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Evening star., 1938-10-26
P0LYGAMY FAVORED
japanese Government in Kiangsu
Wants Laws Altered.

SHANGHAI. Oct. 26 {P).-The jap
anese-dominated. government of XII
angsu province wants bigamy laws
altered to permit men to take concu-
bines if their wives do not bear sons.
The recommendation was made to
the Nanking reform government
established by the japanese after the
city's capture last December.
Evening star., 1938-10-26
EGYPT TO BUILD FLEET
Council of Defense Votes to
Construct SO Vessels.

CAIRO, Oct. 26 (P.-Egypt, situ-
ated in one Of the most strategic spots
in the Mediterranean, decided last
night to build feet to defend her ter
ritory.
The council Of defense voted to
start building an Egyptian feet of 36
vessels at cost of f3,50o,0O0 (s17,-
100000. Light cruisers, mine layers
and submarines will be the bulk Of
the feet.
The vessels will be built in Eng
land
Evening star., 1938-10-26

Save up to 4 third Of your ciga-
rette expense and still get more
smoking pleasure, thousands of
smokers say. Smoke DOMINO,
made of fine Turkish and Do
nestic tobaccos, heat-treated to
unusual mildness and firmly
rolled in genuine Champagne
cigarette paper.
They sell for ten cents q pack
Evening star., 1938-06-28
WATER CARD JULY 4

Washington Golf and Country Club
is planning an elaborate water pro-
gram July 4 to mark the opening Of
the competitive season at the club
swimming pool.
A schedule of water events for July
4 was announced today by Maurice
Palmer, chairman of the Pool Com
mittee. to include diving exhibitions
by Onalene Lawrence, water polo.
races in age classes for boys and girls,
life-saving exhibition by Bill Wright
and comedy diving and a water ballet
by Joe Lyman, Bob Jorden, Jim Shinn,
Harry Cranston and Bill Tarbott.
Comedy features include a night
gown relay for boys and girls and bal
loon races.
Evening star., 1938-06-28

ball in a big way Seven fields
are equipped with flood lights.
Bernie Friedkin and AL Davis
have been guaranteed $4,000 each
for a 6-round fight at Dexter Park
here July This is believed to
be the biggest guarantee for
6-rounder since the days Of Sid
Terris and Ruby Goldstein
Those betting prohibited" signs
plastered al over the Polo Grounds,
Yankee Stadium and Ebbets Field
give everybody . haw or 10 +.
Hardly pitch Is made on which
money doesn't change hands.
Red Burman, Jack Dempsey's
heavyweight protege, became q
pepper yesterday Both father
and son are doing o. K. I. How
come Lynn Nelson Of the AS was
left of the All-Stars? =. I. He's
won seven ID, q row and is the only
chucker In yhe blooming league to
finish every game he started.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Jeermg Horde of Early Days
Eats Olun Words as Nelson
Of AS H1rls to Major Peak

Drive" was good that day. Con-
vinced his heavy artillery had a re-
lapse. he barked in disgust:
Can you imagine us letting a guy
like Line Drive Nelson bump us
of? We ought to be kicked out Of
town for this"
Since then it has been different
When the Athletics don't win behind
Line Drive" they feel they ought to
get kicked out of town. He's been
that good. So far this year he has
the finest piching record of any
pitcher in either league.
With second division ball club,
Line Drive" has finished every game
ne started. winning eight and losing
one. Net another pitcher has a rec
ord like it, though Johnny Allen has
won one more. exclusive of today's
games. It's strange contrast against
few years ago: The man who
couldn't finish ball game now can't
seem to miss completing his job And
he doesn't get his spots picked for
him. He pitches against them-as
they come
The rival managers still can't be-
lieve it's true. apparently, for they
failed to vote him q place on the
American League all-star team which
will play the Nationals, although he
has better won-and-lost record than
any of those they did pick except
Allen.
Nelson Handy With Fists.
Even If Nelson loses all the rest of
his games and falls into baseball OBJ
livion, he should get berth in the
hall of fame at Cooperstown, N. Y.
for keeping the peace He's the best
fist fighter in baseball by far. He
could lick Dizzy Dean, Ducky Med
wick and Johnny Allen one after
another, but never has he lifted his
voice or got into rowdy fight.
Years ago, Lynn toured the North
west as the masked marvel" fighting
all corners. From what can be gath
cred from those days of which he
never speaks, I understand he never
lost fight. But he quit for baseball.
Il don't like to fight" he explains,
Some day hope to be a fair baseball
pitcher"
It's lucky for a lot OF fun-poking
ball players that Line Drive" Nelson
doesn't like to fight because if ever q
fellow had reason for some fancy
chin pounding, he's the man.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

NEW YORK, June 28.-If you knew
Lynn Nelson. grand little pitching
star of Connie Mack's Philadelphias,
you'd be guaranteed a thrill every
time you read he had won another
ball game
Every town. village and ball club
has Lynn Nelson. They are unas-
suming. serious minded fellows who
have a tremendous difficulty getting
people to take them seriously But
they stick and slug. The more the
baiters and hooters ridicule their eff
forts the harder they try, until. at
last, they gain the profound respect
and admiration Of their detractors
who find it so easy to laugh at a
person whose only genius is ca
pacity for hard work.
Lynn Nelson Of Comics pitching
staff is like that. He's a living tes-
timonial of the old axiom: Always
help fellow on his way up and
he'll always help you on your way
down. Connie helped Lynn by CIV
ing him another big league try, and
now, but for Lynn's steady, brilliant
pitching and hitting, Comics ball
club would be stuck in the mud OF
the American League cellar.
Fools Baseball Wiseacres.
In all my years of writing sports
and talking with its goats and heroes,
1 can't recall a fellow who took the
hoots with such perfect ease and
understanding as Lynn Nelson
When he was with the Chicago
Cubs the little man took more abuse
than any umpire. The Cubs and
Chicago fans, accustomed to watch
ing him get belted out almost every
time he went to the mound, tagged
him Line Drive" Nelson. And it was
a perfect nickname
Up in the big leagues four years
too soon, Nelson seemed to possess
an uncanny art of throwing batters
nothing but line-drive doubles, triples
and home runs. His mates were all
worn out running after balls and
trying to spear liners when he pitched
I'D like to catch just one pop
fly when he pitches" said Cub in
fielder. If he lives to be thousand
years he'll never be a pitcher.
1t didn't take Line Drive" a thou
sand hours to show his hecklers they
were as wrong as the experts who
said Joe Louis couldn't come back to
whip Max Schmeling. He went back
to hard work in the miners. Subse-
quently, Connie Mack. who rarely
makes mistake when it comes to
pitchers, gave him another big league
try. One of his first assignments
was against the then fearsome world
championship Yankees. Line Drive"
handed them neat licking to the
astonishment of Manager Joe Nc
Carthy, his old boss in Chicago.
Mccarthy couldn't believe Line
Evening star., 1938-06-28

SO hard in batting practice, they
may put him on the active roster
as a pinch hitter All his friends
here are hoping old Primo Camera
isn't going to let them kid him
into coming back as a-you guessed
it-burper.
Insiders say the Reds planked
down 100000 (not $50,000), plus
Spud Davis and Hollingsworth, for
Bucky Walters And that the
Giants had to part with SO, 1000 for
Bob Seeds instead Of the IS grand
f1rst reported ;. We know . couple
Of American League leaders who
are kicking themselves for not
strainng q pernt and giving the
Browns what they wanted for Buck
Newsom.
We still believe Henry Armstrong
will attend to Lou Ambers, but Lou
is going to give the Negro the
toughest night he has had yet s.
Richmond. Va. goes for night soft-
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Atlanta SStreamlines' Game
Accents Hustle in Everything in Attempting to
Furnish Baseball Example

Crackers, as a move to make the
pastime more appealing to the fans.
1T is an experiment. he said.
I'VE are cutting the between games
time to 10 minutes, asking the play
ers to hustle to and from their
positions and suggesting that man.
ayers cooperate by having their
pitchers warmed up before they are
needed in the game. It it works out,
and time is saved, it will be ex-
ample for the rest of the league"
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Americans d Over Nationals in A||-Star Game
PuzzIes-Bie Fight Film Not to Be Shown in Germany

Cubs is walking advertisement
of the mems clothes layouts in
Esquire.
The Giants have voted Larry
French of the Cubs the fastest
working pitcher in the National
League Carl Hubbell, who has
just turned in his 200th victory for
the Giants. is quoted as saying:
We'll, boys, the first 199 were the
easiest" ). when is that Canadian
hay burner, Tackman, going to cut
loose?
Messrs. Al WE'LL and Eddie Mead,
their respective managers, may not
know it. but Armstrong and AM
bers are going to stage their light
weight title scrap in the Garden
Bowl both managers have
sworn they'll call of the fight
first, but they must have forgotten
the Bowl is specif,e4 in the con-
tract.
Babe Ruth is pulveriBing the ball
Evening star., 1938-06-28
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Stan Correspondent OF The Star.


BOSTON. June 28-Skidding pre-
cariously close to the graveyard age
of baseball, slck-domed Sammy West
currently is revealing no tendencies to
topple into oblivion. Sammy, in fact,
is generating sufficient prolific batting
and spry fielding to convince his
mates he will be durable for at least
two more years at top speed.
Rescued from baseballs rubbish
heap when Prexy Clark GrifIith
snatched him from st. Louis in ex-
change for the fancy fielding and
painfully light hitting Melo Almada.
West after a slow start is beginning
to demonstrate his appreciation
Meanwhile Melo indicates the shift
also has aided him, for he is hitting
with the Browns
West, however, has been no object
Of misery to Manager Bucky Harris
Hovering close to "a years, he was
obtained solely for the purpose Of
bolstering the power of Washington's
outfield.
Thus far he has justified the wisdom
OF the deal.
AS the Mats launched a series here
West figured prominently in their
cherished hope of climbing into more
respected society, for Sammy is keep
| ing pace with AL Simmons and George
Case in making Washington's outfield
the most feared trio of ball chasers in
the league.
Since joining the club Sammy has
gathered momentum. Collecting only
two hits in his first four games, West
was giving indications Griffith would
rue the day he let Almada escape.
Since then, however, the fleet center
fielder has reformed.
| Accelerating since those first four
games, West has spanked that ball
for .461 average. collecting IL hits
in rs trips to the plate. What Is
more important. however, Is that
Sammy is smashing for extra bases,
| whacking six doubles and two homers
in his last six games. Since he has
been with the Mats. Sammy has batted
at 1881 clip.
Swinging in second position, West
has proved immensely valuable. for
Case has been inhabiting the bases
rather frequently and Sammy Is mov-
ing him around. Thus far Simmons
has found the situation extremely
happy. for recently his hits have been
emptying those bases and he will re-
ceive additional coin II he relieves
the paths Of enough population.
With West performing in pleasing
fashion. the outfield situation has been
forgotten by Harris for the moment.
His present concern involves the
pitchers and 1t Is with keen interest
that the efforts Of Jimmy De Shong
will be scanned tomorrow.
De Shong, who captured Is games
in 1896 and IA last year, has been .
distinct disappointment this season,
remaining the route only once and
then suffering defeat. His recovery,
coupled with the indicated upward
trend Of Harry Kelley and Wes Ferrell
and the consistency Of Dutch Leonard,
would be q welcome surprise.
Harris, II Leonard and De Shong
register wins, may gamble on Pete
Appleton, who has been aching for
a starting ipance. Despite mediocre
success in relief roles recently, APP
pleton stir is confident and Harris
may take him up on It.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Bs the Associated Press.

ATLANTA. June 28.-Stream-
lined baseball-with accent on hus-
tle--is scheduled to be tested for
the first time in the Southern Asso-
citation tonight when the Atlanta
Crackers meet the Nashville Vols
in double-head here.
League President Trammel Scott
said the plan was conceived by him
and Earl Mann. president of the
Evening star., 1938-06-28
TEN OF IS CLUBS
TOP 1887 MARKS
Unusual Cleveland Monday
Crowd Sees FeIIer Beat
Gr0Ve-Chisox Score.
BY SID FEDER.

SA~sSN 1903 opotLs
Major league magnates, those kindly
souls who are in the game for tho
pure fun Of the thing. with no thought
Of profit, are rubbing their hands in
glee over the whacky way the current
pennant races are unfolding.
While the experts" just sit around
and moan, looking for answers to the
merry-go-round in both leagues, the
moguls joyfully contemplate the huge
piece OF pie they're going to slice for
themselves if the thing keeps up.
The totally unexpected surges Of
the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati
Reds in their respective leagues, to-
gether with the none-too- secure pic
ture presented by both defending
pennant holders, has the turnstiles
clicking at tune indicating a pos
sible all-time attendance high this
season.
Record Looms at Cleveland.
On the basis of semi-official Asso-
ciated Press survey today, 10 of the
Is big league clubs should 60 over
IllCli lSOt llS ulCS, LII &C OIIlCIS, III
cluding the Yankees, who pulled
l 1,l4l 1896 through the turnstiles last
season. should finish with about the
same attendance, and the whole set
up promises q good chance of eclips-
ing the record gate" of l0,186.000
who made banner year of the 1880
depression" campaign. Only the
Phillies, st. Louis Cardinals and Chi
cago White Sox look as if they may
not duplicate or better their 1887
figures
Out in Cleveland, where the folks
have the fever" so bad they're think
ing Of running Manager Oscar Witt
for Governor, or something. the In
dians loom as cinch to have home
attendance pass the million mark.
Where some $40, 900 turned out all last
year. the Tribe has attracted about
423 675 in 80 home games this season,
and they have A more to 60.
Feller Outhurls Grove.
The faithful won't even stay away
from the Tribes tilts on Monday, the
traditionally blue" day from an at
tendance point of view So far, the
Tribe has attracted $4,000 in four
Monday parties at home this season.
or an average Of 1880 per game. That
means plenty Of caviar and cham
payne in the magnates' pantries.
Yesterday, some 10000 turned out
to see Bobby Feller hand it to Lefty
Grove and the Boston Red Sox, in one
Of the two games on the big league
program. Young Bobby treated the
folks to a seven-hit flinging job. and
famed 10, while his mates landed on
''Ole Nose" for Is hits and 7-3 vic
tory. Jimmy Foxx hit his 2lst homer
of the year. but it didn't make much
difference in the final outcome.
Chisox Stop Brownies.
In the only other game the White
Sox took 9-4 decision over the
st. Louis Brownies in the battle for
the cellar" Ted Lyons pitched nine
hitter and Hank Steinbacher clouted
a homer.
The Cleveland victory boosted the
Tribes American League lead to four
full games over the Yankees, and
dropped the Red Sox to a game and
half back of the New Yorkers.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Wander Nicer 'Sicced' on .Jinx
Losers in Last Fl Tusses at Pittsburgh, Reds Fire
New Slab Star at Bucs

suit wouldn't harm the Pirates. in
fourth place. and only three games
behind the league-leading Giants.
So McKechnie ordered Wander
Nicer to the mound today and Man
ager Pie Traynor of the Pirates
countered with his own young ace
Russ Bauers.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
Picking Of Gehrie
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, June 28.-British
papers say the Louis-Schmeling
hght films will not be shown in
Germany j.. add strange sights:
Brooklyn fans pulling for Bill
Terry in the all-star game at Gin
cinnati next week Broadway Is
betting to l on the Americans
we'll, our Middies showed 'em
at Poughkeepsie, didn't they? ..
II Schmeling wants to come back,
he'll have to dispose Of Tommy
Farr first ia wohl." adds
Mike Jacobs.
A lot Of people can't understand
why the American League man.
ayers picked Lou Gehrig over Hal
Trosky (who is hitting just about
90 points more thaH the Iron
Horse) for the all-stwr. team
hAllplayers say Clay Bryant Of the
Evening star., 1938-06-28
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, June 2s.-Wily
Bill McKechnie. manager of Gin
cinnati's Raging Reds, called today
on baseball's public hero No. L
Johnny (Two-No- o-Hit) Wander
Meer-to break the long jinx of
the Pittsburgh Pirates over the
Reds at Forbes Field.
The Reds have lost the last 81
games they played here.
And now the two teams. both
riding victory waves, meet for
three-game series. Should the Pi-
rates jinx over the Reds continue.
McKechnie's men likely would
tumble from second place. The re-
Evening star., 1938-06-28
TURNER ADVANCES AT NET.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., June 28-Billy
Turner Of Chevy Chase, Md, seeded
No. 8 in the mid-Atlantic tennis tour
nament. entered the second day of
competition here. He conquered Bill
Zedlitz Of Knoxville, Tenn, 60, e4,
yesterday.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
TWO FOR MULHALLS.

The Mulhall A. c. nine took two
baseball games, the first from the Lion
Hurst A. c.. l4-7. and the second BY
scoring shut-out over the Bon Air
A. c., Ito. Stuart and F. Herrell, jr..
were the winning pitchers.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
LEEMANS OPERATED ON
Former Colonial Has Appendix
Out at G.. w. HOSPITAL,

OUI Ut U. w 11USPIIdI.
Tuffy Leemans returned to his alma
mater today-as a hospital patient.
The former George Washington Uni
versity football ace, now professional
star with the New York Giants, had
his appendix removed this morning
The operation is not expected to
interfere with Leemans playing next
fall.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
veO Gate Records Loom Result of Majors Merry
WI, Lose or Draw
TOPPING Of Gori|Io's Hands Touchy Problem.
Tunney Determined on Squore Deal for Gorqy.
BY GRANTLAND RICE

ffinch-Hutmg S ationino
gorilla some unnamed havyweisht Your
correspondent and Ernest Hemingway
Gene iunney on the most important detail of the fight
Tunney
insists this detail we'd like
tapng the gorilla the leathe
That will be taken care of in due time"
Not at -Oy means runney
We'd like to hear what the several" have when soft
assignment they face.
Demand Square Deal for Gorilla
Ernest Hemingway
O to tina a
We are both against hobblng
The gorilla
Of first pulling off both his rivals
the
IF this rmney counters
figuring to be- then
if willing
let Tuney
are applied This seems fair enough
DempseyLouis Fight Would Have Been Wow.
How
old Louis Of last Wednesday night?
This would be the
then that hved-a
He weighed
Louis harder wo-handed hitter and would advantage
question o. Dempsey If put on
he he schmemg double explosion
Ious on ehe flank.
Ceveland's Best Chance in Nearly 20 Years.
has been s Cleveland well
of
Bradley Elmer Flick Clarke
until the
aTspn.
a an out Of a.
breaks coming his Cleveland has her best chance nearly 20
No Runaway Race in Either League
a
The third pnnant however the toughest After two winning
Mccarthy they
a rule until That's when
a looking
includes
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evenly matched than
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n anyca
by the Ame
Evening star., 1938-06-28
TAKES NINTH STRAIGHT.

Lorton Browns won their ninth
straight victory of the season as Davis
pitched them to an 8-to-7 victory over
the Russell Motors nine.
Evening star., 1938-06-28
WEST Bellies ACE
|NBO0ST|NGN MATS
Run-Producing Combine Is
Accelerated by Elderly
SIugger's Efforts.
BULLETIN

BULLETIN.
BOSTON, June 28-The Ma
tionals-Red Sox game today was
postponed on account of rain.
Evening star., 1938-06-28

WOODBRIDGE A. c. WINS,
Albin pitched the Woodbridge A. C. to
1877 win over the Burleith Braves.
Evening star., 1938-07-10
THE SUNDAY WASHINGTON. l.
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The Washington times., 1938-06-06

The Cleveland Indians gained
an important game in their battle
for first place in the American
League pennant race, defeating
the Nationals in ten bitter innings
while the st. Louis Browns downed
the Yankees. The TribeSmen now
lead the league by four games.
Detroit hammered the Boston Red
Sox down to defeat, so that the
standing of the first division re
NAMED unchanged over the week
end. Had Boston won, the Mats
would have dropped to fourth
place.
Cleveland's greatest advantage
over the leading contenders lies on
the lost side Of the percentage
column. The Tribesmen have lost
only Is games; three fewer than
the Yankees, seven fewer than
Washington. and five fewer than
the Red Sox.
This is important in reckoning
the chances Of the teams, for the
The Washington times., 1938-06-06
Tribe Gets Breaks Beating Mats

'Trosky hit two, one into the stands
in left center field in the second
inning, and one over the right
field fence in the fourth. In the
third inning Larry crashed one
into the left field stands. These
circuit blows put Cleveland ahead
by a score of to 0.
Washington tied the score in
the fifth inning and Appleton
struck in his own behalf, hitting a
single that scored Armada. In the
seventh inning Taft Wright put
the Nationals ahead with a line
drive to center field after Myer
had driven a double past Keltner
Appleton pitched a game that
was good enough to win. Despite
the extra base blows by the In
dians, Pete held the enemy to
three earned runs and nine hits in
nine innings. With ordinary sup
port the game never would have
gone into extra innings and
Jimmy DeShong would not have
been called upon to work at all.
The Washington times., 1938-06-06

season.
Instead, Tim Moynihan, as
siStant coach of the froSh and
general handy man in the G. w.
football camp last season, has
been relegated to the position
formerly held by Sexton.
Moynihan has been associated
with the Colonials in a semi
official capacity since February,
a year ago, having enrolled at
George Washington to pursue a
physical education degree. He
helped tutor the varsity in
spring drills last year and not
until the fall was he employed
by the athletic department.
Sexton, who played under Jim
Pixlee at Westminster College,
was one of two aides Pixlee
brought to George washington
in 1929. He was a powerful
fullback, and, according to Pix
lee, finest back he ever coached.
Max harrington. now athletic
director of the Colonials, &C
companied Pixlee and Sexton
here.
Following his graduation in
1880, Moynihan was an assist
ant coach for one season at his
Alma Mater, before moving to
Xavier University in Cincinnati
as line coach for two years. Dur
ing 1888 and 1884 he was a
member of the Chicago Car
dinals of the National Pro
fessional League and his first
season in the paid ranks was
unanimously voted all-League
center. He resigned the Car
dinals to join Jack Chevigny's
regime as line coach at the Uni
versity of Texas in 1885, where
he taught for two seasons.
After a year In the construc-
The Washington times., 1938-06-06
BULGE ADVANCES
IN PARIS TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIPS

PARIS. June 6 GN.SO-Owen
Anderson, of Hollywood, dark
horse" of the French hard court
tennis championships who staged
a surprise with impressive vic
tories in the early matches, was
eliminated in the fourth round OF
play today by Christian Boussus,
of France, Ga, 60, 60.
Don Bulge encountered some
difficulty in surviving today'S
fourth round, but defeated Kukul'
jews, of JugoSlavia, in a fiVe-set
match, GO, 816, 2-6, 10,
6-l.
Teamed with Mrs. H. C. Hop
man, of Australia, Mako advanced
in the mixed doubles, defeating M.
Billoudot and Nine. Warm, OF
France, 6-3, As, IS.
AUTEUIL, France, June 6
G.N.SO.- Mrs. Dorothy Andrus, of
Stamford, Conn, today was elm
mated in the second round of the
French hard court tennis cham
pionShips by Mrs. Harry Hopman,
of Australia, 6-1, 60.