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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21.-The week
that begins the day after Christmas
means nothing but turkey hash and
exchanging presents to most of us,
but to 122 athletically ambitious
youngsters it's the time of their lives
For in that December 26-January
2 period the 23rd national junior
and the 22nd national boys indoor
tennis tournaments will be held on
the seven wooden courts Of the 7th
Regiment Armory here.
The United States Lawn Tennis
Association announced today the
tournaments had very representa-
tive fields"
That was a polite way of saying
there aren't quite as many entries as
last year-but the fields are big
enough to make it certain the win
ners will be as good young players
as there are in the country.
Champs Outgrow Glass.
New champions will be crowned in
both events, since last years capable
winners both have outgrown the
competition.
joey Fishback, the fearsome Flat
busher who took the junior title
home to Brooklyn two years in a
row, has passed the age limit, and
young James Evert of Chicago, who
won the boys title last year, has adj
vanced. both in age and proficiency,
and is entered in the junior meet.
Expected to take over where joey
left off-after becoming the first re-
peating titlist last year since Marco
Hecht captured three straight in the
early 30s-is William (BilD Umstaed-
ter, the Millburn, N. j., youth, who
is getting his education at Louisiana
State University.
Umstaedter was given top seed
ing in the Junior tournament, large
ly on the strength of his ranking
as No. 4 in the national inter-
scholastics while in Millburn High
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Gndder Plays "a Games in Row Without Taking Time Out
FOREIGN Coaches Foeking Ohio School Grid Speakers

games on Monday, two days after
they've been completed on the
field. In fact, I've never heard
of a downtown coach losing a
game"
Despite denials from all princi-
pals, the inside" boys around
the Buckeye capital insist STAN
ford is flirting with Francis
Schmidt, Ohio State coach, who
introduced razzle dazzle to the
Big Ten. If Francis takes the
Coast job, and the experts"
say he will, don't be surprised If
Earl Blaik is the next Buckeye
coach. If he can be shaken
loose from his Dartmouth con-
tract.
How'd you like to have Fred
Tomlin Of Glassboro, N. j.,
drawing a bead" on you? Fred
fired at 2,450 clay targets this
year and missed only II, for an
average Of 1880. The greatest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Bob Bensinger, D. c. Champion,
Favored to Win National
Boys Tennis Crown

School, and later as the No. player
in the Eastern intercollegiate Asso-
cations books.
The young Davis Cup hopeful got
to the quarter finals last year be-
fore bowling to Isadore Bells in
fierce three-set match.
Ranked behind Umstaedter are,
in order. James Evert. last years
boys title holder; Richard J. Ben
der, Westfield, N j.; Gardner
Larned. another Chicagoan; Mel
vim Schwartzman, Tulane Univer-
sity star; Judah Lober and Fred
erick v. Krais. jr., both of New
York, and George L. Collins, a
Princetonian.
Bensinger Is Favorite.
To succeed young Evert in the
boys meet, the U. S. L. T. A. has
picked Robert Lee Bensinger, Tako-
ma Park, District of Columbia,
Middle Atlantic and Maryland
champion. At least that's the in
ference, since he's first seeded in
that tourney.
Bensinger, in his lone New York
appearance, won the Eastern boys
outdoor tournament at Forest Hills
last summer. He went to the semi
finals of the boys national at
Culver and is ranked among the
first 10 in the country for boys
under Is.
Irwin Dorfman. Jack Geller and
Albert Shafer, all New York State
players, are seeded in that order
behind Bensinger.
The tournaments run concur
rently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21

peared this winter as guest
speakers at Ohio high school
football banquets.
Probably they are touring Just
for the fun of 1t, but Snavely
said at Canton:
1.-THE finest high school foot
ball in the country is played up
here in Northeastern Ohio.
And if you can turn out one
athlete in 10 years as good as
Don Scott (Ohio State quarter
back, from Canton) and send him
up to our university I'll continue
to think this is a great COM
munity."
Today's guest star - Elmer
Layden, addressing Toledo's
Downtown Coaches Association,
said:
cts a pleasure to be here,
for I like to string along with q
winner All downtown coaches
are winners, for they play their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Arizona Girl 10 Sponsor
T.. j. Team al e. Paso

Because Dutch Bergman started
his coaching career at New Mexico
State College, coed of that insti-
tuition has been selected to be spon-
sor for Catholic University's football
team when it plays Arizona State in
the Sun Bowl on New Year Day.
She is Mary Louise Armstrong, a
sophomore majoring in home eco
Monies who is described as a petite
brunette and one of the most popu-
lar co-eds on her campus" Her alma
mater, incidentally, will send a con-
tingent to Ell Paso to root for C. U.
New Mexico State came near being
the Cardinals foe itself, losing only
to Arizona State in a close game.
A sponsor for Arizona State, q
co-educational school, already has
been picked from its student body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Fiery Central Quint
Sears Hyattsvi||e
In 34-2S F|are-up

Central High Schools flrebrand
style proved too hot for the Hyatts-
vile basket ball team yesterday as
it was scorched 1923 on it's own
court.
The Prince Georges crew sparkled
early in the game with Jim Wilson
starring, but Sam Di Blast soon put
Central In command. Di Blast
hooked shot after shot to tally II
points for top honors, and had ex-
cellent support from Jim Mandes.
Harry Martins fine defense pre-.
vented a late rally by Hyattsville.
It was Central's second successive
victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Marathon Race rophv
Memorial to Denqis
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SALISBURY BEACH, Mass, Dec.
21.-James P. Smith, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, spon-
sor of the annual Memorial Day
marathon, said today a plan is
under way to offer a special trophy
in 1910 in memory of Pat Dengis,
two-time winner of the event, who
was killed in an airplane crash At
Baltimore Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
BY FRITZ HOWELL,
Pinch Hitting for Eddie Bret;

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 81 up.
Before wrapping up the 1899
football season, how about be-
lated pat on the back for Ches-
ter (Red) Roush, a real iron man
of the gridiron? Red" end and
captain of little Alfred Holbrook
College at Manchester. Ohio,
played every minute of "a games
from 1896 through 1889. Time"
never was called for him in the
four years. Roush never had
played football and had seen but
one game before enrolling at Hol-
brook.
Happy hunting grounds-No-
ire Danes Elmer Layden, Cor
nell's Carl Snavely, Nays
"Swede" Larsen, Purdue's Nal
Edward and Indiana's Bo Nc
Millin are just q few of the
foreign" coaches who have ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21

ever compiled by a professional
trapshooter.
DR.. Hugh Parshall of Urbana,
Ohio, the Nations leading trot-
ting-pacing driver the last dec
ade and a half, did all right in
1899. He won 81 races and $50
heats, taking down more than
$4,000 in purses. Peter Astra,
Hambletonian winner, grabbed
$4,000 for Parshall in nine win
ming starts. It was the greatest
one-horse earning since Hanover
Bertha's $4,000 splurge in 1890.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Round Table Calls Herrinq
Outstanding Sportsman
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21.-The
Round Table Club of Spokane,
Wash. named Don Herring. Prince
ton football player, its Outstanding
sportsman of the year."
His leg was amputated after an
injury this fall
The organization is the one which
annually, in lighter vein. conducts
a Nationwide moaning contest"
for college coaches.
The clubs selection was disclosed
here by Marvin (Bud) Ward, Spo-
kane, national amateur golf cham
piOn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Vols Base Rose Bowl Plans Cego Despite Fuss Over Stars Ang Knee
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

TODAY.
Basket Ball.
Mount Rainier High VS.. Alum
nj, Mount Rainier. Md. 8.
Montgomery High vs..
Alumni, Silver Spring. Md. 8.
Bethesda Chevy Chase High VS..
Alumni, Bethesda, Nd. 7:30.
Wrestling.
Jack Hader VS.. Bob Wagner,
feature match, Turner's Arena, 8.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Roosevelt High VS.. Gonzaga,
Tech High gym,
Central VS.. st. Johns, Tech
High gym, 8.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Jersey
Skeeters, Riverside Stadium, $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Generals Continue Trip

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. 81
R.-Washington and Lee Generals,
52-to-40 victors over Norris Harvey
at basket ball, move on to Louisville
to meet the Western Kentucky State
Teachers College tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21

THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE.
Saturday.
Jersey Reds at Philadelphia.
Sunday Afternoon.
Baltimore at Washington, $50 pm.
Sunday Nnight.
Wilkes-Barre at Brooklyn.
Baltimore at Jersey Reds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Hyattsville (2{
|. !. y. Gets 42d in Row

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 (P.-Long
Island University's amazing basket
ball team won its 42d straight game
last night by turning back Dayton
(Ohio) five, 48 to 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
They Probably Washed Behind the Ears, Too

Mitchell headlong oldest incidents his
officiating this last while reeeng at Quantco
between
recalled the ball foated the
part though" the
losing
huddle.
Lets rush it this time, said of the soldiers
"H-l no. said Dya uniform
all muddy?"
Dr. Jim Ruby executive secretary the Georgetown Alumni
caion is distributing ballots members asking them
time Georgetown He
the the Hilltop
Club, A. A
He lists OF the coaches
the recognition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Win, Lose or Draw
Concerning Injured High School Gridmen
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON,
In the temporary absence of Francis e. Stan

From Harry HobeY ONdea of the citys better football
onca Christmas greeting
football well passing proper authorities
He about Bob Beers Wilson, end who uf
fered broken game clipped behind
still to keep smiling HOBBY calls him of the
youngsters he he's watched lot of them.
He amazed laughing joking while
to take him hospital he writes And when they lifted him
the he waved his yelled Don't I'll be out for
football
But the real Hobey that think
scholastic
the medical hospital accident which
thrust parents ill the
Similar plague families stringent
and undoubtedly will the future
to undue hardship a black
ing with further financial obligations concludes THE
make portion
of their
Sincerely OMEARA."
Dear HOBBY:
a thought occurred
for the suggestion, we'll send along.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
1925 Eleven Was AII-Stur Outfit Itself

We don't pretend to qualify voter
grads be able recall
to that the Georgetown of 1925 aa
itself and we'd take chances against
produce.
had White and Mcrath at end Mosko Connaughon
tackles; Murtaugh Jawh
Gomley Hagerty Metzger
Thompson hafbacks Pansky
who play will attest had weight
that isn't noticeable in modern
We don't there weren't others just
that wreckng because wouldn't
Of Harry Coselos brokeneld running
play the ulbackng OF Jack Favn The
Kenyon Toman Cordovano Dubok Bordeu
will be Georgetown
unand this includes the last undefeated
beat 1t was hard to beat, as a matter of record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-21
Boxing Come Ready for Comeback

That of 1900 the boxing Monday
the harbger better times the mte
Improvement anticipated and ferveny hoped
There something than merely
interest behind the
gentleman Snor Cristofer
who chrened something equally difficult.
Dundee has of the largest O fighters
New York City, and his able handling
Nicky Camaaa Abrams
plugging his boys who doesn't mind flying New Orleans
Rarely important fight staged
sgnors boys isn't in the preliminary
Chris couldn't the matchmaker
remeded that situation by moving with
Another Triangle Thot May Be Profitable
Now of Dundees
Bregman sportsman interested boxing
the cash to send Abrams to Hot
Bregman it the financial backing
Ahearn.
Thus when crowds began to dwnde
became bit heavier than anticipated
advice himself
few valuable suggestions offer including booking
blending matching
would give the crowd
Last weeks card together with the sgno
will follow 1t is interesting that
three OF his boys Fur Abrams probably
every week That's he with
billiards or laggards. More power to all of them.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Wings of the Navy
Moves to the Met

For those who would fly with the
Navy without the risk of getting
their feet wet, wings of the Navy"
now has moved to the Metropolitan
to continue its downtown run. For
these seekers after vicarious flying
thrills, wings of the Navy" brings
to the screen what seems to be an
authentic picture of the Navys avi-
alton training course. Cadets learn
to fly seaplanes, landplanes. slow
ships, fast ones, and finally gradu-
ate to the big twin-engined boats.
All of this gives opportunity for
some spectacular shots of Navy
planes in mass formations, for some
display of humor, and for enough
thrills to keep the air-minded film
fans happy. There are such mo-
ments as that one when student,
under the hood" for blind flying
instruction, takes off all unknowing-
ly without his instructor, and the
one when a test pilot gives an ex-
perimental ship its terminal velocity
test. That last one has been done
before, of course. but 1t still has
bang enough to Jerk you to the edge
Of your seat.
When 1t comes down to earth. of
course. wings of the Navy" suffers
relapse Then it just sits on the
beach and tells some romantic yarn
that never quite becomes believable,
no matter how hard Olivia De Hav-
illand, George Brent and John
Payne try to make it so. But some
Of the flying moments make up for
that. H. M.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Tragedy of Spain
Told at Trans.Lux

Your heart will weep for Spain,
as If it hadn't already, when you
visit the Trans-Lux this week. For
included in the other items on the
newsreel theaters' bill is a long clip
from Paramount, titled simply, di-
rectly, Tragedy in Spain" 1t comes
from cameramen stationed at the
French border, cameramen who
have seen thousands of refugees
stream across the Pyrenees through
below-zero cold they never felt In
their Mediterranean homeland.
Some are very old, some are very
young. some have been wounded in
the struggle to defend their farms
and in the long seige to save their
Barcelona; some are sick, all are
cold and know gnawing pangs Of
hunger. There are faces that will
stay with uou and brief scenes you
Evening star., 1939-02-11

ct al, have changed the low license
numbers on their cars to something
less conspicuous, but Shirley Temple
still drives around with a PTS
label. Vivien (Scarlett Leigh,
who was worrying because Laurence
Olivier will soon finish his Holly
wood chore c'Wuthering HeightsD
has been assured by Mr.. Olivier tina.
he will not return to England until
she has completed Gone With the
Wind He may possibly 60 to New
York for play, but even that Is
problematical. (The reason Miss
Leigh came to Hollywood in the first
place was to be near Olivier)
In answer to the repeated ques-
ton in my mail-"When will Kay
Francis and Baron Barnekow mar
ry?"-I understand that Kay would
first like the Baron to be established
in a lucrative job, and that she
would like to make one more picture
before taking the matrimonial
plunge. Nov that this is written,
they will probably get married to-
morrow Meanwhile, Kay's stand
ard of living has increased greatly
since the finish of her Warner con-
tract few months ago. She now
lives in large, luxurious house, as
against the $lOO-a-m month bungalow
she occupied for so long. And she
drives big, expensive car, against
the station wagon she preferred
when working.
1t will be a long time before you
see Fredric March in another pic
ture. His Broadway success in THE
American Way will keep him in
New York for six months at least
incidentally, Freddie has written to
intimates here stating that he is
enjoying stage-acting with his wife
CFlorence Eldridge) to such an ex-
tent that he would like her to ap-
pear with him In pictures. Holly
wood producers are not keen on the
latter idea. Tom Brown and
Evening star., 1939-02-11
'Gunga DIM
Remains at
Keith's
Action and Beauty
Combined in New
R.K.O Film

"Gunga Din" held over at Keith's
for second week. and maybe more
for all an enthusiast for action in
motion pictures may know. is dis
tinctly a feather in the cap of R-K-C
which made the film. In period
which has brought criticism of many
of the major efforts of Hollywood
for ignoring the basic principle
that pictures must move, this screen
drama provides a remarkably ef-
fective answer. 1t moves at such
a dizzy pace. indeed, that there are
moments when it would be pleasant
to have Victor McLaglen, Cary
Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, jr, and
the many others take the whole
thing more easily.
The picture. based upon Kipling's S
rhyming biography of the regimen
tai bhisti, does not depend entirely
upon its action to attain the posi-
ton as one of the years outstand-
ing accomplishments 1t embodies,
too, the qualities of spectacle, a
thing which usually proves so di-
verting to film makers that they
forget the major function of pic
ture is to entertain those who pay
their money to see it. In this case,
happily, scope and geography are
incidental to the item of movement
with the result that "Gunga Din"
definitely becomes one of the major
achievements of the cinema year.
Responsible for the script of Gun
ga Din" are those two exponents
of violence, Ben Hecht and Charles
Macarthur. They have followed
not merely the Kipling tale, but
also have merged with it great
deal of Dumas Three Musketeers. "
There are, accordingly, four prin-
cipal characters. the famous Din and
three hard soldiers of Queen Vic
toria. The latter three are a group
whose antics manage to be very
funny even as they are being vio-
lent and dramatic.
In addition to the McLaglen-
Grant Fairbanks combination, there
are other performances which merit
appreciation. One Of them and quite
naturally. is that of Sam Jaffe as
the humble, remarkable Din. An
other is that of Eduardo Ciannelli
as the chief of the tribe of strangers
whose works are a distinct menace
to English dominance in India.
Small interest has been paid to
the matter of boy-meets-girl in
"Gunga Din" but what there is OF
it is handled acceptably by the
combination of Joan Fontaine and
Mr.. Fairbanks j. C.
Evening star., 1939-02-11

can't forget. That little boy clutch
ing at the bread France holds out,
the first he has seen in days; that
other lad trudging through the snow
in the mountains, maybe the first
snow, the first real cold he has ever
known: those two tots. each with a
leg torn off, marching bravely along
toward the brief haven France Of
fers, to rest a while no matter what
lies ahead
Dramatic in itself. the effect of
this newest look at Spain's anguish
is heightened by proximity to Para
mounts new reel announcement of
the death of Pope Plus XII and
March of Times State of the Ma
tion-1939.' the survey of the pres
ent outlook for the country. The
Pope of Peace" dies, war refugees
stream out of Spain And you can
be thankful you live in democracy.
not glad. You can't be glad about
anything much, remembering those
two tots, each with leg torn of, =,
trudging bravely along H. M.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

NatiOnalE"Of Mice and Men,"
John Steinbeck's stirring play: 2:30
and $50 pm.
Wardman Park - washington
Merry Go-Round," the Civic Thea
ter in new play by Leon Pearson:
$3.50 pm.
Keith's-"Gunga Din" heroic ad-
venture film inspired by the Kipling
poem: ll:15 am, lis. 3:2o, 5:25,
7:30 and 9:35 pm.
Earle - The Beachcomber, with
Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanches-
ter at their best: II am, lao, 4:30,
1920 and 10 pm. Stage shows: 12:35,
$3.50, $40 and 9 pm.
Capitol - "Tailspin," the story of
the ladybirds: IL am, lao. 4:25,
ITO and 9:55 pm. Stage shows:
12:45, $50, 6:15 and 8:55 pm.
Metropolitan - Wings of the
Navy" gobs of thrills in the air:
II am. LOS, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35 and
GAS pm.
Columbia - Kentucky" Loretta
Young, blue grass and horses in
technicolor: 11:25 am, 1870, 3::35
$40, TAO and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"Idiot's Delight" Clark
Gable and Norma Shearer in the
film version of the play: 11:55 am
2:20, 4:45, 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
Little-"Ballerina," poignant story
of a young ballet student who meets
up with life: II am, 12:45, 2:25,
AIS, 6:05, 7:55 and $50 pm.
Belasco-"Dark Rapture" exciting
saga of adventure in Africa's in
terror: 4:30. $40, 8 and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts; con-
tinuouS from 10 am.
Evening star., 1939-02-11

too rare on the screen, she never lets
the melodrama of it look like melo-
drama, but makes something in
tensely dramatic of that moment
when she points her dead husbands
plane toward the earth, leans her
head back and closes her eyes.
Miss Kelly and her moments are,
of course, only incidental to what
the boys intended for a plot, and
they are almost lost in the shuttle
Of "Tailspin," and what shuttle that
is. But Miss Kellys moments are
the ones you will carry away with
you, both because they are so good
and because the rest of the picture
Is just some routine truffle sauce
about girls who slave and slave to
buy fast planes, and whose competi-
ton one year for the Powder Puff
Trophy turns out to be an heiress
who can buy an airplane faster than
any they can with the tips they get
as hat check girls.
*
Like many of the Benny Davis
shows, his "Stardust Revue of 1899"
would be lot better if he would buy
seat in the upper balcony for
every performance. But for all of
that there is lot of talent pre-
sented on the Capitol stage despite
the fact that the boss of it hovers
about the spotlight as though he
would collapse if he got away from
its warmth. cracks corny gags and
still sings dear old "Margie" and
other songs II wrote" with the en-
phasis YOU know where.