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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Pilots in West River SoiIboot
Regatta Whistle for Wind;
D. {. Scores Lone Win

Winners received their trophies
from Gov. Herbert r. O'Conor in
ceremonies at the close of the days
program. The summaries:
20-foot division l. round bottom-Won
by Babs Jack thinner, West River: second,
Dolphin. Jack Wilson, West River; third,
Rainbow. William Phillips, West River.
20-foot division II. chine bottom-Won
by Sea Witch, Vincent Kramer, Annapolis;
third Myray, Fred Gilmore Annapolis.
Albatross-Won by Osprey. Fred Wal
lace. West River; second. Whistle. Jack
Marin: West River: third, Falcon. Dick Cox,
West River.
Hampton one dessn-Won by Julian
Jack Martin, Annapolis: second. Bo-Jac,
Jack Jackson, Baltimore; third. Sea Biscuit,
Harry Wilson. Baltimore
Comets-Won by Robert z. Lee. Clark
Daniels. West River; second. candal,
Ernie Covert. West River; third Aries.
Macky Hurlburt, West River
16-foot open-Won by Duchess, Robert
Ray. Fair Haven Sail Club: second. Aloha.
Lawrence Hartse, West River; third, Swan.
Charles Walton. Fair Haven:
PsnEu nNWon by catspsw. Georse
Phelps Hunt: Wsshinston; third. soSbIe,
Winfred Kuehnle, Annapolis
Free for all l6-to-21foot boats-Won
BY Bobs. Jack thinner; second. Shamrock.
EldridEe Zang West River; third. Wings,
Harold Smith. West River.
l6-foot and under-Won bv Flying
Cloud Enoch Ray, Fair Haven Sail Club;
second, Swan. Charlie Walton. Fair Haven;
third. Duchess. Robert Ray, Fair Haven.
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Mi|Iers Face KIeins
In PIay-0ff Series
OF n. {. LEAGUE

1t will be Miller Furniture and
Klein Tavern in a 3-game playof
series starting next Sunday for the
National City Sunday A League
baseball championship.
Miller earned its way into the
title round by taking the second.
half crown yesterday In beating the
j. c. Flood Plumbers, 1914. Larf1y
Birch largely was responsible for
the Miller victory as he allowed the
Plumbers only four singles. Flood
took an early lead with one run Ia
the second inning. but a 3-run squirt
in the third placed Miller in front.
In the junior division of the Sun
day loop, Keessi Cubs, in second.
place, defeated the Cardinal A., G.
lis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
By WALTER McCALLUM,

HERSHEY, Pa, September O.
Samuel Jackson Snead and Byron
Nelson, two journeyman pro golfers
with definite championship leanings
met today over the drying Hershey
Country Club course in 36-hole final
match for the Professional Golfers
Association championship. The win
ner, in addition to the title. will
receive a check for 81 1000, while the
loser will get $500. The check will
be welcome to either man, for you
can't buy groceries with a title, and
neither Snead nor Nelson has been
doing much winning lately.
If Sammy Snead, the man with
the picture swing, hailed by many
experts as a finer stroker Of the
golf ball than even the peerless
Bobby Jones, muffs this one-his
second final-round chance for the
P. G. A. championship-the same
experts will be up a tree. Sammy
has muffed almost everything else,
including the last two Open cham
pionships and one P. G.. A. title, in
which, in 1888, he went to the final
round to absorb a record 8-and-7
licking at the hands of diminutive
Paul Runyan.
And Sammy may very well muff
this one. too, if Byron Nelson keeps
on hitting that ball the way he has
been doing it. Nelson, the 1899
National Open king, seemed to be
coming apart at the edges in the
dying holes of his seminal match
against camel-humped Ralph Gull
dahl yesterday. but he managed to
hang on to win a last-hole victory
in the postponed seminal. In doing
this he played SO holes of the semi
final in 40 strokes, made up of a
SO Saturday, when play was halted
by rain at the halfway mark in the
36-hole round. and a II yesterday,
when the four lads resumed their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Charles Hotel Star
OF 5keet Tourney
Ending Today
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 2-The q
day registered shoot of the Alex
andria Skeet Club was to end today
with Charles Hotel Of the National
Capital Skeet Club in the spotlight.
The Capital scattergun expert
paced shooters yesterday by taking
both the .410 with a 79x100 and the
20-gauge with 94-100 Rufe Wat
son, teammate of Hotel, finished
second in both events, and 1t was
on their showings that the Ma
tional Capital Club was favored to
win today's team match. Warrenton,
Glenburnie and Richmond also have
teams in today's shoot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

with Jesse Baggett and w. C. Schro-
der. c. B. Hartman and Bill OBrien
tied, at LAG, with Billy Rochelle, IT,.
and M. j. Ballard. Rochelle's rs was
the best gross card.
AT Argyle r. j. Poison won the
senior title, coming from behind to
lick Fritz Manning on the twenty
first hole.
At White Sulphur Springs. w. Va.
Betty p. Meckley Of Kenwood was
one Of the favorites Is play started
IN the women's Mason and Dixon
links tourney. Betty scored 80 over
tbs pax.7o course yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Boy Tank Finals
On Tomorrow

With 400 boys impatient for
action, finals of the city-wide-
swimming competition conducted
by the Recreation Department
will be held tomorrow at the Nc.
Kinley pool. starting at 2 pm.
The finals twice have been post.
poned because Of weather and
the Mckinley pool is being held
open an extra day to accommos
date the youngsters. s,i,,
Gold. silver and bronze medals
VIII b. awarded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Other Outfits Likely
To Cotch Up.

But the situation Is not as
ominous as it looks for the rest of
the field. Slow to begin, the others
some of them, at least-have
spent fast and crept up. II you dig
a little deeper into the minor league
standings you find promise of bet
ter balance by 1945.
Brooklyn and the Red Sox are
advancing. The Sox have second
place affiiates in the American
Association and the Eastern League,
which latter unit is growing stronger
every year. The ST. Louis Browns
have a second-place farm in San
Antonio. The Hartford club of the
Boston Bees is coming along and
three former Hartford workmen,
Ross, Rowell and Sisti, already have
frightened the Boston future enor--
mously. Detroit, in spite of the
punch in the nose it got from Judge
Lands last winter, has a strong and
balanced chain of farms. -
The farm system, like previous
systems in baseball. will even out
in the end. Meanwhile the Yanks
and Cardinals are their firstest
with the mostest men and will take
q lot Of knocking down In the years
from 1910 to 1945.
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Crusaders Click, SO

The Crusaders were back In town
today after making q successful in
vasion yesterday Of Fort Dupont,
Nd, beating that team. 70 8.
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ForestviIIe's Second FIuq

Forestville holds the Old Dominion
League title after its 3-to-2 victory
yesterday over Vienna. 1t Is the
first team to win the title twice,
having also scored in 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Bethesda Again Busy

Bethesda, 6-to-5 winner over Silver
Spring yesterday, was to play Ken
ington today at -Four CoenerA Nd.
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From the .
.sssS
Press Box
Pioneer Formers GIeun
Best Baseball Crops 4
BY JOHN LARDNER,

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (NAN.A).-
Henry Wallace, Democratic candi.
date for Vice President, did nots
touch the other night upon one
aspect of farming, which will have
q powerful effect upon the national
consciousness in the next few years.
The Yankees and Cardinals ara
at it again. The two pioneer base
ball farmers, the oldest and strong
est chain landlords of the major
leagues. have gathered the best crops
to themselves this year. BY all
the portents, we are in for another
such period as 1868, when the
Cards and Yanks dominated the
game and won five out of possible
total of six remnants between them.
The tipoff, if it is a tipo1 and
not a bleary delusion on your cor.
respondents part, lies in the stand.
ings Of the clubs In the bigger minor
leagues-the class A and double A.
minors-where the ripest crops are
planted, where the major leaguers
of the next few seasons now are
doing business.
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Seek Another Victim

Not satisfied with beating Briggs
Red Sox yesterday, Riverdale
Heights softballers were seeking an
other game today.
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Leading Clubs Lined Up
BY Yankees, Cords

Here are some of those standings,
as this was written:
International League-First place,
Rochester; second place, Newark
American Association-First place,
Kansas City; second place, Mime
apolis; third place, Columbus.
Pacific Coast League-First place,
Seattle; second place, Los Angeles.
Texas League-First place, Hous.
ton; second place, San Antonio.
Eastern League First place,
Binghamton; second place, Scran.
ton; third place. Hartford.
Southern Association-First place,
Nashville; second place, Atlanta.
In those six leagues, the six fastest
minors in the country, the Car
dinals have two leaders, Houston
and Rochester, and a third-place
club. Columbus. The Yankees have
two leaders, Kansas City and Bling.
hamton, and a second-place club.
Newark. That constitutes a pretty
good spread of the board for the
two organizations that led the way
in farming and first set up chain
store baseball on large scale.
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Apt TO Rule Flag Races
For Many Years.

The Yankee-Cardinal output will
be hard TO beat in the next few
years. Kansas City has been called
the best minor league team in the
country. That may or may not be
true, but it's a good one. Rochester
and Houston, the Cardinal king
farms, have strong clubs, with
Houston leading its league by some
II games and Rochester possessing
four pitchers who are coveted
throughout baseball.
Seattle, the Coast League leader
ard one of the best, has no direct
affiliation with a major league club.
Nashville, leader in the Southern
Association. does most of its bust.
ness with Brooklyn.
Thus we have the makings Of q
stretch of time which will see New
York winning most of the pennants
in the American League and st.
Louis most of the pennants in the
Nationalist they have been for IS
years. Since 1925, when farms first
began to flourish on handsome
scale, the Yanks have COPIED eight
flags and the Cardinals FIVE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Los Angeles. 3-5: oakland, 10.
Seattle. AL; San Disso, 2-e. (frSt -
ss@smsnsA 17-l Sor,aaeA -.
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TEXAS LEAGUE.

Shreveport, 6-5: Beaumont, I'll.
Dallas. 8: Fort Worth. 3.
Oklahoma City. 10; Tulsa. /.
San Antonio, 2. Houston, 0.
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1889 Record Protect W.T. Faces Grid Campaign With Trepdaon
The
SpoRTLIGH7
Big Train Given Edge
As Smoke-BuIler
BY GRANTLAND RICE,


NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (N.ANA0.-
In the Yankee clubhouse they were
talking about the fastest pitcher.
The argument got down to Lefty
Grove and BOB Teller. I ran in
my nominations fellow named
Walter Johnson.
Il never batted against john
SON. Bill Dickey said, "but my
vote goes for Grove when he was
Dat his best. I can see Fellers fast
one, even if don't hit too we'll
but I couldn't see Groves"
It never saw johnson work." Joe
Gordon said, land I never saw
Grove at his best, at the top. But
I'll string with Bob Teller. He is
fast enough for me. Sometimes
too fast"
1 still stick with Johnson. One
answer is that Big Barney pitched
more shutoutS and had more strike
outs than any pitcher in baseball
113 shutouts, if I recall the exact
figures. And Johnson had no chance
to ease up with a weak-hitting club.
Also, every hitter in those days knew
a fast one was coming, but they
still couldn't hit the Big Train.
II guess johnson, with that rec
ord, gets the CALL" Dickey said.
Here's another angle few fans
figure out. I asked one of the
Tiger stars how he accounted for
Detroit's sudden rise from a sixth
place pick to pennant contender,
and then the sudden slowing up.
Nature" he said. I'm the spring
we were afraid of Dick Bartell's
legs and Charley Gehringer's legs
and back. But we happened to
get damp spring which ran into
June. We had soft ground to work
on until July. This gave both vet
Grams a chance to save their legs.
Then the sun baked out all dia-
monds-and what difference this
makes to older legs"
BorteII Feels Young Again
When Diamond Is Soft.
This is true enough" Bartell
told me. 81 was kid again as
long as I had soft ground under my
feet. But these hard, baked-out
diamonds are rough on your legs.
) could begin to feel the difference
in a few days-sore ligaments, sore
feet"
Bartell was one Of the main fac
nr-1y M q
charge. Both his spirit and his
play were major factors in the
Tiger drive. And the same goes
for Gehringer, who stands out as
one of the great second basemen
of all time. When these two began
TO skid the Tiger infleld began to
look porous.
Figure this one out" one of the
Yankees said. I'VE all know the
value of big, powerful hands in
haseball-hands like Wagner's and
1lajoie's-but one Of the best in
nelders I've seen in long time has
the smallest pair of hands in either
league"
Meaning whom?" we asked.
'Boudreau, the Cleveland short
stop" he answered "Boudreau has
extremely small hands. They are
delicate looking. But I don't know
of a better shortstop anywhere to-
clay. He has been one of the main
reasons for Clevelands success.
When he gets either hand on a bail
1t sticks with him"
Evening star., 1940-05-31
By BURTON HAWKINS.

With a comparatively insignifi-
cant investment the Mats today ap-
parently had restored confidence in
youthful, slender pitcher whose
chief shortooming hitherto had been
faulty vision. It's the fantastic
yarn of olive-skinned Walter Mas
terson and pair of eyeglasses,
combination which may bear watch
ing.
Regarded as remarkable dis
covery when picked from Phila-
delphia's sand lots and signed to a
Washington contract late in the
1888 campaign. Masterson is be-
ginning to justify the unwavering
faith of Manager Bucky Harris,
who has taken keen interest in
nursing the 20-year-old pitcher
through a succession of disappoint-
ments to what now looms as a big
step toward success.
There was nothing inspiring
about Masterson as he walked to
the mound to hurl the second half
of a double yesterday at
Philadelphia, and in the short span
of 10 minutes he was the butt of
derision as he walked five of the first
six AS to face him.
Then, with sudden reversal OF
form, he checked the Athletics with
three hits, famed five and walked
only one more batter to win the
seven-inning nightcap, 14-2, after
Nat pitchers booted the first game
to Philadelphia, 7-6. After the first
inning he allowed only four men
to reach base, and none advanced
to second.
In swapping Washington's losing
streak at five straight and thus
saving the club from tumbling into
the American League dungeon
Masterson gave neat exhibition
of courage after a seemingly dis
astrous start.
Jeers Turn to Cheers.
Perched in the stands was a gen.
erous sprinkling of fans to whom
the form of Masterson was familiar,
dating back to his days as a sand
| AOUCCl e. oCAOlV I1lC 11l&
eyes of his mother and father he
plunged to pitching depths and
then assembled the heights. The
crowd of $4,000 that jeered his early
efforts remained to cheer him.
It wasn't the first time this sea-
son Masterson had exhibited flash
of the style many baseball men
confidently expect to carry him
down the road to a sizable slice of
baseball glory. In his last start,
the first of the campaign, he limited
st. Louis to five hits in eight in
nings, while in previous relief
role he stymied Boston with one
hit in four innings.
Nothing too astounding was an
ticipated FROM Masterson when the
club journeyed South for spring
training this year, principally be-
cause he had wilted after an en-
couraging start last year. After
Evening star., 1940-05-31

a $40 gold piece to the Saratoga
yearling sales. When he made a
purchase he'd offer to nip, double
or nothing. Fred Waring, the
band leader. has written and ded-
icated a theme song to the White
Sox called Travelling On" And
speaking Of golf, Charlie Waters,
II, celebrated his graduation from
the Luling (Tex) High School by
stepping around a nine-hole
course in 30. II Bitsy Grant
doesn't defend his Southern
championship at Charlotte next
month, Archie Henderson will be
the favorite.
Dad gets a break-The Ope-
louisa Ga.) club Of the Evangeline
League is going to celebrate
Fathers Day in . big way.
There'u be prizes for the oldest
and youngest pop; also for the
one with the largest family.
Evening star., 1940-05-31

Greene, Detroit News: "In less
than four months Roy Cullen
bine's value in the baseball mar
ket has declined from $25, 900 to
$500. The first figure was paid
for him for signing with Brook
lyn last winter The $500 is
equivalent to the waiver price
which is theoretically what Cul-
lenbine drew when placed on sale
by Brooklyn"
Burgess Whitehead, who was
signed to one of those "condi-
tional contracts, has been given
a new one calling for the same
dough he got in 1898 in return
for his fine work at third for the
Giants. Luis Gutierrez, who pi-
loted Kid Chocolate to the feath-
erweight title, is the busiest man
ager In the world with $50 fight
ers In his Havana stables. Rog.
ers Hornsby, No. ! In the base
ball unemployed line, y keeping
Evening star., 1940-05-31

his hand In playing occasional
games with semi-pro mines. Co.
eds at Bates, Illinois u, Kansas,
Colorado State, Wyoming State,
Oregon State and Arizona have
gone in for billiards in a big way.
Cues for cuties is the slogan.
Beg pardon-Recently we re-
ported that "Put Put" Wright of
the San Quentin Prison team re-
manned in stir an extra day to
help the team through an i'm
portant game. Put Puts" ad-
mirers at Folsom Prison want 1t
known he is a graduate of that
institution not San Quentin.
"FIis departure LETT big void
here" wrote the Folsom rooters.
Estelle Lawson Page, the golfer
cite, wouldn't let her home town
admirers finance . trip to the
Coast for the Women's National.
Col. 3. r. Bradley always carried
Evening star., 1940-05-31
For $1O0, 900 Washington Got Four 'Nooeo Products

difficult definitely Grif
team in Chaa
those
during all of that meTravis Lewis Jake
Boodworth That makes each of those fellows
ball player"
technically But it is thing s25 600 for
100000 through
attendance salaries and
the price of ball player
his best deal has been The acquisition OF
the claiming waivers of Coveske But
that people who blast him for not spending big money for
don't talking about.
could pitchers Grf the Red sox would
on the market"
experiences Fee points
real moneybig He
pitcher On the other hand Feer who
Johnson
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Specs Giving Mosterson Poise
He Needed Badly, Win Over AS
After Poor Start Indicates

spanking the Tigers on SIX nltS IN a
brilliantly pitched game Masterson's
effectiveness evaporated.
Here was fellow, snatched from
obscurity but with marvellous fofsn
and equipment even at that easlY
age, who suddenly refused to follow
through on his pitches. Instead Of
completing his pitch with his body
low and lunged toward the batter,
Masterson was releasing the ball
early and flinching inwardly.
Couldn't See to Second Base.
The reason was revealed in a
shocking incident. In one of those
wild. hectic games where the Mats
supply of players nearly had reached
the point of exhaustion Harris
turned to Masterson and told him
to run for heavy footed mate on
second base.
Where is hep" asked Masterson,
and until that moment nobody had
realized the extent of his optical
effectiveness. He had been pitch
ing and wincing in the same mo-
ton due to an understandable fear
he might be smashed by a line
drive back to the box, liner against
which he had little defense.
Now he wears non-glare, shatter-
proof glasses, and while he still
hasn't conquered his fear fully, con-
f1dence is seeping into his system
to serve as a tonic to youngster
who may fulfill all the glowing pre-
dictions made for him many months
ago.
The Mats, who had produced two
runs in the first inning of the Sec
ond game, saw the AS lock the score
without benefit of base hit in their
half of the inning when Masterson
couldn't locate the plate. Washing
ton increased its margin to So be-
fore unleashing nine-run seventh
inning on eight hits, walk and a
wild pitch.
BOnura Hits First Homer.
Included in that inning were such
oddities as two hits by Masterson,
regarded as a weaker hitter than
your kid sister; Zeke Bonura's first
home run of the season, being
pumped at a time when the bases
were crammed, and another home
run by George Case, who thus en-
joyed perfect day at the plate
with three hits.
The first game was more dis
tressing. Washington compiled a
6-2 lead entering the Philadelphia
half of the seventh, but Ken Chase,
pitching on only two days rest,
weakened to allow two runs in that
session, and when he walked Pinch
Hitter Earl Brucker starting the
eighth he was replaced by Sid Hud-
son.
Hudson Immediately pitched a
single to Pinch Hitter AL Simmons,
and Brancato, running for Brucker,
scored when Bonura bungled
Cases throw to the plate when
attempting to cut of the peg. Hud-
son hurled home run to frankie
Hayes opening the ninth to tie the
score, pitched single to Dick Sic
bert and allowed Sam Chapman to
sacrifice before he was replaced by
Joe Haynes.
AL Rubeling blasted Haynes for
q double to center, scoring Siebert
with the winning run.
Washington enjoyed a welcome
rest today before tangling with De-
troit tomorrow at Grinth Stadium.
Willis Hudlin will hurl the opener
against the Tigers for the Mats.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Smith Toes !. B. M. Slab
At BuIIston Tonight

Jack Smith, one Of the better
softball pitchers around town, will
try his skill on the Peck All-Stars
of Baltimore tonight at Ballston
Stadium where the visitors stack
up against the I. B. M. ten In the
second half Of q twin bill.
The first game, starting at 7:15,
pits Arlington All-Stars against the
M. P. M. team Of this city. This
win b the flrst night game Of the
season between girls teams.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
Griffs Best Players Cost Little or Nothing

adequate performer Washington uniform for eight
of 1888
exchange and in
Thus reasonable
despite Kuhe his worth
the s25 campaigns the
McNeey fitted into the
his to the hi but Earl wasn't
had fine and his second
flag drive But he faded rapidly and all in
probably pitcher although the time Gf
del complete flop
playing NE understanding that when
back Poahl will back-to the bench
little nothing Rice
really his time cost only s300the
Virginia club
of payment, assigned Washingtons.
Evening star., 1940-05-31
McNeeIy, Weaver, WosdeII Among Cost|iest

Earl MNee probably the third cosiest Earl fine minor
league ouheder wen 1924 evident Griffith that hustng
fielder could history the Washington
club Thus it that he McNey
back the the biggest investment Grf.
slim rookie
games Baltimore Orioles 100000 folding
Griffith estimate
OF the value rated Bobby Estae the Cuban
performer.
the worth $4,000
fail this ranked
among hortsop
fifth athlete purchased by Grf and Wasde is
the Washington club turned S. 500 and
rs book these
players apiece