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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-30
Star Cup Event Next
TO Last for Class B
Woman Golfers
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Tomorrow's Star Cup affair for
high handicap woman golfers will
be the next to last Glass B event of
the year. Final Glass B test will be
the buffers Cup tourney at Indian
Spring next Tuesday. September 4.
Two Glass A Journeys remain on
the calendar, the Corby Cup event
at Columbia, September 81, and the
Presidents Plate, october 2. Many
Of the competitors in the latter
event are Glass A linkswomen.
Feminine golfers, much more &C
tive than the men, have had a sue
cessful tournament season. Indeed
the women hold more events and
conduct them better than do the
men. They go by the book in every
instance and have rock-ribbed set
of rules governing tournament play.
Mrs. Bower Makes Big Splash.
Outstanding in conversation
among the woman golfers is the
advent in tournaments and the leap
to top position of Mrs. Albert B.
Bower, the slim young Indian
Spring matron, who will be top
favorite in the coming Maryland
State championship, to be staged
over three local courses in October
That plan, by the way, may be
changed now that unlimited gaso-
line is available.
Mrs. Bower has won the gross
award in several events and twice
has won the net award, something
seldom done in women's events. In
addition, she has scored a course
record Of IS at Army Navy and
has played informally the Manor
course in 70 and the Indian Spring
course in II. A match-play meet
ing between Mrs Bower and Mrs.
Betty Meckley, the reigning Mid
Atlantic champ. would be the out
standing contest of the season, but
1T may not come off if the women
carry out their intention of holding
medal play Maryland champion
ship. The Middle Atlantic Asso-
citation apparently temporarily has
stopped functioning as tourna-
ment sponsor. 1t has not an
nounced women's event this year
Field May Be Too Big.
The men who will run the COM
ing PEA rehabilitation fund tour
ney for the Uptown Lions Club are
sure to run into trouble getting a
big field around SO holes October ;
at Kenwood unless they limit the
entry list. So much interest in the
1000 War Bond event has been
shown that possibly it may draw
100 entries. most of them amateurs
The Lions Club hopes Witty Cox
and Bobby Cruickshank will appear
II the Navy permits Lew WorSham
to play he will rate as one OF the
top favorites. Lew won the Mary
land Open at Kenwood earlier In
the year.
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Races Feature Horse
Show al Manassas

The Manassas (Va) Horse Show
and Fair Association will hold its
4lst annual exhibition on Labor
Day
The program which consists of
nine classes and three races will get
under way at 1890 am. The first
race is scheduled at $3.50 pm.
Featured classes are the working
hunters, the triple bar and an event
for fox hunters owned in Prince
William and Fairfax Counties. The
races are furlongs on the fiat, l
mile and 10 yards on the fat and
2-mile steeplechase.
Henry c. Thomas, Hot Springs,
Va; j. Willis Long. Morristown, N.
j.; Augustus Ellis, Orange, Va, and
j. Lucian> Grigsby. Warrenton, Va,
have been invited to be the officials
for show and races.
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.MacMifcheII, on Houston,
Awarded Navy Ribbon
ky the Associated Press.

ky the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 3O.-Lt. Leslie
MacMitchell. whose mile running
won him the James E. Sullivan
award as Americas outstanding am
ateur athlete in 194l. has received
the Nays Commentator Ribbon
for service aboard the U. S. S. Hous-
ton when the cruiser weathered two
torpedo strikes near Formosa last
October, the commandant of the
Sd Naval District announced today.
1t. MacMitchelf was at his post.
in charge of a battery of 40 nm.
guns, when the first torpedo struck
the cruisers No. engine room.
Capt. William w. Behrens originally
gave orders to abandon ship, but
the men and officers decided to
bring the ship home. Two days
later a second torpedo struck her
and the former N. Y. U. athlete
assisted an hour in fighting fires.
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Maryland Regoins Col. Miller
To Coach Boxing, Do Publicity

Col Harvey L. (Heinie) Miller
U. S. M. c., will return to the Uni
Versity of Maryland shortly after
September Is to take charge of ath-
letic publicity and be head coach
of boxing. Col. Miller. who has been
on continuous active duty since No.
vember l, 1910, returned from the
Pacific recently. He is a veteran of
World War l, prior to which he saw
service in Cuba, China, the Philip
pines, Nicaragua and Mexico. Col
Miller was boxing coach at the uni
Versity prior to entering the service
In 1910.
Col. Miller's service career, which
| began in April of 1906, has been
contemporaneous with activities in
boxing and in the publicity field. He
coached Maryland's ring squads In
1887, 1888, 1889 and 1910. producing
Maryland's first two Southern Con-
ference boxing teams in 1887 and
1899.
Membership of these squads in
cluded Benny Alperstein, thrice
conference champion and twice ma
tional champion, as we'll as confer
ence champions Ivan Nedovetsky.
Tom Birmingham, Newton Cox and
Frank Cronin.
For many years Col. Miller ref
creed collegiate. professional and
amateur bouts.
The District of Columbia Boxing
Commissions first executive secre-
tary Q934-l940, Col. Miller also
was successfully, vice president,
president, and executive secretary
OF the National Boxing Association
In his early dayS while in tho
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Dewitt, With Nine Contests
Opens Grid Toll Tuesday

Dewitt School, heading into a
nine-game football schedule, opens
up with training drills Tuesday for
a squad Of Is that is expected to re-
port to Coach Len Askin.
Topped off with the traditional
Gonzaga- Dewitt rivalry on October
8, the schedule includes but one
game with District high school
Tech, on November II, that will
wind up the season. The schedule
Sept. 81. at Mounte Vernon: 20. at Ma,
tionsl Training School; Oct s. at Con.
zass; ;. at ST. Adams; 20, at Georsetowr
Prep; %. at Washington Lee, Nov 2
Cha rlotte Hall at wilson. g, open. il, A
Tech.
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Navy, Col. Miller was interservice
bantamweight champion, feather
and light weight champion of the
Far East. He later trained and
coached many of the better service
boxers. He was also player-man-
ager with several fleet champion
ship ball teams.
Boxing at Maryland is to be not
only an intercollegiate major sport,
but also a part of the physical
training program, compulsory for
all freshmen and sophomores. The
varsity teams will be selected from
students in the physical training
program, beginning with their
sophomore year.
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Twilight Tear Is Headed
For Home in Kentucky

LEXINGTON. KY, Aug. 30.-Twi-
light Tear, 1914 horse of the year,
was headed for retirement today.
Owner Warren Wright said bleed
ing was the reason for the Tears
retirement. Now in Chicago, Wright
indicated the famous filly would be
brought to Calumet Farm near Lex
ington. ..
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MeCreary Rides -Four
Winners for Best
Day Of Career

~ the Associated Press.
Jockey Conn McCreary had the
biggest day of his career yesterday,
with four winners In five mounts at
Belmont Park. He took the first
with Bunny Hallow (s134O, the
second with Tambo (S780), the
fourth with Be Courageous $50 800
and the seventh with Anunow
(s5420).
Jockey Albert Snider, who rode
Surosa. the winner in the seventh
Diana Handicap at Belmont yester-
day, had not won race since Au-
gust 9, failing to come home in
front on his last 38 mounts prior to
yesterdays winner.
Jockey Joe Renick received a To-
day suspension yesterday for rough
riding aboard Married in the fourth
race at Belmont. The ban is effec-
tive today.
DR.. Eslie Asbury's Revoked will be
ridden by Boudiou, who will be re-
membered as a contract rider for
the Greentree Stable several years
ago.
Circle M Ranch Stables Our Bully
will be among the starters in next
Saturdays Hopeful at Belmont,
richest race for juveniles staged to
date In the eastern sector Our
Bully will be ridden by Conn Nc
Creary. If Is horses start, the
Hopeful will have a gross value of
s63,500 of which the winner will
earn S56,500.
Jimmy MCGEE, who has won half
a dozen races during the last five
DAYS with the horses under his care,
has shipped nine head to Mar
ragansett Park for the meeting
which opens there on Labor Day.
This leaves him with II to campaign
for the balance of the Garden State
Park meeting.
Four leading candidates for Mon
days Garden State Stakes now are
on the grounds preparing for the
SIS 900 special. In addition to the
recently arrived Air Rate. the local
winners. Lycos, Lovemenow and Sea
Snack are all pointing for that 6
furlongs. They promise to offer
spirited resistance to the invaders
from Long Island
Plans have been announced by the
Veterans Rehabilitation Foundation.
Inc, through its chairman. William
P. Kgne, general manager of the
California Jockey Club, for the con-
tribution of S2,000000 annually to
war veterans relief and rehabilita-
ton, by the groups participating in
the foundation The California
Jockey Club has already been cred
tied with donations of close to
$4,000 900 during the war to charities.
servicemen's aid and welfare.
Winners of yesterdays featured
races were:
Washington Park-Louis B Mayers
susheF w won the 1900 Chicago match
three quarters OF length The winner
was tmeo for the mile in 1875 and
Roeklnsham Park..B A. Darios slen-
snd ran the mile and i furlone in / 50,
Garden State Park Sidney Jennings
kopa won the furlonss Asbury Park
Purse paying 81 40 and covering the dis
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Reds, 3; Cards, I
Totals "a se4 Totals 1910 81

IotaIs "a "a Totals 80 10 y u
Ran for ODea in seventh
Batted for Verban in ninth
Batted for Donnelly in seventh.
g Louis - ----- 600 Ool oOn-1
Cincinnati lO1 600 l0x-3
Runs batted in-Adams, Upton, McCor-
mick, Mesner. Two-bsse hit-Schoen-
olenst Home runs-Adsms, Upton. Los
ing pitcher-DonneIly
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Cubs, 2; Pirates, O

Totals IS 727 IL Total "a e2715
Batted for Rice in ninth.
Batted for Coscarart in ninth.
Batted for Lopez in ninth
Batted for Strincevich in ninth.
Snlcsso ------------- 100 600 0o1--2
fhtsoursh ------------ 900 600 600
Runs batted in-Becker, Merullo. Two
pitcher-Prim
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Winners of yesterdays featured
70
Browns, 5; Tigers, q

Totals 81 "a IA Totals 30 s27
'Batted for Boron in ninth.
Detroit - 0O4 600 oOo-4
St. Louis ITO 200 O1x-5
Runs batted in-Moore t2). Cramer
Cullenbine. Jakucki. Finney. Byrnes Two
base hltS-Borom, Stephens Winning
pltcher-Muncrief. Losing pitcher-Ben-
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Dodgers, 3; Pills, ]

Totals 81 "a y Totals 30 271s
Batted for Barrett in ninth
Philadelphia --------- 010 600 0O0--1
Brooklyn ---------- DOL 600 01x-2
Runs batted in-Mott, Bordagaray
Iwo-base hits--Antonelli (2), Bordasa-
ray.
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Bosox, l.; Yankees, 0

---
Totals 80 42713 Totals Al 4o71O
'Batted for Metheny in ninth.
Ran for Garbsrk in ninth.
tBatted for zuber in ninth.
Boston " ooo 100 ooo-1
New York non 00o f,1o-o
Run batted in-R. johnson.
Evening star., 1945-07-08

as usual, for peace Horatio G. Wright,
at any price" At TnOss ths city S0Rs cf Wa.hins
no time during the ton from capture.
war was the country in greater or a
more serious state of uncertainty than
when Gen. Lee sent Gen. Early up the
valley with the apparent intention of
compelling Grant to weaken his hold
on Richmond.
The Drive on Washington
Soon Hagerstown paid Earlys army
q tribute of $4,000, and Frederick 10
times as much. Intoxicated with these
successes, Early determined to make a
drive on Washington, which had been
left almost unguarded, as he had sus-
pected, and probably in advance was
aware of, and when Lew Wallace was
defeated at the Monocacy on July 9,
1864, naturally the fears of the citizens
and public officials here were greatly
intensified
Wallace had not the remotest idea
of defeating Early. He was sent merely
to retard his progress and hold him
back until Gen. Wright, with other
parts of the 9Th Army Corps, could reach
Washington. This Wallace accomplished
most satisfactorily, and although he lost
123 killed and 603 wounded, he was able
to fall back with his army and put him
self in position to protect Baltimore
Wallace is said to have had, at the
Monocacy, $3.50 men, and the estimates
Of Early's forces ran as high as $4,000.
With Wallace out of the way, Early
lost no time in advancing on Washing
ton, for although he did not leave the
Monocacy before noon on July 10, that
night some of his forces, at least,
camped only 4 miles north of Rockville,
having marched nearly 20 miles that
afternoon and evening The next day, at
dawn, he continued his march to Silver
Spring, where his advance arrived
shortly after noon, greatly fatigued from
the dusty roads and the hot July sun.
In Rockville
The Star of July II, 1864, carries this
item:
Last evening force of from 1900 to
1000 rebels entered Rockville and
passed through to point few miles
this side of that village. Hating there
for brief while, they retraced their
steps to the town, where they bivouaced
sor the night.
This morning they are engaged with
Evening star., 1945-07-08


less words of mine. But it was too late
He not only accepted my invitation but
insisted upon accompanying me, not
withstanding all could say to prevent
him. He sent his wife back and when
l mounted the parapet, there he was be-
side me, looking out upon the scene with
a great deal of interest. The enemy's
sharpshooters were firing pretty closely,
and I explained to him that the place
was entirely too dangerous for him.
"'But it is. my duty to be here while
it is your duty not to expose yourself.
Your position requires this, and par
ticularly request you to remember it,
President Ordered Down
"Just then sharpshooter's bullet
struck surgeon who was standing near
the President and I became really
alarmed for his safety and, / have no
doubt, little excited. as said firmly:
"Mr. President, you must really get
down from this exposed position. I can
not allow you to remain here longer and
If you refuse shall deem it my duty
to have you removed under guard
I suppose the absurdity of my threat
ening to put the President of the United
States under arrest amused him for he
smiled, looked at me quizzically and got
down, behind the parapet, where I pro-
yided him with an ammunition box for a
seat, but he wouldn't sit still minute at
time and was constantly stretching up
his long form to see what was going on,
thereby exposing fully half of himself to
danger in spite of all I could do; and
thus he continued to bob up and down
until the action was over, when he
cheered Justify along with the rest and,
bidding us good night, got into his car
riage and rode away home"
Another figure of prominence who was
also looking from the other side was
Gen. Breckenridge, who once served as
Vice President of the United States and
who was. in addition. a presidential cam
didate against Lincoln in the election
Of 1850.
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Dean Kenneth E. Olson of the Journal
sm department in Northwestern Uni
'ersity, DR.. Julian Boatman of the Ag-
iculture Departments extension service,
James r. Hawkinson of Northwestern
University's school of commerce, Virgil
M. Fairies of Texas A. and MS school
of engineering, Douglas Whitaker, pro-
fessor of physiology at Leland Stanford,
and Dean Luther T. Mott Of the Mis-
souri, University school of journalism.
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Lincoln Under Fire

I'll show you one of
the prettiest little
fights you C coulc
wish to see.'
=" No sooner were
the words out of my
mouth remarked
Gen. Wright, in
speaking of the
matter afterward,
than 7 deeply re-
gretted having ut
tered them. I fully
realize that the
Presidents life was
far too valuable to
be brought into
Evening star., 1945-07-08
Preservation of Historic Fort Stevens


tional Cemetery, 6625 Georgia avenue,
near Walter Reed General Hospital, and
IT of the boys in gray sleep their last
sleep in the graveyard of Grace Episco-
pal Church at Woodside, Md, not far
from Silver Spring.
The late Senator Blair Lee was
vestryman of this church for upward of
so years, and in an interview with him
some years ago, he told the writer that
the first rector of Grace Church was a
Rev. Mr.. Wyle. Later came the follow
ing rectors: Rev. Jones Battle Avirett,
r. r. Clairborn, Rev. Baker, Rev. Faux
ener, James Magrew, DR.. Nelms, Clyde
Brown, Rev. Moody, Rev. Norris, Rev.
Alesford and the present rector, Rev.
Walter w. Gale.
OF those who attended the church,
Senator Lee recalled his grandparents,
Francis P. Blair, ST., and Mrs. Blair;
Montgomery Blair, his uncle, who was
Lincoln's Postmaster General; Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. S. p. Lee, parents of
Senator Lee, DR.. and Mrs. Josiah Hard
S. Noyes, when his family was residing
at Alton farm: the family of Col
Charles Newbold, when living at Sligo,
Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bachelor
and Gen. and Mrs. Getty. 1t was Gen.
Getty who led the troops that drove
Early north ON the Seventh Street pike
(now Georgia avenue) and liked the
neighborhood so well that he returned
after the war and bought farm about
2 miles north of the church, where he
made his home.
The monument in the church grave
yard to the Confederate soldiers Is in
scribed:
To the Memory OF
Seventeen
Unknot0n
Confederate Dead
Who Fell in Front of
Washington, D. C..
July IL, 1854,
By Their
Comrades.
At the bottom, in large letters, is the
word
Confederate.
Lincoln Under Fire
But one of the most interesting things
about Fort Stevens is the fact that it was
here, during the engagement referred to,
that President Lincoln was under fire
Various accounts Of this episode are
given, but the most interesting of all,
taken from an account printed many
years ago, is as follows:
President Lincoln, accompanied by
his wife, came on the grounds in a car
riage. Seeing Gen. Wright he at once
extended his hand, saying: General, I
am very glad to see you. This looks as
though we are going to do something
"Mr. President said the general
pointing toward Fort Stevens, If youu
just come along down there with me,
Evening star., 1945-07-08
By John Clagett Proctor

The first step in the preservation Of
the Civil War forts around Washington
was made by resident of the District
and, so far as the writer knows, not by
the Federal Government. 1t was nearly
half century ago that William Van
Zandt Cox, a nephew of Sunset" Cox,
bought the site of old Fort Stevens, at
Thirteenth street between Quackenbos
and Rittenhouse streets, in Brightwood,
in order to preserve it for posterity.
Shortly after this the Fort Stevens
Lincoln National Military Park Asso-
citation was formed and through its
efforts. in 1902, bill was introduced in
the Senate by Senator Redfield Proctor
of Vermont ITO preserve the most his
toric and important part-Fort Stevens
and yicinity-of the defenseS OF Wash
ington." A further bill was introduced
by Senator william Warner in 1906, and
other bills followed, it being known from
the first that Mr. Cox purchased the
property only through patriotic motives
and held the site to sell to the Govern
ment for the amount he paid Tor II,
plus taxes. But all things have an end
ing and eventually, after lapse OF
many years, the Government did nuy
the fort tract, now known as Fort
Stevens Park, and since has consid-
erably restored the fortiflcatlon.
Appropriately Marked
Fort Stevens proper, especially the
spot where President Lincoln stood
llnon the occasion of the battle there.
July II and IL, 1864, is appropriately
marked with a boulder and a tablet
placed by the survivors of the 9th Army
Corps.
Few people today have the slightest
realization of just what this engage
ment-sman, comparatively, as it was
meant. Indeed, to do so one must take
into consideration the conditions exist
ing in the United States at that time.
The war had been going on for more
than three years. Gettysburg had been
fought lust one year before without
any apparent, decisive results. Lincoln
had been but a month before renomi-
mated by the Republicans at Baltimore,
with no certainty of his reelection.
Indeed, he himself had despaired OF his
own reelection and even went so far
as to write a letter to his opponent,
Gen. George B. McClelland, imploring
him, if elected, to carry out his policies
of the war. Fortunately, circumstances
did not make it necessary to deliver
this letter.
Formidable criticisms were hurled at
the administration from all quarters.
Even Horace Greeley used his powerful
New York Tribune to help (uninten-
TALLY, of course) to "clog up the works"
Evening star., 1945-07-08

enlisted the services for a one-year
period of group of top-fight American
professors to teach in the universities
and for directive work in connection
with the entire program. They will
wear uniforms but will remain civilian.
Leading Educators
Among these men are such outstand-
ing names as those of John Dale Russell
of Chicago University's educational de-
partment, Elmer T. Peterson Of Iowa
State University's education department,
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Added to this, Sal
mon P. Chase had
but recently ten
dered his resigna-
ton. The country
had gone enormous
ly in debt, owing
nearly 900, 900,
a stupendous sum
at that date. Seven
and three-tenths per
cent at par had been
exacted for its last
loan and the paci-
fists were bowling,
aS fISIIql for fDeace
Evening star., 1945-07-08

which will not be put into operation il
the United States until next year.
Vocational Training
The vocational and technical courses
to be offered on various levels of the
unit schools, technical school and tech
nical university program cover a wide
range. Listed are general agriculture,
farm management, livestock production,
poultry farming, crop farming, fruit
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Some Of the biggest corporations in
America, according to the War Depart
ment, are sending abroad their leading
engineers and technicians as well as
ultramodern machine tools to train
soldiers in various crafts. The War De-
partment is not ready yet to make
public the names of these firms.
SO up-to-date will be this technical
training, the War Department says, that
it will include mechanical processes
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Chief of staff George c. Marshall pins the Distinguished
Service Cross on Col (now Brig GEN. Paul W. Thompson
rg) director of information and education the AryS
European heater of operations Gen. Thompson charge
OF the Uast Army educational program.