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Evening star., 1939-06-14
Bowman, a Find, ,
And M'GeeAid
Vet Hur|ers
Series With Dodgers
May Prove VitoI
Factor in Race
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

A suspicion exists that the st
Louis Cardinals aren't being given
full credit for a job well done.
Considerable fuss has been made
over the Cincinnati Reds, leading
the National League, and the amaz-
ing Brooklyn Dodgers, but even since
May 26 the Cards have been hanging
on the Reds heels-just close enough
so it hasn't been safe to say the
race has developed into a runaway.
If Lon Warneke and Curt Davis
can keep up their recent pitching
performances, aided by Bob Bow
man, who looks to be a real find, Bill
MCGEE, who is pitching good ball,
and Bob Weiland, who has tend
ency to blow hot and cold, the Cards
loom as one of the best bets to chase
Cincinnati out of the throne room
Martins Absence Worrisome.
But there's cause for considerable
worry around St. Louis right now, for
those Dodgers open a three-game
series in Sportsman's Park today
and Pepper Martin won't be in
there doing the usual amount of
damage.
Peppers comeback-not that he
has been far aWay-is one of the
main reasons why the Cards are up
where they are. The wild hoss'
who drove the opposition frantic a
few years back, has been going at a
pace reminiscent of the days when
the Gas House Gang threw cold
chills up and down every National
Leaguer's spine.
Undistinguished most of last sea-
son, the madcap Martin has COM
piled $3.50 batting average. driven
in IA runs and scored % himself
most of them probably sliding on his
stomach, one of his favorite ways
of getting home. But he took one
slide too many and cracked up a
wrist, so the Cards sent him home
while they were in Boston.
DOdger Series Is Important.
Right after that, the Cards ran
into slump that has cost them
four of their last five games and
now they tackle the Dodgers with
only game and a half margin to
work on.
The Dodgers, on the wings of VIC
tory streak that gave them seven
wins out of their last home stand of
eleven games, and clicking like a
dollar watch, are a first division
club-on the say-so of no less an
authority than Will McKechnie, boss
of the Cincinnatis. If they can get
past the Cards into second place
and at the same time prove they can
win on the road, or if they fail dis
mally, this series may have a vital
bearing on the race the rest of the
way.
After a two-day gameless inter-
lude the Eastern teams of the Ma
tional League open their second in
vasion of the West today, and the
American Leagues Western clubs re-
new activities in the East.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.


AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting-Higgins, Detroit .359;
McQuinn, G.. Louis, 35s.
Runs-Greenberg. Detroit, As: Cra-
mer: Boston: Dickey; New York and
Runs batted in-Greenbers, Detroit.
Hits-Mc0uinn, St. Louis, SO; Case
Doubles-Greenbers, Detroit. 10;
Rolfe. New York. II.
Triples-Travis, Washington. g.:
Walker. Detroit McQuinn. ST. Louis,
and Wright. Washington. 5
Home runs-Greenberg. Detroit. is;
Stolen basesIcase. WASHINGTON. %;
Chapman. Cleveland, and Welaj, Wash
ington. Z.
Pitchins-Donald and Hadley, New
York, 60.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting - Arnovich, Philadelphia.
.39s Mccormick, Cincinnati. .349
Runs-Werber, Cincinnati, As; Frey,
Runs batted in-Mccormick cincin-
natl; A; Goodman, Cincinnati, AZ.
HitsEArnoyich. Philadelphia, -:
boubiesMMartin' i'ai5i Philadelphia, lac II:
f1ve players tied with is.
Triples-c,Goodmag, Cincinnati and
Home runs-Camilli. Brooklyn. and
Lombardi and Mccormick, Cincin-
- Stolen bases-Handle,. Pittsburgh. Q:
P PitchinsEWsatt' ching WAT Q. Brooklyn. 90:
DerrinGer, Cincinnati. 81.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
HubbeI| Admits Arm
No Longer Is Able
To Go 8 Innings
Tires After 5, He Says;
Feors 20 Wins q Year
Are History for Him
By the Associated Press.

oS VIZ hSsUSldleu fEbSS.
CHICAGO, June 14.-If Carl Hub
bell winds up the current season in
his customary spot among the Ma
tional Leagues top pitchers no one
will be more surprised than the
Lanky southpaw himself.
The 35-year-old erstwhile meal
ticket" of the New York Giants
called the turn on his condition to-
day by admitting his arm wasn't
ready "to 60 the nine inning route. J."
In fact, Hubbell said, bit visit
fully. he was extremely doubtful If
Il ever win 20 games in a season
again." and added:
Often Stiffens After Toll.
II seem to make out all right for
four or five innings and then begin
to lose my stuff. And after a game
my arm usually stiffens up for
while and it takes two or three days
to timber it up again.
I've come to the conclusion that
winter operation on the elbow took
a lot out of my arm and 1 think
it's going to take me the better part
Of the season to make it strong
again. I'm just going along pitching
whenever get chance. hoping to
bring the arm around gradually. But
our pitching staff now is going good
without me.
"As long as our present starters
Harry Gumbert, Cliff Melton, Bill
Lohrman, Hal Schumacher and
Manuel Salvo) keep up their work
of the past two weeks I don't stand
much chance to start any games.
But I guess I'll get in there as
relief pitcher"
Has Lone 1899 Victory.
Hubbell, generally ranked as one
OF the great southpaws of all time,
has won only one game and lost
four this season-a far cry from the
IS victories he turned in the past
two years against 18 defeats.
Fourth place is at stake in the
three-game series starting today be-
tween the Giants and Chicago Cubs.
Although the fifth-place Giants, a
half game back of the Cubs, have
played disappointing ball thus far,
their current five-game victory
streak has pulled them up to the
500 mark and left them only two
and a half games out of second
place.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Loss Of Speed His Worry.
Chi|Ium Heights Ahead

With Larry flanagan hurting
2-hit ball and Cramer getting 4 for
S, Chillum Heights walloped Noland
Plumbers, 1870, yesterday. The win
ners we're to meet the Takoma
Tigers at 5 o'clock this afternoon
on the Blair road diamond.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Yale Defeats Virqiniu

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June IA (P).
Yale and Virginia mines are all
even for the year in baseball as the
Eli won a So victory over the
Cavaliers yesterday in game halted
by rain in the fifth inning. Virginia
defeated its host earlier in the
season.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Gets 1910 Golf Tourney
By the Associated Press.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June IA
Chattanooga Country Club of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, will be host to the
1910 Southern Amateur Golf Tour
nament, 1t is announced by the
Southern Coli Association. The
tourney will be held June l0 to a,
Evening star., 1939-06-14
The Time He Fooled Gubby Street

johnson grnned and interrupted corrected
Walter pointing finger at Ty with
DAY down IN washington when tried
y feet You running toward the plate
catching had ball
aooy inquired you were yourself howed
and the next thing the OF
kicked the ball. The ball Gabby glove
IN another and there he standing
empty hands while you scored and
newspapeman asked Ty his biggest thrill
the American League hitting
said wasn't In making the countless
THE Tigers Hhlanders back
the beginning recalled Cobb OP Grif
club had fellow probably best
sacrifice and hitter days we didn't have
oatng practice catcher and hitter had
pitcher to save time and steps That's
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Peewee Opponent Wanted

A peewee opponent for Sunday is
wanted by the Turkey Thicket Cubs.
Call Dupont 1894.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Griffs Club Was After Tyrus

anyway Iy went on "Rossman hit behind signal
Tor bunt when first Rosman would
bunt and by the time they on third Well
worked 1t and George Moary who get
Rossmans tap and
fly to win the
In those days there the door
the new YORK clubhouse they had
walked over to get drink just leaving
voice. He baWng his them mention NV
name So sneaked saving they going
to get day. WV ee
Back at the hotel worked out new sign
He instead again
sure nun got on first base again and sign
ana e same thing happened We licked game play
and when we left town Grfs purple
1t was typical of Ty pluck unvanhed Incidents from
years "hch embraced thousand equally thrilling PLAYED ball
tnat way AS johnson put it, dogeon smart for the rest
Of fellows ~ ~ " VIC 1''
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Red Sox Seek Come

Virginia Red Sox want a game
Sunday with team having a dia-
mond. Call Columbia 6941.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Gehrig Sure He'll Be
Larrupin' Lou Again
After Treatment
Taking Turn at Clinic
In Effort to Regain
His OId-Time Speed
Fy TIE Associated Press,

ROCHESTER. Mimi. June IA
Lou Gehrig was back in a lineup
today, not at his old first base post
with the New York Yankees, but in
the Mayo Clinic.
The big man who once toted the
most potent bat in the big leagues
took his turn among the motley
throng that each day begins the
long trek past consultants.
Should the procedure reveal what
ever it is that Lou says cost him his
speed and then his regular first base
job after setting a major league
record for consecutive games. Gehrig
will continue on to specialist or
perhaps a surgeon.
Lou in Good Spirits.
In any event, the veteran Yankee
star expects to return as the mighty
Larrupin' Lou who blasted a life
time big league batting average
Of .344.
Gehrig was in good spirits when
he arrived here by plane yesterday
from Kansas City. Mo-, apparently
over his futile efforts to travel
incognito.
Flying from Kansas City, where
the Yankees played an exhibition
game Monday, he was recognized by
one Of the landing crew, then a
Negro porter and finally flock of
kids greeted Lou by his first-and-
last-name. So the big fellow smil-
ingly helped out the amateur camera
fans, the autograph seekers and
then the reporters and photog-
raphers.
Loss of Speed His Worry.
BY the time he reached Rochester
he was just plain Lou Gehrig, ac-
cepted ride uptown from a reporter
and said: why, I'm all right. The
boys in general seem to be taking
my coming here to the clinic a
little too seriously. I've just lost my
speed, that's all. I've been assured
that if anything's wrong, the clinic
will find it, I hope to return to
active duty soon."
Evening star., 1939-09-08
This Changing World
Armistice Following Capture Of Warsaw
improbable on Busis Of HitIer's Reported Plan

to the Moscow treaty (the unpub-
lished one) and help his friend
Hitler shorten the war.
4
What the sequal of this second
stage of the war will be nobody
ventures to forecast. But one thing
seems certain: Hitler will not begin
operations on the western front
until the Polish army has been
completely reduced.
The Polish general staff, which
had in the past closer contacts with
the German general staff and knows
the mind of the German generals
insisted when the French and
British were dickering with Stain
and Molotoff that Poland be per-
mitted to enter Russia and reform
her armies if they were defeated by
the Germans. This Is not possible
now.
Hitler is going to offer a passive
resistance to the attack of the
British-French forces against the
Slegfr1ed line.
The reports that reinforcements
are being sent there from the East
ern front is wishful thinking.
Before the war started Germany
had organized her military forces
into three groups: One operating
against Poland, the other concen-
trated on the Seigfried line, and fin
ally general reserve army in the
center of Germany equi-distant
from both fronts. Any reinforce
ments needed on the Siegfried line
will be taken from the third army
which is also supposed to furnish the
necessary troops to meet any pos
sible attack through Holland.
Evening star., 1939-09-08
Army Reserve Totals
$4,000, Navy and
Marines $1,000
$4,000 Former Soldiers
Expected to Be Called
First in Emergency

BY the Associated Press.
The Army has 100000 reserve off,
GERS and $4,000 trained enlisted men
who could be summoned quickly to
active duty to meet the limited ma
tional emergency which President
Roosevelt decreed today.
The Navy has reserve Of some
$4,000 men and $4,000 officers and
the Marine Corps a reserve of $4,000
men and 1925 officers.
First to be called, some military
sources thought, would be $4,000
former soldiers comprising the
Armys new enlisted reserve force.
The force was created less than two
years ago and is made up of men
who have served one or more times
in the Regular Army.
In joining this force, the men
agreed to accept a summons to active
duty in an emergency. They are
paid $24 year and are not subject
to routine drills as is the National
Guard.
Navy Has 10000 Waiting.
The Navy this year started re-
cruiting a similar force Of former
sailors.
President Roosevelt's recruiting
order promised to throw the Army's
most extensive peacetime recruiting
drive into high gear. The Navy,
with waiting list of more than TO-
900 qualified applicants, expects little
difficulty in expanding quickly.
The recent transfer of reinforce
ments to Panama months ahead of
schedule and Secretary Woodring s
order yesterday dispatching about
$500 additional officers and men to
Puerto Rico created immediate
Army vacancies
| The Nays Atlantic Coast patrol
demands more sailors in short order
men who could not be spared from
the fleet in the Pacific, because
many ships now have crews only IS
per cent of full peace strength.
High Command in Session.
Secretary Woodring. Assistant
Secretary Louis johnson, Gen
George c. Marshall, chief of staff
and high command officers met
quickly at the War Department to
agree on details. Immediately after
announcement of the President
proclamation.
The Regular Army, totaling now
about 165 900 enlisted men anc
$4,000 officers, started expanding or
July l toward force of more thar
100000 enlisted men. A recruiting
drive for nearly lis 1000 enlisted men
including requirements by next mid
year, was reported today ahead O.
schedule" The 1920 National De.
fense Act authorized an Army O.
1000 enlisted men, but this figure
has never been approached since de.
mobilization of World War forces
The National Guard is made up O.
about 100000 men and 14,OOO officers
The Navy, with about l15,OOO en-.
listed men in service now. accelerated
recruiting this week. About 1900,
men would be required, it was esti.
mated unofficially, to man all presen
ships with full crews.
Evening star., 1939-09-08

Traffic lights protect you. Watch
them.
Evening star., 1939-09-08
Arthur Rockhom, Noted
Book illustrator, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 8-Arthur Rack
ham, whose fairies and witches
frightened the picture pages of some
of the worlds best known children's S
books, died Wednesday in Limps-
field He was 72
Mr.. Rackham, one of the best
known illustrators of his day, drew
little Peter Pan, Old Rip Van Win
kle, Cinderella and the Princess,
Sleeping Beauty.
Among his elaborate undertakings
were the illustrations for Grimm S
and Andersen's fairy tales and the
Mother Goose stories,
Evening star., 1939-09-08
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

For almost q week we have wit
messed the preliminaries of the
world war. The lightning attack on
Poland; important skirmishes on
the Western front and the unre-
stricted submarine campaign of the
Germans against all shipping to
Great Britain.
The first phase is due to begin
after the fall Of Warsaw, expected
to occur soon, in spite of the vigor-
GUS and brave resistance of the
Poles. The entrance of Hitler into
the Polish capital will be heralded
by the Germans as the accomplish
ment of their aims which forced
them to take up arms" and start
this war. 1t will be followed, so re-
liable reports from Europe say, by
an offer of peace, either directly
from Berlin or, what is more likely,
from Rome.
The same reports say that there
is no question Of the Poles or their
allies accepting the German terms,
conditionally. If the offer comes
from Rome, Premier Mussolini will
be told that the allies as well as the
rest of the world are anxious to see
this war terminated before it causes
more irreparable hardships. But to
have peace the German troops must
be withdrawn from Poland. And in
the eyes of the French and the
British-to say nothing of the
Poles-the Corridor, Silesia and
Danzig are considered Polish terri
tory.
1t would be too much to hope that
Hitler will accept the counter pro-
posals. He will resume the offensive
against the Polish Army across the
Vistula River with renewed energy.
On the Western front he will re-
main, according to military experts,
strictly on the defensive. These ex-
perts do not even expect air raids
against Britain and France, unless
the British and the French start
bombing Germany with something
other than leaflets.
But we may have the first surprise
of the war. 1t is quite possible
some say it is likely-that the Rus
slams will join the German forces.
Reports from diplomats until re-
Gently stationed in Berlin indicate
Hitler is not as sure of the result OF
war against Britain and France
as he is of that with Poland.
He believes that if the Poles are
completely reduced and their armie.
annihilated, France and Great Brit.
ain might change their minds ane
accept terms which would give Ger.
many what she wants and still pre-.
serve a more or less independent
Poland.
The Germans alone, it is believed
here, cannot crush Polands resist
ence in few weeks. The Poles still
have a lot of fight in them. Blu
an intervention from the Unitet
States of Soviet Republics woult
show how hopeless their case i
and, deprived of any link with thei
allies, they might lay down thei
arms and the Polish government
seek refuge in some western friendl,
country
The little news which percolate
from the Soviet republic indicate
that there have been an importan
concentration of Russian troop
along the Polish and Rumanial
borders. While the exact strength
Of the Russian forces is not known
it is believed that there are clos
to 100000 men concentrated OF
that front. Reinforcements of me1
and war material continue to com,
in daily. The railroads are choket
with military trains. While it i
difficult to forecast what Stain will
ever do, as things stand today, i
seems that he is willing to live u,
Evening star., 1939-09-08
Heavy Attack Made
By AirpIanes on
Enemy Base
Both Sides Continue
To Distribute
Propaganda
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 8.-The
thunder of guns and bombs last
night and early today indicated an
attack was being made on the Ger
man island OF Sylt by airplanes.
The island, just off the southwest
extremity of Denmark, is the site of
an important German anti-aircraft
defense fortification.
The humming of aircraft was
heard clearly on the nearby Danish
island of Roemoe. The first attack
occurred at 10 pm. Thursday a pm.
E. S. To. At 3 am. today g pm.
Thursday, E. S. T0 flight of air.
planes dropped leaflets on the Dan
ish mainland.
This was followed an hour later by
the sound of heavy firing by the
Sylt batteries The explosions were
interspersed with dull booms, sug-
gesting exploding bombs.
All firing ceased at 4:30 am.
An observer on Roemoe said he
had seen some attacking aircraft at
3:45 am which he was unable to
identify but which numbered from
10 to Is planes. They came, he said,
from a southwesterly direction.
Evening star., 1939-09-08
Niles Bomb German tiAcaf Defenses on Island off Denmark
Foreign Planes Fly
Over Holland 4 Times
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8-Holland-
ers reported foreign planes flew over
their country on four occasions last
night.
Two planes circles over the Soes-
terberg Military Airport, about 20
miles outside of Amsterdam, at $50
pm. and were forced away when
floodlights were turned on them.
At 10 pm. several planes were re-
ported seen near Deventer, in East
ern Holland, flying Northeast.
A single airship was seen over
Diest, midway between The Hague
and Rotterdam, few minutes later.
Earlier in the night, one plane was
spotted heading East over Northern
Holland.
Evening star., 1939-09-08
Cafes Name Protested

BOSTON R).-The request of q
new cafe that its name be approved
has caused quite a stir in staid old
Boston.
Police filed protest. The licens-
ing board took the matter under ad-
visement.
I'VE don't want to appear too
puritanical," said Miss Mary Dris-
coll, board chairman, "but-"
The name? Sloppy Joee"
Evening star., 1939-09-08
many, for not only are pamphlets
being rained on the Fatherland, but
allied agents are busy within the
country,

being rained on the Fatherland, but
allied agents are busy within the
country.
Few Poles Yet in Action.
The mystery of where the main
Polish Army is keeping itself con-
tinues to puzzle distant observers.
Only comparatively small section
of the Polish forces appears to have
been thrown into action thus far.
The general belief is that the main
army, consisting certainly of many
hundreds of thousands, is drawn up
in defenses east of the Vistula River
which bisects Poland from south to
north and provides innumerable
strategic positions.
If it proves to be true that this
is the Polish strategy, then great
battle is in the oflng.
One of the biggest successes
claimed by the Germans during the
last "a hours is the reaching of the
strategic City of Lodz, rs miles
southwest of Warsaw. 1t isn't clear
whether they claim actual occupa-
ton or only contact.
Lodz is highly important mill
tary district and one of the main
defenses of Warsaw. This big town
was the pivot for Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg's armies in the
German drive against the Russians
in October of 1914.
French Reports Vague.
To return to the Western Front,
the authorities aren't giving us much
information. Listen to the latest
French communique:
I'VE succeeded in effecting local
advances of varied Importance, i'm
proving noticeably the conditions
of our advance at certain points,
That means something less than
nothing, of course. However, the
French strategy is said to be aimed
at getting into position for assaults
calculated to make gaps in the
Siegfried line.
The French advance has been a
ticklish operation, because the Ger
mans have many sectors heavily
mined in front of their defensive
line, ready to blow advancing troops
to kingdom come. The whole area
in front of the Siegfried defenses
also is plastered with pill-boxes
from which machine guns spew
lightning death.
A pill-box is little, round-topped
concrete fortress, about big enough
for two or three men, used for
machine-gun placements. A grown
up pill-box, big enough for a con-
siderable number of soldiers, ac-
quires the most dignified name of
Evening star., 1939-09-08
French Leaving Chino
To Join the Army
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, Sept. 8.-French-
men throughout China are leaving,
or planning early departures, to join
the colors.
Thirty left Running, capital of
Yunnan Province, for France yes
terday by way of Indo-China.
Numbers of Germans, summoned
to or voluntarily planning to return
home, are finding it difficult to do
so, because all practicable exits
from China are through British
Hong Kong and Burma or French
Indo-China.
Obey the traffic laws and escape
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