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Evening star., 1936-03-13
Todd Hitting Well.
TODD was obtained from the Phi

TODD was obtained from the Phil
lies. He is hitting at merry
pace in Spring training. Last year he
slipped to .289 after .314 in 1884, but
Traynor thinks he will return above
the 300 mark.
"It looks as if Cy Blanton and Bill
Swift, the leagues two leading pitchers
in effectiveness last year. will have
great seasons" Traynor said. "They
won SO games last year and should do
even better"
Ready for a regular berth is Mace
Brown, from Tulsa of the Texas
League, who won four and lost one
with the Pirates last year. He should
be ready for big year." Traynor ex-
planned. We've got to count on him
as regular"
Evening star., 1936-03-13
Diz Dean Spurns
Hell p of Newson

By Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla, March 49,
Jerome Herman Dizzy Dean,
pitcher, holdout and possible pugi-
list, doesn't need anybody to help
him in battle, not even Washing
tons great Buck Newsom.
The Dizzy one, politely but firmly,
SO informed Mr.. Newsom yesterday
after blushing Buck extended by
wire (collect) an offer to help Diz
In any Of his numerous forthcom-
ing fights.
"If you need help" read Bucks
wire, I'll hire a. plane and rush to
Bradenton right away. Incidental
ly, you're not worth $40, 900; you're
worth $50,000. Keep holding out"
Dizzy's reply, which the Cardinal
star paid, read:
Thanks for your offer of help,
but I don't need any. Hope you
win your rs games. I'll be pulling
for you. u. H. (DIzzY) DEAN"
F. e. s. .
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season there were 81 other 800 hit
ters who played in 100 or more games
And there are a lot more who didn't
hit 300 but who are capable of goine
way over this season if they get the
breaks.
Il got the breaks last year. A bal
player doesn't figure to get the same
breaks twice in row, but I'm leav.
ing that out when figure the odds a.
| so to /. There are simply that many
hitters who are good enough to leac
the league"
Buddy leaned back against the dug
out and surveyed the diamond
There's guy" he remarked, point
ling to Cecil Travis batting against
Buck Newsom. who can do it. Il
he can get the breaks, Travis oughts
have great average. He's the best
slow-ball hitter I've ever seen.
And there's plenty more. Look
down the list of American League
hitters. Look way down. Carl Rey-
nolds hit only .270, but he's a good
batter. Heinie Manush hit only 273 OF
something like that. Trosky was
around .270 and AL Simmons was in
the .260s. An, of course, there are
fellows like Gehrig, Greenberg, Cra-
mer, Foxx and VoSmik
Feels Big Year Coming.
IT MIGHT be giving the wrong i'm
preston, at that. If I'm not in
love with my chances to repeat will
say that I feel like another big yeal
is coming Up. I'll hit over 800, ali
right"
Buddy, for all Of his cautiousness
at estimating the odds against him
is so positive of another big year al
bat that 1t attracts attention. 1t cant
be the winning of the championship
alone.
Nor is it. This years schedule is
going to help me and every other
player on the Washington club" dis
closed Charles Solomon. Last yeai
I would have hit better than .349 if il
wasn't for the schedule. Our club
ICoo pOppTNC 0FE pooa o.
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UNJUST WIN GAM"
IS CLUBS SLOGAN
Harris, Griffith Have Men
Keyed to Top Pitch for
Clash Tomorrow.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.


~ RLANDO, Fla, March 13.-
In an atmosphere more sug-
gestive of world series in
~ augural than the eve of an
exhibition game, Bucky Harris Ma
tionals are grimly awaiting the inva-
sion of BoSton's expensive Red Sox.
Keyed up by an intra-camp fray
that provided a tip-off yesterday
when tempers were lost and decisions
were argued bitterly, the Griffmen
will entertain the Boston club tomor-
row on Tinker Field in a collective
frame of mind probably unprecedented
In Washington training camp.
Victory over Joe Cronins charges
virtually amounts to a must" Clark
Griffith and Harris have attached an
Importance to tomorrow's tilt that
may seem slightly out of proportion.
A triumph will not help the Capital
entry in any team standing, but
both stoutly maintain that tomorrow's
tilt will carry much weight.
The primary reason, Of course, Is a
burning desire to see the kinder
garten kids" whip the highest-priced
ball team in the world. 1t will mean
q building up of necessary confidence,
Griff and Bucky logically argue. Sec
ondly, but not by much. is Harris de-
sire partially to seek revenge. Bucky
refuses to confirm the belief but there
seems to be little love lost between
himself and the Red SOX front Office
excepting Owner Tom Yawkey.
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the Tinker Field dugout. He sneaked
off from batting practice. he con-
fessed, to catch a breath he lost half
an hour ago. "I'll be needing it," he
explained, because Bucky's gonna
start infleld drill in a couple of min
utes."
THAT isn't the point of this man
hunt" Mr.. Myer was informed.
What do you think of people who
think you don't have any more than
an Ethiopian's chance of winning the
batting championship again?"
Charles Solomon cleared his throat
thoughtfully. THAT all depends, +"
he answered, ION how much of a
chance an Ethiopian.s got. If it's
so to /, for instance, the people are
right. That's just about what chance
have to lead the American League
again"
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JINX DAY DISTURBS
BOWLERS' SERENITY
ga Catholic Teams and Bluecoats
Draw Friday, the Thirteenth,
in a. B C. Tourney.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 13.-Bowlers
as sporting gentry have their
quirks of temperament and some Of
them are woefully superstitious.
This being Friday, the thirteenth, it
augurs not well for the serenity that
has marked the American Bowling
Congress tourney as it nears the close
of the first weeks competition.
So with fingers crossed on this orig
inal jinx day, the members of 81
Catholic teams will take to the drives.
Maybe it's incidental, but the two COM
plete squads will be preceded by a
police and f1remen ensemble and teams
from insurance companies and the
Lions Club.
The best scoring Of the tourney
to date last night produced a new
flve-man leader The Indianapolis
News team not only outrolled all other
booster quintets to date, but made a
strong bid for a cut on the regular
prize fund with 2,779 total.
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IA Teeth Yanked, Marberry Sees Success
Ple PoundCahers Scarce
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

Y AKELAND, Fla, March 13.-
1 Virgil Davis says Roy Par
melee has more stuff than
any man on the Cardinal
staff. including the Deans
They say Frank Pytlak's trouble
is only a complex He's as
good as ever If he'd only believe
it.
Izzy Kline, trainer for Barney
Ross, says. Jimmy McLarnin will
half kill Tony Canzoneri when
they meet in May .. Firpo Mar
berry believes he'll make the
grade With the Giants because
he's had IA teeth extracted.
Over at Bradenton yesterday
the Cardinals Clipped in to buy
Bill Delaney an expensive loung-
ing robe Bill Is Ill in Arizona
and can't play this year The
Cards are nice that way :.
When they won the 1884 world
series. thsy voted Q full share to
Evening star., 1936-03-13
BY a staff Correspondent of The Star

BY StaH correspondent OF Inc star.
~ RLANDO, Fla, March 49,
Wilson Daniel (Dee) Miles
may be the type of right
~ fielder to fit into the Wash
ington ball clubs accent-on youth
program. but it was apparent today
the fleet rookie outfielder has a bat
tie on his hands.
Elevated to the post of regular
right fielder in the first game of the
season-an intracamp affair of six
innings duration-Miles failed to
match the performances of two vet
Grams and it looked today as though
Johnny Stone and Carl Reynolds at
least rate on even terms in the only
real job battle on the club.
Stone and Reynolds, together with
Red Kress. provided the punch that
yesterday enabled the Yanigans to
battle to 6-6 tie with the Regulars
on Tinker Field. Miles, handicapped
by a stiff neck, went hitless in the
fray and had an error chalked up
against him.
An Interesting Show.
1T WAS quite a show for all the
rustiness in evidence. Arguments
galore cropped up to enliven the en-
tertainment, which was featured by the
successful debuts of Outfielder Jesse
Hill, Third Baseman Buddy Lewis
and Shortstop Cecil Travis as regulars.
Hill, in addition to beating out a
bunt and slashing out a clean single
in three trips to the plate, stole
second base on Sam Holbrook, con-
tinued to third when the throw went
wild, and eventually scored to serve
warning that he is serious about win
ming the American League base-steal-
ing championship.
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CLEVER RECEIVER
AIDS VET HURLERS
Traynor Says Al Will Save
Many Close Games for
Sturdy Outfit.
(This is one of series on pros
poets OF major league base ball
clubs
BY FELIX r. MCKNIGHT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

- AN ANTONIO, Tex, March 10.
- Alfred Chester Todd, stony
visaged catcher, holds the pen
- nant hopes of the Pittsburgh
Pirates in his big mitt.
He'll be quarterback" for a crew
of veterans in his freshman year with
the club.
Last year we finished fourth"
unused Manager Harold (Pie) Tray
nor. 1T wasn't the pitching-it
wasn't the hitting. 1t was trouble
behind the plate.
I'VE believe we have the solution
in Todd. He'll do the 'quarterbacking.
We're counting on him to protect
those two and three run leads we blew
last year. Look at our pitching staff
It's great, and with boy like Todd
handling it every day half our troubles
are over"
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Charlie Colbert, fiat on his back in
a hospital,

There is a surprising shortage
of good young catchers in the big
league training camps Com
petitive golf takes weight of most
people But not Patty Berg. the
Minneapolis sensation-she's pick
ed up 18 pounds during the Flor
ida season.
Dolph Camilli is the most pop
ular man on the Philly squad
Bucky Harris is beginning his 18th
season as a big league pilot
Connie Mack is starting his SD
year And he's as enthusiastic
as ever Jimmy Foxx says Lefty
Grove was the greatest pitcher in
the American League last year.
You've all heard how the great
Joe Jackson disliked shoes +. Well,
Lou Scoffic, Cardinal rookie OUT
fielder. is the same way about socks
=. He'd rather play in his bare
legs =. /. So long as he cracks that
apple, Frankie Frisch doesn't care.
Freddie Russell Of tie Nashville
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H0YAS IN K. C. RACES
Quartet Will Run in New York
Meet Tomorrow Night.

Four members of Georgetown Uni
versitys track and field team will run
in the annual Brooklyn knights Of
Columbus meet to be held in New York
tomorrow night, Coach jim Mulligan
has announced.
Doug Hanks and Al Frey are slated
for the 1,000-yard handicap while
George Began, former Tech High
athlete, and Vincent Healy will COM
pete in the 60-yard handicap.
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Miles Out of Line-Up.

PUCKY was ousted in 1884 III one of
the moves that has made the Red
6ox what they are today and Harris,
while happy to be back on the scene
of his greatest glory, never seems
quite to have forgot it.
Griff, while lacking the incentive of
Harris, also appears to have it in for
Boston if only because of Tom Yaw-
keys extensive buying of-talent cam
paign. At any rate, between them,
Griff and Bucky have spread a ter
rife desire among young and old
Nationals alike to finish on top to-
morrow.
With nothing but a victory in view
Harris today announced that Rookie
Dee Miles will be supplanted in right
field either by Carl Reynolds or
Johnny Stone. or both If a south
paw pitcher starts for Boston he is
likely to use Reynolds If a right
handler faces the Griffs. then Stone
probably will get the call.
The shifting Of Miles from the
tentative regular lineup does not
mean that Dee's stock has dropped.
In the first place, Miles is suffering
from a stiff neck while, secondly,
Bucky wants more experienced man
for this one game.
Buck Newsom, Eddie. Linke and
Pete Appleton, definitely named to
work in three-inning shifts tomor-
row, went about the task of tapering
of today in grim fashion. Newsom
whipped his fast ball into Catcher
Cliff Bottoms mitt score of times
and called it a day.
Orlando Keen About Game.
"&'HELP me-" Popped of Newsom,
if the Red Sox score on me,
think I'll quit. But there's no danger
of that. Those seni-pros of Cronin s
amt got a chanel. If they get a
guy on third base while I'm pitching
they'll be lucky. In fact, if I was
sure Of my support I'd bet they
wouldn't get man on second base" ="
Some idea of how much interest
has been worked up in the Griff-
mems first exhibition tilt was sup
piled by President William Harridge
of the American League. Harridge, in
company with Umpire in Chief Tom
Connolly and Henry Edwards of the
American League Service Bureau have
been visiting Florida training camps
for two-day stays. They left Or
lando today for Lakeland, training
site of the Detroit Tigers, but not
until definitely deciding to curtail
their visit to Lakeland in order to
return for the Red Sox game.
So worked up are the natives that
John Camel, commissioner of base
ball in Orlando, yesterday installed
open bleachers along the left and
right field foul lines, increasing the
capacity of Tinker Field to ap-
proximately 5000. Box seats, already
sold, were to be erected today and
standing room was expected to be at
premium. All in all, tomorrow prom
tseS to stand unprecedented in Wash
angton training camp annals.
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Hockey Results

By the Associated Press
National League.
New York Rangers, 4; Detroit, 3
(overtime).
Toronto, 6; Montreal Canadiens, 8.
Chicago, 8; Montreal Maroons, 8
(tie).
International League.
Detroit, 4; Pittsburgh, 0.
London, /; Buffalo, 0.
Syracuse, 4; Rochester, 0.
American Association.
st. Paul, 4; Tulsa, 0.
Wichita, 2; Kansas City. !.
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|ExhibitiOnCames

At Tampa, Fla.-Detroit (A), IA;
Cincinnati CN), 4.
At Clearwater. Fla.-Brooklyn N),
IL; Philadelphia (N), 7.
Today's Schedule.
At Clearwater Brooklyn tN) VS..
Cincinnati (N).
At Bradenton, Fla. - Philadelphia
(N.) VS.. st. Louis (N).
At Pensacola, Fla.-New York (N)
VS.. Cleveland (A).
Al Los Angeles-Chicago (N9 VS..
Chicago (A).
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NEAR SQUASH TITLE

Semi-Finalists Ready for Tits in
A. A. q. Tourney.
James Gibson, Racquet Club, and E.
B. Brownell, Y. M. G. A., will square
of at 7:30 o'clock tonight on the Y.
M. c. A. court in semi-final District
A. A. q. squash racket championship
match.
A. G. Minnix, Y. M. c. A., entered
the semi-finals last night with a 80
victory over H. H. Sargent, another
Y. M. G. A. racket wielder. Minnix
will face Hugh Lynch of the Edgemoor
Tennis Club on Monday night at Q
o'clock 4
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We'll, Nob6dyLo

Totals--22 us 8 Totals--25 7lSI1
.Batted for Oates in sixth.
1Batted for Rahenberger in fourth.
RRegulars 10I 3Io-8
Runs--Hill. Lewis, Powell (2), Travis,
Bolton. Kress. Estallella, Stone C2), Bluege
Newsom: Errors--McNeely Holbrook, Hill,
Hill. Lewis, Kuhei. Bolton, Stone SS1. Reyn-
9Ics: Kress; Two.base hits-Hill.. Myer.
ton. Hits-Of Raffenberge r. 6 in 8 in
nings; Of Bokins. 2 In Innings: on Peti.
colaS, ! in 3 innings: of Oates, 8 in 3 IN
Of Rafenberser Q: on Peticolas. 2: o.
Oates. /. Umpire-Mr. Ormshy.
Evening star., 1936-03-13
Hill Sure Bdse-Theft Champ
This Year, Harris, Mats Claim
BY a staff Correspondent Of The Star.

CORRESPONDENT OF The Star
n RLANDo Fla, March ia spot will come pretty
l close to getting you $40 Fall hat in this training
camp if the Washington ball club doesn't furnish the
American League base stealing champion this
The Nationals nominee elected unanimously is Jesse
Terr HILL ITS pounds lightning the base paths
and anxious to go places
The Yankee, whose penchant for base stealing
was exactly encouraged in New York already scov
cred that Manager Bucky Harris differs from Pilot Joe
Mccarthy in Bostons Spring training camp
his wing little known rookie speedster
named Bill Werber
going to play regularly Harris told Werber and
you base the conditions right
own The result that new basestealng cham
pion crowned. Werber stole 40 bases
Base stealing big part of Buckys scheme of base ball
When he left the Red SoX to take the Grmen last
year he had Werber For that matter, Werber had
Harris Bill still led the league but stole only 20 bases
This in HILL the aStute skipper of the Nationals
Evening star., 1936-03-13
Fifty Have a Chance.

RUDDY'S seeming inferiority COM
plex shocked his listeners. Even
the bloodhounds howled a little.
mo, it isn't that I'm trying to be
too modest" he went on. What I'm
trying to say is that there are so ball
players in the American League who
reasonably could lead in batting. Last
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feels that he has another Werber and without any quaca
ton he picks Hill to lead the league.
With this in view been paid the unusual
compliment by Harris that paid Werber in 1884 You're
intelligent enough to be your Bucky has told HILL
Whenever the time right, set sail There be signs
nothing Just get where you're going fast
and We'll drive these other clubs nuts
Bucky isn't the only gent in this training camp who'll
wager bonnet Hill Down to the last they think
Jesse only must through the formaty and little wonder
American League figures show that he stole only IA bases last
also show that he tried steal 18 times
And whatl he steal the ratio if he runs
time he gets break?" Bucky asks.
Hill not only by word but by deed has been thinking
along the lines He is the only ball player in who
has hit the dirt to date To it's daily ritual and he
intends to maintain when the bell rings April "A.
Evening star., 1936-03-13
N Are Bo0x BucS Todd
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Boxing.
Maryland at Wisconsin.
TOMORROW.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Boston Red Sox
at Orlando, Fla.
Boxing.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Turner's Arena.
Swimming.
Baltimore Y. M. C. A. at Wash
ington Y. M. G. A., 8.
Track.
Catholic University in knights
Of Columbus games at New York.
Evening star., 1936-03-13
Banner says Tallahassee is the best
SPOT in Florida for q ball club to
train That's where the Volun-
teers are getting in shape.

Hal Trosky, called the best fresh.
man of 1884, was on his way to see
Connie Mack when a Cleveland
scout stepped in and signed him
:. Dizzy Dean carries no less than
20 bank books The White Sox
no longer need a detective to
chase Pitcher Johnny Whitehead
:. During the Winter he was
watched so he wouldn't eat too
many steaks, which were blamed
for his losing streak last season
after winning his first eight starts.
Jimmy Dykes now does the
sleuthing . The Reds are trying
to convert CalviI. Chapman, an In
fielder, into an outfielder because
of his speed Branch Hickey Is
flying to Bradenton today Dizzy
Dean is heading in some other
direction footing his three-tone
horn 80, 30 w1ta
Evening star., 1936-03-13
CUBS, CH|SOX MIX
IN COAST BATTLE
Star HurIerS Due to Work
in Scrap-0ther Major
Clubs Clash.

BY the Associated Press.
r OS ANGELES, March l3.-The
Chicago Cubs and the White
Sox open their three-game
series today.
Larry French, perhaps the furthest
advanced of the Cub hurlers, was
down for five innings with Clay Bry-
ant, young fire ball artist, slated to
finish. John Whitehead, Red Evans
and Ira Hutchings, the latter two
rockies, were slated to pitch for the
Sox.
PENSACOLA, Fla-This is Terry
day in Pensacola and the mayor has
declared a half holiday. 1t also is
Friday the thirteenth and the day on
which the Giants hook up with the
Cleveland Indians in the first of II
exhibition games.
Milnar Goes for Tribe.
NEW ORLEANS.-Al Milnar. young
southpaw from the Cleveland
sandlots, is slated to start for the In
dians in the first of the three-game
series against the giants at Pensacola.
Manager Steve O'Neill was hoping
Milnar would go five innings and WAL
ter Tauscher. 32-year-old Minneapolis
recruit, four.
CLEARWATER, Fla-The Reds
we're in town today to take on the
Dodgers in an exhibition game Tony
Freitas and Whitley Hilcher were
scheduled to take the hill.
Derringer was named to pitch
against the Phillies at Tampa Satur-
day and Gene Schott against the Red
Sox Sunday.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla.-The Phils
were back in camp today after drop:
ping their first training game to the
Dodgers Fear was felt that Third
Sacker Mickey Haslin, who was hit
on the arm by pitched ball, may have
suffered a fracture. An X-ray exami-
nation was to be made today.
Evening star., 1936-03-13
MOUNT NINE CALLED.

Candidates for the Mount Rainier
Grays base ball. team are expected
to report for practice Sunday at II
o'clock on the Mount Rainier High
School diamond. Teams wishing games
call Bob Newell at Hyattsville 212-J.
Evening star., 1936-03-13
"POPP!NG8u p
orr ~+}:f Jfo6!I!:. 49, Il $4b

~ RLANDO. Fla. March l3.-
People who think Batting
I. Champion Buddy Myer will
~ keep his title in 1886 are as
scarce as local Chamber of Commerce
officials on rainy day. So, in hopes
of clearing up the question, the emf
nent citizen Of Ellisville, Miss, was
tracked down today.
When the bloodhounds found him,
Buddy was lolling in cozy nook in
Evening star., 1936-03-13
HYATTSVILLE IN MEET
High School Five After Western
Shore Laurels,

Shore Laurels.
Prince Georges County's high school
basket ball champion from Hyattsville
will face New Windsor Highs team
tonight at Westminster in Carroll
County in the opener of the series for
Maryland's Western Shore title.
Johnny Moran, William Burke, FL
wood Ogle, Nathaniel Mostow and
Oswald Joyce will line up for Hyatts-
vile.
Evening star., 1936-03-13
ROLLS 100.FLAT GAME.
Richmond Duckpin Shooter Held
Third to Turn Feat.

Third to Turn Feat.
RICHMOND, Va, March l3 Dr.
C. D. Gray, lanky, gray-haired Rich
mond duckpin bowler, rolled a perfect
nat game of 100, thereby entering
what is said to be three-way tie for
O world record.
The performance was Gray's contri-
button to the Hofheimer's team total
In the Merchants League competition
at the Health Center alleys.
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Using Promising Rookie.

JOHN TISING, rookie from Louis
vile in the American Association,
appears the cream of the freshman
crop.
The veterans Jim Weaver, Guy
Bush and Charles (Red) Lucas round
out the list of mainstays, with Waite
Hoyt for relief.
Last year we finished last in double
plays. It'll be different this year
Pep Young at second will see to that.
Well climb four or five notches in
that department" Traynor predicted.
The veteran Pie" will be in the
Traynor-to-vaughan-to-Suhr combi-
nation. Feeling stronger every day"
said Traynor of a sore arm that
bothered him last season. He'll start
at third, with Wilbur Brubaker from
Kansas City in reserve.
Vaughan in Batting Form.
FLOYD (ARKY) VAUGHAN, whose
.385 average led the league last
year, is damaging fences in practice.
James Earl Browne, who Socked 344
as first sacker for Little Rock in the
Southern Association, and the giant
Bernard Cobb. slugging first baseman
of Fort Worth with a 1892 average,
look good to Traynor.
Paul Waner, CHEEKY little veteran
who batted about 1921 last year, will
roam right field and Forrest Jensen
has left field cinched. The CENTER
field post. vacant while Lloyd Waner
RECEIVERS from pneumonia that will
keep him out at least two months,
goes to Fred Schultz, waived out of
the American League by Washington,
or Daniel (Bud) Hafey, possessor of
one of the best throwing arms in base
ball.
Traynor expects Schultz to hit close
to $50 during the early months of the
campaign and likely will assign him
to the post.
Evening star., 1936-03-13

(See POPPING OFF, Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1936-10-15
THE CONTROVERSY OVER
STRAW VOTING IN N. Y.

Among the come interludes of the
current political campaign is the con-
troversy between the Literary Digest and
the New York Daily News over their
respective straw balloting The Digest
poll shows Roosevelt trailing Landon in
New York state. The News poll shows
Roosevelt leading.
The comic thing about it is that, one
way or the other, it cannot make much
difference On election day one or the
other will have been proved wrong
The only way for the disputants to
settle the thing is for each to tell the
public, exactly and truthfully, how the
straw balloting is conducted