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Evening star., 1940-11-10

yourself"
"Oh, I'm all right he said.
They got into taxi. The driver
knew a place on the north side where
they could dance in their street clothes.
He drove them to it.
81 suppose it s hard for girl to get
a job if she isn't trained for anything
the Knight Errant said. His face was
troubled.
"Modeling?' Tonic suggested
Absolutely not"
''Oh, dear! Well, III think of some
thing else I'm sure I'll find something,
shant be burden very long"
The next street lamp revealed him
scowling. Don't be silly. You aren't
a burden. In fact -"
This must be it" TOME said. look
ing at the brightly lighted hotel en-
trance before which they had stopped.
Yeah, this is it, all right. Listen. kid
-" ne reached for her hand and gave
it friendly squeeze - you 60 ahead
and have yourself the best time you
can. Just forget everything. You've
got few hours OF fun coming to you
The orchestra was good. So was the
Knight Grants dancing. Tonic had
her few hours of fun They ate crackers
and cheese and drank beer sitting at
little round table in the hotel cafe.
Another taxi took them back to the
station with barely enough time to
catch their train.
They ate breakfast next morning
among the fertile farm lands of~Ohio
with a mother and her small son.
"Have you got any little boys?" the
child asked them.
Hush, dear" his mother said.
why didn't you bring your little
boys on the train?" the child asked.
HE blond young man said, Il
haven't any little boys. l wish l did
have. If had any, do you know what
they'd do?"
WHAT" the child asked.
They'd eat all their oatmeal. That's
what they'd do"
Why"
Because if they didn't maybe some
day they'd be hungry and they
wouldn't have any to eat. that's why
Then would they wish they had
some?''
Wouldn't they just?" Tonic said.
Her eyes and the young mans eyes
met. They smiled like old friends over
their secret joke.
The child showed them his Dopey
Doll when they got back to the Pull
man. The child sat on the young mans
lap and ate a lollypop and caressed his
new friend with sticky fingers. The
young man didn't seem to mind.
Though apparently temperamental
and a crouch, he seemed to be by
nature kind and generous. Desolation
fell suddenly on Tones spirit. She
wondered what the girl was like whom
he was going to marry at noon to-
morrow.
The child remained with them
through lunch and into mid afternoon
=. "And that's what you get for be-
ing boy scout" Tonic said, when her
Knight returned from handing him
down from the platform to his mother.
Il don't mind kids. In fact, like
EN-"
$50 do IT, Tonic said, her soft eyes
dark and thoughtful.
what about a drink"
"All right by me-" Tonic said. She
trotted behind him, like docile little
wife, the length of the train to the club
car. They sat side by side on a long
upholstered seat and watched farms
and forests and small cities march
toward the setting sun.
1--WE been thinking he said.
What? Again?" But Tonic didn't
feel fippant. She felt sad. They'd be in
New York tonight. And after that -
Thinking - about you and me.
Here you are No place to go. No
money No job. The worst of it is,
Evening star., 1940-11-10

just - sorry for mer' she said sadly.
I'm not such a fool as to marry a
girl just because I'm sorry for her,
Tonic. like the way your hair grows
back from your face in that funny lit
tie point. like your eyes, and that
quirk your mouth gets when you
smile didn't know anybody could be
such an idiot as not to squawk the way
you didn't. about being hungry and
broke. but like IT - like you lot.
Tome. If | haven't begun loving you
yet, it won't be long -"
ONIE sat very quietly, squeezing
his hand hard After a moment she
said slowly, 81 like - how blue your
eyes are, like the water off Catalina.
like your funny butter-colored hair
and -- and that daub of candy the lit
tie boy got on your collar. like how
kind you were on the train. like YOU
a lot, too don't think it would be so
so very long -
Il asked you now because you'll
need time to think about it. We'd
better have dinner on the train. When
we get in, I'll have to see this fellow
who sent me the telegram and prob
ably call up all the ushers and send
word to my mother that the weddings
off - III have to make out report
for Grayson, too, if | can keep my
mind on it, III get you a room at
hotel and III come and pick you up
for lunch tomorrow. III leave you
some money - and if you don't want
to marry me, I'll get you job if it
takes leg. So don't you worry. You
won't be hungry like that again, TOME.
no matter what"
Il won't be - hungry like that -
again" Tonic echoed, Her voice
choked up and died away to nothing
on the last word There were tears in
her eyes -.
Her room at the hotel. of course,
had a telephone, and as soon as the
bellboy had left her, she lifted it and
called a number. The number burst
into exclamations of delight at the
sound of her voice.
Tonic said yes, she was back, and
no, she wasn't coming out to the house
tonight, and had she had grand time
- just wait till you see me! She added.
Give me Mr.. Grayson's wire if he's
home. please, Hilda" She waited until
she heard the click of the extension in
the library.
Hello. Uncle Dick" she said then
"Are you the cagiest banker in New
York;"
Am | the -? Is that you, An
toinette? You don't mean you're back
home without letting us know
"I'm back" TOME said I'm - Pm
just fine. I've gained pounds"
"All over that damned fortune
hunter. eh?"
Definitely" Tonic said. Look. are
you the caglest banker in - p
IL hope so"' he chuckled. Tell me
where you are. III send Pike and the
car -"
i DON'T want Pike and the car. I'm
going to stay at hotel tonight. I've
got to stay here, because someone's
coming here to see me in the morning
As a banker, Uncle Dick, suppose
you got on a train and it started, and
you looked in your purse and found
someone had stolen all your money.
what would you do?"
That's easy" her uncle said. Il
wouldn't let anybody steal my money.
Good heavens, Antolnette, you aren't
serious, are you? You don't mean
you -
81 did, but it doesn't matter"
Tonic said, losing interest. Look,
Uncle Dick. I'm going to be married.
quite soon, l think Maybe next week"
The crisp, bankerish voice cracked
over the wire She held the telephone
away from her ear until the worst was
over Now and then she caught word
or phrase
Evening star., 1940-11-10

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more light than ever before.
Evening star., 1940-11-10
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
Reese To Play
Again In Few Weeks

CHICAGO, June 2 Up Harold
Peewee) Reese, Brooklyn's 20-year-
old shortstops was resting comfort
ably today, but still dizzy from the
blow on the head he received in
yesterdays game with the Cubs.
DR.. John F. Davis, Cubs physic-
ian who is treating Reese, said ad-
ditional x-ray examinations of the
spot where the rookie was struck
by a pitched ball, revealed no skull
fracture.
However, I plan to make further
examinations tomorrow" DR.. Davis
said. when Reese moves around
he becomes dizzy and ~nauseated, so
we couldn't take all the x-rays we
wanted to today. l am almost GER.
tain now there is no fracture, but
I'm not excluding that possibility
until I take further pictures"
He added that if Reese improves
at a normal pace he should be able
to play again in a few weeks. The
little infielder listened to his teams
double victory over the Cubs today
over his bedside radio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
Twenty-N Nine Men Signed
By Washington Redskins

SPOKANE, Wash, June Up
Coach Ray Flaherty of the Wash
ington Redskins of the National
Professional Football league has
signed 20 players to 1910 contracts.
This number, he said, sets a rec
ord in the league for this early in
the season.
For the first time since I have
been in Washington, we. will have
more than one or two backfield
men who weigh 200 pounds or
more. This should give US the pow
er for line plays We have been
lacking in the past. With the sign
ing of Bob Hoffman of Southern
California, Ray Hare of Gonzaga
and Leroy Zimmerman of San
Jose State, I will have three new
men who tip the beams at more
than 200 pounds. 1 am especially
pleased at having signed Willard
(Bolo) Perdue of Duke, an end,
and Charles (Chuck) Slagle of
North Carolina, a guard. Both of
these boys are the rough and ready
type and should be a big help to
U.S."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
CONN, LESNEVICH
FIGHT WEDNESDAY
Buddy Baer And Valentin
Campolo Battle In Madi-
son Garden Thursday

NEW YORK, June 2.-LP-Billy
Conn, light-heavyweight champion
from Pittsburgh, gets back into &C.
ton this week when he makes his
third titular defense against Gus
Lesnevich Of Cliffside, N. J., in a
15-round bout at Olympia Stadium,
Detroit, Wednesday night.
They were originally scheduled to
fight. at Miami last winter and again
in April, but Conn, suffering from
boils, was in no condition to fight
then. In their previous meeting
Conn outpointed Lesnevich in a fiji
teen-round bout in Madison Square
Garden.
Buddy Baer, Livermore, Calf, and
Valentin Campolo of Argentina, bat
tie for ten rounds or less in Madison
Square Garden Thursday. Also on
the same card, Pat Comiskey, who
lost an eight-round decision to Steve
Dudas in his last appearance at
the Garden, goes out to avenge it
in a t~en-rounder. Comiskey is from
Paterson, N. j., and Dudas from
EdgeWater, N. J. F..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
PIRATES, GIANTS
SPLIT TWIN BILL
Pittsburgh Wins First En-
%gagement, FL, But Drops
The Second, 7-3

PITTSBURGH, June 2 -R-
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the
New York Giants split a double
header today, the Pirates winning
the first 81 but losing the second
7-3 despite home runs-Both with
the bases empty-by first baseman
Elbie Fletcher and outfielder Maui
rice Van Robays.
The nightcap was called at the
end of the eighth inning because
of Pennsylvania Sunday law,
which fixes a deadline of 6 pm,
eastern standard time, for Sabbath
day sports.
Bob Klinger and Hal Schumacher
engaged in a pitching duel in the
opener, each holding the adversary
scoreless for seven innings. In the
eighth, Alban Glossop was safe at
first on ar attempted sacrifice and
advanced to second when Arky
Vaughan threw out Schumacher.
Burgess Whitehead singled him
home. In the same inning the
Pirates scored twice on singles by
Spud Davis, Deb CAIRNS, Lee
Handley and a double by Bob FL
lott. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
PITTSBURGH COPS
IC4A MEET H0N0RS
Team Heads Home With Hon
ors Without Winning A
Single Event In Tourney

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 2
R-The University Of Pittsburgh's
track and field forces headed home
proudly today with the IC4A title
they captured without winning a
single event in the two-day college
classic at Harvard stadium.
The Partners instead distributed
their talents so effectively over
the program that their scoring in
eight of the 16 events tailed % IL
points-enough to secure tn e m
their second IC4A team chapion-
ship in four years. Penn State took
second place with "a and favored
California and Yale split d
honors with 20 points each.
Five IC4A marks were shattered
and another equalled in the thrill
packed battle for collegiate track
mastery, but the feats were not
enough to offset Pitts well-bal-
anced strength.
Captain Frank Oil, closing a
brilliant three-year career in Pan
Their track, scored nine points in
three events. He took seconds in
the 220 and the broad jump and
fifth place in the 100.
Sophomore Harold Stickel press
ed him closely for scoring honors
with seconds in the 100-yard dash
and the 220 low hurdles. Big Jim
Elliott produced a second in the
javelin throw; Dave Mcdowell
shared that berth with Walter Ar
r.ngton of Michigan state in the
high jump and John Bazyk cap
tired the third spot in the shot
put. Pitts remaining two points
were gathered by the mile relay
team, which scored fourth.
Dominating the meet in individ'
ual brilliancy, however, were Nor
wood Ewell, Penn States sensa'
tional negro sophomore; Al Blozls'
the Georgetown giant, and Ed Dug
ger, Tufts negro hurdler.
The Nittany Lion C scored the
first IC4A triple since 1887 in win
ming both dashes and the broac
jump-equalling the meet mark in
the 220.
Blozis shattered both shot anc
discus marks while Digger, ir
scoring a double in the hurdl G
events, shaved one-tenth of a sec
ond off the 20-year-old high hurdle
mark set by Earl Thomson Of
Dartmouth.
Andy Needing, Manhattan dis
tance runner, cracked the fourth
record in winning the two-mile run
and New York ~university's great
mile relay team accounted for the
fifth when the violet quartet reeleo
eff that event in a dizzy 3:16 flat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
Reds, Bees Split Bill; Walters Gets 9th Win
LEAGUE LEADERS
WIN OPENER, Ill
Boston Cops Nightcap, 20,
With Erickson Turning
In Whitewash Trick

CINCINNATI, June 2.-CP-With
unbeaten Bucky Walters easing
along to his ninth victory, the Gin
cinnati Reds blasted the first game
of today's doubleheader from the
Boston Bees, II to 1, but wasted al.
most an opportunity an inning to
suffer a 20 whitweash in the night
cap at the hands of Dick Erickson.
Three quarters of Cincinnati's
pitching was a managers delight,
with Bucky Walters allowing only
five hits and Jim Turner and Joe
Beggs giving the Bees but four, none
until Sebastian Sisti's single in the
seventh. A bobbled double play ball
opened the gates for the Boston runs
in the eighth innings of the sunset
game. ,Bucky was a trifle wild but
the only run scored off him resulted
from a tumble by Johnny Rizzo.
Johnny compensated by hitting two
homers.
Chester Ross opened the Bees
seventh with a single, went to Sec
ond on an infield play, and scored
when Rizzo bobbled Andrews single.
Outside of that the only men to get
on base up to the sixth were three
walkers and a hit batsman.
All this time the Reds were busy.
Three singles peppered out in the
first inning, Ernie Tombardi doubled,
and Rizzo sent the ball over the t
field fence for a total of five runs.
With two out in the third, Bill
| Werber singled and Rizzo dropped
the ball behind the center-field wall
for two more runs. In the fifth two
singles, Eddie Miller's error, and a
fly produced another brace. Lonnie
Frey's single, Frank McCormick's
double an another single by Werbel
made the final pair in the sixth.
Only IS men faced Jim Turner in
the first six innings Of the second
game. The ex-Bee walked Max West
in the fifth but Max died immedi-
ately in a double play.
Rain began falling in the seventh,
and after considerable towel waving
by Manager Casey Stengel of the
Bees, time was called with one out
in the eighth.
A 36-minute rest did Turner no
good. AL Lopez singled, Miller beat
out a roller to third, and then Billy
Myers fumbled E~rrickson's double.
play hopper to fill the bases.
Sisti then flied, scoring Lopez, and
Moore singled, scoring Miller. Be. KS
took over but the damage was done.
First Game)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
CARDS, PHILLIES
DIVIDE PROGRAM
Walter Beck And Bob Bow.
man Each Wins His First
Contest Of Season

ST. LOUIS, June 2 -R-Walter
Beck and Bob Bowman each won
his first game of the season today,
Beck stopping the Cardinals in the
opener of a doubleheader, 4 to 2,
and Bowman making it an even
split by defeating the Phillies in
the nightcap, 9 to 2.
Each pitcher yielded seven hits
and was scored on only in one
inning.
Johnny Mize, the cards big first
baseman, slammed out two terrific
home runs, his 18th and 18th Of the
season, and Terry Moore hit his
fifth of the year with two men on
base in the second game victory.
The Pills two runs came on catch
err Ben Warren's circuit clout with
a man on base in the fifth inning.
In the opener, Beck was irwin
chile, except in the seventh, when
a hit batsman, two singles and
a long fly produced the only runs
against him. The Phillies banged
Max Lanier for five singles and
their quartet Of runs in a third
inning rally. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
HOGAN PREPARINC
TO PLAY in OPEN
Has Thrown Away Putter
That Caused Him Trouble
In Qualifying Play
BY GAYLE TALBOT

CLEVELAND, June 2-R-Ben|
Hogan has thrown away the put
ter that got him in his present en-
barrassing ~predicament and is
practicing furiously for the Open
championship which starts Thurs
day at the Canterbury golf club
here.
Ben, the country's leading mon
ey winner the past year, failed to
qualify for the championship ex
cept as an alternate and is here
wearing out the practice grounds
only because Frank Strafaci, New
York amateur, promised to with
draw in his favor.
II suppose I'll be able to play
all right" said the thin Texan.
Frank told me to come on out
here. And I'm sure he wouldn't
! have said that unless he meant it.
Z sure hope I can play, because
I'm knocking in with this new put
ter"
He found the club in the pros
shop at Canterbury and has scarce
ly had it out of his hands. He ex-
planned that it is a slower" put
ter than the one which failed him
SO disastrously in the qualifying
round, where he had eight three
putt green's.
Everybody is going to need a
slow putter in this Open" he said.
"Even right now, with the course
soaked from all the r a n, the
greens r very fast. No telling
what they will be like if we have
a few days Of SUM-"
The only thing that could prevent
Hogan's teeing off with the rest OF
the stars would be for Strafaci at
the last minute to feel an over
towering desire to play, and that
isn't likely. Still some of the fel.
lows think it a silly situation when
a player of Ben's caliber is here
at all only through another's kind.
ness.
MAYBE this will cause the u.
S. G.. A., to alter its rules a little
suggested another professional as
he watched Hogan clunking them
into the cup on the practice green
today.
'They might provide automatic
qualification for the leading money
winner, or they might just hole
out three or four places in the
Open to be awarded at their owr
discretion. In that way they coule
take care of any star young play
ers that might develop between
Opens"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03

Meeting A National
All in all, the way the Yankees
have come back from the celler,
winning nine of their last ten
games, makes their next meeting
with the Boston Red Sox a natural.
The fellows who follow base ball
are just itching to see that session.
The Dodgers also played some
close baseball yesterday and it still
looks like a race between the Reds
and the happiness boys of Leo
Durocher.
Cornfield Style
We watched n inning Of a
baseball game played in a Sampson
county cornfield yesterday after
noon Passing along the highway,
we saw a huge crowd gathered in
Sunday best gathered in spread.
eagle fashion about the field. Push.
ing through, expecting to see an
airplane crash, or what was left of
it, we witnessed a baseball game in
progress.
TIL pitchers name, we didn't get.
But he was good. He threw nine
balls in the one inning we saw and
the three men went down swing
ing. AS one over-alled crew tramp
ed off the field, another marched
on.
The game moved fast and the
crowd yelled in the best Dodger
fashion and had as much fun stand.
ing in the sun as they would have
had in Yankee stadium.
Here And There
One Of the up-and-coming tennis
players Of this year is Archie Hen
derson, of Chapel Hill, who has
been bowling over opponents with
astonishing regularity Larry
MacPhail and Leo Durocher have a
great way of keeping up team
spirit Whenever a player fig
ures in winning play he is given
a bonus Someone said that the
Pirates r just backing up to get
a good running start before hurd-
ling the barriers between the cellar
and first place, but if the Frisch
crew doesn't look out it will be
backed right out Of the National
league Bert Kite will place
Lefty Cheshire on the mound We'd
nesday night and the Carolina
sophomore sensation will a 8 o
participate in Friday nights game
here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
SPLIT BILL
WITH CLEVELANn
Feller Wins Eighth Game A,
Tribe Takes First 7-2; Mack.
men Win Finale, II To

PHILADELPHIA, June Up
Cleveland and Philadelphia divide,
a doubleheader at Shibe park IN
day, with the visitors winning IN.
opener To and the Athletics Cam.
ing back in the second for a ~,
triumph.
The park was damned to capsc,.
ty with 33,023 cash customers and
1000 more who didn't pay.
Bob Felier held PHILADELPHIA T,
eight hits in winning his eighth
game in the opener. He was aided
by Hal Trosky's 18th home rim
and another by Lou Boudreau-h,
third this season.
In the second game, called at ths
end of the eighth inning because
of Philadelphia's Sunday laws, thu
AS pounded four Cleveland pitch.
ers for Is hits-scoring seven runs
in the seventh. Ed Heusser, on the
mound for the Mackmen, hung I'D
his second victory this year.
(First Game)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
TOURISTS TAKE FIRST

NORFOLK, Va, June 2.-0P-Ihe
Asheville Tourists seized first place
In the Piedmont league today as they
routed the Norfolk Tars for their
third straight victory, 10 to 2. Big
Ed Hurley went the distance for the
Tourists and chalked up his fifth win
OF the season
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-03
TWINS WIN

~WINSTON-SALEM, June ,,r,
Eddie Kobesky's tenth-lnnlng ~,
run, his second of the salne' I'M
the Winston-Salem Twins tAe4 .,-
straight victory over fOt' 7ns
here and their fifth in a o W INN.
1t was the Twins first sunua! ct
game, played in a PARK u.s. oi-,!
side the city limits to AVOID 'n rord
blue law. An estimated II:
$500 overran the park 10 So
game.