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Evening star., 1941-08-02
Four Top-Rated Tens
Play Opening TiIts
| In N. A. SoftbaII
GreenbeIt Tackles |. B. M,
Senute Faces Cubmen
Tonight at BolIston

Four top-ranking softball teams
will usher in the third annual Mid
Atlantic tournament tonight at
Ballston Stadium.
Greenbelt will send Curt Barker,
possessor of two no-hit games in 10
victories this season, to the mound
against International Business Ma
chine, which will counter with Pete
Mastrodonato, home on furlough
from the Army, in the curtain-raiser.
The nightcap will pit Senate Beer
against an up-and-coming Yellow
Cab outfit. Bump Simonds or Cy
Stewart will pitch for the Cables
with Abe Rosenfield on the hill for
Senate.
Other teams in the tournament,
which ends next Thursday. are Carr
Bros. and Boswell, Plaza Wine and
Liquor, Standard Linen. Pepco,
Overnight Transportation and Cum
mings Construction. The second
round will be played Monday night.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
BaItimore's PLUNGE
May Hoist Toronto
From IL. Cellar
Nv the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Less than a month ago, even the
stanchest Toronto rooters had little
hope of ever seeing the Maple Leafs
emerge from the International
League cellar, where they've spent
practically the entire season.
However, at the rate the seventh
place Baltimore Orioles have been
dropping lately, the Leafs may still
have chance to squirm out from
under.
On July 9, Toronto was Is games
out of seventh place and had just
ended a losing streak of IL. The
Leafs haven't exactly been setting
the league on fire since then, win
ming only nine of their past "a
starts, but Baltimore went down the
chute, winning only two of "a out
I ings, to cut their margin in half.
The Leafs narrowly missed a
chance last night to shave off an
other game as Baltimore lost SO,
to Rochester, but a five-run ninth
inning rally fell short to give the
Newark Bears 81 victory.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Conn and Wife Returning Home
To Face Brides Irote Papa

Lou to see the sights-and honey
moon.
The picture is just about COM
pleted and the Conns, Mr. and Mrs,
and his fight manager, smiling
Johnny Ray, are scheduled to leave
for Pittsburgh Sunday.
At one banquet given for Billy,
he got up to say a few words. These
were the words:
I'm not much of speaker, and
I guess Republic Studios discovered
in the first two days I wasn't an
actor. But I sure am a runner.
ASK my father-in-law!
I'm homesick. l want to go
home, me and Mary LOU" said Billy.
"Then-" and he heaved a sigh,
"I guess wen have 1t out with
Pop"
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Fights Lost Night
By the Associated Press.

BROOKLYN. N. Tommy Cross
1870, Philadelphia. and Julie Hogan.
1851, New Haven, drew 10l.
NEW YORK.--Oliver White. 1876.
Brooklyn outpointed Donlinick Bur-
rome, 129. Philadelphia (Sl.
MOUNT FREEDOM, n. J.-Billy Hill
deprand, 140, Morrisgown, stopped
Manuel Lewis; ~. New York ~. 90,
McAdoo, Pa, outpointed Johnny Boston,
155, Philadelphia G0).
BURLINGTON, Va.-Buster Beaupres
! "A, Burlington) stopped Nal SMALL
wood. 145, Boston 90,
HOLLYWOOD Wilson. lSe.
Los ANGELES, outpointed Larry Cisneros.
140. Los Angeles (10D.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Tossed Out of Ball Park, Avis
Has Ideas of Declaring War
On Turner Ring Interests

doing all the time. DIdnt I go TO
him and make arrangements to rent
his ring and other equipment for my
show?"
Grifith says there was little
misunderstanding regarding dates at
the park and under the rules he has
a perfect right to reverse his de-
cision. Anyway, he forgot Joe was
putting on a match the latter part
of the month and what the heck Is
Avis complaining about if he can
have 1t some other time?
Might Compete with Turner.
So now Alvis is talking of taking
his fighters into Riverside a day or
two before the Turner show and let
the public take its choice. He also
has had offers from the West Lam
ham speedway officials to put it
at the midget auto racing plant, but
he thinks it best to keep it within
walking distance of q streetcar line.
This threat of running almost on
top of Turner's show, which Alvis
can do with the District Boxing
Commissions benign approval. is his
Melancholy Michael-hiS brisk belt
to the button. But the threats and
gestures apparently have left Turner
unmoved.
Melancholy Michael" he scoffed.
''Hah, can take a thousand Of 'em.
Listen, I've been in there with some
mighty rough guys myself. Did I
ever tell you about the time /
wrestled Cyclone" Burns when he
used fictitious name and beat him.
Well, there 7 was down in Knox
vile. and :"
Round four coming up, folks.
F.A,
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Di Maggie to Autograph
Defense Stamp Albums

Joe Di Maggie, the Yankees star
outfielder, will make a personal ap-
pearance at Treasury House Mon
day evening. autographing Defense
stamp albums at ceremonies which
will be dedicated to the honoring Of
Coast Guard Day.
The Coast Guard will be Isl years
old on Monday and the wharf on
which Di Maggie grew up in San
Francisco has furnished the space
for Pacific Coast Guard craft in that
vicinity. Loew's Washington The
ater Cadet Band will furnish the
music, starting at 7:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Women sCompetition
Holding Interest in
District Tennis
Four Are Given Equal
Title Chances; Welsh
Stondout Among Men
BY BILL DIsMER, Jr.

There was only one choice as "a
contestants started in pursuit of the
District mems tennis championship
at Edgemopr Club today, but four
women were given equal chances
to bag the title of the Women's
League tournament scheduled for a
simultaneous beginning at the Rock
Creek courts.
With Barney Welsh seeking his
seventh consecutive District title
and showing no signs of weakening,
others in his half of the draw al
ready have set seminal meeting
with the champ as their ultimate
goal. The best that the 80 entrants
in the opposite half could hope for
was the somewhat doubtful dis
tinction of being licked by Welsh in
the finals.
Leavens Again Seeded Second.
AS in other tournaments. Don
Leavens-the guy who licks Welsh
in exhibitions but loses when the
chips are down-was seeded second.
The Tournament Committee recog-
nized Ralph Buddy Adair's inn
proved play in both the City of
Washington and Middle Atlantic
competitions and seeded him sixth,
but otherwise seedlings were pat
termed after the two events. Fol-
lowing Leavens are David johnson,
Hugh Lynch, Bill Breese, Adair,
Charley Charming and Eddie Miller.
Miller is the 19-year- -old University
of Maryland sophomore who whipped
Bobby Bensinger for the public
parks championship last Sunday.
Bensinger, incidentally. is forsaking
the District for the national Junior
tourney at Culver Military Academy
which starts Monday.
Repeat Of M. A. Looms.
If seedlings prevail, the District
will be repeat of the Middle At
lantic tourney from the semifinals
rounds on, as both Welsh and John
sen are paired in the same half and
Leavens and Lynch in the other
All signs point to another Welsh
Leavens final in the mems affair
but there are certain to be some
new faces in the later rounds of the
Women's League tourney. That il
because such topnotchers as De-
Tending Champion Willie Herbert
Margo Mahony and Mary Belin are
not entered.
Hence. the competition looms as a
four woman fight among topseedeo
Charlotte Decker, Frances Rowan
Peggy Smith and Sara Moore, rated
in that order. 1t should be an in
teresting tournament if not pro-
ductive of the best tennis, with Mrs
Rowan and Mrs. Smith showing vasi
improvement over the form they
exhibited at the start of the season
Entries for doubles which are
scheduled to start tomorrow either
should be made at the courts ol
telephoned to League Secretary Hat
tie Meyerhof at Randolph 1850.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Three Ends Are Added
To Eastern AII-Sturs

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 lP.-The end
squad of the Eastern college an-star
football team was completed today
when Coach Jim Crowley of Ford
ham announced the addition of three
proved workmen.
They are Bob Krieger of Dart
mouth, who place-kicked the three
points which won the celebrated
fifth down" game with Cornell last
season; Dolly King of Long Island,
the great Negro all-around athlete,
and John Shonk, West Virginia star.
The all-stars start training August
II for their battle with the New York
Giants September 3 at the Polo
Grounds.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
South Carolina Ten
To Play Fat Boy
Here Tonight

One of the fastest softbaH clubs in
Dixie will exhibit its ware before
District fans tonight at Washington
Softball Stadium where the Mont
fords of Spartanburg, S. c., meet Fat
Boy, Sherwood League leader, at
8 o'clock.
windmill" Gillian, reputedly one
Of the fastest pitchers this side of
the Mississippi, will pitch for the
visitors with Harold Steffes serving
'em up for the Barbecues.
Last nights twin-bill at the
stadium was rained out but Bill
Baldwin of Pepco captured the
home-to-first sprint title before the
heavy dew descended.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Diving Stars 10 Head
Card at Columbia
Club Tonight

A series of races, followed by a
water carnival, will be presented for
members and guests at Columbia
Country Clubs swimming pool to-
night, starting at tbs O'Clock.
Competition will involve partici-
pants as young as 10 years.
Diving exhibitions will be given
by Bill Tarbett, former District
champion; Patsy Palmer, local
women's champ; Mr.. and Mrs. Nick
Sheridan, formerly of New York's
Dragon Club, and Jimmy Russell,
Baltimore star.
Exhibitions in fish-landing, canoe
handling. surf board riding and
life-saving also are scheduled.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Dodd Slab, Stick Stur
For Hogerstown Nine
apectal pispatch to T'he Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, Aug. 2.-Jay
Dodd, student at Washington, d. C.'s
Wilson Teachers College. twice was
the man of the hour for the Hagers-
town Motor Co. nine yesterday in
its Tri-State Industrial League dou-
ble-header with the pace-setting
Winchester Gas Ss Oil Co.
Pitching the first game, Dodd set
the league leaders down with two
hits as he won, TO. and in the
nightcap, with the score tied at SIS
and two out In the 18th inning, Dodd
tripled with a man on first to break
up the game.
The double victory snapped six
game losing streak for Hagerstown
which had been q contender for the
title before It's slump.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
CoIesviIie Cards, Victors of Ia
In Row, Given Tordy Tumble

A few bars on the brass, profess
sor, for the Colesville Cardinals, a
ball club as hot as the cooks frying
pan with a .14-game winning streak.
After being thoroughly over
looked until now, attention is called
to the excellent work being done by
Manager Ed Bladen's gang, who en-
ploy the same implements as other
teams hereabouts, but seem to be
more expert with same.
Teams bowied over by the Cards
include Gaithersburg, Sandy Spring,
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Golf Tilt Becomes
Endurance T est
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE.-The pros who
are forced to shoot extra holes in
their chases for fame and fortune
have nothing on a pair of Is
year-old Baltimoreans.
Tied for the lead with BIS at
the end of 18 holes in their age
class at Maryland Junior golf
championships. Jack Lowe and
Leo Haselback went q extra
holes to break the deadlock.
" And Lowe had to sink a long
putt in the dusk for a birdie 2 to
win.
Evening star., 1941-08-02

Mattos A. c., Bethesda, -Four Cor
ners, Maryland Sport Club. Prince
Georges Tigers, Little Tavern and
Petworth. They aren't what you
would call pushovers.
Bladen's success, of course. can
be traced to an all-Star cast as well
as expert management. Laboring
under his direction are Jimmy An
derson, Nose Turner, Roy Mcneil,
Brother Love. Mike Godfrey, Johnny
Bonifant, Jack Adamson and Joe
Gibson.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Dorozio, Smith Matched
For Baltimore Bout
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 2-Promoter
Jack Laken has announced that Gus
Dorazio of Philadelphia will meet
Bob Smith of Pittsburgh in 10
round heavyweight bout featuring
a British war relief boxing show at
Oriole Park Thursday night.
Dorazio and Smith replace Buddy
Knox and Lee @. Murray in the
main bout.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Golfers Tipped Anticipate Golf Needs for 1912 Defense Takes Steel
Draft Cuts Down
Title Golf Test
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2l-No ath-
letic group appears to have felt
the effects of the draft more than
the amateur golfers, most of
whom are about the proper age
to fill uniforms.
Only $50 have filed entries
for this years championship, Au-
gust $3.50 at Omaha. compared
with 755 who were footloose
year ago. The entries were closed
last night.
Out of this total, 143 will quail
ify in trials during the next fort
night at % points throughout
the country.
Six former United States anna
teur champs and one former
winner of the British Ameteur
qualify automatically.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. Billy
Conn is going to face the music,
and meet "Pop"-at last.
Pop" is the Pittsburgh fighters
new father-in-law, Jimmy Smith,
who once announced that he would
punch Billy in the nose if he mar
fied his pretty daughter Mary Lou.
Well, Billy married Mary Lou in
an elopement, anyhow, soon after
the warning and shortly after he had
been knocked out by Joe Louis in
round 13 of their heavyweight
championship bout.
Then the two came to Hollywood
Billy to star in q motion picture
THE Pittsburgh Kid" and Mary
Evening star., 1941-08-02
20 Years Ago
In The Star

George Mogridge outpitched
John Oldham as the Mats nosed
out the Tigers, 10, for successive
victory No. T.
Billy Shade, American boxer,
returned from trip to Australia
with four titles-the Australian
welterweight, middleweight, light
heavyweight and heavyweight
crowns.
The Giants recalled Pitcher
Rube Benton from Kansas City.
where he was sent several days
ago.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Sports Mirror

Today a year sgo-Frank Ko-
vacs beat Bobby Riggs. Ga, 7-9,
"a, 60, in semifinals of Mea-
dow Club tennis tourney at
Southampton.
Three years ago-Sammy Baugh
signed three-year contract with
Washington football Redskins.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Horton, Waldorf Named
AiI-Stur Grid Tutors

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2-Homer Nor
ton, head football coach and athletic
director at Texas A. and M, and
Lynn Waldorf, Northwestern .Univer-
sity's grid mentor, will be two of the
five All-Star team coaches to prepare
the collegians for game with the
Chicago Bears August % in Soldier
Field.
The Stars will begin practice at
Northwestern University and the
Bears at Delafeld, Wis, week from
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
HurIer Embree Bought
By Skidding indians
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Aug. I'm an effort
to bolster the skidding Indians
Charles CReO Embree, 21-year- -old
rignthanded pitching star of the
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, team, has been
purchased by the Cleveland club. He
has won II and lost three games
while working in "a contests.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
From the
Press Box
Two Boxing Titles Eyed
BY CuIifornio's S Wilson
voVvNr rADnNrru
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent Of The Star,


NEW YORK. Aug. 2 (NANA0.-
An artist with his hands in more
ways than one is CALIFORNIA; latest
fighting pride, name of Jackie Will
son, colored. Wilson is good enough
with pen or pencil and paper 10
make living as cartoonist, which
he plans to do after scrambling the
brains of Lew jenkins and Knock
ing the tiara off of Red Cochrane's
lovely forehead.
1t may be, of course, that Mr..
Cochrane will kick Wilson'S teeth
down his throat and Mr.. jenkins
will curdle the youth with right
to the button. 1t may be that Will
son never will win the privilege of
mixing with these eminent gentle
men, who are, respectively, the well
terweight and lightweight cham
pions of the world.
But the boy from Los Angeles has
designs on both titles and recently
was fishing for Mr.. zivic with bait
to the tune of $4,000. That should
be enough bait for Mr.. zivic, who
is extremely partial to money in all
forms, if he regains his title from
Cochrane.
Ny information on Wilson comes
from Signor Francis Albertanti
famous opponent of birds and SUM-
shine.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
ConneIIy's Hit Decides

Bill Connelly's hit, scoring Pete
Chipouris, gave the Central Boys
Club Browns a 6-5 decision over
the Grady Boys and knocked them
out of the Boys Club Insect League
lead. The losers tied up matters
with a 5-run rally in the sixth.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Trout Season Gratifying

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 2 (R.-
Mac D. Hart, executive secretary of
the State Game Commission, said
that the trout season which ended
one hour after sunset last night had
been quite satisfactory"
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Jackets in Title Round

A. G.. o. Yellowjackets won the
right to meet A. G. o. Adjutants
in 3-game series for the War De-
partment Softball League champion
ship by routing the Executives, 10-1,
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Reliance Ties Tavern

Reliance Life and Little Tavern
struggled to a 3-3 stalemate in their
Industrial League game. The Tav-
ern tossers rallied after Reliance
scored all its runs in the third.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Ponomo AIS Height
Worried Bontoms

If you recall Mr.. Brown. he was a
black string bean from the -Carib-
bees, who cut a wide swath in Euro
pean circles and won the world ban
tamweight championship, which he
defended ably for some period of
time. The principal feature of
Panama Albert's equipment was his
length. Towering over other ban
tamweights, he would hold them off
with his left hand, while they tried
wildly to reach him. Then, at suit
able moment, he would knock them
dead with his right hand.
Wilson is heavier than Brown. but
he is much taller than the average
lightweight or welterweight.
He was born in Spencer, N. c., %
gears ago and proceeded West by
easy stages. Graduated from high
school in Los Angeles, he was good
enough at drawing to make a career
of commercial art, but the example
of Neighbor Henry Armstrong, who
was collecting titles like stamps
brought him into the fight racket.
The high point of his amateur
record was voyage to the Olympics
in Germany as Americas bantam
weight representative He met an
italian named Ulderico Sergio, and
according to expert eyewitnesses
was given the business.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Vets Down RuiIrouders

Veterans Administration took a
5-4 fall out of Railroad Retirement
Board in their Government League
game. Stevens and Kiesel collected
three hits each.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Thompson Is Moy Stor

Charlie Thompson held the foe
to one hit and cracked out a triple
as his May Hardware team white
washed Plaza Wine and Liquor, TO.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Petworth Goes on Rood

Petworth A. C. players will travel
to st. Leonard, Md, tomorrow for a
game with the local club.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Apuches Seeking Come

The Apache nine wants an un-
limited game for Sunday. Call
Lincoln 1918.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Aibertonti Survived
Sunshine, Birds

The boys in the rue cauliflower
felt very sorry for Signor Albertanti
when he took his typewriter off to
California some seasons back. Cali
fornia, you might say, is crawling
with sunshine and practically over
run with birds.
He won't last a month";" pre-
dicted the late Joe Jacobs, other
wise known as YuSsel the Muscle.
81 have seen Albertanti travel miles
to avoid fresh air. He only knows
about daytime by hearsay and the
song of bird outside his window
will send him into nervous break
down"
However Signor Albertanti man
aged to stick it out, even becoming
pleasantly sun-kiSsed and able to
stomach the notes of the thrush
without wincing And now. if this
Wilson is real fighter, his forti-
tude has been rewarded. For there
is nothing Signor Albertanti likes
better than to have fighter to play
tunes about on his Baby Grand Un-
derwood. He was largely respon-
sible for the buildup of James J.
Braddock as a heavyweight title
menace.
Though Signor Albertanti nkens
Wilson to Cans, Dixon, Walcott,
and Henry Armstrong, the young
man seems to have the specifica-
tions of a Panama Al Browns
feet, IL over all, and lanky.
Evening star., 1941-08-02

At Washington Mrs. C. A. Ohm
stead won a nine-hole tourney with
a net of So. Other winners were
Mrs. Ingram Harr C40), Mrs. G. F.
Lynch (4D and Mrs. H. D.
Smith (4D.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
Getting Personal With BallplayerS
By DAN PARKER

JoRGENs White sox rookie pitcher from San Fran Arnd the catcher warmed the Yankee bench club Dckey kid broth of of Yankees like him catcher.
 Chmie who gets yout pitcher with the Cubs will be Schmeel the Polo Grounds What with Bob Sturgeon the Cubs look get up before Vaughn the Pirates.
 ONE CATCHER from Oakland wasn't enough, the Reds Clifford, another Oak
 last with St. Paul George Barley rookie pitcher doesn't make with the ball ub the Ruppert
 able him their brewery That is of Barley the ball could also make malt New York, of the finally Francisco Yankee the Golden Gate Maggie, Dahlgren City Barley Johnny Murphy Phil Holmes.
 A CANADIAN breaking year. Marchildon pitcher Penetang Mike Reds from Angels Camp Calf And George Metkoch who'll halls from the wouldn't big both WhatT of Bomber" won't be hung Catcher Suka sports writer? Wonder Nicholas tries out with the Phil kin Eastern League 20 Never middle Giants the National League in Harry Danning and Moe Arnovc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
(By United Press) Dahlgren to Bees

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 26.-UP) With the purchase of first base man Ellsworth (Babe) Dahlgren, the Boston Bees today had one of the finest fielding infield units in the majors. Dahlgren was bought from the New York Yankees lyate yes- terday at a reported price of $15,- 900.
 Dahlgren, formerly with the Bos- ton Red Sox, had served six seasons in the American League and earned a reputation as a topnotch fielder. He played two full campaigns with he Yankees after rep-acing Lou Gelrig. The 28-year old Dahl- gren, however, has been light hit ter, comping .253 average in the majors.
 Acquisition of Dahlgren gave the Bees an oversupply of first basemen. and it was beleived that Buddy Hasset probably would be traded and Max West returned to his for mer outfield post.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
McLaughry Names Dartmouth Aides

Hanover, N. H., Feb. 26.-(UP)- De Ormond (Tuss) McLaughry, re- gently appointed Dartmouth he<d football coach, had hired fohr as- sistants to replace the corps who transferred to West Point last De- cember with Coach Earl Red) Blaik.
 McLaughry, formerly for 15 years Brown head coach, announced his aides at banquet last night. They were backfield coaches Dick Cassi- ano and Charles Ewart, end and tackle coach Bill Bevan and guard and center coach George Barclay Freshman Coach Osborne Cowles and backfield coach Johnny Han drahan will remain.
 Cassiano, formerly of Pittsburgh, played with the Brooklyn Dodgers pro team last fall. Bevan, a Min nesota graduate, was line coach for five years at Tulane. All-America guard at North Carolina in 1885, Barclay was line coach at Oberlin college. Ewart, a Yale grad, was backfield coach at Wesleyan.