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Evening star., 1938-10-17
Football Prophets Take Fancy Beating
Pneeons Win Knocu-Tor Remarkably

was TO and Saturday bruised and
battered up Georgia Tech club held
them 60 Mighty glad to see
Slippery Rock. one of our ia
vorite collitches, beat Westminster,
TO.
The cleanest football game this
chronicleDhas seen in years was the
North Carolina-New York Univer-
sity game George Stirnweiss
won the game for North Carolina,
but the best back on the field was
Ed Williams, the New York U.
Negro Lee Tolley, the head
linesman. told me after the game it
was the first time in almost 20 years
Of grid officiating that he didn't
call an of1-side penalty And
Harris Moriarty, the umpire from
Birmingham, who unfortunately
died on the field, called only two
penalties-both against North Car
olina The guy who really de-
serves the congrats Is Ossie Solem
Of Syracuse What a rally his
gang put on!
Joe Louis is making movie shorts
in Hollywood We still advise you
to watch that Wake Forest football
team which seems to have what 1t
takes-and more -. Leo Durocher
will get sl7.500 year for managing
the Dodgers. which is more than
any Brooklyn pilot has received
since the days Of Wilbert Robin
son
Lynn c. Doyle says in the Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin: The
Evening star., 1938-10-17
BY PAUL NICHOLSON.


NEW YORK, Oct. l7.-As time
stumbles on and upsets pyramid on
upsets in the football world. respect
grows for that cagey doctor from the
Allegheny foothills, Coach Jock Suther-
land, pigskin maestro of the mighty
Panthers of Pittsburgh.
1t is true the Scotchman gets ma
terial year after year that would cause
any coach in the land to exult, but
he, like a superb chef. knows ex-
actly what to do with his ingredients.
Not in Is years Of coaching at Pitt,
the biggest target in college football
since Notre Danes glorious era under
Knute Rockne, has any coach or team
made sucker out of the doctor. Only
twice in his great coaching era has
his team really been victimized by
upsets such as staggered the small
and large elevens yesterday.
Pitt Sparins With Passes.
Sutherland, who started out to be
dentist, only to discover that pulling
players out Of . line was far more
intriguing than yanking teeth. sue
ceeds because he Is a stickler for de-
tail. His one secret Of success is his
economy with the forward pass.
The doctors teams, perhaps the
best drilled forces in the land when
it comes to fundamentals. seldom
pass. But when the seasons over
you will find his teams. in their
spare use Of the aerial always gained
more ground through the ozone than
all their opponents combined
Saturday. for instance, as the Pam
theirs turned back Wisconsin, 26-6, Pitt
tried only four aerials compared with
Wisconsin's "a. Yet, passing actually
netted the Panthers three touchdowns
two on interceptions and one on
toss, good for 10 yards and score.
Chances now are Pitt will go
through another undefeated season
again to take the ranking as the No.
team OF the Nation 1t has six oppo-
nents left-Southern Methodist, Ford
ham, Carnegie Tech, Nebraska, Penn
State and Duke. Fordham, with one
OF the greatest running attacks in the
game. rates to give the Panthers
trouble. but cannot win unless it's kick
ing improves. After three scoreless
ties. the teams meet at Pittsburgh
and the uncompromising, non-gam-
bling Sutherland should win.
Bears Depend on Drive.
Closest approach to Sutherland's
team is Stub Allisons California Bears.
Allison, like Sutherland. realizes a
team dependent on passing attack
always is the most susceptible to an
upset. So Stub goes in for straight
football as he did when his Bears,
headed for another Rose Bowl act.
tried and completed but one pass-good
for the first touchdown-while smear
ing U. c. L. A., 20-7
In almost every upset Saturday,
the underdog stole the favorite's
aerial thunder to win. Syracuse did
1t against Cornell and 50 did Colgate
against Columbia. Tulane against
Rice, Yale against Navy and Ten
nessee over Alabama. The height Of
Evening star., 1938-10-17
C. ". TO STRESS
AERIAL OFFENSE
Team Now Ready to Take
Up Trickier Plays, Coach
Reinhart Believes.
spe ttsl Dispatch to The Star.

EN- ROUTE TO WASHINGTON,
Oct. 1.-THE combination of bril-
liant line and powerful running
attack has made George Washington
University's current football team one
to be widely feared, it appeared today
as the Colonials rolled homeward from
a successful invasion of Colorado.
Undefeated and unscored on in three
games and having had only two passes
completed against them all season, the
Colonials have issued sharp chal-
lenge to the list of major foes on
their schedule. Mississippi, Clemson,
Kansas, Bucknell and West Virginia.
formidable opponents all will find
George Washington smartly drilled
and powerful club.
Bill Reinhart and his assistant,
Botchey Koch. have taken a green
squad. sprinkled with a few top-notch
juniors and seniors, and put together
what may be G. W's best-balanced
eleven in some years.
Line Performs Brilliantly.
In beating Colorado, 1870. the
George Washington line, badly out
weighed, performed brilliantly The
Rocky Mountain team made only two
first downs. and gained only 7s yards
on the ground On defense the Co.
lonial forwards we're superb
The change in altitude tired these
hard-working linemen badly. vet they
never faltered on defense and they
paved the way for two uell-executed
plays which brought touchdoUns
| Working with six-point advantage
nearly the entire game, Koch's seven
| mules protected it with savage, accu7
rate tackling.
| In both NoWaskey and Sam Babich,
G. w. has two outstanding ends, with
| Nowaskey's versatility making him
one OF the teams most valuable mer
John Rebholz and Sammy Jones.
weighing 220 and 2o8. hold up the
tackles in fine style At guards. three
seniors, Izzy Weinberg, Guy Renzae-
liza and Hal Soldering. are just about
all that could be desired.
Attack to Be Diversified.
Bulwarking this magnificent line
|
game with little trickery and little
emphasis on q passing attack. Bill
Reinhart has felt that his compare
lively green squad knew entirely too
little fundamental football to teach
them a complicated, deceptive offense
at this stage Of the season.
With three impressive games on the
victory side of the ledger and his out
fit we'll drilled in basic. fundamental
play. Reinhart now will diversity his.
attack and build up his passing game.
For sheer power the Colonials need
little improvement in their running
attack With Vic Sampson, Lud
Urick and John Tonkavitch as the
chief gamers, G. w. has piled up 542
yards on the ground in the past two
games, adding 2l9 against Colorado to
the impressive figures compiled in the
Butler contest
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Football Scores
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associat ted Press.
Niagara, 6; st. Bonaventure, o.
Mississippi State Teachers, a; Delta State
Teachers O.
Yankton, IA; Augustana, o.
st. Ambrose, 6; Augusta, o.
No-thland. 10; Northern State Teachers. o.
West Tennessee Teachers. 25; Middle Ten
nessee Teachers. 7.
Teachers, 0.
Fort Hays 20: College of Emporia, o.
Bethel IA: Doane. o.
Eyeleth Junior. 20; Itasca Junior. o.
WhapetoA Science, %: Valley City, O.
Eureka. 20; .concordia, IL.
Graceland, G.; Chillicothe o.
St. Joheph (Pa), 13; Canisius, O.
St. Benedicts. Is; ST. Norbert, g..
st. Marys (CalifO, 80; Portland, 7.
Late Saturday Finals.
Marshall, So: Oklahoma City O.
loHis,sna '.sn.' State State a: L0yoia (Nev Or
Miami ia: ~ Florida. :.
North Carolina State. 10; Wake Forest, 7.
south Dakota. toa = Omaha o.
Montana State. 70: Western State. o.
Colorado Mines go: New Mexico Normal. :.
Santa Clara, %: Arizona. o.
Fresno State. "a. Arkansas stats Teach
Fort sennnins, .; c.n,s.ll Junior Q.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
SAIL RACE DELAY
|RKS CANADIANS
B1uenose Skipper Insists
on Gloucester Finish.
Thebaud Damaged.
BY TOM HORGAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Oct. IL
Fog, Indian summer calms and q mis-
hap to the challenging Gertrude L.
vessel and the defender. Bluenose of
Nova Scotia, another day Of rest from
International Fishermen's Cup COM
petition.
The big able schooners, which stay
out on the Grand Banks to fish in
weather which sends Atlantic grey
hounds into port with damaged super
structures. have been harassed by fog
and calm since last Wednesday, when
Bluenose won and evened the series
at one apiece in their three out of -five
match for the cup.
The Race Committee ordered post
ponement to Tuesday when Capt. Ben
Pines Thebaud ran aground yesterday
in a pea soup" fog while leaving the
harbor for Boston. He returned inn
mediately to a marine railway where
she was hauled out for inspection.
Delay Irks Bluenose Skipper.
The grounding apparently caused
no serious damage, but Capt. Pine
seized the opportunity to have his
ships bottom rubbed smooth. Her
new coat of paint, put on for the races,
had blistered and peeled so badly that
one of her crew. Capt Cecil Moulton.
said she was like "moulting old
hen
The postponement brought a new
explosion from Capt. Angus Walters,
skipper of the Lunenburg, Nova Scotia,
defender. Notified the race scheduled
Sunday at Boston had been delayed
and would be held at Gloucester, sui
phurous Capt. Angus roared his dis
approval. He had sailed to Boston
and was ready to race.
This vessel he said, in voice
used to penetrating bowling north
casters on the Grand Banks, isn't
any bloody ferry boat.
I'VE came to Boston yesterday in
q fog and now they want us to 20
back to Gloucester in the same sort
of chowder."
Likely Last Series.
And, he announced. with the full
power of his deep sea lungs behind his
words, the balance Of the race series
would be sailed of Gloucester, "or not
at ALL"
The current competition has been
hailed as the last OF such international
racing classics. Steam and Diesel
power have reduced once big fleet
to a bare handful of sailing vessels.
and it is unlikely that any more will
be built. The rival shippers have
agreed to let the winner this time
retain the cup.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
ELK|NS FAR AHEAD
AS TOUCHD0WNER
Marshall College Ace, With
66 Points, TraiIed by
Moorehead's Varney.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. l7.-Everett e.
kins. . halfback who operates with
great success for Marshall College
down In Huntington, w. Va, is the
top scorer of the Nations football
players as the season hits full stride
In four games Elkins has tailed II
touchdoUns for Sc points.
Runner-up and the only player
within hollering distance of Elkins
is jug Varney Of Morehead (KD.
Teachers. He has Tailed nine touch
downs in two games. The scorers scale
down in the conferences, bitting low
in the Big Ten. where jsrry Niles.
1ova's sophomore halfback. leads with
Is points Tailed in two games.
The leaders:
PLAYER; soll..,. Fo:' Fo' G. I'd pArrcrr.
Marshall HB II % es
Southern Independents.
Teachers HB 9 % o 81
Pacific Coast Conference
Tony Firpo. Calf. HB 5 6 2 o IS
southeastern Conference.
Dameron Davis.
Kentucky HB ! 9 q sc
Southern Conference.
Ed Clary. South
Carolina U. HB : 4 q os
Biz Six.
James Starmer,
Missouri HB. z o 2s
Rocky Mountain Conference.
Jack Rhistensen.
Brigham Young HB 4 o "A
Southwest Conference.
Owen Rogers, Texas
A. and NJ HB. 3 q 10
Missouri Valley Conference.
Clarence Manders
Drake TB 9 3 q is
Jack Warner.
Washington HB 2 3 o Is
Jerry Niles, Iowa HB 2 2 I o is
Evening star., 1938-10-17
SLATE is INCREASED

CHESTERTOWN, Nd, Oct. II R1.
Members of the Eastern Shore Base
ball League have voted to increase the
number of next years games from liz
to 1913.
The extra games will be played as
double on Sundays and will
not extend the playing season, Presi-
dent Harry S. Russell reported.
Russell was reelected president. Sec
retary and treasurer of the league and
Arthur H. Ehlers. president Of the Po-
comoke club, was elected vice president.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Major Usets Promised BY Rugged Week. End Football Schedule
Win, Lose or Draw
Monday Morning Quarterback Throws Passes.
He'd Bot 1000 as Expert but for Bod Advice.
Bv FRANCIS E. STAN.

Monday Quarterback calls signals
George washington KNOCK
hallway through the
Three in a
Colorado hot
Whizzer White playing but not this
could have cleaned
thought they'd have the best
Maryland
sportswrer ought to know something
rom coaches people
Washington hasn't got the right kind OF
Catholic University having the best
better
worst in town. they said
and Who
know a I phone number
Georgetown and made big fuss about
couldn't major
Richmond
what? Beha they wouldn't
haveb Harlow had been there
White All that
swonder they wouldn't get few
n
Evening star., 1938-10-17
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK. Oct l7.-Upsets
and how Most of the experts
were knocked for a dozen or so
loops and still are groggy . You
can feature Columbia losing for
that team was due to get its bumps,
but how about Princeton beating
Penn? Tad Wiemans Tigers
really went to town, didn't they?
And Syracuse over Cornell,
which just about ruined the season
for the Red And Tulane over
Rice, to say nothing of Yale over
Navy 1--WE wanted to call that
one, but didn't have sense enough
to).
For q team supposed to be a
powerhouse, Duke is having trouble.
.. Best it could do over Colgate
Evening star., 1938-10-17
He Wants a Crack at Radio.

somebody ball rolling
ought petition
knocked
that Michigan Those fellows worked
they're set
ball of kick that wide Michigan oupayd
Blerman
Mccarthy Them what has always The
ninth Maggie will
. good
Minnesota Berman who is lucky enough
What racket
football
happened against
SWarthmore! football
unless wants
Yaard
they ought do better All
q
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Sports Mirror
- the Associated Press.

y the Associated Press.
Today . year ago-George Lott
and Vincent Richards won national
pro doubles tennis title by defeating
Bruce Barnes and Karel Kozeluh in
flve-set match.
Three years ago-Walter Hagen,
with 67-72-l39. led qualifiers for
the p. G. A. championship.
Five years ago - Helen Wills
Moody, recovering from back in
Jury, announced she would play
tournament tennis again in 1884.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
CHAMPS HELD TO TIE

An upset has been recorded in the
second week of play in the Washington
Soccer League, made when the favored
Heurich Brewers, defending cham
pions, were deadlocked by the WASH
ington Sports Club. 3-3. The cham
pions had 2-point advantage at the
half, but this was nullified by penalties
in the second half.
Evening star., 1938-10-17

Yankees are set for five more sac
sons" and you can believe this fell
low for he doesn't pop of and
knows whereof he speaks Mike
Jacobs is due back from the coast
any day now with an important
announcement-it has to do with
Baer and Louis Three guesses.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
SCHOOL GATE GROWS
Public High Grid Series Take Apt
to Top '37 by $500.

Rising attendance and gate receipts
at high school football contests have
put finances on the right side of the
ledger and promise to exceed last
years gate" by $500.
At the five games played so far
the attendance has been 5,098, with
the largest crowd of 1,677 attending
the Tech Eastern clash. Figures re-
leased by Leonard T. Brown. chair
man Of the High School Football Com
mittee, show to date $371.92 taken
in at the gate. 500 increase over
this time last year. Again the Tech
Eastern game led with total Of
$l57. These amounts are those
actually paid in at the game and
do not include the sale of student
tickets.
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Reporters Lack
Weight for Row
By the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
GLOUCESTER. Mass. Oct. If
Reporters and photographers cover
ing the International Fishermen's
Cup race between the Canadian
Bluenose and the American schooner
Gertrude L. Thebaud trained today
for their own challenge race
scheduled tomorrow in two Coast
Guard lifeboats over 1000 yards of
blue water.
The reporters issued the chal-
lenge-and then found themselves
outweighed by at least 40 per cent,
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Q. Wants to Be Alone.

back Washington football somebody to
demand all local
nobodys thought
before Somebody
Maryland and ,Gogown and Catholic University and George
Washington fill the ball park he'd make and the
colleges ought to
something make contribute year?
didn't surprise at all
Of do
Alabama
the big laugh Who in the heck Alabama anyway? Those
n nov living regulations.
Speaking upset how could anybody cosenos bet Columbia
Colgate mesoft
talk betting Columbia
a
pick the really
nothing
Evening star., 1938-10-17
Crowley's Bows Can't Speak English.

Fordham held kind Of
with Fordhm I'd really that
Crowley. petition
" tie! Hitler didn't that Czecholovakia
That Crowley overaed Maybe he good dinner speaker and
touchdowns Ill bet knowhe all those
touchdowns.
the Office and keep coming in late the
when ask that lunch
meeting This important
organize committee to the editors raise HI
sportswri ctzg the college tackle block
Of their jobs They're probably paid
the
their nothing
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TWO RESOLUTIONS

II believe the people of this
city, better than Congress, can
decide what they want in the
matter of suffrage" Chairman
Summers said today, and their
votes on April 80 will provide
the best answer to the queS-
ti0no
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All District Radio
Stations to Support
Ballot for Capital.
BrOGdcasting Companies to GiUe Free Time
To Urging Suffrage for City

Every radio broadcastng company voteless Washington
To-Day threw It's support behind the drive of local
citizens for suffrage which will eliminate in referendum
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D. A. R. PILGRIMS
CREATE A RIOT.

The eighth floor of the Lee
House today is a combined dormi-
tory in a girls school and a ward
in a madhouse-take your choice.
Young women with feathers in
their hair Gin place of rosemary
leaves) are streaming up and
down the corridor, asking in an
idiotic, incomprehensible to the
mere Washingtonian, whether any,
body has seen Minnesota, and
asserting that they all simply
must meet Colorado.
They are the 40 high school
girls at the Lee House, all select
ed by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution to appear at the
annual Congress next week. They
are chaperoned by Mrs. Raymond
Kendell, of Chicago.
The 40 are known as Pilgrims
OF the American Revolution. So
they may know each other from
the thousands of school girls tour
ing Washington this week, they
wear blue and white feathers.
This afternoon, their program
consists mostly of unpacking,
bathing, and meeting each other.
Tomorrow they will sightsee. Mrs.
Roosevelt will receive them at 3
p. m. tomorrow. Tomorrow night
DR.. L. S. Rowe will open the Pan
American Union Building to give
them a reception.
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'CRUCIF|ED,' SAYS.
IN.
LICENSE ARREST.
Chambers Halls Self
As "BenefaCtor"

w. w. Chambers, Washington
funeral director, turned lawyer for
himself in Police Court today, con-
Quoting a spirited defenes of his
innocence on a charge of operating
public vehicle without license.
The defense was sufficiently inn
pressive for Judge Edward M. Cur
ran to rule that he would take the
case under advisement.
CLIENT" A POLICEMAN
Chambers was arrested yester-
day after one of his drivers an
Swered a call to 1909 New Hamp-
shire Ave. N. w. The "clinet"
there was Lester A. Howard, a
policeman of the Hack Inspectors
office.
The driver took Howard to 812
D st. N. E., where Horace Skinner,
another policeman of the Hack
Inspectors office was waiting.
Both policemen said in court to-
day that the trip was arranged
to make a test case of the license
law.
Chambers, after abruptly order
ing his counsel to sit down and
let him plead his own case, told
the court that he had acted in the
role of public benefactor."
"CRUCIFIED," HE SAYS
He chadged he was being "cru-
Gifted" by the Corporation Coun-
sells office, and denied that his
ambulance was a public vehicle
for hire. Three-dollar charge
made for an ambulance, he ex-
planned, was a service fee.
Today's court session was
continuance of a long battle be-
tween Chambers and the District
authorities over a special $25
license fee required of operators
of public vehicles placed on the
statute books in July, 1882.
-VoTE EOR SIJEERAcE Appu IN
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Day Police Don
Summer Suits

If the policeman seems extra
clipper as he stands at the box
calling the wagon, you'll know the
reason. He's wearing his Easter
suit today.
Police Department orders went
out for police on day duty to shed
their heavy wooden blouses and
don the lightweight serge of sum-
mertime. Men on the night shift
will cling to the warmer garb for
few weeks,
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return to movie StardOm.
The offer came from Universal,
which asked Jackie to take lead
role in mo One Man" with Nan
Grey and Noah Berry, jr. Jackie,
who has announced his desire to
fight his way back to film heights,
had not made his decision today.
Busy preparing for hearing of
his suit, which comes up next
week, he said he was ready to tell
the whole story of my boyhood to
protect the interests which my
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D. G.. Churches Hold
Good Friday Rites

Good Friday, the most solemn
day of the Christian year, COM
memorating the death of the
Savior on the cross on Calvary,
was observed today in Catholic
and Protestant churches of the
city.
This morning the Mass of the
Presanctified was celebrated in
Catholic churches, while at the
National Cathedral and other EpiS-
copal churches the Litany was
read.
THREE HOURS AGONY
At noon the Three Hours Agony
service, with sermons on the Seven
Words on the Cross, will be held
in various churches, including
Sacred Heart, st. Patrick's, I'M
maculate Conception, the Fran
ciScan Monastery and st. Aloysius.
Other Catholic churches will
conduct the Station of the Cross
with Veneration of the Cross to-
night.
A special service will be held in
c We ma n Thirst Presbyterian
Church at 4:45, with the choir
singing Stainer's great oratorio,
"The Crucifixion"
This grafton will be sung to-
night in the Waugh M. E. Church,
Third and A Streets Northeast, as
1880 and in ST. Thorn S
Episcopal Church, where Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt will wor-
ship on Easter Day, at 8 p. m.
Washington's Jewry will also
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father guarded for me while he
was alive"
Jackie, who made a fortune ap-
pearing in kid" parts, received
only 1925 a week spending money
until he reached the age Of a..
Then, he says, he was cut off with
$1,000. His father. he says, kept.
his spending money low because
"he said when I became Of age I
would be rich, and he wnated me
to know what a dollar was worth"
(See tOday's editOriaD
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Practical Jokes
Banned in Movie

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April Is
Q.N.S0-Stench bombs and sneez-
ing powder will be taboo in local
theaters from now on, Chief of
Police John H. Dunn ruled today
as he announced the opening of
a drive to arrest any person sus-
pected of contributing to other
persons discomfort as they view
Q movie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-15

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, April
15.-Charging her husband pos
sessed "a violent and ungovern-
able temper" Mrs. John Randolph
Hearst, the former Gretchen Will
son, yesterday filed suit for di-
Vorce.
Mr.. Hearst, the third of five sons
Of William Randolph Hearst and
Mrs. Hearst, and his wife were
married in March, 1888, at the
San Simeon, Cal. home of the
elder Hearst.
Mrs. Hearst, a native of Alex
andria, La, is the great-great-
granddaughter of Stonewall Jack
son and the daughter of Mrs. John
L. Wilson, member of a distin-
guiShed Southern family.
Mr.. Hearst has been associated
with his father in the publishing
business several years.
--VoTk FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 3d.