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Evening star., 1937-03-24

1 want fair shake before I prove my
point. Life's too short to be away from
your family as long as base ball de-
mands without getting something out
of it,
Jacks point seemed we'll taken,
despite his three successive poor
years. These he attempts to de-
bunk, although there is sem
blance of an alibi
Il broke this first finger in 1884"
he explained. Throughout most Of
that season I tried to pitch off nv
second finger, without the fractured
one touching the ball. I lost my
'sinker.' Until this Spring that finger
never has been we'll"
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Foot Ball Is Horning In on Base Ball in Dixie


nett as chief stooge Hal
Roach Of the movies has wired for
$50 seats to the Braddock-LouiS
Chicago fite.
Ever since he was pegged by
pop bottle last season, Bill Sum-
mers, American League umpire, has
answered to the name Of Bottle
Bill" Fred Perry will say pro
tennis is all right g. he has banked
$4,000 in q little more than two
months Mike Gibbons is in New
York trying to steam up a light
heavyweight title scrap between his
boy, Jack, and John Henry Lewis.
Nothing but the best is here. but
guy misses those Florida slot ma
chimes. al that Steve O'Neill
SAYS n he we're sure frankie Pytlak
could catch 100 games this year he
wouldn't trade the little fellow for
any other catcher In the American
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Worshiper of Myer
In Kid Days on Sandlots, Now
May Take Job From His Idol

At the outset of the Mats training
Myer was regarded as cinch. He
felt better, he said, and was confident
of returning to the form he displayed
in 1885, when Buddy won the Ameri-
can League batting championship
Mihalic was to be utility player and
that was all.
But down in the sunny South,
Myer came up with a stiff neck, or
something, and Mihalic took over
second base for the regulars when
they played the Yannigans.
In the first game he singled
and doubled in three trips. In
the second he doubled in three
more times at bat.
When the opening grapefruit league
game with the Giants rolled around,
Mihalic was at second and he got
two of Washington's seven hits.
When the second game with the
Cardinals came up he still was there
and got three singles in four times
at bat, drew a walk and stole two
bases.
Myer bounced off the floor in
this game He broke in as a pinch
hitter and the idol served warning
to his worshipper, even as warning
had been served to him. He singled
that day and the following after
noon, against the Phillies, Buddy
started, singled and walked in two
trips Mihalic took over for the last
half of the game and walked in three
times at bat.
Early this week Myers stiff neck
bothered him again Mihalic drew
the Red Sox assignment last Mon
day and collected two more hits.
Yesterday he again came through,
and in the clutch, too, singing Sing
ton home in the fourth inning.
Manager Bucky Harris is getting
into a quandary. It's hard to leave
batting champion of only year
ago out of the lineup. It's also hard
to yank a 24-year-old rookie who SO
far is batting close to 500
There is another reason for any
Evening star., 1937-03-24

partiality Harris may show for Mi
halle and that is the kids back
ground in Cleveland
The Forest City's sand-lot
incubator has done its part
in Matching big-leaguers.
Those sand-lots sent up George
Uhle and followed with Joe Kuhel.
Then came Joe Vosmik and Wayne
Millnar, the sWeet-looking Indian
pitching prospect. After these are
Jimmie Wasdell and Mihalic
1t sounds like a great parlay. At
least it's a more likely parlay than
wagering that the kid who watched
his god from afar 10 years ago
ever would look him in the eye and
try to ascend his throne.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
CAMBRIDGE CREW
UPSET BY OXFORD
Spectacular Squirt Nets Win
After Is Straight Losses
in 89th Boat Race.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
T ONDON, March 24-After 13
successive defeats, Oxford Uni
versity today defeated Cam
- bridge in their eighty-ninth
annual boat race on the Thames.
A half-million spectators saw Oxford
snap Cambridge's long streak in one
of the most sensational races of the
long series that began in 1929
After terrific dog fight during
more than "a miles of the course of
4 miles 376 yards. the Dark Blues
pulled away in spectacular stretch
squirt to win by three lengths. The
time was % minutes 80 second, as
against the course record of 1903 set
by Cambridge in 1884
Not since 1923 had Oxford been
able to whip the Cantabs. Today's
victory, as matter of fact, was only
Oxford's second since the war.
CoxsWain of the beaten Cambridge
crew was T. H. Hunter, former Har-
ward student.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

League except Bill Dickey OF the
Yanks.
Joe Di Maggie promises he'll not
be a sucker for high inside balls
this season Jimmy Dykes had
to bawl out his White Sox for not
hustling in training Mark
Hellinger, the columnist, has bet
Jimmy Johnston, Madison Square
Garden maestro, 500 to $40 Lou
Ambers will not stop Pedro Man.
tanez
Connie Mack predicts a return Of
the less lively ball, with a revival Of
base stealing. smarter hitting and
more inside base ball The
Florida sheriff will tell you almost
two years of ring idleness hasn't
slowed up Jimmy Braddock's foot
work Marion TNrpie Lake. New
York golf star whose dad Is . pro
here Ia burning up the local courses.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Has Faith in Parmelee.

MANAGER GRIMM believes Par
melee, who pitched II wins and
II losses for ST Louis last year, will
perform better with the Cubs, and
with Grimm on the retired list and
Phil Cavaretta destined for duty in
the outfeld and utility inf1eld work,
Ripper Collins will be valuable con-
tribution to first base.
Yet rival base ball experts view the
trading of Warneke as serious blow
to the Cubs. Warneke, they say, car
ried the load for the Cubs.
Grimm, admitting that Warneke's
loss may cost is games, has great
confidence in Larry French and Bill
Lee. French won l8, lost 9, and Lee
won 10 and dropped IL last year.
Whether either can assume Warneke's
load carrying" however, remains to
be seen. Other pitchers are Charlie
Root, Tex Carleton, Curt Davis, Clay
Bryant and Clyde Shoun.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

"A YEW ORLEANS, March "a
N he :s;. "; ( corner r ;,.s but down down
newspaper space and pub and
cigar store gossip with foot ball
Loyols is scrimmaging under
blazing sun Young Red
Dawson, who learned his moaning
upder no less an expert than
hrnie Bierman, admits his big
Tllane squad @ coming along
pretty good And Fred Dig
by tnlh YOU In the New Orleans
i,sn there Ia no cause for alarm
a. Louisiana state even II Coach
nefnls Moore must replace an
sniifs varsity team. including one
all America player and several
oihsfs vho placed on the sll.s0uth.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
4 VALON, Calf, March 24.-The
~ Chicago Cubs, despite one
~ gaping hole in their pitching
a department, should wind up
in the thick of the fight for the
National League pennant.
Manager Charlie Grimm will guide
practically the same club into the
schedule that wound up in a second
place tie with st. Louis last year, five
games back of the New York Giants.
Missing from the squad. however,
will be lanky Lon Warneke, veteran
highlander, who won Is and lost l3
games for the Cubs in 1886 Warneke
was sold to st. Louis in a deal that
brought Leroy Parmelee. built like
Lon, but hardly as dependable on the
mound, and Ripper Collins, first base
man, to Chicago.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Travis Fielding Amazes.

EEW pitchers got of to more dolo-
rous start than Cohen. Walker,
first up, slapped triple that must
have hurt the concrete wall in left
center. Fox, next up, nearly knocked
the right-fleid fence down with an
other triple
On this blow Cohen got a break.
however, for Fox tried to score and
was out. Nearly everybody in the
park except the customers had a
hand in this putout, incidentally.
1t was scored, Chapman to Mihalic
to Hogan to Lewis to Cohen.
Cecil Travis continues to amaze
with his fielding feats. He got Dick
Lanahan out of big hole in the
sixth yesterday with a play from the
Alger books.
With Jo-Jo White and Greenbere
on base and only one out, Simmons
rammed smash between Lewis and
Travis. 1t was tagged base hit all
the way out but Cecil grabbed it,
somehow, and tossed off balance to
Mihalic, who made a neat pickup to
nab Greenberg by a whisker. 1t took
all the sting out of the rally and the
inning ended with Rudy York forcing
Simmons the same way
Evening star., 1937-03-24

trade never was able to give Jack the
wolf cry. He was that kind of guy.
When Russell passed from
Washington to Boston in a
trade last June nobody regretted
it from a base ball viewpoint.
But everybody who knew Jack was
sure they'd lost one of the finest and
sign He had personality. too, did Jack,
and now he's getting chance to use
it on major league managers, most Of
whom share a suspicion that he is
washed up.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Going Strong

Totals 33 8 II IA Totals 20 Z ~
sBatted for Logan in third.
+Batted for J. Sullivan in fifth.
IBatted for Lawson in ninth.
Stated for Cohen in sixth.
Detroit - 100 600 O1O-2
Washington ----------- O-o l3o lOo-7
nuns-Walker 90, Lewis Kuhel, Sing
ton 80. Stone t2); Three,base hits
Walker. Fox. Travis. Double plays
travis, Mihalic and Kuhel Triple play
Gehrinser. Rogell and Greenberg Bases
OF Cohen. 2. Struck out-By Logan. / :;
by Cohen, l.. Hits-Of Logan, 2 in 3
innings: of ]. Sullivan, in 2 innings:
of Cohen in 3 innings; off Lawson, 2
in innings. Hit by pitcher-By Lana
han (simmons). WILD pitch-Logan.
Winning pitcher - Cohen. Umpires-
Messrs Ormsby and Kolls. Time 2:05.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Wants Bonus for Signing.

WHEN you saw him yesterday it was
w at Lakeland, where the Tigers
are training Jack was standing in the
lobby Of the MOTEL and waiting for
Manager Mickey Cochrane to come
back from the ball park.
Yes" he said, I'm trying to land
a Job with Detroit. I've been pitching
batting practice for several days. l
expect to talk with Mickey tonight
and have a showdown
Lest Jacks hunt for work be
misconstrued, let it be said that
he isn't throwing himself at the
managers of ball clubs.
The reason that he didn't sign with
the Red Sox was that he was diSsatis-
fed with his contract and became a
holdout. Boston lost patience and re-
leased him. AS l0year man he is
free to sign where he will But before
he signs he wants a hunk of dora mi
laid on the line, in addition to con-
tract
"Burleigh Grimes offered me a nice
contract" disclosed Jack. But don't
want that. 1 know that I can help any
club I also want to help myself. II
I sign with Brooklyn, say, and fail to
deliver, they can break that contract
Immediately. BY giving me a bonus
for signing I'll get a break and the
club that buys me will take only a
fair gamble"
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Bucky yubilant Over Pitchers Triple Plays Ha1uss Gxme1
POPPING. G. a.
Off"~Jt ~Jttan.: ainIzSzx5lR> -
Portrait of a Business Man.


r AY1ONA BEACH March 24For oil
man. trim and athletic
estng
- important than a
Jack Russell Clearwater
spiel on how miles
the Red normal
self to another major league
by
Evening star., 1937-03-24
PLANS LONG AUTO RACE.

CHICAGO, March ~ LR.-Plans
for 250-mile auto race for a purse
OF Gas 900. TO be held along Chicsgo's
lake front rs part Of the ctty's jubi-
lee celebration this Summer. have been
considered by jubilee ofYiciala.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Councillor on Committee.

James A. Councillor, general chair
man of the Presidents Cup Regatta
Association, has been appointed chair
man Of Finance Committee of the
American Power Boat Association.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Exhibition Games
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington tAD. Z: Detroit "a. 2.
Boston lAD. I; Cincinnati tND. 4.
se~ s,dn,, YH,k ~ = RncSs,i.r ssSosyn ~ O.
Cleveland tAD. 10: New Orleans Is.
A., 10.
Schedule Today.
Washington "a vs.. st. Louis ny,
Detroit tAD vs. Philadelphia tND.
Cincinnati tHl vs. Boston IN
PITTSBURGH ,kD vs.. Chicago "a
tSqusd Al
6hicsso "a, tsousd ~ ". Los An
eeies ~ g L..
New York iAD W. Aeskiyn M.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
1888 Took It's Toll.

Rig league managers, vithal have
right to hesitate. Jack still is
a young man, as far as the average
person goes, being only 81. But he
has been pitching professionally since
1928, which was dozen years ago.
He's been pitching in the American
League for II years and has appeared
in 425 games.
You wondered, and asked, IL
Russell didn't somehow regret
his heroic work in 1888.
Didn't that take something out Of
him? After all, he pitched in so ball
games and stamped himself as the best
relief hurler in base ball by winning
II of l8 decisions.
Maybe" admitted Jack. But that
year probably didn't take as much
out of me as 1884, for instance. Then,
with this fractured finger, worked
in 81 games, which were more than
any other pitcher appeared in. And
in 1885 and 1886 was in a total
of "a games"
The Mats transforming bus hove
into sight to herd away the party
then. The last you saw of Jack was
his figure leaning against a hotel
pillar waiting You wondered
what would happen to the fellow
for whom no-player or associate ever
had disparaging word.
The ball club that gets Jack may not
get the best pitcher in base ball but
one thing is certain and that is when
Jack is pitching his club has the bene-
fit of one of the greatest competi-
tive hearts ever known.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Five years ago-Billy Petrolle
knocked out Bat Battalino in
twelfth round before crowd of
1900 at Madison Square Garden.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Have Veteran Infield.
WITH Collins at first, the Cubs re-

WITH Collins at first, the Cubs re-
turn with the rest Of their vet
eran infield-Billy Herman at second,
Bill Jurgess at short and Stanley
Hack at third
I'll stack that infield against any
of them" said Grimm.
Linus Frey, acquired from Brook
lyn, and Henry Majeski, a rookie
brought up from Eau Claire, Wis,
where he hit 1865, have shown prom
ise in training and may remain on
the squad
The Cub outfield may be a sensa-
ton or sensational flop. Frank Dem
aree batted $50 last year, and while
he was hurt about the head this
Winter and reached the Catalina
Island trining camp late he appears
in good trim.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Myer Has Stiff Neck.

RUDDY MYER isn't playing be-
cause his stiff neck is botherine
him again. There was chonce,
however, that he'd return for a few
innings today. That stiff neck of
Buddy's, by the way, is becoming a
pain in the neck to the rest of the
camp with the exception Of Mihalic
While the cats away, etc.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
BSAPPEARSHY
ONE STAR HURLER
Seems Lone Flaw and Club
Sure to Be in Thick of
Pennant Fight.

This is another OF q series deal
ing With prospects OF major league
base ball teams
Evening star., 1937-03-24
SOuthpaws Abundant.

7 T-HANDED pitchers must be
growing on trees. At Lakeland
yesterday four Of the five who saw
service were southpaWs. For the Mats
they were Dick Lanahan and Sgd
Cohen, and for Detroit they were Bob
Logan, up from Indianapolis, and Joe
Sullivan. The only right-hander was
Rozie Lawson
Even the extra pitcher carried along
by Washington was southpaw. He
was Chase.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
TWO WITHIN WEEK
V|CT|MRE TRAVIS
Washington Making Strong
Bid for Leadership of
Grapefruit League.
BY = Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

Ry STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
~ AYTONA BEACH, Fla, March
/ 24.-Not only are the Ma
J tionals bidding for leadership
OF the "Grapefruit League"
with four victories in five starts, but
they seem bent on establishing some
sort OF preseason record for hitting
into triple plays.
That one the Tigers pulled on them
in Lakeland yesterday, as the Griffs
took 7-to-2 decision, was the second
sustained by our side within a week.
Ironically, both were perpetrated at
the expense of Cecil Travis.
Last Wednesday, it will be recalled,
the Giants did the trick in the second
inning. With Fred Sington on second
base and Jesse Hill on first, Travis
lifted low liner to Joe Moore. Think
ing it would fall safe, Sington and
Hill picked 'em up and laid 'em down.
Moore crossed them up, caught the
ball, and the rest was easy.
The triple play yesterday was done
~ qulChiy IlldI IL WIS over DtlOTe lile
customers knew what was up In the
seventh inning, with the bases loaded
and one run across, Travis nearly
knocked Charley Gehringer down with
a line drive. Gehringer whipped the
ball to Rogell, doubling Sington off
second and the shortstop pegged to
Greenberg, mailing Stone before he got
back 10 the bag.
Immediately after today's game, the
Griffs will head back to Orlando and
move tomorrow morning to Winter
garden, where Baltimore will be
played. This, Incidentally, will mark
the Mats first appearance against a
minor-league club.
Eddie Linke and probably Ken
Chase will get a chance to pitch
against Baltimore. 1t will be remems
bered that the Orioles last season
were the first club to lick the Wash
ingtons.
Jimmy Deshong and Joe Casca-
rella. who held the Cardinals to one
hit in six innings last Saturday, we're
to try it again today here. This time,
however, they were to go the route.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Marty NAV Re Rerular

A UGIE GALAN, 314 hitter in
- 1885 and a disappointment at
1854 last season. may return to power.
Joe Marty. the slugger who banged
the ball for 359 with San Francisco
last year, has caught the fancy of
the Cub encourage and appears set
to hold a regular job Cavaretta and
George (Tuck) Stainback round out
the reserve corps.
Gabby Hartnett and James Ken
meth O'Dea will share catching chores,
with q couple of Rockies, Bob Gar
bark from Toledo and Hal Sueme
from Birmingham seeking the extra
relief role.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

western All OF which should
make interesting reading up at
Knoxville, where Maj. Bob Neyland
is all set to go to town with an
other of his famous Tennessee
elevens.
Compliment Bob Feller appre-
ciated most was that Carl Hub
bell can hardly wait to get look
at him Jimmy Phelan, Wash
ington U. coach. thinks the Big
Ten may lift its ban on Rose
Bowl games II anybody ex-
cept his dad was the manager,
Larry Gilbert, jr, would be the
regular second-sacker for the New
orleans Policans this season
3ip Collins, who used 10 be q star
vlth the Cardinal fun makers, Ia
organizing a troup of entertain
era on the cuhA. slth osbny Hart
Evening star., 1937-03-24

The Grif1s went to lot of trouble
to get their runs With any kind of
luck, the score would have been more
than 7 to 2 against the Bengals.
In the second inning Washington
made two singles and got two bases
on balls. Yet the only way it could
score was by a wild pitch. In the
fourth the Mats got three bases on
balls and two hits, but only one more
run. And in the seventh it was two
more hits and two walks for a net re-
suit of one score.
Evening star., 1937-03-24
Callous Denotes "Sinker's" Return.

IT OOK at this" he asked, showing
the first finger of his right hand.
See that callous? That means I've
got my sinker' back Whenever a
callous appears on that finger 1 know
that it's working. and that pitch, after
all is my speciality. In 1888 I used to
take a razor blade and cut it away
often. ! didn't have to do it once in
1894 and 1885 and 1886.
"Shucks, I could help Grif. I'm
not washed up I can still relieve, but
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Herb Crompton, the catcher sup
posedly coming from Chattanooga to
replace Cliff Bolton, didn't show yes
terday as advertised by Griff. 1t
seems that 'Nooga can't get Sammy
Holbrook signed and until the Look
outs accomplish this feat there will
be no Crompton.
Evening star., 1937-03-24

Jimmy Deshong and Joe Casca-
rella. who held the Cardinals to one
hit in six innings last Saturday, we're
to try it again today here This time,
however, they we're to go the route
The Washington times., 1937-08-23
RADIO SIGNALS
SPUR HUNT FOR
RUSSIAN FLIERS
Soviet Officials Think
Plane Down on Ice

MOSCOW, Aug % G.N.S).
Search for Sigismund Levanevsky
and his five polar-flyin- compan-
ions was spurred today when radio
signals on his wave-length were
heard after a silence Of three days.
In he opinion Of N. Zubov, of
the Northern Sea Route Admins
tration, the plane, bound for San
Francisco, probably came down on
the ice due north Of Fairbanks,
Alaska, at about $50 degrees west
longitude and 80 degrees north
latitude.
This would place the airmen 750
miles from the nearest land, but
at a spot where they probably
would have had a good landing
area. zubov based his location on
Levanevsky's rate Of speed and the
time of his last message.
The Washington times., 1937-08-23
NATIONALIST
ADVANCE AGAIN
ON SANTANDER
2 More Villages Taken
In FiVe-MiIe Drive

MADRID, Aug. % dN.S0
Their concrete wall of defenSes
erumbling before the swift ad.
vance of three nationalist armies,
all Santander's men, aged from Is
to so, were rushed out to the hills
overlooking the Bay of Biscay to-
day in a last desperate move to
stem the nationalists.
Government forces made a
vigorous, but Short.lived, stand be-
fore Selaya and Villacarriedo, then
their lines wavered, troops fled in
disorder, and the central nation
alist column swept onward five
miles, capturing the two villages.
Villacarriedo, an i ports n t
mining town on the main BurgoS-
Santander highway, with nearly
5000 population. is the largest
center so far taken in the nation
alist push toward Santander.
More than 100 towns and hamlets
have fallen and nearly $4,000 gov.
eminent troops have been killed
or taken prisoners, according to
nationalist estimates.
Pressing forward with equal
speed, the main army, composed OF
three columns advancing along
the highway north of ReinoSa,
came within artillery range Of
Torrelavega, Is miles from San
tander.
The Washington times., 1937-08-23
BEER TAvERNS
ARE INSPECTED

SILVER SPRING, Md, Aug. %.
Inspection Of rest rooms and
facilities for washing glasses in
on-sale beer establishments in
Montgomery county has been
inaugurated by the county liquor
control board in an effort to In
sure sanitary conditions, accord
ing to Ralph S. Fowler, chairman
Fowler paid tribute to the Co
operation of the County Beef
Dealers Association in furtherine
the program of sanitation and de
clared that private investigation
during the past year has shown
notable improvement in condi'
tions among beer retail establish
ments.
There is no county statute con-
tanning regulations for washing
glasses, Fowler pointed out. The
board, however, las set up its own
standards, specifying the use OF
an antiSeptic solution.
The Washington times., 1937-08-23
Police Ruse Hats
Girl Bent on Leap

! NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Two po-
slicemen employed a clever ruse to
prevent a young woman from
throwing herself into the East
River from the pier at the foot Of
East Forty-firSt Street.
When the police arrived she was
standing on the pier with her
shoes off. Thomas Crane, Of the
East Thirty-fifth Street station,
approached her and engaged her
in conversation. When he saw
that her feet were bare he picked
up a handful of pebbles and began
pelting her toes. Meanwhile Pa
trolman Valentine Kelly slipped
up behind her and grabbed her
around the waist.
Taken to Bellevue Hospital pSy-
chopathic ward, she refused to tell
her name.
The Washington times., 1937-08-23
Makes His Own
Skipper, 81, Builds
Hundreds of Ships

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23-They
wouldn't let him sail the seas any
more so Capt. Patrick Tayleur, 81
years young, makes his own ships.
Since he retired from the sea
in 1921, Captain Tayleur has made
hundreds Of ships, large and small.
And since he can't use the water
for travel he walks. He walked
from New York to Los Angeles,
and has started work on another
miniature clipper ship.
Captain Tayleur is an Arcadian
Frenchman, he said, which ex-
plains the spelling Of his name.
He was born in Eastport, Me. He
is visiting q sister, Mrs. Dollie
Schwarz.