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Evening star., 1941-02-19
Out to Top CIorke's Record Pin
Average, Smith Needs Set of
422 Tonight to Catch Up

Aiming for his fourth 400 set in
his last five trips to the firing line
Hokie Smith. top shooter in the
Mems District League. needs at least
a 422 count tonight TO match the
record-smaShing pace set by Astor
Clarke last season when he invades
the Brookland Recreation with his
league leading Lucky Strike team in
one of the Second-series wlndup
matches for the crack circuit.
At this point last season Clarke,
who finished with an all-time mark
of 1920, was shooting at l3034
clip Smiths current average is
1902.
While the Lucky Strikes are striv-
ing to increase their three-game
lead at the expense of the Michigan
Parkers tonight. the runnerup Ar
cadia outfit will be host to the Penn
Recreations. Convention Hall. hold
ing down third place. will entertain
Ed Schlegels Georgetown Recrea-
tions.
RossIyn Host to Clarendon.
Battling for fourth place, the
champion Rosslyn Quint and Clar-
endon will tangle at Rosslyn. while
King Pin Will visit Chevy Chase Ice
Palace.
Fresh from finishing second in the
Eastern Classic Willimantic Conn,
Clarke. out to win his third conSec-
utive league title is some 90 pins
back of Smith He's bent on shaving
this commanding lead when he bowls
with his Lafayette team at Hyatts-
vile.
Ed Blakeney OF Convention Hall
who finished eighth in the Eastern
had a rousing workout for his bid
to overtake both Smith and Clarke
for the District League championship
when he cut loose last night at King
Pin for 171-4l0 to feature the
SaleSmen's shutout over the leading
Garage team in the Heurich Brewers
League. 1t was his fourth 400 set
in five consecutive weeks.
Jimmie Carpenter. by virtue of his
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Dorothy GUIDE Shoots
4O5 for Record in
P. 6. Pin League
Hoffmons Bump Georges
Out of 3-Woy Tie for
County Mems Leod

With an all-time record of 4o5 for
the Prince Georges County Ladies
League. Dorothy GUIDE today stood
in the bowling spotlight with one of
the seasons standout achievements.
Rolling games of 1873, l37 and l4O
last night at the Hyattsville Rec
reation. Miss Guide while pacing
the Splllers to a 80 victory over
Sandys ESQ Service. cracked the
former mark of 401 rolled by Caro-
line Hiser.
Georges Confectionery boWlers
lost their grip on a three-Way tie
for first place in the Prince Georges
County Mems League when Irving
Cooks 365 led the Hoffman APP
pliance to 2-l win. Wally Burtons
1896 were the potent wallops as
the nnant-contending @. & S.
Laundry trimmed Brickers Plumb
ers, 2-1, despite Lee Fleshmans
l57-399.
Chet Lilley's 142-389 enabled
Smiths Tavern to take the odd one
from the Colonies while Harry
Wolfe's 1863 was the telling punch
ss Dixie Tavern jolted Castle Roof
ers in the rubber game and Bill
Trips 391 gave Old Colony 21
edge over the RomeoS.
Mark Gerber and his Five Aces
monopolized the rolling in the mems
section of the Buckingham Athletic
Association League at the Claren-
don Bowling Center when indi-
vidual counts of 148 and 397 paved
the way to team scores of 612-1.713.
Ethel Chorba and Alice Adams
shone for the fair rollers with re-
spective highs of 100 and 300.
With a season record of 430. Emil
Rykoskey featured King Pins 2-1
verdict over Stanley & 10 in the
Rhode Island Avenue Business
Mems League. His top string of
157 gave the King Primers their
edge in chalking up their 18th win
in Is games. United Market with
a 81 victory over MayfloWer Diner
cut Neslines lead to one game as
the latter dropped the odd one
to Mullins Cafe on rolloff.
An all-time record went by the
boards in the Soil Conservation
League when William Wright fired
443 count at Penn Recreation.
With 178 his top string he enabled
the Intra-Service team to post
highs of 628 and 1,712.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK. Feb. 1s-Horton
Smith was the first top flight
golf pro to fill out his draft
questionnaire. He drew a sub
par number. Holdout Mickey
Owen has been trying to call
Larry MacPhail at Havana COL
lect from Springfield, Mo, but
Larry won't answer the tele-
phone. Boston hears Slip Madigan
is coming East to try to land
the Boston College coaching job.
BY the way. those pro and con
letters Beantown fans are writ
ing the papers on whether Frank
Leahy should have. left B. c.
make mighty swell reading. Ed
Oliver, the golfer. has just re-
ceived notice that his number will
come up again sometime In
March.
Today's guest star - Freddie
Russell, Nashville Banner: "One
of the not easily explainable
trends In college football Is the
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Brewer-Bruin Clash May Lead
To Pro Basket Ball Series

Some of the finest Negro basket
ball talent in the country goes
against Chris Heurichs Washington
Brewers at Turner's Arena tonight
when the Washington Bruins. win
ners of II of 13 games, meet the
Capitals entry in the American
Professional Basket Ball League.
The tapoff is at 9 o'clock.
Both teams are ready to use their
full strength with Tarzan Cooper
and Soupy Campbell hailed as the
Bruins pace-setters and Phil Rabin
and Moe Dubilier as the Brewers
best bets. Both Cooper and Comp
bell formerly played with the famed
New York Renaissance five.
Although tonight's game is the
only one currently booked between
Washington's only pro quintS, proba-
bility of series between the two Is
seen in the event that the first
proves a financial and artistic sue
cess.
Coach Mack Posnack will start the
same five Brewers who have carried
Washington to five victories in their
last seven league games-Whitey Will
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Modigon to Seek Boston College Grid Job, Hub Hears
Golf copmon Taking From Pro- Loy Working Out With Gs

bash boulevard rumor has It
there1l be fight in the Atlantic
City Auditorium the Saturday
night before Easter.
Well, well-You always can
leave it to your favorite fight
announcer, Mr.. Sam Taub, to
keep you informed on what's
going on. From Philly Monday
night, Sam reported "the throng
Is crowded to capacity"
You Bet.
A man we like is John KIM
brough,
For he can get the dough-and
how!
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Cards Haven't ENOUGH
TiIts 10 Beat Terps'
Non-Victory Mark
Routed by LoyoIo, 30-5l,
For Tenth Loss, With
Only Two Comes Left

Tsk, tsk, you Catholic U. basket
ballers. Hard as you might try. it's
doubtful if you can match Mary
lands bid for an all-time low for
local collegiate court teams. Yeah,
We know that 30-51 setback by
Lovola of Baltimore last night was
your 10th loss in as many starts,
but those Terps have dropped 19.
And you can't expect to match that
with only two games left on your
schedule.
At that. YOU came within a min
ute of holding Loyola scoreless last
night-from the foul line. If Sub
stitute Frank Price, who made only
| foul shot in II previous tries,
hadn't sunk tina: one for Loyola' S
49th point, you'd have done some
thing that even Georgetown hadn't
been able to do. But Price had to
spoil even that distinction. After
all, Loyola had been licked only
times in Is games.
IOu Nc kOt Tie ItSlll lucd llON "
go about playing the game at this
stage of the season. Stand on the
sidelines or in the middle of the
floor and throw at that basket all
night. Some of 'em are bound TO
go in, as did four of Jim Mulvihill's S
last night and several of Gene
Daly's.
Glad to see you're bringing up
your freshmen five in the right way.
They didn't look much better than
the varsity in losing to Georgetown,
30-40. Fod Cotton said Elmer Ripley
told him before the game that there
was only one Hoya freshman he
thought could make the varsity next
year. but after the game Fod said
Elmer must have been kidding.
Seven Of Rips players took part
in the scoring.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

406 rolled in the Petroleum League
at Columbia, is one Of the latest TO
Join the First Time 10 Roll 400
Club. Carpenters games of 145. 127
and 134 enabled the runnerup ESQ
Extra team to trip Konsum III the
odd game and move within a game
Of the pace-Setting Wayne Oil quint.
A red-hOt battle is forecast next
Monday when the two leading clubs
shoot it out for the lead.
The Del Rios narrowed the El
Gees and Shamrocks' lead TO a
game in the Washington Ladies
League flag chase when Sue Viii
tener, a star from North Carolina.
in her first league match here led
in 2-l victory over the Cardinals
with 123-346 while the Ell Gees
were losing a 2-1 decision to ia
cobsen's Flower Shop and the cham
pion Shamrocks were dropping the
rubber game TO Garyin'S Lucky Five.
But for Rozelle Robey's 125. which
deadlocked the final game, won by
the Cardinals in a roll-off, the Del
Rios would have moved into
three-way tie for first place. Mil
dred Stout Of Garvin's was tops
with 136-36l Ruth Gossard led
the Jacobsen win with 114-328.
Edmunds Optical scored the only
sweep, defeating Shaffer Flower
Shop as Anna Daut and Wickie
Harris turned in counts of 124-
345 and l21-325. Esther Boyer
shone in Perrusos 2-1 win from
Tiffany Shop with 1886 while
Cecilia Kartzinel banged out 100
$40 for the losers.
Margaret Lynn. in whose honor a
horde of man and woman rollers
will jam Arcadia Saturday TO roll
in the sixth annual event named
Tor her. won an entry in Sundays
Lorraine GULL classic at Lucky
Strike. Her 343 aided Del Rio to
victory.
BY virtue of 157 and 394 counts.
COrlnne HauSer sports two season
records for the fair rollers of the
G. A. o. Mixed League,
Evening star., 1941-02-19

decline In the number of grad
uate coaches. Twenty-Five years
ago, we'll over half the coaches
were alumni of their respective
schools. A checkup shows only
20 Of the so-called major colleges
have alma mater mentors"
The Broadway whirl-Guess
who's taking golf lessons from a
pro-Dick Chapman, who is only
the national amateur champion.
Prof. Moe Berg (and all his seven
Languages entering Radio City
Music Hall and looking so stream
lined Boston fans won't know
him this summer. Ed Barrow
getting shaved at 4 pm. in his
private suite in the Yankee
Offices. A dozen heavy-eyed box
ing writer's piling off mid
morning train at Pennsylvania
Station following big night
after Louis VS.. Dorazio. The recent
Benny Jeonard-Lew Tender ex-
hibition bout for British relief
was such . hit that they may
Evening star., 1941-02-19
RossIyn's S Pinwomen
End Winning Jaunt
With Triumph
Special Dispatch to The Star.

RALEIGH. N. c., Feb. l9.-With
victory marking their final match,
the all-star Rosslyn VA woman's
duckpin team was headed home to-
day on the final lap of a 3000-mile
Southern bowling tour that was
started more than two weeks ago and
had extended to Miami, Fla.
The brand-new Man Muir drives
were jaznmed to capacity last night
as the Rosslyn quint came from
behind to win by a 12-pin margin
over a Raleigh mans team. Ida
Simmons 373 and Lucy Roses 370
paced a winning score of 1874,
while Jess Sells 371 led the losers
count of 1862.
Mrs. Rose electrified an estimated
crowd of nearly 1000 with triple
header strike in the first three
boxes of the final game.
The Rosslyn team rolled 10
matches in Is cities on its fourth an
nual blazing trip, losing only
four to all-star male combinations.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Momukos Counts Endurance,
Speed in Fight With ZoIe

challenger's manager. without the
extra weight he was forced to put on
for the last fight Steve will set a
faster pace"
Two 10-rounders also are included
on the card. HoStak begins his come
back against George Burnette, De-
troit, and Altus Allen, Chicago Negro,
meets Gunnar Barlund, Finnish
heavyweight.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-Steve Ma
makos, Washington. is relying on
speed and endurance to defeat the
National Boxing Associations mid
dleweight champion, Tony zale, OF
Gary, Ind. Friday night.
Mamakos, who lost a split decis-
ion to Zale in a non-title bout last
month, completed his heavy gym
work today and will take it easy
until the 15-round battle begins.
Neither fighter ever has gone Is
rounds before. zale fighting l3
rounds when he won the title last
summer from Al Hostak of Seattle.
Yale hasn't Mamakos' speed or
endurance" says Matt Twomey. the
Evening star., 1941-02-19

son and Nat Frankel at forwards
Ben Goldfadden at center and Rabin
and Dubilier at guards. BrUlin Man
sger Sam Lacy will counter with
Clarke, Brown and Sealey in addition
to Cooper and Campbell.
Phil Fox, Eastern High coach, has
been appointed to referee. Novelty
features before the game and be-
tween periods are promised by the
Bruin management.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
of Money Well Divided This Winter With No Outstanding Performer
@ [kZE: = 3 e

School-a delayed match of the
second round Pairings for the
fifth round Of the first lap of the
lnterhlgh tournament. as announced
by Team Chairman Gerald Wilkin-
son, for the afternoon of February
70, are: Central-Wilson, Roosevelt
Iech, Eastern Western. with
matches to be played at the club
rooms of the flrst-named schools.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Cady Boxes as Heavy
For Charlotte Hall
Against 1erps
Cadets, Frosh TO Bottle
After Maryland Plays
Rutgers Five Tonight

Frank Cady, a burly youngster
who won his spurs in football and
basket ball at St. Johns of this city,
will represent Charlotte Hall in the
heavyweight division tonight when
the cadets box Maryland's fresh
men at College Park.
The match will follow Maryland's s
basket ball game with Rutgers which
is scheduled for 8 pm
Cady won recognition for his feats
on the gridiron and basket ball floor
while at st. Johns, but never had
an opportunity to box. Gene Angus
terrier, coach Of the Vermont avenue
squads. called him one Of the finest
schoolboy athletes he'd ever seen
and predicted a brilliant collegiate
future for him. Since matriculat-
ing at Charlotte Hall Frank has
done nothing to change that high
opinion.
But, Withal. he's only another cog
In the potent Southern Maryland
machine, for Charlotte Hall boasts
one of the finest scholastic squads
in the South Atlantic area. Walt
Nechey, its middleWeight, has held
the South Atlantic prep school
crown at his weight two years. Spade
Ogle. a rugged light-heavyweight. is
another who has merited widespread
recognition.
Coach Bill Shores has revamped
his team in the lower weights To
meet Marylands S challenge. Kenny
Volk, football end, will replace Bob
Weber in the l45-pound class and
Samv Smyth will take over Larry
Serras role in the lightweight
bracket.
Maryland, coached by Ivan Nedo-
matskv. has a we'll balanced team
and will enter the lists slight
favorite. The Terp vearlings lost to
Virginia and gained draw with
Western Maryland in their first two
appearances. This. by the way, Will
be Charlotte Halls first match.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Brothers Opposing as Match
Play in Miami Golf Opens

stroke off the Miami Country Club
course mark held by half a dozen
golfers, gave him lac for the So
hole test.
Playing later, Christensen came
to the 18th tee needing to take four
strokes off par on the last three
holes to win first place.
He came through with an eagle
and two brides, adding 10 to his
previous IS for a 36-hole l45.
Today's opponent for the Miami
detective was George Edmondson
Of Tampa, who carded 79-79-158
Don Allan's score was the same.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Hoyas' Frosh Quartet,
Not Varsity, 10 Run
For A. A. U. Title
Wus Doing Better Than
Vets, Who Loter Shone,
When Lists Closed
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

This will come as a surprise 10
Georgetown varsity mile relay team
but it isn't entered in the A. A. u
national indoor championships at
New York Saturday night.
Instead Coach Hap Hardell is TAX
ing a freshman mile team. Al Blozis
and Earl Audet, shotputters and
Dave Wylie, the agile grid end. who
will try his hand-or all of him in
the high jump.
This unhappy state of affairs has
its roots in the varsity's inability to
get going until last Saturday night
when it turned in a 3:218 mile in
the New York A. c. games and de-
feated Holy Gross and Pittsburgh.
of that performance the boys would
be ready for the A. A. U. test but,
alas, when entry blanks we're signed,
sealed and dropped into the letterbox
last week the freshmen were show
ing better fern.
Set Record Without Short.
The yearlingS turned in 1908
mile in the MillroSe games. They
won that race handily True. they
had a 5-yard handicap but they also
ran without one Of their best men,
Hugh Short With Short in the line
up they probably could give back the
handicap and beat that time At
least that's the way Coach Hap
HarGell has it figured out.
Mr.. Hardell, who regrets he
couldn't foresee the varsity's sudden
and somewhat unexpected improve
ment in time to enter it, will choose
his team from Lou Colado. Al
Rogers, Bill Malloy. Paul James and
Short. Actually it is duel between
Malloy and James for the fourth
position and if the weather warns
up a bit they'll have it out in time
trials tomorrow.
ColladO Seen as Ace.
Collado. incidentally. is regarded
as a youngSter who'll leave his spike
prints in the sands of Georgetown
track history, His triumph in the
1,000-yard handicap last Saturday
at New York was earned in the
record-breaking time of 2:127 for
the event 1t was the fastest hoofing
ever done in the New York A. C.
games and he spotted some of his
rivals l3 to 35 yards. Critics have
tagged him a conner, lad who un-
doubtedly will achieve heights yet
unattained by any Georgetown man
if he continues to show steady i'm
provement.
Collado's time bettered the PA
record hung up last year by Phil
Graves, another Georgetown man,
who is now on the Pacific Coast and
out of competition.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
By the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. ia first
round match between two brothers
topped the program In the Dixie
Amateur Golf Tournament today,
but the galleries still talked about
the medalist Earl Christiansen's
stretch drive in the the qualifying
play.
Frank Allan of PittSton, Pa, who
broke the amateur course record and
still lost the medal to christensen,
was paired against his brother, Don.
Allan's 81 yesterday, knocking a
Evening star., 1941-02-19
CIurksviIIe Ninth Victim
Of Sherwood's Girls

Sherwood High Schools girls bas-
ket ball team was boasting its ninth
victory in IL games today following
its 21-10 defeat of Clarksville yes
terday in the Sherwood gym.
Miss Speck led the winners with
f6 points. The score was AL at
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Mounts Get Tenth Win
Over Maryland Park

Mount Rainier High basket ball
team is back in the victory column
and sporting its 10th win of the sea-
son after yesterdays game, in which
it defeated Maryland Park, 36-23,
on the Mounts court.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Pair of Late Baskets
Give Rockville Game

Jack Williams, forward, scored
two baskets in the closing minutes
to aid Richard Montgomery High
basket ball team of Rockville in de-
feating Briarley Military Academy
tossers, 24-22. at Laurel yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

February l9, l941D
Latest tabulation by E. w. Allen.
Judge of the problem solving Star
tourney, is appended. II ladderites
have any cause for comment, then
please write Mr.. Allen direct at As
Brooks avenue. Newtonville, Mass,
and state clearly your contention.
Judge Allen now has all problem
letters TO date, and, as the current
tournament is drawing TO a close,
We wish all ladderlteS TO be satisfied
with present grading and classical
tion. The prize ladder as Of Feb
ruarV 8.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Eastern and Western Win.

In the fourth round of the current
team tournament of the Washing
ton Interhigh Chess Association
Eastern defeated Roosevelt, Al,
while Western trounced Central.
SO. Woodrow Wilson and Tech
each scored two individual victories
with one pairing still in adjourn
ment
Individual DlaV.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

P'S ptS,
W Boqer - 5s Alan } Healsv Is
H Miller 56 r Williams "a
Edmund Nash So Chss J Berner II
George P H cks 81 W. II FULTON 10
Fred Mueller 80 Rober, PoVeison q
DR. F L Arends 81 Il FitzGerald
Z. c HarmaKer - r. p Larson
Ralph Reed - Don wilson 9
Harry c Duf. 3 Dr. W H spIcer
c. z HeCTiCE, 81. 3 s. ?. Davis J
Df DAY Tho thorpe 80 G E. Mcbousait !
Y y Y Rsn7s7 ds2Fs9 'F g 3 Nm EfRdHI Rtrssf Fsfd
John o How % Wsyne II Smith !
Marcue-ite owens 90 Fred Sherwood
A Noble 90 Mitchell Smith .
H. E. Miuer-Refer your query TO Judss
Acknowledgement on problem No 3o3-J
Robertson. 6 F Davis Charles z Hedrcs
81: Harold E Miller, Ellen c. Hstmsker'
on ~ problem m No. 8o4-George R Hicks
Fred P Mueller. J Robertson, Dr. Fred L.
Reed edo9 HaT64d Td's Mer efGn Pdmund Nash A'R "
Boger, kenneth NJ Madison, Ellen c.
Ha-msbe5 IN 5s65 P EaFffy r. HoEsrd so5, P2; R,E
Fred R Mueller, DR.. Hartley Howard, War
ren Pearce. jr W B Boger Ralph Reed.
Dr. Fred I. ArendS. Ellen c Hatmaker'
Stanley ?. Davis. Charles Z. Hedrltk' 81.
En- PaSsant.
Donald Mugridge. by 2-l. eased
Kenneth Stubbs out of the picture
in the Capital City Chess Club
championship play-off, so Mugridgs
holds the title of the -Four C's for
1941-an honor he has enjoved SONS
four times since coming TO WASH
ington.
Chairman w. KurtZ WimSatt hsy
called a meeting of the l94l District
Chess Championship Committee for
Saturday, pm, at Hotel Gordon,
in the clubroom of Capital City
Chess Club
February issue Of the Chess Cor
respondent Magazine, edited by
Walter F. James. ABB Tyler street,
Sioux City, Iowa. contains an
interesting feature by Georges
Koltanowski. world blindfold chess
champion. Last Friday Koltanowski,
in passing through the city. visited
the Federal Security Chess Club.
"Kriegspiel night at Chess Divan
was enjoyed by a number Of fans
of the "war-game."
Tomorrow at 7 pm, at the Jewish
Community Center. the Paul Morphy
Chess Club will entertain the public
with social and instructional chess
Federal Security chesSiSts continue
club-title matches Friday evening
at Hotel Portland, says DR.. Carl
Farman, director.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Western. 3: Central O

The postponed Eastern-Central
match OF round No. 3 has been
completed. Scoring: Central, 3;
Eastern. 2.
On Friday, February 81, BIS pm,
Eastern plays Wilson at the latter
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Guess Ibis Opening. No. I3."

iuGaTs game fz selected from the
Bournlmou'h Eug.s0dl CONGRESS Oh
serve BLACK clever combination begnnina
with ms 24.h move. Hooper IS al his best,
'OpeuInss acknowledged ed-No. P, c.
Pau SBinbach
No. l0-George r Hicks. c. Paul Stem.
OaCh, Leonard Mlukof
No. ll-Arthur d Gray
Chess Problem No. 3OS.
By c. GUIDELLL 1918.
Good Companions
Courtesy OF Chess ReYewD
BLACK-lI MN.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
RY PAIL i MILLER.

Solomon Adler Will lecture on the
Life and Chess Career Of the Late
DR.. Emanuel Lasker, World Cham
pion, 1894-1920," Friday, pm, at
Hotel Parkside under the aegis of
Washington Chess Divan.
Mr.. Adler has a rowing acquaint-
anceship with many of the chess
elite besides being an excellent stu
dent of the game. His lecture on
the late DR.. Lasker, who died re-
Gently at the age of 72. will be a
memorial testament to the greatness
of the man who held the chess
crown of the world Cor 26 years, an
amazing feat.
The Dulblic is welcome.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

BY virtue of 157 and 394 counts.
Corinne Hauser sports two season
records for the fair rollers of the
G. A. o. Mixed League.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

Jimmie Carpenter. by virtue of his
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-05

London heard reports that the
Nazis are rushing great numbers
of men into position for a final,
crushing blow.
Nearly 1000 miles to the south,
Moscow said another huge battle
is developing, with the Red armies
striking at Rumanian and German
forces surrounding the Black Sea
port of Odessa.
Crush Three Divisions
Moscow said three Rumanian
divisions (about $4,000 mem have
been crushed in three days of
fierce fighting around the be-
sieged port
Odessa, according to the COM
munique, still is being held firmly
by the Russians, with all efforts to
take the city so far broken up.
Unofficial Russian reports from
Moscow told of intense aerial ac-
tivity yesterday along the entire
front, and more than 100 German
planes were said to have been
shot down as they attempted to
bomb Red positions