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Evening star., 1938-01-27
Varied Sports

College Basket Ball.
Navy, S.; Baltimore, 81.
Army, 80, Pennsylvania, 20.
Georgia Tech, SO: Alabama, "a.
Washington State, 26; Oregon
State, IS.
Pro Basket Ball.
Pittsburgh, 49, Akron, %.
American Association Hockey.
Kansas City, 3; Minneapolis, 3.
(Overtime.)
Wichita, 4: Tulsa, 2.
International American League
Hockey.
Providence Reds, 3; New Haven
Eagles, /.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
FIELD OF 200 SEEKS
OAKLAND GOLF COIN
Picard, Snead, Thomson Head List
Of Crack Pros in Tourney
Opening Tomorrow.

~ the Associated Press.
OAKLAND, Calf, Jan. 27.-Some
200 top-notch golfers were on hand
today for the $4,000 Oakland Open
Tournament, a 72-hole affair opening
tomorrow at the Sequoyah Golf and
Country Club.
Heading the favorites were Henry
Picard Of Hershey, Pa, winner of the
Pasadena open; Sam Snead of White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va, who won the
Bing Crosby event at Del Mar, and
long-driving Jimmy Thomson of
Shawnee n-the Delaware, Pa, VIC
tor in the Los Angeles open.
Among the amateurs are Johnny
Dawson of Chicago, Movie Actors Dick
Arlen and Johnny Weissmuller and
Baseball Players Dick Bartell and
Johnny Vergez.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Capital Player Beaten.
FREDERICK FIVE HERE

Peoples Drug Stores basket ball
team will play the five of Frederick,
Md. at Hine Junior High tonight
at 9 o'clock. About so rooters will
accompany Frederick to the city and
it is expected that about 200 from
the city stores will turn out to wit
ness the contest. A preliminary game,
between Congress Heights and either
Fort Washington or the c. c. C. boys
from Maryland, will start at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
25 Jobs ARE OPEN
TO De CORREVONT
Grid Star Finishing High
School to Toll Until He
Enters College.
BY the Associated Press.

~ HICAGO, Jan. 27.-Bill De
I Correvont, blond bullet of the
gridiron, steps into new
~ sphere tomorrow that may
lead. to everlasting gridiron fame.
This 19-year-old youth will be grad
uated from Austin High School after
an amazing gridiron career that made
him the outstanding prep player Of
the Nation. His feats include nine
touchdowns in one game in ten at
tempts, one or more touchdowns in
every game in which he has played
and more than 200 points in register
ing 35 touchdoWns.
After couple weeks of loafing De
Correvont plans to settle down to work
until the time he enters the university
Of his choice for an intercollegiate ca
reer next fall. He has been offered no
less than rs jobs for immediate en-
ployment.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Bill Hasn't Selected COllege.

r UMOR number 967 that De Corre-
Won't already has selected the uni
versity which he intends to enter was
sweeping Chicago in advance of his
graduation. The latest was that he
was going to Northwestern. but this
drew wearied denial from the touch
down maker and his principal adviser,
Austin Ryan, personnel director at
Austin High School.
Ryan was emphatic in declaring that
De Correvont had not made any selec-
ton for enrolment in any college.
Bill has not done anything about
that" Ryan said "He has been busy
making up his work at high school, He
has completed that makeup. his cred
its are in good shape and he will be
graduated with his class tomorrow.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, Jan. 27.-That
nj roar of rage you hear from
" Hollywood is hot Leo the
4 y Lion doing his stuff in the
movies, but merely that skootin',
shootin' movie cowboy, Lou Gehrig,
who has just read his 1888 con-
tract But don't get alarmed
mein herr has roared that way be-
fore (Unofficial reports from
the Coast say the figgers are the
same as last year's-which is Ed
Barrow,s idea Of q starter.)
How come Pompoon is the favor
its for the Santa Anita Handicap?
-. What happened to Seabiscuit?
BY the way. Virginia Poly
wants to be known Is Virginia
Tech from now On.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Hassett Likes Set-up.

HONESILY believe we need other
replacements more than we do a
pitcher" said Hassett. We've got a
couple good ones in this Max Butcher
and Luke Hamlin. They'll both win a
lot OF games this year with some hit
ting behind them. And Fred Fitzsim-
mons is due for comeback, too. He
broke his finger last year. =
Il don't see where We need more
catching, the way Babe Phelps plas-
tered that ball last year. and I think
our inf1eld is good enough. I guess
We could stand a little help in the
outfield, but Tom Winsett and Heinie
Manush can hit that ball"
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Al1nada in Line
For'38Campaign

NfELO ALMADA, the Cuban fly
" chaser who wound up with
the highly respectable batting
average of 1894 as a lead-of man
for the Nationals in 1887 after
being received in trade from the
Red Sox. today became the first
outfielder to sign a Washington
contract for the '38 campaign.
The signed contract came from
Almada's home In Los Angeles.
The peppery 24-year-old outfielder
is one OF the two outfelders ap-
parently sure of regular berths.
but Johnny Stone. the only other
prospective regular, has not signed
to date.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Also Stars In Baseball.

LIE IS not going to college until
next fall and he has not made up
his mind where to 60. The rumor that
he had definitely chosen Northwestern
has no basis"
Although De Correvont's fame has
come from his exploits on the gridiron,
baseball also will play an important
part in his intercollegiate career. In
his role as an outf1elder he is equally
as good on the diamond as he Is on
the gridiron. After his college career
ne may seek honors In the major
leagues. Four clubs already have made
overtureS to him.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the ASSOcIated Press.
ut PETERSBURG. Fla. Jan 81
Your baseball player may want
to pounce on the rookie who
~ whistles in the clubhouse, but
for the most superstitious performer
in all sports. Harry limerick nominates
the automobile racing driver.
limerick, Altoona Pa, motor speed
way official. has known the lead
footed Speedsters for years, knows
the phobias common to them all and
the individual good luck" charms Of
the greatest stars.
To limerick, they are 'the bravest,
but most superstitious" competitors.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
BAUGH TO AID COACH.

q CHAPEL HILL, N. c., Jan. 81
Slingin' Sam Baugh, the Washington
Redskins ace passer, has agreed to
assist Coach Ray Wolf in the spring
practice Of his University of North
Carolina football team. He will work
about three weeks with the Tarheel
SQUAD.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Ignore Common Superstitions.

THE drivers superstitions are
unique to them and they pay
little attention to the more well-known
signs and omens, he said. For in
stance, they will walk under ladders
and spill salt on the table without a
shudder, but will not permit a by
stander to touch the steering wheel
of their automobiles. And no one but
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Mrs. Leo Walper Loser.


MISS HEMPH1LL won three Of
A them; but Patty was of to the
better start this year, with victory
in the medal play event at Augusta,
Ca, earlier this month.
Opposing Miss Berg today was Jane
Cothran Jameson of Palm. Beach,
while Miss Hemphill was paired
against Jean Bauer of Providence,
r. I.
In. yesterdays quarter-finals Miss
Hemphill disposed of Marian Nc
Dougal of Portland, Oreg, and 4:
Miss Berg won over Mrs. Leo Walper
of Washington, 4 and 2; Miss Bauer
defeated Louise Gardner Of Winnetka,
ILL.,, 6 and 4, and Mrs. Jameson ousted
Audrey Phipps of Palm Beach, 4 and 3.
Evening star., 1938-01-27

Five years ago-Ellsworth Vines
beaten by 16-year-old Vivian Me-
Grath in quarter-finals of Aus
tralian tennis championship.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
WOMAN GOLFERS
IMPROVING GAME
Kathryn Hemphi||, Florida
Meet Star, Finds Their
Play More Sound.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ UNTA GORDA, Fla, Jan. 81
L. Kathryn Hemphill said today
she applies golf's primary
L rule-"keep your eye on the
ball'-even when her opponent Is
playing.
It's a safeguard, she explained,
against tendency to copy other play
ers' swings.
The chances are the Columbia, S. c.,
girl would be the loser should she pick
any Of Americas top-flight players for
a model. Known as stylist, she has
sound game which ranks her among
the half dozen best in the land
Miss Hemphill believes form counts
heavily.
Everybody has his own way of
hitting the ball." she declared, but
you can count on the fact that most
good players have good swings"
Women's Golf Improves.
MEDALIST in the championship Of
champions tournament here. Miss
Hemphill said there had been a
great improvement In women's golf
since she entered competition seven
years ago. judging from the scores
my game is improving, especially
in the distance I get on all my shots, -
said the slender star. who was elm
mated in the semi-finals of the ma
tional championships last year by Mrs.
Estelle Lawson Page, the winner.
Miss Hemphill is proud of the fact
she defeated Mrs. Page in the Caro-
linas tournament last summer.
Miss Hemphill and three other vet
Grams remained in the running today
and the one-sided early-round matches
were a thing of the past.
Victories In the semi-finals for Patty
Berg of Minneapolis and Miss Hemp
hill would allow them to renew their
rivalry of last winter, when they met
In the finals of five Florida tourna-
ments.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
, Yanks Apt to Miss Lazzeri.
"~HOSE Yanks NAV not know II

THOSE Yanks may not know 1t,
but they're going to miss old
Tony Lazzeri lot" he said. That
guy probably didn't get 40 hits last
year. but he won ball game with
mighty near every one of them. And
he kept that infield on its toes, too.
"A great~aaH player, and I'd a lot
rather face mighty near any $50 hitter
in pinch than to see old Tony walk
to that plate"
Evening star., 1938-01-27
BLISS COURTMEN WIN.

Bliss Electrical Schools We defeated
Sigma Alpha Kappa courtmen, 30-17,
last night. Plaster and Orwig each
scored 8 points for the winners.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Sees York Near Peak.

A uKER said York. who holds the
major league record for the most
home runs in one month. would polish
up his game this year and reach his
peak In another season or so.
His opinion is shared by Gerald
Walker. the outfielder traded by De-
troit this winter to the Chicago White
Sox. Auker believes both the Tigers
and Chicago benefited by the deal.
The pitcher said he thought Al
Benton, formerly of the Philadelphia
Athletics and late : of the minors,
would be the surprise package of, the
training season. for the Detroit man
agement. ".
Auker expects the American League
pennant race to be closer this year.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Playing Manager Rapidly Nearing Extinction Major Leagues
j. s. CHANCE SLIM
IN NTAbLENETPLAY
Must Conquer England and
Austria to Reach Final,
DC. Man Loses.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
r ONDON, Jan. 27.-The United
States had . last-ditch chance
to salvage one Of two world
IL table tennis team champion
ships today, with the men's group in
tie with England and Austria for
the right to meet Hungary in the
final round of the world championship
tourney.
While the mems team was downing
the Irish group, to 0. yesterday, the
United States women's team lost the
Corbillon Cup, emblematic of the
world women's championship, to
Czechoslovakia when the latter team
won, to l. The Czechoslovakian
team marched through nine matches
unbeaten.
U. S. Ties for Fourth.
ENGLAND finished second In the
women's competition with eight
victories and the United States wound
up in three-way tie for fourth with
five wins in nine starts.
Two New Workers, Sol Schln and
Lou Pagliaro, swept through the third
round Of mems singles, title play,
which got under way yesterday. Schiff
won in turn from Erhrlich, Poland; H.
Nickelburg, Switzerland, and E. j.
Filby. England, while Pagliaro dis
posed of I. Rojzen, Poland: v. Marin,
Switzerland, and S. Kolar, Czecho-
Slovakia.
Capital Player Beaten.
GEORGE HENDRY, st. Louis, and
Jimmy Mcclure Of Indianapolis
got by the second round, but Hendry
dropped his third round to A. Berg
mann, Hungarian champion. B. F.
Grimes, New York, won through the
f1rst round, but was eliminated in the
second round by I. Boros, Hungary.
Morris Bassford Of Washington,
D. c.. vice president of the United
States Table Tennis Association, was
eliminated in the first round, as was
c. Fuhrman, another American.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
YORK'S CATCHING
PRA|SEDBY AUKER
"Great to Pitch TO-" Says
E|den, Who Sees Tigers
Threatening Yanks.
BY The Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Y AKELAND. Fla, Jan. 27.-Elden
Auker, Detroit's veteran sub
marine ball pitcher, looked for
IL ward confidently today to one
Of his most successful seasons-partly
because Rudy York will be behind the
plate.
Il like to pitch to Rudy" said Auker,
who won II and lost 9 in 1887 to lead
the Tiger hurlers. He works hard,
he has a high-powered arm, he's
death on foul pops and his slugging
puts him in class by himself
Hes going to be one Of baseball's
greatest catchers.'
Evening star., 1938-01-27
SIX ACTIVE PILOTS
OF 1887 THROUGH
Cronin Is Only Irregular" of
Trio Of. Field Toi|ers
Now Heading Clubs.
BY SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

n YEW YORK, Jan. 27-You're
nj going to find the playing
" manager as scarce as the hair
on bald head when this
season rolls round.
Old Pop Time has just about COM
pleted mop-up campaign that will
. leave only one, Joe Cronin of Bostons
Red Sox, still doing regular business
at the old stand. It's going to be far
different from the last few years, when
more than half the dugouts in the
big leagues were bossed by maestros
doubling as stars in the cast.
They'll be saying good-by for keeps
to the greatest right-hand hitter of
bis day, Rogers Hornsby, who won't
even be in big league park, and two
OF the classiest Of modern third base
men. Pie Traynor and Jimmy Dykes.
Traynor. particularly, won't even be
On the Pirates roster except as man.
ager. He's definitely decided that he's
all through and will rest on the .3l9
batting average and the smooth field
Ing record he compiled in his 16-year
career. Dykes will make up his mind
after a spring training workout
whether he'll get into action for his
2lst season, but it's highly unlikely,
since he now has Marv Owen to ham
die the hot corner for his White Sox.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
FriSch, Wilson Won't Do Much.

COCHRANE, who will direct the
Tigers from the bench because
Of the accidental "bean ball" that
ended his playing days last May, will
90 down as one of baseball's all-time
catching greats in his 13-year career.
Frisch, who may take turn at bat
Tor the Cardinals in 1898, depending
on how he feels, goes out with .3l6
mark for 18 years. Like the Ford
ham Flash, Wilson, the Phillies' cagy
catcher-manager, probably will get
into harness a few times. But since
he only worked in % games last sea-
son, it's unlikely he'll do much in his
sixteenth big league season.
Terry, who was on the Giants active
playing list year ago. has written
1lnis to a first base performance that
was a picture on defense for IA years
and was accompanied by .34l life
time batting average
Bottomley, out Of the big-time after
is years, goes into the minor leagues
with a managerial assignment at Syra-
cuse.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Flatbush Is Optimistic.

IF 1T was anybody concerned ex-
cept the Brooklyns I wouldn't
suggest this" said one of Hassett's
circle. But maybe the guy mailin'
out those papers got himself mixed
up with trash can instead of a mail
box. 1t happens in the funnies,
doesn't it?"
Otherwise, and providing the er.
rant contracts do show up in time,
there Is distinct air of optimism in
Flatbush. In the beer stubes there is
new hope and tremendous resolve to
leave this guy MacPhail alone and
see what he can do.
Il was over there the other night"
admitted Hassett, land they feel
pretty good about it. They're a great
bunch Of fans. They like the idea
that MacPhail can make trades and
do whatever he wants to without first
getting in touch with four or five
guys, maybe one of them in Cali
fornia or somewhere"
There are some conflicting ideas,
naturally, about what sort Of players
the Dodgers need to get in exchange
for Mungo. Some of the boys who
used to lay for Uncle Wilbert Robin
son outside the park every night and
give the portly manager a hot argu-
ment about his tactics think Mac
Phail should bear down on getting
good catcher and hitting outfelder.
Others are eouallv nositivf he rnust
get winning pitcher in the deal.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
DODGERS OUTLOOK:
PLEASES HASSETT.
First Base Star Foresees
Strong Club With Only
Little Tinkering.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, Jan. 27.-While
nj Larry MacPhail, new general
" manager of the Dodgers, tears
L about the Midwest, working
harder than a lightning-rod salesman
in an attempt to parlay Van Lingle
Mungo into winning ball club, things
aren't going so good here.
The truth is that something ap-
pears to have happened to the Brook
lyn contracts. They're missing. Club
officials declare they went out almost a
week ago, and that they fully expect
to get one of them back any day now,
signed. MacPhail better had hurry
home and look into the matter, be.
cause the players say somebody's kid.
ding.
Buddy Hassett, the clubs star young
first baseman, who lives around here
close, says he hasn't received his. 1t
should have reached him by this
time. even by pony express. II he
doesn't get it by midnight Of Febru-
ary Is, incidentally, he will become a
free agent, and that would be difficult
to explain to the Brooklyn citizenry.
Evening star., 1938-01-27
Six Of Playing Roster,

A TOGETHER, six of the nine
pilots who were on the active
player list last year, including both
Hornsby and his St. Louis Browns
successor, Jim Bottomley. will be miss
Ing from the playing rosters for 1898.
And two of the other three probably
won't see enough action to warrant
getting into the box score.
This group, incidentally. represents
some Of the most valuable playing
ivory Of the modern school, Seven of
the nine hit for we'll over 800 in
careers stretching from II to % years.
Altogether, they make up an infeld
and catching department that reads
like a dream team" For instance,
there would be Bill Terry or Bottomley
on first, Hornsby or Fordham frankie
Frisch on second. Cronin at shortstop
and Dykes or Traynor on third, with
catching department of Mickey
Cochrane and Jimmy Wilson.
But except for Cronin, they've about
hung up their gloves for good Horns
by, at AZ, Is all through, because he bet
on the races. They'll have to look
long way to find another Rajah, who
compiled q $50 average in his 22-year
career up to the end of the 1886 CAM
paign, and even hit for .321 in a 20
game appearance last year..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
School Preferred
To Life With
Rich Man

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10
G.N.SO. - Fourteen year : o d
Velma Robinson Greene, bride of
63-year-old Jonas Scott Greene,
may be taken into prospective
custody" by the Los Angeles ju-
venile court as an aftermath of
her May-and-December marriage.
Velma, evidently preferring her
Seventh-grade studies to matri-
mony, sobbed in the county deten-
ton home today that she wanted
to go back to her home in Tallula,
Illinois.
She reaffirrned bitterly that she
never wanted to see" her husband
again, a situation which arose,
she admitted, partly from the fact
that he failed to make good his
promise to give her an engagement
ring.
At the same time the elderly
husband who brought her here
after their wedding in Wickliffe,
KY, prepared to face court
charges of possessing blackjack
after the couple were found argu-
ing loudly in a hotel here.
The girls unwillingness to re.
sumo life as the wife of Tallula's
leading landowner left her a minor
alone in the city, according to the
legal point of view. This situation
entitled her to the protective Gus
tody of the juvenile home pending
decisive action on her behalf.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19

Look In the section your
birthday comes in, and find
1OhGt your outlook is, according
to the stars.
FOR SUNDAY, NOV. 20, 1888
Copyright, 1888. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
M ARCH FL TO APRIL 20
(Aries)-Another good day.
What you didn't find accom-
mOdating yesterday will very
likely have an entirely new as
pect today. Try again to do
something you couldn't be-
fore. News of interest.
APRIL FL TO MAY 20 (Taurus)
Favorable, but you'll have to
pitch In to help bring about
advantages for yourself. Think
Of your own loved ones in
preference to outside affairs.
There may be a tendency to
SelfiShneSS, which always
means unhappy results all
round.
MAY FL TO JUNE FL (Gemini)
Heart and domestic matters
should run smoothly. General
activities favored above new
tryS and things out of the
ordinary. You contemplating
changes: If you are sure these
OhonDac mill houo nSaaNn hama
fits for YOUR particular good,
go ahead with them.
JUNE 22 TO JULY 20 (Cancer)
All interests that affect you
personally or your family
must be handled with especial
care. There may arise prob
lens concerning children or
elders. Be optimistic at ease
mentally.
JULY "a TO AUGUST ~ (LeO)
NO turning down the cor
ners of your mouth, capable
friend today is likely to
be a teaSer, show 'em you can
take it! Make new contracts
for benefits next month. So
lidify old ones.
AUGUST 20 TO SEPTEMBER
20 Virgo Especially favor
able vibrations for activities
involving the opposite sex, all
genial gatherings and recon-
citations. Sports, in mOdera-
ton, also. Prepare for tOmOr-
rows duties but don't strain.
SEPTEMBER "a TO OCTOBER
% (Libra)- MANY matters Of
minor importance may pro-
woke your patience, neverthe-
less it will be wise to attend
to some Of them before they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-11-19
u, s, Workers Hail Go
Program for Benefits

Including demands for a five
day week, a program embracing
most of the benefits desired by
Government employees was ap-
proved by he CLOS Pittsburgh
convention for presentation to the
next Congress, headquarters of
the United Federal Workers an
nounced with special satisfaction
today.
Other goals include an adequate
minimum wage. automatic pay in
creaSes, time and a half for over
time, curtailment Of temporary
e m p oymCnt, improvement of
working conditions in hospitals
and tails, optional retirement