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Evening star., 1940-01-03
Mats, Despite Falling
Off at Gate, Show
Slight Profit
No Dividend Declared;
Prexy Griffith, Other
Officers Reelected

Indications Clark Griffith has lost
little of the cunning which earned
him the "Old Fox" label, has been
revealed through figures which show
the Nationals we're able to display
slight profit despite wallowing in the
dark recesses of the second division
in 1899.
The sixth-place Mats, however,
failed to entice as many customers
as in 1888, when some $4,000 wit
messed their performances. The
Mats failed by "a few thousand" to
hit the 100000 mark last year, sparse
attendance at final home games,
when the club was removed from any
hope Of snatching q first division
berth, being blamed for the failure.
Stockholders, meeting yesterday at
Grifflth Stadium, reelected Griffith
president and again voted William
Richardson vice president and Ed
ward B. Eynon business manager
and secretary. The same slate of
officers, has remained unchanged
since 1920, when Griffith bought
controlling interest in the team.
Players cost the Mats SIS 5000, said
Grifffth, with the purchase of Short
stop Jimmy Pofahl from Minneapo-
lis accounting for s35 900, while
losses on washington farm teams
boosted cash outlay. Improvements
at Griffith Stadium cost another
SIS 900.
Failure of the club to declare q
dividend was q departure from the
custom of the last two years, with a
total $50, 900 having been distributed
as dividends In 1887 and 1898.
Spring training cost the Mats
$4,000, with expenses hitting new
high Of $21 1000. Only $1,000 was
realized from exhibition games IN
the South.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
By BURTON HAWKINS.

From that moment two years ago
when Hal Dewey was stretched on
dressing room floor, both upper
and lower jaws fractured on both
sides of his face as the result of an
argument with a professional
! fighter, he was tabled as washed
up hockey player. But several
prominent figures in ice circles are
willing to admit their judgment was
hasty, for today Hal is perched atop
the Eastern Amateur League in
manufacturing goals and ranks Sec
ond in producing both goals and
assists.
Figures in All Goals.
Last night, as the Washington
Eagles spanked the Atlantic City
Sea Gulls, 80, before 1,466 fans at
Riverside Stadium, Dewey figured
in every goal registered by the local
outfit. He scored the initial tally
of the game in the first period on
passes from Alan Kuntz and Roy
Covert. whipped an assist to Len
Burrage, who Gagged the Eagles Sec
ond goal, and fired another pass to
Kuntz, who slid the winning score
by the Sea Gulls' Goalie Harry Nc
Question late in the final period.
1t was former trainer of the Sea
Gulls, who also was pro ring man,
who jeopardized Dewey's hockey
career. They argued when Hal was
performing with Atlantic City and
the debate cost the Sea Gulls $700
in doctors bills and the Eastern
League championship, in addition
to costing Hal a badly battered face.
Dewey, who led the league in
scoring at the time, was shelved for
the remainder of the season, and the
Sea Gulls carried on to lose the
title to Hershey. DeWey's presence
in that stretch drive, feels the
Eagles Coach Redvers Mackenzie,
who then was plotting the Sea Gulls.
would have captured the crown for
Atlantic City.
| The Montreal Royals plucked
Dewey from the Sea Gulls, but
| when Hal went into a slump, they
deduced he had lost his spark.
Mackenzie, however, gave him an
other opportunity, and he hasn't had
occasion to regret it. He votes Hal
the leagues greatest natural scorer
Due to that pleasing performance
against the Sea Gulls, the Eagles,
with % points, still are tied for first
place with the New York Rovers,
who walloped the Jersey Skeeters
7-3, last night at River Vale, N. j.
New York can grasp the lead with
a victory over Baltimore tonight at
Baltimore, but the Eagles hope to
make up for any ground they may
lose in the meantime when they
clash with the Rovers here Friday
night.
Burrage Puts Eagles in Lead.
Dewey's first goal was matched
by the Gulls' George Agar midway
in the second period. but the pol
ished Burrage sent Washington into
a 81 lead with a goal in the final
second of the second period. That
situation existed until Sammy Fasa-
! no again tied it up for Atlantic
City early in the third period.
Then, with Les Ramsey of the
Eagles resting in the penalty box,
Kuntz took a pass from Dewey in
Evening star., 1940-01-03
From the
Press Box
Cards Minus Medwick
Likely Would Log
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (NA.NA0.-
The chances are that when Samuel
Breadon, frugal proprietor of the
st. Louis Cardinals, looked at the
batting, fielding and pitching aver
ages for 1889 he thought twice or
maybe three times about selling Joe
Medwick away from Missouri.
don't mean that Medwick DOM
mated the records. AS a matter Of
fact, Muscles had himself a some
what of year, yielding the batting
championship of his own ball club
to large John Mize and trailing
Frank Mccormick of Cincinnati in
runs batted in.
But the records show the Cardi-
mails so obviously to be the soundest
team in the National League as it
stands that Samuel Breadon would
be foolish to break up his pennant-
bound combination or change hair
of its head. He can make more
money, and-the important thing
he can create more good will for
his club by keeping fast hold OF
Medwick. And, after all, though
Muscles may have passed the peak
of his own private hill and be head
ing south on the other side, he still
is a good man to have around, per-
haps the most dangerous hitter in
the league.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Foster
Continued From Page A-14.)

weight champion. This is as it
should be.
Allowing a promoter or manager
to insist that some one special ref
cree be designated to ofhciate in a
bout is another practice that should
be eliminated. Practically every
State which has legalized boxing
has competent, honest referees on
its staff, and these are the men
whom the various boxing commits
sions should appoint to handle bouts
in their States.
All of the above seems a pretty
hard arraignment of present-day
boxing. But it is true picture Of
what we have to contend with to-
day. There is no doubt at all that
conditions such as these are the mo-
tive power in causing Senator john
son of Colorado and Representative
Kennedy of Maryland to ask for
an investigation of boxing with the
idea of eliminating abuses by ap-
pointing a governing officer or pow
er similar to Commissioner Lands
in baseball and Will Hays in the
motion picture industry.
May Force Outside Control.
It is small wonder that the boxing
fans feeling runs along these lines:
1T looks as If big-time boxing
is under the control of what might
be termed booking agencies SINH
lar to those of actors and theatre
cal productions. OF course, with
everything changing in the world
as it is today, it is possible that con-
troll of this sort is what we will
have to put up with. But when we
do have to put up with such con-
dition, then boxing will cease to be
a sport and become an out-and-out
business proposition" .
If the people most vitality inter-
ested in boxing do not get together
and clean house, then it is positive
fact that some one from the out
side will be called in to do the job
for them. Nevertheless, after 40
years in the boxing game, still be-
lieve in it and feel that its future
is safe. For we are developing
young, enthusiastic boxers all over
the country, and these boys, unless
they are misguided, will put boxing
back on the pedestal where 1t b..
longs.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Jaws Broken in Fight, Dewey
,Of Eagles, Once Discarded,
Stars in Win Over GuIIs

the clear at midice and rammed
the puck past McQueston for the
winning margin with only 2 min
utes 20 seconds of action remaining.
Pos. Atlantic City. WASHINGTON
G. McQueSton " Lee
". = Stoiey observation-disclosures Dull idse
~ H. sitdle Dd'ies
3. Wy nkat nE ----------------- ~ ~ saiitoe!
L. W. FaSano ----- Courteau
Atlantic City spares-Daey. A. Webster,
Groom, L Webster, Benchley. Livingston,
Austin, Burns, Scott. WASHINGTON spares
McTeer Knipfel, PARTS. Cairns. Kuntz,
Covert. Dewey, Foster Referee-Pat Riley.
Linesman-Phil LaBatte
First-period scoring: % Dewey tKuntz,
Covert, 1857. Penalties-Atlantic City,
Benchley. tripping, 2 minutes; Storey. trip
ping 2 minutes.
Second-period scoring: (op Atlantic City.
Agar tFassnol. a;0l: CD Washinston.
ties--,Atlantic City A. Webster tminor);
Washington. Germann fminorl;, 2.
=. Third-period scoring: Bill Kuntz
Dewey. 1910.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Heurichs to Have Farm
In Huqerstown Team

Heurich Brewers today estab-
lished a working agreement with the
Hagerstown, Nd, basket ball team
and will send promising players
there for development.
George Freilicher, q former G.
w. u. guard with the Brewers last
year, has been named coach at
Hagerstown, and Billy Mitchell, for
mer Wilson Teachers dash, has
ioinod him.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Center Five Plays S|euths
In Heurich Feature

With second place at stake, Bu-
reau of Investigation tangles with
Jewish Community Center tonight
at Oils in the feature of Heurich
League triple-header at the Brew
cry gym.
g. and s. Laundry, surprise 40-38,
extra-period victor over the leading
Delaware & Hudson five last night,
plays Marvin's Credit at tbs, and
the Del -Huds tangle with Bantam
Press an hour later.
In the other half Of the twin
bill last night Marvin's defeated the
Petworth A. c., 57-39.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Hurt in Shedding Accident,
Martin Lost to Central

Harry Martin, Central High
Schools all-high grid star and all
around athlete, will be out of basket
ball action possibly for the rest of
the season as result of a Clipped
elbow suffered in a sleigh riding
accident few days ago.
Martin, a regular on the cage
team, was scheduled to play this
afternoon when Central meets St.
Johns at $3.50 at Central. However,
the Columbia Heights boys will have
to get along without him today
and perhaps for several weeks. News
Of the bad elbow comes on the heels
Evening star., 1940-01-03

of story that Martin escaped seri-
GUS injury a week ago when his car
skidded and turned over while going
downgrade. Martin escaped with a
scratched hand.
The Central-St. Johns game to-
day is one Of three scholastic court
tilts set for today. Gonzaga travels
to Virginia to play a $3.50 game with
Washington-Lee at Ballston. To-
night at 8 o'clock Tech High plays
Montgomery-Blair at Silver Spring,
Nd, and Bethesda Chevy Chase
meets Maryland freshmen at College
Park at 1 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Game Dedicutes Stadium

RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 8 R.-
North Carolina State College will
open its 1910 football season Sep
tember 81 against William and
Mary at Portsmouth, Va. The game
will dedicate the new Portsmouth
stadium.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
College Basket Boil
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
George Washington. 40; Clemson. 80.
Detroit, Al; Nebraska. 46.
Stanford. SO: Wisconsin, 20.
Ohio. 7S: Buffalo, %.
Duauesne. ~; Colorado, 45.
Arizona. 45; Hardin Simmons. %.
Colorado Mines. 81; wyoming, 2S:
Marshall Nv. Va, 81: California, ~
whittier. 38; California Aesies. "a.
Washington State, "a; Eastern Wash
ington. 27.
COLLEGE Of Pacific. 40; San Jose
State. 3S
Tennessee, 80; Lincoln Memorial, 80.
Evansville. 81; De Pauw. 81.
Monmouth. Al; Iowa Wesleyan, 81.
deorgia. 81: Mercer Al.
80.
Anderson 1nd.), ~: Kalamazoo, 81.
Penn State, b6; Akron, 20.
Canisius (Budalo). ~; Cornell. fl. :
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Fights Last Night
, the Associated Press,

6y t0e ASSOClAtSo FIeeS.
NEW YORK:-Aurel Toma. l20A.
Rumania, and Pablo Dano, 122. Philip
pine Islands. drew 49,: Larry Kellun.
157A, Bozeman, Mont. knocked out
Emo Isnozzi 1909. ITALY o.: 80,
Montreal Canadian featherweight
champion, outpointed Leo Kodak. 1873.
Chicago !1Ql..
..mure, MMI Ell t1 4ono,alu ~ ousnS.nssd N
e. Xarpsf. ISSk. Jamsiss. MX. 1S.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Ice Hockey

Results Last Night.
Washington. 3; Atlantic City. 2.
New York. Z: River Vale, 8.
Coming Games.
Tonieht-New York at Baltimore.
Observation-Disclosures at River Vale
Friday-New York at Washington: River
Vale at Atlantic City.
saturday-New York at Atlantic City.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York Rangers, 6; Boston. 4.
(Only game)
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Kudo losses Lunsdowne

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 3 R.-Ki-
man Kudo. 1T. Japan. defeated
lord" Lansdowne, 178, Darlington,
England, two out of three falls here
last night.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

Today a year ago-Don Bulge,
in pro tennis debut, defeated
Ellsworth Vines, @3, Ga, SO,
before l6,725 at New York.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

Five years ago-Notre Dame
put ban on "f1ve-year" athletes
by limiting eligibility to equiva-
lent OF eight semesters or four
years of schooling.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Ernie Dusek Mat Victor

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 3 R.-Ernie
Dusek, 240, Omaha, pinned Dick
Raines, 245, Dallas, in 2o:29 here
last night,
Evening star., 1940-01-03

Three years ago-Ray Man
grum defeated Tony Manero, To-
-, In playod for Miami open
0oi2 tournament.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Certified Check Greet
Temptation to Breodon

I know how hard it is for Mr..
Breadon to resist certified check.
He sees it glowing softly on the
table before him, like Picasso Of
the blue period-or beige, pink or
green, whatever tint P. K. Wrigley
fancies for 1870 He contemplates
the liquid roundness of the ciphers
(noting carefully whether the con-
ventional 81" precedes them. He
wrestles with Satan, and nine times
out of ten Satan throws him.
In this case the temptation is
stronger than usual, for P. K. Wrig-
ley, owner of the Chicago Cubs, is
not the only capitalist waving GER
titled check beneath the nose OF
Frugal Sam. Leland Stanford Nc
Phail of Brooklyn is brandishing q
neat specimen in old rose, and to
accommodate Sam he even will tear
it up and write another in peach
if Sam prefers that shade in a
check. The money represented by
this draft does not belong to Mr..
McPhail, but he gets the spending
OF II, anu QON 1OTSet IL.
To make matters tougher, Horace
Stoneham, the plump young Giant
tycoon, also wants Medwick and has
submitted check in dirty lilac (Mr.
Breadon's favorite color for Mr..
Breadon's inspection.
Cords Might Get Along
Without Gardener
The spell of all this lucre may be
too great for Mr. Breadon to with
stand. Naturally he can't accept
all the checks, having only one Med
wick in his vault. But Samuel may
find it impossible to keep his hands
off the largest single contribution.
At least, he always has.
He may reason with the help Of
Branch Hickey, his principal aide,
also connoisseur of certified
checks that he can win the PEN
nant without Medwick. He may
even know something private and
detrimental about Joes physical
condition, as was the case with
Dizzy Dean Though l should add,
in justice to Neighbor Breadon and
Comrade hickey, that they permit
ted Mr.. Wrigley, the buyer, to study
Deans arm from wrist to shoulder
before they accepted his check for
sl85,00 with ill-feigned reluctance).
Perhaps the Cards could win with
out Medwick, at that. But why gam
BILE? Why risk the happiness of the
fans who keep Mr.. Breadon and Mr..
Hickey out of the breadline? With,
Medwick at his regular station in
left field the Cardinals certainly are
the logical favorites for the pen.
nant.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
looked great.
Stout Alwoys Confident
Of Sturdy Horse

The dope was that he would get a
test-a real test-in the Derby. w.
L. Brann's Challedon, the Maryland
colt, was in there. So was Tech
nician, the Western entry, owned by
Herbert Woolf and trained by Ben
Jones, who had won the Derby with
Lawrin the year before and had
moved up from Florida with another
threat. Jock Whitney's Heather
Broom was ready, too. This Derby
field was calculated to draw on the
stamina of the William Woodward
flyer.
But the night before the race, in
Louisville, all anybody talked about
was Johnstown. All everybody hoped
was that the race would be close
that JohnstoWn wouldn't romp away
from the others. Johnstown-
Johnstown-all over the town. Fitz
could have been uneasy about that
Few trainers like it when their
horses are such red-hot favorites,
But that didn't make any difference
to Sunny jim 1t never does.
IF he's in shape-and think he
is-he'll win" Fitz said. And if he
isn't, he won't"
1t didn't make any difference to
Stout, either. I never saw q jockey
so superbly confident on the eve of a
big race.
Il know this colt" he said. IT
work him every morning, you know.
And I'm satisfied there isn't colt
IN the country that can beat him.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
The
SPoRTL!IGH7
Johnstown's Derby Win
Forecast in Wood
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (N.AN.Ao
-Johnstown looked great colt that
day in Jamaica in the Spring-the
day he won the Wood Memorial,
For years the Wood has been re-
garded as an accurate gauge for the
Eastern candidate for the Kentucky
Derby. OF course, the winner Of
the Wood doesn't always 60 on to
gather the roses at Louisville. But
by winning he proves that he be-
longs in Derby company and he
always is rated as having better
than an ordinary chance over the
strip at Churchill Downs.
The Wood wasn't Johnstown's S
first start as 3-year-old. A week
before, in the Woodhaven, he had
won off by himself. The improve
ment he showed that day over his
2-year-old form was startling He
had been good 2-year -old, but not
the best. He was a streak-a ball
OF fire-a wrath.
In the Wood he met stronger op-
position-on paper. On the track it
was no more formidable than that
which he had beaten the week be-
fore. He was off in a rush and
opened great gap between himself
and the rest of the field-and won
off by himself again.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Woodward Colt Runs Awoy
From Stellar Field

Then came Derby day and the
crowd sprawling over the old track
all the color and romance of the
turf-and that always breathless
moment when the horses came from
the paddock. and the plaintive,
haunting strains of MY Old Ken
tucky Home" came from the bands
massed across the track from the
clubhouse.
There was Johnstown with Stout
In the red polka dotted shirt of the
Woodward stable, on his back The
colt that, above all others, caught
the eyes of the sprawling crowd.
Now they were at the post and
now they were off-and there was
Johnstown in front. They swept
past the stands and around the
turn and up the backstretch and
then, as they rounded the turn to-
ward the stretch, JohnstoWn in
creased his lead And now it WASH t
q race, but rout-a parade-a run
away.
Johnstown was the winner by
eight lengths. Challedon was Sec
ond and Heather Broom third.
The son of Jamestown had come
to glory. Nobody knew then that
that glory was to be dimmed so
soon.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Derby Win No Novelty
To Fjtzsimmons

Now Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, who
trained him, and Jimmy Stout, who
rode him, were off with him to
Louisville. Fitz had been down
there other years-winning and los
ing. Winning with Gallant Fox
and Omaha, losing with Granville,
Melodist and Fighting Fox. Stout
had been there, too. Granville threw
him in jam at the start in 1896,
and in 1888 Fighting Fox, having
led in the first run past the grand
stand, faded in the backstretch and
was beaten.
Now Fitz and Stout had better
colt than Granville or Fighting
Fox-or Melodist, that Johnny
Longden had ridden in 1887. He
might even be, the experts said, a
better colt than Gallant Fox.
True, he hadn't been thoroughly
tested, even by the good colts he
had beaten in the Wood. None of
them had been able to get close to
him. And how could you find out
how good colt was unless some of
his rivals could get close to him
and run him down the stretch and
see how game he was? But he
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-22
"'VlRClNlA CITY,, AT Maryland Entire Next Week
FLYNN HOPKINS IN
VIRGINIA CITY"

Virginia City" with Enrol
lynn AMI Miriam Hopkins. comes
the Maryland Theatre for one
eek, beginning Monday. March
5. with constant shows. Easter
Monday from 1890 A. NJ. to 1870
P NJ
Enrol Flynn is the type of dash
ing role that had Dodge City
breaking records and Miriam Hop
kins awarded the important lead
ing role on the strength of her
fine performance in "The Old
Maid" Warner Bros. Virginia
City promises to be one of the
Maryland Theatres major attrac-
lions of the season.
The background Of the film is
1 page out of America s most
gripping historical era. the West
Turing the Civil War. The setting
is the new Nevada. where law
less men and deeds made the new
State a horror to God-fearing men
and women. The theme recounts
II authentic episode which Rob
art Buckner adeptly wove into
the moving screen play. Michael
Curtiz. one of Hollywood's most
'kil'fu' directors. filmed the pro
duction.
The impressive supporting cast
includes such seasoned players
as Alan Hale. Frank McHugh.
Quinn big Boy" Williams and
John Litel. The original musical
score was written by Max Steiner.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-22
ALL FOR SIX WORDS

Strange are the ways of movie
making. Ida Lupino who created
a sensation with her mad scene i'll
"The Light That Failed" was of
fered a weeks salary to speak six
words. They wanted that voice to
carry a message of terror and des-
pair, for a particular scene in
Destiny" which features Basil
Rathbone, John Howard and Ellen
Drew Miss Lupino will not be
in the picture. but you may hear
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-22

The life which leads to Heaven
is not a life of retirement from
the world. but a useful life in the
world Swedenborg.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-22
LONE SURVIVOR

About five years ago 80 hope
full young people came 20 Holly
wood in a contest Today, the
lone survivors of that contest are
Colin Tapley and Ann Sheridan,
the celebrated "Oomph" girl.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-22

Sciene and religion no more con-
tradict each other than light and
electricity. Foulkes.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-22

her voice calling to Ralph Morgan
for help.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-22
is FRAMING 1T

Cecil B, DeMille is framing the
envelope Of letter he received
the other day. From girl in
Calgary. Canada, applying for the
role of Louvette. French-Indian
siron in his forthcoming North
West Mounted Police" the Para
mount producer received a letter
addressed to: Mr. Setchel Be
Demiles, Hollywood" He sent a
note of thanks to the Post Office
Department for having figured
that one out.
1t is better to suffer wrong than
to do it; and happier to be some
times cheated than not to trust
Johnson.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

Commercial Club, and again headed
the organization when it was re-
organized as the City Club in 1921
He holds membership in the Rotary
Club, Congressional Country Club
Columbia Country Club, University
Club, National Press Club, Corin-
THAN Yacht Clug and Engineers
Club Of New York City, and is a
director of the Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Co., the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co., Capital
Transit Co. and Continental Hotel
He is also a past president OF
the Board of Education, member of
the Masonic order of Elks and one
of the organizers and former presi-
dents of the Community Chest.
In the fall of 1881, Mr.. Graham
was appointed chairman Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Committee on EN-
ployment. His activity in this un-
dertaking and his work with Carl
Gus civic organizations resulted in
his being presented with the Cos
mopolitan Clubs distinguished serv-
ice medal for the most outstanding
public service by Washingtonian
in 1881.