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Evening star., 1940-07-11
Walker Crowds
Case for Base
Theft Crown
Race for 1910 Honors
In Majors Confined
To Two Griffmen
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

It's no occasion for alarm, but
George Case, generally accepted as
the swiftest specimen in the major
leagues, may not repeat his feat of
leading both loops in the business. of
stealing bases. Case may relinquish
that honor to another Nat, Mr..
Gerald Walker.
George apparently must concern
himself only with his outfield crony
in the battle to defend his title.
Gerald now has collected Is stolen
bases to Cases IT, while the Ma
tional League leader. Cincinnati's
Lonnle Frey, trails with IL.
Walker, who stole only 16 bases
last year and 9 in 1893, is a more
reckless runner than George and
not too timid to hoist his spikes in
the general direction of an oppo-
nent's anatomy if the play is close.
Case is inclined to rely more on
sheer speed.
Walker Rarely Embarrassed.
Gee was stamped as a scatter
Drained base runner when he ioined
the Mats, tabled as likely to attempt
! steal of a base already occupied
virtually overy other game. It has
been rare occasion, though, when
the colorful Walker has appeared
foolish on the baSepaths this season,
Half dozen times this year Gee
has stolen second and continued to
| third on an error, occasioned when
the player covering second base be-
came more concerned with the des-
tination of Walkers spikes than
with the flight of the ball. Once he
scored from second base on
routine infield out and Manager
Bucky Harris hasn't been moved to
curb his running.
Thus far, at least. Walker has
demonstrated he'll gamble any time
ne gets on base, but. to his credit.
his CANDLES usually have been what
the insurance firms label preferred
risks. Washington fans have dis
covered little to criticize in his run
ming despite his much-publicized
antics in other years.
Mats Clashing With League Leaders.
Case ana Walker are calculated
to aid the hitting of Buddy Lewis
and zeke Bonura by remote control.
Lewis admits he saw more grooved
pitches last year than at any time
in his major league career, due to
the fact he was hitting behind Case,
who needles pitchers into throwing
a succession of fast balls on the
threat of stealing on a change of
pace. The same situation exists
with Bonura, hitting behind Walker.
Barring sudden and consistent
stealing splurge, Case won't ap-
proach his mark of last year. when
he accumulated 81 stolen bases. He
hasn't been hitting as often as
last year and operating with a club
which has been f1oundering. the
opportunities to steal have arisen
less frequently.
Meanwhile the Mats were con-
cerned with the immediate future
and its distressing appearance.
Launching a three-game series with
the league-leading Detroit Tigers
here today, the Mats will collide
with the equally pesky Cleveland
Indians starting Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
6A@~zz4AeG0Sky.

and Eddie protested on the grounds
that he knew of no such rule. Ed
die is alleged to have uttered some
thing stronger than darn" which
reached Steeles sensitive ears be-
hind the pitchers mound from
where he was calling 'em. and he
ordered the youngster out of the
game.
That left Uline with eight men,
and Eddie was obliged to forfeit.
He wanted the game replayed. add
ing that Calisto was guilty of in
terfering with batters by touching
their bats with his mitt as they
swung and that Nino Briscuso,
Kneesi pitcher. used an illegal de-
livery. But Gauzza couldn't see it
that way.
Decision No. 2 gave the Cubs a
clear claim to a game played Sun
day week ago when they upset
Naiman Photographers, 5-4, with a
last-inning rally. J. M. Mailman,
team sponsor, protested that quitting
time arrived with the score tied and
Umpire Anthony G. Amory should
have called the game. He said he
consulted his own timepiece and
it read 304. A neighboring specta-
tors watch showed sos, but Amory
declares 1t was 2:55.
Watches Didn't Agree.
Naiman, according to Amory. sug-
gested the teams knock off for the
day with the score tied and a few
Kneesi men scattered around the
bases and when Amory insisted on
playing until o'clock the Photog-
raphers attempted to stall and delay
the game. After two warnings, he
continued, play was resumed and
Kneesi drove in the winning run.
Amory claims it was only 3:01 when
he reached his car after walking
off the field and that his wife, who
had been listening to radio pro-
gram, remarked that the game end
ed Just as o'clock was announced
on the air.
"Golly, if the umpires couldn't
read the time correctly we'd be in a
fine fix" Gauzza remarked, over
ruling Naiman's objection.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
Yank Jinx Gone,
Senior Circuit
Gets Chesty
Western Swing Vitol
To Giants; Browns
Invade New York
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

You hardly can blame the Ma
tionar Leaguers for being excited.
For the first time in five years, win
ming the league championship will be
an honor-not a one-~ay ticket to
the guillotine..
In the past four years If team
won the pennant it simply meant
the unfortunates had to suffer the
humiliation of playing the Yankees
at least four games.
But the National League all-stars
as they went back today to their
various teams to resume the busi-
ness of selecting a league cham
pion, did so with lilt and a swagger
that has been noticeably missing
in the past.
For out in st. Louis they had
seen for themselves what they had
been reading all spring and sum-
mer-that the Yankees are Just
another ball club this year.
National League Elated.
So winning this years National
League title becomes a feat worth
accomplishing, carrying with it, as it
does, the possibility of also winning
the World Series. Even a blackout
couldn't hide the fact that when
the National Leaguers scored three
of their runs in that 40 shellacking,
the backbone of the American
League team was Bill Dickey,
catcher; Red Ruffing, pitcher; Joe
Gordon, second base, and Joe Di
Maggie, centertield-Yankees all.
So you'll pardon the emancipated
National Leaguers the rest of the
summer, if they act a little cocky
They hardly can wait to see how 1t
feels to enter a World Series with
out having their admirers shake
their heads sadly.
At the moment the Cincinnati
Reds have the inside track, being
currently atop the league by the
slimmest of margins. Whether
they'll stay there depends on how
they survive the series beginning
tonight with what the people in
Brooklyn modestly call the greatest
team in the history of baseball.
Bucky Walters will 60 to the mound
for the Reds and either Curt Davis
or Whit Wyatt will draw the as
signment for the Dodgers.
Vital Swing for Giants.
The New York Giants open a vital
Western swing. If they stay within
shouting distance of the Reds and
the Dodgers on this trip it means
a certain three-way fight right
down to the wire. fine old Ma
tional League custom. The Giants
open tonight against the Cardinals
in st. Louis.
In the leagues third night game
the Phillies move into Pittsburgh
and in daylight double-heade the
Boston Bees and the Chicago Cubs
cross bats.
The league-leading Detroit Tigers
and the Cleveland Indians, in Sec
ond place by half game, drew
easy assignments in their league
resumption. The Tigers open
against the disappointing Washing
ton club and the Indians meet
Philadelphia, some 151a games out
of first place and hence hardly
serious pennant threat.
The ST. Louis Browns pick on the
friendless Yankees at New York
and the White Sox swing out
against the fading Red Sox at
Boston.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associs ted Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK. July 1l.-Broad-
way melody: Walter OHara, the
race track man, tells main stem
pals he could have had the Yanks
last spring for four million, but
wasn't interested. The smart lads
have made Henry Armstrong a
1-to-21a choice over Lew Jenkins
next week-too high, if you
ask us.
Ed Danowski. one of the great
est passers in the history of pro
football, quits the New York
Giants for a teaching career up
State.
Those six Yanks who violated
club rules and flew to.the ALI
Star game may have to put on
Ounce caps and stand in the
corner-Prexy Ed Barrow is that
burned UP.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
X-Ray 10 Tell Extent
Of Beaning Injury
To Dodger Casey

BY the Associated Press.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa, July 1l-Hugh
Casey. Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher,
who was beaned in an exhibition
baseball game here last night, later
collapsed and was taken to Mercy
Hospital for observation.
The hospital later reported he was
resting very well' and his condi-
ton was fairly good"
An attendant said:
The doctor doesn't think its a
fracture. Mr.. Casey will be X-rayed,
and if 1t doesn't show anything he
will be released. He has a pretty
good bump on the head"
Casey was knocked unconscious
by pitched ball in the third inning
while pinch hitting for Outfielder
Dixie Walker.
In the game Brooklyn beat their
Johnstown farm hands, 1910.
Evening star., 1940-07-11

TodayS guest Star-Marvin
Mccarthy, Chicago Times: "On
the Hall of Sports quiz program,
Stan Hack, guesting. was asked
to enumerate seven different
methods of scoring a run. And,
by gum, Mr.. Hack could do it.
even though he is a member of
the Chicago Cubs"
All vote yes-The move to give
the All-Star game back to the
fans is gaining momentum.
Sporting News (the baseball
bible) has undertaken the big
task of counting the votes if
they'll let Gus and Gussie Phann
do the picking. Jimmy Wood of
the Brooklyn Eagle says don't be
surprised if you find Buddy (not
Max Baer in there with Joe
Louis in the fall.
Gene Sarazen has accepted
Walter Hagen's challenge to q 36-
Evening star., 1940-07-11

hole match for a 81 900 side bet,
Red Cross to get the winnings
and they'll lock horns at Detroit
when Hagens Ryder cuppers play
Sarazen's pick-me-ups. Feeling
between the two teams is so high
they'll be quartered at different
hotels.
The Ladies Home Journal has
selected the family of Bo Nc
Millin 0ndiana football coach)
as a typical American family.
(From the Aberdeen Is. Dak)
American-News): "One of the
freaks of the game was q mighty
clout by Booge Nicholas. The
drive might have gone for a
homer. but it hit a rail in a rail-
road track outside the park and
bounced back into the playing
field. Instead of getting a homer,
Booge was thrown out trying to
make third"
Evening star., 1940-07-11
Dir 10 Start A||-Star
Tilt, but Appears
Headed for Farm
Fine Record in Minors
Misleading os Relief
Pitchers Sove Him
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH, Tex. July IL
Inching towards the life of gentle
man farmer, Dizzy Dean, the great
pitcher with the tired arm. gets one
more curtain call from baseball's
fandom tonight.
He will toe the mound as the start
ing pitcher for the Northern Division
in the Texas Leagues annual all
star game before an expected crowd
of 5000.
Shipped to the minors only a few
weeks ago by the Chicago Cubs after
his worn arm failed to respond, Diz
has a good won and lost record since
returning to the Texas League-but
the real story has been veiled.
Dean has been able to last out
only one of five games. Relief hurl-
ers saved his hide on four occasions.
But he'll get the starting call for
three-inning stretch, at least.
Manager Rogers Hornsby, another
great routed from the majors few
seasons back, put Dean back in the
glamour role by naming him his
starting pitcher.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
Lopez, Pirate Catcher,
Is Winner at Golf

By the AssociatedPress.
PITTSBURGH, July 11.-Al Lopez,
Pirates new catcher, doesn't only
shine in baseball.
His n won him a first place tie
in guest day kicker's handicap
golf meet at Churchill Valley Club
yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
Groys Defeat Elites, 12-6
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, July 11.-A
homer by Buck Leonard with two on
in the first inning helped the WASH
ington Grays defeat the Baltimore
Elites, IL to 6, here last night in
a Negro National League game. The
winners pounded out l8 safeties.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
Grand Forks Betters Lead

MINNEAPOLIS, July II (P.-
Grand Forks strengthened its hold
on first place in the Northern
League by smashing out a 14-s vic
tory over WauSau.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
Insects SEEKING Games

Grady Boys Insects are seeking
Saturday and Sunday games. Call
Dupont 1925.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
And Why Not Vote on the Manager, Too?

developed into cracking good ball The writers
They felt they had the pulse
judgment
And what
crack at the 1941 official Al-Star
Lastly,
ostensiby But
the the automatically
take
Why? the to
Why
for a ball club?
That's I'll, honest.
Evening star., 1940-07-11
Thinking Back to the Florida Spectacle

Now thought-honest
eer hls-and we'll quit The brass hats
fay just of voting players the AStar
influence of the fans 1t has been
been committed by plain botng
Last March exhibition AlStar
vas for the Finnish relief
baseball writers on hand delegated players
Now baseball world
AS apprentices they
At
writer little
he learns bit Of what the
they In FLORIDA
rockies dom Di Maggie
would Carefully, Carl Hubb and
Evening star., 1940-07-11
National Leagues Pennsnt Struggle Speed by Victory AStar Clash
Win, Lose or Draw
Farewell to the AII-Stur Game Theme
By FRANCIS {. STAN.

we're game,
but there couple
subject them
games follow.
decided the spectacle
notably another selecting A-Star players
mendaon did not this
Under the the squads
league managers The idea the
because the beginning the
the permitted choose their
system but when became obvious that ballots
cities there much that others
none, the technique abandoned untried.
Now the hats o to
the
crowds but because doesn't much
and because offers old his
year to dip his finger into a baseball pie.
It's Gus Phuns Only ReoI Chance
The ASar delightful
the public and the have
have his provided of
Of the MessrS.
When think baseball
to about his likes dsGkes The
players the
tive climax The each during
championship This no inter-
IS welcome.
But AnStar
nothing to illustrate
nerude which well be
toward the people who pay the freight
The only difficulty to
system of voting Back the Chicago
poed hundreds thousands
whose sports editor invented the
Evening star., 1940-07-11
Rookie Nicholson Was McKechnie's First Choice

While this going Chicago
no voting other papers inclination
give the time and effort which strictly
paper to make AS result Chicago players
A-Sar teams poled overwhelming
players in New York received little
Now we were going to illustrate
be test of the strength of the
oher day Tor instance 1t
started and ended the
three against Red Rufng
to-midding outfder hit home
with two
Consider
run The before the
play the hadhttng Cub rookie Bill Nicholson
sound cholce of
representation to possible
would hit behind Billy Cubs Mr. McKhnie
oo not want TO be accused of loading
Evening star., 1940-07-11
OFT Was Soved for Defensive Purposes

Thus was that when Williamsburg Will
lineup he had Mel the
start came What happened
OF the Bees and one of the coaches
why West?"
player but him start and
OFT for later jim the
After all OFT has been playing right field for
Mckechnie started West
fellow pumped home
hero-the
fellow who
We describe this way proving that the ALI
Star nothing there
are many othederS better than
any American League National
League clubs Fate simply him low
Fast ball, the kind of pitch
To go farther total of 40 players
isn't master-mind earth who
and conrve to have the
This was demonstrated
reenoerg D Maggie and right the
ment would to call spot French
facing the three retired them
Evening star., 1940-07-11
6.5OxI6

Size for Buick. Packard, Chrysler,
Studebaker. Nash, Oldsmobile, Hud-
son, etc. This price with your old
or
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
TRIPLETS BORN ELECTION
EVE NAMED FOR WlllKlE

NEW YORK, Nov. S. (UP) -
Triplets were born last night to
Mrs. Carl Cuttita and today the
happy father announced the S e
names would be given his two
daughters and son-Wendy, Lclise,
Willkie.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Red Cross viii
Elect Officers
AT Annual Meet

Election of officers. adoption OF
bylaws and a talk by prominent
Red Cross official will be the high
lights for annual meeting OF the
Ell Centro chapter of the American
Red Cross on Dec. 2.
Plans for this meeting and Tor
participation in the Community
chest drive were discussed at the
monthly meeting of the board Mon
day noon at the California hotel,
r. P. Moore, vice-president and
acting chairman, presiding.
H. r. Anderson, chairman, pre-
sented the report of the bylaws
committee and the board discussed
the proposals, making minor rec
concentrations. Various chairmen
reported progress in their respec-
tive fields of Red Cross work.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Planet Mercury to Make Rare Trip
Across Face Of Sun November l1ih;
Einsiein's Theory TO be Checked

CHICAGO, Nov. 4. CUFJ-The
planet Mercury will make one of
its rare transits across the face OF
the sun on Nov. II, giving scien-
lists an opportunity to check Eir-
STEMS Theory of relativ,ty, Dr..
Otto Struve, University Of Chicago
astrophysics professor, disclosed.
Mercury, which is one-third tie
size of the earth and moves in AL
oval orbit closest to the sun, will
appear as q small, black disk on
the face of the sun. beginning at
2:45 p. m. est. The direct tran
sit between the sun and the earth
occurs only 13 times century be-
cause Mercury's orbit is in a plane
at an agile with the plane of the
earth's orbit.
Scientists, according to DR..
Struve, will be especially interested
IN the transit because 1t will pro-
vide one of the best checks for
Dir. Albert Einstein's theory of rel
ativity A discrepancy in the cal
culated movement of Mercury's S
perihelion, OF closest approach to
the sun, puzzled scientists until
Einstein offered an explanation.
Einstein resolved the discrepancy
by his theory that the mass of q
body increases with its velocity, a
phase of the relativity theory His
explanation not only accounted foi
the hitherto unexplained advance
of Mercury's perihelion but esta-
blished one of the important proof:
of Einsteins general theory.
DR.. Struve, who is director OF
the University of Chicago's Yerke.
observatory at Williams Bay, Wis.
and Of Mcdonald observatory oper.
ated jointly by the universities O.
Chicago and Texas said the Nov
II transit will provide the bes
view of the phenomenon until 1877;
The transit, he said, will be re
peated in 1853, but under condi
tions less favorable fer observa
ton.
He said observations at Yerkes
whose 40-inch refracting telescop,
is the largest instrument of it
kind in the world, would be carried
out in cooperation with the U. s
naval observatory which has re
quested reports on the transit from
all observers posses sing suitabl,
telescopes.
Astronomers and scientists, h
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Fifth Of Stute's Relief
Load Ineligible to
Receive Aid Audit Shows

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 5. (UP)-
A cross section audit of the south
ern California relief load disclosed
that 1913 per cent Of the cases were
ineligible to receive state aid, State
Controller Harry B. Riley reported
today. ........ --4
The survey, ordered by the legis-
lature earlier this year, has resulted
in eliminating many deliberate
"chiselers" from the relief rolls as
we'll as carrying out more rigid ell
gibility qualifications enacted into
law during the past two years. Riley
explained. ... a..
Riley's investigators are now
working in northern California to
carry out the audit on a statewide
basis. ..
The procedure followed by the
field men is to check personally
one case in every 10, selected at ran
dom from the general case load.
OF 1904 cases investigated in the
southern part of the state, 712 were
listed as irregular on the following
grounds:
Unemployables (the responsibility
of counties rather than the state)
61 or IT. per cent; ineligible because
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
SCATTERED VOTES
FAVOR WILLKIE

NEW YORK, Nov. 5. CUP)-Scat-
tered and unofficial returns from
six states at l p. m. today COVE
Wendell Willkie 2,06l votes to 495
for President Roosevelt.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Bureau Directors
To Study Hay
Market Situation

Imperial County farm bureau
directors Tuesday were on record
as favoring a plan to investigate
the alfalfa hay marketing situation
as a result of increased production
of hay in competing areas follow
ing a regular meeting of the board
last Saturday.
The program to divert land from
cotton under the administration
farm program, has increased the
alfalfa acreage in the San Joaquin
Valley, directors learned Saturday,
and as a result an oversupply has
been created on the Los Angeles
market.
The bureau directors urged that
all hay associations in the state
attend a farm planning conference
in Stockton this month to take part
in discussions involving the new
marketing problem
Date for the regional farm bu-
reau meeting in Imperial Valley
was set Directors agreed on Jan. 25
Site for the meeting was not sell
ected.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Inventor Plans
Bronx Cheer for
British Bombs

LONDON. Nov. 5. (UP) = An
anonymous inventor has drawn up
plans for Bronx Cheer NOISE
bomb as Britain's reply TO Ihe
Nazi "screamer" bombs.
The inventor pointed out that
small pipe organ" tubes welded
to the bomb fins by the Germans
produce the terrific screaming noise
intended to frighten the population
of London when Nazi raiders are
overhead
In reprisal, he suggested, the Brit
ish should attach to their bolpbs
''the rubber vibrators that small
boys and prize fight fans use to
produce uncouth sounds"
The result" he added, would
be a 5,OOO-foot Bronx cheer or Rasp-
beery expressing-all the way down
-Britain's utter contempt for the
worst that the Nazis can do
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05

the SRA, 228-6,4 per cent, and
miscellaneous discrepancies, 1876
3.5 per cent. .a..
Riley mentioned particularly as
"one of the worst instances of re-
lief chiseling ever uncovered" the
case of David E. Robinson, a Los
Angeles Negro, who together with
his wife, had total earnings of APP
proximately $310 a month while re-
ceiving full relief allowances.
The man worked as a musician,
earning up to $45 week, and in
addition held a part time job as a
janitor in the Los Angeles public
library, for which he received SAL
airy of $50 a month. His wife worked
as maid and earned SIS week.
Riley said the couple had been on
relief since February, 1885, except
for short periods, and continuously
since January, 1889. The man was
not prosecuted on agreement that
he repay $71921 to the state at
the rate of $40 a month.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Peace Officers
To Meet Thursday
For Barbecue

Imperial Yuma Peace Officers Will
meet Thursday night at 6 pm. for
barbecue, entertainment, anc
business session on the desert a
mile straight north of Plaster City
Undersheriff Rodney ClarkeS as
sociation president, headed the COM
mittee to prepare barbecued beef,
frijoles, tortillas. and coffee. AL
members were urged to wear cow
boy regalia as a sort of dress re-
hearsal for the annual association
rodeo in early December. Wives and
friends were invited. Nominations
for officers for 1941 will be on the
business program.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Valleys Searched
For Stickup Men
Who Took $3.50.

Peace officers searched Imperial
and Yuma Valleys Tuesday for
two stick-up men who took $3.50
from Springers service station near
the sandhills east of Holtville Mon
day night.
The bandits flourished 80 cali
bre revolver, Deputy Sheriff John
Crousen of Winterhaven said Tues
day.
They asked about the road to
Blythe" Crousen said, 'and short
time later staked the stick-up."
The wanted men were described
as white men between 90 and 25
years of age, dark complexioned
and wearing khaki trousers, blue
overcoats, and no hats. If they
had a car no one at the station saw
it.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-05
Marihuana Found
Tucked in Shoe

Howard Creuews, SO, BraWley
Negro-Indian, had shoe full OF
trouble Tuesday.
Customs officers found 2ls mari
huana cigarettes tucked away in a
shoe he wore across the border
from Mexico Monday night. They
charged his with marihuana. SNUG
Cling. ....
The Negro Indian said he had no
occupation and insisted he knew
nothing about the marihuana Gig
arettes packed in a tobacco sack
and secreted in his shoe. Fred
Bradford, customs patrol head, said
Tuesday.
He was scheduled to be arraigneo
before U. S. Commissioner Dorsey
Whitelaw Tuesday or Wednesday.