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Evening star., 1940-12-21
Central, Tech Disp|a,
Pennant CaIiber in
Twin Victories
Vikings Upset Gonzoeo,
While Maroon Quint
Trims Hyottsvi|Ie

Central and Tech are giving their
supporters good reason to nope for
big doings in the high school cham
pionship race next month following
their early-seaSon action. which
ended yesterday. Central whipped
previously unbowed Gonzaga five,
35-l9, while Tech was defeating
Hyattsville, 37-l8, for its second sue
cesslve victory.
The Central victory was the first
real upset of the young season as
the Vikings. even without the serv-
ices of Harry Martin. were able to
lead from the opening whistle. Con-
zaga was held to points in the
first half and never was in the
game as Coach Hardy Pearce let his
Central team show everything it
had for the first time The Vikings
displayed near perfect passing at
tack that Gonzaga was unable to
halt and hit the cords from all
angles.
Sam Di Blasi led the Central at
tack with IA points. with Tommy
Thomaides close behing with 10.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Presidents Birthday
Horse Show Plans
Started at Myer

Officers at Fort Myer today began
preparations for their annual Pres
ident's Birthday Horse Show, to be
held January % and "a as one of the
affairs to raise funds for the fight
against infantile paralysis.
Maj. G. G. Elms, post adjutant, is
to serve as manager of the show,
while the assistant manager is 1t
Fred j. Hughes, jr., adjutant for the
I'd Squadron, Sd Cavalry.
The show will be held in the rid
ing hall at Fort Myer and probably
will be attended by President and
Mrs. Roosevelt and high-ranking
Government officials.
Tentative plans call for a number
of hunter. open jumper and hack
classes, including several for green
horses. In addition there probably
will be competitions for students OF
colleges which offer riding as part
of their curriculum.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Big W Squad Outswims
Southeast Boys Club

Southeast Boys Club swimmers
stepped out of their class yesterday
and received the first setback
suffered this season in bowling to
Y. M. C. A. seniors, 10 to Sc.
The 'Y" team opens its 1941
season January and selected the
meet as final preseason drill
Baltimore "Y" will be the opposi
ton.
5G-ysrd free styleMWen Wy nrby by yohn Miller
'hlTS So:garS !aTnGe bTeast By Phil
Neff, Y. NJ; C; A: second Hansbroueh, s..
E; B: G.: third, Conrad Kreps, Y. M. C. A.
22O-yard free style-Won by Bill Becker,
Y. N. G; A.: second; Dick Kane. Y; N: G.
Boggs, Y. NJ. c: A.; second. John Fielder
Y: M. c. A, third, r. Cation, S. E. B. c.
Time, l:12.3.
l00-yard free style-Won by Harry
B. G.: third, Phil Neff. Time. 1:O1.
Fancy diving Glow board)-Won by Con-
| rad Kreps Y. M. c. A.: second, Glenn
| Plecido: third. Jarboe. Winners points
62.3.
150-yard medley relay-Won by Y. NJ
G. A. lBoges Plecido Baver); second, S
E. B. c. Time. 1886
2OO-yard free style relay-Won by Y NJ
| c. A.; Linot. Rielder. Becker. Palmer)
second. S E. B. C. Time, 1:51.2.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Local Lads to Handle
Army Sports Teams
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WEST POINT, N. Y. Dec. 21-
Two cadets from the Washington
area, Edwin L. Powell Of 325 Emer-
son street NV, and Clare H. Arm
strong of Arlington, Va, have been
named to manage winter sports
teams at the United States Military
Academy this season.
Cadet Powell will handle the
fencing team and Armstrong will
manage the track team.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Ard Patrick Displays
Glass in Informal
Saddle Show
Copt. Kane Rides Own
Mount to Victory in
Fort Myer Event

Ard Patrick, private mount of
Capt. o. X. Kane, commanded new
found respect in the stables at Fort
Myer today.
The chestnut fencer, ridden by his
owner, defeated an exceptionally
strong field of open jumpers in the
feature class of an informal show
given at Fort Myer last night for
officers and enlisted men at the
Virginia post.
And Patrick's rivals included a
number of the Fort Myer horses
that accounted for three classes in
the National Horse Show at New
York and one of these, 1t. Fred j.
Hughes, jr's, Black Caddy, was
second.
A class for ladies' working hunters,
limited to Army entries, was staged
as sidelight to the competitions
for enlisted men and officers and
this event went to Mrs. L. J. Nc
Nair, riding Here's How. The sum-
marieS:
Recruits, class tshown at walk. trot and
canter)-Won by Pvt Vertner: second
Recess. Pvt. Maddux; third. Polly Pagan,
Pvt, Oil; fourth, Diane, Pvt. Peterson.
Remounts-Won by Bisque. 1t. Cas-
sedy: second. Doc Power. 1t. Greenwood;
third. Fury. 1t. Hughes: fourth. Hartman
1t. Clark.
Novelty class-Won by Pvt. Dean: sec
ond. Pvt. Lacy: third, Pvt. E. Johnson;
fourth. Pvt. Straw.
Ladies WORKING hunters-,Won by Here's
How, Mrs. McNalr: second. Maui Girl, Mrs
Lyman; third. Adobe. Mrs. Donaldson;
fourth. GabbyS Scamp Patricia Henry
Lieutenants' iumping-Won by Stream
line, 1t. Slppincott second, Babe. 1t. Al
faht' third. Black Beauty. 1t. Buckley;
fourth. Sandy. 1t. Foster
Noncommissioned officers iumping--Won
by Foolish One. Sergt. Jaffe: second, Temp
taton, Sergt. Haig; third. Erin. Corpl
Wittingstall; fourth. Reckless, Corpl. La
mleux
Open jumping-Won by Ard Patrick
owned and ridden by Capt. O. K. Kane:
second Black Caddy. owned and ridden by
1t. Fred Hughes. ir.; third. High Time,
owned and ridden by Capt. Don Vars:
fourth. Reno owned and ridden by Capt.
Andrew Boyle.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

Score at ,half-Central. 1916. Referee
Mr.. Shirley.
In defeating Hyattsville. 37-l8,
the Maroon doWned a doughty little
team that had only one previous
loss on a fve-game record, and that
to the strong Bethesda-Chevy Chase
quint by one point. Comparative
scores place Tech among the. strong
contenders for the school champion
ship.
Tech stepped into an early lead
and never was threatened, even
though its captain, Jackie Walsh,
was absent because of a Christmas
job. Hyattsville's regular center,
Roland KidWell, was missing for the
same reason. Every man on the
Maroon five scored, with Eddie Bar
ton leading the way with 10 points.
Keith Tadlock with nine was best
for HyattSVille,
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Grid Success, Coach Finds Basket Ball Harder
Dbber Must Quick Reactions Says Henderson Of Marshall

"In the zone you play for the
ball. in the man-for-man you
play for the man." he said. This
makes a rougher game and con-
trary to what many think, isn't as
fast a game as under the zone
style"
Marshall last season played
nearly 80 games and won all but
three, defeating Southern Cali
fornia, Tennessee and City COL
lege of New York among others.
c. c. N. Y. was whipped, 81 to rs,
one Of the worst ickings it ever
took on its own floor.
Henderson is glad about one
thing-hell have High Pointer
Hunt back for his football team
next fall.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

Pursuing his theme, Henderson
said: ITO begin with, a basket ball
player must have quicker reac-
tions than a football player.
Football is a game of dia-
grams, this halfback to take the
ball to right, the fullback to take
out the opposing halfback, and
so on. Basket ball plays can't be
worked out with the assurance
they will be executed so smoothly.
The difference of a split second
may ruin a basket ball scoring
play"
Henderson, in his sixth year at
Marshall, much prefers the zone
type of basket ball play to the
man-for- man style.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Brow|ing Hockey Eagles Stage
As River Wales Bow Not Apt to
Lose Fans to Any Rival Team

That precipitated a miniature war,
with Washington and River Vale
players gleefully slugging away.
River Wales Hughie Bell and young
fan mixed briefly by the Skeeters'
bench and the Eagles Gordon Hem
ming stopped a stick with his head
before order was restored.
McKinnOn Is Banished.
Courteau was punished with an
other 10-minute misconduct penalty
and McKinnon was ordered from the
bench by Tom Lockhart. jr., presi-
dent of the Eastern League. Courteau
also drew 1-match suspension and
will not be available when the
Eagles tangle with the Sea Gulls
tonight at Atlantic City.
Lockhart also suggested the penalty
box be separated from the visiting
players bench and Owner Leoffer
will comply.
The game itself was enough to
satisfy the 1877 fans. Washing
ton. sparked by Norman Burns and
Hal Dewey, who scored three and
two goals, respectively. tied the score
at 3-3 minute after the final period
opened and then spurted into a Ga
lead.
The Eagles uphill battle was
climaxed in the fourth period when
Burns scored twice and Dewey and
Len Burrage once each before al
lowing the Skeeters to whittle then
m q rpin to its final nrOpOrtiOnS
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Duke VS.. George Washington,
Tech gym, $3.50.
Fredericksburg VS.. Washington
Lee High, Ballston, Va, 8.
Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Atlantic
City Sea Gulls, Atlantic City.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, Dec. 2l.-Speaklng
as man who has coached both
many a year, long. lean Cam
Henderson contends that good
basket ball is harder to teach
than good football.
Henderson coaches at Marshall
College in West Virginia, where
his stellar fullback, Jackie Hunt,
led the Nations football scorers
with 1852 points this season.
He brought his Marshall cagers
out to mile-high Denver to play in
a three-night intersectional pro-
gram with Oregon State, New
Mexico and three Colorado
schools. closing tonight.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Dean Sturs for F. B. !.

"Dopey" Dean, former Eastern
High star, led the F. B. I. five to a
62-14 rout of Tucker A. c. yesterday
in a Government League tilt. The
lanky G-Man sank eight field goals
to take scoring honors over team
mate Frank.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Baugh Lone Redskin
On Pros Official
An-America
Four of '39 Team Retuin
Berths; Three D. c. Men
On Second Eleven

Corresponding exactly with the
Associated Press team announced
last week. the official 1910 ALL
America professional football eleven
was announced today with Sammy
Baugh as the lone Redskin repre-
sentative
With the country's Professional
Football Writers Association taking
over for the first time the league
coaches former assignment of pick
ing the official team, the team is
consensus of 90 scribes from every
city represented in the circuit.
Only four of 1895 official team
retained their positions-Don Hut
son of the Packers at end, Joe
Stydahar and Danny Fortmann of
the Bears at tackle and guard and
Mel Helm of the Giants at center
It was the third successive year that
Parker. Hutson and Fortmann were
so honored Whizzer White, out of
the game last year, regained the
flrSt-team berth at halfback he won
in 1885,
Steelers, Cards Don't Rate.
Altogether. seven of the leagues 10
teams are represented on the first
eleven and the Philadelphia Eagles,
one of the three unrepresented,
placed two on the second team.
Only the Pittsburgh Steelers and
Chicago Cardinals did not place a
man on either the first or second
teams.
| Once again. Jock Sutherland S
Brooklyn Dodgers led all teams in
representation, placing three-Ace
Parker, Perry Schwartz and Frank
| (Bruiser Kinard The champion
Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions
placed two each. with the team
being completed by single nomina-
tions from the Giants, Rams, Pack
ers and Redskins.
/ AS he did last year. Hutson LED
the balloting. He received 81 nomi-
nations for the first team and the
other five writer's placed him on the
second to give him the astounding
total of $50 votes out of a possible
460. Fortmann of the Bears was
the next popular choice, drawing II
first1team votes. Johnny Drake
Cleveland's battering fullback, was
third with 70.
Bears Turner Second Choice.
Clyde (Bulldog) Turner was tht
only other freshman besides Looney
to make the second team. The Red.
skins and Giants each placed three
men on the runnerup combination
Jim Barber, Steve Sivinski ane
Dick Todd being the Indians.
|
Evening star., 1940-12-21
DECEMBER II
Women.
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Grid Teams to Clash

Glen Echo Ramblers and the
Maryland Aces gridders will clash
tomorrow on the Maryland Park
High School field starting at 1:30.
In an earlier engagement this sea-
son the Ramblers defeated the Aces.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Hockey Standings

Results Last Night.
WASHINGTON. 6: River Vale. 5.
Boston. .; Baltimore. !.
New York 5; Atlantic City, >.
Coming Games.
Today-WASHINGT at Atlantic City;
Baltimore at Boston; New York at River
Vale.
Observation-Disclosures at New York
Evening star., 1940-12-21

Today a year ago-Pittsburgh,
Michigan State, Notre Dame and
Nebraska were mentioned as pos
sible successors to Chicago in
Big Ten Football Conference.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

Spares: River Vale-Goodfellow: Port
land. Geoffrey, Nilsson. S. May Maltson'
Ranniker. Washing ton-McTeer Mcbride.
Pranschke Mailley. Burns. Dewey, Mac
Beth.
Referee-Mr. Stevenson. Linesman-Mr.
Reilly.
First period scoring: /. Skeeters-Terry
(Ranniker, Mattsonl. sos. Penalties:
Eagles-Courteau tripping, minor.
Second period scoring: ., Eagles-Burns
tMailley). 2:4s: j., Skeeters-Rannlk
tMcGregor), 6:56., 4. Skeeters--Mattson
(Ranniker Goodfellowl. 12:17. ). Eagles
Dewey Burrase. Mcbride Penalties: Pei
utes}. Courteau misconduct. 10 minutes.
German ttripping. minor Skeetersl
Coach McKinnon misconduct, banned
from gamel. Terry Gripping, minor.
Terry Gripping. minor. ~
(Mailley). 1909 :, Eagles-Burrage
Bride, 613. ., Eagles-Burns (unas-
sitedl, 15:9s. 70 skee,ersMNiehols ,Me-
son (BelD. 1903. Penalties: .Eagles-eBur
rage 1checkine into boards. minorl skeet- I
ers-Terry Gripping minor, Nichols "Trip
ping, minor.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

employed at center against the Gel
tics, replacing Mike Bloom, who
likely will be released.
Evening star., 1940-12-21
Quu|ifiers in Star Pin Tourney
SILVER SPRING.
Men.

Saturday, December 2s at go pm;
Monday, December 80; Tuesday. December
81, at 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1940-12-21

Note-Silver Spring women aualihers
were published Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Christmas Is Coming-Fast

Wilmingtonians generally might take a leaf
from the merchants notebook to good advan-
tage. The merchants already are planning for
Christmas. At a meeting yesterday they con-
sidered a united program not only for the
promotion of sales, which is a high objective,
OF course, but for the convenience of shoppers.
Surely, this emphasizes the nearness of the
Yuletide and the importance of giving thought
to the season for gifts now.
1t is not too soon to direct attention to the
advantages of early Christmas shopping. By
starting now, and Christmas goods are al
ready appearing in the stores, one may es
cape the final rush, not only at the counters
but in packaging and mailing. 1t is hard tt
think of a pleasanter feeling than accompanies
knowledge that all Christmas presents are of
ones mind long before the great day arrives
The post office department will cooperate
with you by withholding deliveries until Christ
mas Eve. From a selfish viewpoint it is
worth while to shop early.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
MISSED THE BOAT
WinStOn-Salem Journal

Hitler is said to believe strongly in signs and
omens. For that reason he was expected tt
make a desperate effort to invade England on
October 10.
In order to make history repeat, the Ger.
man dictator should have attempted an invas.
ion of England on that date. For it vas on o.
tober 10, 1865, that William, Duke of Norman
dy, successfully invaded England. And it was
on October IA that he defeated England's Har.
old in the battle of Hastings, and marched to
the throne of England.
But if Hitler really had in mind any idea of
commemorating the anniversary with q repeti.
ton of the success of William, the British dis
abused his mind of the thought by showing him
that they were prepared with a formidable re-
ception committee.
England has not been invaded since October
10, 1865, and the conqueror succeeded then
largely because of treachery in the royal
household. Most Americans hope and many
are beginning to believe that such an invasion
will not happen again in our time.
1t is true that Hitler has much more effective
means Of penetrating the British Isles and
waging successful warfare thereon than did
William the Conqueror. But the British also
are much better prepared to resist invasion
than was Harold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Parking For Ruralites

The Junior Chamber of Commences plan tc
open a parking lot for out = of = towners
is to be commended. A small charge will be
made upon entering the lot and this will be
refunded upon presentation of evidence that
purchases totaling 81 have been made at any
of a group of stores yet to be selected.
BY this means rural jewellers may come tc
Wilmington to shop, and be saved the GUS
tomary aggravation of hunting hither and yon
for space for their autos at a curb within
easy walking distance Of the main business
area. Properly advertised and promoted
there is good reason to believe the arrange
ment will draw shoppers from the hinterland
in increasing numbers.
Now that the Jaycees have set the pace 1t
may be expected that merchants in other Sec
tons will adopt the same plan for the COM
fort and convenience of city dwellers. There
is no means OF accurately estimating the
or money value Of sales lost to down.
town stores through lack of adequate parking
places. But it is safe to believe that the finan-
cial loss runs to five or six figures. There
are many known cases of citizens resorting to
mail order buying because this system
not involve the annoyance Of seeking,
and often not finding, parking space.
A parking lot, or several lots, operated on
the principle to be used by the Jaycees prob
ably would bring a substantial increase in
store sales at no material advance in 'over-
head'' to the participating merchants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Many Kinds Oh Ballots

The Council of State Governments is author
ity for the statement that many varieties of
the Australian secret ballot, which was first
adopted in this country by Kentucky in 1883,
will be marked by voters in As of the 48
states in the November 5 election. The three
states which have not adopted the Australian
ballot are Delaware, Georgia and South Caro-
lima.
Delaware allows party leaders to distribute
ballots before election day. In Georgia, al
though a variation of the Australian ballot is
provided for by state law, each county has
the option of its use. South Carolina still uses
party papers," each party putting out its
own ballots.
AS safeguards against unofficial ballots most
OF the states require an official endorsement.
printed or stamped on the back Of every ballot
In all states the ballot must be folded before
1t is deposited. Twenty-Five states require some
form Of stub to circumvent chain voting. or
the "Tasmanian dodge"-a ruse by which one
stolen ballot starts an endless chain of marked
ballots deposited by bought voters.
Another device for Identifying the ballot is
the initiating or signing of the ballot on the
back by one or more judges or clerks
Arkansas passed a duplicate ballot law IN
1885. The box Of duplicate ballots, which are
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24

ever the actual range Of their ships to dror
their missiles, there is no great comfort here
as far as Americans are concerned. Teamwork
of this kind would be possible against us in
war unless our navy could control the sea far
from our shores.
At present, isolated raids on distant objec-
tivee, even though they have the advantage OF
surprise, are not likely to nave much effect.
They can do damage. but this damage can be
Steady, sustained assaults are neces-
sary if any campaign of aerial bombing is to
have a decisive bearing on the outcome Of the
war.
Nevertheless, the radius Of action is being
increased. Our own plans for de.
tense must take full account of that fact.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Balkan Problems

Hopes that Turkey and Russia will combine
to veto any new Nazi thrust through the
Dardanelles to the near East cannot help BIZ
be strengthened by reports now trickling out
of that area. The massing of hundreds Of
thousands of Turkish troops near Adrianople
is a sign that the Turks are getting ready to
fight if need be; the rumors of Russian-Turkish
military talks fall into the same pattern. The
sudden black-out of Bucharest, obviously
ordered in Berlin, seems prompted less by
Nazi anxiety over possible British raids that
worry over what Germany's Russian partner
may have in mind.
> However, what we are getting is still about
nine-tenths runor and less than one-tenth fact
and it is obviously impossible to make any
hard and fast conclusions on this basis. Re-
ports from the Balkans, always unreliable,
were never more so than today. 1t is plain
enough that a blow-up is brewing there.
Outside of Russia's role, the outstanding
question is whether Britain is going to allow
herself to be caught mapping again or whether
she will be able to anticipate the Axis moves.
The British, for instance, cannot allow Greece
to be turned into another Norway. If Germany
and Italy take over the whole of the Greek
peninsula the British position in the near East,
her defense of Egypt, Suez and the vital oil
fields in that area will be seriously weakened.
Britain's task, here as in Norway, is to keep a
step ahead Of the Nazi moves.
This task is complicated both by British
scruples and by a lack of British forces to do
the job. British strength in this area is mainly
naval; she has few if any troops to spare
from other fronts. She cannot, in any case,
hope to match the enormous power Of the
German and Italian military machines now
poised for action on Balkan frontiers. But
despite the hazards and handicaps involved
in positive action Britain cannot leave the
initiative to Hitler many more times without
making her difficulties a great deal worse
than they already are.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Editorial Comment
CAR PARKING SOLUTION
Raleigh News and Observer

Addressing a district meeting of the North
Carolina Building and Loan League here last
night, DR.. Malcolm McDermott of Duke. Uni
versity suggested that bomb-proof shelters may
become an accepted feature of American arch
~itecture.
Said DR.. McDermott:
In Spain. in China, in Poland, in Finland,
in Holland. France, Belgium and now in Eng
land We have seen the bombing of civilians
homes from the air become a regular method
Of waging war. If this sort of thing is to con-
tinue, then man must become a subterranean
dweller. Our general type of architecture must
change. 1t must 60 down, instead of up. What
I am saying is not as fanciful as it ounds
Without passing on the question of how fan
ciful' the suggestion is, The News and OBJ
server wishes to add to it a suggestion OF its
own. 1t is that when the bomb-proof shelters
are built they be designed so that when no
bombs are falling the shelters may be used to
accommodate the parked automobiles which
now litter up the streets of all cities. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-24
Long-R Range Bombing

Regardless of the actual military value OF
the long-distance air raid carried out by the
Italians against oil refineries and stores on
Bahrein Island, this thrust clear across Asia
Minor to the Persian Gulf is a remarkable
achievement. 1t is also prophetic.
Even Italian accounts of the feat are some.
what confusing. One version is that the bomb.
ers flew 2, 1900 miles to strike this blow at the
British, while another has it that they flew
this distance on the way out. The latter state.
ment fails to fit the facts of geography, how.
ever. since 1t is only 1890 miles from Sicily
to the island and 900 miles from Bahrein to
Eritrea. and it may be that the Italians follow.
cd that general route.
This was not a nonstop flight, apparently,
tor the Italians say their bombers refueled al
sea by making contact with submarines. What.