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Answers TO Our Presidents

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TENDER II, 1908.
George Washington. as
president of the Constitutional
Convention, was the first person
to sign the Constitution on Sep
TENDER II. 1887. (For T.A.C0.
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consented to keep it. When he
returned to his dressing room,
the first thing he did was to look
at the card. A broad grin spread
over his face when he saw:
"To my friend the conductor,
with best wishes. Fritz Kreisler. "
Evening star., 1955-03-06

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Evening star., 1955-02-20
Teams From 6 States
In Jewish Tourney

Teams from the District,
Canada and six States have quail
ified to compete in the National
Jewish Welfare Board basketball
championships to be held at
GEORGETOWN Universitys Nc
Donough gym March 5-6, 1t was
announced yesterday by Eddie
Rosenblum, executive director
of the host Jewish Community
Center.
The District will be repre-
sented by the Jewish Community
Center quintet coached by Hymle
Perlo. former Roosevelt High star
who is physical director OF the
center. =.
Other teams that qualified
through winning sectional play
offs include Toronto, Boston.
Baltimore, New Haven, Brook
lyn, Portland, Me-, and Elizabeth.
N. J. All are Jewish Community
Center or Young Mems Hebrew
Association teams.
The Board Of Directors Of the
JCC has extended invitations to
members of the Boy Scouts. Po-
lice Boys Clubs, Boys Club OF
Washington, BIB AzA, Synagogue
Youth Groups and Catholic
Youth Organization and several
other youth organizations to at
tend the tournament as its
guests.
Evening star., 1955-02-20
GaIIaudet WresfIers
Beat ToWson, 17.14

Undefeated In Mason-Dixon
Conference competition since
1850, Gallaudet's wrestling team
had q close call before Heavy
weight Jim Flaharty pinned Lee
Hughes Of Towson Teachers to
give the home team a 17-14 VIC
tory yesterday at Gallaudet.
The victory was Gallaudet's
28th straight in the conference.
and its seventh in eight matches
this season, Virginia downed the
Blues in a non-league affair.
The outcome almost automati-
cally made Coach Tom Clayton's
crew a favorite to win the con-
ference tournament next Fri
day and Saturday at Towson. It
also gave the Washington team
the No. rank over Baltimore
University in conference stand
ings for the season.
1913 pounds-Don Reck .fTowson) de-
feated Joe James tGalauoett' 70 g.,
$50 pocnds--Don Hughes (Towsonl
defeated James Magness tGallaudetl, 2
to o.
1877 pounds-BiH Owings, Towson. de-
feated Harry Scofield tGallaudet). 6 to 4.
lat pounds-Draw between Arturo
Montoya (Gallaudet) and Bob Webster
(Towson).
157 pounds-Harold Wright tGallau-
det) threw Wayne Harman (Towson).
I67 nounds-Franklin willis (Gallau.
det) threw Dick elem (Towson). Time.
sos.
III pounds-Denny Psoras fTowsonl
defeated John Jacobs tGallaudeD. 4 10 0.
Unlimited--James Flaherty (Gallau-
det) threw Lee Hughes (Towson). Time,
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haired. With Krauss were j.
Bernard (Skinny) Carroll, Eddie
Krieger, Jack Brosman and
Frank Roberts.
Incidentally, a member Of the
winning YMCA team Of 1911 was
Roy Whitford who, like Baum,
a retired employe of The Star,
is the only man who has par
ticipated in every association
tournament.
The first 1,700 team score
came in 1922, with the Northeast
Temples rolling 1.718. In the
lineup were Harry Mccarthy,
Poss Holloran, Howard Camp
bell. Joe Mulroe and the late AL
Work, famed southpaw.
Woman bowlers were non-
existent in the early days Of the
sport here. With the pioneers
were members of the Ingram
Memorial Church Stars who won
the Glass A team title in the
women's first city tournament,
in 1914. also at the Palace, which
was decorated for the occasion.
The trappings included ribbons
around the cuspidors. Male
patrons were cautioned to be
careful with their language.
The Ingrams rolled 1882. On
the team were Bronson Quaites,
who was to become the only
woman president of the National
Duckpin Congress; Harriet
Greenwood, Annie Anderson,
Emily Smith and Billie Williams.
The women's event was II
years old before the first 1900
appeared, with the Hilltoppers
registering an even 1,500. On
the team were Billie Miner. Vir-
ginia Yarnell, Pauline Palmer
and Ann Whelan. now Mrs.
Charles E. Ford, wife of the at
torney.
A team named for Lorraine
GULL, the El Gees, was the first
to hit 1000, with 1858 in 1888.
Miss Gulli's teammates were
Polly Shugrue, Evelyn Ellis,
Loretta Leaman and Helen Sui
Ivan.
A score of 275 by Emily Smith
won the first Glass A singles and
three years later she repeated.
with the first 300-exactly 300.
An unforgettable pair marked
up the first 900 in doubles, with
Miss GULL and the late Rena
Levy. famed as a southpaw,
shooting $40 in 1922.
The advent of women brought
on a tremendous boom in
bowling. Their current tourna-
ment is being held at the Green
way, with the men at Fort Davis.
4 4 4 +
If, in 1910, anybody had sug-
gested duckpin scores would
reach the standards that now
prevail in Washington he would
have been thought to be loco.
Here are the current District
league records:
Men.
Team game-797 (WincheSter
Packard, District Major League,
1948).
Team set-2,093 Winchester
Packard, 1948).
Individual game-222 John
Evening star., 1955-02-20
Georgetown U. Swimmers
Overcome Morgan State
Special pispoteh 10 The sior

BALTIMORE. Md. Feb. 10
Georgetown University's unbeat-
en- swimming team ran its VIM
ming streak to six by defeating
Morgan State College, 81 to 50,
here today.
Feature performer for the
Hoyas was Ronnie Wardell, who
won the 100-yard free style IN
0:57.2.
(Tptgo, freeman Mcdrathl: Time; 3;;,26.
20O-yard free style: kelly lGD, &
Romboid tG], 3-Montsomery tM).
iiille. Inward free style: 1-corridon tGl.
2ocooper mi. 3ELeMault (G). Time.
VI? i5o.yard indiyidual medley: Free
man tGl, Mcdonald go, 3--Dick-
DIVING: 1-Zurmuhlen tG>. 2-Dick-
inson (M' 3-Brooks 'M'' winning
p'ISS iU0.ysrd free style 1--Wardell tGl.
2-Garrity (G). jackson (M. Time.
320-yard backstroke; white (Gl,
2--Lee Mo. 3--Hendricks 'M)' Time
t.SG55:yard breast stroke: l-Broyn
lMl, &-Brrooks tM>, Berry 'G,.
itt 44o-yard free style: I--LeMault to,.
2-Montgomery tMD, 3-Fuleher tMl.
4oo-yard relay: 1--Morsan !Keily.
Cooper. Dixon, Lee) Time, 4:2O.5.
Evening star., 1955-02-20

Yes terday, hea ih'mAs
while watching the opening Of
competition in the 45th annual
championships of the Greater
Washington Duckpin Association
at Fort Davis and the Greenway
Bowl, we got to thinking how few
of those engaged realized from
first-hand knowledge how much
the game had improved since the
early days of the tournament.
1t might be argued that the
improvement has been in direct
ratio to the rise in scores.
In the first tournament. held
in 1910 at the old Palace, one F.
Heindel won the Class A singles
with 372 and the all-events with
1923, an average Of 1885. In
those times a bowler with an
average a few points above 100
was rated a star. The great
Harry Krauss was a standout
with ITO.
+ y 4
Progress was slow. It was
not until 1924, when the tourna-
ment was IA years old, that the
first 400 set appeared, a 4l0
rolled by George Friend, now
proprietor of Friends Book
Shop.
Johnny Baum, mentioned here
the other day as an all-time
star at anchor, was a sensation
in 1918, when he won the all
events with LIS. an average Of
1851. He repeated in IA with
1858.
The tournament was in its
oath year before anybody fired
an all-events score in the 1900
class, with Paul Harrison turn
ing the trick with 1920 in 1884:
The next year Paul Jarman, who
last Tuesday rolled a game of
213, won with 1901. BY then
the Congress had been at work
seven years, with lot of prog
ress made toward standardizing
equipment due to the efforts of
the late George Isemann, execu-
tive secretary. To Isemann. and
his successor, Arville L. Eber-
sole, now in his 18th year in
Office, the sport is indebted be-
yond measure.
But getting back to some Of
those early scores, the winning
Glass A team in 1910, the Palace
Subways, headed by Krauss,
rolled 1912. Mantich of the
Subways' lineup will ring a
nostalgia bell for the frosty
Evening star., 1955-02-20
CIV OUT This Week
ToAyenge 12Straight
Losses 10 N. {. State
By George Huber

George Washington's basket
ball team defeated North Caro-
lima State, 46-40, back in 1943.
Since then the Wolfpack has
taken the Colonials IL straight
times. Once more CIV takes its
pitcher to the well this week.
playing at North Carolina State
Saturday night in the feature
of this weeks basketball sched-
ule for Washington teams.
This is the last big week for
basketball. regular-season ver-
sion. The only game of any i'm
portance between this week and
the various conference tourna-
ments the following week Is the
GW-Georgetown game March l.
Important One For Terps.
Sharing Importance with the
GW-N. c. State game this week
Is Maryland's game tomorrow
night at Wake Forest. The Ter
rapiris. who bowed to the Dea-
cons in overtime at College Park
back in December, need to win
this one to salt away their high
seeded place in the Atlantic
Coast Conference tournament.
Those two out-of town games
areN't all that's going on this
week. The revitalized George
town team is host to Maryland
Thursday night, and preceding
that is GW's last regular-season
Southern Conference clash
against William & Mary at Uline
Arena Wednesday night.
Catholic U. and American U.
are making their last big pitches
for places in the Mason-DiXOn
Conference tournament. Both
have outside chances, and both
could use help in having some
of the other teams ahead Of
them knocked off.
4 League Games for Gu.
Gu has four family games left.
all on the road but all against
teams it can beat on a good
night. The Cardinals just about
have to win them all from here
on in to gain a tourney berth.
American has only one league
game, that at Loyola Saturday
night, and chances of a victory
there are slim.
Navy has its big windup Sat-
urday as host to Army, and be-
fore that meets Dickinson Tues
day. Dickinson also plays at
AU Monday.
This weeks schedule:
TOMORROW.
Maryland at Wake Forest.
Dickinson at American U.
Catholic U. at Washington College.
Gallaudet at Western Maryland.
Newark at WilsSn; ilSsn.x
Dickinson WEDNESDAY,. as HsyE
william and Mary at George Wash
ington lUline):
Catholic U. at Western Maryland.
oallaudes At TETRsbHY' WfShtpTson College
Maryland at Georgetown.
FRIDAY.
Catholic O.. at Lynchburs.
Towson at SlEG1Rn.y WilsGn,
Georgetown at Mount Ct. Mary's
George Washington at North Carolina
Army at Navy.
American U. at Loyola.
Catholic U. at Randolph-Maeon.
Evening star., 1955-02-20

people, partlc-
ularly in the
East, now en-
joy a stand
ardized sport.
T / m e W q S
when duckpin
bowling was
m a k e S h If t,
with allS,
pins and lanes
differing to
S uch degree
at records
W ere almost
meaningless.
Evening star., 1955-02-20

Micro, Crawley Memorial League.
l950).
Individual set - 523 (Fred
Murphy, District Major League.
1882.
Average - 1920 (for 78
games) (Astor Clarke, District
Major League, 1939-4O.
Women.
Team game-714 (H. B. Leary
Co., Capital Women's Major
League. 1954).
Team set-1,950 III. B. Leary.
Capital Women's Major League,
1954).
Individual game-232 Vivian
Walsh, Capital Women's Major
League. 1954).
Individual set-469 (Ann Ha-
bercom, National tournament,
1859.
Average-119-16 for 108 games
lorraine GULL. Ice Palace Ma
jor League. l949-50).
Evening star., 1955-02-20
Italian Lightweight King
Decisions Famechon
BY the Assoeioted Press

MILAN. Italy, Feb. 19.-Duilio
Loi of Italy. European light
weight champion, punched out a
lO-round decision over Ray
Famechon Of France. European
featherweight champion. tonight
In a non-title fight.
Some $4,000 fans watched Loi.
who recently returned from
fights in Australia and the
United States, earn a clean-cut
verd8t over the Frenchman.
Thei were no knockdowns.
Evening star., 1955-02-20

use Of improvements
wrought by a long and earnest
struggle by the National Duckpin
Congress. many thousands Of
Evening star., 1955-02-20
Catholic U. Tankmen End
LoyoIa Dual Meet Streak

Catholic diversity handed Lo-
yola of Baltimore its first dual
meet swimming defeat in Mason
Dixon conference competition
in four years yesterday at Gu.
43-41.
3oo-yard medley; won by Catholic.
as0-yard free style: .1-ziernicki. tC).
2-Donesan, G). 3-Zauner. (C). Time:
60-yard dash: hogan. tC). 2--R.
Wheeler. Gl. 3-Schildwachter, u).
Time: 3l.1. seconds.
sIThassi lTGasssa {c' cSo'Ss s-k. s #hssisT' d.:
Diving: Medley. G).. 2-Fox. tc).
3-White. G). 55.IO points.
10O-yard free style: 1-Ziernicki.
(C). 2-Schildwachter. CD. 3-Mudd'
(C). Time: 1:O0.5.
5o0-yard backstroke: 1-Bogan. (cl.
60. Wheeler, G. 3-R. Wheeler.
200-yard breast stroke: 1--cole. tcl.
s-simansky. G). a-Wohlfarth. &C..
44o-yard swim: 1-Donesan. q.
2-zieTnicsi' tc'. 3-zauner' c)'
4oo-yard relay; won by Loyola. Time:
4.155
Evening star., 1955-02-20

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Evening star., 1955-10-23
Vanishing Americana
THE PADDLE-WHEEL RIVER BOAT

steamer has been reduced to
the role Of excursion boat,
carrying passengers who seek
a magic carpet to q romantic
past.
The age Of the river boat
began on the Hudson River
at the turn of the 10th cen
tury. with Robert Fulton the
father Of the enterprise. Al
though Fulton held no pat
ents on steamboat inventions,
his genius for combining the
best from the ideas Of others,
coupled with friends In the
New York Legislature who
won him exclusive right to
operate on the Hudson,
brought him success.
It was Fulton who first ran
a steam ferryboat from New
York to Brooklyn. Fulton's
steamers we're the speediest
and most economical way to
travel up the Hudson to Al
bany, starting point for the
West.
The paddle-wheel was used
through Fulton's insistence.
Evening star., 1955-10-23

One Of his hackers wanted to
try the screw propeller, but
Fulton held out for the
paddle-wheel. The first Of his
river boats was the Clermont,
later rechristened the North
River. From that beginning,
he built his fleet.
In 1924. when the rivers OF
the Nation were thrown open
to all comers, fierce competi-
ton developed. Carrying pas
sengers and freight by river
boat was a lucrative business
in the early days. because the
railroads were not fully de-
yeloped.
It was q dual battle, for
passengers and for speed. The
rivalry became so intense that
at one point some OF the lines
were carrying passengers free
Of charge, in an effort to lure
trade. The stories OF the races
between the river steamers.
as the competing captains
sought to prove their vessels
the fastest, are more dramatic
than legend.
Evening star., 1955-10-23

nNE Of the most romantic
" eras Of American life was
that of the paddle-wheel river
boat.
It was the rowdy, lusty era
Of the tinhorn gambler. the
push to the West, the growth
Of the plantation, and the
struggle for supremacy on the
river. It had its leisurely side,
too. typical Of the leisurely
way Of doing things in the
first half Of the 18th century.
But, on occasion, it could
command all the excitement
Of a jet plane trip to London.
The paddle wheel river boat
sparked many songs, most
notable and lasting among
them "Old Man River" and
Waiting for the Robert e.
Lee" It was the inspiration
for an operetta - Jerome
Kern's SHOW Boat" It gave
Samuel L. Clemens his pen
name, Mark Twain.
The romance of the river
boats Is gone, and on today's
rivers the paddle wheel
Evening star., 1955-10-23
zone Of a Series)
By JACK JONAS

One Of the most famous
was q race from New Orleans
to st. Louis between two Of
the fastest on the Mississippi
1.-THE Natchez and the Robert
e. Lee.
The latter made the l,2l8
miles in three days. l8 hours
and 80 minutes. The Natchez
ran In to q fog and was
grounded on q sandbar 800
miles below st. Louis. The
mishap delayed her six hours.
The races sometimes brought
tragedy, too, from boiler ex-
plosions as over-zealous cap
tains pushed their equipment
beyond the limit.
The paddle wheel steamers
are still seen occasionally on
the rivers today. carrying
passengers sampling flayors
Of the past. Among the long
est Of such excursion runs
are the summer trips Of the
Greene lines tsee photo). from
Cincinnati TO New Orleans and
return. But the paddle-wheel's
hey-day has vanished.
Evening star., 1955-10-23
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-01
Miss Closer
Is Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Chaser
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Sandra Janet
to Mr.. George Kay Goldsmith.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Gold
smith of this city.
Miss CHASER is a senior at
Wilson Teachers College. Mr..
Goldsmith is . graduate of
Wilson Teachers College where
he received his BIS. degree In
elementary education. He has
also attended the Peabody
Conservatory of Music and
George Washington University.
He is presently teaching in the
District Of Columbia public
schools.
No date has been set for the
wedding.