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Evening star., 1938-12-04

was supposed to be en- route from the Orient.
Each day he est-hopped the Gerhardt for
half-an-hour but the brief flights seemed
timed to occur when Polly was absent from
the field. She never encountered him in the air
or saw him take off or land until ten days
after the one-sided duel. She was watching
the take off of six cross country training
planes and noticed the stubby winged Ger
hardt standing on the line. propeller idling.
She was briefly aware of Martins sardonic
face and crooked smile at the cabin window;
then the field mechanics pulled the chocks
from in front of the wheels, the Monsoon
roared, and the ship took the air. One of the
mechanics spoke to his mate. Ten bucks. he
gimme. FIR keepin' her shned up i hate to
see guy like that 60
Hes leavin', them"
Yeah. Texas, he said He's meetin' his
party at Santa Brigida. told him to keep
his eye peeled FIR them stujents.'
The significance of the word registered
slowly on Polly's mind. If Marlin S employer
was arriving from the Orient why was he
flying fifty miles inland rather than to San
Francisco Was that leering grin. aimed
directly at her. a warning that he Contem
plated some prank that might frighten
jittery student flyer out of month progress:
A dozen possibilities suggested themselves as
she ran to her own plane.
Marlin had circled the airport to gain
altitude before heading into the east. Com
paratively little time had been lost and the
Gerhardt was still in sight as the scouts
wheels left the ground. The girl climbed
swiftly until she was far above the Gerhardt.
not wishing to give Marlin the satisfaction
of knowing that she had traled him. She
was still several miles from the Santa Brigida
field when Marlin landed there. close to one
of the training planes Still curious she
throttled her motor to the minimum speed
that would sustain flight and cruised for
twenty minutes in lazy hgure-8s.
The distant plane was chld's toy; the
automobile that followed the airport road was
little more than a moving dot The Car
rounded the single hangar. halted. and dis
charged almost invisible men who clustered
briefly about the waiting plane. The Gerhardt
Evening star., 1938-12-04

noLLY ANN MEREDITH dropped her gog-
Hgles and helmet on the desk and picked
ID up the sheet of single-spaced tipping
which Mike Lyford, G-BAT Chief of Opera
tions, pushed towards her. AT eight thousand
teet ten miles south of Santa Brigida field, she
read, a stock Gerha1dt cabin job was seen dining
on a PC lo,e- -Wing :. She raised her eyes
from the paper.
1T was reported, them"
1T was observed" the operations chief
corrected. What was the idea, Merry"
rs this official?"
mot yet Dick Ames was flying from
Parsons and saw the whole business. He
followed the two of you in to Santa Brigida
and when the Gerhard. landed right behind
you he thought the pilot might be a friend of
yours -
"No" she snapped. IF this is off the
record, Mike -
Lyford's nod was a promise. Between him
and this girl there had never been any
equivocation or verbal sparring, hence little
need for words. He had known Polly Ann
Meredith since the days before she had be-
come crack flyer, when she was still
stewardess on the FL Paso flight, and he knew
that she was one of the squarest shooters who
had ever worn the uniform of G-Bat < Great
Basin Air Transport.
I'm glad it's unofficial" said Polly slowly,
"or Id be cornered was over Culebra Pass,
Mike, and this fellow was alone in four
place cabin Gerhardt with seven-hundred
Monsoon engine. When he passed within
couple of hundred feet of me l gave him
wave - like you would to any passing ship.
He zoomed into an 1mmelmann turn and
came back and looked me over.
Then" - Her finger touched the report
on the desk - you know the rest. He put
on show - diving on me and looping around
me and all that sort of stuff | couldn't
outclimb him, or run from him and he rode me
down to less than thousand feet before he
let up He came in to the field behind me.
'Acrobatic flying in unauthorized territory.
Deliberate interference with training opera
tions. Subjecting another pilot to grave
danger by reckless stunting." Lyford recited
the crimes of the Gerhardt pilot. why didn't
you report him. Merry"
She answered indirectly. He said he d met
me at the opening of the Three Rivers Airport
and that he's heard plenty about me since. He
recognized me. he said. and tried to coax me
into dog fight to find out if was as good as
some folks said was
That's pretty weak
"Yes. I told him to think up better one
for the department inspector if he wanted to
save his ticket. 1t was then that he knocked
me out
What" Lyford's big fist cenched.
Hold everything, Mike. 1t was igurative.
He gave me a crooked grin and said: I
thought you could take it. but you're like all
the girls Bad boy pulls your hair and you
run and tell teacher. If you want to play
mans game. act like man. Men hate
snitcher' He had me- Mike. | don't care
Evening star., 1938-12-04

TAXED the length of the field and turned int"
the wind. 1t was then that Polly saw the
second car as it whirled into the airport road
Objects so small show virtually no color
variation from a high altitude. but as the car
turned it seemed to Polly that for the split
fraction of a second her eyes registered the
flash of scarlet from hood and body. Not
trusting that impression, she opened the
throttle and nosed down towards the port as
the Gerhardt cleared the hangar by hun
dred feet, circled, dipped briefly toward the
red car and bored into the south.
For moment Polly Ann contemplated div
ing to intercept the other plane. On second
thought she killed her altitude in series of
sideslips and landed. Two men, one in uni
form, ran to meet her as she locked the brakes.
Its girl!' the uniformed man shouted
The other pushed him aside
"You're Pol - Miss Meredith, aren't you?
I'm Sheriff Kramer of Costa County. Can you
catch that plane that just left here?"
"Yes''
Fright, You're conmandeered then Let's
gor'
"Wait minute, mister man." Polly knew
the official we'll by reputation. He was
Grab" Kramer to every flier who motored
through his jurisdiction to the San Leandro
port lust across the county line. and delighted
in having them fined for every minor viola
ton of ordinances. The sales departments
hate for the man approached enthusiasm His
personal opposition had killed the sale OF an
airplane to the city for police use. He claimed
that he had heard of many lawbreakers being
pursued from the air but never of one being
caught. and the city council voted down the
appropriation But since Marlin had made
no effort to interfere with the student fliers
Polly felt shade more kindly toward him.
lust what did these fellows do" she con-
tinued coolly. 1T costs money to keep ships
in the air, Sheriff and I'm not wasting it or
my time to chase a couple of red-ight
crashers.
The sheriff fairly danced They robbed the
bank at Mariner, that's what they did. he
yelled. Got away with better n sixty thou
sand dollars and killed two men They -
That's different" Martins sneering eyes
seemed to hover before the girls face as the
sheriff was boosted into the rear cockpit and
drew the belt across his knees. Have you
ever flown. Mr.. Kramer
Once - cross the bay to San Francisco
in one of those amblivans. Say. shall wear
this"
Yes. We call it helmet. Sheriff The
tubes run to the one m wearing so we can
talk" She pivoted the scout almost in its
own length with the pull of the motor against
one locked wheel then spoke into the trans
mitter that hung on her breast Sheriff, you
can't even dream what treat is coming to
you
More than five minutes had passed since
the Gerhardt had taken off; a long lead for
plane capable of more than two hundred
miles an hour with full load
But the Letferts motor was warm and ready
(s.An-sI1iSs:ss;s An-sII1iSs:s;s
Evening star., 1938-12-04

what he did, I'm not going to give him
chance to say tattled. When he got fresh
about date and so on i showed him |
knew how to smack his ears down. Some day
I'll meet him when I'm flying a ship equal
to his and prove can do the same thing in
the air
Lyford lit cigarette and pushed the pack
age towards her She shook her head.
"If you turned him in he'd lose his ticket
Merry: and if l did it 4 the basis of
Dicks report - you d have to testify -"
NO. Mike, no. You said this was off the
record"
That's right" He crumpled the report
and threw it in the wastebasket What S the
fellows name. Merry"
"Marlin, he told me Port Marlin''
oh" Lyfords expression changed. His
eyes narrowed and scores of tiny wrinkles
appeared at their corners. Then he laughed
mirthlessly. tipped page from pad, wrote
a dozen lines. and pushed the initiated slip
across the desk. "Operations order Merry -
transferring a DOC Scout to the school and
directing its assignment to you.
Thanks. Mike" Polly Ann did not trust
herself to say more. The DOC was the
answer of Archie Barron. President of G-Bat.
to the Army's demand for reconnaissance
plane with the speed and climb of a fighter.
1t was the fastest stock two-place job there
was in the air. faster by nearly fifty miles an
hour than the Gerhardt. That was the way
Mike Lyford did things.
1T S your ship. Merry. but there's just one
string on it - don't go looking for trouble. If
anyone should start it. though. you're sup
posed to use your own judgment
Nothing happened. Marlin may have recog-
nized the challenge implied by the girls sud-
den transfer to the blue -and-silver scout and
respected the superior power and speed of the
DO-9: he may have regretted his violation of
the unwritten code of the most closely-knit
of all fraternites - the brotherhood Of the
air Polly learned through airport gossip that
he was charter flyer, seeking temporary
contracts with those who wished to be indie
pendent of regular transport schedules, and at
present was waiting for wealthy client who
Evening star., 1938-08-23
NATSSTART FIGHT
T0SAVE 4TH SPOT
Browns First Foes Faced in
Drive to Ward Off
Menacing Tigers.

Helped by an of day, particularly
in the pitching department, the Ma
tionals were to return to action today
in Griffith Stadium against the St.
Louis Browns.
The game was to mark the begin
ming of the Mats last home stand
against the Western clubs and was to
reopen the battle with the Detroit
Tigers for fourth place in the Ameri-
can League standing.
Tigers at Griffs' Heels.
The Tigers, beginning their Eastern
trip in Philadelphia against the tall
end Athletics, drew up to within half
game of the Griffs when the Red
Sox took three out OF four games
from Washington in Boston over the
week end.
Dutch Leonard, veteran knuckle ball
pitcher and winner of IL games for
the Mats so far, was to face the Browns
today. Dutch dropped his last start
but he deserved a better fate. The
Yankees beat him, to S, in 10 innings,
but four Of the Yanks' runs were un-
earned. Oral Hildebrand, who always
has been tough for the Griffs. was ex-
pected to pitch one Of the two games
with the seventh-place outfit.
Ex-Nats Boost Browns.
The Browns, coming with a rush
lately on the strength of Buck New
SONS sensational slab work, got out
OF eighth place for the first time this
season on Sunday, when Newsom rang
up his sixth straight victory and his
18th of the campaign. Newsom and
Mel Almada, both former Griffmen,
have been instrumental in the Browns
drive for higher standing.
The Mats, back on the home lot and
with Cecil Travis and Zeke Bonura
clouting, figure to have the edge over
the Tigers in the fourth-place fight.
Travis has pulled away in his bid for
the American League batting cham
pionship this month and now has a
$50 mark. Bonura, collecting II hits
In 10 times at bat during the four
game Boston series just concluded,
ran his average to .2SO, which Is an
increase Of approximately IS points
In the last month. F.Es
Evening star., 1938-08-23
SLEUTHS
RENEW HOT FEUD
Sand|ot FinaIists of 81
Clash Tomorrow in CITY
Title Tourney.

What promises to be one of the best
games in the current sandlot elimina-
ton tournament among the local clubs
Is the clash tomorrow between Pepco
and Federal Bureau of Investigation
mines, set for 4 o'clock on the Ellipse
Glass of the Commercial and United
States Government Leagues, respec-
lively, these two clubs have been
pointing for each other all summer.
Pepco is the defending city champion
and F. B. I. is the club it beat out
last year for the title. This year there
is something more at stake than just
the Washington championships the
winning outfit will get trip to Pitts
burgh to participate in the national
sandlot tournament.
In the opening game of the local
tourney yesterday, Procurement of the
Departmental League doWned Fort Bel
voir Of the Herald-Militia circuit, a.
Charley Rain pitched excellent ball for
the Military, tanning 13 and allowing
but eight hits. the same number per-
mitted by Preston of the winners, but
his mates failed to hit in the pinches,
and in three innings left the bases
loaded.
Championship of the Industrial
League may be decided today in the
game between ODonnell's Grill and
Heurich Brewery. The Brewers won
the first game of the elimination series
yesterday, 9-4. The winner will take on
Procurement in Thursdays champion
ship game
Evening star., 1938-08-23
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Those
must be crocodile tears Elmer Lay
den is shedding-the kind Sam
Breadon wept when he sold Dizzy
Dean to the Cubs . Elmer has 100
footballers reporting September 10
-. Five days later another 100
odd will show up still he means
so loud you can hear him from
here =. . (They must grow 'em on
trees out there, at that).
Joe Di Maggie doesn't own a
slice Of Jim Braddock's restaurant,
as some of the chroniclers chron-
icled-the reason he spends so
much time there is because the
grub is on the cuff . Seabiscuit
and Ligaroti may do an encore in
Seattle.
Cornell is looking for new bas-
ket ball coach and Vic Hanson,
ex-grid professor at Syracuse and
one of the great court stars of all
time, is said to be candidate No. l
-. Joe Savoldi, once a great full
back at Notre Dame and later one
OF those dlme-a- dozen wrestling
champs, has bought farm near
Niles, Mich.
The gambling ban has taken
most Of the pep out of the Saratoga
meeting New York News says
Buddy Hassett Is all set to trans
Evening star., 1938-08-23
HUBBELL'S FUTURE
REMAINS IN DOUBT
Splinters of Bone Taken From
Elbow, Arm Must Stay in
Splints Two Weeks.
81 the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 23.-Carl
Hubbell, left-handed pitching star of
the New York Giants, remained in a
hospital here today, his left arm
swathed in bandages and his baseball
future uncertain.
Hubbell had a chip Of bone re-
moved from his elbow yesterday, and
hospital authorities said he rested
we'll last night, although somewhat
uncomfortable from effect of the gen.
eral anesthetic used for the operation.
A small incision was made at the
left elbow, and several splinters of
bone removed from near the joint.
The arm will be kept in a splint
for about two weeks. DR.. j. Spencer
Speed, Memphis orthopedist. who per-
formed the operation, said when Hub
bell will be able to pitch again must
be determined later"
Hubbells arm ailment was made
known last Thursday after he retired
from the mound in the fifth inning In
game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Later the Giant hurler said the in
jury developed during the 1886 cam
paign.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
PIRATES CO HOME
INSPIRED BY WIN
Rally Beats Cubs on Eve
of Stand Against East.
Indians Hard Hit.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr..
Associated Press Spnrts Writer

!
One explanation of why these hot
August days are called the dog days"
might be that then baseball players'
dogs-feet to the uninitiated-begin to
give out
It's long grind from spring train
ing in February or March to the world
series in October, and the boys really
begin to feel the strain about this time,
Pitchers who have been winning reg
ularly begin to blow up, batters expert
ence sudden slumps and injuries strike
more frequently.
More than one pennant contender
has suffered from these i'll effects al
ready. And if the current leaders, the
New York Yankees and Pittsburgh
Pirates, fail to remain on top it prob
ably will be because of injuries, weari-
ness, or both.
Giants, Cubs Hardest Hit.
The New York Giants, with Carl
Hubbell in the hospital Lou Cniozza
retired and Bob Seeds unable to plav.
and the Chicago Cubs, who lost Man
ager Gabby Hartnett and have had
various other stars on the shelf. have
been the hardest hit. The Boston Red
Sox lost Lefty Grove with sore arm.
Cleveland's mound staff seems to have
worn out and even the Yanks haven't
escaped entirely
Red Rolfe, Myril Hoag and Bill
Dlckey have suffered bruises during
the past few days, but the Yankee
mound staff is reported in fine shape
for their 10 games against CHICAGO
and Cleveland in five days Pittsburgh
hasn't reported any serious injuries,
but has shown plenty Of signs of weari-
ness lately.
Bucs Bag Game in Seventh.
The Bucs had one good squirt left
however. and Big Jim Tobln had
plenty of STUFF in his pitching as
Pittsburgh knocked off Chicago AZ
yesterday in their last game before
opening a home stand against the
East.
With the score tied at IL in the
seventh. the Pirates jumped on Clay
Bryant for four hits and broke up the
mound duel Singles by Lloyd Waner,
Johnny Rizzo, Gus Suhr and Pep
Young, with pass and a forceout,
produced three runs. Tobin gave only
five hits, one homer by Carl Reyn-
olds.
The defeat dropped Chicago back
into fourth place as the Cincinnati
Reds hit hard, as usual, behind Paul
Derringer and walloped the St. Louis
Cardinals 1l-4. Derringer earned his
18th victory with l8-hit support.
Chisox Beat Feller.
! Cleveland's Bobby Feller, trying
new pitching style. seemed to have re.
covered his old effectiveness for seven
innings, giving only six hits and fan
ming eight But the eighth gave Chi
cagos White Sox three runs and a AZ
| victory.
1t was all over quickly when two sim
giles and walk loaded the bases and
Mike Kreevich cleared them with a
triple
As result, the Tribe started East
| ll12 games behind the Yankees and
only one ahead Of Boston.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Eight l-Run Defeats Stynie
Paul Dean IN His Game Effort
To Earn Recall From Dallas

ne dropped 2-l decision to Shreve-
port. Since that night he has lost
seven more one-run games.
Dean doesn't get many runs to work
on from his seventh-place Dallas
teammates. Once he leaned on muir
derous "Gashouse Gang" bats for his
runs and used a curve that broke from
his elbow to handle National League
foes. But the Steers don't pound
across runs when he hurls.
Beoumont Poison to Paul.
Four times the Beaumont Exporters
have dropped him by that fatal one
run, 4-3, 2-1, 80 and 10.
Shreveport, Fort Worth and Okla.
homa City each beat him 81. Tulsa
picked up 80 win over the jinxed
elboWer.
Paul's control is good, his fast ball
is returning and he takes his lickings
with a grin. Never does he complain
about the lame arm that shunted him
back to the bushes.
Evening star., 1938-08-23

of the Hearst chain . Joe Louis
softball team is in big demand
through New England.
If Henry Armstrong ever gets
around to fighting Ceferino Garcia
the bout probably will go to the
coast. where it will draw more po-
tatoes Charlie Gehringer,
known as the silent man of the
American League. once won a high
school oratorical contest.
Red Rolfe, Yank third-sacker,
takes to the air tomorrow night to
size up the American League pen
nant race He can give 'em the
dope in two words We're in!"
Yanks plan to take some fancy
stitches in their drive to sew up the
flag this week Five double-head-
ers in five days Coach Arthur
Fletcher said: "We may have a
little trouble, but I'll bet the Sox
and Indians run out of pitchers be-
fore we do" ). AS for yours truly,
we're packing up and moving into
the Yankee Stadium.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
SEMI.PRO RACE TIGHT
Baton Rouge Drops First Game in
One-Sided Tourney Tits

WICHITA. Kans., Aug. % R.-
One-sided victories for Darlington,
N. H.; Lisbon Falls. Me-. and Wichita
showed Algona, Iowa and Tallassee,
Ala, out of the national semi-pro
baseball tournament today and dropped
previously unbeaten Baton Rouge, La,
a notch lower in tourney standings.
Tonight Enid. Okla, 1887 national
champions, plays Glen Burnie, Nd,
and Lisbon Falls, Me-, meets Wichita,
Kans.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Aug. 23.-Tragically near
the bottom of the Texas League pitch
ing averages is the line:
Paul Dean, Dallas, won T. lost 15.'
1t doesn't tell the real story, how
ever 1t doesn't tell about one of the
longest courtships a ball player ever
had with hard luck. 1t doesn't tell
how the youngster who used to wipe q
grimy pitching hand across st. Louis
Cardinal emblem has seen his come
back stymied by eight l-run defeats.
Beaten in Three Hitter.
Only Sunday the not.so-daffy one
hurled a typical Paul Dean game. "
Against Beaumont, the ball-busting
league leaders, he twirled a master
piece-a three hitter. with singles
spaced in the first, fifth and eighth
innings. No bases on balls, either
But he lost to O. An outflelder
dropped fly and let in the run.
1t started in Houston April 26 when
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Layden> With 200 Gridmen> Sad Over Irish Out|oo|
Wt Caroline Cooeh Sees PREVAILING This Season.

fer to the Polo Grounds this winter
If the Dodgers will take Hal Schu-
macher and Hank Leiber in return
... Tony Galento is around again,
cocky as ever.
Ray Wolf, North Cardinals smart
coach, thinks the open type of foot
ball and the flve-man line will be
more in vogue in football this sea-
son Is Bill Cunningham. crack
Boston sports writer. thinking of
transferring to the big town? :.
A Harlem hot spot has a ringside
table for Joe Louis for as long as
ne lives and it doesn't cost Joe
dime.
Look for the training table, in
modified form, to reappear in Big
Ten football camps this fall
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Stars Yesterday
Ey the Associated Press,

Ry the Associated Press.
Mike Kreevich, White Sox-His
eighth-inning tripls with bases
loaded beat Bob Feller and Indians.
AZ: also hit single and double.
Frank Mccormick and Ernie
lombard, Reds-Combined efforts
produced 9 Of teams 1S hits in 11-4
blasting Of Cardinals.
Jim Tobin, Pirates-Hurled i've.
hit bail TO turn back Cubs.
Evening star., 1938-08-23

Bing Crosbys Del Mar race track
is losing dough, although betting is
so per cent ahead of last year.
What is the real dope on Burgess
Whitehead, anyway? The boy
still is on the Giant ailing list, but
he managed to clout two homers
for his Lewiston IN. c. team the
other day.
Glenn Cunningham, the we'll
known amateur miller, seems to be
doing all right if it is true that he
paid an income tax on $4,000 last
year.
Ed Cochrane, sports editor of the
Chicago Evening American and one
OF the best Of the Midwest football
officials. has been promoted to
supervisor of sports in all the papers
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Sports Mirror

By the Associated Press.
Today year ago-Newark, with
25-game lead, clinched Interna-
tional League pennant.
Three years ago - Cubs beat
Giants for sixth straight victory
and held third place, two games
behind league leading New York
club.
Five years ago-John j. McEwan
engaged to coach Brooklyn pro
football Dodgers.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
LAST CALL TO TOSSERS
Tonight Is Deadline to Qualif,
for Horseshoe Tourney.

Tonight is the last chance horseshoe
pitchers have to qualify for The Eve
ming Stars 10th annual elimination
tournament, which starts Thursday
night. Sixteen will qualify m the Dis
trict and the same number each in
Maryland and Virginia.
Last nights scores, showing the per-
centage of ringers, we're: D. New
combe. 45---179; Francis Battiste, a.
172; Waiter Haley, 47-168; Red Davis,
36-16l; Elvin Shanks, 40-15s;
Charles A. Fort, 25-127, and J. Dell,
20-115.
Evening star., 1938-08-23
Criff Made Sound Recorders Curgle.

blasting early suspicion no freak His CHIEF
astounding
the League last and
Trenton fur piece from the majors as
Wshngtons called him from the farm and put
in heads dubously
March training when the
equipment
words about his best young
yelled stood in front Of the rolling
for what
Case great young oa
front of the
S Cobb"
chokd grgled
threatened