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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
BACMEN DEFEAT
BUILDERS, l3-l
Wertheimer Ten Collects 81
Hits; Company A-Bakers
Game Postponed

A downpour of Wertheimer Bag
company hits rained all over Robert
Strange playground last night as the
Bagmakers ran up 10 runs to the E.
W. Godwin's Sons one in the first
game, and the markings of a down.
pour of rain halted the second af-
fair with Company "a" leading the
American Bakers 8 to 0 in the last
half of the fourth when the game
was called.
The Wertheimer boys filled the
ball yard with a total of 81 hits to
continue their unbroken string of
victories for the second half of the
Independent loop.
Red" Hansley was in top form,
both at the mound and plate. He let
the Goodwin boys have four hits, but
picked up three hits for four to make
up for it.
Steele, Bagman short fielder, fat
ted his average with three for three.
PEPPER, Bishop, and Cherry got three
for five each. Johnson and Steele
both picked up clean knocks in the
Bagmen's prize-winning fourth which
saw eight runs cross.
To throttle the Builders, the Bag
company's boys completed a brace
of fast double plays and deported
themselves as if on a picnic.
The score by innings:
Wertheimer ----21O 800 0-13 81 1
Builders 1000 00i O-1 4 8
Batteries, for Godwin's team, Le-
Gwin and Mcdonald; for the Bag
men, Hansley and Fountain.
The second game started with
Company "A" quickly cunning for
a win at the expense of the Bakers.
They were out in front, headed for
a shut-out, when rain started. Fear
that the rain would crack the arcs,
caused the league officials to stop
the affair, cut the lights, and the
game will be played off at a later
date.
TODAY'S GAMES
Ethyl-Dow VS.. City Optical; Boys
Brigade VS.. Spofford Mills.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
YANKEES DEFEATED
BY BROWNS, IA Il
Walt .Judnich Hits 18th Home
Run Of Year With One
On In Ninth Inning

ST. LOUIS, July 24.-R-Th e
world champion New York Yank-
ees came apart at the seams to-
day, losing a IA to II debacle to
the St. Louis Browns when Walt
Judnich hit his 18th home run OF
the year with one on in the ninth.
1t was the fifth straight defeat
for the Yanks, who skidded within
a game of the eco division IN
the American league.
What made the outcome all the
more shocking was that New York
had gained a six-run lead in the
first inning when Bill Dickey nit
a home run with the bases loaded
and Joe Gordon hit one with them
empty. Toe Dimaggio and T o m
Heinrich also hit homers for the
Yanks, but their pitching collapsed.
The Yanks used six hurlers and
the Browns five to give up % hits
and Is walks. Steve Sundra, who
won II games and lost only one
last year, was charged with his
second defeat in "a hours. He
hasn't won a game and has lost
five This wear d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
BUGS Rally In 9th To Beat Beaufort, So
Mildred Burke To Meet
Gillian On Mat T0nieht
Star-N ews Scores Sc
Win Over Junior Order

The Star-News softball team de-
feated the Junior Order ten s to 6
in a Hanover league game played
yesterday afternoon at o b e r t
Strange park.
The Juniors outhit the Newsmen
9 to 8, but their three errors to the
winners two offset the advantage.
Bill Bowen with three for three
and High Griffith with two for three
paced the Newsmen at bat. Borne
man and Rhodes garnered two for
three to lead the losers at the plate.
Thigpen, pitching his first game,
won the Star-News' first game of the
second half season. Griffith was the
winners catcher. Voss and Russ
made up the Junior battery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
INDIANS TRIUMPH
OVER AS, I TO 6
Roy Weatherly's Two-Run
Homer Decides Game For
Cleveland; Smith Winner

CLEVELAND, July 24.-P-Roy
Weatherly's two-run homer was the
decisive FACTOR today as the Cleve-
land Indians turned in their fifth
straight triumph to stay a half-game
behind the league-leading Detroit
Tigers. %Southpaw AL Smith received
credit for the Z to S victory over
Philadelphia.
Neither Chubby Dean, the Ath-
letics' starter, nor Smith, who post
ed his tenth triumph Of the season,
went the distance. The Tribe gained
a II lead off Dean and Herman
Besse before the Athletics. rallied for
five runs in the sixth, sending Smith
to the showers. Harry Eisenstat fin
ally stopped the Philadelphia scor-
ing.
Bob Teller, kingpin of the Cleve-
land mound staff, was hit in the
face by a thrown ball during pre-
game practice but was not seriously
hurt and warmed up in the bull pen
in the eighth inning. A moist towel
was applied for a time to his left
cheek and jaw after he walked in
the way of a practice throw by
Keith Monroe, a rookie sandlotter
working out with the Indians.
n a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
TIGERS BEAT MATS TO HOLD LEAD
HUTCHINSON GETS
FIRST WIN, rs
Relief Hurting Of Benton
Saves Day For Detroit;
Greenberg Gets Homer

DETROIT, July 24.-P-The De
troit Tigers $4,000 rookie, Pitcher
Freddie Hutchinson, chalked up his
first American league win today at
the expense of Washington's Sena-
tors, but the league leaders owed
no small part of their 7 to 5 victory
to the relief pitching of big Alton
Benton.
Hutchinson shut the Mats out with
three hits for the first five innings,
but he yielded four hits and two
runs in the sixth and three consecu'
tive singles-each good for a counter
before he was removed from the
mound in the seventh.
Tom Seats, who relieved him,
went the way of Hutchinson after
he had permitted the three runs tc
score and Benton took over for De
troit. The towering right-hander
yielded only one single and a walk
in two and a third innings, while
he struck out four.
The Tigers got all seven of their
runs off Sidney Hudson. Three OF
the markers came in the first inn
ing and four in the third.
Hank Greenberg's 18th home run
of the season drove in two of the
runs in the first inning. Pinky Hig'
gins cut loose a round-tripper with
two men on base in the third.
The Tigers could not solve Joe
Krakauskas, who followed Hudson
for four innings, nor Walter Master
son, who worked the eighth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Trophy To Be Giuen
Coastal Loop Winner

The Coastal Loop, which is grow
ing from four to six teams OF
youngsters and which is improv-
ing daily in the brand of ball being
played, will play for a cup in its
first season, it was announced yes
terday.
The cup is to be given to the
winner of the loop by Foy, Roe
and company.
The loop was organized here this
year by a group of youngsters who
wanted to. play baseball and who
had no one to sponsor any S u c h
league. They got together, lined
up their teams and have been play
ing a regular schedule since.
Second half play will be begun in
the near future, at which time two
new clubs will be admitted to the
loop. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Walters Pitches Reds
To Win Over Brooklyn
Cincinnati Increases Loon
Lead To Eight Games With
To 3 Triumph

BROOKLYN, July 24.-P-Bucky
Walters mastered the Brooklyn
Dodgers with SEVENTH pitching to.
night for his 18th victory of the
season as the Cincinnati Reds rap.
ped out a 6 to 3 decision and in.
creased their National league lead
to eight games.
The Reds clouted Tex Carleton
with a four-run furry in the second
inning and never were in danger, al.
though Dolph Camilli took some of
the edge off their triumph by hit.
ting his eighth home run of the
season with Joe Medwick on base
land two out in the ninth inning.
1t was the 18th victory in 10
games for the Reds, whose sweep OF
this three-game series gave them a
record of seven wins in their last
eight games with the Dodgers.
Walters worked effortlessly to.
ward his goal, giving no walks and
keeping out of trouble except in the
second and ninth stanzas. The first
run off him came on successive
doubles by Dixie Walker and Jim
Wasdell.
The crowd of 30,102 lost most of
it's enthusiasm when the Reds scor.
ed a run in the first frame on Lonny
Frey's double and Frank McCor.
mick's single and was left complete
ly limp by the four-run frame that
followed.
With one out, Mike Mccormick,
Billy Myers and Walters hit sue.
cessive singles and then with two
out Frey singled and Ival Good.
man tripled.
This ushered in Luke Hamlin, who
put out the fire, but was victimized
by his teammates for the ether Red
run in the fourth. Myers opened
that inning with a single and Wal
tiers laid down a perfect bunt, which
he beat out as Catcher Babe Phelps
threw wild into right field, where
Wasdell juggied the ball while My
ers scurried home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Castle Street Defeats
Tar Heels To Cop Flag

Behind the two-hit hurting of
Raynor, the Castle Street baseball
team defeated the Tar Heels 10 to 5
to take the first half championship
in the Coastal league in a game
played at Robert Strange park yes
terday morning.
The winners collected nine hits.
scoring in the first, second and sixth
innings. The Tar Heels made five
errors and the Castle Street team
four. Baton with two for four led
the winners at bat.
L. Colley and Marshburn made up
the Tar Heels battery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
HARCR0VE DAVIS
DRIVES in RUNS
ErrOred Grounder Enables
Winning Runs To Come In;
Shoaf Hurls F0ur-Hit Tilt

Hargrove Davis slapped out a hard
ground ball that scampered through
the hands of Second Baseman G.
Hassell, allowing two runs to cross
the plate in the last half of the ninth
inning, and gave the Wilmington
Pirates a 5 to 4 decision over the
Beaufort baseball team at Legion
field last night.
Three errors and a walk marred
the defensive play in the locals half
of the final stanza. a.
Skipper, pinch-hitting for Shoaf,
grounded out and McKeithan walk
ed. Moore went down swinging and
an error by Pitcher Ben Wade en-
abled Carter to reach first safely.
Davis then came to the plate and
was promptly tagged for two strikes.
A foul ball was dropped by the third
baseman and he drove the next pitch
to second. When Hassell errored the
ball it rolled on out to the outfield
and McKeithan and Carter scored
standing up.
Thus ending as close a ball game
as has been played at Legion field
this year.
Jack Shoaf pitched perhaps his
best ball game to date, allowing but
four hits and striking out seven. For
a while, however, it looked as if the
walk, two singles and two errors
which the visitors turned into four
runs in the fourth inning would be
enough for a Beaufort victory. How
ever, for the last five innings, Shoaf
gave up but one safety.
Young Ben Wade, recently signed
by Cincinnati, was almost as effec'
tive. He kept eight hits we'll scat
tered and bore down in the pinches
to throttle any substantial rally. He
struck out IL Buccaneers.
Wilmington opened the scoring in
the first frame. Carter lined out a
triple and scored on Davis single.
Another hit and a walk loaded the
bases, but Wade struck out Rowan
to nip the locals scoring chance in
the bud.
The locals added another run in
the third on a single by Moore, an
error, a walk and a hit batsman,
the run being walked in when Smidt
was hit by a pitched ball. Two of the
BUGS were thrown out at home plate
in scoring attempt, one wild pitch
by Wade being thrown back for the
third out. From then until the sew
enth the locals were held hitless. II
the stretch stanZa, three hits, n q
double by McKeithan, gave the Bucs
their third marker. This was the way
matters stood until Davis blow il
the ninth, giving the locals theil
one-run margin of victory.
The five errors chalked up against
the Beaufort club were responsible
for three of the locals runs.
However. on the other side of the
ledger, the visitors had collected two
markers off a pair of errors by
Trogden and Rowan in the fourth.
Carter and Davis topped the 10.
Gals batting attack, with two blows
out of five attempts. Smidt made
one for two.
Friday night the BUGS will play
the Golden Belt club from Durham
at Legion field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Chicago Takes Contest
From Red Sox, IL To 10

CHICAGO. July 24.-RA
Chicago's White Sox and Boston's
Red Sox got hot in their own right
today and in better than 100 de-
gree temperature doomed out "a
hits totaling 81 bases.
Chicago got the decision, its sixth
in a row, IL to 10.
The barrage included six home
runs, three triples and six doubles
and brought into action seven pit.
cheers, three by the White Sox.
Despite the White Soy big first
inning, which produced a 6 to
lead, Boston had the tying runs on
base in the ninth when the side
was retired. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

Might Believe 1t
If they keep telling themselves
that. they might believe it. And
believing, as the psychologists say
is half of accomplishing.
The boys from the Bronx say
Cleveland will be the team they Ii
have to beat. Apd we add our
you said it."
But the old fable of the tortoise
and the hare is still a pretty good
yarn. And loafing around until n
last minute to catch the train is
a good way to be the little man
who wasn't there.
The Yanks are talking a good
pennant grabbing, but the boys
who bet on 'em are wanting them
to do a little talking with the big
stick. The champs win now and
then. And you know, hope springs
eternal.
College-Bred
Sanford won the North Carolina
semi-pro championship on college
baseball players. They did tn e
same thing last year, and if you're
interested in the type OF team they
have, here It's:
Johnny Clayton, shortstop, and
w. B. Hobson, second base, OF
Elon; Eddie Smokes, first base, and
Glen Price, third, of Duke; Fred
Eason, outfield, Wake Forest; jim
Mallory, Carolina, outfeld; Ned
Butcher, outfeld, Maryland; Char
lie Glosski, Western Maryland,
catcher; Carl Ray, Jr., pitcher,
Mars Hill; and Lefty Cheshire, the
Wilmington boy now at Carolina,
pitcher.
The boys with learning were a
little too much for the old heads,
and Sanford might 60 a long way
in the National Semi-Pro tourney
at Wichita soon.
Odds and Ends
Tommy Riggs, the 1910 captain
of Illinois football team, was one
grid player that slipped through
Wallace Wade's hands -. He one
captained the Duke freshmen elev-
en-. Red Watkins has been
named head football coach and di-
rector of athletics at Appalachian
State college to succeed Flucie Ste
wart, who resigned to become line
coach at the University of Dele
ware. Ace Parker, the former
Duke %gridironer, has recovered
from a broken leg received while
playing baseball at Montreal e
eral weeks ago and is now ready
to get back in the lineup. . He'll
be with the Brooklyn Dodgers, pro
eleven, this fall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

CHICAGO, July 24.-R-Eye
trouble that has bothered Jackie
Hayes, Chicago White Sox second
oaseman, since the spring training
camp period, was diagnozed today
as a cataract of his right eye. The
examination was made by DR.. Har.
ry Cradle, eye specialist, who told
Hayes nothing could be done until
the cataract "ripened", when an
operation. probably would be ad-
visable. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
Sammy Manacher To GrappIe
Mccoy In 'Grudge' Battle;
Newman Meets Grove

Mildred Burke, the world chan.
pion woman wrestler, viii tsn5'a
with Gladys Gillian, the No. ! cbs,.
lenger for the title, in the main
attraction on the weekly mat card
at Legion stadium tonight.
The two women nave appearad
here before and Miss Burke has
the record of never having been
beaten in a match in the state
The main bout on the card win
be the ''grudge" battle between
Sammy Manacher, of New Yor;
and Bibber Mccoy, the former BIZ
league baseball catcher. of Boston
Mccoy won over Manacher in !
rough and tumble braWl last wee.
and Manacher asked for the return
match as a means of redeemirg
himself.
In the semi-inals set-to SajIor
Pat Newman, the ex-U. S. Nav
graphing champ, will meet Whitley
Grove in a Commute time limit
bout.
The M~cCoy-Manacher tangle will
be a Commute time limit affair
and the gals will grapple through
a -one-fall heat.
A. Smith, of St. Helena. a former
wrestler, will referee the two men
bouts and William Henry Ezzell.
who has ifficiated in all the vo.
mems matches here. is expected
to be the referee in this encounter
Doors to the exhibit building a,
the stadium will open at 7 O'Clock
and the first match will get under
way at $3.50 o'clock. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

New York ---------- 602 200 0O2-12
81. LOUIS -------------- LlO az LUl-lf
Errors: Berardino, Knickerbocker,
Roffe, Dahlgren. Runs batted in: Dick
ey 4, Gordon 2, Radcliffe 4, Cliff. Grace
8, DiMaggio 2, Heinrich 2, Judnich 4,
Berardino, Heffner, Rosar, Dahlgren.
Two base hits: Grace 2, Radcliff, Jud-
mich 2, Keller. Three base hit: Keller.
Home runs: Dickey, Gordon, DiMaggio,
Heinrich, Judnich: Sacrifice: Swift.
Double play: Rolfe and Dah;gren. Left
on bases: New York 8; st. Louis 10.
Bases on balls off: Pearson l, Donald
3, Russo 1, Kennedy 2, Fl. Mills 1, Law
son 5. Strikeouts by: Pearson /, Don
aid 1, Murphy 1, Hildebrand 1, Fl. Mills
], Lawson 2. Hits off: Pearson 3 in
2-3 inning; Donald S in 3 1-3 (none out
in 5th) Murphy s in 2; Russo 3 in 2-3
Hildebrand, none in ! 1-3; Sundra 1 in
0 (none out in 9TH Kennedy 8 in 1-3;
Mills 3 in 3 2-3; Coffman 1 in l; Law
son 4 in 3 %; Harris, non in 1-3. Hit
by pitcher by: Harris (Crosetti). Win
ming pitcher: Harris. Losing pitcher
Sundra. Umpires: Basil, Grieve and
Geisel. Time: 2:42. Attendance: paid
1.53O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
x-Batted Tor Hamlln IN SIN.
Cincinnati ----------- $40 100 ooo-f
BROOKLYN O1O 600 OO2-:

Errors: Phelps, Wasdell. Runs bat
ted in Frey, Goodman 2. f. Mccormick,
Walters. Wasdell, Camilli .. Two base
hits: Frey, Walker. Wasdell. Three
base hit: Goodman. Home run: Camilli.
Double plays: Myers and F. Mccormick.
Left OF bsaes: Cincinnati 5; Brooklyn
3. Bases on balls off: Hamlin 1. Strike
outs by: Carleton 1, Hamlin 3, Walters
2. Hits off: Carleton Z in 1 % innings ;
Hamlin 4 in 6 1-3; Casey, none in 1. Los
ig pitcher: Carleton. Umpires: Ballan-
FAINT, Campbell and Klein. Time: 1:49.
Attendance: 80, 1O2.
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Errors: Greenberg, Walker, Travis.
Runs batted in: Gehringr, York, Green
berg ., Higgins 8, Walker 2, Blood
worth, Lewis, Travis. Two base hits
Bartell. York. Lewis. Hutchinson. Home
runs: Greenberg. Higgins. Sacrifices
G%reenberg. Double plays: Pofahl and
West: Bloodworth and West; Hutchin-
son Bartell and York. Left on bases
Washington 9; Detroit ). Bases on
balls off: Hutchinson 2. Seats 2, Ben
ton 1. Strikeouts by: Hudson l, Kra-
kauskas 1, Hutchinson l, Benton 4.
Hits off: Hudson s in 8 innings; Kra-
kauskas 4 in 4: Masterson, none in 1;
Hutchinson 10 in 6 (none out in 7th) !;
Seats, none in 2-3; Benton 1 in 2 1-3.
Winning pitcher: Hutchinso. Losing
pitcher: Hudson. Umpires: Hubbard,
Rue and Moriarty. Time: 1:5S. At
tendance: (actua) GOA paid, 1850
school children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
PLAYERS FINED

NEW YORK, July 24-3-De.
Coscarart and Whitlow Wyatt ,
the Brooklyn Dodgers and Lonr
Frey of the Cincinnati Reds wey
fined s25 each today by Preside,
Ford Prick of the National league 2
an aftermath of yesterday fishy
Ebbets Field.
Coscarart and Frey starred figh
that involved several players an
were elected. Frick said he fine
Wyatt because he personally sal
the Brooklyn pitcher hit Frey sel
eral times with his glove.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

Beaufort ------ 900 400 OO0-4
Wilmington -------- 101 900 1923
Runs batted in: Davis 8. Potter.
Brooks, Wade ?, Carter. Two base
hits: McKeithan. Three base hits:
Carter. Stolen bass: Chadwick. Dou-
BILE plays: G.. Hassell to R. Hassell.
Left on bases: Beaufort 4; Whining
ton 6. Bases on balls off: Wade a,
Shoaf g.. Strikeouts by: Wade II,
Shoaf Z. Hit by pitcher by: Wade
(Smidt). Winning pitcher: Shoaf.
Losing pitcher: Wade. Umpires:
Baker and Griffith. Time: 2:O2.
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Runs batted in: Cronin, Williams.
Doerr 2. Tabor 2, Webb, Kuhel, Solters
I, fresh, Kennedy 8, Dietrich. Two
base hits: DiMaggio. Doerr 2, Tabor,
Maggie, Appling, Kennedy. Home runs:
Cronin, Williams, Kuhel, Solters, Ken
nedy, Dietrich. Stolen base: Cramer
Sacrifices: Krevich, fresh. Double
plays: Appling, Webb and Kuhel 2;
Webb, Appling and Kuhel. LET ton
on balls off: Galehouse I, Wagner l,
Johnson 1, Dietrich 4, Appleton 2, Rig
ney 1. Strikeouts by: Dietrich l.. Hits
off: Galehouse 8 in % inning; Wagner
9 in 4 1-3; johnson 8 in 2; Heving 2
in /: Dietrich s in 5 2-3; Appleton 5 in
2 1-3: Rigney 1 in l. Winning pitch
err: Dietrich. Losing pitcher: Gale
house. Umpires: Ormsby, Summers and
Pipgras. Time: 2:17. Attendance: (es-
timated) 1000 paid; 5000 ladies.
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x-Batted for Beckman in 9th.
xX-Ratted for Besse in 9th.

Error: B. Chapman. Runs battd in !:
Weatherly 3. Trosky .. Hemsley. Smith,
Mccoy, Siebert. Miles 2. Rubeling,
Moses. Two base hits: B. Chapman,
Smith, Siebert, Mack. Hemsley. Three
base hit Johnson. Home run; Wealth
erly. Stolen base: Keltner. Double
plays: Boudreau, Mack and Trosky
Eisenstat. Mack and Trosky. Left on
bases: Philadelphia Z; Cleveland 10.
Bases on balls off: Dean 2, Besse 3.
Beckman l, Smith 2. Strikeouts by
Beckman 1, Smith 1, Eisenstat 1. Hits
off: Dean 9 in 4 innings; Besse 3 in
1; Beckman 2 in 8; Smith s in 5 Is:
Andrew 2 in 0: Eisenstat 2 in 3 %.
Hit by pitcher by: Smith (Brancato).
Wild pitch: Besse. Winning pitcher
Smith. Losing pitcher: Dean. Umpires
Hollis, Quinn, Rommel and MCGOWAN
Time: 2:16. A~ttendance: (estimated)
1000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
TARS TAKE TWO

NORFOLK, Va, July 24.-R-
The Tars swept a doubleheader
from the Winston-Salem Twins here
today, winning l to 0 in the opener
that Travelled IL innings, and taking
the nightcap, a seven inning affair,
8 to 3. In the first game, John Vel
lovic retired the first 10 Tar bat.
tiers in order 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25
SMOKE RINGS
Yanks Say Yes
BY SAM Raglan

If you'd asked anyone on speaking terms with baseball
hack in April who would win the American league pen
nant. he would have said the Yankees. ASK him today and
he'll say he doesn't know. But if pushed for an answer,
he'd probably name three cams before getting around to
the Yanks. Ill.,. -.
But there's one group of boys who still think the
vonLoeS viii win-and thew are the Yanks. From all re-
norris they are very confident about it, saying they'll make
= 1ast minute drive in late August and September.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-25

Totals AZ IA II 81
z-Batted for H. Mills in 9Th.
zz-Ratted for Coffman in 9TH.
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x-Batted for Wagner in 9Th.
xx-Ran for Foxx in 9Th.
xxx-Batted for johnson in Sth.
xxxx-Batted for Heving in 9th,
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x-Batted for Shoaf in 9th.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-25

Not every day does Leopold
Stokowski, eminent musician and
conductor, take time to give a H.
year-old bassoon player an audi
ton, but that's wha. happened
the other day in the case Of Bruce
Allen tlower left, Jason Lee stu
dent and son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ton A. Allen, 500 So. Union ave.
1t came about this way: Peter
Meremblum, violinist and conduc-
tor, formerly associated with the
Cornish school in Seattle, came up
from Los Angeles to assist Mr..
Stokowski in additions for the Sc
lection of members of the Ameri-
can Youth orchestra which he is
taking to South America this sum-
mer. Through a mutual friend he
was told of Bruce and expressed
"a desire to hear him. He went
over to Seattle, and after hearing
him he insisted that he also play
for Mr.. Stokowski. The man who
has rejected literally hundreds OF
musicians who tried out for the
orchestra, was delighted. In sub
stance he said:
you are a musician and fine
bassooist. You should continue to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-25
National Orchestra
To Try Again

The National symphony orches-
ira OF Washington. which has built
up considerable reputation under
DR.. Hans Kinder. has decided not
TO disband after all.
The directors OF the association
voted last month to abandon plans
for another season because Of a
dispute with the Musicians' Pro-
tective Union over the wage scale
and length Of the season. The De-
partment Of Labor finally effected
an agreement and the association
is now engaged in a sustaining
fund campaign 10 raise si07 500.
considered the minimum needed
for l940-f94l season. Under the
agreement. the basic pay rate Of
musicians will be SIS a week. and
the season will be extended as
long as funds are available.