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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-17
Death Takes
 4. Henderson

Alex Henderson, 79, died in Van couver last Friday according to officers of the Princess Norah, iii port last night.
 Henderson was one of Vancou- ver's foremost citizens and a dis tinguished figure in the legal life of British Columbia as well as ac- tive in public life. He had sat as judge, served as Attorney Gen. eral and was at one time commis- sioner for the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-17
.LUMBERMAN I5
 VISITING HERE

John Dunn. yard boss for the h. dependent Lumber Company at Fairbanks, branch of the Juneau Lumber Mill, came in on the Prin- cess boat last night and will fly to Fairbanks on the next plane.
 A guest at the Baranof Hotel, Dunn has been south for the past several weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-17

A woman milliner in England whose arms had been paralyzed several months reported herself cured when thrown to the ground recently by a bomb.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-17

The Daily Alaska Empire has the
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Tired Duquesne Five
5training for One
More Victory
BY the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, March 15-1f Chick
Davies can pull his dead-tired Du-
quesne basket ballers out of bed and
grid them for one more winning ef-
fort. it'll not only be the trick of the
week-it may well be the prize
coaching job of the season.
The Steel City's ironmen are one
of basket balls most amazing con-
tradictions. Modern basket ball is
so highly geared it takes big squad
to 60 through tough season. Every
body knows that.
Everybody, that is, Davies and
six regulars who have struggled
through 21-game season against
such opposition as Indiana. Colorado,
Bradley, Long Island, st. Johns and
Oklahoma Aggies with only one set
back.
Now the Dukes are at the end of
the trail-and with the coveted
metropolitan invitational basket ball
championship just one game away.
1t may be that their third strenuous
game in five nights-this one
against Colorados laundering Herd,
three times winner of the Big Seven
championship-will prove too much
of physical strain.
If that's true, Colorado will win.
But If by some hook or crook Davies
can get his fatigued forces anywhere
near peak shape, the Met" tour
ney's final crowd is in for one of its
supreme thrills,
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Crack F. B. !. Quint
Opens A. A. j. Title
Drive Tonight
TussIe With GreenbeIt
Tops 3-Gome Tourney
Card at Heurich's

Federal Bureau Of Investigations
highly regarded team, comprised Of
former scholastic and collegiate
stars culled chiefly from this area,
will play its first game in the Dis
trict A. A. U. championship basket
ball tourney tonight at Heurich gym,
facing a determined and capable
Greenbelt A. c.
The contest scheduled for $50
o'clock features a three-game pro-
gram which also lists Sherwood
meeting Mount Rainier in a girls
game at 7:30 o'clock and Central
Branch, Boys Club of Washington,
colliding with c. C. c. 2,349 an hour
later in another unlimited fray.
While Investigation looms a de-
cided favorite over Greenbelt, the
latter displayed polish in eliminat-
ing Treasury in the first round and
boasts threat for scoring honors in
Mickey Mcdonald.
Delaware and Hudson's balanced
attack, in which all seven players
employed figured in the scoring,
shaded Y. M. c. A., 37-36, in last
nights feature. Harrison Of Y. M.
c. A. led scorers with IA points,
while Folliard was high for the
Delhuds with 8 points.
Clark, with 13 points, led Ida s
Department Store to a 24-20 triumph
over Mullen Cafe in a 145-pound
class game while Treasury girls wal
loped Veterans Administration, 39-9.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Eric Cutler, Harvard
Captain, Captures
Swimming Title
Scores 10 Firsts, Three
Seconds in Eastern
Loop Competition

Although Yale annexed team hon.
ors for the second year in a row,
Harvard's captain and free styler,
Eric Cutler, became the individual
scoring champion Of the Eastern
intercollegiate Swimming League.
His seasons record is 10 firsts and
3 seconds, one of these gained in
the 100-yard free style.
Runner-up to the Crimson cap
tain in the final scoring was the
Princeton junior, Ned Parke, who
accounted for so 5-12 points in the
sprints and middle distances. He
took eight flrsts, two seconds and
third and competed on one win
ming medley and free-style relay
Another Harvard sprinter, Henry
(Jim) Curwen. finished third with
48 points, while Navy's Gordon Wiley
and Jim Conger, both sophomores,
were fourth and fifth, respectively
with AK and 80.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Frank Trophy Award
F features Dinner
For A. j. Quint
Coptoin for Next Yeor
Will Be Elected at
Affair Tonight

Presentation of the Lewis G. Frank
trophy to the outstanding player
and election of next years captain
will feature the annual dinner dance
in honor of American University's
court team scheduled tonight at the
Cleveland Park Club.
Three men are under considera-
ton for the Frank trophy, Hugh
Schulze, rated on the all-District
squad; Carl Byham, 6-foot center,
and Capt. George Brown, who wound
up his basket ball career last week.
The winner is to be selected by a
vote. William Hutterly, basket ball
manager, is in charge of arrange
ments for the dinner.
The Eagle trackmen are showing
steady progress under Coach Dick
Gentle's guiding hand The addi-
ton of Jim Flaherty, who is a track
team in himself, competing in the
javelin, 100-yard dash and 200-yard
hurdles, has bolstered the squad.
A transfer from Washington and
Jefferson, Flaherty was ineligible
last year because of Mason Dixon
Conference rules, which prohibit a
transfer from participating in sports
until he has completed two semes-
tiers of school work.
Bob Dixon, Bill Adams and Otto
Streitberger, dash men; Johnny
Jablonsky and Ken Fox. shot put
tiers; Cliff Evans, a high jumper;
Herb Wood, Bob Little and lie Roy
Cooke, middle distance men, have
shown promise in their respective
events, and Gentle is confident the
Eagles will soar to new heights on
the cinder path this spring.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Loss Of Schoo|house
Fails 10 Keep Down
Montgomery Nine

Facing the toughest schedule ever
attempted and with only few of
the regulars who made up last years
championship team, candidates for
the Ricnard Montgomery baseball
team will report Monday afternoon
to Coach Ralph Keller in prepara.
ton for the coming diamond cam
paign.
The fact that their school build
ing was ruined by fire recently will
not affect the diamonders' plans.
Winner last year of the Montgomery
County championship, with IA VIC
tories in IS games, Montgomery has
high hopes for this season even
though the schedule is tougher than
heretofore. Feature games on the
12-game schedule are with MARYLAND
Freshman, Roosevelt High School,
Georgetown Prep and Bethesda
Chevy Chase. The first game, April
S, is with Hyattsville High at Hyatts-
vile. Three open dates are expected
to be filled soon.
Candidates expected to report are
Paul Monday, Tommy Ray, Fred
Ricketts,, Robert Haynes, James
Davis, Bob Stang, Bob Slater. Nor
man Anders, Bill Hill, Thad ingalls,,
Worley Cheeks, Julius Martz, Ned
Barrett, Ed Sprosser, Henry Alnutt,
Bob Stiles and John Bell. Slater,
Anders, Hill and Cheeks were mem
berS of last wears nine
April s. Hyattsville H. g., away; 12.
Georgetown Prep: 16, Gaithersbure H, g.,
away 10, MONTGOMERY Blair H. g.; %,
Maryland Frosh away: go Roosevelt n. S.
May B., Georgetown Prep, away Z.
n: s.; IA. MONTGOMERY Blair H. s.. away;
Y, Hyattsville H. g.; "a, Bethesda Chevy
Chase, away.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Boys Club Basketers
Will Start League
P|ayoffs Monday

The Boys Club of Washington
Basket Ball League play-offs will be
held Monday through Friday. with
competition slated in 80, los, 120
and 135 pound classes.
The 80 and los pound class games
will be played on the Southeast
Branch floor Monday. Wednesday
and Friday at SIS and 7:15 o'clock,
while the 120 and 1875 pound class
games will be played on Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday on the Central
Branch court at and o'clock.
Games will pit Grady Rovers
against Central Branch Celtics in
the 90-pound class, Southeast Branch
Cards against Central Branch Sen
ators in the 105-pound class, Merrick
Boys Club against Alexandria Boys
Club in the 120-pound class and
either the Northeast Branch Flashes
or Merrick Boys Club against Stew
art Brothers Photographers in the
135-pound class.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Great Variety Marks
'AN.CoIIege Night
Al Kendall Green
Ruth Remsberg, Blair
Smith Will Direct;
Public Welcome

Folk dancing and football will be
on the same plane tomorrow night
at Kendall Green, where Gallaudet
College students will present their
second "all-college night" program
Directed by Ruth Remsberg, in
charge of girls physical education,
and Blair Smith, director of mems
activities, the program includes
everything but pink lemonade and
fire eater.
The various activities will be
presented under their seasonal
headings, with autumn leading of
with exhibitions in gymnastics,
dancing, badminton and football
The grid game is included, even if
Gallaudet dropped 1t as a varsity
sport a couple of years ago.
Winter brings fencing, boxing
wrestling, square dancing, table ten
mis-, basket ball and tumbling on the
scene, and spring activities include
volley ball, tennis, archery, soft
ball, track and intra-mural games
Comic relief will be supplied by a
corps of clowns, who not only have
a store of individual ideas but also
will manufacture a Joe Louis Tony
Galento bout and wrestling match
with one man invisible.
No admission will be charged and
the public cordially is invited.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Virginia Track Team
Back With Stronq,
Balanced Talent
.-r
Collection Of HurdIers e,
One Of Nations Best;
Is lettermen Handy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, March
15-Virginia track team, boastiI1g
one Of the best collections of college
hurdlers in the country and better
balanced squad than the 1899 State
championship group, will open
against Virginia Military Institute
on April 6.
The Cavaliers shuttle relay quar-
tet, which won its second straight
Penn relay title, will return three
men, including the ace speedster,
Frank Fuller. Others are Armistead
Peyton and Harry Stokes.
Sophomore hurdlers are Bill Mar
bury, former Episcopal star, who
ranks next to Fuller, and the Rath-
bup brothers, Kenneth and Nor
man, whose track talent extends to
various other events.
Presents 16 Lettermen.
And with Robert Jacobs, regarded
by Coach Archie Hahn as promis-
ing low hurdler, Virginia is expected
to show unusual strength in these
events.
Altogether Virginia will have 16
lettermen to distribute among the
various events in addition to varsity
squad reserves and several other
sophomores of recognized ability.
Two lettermen for the dashes are
Don Dayton, who has broken 10
| cnnNyod Il, thu ,,,Ir
a junior. They will be joined by
Ross Craig, sophomore footballer.
Veteran quarter-m -milers include Dick
Scott, Edward Gray and Jack
Fritsche, with John Cronly, sopho-
more, likely to outrun them all.
Meets Maryland May 4.
Heading the middle distance run
ners are McChesney Goodall. vet
eran, and Beverley Tucker, Slator
Blackiston, Louis Wilds and Curtis
Hannum. Two-milers are Charles
Chamberlain, Larry Forsyth and
Jim Putnam.
At least one 1etterman for each
event, candidates for the weights
and jumps will include Ed Lowrance,
Kenneth Rathbun, Charming Daniel
and Ralph Mitchell, broad jump;
Bill Perry, George Gail. and K.
Rathbun, high jump; Bobby Pres
ton, Thatcher Waller and K. Rath-
bun, pole vault; Lee Mclaughlin,
Landon Wexford, Coleman Motley,
N. Rathbun and Al Frerotte, shot
and discus, and Walter Jones, Tom
Yancey and N. Rathbun, javelin.
The schedule:
=, April 8, Virginia Military Institute: 49,
Nortn CAROLINA at Chapel Hill; 20. La
fayette: 1927, Penn relays at Philadel-
burg.
May f. Maryland at College Park: IL.
State meet at Richmond
Evening star., 1940-03-15
FinoI-Moment Winning losses
Get San Diego State to Semi
With Delta in College Meet

man. tipped in a 2-pointer that still
was In the net as the gun exploded
Pittsburg (Kans) Teachers out Of
the tourney, 80 to 30, last night.
Twenty -four hours earlier he counted
3 points In the last 80 seconds to
eliminate Appalachian State of
Boone, N. c., 48 to 46.
Phelps First Game Hero.
In the first round Milton (Milky)
Phelps made a desperation toss in
the dying seconds to shove East Gen.
tral State of Ada, Okla, into the dis
card, SO to IS.
Against this array of horseshoe
basket ball, Delta State offers Their
man (Blackie) Blackledge, an 49,
year-old sophomore, who has scored
54 points in two games. He estab-
lished tournament record by
dumping in 80 as the Mississippians
trimmed Superior (Wis.) Teachers.
He got % as his Dixie mates handed
Maryville (Mo) Teachers their first
defeat in % games.
Tarkio Mo) College, spanked by
the tireless Capt. Mel Waits, meets
the coachless Hamline five of st.
Paul in the other semifinal squab-
BILE. The San Diego-Delta game fol-
lows.
Missouri Owls Underdogs.
The Missouri Owls enter this game
as they have all three previous
tournament starts-the underdog.
Hero of the Minnesota aggrega-
ton is Tom Conner, foot inch
forward who doesn't know what it is
to miss when he gets chance to
fire from deep in the corner.
The st. Paul five is playing with
out Coach j. w. Hutton, who agreed
to referee a Minnesota high school
tourney before his team was ac-
cepted for the intercollegiate. Un-
able to break the agreement, he sent
an aide, Bob McNish, to pilot his
boys.
Quarter final results:
Tarkio 81; Texas Wesleyan. 25.
San Diego 80: Pittsburg, 30.
Delta State. A; Maryville, 80.
Hamline, 3s; Southwestern Collese, 33
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Invading Tossers
Spice Tourney

Two .colorful and fast moving
basket ball teams will invade
Washington Sunday afternoon
and night to participate in
miniature Middle Atlantic court
tournament at Heurich gym.
In the 2:30 afternoon feature
Southern High School, recent
winner of the Philadelphia
schoolboy title, will meet Della
ware and Hudson. The New
Kensington Pa) Lions, defend
ing Middle Atlantic champions,
will play United Typewriters an
hour later.
Winners of these games will
meet Sunday night at 9 O'Clock
for the title, while the losers will
meet an hour earlier for consola-
ton honors.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
CoIonia|s and Hoyas
Tie Up With Plans
For Riverside
Erwin Having Trouble
In Getting Scroppers
For April 10 Show

Basket ball double headers with
George Washington and Georgetown
paired of with Pacific Coast teams
and the best court competition in
the East seems assured for WASH
ington next year. Severine Leofner,
Riverside Stadium owner, will help
promote the games next winter at
his hockey rink.
Bill Reinhart. George Washington
coach, and Gabe Murphy, George
towns director of athletics, were
present at a luncheon yesterday at
which plans for the new venture
were outlined. .
Le0lner and Reinhart recently
made a flying visit to New Haven,
where they inspected a removable
floor used at Yale University and
approved that type for Riverside.
Crowd Of 6,0o0 Possible.
While no games definitely are
booked it should be comparatively
easy to lure name" quints to WASH
ington with an arena large enough
to accommodate sizable crowds.
Riverside can pack in between
$500 and 5000 for court games
with a little squeezing-and against
the right competition sellouts might
result.
Riverside's new boxing venture is
getting of to a rough start, Match
maker Jimmy Erwin intimated yes
terday as he announced the signing
of Steve Mamakos for the opening
card April 10.
Mamakos Willing Fighter.
Soundly thrashed by Kenny La
Sale. who, in turn, lost to Phil Fur
last week, Mamakos is back in cir
culation after severe drubbing at
the hands of the Cocoa Kid in Balti-
more.
He's still the same, plodding,
pusher-punch fighter and Erwin has
been hard put to find an opponent
who can make the fight interesting.
Pedro Montanez was sought, but
Pedro is vacationing in Cuba. Fritzie
Zivic, second on the list, had a
previous engagement, so by a process
of elimination Erwin arrived at Milt
Aron for Steve's partner. The Chi
cagoan, while not yet on the dotted
line, is ready to take the match.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Attractions College Basket Ball Appear Sure Capital Next Season
Coach Is Hot Fan
AtC. u. Fiohts

Eddie La Fond, Catholic Uni.
versity's boxing coach, will have
more than a casual interest in
tomorrow nights intramural
show at Brookland, for the Car
dinal mentor hopes to pick out q
few candidates for next years
varsity team.
La Fond particularly needs q
light-heavy to replace Jay Tur-
ner, who graduates, in June.
Proceeds from tomorroW'S show
will be used to send Gerry Strang,
the Cards middleweight, to the
National intercollegiate tourna-
ment at Sacramento, Calf, next
month.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Watson Of D. {. Receives
Charlotte Hall Letter
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLOTTE HALL, Nd, March
15.-Eight. players and Manager
Godfrey M. Footner of Lusby, Nd,
will receive varsity basket ball letters
from Charlotte Hall Military Acad-
emy, it was announced today by
Maj. w. A. Stephens, director Of
athletics and basket ball coach.
Those to be honored are John
Watson of Washington, James
Crueger of Baltimore, Samuel Burch
OF Mechanicsville, Frederick Chesley
OF Charlotte Hail. Cesaro Fernandez
OF Havana, Roderick Watson of
Charlotte Hall. Herbert Wise of Me-
chanicsville and William Griffin of
Ocean City, Md.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, March 15.-Most
coaches figure themselves lucky If
one player on the squad is clutch
hitter.
But they come in crate lots for the
luck-and-pluck San Diego (Calif)
State basket ball team. The Aztecs
moved into the Semifinal round of
the national intercollegiate tourna-
ment with a third straight victory
won in the final minute.
Tonight the Californians will bet
Delta State Of Cleveland, Miss, the
charm will hold good again and that
they will play Saturday for the title
they missed year ago by point.
Richard Mitchell, general handy
Evening star., 1940-03-15
6. P. O. Rif|emen Score
Fifth Straight Win

Government Printing Once Rifle
Club captured its nth straight
match Of the season last night, de-
feating Company r, Maryland Ma
tional Guard, 1853 to 994, in q
match fred on the National Rifle
Association range.
Geraci Of G. p. O. was high gun
with 270, while Kurland, q team
mate, scored 269.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Fifth Battalion Beuts
Alexandra RifIemen

, Fifth Battalion, Marine Corps Re-
serves. small-bore rifle team reg
istered another victory last night,
defeating Alexandria Light Infan-
try marksmen, LOTT to 1,054, in a
match at the National Rifle Asso-
citation range.
Corpl. William e. Payne was high
Tor the winners with 273.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
PhiIs Like Rook HurIers

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, March IS
R.-Dale Jones and Clyde Smoll,
rookie pitchers, have impressed
Manager Doc Prothro of the Phillies
in their spring efforts.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Best Pefformances.
In 75-foot Pools Only.)

50-yard free style-Gordon Wiley, Navy.
O:23.5 Tvs. Dartmouth.
ton. o:53.s Tvs. VS. Harvard. Ae' 'A'e
220-yard free style-Howard johnson.
Yale 2:12.5 Tvs. Dartmouth).
440-yard free style-Rene Chouteau,
Yale 1924 Tvs Harvard).
150-yard back stroke-Albert Vande
Weghe, Princeton, 1865 Tvs. Yale).
Yale S:asa 1ysai 1vs HarVards Sslofe-'onn Me'e''
Fancy dive-James Cook, Yale, 141.a
points Tvs. Harvard).
Edwin Gesn.r ni8 EdWsrd e.oSs pone of Yale s:hs
Tvs. Princeton).
400-yard free-style relay-Edmund Hig.
gins. Ellery Snyder, Russ Duncan, Howard
Johnson Of Yale, 1862 (vs. Sarvard)
tTies league dual-meet record)
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Robert Tosses Hefner

HARTFORD, Conn.,, March is up.
-Yvon Robert, 230-pound Canadian,
defeated Ernest Outch) Hefner Of
Texas two falls out Of three In .
mat match here last night.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Team Scoring,
Leading Individual Scorers.

Lesend-scoring computed on basis of
points for first. 3 for second. for third.
l "a for PARTICIPATION on winning medley
| relay team (M.R.) and "a for free-style
relay team (F.Ro. Fractions carried to
nearest point.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
Hack Never Sow Pitch,
Mccarthy CIoimed

The National League never did
catch up with Feller, who finished
the ball game, getting faster every
minute. Long after the crowd be-
gan to file toward the exits Stanley
Hack still was arguing with George
Magerkurth, umpire at the plate.
about the called third strike from
Feller's arm that ended the game.
Il hear Hack still is out there"
said Manager Joe Mccarthy, un-
dressing in the clubhouse. What
does he know about that pitch? He
never saw it,"
Things like that can rankle, and
many National Leaguers still brood
about the injustice of it all, includ-
ing bullet-proof Bill Jurges, giant
shortstop, who got into trouble in
directly on Fellers account.
At the time Magerkurth called
that third strike on Hack, Jurges,
a member of the National League
alI-star squad, was sitting on the
beneh having apoplexy. He called
Magerkurth everything he could
think of, and Bill has a large vo-
cabulary. After the game he con-
tinued to pop off.
urges Has Some Scores
To Settle Sunday
How do you like that?" he de-
manded of every one in earshot.
"A National League umpire playing
traitor and robbing his own league p
A few days later the storm of
tempers broke. In a regular league
game Jurges spat in Magerkurth's S
face, and Magerkurth socked Jurges.
They suspended Bullet-proof Bill for
10 days. The Giants promptly lost
10 straight and never were heard
of again.
Thus all kinds of feuds and
grudges trace back to the American
Leagues arrogant domination of the
National League. Feller is not the
only villain of that heartbreaking
double play who will be up there
Tor the National League to shoot at
Sunday. How about Gordon and
Cronin? They made the play, didn't
they? And they'll be there.
Oscar Witt, Cleveland manager
says that Feller, his ace, will not
be ready to pitch more than one
inning.
Which is all right with u.s." says
the menacing MIR. Jurges. Plenty
can happen in one inning"
Plenty can happen in every in
ming of this particular all-star ball
game. The National League is
bringing its guns to the party.
Evening star., 1940-03-15
From the
Press Box
National League Totine
Guns to Finn Game
BY JOHN LARDNER.

TAMPA, Fla, March Is CNA.N.A)
All unknown to the American
League, plot for revenge is being
Matched in this temple of grapefruit
baseball by those who have suffered
at the hands of the Yankees, Robin
Feller and other American League
desperadoes.
Technically, the all-star game this
coming Sunday is for Finnish relief.
A goodly crowd will be on hand,
paying unlimited sums for the IS
ringsides. A stout chunk of Finnish
relief undoubtedly will accrue.
But the National Leaguers will
also be playing for the relief of
their own wounded feelings. Eight
Yankees in the American League
lineup will be the targets of five
Cincinnati Reds, seeking to wipe out
the memory of last autumn's mas
sacre beside the Ohio. Mr.. Ernest
Lombardi, who was scuttled near
home plate by Yankee thugs in the
World Series, will be glowering
through his mask at Charley Keller
and Joe Di Maggie, who scuttled
him.