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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-21
Cape Cod Sweet Potatoes

BARNSTABLE. Mass, U.N.SO.
Cape Cod, home of the cranberry
and Plymouth Rock, is looking to
the day it ranks with the nation S
leaders in the number of sweet
potatoes grown. Although only in
its infancy at present the farmers
hope to number the sweet potato
among their leading crops in the
near future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-06-21
Earle Cancels Flight

HARRISBURG, Pa, June 81
Gov. George H. Earle today con
celled a proposed plane trip to
strike-torn JohnStown to gain a
9irst-hand picture Of the situation
there. Inclement weather caused
the chief executive to call off the
"Trip.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Should Learn Early.

nADS frequently want TO know how
to train boys still in their early
teens, and after warnings against
OVERRIDING it, I always advise drilling
to shoot with the left hand as much
as the right. A "one-arm" player Is
reasonably easy to check.
Having seen so many changes, the
rise and fall of specialized foul-shoot-
ing, the decline in dribbling and the
pivot-post play ban, I won't make any
sweeping statements.
But, looking back, I feel we're en-
tering new high-scoring era that
may please the 10000 900 fans.
In the 191o-1923 span. you figured
to win if you held a team in the teens
In the 1924-l93O span. you tried to
hold them in the twenties; from then
to last Winter in the thirties Now7
MenZel's story-book rise Is rare.
Ordinarily players are made in their
formative years. Their game should
be fundamentally sound by college
time.
Use a hoop in your backyard, your
playground or your boys camp while
you're young and you'll get your let
ter, never fear
That's why Summer is so vital.
Youngsters get the break in this new
set-up. They have little to unlearn,
but veteran oollegians are on the spot.
So are the coaches. But then, that's
basket ball.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
RACES
GIVE UP S76,o)0
Eight Stake Events Topped
by $50, 900 CIassic-Meet
Opens June %.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ HICAGO, April 2o-Arlington
Park, with $4,000 in purses
for distribution in 80 days. is
~ ready for its greatest race
meeting
The beautiful Northwest Side
plants 1887 meeting will open June
% with the $4,000 added Inaugural
Handicap and close July 81 with a
which approximately $4,000 will be
awarded
The highest minimum purse policy
in the country will prevail. with q
purse Of at least sl,loo for every race,
and should the track show q profit
early in the meeting, the minimum
purse will be raised, possibly to
$500.
On the final day OF the meeting the
two big features will be the Arlington
Handicap, which probably will gross
$4,000, and the Arlington Futurity,
which may be worth about $4,000.
The stakes:
Inaugural Handicap. June %. added
value $1,000.
Matron Handicap July 3. added value
$4,000
stars and Stripes Handicap. July s.
added value 10000.
HYDE Park Stakes, July 10 added value
80 500
The Lassie Stakes, July II. added value
$40 600.
The Classic Stakes, July "a added value.
100000.
Arlington Handicap. July 81, added
value 0.000
Arlinton Futurity. July 81. added value.
$40 600.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Mcneil Sets Record.

r OY not only was our center, but
we won the Intercollegiate League
title without league defeat, and he
was picked all-league center. He
also set Palestra record C21 points,
due to freak one-hand push shot
mastered that Summer.
Now he's a star without a position.
He'll spend this Summer on speeding
up exercises to fit an entirely new
set-up, just when he'd be reaching his
peak at the old center post.
Luckily Roy isn't one Of these
"Carnera centers," 6 feet 7 and up,
who were the real targets of the CEN
ter-iump ban. With a little more
speed he'll fit in, but the Cameras"
are out
Speed will be so vital next Winter
that even the workhorse plugger, who
has gotten by in the past, may be out,
too. Delayed offenSe, it seems to me,
will be shelVed for the quick break.
And while many shreWd coaches
disagree, feel zone defense" is out,
because it requires time to form. Any
way, the fast-scoring type of player
gets the first call.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Diamond Attendance Mark Due Summer Drill Makes Court Ac
S; Il: a.: s;S;; $;;; $:; ;;:::

out :. Kuhel -. first run :. Dean,
the fast-thinking Mackman first
error Myer >. he waited for that
second hop -. first double . D.. Cissell
the humping Mack first triple
:. Stone.
First run batted IN that Cissell
again :. . somebody must have slipped
Chalmers a new-life powder first
homer :. Bob Johnson, the mauling
Mackman first caught trying to
steal :. johnson and his retire
ment came In the first double play
:. first inning in which it was three
up and three down -. the fifth for
the AS.
First to reach the ball park
the night watchman :.
who went on duty at~12 Sunday
night -. first to leave the ball
park the urchin chased from
the fence after he had shared
foul of Werber's bat in the
first inning.
When you're looking over the bat
teries in today's American League
openers =. try comparing them with
the batteries Of the openers 20 years
ago if you were following base
ball then -. here they are :. Walter
johnson and Eddie Ainsmith for
Washington :. Bullet Joe Bush and
Wallie Schang for the Athletics
Ray Caldwell and Les Nunamaker for
the New Yorks . . Babe Ruth, and
a great left-hander then, and Chet
Thomas for the Red Sox Jim
Bagby and Steve O'Neil for Cleveland
:. Harry Coveleskie and Oscar Stanage
for the Tigers Earl Hamilton and
Hank SEVERED for the Browns
Ewell Russell and Ray Schalk for the
White Sox :. a great lot Of pitchers
and catchers.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
DERBY BOOKS SHY
E. OF WINTER RACERS
Horses That Rested During
Cold Months Are Heavy
Choices for Classic.
BY the Associated Press.


"A yNEw YORK, April 2o.-Not
since Black Gold won the
VI Golden Jubilee Kentucky
4 Derby in 1924 has a Winter
raced horse won the $4,000 added
stake for 3-year-olds at Churchill
Downs.
Turfmen used to say that "no good
horse ever races in the Winter" Al
though, with the rich stakes at VIM
ter tracks in recent years. tn adage
no longer holds true, the bookmakers,
who set the future odds on major
racing events, apparently believe no
Winter-raced horse will win this years
Kentucky Derby on May 8.
Odds on the big five" Winter
raced horses range from 20 to l to 40
to !, while quotations on the five best
thoroughbreds which led life of ease
during the cold months range from
to / to is to l, despite the pres
ence Of the nominations Of William
du Points FSiry Hill, winner of the
Santa Anita Derby and S]5,525 al
ready this year, and Townsend B.
Martins Court Scandal, victor in the
Flamingo Stakes and winner Of s21,-
875.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
COME TO SEASON
WITH SHARP EYES
TapIess Basket Ball Puts
Premium on Speed, Says
Penn's Great Coach.
BY LON JOURDET.

Coach OF Seven Penn Title Teams, Includ-
ing 1936-37.
~ ASKET BALL may seem out Of
- season with base balls flying,
but to coaches of the present
- and players Of the future ths
1887 Spring and Summer are fateful.
Runner-up to feminine fashions for
the changeable championship, basket
ball now forces us to learn it all over
again.
In my 25 years Of coaching, rule
makers remade the sport three times.
Even the architects revised it. Bigger
floors and higher ceilings would have
been change enough in themselves.
Summer is vital to players? Ill
illustrate
When Penn classes ended in June,
1885, lanky sub forward returned to
Stevens Point, Wis, to do some day
dreaming and daily drilling under the
hoop on his fathers barn. Roy Menzel
never had played center, but saw an
opening there, and his dream was to
fill it on my 1867 team.
We mapped exercises to strengthen
his legs, improve his jump timing,
etc. He did them zealously.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Derby Candidates
On Turf Yesterday
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Gold Flag (Shandon FARM
Ran third in 6-furlong race at
Keeneland won by Lady Sybil
Teddy Green H. H. Cross and
Flying Cross &c. V. Whitney,
Also rams in same race
Lucky Pledge william Wood
Vard-Also ran in 6-furlong race
at Jamaica won by DraWbridge.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Brace Of big Fives."

HERE are the big five" in each
= = division among this years Derby
nominations:
ter-raced-Fairy Hill, Court
Scandal, Mrs. Ethel v. Mars Case
Ace and Military and Dewitt Pages
Maedic.
Winter rested e r. Bradleys
Brooklyn, J. H. Louchheim's Pompoon,
Mrs Mars Reaping Reward, Samuel
D. Riddles War Admiral and Warren
Wrights Galsun.
1t will be noted that Mrs. Mars has
strong contenders in both divisions
Her Reaping Reward is one OF the
choices to win the Louisville stake, and
her Case Ace won at Santa Anita.
Her Military, also listed among the
better Winter-raced horses, won once
in California and was second to Fairy
Hill in the Santa Anita Derby for total
winnings of sll,150 this year.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
BANK MINES START.

Three games were to open the
Bankers Base Ball League on as
many diamonds of the Ellipse this
afternoon, with the Hon. J. F. T.
Connor, controller of the cur
", throwing out the first ball. The
,le brough. together National
%snd National Metropolitan,
Security and Riggs and
d w. B. Hibbs. All were
3 o'clock.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
SOFT BALL DUES DUE.

The Community Center Soft Ball
League will hold its final preseason
meeting of the year tomorrow night
in room of Roosevelt High School,
starting at 7:30 O'Clock. Franchise
dues will be collected at that time.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

NOINDA1 AoNo ulluCl WlilCu JllC
Nationals got of on the
\ wrong foot in their season
inaugural yesterday makes
one wonder how they might fare in
night base ball During the greater
part of the pasting glowing half
Must have made Harris hench-
men think 1t was after hours and
they shouldn't be out there u.
Perhaps they are strictly day play
ers They played in a daze at
times, at that.
Especially Rocky Stone in that sec
ond inning when he took for granted
that Dean wouldn't go up from Sec
ond after NeWsome's hoist had been
caught in right and made no effort
to hurry his throw :. Dean took the
chance and made third easily on the
delayed heave .. A good, fast chuck
by the strong armed Stone would have
nipped the runner and the AS
would have had no run in
stead Of the two they got in the
round
But 1t was a good ball game
to watch, even though the out
come was disappointing to the
near-record opening crowd of
$4,000.
Perhaps while the Nationals are up
in New York they'll find some calories
for their warclubs Not often is a
game won in which a dozen are left
on the runway . . The boys need
some heat in their bats.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Same Old OsSie,

SdIHc OIu OSSIe.
THE city officials went onto the
field and stopped the rumpus.
Il forget who won" he smiled.
The old gentleman, retired tele-
graph executive, sat bolt upright in
amazement when Ossie Bluege threw
out Bill Werber on the first infield
play Of the game.
"Jee-roos-a-lum!" he exclaimed
THAT was like lightning" A big
city feller told him it was only like
Oswald Bluege.
We'll, wasn't the speed unusual?"
Nope. He'd see a lot OF that stuff
Which was true, and throughout the
Evening star., 1937-04-20
BLAKE BLANKS BONDS.

With Blake pitching one hit ball, the
Camp Comfort Greys blanked Bonds
Red Sox, TO, yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Fight Starts All Over

A MOTHER tie will bob up If Green
leaf and Caras, who plays Crane,
triumph tonight. If they win the
round robin will be thrown into a
three-Way deadlock.
Willie Mosconi, Philadelphia, won
two 500 prizes for his best game of
three innings and high run for the
tournament Of 95. Greenleaf turned
in the best grand average, 8 7/78.
All places below fourth were de-
termined by the total number Of
points scored throughout the tourna-
ment, according to Jack Polansky,
the tournament director Fifth place
on this basis went to Erwin Rudolph
of Cleveland with 1,1e5 points, sixth
to Mosconi with 1924 and seventh to
Nofrio Lauri, Brooklyn, r,046.
Charles Seaback, Boston was eighth;
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Zip of Big League Base Ball
Startles Rookie Fan, 4 Aged "A

game, a dull one for the most part to
many calloused fan, John D.
Thomas from Eufaula, Ala, Jee-roos-
a-lummed and Caesers Ghosted over
the sheer zip of major league base
ball, while thirty-odd thousands of
others, appreciating the fine bits, con-
centrated on the score, which didn't
seem to interest greatly the gentle
man from Dixie.
Evening star., 1937-04-20

Marcel Camp, Detroit ninth; Fay
Gamer. Vineland, N. j., tenth; Benny
Allen, Kansas City, eleventh, and Joe
Diehl, Rochester, N Y, twelfth.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
P0Nz| ONE MATCH
FROM CUE HONORS
Can Win by Scoring Over
GreenIeaf, but Another
Triple Possible.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
N 1Ew YORK, April 2o.-Andrew
M Ponzi of New York, who
" didn't bother to defend his
A 1885 world pocket billiard
championship last year, is just one
game away from this years title.
If Andy can whip Ralph Greenleaf,
the tournament veteran, in his third
match of the round robin tourney,
tonight, he will be in. Greenleaf and
Ponzi finished in a four-way tie with
Jimmy Caras of Wilmington, Del, and
Irving Crane of Rochester. N. Y, in
the regular play, and then embarked
on the current series to determine the
champion.
Last night Greenleaf lost TO Caras,
1875 to 118, in 81 innings, one of the
tightest matches of the tourney. and
Ponzi won his second game of the
series over Crane, 125 to 70, in eight
innings.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Openers in Seven More Cities
Throng Will Watch Grifs Help Yankees Make
Bow-Fair Weather Prevailing.


YORK. April 2oWather conditions probable attendance
II :sa :sa. :''"' selections today. major league base ball
Washington Weaver Appleton
at New York Fair and cooler----5ooo ooo-----
Cleveland
Chicago
at ST. Louis Fair l2000.-- Hldeband
National
New York Schumacher
a
ST. Louis
Cincinnati R
Pittsburgh
Chcago----- Cloudy
Observation-Disclosures not scheduled)
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Mckinley Drew EN-.

Mckinley Drew EN-.
"TTS REMARKABLE" he said, "how
those boys can bat. throw and
catch a ball"
1t was the biggest crowd he'd seen
except perhaps one-when Mckinley
visited Augusta, Ga.
And inching out of the stadium:
"This reminds you of court day at
Eufaula." But the twinkle left his
eye when he learned the Griffs
weren't to play here today.
So the cherry blossoms this after
noon have a repeat patron. but the
chauffeur a heap rather would be TAX
ing the pater to another ball game.
ROD THOMAS.
Evening star., 1937-04-20

T. NiN1E W sec Vic Clltlly DIJS-
II SONS, but John D. Thomas Of
Eufaula, Ala, "a, today ad-
4 L mitted the pretty pink petals
will fade from mind long before the
thrill wears off his first big league ball
game.
Not in So years-or since 1854
until he dropped in on the Griff-
Mack party yesterday had Thomas
seen a professional diamond contest,
and all he recalled clearly Of the other,
between Augusta and Atlanta, spirited
Georgia rivals of the time, was that
the Augusta first baseman precipi-
tated a young war by forcibly detain-
ing foeman who hit at least a two
bagger.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
GAMES TOMORROW.

GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
Wash. at N. Y, 3. Wash at n. Y. 8.
Boston al Phlla. Boston at Phila
Detroit at Cleveland. Detroit at Cleveland.
Chicago at 81. Louis. Chicago at ST. Louis.
Evening star., 1937-04-20
GriR Blames Hat.

CLARK GRIFFITH isn't asking
waivers on Franklin D. Roose-
welt because the President left
the Nationals luck at the White
House Instead the Washington
clubs boss partly blamed himself for
the defeat :. He fears most of the
curse came from the new kelly he
sported pearl-gray Spring
chapeau of the high-crowned and
broad -brimmed style affected by Arch
Mcdonald . 1t was no gift from
him. Arch sWears.
Never had much luck with a new
hat" mumbled Griff after the set
back Il won't be wearing it
again" He didn't mention It,
but some of his family after first
glimpse of the new headgear decided
something else would have been bet
ter for the Washington boss.
Moaning with the Nationals
after the game was over was
former member Of the club
Samuel Pond Jones -.
Sad Sam.
Sam dropped in unexpectedly just
before game time to see his old pals
He is at liberty" this year . {.
Raising ponies at his home in Woods
field, Ohio, instead of pitching i.
Came to Washington with Mrs. Jones,
who is attending a convention 4.
Pretty good ball club" said Sam
Of the Nationals Better than
those I played with here" The
best he was with here was the 1880
club 4. 1t finished second in the
race.
Evening star., 1937-04-20

First "Offenses."
EOR the first of -the-season" club
-. . first batter Finney of the
AS -. first out Finney .. first
putout :. Simmons, the new Nat . .
first assist :. Bluege . first hit
Moses of the AS :. single to left
. first walk -. Chapman . . first
steal :. Chapman first strike
Evening star., 1937-04-20
b|GT|ME MAY HIT
100000 MARK
Questions Galore Intrigue
Nations Fans as Long.
Struggles Begin.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

A fight lasts few minutes. An
open golf championship lasts
Il three days. Few foot ball teams
play more than II games. A six
day bicycle race is what it calls for.
But some $50 ball players now are
facing a l54-game test that runs from
April to October in the annual manu-
facture Of heroes and goats, stars and
blokes, in pursuit of two pennants that
lead to another million-doll world
series in the Fall.
Quite number of things can happen
when you toss $50 trained athletes
into pit for nearly six months. There
Is not only the team scramble, but
also the battle for individual leader
ship that, in one way or another,
catches the fancy of every home town
in the country, where more than
few rural habitations are roofing for
Hubbell, Martin, a Dean, a War
neke, Feller, Mungo or some other
hometown product who is bringing
pleasant publicity to his native heath.
Interest Is Universal.
RASE BALL means something more
than pennant race or cash
and fame to few hundred ball play
ers. 1t catches and holds the interest
of millions of fans all over the map,
bringing in a new excitement to all
these as the box score unfolds its story
from day to day.
How will they get along this time?
Feller, Dean, Gehrig, Di Maggie, Hub
bell, Mungo, Cochrane, Greenberg,
MedWlck Waner, Vaughan, Grove,
Ferrell, Warneke, Collins, OFT, Martin,
Appling?
Appling and Waner led their leagues
year ago. But 1887 is another year.
What pitcher will bag 25 games
the big test? Ed Walsh once won 40
games. Matty, Johnson, Alexander
and Wood won between 35 and 40.
But the ball carried less rubber In
those days, where a big wallop now
might turn the tide in flash.
Unless all advance signs. blow wide
open, base ball now is on its way to
set a new attendance record This is
the earnest belief of President Ford
Frick and President Bill Harridge. 1t
also is the conviction of Commissioner
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, who has
been looking at base ball crowds for
long time
Great Attendance Seen.
A TTENDANCE figures from Cali
fornia to the Atlantic Coast were
well above oldtime marks this Spring
any time they had good weather.
That's all they need this season.
good weather for weekend crowds
plus two good races to set { new high
mark in the way of admissions.
runaway gallop after June won't
help either league. But this isn't
fkely-even with the Yankee punch
again on hand, Rulings absence and
Di Maggios illness won't be any big
help against teams that have i'm
proved, or at least look improved. De-
troit, Cleveland, Chicago Washington
and Boston all can dish out trouble
If most Of their leading athletes re-
main intact.
The National League race should
be one of the best in years There is
q good chance that the Giants, Cubs,
Yankees, Tigers and White Sox all
will move up around the million mark
at home with Cleveland on a big
Jump, partly due to Bob Feller's fast
right arm.
With the right break, it wouldn't be
surprising to see the 100000 mark
N1ssaE
Evening star., 1937-04-20
Races Hard to Pick.

NSS Lkhau w L tth.
VOUR correspondent still draws a
hazy vision of the Yankees lead
ing down the stretch-but there
should be no such margin as in 1886,
when Cochrane and Greenberg van
shed from the Tigers and the Red
Sox blew up. With better luck, the
Tigers still are good enough to be
close up.
The art Of soothsaying in the Ma
tional has many rougher edges Here
Cubs, Cardinals and Giants are almost
perfectly punched, with the Pirates
hanging on as Reds and Dodgers sup
ply more than a few shocks.
OF the three leaders the Cubs seem
TO be the best-rounded outfit, con-
sidering all departments that make
and stop runs I know Grimm and
his bunch believe Rip Collins at first
will make big difference. The Cubs
also have the pitchers-more reserve
stuff here than either Cardinals or
Giants, who have too many starting
CANDLES after Dean, Warneke, Hubbell
and Schumacher turn in their DAYS
work. They are at least as good a
pick as any-meaning the Cubs.
Individual Stars.
CEHRIG has his chance to pass
through 1000 or more consecu-
tive games. Can he duck the fates
against injuries and illness that now
down so many? Can he again take
charge of the home-run office?
Will Bob Fellers 18-year arm
hold out? Here is the one star with
a chance to beat the old mark of II
strikeouts. Feller tied this mark his
first month out Now he has more
experience and whole season in
which to display his wares while feed
ing fast curve across the plate.
How will Dean and Hubbell work
out their old argument? Can either
show more than Van Lingle Mungo
the Brooklyn blast who is one of the
best?
Where will Di Maggie finish in his
second year? Back in condition, he
ought to be around the top-but the
second year is the testing spot.
Can Appling and Waner hold UP
IS they did year ago? You'll get the
answer now, day by day, as the box
score unfurls its reply in full
It's a long way from April's dog
wood to late September's first tints
Of crimson and gold. The main point
is they're on again on another hike
around the towpaths where each day
has another yarn to tell.
(Copyright, 1887 by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1937-04-20
GAMES TODAY.

GAMES TODAY GAMES TOMORROW
New York at Bklyn New York at Bklyn.
St Louis at Cinci Phila at Boston
Pittsburgh at Chgo. Pittsburgh at Chgo.
Only games sched St Louis at C1nci
Evening star., 1937-04-20

NATIONAL.
Results YESTERDAY.
q ieInbia 81 poStop "A f6rr
Evening star., 1937-04-20
League Races

TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1887.
AMERICAN.
Results YESTERDAY.
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
SHERIFF ASKS
STRIKE PEACE

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June IS
Q.N.S0 .-Sheriff Ralph E. Elser
today requested all sides in the
steel strike which has tied up
plants of Republic Steel Corpora.
ton and Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company to maintain a
peaceful Status quo" along the
25-mile strike front.
He declined to amplify the
"Status quo" plea but 1t was be-
lieved he intended to:
Appeal directly or indirectly
to the companies to refrain
from opening their mills for
the time being.
Request leaders of the "back
to work" movement to remain
away from the plants until the
Federal arbitration conferences
at Cleveland are concluded.
Ask C. /. D. leaders to refrain
from demonstrations and con-
fine themselves to peaceful
picketing.
The sheriff's action followed a
meeting of militant wives of steel
workers who demanded action
and protection" for their hus-
bands who are DESTROYS Of return
ing to work.
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
Farm Group TO Keep
Program Until 1888
international News Service

Congressional leaders and Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wallace have
agreed to withhold omnibus farm
rehabilitation legislation from this
session of Congress, it was dis
closed today.
The farm group decided to pre-
pare a bill and then set it aside
for final action at the next Ses.
sion, with a view to giving further
stud to the tangled agricultural
problem. The final program, it
was said, will involve crop control
production. soil conservation and
regulation Of farm prices.
The Washington times., 1937-06-18
Strike MedidtOrS
Hopeful Of
Settlement
lContinued from PAGE ID

(Cont1nued from rage ~
turned to the Chicago riots. The
committee clashed with Senator
LaFolette's civil liberties inquiry
over the La Toilette committees
refusal to turn over q film Of the
battle.