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Evening star., 1938-01-10
BY HUGH s. FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer.

n YEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Although
nj admittedly dodging the issue
" OF either abolishing the pesky
A stymie or keeping it, the
United States Golf Association appears
to have hit upon a popular idea in
modifying the stymie rule.
At its annual meeting here Saturday
the U. S. G. A. eliminated stymies
when the nearer ball lies within 6
inches Of the cup. Except for this
modification. the rule remains un-
changed, permitting the lifting OF the
ball for putt only when it lies within
6 inches of the one that is away"
from the hole.
The reaction Of prominent golfers to
this decision was by no means unani-
nous. They had differed widely when
the U. S. G. A. conducted its survey
on what should Be done about the
matter. The general idea, however,
seemed to be that it would help the
match-play golfer without eliminating
time-honored hazard.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

6ASket BAH.
George Washington vs. Eon, Tech
High gym, $50.
GEORGETOWN W. Temple, College
Park, Nd. SIS.
George Washington Frosh W. Wash-
ington-Lee High. Tech High gym, 7:3o.
Howard vs. North Carolina State
Negro College, Howard sym, 3.
Bexing.
George Abrams vs. Red Finnegan,
eight rounds, feature bout, Turner'S
Arena, $50.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Catholic University ". John Mar
shall. Catholic University sym, Sis.
American University vs.. Johns Hop
kins. Baltimore, Md.
Roosevelt W. Eastern, Tech High
gym public high title series', $50.
Central vs.. Tech, Tech High gym
(public high title series), AIS.
Western vs.. Washington-Iee High,
Western High gym, 4.
Woodward vs.. Friends, Y. M. G. A.
gym. $3.50. ...
Howard vs.. North Carolina State
Negro College. Howard Um. ..
Evening star., 1938-01-10
BY LARRY ROLLINS.

ORAL GABLES. Fla. Jan.
10 (P.-Note to the United
States Davis Cup Commit
tee: Bitsy Grant, that
scrapping little tennis man from
Atlanta, is out for the team again.
Bitsy, with his usual disregard
for the national rankings. added
Bobby Riggs of Chicago-this coun-
try's No. 2 player-to his list Of
noted victims in the Miami Bilt-
more tournament yesterday.
It took him five sets and all his
stamina to do 1t, but Grant won
the tournament and permanent
possession of Col Henry L. Doherty's
Trophy-serving notice at the same
time that young Mr. Riggs and all
other Davis Cup hopefuls must
contend with him once more.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
TEMPLE ANDL|ONS
SETEASTERNP PACE
True CaIiber of "Big Guns"
in College Strife May Be
Shown This Week.
BY the Associated Press,

by the Associated PreSS.
n YEW YORK, Jan. 1O-Whether
N the big guns of the 1898
" basket ball season are going to
be real heavy ordnance or
mere cap pistols may be revealed this
week.
On the basis of preliminary and
opening game results in the Easts
major circuit. the Eastern Intercol-
legiate League and the Eastern Inter-
collegiate Conference, Columbia and
Temple are the teams to beat in the
two loops.
Columbia has good supply Of last
seasons veterans, who won seven
league games and lost five. In addi-
ton, the Lions, undefeated so far,
looked more impressive than any Of
their rivals in walloping Yale, 44-29,
in their league opener Saturday
The other league games gave indi-
cation of a ree-for-all scrap as Dart
mouth outclassed Harvard at Han
over, 43-42, and Cornell invaded
Princeton to gain 41-40 overtime
ASSASloIA. llC 1lsClS SdpUdul ALlu
scoring ace, Johnny Vruwink, was out
of the lineup, recovering from an
appendicitis operation.
Temple Favored Over G. u.
TEMPLES early season conquests
Of such intersectional foes as Illi-
nois, Stanford and MINI -ota make
the rangy Owls odds-on favorites in
the conference, although they do not
begin loop action until tonight.
Carnegie, which won the only con-
ference title that Pitt failed to take,
in 1896, is the early leader, however,
by virtue of 1929 victory over West
Virginia's Mountaineers Saturday on
two late field goals by Bobby Stark, a
sub guard.
Temple, with veteran team which
carried Pitt to play-of for the title
last season, encounters Georgetown at
Washington tonight The Hoyas have
looked good in preliminary games, but
not quite good enough to match the
Owls.
On Tuesday Carnegie plays at home
against Penn State, figured as a pos
sible dark horse" contender. The
West Virginia-Penn State game Sat-
urday completes the weeks conference
slate, but on the side both Pitt and
Carnegie tackle Duquesne, and Temple
visits New York Friday to meet Man.
haitian.
Cornell May Take Lead.
DARTMOUTH and Cornell get a
chance to take the Eastern
League lead tonight when they clash
at Ithaca. On the basis Of their open
ing victories it looks like a close
tussle, but Cornell's preliminary record
looks bit the better. Pennsylvania s
defending champions, minus most Of
the players who won IL straight league
games last year, open against Yale 1T
New Haven Tuesday. then play Har-
ward at Cambridge Wednesday.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
BY SID FEEDER
ny SID fEDEN
rinch- Hitting for Eddie Briets).
9y the Associated Press.

n YEW YORK, Jan. 10.-An
M official U. Of Pennsylvania
N source tips this department
L y that Lou Little Is definitely
under consideration" for the
Quaker grid coaching job . but
% are $50 others Anybody want
. nice fresh championship?
Texas Christians basket ballers
will let theirs 60 cheap It's
the cellar championship in the
Southwest Conference, won by the
Horned Frogs without q fight for
three straight years Have the
Phillies asked waivers on old Chuck
Klein? =. IT'S said his ailing legs
may carry him out Of the big
leagues before the seasons up.
Hank Luisetti's 50-point college
Evening star., 1938-01-10
COMMANDERS HONORED
Potomac River Power Squadron to
Elect Officers for Year,

Comdrs w. G. Bloom and G. B.
Gelley Of the United States Coast
Guard will be guests Of honor ut the
annual meeting OF the Potomac River
Power Squadron tonight at the Capt.
tai Yacht Club for the election Of
officers for the year.
An oyster roast will precede the
election, beginning at $50 pm. Later
. five-reel movie, depicting the &C.
tivities Of cadets at the Coast Guard
Academy in New London and the
work Of the organization along the
seaboard, will be shown,
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Week Kneed Revision.

eoAAA>oAAA 40 q "S"N hAFNSa
imitation of the real thing, in the
view OF Cosgrove. who holds that Moth
ing short Of complete elimination Of
the stymie should be the objective Of
all sectional golf associations if the
parent golf body Is committed to
modification in any minor form of
the stymie rule. Cosgrove takes the
position that the United States Golf
Association is trying to straddle the
issue and appease both sides by a
modification that means practically
nothing.
"They (the U. s. G. A. Execu-
tive Committee) labored for
year to bring forth halo to
crown the head of Old Dame
Tradition" says the District
Golf Association prexy.
Il will continue my fight against
the stymie and I won't stop at half
way measures If the United States
Golf Association won't abolish it, We
can abolish it in our own territory and
I intend to ask for abolishment at
the coming sectional meetings"
C0sgrove Would Bar All.
THE U. s. G. A. modified the stymie
rule to the extent that stymie
does not now exist If the near bal
lies within 6 inches Of the cup, and
more than 6 inches from the other
ball. Cosgrove would bar all stymies
but is inclined to hold that the SELF
laid stymie on the putting green might
be played. Cosgrove and DR.. William
c. Barr. secretary of the District as
sociation, attended the U. S. G. A
meetings. which lasted less than an
hour. The stymie modification report
comprised 12l2 typewriter pages.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
ashy Temple Giues Hoyus First Loop Test Tonight
EL0N, c. v. STAGE
TILT Of UNbEATEN
Rangy Invaders Bringing
FIashy Records to Two
Basket Battle Fronts.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

BY BILL DISMER, Jr. "
T rs a choice of seeing one of the
countrys admittedly best college
basket ball teams at College Park
L tonight, or witnessing clash of
undefeated fives at Tech High School.
In University of Maryland's Ritchie
Coliseum. Temple University will dis
play its great combination. conqueror
Of mighty Stanford, against George
town in the first Eastern Intercol-
legiate Conference start of the year
for the Hoyas.
At Tech, little Elon College of North
Carolina will send team which has
whipped seven straight foes, including
Washington and Lees Southern Con-
ference champions. against George
Washington, unbeaten in four games.
Both games will start at $50 o'clock
and each will be available to the pub
lie at 81. The Colonials have dedi-
Gated their game to the Entertainment
Committee of the Presidents Birthday
Ball, and as all receipts will 90 toward
the fund to fight paralysis, no passes
will be honored.
Evening star., 1938-01-10

Five years ago-Cornell decided to
abandon all intercollegiate sports COM
petition, including Poughkeepsie re-
gatta and excepting basket ball, for
balance Of school year,
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Ouimet Would Be Definite.

FRANCIS OUIMET, who again was
chosen n-playing captain OF the
United States Walker Cup team Satur-
day, continued to lead the opposition,
however.
While the new rule is an improve
ment over the old. they either ought
to play the stymie or abolish it, and I
favor abolishing it," he said You
can't compromise. I don't think the
new rule will work, but let's wait
and see"
That, the associations Executive
Committee stressed. was Just the idea.
The new rule will be in effect during
1898 only as a trial. 1t announced
adding 'it would not be desirable to
eliminate feature which has been a
part of the game for over 100 years
without giving a thorough trial to
notifications which may remove the
principal objections to the stymie, and
at the same time preserve it in match
play"
Retiring President John g. Jackson
further explained that among the
larger sectional associations, ~ had
voted to retain the stymie and "a had
favored abolishing it and a vote among
2l qualif1ers for the 1887 national
amateur had produced about the same
results.
Amateur Champion Johnny Good
man, admitting he had been one who
favored retaining the old rule, COM
mented: Il think the new ruling is
very fine and will be beneficial to golf"
Fischer Wants Stymie.
Johnny FISCHER, a member of
the last two Walker Cup teams as
well as the one that will play at st.
Andrews this year, said:
Personally I am in favor of the
retention Of the stymie as q part of
the game Of golf, and would hate to
see Its complete adjustment, but I do
believe the present modification will
remove many Of the more serious
difficulties encountered on the putting
greens.
THE new rule makes for q fairer
! sporting chance It will not only in
Evening star., 1938-01-10
HARDER DISSATISFIED.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 10 fP.--Mei
Harder. pitcher for the Cleveland
Indiana, took . look at his proffered
contract for 1898 today and indica ted
he would Join the holdout ranks.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Somebody's Record Goes.

SOmeDOOy RECORD GOeS.
BECAUSE Temple, like G. w. and
Elon. still is undefeated. three of
the four teams will be in danger Of
receiving the first black mark on their
records-and any one OF them is
likely to get it.
Temple. despite that it has team
regarded as probably the best of many
fine teams in its history, is threatened
by G. U. squad which ever has
shown to best advantage when the
odds were against it. The Hoyas held
the Owls to an even break in two
games last year and came within two
points of beating Temple on its own
floor in Philadelphia
And although G. w. seems to rate
the nod over Elon, Coach Bill Rein
hart is keeping his fingers crossed
While fighting the dual opposition of
a fine invading team and that biggest
bugaboo OF all-over-confldence Hav-
Ing seen them whip ST. Johns at An
napolis Saturday night, Reinhart SAYS
the Carolinians won't necessarily de-
pend upon let-down on the part of
the home team to lick the Colonials
tonight.
Hoyas TO Face Temple Vets.
HOT after the conference cham
pionship which it lost only in the
play-off last year. Temple will pre-
sent no less than three regulars who
have made 1t tough for Georgetown
for the past two years. In Mike Bloom,
the Owls have an all-conference CEN
ter and one who shares the loops
individual game scoring record, %
points. That. incidentally, was made
against Georgetown.
Flanking Bloom will be Veterans
Don Shields and Howard Black. but
In Don Henderson and Ed Boyle
Coach Jimmy Usilton will present a
pair Of sophomores whose height is
not the only reason why they have
won starting assignments. Henderson
is 6 feet 5 inches and Boyle feet
inches, but each is fast and danger
Gus.
Georgetown, however, has pretty
much of veteran team itself and
will not be on the short end of expert
ence when play begins In Capt. Mike
Petroskey. center; Harry Bassin and
Tom Nolan, forwards, and Joe Murphy
end Hank Bertrand, guards, Coach
Freddy Mesmer has quintet which
has more than held it own with Tenn
pies high-powered outfit in the past.
Whether the visitors rangy new
comers will put them out Of reach of
the Hoyas, literally and figuratively,
remains to be seen.
Elon Has Tall Team.
ELON, like Temple, will present
tall team, with every regular
standing six feet or higher. Hal
Bradley, the Carolinians' captain and
center, stretches up to 6-feet-4 and is
the tallest. But Jimy Abbitt, pro-
spective candidate for professional
football ranks; Lloyd Whitley, high
scoring forward, and Dick Cromlish
are not much shorter than Bradley.
Cromlish, like Tom OBrien of G. w.,
IL the visitors set-shot artist.
@. w. will pin its hopes on the
same five which have defeated Mime
sofa. Ohio State, Tennessee and Bal
timore. They are Capt. OBrien and
George CARRIER, forwards; Jack Butter
worth. center, and Bob Faris and Sid
eilkowitz, guards.
1t Is George Washingtons last home
game until February Q and the final
bit OF action before an extended road
trip, which will see them playing
Long Island, Butler, Wayne, Loyola
and Toledo before playing at Tech
again.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
EXTRA CHUKKER NEEDED,

CAMDEN, 8. c.. Jan. . R.-The
country team defeated the town team
3 to in an extra -chukker polo game
here to win permanent cup Of the
Deyine Cup Trophy.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
DECATURS IN FRONT

19du CHpICHI 14U1U 10nn1B 1o0p
After First Nights Play.
The Decaturs will enter the second
nights play Of the Capital Table
Tennis League on Wednesday night
with an undefeated record as = result
Of sweeping all Of its first nine matches.
Wilson'S Specials and the Colossals
each won out Of on opening night.
The standings:
w. l.. W. L.
Decaturs 9 O R'kvilIe Rockets 3 8
Colossals 3 Bethesda W cats 3 6
Wilson Specials g Int'nal Revenue 0 9
Evening star., 1938-01-10
Golf Leaders Not Unanimous
But Modification of Styn,ie
Pr0ues to Be P0pulq ar Idea

crease the possibility Of negotiating
'makable' stymies but will also lessen
the chances OF knocking your op-
ponent's ball into the cup from any
distance"
The professional stars, who confine
their activities almost entirely to
medal-play tournaments, generally felt
the modification was step in the
right direction.
Lighthouse Harry Cooper and the
Oregon pro, Ted Longworth, left little
doubt as to what they thought about
it. II never did think the stymie had
any place in golf; hope they abolish
it entirely" said Cooper. to which
Longworth echoed, They should throw
the stymie clear out
Horton Smith, the Chicago veteran.
pointed out that ANY one entering
match play goes into it knowing the
stymie was one Of the points to watch
out for" However" he sa:c. "as an
experiment the change should prove
satisfactory to every one. and give
opponents Of stymie abolishment .
chance to see how it works out"
Sees Interesting Experiment"
A L WATROUS OF Detroit called 1t
IAN interesting experiment" and
Johnny Dawson Of Chicago, terming
it "a move in the right direction"
added, Boy, I'll never forget that
stymie Johnny Fischer laid down on
Jock MacLean in the national ANA
teur year before last"
Lawson Little, who was quite a
match-play golfer in his amateur days.
figured the rule notifications might
solve the controversy OF many years"
AS for the ordinary golfers. who
shoot from 80 up, the suspicion per-
sists that they'll continue to forget
all about it. except when they have
a dollar or two up on the match.
Evening star., 1938-01-10
FULL STYM|E BAN
|SDEMANDEDHERE
U. S. 6. A. Rule Modification
Held "Weak-Kneed" by D. c.
Golf Body Leader.

4 II ODIF1CAT1ON Of the stymie
M rule as adopted by the United
wv States Golf Association leaves
4 4 James A. Cosgrove. president
Of the District Golf Association, cold,
and he will move for immediate
Adjustment Of the stymie in local
golf competition this year.
Cosgrove will seek abolishment OF
the stymie at the annual meeting of
the Middle Atlantic Coli Association
next Saturday. and will lead a strong
to bar it at the get-togeth-
er of the District fathers of golf at
the University Club early in February.
The stymie was abandoned in local
golf in 1885, but was brought back
last year on the promise that some
thing would be done by the United
States Golf Association.
Evening star., 1938-01-10

Hank Luisetti's 50-point college
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-05
PATTERSON STARTS
H|SOWN BUSINESS
Will Operate AS General
Contractor to Handle All
Types of Building

A d. Patterson announced today
that he has severed his connection
with Patterson-Carter, Inc, and that
he is now operating individually as
A. D. Patterson general contractor,
with office and quarters in the Peace
building at .219 North William street.
Mr.. Patterson first came to Hen
derscn about 1920 in charge of con-
struction of the large A. A. c. plant
at North Henderson. When this job
was completed he decided to remain
here and later organized Patterson
Carter, Inc, becoming president of
the corporation and remaining &C
tive until ending his connection with
the firm several weeks ago.
Mr.. Patterson is one of Henderson's
best known builders and contractors.
During his many years in business
here his firm handled the construc-
ton of many of the best homes and
buildings in Henderson:
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-05
MRS. ROBERTSON
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Wife of Obey Robertson
Had Pneumonia; Funeral
at Gillburg

After an illness of a week with
pneumonia, Mrs. Maddie Ellington
Robertson, wife of Obey Robertson,
died at Maria Parham hospital at 1870
a. M today. She had been at the hos
pital five days. .t
Mrs. Robertson was born in Vance
county January 5, 1908 and was 81
years and three months old at the
time of her death. The family had
lived at Gillburg for the last is years.
Surviving are the husband; five
children, Willard, 16; Ann, 4; Gracy
Mae, A. Louise, 8; and Bobby Lee
Robertson, two years old her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ellington; three
brothers, Alvin, AHepry and James Ell
lington, all of VANCE county: six sis
ters, Mrs. Louise Daniel, of Franklin
county; Mrs. Blanche Brame, Mrs
Toney Falkner, Mrs. Virgie Clark, an !
Misses Cliffie Powell Ellington and
Cleatricc Ellington, all Of Vance
county.
Mrs Robertson had been a member
of Gill@urg Methodist Protestant
church twenty years, and funeral ser
vices will be held. there at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, in charge OF
Rev. j. D. Crawford, the pastor. In
torment will be in the family ceme-
terry.
Pallbcarers will be selected from
among friends at the funeral 1T was
announced.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-05
County Buys In $4,000
OF Its Own Undue Bonds
$4,000 of Total Is Acquired from State in Retirement of
School Obligations; $50 90 of Townsville Railroad
Bonds Bought; linking Funds Used

Vance county commissioners have
purchased $4,000 worth of outstand-
ing Vance county bonds that have no.
securities out of sinking fund monev,
according to Register of Deeds H. NJ
Robinson who said a report was
made to the commissioners Monda ;
afternoon at their regular monthly
meeting for April
Included N tie total was $4,000 OF
school bonds acquired from the State,
of which $4,000 was building fund
bonds and $500 literary fund oblig;,-
tions. The bonds were bought at par,
but with the payment of $113 interest
TO even up the transfer to an invest
date.
The Townsville railroad bonds
bought consisted of Is bonds of $500
each, purchased ut 95.
With the buying of these securities
the county saves the interest that
would have been required, and the
money was on hand and drawing
much less interest than was being
paid on the outstanding obligations.
f. M. Dorsey, county tax collector,
reported to the board collection of
$5,69479 during March on 1897 a.
counts.
Tailor w. S. Strange reported pri-
soners in his custody during March
spent 682 Jail days on the county, and
that at the end of the month there
were IS prisoners in the Jail.
The commissioners received and
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-05
WARRENTON WINNER
OF DEBATE SERIES
Henderson Loses Both Sides
in !, Triangle With En-
field, Warrenton

John Graham High School of War
renton won out in district elimina-
tons in triangular debates, defeating
the Henderson negative at Enfield
and the Enfield affirmative here at
Henderson high school. Henderson
affirmative lost to Enfield at War
renton.
BY virtue of it's double victory,
Warrenton will go to Chapel Hill to
the debate finals for the .Aycock
cup.
Myrlon Johnson and Leonard Hob
good represented Henderson at En-
field against Warrenton, and Lemuel
Robertson and Frank Nelson were the
affirmative Henderson debaters
against Enfield at Warrenton.
Henderson lost both sides of the
debate, while Enfield, affirmative
team won. Warrenton made Clean
sweep of the debates, both sides win
ming.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-05

B. D. Bum, vice-president of the
Baraca-Philathea State Convention, is
general chairman of the committee in
Oxford making arrangements for the
State meeting, which is to be hel
there Friday, Saturday and Sunday
April %, % and "a. He is county
superintendent of schools in Gran
VILE
Mr.. Bum was the spokesman for
the Baraca class of the First Bap-
list church of Oxford which extended
the invitation to the State convention
in High FONT last year to meeting
this month in Oxford. He is assistant
teacher of the Baraca class of the OK
ford church, and has for years been
religious and educational worker
He is civic leader and was president
of Rotary club before coming to
Oxford. At the present time he is su-
perintendent of the First Baptist Sun
day school in Oxford and is a brother
of John H. Bum, who is teacher of
Bible at Chowan College at Murfrees-
boro, and pastor of the Baptist church
there.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-05
81 NEW BOOKS ARE,
ADDEDAT LIBRARY
Circulation in March 7O3
Over Year Ago; Dun
bar Drops Slightly

Ninety-one new books were "dded &c
the Perry library during March, 81
of them fiction and 81 nOn-fiction
Miss Mary Louise McDearman, lib
rarian, reported today. Twelve juven
lie books of non-fiction were the only
additions the Dunbar branch of the
library for colored people.
During March the Perry library, had
a total circulation of 5,115 which ie
7O3 more than the 4,412 volumes loan
ed in March year ago. OF these
OS4 were fiction and 2,O31 non-fictio1
and 3,055 were taken out by adults
and 1850 by juveniles. The Dunba,
branch had a circulation Of 1855, or
three less than in March a year ago.
The average daily circulation at the
Ferry library was 1894 volumes, 397
percent of which was nOn-fictiOn
fiction. Total circulation for 10th lib
raries was $3.50 during the u days
they were open.
The Perry library had an enrolled
membership of 4,16O at the end of
March, after SO new names had been
added and II had been withdrawn
There were 1889 adults and 1921
juveniles. The Dunbar branch had L.
O13 members, including ZIG adults and
737 juveniles.
The South Henderson branch hal
157 members and circulation of 46o,
Middleburg had circulation of 23'
and zeb Vance circulation of 80 dur
ing March, figures for all Of these
branches being included in the rec
ord for the Perry bliarry proper.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-04-05
AROUND TOWN

Lions to Meet-The weekly meeting
OF the Lions Club will be held Wed
nesday evening at z o'clock at the
Capitol Cafe.