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Evening star., 1941-09-14

drive 1t the traveller must If he really
would know the outer banks. He
may drive it himself or ride the bus
that makes one trip daily each way.
The rutted sand trail begins at
the Whalebone Station, where
United States Route 158 veers west
ward beyond the Nags Head Coast
Guard Station, to cross the bridge
to Roanoke Island. There tires are
debated to half normal pressure
and the next stop Is Oregon Inlet,
miles south.
At oregon Inlet, magic name for
fishermen, a stanch ferry Shuttles
across the opening cut by the ocean
through the narrow sand strip to
Pamlico Sound. The State is TAX
ing over this ferry in line with its
policy of no tolls anywhere on the
State highway system.
Pea Island Migratory Wildfowl
Refuge is across Oregon Inlet, and
nearby is the Pea Island Coast
Guard Station. the only one manned
by Negroes. Offshore a rusty boiler
protrudes from the surf, all that re-
mains of a Confederate blockade
runner.
Coast guardsmen at times are
called upon to rescue traYelers so
unfortunate as to get out of the
ruts and become stuck in the sand.
Next is New Inlet, opened by one
storm and nearly closed by another
within decade. A free bridge
traverSes it.
The sand trail leads to Rodanthe,
where the traditional "Old Christ
mas" is observed on January 5. A
little farther is the village of
Waves and the Chicamicomico
Coast Guard Station
By the time the traveller reaches
Salvo, the absence of license plates
on automobiles is apparent With
out improved roads. the natives pay
neither license fees nor gasoline tax
There Is not one highway patrol
man on the 50-mile stretch.
At Salvo single fig bush once
produced 100 bushels of figs.
! One of the most fertile areas on
/ the Banks is Avon, or Kinnakeet
as 1t was called when Indian names
were the fashion. Here are fruit
trees. truck gardens, and vineyards.
South of Avon the vegetation is
sub-tropical with Spanish moss and
palmettos occurring commonly.
Buxton is the easternmost village
in North Carolina. 1t is located
Evening star., 1941-09-14
By CHRLES PARKER.

Rodanthe, Avon, Waves Qately
changed from Chicamicomico) Bux-
ton, Hatteras-these are villages of
the Outer Banks, sand barriers hold
ing the Atlantic Ocean away from
the mainland of North Carolina. In
these and a half dozen more VII
lagos, scattered along the sand
swept shores ranging so miles south
ward from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras
Point, are 5000 residents of Hat
teras Island, sturdy people descend
ed from the sea and living by the
sea.
Hatteras is the outpost among the
islands of the Outer Banks extend
ing the 30O-mile length of the
North Carolina coast. Upon it will
lie the major portion of Seashore
National Park.
Rarely more than two miles wide,
In many places such narrow strip
that in a storm surf joins sound,
Hatteras Island is a tenuouS bar
rier between the Atlantic and PAM
lico Sound, an inland sea that at
tains a breadth of 80 miles midway
its 1OO-mile sweep southwark from
the birthplace of the Nation on
Roanoke Island.
There are no highways, and there
could have been none until re-
Gently because the constantly shift
ing sands obliterated everything in
their path. Now the sands have been
anchored by ingenious paintings
known as sand fences, and roads
may be expected to follow that will
open Hatteras to tourist travel just
as they did the area to the north
a decade ago. There bridges and
hard-surfaced highways have made
easily accessible Nags Head, Kitty
Hawk and the memorial to the
Evening star., 1941-09-14

the fare is joy to be long remem-
bered.
ShipWrecks once Uttered the
beaches, and there is the legend that
Nags Head got its name because
land-pirates attached lanterns to the
neckS of wild ponies-some of which
still roam the sands-With the effect
that in darkness they reSembled
ships lights or beacons, and mariners
were lured onto the surf where their
vessels broke up and were looted
by the islanders.
There is another legend, too, that
along this coast was lost the vessel
bearing the fabulously beautiful
Theodosia Burr, who set out from
Charles in 1872 to visit her father,
Aaron Burr, in New York and was
never heard of again.
The pirate Blackboard was slain
at Ocracoke in 1718; British in
vaders landed here in 1918, and in
1918, German submarine sank the
Diamond Shoals lightShip.
Now the coast is friendly. The
ancient shipwrecks have been COW
cred by the eternally shifting sands,
and coast guardsmen from a dozen
stations, manned largely by natives.
stand by to render immediate as
siStance when storms lash the coast
The proximity of the Gulf Stream
temperS the climate throughout the
year and fresh breezes blow in from
the Atlantic and Pamlico Sound.
The islands of the outer banks
remain as one of the few primitive
regions virtually untouched by
modern civilization. yet they are
near the vast mid-Atlantic Coast
population. The National Park
Service selected this area for
development as the only national
seashore park. rult
The outer banks south of Nags
Head and Roanoke Island now are
accessible by every mode of trans
portation, but lack of improved
roads retards motor traffic.
Airplanes land at Hatteras and
Ocracoke and there is an established
air taxi service based at Manteo.
Seaplanes may land in Pamlico
Sound Regular ferry service Is
operated from Englehard across
the sound to HatteraS and small
craft find safe harbors at Hatteras.
Ocracoke WancheSe and Manteo.
To drive it is still a thrill. and
Evening star., 1941-09-14
The Travellers Notebook
In Which Guest Who Knows the Nooks,
Cronnies and Crogs Of North CuroIna
Writes of the Outer Banks

Wrights, and annually hundreds of
thousands OF tourists visit Roanoke
Island, where the expedition sent
out by Sir Walter Raleigh estab-
lshed the pioneer English colony.
Roads, however, may await Spe-
ciflc designations within the park,
which will embrace more than Co.
600 acres in non-contiguouS areas
from Currituck to Ocracoke. The
whole will be made accessible, but
portions will be preserved in their
original state so future generations
may enjoy this Atlantic frontier
just as they now may natural Won
ders of the interior now preserved
In National Parks and National
Forests.
On the Outer Banks sand pre-
dominates, sand in ever-moving
dunes, in hard-packed beaches and
sun-baked wastes beyond reach of
the surf, but there is more than sand
and sun and surf Nowhere in
America are the banks duplicated.
Along them are woodlands and for
estS buried beneath shifting sands
There are lighthouSeS-the talleSt
in America at Hatteras stands
abandoned in testimony to inroads
of the sea. There is wildlife-terns
by the thousand nest in the hot
sands and feed upon small sealife;
at Cape Hatteras in winter is re-
putedly the largest congregation of
migratory wildfowl in America; at
the Pea Island sanctuary the skies
may be darkened by snow geese,
and along waters of Currituck
Sound, where the Carolina banks
begin, is duck shooting that some
say is unequaled in the Nation.
And there are people, hardy folk
with small contact with the out
Evening star., 1941-09-14

side world but hospitable. They
are descended, some of them, from
survivors of shipwrecks Anglo
Saxon, Scandinavian and Middle
Eastern racial strains are percept-
ible and they speak in heavy dialect.
They live in pure democracy There
is no formal local government. There
are no jails, little crime and no
lawyers.
The villages are not laid out along
any preconceived plan Sand trails
serve for streets" winding among
homes in irregular pattern. There are
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no community water and sewerage
systems, but thanks to the govern
ment'S rural electrification program.
there is electric power. Until the
advent of radio, only communica-
ton with the mainland was by the
Coast Guard telephone extending
the length of the coast. There are
no doctors. In cases of serious ILL
ness, Coast Guard air ambulances
fly patients to mainland hospitals.
But there are hotels and old
fashioned boarding houses where
Evening star., 1941-09-14
11-DAY CRUISE
SEPTEMBER 10th

Bask on Nassaus sun-kissed beaches. See
the Citadel near Cap Haitien-one of the
most interesting and historic spots in the
West Indies. where an Empire rose and
fell. Visit gay Havana. From $125.
Evening star., 1941-09-14

sun both rises and sets in the At
lantic Ocean.
Across Hatteras is Ocracoke, once
an isolated retreat, but readily &C.
cessible by ferry and air, and un-
der development by Stanley Wahab,
a wealthy native.
Evening star., 1941-09-14
Skis With One Leo

QUEBEC, Canada, Sept. 13.-Jean
GoSselin, 2l-year-old French-Cana-
dian one-legged skier, makes jumps
at so miles an hour. He is especially
expert at sand skiing and practices
on 500foot sand dunes at Tadous-
Sac
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Florida Knocks Miami
From Unbeaten LOT
In 14-0 Battle
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 15-Florida
knocked Miami out of the unde-
feated ranks, IA to 0, before a record
crowd of 31,73l tonight and salvaged
the State championship out of the
ruins of the football season.
1t was the crack passing combina-
ton of Tommy (The RedD Harrison
to Forest Ferguson that beat
Miami's surprising sophomores. They
connected tWice-once for Al yards
and again for 74-for the only
touchdowns in as hard a fought
game as the Orange Bowl stadium
ever has had
Harrison first caught the Hurri-
canes mapping midway in the first
period after he had lugged back a
punt q yards to the Miami A. He
tipped a beauty to Ferguson, who
slipped past the Miami secondary
on the 13 and went over unmolested
The second touchdown, in the
second period. came even more as
surprise. Florida was backed up
to its own 26 when Harrison shot
a dandy to Ferguson on the Gator
AZ, and the 205-pound stalwart out
ran two Miami backs in his long
dash across the goal
Evening star., 1941-11-16
616 Takes Clarendon
.Duckpin Test for
Corinne Hauser

Compiling a GIG count, which in
cluded a 15-pin handicap, Corinne
Hauser, captain of King Pins Ladies
District League team, last night won
the Clarendon Handicap tourna-
ment for women bowlers with aver
ages of 108 or less. Her prize was
$lOO.
Posting games of 1876, 127, 1856, 100
and 1o2 from scratch, Mrs. Hauser
nosed out Dot Wollford of Baltimore
by a margin of three pins. The in
vading Oriole roller chalked up the
top scratch set of 6O9 for the 5-game
event and with a spin handicap
collected second place money of $50.
A GOT which included an lS-pin
handicap gave Virginia Miller of
Clarendon third prize of $40.
Frances Wilson, captain of the Del
Ray Cavaliers in the Ladies District
League landed fourth prize of $25
with 6-593. Ruby Schneider of
Winchester. Va, and Mary Fike of
Arlington Bowling Center tied for
fifth place with respective scores of
48-59l and 6-591. They split SIS.
Madge Absher of Anacostia Spill
way was just out of the paid-off
with 5S6. The inaugural event spon-
spred by Eddie Goldberg, Clarendon
Bowling Center manager. attracted
Q field Of 30 contestants.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
ST. A|bans Conquered
By ST. James, but
Retains Crown
Carries OFF Conference
Honors by Half Come
Despite $50 Less

st. James School of HagerstoWn
scored an upset yesterday in de-
feating ST. Adams School eleven,
1870. at Mount St. Alban, but the
local Saints still manager to walk
of the field with their second sue
cessive Interstate Academic Con-
ference championship. rating half
game ahead of St. James and
Landon.
st. Adams played six conference
games and dropped two to ST. Paul's
and ST. James, while the other two
leaders scheduled only five games
and also lost two-Landon to Boys
Latin and ST. Adams, and st. James
to Landon and st. Pauls, leaving
St. Adams half game in front.
Andy Drury and George Allen
were the powerhouse combination
for St. James yesterday. In the
second period they drove downfleld.
with Drury scoring on 5-yard
smash through tackle. Later in the
same period he tossed a 3l-yard
pass to Allen in the end zone.
st. Adams attempted to unleash
its usually potent aerial attack in
the second half, but an alert St.
James secondary batted down most
OF the heaves. Finally in the last
quarter Earl Elliott of S.. Adams
was trapped behind his own goal
and tackled for a safety.
Les Crawford. ST. Albans half
back, received a fractured ankle in
this quarter
Evening star., 1941-11-16
BIozis Is Denied Two
Shotput Marks by
A. A. j. Bosses
Hold Underweieht Boil
And Slonted Courses
Aided Hoyo Giont
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA Pa-The Rec
ords Committee of the national
A. A. U. considering a total of 1873
swimming, track and field and other
marks up for recognition as Ameri-
can, world or citizens standards or
as noteworthy performances in
the books. recommended to the
general convention all but q few
The general convention will pass on
them either tomorrow or Monday
Notable among the rejected ap-
plications were those of Al BloZls.
the Georgetown giant. for an Amer
ican outdoor mark of Sc feet 6 1,
inches for putting the l6-pound
shot and for listing. under note
worthy performance. for his mark
of tossing the 8-pound iron ball
"a feet q. inches.
Both Of these were made last
June 10 at the New York A. C.
games. The former was turned
down, the committee announced,
because the shot was not up to
standard weight and because the
course over which it was hurled
was down grade.
The mark for the lighter ball
ws-s refused only because the course
was downhill.
Several marks were returned to
their respective A. A. U. associa-
tions for further check on timing
Among these were the 6O-yard in
door high hurdles mark of 10
seconds which Fred Wolcott of Rice
set up in New York last February l.
The discus heave of l74 feet ga
inches by Archie Harris, jr., of
Indiana University. last June at
Palo Alto, Calf. bettering the listed
American record, was turned back
because photos presented to the
committee indicated faulty measure
ment.
The committee was little puzzled
about the claim for a new American
indoor record for the 70-yard high
hurdles on behalf of Allan Tolmich
of Detroit The application showed
84 seconds for the mark. The blank
presented to the committee was
for 83. The group finally decided
83 was right.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
BY ROD THOMAS.

In a bowling tournament as vast
as The Stars Defense Bond event
promises TO be, with games to be
rolled on drives throughout the
Metropolitan area, a thorough
understanding of the rules, simple
as they are, is necessary to avoid
confusion.
In as much as alley managers and
their assistants will be called upon
to bear a major part Of responsible
ity in handling the tournament they
are urged to give particular atten-
tion to the rules. Once in the IA
year history of The Star tourna-
ment it was necessary to disqualify
a winner because Of an alley mans
ignorance.
This time, with the largest prize
fund in the history of duckpins here
on the line, all in Defense savings
with 81 900 bond the top award fol
men and one OF $500 for women
extreme care Will be exercised in
all phases of the tournament
supervision.
The rules have been framed tc
give rs many boWlerS as possible
fair shot at the awards and the
more that compete the larger will
be the prize fund, with an initial
$4,000 guaranteed. Following is the
code:
The entry fee will be 81. It must
be paid with the signing of the
entry blank. which must be counter
signed by the manager or attendant
at the alley where issued. Before
an entrant may compete in the
qualification round the blank must
be surrendered to the manager OF
an attendant at the plant where
the contestant completes. He may
purchase an entry at one establish
ment, but bowl at another. The
blanks later will clear as do checks
written on banks
The qualification period will open
Monday, December 8, and close the
following SUNDAY, but dispensation
will be granted leagues with nc
matches scheduled during the week
of December g. These will be per-
mitted to shoot the preliminary
during the week prior.
Managers of the various alleys
Will set their own dates for the roll
off. in which so per cent of the roll
off. for which so per cent of the
participants at each plant will quail
~. To accommodate boWlers who
plan to visit out-of-toWn during the
Christmas holidays, the period tradi-
tlonally devoted to the Star tourna-
ment roll-off, it has been arranged
that they use their first league
games upon returning, with the
deadline set at January 10.
In the qualification round and in
the roll-off. three games will con-
stltute the test. An entrant NAV use
league games for the preliminary. In
both preliminary and final. four or
more must bowl to a pair of drives.
The qualiflers will roll the final
without cost.
Full handicaps will be given
oased upon a scratch for men OF
l29 and for women. 12O. for boWlers
with league averages. The handi-
caps of those without league aver
ages will be computed on a basis
OF a ll5-average for men and lOC
for women. League averages as of
December /. l94l, will govern, but
a bowler without a league average
this season will be permitted to use
one from the last. In all cases
where an entrant is or has been a
member Of more than one league
this year or last, the handicap will
be based on the top average. To
employ an average of this season
the entrant must have rolled IS
games. AS OF last season the mini
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Trude| Sparks Lions
To 81 Hockey Win
Over Springfield
Victory Snaps 3-Gome
Losing Streak for
Washington Pros
BY the Associated Press.


SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Nov. Is
The Washington Lions snapped s.
game losing streak here tonight, de-
feating the Sprinfeld Indians, 80,
despite the absence of their scoring
ace. George Mantha.
Ernie Trudel spanked the Lions
in the absence of Mantha. out for
two weeks with badly damaged leg
Trudel scored the Lions first goal
early in the first period on an assist
from chunky Polly Drouin anc
Washington deserted the ice at the
end of the first period with a 10
lead.
Fred Hunt locked the score for
Eddie Shores Indians after two min
utes of the second period on assists
from Jim Peters and Bob Dill. but
midway in the period Defenseman
Alex Singbush again sent the Lions
ahead when he scored on assists
from Trudel and Drouin while Joe
Krol was in the penalty box.
Drouln sent the Lions into a 81
lead early in the third period on
assists from Leo Lamoureux and
Trudel and that goal offset later
one by Billy Woodward for the In
dians.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Mortz Sets Swimming
Record for Pool

Rodney Martz churned his way
25 yards in 1913 seconds, a fifth of
a second off the pool record, yes
terday in a swimming meet for boys
under Is years of age at Boys Club
of Washington, eastern branch.
Martz thus captured the breast
stroke event, beating Fred Martz
and Donald Potter Robert McClees
won the freestyle 25-yard race. win
ming over Rodney Martz and Buddy
Wratten. who tied for second. while
Irwin McNey took the 25-yard back
stroke race, in which Wratten fin
ished second and McClees third.
Milton McNey won the diving
with Tom Over second and George
Thomas third.
Evening star., 1941-11-16

Is prize winners, with Hugh Craw-
ley OF Mount Rainier tieing for sixth
place with Jimmy Wallace of Nor
folk, defending champion. Hokie
Smith. the 1899 winner, was 10th
with 1925, while Joe Harrison. the
1897 Jett champion, tied with Ray
Fiorentino of Baltimore for 18th
place with 1919 Andy Gleeson of
H-Skor was 14th with 1911.
Other major prize winners were
Buck Crowder, Norfolk, third, 1867;
Lee Seim. Baltimore. fourth, 1,345;
Harold Tucker, Baltimore, nth,
1888: Ben Bond, Baltimore, eighth,
1929; Lou Flemister, Baltimore,
ninth, 1928; Hap Hepner, Baltimore,
thirteenth. 1877, and George Kuhn,
Baltimore, fifteenth. 1908.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
Short-Handed Eaq!es
Are Crushed , 9-4,
In Hockey Start
GouIie Dickie Shines
For D. c. Team Despite
Johnstown Score
Special Dispatch to The Star.

JOHNSTOWN. Pa. Nov. l5.-U"-
leashing an attack that equaiicd t. .
Jury of any food, the Jon. .
Bluebirds defeated the Washir-t-.l i
Eagles. defending champions Of tie
Eastern Amateur Hockey League.
"a, spelling the league opener for
the seXtet from the Nations Cap
tai here tonight. II was the first
of a tWo-game series. the second
being sceduled here tomorrow after
noon.
The Eagles carried the fight con-
tinually into Bluebird territorT,
despite that they were outnumberc i
on the ice. and displayed a brand
of hockey that should prove effec-
tive in later games. Washington
had only Il men, four OF the wing
men having been held up in Mon
treal while passports were being
cleared.
George Coombs, Eddie Boileau
and Dune Gailbraith. who played
with the Atlantic City Sea Gull
last season, paced the Johnstovn
attack with two goals apiece. TIE
Eagles fine American-born goal.o
from Saranac Lake. n. Y, Lin
Dicliie. displayed a fine defense IL
the net, the score not taking into
account the great number of rusheS
on the Washington zone that were
turned back.
Paul Courteau and Tom McCor-
mick, who arrived in Johnstown this
morning from Montreal to join the
Eagles, starred on the offense for
the Eagles seXtet.
Evening star., 1941-11-16
PenneN Bowls Record 1892
To Win Richmond Tourney

Firing a spectacular record score
of 1892 for the six-year- -old event,
Cletus Pannell, star bowler of Ana
costa Spillway, last night at Rich
mond triumphed over a field of 1o2
other leading Middle Atlantic duck
pinners to cop top prize of $3.50 in
the Capt. Frank Jett tournament
staged at the John Marshall Alleys.
Rapping out 189 for his first ef-
fort in the 1O-game event. Pannell
marked up five-game sets of 660-732
to nose out AL Wright of Arlington
Bowling Center, who landed second
place money of $50 with 1885. His
sets were 679 and 706.
Four other metropolitan Wash
ington rollers finished among the
Evening star., 1941-11-16

! Georgetown. 90: North Carolina State. :.
Maryland Frosh' 6; Washington and Lee
York Hish' y: Tech High, s.
Howard. IL St. Paals. .. "
Miner Teachers, 50; Princess Anne Col
RRsnnsylsenif Rsnnsylse a. Il; Bosom Agmyi coiiese
Michiean rs; Columbia, o g
| Cornell. 33: Dartmouth. 10
Duquesne, ! s.; Mississippi State, o.
Manhattan, -: Holy Cross. II tie,.
Gfo,,sats; 10; 3e Syracuse. 10 Gis.;
Tuiane. 4s Nea YORK uhnefsits uMHntenosfs
Penn State, =. West Virginia. o.
Princeton, 20; Yale. 6.
'5s S.ss1iS5s Ssasssissf Tsea M sf.,as1 satssio 6.
ggs.sShh1s: gssrshnore; : l2 R!effl, Taveftord, Fl =
Rochester, 49, Hobart. :.
Rutsers. 32: Connecticut, :.
Vermont, Z; Middiebury, 6.
Wagner :: Lowell Textile. e.
American International, :: Springfield, O.
Boston University, -; New Hampshire. o.
Tufts IL. IA \. aM.asIsSachusetts State, Z.
New York Aesies, eiilO5;: ~: Morrisville. o.
East Stroudsburg Teachers: 81; Panzer. o.
Montclair Teachers, 5s; Trenton Teach
Millersville Teachers, 33: Kutztown Teach
Lebanon Valley. Is: Juniata. o.
Norris No Harvey rS;.s 49, Q.
sh1ppenhsburs Tsaahar Teachers 9; Indiana PaJ
Gsssvs Gsss s't5sy, s sppe4s a pe5emae seeE E.ate
Thiel 12; Grove City, 0.
KENYON. is: Allegheny. l..
Genys GSSS EkHs stst ~ ArSsnssS snepSrs ss, 1d NJ
c. c. N Y. AZ; Brooklyn Coiiese. IL.
Lock Haven Teachers. g; Mansfield Teach
Hartviek. :: upsala, o.
Westminster, :; Bethany, 0.
South.
Alabama, 90: Georgia. Tech. o.
SGTSln,s S9nth caF9lina; r. sbisb sS dFurman T.
clemson. 80 80; sH' wake Forest o.
Washington and Lee 13' Davidson. 1s
Duke. 30; North Carolina. o.
louisiana State. Z; Auburn. : Ctie).
HiI,idansa HShiIa,iitanoossaa -; seTanee' 0.
Maryville. IA: Tusculum, 9.
Hardin Simmons. IS: Louisiana Tech, O.
| Kentucky. 80: Southwestern. 10.
Rs1aoDh Rss15sla M MaeSn esn'Fs S. 8 Bluse Ridge. O.
Presbyterian, - Wof1ord, o.
HAMPTON. s. Morgan. 6.
Memphis State; 80: Troy Teachers, o.
billiard; 7; TaIladeRa; o.
Eastern Kentucky. 80; Morehead Teach
erS 13
Murray Teachers, "a Middle Tennessee, 8,
Vanderbilt. 6S: Louisville q.
Morris Brown. 13: Lemoyne. 8.
Appalachian. %; High Point. O.
Far West.
Washington State. "A: Stanford, 13.
oregon State. s: California, o..
Nevada, IA: California Aggies. IA ttie).
u G. L. A., 80: Camp Ham (CalifD. 0.
Whittier, o: Redlands o tie).
Occidental. %: Pomona, a.
st. Martins, o: Eastern WASHINGTON. o (tie).