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Evening star., 1939-06-12
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Take it from John Hostetter.
Pennsylvania State champion, more
than swift, Streamlined mechan-
ical steed is necessary to win motor
cycle races, ana one of the prime
requisites is good feet Sounds RI
diculouS. but a gent with ailing pup
pies can't 60 very far-or very fast
in the speed tests.
Plotting two wheels of Hades on
rubber through a maize of twists
and turns of racing is one safe
guard against growing old, we dis
covered yesterday at the National
Capital Motor Cycle Clubs meet
at Glenmont Heights. Md. But if
this is too tame there is Ray Stones
diversion of ramming through a
burning wall to while away time.
Present was John Berzansky of
Broadtop, Pa, a one armed cyclist,
who didn't 60 in for motors until
his right arm was sheared off in a
mining accident. John had made
the jaunt to see Hostetter ride and
brought along a passenger. He's
good rider-with all the neces-
sary gadget built on the left side
of his puddle jumper.
First Big Win for Smith.
Yesterdays feature, which found
the winners of four heats fighting
it out for the top prize. went to
young Don Smith of Cabin John,
MD ubo ccorod h;c frct INC ior ,,ic
tory in two years of competition.
Smith thundered home a winner
when Bob McGeever's gas line
clogged on the fourth lap, forcing
him out of the race after he had &C
quired respectable lead.
But getting pack to the feet. A
grimy squad of riders, coated with
dust. bodies flattened out over the
machines, was weaving around the
inverted P-shape course in a hot,
noisy and dangerous game of follow
the leader. Throttles opened wide,
they leaned sharply into the first
turn.
Instjnctively they swung their left
feet off the machines, dangled them
Imply for a split second, then
jockeyed the spinning wheels
through hop-skip- -and-jump ma
neuver into the straightaway Most
of the boys use a steel sole that
fits snugly over the leather, to pro-
tect their feet against burns and to
save boots. The contraption re-
sembles a miniature toboggan.
Race With Stock Models.
Racing machines. We were sur
prised to learn, aren't special built
Evening star., 1939-06-12

Another difficulty in the matter
of sgd WooderSon and the mile OF
the century is that time is going
past us mighty fast. By my count,
this is the sixth mile of the century
we have had since 1880. Without
reckoning up the miles of the CEN
tury that were run between 1900
and 1880, we should now be in the
26th century, unless my watch is
fast.
The Kings eQuerry and I were
chewing the fat about this very sub
ject the other day, as, the equerry
held the Kings hat and l held the
hat-cheCk girl.
There is this to be said, Lardner.'
remarked the Kings equerry Il
can find no record of a mile of the
century being run between 908 and
1890 That leaves eight centuries
unaccounted for. and, if we spread
them out, we will have a century
for every mile, with a couple to
spare"
"A corking notion I said ap-
provingly. We can call the race
this week the mile of the 18th CEN
tury. That was peach OF a CEN
tury.'
"A pip" said the equerry, letting
his memory roll back. Those we're
the days"
Enough of this small talk, how
ever Wooderson is the favorite in
England for the big race, and the
chances are he will be favored over
here. too. There is no hotter run
ner in the field. In the last couple
of weeks, he has run the fastest
three-quarters of mile of all time
and one of the five fastest miles
ever run outdoors
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Princeton Track Built
For Shorpest Race

The Princeton track is velvet,
though probably no faster than the
stretch over which this scraWny, be-
cheatered solicitor ran to the three
quarter record last week. The
weather is hot, the runner is hot, the
track is hot. Wooderson is ready
for the race, unless the liner Nor
mandie pitches and rolls him out of
shape And the desk sailors over
at the French line assure that this
is impossible.
"She does not roll, she does not
toss" they said. She does not even
pitch"
Neither does Dizzy Dean" I re-
piled, quick as a flash, but it went
straight over the heads of the
Frenchmen, as uproarious jokes are
likely to doy. These Gauls are splen-
did fellows, but they have no sense
of humor.
Wooderson is ready, and that's
more than you can say with any
certainty, for Glenn Cunningham,
the master miller, to whom the Eng
lishman looks for trouble and a
record pace. Touch means a great
deal in distance running. Cunning
ham has made no planned campaign
for this race and he may lack the
"feel' fO, if
Evening star., 1939-06-12

the method used down there, no
shrimp being available. Plenty of
hardhead also are there.
That is the section of the famous
and almost legendary rock pile,
where two or three times year on
the right tide and right moon and
with the fishing gods smiling, rock
OF such numbers and size are taken
that every conservation law on the
Maryland books is broken.
1t doesn't happen often, but
we have seen catch taken
off that spot that included
rs or more stripers, all over 10
pounds.
And while thinking of rock, don't
forget Point Patience. 1t is this
departments favorite spot. Many
a good striper have we taken out of
there-and twice as many more
have eluded us. We haven't quite
solved the riddle of taking them
consistently at Point Patience. On
some days We troll through schools
OF Whoppers with nary strike
Walter McCallum, The Stars golf
writer, will back us up when We re-
call one occasion when a fish that
would go all of 25 pounds rose
behind the boat, sneered at our
beautiful bats, flicked a 12-inch
tail at us and picked on a lone
alewife before dropping down again.
Ocean City for Blues.
On another occasion we were fish,
ing with good tackle from one of the
best boats on the island. Trolling
next to us was rather aged woman,
operating a weak, one-lung scoW
with one hand and fishing a knotted
hand-line with the other. In 20
minutes she pulled out three 10
Founders while We were being
skunked. Oh yes, there still is plenty
to be learned about those rock at
Point Patience.
And how about blues?
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Stars Yesterday
BY the Associated Press,

Buck Newsom. Tigers-Kept Senators
under control with 10 hits to stretch
Detrolt's winning streak to five games.
Joe Kuhel. White SoX. and Jim Tabor,
Red Sox-Former hit two-run homer in
ninth to decide first game; latter tripled
twice in second-game victory after see
ing his three-run homer wasted in
opener
Harry Gumbert and Alex Kampouris.
eight hits in one half of double e-header
while latter hit homer in eighth inning
Of second game for 50 victory
Frank Mccormick. Reds, and Babe
Phelps. Dodgers-McCormick hit his
eleventh homer in second inning and
doubled another run home in tenth as
Cincinnati won opener: Phelps doubled
with bases loaded in ninth to tie up
game and doubled again in eleventh to
put winning run on ,hird:
Padeett. CardinalS-Former singled
with bases filled to win first game:
latter tripied with bases loaded to de-
eide second game.
JEFF Heath and Al Milnar. Indians
Heath singled winning run home in
first game and homered in second for
deciding run behind Milnar's steady
seven-hit hurting
Bill Dickey and Bump Hadley,
Yb Gob ns drOye " in four n runs a
game while. Hadley pitched careful
seventh ball. striking out six in night
cap.
Buddy Hassett. Bees. and Jack Rus
sell, Cvbs-Former got three hits and
scored twice to lead Boston to victory in
opener. Russell hurled four scoreless
innings In relief to take second game.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Motorcycle Racing Demands
Good Feet, GIenmont Meet
Won by Smith Reveals

jobs with fancy odds and ends, but
merely stock models stripped of all
unnecessary hardware such as fen
ders, lights, horn, etc. Under Tourist
Trophy rules nothing may be used
on machine that cannot be pur-
chased from any dealer.
The term tourist trophy, or "T. T."
races, as the boys say, is borrowed
from the English, who dubbed their
meets so because contestants ride to
meets on the family cycle, remove
surplus accessories and wheel EN-
to the starting line. Racing over,
they replaced the tenders, screw
the lamp back on and ride home.
A cycle will soak up about two
gallons of gas during a hard days
work, and consume about quart of
oil. Only stock that may be acquired
at the corner service station is al
lowed.
Racing Career Is Brief.
The riders last only four or five
years because of the high voltage
nervous tension. It's dangerous
game, and the rewards are slim, but
how do the boys feel about risking
their necks?
'Lookit all the people who get
killed in auto accidents" they
chorus.
First heat-Won by Charles Smith (Cab-
in john; second. Charles Walllck Hell
Second heat-Won by Fred Bloom
tWashington); second Jack Stuart Wash
fngtOnD.
Third heat-Won by. Irving Hostetter
columbia. Pa
Fourth heat--Won by Forester Wilkn-
son Washington: second. Bob Wells
Fifth heat-Won by Bill McKeever
(Chevy Chase; second Bob McKeever
Chevy Chase
First semi-fnal 90 laps,-Won by Don
Smith. second, Ed Welsner; third. Dowd
Rozzel: fourth, John Hostetter; fifth, Glen
Cobb Time. SOB
Second semi-fnal 90 laps>-Wnn by
Bob McKeever: second. Forester Wilker-
Son! Son; third Ray stone fonTth Iryns
sos
Final Us lapsl--Won by Bob Smith: Sec
ner; fourth, Irving Hostetter Time, 7,32:2.
Novice event a lapSl-Won bv TED Boyd,
second, Bill Keene; third VIC Herman.
Non-wirner con.olation-Won by George
Sabine: second James C-iglc..
Evening star., 1939-06-12
From the
Press Box
Wooderson to Nab Mile,
Soy Odd English Odds
By JOHN LARDNER,


NEW YORK. June u (N.ANA).
In England they have made Mr..
Sydney Charles Wooderson 13to-
/ favorite to win the mile of the
century at Princeton next Satur-
day.
I can see only two flaws in this
line of reasoning For one thing
why can't the betting people in Eng
land speak English, the way we do
over here? English is a very easy
language to master, if you put your
mind to it. But instead of making
a man a favorite at to 2. or to l.,
or 7 to 5, or some lucid figure, the
English insist on IA to II, or 33 to
II. A horse never is 10 to l in a
horse race He is 109 to IL. Split
ting hairs? HI, they cut those
hairs up to serve four.
1 will have to speak to King
George VI about this, the next time
he calls me up to ask what to wear
at one of the Presidents frankfurter
orgies. Personally, I generally wear
the uniform OF the 18th Welsh
lancers, 9Th subdiv sion, with the
orders of the garter and star at
the left breast and a paper napkin
OF tho chin
Evening star., 1939-06-12

that, though, it doesn't matter what
the distance so long as some good
striper fishing awaits at the other
end. But you can catch them even
closer, say with a 35-mile auto trip
and an hour and quarter boat ride
across the bay.
That section between Pop
lar Island and Bloody Point is
what we have in mind, and
how the rock are doing there
is illustrated by a local angler.
A party including Campbell Dance
of Washington fished there with
Capt. Randolph Harrison. Chum-
ming with shrimp for three and
one-half hours they caught IS
stripers averaging around to 5
pounds. Dozens of other boats were
there and all were doing well, says
Dance. Shrimp cumming is rather
expensive at times. The stuff will
cost you a couple of bucks a gallon,
but it's worth it because you don't
have any sinkers or lead weights to
take half the fight out of your fish.
Lower River Stripers.
Another spot for stripers seems to
be the lower Potomac. Capt. R. M.
Rogers Of Piney Point got so excited
about his luck that he phoned all
the way from down there-couldnt
wait 70 write. For three days he
had been fishing George Tew of
Washington and DR.. Harry Martin
of Boston. On successive days they
caught 8, 10 and IA weighing be-
tween 2 and 8 pounds. Trolling is
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Nothing in the bay yet, but
give Ocean City a whirl.

Capt. Crawford Savage, who
operates the Hilda II, sends word
that that entire Maryland coast is
alive with blues. They have routed
out the Boston mackerel and taken
possession. They are cutting up sea
robins, small weakf1sh and bunkers
and you can see pieces of these three
varieties floating all around after
the blues have passed. He says that
in 20 years he hasn't seen anything
like it, and it looks as If the good
old days are back.
Also there are Weakfsh, channel
bass, kings and croakers.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Hard Luck Heaviest
Winner in Regatta
For Model Craft
Copsizines, Breokdowns,
Injury to Owner Mar
Miniatures Races
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.

Capsizings, breakdowns, engine
trouble and even injury to one boat
owner combined to make only hard
luck the winner in yesterdays spring
regatta of the Washington Miniature
Power Boat Club held on Lincoln
Memorial Rejecting Pool.
Of the 16 boats entered in four
classes, only four in two divisions
survived the three heats. John
Thorpe, Bronx, N. Y, racer with his
Jeeno ", won Glass B. His speed
of 4018 mph. was clocked in
the second heat. Julius Scholl's Mrs.
Frequently, Flushing, N. Y, was
second with 1916 miles and D. D.
Greer's Jeep, Dunbarton, Va, was
third with 25 30 miles.
Pirate Is Class c Winner.
The only other winner was in Glass
c, Robert Graham's Pirate, Jersey
City, N. j. No qualifying runs were
made in Glasses A or D. Washing
tons five entries either couldn't get
started or never finished. Experts
explained that it still is rather early
in the season and that all of the
models have been popped up too high
in an attempt to get better speeds
Nor did trash and seeWeed in the
pool help any.
Scholl, the single casualty, cut an
artery in his right hand when he
attempted to stop his boat as it
swung around at slow speed. The
boat slipped from his hand as the
whirling prop, no larger than a
quarter, dug into his palm. Eight
stitches were taken, but Scholl
came back to try again.
Fastest Craft Breaks Down.
Next toughest break of the day
was that of Edward kalfus, Endicott,
N. Y, who had hoped to break the
Class B mark with his fashy little
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Myer Four Ends Streak
Of MARYLAND PoIoists

Fort Myers Sd Cavalry polo team
snapped a five-game winning streak
of the Maryland Polo Club at Balti-
1hore yesterday when it took a 9-5
decision from the Monumental City
riders.
Capt. L. G. Smith played the
leading role in the triumph, scor-
ing four Of Sd Cavalry's nine
goals. All but one of the winning
team scored in the sixth chukker.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Symbols on Ring Gorb
Out in New jersey
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freSS-
TRENTON, N. j., June 12.-Any
adornment on a contestants trunks
other than his initials is out of place
in the boxing ring, State Athletic
Commissioner Abe J. Greene has
ruled.
Spurred by instances of boxers
sporting shamrocks, Jewish symbols,
and such. Greene decreed that
henceforth fighters in New Jersey
must stick to plain trunks.
The first thing we know" Greene
said. some contestant will appear
in the ring with an ad for a COM
Portable mattress on his ring trunks.
or his tights will read You too can
learn to waltz in seven easy lessons
at Susie's Salon of Song"
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Detroit Shots Qualify
For Camp Perry
BY the Associated Press.

BY lne HSSOclated Press.
ROCKFORD, Ill, June IA
week end of rifle and pistal compe-
tition at nearby Camp Grant left
four entrants qualified today for
the national meet at Camp Perry,
Ohio, later this summer.
The four qualifiers were Harry
Reeves, Detroit policeman; James
NeWhall, West Lafayette, Ind; Paul
Poe, Rock Island H., and E. N.
tNed) Moor, Detroit, shooting in the
7th district meet.
Albert Hemming, another Detroit
policeman, won the all-around pis-
tol championship beating Reeves
by small margin.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Completes Grid Schedule

MOORHEAD, Mimi. June Il
P.-Concordia College of Moorhead
completed its 1899 football schedule
today with the announcement by
Joe Rognstad, athletic director and
head coach. that the Cobbers will
play Arkansas Tech at Russellville,
Ark, November II.
Evening star., 1939-06-12

Kitty. Averaging ALSO miles al
hour at the time, it capsized in the
first heat, throwing a connecting rod
and freezing the cylinder.
Model boat owners from Rich
mond, Port Washington. Long
Island, and Jackson Heights, Long
Island, also competed
Evening star., 1939-06-12
7-Up Nine Defeated

Lanny Birch hit a homer and
single, but was unable to stem the
Craddock-Terry batting attack as
7-Up bowed to the Lynchburg nine,
9-8.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
TIGERS Take SIuqfest

Choking off the enemy's last-in-
ming rally after eight runners had
crossed the plate, the Tigers nosed
out c. c. G. tossers, 14-13, in a
weird battle of base hits.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Berwyn Tops Lundover

BerWyn is seeking more opposition
after disposing of Landover, 9-8
yesterday. Skotvitch's home run
helped the winners. For games call
Hillside 0780.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Intercity Conference

Georgetown sWamped Colesville,
1873, in the first game, but took the
second by more respectable 4-3 fig
ures in their Intercity Conference
double header.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Recreation Leuoue

With Cassidy and Peck leading
the attack, 1da's crushed Shank
mans, $50, in a Recreation League
game.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Rod and Stream
BY GEORGE HUBER,

Best fishing OF all ockfh
serious striking
OF the grandest fighters
eagerly sought by all that line
Best reports perhaps
side OF the bay opposite Annapolis
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Prince GEORGES Leooue

Fort Dupont trimmed Oxon Hill.
6-2, IN a Prince Georges League
game. Brown and Fowler held the
losers to four hits.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Arlington indians Ahead

Arlington Indians nosed out
Brookland A. c., 11-9, as Laughlin
chalked up another pitching victory.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Rhodes Sturs at Bot

Rhodes batting featured as New
Market defeated Mount Jackson,
So, at Mount Rainier. Lefty Linda
mood held the losers to six hits.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Flood VS.. Blues Team

j. c. Flood tossers will meet Lu
Blues tonight at s:l5 o'clock on the
Ballston diamond.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
David hnsen Age Of 49, Vaults Forefront Mems Tennis in Dt
Sports Program
For Local Fans

WEDNESDAY.
Baseball.
Chicago at Washington, dou-
BILE header, 1:30.
THURSDAY.
Baseball.
Chicago at Washington, 3::15.
Wrestling.
Laverne Baxter VS.. Jim Clin-
stock, Griffith Stadium, $50.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Chicago at Washington, 3:15.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
st. Louis at Washington, 3:15.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
lndionheud Is Victor

1ndianhead outlasted the Girardi-
ans to gain an 11-8 decision in a
slugging bee. j. Miller and Heever
hit for the circuit.
Evening star., 1939-06-12
Sixth Mile Of Century
Since 1880 Classic

at the chin
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-04
Men In
Fight for Reduced
Costs of Freight

ST. Pauls, Sept. 4.-Livestock pro-
ducers of North Carolina have en-
tered the fight to obtain equitable
freight rates for the South. C.. L.
Balance, Robson county farmer and
chairman of the executive committee
of the North Carolina Livestock Mar
keting Associations, has written a
letter to Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace enlisting his sup
port in an appeal for lower freight
rates from North Carolina to Rich
mond, Baltimore, and other eastern
points.
The mutual livestock marketing
associations which Balance heads
are promoted by the State College
Extension Service. J. V. Taylor, of
the Pitt County Mutual Exchange.
and H. C. Shelton, of the Edgecombe
Mutual Livestock Association, also
have appealed to Secretary. Wallace
for aid
A hearing is scheduled before the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
October relative to an adjustment of
freight rates and other transporta-
ton regulations. In response to Bal
lance's letter, Secretary Wallace said
that the matter had been referred to
the Transportation Section of the U
S. Department of Agriculture, where
it would receive careful cOnSidera-
tiOn."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-04
Over Half of Squad
Are North Carolina
Boys, May H a v e
= e " e n in Starting
Line-Up; Winston and
Greensboro Lead.
By M. r. ALEXANDER.

Chapel Hill, Sept. 4.-The Uni
versity Of North Carolina football
squad, which resumed preparations
today for its early opener with
Citadel here September %, to be fol-
lowed by Wake Forest, is going to
have its share. of home town boys
and supporters.
More than half of the squad mem
bers are North Carolina boys. The
others come from nine states, with
no other state contributing more
than six.
A total of 46 candidates have al
ready reported, including 10 letter.
men, SEVERN and Mallory at end,
Kimball at tackle, Woodson, Sledge,
and Abernethy at guard, StrinWeiss
and Lalance at quarter, Radman at
half, and Sadoff at full. Two other
lettermen, Chuck Kline at end and
Bob Smith at center, and Jack Jones,
sophomore center, were expected to-
day.
Five of the veterans and probable
starters Kimball, Woodson,
Abernethy, and Smith-are North
Carolina boys. And of the two posi-
tions where no letterman is available
Mike Bobbitt from Greensboro is.
getting first call at right half and
Christian SieWers from Winston is
scrapping it out with Dick White
at left tackle.
The starting eleven, therefore, will
have decided Tar Heel cast and
may have as many as seven home
state boys.
Winston-Saiem is one of the largest
contributors of any Tar Heel city to
the 1889 edition with three leading
prospects. Oddly, all three are grad
yates of the 5anlc nigh school and
are concentrated at tackle and guard.
Gates Kimball, who leads the trio,
looks like a veteran fixture at one
tackle. SieWerS is one of two lead
ing contenders at the other. And
Frank Saylor at guard looks like
coming youngster.
Greensboro also has three outstand
ing representatives In BObbitt, who
has taken over Captain Watsons old
post at right half, Charlie Baker, his
understudy, ,-/and Julian Brantley,
first reserve at right guard. High
Point next-dOor adds Charlie Idol,
reserve fullback of promise.
From Charlotte come Bill BlalocE,
reserve end; Pinky Elliott, sopho-
more end; and Allen Patterson,
sophomore halfback. Leroy Aber-
nethy, Jr, guard and son of the Car
olina fullback of another generation,
heads the Asheville boys, while Bill
Little is a brother to Crowell, Car
olina's h&ady quarterback Of cou-
pie of seasons back.
Among the other leading Tar
Heels, Co-Captain Jim Woodson at
guard is from Salisbury. Chuck Kline
veteran end, is a Carthage boy. And
Bob Smith, the outstanding center,
is now a home-tow Chapel Hill boy
but learned his football at Asheville
High School.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-04

Eddie Woolbert, end, as will tee
entire squad, seem to be in fine fet-
tie and ready to 60 &
A second-guesser's guess at No.
! line would put Jett and Wolbert,
ends; Pate and Crabtree, tackles;
Trunzo and Tingle, guards; Pen2er-
CAST, center.
While two days of practice
couldn't possibly do a great deal to-
wards settling very much about the
hackfield, it is nevertheless apparent
that five corner fight for the four
starting positions will be Waged.
The five boys who are doing this
scraping for No. l berths are Red
Mayberry, Jim Ringgold, Marshall
Edwards, and. Tony Gallovich, let
termen, and John Polanski, sopho-
more.
Besides those already mentioned,
here is complete list of the squad
guards, Tony Balionis, Carl Civ
Ter, Frank Kapriva, and Beverly
Moser; tackle, Larry Pivec; ends,
Paul Waivers, Bill Vanden Dries,
Pat Geer, and Herb Cline; Backs,
Bill Eutsler, Molly Layton, Dave
Fuller, Jim Welch, Pate Horchak,
and Joe Kuchinski.