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Mowgli and Kitty Kid Share Short Odds At Middleburg By LARRY LAWRENCE. In the point- to-point races at Middleburg, Va., tomorrow’ after noon at 3 o’clock, two great cross country horses, Mrs. Crompton Smith’s spectacular 1942 champion. Mowgli, and Mrs. E. Douglas Prime's outstanding mare, Kitty Kid, are favored over a distinguished field of distance horses in the running of the Middleburg Bowl. The start and finish of the 5-mile course, with its 21 jumps, is within 200 yards of the center of Middleburg on the adjoining estates of Mrs. Raymond Belmont and C. Oliver Iselin. Henry Boyer will have a leg up on Mowgli, while Kitty Kid will be ridden by Arnold Scruton, who has piloted the Prime entry in all her triumphs. Though their mounts have a high rating, both these riders will be put to it to stave off the challenge of such outstanding chasers as Lt. Col. Frederick War burg’s Noble Count with Fred Embry in the saddle and Capt. Alfred G. Allen’s Tennessee Joe, ridden by Pfc. Roland Ridgeway. Mrs. Charles W. McCormack has a decided threat to Agile, to be ridden by Sammy Naul, one of Virginia's smartest riders. Jay Bee Jay, with Owner E. Jenkins at the reins and Mrs. Norman K. Toerge’s Dedda Broom, ridden by Lt. Poole, also are entered. The ladies’ race, which will also be a 5-mile journey, has a splendid entry of proved endurance horses, besides some unknown quantities. Dorothy Mcllvaine, who rode Lt Col. Warburg's Battleday to a w’in of this race last year, again will be mounted on a Warburg entry’ that has not been named. Peggy Squires will be riding her Collen, a grand performer that may be a favorite. Nimrod, owned and ridden by Pat Lennen, also is well liked. Spencer Kimball will be up on her good Play Toy and Mrs. Hubert Phipps will name an entry to be ridden bv Peeev McCormack. Yank Training Stunts Will Aid Red Cross By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Mar. 17. —Admission to practice sessions of the New York Yankees at their camp here will be by contribution to the Red Cross War Fund. No mini mum or maximum has been set. But Red Cross workers will be stationed at the gate. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Boxing. South Atlantic prep and high school tournament, Ritchie Coli seum, College Park, 7:00. TOMORROW. Boxing. South Atlantic prep and high school tournament, Ritchie Coli seum, College Park. Semis at 2:00, finals, 8:00. Swimming. District AAU meet, Naval Re ceiving Station, South end of Eleventh street bridge, S.E., 8:00. Champ Miragliotta Late Entry In Schoolboy Ring Tourney rnsii Miragliotta, last years 120 pound champion, is a last-minute entry- in the 17th annual prep and : high school South Atlantic boxing championship tournament, opening at 7 o'clock tonight at University of ; Maryland's Ritchie Coliseum. The tourney will continue with semi finals bouts tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, with finals beginning at 8. The talented Miragliotta. lone representative of the Charleston (W. Va.) High School team, which won the title last year, will box in the 127-pound class. His addition brings the number of competitors to 47 from 7 schools. Other schools are Charlotte Hall and Massanutten Military Academies and Clifton Forge, Fairfax and Warren High Schools. Capt. S. W. Ehringer, athletic di rector of Charlotte Hall, sponsor of the tourney, is tournament chair man. Trophies will be given the team champion and runnerup and also to the boxers voted best in the tourney. University of Maryland also is presenting a trophy to the “fightingest fighter.” Miragliotta last year was voted the best boxer, j Officiating will be handled by Ed-1 die La Fond, athletic director at Catholic University, and Fausto Rubini, boxing coach at Maryland. Several outstanding boxers who will bear watching are Bob Murdock, 93 pounds, and Lester Maxwell, 113. of Massanutten; Spencer Newton, 113. and Arnold Goldstein, 165, of Charlotte Hall; Eddie Bosherman, 135, of Miller School and A1 Powell, 145, of Warren. George De Curtis, 120, and Heavy weight Nicholas Cotugno of Massa nutten should be In the running for individual honors. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. HIGHLAND PARK, N. J.—Bob Wade. 16314. Newark, stopped Joe (Butch) Lynch, 169, Plainfield (2); Jerry Coursal. 139. Valley Stream, knocked out Tony Calontoni. 148. Perth Amboy (3); Oscar Goode. 174. Newark, outpointed James Polk, 163, Camp Kil mer (6). LOWELL. Mass.—Tony Campo. 146, Boston, outpunched Popeye O'Coyne, 146, Worcester (8): the Blond Tiger, 130, Lowell, and A1 Deangelis, 130, Revere, draw (8). PHILADELPHIA. — Henry Jordan. 14614, Philadelphia, outpointed Mike Evans. 14iy,. Philadelphia (8): Ted Harrison. 175. Philadelphia, knocked out Mike Dematteo, 175. Wilming ton. (2) HAS BIG IDEAS — Marvin Biddle, Charlotte Hall boxer, may be little, but he’s pug nacious and has full inten tions of winning the 80-pound title in the South Atlantic prep and high boxing tourney that opens tonight in Ritchie Coliseum at the University of Maryland.—Star Staff Photo. Pa/ weekly or monthly on your credit. (No carrying charges. i JULIUS IHDunasNVi 9-PC. 18th CENTURY DINING ROOM SUITE $249 Graciously styled in the 18th Century man ner, this attractive suite comprises a large credenza buffet, credenza china cabinet, Duncan Phfye extension table, host chair and 5 side chairs with upholstered seats. Built of rich mahogany veneers with hand waxed finish. Opened “J. L." Budget Account! I min ( VULIUS VANSBURGH I ^J<z7urniture Company * 9 0 9 T STREET, NORTHWEST t 22,000 Mexicans See Hornsby Club Win By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, Mar. 17.—Rogers Hornsby's Vera Cruz Blues defeated Mexico City Reds, 6 to 4, yesterday in the opening game of the Mexican League. A record crowd was esti mated at 22,000. Seating capacity of the Mexico City park is 15,000, but thousands found standing space. Play was delayed 15 minutes while fan* invaded the field carrying Juan Zurlta, new world NBA lightweight boxing champion, on their shoulders. Zurlta threw the first ball—a wild looper. Max Thinks Buddy Done as Soldier By the Associated Presa. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Mar. 17.—Sergt. Max Baer said here that his brother, Sergt. Buddy Baer, now in a Miami hospital, undoubtedly will be given a med ical discharge from the Army Air Forces." Buddy, who has been in' the hospital for several weeks, is suf fering from leg and neck injuries received during his fighting days and which recurred in Army service. Max said. “He has aged considerably and his hair has turned almost white,” the former heavyweight champ said. Hawks in Playoff Despite Loss As Boston Hockey Club Bows By the Associated Press. Chicago's Blackhawks owed the Detroit Red Wings a note of thanks today. The Hawks, fighting for the fourth and last playoff berth in the Na tional Hockey League, dropped a 3-2 decision last night to Montreal Canadiens, the 24th home win in a row for the loop leaders. But Detroit nosed out Boston's Bruins, 10-9, to erase that club's last chance of getting into the play off. and assuring the Hawks the berth. That 10-9 score, incidentally, tied the league record for total goals. # Herbie Cain, star wingman of the Bruins who broke the circuit’s 14 year-old scoring mark Tuesday against Chicago, counted a goal and four assists against the Wings to run his total to 80. And the Canadiens, with two games to go, ran their point total to 79 to erase the old record of 77 amassed by Boston during the 1920-30 campaign. Navy Gridmen Out Monday ANNAPOLIS, Md„ Mar. 17 (JP).— Spring football practice at the Naval Academy will start next Monday. LET'S KEEP AMERICA — AMERICAN « America—Your America—has become great and strong because of the indomitable spirit of its people. Through years of sweat and blood, hard working, free Americans have built an invincible nation—a nation which stands as a symbol to all freedom-loving men through out the world. ★ Our boys are fighting to keep America American. They want to come back to the America they left, their homes, churches, schools, their service clubs, their friends and buddies. They want to come back to their jobs and take up where they left off—they want to be able to carve their own futures in their own way—unmolested. ★ To remind us all of these many things our boys are fighting for, the Kiwanis Club will, from time to time, publish in the interest of a Free America, messages which we hope will inspire men to Keep His America ... American I I These Things We Hold*. i ’ that it is every free American’s right to worship God in the manner he chooses and accordihg<to his own conscience and understanding. tliUt Free Speech and Freedom of the Press are foundation-stones of the democratic way of life, and should be defended against the onslaughts * . .: of those who might wish to abridge or destroy them. tnUt freedom of opportunity must be nurtured and preserved so that America’s sons and daughters may continue to enjoy the right to achieve their ambitions, according to their wishes and capacities; that an individual’s destiny is his own to shape'and establish. that America’s children may continue to enjoy the parental love and wholesome happiness of the family, supplemented by freedom of education which admits the whole and undistorted truth about the world in which they live. that America shall ever be the land of hope, the model of democracy ..."The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.” Keep Jul America-AMERICAN % KIWANIS CLUB OF WASHINGTON