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Evening star., 1941-01-28

the city'S all-time record set of 497
at Recreation, last night fired an
all-time record of 469 for the Build
ing e. Loan Associations League.
Pricci literally scorched the Chevy
Chase Ice Palace drives with games
of 161, 1876 and 172. Despite these
heavy blows. Washington Perma-
nent quint dropped 2-1 decision to
Oriental. Priccis new mark ties the
city's season high set record rolled
by Nick Benner in the National
Capital League
Rolling 125, Ella OBrien gave the
Rose quint 2-1 edge over the Guys
in the st. Martins Ladies League.
With Emma King posting 322 at
King Pin, the Hipkins SWamped
the TownSends with highs of $50
1,508.
Joe johnson is the first to win
a free entry in the Hap Burtner
Handicap Open tournament to be
staged at Convention Hall Sunday.
johnson gained his free ride" by
virtue Of 406 handicap count in
the st. Martins Mems Club League.
Rolling 371 from scratch, he paced
team counts of 606-16 GIT that en-
abled the E. Jeffries outfit to swamp
the Huguelys Howard Ewald's top
counts of 1880 at King Pin
featured the Kings 2-1 win from the
Mattinglys
Baptist rollers shared the lime
light in the Takoma Church League
by virtue of their surprise sweep
over the erStWhile leading Catholic
No. club. The defeat dropped the
losers to second place while Cath
olic No. 2 grabbed the top rung with
2-l decision over Presbyterian No.
l despite the latter's top counts of
SOL 1633 The individual stars
were j. Smith and c. Sidell with
respective scores of l37-348.
SanfordS rollers dominated the
rolling in the Georgia Avenue Silver
Spring League when Al Cissell
paced team counts Of 6l3-l,732 with
158-39l.
Firing 161-393 at Convention
Hall Carroll Simpson of Valley
Forge was top shooter in the Mer-
chants League. Team highs went to
the Thomas Summerville crew with
629-1, TAT.
Bill Krauss' season record set for
the KlloWatt League was tied when
. Ode Brown cut loose with 424. His
top string was l66. Transit posted
592-l.689 to take the rubber game
from Station Engineers.
Lee Howder of Secret Service was
standout in the Treasury League
at Brookland with 1882. Book
keeping and Warrants garnered
team highs of 595-l.683.
Evening star., 1941-01-28

A new putting green grass that
has many points of superiority over
the best" that has come along IN
the two decades of intensive golt
course grass research was described
TODAY bv DR.. John Monteith, head
of the Washington office OF the
United States Golf Association green
section. Speaking at the final ses-
sion of the short course" for green
keepers at the University OF Mary
land, Dr. Monteith, known all over
the world for his work with gol1
course grasses, told of experiments
with a then unknown grass casually
picked on a New Jersey golf course
which have resulted in a new strain
which he declared is highly resistant
to brown patch and the other dis
eases which attack expensive putting
green turf.
The new grass at present has no
name. 1t is simply number on
laboratory schedule. 1t is known
as "C-1" in the grass plots at the
Arlington Experimental Station.
Will Illc SdullOll o4 q oSASiiAASS 'A'O
Is 10th to predict he has found the
end of the rainbow. DR.. Montelth
told 60 greenkeepers and men asSo-
ciated with the greenkeeplng science
that the new grass has opened uneX-
pected avenues of putting green de-
velopment. The man who IS IN
charge of expenditure Of 8,00O a
year on research work by the U. 5.
G. A. alone and who spends many
more thousands from other sources,
said he does not predict C-l Will
take the place of Washington, Met
ropolitan or other bent strains now
accepted as the best But he hopes
he said, that eventually, the new
grass will be as much better than
the older grasses as washington
bent was found to be soon after its
discovery on the old fourth green at
the washington Golf and Country
Club in 1921 by the late Dr.. c. v.
Piper.
DR.. Montieth was one OF several
DISTINGUISHED speakers at the closing
session of the Wc-dav meeting.
Other speakers toda" included Fred
1rau, J. o. Pepper, P. Donofrlo ana
Guy Stricken.
Byrd Banquet Speaker.
Last night Dr.. H. c. Byrd OF the
University of Maryland was the
chief speaker at a banquet. DR..
Rvrd welcomed the greenkeeperS to
the short course, now in its third
annual session. Among yesterdays S
sneakers were William S. Flynn OF
Philadelphia, one of Americas most
prominent course architects, and
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Koontz, With 100, Ties
|14-Year-0Id Masonic
League Pin Record
Anucostion Has 401 Set;
French Team Holds on
To Runner-up Berth

A 14-year-old duckpin mark was
tied when William Koontz of the
Anacostia Lodge team fired 100 In
the Masonic League. In equaling
the once sensational city record
game which Howard Ryan rolled at
Convention Hall in 1927, Koontz
came through with 401 set that
prevented the pacesetting West Gate
quint from posting a shutout.
B. B. French maintained second
place in the hectic flag chase when
Harold lie Roy with 1882 and
Dale Hollinger with 141-371 led a
Il victory over Stansbury No. l.
The third-place Albert Pike split
IN double-header match, winning
the odd tilt from National and
losing a 81 decision to Lebanon.
The latters victory was led by Leon
ard Carrigan with 1882.
n. d. Sonnemann'S 1875 and Bill
Wolfe's 371 were the deciding wal
lops in the fourth-place Columbia 3
2-1 win from Centennial. Henry
La Clair's 389 helped Hope swamp
Naval. Jack Palmer's l72 also was
a highlight as Harding nicked
Gompers twice.
George GloSSbrenner with l4l
helped Columbia No. post top score
of SOB in the Odd Fellows League
at Brookland Harold Hodges
zoomed his top average to 1908
with 388 and aided his leading
Golden Rule team in chalking up a
1,74l top count.
1t was Preston Teals 1880, the
latter count season record. as the
hlghllghts in the Library OF Congress
League at BTOOkland.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Cheer Up, Dubs! Newest Grass
For Go|fing Greens May Help
Stroiqhten Out Your Putting

constructor of the Washington Coli
and Country Club course, among
many others.
Flynn told the greenkeepers it is
to their interest. in course construc-
ton, to eliminate insofar as possible,
unnatural mounds and grassy hol-
lows that force hand cutting Of
grass. That, he said, means added
expense Flynn went into many
angles of course construction. Other
speakers included o. J. Noer, R. P.
Thomas, T. T. Taylor, Alton E. Rab-
bitt. who is in charge of turf MAIN
tenance in the Washington parks,
and j. w. Bengston of the U. S. G. A.
green's section.
Glimpsed at the meeting were Jack
Athey of KenWood, Charles Lead
ingham of Indian Spring, o. B. Fits
of Columbia, John S. Connolly of
Bethesda, Md: Tom Ryan Of Belle
Haven, Alexandria. Va, and such
well-knoWn Maryland greenkeepers
as Bob and Dick Scott of Baltimore
Country Club and Rolling Road.
Bill Dunt of Sherwood Forest, Andy
Gibson, pro and greenkeeper at Bon
ME View; Ivan Gantz and Reginald
Giddings. Greenkeepers attending
hailed from five States and the
District of Columbia. DR.. Ernest N
Cory Of the University of Maryland
presided. The meetings, jointly
have been sponsored by the Uni
versity and the Mid-Atlantic Asso-
citation of Greenkeepers.
Congressional Members Meet.
Congressional Country Club men,
bers today had before them a COM
plete picture of what they may ex-
pect if the expected club reorganiza-
ton goes through. Present and fu-
ture officers of the club faced a
group of members last night and
recounted the steps which have led
up to the situation confronting
Congressional. Within a few days
a Montgomery County court will
issue a decision on the auction sale
of the property held last September
At present the club is headed by
President Myron Davy. If the auc-
ton sale is approved the club will
continue operation under a new
group headed by Gen. Frank T.
Hines.
Speakers pointed out that there
has been no interruption to the
functions of the club and that con-
tinued operation will be an accom-
plished fact if the sale is approved
by the court. Certain financial re-
arrangements will be made, they
said.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Three local country clubs want
the District woman's links cham
pionship for 194l The feminine
schedule for the year will be an
nounced around March l and budget
books for the woman golfers, cover
ing entry fees in all Journeys Of the
Women's District Golf Association.
will be on sale by March Is. Il want
to get everything settled, including
our tournament schedule, as quickly
as possible said Mrs Walter L.
Weible. president of the feminine
organization.
Clubs offering their courses for the
District championship are Congress
sionaI. Manor and WASHINGTON.
Manor wants the tourney. Wash
ington is in line for it and Con-
greSSional also would like the affair
But the women are having some
trouble finding a date for the cham
pionship. This year the schedule
makers are making every effort to
arrange their dates so they do not
conflict with tournaments in the
Baltimore area, or with other major
events.
Meet Likely in Mid-June.
The Eastern women's champion
ship, to be played June 10, II and II
at Westchester Country Club of Rye,
N. Y. will draw several contestants
from the Capital and the schedule
makers do not want to arrange a
local tourney to conflict with this
event. 1t will remove from con-
Sideration one of the best weeks in
June.
The week of June Is probably will
'oe chosen for the District woman 5
championship, with the Maryland
State Woman's title tourney to be
held at the Chevy Chase Club fol-
lowing in the week of June %. Mr.!
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Bowling Loop for Junior Stars
Now Up to Alley Operators;
Pncci Sets B. 81. Mark

With six bowling establishments
already staging interalley matches
for the fast-growing number of
youngsters eagerly seeking competi-
ton and several more lining up
teams, formation of a Junior Dis
trict League, patterned after Wash
ington's fastest duckpin circuit, ap-
peared likely today.
A plan to this end will be sub
mitted next Monday at the monthly
meeting of the Metropolitan WASH
ington Bowling Alley Operators
Association by the Washington City
Duckpin Association.
The promotional efforts of the
alley operators the last several years
to interest Washington girls and
boys in bowling has played no little
part in the tremendous boom in the
sport this season.
Where the city once had lone
high school league, many schools
now have organized circuits rolling
at the various maple plants. A mixed
league of playground youngsters is
the latest to be organized.
Lucky Strikes Score High.
The latest to announce victories
are King Pin, Lucky Strike and
Columbia juniors. King Pin, after
losing to Columbia. handily de-
feated the Brookland Recreations,
1,643 to 1893. Bus Sithens with
1886 and Carl Loeff1er with 327
were top shooters for King Pin with
Gus Mantzouris best for the losers
with 33l.
Posting scores that likely would
have beaten some all-star combina-
ton. the Lucky Strike lads fairly
smothered the Del Ray representa-
tives. 1,728 to 1,495. Lucky Strike
settled the issue in the first game
when Cookie Sperling led a 629
score with a lusty 1863. Billy Wright,
Lucky Strike captain, counted l30
while Bob Roberts 100. Dick Mos
sers 106 and Micky Nocera's 110
aided the big count Roberts was
high with 366 while Sperling finished
with 36l f. Fadley's 324 and P.
Astryne's 323 were high for the
losers.
Sunday the King Pins finish
their match with Brookland on the
latter's drives and the following
Sunday will tackle the Lucky
Strikes.
Evening star., 1941-01-28

Joe Pricci. who in 1882 established
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Of YeaOH Crop List Of 81 EGbes Announced for Peanes
Sports Program
For Local Fans
IODAf.
Basket Ball.

st. Johns at Eastern, $50.
Bethesda Chevy Chase at Cool
idge, 3:30
Washington-Lee at Roosevelt,
$3.50.
Western at Gonzaga, $3.50.
Woodrow Wilson at Georgetown
Prep, $3.50.
Dewitt at Hyattsville, $3.50.
Anacostia at Frederick High,
800
Hockey.
Atlantic City Sea Gulls VS..
Washington Eagles, Riverside
Stadium, $50.
Weight Lifting.
District A. A. U. championships
Jewish Community Center.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Sanico Bakers Shine.

Flashing 169 as a starter, Ed
Hutchinson capped his rolling last
night at Convention Hall with a
season record Of 442 in the Sanitary
Grocery League His wallops en-
abled Sanico Bakery to trim Sanicn
Meats, 81, with highs Of 62O-l, ,720
Bill Gartrell of 2l0-game fame,
banged out 403 for the losers.
Joe Pricci. who in 1882 established
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
HERCULES PLANT
 HAS EXPLOSION
Two Men Killed, Four at Least Injured; Cause of
 Blast Unknown

Belvidere, N. J., April il. - (UP) An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant today killed two men and injured at least four The explosion occurred at 9:3t a. m. charles Haycook, 2i, of Bel videre, suffered head and interna! injuries from which he died in War ren Hospital at nearby Phillips. burg. A company spokesman saic the identity of the second victim was not immediately known. Cause of the explosion was not imme- diately learned.
 One of the injured, George Dal- rymple of oxford, N. J.. was in 6 critical condition at Warren Hos pital. He suffered abdominal in. juries, fracture of the left ankle multiple lacerations of the face and shock. Walter Gerspach, B of Belvidere, also was treated a Warren Hospital. One of the in jured, Richard Stenlake, S5, of Eas Bangor, Pa, was taken to Eastor Hospital, Easton. Pa, and a fourtf was treated at the plant. Stenlaks suffered head injuries and possible fracture of the left leg and left arm. His condition was serious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
Battle For Greece Is
 Already Going Ahead
British Crack Expeditionary Forces Have Contacted German Panzer Divisions in First Phase of
 of Fight for Control of Greece
(NEA Telephoto)
BY BEN AMES Limited Press Staff COrresl

(Untted Press Staff COrrespondent)
 Athens, April 1l.-(UP)-Britain's crack expeditionary forces went into action today against German Panzer divisions, apparently on 50- mile northern front, in battle upon which the fate of Greece may hinge.
 The British high command ad- mitted that a German arinored di- vision had broken through the fa- nous Monastir Gap. entrance tc Northwest Greece from southwest Jugoslavia while another force has pushed west about 30 miles on the road from Salonika.
 The British defense line, the com munique indicated, runs from Gi- anitsa, 30 miles west of Salonika to the vicinity of Phlorina due south of Bitolj (Monastir).
 It faces north against the Ger man thrust across the mountains from Bitolj and east against the German push from Salonika. The central hinge of the line appeared to be EdesSa. The southern end of the line was believed to be in the vicinity of Mount Olympus.
 Greatest Maxi Threat
 The Nazi threat was greatest at the Phlorina corner near the junc- ture of Albania. Greece and Jugo- slavia where the ak-through oi the Monastir Gap placed the Ger man armored columns within strik- ing distance of the Greek road system which comes down behind the Greco British defenses.
 The British went into action yes
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
GERMAN MUSIC IS
 CAUSE OF MURDER
l0-Year.Old Youth Liked It; Employer Didn't, So
 He's Dead

Minneapolis, Minn., April 11.-- (UP)-Walter Groebli, 19, told De- tectiye Inspector James Mullin to- day that he wounded his employer Percy Whittlesey, at upper Nyack N. Y, last January when Whittlesey upbraided him for playing German music on a photograph. Groebli was arrested when he appeared at the post office to claim mall. Authorities had been advised by Rockland Coun- ty, N. r., officials that the youth would call for mali here. "He got sore because like German music, Groebli told Mullin. "He chased me upstairs where I got gun and shot him. Then I ran away, intending to go to Seattle"
 The youth said he was hitch-hik- Ing from Providence, R. l., to his mothers home at Atlanta in Sep- tember, l940, when he was given a ride by Richard Blanding, also oi upper Nyack. When he told Bland- ing he was looking for work, Bland- ing persuaded Whittlesey to give the youth c job as houseboy. Groebli said he liked to play the German war song "We Sail Against England on the photograph and that on Jan 19 his employer became enrageo when he played the record. The shooting followed.
 Whittlesey, wealthy aid-to-B Britain advocate, told police Groebh was a fanatically pro-Nazi sympathizer He said the youth chased him around his luxurious home and shot him Eve times.
 Authorities were notified that two Rockland county officers were en route here by airplane to take 7roebli into custody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
German Column, Pushing Through
 Greece, Crashes Against British
SOME STRIKES NOT SETTLED Ford Motor Co. May See Peace Shortly; General
 Motors Next
(By United Press)

settlement of the Ford Motor Go. strike depended today only upon the ironing out of "technicalities."
 Negotiators adjourned their long night conferences at 3:l5 @. m. to- day and return to discuss further the single point in question this morning.
 Representatives of the interior de- partment entered deadlocked coal negotiations at New York, where representatives of the United Mine orkers (CIO) and Appalachian Soft Coal operators are attempting to settle 0 work stoppage, of 4o0,0o miners of l2 states, seeking wage in- creases of e dollar 0 day.
 They assured operators that Cuff fey act Investigations setting basic prices on Q ton of coal would bt hastened, helping operators prevent losses from any wage increase.
 Refusal of southern operators tc accept union demand for elimin- ation of a 40-cent daily differential between northern and southern wages was blocking an industry wide settlement sought by U. S. labor department conciliator.
 Efforts to avert threatened work stoppage by steel workers or- ganizing committee (CIO) members at plants of the United States Steel corporation continued at Pittsburgh and at Washington, where President Roosevelt met yesterday with com- pany executives.
 At Washington, representatives of the defense mediation board labored to settle three of the most important of the remaining l7 strikes in de- fense industries. They were those involving the Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corp, Bayway, N. J.; The Snoqualmie Falls, Wash, Lumber Co.,, and Standard Tool O., Cleve- land.
 Ford Not Settled
 Detroit, April Il - (UP)-Final settlement of the 10-day-old Ford Motor strike still eluded negotiators today.
 Gov. Murray Van Wagoner's trip le-point truce had been accepted without qualification by the United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
Opening Phase of Struggle That May Mean Life or
 Death for Greece
NAZIS SEEKING TO
 ATTACK FROM REAR.
Whole of Greco-British De. fense System Threatened
 If Nazis Gain FOOthOld
BY HARRISON SALISBURY Limited Press Staff Correspondent

BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondents
 Britain's expeditionar. force opened the battle foi Greece today south of the vital Monastier Pass where Nazi Panzer divisions threat sned to knife through and smash Greco-British defense lines from the rear. Jugo- slavia crumbled under knock out blows from north and south. Belgrades fall appeared im- minent and Hungary, Rumania Italy and Fifth Column CroaH raced in to divide up the spells.
 In Africa the. German threat tss Egypt and the Suez Canal was build ing up too fast for British comfort. German troops, claiming that Brits ish resistance had been broken h the region of perna, poured easS toward Tobruk.
 And on the home front in the British Isles the Nazi Luftwaffe kept the pressure on with night raids in which several hundred German war planes blasted at the great Mids lands industrial region, centeriilg on Birmingham, Coventry and Notting- ham.
 One Good News Bit
 Against the black news of this Good Friday the British had one big item on the credit side of their
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
RUSSIAN WRITER
 STICKS TO GREECE
Still Sees Hope Greeks Will Overcome Enemy;
 Nazi Planes DOwned

Moscow, April Il -- (U.P) - The military commentator of Red Star, organ of the Russian army, said to- day that the German occupation of Salonika was not decisive and the Greeks still could resist effectively in their main line of defense, an- chored on Mt. Olympus.
 The commentator said the Jugo- slavs would be able to continue fighting in event the Germans cut of their southern army. He point ed out that British control of the eastern Mediterranean provide fa- cilities for contact with the Jugo- slavs through the Adriatic while mountainous terrain favored fur ther military operations by the AL lies.
 "The Jugoslav army is resisting a considerably stronger enemy and doubtless 1t faces great difficulties" ," he said. Conditions have been made worse by the existence of several fronts, enabling the Germans to carry on mass offensives from sev-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
BRITISH, NAZl
 BOMBERS STRIKE
Two German Battleships in Brest Hit; Three Eng-
 fish Cities Raided

London, April 11-British bomb- ing planes again straddled the Ger man battleships Schornhorst and Gneisenau with bombs in raid on Bhest last night, the air ministry announced today.
 Squadrons also raided the Ger man Ruhr and Rhineland industrial districts, centering on Dusseldorf during the night and yesterday.
 British bombing squadrons also raided Dusseldorf in the Rhineland during the night and yesterday bombers carried out surprise raid on the, Borkum seaplane base oil the North German coast, the minis try said.
 Bombers have been over the big French naval base at Brest many times since the German battleShips were discovered there after raiding British shipping in the Atlantic. The air ministry last credited It's bombers with straddling them with bombs in raid Sunday night, though the planes were over Brest Wednesday. Last nights was the 5lst raid on BreSt.
 "Yesterday afternoon" the minis- try's communique said, "a small force of Blenheims set out for an attack on the enemy base on Borkum. Coming in at sea level, our aircraft achieved a complete surprise. Direct hits were observed on buildings and troops running to cover were heavily machine-gunned One of these aircraft is missing.
 "Conditions were even more fa- yorable for another force of bomb- CTS which attacked naval units at Brest. Both the Scharnhorst ard the Gneisenau were seen straddled
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-11
US. VESSELS
 WILL GO CLEAR TOSUEzCANAL PrOclainls State of War Now Exits Between Axis
 Powers, Jug0slavs "STOPPER" REMOVED
 FROM YANKEE SHIPS Plans Are Rushed Also for Arming, Guarding of
 Greenland Outposts

Washington, April Il. = = (UP) - President Roosevelt by proclamation today re- opened the Red Sea and the Gulf of Alden to American shipping, permitting United States commercial vessels to 20 up the east side of Africa to the Suez Canal. Announc- ing his action at a press con- ference, MT. Roosevelt re. yealed also that he has pro claimed that a state of war now exists between Germany and Italy on. the one hand and Jugoslayia on the other.
 Reopening of the Red Sea anc Alden to American shipping follows virtually complete success of British arms in Ethiopia and Italian terri tory lying along the western side of the Red Sea and the Alden Gulf
 These sea areas originally had been barred to American shipping by proclamation of Q narrow combat zone from the eastern tip of Africa to the Arabian coast. Revocation of this combat zone in effect re- moves the stopper" which kept American vessels away from Suez
 Dismissed One Charge
 MT. Roosevelt admitted that un- der the new order, American vessels will be able to carry supplies for non -belligerent countries up to the southern mouth of the canal. He dismissed as not pertinent and a matter of argument whether Port Said on the Mediterranean end oi
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