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Evening star., 1939-11-17
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

For the second straight year the
greenkeepers of the country clubs
around Washington are going back
to school to learn more than they
already know about the technical
angles of highly technical pro-
fessional. The greenkeeper, in case
you don't know him, is that fellow
who keeps the putting green's trim
and green on your golf course. He's
only responsible for a few million
dollars worth of expensive turf
around Washington; he's generally
underpaid and overworked, and he
knows lot about growing grass
when Ma Nature changes to the
red light on grass growing.
The University of Maryland, for
the second year, will sponsor a short
course for greenkeepers and if you
think it won't be we'll attended by
the most studious group of men who
ever entered the classic halls of Prof.
Harry Clifton Byrd's institution of
higher learning, you have another
guess coming. The greenkeepers ate
up that scientific stuff last January
and they'll eat it up again next Jan
uary "a, Is and 26, when the short
course will be held at College Park.
Course Is Appreciated.
Perhaps 1899 wasn't a bad year
for brown patch and the allied head
aches the greenkeepers have in the
hot months. Maybe Nature relented
a little from previous tough sum-
mers and gave the boys breathing
spell. And maybe they learned some
things at the short course last jan
uary that helped them over the
rough spots when humid weather
came along last summer and threat
ened to wipe out a lot of expensive
putting green's.
A greenkeeper picks up a lot of
miscellaneous information, putter-
ing around his golf course, and ex-
perimenting with this grass and
that; with this treatment and that.
He doesn't often have access to the
research departments of great uni
versity, replete with scientific formu-
lac. Which is the more reason the
greenkeepers are deeply grateful to
DR.. Ernest N. Cory, Maryland State
entomologist and to the other men
at the Old Line State University
who put on the short course last
year.
"It is wonderful thing" said o.
B. Fits, president of the Mid
Atlantic Association of Greenkeep-
ers. 1--WE had hoped it would be
repeated this year and now that it is
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Eight Novice Scraps
Open A. A. u. Boxing
Tourney Tonight

Police Boys Clubs Nos. 4, 5 and
10, National Capital Sporting Club
D. c. National Guard, st. Aloysius
and st. Mary's of Alexandria are
among the organizations with teams
in the annual District A. A. U. box
ing tournament which opens at $50
tonight at Turner's Arena and
which will be held every Friday
night for the next five weeks.
Tonight's card will feature eight
novice bouts in four classes ranging
from 126-pound to the 160-pound.
Several special bouts are being ar
ranged to round out the card.
Prices for the preliminary fights
are 25, IS and IS cents, and tickets to
the semi-f1nal and final bouts will
cost 40 cents, IS cents and $1.15.
Tonight's card:
126-pound class-Leo Marcopolis (Police
No; 81 VS.. E. ]. Smith (St. Mary's, Of Alex
andria).
<nI;35 I;S5.pound class-george steinmeyer
tached: Carl Lewis Steele tSt. Mary's) VS..
William Golding (unattached); Fred Nc
Neil tPolice No. ~.
147-pound ciass-Eddie Alexander tun-
attached VS.. Howard Blafkin tunattachedD; ;
Robert Lester tunattachedl VS.. Roy Up
sher (Police No. 5l Joe E. Kelliher tun-
attached) VS.. William H. Francis (unat-
taced).
16O-pound class-semi- -fnal-Chips Gal;
(National Guard.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
From the
Press Box
Poesy's Gay, Free Spirit
Takes Gender at Grid
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Eparial rorrespop6ept of The Stor

NEW YORK, Nov. II (N.AN.A).
We take great pleasure at this
time in announcing that the Lard
ner Memorial Sweepstakes for frus-
trated Shelleys has produced some
of the worst rhymes for Tufts"
that we ever have seen.
However, this is just the begin
ming. In the final week, we conf
IDENTIFY expect rhymes which are
even more terrible. So far, three of
the contributions might be said ac-
tually to rhyme with Tufts, if you
had a good load of opium in your
pipe and were willing to live and
let live. The bitter race for the
grand prize of 81 lin cash or mer-
chandise) now enters the home
stretch. Can any surgeon mend a
broken heart? My message to the
public is, you can't all win. In fact,
there is good chance that you will
all lose.
With this in mind, poetic license
No. X-109 rides again, with the per-
mission of the copyright owner:
For all the corn in Ioway,
For every bit of tea in China,
The Dukes are gonna lose the
day
To North (you guessed it)
Carolina.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Scientific WRESTLING
Flop With Fans as
Evans Scores
Victory Over Stronebere
Beeets Yown; Coleman,
Koton, Eustice Win

Wrestling science, it seems, strictly
is passe, SO next week the mat card
undoubtedly will feature two rough
tumble scrappers who don't
know the meaning of the word, for
which the costumers likely will be
grateful.
At the Arena last night Don Evans
and Rudy Strongberg evoked hardly
a boo as they applied various proper
holds one would expect to find in
a wrestling manuel for boy scouts.
After 81 minutes Of such boresome
action Evans pinned Rudy and the
fans yaWned.
In other matches Abe Coleman
stopped Whitley Grove in min
utes; John Katan beat Steve Bartes
in 20 and Alan Eustice tossed Ernie
Powers in 81 with an arm lock.
Members of the Washington Red
ckins and Chicago football clubs
saw the show.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Night Boil
Continued From Page DID

Sox and Indians installed lighting
plants.
Dodgers Drew 205, 1000 Customers.
The amazing attendance record
Of the Dodgers last season is be-
lieved to have forced the Giants into
night ball. President Horace Stone
ham and Secretary Leo Bondy still
do not rate night ball as the real
thing, but they recognize that fans
demand this type of entertainment.
The Dodgers last year drew up
ward of 5000 persons at seven
night games. Throughout both
leagues, the American and National,
night games averaged 10000 in at
tendance. These are box Office fig
ureS not to be overlooked.
Griffith, to be sure, hasn't def
nitely committed himself. But the
old gent is weakening. Not for a few
years does he figure to have a ball
club that will be in the pennant
fight. He is rebuilding, but it takes
time and fans are impatient.
The customers, however, are likely
to be less impatient while the Ma
tionals are playing night ball. 1t is
something to draw on annual leave
to go out to the ball park, even
though Griffith doesn't start his
weekday games until 3:15 pm. 1t is
something else to 60 out to the
ball yard on warm evening when
the neighborhood movie house hasn't
anything special to offer.
The first light-tower shafts haven t
haven't sprung up yet at Griffith
Stadium, but this much can be
marked down-it's only a question
of time.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Oklahoma, Cornell, Minnesota,
North Carolina, Notre Dame,
Pitt, Princeton Get Nod

take the big Three" title as well
as Yale.
Fordham-St. Mary's: Fordham,
with full knowledge that the Gaels
generally are at their best in this
particular rivalry.
Holy Cross-Carnegie: Holy Cross,
after a bruising struggle.
Hoyas' Foe Weakened.
New York University Georgetown:
Injuries threaten to cripple the
Violets, inducing a whispered vote
for Georgetown.
Army-Penn State: Surely the
Cadets will click at least once this
season. Army.
Syracuse-Colgate: Colgate is on
the upgrade and gets this vote.
Temple Villanova: Internecine
combat, with Villanova as the choice.
Michigan State-Indiana: Very
close. Indiana.
Detroit-Manhattan: Ditto, Man.
haitian.
Kansas-George Washington: And
still another. Kansas.
Alabama-Georgia Tech: Alabama
Is not scoring much. Georgia Tech.
Louisiana State-Auburn: Another
tough one to crack. On a guess, L.
S. u.
Kentucky-West Virginia: Looks
to be Kentucky.
Virginia Military-Maryland: Dit
to, v. M. I.
Virginia Virginia Tech: And Vir-
ginia.
Georgia-South Carolina: Georgia
should pick up the marbles.
Furman-North Carolina State:
Of the records, Furman.
Iowa State-Kansas State: Looks
safe for Kansas State.
Centenary-Baylor: Taking Baylor.
Texas Over Christian.
Texas-Texas Christian: Maybe
Jack Grain will run again. Texas.
oregon State-California: The
Northerners are tough. Oregon
State.
Stanford-Washington State: Not
much either way. Stanford.
Arkansas-Southe Methodist: S.
M. U. in this Friday game.
Skipping over the chalklines 9TH
erwise: Harvard over New Hamp-
shire, Brown over Connecticut, Rut-
gers over Springfield, Boston College
over Boston University, Catholic
over Loyola New Orleans), Amherst
over Williams, Lafayette over Wash
ington and Jefferson, Washington
University (St Louis over Drake,
Creighton over Washburn, st. Louis
over Tulsa, Washington and Lee over
William and Mary, Richmond over
Hampden-S Sydney. Sewanee over
Citadel, Miami over Florida, Glenn
son over Southwestern CTenn.),
Marquette over Texas Tech, Colo
RADIO over Brigham Young, Utah
over Colorado State, Utah State
over Wyoming.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Conn Heavy Favorite
To Beat Lesnevich
In Title Defense
SeIl-out With Receipts
Of $4,000 Expected
At Scrap Tonight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Handsome
is as handsome does-and in this
case handsome" Gin the person of
Billy Conn, the Pittsburgh Adonis)
should do very we'll for himself.
For Billy will be an overwhelming
favorite as he lays his nght-heavy-
weight title on the line tonight
against Gus Lesnevich, rugged
Cliffside On. j. scrapper, in Madi-
son Square Garden show.
The fight will be Conn's second
defense of the title he won from
Melio Bettina last July 13 in the
same ring. In a return engage
ment with Melio at Forbes Field in
Pittsburgh September 25, Billy re-
tained the title with decision after
Is gruelling rounds.
Promoter Mike Jacobs of the Goth
Century Sporting Club estimates q
sell-out crowd. The battle tonight
should draw gate of about $4,000,
Jacobs hopes.
Those who like" Lesnovich are
playing what the boys call a hunch.
They apparently feel Conn will meet
the fate of Henry Armstrong and
Fred Apostoli. Both were relieved
of their crowns by hard-hitting un-
derdogs.
The NJ B. A. title has been vacant
since John Henry Lewis moved off
the throne months ago because of
impaired vision. The N. B. A. has
indicated it will be perfectly willing
to declare the victor undisputed king
of the light heavies.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Handappng System Evening Star Yued Bowling Tournament Clarified
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY,
Football.

Central VS.. Western, Central
Stadium public high title Sc
ries), 3:15.
Eastern VS.. Tech, Eastern Sta
dium (public high title series),
3:15.
Washington-Lee High VS.. st.
Johns, Ballston, Va, 3.15.
Georgetown Prep VS.. Loyola of
Baltimore, Garrett Park, Nd,
3:15.
st. Adams VS.. St. Paurs, Bal
timore, Md.
George Washington High VS..
Hopewell High, Hopewell, Va.
Woodward School VS.. Tome,
Monument Grounds, 3.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Atlantic
City Sea Gulls, Atlantic City,
N. j.
TOMORROW.
Football.
Cathonc University VS.. Loyola
OF the South, Brookland Sta
dlum, 2.
Georgetown VS.. N. Y. u, New
York.
George Washington VS.. Kansas,
Lawrence, Kans.
Maryland VS.. v. M. l., Norfolk,
Va.
American University VS..
SWarthmore, Swarthmore, Pa.
Maryland Frosh VS.. United
States Naval Training Station,
Norfolk, Va.
Landon School VS.. st. An
drews, Middletown, Del.
Howard University VS.. st. Paul.
Howard Stadium, 2.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Capital Sends Big Delegation
To Richmond Pin Tourney;
|Shonks' 1872 Is Record

AS a prelude to the Frank Jett
Sweepstakes in Richmond tomorrow
the crack Russell Motors team of the
Mount Rainier League will clash
with the John Marshall Statesmen
tonight in the Old Dominion City.
Heading the vanguard of Washing
ton sharpShooters will be Billy La
Billie, Mel Tallant, Ray Ward. Bill
Ward and Hugh Crawley. George
Isemann, National Duckpin Bowling
Congress secretary, will be the sub
urban teams sixth man.
Another Capital howitzer, Fred
Murphy, of the Chaconas Market
team, won an entry fee in the big
Richmond classic by shooting top set
of 389 in preliminary staged at the
Lucky Strike last night. Approx
mately 20 District shooters are ex-
pected to compete in what looms as
record field Of more than 80. 1t is
a 10-game tournament.
Winners of half their games, the
Brookland Recreations travel over
to Chevy Chase tonight to meet the
Ice Palace five in District League
match that gets underway at 8. The
Rosslyn- Georgetown match carded
for Georgetown has been postponed.
Shanks Rolls Record Game.
Elvin Shanks today boasted a
game Of 1872, an all-time record for
the Mount Rainier League. The
Johns Restaurant star cracked
Hugh Crawley's season record by six
pins in spectacular fashion as he
climaxed his whopper with four
strikes in row and barely missed a
fifth when he felled nine sticks with
his last ball. His set of 438. which
paced top team scores of 633-1 $50,
led in 81 victory over Fire Depart
ment.
Although losing two games to Mil
tons Service as Abe Weinbergs 384
paced team counts of 603-1 ,744,
Red Circle Food Shop maintained
its one-game lead over Chaconas
Market as the latter club dropped a
81 decision to Wayne Oil Burners.
1t was Fireman Jack MONEYS top
single of 149 and Capt. Ed Lakes
1872 that enabled the Oilers to turn
in top team counts OF 643-1, ,191. Abe
Povich's high set of 1893 featured
Master BARRIERS odd-game win from
Shaffer's Flower Shop.
DR.. E. Clyde Shades 1854 and
Charley Gooch's 354 offset Chester
Bids 401 as Gruver's Gypsies swept
Schultzes Sharks in Rodier's Thurs
day Nighters' League.
George Grimes is the new owner
of the seasons high counts in the
American Legion League by virtue
Of a l53-game and 389 set. A double
header strike which climaxed his big
string also was highIght in
sweep over Columbia. Bill Beatty
shone with 1878 as the champion
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Straight Off the Tee
coming we are sure we'll again bene-
fit in every possible way"

coming we are sure we'll again bene-
fit in every possible way"
Barnett Leaving Monday.
Back from Chicago, where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
Professional Golfers Association
Bob Barnett, Chevy Chase profess
sional is packing his bags prepara-
tory to the long trip to Miami Beach
and his winter berth at the Indian
Creek Club there. Bob will leave
next Monday and will stay at Miami
Beach until early April, If he follows
his usual custom. With him will go
Robert Bellamy and Elwood Poore,
the latter Washington boy who has
pro job in the Philadelphia dis
trict.
John E. Larson of Columbia is a
repeater in the Barristers' Club
tournament. John won the big silver
mug in the annual tourney last year
and repeated at Congressional yes
terday, where despite a bad first
nine finish he shot an SO with a
handicap to annex the mug with a
net 80. j. Powell won the gross
award with an "a. Other winners
were A. Aubrey Bogley, 90-9-81;
blind bogey, A. Scott Offutt, 80, and
F. M. Bradley, IS; high score, J. A.
Marshall, III.
Although the entry list is small,
Tommy Doerer is going ahead with
plans for the women's public links
championship. The entry list is
fewer than 10 feminine golfers, but
the tournament will be played to-
morrow and Sunday over the &c.
hole route. The gals will play 18
holes each of the two days at East
Potomac Park.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
SaIica-0livera Bout
For Bantam Title,
California Says
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 17.-Lou
Salica of New York and Tony Olivera
of Oakland clash in 10-round box
ing match at Hollywood Stadium
tonight, adding another knot to the
tangled bantamweight championship
situation.
The California Athletic Commits
sion sanctioned the fight as titular
affair.
The New York Commission re-
Gently virtually put its approval on
the match when it rated Salica and
Olivera the leading contenders for
the crown abandoned by Sixto
Escobar.
The National Boxing Association.
however, recognizes George Pace of
Cleveland as the leading contender.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Bases Franked Sticks
On Average From
Qualifying Loop
New Scheme of Annual
Event Winning Favor
Of All Concerned
BY ROD THOMAS.

Copies Of the new rules of The
Star Yuletide bowling tournament
shortly will be in the hands of all
league scorers and alley managers
but in the meantime one point
should be emphasized quickly to
avoid confusion in the minds of
the bowlers. Handicaps will be based
upon the averages in leagues in
which the contestants shoot their
qualifying sets during the week OF
December II. Formerly, the handi-
caps were derived from the highest
averages, no matter where compiled
Also the contestants will receive
the benefit of fractions of pins. For
instance, third of a pin would add
a full stick to the handicap for three
games, which will constitute the
qualifying set, and for five games
in the mems roll-off it would add
two pins. Women will bowl only
three games in the final.
Everybody Likes New Setup.
Two-thirds of the difference be-
tween league averages and scratch
will constitute the handicaps, with
limit for both sexes of 18 sticks a
game. giving the women up to 81
for the qualification set and roll-off
and the men 81 in the prelim and
80 IN the final. Scratch for men is
1873, for women 118.
Opinion on the new setup of The
Star tournament, the 18th annual
so far has been favorable unani-
mously. Use of league set for the
qualification round particularly has
been praised. To begin with, it
brings into the tournament every
organized bowler in the metropolitan
area. But more important, in the
tmlndS OF some, 1t eliminates anv
opportunity of bowler having more
than one chance in the qualification
round. Some, through. ignorance
and a few by design, in the past
attempted to shoot the preliminary
at more than one alley. So far as
known, none ever has made the
grade to the pay-off.
rlrst League Set to Count.
The first league set rolled by a
bowler during the week of December
II will constitute qualification test
and careful record will be kept
Forms for this will be supplied alley
managers and assisting the latter in
what looms as the biggest clerical
task in Washington bowling history
will be leading members of the
washington City Duckpin Associa-
ton under the direction of its presi-
dent, Perce Elicit. Arville Ebersole
Its secretary, will be the tournament
treasurer and prizes chairman and
George L. Isemann, executive secre-
tary of the National Duckpin Bowl
ing Congress, referee.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
BY HERB BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Editor.


NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Taking
the weekly trip on the football
merry -go-round and grabbing hope
fully for the brass ring:
Missouri Oklahoma: This should
settle the Big Six title beyond dis
pute and spread a little light on
the relative merits of big Paul
Christman and little Beryl Clark
Missouri - and Christman - have
come a long way since the Ohio
State defeat, but this corner takes
Oklahoma.
Dartmouth Cornell: A touch of
ivy here. Dartmouth probably will
rebound from the Princeton defeat,
but unbeaten Cornell rates the call
Tennessee-Vanderbilt: After last
week who knows where the lightning
will strike next? Still, with or
without Cafego, Tennessee.
Rice-TexaS A. and NJ: No rea-
son to change horses in midstream.
The Aggies.
ID Tough One for Uclans.
U. G. L. A.-Santa Clara: U. c.
l.. A. will have 10 give" If it is to
get past the Bronchos. An ex-
tremely faint-hearted ballot for
U. c. L. A. and Kenny Washington.
Columbia-Tulane: Lou Little's Co.
lumbla teams have accomplished
miracles on occasion, but the Lions
appear to be overmatched badly in
tins one. Tulane.
Penn-Michigan: Much closer than
any one expected it would be few
weeks back. The Wolverines have
missed Evashevski and it's only by
toss OF the coin that Michigan
gets the nod.
Duke-North Carolina: Two great
Southern Conference powers collide.
Nobody has stopped North Caro-
lina's tricky attack yet and the Tar
Heels really pour it on when they
begin to roll. WeII take North
Carolina and suffer the conse-
Quences.
Notre Dame-Northwestern: The
StSS aliA ~ 1oAl AlluSi1-DClUtlsS 10
Notre Dame.
For Minnesota, Stubbornly.
Iowa Minnesota: It's dangerous
to pick against the Hawkeyes with
Nile Kinnick around, so charge this
selection Of Minnesota to sheer
stubbornness.
Ohio State-Illinois: Illinois was
first to demonstrate Michigans vul-
nerability, but this is one mans
opinion that Zuppke can't do it
again-at least not right now. Ohio
State.
Wisconsin-Purdue: The Badgers
can't get going. Purdue.
Pitt-Nebraska: A break or two
ought to decide this. Strictly out
of hat, Pitt.
Yale-Princeton: Princeton should
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Four Groys Are Picked

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Nov. II
Selection of four Southerners
for the Blue and Gray gridiron
game here, December 30, has been
announced by Mayor w. A. Gunter.
Those accepting for the Grays
were: Capt. Rhoten Shelley, Fur
man back; Capt. Rupert Pate, Wake
Forrest back; Bill Bailey, Duke end,
and H. w. Grosner, v. P. I. guard.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Terrors' Homecoming
Covers Wide SCOPE

WESTMINSTER, Md, Nov. II
CP.-Western Maryland will cele-
brate homecoming day tomorrow
with festivities, dedication of two
buildings and athletic events topped
by the football game with Dickin-
son. A parade of students, led by
the college band, will be held to-
night.
Between the halves of the game
tomorrow Gov. Herbert r. OConor
Will crown the Homecoming
queen" Grace Brannock Smith of
Cambridge.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Iowa, Minnesota Fans
To Hear Grid Come

A play-by-play wire description of
the Minnesota-Iowa game at Iowa
City will feature the seventh Min
nesota football party tomorrow at
the Lafayette Hotel starting at l: AS
O'Clock, when gridiron movie will
be shown. The game will start about
an hour later.
George Faust, former Minnesota
quarterback now playing with the
Chicago Cardinals, and Wilbur
Moore, former Minnesota halfback
now playing with the Redskins, will
be the guests of honor.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
1889 Auto Racing Coin
Biggest in History

BY the Associated Press.
Col. E. V. Rickenbacker, chairman
OF the American Automobile Asso-
cations contest board, has an
nounced that prize money paid at
A. A. A. sanctioned automobile races
in 1899 totaled upward of s405 ,OOO-
the highest in history.
Last years prize money was ap-
proximately s27O,OO0.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Choice Of Syracuse Due
To Something He 'Et'


Syracuse will rise in wrath
And pummel Colgate. That's a
hunch.
(Or is it just the aftermath
OF something that I ct for
lunch?)
Statistics indicate a tossup
With Carnegie down, and Holy
Cross up.
I think that Penn State consti-
tutes
A heavy threat to old West Pt.
She'll take their mule, and their
soldier suits,
And their shirts-in short,
she'll wreck the it.
Nebraska's strong and rugged; it
Has got little edge on Pitt.
The slightly damaged men of
Are playing Texas A. and M.
Against their lawyers best ad-
vice,
We may have seen the last of
them.
o. G. l.. A. over Santa Clara
BY six small points-and what
could be fara?
Notre Dame will take those Wild.
cats,
Make 'em over into mild cats;
Don't forsake the Irish"
friends.
The firm still pays of dividends.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Adams Bonned 10 Duys

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IL
Jockey Johnny Adams, one of the
Nations top jockeys, won't ride
again until December / at Tanforan.
He was given Today suspension
by stewards on charges of rough
riding atop Jaconut in the fourth
race Wednesday.