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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Twelve Cars
In Political
Caravan
Includes Historic
Observation Car,
The Pioneer

would carry his Western tour even
down into Texas, which has gone
Republican only once in nearly 10
years-in 1923. His chances of
carrying it are not great, but he has
in that State, as in nearly all others,
that unknown factor-the independ-
ent Willkie entnusiasts-and he is
overlooking no opportunity to en-
courage them on.
Mr.. WILKES mental alertness on
a platform had much to do with his
sudden rise on the political horizon,
and it adds spice to his campaign.
When a delegation met his train
in New Mexico and presented him
with a pair of cowboy boots. his
prompt response was:
Not Drafted.
Thank you I'll need a pair of
boots to wade through the mud the
New Deal has created in the last
seven years"
In combating the Roosevelt STRAIT
egg of letting his aides do the cam
paigning, Mr. Willkie tells his au-
dienceS:
II wasn't drafted. I'm fighting for
this job, and I have serious doubts
whether any one else was drafted"
A temporary scare was thrown into
Mr.. WILKES campaign staff when
he strained his vocal chords the
second day out, after a strenuous
series of outdoor speeches in Chicago
and downstate Illinois. One throat
specialist, DR.. Francis Lederer, was
rushed by plane from Chicago and
met the train Saturday evening. DR..
Ralph Barnard of Beverly Hills
flew East and met the special train
at Kansas City.
After giving his throat complete
Mr.. Willkie was going strong again
Monday. with two big speeches at
Coffeyville, Kans., and Tulsa, Okla.
When he retired Saturday night,
September IA, Mr.. Willkie could
barely whisper. Sunday morning he
sauntered into the press car, smiling
and assuring the correspondents
there was nothing more seriously
wrong with his voice than the effects
of having made so many talks in
Illinois. Some of the newsmen were
still skeptical that the condition
would clear so quickly, but Monday
morning Mr.. Willkie was making
speeches again. He had adopted a
distinctly different style of delivery,
however, speaking in calmer tones
instead of raising his voice for
emphasis as he had been doing be-
fore. Instead OF detracting from his
effectiveness, he seemed to draw
better response from his audience
with less effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Voters View
Candidate at
Close Range
Look Him Over as
He Speaks From
Rear Platform
Bv J. A. O'Leary.

ABOARD THE WILLKIE SPE-
CIAL IN CALIFORNIA, Sept. al
Running for President OF the
United States today is like going out
after a Job to direct the affairs of
one of the biggest going concerns
In the world.
1t has 13O,OO0.000 stockholders. OF
whom about 100000 are eligible
by age and other qualification to
help pick the head man. And these
voting members are spread out over
thousands of miles in communities
with varying local problems, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the Canadian Dor Ter to the Gulf
of Mexico.
In the past there have been two
generally accepted methods Of ap-
plying for this important and high
ly-coveted job. One was to 60 out
and show yourself to the voting
directors The other was to sit on
your front porch and let the direc-
tors send delegations to look you
over.
The advent of radio gave the
front-porch style of campaign a
potent new asset-provided the vot-
ing directors all know you, and
merely want to hear you tell how
you expect to run the job.
Wendell L. Willkie. the outspoken
and vigorous new leader of the
Republicans, decided to get down
from his front porch. let the voters
look him over. size him up at close
range and listen to why he thinks
they need a new head man.
All this is by way of introduction
TO the story of the Willkie special,
which today is carrying the chal-
lenger north along the Pacific Coast
on the second leg of a 7200-mile
journey among the voters of the
West.
With the trip only half over, Mr..
Willkie has made it clear that he
is after the job in earnest, and that
he will keep going until November
to lay his application in person
before all sections of the country.
pidicules Chicago Draft
To date President Roosevelt has
done virtually no campaigning him
self, outside of his labor speech to
the Teamsters Union, but his run
ming mate. Henry Wallace, is out
on the stump. With the Democrats
taking the position that the Presi-
dent was drafted for a third-term
nomination, and with national de-
tense plans claiming his attention
in Washington, Mr.. Roosevelt has
shown no indication that he will
respond to Mr.. WILKES challenge
to come out and debate the issues.
Since the Willkie special left
Chicago 10 days ago, the Republican
nominee has hammered away at the
Presidents refusal to debate, has
ridiculed the Chicago draft claim
and at every crossroads has
sounded warning against the
danger he sees for democracy if the
third-term tradition is broken.
Wise Course.
If the President adhereS to his
present policy of letting other adj
ministration officials answer Mr..
Willkie while he keeps busy with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22

when he became a national figure, |
he had been in the metropolis for
only 10 years. He grew up in In |
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
Suffolk Downs Wants
Tax Money Returned

Boston, May 20. - Cup - A
hearing on petition OF the owners
OF Suffolk Downs horse race track
for return OF 100000 paid In real
estate taxes TO the cities OF Boston
and Revere resumed today before
the state appellate tax board.
Counsel for the two cities testified
yesterday that the track not only
met all Its expenses but also paid
bondholders $i,500000 In the last
four years.
John Q. Kiley, O real estate expert
testifying for the track, said he be-
lieved the tarck was owe. assessed
to the extent OF $i,005, 1888. The two
cities value the track at q total OF
$2,625, $50.
Kiley said his figures were based
on the premise that racing at the
track was good for only IS years and
as result he had reduced the value
Of buildings by O percentage that
would wipe out their value In 10
more years. He reached the IS
year life figure, he said, on q basis
Of public demand for new amuse-
ments and the competition for the
recreation dollar" Suffolk Downs
Is currently In Its sixth season.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
7hiSSpOrting
World

BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

only had poetry
written pretty over1iN CHIN
the dynamic fists middle
Ambrose
new tune Tony" 1t q great
Belmont Suffolk Yesterday
81 turtle New York SIS killing
Three Three
$83 daily doube at Ghse;t
urday. could bit himself paced
tShoccuD Fizgaald jstihaby proud hts
College
nifty running the hafmi
this indoor
you that will you a
than Yankee Joe Gordon
would with q
his pa-in-law Griffith As hitter coming
passed 800 last
No folks there was no mistake IN the announcement these
that the golf exhibition Rockedge Saturday,
ing Sam snead Gene saraSen Helen Hicks Harb Helen Dewe
and there's charge OF kind to Well,
they changed from actor weigh-iier
America" Is which will DO the idea
Saturday night Dan Parker OF the judges
a the close OF his
the Mr. America title sewed applesauc applause
chief stock IN trade
Pnhy Woods beat Yale prodous thumbs
and that alAmercan mode Ralph Zane
Providence who shot Henry
morrow night ut Boston boxing
three OakVe chd baseball
minded Saturday with In the Parlor
professional football
and will be announced Saturday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
Today's Sport Parade
BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Pres sStaff Correspondent

now that the Mayo Clinic has told
us what he was going through at
the time, those eight appearances
take on q stature more impressive
than all OF tho 2,i65 successive ones
no had played In before.
Near Death
II q show OF courage Is O con-
tribution 10 sports than those eight
games Lou played must be remem-
bered forever. Sick almost unto
death he refused TO give In. Now
that we know the torture thoes
eight games cost him, who would
be the first TO deny him the wreath
OF laurel? Did Fighter Louis ever
have TO give as much OF himself?
Did DiMaggio ever have TO call so
deep upon his reserve OF courage?
Did Oarsman Burk or Manager
Mccarthy ever face O foe as re-
lentless as death?
II Gehrlg earned the golden laur-
ell by the way he fought TO stay In
the game, he earned 1t doubly by
the manner In which he bowed out
No athlete ever walked into the
setting sun with more grace and
less histrionics than did Gehrig.
When fate said the time had come
for O pinch-hitter TO bat for him he
accepted II as quietly and lightly as
II he had known 1t all the time.
He took the heavier blow from
the physicians at Rochester as few
Of us could have taken 1t. He took
1t as he had always taken fast
ball down the middle chin out
spikes set, eyes forward.
From that day to this Gehrig has
set a magnificent example. Admit
ting the gravity Of his case, he said
he'd fight 1t, with all that was
within him. He has.
Admitting his love for baseball
and what 1t had done for him, he
said he would never do a thing to
cheaper his name or lessen the re.
spect Of those who looked upon him
as a symbol of 1t. He never has.
Not wealthy, he refused offers Of
quick riches. Not once, but a dozer
times he turned down offers fol
the use Of his name as drawing
card for restaurants, bars, might
clubs and the like. He spurned en-.
dorsements Of hundred kinds or
the grounds that they were not In
keeping with the sport.
He made no show Of these things
Only under questioning by hi
friends was the truth learned.
When he decided upon The worl
he was to do he chose social serv.
ice, and at a comparatively .neagr,
salary. Today he Is aiding in the
rehabilitation of men as q prison
parole commissioner.
The year 1899, or any other veal
for that matter, produced no great.
er contributor to sport than Lol
Gehrig. His is the golden laurel
and 1t will grow brighter for hi
wearing OF 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
STATE net CHAMP
LOSES in TOURNEY

New Haven, Conn.,, May g. -
tUP) - Emily Lincoln OF Brookline,
Mass, who Is the Massachusetts
women's tennis champion, today be-
came the favorite 10 capture the
Connecticut crown by dethroning
Argyll Rice, West Hartford, the de-
denfing champion, In the state ten
mis- tournament.
Miss Lincoln defeated Miss Rice,
Ga, 2-6, 60, TO enter the semi
finals OF the tournament. Other
winners In the women's division
were Gracyn Wheeler. Santa Moni-
ca, Calf; Louise Raymond, Sears
dale, N. Y; and Mrs. George An
drade, New York,
In the mems divicion, Frank
Froehling, Chicago, and John Ma
honey, New York, gained the semi
final grouping. Chauncey Steele,
New York, the defending champion,
moved into the quarter-f finals with
Martin Buxby, also of New York.
New England Meet
West Hartford. Conn, May %. -
(UP) - The Ne wEngland tennis
tournament will be held at the
Hartford Golf Club the week Of
June 3 to 8.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
Santopietro Day
Set For June 2

Ono week from Sunday was
agreed upon as Henry SantapIetro
Day" by managers and officials OF
the City Amateur League at q meet
ing last night called 10 discuss plans
for q benefit game 10 help the
former league player, now seriously
III. Attorney Frank summa, chair
man OF north end committee
making plans for the day, was on
hand last night OF the ~" 10 tell
the league managers what he could
about plans for the benefit at this
time.
Next Sundays schedule was an
notinced by President Joe Brophy
as follows; Overlook W. Sacred
Hearts, 4 p. M, No. diamond,
Hamilton Park; Washington Hills
w, Brooklyn A. c., 1880 D. m, No.
] diamond; Tribune A. G. VS. North
End Thomas Club, 1880 p. m,, No. 2
diamond.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
GLAMOUR Boy
OvERL|N MAKES
BID FOR CROWN
Garcia IL to 5 Choice to
Keep Middleweight
Title Tonight
BY HARRY FERGUSON
lIInltAd Press Hn0rta Edlt0rl

New York, May 23-(UP)-The
issue OF whether o boxer can develop
o punch by spending endless, tire
some hours In the spartan exercise
Of lifting glasses In cocktail lounges
will be settled for all time tonight
when Ken primrose PATH Overlln
fights for the middleweight cham.
pionship OF the world.
His opponent will be Ceferino
Garcia, the deadly bolo puncher
from the Philippines who Is recog.
nized by the New York boxing com.
mission as middleweight champion.
Garcia Is one Of those moss backed
old conservatives who clings to the
Idea that the way 10 train for O
fight Ia TO spend hours shadow boz
Ing, doing road work and gulping
fresh cir. Betting men, skepticai
Of the new training doctrines ex.
pounded by Mr.. Overlin, have made
Garcia an II 10 8 favorite TO re.
tain his title.
Mr.. Overlin dlsfniSses the odds
with O sneer, limiting that some OF
the bettors who think fresh cir Is
good for boxers were rnaong the
small knot Of jeering persons who
advised Henry Ford 10 get O horse
when the FIRST automobile rolled
down the road.
Second Harry Greb?
Only once In o lifetime do you
get O gent like Mr.. Overlin. He Is
cut from the same gaudy cloth as
was the late Harry dreb, O great
fighter who did his training In night
clubs, inhaled oil the cigar smoke
available, delivered orations on the
superiority o. champagne over water
aS o daily beverage-and knocked
the ears of Of almost everybody he
fought.
Overlin may not be the deadly
little piece OF machinery that dreb
was, but he Is the same style fighter
"A cunning boxer, an agile man
with his feet and guy who never
gets worried no matter how fast tho
punches fly. Tonight he goes against
o real puncher. darcia'S bolo punch
Is @ sweeping, right.hand blow that
travels fast and lands hard. n gets
Its name from the fact that cane
cutters In the tropics use O similar
motion with their bolo knives.
Cocktail Lounger
The distance Is Is rounds, or 40
minutes Of fighting II II goes the
limit. That much action holds no
terror for Mr.. Overlin, who Is &C.
customed 10 spending as long as 90
minutes In 0 Conga limo and then
entering the waltz contest with only
o brief pause for liquid refreshment.
Mr.. Overlin appeared hurt yester.
day when someone suggested that
Harry Greb and Make Rosenbloom,
another top flight trainer, had
o better record than no had for
elapsed time on the Primrose Path.
They were pretty good In their
day." Overlin admitted grudgingly,
"But they were strictly night men.
! get q running start In the cock.
tail lounges In the afternoon"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
New York, MAX 23-(UPl

New York, May 23-(UP) - The
golden laurel 10 Lou Gehrig.
That Is my platform at the mo.
ment and 1t will continue 10 be un.
I'll voting Is complete and the
Worlds Fair announces the winner
OF It's award from the outstanding
contribution TO sports In 1890.
Right now, Gehrig Isn't among
the leaders. Latest returns from the
land Of the Trylon and Perisphere
show that four Joes--Louis, DiMag.
gio, Burk and McCarthy-are In
front. Fine sportsmen as they are,
I can't help but feel that the golden
laurel would rest more lightly, more
becomingly on the brow Of the one.
time Iron Horse" than on any OF
the Joes, even though they repre-
sent our greatest fighters, our
greatest ball player, Our greatest
oarsman, and our most successful
manager
True, Gehrig didn't perform
through the entire 1890 season. He
played In only eight games but
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
CHASE, SPRAGUE AND
REIDVILLE WIN

Chase was q 10 10 o winner OF the
closest game In the Grammar
School league played yesterday,
over Woodrow Wilson, the winners
getting twelve hits.
Sprague's mound ace, Rurkowski,
held the Anderson team TO one hit,
famed 10 In q game won by Sprague
over Anderson, II TO 4, the Water
vile boys getting 10 hits.
Reidville defeated Hopeville 0 TO 4
In another game, each team get
ting eight hits, which Pitcher Dunn
OF Reidville struck out 10 Hopeville
batters.
Chase 10i 032 81 10 IL 3
Wilson O02 1870 30 0 7 2
Boulanger-Adams; Caffery- GUS
TO. Referee, Gugliamo.
Reidville 0l2 900 Go 8 /
Hopeville 900 020 Pa 8 4
F. Dunn and B. Dunn; Baker,
Stable and Bradshaw. Referee,
Runividge.
Anderson lOl 900 0-4l 3
Sprague l4l 302 XII 10
Leary, Vale and Boucher; Rur-
kowski and Bradley. Referee,
Chestone.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
WATERFOWL KOS
WILBY'S WILDCATS
Leemen Shut Out 80;
Meet LeavenwOrth To.
day, 5 p. m.

Though playing conditions were
anything but promising at press
hour today, Leavenworth and Wildly
high school baseball teams went
ahead with plans for their second
game OF tho season this afternoon,
0 y. m. nj Hamilton Park. Tech
was an 8 b . favorite 10 win In
the face Of Wilby's weak record
this season which includes q 10 run
shutout suffered by the Wildcats
In Watertown yesterday afternoon.
Seven hit pitching by RaWlinson
and q 10 hlt attack on Wildly fling
erS produced runs In six OF the
eight and one.half innings played
by Watertown, seven runs coming
In the sixth and seventh. Tech de.
fcated Wildly 1910 earlier hi the
season.
RawllnSon struck out nine and
got three OF the fifteen hits for his
team, WATERFOWL, which has also
defeated the defending Naugatuck
valley champs, Torrington.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
BIZ GEORGE KIRKsEY

United Press Stan Correspondent
New York, May 2S.-(UP)-Dabe
Dahlgren took the hint and as q re-
suit OF Joe McCarthys yelled threat
TO bench him FOR light-hittlng, the
Yankees today had vacated the
grubby confines Of the American
League cellar.
The hustling Yankee first base
man, who hits In the No. 8 slot Just
ahead OF the pitcher, went beserk at
bat and delivered 5 hits In 8 trips.
He hit o homer and four isngles,
driving In four runs as the Yanks
slugge dthe Tigers, 90. The Yanks
slapped out 10 hits of Hal New
houser, kid southpaw who beat them
In Yankee Stadium, AL Benton, Ar
chic McKain and schoolboy Rowe.
Marvin Breuer, Yanks' rookie right
handler, allowed only six hits and
held the Tigers scoreless until the
eighth when an error by Crosetti
permitted two runs.
The Yanks moved into seventh
place as the Browns tumbled ell the
way from fifth to the cellar. The
Yanks are only one game out OF first
division and only three games back
OF the third-place Tigers.
Cleveland slugged out q o-6 VIC
tory over the Red sox and trimmed
Boston's lead to game and O half.
Hal TroSky hit homer No. 0 and
Weatherly and Keltner also hit for
the circuit ns the Indians pounded
out Is hits of Ostermueller, Bagby
and Hash.
AS Drubbed
In the other two American League
games the White sox won their third
straight by defeating the Athletics,
10-i, behind nd Smiths 7-hit Pitch
Ing and the Senators thumped the
Browns, 90, with Ken Chase pitch
Ing O 7-hitter.
Brooklyn moved into tic with
Cincinnati for the National League
lead when the Dodgers beat the Pr
rates, 81, and the Giants defeated
the Reds, Ga. Freddy FItzsimmons,
combination pitcher.coach, won his
third straight game, limiting the
Pirates to six hits. A isngle by Ernie
Koy, whom the Dodgers attempted
to trade TO the Bees on Sunday,
drove In the two winning runs.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
Boys Club Notes

The State League Softball team
will meet at the club Saturday at
/ o'clock for the trip TO Bristol. The
following make sure and be prompt;
zabara, Fourier, Rinaldi, Jeanetty,
Seminera, Knapp Carnata, Coelo,
Duren Taddad, Nappy, Mini and
Manager Mario.
The Enkcors won the abbreviated
junior softball league at the South
end Playground. Another league,
with six teams, will be formed at
the club this Friday evening at 7
o'clock. All interested Junior teams
are requested to be present at this
meeting TO be held in the club libra
ry. The Enkcors, Battlers, Texans,
and Volunteers will be again repre-
scented and 1t Is hoped that two adj
ditional teams may be found to
round out six-team league.
Plans for the Boys Club camp In
Middlebury are being carefully lain
and indications point to q vastly
improved setup this season. At the
present time two projects are un-
derway that will be big improve
ments In themselves. A combination
dining and recreation hall and a
new road leading right up to the
camp. Both these things have been
needed in past seasons and now
that they are a reality the season
should come much nearer to being
a grand success. In two seasons the
camp tract has advanced from near
jungle conditions to one that Will
favorably compete with any camp,
for its size, in the state.
Camp counselling positions are
open to all older club members who
will attend the. counselling training
school conducted through the
month of June by Camp Director
Johnny Ward. These sessions will
take place each Monday night and
last for a period Of two hours.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
Sports
QUESTIONS
Answered

Have you sports question you
want answered? Write your ques-
ton clearly, sign your name and
address and mail your query 10
Sports Fan Question Man, sports
Service Bureau, The Waterbury
Democrat, 1913 18th street, Wash
ington, ID. g.. enclosing a Scent
postage stamp for personal reply.
Don't telephone: write as directed.
@. In baseball, when a player
bats out Of order, who Is declared
out, the play n who should have bat
ted or the one who batted In his
place?
A. The proper batsman-the one
who should have batted.
@. How long is the auto speed
trial course at Bonneville Salt Flats,
Utah?
A. Thirteen miles. The first six
miles are for acceleration, then
comes the electrically timed meas
ured mile, and then the last six
miles for bringing the car to a
stop, although that much distance
is not ordinarily required for stop
ping.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-23
WOODS HERO OF
HOLY CROSS WIN

New Haven, Conn, May 23.--(UP)
= Pitcher George "Pinky" Woods
hurled and batted the Holy Cross
baseball team 10 It's 10th straight
Victory In q close game with the
Yale University nine, 5.3, here yes
terday afternoon.
Woods slapped out three hits, and
limited the Ell batters TO five blows.
Holy Cross connected for nine hits,
one o triple by Mallnowski right
fielder.
Score by innings:
Holy Cross 100 l2l O00-b
Yale 600 900 3000-3
Woods and Pullano; Hazen and
Schroeder.