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Evening star., 1939-03-07

Alta Schnitzer, with 122-325, and
Gladys Thompson, with 307, in the
star roles, Mines ran up totals OF
538-1 ,496.
Perce Elicit, many times champion
Of the Odd Fellows League, again
is out In front with an average of
1l4-19. A 800 set last night gave
him the top spot Brightwood won
its ninth game in a row to move
within a game of the leading Colum-
bia No. l outfit.
Pounding out 165-380. George
GateWood starred in the Sanico
League, while Jumbo Bread and
Green Bag Coffee were tops with
COS and 1895.
Ray Renneberger, who last Sun
day rolled an all-time record game
of 18l in the Bill Wood Dub Sweep
stakes, shot 154 last night in the
Federal League.
Riggs Bank bowlers will hold their
SiXthA annual tournament at the
Chevy Chase alleys Saturday after
noon.
Shellacking Station Engineers
with top team set of 164O, Substa-
ton maintained its two-game lead
in the Kilowatt League as the cham
pion Old Timers, runner-up, kept
close by, sweeping Distribution.
The pennant chase in the Graphic
Arts League frightened when Supply
men, posting top counts of Co..
l,676, tripped the pace-setting Pro-
gressive Printing twice, while the
second-place Judd & Detweiler
gained 2-1 win from E. H. Walker
Earl McPhilomy of Stanford had
a $50 set.
Although nicked for two games by
8 O'Clock, Office held to first place
in the A. e. P. League when the
second-place Condors dropped three
to Sultana.
Led by Gilbert Smiths 143, Pres
byterian No. won its only game
from Presbyterian No. 2, with a sea-
son record game of 631 in the Ia
koma Church League. Jim Goodies
383 set the pace.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Bribes Used to Produce
Suitable Numbers

Legend says that Abadaba calcu-
lated so swiftly in his head that, by
dumping bet of a certain size into
Tthe mutuels at the time of the race,
he could produce a number that
would win for Mr.. Schultz and his
policy banks and slaughter the Gus
toners. It's good story but not
strictly true. What Abadaba did
was bribe the mutuel cashiers at the
track to produce the right number,
by juggling one or two bets.
In towns with large Spanish
population, like Tampa, Fla, they
have form of numbers game
called bolita. Small balls, each
bearing number, are placed to-
gether in a bag, which is sealed and
tossed into the crowd of players.
The players bat the bag from hand
to hand until the balls are thor
oughly shuff1ed. Then, at a given
signal, one player squeezes and iso-
lates a single pellet from outside the
sack. The bag is cut around that
pellet, the ball inspected, and the
winning number announced.
That game, though it seems hard
ly flXable, also can be fixed Mickey
MacDougal, the card detective"
specialist in exposing crooked gam
bling devices, was called in by a
Tampa bolita operator, who sus-
pected one of his agents of nepot-
ism. One day the agents cousin
would hold the winning number.
The next day it would be his mother
in-law and the next day his sister.
MacDougal discovered that the
agent was slipping smaller bag,
containing most of the numbers, in
side the regular bag. Half dozen
pellets-the right ones-were left
outside the small bag, inside the
big one. These pellets we're the
ones which naturally came first to
<hand when the sack was squeezed.
my client fired the agent" says
Mr.. MacDougal, "and borrowed the
system for his own use. He thought
1t was a great idea"
So numbers games are fixed. And
they are widely played And the
more publicity they get, the heavier
the play Is. Mr.. Dewey did not do
the racket a bit of harm by turning
Jimmy Hines in.
But he didn't do himself any
harm, either.
(copyrisht, 1899, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, 1nc)
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK-Leo Kodak 100. Chi
cago recognized as featherweight
champion BY the N B. A.. outpointed
Al Reid. 12S12 New York 90.
CINCINNATI. - Norment 0uarles,
13S. Richmond. Va. outpointed John
ny Stevens. 1884. Cincinnati uO.
CHICAGO.-Eddie Lander. 12s, Chi
cago outpointed Henry Huerta. l2s.
Washington. D. c. tS).
MIAMI BEACH. Fla.-Jackie Carter
133l2 Pittsburgh. and Buck Bucka-
lew. l3l "a. Pensacola Fla. drew um.
M1NNEAPOLIS.-Billy Miske $50.
st. Paul outpointed Billy Gillespie.
1S1 z. Stone Lake, Wis. go.
LOUISVILLE-Mike Gamiere. 1874
Cleveland, outpointed Wishy Jones, l40,
BALTlMoRE-vic Finazzo 14s,
Baltimore: outpointed Pete Galiano.
l42 Baltimore lO).
HOLYOKE. Mass.-AT Gauthier,
1851, Ludlow, Mass. knocked out Al
bR1DGEPoRT f." com. - Eldridse
Ea,Ias Eatman' 1856, Norwalk, Conn, out
NEWARK. N. Joe o'Gatty. 100.
Codere. 191. Pawtucket. r. l. t2).
-. TRENTON. N. Joe Wagner. 1s1.
Newark outpointed Larry Lane, 176,
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Skating Stors to Show
At Riverside Toniqht

A figure skating exhibition, fea-
tured by Washington's contender
for national women's honors and
one of five men in the country who
can do the double salchow jump"
will be given tonight at the Riverside
Stadium, starting at 7::30 o'clock,
Dorothy Smell, young ice artist of
this city, will give an exhibition of
her all-around skill, while Doug
Hamilton will perform the difficult
double salchow, which consists of
two complete turns. Exhibitions also
will be given by Walter (Red) Balm
bridge of the Ice Club and Lois
Waring of Baltimore.
The program will include a re-
lay race between the D. c. Employ
ment Center and the Riverside
Stadium team.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Two Illinois Busketers
On AII-Stor Quint
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated PresS.
CHICAGO, March THE Uni
versity of Illinois. although finish
ing no better than third in the
Western Conference basket ball race,
landed two men on the Associated
Press all-star team, selected by Big
Ten coaches.
The Illini furnished Lewis (Pick)
Dehner at center and Bill H.pac,
captain-elect, at guard, the teams
two highest scorers and most de-
pendable performers.
The forward slots went to Jimmy
Hull, Ohio State captain and for
ward, who led the league in individ-
ual scoring, and Ben Stephens, Iowa
captain and forward. The other
guard is Ernest Andres, Indiana
captain and guard Ohio State won
the title. Indiana was runner-up.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

Today a year ago-Baron Gott-
fried Won Cramm, German Davis
Cup ace, arrested on morals
charge.
Three years ago.. E. Wide
ner's Brevity equaled world rec
ord of 1:48H for mile and a fur
long in winning Florida Derby.
Five years ago-R. N. williams
named captain of 1884 United
States Davis Cup team.
Evening star., 1939-03-07

day night won the Rector's 1000,
feature event of the Catholic Uni
versity meet, in 2:21.
Last month Kehoe took the hall
mile in the Penn A. G. games over
a slow track in 1853, beating Gene
Venzke and Edison Burrowes, Prince
tons 1888 national scholastic cham
pion.
Rivalry Is Keen.
The keen intrasquad rivalry OF
Chronister and Kehoe is sure to
speed up the race and it's not i'm
possible that Glenn Cunningham's
Ais time of last year won't be
bettered.
John Munski OF Missouri will re-
main the favorite, however, having
taken the Big Six indoor mile last
Saturday in AIT in a race in which
1t was said he "tip-toed" home. ne
won by % yards and probably could
have done AIS II pressed.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
SIeuths Busy in League

A busy schedule faces the crack
Federal Bureau of Investigation
basket ball team in the Heurich
Amateur League, with the Sleuths
due to face Hot Shoppes tomorrow
night at $3.50 o'clock, United Clay
Products Friday night at the same
hour and Delaware and Hudson.
first-half winner. in the first Of a
three-game series for the title Sun
day afternoon.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Washington, Baltimore
In Ice Tilt Sunday

The Washington All-Stars ice
hockey team, composed of former
professional players, is to meet the
Baltimore Americans, formerly the
Baltimore All-Stars, Sunday night
at the Chevy Chase Ice Palace.
Featured among the Washington
players is Dusty Ambrose, formerly
with the Canadiens in the National
Hockey League. He made the only
Washington goal when the All-Stars
made their debut against the Balti-
more All-Stars several weeks ago.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Totals -15 333 Totals 4
Another Big House Looms.

4OIdlS 10 . ID 1QL2lS b
Another Big House Looms.
Tonight's crowd is expected to sur
pass last nights that testified to
the interest in the exceptional brand
of schoolboy basket ball displayed
here this season. Also aiding the
attendance is the system this year by
which profits are divided among the
competing schools. Admission price
is Is cents. The Elks Boy Band
again will be on hand to provide
additional entertainment, and the
Stars radio director, Bill Coyle, will
man the microphone.
Plans almost are completed for the
girls section of the tournament.
George Washington, Montgomery
Blair, Mount Rainier and ST. Pat
rick's girls will play a round later
this week, with the winners fighting
for the girls title in a preliminary
to the boys championship game
on Wednesday, March IS.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
New Mutmon on Card

Local mat fans will be introduced
to one Ben-Shalom, 250-pound jew
ish newcomer, Thursday night at
Turner's Arena when he will squirm
with Jim Wright In preliminary
support of the Jim Londos- -Dropkick
Murphy feature event.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Star Tourney
Continued From Page A-16)

threatening to move up on the
Johnnies at almost any time. But
the defending champions just were
too good last night. The large crowd
appreciated the gameness of Jeffer-
son, however, and gave it a we'll
deserved round of applause at the
end.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
r Will Go Places OeH Delivers Declares Ivory Hunter Cambria
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Sam Agnew, first-string back
stop with Boston Red Sox for
past three years, was released to
Washington for $4,000, the waiver
price.
Christy Mathewson, former
manager Of Cincinnati Nationals,
was given his unconditional re-
lease by Cincinnati. He may
join the Giants in some execu-
tive capacity.
Harry Greb, middleweight title
contender, bested Leo Houck in a
six-round boxing match at Lam
caster, Pa.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Bisons Finish With 81
Points Against St. Paul

Howard University's basket ball
Aeam ended its season in climactic
style last night when it ran up a
N-38 score on st. Paul in the How
ard gym 1t was the Bisons' 10th VIC
tory as against seven defeats.
Although only IL points separated
the rivals at half-time last night,
Howard went on a rampage to score
81 points in the last 20 minutes.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Appling Cheers Chisox

PASADENA, Calf, March Z CR.-
The condition of Shortstop Luke
Appling has cheered the White Sox
who certainly need cheering-con-
siderably. Appling says the leg he
broke last season is in fine shape
and ready to stand the strain of a
pennant chase.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Mines Arranging Comes

The District of Columbia Re-
formatory baseball teams, the Blues
and Browns, are arranging their
respective schedules for the season
and desire to book strong unlimited
teams. Write E. j. Welch, deputy
superintendent, Lorton, Va.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Steum Buths Pain Bucs

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, March
Z R.-Some of the Pirates are
bucking the regime of steam baths
at nearby natural springs. Pitcher
Jim Tobin, who heads the rebels
contends he loses strength every
time he takes more than one plunge,
Evening star., 1939-03-07
HyuttsviIIe Gets Even,
Upsettinq Anocostiu

The home and home basket ball
series between Anacostia and
Hyattsville High Schools is even to-
day, following an upset last night in
which the Hyattsville cagers downed
the Indians, 25-18. Three weeks
ago Anacostia won, 1928.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Basket Ball
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Oklahoma so: Kansas State. IS
Loyola Chicago 81: Toledo. 3s
Oklahoma A. and M, A.. Washburn,
81
Minnesota, "a: Iowa. 43
Chicago. Is; Purdue 26
Michigan 80; Northwestern %.
St Ambrose. 80: Augustana, 80.
Depaul, 80; Hamline 80.
Scholastic.
Eastern AZ; George Washington High.
80
ST Johns, a. Jefferson, 9.
Hyattsville. 25; Anacostia, 16.
Professional
Indianapolis, As; Hammond, 81
New. York Rens. IS: Akron Firestone0
20.
Evening star., 1939-03-07
Policy Is More Popular
1hon Bosket Boil

In Dewey's first trial of Hines,
witnesses came to court and testi-
fed against the big fellow and went
away and were promptly arrested
again for activity in the numbers
game, while the trial was going on.
What were they expected to do? It's
a living.
Numbers is played in most of the
big cities in America and many of
the small ones. Basket ball is sup
posed to be the most popular Amer
lean sport, but it ranks we'll behind
horse-race betting and numbers or
policy.
Though you may never have
played it, you probably know that
policy is a simple form of lottery,
based on all the combinations of
three figures up to 1000. You bet on
1894, for instance. and, if it turns up
you are paid 600 to l. In New York
City the usual pay-off is less than
= that, 400 to l. The correct odds are
999 to /.
The winning number for the day
Is determined by the digits that ap-
pear in some set of statistics pre-
sumably beyond the control of the
operators of the game-stock market
statistics, clearing house statistics,
pari-mutuel statistics. At Santa
Anita race track the mutuel machine
may pay S16320 for the first three
races, $20520 for five races and
$299.30 for seven races. The winning
number may be obtained by taking
the middle digit of each total, and
reading them, say, in reverse
order-953.
The late Dutch Schultz, who made
a Republican white hope out of
Thomas A. Dewey, employed a
very interesting character, Otto Ber-
:. man. better known as Abadaba.
Abadaba was shot to death at the
same time the Dutchman was. He
was horse expert who also was an
expert at fixing the numbers
though more practical, and less
wiEardly, than legend would have
Won believe
Evening star., 1939-03-07
From the 4.
Press Box
Prosecution Publicity
Helps Numbers Game
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Snecial CorreSpondent OF The Star


NEW YORK, March 7.-Since
Thomas A. Dewey brought Jimmy
Hines to trial and convicted him, the
so-called numbers game has become
buster and more popular than ever.
In other words, Mr. Dewey did not
kill the racket. He merely shot
down one clay pigeon.
Dewey admits this. When report
ers called his attention to it, he
said that he realized that num-
bers. or policy, was too wide and
too human pastime to be licked.
He said that what he had done was
to break up one combination of poll
tics and gambling.
But the numbers game carried on,
and, in Mr.. Dewey's town, it got
bigger. Hines may go to Jail, but
what are you going to do about sew
Nral millions of honest citizens who
are constitutionally unable to re-
sist sending one dollar after six
hundred dollars? Or four hundred
dollars? Or whatever odds they
are paying In the town you happen
to play in? 1t doesn't take a lick
of work to beat the numbers game
All it takes is phenomenal luck and
one cent or more of cash money.
Evening star., 1939-03-07

Alta Schnitzer, with 122-325, and
Gladys Thompson, with 307, in the
star roles, Mines ran up totals Of
538-1 ,496.
Evening star., 1939-12-28
December Casualties
OF Japan Put at 100000

HONG KONG, Dec. % (P.-A Chi
nese army spokesman asserted today
that Japan had suffered 100000 cas-
ualties on all fronts in the Decem-
ber campaigns and that each week
three Japanese vessels were being
damaged on the Yangtze River.
He declared that Japanese re-
ports of recent military successes
"betray their own fears and ankle
ties, rejecting alarm over their own
staggering losses"
On Tuesday japanese said 10000
Chinese had been killed in South
China and Japanese in Shanghai re-
ported $4,000 killed north and south
of the Central China city of Han
kow.
The Chinese spokesman said
Japan could not have broken up a
Chinese counter-ofensive because
I'VE never launched one" He said
the Chinese were less interested in
recapturing the South China city
Of Manning, which Japan recently
took, than in destroying Japanese
forces within Kwangsi Province.
The Japanese reports, he said,
were aimed at assisting in passage
o. the military budget by the Jap
anese Diet and at impressing the
United States.
Evening star., 1939-12-28
needs Of foreign trade alone, but
in relation to all other interests.

needs OF foreign trade alone, put
in relation to all other interests.
William Scott Ferguson of Har-
ward University, president of the
American Historical Society, will
give his presidential address at the
annual banquet tonight. A business
meeting is scheduled for tomorrow
afternoon to consider reports of
special committees, recommending
changes in the constitution, per-
sonnel and organization of the asso-
citation.
Causes Of War Probed.
In other quiet rooms scholars
probed deep into causes which have
set Europe ablaze. DR.. Gerhard
Colin, German expatriate and vice
dean of the new School for Social
Research, laid heavy responsibility
upon masters of the great German
corporations.
He declared corporations intro
duced from Britain in the middle
10Th century became tremendous
financial structures which under the
republic felt no concern for welfare
of the German public.
Through their belief that a weak
government furnished the most
profitable field for business, corpora
ton leaders created large-scale I'M
employment and economic disrup-
ton, paving the road for Hitler, DR..
Colin said. Prior to 1882 they con-
tributed little to the Nazis and only
swung their support to the
party when economic breakdown
threatened them with strong labor
government, he said.
Blames Corporations.
Declaring that the lack Of social
consciousness of corporation lead
ers was largely responsible for put
ting a militaristic government into
power in Germany, DR.. Colin raised
the question whether corporations
on a large scale are compatible any
where with democracy. His answer
was that if the democratic govern
ment pursues weak and laissez-
faire policy it cannot survive-but
"a democratic government need not
be weak"
In another session Franz Alexan-
der of the Institute for Psychoan-
Alysis in Chicago drew picture Of
Europe going to war through base
and greedy instincts on both sides,
not through idealism.
If the only hope for Europe, he
stated, lies in the fact that Euro
peans of every nation must lie to
themselves, convincing themselves
of their ideals" the necessity for hy-
pocrisy proves that there is more
in personality of modern man than
mere lust for power.
Evening star., 1939-12-28
Un-Americun
Continued From First Page.)
democracy are quite a different mat

democracy are quite different mat
ter"
The committee announced that,
in releasing the report. 1t wanted
to make the emphatic statement"
that none of its members "entertains
the slightest doubt of the unswerv-
ing loyalty to the United States Of
our fellow-citizen of German de-
scent"
Ross was described in the COM
mittee report as having been born
in Vienna in 1885 and as having
lived in Chicago, where his chill
dren went to school.
Ross has made many trips to
this country, always plentifully pro-
vided with cash and has shown
films of his native land mere dur
ing which time he was directing
pictures of events and places in this
country" the reporl said.
There is indisputable proof that
Ross doctored the pictures, employ
ing the artif1ce of montage so that
the pictures when shown in Ger
many did not depict facts but vile
distortions and particularly with a
Evening star., 1939-12-28

later Ross was stopped by police
man for taking pictures (motion)
without permit"
The committee said 1t had
learned that Ross sent some Of his
pictures to a los Angeles laboratory,
where Federal agents reviewed them
secretly. -
These films portrayed such scenes
as Negroes living in huts in the
South, women working In cotton
mills and cigarette factories in North
Carolina and Indians living In small
tepees," the report said.
There were also a number Of
prints made showing in detail cities
like Pittsburgh and Jersey City In
which factory sites and bridges were
indicated"
Evening star., 1939-12-28
Purke
Continued From First Page.)

count of an incident In his asso-
citation with Gibbons. One night
they agreed to go separate ways in
their coverage of the war, Mrs.
Parke said, and meet later to ex-
change notes. At the appointed
time, Gibbons failed to show up, she
continued. THAT was the day Mr..
Gibbons lost his eye"
Acquainted With Pershing.
In his newspaper experience, Mr..
Parke became closely acquainted
with Gen. John Pershing, his wife
said. adding that after the war he
remained in Europe to take charge
of all Hearst wires there.
The Parkes were married % years.
Also surviving is a son, Theodore
Parke, 26, who lives in Washington.
Mr.. Parke returned to the States
and left the International News
Service to accept a position with
the Baltimore Sunpapers. He was
connected with them from 1922 to
1881 and for eight years was cable
editor of the morning paper.
He left there to become cable
editor Of International News Service
and, as such, assigned his old friend
Gibbons to cover the Manchuria
incident.
Later, Mr.. Parke came to Wash
ington to work under the late George
r. Holmes, chief of the Washington
Bureau of International News Serv-
ice and a close personal friends.
Native Of Troy, Ohio.
Mr.. Parke was native of Troy
Ohio, and was educated at the Uni
vel sity of Wisconsin. He began his
newspaper career in Columbus, Ohio
and later worked in st. Paul, MINI
He was connected with the United
Press before he worked for Interna-
tional News Service and became q
friend Of Roy w. Howard, head of the
United Press.
Attendants at the Annapolis Hotel
said Mr.. Parke had with him one
suitcase and was seen occasionally
going in and out the lobby.
HE had no conversations with
any of the employees, as far as we
know" one hotel spokesman said
"and gave no indication he was dis
tressed IN any way"
Mr.. Parke's room was in neat
condition, police said, and the bed
linens indicated he had reclined on
it without turning back the covers
The window was open and beside 1t
was a chair.
His body was clothed in sweater
and trousers.
Evening star., 1939-12-28
Air Raids Prelude
To Big Land Drive,
japanese Reveals
Offensive Is PIunned to
Mark 2.600th Anniversary
Of Nipponese Empire
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 28.-Far-flung
japanese air raids in China are but
a prelude to a heavy new land Of
fensive constituting part Of the
Japanese program for commemo-
rating the 2,600th anniversary Of
the Japanese Empire" a Japanese
spokesman said today.
Three days Of attacks on Lanchow,
Kansu Province capital in Northwest
China, he said, were "the largest
raids yet staged in the present
Chinese-Japanese War;"
Lanchow is on the great Central
Asia highway by which Russian aid
has reached China.
Other attacks in Japanese CAM
paign to sever Chinese supply routes
were being staged in Southwest
China, aimed at interrupting COM
munications with French Indo-
China.
February II is celebrated annually
by the Japanese as the supposed
date of the founding in 660 B. c. of
their empire and dynasty.
The spokesman did not say whether
the opening of the new year or
February II would be the date Of
the offensive.