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The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Stone TO Gel
Long Rest

Washington's ball club will
have to get along the remainder
of the season without benefit of
Outfielder Johnny Stone, if in.
deed, he ever plays baseball again,
Stone, suffering from a bron.
chial ailment instead of sinus as
first suspected when he was sent
home from the team 10 days ago,
has been in Georgetown Uni
versity undergoing tests which
have not yet neen completed.
President Clark Griffith was
sanguine as to Stones ultimate
return to the club, but admitted
he was probably lost for this
season.
This season Stones batting
average fell off from normal
800 and better to .245 when he
admitted to Manager Bucky
Harris that he had been ill and
concealing the fact. Harris sent
him home where it was an
nounced he had been suffering
from sinus infection.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

indoor and outdoor fight shows to
gross this year. At the beginning
of the year, he predicted his fistic
extravaganzaS would exceed ST.,
100000. But with several hun
dred dollars already in hand from
indoor bouts; $160. $50 from the
Ross-ArmStrong welterWeight title
fight and $1,015,0OO from the
LouiS-Schmeling battle, Mike feels
encouraged to double his original
estimate
The dollar duke of Broadway
expects the Armstrong -AmheIs
bout to draw anywhere from
$780, to $250,00O and he en-
visions at least $500 more if
Max Baer and Joe Louis tangle
IN September.
SITE TROUBLE SEEN
The commission probably will
grant his request for a postpone
ment today to give Ambers'
bruised hand more time to heal.
But he is likely to have much more
trouble in arranging a site for the
fight.
AL WE'LL, Ambers' manager, and
Eddie Meade, Armstrong; pilot,
want to stage the fight at Yankee
Stadium, where Louis flattened
Schmeling.
Jacobs would like to stage the
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Inter-City
D. c., Baltimore los
Vie for CrOUn

Washington and Baltimore are
to fight it out for the intercity
softball championship on the two
ensuing Friday nights as the result
of home and home series ar
ranged between the DR.. Pepper ten
and the Baltimore All-Stars.
The local city champions o to
the Oriole City next Friday and
the visit will be returned when the
two clubs play at BallSton Sta
dium a week from Friday.
DR.. Pepper will meet the U. s.
Aggies, considered a local natural,
july 13.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Post Positions Announced for
War Admirul-Sedbiscuit Race

going as downpour which started
Sunday continued into its third
day. But Howard pointed to Sea.
biscuits time of 1872 2-5 in the
mud in a trial Sunday.
Jockey George Woolf will ride
Seabiscuit in the blue-ribbon event
tomorrow, subbing for Red" Pol,
lard, who fractured his leg in q
toss from mount. War Admiral
will be ridding by Charley Kurt,
singer.
Other horses expected to be in
the field were John Hay Whit
ney's Flying Scot, Hal Price Head
lcy's Menow, and Mrs. E. Dene
marks two horses, Finance and
War Minstrel.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Big Task Well Started

In the hullabaloo surrounding
the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling
fight, and the various develop
mentS of that international
brawl, not enough attention was
paid to the efforts of the box
ing committee of the colleges
throughout the country to make
college boxing a sport, and not
q brutal, degrading spectacle.
Under the rules drawn up by
the boxing committee, no boy
who has boxed in competition
other than in high or prep
school, will be eligible to repre-
sent his college in the ring.
This sounds the knell of those
rugged youngsters who fought
in Golden Glove or Diamond
Belt tournaments, or amateur
tournaments of any description
before starting to explore the
StratoSphere of culture.
This is a wise step in the right
direction, for since college box
ing became prolific source of
income, old and familiar abuses
crept into the sport. Take as a
case, the boy who fought ITO
amateur fights before entering
a western university. What
chance would your 17-year-old
son stand with bruiser of that
type?
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Fights On,
IfsOff,IfS
OnAgain!
BY KEN HARTER

washington Times sports Editor
Goldie Ahearn, who would be
the answer to a Kansas farmers
prayer, will attempt to put on
the third revival of the Phil Furr-
George Abrams match at Griffith
Stadium tonight. Twice has
Ahearn attempted to put on this
match and twice has he been
stymied by ram. The weather
man promises tonight will be
clear, so old "Rainmaker" Ahearn
will try to put the show on again
or personally take over the
umbrella concession at Griffith
Stadium.
This fight will 60 down in the
records as one of the most Bit
terJy fought contests ever waged
in the District-and out of a ring.
BATTLE AT SCALES
There's often a lot Of talk
about boxers leaving their fights
in the dressing room, but here's
one that was almost left in the
Weighing-in room. Yesterday, the
two battlers almost came to blows
when Chris Dundee, who man
ages Furr, and Sgd Fishel, who
pilots Abrams, became excited over
the matter of weighing in.
Dundee refused to let Furr
weigh in because, Chris said,
Ahearn had told him the match
was off. Words followed and the
managers almost drew in their
proteges and, seeing the folly of
a free fight, the boys settled their
argument. After all, you can't cut
one-third of nothing-which was
the gate the boys would have
drawn performing for the news
papermen and boxing commits
sioners-and expect to come up
with anything but one-third of
nothing.
Abrams has been whipped to a
fighting fury by the heckling of
CONTINUED on Page FL, Col 81
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Alice Marble,
Helen Jacobs
A|soWin

WIMBLEDON, June 28 UN.SO.
The United States placed three
players in the semifinals of the
British Women'S tennis cham
pionShipS today when Mrs. Helen
Wills Moody, Helen Jacobs and
Alice Marble scored smashing vic.
tories over their foreign oppo-
nents.
Little Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fa-
byan, of Boston, failed to make
the grade and she bowed out only
after terrific 4-6, e., 6-4
struggle with Frau Hilda Sperliug,
of Denmark.
WINS IN TWO SETS
Mrs. Moody overcame the
toughest obstacle of her comeback
campaign when she eliminated
Great BrItain's brilliant left
handed star, Kay Stammers,
60, 81.
Alice Marble disposed of Nine.
Rene Matthew, of France, 60,
6-S1 and Miss Jacobs outSlugged
the Polish champion, JadWiga jed
rzejowska, 90. 6-3.
Don Bulge and Gene Mako.
the American Davis Cup tandem.
advanced in doubles with a 6-3,
Ga, IS victory over Jean Bo.
rotra and jacques Brugnon, the
French pair.
Helen Jacobs, the former Amer
tcan national champion from
California, beat Jadwiga Jedrze.
jowska of Poland, Ga, 83.
The match was a baSeline slug
ging duel in which Miss Jacobs
proved to be the more resourceful
and versatile, as she overcame the
Polish stars harder hitting.
The latter repeatedly made er.
rors, and was baffled by Miss
Jacobs repeated change Of tac-
tics. The American was steady
and cool throughout the match in
contrast to the Polish stars er-
ratio play in spots.
Magnificent in the machine-like
precision of her play, Mrs. Moody
eliminated one of the chief obSta-
cleS in her comeback trail by de-
feating Kay StammerS.
OVERWHELMS OPPONENT
The 32-year-old American star,
seeking honors such as no veteran
of Wimbledon play has ever seen
attempted much less accomplished
completely overwhelmed her left
handed Opponent. trOUncing her
to a pulp in the second frame after
winning the first set by the simple
expedient of letting Miss Stam-
merS make the errors.
Thirty minutes sufficed for
poker face" Helen to wipe out the
sole British hope for a women's
victory in the tournament.
After feeling out her opponent
in the first set, Mrs. Moody
spotted Miss Stammers' backhand
weakness and throughout the sec
ond frame pounded away at 1t.
With that advantage, her tri-
umph was inevitable. The Ameri-
can girls superior courtcraft and
unreturnable serves, coupled with
terrific forehand and backhand
driving, made short shift Of the
English southpaW.
Mrs. Moody scored 80 points in
the first set as against 20 for Miss
Stammers. The British girl TOOK
only Is in the second, while Mrs.
Moody won AZ.
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Helen Moody Beats
Stammers> o. 81
Mats In Boston
For Red Sox
Series

The game between the Mats
and Boston was rained out to-
day. A single game will be
played tomorrow with Leonard
on the mound for Washington
and Marcum for the Red SOx.
BOSTON, June 28.-If things
turn out like Andy Freeman, the
Copley Plaza doorman, says they
will-the Mats are vacationing in
New England.
You see, it's been raining
steadily for three days here and
Andy, a grizzled old BoStonian who
claims to be something of a hui
man barometer, says:
When a n'eaSter comes like
this, she usually lasts nigh on
to week."
That means the Mats will be
loafing around here the next three
days, for Fenway Park is now an
oozy bog, the likes of which causes
guys to draw on hip boots and
sing chloe.
RAIN MAY MAR
What with the "n'easter" car
rying its steady patter into this
morning without any signs of a
letup, there is small possibility
that the Mats and Red Sox will
start their three-game series here
today.
However, the Mats are pretty
eager to sail into the Red Sox
whose lineup has been showing
traces of debility from top to
bottom. The once fat batting aver
ages that startled the American
League during the first few weeks
Of the season are now hitting the
skidS.
For a happy spell, Foxx, Cronin,
Higgins and a few lesser
Red Sox were hammering the
leagues pitching for .350-and
better average. But things seems
to have lurched and sunk back to
for Chapman is once
more whacking away at his sue
tomary .289 pace. Higgins is down
in the .290's. Babe Ruth's home
run record seems safe for another
year because James Emory F'oxx
has kind of slipped up in his home
run output. And guys like Daerr
and Desautels are once more pat
ting out their .24O'S and .234'S.
The Red Sox, you see, have now
lost five straight games, and the
Mats are anxious to get 'em while
they're not so hot.
LEONARD TO PITCH
Dutch Leonard is scheduled to
pitch today, that is, if they decide
to put baseball on an amphibian
basis, and Jackie Wilson is sup
posed to pitch for Boston.
Should the astral water works
take leave, the Mats will draw a
bead on third place for the Red
Sox are now within sneezing dis
tance of the Mats who have been
puttering along through the West
with seven victories and six losses.
Local papers, by the way, are
stressing the comeback of AL Sim
mons, tabbing his current form As
one Of the major surprises of ,he
year, for AL, who practically had
to beat out Clark Griffith and
Bucky Harris for his job, is now
the hottest run-batter-inner in cap
tivity, moving along at a sweet
.375 clip since playing regularly.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

Junior Varsity (Three Miles)-
Won by Washington, 13:49 1-5:
second, California, 1850 2-5; third,
Navy. 1926; fourth, Syracuse,
14:03 3-5; fifth, Cornell, 14:15 As;
sixth, Columbia, 14:25. Freshman
(two miles)-Won by California,
$3.50 2-5; second, Washington,
9:31 2-5; third, Syracuse, 9:S8 2-5;
fourth. Columbia, $3.50 3-5; fifth,
Cornell, $3.50 IS.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
'Tuffy' Under Knife
For Appendicitis

"Tuffy' Leemans, former George
Washington University football
star and ace backfield man of
the New York pro Giants, was in
George Washington Hospital to-
day for an appendicitis operation.
DIR. Daniel L. Borden aid
"Tuffy" would be in good shape
to start the football season
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

fight at Madison Square Gardens
Long Island bowl. His contract
with the gaSden calls for q $4,000
rental for the bowl, and he paid
$21 900 of this sum from the pro-
ceedS OF the RosS-Armstrong bout.
He would like to pay the remain.
Continued ON Page 81, Col. o.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

buCk' " NeAh
Captain Lawrence to his men:
Don't Give Up the Ship"
Down through the ages in
times of stress Navy men have
recalled those words and that
banner, They have become
symbols Of faith and service IN
the Navy. Around them has
grown the spirit Of our sea-
faring fighters.
1t is likely that eight stalWart
young men of Navy recalled the
banner and its exhortation IN
that last soul.teSting mile from
Poughkeepsie Bridge to the fin
ish line, when the Blue and Gold
of the men from Crabtown on
the Bay stood off the dynamic
rush of CALIFORNIA; eight, out
rowing the Bears, outlasting
them to the finish.
Men with courage that knew
no fusing point manned the
sweeps of that Navy eight. II
would have been easy to fold
under the smashing challenge
of California as the spidery
Steelwork of the bridge arched
above the straining crews. The
Golden Bears drove with ter
rifle power and caught Navy,
but Navy was far from finished.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Fans Root for Stone

Those who know Johnny
Stone, outfielder of the Wash
ington Nationals, are hoping
that reports coming from his
bedside are over drawn. There
Is danger that Stone never will
play again, as examinations dis.
closed a deep seated bronchial
ailment.
Stone will be missed in those
close games to come. He was
q splendid outfielder, and when
in condition, q tough hombre in
a pinch. He had q fine record
as Q run producer. Stone was
. great man for q team. He
was silent, but intensely loyal.
He was Q ball players ball
player. .-..,......
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Navy g Upsets
Dope in Regatta
Record
For Injured
Coach
By LAWTON CARVER

International News Service Sports Editor
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June
28.-Melodrama dominated Navy's
stunning victory in the Intercol.
Ilegiate Rowing Regatta, when the
midshipmen upset the dope to
turn back the favorites, California
and Washington, and set a new
record of 18 minutes and 19 Sec
onds for the four-mile stretch.
For, in the village hospital lay
the Navy coach, Buck Walsh,
partly encased in a plaster cast
from a fall on the very eve of the
race. Before the gruelling test the
oarSmen from Annapolis had
visited his bedside and solemnly
SWore to win the race for their
stricken mentor.
Pre-race choices to finish no
better than third and lead the
Eastern crews, Navy, away behind
Wisconsin and California, pulled
up even with California at the two
mile mark and went into half
length lead at the railroad bridge,
remaining out front from there
m
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b a t u e nag
t h a t fl e W
fro o m t h e
masthead of
C m modore
Perry's S hip
on Lake Erie
as the Amer
ican fl e e t
S W e p t the
W a t erS clear
of the enemy.
E m b lazoned
u p on t h a t
faded bit of
bunting is the
e x h ortation
II 4hn drrinn
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Standings

Games behind leader.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Cleveland, 7; Boston, 3.
Chicago, 8; st. Louis, 4.
Others not scheduled.
TODAY'S GAMES
WASHINGTON at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Chicago at St. Louis.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

BOSTON, June 28 G,N.SO.
Post positions were announced
today for War Admiral and Sea-
biscuit and eight other entries in
the $4,000 added Massachusetts
Handicap tomorrow, together
with weight imposts and jockeys.
They were:
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
$3,000,000 Fight Goal
Set by Mike Jacobs
Bv PAT ROBINSON

NEW YORK, June % QNS.) TITS 100000 bust,
now said Mike Jacobs he prepared today boxing
commission for permission to postpone the Lou
Armstrong lightweight title fight from July 26 August e
Mike referring to the expects his combined
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Regatta Chart

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June
28.-Summary of the Poughkeep-
sic regatta, charting the varsity
four-mile race by half-mileS.
We rsitu ID 4 liz . ~ . y III. mir 4.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games behind leader.
Yesterdays RESULTS
No games scheduled.
TODAY'S GAMES
New York at Philadelphia.
Boston at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh,
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
Navy Held the Ship

Somewhere from the depths
Of hearts already sorely tested,
somewhere from the core of
muscles strained to the aching
and breaking points. somehow
out of the heart and mind and
backs that had answered every
demand, came the strength and
the spirit to tear the bosom of
the Hudson little deeper, to
slam the stretchers with a little
more power. Somewhere in the
eyes of every Navy man flashed
that legend: Don't give up the
ship"
1t was a Navy day, with dirty
weather and a mean chop slap
ping the sides of the shells and
making wash boards necessary.
1t was on such a day seven years
ago that Navy won at Pough-
keepSie. the last year in which
an Eastern crew prevailed over
the mighty men of the West. 1t
was the first victory scored by
an Eastern crew at Poughkeepsie
In any of the three classes since
1884, and it came only after the
West had scored in the lesser
races.
In 1881 "Old" Dick Glendon
sent his last Navy crew to the
line, and the boys vowed they'd
win for Dick. In yesterdays race
there was another strong senti-
mental analogy, for Buck Walsh
is in VaSsar Hospital with a seri-
GUS back injury, and these Mid
Ehipmen vowed to win for him.
NaVy'S record this year is
sullied only by a defeat suf-
fered at the hands of the
powerful Harvard boat. But
that was in a sprint race. The
laurels won by Navy yesterday
stand superior to question. No
crew lacking in greatness can
row four miles through the
wind and rain in 18 minutes
and 10 seconds,
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

Owner C. S. Howard announced
today.
The prospects were for muddy
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
It's This
Way

By FRANK BUCK" oNEML
Full in the sight of all who
enter McDonough Hall at United
States Naval Academy, is the
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
GOODMAN TO WE'D

OMAHA, Neb, June 2S.-JOhnny Goodman,
man, national amateur golf champion, and
Miss Josephine KersigO, his sChOOlboy sweet
heart, will be married here tomorrow. JOhnny's
brother, Anthony, will be best man, and Miss
KersigO' sister, Mrs. Helen PaxIicek. il to be
matrOn Of honor. Goodman said the wedding
will be held ut St. StaniEIaus Church, with
all Of our friends invited"
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
SMASHES RECORD

Navy annihilated the mark es-
tablished by Washington last year,
rowing the distance through the
fog and rain in 18 minutes and
10 seconds, or 144 seconds better
than the HuskieS' time.
But that was the kind Of a race
the winner had to row, for each
of the other three boats which fin
ished among the first four all
broke the record in following
Navy'S quite terrific pace, all dis
regarding the choppy course, the
rain that pelted them and murk
that hung over the river like a
heavy smoke.
Thus did the Middies break the
Vests domination and avert a
Shutout for the East on the days
program. California previously
had won the freshman race, with
Washington second, and the latter
had won the junior varsity race
with California as runner-up, when
the Navy varsity shell took to the
river for the all-important four
mile feature,
The Washington times., 1938-06-28

The game between the Mats
and Boston was rained out to-
day. A single game will be
played tomorrow with Leonard
on the mound for Washington
and Marcum for the Red SOx.
The Washington times., 1938-06-28
DETERMINED BID

Half mile from the end, Cali
fornia made a determined bid, but
Navy dug its blades into the water
and put on its finishing squirt to
have half-length advantage at the
wire.
California was second, Wash
ington, third; Columbia, fourth;
Wisconsin, fifth; Cornell. sixth
and Syracuse, seventh.
Today, in many far-flung port
about the world, Navy was being
toasted for one of the most sur
prising, most gallant and, withal,
most dramatic victories ever scored
in the classic of eight-oared row.
ing.
1t was a popular victory with
the $4,000 who lined the river
banks and especially with the flo
tilla of destroyers which rode at
anchor near the finish, as the
Middies broke the record for the
course in beating California,
Washington, Columbia, Wiscon-
sin, Cornell and Syracuse in that
order.
The Washington times., 1938-12-16

camp kitchen, his rolling and
field kitchen and his mutton
stew.
The army has another name
for it which would not get past
my censors on this newspaper.
1t is still served every Thurs
day-which is mutton day-and
that mutton hasn't ever been
lamb.
There was a strike on the
quality and the cooking Of the
ration in the barracks at Dover
soon after the Crimean War
and the army's hero was sent
down from London 70 Straighten
out matters. He solved the prob
lem by cutting up the leather
like meat, stewing it into chew
able substance, adding vege-
tables and telling the soldiers
to &C to it. They've been. going
to it ever since.
X
COVER came to London from
his native France in the early
1905, began as assistant chef
at the Reform Club and inside of
The Washington times., 1938-12-16
"LePs Compete

Germany, Japan and the So
Wet Republic, to advertise their
goods and create a friendly feel
ing in I.atin-America are show.
ing sound and talking films Of
factories producing their prod
ucts they wish to sell, free to
any moving picture house. cham
Der Of commerce or other inter-
ested groups. This to say the
least, has a telling effect, accord
ing to market reports.
President Roosevelt should
approve a spending program to
create a bureau in the Depart
ment of Commerce to sponsor
sound and talking films show.
ing what American factories
can produce, how the people live
and so forth. It would relieve
unemployment by increasing the
sale of American products, create
a friendly feeling and be a pay
ing investment.
JOHN RIGGLES.
Seabrook, Md.
The Washington times., 1938-12-16
WGge-Price Parade

Your day-dream1ng editorials
advocating immigration simply
put the cart before the horse.
We have q potential consum-
ing power in this country to-
day which could (and how
eagerly it wouldD consume our
manufactured and foreign prod
ucts so fast that the plants,
mills and offices would have to
hire additional wage earnerS to
keep up with the demand-1F
the people now employed were
gradually given a lift in buying
power, while prices remained
static or were gradually reduced
to the reasonable profit point.
The slightest lift of present
wages above present prices
would increase it's own momen-
tum, until within five years the
constantly increasing buying
power would level off with our
constantly increasing produc-
ton. II. H. n.
The Washington times., 1938-12-16
Your /. q.
BY SHIRLEY SPENCER

l. A man sells a COW for $50.
buys it back again for $50, and
resells it for 500. How much
does he make on the transac-
ton?
2. What is a Jolly Roger?"
3. Oxygen is (a) gaseous ele-
ment, Cd a triangle, Co a tent.
4. What city in New York
State was once named Fort
Orange?
5. How many sheets in a
quire? (a) 20, (b) "a. Co IL.
6. During the civil war the
greatest number of Union SOL
diers was furnished by (a) New
York, CD Pennsylvania. Co
Ohio.
Z. During the World War the
greatest number of soldiers was
furnished by (a) New Jersey,
CD Texas, Co New York.
8. In what year was the Pan
ANA Canal opened?
8. Who were the only father
and son elected Presidents Of
the U. s.?
10. If two men start for the
same place and travel in OPP
posite directions they will be
20 miles apart at the end Of
an hour. But should they
travel in the same direction
they would be six miles apart
at the end Of the hour. How
far does each walk per hour?
ANSWERS on Page 49,
The Washington times., 1938-12-16
Room, for Kindness

The fact that nations, like in
dividuals, are made up Of diverse
elements, makes it possible to
find an outlet for our more hui
name, charitable, powers toward
all. Thus, in dealing with FaS-
cist nations, it is not enough
that we condemn the Fascist
chiefs for their brutality and ter
rorism, and endeavor to resist
theoretically.
To the more humane ele-
ments-to the real people-of
such enemy nations, we need to
express the more humane side
of our nature. There is always
room for kindness.
While preparing in every way
for self-defense, we yet need to
show all possible kindnesSeS to
these in suffering in Fascist
lands. There are elements in
italy, Germany and Japan that
disagree with their chiefs whole
heartedly-e l e m nts desiring,
not war and conquest. but peace
and freedom.
It so happens that these are
among the worst sufferers in
every totalita4 ian country. They
constitute those seeking refuge,