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Evening star., 1937-08-04

season there was ball that I could
twist up pretty good with my hands.
Il used to twist 1t here land
he displayed 4 spot where the
seams run close together) and it
really did things. 1 got hunch
the same thing could be done
with this ball"
Mr.. Sgd Cohen, the southpaW, Is
enthusiastic about the ball, too 1T
sure would cut down home runs" said
sgd. "Of course, fellows like Gehrig
and Dl Maggie would keep getting
homers from time to time but not
at the rate they get them now. They
really would have to hit that ball on
the nose"
Dead" Ball Okey With Griff.
HIS nihs, Mr.. Clark Griffith, likes
the new ball Mr. G. used to be
good pitcher himself and maybe that
explains 1t. Or maybe he figures that
teams like the Yanks always will have
terrific pull over other clubs if
lively ball is used Anyway, he
heartily indorses the green-stiched
thing except for its tendency to grow
lop-sided
1T puzzles me-" the Old Fox was
saying. 1T is supposed to be the
same ball that is used today, except
for the cover. And that is only slightly
thicker. That shouldn't make it grow
cockeyed.
Look" he continued, pointing to
his desk. On it were half dozen OF
the 1888" balls which were used in
practice. There were x-marks here
and there on the balls.
"They are to show where they
got fat" explained Griff. I'm
sending them to Will Harridge
president Of the American
League) to show him how lop-
sided they become.
I'm in favor of deadening the ball.
I'd like to have Mr.. Harridge take the
covers of these balls and make sure
they are the same inside as the pres
ent ones. II they are not Id like to
see them adopt ball with the same
thickness Of cover but with a deader
inside"
AS if afraid he was making his
case for less lively ball too strong,
Mr.. Old Fox hastened to add
But this ball still can be hit
long way. This is practically the same
kind of ball we used in the 1888 world
series. You remember it, don't you?
Well, Goose Goslin hit one of these
balls outta sight in that series. That
proves it can 60, doesn't it?"
Mr.. G. thinks differently than
his ball players. Unfortunately
for him. the Goose went, too,
and 50 he can't prove much IS
regards that kind Of ball.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Connie City's All-Time Best.

TNNIE knocked off most of the
ranking stars when they came to
Washington. He never was beaten by
local player once he had attained his
prime, retiring as the undefeated
champion of the District In short,
he's the greatest player this fair city
ever produced.
His brother Lou never attained the
national recognition that was Comics,
although he was among the best play
erS of the city at the time. Today,
however, he is engaged in work that
will give him as immortal a place as
Connie now holds in local netdom
For Lou, the gentleman Of gentlemen,
is serving as referee OF the mid
Atlantic tourney-the fifth major
local tournament within month
for which he has been drafted in that
capacity! If he hasn't set an all-time
high for work in the name of tennis
during that period, then this observer
doesn't know the meaning of the word
labor.
Louis I. Doyle's after-office hours
have not been his own since The Star
selected him as the best qualified
man in the city to conduct its City
of Washington tournament. Since
then he has been found daily at the
tourney sites, assigning contestants
to courts, recording scores, settling
disputes and arranging schedules
And it's safe bet his evenings
haven't been his own, either, with
players calling all hours Of the night
for information which Doyle alone,
it seemed, could give. How generally
Is he appreciated is seen from the fact
that the Times obtained him to con-
duct its section Of the grand ma
tional tournament, Columbia Country
Club again gave him the job Of run
ming the District, and he also refer
Evening star., 1937-08-04
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NE sn,7 7Gs5; m The 4sss:' asT: rooms tasis IS
newspap competition
fierce Jack Hill, Dart
mouth foot ball captain in 1884,
was killed in smash-up at Little
ton. N. H., the other day
Friends say he was driving a de-
livery truck for New York morn
ing newspaper and was trying to
beat out a truck of rival New
York daily D.. Jack had two more
years to 60 in Harvard Medical
School.
Tommy Farr declined with
thanks an invita- ton that he hop
over to Pompton Lakes and see
Joe Louis work :. (maybe Tommy
figures he'll see Joe soon enough).
). The doctor who snagged Van
Mungo's tonsils said they were the
worst he ever saw.
Here Is the very latest fight chat
Evening star., 1937-08-04
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

1NWENTY years ago the name
Doyle was synonymous with
tennis in Washington Today
it is being perpetuated by one
Of the two who first brought it to the
fore-plus two worthy sons who seem
destined to carry on for the Grand
Old Men" Connie and Lou.
You know all about Connie. He's
the one they start comparing Washing
IONS modern greats with when they
think they've found one near perfec-
ton. He's the one who was ranked
among the country's best during World
War days. He's the one who, had the
time and opportunity been available,
undoubtedly would have been ranked
among the first 10 of the United
States in day when Norris Williams,
Little Bill Johnston and Waston Wash
burn were the net leaders.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
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Add Ne,u Ball Data.

afternoon
ball in batting practice and
of little red school
base oa With the best paphernaa to be bought
Just hitting 0ent
sadly
bail in twelfth
and be
The darn things he added sound like
and they 60 about far unless happen hit
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Mats Gain On Indians.

ELON wisely walked Al Simmons,
intentionally, and took a chance
with Johnny Stone. After all, Sim
mons was both overdue and a right
handed hitter. Stone, a southpaW
sv'inger, already had made his two
hits.
But Johnny crossed Hogsett up by
lining whistling single to center
and Lewis scored with the winning
run of one of the most dramatic ball
games of the year for the Griffith
Stadium clientele.
The victory served to again move
the Mats to within three games of the
fifth-place Indians. who lost in
Boston. Today, with Monte Weaver
facing probably Julio Bonetti, the
Mats were seeking their second
straight over the Browns
The Yanks, double winners over the
second-place White Sox, may lack for
serious opposition but it must be
recorded at this moment that Wash
ington Is the best-looking ball club
in the league. That was the Mats
tenth victory in the last 13 games and
this Is no pace to be denied for long.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
New York-Penn.

Elmira. 2. Hazelton, O.
Wllliamsport. 81; Trenton, 2-3.
Albany. 10; Scranton. 2.
Binghamton. e: Wllkes-Barre, 5.
Southern Association.
Nashville. 3: Atlanta. ..
Chattanooga. s; Knoxville, !.
Little Rock. 10: New Orleans. 3.
Birmingham. 20; Memphis. ..
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Out Of Landis' Jurisdiction,


CAMBRIA took the case to the AS
sociaition of Minor League Clubs.
That outfit referred him back to Kb-
Ter, who stuck to his guns. Then
Cambria appealed to Judge K. M.
Lands, high commissioner Of base
ball, who said he didn't have author
ity over such class D league matters
any more.
Now, Joe says, he's going to take
the case to the Executive Committee
of the National Association OF Pro-
fessional Base Ball Leagues. which
arbitrates all minor-league disputes
Cambria said he hoped that If
Salisbury didn't get back its 81 for
feited games the ruling would be
eased at least to the extent that club
would lose only the II games in which
Brady played
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Thinks It's Overdone.

TRUE, the St. Louis Cardinals have
been very successful and now own
or control teams in every minor League
Classification. They can At player
into company that suits him and adj
vance him as his skill increases
Other major owners are following
suit. So you find vast organization
representing string of clubs all the
way from class D to the majors-all
held by one major owner.
This major owner puts shrewd
base ball man in charge. He must keep
visiting the clubs, advancing player
or strengthening a club with minor
pennant chances, but always with an
eye to ripening major talent.
l think it's overdone and will hurt
base ball.
Some chain owners already find
it expensive. At the end of the year
they may have to use their major team
profits to keep minor teams going.
In the long run, most owners will
find it cheaper to spend 100000 cash
for desirable minor Lacquer than to
buy up half dozen minor league
franchises and meet deficits.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
SEEN AS LIABILITY
TO MAJOR OWNERS
Magnates Would Be Better
OFF to Pay for Stars, Avoid
Minors Debts.
BY CONNIE MACK.
N PHILADELPHIA, August 4.-Both
- major and minor leagues would
be better off If the Chain

be better off If the Chain
store" system were dropped In
case any reader isn't familiar with the
"chain,' it's plan whereby ma jor
league clubs buy teams in various
minor classifcations and make them
reservoirs for their requirements.
In that way they don't have to out
bid rival teams.
Before the chain" nearly all IS
clubs would bid for player the scouts
figured couldn't miss.
Often the winning price was fabu-
lous. l know I've bought for big money
as we'll as sold.
Take just few prices I paid:
Lefty Grove cost me sl0O 500,
George Earnshaw, s8OOOO Joe Boley,
$4,000; Mickey Cochrane, s50000;
Max Bishop $50 000-all actual money.
not any players turned over
Once I paid nearly 100000 for an
absolute dud, but buys like Cochrane
even it up, and say that's the best
way.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
7Iuus Faens eftHanders Chans Menace Saws Connie
HOCSETT IS LATEST.
Of CECIL $ VICTIMS.
His Five Hits, FerreI's Great
Pitching Spice Thinning
Win Over Browns.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

TINE cap of Cecil Howell Travis
was tipped very consplcuously
back in the ring of candidates
a for the American League bat
ting championship today and, by the
same token, Bucky Harris sharp-hit-
ting shortstop stands out AS Exhibit A
to those who contend that a left
handed pitcher means nothing to a
left-handed hitter who really can hit.
Travis last week jumped into first
place in the batting race as result
of getting four hits in five times at
bat against Earl Whitehill one of the
hardest pitchers in the American
League for a left-handed hitter to
fathom. Cecil tailed off after this
splurge and dropped into third place,
but yesterday. with the left-hande1
Elon Hogsett opposing him, he staged
his best day OF the year and wound
up with five hits in six appearances.
Lest these items lead to any argu-
mentS as to how Travis handles SOUTH
paws over the long runs, let's go back
and look over the records for the en-
tire 1887 campaign to date.
Shares Show With Ferrell.
TWENTY THREE times this year
Travis has faced left-handed pitch
ers. He faced, to name them all,
Lefty Gomez of the Yanks, Hogsett
and Russ Van Alta Of the Browns,
Thornton Lee and Italo Chelini of the
White SoX, Earl Whitehill and Lloyd
Brown of the Indians, Jake Wade of
the Tigers, Ed Smith Of the Athletics
snd Lefty Grove, Archie McKain and
Fritz Ostermueller of the Red Sox
Against this dozen southpaWs the
gangling Georgian has walked up to
the plate IA times, officially. and
made % base hits. This is for an
average of 1892, which would indicate
that he hits southpaWs even better
than he hits right t-handers.
Travis big show yesterday was ri
vailed only by that put on by Yves
Ferrell, who finally was rewarded for
a brilliant pitching effort by a two
run rally in the twelfth inning, net
ting a 3-to-2 victory over the Browns.
Yves pitched another of those grand
games and until the Mats launched
story book rally in the twelfth, after
two were out. it looked as if Ferrell
was going to take another bitter dose
Of defeat.
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couple of times it came up to the plate
lopsided. Take look at one We hit
today"
Young Master Buddy Lewis,
junior partner in the growing
sIugging firm Of Travis and
Lewis, said yes, he had formed
a definite opinion Of the new
ball.
Its terrible" shyly smiled Master
Lewis. looking at Senior Partner Cecil
Travis. "Ah don lax it, either
drawled Cecil, who probably could bat
300 if the pitchers threw duckpin
balls to the plate.
May Bring Back Sacrifice Fly.
RUDDY MYER thinks that use OF
the ball will mean a revival OF the
sacrifice fly, in addition to base steal
ing bunting and the squeeze play. IT
they don't bring the sacrifice fly back
there won't be many 800 hitters," said
That ball hasn't any more
life to it than a cantaloupe.
Il swung on the thing as hard as I
could this afternoon and darn If I
could get it to go anywhere It's like
in golf you know how nice it
sounds when the ball goes click
against your clubnead when it's hit
right? And you know how you some
times just seem to sweep the ball OF
the tee and it doesn't make any
sound, or feel good, or 60 anywhere?
well. that's the way this
new ball is even when you hit 1t
right on the nose"
The pitchers {. most of them . &.
haven't thrown the new ball, which
looks quite different from the present.
day ball The 1887 model has red and
blue stitches and is hard as rock.
The 1888 model" has green stitches,
which are wider and higher than the
red and blue
The cover, according to the manu-
facturer, is only slightly thicker but
it feels much more so. The official
description Cfrom the manufacturer
is that the difference in the covers is
approximately the thickness Of sheet
of ordinary writing paper.
Pitchers Like New Ball.
YVES FERRELL, who does pretty
" we'll with today's rabbit ball"
confessed that he had not thrown next
years ball but he was weighing it in
his hand in the club house and saying
il Wn11lHn't ko h
adopted it.
I'D win lot of ball games by
pitching this thing" said Yves, fondly
regarding the raised seams aid prob
ably pondering the tricks he could
make the ball perform Lets see, I
don't quite remember the exact year
but when was with Cleveland one
Evening star., 1937-08-04
PINCH T|LTS JUST
P|EF0R YANKEES
Swat Five Homers to Annex
"CruCia|" Double Header
From White Sox.
BY DREW MIDDLETON,

DnLN w oN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
THEY'RE there in the clutch
the Yankkas.
A series for the league lead.
an all-star game, or world
series gives many a team the blind
staggers. But not Col. Rupperts boys
in white. The Yanks just swing their
bludgeons and bring home the bacon
They reserve their most momentous
feats for days when the competition Is
tight and the stands are full
Employing their time-honored home
run technique-"hit EN- where they
can't possibly be'-the Yanks blew
down the Chicago White Sox in both
games of double-header yesterday,
TO 2 and S to 3, and pushed their
league lead to seven games.
The seasons largest week day
crowd, 66,767 fans, was on hand.
Home Runs Decide.
HONE RUNS, trade mark Of the
Yankees since 1921. won both
games. Bill Dickey hit his nineteenth
with three on in the eighth inning of
the second game to climax a lombard
ment that had begun when Lou Geh-
rig, starting his 1,90Oth consecutive
game, had shot his No % into the
stands with two mates aboard in the
first inning of the opener.
In between these two wallops the
Yanks batting banditti, Joe Di Mag
gio and Tony Lazzeri, took care Of the
scoring. Joe hit No. 80 with two mates
aboard in the seventh inning of the
first contest and Tony got one in each
game.
Red Ruffing muffled the Sox in the
opener for his fourteenth victory and
Vernon Gomez seemed headed the
same way in the second game when
the South Sides heroes ganged him
for three runs in the seventh and
eighth. But when the Yanks came up
in the latter inning Rolfe singled, Di
Maggie doubled Gehrig walked and
Dickey lined one into the stands.
The Sox, who came to New York
with gaudy dreams of a four-game
sweep, are burdened with a two-game
deficit. and the series is half over
For the moment their pennant ambi-
tions are squelched.
Gehrig, as clipper as a rookie in the
field and at bat, was presented q
watch between games for being the
leagues most valuable player in 1896
Cubs Gain Ground.
THE Chicago Cubs, with Bill Lee
Gabby Hartnett and Frank De-
maree hitting homers, subjugated the
Phillies, Al, as Lee hurled his twelfth
victory. The win gave the Cubs a
seven-game lead in the National
League over the Giants, who dropped a
tight one to the Reds in the tenth, 80
The Pirates picked up game and q
half on the Giants by beating the
Dodgers, Sd and 10-4. The pugnacious
AL Todd led the Bucs at bat in the
second game with two triples, dou-
h1e opS a S}po1o
Evening star., 1937-08-04
International.

International.
Rochester, l; Jersey City. 0.
Toronto Z; Syracuse. 6.
Newark s.: Buffalo. 4
Baltimore, 10; Montreal. 2.
American Association.
Toledo, 3; st, Paul. ..
Kansas City. 3; Louisville, >.
Indianapolis, 16: Milwaukee, 4.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Story-Book Finish Wins.

THE handsome right-hander out
pitched Hogsett all the way but
the Browns, aided by two bases on
balls, succeeded in showing across a
run in their half of the twelfth frame
to break a 1-to-l tie.
Manager Harris, desperately trying
to come from behind, sent up Ossle
Bluege to hit for Walt Miles. And
Oss flied out, Then Ferrell another
good right-handed hitter, also went
out. The crowd of l 900 began to move
toward the exits as Mel Almada, the
first of three successive left-handed
hitters, walked to the plate.
But Almada fooled all when he
doubled against the rightfeld fence
and Buddy Lewis then came through
when his wicked hopper to First
Baseman Harry Davis took a bad
bound and hoped into right field for
a single, scoring Armada with the
tying run.
Thus it was left up to Travis, who
already had hit two singles and a
double off Hogsett in four trips.
Cece came through, too, doubling
Lewis to third and putting all the
pressure on HogSett
Evening star., 1937-08-04
Was Far in Front.

ON JUNE 19, Salisbury, leading the
league by a mile. had to forfeit
its II victories because League Presi-
dent Tom Kibler ruled the club was
carrying one more experienced player
than league regula tions allowed
The player whose status was ques-
toned was Bob Brady, first baseman
released by Harrisburg Of the New
York-Penn League Kibler ruled he
was an experienced man. Cambria
contends he's a rookie. who, although
signed with Harrisburg, didn't play a
game and received no money.
Evening star., 1937-08-04
SCRAPS TO REGAIN
q FORFEITED WINS
Cambria, Salisbury Owner,
Goes to Diamond Court
Over Sho' Ruling.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAKE it from Joe Cambria, he's
primed to move heaven and,
earth to get his Salisbury In
dians reinstated to their
"rightful" place in the Eastern Shore
League.
And take 1t from Joe again, his
clubs rightful place in the league
is at the top and nowhere else.
If the Indians hadn't had to for
felt 21 games they would have set
world record in organized base ball"
Cambria said in Baltimore last night.
Evening star., 1937-08-04

TINE cap of Cecil Howell Travis
was tipped very consplcuously
back in the ring of candidates
Il hot
Evening star., 1937-08-04

eed the Army-Navy Leech Gu
matches.
The Washington times., 1937-03-05
Film Actress Hurt
In Three-Car Crash

HOLLYWOOD, March S (I.N.S0
Marie Wilson, 20, film actress, was
in serious condition today with
a skull injury suffered in a three
way automobile collision.
The Washington times., 1937-03-05
Ski Star Injured

OSEMITE, Cal, March 5
G.N.S0.-Hannes Schroll, Euro
pean ski star, who is now an IN
Structor here, was in the hospital
today with a fractured leg suf-
fered in a spill
The Washington times., 1937-03-05
MINE
HIT BY SHIP,
d LOST
anker Carrying Gas
For Reds; 3 Sailors
Swim Ashore

PERPIGNAN, France, March 5
Q.NSO.-TWenty-one of the "a
members of the crew of the Greek
Oil tanker Loukia were given up
for lost today after the ship struck
a Spanish mine in the Mediter-
ranean.
The vessel caught fire and sank.
Three sailors swan ashore. The
Loukla struck the mine three
miles off Palamos, 10 miles north
OF Barcelona. AdviceS said it car
rled 5000 tons of Russian gaSo-
line for the Spanish loyalists.
MADRID, March S GN.SO.
Large concentrations of insurgent
troops for a new offensive against
Madrid were reported today and
ioyaliSt defenders reinforced their
detenses in the Jarama sector in
expectations THAI the renewed
rebel drive for fhe capital would
be launched there.
Meanwhile, from Seville, rebel
General Queipo de Llano broad
cast a statement that insurgents
were still holding out at Toledo,
where loyaliStS are seeking to
avenge the defeat suffered there
last summer when the historic AL
cazar siege was broken.
Reports that IOyaIiSts have
entered Toledo after exerting
severe pressure on the whole.
TaguS sector are absolutely
false" said De LIanO.
The Washington times., 1937-03-05

despite his confession, drove to
Richmond late yesterday and saw
him in his cell for a few minutes.
1t was understood she is seeking
to retain as defense counsel a
member of the State legislature
from here.
While the Commonwealth at
torney stated he may not even
use DR.. Miller's confession, SO
complete is the case against him,
further details of the confession
were learned today from the ar
resting officers.
Details of Confession
It was 4:2O last Monday after
noon when Cleo left her home,
telling her sister, Mrs. Alice Poole,
that she was going to a motion
picture show.
Detective Sergeant j. E. Adams,
one of the two officers who OBJ
tanned the first oral confession
from the dentist during an auto
mobile ride to Richmond Wednes-
day night after he had been
charged with the murder, re-
vealed DR.. Miller said the girl
died between 4::30 and 5 o'clock. /"
After meeting the girl, using a
car he had borrowed from an au-
tomobile salesman, DR.. Miller
drove her about IL miles out into
the country, the officer said.
The purpose Of the trip was to
perform the illegal operation, ac-
cording to the confession, and
Sergeant Adams quoted the doctor
as saying he mad assisted at
such an operation before and knew
what to do.
Terrified by Death
Parking the car on a lonely side
road, DR.. Miller gave the girl
chloroform to deaden the pain
land in less than a minute she
was dead" was the way he de-
scribed it to Sergeant Adams.
Terrified by the tragedy, DR..
Miller sat in the car, beside the
dead body Of the girl, for several
hours, he said waiting for dark
ness so he could dispose of the
body and attempting to formulate
some plan to conceal her death.
Miller, according to his story
to Adams, decided to place the
body in a secluded spot and at
tempt to make it appear she had
ended her life. When darkness
came he drove to the university
cemetery, he said, placed the body
by the wall where it was found
the following day by two students,
and arranged the chloroform can
and towel over the girls face.
Girls Mother COllapSeS
But while he has admitted all
The Washington times., 1937-03-05

direct his next campaign toward
the 1,250,OOO textile workers of the
Atlantic seaboard and the South.
A misunderstanding over the
company's recent wage increase
caused shutdown of the Bethle-
hem Steel Company plant at
Lebanon, Pa.
Closing of Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company'S No. plant at
Akron threw 5000 workers out of
jobs. Firestone's Akron No. 2
plant closed down two days ago
because, the company said, "some
employees were trying to force
other employees to join their Or
ganization."
Sawmills Close Down
The United Automobile Workers
Union was comforting with the
Chrysler and Hudson Motor Car
Companies, in an effort to reach
an agreement. President Homer
Martin outlined plans for bargain
ing with six or more auto parts
manufacturing companies affected
by strikes.
American Steel and Wire Com
pany plant workers, through en-
ploye representation committee,
announced rejection of new wage
and hour agreement of U. S. Steel,
claiming plan would decrease
weekly pay envelope by 7 per cent.
Seattle's major sawmills, with
two exceptions, were tied up by