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Evening star., 1944-12-24
Five in Line for Grid's
Man Of Year Award
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 23.-
The search for footballs man of
the year" for 1914, sponsored by the
Football Writer'S Association of
America, was narrowed to five men
today following the conclusion OF
preliminary voting.
The nominees, who topped the
early voting, are Carroll Widdoes
acting head coach at Ohio State
the late John l.. Griffith, Big Ter
commissioner; Gen. H.. H. Arnold
Army Air Force comma dant; Les.
lie Horvath, Ohio States all
America back, and Col. Earl Blaik
head football coach at the United
States Military Academy.
Result of the preliminary ballot.
ing was announced by Bert Nc.
Crane, secretary of the writers as.
sociation, who said that final voting
would be completed December 81.
Comdr. Tom Hamilton of tn,
Navy won the award in 1912 with
Amos Alonzo Stagg, College of tn,
Pacific, the 1943 winner.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Big Bowling Show for BVL
Precedes Stars Tournev

What may be the topnotch
bowling show of the season was
announced last night as prel-
ude to The Stars 17th annual
tournament, which will open
January 2 at all Metropolitan
Washington plants and continue
three weeks.
The show, sponsored by the
Bowlers' Victory Legion, which
will benefit from The Star tour
nament, will be held Friday
night at Convention Hall.
Featured event will be a match
between the Bill Wood and
Clarendon all-star mems teams.
On the Wood team, sponsored by
the general manager of the
Lucky Strike, Hi-Skor and King
Pin, will be Bob Miciotto, King
Pin pilot and one of the hottest
pinshooters of the season; Ed
Blakeney, Tony Saptini, Bub
Guethler, No. l ranker Of the
city; Hokie Smith and Fred
Murphy, who recently set an ALE
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Vols Lose One Player,
Another Is Doubtful
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 23.-One
of the, 38 Tennessee Volunteers who
made the trip for the Rose Bowl
game against Southern California
will not be in the lineup and an
other is question mark, says
Coach John Barnhill.
Ray Schlieden, 17-year-old 1856
pound freshman end from Pitts
burgh, definitely is out because O.
severe leg bruises. Another end
Roy Gross, Is doubtful starter be-
cause of a broken arm suffered In
the scoreless contest with Alabama
Joe Steffy, reserve guard and an
excellent place kicker, has recov-
cred from an attack of glandular
fever and will be ready.
Barnhill is drilling his ends and
backs in all kinds of aerial defenses.
The Vols lay off tomorrow and re-
sumo practice Christmas day.
Coach Jeff Cravath is preparing
his Trojans for anything and giving
them strenuous workouts on both
offense and defense. His team also
will rest tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
BY the Associatea Press.


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. as
Eastern and Western football star,
raced through heavy workouts today
In preparing for their big charity
game here New Year Day.
The Eastern squad, training at
Santa Clara, concentrated on pass
plays, stemming from the T-forma-
ton.
Les Horvath. all-America from
Ohio State, detained by studies,
will join his teammates shortly.
East's two backf1eld combinations
lined up as follows:
Team A - Quarterback, Frank
Dancewicz, Notre Dame; left half,
Dick Flanagan, Ohio State; right
half, Bob Kelly, Notre Dame; full
back, Vic Kulbitski, Minnesota.
Team B-Quarterback, Earl Cir
ard, Wisconsin; left half, Jim Wall
thall, West Virginia; right half, Bob
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Turf Ban Is Blow, But Leaders
Stand Ready to Cooperate

War Mobilizat ton Director James
F. Byrnes' order taking the saddles
off the country's race horses, har-
ness off the trotters and PAGERS and
numbers off the racing dogs by
January hits those associated
with these activities heavily, but
all are ready to cooperate, COM
ment gathered by the Associated
Press revealed.
Florida was hit hardest by Byrnes
unexpected double barrelled deci-
sion. Florida's Gulfstream track
closed a 20-day meeting yesterday,
Tropical Park had meeting sched-
uled to open tomorrow, Hialeah
Park a 40-day program beginning
January II. and the principal dog
tracks are in that State.
Big Surprise to Swope.
Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman
of the New York State Racing Com
mission. questioned the advisability
of making the edict Nationwide
but said:
Racing everywhere will comply
instantly with regulations which
Washington authorities regard as
being helpful to winning the war
That is our only business.
Swope said he was surprised al
the breadth of the order. 1T is
evident that it was animated by
labor conditions, more than by any
other single factor" said the New
York racing head. yet New York
Florida. Massachusetts, and other
Eastern States are not in an acute
labor area. California is"
Il doubt if war labor will be sub
stantially recruited from race
tracks, for there the majority of
the employees are old men or under
sized boys. The sport, or business,
has clean record in this respect.
1T is interesting that racing has
been continued in England, France.
Belgium and even in Germany until
last summer. However, there is only
one thought that animates all of
us. If racing or anything else in
terferes with the war, out 1t must
CO."
Frank Small, jr., Maryland race
Evening star., 1944-12-24
FIGURES Show Vast
Scope of Rucinq
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Thoroughbred racing facts and
figures for 1914:
Starters, 1888.
Tracks, approximately 80.
Attendance, 100000.
Betting, s1,126, ,3os ,645.
States revenue, $55,971 ,232 87.
War charity, $16,00o,000.
Track and breeding farm en-
ployes, 10000 (estimated).
Track and breeding farm pay
roll, $50,000,000 annually (esti-
mated.
Value of all thoroughbreds-
$55 100000 (estimateO.
Race track investments, $175,-
100000 (estimateO.
States in which racing was held
New York, Florida, Illinois,
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Mary
land, California, Michigan, Mas
sachusetts. New Hampshire, Del
aware, Arkansas, Washington,
Ohio, Louisiana, Kentucky and
West Virginia.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Best Effort in Front
lin Ponfcharfrain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.-Best
Effort, a black 2-year-old owned by
c. c. Tanner, came from behind to-
day under topweight of 122 pounds
to win the $2,500 Pontchartrain
Handicap feature OF the Fair
Grounds inaugural card.
He won by a length over Joe w
Browns King Dorset. Transbet
owned by the -Four Oaks stable, was
third.
The Tanner entry of Best Effort
and Dollar Mark were odds-on fav.
orites, paying $3.50
Well handled by Jockey Mich
Jemas, Best Effort was timed ir
TIA.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Russ to Replace Nelson
On South Grid Squad
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated PreSs.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 23.-
Jimmy Nelson, ex-Alabama star, has
become the third backfeld man to
be lost to the South lineup for the
Blue Gray game here next Satur-
day.
Stationed at March Field, Calf.
Nelson will be unable to leave his
post.
Carl Russ, Rice fullback, accepted
Q bid to replace Nelson.
Other backs lost are Glenn Dobbs
I'd Air Force star. who was injured
in last weeks clash with Randolph
Field in New York, and Ton
(Shorty) McWilliams Of Mississippi
State, who re-injured a knee,
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Petersen Tenpin Classic
Slices SAB 200 Melon
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 90. Tenpin
bowling's richest individual tourna-
ment, the Petersen Classic, January
81 through February II, has hit a
new high in entries and cash
awards. Competing for a cash
outlay of $43,20O will be 1,72S of the
countrys top keglers, as compared
to last years record prize of $50, 400
and 1,216 bowlers. Top prize for
high score for eight games across
16 alleys will be $500.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Except-
Ing todays order by War Mobili-
zation Director James Byrnes re-
questing a halt of all animal
racing by Jan. 3 and questioning
why certain 4-F civilians were
pro athletic stars, the Nations
sports program of 1914 came in
for little criticism in the opinion
Of the country's sports editors.
Voting In the annual Associated
Press year-end poll a week In ad-
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Staying Of Horses
Seen in Turf Bon
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 23.-Horace
Wade, publicity director at Gulf
stream Park, said today that a
complete shutdown of racing will
make it necessary for the owners
of many small stables to destroy
their horses.
Wade, who race a small string
himself, explained that there
would be no market for the
thoroughbreds and that many
owners will not be able to support
idle stables.
1T will be the older horses,
particularly. which will have to
be done away with" Wade said.
Evening star., 1944-12-24

The wars biggest effect on
sports was the lowering of man.
power quality on many teams as
flrst-magnitude stars answered
the country's call to arms.
TIN Army and Navy joined in
the booming wartime sports pro
gram by fielding baseball, foot
ball and basket ball teams, and
by using athletics to condition
men for combat duty as well as
b rehabilitate disabled veterans.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Connie, 81, Wires
Gratitude to Fans
BY the Associated Press

BY tne Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-
Connie Mack wired special greet
ings on his 82d birthday from
Los Angeles, Calf, to baseball
fans in Philadelphia.
Your splendid support makes
me all the more determined to
give you team that you will be
proud Of" he said. Am in hopes
this can be accomplished in the
near future"
1t was the first time in A years
that "Mr. Baseball" has been alb
sent from Philadelphia on his
birthday.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
East, West Grid Squad ToiIing
Hard for Big Charity Game

Brugge, Ohio State; fullback, Jacl
Breslin, Michigan State.
Dancewicz, Kelly and Giraro
showed up impressively as pass
throwerS.
The West team, off the perform
ances of the players during the sea-
son, should generate terrific punch
on the ground It's main threat in
the air wilF be furnished by Bob
Waterf1eld, quarterback from UCLA.
He has plenty of fine targets.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Public, Armed Forces Seen as Wanting Sports

vance of today's edicts from
Washington, the 80 editors placed
emphasis on demands by the
public and the armed forces that
sports be continued.
Baseball and football attend
ance showed big increase over
l943 and race betting of more
than $l,000,000,00O set a new
record, resulting in predictions
by many of the writer's OF q big
postwar boom in sports OF all
kinds.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Colts Tuke Third Straight

Coolidge High has popped up as a
hot threat on the scholastic basket
ball loop with record of three
straight. The Colts notched No. 3
on the University of Maryland
hardwood with a 22-16 victory over
Montgomery Blair, previously un-
defeated,
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Maryland Riflemen Score

Sharpshooters of the University
of Maryland are rolling up an ex-
cellent record. with the Prince
Georges Gun Club the latest VIC
tim. 1884 to 1920 Bill Bowling
Iof the Old Liners racked up 276
for high score.
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Why Not Bit of Help for Thot Which Is Helpful?

contended that sports must in the
will that they play exceedingly useful
auxiliary merely incidental service but def
ney supporting testimony has been forthcon
ing every fighting front
the absence of label of ndispensabiy
Slipped that oil will toting
midnight?
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Baseball Heads Silent Marshall Sees Little Effect Pro Football Bes Ed
Win, Lose or Draw
By DENMAN THOMPSON,
YuIetide Beefers Are Foul Balls in Wartime

Rightthinkng the home sports front will be thoroughly
content merely observe rather celebrate this fourth
secutive wartime Christmas
the sixth bombed British Anda
though the occasion meaningless to eenng millions theethe
ninth for resisting brethren in China.
almost incredible the circumstances grousing
if 1t confined the oneenth
that to the
millions anspanted thousands miles battle the
Nps eternay grateful that
just among present. mention all
piece
what they gripping about? because their
5Oyad line scarcity gasoline the necessity
botng with ration the price they have for
their inability
a
downright udicrou OF
involved nfntemaly
cizeny display anything
while enjoying safety
the Thus
our O
Evening star., 1944-12-24
Sports Don't Win Battles, but They Rote on Assist

Speaking Christmas who doesn't date orig
inay religious significance but since become largely medium
acke-here that would
other professional promoters.
inscribed the duly constituted authorities
with the word Essential This applies all for
involving individuals teams but particularly those
staged in diamonds and gridirons
won't find anything of the in their socks
the edct of yesterday
they shouldn't but considering the further heightened demands for
the effort that would be the only
could spcacles from sinking ame
participating personnel in the Immediately
ahead.
will dearh of boxing probably will organized
baseball the ootbaers likely fold They will
present their with skilled talent that
available big started that notably
skilled,
Evening star., 1944-12-24

Duckpin Records Are Made.
In duckpin bowling. Lorraine
GULL regained the women's national
top ranking after being out of the
(See REVIEW, Page abb
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-29
Nazis Counter-Attack
With Futile Tanks
Continued from Page y

far south as Ceprano and Pofi al
ready have been cut Off from their
main escape route to Rome by the
Allied hombardment Of Valmontone,
30 miles to the northwest, but they
still can fall back north and north
west over secondary roads.
Southwest Of Ceprano, French and
American elements of the Fifth
Army captured Mt. Siserno, one
mile north of Villa San Stefano, in
continuing their advance through
the hills below the Via Casilina
against slight resistance.
In the Air
In the air, Allied fighter bombers
destroyed nearly 200 motor vehicles
and three tanks In attacks on high
ways both north and south of
Rome clogged with enemy tanks and
trucks. Another $50 vehicles were
damaged.
American Liberators bomber har-
Dor installations at Genoa yester-
day, hitting warehouses, motor
vessel and the famous Ansaldo dry
docks and ship repair yards. Scat
tered hits also were scored on the
maritime station pier and on the
railway tracks and station to the
north and east.
Other Liberators attacked railway
yards at Bercilh on the Milan
Turin line, scoring several hits, while
Raj Wellingtons raided the west
port Of San Stefano last night for
the 18th time.
Medium bombers attacked railway
bridges and lines throughout central
and northern Italy to round out the
days 1000 sorties at a total cost of
three planes.
The text of the ground forces
communicate:
1T is evident that the enemy is
doing everything in his power to re-
sist our advance against the VAL
montone-Velletri line south Of high
way (Via Casilina).
Despite this, British and Arneri-
can troops of the Fifth Army have
made substantial advance south
west of Velletri against increasing
opposition.
French and American troops of
the Fifth Army continue to drive
the enemy north through the noun
tains toward highway 6.
British and Canadian troops of
the Eighth Army have made some
progress in the Liri and Sacco val
leys, while New Zealand troops have
advanced in the mountains to the
north and occupied Belmonte."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-29
| here the moment the war ends over

here the moment the war ends over
there"
Montgomery Wards defiance of
the governments war authority and
its persistent disregard Of the de-
cisive pro-union votes Of Its EN-.
ployes are only straws in the hur-
ricanes to come" he said.
Many For FDR
A statement issued at convention
headquarters said that among 800
resolutions to be offered are "A
large number" advocating q fourth
term for President Roosevelt.
Among the prominent govern
ment, civic and labor leaders sched-
uled to address the delegates were:
U. s. Atty Gen. Francis Biddle:
Asst. Secretary Of State Adolph A..
Berle; President william Green of
the American Federation Of Labor;
AFL vice-president Matthew Vol;
Jan Stanczyk, vice-premier Of the
Polish Government in exile; Walter
Nash, New Zealand minister to the
United States: Max Zaritsky, Inter-
national president Of the Hatters'
Union. and Gov. Leverett Salton-
stall Of Massachusetts,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-29
Invasion Of
Philippines
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west, while other troops ran into
desperate Japanese resistance at
Soriari, Ia miles northeast Of
BoSnek.
There are three airdromes on the
island. The other two, Sorido and
Boroku, are west Of the Nokmer
field.
The Boroki airfield is i've and
half miles west Of Mokmer while
Sorido Is a mile and q half beyond
that. At sorido, Allied forces would
be only sos miles south Of Palau,
one Of the Japanese eastern defense
outposts Of the Philippines.
Japanese aircraft attacked the
beachhead and four enemy fighters
and five bombers were shot down.
One unidentified American fighter
pilot shot down the four fighters
and one bomber, while naval anti.
aircraft fire downed four Japanese
bombers. One enemy plane fell In
flames on small naval escort YES
sci, causing damage and casualties.
2S8 Tons
Liberators dropped 288 tons Of ex-
plosives on Japanese coastal posi-
lions on Biak and infantrymen cap
tured several enemy heavy guns, In
GLIDING two six-inch, four flve-inch
and tire two-inch pieces, presurn-
ably the weapons used by the Japh-
nese to fire on Allied naval units as
they swarmed In for the invasion
operations.
While no Americans were killed In
the original landings because the
enemy didn't shoot straight" Mac
Arthur reported, the U. s. units were
suffering some casualties at Soriari.
American troops were having
quite fight" in their advance to-
ward Maffin airdrone in the Wakde-
Sarmi area, 200 miles east Of Biak
along the Dutch New Guinea coast,
a headquarters spokesman said. U.
S. units took a dominating hill one
mile south Of the Maf1n airstrip and
American aircraft and naval units
blasted enemy coastal positions.
Hundreds Of Japanese were being
wiped out at Hollandia, killed by
paUTOk dJtdChS dAAO OJAAe AAOAh NAo
ease and privations. The trapped
enemy, the communique said, has
disintegrated into struggling groups
seeking only food and escape"
Climax
The invasion of Biak climaxed an
11-month Allied offensive in the
southwest Pacific which advanced
MacArthur'st roops 1900 miles to
the west and some TOO miles to the
north in his march back to the
Philippines, completing a reconquest
of q 344e70 square mile area.
In this advance an estimated ESQ.,
600 Japanese have been destroyed
or neutralized and the Japanese still
alive in scattered outposts along the
New Guinea coast, in the Bismarck
Archipelago and the Northern Solo,
mons will be atnihilated before the
campaign officially is closed, Nc
Arthur said.
Among Japanese losses have been
272 ships, 2,317 barges, SPAS planes
and 1850 prisoners. In addition.
836 Allied prisoners were liberated
by the advancing troops.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-29

NOOAAbAAAuCA AAOAA S6O ~
chung, Saturday, but were repulsed
in an attempt to occupy Chiaotou,
six miles to the north.
u. 8. 18th Air Force planes bombed
and strafed the Japaneshe troop
columns along the Shweli and few
repeated supply sorties over Mamien
Pass, seven miles further east, par
achuting large quantities of ammu-
milton and food to Chinese troops
pinned down in the /: ,000-foot pass.
Bitter fighting also was in prog
ress 20 miles to the southeast. where
the japanese broke out Of a trap in
the village Of Tatang-tzu after los
ing more than 1000 killed and
wounded, and retreated to strong
positions on the crest OF the Kaoling
range eight miles west Of Tatangtzu.
The Chinese also suffered heavy
casualties In the three-week battle
for Tatangtzl. but the communique
said they were pressing against the
new enemy positions. despite din
cult terrain and the added hazard
Of the monsoon storms that turned
the mountain trails into slippery
death traps.
On the center OF the front. Chi
nese troops were driven from
Changmingshan. only five miles
west Of the Salween. after q savage
japanese counter-atta
Fifty miles further south. heavy
the communique indicated that the
fighting ranged around Pingka and
Chinese also had been forced TO give
ground In that sector. Previous COM
muniques had reported the Chinese
well beyong Pingka In thrust to-
ward the Burma road stronghold OF
Llingllng.
American warplanes, In addition 70
supporting the Chinese along the
salween, bombed and machine
gunned enemy positions In central
China. iniiicting heavy damage and
casualties In attacks on japanese
barracks and road and river trans
port.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-29

the town because Of the barrage but
we looked for back door.
Clambering down into q briar-
grown gully, we made a dash across
100 yards Of open road into q house
while a shell burst on buildings 70
our right. We found six soldiers
pinned down there.
From the house, we watched the
beginning Of the battle toward VAL
montone. We saw our artillery lift
its attack from the enemy houses
and then our troops started across
from their bitches. Immediately
from the windows Of the houses
came the high-pitehed chatter OF
enemy machine guns. Tank de-
stroyers moved up and began past
ing the windows OF the houses.
Knocked Out
We saw five men rise and start
warily toward the house. They
went SO 90 100 yards. It
appeared the Germans had been
knocked out and we saw other
troops getting ready 10 crawl out
OF the bitches TO follow them. Then
the German machineguns cut loose
again. A. they fell. two threw up
their hands. The other three just
crulnpled and lay still.
Tanks and tank destr0yegf
churned across the fields, slammins
shells into the houses. Then our
infantry ran across the field. Some
Of them dropped and fired thsil
guns 70 cover others who plunged
on into the buildings.
We saw no prisoners emerge.
We shared q window with Pvt
Fred Hansen. Valley Junction. Ore.
who said he saw Rome yesterday
about noon.
~ saw II spread out and 4 looked
like II was On hille," Hansen said
seeing u doesn't nsean much be.
cause there seem 10 BE- some Ger
mans between here and there"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-29

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labor has profiteered from the war.
He said their much-publicized larg-
er earnings were gained through
overtime and through suFrendeFlng
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
This extra money. he commended.
was barely sufficient to cover rising
living costs,
AZ for the postwar period, Du-
blnsky said that many people In
GLIDING mostly the property owners
and employing classes are very 1t
tie disturbed by the menace Of un-
employment.
These people" he said, "ars
yearning for the return OF economic
normally IN the hope that we VIII
manage 10 muadle through"
He said those who oppose govern
ment regulation and gnidance Of IN.
dustry win wake lip 70 learn that
q victorious America win rot stand
for @ jObless America"
Social development means more
than political freedom ana the right
10 vote. ne said.
IT our democracy Il 10 live Il
must add the right 70 work." Du-
blnsky said. what We Of labor
do demand ID q square deal for
workers while they have the health
and strength 10 work"
Dubinsky said that I'VE already
see multiplying signs Of assaults on
lab0E-all SET 10 be launched over