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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-15
Zivics Of Pittsburgh
Are Rouoh Lot

These Zivics of Pittsburgh are
very rough and unreflned people.
After each other in strictly anna
teur way around the house for many
years, five of the boys learned you
could get money for that kind of
thing, and promptly leaped into the
professional fight racket-Joe, Jack,
Petey, Eddie and Fritzie.
Eddie, now 80, did pretty well,
and earned the distinction Of being
knocked out by Tony Canzonerl.
Fritzie, the youngest, was only q
when he met up with Lou Ambers
one July evening in 1885. He was
beaten, but he left Mr.. Ambers with
something to remember him by-a
busted Jaw, which had to be sewn
up with piano wire and kept Lou out
of action for half a year.
That is the kind of calling-card
that the youngest Zivic leaves, and
the blindness of Henry Armstrong
Is another sample He plays rough.
On a later occasion I will tell you
something of the home life of the
five unrefned Zivics. Meanwhile,
though, the attention of the fight
world is centered on Henry Arm
strong, who is trying to get himself
a new pair of eyes for the sake OF
having them BACKED out again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-15
Loneford Went Blind
In Coost Fight

1t was out on the coast. IN an
insignificant scrap for coffee and
cakes, that total blindness caught
up with Sam. Possibly by his sense
of smell, Langford managed to land
one on the other fellows chin. The
man went down, as was normally
the way with people whom Sam
smacked hard He got up. and
Langford's second yelled, hit him
again, SAM"
Anxious to oblge, Langford moved
forward-but in the wrong direction
entirely. He had no idea where his
victim was. A sports writer at the
ringside said, Dammit, he's blind"
and they stopped the thing. That
was all for Sam. He's still blind.
If the operation on Hank Arm
strong is successful, I suppose they
will have to let him fight Zivic again.
AS matter of fact, give him a
fairly good job of eye repair and
he is quite likely to beat the tough
Croat Myself. I would rather have
my eyesight than revenge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-15

Honors in the Silver Spring
Georgia avenue League went to
Charlie Mehler of Tastee Diner
with 157 and Ken Schroyer Of San
fords, who led team counts of 500
liza with 1888. National Electric
Machine set the pace with Coffman
and Hot Shoppes tied for the run
ner-up SPOT.
Evening star., 1940-11-14
Victory al laramie
Aids Near East Army,
-
British Declare
Task of Reinforcement
Eosier Now, London
Naval Sources Assert
By DREW MIDDLETON,

Associated Press war correspondent
LONDON, Nov. 14-The triumph
over the Italian fleet claimed by the
British for torpedo-carrying aircraft
of the British fleet air arm has
altered the balance Of power in the
Mediterranean area on land as we'll
as at sea, naval sources said today.
With one stroke, they said, the
fleet air arm has:
1. Eased the task of conveys re-
inforcing the British armies in Egypt
and Palestine.
2. Released powerful naval units
for service in the Far East where
the appointment of Air Chief Mar
shal Sir Robert Brooke -Popham as
commander in chief points to a
strengthening of the empires ORR
entail forces.
3. Allowed Britain's battle cruisers
and lighter ships armed with 8-inch
guns to join in the search for a
German commerce raider in the
Atlantic.
f. Boosted the British Empires
prestige with the Turks. Greeks and
Moslems of the Eastern Mediter-
rarean area
S. Reversed the ratio of capital
ships in the Mediterranean from
six to four in favor of Italy to four
to three in favor of Britain.
Troor Tro onSrort E,e;or
The British said torpedo-carrying
planes of the fleet severely damaged
two Italian battleships, probably"
knocked a third out of action, and
wrecked two cruisers and two auxil-
larry warships in an Armistice night
raid on the Italian naval base at
laramie, in Southern Italy. They
declared the only battleships Italy
still has in action are of World
War vintage.
They also saw in the attack proof
that airplanes operating from air.
craft carries at sea can sink a bat
tleship with their 1-ton torpedoes,
If not with bombs.
The man most affected by the
British victory is 1t. Gen. Sir Archi-
bald p Wavell, who expects to find
1t easier to reinforce his armies in
Palestine and Egypt, facing Italian
forces estimated by neutral sources
as two or three times stronger.
italian planes operating from Sar-
dinia. the lower tip of Italy, Libya
and the Dodecanese Islands still can
bomb British supply lines, however,
1t was admitted
British naval and military circles
said, however, that Italy's always
difficult problem of reinforcing her
legions in North Africa now verges
on the impossible"
Battleship Death Knell.
Military circles in London admit
that the italians have considerable
stores in Libya, but declare smilingly
that the British Navy will draw a
band of iron through the Mediter-
ranean so tight the italians would
be using bows and arrows when
their present stocks are exhausted"
Strictly from a naval viewpoint,
Adherents of air superiority declare
the British victory at laramie
sounds the death knell of massive
fighting ships. too costly to be risked
In action unless they have heavy
superiority In guns.
Neutral naval sources termed huge
German submarines carrying 20 tor
pedoes and operating as either un-
derwater or surface craft "a menace
more dangerous than any pocket
battleship"
These undersea craft, larger than
any in the world except the French
Surcouf, usually attack from the
surface at dusk. They have a sur
face speed of 10 knots.
Evening star., 1940-11-14
British Pilots Tell Of Mokino
I uronto Raid in Moonlight

two others beached or half SUBJ
merged.
Sheets Of flame leaped from the
IS ,000-ton Littorio, which the Italians
have called the fastest warship In
the world.
Pilots said fires burst from the
other damaged battleships, 10th Of
the 23,622-ton Cavour class.
Air reconnaissance after the attack
brought back the word that one
Cavour was half under water" thu
other beached to prevent sinking ant
the Littorio still burning.
Evening star., 1940-11-14

were to follow at National Memorial
Park, Lee highway, Va.
Mr.. Sullivan, who died Tuesday
at his home, 48Ol North Lane,
Bethesda, is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lucille Schwab Sullivan; his
mother, Mrs. Mollie Sullivan, of
Richmond. Va; a daughter, Mrs.
Edward X. Reid, of Rome N. Y;
four brothers, Fred, Edward, Eugene
and Paxton Sullivan, all of Rich
mond, and two grandchildren, Mary
Virginia and Frederick Sullivan Reid.
Evening star., 1940-11-14
Funeral Services Today
For Harry B. Sullivan.

Funeral services for Harry B
Sullivan, So, vice president and
treasurer of the M. Carr Letter Co.
and former Sanitary Grocery Co.
official, were to be held at 2 pm.
today in the Pumphrey funeral
home, zoos Wisconsin avenue,
Bethesda, Md Masonic services
Evening star., 1940-11-14
BY LARRY ALLEN,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
ABOARD A BATTLESHIP OF
THE BRITISH MEDITERRANEAN
FLEET OFF TARANTO, Nov. IA
Navy bombing planes swooped in
the moonlight into the heart of
Taranto's inner defenses Monday
night, fiinging torpedoes and high
explosive bombs at sides and decks
Of warships, and the pilots said they
left one great battleship a1lame and
Evening star., 1940-11-14

PLAN TO SPEED ARLINGTON TRAFFIC-Artists drawing
proposed for Arlington Ridge road which would
shifted beneath Lee boulevard The traffic light at the
intersection boeneck thousands automobiles
the and afternoon rush hours The pan which will be
offered to the Federal Government for approval soon would
either permanently abolish the intersection close it
off temporarily during rush hour periods Arlington County
officials sponsoring the proposal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
Teller at Il in Spot
To Thrill Series Fons

Walter johnson had to wait until
the late twilight of his career to
get his World Series chance. Ten
years before the Big Train could
have won series with little outside
help.
Matty and Miner Brown had bet
ter breaks. So did Chief Bender,
Eddie Plank and Jack Coombs. They
were in their prime, working with
able clubs, when they stood beneath
the great white spotlight of fame.
I still recall the three successive
shutouts Mathewson pitched against
the Athletics to prove his place as
one of the greats of all time.
Feller at 81 would be in a great
spot to stir up a whirl of excite
ment.
If you knock around places, rang
ing here and there, you'll find the
fans club is Brooklyn. The Dodgers
have millions trying to root them
home.
No one accuses them of being any
all-star outfit. But under the
Durocher- MacPhail dynasty they
have come closer to getting proper
tionately more out of their systems
than any one else. This has been
so apparent that people who never
gave three whoops in Grandold-
gehenna about baseball before sud-
denly open a flood of oratory when
YOU mention the DODGERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
An-Star CoIIegians
And Packers Await
Whistle Thursday
Both Squads Finish Hard
Drills; Usual 10000
Crowd Is Indicated
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 27-The scrim-
maging is all over now and the COL
legians and their rivals, the Green
Bay Packers, can relax until Thurs
day night, when they clash in the
seventh annual all-star game in
Soldier Field.
Both squads, the All-Stars at
Evanston, ILL.,, and the Packers at
Green Bay, completed intensive
drills yesterday. Their remaining
schedule consists only of routine
workouts to keep their edge for the
charity contest.
Eddie Anderson. head coach of the
All-Stars, said he was concerned
now mainly with the mental con-
dition of his squad.
The Packers have been waiting tor
this date with the amateurs since
1937-when they lost to the ALI
Stars, 6 to 0.
The All-Stars will hold a light drill
in Soldier Field tonight.
The Packers will arrive tomorrow.
Advance ticket sales indicate the
usual crowd of about 10000 would
see the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Stretched out to its maximum
length of s,so7 yards. with the tee
markers showed back to the Barnett
range ESQ named after the home
pro- the classic golf course of the
Chevy Chase Club was expected to-
day to have little trouble in resisting
the assault of SO crack amateurs
against its par of SO.
Dick Watson weather greeted the
aspirants for the national amateur
championship today. Dick Is the
greenkeeper at Chevy Chase, and a
man known all over the East for his
wizardry at course upkeep. But
Dick has had jinx against him
in many tournaments.
1t seems that whenever an i'm
portant tournament comes up at
Chevy Chase it rains, and Dick gees
around with worried frown on his
face, carefully replacing divots and
seeing to it that every blade of his
precious grass is turned the right
way and properly manicured.
The old jinx stood up today as a
heavy course faced the SO men who
want to play in the national cham
pionship. It's going to be tough
shedding for most of them because
only six can qualify, the United
States Golf Association says.
Not Enough Places Open.
So it seems that the Washington
sector again has gotten the run
around, although the U. S. G. A.
will try to laugh it of with that old
gag, "Oh. we consider the playing
strength of the section in awarding
places in the amateur champion
ship" It's a good gag, but still it
isn't right. Gents like Roger Pea
cock, Ralph Bogart, Bobby Brownell.
Billy Shea, Otto Greiner and Volney
Burnett can crack a golf ball with
any one from Boston or Pittsburgh
or Singapore, if they want to 60 that
far away for a match
But that's the way 1t is and the
next thing is to do something about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
Houghfon Earns Bulk
Of Golf Sweeps Poi
Al Winchester

AL Houghton, Beaver Dam pro,
continuing his dizzy scoring pace,
grabbed the bulk of the money in
a little P. G. A. amateur-pro and
pro sweepstakes tourney at VIM
chester. Va. Al scored a one-over-
par u to win second money in the
pro sweeps and, with Amateur Joe
Balestri from Beaver Dam, won the
pro-am with a best ball of Sc.
He also tied for second at SO with
Jesse Baggett, another Beaver Dam
amateur, with Ralph Beach and Law
renee Wisner of Baltimore.
Beach won the pro sweepstakes
affair with II. Rut Coffey, Win
chester pro, was third with 70, and
Mel Shorey of Indian Spring was
fourth with "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
Greyhound Captures
Last Race, but Word
Appears Elastic
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 27-Sep
Palm, trainer driver of Greyhound.
the great trotter who won what was
heralded as his last race yester-
day, indicates there's considerable
elasticity in that word last"
After the 8-year-old gelding made
his 1910 Grand Circuit cleanup
complete with a two-out-o three
heat victory in the sl,733 Trotting
Club Trot at the Syracuse Fair
Grounds, Palm ventured:
Yep. It's his last race-this sea-
SON."
Later he amended this with:
He'll race next year-if there are
any races for him
Greyhound lost his first heat of
the year to the brilliant Peter Astra,
but came back to win the next two
in driving finishes. He first was re
tired" in 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27

retired list after suffering in
juries, are in good condition. The
other veterans include Slingin'
Sammy Baugh and Frank Fill
chock, the worward passing ex-
perts; Andy Farkas, holder Of the
league record for the most touch
downs scored in one season; Jim
Barber, all-league tackle; Wayne
Millner, Charlie Malone, Bob
Masterson and Bob McChesney,
a quartet of reliable ends; Erny
Pinckert, a member of the orig
inal Redskins of 1882, and big
Turk Edwards, who will serve in
his ninth big league season both
as player and an assistant
coach.
Most notable among the Is
rockies are Bob Hoffman, a great
blocking back from Southern
California, who backs up . line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27

cent right, for the Green Bay
Packers and New York Giants
beat his club and then fought it
out in the playof for the title.
The more conservative coach
Ray Flaherty merely states: 1--WE
will be at least as strong as in
1889" But various other OBJ
servers who accompanied the
Redskins on their 7,229-mile
training jaunt are inclined to
share Marshall'S optimism. They
see in the squad of As players a
wealth of experienced material,
to which have been added several
very promising newcomers, a
great competitive spirit and fine
physical condition.
All but two of last years squad
Jim Karcher and Keith Bir-
lem-are back on the job. Max
Krause and Don Irwin, veteran
backs, who were placed on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
20 Years AGO
In The Star

Washington split a double
header with Detroit, winning the
first game, 80, in Is innings, but
dropping the second, 5-4. Each
game lasted more than two hours.
In spite of Babe Ruths 44th
home run of the year, the YAM
KEGS were swamped by Chicago,
1914.
Henry Sullivan Of Lowell,
Mass, again failed to swim the
English Channel. He was in the
water for IS hours, but was
forced to quit when only 3 miles
short of his goal. In 1918 he
missed by 6 miles. %
The entire British team at the
Olympic Games in Belgium wrote
a letter protesting against the
move afoot in England to with
draw Great Britain from future
Olympiads. The move was started
after charges of poor sportsman
ship and favoritism had been
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
Kavakos Plays Senate
In SemifinaI Clash
OF Softly Tourney

Senate Beer and Kavakos Grill
softball teams meet in a semihnal
OF the District championship series
tomorrow at Ballston Stadium,
sharing honors with a tilt between
Greenbelt and International Bust
ness Machines.
Kavakos earned its semifinal berth
last night by eliminating the Mono
casting team of the Government
Printing once League, TO.
The Greenbelt-I. B. NJ game will
go on at 7:45 pm, starting in the
fourth inning.
1t was halted at that spot last
night by rain, with I. B. M. lead
ing, 40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
Davis Appears Threat to Ford
In Coiored Shoe Tourney

Charles Davis, Ivy City colored
horseshoe ace, looms as a real threat
to Holsey Ford's metropolitan cham
pionship in The Stars horseshoe
pitching tournament.
AS preliminary rounds got under
way last night at the Commerce
courts, Davis displayed rare form
in winning over Julius johnson,
5l-26 and 20-15. He tossed a 48
per cent ringer average, with IS for
the deciding game
Rain either postponed or halted
most Of last nights scheduled
matches. An upset here is in pros
pect in the Harrison Tyler George
Ellis fray. Tyler, a strong pre-
tournament favorite, bowed in the
first game, SIS. The second was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
"A. A. Pilots Seen as Possible
Managers of Red Sox, Cubs

1s41 and Meyer has been mentioned
repeatedly as a possibility to take
over the reins of the Chicago Cubs
Whether either would be interested
in moving up is question. Sheehan
said last year he would rather pilot
the Millers under Kelley than take
big league job at considerably more
money. Meyer doubtless would think
long time before severing his con-
nections with the rich and pros
porous Yankee organization.
Attention has been concentrated
on Sheehan and Meyer because they
produced aggressive, smart teams in
the association race. The Blues now
are in first place by six games and
Minneapolis, no worse than second
most of the year, is half game be-
hind Columbus, which recently took
over the runner-up spot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
BY the Associated Press. .

6y tHe Aosoeldtcu Eteoe.
Mike Kelley, venerable owner Of
the Minneapolis American Associa-
ton club, has said repeatedly that
his own manager, Tom Sheehan, and
Kansas City's pilot, Billy Meyer, are
as good as any in the business.
Apparently several other baseball
wise owners hold the same view as
Kelley, who has spent lifetime as
player, manager and owner.
Both Sheehan and Meyer were
mentioned year ago as big league
managerial talent, and the same talk
again is going the rounds. Pitts
burgh was interested in Sheehan a
year ago when the front Office de-
cided to supplant Pie Traynor.
Current reports indicate Tom
Yawkey, owner Of the Boston Red
Sox, would like to have Sheehan for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
Double An-America
FIy-Casting Honors
Gained by Price

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27-Jimmy Price
Of Fresno, Calf, was selected on
both the all-American fly and bait
casting teams at the conclusion Of
the national tournament.
Other members were: Fly team
Herman Plegge, IT,, st. Louis; c. F.
FORBADE, ST. Louis; Pete Angelo. Co.
lumbus, Ohio, and Colin Samuelson,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Bait team-Elmer Crusey, jr.,
Sidney, Ohio; Earl Garnsey, Chica-
go; r. E. Dudley, Kansas City, and
E. E. Cavanaugh, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Ernest Lolita, jr., Of Cleveland,
won the all-around title for the
third time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
Orioles Regain Third
Place With Hughes
Shining on Slab
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Evidently a two-week Jayoff was
just the medicine Tommy Hughes,
Baltimore's fine right-hander, needed
to bring the Orioles out of painful
slump.
Hughes was out of action because
of an operation for an infected hand
when the Orioles hit the skids. They
lost seven out of eight games last
week and slipped from third place.
But last night Hughes returned to
pitch brilliant two-hit game that
buried the Syracuse Chiefs, 5 to /.
At the same time Newark's- Bears
bowled over Jersey City, 8 to 4. And
as result Baltimore moved back
into third place while Newark sliced
a half game off Rochester's margin
and now trails the league leaders by
only four games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
Old College Try Helps,
DODGERS Prove

They keep falling out of the hay
loft and then climbing back. But
they have a tough combination in
Derringer, Walters and Thompson
to throttle down the stretch.
The Ebbets Field crew already has
given Durocher, MacPhail. Brook
lyn and the game in general four
month whirl that has churned up
many a heaving breast. They have
proved that the old college try still
has a world of merit.
So far as World Series fits into
the scene, a meeting between Paul
Derringer and Bobby Teller would
be the high spot. Or Bucky Walters
and Teller. In short series Brook
lyn has neither the power nor the
pitching to face an even chance.
And the Reds will need q big boil
steering in their attack to win.
The sovereign Commonwealth of
Ohio still is In front as far as the
next series goes, and the dislodging
process will not be any too simple
unless some rival team can catch on
fire and burn up the stretch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-27
aces Win They Please Over College Grid Aces Marshall Predicts
Rain Soaked Chevy Chase Links
Tough Test for SO After 6
Amateur Tourney Spots

it, which is what the boys were
trying to do today. The objective,
of course, is the simon-pure title
tourney scheduled to start Septem-
Der 8 at the Winged Foot Club Of
Marmaroneck, N. Y, and the crown
now dangling precariously atop the
curly pate of an accomplished gent
named Marvin (Bud) Ward. Bud
halls from Spokane, Wash. ~
What will qualify? A lot of the
lads were going around saying
they'd like to have 152 and not hit
shot. But they said 1t with
wry grin, as If to add, Maybe I'm
right, but I'm not sure"
Overton Predicts 14S Is In.
Spencer Overton, the methodical
gent from Baltimore, who Is the
Oldest of the contestants in the
tournament today and who started
qualifying for these things back, in
1888. said: II don't think anything
higher than 148 will get in. The
course is tough, but you've got. a
lot of good golfers here. And don't
forget, there are only six places"
So between these two extremes
the 152 and the 148-theres room
for a lot of shots. 50
But the boys got a real break.
DR.. Bob Kelly, vice president Of
the Maryland State Golf Associa-
ton. and Bob Stead, Chevy Chase
golf chairman, got together with
Dick Watson and ruled that in view
of the soft course they would stick
in rule permitting a buried ball
TO be dropped Also they'd let the
boys clean the ball on the putting
greens.
Pitch shots, in case you forget,
have a habit of picking up a chunk
OF mud on the ball. 1t makes for
nasty putting. They also ruled that
a ball out of bounds would penalties
the hitter stroke and distance.
That is quite a penalty. but it is
U S. G. A, and it would take some
thing wilder than a painted Hot
tentot to hit one over the ferice
at Chevy Chase, anyway. .