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Evening star., 1940-04-15
Greet Season in Prospect
For Di Moq ond Dickey.

Di Maggie, starting his fifth sea-
son with the Yankees, already has
been acclaimed the greatest player
In baseball. This can be his great
est year so far-the year in which
he hits .4O0-which he missed last
year by a margin Of only 10 points.
A good catcher, they say, goes on
for years, a great catcher forever.
Dickey is one of the great catchers
Of all time. The top clutch hitter
in baseball, he has meant more to
the Yanks than any other one man,
including Di Maggie. Coming up
for his 18th season, he shows no
signs of slowing down.
Rufhng is primed once more to
carry the main pitching burden for
the world champions. Gordon and
Keller still are on the way up.
Grove, for all his gray hairs and
the years that lie behind him,
should be the anchor man on the
Red Sox pitching staff again this
year. Foxx at 80 and Cronin at
SO are growing old only in the record
book. Doerr, generally overlooked,
rates right behind Gordon among
the second basemen in either league.
Williams, outstanding rookie of the
1899 campaign, is only just begin
ming,
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Lorkers' Cup Goes to Grimes
In Race Judges ReshuffIe

Found: A permanent home for the
Larkers' Cup.
The cup for the winner of the
larkers' race at the Potomac Hunt
point-to-point meet held recently at
Glen, Md, after much tossing around
has been presented to Col. William
Grimes, owner and rider of Muddy
River, the peoples choice. The
presentation was made by DR.. and
Mrs. Robert A. Moran.
BY way of explaining how the cup
had been given wrongfully to Mrs.
Joseph Horgan, members Of the
committee said yesterday at "hot
potato" party at George Walkers
home that the judges, Maj. Henry
Leonard and John Gheen, had read
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Open. When the Cards had an
OF day in Oklahoma recently,
Pepper Martin loaded some Of
the stars into q truck and put
EN- to work on his farm.
Today's guest star. Dick
Hackenberg, Minneapolis Star
Journal: Frosty Peters, the
new American Association UNI
rire, is . former U. Of Illinois
football star. A Daytona Beach
fan yelled at him, Hey, Peters,
you used to boot EN- for Illinois
and you're still booting EN-"
Three Of the four infielders on
the Illinois baseball team were
supplied by Morton High, Chi
cago. Al Patnik, Ohio State div
ing star. who was all set to turn
pro and join. Billy Roses Aqua
cade. changed his mind when
Rose slaShed the o6er from 1250
b 9lSo . week.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Gould May Drop Lawsuit and Go to Work for Jacobs
Lond Once Pressed Into Service sokeepeE ysmk
weeks engagement in . Chicago

weeks engagement in Q Chicago
theater April Is.
One on the house. Did you
know Judge Lands once ran .
string Of saloons? While on the
Federal bench he had ~ thrust
upon him In q receivership action.
In the papers Of April 6, 1915, the
Judge announced the bars would
operate in strict accordance with
the law, closing all day Sunday
and at / O'Clock every morning.
Jimmy Dykes is among those
wondering how Joe Vosmik ever
got out of the American League.
Jimmy says the White Sox and
one or two other clubs tried to
get Joe on waivers. The little
Village Of Yawkey, w.. Va. was
settled by ancestors of Tom
Yawkey and Joe Cr6nin paid the
town . sentimental visit On the
Way North.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Bulge, Perry 10 Meet
Fast Pro Net Field
IN North-South
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PINEHURST, N. c.. April 15.-
The third annual North and South
Pro Tennis Tournament will begin
here tomorrow with such stars as
Donald Bulge. Fred Perry, Bruce
Barnes and others entered.
They will face competition from a
large field including such other top
notchers as Richard Skeen, Johnny
Fauce, John Nogrady and Vincent
Richards.
Archie Henderson of Chapel Hill
won the North and South Amateur
Tournament yesterday by trouncing
Charles Rider of Malverne, Long
Island, 60, 60, 60, in the final
round.
Henderson and Alex Guerry Of
Sewanee. Tenn, lost the doubles
title to Harris Everett and Maryin
Buxby of Miami, Fla, SO, e6,
e1, 81, 10-8.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

the riders numbers incorrectly at
the finish line. This caused Mrs.
Horgan to be declared the winner,
Col. Grimes second and r. A.
Brodesser, third Robin Riddick,
who actually finished second, was
listed among the also rams. =.
Mrs. Horgan. who said the excite
ment of riding in her first race pre-
vented her from knowing just where
she had finished, returned the trophy
to the committee the day after the
race. Although she still doesn't
know where she placed in the race
she now is listed as an "also ran"
The new results place Grimes first,
Riddick second and Brodesser third.
Despite the mixup, the committee
plans to renew the race next year.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Hisbe Figures to Be Tough
Even if PhiIIies Aren't.

Higbe is in a tough spot, pitch
ing for the Phillies. But no matter
how tough the spot he'll be hard
man to beat. Casey ranks as one
Of the best of the younger pitchers
in either league. Leiber has been
threatening to crash through every
year. If this isn't his year he'll
never have it.
OFT will be swinging back from a
decline into which he fell last year
Danning, still this side of 30, estab-
lished himself last year as the best
catcher in the league and is getting
better.
Five years ago they said on the
Pacific Coast that Joe Di Maggie
couldn't miss. This year they are
saying the same about Joe's kid
brother, Dom. I'll have to string
with them on the strength of what
they said about Joe. Rucker is the
est-looking young ballplayer to
come up with the Giants in years.
Reese makes me think of Durocher
when Durocher was a kid.
BreOef mas everything OUT eX-
perience and he'll get enough Of
that this year. I like Boudreau be-
cause Oscar Witt says he is the best
young shortstop he ever saw. Oscar
IS very good at Judging young ball
players. He called the turn on Cor
don exactly.
Lombardi, a good catcher and a
good hitter, came upon disaster in
the World Series last fall. To make
matters worse his lapse at the plate
was exaggerated by many who wrote
about 1t and he put tn a pretty
miserable winter hearing and read
Ing about himself. He is out for
0ndication this year and I hope he
gets 1t. I think he will.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Can't kid him. Dutch Clark,
one Of the greatest backs ever to
tote the mail, has been reinstated
as q player In the pro league.
But Dutch isn't fooling himself.
Il have hung up my shoes for
good" he says. Nov have
trouble walking 10 holes Of golf."
The Derby future books are
getting plenty of coast money
on Midland. Lou Ambers, off to-
day to fight Wally Hally in Dem
yer Wednesday night, will work
out in Chicago tomorrow.
The Yanks don't fear the Red
Sox and Indians nearly Is much
as they do the mutuels. The
Jamaica setup has SIG windows.
Thousands visited the track yes
terday to preview the machines.
Jimmy Denaaret and Bryon
Nelson will team up for IN ex-
hibtt1oo tour altar the Nat1onN
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Sixth Crown in Row
Looms for P|atak
In Handba|| Meet
A. A. U. PIoy in Detroit
Draws Greet Array Of
Four-WoII Courtmen
BY the Associated Press.

6y the AS&OCleteo ffeS8.
DETROIT, April l5.-No. 6 is
coming up for Joe Platak, and the
best guess is that the sensational
Chicagoan will go right on making
history In the sport of handball.
Champion for five straight years,
Platak Is seeking his sixth title in
the National A. A. U. tournament
here today. From general appear
ances, say the experts, it's Joes baby
again.
Platak, big. muscular Lithuanian,
heads field of the Nations four
wall court stars who have been try
ing since 1886 to relieve him of his
crown. He first won in 1885.
Preliminaries began today, and
Platak won't see action before to-
morrows draw.
Keen Position Player.
A southpaw with stuff on the ball
and a genius for position play.
Platak has been handball's greatest
star since the days Of Alfredo
Banuet. the agile Spaniard who was
champion through 1929-31. Banuet,
former San Franciscan now living
here, gave professional boxing a
brief fling and sacrificed his anna
teur standing.
Platak's most threatening foes ap-
pear to be Jack Clements. San
Francisco, finalist the last two years
with the Chicago ace: Angelo Trulio,
Brooklyn veteran; Walter Plekan,
Buffalo, N. Y; Earl Srenco, st.
Louis, and Lou Zerbo, Detroit. All
drew first round byes.
Clements Is Threat.
Beaten In straight games two
years ago in Memphis, Clements
pushed Platak to three games last
year at San Francisco before losing
2l-13, 16-21, 21-12. and en-
thusasts of the game figure he might
be able to give the champion an
even sitter battle If they meet again
here.
Frank Coyle and Ed Linz of New
York are defending their doubles
championship.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
BY, EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer.

NEW YORK, April l5.-Tattle
tales: Joe Gould and Mike Jacobs
are budding daily. And it
wouldn't bowl B'way over if
Gould drops his damage suit
against Mike and moves in as
matchmaker for the Goth Century
Sporting Club.
Bud Ward, so his pals say, may
resign as an amateur and become
a business man golfer-but not
until after he defends his United
States amateur title In Septem-
Der. In Atlanta they swear q
top young Southern football
coach didn't get . fat job out
West because he was frank
enough to tell ,em he couldn't
make after-dinner speeches.
Arturo oodoy and wife begin .
Evening star., 1940-04-15
League So Balanced
A. 4. Leader Won't
Forecast Race
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 15.-The
American Associations 1910 pennant
race, opening Thursday, appears to
President George M. Trautman
headed for an 8-club photo finish.
Last years leaders have lost sew
eral outstanding performers and
second division finishers have been
strengthened until the ed-thatched
Trautman AYERS it would take the
seventh son of a seventh SON. to
forecast how the leagues teams will
finish.
The associations 39th season gets
under way with Kansas City at
Toledo, Minneapolis at Louisville,
st. Paul at Indianapolis and Mil
waukee at Columbus.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Marshall, With Voice
In Picking Arbiters,
Quits Storck Feud
League Pioneer Elected
President for Yeor;
Eagles Strengthen
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, April 15.-The Ma
tional Football League had its Sec
ond president in its 19-year history
today and George Marshall, owner
Of the Washington Redskins, was
on q committee which will appoint
ofncials, 50 apparently everybody
was happy.
Carl L. Storck, connected with
the league since its founding in
1921 and acting president since the
death Of Joe f. Carr last May, was
elected for a one-year term by unan-
irnous vote Of the club owners.
Storck's salary was not announced,
although it is believed to be far be-
low the $25 900 offer made to Arch
Ward, Chicago sports editor, which
he refused.
Presidents Power Curtailed.
However, the power of appointing
officials for league games was taken
from the hands of the president and
placed in those Of a committee COM
posed Of Owners Bert Bell of Phlla-
delphia.. L. H. Joannes of Green
Bay. Charles Bidwell of the Chicago
Cardinals and Marshall of Wash
ingtOn. Storck will serve as chair
man. Dispute between Marshall
and Storck over the efficiency OF
Referee Bill Hall oran, with reper-
cussions, precipit g ted a move on
the formers part to seek another
man as president. When sole power
of appointment was taken from
Storck, Marshall joined the nine
other owners in voting for him.
No changes in the playing rules
were made, several recommended
tions by Marshall being tabled.
Eagles Monopolize Trading.
Trading activities during the
meeting were monopolized by the
Philadelphia Eagles. who, appar-
emily convinced they need only to
strengthen their line to become a
title threat. negotiated deals with
two teams for two tackles and a
pair of ends. In exchange for Dave
Smukler, veteran fullback. the
Eagles received from the Detroit
Lions Tackle Ray George, former
Southern California star, and Joe
Wendlich. 2l8-pound end of Oregon
State. To the Packers the Eagles
gave Fred Shirley, ex-Nebraska
tackle. and Johnny Hall, Texas
Christian quarterback, in return for
End Earl Brown of Notre Dame
and Millard White, tackle draftee
from Tulane
Dennis Shea, general manager OF
the Brooklyn Dodgers. was elected
vice president and treasurer of the
league for a one-year period.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Golf Amateurs Breaking Rules,
Spirit of Code Are Inviting
Trouble, u. S. G. A. Warns

Although the United States Golf
Association claims it is not a police
department, cracking the whip on
the simon pures" who violate the
rules and spirit of amateur sport.
it does have poiice power which 1t
wields In big-stick fashion.
Maybe the amateurs don't believe
this, but they will when they read
the latest letter from the Amateur
Status and Conduct Committee,
whose chairman Is Edward L. Chey-
ner of Cleveland.
Made public today, the letter says:
'"The United States Golf Associa-
ton publishes leaflet which is
entitled Definitions of Professional
and Amateur Golfers and Supple
ment.' Those of us who are familiar
with it and consult it a good deal
just call it the Definitions
"Cheaters" Not Classed.
"The very first sentence in the
Definitions reads. "A professional
golfer is any player who has played
for a money prize or has received
payment for playing or teaching the
game Personally I do not like this
definition very much because If one
interprets it very strictly it includes
the 'cheaters,' and if there is one
thing which the typical pro in the
United States is not 1t is a 'cheater.' >
Then, too, when hear the express
sion golf professional I think at
once Of the good old pro- who is
my friend and who frankly and
honestly makes his living out of
golf and does actually more for the
game than does any one else that
I know Of.
These Definitions seem to leave
one with the impression that all
golfers are divisible into two classes,
amateurs and professionals But in
actual fact this is not exactly so.
You will remember that George Won
Elm for a while styled himself
businessman golfer and I think
that Mrs. Helen Hicks Harb at times
has been referred to as business
woman golfer Neither of them, you
see, is an amateur, but neither of
them fits exactly the generally ac-
cepted idea of the pro-
Should Ask U. S. G. A.
But for moment, let's consider
this intermediate class between the
simon-pure amateur and the pro-
fessional; the men and women who
certainly do not make their livings
out of golf, who do not make a
practice of playing or teaching for
money, but who, nevertheless, are
excluded from amateur competitions.
Who are they?
Generally speaking, they are the
boys and girls who have learned all
the golf they know, the rules of
play and the rules Of conduct, in
tanning bees around the clubhouse.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Schedule Doned Cold Women Stage Three Golf Events Three Days
The
SPoRTLIGHT
Diamond Sturs of. 1910
As Seen From Afur
BY GRANTLAND RICE,
RnociaI rorrospondept of The Star

NEW YORK, April is N.A.
MAJ. - Another baseball season
looms, with the old stars hanging
on and the new stars rising. And
when another October rolls around
some Of the old stars will have
waned, perhaps, and some of the
new ones will be shining bright
brighter than they did last year.
While yet there is time before the
first ball is pitched, let's look them
over and call them out, the stars
Of Interpretations based on past
performances and current form.
In the American League I NOM
inate Joe Di Maggie, Bill Dickev.
Charley Rufflng, Joe Gordon and
Charley Keller of the Yankees; Old
Nose Grove, Jimmy Foxx, Joe
Cronin, Bobby Doerr and Ted Will
nafns of the Red SoX; Ted Lyons
Of the White Sox, Hank Greenberg
and Tommy Bridges of the Tigers.
ocI1ly MCNOy VI VIC nUAASVASo, Ao0
Feller of the Indians and George
Washington Case of the Senators,
In the National League Paul Der
ringer and Bucky Walters of the
Reds, Joe Medwick, Johnny Mize
and Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals,
Eddie Miller of the Bees, Kirby
Higbe of the Phillies, Hugh Casey
of the Dodgers, Hank Leiber of the
Cubs, Arkie Vaughan of the Pirates
and Mel OFT and Harry Danning of
the Giants.
All Of them have been up there
at the peak or around it. Among
the newcomers I'll take Dom Di
Maggie of the Red Sox. John Rucker
of the Giants, PeeWee Reese of the
Dodgers, Hank Breuer of the Yam
KEGS and Lou Boudreau of the In
dians.
And finally the man I most would
like to see come back, Ernie Lom-
bardi of the Reds.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY Cne ASSOClated PfeSS.
Today a year ago-Boston
Bruins won Stanley Cup and
world professional hockey title,
four games to one, by defeating
Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1, before
1891 at Boston.
Three years ago-Tommy Farr.
British Empire heavyweight
champion, decisively outpointed
Max Baer in II rounds 1T Lon
don.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

They have picked it up from one
another and from the club profess
sional who, no matter how fine q
fellow, nor how good his intentions.
does not always know. These are
the ones who have been astonished
and disappointed when, out Of an
apparently clear sky, their entries
have been refused to some amateur
competition In which they have been
keen to play.
Sometime, later on, I hope to
point out and try to explain a few
of the Definitions around which
there seems to be so little knowledge
among the golfers in this country.
There is not space enough here to
attempt any such explanation, but
let me say this: When the oppor-
tunity for little easy velvet ap-
pears, you will not go far wrong if
you will just ask yourself the ques-
ton. Would I get shot at that if
I couldn't break a hundred?' And
then If there is a serious doubt in
your mind, write In to the q. s. G. A.
No Police Department.
"Just one more thought and then
I'll call 1t day. The United States
Golf Association is no police depart
ment. No one has any inclination to
do any detective work among the
grand crowd of men and women who
play competitive golf In the United
States. Occasionally, however, facts
are brought to the attention Of the
association concerning individual
golfers who have broken the amateur
rules. In such cases it has no choice
but to exclude these individuals from
its amateur competition. Any other
course would be definitely unfair to
those who scrupulously observe the
rules.
MY own opinion is that If the
Definitions themselves and the
spirit in which they are interpreted
were generally known throughout
the country, the violations would be
very few indeed One of the pur-
poses Of this publication will be to
spread that knowledge.
docs some one inquire, What is
a cheater?' Well, he is the chap who
knows that he has broken the rules,
either on the course or off of 1t, and
gets by in amateur competitions by
making false statements. I haven't
much ink to waste on him."
Note: No Washington amateur Is
under suspicion by the United States
Golf Association.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Woshineton's OutfieId
Hopes Seer Is Right.

Cincinnati will develop trouble
around second base.
Brooklyn will buy or trade for .
new starting pitcher
Max Butcher will be an important
winner for Pittsburgh.
Washington will produce one Of
the best hitting outfelds in the
game
George Washington Case will lead
both leagues in stolen bases again.
Mike Kreevich will be the best
defensive outfielder in baseball
again-but you'll have to look hard
to notice him. He doesn't play to
the grandstand
Leo Durocher will be drop-kicked
of the premises by umpires more
often than any other manager.
Your correspondent will not be
offered the post Of Secretary Of
State by Thomas E. Dewey.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Elks Pick Des Moines

FORT WAYNE, Ind, April Is up.
The Elks National Bowling Asso-
citation has chosen Des Moines, Iowa.
for its 1941 tournament and elected
Joseph F. Krizek of Cicero, ILL.,,
president.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
Duouesne Liths Champs

CLEVELAND, April is R-The
Lithuanian All Stars Of Duquesne,
Pa, won the Lithuanian basket ball
championship last night, defeating
the Dubois Pa.) Lifts, IS to II in
the third national tournament.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
From the
Press Box
Baseball Season Focts
Given in Advance
BY JOHN LARDNER, .


NEW YORK, April 15.-Against
the advice of counsel, I am going to
make few predictions on the eve
Of the baseball season. This Is
wholesome stuff, the kind of thing
you can take home to your wife
and children without fear of their
cutting their fingers on it, and
what's more, some of these fore
casts may be right.
I fearlessly predict:
Joe Di Maggie will lead the
American League in batting again.
Ted Williams of the Red Sox, far
from proving flash in the pan,
will become one of the solidest
senders in baseball and a pretty
good fielder, too.
Frank Frisch's Pittsburgh Pirates
will jump to the first division.
Benny Mccoy, the costly free
agent, will not threaten the memory
of Eddie Collins in Philadelphia.
Bob FellerN will win at least Is
games, and very likely 30.
Dreory Season Looms
For Chicoeo Cubs.
1t will be a doleful season In
Chicago, with both the Cubs and
White Sox finishing in the second
divisions Of their respective leagues.
Col. w. Harold Terry, MASTER
mind of the Giants, will have to
shake up his infield before the
month of May is out.
The 20-game winners in both
leagues will include Feller, Newsom.
Morton Cooper, Jack Wilson and
Bucky Walters.
A left-handed rookie pitcher
named Mickey Harris, if Joe Cronin
keeps him, will turn out to be the
best of the new members of the
Red Sox hurting staff.
Detroit will have bad infisid
trouble and lots of it.
Paul Waner will hit better than
300 again.
Doctor Prothro's Phillies will i'm
prove over last years record Of
games won and lost, chiefly at the
expense of the Boston Bees.
Hugh Casey of Brooklyn will be-
come one of the National Leagues
best pitchers.
Peewee Reese, the new and bril-
liant Dodger shortstop, will hit less
than .260.
| Bill Dickey's batting average will
fall below 300 and Buddy Rosar.
second Yankee catcher, will see
plenty of action
Cleveland will find its pitching
staff inadequate and look around
desperately for man of experience
from elsewhere to help.
Carl Hubbell will win more than
IS games. He'll have to.
The jobs of the managers in Chi
cago On. L. and st. Louis "a. L.
will be threatened before the end
of the year.
Marius Russo. Yankees, and Max
Lanier, Cardinals, will be the out
standing younger southpaws OF the
game.
Jimmy Foxx will lead both leagues
in home runs.
Walter Beck, Phillie pitcher, will
lose a lot of games, but always will
be tough to beat
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Five years ago-Barney Ross
relinquished lightweight title be-
cause of inability to make weight.
Evening star., 1940-04-15
DoIIins Keeps Golf Title

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va. April IS (P).-Al Dollins of
Covington, Va, gained his second
consecutive Mason-Dixon amateur
golf title yesterday, turning back
Jack Ryerson Of Cooperstown, N. Y,
6 and 4 in the 36-hole final.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

Note: No Washington amateur Is
under suspicion by the United States
Golf Association.
Evening star., 1940-04-15

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