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Evening star., 1941-07-13
Mat Referees Sidestep Man vs.. Bear Match
Colleges Are Hit as Defense Positions Lure Schooboy Athletes

Courier-Journal says you can
pickle those reports that George
town College won't play out its
football schedule. The little
Kentucky school will be in there
pitching. Auburn may lose two
Junior guards, Max Morris and
Nick Ardillo, both first-stringers.
Would it be correct to say
that the New Orleans Midwinter
Sports Committee hit a new high
when it landed Les Steers and
Bill Stewart, world-record high
jumpers, for the Sugar Bowl
track carnival?
Les Thompson, lightweight,
who won 81 out of % fights as
an amateur before Army induc-
ton, is looking for pro fights in
the Carolinas. He's stationed at
Camp Croft.
Joe Davis, Vanderbilt's sensa-
tional racquet wielder. is q
clothing salesman.
Champ Pickens, promoter of
the annual Blue-Gray football
game at Montgomery. has been
dickering with Matty Bell Of
Southern Methodist and Dutch
Meyer of Texas Christian to
coach the Southern team.
Bruce Davis. young Tallahas-
see CFla) clubber, will be a big
golfer one of these days. At Is
years of age he stands s feet l
inch weighs ITS pounds ana
shoots IN the low 7os.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Riggs Trims Kovaos,
Meets McNeiII in
Western Final
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS. July l2-Bobby
Riggs of Chicago and Clinton. s. c.,
defending his championship in the
54th annual Western tennis tour
nament. won his way into the final
today with a hard-earned victory
over Frank Kovacs of Oakland,
Calf.
Riggs, seeded second, downed the
third-seeded Kovacs, IS, 81,
46, 10-8.
He will play National Champion
Don McNeill of Gambler, Ohio, top
seeded, for the title tomorrow.
In a women's semi-finai match,
the No. l favorite, Pauline Betz of
Winter Park. Fla. beat third seeded
Virginia Wolfenden of San Fran
cisco, IS, 6-3, to win the right
to play Dorothy Bundy OF Winter
Park, seeded second, for the cham
pionship.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Helen Jacobs and Sarah Cooke
Meet for M. S. Tennis Honors

Then she committed two double
faults that enabled Miss Jacobs to
tie the score at 8-8 in the final set
and the latter easily ran out the
next two frames.
Mrs. Cooke didn't find her game
until the second set. Then she
overwhelmed fifth-seeded Miss Os-
borne. losing only one game in the
next two sets.
The championship match will be
played tomorrow.
Mrs. Cooke and Miss Osborne,
top-seeded doubles team, defeated
Argyll Rice, Hartford, Conn, and
Donalda Dillingham;, Philadelphia
60, 60, and Miss Jacobs and
Mrs. John B. Jessup. Wilmington,
Del, won over Helen and Mercedes
Marlowe, Los Angeles, 81, ga. to
reach the finAh
Evening star., 1941-07-13
20 Years Aqo
In The Stor

Despite a homer in the ninth
with two on by Sheely, White
Sox first baseman, the Mats
saved an 81 win to open the
series at Chicago.
Babe Ruth collected home runs
Nos. 80 and "a of Dixie Davis,
St. Louis pitcher, to go 13 days
ahead Of his 1920 record pace.
Bob Martin. heavyweight
champion of the A. E. r., and
Frank Moran. veteran Pittsburgh
fighter. proved they could hit. but
little else, In a boxing match in
New York won by Martin on a
kayo in the seventh. Neither ap-
peared good enough to be an op-
ponent for Champion Jack Demp-
sew
Evening star., 1941-07-13
johnson 2-Set Victor
In New York Clay
Court Tourney
D. C. Netmon Beuts Lurie,
Mcneil, Parker Stort
Action Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

by t1t ASSOtldtpu fItsS.
NEW YORK, July 12-That old
bugaboo of tournament chairmen-
the interlocking tennis schedule
kept the eight seeded stars in the
New York State Clay Court cham
pionships occupied at other points
while play opened with scattered
firing in the first round today.
Several highly regarded unseeded
entries survived. One, Bob Decker
reached the third round. The for
mer New England junior champion
now living in Reno, New, defeated
Fred Lampe of New York, 6-3
6-3, and followed with a 50, 6-4
triumph over Spencer Peets, an
other New Yorker.
Dave johnson of Washington,
D. c., crashed the winners circle
by defeating Bill Lurie of Brooklyn,
6-, "a. Two Cornell University
netmen, John CurtisS and Bill Gif-
ford, won straight-set decisions.
Curtiss eliminated Chester Wander
of New York, 81, So, while Gif-
ford shut out Ed Heiser of New
York.
Jim Anderson of Oakland, Calf,
got past the first round with a 81,
6-2 victory over Bill Quail of
Blooming Grove, N. Y.
Armand Bruneau, Brooklyn vet
eran, ousted Buzz Bismarck of Mat
TICK, Mass, "a, 6t3, and took a
second-round berth along with
Billie Umstaedter of Millburn. N. j.,
former National Junior champ, who
scored 6-2, 6-4 over Frank Nc
Guire of New York.
The seedlings headed by Don Nc
Neill and frankie Parker get their
first test Monday. McNeill and
Parker are finishing tournaments
at Indianapolis and Spring Lake.
N. j., respectively.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
HosIey, Atkinson Even
In PuIuis Royal Golf

J. j. Hasley and N. Atkinson tied
for low net honors yesterday at the
annual Palais Royal Golf Tourna-
ment at Bradley Hills Country
Club.
Both had a So. Hasley on an 81
with a IA handicap and Atkinson
with an 80 and 81 handicap. Low
gross honors were taken by Jack
Frost, II,
Evening star., 1941-07-13
BY ROMNEY WHEELER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ATLANTA. July 12-Loss Of
varsity football players via the
draft is not the only worry caus-
ing insomnia among big league
college coaches. By-product of
defense industry expansion Is
attraction Of high school athletes,
who are quitting school for de-
fense jobs. The problem is being
felt acutely in Alabama and else
where in the South.
This war, says Peter Baird Of
the New Orleans States, should
be q big consolation to sports
Evening star., 1941-07-13

writer's. Next fall, when they
miss picking football winners,
they can look back on the war
analysts.
Wrestling Promoter Stanley
Pinto Of Tampa didn't have half
rs much trouble signing the
Swedish Angel for q match with
. black bear as he did in finding
a referee to get in the same
ring with the combatants. Jack
Marshall, the Texas heavyweight,
Is pondering an offer for three
South American bouts. There's
$4,000 In 1t II he's interested.
Earl Ruby of the Louisville
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Canning Leads Leuvens
When PIoy Is Halted
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
SkYTOP, Pa, July &c. Robin
Hlppenstlel Of the University of
California won his way into the
hnal OF the Skytop invitation ten
ms tournament today by beating
Frederick Mercur of Bethlehem,
Pa, 6-3, So, 60.
Rain halted the other semifinal
encounter between William Can
ming, jr, also of California. and
Donald Leavens of Washington after
Canning had won the first set, 6-4
The final will be played tomorrow
Evening star., 1941-07-13
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, July 12-Helen
Hull Jacobs of Greenville, Del, and
Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke of New
York-Seeded first and second-won
their way into the final of the Mid
die States grass court tennis tourna-
ment today.
Miss Jacobs, the United States
No. woman amateur, defeated De-
Tending Champion Helen Bernhard
of New York, 60, ST, 10-8, and
Mrs. Cooke won over Margaret Os-
borne, San Francisco, 0-6, 60,
e1.
The 20-year-old Miss Bernhard
was within one point on her own
service of defeating the former
American and English champion
and repeating the victory she won
last year in the finals.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
700 Boys to Battle in Finals
Of City Playground Meet

Seven hundred boys from all Sec
tons Of the city will compete at
Tech Stadium on Wednesday In the
annual playground track meet spon-
sored by the Community Center and
Playground Department. The meet
begins at 10 am.
Entrants were selected at area
meets during the past week. All
areas will be out to beat Columbia
Heights. coached by Frank Cronin.
former track star at University Of
Maryland. which has won for three
successive yeaI1.
Evening star., 1941-07-13

Cronins team will be handicapped
by the loss Of Herb Farnsworth, q
consistent winner for several years,
who now Is over age. Last year he
set . 10o-yard dash record Of 1o.1
seconds.
Events include q dash, broad
jump. high Jump and relay for boys
entered in IS, 100. lis, 135-pound
and unlimited classes. Entries are
allowed In only -one event and q
relay. Gold. silver and bronze
medals viii b awarded.
Evening star., 1941-07-13

Last weeks Results.
Helen Richards IN defeated Marion
Towns IN. PD 60. 81.
Felicia Miller ,Nl defeated Frances
johnson Co 6-2. 81.
chinn IN. P) 6-l, "a.
Alison Claim &c. W. defeated Helen
Mary Poppe e. W. defeated Are. Nor
Gsn IN PD 6L2. So.
Mary Pope &c, W defeated Carol
Cushman tWD 60. 60
Harriet skehan C. W. defeated Marsa-
ret Grsy (ND Ga, 60.
Wilma Dinovitser Cw0 defeated Annetta
Behan &c. W. 8-2. s..
Frances johnson CO. defeated Adeline
Rivkind (sl IS, 50.
Dorothy Towns M, p defeated Busl
Louise Chinn IN. p defeated GLADYS
Bishoff 80. 6-3, g..
Lois Jones Os) defeated Marion Towns
IN. PD al, So.
Mary Belin (R) defeated Pessy Smith
&c. W. 3-6, e., 6|3.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
May Insects Gain Tie
For Loop Leadership

With Bumps Collins pitching two
hit ball, May Hardware recorded its
second victory in as many starts
in the insect division of the Boys
Club of Washington Western League
yesterday when it defeated Ballston,
So. The win elevated the Hard
ware nine into tie for first place
with Georgetown Branch.
Ballston still leads the peewee
division with four victories against
no defeats.
Standings:
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Nationals Are Alone
In Tennis Lead, but
g. W. Is PRESSING

Undisputed possession Of the lead
ership of the Women's Tennis
League again is held by the Ma
tionals after being forced to share
the top spot the last two weeks.
Victories by Helen Richard and
Felicia Miller boosted the Nation
ais season percentage to .619-3
more points than the second-place
George Washington team.
Standings:
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Hockey Loops Affiliate

NEW YORK, July IL (P.-The
American Hockey League has vot-
ed to continue its afiliation agree
ment with the National Hockey
League until 1912. and to permit
clubs in the major circuit to draft
players until July I.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Rovers Get New Coach

Freddie Metcalfe has been ap-
pointed coach Of the New York
Rovers hockey team. succeeding Alex
Sith. He was coach of the Regina
tsaskatchewan) Rangers, hich won
the Allan Cup the past season.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Coach Fixes Grid
Ace for Service
By the Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N. c., July Ia
There is one football coach in
North Carolina with . red face.
A splendid prospect for the
team came along. but had bad
teeth. The coach, taking 10
chances. turned q dentist loose
on them.
And then-the player went
right oft and Joined the Army
Air Corps. He had been rejected
previously.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Four Hits Win Money

In 1910 Emerson Dickman and
Dennis Galehouse, pitchers for the
Red Sox. had a side bet on the
number of hits each would make
Dickman made four and won BY ors
hit
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Marines 8-Run Session
Beots GreenbeIt, ia

Special Dispatch to The Star.
QUANT1CO. Va. July IA
seventh-inning uprising that netted
eight runs helped the Quantico Ma
rines baseball team to a 12-4 win
over Greenbelt today. Tomorrow
the club plays host to Petworth.
Nolan, Leatherneck hurler, held
the visitors to five scattered hits
and had IL strikeouts until a blis-
tered finger forced his retirement
late in the game.
Greenbelt -------- 900 OIL oil 4
Marines 600 400 sOx-IS
BstteriesENolan. Haberkon and La
France; Hoockwost, Breed and Todd
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Track Squad Hard Hit

Five members of Northwestern
University's track team who hold IL
school records were lost through
graduation. AS result. Coach
Frank Hill is not looking forward
to l942 with optimism.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Swim Stur in Service

Charlie Flachmann. one time Ma
tional A. A. U. sprint swimming
champion, now Is q lieutenant In the
Quartermaster Corps.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
West Point Gets Tuckle

Frank Merritt. who starred at
tackle on the Fordham freshman
eleven last fall. has ensered West
Point.
Evening star., 1941-07-13
Weiman and Cappon
Will Be Tutors al
W & N School
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Rress.
Princeton's Tad Wieman and
Frank Cappon will join Carl Voyles,
william and Mary athletic director,
on the faculty of the coaching
school at Williamsburg July % to
August 2.
Wieman, who succeeded his old
boss, Fritz Crisler, as head football
coach at Princeton in 1892 is re-
garded as one of the games fore
most tacticians. Like a lot of other
good faculty men he wears a Phi
Beta Kappa key.
Cappon, all-Western fullback at
Michigan in 1924, is basket ball men,
tor and line coach for the Tigers.
He went to Princeton via football
basket ball and track coaching jobs
at Luther College, Kansas and
Michigan.
At his alma mater he was assist
ant athletic director and major
domo in football and basket ball
from 1881 to 1887.
The Hot Springs opeS golf tour
nament, one of the States most
comfortably conducted affairs, gets
under way tomorrow. Qualifying
rounds may be played Saturday or
Sunday on the Homestead course
by any resident of Warm Springs
Valley. After a week of rest the
qualifiers move over to the Cas-
cades course on July 40 for the
championship play.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
Help One Another

.Tske- thst, she said you
cannot carry fish in your hands
like that"
what about YOURSELF: 1
asked, overwhelmed by her gen.
crosby.
Don't worry" she answered,
81 can manage with the other
half. We must help each other
these days. 1t is the only way
to-puII through.
She was a cultured woman from
the north.
Thank you, st. Martini" I
said.
She walked home with me.
"YOu have called me st. Mar
tin," she remarked. THAT was
kind of you. There are many
st. Martins In France today.
Our present plight will make us
worthy of a better future, for 1t
brings out the best In all of us.
"The people here, In the south,
were always delightful, but no
one could have guessed their
deeply-rOOted generosity. In
former days, one took. pleasure
trips to the south OF France.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
Fill Butcher Shops
for Precious
Fat Scraps
Nv BETTY BARZIN
Neied BslEisn Journalist

"A ND copyrighi. 1871. by Internationa
News Service
NEW YORK. Jan. 1S.-In the
region of Haute-Garonne, all
butchers close on Mondays and
Tuesdays. On Wednesdays pork only
IS sold. and such precious things
as ham bones (which make the
foundation of good soup), bacon
rinds when cooked with fresh
butter beans or white cabbage),
they give a delicious flavor, and
lust think of the fat you saveD
and potted liver (which, spread
on bread, makes one forget that
butter is thing of the golden
pasu may be had without ration
inC cards
Wednesday morning is the great
morning 10 the housewives of that
district. They rise very early, and
long before the butcher shops
open at Z O'Clock, line up what
ever the weather be. First come,
first served" of course; and by
$50 one cannot hope for anything
unrationed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
Too Lazy to Awaken

As I am lazy by nature, I have
often missed the 'non-rationed"
part of the Wednesday program,
but my kindly landlady always
managed to soften the heart of the
butcher-lady and to snatch at least
half an ounce of bacon-rind for
1.-The poor Belgian refugee-journal-
ist who goes to bed late in order to
listen 10 the midnight radio news
of the London BIC and then can
not get up in tim "
The butcher lady did not think
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
Rush for Fish

Ii was hard blow. for the three
ounces, which somehow stretch
over Monday. cannot be expected
TO stretch also over Tuesday and
Wednesday. 1 decided on turnips
and chestnuts. Just as l was
turning towards the store, girl
rushed by on bicycle:
There Is some fish on sale,
outside the post office; he
quick" she shouted 10 me.
| ran 10 the fish stand. bought
what l needed. and then was faced
with tremendous problem:
j had brought no paper, and it is
altogether useless to hope that
small tradespeople will provide
any kind of wrapping paper in
France nowadays. Fruit, vegeta-
bles, groceries, wine and bread are
all carried in rubber or linen shop
ping-bags.
faStIdIouS people but one
grows less and less fastidiouS
every day - take the precaution
never to leave home without a
couple of newspapers tnewspa-
pers, by the way, are printed on
one single Sheet and some string.
There 1 stood. debating whether
to put my two newly acquired
mackerels into my shopping bag
which already contained my days
ration of bread. or whether it
would be better 10 leave the bread
in the bag and balance the fish
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
Wishes for Papers.


Wishes for Papers.
The fishmonger was sorry for
me and tried to cheer me by Civ
ing me a lecture on recent history:
ayes. my dear. that is the
worst Of the beastly agreement
between those gentlemen and
the Russian bandits. Finland Is
broken and Sweden isolated.
And 80 we have no paper. 1 wish
the Americans would drop some
of their fat newspapers over
here occasionally. My son who
has been TO Chicago tells~m me
that the papers there sometimes
weigh about a pound apiece. DO
you think the Americans will
help England?"
Even the thought of United
States of America help for Britain
did not solve my own problem,
and, / am ashamed to confess it,
/ felt clumsy and unhappy. l hate
the smell of fish, and 1 was wor-
ried at the thought of all the soap
l would need to clean my hands
after this little outing.
Meanwhile, several other women
had arrived at the fish stand out
side the post office. One of them
Il shall never forget her beauti-
full dark eyes, soft brown hair and
Giaconda smile-unfolded a copy
of Paris-Soir, tore it in two and
handed me one-half.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

IT was right, but my landlady
would promise everybody a full
version of the English radio news
later in the morning. and that sol
cmn promise which incidentally
has always been kept--reSulted in
all the customers pleading with the
Shopkeeper on my behalf!
On the last Wednesday Of my
stay in the town of Blagnac. the
butcher shop did not open at all.
There had been a rounding-up of
pigs a few days earlier. Those
gentlemen" il was rumored. had
interfered again, and no pork had
appeared on the meat market that
week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

An Introductory package specially de
for young mothers to show the q,
and virtues of Johnson & Johnson pr
for babies. Contains J. & J. Baby p
Baby Soap, and Baby Oil in &c
quantities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19

New wayi Use IL
to stop perspirs-
ton, and under
arm o d or, keep
und arms dry.
You'll think it's
like magic when
you try ~. Eco
nomioal, too.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
Proud of Country

They are not only courageous,
helpful and generous. They are.
above all. fundamentally intelli-
gent and infinitely proud of being
French. They want to remain
French. they want their children
TO be French.
To them the word France is
synonymous of freedom. They
fight for freedom in that quiet
and stubborn way which is really
truly feminine and which outlasts
every other form OF fighting.
They have a ready answer 10
all German propaganda. When
the German-controlled Paris radio
station tells them how much Joan
of Arc hated the English, they
Just smile and say:
"Ah, but she did not know the
] Germans"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
EndIess~SfruggIe

zone went back home, warmed
by the sunshine, laughter and
songs. One felt that the back
And now one learns that the
south Is going to be our saliva
ton"
She spoke calmly, but her eyes
were full of tears. L told her L
would soon leave France. She
made me promise to tell Ameri-
cans what the women of southern
France are doing to keep up the
spirit of France
When we parted. we were
friends. Yet l forgot TO ask her
name.
Such is life in France today.
An endless struggle to keep body
and soul together, but struggle
out of which France hopes to
emerge victorious, because food is
the only care of the French
woman.
A week or so before the arm
istice, in the days when Paul.
Reynaud was sending his pathetic
appeals TO President Roosevelt, l
was walking in the streets of
Poitiers, looking infinitely per-
turbed. as did everybody else.
Miracle of-France'
A young girl came up to me and
cried: -,
ut Is not true: We are not :
beaten. And even II we should
have to lay down arms, we
should not be beaten. There Is
such a thing as The Miracle of
France And don't you for
get it,"
Yes. there is such a thing as
The Miracle of France" In 1914,
it was the Battle of the Marine.
Today it is the stand of French
womanhood which refuses to ac-
cept defeat and behaves as
though France already were en-
route towards the recovery of its
old glory.
Nothing can break their spirit
Neither hardship, nor lack of out
side news. nor the cruel closing of
the demarkation line between the
occupied and unoccupied zones
which means the breaking up of
so many homes. nor German
propaganda. nor Vichy suggestions
for collaboration" with Ger
many. nor the notion that. IN spite
Of reassuring rumors, their prison.
ers will not come home to them
before the end of the war; MOTH
ing will daunt that spirit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-19
Lie in France T0dGy:
Housewives in Mad Rush to Market
On One Rationless Day Week

neatly on the palm of my right
:.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-24
Bank Assets
Show Increase
s Million Boost
For Ysor Reported

oLYMPIA-Assets Of e1 state
hanks. mutual savings banks and
one trust company under state
supervision showed nearly an
Se.ooo. 900 increase In the year
ended June 80. banking Super
visor J. c. Minshun reported
"Wednesday.
Assets climbed from 1884,
leo.sss 10 s16s.f7e.sil. de-
spite the fact hat there were
three fewer state banks on
June 80 than the previous
year.
Bank deporitors increased from
assess with SOS, So. $50 IN their
accounts TO 240.4se with si06. 49,
S67. Total deposits Of all types
totsled si<s.es2.i7a. q rise of near
ly $1,000. 900.
Loans on farm land and real
estate rose from s57.eei GAS to
se4. sss, oo2. Government securities
owned by the banks went UP $780,
600 TO s43, SIS. $50.
The June 30 statement was
sliehtly above that OF April this
year when banks reported $751;
ooo. $50 In assets.