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Evening star., 1940-01-17
Woodwork 5 Green
Team 0vercomes
Many Handicaps
Never at Full Strength;
Roosevelt Romps to
Victory Over Tech

Central High Schools stunning
upset of Eastern. 24-21, today had
thrown the interscholastic basket
ball championship series into wide
open scrap among the seven teams
engaged.
While Central, which started with
a green squad coached by Lynn
Woodwork, rejoiced in its triumph,
schoolboy basket critics were at a
loss to explain the defeat of Eastern,
winner of five of the last six inter-
scholastic titles and among this
years favorites.
AS Central bowled over Eastern at
Eastern, Roosevelt defeated Tech on
the Riders floor, 1920, for its second
series victory in as many games.
Central Rises to Crisis.
Central gained a narrow margin
in each of the four quarters yester-
day, but proved its mettle most con-
vincingly in the final when, with
the count knotted at 81 points. it
clicked like a champion. Teddy
Thomaides sank foul toss and, on
a pass from Charley Kligman, a
field goal for the winning edge with
less than minute to go. Thomaides
and Bob Custer of Eastern shared
scoring honors with nine points each.
Although never at full strength,
Central has won Of 10 games, but
one of its three defeats was in a
series contest with Roosevelt.
Coach Woodwork, who switched
from Roosevelt to Central late last
season, patiently has gone about
re-establishing the Blue in basket
ball. At one time or another this
season every one of his regulars,
Thomaides, Sam Di Blasi, Benny
Steiner, Kligman, Morris Bisker,
Herman Mandes and Harry Martin,
has been out through injury or in
eligibility.
Despite this it has lost only to
the George Washington freshmen,
st. Johns and Roosevelt, getting
even with st. Johns in a later game,
Evening star., 1940-01-17

r dTIIldIl uclSdGcu e. w. 11OWdAu.
Anton Y. Hesse was present as
adjudicator but was not called upon.
The intraclub rapid transit of
Social Security resulted in Win
fred Horn and c. H. Farman mu-
tually scoring 81 to share first and
second honors. j. Neufeld was
third with 21a-1a, with DR.. A.
steinbach close behind, 1h-2la. A
large lightning tourney" is to be
featured soon, as Director Horn is
a firm believer in the recreational
value to be derived from chess of
the 10-second variety.
Mugridge Excels in Fast Chess.
Usually a champion has a mind
of the stodgy, plodding type, and
many of his victories may be at
tributed to his mental and physical
endurance powers. Ergo, 1t is a
feather in any champions hat
when he can engage in rapid-transit
Journeys, dispatch his moves with
canny precision, and by brilliant
strategy. rather than "watchful
waiting" outpoint his adversary.
So much for Donald H. Mugridge,
former District champion, .erstwhile
Capital City Chess Club king, and
withal victor in the class A rapid
transit tournament of 1899.
Recently Mr.. Mugridge again
demonstrated that he still is tops
when it comes to fast chess. In a
field of six local kleiner from the
Capital City and Washington Divan
Clubs, he preceded Capital City
Evening star., 1940-01-17
18 at Woodrow Wilson
Get Grid Letters

Eighteen Woodrow Wilson High
gridmen have been awarded varsity
letters for their efforts during the
past season. The monograms were
presented at a general assembly.
Recipients were Jack Taylor. Rich
ard Turner. Edwin Rabbit, Herman
Byer, Clifford Hack, ,. Richard Bar
rett. Robert Barrett, Joe Tanney,
Fred Lesser, Roland Cornwall, Jake
Crane, Jordan Bentley, Leonard
Silverfleld, John Kowaleski, Frank
Marsden, Ben Scott, James Long
and Herbert Haller.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Final Bout Tells as Columbus
Loses Hot Match to Miami

Put your money back in your
pocket, bub, because Columbus Uni
versity's leather pitchers won't whip
Catholic q. this year. At least they
don't figure to after dropping a
4h-3h decision to Miami last night
at Turner'S Arena-the same Miami
Catholic belted for a 5h-2Ea loss.
The Explorers almost got an even
break ON the evenings fisticuf1ng,
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TO-DAY.
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Basket Ball.
Maryland VS.. Georgetown, COL
lege Park, Md. 8:15.
George Washington VS.. Navy,
Annapolis, Md.
Catholic University VS.. West
ern Maryland, c. U. gym. 8:15.
Gonzaga VS.. George Washing
ton High, Gonzaga gym, $3.50.
st. Adams VS.. Episcopal, Alex
andria, Va, $3.50.
Howard University VS.. Hamp-
ton, Howard gym, 8:15.
Boxing.
Second round, District Golden
Gloves tournament, Turner's
Arena, $3.50.
Swimming.
Woodrow Wilson VS.. Charlotte
Hall Military Academy, Y. M.
G. A., 3:45.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Granted Rifle Charter

Central Office Rife and Pistol
Club Of the Chesapeak g. Potomac
Telephone Co., has been granted a
charter by the National Rife Asso-
citation. Officers are D. Ramsay
Conger, president; Charles M. Sauls,
secretary and Edwin N. Dodson, ex-
ecutive officer.
Evening star., 1940-01-17

"a. b.
Littman Not Convinced.
In running up 1920 margin
over Tech, Roosevelt played true to
form. The Riders led at the half,
22-10, and at all times were in COM
plete command, thanks largely to
the sparkling efforts of George West
and Hymie Perlo.
But although Roosevelt has won
both its series games so far and ap-
pears as formidable as any title
contender, Coach Herman Littman
is not enthusiastic Our boys" he
says, have been missing too many
shots. This is anybody's cham
pionship"
Next Friday the Riders will tackle
Eastern, and soon afterWard West
ern. After these games will be time
enough to talk title, according to
Littman's reckoning.
The Roosevelt-Eastern and Gen.
tral-Anacostia games will be played
as a double-header Friday night at
Tech.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES.-Turkey Thomp-
son, 1874. Los Angeles; knocked out
PHILADELPHIA. - Harvey Massey.
1592, New York. outpointed frankie
Nelson. 1541a. Davenport, Iowa GO.
New York. former world feather
weight champion. and Bernie Friedkin,
1872, Brooklyn. drew go: Dave Castil-
loux. 134h. Montreal. Canadian light
134a4. Baltimore. drew 90.
WHITE PLAINS N Y.-Johnny
Juliano. 1872 Paterson, n j.. and
Carlos. (No-No) Cuebas. 1171a, Puerto
Rico drew tS)
NEW BEDFORD. Mass.-George
Henry. 145, New York. won decision
from AL Traino, 147. Rochester N. Y.
UO.
HARTFORD, Conn.-Harry Gentle,
1872. Hartford won decision over
Jerry ZullO l32, Boston (S),
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Terp Quint Will PIuy
For Paralysis Fund

Maryland's basket ball game with
Virginia Poly at College Park Friday
night will be played as benefit for
the national infantile paralysis fund.
Students will be asked to con-
tribute dimes and the proceeds Of
the paying fans will be donated.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Results in Recreation

Marvins Credit scored a 1924
victory over G. A. o. in the fea-
ture of Recreation League triple
header. In other games Boiling
Field whipped Greenbelt, 41-24, and
Kanns turned back Call Radio,
1922.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Northeast Aces Roll
Match Tonight for
Paralysis Fund
Del Vecchio and Carter
Will Oppose; League
Clashes Attractive

Northeast bowlers tonight will
give q hand to The Evening Star
and N. B. c. Mile O. Dimes Infan-
tile Paralysis Fund campaign, when
Sam Del Vecchio, Temple Minor
League all-time record holder, and
Frank Carter, this seasons high-set
shooter, stage special three-game
match at Temple at $50.
Del Vecchio, who IN 1881 won
fame with his 240 count, the high
est hardwood duckpin game on
record, several years ago estab-
ished q set mark of 435 for the
Temple loop. Carter last week
missed it by stick.
An improvised track will be used
for the spectators to slide on their
dimes.
Interest also will center around
the league match between the lead
ing Mckee Pontiac and the third
place Brosnahan Printers teams.
Winner of IS consecutive games, the
pacesetters aim to crack the ma
tional record of % in a row held by
Frank Taverns, the loops runner-up
team.
District Loop Tits Slated.
Two District League matches are
on tap tonight, with Mount Rainier
engaging Arcadia at Mount Rainier
at 8 and Georgetown Recreation
bowlers hosts to the Lucky Strikes
at 10.
Northeast supplanted Concessions
as runner-up in the Diamond Cab
League as Slim Mcdonald paced
80 win with l24-348. Charlie
Smith was tops with 130-375 as
Restaurant swept Southeast. Serv-
ice Station maintained two-game
lead by routing Union Station.
Bob Temple of the pennant-con-
tending Musketeers, with an aver
age of 1l9-17. is a standout in the
Greenbelt League. His nearest rival
is Araujo of the Jaguars with
l07 AZ.
League ntCOEOS Are Set.
A seasons record team set of
1,749 today stood to the credit of
st. Paul No. 2 team of the Luth-
eran Mems League and Dorothy
Herring boasted new high set mark
of $50 for the women's section.
Ann Meca with 129 and Ann
Shannon with 331 were the top roll
ers in the Ladies Retirement
League.
1t was large evening in the
Chevy Chase Commercial League
for Lynn Watwood as the 104-aver-
age roller banked out scores of
l56-419.
Musicians Good Shooters.
Four teams opened the Band Mas
tiers League at the Lucky Strike,
with Madrillon beating Lotus out
| fit all three games and Meyer Oa-
Wis whiteWashing Bamboo Gardens.
Jimmy Bright shone for the Madril-
Ion sWingsters with 117-300 while
Harry Blum shot 1922 for the
triumphing Meyer Davis rhythm
makers.
Joe Stantucci gained the limelight
in the Agriculture Forest Service
Mixed League with two season rec
ords. His Isl game and 1913 set en-
abled Beech to trim Birch in the
odd-game skirmish.
st. Francis Xavier rollers moved
back into the lead in the Catholic
Ladies League as a season record
team game of sos netted a 81 VIC
tory over Holy Comforter C team.
Naomi Farrall's 100 and Helen
Eschinger's 1856 topped. Holy Trim
ity, near the bottom of the 14-club
loop scored surprise sweep over
the erstwhile leading st. Gabriel's.
1t was Mary Volkart, ordinarily a
92-average roller. who paced to win
with 134-323. Holy Comforter A
was a 2-1 winner from st. Joseph,s
as Miss Dries climaxed 357 set with
a game Of 1873 to tie the seasons
record.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Social Security Scores

Social Security defeated Civil
Service, $3.50, in the Government
"Y" League feature. Bureau of
Standards swamped Public Health,
1919, and r. G. A. nosed out r. E..
A., D-18. Heuer of Standards paced
the individual scoring with 81 points.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Gurvins, J. G. c. Victors

Garvin's Grill and Jewish Com
munity Center won their Heurich
League games last night. The Grill
men nosed out United Clay, 50-46,
in a scoring battle while the
J. c. c. took the measure of Q.
and S.. 42-35.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Petworth Quint Travels

Petworth A. c. courtmen will
travel to Warrenton, Va, tonight to
meet the unlimited team represent
ing that town. Treasury Depart
ment girls will meet the Warrenton
girls In a preliminary game.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Job Of Ending Evil
In BoseboIr Endless

The crime is venial, about as Sc
rious as violations Of the booze law
10 years ago. 1t may be that the
law Is no good. 1t certainly isn't
popular with the owners of major
league ball teams, or with some of
the minor league owners.
The farm rules are designed to be
in restraint of monopoly. They are
designed further to give the indi-
vidual ball player a free and open
chance to sell his talent for the best
price. Both these objectives are
just and noble, but as long as the
major league owners have money
and the minor league owners haven't,
the minor leaguers will take what
financial support they can get, and
IN turn will cooperate in keeping
young ball players concealed and
ready on their hackers supply line.
The trail Judge Lands is follow
ing Is circle, and pretty soon his
nose will bring him back to where
he started. But doubt whether that
will daunt him. If he lives to do it,
the judge will start right around
the circle again, and let the blue
chips fall where they may.
Evening star., 1940-01-17

Champion Ariel Mengarini by .
half point to stand also pre-emi-
nent in transit play over erstwhile
District Titlist Martin Stark, E. M.
Knapp, s. Adler and Divan Cham
pion Simon Naidel.
Tho individual croripo.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Ice Hockey
EAsTERN AMATEUR LEAGUE,

MClutyre Miners.
RESULTS LAST NIGHT.
Washington, 4: Atlantic City. lover
timel.
River Vale. 6; Mcintyre Miners. 2.
COMING GAMES.
TontGht-Atlantic City 1T Baltimore.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1t River Vale.
friday-River Vale At Washington; New
YoEf ct Atlantic City.
SaturdAy-River Vale at Atlantic C4ty.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston, 6; Montreal,
Cleveland. 2; Syracuse. I.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Eagles, GuIIs ID Tilt Brings
Wrath on Officials; Wins
Are Too Hometownish'

ton cripple, having received a deep
cash in his left leg.
Pos. Atlantic City. Washington.
Goal --- McQueston ------- Lee
y. D.---S STOREY ---------------- knipfel
T. ~ vltaIe --------- Dawes
center Benchley ---- Ramsay
I. .---rasano -------------- Germann
Atlantic City -- o o.
scoring: First period-tD washington
PARTS tLahtD, Oil: 90 WASHINGTON
Courteau tGermannl, IL: l:33; CD Washing
ton. Foster Covert, II As.
, utes, Siashine: Vitale, = minutes. use of
ington- -.Knipfel. > minutes, roughing.
Second period-Scoring, none
Penalties: Atlantic City-Powers 5 min
utes. fRhting. Washington-McTeer, 8
Third-perod scoring-H Atlantic City,
storey Vitale and webster, 1924; t5l
Benchley). Sol: 90 Washington, Covert
unassisted. 1920; 90 Atlantic City
Tustin Burns. 1923: (s) Atlantic City,
storey tBurnsl. 1929.
Penalties Washington-Ramsay, 2 min
utes. nshting: Courteau. 2 minutes, cross
oy,ertlme-no scoring, no penalties.
webster, LIVINGSTON. Tustin. Burns. Mean
. washington spares-McTeer Lahti. Par
Ills Cairns, Covert. Dewey. Foster
La Bate.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
# CHE; 81 @
BY PAUL ]. MILLER.

Encouneng Federal Trade Commission Chess Club for its initial
ntercb clash of 1910 the Social Security gained Al victory
Tailed
Security topped
downed Bachard
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Lows Enforced Not Made
By Commissioner

I think the key to his bold stand
is this: He is too old now to be
influenced by worldly or material
considerations. His legalistic mind
has fastened hold of a point, and
that point has become his reason
for being, as far as his work is con-
cerned. AS long as forgery and per-
jury are used to circumvent a rule
whether the rule be good or bad),
the judge will ride through h
and high water to beat them down.
If the rule can be changed for
the better, fine. That's not the
judges business, any more than
legislation is the business of Justice
Hughes and his colleagues in the
Supreme Court.
In the back of Judge Lands mind,
too, may be the memory of the
time he fined the Standard Oil Co.
little matter of $29000,0OO. That
was the all-America fine, but it
didn't stick. The judge was reversed.
1t may be part Of his ambition to
apply plaster that will stay stuck.
You can hardly blame him for that.
TWenty-nine millions is a lot Of
millions to catch on the boomerang.
AS far as the Detroit club goes,
and the st. Louis club of two years
ago, and the major league club
which the judge is about to attack
as paragraph three in his program,
they all are guilty, or have been
guilty, of coverup tactics in the ad-
ministration of their farm systems.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Judge Is in no Mood
To Be Comes Saint"

Inc OLD Judge played 1t our way"
the owners would say to the Lands
of tomorrow. And look at him now
"a saint
I think myself that the temptation
must be strong, to a gentleman as
old and frail as the judge, to pass
his final years in a spirit of quiet
conciliation. Maybe not The Judge,
at any rate, seems to grow more
rambunctious with age
There have been times when I
thought Judge Lands was the CATS
paw of the owners, just as the own
ers meant him to be when they
invented his job. He didn't always
interpret rules as strictly, or crack
down as hard, as he might have.
The judge, OF course, didn't make the
rules. His duty was to enforce them,
and to arbitrate only when questions
OF rule Interpretation arose.
Today it's a case of enforcement,
with overtones of Interpretation.
Baseball's structural code is pretty
complicated. Such as it is, it was
framed by the franchise holders in
organized ball. and the judge is
driving the truth home as he sees it.
If his actions affect some owners
property to the tune of half mill
lion dollars, it's the judges play to
go straight ahead-and he seems to
be doing that.
Evening star., 1940-01-17
Littman Not Convinced.

Totals - 624 Totals 8 521
Score at half-Central. 12: Eastern. 10
RefereeS-MeSsrs. Enright and j. Mitchell
Evening star., 1940-01-17
From the
Press Box
Troll Lands Follows
Is Strongly Scented
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

NEW YORK, Jan. II (N.AN.A).-
Not satisfied with his swift raid on
the Detroit Baseball Club, whose
farm system he chopped in half,
Judge KenesaW Mountain Lands,
high commissioner, even now is
planning a flank attack on another
major league team. There will be
more shooting and more yells in
the night.
You have to hand it to the Judge.
Old and sere and not in the best
of health, he refuses to go out with
halo on his head, in a glow Of
sweetness and light.
If the judge wanted to mind his
own business" to play ball with the
magnates on their own terms. he
would be duly cannonized when
death or retirement took him from
his post. Illuminated parchments
and golden scrolls would be forged
in his memory. Like many an ac-
commodating stuffed shirt in base
ball history. his name would be
honored and revered.
Also, he might be used as sand-
bag to bludgeon future commission.
ers into line.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-08
the WAGNER ACT
AMENDMENTS

There isn't much in the House commit
tees recommendation for a change in
the personnel and procedure of the Ma
der enthusiasm among American busi-
ness men. Even though its prosecuting
powers were removed. the changed board
would be no better than it is.
The proposed change would mean
merely that q special prosecutor would
be hired by the government to present
cases to the board Judging by previous
actions, the boards decision would be
no different than those in the past The
boards bias against business would re-
main.
There are other, less publicized chang
es recommended by the house committee
in the Wagner act that would do far
more to restore industrial peace and
prevent class warfare.
The one, for instance making L S,
circuit court rules of evidence applicable
to board hearings. Heretofore the board
has accepted opinion as evidence when
it wished, barred real evidence when
that evidence went contrary to what the
board wanted to do and generally con-
Quoted a kangaroo court without ethical
rules or procedure
The proposal to define agricultural
labor in the act-if the definition is a
common sense one-also will meet with
widespread approval among farmers and
in agricultural communities. 1t should
have been done when the act was written
At any rate, any change would be a
good one. The act cannot be any worse
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-08
WHAT TO DO ABOUT
REGISTRATIONS

Now that it is too late for anybody
else to register, if they have not already
done so, investigation reveals that the
last days of the recent registration per
iod were marked by concerted effort
to register large group of voters who
cannot by any stretch of the imagina-
ton be called desirable citizens.
If you are not registered as a voter
now, it is too late to register for the
April city election That is your hard
luck, and it may be the city's. But for
those who are registered. there is a way
out.
Those undesirableS who registered in
the closing days are perfectly eligible
to vote. They meet all requirements.
They are qualified to vote-and what
more, they WILL vote. They'll vote for
candidates who will see that they are dis
turbed as little as possible in their var
ious endeavors, if any such candidates
come forward.
The critical thing is this. that unless
the city's desirable citizens go to the polls
April 8, their public officials will be
elected by the undesirableS.
In other words if you don't vote on
April g. you'll pay for it later on.
The lists will he closed this week.
Every candidate who is going to run
will be known. The people will have a
chance to evaluate them. catalogue them,
study their campaign efforts. and decide
who should be elected
This will be no time to vote for a man
Just because Your neighbor likes him.
1t will be time when every voter should
make up his own mind on the basis of
facts available. and vote accordingly.
But, above all. every voter should vote.
Remember. if You don't vote, You can't
complain.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-08
Willis Thorntons Editorial On:
When War Intrudes

You are getting along nicely at
your factory job or you are bend
ing over a sheaf of papers in your
office when the memorandum comes.
1t says terSely, as if you are ex-
pected to understand: Effective
Immediately, working hours will be
extended to 60 each week and wages
for hours worked above 40 will be
subject to q 40 per cent levy"
Or maybe it isn't a memorandum.
Perhaps it's an official government
envelope that tells you where to re-
port for military service that will
net you anywhere from 2 cents to
81 a day. depending on what army
you're in.
However it hits you, you know
that it has come The war that you
knew your country was in has, at
last. come right up 70 your own
front door -.
For a while you say to yourself,
That's all right. I've got to do my
part. I've got to help my country
fight dictatorship, or Communism,
OF imperialism or something, what
ever it is" And you kick in. You
fight and get wounded or you work
Yourself to death and get under
paid.
After you've begun to get little
tired of feeding your family one
pound of meat week, cutting down
on smokes when you need them
most, dragging your tired frame
home each night through backed
out streets, you begin to wonder
what it's all about-what are you
doing it for, anyway?
So you get together with some
other people who feel the same way
and you ask please couldn't your
hours be cut before you're not good
for anything and couldn't you have
lust little more pay to meet the
prices that are shooting too high.
And somebody pats your forehead
and says with a kind of pious sigh,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-08
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Disseets the News

WASHINGTON-Senator Nickel
lar of Tennessee may presently find
that he thrust his finger into a
hornets nest when he tried to put
it on Ross Eakin. superintendent of
Great Smoky National Park. Nc
Kellar, WHO keeps a jealous eye on
federal patronage in his state,
.,Ou2ht E3kln's removal, charging
,ap that there were irregularities
IN his accounts. and lblltha Eaknl
voted fer Landon in 1886. The latter
charge was based on a claim that To-
cal election officials had marked
EakiNs ballot for identification.
McKellar got the senate to vote
an investigation; but the inveStiga-
ton is being run by subcommittee
headed by Senator Carl Hatch, who
has no love at all for patronage
addicts. Hatch has firm of public
accountants going into Eakin's ac-
counts (which Interior Department
previously announced were okay)
and says he doesn't give hoot how
Eakin voted in 1886.
Il am much more concerned. he
SAYS. with the charge that an cleo
ton Official marked his ballot.
So he proposes to go into that part
of it thoroughly which wasn't
at all what Senator McKellar was