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The echo., 1947-12-01
HOW LENA i.C21c LZAr.NED
70 SING

Chica@o; Until Lennie Hayton
badgered and heckled her about it.
Lena Horne used to worry about be-
ing too pretty, says December Ne
gro Digest, with the result that her
singing actually suffered
Lena W a $ worried that people
liked her for her looks and not for
her singing" the Negro Digest arti-
Gle states, But now I'm Over my
complex" Lena declares
Because she continues to command
attention with her astonishing love
liness, Lena's faith in her singing
Wavered but that of her fans did not
bulge. The staunchest of these fans
was white Lennie Haydn. now tour
ing Europe with Lena. He badgered
her, walked with her, he read her
lessons out Of the musical copybooks.
Results new and gree .er Lena
Horne according to Barry Ulanov,
.uthor Of the feature
Now" Lena says, I'm over my
complex. People actually come up
to me and compliment me about my
singing and they seem to mean it
and l can believe it. can sing now.
Pm over ha t fantastic complex.
They can tell me I'm pretty now
without my worrying about what
they really think about my voice"
The echo., 1947-12-01
Woods of South Mississippi.

Woods Of South Mississippi.
May God Bless f. B. Blackman,
the man who was so interested in
my election that he gave his "own
life, figuratively speaking, when
he lack only two votes of being cleo
ted delegate to the last General
Conference. He would not stop
working and pulling for me Black
man was not elected but he gave
his life" as it were, for me and for
this cause he helped roe to lead my
delegation and I kept forging ahead
until Twas elected a bishop in the
great c. M. E. Church.
To you, my friend, Blackman, l
Shall never forget you. To you, my
friend, may God ever keep you in
His care and may His watchful eye
ever preserve you, your wife and
The echo., 1947-12-01
LODGE NO. SO STILL
CLIMBING

We are happy that Lodge No. 39
under the supervision of Mrs. Mamie
Johnson Smith, is still making pro
gress. She recently added four more
new members to her lodge, bringing
her total number added since the
September Board to %.
To add this number of members "a
any lodge, within three months time,
calls for some strenuous work.
Hats off, to Mrs Smith and her
faithful followers.
The echo., 1947-12-01
BISHOP YOU 6 AVS TRIBUTE To firing PASTORS
EAEGTS HIGH NEWS

The Home Economics Glasses of
Harris IIi5h SchooI are sponsoring a
Mother and daughter formal ban
qu@t' Friday Night, December 5th
1947.
Tickets may be occurred at our
leading stores and business places.
Wl,I YOU help make this a gala af-
The echo., 1947-12-01
A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
by
Ruth Taylor

i With humble and contrite hearts,
we gather together this Thanksgiv-
M -~y, 49, b. i've r-,--c unto
Thee, most bountiful Givcr of Gifts.
! We kneol in gratitude for the mani
fold mercies Thou has bestowed upon
us, and we humbly beg for greater
favors to come
We thank Thee for this land Of
our, its fertility, its resources, its
, hoes, its people. We pray Thee
grant us the courage to put aside
our personal ambitions and preju-
dices, our care!essness IN comprising
with evil, our desire for isolation
from the troubles OF our brothers.
Make us more sensitive to our bro
theirs needs.
We thank Thee that we are Ameri-
cans; toI our heritage from those
who came to mis- land seeking free
dom to worship Thee according to
their UN44 -O..aCl1ACeS. We pray
Thee NICG4.Sc our l4earts of hatred
Help u, ~ u.aerstand our fellow
men Ci G.il-rc.it 14Itns and nationali-
ties. IGaon Us TO oe just, rather
than lLal table; fair rather than self
seekins; pItlent rather than indif-
ferent.
We t:.lail Thee that we are a
Unit = rs; taat We can differ in
deA-., .-- ,-~o-oay, of economics, of |
pont.-- ,,-.- -tIA De united in de !
man -..s 1or t4!L ID sraAting to all |
others the same freedom we claim
for ou,-oNes. We pray Thee give
unto us the W4sOo- 81 -..e..e q, pcooc
fair and Just to ali the people of a
the earth; to accept willingly the
burden Of carrying high TIC .c"Ch OF /
freedom to men Of other creeds tAan .
ours.
We ank Thee for Thy pupJss j.,
our hv-5 as peOplr5 and as ..4,.
that we may in Thy good time es-
tablish more firmly the~d 4ocra~y +
whose command is Thi . - Love
thy neighbor as thyseH ara 7'-,~~
Thy Kingdom to reign c. cal III tro-.
now UNI everlasting.
H-rC-
The echo., 1947-12-01
About Folks " e
Knew

Bishop and Mrs. R. L. Young,
who are in Birmingham, Alabama
for their State meeting, which con
venes at First c. M. E. Church, Wed.
nesday and Thursday, December 3
and A.
A great meeting is anticipated, &C
cording to reports.
The echo., 1947-12-01
Collins, Mississippl.

COllllIo, NllSolSSlpE1'
Dear Secretary:
This comes to let the many read
crs of The Echo know that lodge No.
444 has lost one of its members in
the person Of Brother Jim Hays who
passed on November IA, 1947 He
was faithful member. He will be
greatly missed by his many, many
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Eula Berkhalter, President
Lodge No. 444
The echo., 1947-12-01

PACi -N1etf
HIS SONG s mningham,
just released dy podd. Mead & Com
pany, was me sua ell discussion
recently over ErCE2 mo New York
Times Radio staiion.
The program. known as "C'ta ,
Peoples Business" was conducted
by Alr,a Dcttiaros, feature co'tn7.
mist of the station. Miss DIETING
had as her guest Miss Dorothy Pet
tiferd, budding young actress, form
The echo., 1947-12-01

A few days ago l received the in
formation that Reverend E. B. Black
man of Bassfield, Mississippi, had re-
tired, as one of the c. M. E. Minis
tiers of the South Mississippi Con-
ference, after serving fifty years in
the ministry. l think it quite be-
fitting that pay tr iSu;:v ~ this ;.eiv
in Colored Methodism in general and
the South Mississippi Conference in
particular Reverend Blackman has
served as pastor and Presiding Elder
on several occasions. He was a
gifted preacher for many, many
years. He was regarded as an hon
est and upright minister He has
been honored as delegate to sew
eral General Conferences.
! On one occasion, when the writer
was in the race as delegate to the
General Conference, Rev. Blackman
LED the delegation and he graciously.
of his own accord, yielded the lea
dership of the delegation to the
aai-'ad ~ oaoo. - $780, ~ l'U
- -. Wy $50 80. So - D l.'ill''el
Co.tar n1 ~, w ~ ~ '-'N NiiN- 81
'- ~''
The honesty and integrity of E.
nond rannnaah '''1 WV alm'y' DeeM lioo W
sed to preach E. B. Blackman was
co,saoratod bisbon in orr orea4
chtr-h z p P1aclyr,a, yvoe there
and had q part. Pev-~C~l r .-c'-
mar N0~ '-o"0t v'--'
MIN y. "3n - re c Not o0lH
has q '-~@"''+ ',''o' q '-1o as q min
>lster - a. 'g ~r-t u7h 10 me-
a. al H"~ e ~-o~0t ~tch to RE
befc t-5u9at Of attempting 70
preaoa
The echo., 1947-12-01

Waynesboro, Mississippi
Dear Secretary:
Lodge No 100 has lost one Of its
faithful members in the person Of
Sister Jennie Kettler, who was "a
years of age. She was a member Of
the A. M E. Church. She leaves
to morn her passing, three brothers
and host of relatives and friends.
Mr.. VIM Kinslow, President.
Mrs. Evelyn Oakley, Reporter
The echo., 1947-12-01
Shubuta, Mississippi.
Dear Secretary:

oHUDUtd, mississippi.
Dear Secretary:
Lodge No. 278 has lost one of its
faithful members in the person of
Brother Willie Terrell who passed
on November 10. The funeral was
held at 200 o'clock P. M. He will
be greatly missed by His many, many
afisnds.
w. E. Edwards, President
The echo., 1947-12-01
Mcleod
Dear Secretary:

4JDuI DONI OteIIy y.
Lodge No. 1874 has lost one of its
faithful members in the person of
Brother Johnnie Dent Brother
Dent departed this life November
20, 1947. He leaves to mourn his
passing, wife, a daughter and one
son. He will be greatly missed by
his many, many friends.
Ms. .Iu';nr Ardr.wc President
The echo., 1947-12-01

To dcfe,.c - AolvyWei lit crown
in match with Jersey Joe Wilcott at
Madison Square Garden in New
York on December 5.
The echo., 1947-12-01

residing in New York C SIS
Pettiferd is also d lecturer, r'ra,na-
fist, and has been identiIie with
CnautauQuas
Miss Pettiferd's scholarly know
ledge of Dunbar love and lie read
ing Of two Of Dunbar's best remem-
bered poems, When (Malindy Sings"
and Little Brown Baby, were the
highlights of her appearance on the
program.
The echo., 1947-12-01

wife, l salute you. Il seems IS if
1 can hear my dear fria11 EX0ose
callin:, "Tilda' now. I shall never
forget the many nights that we have
spent in your lovely home May
God preserve and keep you and may
you have many more pleasant years
before you, is my prayer.
The echo., 1947-12-01

The above is the likeness of the
Reverend w. l.. Expose of Column
bia, Mississippi Strange to say,
two of my close and dear friends of
Ss@sA Mississa~~i retired from ar
tive duties as pastors in the last
session OF the South Mississippi An
nual Conference, so I am informed.
For many years l presided over
Reverend w. =. Expose on the Meri-
dian District and little did he think
that through my influence and sup
port that he would ever be a dele
gate to our General Conference. 1t
was said of me as a Presiding Elder,
as well as pastor, that | possessed
the ability to make men" AS to
whether that was true or not some
how or another, l have always de-
sired to go forward in helping men.
Reverend Expose was a good pas
tor, and some how or another, he
thought that if I could not do a thing
it could not be done.
Brother Expose was a good preach
er and was admired by the people
whom he served. He has served
some of the best works in South
Mississippi. He was quiet anr I'M
assuming.
Brother Expose always wanted to
be good follower. If you wanted
% e., n l0noe ct any time, visit
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Evening star., 1947-02-10
Fight
Headlines Turner's
Program Tonight

Smuggy Hursey says he likes to
fight, and his actions back his words.
For most boys, fighting is a job
of work, a way to bring in the cakes
and coffee; but Hursey would do it
for free if, his manager didn't handle
the business end for him and insist
on a reasonable share of the gate.
He's hard to aurt. He says he
doesn't feel it when the other fellow
socks him. In his last fight here
against Charley Hayes his eye was
cut In the fifth round. Other fighters
with q cut eye take 1t easy to pro-
tect themselves, but not Smuggy.
That was q sign for him to fight
twice as hard and enjoy doing it..
Smuggy is back in town tonight,
fighting Howie Brodt In the 10-round
main event at Turner's Arena.
They're midleweights. Like Smuggy,
Howie is a youngster in the fight
game, having been at it profession
ally only since coming out Of the
Marines. He's tagged as conner,
though, and last month beat Jimmy
McGriff at Turner's. He mixes
freely and is good inside fighter.
Joe Cannon comes back in the
six-round semifinal. His opponent is
Wild Bill Hubbell of Baltimore.
Cannon beat Luther Mcmillan last
month at Uline's. Three fours are
booked: Buster Smith against Jim
Robinson, Jimmy Jones against
George Brooks and Jimmy Sims
against Bobby Suma.
Evening star., 1947-02-10
by the Assoeiofsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 10.-The
midshipmen call him Sugar" and
Coach Ben Carnevale of Navy's
basket ball team agrees that he is a
sweet dose for any mentor.
The Sugar" is Kenny Shugart,
pint-sized Middle captain and high
scoring forward who has averaged
better than IS points per game
against dozen capable rivals so far
this season.
Ken is the greatest little guy I've
ever seen on q basket ball court, u
Carnevale declares. And not only
as a shot. He's tops all around, as
a passer. ball handler, playmaker
and leader"
The feeling is mutual. Shugart
says. Ben Is 80 per cent of the
team and is great coach"
The 21-year-old Cheyenne (Wyo)
athlete made his presenLe in
Eastern basket ball last year, win
ming q berth on the All-East team
and playing in Madison Square
Gardens East-West tilt.
Shugart's forte is a one-hand push
shot from the outer court, but he
operates equally from left or right
and his springy legs make him an
Evening star., 1947-02-10
West Va. and Duquesne Remain
Nations S Only Unbeuten Quints

1881 triumph over California, leader
in the Pacific Coast Conference
southern division, and La Sales
48-45 conquest Of st. Joseph's.
The picture in the major confer
ences now shapes up as follows:
Big Nine-wisconsin 81. retained frst
place with 60-61 victory over Mime
sofa. The Badgers face their big test
tonight against runner-up Michigan. AZ.
Indiana is tied for second with the VOL
verines
Eastern rcollegiate-Columbia, 80,
went into hrstt place by beating Prince
ton. Cornell. Penn and Princeton each have
lost two games, but are very much in the
running.
Southern Conference-Duke bowled over
william and Mary Wsnington and Lee
beaten at so: North Carolina State, upset
victors over N. Y. o., took over second
place at II.
Southeastern Conference -. Kentucky
whipped Alabama. previously ynbeaten. to
take undisputed possession Of first place at
go. L. s. u. and Tennessee, each beaten
only twice now are ahead OF Alabama's
Big six--Missouri whipped Kansas State
to take q temporary lead over Oklahoma
Missouri. has 81 league mark to Okla
homa'S Al.
Big Seven-Wyoming beat colorado and
at 81, is still very much factor, however.
Missouri Valley Conference-St. Louis,
winner over Wichita, extended Its record
to 80 in league competition and needs to
win only two of Its four remaining con-
competitor. The AEgies have lost three
league tits.
Border Conference-Arizona easily the
best with Ito. New Mexico dropped three
games in a row and yielded second place
to Arizona State of Flagstaff.
Southwest Conference-Texas. 10. and
Arkansas, go, still in q doghght for the
title After dropping II stratght. Texas
Christian won its first game of the season
by defeating Rice, $3.50.
Pacific Coast Conference-Oregon State
81, retained first place in the Northern
division by whipping Oregon; Washington
State, S-3, is still threat. Although
California lost three non-league games
the Bears remained at the top In tht
Southern division at 81, with U. C. L. A
second at AZ.
Mid-American--Butler with SO, took I
drmer grip. on nrst place as Runner-uy
Cincinnati lost to Ohio University.
Mason n-Uixon--Delaware, at 80, lead
Baltimore Loyola, 81.
Middle Atlantic-Muhlenberg tightenet
its hold on first place BY whipping Lehigl
twice and Gettysburg. The Mules are un.
beaten in league competition.
Evening star., 1947-02-10
Lions lacking Rovers
After Loss 10 Pics

The hockey Lions come back to
town tomorrow after a Today ab-
sence to face the New York Rovers,
first-place team in the Eastern
League. The Lions are third.
The Lions lost yesterday to the
Olympics at Boston in q lis clash
It was the most goals scored against
the D. G. team in one game this
year. Previous high was 10, also
served up by the Pics.
Fighting enlivened the last period.
Pete Pidsodny Of Boston blooded
Phil VitaIe's nose and drew a major
penalty. Vitale also exchanged blows
with his Washington teammate,
Chirp Brenchley, when Brenchley
tried to stop him from. chasing Pid-
sondy. Marcel Fillion of Boston and
Nick Phillips OF Washington also
had scrap.
Boston was ahead all the way last
night. Pentie Lund got five of the
goals, one short of a league record.
Evening star., 1947-02-10
Sports Program
For Local Funs
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

AS>S.sS
Washington Capitols at Pitts
burgh Ironmen tpro).
Maryland vs.. George Washing
ton, Uline Arena, $50.
Seton Hall at Catholic u, $50.
Anacostia at Greenbelt, 7::30.
Dunbar tBaltimore) vs.. Arm
strong, Banneker gym, 7:30.
Boxing.
Smuggy Hursey VS.. Howie
Brodt, 10-round middleweight
feature, Turner's Arena, 8:45.
TOMORROW. A
Basket Ball. '
Gallaudet at Randolph Macon.
Ashland, Va.
American q. freshmen at
Montgomery Junior College.
Gonzaga at Coolidge, $3.50.
Dewitt at Central, 3:15.
Tech at Bethesda, $3.50.
Fredericksburg at George
Washington High, Alexandria, 8.
Hagerstown at Bladensburg, 8.
Maryland Park at Lackey, 7:30.
National Training School at
Priory, 4.
Georgetown Prep at st. Johns,
$3.50.
Chamberlain at Eastern, $3.50.
Woodward at Wilson, $3.50.
Kentucky (Murray) State Col
lege VS.. Virginia Union, Turner's
Arena, 8.
Hockey.
New York Rovers We. Wash
ington Lions, Uline Arena. $50.
Evening star., 1947-02-10
PoroehioI Loop Games
Marked by Low Scores

Scoring was kept at minimum In
Yesterdays C. Y. o. Parochial
League basket ball games. st. Peters
with it's 25-l4 win over st. Francis
Xavier, amassed the most points,
while st. Gahriel's, with 24-11 vic
tory over st. Michael's, was close
second.
Other league games:
81. Dominic's 81, st. Teresa's II; Our
Lady Of Victory Is, c. q. Campus School
Is; st. Joseph's Home Is, st. Jerome's o;
Blessed Sacrament %, Our Lady OF LouTdes
10; Sacred Heart 81, St. James IL: Holy
Name %, st. Aloysius II; HOLY Comforter
10, st, Joseph's School Z.
Evening star., 1947-02-10
By the Asseeioted Pres.

NEW YORK, Feb. lowest VIZ
ginia and Duquesne remained the
only undefeated teams In the coun-
try today as the college basket ball
circuit swung into the final four
weeks Of the regular campaign.
In q week marked by astonish-
ing upsets, the Mountaineers and
Dukes managed to stay upright,
West Virginia winning its 18th
straight with SAIL triumph over
Pittsburgh Saturday night and
Duouesne chalking up its 18th in a
row at the expense of Akron 58-49
the same night.
Five other previously unbeaten
quintets were not as fortunate, as
Seton Hall, Kirksville (Mo) Teach
ers, Washington and Jefferson,
Trinity of Connecticut, and Ala
bama bit the dust for the first time
last week.
Seton Hall was the first to bow.
Winners of Is straight, the Pirates
went down to an unexpected de-
feat at the hands of unheralded
Loyola Of Baltimore, H-53, Monday
night. After winning No. 10 several
nights later, Seton Hall lost its
second game, this time to a strong
Holy Cross team.
Springfield (Mo.) Teachers snap
ped 19-victory skein Of Kirksville
Teachers Friday night. the same
night Springfield (Mass) knocked
off Trinity. Washington and Jeffer-
son received it's initial defeat from
Army Wednesday and Alabama first
tasted defeat at the hands of the
powerful Wildcats of Kentucky.
While West Virginia and Du-
quesne rolled merily along Ken
lucky, generally regarded as the
Nations No. / quintet, suffered an
amazing upset when 1t received a
53-47 shellacking from De Paul of
Chicago. The Blue Demons, with
six defeats to date, were not ex-
pected to offer much opposition to
the Wildcats, who only a week be-
fore had drubbed Notre Dame by
80 points for their 21st victory In
% games.
The Oklahoma Aggies, only other
team to upset Kentucky, virtually
lost all chances of receiving any
tournament bids when they were
upset twice, by Drake 42-34, and by
Creighton, 40-3l. The Aggies now
have dropped four games, three OF
them conference tiltS.
Other upsets included North Caro-
lina's 47-43 victory over New York
University; Stanford's $3.50 win
over Southern California; st, Mary's
Evening star., 1947-02-10
.Bomar Lands 5000
In Petersen Bowling
With t,75O Total
BY tho Assoeiaisd Press

CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-After 2,176
Of the country's top bowlers fired
II, ,408 games in 18 days, Buddy
Bomar of Chicago finally emerged
with diamond-studded medal and
St, 900 in cash as winner Of the
$54, 400 Petersen individual tourna-
ment.
Bomar's blazing aggregate of 1,750
pins posted last Friday, withstood
the efforts of some of the nations
best shooters on yesterdays final
squads and tn 31-year-old former
Ardmore (Okla.) kegler walked of
with the honors with 103-pin mar
gin over his nearest competitor,
Harold Asplund of Denver, Colo.
Bomar, former individual match
game champion, topped the sports
richest competitive tournament on
games Of 191, 1893. 225, 279, 266, 225,
201 and 170-Highest run in @the
Petersen winter meet since Chicago's
Cass Crygier posted 1907 In 1912.
All-time high for the tourney Is a
phenomenal 1924 by Dom de Vito
Of Chicago in 1927.
Asplund, performing on the 68th
and last 32-man squad of the meet
last night, carved games of 212, 228,
205, 214, 179, 220, lit and 2l2 for his
1,647 total and second money of
SO 900. This feat boosted the Denver
stars earnings in 10 Petersen clas-
sizes to ,305-top winner in Louis
P. Petersen's last 36 tournaments.
The men finishing 1-2-3-4-Bo-
mar, Asplund, Otis Collins of South
Bend, Ind, and Russ Creamer OF
Chicago-qualified to bowl for a
S., 800 special purse Saturday.
The Petersen 2-in-1 singles meet
running concurrently on week ends
with the individual tourney also
ended last night with Ruby Habetler
Of Chicago the winner on lofty
GOT four-game. total, good for $1,000.
Leaders IN the Petersen and prize
money:
BUDDY sud somas ,,s Chicago. 1;7So' G;o sSeso9e; s99
1885, $4,000; RUSS Cleaner, ~chlcago,
1880. $1,000: Bill Applequist,. Rockford,
IT, 81 Losis sns is15' so $50 Sa5i'' sua' f0nk0v'''
Paul Krumske, Chicago, 1914 $3.50; Joe
Danford, Chicago. 1.613. S400; George
9SHns Mon efene
land. ,607, $3.50.
Evening star., 1947-02-10
D. c. Woman BowIers
Bow 10 Baltimore
In Dixie Open Here
By Ben McAIwee

Washington woman duckpin
bowlers were humbled by Baltimore
pinwomen for the fourth successive
time this season when Lillian Young
yesterday at Lafayette won the 18th
annual Women's Dixie Open with
a nine-game score of 1870, and
Mildred Cameron finished second
with LIS.
It was Mrs. Young's first victory
here, In nearly decade OF major
tournament competition. Besides
s100, the winner received a trophy
from the National Duckpin Bowling
Congress.
Madge Lewis, King Pin team ace,
was tops for Washington's 81 con-
testants in q field of 81 with third
place count Of 1,102.
Fires Journeys High Game.
It was q deserving triumph for
Mrs. Young. The Oriole roller fired
the tournaments high game Of 161
to climax the first blocks top set Of
$50 for four games. With victory at
stake in the final game, she out
bowled her two closest rivals with
135 to tally 588 for the last five
strings.
Mrs. Cameron's sets were 500 and
615, with a final game of 124. Mrs.
Lewis, second high in the afternoon
round with SOB, marked up 594 for
her night set with lis last game.
The next four prize-winning
places went to Washington rollers.
Frances Wilson with 484-617-1,10l,
and Lois Gladding with 503-593--
1,lo1 finished in tie for fourth.
Lorraine GULL capped a 1,098 score
with the tournaments high five
game set of ga to gain sixth place.
Caroline Hiser, with 487-596-1,0 ,083,
was seventh.
Norma Baker In Money.
The final major money place
went to Norma Baker Of Baltimore,
with lott.
Consolation high game and high
set awards vent to Dot Whitlock,
Baltimore, l57; Ruth Di Misa,
Washington, 1853; Louise Garilli,
Mount Rainier, Md, 506, and Dot
Ransom, Baltimore, 618.
Other Washington scores: Julia
Young, 1,073; Ruth Di Misa, 1,065;
Ruth King, 1858; Mary Brown,
1,o4S; Lucille Young, 1,040; Bing
Moen, 1,035; Louise Garilli, 1929;
Georgia Hays, 1,025; Betty Balm
bridge, 1922; Evelyn Saunders,
LOIS: Jessie Sacrey, 1,014; Evelyn
Nickel, 1000; Frances Johnson, 966;
Ruth McClintic, 955: Bessie Price,
918; Marguerite McDermott, 913;
Kay Luckett, 902; Mae Diehl, 900.
Evening star., 1947-02-10
Clarendon Pinn1an Eighth
In Tourney at Lynchburq

Bowling 877 for seven games, AL
Wright of Clarendon finished eighth
In the 10th annual Virginia State
Open at Lynchburg, Va. Cletus
PanneH Of Rosslyn was the only
other bowler Of this area to compete.
The victor was Bill Pugh of
Roanoke, Va, with 922. Jimmy Wal
lace of Norfolk was second, 913; w.
Robertson, Roanoke, third, 912;
Oscar Shepherd, Of Roanoke, coun-
try's No. duckpinner; fourth, 1877;
Red Neblett. Richmond, fifth, 1856;
O'Neil Wynn. Norfolk, sixth, 882
Evening star., 1947-02-10
Caps Lead by 9 Games
In East After Loss
TO Chicago Five
seseIal Dispatch 10 m. s,ar

CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-Washing-
toms Capitols have reached the
two-thirds mark In the first Bas-
ket Ball Association season. and
with 20 contests remaining boast
q nine-game margin over the sec
ond-place Philadelphia Warriors in
the Eastern Division.
The Caps meet the Ironmen In
Pittsburgh tonight after an 1857
defeat last night by the Stays in
Chicago. Freddie Scolari dropped
In "a points for the Caps, but the
Stays got an early lead and never
were headed