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Evening star., 1940-03-25
Kansas and Indiana
Quints Looking 10
- L
World Series 5.'
Tilt Saturday to Settle
Successor to Oregon
As, National Chomp
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press. J.
KANSAS CITY, March 25.-1n-
diana and Kansas, the two States
where ardent mothers substitute
basket balls for teething rings, send
their university quintets here this
week end for the world series of
basket ball"
Not only will Saturdays game de-
eide successor to Oregon Uni
versity as National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association champion. but it is
an unofficial battle for exceptional
recognition for the two States.
Colorado Wins Top Rating.
Earlier in the month the Univer-
sity of Colorado moved into the No.
l national ranking by winning the
Metropolitan Sports Writers tour
nament in New York with six men,
bers of it's 12-man travelling squad
from Kansas.
The same week end Tarkio. Mo-,
College won the national intercol-
legiate crown-with three of its
starting five from Jonesboro, Ind.
Indiana U. stormed through the
Eastern N c. A. A. playoffs last
week end with 48-to-24 victory over
Springfield, Mass, College-the
games birthplace-and Duquesne,
80 TO 30.
Kansas Barely Survives.
Kansas had a close call in the
Western playoffs. The Jayhawks
trimmed Rice Institute, so to "A, and
then followed with a 43-42 triumph
over Southern California on a goal
Is seconds before the gun.
Saturdays contest will have as
many college coaches among the ex-
pected 5000 spectators as usually at
tend either a Kansas or Indiana
high school tournament. The Ma
tional Association of U. S. and Ca
madam Coaches, the Rules Commit
tee, the Research Committee and
the National Association of Basket
Ball Officials all hold their annual
meetings in conjunction with the
title deciding battle.
Evening star., 1940-03-25

With the Regal Clothiers winning
second-half honors by nipping the
f1rst-half champion Heurich Brew
ers, 80, yesterday. the stage was
set today for the Washington and
Suburban Soccer Leagues playof
series between those two teams
which will begin next Sunday.
1t will be a two-out-of- three
series, with the first game scheduled
for the Gonzaga Stadium.
Several hundred windswept fans
saw Roy Simonds play an important
role for the Clothiers yesterday to
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Boston Blows Lost Yeor
Were Only Loud Outs.

A brash but not especially self
important kid, the Boston outtielder
drove 145 runs across the plate last
year, to lead both major leagues in
this respect in his first season. He
hit consistently and got his share
of home runs. but the Boston park,
where the schedule compelled him to
play n games, was notoriously tough
on left-handed distance hitters, and
Williams had to do most of his
home-run shopping elsewhere.
The Red Sox realized they had
come up with the best left-handed
slugger since Lou Gehrig. To ex-
tract all the potential value from
his lean carcass, they now have cur
tailed the right-field foul line and
Williams admits it may help.
Il got few home runs in Boston
last. year" says the young Califor-
nian, in the easy, patronizing man
ner which is natural to him and
which. they tell me, has been his
since he learned to talk at. the age
Of II months. Il got a few, but it
was a long pull. I hit 10 or dozen
out that way that were just loud
outs last season. but may fall over
the wall this year"
Joe Di Maggie has announced
that he means to make a sweep of
American League batting honors in
1a40, to win the batting and home
run titles and also to usurp Mr.
Williams runs-batted-in champion
ship. This project causes Mr.. Will
liams certain amount of mild
amusement.
"Di Maggie is a hustler, all right. {"
says Theodore. II always heard he
was a lazy guy, but it doesn't look
like it. Well, he can have my title,
but he'll have to beat me to get it
and aim to knock in lot of runs
this year. They tell me he keeps
track of every run he hits across.
Not me. I just let 'em mount up"
And they mount. There's no doubt
of that. There's fine financial fu-
ture for the American League in this
slueging rivalry between the two
young men from California-Di
Maggie. big. smooth. powerful. and
right-handed. and Williams. lean,
loose -jointed, gawky, and left
handed. Both can smack the ball.
Both are ambitious. And they be-
long to the two best ball clubs. the
leagues natural pennant rivals OF
the moment
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Batting, Boeby's Hurting
Make Red Sox ChortIe
BY the Associated Press,


BRADENTON, Fla, March 25.-
There was a lot of good news for
Boston's Red Sox as they met the
Bees today in the second "city series"
game. Manager Joe Cronin was
cheered by Jim Bagby's six-inning,
no-hit pitching against the Giants
yesterday and said the three. success
sive hits by Bobby Doerr, Jim Tabor
and George Lacy was the clubs best
showing at bat since March 16.
In addition, Don Di Maggie now
is able to run little without favor
ing his injured ankle.
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Webb Greet, Dykes Holds

PASADENA, Calf, March % (P.
If Jimmy Dykes is right the Cleve-
land Indians made big mistake.
Dykes tabs Shortstop Skeeter Webb
as better than Lou Boudreau, who
late last season took Webb's job at
Cleveland right away from him.
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MEMS DISTRICT LEAGUE.

H1Rh team Eames-BrooKIandI I2E HoSS-
lyn 726.
High team sets-Rosslyn, 2.O2e and
1909.
High individual sames-Astor Clarke.
1885, Johnny Anderson, 1S2.
High individual sets-Astor Clarke. 40:
High strike-Karl Gochenour. 81.
High spares-Jack Talbert 239.
High averages-Astor Clarke. 131 IL:
Perce Wolfe. 12s-42; Hokie Smith. 1856
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White Sox Loaded With Baseball Oomp Confident Of First Division Finish
Freschis Out to Equal QuigIeys'
Record of Three Titles in
Husbond-Wife Bowling

"A record Of one Of the most popu-
lar couples in duckpins will be
threatened when the Joe Frechis
shoot for their third consecutive VIC
tory in the 18th annual husband and
wife tournament April Z at the
Arcadia.
Jeopardized is the mark of the
William Quigleys, who first cap
tured the event in 1928. They yielded
top honors to the Wesley Miltners
the following year, but bounced back
with stirring triumphs in 1880 and
1881.
More than 80 entries already have
been received by Manager Monk
Fraser of Arcadia and many are
from Washington's leading bowlers.
In addition to the Freschis, such
talented combinations as the Karl
Gochenours, Eddie Keiths, William
Minsons, AL Wrights, Phil Goodalls,
Bert Lynns, Freddie Moores, Carl
Baudus, Lee Rothgebs and Frank
Spateses decorate the entry list.
The five-game scratch affair will
be rolled in two squads, at 2::30 and
pm. Contestants pay only for
games rolled. A trophy will be
awarded the winning couple.
Clarke and Talbert Gain.
Topped only by the remarkable
shooting of Astor Clarke, who
zoomed his top average to 131-17
for 81 games with sets of 407 and
430, Jack Talbert, the Chevy Chase
anchor shooter, is the only other
howitzer in the District League to
make a noticeable gain in average
in the last six games.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
BETHESDA ASSOCIATION,

673
High team set--Battery Park Market.
Hish individual eame-Jack perrell 1913.
High individual set H. Hiser. 432
High strikes-L. Robinson. so.
High spares-F. RILEY. 243.
High avereees--Mob ,Miciotto, 1876;
H HiSAr- = 90
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AGRICULTURE 1NTERBUREAu LEAGUE

High team Sets-Cartoo-a rhic. .S03
Fxtensio 1.756: Farr Credit "a
High team eame-Eornoo GA: Shows
G43: Cartoeranhic 600: Tr'erbureau 60"
Hieh individual sets-Mo rtin. 400; w
Wricht. 4OA; - Casper. 4nt
Hioh individual pames-De Glant7. r63:
Murnhv, 100: Hendley 15S: Harris. 1SS
Hieh individual averaees-W. Wright.
115-65: 1indstrom. 1851: O'Donnell
11s-a. L Seatnn 11S-o
High game for week-Murphy. 100.
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FINANCIAL LEAGUE.

Hieh team eames-ATcNincloss Parker
& Rcdps III, 593; w. B hibbs 4, Co. $40
Hieh team setsAAucll ncloss. Parker
Redpath. .674; w. B Hibbs E. Co.. I.6l3.
Hlgh averaees-Srown. 10S-1S; Eosen-
dahl. 10S-T: Fowler. 1O6-53: Garner.
10i.a Middeueh. 1O5-l2
Hieh individual eames-Brown. 154;
Ro"endahl. 15'
High individual sets-Creamer, $50:
Rcsendahl 264.
High strikes-Rosendahl, 40: Fowler,
High spares-Brown. 151: Fowler. 144
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NAVY DEPARTMENT LEAGUE.

High team sets-Hydros, 1.s22; Lithos
1,S10: Ordnance. 1.7SH.
High team eames-Hydros 661: Marine
Barracks, $50: Signal Corps. 655
High individual sets-vitale. 429; Price
412: Small. 4O6
High individual sames-vitale, IA;
Price 17O Rawlings 1862.
High spares-Vitale, 216; Penfold 20s;
Falck. 2O4.
High strikes-F. Moore. 52 Galleher.
81: Bricks, 4S.
High averases-Price. 11a-3; Vitale
1864: Deuse 115-46; F. Moore, 1880;
Penfold, 1850.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
OPTICAL LEAGUE
HEBREW LEAGUE,

High team eame-Milton's $50.
High team set-Sport Center s67.
High average-D. Singer 123-1e
High individual eame-Ruche. 1S5.
High individual set--Ruche 439.
High strikes-D. Singer -.
High sosres-J. Singer. o42
High fat Rame-Hahn. 81,
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WASHINGTON RESTAURANT LEAGUE.

High team game-Childs (men). 574.
High team set-Childs tmen, 1853.
Circlel. 141
-. High individual set-R. C. Parks Cred
Circlel. 1853
1Sl
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WOMEN.
MERCHANTS, LEAGUE.

' High individual eame-sheckels $50.
Hieh Individual set-Mancuso Ac4
e75. '''"l'so' '<' DA'''
High team set-Thompson's psirv. $40.
High spares-Arthur Crown 234. 5
High strikes-Fox. 55. ..-s-
High aversse-Ted Sheckels. 120-12.
Evening star., 1940-03-25

Central smothered Briarly Hall
here, % to /. Krupp and Russell
formed the Blue and White bat
tery.
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Clarke and Talbert Gain.
Bowling League Standings
lance DEPARTMENT MIXED LEAGUE

High team game-TiRerS, 4T6.
High team set-Tigers. 1889.
MEN
High sverase-Merillat twildcats,, 1O9.
High set-Merillat tWildcats) 1916
Hlsh game-Merillat fWildcats>. 145.
Hieh strike-Meriliat Wildcats, ~
High spares-Merillat Wildcats IS.
High fat game-Stoeppelworth tTem-
cats), "a
WOMEN
High averages-Price fHepcats>. so
High sets-Pemberton (Tieersl, 214:
Villone tTomcats), 214
High games-Price tHepcats,. LOG: Carl
son tTieers,. 106; Price fHepcats). 1G6.
High strikes-Robertson tTigers), 4
Soukup tWildcatsI. A.
High spares-Pemberton tTisers). 21.
High nat game-Pemberton tTieers,, 81.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
The
SPORTLIGHT
PuzzIing Tigers Loaded
With IFS This Year
BY GRANTLAND RICE,

0Rceidl SuIIcSpOHucuI OF he StaT.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
rs (N.A.N.A).-There always is one
or more IF" clubs in every pennant
race. You know-"if this" or If
that" happens. The Yankees prac-
tically have no Ifs" The Red Sox
have tinge of the "if" angle con-
nected with their pitching and
catching. Especially their catch
Ing
But the ball club loaded with Ifs"
Is Detroit's puzzling Tigers. Few
give them chance to finish better
than fourth. They may have to
hustle for that spot. They don't
figure to beat out the Yankees, Red
Sox or Cleveland Indians. If some
OF their ''ifs' blow up, they may
not even finish fourth. But they
still have their possibilities.
If No. If Hank Greenberg turns
out to be a first-class outfielder-
which he may.
II No. 2-If Rudy York can oper-
ate around first base with a fair
amount of skill.
If No. 31f Tommy Bridges, one
of the best of the pitchers and one
Of the gamecocks can have another
good year.
If No. At Scnoolboy Rowe can
have a good season.
If No. 5-If Charley Gehringer
can carry on with a wounded back.
If No. eff Dick Bartell can re-
turn to his old form.
If No. If Barney McCoskey
plays up to rookie promise,
Evening star., 1940-03-25
ODD FELLOWS LEAGUE.

Hish team Rame~GoldeM Kule' R55.
Hieh individual same-F. Donaldson.
High individual set-Steele. 439.
GreatesJ strikes-Luckett. so
Greatest spares-P. Elicit. 1873
High average-Wally Donaldson, 11S-S
Evening star., 1940-03-25

Substitutions: Eagles-Germann. Davies.
PARTS Cairns, Foster. Knipfel. Courteau,
Ramsay Orioles-Tuten. Calladine. Vita
relli Riley. Hunt Archambault. Roach.
First period-Scorine: Dewey tkuntz,.
S:5S. Burraee (unassisted), 1929. Penal
ties-Calladine.
Second period-Scorine:. Erickson (Boll
and Ripley. .10:40. Penalties-None.
Third period-Scorine: Covert tunas-
sisted). 3:24; Vitarelli (Calladine). %:
Burrage tunassisted). 6:12. Penalties
None.
Evening star., 1940-03-25

Smearing the NAPLES at . 134
clip, which. included q AS set, Tai
bert hiked his mark to 127-47 for
66 games as he moved to sixth place
among the first 10 Of the all-star
circuit.
Setting the dizziest pace in the
history Of bowling here, Clarke holds
a commanding lead Of LAG pins over
Perce Wolfe, his Rosslyn team
mate, who in 81 games has averaged
128-42.
The remaining seven shooters in
the big 10" are: Hokie Smith,
1886; Tony Santini, 127-39; Bill
Krauss, 127-31: Joe Harrison, 1868;
Joe Freschi, 125-49; Karl Gochenour,
125-49, and Joe Dimisa, 124-44.
Losing at the rate of one point
each set, the great Rosslyn team
in the last 10 sets has slumped to an
average of 631. However, its mark
still is five points above the ma
tional record held by the New Haven
(Conn) Elks.
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BrookIyn's Pitching
Crowded With "lfs."

Which reminded me of the year
the White SoX won a pennant and
World Series with a team that bat
ted .231. But they happened to have
Big Ed Walsh, Nick Altrock and Doc
White on the mound almost every
day.
The answer is that if you haven't
got pitching you haven't got much
OF a chance.
When Headman MacPhail hesi-
tates to make a prediction you can
gamble any other soothsayer is out
In no-man's land. Who can say
what Van Lingle Mungo will con-
tribute to the Brooklyn cause? Or
several others. But there are stout
possibilities.
I think one answer is Leo Du-
rocher, a smart, keen, hustling man
ager. Last year Durocher gave
Brooklyn one of the best jobs any
city drew when it comes to getting
every ounce and every inch out of his
hired men. Durocher turned in or
turned out high-class job as a
first-year manager. I can't think OF
any one who did a better job.
Leo is not a prophet or guesser
40 he won't commit himself in the
general direction of Brooklyn's final
standing. But I have an idea he
hopes that either the Cardinals or
Reds run into trouble. in which
case he hopes to move Brooklyn
into second place.
Evening star., 1940-03-25

Totals II 236 Totals 10 10 80
Referee-Mr. Begovich.
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College Park Winner.

Out for revenge for the three de-
feats handed the Hyattsville ALL
Stars, the Sandy's Service combina-
ton of Hyattsville will invade Col
lege Park next Sunday at 2:3O pm.
for a match with the College Park
All-Stars.
Running their 600-game streak to
five, the College Park quint smoth-
cred the Hyattsville All-Stars, 1846
to l,730, Yesterday. Hugh Waldrop
with 403, Bill Crisp with $50 and
Ricky Ricketts, with 374 featured
for the winners. Paul Hershey's 374
was high for the losers.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
Big WoIIop Should Give
Detroit Fans Thrills.

Here is a ball club of intricate
angles and intricate tangles. With
Greenberg, York, Gehringer, Aver
i'll, Higgins and others it is we'll
packed with dynamite. But the in
field has spotty look at this point
OF the campaign-and so has the
pitching, although Buck Newsom
looked to be money in the bank
when I saw him work. The pitching
may be better than it looks. So
here is another highly important
"if."
Del Baker. the Tiger leader, has
more problems to face than any
other manager in baseball. For he
happens to manage a team in one
of the greatest baseball cities on
any map. Whatever happens, the
baseball populace of Detroit should
get its thrills this season.
The populace always is keen for
the big wallop and there should
be extra thunder from those Tiger
bats. Greenberg may not be the
greatest outfielder of all time and
there may be few details in which
Rudy York doesn't outclass Sisler,
Chase, Gehrig and few others at
first, but they still can manipulate
the old ash furniture,
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Tuss|e With Orioles
Last Here for Trio
OF Hockey Eagles
Romsoy, Courteou, Dewey
Going to Higher Loops;
D. 6. Team Runner-up

A final glimpse of at least three
players who figured prominently in
getting Washington's Eagles second
place in the Eastern Amateur Hockey
League in the clubs first season in
the circuit will be afford ded local fans
tomorrow night when the Eagles
bow out of Riverside Stadium.
Slated to move up the hockey
ladder are Center Les Ramsay and
Wingmen Paul Courteau and Hal
Dewey. Len Burrage, defense man,
is being sought by five professional
outfits. but prefers to retain his
amateur status and return to Lon
don when peace is restored.
One OF the largest crowds Of the
season is expected to see the Eagles
launch a 3-game series with the
Baltimore Orioles. league cham
pions, for the intercity title. The
other games of the, series will be
played Wednesday and Sunday
nights at Baltimore,
The Eagles finished their regular
schedule last night by clinching
second place with a Az triumph
over the Orioles at Baltimore.
Increased interest in the game
here tomorrow night is partly due
to the fact the series will be de-
cided on total goals rather than
games won and lost, and also to
the fact there will be no threats of
suspension dangling over the heads
of players for repeated roughness.
Evening star., 1940-03-25
Dodgers Much Better,
MocPhoiI Believes.

What about Brooklyn, another
slightly 'if' team? Headman Larry
MacPhail seems to be a trif1e more
optimistic than he was a year ago
In this fair, sunlit city, when we
talked things over.
"1'll tell you," he said, "one of
our main points. This time we
have all the replacements any club
needs. We run at least two deep
in the outfeld and at least two deep
in the infield. We can lose few
regulars and still have substitutes
that are just about as good. We
are all set for any run of hard luck
in the way of injuries"
How do you compare this outfit
with last years Dodger team?"
asked, to keep the conversation
going.
IT know we are better" Larry
said, "but we may not finish as
high. The Cardinals and Reds will
be hard for any other National
League team to beat. This means
we still have to turn back the Cubs
Pirates and the others. I'm not ad-
mitting that we can't win the pen
nant. But I'm not predicting any,
thing like a pennant winner. !
know we have a good, hard-hitting
outfleld and think we have good
infield. AS usual, most of it gets
down to the pitching. That's always
a guess. Too many pitching arms
give out. Too many good looking
young pitchers blow up. But pitch
ing still is big part of baseball"
Evening star., 1940-03-25

High team game-TiRers. 416.
High team set-Tigers, 1889.
Evening star., 1940-07-01

mobiles and trucks could be reduced
one-third and those for passengers
one-half under State operation.
1t further proposes the use of diff
ferent terminals which would shorten
the route. One of these would be at
Sandy Point, across the Severn from
Annapolis. New approaches would
have to be built to the new terminals,
but much more frequent service
would be possible, the report states.
As the first step, the commission
urges that the State acquire the ex-
listing facilities of the Claiborne
Annapolis Ferry Company, between
Annapolis and Matapeake, by pur-
chase or condemnation.
1t is up to Governor O'Conor, his
advisers and the Legislature to de-
eide whether the proposal recon-
mended by the commission, a State
ferry service very nearly approximate
ing the service rendered by a bridge,
is the proper solution.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Districts Welfare

AS usually happens when a major
District problem is brought to the
attention of committee of Congress,
the hearings on the nomination of
Judge Fay Bentley to serve another
term in Juvenile Court have disclosed
what might be termed amazing con-
dltlons. And as usual, the conditions
thus disclosed have been known to
officials and citizens of the Capital
and have been the subject of
constant, but seemingly futile fight
for several years.
Congestion in this court is not de-
termined by the ability of the Judge.
With more than 5000 cases a year
being referred to the Juvenile Court,
many of them requiring direct at
tention of Judge Bentley rather than
mere routine staff disposition, it is
not surprising that some juvenile
problems are turned back on society
In a partially solved condition.
Senator McCarran, conducting the
recent hearings, believes a separate
court of domestic relations to relieve
Judge Bentley of all except cases in
volving the problems of children
would be solution. In this he is
supported by Senator King, a friendly
and thorough student of the Capitals
problems, and others who are we'll
informed.
But there is no need for another
sweeping congressional investigation
of the welfare problem of the Dis
trict, as is shown by the history of
those which were conducted last
spring after Mrs Roosevelt visited
Blue Plains. That visit served we'll in
drawing attention dramatically to
conditions which had existed for
years and for which officials of the
city had asked correction many
times. Hearings and inspection tours
which resulted brought to light the
same information which interested
citizens had been presenting to
guardians OF the purse strings for a
long time. But, while a few cor
rective measures were included in the
subsequent budget, the basic prob
lem, which includes the Juvenile
Court as we'll as all other local social
welfare facilities, still has not been
met. A modern, adequate financial
arrangement, in which the National
Capital is accorded the benefits en-
joyed by other communities, is the
only answer.
Evening star., 1940-07-01
Conversation Book

The old style, pre-war European
conversation book, carried by every
foreign tourist, used to be the acme
of futility. The motorist in Ger
many, stopped for speeding, found
it singularly unhelpful to thumb
through the book and come up with
nothing better than "At home have
a red rose blooming in my garden"
The tourist in Paris, upon being
practically kidnapped by a taxi driver
and taken to Montmartre to be
rocked, needing something pretty hot
to cover the situation and effect his
escape, as rule could locate nothing
better than This is the pen of my
aunt from Nantes"
Of a different caliber is the Nazi
conversation book for parachuters in
England. This blitz edition, copies
of which have recently been found
in Britain, is grim indeed. No space
is wasted on pens, aunts and roses.
1t covers only situations that are
actually expected to be encountered.
1t is full Of such practicalities as
Hands up! want all your money"
And in case there is still some diff
Guilty, the Nazi tourist is also to
be provided with other acces-
sories, such as a bucket of bombs
and a revolver, which can be under
stood in any language. To complete
the picture and keep the visit from
being just one-sided, the British also
are cooperating by forming a COM
mittee which hopes to furnish one
OF the warmest receptions in the
history of the tourist trade.