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Evening star., 1949-10-10
Veteran Faces Charge
OF Murder in Rifle
Staying in Virginia
Special Dispotch> 10 The stor

STANARDSVnLE, Va. Oct. 10.
"A murder warrant will be sought
today at Charlottesville in con-
nection with the rife Staying
of H. G. Meyers, jr.. 33, Of STAN
ardsville here Saturday night.
Commonwealth's Attorney R. N.
Early of Greene County said he
would ask for the warrant against
Winfrey Deane. 26. also of STAN
ardsville, World War II veteran
who surrendered early yesterday
to a deputy sheriff of Greene
County.
Mr.. Meyers was fatally wounded
about 1890 pm. Saturday by a
bullet from rifle brought back
from Europe as war souvenir.
He was pronounced dead on ar
rival at a Charlottesville hospital
by DR.. E. D. Davis, jr., Albemarle
County coroner. Stanardsville is
about 20 miles north of Char
lottesville.
Friends Since BOyhO0d.
According to Mr.. Early, the
dead man and Deane had been
friends since boyhood and had
attended school, together at STAN
ardsville.
The attorney said Deane had
been driking prior to the shooting
and had been involved in an
argument with C. G. Miller, an
undertaken here. Mr.. Early said
Deane went home to get the rifle
and was returning to the funeral
establishment when he. epcoun-
tered Mr.. Meyers at a gasoline
station.
The latter asked where he was
going and, Deane is reported to
have replied he intended to shoot
man." Mr.. Early said. The at
torney added that Deane invited
Mr.. Meyers to accompany him and
when the latter refused, he as
serted: IF you don't come, I'll
count three and shoot YOU"
MI. Meyers was shot after re-
fusing to go with Deane, witness
told the attorney.
Tells of Flight in Car.
The witness stated Deane then
threw the gun in the rear of a
car in which he and another
friend, Hollis FARRELL. had re-
turned that day from the State
Fair at Richmond, and fled in the
automobile.
Mr.. Early said Deane volun-
ltarily surrendered about $50 am.
yesterday at the home of Wilmer
Deane, a distant relative who is
/ a deputy sheriff. The car and
gun have not yet been located, Mr.
Early said.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
FoIIs Church Meeting Put Off

The regular meeting of the
Falls Church City Council, sched-
uled for tonight. has been post
poned until Wednesday because
Mayor Albert M. Orme and City
Manager Roy F. Dunn are attend-
ing the convention of the League
of Virginia Municipalities at
P0anOke
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Foirlineton PTA Will Meet

The darlington Elementary
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton will meet at the school at 8
o'clock tonight to adopt an annual
budget and to vote on bylaws re-
visions. Parents will visit the class
rooms of their children for dis
cuSSionS with teachers.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Foirfox High School
Plans Parents Night

The Fairfax High School will
hold parents night" at 1880
pm. Wednesday at the school.
Parents will attend abbreviated Pc
riods Of their children's schoolday
schedule. Samuel j. Cofey, prin-
cipal. is In charge Of the project.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
New Alexandra Citizens
Elect Granger President

Warren L. Granger. 7O3 Six
teenth street, New Alexandria, Va.
has been elected president of the
New Alexandria Citizens Associa-
ton.
Mr.. Granger is secretary to
the Alexandria city plumbing in
spector. He succeeds DR.. Donald
M. Packer as president.
Other new association officers
are John Field, vice president;
Mrs. Mary Ann Lansburgh. treas
urer, and Mrs. Tita Scheller. Sec
retary.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Hospital Group to Meet

The Maryland-District of Co.
umbia-Delaware Hospital Asso-
ciation will meet November IA
and Is In Wilmington, where
about 800 hospital representatives
will discuss problems Of the hos
.pital field,
Evening star., 1949-10-10
.unhum Citizens to Meet

The first fall meeting of the
Lanham Park Md Civic Associa-
ton will be held at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the Lanham Elementary
School. j. Lee Ball will be in
stalled as president.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Falls Church Store Loses
S4OO in Weekend Theft

Money and checks totaling about
$400 were stolen over the week end
from the Liggon Paint & Wall
paper store, 154 Hillwood' avenue,
Falls Church.
City Police 1t. Edward Simpson
said thieves gained entrance by re-
moving a glass pane in a rear door
and then removing a plank which
barricaded the door. The money
and checks were taken from a
metal box In a file case.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Burcroft PTA to Meet

The Bancroft Parent Teacher
Association will meet at 7::3O pm.
Wednesday in the school to hear
a talk by DR.. Joseph D. johnson,
supervisor Of the, Arlington
schools teaching materials center.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
PTA to Hear Carpenter

Richard Carpenter, assistant
Montgomery County superinten-
dent of schools, will address the
Kensington (Md0 Junior High
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ttion meeting at 8 pm. tomorrow in
| the school
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Reception for Teachers

A reception for the teachers at
the. Takoma Park Junior High
School will follow the first fall
meeting of the school P-TA at 8
pm. Wednesday at the school on
Piney Branch road.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Lakeland Hiqh PTA

Lakeland High School Parent-
Teacher Association will hold its
first fall meeting at 8 pm. tomor.
row at the school near Berwyn.
Nd.
Evening star., 1949-10-10
Alexandra Fire Fighting
Demonstration Thursday

A fire fighting and fire preven-
ton demonstration will be staged
by the Alexandria Fire Depart
ment at 1880 pm. Thursday at
the Municipal Stadium in con-
junction with Fire Prevention
Week.
The demonstration is sponsored
by the Alexandria Optimists' Club.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
BIokeney, Pin Vet, Tops Notcop
BowIers in Strong Comeback
By Ben McAIwee

Ed Blakeney, by way Of proving
he still can fire a duckpin ball with
the best although he's net the ac-
tive bowler of other years, is setting
the pace for host of stars in the
National Capital Major League
with an average Of 1921.
His 157 single in a 1888 set at King
Pin last night was the decisive blow
that gave AIS Chicken House at 2-1
win over Campanella g. Wood.
Not in the best Of health the last
two years, Blakeney passed up
bowling in the Major District
League this season for the first
time in nearly two decades and only
lately has rolled regularly In the
National Capital.
One of Baltimore's top pinmen
before he moved to Washington, the
record book is full of Blakeney's fine
bowling accomplishments.
In 1881 he was ranked fifth among
the country's leading 10 duckpin-
ners. Blakeney and Chester Bid
won the national doubles title at
Norfolk in 1882. The same year
Tony Santini beat out Blakeney by
ore pin in the Howard Campbell
Classic. But Blakeney got revenge
in 1888 when Santinl finished in
the runnerup spot. In another
Campbell thriller, Blakeney tied
with Bob Miciotto.
Winner of numerous other major
tournaments, Blakeney was the first
champion of the Johnny Ruppel-
Johnny Vaeth Memorial event at
Baltimore in 1885, He won the 1887
inaugural of the Pop Wolfe Me-
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Clear Records Risked
BY Bethesda; G.W.H.,
Facing Hot Rivals

Two of the three high school bas-
ket ball teams in the washington
area boasting undefeated records
will be tested by league rivals In
games tonight. George Washington
of Alexandria tops in the Northern
Virginia Glass l league, plays at
Fairfax at o'clock, while Bethesda,
Montgomery County leader, tackles
Blair at College Park at $50.
/ Bethesda and G. w. High are
favored to keep their states clean,
although Blair figures to be trou-
blesome for the Barons. The Blazers
have dropped only 2 of their 10
games and contests involving these
county rivals always are tough.
/ st. Johns. the third area team
with an unblemiShed slate. kept in
the win column last night by de-
feating De Matha, 59-36, at Amer
ican U. Jack Macdonald and Bill
Kokes set the pace with l3 and Il
points, respectively. George Wash
/ ington also was winner last night,
trimming Mount Vernon, 55-34, at
Mount Vernon, behind a 19-point
performance from Billy Smith.
! Closer was st. Anthony's 1928
triumph over St. Paul's, with two
baskets by Pat Pennini in the last
minute making the difference.
/ In another nearby Virginia game
last night. Falls Church High topped
Osborn High of Manassas. $500, at
Falls Church. High scorer with 8
points for Falls Church was Ray
CARRIER, younger brother of Dave
CARRIER, onetime Washington Lee
High star.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Weights in Royal Palm
Give Fau|t|ess Edge
Over Marchons Il
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI. Fla, Jan. 2l.-Calumet
Farms Faultless has been given a
6-pound advantage over Fred Ham,
mers Marchons II for the $4,000
Royal Palm Handicap at Hialeah
race course tomorrow.
The big South American importa-
ton, a persistent stakes winner at
Tropical Park, will carry 124 pounds
in the 11s-mile test. Faultless, an
old hand at winning distance events,
will carry 118.
The added weight will be q real
test for the Argentinian who thus
far has a perfect five-for- five rec
ord in North America. Marchons II
won a pair Of overnighters at East
ern tracks then came to Florida to
pick up two more victories and cap
tured $500 feature at Tropical.
Faultless, ranked as one of Calu-
NETS first team horses, won the
$40 900 Tropical Park Handicap jan
uary IS from which Marchons II
had been scratched.
Twenty-Five nominees have been
assigned weights in tomorrow fea-
ture.
Calumet has nominated Whirl
Blast, assigned l08 pounds, as a
running mate for Faultless.
Mrs. Helene K. Haggerty has
nominated Rampant, at ia, and
Petrol Point, at LOG, as an entry.
Gustav Rings Kitchen Police,
which lost the $4,000 Inaugural
Handicap Monday by head, has
been assigned ll2 pounds. Another
Importation, Lord Grillo, 108, is the
Ring entry.
G. A. Watkins Cat Bridge and
Mrs. E. L. Hopkins Three Rings
will carry 112 pounds. Bug Juice,
from the Ber-Mill Stable, has been
assigned III along with E. P, Steck-
lers Bright Sword and Bobanet
Stables King Midas.
The heavy field, which probably
will be cut to about 10 by Saturday,
is completed with Barrage. no. Din
ner Hour, 10; First Nighter, 1903;
Column and Faraway, 107; Friar
Tuck, 105: Joe Mandel and Splash,
1903, and Atom Buster and Approval
sharing feather weight of 100 each.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Caps Again Lead by 8
Games After Narrow
Win Over Rollers

The Caps enjoy an eight-game
lead over the New York Knicker.
bockers in the Basket Ball Associa-
ton of America again, thanks to
their victory over the Steamrollers
in Providence last night, while the
KnickS were being knocked OF by
the Bullets in Baltimore.
The Caps had to stage fourth
quarter rally to turn back the
Steamrollers, 1851, while Baltimore
was whipping New York, 82-6S.
That triumph put the Bullets with
in one game of the second-place
Knlcks. The Caps will take on the
Knicks Sunday in Madison Square
Garden after tomorrow nights
game here against the Boston Gel
tics.
Accuracy from the foul line, where
it picked up % points, made the
difference in favor of Washington
last night. Washington romped to
23-7 first-period lead but blew
that and trailed, 40-41. at half
time. The game was deadlocked at
63-all going into the final where
Bones Mckinney, Kleggie Hermsen,
Sonny Hertzberg and Bob Feerick
supplied the punch that won. Nc
Kinney led Cap scorers with 20
points, while topping the list for the
Steamrollers were Chuck Halbert
and Kenny Sailors, with % and 81,
respectively.
In other league games last night
Minneapolis beat Fort Wayne. 3d.
IS; Rochester topped st Louis, 81
"a, and Philadelphia defeated Chi
cago, 92-72.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Mccarthy Takes Over
As Golf Chieftain

Martin F. Mccarthy will be in
stalled as president of the Maryland
State Golf Association at the annual
meeting at McCarthy's home Co.
lumbia Country Club tonight at
$50 pm.
The veteran tournament player,
who bows out as president of the
District Golf Association next
month, succeeds A. Herman Stump
of Green Spring Valley, near Balti-
more.
Other selections Of the nominat-
ing committee due to be installed
are Robert Swindell of Baltimore
IC. c., Charles Vale of Kenwood
Francis E. McArdle of Congressional
Donald De Veau of Chevy Chase
and David Halle Of Suburban as
vice presidents, Albert E. Steinem
of Woodmont as general counse
and Emmett Gary of Hillendale
secretary.
| A dinner at o'clock will precede
the meeting.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Hockey Lions Sending
Ex-Rangers Against
Phi||y Team Tonight

Two former stars with the New
York Rangers will make their debut
with the Lions in tonight's Ameri-
can League hockey game at Uline
Arena against the Phila delphia
Rockets at $50 o'clock. They are
Bryan HeXtall, left winger and CEN
ter, who twice led National League
goal scorers, and Abe De Marco
center, who was 11th in American
League scoring last season while
with Cleveland.
They came to Washington yes
terday along with Tom Forgie,
Julian Sawchuk and Augie Herchen-
ratter from Cleveland in deals that
sent Kenny Schultz, Washington
leading scorer, and Dan Frank
Porteous to the Barons.
I'VE sacrificed youth for expert
ence," said Coach Frank Beisler of
the Lions in commenting on the
deal. 1T gives us a chance to get
into the playoffs. We we're desperate
for manpower and these deals pulled
us out of a rut."
The Uline Arena management
tonight starts It's new policy of dis
tributing 5000 in merchandise to
fans attending hockey games.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Reds Blackwell
| Loses Kidney,
Declared Okoy
BY the Associated Press

GLENDALE, Calf. Jan. 21.-
Pitcher Ewell Blackwell will be
a couple of weeks late reporting
to the Cincinnati Reds Florida
training camp.
And the lanky righthander will
check in light-minus one kidney
which he lost by surgery last
night in Glendale Sanitarium.
1t was an emergency operation
for a congenital obstruction, said
DR.. c. Leroy Turner. but Black
well "came through fine and
should be able to 60 to camp in
about six weeks"
The 26-year-old pitcher. who
led the National League with %
victories in 1947 but suffered
sore-arm miseries last season,
will have to stay a week in the
hospital. But the doctor said
Blackie will get up and start to
move around a little today.
Blackwell, being counted on to
pace the Reds mound staff again
this year. had complained Of
back and kidney pains after
catching a severe cold last week.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Cards. .Connor Out
For Hopkins 1ussle

Catholic University will be with
out the services of Fred Connor, its
6-foot-3 center, for tonight's game
at C. U. against Johns Hopkins. His
absence will hurt, but the Cardinals
still are favored to sink the Blue
Jays and take their seventh Mason
Dixon Conference game.
Connor is believed to have a
broken bone in his foot and may be
out for the season. He was injured
in Wednesday nights game against
Washington College after scoring II
points to help the Cards toward
their 11th win in 13 starts this sea-
son. His foot was to be X-rayed
today.
There are no collegiate games
here tomorrow, but Maryland and
American have out-of-town titlts
The Old Liners will test Navy at
Anna polls, while the Eagles tangle
with Loyola at Baltimore.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Foreign Aces Menace
Best Of u. :. Track
In Phi||y Games
by the Assoeiaisd Prsss

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2l.-The
indoor track campaign shifts into
high gear tonight with United
States runners determined to prove
they can generate more speed over
the mile and 2-mile route than q
trio of foreign stars.
American distance runners met
with dismal failure in the l94S
Olympics at London. They'll be
attempting to reverse those failures
In the fifth annual Philadelphia In
quirer Games at Convention Hall
tonight.
A crowd OF 10000 is expected to
watch the 22-event program. Some
IS Olympic athletes will be among
the $50 performers representing 100
schools. colleges and clubs.
Forest Efaw, the national steeple-
chase champion from saltwater,
Okla, will be defending his title in
the Lawson Robertson 2-mile, which
he has won for the last three years.
He'll doubtlessly have to step up
his 9:18.1 performance to beat Erik
Ahlden, the Swedish distance cham
pion, who ran a strong fourth in
the Olympic 5,000-meter event.
Matty Gels, the veteran Prince
ton coach. says he thinks Ahlden
will do "a lot better" than the s:2O
clocking Ahlden predicts.
That prediction was ventured de-
spite the fact that Ahlden never
before has competed OH indoor
boards.
The same applies to Ahldens
Swedish compatriot, Ingvar Bengts-
son. and the Dutch swiftly, Willy
Slykhuis, both of whom will run
in the Philadelphia Inquirer mile.
Against Efaw and Ahlden in the
2-mile is a six-man field, including
Fred Wilt of Indiana University and
Curt Stone, the former Penn State
champion now running for Phila-
delphia's Shanahan c. c.
Bengtsson and Slykhuis will get
most Of their mile opposition from
Gerry Karver of Shanahan and
Browning Ross of Villanova. Kar-
ver showed none too we'll last week
in The Washington Evening Star
meet, while Ross showed flashes of
brilliance in running second in The
Evening Star mile.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Eagle RingmenCo Collide
With Patuxent Naval
Tonight al A. U. Gym

American University, looking to
the most successful boxing season
IN the schools records after q a.
tie in It's opening match with West
srn Maryland, plays host to the
Patuxent Naval Air Station ring
men tonight at 8 o'clock in the A. U.
CF.
The tie against the Terrors gave
Coach Bert Courage encouragement,
because A. U. forfeited the heavy
weight bout and another was
stopped with an A. q. boxer ahead
on points, but under college rules
It went to the Terror ringman. In
addition Eagle boxers clearly won
two exhibitions on the schedule.
Martin Ries and Henry Schaffer
are A. Us only lettermen, but
James Schnitzer fought for Char
lotte Hall, which annually pro-
duces one of the top ring teams
among the sectional prep school
teams. Ries will meet Marcy Con-
zales, 120-pound East Coast Navy
champion and a finalist in the all
Navy bouts. Pat Agor, who meets
Jim Duley, a student minister at
A. U. is a Potomac River Naval
Command finalist.
The visitors agreed to count an
extra bout in the lighter classes and
thus A. U. will not lose a point be-
cause 1t does not have q heavy
weight.
Evening star., 1949-01-21

because Lee and Karas are on
the substitute list and haven't
played much, and seldom are in
at the same time. But they'll be
playing more and more as the
season progresses, and with ad-
ditional experience they figure
to have their whammy working
better. When those two stare at
opposing players regularly 1t is
likely that somebody is going to
get mighty nervous.
This will be the interhigh big
team version of their evil-eye
whammy that worked SO well
when both were members of the
Red Raider junior team last year.
This year they are in somewhat
faster company and find that
the junior evil eye, which was
okay last season, needs to have
a little more power behind 1t be-
fore it becomes factor in the
interhigh championship series.
With a couple of more games
they figure they'll have all the
bugs worked out and the new
stare will be polished up and
ready 10 produce results.
HUBER.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Newman, Poeini
Hot Promoters

Volume of entries rather than
heavy pinfall continue to mark
The Stars month-long 21St an
nual bowling tournament which
winds up its third week tomor-
row night at SO maple plants.
While virtually all of the estab-
lishments have shown marked
increases over their 1948 entry
totals, two are making sensa-
tional shoWings. At Chevy Chase
Ice Palace, where Harry New
man is manager, 1902 entries
were reported as of today COM
pared with 754 for the entire
tournament last year.
At Mount Rainier, where Ollie
Pacini took over this season as
pilot, there were 429 entries
against a 1948 total of 241.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Roller Skaters After
South Atlantic Titles

South Atlantic roller skating
speed titles will be decided tonight
when nearly 80 skaters from II
cities compete for five mems and
three women's championships at the
National Arena.
Another feature of the evening
will be the third round of the con-
test to select the most popular girl
skater In the Washington area.
This is scheduled for 8 o'clock. At
$50, the Central High football team,
winner Of the city title, will be
honored.
Local entries in the speed COM
petition are Willie Winstead, Stan
Pumphrey. Larry Pitman, Bob Terry
AL Williams, Jack McManus, Bruce
Stanbaugh, Harry Wynrich, Judy
Cohen, Jean Thomas and Sonia
Pasis, while representing Alexandria
will be Jim Calder, Paul Jacobs,
Bob Dunn, John Hines, Alice Will
lisms. Leo schoolden, AL Newman,
Marvin Lyles. Bob Hughes. Joe
Carter. Bill Nolan. Jim Donnelly
John Bernhardt, Cliff Gorham, Bob
Critchfield, Doug Pelli and Bill
WOolf
Evening star., 1949-01-21
Night Harness Racing
Big Success, Although
Racket, Backer Says
by fhs Assoeioted Press

JERSEY CITY, Jan. 2l.-Night
harness horse racing, says the
"grandpappy" Of the Hambletonian,
is the fastest growing sport in the
country and q money -maker far ex-
ceeding the fondest dream Of the
shrewdest promoter.
William H. Cane, who is to the
Hambletonian what Col. Matt ].
Winn is to the Kentucky Derby,
should know what he's talking about.
But Cane had to be convinced.
After operating harness meetings
for 20 years in broad daylight at
his Good Time Park at Goshen,
N. Y, he took q flyer at racing
under the lights of Roosevelt Race
way, Westbury, N. Y, last fall.
Prom . crowd -pleaser, and q busi-
ness standpoint, there's no COMPARE
son." the veteran sportsman and re-
tired builder declared.
why, I'd just as soon have Roose-
velt Raceway out on Long Island
as the mint, because 1t saves you
the cost of printing the stun. Every
thing that comes In is cash, and
everybody gets q good show"
Any night harness track will 90
over, Cane said, adding that there
Is no telling when the expansion Of
the sport will stop.
Even though have to admit It's
. racket, don't the rackets draw
the big crowds?"
Roosevelt shattered all mutuel
and attendance records for the
sulky sport In 194S. With q 145-
night season, 1885, ,764 fans wagered
$8s, ,4sl 800 at the raceway.
Cane got 1S days for his Goshen
Association last October and No.
vember. and used only Is due to
rain. His meeting handled $780,
573, for an average Of $4S8, ,785, and
attendance was 152,22o, an average
Of s,51S per night in late fall.
At Goshen, sleepy Orange County
village so miles up the Hudson
from New York. Cane operated
Good Time track three days in
194s, one of them the Hambletonian
day. The attendance was 23,037,
mutuel handle 1923, $50, and about
10000 persons and most Of the
money bet was on the day of the
Hambletonian, now one Of the
major sports events each year.
This year Cane gets six days at
Goshen, where the gath Hamble-
tonian Stake will be held August 10,
and AZ days at Roosevelt Raceway.
But the Hambletonian never will
be moved from Goshen as long as
Bill Cane has anything to say-it
would be just like trying to run
the Kentucky Derby in San Fran
cisco. He has a contract, rengwed
every five years. with the Hamble-
tonian Society to hold the classic
at Goshen.
Evening star., 1949-01-21
GoIento, Hewitt Meet
On UIine Russ!e Card

Tony Galento, one-time heavy
weight boxer has a new objective.
AS rassler he wants to tangle with
Gorgeous George. In the meanwhile
he is booked on the main event
Monday night at Uline Arena
against Frank Hewitt.
Supporting matches carded for
Monday night are: Arnold IOrchid
Boy Skaaland against Abe Stein,
the Great Maflsto against Jim WAL
lis. Joe Ludlum against Joe Mon
tana and Paddy Mack against An
pelO SaVOldi
Evening star., 1949-01-21

Some day soon the Western
High basket ball team is going to
win . game Just because the OPP
posing team suddenly will find
itself unable to get a point from
the foul line.
Reason for that ineptness with
free throws will be that the
whammy now being worked up
by Fay (Evil Eye Lee and Stan
(Evil Eye Karas, two of the Red
Raider players, has been per-
fected.
Lee is a Chinese boy and Stan
is Greek, and between the two
they can make it very disconcert-
ing when they give their special
stare to an opposing player get
ting ready to shoot foul. When
other players are looking at the
rim and getting ready to spring
for the rebound, if any, Lee and
Karas have another method.
They just give the evil-eye stare
to the shooter, who then is sup
posed to become so nervous that
he won't even come close to the
basket
1t hasn't been so effective yet,