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Evening star., 1939-03-23
Army Medicos Upset
Royals for Crack
Al Court LaureIs

Because of its 43-4l upset of the
favored Regal Clothiers, the Army
Medicos are conceded fine chance
of crashing the semi-final round of
the District A. A. U. basket ball
tournament when play is resumed
tomorrow night at Eastern High.
If the Medicos maintain their pace
and trip the dark-horse Interior De-
partment five, they will become the
first unlimited team to reach the
next-to-last round.
Two other quarter final games are
scheduled tomorrow night, with the
lexington Bakery and Roosevelt
Boys Club meeting in the 135-pound
division and Regal Neon Signs anc
AIS Billiard Parlor clashing in the
145-pound class. A semi-fnal girls
game will pit the Mount Rainier
sextet. which last night surprised by
defeating Agriculture, 14-9, against
Rockville in an inter-suburban con-
test.
Other games last night found
Boiling Field taking close one
from Police Boys Club. 44-36. anc
St. Martins 145-pound courtmen
trimming the Takoma Junior Fire
men, 52-35,
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Brothers 10 Battle
For Novice Title
In A. A. u. Ring
Moneinis, l47-Pounders,
Gain FinoI; Knockouts
Mark Senior Bouts

The Mancini family faces a crisis
next week, for Johnny and Nick,
brothers, representing Petes A. c.,
will fight for the District A. A. U.
147-pound novice class champion
ship at Turner's Arena.
The family affair Is the result of
last nights semi-final swinging, in
which Johnny outpointed Eddie
Alexander of Georgetown Boys Club
and Nick registered a technical
knockout over Howard Blafkin, an
unattached entry, in the first round
to qualify for the finals.
Pete's A. c. moved into a contend
ing position for the novice cham
pionship, placing four men in the
finals, but Merrick Boys Club, IA
vorite, remained as choice, due to
qualifying five men for the cham
pionship round. Merrick already is
assured of light-heavyweight and
lightweight titles.
Senior bouts were crammed with
action, three of the five ending in
knockouts. Billy Kekeris disposed
of Clyde Hayes in the 147-pound
division, Chester Morris flattened
Bill Nolan in a heavyweight argu-
ment and Whitley France stopped
Stanley Stephenson in lightweight
feud.
AL Gray, youthful Merrick Boys
Club lightweight, outpointed Tommy
Beardsley of the Terrapin A. C. ir
fast bout. Gray was seconded by
Jay Turner, Catholic University
light-heavyweight, while Beardsley
had Benny Alperstein, Frank Cronir
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Crack Table Tenniser
In Tourney Here

One of the country's best table
tennisers will be in the competition
when the annual District champion
ships start Saturday afternoon at
the Chevy Chase Ice Palace courts.
He is Stanley Fields, the Palace pro,
who will be after the local crown
now worn by Elias Schuman.
Other prominent contenders are
Jack Lee, Texas champion, and Lou
CORN, one of Wshington's best.
Jane Stauffer will defend her wom-
ems championship.
Play will start at 2 o'clock with
dnals Saturday night at 8.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Blue Devils Coming Up With Much Improved Eleven
Called Problem Child Baseball D Many Paul
Star Staff Photo.

.. Opening odds on the Henry
Armstrong-Davey Day welter-
weight title fight are 2 to / Henry
wins by kayo and S to he takes
the decision The coast sees a
SITS, 900 gate for Roper and Louis.
Red Flag Dept: The student
paper at Wake Forest College
says: The only changes in the
footbalD schedule are games
with Miami University and a COL
lege named Marshall" Every
body around Huntington, w. Va,
will agree with us that football
teams have had their ears pinned
back for milder cracks than that.
Is it news that Ed Barrow, pres
ident of the Yanks, went fishing
at Sebring, Fla, fell out of the
boat and had to swim to shore?
:. Petey Sarron, former feather
weight champ. makes his first
start of the year at Birmingham,
March 80.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Fair Golf Champions
Pack Semi.Finals;
Dettwei|er Out
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March 23.-One
newcomer and three former cham
pions of virtually every important
golf tournament in the Nation
reached today's semi-finals of the
Augusta women's invitation meet.
Mrs. Opal S. Hill, the Kansas City
veteran who has won practically all
titles except the women's national
was paired against the dark horse
threat of Alice Rutherford of Ala
muchy, N. j.,
Jean Bauer, former national
champion, faced Dorothy Kirby, ex-
Southern titalist.
Miss Kirby of Atlanta steadied
her game yesterday for the third
straight day to eliminate Mrs. Jane
Cothran of Greenville, S. c., 3 and
1. Miss Bauer of Providence, R. l.,
defeated the defending champion,
Helen Dettweiler of Washington,
D. c., up.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
C1NC1NNATI-Joh Stevens. 1877
Cincinnati. stopped Frankie Gilmore,
1876. Cincinnati t5).
JERSEY CITY N. J-Vince Del Ort-
to l3s. Italy outpointed Pete de Grasse.
100. New York lS).
PROVIDENCE Albert Mancini.
124a., Providence. stopped Irish Jimmy
Gilligan. 1854. Buffalo 80.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Woman Golfers Of Capital Are Ready for What May Be Their Greatest Season
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press,

Today a year ago-Helen Wills
Moody after two years inactivity
decided to make tennis come
back, picked to play on United
States Wightman Cup team.
Three years ago-Dave Schriner,
New York Americans wingman,
won high scoring honors in Ma
tional Hockey League with IS
points.
Five years ago-Jack Torrance,
Louisiana State University, broke
worlds shot-put record with toss
OF So feet 6 inches in Southwest
relays.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Start Play April 70
With Phy||sMi||
Trophy Event
keefer Award Tourney
Also Is Listed Latter
Part Of Next Month
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

All set for links season that may
even eclipse the banner competitive
angles of previous years, feminine
golfers Of the town today await the
formal opening of the team schedule
and the first major tourney of the
year, both slated for mid-April.
Their team schedule has been
completed, with complete lineup
Of team matches starting April IL
and ending in June, and their
tournament schedule of more than a
dozen affairs also has been drawn
up and o KID.
A final meeting of all committee
women to go over final details will
be held at Columbia on March 30
and Immediately thereafter the
schedule will be published.
Number of Big Affairs.
Initial tourney of the year will
be the annual affair for the Phyllis
Keeler Miller Trophy at the Wash
ing Golf and Country Club on April
20. This will be followed by the
competition for the Mrs. Frank R.
Keefer Trophy at Chevy Chase on
April rs and 27.
Other major tournaments will fol-
low along throughout the year, with
the high spots the District womens
championship at Columbia, starting
June 10, and the Maryland State
womens title affair at Congressional
the week of May %. The Womens
District of Columbia Golf Associ-
alton will not handle the latter
tourney.
A total of nearly $50 women are
sharpening up their golf shots for
the team matches, starting April II,
over a half dozen courses. Eleven
clubs have entered first teams of
eight players in the competition
which Indian Spring probably will
win again. Seven clubs have en-
tered second teams of six players,
while four clubs have entered third
teams. KenWood, unable to secure
adequate representation on all teams,
has dropped out of the team
schedule entirely under the ruling
winch pTOnlDlCS any CluD from en-
tering second or third teams unless
q first team Is entered.
Mrs. Lacey Is Optimistic.
1--WE are looking ahead to one of
our most successful years" said Mrs.
Robert A. Lacey, new president of
the w. D. G. A. well have to step
along to meet the record of previous
years, but so much interest has been
shown so far that we are all sure
We'll have even bigger entry lists
than last year in all our tourna-
ments." They can't miss, for wom-
ems golf is the fastest growing angle
of sport around this hot-bed of links
activity.
Over at Manor, where the women
are planning their opening field day
for April II, Mrs. H. L. Simcoe heads
the Feminine Golf Committee, with
Mrs. Doran Platt, Mrs. Kate Con-
way and Mrs. D. M. Mcpherson as
her aides. The guest day for women
at Manor probably will be Monday
this year instead of Tuesday.
Evening star., 1939-03-23

song and golf, who made a big hit
warbling in night club here, is
repeating his triumph in a Pine
hurst spot Prof. Lou Little
will lend helping hand and su-
pervise spring football practice at
Long Island U. =. A bad hand
may. cost AL Davis that long
awaited shot with Tony Canzo-
neri in the Garden May 3.
Some of the Grapefruit League
experts are predicting the Ma
tional League batting champion
ship will be a tWo-way race be-
tween Ernie lombard and Frank
Mccormick, both of them Reds
Paul Dean says Dizzy has
been eating too many steaks and
will have to shed at least 80
pounds before he can come back
Evening star., 1939-03-23
BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, March 23.-Tem-
pie is reported flirting with Joe
Lapchick, crack basket ball coach
at st. Johns (Brooklyn) It
costs $500 or more to enter the
Grand National, and you can get
anything from a broken neck to
a million bucks out of it Bill
Terry may run into trouble at
that third base spot Wallace
Wade had 83 out for spring prac-
tice at Duke and was grinning
at the finish Duke, with a
much improved offense, really
has it this year. and no fooling.
The Ponte Vedra course at
Jacksonville (where they'll play
the Ryder Cup matches) is one
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Standards, Library in Tie
In Basket Ball Loon

Bureau of Standards and Library
of Congress were tied for the leader
ship of the Conveniently. M. C. A.
Basket Ball League today following
the formers victory and the latter's
defeat last night.
While the Standards five was win
ming, as expected, from Patent Office
by 1929 score, the Library team
was surprised by the Foreign and
Domestic Commerce quint, which
nosed out a 1928 decision. Even
Eaton's 10 points, high for the night,
couldn't save the book lenders.
Evening star., 1939-03-23

of those Donald Ross-designed
courses and is almost as tough as
the famous No. 2 at Pinehurst.
Joe Medwick has signed up, but
that doesn't mean he won't be
fresh headline news, and very
soon, too.
Today's guest star, Jack Miley,
New York Post: Little has been
heard of Dizzy Dean He will
bray long and loud enough when
the season opens They do
not pay ball players until then,
so Diz is reserving his remarks
for April 16, or later"
Joe Engle of Chattanooga, who
goes in for Hippodroming land
how, is listed in official baseball
quarters as a problem child
Dick Chapman, society's gift to
Evening star., 1939-03-23
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Jim Shaw, the holdout pitcher,
finally accepted Manager Grit
flth's terms after a 40-minute
long-distance phone conversa-
ton and will join the club at
Augusta, Ga.
In the first organized baseball
game Of the season, the st. Louis
Browns defeated San Antonio of
the Texas League, 60.
F. Pollard Of Meadowbrook
broke the indoor record for the
100-yard. low hurdles, covering
the distance in II 2/5 seconds at
the 5th Regiment meet in Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1939-03-23
and Newton Cox, Maryland's South
ern Conference champions, in his

and Newton Cox, Maryland's South
ern Conference champions, in his
corner.
Novice n26 pounds)-Bobby Bradiga n
s, .re.e,s A 60. C. ou.pointed BIZ Lsnasa !Fort
Billy Colbert (W. B. CO. technical knockout.
40 seconds. third round.
1875 pounds-M Gray (Merrick) out
pointed Tom Beardsley tTerrapin A. CO.
l35 pounds-Johnny Carroll (Merrick)
outpointed Mike Glaso tMerrick).
147 pounds-Johnny Mancini tPetes A.
Nick Mancini defeated Howard Lafkin (un-
round
eavyweieht-Clarence Irwin (pete's A.
g. outpointed George Chamberlain &c.
Senior class 11s pounds) George
ard Lehner lMerrick)
-. 126 pounds-William Harrison "a. B.
w. outpointed Tony Detoto Police No. ~.
1875 pounds-Whitey France (Police No.
= defeated Stanley Stephenson National
Guard. technical knockout. end Of second
round
147 -pounds-Billy Kekeris National
Guard) knocked out Clyde Hayes wv. B. c.
Heavyweight--Chester Morris (unat.
tached) knocked out Bill Nolan National
Guard). 2 minutes seconds, second round
Evening star., 1939-03-23
Baseball Helmet Okoy,
Says Tiger Catcher

BY the Associated Press.
LAKELAND, Fla, March 23-
Birdie Tebbetts, Tiger catcher, is an
advocate of helmets for baseball
players. After trying one on, Teb-
belts said it was comfortable and
believed it should be adopted.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Credit Union Supervision
Transfer Recommended

Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Wayne c. Taylor transmitted tt
Congress yesterday the draft of q
proposed bill to transfer jurisdiction
of District credit unions from the
Commissioners and the Controller
OF Currency to the Farm Credit
Administration. Speaker Bankhead
referred the measure to the House
District Committee.
Mr.. Taylor pointed out that GER
tain credit unions in the District
are organized under the District
Credit Unions Act, while others are
organized in accordance with pro-
visions of the Federal Credit Union
Act. Under existing law, he said
the Controller of the Currency and
the Commissioners are charged with
supervision of credit unions organ
lied under provisions of the District
Credit Unions Act and the Controller
OF the Currency is charged with their
examination. Federal credit unions,
on the other hand, are under the
supervision and examined by the
governor of the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration.
Mr.. Taylor said in view of the fact
that the governor of the Farm Credit
Administration now supervises and
examines all Federal credit unions
wherever located, it is desirable both
from the standpoint of economy and
efficiency that supervision and exam
ination of District credit unions be
transferred to him in order that all
credit unions may be placed under a
single supervisory agency.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Await Word of Son
Missing in Spanish War

With only meager reports that
their son, Fred Cromwell, jr., was
missing in action" while fighting
with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
in Spain on April l, 1888, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Cromwell, ST., 233 Rock
Greek Church road NV, expected
to get more definite information to-
day from the State Department.
The Cromwells expressed hope
that their son was in an insurgent
prison camp, or perhaps in loyalist
hospital unable to send them infor-
nation as to his whereabouts.
The State Department cabled the
Spanish government in Barcelona
yesterday after the Cromwells re-
ceived word from the headquarters
of the American Friends of the
Abraham Lincoln Brigade in New
York that their son was missing"
The Cromwells did not know their
son had gone to Spain to fight with
the loyalists. Their last word from
him had been from San Francisco,
where he had been employed by the
Dollar Steamship Lines.
The 27-year-old man was born in
Chevy Chase, Md, and attended
Western High School here.
Evening star., 1939-01-10

liam Jones, also county resident,
was a national political figure and
served three terms as postmaster
for the District of Columbia and was
a member of Andrew Jackson's
famed kitchen cabinet"
Delegate Jones, graduate of
Georgetown University Law School
and Rockville attorney, got an
early insight into politics by accom-
panying his father to the Legisla-
ture when he was IA years of age.
Five years later-then only 19-
he assisted in forming the present
Democratic organization, leaders in
the movement being former United
States Senator Blair Lee, his son,
Maj. E. Brooke Lee, and DR.. Jones,
one of the original Blair Lee men. "
Mr.. Jones and his father broke
with the organization in 1880, how
ever, and joined with "antis" who
previously had quit the faction The
former took over publication of the
Montgomery Independent, then the
voice" of the "antis," in 1881 and
waged relentless battle against the
organization until the second har-
mony pact was entered into last fall.
Mr.. Jones, who is 38, was born in
Kensington, is single and still lives
in that community with his mother.
He is a director of the Farmers
Banking & Trust co. of Rockville,
is on the Executive Board of its
Kensington branch and is a director
in the Montgomery Mutual Building
and Loan Association.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Secret Session
On DC. Tax Plan
SET Tomorrow
Members of Both
District Committees
To Weigh Program

Results of a 6-month study of the
Districts financial structure by tax
experts working under direction of
the Joint Congressional Committee
on Internal Revenue Taxation-a
report recommending a new tax pro-
gram estimated to raise about $12,-
0OO O0O0-will be reviewed behind
closed doors tomorrow by members
of the Senate and House District
Committees.
The tax conference will be held
in the Senate District Committee
room at 10 am. There, Colin F..
STAN, counsel for the Joint Con-
gressional Committee who super
vised the tax study, will explain the
details of the new tax program,
which is designed to keep the Dis
trict government out of the red in
the coming fiscal year and for many
years to come
Advisers Invited.
Chairman King of the Senate
District Committee will preside at
the conference. Among those in
vited include members of the Com
missioners' Advisory Committee on
Taxation, Representative Jennings
Randolph, Democrat. of West Vir-
ginla, who is slated to become chair
man of the House Dis i Subcom-
mittee. and Representative Jack
Nichols, Democrat, of West Virginia,
who last year headed a special sub
committee of the District Committee
which wrote the so-called stop
gap emergency tax legislation for
the current fiscal year.
The report will not be made pub
lie until later in the week. when it
it transmitted formally to the House
and Senate in obedience to the in
struction of the last Congress
Although the report was conceived
in secrecy, enough details have
leaked out to indicate its approval
would mean a complete revamping
OF the municipal tax structure.
The heart of the new tax program
is combination income and sales
taxa 2 per cent tax on all COM
modities sold at retail, excluding
food and medicine, and tax on ill.,
come in excess of $4,000, both
earned and unearned. 1t also pro-
vides for a fiat 5 per cent net in
come tax on corporations and for
continuation of the present SITS
real estate tax rate
Liquor and gasoline and any other
commodity that might in the future
be subjected to selective sales tax
would be exempt from the proposed
sales tax. A so-called use tax" of
2 per cent will be recommended on
articles purchased outside the Dis
trlct as method of checking local
residents who might go into nearby
Maryland or Virginia to escape the
sales tax
Adoption of the new program
would be coupled with repeal of the
existing tax on Intangible personal
property-a tax now yielding s3OOO,-
600 year in revenue. Since the
business privilege tax on gross re-
ceipts now producing about S20OO,-
600 is scheduled to die June 80, the
net gain from the new program is
placed at $7.000,000.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
0verton Backs $4,000
Fund for Glenn Dale

Senatorial support for deficiency
appropriation of approximately 500
900 for the rest of the present fiscal
year to provide adequate personnel
and maintenance to operate the
children's ward to full capacity at
the Tubercular Sanitarium at Glenn
Dale, Md, was promised today when
Senator Overton, accompanied by
District officials, made a personal
survey.
The equipment and other neces-
sary facilities were praised by Sem
ator Overton. He was accompanied
by Commissioner Hazen, Engineer
Commissioner McCoach, District
Auditor Donovan and Assistant
Engineer Commissioner Bishop.
Senator Overton visited the Dis
trict Training School for Feeble
Minded at Laurel, Md, this morn
ing, and planned to 60 to the Dis
trict Workhouse at Lorton, Va,
about noon.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
'AIesandro's First Bill
To Ask for Stadium

Representative Thomas D'Alesan-
dro, jr., Democrat, of Maryland,
who hopes to be assigned to the
House District Committee, disclosed
today the first bill he will introduce
will be one to provide a municipality
owned and operated stadium in the
District
washington, of all cities. should
have big stadium" he declared.
1.-The only place available for out
standing outdoor events seems to be
the Washington baseball park,
which people in Washington call
the Griffith Stadium. I think the
District should have its own stadium,
one larger than the ball park; in
fact, one large enough to accommo-
date the crowds that attend the
Army Navy football games
Mr.. DAlesandro said he had not
yet given mature thought to the
stadium plan. how it should be
financed, or where it should be To-
Gated. He intimated, however, there
might be enough surplus revenue
under the proposed new $4,000, 900
tax program at the close of the 1910
fiscal year to acquire stadium site.
Evening star., 1939-01-10
Youth Phones
Police He Plans
Bridge Leap

A telephone rang shortly after II
Am. today at the eighth precinct po-
lice station.
Il am going over and jump from
the Calvert Street Bridge said a
youth. Come on down and get me. u
He then gave a complete descrip-
ton of himself
Station Clerk Louis B. Peters dis
patched a radio cruiser to the bridge
There was the youth. He walked
over to the police car and readily
admitted, the officers said that he
had called. He pointed to a small
bottle of iodine lying nearby, ano
said he had swallowed the contents
Police took him to the station for
further questioning. He said he was
just tired Of living Asked if he hac
any other reason to jump off, he re.
piled:
No. Everything is going fine"
Later he admitted he was absent
without leave from C. c. C. camp
in Rock Greek Park.
Police, who didn't believe he drank
the iodine, sent him to Galllngel
Hospital for observation.