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Evening star., 1938-03-19
PIRATES MACHINE
HAS MANY FLAWS
Infie|d, 0utfie|d Spotty,
While Slab Staff Needs
Much Bracing.
BY the Associated Press.

! SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, March
l9.-Until the Pittsburgh Pirates
settle a none-too-f friendly internal war
for positions in every department ex-
cept catching, the Bucs' regular line
up during the coming National League
campaign will remain undecided.
Manager Harold j. (Pie) Traynor
believes the Giants. Cubs, Pirates and
Cardinals. who finished in that order
in 1887. will fight it out again this year
for the championship.
Traynor. confident he can smooth
his infield and outfield talent into
clicking combinations, prays most
ardently of all that his pitching staff
won't fall apart in midseason. as it
did in the thick of things last summer
The easygoing Traynor thinks the
two Waners, Paul and Lloyd, will be
as good as ever in the outer garden
and that the Bucs' young $4,000
rookie, Johnny Rizzo, will provide a
new punch in left field. He hit .358
for Columbus last year.
Fight for Third Base Job.
John Dickshot Forrest Jensen.
young Morrie Sands and Melvin
Preibisch will have to fight it out
among themselves for the two reserve
outfield jobs.
Gus Suhr has the first base sewed
up. Ditto Pep Young at second.
Arky Vaughn should be able to con-
tinue at short. But Bill Brubaker has
tussle afoot to keep third from Lee
Handley. Tommy Thevenow was ex-
pressly bought for utility purposes, so
| he seems safe for that role
Al Todd who batted .3O7 last year.
and Raymond Berres, late of Louis
vile, will do the catching.
AS for the hurling possibilities, Tray
nor pins most of his faith on Russ
Bauers and Jim Tobin. both of whom
blossomed into winning pitchers late
last season. Bauers won 13 and lost
and Tobin won and lost 3.
The rest of the Pirate pitchers Jared
badly, but Traynor has faith they will
come back. Cy Blanton was the only
regular who hurled 10 full games. He
wound up with IA wins and IL de-
feats.
Hurlers Must Brace.
Bill Swift won five straight games
and ended with wins and. 10 losses.
Red Lucas was up at one time with 8
wins and defeats-and won no more,
but lost total of 10. Joe Bowman
Won S games the first month and 3
more the next four months.
Marvin Webster Duke, who won 81
and lost 8 for Montreal, may bolster
the staff. Ken Heintzelman, up from
Buffalo, and Bob Klinger from Sacra-
mento may come through
The Pirates were second In club
batting last season, thanks to the two
Waner boys, and fifth in fielding,
thanks to some sloppy performances.
The pitching was the worst, one critic
said, in 20 years. Ask Traynor who
all to thank for that.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

ColoradO's one-man chamber OF
commerce, Byron (Whizzer) White,
rapidly is gaining rank as Phi Beta
Kappa for indecision-or maybe his
prolonged silence is discreet shrewd-
ness. Anyway, the square-faced guy
hasn't made the happy choice be-
tween Rhodes scholarship to oxford
or $4,000 for tucking a football to
his tummy, either of which would
bring certain amount Of satisfac-
ton.
The Whizzer, who was whirled
around sightseeing tour of this sec
tor with his Colorado U. basketball
teammates. finally was trapped at a
luncheon rendered by the Colorado
congressional delegation and, under
proper prodding, yielded his daily
startling statement to the effect that
his mind is as open as that yawning
trap off Indian Springs No. /.
Publicity Hint in Delay.
For Phi Beta Kappa, the fence
walking tactics of Whizzer are re-
freshing. For some weeks now the
all-America leather lugger has been
making up his mind, but never has
wavered from the path of publicity
enough to admit decision. Each
admission Of indecision brings a new
Evening star., 1938-03-19
FANS VISIT WRATH
0NDYKESFORDEAL
Pilot on Spot Similar to
Cochrane, Who Let Gee
Walker Leave Detroit.
BY EARL HILLIGAN.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

CHICAGO, March 1870 far as
Jimmy Dykes is concerned, he who
laughs last may yet be Mickey Coch-
rane
Dykes, as manager of the Chicago
White Sox, yesterday traded First
Baseman zeke Bonura to Washington
for First Baseman Joe Kuhel. And
if long. loud chuckle is heard from
Lakeland, Fla, it might be coming
from Detroit's Manager Cochrane,
who was given the royal raspberry
last December when he traded Gerald
Gee Walker to the White Sox.
The Walker acquisition gave Dykes
quite reputation as David Harum.
sent Cochrane back to the howl OF
irate fans who liked Gee" and made
Dykes and his big cigar more popular
than ever on Chicage's South Side.
The Bonura deal may have some re-
verse English and spin Jimmy into
at least mild taste of what his old
pal Mickey had to take.
Chicago Fans Protesting.
A few hours after the Bonura trade
was announced letters began arriving
in Chicago newspaper offices. zeke
may run toward the clumsy side as
an inf1elder and be no gazelle on the
base paths, but he was the most COL
orful and popular player the Sox have
had in some time. The cry. Come on,
Eek; come on, Banana" delivered as
the husky son of New Orleans fruit
merchant STROBE cockily to the plate.
has been familiar one at Comiskey
Park.
kuhel, regarded as the better field
er. hasn't the stick power of Bonura,
who hit .345 last season and drove in
100 runs to Kuhel's average of .283
and 81 runs driven home. If the 81
year-old Washington veteran doesn't
come through-an event which would
practically ruin Chicago's chances of
finishing as high as third place
Dykes may lose prestige. And the
impression among many Sox fans now
seems to be that Jimmy stepped into
fast one"
What with Walker "just itching" to
show Cochrane he made a mistake BY
trading him and with more fuel on
the long smouldering friendly feud"
between Cochrane and his old pal
Dykes, an interesting summer looms.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Whi77er's Delay in Choosing
$15,OOOCrid Offer or Oxford
Smacks Family of Publicity

wave of publicity-all of which leans
toward the fact that White may be
under strict orders from the Pitts
burgh Pirates Art Rooney to play the
game to the hilt before announcing
he will accept the measly $4,000.
Rooney has been reported as boost
ing the bid bit by including a post
graduate course at Duquesne or Pitts
burgh along with the money lure but
somewhere along the line he neg
lected to inform WhiZZer of that pro-
posal The Whiz unblushingly ad-
mitted he also would be forced to
kick that back and forth in his mind
a while before rendering a decision.
Honest, I didn't know anything
about that until I saw it in the paper" "
offered Whizzer. II need some money
and hope to land a job with the school
this summer, but I won't know what
to do about that Pittsburgh offer for
little while"
Big Party for Basketers.
White and fellow dribblers hoped
off here to view the sights after alb
sorbing a trimming from Temple in
the final round of the national inter-
collegiate tournament at New York
and entrained for Colorado late yes
terday afternoon. Between trains
they were pumped full of food by the
Colorado Alumni, State Society and
the Colorado congressional contingent.
Senators Alva Adams and Edwin john
son were hosts at the luncheon.
One of the cutest things happened
on the trip to Mount Vernon. The
sightseeing bus barker, with a keen
sense Of humor, turned on the full
force Of his mirth-provoking mono
logue as the bus droned by Station
WJSV.
you now are passing the worlds
most powerful radio station" beloved
the barker. place your hands on
the windows and you can feel the radio
waves" White and chum rapidly
rushed across the aisle, to obtain q
stronger feeling, no doubt, and the
parker then cutely cooed, Feel the
pain (pane)?" Boy, was he riot.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
new ENGLAND TURF
DATE WAR IS ENDED
Rockingham Cuts Its Schedule
From "a to As Days in 'Gansett
Compromise.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, March 19.-New Eng
land horse racing tracks have reached
truce, ending a date war" which
would have resulted in two parks
running meets in opposition for AZ
days.
Rockingham Park of Salem, N H.,
which two weeks ago announced an
84-day meet, cut its schedule to As
days after Narragansett Park of Paw
tucket, r.. l., agreed to relinquish
three scheduled racing dates, includ-
ing Columbus Day.
The agreement was reached at q
conference Of New Hampshire and
Rhode Island track and State racing
ofiicials.
Under the compromise Rocking
hams meets will be July 9 to 80 and
September IL to October u. Narra-
gansett will operate from August to
September 10 and from October 13 to
November II. The Suffolk Downs
meet will run from April 80 to July 9.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Exhibition Tits
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
St. Louis (ND, g: Boston (A0.
st. Louis tA.). 1S: Tulsa IT. L., 3.
Jersey City I.L). 8: Philadelphia M =.
philadelphia "a. g: Toledo "a Al. 5.
Los Angeles P. c. L.. 10; Pittsburgh
tND. 6.
Chicago (N), 3; Chicago tA.). 1.
Schedule Today.
At New Orleans-New York (N.) vs.,
At cle,arwaterr, Fla.-Boston A0 VS..
At st. Petersburg. Fla.-New York (A.)
VS.. St. Louis (ND.
M vs.. Philadeiphia as. 5Aoe'pn'"
AT Bradenton; Fla.-Cincinnati (N)
At Haines City Fla.-washinston (A)
VS.: Kansas City CA. A..
AT San Antonio. Tex.-Tulsa It. L.
.,vs. st. Louis (AD.
At San Bernadino. Calif.-Chicago (A.)
..vs: Pittsburgh lNJ..
VS.. Chicago fN).
Evening star., 1938-03-19
zEKE TO CLEAN UP;;'
.0THER SPOTS HAzY.
Wasde|I Finally Gets Real
Chance While Italian
Works Into Shape.
Bv FRANCIS E. STAN,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

HAINES CITY, Fla. March 10
En- route from his New Orleans home
to join his new ball club, Zeke Bonura
will arrive tomorrow to find himself
already bearing an important burden.
Manager Bucky Harris definitely has
decided to place the big first baseman
from the White Sox in the Nationals
cleanup spot.
Bonura shoves out Outfielder AL
Simmons. the aging Pole and the only
other right-handed power hitter"
working for the Washington firm.
Where Simmons will hit is a question
Harris is not prepared to answer at
this point.
THE trade has messed up my bat
ting order plans declared Harris to-
day. I'm glad Of it, though 1t is
going to do me good to see that big
guy tBonura) walk up to the dish.
"All I can say with any degree of
certainty now is that Mel Almada will
lead off, Buddy Lewis will hit second,
Bonura will bat fourth. Rick Ferrell
will be eighth and the pitcher will be
ninth. What I'm going to do with
Myer, Stone. Simmons and Travis I
don't know"
Zeke Drives EN- Over.
Bucky makes no secret of his desire
to keep Myer in the No. position,
but admits there is possibility Of a
change. 1t all depends on whether
Myer looks as If he will hit 800 or
better this year The third hole
really is Buddys spot" commented
Harris.
Either Simmons or Stone will bat
fifth, behind Bonura, unless one is
moved to supplant Myer. Travis prob
ably will hit seventh 1t sounds
screwey, planting a .344 batter in the
No. 7 spot. but Harris has an eye on
the runs-batted-in total Of Cecirs
career and it is no staggering figure.
This Bonura mans record is some
thing to pore over. Zeke must eat
crackers in bed to scare little children,
How Jimmy Dykes Of the Sox was
willing to trade him even-up for
Kuhel seems to be an item that not
even the Washington club officials
can figure.
Big Zeke has been in the majors
four full seasons. He has batted
across total of 44O runs. That Is an
average of Ito runs per season, or %
more than anybody on the Washing
ton team drove over last year.
Mats Should Have Offense.
Compare, If you please. Bonuras
four-year record for knocking runs
across with that of any other Nat.
The man for whom he was tyaded,
Kuhel. had driven over only 278 runs
for Washington in the last four years.
Cecil Travis, always a fine average
hitter, has knocked in only 272 john
ny Stone is a bit closer, with four
year record of 324 runs.
Once upon time nobody blasted
more runs across the plate than Sim
mons, probably the greatest right
handed slugger In history. Al had
total for four years of COL. It is
(See BONURA, Page B-80
Evening star., 1938-03-19
c. j. NINE IN FIRST
OUTDOOR PRACTICE
All D. c. College Sports
Squads Now Busy With
Drills in Open.

Spring fever hit Washington COL
lege fields with a makeup for lost
time vengeance today, but George
towns baseball candidates comprised
the only major group getting outdoors
for the first time.
Despite the recent inclement spell,
Maryland's diamond squad already has
held two practice games. track squads
of Maryland, Catholic University and
c. U. have been out before, spring
football training has been the vogue
for all three, in addition to George
Washington and lacrosse has been in
evidence both at College Park and
American University.
Hoya Mines Outlook Rosy.
Although all of the aforementioned
squads were to be out in full force
today it was Georgetown's diamond
squad which held the spotlight. Be-
cause they represent eight-ninths OF
last years undefeated team, Capt.
Johnny Cavadine, Harry Bassin,
Tommy Keating. Tommy Nolan,
Smitty Nau. Tony Barabas, Joe Kee-
gin and Mike Petroskey give Hoya fol-
lowers as much hope as any aroused
in previous seasons.
Second base is the only spot Coach
Joe Judge has to fill and apparently
he has the material for it, Joe Mel
lendeck, last falls football star, is
said to be an exceedingly promising
second baseman or shortstop and
should he fit in better at the latter,
Tommy Keating would be moved over
to the keystone sack.
G. U. Hurlers in Trim.
Because Pitchers Petroskey, Hank
Bertrand, De Sales Powell, Johnny
Smith and Tom Keegin have been
limbering up their arms in Ryan gym
for the past week or SO, not many
honest hits were expected to roll off
the bats of Georgetowners who were
in uniform for the first time today.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Ferreu, Phebus, Kohlmon Due
Initial Tests on Mound Today
By a Stan Correspondent Of The Star

By Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
HAINES CITY, Fla, March 49,
Wesley Cheek Ferrell, the tenn
peramental right handed ace who
is Manager Bucky Harris nominee
to pitch Washington's opening
American League game, was to get
his first exhibition test today
Yves was to pitch the first three
innings here against the Kansas
City club of the American Asso-
citation Ray Phebus was to
work the next three frames and Joe
Kohlman was to finish up 1t
was to be the first tests for all of
the hurlers.
George Washington Case, who
is very cool to the photographers
ever since he hurt his toe while
committing an objectionable slide
for the gents Of the lenses last
week. won't be able to play against
Kansas City His big pinkie
still Is too sore :. Billy Smith, the
keeper of the Griffith Stadium hot
dogs who doubles as road secre-
Evening star., 1938-03-19
GUNNERS IN Benefit

Proceeds Of the National Capital
Skeet Clubs trap and skeet shoot, to
be staged tomorrow from II am.
until dark at the club, will be con-
tributed to the Wild Life Federation,
whose game-restration program will
begin next week.
Competition will be open to the
public and IL prizes will be awarded
to winning shooters In al classes,
Evening star., 1938-03-19
landing Of B0nura Ges Harris Pleasant Batting Problem
WI, Lose or Draw
Stuart, Fla, Hos Rep For Soi|fish Catches.
But 1t Cont Be Proven By Baseball Writer.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

March le-The little two-stophht town OF
- blue waters of the Gulf
/ / distinctions
straight alcohol and merrny develop
bootleg
the fishing
S alfshing grounds
prove
back
didn't
pride
everybody called captain
scoreboard
sWlries without bar
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Tie Sail Has Nose Like Goslin's.


McCalun,
quit the Mats Orlando
the
to bag lfsh the Chamber caught
and a OF
heard like this
sneak from behind
three
swallows
The bait is mule
with called
to the craft
ougger He handed
above the boat The idea
When lfsh
startled gentleman
the After
of
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Misery Loves Company Stuff.

Inat was the tp-of The boat
pulled into the dock My muf practically
captains compared notes
boat Nobody had sahsh 20 lines
an ony sail had
Piney Point yank had
never shall forget the scorn The
boat captain who could have getting
Gay gave me look Mr. McCalum
worked side by side softly nquve
~ '
Only the fire chief safsh blank seemed friendly
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Stands On Tail and Leers.


OF When
the lifetime average of 000 "
Count 10 slowly
" medal is to
time sinking
Take of the ouriggers supplied
All OF these words dgested slowly
ancd saifh
ou minutes in
den had dn
the big moment Over
shall forget I watching
wandering
captain screamed You've Now
All the advice moment forgot
count TO- forgot I
bait sink and fool the the
old Solomons yank.
happened out biz sansh stood I'm m its
a the
Evening star., 1938-03-19
LELAND FIVE IS CHAMP
Defeats Stuart, 1927, to Prove
Best of Junior High Group.

Best of Junior High Group.
Leland Junior High basketers today
are recognized as champions Of their
class by virtue of 1927 victory over
Stuart yesterday in winning the metro
politan Washington area title.
Leland, which also this year has
captured the Rockville sportsmanship
tourney and the Montgomery County
junior high school championship, was
paced by Cremins, center, who scored
l6 points.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
a rvvs.


NEW YORK, March 19.-Fresh
from the Coast: Joe Di Maggie
will sign for $25, 900 any hour now
and we don't mean days Mike
Jacobs really hopes those "scram-
bled" conditions in Germany will
prevent Max Schmeling from COM
ing over to fight Joe Louis (A) be-
cause Mike is afraid Max will put
Joe to sleep (thus running per-
fectly good meal ticket) and OBJ
because an anti-Nazi boycott might
make q stable dent in what other
wise shapes up as a million-d dollar
gate Personally, Mike would
prefer to see Make Baer in there
-. Dick Harlow of Havahd will
be guest speaker at the U. of Wis
consin's first football clinic May
81.
The Temple basket ball team
which won the Madison Square
Garden tournament isn't super
Evening star., 1938-03-19

Three years ago-Sir Malcolm
Campbell abandoned idea of fur
ther speed record attempts at Day.
tona Beach.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Stray Dolphin Hooks a Ride.

you oanged foo beloved the captain
everything backwards You let
Mr. Baker started hit
bitterly
Dsgraced retired
Tor IA years OF effort Hour
Ihe Chamber OF Commerce
IN practiced Mr. Baker
fought
There hooked but
tnere was no triumphant geam anybodys
no caught an Undated hook that had
boat 1t might have htchhking
knew The crew sheepihy pulled o the boat.
An hour later Mr. McCalums
OBJECT but couldn't pull in The
had hooked used to wrap
at disclose anv
sparkling
Evening star., 1938-03-19

Two lanky brothers from Corbin,
KY, will be rivals for the center DO
sition on the U. of Kentucky basket
ball team next season They are
Marion Cluggish, 6-foot-9, and his
brother, Stanford, who is only g.
foot-2 =. Two bad the boys are so
small .. Frank Thomas, Alabama
football coach, is going around with
a gleam in his eye Some of
those freshmen must look pretty
good.
Lefty Gomez hopes to settle mis-
marital difficulties before the BIB
season opens Next time this
collum greets you will be from Pine
hurst (but chances are the writer
will be in nearby Carthage where
you can get sauer kraut and pigs
knockles, hominy and sausage, Of
Get and yum YUM.
Evening star., 1938-03-19
Jacobs Sees Louis Fight Break in German Mudd|e


care Of Daily News, Chicago: Your
friend Joe was right Gross re-
ceipts for the second Dempsey
Tunney battle were exactly $685.
$50.
Arkansas State Teachers will
travel $500 miles playing football
next fall, which we claim is a re-
cord for a school with only 700
students Z. A hop to Fresno. Calf,
will be made by air Out-of-
towners block traffic on Broadway
peering into Jack Dempsey's new
drinking spot :. Jack wishes they
would 60 in and hoist a few stems.
Mike Bloom, Temples great CEN
ter, says Jack Harvey of Colorado
Is the best guy he has played
against this season II just
couldn't get away from him." says
Mike; "he was like a leech"
Olson's "All-America" girls basket
ball team Is q terrific hit In the
small towns They play only
mems teams and beat most Of EN-
Evening star., 1938-03-19

stitious, anyway They brought
Is players to town; left Philadel-
phia on track No. Is; had rooms on
the thirteenth floor Of the hotel
and the first hat check received by
Coach Usilton was No. 13 Bet
old Pop Warner wouldn't have
stood for all that more than min
ute.
Evening star., 1938-03-19

We get plenty tired of hearing
how some of these big-league clubs
needs catchers Why doesn't
one OF them 60 out and make q
deal for Virgil Davis of the Reds, q
fine receiver, good hitter, perfect
gentleman and a darned swell guy
to have around a ball club.
Every member of Wisconsin,s
boxing team, except one, is a bona
flde native That's all right,
but how many collitches can say
that about their football teams?
-. Lou Brouillard and Gus Lesne-
vich 60 at the Hippodrom March
23 Note to Victor LonSolla,
Evening star., 1938-03-19

:. Note to Frank Moran, Grand
Rapids, Mich: Sergt. Sammy
Baker still is fighting around Bos-
ton and is q great favorite, as al
ways.
Evening star., 1938-03-19

(See BONURA, Page B-8.)
Evening star., 1938-06-19
Ey the Associated Press.


SPOKANE, Wash, June l8.-The
mother" of Fathers Day-a proud
grandmother without an apparent gray
harris happy over commercialization
of the day.
The woman who founded in 1910
the day to remember father" is Mrs.
John Bruce Dodd, a graduate Of Chi
cago Art Institute and now vice presi-
dent of an undertaking establishment.
Smiling. dark-haired Mrs. Dodd
looks forward to tomorrow's observ-
ance in many parts of the world OF
the 28th Fathers Day, which she en-
visaged in memory of her own father
as IAN occasion for quiet tribute in
churches and in homes-a day of
sacred background
Mrs. Dodd thinks the Nationwide
"commercialization' in business ad-
vertisements of her idea-even the
jocular buy it for dad and let him
pay the bill" type-"has done a real
good"
1T has focused attention on OBJ
servance of the day." she commented
"and, best Of all, it has created jobs
in making gifts for the Nations
fathers"
Her moments of greatest Joy. Mrs.
Dodd says, come from the appreciative
expressions of fathers who have been
remembered.
red rose for the living and white
for the dead are the tokens of the
Evening star., 1938-06-19
'Mother'of Fathers Day Happy
Of C0n,nercializatiOn of Date

day. Observances are held now on
wide scale by churches, organizations
and even by cities. Mrs. Dodd says
the idea also has taken root in some
foreign lands, especially among Ameri-
cans abroad.
The story Of the days founding is
the tale of young mother inspired
by the sacrifices o; her own father,
who reared six children, after his
wife's death, on an Eastern Washing
ton farm.
The young Mrs. Dodd, wife of an
insurance agent, was irked by the
songs of the day-"Everybody Works
But Father" and Father, Dear
Father, Come Home With Me Now"
She says she was inspired to create
the Fathers Day tribute during a
Mothers Day sermon. She suggested
it to the pastor. He encouraged her,
but she could get only two names to
her petition to the Spokane Ministerial
Association. Later, the association
adopted the idea. 1t Immediately re-
ceived Nationwide publicity.
Inc international Fathers Day As
sociation was formed, and Mrs. Dodd
was its president for many years. She
now is honorary president.
The No. project of the association
now is to win official congressional
recognition Of Fathers Day. A reso-
luton to designate the third Sunday
in June was introduced in Congress
by Representative Charles Leavy of
Spokane.