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Evening star., 1938-12-29
Vols and SoonersD Due
To Fill Air at Miami
With Footballs
By the Associated Press.

DS the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 2o.-There's a
growing suspicion here the Orange
Bowl air will be filled with flying
football leather when Oklahoma
and Tennessee get together for their
argument next Monday.
With gates locked and guards
keeping weather eye out for pos
sible spies, the Sooners and Volun-
teers are Tipping the ball around
IN practice as if they have little
hope Of penetrating iron-bound
land defenses.
The Sooners gave their high-pow-
cred aerial machine warm-up yes
terday and the results weren't very
exciting. The passers were over
shooting their marks from S to 10
yards, but Oklahoma followers
weren't downcast. They recalled
that Hugh Mccullough had pitch
ing average of .633 for the season
and that the Sooners completed
more than half the 211 passes they
threw.
The Volunteers clicked in practice
with only fair percentage of their
passes, but George Cafego, Babe
Wood and Buist Warren connected
often enough to make the strategy
a distinct threat.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Snead and M6paden
Choices in $1,000
Houston Event
By the Associated Press.


HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 29.-Down
the soggy. windsWept fa;rways of the
River Oaks links today marched
most of the Nations outstanding
golfers in their last 1888 crack at
some ready cash-the pro-amateur
event of the $4,000 Houston open.
Tomorrow 64 players tee off for
the first 18 holes of the 54-hole
tourney. The last SO will be played
Saturday
West Virginia's walloper, Sam
Snead, and the recent Miami open
winner, Harold (Jug) McSpaden,
were favorites.
Snead. whose golf earnings this
year total s19,439 in competitive
play, can pass the $4,000 mark if
he comes home first.
The difficult course, its narrow
fairways lined with high pines, gave
the nomads of the links some trou-
BILE yesterday, but Johnny Bulla of
Chicago shot 68. three below par.
Fred Corcoran, tournament man
ager for the Professional Golfers
Association, said the Houston open
would hike the Nations golf tourna-
ment prizes for the year to s185 900.
Corcoran said Snead, counting
sWeepstake and driving contest
prizes. already had passed $4,000
for the year.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Feosts on RivoI's Food,
Then FIottens Him

who but the Great Escobar?" re-
Piled the chef simply. The Great
Escobar must have his steaks, so
that he can beat your brains out.
Every day cook two for you and
three for the Great Escobar. The
Great Escobar sends his compli-
ments. He says you are very fine
judge of meat"
Teeming with calories, the great
Escobar entered the ring a couple
OF days later and beat the cham
plon's brains out-at any rate, licked
him handily-to the vast enjoyment
OF thousands of Puerto Rican fight
fans. The moral is, Puerto Rico
takes care of its own. Kayo Nor
gan is a sucker if he tries to ship
his own victuals in there next month
and keep them safe from Sixto, be-
cause Sixto has the keyes.
In other respects, up till now,
Puerto Rico has been safe for visit
Ing fighters. Meeting an Escobar
In San Juan, before a native audi
ence, may sound like one of the
late battling Skis misguided prof.
ects, but actually the guest artist
Is protected from hometown mon
key business. At the islands own
request, Jack Dempsey refereed the
last Escobar bout down there, and
the judges were Mr.. Nathaniel
Fleischer and Mr.. Hype Igoe, a pair
of distinguished and impartial jur-
lists from the homeland of Harry
Jeffra.
1t was battling Sikh, you remem-
Der, who conceived the notion of
defending his light heavyweight
championship in Dublin, Ireland, on
the 18th day of March (sacred to
st. Petrick), against a gentleman
named Michael Francis McTigue.
The rest is history.
In Puerto Rico the Puerto Rican
has been winning, too, so far. But
Mr.. Nathaniel Fleischer insists. and
the record seems to bear him out.
that this is because the Puerto Rican
really fights for the home folks.
Copyright 1898 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Is Quints' Are Left
In Big Boys Club
Tournament

Down to the semi final round of
the Boys Club OF Washington elm
nation basket ball tournament, hot
action is booked all day today on
two courts as 18 teams battle to stay
in the running for the finals to-
morrow.
Starting at II am. at the Central
Branch, 23O c street NV, and at
/ pm. at the Southeast Branch,
Seventeenth and Massachusetts ave-
nue. Sc, teams In all divisions are
playing for the third successive day.
Unlimited Games Hot.
Feature of the quarter-fi finals yes
terday was play in the unlimited
division in which the Central Branch
varsity eliminated the Georgetown
Branch, 29-l6; the Northeast Branch
defeated the Alexandria Boys Club,
30-l6, and Merrick outclassed South
east, 1914.
Most of the games in other classes
were close, with only a few big
scores being registered. The new
Powell Community Center Club,
coached by Phil Fox, broke even in
its initial entry into competitive
basket ball. The 90-pounders elm
mated the Northeast Ravens, 1873,
while the 120-pounders were swamp
ed by the Central Branch Americans,
24-9. 1t was the second busy day in
succession for Powell, as the night
before all the boys had taken part
in the indoor sports carnival at
Tech gym. winning with a higher
point total than that of all other
clubs combined.
30 pounds-Merrick Club 90; Southeast
Branch. II. GEORGETOWN Blues. is: Central
Celtics. IA; Black Hawks. "a: GEORGETOWN
Ravens, 3.
., l20 pounds-Alexandria B. c.. 3s;
Southeast Branch. 4 Stanton Aces IS;
Northeast Cardinals II Powell Boys Club,
=: Central Branch Americans, "a
GEORGETOWN won on forfeit over Merrick
Club
135-pound class-Central Branch Fleet
wings. 35: Young Democrats. 22. Stewart
Photos. "a: Gallinaer A. c.. l3. Stuart B.
G. "a; Langley Boys Club. IS. lexington
Unlimited--W B. c. Central Varsity. 90:
Georsetown Branch. is Northeast Boys
CUB. 80: Alexandria B c.. l6. Merrick
B. c.. 23: Southeast Branch. IA.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Mako Is Seeded First
For Tennis Event
Al New Orleans
Purdue Trims Arkansas
Five-T. 6. U. Fears 1t
May Lose AIdrich
By the Associated Press.

BY inc AS6OclateQ Fre6S.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 90
The Sugar Bowl sports carnival
swung into full stride today with
the start of the annual tennis tour
nament, increased arguments over
the merits Of those football oppo-
nents-Texas Christian and Car
negie Tech-and post-mortems on
Purdue's 57-51 basketball victory
over Arkansas.
Aspirations of the Horned Frogs
Of Texas Christian dwindled no lit
tie as news was awaited on the con-
dition of XII Aldrich, all-America
center who has an eye ulcer that
may force him to remain the
bench.
Basket Game Is Thriller.
Last nights basketball game be-
tween Arkansas, Southwestern Con-
ference champions, and Purdue, Big
Ten leader, was thriller through
out. Arkansas got the score to ST.
49 with 2 minutes to play, but the
Boilermakers pulled away with three
quick goals.
Coach Bill Kern of Carnegie Tech,
figuring his team at sharp game edge.
cut down his drill sessions to one a
day.
Carnegie Tech has had no serious
injuries to any regular linemen, and
Will have its tough forward wall in
tact for the battle. To prevent
chances Of injuries, Kern said there
would be little further scrimmage
between now and game time Mon
day.
Aldrich Has Even Chance"
DR.. Webb Walker, specialist who Is
treating Aldrich's eye, said the Slcer
was definitely serious" but nhat
Aldrich had an "even chance" to
play. DR.. Walker and Coach Leo
Meyer of the Horned Frogs agreed,
however, he would not be allowed to
enter the game If the eye had to be
bandaged.
The Midwinter Sports Association
seeded Gene Mako, former doubles
partner OF the now professional Don
Bulge, No. l in its rankings of the
tennis tournament opening this
morning. In his first match Mako
plays Burtz Boulware of Atlanta.
Other seeded players are Bryan
Grant Of Atlanta Elwood Cooke of
Portland. Ore, and Gardner Mulloy
OF Maimi. all standing high in ma
tional net ranking.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
New Baseball Movie
To Be Shown Here

The new official American League
motion picture. the most complete
and entertaining of the series, will
be shown at the Willard Hotel on
Saturday, January 7, it was an
nounced at the Offices of the Wash
ington ball club.
Accompanying the can of film to
Washington will be President Will
Harridge of the American League,
who will attend the movie with
Clark Griffith, owner of the Mats.
Third Baseman Bill Werber of the
Philadelphia Athletics will give a
talk in connection with the Show
ing Of the film. The time will be
3 pm.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
~ HundbuIIers Down
To Quurter-Finuls

Quarter-finals in the Y. M. C. AS
annual holiday bandball tournament
will be. played tonight with semi
finals IN both singles and doubles
scheduled tomorrow and the title
matches on Saturday.
II Feature matches last night found
George Newman rallying to defeat
Charles Engelhardt. 1921, 2l-9,
21-l6; L. c. Moore upsetting Walter
Engelhardt, 21-13, 5-21, 21-18, and
the Engelhardt brothers tripping
Ray Nash and j. Payne in doubles
encounter, 21-14, 1921, 21-18.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
18 Youngsters Remain
In Table Net PIov

Ten seniors and eight juniors are
left in the table tennis tournament
now being held by the Boys Club
OF Goodwill Industries in the Dug
out at 1918 New Hampshire avenue.
The senior survivors are Paul
Weber, Charles Stephenson, w. Till
burg, Henry Pratt, James Karas,
William Stephenson, Frank Jenson,
Edward Herl, Jan Rus and Robert
Kuehling.
Boy competition has been mar
rowed down to Robert Lane, Ray
Cissel, Michael Styler, Howard Bow
man, Leo Teri, Perry Karas, Gino
Teri and Ermann Pratt.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Hutchinson Is Amonq
Slab Trio Tigers
Are Banking On
Baker Sees Rook, Rowe,
Bridges us Keeping
Team in Race
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.-Del Baker
is stalking all his diamond chips on
three right-handers-a $4,000
rookie, a grown-up Schoolboy on
the comeback trail and a frail but
dependable money hurler-to pitch
his Detroit Tigers into the running
in the American League this year.
Freddie Hutchinson, Schoolboy
Rowe and Tommy Bridges are the
blue chips, Baker. Detroit manager,
admitted while here this week to
sign Hutchinson to a Detroit con-
tract.
We're banking heavily on
Hutchinson in our pitching plans
for 1889, and from what I have seen
OF the boy he inlpresses me rs be-
ing determined to go place7 il the
fastest baseball there IS" Baker said.
Rated Great Prospect.
Smart baseball men have told
me Hutch is the best prospect to
come out of the West since joe Di
Maggie. I was in the Pacific Coast
League long enough to know that =
pitcher must have plenty to win
Is games. When he hits over 300 and
drives in almost a run game in
addition to his hurting, then he
has to have plenty"
Hutchinson won 25 games and last
z for Seattle in the Pacific Coast
League last year, and his earned
run average Of 248 was the lowest.
He hit .313. 1t was his first year
OF professional ball. the husky 200
pound pitcher coming straight from
Seattle high school and Yakima
semi-pro ranks.
Neither Baker nor Hutchinson
would disclose the figures in Hutch
contract, but the young pitcher said
terms were highly satisfactory.
Detroit bought him for S50,OOO an
four players
Rowe and Bridges Fit.
"Schoolhoy Rowe and Tomr-
Bridges, two Of the greatest pitch
ers in baseball a few years ago, a,
my hopes for the return of pitch
ing for the Tigers Baker contir-
ued. Il talked to both of them a
few days ago and they're feelins;
fit. If they go, we'll be up there"
Rowe had successful season f.
the Texas League last year, whe.
he was shunted when an ailing arm
dented his effectiveness. Bridge
the frail right-hander, won l3 anu
lost 8.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Dixie Fives Tame
In Comparison
BY the Associated Press.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 90.
The South is playing copy
book basket ball that is widely
divergent from the rough, wide
open style OF play employed in
the North, Coach Johnny Mauer
of Tennessee observed today.
THE difference is in the Off
ciating," said Mauer.
Down here the officials don't
allow bodily contact. They call
'em by the book. Basket ball is
supposed to be a no-contact
game, you know.
up North, they don't play
that way. The Big Ten teams are
the most extreme. They hit EN-
with everything but the water
bucket. The game is rougher as
a result of the difference in OFF,
ciating. They don't call a lot of
the contacts"
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Yankee Swimming Team
Goinq to Araentina

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (R.-The
Amateur Athletic Union named a
swimming team to represent the
United States in six meets in Argen-
tina during January.
It includes Katherine Rawls
Thompson of Miami, Jeanne Lau-
pheimer Of Brooklyn, Peter Flick of
New York, Andrew Clark and Ebert
Root Of Detroit, Steve Wozniak of
Buffalo. N. Y, and William Leonard,
manager.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Tournament Golf Score Of So Better Predicted by Witty Near Future
Sports Mirror
Ey the Associated Press.

Today a year ago-Capacity
crowd of 49, 100 at Madison Square
Garden saw Stanford beat Long
Island University. 1895, and
Minnesota down N. Y. u, 36-31,
in a basket ball double header.
Three years ago-Joe Louis
ranked at top Of heavyweights
over Champion Jim Braddock by
the Ring, a boxing magazine.
Five years ago-James E. Sui
Ivan memorial award, given to
years foremost amateur, awarded
to Glenn Cunningham by A. A. u.
on single vote over Bill Bonthron.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Vincent Richards, the 15-year-
old New York tennis star, an
nexed the national junior singles
title by defeating Frank T. An
derson in the final match, +6,
10-8, IS, ST, Ga.
Donald Parsons, John II. Clapp
and Julian Bishop, all members
Of the Chevy Chase Club, won
places on the first flight in the
qualifying rounds for the annual
New Year tourney at Ptnehurst,
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Mat Matches
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. J.-Maurice La
Chappelle, 213, France, and Karol
Krauser, 218, Poland, drew.
CH1CACO.-Ruf1y Silverstein,
Chicago, pinned Friedrich Won
echacht. Germany, l7:lo Cheavy.
weightO.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
MeIiIIo Takes Schonq's
Place as Tribe Coach
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Dec. &C. c.
6lapnicka, vice president of the
Cleveland Indians, announced that
Oscar Melillo has been appointed to
succeed Wally Schang as coach of
the Tribe.
Melillo, former second baseman
Tor the st. Louis Browns and Boston
Red Sox. served as st. Louis coach
last season under Manager Gabby
Street, but was released when Fred
Haney became pilot of the Browns.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Great Grid Record

Since Dwight Harwood began
coaching at Hillsdale (Mich.) Col
lege in 1927 the team has gone
through three seasons undefeated.
This years team had eight wins
and no tie or defeat, scoring 224
points and allowing the opposition
but three touchdoWns.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Bosox Busy in Spring

BOSTON, Dec. 90 (P).-The Bos-
ton Red SoX have announced a 30
game spring exhibition schedule, in
Guiding 14-game series with the
Cincinnati Reds, four with the Bos-
ton Bees and three with the Brook
lyn Dodgers.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Louis at Truinina Comp

POMPTON LAKES, N. j., Dec.
~ (P.-Joe Louis is resting here,
waiting the start Of preparations for
the defense of his world heavy
weight boxing crown January Is
against John Henry Lewis at Madi-
son Square Garden.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Swim Grown View Rosy
At Northwestern
BY the Associated Press.

EVANSTON, ILL.,, Dec. 29.-Tom
Robinson, serving his 30th season
as head swimming coach, looks to
eight lettermen and eight highly
rated sophomores to bring North
western University its first Big Ten
championship since 1888.
Robinson, Oldest Big Ten coach in
point Of service, has turned out 10
conference championship teams and
six national title winners since his
career began in ITO.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Jeffro Thought Steaks
Were in Sofe Keeping

There is no eXaggeration. At least,
SiXto can have the key to the ice
box when he asks for it. He asked
for it last winter, got it, and scored
a sensational corner in beefsteak.
This porterhouse coup. in reality
a hijacking, was pulled at the ex-
pense of Mr.. Harry Jeffra of Bal
timore. then world bantamweight
champion, when Harry went down
to Puerto Rico to fight Escobar on
his home grounds. Mr.. Wilton st.
Swithin Farnsworth, the Jai Alai
Tycoon, had hand in the promo
ton. He warned Jeffra before the
American set sail that Puerto Rico
was in the grip of a steak famine.
There is not a steak to be had
for love or money" said Mr.. Farms
worth. Il know, because I have
tried both. The thing to do, if you
want to eat good down yonder. is
to pack your own victuals and take
them along"
Thus advised, Mr.. Jeffra put up
crate of the finest steaks in Balti-
more and accompanied them down
to San Juan in person. He found
lodgings at the country club and in
structed his handlers to lock the
meat away in a vault.
Keep the combination secret"
urged the champion. While Esco-
bar is starving, will be strong and
healthy and beat his brains out"
This strategy seemed foolproof,
and Mr., Jeffra was eating his porter
house with gusto, two a day, when
his chief seneschal came around to
report that the supply was deci-
mated.
"A lot of steaks have disap-
peared," said the seneschal. "I can't
figure it out, because nobody knows
the combination of the vault but our
own mob and the club chef"
The club chef was summoned.
What is becoming of my steaks?"
barked the champion. who is eat
ing them, outside of my own mob,
maeStro?"
Evening star., 1938-12-29
Navy Packs EN- In

Baker Field. home gridiron for
Columbia University, has been sold
out only three times in its history
and twice the games featured Navy.
Evening star., 1938-12-29
From the
Press Box
Sixto Hopes Next Foe
Will Steak Him
BY JOHN LARDNER,
ny WIN A1AHSD4<HHN1
Special Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Having
the best interests of Puerto Rico
at heart, Mr.. Nathaniel Fleischer,
the boxing historian and part time
promoter. is planning to give the
island another load of its athletic
idol, Sixto Escobar, next month.
Mr.. FleiScher wants to match Six
to with Kayo Morgan of Detroit
for the bantamweight champion
ship. Last winter, he showed Esco-
bar to the Puerto Ricans against
Harry Jeffra. and, the time before
that against Lou Salica. There
does not appear to be any such
thing as seeing too much of Esco-
bar in Puerto Rico, although. in one
or two of the wee fellows appear
ances in this country couple of
rounds was too much.
Mr.. Fleischer points out that the
island of his birth has a highly
salubrious effect on SiXto, and vice
versa.
when the kid gets down there,
he gets hot" says Nathaniel, May
be it's the climate Maybe it's pa
triotism. He fights like a wild man.
Naturally, the customers go for him
in a sizable way, because he always
looks so good down there. He can
have the key to the island any time
he wants il
Evening star., 1938-12-29
TODAY'S PAIRINGS.
Southeast Branch.

90-pound class-1 pm. Powell Boys Club
vs. Georgetown Branch; :. pm. Northeast
120-p )und class pm. Alexandra
BOYS Club VS.. Stanton Aces.
13o-pound class pm. Stewart Bros
Phcto VS.. Stuart Boys Club; pm Cen
tral Branch Fleetwings VS.. lexington Bak-
cry.
Central Branch
1GS-pound class-11 am. GEORGETOWN
Branch vs. Merrick Boys Club; / pm.
Purple
l2o-pound class pm. GEORGETOWN
branch VS.. Central Branch Americans
unlimited Class pm. Merrick Boys
Club A vs.. Central Branch Varsity; 8
p m Northeast Branch Big Five VS.. Mer-
Evening star., 1938-12-29

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Evening star., 1938-12-29

PITCHERS DURING
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-10
81 knew it was Williams"

In the CRATE of is room I found
a bit of charred linen, wot I sent
up to the Yard to be examined.
It turns out to be the same stuff
as wot the rest of the pillow
cases was made of. Well, that
might not of been conclusive, if
T ,adn,t found out from the girl
about the fires. You remember
'ow e shut me up when I started
to arst 'er about that? And, not
wishing to rub it in, you gentle
men Joined in wiz i'm? Well, I
'ad to see 'er later. She said Mr..
Williams never liked a fire in is
room. It was laid, same as fires
'ad to be laid everywhere, in case
anyone wanted to light one. But
Williams 'ad never lit lis before.
And when she come to do the
crate it must ave been nine
o'clock, because I'd examined it
soon after I got ERE that morn
ing, and found the bit of charred
linen. I thought then the Goals
was still 'ot and she says when
she come to do 'em she could feel
'em warm still. There was only
a very small scuttle of coal there,
and it wasn't all burnt. So e
couldn't ave lighted is fire till
the small hours, to burn that pill
low case. So no one else couldn't
of gone into is. room to burn it
there"
But what was his motive?" I
asked. I wasn't skeptical now,
but curious.
Motive? e 'ad more, motive
than anyone. First thing I did
was to go froo Mrs. Thurston's
papers. Ed, 'ad all 'er money.
All 'er own money that is, to in
vest. Admit you thought it bit
odd as lady with $4,000 or
$4,000 year, 'ood never lived
extravagant, should be over
drawn so far she couldn't over
draw no farther, even if she was
being blaclxmailed? Well, that's
the reason. All she 'adn't spent
of 'er income she'd been 'anding
over to this ERE Williams for
years to invest for 'er. And ed.
been living. on it andsome. And
now she was being pressed by
Stall, and begged from by Striek-
land, she wanted a bit. And Of
course it wasn't there. Only,
when e came down this weekend
e never thought ed get as. good
a chance as that to do 'er in with
out being copped!"
(TO Be COntinuedl
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-10
FARMERS DECLINE
FERTILIZER!
Do Not Generally Y $ e
Brands Recommended
or Their Purchasing
Daily Dispatch bureau.
r. IL. So walter Hotel.

RALEIGH. March 1O-Statistics show
that it's almost as hard 10 geI tile
North Carolina farmer to use recoiil-
mended" grades of fertilizer as ~ - "
make the proverbial horse drink altel
leading him to water
According to the Bulletin OF Ing
North Carolina Department OF Asli-
culture, just issued, the North caro-
lima Experiment Stations recomnlenu
the use of five particular grades OF
fertilizer for various and sundry xmas
of crops.
Also according to the same Bulletln'
the farmers of North Carolina pought
nearly million tons of fertlllzer IN
1887 and only 1882 per cent OF 1t was
of the recommended grades.
Even this was an Improvement (as
viewed by the accommodating ex~
perts) over the 11.37 per cent OF re-
commended grades used in 1885.
While scorning the advice of their
experts. the farmers in 1887 included
in their total purchases no less than
1875 per cent of 1873 tertlllzer'
grade not recommended py the sta-
tons for anything at all.
Here again there was a modlcuif.
of improvement at 46.7l per cent OIL
all the 1885 fertilizer was 1873 ana IN
1886 the figure for this classlflcatloh
stood at 42.78 per cent.
The stations recommend the use OIL
1874 in the Coastal Plain for corn,
small grain and cotton. The 1897 per
centage of this grade was 0.3l. Inc
stations recommend 1856 for tobacco.
Of this the percentage was 300
In the Piedmont and Mountain sec
tions the fertilizer recommended Tor
corn, small grain and cotton is 4-lo-4
It's percentage was 2.78 For corn anc
small grain on fertile soil the recon-
manded grade is 2-1O-6, OF whlch the
percentage sold was LA. Recommenc
ed for tobacco in these sections Is
3-1O-6 Used was 2.73 per cent.
,, The population of the world almost
doubled between 1845 and 1870.