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Evening star., 1939-12-03

Of the British. As the British re-
fused to risk their capital ships, 50
also did the Germans for the
greater part of the course Of the
war. Neither side was willing to
take chances.
The effect of this doctrine upon
present British naval policy, and
indeed upon the whole defensive at
titude of the British war cabinet,
Is perfectly clear. Prophetically,
indeed, did Comdr Frost of the
United States Navy write In his
book "The Battle of Jutland" that
"every British commander with an
instructive willingness to assume
risks, which is the very foundation
of naval and military greatness,
will be confronted by a formidable
library purporting to present by
every form of skillful plea and
Evening star., 1939-12-03

clever argument that Jellicoe won
the World War without leaving any
thing to chance" And In the larger
Geld 1t is Just this sort of skillful
plea and clever argument by which
those who believe In the cult Of the
defensive have Influenced the pres
ent military attitude of the allies.
1t IS not so with the Germans.
At the risk of undue repetition, WI
must again point out how carefully
the. German have studied and ap-
piled the lessons of the last war.
The German Navy is irnbued from
the grand admiral to the last joined
recruit with the offensive spirit.
Its single minded purpose, expressed,
not only in its strategical and tao
tical doctrines, but in the very de-
sign of its ships, is an attack upon
British sea communications, proven
Evening star., 1939-12-03

In the last war to be the Achilles
heel Of Great Britain. It has not
disdained to study and to practice
the closest association and co-or-
dination with the German air force
in the pursuit Of this objective.
Subject, of course, to that limita-
ton Of the German mentality which
desires to reduce war, like every
other enterprise, to mathematical
formula, the German Navy has 80
far provided the world with re-
newed proof Of what can be ac-
complished even against overwheln-
ing numerical odds by a force thus
animated by the spirit of the Of
fensive, force whose leaders are
willing to assume the responsibility
for taking risks.
Indeed, the advantages of the Of
fensive attitude in war lie far more
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Reich Has Spiritual Advantages
By Taking Offensive at Sea
British Policy Of Defensive War Is Old
One, but Overlooks VitoI Elements

war anxieties as to the security Of
the grand fleet against submarine
attack at Scapa Flow compelled a
further withdrawal of its main units
some 300-odd miles to Lough Swilly,
in Northern Ireland.
Germans Defensive Also In 1914.
In 1914, however, the German
high seas fleet was governed by a
doctrine no less defensive than that
Evening star., 1939-12-03
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the physical as three to one" said
Napoleon; 1t Is an observation, which
has been quoted and requoted On
innumerabie occasions, but 1t is one
which today the conquerors Of Ma
poleon will do well to re-examine
once again.
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Tribune.)
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Evening star., 1939-05-19
Brewer-GrM Clash Tomorrow,
Sond|ot Program Heod|iner,
To Be Broadcast by CoyIe

A host of angles crop up to make
hot baseball contest of tomorrow's
Industrial League game between the
Heurich Brewers and ODonnell's
Grillmen. 1t promises to be the No.
! sandlot attraction on the week end
and will be played on the city's best
public diamond, the East EllipSe.
starting at 2 o'clock. A rivalry old
as the Industrial League itself exists
between the two mines. Both are and
always have been strong teams.
Heurichs won the first-half title last
year and O'Donnell's the second
half, and the Brewers came through
in close play-off series to take the
league crown. The year before the
Grillmen were league champions.
They already have met in one
game this year, which was won by
the Brewers. Tomorrow's game must
be won by ODonnell's to stay in the
league race and both to do that and
avenge the earlier defeat, Manager
Bill Ethridge is sending in his star
pitcher and best lineup in an effort
10 ndlt the Beermen.
Game to Be Broadcast.
Such is the interest and impor-
tance of this contest that it has been
selected to open a series of weekly
broadcaStS of outstanding sandlot
games The series is sponsored by
The Star with the cooperation of
the National Broadcasting Co., and
the games will be heard every Sat-
urday starting at 2 pm. over WMAL.
A colorful play-by-play description
of the game will be broadcast direct
from the diamond by Bill Coyle, Star
staff sports commentator, with Bill
Crago of the N. B. C. staff giving the
between-innings resume.
An experimental broadcast already
has been made, and the plan has
been received enthusiastically by
several outstanding local sports Of
ficials. Judge Edward M. Curran,
vice president of the National Capt.
tai Amateur Baseball Federation; J.
Edgar Hoover, director of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation and
whose F. B. I. team is one of the
leaders in the U. S. Government
League, and Chris Heurich, jr., one
of the directors of the baseball fede-
ration, particularly praised the idea
and predicted it would aid materially
the growth of amateur sports here.
Frank Gartside of the National
Parks Service who superviseS the
permits for diamond use, also has
backed the plan 100 per cent.
Ace Hurlers to Oppose.
Manager Ethridge will send
Johnny De Bettencourt, former N.
R. A. and Columbia University
pitcher, to the mound for O"Don-
nells. and receiving his slants will
be Pat Murphy, one of the best and
most experienced of all local sand
lot catchers and who many years
ago was a star of the old Center
Market champions. De Bettencourt
always has spelled trouble for Heu-
richs. In the game played earlier
this year the Beermen piled up their
winning total in the first two in
nings off Hobe McDaniels and
Johnny came in to relieve him and
shut out Heurichs for the remain
ing seven frames.
Opposing Johnny on the mound
for the Brewers will be a pitcher
new to Washington sandlots, but
who gives promise of becoming out
standing He is Leonard DoWnes,
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Exterminotor Proved Mettle
Over Stretch of 8 Yeors

When we went possibly a trifle
overheard and rated Johnstown as
another Man O. War, barring the
ills that most thoroughbreds are
heir to, we were looking a trif1e on
beyond 3-year-old career.
Man O War was the greatest
2-year-old and also the greatest
3-year-old. But there he stopped.
1t was for this reason that Ben
Jones put EXterminator on top.
Exterminator carried on for at least
eight years.
This leads up to the main spot in
the argument. How much time Is
needed to decide greatness? Not
time and mediocrity
Suppose competitor for one year
was the greatest 1-year star that
ever lived. Should he-man or
horse-be rated over another star
who had been around the top for
10 or 20 years?
What part must time play-the
ability to last out the years-at least
many years?
Evening star., 1939-05-19
High School Mines
In Bio Battles

Two highly important games
grace the inter high baseball
schedule today. Tech invades
Eastern and Central entertains
Roosevelt, both starting at $50
o'clock.
Eastern, victorious over Ana
costa by a 1873 margin last
Tuesday and now sharing the
lead with the Indians, can clinch
the eastern division title today.
A Tech victory, which would be
its first, would only serve to con-
fuse the race more. Tech can
cause a triple tie for the flag
by winning over Eastern today
and Anacostia next week.
Roosevelt, apparently headed for
the western division title, meets
a high hurdle in Central, and if
the Riders get over this one they
should have smooth sailing to
the play-off for the city cham
pionship.
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Most Of Greet BoIIployers
Hove Stretched Careers

Most of the great ball players
carried time on their shoulders
Ty Cobb. "a years; Cy Young, %
years; Hans Wagner, % years; La
ioie, 81 years; Babe Ruth, % years;
Alexander, l8 years; Walter John
son, 20 years; Christy Mathewson,
II years; Eddie Collins, II years.
Walter Hagen has faced 27 years
Of competition. Bobby Jones was
out there for Is years. Bill Tilden
has been on hand for more than 20
years. Dew Milburn knew Is years
of polo; Tommy Hitchcock now is
in his goth polo season.
Most of the great have gone on
and on. They were not sudden flash
es who knew one or two brilliant
campaigns. 1t is difficult to re-
member how many years Jim
Thorpe played football on a high
grade scale, but it was more than a
dozen seasons.
Men, of course, last much longer
than horses. A horse is old at 20,
when a man is just getting under
way.
AS Ty Cobb says, For five years
Ed Walsh was the best pitcher I
ever saw" But they still are talking
about Mathewson, Johnson, Alex
ander and Young.
Such old-time observers as Clark
Griffith have rated Joe Di Maggie
as one Of the all-time stars Joe
Is on the way in that direction. He
has shown everything a great ball
player needs. But he still needs a
few more years to move up with
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Turf Expert Says Big John
Hos Had Eosy Path

One of the leading turf experts
sends ME the following note about
any comparison of JohnstoWn and
Man O. War:
"Old pardner, keep those race
horse feet Of yours on the ground
I earnestly hope he proves to be,
but Johnstown has not yet shown
himself to be another Man O. War.
He hasn't had an Equipoise to dog
his footsteps and race him around
that far turn-he hasn't been
charged by Twenty Grand. Chal-
ledon, Heather Broom, Viscounty
and the others couldn't wear band
ages for Ekky. Don't forget Man o.
War at Havre de Grace when he
toted 1873 pounds to Wildair's 1O8
and romped home by two lengths in
new record time
THE colts Johnstown has been
beating couldn't bring Exterminator
to a drive walking around the pad
dock"
Time has to be a factor in any
true greatness where competition is
concerned-just as stamina must be
rated with speed over the Derby or
the longer routes.
Man O. War undoubtedly was a
wonder horse-for two years. He
was a marvel-but for only two
years.
Many of those who saw Phar Lap,
the Australian wonder horse, rate
him as the top of them all. He
never had his chance to prove it
over here, but there was no doubt
ing his greatness.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Stars Of q Schools
After LaureIs al
Central Stadium
Tech Has Biggest Squad
In Trim for Attack
On Events Marks

A bevy of &C" Club records
around long enough to acquire a
respectable coat of dust in the filing
cabinet is likely to be tossed into
the discard tomorrow when 352
Well-trained youngsters leave their
starting marks in the annual club
games at Central Stadium.
The large field, which represents
28 schools from every nook and
Granny of the South Atlantic Sec
tor, is one of the fastest ever en-
tered in the games and a con-
certed assault on existing marks is
expected in both track and field
events. A vanguard of visiting
teams was expected in town late
this afternoon and one or two
hoped to arrive early enough to
have workout at the stadium.
New Hurdle Mark Looms.
About the only standards that
appears to be in no immediate
danger is the oldest on the books
Frank Hussey's 100-yard dash mark
OF 81 seconds which he hung up Is
years ago. Jake Edwards quarter
mile record of SOL seconds, made
in 1929 and second oldest of them
all, may be erased if Al Hay
den, smooth-striding Central High
youngSter, is in form. HAYDEN has
equaled that time in dual meets,
thrice breaking the interhigh mark,
and If pushed at all tomorrow may
clip the mark by a good margin.
Everett Slye's 12O-yard high
hurdle figures of 1876 seconds, best
since 1882, may fall to another long
legged lad from the metropolitan
area, Wally Legg of Washington-Lee
High, or Todd of Episcopal. Todd is
considered the better over the tall
timber and is rated one of the finest
schoolboy hurdlers ever developed in
this section, but will have plenty of
competition from Legg. Todd hung
up the current low-hurdle mark of
70 seconds last year and hopes to
improve that figure.
Vault Record in Danger.
A merry battle for first place, prob
ably accompanied by record
smashing performance, is expected
in the pole vault and iavelin events,
which are crowded with prospective
champions. Beatty, Bulls Prep ace
looms as a favorite among the %
spear throWers entered, while Bar
tells of Newport News, Va, is the
premeet choice over a field of 27 in
the pole vault.
Elaborate preparations have been
made to insure the meets success
and from all indications it promises
to be the most colorful and most
successful ever held. The program
has been planned in such a way that
there will be no lull between events
and the large, unwieldy field will be
handled as expertly as rush-hour
traffic.
Washington's metropolitan area
viii be represented 100 per cent in
the games, most of the District
schools entering full teams. Tech
leads in the number of entries with
%. and Baltimore City College is a
close second with 27.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
fans Rough Referee
After Londos Wins
From Hader
Police Rescue Bortniek;
Pinch Noisy Spectator;
CIinstock Is Victor

Jimmy Londos won his match but
failed to attract the proper amount
Of attention last night at Turner's
Arena where his performance ran
a dull third on the evenings pro-
gram.
Londos spilled Jack Hader with
an airplane spin after AZ minutes,
but the peak of the entertainment
was reached Immediately after when
an angry pack of customers de-
scended on Referee Bennah Bort
nick. They were doing an efficient
job on Bennah and clamoring for
the wishbone when the gendarmes
intervened.
Prior to that police hustled one
noisy fan off to the gaol on a charge
of disturbing the wrestlers' peace.
1t seems the boys couldn't hear
their instructions above the gleeful
gents fasetto, and were missing
their cues.
In the other matches Jim Clin-
stock defeated Red Ryan in %
minutes: Dropkick Murphy fiattened
Dutch Schultz in % minutes; George
Penchef won from Manic Singh
on disqualification after S minutes,
and Gene Bowman cost to Sammy
Stein in IL minutes.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
20 Years Aoo
In The Star

Orrin A. Terry, pro at the
Washington Golf and Country
Club, broke the course record
with sizzling IS. His approach
shots and putting were mag
niflcent.
More than 10000 fans packed
the Detroit park to see Walter
johnson tame the Tigers, 80. for
Washington's second straight Wis
tory.
Capt. Richard Norris Williams
ID, former national tennis cham
pion. and Mike O'Dowd, reigning
middleweight titleholder, arrived
from France.
Wallen hung up a new record
OF 3:54 for the 330-yard swim
and Ben Princell set a 75-foot
plunging mark of 402s seconds
in meet at Omaha.
The batting of Wayne and
Shalin featured as the Y. M. H.
A. team nosed out Tenleytown.
Weaver famed 19 batters as
Fairfax turned back the Tenth
Street A. c., So.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Qualifying Mark Seen
For indianapolis
Auto Contest
120-MiIe Minimum Looms
With Entrants Ready
For Initial Tests
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, May ia
score of young men in a hurry"
stepped forward today with I'VE
are ready" as the roll was called of
drivers who plan to bid tomorrow
for places in the annual Indian
apolis Memorial Day 5O0-mile mo-
tor speedway race. -Four or five
others said, 1--WE think we'll be
ready"
From 10 am. until 7 pm. Cen
tral standard time) tomorrow the
drivers will have a chance to win
positions In the 33-car starting
lineup. Almost every one at the
track figures it will take about 100
miles an hour even to get in the
race. If more than 33 qualify the
fastest 33 will start.
Qualifying Records Seen.
Practice laps during the last
weeks have been at such high speed
the drivers are unanimous in their
predictions a new net of qualifying
records will be written into the
books.
The official one-lap record is
3O492 miles an hour, set by Jimmy
Snyder of Chicago two years ago
The qualifying record is l25. 1863
miles an hour, established bv
Romney Householder of Van Nuvs.
Calf, last year.
The fact that qualifying runs this
year Will be for only 10 miles as
compared with Is miles for the last
several races should make the record
breaking easier. At stake also tomor-
row will be the coveted pole position.
Seven Out for Pole.
Seven drivers were listed today as
probable contenders for the pole.
They are Rex Mays of Glendale,
Calf; Babe Stapp. Bob Swanson
and Kelly Petillo, all of Los Angeles;
Wilbur Shaw of indianapolis; Ted
Horn OF Burbank, Calf, and Snyder.
Such drivers as Louis Meyer of
Huntington Park, Calf, three-time
winner of the race, and Floyd
Roberts of Van Nuys, Calf, who
won both the pole and the race last
year, admittedly have enough speed
to be contenders for the front row
spot.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Holm Of 'Bama, Shugart
OF Ames Now Redskins

Two more Redskins were in the
wigwam today and Lone Wolf Jack
Espey, who handles such matters
for the Tribe, confidently predicted
all Is of the clubs draftees will
be in the fold within a short time.
Newest additions to the roster are
Charley Holm, University of Ala
bama fullback and No. choice on
the preferred list, and Clyde Shu-
CART, Iowa State tackle. Holm, a
6-foot, 195-pound husky, was rated
one of the finest backs in the coun-
try last year by Frank Thomas,
Alabama coach, who called him the
Tides best fullback since Hurry
Cain. Shugart was an outstanding
lineman in the Big Ten.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
he
The
SPORTLIGHT
Time q Major Factor
In Judging Greatness
BY GRANTLAND RICE,


NEW YORK, May 10 (N.AN.A).
The 3-year-old scrimmage and
scramble is on again. Gilded
Knight has beaten Johnstown and
Challedon. Challedon has beaten
Gilded Knight and Johnstown.
Johnstown has beaten Challedon.
The Belmont, on ahead, will give
us more to work with, where again
track conditions viii play a leading
part. Only this time Challedon
won't be on hand.
Johnstown still may prove to be a
recordbreaker on a fast track, but
the word great must 60 for any sort
Of track, although Seabiscuit
couldn't handle the mud and War
Admiral proved at Suffolk Downs
that he didn't like it.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Tennessee Puts Color
In Football Games
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, May 19.-Tennes-
see football crowds this fall will see
the volunteer cheering sections put
on some of the dog" that one sees
in the movies of games on the Pacific
Coast.
Card stunts, reversible orange and
white caps, etc, along with a band
equipped in new uniforms will be
presented.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Cardinal Quint to PIoy
Only d Home Games

Catholic University's basket ball
team, which struggled through the
most disastrous campaign in Card
history last winter. will have no
breathing spells next season, accord
ing to the schedule released by
Coach "Fod" Cotton. Thirteen
games are listed, and two more
are being negotiated. Only four
games will be played at home.
January 9, Loyola; II. at Du-
queSne; l3, at st. Vincents; II, at
st. Francis; II, at Western Mary
land; 25. st Francis of BROOKLYN;
27, Washington College: Febru-
airy II, st. Peters; II, at Maryland:
20, at Loyola; "a, at Villanova; Is,
at La Sale; March 2, at Washing
ton College.
Evening star., 1939-05-19

making his first start here after hav-
ing pitched for several years TOR
Frederick, Md, while teaching school
up there. He's a right-hander.
Several other sandlot stars will
be in action Saturday, among them
Charley and Kenneth McQuinn
brothers of George McQinn, first
baseman for the st. Louis Browns
who play second and third base, re-
spectively, for the Brewers.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Blues Add Loop Lead
To Honors in A. A.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Kansas City. the American As
sociation leader in batting. fielding
and double plays, also held two
game lead today in the league
standings-one of the widest mar
gins of the campaign.
The Blues gained this advantage
yesterday by turning back Mime
apolis for the second straight time,
S to l, after the Millers had grabbed
the series opener to go into a first
place tie.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Johnnies Sing Lacrosse
Swan Song Tonight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, May l9-St. Johns
Colleges swan song to lacrosse will
be heard on Homewood Field in
Baltimore tonight when the Johnnie
stickmen meet Mount Washington
for their last game.
st. Johns. which has won three
intercollegiate and one world cham
pionship in lacrosse besides pro-
ducing innumerable all-America
players, is abandoning ifltercol-
legiate athletics at the end of the
academic year.
st. Johns sprang an upset in de-
feating the clubmen last year,
8 to 5.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Vines, Victim Of Budqe,
Ready to Quit Tennis
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May l9.-Ellsworth
Vines reiterated his intention Of
quitting tennis before going on the
court yesterday and receiving a
Ga, 6-4 trouncing from Don
Bulge in the professional tourna-
ment at Wembley.
When I have finished this world
tour with Bulge" said Vines, II
intend to lay down my racket for
good"
In another match Hans Nuss-
lein, veteran German pro, defeated
Big Bill Tilden, 6-3, 60.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Threats Many C Club Meet Records Field of 352 Competnq Tomorrow
Sports Program,
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.

Baseball.
Cleveland at Washington, 3:15.
Tech at Eastern, Central at
Roosevelt, interhigh series, $3.50.
Wilson at Anacostia, $3.50.
Washington-Lee at Fredericks-
burg.
Bethesda Chevy Chase at,
Rockville.
Bladensburg at Mount Rainier.
Tennis.
Georgetown at Maryland, 3.
Dewitt at st. Johns, $50.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Cleveland at Washington, 3.
Georgetown at Maryland, 2:30.
Roosevelt at Randolph Macon.
Track.
&C" Club meet, Central Sta
dium, /.
Maryland in Southern Confer
ence meet at Chapel Hill, N. c.
American and Catholic Univer-
sites in Mason-Dixon Conference
meet at Baltimore.
Lacrosse.
Maryland at Johns Hopkins,
2:30.
Tennis.
Maryland at Navy.
st. Adams at st. Andrews.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Early Lead Decides

Washington Gas Co. scored five
runs in the first inning to seal
60 victory over Treasury in the
Government League. Sugrue and
Crawford clouted homers for the
winners, while Frank Baroni Judi
ciously scattered seven hits among
them.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Iowa Eyes Big Ten Lead
In Northwestern Set

BY The Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 19-IoWa and
Northwestern, each riding an i'm
pressive winning streak in their
championship drives, furnished the
Big Tens headline baseball attrac-
ton today in the first of two
game series at Iowa City.
Iowa, tied for first place with
Purdue and owning four straight
victories, faced the task of breaking
NorthWestern's six-game streak to
hold the title it shared with In
diana last year.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Vets Netmen Defeated

Veterans Administration netmen
lost Al decision to National Labor
Relations Board in a Departmental
League match. Salant and Cobey
defeated Fischer and Haymaker in
the feature match which went three
sets.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
Interior Going Stronq

Interior kept its slate clean by
handing Maritime a So setback in
a well played Departmental League
game. Jewett and Brown, for In
terror, and Sheehan and Hayworth,
for Maritime, were the batting stars.
Evening star., 1939-05-19

Cobb, Speaker and Ruth, or pass any
one of this brilliant trio.
1t always has been my belief that
time is big part of the final an
sWer. But that doesn't keep one
from taking leap into the fogs of
the future.
Evening star., 1939-05-19
7-Up Nine Is Victor

Seven-Up counted four times in
the seventh and eighth innings to
hand Boys Republic an 8-4 trounc-
ing last night. James held the losers
to hits.