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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-27
National Spotlight
By BRUCE CAPTION CWaterbuFy Democrat Washington
 COrrespOndent)

Washington, May 27--It would be no surprise if the administration of- fered a sweeping new reorganization plan in the interests of national de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-27

Q. How long does 1t take to build battleship in the United States2
 A. From four to four and one half years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-27
THE gDITOR.

Q. When did the presidency of the New York Stock Exchange be- come a salaried office?
 A. May i6, 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-27

Copyright, 1o40, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1940-06-25
20 Years Ago
In The Star

A free-for-all fight took place
IN Philadelphia after the Reds
beat the Phillies, 5 to 8. Cos
tuners joined in the melee.
Ty Cobb, Detroit's famous
player, is expected to return to
action in three or four weeks. A
leg injury has kept him idle
recently and threatened to end
his career.
Resolute, yacht designed and
built by Nat Herreshoff, will de-
fend the Americas Cup against
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock
~ next month.
Samuel G. Hildreth's outsider,
Cirrus, beat Boniface head to
win the 32nd Brooklyn Handicap
at Aoueduct. Mad Halter fin
ished third as the favored Will
6air ran out of the money.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Bettina Bout Slated
For BoYd-Hassett
Winner Here
Fighters Come to D. c.
Friday to Complete
Training Grinds

A match with Melio Bettina,
former world ight-heavyweight
champion, will be awarded the WIN
ner of the Sailor Bill Boyd-Danny
Hassett 10-round fight Monday night
at Griffith Stadium.
According to Matchmaker Gabe
Menendey the scrap will be staged
at the ball park on July 20. Jimmy
Grippe, Bettina's manager, has filed
his fighters contract with Menendez.
Regarded one of the hardest hit
ters the in ring, Bettina has en-
gagged in two bruising battles with
Billy Conn, to whom he lost his
title.
Boyd, knockout winner of two
bouts here, and Hassett, upset con-
queror of Buddy Scott in his only
local fight, are due to break camps
at Philadelphia and New York to
complete their training at Turner'S S
Arena, starting Friday.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Eardhead fishing appears to be
improving in the upper part OF
Chesapeake Bay. The latest report
from Uncle Billie's Pier at North
Beach mentions a catch of 50 made
by M. Shines and party from Wash
ington. This isn't as good as some
hauls made lower in the bay, but
it is good right now for the North
Beach area.
Marlin fishing is expected any
time at Ocean City and in the mean
while surf fishing has taken the
spotlight on the beaches below that
resort. More than so channel bass
were captured last week during a
large run that hit the beaches. Good
kingfish catches also were made, as
we'll as scattered hardhead and
fiuke.> But these fish just are by
products of surf fishing where the
main concern is big drum.
Bottom fishing for porgies and sea
bass and float lining for weakflsh
(trout over the wrecks still remains
good, but all that will be forgotten
once the marlin fishing starts.
Fly Rod for Marlin.
H. w. Cannon, jr., of New York
is at Ocean City awaiting the ar
rival of marlin. He promises to in
ject some new thrills into this sport
by catching these big fish on a fly
rod. He has landed more than SO
sailflsh by this method and plans
to do the same with marlin. His
yacht, the Sea Otter, is equipped
with several rods, none of which
weigh more than 10 ounces, and he
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Handling Dusek Boys
Is Job Craved by
Referee Burns

Cyclone Burns, veteran Baltimore
referee, has thrown caution to the
winds and volunteered to handle
the wrestling matches involving
Ernie and Rudy Dusek at River
side Stadium tomorrow night.
Although most officials shy from
the Duseks, Burns insists he relishes
the assignment.
1--WE never had much trouble
with these boys because know how
to handle them" Burns told Acting
Promoter Benny Robinson today
"If I get the job tomorrow night
I'll prove it, too.
Ernie Dusek, who is making his
first appearance locally in more
than a year, faces Frank Saxton,
recent winner of the one-night In
ternational Tournament, in the one
fall feature. Rudy, long popular
here, engages up-and-coming War
rem Bockwinkel in the Commute
semif1nal.
In a special event, Doris Dean
meets Lola Lopez of Spain. Thirty
minute opening numbers pair of
Ralph Garibaldi and Ed Newman
and Ed White and Bob (Reb) Rus
sell.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Chicago, night.
Tennis.
Evening Stars junior and bov
tournament, Columbia Country
Club, 900.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington at Chicago, 800.
Tennis.
Evening Stars junior and boy
tournament, Columbia Country
Club, 900.
THURSDAY.
Tennis.
Evening Stars Junior and boy
tournament, Columbia Country
Club, 900.
Wrestling.
Turner's Arena. $50.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
washington at Boston, 400.
Tennis.
Evening Stars Junior and boy
tournament, Columbia Country
Club, 900.
Golf.
Capital Golf and Country
Clubs invitation best-ball tour.
nament, 900.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Boston, 400.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic Tournament,
Columbia Country Club, 100.
Evening Stars junior and boy
tournament, Columbia Country
Club, 900.
Golf.
Capital Golf and Country
Club invitation best-ball tour.
nament, 900.
Horse Show.
Vansville District Show, Belts
vile, Md, 1000 am.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Old Age 0yerhau|ing
Yankees, Is Opinion
OF Herb Pennock
Says Di Nag VIII Come
Back, But Sees Bosox
As Pennunt Winners
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-Are
the New York Yankees beginning to
fall to pieces instead OF suffering
from q less acute ailment such as
lack OF right-handed hitting power?
Herb Pennock, probing far below
the surface, suggests the possibility
the greatest club in baseball is start
ing to disintegrate-the decline OF
the Roman Empire, on q smaller
scale.
A visitor here in his capacity OF
chief scout Of the Boston Red Sox
Pennock, subscribes to the thought
that Yankee power is not clicking
Beyond that he sees some of the
players who helped build the might
lest team in the game riding out on
the back of Father Time.
Herb Names No Names.
They make up some of the big
gest names on the Yankee payroll
Pennock prefers not to air them
publicly. Old age, in the baseball
sense, caught up with him, too. Dur
ing II of his % years as one of the
top-ranking left-handed pitchers OF
the American League, he wore q
Yankee uniform.
The fact that star young Yankee
replacements are hiding behind
every bush in the minor leagues Is
no assurance, Pennock believes, that
the club .can lift itself by it's owr
bootstraps back into the dominating
position it has occupied for so many
years.
He points out that nine of the
finest players in the game could be
assembled on one team yet could
pull in as many different directions
to provide a perfect rhapsody ir
discord.
Sees Comeback for Di Mag.
From front line observation, how
ever, Pennock predicts that Joe D
Maggie will haul himself out of his
slump to get back into the 300 hit
ting class which should help the
Yankees.
Joe is great player. If some o1
his teammates were hitting as they
should it would snap him out of the
slump much quicker" said the scout
Pennock thinks the Red Sox have
an excellent chance to grab off tht
pennant, even if they are trailing
Cleveland at this time. I'VE nave
the power to do it, he said. III
some of the older pitchers get
Strengthened out in the hot weather
we should start moving. When w
do, we will be hard to stop"
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Brides Scored on One
Hole by a Foursome
Sets Near-Record
Washington Clubs Tough
18th Is Scene; Rash Of
Eagles Also Develops

Four brides on one hole by all
members Of foursome. 1t won't
happen often, but it does happen
every once in while. Such occa-
sions as that match in which Frank
M. Williams, James T. Powell, c. H.
Pardoe and Elmer Jenkins were
playing at the Washington Golf and
Country Club, for example.
The fifteenth hole at Washington
happens to be tough par-5 affair.
There isn't a tougher hole around
the Capital, nor one on which more
strokes can be expended if the thing
isn't played right-and with judg-
ment. But if you happen to get
good tee shot out there in the
middle and hit a good second shot
you can reach the green and get
birdie. That's what happened to all
OF the group of four mentioned, all of
them long hitters.
But in addition the golfers at
Washington have been breaking out
in a rash of eagles over the last few
days. No fewer than five of these
choice scoring bits have been hung
up at the Virginia course. At the
first hole-a 300-yard affair-Guy
Chase holed a 7-iron shot for an
eagle deuce. 1t. H. j. Webb took an
8-iron in hand and smacked his
second shot into the cup at the 800
yard sixteenth hole. DR.. w. r. Nc
Lister and Ken Haynes scored eagle
IS on the fifteenth after reaching the
green with well-played second shots.
But the real payoff in the eagle
group came to j. A. Sheridan on the
par-5 fourth hole There Sheridan
hit long second shot which wound
up almost out of bounds at the left
OF the green. From that unpromis-
ing spot he bumped one down into
the cup for an eagle. So the score
card doesn't always tell how scoring
is done.
Currently at Washington the BOYS
are playing in the tourney for the
Tom Moore trophy, a 72-hole medal
play affair with handicaps. Ken
Haynes, sporting a handicap of ID
strokes, has scored II and rs for the
almost unbelievable net total of 1875
for the first two rounds. He is going
to be hard to catch with that handi-
| cap. Don Lee has turned in net
scores OF 63, 10 and 68.
Evening star., 1940-06-25

uses either or u thread linen
line.
A new fisherman's paradise is
shaping up near Frederick, Md, only
this project is for children only
Cutler Lake will be opened on July
l for those under ID and will re-
main open until September l with
fishing permitted on Mondays, Wed
nesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Each youthful angler will be al.
lowed to catch five fish per day
To make things safe and avoid the
danger of flying hooks in these
sometimes inexperienced hands. nc
plug or bait casting will be per-
mitted, although the use of arti-
fetal lures will be encouraged.
Condensed Fishing Reports.
Old Rock Run. Capt. W. w. wilkinson
Catches on the Susquehanna River fair
Water clear and lower. Wall eyes and rock
spaI5oxs Point. NJ; Capt; Louis Marks
aasahsae c,lassa nas ,1ont plentiful Making sood
son---catches from SO to Is rock daily
pa to 10 pounds. Outlook good
Oxford, Nd. Capt. Buck Stevenson--Ex.
csllent catches OF rock. A few trout ano
plenty Of croakers.
.solomons Md, Capt. Harry woodburn-
Afternoon and night catches best Takins
rs to $50 croakers and a few trout.
Broones Island, Md. Capt. H. c. Elliott
-Catches, of croakers have improved ir
past few days. Outlook fair
!, River, SPRINGS, Md. Capt Walter Chesel.
olne-Now mskirE very good catGhes. Of
rock to IS pounds each. Outlook good
Chincoteague Va, Stanley Turlineton-
Fair catches of porsies: sea bass, weakfisf
Wachspreague. Va, III q Mears-
Channel bass catches are good here, Alsc
taxing trout and kingfsh.
GLOUCESTER Point. Va, Capt T. g. Clop.
here now. Outlook GOOD
Wanchese, N. G. Capt. Wayland Baum
TOOK large catches OF channel bass ever!
Gay this past week at Oregon Inlet.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
College Tennis No Fun to Hunt
Navy Star on DUTY Status

stay at the Merton Cricket Club with
the rest of the competitors, but must
follow regulations and stay at a
downtown hotel.
Rain washed out yesterdays open
ing round matches and Hunt, seeded
second, is scheduled to meet Peter
Shonk of Williams College today,
weather permitting.
The 2l-year-old midshipman was
teamed with Jack Kramer last year
in doubles competition against the
Australians. They lost in four sets.
This spring he has been working to
improve his backhand.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
JorreII Tosses Ringers
In No-Hit Softly Come

Temple FARRELL, one of Washing
tons exceptionally versatile athletes,
added to his fame with a no-hit
softball game pitched against
Cameo in an exhibition game at
Ballston Stadium last night. Hurting
for I. B. NJ, FARRELL, who also shines
on horseshoe courts, allowed but
one man to reach first-on a walk
His team tailed in the last inning
to win, 2 to 0.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
junor Boys Look Tennis Doubles With Stars City Singles Near Sems
Seven Capital Girls in Running
For Baltimore Tennis Titles
In Second Round of Meet

son, to 3-6. "a. 8-6, still was
cunning for the younger girls title,
while Miss Jacob sprang to the fore
by whipping Marjorie Ellison, s-6,
81. Eliminated yesterday were
Mary Brookings, Ruth johnson and
Betita Martinez.
Results of Washington girls:
Junior class--Betty Jacob defeated Mar
jorie Ellison tBaltimore), 8--6. 81; Ann
Cullen defeated Phyllis Smith (Baltimorej, ,
6-3. 60; Shirley Combs defeated
Frances Roche tBaltimore). 7--5, Ga:
Margot Parsons defeated Jeanne salsbes
tBaltimorel, 6-3, 6--4; Helen Harrison
aasaitimorel defeated La Jeanne Echols,
Ruth johnson. JOS, IS. 6-3.
=, Girl class--La Jeanne Echols defeated
Mary Simpson. 6-3. 60; Julie Fisk de-
feated Louise Gutman. 80, 50; Felicia
Miller defeated Margaret Long, 6-3, %,
tineZ 60, S-6
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Mid-At|antic Tennis
Bringing Fast Field
To Columbia &C.

With expectations OF one of the
classiest out-of-town fields to COM
pete here in several years, officials
Of the Middle Atlantic tennis tour
nament, starting at Columbia
Country Club on Saturday, have
announced that entries will close
Thursday night at o'clock.
Columbia and Edgemoor Clubs
exchanged dates and sites of the
Middle Atlantic and District tour
naments with the idea of irnprov-
Ing the class of each, and it
appears that the attempt is succeed
ing. Entries for the Middle At
lantic should be sent or tele-
phoned to the committee at Wis
consin 310O.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Rizzuto Nearing Title
As A. AS Best Bet

By the Associated Press
There's little question that Phil
Rizzuto has specific designs on
gaining rank as the finest all
around player of this years Amer
ican Association campaign.
The classy Kansas City short
stoy, one of the circuits leading
batsmen and f1eetest base runners,
helped himself to four hits in four
trips to the plate last night as
Kansas City defeated Columbus,
4 to 2. in the first game of a
double bill. The second contest also
went to the league-leading Blues,
3 to l.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June Is. - Jo-
seph Raphael Hunt, young Davis
CUP player and United States Naval
Academy second classman, isn't
going to relax much at the 56th
annual United States intercollegiate
Tennis Tournament.
He's on duty status" which means
he must wear his white service uni
form at all times that he is not or
the court. Furthermore, both he
and his doubles partner, Jack Will
uanns, also on duty status" cant
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Pepco Nine Showing Way
To Gusmen in PIuyoff

Pepco was one up on Gas Light
today in their playoff battle for the
first-half championship of the
Government League and another
triumph this afternoon would give
it the title. Should Gas Light win
a third game will be played tomor-
row.
Pepco won the first tilt yesterday
by punching hits in the first and
fifth innings. Garvey, winning
hurler, set the Gas boys down with
six hits to win, 5 to 0.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Spsc;al Dispatch to The Star.

CpSCidl bl6pdtCl 10 ! ne oLaI.
BALTIMORE, Md, June as
Seven Of Washington's original 10
entrants in Baltimore's annual ten
mis- tournament for girls still were
In the running today with four
facing possibly two matches.
Surviving were Betty Jacob, Ann
Cullen, Margot Parsons and Shir-
ley Combs In the Junior class for
girls 1s years of age and under
and Julie Fisk, Felicia Miller and
LaJeanne Echols in the girls class
for those is and younger. The
Misses Parsons, Combs, Miller and
Echols all were slated to play twice.
Miss Echols, eliminated in the
Junior division only after extending
defending champion, Helen Harri-
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Garfield Alumni ReveI
To Lure Many Saturday

The fifth annual Garfield Play
ground homecoming will be held
Saturday starting at l:30 pm. and
will feature a softball game be-
tween the Old Timers and the
Young Fellows"
Among those expected to return
to the grounds they once haunted
are DR.. Sam zola, DR.. Ralph Mo-
noco, DR.. Jim Kane, the Rev. FL
mer Kimmell. Francis Connell of
Baltimore, the Rev. Father George
Gingras, the Rev. Father Paul Re-
petit and the Rev. Father Cowbig.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Smolls Keen for Action

Frank Small Motor team of the
National City Sunday A League
has an open date next Sunday 1t
would like to fill with good un-
limited team. An out-of town
game for July is needed, as we'll
as Wednesday evening practice
games. Phone Manager Ed Bendure,
Atlantic $3.50, or write 2704 Thirty
third street Sc.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Free Swim Glasses Oper
At Glen Echo JULY 8

Free swimming lessons will be
given at Glen Echo Park Crystal
Pool starting July 8, Manager Boyd
Hickman announced today. The
schedule follows:
Every morning, except Saturdays
and Sundays, during July from 10
until 1890, children under II years
of age; from 1890 to II, adults. On
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evening lessons will be given from
7 to 7:30.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Sturs Yesterday
py the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Walt Judnich, Browns - Hit
two home runs in three times
at bat to help beat Athletics.
9-4.
Bob Feller, Indians - Held
Yankees to seven hits and him.
self batted In two runs toward
his 18th victory.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Fights Last Night

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO -- Ben Moroz, 2s6Ha.
Philadelphia outpointed Selman Mar
tin, 2O2, Chicago (S).
DES MONIES Iowa.-Lee Savold,
1s9, Des Moines, outpointed Johnny
Winters, 205. Pontiac, Mich. (sl.
NEW YORK. - Irving Eldridge,
134I7, New York, outpointed Jimmy
YauKhn. 1875. Cleveland (SD.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
From the
Press Box
Tougher League Making
Life Tough for Yunks
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Gnnrinl c,orrAsnnndant nf The Star


PHILADELPHIA, June Is (N.A.
NA).-It seems to me that Mr.. Ted
Lyons, the old vintage White Sox
pitcher, said something In the vicin-
ity of a mouthful the other day
when he diagnosed the partial
(knock wood, mem collapse of the
New York Yankees in 1910.
THE Yankees are about the same
as ever" said Mr.. Lyons, but the
rest of the league is much, much
tougher"
The Yankees are, in truth, about
the same. They have young pitch
ers good enough to make up for the
fall of Lefty Gomez and the slight
decline of Rufus Ruffing. But the
rest of the league, as Mr.. Lyons
says, is different bowl of bouilla-
baisSe. Those st. Louis Browns for
instance. And those Athletics. And
those Tigers and Indians. To say
nothing of the fact that Mr.. Lyons
White Sox are pretty hard to push
over, too.
When the Browns took a double
header from the Yanks in st. Louis
this Western trip, and then Chicago
whaled the champions three times
in row, it was something more
than matter of decay in the New
York club. The Yanks got reason
able pitching and their hitters are
the same fellows who have been
whooping around the reservation
for the last three or four years
none of them senile as vet,
Evening star., 1940-06-25
League Hos Achieved
Good, Stout Bolonce

But the American League finally
has achieved good, stout balance
I think the race among the first
four clubs, Cleveland, Boston, De-
troit and New York, will continue
to be a race all year, and that the
other four clubs, Chicago, st. Louis
Philadelphia and Washington, will
continue to make it tough for the
leaders.
It's most unusual at this time of
year to see the American League
with a shorter spread than the Ma
tional. Yet there are 1515 games
between the top and bottom of the
National League and only 1412 sepa-
rating Cleveland and Washington in
the American.
Philadelphia has beaten Cleve-
land five times and won four from
Detroit. Chicago has clipped the
Yankees for six and the Browns
have taken six from Boston. That
is something like balans, and it's
all very new in a league where it
used to cost SIS to send cable from
the cellar to first place.
THE Browns" Mr.. Ted Lyons
was saving, have taken tip from
some of the rest of us. They're not
buying or trading for old ball play
ers and secondhand pitchers out
of the league boneyard any more.
McQuinn, Heffner, Berardino,
Swift, Judnich, Bildilli and Harris
just about make the club. And
none of those boys is secondhand.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-Joe Scott.
Western Reserve, retained ma
tional A. A. u. decathlon cham
pionship, scoring 6,671 points.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Griffith Out of Step
With No Liohts

But get a break or two, sneak in
a couple of good players by draft
or through scouting, and you have
a new circle-you win games, which
draws clients, who pay for more
ball players.
The st. Louis Browns, for in
stance, were hopeless till the. ad-
vent OF men like McQuinn, Judnich,
Berardino, Swift and Cullenbine
They didn't give much for those
fellows, They drafted them and
bought them for low prices from the
minors. And today, with the team
in fifth place, they are Turing the
fans, who always, in st. Louis,
have had a sneaky affection for the
Browns when the Browns had some
thing to offer.
Last year the club drew a total
of 100000 customers at home. This
year, with the season barely one
third over, they have drawn nearly
that many already. They figure to
do 100000 for 1910, if they keep up
their pace.
Night baseball has something to
do with this, but night baseball is
part of the basic investment that
brings results to an Impoverished
club-as I think Clark Griffith, in
Washington, will discover sooner or
later. Griffith is smart, but he's out
of step with better American
League till he gets himself some
lights.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
New ToIent Is Helping
Second Division Clubs

Look at us. The Kid Kennedy
on third base and fresh and Turner
catching, are giving us older guys
a lot of help. The Athletics have
got brand-new infield, their own
catcher and their own pitchers.
Mack didn't swap for those fellows.
He brought 'em up himself. The
same with Clark Griffith. The
Washington club may not be going
anywhere this year, but they've got
the right idea. They're working
with young pitchers, looking ahead"
It'll be long time before any
of the present second string teams
in the American League begins to
win pennants, especially the White
Sox, who still are leaning heavily
on older players. But the goal is
in sight. The league has had a
good shuttle this year, with a new
deck, and the next 10 years should
see lively turnover in pennants.
The circle in baseball is not al
ways vicious. OF course, bad ball
club will not draw customers at the
gate and without customers at the
gate, 1t cannot buy good ball players.
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Rod and Stream

uses either 9 or u thread linel
line.
Evening star., 1940-07-11

masters "in a convivial mood" to
get these improvisations across to
Mr.. Laszlo.
The festival atmosphere of the
concert was saddened by DR.. Kind
ler's announcement of Carl Droop's
passing. Mr.. Droop has been a
stanch supporter of music in this
city for many years and a faithful
patron of the National Symphony.
Johann Sebastian Bach's Come,
Sweet Death" on the program was
played to honor his memory.
The orchestra also presented such
familiar compositions as the over
ture to "Oberon" by Weber, Schu-
bert's Unfinished Symphony"
Song of the Rhine Maidens" from
"The Twilight of the Gods" by
Wagner. Strauss Voices of Spring"
ard three encores: Bachs famous
Air" Shostakovitch's Golden Age
Polka" and "Gliere's Sailors
Dance"