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Evening star., 1940-12-29
Boxing

Boxing in Washington was dis
tinguished by the second feather
weight championship fight in the
citys history and the introduction
of mixed matches.
Petey Scalzo and frankie Covelli
met in scheduled 15-round affair
for the National Boxing Association
126-pound crown after that body
withdrew its recognition of Joey
Archibald's title claims. Scalzo won
on technical knockout in the sixth
round of dull, one-sided argument.
Bill Mcdowell and Cocoa Kid
manufactured the first mixed match.
Cocoa winning a decision. Cocoa
enjoyed string of victories before
losing to George Abrams. Charley
Burley, an outstanding Pittsburgh
middleweight, and Henry Armstrong
at that time welterweight champion
were other topnotch Negro ringmen
who appeared here.
Phil Furr's astounding technical
knockout over Steve Mamakos was
the years biggest surprise. The
Golden Greeks stamina was expect
ed to give him the nod over the
ageing Furr, but he fell victim to
PhlPs arroWlike rights and was
dropped no less than seven times
before being led to his corner.
But MamakoS made startling
comeback by twice whipping Milt
Aron, the National Boxing Asso-
cations No. 1 contender for the
world title
In a promotorial way, the period
was marked by the termination OF
a long partnership between Pro-
motor Joe Turner and Matchmaker
Goldie Ahearn after a series OF
financial reverses. Turner appointed
Gabe MenendeZ as his matchmaker
and the pair showed marked prog
reSS.
Jimmy Erwin, who piloted Pete
Sarron to the world featherweight
title several years ago, and who
enjoys a handsome reputation in
the sport, was signed as match
maker by Severine Leoffler for Riv-
erside Stadium, but resigned after
the first two shows failed to strike
a responsive chord at the box office.
Ray Alvis, once one of the games
most influential managers, took over
matchmaking at Riverside with
Ahearn serving as aide de camp, but
also found the financial road beset
with trouble. Ahearn resigned his
position after the second show to
devote his efforts to other interests.
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School Sports

Central, Western and Roosevelt
shared major high school sports
honors, with Central snatching the
baseball and track titles, Western
repeating as football champion and
Roosevelt taking the basket ball
crown.
Feature of the football series aside
from Westerns repeat performance
was Techs rise to power. 1t won
the East Division championship,
defeating Western, 21-6, in regular
series play. Western, however, came
back in the playof to down the
Gray, TO, for it's first win over
Tech since 1916.
Of the 18 high school football
teams in this area st. Adams had
the best record with only one defeat
in seven games for .788 percentage.
Washington-Lee and Georgetown
Prep also had outstanding elevens.
The season also saw an attempt
by Dewitt to resume relationships
with Washington schools with a de-
emphasized eleven.
Roosevelt under Coach Herman
Littman captured the basket ball
crown by defeating Eastern, the
previous winner, 35-32, in the cham
pionship game. 1t was the first
time since 1919 that Roosevelt, then
Business High, had won. Roosevelt
went on to win The Stars Metro
politan tournament, again defeat
ing Eastern, 1892, in an overtime
game. Bethesda Chevy Chase won
the Montgomery County title with
two victories over Montgomery
Blair.
Another overtime game was Gen.
trails victory over Eastern, 4-3, in
II innings to retain its baseball
championship.
Track was featured by Centrals
narrow win of the high school
championship in the annual meet.
It scored II points to 81 for Tech
as two records were broken. Even
closer was the victory Washington
Lee scored in the annual &C" Club
meet as it had % points to % 5/6
for Central Three records were
shattered and one tied
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College Grid Scoring
Shows II Per Cent
Increase in 40
3uII Toted 1853 Miles
In 1866 Comes Listed;
Field GouIs Decrease
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Dec. 28.-The Nations
football coaches, meeting In New
York next week. might be interested
to learn that their teams showed q
II per cent increase in scoring dur
ing the 1910 season.
This, and other interesting facts,
crop out of an analysis of the Amer
ican Football Statistical Bureaus
annual composite "yardstick" of the
average college football game.
The bureau, in computing the
yardstick, found that in 1855 games
reported, htere were 1854 ,206 yards
OF pigskin progress. The gridiron
gladiators advanced the ball by all
means 1858 miles.
The boxcar yardage was compiled
as follows:
RushinR--42e 0e0 yards.
Lost rushingL66. 1852 yards.
Passing-1g4.6 $50 yards.
Punting-s2I,1 ,142 yards
1nterception returns-47,178,
Punt returns-112 .26S
kickoh returns-117.340.
Penalties-66.S06.
The national scoring average per
team per game was 1922 points, or
26.44 points for both teams in any
given contest. This is 1.86 more
than 1885 11.36 and represents the
II per cent increase.
An increase in touchdowns was
noticed, with a decrease in field
goals and safeties.
The southeast carried the most
scoring punch, averaging 1881 points
per team per game. The Middle
West, first last year at 12.17, was
second in 1910 with 1859.
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athletics ut George Washington
University, were the mems doubles
winners while Polly Norment again
was Mrs. Bakers partner on the
No. l women's team.
AS In 80, Washington also got a
look at some Of the country's best
badmintOners in the District Open
tournament held at Kensington,
center of the sports activity. Mary
Whittemore. the women's national
champion from Boston, came down
to capture the singles title while
other stars, all from New York,
walked away with the other laurels.
Clint Stephens won the mems
singles, George Harris and Paul
Vansco the mems doubles, Wanda
Bergman and Helen Gibson the
women's doubles and Mrs. Bergman
and Vansco the mixed doubles.
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title Of that loop Washington lost,
but was invited to participate in a
national professional tournament
in which it finished third.
Again handicapped by their small
gym, the Brewers hoped for better
things at the opening of the 194O-4l
season, when they moved into Riv-
erside Stadium. Pro basket ball is
not without its following and more
comfortable surroundings may re-
suit in boom it has not enjoyed
since the old Palace Laundry five Of
the mid 20S,
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Pigeon Rucinq

AS owner of the first Washington
bird to finish in the Chattanooga
National, the Kentucky Derby of
pigeon racing. and trainer of the
old birds which had the best aver.
age in races up to 500 miles, Will
liam Rupert goes down as the No.
local fancier of the year. Rup-
pert's Chattanooga entry finished
sixth nationally and an entrant from
the loft of w. F. Dismer and Theo-
dore McGann was the only other
Washington bird to home. Dismer
and McGann also had the best old
bird average up to 900 miles, while
Don Adams produced the best young
bird AVERAGE
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Amateur Wrestling

Y. M. C. A. team wonsthe senior
wrestling championship, scoring %
points to 18 for University Of Mary
land. Metropolitan Police, Gallau-
Diet and Maryland freshmen also
scored points in the tournament.
The Junior section was dominated
by st. Adams School, whose II
points was more than the combined
total of six other teams Police
Boys Club finished second with Is
points, while other competitors, in
order, were Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School, Y. M. C. A., Woodrow
Wilson High School, Georgetown
Boys Club and Paul Junior High.
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Cycling

Six-day bike racing returned to
Washington after a long absence,
with the event being held at River
side Stadium in September. The
racing was poorly attended, being
new to most Washingtonians, but
many converts were made to this
sport as the week progressed, espe-
cially on the final wild night.
The race was won by Torchy
Peden and Cesar Moretti. All week
they had been tied with the team
OF Heinz Vopel and Jules Audy and
didn't forge into their one-lap lead
until the last As minutes. Nine
teams started with only four fin
iShing.
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Archery

Interest in archery was stimulated
in Washington by the Old Dominion
tournament. John E. Manger of
Baltimore won the mems target
championship and William H. Clark,
jr, also of Baltimore, won the mems
all-around title. Women's target
competition was taken by Pauline
Clark of Baltimore, who made the
unusually good score of six in the
gold, first time in Old Dominion
competition Edna Bone of Wash
ington won the women's an-around
championship.
Titles of the Potomac Archers, en-
blematic of Washington champion.
ships, were won by Shelley Carpen-
ter and Miss Bone.
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SundIot Football

Amateur football teams were
active in Washington, but there
was little organization in the way
OF leagues and few clear champion
ships were decided.
Vic Gauzza. the sandlot baseball
leader, tried his hand at football
with the National City 140-pound
League The title was won by
Police Boys Club No. 5. George
town Branch of the Boys Club of
Washington won both the 12O and
the los pound titles in the Boys
Club League.
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An influx of new talent brought q
boom to Metropolitan Washington
horseshoe pitching in 1910. Notable
was the advent into the annual
Evening Star championships of Clair
Lacey, former Kansas high school
principal, who breezed to the Dis
trict title and put up scrap before
bowling to Virginia's famous Clayton
Henson in the final for the Metro
politan Area crown.
Another tournament sensation was
Charles Howery, who won the
Northern Virginia championship
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much favor. A new national class,
the little penguin dinghies, came
into being during the year, and it's
birthplace" was Washington. Sail
ing continued to be a year-round
sport on the Potomac as these
penguin sailors carried on with
"frostbite" racing off Alexandria.
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Budminton

Once again the husband-and-wife
combination of Kay and Joel Baker
dominated local badminton circles
as completely as it had in 1889.
Both retained the singles cham
pionships of their sexes, paired
again to hold the mixed doubles title
and were half of the championship
mems and women's teams. Joel
and Max Harrington, director of
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Boutinq

A weu-patronized Presidents Cup
Regatta was the high light of boat
ing about Washington this year
with the event climaxed by the
victory of Notre Dame, Gold Cup
record maker, driven by Dan Arena
of Detroit. 1t was Notre Danes
third triumph in the regatta.
Chesapeake Bay saw one Of the
busiest schedules of ragattas-often
three and four staged the same
week end-in years, while locally
the sailing events of the Presidents
Cup Regatta attracted l40 entries
from all sections of the East, a
record fleet for competition for The
Stars trophies.
Rowing and canoeing enjoyed
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Jack Schwartz retained his Dis
trict A. A. U. handball singles cham
pionship and paired with Paul
Pearlman to capture the doubles
title. AS usual, most of the activity
centered around the Y. M. C. A.,
with George Wendlandt, Gus Gold
stein. Randy Myers, George Newman
Lionel Moore, Dan Arnold and c. C.
Benjamin other outstanding expo
nents of the sport.
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Squush Rockets

For the first time in many years,
no squash rackets tournament was
held in 1910, playing being confined
to informal matches in various clubs.
Lincoln Farley won the tournament
sponsored by the Y. M. c. A., and
Donald Rush was the runnerup..
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CoIored Sports

Colored athletes have enjoyed a
banner year. In scholastic circles.
Armstrong High School dominated
the field. The %" Streeters ex-
celled in basket ball, football. track,
tennis, baseball and swimming. Car
dozo High landed golf honors, while
Dunbar Highs Oscar Walton cap
tured the individual high score title
In the free-throw basket ball tour
nament for high schools.
Howard University had a fair
basket ball season, and Miner
Teachers College Jared well in
basket ball and football.
\ In city-wide competition, Freed
mems Hospital nurses and the
Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. C. A. basket
ball teams ruled.
The Southeast Lincolnette soft
ballers won the Metropolitan League
crown, while the Treasury 10 cap
tured the Government Soft Ball
League title.
The Willow Tree eleven was in
front in the District Colored Foot
ball League. In swimming, Francis
Pool was tops. The Twelfth Street
Y. M. C. A. ruled in cross country,
volley ball, badminton and horse
shoes. Claude Ross was leader in
golf, winning the District open and
amateur titles. The Eastern open
tournament laurels were retained by
Royal Golf Club. Mrs. Ethel Ter
rell wears the District woman's open
golf crown, and Wake Robin Golf
Club captured the Eastern woman's
open tournament title.
Andres Wheatley repeated as local
singles champion in tennis and
paired with Todd Duncan to rule
the doubles. Marion Pharrow set
the pace in women's singles, and
with Eddie Davis won the mixed
doubles.
In professional boxing Billy Banks
and Oscar Wright upheld the local
standard. The "Y" team ruled anna
teur boxing circles. Chappy Man
ming. Jimmy johnson, James Mont
gomery, Virgil Harris and George
Ferrel were outstanding ring anna
teurs.
Maurice Jackson won badminton
singles laurels.
Holsey Ford still is king of The
Evening Star Metropolitan Horse
shoe Tournament. The District
crown was won by George Calvin
Ellis.
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Pro Busketers

After their conventionally poor
start, the Heurich Brewers finally
came to life in the American Basket
Ball League to finish in tie with
the Philadelphia Sphas and neces-
state a playoff for the pro court
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Pro WrestIinu

Wrestling went along on an even
keel in Washington with practically
none Of the freaks, bearded gents
and oddities-such as the Golden
Terror and Nanjo Singh-who were
here last year. Promotsr Joe Tur-
mar yotuynod % The Dusk elan and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
MISS M'INTIRE,
B~RIDE-ELECT OF
THURSDAY, FETED

Miss Ruth McIntire, whose we'd
ding is to take place THURSDAY
morning, was honored on Saturday
afternoon at a lovely party when
Mrs. Thomas NJ. Walton entertained
at six tables of bridge.
Guests were invited for $3.50 o'clock
and bridge was enjoyed during the
afternoon. Prize winners of the
afternoon were Miss Helen Walton,
Miss Katherine Savage, and Mrs.
Robert McIntire. Miss McIntire re-
ceived many lovely gifts.
Those present were MISS Ruth Nc
Intire, honoree, Mrs. James Cope
land, Miss Kitty savage, Miss DURAN
Savage, Miss Helen Walton, Mrs
Fred Mote, Mrs. Leroy Tienken
Mrs. Duvall Greer, Mrs. Lloyd W
Moore, Miss Mary B. Foscue, Mrs
w. c. Mebane, Mrs. Mary Hamilton.
Mrs. Miles Clemmer, Mrs. Melton Biz
mingham, Mrs. Ralph Horton, Miss
Eugenia Switzerland, Miss Clara
Lee Lennon, Miss Eva Carter, Mrs.
Goodwin Peterson, Mrs. H. L. Nc
Pherson, Miss Marion Floy, Miss
Mamie Lee kimball, Mrs. Robert
McIntire, NJ S Miriam McIntire,
Miss Rachel Carroll, Mrs. W. F.
King, and Mrs. J. G. Carroll.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
BY RUTH MILLETT

Listening to a successful career
woman give a girl starting her first
job a few tips for making a small
job lead to bigger things. I heard
the following advice. which I pass
on to you:
Don't shy away from responsible
ity. Grasp every little bit You can.
when your employer offers you
added responsibility by saying. DO
you think You can take over such
and-such,' say Yes even if you
have some private doubts. He is
pretty sure you can manage or he
wouldn't be giving you a chance al
it.
IF he is forgetful, be his memory.
See that he is reminded of all ap-
even if you have to tele-
phone him at n meeting to make
sure he goes on to the next.
When YOU telephone to transact
business with offices where you like
to become known, say This is Grace
of the Stephenson corporation
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
Mrs. Thomas H. Wright En-
tertains For Bride To-Be
At Home Here

Honoring Miss Nancy Campbell,
whose wedding to Alva fitzpatrick
Cooper, Jr., will be an interesting
event of Saturday evening, Decem-
Der IA, Mrs. Thomas H. Wright en-
tertained yesterday afternoon with
a lovely tea at her home on North
18th street.
Callers were greeted during the
afternoon in the hall by Mrs. Will
liam S. r. Reane, daughter of Mrs.
Wright, and Miss Mary Read Har-
ris, who presented them to the re-
ceiving line in the drawing room,
composed of Mrs. Wright and Miss
Campbell. The drawing room was
beautifully arranged with vases of
pink roses, carnations and snap
dragons. During the afternoon punch
was served in the sunroom. Tea
and coffee were served in the dining
room, where the table was laid with
a lovely cloth and centered with an
old Venetian glass epergne filled
with lilies OF the valley and burning
candles completed the table appoint
ments. Mrs. l.. Paul Campbell,
mother of the honoree, and Mrs.
Frederick Willetts presided at the
services. The color scheme of green
and white was used in the decora
tons and dainty refreshments.
Around 100 guests called during
the tea hours from 4:3O until $50
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
Trinity Church
To Be Scene OF
Wedding Tonight
Miss Wright Will Become
Bride Of Mr.. Jennings
At 8 O'Clock

The marriage of Miss Rebekah
Wright, daughter of Mr.. n MRS
Isaac Clark Wright, of this CITY,
10 Henry Berchette Jennings, Jr''
of Lumberton, will take place this
evening at 8 o'clock at Trinity
Methodist church.
The Rev. R. L. Jerome, pastor
of fine church, assisted by the Rev.
Allen P. Brantley, of Sanford, Will
officiate at the ceremony.
Miss Wright will be given IN
marriage by her father, and mas
chosen as her attendants her SIS
ter. Miss Bertha Dalton Wright
of Lumberton, as her maid OF ION
or. Bridesmaids will be Mrs. Har'
old l.. Price, of Washington, d.
c.. sister of the bridegroom, Miss
Resale Smith. of New Bern, and
Miss Betty Wright, younger SIS
ter of the bride, will attend has as
Junior bridesmaid.
Mr.. Jennings will have as his
best man his brother, Dudley Jen-
nings, of Pembroke. Groomsmen
will be Neill A. Jennings, OF Sci
ma, Ala, Duval Lemon, Archie
W. Mclean and T. w. Boyce, all
of Lumberton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE
is A FACTOR, TOO

Raleigh, Mrs. Thomas w. Hunter,
Miss Ruth Phillips, of Fayetteville
and Mr.. and Mrs. Neill Jennings,
Iof Selma, Ala.
Friends of Mrs. w. H. Northrop,
Who has been a patient at James
Walker Memorial hospital for the
past several weeks, will be glad to
learn that she has been removed to
the home of her sister, Mrs. Nor
rison w. Divine, on South Front
street, and is getting along nicely.
Friends in Wilmington of Mrs. w.
II. Davis, of Asheville, who is state
president of the North Carolina
Federation of Music clubs, will regret
to learn that she is critically ill a.
her home. Mrs. Davis was in Wi
mington on November 2, when she
attended the Southeastern District
meeting of the North Carolina Fed
GRAFTON of Music clubs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
Concert Singer
Will Appear In
Wilmington Soon
Igor CORN To Give Recital
Through Cooperative
Concert Association

Membership cards in the local Co.
operative Concert association have
been received and are now in process
of being filled out by the secretary.
They will be mailed out in ample
time for the first concert, which is
December 16, with the appearance
in recital of Igor CORN, famous and
popular baritone of the screen, ra-
dio and concert stage.
The other two attractions in the
series will be the Don Platoff Co.'S
sack chorus and Ericourt, famous
French pianist who has recently
come to this country to become head
of the piano department of Chicago
conservatory. All appearances point
to a banner series and much inter-
est is being manifested by the men,
bers.
The membership lists closed for
those who were then resident in
Wilmington at the close of the cam
paign in October, but people coming
the city since that time are eli
gible for membership and are invited
to call E. H. Munson, president, or
VIM. G.. Robertson, secretary and
treasurer, for further details.
Membership cards are transfer
able and admission to any concert
is by card only. The Russian chorus
will appear in January and Ericourt
in April, giving a well-spaced series.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
Tired Kidneys
Often Bring
SIeep|ess Nights

Doctors say your kidneys contain Is miles
Of tiny tubes or filters which help to purify the
niood and keep you healthy. When they get
tred and don't work right in the daytime,
many people have to get up nights. Frequent
or scanty passages with smarting and burning
sometimes shows there is Something wrong
with your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect
inns condition and lose valuable, restful sleep.
When disorder of kidney function permits
poisonous matter to remain in your blood. it
may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic
PANS: leg pains, loss of pep and energy,
sWeil1ng. p%uffiness under the eyes, headaches
and dizziness.
Dont wait! Ask your druggist for Doan's
flils, used successfully by millions for over 40
years: They give happy relief and will help
the 10 miles of kidney tubes flush out poison
GUS waste from your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
Two King Photographs
Shown In BIRMINGHAM

Patrons of h Wilmington
Museum of Art will be interested
to hear William H. King, an Of
ficer of the Wilmington Camera
club, has had two photographs &C
copied for the second annual deep
South Salon of Photograph" at the
Art Gallery, Birmingham, Ala.
These photographs titled Sail
ing" and Sea Buoys" were exhi-
bited last August at the Ocean
Terrace hotel and will be remem-
bered by the people of Whining
ton, as a sample of the fine work
being done by amateur photo
graphers of h Wilmington
Camera club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
GREENSBORO L
PLANS

GREENSBORO, Nov. 26.-Stu-
dents at Greensboro college are pre-,
pairing to observe Thanksgiving day,
November %, when they will be
given a holiday from classes. Christ
mas vacation will begin Thursday,
December 10, at II a. M, and will
continue until Friday, January 3,
1941, when recitations will be re
sumed. Soon after their return to
the college campus, the students
will begin their :nid-year examina-
tons, January 1928, with the Sec
ond semester of the school year be-
ginning January "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
To Make A Small Job Bigger,
Take On More Responsibility
BY AMY PORTER

instead of the anonymous This is
the Stephenson corporation
DO as many things which your
employer hates doing himself as you
can, so that he will come to feel
that you are indispensable; or, tc
put it more accurately, that he would
hate to lose you. That is the way
to put yourself in a position where
You can ask for a raise, and get it.
ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE
is A FACTOR, TOO
Don't expect your job to be per
feet, but if there is something that
should be Strengthened out in fair
ness to You, get. up your courage
and do something about it. If you
are ure hat YOU are justified, the
chances are YOUR employer will see
your side of it.
with all your efficiency and will
ingness to work, don't forget that
it is also important for you to look
attractive and ~well-groomed EVERY
day. The day you look and feel
like a trump is sure t. be the day
you get sent to keep an appointment
your employer couldn't keep"