before the time limit on first round play
expires.
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To Close Men's Tournament
Today
The closing chapter of the men's public
tennis tournament will be finished today
and the victor will be either Robert Bell,
Morgan Smith, Preston Buckman, Tom
Baird or MacDurfie. Bell is playing the
winner of the Baird-MacDuffie match, and
Smith will oppose Buckman in the contest
for finalist positions. Buckman, defending
title holder, seems to have a slight edge
over the other remaining contestants and
probably will retain his crown unless an
upset arises.
The last tourneys of the season will
commence tomorrow and end within a
week, as the Borough option on the College Avenue courts is nearly at expiration.
Entries for the men's, women's, boys: and
girls' contests must be given to the court
officials by 8 o'clock tonight.
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American Store Advances
Coming to Swarthmore years ago the
American Store was instrumental in first
bringing low prices on quality merchandise
to the community.
Courteous service and dependable products have insured the growth of the store
until at present it boasts of a force of
eleven employees and three departments—
grocery,  produce  and  meat—all  in   one
store.
Harold H. Foster, grocery manager, has
been with thc store for nine years. Alton
Smith has managed the produce department for four years. George Mitchell,
who is now in charge of the meat department, has recently been transferred from
the company's store in Wayne. These men
are active in local affairs, and are always
anxious to aid in every possible way any
project in the interest of the community.
Indians Defeat Comets, 7 to 2
The Swarthmore Indians outplayed thc
Philadelphia Comets, 7 to 2, in a home
game Wednesday night, as Bud Hickman
led the attack with two counters. The
guests allowed the locals three pointers
in the first period, making one goal themselves, and failed to equal the score as the
Indians slammed in four more counters in
the second and third rounds.
Next Wednesday at 6.45 the Indians
will   entertain  the   Philadelphia  Lacrosse
Club  in the Swarthmore  arena.
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During the past few weeks in addition
to receiving the usual calls for investigation when prowlers were suspected in
various sections of the borough, and attending other minor disturbances, the local
police have recorded several accidents, none
of which, fortunately, have resulted in any
serious injury or damage.
At 5.30 P. M. on August 22, an automobile driven by Herbert P. Willits, Jr.,
of Harvard Avenue, entering a parking
space at Chester Road and Park Avenue,
struck the rear of the next car, the property of R. E. Anderson, of Media, which
was already parked against the station
platform. The Anderson vehicle was
slightly damaged.
A little after 5 A. M. on August 24,
William J. Draper took the wrong turn
at the end of Elm Avenue, crossed the
embankment arid lodged in a ditch.
Although no one was injured, both Draper
and his wife, a passenger in thc car, had
a narrow escape.
At 2.15 A. M. on August 23, Benjamin
C. Smith, of Linwood, upon being arrested
for drunken driving was held for Grand
Jury by Justice F. T. Cooper, of Media,
and committed to the County Jail in default of $500 bail.
At 12.55 A. M. on the 25th, a car owned
by Napoleon Davis, colored, of Linwood,
struck a pole at Yale and Kenyon Avenues. The cause of the accident and the
identity of the driver of the vehicle were
not learned.
At 3.55 P. M. on the 24th, a truck
driven by John Mitro, of 17 South Chester
Road, collided with a car owned by Ed-
mond W. Jeffries and driven by A. L.
Fullerton. Mitro was attempting to make
a left turn from Park Avenue into the
drive to the rear of the stores when the
accident occurred. Each driver agreed to
repair the damage to the other car.
On Tuesday, August 27, at 630 P. M.,
a car operated by Samuel A. Simmons,
of Chester, collided with another driven
by Mrs. Frank E. Williams, of Amherst
Avenue. The accident occurred at the
corner of Park and Michigan Avenues,
where the view of the drivers was obstructed by high banks and weeds on the
southwest corner of the intersection.
The Simmons car was proceeding east
on Michigan Avenue, while Mrs. Williams was traveling north on Park Avenue.
Mary Williams, a passenger in the latter car, sustained a laceration of the forehead and contusions of both knees. She
was treated at the office of Dr. Franklin
Gillespie. John Garrison, of Berkley, Pa.,
who was riding in the other car, was
treated at the office of Dr. William E.
Kistler for a laceration of the forehead.
Mrs. Williams' car was badly damaged.
No charges were made.
HORNETS IN THREE
VICTORIES, ONE TIE
Local Nine Defeat Media, Chester
Boys' Club, and Riverside;
Tie Bortondale
By Joe Perkins
The Hornets have won three games and
tied another so far in their final series of
the season, which will close on Labor Day
with two frays on the local diamond, one
in the morning and the other in the afternoon.
Media was defeated last Thursday on the
Hornets' lot, 6 to 5, after the invaders,
starting with five runs in the opening
inning, were overtaken and put behind by
a gradual Hornet offensive. Bunny Manning led the attack with three runs as Ted
Smith, on the mound for Swarthmore,
was touched for only four hits. The victory, however, was due largely to Media's
mishandling of the ball.
On Saturday the locals crushed the Chester Boys' Club at Chester, 13 to 4, in
what was apparently merely a session of
batting practice for the Hornets, who got
seventeen hits in the nine-inning encounter.
Bill Abernathy not only pitched a winning game, but also headed the tally-list
with three runs, while Bill Shelley, McWilliams and Wolf each trampled the
pentagon twice.
Monday night found the Hornets in a
deadlock tilt at Bortondale. Art Cheney
made the sole Hornet marker in the initial frame, and the game proceeded scoreless save for that point up to the last
inning, when Ford of the enemy knocked
Ted Smith for a single and subsequently
brought in the tying run. Each team
was limited to two hits. Henry »nd Ren-
shaw singled, and Cheney's point materialized from a pass.
A six run batting effort in the first
inning and consistently fine playing
throughout the game gave the Hornets vie-
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HONORS TO SWARTH-
MORE 'TOT LOT"
Children of Local Project Chosen
for Parts in Playground
Festival Pageant
On Friday, August 23rd, the annual Playground'Festival was held on Friends' Select Playground.   The six playgrounds un-
more, Quaker, Germantown, Friends,
Kater and Ridgway. A very pleasing
pageant, "Hansel and Gretel," was given
with costumes made by teachers, children
or mothers. Many mothers were present
and thoroughly enjoyed the dancing, singing and acting.
The Prologue was clearly spoken by a
girl from the Wynnefield "Tot Lot." From
the Swarthmore "Tot Lot," because of
their excellent work on their own playground, were chosen nineteen members to
dance, sing and fill the characters of Hansel and Gretel. The final scene with all
the children dancing in their various
circles; pink, orchid, green, brown, blue,
red, orange and white, whirled before one's
eyes in a maze of beauty and grace.
The nymphs, sandmen, dew fairies,
angels, witches, foresters, ginger-bread children and playmates made one realize the
importance of recreation in children's lives.
"Hansel" and "Bretel" did honor to the
Swarthmore "Tot Lot." Mrs. Somers, assistant supervisor, and her husband purchased four tickets to the Robin Hood
Dell production of this same fairy tale,
taking Nettie Sudarsky and Sophy Milko
with them. These two children on their
first visit to professional drama, music and
dancing, imbibed to their hearts' content;
and on this particular Friday, aforementioned, presented a most realistic peasant
boy and girl whether under the spell of the
witch or released from such fairy bondage.
The display of handcraft work was most
interesting. The Germantown "Tot Lot,"
comprised of few small children, took first
prize, their star exhibit being the "German-
town Woman's Club" handmade from
boxes, containing four rooms with paper
doll ladies reclining in negligees or receiving
in handsome afternoon costumes.
Second honors went to the Swarthmore
"Tot Lot," comprised of a majority of
small children, whose main exhibit were
well made belts and purses of white string;
sunflower pin cushion? lamp shades and
colored designs, as well as doll dresses from
the patterns designed by Marion Kirk, of
Lafayette Avenue, Swarthmore.
Mrs. L. J. Koch, of Swarthmore Avenue,
Swarthmore, transported the children from
the Swarthmore "Tot Lot" to the pageanj
headquarters and returned them safely
home. The chUdren enjoyed fruit snow
balls and pretzels after the performance,
and their cup of happiness overflowed.
tally came in the fourth inning, pounded
in by a double by Palmer. Bill Shelley,
with three, and Stauffer and McWilliams,
with two runs, led the Hornet scorers,
McWilliams, up to bat four times, batted]
a perfect rating of four hits. A double
play by Manning, ace shortstop of the
locals, was the high spot of the garden
work.
MRS. SARAH SEVILLA
CHAPINPASSESAWAY
Numbered Many Interesting Hi*,
torical Events Among Personal Recollections
Schools to Open September 16
We have been asked by Frank R. Morey,
supervising principal, to announce again
that the Swarthmore schools will open for
the fall term on Monday, September 16.
Mrs. Sarah Sevilla (Russell) Chapin,
mother of Mary Katherine Chapin and of
the late Olive Russell Chapin and Ernest
Russell Chapin, passed away on Friday
afternoon of last week, August 23, at the
home of her daughter, 110 Park Avenue.
Mrs. Chapin was born almost ninety
years ago, December 15, 1845,'in the town
of Oquawka, 111. As a child she attended
with her father the Lincoln-Douglas debate.
The Civil War broke out during her girlhood, and she had many memories of those
tragic days, among them meeting Mrs.
Jefferson Davis on a train while traveling many years later. She was a teacher
in the public schools of Chicago, HI., during the great fire of 1871, and was a
member of the relief organization which
gave out clothes and food to the sufferers.
Some six years after her marriage to John
E. Chapin, a former officer in the Federal
Army of the Civil War, she went with
him and their two young children to Kansas, the trip being made by covered wagon,
for her husband's health. Later they lived
in the South and in Washington, D. C,
where Mr. Chapin met his death in the
Ford's Theater disaster.
A woman of rare personal charm, Mrs.
Chapin kept to the last her capacity for
youthful enthusiasm. Her deep interest in
children was evidenced by her active interest in child welfare, particularly the
movement to abolish child labor.
Those who know of the devotion of her
daughter, Miss Chapin, and of their faithful friend and housekeeper, Miss Mary L.
Roberts, extend sincere sympathy on her
passing. Four-sisters -and a brother, all
in distant Western states, survive Mrs.
Chapin.
A brief service was held at the Chelten
Hills Crematory Monday morning, and a
memorial service will be held later. The
ashes will be laid with her husband's body
in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Va.
JULIET C. KENT.
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