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Evening star., 1938-03-31
- BY ALAN GOULD,

Associated PRESS SPORTS Editor. sas ass- -
NEW YORK, March 31.-The lit
erary guns that have been pounding
home this spring the popular notion
OF American League superiority over
the National, as a prelude to the 1888
baseball pennant battles, seems to have
misflred on number Of salient points.
1t is quite true that harassed Ma
tional Leaguers Ave found no ade-
quate escape from the demolishing No.
l argument of their tormenters, who
point to seven victories in the last 10
world series and four conquests in five
midsummer all-star games.
These are the payoff events, so far
as inter-league debate is concerned,
but they emphasize chiefly that the
pennant clubs. rather than the Amer
ican League as whole, have been
the dominating influence
A. L. Stronger at Top.
Club for club in the two big leagues,
1t still is wide open argument as to
which is stronger For years, there
has been wider gap between the
first and last-place outfits in the
American than in the older circuit
This balance, while Strengthening the
Nationals in any an-inclusive argu-
ment over rival ability, does not alter
the fact Of A. L. dominance at the top.
Evening star., 1938-03-31

lost a critical game to the Giants that
their bats appeared to have won, and
thereafter slid out of the pennant pic
ture.
Notwithstanding all talk of league
differences. including the outmoded
notion that the National League is a
curve-ball circuit and the American a
fast-ball league, the fact is that no
essential differences in style of play
actually exist. The Yankees did not
prove superior in method in the last
world series, when they repeatedly OBJ
tained base hits after trying unsuccess-
fully to sacrifice. The two most sue
cessful managers of the Yankees, Miller
Higgins and Joe Mccarthy, came from
the 'old-fashioned" National League.
Presumably, the baseball they learned
Evening star., 1938-03-31

fellow" He meant Cal Hubbard.
How's this for high-powered hit
ting? In the last 81 innings
against major league clubs the Mats
have scored in only five of the
frames And for the grand
total of eight runs.
Joe Krakauskas may claim the
honor of being the first Washington
pitcher to work q full nine-inning
game tomorrow Joe will face
the Chattanooga Lookouts at Day.
tona Beach Frank Croucher's
homer yesterday at Lakeland was
not exactly clean i. . Frank stopped
at third, after hitting his drive over
Johnny Stones head in the first
inning, but after he saw Cecil
Travis hold the relay throw he
broke for the plate and made it
easily Travis probably was
thinking about something else.
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HubbelI Is Nat in Name OnIv
Secretary Smiths Idea Of Pronouneng "Hubbord" Hos
Manager Harris Dizzy for Moment
By Stan Correspondent of The Star.

By Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla, March 81
Billy Smith, the keeper of the Grif-
fifth Stadium COOLERS who poses as
the Mats road secretary in the
spring, still is the world champion
mispronouncer OF names He
calls Zeke Bonura that fellow
Bonree" And Angelo Giuliani
is that ketcher, Gull-ee-o"
Billy asked Manager Bucky Harris
to assign the Pullman berths for
the club prior to the trip North
When Harris had finished,
Smith said: You forgot to put
Hubbell down on the list"
Bucky jumped foot, scratched his
head and wondered if he was hear
ing all right "Hubbell?" he
asked YEAH" answered Smith.
"You know Hubbell, that umpiring
Evening star., 1938-03-31
Armstrong Confident He'll Wear Triple Ring Crown


came to break into the lineup of
the San Francisco Seals, where he
got his first real baseball chance
Paul went to the Seals on
condition that II he was not re-
tanned beyond . certain date he
was to be paid $2,5o0 Well,
the deadline came around {.
Paul hadn't had much of a chance
to show :. That night he was to
be handed his dough and told to
scram But that afternoon dur
ing an exhibition game a guy
named Joe Kelly, his mouth
crammed with chewing tobacco,
led of the first inning with a
triple AZ he rounded first he
swallowed the tobacco He be-
came so sick he barely made third
They took him out and put in
Waner The Seals were playing
q double header, and Paul broke in
with nine hits-three triples, two
doubles and four singles -. P. S.
He has besn regular ever sinoA
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lieve all those yarns about Casey
Stengel getting dignified -. A
headline says Dodgers are full Of
surprises" Who expected any
thing else? Waite Hoyt's piece
in the current issue in a nickel mag
blasting the National League won't
make it any easier In that cir
cult for him this year New re-
ports are bobbing up that Don
Bulge may change his mind pretty
soon.
Some of the golf pros seem to go
= out Of their way to make it tough
for Sammy Snead Hard to un-
derstand, too Sammy is q like
able chap and was very popular
with the galleries both at Pine
hurst and Greensboro ;. We have
an idea Vic Ghezzi may fool .
few Of them in the Masters.
Shovel Hodge, the old big Lacquer,
is telling . good story around Tho
South . It s how Paul Wa1er
Evening star., 1938-03-31
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, March 31.-Henry
Armstrong openly predicts he'll be
wearing three ring crowns within
. year -. There's nobody in sight
to take his featherweight title; he
thinks he'll take Barney Ross tn
May and he'll bet some of his
money he will take the lightweight
crown from Lou Ambers If they
meet in an outdoor show this sum-
mer =. Armstrong, outstanding
fighter in 1887, is a miniature edi-
tion of Joe Louis He can swat
with both fists and take it with the
best of them . There is nothing
wrong with his heart, either i. :.
But we still say If Barney Ross is
in shape May rs he will jab the
little Negro silly.
Burgess Whitehead is not mend
ing from his appendicitis opera
ton q fast % expected South
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Exhibition Tits
4y the Associated Press.

1y the Associated Press.
Detroit tA). 8; washington (A.), 1.
BROOKLYN N). 8: New York (A.). 4.
6t. Louis (N). 10; Columbus (AA.), 4.
Cleveland (A0, 5: Philadelphia (N.). 2.
Boston tND. II; Boston (A). 3.
et. Louis (A0. s: Austin (T.L). 2.
Pittsbursh (N). 10; Chicago N). 8.
Montreal 1.L). 9: Buffalo d.L), 3.
Indianapolis (A.A). 6; Rochester u.L). 3.
Baltimore 1.LD 2: Nashville tS.A). l.
Newark 1.L), 13: Toronto I.LD. /.
Jersey City U.L0. 6: Lafayette tEv.L), z.
Philadelphia (A.), -: Meridian (SE.L.).
Today's Schedule.
At st. Petersburg. Fla.-Brooklyn (N)
vs.. st Louis tND.
At Los AnEeles-Chicago tAJ VS.. Chi
At ssr.sots. rl.-Toronto u.Lo VS..
At Biloxi. Miss.-.Jersey City d.L) vs..
At TAMPA Ta.-Detroit tAo vs.. Gin
cinnatt (ND.
At New orleans-cleveland (A) vs..
New orleans (S.A0.
- BirminEham. .Ala.-PhilAdelphia (A.)
vs.. Birmingham s.A0.
At Gan Antonio, Tex.-Toledo (A.A.) ".
St Louis IA.
Evening star., 1938-03-31

ern scribes are getting q bit an
noyed with those bizarre openers
they put on in the South
ern Association They passed
it up when Col. Joe (ScrewbalD
Engel of Chattanooga announced
he would stage an elephant hunt
on opening day with herd Of real
pachyderms and a tribe of East
Tennessee hill billies disguised as
African dinkas, because, after all,
you have come to expect such things
when Mr.. Engel is in charge
But when staid old Nashville an
nounced it would seek to have
Sally Rand do e. fan dance in the
batter's box just before the opener,
the scribes decided it was time to
60 to work Col. Ed Danforth
Of the Atlanta Georgian is leading
the crusade, and he has plenty of
help.
Congratulations to Col. Gabby
Street From sergeant to colonel
Is quite . jump .. We don't BE-
Evening star., 1938-03-31
PIRATES IN STREAK

LOS ANGELES, March 81 (P.-Rid-
ing on the crest Of a six-game victory
wave, Manager Pie Traynor of the
Pirates said he would use Cy Blanton
and Jim Tobin, his two ace hurlers,
against Portland of the Coast League
at Fresno tomorrow,
Evening star., 1938-03-31
TIGERS AFTER Strip

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 81
P:-Third Baseman Joe Strip, who
was ordered to Columbus when he and
the Cardinals couldn't agree on terms,
may wind up with the Tigers.
There was talk today that the Tigers
are dickering with Joe, who also has
failed to sign a Columbus contract.
Evening star., 1938-03-31

Croucher 90. Two-base hit-Fox. Three
base hits-Travis, Walker. Home run
niger to GreenberR. Left on bases-
Warrington: Z: Detroit, s. First base on
out-By Gill. l: by De shone. 2: by Apple
ton, J.; by Doyle, l. Hits--on De shong.
B in innings: OF Appleton, 2 in 3 in
nings; OF Gill. in innings; OF Doyle &
in 2 innings. Winning pitcher-Gill. Los.
Ing pitcher-De ShonR Umpires-Messrs
Kolls and Summers. Time-l:25.
Evening star., 1938-03-31
Guliani Likely FirsSing Nat Catcher if He Hit
Wn, Lose or Draw
Reds, Cords, Gold Sox Have Years Prize Rocks
Mats Could Have Grabbed Two Of Them, Too
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

RIANDO 3l.-A rookie ball
cubownes
peak optimism foolish things
older
to sit
All rookie accomplish in the spring
a his ability
interesting nevertheless
closer light the Florida
Reds The good bughers Back
James Charles
Sarasota veriab
night
already
In Cincinnati the of every
Craft outeder
with
by Reds fellow
the Cardinals with infelding Petersburg
These h-Piher
the
pubicized
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Varied Sports

College Track.
Michigan, 1912; Maryland, 5lI2.
College Baseball.
Duke, %, Richmond, 0.
William and Mary, 8; Washington
and Lee, 8.
Vermont, s; Virginia, 2.
Hampden-Sydney, 7; Delaware, 6.
Lynchburg, S; Drexel, 2.
Erskine, S; Ohio u, 3.
Amateur Hockey.
Hershey Bears, 5; Detroit Holz-
baugh- -Fords, 2.
Evening star., 1938-03-31
Old Jim Asked Trial for Son.

AS the fame these recruits
becomes downcas old
tears You he could have Pitcher
might title Outder Craft
would be Baugh Washington
There Is familiar
he Bagby
80 Cleveland
Jim ever will win 80 the That isn't
But the pitcher
the Mats mufd
they moved northward after breaking
begged the Washington
claims discovered"
recalls that he impressed by old pleas
But somenow the Mats
The washington firms
him.
Evening star., 1938-03-31

us the American League actually
stronger than the National? This
question. currently being debated by
baseball men, is discussed in a series
OF three stories, OF Which this is
the frst.)
Evening star., 1938-03-31
BURNETT TO PILOT.

COLUMBIA, S. c., March 81 (P).-
John Burnett, former major league
inflelder, has been announced as man
ager of the Columbia club of the South
Atlantic League.
Evening star., 1938-03-31
Craft Worked Out With Nats.

Graft Of the
OF
fa to bat AS 10
with all the hne and success Speaker the
National League Partly due horcomig
centereld the
The connection between Washnons
Old Back IN 1885 when the Grifs last
Craft Lad
ELisVile Miss and
Craft put uniform, left huedly
Grant Rice was asking Buky
He didn't thing,
Craft claimed, later, TO
Just visiting Biloxi and working out" he explained
Still another
panss of inconsistencies and that he
quickly that ne even forgot goodbye to Feowwnsman
Criff Was Sour on Grid Stars.
The Mats, of getting Baugh When
played
the dragnet the Cardinal chainstore
graduation he also signed football
Baughs
70 reteng
famous football
Chicago Bears for the championship last December.
Glf might
would not have been in line with
things Nobody knew anything ability
grid greats and they
One the other
was Jesse Hill, fine
Now according ST.
LOUIS regular third baseman
Buddy
place could
might nave meant lot OF R. O. signs Griffith Stadium
Evening star., 1938-03-31

Contrary to projected ideas, the
National League in recent years has
shown more progressiveness than its
younger and less tradition bound rival.
The Nationals pioneered major league
night baseball, in Cincinnati, and in
troduced more showmanship. No club
in either league has exploited more
individuality or color" than the
Evening star., 1938-03-31
n. L. More Progressive.

there and the methods they employed
were not rated handicap.
Evening star., 1938-03-31

(See GOULD, Page D-2.)
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Diamond Flashes

Fifty nafionaLities, or combinations OF
nationdLities, are represented in the Ma
tiondl league. Three hare Indian strains:
Guy Bush OF the Cardinals is English-In-
dian; Roy Johnson OF Boston, Norwegian
Indian; Tom Baker OF the Giants, Irish.
Indian Lee Crissom, Cincinnati south
pa,O rookie, ,Oas unable to beat either
Pittsburgh or ST. Louis last year, losing
four to the Pirates and tue to the Cards.
But he beat Boston four times and Brook
Iyn thrice :. . Lou Fene OF Boston defeated
Brooklyn sir times last season, losing one
game. IL tUas the most victories any pitcher
chaLked up oper one team. Nine players
in the league hare hit more than 100 home
runs in their N. L. careers. Nineteen play.
ers still in the league hare driven in more
than 500 runs. Ttoenty-six have made more
than 1000 hits Biggest margin held
by any club oper another since 1900 is the
Cubs lead oper Boston, SO to 30l +. :.
Gus Suhr's streak OF 822 consecutive games,
broken last June, is the National league
endurance record. Longest stredks still
going: Med,oick's 485, Frank Demaree's
344 and Burgess Whiteheads 800. Johnny
Mize, the Cardinals left-handed hitting
first baseman, has the highest lifetime
average in the league among those players
toho hare competed in 200 or more games.
Paul Waner has .348 for IL years. Joe
MedtUick .342 in sic years; Chuck Klein
$40 in 10 seasons.
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Strange Facts
II Get an Eye-Fun |
. of This .

IT IS often said of an ardent
lover: "He seemed to devour
her with his eyes," But the COM
mon or garden frog has him beat
forty ways to finish.
The large, bullying eyes of the
frog are separated from its mouth
only by a thin skin. When the
eyes are closed they bulge in
wardly. Thus the frog closes its
eyes when it has an insect in its
mouth, and the inner bullying
helps to push the food down the
throat.
Frogs are insect eaters, and for
that reason are very helpful to
man. Those that spend most of
their time in or near water are
also very fond of small fishes and
worms. They catch their prey
with their sticky tongues The
tongue is not fastened at the rear
of the mouth as ours is, but at
the front. The tip points back
ward when the mouth is closed.
When one of these little amphibi-
ans sees an insect, it leaps and
snaps its tongue forward and out.
If the insect is touched it sticks
fast and the tongue is folded back
into the mouth, carrying the in
sect with it. The eyes are then
used to help in swallowing the
catch.
The adult frog has lungs, but it
does not breathe air into them as
we do. 1t sucks air into its mouth
through two nostrils, at the same
time lowering its throat. Then
the nostrils are closed, and the
frog lifts its throat and pushes
the air into its lungs.
In northern countries, when cold
weather sets in, some frogs dive
into pond, bury themselves in
the mud and stay there all win
ter. Ponds do not freeze solid,
even when winters are very cold,
so the frog does not freeze either.
But it becomes very cold, and
when an amphibian becomes cold
it needs very little oxygen be-
cause it is burning little food.
This explains why the frog can
stay under the water all winter
without breathing air. There is
some oxygen in the water and
what little it needs during the win
ter it gets from the water through
its skin. The frog sometimes,
however, spends the winter in
hole in soft bank, or buried un-
der loose stones and earth.
@ Britannica Junior.
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Here and There

M IKE GIBBONS, one of the lead
A'A ing contenders for tine middle
weight title Is years ago, came out
of retirement to referee the match
between John Henry Lewis and Fred,
Lenhart in st. Paul recently y
Spug Meyers, who fought Mushy
Callahan for the junior welterweight
title in Chicago in 1929, now is op-
Grating tavern in Pocatello, Idaho
Bonnie Oosterbaan, who led
Big Ten basketball scorers in 1928
with 129 points, returned to his
alma mater as football coach the
following season and has remained
there ever since Norman Dole
of Stanford, first man to pole vault
IL feet, is now superintendent of a
sugar refinery in California.
Mickey Walker says he would not
pick professional boxing as a ca
reer, if he had his life to live over
the Michigan-Yale football
game next fall will mark the first
contest between the two elevens in
IS years, Yale having won their last
meeting, GA to 0, in 1883 Char
ley Jones, manager of Sammy An
gott, lightweight boxer, had COM
pleted three years of college study
at the Louisville Institute of Tech
nology when the World war broke
out. Seventeen years later, when he
was thirty-seven, he returned to the
same school.
Wade Killifer, last years Indian
apolis manager, will be the highest
paid pilot in the Pacific Coast league
next season. He will lead the
Hollywood club. His brother, Bill,
will be at Sacramento Notre
Dame and Marquette began their
basketball series on the old dirt
floor at Notre Dame in 1920, re-
sumed it on tbs concrete floor in
Milwaukee's auditorium the follow
ing year, and have continued it on
hardwood.
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kind of a car today's driver may
be riding in tomorrow, is given by
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, World
war ace, and engineering "proph-
et."
Captain Rickenbacker predicts:
''It will be an attractive car to ride
in. In size and appearance the in
terror will be like a small living
room. It will be air-conditioned
and there will be no noise or vi
bration.
''You will have to look twice to
find the engine. It will be less
conspicuous than in cars today. It
may be x-shaped or it may be radi-
al like certain airplane engines. It
may be in front or it may be be-
hind. In any case, it will be lighter
and more compact but just as pow
erful as the engines you are used
to-"
western Newspaper Union.
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School for Jumps

YOU see and hear lot of things
! and you likewise learn a few
odds and ends in thirty-six years of
major and minor league umpiring.
Brick" Owens, famed American
league arbiter who retired few
weeks ago, could tell you that. So
out OF the fullness of his experience,
Brick is preparing to conduct a cor
respondence school for umpires.
Looking back over the years,
Owens has seen some great ball
clubs and some great players. The
best team of all, he says, was the
White Sox of 1919 and 1920 that
turned into the "Black Sox." Among
pitchers, Brick considers Walter
Johnson's delivery as deceptive as
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Clintock. This development will
also make use of infra-red light
rays and photo-electric cells, he
says.
When the first "one-lunger"
chugged down Main street, a speed
of 80 miles an hour was considered
remarkable, and as a result, no par
ticular demand was put on the
brakes. Nowadays, stock cars are
manufactured with much greater
speeds, and more efficient brakes
have followed-brakes which can
bring cars to a stop in less than
half the distance formerly required,
if the proper traction can be OBJ
tanned on the road surface.
Such traction is a simple matter
when road surfaces are dry, ac-
cording to Professor Lessells, edi-
tor of the technical journal of the
American Society of Mechanical En-
gineers.
Eliminating the hazard zone''-
where wet pavement causes skid
ding accidents-will be one of sci
ence's greatest contributions to traf-
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fic safety, according to Professor
Lessells.
Pointing out that the solution of
the problem must be found at the
point where the car makes con-
tact with the road, Professor Les
sells adds: eff we can instantane-
ously create a dry surface, over
which the tire is always passing,
the cars brakes will keep it under
control. I anticipate that some way
will soon be found to make this
possible"
Autos on Increase.
The car owner who thinks that
traffic safety will come only when
fewer autos are on the highways is
in for a big disappointment, if a
recent survey of automobile and
traffic experts means anything.
They expect, on the basis of pres
ent trends, that the next 20 years
will find 100000 motor vehicles
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second deal they sent Rollie HENS
ley, veteran catcher whose play
has ranked with that of the games
greatest backstops, to the Cleveland
Indians for Catcher Billy Sullivan,
Infelder Roy Hughes and Pitcher
Ed Cole. In their third trade they
snapped Shortstop Bill Knicker-
booker to the New York Yankees for
Utility Inielder Don Heffner and are
said to have also received $40, 900 in
cash from the Yanks.
In Hemsley, the Indians will have
a resourceful veteran, who if he
behaves himself, will push the team
further up the pennant flight. In
Knickerbocker, the Yankees have
practically purchased pennant in
surance. This hard-hitting infielder
can easily replace Frank Crosetti,
if that fading star goes into COM
plete eclipse this year.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
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DRESSES that not only satisfy
- your present craving for
something new and spring-like,
but also look ahead to a later sea-
son, too. Make them yourself at
home, for very much less than
you usually spend on clothes.
You'll find it very easy to do,
with the sew chart that accompa-
MES each pattern.
Corselette Waistline.
If you have a slim figure, this is
the afternoon dress for you! The
fullness over the bust, the sleeves
cut in one with the shoulders, and
the lifted waistline, are just as
f1attering as they can be! It's the
kind of dress you can wear to
bridges, luncheons, meetings, and
for every afternoon occasion, with
the assurance that it is not only
smart but becoming.
Slenderizing House Frock.
Especially designed for full fig
ures, this house frock follows
straight, tailored lines, and fits
beautifully. You can get into it
in nothing fiat, and it doesn't take
long to make either, thanks to the
complete and detailed sew chart
that comes with your pattern.
Make it up in a pretty, small
figured printed percale, and trim
it with rows of old-fashioned rick
rack.
A Frilly Home Cotton.
This is perfectly charming,
made up in dotted Swiss, wolfe or
dimity, in some fower-like color
like delicate blue or pink or SUM-
shiny, clear yellow, with sheer
white collar and cuffs. It's ideal
for slim figures. Nice to wear
around the house now, and per-
feet to wear anywhere, later on,
during summer afternoons.
The Patterns.
1442 is designed for sizes IL, IA,
16, Is and 20, 40 and AZ. Size IA
requires 3A yards of 39-inch ma
terial.
1889 is designed for sizes SO, 38,