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pointed out that Of the eight world
champions recognized in the United
States only one was from New York.
He said "the N. B. A. takes credit
because it ruled it would recognize
no light-heavyweight champion until
he had beaten Conn.," (This ap-
parently referred to New York's
recognizing Melio Bettina as cham
pion after John Henry Lewis aban-
doned the title last winter0
Phelan Defends New York.
Then the N. B. A. chief sought to
minimize differences between the
two bodies by relating that I'VE
have had reams of correspondence
with each other, all constructive" I"
and said Brig. Gen. John J. Phelan.
chairman of the New York COM
mission, had advised him State law
prevented New York joining the
N. B. A.
But I should say that all the
other States have laws, too," he
concluded.
Phelan picked up the gauntlet
and said he had appealed to every
State commission for better rela-
tions with New York and that he
had made a trip to Europe with
representatives of the N. B. A. and
the Illinois commission to attempt
to unity world standards.
However, We don't need any
house cleaning in New York." he
shouted. IT any other State does,
that's its business. But We don't
need any here"
Evening star., 1940-01-12
This is the fifth OF q series
dealing With sports celebrittes.)
BY DILLON GRAHAM,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-In this era
of gridiron specialists all-round foot
ball players are rare. Versatile per-
fectionists who can match the best
kickers, runners and passers come
seldom.
Earl (Dutch) Clark was one.
Many call him the greatest player
modern football has produced. And
since football today is much more
demanding and complex than in
earlier years it might not be an
exaggeration to rank Clark as the
best all-round performer Of all-time.
Dutch is our selection for footballs
man of the decade.
Betting to Name Pro.
1t is fitting that professional foot
ball, the fastest growing of our
newer sports, should contribute the
games top figure Of the sos. For
it is footballs postgraduate de-
partment, a tougher, more COM
plicated game than the collegiate
brand. Moreover, few college ath-
letes shine for more than = year or
two. Professionals may be judged
over . longer stretch.
College football had its aces, and
great competitors they were. Jay
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Columbus Club Sold
To City Syndicate,
Paper Learns
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 12-Ne-
gotiations for the sale of the Co.
lumbus Red Birds of the American
Association to a local syndicate are
practically completed" the Ohio
State Journal said today.
The Columbus club now is owned
by the st. Louis Cardinals of the
National League. Cardinal omcials
conferred In Cincinnati yesterday
with T. Lee Huntington and Rich
ard T. Rector, Columbus sports
men.
= IF the Red Birds become home
owned the paper said it learned,
"a working agreement will be
formed with the Cardinals for at
least two years."
Approval of the sale by Judge
Kenesaw M. Lands was expected
early next week, the Journal added.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
20 Years Ago
In The Star

Thirty-five rounds of boxing
will be served Washington fight
fans at Ardmore two weeks hence
by Kid Miller, who Is staging the
show.
Lewis, Sivenius, Myers and
Kilerlane are among those help
ing to keep Directors at the top
in the Interstate Bowling League.
Hutchison scored II goals and
Loehler Is as the Tech High
School basket ball team whipped
Martinsburg High, 50 to IL.
OLone and McNancy each
scored 10 goals as Aloysius Club
beat the. Silent Five in Q court
game, 81 b IS.
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pacesetter in the American Legion
League. While Costello Post was
swamping Lincoln with top game Of
594 and a set Of 1857, Nash counted
top score of 1871, with George
Grimes 367 high. Ray Kelly of
Costello shot high game of 134.
Matches tonight in the Mems Dis
trict League: Brookland vs.. Chevy
Chase Ice Palace at Brookland at
and Rosslyn vs.. Georgetown at
Rosslyn at 10.
With counts Of 631-1,844 Johns
Restaurant swept A. & A. Cleaners
to regain first place in the Mount
Rainier League as the erstwhile
leading Russell Motors dropped two
games to White House Tavern de-
spite Ray Wards 1916. A 26-pin
handicap and Mickey Johnson's 369
set were a big help to the winners
Top team game Of $50 gave Smiths
Tavern its lone win from Klein's
Tavern.
jenkins Back In Action.
Lou jenkins. who pulled up lame
in the Mems District and Rosslyn
Independent Leagues two months
ago, has transferred his bowling
proclivities to the Petworth League.
He'll roll with his dad and brother,
Al and Leigh on the Wonder Bread
team. Last season Lou was ranked
goth by the National Duckpin Bowl
ing Congress as well as seventh 10
cally.
Billy Kingsolver's season record
set of AS and Kann's climb to first
place were the features OF the De-
partment Store League. While Billy
watched his games of 146, $50 and
139 gain Lansburg's only one win
against The Hecht Co., Henry Mil
ler's 379 paced Kann's sweep over
Raleigh Haberdasher.
Garfinckels moved into a second
place tie with the champion Wood
ward g. Lothrop and Raleigh Hab-
erdasher as Donald Deane led in q
81 win from Jelleff's.
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Rangers 10 Set Mark
Unless Leafs Play
5ensationa|Iy
Tie Record Of 18 Games
Without Defect, Now
Tuke on Toronto
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Either the
Toronto Maple Leafs play over their
heads Saturday night in Toronto
or the New York Rangers will set a
brand-new National Hockey League
record for unbeaten play.
The Rangers last night came
through with a splendid So triumph
over the Chicago Blackhawks to
match the leagues 13-year-old rec
ord Of 18 games without defeat.
That mark was first set by the
Montreal Canadiens.
But the pressure" was on the
young Blue Shirts and 1t took them
two periods to get over an attack Of
the filters and get rolling along.
When they did they were invincible.
Meanwhile, the Stanley Cup
champion Boston Bruins were hav-
ing field day of their own against
the crippled Toronto team, winning
by So score.
Prior to the games the Rangers,
the Bruins and the Leafs were tied
for first place. Now only the
Rangers and Bruins are left.
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Chisox Are on Way Up,
Muddy RueI Thinks
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan.
12.-Herold muddy Ruel, veteran
of rs years in the majors, predicted
today that the Chicago White Sox
would be right up there" next sea-
son and limited they might even
finish ahead of the Yankees-some
day.
Ruel. coaching assistant to Man.
ager Jimmy Dykes of the Sox, looks
to the trade of Rip Radcliff to the
st. Louis Browns for Julius Solters
as an important maneuver.
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DiMiso ChoIks Up 1873 for First
AN-7ime Mark Made in N. G.
Pin LOOP in Seven Years

With a game of 1888, Joe Di Misa
of the Master BARRIERS team today
had the distinction of being the first
to crack an all-time National Capt.
tai League record in seven years.
The raven-haired sharpshooter
who also rolls with Ed Schlegel's
Georgetown team of the Mems Dis
trict League, last night at the Lucky
Strike dashed into the discards Whip
Litchfield's record of 1856 which was
a potent factor in the posting Of
an all-time team set Of 1889 by
Cleland c. McDevitt's Book of
Washington team in 1888.
The new record holder counted 20
pins in the last frame after cluster
Of strikes and spares. His first and
sixth frames were fiat. Adding
games of lib and 100, Joe, with q
436 set, was nine sticks shy of Ralph
Goldberg's season record. Master
BARRIERS won, 81, from the second
place Chaconas Market.
Shaffer Flower Shop, league lead
ers, won two games from Jalepes
Restaurant as Ernie Hauser and Al
Wright staged duel. Each shot
406. Red Circle swept Sun Dial as
Ray Parks rolled 149 and Lindsey
Stott 389. The Benmacks dropped
the odd skirmish to Milton's Service
despite Bill Miller's 1927.
Connecticut Maids Invade.
A dozen leading Connecticut girl
rollers will be on the firing line
when the first shift Of the ninth
annual Women's Dixie Sweepstakes
opens tomorrow afternoon at the
Arcadia at l..
From Bridgeport will come Irene
Krasnak, 10 Rebstock, Nell Urban
and Rose Marinelli of the Newfield
Alleys teams and Alice Dlugo, Chris
tine Kirk, Ann Casserly and Flor
ence La Barr of the WICC Yankees
Network team. Helen Lumkpin and
Mamie Mcdonnell will represent
Thomaston. Hartford rollers will be
Freda Grigg, runnerup in the Bal
timore Chesapeake Sweepstakes,
and Ann Schmitter.
After a second squad rolls at the
Arcadia at 2 pm. the tournament
will swing to Lucky Strike at 2:45
and 3:45 for the second round. The
final three-game block will start
at Rosslyn at Z.
Sports Center cracked an all-time
record in the Hebrew League with
1876. The brother combination Of
Dave and Julius Singer paced the
team at Convention Hall with re-
spective sets Of 420 and 394.
Southeast Leaguers Hot.
Duckpins were scattered with
abandon in the Southeast League as
Bantam Press cracked Brinkley's s
week-old record of $50 and $50.
Everett Ballard with 161 and Cutie
Hayre with 140 were the big guns.
Bantam, with second high team set
of 1877 tripped Square Deal twice.
A quadruple strike, the first ever
rolled in the loop, and two spares
gave Gus Places 172, second high
game of the season, and his City
Baking quint a sweep over Stephen
sons.
Six 400 sets, another loop mark,
were registered by Ballard, 425;
Places, 419; Red King, Al; Brad
Mandley, 408; Walter 1saken, 405,
and Red Jenkins, 402.
Nash Post whitewashed Quentin
Roosevelt to supplant Lincoln N
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Ryder Golfers Battle
Texas Simon-Pures
Between Meets
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Jan. 12.-The United
States Ryder Cup players will sand
wich match with a Texas amateur
golf team In between two tourna-
ments next month.
They play in the Texas Open at
San Antonio February to II, come
to Dallas to meet the amateurs
February 13 and then play in the
Western Open at Houston February
16 to 18.
Fred Corcoran, tournament man.
ager for the Professional Golfers
Association, accepted a 81 500 guar
antee for the Ryder Cuppers to play
IN the 36-hole four-ball event,
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Mud Erases Kayak Il
And Hee|f|y From
Santa Anita Test
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 12.-With
Kayak II and Heelfly definitely out
of the running, entries will be an
nounced today for the $40 900 added
San Pasqual Handicap at Santa
Anita Park tomorrow.
Certainty that the track will be
muddy led Trainer Tom Smith to
withdraw Kayak II, the Argentine
star, from consideration. The same
was true for the Circle S Ranch's
Heelfly.
Eligibles include Kayaks stable
mate, Count Dor; Specify, Don
Mike, Olimpo, Can't Wait, Wedding
Call, Sweepalot and Valdina Star.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Name Is Wanted
For Golf Party

r. H. Harrell is seeking a name
for the annual February golf
party which he has been plotting
to the South for 18 years.
A group Of around 40 players
from many Of the Washington
clubs will leave the Capital Feb
ruary 81 for Augusta on the 1910
links party, to remain In the
Georgia city four days.
Members Of the group have
been circularized by Harrell, who
has asked them to designate q
name for the party.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Scraping of Golf Test Grain Major Rule Revision
Fair Billiard Aces
PIuy at Arcadia

Something new in Washington
pocket billiards will be presented
when two woman stars meet In
an exhibition, free to the public,
at the Arcadia tonight at 7:30.
Helen Koblansky of Chester,
Pa, and Dolores Carr of Will
mington, Del, are the pair. They
have been playing only a year,
but Miss Koblansky holds a high
run Of 81 and Miss Car one Of
As, contradicting the wide belief
that women are slow to learn the
game.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Hockey Results

BY the Associated Press.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York Rangers, s; Chicago. 3.
Boston Bruins, 3; Toronto. 2.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Indianapolis. 8; New Haven, 3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
et. Paul. 8; Tulsa, 2.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Lombard Wide Awake
Over Salary Slash
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, Jan. 12.-Ernie
lombard, whose "snooze" at home
plate In the final game Of the 1899
Worlds Series gained him national
fame, is on "sitdown strike"
The big Cincinnati Reds catcher
has returned unsigned a contract
which called for salary cut of
5000.
He repeatedly received $40, 900 last
season.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Boys Club Cancels Tilt

Because of a previously listed
boxing show which will deprive it
Of the use of the gym, Central
Branch, Boys Club of Washington
courtmen are obliged to cancel
games with Seven Seas Grill and
Immaculate Conception alumni.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
McKi||op, Eagle Sub,
Is Smooth Hockey
Star, Coach Says
Bunny Replaces Injured
Kuntz Tuesday Against
Atlantic City's GuIIs

Redvers Mackenzie. the Wash
ington Eagles coach. who has
crawled out on the limb on sew
eral occasions and still hasn't suf-
fered any broken bones, today pre-
dicted the Eagles latest acquisi-
ton, Bruce Bunny McKillop, will
prove more than merely acceptable
in plugging the gap created through
the loss of youthful Alan Kuntz.
This boy may not make hit,
at least Immediately, with the fans, "
admitted Mackenzie, because he
isn't full of fire. He goes to the
other extreme. Nothing ruf1es hun,
but he knows what to do on that
ice.
McKillop Cool Player.
Hes not going out of his way to
find fights and, in fact, he may go
out of his way to avoid them, but
he's smooth and he's going to help
this club lot. He played five years
at Atlantic City, and I've never seen
cooler performer. Well use him
at left wing in the forward line
with Hal Dewey and Roy Covert"
McKtllop, now en- route here from
Colvin, Alberta, will miss tonight S
game at Riverside Stadium, when
the Eagles stack up against the
Mcintyre Miners, but is expected to
arrive in time to participate in Tues
days tiff with the Atlantic City Sea
Gulls. His importation was or
dered when Kuntz fractured his
left wrist in the game against the
Baltimore Orioles here last Tues
day.
Knipfel to Be Forward.
Trailing New York by four points,
or the margin of two victories, the
Eagles will be seeking to reduce that
gap tonight against club which
walloped the Orioles, So, Wednes-
day night and which currently is
enjoying the lead in the Northern
Ontario Hockey Association.
Ross Knipfel, rated by Mackenzie
as one Of the Eagles most improved
players, will team on the forward
line with the high-scoring Dewey
and Covert. Ordinarily a defense
man, Knipfel will shift to attack
against the Miners and against the
Jersey Skeeters tomorrow night at
River Vale, N. J.
Washington, by sweeping games
tonight and tomorrow night, can
gain tie with the league leading
New York Rovers.
VIII Help Relief.
Ten per cent Of the gross receipts
tonight will be donated to the Wash
ington Chapter Of the Finnish Re-
lief Fund.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Telephone Girl Is Queen

KANE, Pa, Jan. IL R.-Clara
Yeager, 20-year-old brunette tele-
phone operator, is Kane's Snow
Queen of 1910" and will reign over
the winter sports programs during
the current season.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
18 Pirates Now in Line

PITTSBURGH, Jan. IL R.-The
number of Pirates in line for 1940's
baseball reached to 18 today with
the signing. Of 24-year-old Oadis
Swigart, Archie (Mo) pitcher.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Vols and 1roions FIirt

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. IL R.-
The Journal says negotiations are
under way between University of
Tennessee and Southern California
athletic authorities Cooking toward
a series Of football games"
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Diz Loses Two Teeth;
Sees No Trouble
Adjusting Pay
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Jan. 12.-Dizzy Dean Is
shy two teeth.
A wisdom and, Jaw tooth have
been extracted. The Chicago Cub
pitcher is seeking the cause of the
nerve ailment that wrecked his
pitching arm.
Dean, who rejected $4,000 pay
cut, said he would retire to farm
near here if his arm failed to
respond.
CHICAGO, Jan. IL fP.-sDizzy"
Deans 1910 contract with the Chi
cago Cubs has arrived at the Cubs
offices with no signature.
Instead, Dean sent from Dallas,
Tex, a note to Phil K. Wrigley,
owner of the team, which said:
Il realize I haven't been much help
to the club the last two years, but
still think the cut is too big. How
ever, I'm sure We can adjust things
and III be all set for spring training
on time"
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Bontom Champ Cancels

CLEVELAND, Jan. u R.-A
knuckle injury has forced George
Pace, National Boxing Association
bantamweight champion, to cancel
a bout with Lou Transparent Of
Detroit January 20 at Toronto.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
GREENBELT LEAGUE.
PETWORTH LEAGUE.

High team set-Sollers Plumbers, l.7s5.
High team game-Double Flavor. 6S1.
High individual game-Nocera. 119.
High individual Set-Nocera. 4l4.
High strikes-Payne, 80
High Spares-De Fino. 1888
High aVerage-De Fino, l2O,
Evening star., 1940-01-12
INSURANCE BOWLING LEAGUE.

High individual Rame-Hurd 100.
High individual set-Hurd. 421.
High team game-Great American. 617.
High team set-Aetna. 1.719.
High strikes-White. 80: ShafYert 81.
High seares-Shaffert. 1885, Hurd, III.
High averaRes-Shafiert. 1907: Hurd.
Evening star., 1940-01-12
Gurvin's Grill Triumphs

Garvin's Grill quint handed Army
Medical Center q 58-46 setback IN
. free-scoring game.
Evening star., 1940-01-12

Dropped out.
High team game-Bantam Press, 6b2.
High team set--Sport Center, 1887.
High average, Singer, 124-2.
High individual game-Berman, 175.
High individual set-WeinberR. 43S.
High strikes-D. SINGER. A.
High spares-J. Singer. 1874
High nat game-Hayman. Rouf and
Ruche 9k
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Pin STANDINGS
BAKERS LEAGUE.

High strikes-Weisgerber fban-Dee). a3.
High spares-Frank Orletsky (Sanico
Cake. lis.
High game-Sanico Cake. 632
High team set-Sanico Cake. 1873.
High individual games-Holmes. Glas.
gov, l56.
Evening star., 1940-01-12

Nash Post whitewashed Quentin
Roosevelt to supplant Lincoln as
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farnsworth Defense
Prepares Testimony

Defense attorneys for John S.
Farnsworth today prepared for pres
entation of testimony taken in
dispositions here yesterday to the
District Court for Northern Georgia
on February II in the third attempt
to secure the former naval officers
release. He is serving a 4-to-12-year
sentence in the Atlanta Penitentiary
for revealing naval secrets to
Japanese.
Justice James M. Proctor testified
yesterday afternoon about events
surrounding the sentencing of
Farnsworth on his plea of nolo con-
tendere. Ben H. Pearse, reporter
for The Star. who covered the pro-
ceedings in 1887, also testified
briefly.
Previously. Richard L. Tedrow,
Washington lawyer who withdrew
as FarnSworth's counsel shortly be-
fore sentencing, related CONVERSE
tons he had had with Justice Proc
tor.
This is the third habaes corpus
proceeding instituted by Farms
worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23

No extra charge for services in
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23

Relations Committee predicted last
night that the Senate would approve
the measure, but other legislators
expressed doubt that any ships
could be built for foreign countries,
even if the bill is enacted, because
of the Nays expansion program.
The measure would require cash
payment for the ships and would
provide that no such construction
could be undertaken if the yards
had work pending for the United
States Navy.
Chile Seeks Cruisers.
Senator Pittmans statement fol-
lowed an announcement that the
Chilean government had instructed
its embassy here to inquire into the
possibility of buying two new
cruisers. Embassy officials said no
formal request could be made until
the pending bill had been passed.
In another defense development,
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed that
at President Roosevelt's request he
was co-ordinating allied and Ameri-
can Army and Navy plane purchases.
This was taken to mean that
British, French and American Or
ders were being cleared through him
to prevent conflicts which might
boost prices and interfere with de-
livery of planes and engines.
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Body Of Woman
Killed in Fall From
Hotel Unidentified
Address Given on
Register Is Found
To Be Fictitious

A little old lady, who had spent
the last hour Of her life alone, was
alone and unidentified In death to-
day.
Her body lay unclaimed at the
District Morgue after police had
failed in their attempts to establish
her identity.
She is the woman of about 60 who
plunged to instant death early yes
terday from the eighth story of the
Bellevue Hotel, Is E street NV.
When she registered at the hotel,
she gave the name Of Mary Louise
Neabon.
Her address was given on the hotel
degister as Rochester, N. Y. But
Rochester police said yesterday they
could find no one of that name
listed in city records and added
that the street address she had
given was fictitious.
Detective Sergt. Aubrey Tolson of
the homicide squad said copy of a
Baltimore newspaper had been
found in her room and stated that
he would check with Baltimore
police today.
The little lady had registered at
the hotel last Friday and had
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Ex-Gov. Earle Confers
With the President

George H. Earle, former Governor
of Pennsylvania, who has been sug-
gested by his friends for appoint
ment as Minister to Ireland. called
at the White House today, accom-
panied by Senator Guffey of Penn
sylvania, his principal sponsor for
this appointment.
Mr.. Earle said afterward that he
talked with President Roosevelt
about international matters and
more particularly diplomatic
post" Mr.. Earle would go no
further in answering questions as
to the possibility of his selection for
appointment to succeed John Cud-
ahy, who was transferred from Ire
land to become Ambassador to Bel
GUM.
Mr.. Earle always has been an
ardent New Dealer, and before be-
coming Governor of Pennsylvania
was Minister to Austria.