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Evening star., 1939-12-19
Veteran Gives Youn9ster
His First Name" Fight

His glove caught the plodding,
bobbing Dudas a glancing blow on
the side of the chin, and Dudas
went down. This was turn of
events that every one looked for
Dudas was in there to burnlsh the
reputation of the Irish killer, to
build him up. 1t was Patrick's first
name" flght-but a name fight in
name only, for Dudas, though well
known, has been whacked from pill
lar to post in the course of other
build-up campaigns.
Big Steve sank to his knees, and
shook his head quickly from side to
side. Joe Gould watched him from
back of the corner.
Take it easy, Steve!" he barked.
Take a count"
I don't know if Mr.. Gould at that
moment was thinking back to an
other fight beside prize ring, more
than five years ago. when another
ploddding heavyweight, also stooge
and trial horse knelt in the rosin
before another young killer and tried
to shake the buzzing out of his head
Probably not. You don't do lot of
thinking back in circumstances
like that. Your mind is on the
fight in front of your eyes.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
From the
Press Box
Dudos May Be Taking
Bruddock's Troll
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (N.A.N.A0.-
II you look for omens, you always
can find them. OF course, you don t
have to believe them. Your CORE
spondent has his doubts about the
one that flashed over the ring in
Madison Square Garden the other
night, but Mr.. Joe Gould, the fight
manager, assures me it was a genu-
Inc omen and not cheap cotton
substitute.
Mr.. Gould was squatting behind
the corner of Steve Dudas, the one
time Golden Glove champion, now a
stooge and trial horse. when Dudas
was clipped on the jaw last Friday
evening by the heralded right hand
of Patrick Edward Comiskey, the
Irish white hope.
Just 10 years old, Pat Comlskey
had won all his 25 professional fights
most of them by quick knockouts.
They have spoken of Patrick as the
lad to stop Joe Louis two years from
now. Crude and awkward, there
was no doubt at all that he could hit
with great power. When Patrick
slapped 'em with his right, they
STAYED down,
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Fur Seeks Mamakos
Bout After Sixth
Straight Win
Abrams Scores T. K. O.:
Dunno Victor on
Arena Program

Has anybody seen Steve Mamakos7
Any information concerning his
whereabouts will be appreciated by
Phil Furr, who is diligently hunting
the athletic Athenian after plaster
ing Johnny Duca for a clean cut
decision last night at Turner's
Arena.
Furr publicly announced he would
like to meet Steve, but from reliable
sources 1t was learned Mamakos had
slowed away on the Norfolk boat
after hearing the bad news. A chal-
lenge is something the southwest
welterweight can't endure. It sends
cold shivers up and down his spine,
thus the necessity for seeking a
warmer climate.
Furr's Work Thorough.
Furr did a thorough job on Johnny
Duca, scoring his sixth straight win
as the pro game staged a remarkable
comeback, enticing some 1900 GUS
toners to the Arena, and 81, ,563 into
the till. His Ground triumph over
Johnny was one Of four all-star
bouts and he never looked better,
flooring his opponent twice in the
second round. Thereafter it was a
toe-to-toe duel, with Furr having
the better of it.
George Abrams homecoming ap-
pearance was successful enough as
he stopped Joe Duca after l minute
and % seconds Of the final round of
their war, but George was unim-
pressive. Mamakos probably could
spot him weight and whip him again
but that doesn't go for Furr.
Georges boxing was as good as
ever, but his punching still is minus
dynamite.
Dunno Gets Workout.
Irish Eddie Dunno outpointed Joey
Spangler in another good bout, out
boxing the wild Richmond lad.
Dunno timed his shots carefully and
managed to avoid serious trouble,
although he took a beating around
the body. He dumped Spangler for
no-count in the sixth with a short
right chop to the mouth and shook
him up several times. but both were
swinging industriously at the final
bell.
In the curtain-raiser, Mickey Duca
cfalked up verdict over Marcus
Pitts in a slow exhibition.
Maynard Daniels will box either
Jim Robinson or Georges Brescia
when business is resumed at the old
stand January 8. His proposed bout
with Marty Gallagher was Cancelled
when the big Irishman decided he
wasn't ready.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Levi Yoder, former Middle At
lantic amateur champion, and one
OF the best golfers ever to hit a tee
shot around Washington, has turned
professional and will join part of
the winter golf tour.
Yoder, who came to Washington
in 1884 as an amateur from Linville,
N. c., and who won many tourna-
ments around the Capital, beat
former National Champion Francis
Ouimet in the amateur title tourney
Of 1885 at Cleveland. He won the
Middle Atlantic crown in 1886, beat
ing Defending Champion Morton
Mccarthy in the final round at the
Five Farms course of the Balti-
more Country Club.
Although he was rated at the top
Of the local amateurs four years
ago, Yoder did not win the District
championship in his links cam
paigning around Washington. Roger
Peacock licked him in 1885 and won
the tourney, beating young Hickman
Greene in the final. Yoder's last
winning effort around Washington
was his victory in the Washington
Golf and Country Club tourney
Of 1898.
Fails in National Amateur.
A qualifier for the ational amateur
championship of 1898. Yoder failed
to qualify at the scene of the tour
nament itself at Oakmont, near
Pittsburgh. In that year the United
States Golf Association barred from
further competition in that particu-
lar tournament any player who had
not scored below "a in the first round
Of the championship. Yoder was
one of those left out of a chance
to redeem himself with good Sec
ond round, along with such stars as
Chick Evans of Chicago.
Yoder didn't like it. I'm through
with this sort Of thing" he said.
They don't give a fellow a chance
Evening star., 1939-12-19

only affair in which Bobby Jones,
former world king of golf, now COM
petes.
Tommy Armour, Leo Diegel and
Tony Penna, former Washington
golf professionals, are included in
the eligible list. About so players
usually start in the masters affair,
which is by long odds the best tour
nament outside of the open cham
pionship played annually in this
country. Best. that is, from the
viewpoint of entries and class of
play. 1t will include Sam Snead,
Byron Nelson and Henry Picard,
the hot boys of pro golf in 1899, as
we'll as Craig Wood and Denny
Shute, who tied Nelson in the Ma
tional Open this year and lost in the
playof.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Tokes Gould Back to Time
He Revived Broddock

In the other dressing room, Du-
das, the sturdy stooge. was grinning
Old in the ring and almost washed
up at the age of 26, this victory
meant another good fight for him
soon-with Billy Command another
check to store in the bank. For all
Big Steve knew when he took the
ring against Comiskey, it might
have been his last important fight.
Probably it would have been, if
Steve hadn't shaken the buzzing
from his head and climbed grimly
off the floor.
For Joe Gould, this fight had
flashed its omen. Remember the
night In June, 1884, when Max
Baer knocked out Primo Carnera
for the championship of the world?
They had promising young South
ern killer named Corn Griffin on
the preliminary card that night,
and to build him up they asked Joe
Gould to dig up Jim Braddock-"It
you know where he is" Gould knew
where he was. All through with
fighting, broke and battered, Brad
dock was working on the Jersey
docks as stevedore
Gould brought him back to the
ring that night to earn the few dol
lars that both of them needed 50
badly. Griffin hit old Jim on the
jaw and Jim went down, and Gould
was back of the corner then, his
nerves taut, yelling Take 1t easy
Jim! Take a count"
Braddock blinked, took his count
and got up. He forced his shudder-
ing legs to take him to Griffin, and
he knocked out the Southern killer
One year later, almost to the day
James j. Braddock was the heavy
weight champion Of the world.
lightning Is hittin' me twice!
yelled Joe Gould the other night
beaming and clapping Steve Dudas
on the shoulder.
It doesn't seem likely, but We'll
wait and see.
Evening star., 1939-12-19

Apparently the writing boys over
looked one when they gave only one
vote to Ell Chico in their annual poll
on the years outstanding sports dis
appointments of 1899 because "the
kid" was supposed to clean up the
big racing specials just as he had
done last year when he was rated
the juvenile champion.
Regarded by more than one ex-
pert as another Man O. War when
the season opened William Ziegler's
fashy little chesnut could hardly
get out of his own way and for the
year he has to his credit only q
single triumph in 10 starts. No
Kentucky Derbies, Preaknesses, Bel
monts or Arlington Classics fell his
way and when most of the rich
stakes were being run he was on the
sidelines practically forgotten. To
top it off the son of John P. Grier
recently broke down while training
on the West Coast for a comeback
and was destroyed.
Overrated at Outset.
All of Ell Chico's failure cannot be
blamed directly to him.. In the first
place he was overrated, as have been
many of his predecessors, and look
ing carefully into all the facts he
never should have been so highly
publicized. He was not the first
juvenile champion to fail when the
slower developing colts turned into
3-year -olds, nor was he the first to
be rated another wonder horse"
Johnstown, which received a
rather high figure in the poll, really
should have changed places with
Ell Chico. Little was expected of
Johnstown at the outset of the year,
and yet he went on to be ranked
second only to Challedon as the best
3-year-old in the land. His earn
ings, close to $50, 900, belle talk that
he was a flop and had it not been
for retiring he might have closed
the season as the second best of
them all. Two poor efforts cost
Johnstown prestige and one of them
can be attributed to mud. Otherwise
he was a whiz, and scored sensa-
tional triumphs in seven important
events. Yet he is rated more of a
failure than Ell Chico.
Perhaps Ell Chico's diminutive
stature is responsible for his lowly
rank as a failure. The experts who
had declared him unbeatable sud-
denly had pity on him when they
saw him run against the big, husky
colts and instead of hopping on him
as a washout they passed him by
and heaped their vengeance on the
prepossessing Johnstown. Maybe Il
the Bel Air Bullet had been q stragHly
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Pair Of College Proxies
Ex-Gridiron Sturs

Canvassing the land, only two
college presidents are found who
were outstanding athletes in their
day-Dr. George Cutten of Colgate,
famous old Yale football Blue, and
Curly Byrd of Maryland, who won
laurels at the College Park institu-
tion.
Thurston Davies Of Colorado Col
lege was a fair track man 1T
Princeton.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Coins First Field Goal
Win in Nine Years
By the Associated Press,

MILWAUKEE,. - Marquette's re-
cent 17-14 victory over Michigan
State marked the first time in nine
years that the Golden Avalanche
had triumphed through place kick
from the field.
It also was the first game in six
years that Trainer Eddie Rozmary-
noski had not been called on the field
to administer first aid to an injured
player.
Evening star., 1939-12-19

Anacostia VS.. Bethesda Chevy
Chase, Bethesda, Md, 8.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
George Washington VS.. Okla
homa A. and NJ, Tech High gym,
$50.
Heurich Brewers vs.. New York
Renaissance, Heurich gym, $50.
Central VS.. Hyattsville High,
Hyattsville, Md, $3.50.
Anacostia VS.. Gonzaga, Tech
High gym, $3.50.
Washington-Lee High VS.. Fred
ericksburg High, Ballston, Va, 8.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Night Football for Next Season Approved by District High School Officials
Sports Program for Local Fans

H. TODAY.
Hockey.
washington Eagles VI. New
York Rovers, Riverside Stadium,
$50. s
Basket BAN.
Woodrow Wilson vs. George
town Prep, Garrett Park, Nd,
$50.
Eastern vs.. George Washing
ton High, Eastern gym, 8.
Washington-Lee High vs.. Falls
Church, Ballston, Va, 8.
Tech VS.. Mount Rainier, Mount
Rainier, Nd, $3.50.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO-Joe sutka, 159, Wyan-
dotte. Mich. knocked out Paul Pirrone,
1873, Cleveland a..
NEWARK. Henry Cooper, 191,
Brooklyn. outpointed Buddy Knox, 100.
Dayton, Ohio IO).
PITTSBURGH-Harr Bobo. 2O5,
Pittsburgh. knocked out Don Merritt.
1874. Cleveland (2).
QUEBEC.-Paul Junior. 139. Lewis
ton. Me. knocked out Leo Gales. 146,
Boston 80.
BALTIMORE. - Frankie Terranova,
14l. New York. and Jackie Sharkey.
1884, New York, drew CO.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Paqe to Pilot Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga, Dec. 10 R.-Phil
Page, 34-year-old relief pitcher and
coach Of the Kansas City Blues of
the American Association, has been
named to pilot the Augusta Tigers
in the 1910 South Atlantic League
campaign. according to Troy Asuew,
club oWuag.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
MontbIoir Basket Pair
Amuzes Charlotte Hall
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CHARLOTTE HALL, Md, Dec.
l9.-Local basket ball fans still were
talking today of the sterling play
OF Ford Kelley and John Norris,
the two boys who led Montgomery
Blair High of Silver Spring to a
38-to-21 victory over Charlotte Hall
here last night.
Pacing their team to its second
straight win, Kelley and Norris
scored 81 points between them
Wise, Charlotte guard, scored more
than half of the losers points, II.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Foes in Tourist Bowl

DENVER, Dec. 10 lP).-The Colo
RADIO Tourist Bowl Association has
announced that st. Mary's Univer-
sity (Texas) and San Jose State
(Calif0 College will play in a Tourist
Bowl football game here New Year
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Londos Pins Rudy
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 10
Jim Londos, 202, Greece, threw Rudy
Dusek, 218, Omaha, in 26:11 here
last night.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Five Tennessee Stars
Voted Places on
A||-Southeast
By the Associated Press.

ATLANTA, Dec. 19-Three line
men and two backfield performers
on Tennessee's grid squad have
been named on the 1889 all-star
Southeastern Conference football
team, selected by the coaches for the
Associated Press.
All but one of the conferences Is
coaches joined in naming the II
players to the honor roll, which
found positions voted to players rep
resenting five schools. There were
no unanimous choices. but Harley
McCollum. the giant Tulane tackle,
received the biggest bundle of bal
lots. He was named by 10 coaches.
Evening star., 1939-12-19
Eagles Battle Rovers
Tonight for Spot in
Hockey Cup Race
Hershey Success Hopes
Will Fode Unless Loop
Leaders Are Beaten

Equipped with the Eastern Anna
teur Hockey Leagues five top scorers
and rejecting it from their lofty
position atop the loop. the New
York Rovers will invade Riverside
Stadium tonight and attempt to
knock over one Of the few obstacles
remaining in their road to the
Hershey Cup when they face the
Washington Eagles.
Victory for the Rovers virtually
will award them the Hershey Cup
series, for their nearest contender,
which still would be Washington,
would be trailing by six points. New
York then would be required to win
only two of five remaining games
while the Eagles swept five to be
assured at least a tie for the TOP
spot.
Eagles Coach Is Ill.
A win for Washington, though.
will alter the complexion Of league
standing, leaving the Eagles trailing
the Rovers only by two points, or
the margin of triumph. In that
event the series may hinge on the
final fuss of the Hershey Cup sched-
ule when the Eagles face the Rovers
at New York on January /.
The Eagles may be forced to
operate minus Coach Redvers
Mackenzie, who has been confined
to Georgetown Hospital with grippe,
but, regardless, the game looms as
one of the most attractive of the
still youthful season. The years
largest crowd is expected to view
the engagement.
Their 5-game winning streak
snapped Saturday night by the Sea
Gulls at Atlantic City, the Eagles
still are confident of checking the
Rover boys and thus retain more
than an outside chance of capturing
the Hershey Cup crown. The Rovers
enjoy 81 margin in previous games
with the Eagles.
Play will start at $50 o'clock.
Following are the lne-ups:
Pos, Eagles. Rovers.
II 4
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15

REV. ". IL. MA i O1AN
dience which overlooked the large
church over the reappointment of
Rev. Carlyle F. Stewart to his sixth
year at st. Peter church, Mime
apolis and Rev. Gerald L. Hayden
to st. James church, st. Paul.
Other Appointments
Appointments to the A. M. E.
Church, st. Paul District, include:
Presiding Elder, Rev. T. B. Stovall;
Coppin Chapel, FIT. Dodge, Rev. W.
L. Johnson; Bethel, Cedar Rapids,
]. w. Collins; Bethel, Winnipeg,
Canada, Evangelist Lena Robinson;
Malone Chapel, Sioux City, Ia,
Rev. B. M. Moore; Huron, South
OAK, Rev. Grant Page; Waterloo,
Ia, Rev. w. H. Thommasson; Way
man, Minneapolis, Rev. H. Reddick;
Gregg Mission, st. Paul, Rev.
Boyde Patrick; Allen Chapel, Min
neapolis, Rev. J. A. Baker; St.
James, Minneapolis and st. Mark
Duluth, Rev. G. H. Spears; Mar
shalltown, Ia, to be supplied; Wild
wood Circuit, Rev. w. R. j. Roman.
The Des Moines District appoint
ments were: Rev. W. n. Ogleton,
Presiding Elder; ST. Paul, Des
Moines, Ia, Rev. Il. C. Boyd;
Bethel, Des Moines, Ia, Rev. H. J.
Parker; Clarinda, Ia, Rev. B. J..
Moses; Council Bluff and Edmon-
ton, Rev. G. W. Slater; Abba and
Osceola circuit, Rev. L. L. johnson;
0skaloosa, Ia, Rev. E. A. London;
Clinton and Dubuque, Rev. W. M.
Berry; Davenport, Ia, Rev. w. R.
Stewart; Muscatine and Iowa City,
Rev. A. R. Parks; Keokuk, Ia, Rev.
w. F. Ogleton; Fl. Madison and Mt.
Pleasant, Rev. C. 81. Copeland;
Burlington, Ia, Rev. W. M. Majors;
0ttumwa, Ia, Rev. A. ]. Irvine;
Fairfield and Washington, Rev. A.
L. Preston, and Newton, Rev. r. G.
Campbell.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Gregg ReappOints
Stewart & Hayden
To Twin Cities.
A. M. E. Conference Closes Most
Successful Sessions

Successful Sessions
"The Northwest A. M. E. con-
ference has always been known as
a missionary conference but it is
now a real conference" said the
Ri. Rev. John A. Gregg, presiding
bishop of the Fourth Episcopal dis
trict of the A. M. e. church shortly
before he announced his appoint
ments Sunday night, at the closing
of the 18th annual meeting of that
church in this district.
The A. M. E. church of the area
comprising the St. Paul and Des
Moines districts have shown a
steady growth the prelate said.
The final meeting of the con-
ference was held at the First Pres
byterian Church Sunday night.
The conference which began with
the meetings of the Women's Mite
Missionary Society on September s
and ended Sunday night were
largely attended by delegates,
of the A. NJ. E. connection
and the general public.
Considerable jubila ito was
shown by the Sunday night au-
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Funeral Rites
For Crockett
Ross Today

Funeral rites for Crockett Ross,
veteran retired Great Northern
R. R. and Pullman Co. employee,
will be held Friday at 2:30 p. m.
at Camphor M. E. church, st. Paul.
Mr.. Ross, who lived at 500 st.
Anthony Ave., died Sunday morn
ing at 1880 a. M, after long ILL
ness.
Rev: Clarence T. Nelson, pastor
of Camphor Church, will officiate.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Nora Ross, of st. Paul,
and son, Kenneth Ross, who lives
in Los Angeles, California.
Interment at Forest Cemetery.
Neal Funeral Home in charge.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Miss Ruth Hamlin
: Girls Worker At
Wheatley Resigns

Ruth Hamlin, girls worker at
Phyllis Wheatley Community
House, Minneapolis, resigned her
post this week.
No reason was given for her res
ignation. She will enter the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh on $1,000
fellowship in the School of Applied
Social Science for, a years study.
Miss Hamlin came to Minneapo-
lis from Indianapolis, Ind, where
she was on the girl reserve staff
at the Y. W. C. A. She is a grad
uate of Butler University and has
studied at Indiana University and
Oberlin College.
Miss Magnolia Latimer, head
resident at Phyllis Wheatley, said
the Community House was reluc-
tant to accept Miss Hamlin's resig-
nation because "she had done a
good"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Church Hits
Explanation
InOpen Letter

Editor: For the benefit of our
many friends and those who were
present when the pastor delivered
his farewell address, the Mt. Olivet
Baptist Church would like to clear
up a few points in Rev. Bothic's ad-
dress that might be misleading.
We would like to first thank those
who were present and took a part
in the farewell ceremonies just be-
fore the address. We would like,
especially, to thank the Ministerial
Alliance for their representative,
if he was their representative, in
taking part in this affair. 1t seems
that some, from their talk, were
under the impression that the pas
tor was preaching his installation
instead of his farewell sermon.
We would like to make it clear
to those who are not familiar with
Baptist policy that in a Baptist
church the majority rules whether
it be one or a thousand. One
person was not responsible for the
pastors release as was stated, but
by a majority of members present
was his resignation voted. Every
member of the church was duly
notified through the mail to appear
at the regular monthly business
meeting when this action was TAX
en-. How man can stand in the
pulpit and misuse the truth as he
did.is beyond our comprehension.
Mt. Olivet has never kicked out
a pastor as he stated. Mt. Olivet
has had four pastors and three of
them, as men of God, resigned. Ev-
erybody in this town knows why the
Rev. T. ]. Carr resigned. They
also know that the Rev. Stewart
resigned to take a pastorate in
Kansas City. They know that the
Rev. w. B. Wood, one of the grand
Continued on Page Al
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
WESTERN HOTEL AND
CHICKEN SHOP OPENS

A new management is operating
the Western Hotel and Chicken
Shop, 379 Carroll Ave. st. Paul,
formerly the Keystone Hotel.
improvements are being made to
make this a first class hotel. The
rooms are modern and prices rea-
sonable, everything for your COM
fort.
If you want your meals while
stopping at the Hotel, our Chicken
Shop is always at your service,
good food, excellent service. Chick
en- Shop open day land night. (See
our advertisement elsewhere in this
issue,)
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-09-15
Baker Post In
Drive To Assist
Mo. SharecrOppers
BAKER POST TO AID
SHARECROPPERS

Johnny Baker Post, POI, Mime
apolis, has started an old clothes
drive to aid the Sikeston, Mo-, ref
ugees, who were driven from their
lands and denied government aid
through the activities of the farm
owners.
About TOO of these are still
homeless and without sufficient
clothing throughout the southeast
ern part of Missouri and northeast
ern Arkansas.
Baker Post plans to collect as
many old clothes as possible and
forward them. to Prof. Alonzo
Green, who has taken leadership in
relieving the plight of the victims.
Anyone having any old clothing
which is not especially needed
should call Ike Moore, Locust 9475,
or Enrol Fassett, Drexel 1886.
The plight Of the sufferers can
hardly be imagined by persons liv-
ing under normal conditions, few
are housed in schoolhouses and
churches, under the most unsani-
tary conditions, but most are with
out any housing except such crude
shelters as they may be able to
make for themselves with the ima-
terials at hand.
For the most part these are con-
structedaef burlap baggings pack
ing boxes, and discarded lumber
and tin sheeting.
Proper food and clothing are es-
pecially scarce, as funds have been
withheld for the past five months
by the planters, in hopes that the
striking tenants would abea starved
into acceptance Of conditions offer
ed them.