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Evening star., 1950-06-23

Approved. with conditions. appeal of
Miss Mildred =. Bickford for variance
S "a" restricted s @ are area district to d permit
erection Of q rear porch on the building
At 3044 Thayer street NE.
Granted appeal Of Fred p. Myers and
the Emerson Institute for permission to
expand its school by inclusion OF premises
1926 Eighteenth street NV.
Denied appeal Of the Proe Properties for
hs oGsds w0s q 5aanr
the line of street upon which the lot abuts
for the accommodation of four automo-
biles at 1888 Foote street NE.
Denied appeal OF Grsnderson Lee Jones
for permission to chanee non-eonform-
stand at 47s N street s.W
Granted appeal of Anthony sambataro
duirements Of the &C" area districs to
existing ons-story building at 3o6 Car
Granted appeal of Madeline and Henry
Lutz for permission to erect a one-story
front porch on the remembering build
Granted, with conditions. appeal of
ourisman Chevrolet. Inc, for permission
TO establish an automobile repair shop; 10
zoo feet from residential ' district. trSs ana ana
ouirements of the &C" area district to
pcEullt DullulHB nelsnI IN excess OF ~
feet at 624 to $40 H street NE
Granted appeal Of Freda Murray for
Permission to change a non-conforming
use from q soft drink manufacturing con-
cern to a storage warehouse, ONCE space,
salesroom and manufacture of unpainted
wood furniture and sink tops at 750-54
Tenth street Sc.
Denied appeal Of F. W. Bunkley for
variance from the use provisions Of the
residential district to permit conversion
of existing apartment building into
barber shop and apartment building at 703
Rhode Island avenue NV.
Granted, with conditions, appeal Of Ellis
and Fay Kossow for permission to estab-
lish temporary automobile parking lot
at the rear Of 2130-214s Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV.
Denied appeal Of Charles H. and Ida
r. Tompklns for permission to establish
an ofiice building at 1547 ! street NV.
Granted appeal Of Lula J. Tam for
a variance from the open court require
ments of the %" areat district to permit
erection OF an inclosed one-story rear
porch to the dwelling at 1911 Sixth
street NV.
Evening star., 1950-06-23

The American Friends Service
Committee, Inc, today faced the
prospect of disseminating its in
ternational guest house at 2410
Wyoming avenue NV.
The Board of Zoning Adjustment
late yesterday ruled against that
use Of the property. A number of
residents of the fashionable neigh
borhood protested the operation
at hearing Wednesday.
Chisman Hanes, attorney for the
committee. said he did not yet
know whether the committee would
appeal the decision.
The house was left to the or
ganization by the late Mrs. Ban
croft Davis, who wanted it used
in the interest of international
peace and understanding. For
some years it has served as a sort
of international hospitality house
for visitors from various countries.
The guests are lodged free.
Denies Appeals OF 1O.
Board Member Robert o. Clouser
said the zoning officials felt the
neighborhood was not appropriate
for that use.
The board also denied the ap-
peals of 10 residents of the first
block of Tuckerman street NV.
and the 6400 block of North Capt.
tol street for permission to retain
back porch construction alleged
to be in violation OF the zoning
rules.
Building inspection officials con-
tend the porches were built on
permits calling only for repairs to
existing back porches. They say
the porches violate the side yard
requirements of the area, and that
to correct the situation the roofs
must be taken off the additions.
Mr.. Clouser said that while the
board sympathized with the pre-
dicament of the residents, it had
no valid reason legally to grant
them exceptions.
'Built to the Hilt."
He said lots in the area are
''built to the hilt" and that ap-
proval In. these cases might open
the door to violations Of the zon-
ing rules.
The board gave permission for
the American Association Of Uni
versity Women, the United States
Evening star., 1950-06-23
B.&0. Drops Cincinnatian
From Maryland Ohio Run
BY ths Assoeiatsd Press

BALTIMORE. June 23.-The
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
official approval for taking its
streamlined "Cincinnatian" of
the Baltimore Washington Gin
cinnati run and announced 1t will
be put in service Sunday between
Detroit and Cincinnati.
The railroad announced its in
tention to discontinue the train
more than q month ago but ran
into trouble in West Virginia be-
cause several affected communi-
ties protested to the States Pub
lie Service Commission.
The B. d o. pleaded the stream
liner did not carry sufficient pas
senger traffic between Baltimore
and Cincinnati to pay expenses.
West virginia's PSC yesterday
agreed 10 the abandonment. The
B. d o. said four trains still
operate daily over the same route
westbound and five eastbound.
No protest was filed before the
Public Service Commission in
Ohio and 1t was not necessary to
get official approval in Maryland.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
Man Seeks AnnuIment
OF 26-Yeur Marriage
By No Assoeiased Pwss

LOS ANGELES, June as
Twenty-six years ago Roland
Clendening married In Wheeling,
W. Va.
Today he sued for annulment of
the marriage.
His story: The bride. Alice. left
him after eight days Of marriage,
saying she could never be his ac-
tual wife since she married solely
to get away from her parents. He
tried increasingly to trace her. He
heard reports she had. divorced
him. but never was able to verify
them.
Last April IL, he says, Alice
Clendening wrote him. saying she
had not gotten a divorce or an
inrllment.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
fS Killed, II Hurt as Bus
Crashes With Locomotive
sy me Asso<;os.d Pres,

GUAYAQUn, Ecuador, June %.
A bus and a railway locomotive
collided yesterday touching OF a
gasoline explosion and fire that
killed 18 persons and injured at
least IL others.
The disaster occurred between
Guayaquil and Salinas. Charred
bodies from the bus could not be
identified Immediately.
1t was reported that several of
the injured probably would die.
About 35 persons were believed
aboard the bus. Most of them
were trapped when the gasoline
tanks exploded after the collision
and flames swept into the bus.
Evening star., 1950-06-23
Red Cross Opens Drive For Polio Nurses Here

information and registration, Miss
Lillian Adams Is chairman Of Q
committee at work on the special
nurse roster.
Last summer. lol polio nursing
assignments were filled through
he Red Cross program.
Evening star., 1950-06-23

The District Red Cross today
announced . drive TO recruit pro-
fesSional nurses to care for polio
patients during the expected sum
mer onslaught Of the disease.
All registered nurses who are
willing to take polio assignments
are urged to call Hobart $500 for
Evening star., 1950-02-20

lege, will put another black mark
on it.
1--WE learned to wrestle together
at the school for the blind and
Genes really good" he said
Sightlessness hasn't hindered
Reckert from enjoying a normal
life like any other youngster.
With four brothers and four Sis
ters still home at 313O Dumbarton
avenue NV. he is kept rather
busy with family affairs.
Bill and another blind friend,
Dick Hutcheson of Alexandria,
hitch-hiked $50 miles to friend S
farm near South Boston, Va, and
have a comical skit they put on
before various clubs and organiza-
tions. But all extracurricular &C
tivities come after school work.
One of the few times he and
HutcheSon were in trouble hap
pened here when they made a date
to meet at Twelfth and Penn
Sylvanla avenue NV.
I'VE agreed to whistle Honey,
I'm in Love With You as a sig
nal" Bill said with chuckle,
but we got on wrong corners and
practically wore ourselves out
WhiStling before we discovered the
mistake"
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Early Racing Decides
Columbia Regatta

A high wind blew Columbia
Yacht Clubs frostbite regatta
right off the map yesterday and
trophies were awarded on the
basis of Saturdays results.
Hardly any one objected to the
Race Committees decision to call
off the show after hardy souls
tested the force of the wind in
their boats and reported back that
it wasn't any fun.
Ben Minor. a member of the
Race Committee. assisted by
Commodore George Hall. awarded
the clubs permanent trophies,
framed charts of the Potomac and
hand-painted beer mugs.
They disclosed that the Penguin
Class had been divided into two
groups, the top II shippers COM
prising Division A and the next
10, Division B. Warner Wilcox
of Richmond County, N. Y, for
mer national Comet champion,
was high sailor in the Bs, followed
by Jack Martin of Annapolis,
former Hampton One design
champion, and Robert johnson of
Columbia. .'f
The tie for second place in the
Tempest Glass was broken when
it was figured Steve Falk of
George Washington had come in
ahead of Tim Barclay of Prince
ton more times.
Other flrst-place trophy WIN
ners were Joe Kraft, Penguins:
Pat Granger, Tempests; George
Collins, Thistles; Harvey Lekson,
Comets, and Bill Barker. Snipes
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Blind GU. Wrestler Asks No Quarter
By Lewis F. Atchison

A blind wrestler is no novelty
in collegiate circles, but Bill Reck-
erts story has a slightly different
twist because the 128-pound grap-
pier goes to Georgetown where a
boy must toe the scholastic mark
or take the consequences. Nor
does the Hilltop have special
equipment to assist blind students.
But I do" said Reckert, guild
ing down a dimly lighted hallway.
Let me show you how 1 take
notes in Braille."
He had a contraption that
punched out notes almost as fast
as your favorite secretary, al
though there is an even faster
system. He taps out classroom
papers on a typewriter, a stunt he
learned in the fifth grade at the
Maryland School for Blind. All
in all, Reckert does we'll but he
doesn't consider his scholastic
achievements nearly as remark
able as the Hoyas' wrestling team.
It's a catch -catch-can buSi-
ness, not officially recognized by
school authorities, and strictly a
labor of love for squad members,
who will not receive athletic in
sigma for their work. Jim Flynn,
who wrestles in the l45-pound
class. supervises the team except
on those days when 1t. Col.
Thomas A. McCary, officer in
charge of the ROTC and a West
Point mat star some IS years ago.
uses his precious little spare time
to give the boys pointers.
Totally Blind Since Seven
Reckert, born with one bad eye
and totally blind since 7 when
blow robbed him of the sight
of his other optic, learned to
wrestle at Maryland School for
the Deaf. He applied half
Nelson's and hammerlocks all
through high school but once at
GEORGETOWN he gave it up to
concentrate on his studies. He
majored in history and will grad
uate in June, after which he is
thinking of a career in social
services.
My fancee entered Hahnemann
Medical Colleges School of Nurs-
ing last September" he said, land
she thought it would be a good
idea for me to take up wrestling
again while she was away. 1t was
a swell idea, although 1 weighed
l45 pounds when I resumed and
had no idea Id ever get down
to 1873"
Reckert, whose personality
would be an open sesame almost
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Stydahar Considers Staff,
Plans Less RazzIe-Dazz|e
BY the Associofed Press

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20.-The
Rams new coach, Joe Stydahar,
today started looking over assist
ant coach candidates, preferably
coaches who teach straight foot
ball.
Clark Shaughnessy's successor
said he wasn't going to give his
squad more than they can under
stand or remember, but was going
to concentrate on simple bread
and-butter" plays
Stydahar's one-year contract
permits him to choose his own
staff. He'll convert Head Scout
Eddie Kotal into a backfield
coach. He also is considering
Hampton Pool, former colleague
on the Chicago Bears, to assist
in that capacity.
George Trafton, assistant coach,
and Red Hickey, end coach, may
stay on if they like. Mel Helm,
with the Dons last year, is a can
didate for line coach.
In answer to Shaughnessy' S
statement that he could take a
high school team and beat the
Rams under Stydahar, the new
coach answered, Il realize that
my only answer to that is to get
results"
Evening star., 1950-02-20
By HombIo Bouer

MIAMI, Feb. 20.-Mrs. Evelyn
L. Hopkins of Cleveland, Ohio
suspects she has a leprechaup by
the cattails. And. if Three Rings
wins the Widener for her at Hia-
leah Saturday, she'd be dead sure
of it.
1t was just two years ago that
Mrs. Hopkins first spied the little
old fellow.
She was looking for horse to
buy and one day at Hialeah she
happened to mention this to
Trainer J. P. Sammy Smith,
Smith promptly Informed Mrs.
Hopkins that everything in his
barn was for sale. And then, so
Mrs. Hopkins wouldn't forget, he
followed her about all afternoon.
telling her of the rare bargains
that could be hers if only she
would move full speed ahead on
the Smith barn.
Sammy Smith is one of the
turf's most distinguished statesmen,
and by the time the eighth race
was parading to the post that day
Mrs. Hopkins had been committed
to a definite appointment for the
next morning.
Takes Fancy to Three Rings.
Smith led out a number of
horses the next day. One was a
3-year-old called Three Rings
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Cook Sets World Record,
CAPTURES -Four Events
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 90
Arthur E. Cook of Washington,
D. c., former University of Mary
land Olympic shooting star and
former national champion. carried
off most of the trophies in the
Ohio State gallery rifle tourna-
ment.
He shattered a world record in
the prone metallic sight event by
firing 435 consecutive bullseyes.
Cook, only American shooter to
win a gold medal at the 1948
Olympics in England, took four
of five matches yesterday and
captured the grand aggregate with
score of LOTT out of a possible
1900 to set a record for the 25-
year-old tournament. Erwin Brehm
of Dearborn, Mich, was second
with 1864.
Individual match victories in
cluded.
Prone metallic sights, 300 plus
405 tens.
. Offhand metallic sights-l88.
Three position metallic sights
-292.
Offhand any sights-192.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Charley 0'Rourke 10 Coach
BackfieId at Holy Cross
BY the Associoted Press

WORCESTER, Mass, Feb. 20.
Charley O'Rourke, former Bos-
ton College quarterback. today
was named backfield coach of the
Holy Cross football team by Dr..
Edward N. Anderson, head coach.
O'Rourke was graduated from
Boston College in 1941. He played
with the Chicago Bears in 1912
after a year as a high school
coach. During the war, he played
with the Fleet City bluejackets, a
Navy team, and later signed up
with the Los Angeles Dons, who
traded him to the Baltimore Colts.
He now makes his home in
Baltimore.
DAYTON. Ohio, Feb. 20 (P.-Jim
Harris, former Notre Dame guard.
has resigned as line coach at the
University of Dayton to accept a
similar post at Holy Cross.
He will serve under Dr.. Eddie
Anderson, with whom he worked
at Holy Cross from 1884 to 1888.
When Anderson went to Iowa in
1889, he took Harris with him.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Syracuse Five Beats
0|ympians 9Th Time;
Lakers Down Stags
BY the Associated Press

Final supremacy in the far
flung National Basketball Asso-
citation won't be decided until
playoff time, but the Syracuse
Nationals have pretty well seWed
up one inter divisional argument.
Leaders of their own Eastern
Division, the Mats have proved
they can take the best of the
Western Division-the Indianap-
oils Olympians, in this case-at
the drop of a whistle.
They licked the onetime Uni
versity of Kentucky greats again
last night, 82-78. 1t was the sixth
straight time this year the Mats
have beaten the Olympians.
That leaves little room for ar
gument on the divisional strength
of the two combines.
But both Syracuse and Indi-
annapolis still must contend with
the Central Division pace-setter,
the Minneapolis Lakers, called by
many followers of the sport the
best team in the league.
Just by way of showing they
aren't losing any ginger. the LAX
ers won their 18th game in row
last night, beating the Chicago
Stays, 96-83. George Mikan
tossed in 33 of the points.
Syracuse enjoys 1112-game
lead over second-place New York
in the East and is completely out
of reach. The New Workers bowed
to a sharpshooting Rochester
quintet, 105-92. The Royals hit
for 38 of 63 shots from the floor
That kept the Royals in a posi-
ton to overtake Minneapolis in
case the Lakers and Mikan ever
get tired. They are 3l2 games
behind.
All four of the top teams in
the Western Division were tripped
up. Besides Indianapolis, second,
place Anderson was trimmed by
Denver. ! 86-85, on Floyd Volker' i
goal in the last 10 seconds. Til
City bowed to Waterloo, 1858
and Sheboygan lost to st. Louis
1865. 'nr
Fort Wayne put the skids under
Baltimore, 1871.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Leading Jockeys Take Part
In Race Honorinq WooIf
By the As,ocioted Press

Aqua CALIENTE, Mex, Feb.
20.-The cream of Santa Anita S
jockey colony came here over the
week end to ride in yesterdays
George Woolf Memorial Handi-
cap. named for the great rider
who was killed at Santa Anita
several years ago.
Johnny Gilbert, who was Amer
ica's champion rider as long ago
as 1882, won the race with Gaily
B, a long shot. Gilbert won the
event a year ago with Super
Valley.
Among the other jockeys COM
peting were Gordon Glisson, 1949
American champion; Eddie Ar
caro-, Johnny Longden and Jackie
Westrope
Peach Cobbler, ridden by Glen
LassWell. was second, and He
Kuene, with Walt Litzenberg up,
was third.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
By Ben McAIwee

Larkin Sonny Weldon, one of
the city's new duckpin stars. in
winning the ninth annual Claren-
don Open with a seven-game 972
count sports his first major tour
nament victory. ...
Flashing spare, strike, spare,
strike ia the final four frames, the
major District and Clarendon
major leagues pinman put on a
stirring finish at Clarendon Bowl
ing Center last night to grab the
$3.50 top prize from Augie Schroll
of Baltimore with a 958 score.
Weldon, needing 148 to tie.
counted 162 for his final string
after games of 142, 1873, 1856, 143,
1872 and 119. Schroll's games were
1T. 1874. 1875. $50, 146, 172 and 113.
Washington's veteran Ray Wat
son, third in a field of 70. tailed
956 with games of 124, 1876, 174,
1913, 143, 1876 and 125.
BaltimoreanS took the next
three money places with Jimmy
Dietsch fourth, 955, while Howard
Hipsley and Bill Brozey tied for
fifth with 946. Brozey posted the
tournaments high game of 1872.
Others in the prize money were
Tony Santini, Washington, 938;
Don Cutsail, Washington. 935;
Archie Ferguson, Roanoke, Va,
934 Bob Fisher, Baltimore, 934:
Paul Jarman, Washington, 931,
and Billy Stalcup, Washington,
931. Pete Santora, Spillway man.
ager, won high consolation game
prize with 172, while James and
Joe Harrison tied for high scratch
with 926s.
Joe Carr, Takoma pinspiller,
walked off with the $100 first prize
in The second annual Vernon
Grave Memorial Handicap at Pet
worth yesterday with a TOT score,
which included 88 franked pins.
Leon Allen, second with 1O0-7O0
count. collected $50 while Lou
10th, District of Columbia Cab
League roller, pocketed $13 with
third high score of 52-692.
The SnOWdenS captIlred the first.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Bout
Tops Turner Program
Featuring Feathers

FeatherWeight fighters are the
big attractions on tonight's box
ing program at Turner's Arena.
with the District 127-pound cham
pion, Jimmy Cooper, meeting
Cubas George Sanchez in the
main bout. Also showing their
wares are two other Washington
feathers, Little Dynamite and
Gene Smith.
Tonight will be Cooper's second
1850 fight. He beat Limo Garcia.
another Cuban, last month at
Turner's. If everything goes okay,
this figures as Cooper's biggest
year. Next month he is set for a
Madison Square Garden show
against the winner of Fridays
Bobby Bell-Luis Galvani mixup
at st. Nick's in New York.
Cooper has the usual speed of a
good featherweight plus some
punching ability, especially with
his left hand.
Dynamite, who is after a Dis
trict championship bout against
Cooper, shows in the eight-round
semifnal against Johnny Lemons
of Philadelphia and will be after
his 17th win in 18 fights. He beat
Pat Thomas in his last outing,
while Lemons lost to Smith. Smith
is back in a siX-rounder, going
after his sixth straight pro tri-
umph in a match against Nick
Romanelli. Smith had string of
four kayos until Lemons went the
distance with him two weeks back.
In four-rounders tonight, first
of which goes on at 8:45 pm,
Busick meats Bobby Rupard in a
rematch of last weeks draw and
Billy Hickerson meets Art Harris.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
| Holy Cross Five
Can Equal L. l. u.
| Mark This Week
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-Un-
beaten Holy Cross, the Nations S
No. / college basketball power, is
the first team in more than 10
years to roll up % straight vic
tories.
Not since 1889 has any team
gone through its first % games
without a setback. In that season
Long Island University recorded
"a consecutive triumphs without
a defeat, a mark Holy Cross can
tie by downing Boston College to-
morrow night and Brown next
Saturday.
The Crusaders top-ranking quin-
tet in the Associated Press poll.
also can be the first major team
in six years to finish with a spot
less record. Armys 1914 squad
(15-0) was the last to turn the
trick.
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Three Rings, Bought on Hunch,
Has Earned Nearly $2OO,OOO

which had run only one race
and that very bad one Never
theless, Mrs. Hopkins took a fancy
to him. He was running that
afternoon in the foruth race, en-
tered to be claimed for $500.
and that was the price Smith put
on him.
Mrs. Hopkins hesitated. Smith
began to talk very fast. If Mrs.
Hopkins would buy the horse by
2 o'clock s5e could run him in her
colors that very afternoon.
Mrs. Hopkins turned the propo-
sition over in her mind. She hast
lily decided to buy Three Rings.
That afternoon she went out to
the track to watch him run, and
an irresistible urge came over her
to bet on him. No one thought
he could win, but she took
chance anyway, for a $100.
Three Rings led all the way
and won! He paid $50" Mrs.
Hopkins said. With the bet and
the purse, he didn't cost me
Since then Three Rings has i'm
proved steadily, and has now won
close to 100000. His most no
table victory to date was that in
the McLennan Handicap at Hia-
leah when he won by a length
from the heavily favored Calumet
SpeedSter. CoaltoWn.
Mrs. Hopkins has a seven-horse
stable and, says she, Il don't
spend much time in Cleveland any
more" She follows her horses
from track to track, which means
that she's in Miami in the winter
and New York and New Jersey in
the summer.
L could go to the races 365
days year and never get tired of
it., she said. Il Just love it,"
North American Newspaper Alliance
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Ray Robinson Escapes
Serious Auto Injury
BY the Associufed Pres.

MELBOURNE, Fla, Feb. 90
Welterweight Boxing Champion
Sugar Ray Robinson was in an
automobile accident here yestel-
day, but escaped with two minor
cuts on his arm.
The highway patrol said the
Robinson car, driven by Warren
Jones, overturned after colliding
with another machine. Robinson
did not require hospital treat
ment
Evening star., 1950-02-20
Jennings, c. U. Boxer,
Has Broken Shoulder

Joe Jennings, Catholic Uni
versity's 145-pound boxer, is lost
for the remainder of the season
with a broken shoulder received
in last Fridays match against
Syracuse.
Jennings was knocked down in
the second round and in falling
broke his shoulder in the same
place it was broken in football
last fall when he played in the
Police Boys Club League.
Evening star., 1950-02-20

any place, took piano lessons for
a while but didn't like it.
I think my mother had an
idea I'd be another Alec Temple
ton" he said, referring to the
blind concert pianist. Il learned
to tune a piano, which comes in
handy for spending money, but
I'm not much of a player
In wrestling Reckert asks no
quarter, although his adversary
invariably moves in close to let
Bill know his position.
Points for Final Match
Il only ask the spectators be
quiet so I can hear the other
fellows movements and try to
be prepared for a flying tackle
when we're standing up" he said
Nobody ever has tried a tackle
although it's their privilege and ]
should be ready for it."
At the moment Reckert is point
ing for his final match against
Gene Spurrier of Towson Teach
ers, also blind and 128-pounder
Bill bemoanS his own record oil
one victory in three matches anG
fears Spurrier, who comes after
next weeks tiff with Loyola Col