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Evening star., 1941-03-09
National Ski LaureIs
In DoWnhiII Racinq
Earned by Mott
Beats Defending Champ,
Durrunee; RedIin Gets
Amateur Garland
By the Associated Press.

ASPEN. Colo, March 7.-Young
Toni Matt. who learned to ski in
the Austrian Alps. licked the dipsy
doodle. the big corkscrew and other
hazards of Western Colorado's Roch
Run to win the national doWnhill
racing championship today.
Snow smoke" lashing from his
runners. Matt, from North Conway.
N. H, whipped down the twisting
course Of ~ miles in 2 minutes 226
seconds.
Defending Champion Dick Dur
rance, a ski instructor at Alta, Utah,
and former Dartmouth star, ran the
course in 2:27 for second place.
Bill Redlin, national intercollegiate
champion from the University Of
Washington, won the amateur title
by finishing third in 1902 Both
Matt and Durrance are in the open
division.
Gretchen Fraser Winner.
The women's downhill title was
won by Mrs. Gretchen Fraser of
Denver in 1:49 for the 1.3-mile strip.
Matt, who has been skiing II of
his "a years, hit so miles per hour
at some stretches of the run that
drops $500 feet from a 10,350-foot
altitude.
Others in the top 10 among the
approximately go men entrants were
Alf Engen, Sun Valley, Idaho, 234;
Gordon Wren, Alta, Utah, 2.34.4;
Barney Mclean, Hot Sulphur
Springs, Colo, 1883; Bill Janss,
Los Angeles. 2:406; John Blatt,
Palo Alto, Calf. 2:44; Ed Bering,
Boston, 2:54.2; Bud Davey, Aspen,
2:546.
Engen lost his national jumping
title to Torger Toxic. young Nor
wegian, at Hyak, Wash, last Sum-
day.
MariIyn Shaw Defends Title.
Trailing Mrs. Fraser for the
womens title won last year by Grace
Carter Lindley of Minneapolis were
Nancy Reynolds, Sun Valley, 1898;
Marilyn Shaw, Stove, VT, 2:012;
Rebecca Fraser, Woodstock. VT,
2:076, and Janet Quincy, Univer-
sity of Utah, 2:278.
Miss Shaw is the defending titlist
in the combined events and Miss
Reynolds holds. the 1910 Slalom
crown.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
DMs, Jensen Ready to Crash
|Meodows-GonsIen Vault War
At Washington A. a. Games

-Four Of the best pole vaulters in
competition today, including Earl
Meadows, indoor record holder, will
vie in the Washington A. A. indoor
games at Uline Arena Saturday
night.
Signing Of the studded group
was completed at the Maryland
5th Regiment games at Baltimore,
where Meadows and Dick Ganslen
put their names on entry blanks.
1t assures the fans of witnessing
some of the best vaulting they've
ever seen and will be one of the
meets brightest features.
Meadows, who may decide to live
in Washington. Will be out TO settle
a score with Ganslen, who broke
the record with a 14-foot effort in
winning at Baltimore last week.
Meadows got third place when he
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Koch IsComing Back
AS Line Coach Of
6. W. Grid Team
Will Report March H.;
Business Will Keep
Shields on Coast

Barton (Botchey) Koch, stubby,
good-natured former Baylor Uni
versity star and coach, is returning
to George Washington University
as line mentor of the football team,
it was announced yesterday by Max
Harrington, director of athletics.
Koch will replace Gene Shields,
who was unable to leave his lumber
business at Portland, Greg, to re-
sumo his coaching duties at G.. w.
Koch will report for the opening of
spring practice on March II and
will hold the same position he re-
signed at George Washington last
year to become line coach at Tulsa
University.
Asked for Old Job.
Negotiations have been carried on
with Koch since Shields notified
Colonial authorities a month ago
that the pressure of his business
would not allow him to come here
for spring practice. Shields inti-
mated it also was doubtful whether
he could return next fall for the
regular season.
Koch applied for the post when
he learned of the vacancy and
Coach Bill Reinhart and Harrington
considered him the outstanding can
didate due to his familiarity with
the G. w. set-up. Botchey resigned
at Tulsa at the close of last season.
He was urged to reconsider his
resignation as line coach and also
was offered the position as head
coach at Tulsa, but refused both.
Henry Frnka later was named
Tulsa's head coach, replacing Chet
Benefel.
Was Here Four Years.
Koch came to George Washington
as line coach in the spring of 1886
and held that position four years.
He is a graduate of Baylor, where
he earned the reputation as the
greatest lineman in the Southwest
Conference. Following his gradu-
alton from Baylor in 1881 he coached
there for six years before resigning
to come to George Washington.
Last year Koch was named on the
all-time all-America eleven picked
by Grantland Rice and Harry Stuhl-
dreher, one of the famed -Four
Horsemen," now coaching at Wis
consin. Stuhldreher quoted the late
Knute Rockne as saying that Koch
was the greatest guard I've ever
seem"
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Short Cupboard Events
Held, Inboards Idle
In Florida Meet
BY the Associated Press.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
6.-Rough water forced postpone
ment of all inboard events on the
flrts days program of the third an
nual Southland powerboat regatta
here today, with only the outboard
events being run as scheduled.
The outboards raced over a short,
unmeaSured course, making it i'm
possible to compute speed
With a first and fourth in the
two heats, Allison Stout of Miami
Beach won the midget class.
Ralph Hagood of Orlando was
Glass A winner with a second and a
first; Thorn Cooper of Kansas City,
Mo, Glass c, with a first and third,
and Mabry Edwards of Jackson
vile, Glass B, with a first and
second.
In Glass F, Jack Fleming of
Bradenton was declared the winner
of the first heat when other boats
were disqualified for jumping the
starting gun, and, with a fourth in
the second heat, which was won by
Ken Mckenzie of New Haven, Conn,
compiled a total of 500 points for
first place.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

From the
Press Box
Eccentric Athletes
Urged to Get Busy
BY JOHN LARDNER,
oecial Correspondent Of The Star.

NEW YORK, March 8 (N-ANA).
Last year was quiet year for
bridge jumping, marathon saxo-
phone playing, peanut-pushing with
the nose, chicken plucking, drinking
beer against time, consecutive piano
playing, staying under water, rolling
ash cans for distance, eating hot
dogs and going over Niagara Falls
in a barrel.
1t not only was a quiet year, 1t was
a downright dead year. Our annual
survey of eccentric sports practically
has nothing to report.
We urge the eccentric athletics Of
this country to get busy. Let US not
fall behind the rest of the world. In
Portugal, 1910, a man ate 3l6 sar-
dimes at a sitting. That should have
happened here.
The authorities are not co-operat-
ing. In past years, our fagpole-
sitters were our proudest boast. Last
year the law clapped its clutch upon
the great Shipwreck Kelly and rip
ped him off his f1agpole, just as he
was beginning a graceful sit" OF
eight days for a side bet OF $3.50.
In the language of the Poet Spencer,
this is a HI Of note.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Hockey Civil War Threatened in Nova Scotia
Province AIume Sydney Protests Goee Boy GooIie

against the Glace Bay team was
stopped.
3. Some Glace Bay retailers re-
fused to accept deliveries of goods
by Sydney wholesalers.
4. Waitress in Glace Bay res
taurants ignored customers from
Sydney.
S. Glace Bays Town Council
called upon the Nova Scotia gov
ernment for a public inquiry into
amateur hockey.
6. The Cape Breton Hockey
League upheld the ruling of
President A. D. Campbell that
the Miners three victories would
stand and to resume the best-of-
seven series Monday.
Z. The Canadian amateur
Hockey Association, in a tele-
Evening star., 1941-03-09

passed from 13 feet to IA and barely
missed on three tries.
But it will not be private duel
between these two, for Ken Dills,
former Southern California star,
who has done IA feet, 8 inches out
doors, and Howard Jensen, former
Temple star. who hits around IA
feet inches consistently, are in
the event. None of them figure to
go higher than Meadows if he is
right" however, and the wiry West
Coast athlete probably will be the
favorite.
Washington A. A. officials expect
a majority of the stars competing
in the c. U. games tomorrow night
to return for the weeks second
meet and already have a sizable
entry list that includes Don Lash
Gene Venzke, Jim Kehoe. Charley
Beetham and numerous other high
ranking performers.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Some Hope For Future,
Report Indicates

However, there Is some hope for
the future. Here an there IN 1910,
an eccentric athlete turned in a
noteworthy job. Our survey AWARDS
the order Of merit for the follow
ing performances:
Eating hamburgers from scratch
(sandwich class)-William Sweet,
27. 40 hamburger sandwiches, three
hours. This bout was promoted by
Tony Pappas, at his Texas ranger
hamburger stadium, Freeport, Long
Island. In lowering the Eastern m
door record, Sweet consumed l3
glasses of water, five cups OF coftee'
and one quart of milk.
Marathon oratory (non-congres-
sional division) Devlin, 19,
Tuscaloosa, Ala, 66 hours. Mixed
delivery, sitting and standing. Dew
lin wore gloves and overcoat oy
night. sun glasses by day.
Consecutive wooing, for distance
Thomas Cooney, Taberg, N. Y, "a,
40 wears. Cooney's courtship ended
m, April 25 with marriage TO
Clothilda Agnes Tiernan, So, OF same
city.
Nonstop river swimming down"
stream class)-John V. Sigmund, 81.
Louis. 292 miles down Mississippi
River from ST. Louis to Caruthers-
vile, Mo.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Night High School Grid TiIts
Are Out as Schedule for
Next Fall Is Arranged

Night football games in the high
school series, successfully tried for
the last two seasons, definitely are
out according to the proposed sched-
ule submitted for approval to the
Board of High School Principals.
Difficulty of getting good. early
season Friday night dates at Grit
fifth Stadium, where the colleges
also play their games, and the cost,
of the park are the reason no night
games will be held by schoolboy
footballers next year. Although all
coaches and practically all scholastic
officials are in favor of several night
contests a year it is probable that
no more will be held until the
schools erect lights at one of their
own StadiumS.
Balancing in part the lack of
night games next season are two
Saturday games. Tech at Central
on November l and EaStern-Tech
clash at Central on November 8.
Turkey Day Game Revived.
AS usual, the city is divided into
an east and west league, with the
champion of each to meet for the
title on Thursday, November 20, at
Central. This is a return to the
Thanksgiving Day play-of original
ly tried two years ago but given up
last year when a small number of
protests were received.
Another change in the system is
that four teams have five games
instead of the usual two West League
teams playing the extra engage
ment. This is the year for Roose-
welt and Woodrow Wilson to play
the extra games. The schedule also
originally called for no Tech-Central
game this year because of the shift
around between East and West
teams, but it was decided not to
abandon this traditional classic and
it was added as an extra game for
both schools.
The schedule still needs the ap-
proval Of the Board of High School
Principals.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

graph vote, ruled Fraser ineligi-
BILE for interprovincial COMPETE
ton and the Maritime Associa-
ton ruled him out of the local
series. One c. A. H. A. member,
the Quebec Association, recon-
mended that the Miners be de-
clared ineligible for Allan Cup
play if they should win the
series.
The Cape Breton champion is
scheduled to play the New
Brunswick champion in the Mari
time finals, and the winner of
that round will meet the survivor
of Quebec's playoffs in the next
round Of Allan Cup competition
for the Canadian amateur cham
pionship.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
.Gehringer Confident
1910 Miseries Are
Are Gone for Good
BY the Associated Press.

LAKELAND, Fla, March g.
Charley Gehringer, who was an all
ing man all of last season, expressed
the opinion today that he never
again would have as bad a time of
it in baseball as he did in 1910.
Charley said that he believed he
had overcome his back ailment as
we'll as a general physical letdown.
He has taken treatments since the
World Series.
'I don't know how good I'll be this
season, or next season, or the season
after that" Gehringer said. "All I
know is that won't be as bad as ]
was last year."
Whereas last year he was "miser-
able almost from the day I entered
the training camp" Gehringer said
that now Il really think I'm going
to be all right"
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Loop Plans Two Night
Contests Each Week

A baseball league is being organ
lied to play at Ballston Stadium
with the tentative schedule call
ing for two night games week.
Details will be ironed out at a
meeting Tuesday night at the sta
dunn Office. Norman Outcault, who
will manage Village Motors in the
new loop, would like managers of
the following teams to contact him
at North 1477 with regard to en-
tering the league: Arcade Pontiac,
Frank Small Motors, Petworth A.
c., Betsy Ross Chips and Washing
ton Eagles.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Baltimore u. Seeking
National Collegiate
Basket IaureIs
BY the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, March s-West
Texas State. San Diego State and
the University of Baltimore-three
teams from far away-are Kansas
City bound for the purpose of end
ing the neighborhood reign in the
National intercollegiate Basket Ball
tournament.
The fifth annual affair gets under
way Monday noon. Each of the
previous meets brought champion
whose campus was barely court
length from the playing site.
The first two years it was War
rensburg (Mo) Teachers, then
Southwestern College of Winfield,
Kans., and last spring, Tarkio, (Mo)
College.
1t will be the third straight year
for both San Diego and West Texas,
but Baltimore is making its initial
appearance in the event. This
years collection of 80 quintetS
comes from 10 States.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Packers Sign Huskers'
Rohriq, UcIons' Lyman
BY the Associated Press.


CHICA o, March 8.-Earl
(Curly) Lambeau, coach of the
Green Bay Packers, announced
today he had signed Halfback Her
man Rohrig of Nebraska and Tackle
Del Lyman of U. c. L. A. for the
1941 pro football season. Both are
draftees.
Rohrig, 185-pounder, was Ne
braska's best kicker and a versatile
performer last fall.
Lyman was outstanding in the
U. G. L. A. line as a junior, but
missed half of the 1910 grid season
because of an appendectomy.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Fred Perry to Coach
W. & L. Tennis Squad
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, Va, March g.
Fred J. Perry, British tennis star
who for four years was undisputed
ruler of the worlds amateur court
ranks and later held the world pro-
fessional and open titles, agreed to-
day to coach the Washington and
Lee tennis team this spring.
In telegram from Mexico City
this morning Perry said he would
come here in April.
Evening star., 1941-03-09


for the inter-high track meet, tenta-
lively set for May % and %.
Change Baseball Setup.
A change in baseball policy will be
inaugurated this season in that the
championship playoff between the
two top teams will be a -two-out-
of-three series instead of the usual
one game. This change was decided
after last years experience when
Central, generally regarded as the
city's best team, almost lost to East
ern in the play-off in one bad inning,
when two errors gave away three
runs. The game went IL innings,
with the Vikings finally winning,
4-3 Previously they defeated East
ern 1873.
1t was felt that a three-game
series would do away largely with
chances of the better team having
an off day or an off inning that
could decide the title. The series
will be held May 90 and June and 6.
There will be no home games for
Centrals defending champions as
the stadium is being resodded. Cen
trails home games will be played at
sites selected by the Vikings and
announced later.
The schedules:
Football.
October g. Wilson at Central: 10. Tech
at Anacostia, Eastern at Roosevelt; IL
Central at Anacostia, Roosevelt at western,
Wilson a Tech; "a. Anacostla al Eastern,
Tech at Roosevelt, western at Wilson; IL,
Western at Eastern.
November | Saturday, Tech at Cen
trail: :, Anacostia at Wilson, Roosevelt at
Central Saturday Eastern-Tech at
Central; IA, Central at Western. Wilson
at Roosevelt; 90, championship playof.
Baseball.
April Q, Wilson at AnacoStia, Central
at Western: -. Roosevelt at Eastern, Tech
at wilson 25, Anacostia at Western. Cen
tral at Roosevelt; 20, Eastern at wilson
Central at Tech. ..-
at Central: T. Wilson at Western, Tech
at Roosevelt: O. Eastern at Central. Tech
at Anacostia: l3, Eastern at Tech Roose-
welt at Wilson; Is, Western at Tech, Wilson
a. Central; 90 Western at Roosevelt,
Anacostia at Eastern; -, Roosevelt at
Anacostia. postponed games.
May 20, June and 8, championship
series
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Good Grid Starts Fail

BOULDER, Colo. (P-Colorado
University, although losing three
and tying one of its nine football
games this season, scored first in
every game but one This was the
Brigham Young contest; when the
Utahans blocked a c. U. kick for
a safety.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
New Y. P. |. Grid Coach
To Retain Old Aides
BY the Associated A prnsc


BLACKSBURG, Va, March g.
Jimmy Kits. Virginia Techs new
head coach of football, today an
nounced that he would retain the
present Tech assistant coaches on
his staff. They are Sumner D. (TeX)
@Tilson, line coach, and H. Macauley
McEver, backfield coach.
Both are Tech graduates-Tilson
in the class of 1923 and McEver in
the class of 1890.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Far Back of Whizzer

BOULDER, Colo. (P).-Leo Stasica,
All-Big Seven halfback from Rock
ford, Ill, was the first Colorado Uni
versity gridder to win a conference
scoring title since Whizzer White
topped all competitors in 1897. Sta
sica scored so points compared with
Whites 122.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
By the Associated Press.

GLACE BAY, Nova Scotia,
March 8.-They take their hockey
seriously up this way, especially
at playoff time.
The Glace Bay miners and
Sydney millionaires have been
playing a series for the Cape Bre-
ton hockey league championship.
When its own two goalies were lost
to the team, Glace Bay borrowed
Bill Fraser from the North Sgd
ney club and won the first three
games. Sydney protested that
Fraser wasn't eligible with these
results:
l. Fraser was declared inergi-
BILE.
2. Colliery workers threatened
o strike unless discrimination"
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Ohrboeh Quint Goes
To National Event
By the Associated Press.

oJ tITC 44DoN7NI'FVVN1 I I S0''
NEW YORK, March 8.-Ohrbach
basket ball team, Metropolitan A.
A. U. and Middle Atlantic cham
pions, will leave Thursday for the
National A. A. U. tournament at
Denver.
1t has seasons record of "a vic
tories, the last II straight, and eight
defeats.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Navy Wins at Fencing
After q Poor Sturt
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASS0clated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 8.-Su-
periority with the epee and sabre
weapons enabled Navy's swordsmen
to trounce st. Johns College of
Brooklyn, Is to II, in fencing today.
After dropping the foil match,
5-4, the Middies went on to win
the epee bouts, 6-3, and the sabre
contest, 6-4.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Maryland Rif|emen
Edge Out HoYas by
1874 TO 1854

Marylands rife team is over one
big hump in the schedule and head
ing for the important match with
Navy next Saturday at Annapolis.
The Terp sharpshooters nosed out
GeorgetoWn Yesterday. 1.374-1 1854.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Temple Gets Williams

Harold (Josh) williams, former
haffback at Pitt, has been appointed
hackf1eld coach at Temple.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Greet Record is Hung Up
For Unlicensed Driving

Unlicensed driving-John RED
man, Is. of Union Springs, N. Y, %
years. Redman. just reaching his
prime as an unlicensed driver, said
he was not tired and could have
gone on for seven more years when
interrupted by magistrate, who
fined him IS on each of two counts
of reckless driving and driving with
out a license.
watermelon eating (debutante
division)-Jimmy Hatfield. II, col
ored. of New York City. one Co.
pound watermelon in minutes fat.
Hatfield complained Of slow track.
poor conditions, etc, and announced
that he believed that 2;40 water
melon was possible if spectators re-
Trained from smoking.
-Four even quarters Of 40 seconds
each would do it." he said, but I
would prefer a fast early pace Of
about ITO for the first half. Water
melon eating is in its infancy"
Marathon bridge playing (best
balD-Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Overgaard
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Russell,
Omaha, eight years, every Monday,
after breaking record. DR.. and Mrs.
Overgaard moved to Houston, Tex.
for change of pace. High scorer was
DR.. Overgaard with 1,456,28O points.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

Totals - 559 Totals 16 s 40
Score at half-Varsity. 23 Alumni. IA.
RefeTee-Mr. Carlo.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Chain gong Bicycling
Mark is Notable

Consecutive bicycling tchain-
gang division)-David Weisberg.
Miami Beach, Fla, 1880 miles
chained to a bicycle. Reaching New
York City from Miami Beach in 10
days, Weisberg telephoned Mayor
La Guardia, to whom he had for
warded keys to paddock, but Mayor
was out Of town.
Diaper application (sprint)-Ed
Moeller, bachelor, 30, of Kansas
City, applied diaper in l 2-10 Sec
onds. Competitors claimed foul,
since Moeller used special Upper
diaper. Next best time was As Sec
onds Ctwo-pin style) lowering pre-
vious world record for two pins. 6.5,
held by Mrs. Helen Arthur, Dallas,
Tex.
We would like to add the name Of
Robert Bower, As, of Edmonton, AL
berta, to the list of notable sports
performers of the year, but mis-
fortune overlook Bower in the midst
of his six-day endurance contest,
man against horse. Having circled
a half-mile track l99 times, as
opposed to 1856 laps for the horse
CMy Prince, Bower withdrew on the
fourth day with sore toe.
At least. he was in there punch
ing, and that is the kind of thing
we need in this hemisphere.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Change Baseball Setup.

Also awaiting approval are dates
for the high track meet, tenta-
lively set for May % and %.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
c. U. Meet Program Tomorrow

Track Is IL Laps to the Mile.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-20
St. Matthews

81. Matthews Episcopal church.
201s st. Antoine. the Rev. F. Rick
ford Meyers. pastor, will celebrate
another anniversary Sunday,
September 81.
This congregation Is one OF the
oldest religious institutions in De-
troit.
Morning prayer will be at 10:30.
At IL am. the patronal service and
sermon will take place. with the
music OF the orchestra OF Leroy
Smith ausmenting that OF the choir.
The church school will begin the
fall session at $3.50 the same morn
ins. Thomas Matthews is superin-
tendent.
Since July the eleven o'clock
service was held Al 10 am. but. on
September q. the old hour will be
resumed. Practitioners and friends
are expected 10 attend the fervico
IN large numbers.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-09-20
WHITAKER
BY Cornelius Reeves

The Rev. ]. A. Parker relinquish-
ed his time Sunday morning to
Mrs. Susie Byars who made her
report on the annual conference.
The Trustee Helpers presented
a Welcome Back program in hon.
or OF the pastor, Rev. J. A. Parker.
A delicious repast was served.
Guest speakers were Rev. II. @.
Simmons and Rev. r. Brown OF
Ypsilanti.
Milton Reeves and Miss Raines
left from Detroit Friday evening
with their aunt, Mrs. Mary l..
Reeves for a two weeks tour OF
the South.
A group Of gentlemen OF the COM
munity motored to Detroit Sunday
afternoon to enjoy an evening OF
entertainment at Briggs Stadium.
There is a rumor about town that
Glenn Ford. a former resident Of
the community was seen cruising
around the community Sunday eve
ming. ! wonder what he was look
ing for?