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Evening star., 1940-02-23
Lewis Is Happy
Over Chance
In 0utfieId
Big Year for Chase
Seen Despite Lost
Years Failure
By Stan Correspondent Of Tn. Star.

By Staf Correspondent Of The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla. Feb. 23-As
Bucky Harris led his half-frozen
but still hardy squad of Nationals
onto the field today, Pitcher Ken
Chase and soutfielder" Buddy Lewis
added big-league aura to the occa-
sion and, at the same time, opened
new possibilities.
Lewis, for four years the regular
third baseman of the Washington
Ball Club, slipped on his glove,
trotted by his old infield post and
went into the outfield to learn the
art Of pulling down long drives.
Chase, second to Vernon Kennedy
last year in losing games, began his
conditioning period with club at
taches unanimously predicting a
great year for the Oneonta IN. "
southpaw. This despite his losing
10 games, or two less than Kennedy,
in 1899.
Buddy Gets Pay Raise.
The presence of Lewis and Chase
made this more respectable major
league training camp At the rate
the regulars are drifting into town
they soon will outnumber the rockies,
most of whom are ticketed for
Charlotte, Greenvillee, Springfield,
Shelby, Orlando, Salisbury and
whatever other minor league
farms" are directed by the Mats.
Lewis enthusiastically fell into
the scheme of moving to the outfield
so that Cecil Travis could be moved
to third base and Rookie Jimmy
Pofahl could take over shortstop.
when I talked with Mr.. Griffith
earlier in the winter and signed my
contract" Buddy disclosed, Il got
a nice raise in pay on account of
this shift. I'm tickled to death with
everything and now it's up to me to
dig in and learn how to play the
.outf1eld."
Lewis has only tried to shag flies
once. This was last summer in
Washington.
Il wasn't very good at it," he ad-
mitted, Il couldn't judge EN- at all.
But I guess it's like everything else
If you're going to be any good at it
you've got to practice lot"
Flash-It's Still Cold.
Chase is another contract happy
National as this season opens for
him. Ken only won 10 games and
lost 10, but he was a hard d-luck
pitcher all year and the left-hander,
still only 26 despite this being his
fourth trip to Orlando, says that
Griffith took this into account when
he rendered him a contract.
Il forget how many games I lost
by one rum" he said, but there were
quite few. With a little luck on
my side I may be able to win that
kind this year"
AS a matter of record, Ken
dropped seven games last year by
one-run margins. He also was
shutout three times. His record
wasn't the worst in the league, by
any means.
For the third consecutive day
practice was postponed from morn
ing to afternoon because of high.
cold winds. Another frost plagued
the peninsula last night and at an
early hour this morning it almost
was assured that practice would
have to be postponed again.
It's no longer fun, except for the
clubhouse boys. They don't have to
worry about hanging up uniforms
to dry because so far nobody has
broken a bead of perspiration.
Evening star., 1940-02-23

pepper is o. K. again and they
can bring on their specialists for
an examination.
Lou Little says there is no bet
ter coach In football-pro or COL
lege-than Steve Owen of the
New York Giants. Jack Dempsey
put himself in good and solid
with $500 Columbus fight fans
by driving from Nashville to
Columbus in a driving storm to
fill a refereeing engagement after
the blizzard had grounded all
planes.
It's an idea: Many people
here think Mike Jacobs an
nounced the Baer-Galento brawl
for Jersey City merely to club the
New York Boxing Commission
into reinstating Galento's man
ager, Joe Jacobs. That accom-
plished, Mike might get a bril-
liant idea to shift the fight to
the Polo Grounds.
News that the fight finally has
found a home will have such q
salutary effect upon the poor
Firms 1t probably will cost the
Reds another division.
Evening star., 1940-02-23

was necessitated by Johnny Mot.
zenberker's injury. He pulled q
muscle Wednesday on his last LAP
around the wooden track and will
be out at least 10 days. He was
pinch hitting for George Tucknott
who is working out again afte,
suffering a similar injury a week
ago.
The Hoya medley will lead of
with Jim Fish running the $50;
Pete McAtee, 40: Jim Doolin, 220
and Phil Graves, l mile. Hardell. as
noted above, hesitates to predict
where his boys will finish but feels
that with any luck at all it will
be well among the leaders.
Maryland expects TO win its share
Of championships at Chapel Hill
although it has scant hope of max
ing OF with the team trophy. The
reason Is simple enough. Larger
squads from opposing schools will
pick up enough points in second
third and fourth places to or set
the Terps' first-place awards. Last
year, for example, Geary Eppley's
charges made OF with four indi-
vidual prizes in addition to the
relay title and finished second
Second place again is the best the
team hopes to achieve.
Murphy Defaults Title.
Joe Murphy, sprint champion,
will not defend his crown, but Ken
Barnes, Elmer Rigby and Alan
Miller will toe the mark in an effort
to keep the honors at Maryland.
Miller and Allen Warfield also are
running In the 40.
Jim Kehoe, who has compiled q
neat reputation in the major meets
this winter, heads the 8S0-yard field
and is favorite not only to retain
his title but lower the existing rec
ord. Bob Condor, Randall Cronin
and Bob Montgomery will keep him
company.
Mason Chronister Is conceded an
excellent chance Of coping the mile
while Dick Fields is a favorite to
hang on to his 2-mile title. Dick
Sullivan is entered with Fields in
the longer run.
Chronister, Kehoe, Warfield and
Miller will comprise the relay team
which will face some of the fastest
combinations ever sent to the post
In the games.
Wylie Hopkins and Francis Norris
are Maryland's high Jump hopes.
Francis Morris is In the broad jump,
too, while Charley Morris will try
his hand 1t putting the shot.
Evening star., 1940-02-23
Travis, Who Now Weighs 200,
To Talk Terms March

rookie shortstop purchased from
Minneapolis. He wants more
money. Leonard, who won 20
and lost 8 games last year, got
a raise but, apparently, 1t wasn't
big enough. Travis, who was i'll
much Of the 1899 season and
whose batting mark dropped to
.294, was handed q sizable cut,
1t is believed.
Travis pal, Euddy Lewis,
checked into Orlando yesterday
and reported that his old roomie,
whom he visited not long ago,
has grown into q big fellow. II
guess he put on ct least Is
pounds" said Lewis.
Y guess Oece weighs 100 now
Evening star., 1940-02-23
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Press Sports Writer,

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-De-
troit will enter 1897 teams in
the American Bowling Congress
there March 7-May 7-greatest
home town entry in history.
Plenty of betting on Davis VS..
Ambers tonight. Eddie Collins
says talk of a Desautels- Cramer-
Owen trade for Frank Hayes
and Bob johnson of the Athletics
is ridic. Andy Niederreiter has
brought Lloyd Marshall, Sacra-
mento lightweight, to the East
and is arranging bookings.
Leo Durocher is directing the
Dodgers practice with a traffic
cops whistle. And he has Whit
low Wyatt pedaling around town
on a bicycle to develop his in
jured. knee.
Golf tip: According to a for
mer roommate, Ed Oliver, who
goes around the country busting
course records with Gas and the
like, falls out of bed at least
once every night.
Demands of the N. B. A. that
he defend his title against Davey
Evening star., 1940-02-23
By stan Correspondent Of The star.

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 23.-
Cecil Travis, one Of the Nationals
three big holdouss and one of the
few members Of the 1899 cast who
was asked to accept . salary cut,
will do no signing by mail, but
personally will discuss differences
with President Clark Grifiith on
or about March /.
Then, according to word re-
ceived here, II they cannot get
together, Travis will turn around
and 60 home to Riverdale, Ga.
Travis, Jimmy Pofahl and
Dutch Leonard are GriR's three
chiaf holdouts. po6ahl y the
Evening star., 1940-02-23
Yale Eases Pressure
On Dartmouth by
Beating Tigers
Indions Now Only Quint
In Eustern Circuit
With Lone Defect
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-The dash
ing Dartmouth Indians. defending
champions of the Eastern Intercol-
legiate Basket Ball League, may
have the Yale Bulldogs to thank If
they find they're wearing the cham
pionship crown again this year.
Dartmouth was being pressed
and pressed hardly Princeton
until last night, when along came
the Yales with their rollicking zone
defense-and Princeton went crash
ing down to a 50-38 defeat. That
was the second beating of the season
for the Tiger and left Dartmouth
the only team to have suffered only
one defeat.
Princeton led all through the
first half, but the zone defense be-
gan taking it's toll in the second
period, and Yale managed to forge
into 27-26 lead soon after the in
termission.
AL Ingley, Al Stevens and Tom
Erickson were the basket-makers
for Yale in the second period, after
Ed Green and Dan Carmichael of
the losers gave fine first half
demonstration.
In the leagues other game, Har-
ward ran into its cage cousin"
again and won its second game of
the season. Its victim was the
Columbia Lion, and Harvard pre-
vailed by 1885 in a thriller-largely
through running up big margin in
the first II minutes-when the Lion
was held to four free throws.
Little Albie Myers was the hero
of the Columbia attack, scoring 16
points and bringing his total for
the season to SO. Harvard stopped
Columbia, 40-35, in New York
earlier in the season for its only
other win.
Evening star., 1940-02-23
Win, Lose or Draw
The Other Side Of the Training Comp Picture
By FRANCIS {. STAN,
Star Stan Correspondent.

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb 23sprng training players
always story richness
year in the veteran and the
established star Into camp every year wander
a few of the absolutely
The Nationals have their this
Kids here who belong day may make
oueh baseball They
auto statesmen hotel clerks
no which pastme
Ihere is Kid In who down
unexpected He boy
worn little bamanS
came to Orlando at his wihal pathetic young
character Everybody In camp knows that the
house boys ability
who soon is due abrupt order locker.
Evening star., 1940-02-23
Make 1941 Turkey
Day Game Safe
BY the Associated Press.

6y the Associated PreSS.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Feb.
23.-The Rutgers University and
Brown University football teams
are not going to be caught nap
ping in 1941 if Thanksgiving
Day is moved up as it was last
year.
An eight-game schedule for
the Rutgers team, released today
by George E. Little, director Of
athletics, lists two dates for the
Brown-Rutgers Thanksgiving Day
clash at Providence, r. I.
Thanksgiving Day falls on No
vember ~ next year. but just in
case turkey day is moved q week
ahead, November 40 has been left
open by both schools.
Evening star., 1940-02-23
FeIIer Was the Last off the Form'

Nobody secuted these They
except Chicago would
After quick except Manager
Harris who think way them to 70
back home and forget about
In the Mats clubhouse today funky
hwood into the the blshng
antique sat Harris Coach Benny
Martin two hours before
was cold and windy usual This
you know, Bengough said II who
came out OF nowhere made
none of the kids who invited themselves going
Feler the last Harris said
made good, first crack of
Evening star., 1940-02-23
Braun Hoyo Captain
On Gotham Track

Vincent Braun. a key man in
Georgetown University's 1-mile relay
team, will captain the Hoyas in the
National A. A. U. championship
meet today and tomorrow at New
York, His selection was announced
this morning by the Rev. John J..
Kehoe, S. j., faculty director of
athletics.
Braun has done yeoman work for
the Hoyas this year and has been
largely responsible for their success
He halls from New Jersey, where
previously competed for st. Bene-
diets Prep.
Evening star., 1940-02-23
D. 6. Gunners Defeated

SYKESVILLE, Md, Feb. % (Spe-
ciaD.-Washington Gun Club was
defeated by Carroll County Club of
Sykesville here yesterday, 9O2 to
1872, with the Oriole Gun Club of
! Baltimore finishing third.
Evening star., 1940-02-23
St. Johns and Gonzags Settle Catholic Title With Game in Star 7oue,
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

American University VS.. Juniata
College, Juniata, Pa.
George Washington High vs..
Petersburg High, Alexandria, Va,
$3.50.
Western VS.. Woodrow Wilson,
Tech, 8.
Washington-Lee High VS.. Hope
well High. Ballston, Va, 8.
Gonzaga vs.. Mount Rainier,
Mount Rainier gym, 3.
Landon vs.. st. Albans, Landon
gym, $3.50.
Howard University vs.. Lincoln,
New York.
Boxing.
Maryland in Southern Con-
ference tournament, Columbia,
s. G.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Atlantic
City Sea Gulls, Atlantic City,
N. j.
Evening star., 1940-02-23
When Benny and Bucky Worked for McGrow

There momentary pause.
FRANKIE FTsch' said Harris o Fodham"
Eddie Collins said Martin of Columbia
bengough scratched his head thoughtfuy
the last several years I can't think of
"Feller said Harris. Hes of right off,
hand
Ihen why asked of the
with these who
tell by just looking at of
Well" Harris said, fmny
looking Kids have ability and just takes time
Bengogh the catcher of the 1927
the time when Bucky myself
chance to work out before John
weighed 135
Mcraw didn't attention
out between double-header forgotten"
Evening star., 1940-02-23
Colleeions PIuy Tonight

Recreation and District Collegians
will be opponents in . court game
tonight at Banneker Recreation
Center ut 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-02-23

Oklahoma Aggies to play in the
Garden Invitation basket ball
tournament next month, is on its
way. Ell Galento says his left
Evening star., 1940-02-23
They Don't Know Hit-und-Run PIoy

couple Of newspapemn
Of them said He another at New
Orleans,
Mr. Martin snored loudly He pitched profess
siona baseball"
joke He straight Cleveland
receptvey
WELL said Bengough Il have hunch they're
and don't you?
We played sando ball. and hev
taught lot of things
They taught how cheat o a
And THE things tauph
at the
Now interrupted Mr. Bengough rubbing spot
right of
know what kid pitchers who never
had to field bunt lay one
Evening star., 1940-02-23
johnson, Bender and SisIer Made the Grade

What percentage OF the unnted training
asked other
the buses hallway the country
Nowadays Harris answered
they can't be placed in kind Of organized
1T used to be- Martin it, Kids who
never played in organized baseball YOU whole
flock Of them"
walter johnson Harris said semipro
nut nat wasn't organized baseball He did all
then there's Feller"
heres Chief Bender too Martin added Bender
carlisle and was big Lacquer when
How about came out Of Mich
igan pitcher as first baseman
Evening star., 1940-02-23
But They'll Have Memories, at Least

Mr. Bengough didn't have elaborate member
OF perhaps the greatest ball club all times and Harris
badly either Here two fellows way and
stuck
AS long baseball played likely the
will have their recruits
big league uniform feng during which
they dream becoming national them
make 1t and down here couple
be told to back home and back
experience"
Their aren't known The chances
still dream of brilliant until the day
shattered. they'll two
three when they
Evening star., 1940-02-23

Totals ----12 s32 Totals Q b23
Referees--Messrs. Doran and Enrisht.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Legion Mines Start
P|ayoffs for City
Title Saturday
Jasper Defeats Stevens
To Enter Series With
CooIey-MeCuIIoueh

Sergt. Jasper and Cooley-McCul-
lough Posts teams of the American
Legion Junior Baseball League will
go after the loop championship in a
three-game series Starting Saturday
afternoon at Griffith Stadium.
Cooley-McCullough won the first
half title while the Jaspers took the
second-half crown by defeating
Fort Stevens yesterday, 5-4, in the
playoff of a protested game.
Cooley-McC ul Tough won six
straight games in taking the first
half crown and has a season record
of victories and 3 defeats, while
Jasper won and lost in the second
half for season total of 10 wins and
2 losses.
The winner of the playoff series
will represent Washington in the
regional tournament at Wilson, N.
c., against State champions of
Maryland, Virginia and North Caro-
lima, and If successful in that will go
on to the regional championships
and later to the nationals
In yesterdays game, Jasper was
off to an early lead it never gave
up. with three runs in the first
inning. Two runs by Fort Stevens
in the same frame came close to
knotting the count. but the Jaspers
scored another brace in the seventh
to again take a commanding lead
that Stevens could not overcome
with markers in the seventh and
eighth.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Boy and Girl Shine
In Swimming Tests
Al Roseda|e Pool

Buddy McCreary and Carol Essex
are among the swimmers who will
represent Rosedale Playground pool
in the city-wide playground SWIM
ming meet at Tech pool next month,
and of their showing in the elm
ination meet they promise hot COM
petition to other entrants.
In the first of three preliminary
meets at the Rosedale pool they top
ped the natators in their respective
classes yesterday. McCreary won
four firsts in boys competition. while
Miss Essex turned in three firsts, a
second and a third.
Buddy won the 50-yard free style
and breast stroke events in both
the 135-pound and unlimited divis-
ions, while Miss Essex took the 25-
yard free style for girls IA and I'M
der, the same event for girls 16 and
under and the night shirt race for
l6-year -old girls. She finished sec
ond in the 25-yard sidestroke for
14-year-olds and third in the 25-
yard backstroke for 16-year-olds.
TWenty-seven events in all we're
held, with winners eligible to repre-
sent Rosedale in the city champion
ships.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Anderson Given Zuppke Votes.
Is Alone as ANStor Tutor

as Big Ten representative on the
All-Star staff is Nal Elward of
Purdue with LISP points.
The staff also will contain four
other coaches, each from a differ
ent section of the country.
The sectional leaders:
East-Tad Wieman. Princeton
305 5,544 Carl Snavely, Cornell, 49,
279. South-Lowell Dawson, Tulane
298,237; Bernie Moore. l.. S. u.
122, ,727. Midwest-Don Faurot. Mis-
souri,, 652, $40: Frank Hood. Rock
hurst kansas City, 437,829. Far
West-Buck Shaw. Santa Clara
327074; Howard Jones, Southern
California. 92.676.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
New Yorker Tops LIST
OF School Coachino
Berth Applicants
Jack Reese Ranks Over
Lund Of Anoeostio;
; Places Vacant

Three and possibly four new mem
bers are due to be added to the
coaching and athletic stats OF local
high schools soon and probably will
receive their appointments follow
ing the next meeting of the Board
of Education early in September.
The additions were made neces-
sary by the opening Of the new CAL
vim Coolidge High School, scheduled
for this fall. and by the transfer of
Bruce Kessler from the athletic de-
partment of Mckinley High to the
business teaching staff of Woodrow
Wilson. The Coolidge School will
take minimum of two and maxi
mum OF three new physical educa.
ton instructors who probably also
Will embrace coaching duties when
that school enters nter-high sports
competition next year.
Kessler's Teams Successful.
kessler Is making the transfer to
Wilson after three years of coaching
DuoStul anu udShCG jail DIT 1eC0,
No successor to him has been named,
but it is probable that Rusty Thomp-
son, whom Kessler succeeded, will
return to his coaching duties. After
Joining the Wilson staff. Kessler will
teach business law Also on the
teaching staff at Wilson is another
Well-known former school coach,
Burt Coggins, who turned out a sue
cession Of championship basket ball
teams at Central decade ago.
While at Tech, Kessler's teams
won no championships but he came
close two years ago with his basket
ball team of Mighty Midgets," as
they were called. which finished sec
ond behind Eastern.
In line for local high school
athletic department posts are about
eight men who ranked high in recent
competitive examinations. Three
out-of-town men top the list. headed
| by Jack Reese of New York CITY. a
graduate of the Springfield CMassO
College who received his masters
degree at New York University.
Lund Heads Local List.
OF the men now in Washington
who are eligible for senior high posi-
tions, ROLAND Lund, Anacostia
Highs football coach, is leading.
Although senior high coach. Lund
holds a rating of Junior high athletic
instructor, but is eligible for a senior
high appointment. These appoint
ments are made by the Board of
Education on the recommendation
of Dr. Chester W. Holms, assistant
superintendent in charge of senior
high schools.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Pennsylvania Sewers
Ring Relations With
NY. Third Time
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. July 6.-Work-
ing agreements between the Penn
sylvania and New York Athletic
Commissions were severed today, for
the third time.
Leon L. Rains, chairman of
the Pennsylvania commission. an
nounced the action was taken at a
meeting in Harrisburg, 'for the best
interests of boxing in Pennsylvania. "
He intimated the break was caused
by the New York commissions re-
cent refusal to release the purses in
the Henry Armstrong-Lew jenkins
fight until Armstrong agreed to
make his next welterweight cham
pionship defense and Jenkins his
next lightweight title bout in that
State.
Evening star., 1940-07-31
Greenberg, ,Conqueror
Of Grant, Striving
To Upset kovacs
Hopes to Succeed After
Two Failures; Hunt Is
Southampton Victor
BY the Associated Press.


SOUTHAMPTON, July 31.-Sey-
mour Greenberg started his tennis
career as ball boy for his father who
was a pretty good netman around
Chicago. Then Seymour grew older
and teamed with his dad to win the
Western father -and~son doubles
title from 1888 to 1898. Now Sey-
mour has reached the age of 19
and he is able to beat "the old man.
handily at singles.
But the old man doesn't mind too
much, because he's in pretty dis
tlnguished company. For Seymour
also has defeated such prominent
players as Hal Surface, George Toley
and Bitsy Grant His victory over
Grant came yesterday in the second
round of the 50th annual Meadow
Club invitation tournament and
eased Greenberg into the third
round, where his opponent will be
Frank Kovacs Of Oakland, Calf
Learns With Every Match.
Kovacs is one prominent player
whom Greenberg has never beaten.
although he has had two cracks at
him. The first was in 1896. when
the big Hungarian took him in the
quarter-final round of the National
Boys Tournament. The second was
a few weeks ago, when Kovacs beat
him in the final round of the East
ern Gold Racquet Tournament.
But Greenberg fancies himself as
good man in a return match. Both
Surface and Toley knocked him
over in their first meetings. and
then Seymour retaliated the very
next time they met. Greenberg. a
Junior at Northwestern University
says he learns something every time
he plays.
The 60. ST. Ga victory of the
national public parks champion ovel
Grant was the only surprise of ar
otherwise uneventful day that saw
all the favorites advance to the
round of l6 Bobby Riggs, the de-
Tending champ. weighed in with E
Ga, a6-3 conquest of Leon Everett
| of Los Angeles. Don McNeill turnec
back two obscure opponents. ElUooc
Cooke won from a pair of more
noted players. Bill McGehee anc
Wilmer Allison.
Hunt Sent Three Sets.
/ kovacS won in three sets from
Bill Reedy of Los Angeles, while Gi
Hunt Of Washington. D. c.: Hanl
Prusof OF Seattle and Sid Wood o.
New York. all turned in winninl
jobs. Wood defeated Frank Shields
his laundry business partner, 6-3
| 6-1.
Hunts victory was over Vincen
Paul of Brooklyn, the Washington.
ian dropping the first set before h,
put on pressure to win, 0-6, 60
Ga.
The women's tournament at near
by East Hampton also produced on,
important casualty when Virgini:
Wolfenden, fourth-se sded San Fran
clscan, bowed to Gracyn Wheeler o
Santa Monica, Calf, 60, 8-6
6-3.
Dorothy May Bundy. buddy O
Miss Wheeler back in their old hom
town. surprised Nina Brown of Lon
don. 6-3, GO. Sarah Palfrey O
Reno. New; Pauline Betz of Sa,
Francisco and Helen Bernhard O
New York, the three remainin,
seeded players. Joined Miss Wheele
and Miss Bundy in the quarter -fina
round.