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Evening star., 1940-12-27
BrookIunder Shoots 4O-730,
Arcudiun 46-3o8;; Shank
Marks Up Game Of 1856
Record Seen for King Pin Patron; Hondieops
Threaten Holders Of Top Spots in Alley
Battles With Many Dubs Yet to Fire

affair was given at Rosslyn when q
flock of experts failed to make the
grade to the pay-off. They included
Billy Stalcup, runnerup last year;
Monk Walker, former Star tourna-
ment winner; Karl Gochenour,
Ernie Burkhalter, Russell Spilman,
Charley Myers and Bub Guethler,
the last named recognized as the
Capitals ace southpaw.
At EN-, buffers!
With many armed with big handi-
caps yet to shoot at Rosslyn, Havens,
sr., isn't confident his 705 will win
a trophy there.
Leaders at other establishments
are in the same spot. They are:
Men-Arcadia. Louis E. Hoover,
jr., 77-631; Arlington, Frank Fisher,
64-683; Bethesda, William Powell,
84-733; Brookland, Jack Shaffer-
man. 4O-739; Chevy Chase, Robert
Harton, 67-695; Clarendon, Dick
Copeland, 44-595; King Pin, Sam
Shreve, 30-694; Lucky Strike, Joe
B. Schlaifer, 77-703: Mount Rainier,
j. Frank, 60-664; New Recreation,
Felix Piniera, 66-722; Petworth, N.
P. Arey, 67-678; Queen Pin, Roger
King, 34-708, and Takoma, Jerry
Alsop, 60-704.
Women-Arcadia, Gilmore Nugent,
46-398; Brookland, Maxine Disney,
54-343: Clarendon, Charlotte Trate,
46-380; Convention Hall, 42-363:
Lucky Strike, Agnes johnson, 48-
1856; Mount Rainier, Louise Garilli,
46-364.
Top single game in the women's
division last night was Corinne
Hauser's 1876 at Convention Hall
Second to Elvin Shank's 1876 was
Horace fuckers 1863 at King Pin.
Following is tonight's schedule:
Arcadia-Men. 7:3O pm; women. 73O
pm.
Arlington-Men, 7:3o pm: women. 7:3o
pm.
. Brookland-Men, 7:3o pm; women.
7:3O pm
Chevy Chase Ice Palace-women. 10
a m; men. 1:30 pm.
Convention Hall-Men, 7:3O pm.
King Pin-Men, 7:3O pm.
Lafayette-Men. pm; women. pm.
Lucky strike-Women. 7:15 pm: men.
9:15 pm.
Northeast Temple-Men. 7:3op.m.
Mount Rainier-Men, 30 pm
New Recreation-Men. 7:30 pm; wom-
Rosslyn@Men. = pm. and PM; wom-
Takoma-Men. 7:ao pm.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Heurich Quint After
Second Place in
Game Tonight

Washington Brewers will be after
first place in the American Pro
Basket Ball League tomorrow night
when they invade Philadelphia for
a game with the Sphas.
Philadelphia is on top with six
wins and two defeats, while in a
second place tie are the Brewers
and New York Jewels at 5 and g
In other games on the immediate
schedule, the Brewers invade New
York to play the Jewels on Sunday
night and then return to play the
Jewels here New Year Day.
Nat Frankel, guarS, will be able
to play tomorrow night. He pulled a
leg muscle against the Akron Good
years.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Eaq|es Are BoIstered
For Second Hockey
Series Drive
KnipfeI, Courteou Back
To Bottle New York's
Rovers Tonight

The Washington Eagles quest of
q second successive trophy will be
inaugurated tonight at Riverside
Stadium, with the popular New York
Rovers providing the opposition in
the first game of the Boardwalk
Cup series for the local ice hockey
team.
Having captured the Hershey Cup,
symbolic Of first-third supremacy in
the Eastern Amateur League, the
Eagles will be at full strength in
launching their bid for second third
honors.
New York, now in fourth place
largely through injuries which
crippled the. club, also has been
bolstered by the return of Goalie
Johnny Fischer, who was outstand-
ing as the Rovers spanked River
Vale, 5-3, on Wednesday night.
Norm Burns currently is attract
ing considerable attention with the
Eagles. the Washington wingman
pacing Eastern League scorers with
n goals and assists for SO points.
The crack center, released by At
lantic City in midseason last year.
finished the season with River Vale
and now Is playing the best hockey
OF his life with the Eagles.
A 195-pounder, Burns shuns the
roughness employed by many East
ern Leaguers, and, like Defenseman
Len Burrage, relies on finesse to off
set such tactics. That they both
nave been successful is reflected in
scoring statistics, which show Bur-
rage in a tie for seventh place.
Scoring aces Of the Rovers are
Ed Dartnell and Frank Dotten.
Dotten, a center, Is in a third-place
tie with % points, while Dartnell
has accumulated Is points. Also
among the top Is scorers of the
league are the Rovers Red Tilson
and Elmer Kreller.
Washington will be strengthened
by the availability of three players
who were missing in its last game.
Ross Knipfel will return to action
after favoring a badly damaged knee
and Paul Courteau will be back
after drawing suspension of one
match for riotous conduct. Les
Colvin, alternate goalie, also has
rejoined the squad after having
been loaned to the Rovers last week.
The Eagles will play the Skeeters
tomorrow night at River Vale. N. j.,
and will meet the Orioles Sunday
night at Baltimore.
Tonight's game starts at $50
o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-12-27

blind, deaf and crippled animal.
Merrick made an effort to
look his best for a photographer
and held his head erect. This
brought a look of satisfaction to
Milan.
Merrick's appearance was
marred by a head injury, suffered
recently, but Milan said he was
getting along fine"
Merrick, foaled in 1903 on the
late James B. Haggin's farm near
Sacramento, Calf, the son of
imported Golden Carter Blanca,
had strange racing career.
Unlike most runners, Merrick
never was successful as 2 and
3-year In fact he didn't win
penny as a 3-year-old. but
under Milam's careful handling,
began winning as a 4-year -old
and scored his greatest successes
during his fifth, sixth and seventh
years. He continued campaigning
until well in his l1th year, when
he was brought to the blue grass
and retired.
In 205 starts, records show he
Evening star., 1940-12-27

won 81 times and was in the
money l57 times. His EARNINGS
totaled a modest $26, ,785, out in
those days purses were much
smaller than they are today.
Merrick's underpinning never
was strong, but he was a good
contender at or 7 furlongs. He
won one stakes, the Ponchartrain
Selling Stakes at Windsor,
Canada, in 1909, and still holds
the record for furlongs at
Latonia, KY. The mark of 1855
was made October IS, 1909.
Merrick was owned by four men
before Milan obtained him in a
trade. He lost him several times
in claiming races, but always got
him back.
Il always saw to that. Didn't I,
boy?" said Milan, patting Mer-
rick softly.
I'm sure going to miss him
If I outlive him." he remarked,
and as sort of an afterthought
added:
But the vets say he still has
an iron constitution"
Evening star., 1940-12-27
District Trap Honors
On Line Tomorrow
AT 100 Targets

The all-around championship of
the Washington Gun Club will be
decided tomorrow with firing sched-
uled to start at / 80 over the Benning
traps.
Shooting will be at 100 targets
from various distances ending with
10 pairs of doubles.
A trophy emblematic of the Wash
ington championship will 60 to the
high scoring club member with an
other award for the visitor breaking
the most clays.
Trophies also will be awarded high
gun at each of the distances.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
IS Named for $4,000
Race at Suntu Anitu
BY the Associated Pres,

BY tne ASSoClated PTeSS.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27.-Fifteen
thoroughbreds, headed by Midland,
Sweepida and Whichcee, were
nominated today for the $4,000 New
Year Day stakes at Santa Anita
Park as the plant was pronounced
ready for its opening tomorrow.
Bulging with ace possibilities for
the 100000 Santa Anita Handicap
next March, the field for the mile
event also includes Hysterical, Woof
Woof, Big Ben, Royal Crusader,
Merry Knight. Son of War, General
Manager, Wedding Call. In Charge,
Dusky Duke. Wise Father and
Kantan.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Tunney FIottens Louis
With Rhetorical Punch

This magazine bloodshed is be-
coming gruesome. Squire Gene
Tunney recently leaped to his type
writer and knocked out joe Louis
in behalf of Corbett, Fitzsimmons,
Jeffries, Dempsey, and few others
whose names escape me. These
ghost fights left no actual scars on
Louis, but in literary way, Squire
Tunney wrought fearful havoc.
In knocking out Walcott. Dixon,
Cans and the rest, Mr.. Igoe has
done Henry Armstrong great
favor. I doubt whether Henry could
have managed it himself. The story
would be more persuasive If Mr.. Igoe
did not illustrate his tribute ex-
clusively with pictures of the first
Armstrong fight with Lou Ambers.
Henry, the author admits, was at
his peak that night. Yet Mr.. Ambers
operated upon him ruthlessly at the
close, and was in far better shape
than Armstrong when the fight
ended And Mr.. Ambers was no
Joe Cans. If Ambers, the POWDER
puff puncher, could do that to Mr..
Igoe's hero, I thing Cans would have
chopped the man to mincemeat.
However, don't want to asperse
little Henry. He is one of the finest
athletes of our time, and his fighting
record is spectacular. hope he
knows what he is doing when he
takes those renovated eyes back into
the ring with him next month.
If he does, he has a good chance
to hamstring Mr.. Zivic. If he
doesn't-well, that won't be pleasant
to watch.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Red WINGS Get Player

DETROIT, Dec. 27 (P,.-Manager
Jack Adams of the Detroit Red
Wings said Joe Fisher would be
brought up from Indianapolis to re-
place Joe Carveth, who suffered a
possible fracture of the left leg in a
National Hockey League game
against Toronto.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Hockey Standings
EAsTTRN AMATEUR LEAGUE.

Schedule.
Tonight-New York at WASHINGTON:
Boston at Atlantic City.
Observation-Disclosures at Boston: WASH
INGTON at River Vale; New York at At
lantic City.
Sunday-WASHINGTO at Baltimore;
Atlantic City at New York
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Jack Shaen and Ene Ngent Lead Star Tournament RoH Opens
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

ny VIC noSVVhdttU fItoS,
Today a year ago-New York
Giants sent Infielder Alex Kam-
pouris and Catcher Tom Pad
den to Newark in deal for Second
Baseman Mickey Witek.
Three years ago-Harvey Har-
man, head coach at University
of Pennsylvania since 1881, re-
signed as result of pressure from
critics.
Five years ago-Jesse Owens,
star sprinter and broad jumper.
ruled ineligible at Ohio State
from JANUARY 6 to March 81 for
scholastic deficiency.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Miller Of Bees Signs

BOSTON, Dec. ~ (R.-Eddie Mil
Ter, the National Leagues best
fielding shortstop, has signed his
l94l contract with the Boston Bees
and then headed for Orlando, Fla,
with his family.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Totals ---13 1877
Referee-Mr. Keppel.
Swimming Results.

50-yard free style-Won by j. Bollan.
'36; second A. Meushaw. "a; third. D.
Leo IcentraD. Time. 27.6 seconds.
Tarbett '32: second, r. Reed '33: third
]. Rocha (CentraD. Time, 10
220,.yard free style-Won by T. Craw-
third. c. Reed. '36. Time. o:5O.a.
100-yard backstroke-Won BY p Wilson,
'33; second. A. Meushaw. "a: third, T.
1oo-yard free styleHWon by M. Rote,
80: secofd L. La Fevre (centraD. Time,
80 seconds.
1905 points: Second, A. Lyman, 'ss; third,
j. Hack fCentraD. "a
22O-yard relav-Won by Alumni (Craw-
ford Bollan Wilson and Lyman). Time,
1898.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Tech Juniors Win Game

Tech Highs Junior courtmen de-
feated the st. Johns High second
stringers, 47-24, at the Tech gym.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Wos Beotine Zinic While
Eyes Held Out, He Soys

Il was beating zivic as long as my
eyes held out, and I'll do it again,
more easily. But 1 don't want
people to misunderstood me. I'm
not going to keep on fighting till
I'm sno good for anything. I need
just little more money, to make my
family secure. Then I'll stop. You
will not see me in the ring much
longer"
Those are familiar words. Perhaps
little Henry will make them good
You can believe him, at least, when
he says he Is not fooling himself
about what the future holds for him
if he keeps on fighting. Mr.. Arm
strong is a shrewd and thoughtful
fellow.
1 see that Cousin Hype Igoe, the
dean of boxing critics, in magazine
piece, calls little Henry the greatest
small fighter of all time, or words
to that effect. Swinging back
through the years in behalf of
Armstrong, Mr.. Igoe kicks the stuff
ing out of the likes of Mickey
Walker, Joe Cans, Joe Walcott, and
George Dixon. Henry, he says,
could have whipped them all.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Risk Becomes Greater,
The Longer He Fights

II am not man to fool myself"
continues Mr.. Armstrong seriously.
Naturally, I know that the longer
I fight, the more risk I run of being
injured permanently. 1 have taken
thousands of blows around my head
very few of them clean, but so
many of them glancing or half
blocked, that the net result Is bound
to do things to me.
"One of the things that happened
was the thing about my eyes. 1t
caught up with me in Washington
last summer, when I fought Phil
Furr. I knocked out Fur, but my
eyes were not in good shape after
ward. Too much scar tissue had
formed above them.
Then I fought zivic, thinking, as
most men do, that I could put of
doing something about it till 1
fought just once more. But my con-
dition wasn't good enough, and Zivic
is smart and strong. He took my
punishment and kept on his feet
till he began to get the range of my
eyes, and then there was nothing
I could do about it,
Evening star., 1940-12-27
From the
Press Box
Armstrong Is Refusing
To Worry Over Eyes
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent of The Star.

special Correspondent OF The Star.
NEW YORK, Dec. q CNA.NA).
Considering the fact that Fritzie
zivic, that tough and cunning rascal
from Pittsburgh, all but blinded him
with a fusillade to the head when
they met last October, it may seem
strange that Henry Armstrong is be-
ing picked by 8 out of 10 critics in
Cauliflower alley to demolish Zivic
when they come together again next
month.
tt isn't so strange. though. For
one thing, most of the boys simply
can't believe that little Henry, eyes
or no eyes, can be beaten. They
don't believe it happened last time,
though they saw it. For another
thing, Armstrong is said to have the
sight of those eyes back, and good.
He says so himself.
Il won't have to worry about my
eyes with Zivic," says the Hot
Chocolate. Il won't have to worry
about them for some time. In the
hospital they removed the scar tis-
sue that had my eyes half shut be-
fore I even got in the ring. They
did fine job of sealing the scars
Ne human boxer with gloves will
open those cuts up. He'll have to
make new cuts.
Evening star., 1940-01-09

allowance is made In the item as It
stands to alleviate oversize classes in
some Of the educational Levels, as
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president
of the board. has pointed out. Nor
does 1t include any provision of the
home instruction of the several hun
dred physically handicapped children
who are now being taught by the
w. P. A.
The estimates for fuel, heat and
light for the coming year have been
cut to some $306,OQO which has the
school officers wondering whether
they will be able to get through the
entire year on this amount. This
year the allowance has been approxi-
mately $4,000. In addition to this
the Coolidge School will have to be
heated and lighted, and the new
Banneker Junior High. which has
just been completed, also will draw
on this fund. AS matters stand, the
Board of Education is faced with the
problem of caring for more buildings
with less money.
Evening star., 1940-01-09
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. 1rdceWeU.

You might think that he would then
fly away to notify the others In his band.
He does nothing Of the sort.
He has better way.
Just how he does 1t is mystery. No
observer has ever found out.
BIT inside of 10 to Is minutes, here
they come. one by one until small or
large flock is gathered.
Then altogether they waddle across
to the bread.
There is never any cheating in this
You might think, offhand, that the
scout would chisel as the saying has
it. Maybe if he we're human, he might
but being all and solidly starting, he
never does.
They have wonderful organization,
these startling bands.
Few birds are more intelligent than
this. The honesty of their scouts will
strike an observer as something very
fine.
Seeds. grains and suet-they eat these
but seldom go to any trouble to find
them.
1t is bread which they seek. This is a
queer thing, since in nature they could
never find breadstuffs. No doubt they
have used their very fine bird minds,
and have accepted readily the greater
breadstnffs. Starlings have tempera-
ture three or four degrees higher than
that of most birds. They need more
Matchmaking foods.
The starting is one of our cleanest
birds, when it comes to bathing
Many birds do not bathe much in
freezing weather, but no morning is too
cold for a starling's BATH provided it
can find a small puddle of open water
You will see them at puddles along
the roads leading out into the country.
Unlike cardinals and sparrows, they are
not drinking. but are bathing.
Often in the downtown sections you
will see half dozen of them gathered
around spigot from which there comes
a slight drip.
If there is enough water there for a
bath, the big fellows Immediately step
in, with much wing tanning.
This is a tremendously interesting
bird, on all scores. 1t is even a good
plan to put out some bread. now and
then, just to draw them. But if you
don't want them. they are the easiest
of all to get rid of, simply by being care
full not to put out bread in any of its
many forms.
Evening star., 1940-01-09
Minister From Australia

The bond of language is a natural
tie between the United States and
the English-speaking common
Wealths of the world With the de-
velopment of improved systems of
communication and transport it is
reasonable that the American people
and the populations of Great Britain
and the self-governing dominions of
the British Empire should be drawn
still closer together. The simultane-
Gus announcement in Washington
and Canberra respecting the estab-
lishment of diplomatic relations per-
haps was fastened by the war, but it
is a normal expression of a commu-
nifty Of interest which has existed for
many years and certainly ought to
be recognized.
Eminently qualified for the post
by training and experience, the new
Australian Minister, Richard Gar
diner Casey, is at once a scholar, a
soldier, a practical economist and a
diplomat. He was born August 30,
1890, at Melbourne and was educated
at the university in that city and at
Cambridge in England. He served at
Gallipoli and on the western front,
was mentioned in dispatches and
won the Distinguished Service Order
and the Military Cross. His parlia-
mentary tenure began in 1881.
Meanwhile. he had been liaison
officer between the Australian gov
ernment and the imperial foreign
office from 1924 onward He was
assistant federal treasurer through
1933-1935 and federal treasurer
through 1935-1939. Appointed min
lister in charge of development in
1887, he more recently has held the
title of minister of supply. His wife,
daughter of the late Major General
Sir Charles Ryan, and their chill
dren-a boy and a girl-will accom-
pany him to Washington. They will
move in the circles in which the
Ministers of Canada and of the
Union of South Africa already are
active and, of course, will be heartily
welcome.
A career man, Clarence Gauss, now
consul general at Shanghai, is to
represent the United States at Cam
berra. President Roosevelt, fully
conscious of the Importance of the
position, wished to designate some
one possessed of gifts like those with
which Mr.. Casey is endowed, and his
choice appears to meet that require
ment.
Evening star., 1940-01-09
the nearness with which reality ap.
proaches the ideal.

DrOaCneS tNe 1Qodl.
Insight demands that the individual
shall erect in his mind an image of HIM
self in relation to the outside world, and
he can do this only If he projects him.
self into the future and sees himself as
he should appear. In so doing he also
compared this image with that obtained
from evidence furnished by his senses,
once the act has been accomplished.
IF this hypothesis is accepted 1t makes
more easily understandable mary Of the
observed facts concerning fronsai lobe
diseases. Inertia and lack of ambition,
reduction in consecutive thinking, loss
of what is commonly called self
sciousness, indifference to the opinions
of others, satisfaction with performance
which may be inferior in quality may
be considered among the primary re-
suits. Euphoria, evasion. blufflng, talka-
tiveness, aggressive behavior. inattention
and poor judgment might be classed
among the secondary results.
1.-The operation produces certain
change in the personality of the indivi-
dual, characterized by reorientation In
the direction Of introversion and re-
duction in the interest in the SELF It
reduces self consciousness and it pro-
notes satisfaction with self and sur
roundings. The changed behavior seems
to depend to some extent on the orig
inal makeup and to some extent on the
amount Of frontal lobe that is still in
connection with the fest Of the BRAIN"
Evening star., 1940-01-09
ARLINGTON, VA.

Dear Sir:
II live In clearing In a section heav-
lily wooded and almost jungle of honey
suckle, wild grape. myrtle, brier, etc.,
aboundinR in birds and squirrels.
Because I have two gorgeous big red
Persian cats the birds until lately have
kept at safe distance. but since the
poplar seeds have fallen in bushels many
cardinals venture in to feed several times
day.
incidentally, is the cardinal a polyg-
amist? There are two to four of the
beautiful females with each male.
II always get suet literally when get
cat meat, and tie it in trees. where its
principal customers are woodpeckers of
many sorts, from the little fellow the
size of a wren to the big red d-throated
fellow, and the flicker, but just recently
starlings have invaded the place and
drive of the little fellows.
4 \
II cleared the snow from a sizable
space and scattered bread crumbs, rolled
oats and cracked wheat, and in an hour
had starlings by the hundreds, but when
I put cat on the porch, 20 feet away,
they took to flight while the woodpeckers
and redbirds ignored the cat.
Enough birds feed here to eat
pounds of suet day. easily 30 per cent
of 1t going to the starlings.
II do not like them, but perhaps you
will discuss them in your column some
day and possibly justify the old saying
that there is some good in the worst of
us.
If you cannot, perhaps you can sug-
gest humane way to discourage them.
Yours very truly, B. E"
+ X
There is very interesting, humane
and perfect natural way to keep starlings
from coming to bird feeding place.
Stop putting out bread.
They will come every time any bread
stuffs are put out.
Put out bread, in IS minutes here come
the starlings.
Do not put it out, they seldom come.
It is as easy as that. perfectly simple,
humane and natural.
The speed with which these big birds
find bread in any form is amazing.
There may not be one of them in
your yard for months on end, but Just
put out some old crusts of bread, bis
cults, pancakes. and here they are.
+
One scout appears first.
He perches on a nearby building or
in q tree.