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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17

Sergt. Walter Grifith, United
States Air Corps, will serve in the
capacity of field director for the
National Capital Baseball Fedora
ton tournament opening next week
on the Ellipse, it was learned today
Champions of weekday circuits
will compete for the right to repre-
sent Washington in the national
tournament at Birmingham, Ala,
next month. The Industrial, Militia
and United States Government
Leagues are eligible for the tourney.
The Departmental and Government
Leagues did not afnliate with the
federation.
As field director Grifith will ar
range the draw, certify eligibility
lists and arrange for the omcial
scorer. Publicity also will be In his
hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
One Record Smashed ,
More Attacked as
Mermaids Vie
Mary Ryon Sets Mark
OF 23:47.4 for Mile
In National Meet
BY the Associated Press.


PORTLAND. Greg. Aug. IL
Happy with triumphs or concealing
heartbreaks. bunch of game kids
squared off today for the second
round of the national women's A.
A. U. swimming championships.
They saw one national record
broken yesterday and hoped to
break more today
The new record went to Mary
Ryan, IS, of Louisville, KY. the de-
Tending champion, who shattered
Katherine Rawls Thompson's two
year-old record of 23:474 for the
mile freestyle. She covered the dis
tance-32 laps of the tank-in IS
minutes Is seconds.
Brenda Helser, comely Portland
speedster, claimed the 110-yard
free-style title with a 1893 per-
Torrance, barely nosing out her
teammate. Joyce MacRae, who was
caught of balance at the starting
gun, but fought CALAMITY to take
second.
Some of the girls-few of them
are out of their 'teens-saw titles
they had held slip away as some
faster and often younger contestant
raced to the finish line.
In the medley the defending
champion, Doris Brennan of the
Olneyville Boys Club Auxiliary,
Providence, r. l., dropped TO third
place.
Nancy Merki the l4-year-old
Portland youngster who recovered
from infantile paralysis to win three
national titles in previous years,
saw her chance for a fourth slip
away in the mile. She finished sec
ond to Mary Ryan, upsetting the
experts, who had rated her the
favorite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Kovocs Singles Foe as Mcneil
Seeks Two Newport Net Titles

ST, "a, 60, after the lad from
the Naval Academy had given prom
Use of being the tournaments giant
killer earlier this week.
Kovacs lost chance to appear in
the doubles final when he and
Terminate Edwin Amark of San
Francisco were upset by Mailman
and Hartman after they had taken
two sets with almost ridiculous ease.
Mailman and Hartman settled down
and took three in a row to reach
the final bracket.
Parker and McNeill gained the
doubles final by disposing of Frank
Guernsey of Orlando, Fla, and Rus
sell Bobbitt of Atlanta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Champion Archer Shows
Finer Points of Come

Ever had a hankering to see an
expert handle a bow and arrow?
Well, at 3 o'clock this afternoon
Pat Chambers was to be on the west
slope of the Washington Monument
Grounds with his Indian weapons,
and when you've seen him you've
seen the best. He's national cham
pion.
Chambers visit is sponsored by
the Potomac Archers' Association
and he Is to delve deeply into his
bag of tricks to make the session
entertaining. He'll demonstrate the
finer points of target shooting,
hunting and trick shots.
There will be plenty of room for
spectators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17

thing. They caught Benny every
where. even in the shower. He
couldn't practice and he couldn't
concentrate. so Powers says, adding
that to be a popular champ a fell
low has to be affable and realize
that his time belongs to his public.
Benny went right ahead wearing
callouses on his hands practicing.
He didn't do much in some tour
naments, but he did all right in the
open championship, finishing three
strokes back That wasn't all right
for his public. They wanted the
new hero to win.
Now Powers declares that when
Benny learns to mix gallery gra-
ciousneSs with his skill he'll be back
in the winning column again. It's
all possible. for Hogan is good
enough to win anything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Friendship Boys Guests
Of Philadelphia Nine

Friendship House junior baseball
players today departed for . three
day sojourn in Philadelphia, where
they will be the guests of the Mira
Club.
Friendship will meet its host on
the diamond In q two-game series
and will spend the rest of its time
touring historical spots in the city.
The trip was arranged by Joe
Wnukowski. director Of recreational
activities ut Friendship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Reot Pros Dim Hopes Regsng Own Open Golf
From the
Press Box
Jock Sutherland Looks
For Silver Lining
BY JOHN LARDNER,
neria1 of The Sra

NEW YORK, Aug. II (N.A.N.A).-
The tall and quiet Scotchman whose
name became a battle cry at the
University of Pittsburgh two years
ago, who stood mildly by while stu
dents, alumni and faculty tore the
campus apart in war of collegiate
pride and prejudice-in short, gents,
DR.. John Balm Sutherland-still is
searching for the silver lining.
Sick of the follies of college foot
ball, the good doctor turned to pro-
fessional football for peace of mind
The Brooklyn Dodgers will play their
first game under his leadership next
month. Is all we'll? No, it amt.
Not, as the Poet Shelley would say,
by a durn sight.
On every kind of campus. ivy-clad
or cash-and-carry, football brings
its headaches, and DR.. Jock is once
more up to his Caledonian ears in
the aspirin key.
The outlook is not bright said
the doctor the other day. Trans
lated from the cautious Aberdonian,
that means that the outlook is
terrible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
By WALTER McCALLUM.

All over town the amateurs are
practicing, whacSing out firmly hit
shots by the dozen in advance of the
day when their skill will go on the
line for the biggest test of the year
the sectional qualifying rounds for
the national championship The test
will come up August 81 at the Chevy
Chase Club.
It's an off year for the amateurs
as a class. The tournaments haven't
been so many, and the boys haven't
had a lot of competition. They are
yearning for it, and with the simon
pure national championship being
held at New York in September, any
amateur with the remoteSt spark of
hope in his soul is looking ahead to
the national championship and
qualifying for it,
No one knows acknowledgement
the United States Golf Association,
which now is making up the pair
ings for the sectional tests-how
many Washington boys have entered
the sectional trials. But little ask
ing of questions and more or less
cursory survey of the local clubs
reveals that around 80 will play
from the Capital in the trials at
Chevy Chase. 1t can be said that
no amateur with a chance will be
left out of this years sectional
trials. That is, barring one. He is
Charlie Malone, the RedSkin end,
and Charlie won't be around. He
never is at this time of year. He
is training with the Skins for more
serious business.
Eight Entered From Columbia.
Columbia will have at least eight
on the firing line when the sec
tional tourney opens at Chevy
Chase. George Miller, Earle Skinker
and Maury Nee are about the best
of the Columbia entries. At Con-
gressional Club Champion Gene
Pittman has been wearing out his
putting and chipping clubs getting
ready. So has Billy Shea, with the
longer clubs.
Parker Nolan, the Maryland
champ, hasn't been working as hard
as the others, but Parker has the
knack of playing we'll when he hasn't
done much work on his game. Chevy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
No Professors TO Get
In Cooch's Hair

In pro football. to be sure. prob
lens are somewhat less complicated
than they are in the college game.
You do not have to worry about the
principles of higher education. No
Robert NJ. Hutchins gets in your
hair, no Chancellor Bowman hollers
down your rain-barrel or slides I'M
invited down your cellar door.
The faculty at dear old BROOKLYN
Dodger U. consists of Mr. Ship
wreck Kelly and Mr.. Daniel Top
ping. Both these boys are highly
educated but both of them are try
ing to forget it, and their friends
are willing to overlook the point so
long as ShipWreck and Daniel do
not cite distasteful passages from
Kenophon over the soda fountain
al the Stork Club
In hiring DR.. Sutherland how
ever, the boys have let a worthy
scientist and a good coach in for
all the functional troubles known
to the game of pro football. a game
which practically is brand-new to
the doctor
The great Ace Parker, so per cent
OF the Brooklyn attack in the last
few years, busted a leg playing In
ternatloral League baseball last
May, The leg has failed to knit
properly, and nobody knows when
the Ace will be able to play foot
ball again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Smith, AN.America
At California u, 10
Play With Lions
Ry the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Aug. Hilary Smith,
1889 All-America guard of the Uni
versity of California, has signed a
contract to play with the Detroit
Lions in the National Professional
Football League this fall.
He is scheduled to play with the
college All-Star team against the
Green Bay Packers Aug. % and re-
port to the Lions the next day.
Coach George Potsy) Clark said
he would shift Smith to tackle to
make use of his blocking ability in
the Lions style of play that pulls
the tackles out of the line to block
for the ball carrier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Snead's Leading 133
Is 7 Strokes Up on
Top Home Star
Monsrum in Second Spot,
McSpaden Runs Third
At Halfway Point
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO, Aug. 1.-THE golfer
who finally brings the Canadian
Open championship back to Canada
is going to be quite a hero. But
there's no prospect of that taking
place in the near future.
The plight of the Canadian pro
in his own tournament is this Not
since 1914, before play was suspend
ed during the last war, has a Ca
madam won the title. The crack
pros from the United States then
took over the event and the bottom
fell out of the scoring.
Horne Top Canadian.
This year Sammy Snead, carrying
red-hot putter along with his
mighty driver, has been setting a
dizzy pace for the first two ROUNDS.
He clipped four strokes off the Scar
boro par with a ST the first time
around then made it 66 yesterday
for a 1873 total.
But if Snead's putting should fall
ter, there's Ray Mangrum and
Harold Jug McSpaden, the de-
Tending champion. ready to take
command and plenty of others
whose chances are as good as those
of the Canadian leaders. Mangum,
with a pair of SOS, and McSpaden,
with 70-69, held second and third
places, while the leading Canadian,
Stan Horn of Montreal, has 68-
72-140
Snead Gets Five Brides.
Horne was Snead's playing part
ner and for nine holes he almost
kept pace with the West Virginia
slugger, who shot IS pars and five
brides. The Canadian was out in
"a, two under par, but coming in he
dropped off to 49,
When the field was reduced TO the
So players who had 1895 or better
for today's final SO holes, Horne,
Sam Kerr of Toronto, who had 141,
and his brother Bill Kerr, with 142,
were the only Canadians anywhere
near the top Sam Kerr was tied
for fifth place with Dick Metz and
Paul Runyan, while Vic GhezZi and
Ky Laffcon were one stroke behind
Bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
~ the Associated Press.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 17.-Frank
Kovacs of Oakland and Don McNeill
of Oklahoma City meet tonight in
the singles final of the oath annual
Newport Casino invitation tennis
tournament.
McNeill likewise appears in the
doubles final later in the day,
teamed with Frank Parker of Oak
land against Charles Mailman and
Robert Hartman of Los Angeles.
McNeill made the final round by
defeating Frederick Schroeder of
Glendale, Calf, 6-3, Ga, 60,
while Kovacs eliminated Midship-
man Jos Hunt Of Annapolis, 6-,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17

ticipated. He organized the first
high school ice hockey team in
Pennsylvania and developed COM
prehensive program of outdoor win
ter sports. His ski team partici-
pated in the Niagara Frontier Ski
Council Tournament and in several
college meets.
He still is an active athlete and
participates in swimming, handball.
wrestling and golf. He is a regis
tered P. I. A. A. basket ball ofiicial.
He is married and has a year-old
son, Bryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Grid Squad So Large
Anderson Has Job
In Picking Best
Iowa Cooeh to Line Up
Three Full Teens for
AII-Stor TussIe
BY the Associated Press.

by INC hSSOCldleu fTeSS.
EVANSTON, Ill, Aug l7-Take
it from Eddie Anderson of the Uni
versity of 1owa-being the head
man on an sll-star football squad
can be either the answer to a coach s
dream or nightmare.
Anderson admits he is ION the
spot" but doesn't appear very wor-
ried about it, The No. l coach of
the 1899 college accommodating
from a tiny squad of Hawkeye stall
warts an iron-man eleven which
ranked with the Nations best-An-
derson now finds himself with SO
grid stars at his disposal and facing
the problem of selecting the very
best of that crew within the next
few days.
Needs Three Full Teams.
The College All-Stars will play
the Green Bay Packers, pro cham
pions, in Soldier Field August g.
The l l players who will start against
the Packers have been chosen in a
Nationwide poll. but Anderson and
his coaching stan know that they'll
need more than IL men to win.
They know they face the job of
building at least three full teams
and of determining which boys will
be able to stand up under the rough
going-and come back for more
It's doubtful whether it's pos
sible to select the very best players
from a squad this size in such a
short time Anderson explained.
I'VE simply have to keep shifting
players around. Some who look
good in practice look bad in scrim-
mage and vice versa. We look care
fully, then decide whether this boy
or that will be able to deliver under
pressure.
TuIane's Kellogg Shines.
This boy, Bob Kellogg of Tulane,
who never has received much notice,
really can do things with a football
Frank Emmos of Oregon has looked
great as blocker. And as a quar-
terback. Ken Heineman of Texas
Mines is fine Naturally. I'm not
saying anything about Nile Kinnick
uowa's ace back of 1899. vino will
start the all-star game at halfback 4,
but he'll be much in evidence
Anderson and his coaching aides
listed the following players as among
the most impressive in the first
week of practice-Emmons, Kellogg
and Heineman; Bob Hoffman and
Andy SCHNEIDER, Southern Califor-
mia; Harold Van Every, Minnesota;
Dominic Principe, Fordham; Ben
Kish, Pittsburgh; Banks McFad-
den, Clemson, all backs; and Clyde
Turner, Hardin-Simmons: John
Schiechl, Santa Clara; John Ha-
man, Northwestern: Vic Marino.
Ohio State; Mel Brewer, Illinois, and
Ken Kavanaugh, Louisiana State,
all linemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Cardinals Top Cards

Cardinal A. c. defeated the
Anacostia Cards, IL, as Harvey
Cation, formerly an outfielder,
made a successful mound debut.
Cation gave up only one hit and
struck out Is. Catcher Speiser hit
q homer with the bases full.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Loop Tits at CoIesviIIe

Takoma Tigers play Colesville to-
morrow at Colesville in Mont
gomery County League game Prob
able pitchers are Bill Helmar for
Colesville and Hank Gardner for
Takoma.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Prisoners Seek Comes

The District Penal Institution
baseball team is booking games for
Labor Day and other September
dates. All games are to be PLAYED
at the Occoquan Stadium. IN
limited teams from Maryland.
Virginia and Washington may ar
range dates by writing the baseball
manager of the Penal Institution
at OccoQuan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Mounties Want to PIoy

Mount Rainier unlimiteds want
a game tomorrow with a team
having a diamond. Call Warfield
ASA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Crusaders Seek Come

Crusaders want q game tomorrow
with an unlimited team. Call Frank
lin 3764.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
AnnondoIe After Action

Annandale would like to book a
strong baseball team tomorrow.
Games may be arranged at Alex
andria 5937.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Droft System No Help
To Dodgers Club

The draft system. which brings
up college stars to the pro league
every year, has clogged in the
Dodgers case. Nile Kinnick, Iowa
hero of 1889 and now a Dodger
property. is not sure he wants to
be a Dodger property, or any prop
erty at all. In short, this backward
fellow is thinking twice about pro
football, and the Dodgers and DR..
Sutherland are holding the bag.
Then, too, the pro game is strange
10 DR.. Sutherland, and DR.. Suther-
land is strange to the pro game.
His Pittsburgh system was highly
successful in college circles, but
only two members of the Brooklyn
squad know anything about it. 1t
Will take lot of teaching. espe-
cially TO fellows accustomed TO S
or 10 years of their own styles of
play.
DR.. Jock does not remember how
long it's been since he saw a profess
slonal game, but he admits he is
pretty completely out of touch. He
played a little pro ball right after
the war. Then he cut away to be-
gin the career which made him the
c0untry's most famous college coach.
and the best he can do now. until
they begin throwing it at him in
hard, solid doses is to ask questions
about big league football and try to
IND out what's been going on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-17
Sutherland Must Study
New Kind of Football

I've followed the box scores" he
sald, and l know the different sys-
TENS, but that's just the beginning.
Ill have to learn by experience what
these professional boys can do, and
how fast they can do it, and what
they are thinking about, and what
sort of teaching will help my players
and what sort of teaching will just
waste their time
It's a brand-new league, and I've
got to learn it by heart. l think
we'll go places, but its going to take
time. Right now the outlook is not
too good" said the doctor, which I
take to mean that outlook is every
bit as bum as it appears to be-
Still, when DR.. Sutherland gets
organized and learns the rigging,
his work in Brooklyn should be ex-
tremely interesting to watch. No
coach with so great a reputation in
the old game ever has come to the
new game with so little experience.
How fast can the doctor learn, and
how fast can he teach? Will his
system succeed in pro football?
How much of success in the pro
game lies in skilled coaching, and
how much in the natural progress
of brilliant players?
The answers to those questions,
and what happened to Nellie after
she stole the pearls, will be found in
our next thrilling inStallment.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-25
Farm Center Nav
Change Date
Of Ne

Officers and committee members
of McCabe- Eucalyptus farm center
are anxiously watching the weather
to determine whether or not their
meeting will take place this week
as scheduled or not
From present conditions, the meet
ing in all probability will be post
poned to Thursday, Jan. 2, as it
seems doubtful if the roads will be
dry enough for this weeks meet
ing.
The center will have a Christmas
party program with carols by the
All club members under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Elton B. Christian; a
talk on Christmas bells from many
lands by Mrs. H. R. Anderson, and
another on THE Strangest Christ
mas l Have Ever Had" by Rudolph
Miller. Santa Claus will be present,
there is to be tree, and also recre-
alton under the direction of the All
club.
This program will be presented at
which ever day the meeting takes
place, definite announcement to ap-
pear later in the PoSt-Press
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-25
Open House Christmas Eve
At l.. B. McManus Home

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis B. McManus
pneld open mouse Christmas eve
honoring their house guests, Mrs.
McManus's mother and sister, Mrs.
Frank G. Weir of San Diego and
Miss Doris Weir of San Francisco.
The McManus home, 666 Sandal
wood Drive, was festive with its
huge lighted Christmas tree in the
living room where the green of
mistletOe and the scarlet of pyra-
cantnuS berries provided accents
of color.
In the dining room, the lace-cov-
cred table with it's centerpiece. a
miniature tree surrounded by red
candles, made a charming picture
of hospitality.
Mr.. and Mrs McManus were as
sisted in receiving their guests by
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Kaiser, these
guests including: Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
SalaSSi, Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Salassi
ST., Mr.. and Mrs. Roch Maquar,
Mr.. and Mrs. Aries Adams, Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace B. Hanna, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Wolf, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-25
Young FL Centran Making
Name in Musical World

Donald Chestnut, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. A. Chestnut, is enjoying a
vacation in Ell Centre with his par
ents, and also rest from his many
activities.
This young man is a talented
musician who is rapidly making a
name for himself in his chosen
career. In addition to his work at
Chapman college, Los Angeles,
where he is studying on scholar
ship which his song, "Serenador"
won for him, Chestnut is teaching
music, both piano and harmony, at
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-25
new BOOKS
AT the Ell Centre Public Library
L,I(vEInAI

FICTION
The House of Lee, Gertrude Ath-
'erton; Happy Christmas, Daphne
DuMaurier: The Delamer Curse.
Anne Green; Last Port of Call, Helm
rich Hauser; The Best Short Stories,
1910, Edward j. O'Brien ed; If l
Prove Fair Weather, Isabel Pater-
son; Lineup, John Rhode, ed: Low
erS' Meeting, Lady Eleanor Smith;
November Grass, Judy Van der
Veer.
NON-FICTION
Zero Hour, Stephan Vincent Ben
ct ed; A Biology of Familiar Things,
George L. Bush; My Boyhood in
Siam, Kamut Chandruang; Mark
Twain in Eruption, Bernard De Voto
ed; The Aviation Business, Elsbeth
Freudenthal; South of the Border,
Arthemise Goertz; Chart For Hap
piness, Hornell Hart: Land Without
Laughter. Ahmad Kamal: Meet The
Murderer, Warden Lewis Lawes,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-25
Two Babies'Born
At

Welcome Christmas presents are
the two baby girls born the first
OF the week at the Ell Centre hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Callahan,
have daughter born Monday night
weighing six pounds, l0a, ounces.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Moretti also
have a daughter, born Tuesday
morning and weighing six pounds,
10 ounces. The babys first name is
Betty and her second is Neddlee
after her father.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-25
Enter+ains for
House Guests

Miss Dorothea Eiler, assisted BY
her mother, Mrs. Flora Eiler, enter
tanned at tea Monday to introduce
her house guests to her friends.
Miss Marion Peterson and Miss
Margaret Knadler are visiting Miss
Eiler this week, the three girls be-
ing fellow students at UCLA.
A pretty Christmas tree, Yule bells
and other holiday decorations made
colorful setting for the party, the
guests including Mrs. Forrest Man.
ley and the Misses Betty Lemons,
Betty Reid, Jean Munson, Mary
Lou Anderson, and Jane Pool, with
the guests of honor, Miss Peterson
and Miss Knadler.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-25
CALENDAR
THURSDAY

THURSDAY
Rotary club, Barbara Worth
20-30 club, Z, California hotel
Townsend club No. 2, 1880, court
house
Building trades council, 1880, La
Dor temple
Electricians union, 1880, Labor
temple
BPOE No. 1925, 8, Elks hall
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-25

Miller, Mrs. Winifred MacIvor,
Miss Doris Gibson, Mark Wash
burn, Paul Armstrong.
The younger members of the
McManus family, Ronald, Richard
and Roger, had their celebration
the following morning when they
We're thrilled with the many toys
they found awaiting them, and
when they joined with the older
members of the family in the
Christmas dinner party.