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Evening star., 1939-03-19
Mid-At|antic Court
Field Is Reduced
To Six Teams
DeIhuds. Regal CIothiers
Only District Outfits
To Survive PreIims

Picking up where they left of late
last night after 10 hours of hectic
battling, six survivors in the mid
Atlantic independent basket ball
tourney will resume play this morn
ing at 10 o'clock at Heurich Gym,
with Bethlehem Steel Co. of Spar
rows Point, Md, clashing with the
Pearson A. c. of Philadelphia in the
quarter final round.
A strictly local quarter final game
at IL o'clock will find Delaware and
Hudson facing Regal Clothiers, with
the winner Of the first game due to
meet Alex Sloan tossers of New
Kensington, Pa, at 2:3O o'clock and
the winner of the second game to
collide with Hyatt All-Stars of
Pittsburgh at $3.50 o'clock in semi
final tits.
A consolation final will be staged
at 8 o'clock tonight, with the cham
pionship game due to materialize at
9 o'clock.
Immediately after the title con-
test Sponsor Chris Heurich, jr., will
donate handsome trophies to the
champion. runner-up and consola-
ton winners.
Admission to morning games will
be Is cents, with tariff for tonight S
games set at IS cents. Following
are summaries of yesterdays games:
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Chevy Chase Saddle
Show Of 70 Events
Listed Apri|2

The fourth semi-annual Chevy
Chase Horse Show will be held
April 2 on the East-West highway
opposite the Meadowbrook Saddle
Club.
The program includes four pony
classes and is horse classes. with
both hunter and jumper Champion
ships. There will be either cash or
trophies and ribbons in all events.
All horses which are to be shown
in classes calling for conformation
Judging will be given a rating be-
forehand which will be used as
basis for points.
The committee includes Donald c.
Bradley. chairman; Gardner Hall
man. secretary; Jean Bradley, Cher
rle Hallman and J. B. MacMurray.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Trials for.Bird Dogs
Al Johnson S Farm
Next Week End

The eighteenth annual spring
trials for bird dogs will be held this
Friday and Saturday by the Ma
tional Capital Field Trial Club on
Walter Johnson's farm near Ger
mantoWn, Md.
Trophies will be awarded for the
first three dogs in each of three
stakes, one for puppies whelped
during 1888, an all-age for winners
or non-Winners. and a shooting dog
stake which will be for non-field
trial winners in other than shooting
dog stakes. All dogs must be
handled by amateur club members.
Entry blanks may be obtained
from Ford E. Young. secretary, at
1906 Wisconsin avenue.
Spectators will be admitted to the
trials without charge. There is a
ridge running parallel to the bird
field. in which quail are liberated
from which point the trials may be
viewed without following the dogs.
Events start both days at 8 am. and
will run all day.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Of the newly formed West River
Yacht Club will be held. Composed
of local yachtsmen who base their
craft at the nearby port at Hartge's
Boatyard, the group recently elected
Frank Courtney as commodore; !;
Robert Slime, vice commodore: Rob-
ert Fithian, rear commodore; George
B. Lacy, secretary treasurer, and H.
E. Preston, fleet captain. The Board
of Governors include the officers,
Leroy Crockett and B. c. Higgins.
West River boat owners have
been extended an invitation to
attend the Wednesday meeting.
Plans are being completed for
their first fleet rendezvous at Rhode
River on May 30.
The same evening at Capital Yacht
Club j. Ramsey Speer, jr, of Oxford,
Nd, will be the second speaker of
a lecture series sponsored by the
Potomac River Sailing Association.
He will discuss tuning up boat, a
subject he is well versed in, being the
builder of some of the finest small
racing boats on this coast. Associ-
alton sailors have decided on April
Is for the opening date of their
spring series of six races of Hains
Point.
The Potomac River fleet of the
Comet Glass Yacht Racing Associ-
alton has slated short meeting to
elect officers for the year just before
the lecture Wednesday night.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Victory Posts Softies
To Celebrate Xictory

Victory Post of the American Le-
gion will honor its indoor baseball
team, for two years District cham
pion. with banquet on Friday,
March 81, at the Bamboo Gardens.
Senator Lundeen of Minnesota will
be the guest speaker.
The American Legion department
commander, national executive COM
mitteemen, department athletic Of
tlcer, auxiliary president and other
dlgnitaries will be guests of the past
and the athletic officer of the Com
munity Center will present a trophy
emblematic of this years champion
ship to the team.
Individual trophies will be pre-
sented to Ridgeley w. Axt, Charley
Aquilini, Temple FARRELL, Joe A. Ber-
tolini, Henry F. Long, Arthur Pat
rick Gill, John Jankowski, John G.
Mandes, Harold E. Steffes, Arthur
w. Webb, William H. McCurdy and
Morris A. Bealle, manager.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Royals Defeat A|I-Stars
Al banneker Carnival

Banneker Royals defeated the
Banneker All-Stars, 41-22. in a
basket ball game Yesterday that
was one of the features of the sports
carnival at the playground in which
about 300 young athletes took part.
Upsets were scored in several of
the events. Robert Stewart de-
feated Alfred Palmer, last years
winner, for the table tennis title,
and Dumas Williams downed Gar
net Adams for the junior title In
the same event.
Mary Dixon took one of the fea-
ture girls events when she won the
foul shooting contest. Louis Green
was the titlist in the boys shooting
Arthur Howard won the shuffleboard
contest, defeating all comers.
Potato races. bean bag throw and
baseball throwing events also were
held.
Evening star., 1939-03-19

the first annual Southland Cham
pionship Sweepstakes. The day be-
fore he tied with Crooks, current 135
record holder, in the event for that
class.
Then competing out Of his
class, Crawford won the 225-
cubic-inch event on points
after the champion Cooper
fell by the wayside.
With such an auspicious BEGIN
ming for the racing year and in one
OF the fast Apel-designed boats.
Andy is going to bear close watching
this season.
Florida Waters Rough.
The Florida racing season closes
today, when the Miami Junior
Chamber of Commerce stages a one
day racing program on Biscayne
Bay. Sanctioned by the American
Power Boat Association, the schedule
includes heats for outboard runa-
bouts and 81 and 225 hydroplanes.
Roland M. Brennan, chairman of
the Harbor Regulations Committee
for the District, is hopeful of having
a booklet published for the use of
local and visiting yachtsmen con-
tanning pertinent and useful infor-
nation on Washingtons waterfront.
illustrated with photographs and
charts, the booklet would contain a
description Of the port, general laws
relating to the harbor, a description
of terminal facilities and other in
formation.
Plotting Students to Be Guests.
About hundred students of pilot
ing classes now under way by the
Potomac River Power Squadron will
be guests at squadron dinner Tues
day evening at the Gingham Club.
The following night ut Corinthian
Yacht Club the drst general meeting
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Elliott Will Captain
Howard Gridders
In 80 Season

Arthur C. Elliott, a mainstay of
the Howard University football
team last year. was elected yester-
day to captain the 1899 eleven. Ell
liott, Junior. will lead the Bisons
through an eight-game schedule eli
NAKED on November 80 with the an
nual classic against Lincoln.
The election and announcement
Of schedule was made at the annual
banquet of the Varsity H" Club.
Letters were awarded to Elliott,
Robert White. George Van Buren,
Don Oliver Morrow. Russell Harris,
Morton Jeffers. Jack Jones. Jona-
than Green, William Davis. Thomas
Smith and David U. Martin. Har-
ris, Morrow. Green. G. Van Buren,
and j. Van Buren also received
monogrammed sweaters
o p.5s;.h os.9berm7 Cheyney; -, Shaw; at
Carolina College, at Durham
November-4. Morgan; II Hampton
Is. St. Paul; 80. Lincoln. at Philadelphia
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Howard Will Send Six
Boxers to Tourney

Howard University will enter a
squad of six mittmen in the Colored
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
boxing tournament to be staged this
Friday and Saturday at Virginia
State College.
Bison entries include Harvey Vim
cent, 125 pounds; John Watson, 1856:
Laurence Halliburton, 145; Irving
Washington. 1855: John Thaxton,
165, and William Square, heavy
weight.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Ryder Cup Golf Assigned
To Ponte vedra Links
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SARASOTA. Fla. March 18.-The
Professional Golfers Association,
through its president, George ia
cobus, today announced the Ponte
Vedra Golf Club at Jacksonville.
Fla, had been selected as the site
of this years Ryder Cup matches.
The dates for the British-U United
States competition have not been
set, but will be sometime in Novem-
ber.
Jacobus pointed out the topog-
raphy of the Ponte Vedra seaside
course is similar to English courses
and should be favorable to the
British team.
The United States team. captained
by Walter Hagen. will defend the
cup. as the result of beating the
British in 1887 at Southport for the
first win of either team on foreign
soil.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Faction Fighter Nabs.
Sandhi||s Cup Race
Al Pinehurst
Bunree Boy Runs Second,
Little Mountain Third
In 3-MiIe 'Chose
By the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
PINEHURST, N. c., March IA
Faction Fighter, Paul Melons
jumper, with Gentleman Rider S.
Water up, won the Sandhills Chal-
lenge Cup. miles over timber,
here today in the fifth renewal Of
the Sandhills steeplechase meeting.
Two riders were thrown as their
horses failed to clear the timber, but
three Of the field of five finished.
The two favorites, Mrs. Frank M.
Gould's Postman Home, with Willie
Jones up, and Faction Fighter, were
taking a jump neck and neck when
Postman Home fell.
Victor by Four Lengths.
Faction Fighter won by four
lengths. Bunree Boy, from the
Geoffrey Laing stables at Southern
Pines, and Little Mountain, owned
by Mrs. Stewart Spilman of The
Plains, Va, finished strong in Sec
ond and third positions.
Captain Bill, another Laing en-
try, with Sandy Baldwin up. took
the lead, but fell at the second tim
Der. Bunree Boy, ridden by M. T.
Mayo, Pinehurst artist, cleared the
hurdles better than any horse in
the race.
Faction Fighters time was 1885.
Sailors Knott Is Winner.
Mrs. Marion Dupont SCOTS
Sailors Knott won the Croatan
Steeplechase, for 4-year -olds and
upward, over miles of brush. w.
Jones was up. Jolie Knight, owned
by Rufus c. Finch of New York, with
E. Russell up, was second, and
Kings Parade. another Mellon en-
try, with G. Gibson up. was third.
Winning time was 4:362s.
Masked Knight. owned and ridden
by c. H. Bostwick of Aiken, S. c.,
won the Catawba, for 3-year-olds
and up, over IL miles of hurdles,
in 1868. Aylward, owned by Mrs.
j. c. Clark of New York, with G..
MCGEE up, was second, and Motion,
owned by Mrs. Reginald Sinclaire
of Kansas City, with w. Hayhurst
up, was third.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
No. 4 Skaters Sweep
Police Boys Club
Roller Races

No. Police Boys Club made
clean sweep of roller skating races
yesterday in a meet with the No. S
club that officially opened the
spring season for the organizations.
The races were held on E street,
between Fourth and Sixth streets,
southwest, with Capt Joseph Nor
gan, commanding officer of No. S
Police Precinct, in charge.
Snow was falling when they were
completed after the start had been
made in the sunshine.
Winners received skates. They
were Joseph Lynch. Clarence Hen
son and William Brown, all repre-
senting the No. 4 Club.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Easy Mark Triumphs
ByFive Lengths in
MiddIeburg Race
Mary Berry Beats Out
Ruckorock for Place
By Close Margin
BY ROBERT HENRY,
Star Stan CORRESPONDENT,

WARRENTON, Va, March l8-
Easy Mark, big chestnut horse
owned and ridden by Gerry Webb
of Middleburg won the open race
over miles of hunting country
in the annual point o-point meet
held here today.
Mary Barry, with Crompton
Smith, also of Middleburg, in the
saddle, finished second five lengths
behind the driving winner. She
was half a length ahead of last
years winner, Rackarock, ridden
by Amory Lawrence of Warrenton.
The pair race for mixed couples
went to the combination of Prota-
gonist. ridden by Natalie Hazard,
and Dilate, ridden by William
Emory, both of this town.
The races, the fashioned type
of point-to-point that originated
in England a few hundred years
ago, provided no set course to fol-
low. Webb and Smith. both more
or less strangers to this land, took
different courses in gaining their
respective placings.
Emory Sets Early Pace.
Opposed by nine other contestants
they followed the early pace of
Emory. who also rode in this race,
on Goldbrook, until the field reach
ed the main road between War;
renton and the Rappahanack River,
then Smith took chance by cut
ting across country to be the first
at the Friendly Farm, where the
chip was picked up.
Pressing him for the lead was
Emory Webb and Lawrence, with
the rest some distance behind. Mrs
G. W. Cutting. on the favorite,
Irish Buckle, fell shortly before
the token had been picked up, and
was eliminated.
On the way home the leaders
again split ana took different
courses. Reaching the last fence
Webb had straight run over, but
Smith. running parallel to the fence
had to check ard pull out before
going over This lost several lengths
and it was the margin by which he
was defeated. Lawrence. on Racka-
rock, managed to hold on long
enough to get third place. The time
for the event was 1912.
Make Excellent Time.
The pair race. which saw two
couples start off at intervals OF
about 80 seconds. was time affair
The winners finished in the excel
lent time of 1912, about minute
better than the second couple, Not
So. with Mrs Norman Toerge up
and Snowy River. ridden by Mrs
Cutting. Their time was 2O:35 for
the 7-mile run. Third place went
to Water Sprite, Nancy Redman
up, and Capt. Richard Kirkpatrick
on Memo. 1t took them a little
more than % minutes to complete
the course.
Following the races a party for
the riders and visitors was held at
the North Wales Club. with toasts
flying fast and furious.
Harry Worcester Smith. a sports
man-author of Middleburg. invited
all to drink to the success Of the
generation of young riders who
participated in their first point to-
point.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
~ Quintet Retains Lead
By Defeating u. B.

Y. NJ. c. A. cagers kept their lead
IN the "Y" Junior Sunday School
Basket Ball League by conquering
United Brethren, 32-14, in yester-
days feature game.
In other contests Calvary Baptist
sWamped Foundry M. E., 2O-7: Sail
vatlon Army won over Memorial
Chapel. 2l-l7, and Wisconsin Av1
enue Baptist forfeited to Metro4
politan Memorial.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Blind Pig Pin Doubles
On Top at Tokomo

Takoma Park man and woman
bowlers, augmented by many from
downtown alleys, are primed for the
Evelyn Gay-Ruth King blind pig"
doubles at Takoma Park Alleys at 3
pm. today.
The three-game event will be
staged on a high-low basis, the lower
half OF competitors drawing partners
from the upper half at the end of,
the second game. Entry fee is 81,
including the cost of three games. >
Evelyn Gay and Ruth King are
outstanding pinettes in the Takoma
Ladies League.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Plumber, Coffey, R.
Fives Gain Tourney
Quarter-FinaIs

Atchinson-Keller Plumbers, Cof-
fey Sales and Railroad Retirement
quints won their way into the quar-
ter-flnal rounds of the Community
Center basket ball tournament when
they successfully passed first-round
tests last night.
The Plumbers ran up the highest
score while routing Mclean, 48 to
20. Coffey Sales downed Plaza Bev-
erage, 80 to 27, and Railroad Retire.
ment won over Rinaldi Tailors, II
tn 70
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Record City Tourney Anticipated by Capitals Duckpn Sponsors This Year
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Ike Davis, a rookie inf1elder
from the Western League, was the
sensation of early practice at the
Nationals camp at Augusta, Ca,
and he appeared a good bet to
win Johnny Lavan's shortstop
post.
Derrill Pratt, second baseman
with the New York Americans,
signed for another year after pre-
viously saying he was going to
quit baseball. His return leaves
Pitchers Ernest Shore and HUI
bert Leonard as the only un-
signed Yankees.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Tar Heels Gain Lead
In Five Events Of
Pin Congress
New Pocemokers Appear
In All Divisions of
Championship Glass

Gaining the lead in five cham
pionship events, North Carolina
man and woman bowlers featured
the first big session of the National
Duckpin Bowling Congress as new
leaders forged to the front in all
championship classes of the 18th
annual tournament at the Lucky
Strike yesterday and last night.
New leaders also appeared in the
booster team division when the
Alloys Liquor Store quint, paced by
G. Hummer's 384, shot 1924 in the
mems section and the Recreation
girls of Portsmouth, Va. led by
Eleanor Bunting's 348, rolled 1867.
Joseph Tops All-Events.
Joe Joseph, city champion of
Charlotte. was the stand-out male
shooter in gaining first place in the
mems all-events with 1,173 after a
sparkling 44O set that enabled the
Charlotte Bowling Center team of
North Carolina to take the mems
championship team lead with 1861.
Joseph totaled 800 in singles and
373 in doubles.
Minus Nell Powell, a star, the
Charlotte girls team, out to regain
the title it won In 1887, totaled 1916
to take the women's team lead. Lib
Bradshaw, who rolled 489 to gain
the lead in the John Dennis Sweep
stakes at Columbia with 489 fea-
tured the Charlottes' bid with 1853.
A Baltimore shooter, Buck Har-
vey, took over first place in the
mems singles with an even 400, and
with Carl Pace is leading the doubles
with TAB. His 40 in doubles and
800 team count placed him second
in the all-events with Ito.
p. Blythe Leads Women.
P. Blythe of the Charlotte team
rolled into the women's singles lead
with 294. Mrs. Bradshaw and M.
Hutchings, the Charlotte duo, paced
the womens doubles with GIG.
The Shamrocks New Recreation
girls of Washington gained second
place in the women's booster class
with 1856.
Catherine Wick and Billy Gauer of
Norfolk topped the mixed doubles
with 724-count rolled at Columbia.
Bill Inge of Richmond took the lead
in the mems section of the John
Dennis Sweepstakes at Columbia
with 627 Perce Ellet, last years
runner-up, is in the same spot
with 610
Guilbert Brandon of South Car
olina took the lead in the boys
championship division with 288,
while Jack Laws of North Carolina
topped the Junior class with 298.
The tournament continues today
with doubles and singles in the
afternoon at 2 and team rolling to-
night at 8.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Baseball Federation
Meets Tuesday

The National Capital Amateur
Baseball Federation will hold an
open meeting Tuesday, to which all
managers and sponsors of amateur
mines in the District are invited.
1t will be held in the new Police
Court Building, Fifth and E streets
NV, at pm. Plans will be dis
cussed for holding the national
baseball tournament in Washington
from September 9 to II.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Wild Life Week Shoot
On Skeet Club Card

Members of the National Capital
Skeet Club will hold special shoot
tomorrow to open their observance
OF National Wild Life Week. Six
classes have been provided for every
callber OF craftsmanship, with a
prize for the winner in each.
An entrance fee of so cents will be
charged, with the proceeds going
into conservation fund. There will
be no restriction on re-entries.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Cubs Pound Buc Stors
To Gain SO Decision
b the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, March 10.
The Chicago Cubs unlimbered
their heavy bats today to blast out
9-6 exhibition triumph over the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
Jim Tobin and Russ Bauers, Buc
mound aces, were shelled for three
circuit clouts by Joe Marty, Steve
Mesner and Phil Cavarretta.
Marty's blow with two on topped a
5-run rally in the opening frame.
Pittsburgh (ND O3O OOI 11O-s II 2
CHICAGO M Si0 oie o0x-e 10 s
1obtn. Bauers. Brown and Mueller. Berres
Evening star., 1939-03-19
W.C.D.A. Opens Drive
Tomorrow for Big
Spring Event
New Leagues Will Swell
Entry List; Glasses
Not to Be Changed

With the Capital already a-buzz
with bowling activity as host to
national tournament, the WASH
ington City Duckpin Association to-
morrow will launch a drive for the
largest entry ever to compete in the
city championships.
Columbia will be the scene Of rhe
29th annual tournament that will
open Monday, April II. and con-
tinue for three weeks through
May S.
With a corps of enterprising Off
GERS and directors, which includes
Perce Elicit, president: Dave Bur-
rows, vice president; Wesley Milt-
ner. treasurer, and Arville Ebersole,
secretary, and Astor Clarke, Kenny
Beck, Jack O'Connell. Larry Fitz-
gerald and Perce Wolfe as e,ilef 60
getters for entries, the tourney this
spring should be the most success
ful since its advent, in 1910.
New Field to Aid Meet.
Increased league rolling over last
season will give the association a
larger field than ever from which
to gain many new teams. More than
300 teams rolled at Convention Hall
last season, and Secretary Ebersole.
who is serving his 18th year at
his important post. looks optimistic
ally toward virgin fields to boost
the entries.
A commendable gesture toward
the support of organized bowling
recently was made by the Insurance
League Of IL teams rolling at Chevy
Chase. BY a unanimous vote the
entire loop sent in paid member
ships to both the N. D. B. c. and
the w. C. D. A.
This action, it is understood, was
taken through the instance of its
officers, T. E. Barker, president;
j. H. Humphrey, vice president; Will
liam Haggerman, treasurer, and Fred
Allnutt, secretary, who took recogni-
ton of the part the association
played in refusing to indorse stop"
created to prevent sliding over the
foul line.
No Change in Glasses.
Application blanks are available
at all city and suburban alleys. Dur
ing the next week, Mr.. Ebersole will
mail blanks to every league officer.
There is no change in the classi-
fications from last year, the tourna-
ment being divided into six classes
with the bowlers grouped by aver
ages as follows: Glass A, lis and
over: B, ITO to ia: c, los to 109:
D. 100 to 104; E, 95 to 80, and F,
81 and under.
The same classifications will pre-
vail in the team and doubles, as
follows: Team-Class A, SIS and
over; B, $50 to STA: C, 525 to $40;
D, 500 to 524; E, ATS to 499; F, 474 and
under. Doubles-A, 23O and over;
B, 220 to 229; C, 21O to PIG; D, 200
to 2O9; E, 100 to 1879, and F, 189 and
under.
The entrance fee for each event is
81 per man. Each bowler will be
levied so cents for membership fee in
the association. A bowler may roll
on as many teams as he desires, but
his three-game score with the first
team he shoots with will count to-
ward his all-events total.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Carr Softies Called

The Carr Bros. and Boswell crack
softball' team of Hyattsville will
hold its first practice at 2::3O pm.
today at Magruder Park. Manager
Carl Frey has asked all candidates
to report.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
q 18th Company Takes
Honors in LEAGUE

With j. Crawley setting the pace,
23l4th Company won the c. C. C..
Basket Ball League crown yesterday
at the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A.
by defeating the 2317th Company,
37-15. 1t was 2314ths seventh vic
tory in as many starts.
In the opening game the 3322d
Company turned back the 333ds,
O7.1O
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Mount Vernon Victory
Features S, S. PIuy

Mount Vernon's 1927 victory over
Calvary NJ E. tossers featured action
last night in the Senior Sunday
School Basket Ball League at the
Y. M. c. A. court. Timmons paced
the winners with points.
Other games saw National City
Christian bow to Epiphany, 28-4O;
Ninth Street Christian whip Calvary
Baptist, 1892, and West Washing
ton swamp Latter Day Saints, 1888,
as ChiSm scored IS points,
Evening star., 1939-03-19

Happy-days-are-nearly-h here note:
H. r. $50, bill which in amend
ed form exempts all motorboats of
under 200 tons from the provisions
of draft convention No. So, has
passed the House by unanimous
consent and now Is before the SEN
ats Committee On Foreign Affairs.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Cunningham Boosts
Flat Game Mark

Though Ida's Department Store
girls were taken for three games by
the last-place Georgia Tavern,
Marie Cunningham of Ida's man.
aged to boost her own high fiat
game mark to 81. Betty King led
the Georgians to victory.