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The Washington times., 1939-01-27
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MOFFITT, CHEST TER JOsEPH~On
Wednesday. January 26. 1889, ct Georgo
Washington Hospital. CHESTER JOS
DPH MOFF1TT, the beloved husband s9f
Myrtle o. Moffltt and father Of Rolaud
Moffltt. Funeral services from his late
residence. 233 Ninth st. 8. E., on Sat-
urday. January %. at 1 p. m. Relatives
and friends are invited. Intsrment in
Ivy Hill Cemetery. Laurel, Nd. Services
by the W. ". Chambers Co. Boutheaes
funeral home. L
MARY ELLEN-on Thuredsg.
January go, 1899, at wsshington sasit-
loved wife Of James J. o'connor. eldsbt
daughter of the late Thomas ". and
Emily Santmyers, Of Front Royal, Va,
sister of Mrs. G. v. woodward, Ma.
Franz Lebert and Charles ". santmyerp.
Remains resting at the W, W. Chambers
Co. funeral home, f4O0 Chaplin et.S
N. W., where funeral services will -
held on Monday. January 30. at Q p. p.
Relatives and friends invited, ~
Evening star., 1939-09-05
|Hiqh Place Seen for Richmond
With Heavy and Experienced
|Squod of Grid Warriors

Merrick, hefty center, and Arthur
Jones, triple-threat back who also
was an outstanding dash man on
the track team.
Enders Dickinson. veteran of two
years, will be back in one guard
spot, while three likely looking
sophomores are after the other
berths. Clinton Moore, Joe Mack and
Bert Milling.
Tackle starters probably will be
Hal McVay and Ed Sinar, with
Sophomores Dave Robertson and
Max Katz as reserves. Three letter.
men avilable for end duty are Dick
Humbert, Bill Burge and Dick Cash.
Hoskins Goes to Fullback.
AS his first strategic move, Thistle
thwaite moved Stuart Hoskins from
wingback to fullback. Bill Fitzhugh,
converted lineman; Ned Butcher,
Ed Bragg and Bruce Van Buskirk
are also tested ball carriers who are
expected to produce versatile at
tack.
The schedule: September %, Ap-
prentice School at Newport News;
80, Randolph-Macon; October Z,
Washington and Lee at Lexington;
IA, Rutgers at New Brunswick; q,
Gettysburg; %, Citadel; Nov. 4, Vir-
ginia Military Institute; November
II, Virginia Tech; 1s, Hampden-
Sydney: 80, william and Mary.
Evening star., 1939-09-05

currently swatting only 288, handles
first base, while 19-year-old Bobby
Testruth holds down second base
and Steve Stavnicky, hitting 1926,
is the third baseman.
Catcher Bill Baumy is socking at
a 1923 pace, while Keneth Noble and
Gene Dornbrook complete the regu-
lar curving corps. The Rosenblums
have drifted Pitchers Frank Keber
from the Lyon Tailors and Armand
D'Anna from Fisher Foods, however,
to fortify their mound staff.
Heurichs Play Saturday. s.
The Heurichs Brewers, Washing
tons representative in the tourney,
will play in the first game of Satur-
days double header, with Detroit
slated to play in the nightcap.
Drawings will be made Friday night.
Teams twice defeated will be
eliminated. The final will be played
September II at Griffith Stadium
as the first game of a double
header, with the Nationals facing
the Tigers in the second game The
twin bill. incidentally, will honor
Johnny Stone, former Washington
and Detroit outfielder.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Cleveland RosenbIun1s Rated
Hot Nine for Sond|ot Set
Starting Here Saturday

Recognized as one of organized
baseball's more fertile pastures,
Cleveland's sandlots have produced
a champion this year which appears
a gilt-edged threat to snatch the
National Amateur Baseball Fedora
ton tourney title in the lengthy
series which starts Saturday with
a double-header at Griffith Stadium
The Cleveland Rosenblums, 1894
world champions, will be shipped
here to compete with % other teams
for the coveted crown and, accord
ing to advance reports that club is
composed of some rather sizzling
specimens.
Jimmy Wasdell, who launched the
season as Washington's first base
man, was a member of the Rosen-
blums when they captured the world
championship five years ago and,
along with Joe Kuhel, Joe Vosmik,
Del Young, Steve Sundra and Al
Milnar, comprises a noted list of
graduates from Cleveland sandlots.
Rosenblum Sports "AngeL"
Amateur baseball in Cleveland for
years has been recognized on plane
with the best in the United States.
Chiefly responsible for much of the
interest there is Max Rosenblum,
multi-millionaire department store
head who Is an avid sports fan.
Organizer of the famed original
New York Celtics professional bas-
ket ball club, Rosenblum also intro
duced softball to Cleveland and his
girls team recently created a SEN
sation at Madison Square Garden.
He backs numerous Cleveland sports
enterprises, but his baseball team
attracts most of his xtra-curricula
attention.
Hoping to wrest the championship
from Detroit, the Rosenblums have
several youngsters in their lineup
who have attracted the attention of
major league scouts. Among them
are Roy Pinyoun, a pitcher, who
has won IL games while losing
only 2 this year, and Ernie Kish,
Ohio University senior, who per-
forms in left field.
Heinie Laurie, former University
of Alabama shortstop, is leading the
Rosenblum hitters with 1927 aver
age, although bespectacled Henry
Kuehle, graduate of Western Re-
serve, bats in the cleanup spot.
Vic Zupancic, smooth fielder
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Tech Hunting Center
As Gridiron Squad
Begins Practice
Thompson Drills School
Team at Comp Let's;
Other Groups Out

Going in for training on a major
league scale, some 40 Tech High
gridders were slated to shove off
today for Camp Let's, Nd, and
two weeks of intensive work on
fundamentals under the watchful
eye of Coach Rusty Thompson.
Joining the Big Gray in harness
will be a quartet of stay-at-homes,
Central, Wilson and Anacostia In
the public school group, and Dev-
lit Prep, second private school to
get under way. Carl Heintel, Will
son coach, requested all candi-
dates to report with gym suits at
l o'clock, Eastern was to be on the
field from 10 to 1890 o'clock, under
Coach Mike Kelley, and Roland
Lund sounded call for Anacostia's S
candidates to assemble on the Fair
lawn Field at 10 o'clock.
At Camp Let's Thompson will be
assisted by Artie Wondrack, one
time Tech and later Maryland line
man, and the carrot-topped mentor
will need all the help possible, for
only six lettermen were included
in the group headed campward.
The list included two guards, Bill
Benner and John Buckley: a tackle,
Ryan Souther, and three backs,
Don Cockrille, Jim Miller and
Whitley Hall.
Tech has no center, since Bill
Miller graduated and Paul Di Megio
transferred to Eastern, and this may
be the most vulnerable spot in the
line. But Thompson has high hopes
not only of finding a good pivot
man during his sojourn at Let's but
also of bringing home a we'll
groomed first team, oiled and primed
for the seasons debut against Epis-
copal on September 80.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 5.-Al-
though not regarded seriously as a
title threat, the University of Rich
mond will enter the Southern Con-
ference football campaign with a
heavy. experienced squad which
should wind up creditably high in
the first division.
Head Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite
never had turned out losing team
The records show that in 81 years
at Northwestern, Carroll and other
Midwest schools before coming to
Richmond, his teams have yet to
drop below the 500 mark. Richmond
supporters will be surprised If the
Spiders lose more than 2 of 10
scheduled games this fall.
Lose Fronczek at Tackle.
Richmond's promising line suffered
major blow with the announce
ment at the initial practice yester-
day that Andy Fronczek of Chicago,
200-pound, 6-foot regular at tackle
last year, had decided not to return
to school.
This decision, Thistlethwaite said,
may have been the result of develop
ments in Europe. "Andy's people are
CZecho- -Slovakians and his associates
tell me he became very moody after
the invasion Of the republic" the
coach stated.
Richmond standouts are Capt. Ed
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Warfare Seen as Due to End
All International Golf

There won't be any reason to raise
any more fuss about the makeup of
the American Ryder Cup golf team
for its scheduled international match
against the British at Jacksonville
in November. Nor probably about
any Walker Cup team match next
year. Europe's latest war has shut
off all chance of any international
golf matches for quite a time to
come. and the British will be more
occupied with spade work than divot
cutting.
Oficial announcement has come
OF cancellation Of the Ryder Cup
matches. scheduled for the Ponte
Vedra Club of Jacksonville Beach,
Fla, but Fred Mcleod, born in North
Berwick, Scotland, and now an
American citizen, doesn't think there
will be any international matches
next year.
Probably the war won't immedi-
ately affect the six British entrants
In the national amateur champion
ship next week, but undoubtedly
there won't be any American inva-
sion OF Britain next spring. For
Evening star., 1939-09-05

18 years-since 1921-Americans
have gone abroad year after year
seeking the three British champion
ships. They were pretty successful
until few years ago when Britain,
with Henry Cotton. the Whitcombe
brothers and Percy Allis. began to
win the British open title. Ameri-
cans also won several British anna :
teur championships, among them
Bob Jones, Lawson Little, Charlie
Yates and Jess Sweetser.
British golf took a body blow dur
ing the last war, a blow from which
it didn't recover until a very few
years ago, when the boys born dur
ing or just after the war began to
take command Of the situation.
American Walker Cup teams were
so uniformly successful that there
was talk of stopping the competi-
ton. And American professionals
and Bobby Jones virtually had their
own way with the British open
championship for 12-year stretch,
starting with the victory of Jock
Hutchison In 1921 and ending with
Denny Shute's win in 1888.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Capital Linkswomen
In Mason-Dixon
Tourney Star
Qualifying Scores Of 81
Hit by Marion Brown,
Betty MeckIey
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w.
Va, Sept. 5.-Start of match play
in the Mason-Dixon womens golf
championship today found a former
titleholder and a new threat In the
thick of the fight.
Virginia Guilfoil of Syracuse, N.
Y, 1887 winner, posted a 4-over-par
78 to share medal honors with Jean
Kyer, former Michigan State champ
from Ann Arbor, who gained the
deadlock with birdie deuce on the
18th hole.
Three strokes back of them was
Defending Champion Dorothy
Traung of San Francisco. who fin
ished in a tie with Mrs. Ann Hob
litzel of Parkersburg, West Virginia
State titlist.
Marion Brown of Washington,
Maryland champion, who beat Glen
ma Collett Ware in the recent ma
tional play, had an 80 along with
former Maryland Champ Mrs. Betty
Meckley of Washington. Trailing
them with 86 was Mrs. Linton Falls,
Ohio State winner from Toledo.
Pairinss in the championship fight. with
qualifying scores. include Miss GuIlfoil VS..
Mrs. E. F. Buescher .u01l. Willoughby.
Ohio: Mrs. E W Stifel tS9l. Wheeling.
". Va; VS.. Phyllis Bennett f9o,. Crosse
Points Farms. Mich: Mrs. Sam Israel jr
ts5D; New Orleans. VS.. Mrs. Harbeck Hal
stead go. New York City: Miss Traung
vs.. Cecilia Einstein (99. Jackson Heishts.
N. Y: Mrs J. H. Helm ts7). Kane, Pa.
VS.. Mrs Gerald Rosenberger ta3l. New
York City; Mrs HoblitzeL vs. Mrs Harold
Banghart 800. Warren. Pa Miss Kyer
vs.. Mrs. J. H. Devisser GO1, Bloomfield
Hills, Mich: Virginia Paddock tssl. De-
troit, VS. Mrs. Carl Holmes 1927. fuckers
town, Bermuda; Miss Brown VS.. MIS- NJ.
j KneiSel l9s). Lakewood. Ohio: Mrs. T,
E Schluderbere ts5l, Baltimore. VS.. Mrs.
H. j. Cooper C95l, Washington:- Mrs Leon
Solomon fs0l, Memphis, VS.. Mrs. r. L.
Rose 1000. Washington
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Flooded Grid flinders
Cards al Outset
OF Practice
c. U. Is Likely to Drill
In Gym; Maryland to
Begin Work Today

Catholic University and Maryland
were supposed to join Georgetown
In preseason football practice to-
ay but whether the Cardinals would
be able to make it without water
wings, a couple Of canoes and a life
guard was problematical.
Catholics stadium is one of those
water-tight affairs, and after a
shower of last nights proportions
resembles a beautiful fishbowl with
enough water to float a school OF
whales. About the third day after
the deluge couple of islands appear
along the 50-yard line, and finally
the entire field returns in the gllise
of nfarshland. One week Later it's
safe for an athlete to run on it
without danger of sinking over his
head in the soggy turf.
So, Bergman's boys PROBABLY will
spend the morning in the lecture
room and afternoon in the gym.
running through signals.
Maryland, with Frank Dopson back
at the helm, was scheduled to in
augurate two-a-day practice pro-
gram with a brief meeting and
blackboard drill in the morning and
field work in the afternoon. Begin
ming tomorrow, the Terps will spend
all OF their time out in the wide
open spaces as the battle for staff
ing positions gets under way,
Georgetown expected the last of
its SO players on the campus today,
and Jack Hagerty intimated that
by Friday the Hoyas would be in
high gear, scrimmaging and carry
ing a full load of midseason work
Hagerty plans to discontinue scrim-
mage after the opening game to
guard against serious injuries.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Youngsters Back Vets
In Stone Fund Game

High treason today was reported
in the camp of the Old Timers base
ball nine which will oppose Lu
Blues pupils Thursday night at
Ballston in benefit game. The Old
Timers, it seems, will employ the
services of Jimmy and Billy Robert
son. twin nephews of Clark Griffith
and members of the Roosevelt High
School team, which is strictly against
the code.
Walter johnson, Doc White, Jack
Bentley, Walter Beall, Frank Watt,
Joe Judge. Sam Rice and Bill Lamar
are signed for the fray. but these
are bona flde candidates.
Proceeds derived from the fray
will be divided between the John
Stone and Arlington Youth Center
funds.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Pro Basket Ball Boom
Seen in New York

BY the Associated Press.
Pro basket ball is due for a boom
season in New York State, with the
organization of a State league well
under way.
Lou Greenberg of Syracuse, one
Of the sponsors, credits Ned Irish
and his Garden double-headers with
dressing the cage game up in top
hat and tails and setting the stage
for a big year.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Two for Occoauun

Occoquan Penal Institution took
both games of twin bill yesterday
defeating the Lorton Blues, 86, and
Petworth A. c., 4-2. Bakers pitch
ing and Rogers hitting featured
the first game, while the mound
work of Snyder and Gillespie was
outstanding in the nightcap.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
P. W. A. Pinmen Sturt

Public Works Administration
bowlers will get the bowling of to
a flying start tonight at Chevy
Chase Alleys, with the first match
scheduled for 8 o'clock j. j. Madi-
gan, executive officer of the P. w. A.,
will roll the first ball.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
BY WALTER Mc(ALLUM.

Bob Barnett, Chevy Chase pro
and chairman Of the committee ar
ranging the Middle Atlantic P. G. A.
championship, isn't going to do
anything about The tourney until
all the money for the affair is in the
bank. While AL Houghton, tourna-
ment promoter, claims to have
raised nearly $1,000, Barnett says
the pros are not going ahead with
any announcement of the place and
date until the cash is in hand. And
with nearly $500 raised in pledges
and advertising commitments, lit
tie actual cash has been banked
So the tourney, so enthusiastically
started several months back. isn't
yet definite.
The Mid-Atlantic pro golf affair
probably will take the place Of the
District open this year, for the pro-
fessionals have shown no DISPOSE
ton to sponsor the District tourney
and 1t may be abandoned.
The cream of the local public
links crop all were playing today
in three separate medal rounds, de-
signed to qualify 80 men for the
match play imbroglio which starts
tomorrow at East Potomac Park.
Andy Oliveri, reigning champ and
the man to whip, played at Ana
costa Park and seemed sure to win
one of the eight places. Sixteen
were to qualify at Potomac Park
and eight more were to enter the
match rounds from Rock Greek
Park.
Tourney on at White Sulphur.
Up at White Sulphur Springs
w. Va. a score of Washington wom-
en- were playing in the Mason Dixon
tourney match play rounds today,
where Marion Brown and Betty
Meckley tied at 80 to top the local
contingent, and easily made the first
flight. Others in the top flight were
Mrs. H. j. Cooper and Mrs. R. L.
Rose. Also in the tourney are the
following Washington women: Mrs.
George Goetzman, Mrs. H. A. Knox,
Mrs. j. J. Mccarthy, Mrs. C. M.
Hammersla, Mrs. Houston Harper,
Mrs. H. A. Mihills, Mrs. F. r. Keefer,
Mrs. G. F. Rhodes, Mrs. r. N. Trezise,
Mrs. w. Warren. Mrs. H. L. Lacey,
Mrs. Harvey Cobb, Mrs. Ethel Burks
and Julie Harper.
Their three-day links holiday over
golfers around town settled down for
the fall competitive activities, which
will see the feminine players COM
peting in several large affairs and
the men playing in club title
Journeys.
At Chevy Chase, D. D. L. McGrew
president of the District Golf Associ-
alton, topped large field to win
the Presidents Cup. McGrew, play
ing with IA handicap, shot 78 to
finish up on par. j. P. Marshall
was second, and S. s. Alderman was
third.
The House Committee tourney at
lille with 78-10-68. Other winners
included DR.. Robert A. Keilty, w. H
Wenzel, w. H. Quealy. C. w. Dudley
Arthur Dowall, o. T. Smith and
R. C.. Hibben.
Balestri Medal Winner.
Joe Balestri's II won him the
medal in the Beaver Dam Club title
tourney, whose match rounds start
this week for the undefended title
Martin F. Mccarthy is not defend
ing. The driving contest went to
D. E. Mattison, with a wallop OF 280
yards. Mattison also won the ap-
preaching tourney, finishing 10 feet
from the pin. Billy Griffin. jr., won
the putting event. The women's
driving affair was won by Mrs. E
Harris, while Mrs. r. NJ. Brown won
the approaching and Mrs. R. E
zuber won the putting event.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.

Richmond, 81; Portsmouth. 90.
Norfolk, 11-2; Durham. 4-s.
Asheville, 5-3 Charlotte, "A.
Winston Salem. 5-4; Rocky Mount,
4-6.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Dallas. 81: Fort Worth. 60.
Houston. I'll; Beaumont, 90.
Shreveport 4-: San Antonio. 2-2.
Tulsa, SIS: Oklahoma Citx 80.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE-Bucky Taylor, 1873,
Baltimore, outpointed Jackie Sharkey,
1874. New York 1O).
SILVERPEAK, Nev-Max Baer. 21S,
Los Angeles. knocked out Ed Murphy.
200, Silverpeak ~.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Harrisonburg, "a; Staunton, ~.
Salem, 8; Lynchburg f.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
the
SPoRTLIGH7
Blades Delivers Load
Of Night Ball Dope
BY GRANTLAND RICE,

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. S (NA.
N.A0.-Sportman's Park in st.
Louis hasn't been equipped with
lights, so the Cardinals play no night
games of their own, but their man
ager has had about as much expert
ence with night baseball as any one
in the big leagues, including Larry
MacPhail. Ray Blades managed
teams for six years that played un-
der the lights-three years in Co.
lumbus and three in Rochester. For
part of that time he was a playing
manager. He knows the game, then,
from the players angle, too.
In common with many baseball
men-and that goes for some of
them who have lights in their parks
Blades does not like night baseball
personally. For that matter, I
never have met ball player who,
having had actual experience with
the game. liked it, and asked Ray
If he ever knew one.
Yes" he said. But only one.
Remember Bill De Lancey, who was
such a swell young catcher with the
Cardinals and then became i'll?
Well, Bill liked the night game
when we were playing it together
in the minors. But he's the only
one I ever met-or ever heard Of.
Whether you like it personally
Or not. though, you've got to admit
that it has helped many minor
league clubs and some clubs in the
majors. 1t would help our club, I'm
sure-look what it has done for
Brooklyn. And as far as the minor
league clubs are concerned, many
of them would have folded up with
Allt il
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Worms Thot Too Many Night
Games Would CoIIous Fons.

Everybody knows that. I'm not
telling you anything new. But here's
something you don't hear much
about: Night games-and I can
prove this by the record in many
minor league towns-should be few
and widely spaced. Seven year
for big league club is just about
, right. They are thinking now about
increasing the number, know. But
they'd better not increase it too
much and it wouldn't be bad idea
II they let it stand.
You see, night game once in a
while is good show Even second
division club will draw a capacity
crowd with night game-once in
while. But if it plays night games
regularly, you'll see the attendance
drop back to the daylight level. The
novelty wears off and the fans real
lie that second division ball club
Is Just that-by night or day."
Evening star., 1939-09-05

to a new tune about feminine top pieces II
Hat With Cherries" Mr.. Green his versatility
too, planning to from "Jumpin to tuneful
Man and Dream"
SSopm-WMAL Dorothy Thompson the on i'm
porant affairs, foreign and domestic will discuss
events In the flaming cauldron is Europe
sHORT-WAVE PROGRAM
73opm.-RoME in English 2Ro II 81 meg 254 M: 1RF
9.83 meg, 30.5 m.
1880 pm-BERL1N Today in Germany, DJD meg 254 m
730pm-CARACAS Vennese orchestra YV5RC meg ST. m
Sl5 l5pm-TOKO, Japan Information Series JZI 177s meg
168m
800 pm-HERED1A, "Voice Rca' in English T14NRH
969 meg, 300 m.
1o25pm-PARIs French events in English TPBl1 meg
252 TPA4 I'LL meg. 256 M
(Note-Short-wave advance and
1t Is likely that entertainment London sta
tons have been Cancelled probable however that there
will be- at unedued hours bulletins these
British Broadastng Co. stations GSF meg 1913 m GSD
1175 255 GsC s5s meg, m GsB e1 meg 81 m
Evening star., 1939-09-05

SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Augusta. 8; Columbia. 0.
Savannah, 6; Macon, 4
Spartanburg. 7-3; Greenville. "S.
Columbus, 4; Jacksonville, 2.