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Evening star., 1940-12-17
G. w. to Dine Gridmen,
Give Them Letters

George Washington football players
will receive letters tonight as the
high light of the annual informal
stag supper at the Wardman Park
Hotel at 7 o'clock.
The event is sponsored by the
General Alumni Association and Is
open to alumni, students and friends
OF the school. Brian Bell, chief Of
the Washington Bureau of the Asso-
ciated Press and well-known foot
ball story teller. will be the principal
guest. Dean Elmer Kayser will be
POSTMASTER.
Movies of the George Washington
Georgetown game also will be shown.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Lack Of Major Sport
Development Makes
1910 Notable
Increase in Football
Offense Is Mentioned
Most in Trend Poll
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Sports edi-
tors throughout the country, asked
to name 1940's principal trend in
the annual Associated Press survey
to find out which way the sports
wind is blowing, have come to the
conclusion the year was dlstln-
guished for its lack of any single
major development.
In all, there were 18 trends"
mentioned by more than one of the
70 contributors. The closest to a
truly representative answer was in
creased stress on offense in college
football. with a resultant increase in
scoring. This was mentioned by Is
men.
Greater Pro Attendance.
Eight of them noted greater in
terest in and attendance at profess
sional sports events, primarily pro
football games. There were seven
supporters each for boom in bowl
ing de-emphasis of college football,
with Yale as the most striking ex-
ample of the latter.
Five experts saw trend in the
continued spread of night baseball
in the major leagues, the same num-
ber who listed decline in profess
sional boxing, particularly outside
New York, as noteworthy. Three
editors found minor league baseball
on the wane. especially in the
Southwest, while a similar number
voted for a return of football power
to the East OWo saw it returning to
the Western Conference, and had
good arguments in Minnesota,
Michigan and NorthWestern).
Basket Ball Is Popular.
There also were three votes each
for the increased use of the forward
pass as a scoring play, growth of
popularity of basket ball. and the
opening-up to women of the profess
sional sports field, which this year
got such standout new disciples as
Golfer Patty Berg and Tennis
Champion Alice Marble.
But apparently Ben Greenstein of
the Wilmington DelD Journal
Every Evening hit the nail on the
head when he replied that there
didn't seem ito be any definite
trends in sports, either in general or
in particular"
When Leo Fischer of the Chicago
Herald-American got to that ques-
ton. his only answer was a series
of "?".
Evening star., 1940-12-17

The engine coughed pitifully.
Wheezed to a stop and subsided with
strange clankings and grunts. But
Dan was alone.
He climbed from the outmoded
vehicle. tall, awkward figure bur-
dened with ungainly packages.
Took you long enough to get
here" Mas welcome was rude and
ungracious. Il was just about ready
to start in after YOU
IF you wouldn't be so stingy and
put in a phone" he returned snap
pishly. "a person could call up and
let you know he was going to be
late. The store was jammed to-
night. And the mail train came in
with the heaviest load we've got all
through the holidays. Nom wouldn't
let me out of sight till it was all
sorted and out of the way"
Have you had your dinner?"
Yep" Strange his eyes were
wary about meeting hers. Look, I
brought you some presents" he said.
bearing the wrapped and stamped
packages into the kitchen.
Got quite load on hand" Ma
observed with satisfaction.
This is from young Doc Monroe.
He says it's your prescription and
you're to take it and not have so
much to say"
Ma shifted scornfully. Johnny
Monroe's getting too big for his
boots"
Dan piled package after package
on the scrubbed kitchen table.
From Nom, and Aunt Millie, and
the butcher, and some of the folks
downtown. And these'-pointing to
two bulky MANILA -swathed boxes
these came in the mail"
New York and Baltimore" unused
Ma. Il guess maybe Lydia and
Robert didn't want to be bothered
carting them here by train"
Dams face was wooden as he
tossed three letters on the table.
These came in. too." He turned
away awkwardly.
Mas lips thinned to a sharp blue
line. One by one she ripped open
the envelopes. Then her wide,
panic-haunted eyes turned to Dan.
They can't make it," she said
fatty. Lydia, Robert, Kenneth.
Not this Christmas, anyway. They
say''-she laughed sharply, an ugly,
mirthless laugh-"they say maybe
next Christmas. But, Danny" her
voice shrilled suddenly, maybe next
Christmas might be too late"
There's always Sally" Dan re-
minded.
Ma beamed through hurt tears.
"Why, of course" she said. There's
always Sally!"
CONTINUED tomorrow)
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Many Stars Border Line Bowes Await Ye Tourney Qualifying Lists
Brown Pinnen Game in Front,
But Have II Hot Rivals in
RossIyn Independent Loop

pin busting at Convention Hall was
Joe Meyer of Carry's with 156-3o0.
washington Gas Light Illuminated
the drives with score of 1,733.
House of Rouse fired the best game
of 631.
Ann Vito's top 1876 was the decid-
ing factor as third place Columbia
& Clerks took the rubber game from
North while Myrtle Alderton's 1886
gave Dupont Toll a 81 edge over
Georgia. Agnes Johnson's 311 paved
the way for Taylor to swamp Ran
dolph with 515-1, ,473. Annabelle
Totten of the leading General Office
No. team is tops with an average
of 1O7-29.
Mother and Son Victors.
Mother and son were the winners
of the Ladies Catholic League mixed
blind pig doubles when Bill Hoffman,
an uprising bowler, and Mrs. Betty
Hoffman fired combined score of
$50 at the Lucky Strike. Young Bill
shot 1854 Their prize was SO. Karl
krebs and Josephine Bresna-
! han were second with $50, while
Floyd Barrows and Kitty Mulroe
were third with SOB. The runner-up
won IS and the third team, 50. High
game awards went to Red Nc
McDonough with 125 and Mary
Fleming with 121. Thirty couples
competed.
Trimming State in the odd-game
skirmish, Standards moved within a
fame of first place in the What's
/ in a Name Ladies' League when the
pace-setting N M. P. quint dropped
2-1 decision to Navy Yard. Early
season leaders, the Internal Revenue
pinettes moved back into pennant-
contending spot when second sea-
son high of 557 and the weeks best
count of 1547 swept Transportation
Capt. Vivian Nolan's 335 and Sara
Hulchers 122 led the victory. Mary
Jane McGee's top single of 124
gave Commerce a 2-1 edge over the
champion F. C. A.
While the Valdenar landscapes
were posting season record OF 645
in the Silver Spring Georgia Ave-
nue. League, Al Hovey-King Of
Rinaldi & Leemans came through
with top string of 143 and Woody
Woodson of Cofman Realty gar
nered high set honors with 384, The
Sanfords 1,742 was best.
The leading Gas Liners were the
whole show in the Arrow Cab
League at Northeast Temple as
Henry SINNERS banged out 1880
to supply the heaviest Wallops in
team highs of Sal ,603. The
Drivers are runners-up.
Big Lead Is Increased.
Ten games in front, the Machine
Tabulation maids. except for Verna
McCready's IA, dominated the
Census League rolling at Columbia
when Connie Barkl's 293 led scores
of 471-1342.
Charley Arneson Of Engineering
and Johnny Herbert of Distribution
shared top honors in the Kilowatt
loop with respective counts of Isl
and 1856. Transit rollers posted
highs of 598-1,65e.
Evening star., 1940-12-17

of earning a draw was erased in the
final seconds of the eighth round
when Archibald staggered him with
a series of blows to the head. The
bell probably saved Banks from
slumping to the canvas.
Banks, an 8-5 favorite, forced the
fighting to the tired Archibald, but
had little authority in his fists to
support his feinting and fancy foot
work.
Spangler Kayoes Phillips.
joey Suangler, Richmond Welter-
weight. kayoed Norman Phillips,
rangy New York Negro, in l minute
6 seconds of the seventh round in
the semifinal, while Ell Brookman
was awarded a decision over Dave
Chacon in siXrounder.
Other bouts saw Bill Kekeris stop
Bucky Walsh in the third round
Oscar Wright score a T. K. O. over
Pedro Cisco in three rounds and Ken
Strlbling outpoint Tommy Hoover in
four rounds.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Trophies 10 Augment
heightened LIST Of
Money Awards
High Scorers at Each
Alley Will Receive
Special Prizes
BY ROD THOMAS.

Washington's foremost bowlers,
both sexes, with few exceptions, to-
day awaited curiously or hopefully
the publication of names of those
who qualified for the roll-off of the
18th annual Yuletide Handicap
sponsored by The Star, a tourna-
ment in which national record
has been marked up for duckpin
entries.
Some $4,000 men and women par
ticipated in the preliminary, with
the final to be shot December 90
January 3 on all the public maple
ways of Metropolitan Washington,
25 per cent of the original army to
fire in the roll-off in which approx
imately $1100 will be distributed in
cash prizes.
National Stars Doubtful.
On the sidelines, or wondering if
they are, are such national stars
as Hokie Smith, winner of the men, s
section of the tournament last year
with a record score of 76O from
scratch, also leading contender for
this years top spot as sweepstakes
performer; Perce Wolfe, Star tour
nament victor in 1887 and high in
the rankings of the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress; Ollie Pacini,
former No. l ranking bowler of the
country tWice); besides numerous
male stars of high local rating, and
Lorraine GULL, Lucy Rose and Lu-
clle Young, among the leading as
pirants to the national Womens title
Conceding handicapS in pins, but
accepting experience in exchange,
the stars have taken it on the chin
in the preliminary from such little
knoWns as:
Jerry BOckman, Takoman, who
not only rolled high gross set in the
preliminary for men with 28-467,
but STAYED off the kidders over
handicaps by shooting top scratch
of 439.
Miss Wilson Scores Double.
Frances Wilson of Takoma, who
tied for high gross among the Wom-
en-20-418-and chalked up high
scratch, 398.
Mrs. Bessie Thompson, who fired
at Brookland a score of 54-4l8 to tie
for top gross.
The guy who rolled the top game
Of the qualification round, Horace
SnOWden, constantly bangs at the
door of stardom. His 1874 at Hyatts-
vile will be in the payof, as will the
156 managed at Lucky Strike by
Helen ODea.
Names Of qualifiers for rolloffs at
the various alleys will be published
late this week, along with COM
plete prize list.
There will be new awards. Not
only will the cash list be longer, but
every high gross scorer at each alley,
man and woman, will receive
trophy. At the meeting of the
Metropolitan Washington Alley Op-
orators Association yesterday, the
trophies were subscribed.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
B'Nui Birth Busketers
In Sectional Event

A basket ball tournament will be
held here from December q to 20
to determine the championship of
the northern region of Aleph Zadik
Aleph, B'nai Births youth organ
ization, with IA teams competing.
Similar regional tournaments are
being held in 80 other cities leading
up to national championships.
Participating chapters here are
Simon Atlas, Capital City and
Potomac from Washington: Monu-
mental of Baltimore: Colonial of
Annapolis; Stuart Levinson, Mon
arch and Commonwealth of Rich
mond; Israel Brown and Old
Dominion of Norfolk, and the Peters,
burg, Portsmouth, Roanoke and
Newport News Chapters.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Diz Would Bet Shakespeare
A Nassau on Sonnets

This is where Jimmy Wilson rose
to the true heights of greatness. Il
don't think two silk shirts are good
enough" he said to Diz. for a
pitcher who is greater than Johnson,
MatheWson or Alexander. I've got
only one silk shirt left I think
you'd better call around and pick it
up before YOU grab it anyway. After
all, m only catcher handling the
great Dean
That's the way I feel about it."
Dizzy said. I'll be around tomorrow
and pick it up" Which Ole Diz
did. And then lost the cost of four
silk shirts to Wilson playing golf
the next day.
1t never occurred to Dizzy that
any one could beat him then at any
game.
He would have played Shake
speare $40 Nassau on sonnets or
Shelley $40 Nassau on odes.
There was ball player you won't
see again in this lifetime. He may
have been a game bird who flew
funny-but he always few.
I saw Jimmy Wilson again, off
and on, until we met the day before
the last World Series in Cincin-
natl.
80 you'll have to catch most of
this series" I said. knowing that
big Ernie lombard had an ankle
bigger than an elephants instep.
Il couldn't stand uD over three
innings" Wilson answered. I've
been out Of active baseball for two
years. I'm over 40 years old and
I've been around a long time l
might have gotten in better shape
If I'd known five weeks ago I was
to be needed And I wouldn't have
been so hot even then. I'd hate to
have to catch a full nine innings
now. They'd have to carry me off
the field to hospital. Catching
is the toughest job in baseball, I
mean both physically and mentally.
And I was slipping over three years
ago.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Adams Five Gains Sixth
Straight in LEAGUE

Adam Hats continued undefeated
after six games of play in the
Heurich Amateur Basket Ball
League, by defeating the Delaware
and Hudson cagers, 1888, yesterday
at the Heurich gym.
In other games, Jewish Com
munity Center set back Jacobson
Florists, 1922, and Hot Shoppes
stopped Alexandria Police, 1914.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
B.-C. c. WuItoniuns Hold
2-Duy Turkey Shoot

Bethesda Chevy Chase Chapter of
the Izaak Walton League will hold
a turkey shoot this Saturday and
Sunday at the Gray Farm on the
East-West highway between Con-
necticut avenue and Sixteenth
street.
The shoot will be held all day
both days. Funds derived from the
event will be used to further the
chapters conservation work in
Montgomery County.
Evening star., 1940-12-17

In hotly contested flag chase with
only six games separating the first
18 teams, the H. j. Brown Pontiac
pinmen will be decidedly on the spot
tonight when they strive to protect
their newly one-game lead
in the 20-club Rosslyn Independent
League.
Making strong bids for the leader
ship will be the runnerup and erst-
while leading Arlington Cleaners,
c. & c. Restaurant and Raybestos
maple busters, while Washington
Canoe and Kidwell Senators are two
other clubs which are within striking
distance.
The motors team swept the Clod-
felters with season record of 668
to assume the top spot in its last
match.
Ell Geib, whose all-time league
record game of 206 is a season mark
for the city, also boasts the season
record set Of 448 Billy Stalcup is
tops with an average of 121.
Teachum Gets Two Marks.
Fashioned by nine straight marks,
Buddy Teachum's season record of
166 and Ala set were standouts in
the Graphic Arts League last night
at the Lucky Strike as National
Capital Press trimmed Progressive
Printing, 81. The leading Judd &
DetWeilers maintained their grip on
the top with a 81 victory over A. C.
Merkle, as the runnerup National
Lithos turned in an odd-game de-
cision against Standard Engraving
Andy Price only missed the season
record by six sticks when he fired
Ais in the Navy Department League
His 152 was instrumental in giving
the leading Hydrographics top score
of 1,722. A SOB count enabled United
States Engineers to take the rubber
| game from Model Basin. Willis
Bean, league president, shone with
370 as Bureau Engraving mopped UP
to tie for second-place with United
States Engineers.
Pete Riley of Chevy Chase Presby-
terian gave the record holders ir
the Friedship Church League 6
scare at Chevy Chase Ice Palace
with counts of 158-4l9 Eldbrooke
pinmen, game ahead of Chevy
Chase Baptist in the flag chase
grabbed top team scores with Go
I'LL.
Luckett and Hatton Shine.
Dividing top honors in the Ode
Fellows League at Brookland were
Slim Luckett of BrightWood. with
1853, and Charley Hatton of Colum.
bia No. |, with 387. Team high.
of 612-1,746 went to the leadins
Golden Rule outfit. Friendship j!
the runnerup. with Amity No l anc
/ Covenant tied for third place.
Joe Palmer, once a mainstay O.
the Corby team in the old Athletic
Club League, flashed a 1888 at Con
ventlon Hall to pace the leadins
Dan-Dee Breads highs of 598 an;
| l,707 in the Bakers League. To,
/ string of l50 went to Eddie Hutch
inson of the Office quint.
! Featuring the Merchants Leagu,
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Fights Last Night

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON-Joe Louis, 202H, heavy
weight champion, stopped Al Mccoy.
1904 Boston 80; Holman Williams.
1914, Detroit, outpointed Frank
Britt 152. Fail River Mass (6); Bill
Weinberg, 1872. Boston, outpointed
Tony Ferry. 192. Fall River (6).
NEW YORK.-Johnny Flores. 1873.
Houston, Tex. outpointed Vince Fra
teilo. I5a, Hackensack. N. j. (S.
NEWARK, N. J.-Gus Lesnevich.
17s Cliffside, N j.. knocked out Jack
cHicAGo. Lem Franklin, 100,
Cleveland: stopped selman Martin, 2o4
CHICAGO a..
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Paul Haskell Winner

Special Dispatch to The Star
LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. 17.-Paul
Haskell of Washington, former East
ern High School student there, won
the championship in the 145-pound
division of University of Kentucky
intramural boxing tournament.
Haskell also is a member of the
varsity track team.
Evening star., 1940-12-17
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Larry Mac
Phail denies everything, and Ed
Barrow won't admit any more than
necessary, but there are enough
smoke clouds hanging over the offices
of the New York Yankees and the
Brooklyn Dodgers these days to in
dicate some sort of baseball deal
must be on the fire.
The first concrete evidence that
there was something behind recent
rumors came out yesterday when
MacPhail and Barrow met in the
Yanks' Office and discussed Lefty
Gomez and Monte Pearson, pitchers
reported to be on the auction block.
First MacPhail said the Dodgers
weren't interested In them, and that
he wouldn't be seeing Barrow until
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Navy Yard Quint Aheod

Navy Yard Apprentice defeated
Tucker basketers. 40-25, yesterday
in Government loop game. Civil
Service topped Army Medical, 1926,
and Boiling Field nipped Army
War College, Al to So, in other
games,
Evening star., 1940-12-17
Big Fives ChuIIenoed

Immaculate Alumni are seeking
strong unlimited cage foes for to-
morrow and Thursday. Call Joe
lat Emerson 1491. 4
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tinue the struggle from there. This
would, of course, greatly strengthen the
defensive power of the United States,
and the plans the axis may have to-
ward this hemisphere probably would be
frustrated by the fact that the United
States would not then have to worry
about two-ocean Navy for the period
during which the new American units
are being built.
The British and the Germans are still
hammering at each other with unbe-
lievable violence. Judging the situation
from that angle, it would. seem that
there will be no quarter asked or given.
But the reports outlined in this article
for peace thoughts" may not be so wild
as some people would like US to believe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

to enforce systems of graft and extortion,
to force illegally-fxed prices or to de-
stroy the right of collective bargaining
in some other legitimate union" The
Supreme Court has held that labor is not
exempt from the antitrust law.
Larger Appropriation Sought.
To attack economic toll bridges" in
various fields and in different parts of
the country requires. of course, large
enforcement staff. Mr.. Arnold has re-
peatedly sought larger appropriation
for his division.
ut is like traffic jam on the corner"
he has said. There has to be police
man continually on the job
He has argued, too, and produced fig
ures to substantiate his arguments, that
money spent for antitrust enforcement
comes back in fines From 1929 to 1886
the Antitrust Division spent about
100000 a year and collected $4,000 in
was given 81 300, 900 and in the first six
months collected So, 400 900 in fines, with
the prospect of collecting S. 900 900 more
by the end of the year.
1t is likely that the President himself
will finally resolve the argument among
members of his official family over anti
trust prosecutions. In an election year
the debate is not without significant po-
itical implications. To push suits might
be to risk company chages that the ad-
ministration was hindering the defense
program. Already there are rumors in
Washington that big business will bring
such charges at strategic time in the
campaign. On the other hand, the great
mass of consumers will understand the
meaning of rising prices even if they do
not comprehend the intent of the anti
trust policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

LONDON, Sept. THE British peo-
Piles of today dislike war. They are
highly civilized peoples. They think it
is bore, they think it waste of life
and energy.
But what we have learned now is that
as the Briton warns up to it. he begins
to like it. The British are at grips now
like bulldog, and doubt if any power
on earth can loosen their hold until
this German raid on humanity is dis
posed of. In that matter, our realistic
and tenacious Anglo-American Prime
Minister is our perfect spokesman.
Britain, after year, is still only COM
ing in to this war. We are not all in
it yet There are still long queues of
men waiting to be used and resources
still eXasperatingly locked up. We have
had surprises, and some of them have
been extremely disagreeable surprises.
We have learned some lessons and we
have lessons still to learn.
The first discovery-or rediscovery
rather-we and our antagonists have
made together is the high fighting quail
ity of our commonap eople. In the air,
where decision seems to wait for us, the
council schoolboy, the odd lad from the
garage, is as good as any other sort of
airman. But We have had a year of
bitterness before we have learned that
lesson.
Air Force Inadequate.
Our air force at the onset of the war
was enormously outnumbered Germany
had been straining all its resources and
training every available man to secure
an overwhelmingly air ascendancy. We
had not.
The reason is fairly plain. We had
been drawing on a select social class
and not upon the entire population.
For this, Lord Swinton is to be held
largely responsible. He was Air Minister
during the crucial years from IS to 38.
During that time he made no effective
appeal to the country to enlarge its
air arm. Either he was criminally igno-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-08

The lessons Great Britain has
learned in a year of ,Dar are dis
cussed here by H. G. Wells, historian
and nouelist. His prophetic books
"The War in the Air." tDritten in 1908,
and "The Holy Terror" a picture OF a
t0orld dictatorship-haue found their
echo in later history, and his "Mr.
Britling Sees 1t Through" of 1915, eT-
pressed so completely the British re-
action to the first World War that 1t
became an international tauorite. Mr..
Wells is also the author of "The Out
line OF History and "The Shape OF
Things to Come"