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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-06-11

in the direction of a cool breeza
during the hot evenings, will find
relief by stopping at ]. c. Art,,.
new confectionery and finely fn,.
nished ice cream parlor. 28 North
Potomac street, near the Market
House"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-06-11


DR.. N. B. Scott and Son moved
their Office to the Claggett build.
ing, two doors above and opposito
the old Office. The notice was
signed by N. B. Scott, NJ. D.. and
j. Mcpherson Scott.
Puffs, a fine brand of cigars
were on sale at Willhide's Island
of Cuba Cigar Store. The cigar
was warranted to be a clear Ha.
wanna filler, sold at 5 cents each
Grape wine for medicinal use
was advertised by Aughinbaugb,s
Drug Store, at $3.50 per gallon;
75c half gallon and 40c quart
sweet or dry as desired.
The public was advised to 20 to
C. G. Fechtigs Old Reliable Gro
Gerry, for ice rind watermelons,
nutmeg cantaloupes, large sweet
potatoes, egg plants, etc. Melons
were sold wholesale or retail. or
slived.
The New York Tea Co., adver
tised No. 3 fat family mackerel
25c doz-; No. / Shore mackerel
sc, three for 25c; prime New York
cheese, two pounds, for Csc; full
cream cheese, 16c h.; ham saus
age, 15c h.; ArInour's poundcan
corn beef, 25c can; Armour's 2lA
cans corned beef, &c can; oranges
60c per dozen.
New goods canton flannels, red
and white flannels, yarns and
worsteds, hosiery. gloves, dress
R00dE ar NJ Y ESanhf{0 and IN
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-06-11

New goods canton nannels, red
and white flannels, yarns and
worsteds, hosiery, gloves, dress
goods, at M. F. Fechtig and Co,
under the Baldwin House.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Wes Great in Defeat,

MANAGER BUCKY HARRIS is as
elated as a guy can be after his
club has lost four straight games. q
don't care if Yves has / win and IS
defeats He already has proved to
me that Buck Newsom doesn't belong
In the same game with him"
Getting back to yesterday. Ferrell
had no business being charged with
the defeat. He was given 2-to-O lead
in the first inning on a home run by
Johnny Stone with man on base In
the third inning the Yanks scored
three runs. but two Of them came
as a result Of two-base error bv
Joe Kuhel, whose play has slipped
badly in the last week. Joe went
hitless in six times at bat yesterday
and now has made only one hit in his
last l8 trips to the plate
The Mats tied it up In the fifth.
thanks to some dubious work afield bv
Jake Powell, and Ferrell and Ruffine
then proceeded to battle seven dra-
matte innings while waiting for a
break
1t was one Of the greatest duels of
the season. In the last nine innings.
Yves allowed only five hits and two
were extremely seratchy. When you
do that against the Yankees in their
own stadium you are pitching.
Evening star., 1937-08-20

IF YOU'D ever doubted that things
like tennis tournaments could be
managed and run off by a group
L 90 per cent juvenile, that suspi-
clon would have been dispelled by
observation of the District tournament
for juniors. boys mad girls. which was
to end at the Army-Navy Country Club
today. For, with the exception of Gene
Herman and Dorette Miller. who have
acted in an advisory capacity only.
none of those who are bringing their
own competition to a successful end
are old enough to vote.
Bill Wickham. junior member of the
host club, WAS appointed chairman of
the Tournament Committee and he has
handled his manifold duties in admir-
able style ever since getting the feel of
things soon after the start To be sure,
ne mao his troubles-as do all chair
men-with arranging schedules, tenn
porary umpires. etc, but once he
caught on complaints have been few
and far between.
When it came to appointing umpires
and inesmen for late matches whom
did Wickham seek? Older persons who
had held such duties before? Not at
all. Instead he chose-and ittinelv-
entrants OF the tournaments who had
been eliminated and who seemed only
TOO glad to aid in any capacity.
Dewitt Armstrong; umpiring
OF the final boys match yest4r-
day, performed to the manner
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Arm AIiue gain, FerreH Feels :Ag Her Checks Cubs skid
WEES GOOD, THOUGH
BEATEN BY YANKS.
Form of Hur|er, Victim of
Poor Throw by Travis,
Enthuses Mats.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

~ OSION. August 20-Wesley
- Ferrell did not have to order
new base ball cap today and
IL to those who know Wesley
Ferrell 1t was significant. When
things go wrong, Yves has a habit of
tearing up his glove and cap.
He pulled into Back Bay this morn
ting the victim of one of the cruelest
decisions the fates ever invented on
q ball field For one of the greatest
slab efforts Of his career. he was
awarded nothing better than 4-to-
defeat after II dramatic innings
against the Yankees. But tear up
glove and cap? Not this time. thanks.
For West, the guy with the dead
arm is not quite ready to hold funeral
services for his right wing. In the
process of out-pitchlng Red Ruffing
yesterday. Ferrell discovered he has
an arm that is getting better When
Shortstop Cecil Travis threw the ball
game away for him in the twelfth in
ming, vas kicked up some dirt and then
and grinned, too. Did he have stuff
Il had plenty of stuff. he explained
more than I've had in long time"
Rick Ferrell tore of his shin guards
and grinned too. Did he have stuff?
He had more on the ball today than
he has had for three or four years.
Buddy Myer said, "As long as we've
been in the American League, I've
never seen him with more"
Evening star., 1937-08-20

McNair's victory, q duplicate
Of the one which he scored over
the same opponent for the
championship of Maryland some
weeks ago. gave the boys cham
pionship to as fine an aIl-around
player in his class that this
city has seen in a long time.
great tactical player. knowing
now to cover his court effectively
Freddie also exhibited a wide repertoire
OF strokes and many Of his placements
came from his backhand. The man
ner in which he clipped Wadden's
haseline time and again spelled
volumes for his accuracy. His service
wasn't exceptionally strong. Wadder
breaking 1t every time in the first sci
and OF the 10 times he served in tbs
last two sets. But his ability to cover
up. his strong net game. marked BY
clever volleying. and his many seem
ingly impossible gets" brought him
the title.
incidentally, it gave him one years
possession OF the Dumbarton Bowl
resurrected after an absence Of three
years. The bowl is engraved with the
names Of five predecessors, namely
j. A. Lynham, jr. 1928; Jock Nc
Lean. 1929; Bob Doyle, 1882; Ralph
Adair, 1888, and Harry March, 1894.
Evening star., 1937-08-20

Yankees made haste to get him out
of school and onto the Newark roster.
I'll tell you about Keller went on
Weiss. He has definite chance to
be great ball player. 1 think that
Heinrich will just be a good outfielder
and a good hitter. but Keller
well, I mean he can develop to a
point where he will be remembered
for years after he steps out of base
ball.
One thing, though, is certain"
concluded Weiss L don't know
whether it will be next year or the
year after. but some day soon the
Yanks are going to have an outfield
that ought to go down with Speaker,
Hooper and Lewis. mean Di Maggie,
Keller and Heinrich. They're all just
babies, too."
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Davis Downs Old Jinx.

RUT even without him and in the
powerful presence Of record
breaking list of injuries. the Cubs were
doing all right. The pitching was get
ting by. the hitting was heavy. and
! the Windy City wallopers were sport
ing a growing lead in the pennan.
chase.
Then came the slump That best
balanced" throwing staff was splat-
tered all over the place with the COM
pleteness and effectiveness of a peach
pie in a slapstck comedy, The Cubs
lost five in a row, and their lead
was cut to two games over the reviv-
ing Giants.
Into that situation, Grimm yester-
day threw Davis. largely because
there wasn't much else to do, the
hospital list being what it is. And
Davis, although his performance
wasn't sensational showed that he's
ready to take his regular turn again
by coming through with 7-3 de-
cision against the perennial Cub Jinx,
Pittsburgh's Pirates. He pitched shut
out ball in all but two innings. and
finished stronger than even he him.
self expected,
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Man Behind the Guns.

Man Behind the Guns.
WEISS has several fine ball players
at Newark. Compared to the
Bears, the Yankees are in a close race
Newark is running away from the rest
of the field in the International
League, and many experts brand the
Bears as the greatest minor league
team of all time.
Joe Gordon, a second base
man, will be the successor to
Tony LAzzeri. They have
couple Of great pitching pros
poets, too. and a pair Of fine,
young catchers. But you can
tell that Keller is Weiss pet
rave.
This Weiss is one of those base
ball fellows who rarely is named ir
headlines, but. by the same token
forms an integral part Of great base
ball organization. The Cards popularly
are supposed to have the greatest
chain-store system in the game Tc
base ball folk that is a laugh. There
is none to compare with the Yankees
system, and Weiss is the man behind
the guns.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Shows Courage in Clutch,

ROTH clubs had plenty Of chances
to score. In the ninth the Mats
had men on first and third bases and
couldn't score. In the eleventh they
had EN- on first and second with one
out and could do no good
But II Rufing was in trouble. it
was nothing compared to what Fer
rell fought. In the eighth, Di Maggie
lifted high fly to short center. Myer
or Alamada should have taken It,
but when neither seemed disposed to
60 after the ball, Stone tried, but
dropped it for three-base error when
Myer bumped him.
Man on third and nobody out.
Gehrig, Dickey and Co. coming up.
1t seemed to be in the bag.
But Gehrig lifted a short fly to
Stone and Di Mag had to hold his
base. Dickey was passed purposely
and then Selkirk. who batted for
Powell, also walked Lazzeri, how
(see FERRELL, Page A-l3)
Evening star., 1937-08-20
There Amt No Justice.

YVES. in short, has proved beyond
rational debate that he is far
and away the best pitcher on the
Washington club. He came to the
Mats exactly two months ago and
during that time he has pitched no
fewer than Is times. That is lot
OF ball games for a pitcher.
That record of seven wins and nine
defeats you can throw out. He has
been losing tough ones ever since he
joined the Mats games he had
no business losing, but games over
which he had no control. such as
that one yesterday in New York.
Harken to these figures moment.
In is starts. Yves has been taken out
of the box only three times When
pitchers are not going we'll they do
not go the route 13 out of Is times.
He has pitched and lasted his last
eight games. In his last six. he has
allowed no more than four earned
runs in a game and yesterday only
one of the Yanks' was earned. His
earned run average over this stretch
has been slightly over two per game.
And yet he lost three Of these six
games
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Refute Americas Reputation for Speed
Liner Normandie Rosemeye, Ri Prove Zip Altogether
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 20.-Speed,
according to the popular concep-
ton, Is a distinctively American
attribute.
Yet the French liner Normandie
holds the transatlantic speed rec
ord, the German Bernd Rosemeyer
won the Vanderbilt Cup automobile
race and Count Theo. Rossi de
Montelera holds the world record
for 12-hter speed boats. the craft
that will contest the gold cup on
the Detroit River Labor day, Sep
tember 6.
Count Rossi, his engineering con-
patriot and fellow-driver, Guido
Cattaneo; three mechanics snd
their two water -skimming power
Evening star., 1937-08-20
DAVIS T|LTS LEAD
OF SHAKY BRUINS
Beats BUGS as Giants Are
DoWned-Tigers WaIIop
to Top White Sox.
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Wrtter

~ HARLEY GRIMM sat dop1
I with pleasure today TO eat
few of his own words.
~ The diet was about as ap-
petlzing as a barbed-Wire sandwich,
but Jolly Cholly had a lot of fun stow
ing 1t aWay, nevertheless. especially
since it had TO do with a bright spot
for his Chicago Cubs and their three
game lead on the National League
pack
The words, spoken by the Cubs pilot
when the current season was Just a
yOungSter, reyolved about big league
base balls champion hardluck guy,
Curt Davis. and his right-hand pitch
ing proves The Cubs. said Grimm
at that time, didn't expect much, l..
any. help from Davis this year.
And for weeks it looked as though
Cholly had it figured about right
The big lumberman from the North
west wasn't fully recovered from last
years stomach ailment before a sore
arm put him on the shelf again T.
all intents and purposes he was going
to be about as useful to the Cubs as
a layer of banana peels around sec
ond base.
Evening star., 1937-08-20

have you seen him since he broke
into professional base ball? You ought
to drop over to Newark some day
I'm telling you he is absolutely the
best outfeld prospect in the minor
leagues"
George took another sip from
his glass and smacked his lips
in twin appreciation of fine
bourbon and fine ball playing.
That Keller kid is hitting .335 and,
mind you, this is his first season out
of college ranks. He can go and get
ny balls with nearly anybody and he
has a great arm. And fast? Say
that kid can move. Branch Rickev
has an outfielder at Rochester named
Hoppe. Put a 100000 price tag on
Evening star., 1937-08-20
March Enters Final Round.

MARCH'S victory over Turner in
the junior semi-fnal was not as
unexpected as the 6-4, 6-l scores bv
which he prevailed. Although it was
admitted that Harry had recovered
some OF his old time form when he
doWned Marvin Carlock in the QUAR-
ters. Turner, playing one OF the best
junior games in the city at present,
still thought he would beat March
In fact he tTurner) bet $3.50 on
himself-a fortune to kids his age.
The kid with the Southern draul
didn't surrender without fighting to
the limit, however.
March had : set points in the
first set before he could clinch
1t. and Turner STAYED off \ like
number Of match points In the
last before succumbing.
Many were Of the opinion that
March today stood a good chance of
evening his score with johnson, who
beat him in the semi-f1nals of The
Stars City of Washington tournament
in June That was soon after March
had returned from college, where ne
had been out for track instead of
tennis.
There seemed little to choose be-
tween the junior doubles final op-
ponents. both the Carlock-Johnsen
and March-Turner combinations nav
ing swept through their previous
matches without the loss OF set.
Carlock and johnson have lost only
II games so far, in contrast to the 16
dropped by March and Turner, but the
latter were forced to play four matches
to the three Of their rivals, who re-
ceived flrst-round default.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Tigers in Hitting Mood /.

THE victory really meant two games
to the Cubs. Had they lost and
the Giants won their lead would have
been shaved to q single game. But
the Giants dropped an thinning. 21
heartbreaker to the pitching MASTERY
Of Jim Turner and the Boston Bees
and gave the Cubs another breathing
spell,
The Yankees. meantime. got the
breaks to maintain an llla-game
edge in the American League with q
l2-inning 4-3 decision over the Ma
tionals. The second-place Detroit
Tigers. featuring a pair of homers
each by Rudy York and Gerry Walker,
walloped the White Sox, l2-4 in a
game cut to six innings by rain. The
second game of scheduled double
header was rained out.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
PITCHING.
z RR so ID &c &C w !,
SARAZEN IN STAR LOT

LAKE PLACID, N. Y, August 20
CP).-Nearly 100 crack shotmakers.
led by stocky Gene Sarazen, began
firing today in the 50 900 72-hole Lake
Placid open,-one of the East's few
remaining big money golf events Of
1887.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Drew Ruppert's Eye.

GEORGE is the same fellow who ran
the New Haven Club of the New
England League some years back when
Walter johnson and Ty Cobb owned it.
Weiss was fresh out Of Yale and just
beginning his base ball career. From
there he went to Baltimore and at
tracted so much attention that Rup-
pert sent out and hired the guy.
This is only his fifth year with the
Yankee organization, but already he
has worked wonders. In that space Of
time he built up.a chain store system
that has surpassed even the Cardinals.
It was Weiss who brought up
Red Rolfe and Weiss who
clinched the purchase of Joe Di
Maggie. And he's only started.
Wait until that Newark class
begins to graduate.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
CLEVELAND VET DIES

CLEVELAND. August 20 R.-
Death has claimed william (Bunk)
Congalton. 50, outfielder for one OF
Clevelands early big-league base ball
clubs.
Congalton, who played outfield for
the Cleveland Maps In 1906 and 1907,
died at his home here following .
heart attack last Sunday while watch
Ing the Cleveland Indians play.
Evening star., 1937-08-20

named after mountains in ETHIOPIA,
and powered with the same TIVE of
6-cylinder. 5o0horsepower engine
that brought Gen. Balbo's air
armada to Chicago for the Worlds
Fair were constructed specifically
for this race. Streamlined to the
water, with steadying wings on
their one-stepped hulls, they vary
little.
Although Count Rossi and Cat
taneo, who designed the boats,
tested scale models in tanks, Just
as Harold S. Vanderbilt tested a
model OF his successful Americas
Cup defender Ranger, they are not
sure just what either can do.
Trials runs will be held over the
Detroit River course when the
Italians arrive In Detroit next
Monday OF Tuesday.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Three Title Tits Today.


SETTLEMENT of three more cham
plonships was to close the tour
1ey this afternoon with the Junior
singles and doubles title and the girls
doubles crown at stake.
David johnson, the seeded No.
junior. and Harry March, whose pres
ence in the final round makes his rat
ing OF No. S somewhat ridiculous, were
TO meet for the junior singles title at
l o'clock and later were to clash again
tor the junior doubles title. For the
latter johnson was to team with Mar
win Carlock, the seeded No 2 singles
entrant, who March defeated In the
quarter-flnals. while March was to
pair with Billy Turner.
Turner. incidentally. proved
March's semi-final victim YES
terday. bowling in straight sets,
"a, 81.
Sandwiched between the two Junior
matches was to be the girls doubles
match for the championship with
Hazel tJimmy) Bishopp and Mary
Gray opposing Dorothy Barclay and
Ruth johnson.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
imp Howls Out
Then Is jailed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GAN FRANCISCO, August 20
Jake Powell, veteran Coast
League umpire. landed in Jail after
calling base runner out and later
starting a near-riot.
Sacramento police said Umpire
Powell was drunk He was free to-
day on $40 bail posted by Jimmy
Reese of the San Diego team. which
won the game from Sacramento,
8 to o.
Sacramento protested the game,
but not the falling.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
:POPP!NGME1a EE;' !! 8 8
OfF"~JtGt !!
Ueiss Guy.
Special Dispatch to The Sta


OSTON August 20-Geoge rs
- to be really year
George Weiss is the head of the Yankee chnstore
is recognized
fesson farewell
free bar for yesterday
before
Newark A lot of
not play them It might be embarrassing
What I'm looking forward to- Weiss inkng the ice his
Charley
Keller
of Maryland kid Played
Evening star., 1937-08-20
McNair, Decker New Chamus.

FREDDIE McNA1R Of Annapolis
and Charlotte Decker are the new
boy and girl champions Of the Dis
trict, by virtue of their victories In
the first two final matches played yes
terday.
McNair, son of retired naval COM
mander and who will not be Is years
old until october 27-Navy day
showed plenty of stuff and fight to
down Tom Walden, 3-6, 64, e3.
Miss Decker, the outstanding per-
former IN the girls tournament, had
an easier time OF it in downing Har-
riet Williams. 81, 60, although that
second set was q lot closer than the
score indicates. As q matter of fact
after Miss williams lost the first set
in which she scored only points, she
scored only points less than Miss
Decker In the second.
Evening star., 1937-08-20

boats, the Alagi and the Aradam,
arrived yesterday on the Conte di
Savoia.
They formed the advance guard
OF a foreign invasion that was
completed today with the arrival,
aboard the Paris, of Maurice Was
seur of France.
Count Rossi Is no stranger to
America, nor to American speed
boat pilots. But his appearance in
the thirty-fourth gold cup race will
be his debut in that event, as this
Is the first year foreign drivers
have been permitted to drive for
eign boats. Kaye Don Of England
won last year at Lake George, but
he won with Impshi, which again
has been entered by Owner Horace
Dodge Of Detroit.
Ths Alesi and the Aradam, both
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Second Frame Hurts d. c. Team.

WASHINGTON suffered its first loss
w yesterday when New York capt.
talized on four errors to trim the
local lads, 6-5, despite the effective
relief twirling of George Mosedale,
who limited the Gothamites to four
hits In the 2-3 innings he toiled.
That second inning. however,
proved Washington's downfall with a
triple. two singles and two costly
errors pushing across four runs for
New York in that frame. The Capt.
tai City crew retaliated with three
runs in the third inning, but New
York scored again in the fourth and
STAYED off a local sixth-inning rally
to win
Baltimore, meanwhile, was erasing
St Louis from competition, 80, and
Chicago eliminated Cincinnati, 80.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
TYPO TITLE HOPE
SPURS D. c. TEAM
Capital Nine Is in Semis
Today Despite Beating
by New Workers.

THE argument for the Interna =
tional Union Printers base ball
tourney championship was to
A narrow down to two or three
teams today, with the Washington
contingent rated an even chance of
reaching the final tomorrow at Grit
fifth Stadium
New York was to square off with
Chicago today at IL o'clock at Grit
f1th Stadium, while Washington was
to stack up against Baltimore at the
same spot at 2 o'clock. Should Chi
cago trim the undefeated New
Workers. three clubs will be tied for
first place with four victories in five
starts, and morning game tomorrow
will be necessitated, with the final
being staged in the afternoon.
The loser of the Washington -Balti-
more tilt faced elimination, but New
York, with an unblemished record in
four games. could drop the decision
against Chicago and still be in the
titular scrap, since two defeats are
necessary for elimination.
Evening star., 1937-08-20

Totals 43 4 10 SO 10
tBatted for Powell in eighth.
WASHINGTON - 200 Ol0 600 OOO-3
New York O03 900 600 OO1-4
Runs batted in-Stone l21, Di Maggie,
6ehrs W. Ferrell Two-base hits-Hoag,
D Maggie. Home run.-Stone Stolen bases
--Rolfe, Hoas sacriice-Smmons. Double
plays-Crosetti to Gehrir; Myer to Travis
to Kuhel Rufnng to Crosetti to Gehrie:
Lewis to Myer to kuhel; Armada to r. Fer
rell; Travis to Kuhel. Left on bases-New
York y; washington, IL Bases on bsllsE
ouS-By Rufhng, 2; by w Ferrell. 8. Um-
pires-Messrk. Hubbard, Dinneen and Kolls.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Griffith Missed Him.

Griffith Missed Him.
K ELLER did not go down in Mary
land history as one of the more
illustrious athletes, but that was be-
cause nobody pays much attention to
college base ball. He was, at best,
only $3.50 foot ball player and never
was played regularly. He was a fair
sort of a basket ball player, too,4 but
never in class with fellows like
Bozie Berger and Shorty Chalmers.
Clark Griffith looked at Kel-
Ter. He might have grabbed
him. too, if he had made his
move when the kid first started
at Maryland.
But when Keller began to become
known and scouts flocked to College
Park to look him over. the boy wanted
more than Griff could afford to paw.
Weiss had the inside track and origi-
nally planned to let him finish school
but when Billy Evans came shopping
In the interests of the Red Sox the
Evening star., 1937-08-20

him and that sort OF thing Well,
Hoppe was supposed to be great
base runner and the fastest man in
the International League.
In match race not long ago,
Keller ran away from him."
Evening star., 1937-08-20

born. was an example. Arm
strong also called 'em in the
girls title tilt. while girls like
Jimmy Bishopp sat on the lines.
Evening star., 1937-08-20
Thrown AWAY

Totals As 311+3S
1.-TWO out when winning run scored.