have a nîce crop of passers, but wnat is equally imiportant-somebodv who cati catch thein. Coach Dick Hanley was obviously pleased with -the way bis, ends snag7 ged passes in, practice sessions this week. TIhere, is no concealing the fact that thé Wildcats regaird these ends. both, veterans, and sophomores, verv higbly. A bail tossed. anywhere ir their. immediate vicinity is ."in -tbe buc ket" as, the saying, goes.: . Heading the- end squad is -Ed "Rggs" Manske, a senior, who has beid down a regular position for: thé past two years.- Manske is 6 feel 1 inch tait and bas demonstrated ini the p ast thatbhe is adept at puiling dowvn passes. He was on'the receiv- ing- end of Pug Rentner's pass in the Purdue. game last year that advanced, tbe bail into scoring distance, en- abling the Wildcats to push over a touchdown and tie the Score in the fi-, nal minutes ofthe gaine. He is slatedý to get bis old job at left end. Competitioùi foi Manske The caliTer of the otiier candidates for the left end position is such that Manske must turti in a top notch performance to retain his job. Art Jens and Vincent Thonia, tivo third year players, warrant serious con- sideration while Verner Anderson and Lawrence Lawver, two soPho- mores, threaten to break into the limelighit. Ail four-of these cbaps are over 6 feet tali and capable pass re- cei vers. If the left end candidates are im- pressive the boys on the other side of the line are equally so. Howard "Nifty" Kostbade, another senior, wiII get .a chance to perforin as a regular. Kostbade, the, best dresser on the team, lbence bis nickname of 'Nifty." bas been a reserve for two seasons but is desirous of proving that be can bold down a regular job. Sopha Show Promis. He will encounter just the proper amounmt of competition to keep bim Mr. and'Mrs. Harry C. Kinne andi daughter, Ruth, 1324 Elmwood avenue, returned Sun-day- througiu the Ad- complete the rignt end candidates.- -While the end positions appear toi be in capable bauds, the other Une positions present several problenis. The three outstanding center candi- dates are ail sophomores, and hence in' need of'- experience., Chuck. Hajek, Who formetly. staàrred at Morton biigh, Cicero, seems to be the best -of mne trio. H-e weighs 191 pounds-. Cbuck iyink of Milwaukee and AI Lind ot w ilmette, are -the other' candidates. Bill*Rîley, 215 Pound senior, is the only experienced. tackie available. J ohn Heuss, a reserve f rom last year, i5 expected to step itito one tackle job wnuie Joe Chamubers, 2zu Pounu .ophomoi e, and irwin--Kopecky,- Yge poulie hrst year mati, wuui pusn the uluîer piayers.- Mr. 'and Mrs. John Swope McKee of ;eà xiiarwicuc roacI, KeiAwortn, art ~iwoe fromn a ca4ge thp un ttue Èorai àaKes beiween tLanaca and itîniesuta, dvut seventy-five ues north -oft k4y,, Mir s. Anîdersoun E. Ray anîd her smaii daugtiter, betty jean, of Little KocK,- Ancç., were guests tfor the past twu) weecs .ot M-r. and Mrs. John Morait, 9.U4 '.reeneat avenue., 'I.ney luit .tor cieir ýhome, hast Saturday. Tomn Cox, son of Mr. -atid Mrs. J. D. Cox, laoo maple avenue, willi- strt bis senior year studies, in the lectricalt kn- gineening schooi at iNortiiwestern uni- versity next Monday. -0 Mr' and Mrs,. Edward L. Ives, Jane, I£dward, and Frank, 9WU Chestnut ave- nué, returned Monday of last week fron a week's fishing trip to Rock iKapîcs iodge near, hayward, Wis. 0o Fred R., Fariner. and daughter, Mar- tha, 915 £lmWood avenue, returtied Eriday froni a weekWs - motor trip to New- York, ieturning by way'of ýCan- ada. Ruth, dauighter of Mrs. Homner John- Priends of the Chicago Symphony orchestra widll wuelcome back Dr, Prederick A. Stock, whtom; they have sen as director of the syn- phony for so manY 3years. Thte cois- certscasont will open a week ear- lier ýthis year becauise o! A Century, of Pro ges. Mfr. and MNrs. -Harry Shepards-on ()f Minneapolis are guests of Mrs-. Edward F. Hamm and chidren of' 123 Meirose avenue, Kenuilworth. Marshall Kennedy of Buffalo, who attends the University of Michigan. is also a guest of Mrs. Hammn, who is bis aura. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. DeTamble. 1232 Greenwood avenue, wili etitertain their bridge club at dinner Saturday. Their daugbter, Louise, was bostess to ber bridge club at supper Tues- day. -o- Mrs. 1.- K. Stover and ber daughter, Elizabetb, are now at the Keniiiwortli inn whiie their home in Wilmette is being remodeled. Mrs. Stover spent the last year in Switzerland.- Miss.,.Jane Engel, I;daughiter.of the Rudolph P. Engels, 210 Dupee place, ieft iast -week for the. University of Illinois ivbere she bas begun bler freshnian studies. .5peed cup as the fastest andi Most etticient etectric initerùrban railroad in America. The award was made at the -52nd annual convention of the -Amen-- cati Transit association in session at t4e Stevens hotel in - Chicago. In taking premier honors among the eleven competing companies, the North Shore line estab)lished an elapsed speed record 'of. 51.27 miles per hour, in- ciuding fourteen regular schedule stops, for the 880 ilsbteen downtown Milwaukee and the Chicago l4oop. This is the record upon which the award was based. 'The North Shore Line as led al contestants in running trne, flot in- cluding stops, with a speed of 70.42ý miles per hour between thé' hearts of Chicago -and Milwaukee. The- winning speed of the Nortlh Shore -Line this year represents a marked. increase ùover the record of, 41.8, miles per hour, which won the- speed -cup for, this roaci -the first titrâ in- 1927. It - is an increase of 27 per,- cent over the winning speed of 40.3 miles- per hour ini 1925, the first year of the contest.- -On-time perfo.rmaice ..vas taken inîtU consideration -alôrig With -,OÉeraiig. speed, ini determining the .contest win- ner. During the, six-month penîod -of this year's contest, froni Febriuary 15 to August 15, the North Shore Uine h-ad an average on-time record of 97.68 percent in operating .36,W~2 trains. RETURNS FROM ENGLAND Nis Frances \VhIitniali, daugher 7) thie Roland D). \hitma.ns, of XVin- letka, irturtned hioie la~t Tles(lav ironi - .irolpv, sailing from h.tîglailà ,in tltc.E.mpress o.f Britain.: Miss, \Vl11ina uatîl i eei î'iiting -lier auiit. - -NIr . ' WXilIi;iffi Steel of Essex, È ftý m ie roin Lonidon. and -'continuing lier, v6tai lessons. -Mrs. . Varner INorth - avenlue, taitied at lunicli of bridge -X\ed C. Lewis, 261- Keni- 'Kentilworthi, enter- eon and(îtbree tables' nesday in honor of alleck of Van- Nuys, ting in Wilmette.- had been at thie resoit-since July I. weeks' vacation at Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Ermeling, Mn. and Mrs.1 1305 Greenwood avenue, spent thie moved last Tues -week-end at Depere, near Green Bay, moor road, Kenil WW .street, Evanston. re, flas.: to begin 'orth, to' junior- ~.UlIubs UtjloJear s>Cd i UeV. 0o-- o on Gordon Cutien, 207 Woodstock ave- James -Weckler,- 538. -Exînoor road, ,x- nue, and Elbert Mous, of Kenilworth, Kenilworth, is a freshman this year at se will motor to Princeton next Wednes- Nortbwestern university. He is a Phi day.- Kappa Psi pledge.