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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29
Uncrowned Champ

FRED APOSTOLI, far and away
the best middleweight in the fight
business, wonders what he has to
do to be recognized as world cham
pion.
The San Francisco bellhop has
knocked out Marcel Thil, the
Frenchman who was generally rec
ognized as champ; he knocked out
Steele when Steele was recognized
as American champion; he knocked
out Sol Krieger, N. B. A. champion,
and finished the list by stopping
Young Corbett III.
And now he'd like to know how he
can get clear claim to the title.
If it can be done by polishing off
Krieger again, he's more than will
ing to do just that at any time.
This 23-year-old lad who came out
of a San Francisco orphanage to
win fame and fortune is a quiet, I'M
assuming young man, almost shy
with strangers. His bashful man.
ner bellies his boxing instinct.
Once Freddie crawls through the
ropes he's a changed man. He
shuffies nervOusly about, smacking
his fists together. He is eager to
start throwing punches.
With the battle under way the
change is complete. His eyes blaze
and vicious snarl gives evidence
Of the same killer instinct that
spurred Dempsey. He shows no
mercy to opponents, and his cruelty
amazes ring fans.
Five minutes after the bout he is
again a bashful young man--cham-
pion without q crown. He doesn't
need title to pack arenas wherever
he fights. Fans know that he goes
into the ring with one purpose
to win the battle as quickly as
possible.
o Western Newspaper Union.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29
Football i'm France

FOOTBALL has taken many a rap
a during the wane of the past sea-
son, and the latest back-handed
boost takes on an International as
pect.
The American game made its de.
but before sports-loving Frenchmen
recently, and the verdict was that
the best thing about the game is the
"huddle."
A troupe of American footballers
coached by Jim Crowley of Fordham
played their first exhibition game in
Paris, where thousands cheered the
former collegians.
Several other exhibition games
were scheduled for the U. S.
athletes.
The game was described as a
Combination of Rugby, soccer,
wrestling and bullhghting," and
every much like a collision between
an automobile and a bus"
The experts, however, were in.
trigued no end by the huddle, though
perhaps they were little mistaken
as to us true purpose.
at Is by far the most interesting
part of the game" one sports writ
er said. at is apparent they gather
to cheer, in the spirit Of true sports
manship, before each play"
Another observer reported that
"They kneel down and seem to try
to brighten each other with grim
aces. Then they rush headlong at
each other, arms flying. Fantastic
things take place. Legs and arms
get mixed so that the field looks
like a battle-ground after the
charge"
One Paris paper stated that foot
ball was such bruising game that
In the United States Il has been
banned by President Roosevelt"
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worked in eight hour shifts to arrive
at the total.
Johnny Revolta ran q poor Sec
ond, annexing $8,553 in cash prizes.
Harry Cooper Of Chicopee, Mass,
leading money player Of 1887 with
$14, 300, landed in third place with
only $7,765.
Others high in this years money
brackets, announced by Corcoran:
Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y,
STATS; Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa,
$4,000; KY Laffoon, Northmoor, H.,
$6,265; Ralph Guldahl, Madison, N.
j., $5,842; Jimmy Hines, Lakeville,
L. l., $5,525; Victor Ghezzi, Deal,
N. j., $4,831; Jimmy Thompson,
Shawnee, Pa, $4,750; Dick Metz,
Chicago, $4,137, and Horton Smith,
Oak Park, ILL.,, $4,058.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29

nors, voted Henry Armstrong hon.
orable mention for the coveted
award.
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Speaking of Sports
Sports Writers
Select Nations
No. l Athletes
BY ROBERT McSHANE

ONCE more the nations sports
~ authorities have gone into their
annual huddle, and again they have
announced their yearly list of the
country's most outstanding figures
in the world of sports.
Admittedly 1t is no easy task to
designate any one man as the No. !
athlete Of the year. The divergence
OF opinion was manifested when
United Press sports writers picked
Henry Armstrong as their great
est" and Associated Press repre-
sentatives named DON Bulge.
Rightfully recognized as a man
who may be the greatest fighter,
pound for pound, that ever lived,
Armstrong is the only one who ever
held three boxing championships at
the same time-featherwight, light
weight and welterweight. b
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29
Colts Money Wizard

WITH one major tournament left
~ to play, Sammy Snead. links
wizard from White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, has emerged as the great
est money winner in all pro golf
history, accounting for SIG, 039 prize
money during the past year.
Snead's fairway income was an
nounced by Fred Corcoran, tourna-
ment bureau manager for the Pro-
fessional Golfers association, who
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29

Inc EDWARD j.
Neil memorial med
al, perpetuating the
memory of III e
grand boxing writer
and war correspond
ent who was killed
in Spain a year ago,
went to Jack Denp-
sey as the man who
has done most for
the fight game in
1888. The New York
Boxing Writers as
Sociation medal do
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29

The AP nominee,
Don Bulge, nego-
tiated an unprece-
dented tennis sweep
in winning the Aus
tralian, F r e n c h,
British and Ameri-
can titles in one
year before electing
to cast his lot with
the professionals.
Forty-five of the
81 sports critics who
participated in the
eighth annual APP
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29
Lesson No. II

Lesson No. II
This diagram shows q One-third
ball break shot.
When playing this shot, just forget
about the cluster of balls at the left,
and take careful aim " left on the
object ball; hold your cue level;
make a firm bridge; strike the cue
ball in the center; and by all means
rest your cue on the table. for q sec
ond after the stroke u delivered.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29

poll selected Patty Berg of Mime
apolis as the overwhelming choice
for No. l woman athlete of 1888.
Miss Berg, who climaxed brilliant
golf campaign by winning the ma.
tional championship, drew four
times as many first place nominal
tons as her closest competitor.
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lection has been derived from some
one still in the household who does
not know his danger to others.
Pupils and teachers Of the Damas-
Gus School are conducting similar
project, but because of the shortage
of time are waiting for their X-rays
until after the holidays.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29
Sherwood Pupils
Receive X-Rays

EDITORS NOTE: This is the fourth
Of a series of articles by DR.. v. L.
Ellicott, Montgom merry County
Health Officer, describing how the
sale of Christmas Seals finance the
local tuberculosis program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-12-29
Yanks Are Best Team

In a victory as decisive as their
American league and World Series
triumphs, the New York Yankees
were named by APP writer's as the
outstanding sports team for 1888.
Joe McCarthy's Bombers, who Gre
ated a new all-time record by whip
ping the Chicago Cubs, four games
to none, for their third successive
world baseball championship, were
placed at the top of the heap by
81 out of 81 writer's.
And last but not least-Charles B.
Towards Seabiscuit was awarded
the turf's highest honor when ad-
judged the outstanding race horse
Of the year in nationwide poll of
turf and sport writer's conducted by
the Turf and Sport Digest. Sea-
biscuit won six races in IL starts,
finished second four times, and was
third once during his 1888 campaign.
His earnings were $3.50, 1895, boosting
his all-time winnings to $340, 480,
placing him second to Sun Beau,
world money-making champ. Sun
Beau's earnings totaled $376,744.
1t is entirely natural that not ev-
eryone will agree with the choice
made by the critics. There are
bound to be close decisions, but
keep in mind the fact that sports au-
thorities from all sections of the
country had voice in naming the
winners.
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The Washington times., 1938-12-21
PETIT POINT = By Igor CASSinl

1T ). Fortunately ly for the peace
of our mind, Anthony came recently
to America and the very favorable
reports he got from the American
feminine contingent persuaded me
he should get the part l have
proposed him to play Errol's part in
"The Perfect Specimen He might
not have Errols punch, but he has
such a pretty mustache.
In Germany my scouts have dis
covered a perfect Charlie Chaplin,
just as funny in tragedy, with the
same kind Of a little mustache
His name is Adolph Hitler (you may
have heard of him), and he should
play in the "Gold Rush" .. During
our stay in Italy we noticed another
interesting character who could have
very we'll played the part of Wallace
Beery in "The Champ" He is Benito
Mussolini, Duce of Italy E. But the
best find of the year is, I think, the
one of a new Shirley Temple in Rus
sia I can just see it in the head
lines: RED Stain in The Littlest
Rebel =. Of course, these three to-
gether could very well play in 'Little
Tough Kids in Society"
Another Englishman who seems to
have a swell career ahead of him is
Neville Chamber. in T.. Couldn't you
see him fitting the part of Ronald
Colman in Beau Geste"? . Many of
YOU, | know, won't agree with the
title of Beau Geste," but l think it
suits him perfectly His flying
trip to see Charlie Chaplin, alias Hit
Ter, was more than that 4. Our old
friend, the Duke of Windsor, would
be simply splendid as Fernand Gravel
IN the part of "The King and the
Chorus Girl" .. But, puhleese, my
friends, don't imagine for a second
that I'm trying to insinuate that the
duchess should be the Chorus Girl
. . She would be better as Alice
Faye (sorry, Alyce) in "You Can't
Have Everything" In Rome, Italy,
we find two other artists .-. Why do
we need Charlie Mccarthy, the pup
pet, when we have the little King of
Italyi Count Galeazzo Ciano
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

(Mussolini's son-in-law) would have
been a hundred times better than
Robert Taylor in ''The Crowd Roars."
In France our "spies" have identi-
fled two interesting characters
Leon Blum, who used to have a grand
time playing ball with Shirley (''Sta-
lin") Temple when he was the Prime
Minister of the French government,
would have been de-e-ightful in the
part of Boris Karloff in "Franken-
stein" Edouard Daladier looks
enough like Spencer Tracy to replace
him in "Captains Courageous"
But what about FATTY" Goering,
Hitler's right fist? :. Couldn't you
see him doing Charles Laughton in
"Mutiny on the Bounty"7 and
Goebbells, the German propaganda
minister, as George Arliss in "The
House of Rothschild." (That would
be a good joke, wouldn't it?)
And in Spain we have good material,
too Generalissimo Francisco
Franco would have outshone Wallace
Beery in "Viva, Villa" while
Negrin, the Governments President,
is a superb Paul MUM in Fugitive
From a Chain Gang"
In Washington we can admire
every day the exploits of two mar
velous artists We would like to
imagine Franklin Delano Roosevelt
as a smiling Basil Rathbone in ''If I
Were King" . and Cordell Hull as
Claude Rains in "White Banners"
Chang Kai-Shek, the Chinese
leader, could have substituted for
Peter LORE in "Think Fast, Mr..
Moto" Carol Of Rumania is the
Clark Gable of "Too Hot to Handle"
at least they say so in Bucharest.
Like former President Benes Of
Czechoslovakia, he should have been
Lionel Barrymore in "You Can't Take
It With You"
p. Sand what about the ener-
getic Mayor of New York, Fiorello
LaGuardia ? =. After his recent battle
with an assailant he should be eli
gible for the part Of Wayne Morris
in kid Gallahad"l -A....-.A.......a...a.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
From Virqinia

Mrs. William N. Doak, widow
of the former Secretary Of
Labor, who has had as her
house guest, at Notre Mid, Mrs.
Elena Murdock Scaith, of Of
tawa, has now been Joined by
Miss Virginia Schaffer, Of
Wytheville, Va, and Miss Annis
Meyers, of Bristol, Va, both Of
whom will be with her for the
Christmas holidays. Mrs. Scaith
has returned to her home in
Canada, but plans to return to
Washington shortly after the
new year.
Mr.. Robert Mcbride, son Of
the Assistant to the Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Harry A.. Nc
Bride, a student at Princeton
University, will entertain at a
buffet supper in the Carlton
Room of the Carlton Hotel this
evening prior to the Triangle
Clubs performance, Once Over
Lightly"
X X
Miss Theda Leighton, Of AShe-
vile, N. c., will spend the Christ
mas holidays in Washington.
She is staying at the Hotel Raj
eigh.
X X y
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Jaster, jr.,
and Mrs. A. C. Thompson have
come from Columbus, Ohio, to
spend a few days in the Capital
and are stopping at the Raleigh.
Senator Chan Gurney, Of
South Dakota, is in the Capital
and is stopping at the Hotel Ra-
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

around in search of new talent, and
even though the 77777777771st South
ern girl has been tried by the Sell
nick production for Gone With the
Wind (Which will undoubtedly start
not later than 1909) Still the big
stars are always the same, and it's
getting boresOme My secret pas
sion was always to be scout in the
movies, and so tried to see if could
replace some Of the most outstanding
stars with new faces My shoppers
have been sent all around the world
and now I can proudly tell you that
l think that the results have been
magnificent.
Enrol Flynn, is the glamour boy
of the screen and the little girls and
fat old ladies jump from their seats
with JOY when he appears in a pic
ture But couple of years ago
my English scouts informed me of
a certain Anthony Eden, who. they
said, dressed better than Beau
Brummell, and had more glamour
than Actor Flynn For quite
time we couldn't make up our minds
because, in a recent trip to Italy,
we had met the tall and handsome
Grown Prince of Italy. Emanuele
Filiberto di Savoa The reaction
of the Italian signore was exactly
the same that the British ladies had
for beautiful Anthony. They prac-
tically had the same amount of
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
DebS Crowd
In Parties S

It will probably be a photo
finish to determine whether To-
day or tomorrow is the dizziest
-busiest-happiest day of the
year for this seasons debs. From
dawn til dawn they will be on
the go.
One of the numerous sister
acts, the Talley girls, Carolynn
and Beatrice, will bow to soci-
ETY. this afternoon at a tea
dance at the 1925 F Street Club.
Preceding this party, a number
of the debs will attend Mrs. Da-
vid st. Pierre Gaillard'S lunch
con in honor of Aileen Gorgas
WrightSon.
NANCY'S BALL
The Princeton Triangle show
will be the next thing on the
list in this diary Of a deb. Fol
lowing the show-providing she
is still able to walk-She will
attend Nancy HoskinSon'S ball
at the Carlton Hotel. OF course
many dinner parties will pre-
cede this.
About 200 lads and lassies will
make merry at the Hoskinson's
party-including a number Of
Dartmouth boys as "Bootie,"
Nancy's brother, attends the
university and is home for the
holidays.
A floor committee Of about 10
will see that things run
smoothly. Nancy will wear a
dream Of an ivory-peach satin
gown in which she made her de-
but several weeks ago. Break
fast will be served buffet style
in wee srna' hours Of the morn
ing.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

beautiful thoughts, particularly
the three most desired wishes of
life:
First, I should like to know
that some place in this world
there is one individual-near or
far aWay-who would say, I am
a better person because of her,
for she has put into the roots
of my being the courage and
the faith with which to face
life.
Next, I want the assurance
that I have made at least one
friend whose trust in me is so
deep, so true, that if 1 were to
stand at the bar of justice and
be pronounced guilty of some
unworthy deed, my friend would
yet clasp my hand and face me
with an unwavering eye.
"And, lastly, should be con-
tent If I could know that what
ever Judgment my own world
may impose upon the acts of
life, the verdict would ever be
tempered by the belief that I
had kept as the white plume of
human endeavor the steadfast-
ness Of my convictions"
A DEEP blue card, edged in
N crimson, with a glowing
candle and the Best Wishes for
Christmas and the New Year,
written in black script inside
and at the end, the signatures
of the Minister Counselor of the
Cuban Embassy and Nine. Jose
Baron.
Bill and Molly Stanley's holi-
day wishes on a cream card,
with a wee house whose windows
are warm with bright yellow
light, and a background of scat
tered snowflakes and a leaden
sky.
A NEW YEAR wish from far
"A away Minnesota and lovely
Joyce Booth who sends the mer-
riest girl and boy, painted in
red, yellow and blue and done
in skiing costumes, and then in
forms us, in her own hand-writ-
ing that "out here, it is 8 below
Zero"
A DELIGHTFUL English scene
"A from the Harry Daniels, a
scene heavy with snow and peo-
pied with jovial British gentle
men, laden down with holiday
packages and done up in their
best bib and tucker"
A BRILLIANT blue card, with
"A a huge white Hello! and,
underneath, two chubby snow
figures, the man wearing a
startling red topper and scarf
and the lady too, too decorative
in a red poke bonnet and tiny
muff, and written inside, "This
is Grace and Charlie Herbert,
wishing you the merriest Christ
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

mas you've ever had. P. S.
Happy New Year"
A silken card, with a lovely
Madonna and Child, haloed in
white against a delicate blue
background, and on the wide
blue page inside, Best wishes
from Margot and Jack Kendall" "
THE most ming little
Il femme, gowned in a blue
skirt, green jacket and a tre-
mendous sailor hat, tied under
the chin with a gorgeous red
bow, with bundle of letters, all
stamped with good wishes for
the new year, clutched in her
hands and the name of Kath.
ryn Fuqua, scrawled at the edge
of this merry card.
A SP EN- DID photograph,
"A done on a white card. The
photograph Of an exquisite Rus.
sian wolfhound and beneath
these lines:
I was born at Christmas,
The time of mirth and Joy,
And they christened me Arma-
vir,
But my friends, just call me
'Boi,"
And so on this, my birthday,
I'm celebrating, too.
And joining with the WatsonS,
Wishing happiness to you.
And this was the way the Rob
ert Watsons sent their Christ
mas wishes.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

and I bring lou
with me to H'wood
:. l am a devotee
of the movies and,
of course, l know
the names and the
faces of all the
favorite stars >.
But I'm getting a
little tired of see
ing always t h e
same faces .
Cause even if
the scouts wander
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Luncheon Parry H0n0rS Julie CahlU

to be individual corsages for the
girls.
Mrs. Stohlman was regally
attired in a black velvet frock
with a single strand of pearls
adding the only touch of color.
Those present included the
guest of honor's mother Mrs.
James A. Cahill, Miss Joan
King, Miss Eileen WrightSon,
Miss Elizabeth Langlais. Miss
Catherine Tilghman, Miss Bar
bara ming, Miss Betty
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
Tea Dance
For Spanish

A gay little native dance by
Mile. Saline and your favorite
song sung for a quarter" by
Manuel Garcia enlivened the
merry tea dance which Senorita
Laura de los Rios, daughter of
the Spanish Ambassador and
Sonora de los Rios, gave yester-
day afternoon at the Hay-AdamS
House.
Mile. Saline, dressed in a very
short red skirt, wool socks, her
blond hair braided, captivated
her audience. The dance, be-
tween 5 and Z o'clock, was held
under the auspices of the Cen
tral Spanish Relief Committee
for the Benefit of Spanish chill
dren.
Two creamy gardenias at the
throat relieved Senorita de los
Rios severe, but chic, black
frock. Punch, ice cream and
sandwiches were served.
Among the guests were the
Minister Counselor of the Span
ish Embassy and his charming
blond wife, Sonora de Lecuona;
Mrs. Theodore Tiller, telling for
tunes; Mrs. Preston Macleod
win, Mrs. OumanSky, wife of the
Charge d'AffaireS of the Soviet
Union; Mrs. M. Webster Daw-
ley. and Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner
Jackson.
MANY ATTEND
Resplendent in silver fox,
Nine. Orlicz Dresser was accom-
panied by her two attractive
daughters, Elvina and Margaret
Rowe. The two girls will give a
luncheon tomorrow for Miss
Christine Grunewald, up from
Duke University for the holi-
days.
Miss Elenora Campbell had
several young lads dancing at
tention on her as usual. The
two PaStoriza boys, Andres and
Tomas, chatted gayly on the
floor. Other guests were Miss
Peggy Duffe, Mrs. Stephen
Verges, Miss Marina Cuevas,
Miss Nancy Miller, Vincente de
la Gardia and the Secretary Of
Mexican Embassy and Sonora
de Cuervo.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

Chris t mas,
E d1th and
j ohm Buch-
anan.
. = .
A message
m Grace
B r o S S e a u,
done in the
manner Of a
single p a G e
from a medi-
eval m a n u
script titled
my Christ
mas Wishes"
a n d fill d
W ith really
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

With her Chevy Chase home
"decked out" for Christmas.
Mrs. Frederick Stohlman yes
terday entertained at a lunch.
con party in honor Of Julie Ca.
hill, who will make her debut
on December 27.
Christmas candles and red
and green berries formed the
centerpiece of the main table.
At the smaller tables the white
flower centerpieces turned out
The Washington times., 1938-12-21
From School

Miss Shirley Levinso a
senior at Ohio State University,
has returned home for the holi-
days and is with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry LevinSon.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

Fischer, Miss Ellen Lee Snod-
grass, Miss Betty Lloyd Hutch
inson, Miss Roberta Quirk, Miss
Margaret Cotter, Miss Claire
Cotter, Miss Ashby Proctor, and
Miss Lalla Harrison.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

A CHEEKY thought from the
- John Buchanans, in War
renton, Va, on a gay, checkered
card with a girl and boy silhou-
cited in white cardboard, lifting
their glasses and in large gold
letters, Bottoms Up" to a Merry
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

At Home

Miss Anna Wolcott will be at
home to her friends in her suite
at the Hotel Roosevelt on Mon
day, December 26.
The Washington times., 1938-12-21

Dear readers, I hope you won't
mind if for once | take you away
from Washington and the social whirl