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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-26

In old-time baseball we have
seen such slick runners like Pad
dy Doran and Panther Pent
trapped between third and home
and still manage to slip away
safely from a half-dozen players
by some unknown scheme, but
present-day fans saw something
in last Sundays exhibition game
between the two mixed teams
that they had not seen before in
baseball. "Skippy" Rueda came
up in the third inning and poled
out triple to deep center. Eloy
Acevedo, Trojan. rookie, hit a
long fly to the same spot. Rueda
dashed for home on the catch but
Jesus Garcia made a perfect peg
to the catcher, who caught the
ball some 10 feet away from the
plate on the third base line with
plenty of time to tag the runner
but the quick-thinking Rueda,
running with the speed of a de-
mon, sprang up and went over
the catcher's reach and fell on
top of the home plate to score
a run. 1t was SO unbelievable
that the fans hesitated some Is or
80 seconds before they realized
what happened to give the young
ster a big hand. Catcher Manolo
Acevedo is still trying, to figure
out how it all happened.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-26

In the grandstands we find
two old time players in the per-
sons of Evaristo and Felo Rod
riguez who with much pride
pointed out to Rueda as my
nephew"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-26

In selecting an All-Star team,
the pitching staff is one of the
important points and in this case
we could not leave the name of
Harry Swiftly" Wickers out of
the list.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-26

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-26

Last minute cancellation of the
Hav-A-Tampa team which was
to have played two local teams
last Sunday should serve as a
lesson to local promoters who
went to the expense of having
tickets printed and put on sale
without the precaution of hav-
ing the visiting club put up some
kind of bond or guarantee which
would be forfeited in the event
the club making the trip fails to
live up to its agreement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-26

Starting from the pitching spot,
the Hamlin bombers have Lefty
Covington, according to Manager
Roy Hamlin. Covington is still
a member of the Key West team.
Then there are Bullet Joe" Casa
and Robert Bethel. Cyril 'Beliss"
Griffin covers number two posi-
ton, although young Joe Navar-
70, an up-and-coming catcher of
the Trojans, offers much COM
petition. The Conchs' backstop
has the experience and hitting
ability of the veteran that he is,
however. Mario Pena has no
rival first base, but the fielding
of Tony Castellano, Blue Sox, is
very much compared with that of
"Two-Two" Kelly. At the key
stone bag we find William Gates,
who has no. runner-up, for that
position where hitting power is
concerned; of course, one could
bring out the fact that Alberto
Acevedo, Pirate second baSeman,
covers a lot of territory. Mario
"Mallito" Hernandez may be said
to be as good a fielding third
baseman as Esmond "Tarzan" AL
bury, but then Albury has the
hitting quality the BUGS hot cor
ner patrolman lacks. At short
stop, Armando Acevedo would
still be the selection of the ma
jority for his experience. Ace
vedo has a pair of rivals for that
post and they are Fidel Lopez
of the Pirates and John Navarro
of the Trojans. In all, the Conchs'
Unfolding cannot be improved in
any manner or form.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-26

Although Ralph Arnold went.
hitless in his first Monroe Coun-
ty League game, the flyweight
shortstopman, fielded brilliantly
handling eight hard chances with
out a miscue. The kid is a conner.
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Evening star., 1939-05-25
Cardinals Unbeaten
1rackmen on Spot
Facing La SaIIe

Two undefeated teams will stage
the last dual track meet of the sea-
son at Brookland on Saturday when
Catholic University and La Salls
meet in the C. U. Stadium.
La Sale has whipped seven op-
ponents while G. U. has an un-
blemished record for five dual and
two triangular meets.
The Cards will be competing for
the first time as Mason Dixon Con-
ference champions, title they won
last Saturday in Baltimore.
Despite their fine record, Coach
Dorsey Griffith holds little hope
that the Brooklanders will remain
undefeated. Every one OF La Salles
field men has bettered competitive
marks of the Cards and c. U. has
only a thin edge in the sprints and
middle distance events.
c. US sensational sophomore,
Johnny Corbett, is prepping to re-
main undefeated in the emile run.
but he also must run In the mile
while La Sale will have fresh men
for each event.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
The Punch Line

"Whoinell is hep" Herr Brown
demanded scornfully.
Matte should know more about
that than we, unless short men,
ory failed to remind him of their
two meetings. But we dismissed
the thought in favor of Browns S
selection on the Baer-Nova fight.
Who did he like?
Nova. I like Nova. I don't think
Baer can fight a lick and never did
HE always was overrated in my
book, and I think Nova1l stick i'm
to DEATH"
Well, how did Matte think Gal
ento would fare against Louis? Did
the bald bartender have a chance?
He scowled and sucked his cigar.
"Louis'll butcher i'm like a beef
steak. Honest, he'll have more cuts
than a preliminary boys purse
when they haul i'm out of there
He won't last a round-especially If
Joe smacks him in the belly"
Suppose Galento gets to Louis
with that left hook-the same hook
that finished Matte in the late and
unlamented battle CT Detroit, what
then?
Nathan shook another clinker
loose from his flre-cracker and
grinned like an Englishman Just
catching the point of a good story.
You know" he chuckled, II still
like that Lind, and I'll lay money
he takes this Thomas"
Goldie Ahearn raced up to the
press bench Immediately after
Mamakos' victory over Zanelli.
skidded to a three-point landing,
and breathlessly demanded to know
If the boys had noticed Mamakos'
startling improvement. The reply
was negative. All of which caused
the slender matchmaker to enumer-
ate Steve's good points.
He give'im this, and he giveim
that, he giveim those, he give'im
these, and, and, well-he Just give
it to i'm good"
To which a wag replied that
Mamakos' entire repertoire of
punches, fOotwork and strate-
gy doesn't add up to five
movements.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Section Tie Is Goal
OF Anacostia Hiqh
In Tech TussIe

Anacostia High will make its bid
for divisional honors in the inter-
high baseball feud this afternoon
when Coach Pug" Lund's pupils
square off with Tech at $3.50 o'clock
on the Eastern diamond Anacostia
can tie Eastern for the flag, necessi-
tatin ga play-off, but a Tech victory
will hand the honors to Charley
Guyon'S men.
Lund will send his ace fireballer,
Art Faircloth. to the mound again
today, and is confident that the
tow-headed youngster will stop the
Maroon in its tracks. Faircloth lost
his first series game last week when
Eastern drove him to cover with a
hail of base hits.
Tomorrow will see the final game
committed in the western division
with Roosevelt playing Central, at
Roosevelt, for the title The winner
will meet the eastern division cham
pion in one game for the city cham
pionship at Griffith Stadium next
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

If he had the opportunity of
going through the heavyweight
mill all over again, Matte Brown
was saying, as he flicked a clinker
from a well-masticated seegar, he
wouldn't do it-unless, of course,
he could start with what he now
knows.
"Jeez," he grunted, his lip mar
ceiling into half sneer, II could
be champeen in tree years. This
pack of tramps they have around
nowadays can't hold up their hands,
much less use 'em.
Il could take 'em all in
there together and rap their
heads together for EN-"
Up in the ring at Griffith Sta
dium Monday night Art Lind, a
cherubic youngster handled by Ken
Overlin, was trying to shake the
CLASSY stare from his eyes, trying
to make pair of rubbering legs be-
have, and trying to regain the up
right position he so hastily aban-
doned when Buddy Thomas caromed
a right off his chin Matte fastened
quiet, appraising eye on the fallen
warrior
Il still like that kid" he NUT
tered.
We wanted to know if his sweep
ing and scathing denunciation of
the current crop of heavies includ-
ed the reigning champion, Joe
Louis?
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Present Yonkees Are Roted
Stronoer Thon Team of '37

Whether the Yankees of today are
- great as the Yankees of 1927 still
b matter for debate, but it is cer-
bain they are greater than the Yam
KEGS of 1887, who were good enough
10 romp off with the pennant and
then go on and flatten the Giants in
the World Series.
The big difference lies in the speed
they have picked up on the right
side of the inf1eld. In 1897 Tony
Lazzeri was playing his last year as
q Yankee regular and getting slower
by the day. His hitting was one
OF the features of the World Series
that year but he was through as a
regular and he knew it. That's why
he asked for his release. Meanwhile,
Gehrig had begun to slow down.
Last year Joe Gordon came up
from Newark and, after slow start
struck whirlwind pace as the sea-
son swept along-but Gehrig was
slower and with the passing of al
most every day Gordon had more
ground to cover on the line between
first and second.
Gordon was in full stride as the
World Series ended last fall and he
is in full stride now, headed for
the point where, sooner or later, he
generally will be recognized as the
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Anacostia Nine Conquers
Blair in Uphill Scrap

An uphill fight resulted in Ana
costa nosing out Montgomery Blair,
1913, yesterday in II innings on the
losers diamond.
Spotting their hosts four runs In
the first, Anacostia found itself on
the short end Of 9-3 count as 1t
came to bat in the seventh. Four
runs in this frame and two more in
the eighth tied the score and the
winning marker was pushed over in
the eleventh.
Art Faircloth shared the pitching
duties with Burroughs while Gordon
and Seaman each collected three
hits. Seaman hit a home run and
triple.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Trojan Track Squad Of 20
Headed for New York

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 25.-A SQUAD
OF 20 Trojan tracksters, winners of
the Pacific Coast title, is en- route
to New York for a crack at the
l. c. A. A. A. A. Trophy Saturday.
Southern CALIFORNIA; s list is COM
posed of:
ard Barney Willis.
440-Erwin Miller
Relay-Howard Upton and Art Reading
Mle--Louis Gamperini
Hurdles-James Humphrey and Earl
Mickery.
Pole vault-Lorins Day and Irving Howe
High jump-John Wilson and Clarke
Mallery.
Shotput-Don Mcneil and Bob Fisher
Qscus-Art Wrotnowski and Phil Casper
Javelin--Bob Peoples. Hugo De Groot
and Reed Trusel
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TO-DAY.
Baseball.

TODAY.
Baseball.
st. Louis at Washington, 3:15.
Western at Washington-Lee,
$3.50.
Track.
Interhigh meet, Central Sta
dium, $50,
Tennis.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for women, Army
Navy Country Club, 10-4.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
washington at Boston, 2.
Georgetown at Temple.
Anacostia VS.. Tech, at Eastern,
$780,
Bethesda Chevy Chase at
Washington-Lee, $50.
Tennis.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for women, Army
Navy Country Club, 1914.
st. Johns at Gonzaga, $3.50.
Track.
Interhigh meet, Central Sta
dium, $50,
Georgetown in intercollegiate
championships, New York.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Boston, 2.
Georgetown at Lafayette.
Wilson Teachers at Blue Ridge.
Tennis.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for juniors and boys,
Columbia Country Club, 81.
The Stars City of Washington
Tournament for women, semi
final matches, Army-Navy Coun-
try Club, 2:30.
Track.
Georgetown in intercollegiate
championships, New York.
La Sale at Catholic U.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Girl Annexes Big Event
In Devon Horse Show
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DEVON, Pa, May 25-The Devon
Horse Show swings into its second
lap today after a brilliant inaugural
marked by the performance of 16-
year-old girl.
Nancy Marie Shaw of Chester
Springs, Pa, riding her bay mare
Huntley Glen, bested a field of vet
Grams to capture the touch and out
subscription stake.
Earlier she took second honors in
competition for challenge cup won
by Mrs. Edgar Smith of Villanova,
Pa, in an open-to-all jumping event.
Mrs. Scott rode Mrs. Owen j. To-
lands aged bay gelding Justa Boy,
who outjumped a class of IS.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Mrs. Be|in Is Hopeful
Of Becoming Second
Champ 10 Repeat
Juniors and Boys Worry
Over Luck of Draw
For Ploy Saturday
By BILL DISMER. Jr.

The first tennis championship Of
the season will be decided tomorrow
afternoon when womens competi-
ton in The Evenings Stars tour
nament comes to a close at the
Army-Navy Country Club.
To the winner will go one years
possession of The Stars perpetual
trophy in addition to a current
ranking at the Districts No l net
woman. The title match will start
at 3 o'clock.
Four girls-Mary Cootes Belin,
Anne Ellis, Willie O'Steen and Mar
60 Lee-were playing in semi final
matches this afternoon to determine
tomorroW's contestants. Mrs. Belin,
the seeded No. l entrant, has the
chance to become the second woman
in the tournaments 10-year history
to win the City of Washington
tournament twice, for only one
champion ever has repeated.
Mrs. Robinson Alone Repeats.
She was Mrs. Margaret Robin
son, who had her name engraved on
The Star Cup for the second time
when she won last year. Mrs. Belin
won the tournament two years ago,
but did not compete in 1888, as she
was out of town.
Today the only ex-champion
among the four semi -finalists was
to play Anne Ellis. while Miss
O'Steen matched strokes with Miss
Lee in the other semi. According
to the seedlings, Mrs. Belin and Miss
O'Steen should win, but of the two,
Miss O'Steen's chances are the
simmer. That is no reflection on
her game. but a tribute to Miss Lee,
who has been playing clever tennis.
Miss Lee probably has devoted more
time to the game this season than
any of the four and only recently
was Bobby Riggs partner in a
mixed doubles tournament at Hot
Springs.
Apprehensive Over Draw.
Meanwhile, junior and boy play
ers were apprehensive over their
luck in the draws for their tourna-
ments; which were to be made today
at Columbia. Although many junior
players of last year no longer are
within the age limit, several out
standing schoolboy racketers are
ready to battle for The Star prizes.
Play will start Saturday morning,
probably at 9 o'clock, and continue
until /. No matches will be played
Sunday or on Decoration Day, but
it is planned still to finish the tour
nament a week from Saturday.
The tournament is qualifying
event not only for the Middle At
lantics but also for the national
tournament at Culver and for the
national interscholastics. Contest
ants for the latter must produce
certificates from school officials
showing them to bona fide students.
All junior and boy players also
are reminded that they should bring
their age Identification cards when
they report for their first matches.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Track Fans Will See
Glenn Cunningham
Al Bargain Cost
Accent Admission Fee
For Stur Meet Stonds;
SchooIboys Eager

Although the great Glenn Cum
ningham has been added to the pro-
gram, the Accent admission fee to
The Evening Star track and field
meet May 80 in Byrd Stadium will
remain unchanged. Cunningham,
biggest attraction on the cinder
path, will run mile against oppo-
nents yet to be named.
Keenly disappointed Is Barney
Oldfield, captain Of the Naval Acad-
emy track team, who hoped to run
against the world recordholder.
Academy authorities refused him
permission. On Saturday Oldfeld,
who runs the mile and miles, Will
do both against Army and victories
in both are considered vital to the
Navy cause.
These will be Oldfield's last races
for the academy. To enhance his
chance in the 2-mile he will save
himself in the mile, in which he is
rated cinch. But for team loyalty
Oldfield would give the mile his all
IN an effort to break the MILDLY rec
ord Of 4:164. Recent efforts have
indicated his ability to turn the
trick. A race against Cunningham
would have given him a clean shot
at the mark.
With The Star games, which will
settle the District A. A. U. and met
ropolitan Washington interscholas-
tic championships, to climax the
season, track interest for the time
being is riveted upon the D. C.
public high school meet, prelimi-
naries of which are being run to-
day with finals slated tomorrow in
Central Stadium.
Feuds growing out of this and
other schoolboy meets, notably the
University of Maryland and C Club
interscholastics, will wax feverish
In The Star games.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.


Today a year ago-Rudy York
and Hank Greenberg hit two
homers each to lead Detroit to
7-3 victory over New York YAM
KEGS.
Three years ago-Bold Ven-
ture, winner of Kentucky Derby
and Preakness. bowed tendon in
foreleg in workout at Belmont
Park and declared out of racing
for year.
Five years ago-Cleveland In
dians traded Holdout Pitcher
Wes Ferrell to Red SoX with Out
fielder Dick Porter for Pitcher
Bob Weiland, Outfielder Bob
Seeds and $25 900 in cash.
Evening star., 1939-05-25

best second baseman in the game,
Charlie Gehringer included. And
playing alongside him now is Dahl
gren, the best fielding first baseman
in the big show.
They had clicked together in
Newark a couple of years ago and
they are clicking again. They have
thrown up a barbed wire barrier
against right-field hitters and they
are two of the reasons why the
Yankees, known chiefly as power
team, are leading the American
League in fielding, too.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Oklahoma Sets Pace
In Big Six Sports
For 1889
By TIE Associated Press.

=
NORMAN, Okla, May 25.-Okla-
homa statisticians figure that Sooner
athletic teams won the 1889
mythical "all-sports" championship
of the Big Six Conference.
Oklahoma won three undisputed
championships, tied for fourth, and
placed second in three others to
finish the year with 2312 points,
figured on a 1928 basis.
Missouri finished second with 33
points, Iowa State had 361a; Kansas,
81; Nebraska, 38, and Kansas
State, AZ.
Oklahoma won the conference
championship in football, baseball
and tennis and shared the basket
ball title with Missouri. The Sooners
were runners-up in outdoor track,
swimming and golf.
Missouri won the indoor track
title, Iowa State, swimming: Kansas,
golf, Nebraska, outdoor track, and
Kansas State won wrestling and
cross-country.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Stops Bout on Charge
Second Rong Bell
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, May 25.-
State Boxing Commissioner Frank
Coskey stopped a scheduled To-
round match between Nathan Mann
and Al Mccoy of Boston last night
in the third round. He charged a
handler for Mann struck the time
keepers bell so seconds before the
end Of the second frame to save the
fighter from a knockout.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Sorrentino Suspended
On Turf Dope Charge
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, May 25-Trainer Willie
Sorrentino of New York, as we'll as
all horses owned and trained by
him, have been suspended by
stewards of the Suffolk Downs race
track. They announced that saliva
test of Last Romance, Sorrentino-
owned entry which won the last
race Saturday at odds of II to /,
had showed a positive reaction.
His case has been referred to the
Massachusetts, State Racing Com
mission.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Hank Greenbers Among Those
Scored OF BY Gehriq

Chance has played a part in the
directing of many a ball player S
career-how much of part even the
ball player frequently doesn't know.
Take Babe Dahlgren of the Yam
KEGS, successor to Lou Gehrig at first
base.
In the years that he was on un-
ceasing duty Gehrig scared off or
discouraged more rising young first
basemen than any other star that
ever played the bag. For years the
Yankees weren't seriously interested
in any kid toting a first baseman's s
mitt or, if they did take one up, 1t
was with the thought of using him as
trading material or sending him to
one of their farm clubs.
Mostly they were robust hitters
Yankee scouts long ago were in
structed, when looking over candi-
dates for any job, to pick only
the hitters. That's why the Yanks
pack punch in every position. The
Yankees sought Hank Greenberg be-
cause he could hit, thinking either
to use him in trade or convert him
into an outflelder But Hank wanted
to play first base and he saw no
future with the Yankees-not with
Gehrig standing guard over first
base. So he got away. But the
Yankees took Gibson and McQuinn
and sent them to Newark. And
took Hassett and fooled around with
him for while and then cut the
string on him.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
SPORTLIGHT
Sport Destiny Works
In Favor of Yunks
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Correspondent of The Star,


NEW YORK, May Is (N.AN.A0.-
There always is such thing as that
mist-ridden, fog mysterious
word as destiny connected with
sport. No one can explain it, just
as no one can explain a big part of
life's unguessable plan or scheme
AS some sporting philosopher once
wrote, Dame Fortune is a cock-eyed
wench that looks not where she
aims"
Taking no credit away from the
Yankee background of shrewd plan
ming and smartness along most lines,
there is no question that this un-
known sporting destiny has worked
in their favor. They took certain
chances, and these chances made
good.
But chance doesn't always work
that way. Chance never works in
any set, given direction. That's why
1t happens to be labeled chance
There are so few certainties in this
somewhat spotty and sporting exis-
tence that they rarely rate the word
The shadow of chance still hangs
above all so-called certainties.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
First Tennis Title Of Season Be Decided Tomorrow Stars Tourney
College Sports

Baseball.
Army, 6; Williams, 3.
Navy, Z; Western Maryland, /.
Cornell, 4; Harvard, 0.
Fordham, S; Yale, o.
Syracuse, S; Rochester, /.
Maine, IS; Bowdoin, 4.
c. c. N. Y, IL; Brooklyn Col
lege, O.
Northeastern, 5; New Hamp-
shire, 2.
Wesleyan, 8; Trinity, 7.
Michigan State, 6; Toledo, o.
Depauw, IL; Wabash, 6.
Golf.
Lawrenceville, 8; Pennsylvania
Frosh, 0.
Track.
Franklin and Marshall, SO; st.
Joseph's, 40.
Evening star., 1939-05-25
Four-Event Truckmon

UNIVERSITY, Ala. (P.-Vaughn
Toilet Is the most versatile man on
the Alabama track team. Vaughn
Is listed in the 100-yard dash, broad
Jump, javelin and 120-yard high
hurdles.