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Evening star., 1940-04-16
All Sad in Fightdom
Here, Save Hassett,
Who Beats Scott
Small Crowd Sees Good
Turner Show; Kennedy
Upsets Heine Miller

All, amigos! The box fight business
is one grand mixup. Everybody and
his brother have the big headache
even Buddy Scott, who loses to Dan
ny Hassett last night at Senor
Joseph Turner's Knight palace
Scott get the sick head from
Hassett's fist. and Senor Gabriel
Menendez. the gay gaucho, get the
pain from watching Scott get the
pounding from Hassett. Every time
Hassett hit Scott it is like some
body chop off piece of Senor
Menendez' ear. He bleeds for Scott
for one time. not so long ago Senor
Menendez manage Scott. Like a
father he was to him, kind and
loving. until Scott wander off to
new manager
But Senor Menendez still has
warm place in his heart for Scott
so he is grieved when this Hassett
wearing balloon tire for tummy
surprises everybody by almost
knocking out Buddy in a surpris-
ingly good fight. Menendez tear
his hair in anguish. All night he
is like, what you say, hen on hot
dog-er hot brick. He is yer sad
Good Fight but No Crowd.
Senor Turner, who is Menendez
partner, like the fight very much.
"She is one d-n good fight"
he say at the finish, all smiles. He
can say that because he never
manage Scott. Buddy mean nothing
than another fighter to Senor Joe
and he feel nothing deep down in
side when this Hassett stick his
fist down SCOTS throat and say
Take that" just like that. Turner
smile all around him, laugh and
slap his knee. "One d-n good
fight" he say, not knowing that
Senor Menendez have sick head and
like to cry.
Senor Heine Miller, presidente
Rationale Box-Fight Associations,
feel bad today, too. 1t is the feath-
erweight situation that give Senor
Miller more worry than if he has
not had enough already. Repre-
sentative Ambrosio Kennedy of
Maryland say he like Senor Miller's
decision to make Petey Scalzo
champion and introduce bill to find
out why people don't like Nationale
Box-Fight Associations and Scalzo.
Senor Miller happy and smile.
Asks Archibald -Jeffra.
Now Kennedy has change of
mind. He say he ask N. B. A. to
give hokay to Archibald -Jefra dis
pute in Baltimore next month as
official championship fight. Senior
Miller he say it make him sick to
hear such and that he can do moth
Ing to change his mind which al
ready is made up by Rationale Box
Fight Associations.
In the preliminary fights last
night Carl Giggino outpointed
Frankie Gilmore in return meet
ing, Paul Cortyln, new around here,
knocked out Patsy Mattao like that
IN first round and Joe Testa out
pointed frankie Tygh.
1t was grand card, but now Senor
Joe sick, too. Nobody come to see
his sport. Eight hundred fifty pay
the money for the seat and Senor
Joe go cry with Senor Menendez
on their shoulder,
An, amigos, the box-fight bus1-
ness is one grand mixup-one big
81 * head.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Wa|per 10 Tune Golf
For Drive al Third
N. 4. Pro Title
Will Practice Four Days
At Old Point Comfort
For P. 6. A. Tourney

Leo Walper, Bethesda driving
range pro, wants to get back the
Middle Atlantic P. G. A. crown which
he won in 1887 and 1898. Leo
doesn't like to be without a cham
pionship and probably is Washing
tons most indefatigable practicer
among the professionals. Seldom a
day passes that Leo doesn't spend at
least an hour-frequently three or
four-with his clubs on the practice
tee.
Naturally such a forehanded fel-
low isn't going to be caught mapping
when the time moves around for the
big tournament. Leo also likes the
feel Of crisp frogskins between his
calloused hands and he isn't going
to leave any stone unturned or any
careless shot come between him and
third P. G. A. crown.
Walper on His Game.
So Leo will leave Washington next
Sunday to get in about four days of
practice over the Chamberlin course
at Old Point Comfort, Va, before
the P. G. A. tournament starts there
April 26.
The big gent from West Virginia
is highly regarded by the folks down
Old Point Comfort way. During his
winring years a local bookie set up
a slate of odds at the club. He
quoted Leo as high as Is to /. Both
years Laughing Leo" won the tour
nament and the bookie dropped his
roll, for Leo also took a slice of
those juicy odds.
This year Leo has come back from
Florida and hasn't played much golf
around Washington. But he is in a
groove that forecasts no soft going
for his rivals, chief of whom will be
Cliff Spencer, the rangy East Po-
tomac Park pro who won the title
last October at Columbia First
money in the forthcoming totrna-
ment will be $3.50. 1t isn't much by
comparison with the grand or SC
that goes to winners along the win
ter circuit, but it isn't chicken feed
Dentists to Take Golf Trip.
Down to Old Point Comfort next
Friday will go a group of Washing
| ton amateurS-many of them den
tists-for week end of golf at the
Chamberlin course.
The party, arranged by DR.. w. c.
Barr, secretary of the District and
Middle Atlantic Golf Associations
will include the following: Barr, w
Marion Falls, John Strait, j. l.
Barnhart, w. T. Birthright, ]. C
Burke, M. H. Burton, G.. B. Glen
denim. E. NJ Colvin, jr.: J. j
Greeves. George Ellis, w. B. Inger-
soil, D. T. King, R. G. Lamb, w. R
McLister, A. T. Utz, E. D. Letter
James T. McClenahan, E. T. Rice
T. j. Rice. E. w. Schultze, B. L
Taylor, A. B. Weakley. T. D. Webb
M. Wolf, r. L. Elier. Edward Rynex
D. H. Sipple, c. A. Alber, j. Conlon
Richard Essex and Vernon Lohr.
They will return to Washington
! MondaV
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Forkos Guest Speaker

Andy Farkas, the Redskins lead
ing ground-gainer last year and now
a resident of Washington, will speak
at Martinsburg, w. Va, on April
Is before meeting sponsored by
the city's high school athletic as
sOciation.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Softly Loop Opens Sunday

Play in the Sports Center Sunday
Morning Softball League will open
Sunday with The Evening Star
Club-Tru-Blu game at 3 pm. at
EdgeWood Playground featured.
Other games will start at II am.
T'ru-Blu, known as the Plaza team
last year, won the championship.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Wrestling Results

BY the Associated Press.
WORCESTER. Mass.-Steve Casey,
225. Ireland. threw Dutch Hefner.
24s AMpRS If5ss tyo 41pi. cf th1ss f6s bus.k aaa
Omaha, defeated Lou Plummer. 2z2,
Chtcaso. two Of thsoa falls.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Gordon -Crosetti Team
Greet at keystone

Sisler may have had an edge on
sheer speed, but that's all. No other
first baseman ranks Ellsworth Dahl
gren." And Sisler didn't play in a
great infield.
Gordon and Crosetti have been
widely discuss - and some of their
plays must / cen tc be believed.
Bob Doerr Of Boston may be as good
a second baseman as Gordon right
now, to say nothing of Lajoie, Collins
and Gehringer. But Crosetti and
Gordon are magnificent between
them, and with the help of a great
first baseman and a great third base
man on either flank, they go to make
up what seems to me to be the finest
OF all defensive inflelds.
In tribute to Crosetti, you must
remember that Gabby Hartnett,
after seeing the frantic 'Friscan only
in eight world series games and a
couple of all-star games, called
Frank the best shortstop he ever
laid eyes on. And Gabby had 20
years experience with the likes of
Bancroft, Jackson, Durocher, Jurges
and Bartell.
Red Rolfe is quiet and neutral
character, and you sometimes have
to look twice at the third base terri
tory to be sure he's there But the
hitters who have tried to get one
through there know it. And so do
old-time ballplayers, who unhesi-
tatingly rank Ruby Robert with the
best third basemen in the game, past
and present.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Thot Old Cub InfieId
Gould PIay Boil

THAT was a pretty good infield,"
said the second. 1T had its points.
But it could not tie the shoelaces of
the old Chicago Cub infield of
Chance at first, Evers at second,
Tinker at short. and Steinfeldt at
third. And the back of my hand to
you"
Leaving these boys to fight it out
with towels at five PAGES, we will
contemplate the Yankee infield a
moment. Mind you. I called it the
best infleld defensively. The 100000
quartet, with McInnis, Collins, Barry
and Baker. had more power, perhaps,
and hit more steadily than Dahlgren,
Gordon, Crosetti and Rolfe. Dahl
gren and Crosetti are not strong
hitters, and Gordon's speed is be-
low 300.
But try to get the ball past that
Yankee line. That's the point of to-
days sermon.
There have been first basemen
more graceful than Babe Dahlgren.
It's largely matter of physical con-
struction. McInnis and Sisler glided
over the ground, where Dahlgren
leaps and bounds and stands on his
head. Contortionist or not, the Babe
stops everything that comes his way,
fields 1t cleanly is fast, throws we'll,
and challenges the worlds widest
lnflelders (not his teammates to
heave the ball where he can't get it.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
From the
PRESS Box
Might Be Hard to Beat
Yankees After All
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Snecial CnrrAsnnndenk of The 2f Z

NEW YORK, April 16 (N.AN.A).-
Since am picking the New York
Yankees to lose their championship
Qeague and world this year, now is
as good a time as any to admit that
I think they have the best defensive
infleld of all time, one of the greatest
catchers, one of the best outfielders,
two of the best pitchers, and one of
the best managers-as we'll as the
most money.
Once get that off my chest, we
can settle down to the job of beating
them, which ought to be easy.
The Yankee infield is the unit that
calls up the most argument from
old-time fat-chewers and hot-stove-
burners. The other day. in a sleepy
debate at the old swimming hole
Kaboulian's Turkish Bath, Inc.)
when called this infield the best of
all time, couple of ancient men,
bers aWoke with start and cursed
the day when such black liar was
born.
you are quite screwy," said one.
"The best infield was Connie Mack's
100000 infield-McInnis at first,
Collins at second, Barry at short,
Baker at third. Hallelujah."
Evening star., 1940-04-16

Averaging 1892 for his FIVE
strings, Carl Ritteuhouse Of Station
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NYA FUNDS AID
1922 STUDENTS
Federal Government Adj
yances $06,7z6 for Con-
necticut COlIegians

According to the results Of a tabu-
lation completed by the National
Youth Administration State Office
in New Haven, $96,72e was spent in
this state by the NYA for the Col
lege and Graduate Student Work
Programs during the fiscal year end
ing July /, 1910. This sum enabled
a total of 1,022 students to earn
part Of their expenses In "a Con-
necticut institutions of higher learn
ing, including colleges, Junior col
leges and graduate schools.
Richard A. Barrett, State NYA
administrator, In making public the
figures pointed out that Of the total
number of students participating nj
the program more than 20 per cent
or 1853 were residents Of Connecti-
cut, while the remainder represent
ed 81 states, the District Of Column
bia, and India. The second largest
number Of students was sixty two
coming from the state Of New York.
OF those colleges participating in
the program the University of Con-
necticut had the largest number of
Student NYA workers with approxi-
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to your name" But the obvious
ness of this bon mot does Its sup
posed author an injustice.
Pretty young Miss Wilk was not
swept off her feet. She thought
blue-eyed shaggy Mr.. Willkie was
something of q dreamer. America
was in the war before the knot
was tied.
Captain Willkie came home from
Officers Training Camp In a biz
zard which delayed the wedding two
days. His brides bouquet, picked up
en- route, was still frozen stiff when
Edith WIKI marched down the aisle
on January IA, 1918, Ito add three
letters" to her name.
DEFENDED SOLDIERS
WHILE AT WAR
His grandparents hate of Prus-
sianism was strong IN Wendell Will
kie, and he volunteered for the U.
S. Army the day after America de-
clared war. He served in France as
a captain in the 325th Field Artil-
lery.
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RAILROAD men
/ VISIT At FAIR
uIee Club Contributes to
Il Enjoyment Of Daily
EES Entertainment

\ The New Haven railroad will play
an important part in today's enter
tainment activities at The New
York Worlds Fair, when the New
Haven Raialroad Athletic Associa-
ton Glee club will present a pro-
gram In the Band Shell in City
Plaza, opposite the Perisphere, and
another in the B. F. Goodrich
Arena.
The glee club, an eleven-year-old
organization with O. Splendid reputa-
ton throughout Connecticut, is
composed of railroad employees
principally from the headquarters
Offices. Marshall Burwell, employed
in the roads real estate depart
Snent has been conductor since the
clubs organization.
For their Worlds Fair appear
ances today they will be CARRIED in
their official uniforms" of engi-
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AMENDMENT MADE
TO PATENT LAWS

Attorney Harold q. Manning to-
day wrote to The Democrat to ask
that the public be reminded Of a
change in federal patent laws ef-
,fective Aug. s. After that date the
period of prior public use which will
nullify a patent application is re-
duced from two years to one year.
Mr.. Manning says Many OF your
readers may not be aware Of the
new federal statute effective August
5, 1910, which reduces the period
Of prior public use which will In
validate q patent application from
two years to one year.
An invention which was placed
on the market between August s,
1888, and August 5, 1889, may still
be protected If an application for
patent covering 1t is filed before
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mately 20 per cent Of the total or
400: 206 of these were residents Of
Connecticut. Next in order were
Yale university and Wesleyan with
III and ITO students respectively.
Although the National Youth Ad-
ministration has maintained general
supervision Of the College and
Graduate Work programs, the ad-
ministration Of these has been left
largely in the hands Of the school
officials. In the College Program
students were able to earn as much
as $40 per month and in the Gradu-
ate Program maximum Of $SC
per month.
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Rooster Face. most often are a
dead give-away.
An example of the efficiency of
this method of criminal detection
Is the case of Kentucky Red" He
was taken in New York City on
charges of selling. narcotics, but
he escaped. The only clew to his
identity was the nickname, Ken
lucky Red"
The FBI was asked to check its
nickname file for such a character
and the search developed the in
formation that Noah Stone, the
possessor of an extensive criminal
record, used that nickname.
Clear Trail Followed
Information contained in the file
indicated Stone was serving a SEN
tence at the New York county peni-
tertiary for a similar violation. The
bureau Of narcotics used this lead
TO take Stone into custody after
he had been released from the pre-
yious sentence on parole.
Here are few samples from the
file:
Babe the Hunk. Boo Boo Hoo Hoo,
Brief Case Kid. Charley Low Down
Charlie Kick the Door In. Cotton
Patch Molly. Ex-Ray Kid. Eye
Opener Fast Walking Jack. Few
Clothes. Foot In Grave. Sixth Street
Dirty Red. Cat-Eyed Annie. Fanny
the Hop. det-Back 9allle. Iron Foot
Florence. Butcher Knife Llzs. Pansy
Hot STUFF. and wild Cat Alma.
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personalities IN the criminal WOTlQ.
These nicknames and more than
100000 others like them in the files
of the Federal Bureau Of Investi-
cation often give G-men important
clews in cases which might other
wise threaten to become "the per-
feet crime"
The FBI has set of f1ngerprints
to match each nickname and an
appellation inadvertently dropped
during a crime may prove just as
important in the investigation as If
the criminal had left calling card.
Always Valuable Clew
ut will sometimes occur that the
only clew to particular bank rob-
berry, holdup or kidnapping is nick
name applied to one of the subjects
and used unconsciously by one of his
companions during that particular
crime" j. Edgar Hoover. FBI direc-
tor, said.
I'VE all recall our boyhood days
when, while playing around the
neighborhood. companions receiy-
ed nicknames which chung 10 them
all through life" Hoover, who still
is called "speer" by his intimates.
said.
He pointed out that the nick
names often were the most descrip-
tive names that could have been
assigned 10 the particular indivi-
duals.
IAN analogy may be drawn In
connection with criminals who have
been recorded IN the files OF the
FBI mad In particular those GRIM
lnalS who have been tagged with
nicknames by their fellow GRIM
mails" he added.
Picturesque Name Necessary
The FBI has difficulty IN check
Ing such nlcknames as Joe. Jim
or Al, but such uncommon appel
atl0ns e. 'zhreesFingersd lii" q
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neers' overalls. jumpers and caps.
This will be the clubs third visit
to the fair. Last year they sang
at the New Haven day luncheon
on the first operating day Of the
fair, and later as part Of the mass
ed chorus Of more than $500 MEM
bers of the Associated Glee Clubs
Of America.
At their band-shell appearance
at 3 o'clock this afternoon they
will sing three song groups, inter-
sperSed with tenor solos by Paul
Behler and a group Of selections by
1.-THE Trainmen," a quartet from
within the club. They will also give
short concert at the Goodrich
Arena at 5:45 p. m.
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BY TOM WOLF
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

ia AOANA w.
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent
Most people who remember the
undergraduate Wen Willkie think
of tall, husky boy, invariably clad
in a brilliant red sweater, who
chewed tobacco to show how tough
he was. He was widely considered q
radical.
Actually young WILKES radi-
calism boiled down to a great in
terest in socialism of the Jack
London variety dncluding the abo-
lition of all inheritances); great
respect for trust-busting Teddy
Roosevelt; and worship Of Eight
ing Bob" La Toilette.
La Toilette liberalism meant fight
ing a system under which Big Bus
mess poured money into political
machines to elect men who would
do its bidding. Much Of Wilkes
fight with the present administra-
ton is based on his hatred Of this
kind of system.
In the present situation Willkie
sees Big Government doing ex-
actly what Big Business did in the
systems which LaFollette found SC
insidiouS.
Though usually at odds with the
soft shoe" group at Indiana, Will
kie was very much of campus
leader. For the major part Of his
undergraduate years he led the
fight on the fraternities because Of
their snobbishness. He eventually
resigned himself to the existing
system and Joined elegant Beta
Theta ri.
TRAINED AS SPEAKER
IN COLLEGE
His powers as an orator were
vastly enhanced as an undergradu-
ate, and his brilliance as debatel
and speaker earned him the posi-
ton of senior orator for his class
(1913). His family dinner table hac
stood him in good stead.
During his college and Law
school summers. Wen worked as
jack of all trades throughout the
west. Money was a secondary OBJ.
ject to travel and experience.
He worked variously as dish.
washer short order cook, har'
vester, dresser of oil tools, vege.
table picker, and even as a barker
for tent hotel In a rush town II
Colorado. His work took him intt
nearly every state in the west.
Since all his later work has con
fined him east Of the Mississippi
these summer experiences art
proving invaluable to Candidate
Willkie.
LOST FIRST CASE
TO HIS FATHER
While he was still an undergrad.
uate Wen got his first law training
At 16 he helped his father prepare
the defense Of two laborers who hat
violated an anti-picketing injunc'
ton. The WILKES won their case.
In his first case after graduation
from law school, however, Wen.
dell had his father as opposing
counsel. The summation Of Wen
dell's defense was a masterpiece
1t took three hours to deliver.
His fathers reply was two sen
fences: "Im sure my son vii
make a great lawyer. He car
make so much out Of nothing.
Fathers prophetic words won.
About this same time new
assistant librarian came to Ell
wood. Her name was Edith WIKI
She had been a classmate of Wen!
at Indiana. although they hae
hardly known one another there.
Posterity has 1t that when Wer
met her in Elwood, he said: "Mis'
Xix, I'd like to add three letters
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Captain Willkie stayed in
France half a year after the war
ended to defend many Of his over
rambunctious colleagues who had
wound themselves into courts
martial for comparatively minor
offenses.
Back in America in 1919, Wen
dell Willkie was an undecided,
rookie lawyer. What should he
do? Some one approached him, a
liberal and hero to run for Con-
gress. Should he accept? Or
should he practice law?
An old and good friend supplied
the answer a Job in Akron with
Firestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany's legal department.
AS to the running for Congress;
Forget it," advised WILKES friend
"the first thing you know you'll be
elected and that will mean your
finish"
NEXT. The volln0 lauvar
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RAT-CATCHERs NOT IN WAR

London, Eng. - (UP) - To the list
of seemingly queer Reserved" &C.
cupants-made ballet dancers and
window-cleaners have already been
listed - now is added two more -
rat-catchers and film makeup art
lists. Rat-catchers is a profession
handed down from father to son =
and rat-catchers are necessary, par
ticularly in the city Of London.
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Girl Guides and Rangers Of Fife,
Scotland, are sending out a mobile
canteen to collect washing and
mending and to otherwise keep in
condition the clothing of lonely SOL
diers at isolated posts.
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To demonstrate that archery is
one Of the leading traditional mil,
itary arts, girl students recently
gave an exhibition Of the use Of
huge archery bows and arrows in
Tokyo, Japan.
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Decline In the exchange value u
the Chinese dollar has resulted n
q drastic eurtallment of China's linz
portali0n OF American tobacco. and
Shanghai authorities believe that
higher prices Tor cigarettes win
cause smokers In the interior 10 80
back 70 native tobacco
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-10

August 5, 1910. After that date, the
one-year public use period will be
In full force and effect.
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G-Men Find Vital Clews
In Criminals Nicknames
BY ALLEN C. DIBBLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington Florence Lots
OMamma tell them Bcg Blanche and Bow-Legged Bessie at
Steak Bobs apartment"
Gibberish? at all distinct
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-HoOsisr HOsiO Third Of Stories
Tobacco Chewing Willkie|
Called Radical At College
Horatio

Third Of six stories on the
life Of Wendell WiIlkie.
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PloluFenaue Name Necessary

The FBI has difficulty m check
Ing such nlcknames as Joe. Jim
or Al, but such uncommon appel
atoms e. 'xhree-Fingersd lii" e.
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It's here-the most sensation
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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-11-29
A
CONTEST
FOR
A
HAT

PRESIDENT FRANK JOHNSON