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HURLER PROBLEM
PUzzL|NG CRON|N
10 Make 23 Trips to Slab in
8 TiItS-Yank Homer
Beats AS, 10.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


A MONG the numerous per-
~ picking problems which
~ have arisen to plague
a major league managers is
the big one which faces Wash
ington's Joe Cronin what's
wrong with the Senators pitch
ing?
Last season it was largely the
hurting of the Senatorial big Four.
Alvin Crowder, Earl Whitehill, Monte
Weaver and Walter Stewart. which
carried the Mats to the American
League championship. So far this
season, 10 different Senator elbowers
have made a total of % appearances
in eight games and the standing of
the clubs shows Washington in seventh
place with three victories and five
defeats. Only one. AL Thomas. has
remained on the job nine innings.
Stewart made his second unsuccess-
full start of the season yesterday as
the Senators opened their home sea-
son and took 5-to-0 trimming from
the Red Sox. With $4,000 fans. in
Guiding President Roosevelt, looking
on, the slender southpaw pitched four
shutout innings. Then a rainstorm
help up the game for an hour, and
when it was resumed Manager Cronin
decided to turn the hill over to Jack
Russell.
The Sox belted him out in one
inning, scoring three runs, and clouted
Crowder for two more before Bob
Burke finished up. Johnny WEIGH,
meanwhile. limited the champions to
five hits.
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MORE THAN SCORE
IN REGULAR Jobs
Bonura of Chicago, Heffner
of New York American
League Sensations.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n IEW YORK, April 25.-The
nj Cubs and the Dodgers,
" the White Sox and the
= Yankees, on the face of
the early returns, are most to
be congratulated on their base
ball scouting system.
More than a score Of frst-year
men have been cavorting more or less
regularly on major league diamonds
since the season opened, but standing
out above the rest so far have been
George CTut) Stainback of the Cubs,
Zeke Bonura of the White Sox, Don
Heffner Of the Yankees, and Len
Koenecke of the Dodgers.
Given his chance for a regular out
field berth through the preseason in
jury to Hard-Luck HaZen Cuyler.
Stainback, one of the greatest speed
merchants the National League has
seen come up in years, has delivered
with a bang. His fielding has been
f1awless and his batting SO good that
Cuyler probably will be kept on the
bench until the rookie from Los An
geles hits a slump. So far he has
pounded opposing pitching for 10 hits
in 26 times at bat for a 1885 average.
compared with the 335 he compiled
in the Coast League last year.
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Welch Native Son, Returns as Pitching Plague Of Mats
n Strong

the runway, three by walks and
one through q flelder's choice.
Kuhel's single in the second came
after two were out and two re-
tirements separated the singles
made by Berg and Stone in the
third.
Cronin walked in the fourth be-
fore play was halted by the down.
pour and was forced out by Schultz
after the game was resumed.
Schultz advanced on q wild pitch
then Kuhel drew a pass. Neither
Bluege nor Berg could aid.
The last base-denting by the
champs occurred in the sixth and
then they had all bases packed.
Two were out, however, when
Schultz singled, Kuhel walked and
Bluege got an infleld hit.
Up went Harris to bat for Berg.
Two strikes that did not look so
hot from the press perch atop the
grandstand roof were called on
Dave by Umpire Brick Owens. In
desperation the sheriff swung, and
popped out. 3. =.
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Bonura Hammers Apple.

DONURA, big first baseman from
n Dallas, has been just as big a
sensation in the White Sox line
UP. He has clipped along at .38l
rate so far and inserted three homers
in his collection of eight hits.
Heffner, however, has been the real
surprise, stealing the headlines his
more highly-touted rookie comrade,
Bob Rolfe, had been expected to draw.
A smooth second baseman from Bal
timore, Heffner was rated a weak
hitter whose brilliant fielding would
nevertheless keep him in the Yankee
lineup. But the rookie has shown
no batting weakness so far His av-
erage stood at .381 today while Rolfe,
now on the shelf with an ankle in
jury, was hitting at only 200 clip.
Like Stainback, Koenecke received
his big chance through the injury of
a regular, Danny Taylor. Labelled
a "bust" when he was up with the
Giants a few years ago. Len has
pounded out 10 hits in 27 times at
bat for an average of $40, and flelded
sensational to boot.
Although their averages are not so
high, Alan Strange from Hollywood,
Harland Cliff from San Antonio and
George Puccinelli from Rochester
seem to have caught on regularly
with Rogers Hornsby's st. Louis
Browns. Strange has hit .2s4 so far.
Gift .278 and Puccinelli ESQ.
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Cameramen Cramp Presidents Style on First Pitch
linn

ceremony but the Red Sox did
all the parading around the
bases in the game Clark
Grif1th, Washington club presi-
dent, and John Nance Garner,
Vice President of the United
States, were outstepped by Chief
Saluskin, q Yakima Indian in
full regalia of his tribe, as they
led the march viewing the
procession from the rear, every
body was in step but the Army
Band that led everything on
the way back, though, the Army
Band put the rest to shame.
Three great fielding plays in the
contest Walters gave one Of
Russell's pitches a tremendous
wallop at the outset of the fifth
but Manush ran back to the
left-field corner to haul down the
drive with one hand in the
seventh Stone ran smack against
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Some Clever Pitching.

NH7HiLE Oral Hildebrand hurled
w four-hit ball, the Cleveland
Indians clouted four St. Louis
fingers for 19 hits, including a pair
OF homers by Hal Trosky, and won,
Is to 2. Detroit's Tigers subdued the
White Sox, to 3, in another slugfest
Forty thousand fans turned out to
see Charley Ruf1ing of the New York
Yankees and John Marcum of the
Philadelphia Athletics hook I'D In a
great pitching duel which Ruf1ing won
when Frank Crosetti belted a home
run in the sixth for the only run of
the game. Each twirler allowed only
four hits.
The Chicago Cubs won their sixth
straight National League victory, a
80 decision from the Cincinnati Reds
scoring all their runs off Dazzy Vance
IN the first inning. Right on the Cubs
heels came the world champion Giants
with an lit triumph over the Phillies
gained largely by pair of home runs
apiece by Pitcher Hal Schumacher
and Mel OFT. A homer by FREDDY
Lindstrom, with two on In the ninth
gave Pittsburgh a 5-4 decision over
the st. Louis Cardinals.
The Boston Braves found a near
relative in Walter Beck. big Brooklyn
Highlander, and won their first
home game, 5 to 3.
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the right-field barrier and leaped
high to get Solters' sock a
nervy piece Of fielding Wer-
ber looked the greatest shortstop
in the business as he came in like
a flash and scooped up with one
hand Schulte's siZzler in the
eighth then threw like light
ming to get his man.
Werber and Reynolds sure
punished the Washington mounds
men they never kept Werber
of the runway the Berwyn
boy who learned his base ball at
Tech High here singled the first
time up, walked the next, then
reeled of three singles in a row
Reynolds was erased his
first trip to the plate then pro-
ceeded to hit safely four times.
Volta rain 1t was that drove the
President from the park and
there was so much Of it play had
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Minor Leagues

International.
Newark, 1; Rochester, O.
Montreal, s.; Baltimore, 2.
Buffalo-Albany. rain.
Toronto-Syracuse, wet grounds.
Southern Association.
Knoxville, 70; Nashville, S.
Little Rock, g; New Orleans, 8.
Birmingham, z; Memphis. 2.
American Association.
Indianapolis. 4; Toledo, 2.
Louisville, 2; Columbus. o.
Minneapolis, g., Milwaukee, |.
Kansas City-St. Paul, cold weather
Pacific Coast.
Los Angeles, IL; Sacramento, /.
San Francisco, 8; Oakland, 7.
Missions-Seattle,r rain.
Hollywood-P Portland, wet grounds.
Texas.
Fort Worth, 4; Oklahoma City. 3.
Dallas, z: Tulsa, 2.
San Antonio, 6; Beaumont, Cite,
called in eighth.
Galveston, 19; Houston, II.
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chuck until the storm broke in
the fourth inning, there was fine
entertainment for the throngs at
hand. Both Walter Stewart, the
Nationals left handler and WEIGH
pitched great guns and nobody
could find his way to the plate.
But along came the rain to
drive the President from the ball
park and maybe it may be blamed,
too, for what happened to the Ma
tionals afterward.
For when play that had been
stopped while Washington was at
bat in the fourth was resumed an
hour and q quarter later, Stew
art had passed from the pitching
peak. During the delay his arm
had cooled to such an extent that
Cronin deemed it best to have
Jack Russell on the hill when the
Red Sox came up for their fifth
batting turn.
The Red Sox had combed Stew
art for a walk and four hits in his
four rounds. They fell upon Rus
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to be suspended an hour and
quarter well. the ground crew
got a lot of exercise with the in
field tarpaulin they dragged it
on and of the diamond three times
the umpires were that fret
full about the dampness.
Kuhel went INTO the game not
feeling so spry and still is that way
seems his illness might be
diagnosed as tonsilitis if he
had tonsils Whitehill came up
with cold in his back muscles
and had to see doc yesterday
he'll be rather inactive two or
three days perhaps Weaver was
expected to start the pitching for
the Nationals today =. washington
used Is players in the season
inaugural here the remainder
of the champs probably will be
trotted out today. j. B. K.
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Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Hal Trosky, Indians Hit two
homers and two singles against
Browns, batting in six runs.
Guy Bush, Cubs-Limited Reds to
eight hits for second victory Of season.
Charley Rufflng, Yankees-Shut out
Athletics with four singles, striking
out four.
Fred Farmhouse, Braves-Tripled
in fourth to start three-run rally that
defeated Brooklyn.
Fred Marberry. Tigers-Scattered
nine Chicago hits for second straight
triumph.
Hal Schumacher, Giants-Knocked
in five runs with two homers to win
own game from Phillies.
Johnny WEIGH, Red Sox-Blanked
Senators with five hits to win, SO.
Freddy Lindstrom, Pirates - Hit
homer with two on base in ninth to
beat Cardinals.
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sell and his successors, AL Crowder
and Bob Burke. for enough hits

sell and his successors, AL Crowder
and Bob Burke, for enough hits
to run their game-total to 16.
It was Russell who took the
beating and he did so in one
inning. He disposed of the first
two batters up in the fifth quickly
then walked Bishop. That was the
blow-off Successive singles by
Werber, Morgan, Roy johnson and
Reynolds followed to run up three
Boston runs.
Crowder came on in the sixth
to yield score that crossed after
two were out. Ferrell began the
attack with a single, moved up on
outs and Tailed as Bishop bingled.
1t was Crowder, too, who paved
the way to the final alien tally
that was registered in the eighth.
Walters began this session with q
two-bagger and Burke was rushed
to the Gems rescue. Welch bunted
a single of Burke and after Bishop
fouled out Werber hit to get Wal
ters home.
washington's attack was pitifu1.
Only nine Of the Nati1pals got on
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No Punch Along Line.

THOSE Cronin figures to remove
from the game temporarily have
had their troubles at the batting
block. Stone, the newcomer to the
club, has hit best of the lot. He shows
an average of .278. But Stones bat
ting has been too spasmodic to be of
any real value to the Nationals thus
far. Manush shows an average of but
PAL, Bluege with and without his new
specs has cracked the ball at only q
POT pace
Myer, all but helpless from the start,
has hit just .096. He has made but
one hit in the last five games.
Cronin is hitting only 200 and may
lift himself from the lineup for a
spell. I'm having as much trouble
up there as some of the Others" he
admitted. Perhaps I'll be out of the
game for time, too, although we
have not sufficient substitutes to re-
place the entire lot of regulars. Had
we enough, might be tempted to try
that"
Should the changes be made, Harris
would take Manushs place in left,
Dugas relieve Stone in right, Travis
replace Bluege at third and Boken go
to second in place Of Myer.
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Solters Timely Hitter.

JULIUS SOLTERS' timely slugging
with the Boston Red Sox has
y been a feature Of the early re-
turns and Hal Trosky, new Indian
first baSeman, drove in six runs with
two homers and pair Of singles yes
terday after a slow start. Frank
Hayes, young catcher who hits them
far when he connects, has been the
principal find of Connie Mack's
Athletics
Harry Lavagetto, new Pirate second
baseman, has hit only .240 so far,
but has driven in six runs. Ivy
Shiver, clouter from the Interna-
tional League, went hitless in 19
times at bat for Cincinnati before
getting home run and a single yes
terday and his average stands at .087.
The Phillies rockies, Louis Chiozza,
Meredith Hopkins and Irvine Jeffries.
have been disappointing at the plate
so far,
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Sox Just Repeat
2O.Year.Old Feat
HISTORY does repeat. Indeed

HISTORY does repeat. Indeed
i i it does!
In the sports section of
yesterdays Star daily feature, 40
Years Ago in The Star" began as
follows:
Boston defeated Washington,
SO, yesterday in the opening game
Of the Nationals home season.
Eddie Foster and Eddie Ainsmith
accounted for five of Washington's
six hits"
Yesterday, 20 years later, Boston
again defeated Washington, SO,
in the Nationals first home game.
The current Griffs. though, made
one less hit.
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10 Ilcl VCS, llcduy 4IdyCu
- by the Washington clubs
punk performances, worn
4 = to razor edge by its sad
home start yesterday, Manager
Joe Cronin is ready to resort to
desperate measures in an effort
to get the Nationals up and
going.
The lineup to take the field for
the second set-to of the series with
the Red Sox was apt to differ con-
siderably from that which yesterday
folded up and passed out quietly be-
fore President Franklin D. Roosevelt
and $4,000 others attending the rain
heightened base ball inaugural at
Griffith Stadium.
Cronin was expected to call on the
Washington reserves this afternoon
and let some of the regulars who
have not done much more than pick
up base balls and throw them in the
eight games played idle on the bench
And it is hitting that is needed.
Those likely to be affected by the
drastic move the Washington man
. ager contemplated, after the 5-to-O
setback the Nationals suffered in their
first showing before their home folk
this season, are Buddy Myer, Ossie
Bluege, Heinie Manush and Jack
Stone.
And those likely to see action as
the result of the benching of these
regulars are Bob Boken, Cecil Travis,
Dave Harris and Gus Dugas.
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Major Leaders

BY the Associated Press.
ncluding Yesterdays Games.)
American League.
Batting-Dickey, Yankees, .533;
Reynolds, Red Sox, .483.
RdAs-Goslin, Tigers, 7; Chapman
and Dickey, Yankees, Morgan, Rec
Sox. johnson, Athletics, Manush, Sen.
ators, and Bonura, White Sox, 6.
Runs batted in-Reynolds, Red Sox
IL; Dickey, Yankees, 9.
Hits-Werber and Reynolds, Red
Sox, IA.
Doubles-Werber, Red Sox, Z;
Knickerbocker. Indians, 4.
Triples-Reynolds, Red Sox, 2; 16
players with one.
Home runs-Bonura, White Sox, 8;
Ruth and Dickey, Yankees, Foxx
johnson and Hayes, Athletics, Pucci-
nelli, Browns, and Trosky, Indians, 2
Stolen baseS-Walker, Tigers, 6:
Greenberg, Tigers, and Gehrig, Yam
KEGS, 8.
Pitching-Rufing, Yankees, Welch
Red Sox, Marberry, Tigers, Thomas
Senators, and Hildebrand, Indians
20.
National League.
Batting-Traynor, Pirates, .529
Wilson, Dodgers, .476.
Runs-Moore and Cergez, Giants
MedWick, Cardinals, Klein and Stain.
back, Cubs, and Vaughan, Pirates, z
Runs batted in-Klein, Cubs. 10
Suhr, Pirates, Medwick, Cardinals
and Moore, Giants, 7.
Hits-Moore. Giants, 13; Klein
Cubs, and Lindstrom, Pirates, IL.
Doubles-Moore, Giants, and Lind.
strom, Pirates, T.
Triples-13 players with one.
Home runs-Klein. Cubs, Medwick
Cardinals, and OFT. Giants, 3.
Stolen Chiozza, Phillies, ane
Rothrock, Cardinals, 2.
Pitching - Farmhouse, Braves
Warneke and Bush, Cubs, Mungo
DODGERS and Hubbell, Giants, 20.
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DERBY RIVALS VIE
IN GRAW FEATURE
Shenandoah Purse Expect
ed to Furnish LoWdoWn on
CavaICade's Class.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
7 OUISVILLE, KY, April Is.
-LouiSville's Derby en-
thusiasts, with nothing but
- workouts to Judge the
merits of candidates training
here, turned today to the East,
where a smart band of eligibleS
for the Kentucky Derby, May S,
was entered in the Shenandoah
Purse at Havre De Grace over
a mile and 10 yards.
The result of this test was expected
to furnish an answer to questions
concerning the ability of Mrs. I. D.
Sloane's Cavalcade, considered in
many circles to be the most serious
Eastern threat in the Derby. Caval-
cade was coupled with Mrs. Sloane S
Anarchy today.
C. V. Whitney'S Jabot, one Of the
three outstanding fllies nominated
for the Derby, was coupled with Col
lateral, a Whitney colt, and others
in the field were Col. E. r. Bradleys
Boy Valet, Mrs. Frank j. Heller's
Agrarian and William Woodward's &
Firelock. all eligible for the Ken
lucky Derby.
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headed by John ]. McGraw and
Charles j. Comiskey, who took flock
of Giants and White Sox to Europe
and other dark continents some years
ago. The size Of the crowds gave the
athletes the impression that Europe
was in the Piedmont League. They
had one good but very poorly educated
crowd in London.
"Oh, very well done, old chapi"
shouted the customers when an out
fielder caught q hy. without shifting
his dogs. and Tho bad. out OF
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Sees Worth in Reserves.

I'm CONFIDENT Harris would take
good care of any outfield post
and rather sure he would 60 well
at bat II in there for several days."
said Cronin. "Dave has a lot of pow
er and when in a stretch of games
does not seem to have that trouble
with right-hand pitchers he expert
enceS when batting in pinch roles.
Dugas might hit for us, too. He mur-
dered the ball in the International
League last year.
Nothing to bother about in using
Boken. He's a ball player, through
and through. And Travis came along
fast in training this Spring. He is
not the finished player Bluege is. Of
course. but he can give you pretty
good game at third base. And he
might bat" the manager added.
II tell you, I'm ready to try almost
anything to get the club out of its
batting slump. Why not put these re-
serves in there and see what they can
do? We must get hitting some way, -
Cronin contended, "even If we have
to juggle the lineup daily for a
while"
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Poor Attack Irks Cronin.

DISGUSTED by the feeble failing
- done by the American League
champions in their first eight
engagements, the manager said this
morning he was prepared to try all
talent at his call to get the club in
stride. The generally meager maui
ing done while the Nationals were on
the road had Cronin seething, but
that banking they took here yester-
day, when they were limited to five
singles, was more than he could toll
crate.
"Other than Schultz, our regulars
have been all but lost at the plate, -
Joe frothed "Fred's the only 300
hitter among the lot. That kind of
attack won't get us anywhere. And
the regulars appear to be going from
bad to worse. I think it's about time
to try some of the others we have
with us.
Il probably will have some new
ones in there when we tackle the Red
Sox again. Our reserves certainly
could not be worse than the regulars
have been. Maybe they'll provide
more punch. I'm ready to try them,
anyway"
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Will Elect Heal Colonel.

|OV. RUBY LAFFOON has issued
" a call for all members of "The
Honorable Order of Kentucky
Colonals" to attend the first annual
banquet of the organization here on
Derby eve, May 4.
Among the notables invited, all Of
whom are Kentucky colonies. are Post
master General James A. Farley Col.
Louis McHenry Howe, Clark Gable,
Mae West, Eddie Cantor, Will Rogers,
Irwin S. Cobb, Thomas D. Taggart,
Eddie Bowling and Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ton Downey.
Officers will be elected at the ban
quet. Its sponsors say the organiza-
tion's motto is Let there be no more
time than necessary between mint
juleps."
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bounds" added one of them when a
White Sox slugger socked the ball out
of the park.
The enthusiastic silence which
greeted the boys in every country but
Japan caused Mr.. McGraw q certain
amount Of worry.
"They really like the game" he as
Sured his charges.
WELL" said one of them, ct never
realized before how much they love it
In st. Louis"
In Paris the pastime is practiced by
American expatriates, who 60 out to
the Bois Of Sunday afternoon. They
play with lot Of fine enthusiasm. but
they seldom succeed in rousing the
French spectators from a state bor-
dering on torpor.
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Homer Standing
BY the Associated Press.

Home Runs Yesterday.
OFT, Giants, q; Schumacher, Giants,
2; Trosky, Indians, 2; Berger, Braves,
/; Medwick, Cardinals, l; Wilson,
Phillies, L: Lindstrom, Pirates, l;
Shiver, Reds, /: Crosetti, Yankees. !.
The Leaders.
Klein, Cubs, 3: OFT, Giants, 3: Med
wick, Cardinals, 8; Bonura, White
Sox, 3.
League Totals.
National, 81: American, 30; total, 81.
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in 3 feet OF
ground by the
W ary peasants.
Signor Mussolini
became weary Of
sport for the mo-
ment and con-
soled himself by
a t t q c h ing the
purse Of the Car
nera p q ulin o
fight in r o m e
and handing 1t
over to charity.
Then there was
the expedition
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LISTS CIRCLE A. c. Nine
Colesville, Winner of Opener, to
Be Host on Sunday,

Colesville Cardinals, unlimited title
holders in Montgomery County, who
inaugurated their 1884 campaign with
an impressive triumph over the Breni-
zer A. c. last week end, have booked
the Circle A. c. Of Washington for
a game on Valdenar Field, at Coles
vile, Sunday at 3 o'clock.
The Cardinals are planning to play
Saturday games in addition to their
regular Sabbath schedule.
The Poolesville High nine will
journey to Sandy Spring tomorrow to
meet the Sherwood High School
team.
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The Example of Italy.

The Example Of Italy.
-HERE is the possibility. though,
that Russia isn't ready for base
ball. When II Duce tried to
make it the national pastime of Italy
a few years ago he met with a good
were distributed. only to be buried
Evening star., 1934-04-25

~ RESIDENT ROOSEVELT
u never had chance to
show his true throwing
i form yesterday the
move and newspaper sharp
shooters made him pose with his
trusty right arm raised well above
his head as they snapped their
pics several minutes the
snap was gone from it when he
made the throw Walter
Stewart ducked under a flock Of
outstretched National arms, leaped
and made a neat catch Of the
priced sphere that ball, with
the President autograph on it, will
repose in the Steward library at
Crossville, Tenn.
Our Nationals are better parad-
ers than the Red Sox before
a ball game they had a good
line going down the field to the
hagpole for the color -hoisting
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Partisan in the Outfield.

r REMEMBER seeing one informal
game in which q French youth
was commandeered to play right
field and round out the team. He wore
q beret and an expression Of physical
detachment. He covered his position
on his back, with his legs spread out
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 6.)
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ALEXANDRIA WINS MEET.

Alexandria Highs track team van.
quished Western High and Washing
ton-Lee High in triangular track
meet yesterday in the Western Sta
dunn. Western. finishing second with
43 points, was close behind Alexandra
with 46. WaShhgton-Lee counted 81