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Evening star., 1938-08-18
ARMSTRONG EDGE
DECLARED CLEAR
Louis Handlers Raise Hob
,Over Negro's Tactics.
Demand Return Go.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-Shooting the
crest of an amazing 1O-month CAM
paign that has seen him dethrone three
titleholders and run his string Of con-
secutive victories to 80, Henry Arm
strong, relentless little Negro, today
Is the unprecedented champion Of
three fistic ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
lightweight and welterweight.
The man who fights like machine
added the lightweight crown to his COLI
lection last night in rip-tearing 15-
round battle with Lou Ambers that had
crowd of 1920 practically uproot-
ing the chairs in Madison Square Gar
den.
At the conclusion, when Armstrong;
sodden glove was lifted, the audience
raised a ruckus for 10 minutes and
scores of straw hats sailed through
the ring some Of them dispatched. no
doubt. in a wild hope that they would
clip Referee Billy Kavanagh. whose
| vote of rounds to in Armstrong;
favor decided the issue after the two
| judges had split.
The demonstration, though, reflected
admiration for the desperate fight
made by Ambers in defense of his title
rather than any firm conviction that
he had won. Except for three rounds
awarded him by the referee because Of
Armstrong; low punching. the Asso-
ciated Press scorer could give Ambers
only one chapter.
Armstrong Plainly Better Man.
Armstrong simply cranked up and
| proved himself the better man. pos
sibly the best man of his weight in
boxing history, though that, naturally,
will be disputed. He knocked Anbers
down twice with long rights for the
count of one and eight, and with an
other knock on the button slammed
the game defender clear across the
ring.
Several times in the early rounds
Ambers looked as if he was ready to
fold. AS early as the third stanza
right winged him. and those who had
backed the Herkmer, N Y. Italian.
at odds of 1-to-3, thought he was
goner right there. But he managed
to stave off the rushing. pounding
Negro through the middle rounds, and
toward the last he put on truly elec-
] trifying rally than won the crowd,
which paid gross receipts of s102 ,28094
with met" of S86,84142.
In the 18th he actually punched
Armstrong all over the ring. Twice
Lou connected with a series Of lefts
and rights that stopped Armstrong in
his tracks, almost made him buckle
The Negro was bleeding badly from the
mouth. as he had all through the fight,
his left eye was swollen. and generally
he didn't look to be the Armstrong
that New York fans had come to
know.
But Ambers didn't have the stuff to
follow it up. He. too, was arm-weary
and battered. and Armstrong came
back to take the last two rounds and
set up the victory. At the finish the
triple champ was doing just as he had
! (see ARMSTRONG, Page C-2)
Evening star., 1938-08-18
CRITIC RELUCTANT
TO |DO[|zE HENRY
Failure to Finish Ambers
Leaves Doubt of Place
Among ImmortaIs.
BY JOHN LARDNER,


NEW YORK. Aug. 18.-Henry Arm
strong won a heartily -booed but just
decision over Lou Ambers in Is rounds
of hitting and missing and wildcat
scratching, and thus became the light
weight champion of the world-and
the most champion there ever has been
on this or any other planet.
Henry is the most champion purely
in the matter Of quantity. He holds
three titles, the featherweight, light
weight and welterweight. But he had
a fight on his hands last night, and,
when he failed to stop his frail, SCARED
opponent after flooring him twice, for
counts of three and eight seconds, the
busy little Negro left grave doubts of
his right to stand with Cans, Walcott
and Dixon in the matter of quality.
Henry's Stamina Tells.
Henry had all the vitamins in the
world on his side. Ambers bounced
a million uppercuts of his iron facade,
but the celebrated health of the Arm
strong's told the story, and Henry kept
coming on. In the end, his advantage
in strength and armor- plated resist
ance told the tale of the fight.
The vote was close-2 to /. Marty
Monroe, a judge, voted for Ambers.
Billy Kavanagh, the referee, and
George Lecron, the other judge, voted
for Armstrong. Ambers, however, got
most of his support as matter of
courtesy. He was awarded three rounds
free Of cost on fouls, when the busy
Armstrong hit him low.
Likened to Fly and Mule.
All in all it boiled down to the an
cient truth about the fly and the mule.
The fly will cause plenty of trouble as
long as he is in there working. but the
mule can take all the fly can give, and
work longer. Besides, the mule, mean
ing Comrade Armstrong, is a much
tougher character.
While Ambers drew the blood, Ann
strong did the damage. The winner
deserved to win. In winning, he ex-
posed his lack Of science and his need
of an anesthetic punch-the kind Of
punch that Joe Louis easily could
spare, because he has a million Of
them. But Henry is busy and healthy,
and he now holds three-eighths Of all
the championships there are. He's the
best of his own size.
,Ccpyright 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Packed Garden Certain if Title Bout Is Restaqed


Bierman providing the sound
effects.
Wilson (BulD Elkins, former
backfield mate of Ernie Koy of the
Dodgers at University Of Texas, has
just been elected president of San
Angelo (Tex) College. :. and
while all this was going on, Koy
hit homer of Harry Gum
bert. So three cheers for the
wild, wooly Texans.
Dick Cullum. Minneapolis Jour-
nal sports editor, is hammering
away at his pet project to have
the Gophers 60 in for bigtime row.
ing. Under Rex Enright, South
Carolina is looking for its great
est football team in 20 years this
season, what with an undefeat-
ed. unscored-on bunch of yearlings
coming up and plenty Of experi-
enced men left.
Evening star., 1938-08-18

in the IL pounds melted from Cecil
Travis 1.-the frame in Tuesdays dis
astrous double-head
Ferrell, who still is drawing salary
from Griffith, having been released
less than week ago and entitled to
10 days pay through being fired un-
conditionally, appeared eager to test
were straining at the leash to reveal
their batting power following Tues
days pathetic performances.
Manager Joe Mccarthy also was
anxious to obtain a line, on his new
chattel, for with a flock. Of double
headers staring the Yankees in the
face he may need capable tossers.
Yves hardly figures to harm his own
cause with several creditable games,
since the usually charitable Yankees
may cut him in for a full slice of
world series melon if he proves valu-
able and, Of course, If they win the
pennant.
Eddie johnson Takes Workout.
With Leonard and Kelley slated to
labor for the Mats, there was little
possibility of Jake Powell, target of
several bottle-tossing episodes Tues
day, crashing New York's lineup.
Mccarthy, however, says he will play
Jake as often as he needs his services.
Eddie (Choo- -Choo) johnson, son OF
the immortal Big Train, worked out
with the Mats yesterday before a sud-
den shower washed out the game,
but there was no significance attached
to his maneuvers 1t merely was for
exercise, for Eddie still is student
at the University of Maryland.
Daddy Walter visited the Mats
dressing room, as did Joe Judge, for
mer Washington first sackef.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
By GRANTLAND RICE,
sperial Correspondent Of The Eta,


NEW YORK, Aug. 1s.-There no
longer is any parking space left on
Henry Armstrong; head. Hammering
Henry added the lightweight crown to
his feather and welterweight titles,
which leaves him wearing the triple
coronet Of the ring.
But, in beating Lou Ambers for the
lightweight title at Madison Square
Garden before 18, 200 bowling specta-
tors, Armstrong took the worst beating
Of his career. The triple champion, the
first in boxing history. left the ring
to storm of boos with his left eye
closed, his nose bulbous cluster Of
red and his mouth split to pieces. For
Lou Ambers. knocked down in the
NTH and sixth rounds, came back
with as fine a fighting heart as ever
have seen in the ring.
Knockdowns Turn Trick.
It was by the margin of these two
knockdowns that Armstrong fought
his way to an eyelash finish.
Ambers, without any question, fought
the fairer. cleaner fight. Armstrong,
seeking his third title, lost control of
himself more than once as he called
on his elbows and his head to lead his
assault. He lost three rounds by low
punches, driven in well below the belt.
There never was moment in the fight
where Ambers landed anything that
even approached foul blow
His game rally after the knockdowns
in the fifth and sixth, when he ap-
peared to be on the way out, is some
thing no ring fan ever can forget. He
was tangled up with a buzz saw that
never gave him breathing spell. But
Ambers stuck to his guns and never
quit firing.
Armstrong took the worse beating Of
the two men. Ambers won at least
seven rounds, with another that could
be called a draw. But Armstrong won
on three counts-his two knockdowns
and his aggressiveness. If it. hadn't
been for these two knockdowns there
would have been another story-due
to the three rounds Armstrong lost by
hitting low.
Each man must have hit the other
from 500 to 900 punches-it was
wham-wham-wham from both battle
tents. There was no let-up at any
Evening star., 1938-08-18

Pro football fans are going to have
to get along without old Bronko
Nagurski this season. He's of
on a world tour to show the boys
and girls the latest wrestling grips.
. Chicagos Bears won't seem
the same without him.
That 50-cent tops for golf balls
gets hearty vote from this corner.
When you see sun-burned
ball player in the American Asso-
citation, it's news. You see,
most Of the games are played under
the lights.
Jack Dempsey says Billy Miske
gave him far and away his toughest
fight. although we wouldn't have
thought so having seen Firpo near
ly ruin Jack A Minnesota re-
sort entertains its guests each Fri
day evening with movies of Mime
sofa football games, with Bernie
Evening star., 1938-08-18

Maybe if the Red Sox would give
William Broome. the l9-year-old
pitching sensation. q $500 bonus,
he'd report and stick. He's been
in camp three times but always
ducked out to 60 back to Lock-
hart and see pa and ma. He's a
homer, that boy.
Johnny Wander Nicer Of no-hit
fame is susceptible to colds and
always carries his long red 'uns
around with him. Il. When the
first cold chill hits the air, he
hauls 'em out and puts 'em on.
When Bitsy Grant collapsed from
the heat at Rye the other day, first
wire he received was from his
mother. She told him not to
forget to take his cod liver oil
pills. :. Which reminds us that
We also are about to collapse-from
the heat-and will do 20 pronto.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Aug. ia great
fght, a great champion and a great
loser. That's the only way to
sum up Ambers VS., Armstrong. :.
How those boys went to town! :.
Mike Jacobs can pack the Garden
again if he can re-match 'em.
Too bad about those boos at the
end From where we sat Arm
strong won and no doubt about it.
but some who saw it from other
angles thought Ambers at least
earned a draw How about that
return go, Mr.. Jacobs?
Nearly 100000 cash customers
have watched the Dodgers at home
this year. :. Not 30 bad for a 30
to-l first division shot, eh? :.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
SEEK UNLIMITED FOES.

Guardians are booking Saturday
games with unlimited mines. Call
Georgia 5l9l,
Evening star., 1938-08-18
rod Rucks Seen Tribute An,bers Rap of Verdict
Win, Lose or Draw
Lou Brings Henry to Level Of Just Coco, Fighter.
Ambers Had Pottern for Win, but Lacked Punch.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,

YEw
alias the Butcher the worlds
prizehghing held
titles simultaneously develop that again will these
chill
Featherwegh Champion fall chopped Werwegh
Ambers
in
sensaionaly dramatically
brought thought
journeymh fighter who hap
doorous
lghweights a mediocre division.
penazed fair idea
fellow here last
Hammer
ing round the eighth, seemed
of
a
heavyweight
the Bomber
something himself Pastor would made
cruel verdict
of the customers that both buns
Finishes Corner.
Armstrong Nor Ambers They both
particularly parallel the
stkingy similar that Ambers like
nvincible
the fifth round He had
the sixth Henry
like had through
hamburger of the battle with gushing
resembled
wall His and when the last bell
head didn't whether he New York Keokuk
Hammering fell
they entitled expect under
muderous punce butcher running
machine hard leather
bullets shaken
Evening star., 1938-08-18
NAGURSKI, sZAB0 DRAW.

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 18.-Bronko
Eagurski. Minnesota, and Sandor
szabo, Hungary, each won one fall
in rassling match that ended in a
draw last night.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
NEEDS WEEKEND GAMES

United Federal Workers nine would
like to schedule games with strong
unlimited outfits for Saturday and
Sunday. Phone Emerson 8105 after s.
Evening star., 1938-08-18
Lou Lacked Only a Punch.


Armstrong;
ALL unprecedented
history For who went out battle machine gun with
Ambers remarkably successful He had
packed punch
Abers reasonably might have the
Iouis on
quite possible something
best
legs
he took and the freshness with which he finished Lou has
capable throwing
punches sarron, although with
his aliases sublime high Armstrong showed of His
closing and longer throwing brutal punches
the required to
somebody Only the brave
1t will smack pognanuy of the alley, barroom variety.
Aber deserves another crack Henry If he asks for it. that Lou
his
supplied
plungng
probably
punch
finally o b. 1t
kind though
He made
knockdowns
eighth fight aps
rubber
punches
day the
capitalized situation pat him the back and lead him the
big
In Wnnah
Really
verbal protest that followed the decision but fight
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
BIZ Donna Grace

WHEN we begin to feel all routine and physical
" exercises are dull waste of time, we are
slipping or getting lazy, or possibly telling our.
selves we are past the age when one should be
slender and active. Foolish we-just as If there
any age limit to physical or mental alertness;
and the best part of daily routine is it wards off
the stiffness and stoginess we all to antici-
pate with advancing years.
There are few young persons whose urge to
be on the go keeps them far too thin and nervous
and they must be encouraged to rest and conserve
their strength, but they are generally the excep-
ton. Most of us need no encouragement to find
the comfortable chairs or to indulge in the long
afternoon sestas so disastrous to the slender hips
and dainty chinline we all crave.
Exercises are not boring provided they are
done with energy and the best time to begin is
with the morning stretching and deep breathing.
When we start the day with good fresh air in the
lungs and the stretching it takes to wake up the
dormant muscles are going to be active the
rest Of the day; we will have to be active, our
whole system will demand it just as it calls for
food.
For those who nay be in the long.time-agono-
exercise class we suggest that you make list Of
the movements you feel you need. Write them
down and put the list up in the bathroom or
where you will have to look at it the first thing in
the morning. Then after few weeks you will
jump up and do your exercises with the same en-
joyment you derive from your dancing.
The professional dancers we all admire and
envy are the most active of all entertainers. They
would rather miss a meal than any exercise
period and have learned it is the only way they
can keep the muscles firm and capable of doing
the intricate movements so beautiful to the eye.
One of our close acquaintance who is q we'll
known dancer tells us there is no physical weari-
ness or nervousness that can't be relieved with
good vigorous workout on the bar or in some
activity
Send for the illustrated set of "NormdHsing
Exercises" Which contains all the necessary noUe-
1nentS. Please enclose q stamped Selt-addreSSed
envelope for your reply. Address Donna Grace,
Beauty Editor of this paper.
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
Careers
Careers
Saved Lives
|During
depression
Bv BETTY NOVEL;

Head homemaker of the
whole United States is DIR.
Louise Stanley, chief Of the
Bureau of Home Economics
in the Department of Agri-
culture, a job that's not as
dull as the title might lead
you to believe.
She makes homes on big
scale that is gigantic when you
realize how small she is her
self, a little bit of a person
who saved a good many lives in
the bitter days of the depres-
sion.
It fell to DR.. Stanley to esti-
mate how much of which vita
min was necessary for the
growth of a child whose parents
had only pennies to spend for
food. It was, and still is, her
job to figure out minimum
diets for the poor.
And she discovers as well, the
best ways to cook meats and
vegetables to get the most out
of them in flavor and nutrition,
and for this she has a staff OF
hundreds, from scientists to
just plain cooks.
She came from Tennessee,
originally, and she studied in
Nashville, Chicago and New
York. In addition to degrees in
education and science, she holds
a Pho. awarded to her by Yale
for her investigations into nutri-
ton.
She was teaching in the Uni
versity Of Missouri, teaching, OF
course, home economics, when
she got her first Government ap-
pointment. 1t was to her present
job, for she is first chief OF the
bureau, and began her Govern
ment career with its establish
ment in 1923.
She has light eyes and sandy
hair, and she's shy, especially
with interviewers. But there is
a rumor in the bureau that she
can be very firm, when it's neces-
sary.
She belongs to several clubs,
but her chief spare-time occupa-
ton is her adopted daughter.
Nancy.
II spend most of my time at
home" DR.. Stanley said, trying
= to keep her home when she has
a cold"
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
From Bridal Veil
Ax zA~v rs&<
Professor Of Home Economics. University Of Idaho
PURCHASING ONIONS
Betty LittIeWit:

COME chemists of agriculture
~ are trying to deodorize the
onion, so that in a few years
Betty's problems in onion pur-
chasing will be solved. She
makes a mistake in thinking
that any old kind of an onion
will do. She doesn't say what
size sack she wants, as each
size sack has a definite weight.
She doesn't specify sizes or
uses which would give the gro
Ger a chance to send her a sat
isfactory kind. If she person
ally selected them she should
try to get firm, well developed
ones with dry, clean brittle
outer skins, free from cuts,
cracks or smutty streaks.
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
New York Letter
.NOUeI Tree
NJ Ude of
Plumage
By JOSEPHINE HUGHES

All this Christmas talk re-
minds me, that you must order
one of Ruth Kau f mans
"Plumed Knight" trees instead
of the conventional fir or spruce.
Great wavy shoots Of white os-
trich feathers fashion this novel
tree with pale pink, blue, red
or green lights Illuminated
within. casting a magical glow
through the plumage. They
come in small sizes for the table,
and shoot right up to great tow"
ering affairs. They've taken
New York by storm, so send
your order right now.
You'll be interested to know
that when your boy friend,
Cholly Knickerbocker, told "the
Fashion Group" that the women
going around with their hair
piled on top Of their heads
looked like the feminine mem
bers Of his household on the way
to take a bath, there was a burst
of applause. This rather startled
me because this group repre-
sentS the diehards of the up
ward couture tug-of-war.
Needless to say I was delighted
that Mr.. Knickerbocker said just
what he thought, because, as you
know, I couldn't agree with him
more. I'll wager that within a
month many a hair salon will
start the down-with-the-hair cam
paign.
And will be glad! Honestly,
I'll bet when I'm old and grey
and think back to 1888, I'll
completely forget that the world
nearly went to war; that a
man named Chamberlain took
his first airplane flight across
the continent to persuade a fell
low named Hitler to come to
terms; that a guy named Mus
solini stirred up a lot of trouble
in Italy. and that the President
of the U. S. A. had a wife who
lived on trains and airplanes.
The Washington times., 1938-12-02

than the first month of the
child's life. Everyone knows
that as soon as the baby has
nursed digestion begins at once.
Then as the food passes down,
the bowels begin to do the work
for which they are intended.
Thus when the mother changes
her baby, she should observe
at what time of the day the
bowel movements come. You
will be surprised how regular
these movements are. That is
so long as there has been abSo-
lutte regularity in feeding; this
is a very important factor.
You will find that your child'S
body has an instructive rhythm.
BY observation you can learn
what this is and take advantage
Of it.
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
Can He Be
Trusted Completely

We've been corresponding
ever since, and feel as If I love
him, too. He always tells me he
loves me, and has been to see
me several times in this last six
months. But what bothers me
is this: How do I know he really
is to be trusted? If he was so
sure he loved this other girl and
then changed his mind over
night, what could expect?
Should I continue this friend
ship or just drift away gently,
and perhaps save myself the
same heart-break he must have
caused the other girl. He is ~
years; I am %. EDITH.
I'm not surprised, my dear
that you are in doubt about the
steadfastness of a man who goes
as far as selecting home and
furniture for his coming mar
riage to another girl and then
breaks the engagement, just be-
cause he fell in love with you at
sight.
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
Penny Wise:

DENNY buys onions in bulk
l. which have good keeping
qualities. She tells the grocer
the qualities she desires, the size
and varieties which she has
found satisfactory. She buys
mild favored onions for cook
ing and a few of the stronger
variety for seasoning. When
she wants onions for salad or
sandwiches she will order the
Valencia, which is a large mild
type of onion grown in the
Southwest. AS a rule Southern
onions do not have the keeping
qualities of Northern ones and
therefore are not purchased in
quantities. The most important
Southern onions are the Ber-
mudaS.
The Washington times., 1938-12-02

teaching him this you will be
saving yourself a great deal of
unpleasant work.
Older Generation
May Laugh
This is a new departure in
child hygiene. Twenty or
thirty years ago, we never
thought of such a thing as
teaching a newborn child bowel
control. So don't be disturbed
if some of the older generation
laugh at you. The old-timers
know plenty about bringing up
children. But they don't know
it all because new things are
learned all the time.
Don't defer this training more
The Washington times., 1938-12-02

that. For if
GU S t a r t
then you get
the infant be-
fore it has
learned a n y
C a r e ! e S S
habits about
bowel move
ments. Just
re m e m b e r
that a per-
sons educa-
ton begins as
soon as he is
born, so start
your child out
right. And in
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
Child'S
Question
Child's Question Editor:

Child's Question Editor:
My 6-year-old cousin was ex-
cited about school opening.
About a week before she said to
her mother, Mamma, are you
going to get me a pocketbook
for SCHOOL," Her mother said,
What do you want a pocket
book for?" She said, well,
don't have to pay my way in
and out?"
Miss Mary Jane Travers,
r. F. C. No. l, Box csc
Benning, d. C.
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
Do Not Consider
Yourself Bound

You do not tell me if, in the
time that he has been coming
to see you and corresponding,
he has mentioned marriage or
not, If he has not, I shouldn't
take him seriously, nor con-
slider myself bound in any way.
Why not just go along as you
have in the past? If by the end
of a year or so you still feel
rather uncertain of him, and
YOUR plans are no more definite
than at present. it would be a
good plan to break away en-
tirely.
The Washington times., 1938-12-02
Fairfax
Letters
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

NEAR Miss Fairfax:
~ Six months ago l met a
young man who happened to
make a business call on my
employer. He said he fell in
love with me at sight. l went
out with him several times,
and then he went back to his
home office. Before leaving,
however, he told me he was
engaged and had expected to
be married very soon. He
said he had been engaged for
several years, and that all
plans had been made, even to
selecting home and furniture.
He told me he really loved his
fiancee until he met me, but
felt that he'd made a mistake
and would break his engage
ment.