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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
Defense Program

National defense will be dis cussed at a meeting of the Wa terbury Chapter, Connecticut So- ciety of Professional Engineers, Monday night. The speakers will be announced.
 Plans for the winter were dis cussed last night and a commit. tee on arrangements was ap- pointed. It consists of R. F. Hughes, of Naugatuck, chairman, assisted by w. P. Vaill and Eric w. Benedict, of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
PROFESSORS FI1NERAL.

Middletown. Conn, Oct. 10-CUP)
 Funeral services will be held Fri day for Morris Barker Crawford, 88, professor emeritus of physics at Wesleyan University. who died late yesterday after an illness. Born at OSSinging, N. Y, Prof. Crawford was credited with being the first person in Connecticut to have taken an x-ray picture of a broken bone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
BY MARGARET CULKIN
 n AyNyYN0

01 NAkABGhRE1 OOLnAN
 BANNING
 Author of Letters to 'Susan," "The
 Case for Chastity" i" "She Teaches Your Children" etc.
 We have begun to realize in this country that if we are not actively for democracy we are against it, for every unconvinced mind is a breed ing place for the doctrine of totali- tarianism. It will be impossible to fight fanaticisn in action with any, thing less than complete conviction on the other side. And as this fact comes clearer, we see that we must be fully prepared mentally as well as physically to meet the enemy. The mental enemy may get here first. We know that too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

Sixteenth of 24 articles on "Our Country" written exclusively for NEA Service and the Waterbury Democrat by the nations most fa- mOur authors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10
MASS

WALSH-First anniversary mass of requiem wil be celebrated Satur- day morning, Oct. 18th. at 500 o'clock, at the Blessed Sacrament Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs Julia Downey Walsh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-10

People Of Che Netherlands Indies are increasing ilteIr patronage q government railways,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
OTHER INDIVIDUAL
AWARDS PLANNED
Winners In Both Open And
Novice Divisions To Get
Miniature Gloves

Four trophies and individual
awards of miniature gold boxing
gloves will be awarded winners in
the Star-News-Brigade Colder
Gloves tournament to be staged in
the New Hanover high school gym
nasium on February S, 6 and Z.
The trophies include the team
trophy for the boxing team placing
the most men on the contingent
that will represent Wilmington in
the Southeastern United States
meet in Atlanta, Ca, the trophy
for the best boxer, the most popu-
lar boxer and the craftsmanship
award.
Winners in the open division will
receive boxing trophies and run
ners-up will receive miniature gold
boxing gloves. Winners in the no
vice division will receive miniature
gold boxing gloves and %runners-up
in this division will receive silver
gloves.
Tourney officials will judge who,
in their opinion, is the best boxer
and the most popular boxer will
be judged by the acclaim of the
fans. The most sought-after award,
the craftsmanship trophy, will be
awarded after a vote of all Off
Gals and the opinions of the box
ers in the meet.
ro,xaor,o~+ ofFioio1c II, o~~n,,rn.
ing the various awards to be made
this year, said last night that in
dications point to a record number
of entries in the meet.
A report that Red Beard, popuar
young welterweight of Fayetteville,
who competed here last year, will
be back for the 1910 meet, was re-
ceived last night.
Father James A. Marley, who
has charge of the Wilmington
open and novice divisions teams,
said last night that the entire
squad looked good.
The Golden Gloves gym on North
Front street was again crowded
last night as the Wilmington box
ers continued their nightly work
outs to get into condition for the
tourney.
Ticket sales continued yesterday
to move rapidly, the Senior Frater'
nifty reported. Tickets may be Sc
cured from any member of the
fraternity or at the Star-News Of
fees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
BY SID FEEDER

NEW YORK, Jan. 25-LR-Out of
the first showing of the bigger and
better Henry Armstrong came the
conviction today, even for the die
hards among the ring critics and
customers, that little perpetual Mo-
ton" definitely belongs among fist
iana's greats.
Of his n%ine-round t. C C a |
knockout over Pedro Montanez in
the 18th successful defense of his
world welterweight championship
last night, the chief impression left
with the faithful, of whom there
were 1857 in Madison Square Gar
den, was that this new, heavier and
I eadlier punching buzzsaw had de-
finitely proved his right to a niche
in the fight games hall of fame.
One old-timer, summing himself
along Jacobs Beach, put it this
way:
eff there is any fighting man
within ten pounds of Armstrong
around today capable of whipping
him, then he hasn't registered with
the census taker."
A trifle slower, but pounds heav-
ier-he scaled 139 Gland still! the
same forward-moving leather pitch
err, the little Los Angeles negro was
nightly pleased that the folks felt
he finally had ARRIVED" but that
wasn't the principal matter on his
mind.
Chief among the Hammers
thoughts, naturally. was to drop in
at Promoter Mike Jacobs office and
pick up a check for something like
$17,500 as his IS percent pay for the
evenings chores. Montanez. the
gallant Puerto Rican who, by his
game, hopeless stand, wiped out any
thoughts that he haG the least DIT
Of what the mob calls "geezer" or
"kyoodle" in his makeup, received
about $4,000, or 20 percent of the
net gate of O,556. The gross was
$59,575.
Second on the list of things &C.
cupying Henry's attention a S
what now?" He and his large
manager, Eddie Mead, had been
planning on two more fights-one
more w~elterweight defense, possibly
against AL Davis, Brooklyn textbook
specialist, and then a try at Ceferino
Garica's California-New York por-
H. H. ,.ll1o-,o;rl + tlron~
The Davis doings are a cinch to
come off if Al can do an artistic job
against Lightweight King Lou Am
bers here Feb. %, and provided a
slight difficulty with the law doesn't
get any worse for the Brooklyn bel
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
By LOU BLACK

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. Is
R-The elimination of th> second
half kickoff as a panacea for sew
eral Of footballs ills was recon-
mended today by Wildly Neale, di-
rector of Yale's vast intramural
sports program, after two years of
experimenting.
Neale, one of the Els gr;diron
greats, reported the study revealed
there had been marked decreases in
the number of injuries and tie con-
tests and impressive gains in scor-
ing as the result of Kidding the game
of it's most dangerous play"
"While others have been debating
the subject for years, we've been
putting it to a practical test in our
intramura1 games" said Neale,
whose brother, Earle (Greasy)
Neale, is assistant varsity football
coach.
"At the end of our 1888 inter.col-
lege season, during which As games
were played, it was generally con-
coded that something should be
done to eliminate the number of tie
games by increasing scoring oppor-
tunitieS," said Neale,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
Elimination Of Second-Falf
Kickoff In Football Proposed

Il suggested the second-half kick
off be eliminated and the ball be put
in play in the same as at
the beginning of the second and
fourth quarters.
THE results OF this change, com.
pairing the seasons of 1888 and 1889,
with the same ten Trans and identi.
cal relative strength, clearly reveal.
ed there were marked decreases in
injuries and tie games. They also
clearly showed more scoring"
The conclusions of Neale, an out.
standing back on Yale's unbeaten
1928 eleven, YER supported by two
of the states leading officials,
James E. Coogan and George T.
White, who worked most of the
games.
White, commissioner of the East
+ Preparatory Schools Football
association, said he would recon-
mend that his organization consider
elimination of the s%econd-half kick
off this fall.
Yale's board of athletic contro
was reported very interested il
the results. but nobody in authority
would comment,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
Washington Turns Down
Subsidization Program

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25.-R-The
Post.Dispatch said today Washing
ton university had declined to adopt
a subsidization program for foot
ball players, proposed by a down
town" alumni group.
Under this groups plan, the
newspaper said, the university was
to provide SO full-time scholarships
for the football squad and the alum
nj were to raise a fund of $4,000
for room and board for the ath-
letes.
Jimmy Councilman, head coach at
Washington for egiht years. re-
signed recently, repeatedly because
of differences with the graduate
group over it's efforts to bring
''big-time football" to the univer-
sity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
WIN HOCKEY
LOOP FLAG AT Y
League Leaders Defeat Snaps
1923 In Final First Half
Schedule Game

The Soda Crackers clinched the
first half championship Of the
Midget hockey and basketball lea
que at the Y. M. c. A. yesterday
by trimming the Chocolate Snaps
in a fiery contest by a score of
1873.
The Soda Crax had to come from
behind, when the Snaps got the
jump in a breezy first period and
led by 80 at that point. The Crax
rallied and Tailed 4 to l in the
second period and from that point
it was a battle royal all the way.
With only two minutes to go, the
Snaps put on a scoring spree to
bring the count to 1913 but could
not hold the pace. For the winners
Fryar scored 3, Willis 5 and Hud-
dleson 4 goals while Mathin had 1,
Groom 2, Jeffords 4 and Sudbury 2
for the losers.
The other game Of the evening
was a SO win for the Animal
Crackers over the favored TIC Bits
J.. T. Johnson turned in a brilliant
offensive performance" by scoring
all nine Of his teams points. Har'
veil was the star OF the It'd Bit
floor game, contributing 8 goals
while Conway aided the cause with
2 and Gilbert i.
The second half begins next
Tuesday afternoon.
Standing of the teams at the
$500 r H. fsnrk L1Jf.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
FIRMS MAY YET STAGE OLYMPICS
RULES BODY WILL
CONSIDER CHANGE
Proposal Advanced That Fin
land Be Allowed To Stage
Games In 1941
By BILL BONI

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-R-Bas-
ed on a belief that Finland yet may
work some sort of military miracle,
the suggestion has been made to
Avery Brundage, head of the Amerl-
can Olympic committee and U. s..
representative on the international
committee, that precedent be brok-
en- by giving the Firms a chance to
stage the Olympic games in 1871:
Under I. o. C. rules, the games
of the Twelfth Olympiad must be
held in 1910 or not at all. Still, the
Firms spent some 8$,OO0,000 on
preparations, and there is a strong
feeling that they are entitled to
more of a return than simply being
left with a white elephant" ct an
athletic plant on their hands
especially since the 1914 games al
ready have been awarded to Lon
don.
There are two additional reasons
behind the suggestion for pushing
the games back to next year. One
is thai reports from Helsinki SO far
indicate the athletic plant@the
main stadium, in particular-has
escaped damage in the Russian
bombings. The other is the possibili-
ty that Finland might have some
thing extra-special up its sleeve"
since it's Olympic officials so far
have taken no action to relinqulsh
the Olympics.
Because no definite word from
the Firms is expected until April
or May, the A. o. C. must, IN
Brundage's own words, keep our
machinery ready Sc that If, by any
chance, the games are held, we will
be in a position to go into high
gear on short notice"
From the standpoint Of U. S.
participation, the 1910 games would
have been the best ever in the nor-
NAL course of events. when the
war started" Brundage says, w
were further advanced comparative
ly than ever before" He points out
that games committees had been at
work for over two years selecting
their best athletes; that 216 fund
raising committees were organized,
and that, in the three months Up
to last September, the New York OF.
flee had accepted more than $4,000
in deposits on steamship space,
housing at Helsinki and Olympic
game tickets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
Calender, Miley Meet
Today In Golf Finals

PUNTA GORDA, Fla, Jan. 25.-
GA visitor from California, play
ing her first Florida golf tourna-
ment, meets Marion Miley, Lexing-
ton Ky) veteran, tomorrow in the
finals of the annual women's win
ter tournament here.
Clara Calender, Long Beach,
Calf, who tied Miss Miley for the
medal with an 81 in the qualifying
round, came through today with a
2 and 1 victory over Jane Cothran,
Greenville, S. c.
1t almost became an all-Cali-
fornia final because little Elizabeth
Hicks, also of Long Beach, carried
Miss Miley to the goth hole before
the Kentucky golfer managed to
win their semi-final match
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
lO-Round Bout Between Gran.
piers To Headline Sports
Card At Stadium

Boxing will be mixed with vrast
ling at Legion stadium Tucsdar
night to give Wilmington sports
fans their best dish to date in tho
way of a graphing menu Promot.
er Mike Miller said last night.
Ray Wilmer, of S.. Louis. and
Dick Lever, of Nashville, Tenn
who waltzed around fast and fur.
iously in a wrestling match last
week, will don boxing gloves for
a ten-round match.
Both men can handle their mitts
as we'll as execute difficult wrast.
ling holds, as both seriously con,
sidered entering professional box.
ing ranks before they decided 10
take to the mat.
Miller said that Lever issued the
challenge and claimed that this
set-to should settle the question
once and for all as to who is bet.
ter in the ring.
The fistic event will follow a
bout between John Grandovitch
and Floyd Marshall, of St. Louis.
Marshall, Il newcomer here. has
many years experience in the rinp
and has built himself to the front
ranks of wrestling. lie will fall
short of Grandovitch in height as
the hefty southern title.holder
stands six feet and six inches
bootless, but he can make up that
difference in ponderous strength
and versatility.
The wrestling match will start at
'S:15 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
Y QUlNT TO PLAY
KITTENS SATURDAY
Juniors, New Hanover Fresh.
man Cagers To Meet In
Return Engagement

The Y. M. C. A. Juniors will meet
the New Hanover Wildkittens in a
return basketball game on the Y
court Saturday night.
The Kittens Won the first tilt,
played before Christmas, by a 91-1S
score.
Although once-trimmed by the
older and larger high school lads,
the Triangles are yet confident
that they will be able to chalk up
the necessary points for a victory
Saturday night. Several members
Of the team have been absent from
practices this week on account of
flu but most of the mare expect
ed to be on deck for the opening
whistle Saturday.
The "Y" lineup is not definitely
known but will probably consist OF
Owensby at center and helms and
Smith or Crowley at the forward
berths. If Kelly and King are I'm
able to resume the guard posts
they will be supplanted by Rayno1
and Bell as the starters. Reserves
include Walker, Daniels, Durham,
Jackson, Milton and Newton.
The Wildkittens will throw two
or three teams of almost equa.
strength into the fray and are be-
ing favored by fans to mark up
their second decision over the
downtowners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
CROSBY Golf MEET
WILL OPEN TODAY
Largest Field In History OF
Tournament Will Be
Seeking $4,000 Purse

DEL MAR, Calf, Jan. 25.-P-
Bing Croby's annual golf tourna-
ment, a regulation affair which has
it's funnier moments, gets under
way tomorroy. The largest field in
it's history is ready to fire away
for the $4,000 cash purse and anna
teur trophies.
Crosby, who promotes songs, race
horses, fighters and anything that
comes from Spokane, Wash, can
claim distinctions for this golf
tournament.
1t is the only one in existence
that starts from the first tee and
winds up three days later in a bar
beeue pit, the only n where the
sponsor has no doubt of the flnan'
cial outcome.
Crosby can be dead sure, clever
months and twelve days in ad
vance, that it will cost him from
5000 to $40, 900 to put on this
party.
It is the fastest growing, non
profit tournament in the country
Despite the fact it Logan in a vlo
lent rainstorm three years ago anc
has maintained a near-perfect rec
ord in this respect since. more
than 800 golfers will bang arounc
the Rancho Sante Fe course during
the coming seige.
In the 1887 tournament, which
Sam Snead won, few more thar
100 entered, Now the fat field
boasting virtually every name
player in the game, looks like tn
Los Angeles open in its palmies
$4,000 days.
1t is sudden death, this 36-holt
event, which is just what the tlre(
amateur needs. Or the carefree pro
for that matter. OAe bad round Ii
all :. man requires to escape thu
strain of championship effort IN
this meet. It's easy to alibi on
sour round, but two, or three
can't be done.
Some of the very finest mediocr'
amateur golfers in the western par
of the United States and Hollywood
are here to defend their laurels
in this division, and Bob Hope ma!
get in Saturday.
One thing about these splendit
mediocrities, as fine as they are
they still have to pay a So entr!
fee, but professionals, from top t.
bottom, don't.
That is another unusual feature
of the Crosby party. 1t is one tout
nament where the pros don't bat
tie for their own money.
Gene Sarazen should come ou1
sometime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
-Four Trophies To Be Awarded AT GIG Meet
Wilmer, Lever To Meet
In Boxing Match Tuesday
Cold Weather Reduces
Seats In Grid Stadium

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 25.-(R
University of Nebraska's me-
mortal stadium would seat ~
fewer people these days than it
did last summer - and not be-
cause the seats are too cold for
comfort.
Prof. Daniel III. Hardness OF
the civil engineering department
figured out the concrete stands
shrink as much as four inches
when the temperature drops to
Is below zero, as it did today.
And that means there would be
room for 20 fewer customers.
The athletic department is not
worried. No sporting events are
scheduled i'll Is below weather.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
Walter johnson Plans
To Run For Congress

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 3d.
R-Walter johnson, the Amer
lean league s%peedball king OF
other days. is going to try to
comeback in Westinghouse a
congressman.
Johnson, now = Montgomery
county commissioner. announc.
ed tonight his candidacy for
the republican nomination for
representative from the Sixth
Maryland district. The seat is
now held by William d. Byron,
democrat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26

In areas where bears hibernate,
most of them r denned up by late
December. When they begin their
fast period, they are covered with a
thick layer Of fat just under the skin
and they still are fairly fat when
they emerge in the spring. But
food is scarce then, and they lose
weight rapidly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
.Wiliston Cagers Play
Rocky Mount Tonight

The Williston basketball teams
will play the Rocky Mount cagers
here tonight. with the opening
game between the girls team SEIZED.
uled to start at 7:3O o'clock.
The boys game will follow the
opening tilt.
Rocky Mount was the only team
TO defeat the Williston quint last
season and the game tonight prom
Uses to be as close as any this
reason.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26

Planes which tow huge advertis-
ing banners find it necessary to
make a quick takeoff in order to
get these signs in the air. The sign
is laid in front Of the plane in a
position to suddenly be whipped off
the ground when the ship leaves
the field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
Church School Cagers
To Resume Play Today

Grammar school and church
school basketball teams will be &C.
tive on the Y. M. c. A. court this
weekend with a total of nine
games booked for today and Sat.
urday. The Eighth grade teams,
boys and girls, will begin play this
afternoon at 800 o'clock.
Church school teams take to the
court at s .. m. with three games
scheduled for the evening. Satur'
day afternoon will bring two games
in Sunday school play.
Friday Church School league
schedule:
8 p. m.-Immanuel VS.. Southside.
$40 D. m.-Fifth Avenue VS.
Tabernacle.
9:2o p. m.-Calvary VS.. st. An
ldrews.
Saturday Church School league:
3 p. m.-Lutheran Mission VS.
First Baptist.
1920 D.. m.-Covenant VS.. FRS
Presbyterian (practice game).
Due to Temples dropping from
the loop, Covenant will play
practice game with the First Pres
byterian team. The Saturday
league is having a hot second hall
race with the Covenant, First Pres
byterian and Lutheran Mission
teams coming down the stretch
neck-and-neck. First Baptist's first
half champions are trailing these
three in the second half.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
Armstrong Recognized AS One
OF Best In Fight Business

ter. This difficulty came about when
AL, steamed up" over a ribbing a
neighbor in Brownsville had been
handing him for months, let fly a
punch at the 'ribber." This party
of the second part went down and
out, and had AL arrested for assault
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26

oSCdh DAtO
While shivering through this sub
normal weather it seems hard to
realize that only about four months
e we were diving into the ocean
off the New Hanover coast or eye
ing shapely mermaids on the sand.
Pictures of bathing beauties in
Florida are good entertainment for
the winter-bound. In fact, the busl-
ness of dreaming about tropical
climes is good for the soul.
But that is hardly sports. And
then again it might be.
The Olympics
There is a growing movement on
foot to ask the Olympics committee
to allow the games scheduled for
1910 to be held in 1941 in Finland.
OF course, the movement is based
on the hope that Finland will have
cleared its ledger of Red marks by
then and will be in condition to
stage the games.
AS one commentator said, every
one believes the Films have a n ace
up their Sleeves" and from their
accomplishments in recent weeks it
seems that miracles do happen.
Those back of the movement point
out that the huge investment of
some $40, 900, 900 is too much for
Finland to get nothing in return.
The Firms are practically equipped
now to stage the Olympics and there
are quite a few who f%ervently hope
that the games committee will see
fit to allow the event to be staged
in 1941, if and when the Films are
able to do SO.
Odds And Ends
Eew Hanover'S boxing team is
scheduled to meet Whiteville here
next week in it's third ring engage
ment of the season . . Mike Miller,
wrestling promoter who was down
for the count with a seige of flu,
reported last night that he is win
ming and will be back to maestro
mind the sports program at the
stadium next week And this
time Mike has a lulu as his main
event Dick Lever and Ray Will
mer will don boxing gloves and go
ten rounds in an attraction designed
to prove that wrestlers are versatile
-. Paul T. Marshburn is scheduled
to get a very pretty prize for the
biggest bluefish caught in North
Carolina waters during 1889 at the
annual meeting of the New Hanover
Fishing club Monday night . The
prize will be awarded by the State
Department of Conservation and
Development . Tatum Gressette,
late of The Citadel coaching staff,
a forsaken athletics for a business
spot with the University of South
Carolina Jimmy Kits, ousted
at Rice and succeeded by Jess
Nicely, is being considered for the
football coaching job at Washington
university in St. Louis -. When II
was remarked that Germany is
building a submarine a day, Bob
Biggs quipped last night, "a sub
marine a day will keep the British
away" A movement is under
way to install a modern health clut
at the Wilmington Y. M. C. A.
A very necessary venture which we
feel will get the whole-hearted en-
dorsement of thu Wilmington
public.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-26
SMOKE RINGS
Weather Or Not
Bv SAM Raglan

With practically all sports ~relegated to the Hot Stove
loon because of the weather, little of exciting interest is
nnaterializing. The sports writer's have been forced to start
Il GOOD healthy blast at someone or something is due any
day now. 49,
These days of wintry weather, of chilling winds ana
snow or sleet is the space allotted to every man or woman
n dream about the South Sea isles and a quiet basklng IN
The SLY and how theY would like to be there.