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The guardian., 1940-12-14
Pan American
Olympus in 1912

DENVER-The executive committee
of the A.A.l recommended here last
week that al American amateur ath-
letes be keptfrom Germany.
Another lcommendation was for
doing away nth the American Con-
federation Sports for the super
vision of 'an-American Olympic
Games.
The first pmes will be at Buenos
Aires in 1914.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
McFAYDEN TO
JOIN SENATOR'S

PITTSBURGH-Danny McFayden,
besspectacled Somerville right handler,
will join the Washington Senators next
season following his release here from
the Pirates.
McFayden, a contemporary New
England schoolboy star with colored
boys, spoke out in favor of the latter
joining the Big Leagues during a
recent poll by the Pittsburgh Courier.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
Harmon With
Eastern COllegians
For Clash with West

SAN FRANCISCO-The All-East
and All-West college football game
here New Years Day threatens to out
glitter all Of the "bowP games.
Coaching the strong Eastern aggre-
cation will be razzle dazzle Andy Kerr
and powerhouse Bernie Bierman.
The Eastern backfeld alone IS
circus of attraction with Harmon ana
Evasheski of Michigan, Paffrath OIL
Minnesota, Reagan of Penn, Hahen,
stein of Northwestern, Allerdlce OIL
Princeton, and Peipul of Notre Dame
The guardian., 1940-12-14
B. u. ELEVEN
1910 RECORD

Boston U. Terriers of 1910 had
better football team than most fans
realize. The Scarlet and White won
five and lost three and averaged four
yards on running plays for eight =
games during the season. The often
sive running and passing stars were
Walt Williams, Jim Cassidy, Chuck
Thomas, Frank Provincino and Ralph
Salvati.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
White Major Leagues
Hit By Draft

ATLANTA-Big League ball play
ers will not be exempted from the draft,
Commissioner Kenesaw M. Lands an
nounced here last week at the 1910
banquet of minor league clubs.
whether this nation gets in or not,
we can't go on without feeling its
reflex here" said the Judge.
"It is going to call on this organiza-
ton and every member of this organiza-
ton"
The guardian., 1940-12-14
NY. Writers Honor
Armstrong For
Courage In Defeat

NEW YORK-Henry Armstrong
will be presented the Edward ]. Neil
Memorial Trophy for 1910 at the NY.
Boxing Writer'S Association dinner
here Jan. 9th.
Hammering Henry's gallant fight
while losing his welterweight title last
summer swung the writer's decision to
award the trophy which honors the
memory of brave American war cor
respondent.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
372nd Hoop Men
Prep For Action

Coach "Looey" MacIntype Of the
372nd Third Battalion "Army" basket
ball team, was slated to call his candi-
dates to meeting late this week. The
candidates incidentally will include
stars from most of the clubs in and
around Boston.
1t is rumored that the boys will take
their uniforms South to compete
against the First and Second Bat
talons.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
Cuardia AII-Amer.
Upsets Aentuckey

ATLANTA-Morris Brown Univer-
sity Wolveri1s Of Atlanta swamped
the Midwest Conference Kentucky
State Thoroulbreds 1856 here in the
Sd annual Pea Blossom classic of the
South last Satday.
All-America fullback John Moody
& Company ire too much for the
hard charginaKentuckians who had
beaten the Antans twice in success
sion.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
! |SPORTLIGHT
BY GEORGE R. SKELLY
THE STORY OF THE WEEK
Brown Bomber Ready for Mccoy
ENJOYS VISIT TO HUB

There have been other outstanding
fighters known to the World but for
most of them their greatness was dim
med by some inability or prejudice
that was theirs. Either they were Just
plain sluggers with little or no boxing
ability, or they "drew the line" But
with Louis it's different; for first, he
is good boxer and his punching ability
goes without saying. Thus, he has the
two prime assets of an outstanding
competitor. And then, he has met them
all, barring none.
Mccoy TOO SMALL SAYS CHAMP
The only comment Louis had to offer
about his challenger other than the
previously mentioned "he's a good boy,
he's no set-up" was to the effect that
Mccoy is so small that me may be quite
bothersome. A fighter the size of
Mccoy, 1872 FOUNDER, according to
the Champ is harder to fight, although
they have less stamina than the larger
gladiators, because they have so much
speed a-foot. However, Louis should
have little trouble with challenger of
this type for, as he has proven in the
past, once he turns loose his "fstic
dynamite" they all end up alike.
McCoy's lack of weight will be de-
cisive factor in Louis favor, come Mon
day night, for he will find that he needs
much more poundage to absorb the
shock of those terrific Bombs"
As the fight shapes up it looks to be a
sell-out and another successful defense
of the title. Mccoy can be counted on
to enter the ring ready physically and
mentally alike, for he is a stout-hearted
fighter, but it just won't be winning
ring" for him. The Louis the Hub has
seen in training for the past weeks is
an accomplished fighter, a terrific
puncher and a great competitor. This
column, although it doesn't make any
overtures at forecasting, picks Louis by
knockout around the sixth.
The guardian., 1940-12-14

floor shots. Some of the other players
your reporter has seen in uniforms
would have been of great help to the
Seniors cause and may possibly have
given them the added punch to over
come the three-basket lead the Aces
acquired at the beginning of the second
half.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
WilberfOrce - Fla.
90 in Orange Bowl

ORLANDO, Fla.-Bill Bells Flo
rida Rattlers held undefeated Midwest
Conference Wherefore of Ohio to a
scoreless tie here in the 8th annual
Orange Blossoms classic last Saturday.
Wherefore emerged from the game
seriously challenged for the national
title by Morris Brown.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
Tufts Track
Opens Thursday

MEDFORD-Eddie Dugger national
collegiate hurdle champion, will COM
pete for Tufts against B. c. in an Sim
formal meet" next Thursday.
This is the final year for the Tufts
Engineer. Against BIC. he will run
the dash, hurdles and 300.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
So. American Champ
Again Meets Bomber

LOS ANGELES-Arturo Godoy
the dancing Chilean heavyweight cham
pion will have a return engagement
with worlds champion, Joe Louis, here
sometime next April.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
Toronto Race Star In
WilberfOrce Line

WILBERFORCE line, averaging
210 lbs, has kept the Green Wave from
losing single football game during
1910
International in aspect, the Force
line includes big Syl Hoffman, colored
right guard from Toronto, Canada.
The guardian., 1940-12-14

Joe Louis, the idol of thousands of
youngsters and grown-ups alike, has
literally taken the Hub to his heart.
The heavyweight ruler has enjoyed his
visit so much that he intends spending
a few more days here after his Monday
night encounter to see the Historic
places" Although the Brown Bomber
has been quite busy in his preparations
for the Mccoy fight, he has graciously
accepted the warm receptions tended
by many literary and public we'll
wishers.
HAS TRAINED HARD
Despite the fact that many of the
astute fstic critics of "earache row"
refuse to give Mccoy more than the
remotest possibility of scoring a stun
ming upset, the Champ has trained
diligently and will be in fine physical
condition for his twelfth defense of his
laurels. Louis considers all opponents
as serious threats to his diadem. Not
since the first Schmeling fight has he
allowed himself to under-rate an oppo-
nent :. an experience which has really
meant the difference between the great
champion that he is and just "another
champ" Today it's Louis who
knows first hand the value of training
and more training for he has always
been one to spend plenty of time pre-
pairing for his important battles. It's
a Louis who isn't influenced by the pre-
fight selectors he fights them all
alike. It's champion who has never
once hesitated to meet any challenger
chosen by a promoter thus making him
the Great Champ that he is.
And . the King of Fistiana l..
because of the truly champion he has
been both in and out of the ring, will
some day be heralded for the outstand-
ing athlete he is. Already, man oyf the
close followers of the game have ac-
claimed him perhaps the greatest
champion the sport has ever known.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
Jackie Robinson
Leads Uclans
Quintet in Chi, Mon.

CHICAG0-Jaclie Robinson, high
scorer on the Pacific Coast last season,
will lead the U.CL.A. Bruin hoop
squad against DePaul next Monday
night in one game Of twin bill feature
at the Chicago Coliseum.
This is RObinson's final year with the
Uclans
The guardian., 1940-12-14
AMERICAN LEAGUE SIGNS RACE
= But only To Play Piano

ALANTAThe convention Of major and minor league clubs here
last week voted to supply the Army with baseball equipment
summer. This will probably include colored
Cooed pianist the hit Of the convention and
kept the continually Big League no+abes here He
finally signed to play at the American League convention
Chicago.
The guardian., 1940-12-14
Johnson Stars
In Alfred Defeat

ITHACA-Bo johnson, star Alfred
U. center, led his team scoring with six
points but CornelPs basketball team
was winner here last Saturday 1922.
The guardian., 1940-12-14

MASSACRE DAY BILL
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
In the YearOn Nine Hundred and Thirty-Two
Anniversary
Auc Samuel Maverick
ame Caldwell Samuel Gray and Patrick Carr
of Representatives General
assembled authority the follows:
amended after
twelve inserted by chapter hundred and ee the
of the year, the following section:-
Section governor annually calling
March fifth the Massacre
wherein Cspu Atucks of African
Ravek James CALDWELL Samuel Gray and Patrick Carr heroic deaths
the first martyrs the independence
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Full House

Overcrowding brings to mind tene-
ment houses and subways in the rush
hour. The occupants, we say, are as
jammed as sardines in a can. But
now a new simile has arisen for the
acme of congestion. A sardine can is
full of wide-open spaces when COM
pared to that fearsome structure, the
Italian military and naval doghouse.
When the first few admirals and gen.
erals went inside, conditions were not
so bad; it might even have been a
pleasant relief for the inhabitants
not to have to contend with any
more British and Greeks. But as
time marched on, nearly every day
it's portals would be opened just
wide enough to ease in another bat
tered leader or two, until now there
is some truth in the Fascist claim
that more breathing space is needed.
If Graziani is ever put in, it will
have to be done with a shoe horn.
So far he is putting up game strug-
gle to keep out, by promulgating his
famous attrition theory, according
to which Italy is really winning. The
enemy, while gaining ground, is
wearing himself away like an ak
against a grindstone and will soon be
exhausted To date, however, there
is no evidence that he is too weary
to count Italian prisoners in ten
thousand lots.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
More, but Smaller Families

Because of the falling birth rate,
which has been mainly responsible
for holding population growth dur
ing the past ten years to rate of in
crease less than half that shown in
any previous decade in our history,
the recent announcement of the
Census Bureau that families are
growing smaller will occasion little
surprise. In 1890, American families
averaged 40 persons. From 1890 to
1880 the average size of families de-
clined tWo-tenths of person every
ten years. During the so-called de-
preston decade, the reduction has
been half again as great as the av-
erage decrease since 1890. Today
according to Census Bureau mathe-
maticians, the average American
household has 38 persons.
The pattern of the American FAM
lily, in 1910, reveals wide geographical
variations. With 39 persons, the
average household in the District of
Columbia is a shade larger than the
national average North Carolina
has the highest average, as persons,
and of the twelve other States with
averages of four persons or more,
nine were in the South, a region
which accounted for nearly 43 per
cent of the population increase of the
United States during the past decade.
California, whose population gains
since 1880 have been larger than
those of any other State, reported an
average family of 80 persons, the
same as its two neighbors, Oregon,
and Washington. With the excep-
ton of these three, no State has an
average of less than 3.5 persons.
Though the average size of Ameri-
can households continues to decline,
the number of families has increased
by nearly five million since 1880. AS
the Census Bureau points out, this
fact has far-reaching economic i'm
plications, as significant to students
of population changes perhaps as the
decrease in the size Of individual
families. For this large increase has
created a new market for homes and
household equipment. BY the same
token, it has added to the Importance
of the family as the basic economic
and social unit in American life.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Traffic Liqhts

Two weeks ago an elderly woman
was killed by an automobile at
busy intersection in Northeast Wash
ington which was unprotected by
traffic lights. Last week a man,
crossing Wisconsin avenue and M
street was fatally injured when both
he and the vehicle moved on the
green light. This latter accident
brought from the coroner plea for
a city-Wide study with a view to
making the signal-equipped intersec-
tions of Washington safer for pedes-
trians. His appeal is we'll justified.
Numerous requests for installation
of lights at the scene of the accident
in the Northeast section had been
made in the past because of obvious
dangers. These requests could not
be complied with. At Wisconsin
avenue and M street the lights are
equipped with the latest type of
control device, traffic being regulated
at varying rates depending upon the
prevailing flow at different hours of
the day.
AS regards the primary causes of
these accidents, lack of any signals
at one point, and absence of special
pedestrian lights at the difficult
Georgetown corner, the Traffic Bu-
beau is helpless. When the budget
for the current year was presented,
$4,000 was set as the minimum
needed for the installation of new
lights, but the amount was cut in
half. At present, under the formula
adopted by the traffic director more
than one hundred unprotected inter-
sections have daily vehicle count of
more than ten thousand and need
lights. But since the simplest in
stallation costs 5000 per intersection,
1t has been necessary for several years
to maintain a long waiting list which
can only be broken down by insistent
and articulate demands of citizens
associations, or through the tragic
pressure of unnecessary deaths.
But there is one way in which the
Traffic Bureau, handicapped though
1t is by an inadequate appropriation,
can effect an improvement. That is
through a careful study at indi-
vidual corners aimed at providing
greater pedestrian protection through
Encouragement of existing signals or
their control pattern. Numerous in
tersections present an almost impos-
sible puzzle for pedestrians, and
many, which were safe without lights
a few years ago, have become unsafe
through later changes in the arrange
ment of nearby business houses.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Appreciation

The Christmas campaign of The
Star, the National Broadcasting Com
pany and the Warner Brothers
Theaters has passed into history as
a distinctive and notable success
Nearly twelve thousand dollars in
cash contributions was received
from generous Washingtonians who
desired to share their Yuletide
happiness with their less fortunate
neighbors. Meanwhile, approximately
fifteen thousand toys were given by
an army of junior residents of the
District of Columbia to be distributed
among boys and girls who otherwise
might have lost faith in Santa Claus.
The spirit of fellowship was manifest
in the enterprise from the start.
Even after the drive was supposed to
have closed, money and playthings
were brought to Christmas House at
Pennsylvania avenue and Eleventh
street.
Possibly it was because of the
"blackOut" abroad that the American
people were determined to make the
most of the congenial opportunities
of the anniversary of the coming of
the Prince of Peace. Rarely if ever
before has there been such intensity
of feeling as that which characterized
the Christmas festival of 1910. The
whole national community seemed
to be agreed that the occasion should
be employed for the demonstration
of the virtues inherent in democratic
civilization. Especially in the Capital
of the United States this impulse was
freely expressed, and the circum-
stance is one for which all who love
the idealistic way Of life should be
grateful.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
THIS AND THAT
By Charles e. Trdce11ell.

ance until we spotted a hawk high in
tree.
This was the first successful inroad a
hawk had ever made.
Would it repeat the performance?
Only time would tell. AS far as the
hawk was concerned, this spot might be
its feeding station, too. No doubt that
was the way it regarded the place.
4 4 Il
We believe the hawk was pigeon
hawk, although there are not many of
them in this vicinity.
1t seemed just bit too heavy and long
for sparrow hawk.
The female pigeon hawk is about 2
inches longer than the male, and is
browner. The male is given in most
descriptions as II inches long, the fe-
male as 13 inches
1t was unfortunate that at the pre-
else time the bird struck there were no
squirrels or pigeons at the station with
the smaller birds, for we believe that If
they had been present the bird of prey
might have been deferred.
1t was surprising that most of the
birds which had been feeding did not
fly out of the yard Many of them flew
to the rear, settling low down In some
evergreens.
Others flew to the shrubs around the
sun porch.
They, too, perched very low, in con-
trast with their usual habit of staying
high in the branches while chirping after
a good dinner
We hope that the difficulty the hawk
had in the vine, even If it did not lose
Its prey, would keep it from making a
return visit.
In case of hawk raid, 1t is a good
thing to watch out for it next day at
about the same time.
If 1t can be spotted in tree, watch
ing, 1t may be chased away before it
makes up its mind to strike.
Evidently the great rose vine protected
all but the unfortunate victim, which
had been perched we'll out on a branch
end.
Birds which were we'll within the mass
of the vine were perfectly safe. This
incident was great disappointment to
us, because we had always thought that
the vine would give the songsters COM
plete protection.
Then we thought that there is, alas,
no such thing as complete protection
in this world for man or beast
Bombers over London subject inno-
cent women and children to exactly the
same sort of attack which this hawk
visited upon the poor female sparrow
which was its morning victim
We feel certain that if persons who
dislike the English sparrows could have
seen those pathetic feathers in the
frozen grass they would never say a
word against them again. but would
reserve their criticism for those ma
rauders who really deserve it.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
MussoIini's Eorerunners

To the world at large the rise of
Benito Mussolini to power in 1922
seemed a novel development, but to
the people of the country he sought
to rule the appearance of dictator
was nothing new. On the contrary,
Italy has been accustomed to tyrants
for generations. The case of Fran
cesco Crispi, now generally forgotten,
may be mentioned to illustrate the
point.
It is remarkable to note the re-
semblance between Mussolini's ex-
perience and that of the Sicilian
politician who was his predecessor.
Both were revolutionaries in their
youth, both were convinced of the
need for direct action both we're
impetuous as we'll as aggressive in
method of procedure, both we're
ruthless in the suppression of oppo-
sition, both were imperialistic in
their aspirations, both were radicals
who became militant conservatives,
both were enormously popular with
the noisier elements of the populace,
both sacrificed their friends to gain
temporary advantages, both favored
Germany against France and in
trigued against Britain, both risked
war and lived to regret the gamble.
But Crispi died in 1901, when Mus
solini was only eighteen years of age.
The latter, therefore, may have had
some excuse for neglecting to study
the costly futility of his forerunner's
Vaccinations He knew, of course,
that the ghastly defeat of the Italian
expedition in Abyssinia in 1895
traced back to the Sicilian's f1amboy-
ant mismanagement. The slaughter
at Adowa was the result of the ad-
venture in militariSm which Crispi
allegedly had undertaken to defect
public attention from the errors of
his direction of affairs at home. 1t
was said of him that he carried the
art of applying government pressure
at the elections to a height never
before attempted" A cynical dis
regard" for the "hard-won liberties"
of the masses was his predominant
characteristic.
Yet Crispi attained control of Italy
by pretending an ardent devotion to
democracy and freedom. He had
been companion of Mazzini and he
never permitted the followers of that
heroic idealist to overlook his claims
upon their gratitude, the while he
contradicted in practice the philos-
Evening star., 1940-12-26
The Plea to IfuIy

1t is the cumulative, rather than
the immediate effect of MIR. Church.
ills plea to the Italian people, that
will determine whether or not it is
destined to achieve any practical
end. Early indications are that the
appeal has fallen on barren ground.
But the Prime Minister'S proposal
that Italians divest themselves of
the. regime that has brought them
to "the verge of ruin" is now matter
of knowledge from one end of the
country to the other, and it is far too
soon to conclude that the influence
it may eventually exert will be negli-
gible.
AS was to be expected from the
fact that all media of public ex-
preston are in ironclad control of
the government, official efforts are
bent in the direction of condemning
Mr.. Churchill's overture to utter
futility. 1t is pilloried as "puerile
maneuver" and IAN appeal for a
compromise peace" The Prime
Minister is accused of indulging in
his 'maladroit attempt because
Britain realizes the tragedy of her
situation" For the rest, the initia-
tion to overthrow Premier Mussolini
is branded as being based on false
premises Mr.. Churchill, it is
alleged, was incorrect in saying that
Britain helped Italy during the
Resorgimento, while Italy was denied
square deal, it is added, after
marching alongside Britain in the
World War. Nor can Italians over
look the "unforgettable" sanctions
of the Ethiopian campaign or that
Britain wanted the war, as proved
by her guarantee to Poland and her
participation in attempts to encircle
the totalitarian states" Finally,
Italy's imprisonment" in the Medi-
terranean is adduced as an unfor-
givable situation which Mr..
Churchill did not even mention"
Britain is assured, in Fascismo's
official reply to the Prime Minister,
that, far from undermining Italys
position, his appeal sis considered
promoter of the compactness and
knowledge of the Italian people,
who will continue the war on all
fronts until victory" That, of
course, is decidedly something that
only time and events can decide.
For the present, such pronounce
ments are merely blend of bravado
and hopeful thinking. 1t would per-
haps be idle to foreshadow any early
collapse of morale to degree
genuinely menacing to the dictator
ship, but there can be no doubt that
Mr.. Churchill has given impetus to
the tide of discomfort known to be
flowing and rising through Italy.
Growing internal unrest, coupled
with continued military defeat, is
capable of producing sudden surpris-
ing and disastrous results. Even II
Duce's most loyal henchmen must
know that destructive developments
can easily overtake the autocracy
unless the Fascist war investment
proves capable of paying bigger
dividends than any now in sight.