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Evening star., 1942-03-28
Barred Soldier
Incident Draws
A. A. U. Reply
Uniform Would Cove,
Unfoirness in Sport,
Argues President
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, March 2S.-
President Lawrence DiBenedetto of
the National Amateur Athletic
Union, still suffering a slow burn
because of what a Baltimore Army
major said of the disqualification of a
oldier-athlete, gave an explanation
today of some of the why's and
wherefores of the A. A. U.
The prime motive of the organi-
zation, he said. is to equalize compe-
tition in sports.
In his interview. he didn't come
up with any direct remarks about
the Baltimore incident, which came
about when the A. A. U. ruled out
of an amateur contest a soldier who
played with his Army team against
q professional basket ball squad.
But he did talk about Army ath-
letics.
Would Equalize Competition.
You'd think from what some say
that we A. A. U. officials are inter-
ested in keeping amateur ranks ex-
elusive only because the amateurs
pay initiation fees" he remarked.
That's all wrong. The code of the
A. A. U. is built on a foundation
whose chief purpose is to equalize
competition in sports. Even though
we have nothing to do with profess
sionals, we help keep the branches
of professional sports eQualized by
keeping the pros out Of amateur
sports
He illustrated his point by taking
hypothetical examples Of some Of the
well-known professionals now In
military service.
What would you think If. because
Joe Louis Joined some regiment, he
entered an amateur boxing tourna-
ment which his company had with
q few colleges or amateur clubs?
I'd expect to face charges in the
criminal courts If I permitted such
q thing"
Declares Panning q Joke.
He cited the Celtics for an example
In basket ball, Jim Londos for
wrestling, and Bob Feller for base
ball
ITS a joke-this panning OF
A. A. U. officials because they want
to fulfill their jobs Of protecting
American athletes who are entitled
to protection" he added.
And a service uniform certainly
can't turn a polished. highly EN-
cient contestant into the kind that
amateurish soldiers or non-service
men should be asked to defeat"
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Cards, Rams and Lions Hinted
Skins lntersectionuI Foes
Plan to Include AII-Americo Army Team
In Full Schedule VirtuoIIy Okoyed

Army team which Is to be formed
Of ex-college and pro grid stars now
in khaki
The officers said they wanted a
solid schedule for their team against
every team in the National League,
the games to be played on all of
the leagues 10 gridirons. Proceeds,
naturally, would go to the Army ye-
lief fund. On behalf Of the league
Layden promised to work the Army
team into the pros schedules as
much as he could.
Layden also said that each team
in the league would endeavor to
book one game on It's home field
with a service eleven in It's vicinity.
proceeds of which would go to a war
charity.
Just where Navy entered the pro-
service picture wasn't exactly clear.
1t. Comdr. Leslie P. Jacobs, also
up from Washington, said that he'd
like the league to do something for
the Navy relief fund. but the Great
Lakes Naval Station. only sailor
eleven now contemplated-s booked
for games exclusively with the Big
Ten and refuse to have anything
to do with the play-for-play teams.
Loosen League Rule.
More dough was voted the Army
Navy way when Layden and his
employees moved to donate for the
duration of the war all receipts be-
yond actual expenses Of both the
Chicago al-star and pro bowl games
now played annually at the start
and end Of each season. Custody
Of the latter game, now a fixture on
the West Coast. will be sought from
the Los Angeles Times in the event
crowd restrictions are not lifted in
California. 1t probably would be
played in New York or Chicago.
To lesser extent the war may
result In a change of one Of the
N. F. LIS major rules: Not to sign
player until the class with which
he entered college has graduated.
Recognizing that some colleges have
or will drop football and that courses
of many others have ben shortened,
the owners agreed that individual
cases be ruled upon by Layden after
conference with the athletic d.
rector of the school of the player In
question.
The only changes in the person.
mel of the Executive Committee saw
Bert Bell Of the Pittsburgh Steelers
replace George Marshall as Eastern
representative and George Halas of
the Bears take the post Of Dan
Reeves of Cleveland as Western dele
gate. Alexis Thompson of Phila-
delphia and Fred Mandel of Detroit
are holdover members.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Wide World Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, March 28.-
Sports in wartime-Ola, the ski
jumper from Little Norway"
who trimmed Torger Toxic a
couple of times last winter.
turned over all his prizes to
fund to buy more planes for the
Norwegian airmen training in
Canada. III addition, he's con-
tributing q share Of his pay like
the others up there, who kick in
at least 50 of their month
pay. Tulane Is the first college
to put into practice George
Carens' plan Of turning spring
football scrimmages into service
benefits. The Greenies expect to
draw $1,000 fans to a clash be-
tween the "Atlantics" and "Pa-
cities" for the Navy relief fund
today. Joe Louis bought $4,000
worth of tickets to last nights
brawl with Abe Simon to be dis
tributed among his Army buddies.
Various others contributed $1,000
more for soldiers to see the show.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
From Kieron to Gibson to Some Reminiscinq

knowing those and Graham
right G. Putnams
their shoulders shall to reference
Joe Holman pubcist
everything Gibson the Old cowboy
the best he the star OF Col Jim
Ekews Riverside Stadium between April 2 although
his back brace following aplaDe
crackup 1s3os
prompting vaguely recall days when We
other juvenile all Of brandishng pistols over
would William Hart Buck Jones Harry Carey
Indian with tomahawk fashioned from
grabbed from the roof OF movie thater Just
being beauties Of those days that tak1es weren't
broken into inevitable
today probably Joined the dog under the
police
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Badly Beaten and Pilot Pate of Referees Injustice Stopping Bout
Win, Lose !::,': o. or Draw
By FRANCIS T. STAN.
Notes to You .
By FRANCIS Z. STAN.


Joe Louis introduced Joe Louis Barrow" for the time
In his professional preserved his record of having
failed do better the second time against opponent he had
faced before Whereas Ample Abe Simon lasted IS rounds
he went down is seconds Of the sixth last night
And he really wants third crack Louis said
radio ought to be changed from Ample Abe to Simple Simon
About all the fight proved how long human bengan xraor
willing
vastly be for Is
Corregidor, and he's its side
Dept of Gee eWereGood After scholarly recently the
reluctance of ball to take players normally $
900 s12 900 Hodot Gerald Walker finally bought from Ceve
Cincinnati National
the American League could including Washington st.
Chicago Philadelphia ALL
land wanted kind of salary Mr. Walker
having chap who did pretty well the first and fifteenth We
the the whole business weeks simply by hidden
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Ardmore Seeking Come

Ardmore Junior baseball team Of
Ardmore, Nd, is booking games with
similar mines In Washington and
Prince Georges County. The club is
managed by Augie Terneak, former
Tech High captain, who can be
reached at National 3s7o for book
ings.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YnRK-Heavywefght Cham
pion Joe Louis, 207h. Detroit and
United States Army. knocked out Abe
Simon, 255N, Richmond Hill, N. Y, in
BosToN.WMike Kaplan. 1874, Bos-
ton, outpointed Lew jenkins, 144.
Sweetwater, Tex. (10).
WORCESTER, Mass-Waddell wash
ington, 163. Sprinsfeld, Mass. knocked
out JACKIE Fischer. 1os' Bridgeport.
PHILADELPHIA. - Johnny Marcel
line. 122, Philadelphia. outpointed
Johnny Cockneld, 1877. New York (s).
NORWICH. Conn.-Stanley Goycz,
fuller, IFS, Norvaik. Conn. (6).
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Exhibition Baseball

Results Yesterday.
ssn I,i rIancisSS W,I: e. G G. - A. Athletics. 1.
Cubs. s: los. Anseles (P. C. L.. o.
Yankees, 3; Newark (Int). /.
Phils 4; Baltimore Qnt). 2.
Games Today.
Nationals VS.. Braves
Yankees VS.. Cardinals.
Athletics VS.. San Francisco Up. c. L).
Red Sox VS.. Reds
white sox VS. San Diego tP. O. L..
Giants vs. Indians,
Dodgers vs. TIGERS.
,.H0L+YW0Op-1soeoy lPoi.onl w,
6ereasn. 1311s Nampa, Idaho GoD.
Evening star., 1942-03-28
Court Coaches Like Stanford
In Final Against Dartmouth
Return of Burness BoIsters Coast Five
For National Collegiate Title Come

D he
KANSAS CITY March 28-Rudyard Kpling said 1t never
would happen. But
Dartmouth Stanford West and the twain def
ney are going From the tangng Of the twain will
come the 1912 N. c. A. A. basket ball champion.
Kpng farther of base than lot Of topnotch court
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
Business Batting Bias

TWICE now the Truman committee OF the United
i States Senate has made reports the work of the
War Production Board-and in each instance the report
has been strongly and detrimentally tnctured with
heavy business batting bias.
When the first report was made, Mr. Donald M.
Nelson was still new in his position director
of the board and that report generally regarded at
the time as being criticism of the preceding organization
rather than of the present one,
1t seemed unfair. however.
Il gave the Knudsen board no credit for its
foundationa efforts and it implied that the dollar
year. called into the national defense effort because
of their demonstrated technical and executive capacities
interested in helping their companies than in
helping to win the war.
THE same bias appears again in the second Truman
l report which again insists that the dollar year.
men are hamperng instead Of aiding Mr. Nelson, and
which devotes good deal of its text to personal attack
upon of the ablest of themMr Philip D. Reed who
left his desk and responsibilities as chairman of the
board of the General Electric Company to serve his
country chief of the bureau of industry branches Of
the WPB
This criticism is not likely to hurt Mr.. Reed
His standing in the business community of America
the best testimonial TO his proficiency and the fact that
he has attained emnence in industry provides grounds
for mpugning his patriotism.
Finally it is agreed almost everywhere except in the
Truman committee that the War Production Board under
Mr.. Nelson has performed prodgiousy in converting
and complicated industrial set-up from peacetime
production to about production for
N FACT, only day or so before the second Truman
l report came out committee of the House of Repre-
sentatives published its independent report,
mending the WPB in the highest terms
On two occasions Mr. Nelson has had to go before
the Truman committee and publicly protest that snip
ing" at dollar year making good afraid
to go to Washington and take part in the effort
In the present circumstances Mr. Nelson has unre
servedy commended the services of Mr. Reed.
- Mr.. Nelson himself has very difficult task.
He should have the assistance of the qualified indus
rial executives whom he finds best equipped to render
assistance.
And none of these executives ought to be traduced or
nalgned for being willing to his country and for
avng the experience and the competence to do So
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27

cushion in the middle OF which
is a soft globule of tissue called
the nucleus pulposus.
This nucleus pulposus gets
pushed around with considerable
ease and can be herniated out
between the vertebrae, causing
pressure on the spinal nerve
roots.
A T FIRST this was considered
"A TO be quite rare, but in the
time that has INTERVIEWED it is
found more and more often as
diagnoStic thought has become
more alert doctors have been
taught TO look for it.
Furthermore. a great many
cases of low back pain and sci
atica have been found TO be due
to this cause.
When seen at operation, the
nucleus pulposuS is sticking out
between the vertebrae and
stretching the roots of the SCI
attic nerve so that il is evident
TO any observer that il is causing
severe pain.
AS / said above, some neuro-
surgeons believe that this causes
sciatica in as much as Is 10 80
per cent Of all cases.
TlIE condition can be relieved
l. by very simple surgical pro-
cedures which remove the pro-
truding nucleus pulposus and
take the strain off the roots of
the Sciatic nerve.
OF course, il is advisable TO
try every form Of conservative
treatment first, such as resting
the patient in a plaster cast.
manipulation. injection of the
nerve and taking plenty of time
before trying surgery.
In order TO prove definitely
whether sciatica is due 10 her
mated nucleus pulpOSuS il is
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
Science Discovers Cause
Of Most Scia+ica Cases
BY DIR. LOGAN CLENDENING

ONE of the fascinating things
" about modern medical re-
search is that something may
be discovered which looks like
a very rare and unusual condi-
ton and after investigation il
turns out that il throws
great deal Of light on some old
and common condition.
Sciatica, or neuralgia OF the
sciatic nerve. is certainly one of
the oldest Of human complaints.
The medical profession had
about given up expecting TO find
anything new about il and, 10
and behold, recently a condition
was discovered which probably
explains Is per cent of all cases
OF Sciatica.
The sciatic nerve is given off
from the lower part of the
spinal cord, energies from the
openings between the lower
vertebrae, goes down over the
Sacro-lliac joint and comes out
into the leg about near the
bone that you sit on and is
distributed TO the back part Of
the leg and calf.
WHEN it begins 10 ache-the
w condition which we call
sciatica-it causes about as ex-
cruciating discomfort as anything
that can happen.
Medical men have ascribed
the cause OF sciatica 10 inflam-
nation or injury of the nerve
everywhere along its course
from sacro-iliaC, strain TO i'm
pingement on the nerve in the
sitting posture, 10 focal infcc-
ton. and so forth and 50 on.
Not long ago, in fact as short
time as 1884, some surgeons
found that slight injuries would
cause peculiar condition in the
vertebral column.
The bodies Of the vertebrae
are separated by a cartilaginous
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27

which we are fighting for the
-four freedoms reveals once
again how longlived is a lie in
the mouth Of ignorance and in
tolerance.
DERCY GRANGER, the we'll
known pianist and COM
poser, recently issued a state
ment demanding that we bar all
enemy music"
Now, l wonder just what Is
enemy music" aside. OF course.
from the national airs and war
songs of Germany, Italy and
Japan.
Certainly the symphonies Of
Beethoven and Mozart are not
enemy music" nor is the Anvil
Chorus" from III Trovatore" or
the SeXtette from "Rigolelto.
What could be more pinch
Drained than 10 bar all the music
of Italy and Germany when we
allow enemy" languages to be
spoken on the radio and news
papers printed in enemy Ian
guages TO circulate?
WHERE is the nazism or fas-
w cism in Flotow. Brahms,
Mascagni and Schumann?
Beethoven. the greatest of all
composers, was a hater of all
forms of tyranny. George
Marek. in Good Housekeeping,
tells again the story of what
Beethoven said when he heard
that his republican hero, Napo-
leon Bonaparte, had proclaimed
himself emperor:
rs then he, too, nothing more
than an ordinary human being?
Now he, too, will trample on all
the rights of man and indulge
only his ambition. He will exalt
himself above all others, become
a tyrant."
Then he went 10 his music
table. grabbed tho title page Of
his third symphony. with its
dedication To Napoleon, and tore
il in two. He rewrote the first
page and entitled it, simply,
"SInfonia Eroica"
ONCE again, when Beethoven
~ and Goethe were walking
along a country road there was
a great fanfare OF bugleS and the
Grand Duke and Duchess Of
SaXony went by
Goethe, always a bit obsequiouS
10 ms bread and butter, lifted
his hat and stood at attention.
Beethoven damned his hat down
over his eyes and Spat at the
corteCe.
Genius Of The first order rec
ognizeS its enemy in almost all
rulers, particularly Of the Hitler
MuSsolini brand. but our souls
are IN no danger from Wagner,
Beethoven. Verdi and RoSsini
We arc oui 10 kill NaziS and
J3pS not The music Of Germany
and Of Italy
lie knows little who viii tell
his wife all be knows
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
Quaker City Taken to Task
or Barring Paine's Statue
BY BENJAMIN DE CASSERES
THE world Is my country.

THE world Is my country.
All mankind are my breth-
IN. To do good is my religion.
l believe in one God and no
.nOre."
That is what Thomas Paine
wrote in The Rights of Man"
Now, il is hard to believe that
in the year 1912 in a large
American city. a city that was
the birthplace Of our ideals of
tolerance and liberty, a statue
of Paine should be barred from
a park on the preposterouS
ground that his writings indi-
Gated that he was an atheist"
That city is Philadelphia. II
is the Paramount Park commits
sion that has barred Paines
statue.
All the more absurd is this
decision when il is remembered
that Thomas Paine, like William
Penn, the founder Of Philadel-
phia. was an English Quaker
and that Philadelphia is known
as the Quaker City.
TNE mistaken idea that Paine
Il whose pen did more than
Jeferson's or WaShington's to
give us our independence-was
an atheist arises from his The
Age Of Reason"
In this book, Paine the
Quaker deist "a deist is one
who believes in the existence
Of one infinite and eternal be-
ing) pointed out certain errors
Of fact in the Bible.
He believes the Bible 10 he
the work of highly gifted men.
and not the work OF a deity
This view is today held by some
Christian scots, among them the
Unitarians and many Congrega-
tionaliStS.
We have al least four prcSi-
dents who were dciStS, mon who
were not strict adhercntS Of the
doctrine Of the divine origin Of
the biblical stories Washington.
jefferson, Taft and Coolidge.
Paine suffered from thcoloci-
cal venom because nc was re-
llCiously-as he was politically
too far ahead Of his time.
TIVE great services that Paine
Il rendered Washington and
the Continental army were
blacked-out in the minds ~ Of
many people because ne refused
10 believe that Jonah lived in
the belly OF a whale or that
Moses wrote that the place Of
his own burial is unknown unto
this day"
This continuous SmearinC NJ
Painc'S memory as an atheist"
when he was in reality a be-
lever in A universal creative
being smacks ~ mediaevahSm n
iis worst. II was Theodore
Roosevelt in 1888 in his life n
Couvcncur Morris who called
Paine "a dirty little atheist
That This should bc repeated by
the Paramount Park commission
Of Philadelphia IN a year in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27

lie knows little who VIII tell
his wife all be knows.
Fuller.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
BAERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
Too Much Like Home
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER
Montana lady suggests when capture Adolf we
should put him in cage.
The only trouble with that he would feel right home
We might throw Bento in with Adolf and let EN- argue
who is going TO do the cooking.
Toss cocoanut in to the furore and that odds
six and twelve that Adolf would pick up with his feet
But the recipe for hassenpfeffer first you catch
your rabbit. And there's plenty Of that in Adolf.
Distributed by Inrnation. Nswss Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
| etters TO
The Editor
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
I HAVE my problem, too. 1t
Il seems TO me that the land
lords are not the only enemies Of
our children.
There is the baseball loving
mother who loves 10 play ball
and shouts more loudly than any
child for a home run when she
feels like il, but her husband
works nights so she chaScs those
children because she says they
disturb her husband when he
sleeps.
The other night she called the
police who told me that there
were Fairgrounds all around the
city where the children can play
but unfortunately we cannot
send our children all over the
city.
The school Fairgrounds are
the nearest for our children and
they are six blocks away and
are usually filled with bigger
children who chase the small
ones.
Then he told us 10 cut the
weeds by the water front on the
vacant acres there, but we have
not the equipment 10 do il and
IL we had there would still be
the bigger children versus the
small ones.
The parting words of the
policeman were, if you do not
keep those children quiet. we
will take them 10 the detention
home for the summer months.
Every time our children shout
we will have visions OF the de-
tention home for our children
10 be corrected from the idea
that they can laugh and play.
If this is true, then let's send
the baseball mother and her own
boy and girl who, by the way,
like 10 play and shout, with ours.
Let's send them along 10 the
house OF correction with the
children.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
possible to visualize it with prop
erly planned X-ray studies.
QUESTIONS, ANSWERS

II. A.-What is meant by the
loss of reflex and what bad
symptoms or pains does it
cause?
Answer-A reflex is a subcon-
scious impulse that goes through
the nervous system, starting as
Sensory impulse and coming out
as a motor impulse.
For instance, if you touch
something red hot without warn
ing, you pull your hand away;
that is a reflex.
The sensation Of heat and
burning makes the muscles
move.
A reflex is lost whenever the
nervous arc is interrupted.
This may be due 10 neuritiS
either in the sensory or motor
nerves or a destruction Of some
part of the spinal cord.
Loss OF a reflex is not in itself
associated with pain although.
some of the diseases in which
reflexes are lost have pains as
part of their symptomatology.
II is a brave insurance COM
pany actuary who would esti-
mate any 32-year-old mans life
expectancy at % years from
today.
BY pre-Pearl Harbor figures,
II would take you % years to
use up $4,000 gallons Of gasoline
in your automobile.
Fifteen thousand gallons of
gasoline is what il takes 10
drive an army mechanical di-
vision just 100 miles.
There's a lot of difference be-
tween that 50-miles- to- the beach
and 50-miles-back, and the 100
miles between ruined Rotter-
dam and the Nazi arsenal at
Dusseldorf.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27

THE Waterbury American
Il printed a letter from some
one in New Haven. calling him
self William b. Calm. state or
ganizer," and purporting 10
speak for literally thousands"
and, in statelier language, told
him to roll his hoop.
In Akron, Paul NJ. FesSenden,
executive secretary of the In
dustrial Union Council, took IL
on himself TO demand suppress
sion in the name of "a large
majority Of the population" and
all Of organized labor" includ-
ing, Of course. the great num-
bers of looted and oppressed
captive union members who
joined only because they had TO
and would quit in a minute IL
they could.
by United Features synd. rsA
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
ALICE SLEEP.
636 Engle avenue.

TO THE EDITOR:
WE WISH to thank you and
w assure you that your paper
has been gratefully received and
genuinely appreciated, end you
may be sure that ii will be
widely read by many boys from
your town and vicinity.
Thank you again for your gen.
crosby and patriotism in sending
your paper TO us.
DAYTON r.. JONES,
Captain, Army Air Forces,
Post Library Officer,
Santa Ana Army Air Base,
Santa Ana, Cal.
Errors like straws, upon tho
surface flow;
He who would search for pearls
must dive below.
Dryden.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
25 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
June 27, 1917

FIRST American troops reach
France and receive riotous well
come.
French capture important Ger
man position near Hurtebise in
France.
British report sharp drop in
C-boat. Sinkings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-27
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY
June 27. 1871

Russians withdraw farther in
north central sector after fierce
fighting
British military and economic
mission arrives by plane in
Moscow.