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Evening star., 1939-08-31
Redmond Auto Victor
As Crash Checks
Midget Race
Records Suffers Minor
Injury as His Car,
FeIton's Collide

Midget auto racing today was
firmly established as one of the
Districts major sports events, with
continued steady crowds testifying
to the appeal Of the whining, stream
lined racers.
That spectators are receiving a
carload of thrills every time the
midgets whirl around the Capitol
Speedway oval again was evident
last night as 5000 customers skipped
heartbeats when Harry FELTON, and
Rex Records fiirted with death and
got away with it.
Smashup Injuries Records.
FELTON, attempted to maneuver past
a racer piloted by Jimmy Storm of
Philadelphia in the Goth lap of the
feature 30-lap event, but skidded
into the path of Records car and a
spectacular smashup resulted.
Records shoulders scraped the
dirt track for several feet before he
finally was catapulted out of his
car and rushed to Sibley Hospital.
He was treated for brush burns
about the arms and shoulders and
released. FELTON, was not injured,
although both cars were damaged
badly.
Redmond Declared Victor.
Red Redmond, leading at the time,
was awarded the race by American
Automobile Association officials. who
ordered the race stopped when the
accident occurred.
Summaries:
1O-lap qualifying heat-won by Red
Philadelphia; third. Ernie Wilson, Phila-
1O-lap qualifying heat-Won by Harry
FELTON,, Philadelphia; second: Clin Hemin-
Psy Gs%dsn u third ShaTes sresn
lO-lap qualifying heat-Won By Carl
Phisdelphia' third Johpny h5 M Favinser
Omaha: p second. ssA" Red Redmonds, IN ' Atlanta:
third. Rex Records, Philadelphia. Time,
4:O3 s6-1Oo new track record
15,lap semifinalHWon by Tommy Hin Hin
Philadelphia Time 4 10 So 100.
15-lap consolation-Won bv Eddie Fox;
second, Jim Storm Philadelphia; third
Ernie Wilson. Philadelphia. Time
accident Redmond, Forberg, FELTON,. in
that order at time of crash
Evening star., 1939-08-31

generally ranked as the top favor
ties in the top section.
Federal Housing Administration
has tossed a monkey wrench into
the machinery and now leads the
section with 371a points won and
with one more match to play. War
Department, with one more match
scheduled, has won 36k points.
But Navy, with two more matches
to play and with 321a points won,
can nose out both War and Federal
Housing. The Navy boys, with
Comdrs. w. S. Popham, E. 3. Nixon
and Lou Harrison and Jim Gipe, are
coming with last-minute rush and
can win the section playoff. The
Navy boys play Justice next week
and Social Security Board on Sep
tember 18. That puts it strictly
up to F. H. A. and War to win
enough points in their final matches
TO stave of the final rush of Navv
as the race narrows down to its
final stages.
In section 2, Government Print
ing Office looms as the winner.
while in section 3 Interior has the
indian sign on its rivals. The three
winning teams will meet in a round
robin playoft after the middle Of
September.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Cobra and Mongoose
Holds Are Pitted
On Mat Tonight
Deck Appears Stacked
Against Singh in Go
With Ernie Dusek

Nanjo Singh, 1ndia's gift to the
mat industry, returns to this baili-
wick tonight to test his famed cobra
hold on Ernie Dusek's corpulent neck
in the feature of an athletic pro-
gram arranged by Prof. Joe Turner
the w street muscle mogul. Because
of expected interest in this test of
skill and pure, unadulterated
strength, the contest will be staged
at the ball park.
This will be Nanjo's 10th consec-
utive week as top-ranking star on
Prof. Turner's midway of might and
mirth, and this time the deck ap-
pears to be stacked against him, for
Ernie still is rated A-plus by the Ma
tional Wrestling and Writhing Asso-
cations Ranking Committee, of
which he is chairman emeritus
Ernie claims the championship of
the Three Sisters Islands, although
he should know the w. P. A. took
them over two years ago, and is
ready to defend his laurels.
Singh's best weapon will be his
vaunted cobra, while Dusek is slated
to retaliate with mongoose mangle,
Whatever that may be, and Prof
Turner predicts it will be one of the
best duels of the season.
The supporting card includes
Rudy Dusek VS.. Abe Tourist, Jack
Hader VS.. Angelo Savoldi, Joe Cox VS.
Stanley Pinto and Tommy Rae VS.
Bob Wagner. No substitutions have
been announced yet, but don't give
up hope.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
A. A. Hill Mark Neared
As Hash Of Mi|Iers
Wins 14th in Row
Record Of 16 Was Made
In 1915; Konsos Citys
Lead Cut Half Come
BY the Associated Press.


Herb Hash, Minneapolis right
handler, who will do his pitching for
the Boston Red Sox next season, ap-
parently is out to leave the American
Association something to remember
him by.
The 25-year- old rookie advanced
within two games of the all-time
association record for consecutive
victories last night when he defeated
Toledo, 7 to 2, on five hits in the
first game of a double It
was his 14th triumph in a row and
his 21st of the season. He has lost
five games.
Mark of l6 Set in 1915.
Charley Hall established the rec
ord of l6 straight in 1915 while
hurting for St. Paul.
Minneapolis also won vest arday's
second game with the Mud Hens, 4
to 2, and reduced Kansas City's lead
to three games, although the Blues
also won.
Kansas City, paced by Vince Di
Maggio's 42d home run. took a single
game from Louisville, to 8.
St. Paul Club Climbs.
The Colonels' defeat enabled ST.
Paul to climb into a fourth-place
tie with Louisville when the Saints
conquered Columbus, to 3.
1t was Lloyd Browns 18th tri-
umph. He also collected three hits
and drove in three runs.
In the other game. Milwaukee
beat indianapolis, to 2.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Fed Net Title Taken
Easily by Smith,
Ritzenberq

Tradition has it that a doubles
team must play together for year
or more before finding success, but
c. Alphonso Smith and Allie Ritz
enberg, teamed together for the
first time, won the Government ten
mis- doubles title.
Playing on the Potomac Park
courts yesterday they had little
trouble beating Samuel Hayes and
Ray Stocklinski in the final round
The score, 6-3, 81, 50, gives a
fair idea of how cleverly the victor
ious pair co-operated in downing
its second-seeded opposition.
Smith, who dethroned Ritzenberg
in the singles last Sunday, showed
great skill at keeping the ball in
play until the losers lobbed in des-
peration. Then Allie would come to
the fore with a mighty swish to
send the ball off the court at odd
angles.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Good Chance Is Seen
For D. {. Linksman
To Reach Goal
Bobby Booking Ambition
To Climb With Sound
Come This Yeur

Not only the national amateur
championship itself, or good show
ing in the simon-pure title tourney
at Chicago, is the aim of Bobby
Brownell, who will be the lone rep
resentative from Washington at the
tourney. Bobby has other aims,
and he can realize them.
Among amateur golfers it's hall
mark of success, first to win the big
championship, and second, to get a
spot on Walker Cup team. If you
do the first you have arrived, and
no one can erase the records. But
if you get Walker Cup team berth
you also have arrived among golf S
elite, acclaimed as one of the top
or IL linksmen of the year. That
is the ambition of Bobby Brownell.
And he can make it.
Good Chance for Bobby.
The talk now is that the British
amateurs, holding the Walker Cup
for the first time since 1922, will de-
fend the old mug at Five Farms,
near Baltimore, in the international
series next year. Five Farms has
bid in for the tourney, is in favor
with the United States Golf Asso-
citation, and may get it.
Custom Of past years with the
team selectors who next spring will
choose the United States Walker
Cup outfit is to select automatically
the four semifinalists of the anna
teur championship of the previous
year; plus more whose golf ability
is SO well known as not to be ques-
toned. So all Bobby Brownell has
to do is to win his way to the semi
final of the championship coming up
at Chicago September II, and he'll
almost automatically be member
of the 1910 Walker Cup squad.
A tough job? Sure it's tough.
But even though Bobby's present
status merely is that of a hometown
boy who has made good in more Or
less local competition he is ready
to 60 out and do some giant-killing
Of his own, without any help from
any one. In other words ow-headed
Bobby, at the age of 20, is ripe for
the big time of amateur golf.
Billy Howell did it at Bobby's age.
Ready to Rise in Golf.
back in 1881. and became a member
Of two Walker Cup teams. And
Bobby Brownell today, by any yard
stick OF comparison, is as good a
golfer as was the Howell of 1890 and
1881. Here's kid the United States
Golf Association cannot afford to
overlook in its quest for new mate
rial for the international team. The
Brownell boy is ready, bursting with
ambition to go places in golf, and
with the game to back it up.
Nor would it be any tremendous
surprise to see Otto Greiner of Bal
timore in there with a chance to
win the amateur and make the
Walker Cup outfit. These two boys
-Brownell and Greiner-are as
good as any youngsters in the land
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Joey Archibald Due
Here Tonight for
Title Contest
Will Train at HiIIsdoIe
For Bout With Jeffro;
$4,000 Is Posted

joey Archibald, who owns the
world featherweight boxing title and
for whom Manager AL WE'LL has been
discreet in selecting his championship
foes, will arrive here tonight and
launch training for his title tiff with
Harry Jeffra on September II at
Griffith Stadium.
Following a sparring session today
at Mount Carmel, N. Y, Joey will
leave for Washington and 10 days
of intensive training, starting tomor-
row. at Mike Youngs outdoor gym
on the Marlboro pike at Hillsdale.
Md.
There was a slight commotion
yesterday at District Boxing Com
mission Offices when, for the sake OF
publicity, Max Waxman, Jeffra',
manager, handed $4,000 to WE'LL. 1t
wasn't necessary. The bout now is
supposed to be sealed, locked and
assured for Washington consumption,
but no more so than it has been for
weeks.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Baseball Rugged,
Jurist Finds
nv the Annotated press

BY the Associated Press.
Topeka, Kans., Aug. 81
Baseball, reflected Supreme Court
Justice Hugo T. Weddell, once
second baseman for the Athletics,
is tough game.
The justice, who had accepted
an invitation to manage the
Topeka Owls of the Western
Association for one night, decided
to warm up in game with old
timers.
Attempting to score from second
on a hit, he stumbled and suffered
a double fracture of the left arm.
The Owls, deprived Of his
leadership, were nosed out by st.
Joseph, 1s to 10, but only after
the Saints had used II pitchers
in as many innings and played
their manager in every position
and the Owls committed 10 errors.
Evening star., 1939-08-31

you arrive. If you have a favorite
skipper, Mr. Bradburn will contact
him, otherwise he will give you one
in rotation from the list of members.
Among those from WASH
ington who found this an ex-
cellent plan was a group of fish,
ermen including Dave Bur-
rows.
Burrows and his crowd went down
there early Sunday morning and
found the boat ready and waiting
with a minimum of delay. Capt.
Wilkinson took them out, but after
few minutes they ran into that
Sunday morning storm that dis
rupted so many fishing plans last
week end. The party came in shore.
waited until the bay cleared and
went out again. Then the skipper
tried two or three holes and finally
put them in a payoff spot.
Excellent Trout Haul.
Before they quit fishing they had
80 trout and about 80 hardheads,
which is a pretty good haul even
though the fish were nothing excep-
tional as to size. Burrows was
particularly high in his praise of
Capt. Wilkinson and his efforts to
find fish for the party, and con-
trasted his actions to those of many
other captains who take the party
out, anchor the boat and then go to
sleep until the four hours are up.
What Burrows says is only
too true about the actions of
some shippers in the bay.
This department has had that ex-
perience several times. The cap
tain will take the boat out a few
hundred yards and anchor in a spot
we could have reached by rowboat,
and that is his last action until the
exact minute of our time is up. Ii
the fish aren't biting in that par
ticular spot and we wish to move
there is as much grumbling and
kicking as though we were asking
for something unreasonable. Fortu-
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Picard, , Metz, Gu|dah|
And Nelson Picked
In Hershey Golf
Co-Fuvorites Have Won
l8 Out Of 26 Major
Events This Year
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HERSHEY, Pa, Aug. 31.-Four
strapping golfers who have won 10
of the 26 major tournaments in
the Nation this year started out
today as favorites against field of
ia in quest of the Hershey open
championship and $1,000 in cash
prizes.
AS the first threesome teed of,
odds on the basis of past perform
ances lay heavily on the side of:
Henry G.. Picard, home profess
sional, who tops the money winners
for 1899 with $10202, including the
P. G. A. title.
Byron Nelson, United States open
champion from Reading, Pa, who
has taken 1886 in purses from the
summer tour.
Dick Metz, handsome Chicago
SHOEMAKER and winner of $500 this
year.
Ralph Guldahl, urbane Texan,
who holds two successive National
Open crowns and thus far this
summer has collected s9,377 for his
efforts
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Bosox Purchase Waite,
Scranton Pitcher

BOSTON, Aug. 81 R).-Purchase
of Ralph Waite, 22-year -old right
handed pitcher, from the Scranton
Eastern League club for spring de-
livery has been announced by the
Red Sox.
Although owned by Scranton,
Waite pitched for Canton, Ohio, in
the Middle Atlantic League, winning
II games and losing 4.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Browns Pilot Fines Gill
In Campaign for Pep
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 31-Manager
Fred Haney has turned to fines to
discipline his last-place st. Louis
Browns.
He fined Relief Hurler George Gill
$50 for mot bearing down" in the
first game of yesterdays double
header. in which Philadelphia over
came an eight-run deficit in the
seventh inning to win, 9 to 8.
Gill pitched to just four batters,
two of whom hit homers. Sam Chap
man got the second circuit blow
with count of two strikes and nc
balls.
ANY time batter hits homer
on 2-and-0 count the pitcher isn't
bearing down" Haney said We've
tried to get results the nice way
with these players, but If that
doesn't work we can get tough"
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Browns Protest Come
Called With Sun Out

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 81 R.-Vice
President Bill De Witt of the st.
Louis Browns said last night he
would lodge protest with American
League President Will Harridge over
halting Of the Browns Philadelphia
game at the end of the seventh in
ming.
Umpire Cal Hubbard called the
second game of the double-header
on account of darkness, although
the sun still was shining in the out
field,
Evening star., 1939-08-31

nately, the majority of shippers
aren't like that, but enough of them
are to make some fishing trips moth
ing but unpleasant memories.
Among the other members of the
party which made the good trout
haul in the Middles are Mike
Coombes, H. Shepherd, Pete Mid
dleton, Harry Respess, Cotton
Barnes, Jack Sharp and William
Jones.
Blues Here and There.
A faint smattering of blues now is
being found in the bay and. as usual
the Middle Grounds is showing the
first catches. They aren't big, bui
they are bluefish nevertheless, anC
that's something. An example of what
happened Sunday is given by DR.
Joseph Lontana and John Whittiker
both of Washington, when fishing
with Capt. Taft Tippett of Point
Lookout.
Fishing in the main channel
they caught Al blues weighing
between 2 and 4 pounds.
These fish were taken trolling, and
we have yet to hear of any chum-
ming parties connecting with fish
so far this season. Practically all
hope is gone that we will have any
real big fish in the Chesapeake this
season. There may be enough around
to supply a meal or two, and as you
know, the bluefish is the best eating
of anything that swims in the
Chesapeake country. Other reports
of small blue catches come from
Gloucester Point and Messick, but
no local anglers were involved.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Donald Throws Sphere
At Record Speed
By the Associated Press,

BY Vic HSsOClHleu FEeSb,
CLEVELAND. Aug. 81. Alley
Donald. sensational rookie pitcher
of the New York Yankees, threw a
baseball at the rate of 139 feet per
second, or 947 miles per hour. at
the Cleveland Stadium last night.
Donalds throw was the fastest
ever recorded by speed meter
owned by the Indians and Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Outfielder Dee Miles of the Ath-
letics held the former record of 1856
feet per second.
In 1917 Christy Mathewson was
clocked at 1874 feet per second in a
laboratory test.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Nine Players on Option
Recalled by Yonks

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-The YAM
KEGS have recalled nine players that
have been out on option to minor
clubs. Most of them probably will
not report until next season.
From Newark the Yankees get
Pitchers Joe Beggs, George Wash
burn and Jim De Shong and Out
fielder Walter Judnich; from Kansas
City Pitcher Marvin Breuer and
Outflelder William Mathewson,
from Columbus Pitcher John Haley,
from Sacramento Pitcher Nick
Strincevitch and from Binghamton
Pitcher Charles Stanceau.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Sees Reasons for Tony
Not likino Donovan

"Galento doesn't like referees who
don't like foul fighters, because he's
one of EN-.
THE record of the man from
Newark proves that.
He lost several fights on fouls.
HE lost to Jack Gagnon on a
foul; he lost to Johnny Lawless on
a foul. Lord alone knows how many
fouls he got away with.
Il don't like Gabby Goons; l
don't like foul hghters-so I don't
like Tony Galento on two counts.
so Mr.. Galento thinks I'm bum
eh?
L don't think he's a bum. I
know he's a bum.
Mr.. Blabbermouth talks a cham
pionship fight.
Too bad his performance in the
ring doesn't measure up to his lip
But I'll shut him up, for good, on
September ISL"
The clear, modest, limpid charm
of this document, the old-world
courtliness of its message, the
beauty of its language, the neatness
and elegance of its structure, all
point to man of learning and re-
flnement as the author. If Nova
didn't actually write it, then some
body has played an awful dirty
trick on the flower of California
culture.
Lou Is Like Tunney
In Only One Way
Nova is supposed to be the new
Tunney. It's true that he has the
same single -mindedness, the same
aching yen for success, that the old
Tunney had. But the old Tunney
was quite a guy, in his way. They
kidded him about Shakespeare and
Shaw. but they couldn't kid him
about the dignity of his training
camps and the f1rmness of the hand
with which he ran them.
Like Nova, Tunney is an author
He is the fight reporter for the En-
cyclopedia Brittanica, and at one
time or another has been the sports
SAAVCA Va VIC SOlA1CCOlCuU lNutIllck.
He has even taken a dig at Galento
in print, nominating Anthony as a
"third-rate heavyweight" who might
successfully cope with a gorilla.
But Tunney initiated everything
that ever came out of one of his
fight camps, and even in his darkest
days, when 80 per cent of the public
was dead set against him, he never
let press agent make tramp out
of him. A colorless fellow, perhaps,
but dignified.
A fighter doesn't have to be dig
nifled, if he has the raw gusto of
Galento, for instance, or the simple
hearted destructiveness of Joe Louis
But Nova lacks those things. His
role is the cultured, ambitious COL
legian, and, boy, how he ought to
stick to it!
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Champion Whips Giant

CHEBOYGAN, Mich, Aug. 81 LP).
Although outweighed 38 pounds,
Charley Belanger, Canadian heavy
weight champion, knocked out Dave
Klassen, 6-foot-8-inch Gladwin
(Mich.) giant, in the fourth round
last night.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Fishing in the main channel
they caught Al blues weighing
between 2 and 4 pounds,
Petworth in Twin Bill

Petworth and Burtonsville base
ball teams will clash in double
header at -Four Corners, Md, Sun
day, with the first game slated to
start at 1870 o'clock. The Burtons-
vile manager is requested to call
Randolph 5O26.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
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Evening star., 1939-08-31
Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
CHEBOYGAN, Mich.-C h harley
Belanger, 189, Of Canada, knocked
out Dave Klassen, 227, Gladwin
Mich. "a.
ATLANTA. Ga.-Kenny La Sale
1861, Atlanta. outpointed Battling
Burroughs, 1921, Pascagoula, Miss
lO.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
lonq HurIs Shutout

Walter Long limited Roosevelt to
two hits as Sox Harrington's HAM
ilton Playground tossers captured
a 80 decision in the city wide play
ground baseball tourney yesterday
at Roosevelt Stadium.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Skeet Shoot Corded

Alexandria Skeet Club will stage
an open shoot Monday at 10 o'clock.
The field will be available for prac-
tice on Saturday and Sunday for the
1OO-tarpet event.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Rod and Stream
BY GEORGE HUBER.

The hemens down Ridge Nd less than month DID,
anglers who have been there.
This the brain child
fish the Middle Grounds surrounding
wches call Mr. Clarence
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Knows All Of Answers
For Own Questions

dwelling a Nova opus-this Is it.:
BY LOU NOVA.
whats the difference between
Tony Galento and bagpipe?
There isn't any.
Both are surrounded by skin;
both make a lot of noise; both are
wind instruments; both are empty
inside. But the bagpipe is useful
as a musical instrument; Galento
Is useful only to glue factory.
MY worthy opponent-now I'm
being sarcastic-says: I'm going
to knock out that college bum with
the first good punch hit him.
HE says, further, Nova expects
q left hook, but I'm going to cross
him up and stop him with right
to the jaw
"I don't think the ape knows his
left hand from his right. The only
thing he'll hit will be the canvas.
He should start practicing falls
now, to get his carcass in shape for
what's coming.
"Mr. Galento also says he doesn't
like Donovan, the referee-and that
he'll walk out If Donovan steps in.
I'm not defending Donovan, He
or any other man okayed by the
PENNSYLVANIA Commission and my
manager, Ray Carlen, can referee.
But l can understand Tonys OBJ
lection.
Donovan doesn't like foul fight
{po
Evening star., 1939-08-31
From the
Press Box
Nova Shoots an Essay
In Tony's Direction
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK, Aug. 81 (N.ANA).
With hardly any comment, I
hereby reproduce an essay said to
have been written by Lou Nova
when the lamp of genius was burn
ing high in his collegiate Uranium.
At least, Mr.. Bill Miller says that
Nova wrote it, and Mr.. Miller is in
a position to know, for he handles
communications in and out of
Nova's camp in Atlantic City, where
the young author is training to fight
Tony Galento in Philadelphia.
Nova needs no literary spook.
He can read and write. We will
assume, therefore, that the ensuing
novelette, is a true specimen of the
mans prose style, and we think it
entities him to place alongside
George Gissing and Ambrose Bierce,
just to the left of DR.. Coue.
Evening star., 1939-03-15

THE VITA HEALTH FOOD co.
s04o 14th St. N.W.-61S 18th st. NV.
Phone col. 1880
Evening star., 1939-03-15

on the bench and bar and had served
well the people Of Washington.
Lawrence Cake spoke In honor Of
the late Francis w. Clements, who
also died a few days ago.
The memorial service, memorial
izing the associations members who
died since the last service held II
June, occupied little over an hour
and preceded the regular meeting of
the association at the Mayflower
Hotel. Relatives and friends Of the
deceased participated IN the exer-
cises, which were in charge of the
Memorial Committee, headed by
John Dillon Fitzgerald. Serving
with him on the committee were