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Evening star., 1940-06-15
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, June 15.-War
bulletin: Those Cleveland In
dians are off the reservation.
Alex Wilson of Loyola (Chicago)
is No. l in line for the Notre
Dame track job. The country's
sports writer's are divided on
(a) whether Jimmy Demaret was
justified in withdrawing from the
Open and (b) whether the U. S.
G. A. gave Ed Oliver and the
rest of the early birds a bum
deal. Banks McFadden, Glenn
sons great back, is about to
change his mind again and stay
there in a coaching job instead
of playing pro ball with the
Brooklyn Dodgers. Joe Medwick
Evening star., 1940-06-15
War Charities 10 GET
Coin From Sale Of
Stewart Stable
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE, Pa, June IA
Mrs. Carol Hartman Stewart. wife
OF w. Plunket Stewart, millionaire
racing stable owner, announced to-
day she would sell her entire string
OF seven yearling colts and donate
the proceeds to war charities Ito
help generally"
Mrs. Stewart, a well-known horse
woman, said she expected to receive
about $4,000 for the horses.
The colts. the brood of the stable
at The Plains, Va, will be sold at
auction at Saratoga.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Maryland Aces BUSY

Maryland Aces, leaders in the
Prince Georges County loop, play
league game against Capitol Heights
tomorrow with either johnny
Clements or Johnny Newman on the
mound. A tune-up contest was
slated this afternoon with Army War
College on the War College diamond
Evening star., 1940-06-15
News in Ragtime.

The Indians claim they cannot
win
AS long as Oscar Witt is in
And so to oust him they begin
A real old-time uprising.
And it is very sad, indeed,
To hear that Dempsey will
proceed
To mingle with the wrestling
breed
Yes, that is most surprising.
Joe Medwick joins the Dodger
crew
And that's good news for me
and you
And means the baseball books
must do
Considerable revising.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Noisy Chorus of Boos Startled Champion

Godoy brought
startled Louis doesn't
into action which nothing intellectual
He will be
demolished Scmelng
Braddock
be annhiaion
S
still
hand But he than
in the spotlight
No him Is
of
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Frequent Training Has Worn Joe's Nerves

long of the training often
heavyweight
especially when face month after month";
still fellow,
than fighters have been
the blade
better boxer and much harder
as
their last let
to the last round
psychological that
don't believe Godoy
up punch Godoy
change without using machine
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Reliance Ties O'DonneII's

Reliance Life scored a moral VIC
tory in the Industrial League yester-
day, scoring six runs in the sixth
and final inning to gain an 8-s
stalemate with ODonnell's Sea Grill
The insurance men have lost five in
row.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
AMERICAN LEAGIF
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Pepco Trounces Printers

Pepco staked its claim to first
hall honors in the U. S. Government
League by handing Union Printers
a Cd lacing. Six runs in the Sec
ond clinched matters. Each team
got 10 hits, Scott and Holbrook
leading their mates in this respect.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Internal Revenue Loses

Internal Revenue dropped a Sd
decision to Veterans Administration
in the Government League. Gale
and Stevens led the winners at bat
with two hits each.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Interior Takes Another

Scoring all its runs in the last
three innings Interior spanked Pan
anna Canal Commission, 8-3, in their
Departmental League game. Cleary
and Love held the losers to four hits.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.

TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Detroit, double
header, 1:30.
Tennis.
The Stars tournament for
men, Edgemoor Club, 2::30.
Horse Show.
Upperville Colt Show, Upper
vile, Va, 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Inspired by Medw Dodgers Display Stuff That Wins With Chips on Linz
Win, Lose or Draw
Godoy Fight Should Tell if Louis Has Slipped
BY GRANTLAND RICE


NEW YORK June Is NANAD.-Aer blasting starts
Joe Louis largely has fighter
g terrific as tWo-handed Wrecer When
example the Pastor
Bomber proof enough that he
engagements
In Codoy the heavyweight
OF fighting flesh No fighter
punch But he loaded
If Godoy could dangerous His
main chance will be again battling
hardest fighter the game
Being fighter of moods all odds point the fact that this
defense his title should
for the other feowsavage and
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Too Much Victory Always Softenine Process

The retrogeson champion
OF
Louis has slipped little How much? Only
The Yankees with years. still young
sharpened
from 1886 through 1889.
victory softening process any
still
for his He better
easily bed style
face situation with skill
This time he should know the tackle
slipped handle
But he isn't the Louis of years
Evening star., 1940-06-15
lonsburqh Upsets Elite

Lansburgh upset Elite Laundry by
a 80 count in their Taft-Burroughs
Softball League fray. The losers
were outhit, At, but made their
bingles count.
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track on Central Highs Benny
Steiner, a prolific hitter. who also
was regarded and relished by Griff
and Harris.
NewhOuser Checks Mats.
AS mentioned previously. one look
at the two dozen youngsters now
laborlng here is convincing proof
Washington scouting arrangement
is slightly sour. Joe Cambria con-
sututes the Mats discovery depart
ment. but the Tigers, among others,
cover the United States like a
blanket.
The Tigers not only are good,
as evidenced by their current high
station in the pennant disputes. but
they also are taking some form
OF insurance for the future What
they have accomplished in the i'm
mediate past is reflected in the
performances of Outf1elder Barney
McCosky and Pitcher Harold New
houser. both Detroit products.
There is a natural tendency to be-
little a losing club, but Washington
nevertheless appears outmoded from
the foundation up. Modern baseball
apparently is geared for teams with
an eye toward organization and
Washington's haphazard methods
don't seem to be clicking.
1t was NeWhousel. incidentally,
who dealt the Mats their fifth defeat
IN SIX games here yesterday. limit
ing Washington to five hits. while
Detroit collected l3 off the combined
offerings of Walter Masterson and
Joe krakauskas to pound out 10-1
decision.
Myer Starts First Game.
The Mats appeared about as snap
py as a century-old turtle, commit
ting TOUR errors and otherwise con-
Quoting themselves IN Sandlot stvle.
Myers 1910 fielding debut re-
moved some of the stigma from the
engagement, the scrappy veteran
performing admirably afield and COL
lectlng one of Washington's hits.
Aside from that, though. it was
dismal affair.
Masterson wasn't as ineffective as
the score indicates, brace of errors
by Catcher Rick Ferreli and another
by Shortstop Travis figuring in his
second loss of the season. When he
left the game at the end of the fifth
inning, however the Tigers had ac-
cumulated IL lead and increased
it to its final proportions off Krakky,
with the aid of still another miscue
by Center Fielder Johnny Welaj and
a misjudged fly ball by Right Fielder
Case.
Today's double header was to find
Sid Hudson and Joe Haynes at
tempting to keep the Mats out of the
American League dungeon, with
Buck Newsom and John Corsica
nominated to toll for the Tigers.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
BY BURTON HAWKINS,


DETROIT, Mich. June 15.-Ex-
cuse the pardonable pessimism, but
the Nationals are going to be ex-
tremely fortunate to escape the cell
lar this season. The reasons may be
attributed to horrible defense and
an antiquated scouting system.
Washington's defense can't be
remedied overnight, due to the SIM
pie reason Buddy Lewis doesn't rep
resent much fielding finesse at third
base, Zeke Bonura wears a rubber
glove at first base Buddy Myer or
Jimmy BloodWorth appear anchored
on dime at second Cecil Travis is
only an acceptable shortstop, George
Case is a shoemaker in right field
and Gerald Walker is unreliable in
left field.
That, of course, disposes of the
current season, and the future
doesn't hold much promise. One peek
at Detroits baseball school is evi-
dence enough the Mats are overlook
ing dozens OF embryonic stars.
Tigers Import Talent.
Every June the Tigers import the
cream of scholastic and collegiate
diamond talent. They're here now.
working out every day before the
Detroit club trots on the field, and
one look at the Tigers collection of
promising youngsters and you're
wondering why Washington belongs
IN the American League.
From the Pacific Coast to Provi-
dence, R. l.. from Maine to Florida
come baseball-minded youths eager
to gnaW their niche in the diamond
armament. They're spirited, hust-
ling kids, enthusiastic over the pros
pect of graduating into organized
baseball.
Included among them is one Billy
Fisher, a Central High boy of Wash
lngton, who was examined by Presi-
dent Clark Griffith and Manager
Bucky Harris of the Mats and liked
by both. Griff requested Fisher to
bring his father to talk to him, but
Fisher didn't and that ended the
approach.
The Tigers stepped into Wash
ington's back yard and grabbed
a prospect in Fisher and the Boston
Reds are believed to have the inside
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Official Score
'Batted for Krakauskas in ninth.

IodLttu lOI hTdkauSKdS IN nlnth.
Washington --------- 600 100 OOn-
Detroit --- 1O1 233 0Ox-1 q
Runs batted in-Bonura. Tebbetts t2),
Gehringer go. Bartell co, Greenbere.
McCoskey. Two-base hits - Greenberg,
Tebbetts (2) Gehringer, Bartell, Bonura.
Three-base hit-McCoskey. Stolen base
'Tebbetts. Observation-Disclosures Left on
bases-Washington, s; Detroit 1o First
base on balls-Of Masterson, 4 off Krak-
auskas.- .: off Newhouser, s. Struck out
BY Masterson. .; by Kraukauskas. /; by
Newhouser. r. Hits-Of Masterson. 10
in 8 innings: off Krakauskas. 3 in 3 in
nngs. Hit by pitched ball-By Master
son tBartelD. Losing pitcher-Masterson
Umpires-Messrs. Ormsby, MCGOWAN and
Knobs Time-o.1o
Evening star., 1940-06-15
North Defeats South
In Battle Of Picked
Lacrosse Teams
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, June 15.-Norti
defeated the South, 6 to S, last night
in the first all-star collegiate la
crosse game between the sections.
About $500 saw the Northern
squad end SIS deadlock in the
final period, then hold off a last.
minute counterattack by the Dixi>
starting lineup. rushed back onto
the field after respite.
King Of Princeton led the Northc
ern squads scoring with a pair of
goals. Litz of Baltimore Loyola.
headed the Souths attack in scor-
ing three of the five goals.
The line-ups:
Evening star., 1940-06-15
GAMES TODAY

ash. at Detroit (2)
n. Y. at st. Louis.
Boston at CHICAGO.
Phlla. at Cleveland,
Evening star., 1940-06-15
NATIONAL

Results YESTERDAY.
Brooklyn; 2: Cincinnati. o.
New York, s; Pittsburgh. s.
St. Louis. 6: philadelphia. ..
Boston, 4; Chicago. ..
Evening star., 1940-06-15
GAMES TOMORROW

Wa sh. at Detroit
n, Y. az St. L. t21.
Boston at Chicago.
Phlla. at CleYe. (2l.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
GAMES TOMORROW.

ClncIn. al Bklyn. (2J.
Pitts. at N. Y. o2l.
St. l.. a. Phila. f2).
Chi. at Boston t2).
Evening star., 1940-06-15

Scoring: North-Dell, Rich, DobbIn.
Klng t2). Naylor. South-Litz C3), Brown,
Substitutes: North-Rich. Syracuse.
BuSer, Penn State; Brennan, CornsII.
Brooks, Yale; Dejohn, Syracuse; Evans
RutgerS; Gillespie, Syracuse; Swift, Army:
ginia; Bond: Maryland Finkei' North
Gar9lina' ' Cole. MARYLAND: Enders Johns
TTiopSinSi Luce Lehigh: Wolf. Swarthmore:
Evening star., 1940-06-15
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
GAMES TODAY

OSMtS IODA L
Cincln. at BROOKLYN
Pittsburgh at N Y.
St. Louis at Phila
Chicago at Boston.
Evening star., 1940-06-15
Sour Scouting System Seen
Chief Factor in Mats Doom
In Contrast to Tigers

track on Central Highs Benny
Steiner, a prolific hitter. who also
was regarded and relished by Griff
and Harris.
Evening star., 1940-12-18


projection room screenings, is new
ertheless receiving marked atten-
ton from actor-voters in the best
picture" division.
If the film gets Los Angeles run
before January 10 (the deadline on
entries for academy voting Hep
burns Folly" as it was once known
around the lots, will undoubtedly
prove 1940's prize dark-horse con-
tender for the big Oscar.
The current POI of the North
American Newspaper Alliance, in
past years an accurate barometer of
academy choices made 60 days later,
closes today Results of the poll,
comprising the actors own choices
for 10 best pictures, best actor
performance. best actress perform
ance, best director and other inter-
esting sidelights will be published
in this newspaper later this month.
"
Guy Kibbe almost lost the title
role in R-K-O'S "Scattergood
Baines" for one of the strangest
reasons on record. He couldn't
wiggle his toes. Clarence Burlington
kellands S fictional hero, as all read
ers know, removes his shoes and
tWiddles his toes whenever weighty
problem confronts him.
The producers were aghast (and
so was Kibbee) when he rigidity of
the stars toes was discovered. Kib-
bee recalled he froZe his feet while
on hunting trip 20 years ago and
hadn't been able to work up a pint
sized toe Wiggle since The family
doctor saved Guys job by massage
and diathermic treatments.
Il waggle and crackle with the
best of EN- now" said the actor.
But l had TO throw away all my
shoes and get new ones half a size
larger"
The studios best possible Christ
mas gesture to Hollywood news writ
ers is represented in a decision to
abolish press previeWs in local thea
ters. They'll stage them hereafter
in the solitude of small projection
rooms.
The original idea was to have the
critics sit in with audience reaction.
but local theater patrons are SO
demonstrative tunruly may be the
proper world that the sound track
more often than not got tangled up
with applause and raspberry effects.
Whole stretches of dialogue were
occasionally erased from the critical
ear.
Adding to the general annoyance
was the habit of studio executives
and camp followers in demanding
blocks of those center seats roped
Evening star., 1940-12-18

films. A producer heard he was in
town, called him and put him to
work. Since then he hardly has had
an idle day, one role piling atop an
other-and more always waiting.
At present, he is virtually COM
muting by air between San Antonio
Tex, where he is doing a dramatic
role in Paramount Il Wanted
Wings and Hollywood. where he is
performing with Douglas and Miss
Oberon in Sol Lesser-sponsored
exhibition of The Lubitsch Touch. -
Some actors, lot younger, might
find it pretty hard to switch char
acterlzations and faraway locations
as fast and often as Davenport has
been doing the past few weeks, but
the veteran takes it in stride.
My worst trouble" he confdes,
is Whiskers. In the Paramount pic
ture I wear stubbly whiskers and
in That Certain Feeling I'm clean
shaven. My whiSkers don't know
whether to come in or stay out
All six Davenport brothers and
sisters were on the stage. Fanny
Davenport, of course. was the most
famous. Blanche was an opera sing
er we'll known in Italy Through
his marriage to Phyllis Rankin.
Davenport acquired two theatrical
Infamous brothers-in-law - John
Drew and Lionel Barrymore.
CRe.eased BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc)
Evening star., 1940-12-18

You"
Slim. white haired and blue eyed,
! but straight and agile for all his
years. Harry Davenport this month
is rounding out SO successful years
as an actor And he is celebrating
| the occasion in big way: BY being
in two pictures at once-Wlth part
in a third waiting until he is avail
| able!
Watching Davenport put pep into
one of the scenes in LubitSch's That
Certain Feeling" it wasn't easy to
believe he had been a star when
Lubitsch was still in grade school
Or that he had celebrated his stage
golden jubilee when Douglas was
! just getting start in the theater.
Or that he'd been acting nearly 60
years when Miss Oberon and Mere
dith began their careers.
/ 1t so happened this day that
Davenport had the proof along with
him-in the shape of two dollars
and four cents. The handful Of
conis which Lubitsch had expressed
the wish to see, was neatly fitted
into a faded morocco case. AS
! Davenport explained. it constituted
the earnings of his first stage per-
formance. He was 5 years old then
and the producer who started him
on the long career was his father,
! E. L. Davenport.
Part of a Collection.
The collection includes every
minted United States coin OF the
| 1871 series-one cent, two cent,
/ nickel-three cent. silver-three cent.
nickel-five cent, silver-five cent, and
dime. quarter, half-dollar and dollar
! coins Along with them is yell
lowed card which reads:
! Master Harry Davenport-his
salary for three performances of
"Damon's Boy November and De-
cember, 1871, at the.Chestnut Street
Theater. Philadelphia. Per E. l.,
Davenport and Peter S. Abel, treas
urer''
/ This scuffed little case with its
mementoes Of 5-year-old lisping
his first lines back of gas foot
| lights had been in storage at Daven-
ports farm near Canton, Pa. for
80 years and was brought to
Hollywood along with hundreds of
other items of a priceless theatrical
collection.
That near 70-year record as an
actor, with his career still rolling
along merrily (he's one of the top
salaried character players of movie
land) is amazing to every one ex-
| cept Davenport himself.
| I've got a real record to shoot
at" he says, his blue eyes tWlinkling.
MY great great grandfather Jack
Johnston. one OF the most famous
of the old Irish comedians, went on
the stage as boy and stayed with
it until he died at the age of &c.
When I've matched that, I might
consider pipe, a pair of slippers
and an easy chair by the fireside." :"
He's Busy Right Now.
Davenport came to Hollywood five
years ago, between stage engage
ments, on flying visit to his four
children, all of whom are active in
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-"Fhght to the West
new adventure drama by Elmer Rice,
with Betty Field in the leading role:
2:30 and $50 pm.
Screen.
Palace-"Tin Pan Alley Betty
Cradle, Alice Faye and some famil-
lar hit tunes: II am, los, 3:15
5;25, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Earle-"East of the River" sturdy
drama with John Garfield: II am
l 40, 80. tbs and 1905 pm. Stage
shows: 1880. 3:35. 6:25 and 9l0 pm
Capitol-"I Want Divorce,
marital comedy with Mr. and Mrs
Dick Powell Joan Blondeln: II
am. lao. 4:25. 7:l0 and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: 1855, $40, $40 and
9:05 pm.
Keith's-"The Bank Dick" the
new w. c. Fields comic holiday: IL
2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 pm.
Metropolitan-"Th Letter" Bette
Davis in the Somerset Maugham
story: II am, LOS, 3:l5, $40, 7:3C
and $40 pm.
Columbia "BittersWeet," with
jeanette Macdonald and Nelson
Eddy: 11:20 am, 1:25, $3.50, $50
1885 and 9:40 pm.
Little-"The Great Waltz" the
last local showing of the spectacular
musical: II am. los, 3:15, 5:25
1885 and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-12-18

prerogative to say more than few
words by saying the mere few nee
essary for graceful acknowledge
ment of his own and the cinema
colony's gratitude.
Hero of the occasion, without be-
ing overly imaginative about it, was
Red Shelton. Shelton, who rushed
away from Washington short time
ago to take part in Flight Com
mand,' rushed back last night to
act as master of ceremonies of the
prologue to the premiere arranged
by Carter Barron and Gene Ford.
BY plane he arrived at 7:30. sans
dinner jacket. BY plane he left i'm
mediately after the performance,
still sans dinner jacket. In between,
however. the irrepressible Red ran
through series of the skits which
have made him Washingtons favo-
rite comedian. who after years of
such pre-eminence will still risk
his neck for laugh
Premiere snapshots: dramatically
one of the soundest stage shows
ever devised was that which pre-
ceeded the showing of the picture
From the singing of Fague
Springman, with chorus, in the eff
fectively produced Night Flight"
dance by Harriet Hoctor. and def
nitely inclusive of the elaborate
overture by Sam Jack kaufman, it
was a show distinctly to the credit
of the Loew production staff d.
It's single standard note. which the
audience seemed to like even if
critics have heard it too often, was
the singing of the Varsity Eight. an
other male octet which can't avoid
the conventional male octet num-
bers.
The argument that critics can't
write plays, which also may include
the basis for plays, will get test
at the National beginning January
G. On that occasion the local play
goer will have a chance to see Mr..
and Mrs North" Owen Davis dram
atization of the endlessly interesting
North series which Richard Lock-
ridge and wife have written for the
New Yorker. Mr.. Lockridge. when
not writing about the Norths. is
the drama as it comes
bounding. or limping. to Broadway.
Aside to the author of the letter
signed Laurie" with reference to
the East of the River review:
You're pretty swell. too.
Success story: Robert Stevenson,
director of Back Street" which
stars Charles Boyer and Margaret
SULLIVAN, shyly admits he lied his
way to success. When a professor
in his aeronautical engineering
course at Cambridge University
asked him about his low grades. he
explained that he was busy making
? deep psychological study of the
motion picture
Conscience-stricken when he real
jzed that he never had paid any
attention TO the movies he really
began to make deep psychological
study of them.
That's why he is where he is today.
Evening star., 1940-12-18

Admiral Harold Stark, Chief of Ma
val Operations, were speakers.
Let Hollywood have its star
packed pvemiereS, its multiColored
lights, its grandstands packed with
star gazers who brought their
lunches and even their dinners it
has not had such celebrities as the
heads of the Army and Navy.
X Y, y
Hollywood star of the premiere
was Walter Pidgeon, featured in
the picture of naval aviation life
which stars Robert Taylor and Ruth
Hussey. The protocol bound life Of
Washington may be far cry from
the polo-shirted democracy OF Hol-
lywood, but it did not find Pidgeon
short of the diplomacy which fits
it. Called upon to speak at the
banquet preceding the showing.
Pidgeon surrendered his actors
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Brenda's 'Jinx'

Brenda Marshall and Jeffrey
Lynn will be featured together for
the second time in "Jinx Woman
at Warner Bros. studio. The pair
were previously teamed in Mon
day and the Woman" at the same
studio. "Jinx Woman" is the story
OF an actress who is haunted by
bad luck. Jean Negulesco, hereto
fore a short subject director at the
studio, has been given "Jinx
Woman as his first feature film
assignment
Evening star., 1940-12-18

off for the press. The situation was
climaxed the other night when the
head of one lot brought in 20 dinner
guests just as the preview started
and demanded the cream of the
press allotment. The latter are
bought by the studios at 40 cents
each. The new scheme will save
about 100000 a year Around 500
press screenings are staged in Holly
wood each year.
tReleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Shirley Is Sianed

Shirley Ross, Broadway singing
star, has been signed by Warner
Bros. for the feminine lead opposite
Dennis Morgan in the comedy pro-
duction. "She Stayed Kissed" This
completes the casting of principals
in the film which also features Jane
Wyatt and Lee Patrick.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Trvouts Tonight

The Pierce Hall Players will hold
open tryouts tonight at o'clock at
Pierce Hall to cast their next pro-
duction. Accent on Youth" The
play will be directed by L. zaf
Rogers 1t is scheduled for pre-
sentation February u to Is. inclu-
sive. and rehearsals will start after
the first of the year.
Evening star., 1940-12-18
Lecture on Dance

The Washington National Ballet
Will present demonstration-le
ture in the art OF the dance Sat-
| urday evening at $50 o'clock al
the Women's Club Of Chevy Chase
Md. The lecture will cover impor-
tant phases of the dance since 1861
with comments and a dance Illus
| trating each period.
Evening star., 1940-12-18

memory OF the
oldest priemere-
goer, has eve r
been graced by
the presence of
the ranking Of
fcers of b o t h
Army and Navy.
And not merely
the presence. for
at the National
Aeronautical As
sociation b a n
quet prior to the
picture, BIO t h
Gen. George G..
Marshall. Chief
Of Staff and