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Evening star., 1939-02-20
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK. Feb. 20.-The real
payoff games of the College basket
ball season-where the winning team
becomes a champion and the losers
just another collection of ball players
start next week end.
There are some before then almost
as important, and some already have
been played. but with only about
two weeks left to settle the various
conference and league titles. those
are the first where its win or
else. They're on the program in
no fewer than four Of the ten biggest
college court circuits.
The major tilts in this respect are
the two between Southern Califor-
MIA and California at Berkeley Fri
day and Saturday; the Colorado
Utah, Rice-Texas. Columbia Dart
mouth and Oklahoma-Ka en-
counters. All but the last named
should definitely settle conference
titles and that one is expected to
play big part in clearing up the
Big Six muddle.
Crucial Series on Coast.
In the Southern division of the
Pacific Coast Conference, only once
beaten California and the twice.
beaten Trojans have chance. They
split in a previous series and have
completely overwhelmed Stanford
and U. c. L. A.. against whom they
wind up next week So it's matter
of an even break for the Bears to
take the title or two victories for
Southern California.
Colorado. with nine victories in ten
starts, needs only one more victory
to clinch the Rocky Mountain Big
Seven title, as Utah State already
has lost three games and the others
more. The Buffaloes hope to get that
Saturday at Salt Lake City. for they
trimmed Utah 1926 at Boulder last
week.
Texas, the leader, and runnerup
Rice may not decide their argument
at Austin. but the chances are that
will be the deciding game in the
Southwest Conference race. Each
has three to play and Texas, which
took the undisputed lead for the first
time with last weeks two victories,
has all the better of the schedule.
Dartmouth Well Intrenched.
In the Eastern League it appears
only matter of time until Dart
Evening star., 1939-02-20
D. {. Guardsmen Capture
Cox Shooting Trophy

The District National Guard rife
team today was the proud possessor
of the Brig. Gen Albert L. Cox Cup
as the result of defeating Maryland
and Virginia National Guard marks
men yesterday in an eight-man
team match on the local range.
A score of 1343 won for the Dis
trict, with Maryland second with
1911 and Virginia third with 1879.
1t. H. N. Boudinot paced the Dis
trict Guardsmen with a 274 total.
with Sergt. H. B. Parsons only a
point behind.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Colleges Reach Poyoff Games
This Week in 4 of 10 Major
Basket Ball Conferences

mouth. which has won eight straight,
seWs up the title The Indians meet
Columbia's second-place team at
Hanover Saturday and victory
would make it virtually certain.
Harvard could knock Columbia and
Penn clear out of the picture by
winning two other important games.
leaving only Cornell with an outside
chance.
In the Big Six it's somewhat more
complicated because all but two
games so far have been won by the
home team. The two visiting WIN
| ners. Kansas and Missouri, are tied
for second place just behind Okla
homa, which has completed its
home schedule. Tonight Missouri
plays at Kansas State in the opener
of home-and- series, while
Kansas entertains Iowa State,
dropped from the picture by 60
Al beating at Oklahoma. Then Sat-
urday the Sooners try to win out
the road against Kansas.
South Winding Up Affairs.
The Souths two big circuits
virtually wind up their regular-sea-
son affairs this week although
| few more games are listed before
their title tournaments start in
March. Wake Forest, still topping
the Southern Conference standing
despite a loss to Duke, finishes
against William and Mary and
Davidson and is favored to show
the way to the end. The Citadel,
which moved into second place last
week, and Maryland also have
clinched places in the top eight.
Georgia moved to the head of
the Southeastern Conference last
week with seven victories in nine
starts, and incidentally pitched
Florida down into the middle of
the standing Alabama, Kentucky
(Which conquered Tennessee in last
weeks big game), Louisiana State,
Auburn and Vanderbilt are other
leading contenders.
A decisive series in the Northern
division race of the Pacific Coast
Conference won't take place until
next week now that Oregon and
Washington are all tangled up again.
Despite a sensational 50-31 upset
by Oregon State, Oregon's Webfoots
still are in front and should remain
on top through this weeks return
engagement. But they'll need at
least an even break against Wash
| ington in the final series.
Race for Time in Loops.
AS for the other major court cir
cults, it's largely race for time. In
the Eastern Conference, Georgetown
moved to the top last week by beat
ing Carnegie Tech. with which it
was tied a week ago. Now the trick
is to avoid upsets, such as Pitts
victory over Georgetown and Tenn
pies over Carnegie last week. Fri
days Georgetown-Temple tilt at
Philadelphia is the only game in
| volving a contender.
Indiana won two more games to
stay on top in the Big Ten standings
last week and should add another
against Iowa tonight. 1t may be
somewhat harder to beat Minnesota
Saturday although loss to Purdue
almost put the Gophers out of the
running. Ohio State, the runner-up,
takes on Northwestern tonight and
| Wisconsin Saturday.
Oklahoma Aggies, Missouri Valley
pace settlers, remain idle this week
while second-place Drake, which
has won seven straight, plays Wash
ington University, Tulsa and Creigh-
ton. The Bulldogs should win, but
if they don't they're just about out.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Four Outbourd Records
Set by Wood, Reuter-
BY the Associated Press.

6y the ASSOCldteQ FIeSo.
BROWNSVILLE. Tex, Feb. 20 l4)
-Four world outboard records were
established here by Gar Wood, jr.
of Detroit and Buddy Reuter- of San
Antonio in a regatta here.
Wood shattered two of his own
amateur marks. He raised the Glass
C runabout record to 1888 miles an
hour from so miles and jumped
the Glass c hydroplane mark to
58.15 from 5781.
In the professional class, Reuter-
bettered his own record of SITS
miles an hour in the Glass G runa-
bout event by doing 52.70 and bet
tered the Glass c hydroplane record
OF 58.16 by making 58.25 miles an
hour.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Win, Lose or Draw
Night Ball Jitters
By FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

ORLANDO Fla Feb 20Ths is just thought possible
that basebas
behind all this hulabaoo speed?
1t all seemed to start at the meeting December the
American League the Athletics
night The imaginative Cleveland
boys raced to their peWrters predicted
black dire
Johnny Humphres Johnny Allen.
To somehow this the ball aoing
and speed
In the annual league draft Connie bought
Parmaee the old Giant righhande When with
Cubs said Parmalee he couldn't
get the ball over the plate well.
Now of sudden Mr. Parmaee finds himself called the swtes
wilder
waived
Association he had think
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Out of Clear Sky Comes Senor Ortiz

And there fearful tubhumpng that
Orlando subject speed pitchers beginning
handicapped pitchers
baers baseball
herald the Leonard
Appleton Kelley
American League hters under the lights
bench for fear of getting hit with pitched ball.
Griffith and Harris did
dropped
extremely
that he the fastest pitcher Maybe Ortiz
had ball all the
of
Feer is the American
harder ball. Grf lends sy Scout Joe Cambria the other
hand Ortiz faster than Feer Mr. John Camel
attached himself delcatey that
Ortiz faster than johnson 1907
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Pair Of Gopher Gridmen
Landed by Packers
By the Associated Press.

BY the AsSoclated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Two main
stays of Minnesota's Big Ten cham
pionship eleven of last fall have cast
their professional lot with the Green
Bay Packers.
Coach E. l.. (Curly) Lambeau of
the Packers said he had the names
of Larry Buhler. fullback, and
Charles Schultz. 235-pound tackle,
on the dotted line.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Cornell Is Apt to Lose
Tutum, Twin Coach

By the Associated Press.
ITHACA, N. Y, Feb. 20-Further
reorganization of Cornell Univer-
sity's coaching staff was looked for
this spring with big" Jim Tatum,
varsity baseball coach and assistant
to Carl Snavely in football, ad-
mittedly considering an offer from
North Carolina, his alma mater.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Stute Budminton Crown
Taken by Kramer
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20-Walt
Kramer, national champion from
Detroit, won the Pennsylvania open
badminton title by beating William
Pinkerton of Montreal. 15-5, 15-8.
Mary Whittemore of Boston won
the women's championship by de-
feating Mrs. Eleanor A. Behr of Bal
timore, 11-0, III.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Leading Scorers
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE,

tGameS to play IN parentheSes,J
This weeks schedule:
Monday-The Citadel VS.. Clemson.
Duke VS. North Carolina State Wake Forest
VS.. William and Mary.
Tuesday-Washington and Lee vs.. VIII
liam and Mary.
Wedne esday-Washington and Lee vs..
Richmond Clemson VS. Furman.
Friday-Virginia Military VS.. William
and Mary.
Saturday-Washington and Lee VS.. Vir-
gina Tech, Wake Forest VS.. Davidson.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Cubun PoIoists Beuten

DELRAY BEACH, Fla, Feb. 20
R.-Gulf Stream polo team, with
Laddie Sanford and Winston Guest
playing, defeated the Cuban Army
quartet, 8 to Z.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Sounds as if They're HoIIerinq Wolf

1t develop that 1t delightful consistency
be But unreasonable that the gentlemen
industry wolf to each other from the
particularly hites
before
at the plate at 10 o'clock night?
We could the whole
the follows
daylight good enough And follows that pitcher who
anything suddenly
into because his due maximum of
night
pretty The baseball
people try pull they?
Evening star., 1939-02-20
LATE SATURDAY SCORES.

College.
OREGON State so; oregon. 81
Southern California. So; Stanford, 81.
California. A.: U. c. L. A, %.
Washington. 40: Washington State 80.
Milwaukee Teachers. As ST. Norbert AZ.
Wisconsin School for Deaf. 81; Wlscon-
sin Extension. IS
Belot, 81: Lawrence. %.
Taylor 40: Giffin rs.
Oakland City. ~: Hanover. 9s.
Franklin. :i3; Ball State. 30.
Auburn. 30: Sewsnee. 2S
Brmingham-S Southern, As: Chatta-
nooga, As.
Tulane 80; L. S. u, 81
Long Island, 81; s.. Francis. 20.
Kentucky, 36: Tennessee. "a (two over
time periods
WYOMING. 46: Brigham Young, a.
Utah. 80: Colorado State. 2S
western State IS; Montana State, 81,
Missouri. As: Nebraska. SO.
De Paul. 30: Creighton 81.
Drake, so: st. Louis %.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
mic sVx CONFERENCE

This weeks games:
Monday-Missouri at Kansas State, Iowa
State at Kansas.
Wednesday-De Paul at Kansas State.
Friday-De Paul at Nebraska,
Saturday--Kansas State at Missouri
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Basket Ball
Professional.

Professional.
Wilkes-Barre 40; Heurich Brewers. IS.
Kingston. Al: Brooklyn Visitations 81.
Jersey Reds IS: New York Jewels. %.
New York Renaissance. Al: New York
Shamrocks "a
Oshkosh All-Stars, AZ; Hammond
Caesars, 80.
Akron Firestone 40. Hammond a.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Strictly for the Who Cares Dept.

Somebody taken the trouble and reveal
125 balplay still unsigned
right who
Baayers much the quality about them
fellow.
of popularity called hodouts Al riding North
His from chasing bupy
Al looking himself didn't wild
of Of said Simmons
~What all this business? bapayer only needs 10
himself
the ball take batting practice
flies medicine ball stomahs play Is
parks.
baseball
anything
fellows exhibition Take instance
6hucks I'd be to the Three-Eye League
things the
those 25 balpayers signing,
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Leading Scorers.
WESTERN CONFERENCE.

InlS weeks schedule:
Monday-Northwestern at Ohio State,
Purdue at Illinois. Wisconsin at Minne-
sofa. Iowa at Indiana.
Standardization at Purdue Ohio
state at Wisconsin. Illinois at Northwest
ern, Minnesota at Indiana.
Evening star., 1939-02-20
Statistics on Bio
Basket Loops

I TINS week SChedUTe.
/ Wedpe at Harvard: Yale
at Princeton.
Saturdav-Columb at Dartmouth:
| Harvard at PENNSYLVANIA: Princeton at
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Ryan and Hader Habit
Continues Tonight
Al Rass|e Show
Each Declared Anxious
To Win Despite Bout
With Buxter Looms

They will be at it again tonight
up on w street-we mean the tug
and-tussle troubadours who make
merry every Thursday at Joe Tur-
ner's rassle roundup. You are cor
daily invited to attend. Gents are
asked to check all bric-a-brac at
the door and return empty pop bot
ties to the refreshment stand in
stead of chucking them at the per-
formers.
Charley O'Connell, master Of the
hot-dog kennels, still is boiling
about the customer who heaved an
empty bottle last week without max
ing the customary 2-cent deposit.
Red Ryan and Jack Hader will
occupy the featured spot, and a
rumor has been heard that the vic
tor will be tossed to Laverne Baxter
next week. But patrons are assured
that this will not mean the boys
will be falling down trying to lose.
Baxter is a tough customer, but
both Hader and Ryan figure they
can whip him.
An old favorite, Cliff Olson, Is
scheduled to appear in the semi
final with Tom Mahoney as /his
rival. Cliff had a tough time tear
ing himself away from his last
engagement, they planted him so
deeply in the canvas, but the man
agement assures us he will be
present.
Other bouts include George Pen
chef VS.. Ernie Powers, Dutch
Schultz VS.. Ace Gordon and Chief
Chewaki VS.. Jim Clinstock.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

thinking. 1t was quite a feather In
his cap to be invited to a Spencer
party. Everyone who was anybody
would be there. And this niece
from Washington. What had she
said her name was? Helen Hop
kins. The Hopkins Of Washington.
Worth millions.
Ben rose and strolled across the
room and looked into the mirror
above the bureau. His face lighted
with a pleased smile as he turned
his head first this way and then that,
catching every angle Of the refiec-
ton. He was handsome. There
was no use being falsely modest
and denying it. He was not only
handsome, but personable. You
could say what you wanted about
family background, If a man had
nerve enough he could meet the
most aristocratic on their own
ground and make them look like
suckers. Ben had gone far and
would go farther.
If he had given the matter any
thought at all he probably would
have pictured Helen Hopkins as
plain and oldish female, looking
ridiculous in expensive, ill-fitting
clothes, whose eyes regarded every
man hungrily. He was therefore
not only amazed but delighted when
Mrs. Spencer presented him to her
niece.
Helen Hopkins was blond and
small and adorable. She had
warm smile and friendly manner,
and you knew after talking with
her i've minutes that a great part
Of her beauty came from within.
Ben Massey, who had expected
to be bored at the Spencer party,
found himself highly entertained.
He was not surprised that Helen
Hopkins quite obviously found him
interesting and attractive. All wom-
en- did. But for the first time in
his life he knew a curious little
thrill because of her adulation.
He was delighted to learn that
she was remaining with her aunt
for a fortnight. The next day,
against instincts which told him it
was unwise to appear too eager, he
called her by phone and was thrilled
when she agreed to let him call.
They spent the afternoon visiting
an art museum because Helen ex-
pressed desire to see certain paint
ingS that were on exhibition that
week. Ben, who wouldn't know q
Rembrandt from q comic cartoon,
talked nuently, taking his cue from
Helen, who appeared to know all
there was to know about everything
on display.
Don't you simply adore Van
dogh's Blue Boy'!" she ex-
Evening star., 1939-05-04
20 Years Ago
In The Star

A 40-foot putt on the 17th
green enabled Alonzo G. A. Yates
to win over John H. Clapp, 2 and
/, in the final Of the Washington
Golf and Country Club spring
tournament. Yates putting was
sensational throughout.
Mrs. c. x. Brands defeated
Mrs. William E. Shannon, S and
4, in the final of putting tourna-
meht at Columbia.
Washington won its second
straight game from Philadelphia,
ga. as Val, ,Picinich continued his
hitting streak with three safeties.
Babe Ruth defeated New York,
80, in his initial mound appear
ance of the year for the Red
Sox. He also drove in a run with
a double.
Bob LIE Gendre won five events
as Georgetown's trackmen de-
feated Johns Hopkins, 621a-32h.
He scored in the century, 220,
broad jump, high jump and
javelin throw.
Lucey held Lehigh to two hits
as Catholic U. defeated the
visitors, 81, in an 11-inning fray.
Evening star., 1939-05-04


of cooperation. Now both clubs are
trying to decide between "Give Me
My Boots and Saddle" and Boots,
Boots, Boots, Boots!"
Overheard at the dog show: Mr..
Newlywed-"But let's settle this
right now. If buy you this dog,
where do I stand? And I don't
have to walk him?"
Young wife to travelling husband
IT want a pup. I don't want to
stay home alone. want either
you or dog, and I'll settle for the
purp."
1t was the largest entry at the
show. In several Of the classes the
quality was unusually high; every
entrant was good enough to deserve
a blue. 1t was particularly tough
spot for the novice Judge, who ex-
amined first one dog and then an
other.
His father, veteran breeder and
judge, sat at the ringside watching
his sons first performance as a
judge and apparently was much
more nervous than the man in the
ring.
To add to the fathers perturba-
tior, he was completely surrounded
by old friends, exhibitors, fellow
fanciers and the simply curious.
Each one asked, "How's he doing?
What's he going to do now?"
Finally dad answered, Hes
done fine SO far, but I don't
know how he's going to sort
this bunch out"
Epilogue: Evidently he got
through all right. Practically the
same dogs entered for the next days
show under a tried and popular
Judge Of the breed netted the same
best Of breed dog, the same winners
bitch, and the dog that had gone
winners dog the day before was abb
sent.
Two shows on successive days in
the same community draw atten-
ton forcibly to the unmistakable
fact that dog judging Is, in the final
analysis, just the expression of one
mans opinion.
There were many cases at the
local shows of dogs that placed third
or fourth in class at one show un-
der one man that went to winners
or higher at the other show under
another judge, but with the same
competition.
While dogs are supposed to be
judged according to a well-defined
standard of the breed with which
each judge is expected to be thor
oughly conversant before accepting
an assignment, these breed stand
ards are subject to many personal
interpretations.
And while most standards have
appended scales of points, assigning
definite weights to the various parts
of the dog. most judges pay little
Evening star., 1939-05-04

attention to relative weights, prefer
ring to weigh parts according to
their own experiences in breeding.
Many collie Judges are
prone to overemphasize the
value of well-carried pair Of
ears, for instance, forgetting
that there is much to dog
besides ears.
Nor can 1t be denied that In dogs,
as in all other sports, personalities
often enter into decisions. While
there Is very little exchange Of
material rewards, perhaps, for favors
received, 1t cannot be gainsaid that
both ends of the leash are frequent
ly given equal consideration, and
that sometimes the man at the end
of the leash rather than the dog
gets the winners ribbon.
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Heurich Counter-RuIIy
Wins Beermen's Froy

A counter-rally, overcoming Old
Milwaukee's five-run splurge in the
third, gave the Heurich Brewers a
rs decision over their old rivals In
an Industrial League game yester-
day on the Monument Grounds.
Fitzsimmons, Downs and James
shared the mound duties for the
winners while Clements and Jarboe
pitched for Old Milwaukee. Cabell
of Heurich and Henderson of Old
Milwaukee each got three hits.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

cape his charming companion.
That night when Ben returned
home he found himself seriously
contemplating the question of
whether or not there were more
advantages In being married to a
charmingly wealthy girl or in re-
naming single and popular. Per-
haps, he thought, it might be pos
sible to do both, in effect, of course.
During the next week Ben Massey
experienced the pangs of miserable
wretchedness brought about by un-
certainty. It was an entirely new
experience to him and he suffered
all the more. There were moments
when he was quite sure Helen Hop
kins would have collapsed blissfully
into his arms at the mere mention
OF marriage, and there were mo-
ments when he was positive she
would have laughed at him in high
amusement. There were times when
his soul burned with fierce jealousy
at the sight of Helen being nice
to some other man, and there were
times when his soul basked in the
warmth of her intimate smiles.
Before the fortnight was up Ben
was practically wreck. The
thought of her going away turned
his blood to ice. He decided all of
a sudden to abandon all the work
and firm resolutions of the BACH
elorhood that had been his career,
admit everything to Helen and agree
to marry her.
Thus decided he lost no time, but
poured out his heart that night in
the romantic moonlight on the
Spencer garden.
Helen stared at him in amaze
ment. "Good heavensl" she ex-
claimed. "You can't mean it,"
II do mean It," declared Ben. II
will marry you"
Helen bit her lip. "Then Aunt
Edith was right. She said there was
q young man down here who was
becoming difficult and q nuisance
and didn't know his place, and she
wanted me to come down and see
what could do about it. I thought
at first she must be mistaken. It
didn't seem possible that man with
your-er-social graces could be
false. Van Gogh showed me how
wrong I was"
"Oh, so you are interested in some
other mani" Ben cried f1ercely.
'Who the devils Van Gogh? Never
heard of him."
Helen laughed lightly. IT became
quite aware of that that day at the
museum. Also that you never heard
Of Mr. Gainsborough." She sighed.
Dear me. There seems to be only
one language q man ike you can
understand. No, won't marry you,
now or ever, because I think you're
an ignorant, conceited boor. Do you
understand that?"
Ben did. Mr.. Gainsborough's
'Blus Boy" couldn't have been any
bluer.