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Evening star., 1939-03-01
By GEORGE HUBER,

Eastern again dominated the pub
lie high school championship race,
presenting, as it did. a quintet of
good, experienced players who. with
comparative ease, took their sec
ond consecutive cage title.
The Lincoln Park school. how
ever, had no corner on schoclboy
basket ball talent this season, and
player each from three other
schools-Tech, Roosevelt and Wood
row Wilson-are added to two East
erners to complete The Stars all
high team.
Selected only after weighing the
opinions of coaches, officials and the
players themselves, Eastern's red
haired and popular scoring ace,
Howard (Soup) Hancock, was made
captain and guard of the honorary
quintet. Several players had higher
point totals; several may have been
faster or flasher ball handlers, but
for a combination of ability in all
departments Soup was outstanding
Cooksey Is Speedy Forward.
The other Easterner selected, not
an outstanding scorer. perhaps, but
whose steady playing over the whole
period was an important factor In
the schools successful campaign, is
Les Cooksey, forward. Amazingly
fast, Cooksey particularly was out
standing on speedy breaks. As q
defensive player he was Eastern's
best, and time and again was active
in breaking promising rallys.
A potshot artist, whose ability to
sink long ones was constant source
Of delight to Coach Bruce Kessler
was Techs Ell Blank, selected to Ali
the other guard position. Eli had
the faculty Of popping the team
and when he stepped into the game
things generally took turn for the
better.
The series leading scorer, blond,
handsome George West of Roose-
welt, earns the second forward post.
In spite of his high scoring honors
George was no hungry" player, and
In fact he went to such ends to
give his teammates shots that sew
eral times he passed up good open
ings.
Woodrow Wilson's big center,
Charles Findley, kept that school in
the race right down to the end and
earned a place on the aii-high first
team over Roosevelt's Ernie Travis
another good center but who did
his best work only late In the
Evening star., 1939-03-01
Tigers, Red Sox
PhiIs Are All
Fully Signed
Half q Dozen Sturs
Among Players Yet
To Be Satisfied
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON. Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, March Now that
all the major league ball clubs have
batch of players in training camp
or en- route there, even the hard
to-convince business managers are
beginning to admit there is a hold
out problem again this year.
The bosses seldom, If ever, call a
player holdout until he fails to
turn up in camp. Then they usually
try to laugh it of with the sugges-
ton that he's probably on his way
and bringing his contract along.
But they're having hard time get
ting around the determined state
ments of such stubborn gents as
Paul Waner, Joe Muscles Medwick,
Van Mungo. Dick Coffman, Buck
Newsom and Luke Appling.
Coffman perhaps is the latest to
become an admitted holdout. He
| conferred with Manager Bill Terry
of the Giants at Hot Springs and.
got nothing but an ultimatum. Terry
said the veteran finger had been
given a raise in midseason last
year and another for the coming
campaign and that would be all
To this Dick replied, But it still
amt enough
Reach Waiting Stage.
The others haven't made much
noise after their first loud assertions
that the salaries offered were much
TOO low. and the holdout arguments
mostly have reached the waiting
stage. Mungo. offered a cut from
$4,000 to S5,000 has shipped back
two contracts and says he'll stay in
Pageland. S. c., unless he's offered
lot more. And Boss Larry Mac
Phail retorts, Il hope he does" The
elder Waner also has returned the
proffered document twice with the
remark, 1T must have been written
with surgeons knife
In addition to the temperamenta
! finger. the Dodgers also have Babe
Phelps, regular catcher; Charley
George, Bill Crouch, Fred Sington.
| Tot Pressnell, Luke Hamlin and
Whitlow Wyatt to deal with. Some
of them already are in camp and
! 1Cduy W ldlh W NAdS1 nan "llSil AAS
arrives.
Other long holdout lists belong to
the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis
Browns, while only the Boston Red
Sox, Detroit Tigers and the Phillies
have reported their contract lists
complete.
I The world champion Yankees
aren't saying much and perhaps they
don't know just what to expect. but
Joe Di Maggie, last years loudest
and most stubborn objector; Red
Rolfe, Joe Gordon and Frank Gro
setti remain unsigned. Gordon, en-
route to Florida. wants few details
Strengthened out, while Di Maggie,
ominously silent. is said to be asking
for the money he lost by reporting
late last year.
Hemsley Tribe H0ldout.
Cleveland's list, reduced yesterday
when Hal Trosky and Bruce Camp
bell signed, includes Rollie Hemsley,
(See HOLDOUTS, Page CD
Evening star., 1939-03-01

succession the kid is giving up a
swell chance for a major indi-
vidual title so his teammates can
get their letters.
That Piedmont League umpire
who wanted to work for 81 per
year is Bill Hayes, who'll only in
herit million bucks. from his rich
New Hampshire family when he
becomes 81 this year -. Last year
Bill piloted a semi-pro team to
the quarter finals in the national
tournament at Wichita He's
getting in shape for the Piedmont
by working out with the Cardinals
at St. Pete His ambition Is to
call 'em in the majors Next
opening: The Grape Fruit League.
Tim Cohane, Fordham press
agent, is sweating over his 1889
football roster which he guaran-
tees will contain the correct pro-
nunciation Of the names OF al
the football players.
Evening star., 1939-03-01
Pilot McKechnie on Spot With Reds Fans Flag Choice
Roin Exhibition Only Mssouco my Flooded Fight Offers

March 81 Clark is a protege
of Roxborough's and always is
on hand as a sparmate in Joe
Louis training camps Eddie
Miller, the wrestling maestro,
officially is listed as promoter,
but insiders insist Roxborough is
putting up the dough.
John Henry still is light-heavy-
weight champ in almost every
State except New York and Rox-
borough may wake up April to
find himself manager of two
world champions Not a bad
April fool.
Al Schacht and Moe Berg had
heck of a time taking off for
Florida . Time to 60 and Al
couldn't remember where he
parked his car the night before
-. Waite Hoyt, the old pitcher,
interviewed Ford Frick, president
OF the National League on the
air last night.
Evening star., 1939-03-01

Oscar Witt hit Cleveland SPORT
ing brand-new set of store teeth
and Dolph Camilli hit the Dodger
camp at Clearwater sporting a
5-gallon hat, a full beard and
moustache Whats this?"
piped Manager Leo Durocher
Another OF MacPhail's schemes?"
Camilli said he was only
advertising the Frisco fair.
Team man: Next to Yves Wall
lace of Fordham, Harvard's Jim
Lightbody, jr., is about the fastest
man around at 900 yards . . But
he won't run the distance because
he wants to run with the Harvard
2-mile relay team which thus will
have a chance of placing in the
I. c. "A meet Saturday night
-. If it does and wins only one
point, each member will get his
H" -. With Lightbody out the
Crimson doesn't stand such q fat
chance 20. for the second year In
Evening star., 1939-03-01
War Admiral Out,
Trainer Saws
Snecial Disnatcb IN Tho stor

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HIALEAH PARK, Fla, March l..
War Admiral's temperature drop
ped from 102 rs to 1001s during the
night. But so far as I'm concerned,
he is out of the $4,000 Widener on
Saturday"
Thus spoke Trainer George
Conway early today. Continuing
Conway said: while War Admiral
is out of danger, I would consider
it foolish to think of running him
Saturday. However. the job of
officially declaring War Admiral
out is up to Owner Samuel D.
Riddle"
War Admiral and his stablemates
will be shipped Monday to Riddle S
farm at Berlin. Md. They will
pass up Maryland's spring meetings
and 60 to New York.
Evening star., 1939-03-01
The Time Thut SchooIboy Got Mad

In Beaumont the tall Lynwood
would indicate that he all
just arrived the other day thinks the
So does Mr. Harry Sasing 1s
nevspaperman might know than baseball
singer develops the trouble spend
to study Rowes last
ITS completely healed reports Mr. Ssnger He looked
as furthermore better pitcher
record he hung
was pitching you would appreciate it
I saw game recalled Mr. Sasing which
for Rowe He had 80 lead when the ind
around such bad lot inhde
Rowe and the nfd kicked
the inning wasn't over!
Rowe got mad in that His lead only
out
ball toward the plate and
and struck out two hit end the
33 other
the And Beaumont there
further
Evening star., 1939-03-01
odo Struggles Taking Shape Big Leaguers Establish Training Camps
Win, Lose or Draw
BY FRANCIS E. STAN
sta Corespu
SchooIboy Back to Class
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

LAKELAND 1.-The training
the Schooboy)
the least
alligator
boards that
washed finished and through pitcher.
likely
Mr. Lynwood (Shoolboy Rowe who had Develops
semi-tropical
we'll thank he will pitching
q Detroit
recall Lakeland
gallant hadn't
baseball
ball
craftsmen put it.
Griffith predicted that Rowe wouldn't
this time He won't
month"; said Griffith Hes apushing the ball
Evening star., 1939-03-01
Amerks, Leafs Appear
Sure 10 Battle in
Hockey P|ayoffs
By the Associated Press.

by Lle ASSOCldLeQ IIeSS.
NEW YORK, March 1.-The
chances are the New York Amer
leans and Toronto Maple Leafs will
meet in the National Hockey League
playoffs They're running third and
fourth, two points apart. and the dis
tances to the next teams above and
below are so great no change is
likely But they'll have to do lot
better than in last nights IL tie If
they expect to reach the Stanley
Cup finals.
It was supposed to be crucial
game on the Madison Square Gar
den rink last night. The Leafs had
q chance to tie the Amerks for third
and go on from there. The New
Workers, who have done none too we'll
lately, were trying grimly to hang
onto third to earn the privilege of
playing at home twice in the play
off series.
As it turned out the Amerks
wrecked the feared Toronto attack
by hanging player on Syl Apps,
the Leaf center. all night But they
couldn't do much to help themselves
Evening star., 1939-03-01
Tigers May Trade Punches With Yankees

All manner OF delightfully."- entertaining possibilities
Tigers have bad ball Their ouheld
very good They pack plenty distressing
majority of other clubs, they lack pitching.
Rowe back Sasnges
Detroit
the start Rowe
Vernon Kennedy Rox Cus EWood Poenbgr
bad second line defense Then there Mr.
who % and lost for
It isn't bad ball providing
he getting little old hoolboy? really
dence at hand is all favor Until the exhibition
light will
to
Evening star., 1939-03-01
Something Happened Down in Beaumont

Mr. Griffith beating the OIL LynWood But
somebody did At rate wasn't long before Mr. Rowe
Detroit. Tigers him
a farm.
writing it much to heart They
publicly Schoolboy, still boy had
There 1888 he
he pitched Detroit winning and
losing eight
pitched
losing
be the of youngster of this ability!
least
Rowe went the Texas League with trobng right Now he
back with the Tigers And they his all right
Tiger stripes
hides happened Somebody
weakly offered the explanation the weather
in Washington in the And Louis
something happened and, of sudden healed
Evening star., 1939-03-01
HOWARD HANCOCK.
Santa Anita Walters
Await Additions al
100000 Race
Choices Crovot and Kayak
Present Best Chances
For AnnuoI Headaches
By ROBERT MYERS,


LOS ANGELES, March lit does
seem that Santa Anita, having built
one of the finest multi million dol
lar racing plants in the world, could
go another step forward and put in a
nice. comfortable wailing wall for
use around dusk Saturday after the
running Of its 100000 horse race
Such an addition has been need
ed ever since they staged the first
100000 special five years ago and
the followers of the great Equipoise
an even-money shot which finished
seventh, had reason to organize a
Southern California chapter of the
Aching Hearts Society.
The next year, amidst as tremen-
dous demonstration of wailing as
ever echoed of a mountainside. the
Discovery branch of the lodge was
founded, Discovery having swept in
a brilliant seventh to tie Equipoise's s
achievement, and in 1888 all men,
bership records were broken when
the mighty Seabiscuit was beaten
by that upstart, Stagehand.
The Seabiscuit mourners still are
in active session, and who knows but
what monster wake will follow
the fifth running of the race three
days hence, with, for instance, the
Cravat lamenters group or the Ka-
yak II cult joining forces with hold
overs of the Seabiscuit congrega-
ton.
The Kayak faction. which has a
stable relation with the Seabiscuit
crowd, and Cravat's admirers seem
to be most numerous at this writing,
followed closely by the Whichcee
and Specify rooters. who could con-
tribute fair sort of community cry
If these two speed burners killed each
other off in the early stages and
some stretch charger like Heelhy
came on in.
Whichcee, it may be recalled,
jumped into lead over Seabiscuit,
Stagehand, Aneroid, Pompoon and
the rest of the field in the big cap
last year, but ran himself out by
the half mile mark and struggled in
11th. He had no great public fol-
lowing at the time, however, but he
made friends last Saturday when he
whipped the field in the mile and
one-eighth San Antonio, and he can
make many more if he can do the
same at mile and a quarter this
week. Or vice versa. he can lose
them with little or no effort.
Evening star., 1939-03-01
Mats Opening Tilt
Tickets on Sale

Tickets for the opening base
ball game of the season, involv-
ing the Nationals and New York
Yankees, at Griffith Stadium April
II, now are on sale at the ball
park and may be obtained by
calling for them there or send
ing checks or money orders to the
Office.
Seats. all reserved, are priced
at 55 cents for bleachers, so cents
for rightf1eld pavilion. $1.10 for
grandstand and $l.65 for boxes.
Evening star., 1939-03-01
Dodgers Seek Handy Andy

CLEARWATER. Fla. AL
though the Brooklyn squad has
been pretty thoroughly overhauled
since last season. Manager Leo
Durocher still is looking for one
more player. What he wants Is
some one who can play any posi-
ton in the infield or outfield.
Evening star., 1939-03-01
Hill, Buckeye Tosse;
Can Grab Title by
Adding ; Points
by the Associated Press.

by the Associa ted Press.
CHICAGO, March 1-Forward
Jimmy Hull Ohio State basket ball
captain, needs to score only points
against Michigan Saturday night to
win the individual scoring title of
the Big Ten.
Lewis (Pick) Dehner. Illinois CEN
ter, still is the leader-retaining the
top spot by scant 2 points, but his
team has completed its conference
schedule. He wound up with Isl
points in II contests, an average of
1875 points per game. His free
throw record of 43 out of Sc tries
was especially outstanding.
Hull. scoring q points in one
game and II in another. shot up
ward from Ill points to 149, COM
piled in 10 engagements. He easily
has the best average among the
first 10 scorers, mean figure of
l4.9 pointers.
Evening star., 1939-03-01
The Stars AII-Hiqh Bosketers
Second Team,

Second Team.
Hynie Perlo, Roosevelt.
Moe Tannenbaum, Tech
Ernest Travis, Roosevelt
John Places, Anacostia
Francis Battiste, Eastern
Evening star., 1939-03-01

Missouri Valley A. A. U.
. Denver Nuggets. 40: Chicago La SALES,
Evening star., 1939-03-01

Pos. First Team.
F. Les Cooksey, Eastern.
F. George West, Roosevelt.
G. Charles Findley, Wilson.
;. Howard Hancock, Eastern.
6. Eli Blank, Tech.
Evening star., 1939-03-01

National Pro League.
Cleveland White Horses. 80; Oshkosh.
oS
Evening star., 1939-03-01

(See HOLDOUTS, Page CD
Evening star., 1939-10-20
Dry Goods Group Opens
Price Changes Study

A study Of price change, designed
to aid retailers in resisting in
creases that appear unjustified, was
launched today by the National Dry
Goods Associations new Economic
Advisory Committee, formed here
yesterday.
The project was begun, it was ex-
planned, because "the retailers real
ize that any speculative boom would
be unsound and undesirable and
that pricing policies must not ignore
the public interest"
Stressing that there is no thought
on the part Of the retailers that the
ultimate control Of prices can be ex-
ercised by retailing +" =" the COM
mittee Of SO business executives from
all sections Of the Nation asserted
that its aim was to advise retailers
as a matter Of sound public and
business policy.
Participants in the organizat ton
discussion at the Washington Hotel
included Senator Joseph c. O'Ma-
honey, chairman of the Temporary
National Economic Committee; Leon
Henderson. commissioner of the Sc
curities and Exchange Commission,
and Clarence Avildsen of the De-
partment Of Commences Division of
Economics. Edward j. Noble, Un-
dersecretary Of Commerce, and Car
roll Wilson, economist in the DE-
partment Of Commerce, addressed
the assembly.
District of Columbia business ex-
ecutives attending the session were
w. w. Everett of Woodward e. Lo-
throp and Saul Cohn, president, and
Lew Hahn, general manager, of the
National Retail Goods Association.
Evening star., 1939-10-20
U. 5. Already Deeply
Involved by War,
Johnson Says
Cont Escape II 1t
Gets Hot,' He Affirms;
Would Drop Embargo
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 20.-Gen.
Hugh S. johnson said last night
that the United States already was
In the European war Ito the full ex-
tent that we can't get out If it gets
hot enough"
He said in a speech before the
Newark Advertising Club his "col-
umnist colleagues" were urging lift
ing of the arms embargo to permit
England and France to buy arms in
this country because I'VE must keep
the British navy between us and
the relationships"
Gen. johnson offered three rea-
sons why he favored discarding the
arms embargo from the Neutrality
Act, saying he thought there was
"little practical difference between
arms and the ingredient of arms"
and Il think it is equally neutral to
sell or to refuse to sell to all nations
as long as you treat all alike and,
finally, except for airplanes,
we have no arms to SELL"
This country needs all the arms
It can manufacture for itself, he
said.
Assails Suckers Policy
He said he was unwilling to base
our foreign policy in this dangerous
world in any such weakened,
short-sighted, suckers policy" call
ing for keeping the British navy
between the United States and the
relationships.
If We must act to aid the
British NAVY when it is scarcely
threatened, what must we do if it
Evening star., 1939-10-20
Belgium and Greece Seen
As Needing U. s. Iron, Coal
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Two European neutrals, the Com
merce Department said today, may
turn to the United States for iron
and coal as result Of the war.
Previous Commerce Department
statements on wartime trade diver
sions had emphasized the possibility
Of drumming up new trade in South
America rather than Europe.
K. L. Rankin, American CONNER
cial attache at Brussels, was quoted
by the department as saying Bel
gium may shortly be in the market
for American pig iron" because Bel
gian steel plants are finding it difi-
cult to get iron ore from their
regular sources Of supply in France.
G. L. Jones, United States attache
at Athens. reported Greece, cut of
from normal German and English
coal supplies, was facing an acute
shortage and the United States
probably would be able to get a
large percentage Of this coal busi-
ness.
Evening star., 1939-10-20

hope Of Western civilization and
Christianity on earth"
Gen. johnson said Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt's comment on Col. Charles
Lindbergh's recent broadcast was
the kind of stuff" that got the
United States into the World War.
"Col. Mndbergh, for speaking his
pro-American opinion against other
policies, has been called pro-Nazi by
such emotionally biased pro-war
pundits as Walter Lippman and Dor
othy Thompson and now Mrs. Roose-
welt herself.
THAT is exactly the kind of stuff
that got us into the war in 1917"
Evening star., 1939-10-20

is really on the spot?" he asked. If
we depend on the British Navy as
an essential element of our self
defense, then. if it is ever really
threatened, we must do more-and
before it is defeated, we must go all
the way to war. -
There is plenty of evidence that
our own faulty national defense
policy had already relied too much
on the British Navy. Our army is
utterly unprepared to protect this
country.
If this war continues, our stay
ing out is just about the last best
Evening star., 1939-10-20
Rockville PIT. A. Fixes
$500 Yearly Budget
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, Oct. 20.-The
Rockville Parent Teacher Associa-
tion plans to spend approximately
5000 during the current scnool year
for benefit Of the Rockville high
and elementary schools, it was in
dicated at the first fall meeting,
when a budget totaling $500 was
adopted and a balance Of $3.50
reported.
Evening star., 1939-10-20

Women of Cairo, Egypt, are wear
ing silk hosiery from America.
Evening star., 1939-10-20

Comfortable Wsll-known
oxfords with the flexible
nailless construction that
means "Old.shoe" comfort
from the first. II smart
styles in kid, calf and Nor.
wesian.srain calf = plain
toe, wing and straight tip
styles. Regularly
$3.50 ----------- $7.A
Evening star., 1939-05-12
April Building Tops
1898 Despite Sag
Below March
TotoI Hits $95,244,741,
Against $84,842,36
In Period Year Ago
DOLLARS
hsa SHARE
Sr ecial Dispatch to The Star.

Sr tcial Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, May l2-The total
dollar value of building construction
projects for which permits were
issued during April in the 215 cities
regularly reporting to Dun & Brad
street, Inc, was $95,244.741 This
compared with $118,690,39 for
March and $84,842, 1865 for April
1888 With the exception of the
SLIT 1893 ,966 figure reported during
April, 1887, last months building
volume was the largest for April
since 1881. The 1873 per cent gain
shown over April last year, however
was much smaller than the year-to-
year increases recorded during
March or February. while the drop
of 1913 per cent from March to April
was contrary to usual seasonal
advance for the period of about 6
per cent.
Excluding New York, contem-
plated building expenditures in
April for the 214 cities amounted
to s76,553 1852, loss of 2l4 per cent
from the S97 BIT ,424 for March, but
an increase of lis per cent above
the April, 1888. figure of 1854, ,666
New York's building total for
April. amounting to $18.69O,9 ,979, was
1873 per cent less than in March but
15.4 per cent greater than in April
year ago.
Group totals of building permit
values for 215 cities for April this
year and last, together with per-
centage changes, are shown in the
following table:
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Pacific Lighting Shares
Are Placed on Market
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. May 12.-Public Of
fering of the IS dividend preferred
stock OF Pacific Lighting Corp. is
being made today by a syndicate
headed by Blyth & Co., Inc, and
including Dean Witter & Co., Har-
riman Ripley e. Co., Stone & Web
ster & Blodget, Inc, the First Bos-
ton Corp, Smith, Barney & Co.
Bonbright & Co. and w. C. Langley
IL Co. The offering price is $102
per share, plus accrued dividends
from May Is, 1899.
The public offering consists OF
100000 shares of S. dividend pre-
ferred stock less that portion which
has been taken by holders of the
company's $6 dividend preferred
stock pursuant to an offer of ex-
change which expired May IL. 1899
This financing is for the purpose
of retiring all of the outstanding Sc
dividend preferred stock and upon
completion the funded debt and
capitalization of the company will
consist of s7,00O,OO0 of promissory
notes, 100000 shares of S. dividend
preferred stock and 1,608,631 shares
Of common stock.