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Evening star., 1948-02-03

Roosevelt Highs basket ball team
boasting a seven-game winning
streak, It's longest since 1912, will
receive a severe test tomorrow. The
Rough Riders will be hosts to Epis-
copal High cagers, and the visitors
will be given at least an even chance
Of ending the Rider string.
First, though, the Riders had to
get past Bladensburg today, which
they were favored to do despite
Bladensburgs good showing yester-
day when it defeated Maryland Park,
37-26s Russell Hanson tossed in IA
points for the Peace Gross boys.
In :other games involving nearby
Maryland schools yesterday, Don
Mattmgly and Gale Welch scored
last-minute goals to give Lackey a
S1-27. win over Hyattsville, and
Damascus edged Richard Mont
gomefy, 40-3s, as Donald Barber
scored IA points for the winners.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Missouri Star PAGES
Scorers in Big Seven
BY the Assoeiated Press

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 3.-Missouri's S
Thorton Jenkins continued to pace
: the individual scorers in Big Seven
Conference basket ball today, but
just about every other honor in the
league belongs to the Kansas State
Wildcats.
Jenkins has scored So field goals
and 73 free throws for 179 points
in Is games. The Missouri forward
also tops the pack in Conference
games only with 81 points in four
outings, an average of 1875.
Harold Howey, Kansas State for
ward, Is runnerup in all games with
1863 points in 16 matches. Three
other Kansas Ststers-Howard
Shannon, Clarence Brannum and
Rick Harman-also are in the top 10.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Olympic Cage Teams
Will Use 10 Players
~ fhe Assoeiotsd Press

DENVER, Feb. 8. - Lou Wilke,
United States Olympic basket ball
chairman, said today he was in
formed each team would be allowed
to use 10 predesignated players a
game in the basket ball Olympics
at London August liz.
The United States Olympic Com
mittee plans to take IA players to
London for the competition, Wilke
said.
He was informed by r. Jones,
secretary of the International
Basket Ball Federation, that teams
may be unlimited" Wilke said that
referred to height Of players. Each
team could use only the 10 players
named before each game.
He said seven players each would
come from collegiate and independ-
ent team winners of an Olympic
tryout tournament scheduled for
Madison Square Garden. at New
York March 27, 20 and 81.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
fYs( TEsE T4Es ~ ~.
@ GREEN @4zasa;z

Springs. Va, for a $1,000 tourna-
nent and upon arrival learned he
was paired with the Babe and Joe
Ear. whose trick shots. are q lot
better than his gon.
Babe Didrickson was just develop
ing her golf game at the time. but
she was q heroine to the woman
golfers of Virginia and the gallery
that followed the threesorne was
predominately feminine.
Houghton, who admitted Babe
could outdrive him by as yards even
in those days, was two under par
for six holes but on the seventh he
hooked a drive and the ball lodged
in a tree about 10 feet on the
ground
Houghton said he took one look
at the situation and the obvious
thing to do was retrace his steps
and hit another from the tee. As he
started back Babe yelled. why don't
you climb that little old tree, ALP"
II can climb 1t and know II I can,
you can"
That put Hougnton on the spot.
He looked around at all the woman
golfers who had heard the remark
and his only recourse was to climb
the tree. He scrambled up, took
swing at the ball and knocked 1t a
few feet. But as he started down
he slipped and crashed through the
branches and fell with q terrific
thud. He couldn't get up. They
helped him back to the clubhouse
and he was out of the game for six
weeks. That was Houghtons last
encounter with the Babe.
DIVOT DATA-The first estimate
Prince Georges received on rain in
surance for its tournament was SIS
per s1oo. a rate that drops to half
that ratio on May /. George
Diffenbaugh, back from several
weeks in Florida, reports ex-Ban-
nockburn Pro Tony Sylvester is
thriving at his Florida Job at Winter
Haven. Prince Georges had Q
foursome that played nine holes on
Sunday, but it Is unidentified.
The added money in the pro tour
naments will 60 toward 20 extra
500 prizes to help some OF the
youngsters meet expenses. Pro
Bob Barnhart has left Argyle for o
nongolfing position In Ohio, but
may be back.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
By Lewis F. Atchison

If you didn't catch Bill Her
sons Tin person. television inter-
view of Denny Hughes the other
night you missed one of the most
interesting sports biographies in
town, with heavy pedal on pro
football. Attorney Hughes Is q
throwback to that lusty quarter
of-a-century ago. when ability to
block and tackle counted more
than q knowledge of geometry
and Greek toward getting on the
college team.
I'm 1912 was paid s25 for
playing with . New Philadelphia
Ohio team against the Adena
pros" recalled Denny, land 10
years later I was playing for
George Washington University"
In between Hughes meandered
through that lush, two-flsted era
with the fire and zeal Of mis-
sionary. compiling a record that
sounds unbelievable today and
was, indeed, somewhat unusual in
that period Of easy eligibility.
The tale Denny unfolded was
enough to make the pet parrot
sitting on his shoulder cluck and
whistle several times during the
afternoon.
Hughes came by his athletic
ability honestly enough. His dad
was a strapping gent. 6 foot /,
255 pounds, who caught Cy
Young when that oak Of the dia-
mond was only scrawny sap
ling. The elder Hughes had a
54-inch chest and 34-inch waist
when he died and in Dennys
mind still is the most powerful
man he ever knew. Denny thinks
the old gentleman might have
been q big league star, too, had
he wanted. Canton hired
Young for $50 q month to start
him toward stardom, and made
the same offer to the. catcher,
but Hughes declined.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Silver Spring Whips
Bethesda De MoIuys

Silver Spring De Molay Juniors
defeated Bethesda De Molays, 81
to 80, last night in q basket ball
game played at the Silver Spring
intermediate School Gym.
In q game that went two over
time periods, the Bethesda Seniors
defeated the Silver Spring Seniors,
IS to 80. Buddy Wilson scored
IA points for the Silver Spring
Juniors in the first game.
Evening star., 1948-02-03

But I only had . couple Of bad
injuries and I never played with
any padding or headgear. All I
wore was baseball pants, shoes
and q jersey. I'll never forget
Charley Guyon refereeing the
game I played with Bethany
against Georgetown here in 1920.
The Chief was impressed by my
scant equipment and followed me
all afternoon. After every play
he'd reach down, grab me by the
belt and pull me back on my feet
and say, Good boy, play just like
Indian
"And speaking of Indians, the
old Carlisle team was the great
est college team I've ever seen,
and that goes for them all. They
had everything"
Some weekends while Denny
was playing for G. w. and when
he couldn't get back to Pottsville
for the Sunday pro game, he
played for the local Mohawks
and had SINE roaring battles with
the late Bob Roy Mackeys famed
crew.
"Untz Brewer kicked his S.
yard field goal for the Mercury
A. C.. against U.s." said Denny.
Actually 1t was about Is yards,
and a drop-kick, mind you, but
we ended up beating them 10 to 9.
Know what happened? Well,
Untz missed the point after
touchdown, made mine, and late
in the game popped over little
old wobbly field goal that gave
us the three points we needed to
win"
There Is much more to the
Hughes saga than can be put
down here-like the honor he had
of receiving the first boxing ref
eree,s license issued In the Dis
trtct and the II months he served
overseas in the first World War
pulling teeth-without benefit Of
q dentists diploma-but you
know the space situation Is bad.
Or hadn't you heard? Ii
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Dog Show Is Over,
But PUP Remuins
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 3.-Ofncials
Of the Maryland Kennel Club
took apart the trappings Of their
35th annual dog show and found
they had one thoroughbred left
over.
"The partitions were bing dis
mantled about midnight
when saw this young dos"
George Robertson, secretary
treasurer of the club related.
Stall numbers and other identifl-
cations were gone, and so were
the owners.
One of 864 entries in the event
which closed Sunday, the un-
identified dog is purebred boxer.
Rovertson says he is expecting
a phone call or . telegram mo-
mentarily.
Evening star., 1948-02-03

Denny's first pro appearance
almost ended disastrously when,
after the Adena squad had been
cut up like stew beef, he was
found to be wearing baseball
spikes instead of leather cleats.
But Denny, always able to look
out for himself, beat the mob
back to the hotel and was spir-
tied safely out Of town. Another
time after q railroad labor gang
foreman left him in charge of
TOO unpaid and angry men,
Denny left town with a dis
gruntled cook pursuing him with
q dangerous looking meat cleaver.
Hughes was supposed to be a
Methodist minister, which ac-
counts for his stopover at Borea
College, Kentucky, but before he
finally received his law degree at
g. w. some IL years later, he had
done just about everything a
man could do, and still managed
to play pro football on the side.
He studied engineering, operated
an old-fashioned motion picture
projector-and cleaned out the
cuspidors after the show-studied
pre-medicine, boxed, wrestled,
worked a couple Of nights week
in q steel mill, coached, boxed,
wrestled and, well, you name 1t
and he did It.
IT played on George Marshall's
basket bail team the first time
basket ball ever was played at
the old Arcadia" Denny recalls.
"And later tried to persuade
Marshall to put a pro football
team In Washington. He could
have had q franchise for $1,000
then, and the visiting teams
guarantee was only $1,000, but
he wouldn't 90 for 1t. I tried to
get Paul Townsend and Gus:
Buchholz to put a team here,
but they couldn't see 1t.
OF course, that was before they
had two divisions. We had 90
some teams in, the league then,
and believe me it was rough.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
South Carolina Boxers
Hold Virginia to Draw
BY the Assoeiated Press

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 3.-The
University of vhginia's unbeaten
boxing team was held to q surprise
4-4 draw here last night by the
University of South Carolina.
The 145-pound bout produced the
most excitement, as Jimmy Miragli-
otta, Virginia ace, gained deci-
sion over Ray Avant, South Caro-
lina's Southern Conference cham
pion. In the 175-pound class, Vir-
ginia's Ray Shoaf scored a tech
nical knockout over the Gamecocks'
James Skinner.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Team With Three Hot Pinmen
Stands 10th in 2O-C|ub Loop

nerup Acme by two games, while
Dixie Cut-Rate is making a strong
bid for first place, being only four
games of the pace OF the leading
Cliftons.
Not often, even in tournament
competition, where rivalry is at top
pitch, will you see four bowlers IN
the same game tally 64s pins with
a total of 80 marks. 1t happened IN
the recent Red Megaw Open at
Clarendon when Jack Barkley fred
178. AL Wright, 172; Bub Guenthler,
1855. and Nick Rinaldi, 143. More
over, Barley and Wright didn't
leave a pin on the drives, while
Guethler missed two and Rinaldi
three.
Four quints jam first place in the
Bureau of Customs mixed loop with
Staff Officers having slim total
pin advantage over Drawbacks,
Entry and Classifiers. Birthplace
Refunds trail by three games. s.
Weisbach sports the mems season
high set with 351 while Rock leads
the women with 80.
Sparked by Red Viand's record
season set of 436 and high single OF
160, Chats Liquor swamped Clothes
Mart with sos and 1908 scores In
the Southeast League. Viand's
splash topped teammate Johnny
Shea's 430. Viands also sports sec
ond high season game with 175.
Harry Brown leads with 176.
The Hot Shots spurted three
games ahead in the Federal Com
munications loop as Hallenstein's
BIT led a sweep over Tabulators.
The Lions moved into second
place tie with Go-Getters by rout-
ing Quickies. Hallenstein leads
with a 1T average.
Evening star., 1948-02-03

also Is extremely
hard on all bird
life. Both song
birds and game
birds are really
up against 1t
during these Pc
riods when the
ground Is snow
cove ed and
many sources Of
water supply
frozen solid.
Now Is the time
for every sports
man and lover
of wildlife to
eyince some Of
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Michigan Tonkmon Sets
Unofficial World Mark
Nv the Asseeiotsd Press

YORK, Pa, Feb. 3.-Bob Sohl OF
Michigan set an unofficial world
record in the 1O0-yard breaststroke
here last night, as Michigan easily
defeated a collection of Eastern all
stars in an exhibition swimming
meet.
sohl flashed the 100 yards in go
seconds fat, bettering the existing
world record for the distance by
four -tenths of q second.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
St. Johns Tonkmen Win

st. Johns swimming team de-
feated Baltimore Polytech, $3.50, in
meet yesterday at American o.
pool. The meet wasn't decided until
the last event when Jim Jordan,
Jack Cornell, Paul Brown and Bill
Eppling of st. Johns won the ZOO
ward relay.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Contract Rejected
By Dom Di Maggie
by the Asseeiatsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. s.
Dominic Di Maggie has returned
his 1948 contract to the Boston
Red Sox-unsigned.
The centerflelder gave no hint
of what he was offered and what
he thought he ought to get.
Dom, youngest of the baseball
Di Maggios, recently announced
his engagement to Emily Fred
erick of Boston.
Evening star., 1948-02-03

w 4AAAGSAAA - &SAS&@
ardson Memorial
Trophy. named
for the late golf
writer of the
New York Times,
plus a plaque for
permanent keep
ing.
There was lit
tie hesitation in
t his members
vote, as who else
could the golfer
of the year be
but that benick-
cred gentleman
Evening star., 1948-02-03
By MerrelI WhittIesey

The Golf Writers Association of
America soon will announce its
choice as the golfer of the year"
for 1947 and the recipient Of the
xxr;1I;. -, n D;,n
Evening star., 1948-02-03
OUTDOORS

The protracted colo spell, which
Is the greatest on degree-day basis
since 1885, not only is playing havoc
with the fuel bills of every one, but
Evening star., 1948-02-03
Roosevelt Courtn1en to Face
Test in Episcopal Tomorrow

Central. co-leader with Roosevelt
in the District public high race,
defeated Charlotte Hall Military
Academy, 50-34.
Evening star., 1948-02-03

-
street, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Last week we wrote about the
scarcity Of good hooks for dry flies.
We since have learned from one Of
the largest importers of English
made hooks that the main cause
Of poor hook deliveries from Eng
land has been the lack Of skilled
labor for the hook industries. The
British government allots all skilled
labor to British industry and SO far
has not allotted sufficient to permit
hook production except in very small
quantities. We understand that this
is being corrected and 1t is hoped
that English hooks will, before the
end of this year, be produced In
substantial quantities.
In going through our stock Of
flies lately, We found many patterns
which we have tried and discarded.
II you will strip the fur and feathers
from the little-used flies in your kit,
you'll be surprised how many good
hooks this will produce, which can
then be re-tied in patterns of your
approval.
Evening star., 1948-02-03
With Bill Leeteh

and rules, write West Palm Beach
Fishing Club, Flagler drive at Fifth
street, West Palm Beach, Fla.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20
Montana Man Heads
Anti Trust Action
Against Rails

Lincoln, -FP--Secretary of
Commerce w Averell Hartman last
ed as a 'co-conspirator" in the Justice
departments 4-year-old anti trust suit
against AZ western railroads and two
Wall Street firms for ONLY "a hours.
The day after government prosecutor
Joseph Mcdowell asked for permits
sion to add Harriman's name as CO.
conspirator in the railroad trust, he
backtracked The Justice department
had decided not to name Hartman, he
said, adding, however that his argu-
ment in which he termed the COM
merce secretary "a leading figure in
the conspiracy" still stood.
Note: Attorney Mcdowell is nat
i've of Deer Lodge, a graduate of Mon
tana University law school, and is the
son-in-law of State Auditor John J.
Holmes. Mrs. Mcdowell is also a
graduate of the University law school,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20
If C0-0PS ESCAPE TAXES, SO DOES DALLAS
NEWS CONG. WRIGHT PhTMAN, TEXAS

The "anvil chorus" of the enemies
of co-operatives, who are trying to kill
co-operatives by levying a federal in
come tax on the savings of its mem
bers, has been joined by the Dallas
Morning News, says Congressman
Wright Patman of Texarkana.
Mr.. Patman wonder, in a letter to
looked the fact that it saved $685.
1876 on postage last year which was
paid by the taxpayers, and on which
it certainly did not pay any income
tax
In his letter, Patman explains:
According to the Post Office De-
partment's figures, you (The Dallas
News paid $11,286.52 postage for the
September, 1947, quarter 1t actually
cost the government $62,075.S6 to
render this service to the News"
In other words, The News saved
$5O,789.34 on postage during one quar-
ter of 1947, and since January 1, 1912,
has saved we'll over $1,000,000. This
saving is comparable to the saving
members of co-operatives get through
combined buying, and on which The
News advocates that the co-operatives
should pay income taxes.
''It is my belief" said Mr.. Patman,
that a newspaper accepting such an
enormous subsidy from the taxpayers
should certainly be fair to it's readers,
not color the news, not slant the news,
and give people, who have contrary
views to the editorial policy, an OPP
portunity to express those views in
its columns"
eff you will agree to carry my state
he continued, Il can furnish |
positive proof that you have deleted |
from Associated Press dispatches a
story that was favorable to co-opera-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20
SUPPORT OF GREEK ARMY,
AN INVITATION TO WAR

The US is credited with support of
the Greek army, numbering about 49,
900 men. The Greeks are now asking
for aid in building up a further force
of about 100 divisions of fighting men
or more than a million soldiers and
sailors. The military funds must be
furnished by the US. THAT'S PART
OF THE MARSHALL PLAN. What
makes the Greek scheme worse, is that
such an army financed and maintain
ed by the US would be an open invi-
tation to war. It's useless to talk
about development of peace in the
world, SO long as we depend upon mil
itary machines to support our econom-
ic policies.-Mobile (Ala.) LABOR
NEWS, ALL.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20

ton and an economy functioning for the well
fare of the people.
But Harry Truman is not just another
presidential aspirant. He is the President
of the United States, in position to en-
force his program and his policies. And
the most striking aspect of the state of the
Union Message is the fIarng Inconsistency
between his performance as President and
his tinseled promises at the opening of the
New Year-the decisive year of the pres
idential elections. The only way the true
significance of Truman's message be
assessed is to compare the goals he an
nounces with his actual record in office.
In his message President Truman declared
that "our first goal is to secure fully the es-
sential human rights of our citizens" He
dwelt at some length on human rights and
civil liberties, undoubtedly mindful of the fact
that large sections of the American people are
profoundly disturbed by the systematic dete-
rioration of the state of civil liberties in the
United States during his administration.
1t is one thing in an election year to WOO
those Americans who believe in civil liberties,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20
YOUR SOCIAL
SECURITY

Here's a social security tip for older
workers.
eff you are SIS years old and expect
to be out of work even one month this
winter you should inquire about your
Federal Old Age Insurance payment"
says Stewart J. Thomas, manager of
the Helena Social Security office.
cit is not necessary to retire perm
anently to get these payments" Mr..
Thomas added. Payments may be
made for any month in which work
er earns $14.99 or less under Social
Security. Any person working at a
job not covered by Social Security
may receive his old age insurance
check regardless of earnings
To be eligible for this payment
worker must be IS years old, must
be fully insured" under the Social
Security Act, and must file an appli-
cation. Any Social Security office
can explain the requirements and as
sist in completing applications. Mont
ana offices are located at Billings,
Butte, Great Falls, Helena and Mis-
,Oula.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20
Johannes Steel Wallace Candidacy Forcing Political Reagnments

No one believes that Wallace will be elected
in 194S and few would dare to predict the
situation in 1852. The issue is more urgent
than the electoral game. There is a very real
danger of fascism at home and of disastrous
lmperaist foreign policy leading to another
world war. The American people are not yet
conditioned consciously to subscribe to these
policies; but the danger would be very great
indeed if the progressive forces, without policy
or leadership were to the bases of democ-
racy in America crumble away without fight
President Truman's report on the state of
the Union was a rambling catch-all message
full OF glittering promises and banal general
tiles with very little relation to the practical
legislation which the administration is asking
congress to adopt. If the man who delivered
the message were simply presidential aspir-
ant without any record in office, it would have
been a credtable performance. The message
was lavish in its multitudinous promises. 1t
spoke out against sin, against evil and for
many of the things that the average American
wants: peace, civil liberties, decent standard
OF living, health protection, the end of infla-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20
Wellington Rankin In
Race For Senate

Helena, February 14-AP-Welling-
ton ID. Rankin, Helena attorney, Sat
urday became a candidate for Repub-
lican United States senatorial nomi-
nation in Montana's July 20 primary.
Rankin, brother of former Repre-
sentative Jeanette Rankin, filed a
nominating petition in the Montana
secretary of States office, seeking to
become the COP candidate for the
post now occupied by Senator James
e. Murray, Democrat.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20

but quite another to WOO the many who have
felt the lash of the reactionary offensive in
this country. The question arises: where has
President Truman been these past months
when human and civil rights were Knocked
and violated, not in isolated incidents, but sys-
tematically and persistently? The absence of
any reference in the Presidents speech to
the nefarious work of the house un-American
activities committee is enough to expose all
of its platitudes about civil liberties
But that is not all. The conception held
by so many liberals that the chief threat in
the United States to civil and human rights
comes from the unAmerican activities COM
mittee is in its erroneous President Truman
seems to have been vying with the commit
tee for chief Iaurels in the contest for scrap
ing the Bill of Rights. President Truman's
Loyalty Order, which has properly been COM
pared to the Nazi Loyalty Act by of the
u. S. counseIors at the Nuremberg trials, and
Attorney General ClarE%s BLACKLIST" of organ
izations have contributed as much to the
fascist atmosphere of thoughcontroI as the
Thomas-Rankin committee.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1948-02-20
RED-BAITING 3 AND THE
FIRST AMENDMENT

The founders of our government
and all the great leaders since-have
pinned their faith to free expression
of ideas by the people A lot of folks
are yelling communist and fellow ira
Weller" at anyone who has progress
sive idea. Today, this label is the
weapon of the worst reactionaries.
Remember that communist support of
a good idea doesn't make a good idea
into a bad idea.-FARM EQUIPMENT
NEWS, CLIO.