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Evening star., 1939-02-23
Vets in Diamond Who S. Who
Only After Long Struggle

ton of who's Who is snapper
little number than those OF recent
years. Its 94 pages hist 239 players
and their histories, IA more than last
year. AS usual. lit will be as much
a part of the baseball writer's equip
ment as their typewriters.
OF course, there are some listed,
as in other years, who haven't seen
playing action for a long time, whose
joints would creak in complaint if
called 1pon for active duty today.
These are fellows like Sweet William
Terry and Pious Pie Traynor. But
maybe the editors saw into the
future in listing Sweet William.
Don't forget zeke Bonura is doing
the firstbasing for Terrys Giants
this summer.
The book also bids the official
farewell to number of past greats,
fellows like Mickey Cochrane and
frankie Frisch, Waite Hoyt and
Rogers Hornsby and Charley Grimm,
all great guys while they had it.
Theyr gnpe from the pages for the
first time. They took out old Heinie
Manush, too, but he fooled them.
He landed with Pittsburgh.
In place of the e-but-not- for
gotten heroes are a new crop.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Rossi, Craving Hormsworth
Title, Can Find No Engine
To Match Gar Woods

pect of the situation Is that Miss
Americas motors now are nearly
Is years old. and yet a man like
Rossi, of almost unlimited wealth,
can't find set of powerhouses to
match them. It's about to get him
down.
"It's because they quit having the
Schneider Cup airplane races" he
explained. THE various govern
ments spent millions of dollars de-
veloping engines just to try to win
that race. The engines weren't good
for anything else-not practical.
They had running life of only
about six hours.
But Wood got hold of four of
them and hooked them up together
in his Miss America, and they've
still got few races left in them.
cannot pet any. The factories
won't make them for me. I've prac-
tically begged them to-"
I was a little incredulous, and
asked the count if he was trying
to tell me airplene motors hadn't
been improved III the last IS years.
Certainly they have" he admit
ted. But they made them air.
cooled and gave them 10 times
longer life. 1 can't use aerial en-
gines in boat. They must be
liquid-cooled, like those wonderful
Schneider engines"
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Cards Meet La 5a||e
In Next 10 Final
Home Court Tilt

Catholic University's next-to-last
home basket ball game of the year
will be played at Brookland tonight
when the strong La Sale quint of
Philadelphia visits the. Cards.
c. US last home game comes
next Tuesday night against Seton
Hall, and the eagerly awaited cur
tain will be rung down on the cam
paign on March 4 at Baltimore Uni
versity.
Despite the heart breaking set
back by Maryland last Monday, the
Cards are determined to battle to
avert their 18th defeat tonight. A
check of the records convinced
Coach Fod Cotton that unsuccessful
foul shooting had cost him many
points and he has had the Brook
landers practicing steadily at the
charity stripe the last two days.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
BY SID FEEDER,


NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-Mace
Brown has made the grade.
It took one of the neatest jobs of
relief pitching since Fireman Wiley
Moore was saving the Yankees
dozen years back, but the Pittsburgh
Pirates big right-hander finally has
been included in the new Who's
Who in Baseball"
For three years, Mace wore a track
from the Buc bullpen to pitching
box with never a tumble. He was a
name on the roster and in the box
scores, but never rang the bell in the
gold-plated directory of the dia-
mond. Last season, iAe Aoke record
by going to work in 81 games. That
turned the trick-he's in the new
book.
For that matter, so is Don Heffner
the fast little intielder He had to
be shipped to the St. Louis BrowAs
to make it, after getting nowhere in
four years with the Yankees. And
Hugh losing Pitcher) Mulcahy had
to be the Tommy Farr of the futile
Phillies' pitching staff for the last
four years to win the honor"
All in all, however, the Oath edi-
Evening star., 1939-02-23

of the old bushwhackers who are
In the majors now" .. Griffith's
team had Greenberg on first,
Gehringer on second, Cronin at
short, Buddy Lewis on third, Eel
Ter pitching, Dickey catching, and
George Case, Joe Di Maggie and
Keller in the outfeld.
The hotel in which the Mats
stop gives a package. of cigarettes
free to every guest at breakfast.
-. But Griffith has laid down a
firm order not to present any of
the ball players with the Gig
gles He's getting tough, the
Old Fox Players no longer
may bring their wives to camp
and rent cottages away from the
hotel -. They'll have to stop at
the hostelry and pay the freight
for their wives, or send the better
halves back home.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. 23.-
Count Theo Rossi, who is what you
might term the leader of the
younger set of speed boat drivers,
is in predicament these days.
The Count, who owns most of the
Vermouth mines in Italy, wants to
challenge Gar Wood for the Harms
worth Trophy so badly he can taste
it, but he can't find in all the world
any engines suitable for the task
and he can't quite make up his
mind to spend approximately
million dollars building such an
engine, himself.
That's what is embarrassing to
the Count-to have to let little
thing like a million dollars stand in
his way.
Sure, I could have such an
engine designed and built for me-"
he said, debating the matter with
himself. But it would take maybe
million dollars and three years
to do it. I'm afraid that would be
little foolish. I guess I must wait
and see if some airplane factory de-
velops such an engine soon.'
The Count wants to be recognized
as the world speedboat king, not the
crown prince. He won our gold cup
and the Presidents Cup last year
hands down, and nobody seems to
doubt he will do it again next sum-
mer. His present racer, the 26th he
has built, is the hottest thing on
the water.
That is, it's the hottest until it
starts fooling around with the old
heavyweight champion, Gar Wood S
Miss America 10. Then it is up
against the same proposition as a
good, fast middleweight trying to
swap punches with Joe Louis. Old
Miss America 10 hasn't been chal-
lenged in four or five years now,
but all the world of boat racing
knows she's sitting up there at
Detroit, terrible as ever and waiting
for another sucker to come along.
You see, the HarmsWorth is a
brute. It calls for three separate
races of so miles each over a tri-
angular course. It demands a ter
rifle amount of boat.
To me, the most remarkable as
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Sabin Big Favorite
As Indoor Tennis
Starts Today
Top-Seeded After Wins
On Dixie Courts Over
Mako, Rated Second
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-Wayne Sa-
bin, who started sorry 1888 tennis
campaign by wrenching his knee
when the national indoor tennis
tile was almost in his grasp, comes
back for another try today as the
annual tournament opens at the 7th
Regiment Armory.
The chunky, square-shouldered
lad from Portland, Greg. goes into
action as No. l seeded of the 64 en-
tries and a heavy favorite. In recent
weeks he has won five Southern
tournaments, with Gene Mako as
his victim in each one.
Easy Starts for Stars.
His opening match, with Martin
w. Juster of New York Univedsity,
should give Sabin little more than a
warmup.
The same applies. in a lesser de-
gree, to the three other seeded play
ers who see action today: Third
ranked Sidney Wood, who meets
Henry H. Daniels, jr, OF New York;
fifth-seeded veteran Gil Hall, who
faces Michael Cafarella of Brooklyn,
and seventh-seeded Greg Mangin,
lone former champion in the field,
who may have some trouble getting
by Louis Valentine of Princeton.
Mako on Court Tomrrow.
Mako, seeded No. 2 and third in
United States ranking, makes his
indoor bow tomorrow. when he
tackles aggressive little Baron H. H.
Won Kohorn of Yokohama and New
York.
With him in the lower half of the
draw are Frank j. Bowden, New
York indoor specialist, who has been
runner-up the last two years; Joey
Fishbach, the steady national junior
indoor titleholder. and Frank Froeh-
ling of Northwestern, runner-up to
Bobby Riggs in the recent Western
indoor.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
{. {. Fawsett Is Winner
In Registered Shoot

c. G. Fawsett, former District am
ateur champion, today had added
another conquest to his impressive
list of shooting honors, winning the
1O0-target registered shoot of the
Washington Gun Club yesterday on
the club grounds near Benning.
FaWsett scored 80, while Kelley
Wynkoop was second with 88. The
class A trophy in the same event
was awarded to c. Spainhour of
Chicago with 81, while the class B
trophy was taken by H. M. Bing-
ham with 81 and the class c tro-
ply was won by T. r. Crum with
the same score.
Spainhour registered AZ breaks
from 10 yards to take the So target
handicap event.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Penn State Five Beats
Mountaineers 10 Get
Closer 10 Hoyas
Jumps From Lost Place
To Third; Princeton
Bowls Over Yale
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-With the
only Eastern basket ball game of
any Importance tonight putting
Long Island University's undefeated
record in some slight jeopardy
against the University of Baltimore,
the others are going to be busy
charting the week end shoals
In the Eastern League. for in
stance, the Columbia Lions hurdled
Harvard last night, 81 to 80, to re-
main within mathematical challeng-
ing range of undefeated Dartmouth,
which it meets Saturday
Princeton toppled Yale, 80 to q, in
the other league game last night to
take tighter grip of fifth place.
In the lone conference contest of
the midweek, Penn State slipped
from last place into third by thrash
ing West Virginia, 81 to 40, and
kept within hailing distance of
Georgetown leaders.
The Pitt Panthers. who virtually
were eliminated from the conference
race IN an upset at the hands of
West Virginia last Saturday. showed
New York basket ball fans there was
nothing radically wrong by beating
Fordllam, 40 to "a, in Madison
Square Garden.
In the other half of the Garden
double header st. Johns walloped
Manhattan. So to IS.
Led by Wilmeth Sidot- Singh. who
scored 20 points. Syracuse slaugh-
tered Penn, 49 to 38, while Navy
rolled unimpeded over Loyola of
Baltimore, So to 25.
The only upset of the program was
little Waynesburg's 42-to-4O tri-
umph over the once highly-rated
Duquesne Dukes.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Delay Not 10 Spare
Fe|dman From K. O.,
Ga|ento Boasts
Tony Wants Louis Fight
After TussIe Tonight
in Ring at Miami
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 23-Tony Ga
lento, brought into better fighting
trim by few extra bottles of beer,
declared himself ready to go into the
ring tonight and kayo Abe Feldman
in masterful style.
Promoters of the heavyweight
scrap, successful in selecting the
only overcast day Miami has seen
recently. postponed the fight from
last night.
Two-ton Tony was undisturbed by
the delay.
I'll knock Feldman kicking, and
then they can bring on Joe Louis. if
he viii fight me-" he modestly an
nounced.
1t is expected the crowd will total
nearly $4,000 and the gate will range
between $25 1000 and $4,000.
Tony weighed in at 223 and Field
man 1867.
While the Galento- Feldman fight
was the main 60, fans expected to
get most of their moneys worth out
OF a non-title 10-round event be-
tween Solly Krieger, the National
Boxing Association middleweight
champion, and Ben Brown of At
lanta.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
!
Has No Pro Offers,
Saws Johnson

Eddie Johnson, Maryland bas-
ket ball and diamond star, may
play professional ball eventually,
but he disclaims that he has had
an offer from the New York
Yankees or any other major club,
as has been rumored.
In fact, Eddie. in discussing the
matter, modestly declared that
I'm no Charlie Keller and there
is no great demand for my serv-
ices. If I started pro ball it would
have to begin with a lower class
minor league team and work my
way up. have talked it over
with dad (Walter, the Big Train
and he said it was up to me,
but as yet there is nothing definite
about what I may do. If a good
chance came along this spring I
might leave school (he's a senior)
and finish my work for my de-
gree later"
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Federal Ban Keeps Cossoque F rom Mats
Huer Trpped by English Language Is Returned to Cuba

Needless to add Griffith is per-
turbed Alexandra is no
youngster-he's 81 years old-but
no less an authority than
Catchen nAl Lopez of the Boston
Bees .says that he is a major
league pitcher {. . :. A little string
pulling AWith the Labor Depart
ment in Washington may be in
order. but now it will take some
days to get Alexandra back.
Asked what players he would
select If he were choosing up
sides and had his choice of all
American Leaguers, Griffith sur
prised all listeners by naming
Outfielder Charley Keller of the
Yankees, who never has played
in a big league game, on his
side >. why not?" demanded
the Old Fox, ''he's better,n most
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Princeton Players Rule
College Table Tennis
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.-The
national intercollegiate table tennis
crown rested today upon Princeton's
Don Kreer and Abbott Nelson, who
swept through the second annual
tournament without a single defeat.
The Tigers climaxed their drive
last night when they dethroned the
University of Pennsylvania, last
years champion, to l, in the de-
Gliding match. Before meeting
Princeton, Penns Izzy Bells and
Len Sarner had won five straight
victories.
Reading High Schools No. l team
captured the national interscholastic
title by defeating Northeast, 80.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 23.-
Pitcher Alexandra Cassaque of
Buenos Aires and Havana-the
guy Scout Joe Cambria was all
set to rename Cassaque Alex
andra-has dropped his first de-
cision in the United States
Cassaque, or Alexandra, arrived
at Tampa on the boat from Cuba
along with Rene Monteagudo, it
has just been disclosed by the
little southpaw. who has been in
camp for some days But
they SEN heem back" Mon
teagudo belatedly informed
President Clark Griffith
"They say heem no read, no
write, no talk the Eengleesh like
me so he's put on boat for
Habana."
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Hockey Scores

International American League.
New Haven. 4; Philadelphia. (extra
period
Pittsburgh, s: Providence, >.
American Association.
Minneapolis 6; ST. Paul, 4
IulSa. 5: Kansas City. flour over
time periods
Eastern Amateur League.
Baltimore Orioles. 3; St. Johns New
Brunswickl. O.
Evening star., 1939-02-23
put Mats ing Fielding Drills Ordered With Move Tinker Field
Win, Lose st: o! or Draw
BY FRANCIS E. STAN
al
Sprinq TRAINING Goes Modern
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
Star Staff Correspondent.

Atrock will be appear
his duties
Clark Griffith pleased
his Washington School of Baseball
will be event of interest
annually generation rockies
a a a
sticky mouth fellow who
speaks
Walsh all the fellows
the rockies about
he has been becoming progressively
hoWled victims geefuy
college
for the wi of old master The badger and the
rockies like Bucky
the University Richmond,
land of North Carolina State Teachers rubb bridge
and Mr. Atrock longer bothe suitable
Mr.. AItrock Hos Long List of Franks
probably
told
hunt He the while
the victims ankles bazh
civilization.
holding bag
back to the hotel the
thoroughly chilled
The payof when he his unhappy
With little
list
Instead attaching badger the end
who
carefully garbage usually
the rope-puller eventually ges-al
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Swonk Hotels, Hiqh-Prced Rockies Stop Pronks

The best beds Thoraasyile
Ga where the White They
take the Stats
When the buher climb business would
give and down he'd the
We didn't ask the question the
Mr. Atorck
days hotels be that
preent-day clubs.
When NICK pitcher
from the cheaper hosy
hotels not welcoming ball
baplayer lives
bapayer restrained the cbowner
does not fancy paying mattress
for in
his prize rookie pitcher sheng and damp
midnight after 3hour wait for the driven Good rookie pitchers
Evening star., 1939-02-23
Harris RingIeoder of One Training Stunt

One OF the
IN 1924 when Mr. Al Schach
ball bachelor duped neatly less parsonage
Harris club painfully group helpmates
The Mats training at Tampa and
Schaht
the coach Buy oranges
advised Mr. Harris and I'll take
Mr. Schacht fell plot rang the bell man
appeared in properly darkened hallway.
Its her husband" yelled forgot
to tell
The HUSBAND ball player whipped
cartridge after the fleeing pair Harris delivered
fell to the
vided catsup for the necessary
Schacht stopped,
again. Back to the hotel he
Get trunk yelled Harris is shot, Al
long time getting
Evening star., 1939-02-23

(See STAN, Page C-2)
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Comments.

BAT1MORE-Retan decreased somewhat following
furnishings best showing and womens
and chidrens about
quiet due partly unsettled conditions and partly
to fear OF lower prices Durable goods
week decline.
CH1CAGo-Cod uninving weather during the
even with the corresponding period of buying
quiet pending spngke weather
was scheduled at approximately So cent of capacity.
store sales
showed gain of "a comparative Relatively
Easter business for small was rejected
in the gain Of only during the
cropped 13 points to 1915 per cent of capacity
DETROIT-Depe intensive advertising and the
during the week. the level of managed show
cent gain last
he the level trade II to IS cent above 1888 Automobile
increased from 87O9 to 1850 units.
KANSAS CTYSghtly better than improved
business sentiment
the rural Both retail and wholesale
small gains the level deposits holding
loans were unchanged Trade collections
isfacory
LoU1sVILLE-ReaI sales dull particularly in the
mems clothing division and volume fell slightly
Some electrical supply
last year Industrial operations showed little CHANGE employment
P1TTsBURGH-Rea first part of April compaed
avoraby with especially divisions
mems furnishings were more quiet and jewry Jagged
comparison with the low level wholesale clothing
volume was up IS to 40 proongon
demand for clothing production dropped more points
to 43 per cent of capacity. ~
eta stores showed decline OF
date OF Easter this For the first April
foreign situation ~ " ~
YOUNGSTOWN-A decline in retail sales of 10 ner
cent brought the level to point about
responding period OF last Wholesale
IN volume Steel mill operations slipped points the latest
placing per cent of canactv
also declined r
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Cotton Goods Sales
Are 70 10 Is Per Cenf'
Of Production
List Prices Generally
Maintained Despite
Log in Demond
BY the Associated Press,

0y tDe AkeOclALeo PfeB9.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Cotton,
goods sales in the past week amount.
ed to 20 to Is per cent Of production,
according to Worth street estimates.
List prices were generally MAIN
tanned in face of sluggish demand,
although there was some pairing Of
quotations to obtain business on
large resting orders placed in the
market below the quoted levels.
Otherwise trading was limited to fill-
in orders.
Sales Of 39-inch 68x72 4.75-yard
print cloths at ~ cents a yard and
80x80s at 534 cents represented the
lowest levels since the long range
downward movement in textiles
started early in 1887. The 381a inch
60x48 625-yard prints sold at 3ss
cents and 361a Inch 80x60 5.OO-yard
broadcloths at 4Ss.
Rayon textile trade was confined
principally to sheers, which COM
peted actively with silk since the
spectacular rise in raw silk Benz
berg sheers showed a slightly easier
price trend.
| Silk fabrics were slow. Woven
goods were available at the low
prices of several weeks ago and there
were indications dealers would all
low concessions on sizable quantities.
Interest in wool piece goods mar
kets showed smart improvement.
Many consumers began to place
initial orders on worsted suitings
for fall promotions. Shipments
against previous orders enabled mills
to maintain active operations, but
traders watched raw price trends
| for definite ideas on fall lines.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, April 22.-The stock
market looked like deserted orphan
today as traders left leading issues
TO shift alphabetically for themselves
over slightly irregular route.
Transfers of less than 2OO,OO
shares were the smallest for any
session since June 10, last.
Partly inspiring speculative in
difference was the desire of both
buyers and sellers to keep COM
mitments light over the weekend
when, 1t was recalled, things have
previously happened in Europe that
jolted the markets one way or the
other.
AS one commentator put it, stocks
will probably doze until they hear
Ded Fuehrer's vibrant voice." Mean
ing, Of course, Hitlers scheduled
speech before the Reichstag newt
Friday replying to the Presidents
peace proposals.
With the choosing up of sides"
continuing at feverish pace
abroad, most in Wall Street seemed
content to maintain a waiting atti-
tude, although it was still apparent
war tension had eased to some ex-
tent as a market influence.
Business news, on the whole. was
more favorable than otherwise, but
pleasing items on this front were
more or less obscured by the over
seas picture.
Securities at Amsterdam. only i'm
portant foreign center open today,
were exceptionally quiet and
shade uneven.
Mild support was accorded shares
of General Motors, Goodyear, Sears
Roebuck, Boeing, Sperry. American
Telephone, Consolidated Edison,
New York Central, Great Northern.
Anaconda and United States Gyp-
sum.
BACKYARD were Dupont, General
Electric, Union Carbide, Philip
Morris, Kennecott. United States
Steel. Caterpillar Tractor and
Owens Illinois.
The growing menace of shutdowns
IN the soft coal industry, as labor
contractual negotiations remained
at deadlock, again was seen as a
market handicap.
Miles, s-Bement-Pond added over a
point in the curb, and Lockheel was
up fractionally. Electric Bond &
Share and American Cynamid b"
drifted lower.
Evening star., 1939-04-22
Washington Produce

1oSnd 17a,s sesge S. TUB ,Hs s g: ssS5s
MEATs-choice beef 1920: good beef.
Is: pork loln. 1920 smoked regular ham.
2}-24; smoked skinned ham. "A: large
smoked skinned ham. %: bacon sliced. IS:
bacon bacon piece, 80; compound, 10: pure
yhST0fk isa7 siss Els: 1iS:lsS 1i%sS bounds esanss
ss;,oo:S.:25: l60;a1O pounds. $3.50. 81:
pounds. 1856 90: calves good grade. SO
DOWN: lambs; 1O.OO-1O.5O: spring lambs
y ;C0.12:OO down: sows. 4.5O-5.OO staes.
,n.,as Prices pa Psid J., shippers; = net fob: Wash;
Agricultural Economies
MGs-Market steady Government
Whises, e. s. 0,aq sxtras. esEs lsrse 'Ap1i cents
U. s; extras. mediums. II cents; U. s..
standards, large. Is cents; u s. stand
ARDS. mediums. Is cents; U. s. trades.
IL, - cents: I.c:,,t! Nearby unEyaded egss Cur
MIXED colors: 151a to IS cents - "'''
LIVE P0ULTRY-Market steady. Fowl:
12 to 13 cents; Leehorns. IL to Ia cents:
ROSTERS: 10 to II cents. Chickens: Vir-
slnla Rocks: Broilers and fryers. all
sizes, Is to 10 cents No. IS. IL to IL
Genus; roasters, 20 cents. Delaware Rocks
Cents cents NINA No rs soo1:d 1s cents roaster
cents LeEhorns .broilers. . pounds snd
up. Is cents: under pounds, IA cents
Turkeys: Old Toms Is to 20 cents; old
hens. 90 to % cents
Evening star., 1939-04-22
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press,

NEW YORK. April 22.-Cotton
futures opened S lower for May DO
sltion and 2 to higher for other
active months. May liquidation con-
tinued. Liverpool was fairly active
buyer and there was some Wall
Street covering. May, 8.l2; July,
7.89; October, TAB; December, TAI;
January, TAI: March, TAG.
Prices steadied on price fixing for
mill accounts and scattered COM
mission house buying in early trade.
At the end of the first hour active
deliveries held gains of to 6 points,
except May. which was 4 lower at
8.13. Liquidation and profit taking
in the spot month continued. For
eign business diminished after the
call.
July sold up from a low of 7.88 to
7.S0, or 3 net higher, while October
traded at Isl for an advance of S.