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Evening star., 1939-04-08
Table Tennis Crown
Meet al Boys Club
Starts Monday

A table tennis marathon and a
city-wide tournament were an
nounced today by the Boys Club
of Washington.
In the marathon, on a date yet
to be announced. a picked team
of two boys will be sent from each
of the clubs four branches to start
play at 10 am. and continue to
9 pm. The team winning the most
games will be the champion. 1t
will be held on the Southeast
Branch tables.
The championship tourney will
be held next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Singles and doubles
events will be held in Junior and
peewee classes. Fee for singles
is 10 cents and for the doubles
IS cents, and the entries must be
in at the Southeast Branch, Seven
teenth and Massachusetts, avenue
Sc, by S pm. today. Boys II years
old and under may compete in the
Junior class and II years and under
in the peewee division.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
~ Boy Table PoddIers
To Hold Title Meet

City-wide table tennis champion
ship matches in three age classes
for boys IL to II years old will be
held on Thursday and Friday Of next
week at the Y. NJ. C. A. From 60
to 100 boys are expected to compete.
The matches are sponsored by the
Gentlemen of the Green Cloth,
senior boys game association asso-
ciated with the ~" Divisions will
include boys 16 and II, IA and Is
and II and 49, Entries must be
filed with r. H. Gaber, boys work
secretary of the ~ before 6 pm.
Monday.
Pool and billiard matches also will
be played on Thursday and Friday,
but will be open only to members
of the "Y."
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Dempsey n an1es
Buddy Baer as
Top Hopeful
Called Turn on Max,
Says Brother Will
Find Himself
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, April 8.-Who's
the best heavyweight prospect for
lifting Joe Louis title?
Jack Dempsey, who once did quite
a bit of mauling himself, paused
with his fork halfway to his mouth
and grinned.
you'll laugh when I tell you." he
said. But it's Buddy Baer."
Hes big" the one-time champ
said. He can hit. And he can
take a beating. Some day he's go
ing to find himself"
Called Turn on Max.
Dempsey should know the Broth
ers Baer pretty well. He helped
bring out Max. the playboy. He
predicted Max would knock the
heavyweight crown off Primo Car
nera's massive head. Max did. In
md out of training camps he learned
much about Maxs little brother"
the 254-pound Buddy. who has had
his ups and downs in the ring.
Dempsey wouldn't give a nickel
for Jack Roper's or Tony Galentos
chances against the Brown Bomber.
Here to referee a wrestling match,
Dempsey said:
Roper can't fight, but he has an
outside chance-better than Ga
lento, thousand to one, maybe.
Louis takes on Roper In Los An
geles April II and Galento in New
York in June)
Declares GalentO Declining.
Roper is a good puncher. He
might land one.
Il used to have Galento. five years
ago. He was better then than he
is now. He is wide open. What II
he should by some chance hit Louis?
Joe is game. He can get up of the
floor
The Louis -Galento scrap will draw
a 100000 to s5OO,OOO gate, Dempsey
forecast, and that's big money.
Galento is colorful. Much has been
written about him. The fight will
draw big from the metropolitan
area; not so good from the rest OF
he country"
Evening star., 1939-04-08

has amazed radio listeners, has
been named a director OF the
National Association of Audubon
Societies .. Connie Boswell, the
canary, can't decide whether Babe
Ruth or Jack Dempsey is her
No. l sports hero.
Larry MacPhail resumes broad
casting tonight at a Fordham
athletic dinner Just to let the
home folks know he was back
from the pro tour, Chandler
Harper fired snappy 81 at Nor
folk the other day Henry
Armstrong and Mike Jacobs are
off for London and Los Angeles
respectively.
Rumor foundry: Via the Chica-
70 Times you heard Bud Fischer
is done as Wisconsin's cage coach
and that Harry Stuhldreher will
try to hire George Keogan of
Notre Dame the minute the COL
lege brass hats switch on the
green light.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Varied Sports
CnIleRe Baseball


BY the Associated Press.
Maryland. 10; Dartmouth. 0.
Princeton. Z; Penn State, ].
swarthmore, g.: Pennsylvania; 4;
MASSACHUSETTS, State, = Lehigh, !.
oglethorpe !; Newberry s.
North Carolina. II: Georgia: /.
U. of Richmond, II; Yale. 0;
Hampden Sydney, 49,: Wesleyan, 8.
Mississippi State. Il; Norwestern, 2.
Alabama. 12 Purdue. s.
Iowa s: Louisiana Tech. 5.
North Carolina Teachers. 3; Tennes-
william and Mary. 5; Virginia Tech ..
washington and Lee, 8; North caro-
Michissn t!ha s'a's: !; Wake Forest, u1 in
nings darkness).
College Tennis.
Davidson, .; Albright. l.
Cornell, =; Duke. ..
Elon. Z; Newark u, 0.
College Golf.
North Carolina. 14,a Boston College,
Boston u. Q: Western MARYLAND, o.
Louisiana State. 16f7: washington v.
,St. Louis). u.
COLLEGE Track.
Kansas -: Nebraska. 50.
Southeast Missouri Teachers. 66: North
ern Illinois Teachers. 90:
Davidson. 63 Maryville. 62.
College Fencing.
North Carolina. IA; Duke. 2.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, April 8.-The Amer
ican League argument centers on
the order of finish behind the Yam
KEGS, but the National League has
its own little problem. 1t concerns
the order of finish ahead of the
Phillies, and it gets more answers
than a telephone. with probably as
many wrong numbers also.
Touring through the South this
corner tried to get some ideas as
to what others thought of the Ma
tional League race, and it was like
asking for match and being hand
ed everything from hot coal to
forest fire
Here are a few of the opinions,
most of them very emphatic:
1T will be between the Giants
and the Bees. How are they going
to stop that Giant power"
THE Cubs were good enough to
win last year. They should be ia
vorites this year."
Reds Have Everything.
"The Reds are due. They have
everything-power and pitching"
Don't overlook the Cardinals.
They have speed and youth-and
Medwick and Mize."
you'll have to put the Pirates in
second place at least"
Brooklyn will be in there scrap
ping. The Dodgers have the best
inf1eld in the league"
That gives seven Of the clubs a
chance, indicating the first division
is going to be little overcrowded.
Only the Phils were neglected, indi-
eating they will have lots of fun
playing around in those four second
division places.
This corner had fairly definite
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Every Club in National League
Except Ph;Is Conceded Big
Chance to Win Pennont

ideas as to which teams would be
after the pennant and which would
be after the other teams. but the
ideas now admittedly are little
shakey. The sponsors of the above
statements were pretty convincing
in their arguments. and add to
this the fact that none of the seven
managers is willing to admit his
team is going nowhere in particular.
Leo Durocher is talking a fine
race for his Dodgers, and even the
rugged Casey Stengel dreams of the
first division for his Bee Hive. At
that, the Bees would be cinches if
they could play all their games at
home. Their park is a pitchers
paradise, with its far fences and the
breezes whipping in behind the
chuckers to put wings and tail on
their fast ones The Bees won As
and lost 80 at home last year to
lead the league. but the Cubs won
As and lost 80 on the road. and we
still have a leaning toward a club
that can 60 into the other fellows
back yard and make faces.
Another Tight Race Assured.
The differences of opinion did
point definitely to one thing. how
ever-another tight race for the
privilege of meeting the Yankees
next october.
The openers are less than two
weeks away, and we've looked over
five of the National League teams in
action, but right now de aren't sure
OF but one thing, to wit: The team
which beats out the Giants, Reds,
Cubs, Pirates. Bees, Dodgers and
Cards will be in. Which leaves only
the Phils, but we don't mean it Just
that way. They'll just be in the
cellar
Evening star., 1939-04-08
YIN. c. A. Fed. Quintets
In Second Round

Either Patent Office or General
Accounting Office cagers will be
eliminated tonight when second
round games of the Y. M. G. A.
Government Basket Ball League
play-offs are held at the "Y" gym.
The series is being played under
the double knockout system whereby
a team defeated twice is out. Both
lost flrst-round contests.
Tonight's play-offs start at 7:3O,
with a meeting between Bureau Of
Standards and Library of Congress,
both of which won opening games.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Baseball Call Sounded
By S. (. BOYS Club

A baseball meeting will be held
next Wednesday night at 8 o'clock
at the Boys Club of Washington.
Southeast Branch. Seventeenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
Sc.
ORGANIZATION details. rules and
other matters connected with the
league now being formed will be dis
cussed. Managers interested in
Joining the league are invited to be
present. Practice games for the
Southeast Branch Peewees may be
booked by calling Charles Reynolds
at Atlantic 0949.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
By EDDIE BRIETZ.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, April 8.-Babe
Ruth denies stories (told by Ari-
zona lawyers) that he was gypped
out of so grand in con game -.
Attention, Wisconsin: A North
Carolina U. scout is on the way
out there with orders to bring
back a guy named William Mon
tague Siglar-or else =. (Sig is
q honey of a halfback) >. Is 1t
true Mrs. Dizzy Dean won't let
the Cub trainer massage the
great ones souper?
Carl Snavely is grooming Kirk
Hershey. a guard, to step into
Brud Hollands shoes at Cor
nell So far as Louisville is
concerned, the Derby is 5-hoss
race between Ell Chico, Benefac-
tor, Technician, Johnstown and
Challedon.
Thursdays Cincinnati-Red Sox
game had to be called at the start
of the ninth when both teams
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Baseball
By the Associated Press.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.

BY the Associated Press.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
San Francisco. IL; Oakland 4.
los Angeles S: Sacramento, 3.
Hollywood Q: Portland. :.
Seattle, Q; San Diego. 4.
EXHIBITION GAMES TODAY.
washington (A> VS.. Boston, fNr,
New York tND VS.. Pittsburgh 'N'''
St Louis fA) VS.. Chicago IN
Cincinnati (ND VS.. Boston A.,
Philadelphia (N) VS.. Chat'anoos"
ST louis (N) VS.. Catawba COLLEGE.
RrookIyn (N.) vs. Detroit "a. >
Philadelphia (A.) VS.. Birmingham 80:
philadelphia (AD Seconds VS.. A'lanta
cleveland tAo VS.. Chicago a., A,
New York (A) VS.. Little ROCK 10. A''
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
Boston tN). 8; washington 'Ao' 4 Us
New 'enYaesEk''(Ao YoTk a.: 5; Tulsa It; L.. 2.
stheihnn:.' 81 Iouis as. ;: Chicago tN). 2
(tie, seven innings: -
Pittsburgh ny. 10: Chicago tA.l. I4iie
Philadelphia CN0. B; Chattanooea 'o'
St. a.; icuis i; (N,. II: Gastonia, 9. .
Memphis IS. AZ. g: Philadelphia "a ;: 8.
phiiadelphia lA.) Seconds vs.. Meridian
is. E0, Cancelled. cold.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Roge|| Boasts He'll
Beat Critics Again
And Be Regular
subbina at Third, Tiger
Vet Says He Will Win
Back Post at Short
BY the Associated Press.

1
| AUGUSTA. Ga. April 8-The
blues have departed from Moody
Willie Rogell. and the veteran De-
troit shortstop was back in smiling
good humor today.
Emerging from long spell of woe,
Rogell claimed he was going to play
regularly for the Tigers this season,
Rookie Frank Croucher and 10
year handicap in age notwithstand-
ing.
The 34-year-old Rogell, given to
brOoding when things don't 60 well.
has had bad time of it this spring
with his worries over his job. but
listen to him now:
I'm going to play regularly this
year-unless I'm nuts"
Yet to Lose to Critics.
At the start of almost everyone OF
his nine years with the Tigers Willie
has flung that challenge to others
whom the experts thought might
chase him out of a job.
Every time Willie was the winner,
but this season it appeared to be
the bench for sure. Then frankie
Higgins was spiked and Rogell was
put at third base. young Croucher
staying at Willie's old love, short
stop.
The question remained-Whereto
Rogell when Higgins comes back?
Croucher. "a and ambitious, is
hustling around short as if he owned
the place. He's hitting only .152
however, compared with Rogell's
1858.
Croucher Seems Rusty.
IF the kid proves himself better
man." Rogell said. I'll be satisfied
with bench duty. But I'm not sure
the kid is ready yet.
That season of idleness he had
last year seems to have left him a
little rusty. and I think they'll have
to send him out for more work. Del
Manager Baker, will have to decide
on that. What I'm saying is that
I'm still fighting for my job, and
think I can hold it."
This was not said to disparage
Croucher. Willie Rogell is one of
the first to help rookie. The sea
son of idleness" was last year. when
Croucher suffered broken leg in a
training slide and spent the cam
paign in convalescence.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Metro Softly Inaugural
Scheduled April Is

International Business Machines
and Maritime Commission, cham
pion and runner-up, respectively,
last year in the Metro Saturday
Softball League, will open the sea-
son on Sunday, April 16, with a
game at 2:30 pm. on diamond
No. 10.
Ten teams in all make up the
loop. Others are Carr Bros. and
Boswell, Plaza Wine and Liquor,
Bureau of Engraving, Police Court,
Leemans-Rinaldi. Mullins Cafe,
Civil Service and r. E. A.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
PhiIIies Against Wall
In IA. Hockey Tilt
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. April 8-The Phil
adelphia Ramblers' chances for
the International American Hockey
League championship rest tonight
with the sharpshooting pucksters
who led them to the top of the cir
cult during the regular season.
The Ramblers and Cleveland
Barons will meet in the fourth
game of their best-of five play-off,
with the Barons holding a 2-to-l-
game advantage. Another capacity
arena crowd of upward of 1000 is
assured for tonights crucial tilt.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April g.
Six men huddled in the grand
stand were watching the Little
Rock Travellers cavort.
Their eyes followed a tall,
gangling fellow dressed in an old
Traveller uniform, who was catch
ing during batting practice. He
scooped up every missed or passed
pitch. He turned the inf1elders
around with his pegs. At bat, he
ratified the right field fence.
II don't understand that Man
ager Toporcher." said one Of the
onlookers. Hes raving about
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Discussed Ace Thrills Fans
Bill Dickey, Working Out With Little Rock
Club, Pegs and Bots With Zeal

Bucky Grouse, Ben Rerraioli and
Fred Walters, but that hig boy
out there looks as if he's better
than the three together. Some
country boy, I guess. They could
have given him a cleaner uni
form. I wonder who he is?"
He didn't wait long. Another
fan joined the group and re-
marked:
I've never seen Bill Dickey in
better condition"
The New York Yankee catcher
had arrived a day ahead of his
teammates for an exhibition
game with the Travellers here to-
day.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Southpows Their Meat

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. April (Py.
The Yankees are kidding Jake
Powell and Joe Gallagher about
writing ahead to opposing man.
ayers asking for them to use left
handed pitchers against the world
champions. Powell and Gallagher
start against all southpaws. The
Yanks have faced eight in five
games.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
McNuir Is Chisox Star

NEW ORLEANS, April 8 P.-
Eric McNair appears more like a
bargain every day at second base
for the White Sox. Even if Jackie
Hayes RECEIVERS from his leg opera
ton he'll have a hard time breaking
into the lineup.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
LiIIord CooIs OFF

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 8 tH)
Gene Lillard is regarded as cincn
to stick with the Cubs, but his status
as starting pitcher was bit vague
today after he allowed eight hits
and seven bases on balls in seven in
nings against the Browns.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Performance of AiIinq Pitchers May Decide Issue

there outstanding ball club the National
Of them staggering the
have
Reds don't the front it will be
will be hottest record and
have to be hot to arrive in front
wounded
There the Deans
Hubbe Lingle Mungo mention only few
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Mystery Club Argues Griffith Team Loses Fourth Straight
Win, Lose or Draw
Mccarthy Aware Of Four-in- -o-Row Jinx
By GRANTLAND RICE.

who thinks that Joe Mccarthy the
1889 pennant for granted comca
stout ball club IN
will bucketu
competition Cleveland Boston and Detroit.
they year Joe
them might be considerably stronger And
that jinx
What jnx?" asked.
little Mccarthy said There the Cubs o.
them it. Cubs
in
hadChance
Schultz, flock of others.
Evening star., 1939-04-08
Then the Fomous Athletics Come Cropper


another
Mack always has
ball They 1913
1914 Like Cubs hvebu they
straight they beaten they had McInnis
Collins Barry Baker Bender Plank Coomb and Others all in their
prime ball club, but Boston beat them
unbeatable
hvebu good to
win four straight.
Its tough job win three It's far tougher to clean
things happen and happen
will be tougher"
Dkey quite when he told winter that Joe
that before
had
artist the impression that looking
Larry great
hardest plays look the easiest.
Gordon already headed for the
secondhand them all before his
ts~done.
feeling the Yankee that Joe D Maggie
will heights this He before has been in
he increased his without losing
Of his smoohness.
Mccarthy great
powerful back
shoulder think these things don't help When he takes
blend perfectly
hands work together just they have for great golfer
Evening star., 1939-04-08
The 7-CIub Dream Prevails in National League


the American League
California
Petersburg, stumbled dreams
except Phlle
such hope.
generally conceded that Cncnna Reds have the bulge with
their speed pitching
the others playing
two rockies might make winning difference
fall the Cardinals Dodgers finished sixth
Both should be much this with needed
breaks The Cardinal Medwick Mze but Ray
Blades has others play their and
rookie pitchers deliver Cards will picnic for rival clubs
The is true of the Dodgers.
The Cubs Giants and Pirates just about and the Bos
ton Bees along nicely 1t should be campaign with
of deamers well punched
The might well front is the Reds They
pitching head the
league
Evening star., 1939-04-03

present junior senior school. 1t
would house junior high school stu
dents, and Prof. John Paul Collins,
principal of the Anacostia Junior
Senior School, said I'VE could fill 1t
right now"
Meanwhile, Prof. Collins is consid-
ering what steps to take to relieve
oyercrowded conditions at the school,
built three years ago for maximum
capacity of 1,248 students. The
school now has 1872.
Prof Collins said he had worked
out a plan to divide the three junior
grades from the senior grades and
limit each group to half a day at the
school. If relief is not obtained,
Mr., Collins said, placing the school
on two four-hour shifts Will be the
only way to solve the problem.
Students would be limited to four
major subjects. All shop work, phy-
sical education, home economics and
music would be eliminated.
1--WE could give the students Moth
ing but the bare necessities, an alb
breviated education" the principal
said" and it's all wrong.
"We're going to get q lot more
students next year. Where we are
going to put them I do not know"
Evening star., 1939-04-03
-Four Police Units Confer
On ROYAL Visit Plans

When the King and Queen OF
England get off their train in Union
Station on their visit to Washing
ton this spring, they will have to
pass through four different police
jurisdictions on their brief journey
down Pennsylvania avenue to the
White House.
The police forces involved include
the Capitol police, the Metropolitan
police, the United States park police
and the White House police.
Representatives of these units
were scheduled to meet with the
Commissioners at 2 pm. today to
discuss problems in connection with
the royal visit.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
said they would take up the problem
of roping off the line of march and
also removing loading platforms
along the avenue. Arrangement
has already been made with the
Federal Government relative to pro-
viding flags along the line of march,
Mr.. Hazen said. Under the arrange
ment the District will provide the
American flags and the Federal
government the others.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
Fingerprinting Of Liquor
License Seekers Urged

The Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board today filed with the Com
missioners a proposal that all ap-
plicants for liquor licenses IN the
District be fingerprinted.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
said the purpose of the proposal
was to keep bad actors" out OF the
liquor business in the District.
The proposal pointed out that
persons often coming In from out
side the District acquire licenses
by transfer or otherwise, about
whom little is known by the board.
Chairman Thomas E. Lodge OF
the A. B. c. Board said the request
was made simply as extra precau-
ton. The board, he said, is just
trying to know who the licensees are.
Mrs. Agnes Mason a member OF
the board, pointed out that q finger
print requirement is made in most
Of the States.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

of 1t. Such children are often men.
tally brilliant, however emotionalll
unstable 1t is a tossup, depending
on what environment they get into
whether they end up in Jail or al
highly respected members of so'
ciety. Often the only way out Is II
place such children in good fostei
home.
Justified on Economic Grounds.
The demonstration unit justifiea
itself on economic grounds alone
Even when financial aid must bi
given to keep the family on its feet
this is cheaper than supporting
child entirely in an institution, tt
say nothing of the costs to societI
later If criminal tendencies are al
lowed to develop into adult life.
The basic requirement. says Mis-
Donahue, is to get at the child a
the very beginning of delinquent
behavior. Most of the cases are re-
ferred from the schools childrel
who have started a career d
truancy or of petty thieving. Thi
is seldom due, the social worker
believe, to any inborn depravity
1t usually has definite, although
perhaps obscure, causes. To pre-
vent the development Of an anti
social career these causes must b.
uncovered and remedied at thu
start, before anti-social habits hav'
been built up to q strength wher
it may be impossible to break then
In q lifetime.
Evening star., 1939-04-03
On|y One 'Redheud' in City,
Latest Directory Disc|oses

Charlie McCarthy's," one Sam
Needle" tailor and two John
Laws" The first citizen" is Arnold
L. Aaberg. and the last Albert J.
Zyvoloski.
AS usual, the r. L. Polk & Co.. the
publisher, has set 18 as the minimum
listing age. The 1899 issue embraces
a new feature-the honor roll" a
list of many Washington firms which
make the directory possible. giving
the year of their founding and other
details.
The classified section Of the new
directory catalogues 767 different
kinds of enterprises. The new issue
will receive a wide distribution
among the libraries Of the country.
The publishers maintain one OF the
largest directory libraries in the
United States at 902 F street NV,
where the latest directories OF hum
dreds of cities are available for free
reference.
Evening star., 1939-04-03

This rumor that redheads are pre-
fered In the Federal service is re-
futed by the new Washington City
Directory, out today.
The new directory, which lists
437 ,664 names. or 1882 more than
last year, contains only one Red
head" and that one does not work
for the Government.
On the other hand, there are two
"Brunets" and Is "Whiteheads" on
Uncle Sans pay roll in Washing
ton. There are no "Hitlers" or
"Mussolinis,' but 20 "Heils," two
WARS" and plenty Of "Bombards," ]"
Battles" and "Slaughters."
This being a political town. there
are two "Whitehouses," six Speak
ers," one Uncle" and four Sans,
three Bills" two "Drones,' two
"Sleepers" and a few "Greenhorns," )"
"Dumbells" and "Horrids."
Incidentally, the directory lists 10