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Evening star., 1937-10-06
Mr.. Schacht Is Modest.

by THIS time the Giants began tc
move off the field and the big
stadium was deserted except for few
scattered hangers-on with more time
than anything else on their hands
Mr.. Logan, who is called Doc, began
to grow nervous and finally, when Al
Schacht came walking toward him, Doc
said:
II might as well confess, fel.
lows. I'm sinking to q new low.
Guess what I'm gonna do?
Stooge for Schacht during the
SERIES"
Mr.. Schacht, with 40-pound catch
er's glove, a bird cage and few other
weird implements, made a modest ap-
proach. "You will see the great
Schacht at his funniest this series,
boys" he advised. Get out early
This is the first time I've ever re-
hearsed, so you can see how seriously
I'm preparing to be funny"
At that moment there was a commo-
ton in one of the dugouts. One OF
the figures on the scene was Mr.. Will
Terry, the Giants cheerless leader
One of the writing boys caught Mr.
Terry of guard and saw Will muster
a smile. 1t was too much for him, he
said later, and so he swooned.
Evening star., 1937-10-06

Joe Gould, the fight manager, was
spotted introducing Joe Di Maggie
to Cliff Melton in the lobby of the
hotel where all three live A tire
dealer from Wichita, Kans. is here
ready to give q brand-new set to
the first guy smacking out q homer.
Joe Engel, the Chattanooga
Pooh Bah, is looking for q man
ager.
Casey Stengel went across the
Brooklyn Bridge and personally
collected the last installment Of his
salary for not managing the Dodg-
ers The big-eared one has
three offers and will do some busi-
ness in the next two days .
He has been hanging around the
Yankee ofiices q lot, and some of
the boys think he'll wind up man
aging either Kansas City or Oak
land, both Yankee farms.
Joe Di lGas's dad u having .
tough tina eating regularly ~
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Hot Slab Duel Promised.

THE cynosure of all eyes today, de-
L pending upon the fortunes of
battle, was expected to be either Carl
Hubbell, the Oklahoma apple -knocker,
who always pitches first world series
games for the Giants, or Vernon (El
Goofy) Gomez of California, to whom
Manager Joe Mccarthy has intrusted
the Yankees fortunes.
They promised-these two new New
Yorkers-to wage a homeric struggle.
They are the greatest pitchers in
their leagues. Hubbell, one of the
great pitchers of all time, known as
the Meal Ticket" silenced the
Yankees Big Berthas in the first
game last year. Gomez, seven years
younger than his mound rival and
twice as eccentric, didn't work for
the Yanks until the second game Of
the 1886 series. But he won two
games.
Right down to the wire, the Yankees
have been stanch favorites to win
again, even though everybody, in
Guiding Manager Mccarthy of the
Yankees, has admitted that the Giants
are greatly improved over last season.
They are stronger at third base and
at first base, and they have a new
left-handed pitcher in Cliff Melton,
who might stand the Yankees on their
collective heads. They are such
smart fielding team that an estab-
iished slugger like Wally Berger can't
even break into today's lineup be-
cause his throw-ins from center field
leave something to be desired.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
CHIS0x SEEK NINTH
IN ROW OVER BRUINS
Have Swept Last Two Series, but
Face Unusual Situation in
Being 1887 Choices.

Hy the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 6-Chicago's
White Sox, the American Leagues
third-place club, goes back to work
today on its most priced winning
streak-an unfinished run of nine
straight victories over the National
League Cubs in city series base ball
strife.
The Sox, always the underdogs in
recent series with the Cubs, started
the current winning streak, which
does not include Spring training
meetings. by winning the seventh and
final game of the 1881 series. They
whipped through the 1884 affair in
four straight and last year gave their
favored rivals another four game pol
ishing.
Although they finished third in their
own league this year while the Cubs
landed second in the National, the
Sox, for the first time, go into the
internecine row the favorites.
Today's quotation on the Sox was
7 to S.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
JOHNSTON, BOXING
BOSSES HOT AT It
Promoter Charges New York
Board Has interest in
10th Century Club.
Ps the Associa ted Press.

n YEW YORK. October ga pair
nj Of noted verbal warriors
N Jimmy Johnston, former di-
rector of boxing at Madison
Square Garden, and chairman John
j. Phelan of the New York State
Athletic Commission. are at it again.
And this time a general overhauling
OF the commission may be the result
II Johnston carries out his threats.
After stormy meeting yesterday,
at which Johnston confirmed that he
was quoted correctly in an Associated
Press story September 20 in which he
said Phelan and Commissioner Bill
Brown must have a personal interest
in the Twentieth Century Club"
Johnston's attorney, Newbold Morris.
issued statement in which he said
he would call upon the Governor for
an investigation of the commission.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Facts ON Classic

CoNTEND1NG teams and man
agers-Yankees, champions of
American League; Joseph v. Nc
Carthy, manager. Giants, cham
pions Of National League; William
H. Terry, manager.
How the series is decided-Four
out of seven games.
Schedule-The first game Is
listed today at the Yankee Sta
dium, which also will be the scene
of the second tomorrow. The third,
fourth and fifth games, if fifth
is necessary, will be played at the
Polo Grounds Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. If sixth and seventh
games are necessary they will be
played at the Stadium Monday
and Tuesday.
Starting times-All games will
start daily at 1870 pm. eastern
standard time), except on Sunday,
when the starting time will be 2
pm.
In case OF postponement-The
teams will remain scheduled for
the park where rained out until a
game to decision has been played.
The remainder of the schedule will
be moved up accordingly. The
same procedure will be followed in
the event of a tie game.
Evening star., 1937-10-06

A CROSS the river the Yankees were
practicing in the Polo Grounds.
A larger crowd was on hand and ac-
tivity was q good deal brisker. An
insignificant little man with weather.
beaten face and tough, gnarly hands
was attracting some attention and it
developed he was Joe Di Maggie, ST.
Giuseppe hit one.
A young, dark-haired man was at
tracing a good deal of attention, too.
He was Mickey Cochrane, who was
telling of his trip to Europe. Mickey
reached home the day before on the
Queen Mary. And was admiringly
watching the Bronx Bombers tee of.
Somebody mentioned OFT and
asked Mickey il he thought the
Yankees would bunt on Mel, who
is now a third baseman.
why should they?" asked Mickey.
why bunt when a fellow always has
a chance to knock the ball over the
fence?" That seemed to answer the
question pretty we'll.
Later in the afternoon the main
body of the out-of-town series army
marched into Gotham. Clark Griffith
led battalion from Washington and
was looking very secretive.
Mr.. G. Discloses Plans.
JUST between u.s." disclosed Mr. G.,
Il am trying to get pitcher in
the draft. Names Leonard from
Atlanta, and he's pretty good. A
knuckle-baller."
Somebody wanted to know Leonard's
first name by sin," said Griff, as
if he ever knew ball players first
name, II don't know. 1 know this
much about him, though" he con-
fessed, blushingly, "he used to be with
Brooklyn. Yeah, you got it Dutch
Leonard. Only he isn't the old, original
Dutch Leonard"
Choosing a strange moment to ex-
plot the crime, Brooklyn announced
trade whereby Jimmy Bucher, Joe
Strip. Roy Henshaw and Johnny
Cooney were sent to the Cardinals in
exchange for Lippy Durocher, who
talks loudly but hit lightly.
At the proper time the deal
would have made much talk and
many headlines but people were
too busy thinking Of the series to
bother.
Maybe" wagged one of the writing
boys, that's what the Brooklyns
wanted to do sort of make the
deal on the sneak. Four for one
That's giving away a lot Of ball
players, even If they are liberty
leaguers.'
When darkness began to fall, Griff
and his fellow-magnates trotted off to
the draft meeting and the newspaper
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Hot Words FIy.

JIMMY and Phelan had quite a
wrangle when Johnston said he
had proof the commission has an in
terest in the Twentieth Century Club.
Get that into the records" Phelan
shouted to the stenographer. He
said We had financial interest in
the Twentieth -
Il didn't say financial. I said per-
sonal," Johnston yelled back. LET
me see what you're putting in those
records"
We'll take care of the records" !"
answered the chairman.
That's what I'm afraid Of" replied
Jimmy in a parting quip.
He later said good deal more out
side the meeting and Attorney Nor
rls gave out his statement, approved
by Johnston, in which he said:
Il will head an organization to call
on the Governor to undertake a
sweeping reorganization of the State
Boxing Commission, in the same
thorough fashion that he overhauled
the State Racing Commission. This
would give the followers of boxing a
new deal"
Evening star., 1937-10-06

cause ne won't touch restaurant
grub-not even the kind Joe dishes
out In his San Francisco hash
house.
Scalpers are asking 10 bucks for
q $3.50 pasteboard The keen
humor and wit of Will Rogers Is
missed sadly in the refreshment
room where the comedian was q
regular until last year (. Extra
1t Is reported the Boston Bees have
drafted rookie under 80 years Of
age, but may have to put him out
another year for more seasoning.
The boys in the wining and din
ing rooms stopped hoisting stems
long enough to give Walter John
son a hand when the big Train"
entered Harry Eisenstat, the
former Dodger, Just declared a free
agent, didn't get as far as first
when he tried to sell himself ta
0o 8oGeon Rcd eo4.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEw YORK, October g.
nj Plenty of deals being cooked
IN up u,,.h here .s., as the base ball
the biggest Winter turnover in
years One choice tidbit is that
Cincinnati is out to get Bill Nc
Kechnie of the Bees as manager,
with Gabby Hartnett and Jimmy
Wilson also in the running i. Just
a question of whether the Reds can
bag any one of the trio.
Reds to rebuild from ground up,
=. Eleven of this years team re-
signed, but none of the others has
been even approached d. Latter list
includes such big shots as Ernie
lombard, Gene Schott and Paul
Derringer :. If they 90, who will
take their places?
One burned-up gent is Philip K.
Wrigley, owner Of the Cubs -. He
didn't bother to stay home and root
Evening star., 1937-10-06
POPPING ~
OfF"~JHGt &4
Just Before the Battle Stuff.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


EW YORK October GA chill
field at Yankee Stadium
batting
There a
watching the final
OF them was having difficulty restraining enthusiasm.
Poo Pood of the inkstaned kbers watching
terrific
haven't
Yankees like throwing
Why -"
isn" interrupted Mr. Roland the the
Sox I am American Lacquer know but
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TOMORROW.
Wrestling.

xONAOhhONs
Wrestling.
Vincent Lopez VS.. Freddie Meyers
and Dean Detton VS.. Billy Ham
son. double feature, Turner's Arena,
$50.
FRIDAY.
Foot Ball.
West Virginia Wesleyan VS..
George Washington, Griffith Sta
dium, $40.
Roosevelt VS.. Woodrow Wilson,
Roosevelt Stadium public high
title game, $3.50.
Eastern VS.. st. Johns, Eastern
Stadium. $3.50.
Boys Latin School Of Baltimore
VS.. st. Adams, st. Adams field,
$50.
Bulls VS.. Washington-Lee High,
Ballston, Va, $3.50.
Gonzaga VS.. Loyola, Baltimore,
Md.
Friends VS.. Tome Institute, Port
Deposit, Md.
SATURDAY.
Foot Ball.
Western Maryland VS.. Maryland,
College Park, Md, 2:30.
st. Johns VS.. American Uni
versity, Massachusetts and Ne
braska avenues, 230.
Georgetown VS.. Holy Cross,
Worcester, Mass.
Wilson Teachers VS.. Kutztown
Teachers, Kutztown. Pa.
Dewitt VS.. Creenbrier Military
Academy, Charles Town. w. Va.
y Howard VS.. Shaw. Raleigh, N. C.
George Washington High VS..
Petersburg High, Petersburg. Va.
Gilman Country School VS.. Epis-
copal, Alexandria, Va, 2:30.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Seasons Leaders
in Major Leagues
American IAAeue

Batting--Gehrineer, Tigers. 81:
Gehrig. Yankees. 353 Runs-Di
Magic. Yankees, $50; Rolfe. Yankees.
143: Runs batted in-Greenberg,
Hits-Bell. Browns. 21s; Di Magic.
Yankees. o15. Doubes-Bell. Browns.
81: Greenberg. Tigers. so Triples
kreevich., White Sox. 49, Stone sena-
tors. and Di Maggie. Yankees. Is.
Home runs-Di Maggie, Yankees. 46;
Greenberg. Tigers 40. Stolen bases
Sox. "a. Pitching-Allen. Indians, 15-
/: Murphy. Yankees, 1874.
National League.
Batting-Medwick. Cardinals. .314;
Mize' ,.ias Cardinals 1854, Runs-,Med-
maree. Cubs. 106. Runs batted in
Medwick; Cardinals, ] "a: Mize, Cardi-
nails. and Demaree. Cubs. lib. Hits
Medwick. Cardinals. 237: P Waner.
Pirates. 21a. Doubles-Medwick. Car
dinals. 81; Mize. Cardinals. 40. TRIPLES
Vaughan, Pirates. II; suhr. Pirates
l3. Home runs-Ott. Giants, and
Medvick. Cardinals 81. Stolen bases
-Galan. Cubs. %: Hack. Cubs. Is.
Pitching-Hubbell, Giants, 22-S: Root,
Cubs, 1875.
Evening star., 1937-10-06

men began to bat out their copy so
they could line up at the free bar
established by Col. Jacob Rupert and
imbibe far into the night. The Giants
and Yankees went to bed, or were
supposed to CO. and 10000 prospective
customers contemplated the drizzling
rain and wondered if the series was
going to start all wet, as 1t did last
year.
This was the day before the curtain
went up on the big show.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
LOUIS is MOVIE ACTOR
Will Appear With Muse in "The
Spirit of YOUTH

HOLLYWOOD, October 6 (R.-Joe
Louis came out here with his soft ball
team for exhibitions, but will stay on
to emote for cash before the movie
cameras.
The heavyweight boxing champion
has signed a contract to appear with
Clarence Muse and an all-Negro cast
in THE Spirit of Youth" and five
other films.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
FIGHTING IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, October 6 (R.-Fist
fighting will return to the Chicago
Stadium tonight for the first time since
last December 9, with q 10-round fea-
t,lre bout between q pair Of ambitious
heavyweights, Max Marek of Chicago
and Harry Thomas Of Eagle Bend,
Mnn.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
JACOBS CONTROLS FARR.

NEW YORK, October 6 (P).-Mike
Jacobs has announced that Tommy
Farr, Welsh heavyweight, had agreed
to fight under Jacobs banner for the
next five years.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
PRINCETON GREAT DIES.

PAOLI. Pa, October 6 (P.-Lang-
don Lea, former All-America foot ball
star at Princeton and father OF three
Princeton ends, died here last night.
He was SO years old.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Uncertain Weather Threatening Record Gate for World Series
SMALLER OPENING
THAN IN 1886 SEEN
Giants Will Win if Melton
Stays in His "Trance,"
Declares HubbeII.
BY GAYLE TALBOT.
Associated Press Sports Writer.


n YEW YORK. October 6.-This Is
IN the gigantic day, barring fire
or flood, when all normal
a activities cease for a couple
OF hours in the afternoon and the
mortality rate among grandmothers
leaps out of sight.
The simple, ungarnished truth is
that the New York Giants of Harlem
and the New York Yankees of the
Bronx are meeting at 1:30 pm. in
the latter's handsome, commodious
park in the first game of the world
series.
The weather has been threatening
complications, just as it did last year,
but the forecast today was for cloudy
weather and showers in the morning,
possibly clearing toward afternoon.
If the rain of last night should
continue long today, however, the
clubs hopes for a record gate may
be knocked into a cooked hat
Although practically all the re-
served seats have been sold, the pros
pect of a sellout crowd of 10000 de-
pends entirely upon how many Gus
toners turn up to buy unreserved
grandstand seats at $3.50 and the
bleacher places at sl.10. About 10000
of these were to go on sale at 9 am.
Best advance indications put the
crowd between $4,000 and $4,000,
somewhat short of the record of 1860
the same clubs set last year, when
the Yankees won four out of six
games.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Attendance Marks Feeblest,

THIS year, the marks most likely To
be outdone by the Yankees and
Giants are the "highs" for attendance
and gate receipts which they set a
year ago. With a sellout at the
stadium for either game, or a full
house at both. local parks for the
series, the marks are sure to go.
A few of the records at which the
boys will be shooting in the current
classic:
Batting average-Total series. Gehrig
$50 five seriesJ: one series. Babe Ruth
;, Runs scored.aone series; ., Babe Ruth
Yankees. 1895; one game, 4, Ruth. Earl
Combs and Frank Crosetti, all Yankees
Runs batted in-One series. 2. Gehrlg
ri92Sl: one game, 3. Lazzeri Bill Dickey
Earl Smith. by a club one series. Al. and
Hits-One series IL. by Rice. Senator
1925, and Pepper Martin, Cardinals, 1881
Doubles-One series. 8. Fox. Tigers
la34 one game. A. Isbell. White sox,
Home runs-one series. 4. Ruth us2e,
dsa 1aas GehTis sna s9s stls2s); one game g. Ruth
Largest score-one game. Yanks. Is
Attendance@Series. 32so51. Yanks-
Cardinals 1926; one game, 66,66e. YanEs-
Receipts..series. s1,3o4 sae. Yankee
Giants. 1895: one game. S24O.5aI
Yankees-Giants. 1896.
Evening star., 1937-10-06

there" he pointed magnanimously, "is
a pretty fair left-handed pitcher"
over there" of course, was where
Carl Hubbell was preparing to quit
a pepper game. Carl came saunter-
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Foes Past Records

NEW YORK, October 6 CP.-Wori I
series records Of the Giants ar9
Yankees:
Evening star., 1937-10-06
SERIES PROPHETS
WARY ON RECORDS
Difficult to Figure Which
Most Likely Are to Go
in Current Classic,
By the Associated Press

n IEW YORK. October e.-Gen.
M orally, world series records,
" like the last button holding
the suspenders, are likely to
go any time, or may hold indefinitely.
In pre-series calculations, there's no
way Of figuring out just which marks
are In for eclipse. The answers al
ways are wrong. For instance, no one
foresaw the bombardment with which
the Yanks last year wiped out whole
pages Of series batting and run
making records that had stood for 10
years or more.
Evening star., 1937-10-06
Yankees.

New York also won National
championship in 1888. 1889 and
when there was no world sertes1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-07
THE STORY so FAR


 MARTHA BRITAIN and BET EY HAYNES begin . trip up the west ceast to demonstrate the new Airspeed trailer. They pick mp GERRY NEAL, handsome young hltch-hiker. Neal tells them he e t0 meet . friend, JACK SPED- DON, st the Long Beach Auto camp. But at Long Beach, Neal disappears from the trailer and Epeddon drives away with Betty, eaiIing to return.
 Frantic, Martha calls police. Then she gets . wire, hours later, signed Betty" and advising that Betty will meet her in San Fran cisco at . designated hotel Fev- eeiShIy, Martha starts out and en- counters Neal en route. He tells her that ''this thing may be big gcr' than she imagines."
 Martha agrees to accompany Neal back to San Francisco to find Betty. Martha is troubled because abe likes Neal yet she does not know whether she should trust him. She wires Frisco and finds that neither Betty nor SpeddOn are registered at the designated hotel. The next day Neal saves Martha from drowning and she knows she loves him. They leave for San Francisco.
 Once in Frisco, Martha finds no trace of eBtty but receives an- other letter, presumably from Bet ty, explaining everything is all right. Disturbed, Martha wants to call police again but Neal pro- tests that a fuss might cause Betty's death!
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-07
CHAPTER XII

Martha stared at Neal, the color draining from her lips. Do you =. mean that?"
 T do. There's good possibility that these messages from Betty are perfectly genuine. In them she's given you definite instruc- tions- and the best advice is to follow them" He touched her arm. 'why don't you go to your room and rest up for a few min- utes? Then we'll have some lunch." 4.
 She shook her head. T don't Feel like eating"
 "IIl call you later, then, Mean while, try to forget this. There's not thing to be done right now"
 Long after the boy had left her luggage and disappeared into the hallway, Martha stood motionless by the window, staring down at the busy traffic of Market street. Conflicting thoughts cluttered her tired brain, and she felt somehow empty and gone. Yesterday at Del Mcnte she had managed to forget her troubles a little, and in the Raiety of the Ball room she had convinced herself that everything would turn out right, and that here she would find Betty.
 At last, from sheer nervous ex- Yaaustion, she dropped onto the bed. The drone of the city lulled her into a fitful sleep - & sleep filled with nameless fears, with dreams in which she saw the face of speddon and heard Betty's Hoice crying out to her.
 She was awakened by the soft buzz of the rooms telephone, was startled to see that the falling dusk had already darkened the windows. Still trembling from the effect of her nightmare, she took up the re- eeiver.
 It was Neal. How about dinner2" 6e asked.
 Martha hesitated. Why should ehe go on with this man, not knowing how or why or whither he was misleading her? Yet he claimed to be a friend-and she 50 needed friendly advice and help. There surged through. her, at the thought of dining alone, of staying in this room, a terrible loneliness. "All right I'll be flown in a moment"
 'There,s a nice cocktail lounge on Enc second foor," Neal said. "1t's called the Comstock. See you ehere in 10 minutes" "YeS ."
 SYes :"
 In spite of herself, Martha was krateful for the soft cheery lights of the cocktail lounge, and the bright, deep chairs. She was grate- ful for the presence of Gerry Neal. He had changed into 8 comfortable, smart-looking suit of easy tweed. Certainly, Martha told herself, he looked anything but dangerous. One would take him for . young investment banker, perhaps, but never for a man living deviously by his wits