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Evening star., 1941-02-19
Schwartz in HondboI!
FinuI With GoIdstein

Jack Schwartz of the Jewish Com
munity Cenuter defends his Dis
trict A. A. U. handball champion
ship tonight in the final of the 18th
annual tournament of the Y. M
G. A.
His opponent will be Gustave
Goldstein, also Of the Jewish Com
munity Center, in a match starting
at 8 o'clock. Schwartz. got past
his semifinal opposition last night
by defeating Nathan Maccoby OF
the "Y," 2l-7, ALA, thus reaching
the final round without loss Of a
game. Goldstein won his way to
the final with victory over George
Wendlandt, " last Saturday.
Doubles finals will not be hello
until February 81.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Mosterson Is Harris
Hope as Rocks Leave

Before leaving Union Station last
night for training camp at Orlando
Fla, Manager Bucky Harris predicted
this may be the year young Walter
Masterson. towering right-handed
pitcher, will learn control, seeming
ly the only missing link in an other
wise polished pitching repertoire.
Hes learned plenty in the past
two years. said Bucky; hes picked
up weight and he's more confident -
Also along we're Rookie Pitchers
Joseph Quinn, Carlton Twyole'
Hardin Cathey, Joseph Cleary, Bill
Zinser, Alex Zukowski, Lou Truman,
Bill Kennedy. Beck and Poydock,
and Rookie Catcher Dick Hahn.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Hoppe Earns $3.50
In Keeping World
3-Cushion Title
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. Feb. l9.-Willie Hoppe
53-year-old king OF three cushion
billiards. received $3.50 for his IT.
day battle to retain the world
championship.
Hoppe was recovering from pneu-
monia when the tourney started but
won is of II matches after making
belated start in the lS-player
field. The month long tournament
which ended last Friday attracted a
net gate" of PLOTS.
Jake Schsefer of Cleveland. run
ner-up to Hoppe for the second
straight year. was paid s2.5o0. and
jay Bozeman, Vallejo. Calf, re-
ceived s1,825 for third place.
Welker Cochran of San Francisco
got s1,700 for fourth. followed by
Art Rubin. New York, $500; Joe
Chamaco, Mexico City. s1375; Art
Thurnblad, Kenosha, Wis. sl,l50;
Allen Hall, Chicago, s1,05o; John
Fitzpatrick. Los Angeles. $3.50; Otto
Reiselt, Philadelphia. 1925; Paul
Levin. Chicago, SIPS; Tiff Denton,
Kansas City. 1925; Earle Looka-
baugh. Chicago; Irving Crane. Lii
vonia, N. Y: Clarence Jackson, De-
troit: Joe Moriarty, Chicago: Len
Kenney. Chicago, and Herb Peter
son, St. Louis, $3.50 each.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
6. W., Cavalier Quints
Rate About on Par
For Game Tonight
Hormun and Wiltshire
Are Attacking Threats
ColonioIs Must Stop

Boosting the enviable record Of
29 victories in their last So games.
Virginia's hard-to-beat courtmen
romp into Riverside Stadium to-
night to do battle with George
Washington at $50 o'clock.
If it is anything like the overtime
game they manufactured last winter
at Charlottesville, they'd better nail
down the seats-and the customers
with them. G. w. won that slam
bang affair. 1892. and probably will
be a slight favorite tonight. but
its fine line of demarcation. From
neutral corner it's tossup.
The Cavaliers will put their trust
in the scoring eyes of Bill Harman
and Dick Wiltshire, plus a stubborn
defense that has held most rivals
to low figures Harman, with we'll
over 200 points to his credit. and
Wiltshire do most of their damage
from pivot positions with overtime
shoulders tosses. II the Colonials
handcuf this pair they'll have the
battle half won, although Virginia
can pot EN- from long range. too.
The downtown passers have made
elegent preparations for receiving
their guests and chairman of the
Reception Committee will be lanky
Matt Zunic. Mathew is harder to
shake off than a head cold when he
makes up his mind to play a body
close and he probably will be as
signed as Harman's personal escort
for the evening. Not only is he good
defensively, but he f1ips mean ball
into the basket himself and is likely
to test Willie's defensive ability to
the utmost.
Virginia solved G. WIS fast-break-
ing tactics last winter with faster
breaking defense, so this modus
operandi is not expected to give the
Colonials any edge What they need
are the opportunities to shoot and
the ability to convert them. Much
depends on Bobby Gilham, who dis
played his old form against West
Virginia last week Joe Conner,
Charley Jones and Lou Veltri will
round out G. W.'s starting lineup.
Billy Mccain, AL Lowman and
Landon Buchanan probably will be
at the three remaining positions for
Virginia.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
By BURTON HAWKINS.

Nobody can give more than good
guess as to the effect of two ice
hockey teams on the Districts sports
appetite-When that situation ma
terializes next seaSon-but the one
club now operating here finally
has reached the point where it is
willing to Concede the village is a
stanCh supporter.
The Washington Eagles, who last
night grasped the Eastern Amateur
Hockey League lead by spanking
the Atlantic City Sea Gulls, Az. be-
fore 4,057 fans at Riverside Stadium,
have enticed sizable crowds to their
water front plant.
In % league games at Riverside
the Eagles have performed before
66,460 customers, an average of 3,02l,
or enough to insure Owner S. G..
Leoff1er the sun won't set on his
venture quite yet.
With that kind of attendance
Leoffier will realize a neat profit
for the season on the modestly re-
imbursed Eagles. He deserves it,
since he took the gamble, and there's
little reason to doubt customers will
continue to test the capacity Of his
chubby arena for the remainder OF
the season.
The Eagles are involved in a
hectic stretch scrap with the Bal
timore Orioles. The Orioles can
snatch the lead by whipping the
New York Rovers tonight and the
Eagles can regain the top spot by
defeating the River Vale Skeeters
here on Friday highland such a
situation never harmed prospects OF
sizeable crowds.
Loeff1er is in an enviable position,
for not in some seasons has the
Eastern League owned such a close
championship struggle OF the
Eagles II remaining games, II will
be played at Riverside, presenting
stocky Mr.. Leoff1er an opportunity
to reap the reward Of that bitter
battle as the season Wanes.
The home schedule isn't calcu-
lated to damage Washington's hopes
of capturing the championship
either, for eight of those II games
will be played against the Skeeters,
Boston Olympics and New York
Rovers, clubs the Eagles have played
% times. to win 81 games, losing
four and tying three for a con-
vincing .75O.
Against the Orioles and Sea Gulls,
whom the Eagles must face only
three times here, Washington has
won eight, lost nine and tied three
for a more modest percentage of
All. On the road the Eagles will
be required to meet Boston and
Atlantic City twice each and Balti-
more and River Vale once each,
having completed their full slate
of games at New York.
Washington, too has recovered
its early season form, as reflected in
its easy victory over the Sea Gulls
last night The Eagles spurted into
a 40 lead before half the second
period elapsed and coasted to
triumph.
The suddenly fiery Hal Dewey
contributed two goals on brace
of slick passes from Paul Courteau,
while Len Burrage and Roy Nc
Bride added other Washington
scores. Norm Burns, needing only
two goals to break the Eastern
Evening star., 1941-02-19
St. John S Is Threat
To Gonzaga After
Beating Western
RivuI Also Shows Form
For Loop Title Come
BY Routing 6. W. High

Championship Of the Catholic
School Basket Ball League awaits
Gonzaga tomorrow if the Eagles
can repeat an early season triumph
and down ST Johns when they
meet in a night game at Tech.
On their season record of IA vic
tories in 18 starts the Eagles are
favoritcs. but the Johnnies are far
from out of the running, especially
since pulling an upset Yesterday by
defeating western. 1924, at ST.
Johns. At the same time Gonzaea
was keeping pace, sinking George
Washington High in Alexandria,
45-2l
Eagles Lead From Start.
The Eagles were of TO an early,
1912. lead in the first quarter at
Alexandra and never were threat
ened The victory march was led
by Frannie Counselman. leading
schOolboy scorer in the Washington
area. who added Ia points to bring
his season total to 204 Also helping
greatly was Center Bob MulvIhill,
who counted II.
Despite their defeat, the Presi-
dents showed definite improvement
over some Of their recent games.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Skating Marks Likely
To Fall in Indoor
Title Meet Here
Record Field Of Stors
To Compete at Uline's
Saturday and Sunday

A record d-breaking field capable of
record breaking featS Is the pros
pect for the National Indoor Speed
Ice Skating championships at Uline
Arena Saturday and Sunday, South
eastern Skating Association offlcials
declared today
Already more than 100 entries
have been received by DR.. Chris
topher Meyer, president of the
sponsoring organization, and those
now in the mail or in the hands Of
other groups of the Amateur Skat-
ing Union are expected to swell the
field over the present record of l55
contestants.
As for new speed records, they are
confidently expected by Meyer after
his receipt of a 14-lap mile track
diagram from Ted Young, president
of the union, yesterday. Although
Meyer had suggested that Uline's
enormous ice surface made possible
installation of 13-lap mile, Young
and his experts concluded that one
more lap would be to the advantage
of the skaters inasmuch as the 13-
lop route would have involved
sharper turns
Time tests show that skaters cover
IL laps with wider turns from 3 to
seconds faster than over a more
acutely angled track Of 13 laps.
According to Meyer, New York
State is sending the largest delega-
tion that ever has represented it in
the national championships. Dick
Werner, who has won every major
speed title in the East, and Virginia
Jahon, outdoor champion of the
Middle Atlantic, Eastern States and
Southern New York sections, top
the list
Werner, of course. will find him.
self up against the foremost male
skaters of the country inaSmuch as
the entries of National Champion
Leo Freisinger. Silver Skates Carni-
val Winner Chuck Leighton and Vic
Ronchetti, former North American
champion, already have been re-
ceived.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Bethesda Has REVENGE
On WI. High 0uint
In 1914 Battle

One of the few setbacks on Be-
thesda-Chevy Chase's basket ball
record this season was removed in
last nights game at Bethesda when
the Barons defeated Washington
Lee, 1924. This avenged an early
game at Ballston in which the
Generals triumphed, 27-26.
A big third period. during which
they earned IL points, gave the
Barons strength to withstand a late
WI. rally. A field goal by Bob
Keene just before the first half
ended put Bethesda in front, 10-11,
where it remained the rest of the
way.
During the third period when the
Generals were being held to points,
on two baskets by Rube McNab.
the Barons were adding to their
edge on shots by Dick Poerstel,
Keene, AL Gainst and Elton Mcclure
and had a asia margin to see them
through the final eight minutes.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

youngster was about two years
behind his Canadian counter
part of the same age. The for
mer would hit his playing peak
as he was leaving college, and
because he had no alternative,
such as joining an amateur club,
he usually quit in his prime.
This has been changed now.
The American boy is rounding
into top form sooner. And more
important. is continuing to play
after graduation.
THE American youngster near
ly always has been able to skate
as fast as the Canadian, but
often met with difficulties in ac-
duiring as good a sense of bal
ance and as nice a stride, usually
because he started skating later
and lacked the opportunity to see
and play real good hockey such
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Confusing's S No Word
For What Went on al
Boxing Meeting

Joe Turner and Ray Avis would
have smoked a pipe Of peace yes
terday at their round-table con-
ference with the District boxing
commissioners, but nobody in the
crowd even had a cigarette.
Among those present was Eddie
Walker. agent for Chalky Wright,
the outstanding challenger for the
world featherweight titles-both of
'em Walker gave the boys a lot
OF double talk, said exactly nothing
in one hour >and ended with
plea that he not be quoted
It was decided that boxing is
sport not recognized in States gov
erned by the N. B. A, that neither
Turner or Alvis had Wright under
contract for a bout with Petey
Scalzo and that both have
Confusing? You should've been
st the meeting.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Terp Five Has Three
More Tries 10 End
Losing Streak
18th Successive Defect
Is Given by V. M. |.
In Ragged Contest

None of the boys has grown the
customary beard to be cut of when
they win a game. and Maryland's s
basket ball team members probably
won't this year. So far they have
in a negative way. a perfect record.
which probably won't be upset to-
night at Ritchie Coliseum when
they tackle the Rutgers lads in the
10th court game Of the season for
the Terrapins.
Maryland's court season looms as
perfect" with reverse English. Fol-
lowing tonights clash with Rutgers
they have two more scheduled
games, against V. P l. Friday and
against Washington College Satur-
day If they drop EN- all they'll
tie some sort of national record for
having gone through a season with
out a victory. If they win several
hundred students Immediately will
fall into a coma. Those same loyal
rooters have witnessed nothing but
l9 straight losses this year by the
Terp courtmen.
Maryland had a squirt last night
against Virginia Military Institute,
when in the second half Of their
court contest at Ritchie Coliseum
they garnered eight points, while
the Lexington lads were running
up 10. But 1t all ended on the same
sad note for Maryland, another on
the wrong side of the ledger, this
time by a count of q to Al. Both
teams played raggedly.
Capt. Bob Foster starred for the
Lexington boys with five field goals
and foul toss for II points. Ed
die Stumpf tossed in four goals
and a foul for points George
Jarmoska was the top scorer for
Maryland with 9 points from four
field GOALS and a foul toss
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Mat Aces Of Southern
Conference in Meet
At College Park
Terps' Unbe1ten Mcneil
Likely to Grob Title;
Y. M. |. Team Choice

Paul Mcneil. Maryland's unde-
fested light-heavyweight, and Andy
Fronczek, Richmond heavyweight
and all-conference football tackle,
are among the early entrants in the
conference wrestling tournament to
be held at Ritchie Coliseum Febru-
ary % and March l. Mcneil has
won all IS bouts of his mat career.
Entries close Monday with Roy
Mackert. director of physical edu-
cation at Maryland and chairman
of the Tournament Committee, and
he foresees one Of the largest lists
in the events history. Wrestling has
come back on large scale in Dixie
is well as throughout the East.
Mcneil, the only Terp to win in
the match with Franklin and Mar
shall's undefeated squad last week.
is entered along with Marylands S
full team. The Old Liners are one
of four schools which will be en-
tered in all divisions. Others are
Washington and Lee. North Caro-
lima and Virginia Military Institute.
1iO latOcI SIldic Gu OCdJe ana confer
ence honorS with w. and L. last year
on a basis of their undefeated rec
ords. as no tournament was held.
Duke, North Carolina State and
Virginia Tech are expected to send
some men to the tournament.
Wrestling weights, varying some
what from boxing. are as follows:
12l. 1913. l36, 145, 155. 165, ITS and
heavyweight.
There will be wrestling both aft
ernoon and night of each day, with
the finals, of course, coming on Sat-
urday night.
Virginia Military Institute, boast
ing the best record. probably will be
Installed as tourney favorite.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Conodo's Superiority as Hockey Source Seen Fading
Ready Challenge Cradle Of Big

as can be seen in virtually every
Canadian town in the winter"
Murdoch. whose rugged physique
carried him through 500 consecu-
tive games with the Rangers
from 1926 through 1887, said the
large squads and interest in
hockey he has viewed at Yale
and other American colleges have
convinced him there's no bounds
to the sports future in this
country"
The most fertile territory, nat
urally, is in the Northern States,
where the zippy winter provides
ideal conditions, with Minnesota
the best, Murdoch declared
Murdoch's coaching record is
highly impressive. Last season
Yale went uhdefeated in winning
the Quadrangular League title
against Harvard. Princeton and
Evening star., 1941-02-19

Dartmouth. It is favored to de-
fend the honor this year despite
a plague of recent injuries to key
men.
The Murdoch system?
Mainly concentrating on fun
damentals and teaching the boys
to think for. themselves on the
ice. where anything is likely to
happen in the heat of a game
just shy Of being a 6-footer.
Murdoch. a 160-pound winger.
hoped to the big league from the
University of Manitoba campus
within brief period after being
graduated. He found the rough
and-tumble sport much to his
liking. Twenty pounds heavier
now, he scrimmages against his
charges daily.
They cali him . "one-man
gang"
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Roosevelt Meets Western Eastern Tackles Tech Opening Of ayoH
Murphy to Be Among Ia Terps
To Strive for Conference
Track Honors Saturday

essay the herculeen task Of running
in the mile and 2-mile events. Fields
rapidly is nearing his peak and the
railbirds who have been watching
him are limiting that he'll own the
Maryland record for botn distances
before he runs his last race in the
Black and Gold.
Headley will have no hurdler for
the 70-yard event unless Melvin
Leonberger rounds into form by to-
morrow and there is a strong pos
sibility the team will have to scratch
in this number The coach also is
trying to select a mile team from
among Bob Condor, Randall Cronin,
Tom Devlin and Chacos.
Condor Shaking Of Cold.
Condor has been out with a cold
but will get a berth on the squad if
he shakes 1t off in time. He ran a
1:58 leg in the Millrose games and
is coming along at a good pace
Cronin is untried in big time COM
petition. but he comes from run
ming family and seems to have the
stuff.
Randall was preceded at Maryland
by Frank and Cornelius. "Conny'
was the first to matriculate at Col
lege Park and Randall not only
strongly resembles him in facial and
physical characteristics, but has the
same track appearance. Frank not
only was a crack half miller. but
won the conference l65-pound box
ing title the first and only year he
tried his hand at it.
Stirling Kehoe, brother of Jimmy
who is competing in the national
A. A. u games at New York Satur-
day. and Duke Alexander will carry
Marylands colors in the freshman
events. Stirling will run in the =.
mile race and Alexander will do his
stuff in the high jump. Duke took
the scholastic title in this event last
year for West Nottingham Academy
with leap of feet 41/l6 inches.
l. F. A
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Latsios Serves Rinq
Notice With 7. K. 0.
Win Over Todd

Nick Latsios, talented local Gold
en- Gloves welterweight champion
who will compete as a middleweight
in the District A. A. U. boxing
tournament starting Friday night at
Turner's Arena. is proving he has
lost none of the sting in his Sun
day sock
Tuning for the A. A. U. event
last night at Alexandria, Latsios
registered a second-round technical
knockout over Vernon Todd of the
Prince Georges Boys Club. The
ST. Mary's puncher disposed of Todd
in minutes seconds of the second
| session and indicated he is ready
for more strenuous campaigning.
Latsios is moving up peg to
make room for Bernie Cook. who
won a decision over Bob Curtin OF
the Huron A. c. in the same show
at Alexandria. Cook is rated a real
threat to take the welterweight
title, and Latsios is believed to be
smooth enough to step into middle
weight ranks without harming his
chance of taking crown.
Bill Mulligan, tourney chairman
is enthusiastic over the record en-
rollment of 10 boys. This probably
will be the greatest tournament in
our history" says Mulligan. 1--WE
have the finest looking novices with
in my memory and we'll have al
the old faVorites as we'll"
Weighing in and physical exami-
nations for novices will be held to.
night at o'clock at Knights of Co.
lumbus Hall. The tourney will bt
| inaugurated with a series Of novice
bouts on Friday night and will con-
tinue on successive Friday nights
through March 81.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

A hardy band of IA Maryland
trackmen will try to disprove the
old adage of strength in numbers
this week end at Chapel Hill in the
Southern Conference indoor games.
Coach Coleman Headley has no
illusions about winning the team
championship but feels the Terps
will have loud voice in final dis-
position of the honors. Maryland,
titles last year but was runner-up to
North Carolina for the team crown.
And because those points for Sec
ond, third, fourth and fifth places
add up, Headley will ship sprinter
Joe Murphy South with the squad
Murphy hasn't had on running shoes
since last spring until recently, but
1t doesn't take him long to get in
shape and the youthful Terp mentor
feels he can pick up a few points
in the daShes.
Many Entries In Sprints.
Also listed in the sprints are Lou
Chacos, former Central High star;
Bill Tilley, Vernon Miller and Ches-
ter Ernst. Chacos, a strong flnisher,
may find the 70-yard distance a little
too short but he's coming along and
might spring an upset. Ernst is a
storybook runner. discovered last
year in the intramural meet. He
does the century in 10 fiat and has
shown an aptitude for running on
the boards
Tilley and Ernst also are down
for the broad Jump, and the former
has a good chance of winning. He
has bettered % feet in practice.
Luther Conrad will represent the
Terps in the shotput, and off his
42-foot efforts is conceded an out
side chance. Reggie Vincent also
may try his hand in this event, but
it is Conrad to whom Headley looks
for points.
Brightest star in the meet, of
course, will be Tommy Fields, crack
middle distance runner, who will
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Luck OF Draw Sends
Champions Against
Only Conquerors
Riders Down Anueostiu
To Tie for Top Spot
In Regular Series
Standings.

Luck of the draw places Roose-
velt's defending basket ball cham
pions in the high school series
against Western. only interhigh
team to defeat them in two years, in
the first game of the title playoff
round, beginning Friday night at
Tech Eastern. which tied with the
Rough Riders for first place at the
completion Of the preliminary round
robin series, goes against Tech, the
third-place team, in the second
game.
The two winners will meet Satur-
day night for this years public high
basket ball crown, while the two
losers tangle in a preliminary game
for the third-place rating. In reg
ular games already this season
Western defeated Roosevelt, while
Eastern downed Tech. although
those games do not necessarily indi-
cate What the outcome of the cham
piOnShip games will be.
Western Downs Anacostia.
The round robin series was COM
pleted yesterday with the Riders
gaining their first-plaCe tie by scalp
ing AnacOstias s Indians. 51-29, larg-
est point total earned in this years
series. 1t was a good, fast game
from start to finish, with plenty of
scoring, although the final outcome
never was in doubt after the Riders
rang up a 1875 edge in the opening
quarter. Elmer Leukhardt's field
goal and three foul tosses were the
only Indian points registered during
that session.
Hymie Perlo started strongly for
the Riders, counting seven points in
the first eight minutes, and contin-
ued with a steady pace to take scor-
ing honorS with 19 points. Frank
Ciango of Roosevelt came along with
12, largely through three successive
goals in the third period, and
Charles Howard, promising sopho-
more center. helped the Rider cause
with 9. Fred Adams and Leukhardt
topped the Indians with 9 each.
Both Use Reserves Freely.
In the second half, with the out
come certain, both coaches made
use Of practically all their reserves
to give them experience for next
season and to help them earn this
years letters.