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Evening star., 1940-11-17
BY MAI. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT

The very great Importance Of
naval aviation as an arm Of a
modern feet is graphically empha-
sized by the success of the British
feet air arm in inflicting heavy
damage on the italian warshies in
side the naval base at Taranto.
This success, however. has Moth
ing to do with the ancient cOntro-
versy about bomber versus battle
ship. The weapon employed by the
British was the torpedo, not the
bomb. 1t has long been recognized
that torpedo attack, striking against
the unarmored bottoms Of warships,
Is dangerous threat to any ship
if the attack can be driven home.
The torpedoes used by torpedo
planes are similar in principle to
those used by destroyers and sub
marines. though they are shorter,
requiring far less power and range,
and on the other hand carry
proportionately larger explosive
charges.
In attacking, the torpedo-plane
skins very low along the surface
of the water, aiming its torpedo by
aiming the plane for the target.
The torpedo is dropped as close to
the target as circumstances permit,
and when 1t hits the water it pro-
ceeds under Its own power, just as
it would do If discharged from a
destroyer's torpedo.tube
Weapon Of Opportunity.
The torpedo-plane is, however,
usually considered a weapon of op-
portunity, for the use of which
highly favorable circumstances must
exist, or be brought about. This
is for the reason that its low-fy-
ing approach, while difficult for
fighter planes to stop because of
the danger of the diving fighter
crashing into the water, must never
theless be conducted in a straight
line toward the target for an ap-
preciable period of time in order to
get the torpedo started on its proper
course-and SO the torpedo plane is
really setup for light guns, POM
poms and machine guns firing from
the ship under attack. Hence. in
order to push home torpedo-plane
attack it is considered necessary
to choose a moment when the enemy
is otherwise occupied, or to attack
suddenly from out of smoke
screen
At Taranto the attacking planes
came from the new aircraft carrier
1lluStrious-thus far the first time
reported as being in the Mediter-
ranean. She carries approximately
so aircraft. Sitting the available
information, it would appear that a
diversion was created by a high
flying bombing attack, which drew
the attention and efforts of the anti
aircraft crews on the Italian war
ships. Then with timing and pre-
cision that must have been beyond
all praise. the torpedo planes came
in to deliver the real attack. Prob
ably two squadrons of these planes
"a in all-were employed, since the
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Value of Naval Aviation Shown
At 7oronto Maj. Eliot Holds
Ineffeetiveness Of Ito|ion Ship Defenses
Also Revealed in Bottle, Expert Declares

results obtained suggest that more
than one torpedo hit was obtained on
each Of two battleships, and addi-
tional hits on another battleship, two
cruisers and two fleet auxiliaries
This means at least nine hits, which
would be an unbelievably high pro-
portion out of II torpedoes dropped.
Italian Deficiency Shown.
Without detracting in any way
from the boldneSS and dash of the
British operation, it may be re-
marked that it ought never to have
attained the success it did against
proper defensive measures II this
sort of thing were possible every
where there would be few British
Warships af1oat today. We have,
therefore, one additional item of
evidence that the Italian Navy lacks
a good deal of attaining the stand
ards of fighting efficiency possessed
by the British or the Germans.
Moreover, the amount of damage
done suggests that the criticisms
which have been leveled at Italian
ships to the effect that they have
sacrificed stout construction in the
interests of speed may be we'll
founded. We ought not to assume
that what happened at Taranto can
be repeated by the Germans against
British bases or by any possible
enemy against our own.
The effect of the action at Taran-
to on the Italian position in the
Mediterranean may we'll be far
reaching. In the first place. it de-
prives them of any present possi-
bility of coming out to fight a
fleet action with the British at a
moment favorable to themselves.
They now lack the force to make
success possible. Hence no sudden
reversal Of the British naval DOM
nance of the Eastern Mediterrean
is to be expected. This means that
the Italians cannot now hope TO
drive the British out of Crete, and
that island becomes permanent
threat to the communications Of
the italian Army in Africa
The British, possessing this ad-
vance base and with shorter lines
of operation of their own, and with
a much greater freedom Of action
because of the Italian losses, can
be much bolder in their enterprises
against Italian transports and sup
ply ships, not only those en- route
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Moss Today to Mark
School Anniversary

The 50th anniversary Of the I'm.
maculate Conception Church School
will be celebrated by the Very Rev
Walter Tredtin. national provincial
Of the Brothers of Mary who. teach
at the school, today at a special l2:ls
pm. mass in the church.
A former pastor Of Immaculate
Conception, the Right Rev. Eugene ]
Connolly, now pastor of st. Peters
Church. will deliver the sermon.
Assisting Father Tredtin as deacon
Of the mass will be the Rev. DR.
Francis Cassidy Of Catholic Univer-
sity. Subdeacon will be the Rev
Evening star., 1940-11-17

Greece, and by increasing pressure
on Spain to permit a German at
tack on Gibraltar. German moves
In the Balkans may also be in the
oning. A further disaster to Ital-
ian arms in Greece or Albania might
be beyond retrieving. Hence the
Germans, who well understand the
importance of time in modern war,
may be expected to try something
new within a very short time.
(Copyright, 1910. New York Tribune. Incl
Evening star., 1940-11-17
c. Of G. to Discuss HOUSING

The United States Chamber of
Commerce announced yesterday that
a conference would be held here
December 4 and S to consider prob
lens of both private building and
national defense construction.
Trade associations in the building
industry and the chambers con-
struction and civil development de-
partment will participate.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

Joseph p. Bradley Of Immaculate
Conception.
Among the dignitaries attending
the mass will be the Right Rev. Msgr
Francis Hass, and the Right Rev.
Msgr. Lewis Motry Of Catholic Uni
versity, and the Right Rev. Michael
Ready, secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Miniature Boat Fans
Stage Big Meet on
Rejecting Pool
Holder Of World Record
Among Entronts From
5 Stutes and D. G..

Hopeful Of setting new world
marks for miniature speedboats,
model racing enthusiasts of five
States and the District will open
the second annual June invitation
regatta of the Miniature Power
Boat Club Of Washington tomorrow
morning on their own miniature
"sea"-the Lincoln Memorial Re-
f1ecting Pool.
Keenest competition of the day
promises to develop in the little
Glass D boats, which will be given
separate race course, while A, B
and c boats take over an area
nearer the Memorial.
No less than Edmund Kalfus Of
New York City, holder of the Glass
D world mark for mile, will be
on hand among the more than 30
out-of-town entries. His speed Of
81 miles per hour was set last
Fourth Of July at Detroit.
Between IS and 20 Glass D en-
tries are expected for the day-long
racing.
Jack Buckley, local club president,
reports model racer owners will be
on hand from New York, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Virginia. Washington will be rep
resented by 10 boats, he said.
Tune-ups are slated between 7
and 10 am. At 10 actual racing
will begin and continue until 4 pm.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Sneakers Save Golf Legs, Tuckermon Finds
Burning Tree Vet Using Them for Years. Still Remarkable Player

THE legs of an athlete are the
first things to go. Therefore, lighter
footwear which will relieve the strain
on the legs seems logical to me-"
For several years now Walter r.
Tuckerman, one of the truly re-
markable men in athletics around
Washington, has played golf in rub
ber- -soled shoes, sneakers" to you.
He has done all right, too. Walter
has won the championship of the
Burning Tree Club two or three
times and has been the outstanding
player of that club for dozen years.
around go years of age, he still gets
around that tough golf course,
sneakers and all, in better than 80.
Just 80 years ago Walter won his
way to the semifinal in the National
Amateur championship, so you can
see he is no green pea in the game
Of golf.
"The thing I noticed when I be-
gan to slow up little physically"
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Tournament Planned
By Houghton Would
Hit 'ScrambIers'
Contestants Due to Goin
Points With Accurate
Approach Strokes

AL Houghton, spark plug of golf
at Beaver Dam, has about decided
to abandon the thought of holding
the District open championship at
Beaver Dam, and is considering
holding a tournament of kind
never before staged around WASH
ington.
1t would be a point tourney, the
main idea being to devaluate the
one-putt green, and to elevate to
supremacy the gent who is hitting
the greens in the correct number
Of shots, based on par of the course.
Houghton himself happens to be one
Of those who hits the greens, but
is not the best putter among the
pros around Washington.
Houghton Explains System.
Here is the way it would work, as
explained by Houghton: 1--WE are
thinking of holding tourney
which would give the fellow who
hits the green's decided edge" he
says. Take par-4 hole, for ex-
ample The fellow who hits the
green in two shots and holes out
with two puts would score a 4. Tlae
one who shoots a by missing the
green and getting down in a single
putt won't score a 4, under our
system. He will get AZ. The fellow
who hits the green in two and holes
a one-putt birdie will get 312. The
tournament will be decided by the
smallest total score. The same goes
for the par-3 and par-5 holes.
What we want to do is minimize
the scrambling that goes on and to
raise the value of the right shots
as related to par. I have seen
plenty of scrambling to subpar
scores, and I don't think it is the
true evaluation of golfer.
Hasn't Given Up on Open.
I'm told that Ralph Guldahl cot
81 in Florida and hit three greens
in the right number of shots. That's
exactly the kind of stuff we want to
eliminate. Scrambling to a score
isn't easy at Beaver Dam, but under
this system Of scoring it would even
be harder"
Houghton hasn't given up on the
District open. He would like to see
it played, particularly since Beaver
Dam is willing to add 500 to the
purse. But the District Golf Asso-
citation has neglected, at this time,
to approve the affair, holding that
it may be held in the fall with a
considerable purse. and Houghton
thinks the point tourney would be
better substitute for Beaver Dam.
Evening star., 1940-06-01

Bensinger continued his rout Of all
opposition by trouncing Carl Mair
of Central, 60, 60. yesterday to pace
his three rivals in their quarter
final triumphs. Kay. seeded second,
polished off David Smith of West
ern, who had extended him to three
sets in an interhigh match on We'd
nesday, 60, 60; third-seeded Gott-
lieb whipped John Waits of Rock
vile, 6-3, So. and Fisher clipped
Don Hegstrom of Eastern, 6-l, 6-l.
Kay and Arthur Harrington,
Rocsevelt's No. l doubles team, we're
seeded at the top of the draw for
doubles, also slated to open today.
Fisher and Gottlieb were seeded
second and Smith and Reese Gill
lespie of Western third. Final
matches in both singles and doubles
are scheduled for Monday.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Chicago Skaters Out
To Tie Washington
In Derby Series

Only one game behind in the local
series which started last week. the
Chicago AZtecs will be out to dead
lock the Washington Pawnees in
their 18th roller derby game in
Washington at 8:15 o'clock at Riv-
erside Stadium tonight. Last nights
1916 victory left the Aztecs behind
only at 6-5.
A near-capacity crowd saw a clean
sweep in the open-house session
climax the Aztecs' uphill fight. The
spectators got chance to boo when
Vera McClelland, redheaded cap
tain of the Aztecs, was ruled off the
track and fined SIC after failing to
heed warnings to cease her brawl-
ing tactics. Chicago's winning
points came when Capt. Jim Nc
Caskey blocked out Roy Gown and
scored the Aztecs' last points.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Walker Showing Way
To Hihers in 4, A,
With $50 Mark
EstoIeIIo, Top Scorer,
Tied With Two Others
For Lead in Hits
By the Associated Press.

bs tne associated Press.
CHICAGO. June l. - Harvey
Walker of the Minneapolis Millers
apparently is out to make this sea-
son big one at the plate for the
Walker family.
Harvey's brother, Gerald of Wash
ington, is having a fine season at
bat, and Harvey has vaulted into the
leadership of the American Asso-
citation hitting department with a
mark of 800.
Harvey, going to the plate 108
times through % games, had a to-
tai of Al hits. going from third to
first in the standings, as last weeks
leader, John Lucadello of Toledo
fell of more than so points.
Others among the batting leaders
included Estalella, Minneapolis, .375;
Lucadello. Toledo, .372; Dwyer, To-
ledo, 1856; Criscola, Toledo, $50:
Geary, Minneapolis, .349; West, In
dianapolis, BAT; Denning, Minneap-
oils, .346.
Estalella led in runs, Al, was tied
at 81 IN hits with Stan Bordagaray
and Phil Rizzuto of Kansas City
and led in total bases with 95.
Gerry Priddy of Kansas City led
IN triples, with seven. while the
doubles lead Of 12 was held by John
Sturm OF Kansas City's league-lead-
ing club.
Ten homers gave Brack of St.
Paul the lead in the circuit smash
Ing department. while Rizzuto had
stolen the most bases, IL, and AL
Wright Of Minneapolis had driven
in most runs, SO.
Evening star., 1940-06-01

said Tuckerman, twas that my legs
tired too quickly. Like many golfers,
I had been wearing heavy shoes in
hot weather and cold. I tried out
lighter shoes, and finally came to
these light-soled rubber affairs. I
really think they have worked all
right in my case.
isn't it obvious that if you don't
have to lug around four or five
pounds of heavy shoes, you save wear
and tear on your legs and your
muscular structure? Perhaps they
don't actually help in shotmaking,
but they certainly have kept me from
firing so easily"
1t happens to be an unusual angle,
for golfers generally go in for heavy
footgear. The British idea rugged
souls they are) is that the heavier
the shoes the better the golf. Some
Of the golf shoes which come out
of Britain would do all right for a
sand hog or a ditch digger. They
go in for weight Of leather and
thickness Of sole in that fog -shroud-
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Minor Leagues
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Buffalo, 6: Rochester 4.
Others postponed, rain and wet grounds.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Kansas City. 8: Milwaukee. 2.
MINNEAPOLIS; 13: St. Paul. 4.
Columbus, 2; Toledo. l.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Sacramento. A.. San Francisco, 8.
Seattle. 8: HOLLYWOOD, 2.
Oakland. is; Portland, 2.
Los Angeles. 6; San Diego. 8.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Shreveport, 4; Tulsa. 2.
Dallas. 4; Beaumont 8.
Houston, Z; Fort Worth, 4.
San Antonio. 8; Oklahoma City, 8.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
chattanooea:. 4-5; Nashville. 2-s.
Little Rock. 12; Birmineham, T..
Memphis, 5: New Orleans, 4 III inninss).
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Wilkes-Barre. Z: Scranton. 4.
Other games postponed. rain and wet
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Salem. 8: Staunton, 2.
Harrisonburg, 10; Lynchburg, B.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Macon. 8: Augusta, 1.
Savannah. 10: Greenville, 8 I'll innines)
Spartanburg. 10; Columbus, /.
Columbia, IL; jacksonville. 8.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Durham. 4; Rocky Mount 8.
Winston-Salem, 4: Portsmouth, /.
Richmond. 8; Charlotte. 8.
Asheville, 13: Norfolk. 6.
EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE.
E.ssen' ssa1. Z; Miitsrs.. q.
Cambridge, g; Salisbury, L.
Evening star., 1940-06-01

ed country, and perhaps they need
heavy footwear. But we don't need
it in America, says Tuckerman, and
we'd do better to wear lighter gear
on the dogs.
It might be a little harder to keep
your balance in light shoes that do
not grip the ground and do not have
the sturdy spread Of leather of most
golf shoes. But Walter Tuckerman
has no trouble along that line. Only
last September he ran up against
Claude Rippy in the first round of
the District championship at Burn
ing Tree. Walter was by a long way
the oldest competitor in the tour
ney. Rippy happened to be the
marked man and the outstanding
competitor. Walter took him to the
18th hole, where Rippy flung q
brassie second shot 3 feet from the
cup and holed the putt for win
ming birdie 3. Walter had score
Of M-two over par--against Rip
py's 70. Perhaps he has something
In that sneaker" idea.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Newark's Levy Leaps
To Batting Lead in
|. |. With 1874
BoItimore's Etten Tops
Homer Hitters With 10,
Sets Scoring Pace
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, June 1.-The con-
stantly shifting batting leadership
of the International League has
passed to Ed Levy of the Newark
Bears.
The big first baseman who got a
late start because he was getting
a trial with the Philadelphia Phil
lies, picked up points to top 1894
average for 66 times at bat in 16
games.
This was 13 points above Tuck
Stainback of Montreal, who held
the lead q week ago. Stainback
remained in front in total hits with
56, however, and was second in per-
centage at .381.
Baltimore's Murray Howell, an
other temporary leader, was in third
place with 371.
Nick Etten of Baltimore continued
as the leagues home-run star with
10 and led in scoring with 80 runs.
Teammates Lamar Newsome and
Eddie Collins led, respectively, in
doubles, II, and in stolen bases, 8.
George Staller still was on top in
triples with 4, while Harry Davis of
Rochester took over the runs-batted-
in honors with 33.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
There Have Been Worse
Fighters Thon OverIin

To tell the truth, I think Overlin
Is being little hard on himself The
ancient mariner has fought more
than hundred fights and lost only
seven. which seems to indicate cer-
tain aptitude for his racket. What's
more, who is he to call himself
bum among middleweight cham
pions? I guess he never saw some of
those middleweight champions.
I grant him that Mickey Walker
and Harry Greb were tigers beyond
his class. Also Stanley Ketchell and
Bill Papke and Kid Mccoy. But
John Panica, alias Johnny Wilson,
was no ball of fire, and neither was
Michael Brian Boru O'Dowd, with
whom Johnny used to fence for the
title at the public's expense.
Little children had nothing to
fear from Ben Jeby or Vince Dun
dee or Teddy Yarosz or Babe Risko.
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Overlin
would have given any of those mer-
chants pretty good scramble. with
no worse than an even chance of
winning.
Out in Seattle, legend speaks of
another world middleweight cham
pion now doing business, one mys-
terious AL Hostak. who may we'll be
better world champion than Over
lin. At least, the Spook of Seattle is
a hitter, which Overlin is anything
but.
But what good does that do Mike
Jacobs, the deuce? Hostak is not his
champion. His champion is a light
hearted tar who goes around intro
ducing himself to all who will listen
as bum, and the situation is begin
ming to get in the deuce's teeth.-I
mean the Sunday set, with the chro-
MUM trimmings.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Cox Deemed Ideal Prc
For P. 6. A. Leader
In Mid d-Ahantic
Credited With Ability
To Promote Harmony
In Feuding Sector

Witty Cox, the Congressional
Country Club pro who used to be
president of the Long Island Sec
ton of the Professional Golfers As
sociation, hasn't said much about
the situation confronting the Mid
die Atlantic P. G. A. and the desire
of the boys for harmony following
the cancellation of the tourney
scheduled for April 26 and 27. Witty
doesn't talk about it. When it is
mentioned he just laughs and
changes the subject.
Witty hasn't been active in the P.
G. A. since he came to Washington
in 1885 and settled down at the
Kenwood Coli and Country Club.
He hasn't been active for several
reasons. chief of which is that he
has been busy digging in and get
ting set at the two club jobs he has
held over the last five years. There
have been other reasons, but they'd
better be left unsaid.
Cox Seen Man for Job.
Witty happens to have lot of
"savvy" about the way things are
done in golf and pro golf. But he
hasn't held an Office in the Middle
Atlantic P. G.. A. since he came
here He probably would be willing
to do So
Here and now we'd like to start
rolling the Cox campaign for the
presidency of the Middle Atlantic
P. G. A. The election won't come
up until fall. But-and Witty hasn't
authorized any statement in his be-
half-it seems TO lot of people that
Cox, a gent who has the confidence
Of lot of influential pros and who
has connections with the national
body, would be able to help the
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. out of a
situation which looms increasingly
embarrassing for the pros.
Witty has brains and the habit of
thinking straight. If the Virginia
pros want more recognition from
the Middle Atlantic P. G. A.-and
that is what they want-Wiffy
would give it to them. At the same
time he'd kid" Bobby Cruickshank
and the other Virginia recalcitrants
into line and the Atlantic pros
would be one big, happy family once
again.
Qualifications High.
So we'd like to start the Cox
campaign rolling. If the p. G. A.
needs new blood and new executive
ability in the higher positions they
couldn't do better than enlist the
aid of a fellow who has been through
the mill lot of years. Maybe Witty
would go for it.. Maybe he wouldn't.
AS 1t Is he is satisfied with his
ioh and he's sticking to it. But Cox
seems-to us-to be the man around
whom the pros could rally and put
the p. G. A. back in public conf
dence. w. r. M.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
League Play to Whet CIV. Nine
q or Next Varsity Campaign

Proceeding on the theory of
practice making perfect. George
Washington's varsity nine will stick
together for the remainder of the
season, representing an insurance
company in the Industrial League.
The Colonials are scheduled to
make their weekday bow next
week.
Arrangements for entering the
league and obtaining the sponsor
were made by Dave Osborne, former
G. w court and diamond star now
in the insurance business. Seven
of this years regulars, exclusive of
pitchers Of whom all will be back,
will be in uniform next spring. The
only loss is George CARRIER, third
baseman.
To obtain franchise at this late
date it was necessary for the team
to agree to double up during June
and play of 10 games dating back
to the league inaugural. It will not
begin It's regular schedule Of two
Evening star., 1940-06-01
One Of Worst JUDGES,
Says Mike Of Ken

What does Overlin know about
hghters?" demands the deuce, grind
ing his synthetic fangs.
You consider him a poor judge?"
says the interviewer
"One of the worst" says Mr..
Jacobs.
But a great fighter?"
Undoubtedly
And when he calls himself a
bum"
He is leaping at conclusions" de-
clares Mr.. Jacobs. Has he ever
seen himself? No. He is going
strictly by hearsay."
This sounds likely enough, for
Overlin has doubtless heard himself
called bum many times and has let
it go to his head. Better men than
he have been influenced by public
opinion. Described in reliable quar-
ters as bum. he smugly accepts the
verdict and puts it on his letterhead
"Vanitas vanitatum," as the Latin
poet says. "Nuts!" as Mr.. Jacobs
SAYS.
Evening star., 1940-06-01
Three Riders in Friends Senis
Slight Threats to Bensinger
In School Net Title Quest

With three Of the four semifinal-
lists, Roosevelt possessed a theoret-
ical 81 chance to win the District
interscholastic tennis championship
as play in the next-to-last round
was scheduled to open this morning
at Friends School, but because of
the fourth survivor, the betting odds
were just about that ratio against
the Riders emerging with the coveted
title.
David Kay, Eli Gottlieb and Ben
Fisher-the first three-ranking play
ers OF Roosevelts interhigh cham
pionship bound team-all were
semif1nalists. with Kay and Fisher
being paired in the lower bracket.
But because Gottlieb's opponent was
Bobby Bensinger of Takoma Park
Academy, none of the Rider trio
was given more than an outside
chance of f'winning.