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Evening star., 1940-07-20
A Doiymun From COLLEGE Park Speaks

ITO stimulate interest the Al-Star game
Donne dairy farm superintendent
not let the the which
their number popular
game? Then let the fans of the
league select the for the other
game Is to be played Detroit next let the Detroit furnish
the for the American this
select the
This idea wouldn't be game
exhibition that delight
the hats else select
he nonprofessonal and dyed
He might about his pitchers
real managers sometimes Imagine how the
howl with glee to of their league
team Washington for with young
Just to mention weknoWn fan
Rebuttal: Mr. Heuch highly eligible FAM But
has his business Worries
against Wild swift souhpew pitcher The hitter
has wife and family and he doesn't
He may nege he walk and strike
not to crowd the plate.
Summing suggestion likely completely ignored
by the brass hats They studying possibilities glad
hear from John O. Customer opinion despite
Miss Parks we convinced that
They profess via the mails to have finger pulse
Few OF them have the impulse
is this departments opinion that the
to by both
1t might happily.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Grimm Offers 10 Play
As Cubs Are Bereft
OF First Sackers
Covorretto, Hard Luck
Guy Of Loop, Trails
Russell as Invalid
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 2O.-Nobody would
receive quite as warm a welcome
around Chicago Cub headquarters
today than a first baseman of major
league caliber.
The reason? The Cubs haven't
one. Glen Russell is abed recover
ing from an appendectomy and Phil
Cavarretta Is out with a broken
ankle.
Cavarretta hurt his ankle last
Tuesday, but the seriousness of the
injury did not become known until
yesterday. Third baseman Stan Hack
played first Thursday and Outfielder
Hank Leiber filled in yesterday.
Meanwhile, Cub officials are scour-
ing the bushes for an acceptable SUBJ
stltute. The club, shorthanded be-
fore Cavarretta was laid out, now
has only 20 able-bodied players in
uniform-eight pitchers, three catch
ers, four infielders and five out
fielders.
The club might call in Rip COL
Inns, former Cub and st. Louis Car
dinals first baseman now with Los
Angeles, Chicago farm unit. An offer
to help came from an unexpected
source yesterday when Radio An
nouncer Charles Grimm offered his
services for the time being. Grimm,
former star first baseman and later
manager OF the Cubs, said he was in
fair shape, pointing out that he
works out daily with the White Sox
when they are at home.
Cavarretta's injury qualities the
23-year-old player as the hard luck"
guy IN the league. Last season he
suffered a broken leg on May 8
and was able to play in only %
games all season,
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Crawford Trails Him
As Davis Goes for
Speedboat Title
D. c. Men Feud at Gruw;
Four World Records
Fall in Regatta
Special Dispatch to The Star.

oCeCldi DlSpatCn 10 Inc Stdr.-
HAVRE DE GRACE. July 90
Graeme A. Davis, Washington speed
boat pilot. pointed the sleek nose of
his speedy Gypsy Lass toward the
135 cubic inch hydroplane cham
pionship today as final rounds got
underway in the 11th annual Havre
de Grace regatta.
Roaring around the course at an
average speed of 47.120 miles an
hour Graeme led Andy Crawford. a
fellow Washingtonian, across the
finish line in yesterdays trial heats
and firmly established himself as
favorite in the class. Crawford was
at the wheel of his Ednandy.
Mrs. Crawford took the family
craft for a spin in the Smile race
for women's inboard runabouts and
finished second to Sarah Bonfoey of
Quincy, ILL.,, who drove Tae Foy III
to victory at an average of 43.394
miles an hour.
Four World Marks Set.
Four world records went by the
boards as the regatta, first big
power competition of the East
ern season, got underway. but it was
some hours before officials were
aware of the wholesale onslaught.
The association, incidentally, has
not issued a record book for 1910.
John Stiles and Louis Burk, Phila-
delphia; Robert Green, North East,
Nd, and Tom Ehrhart, York, Pa,
were responsible for DR.. Dulaneys
unrest.
Erhart hung up record Of Al $50
miles an hour for Clas D racing in
boards, Stiles negotiated the smile
course in 38.199 an hour for a Glass
D service inboard mark, Burk turned
in better than 80 miles an hour in
Class B racing outboards, and Green
stepped on the gas for a Glass D
service inboard record of 26.323. No
prior record existed for the latter
class.
Chatfield's Failure Surprises.
Not exactly an upset, but some
what of a surprise, was Tommy
Chatfield's failure to place in the
135-cubic-inch class with his sl-
cubic-inch Scoundrel. The young
New Yorker went out of his class
to test the boat, but found it un-
able to keep pace with the larger
craft.
Chatfield, in big-time racing only
three years, but already established
as top-notch pilot, plans to try for
a world record today in his Viper.
In competition only thrice thus far,
the Viper, according to its owner,
was clicked at 80 miles an hour
in trial runs last week at Cambridge,
Md.
Only double winner of the pro-
gram was Nick Tuso, jr., Of Vine
land, N. j., who scored in the Glass
E inboard grind and came back to
win in Glass G.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION,
Knoxville. 6; Birminsham, 4.
Memphis. z: Chattanooga, 4.
New Orleans. 3-3; Nashville, 2-l,
Fast D. G.. Comet Fleet Biddinq
For Gibson Island Trophies

Undine. skippered by Tom Mar
tin Of the Eastern Shore fleet, won
the initial test with about 100 yards
to spare. Swift and neatly handled,
the Undine beat Aries II of the
Delaware River feet to the line.
Henry Wilmer, jr., piloted the
runnerup.
Bob Dunigan's Crash was third
over the Smile windward course.
Edward K. Merrill, veteran River
ton, N. j., skipper, was one of the
favorites in the comet class, but
faced a strong field, including Les
lie Wright, Ernest Covert, Clark
Daniel, Nora O'Neil, James Camp
bell and Bill Hanson Of Washing
ton, in addition to numerous others
In his quest for laurels.
The Capital City also will be well
represented in the 20-foot class by
Judge Prentice Edrington, DR.. Al
bert Pagan, Carlton Skinner and
II. Brent Hendrickson.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Rosur Proving Dickey Wasn't indispensable to Yonks

to the Yankee home games?
Baseball's only "Z" combination
at second base is in Durham.
zelasko at short and Zapor at
Zecond Joe Palmisino, Mickey
Cochrane's third string under
study with the AS decade ago,
took over the Kannapolis IN. c.
Towelers late in May and boosted
them from last to first place in
Al days. (Are the st. Louis
Browns listening?) Shaving down
his real monicker of. Shultehen-
rich made Ham Schultz of the
Phils popular with the printers.
Couple of Fred GOO victories)
Fitzsimmons' Brooklyn buddies
are near the 100-game mark. Tex
Evening star., 1940-07-20

Lew jenkins may show before
the home folks in Dallas soon,
Meeting Leo Kodak before the
summers over. Tip: Sam L.
Murbarger, Indiana's one-man
commish, Is being tabled as the
next N. B. A. prexy and Winston
Salem will get the 1941 conven-
ton. We can hear scouts singing
the praises of Huck Geary, young
Minneapolis shortstop, clear back
here. Bob Pastor, the heavy
weight, broke 100 at a Saratoga
golf course recently. And he's
been playing only six weeks, they
say. Is Chet Kozel, 220- pound
tackle, going to make Ole Miss
forget Bruiser Kinnard.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
No Hope Seen for Krokouskos
On Slab After BIowup That
Lets Chisox Crush Mats

hoisting If Jimmy Pofahl sticks at
shortstop another season. Prexy
Clark Griffith has charted a scout
ing trip through the South designed
to snatch shortstop with a more
acceptable throwing arm and bat
ting stroke. The first baseman is at
Jersey City in the form of Mickey
Vernon.
Meanwhile the Mats are occupied
with launching another winning
streak at the expense of st. Louis, the
Browns invading for a single game
today and a double-header tomor-
row before Washington embarks on
a Western joruney Monday.
Leonard Seeks 1lth Win.
Sid Hudson, the suddenly sensa-
tional right-hander, was to seek his
seventh successive victory today
against a team which yesterday
spanked the Athletics to snap a IA
game losing streak. Hudson whipped
the Browns on one hit in his last
appearance against them.
Dutch Leonard, striving for his
11th triumph, and Rene Monteagudo
have been nominated by Harris to
hurl in tomorrow's twin bill.
While st. Louis was fracturing its
string Of defeats the Mats were
dropping a 81 decision to Chicago
and thereby clipping Washington's
flve-game winning streak. Some
5000 fans, mostly women, witnessed
the death of the thriving record.
It was the five-hit pitching of
Thornton Lee which actually
checked the Mats, but there was
considerable gum m-beating over the
six runs Krakky allowed the White
Sox as he replaced Walter Master
son starting the eighth inning.
Lee Scatters Five Hits.
Washington still was in the game
and the optimistic were visioning q
late rally by the Mats when Krakky
went into action with Washington
trailing, l-3.
When the inning evaporated
Krakky had issued, in addition to
the six runs, three walks, two singles,
a double and triple. That re-
moved Washington fading chance
for victory.
The Mats had snatched 10 lead
in the second inning when Buddy
Myer singled to center. stole second
and scored as Pofahl's grounder took
bad hop over Second Baseman
Skeeter Webb's head, but the White
Sox bounced back with three runs
in the fourth off Masterson.
Lee allowed only three scattered
singles after the second inning and
over that stretch but one Nat ad-
vanced as far as second base.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
By = staff Correspondent of The Star

- StAai NVIEecpOuucut Vi nc Quar-
GIBSON ISLAND, Nd, July 90
With one event disposed of on yes
terday's opening card, shippers of
more than 100 small boats made
ready to hoist anchor today as the
second annual Gibson Island Re-
gatta began moving at a nor'east-
erly clip.
Comets, snipes, Hampton one
designs and 20-foot knockabouts of
both chine and round bottom types
are to spread canvas in the three
remaining races. The first is sched-
uled this afternoon and two tomor-
row. Sundays first race will be
sailed at 8 am.
Melville Grosvenor of Washing
ton, winner last year, finished 1lth
in q field Of "a starters. as the series
for the j. Rulon Miller trophy in
the star class sloops got under way
yesterday. Grosvenor was at the
helm Of Escape.
Evening star., 1940-07-20

Carleton needs two more and
Curt Davis is shy just five.
One-minute interview Fred
Haney, st. Louis Browns man
ager: Since the team really is
hustling and it isn't possible for
me to put my finger on any one
weakness that can be corrected,
there's nothing for me to do but
tell the boys funny stories and
wait for the sun to shine again."
Today's guest star-Jack Miley,
New York Post: "You folks who
have been shedding tears over
the Yankees now can dry your
eyes. For the Yanks need SYM
pathy just like Roosevelt needs
public speaking lessons"
Evening star., 1940-07-20
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Mr.. Joseph KrakauSkas, the loop
legged Lithuanian who sporadicaliy
has been stamped as a promising
pitcher, seemingly has demonstrated
the brilliant bubble has burst.
Krakky hasn't won a game this sea-
son, has been hammered hard and
often and is as wild as the day he
reported to the Mats.
There were soaring hopes for
Krakky this season, just as there
were in previous seasons. but by now
the last shred of doubt has dissi-
pated. Joe hasn't got 1t, to be blunt,
and there is reason to wonder If he'll
ever make the grade even as a medi-
ocre pitcher.
Manager Bucky Harris has been
patient with the big blond. tenderly
nursing him along in the forlorn
dream that some day Krakky would
justify the trouble. After four years,
though, Joe has learned nothing.
Krakky's only assets at the be-
ginning were sizzling fast ball and
a sturdy frame. He could and did
throw hard, but with no faint no.
ton Of whether he'd hit Rick Fer
rell's target or scalp spectator. His
curve was and remains a dinky af-
fair and he hasn't gathered much
material between the ears. Now his
fast ball has vanished.
Colbert Confined to Bench.
Now he faces the prospect of be-
ing employed only when a game is
lost beyond all reasonable doubt. He
can't be trusted with a starting as
signment and in relief roles he has
been equally ineffective. He is, in
brief, washed up as far as Harris is
concerned.
Krakky has considerable company,
II that's any consolation. Charley
Colbert, the courageous veteran in
fielder, hasn't seen service even as
pinch-hitter in more than two
weeks despite his lofty batting av-
erage. They say he's reached the
point where he can't move of q
dime.
Zeke Bonura, of course, is view
ing his last campaign as Washing
tons regular first baseman and
there will be considerable eyebrow
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Home Runs Turn
Trick in Third
Straight Win
Tigers Boost Margin;
Browns End Losing
Streak of ID Tits
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

To borrow a tin-pan alley phrase:
The Yanks are coming!
Looking more and more like the
club that pulverized the American
League for four straight years, the
Yanks sounded a note that must
have been grimly familiar with yes
terdays 1876 third straight victory
over the erstwhile league-leading
Cleveland Indians.
For the Yankees did it their trade
marked way-via home runs. Babe
Dahlgren hit two, Buddy Rosar,
who has sparked the current drive,
got another-along with a single,
double and triple for perfect day
and Joe Gordon got the fourth. He
hit 1t on three-and- nothing pitch,
believe it or not.
In battering down the Indians
three in a row, the Yanks picked
on pretty fair pitchers-Bobby Fell
Ter, AL Milnar and Al Smith-while
running the Indians losing streak
to six straight.
OOmcZ INJURY Mars JOY.
Seven runs in the first inning did
the damage yesterday and the note
OF glee in the Yankee dressing room
was marred only by the thought that
Lefty Gomez will be out for a week
or 10 days. He was struck on the
pitching hand by a ball of Roy
Weatheylys bat.
Meanwhile the Detroit Tigers
frightened their hold on first place
by shutting out the Boston Red Sox.
40, behind the 7-hit hurting Of
Tommy Bridges. Rudy York hit a
homer with one on.
Thornton Lee of the White Sox
stopped the 5-game winning streak
OF the amazing Washington SEN
ators, 9 to l. with shit job.
Johnny Berardino's homer with
one on in the ninth was the winning
margin as the st. Louis Browns
snapped 14-game losing streak by
beating the Athletics, 81.
In the National League, the Gin
cinnati Reds remained three games
ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers since
both absorbed beatings. The Reds
outhit the Boston Bees, but lost, 81,
when the Bees punched four safe
ties with two Cincinnati errors in
the seventh inning.
Fisticuffs Mark Dodger Defeat.
The Chicago Cubs counted on
Hank Leiber and Bill Nicholson for
an 11-4 victory over the Dodgers.
Hank homered with three on and
Nicholson slammed a four-bagger
with one on. The game was marred
by a flstic free-for-all when Hugh
Casey hit Claude Passeau with a
pitched ball. Passeau tossed his bat
at Casey-and the fireworks were
on. Passeau and Joe Gallagher. who
led the Dodger skirmishers, were
banished from the game.
The ST. Louis Cardinals snatched
a pair of victories from the Phils.
80 and 5-3, both with late inning
rallies. In the first Kirby Higbe
allowed only one hit for six innings,
but the Cards rose in the seventh
and eighth to win. In the second
game Johnny Rizzo's 18th homer
gave the Phils a 80 edge in the
eighth, but Ernie Koy pumped one
over the fence to score behind Enos
Slaughter, who had walked. Then
Joe Orengo doubled and Martin
Marion singled him home.
Hal Schumacher gave the Giants
q So win over the Pirates. He bat
ted In three runs with a triple and
got credit for his seventh victory
though the 90-degree heat wore him
down and he had to be relieved.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
For q Headache, q Pill Is Better

Rebuttal: This idea heard Of
hardly likely
which would have conduct the botg hardly would
to fool with proposition.
What trying that cities like
Washington refused the to play ball with the ASta
when 1t voting, why would the fool with
votes which had bearing local club?
For instance, Washington could not get excited whether
Arky Vaughan of the Pirates RadIn
Nor could New York be expected develop hera nominating
Cecil Travis Dutch
It happens Mr.. Berg that logical in
isn't always solution The AlSar still is
OF people, and logic isn't nearly effective hasn't
been far, white pill
Evening star., 1940-07-20
McCosky Holds Slight
Edge in Scrambled 10
Lead A. |. al BAT
RudcIiff Close to Tie:
AppIing FoI|s to 5th;
Donning Still Hot
BY the Associated Pre-


NEW YORK, July 2o.-Just to
give you an idea how tight Is the
American League batting cham
pionship race, consider the case Of
Luke Appling.
Last week he was tied for the lead
with young Taft Wright with a mark
Of 1856. This week his average Is
,3B-but he's down in fifth place.
Leader this week is Barney Nc
Cosky Of the Tigers by the mar
rowest of margins over Rip Rad
cliff of the Browns. McCosky is
hitting at 1858 and Radcliff is at
$3.50. Wright. who led for two weeks,
Is in third place, tied with Lou Fin
ney of Boston at 1854.
The National League has no such
troubles. Harry Danning, Giant
catcher, continues to pace the field.
His mark of .347 this week is a frac-
ton better than 1t was last time
the averages were compiled.
On second place this week is Mer-
rill May Of the Fhillies, whose .331
gives him only slim edge over the
Cubs hustling Billy Nicholson, who
has 1926.
The 10 leaders in each league:
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Mcdowell and WilIioms
To Clash on July 70

Bill Mcdowell, recent victim of
Cocoa Kid, will be Holman Williams
opponent in a 10-round bout at
Griffith Stadium July %.
With Williams will be Joe Louis,
heavyweight champion, who has a
piece" of the colored welter's con-
tract. Louis will work in Williams
corner.
Williams holds victories over
Steve Mamakos and Izzy Janazzo
and is recognized as one of the bet
ter 147-pounders.
Mcdowell, who lost to Cocoa de-
spite a belated furry of fists in the
last round, holds two victories over
Phil Furr.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, July 90
Thought for today: Maybe Buddy
Rosar didn't hear the wise ones
say that when Bill Dickey did
the ell foldo the Yanks were
through. That Buddy can belt
'em for our dough.
Scoop: Look for Lew Jenkins
and Bob Montgomery to sign be-
fore the day is over for a nom
title fight in PHILIPS Shibe Park
on or about August 10.
Baseball banter: Wonder how
many of those Democratic dele
gates who yelled for Farley are
gonna remind him next year
that they did-and ask for passes
Evening star., 1940-07-20
zale'sWin Gets
Hostak Out OF
Middle Mess
Kidney Punch Stops
Al, Knocked Down
Three Times
BY GAIL FOWLER,
Associated Press Spor.x WritAr.

SEATTLE, July 2O.-A hard
punching Polish boy from the Gary
und) steel mills was the new own
er of the National Boxing Associa-
tion's middleweight championship
today, and he owes his newly won
bauble to a kidney punch.
Tony Zale, the handsome 26-year-
old blond battler, won the crown
last night with a 13th-round tech
nical knockout over AL Hostak Of
Seattle. Tony weighed 1853, Hostak
1881.
Hostak, with iron chin and brit
tie hands, never had been on the
floor before, much less knocked out,
but Zale foored him thrice-not
with blows to the jaw, but with
deadly right-hand kidney punches
which drew loud "oofs" from Hostak
as they landed.
Not Sure Of Overlin Bout.
After Hostak went down HELPLESS
for the third time, Referee Benny
Leonard, the former lightweight
champion, needed the towel waving
OF Hostak's manager, Eddie Ma
rino, and stopped the slaughter.
The outcome merely continued the
current confusion over who's the
champion middleweight, the only
change being new male lead in
the N. B. AS production. Ken
Overlin, the Virginia ex-sailor. is
recognized as champion in New York
and California.
Whether Zale meets Overlin "all
depends on what turns up after we
return East Sunday" Zale's CO.
managers, Sam Plan and Art Winch,
said.
The Hostak who took the whib-
ping before some $1,000 fans last
night wasn't the same Hostak who
blasted his way to the title with
kayoes over Freddie Steele and later
over Solly Krieger.
Bad Hands Bothered AL.
AL was worried boy-worried over
whether his hands would hold up.
He lacked confidence and his tim
ing was OF, and zale took three Of
the first four rounds.
AL rained dozens of blows at Tony
in the fifth to take that round, but
the sturdy Zale usually wound up
by taking the play away from the
champion. Hostak was awarded the
ninth because of a low blow, and
that was the last time he had an
edge.
Zale put cut under Mostak's left
eye in the sixth, and by the 10th
had both the Seattle boys peppers
puffed up like red Christmas tree
bulbs.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Naval Air Defeated

Naval Air couldn't fathom the
offerings of Slower in the pinches
and lost a 60 decision to WASH
ington Gas Light in their United
States Government League game.
Putnam, with three hits including
triple, led the 14-hit assault on
Hintson and j. Korab.
Evening star., 1940-07-20

here's another communication:
Referring to the topic of selecting the teams for the ASar
let suggest:
Washington for instance balong should
would find that the majority ballots would entire
ngton And the would apply major league
this would be simple and follows:
"On the Washington ballot list all players
the Washington players the public
the would like the American Chicago
ballot likewise list all White this
element prejudice will be eliminated and
will be the governing
After all the ballots in all the cities tabuaed doubt
outstanding of the league
Respectfully GEORGE VAN DEN BERG"
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Why, Miss Parks, We're Just Hungry Wolves.

Rebua Miss Honesty letters used
to feel
much from this Could Yankees
aren't quite what they
Miss couldn't be
Rufhng Dckey Gordon and fellows
the AStar
OF neglect
In the beginning the The
a
that
they did for the Florida
wtersand the sports wres-pcked
MI %
tributing. there crime in this method?
parting minute think
hungriest Aphon
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Yn Are Coming Cry Champs Display Old Punch to Clean Up Tb
Win, Lose or Draw
Sound and Fury-With Apologies to Esquire
By FRANCIS {. STAN.
Star staff Correspondent.


Out of the mail
so last the truth is out writes Isabelle M Parks Of isis Ih
teenh street A criticisms
and what would connection with the ASar
based not desire the back to the fans but toss
into the laps of the sports writer's.
mo matter who votes the fan wr
prejudice will be involved supposed
and think possible should back to them don't think
preudiced this thought the vog
better than the vong though
didn't help bit which
York took and far know Washington
willing undertake other
couldn't
town Yet pleased that the teams at least represented vote
SOME fans Naturally I would like to city vote
However is complicated representative
then for Gods sake let the the picking
the job the reporters What would
At present have at least lot of healthy criticism in
the method used but if the writers the
they will be pleased with their selections that breath
criticism would reach the printed The
pick team please the but I'd million
voting the
far from best"
Evening star., 1940-07-20
Official Score

Runs batted in-Pofahl. Wright (e).
Applins, fresh 20. Kennedy. webb i2).
plins, Kennedy. Three-base hit0Kree-
vish. Stolen bases-Myer, Kuhel, Sol
ters. Double plays-Kuhel to Appiine.
Chicago. g: Washinston. s. First base
on nails-On Lee. Q: OF Masterson, &:
On Krakauskus. 8. Struck out-By Lee.
Aits-On Mastersop. in 2 innin9s: OF
hsrakauskas, in 2 INNINGS. wild pitch
IM1asterson Losing pitcher-Masterson.
Time-1:5S. Attendance, 9, 1000.
Evening star., 1940-07-20

CinlI sI N 81 81 81 8I 7l52l25l. .675I
BklI q 6L 81 81 81 -sI 950i29I. 1881 3
NYL 81 81 81 81 81 81 7l44l33L. .b71l 8
Sill 81 a 81 6L-L 81 81 9l35I42L.456l7
Pit II 81 Al 81 I'll Al 6l33l44I. .429L19
BosI II 3L 81 a Al 6l-L 5l2eI46l. .37sI22h
Phil Al 81 Al 81 81 81 3lEl26I61I. .33SI26
L. l26l29l33E42 E42I42I44l465ll-
Evening star., 1940-07-20

VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Lynchburg, 3; Staunton, 2.
Salem. IL; Harrisonburg. s.
Evening star., 1940-07-20
GAMES TOMORROW.

N. Y. at Cinci. (2).
Bklyn st st. Lo. t2).
Phila at Chi. (2).
0os. at Ftt. a..