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Evening star., 1937-04-28
Stars Kept as Coaches.

NPEAkER and Ty Cobb often have
been linked as the greatest out
flelders OF the century and. by another
coincidence, they closed their careers
as teammates for me in 1928.
I thought my outfield of Simmons.
left; Speaker, center, and Cobb, right,
was about the hottest thing ever Of
fered by one team. But when the sea-
son advanced and the ground hard
ened, neither Iris nor Ty could cover
ground.
Their legs were going; they were
slipping. Everybody knew it, including
themselves.
sent George Haas to center and
Bing Miller to right, providing an
odd situation. On the bench were
two fading stars drawing two to
three times what Haas and Miller
got.
Some fans wondered why didn't
release them. I had two reasons.
First. they had signed as free agents,
and I didn't think it fair to let them
out in midseason in view Of their long
and fine service to base ball.
The second was they were coach
ing my young players.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
VINES, PERRY TOP
THREE NET T|[TS
Oppose, Then Pair to Play
Lott Barnes Tonight at
College Park.

= WIVEL-NECK patrons of profess
~ sional tennis will journey to
Ritchie Coliseum, College Park,
- tonight to witness a return en-
gagement, in fact the fifty-first repeti-
ton, Of Fred Perry and Ellsworth Vines
smacking a ball over the net as fast
and expertly as you would expect from
the worlds foremost players
Like those who have seen a circus or
graphing match once and are salts
fed nothing new will be unveiled, fans
who saw the polite pill pastors last
time have displayed studied indif-
ference to the return engagement
More than 700 were unable to gain ad-
mission to the spacious plant in Janu-
ary. when 1000 fans shelled out ap-
proximately $500 to see Ellie whip
Freddy.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Cascarella to Open Set.

Joe CASCARELLA, a leftover starter
in Boston, was to open the three
game series today He will be fol-
lowed by Monte Weaver whose So
win in the Yankee Stadium last week
represents the only headway made to
date by the Griffs. Pete Appleton will
wind up the series.
The cold of yesterday in Boston gave
the Mats no opportunity to get what
they need, which chiefly seems to be
batting practice. The teams reported
at the ball park, dressed and did some
light working out. When the game
finally was called they wasted no time
getting into their civies and getting
out of there. 1t was too cold and
damp to do anybody any good.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Difficult to Figure.
A FTER delaying the opening of the

A FTER delaying the opening Of the
season a week to get better
weather We have run smack into an
unusual run Of rain and cold postpone
mentS," Harridge said. The ironical
part OF it is that our Eastern clubs
could have played every day during
the week before the season opened
The West wasn't quite that good, but
it was better than the past week.
1T was just a gamble, though" he
added optimistically, "and the weather
probably will square things later, per-
haps at world series time. Ill take a
little bad weather in the Spring in ex-
change for perfect world series weather
any time"
The fans won't have to wait quite
so long this year for those tWo-games-
for-the-price-of-one Sunday bargains
Instead Of withholding Sunday dou-
ble-headers until after June Is, the
majors this year will permit them as
soon as each club has had three Sun
day dates at home, which will have
been accomplished by June 6.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Hitting Gives Speaker Edge.

WHEN McAleer retired TO manage
the st. Louis Browns there was
lull in classic center fielding until
Speaker came to the Red Sox. Oddly
enough, he was later to play for
Cleveland. thereby giving that city
the two greatest men OF all time at
center.
l really couldn't choose between
them as fielders, but Iris had one
edge-he was much the better hitter.
Digging into my old files I find Nc
Aleer hit .2s8 in 1896, about par for
him.
Speaker, with lifetime .344 average
covering % American League seasons
his last. 1928, with me on the Ath-
letics-also ranked among the great
hitters.
And iris did one extra special stunt
McAleer never managed. On April
l8 and 90, 1918, Speaker made double
plays unassisted. Another typical
trick Of his was sneaking in to second
and taking surprise throw from the
catcher to tag any runner who un-
wisely had eyes only for the shortstop
and second baseman.
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q cop out Of unemployed Walter
Young, who won the Boston mara
thon last week. Tulane thinks
it has = good chance to grab ma
tional honors in both golf and
tennis this season..
Cleveland writers are urging the
Indian moguls to do some serious
thinking about the case Of Paul
Dean, who they say was worked
too hard at too early an age, and
not make the same mistake with
Bob Feller seems odd to read
of ball games in the Southern AS
sociation being called OF because
of cold weather it happened
at Little Rock the other day.
Here's another expert. who knows
what he's exporting about: Jack
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1eemans' Home Town Always Has Hero to Worship
Arnov Phil Ofede Who Made Hits Superior Wi

powerful basket ball teams or Bess
Earhardt, Americas sweetheart Of
the ice. Now they are all
steamed up over the doing of
Morrie (Snooker) Arnovich, young
Philly outfielder, whose seven con-
secutive hits didn't hurt his
chances of making the grade as q
regular.
No matter what his earlier oppo-
nents may have been, they can't
say Big Jack Terrence Is getting q
set-up in Abe Simon tonight. :.
Lou Chiozza of the Giants Is q
crack spaghetti cooker. During
one of the frequent showers in
Portland, Greg, young Bobby Mat
tick, Los Angeles outfielder, OBJ
served: Gosh. it sure rains easy
here"
Verdun, Quebec. Is going to make
Evening star., 1937-04-28
He's Had Close Calls.

THEY fingered for while and then
were sent away. Some went back
to the bushes, their futures hurt by
idling while Gehrig played. A few
were fortunate to land with another
major league club. Currently Babe
Dahlgreen is sitting on the bench,
pondering the fate which cast him in
the role of lead pony to an iron horse.
Gehrig probably is the greatest ball
player in the world Yes, Joe Kuhel
can field better than Lou. Sure, Ruth
used to hit more home runs. But
day in and day out Gehrig was there
on first base, doing an acceptable Job,
and then he would step up to the
plate and in the twilight of Ruth's
career American League pitchers pre-
ferred to pitch to the Babe than to
Gehrig.
He has come close to missing ball
games. Little" casualties like broken
bones never threatened his consecu-
(See GEHRIG. Page A-l6.)
Evening star., 1937-04-28
CLUB NOT HITTING,
SLAB STAFF SHAKY
,Yanks Here for Three Days.
Gomez Takes Up Slack
Left by Ruffing.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

4 FAR from top shape as ever,
~ Washington'S S moaning Nation
~ ais returned home today to
pick-up-Weather permitting
the thread of their spasmodic cam
paignlng. Invading the lair of the
Griffith A. c. these three days will be
the Yankees, over whom the Mats have
won their only American League VIC
tory.
The Griffs vacated gray, frigid
Boston last night. after playing one
game of series, but here there was
nothing especially sunny for them, at
least in outlook. In the nine full
days that have elapsed since the
American League season started the
Grffs have played only five games
ard nobody is kidding himself now
that laying off hasn't had its effects.
With few exceptions, nobody is hit
ting. Shanty Hogan can't get ball
out Of the infeld. Buddy Lewis is
battling his first major slump. Joe
Kuhel and Al Simmons aren't con-
sistent off the tee, yet, and the pitch
ers are getting out of shape rapidly.
Jimmy De Shong, knocked out by
the Red Sox in two innings, has
worked only that total since April II.
which was II days ago. Buck New
som has pitched little more than
eight innings in Is days. Pete Apple
ton, IN IL days, has worked seven
innings and Monte Weaver's winning
effort against the Yanks more than
week ago has represented all his ef-
forts in the last two weeks
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Got Him Flags, Says Mack,

CPEAKER schooled Haas into a
- star Cobb proved a shrewd bat
ting tutor to Simmons and both
helped other players. My two bench
stars earned their big salaries, all
right.
We were within a straw Of the 1928
pennant won by the Yanks. One
year later we took the first of three
successive flags.
Speaker and Cobb were no longer
with us, but their work was. They
had helped me build another cham
pionship team.
Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-04-28
LATE START TOUGH.
BREAKFORMAJ0RS
Weather Good Week Before
Openings, Becomes Sour,
Piles Up Twin Bills.
BY the Associated Press

~ HICAGO, April 28-Old Mother
Nature, whom the major
league magnates tried to out
~ smart this year, chuckled to-
day over 20 bargain days she has ar
ranged for the fans.
On the theory that the weather gets
better as Springtime wears on, with
fewer postponements as the logical re-
suit, the club owners decided to stage
their grand openings week later than
usual this year, but the weather was
not to be outmaneuvered.
After behaving itself for week be-
fore the inaugural day, it suddenly
turned sour. Today, the American
League had IS double headers piled up
and National League fans had l3 CON-
ing.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

n YEW YORK, April 28.-It's
N second down and % to 20
Y , for Dizzy , Dean, who o. prom
this season. Just in case you
overlooked the dispatches, old Ty
Cobb won himself a golf tourna-
ment out on the coast the other
day. Mike Jacobs is sporting a
new green overcoat that positively
is the last word in Spring toggery.
Superior, Wis, has a sports IA
vorite to follow and root for in
every season last Fall it was
Alphonse (Tuffy) Leemans, the
former George Washington foot
ball star. who starred with the New
York Giants. In the Winter
Superior fam caa brag about their
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Started Streak in Capital.

CEHRIG won't be able to celebrate
his twelfth anniversary as base
balls rippling brook as it should be
celebrated. He probably will be play
ing on that anniversary day, but the
Yanks will be in Cleveland when, to
make it complete, they ought to be in
Washington. It was here, you see,
where Gehrig's record was started.
That's why the Yanks' current in
vasion of Griffith Stadium can be
looked upon as a sort Of an event.
Even if June 2 was the day that
Miller Higgins wrote "Gehrig" in the
Yankee lineup and said, Hes my
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Stars Yesterday

By the Associated Press.
Bob Weiland, Joe Medwick and
Stu Martin, Cardinals-Weiland
pitched Cards into first place with
six-hlt, 81 victory over Pirates,
Medwick hit two singles and dou-
BILE, scored one run and drove in
another; Martin got two hits, stole
a base, drove in a run and figured
in two double plays.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

center felders be-
longed to differ
ent centuries
Jimmy McAleer
in the nine
teenth, Speaker
in the twentieth.
At fielding his
post, nobody in
h is ce n t u r y
equaled McAleer,
just as Speaker
topped his CEN
tury. McAleer
turned tripl e s
into putouts. He
had the sure in
ctircf IN M ~
Evening star., 1937-04-28
MinorLeagues
INTERNATIONAL.

INTERNATIONAL.
All games postponed, rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Milwaukee, 8: Minneapolis. 3.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Memphis. 8; Atlanta. 5.
Little Rock. 3; ChattanooRa, /.
BIRMINGHAM, 8: Nashville. O.
New Orleans, 10: Knoxville, O.
PACIFIC COAST.
San Diego, Is: Oakland. 3.
Los Angeles, 2: Seattle, l.
Sacramento, IL; Missions, 6.
TEXAS.
Beaumont, z: Dallas, 3.
Fort Worth, IL: San Antonio, 3.
Galveston. @: Tulsa. 8.
Oklahoma City, 4; Houston. l.
PIEDMONT.
Durham. 8; Richmond. 6.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Homer Standing

By the Associated Press.
Yesterdays homers - Dickshot,
Pirates, l.
The leaders-R. Johnson, Ath-
letiCs, 3; OFT, Giants, q
League totals-American, l3;
National, II.
Total. 25.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

the proper path for line drive as
soon as it was hit, and the speed
to run it down
In fact, he helped make Cy Youngs
great pitching fame. Both were with
Cleveland, then in the National
League.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
YANKEE CYCLISTS WIN

Walthour, Jr., and Juner Show
Way in Six-Day Competition.
LOS ANGELES, April % (P).-The
American team Of Bobby Walthour, jr.,
and Oscar Juner won the 6-day
bicycle race ending early today, scor-
ing 1882 points.
The Italian team Of Andy Devito
and Frank Turano duplicated the lap
stealing stunt of Walthour and Juner
In the final minutes and finished on
even terms In laps, but took second
place With q point score Of 848.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
HAS DIAMOND. NEEDS FOES.

Young Democratic Club of Southern
Maryland has a diamond and wants
Sunday games with crack unlimited
local mines, the tilts to be played at
Forestville, Md. Call Manager Purdy
ut Capitol Heights 28-F-2 after 6 pm.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Di Maggie Out Temporarily.

PILL D1CKEY still is holding forth
behind the plate and is ade-
quately provided with understudies.
Lou Gehrig needs no understudies and
Tony Lazzeri still seems to be hold
Ing up. Crosetti and Rolfe round out
the infleld, which was the best in the
American League last year.
Joe Di Maggie currently is out of
the lineup. Still convalescing from a
tonsllectomy, Di Maggie probably
won't return for week but, in the
meantime, the Yanks are going along
all right with Selkirk, johnson and
Hoag. In reserve they have Jake
Powell and Tommy Heinrich.
Ihe latter is the only newcomer to
attain any major league notoriety as
vet, and Heinrich can thank Judge
Lands for most of that. The Yanks,
you know, bought him as a free agent
and handed over the announced sum
OF $4,000.
Despite Rulings absence and Di-
Maggio's temporary shelving, the
Yanks are still the Yanks They prob
ably won't win by 1872 games, and it
IS conceivable that they won't win at
all. But they're still the team to
beat.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
TULANE VISITS WILDCATS.

EVANSTON. Ill, April % (P.-
Tulane's tennis team, headed by
Ernie Sutter, 1886 national intercol-
legiate singles title winner, was North
Westerns foe today in the first match
of the Wildcat home season.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
SHOOT HONORS MORGAN
Skeet and Trap Events to Be Held
at Oakton Saturday.

A shoot in honor of R. D. Morgan,
veteran Washington marksman, will
be held at Oakton, Va, Saturday.
There will be both skeet and trap
events, with firing from II am. to 6
pm.
Oakton is IL miles this side of Fair
fax on the Chain Bridge road.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

Tucker, golf editor of the Roches-
ter Democrat and Chronicle, shoots
consistently in the 70s he has
played in several national amateur
tournaments and at Brookline in
1884 gave Lawson Little his tough
est match.
The Los Angeles Times has dis
covered why Roy RiegeS ran the
wrong way in his history-making
dash in the California; Georgia
Tech Rose Bowl game in 1929
California lost, SD -. the Times
says it has discovered the north
side of the Rose Bowl field, the
route Riegels ran, is five inches
lower than the south side in
other words, says the Times, "he
ran down hill and just couldn't
stop" -. come on home, Roy. all
is forgiven.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Hanks Loom Team to Beat.

NOW, unable to win game from the
AS or the Red Sox, Bucky Harris
today faced the uninviting task of try
Ing to get his club squared away
against the Yankees
The Yanks, for the most part, are
the same club which Washington fans
saw romp to the pennant by a l912-
game margin last year. Ever since
Spring training started a lot of the
experts have been trying to tout them
selves off the New Workers, but logical
reasoning still makes the Yanks the
team to beat. with or without Rec
Ruffing
The big pitcher still is holding out
IN Chicago and his absence. if per-
manent, is bound to have its effect.
The Yankee pitching staff is weakened
considerably without Rufing, but
Lefty Gomez has looked better than
at any time since he sailed off to
Japan and Johnny Broaca pitched to
a IL win over the AS the other day
and looked fine. With Johnny Murphy
Bump Hadley, Pat Malone, Walter
Brown, Monte Pearson rounding out
the f1rst-string crew, Joe Mccarthy
seems to have enough hurting to carry
on with the help of all that power.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
ONE VICTORY
FR|SCH MUCH Joy
Wei|and Appears as Needed
Hurler in Beating BUGS,
to Give Cards Lead.
BY BILL BONI.

IF YOU catch Manager frankie
Frisch smiling today, don't blame
the man. It's wonder he isn't
laughing out loud-or is he?
For one thing, his st. Louis Cardi-
nails are leading the National League,
trick accomplished by blackjacking
the Pirates into 81 submission yes
terday as rain washed out every other
major league game
But that's not all.
In preseason ratings, experts
summed up the Cards pitching staff
with a, Dean, Warneke, and then
What?" Frankie believes he may
have the answer in the large, toll
seasoned frame of Robert Weiland,
6 feet 4 inches and 2l5 pounds of
left-handed pitcher.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Nav Plug Gap.

HE Gangsters need a capable
southpaW and Weiland, who broke
the Pirates four-game winning streak
with siX-hit National League debut,
looks like that man.
He has size. He has experience
first in the majors with the White Sox
in 1928, since then with Louisville.
the Red SoX. Indians, Browns and
Rochester. He has speed-tops in
strlkeouts last year in the Interna-
tional League with III, he famed six
Buccaneers yesterday. He's horse
for work-23 victories and l3 defeats
with Rochester, in 1886, appeared IN
the most games, 55.
The biggest man on a hard riding
crew, Welland was behind only at the
start of Yesterdays game. He served
Johnny Dickshot. Pittsburgh recruit
left fielder from Buffalo. a home-run
ball in the first inning. The Cards tied
the score in the second. added another
run in the fourth and the final one in
the fifth
Evening star., 1937-04-28
CLUB iris TUTORS
3-T|ME CHAMPION
Connie Rates Former Aide
as Century's Greatest
Center Fielder.
BY CONNIE MACK.

4 4 ILLIONS of fans who admired
M Iris Speakers amazing ar
| VI tistry feel a personal interest
4 in his recovery from a dis
tressing accident. Mention center
felders and his image instantly comes
to mind. l remember back before
most Of YOU To me, the two mightiest
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Hitting Fast Pace.

RUT even that wasn't all that pleased
Frisch-his Cardinals are running
riot in all departments of the game.
Jerome Herman (the one and only
Dean is heading the pitching parade
with Wayne Lancaster of the Phillies
at two triumphS each. Then there's
Ducky-Wucky Medwick, second in the
batting race with an average Of 500.
Stanley Bordagaray the pint sized
oUtflelder who was converted into A
third baseman, is tops in scoring with
eight runs. Right behind Frenchy, at
seven, comes Medwick, who also is pac-
ing the circuit with l3 hits, and is tied
for the lead in doubles at five.
Johnny Mize and Pepper Martin are
running neck-and-neck for driving in
runs with seven apiece. Martin, 70
round out the pretty picture. takesGhe
cake for stealing bases, with four in
five games.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Perry's Last Season.

CINCE the lynx-eyed Englishman has
said he will retire after this season,
local court devotees very probably will
witness him in action for the last time
tonight. Perry and Vines wind up
their lengthy tour Monday at New
York, where it all started, and then
will embark for European tour.
Without too much color, but simply
on their skill at slamming that elusive
ball, Vines and Perry have enjoyed
capacity crowds at nearly every STOP
Bruce Barnes and George Lott round
out the troupe and inject relieving
note Of comedy into the proceedings
occasionally.
Barnes and Lott will clash in a
singles match, to be followed by the
royal racketers. After Vines and
Perry have unveiled their repertoire Of
shots. they will team against Barnes
and Lott, who still is rated the No. l
doubles player Of the world
The -limbed Vines now is lead
ing IN the matter Of victories, having
amassed 26 to Perry's "a.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Mangan Will Referee.

TOM MANGAN, president Of the
Middle Atlantic Tennis Associa-
ton, will umpire the feature match,
with linesmen being culled from the
ranks of Washington's top-notch
players, such as Barney Welsh, Gene
Herman. Allie and Nate Ritzenberg,
Tony Latona and Hugh Lynch.
Members of local college and scho-
lastic tennis teams will be admitted to
the matches for half price. Seats are
priced at $1.10 and $165.
Evening star., 1937-04-28
Rust From Too Much Rest Speaker Fag Winner for Mack
League Statistics
AMERICAN.

RESULTS YESTERDAY.
All games postponed, rain.
GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW
N. Y. at Wash. N. Y. at Wash. 3:I5
st. Louis at Detroit. st. l.. at CHICAGO
Chi. at Cleveland. Detroit at Cleveland.
Phlla. at Boston. Phila. at Boston.
Evening star., 1937-04-28

(See GEHRIG, Page Ais
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17
BIG RACING FILM
AT THE ACADEMY

Racing hoofs and beating hearts
mingle to provide dramatic thrills
in "Thoroughbreds Don't Cry" in
which Metros oldwyn-M Mayer pre-
sents Ronald Sinclair, new discov-
cry in English boy actors, teamed
with Judy Garland. Micky Rooney
and Sophie Tucker. The new pic
ture comes today and Saturday to
the Academy.
The play is drama of child
hood friendship and loyalty, based
on heart interest, but told against
the sensational background of the
race. track, spectacular races and
turf intrigue. Alfred e. Green d.
rected from an original story by
Eleanor Griffin and j. Walter
Ruben. Much of the action was
filmed at the Santa Anita race
track, with many famous jockeys
and horses and hundreds of peo-
pie. Harry Rapf produced the
picture.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17
DYNAMIC PRISON
DRAMA AT THE MD.

Edward G. Robinson, who play
ed the first gangster in motion
pictures now plays the last. He
appears next Thursday and Fri
day at the Maryland Theatre in
"The Last Gangster'', a dramatic
story of a mans term in a peni-
Tertiary, with James Stewart,
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17

Mrs. Charles Bradley, Of Staun.
ton, Va, has returned to her
home after visiting her aunt
Mrs. T. w. Williams, w. Wash
ington street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17

Miss Grace Wilson of Denver,
Colo, has arrived to spend the
winter with her aunt. Mrs. Joseph
C. Byron. South Prospect st.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17
Breakfast For Two, With Barbara Stanwick, at Nd

Mrs. John Abbott and son of
Baltimore were recent guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Mish.
South Prospect street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17

A burglar smashed 5000 eggs
in produce commission house in
Chicago when he was disappoint-
ed in his search for money.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17
ATTENDS ALUMNI DINNER

Donald G. Kaylor, Mulberry
avenue. attended a dinner in New
York City of fellow graduates Of
Washington and Lee University
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17

Rose Stradner, glamorous new ac-
tress from Vienna and notable
cast.
''The Last Gangster" tells of
the Imprisonment Of public
enemy" and the struggle of his
wife, who did not know his calling
to lose her identity and save their
child from the disgrace attached
to his name.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17

Watch The Globe Grow!
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-12-17

The United States ranks as
Germany's best customer for mu-
steal instruments.
Carbon County news., 1937-05-14

goes to every nook and Granny Of
the country.
If the reader is not yet satisfied
that "Red Lodge is really on the
tourist map, he needs only to get
a copy of the New York Times,
Sunday edition, April 25, a news
paper not only regarded as the
best in America but also as the
best newspaper medium for travel
ing advertising. Here is large
advertisement inserted by the
Northern Pacific, extolling the
sightseeing virtues of this new
route to the Park.
This publicity. not only will
bring in an increased-mueh in
traffic, but viii also
add to the motor traffic, it is seen
here.