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Evening star., 1947-01-07
l,212 Fires in Arlington

Fire damage in Arlington In 1916
[totaled $68, $50, County Fire Chief
A. G. Scheffel noted yesterday In his
annual report. The chief said fire.
men responded to 1912 fires during
the year.
Evening star., 1947-01-07
Knight Plans Legion Talk

F. Clinton Knight, past depart
ment commander of the American
Legion, will speak at pm. tomor-
row at meeting of the Unknown
Soldier Post at the Arlington Pres
byterian Church, $500 Columbia
pike. Arlington.
Evening star., 1947-01-07


the assigned the as
building Temporarily
Republican Con-
Jenkins Whoc the yesterday
The union times., 1947-10-25

Always old lawn Bull had snob- made amateurism. You see, Britons were always gentlemen amateurs" as opposed to the vulgar commercia1ized amateur US. athletes. I remember ir1- terviewing lem, recalling their old world charm in defeat. My dear boy, it is nothing. We don't compete to win. Merely for the bal1y fun of the damn thing, you know!" I still don't know. Maybe they were sincere.
 Anyhow-ah, that such a gra- cious attitude should depatr! An. my eye! An, memories of arrogant old snOb days! Henley's Dia- mond Souls. To compete in that one you had to be a ''gentleman amateur" Any man who ''worked with his hands" was out.
 In the long ago and the compara- tive present, Americans took humi1iat- ing snubbings. In the far back, Amer ica's famous scu11er, Ten Eyck, was disqualified. So, too, in 1920, was our Olympic champion, Jack Kelly. They'd committed the crime of working for a living.
 Like chickens, snobbery comes home
The union times., 1947-10-25

to roost, too. "Old Man" Ten Eyck and middle-aged Kelly lived to know that their sons-sans horny hands of toil-had lifted the Diamond Sculls for them.
 Young Kelly turned the trick last summer. A desperately interested spectator stood on the Thames bank watching the oarsmen. It was the "Old man. "-middIe-aged Jack Kelly himself. Senior Kelly had &C., tually been barred in the long ago because he could outstroke Bri- tain's scullers-and Britain knew if.
 The aristOcratic heat is really turned on at St. Andrews, cradle of this du biOus ''majOr sport" No sO- cially ragged ''pro' ever darkens the St. Andrews club threshold. Not even if he wins the open title. Davy Windsor, when prince of Wales, took his Jumps trying to smack the rule. The prince invited Walter Hagen, US. gOlfing wonder guy, to the club as his guest.
 hey got III, but Hagen was asked to leave. Wales said that if Hagen got the heave, it meant him too. St. An drews won the hole two up-and out
 There'll always be an England. It's simply a matter of digging up the best professional coaches to reserve the Empah's lifeline. Hope there'll be no back-tracking.
 None of that Lord God of hosts be with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we fOrget!" that we were once ssgen. tlemen amateurs"
The union times., 1947-10-25
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 ssThe Taft-HartIey act will usher in a new era in employer-emplOye relations" Elisha Hanson, attorney for the American Newspaper Pulp fishers Assn. told 300 publishers in Chicago.
 ''The battle must be fought now, and it must be won even if it means temporarily closing down every printing plant in the coun- try," said Editor X Publisher, lead- ing trade journal, in calling for a nationwide lockout of AFL print CTS.
 Sixteen cities have union agree ments providing dues checkoR and nine a union shop.
 Scripps-Howard writer Ralph Hendershot is upset. Recently he complained bitterly: ''The world has been treated to an over-abund- ance of propaganda of late to the effect that the US. was about to hit the skids economically. This propa- ganda originated chiefly in Britain and Russia"
 We suggest MT. Hendershot read the news service (United Press) which his boss, Roy Howard, owns. Two weeks earlier it carried dis patch stating: "Ten prominent economists, including three former OPA chiefs, declared today that the nation is rushing headlong toward an economic bust in three to five years.'
The union times., 1947-10-25
AS WIZ SEE IT

These economists included such ''Russians'' as Chester BowIes. Leon Henderson, Paul A. Porter, William H. Davis and Robert Nathan. Ear Her UP has also published a sur- vey of the opinions of IA business ecOnOmists-12 of whom predicted depression.
 Any way you look at it, you have to put up with great deal to be a labor leader. Over in England, Jim Crawford, president of the National Union of Boot & Shoe Operatives, has for l6 years been one of, Brit aims leading opponents of vaccina. ton. He has spent seven years on the Glasgow City Council fighting for the abolition of the compulsory Vaccination Act. Last week he left London for Canada via New York, to attend the Conference of Com monwealth Labor Parties. Just be- fore boarding the Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, Crawford had to be vaccinated.
 ''SATIRA" the young woman in- vOlved in the Nee murder case ap- peared in court wearing ca severe but close-fitting black silk stock ing and black shoes'' according to the HaUana (Cuba) Post.
 CLASSIFIED AID in the East St. Louis (IH.) Journal: THIEVES ATTENTION!-Radios stolen from my shop last week carry same guar antee as if bought. If not satisfied. bring them back for adjustment. Eastian Radio Shop.''
The union times., 1947-10-25
THE EXCEPTION

THE EXCEPTION
 Take the US. We have every- thing we want here. Why? The US. has the worlds greatest athletes. I have man in the upper balcony, doctor. He asks: elf that's SO, why, in the lap of plenty, are we told to eat Iess?" Simple. Answer is that the US. is the necessary exception that always proves the point. True, we don't keep pace with our ath- letes. But we prove the point.
 F1ash-the British government has voted $300,000 to subsidize profes- siona1 coaching in amateur sports First time in England's history. Betcha the idea didn't pop from the common people. Betcha it stems from the coupon-clippers at the Cavendish Club over the whisky and sodas.
 "What say, Cadwa1lander, shall we let 'em eat cake?" No, m'1ord Let 'em eat sports" In its Tory way, it's rugged sacrifice for the 'bettah people" of Britain. Professionalized amateur sport, My word Now, that's suffering, old thing, what?
The union times., 1947-10-25
Are You Making $73 A Week ?

ON through Presidential hopeful Sen Rob-
 A. Taft R O. told small select audiences that high food prices caused by "tremendous domestic conumption" the of audience which turned out to Republican it's of American families in general.
 The average Us family earns under $50 According weekly minimum standard of living.
 We basis of these facts that the American people themselves However Iaft overlook which influences the high cost of food
 congressional called Food Prices Production Consumption published this for the joint committee the economic report (Robert A. Taft chairman) reveals that:
 processing made $9O million in profits after in l94O-$l22 million in 1946
 before 2l2% between l94O and l946.
 Eight ned $3O million in l94O but hauled in $7O million in l946.
 production netted $757 million the 1946, against $ll32 million the first half of 1947
 LITTLE LUTHER
 geo. Pop, steak more? asked Little showed the cheese sandwich the table with enough force to make it topple over the edge "No~ don't be wise You know well as do, said Mr. Dill worth as he chewed away
 "Bu, Pop-you that price controls up. of supply without interference prices would drop." "WeI, uh 5
 said that production operating under the free would positively lower help workers aid farmers, the world improve ."
 "ow, hat Don't impennt! After an it's only make mistakes that's right It's only human make mis- 
 "Wel suppose but why don't yeu- they-ever learn? Now take Pres Truman Clinton Anderson The President that is the take of the situation and Am really anything Then Anderson didn't mea what he said but. ="
 'Iuthe you've enough. my think about prices and politics do the worrying We've been at it for a long time and :"
 "Thats just the point, Pop That's what bothers me-"
The union times., 1947-10-25
Calling 'En Straight :
By Ed Hughes

Sport this messy worlds only salvation Sport is good for chronic depression nfaton It cals political Kills reaches Sport gives nations that lovely engaged girl
Evening star., 1947-11-27
A||.Virginia Eleven
'Captained by Cloud
By the Assoeioted Prsss

RICHMOND, Va. Nov. 2.-Jack
Cloud, william and Mary's ham
mering fullback. has been named
captain Of the 1947 all-Virginia COL
legiate football team Of the Asso-
ciated Press.
Cloud, one Of four william and
Mary players chosen for the elite
eleven, received more votes than
any other candidate from the col
lese coaches, newspaper sports
writer's and Associated Press stan
members who cast ballots IN the
poll
A native. of Norfolk, Cloud is a
holdover from last years all-State
SQUAD and currently PAGES the Old
Dominion In individual scoring with
rs points. He's a compactly built
sophomore who stands S feet 10
inches and weighs in the neighbor-
hood of 400 pounds. st-tz.
Other members Of the team were:
Backs, Dick Working Of Washing
ton and Lee, Joe McCary and Bruce
Bailey of Virginia; ends, Bob Steck-
roth Of William and Mary and Carl
ton Elliott of Virginia; guards,
Knox Ramsey Of William and Mary
and John Thomas Of Virginia;
tackles, Malachi Mills Of v. M. I.
and Jack 1ttner Of v. P. l., and
center, Tommy Thompson Of Will
liam and Mary.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
King, Fast K0 Boxer,
Is lacking Cooper

scrappy little Puggy King, local
featherweight from Georgetown who
boxes Jimmy Cooper in an eight
round feature bout at Turner S
Arena next Monday night, has the
unusual record Of scoring five one
round knockouts and fighting to
two draws in seven matches since
turning pro last summer.
Speedy Robinson, Henry Young,
Warren Dean and George Diggs
fell in succession in the opening
round against King before Red
Gaddis ended the streak by hold
Ing the former Golden Gloves
champion to a five-round draw. In
their next meeting, Gaddis also
took the count in the initial frame
Cooper was the other boy te
hold the agile King to a draw when
they fought several weeks ago al
the arena in what many fans called
the greatest preliminary contest
seen here in years.
When King stopped Diggs II
Baltimore, Puggy gave "a pounds
to his foe with King weighing II
at 119.
An overflow crowd is expected
for the match with tickets now or
sale at the Arena, Fourteenth ant
W streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
Cisse| Boosts Top Pin Average
With 447 District Loop Set =.

ming capped 1888 with 148 to snatch
the final out Of the fire for Green
way. 1t was Greenway's second
defeat in IL matches.
The pennant chase was furtheE
tightened when lowly Alexandria
Recreation, aided by Aubrey Evans.
386, beat Northeast Temple, Al.
Both Petworth quints were 2-1 vic-
tors, with No. team trouncing
Chevy Chase Ice Palace and No. 2
crew putting It on Arcadia. Georga
Wilbur, with 140. and Bill Olson.
with 131, gave Arcadia the. nrst tilt.
Colonial Village Shines. -
Arthur Crowns 1856 and 395 -were
the edge as Colonial Village took
two from Clarendon. .-r.:>~@
Standings: Greenway, 24-l2; Pet
worth No. I, 21-15: Petworth No; Q,
20-16: Colonial Village. 2o-16: Tenn
pie. 1917; Lucky Strike, 1918: Ice
Palace, 1918; Clarendon, l8-l8s
Spillway, 1918; Queen Pin, 1920;
Alexandra, 14-22, and Arcadia,
1926. - = -
Evening star., 1947-11-27
$4,000 Orlando Open
To Launch Golfers
Tour for Winter
-AP Wirephoto.
By fhs Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-The 100000
Orlando, Fla, open at the Dubsdread
Country Club December Al, will
launch the official winter golf tour
of 18 tournaments carrying a total
purse of $4,000.
The schedule was announced to-
day hy Ed Dudley, PGA president.
Only tentative event on the winter
chart is the Columbia, S. c., open
which is listed for April IA. Dudley
said.
The remainder Of the 1948 tourn-
ament circuit Of SO meets will be
announced later. Total cash distri-
button during the season will be
$3.50, 900, about $4,000 more than IN
1947.
With the start Of the winter tour,
Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa, is
leading the pros in the race for the
Vardon Trophy. The award is given
to the player having the lowest par
round average for the year. The
trophy was last offered In 1912 and
was won by Hogan.
The award is open only to Amer
lean players. Bobby Locke, the
South African who compiled a fine
record in the United States last
summer, is ineligible. Technically
he has the lowest average with
$3.50 compared to Hogan's 69.95, but
he played only 48 rounds OF tourna-
ment competition to "a for Hogan.
The Vardon Trophy standings:
Evening star., 1947-11-27
G.. W.
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Continued From Page C-ll
area to do so. The Marines VIC
tins we're Adelphi (46-0) and Brook
lyn College (22-14). Their eight
defeats have ranged from 600 rout
by villanova to 1917 by Hofstra
They scored twice on Yale, however,
in losing, 34-13.
In a pregame celebration the Jun
Tor Colonials, Inc, were to present
blankets to G. WIS three seniors,
Tackle Carl Butkus, Guard John
Sanders and Pete Labukas, q sui
quarterback. ALI are from scran-
ton, Pa.
If the T-formation that surprised
Georgetown last week shows promise
of development today. G. W. may
swing over to the T-formation next
season. A 155-pounder, Peter Cor
delli, will handle the T-quarter-
backing and, as he is a freshman
he may earn q regular joo.
George Washington hasn't won
gane since it defeated The Citadel
In the third d-from-last game of 1916
Last weeks surprise scoreless tie
with heavily favored Georgetown
technically ended their losing streak
Today's game was the second Of 9
two-year rivalry. and the last. G. w
won last year, 37-1s, at Great
Neck, Long Island.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
HowardU.
In Traditional Game
With Lincoln Today
Special Dispatch 70 The Sfor

LINCOLN, Pa, Nov. 27.-Howard
University's Bisons, who got back
In winning stride against Delaware
State last week after dropping two
games in a row, were the underdogs
here today as they faced Lincoln
University's Lions IN their tradi-
tIonal Thanksgiving Day football
battle.
Howard was expected to present a
strong, well balanced of1ense featur-
ing Freshman Walt Spruill, speedy
i1alfback who sparked the Bisons to
a four-game winning streak before
the string was broken, Fullback
Sandy Green and Church Ross. But
whether It's defense could halt Lin
coins huskies was something else
again
Howard could climax one Of It's
best seasons with win over Lin
coin, for the Washington eleven had
taken Bluefield. Virginia Union,
Morgan-15 times I. G.. A. A. cham
pion-and johnson c. Smith Col
ieee In stride before losing. Shaw
handed the Bisons their krst set
back in a blistering duel, 22-14. and
Hampton followed suit by taking
Howard over the hurdles, 10 to l3,
and spelling the Bisons' homecom-
ing.
A turnout of more than 10000 was
expected to see the Lincoln Howard
clash, always one of the biggest
games of Negro intercollegiate FOOT
ball and usually hard fought,
thrilling affair.
Evening star., 1947-11-27

A clicking King Pin qulnt by
sweeping Mount Rainier has In
creased It's lead to six games In
Ladies' Major District League.
Rachel Swift with 135 and 1865 LED
team scores OF eN and 1,744, but II
was necessary for Evelyn Nickel with
q spare and uble-header strike tt
rescue the final skirmish at King
Pin. A 357 set boosted Mrs. NickePs
top league average to 118-l1 fol
SO games. Mary Brown posted IA:
and Boots Petit, $40, for the losers
Hi-Skor was a 81 winner ovel
second place College Park, winning
the odd game by a roll-off aftel
Ruth aDi Misa's 131 had helped tt
deadlock the contest Ann Rollin!
was best for the Marylanders with
$50.
Jessie Keith's 100 and Lucy Rose'i
1853 were high as Rosslyn blankes
Brookland. Betty cambridge sparket
Lafayette's 2-1 decision over Let
Palace with 139 and 1896. France!
johnson fired l52 and 371 for Let
Palace.
Standings: King Pin, 25-s; Col
lege Park, 1914; Rosslyn, 1915
Lafayette, 1917; Ice Palace, 14-19
Brookland, 1919; H-Skor, 1919
Mount Rainier, 1921.
Louise Stevens shone with 124, 13l
and ia for the second highest sea
son set Of 374 In Ladies Minor Dis
trict League as leading Northeas
Temple downed Fort Davis, 2-l
Fort Davis won the first tilt as Eve
lyn Freeman started q 357 set witt
131.
Lucky Strike spurted to secont
place by whitewashing King PHI
Evening star., 1947-11-27
MAR Returns 10 Lions
For Providence Game

Hugh "scotty" MAR. brilliant
right winger and one of the Amer
ican Hockey Leagues scoring lead
ers In early season. returns to action
following a layoff of three weeks
tomorrow night when Washingtons s
Lions entertain the Providence Reds
At $3.50 o'clock at Uline's.
The local pros were enroute for
Providence, R. l., today to oppose
the Rhode islanders in the opening
match of this two-game series to-
night.
MAR suffered torn shoulder liga-
ments at a time he was at peak
form some three weeks ago and has
been badly missed by his team
mates since.
Herb Lovett, the Lions newly
acquired winger from the Chicago
Blackhawks, also hopes to break
into the lineup tomorrow night
Lovett. reported here from Kansas
City with charleyhorses in both legs
and has not, as yet, been able to
see action here.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
NFL Spurns Meeting
with Pro Grid Rivals
Nv the Assoeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Nov, H.-The
National Football League, through
its commissioner. Bert Bell. has de-
clined an invitation for its cham
pion to meet the All-America Con-
ference titleholder at Los Angeles
December 20 for the benefit OF three
charities.
Bell wired Harold Harley OF the
Los Angeles City Council yesterday
that the NIL is, always has beer
and will continue to be interested
in worthy charities, but that III
member clubs will not play any
professional football team that Il
not a member of the circuit.
The NFL commissioner pointed
out National League clubs have
raised over 100000 for variou!
charities in preseason games II
1916 and 1947.
The Los Angeles City Council
which had received the acceptance
of Admiral Jonas Ingram, commits
sioner Of the All-America, proposed
the game be played in the Coliseum
for the benefit of the National In
fantile Paralysis, Damon Runyol
and Marion Davies Clinic funds.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
CapifoIs Get Nat Trainer,
Lentz, for Part-Time Job

George Lentz, trainer OF the
Washington Nationals, today hac
accepted similar appointment Will viii,
the washington Capitols and vii
remain with the Basket Ball Asso-
citation of America club until the
Mats depart for spring training.
Lentz, who originally was athletic
trainer for Catholic University aI1c
later was at George washington U.
started his association with the Caps
as they downed the st. Louis Bomb
ers at Uline's last night.
"I have found the Capitols to bt
a well conditioned and hope to keel
then in good shape" Lentz SAX
today. I've been working out de'
tails of this new assignment fol
several days."
Evening star., 1947-11-27
Tribe Relying on Demoo, Steber
For Heavy Roles in Defense

unanimous all-America selection, an
honor he has proved his right to
while with the Redskins. But "Lit-
tie John" has lost weight since
last year, dropping from a husky
239 to 220 pounds, and 1t has been a
costly loss. Nobody in the Redskin
line takes more of a beating than
the Vanderbilt boy and, peculiarly
enough, most of the damage is cen
tered on his chin. He has so many
stitches in it the thing resembles a
patchwork quilt and in recent
games has forced him to wear a
mask, but it hasn't stopped him
from barreling into the opposing
backfield.
Two Face Tough Tasks.
No two Redskins ever tackled
tougher assignments than this pair,
for Demao is dividing work with
Aldrich. rated all-time, all-star cali
ber in more than one experts book,
while Steber is following in the foot
steps of Glen Stralka, Steve Slivin-
ski. Dick Farman and Clyde Shu-
gart-the quartet who stopped the
Chicago Bears ground game cold in
the championship playoff game OF
1912. To be mentioned with that
quartet. much less to be compared
favorably with them. is q tall
feather in Johnny's cap.
/. II wish I had dozen more like
them" says Coach Turk Edwards,
looking up from a stack OF plans
for Sundays game at Boston
They're both just beginning to hit
their stride in this league and next
year I think you're going to see
them blossom into all-league carldi-
dates. They're two reasons why we
expect to be so much better next
year"
Demao, as you've been reminded
before. may be little slow devel-
oping because the kids had only
six birthdays. You see. he was
! born February 20, 1920.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
4eers-D Dodgers Contest
Promises Aerial Duel
By the Assoeioisd Press

BROOKLYN, Nov. 27.-The Brook
lyn Dodgers and San Francisco
49ers were to tangle at. Ebbets Field
today In an All-America Conference
football game expected to produce
aerial pyrothechnics.
The Dodgers have leading passeI
In Hunchy Hoernschemeyer and Sar
Francisco counters with heavine
Frankie Albert. A crowd OF 15,00(
was anticipated.
Evening star., 1947-11-27
|Foe's Varied 0ffens|
Has Tech Worrying
lover Central Tilt

Ed Solomon Is worried. As coach
Of the Tech High School football
team which meets Central tomorrow
night at Grifith Stadium for the
public high championship, Solomon
must get his team ready for an all
around battle.
We'll be working for the first
time against . number OF forma-
tions," he said as he sent his boys
through their flnal drill.s Central
uses the single and double wings and
T and the Notre Dame box. We use
only the single wing. It's going to
be rough"
"But, we're ready for the game"
Solomon continued. Il still think
it's going to be battle Of lines and
that one touchdown will decide 1t
one way or the other"
The game Is q natural" Tech
and Central haven't met this season
They were to have battled in q reg
ularly scheduled contest last week
but as both were undefeated and un-
tied in high school league competi-
ton the game was moved up. They
left the other six schools far behind
| in the race for the crown.
Solomon will be counting heavily
on his star backs, Cecil Gray and
Bob (Bugs) Thompson to do the
scoring. but both coaches, Solomon
and Jan JankowsH Of Central, are
stressing defense.
More than $4,000 fans turned out
to see last years championship tut
between Coolidge and Tech and TO-
morrow night that record Is ex-
pected to fall overheard. Solomon
says that all student tickets are sold
out for the event, q good indication
Of the public's response to the game
Central and Tech last met Tor the
crown In 1912 with Central winning
I9.n B. r.
Evening star., 1947-11-27

"Boensch, Adams and Demao
made the tackle" booms Announcer
Ray Michael's voice at q Redskin
game and the press coop inhabitants
dutifully make a notation and go
on chewing their neighbours ears
about this and that-mostly that.
"steber was under that pile-up,"
says Michael and visiting fire.
man inquiries If you spell 1t with
one or two. The announcer
comes right back with another memo
that Demao and Steber were in
on another pile-up and the next
thing you know the opposition has
punted to the Redskins and Sammy
Baugh is cranking up and pitching
for the home team.
Probably no two linemen among
the Redskins ,nsung heroes are
more consistently overlooked week
in and week out than big Al" De-
mao and Little John" Steber. They
work as inconspicuously as a couple
Of safe-crackers, but when you tote
up the days gains and losses De-
mao and Steber emerge as two very
important Redskins.
Demao Improving Steadily.
AL is the chap who established
new training table record at the
Redskin camp in 1915 and success.
fully defended 1t against such tai.
ented newcomers as 'Demp" Harris
Hugh Taylor and Leo Mobile last
August. He shaped up well when he
Joined the Tribe two years ago, ano
was a fairly good player last year
but is only beginning to show the
form expected of him. Coach Turk
Edwards thinks Demao will be able
to handle the pivot defensive as
signment without help from XII Al
drich next season and some critics
think he's got an edge on the Texan
now.
Steber came up to pro ranks with
the distinction of having been q