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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06
BASKET FACTIONS
IN OLYMPIC FUSS
Dr.. Aliens "Hitch-Hiking"
Charges Draw Return
Fire From A. A. U.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. May 6.-Charges of
Olympic hitch hiking bounced back
and forth today between DR.. F. C.
(Phog) Allen, athletic director of Kan
sas University. and the American Anna
teur Athletic Union over the DISPOSE
ton of funds for American participa'
ton in Olympic basket ball, but the
real headache was still the American
Olympic Committees.
The committee continued to wonder
where the money would come from tc
buy round-trip tickets to Berlin for a
proposed cage squad of Is players, two
coaches and manager.
President Avery Brundage of the A
A. U. replied in kind yesterday when
DR.. Allen, withdrawing my name as
director of Olympic basket ball for the
eleventh Olynpiad." explained he did
so because of what he called deceit
full political bartering" by A. A. u
members of the Olympic Basket Ball
Committee.
Fire Back at Allen.
Il Nv A44A@6AN NIldl sCO tAldD C4AC "a "a
u planned to "hitch-hike" to Ber-
lin on such funds as the $4,000 he
claimed his Kansas team and Utah
netted in their district elimination,
won by Utah.
Brundage and his assistant, J. Ly-
man Bingham. retorted that DR.. Allen
had not been appointed Olympic bas-
ket ball director by the Olympic Com
mittee but only recommended by the
National Association of Basket Ball
Coaches. They added that the Kan
sasUtah series actually cleared less
than $4,000 and that because Utah.
after losing the first game. won the
second and carried the series into a
third which drew S4,147. They de-
clared that DR.. Allen was himself a
'hitch-hiker" whom they described as
IAN extra and unnecessary official on
the proposed squad.
They added that where to get the
rest of the transportation money for
the athletes was still an unsolved
problem.
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Some of them even went so far as
to name the opponents they wanted
to meet Some of the Detroit
papers are taking digs at Mickey
Cochrane Bill O'Brien and his
tennis pros may tour the Orient
next year.
Allan Sothoron, who has sent
plenty of players to the majors,
says Billy Herman of the Cubs was
not guilty Of mental error during
his entire career in the American
Association On the days he
pitches, Ted Lyons Of the White
Sox will not speak to an opposing
player Jack Baer. Oklahoma U.
outfielder, had weird day at the
bat recently He singled. hit
into q double play +. Singled
again, then hit into . triple play
Then he busted . homer.
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BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, May 6.-Derby
N echoes: Some OF the ex-
" perts still insist Brevity
4 Y was the best boss but
all agree the best rider on the track
was little Ira Hanford :. Most of
the New Workers went down with
the widener colt ;. An exception
was George Daley, sports ed Of the
Herald Tribune, who collected $500
for q $40 Winter book bet on Bold
Venture What about Prof. Bill
Keefe Of the Ned Orleans Time
Picayune picking Bold Venture,
Brevity and Indian Brook in that
order? Banjo Smith Of the
Columbia Is. c. Record didn't
do so badly either j.. He named
Brevity, Indian Broom and Bold
Venture as the first three.
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ant Allen has 'em talking He
did the 100" in 9.8 and the
"220" in 21.6 in a recent meet =.
If his pitchers ever come around,
Rogers Hornsby will give the other
American League clubs plenty of
headaches ;. The Browns score
lots of runs, but the twirling usu-
all bogs down Hornsby has
a crew that can lean against that
agate Cincinnati writer's say
they'll be taking the Boston Bees
seriously before the end of the sea-
sot, too.
There never has been any love
lost between the athletes of North
Carolina u. and Duke i. So when
the Carolina battlers sent in their
entry blanks for the National
Golden Gloves Tournament, they
wrote across the bottom: please
give Us Duke to Lick flrst Of al" go
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LEADS G. w. SWIMMERS

An outstanding point-scorer for the
past two years. Ben Catchings has been
elected captain Of the 1861 George
Washington University swimming
team.
Now junior in the School of Engi-
neering, Catchings has competed
mostly in the 220 and 440 yard events,
consistently winning at those distances
in intercollegiate competition.
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Lanahan's "1nsomnia" Hurt Mats.

But down there Richard never got
up a gallop, possibly partly due to his
own fault. The youngster was &C.
cused of taking himself too seriously
and his job not seriously enough. Any
way, he was reprimanded for burning
the midnight oil, and when the time
came for him to show something In
the box Dick walked everybody on the
premises. The season he will put in
with Chattanooga may help him to
realize the SOONER he hits the hay the
sooner he will get another crack in
fast company.
Chase, it was sworn by members Of
the Griffmen, was as fast as any
southpaw In the league and owned q
good curve to go with it. But Ken had
little experience and had no idea of
where the ball was going once he let
1t 20. So he, too, went away to Chat
tanooga, where. 1t is hoped, he will
pick I'D a few of the niceties of pitch
ing.
In the meantime, on the WASH
ington club and every other
team in the American League,
veterans are being entrusted
with the pitching burdens. The
parade of rockies marches by
Di Maggie, Lewis, ct al.-but no
future Gomezes or Groves or
Ferrells or Harders.
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Minor Leagues

International.
Rochester, z; Albany, 4.
Buffalo, /: Newark, o.
Toronto, 4; Baltimore, 8.
Montreal, 9; Syracuse, 8.
American Association.
Milwaukee, Z; Toledo 6.
st. Paul, 3: Indianapolis, 1.
Louisville, S; Kansas City, /.
Minneapolis, 10; Columbus. 6.
Southern Association.
Memphis. 10: Nashville, 9
Little Rock. 4; Chattanooga, 3
New Orleans, 8; Knoxville, z.
Atlanta, 8; Birmingham. !.
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Athletics Best Chis0x.

TN OTHER games. the Athletics de-
feated the White Sox, 3-5. with
Wally Moses ending the game In dra-
matte fashion with home run smash
with two on and two out in the tenth
inning, and the Cleveland Indians
brought some timely hitting into play
to defeat the Senators, GA.
The Yankees, led by Lou Gehrig,
who got two doubles and as many
singles. collected total of Is safeties
of three Browns hurlers as they
handed the men of Hornsby their
ninth straight defeat. Di Maggie, the
Coast rookie, hit three singles.
The defeat of the Dodgers was their
sixth in succession. Four of these
losses were shutouts.
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Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Base Ball.

Chicago VS.. Washington. Griffith
Stadium, 3:l5.
Georgetown VS.. Navy at Annapo-
Lis, Md.
Wake Forest VS.. George Wash
ington, East Ellipse, 8.
Eastern VS.. Maryland Frosh. Col
lege Park. Md, 4.
Armstrong at Dunbar, $3.50.
Track.
Triangular meet, Catholic Uni
versity, American University and
Randolph Macon, Brookland Sta
dunn. $3.50.
Tech VS.. Maryland Frosh, College
Park, Md, 4.
George Washington High at
Western, 3:45.
Tennis.
st. Johns at American Univers-
ity, $3.50.
George washington VS.. Johns
Hopkins at Baltimore, Md.
Gonzaga at Georgetown Prep,
3:45.
st. Adams at Gilman's Country
School.
Georgetown Prep VS.. st. Johns,
$50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06

Despite all these ailments. coming
in the first three weeks of the season,
the Griffan slabbers have given a
pretty good account of themselves.
The Washington club has played %
games up until this morning, and II
times Harris has seen his pitchers 60
a full route.
At times the hurting has been
sensational. At other times 1t
has been ridiculous. Generally,
however, it has been beyond
expectations.
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College Sports

Base Ball.
Wake Forest, S; Marines, 3.
Duke, 6; Princeton, 4.
Villanova, 8; Lehigh, 8.
Notre Dame, 8; Chicago, 0.
Ohio State, %; Denison, 4.
Iowa State, 6; Missouri, 5.
Guilford, g. Bridgewater, 0.
Penn, IL; Central, 8.
Macomb, 3; Monmouth, 2.
Tennis.
Georgetown, S; Washington ant
Lee, 4.
st. Olaf, 6: st. Thomas, 8.
Midland, 6; York, 0.
Golf.
Northwestern, III; L. S. u, 61a
st. Olaf, 1872; st. Thomas, IA.
Track.
State Normal, 80; Wesleyan, 81.
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Grove Wins Another.

Il ION6 III LlCO III lid AAAtII GU dISIlb
~ victory and his third shutout Of
the season yesterday as the Red Sox
beat the Tigers, 20, with 5000 Of
Boston's faithful in the stands. Lefty
gave five hits and Roger Cramer and
Dusty Cooke gave him some great
backing, robbing the Tigers of at
least three two-baggers with spectac-
ular plays. Mickey Cochrane, back
in the game despite his injured foot,
hit double and a sirgle. Eldon
Auker. on the mound for Detroit,
allowed only seven hits.
Groves win. however. featured
pitching performances only because
it was the fifth in succession. The
chaplet for the outstanding exhibition
goes to slender Danny MacFayden of
the Boston Bees, who beat the st.
Louis Cards. 10, allowing only three
hits. He bested Paul Dean, who all
lowed only five safeties. The lone
run was made when Bill Urbanski
smashed a triple and Gene Moore
followed with a single.
Other fine pitching chores included
one by young Gene Schott of the
Reds, who pitched five-hit ball in a
So victory over the Giants: Jim
Weaver's six-hit pitching, which gave
the Pirtes 40 shutout over the
Dodgers; Bill Lees five-hitter, which
enabled the Cubs to defeat the Phil
lies, 5-4, and Pat Malone's feat Of
completing his first game since 1884
to give the Yankees an 80 decision
over the luckless Browns.
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Too Green to Make Good.
THE question, Where are the pitch
ers?" was put to Bucky Harris.
1t vaguely is recalled that Bucky had
a few kids down South when the Ma
tionals were in training and he saw
possibilities in a few Of them. But
they're gone. for the most part.
Frankly. I don't know" was Har-
ris' blunt reply. Il can't understand
it, but I do know that those young
sters who are brought up to the
majors are too green to be Of any
use.
1.-THE condition Is the same
in the minor leagues as 1t is
up here. Look over the list of
winning minor-league pitchers.
"On our own farm team, Chatta-
nooga, the best pitchers are Alec
McColl, Andy Messenger and sgd
Cohen. Old Alec must be IS years
old, Messenger isn't much younger and
Cohen is no by.
"Out on the Pacific Coast the
big pitching gun is Frank Shell
lenbach, who isn't q kid any
more. The best pitcher in the
International League last year
was the fellow we have on the
Washington club now-Pete
Appleton.
THE youngsters who come up
aren't taught anything. Take Dick
Lanahan and Kendall Chase, for in
stance. Both of 'em have plenty of
stuff-enough to win major league
games. But they don't know how
to make use of it. Darned if know
what's the hitch"
Lanahan's d1nsomnia" Hurt Mats.
THE failure of Lanahan and Chase
= struck a cruel blow to the Ma
tionas' hopes this season. Lanahan. a
former local sandlotter, showed a
great curve ball and fair speed when
he came up for brief trial with the
Nationals late last season. Harris
confidently expected him to make
good in the Orlando training camp.
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Soutpav Sabbers Running Mats Experts Switching Red Soa
LOSE 7 OUT Of 10
T0LEFTHANDERS
Hope to Make Up Ground in
White Sox Series-Drop
Final to Tribe.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

TANLEY RAYMOND HARRIS,
who guides the destinies OF the
Nationals, today still had rea-
~ son to view Washington's dia-
mond entry with alarm, even though
Cleveland's pesky Indians have gone
away and the considerably softer"
White Sox promise relief from losing
ways.
Possibly the reference to the White
Sox should have been qualified. II
the Chicagos dig up southpaw TO
do their pitching. as have most other
rivals of the Nationals, then they
stand a chance which would seem to
be 7 to of winning. That-soft
music, professors exactly the ratio
by which the Griffs have been faring
to date in tests against left-hander
pitchers.
1t isn't a pleasant subject to dwell
upon, but Manager Bucky to-
day found himself devoting more
thought than ever to the obvious
weakness of his ball club against
southpaws. The Nationals embrace
too many left-handed batters, it ap-
pears, to stand an even chance OF
winning. If it wasn't proved earlier
In the campaign, this is an item
brought to light with dolorous clar-
ity in the last two days, when pair
of Cleveland southpaws, Lloyd Brown
and Thornton Lee, checked in with
q couple of victories to extend the
current Washington losing streak to
three games in row.
Weakness Not Apparent in South.
AS FAR back as last February,
when Bucky began assembling
the Griffmen in their Florida Spring
training camp. he feared the natural
advantage of rival southpaw hurlers
and the mental hazard which few
consistent failures might build up
within the ranks of the Washington
club During the grapefruit league
campaigning, however, no such weak
ness was apparent. The Nationals, in
building up a fine eXhibition-ga game
record, whipped southpaws with reg
ularity and most of Bucky's fears
were dispelled.
But when the curtain went up for the
American League championship chase
It was a different story. True. the
Griffs got started on the right foot
against southpaws when they beat
Lefty Gomez of the Yanks in the open
ing game, but when it is considered
that they needed four-hit shutout
victory by Buck Newsom to turn the
trick, the feat was far from outstand-
ing.
The next taste the Nationals received
Of southpaw twirling was not palatable
Fritz Ostermueller of the Red Sox
beat 'em to start a series, and before
the same Boston set was ended Lefty
Grove and Ostermueller again had
registered another pair of victories.
Against Grove the Senators made only
three hits and one run.
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Lineup May Be Shifted.

HARRIS was tempted to make a
few changes in his lineup yester-
day when Lee took the slab for the
Indians in the final game of the
series, but decided to give the regular
team one more chance. 1t proved
fatal and now Bucky virtually has
decided definitely to risk weakening
his defense for an almost 100 per
cent right-handed hitting lineup the
next time southpaw faces the Ma
tionals.
This would mean that Walter Miles
would catch, Red Kress would play
shortstop and Roberto Estalella would
take over third base, although Buddy
Lewis has held up his end of the
batting lately, regardless of who has
been pitching for the opposition.
1T isn't so much that I'm afraid
it's going to be permanent propo-
sition, however," stated Bucky, but
right now the whole club is going
poorly. It's not hitting at all and
in one or two spots the regulars may
need a short rest. Travis, for in
stance, hasn't been hitting any kind
Of pitching lately and I intend to
give him few days of to freshen
49,
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Held to Six Hits by Lee.

PACK went the washingtons against
Gomez once more, and this time
Newsom wasn't in the box to pitch
shutout. AS result, Lefty won. all
lowing only two runs and seven hits.
Not until Whitley Wilshere of the
Athletics faced the Griffs at the start
of their current home stand did the
Washington club win its second de-
cision over a southpaw pitcher, but its
success was short-nved. Detroits I'll
gers. pitching Lefty Joe Sullivan,
handily walloped the Griffs.
This made the score of Washington
VS.. southpaw pitchers to 2 in favor
of the rival slabbers, and while the
Nationals whitfield it down to So when
they beat Rus Van Alta of the Browns
last week. they lost ground again in
the last couple of days against Brown
and Lee. Brown licked 'em handily
enough. 6 to 8. and yesterday Lee held
the Mats to six hits and won, to 4.
Half of the Washington runs, by the
way, we're unearned.
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%POPP!NGSu
VIII JffoT1!:s!. 49, II 4
Too Green to Make Good.

Dickey and the Browns Frank Gull
iano-but there are no pitchers.
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ALSO RATE YANKS
| THREAT TO TIGERS
Slab Power of These Two,
Greenberg's Loss Held
Detroit's Undoing.
BY ANDY CLARKE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TIME base ball soothsayers are
hurrying to amend their
choices. as the Red Sox gain
momentum and the Detroit
Tigers find barriers heaped along the
way.
Many of the experts, including
Broadway's noted picker, Jack Doyle,
have leaped from the bandwagon Of
the Tigers to string along with the
team Tom Yawkey built. They figure
that With Hank Greenberg out of the
Tiger lineup for more than month
with a broken wrist and Lefty Grove,
Yves Terrell, Jimmie Foxx and the
rest clicking in top form with the
Sox, the odds are on the Boston team
to lead the way down the stretch in
late September.
Another prospect is that the YAM
KEGS, with a fine all-around pitch
ing staff and Joe Di Maggie and
frankie Crosetti playing sensation.
ally, may take command of proceed
ings.
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League Statistics
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1896.
American
RESULTS YESTERDAY,

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Cleveland, 6: washington. 1.
New York. s: St Louis. ..
Boston. 2; Detroit. 0.
Philadelphia, s; Chicago. 90 In.
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(See GRIFFS, Page A-16.)
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
AID CLUB MAKES
YEARS PLANS

At a meeting Of the board of di,
rectorS Of the Washington Adver-
Using Club, James Rotto, of the
entertainment committee, submit
ted plans for three outings during
the summer months. The board
voted UNANIMOUSLY to hold these out
mgs. It was also decided to hold
another jamboree in view of the
success of the one held recently.
Advertising lectures conducted
by the club last winter proved so
popular that the board appropri-
ated funds for their resumption in
the fall. James w. Hardy, COM
mittee chairman, reported prog
reSS made preparatory to the fall
lectures. 1t was decided to con-
duct IL this year, two each month
beginning in September.
J. A. Anderson, chairman of
the membership committee, re-
ported that at the rate applica-
tons were being received he ex-
pected the club to enroll more
than $50 new members this
month
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
WPA PACIFIES ALLIANCE

arrived in Washington in two
trucks yesterday at noon and i'm
mediately went to Hopkins office
to demand Riders removal; ces-
sation of the practice of demoting
mechanics, recognition of collect
ivebargaining rights and that the
ruling prohibiting employment Of
relief clients with less than three
dependents be rescinded.
Two hundred specific COM
plants were laid before Assistant
administrator Aubrey Williams
after members of the police Crime
Prevention Bureau and United
States Park police were sum-
moned, prepared for trouble.
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
ROVER, LOSER,
!. SEEKS LOTS
OF REST

Smarting under the defeat he
suffered at the HANDS of the Ed
ward F. Colladay faction before
the credentials committee of the
Republican National Convention
in Cleveland, Leo A. Rover, for
merly United States Attorney Tor
the District of Columbia, returned
to his home here toady.
Mr.. Rover, leader of a faction
that sought to be seated as the
Districts delegation, said what
he most wants now Is rest and
lots of it. He said:
"ThereYl be a statement In
: q few days. The main thing
now is what the State (DiStricD
committee Is going to do"
COIIaday Reelected
: Not only did the credential
committee send Mr.. Rover and
his delegates on their modern re-
treat from Moscow, but yesterday
the convention reelected Mr.. Col
laday and Mrs. Virginia White
Speel national committeeman and
national committeeman from
the District.
With Mr.. Colladay definitely in
the saddle, Mr.. Rover and his fac
tion licking it's wounds, Repub-
licanS here and in Cleveland are
wondering today whether the
wounds can be healed and party
harmony restored in order to
bring about Mr.. Colladay's hope:
Tt Is important to have a
strong party and a strong party
organization representing all of
the Republicans Of the District
Of Columbia"
LED LOST CAUSE
Mr.. Rover led a lost cause in
Cleveland. He claimed he and
his faction had been duly elected
by Republicans of the District.
Mr.. Colladay said they had not.
That was the fight that went to
the credentials committee.
The hopelessness of Mr.. Rover's
position lay in the fact that the
convention was in the hands of
the KansanS. Mr.. Colladay is a
KanSan. The retreat from Cleve-
land was inevitale, Mr.. Rover's
friends declare.
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
Highest Wine Yield

STUTTGART Q.N.S0. Despite
the fact that the arena under cul-
tivation in the vine-growing neigh.
borhood of Wuerttemberg has been
reduced, as compared with the
previt year, the yield in wine
for the year 1885 amounted to
44,3e6 liters, 20 per cent larger
than in 1894. In other words,
the vineyards of this region expert
enced last autumn their highest
Weld since the end Of the World
War.
The Washington times., 1936-06-12

Alfonzo Edwards, 37-year-old col
ored truck driver. was exonerated
yesterday by q coroner's jury in
connection with the death OF
Leonard Allen Davis, 10, who died
two days ago in Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital Of injuries sus-
tanned when his motorcycle col
lided with a tree as he tried 10
pass Edwards truck at Thirty-tlrSt
Street md Pennsylvania venue
Northwest.
Young Davis, whose mother is
employed in the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, was IN
iured June l. His leg broken, he
was thought to be on the road
to recovery but suddenly took a
turn for the worse. He lived
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
Fair and Cool Today,
Tomorrow Warmer

Although fair and cooler weather
was predicted for today by the
Weather Bureau, warm weather is
scheduled tomorrow.
The heat of yesterday was
broken IN 20 minutes by a late
afternoon storm. Chilly winds sent
the mercury down Is degrees with
in 20 minutes.
Before the storm struck the city,
one woman had been Frustrated
by the heat. She is Mrs. Lottie
Henderson Of 612 Fifteenth St.
N. E. She was revived at Casualty
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-06-12

Apparently satisfied their de-
mands will be met, 35 of the 40
men and women members of the
Workers Alliance of Greater New
York. who yesterday threatened to
storm the offices of Works Prog
ress Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins. are on their way home to
await dismissal of Victor Ridder,
New York city Works Progress ad-
ministration director.
Ridder will resign on July l.
but not because of any "incom-
potency" or at the request of Hop
kinS. 1t was stated today, but be-
cause of the requirements of his
publishing business.
Led by Henry Rourke, Workers
Alliance organizer, the delegation
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
Hurt in Car Crash

Leroy Rhodes, 80, Of 4025
Kansas Ave. N. W., an employee of
Washington chain grocery COM
pany, was seriously injured late
yesterday when his car crashed
into the rear Of a truck on River
Road near Bladensburg, Md.
Rhodes was taken to Casualty
Hospital by the Bladensburg Re
scue Squad.
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
Sun Is Dangerous

LONDON G.N.SO.-Red-heads,
beware Of old man sunshine.
For to you he is a real menace.
A warning to persons with red
hair, freckles, or a muddy" com.
plexion that sun-bathing is a
"great danger" was given by Sir
Henry Bouvain, doctor to the late
King George,
The Washington times., 1936-06-12
DRIVER EXONERATED

with his mother at 1412 Chaplin
st. N. w.
Edwards gave his address as
800 Hall st. s. w.