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Evening star., 1940-07-23
SoIes Of Bonuru Cut KuheI's Price

Gns ball club hasn't been getting result
he reportedy paid Kuhel of Kansas
married and raised family between
with card tricks and threw punches
fellow Joe
Then he traded for Bonura
5000 and two bush eauers Another bought
The net result that for
Of service out of Kuhe who helped
Kuhe
to $4,000 1t went $47oo
the Giants but the first day in uniform
the dealing figures let's it was only
yesterday the Cubs gave Grin $4,000 for
zeke In other words following
for the last 10 excluding salaries
Only Parallel Is Hoss Named Croppy
So even M Gntn VINO goes back years in baseball can think
Montana looking manges thing you
come back ' Se'" 0"@ ""0 every ''"e ne0
I'VE sold coppy-hat cowboys railroad men,
Indians and everybody They'd
coppy to Mexico
He lived to be % years old Croppy did"
this parallel course play
wal adds significantly "he could run
zke gazee
laughs when he tells the story says
if zeke turned here Fus thing
The Rood Home Is Familiar Again
All Chicago. he can
nnd never
wrong yaler
by unfamy leading
this letting
lives nearby drive Chicago
" Last Winter Arch Mcdonald the funnvman BROADCAST, M Visited ze
his heading, Arch?" asked
Back Washington answered Arch I'm take route 90
Then take route 90 to Chicago When
get and hit the Washington road
anyway,
lost And don't bet he won't be without big league
Job either.
Evening star., 1940-07-23
BY BURTON HAWKINS,


DETROIT. July 23-Semi-bald
Sammy West, in the sunset stage of
a creditable baseball career, is
nursing no illusions concerning his
promotion to guardian of WASH
ington first base interests. He isn't
qualified for the job and admits it.
but he's determined his mellowing
frame must produce in his some
what novel assignment.
Nearly 80, Sammy has spent all
but small slice of his 18 years in
organized baseball streaking across
scorched, unyielding, moist and
neatly manicured outfields. On SUM-
baked soil or lush turf Sammy
sparkled, but he isn't too certain
about his conduct at first base.
Sammy has been designated as
the successor to Zeke Bonura, cur
rently affiliated with the Chicago
Clubs, who were willing to part
with $4,000 to obtain the burly
bungler. Zeke's departure leaves
the Mats with no stylish replace
ment. So outfielder West has been
dealt q first baseman's mitt and
instructed to conduct himself ac-
cordingly.
"Shucks, its all right with me-"
smiles Sammy, I'll try anything
once, but I'm not familiar with the
plays that develop around first base
and guess I may appear stupid at
times. I played first base little
last year and I've been practicing
there this season, but it's no easy
job. I'll give my best, though, and
I hope its adequate.
Zeke Challenged Spectator.
Bonura deserted his mates With
regret, but with the best wishes of
the entire outfit. The large Italian
extended his hand to Manager
Bucky Harris yesterday at Grifith
Stadium and said, "Bucky, I'm really
sorry I didn't hit for you. I tried
hard" Il know you did," said
Harris. "And I hope you hit 400
With the Cubs"
A humorous, harmless and q
thoroughly likable guy, was losing
his eternal good nature with the
Mats. On Sunday he invited a
spectator, who had been riding him
mercilessly for weeks, to meet him
under the stands.
"You big jughead," snarled the
normally complacent Zeke, come
under the stands and I'll punch
your teeth down your throat"
The mountainous fan arose, re-
garded the white faced Bonura and
meekly slumped into his seat, ap-
parently realizing 1eke was aroused
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Dodgers Facing
Crucial Chance
To Stop Reds
FIotbush Gang Hopes
To Cut Champions
Five-Gume Leud
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

The Cincinnati Reds and Brook
lyn Dodgers bump headlong into
another Showdown" series today,
with the National League cham.
pionship hanging in the balance.
For Brooklyn, at least, the double-
header today and the night game
tomorrow night loomed as the most
vital tests of the season. The Reds
are racing along at an almost un-
believable pace with IA victories in
their last 16 games.
If Cincinnati is going to be kept
from repeating in the senior circuit,
this winning streak will have to be
curbed quickly and the Dodgers
can't count on much help from the
other Eastern clubs the Reds will
be playing In the next two weeks.
Reds Eliminate Giants.
The champs took the New York
Giants apart in three games over
the week end, dropping them II
full games behind first place and
apparently out of pennant conten-
ton for the remainder of the year.
This put the task Of sidetracking
the Reds squarely up to the Dodgers
themselves, and the prospect was
not too promising, even for ardent
Flatbush fans.
The two rivals have met in five
series this season, dividing the first
four evenly, and when the scales
finally tilted it was in Cincinnati's
direction. The Reds beat Brooklyn
two games out of three in Crosley
Field few days ago, helping put
the Dodgers on the skids that
brought them home today five
games behind the lead.
The Dodgers won only six games
and lost eight during their recent
Western invasion and finished with
fat old Freddy Fitzsimmons carry
ing the load as the teams surest
winning pitcher.
In contrast the Cincinnati staf
has been functioning so perfectly
that the starting pitcher has worked
the complete games in 10 out Of the
last IL contests.
Both major leagues shifted
scenery yesterday, an open date, and
came up for new intersectional
stands today.
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Vernon or Sanford Due Soon
To Be Recalled by Griffs;;
Leonard Not Badly Hurt

enough to inflic, considerable dam
age. Zeke wasn't relishing the rid
ing he was receiving in perhaps his
worst major league season, chiefly
because he was giving his made
quate best and failing repeatedly.
There is no assurance West will
represent any improvement, al
though it almost is certain he'll
check more drives in his direction
than Bonura. His employment is
calculated to be only temporary,
anyway, for it is unlikely President
Clark Griffith will allow him to re-
main there for a prolonged period
with two promising youngsters in
the minors.
Haynes, Milan Left Behind.
Despite q reported verbal agree
ment to leave Mickey Vernon at
Jersey City all season, there is a
sneaking suspicion Vernon or Jack
Sanford, hard-hitting Charlotte first
baseman, will join the Mats shortly.
Grif has said he refuses to import
Sanford because Charlotte is
in the midst of the Pied
mont League pennant race. It
seems inconsistent, though, as
Griff's first base situation is acute.
Either of those chattels is consid-
cred likely to report to the Mats
after the current western journey.
Meanwhile, the Mats are operating
without the services of Pitcher Joe
Haynes and Coach Clyde Milan.
Haynes was to leave Washington
today for his home in South Caro-
lima to rest his sore arm, while
Milan was ordered to remain in
Washington for treatment of an
infected lip.
Dutch Leonard, who was feared to
have suffered badly damaged right
Evening star., 1940-07-23
100000 Paid
For New Faces
Boosting Bucs
Boss Benswonger Sure
Frisch Can Produce
Pennunt Contender
BY the Associated Press.

Q! inc ASSOClateQ freS6.
PITTSBURGH, July %. - Bill
Benswanger, president of the Pi-
rates, disclosed today that since last
fall he has spent 5000 900 for players
alone to put new blood" into the
team whose morale was upset for a
whole year by its 1898 debacle.
And he's ready to put more cash
on the line to get the Pirates back
into the pennant class.
Right now give us two standout
starting pitchers and we'd be hard
to beat. We're trying our best to
get those two" he said.
Sure Spending Will Pay.
After letting the National League
championship slip out of its grasp
In 1898, the club had a defeatist
complex in 1899 and Benswanger
realized he would have to rebuild
tho lineup to get going again. So
he hired aggressive Frankie Frisch
as manager and started spending.
THAT 100000 doesn't include
$15o,000 for a battery Gong John
Gee and Ray Mueller) that went to
the minors almost without q start" i"
Benswanger reflected. Il realize
some of 1t has been wasted, but I
think the investment will pay divi-
dends. Well just have to keep our
fingers crossed"
The new blood" includes First
Baseman Elbie Fletcher, whose 63
runs-batted-in lead the league;
Frankie Cuisine, 20-year -old Sec
ond baseman. batting .3l9; Catchers
Spud Davis and Al Lopez, Outfield-
ers Maurice Van Robays, Vince Di
Maggie and Bob Elliott.
Benswanger. son-in-law Of the
late Barney Dreyfuss, former own
er Of the Pirates, is pleased with
the results and says Frisch has ac-
complished a lot in half q season.
|, Frisch Working Hard.
"Frisch has gone about this re-
building in constructive way"
he said. II know he has his heart
and soul in it."
Even the hard-driving old Ford
ham flash, who knows only win
ming baseball, admits to progress,
saying We're getting to be a pref
ty hard team to beat"
The BUGS won II out of their
last 16 games. They're one game
from fifth place and aiming for
the first division as they tackle the
Giants at New York tonight,
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Armstrong About Ready to Retire From Prize Ring
Museond Buddy Boer Week Golf Driver 10000 Berlin Title Football

than eight strike-outs per game
since entering the American
League. Up at Saratoga they ex-
pect the Spa will be wide open
again this summer, with, the lid
of all the gambling joints and
the whole town going full blast
as in the good old days.
Hoss laugh-That's q real horse
laugh coming from old Man O.
Wars stable out at Lexington.
Only q few months ago they
were comparing Bimelech to
big Red" And here's Bimelech
already beaten by three oat run
ners who couldn't have run In
the same league with Man O.
War. 30 forgtve the old gent tor
Q few hearty Eu6aws.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

lightweight shots amaze his part
ners-too muscle bound to sock
EN- hard, they say. All attendance
and betting marks will be shat
tered at the Empire City racing
meeting which ends Saturday.
frankie Frisch tells the story
that if Stan McGinnis, now one
Of the biggest restaurateeurs on
Broadway, had beaten him out
Of q berth on the Fordham team
he (Frisch) probably would not
have continued in the game and
become one of its brightest stars.
There are only 1900 stalls at
Saratoga, and track ondcials have
received requests for almost twice
that number. Bqk Feller good
days and baO hae averaged more
Evening star., 1940-07-23
BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, July 23.-Henry
Armstrong tells close friends he's
about ready to hand EN- up.
incidentally, the reason Henry
looked so poor in training for
jenkins can't be told here, but
it's q good one. Suppose you
folks noticed that, war or no war,
$4,000 turned out in Berlin for
the finals of the German foot
ball championships. Everybody
here pulling hard for Eddie
Gallant, racing writer for the
world Telegram, seriously Ill In q
hospital. Buddy Knox Of Dayton,
perhaps the busiest heavy In the
United States, tries Dr his 18th
Evening star., 1940-07-23

victory Of 1910 against Chuck
Crowell in Chicago, next Monday
night.
Here's q laugh-The Union
town (Pa) Speedway will guar
antee you $35 for risking your
life in its A. A. A.-sanctioned race
August 1l-that is, If you are
among the 10 fastest qualifiers.
However, If you are in the second
10 you are guaranteed $25, so
form q line to the right, boys.
Bucky Walters Of the. Reds
will tell the kids at the Worlds
Fair how to pitch tomorrow.
Buddy Baer, one Of the hardest
hitters In the heavyweight ranks,
can't hit . golf ball lnuch harder
than little Paul Nhyan. His
Evening star., 1940-07-23

wrist when struck by a line drive
Sunday, probably will be able to
take his regular turn on the mound
Thursday against the Tigers. Vir-
tually all the stiffness in his wrist
has vanished and the portly pitcher
Evening star., 1940-07-23

GAMES TODAY, GAMES TOMoRRow.
Gin. at Brook. (2). Chicago at Boston,
Cnicaso At Boston. Gin. At Bkln. (night)
y: L. At Phila. st. L. at Phil (night)
FIT. at N. Y. (night). Only games scheduled
Evening star., 1940-07-23
It's q Charmed Life Zeke Lives

In some ways zeke the strangest who
ball. He has to hit around 1886 atone his fielding
redson he out job
have suffered with him can't quite believe anybody
people zeke is Another
He got his break with the White
sox just had nothing resembling first baseman
ngton because Harris did not like Ku bought
because all Terry had at the time Johnny
Mccarthy to play first He
WasdeH Hoped mserab he
their regular first bseman had appendecomy
study Phil Cavarreta broke ankle.
In time, Zekes with he
likely to 60 back to the minors where they
Somebody will break the
stepping onto train bound
He always does.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

expected to toss a few today.
Ken Chase was to launch the
Detroit series for the Mats today
against Johnny Corsica, with Sid
Hudson. or Walter Masterson slated
to toll tomorrow.
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Showdown Series Cincinnati Opening Today Vital Broos
WIN Lose or Draw
The Man Who'll Always Have a Job
By FRANCIS E. STAN.

ne Moh VINO Always Hove Job
At atrociouy morning Pullman porter with
al OF the phoney cheerfuess spie
awake large Bostons therein beein.
episode Bonua or Why Can't sett.
~
Ezekiel know Chicago Cubs and II
there parallel It,
ang numbering Zeke just can't out of the major
leagues He has business arrived he's
it.
Uncle Clark
seaguer saw Gr spoke with him
et year later he hshed $500 and bought him Jimmy
nearly managing zke for four
ucy Harris twice driven to despair and Bill the
rst time since his baby of Zeke
Bundeing numbering can't rum ned and
OF late even hit still the leagues
and for all know destinys darling more
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Harris Said He Felt Like q Thief

There time when
belonged the White Sox and
year for four campaigns and shall SNUG
Harris face he hangued d
II feel like thief" Harris penitenly Grit and
should be arrested, stealing from Dykes way"
Mr. Dykes pressed charges Instead watch
Ing zeke would change
nth And did, After Grh painful lengths
to sell Bananas to Terry Of the Giants
Mr. Terry likewise taken
Giants around the fruit pedder
field Terry said when he him. Why
zekes positively wonderful"
Terry aved with zeke in spring training
walk the box and
what difference But by midseason through
and although Ezekiel bated M and led the Giants everything
with fierce glee that Terry Grit.
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Reroffs II osrussn rlsns = enns
auer Great nfitsin ~ direct as
sau1s thia winter - nest srrins
ssen hssea - ensotienalisan .rts.
ma outside the reich rather than
expectations within Germany u.
self Realistic strategy sieulf
cause Herr Hltisr q continue A..
tack. 81 nutlsh shipping as hss
nain present offensive rather than
Fisk everything 81 tire umrertsin.
ties ~ an iaeasien.
n Great britain were q let
dnWn her guard and grow care.
les. opportunities fof Al invasion
would srls< nut. - long ~ the
british are stimulated n hold their
defense. AZ efficiency levels. a
spuid appear highly lnarFohahlr
the German high command eesild
eountensnes = major attempt At
= landing
Any such action scsroeiy could
10 Justified except a. lat ass-
perat- effort 10 turn the tlde ~
var II The German Internal stu
alton requires such gamble Al
present or in the near future. the
fnshrer may give The word. bat.
- far a. = known. The Germans
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Second City
Light Concert
Lincoln Choir Sings
Saturday Night

late shoppers Saturday night
siu he treated II the second q
the City Light holiday concerts
when the Lincoln high school =
osppeila choir sings IN TIE lobby
~ Hotel winthrop
Starting a. SO o'clock. the
widely known ohoristsrs viii pre-.
sent = half-hour program II holt
day music Mrs Margaret Goheen
vill direct the group.
The holiday concerts are prvs
scented under the sponsorship ~
the Tacoma CITY Light depart
ment. continuing a practice started
last year Tacomans are invited
10 see and hear tho singvrs in the
lobby Of the Winthrop. according
10 word from Hayward Ayrcs.
managing director II the Win.
throp.
According 10 Ayres. the concert
viii be presented IN a true holt.
day setting. the lobby being rspc-
cially decorated In keeping with
the season. We anticipate = large
attendance AZ the concert Saturday
night" Ayres said, and Ne arv
rvady To accommodate a large
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Each Truck Fully Equipped
AS Red Cross First Aid Unit

ton superintendent; II. F.. Durant
genera ! foreman. and ". F
Thompson. foreman OF the wire
men.
Get Advanced Course
Result: Tatums plan to organize
a mobile unit was unanimously
adopted. The departments men
were given the opportunity to take
an advanced course in first aid
Under Tatum's tutelage. 10 men
completed the work. They learned
what to do in almost every acct
dent emergency how to give arti-
fetal respiration. what to do for
fractured limbs. severe cuts. etc.
Usefulness Of the new mobile
unit will not be limited. Of course.
10 rendering aid 10 those injured
IN automobile crashes. They'll be
available for any emergency where
first aid is required.
1T is our purpose TO follow the
teachings Of first aid - that is
first, to prevent accidents If pos
sible and failing that, TO care for
the injured" Tatum explained.
Extraordinary Caution
I'VE also pledge 10 use extraor-
binary caution in our own haz-
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Tacoma's city light trucks now
comprise a full-fledged American
Red Cross mobile first aid unit,
zach machine carrying necessary
equipment, with at least one man
of each crew thoroughly trained in
administering preliminary medical
assistance.
It's something new for Tacoma.
Its benefits are obvious. Two cars
collide, for example. A man is
hurt. his injuries requiring i'm
mediate first aid Any city light
truck crew in the vicinity would
be invaluable in rendering aid.
All Enthusiastic
From Utilities Commissioner
Bob O'Neil on down 70 the young
est apprentice. the department is
enthusiastic about its new work.
They feel they will save pain.
might even save lives.
The idea to establish a mobile
unit was born last July. Gordon
f. Tatum, city light safety direc-
tor, and a qualified American Red
Cross instructor. interested O'Neil.
who in turn, conferred with Verne
f. Kent. light department super
intendent: IVES DeMaris. distribu-
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An Expert Appraises
The War in Europe

nave nos reached nat sssss II
desperation.
Germany = at tn snv h>tter
position nov n Try - invasion
han lsst sunsmef Tho ns~nvsr
hss nare planes snd mers mum.
ilans IN al prchshslltv. ~ present.
Than IN hine. nat thss tr~s not
mean the snfusiar ~ the rrphI~un-
Mastery es The air over ursssis
must preeesi< the transport ~
truops FOR an lnvs~son. That means
daylight attacks On urttish pIsnsA
ssnes night namnsn9 ss~s little
damage n planes themselves MT
IN daylight fighting the british
defense Showed sufficient sdvsn-
tags tssf sunmet n give ths
roYsi afr forte rnnfia~nwe that u
can meet any future assault with
little rss.shsilty Al h~snx avsrs
whsimsd
In recent mansks nsisish ~
lenses against lnv.ssoa have csr-
tainly h<sn fnurh strengthened
Mare troop. have h>~a trained and
their equipment " better others
WISE. tho british kovernmsnf
ccnla not have fished srndiu6
heavy endorsements and Tire most
masisfn equipment 10 Nnfth AfsseA
for th~ present affsnssseL
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ChurchCh
AT Rhodes

Under ne difsrfi9n u Prank }
Nurdlng. ehairmasssr ana erKan.
81. the Junior sheiF - the First
Presbyterian church siu present
the fhifd u the Rhodes nres
Christmas concerts a. us Friday
nigh, TIE program Includes Ten
the Glad fittings" lp~Heefl /.
with Gables Bright Mack !
The Little king = sleeping
tAndsrsonl what enid l. rnls@
tTraaltlanai. Mr. ksnneth
Anderson. a CHRISTMAS song
(Nurdinrl. Wise Mer Proclaim
Tim tncehan1. Sweet Little
Jesus Peace On Earth" tne.
Reef. The snow Law On the
Ground" tNoung1. HAL 10 Mea.
stab" tnochani
The Saturday night concert vii
he hy Lincoln a canrelis choir IN.
de- the direction of Margaret
Rawson Coheen
For the concluding concert Mon
day night. Ciay,on johnson viii
direct the Stadium Girls elce ciah
"carelers' IN a program II trsdl.
tional Christmas music.
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To Get Full Credit
For Health and p. E.

Commencing next semester. both
Tacoma senior high schools will
grant one regular credit FOR a
semester's work in health and
physical education.
Boys will continue taking two
semesters Of physical education
but will receive one full credit for
each semester's work. Require
ments for girls include one SCENES
ter Of gym with a fun credit for
this work.
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ardous work. and, in general. place
ourselves in a position 10 give as
much service as possible to the
community
Those who passed both the
standard and advanced courses in
first aid include
A. L. Bell. 2210 So. 35th st;
Harrison +. Durant. 5e0s So. Park
ave: r. u. Ferguson, 1905 So. sth
st. A. f. Foote. 1910 So. Asotin
st, Jerry Kent. $3.50 So. G ST
A. A. Kelly. 4s0i No. 10th ST:
Olaf T. Nirvik. 270l SO. 4sth ST /.
Theo. o. Powers, zoos SO. Puget
Sound ave; John c. Sayre. COS So.
Seth st: Carl II. Smith. 1920 So.
43d st; w. f. Smell. 3i05 No. 9th
st: Ralph r. Thomas, 3110 No.
10th st, and George A. Tylen. $500
No Cove 81
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officiols hove equipped
most OF their trucks with
emergency old kits and light
d experiment. crews hove
posed q special course in
first old.
Trucks so equipped beor
O snoll Red Cross insignia
on their sides ond workers
who have qualified IN first
old weor smoll emblems on
their shirt sleeves.
All OF the departments
line trucks hove been equip
ped with police rodlos tor
severol yeors. Now. equip.
PED 10 render emergency
old, they likely will be OF
greet ossistonce in relieving
poin OF injured motorists or
onybody else hurt in the Vi
oinity where the line trucks
ore working.
Thirteen men in the de
pertinent posed the Red
Cross first old examination,
conducte d by Gordon E.
Totum.
In the picture. Toiuu,
kneeline on the right, dem
onsirotes how 10 wfop q
supposedly froctured leg.
Steodying the leg ore n. {.
Duront. left, ond J. Hoines.
Looking on ore. left TO right,
Al Bell Jock Couehlin, Guy
Conine ond Jock Dovis. The
potent IS {. Bfoyles
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number"
Radio stations XVI ard kMo
also will broadcast jointly during
the concert.
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EcA Victor gentle-actiOn Automatic Record
CnsnEfr foF I0-iucn o. lz-inch records E.
nfN ETh Victor Tone Guard American
ana foreisn reception. , bands ? HCt
victor Preferred Tgrs Tun@s nsu sta
hfii2so Elecfr1r TUNING Pr . stations
contir1 dsls fre be tore control. appoint nsss
tons control rsdio frequency anpliflcz-
ton