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Evening star., 1940-08-03
Legion Mines CIashino
For Right 10 Enter
Regional P|ayoff
Three-Gume Set Billed
For Sergeant jasper,
,CooIey-McCulIoueh 49,.

With 4 spot in the regional tour
nament At Wilson, N. c., awaiting
the winner. Sergt Jasper and
Cooley McC Cullough Post mines meet
at Grifiith Stadium at 2:30 O'Clock
today in the first of a three game
series for the District American
Legion Junior baseball champion
ship.
A second game will be played at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon on
the West Ellipse. If q third game
is needed it will be played Tuesday
at Walter Reed Hospital.
Sergt. Jasper, winner of the local
title the last two years, won the
second half race with five victories
and one defeat, while Cooley-Mc-
Cullough took the first half with
six wins and no losses. In their
only two meetings this year Cooley.
Mccullough beat Sergt. Jasper,
which lately has shown exceptional
pluck to pull games out of the fire.
Cooley Mccullough was expected
to send Clarence Kuldell to the box
with the hope that the youthful
hurler would make 1t three straight
over the defending champions. Dur
ing the regular season, KuldeIl. son
OF Cooley Nc Cullough's coach, Karl,
has won seven and lost one.
Coach Jack Elliot of Sergt. Jasper
was Withholding the name of his
starting moundsman, but admitted
he had q dark horse ready to turn
loose. Bob Hill or Dave Wilkerson
Is expected to pitch, however. Each
has won five and lost one this year.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Medwick's Sole Benefits
St. Louis Considerably

It could not fail to be clear, how
ever. to Mize and to other members
Of the team that Mize was hitting
better than Medwick and producing
blows of greater value. It also was
clear that Medwick didn't like it. A
bad situation. Medwick's sale not
only helped Mize, but 1t seems to
have helped the Cardinals as
team.
Cousin Billy Southworth, the new
manager of the team and a smart
hustler, who has done much to re-
pair the broken lines in st. Louis,
is full of admiration for Big John.
"He clips EN-" says Mr.. South
worth. when Mize gets his bat on
the ball it hurts the pitcher all
over. And don't let anybody tell
you he's dumb hitter. John knows
what he's doing up there all the
time"
With the abdication of Ruth and
Gehrig, Mize undoubtedly is the best
left-handed hitter in the game. The
bulk of slugging power and sharp
hitting in both leagues these days
is right-handed-Foxx, Greenberg,
Di Maggie, York, Danning, McCor-
mick. Charley Keller and Bill
Nicholson are good young left
handed hitters, but they do not ap-
proach Mize as yet. Hal Trosky
has been clubbing the ball from the
southpaw side for many . season,
but few observers would rank Har.
old with Mize.
1t Is a little early to hand out rib
bons for 1910, but when the season
Is over the voters could look far and
do worse than elect Big John the
most valuable player In the Ma
tional League.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
From the
PRESS Box
Most Valuable Rotinq
Merited by Mize
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 CNA.NA).-
Raymond Blades now dwells in some
limbo of discarded and forgotten
managers. Baseball Is a tickle pas
time, as well as national. have not
forgotten, however, a remark which
Mr.. Blades made shortly before he
left the st. Louis Cardinals by re.
quest
John Mize is the best left-handed
hitter I ever saw" said Mr.. Blades.
when Mize starts hitting the way
he will hit and should hit, this ball
club will begin to go"
The ball club is going now, none
faster in either major league. And
Mize, the big, blond Teuton with his
placid moon face and rolling walk,
is beginning to lean On the ball in
manner befitting the leading slugger
Of his league and the best left
handed hitter in baseball.
For the first half OF this season
big John hit below 800 and took thu
dust of Hank Danning. Elbie Fletch.
er and Frank Mccormick in the mat
ter of runs batted in. He got his
home runs, to be sure. Passing
Jimmy Foxx in the middle stages,
he has not been headed since in that
department. But big John is not
just distance hitter The best Mize
will get hits of all descriptions, for
John has a sharp eye and a flexible
SWing-and he will drive in rlInS
right and left. Versatile. in a worda
And now, at last, he's beginning to
show it.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

ing sailing races September 14-l5.
Boats of this type will compete in
their second annual national cham
pionships this month of Long Is
land Sound.
Arthur H. Clephane, chairman of
Sailing Events Committee, has an
nounced the addition to that COM
mittee of G. Lindzey Nicholson, End,
of Syracuse, president of the Light
ming Glass Association. Others serv-
ing in the same group are Herbert
L. Stone, DR.. John Eiman, Oscar
S. Tyson, L. Corrin Strong and
Paul G.. Tomalin.
OF chief interest to local fans
insofar as yesterdays results were
concerned was the victory Of Prentis
Edrington of the Capitol Yacht
Club with his Lady Avon in the
2o-foot knockabouts over q Smile
course.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Maybe
Princeton's faculty got too inter-
ested in seeing what could be done
to contribute in scientific manner
to the national defense to see to
it that all their students were ad-
vanced from lower to upper classes
Or maybe the boys just would not
concentrate. At any rate, at a time
when complaints-unwarranted by
the facts-have been coming from
New Haven over the probable
scholastic ban upon a brilliant half
back named Anderson, Princeton
without even an audible sign bitches
a group of football players, at least
two of whom, Jameson and Tchudy,
were counted upon Rs bulwarks in
the forward line next fall. Three or
foul other promising prospects fell
BY the wayside In the final exams
last June
AS to the responsibility of the
faculty in the loss of athletes, as
well as non-athletic students, there
are two views. One is that some
students. athletes especially, get
into college through intensive
preparation which enables them to
pass entrance examinations. There
after they can remain in college
only through the same sort Of in
tensiye application to their studies.
1t is impossible for a lot Of boys to
maintain a regimen so drastic.
As consequence they soon be-
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Tom Thumb Courses
Soften Tournament
Golf, Says Hogan
Ace Urges Stiffer Tests;
Cites Milwaukee Links;
Moore, Unknown Leeds
b. the Associated Press,

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 3.-Little Ben
Hogan knows that million buffers"
and not a few professionals-Won't t
agree with him. but he believes that
tournament golf today is being
played on too many Tom Thumb
courses.
No. golfer of the year both in
money winnings and in the point
standing race for the Harry Vardon
Trophy, Hogan thinks that the quail
ty of big-time professional compe-
tition would be improved if more
tournaments were played on longer
and harder courses.
Fairly short courses don't put
enough premium on consistent iron
play" said the star, who learned his
golf In Texas and who now registers
out OF White Plains, N. Y.
More Par IS Needed.
"On courses where there are a lot
Of easy, 350-yard par 4 holes, al
most every player in the field easily
can reach the green's in two. On
long, hard courses, with more par
IS, only the players with all-around
sound games are able to score con-
sistently on all rounds
Hogan. winner of 5000 in prize
money since last January /, be-
lieves that the easiest layout on the
summers professional tour is the
6,437-yard North Hills course. where
the field today headed in the Sec
ond round of the first 5000 Mil
waukee Open championship.
His contention that the course is
too easy-on the Tom Thumb va
riety'-was backed up by the re-
suits of the first days play-which
saw Is players break par of 35-
36-T. Ben was among the par
smashers with a 34-36-70.
unknown" Out in Front.
Out in front, with q card of So
32-65, six under par, was q COM
parative unknown, Frank Moore,
unattached pro of Detroit. Two
strokes back, bracketed at 66, were
Ed Oliver of Hornell, N. Y, winner
of last weeks st. Paul Open, and
Johnny Bulla, long driving pro-
fessional from Chicago.
Four players had Cos to their
credit-Charles Kocsis of Detroit,
Ralph Guldahl of Chicago, E. j.
Harrison Of Little Rock, Ark, and Al
Favelli of itchfield, Ill. Sam Snead
and Horton Smith, long time top
ranking professional stars, had Cos,
as did three Milwaukee experts,
Henry Gardner, Francis Gallett and
Burleigh Jacobs, jr. Jacobs took
low-scoring amateur honors for the
opening 18-hole trek.
Today's round was slated to cut
the field to so low scorers and ties,
who will play in Sundays 36-hole
final.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Turf Breeders Fear
War Effect as Spa
Market Skids
Miss English Business
As Prices Tumble Far
Below Last Years
BY the Associated Press.

6y Iue A6SOClktSu fISse.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y,
Aug. 3.-The possible effect of the
war upon the American horse-breed-
ing industry is causing considerable
concern among the breeders who
have sent consignments to Sara
toga's annual yearlings' auctions
this season.
The first nights sale wasn't prom
Using. Forty-eight head sold for
$37,075, an average of only $741,
where a year ago 46 yearlings
brought an average price of $l,452
apiece at the opening sale. That
was not considered especially sig
nificant because the lot wasn't very
attractive and few prominent sires
were represented. Two of the year.
lings received no bids at all. The
crowd, while fairly large, did not
include many of the wealthy own
ers, and bidding was not spirited.
Those things may be changed at
later sessions Of the auctions, which
continue for nearly three weeks, but
the absence of British buyers may be
felt keenly. England has been an
important purchaser Of yearlings
the last % years.
Last nights top price was 81, 500,
paid by Selby Burch for bay colt
by Imp. Belfonds- Home Time con-
signed by Colin Macleod, and by
Israel Silberman for q colt by Imp.
Quatre Bras I'd Tehani from the
same consignment. Both sires were
imported from France. Belfonds
was q French Derby winner, while
Quatre Bras I'd won both in France
and America.
The sales will be resumed Tuesday
night after the usual weekend
interval.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Gross Perfect Score
Leads Skeeters 10
|AsheyiIIe Final
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ASHEV1LLE, N. c., Aug. s.
Eleven gunners headed by young
Paul Gross Of Indianapolis went
into the finals today of the 2O0-tar-
get American skeet championship
seeking the $1,000 top money.
Gross, who shattered all 200 of
his preliminary targets, had a bird
to spare on F.. S. Hawkins Of Dallas,
Tex, and H. L. Hutcheson of Larch-
mont, N. Y.
Qualifiers with 1913 breaks were
w. o. Bootle of Charleston, S. c.;
Don Sperry of Flint, Mich; Robert
Parker of Tulsa, Okla, and Alec
Kerr OF Los Angeles.
The remainder of the field, made
up of those who broke 1877, are:
A. v. Zugates of Indiana, Pa; w. S.
Golden of Columbus, Ca; NJ. B.
Orr of New York and Grant Ilseng,
all-America skeet team captain, of
Los Angeles.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Phil Fox May Succeed
Johnny Mcbride as
Eastern Coach
Teaehine Duties Press.
Basket Ball Mentor,
ExpIoins Principal
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BLUEMONT, Va, Aug. "a
change in the coaching stan of
Eastern High School, Washington
is being considered by Principal
Charles Hart, vacationing at his
summer home here.
Although nothing definite can be
decided until after conferences with
the men concerned, Mr.. Hart said
that a heavy teaching schedule may
cause Johnny Mcbride to give up
his basket ball coaching duties. Nc
Bride Is not on the physical educa-
ton staff and has been devoting his
free time after school to basket ball.
In case Mcbride does drop basket
ball he will be succeeded as coach
by Phil Fox, former Washington
high School cage star and now on
Eastern's physical education staff.
Hart Sees Bright Future.
Other coaching assignments prob
ably will remain the same, Hart
said. Mike Kelly will coach foot
ball and track, with Fox as his foot
ball assistant and Chief Guyon will
coach baseball as usual. The prin-
cipal pointed out that Eastern fin-
ished second in all four major
sports last season In inter-hieh
competition and that "even bigger
things are contemplated in the fu-
ture."
Fox Is native Washingtonian,
born on January l, 1914. He was
graduated in 1881 from Central High
where he played basket ball under
Bert Coggins. He attended George
Washington for one year and was
graduated from Wilson Teachers
College in 1896, later receiving his
masters degree from Columbia Uni
versity in 1898.
Boosts Intra- -Murals.
He received temporary appoint
ment to the Central High physical
education stah in the spring of 1889
and permanently was appointed to
Eastern the following September.
Fox has had a deal of experience
In coaching basket ball and football
with boys clubs and sandlot teams.
He also is an experienced basket
ball referee. In the school system
he has been q strong advocate of
intra-mural sports. While at Cen
tral he ran highly successful inter-
sectional basket ball tournament
and at Eastern conducted school
tournaments in both touch football
and softball. in all of which more
than 800 boys took part.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
acey Wins Top Hono Qualifying Test Of Star Horseshoe Tournament
Welsh and johnson Favored
To Meet in Final as Strife
Starts in Open Tennis

set triumph scored In the Middle
Atlantic tournament. In that COM
petition he displayed enough power
and skill to satisfy the most skep-
tical fan, but the feeling persists
with some that Welsh, If at the top
of his game, will polish of the gritty
George Washington youngster the
next time their paths cross.
Stars in Action Early.
johnson was to open the touTna-
ment at noon in a match with Ben
Fisher with Lynch playing Bill Nor
rell at the same hour. Welsh was
to meet J. r. Fletcher at 3 o'clock.
Pairings for today:
Hugh Lynch VS.. Bin Morrell. Nike Nunez
Va. Guy Mercer. John waits. jr., vs. John
curran. Peter 0artner Va chuck Freer.
100 p:m.-Frank Shore vs.. Richard
Verses. Charles Claiming Vi. RAY sherfy,
Doyle ROYAL VS.. Paul Falconer. c. Alph-
onso Smith vs.. Don Morrisoa. Bill Howard
200 p.m.-Ricky willis vs.. Merle Lyon,
Emmett aneehan VS.. Edsar Lake. John
beaty VS.. Charles Fleming, John B. Morris
Max Bost
800 p.m.-Joseph Kiernan VS.. John J.
Andary. Bill Breese VS.. Wilson Tyrreii jim
Coxetter Va Bill Helfrich, jr: Charles
Farrin VS.. Georre Bolts. Bernard r walsh
vs.. J. =. Fletcher. Harold Unterbery VS..
400 p.m.-Don Gls ssie VS.. Richa rd
Boiling. ir.; De Witt Smith VS. Deane Judd.
George Z. Ray VS.. Resgir Cooper. Dick
Murphy VS.. joseph Bush, Robert Thread
gill VS.. Harold Jefie. Buddy Acair vs. Harry
Kitchener.
:. 500 p.m.-Tom Walden VS.. Robert VIII
hanson. winner Willis-Lyon match VS..
winner sheehan-Lake match. winner Beatty :
erhod match. r. L. Willis vs.. Carl y. Fon-
tanini, Harry Bashore VS.. Elwood Hof-
fecker.
Charles Hackney VS.. Hy Ritzenberg and
Austin Rice VS.. Richard Schattman play
at 10 am Sunday.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Presidents Cup Boosters Plug
For Entries at st. MichoeIs

John A. Remon. chairman of the
Presidents Cup Regatta Associa-
ton, and group of friends were
to witness today's program of the
nineteenth annual Miles River
Yacht Club regatta at st. Michaels,
Md, but it wasn't strictly a pleasure
trip. They intended to keep sharp
weather eye for possible entrants in
the Presidents Cup regatta.
DR.. Bache Gill and Harry Smith,
other local regatta enthusiasts. ex-
pected to see the races from the
decks Of their own craft and in
tended to cooperate with Remon
In rounding up entrants for the
Washington classic.
Good news for sailboat fans has
come out Of headquarters with the
announcement that a new national
class Of one-design boats, 19-foot
Lightnings. will make its debut d,,r.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
By WALTER McCALLUM.

Maybe there is something to the
business of playing golf only once
in while and passing up the con-
slant repetition of practice shot
making.
Lend an ear to Gene Larkin, the
strawberry blond who holds down
the professional berth at the Wood
mont Country Club. Gene is one of
two local pros to qualify this year
both for the open and amateur
championships. With Lew Worsham
of Burning Tree he will leave WASH
ing around August ~ heading for
Hershey, Pa, where Henry G. Picard
will defend his National P. G. A.
title.
Il don't know how it would work
with the other fellows" said Gene.
But I don't know that q lot of
practice and hard work is the thing.
Maybe don't take it seriously
enough. Perhaps the other boys are
right when they spend hours on
the practice tee getting callouses on
their hands and growing their
swings. It just happens that it
doesn't work for me-"
Larkin Is . fellow whom you
could call loose" in the athletic
sense. Authorities declare that a
man with loose muscles is better
man and will last longer than one
who ties himself up in q knot and
puts everything he has into a su-
preme effort every day. If that Is
so, Gene Larkin should last q long
while in good golf circles.
Wins Journey With Ace.
Here's q yarn that tells you how
loose" Gene is. Back in 1927 Gene,
then nothing but q youngster, was
playing in the Maryland open cham
pionship ut Elkridge. At one Of
the tight little short holes, about
the twelfth, he hooked his tee shot
out of bounds. He knocked the next
one into the cup for an ace. It won
the tournament for him. He nm
ished q shot in front. An athlet-
ically tight man might have become
worried about the out-of-bounds
shot, dumped his next one into the
trap and blown his chances. But
not Gene. He swung and the ball
went into the cup.
A week ago Gene came to the last
Evening star., 1940-08-03
20 Years Ago
In The Star

Harry Courtney OF the Mats
lost a pitchers duel with Stan
Coveleskie of the Indians when
the Tribe scored twice in the
eighth to win, 2 to 0. Both teams
made five hits.
Detroit beat Washington in
the Printers National Baseball
Tournament at St. Paul, Mimi. 4
to 3. Carney Of Detroit out
hurled Webb in the thinning
battle.
Jack Dempsey has signed to
fight Billy Miske at Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, on Labor Day.
Ralph de Palma, famous Ital-
ian auto racer, has become an
American citizen.
Comdr. j. K. L. Ross sterling
handicap runner. Sir Barton,
broke the track record In win
ming easily the IL mile Sara
toga Handicap from a field that
included The Porter, Exter-
minator and Mad Halter. Car
rying top weight of 129 pounds,
the winner covered the distance
in 2:01H.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Straiqht Off the Tee

two holes at Five Farms knowing he
needed birdie and par to qualify
for the p. G. A. championship. He
flung an iron shot feet from
the cup at the 18th and holed the
birdie. He drove under . tree ut
the 18th and knocked an iron shot
onto the back edge of the green,
where the par was q cinch.
Other fellows might have fretted
and worried themselves out of the
, chance, but Gene didn't. That's
what we mean by loose" In the
athletic sense. And that's why Gene
doesn't practice too much. II play
golf for fun, and If I do all right,
that's fine. But I don't believe in
working myself to death doing it,
he grilned. Another Gene-Sara-
zen by name-f1gures the same way.
Gene is rather casual about his golf.
He takes it in stride, nor does he
waste much time on the practice
tee. Yep, perhaps there's something
to this business of not working too
hard on your golf.
Three of Washington's top anna
teurs will be missed from the local
team when the amateur boys line
up against q Baltimore al-star out
fit tomorrow ut the Terra Mariae
Club. Ralph Bogart, the District
amateur champ, and Parker Nolan
are out Of town. Martin Mccarthy
will be unable to make it.
Loss Of these three doesn't help
the local lineup at all, and with
them out there's q chance the locals
might be licked, for Baltimore has
put together q strong outfit. Frank
White and Billy Houghton of Capt.
tai and Louis Fuchs of Manor have
been named to the vacancies.
Women Hold Journeys.
Four clubs held feminine Journeys
yesterday on one OF the cooler
days Of midsummer. Congressional
staged the Witty Cox tourney. with
the club pro presenting the prizes.
Mrs. H. j. Klossner won the Cox
Trophy with . card Of 94-20-74. In
Glass A the gross award went to
Mrs. c. 8 Teal with 90. Net winners
in that class were Mrs. John I. Lew
er, 98-20-78; Mrs. J. j. Mccarthy,
e5--11-84. and Mrs. H. A. Knox.
94-10-S4. Mrs. Charles e, Slaw-
son won the gross award in Glass B
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Sturs Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.


Lefty Thornton Lee. White sox-Held
Senators to two hits.
Joe Cronin, Red Sox-Hit for cycle
(home run. triple, double and single)
to lead team to victory over Tigers.
Marius Russo, Yankees--Kept In
dams under control with six-hit hurl-
ing. giving UP no earned runs.
Nick Strinceyich, Manuel 6alvo and
Chet Ross, Bees-Former's six-hit
pitching stopped Reds cold in hrst
game. while Salvo scattered seven
safeties over 12 innings Of nightcap
until Ross singled with bases loaded to
Babe Young. Giants, and Carl Doyle.
Cardinals-Former hit two home runs.
one Of them in ninth inning, to win
first game. and latter pitched seven-hit
ball to sew up second game:
Claude Passeau. Cubs-Fanned two
batters for flnal outs to save victory
over Dodgers.
Bob Harris, Browns-Shut out Ath-
letics on eight scattered hits In night
game.
Bob Elliott and Arky Vaughan.
Pirates-Their doubles in 10th inning
brought victory over Phillies.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Mixes Bot Held Tonic
To Flying CordinoIs

So are the Cardinals. They were
left at the post this year, and the
field still is far ahead of them as
they turn into the stretch. but the
Cards are flying. and one or two of
those teams ahead will be caught be-
fore the race is over. !
Mics bat is a tonic. In the mid.
die of July John ives hitting .2sG.
Late last week, at the start of series
In Brooklyn, the average stood -
200, Now. week later, as we 90 to
press, John is one Of the league
leaders with 800 average, and hs
has batted in IS runs in a sennight;
which is half of a fortnight, if you
follow me. He has passed Frank
Mccormick in runs batted in as
though Mccormick we're standing,
still, which is far from the case, for
Frank is rattling the ball around al
good clip himself j.
Il always hit better in the summer,
and fall than do in the spring."
says Mr.. Mize calmly
That may be so. but I think there
is another reason for Big Johns
resurgence. When Joseph Michael
Medwick departed st. Louis for
Brooklyn some weeks ago he lef,
Mize In undisputed possession Of
the clubs slugging throne, the
clubs highest salary and the rays.
Of the spotlight.
Mize is not vain, but every ball
player prefers the. light to the
shadows. When Medwick and Mize
were together on the Cardinals,
Medwick, as the senior member Of
this slugging axis. attracted most Of
the attention. He also got tho
most money, and repeatedly roared
for more, which was forgivable.
considering the wage scale of the
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Anqott-Zivic Non-TitIe
Bout Slated August rs
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3.-The 10
round, non-title bout between
Sammy Angott, N. B. A. lightweight
champion, and Fritzie Zivic of Pitts
burgh will be held at Forbes Field
August 26, promoters Art Rooney
and Barney Mckinley announced
today.
Angott plans to establish training
quarters here next week.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Hatred Off, Dodeer Fons
Honor Giunts' Lohrmon
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BROOKLYN. Aug. 3.-The fans
OF Flatbush, who despise the New
York Giants as form of baseball
vermin, are going to honor one of
their hated rivals with a day"
August 81 has been set aside as
Bill Lohrman Day at Ebbets Field,
and the young pitcher will be pre-
sented an auto by group of fans.
The reason for this precedent
shattering occasion is that Lohr-
man is native of Brooklyn.