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Evening star., 1939-07-26
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Unless Eddy Becker's plan falls
fiat, poor officiating at local tennis
matches is thing of the past.
Disguised at the ''uninformed, in
efficient and general low quality" of
both umpires and linesmen, Becker,
chairman of Washington's Junior
Davis Cup squad and an expert
enced official at Forest Hills, has
made himself a committee of one
to remedy the situation.
Eddy has a letter from Holcombe
Ward, president of the U. S. L. T.
A., congratulating him on the move
to pattern a local body along the
lines of the New York Tennis OFF,
Gals Association. In addition,
Ward has sent along umpires' man.
uals to assist Becker in his work
and has promised him the cooper
alton of the National Tennis Um-
pires' Association.
Beckers supply of embryo officials
will be members Of the Washington
j. D. c. squad. The dapper chair
man already has appointed Eddy
Richardson, one of the squads lead
ing players, captain Of linemen and
has put him in charge of rounding
up his colleagues for the first meet
ing Friday morning at Columbia
Country Club.
Lessons for Officials.
A series of such meetings-or les
sons-with lawn tennis rule book as
text book will produce, it is hoped,
satisfactory officials and, in turn,
satisfied players. Too often have
recent matches been marred by un-
satisfactory work on the part of the
umpire or his corps of linemen.
In the future, Becker says tourna-
ment chairmen need only contact
him or young Richardson and full
supply of linemen and umpire will
be forthcoming.
Becker says there are only a few
simple rules for officials to remember
and that a brief instructive course
should suffice. Linesmen, for ex-
ample, always should be dressed in
dark clothing to provide a contrast
ing background for players who are
watching fast-moving ball.
The chief complaint Becker has
discovered among linemen is that
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Autos
Continued From Page A-1O)

NSolllAllutd 4olll aye A-1U.(
entered, assumed the air of an hon.
estto-goodness auto race. Duke"
Nalon, behind the wheel of a car
owned by Paul Russe-whose driving
was one of the evenings outstanding
features-captured the big purse,
whirling his sputtering car over 80
laps in minutes 4686 seconds.
Nalon's time was fast considering
a small canyon at the east end of
the Hs-mile bowl into which the
field dipped each time around, and
the poor lighting effects. At times
the boys seemed to be riding through
a tunnel as they emerged from shad-
oWs into the bright glare of a big
spotlight, then disappeared again.
Most of last nights contestants
scuttled around the cocoa -colored
racing strip in side-saddle fashion,
pointing the nose of their mosquitoes
east while the tail-end groaned
around in a southerly direction.
Abbreviated straightaways preclud-
ed all possibility of pushing peddles
to the floor, and the heats were tests
of skillful chauffering rather than
sheer speed. Times were good, how
ever, considering conditions, for
George Hamilton, who slung the
place together, had figured on a 16-
second lap at best, and virtually all
bettered that.
Sandwiched in between the semi
final and feature was an exhibition
of reckless driving by Lucky" Teter,
whose wrecking brigade will perform
at the speedway tomorrow night.
Lucky" zig-zagged around the bowl,
spun around using only one hand.
"Lucky's" sound truck, with Read
McGonigle behind the mike" play
ed a more important role in the
nights proceedings, for the squeaky
system was wholly inadequate, and
McGonigle's colorful description of
heats and sidelights on the drivers
kept the fans pacified. Said fans,
incidentally, didn't seem to mind
the circus seats or the delay between
heats, which is remarkable for
Washington.
The first heat went to Harry Fel-
ton of Philadelphia. Paul Russo, a
daring, capable motor jockey, cap
tured the next two, and the fourth
10-lap affair was won by Tony Bet
tenhausen of Chicago. Nalon won
the 12-lap grind, and Johnny
Favinger the 15-lap semifinal. Then
the former came back with a cough
ing, moaning motor to outwhirl the
opposition in the emile feature.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Weakest Pitching League Rather Than Injuries Cause of Giants Downfall
City Loop Card Sunday Spicy
As Mines Battle to Break
Lead Ties in Hot Races

With bargain counter battles rag
ing on all fronts as leaders in three
National City League divisions
struggle valiantly to untangle them
selves from ties and triple-ties, the
sandlot program nears it's peak this
week, and it is tempting dish that
will be set before the fans.
The task of unraveling the COM
batants begins with Reads Phar-
macy meeting J. c. Flood for undis-
puted possession of the lead in
Section A, and this game is expected
to lure some 5000 fans to the South
Ellipse.. No less attractive, however,
is the Wade's Auto Service-Arcade
Market clash in Section B, or Uline's
meeting with Deoudes in the junior
division.
Resembles 1896 Campaign.
The intensity of the race today
reminded President Vic Gauzza OF
the 1886 campaign which saw four
teams tied for first half honors, and
three stalemated on the second
swing around the circuit. Bill
Bowers Dixie Pigs; Blue Flame
valet, piloted by Signor Tony Bur-
ruto, the bald barber of E street;
Willie Glascoe's Griffith Consumers,
and Miller Furniture. led by Johnny
(Mouse) Miller, ignited the fire.
works that year. and kept them
blazing brightly until the final cur
tain dropped.
Gauzza also thinks major league
club owners who are bitterly in
censed at the Yankees superiority,
and the growing domination OF Gin
cinnati in the National League would
do we'll to emulate the sandlotters'
philosophy in such matters.
They figure a team can't go on
winning forever and set themselves
down for long wait until the crack
up comes, and then they all Jump
in for the kill. Lookit Service Bat
terry in B section hadn't lost game
until last Sunday, then Arcade
Market shut them out, 80. And
the same thing happened in A sec
tion when everybody figured Klelns
Tavern and D. G. S. couldn't be
beaten. The best of them lose, and
you've just got to wait and catch
'em at the right time
Flood Is Slight Favorite.
Flood, who has been moving
down the opposition with monot-
onous regularity, will enter Sundays
game a slight favorite over Reads
on basis of it's all-around strength.
Buddy O'Brien, Jack Redinger and
Eddie Vermillion supply winning
brand of pitching and the entire
crew is mighty handy with a stick
around the plate. The Plumbers
chalked up one of the largest scores
made in league competition in bowl
ing over Retail Clerks, 30-2, in the
opening game of the second half
and the loss made Johnny Thorne
withdraw his club from further
league activity. Flood also had
part in the withdrawal of Tex Tav-
ern, which handed in its franchise
today. Manager Bill Greene was
experiencing difficulties placing a
full team on the field and when
Flood blanked makeshift team last
Sunday, 1910, he decided discretion
was the better part of valor.
Junior Lead Is Shared.
A peculiar situation exists in the
junior division, with Police Boys
Evening star., 1939-07-26
P. Waner, in2,000th
Tilt, Loafs as Phls
Hand Bucs Game
BY the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH. July 26-Paul
Waner didn't get swing at the ball
in his 2,0OOth major league game.
He was pinch hitting with the
bases loaded in the 10th yesterday
when Pitcher Hugh Mulcahys wild
heave let in two runs that gave the
Pirates a 5-4 win over the Phillies.
But watching two called balls was
all big Poison" needed to get in
the box score. The 36-year- old out
fielder had marked another mile
stone in his brilliant career.
All of his 1000 major league
games have been played with the
Pirates over a period of 13 years.
Paul needed only so games at start
of the 1889 campaign to reach the
two grand figure, but being
benched lately kept him from max
ing the grade.
OF present National Leaguers,
only AL Simmons of the Bees, a
transformed American Lacquer, has
played more games than Waner.
His total to date is 2086.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
McNeiII Is Feared
AT Seabright;; Gets
Test in Mu||oy
Hunt Is Playing Wood
As All Seeded Sturs
Remain in Action
By the Associated Press,

SEABRIGHT, N. j., July 26.-He
was overlooked when they drew the
seedlings for the Seabright tennis
tournament, but fellow members of
the tennis fraternity agreed today
that the man to watch in this and
coming competition is tow-headed
Donald McNeill of the Oklahoma
McNeills.
Just turned 81, McNeill is regarded
as one of the most improved of
Americas younger players and GER
tain bet to be raised several notches
higher than his present No. 13 rank
ing when the 1899 season is over.
McNeill, who played his first COM
petitive tennis at Classen High
Sholl, Oklahoma City, later in in
tercollegiate ranks as a student of
Kenyon College in Gambler, Ohio,
won the national indoor title in 1887
His latest major triumph was scored
in the French hard court champion
ships where he defeated Bobby Riggs
in the final.
Hopes to Turn Tables.
After polishing off Ronald Lubin
and j. Gilbert Hall in first and
second round matches, McNeill faced
his major test of the present tourna- =
ment today against Gardnar Mulloy,
hard-hitting youngster from Coral
Gables, Fla.
Mulloy, seeded sixth in the tour
ney, holds two victories over Nc
Neill, but McNeill hopes the verdict
may be different today.
Riggs, defending champion who
lost only three games yesterday in
polishing off Carlton Rood. was
matched against Frank Guernsey
OF Orlando, Fla, the intercollegiate
champion, in the third round.
Other third-round matches to-
day pitted together frankie Parker
and the veteran Frank Shields,
Australian Jack Crawford and Bryan
M. (Bitsy) Grant, Elwood T. Cooke
and Jack Kramer, Gil Hunt and
Sidney B. Wood, Martin Buxby and
John Hope Doeg, Wayne Sabin and
the Czechoslovak, Ladislav Hecht
Hunt yesterday defeated Marvin
Woehman of Chicago, Ga, 6-3.
Cooke Only Star Extended,
Only seeded player to be near
elimination in the mems division
yesterday was Cooke, who had to
call upon all his stroke equipment
to defeat Robert Peacock of the
University of California. Cooke
trailing at Is, rallied to take the
opening set at IS. He lost the
second, 6-3, to Peacock, but ran
out the deciding set without the loss
Of game.
Outstanding womens match TODAY
brought Dorothy May Bundy, the
top-seeded player from Santa Mon.
lea, Calf, against Marilynn McRae
of Little Rock, Ark, in a quarter.
final test.
Competition also continued in the
mems and women's doubles divi.
sion and started in the mixec
doubles.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Mock's Cannon Fodder
System Gets Results

They may not be any good, but at
least they are not discouraged or
round-heeled. They will save games
here and there out of sheer youth
full vigor, while the veteran of six
or seven years under heavy artillery
will lose his stuff when the first shell
eXplodes.
The record shows the Athletics
winning many a 10-to-8 game and
the Browns losing many by the same
score. The whole difference there
and it makes for a difference of 10
games in the league standing-lies
in the contrast in two pitching
formulas. The Browns use pitchers
who were better a few years ago
than any Athletic pitcher-Kennedy
Lawson. Marcum and Van Alta are
recent examples. But those fellows
have been licked too often. Their
ears are gnarled.
Mack'S "cannon-fodder" system
fresh off the farm each year-may
not promise much for the future,
but it's one way for a lean and
hungry ball club to stand off the
wolf till times improve.
Will times ever improve? Prob
ably not, till the American League
is shaken apart and its makeup
revolutionized-for today the "haves"
are clamping what amounts to a
death grip on the throats of the
"have-nots."
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Few Veterans in A. L.
Still relioble

l don't think it is too much to say,
for instance, that Vernon Kennedy,
the nominal ace of the Brown staff,
is suffering from severe and per-
manent case of shellshock. American
League bats have belabored him for
too long.
1t takes a more than ordinary
pitcher to pitch winning ball for
more than few years, even with a
good club, in the American League.
1t takes Lyons, Bridges, a Grove
or Ruffing-a pitcher good enough
to relax at intervals and get by with
1t. The pressure from those long,
strong American League hitters is
too gerat for the pitcher who must
work at full speed all the time to
win.
Thus, you find few veteran pitchers
in the league who are reliable. Where
the Fettes, Shoffners, Hamlins, Gum
berts, Sylvester Johnsons, Tobins,
Swifts and Davises can carry on to
a ripe old age, often with brilliant
results, in the National League, they
become wind-broken and punch
drunk in Mr.. Harridge's brutal Or
ganization.
Why does Connie Mack, with a
worse team than the Browns, con-
tinue year after year to make good
fight for sixth or seventh place?
The answer, think, is that he pro-
duces three or four freshman pitch
ers every year and puts them right
to work.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Gnff Like Hutchinson
Tiger Rook Pitcher Impresses Them in Defeat;
Would Take Him, Ayers Mats Prexy

Freddie Hutchinson, Detroit's
expensive rookie pitcher, thus far
hasn't startled major league base
ball circles with any display Of
brilliance, but the Mats Presi-
dent Clark Griffith and Manager
Bucky Harris both feel the highly
publicized youngster Is equipped
to make the grade.
Recalled recently by the Tigers
from Toledo, Hutchinson dropped
a So decision to the Mats yes
terday at Griffith Stadium, but
he demonstrated enough talent to
convince Griffith and Harris he is
ready to rise.
"Off what he showed us, I'd
say you'd have to string along
with him." informed Harris, while
Griffith was more enthusiastic.
Evening star., 1939-07-26

'He looks like he's gonna be a
good pitcher. by golly." appraised
Griffith. In fact, if they want to
get rid of him. we'll be glad to
take him off their hands"
Farmed out earlier in the sea-
son, Hutchinson admits his failure
to click was caused by an inability
to locate the plate. He won nine
and lost nine with Toledo, sub
merged in the American Associa-
ton cellar, before being recalled.
The Mats nicked the mild
hammered lad for 10 hits, four of
which were dinky affairs. Detroit,
which shelled out $4,000 in cash
and the equivalent of $4,000
more in players for the former
Pacific Coast League flash,
shortly may begin to capitalize
on its investment.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Tru-BIu to Pitch How
Aquinst Cowboy Team

Johnny Hoy will pitch for Tru-
Blu Friday night when the District
softball team meets the invading
Oklahoma Cowboys in an intersec-
tional game Friday night at Balls
ton. Opposed to him will be Two
gun" Hart, colprful ace of the Cow
boys, who boast one of the strongest
clubs in the Midwest.
Tonight Abe Rosenfleld will be on
the firing line when Tru-Blu en-
cages Irish War Vets at Seat Pleas
ant. A win for the Beermen will
give them the first-half title.
Evening star., 1939-07-26

Club No. 5 and Jack Hoffman's
Cardinals sharing the lead with six
victories against one defeat. II
Deoudes, whose game with Uline is
a replay OF previous game ordered
by Gauzza after the latter won a
protest, wins Sunday, it will swell
the deadlock to a triple tie-and
they're still trying to settle the first
half flag dispute. Sundays schedule:
Section g P.M.).
Reads Pharmacy VS.. J. c. Flood. South
Ellipse 'A
Cameo Furniture VS.. Frank Small Mo.
tors, East Ellipse
(Only games scheduled)
Section B III ANY
Wade,s Auto Service vs.. Arcade Market,
South Ellipse.
Arcade Pontiac VS.. Service Battery, East
Ellipse -s'
Cameo Furniture VS.. Dc Molay. No. 3
Monument.
Chillum draws bye.
Junior Division Il P.M).
Uline Ice VS.. Deoudes. South Ellipss.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
DC. Polo Hopes Ruined
As Artillery Bows

Fort Myer was left without a team
in the Southeastern polo tourna-
ment, and Washington will be un-
represented in the national finals
at Chicago next month as a result
OF 10th Field Artillery's So setback
at the hands of Maryland Polo Club
yesterday at Philadelphia.
Although the soldiers drew first
blood, Maryland's two goals in the
second chukker gave the Balti-
moreans a lead they never relin-
quished, the Fort Myer team not
even being able to tie the score.
1t. Whalen and Capt. MacMaster
scored the losers points.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Amiss Is Golf Champ
Of W. l. ct. Co.

Bernard L. Amiss, smeoth-swing-
ing inksman, is the new golf cham
pion OF the Washington Loan &
Trust Co. by virtue of his decisive
victory over j. Herbert Beall in the
final of the annual tournament.
Amiss, who displayed a long -driv-
ing and accurate putting game, won
by 5-and-3 score. He received the
cup, emblematic Of the title, from
Lundeen v. Steele, vice president
Of the club, at a dinner following the
tournament.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Heurich Nine Advances

Heurich Brewers are in second
place in the Industrial League to-
day by virtue of their 11-4 victory
over Old Milwaukee. Toby Wright,
winning pitcher, was nicked for II
hits, but keep them we'll spaced.
Pepco Barry led the assault on two
Milwaukee hurlers, getting four for
five.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Win Over War Netmen
Boon to Treasury

Treasury Departments tennis
team enhanced its chances In the
Departmental League yesterday
when it turned back the bid of one
of the strongest contenders for IT'S
championship by defeating War
Department, Al.
Simmons and Chaiken led Treas
ury to victory in the No. l match
by whipping Sherburne and Foster,
90, 8A6. Smith and Skaggs proved
Wars only victorious combination,
defeating Bolts and Callan, 4-6,
Ga, IS.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
Jett HurIs No-Hitter

Ralph Jett, Fountain Memorial
hurler, achieved the goal of all
pitchers yesterday when he turned
in a no-hit, no-run effort against
First Brethren, winning by a 1910
count.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
D. 6. Recreation Leooue

Held to three hits by Phil Fox,
Rosemont A. c. suffered a 10-1
drubbing at Johnson -Powell's COL
lective hands in the D. c. Recrea-
ton League. Kehoe led the winning
attack with three hits.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
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Evening star., 1939-07-26
Browns Long on Avoriee,
But Short on PITCHING

He was right about it. The
Browns hate dollar no more than
the next man. They have enough
avarice to go around, but the diff
Guilty is, they have no pitching, and
Mr.. Barnes is not going to produce
pitching by paying his third base
man an extra $500 to run out infield
hits.
I have theory about the Browns,
Watson, and I think Mr.. Fred
Haney, their manager, is beginning
to share it; though he does not come
right out and say so.
The club is little discouraged
by the way the breaks have been
falling" says Mr.. Haney. when
the breaks start coming our way.
we'll do better"
That is not the whole truth, and
I think Mr.. Haney knows it. The
Browns can hit well enough and
field well enough to hold their own
among the second division teams in
the American League. But their
pitchers are divided into two classes
those who never were any good to
begin with and those who were good
once, but whose spirit has been
broken by constant exposure to the
power hitting of the league they
work in.
Evening star., 1939-07-26
From the
PRESS Box
Mound Vets Wrecking
Browns Bonus Scheme
By JOHN LARDNER,


NEW YORK, July 26 CN.AN.AJ.-
The st. Louis Browns have lost nine
straight ball games under their aew
bonus plan, which offers cash re-
wards, bridge lamps, tea sets, good
books and more cash for success on
the field.
Their boss, Donald Barnes, prom
ised them a bingo night If they fin
ished in sixth place thu season.
Cynical citizens are beginning to
conclude that Mr.. Barnes knew
what he was doing, for no sooner
did he dangle the loot before their
eyes than the Browns proceeded to
make great speed in the opposite
direction, away from sixth place.
They now are 10 full games removed
from the promised land, and Mr..
Barnes cash and bridge lamps will
remain in the Barnes family.
I don't believe, however, that this
was the idea Mr.. Barnes had in
mind. He likes the Browns and he
wanted to make them win by play
ing upon their avarice as he would
upon a violin.
Every man has avarice," rea-
soned this philosophical tycoon.
Even the Browns"
Evening star., 1939-07-26

PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Charlotte, 12-l: Asheville, 6-6,
Rocky Mount. z: Richmond, 4.
(Only games)
Evening star., 1939-12-27
Three Could Play
Lincoln Role

At least three men responsible for
bringing ABE Lincoln in Illinois
to the screen are by nature so en-
dowed that any Hollywood casting
director would approve them for
the role of the Great American.
First of these is Robert E. Sher-
wood, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize
stage play, as we'll as the screen
play. from which the picture was
filmed. Sherwood, who Is feet l.
admits comparisons between him
and Lincoln probably inspired the
idea for a Lincoln drama back in
his youth.
Second is Raymond Massey, for
whom Sherwood wrote the stage
play and who is now starring In the
R-K-O Radio perturbation. Facial
ly, as well as physically Massey bears
a greater resemblance to the Eman-
cipator than any actor who ever
has essayed the role.
Third is Director John Cromwell
Himself a famous stage actor before
he turned to directing plays and pic
lures, Cromwell could play Lincoln
at moments notice for still an
other reason: He has the Lin
colnesque nose and stature and has
been a student of Lincolniana for
many years.
Evening star., 1939-12-27

be q cowboy but for breaking his
hip-bone, which finished all bucking
broncho stufD. And, in the second
place, Cooper is no longer happy
working for Mr.. Goldwyn. 1--WE
another year on my contract and
then Mr.. q. and I come to the part
ing Of the ways" says Gary, who
changes the subject abruptly to tell
me look sad and pensive. cts
nothing but pre-Christmas head
ache)
But there's q girl on the set who
really is sad and pensive-Virginia
Gilmore-remember her? She was
signed by Goldwyn on the publicity
wave after she was named possessor
Of the best legs In Hollywood. She
wears a brace on her teeth and a
far-away look in her eyes. Aren't
you supposed to be in this picture?"
I ask her. Sort Of" she replies
adding, but I haven't done any,
thing yet" (The picture has been
in production four weeks) Il even
went on location" continues Vir-
ginia. land hung around a week,
but did nothing" Virginia is now
a daily visitor to the set. She is
hoping that, II they see her, maybe
they will remember that she is in
the picture!
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