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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11

e" read your story under the caption AleNander Plight
Really PitifuI' and II made feel hit heavy hearted
"Dode and play ed of ball together in Nebraska
when and before he into professional
baseball His home Saint Paul. Neb, and mine in Loup
City, just 80 miles apart.
IL started working the printing trade when quite young
and after experience in fathers shop in Loup City
started out for myself Playing ball the side met
DOde who pitching for number of towns in section
Ever since Dode' went into ball have never lost
interest him have followed his pIaS wing through
papers all these The old adage when i doing
something and has he tops but let him be
without and he has OutNed his usefulness To fit
in Grover AeNanders Perhaps Dode broke few rules
in his latter days the hut should remember that
he hero TO millions of fans. who still thinks
'DOde j. great
IL still work at boy hood trade and !
weekly and getting share of the worlds
goods by hard hut long have roof head
and food he share il with Tell Dode TO get in touch
with me and nc is welcome TO what have.
VERY truly yours
"F. 4. Gibson. Editor,
"Saranac (Michgan) Advertiser"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
900 Boats Jam
Docks at Bay
BY GEORGE F.. VAN

PUT-IN-BAY, O.. Aug. II
Power boats and racing yachts
here for the Interlake Yachting
Associations forty-eighth annual
regatta. which opens today, are
iammed 50 close together in the
harbor a good broad Jumper might
make his way about the feet with
out much effort.
A rough estimate made from
the top Of Perry's monument gave
a count of around 300 craft al
|mooringS and there must be an
equal number al the various docks
which fringe the harbor.
Even Bill Haas, native Putin
Bay islander who came here Just
after Perry's victory or there
aboutS, was impressed saying il
was Just about the largest turnout
since the Centennial celebration
i'm 1919
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indians Fall
Far Behind
BY LAYTON CARyER
International New, service sport. Ldi,o


NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE big
fellow with The round, red face
that looks like a ripe tomato
stepped Up 10 the plate in the
eighth inning clutch, parked a
pitch in. the lower right field
stands and won ball game TO the
eternal iubilation of New York
Giant fans.
The man with the power-laden
bat was none other than your old
pal. Gabhy Hartnctt. who made
ms second home run Of tho year
las a Giant, a winning blow in the
FIRST game. One was on and the
final score was ) 10 4, Whereupon
without a homer from Gabhy the
Giants dropped the nightcap. to
Is 90 the PhllieS.
Elsewhere in the circuit. the
Brooklyn Dodgers were trounclnC
tho Boston Braves. II 10 4 and
= 10 o. and tho st Louis Cardinals
were downing tho Pittsburgh Pr
rates. 3 10 . and 10 =. 10 leave
the Dodgers a hare 3 percentage
points In the lead
In the days other game In the
circuit. tho Cincinnati Reds beat
the Chicago Cubs, 3 10 !.
The American League race
again took on tho appearance OF
New York Yankee runaway by
virtue Of their II 10 ? and 4 To !
victories over the Philadelphia
Athletics. coupled with the second
place Cleveland Indians twin de.
feat by tho Chicago White SoX
) 10 . and 2 10 /.
MariuS Russo and Alley Donald
pitched the Yankee victories. while
Ted Lyons and Thornton Lee beat
al Smith and Jim Bagby in tn,
White SoX-Indlan double Setto.
Al Of which put the Yankees
IL games In front. and 10 max,
their path still easier the third
place Boston Rcd Sox could GO
no better than an even split. beat
inc Washington Senators, Z TO 6
then losing, S TO ?.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
Hutch Has Field
Day in Victory

BUFFALO. Aug 11.-Freddie
Hutchinson. International League
leading hurler Of the Buffalo
BiSonS. whitewaShed the Baltimore
Orioles 10 chalk up his twenty
first victory Of the current season
against siX defeats in the opening
game Of a dOuble-hcadcr Sunday
which tho BiSonS won. 10.
Hutchinson. who limited the
Orioles 10 seven hits, struck out
five and walked one also figured
prominently in the Bison hitting
and scoring lie got four hits in
four trips to the plate one a homer
in tho second. a double and two
singles and drove in two Of
BunaloS seven runs. He also initi-
ated a double play and stole a
base. Buffalo won the second
game, Al.
Baltimore o00 o00 0o00
Buffalo ~ I0l 0ON 80
smon scses ard Redmond Hu,chln-
son and Parsons.
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Pros Capture
All Z Matches
With Amateurs
BY VI. r. DRUKENBROD

SAGINAW, Aug. 11.-"Say. we
pros are pretty good" cracked
Limerick Kocsis as he bounced a
golf ball off his niblick for the
'fifty-seventh time without letting
it touch the ground. QHis record
us 92)
And after glancing at the score
board in front of the clubhouse
at Saginaw Country Club. one
would have 10 admit the big Lake
.pointe pro had something.
The score read: Professionals
II. Amateurs o.
II was the third annual match
between these two groups and the
triumph gave the pros 2-l edge
in the series which began in 1893
when some one allowed AS how
professional golf in this state had
declined and that team of anna
.teurs could beat them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
Thanks, Your Honor, That's Nice

Believing Detroit should have Detroit Open golf
en suggested in this column week the writer appre
ates and thanks Judge Bartlett for his letter.
AS said before, would like TO annual Open
tournament Detroit that would top all Of such
the country For instance $4,000 that would
all Of the greatest golfers in America.
Such event would be second only to the National Open
In fact It would be richer than the National The latter rich in
tradition and will doubt the outstanding Open
land.
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THERE IN FORCE

Detroit is well represented. both
in power and sail. About half the
fleet of 80 racing yachts towed or
sailed here Saturday and early
Sunday while the rest came over
in the 70-mile deep water race and
in the 2S-mile race directly here
yesterday.
The deep water race. contrary
10 all Lake Erie racing. was Just
about the most pleasant ride in
the memory lof any Of the hard
bitten yachtSmen who have made
the trip the last nine years.
Russell Pouliot'S eight-meter
Pintail sailing in her first race on
the Great Lakes, led the feet OF
y into the harbor here from the
start at the Detroit River light
after racing around Pelee, Kelley
and Ballast Islands.
Tommy Lofts Duchess. week
ender. not only won cruising class
honorS. but beat the four racing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
Rangers Polo Team
Beats zephyrs

Ivory Rangers polo team of
today for Chicago and the Mid
western tourney looked back on a
1915 victory over ZephyrS AZ Ever
green Field. Nolney Bayley scored
nine goals Wendell Smith six for
the winners. Bernard link tall
lied three for the losers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
HARBERT 8 UNDER

Harbcrt was five under par In
winning from Freddy Hammer, a
fine golfer even in defeat Sd.
while Chuck was four under As
he downed Lew Wendrow Of
Lansing. 4-3. Al Watrous was
so in conquering Chris Brinke,
3d.. in their "lntra-club' match.
The defeat Of the amateurs
wasn't quite a. terrific as the
score Of 100 might sound. Two
of the fourSome matches and
three Of those in the singles went
10 the eighteenth green.
Mary Stahl, Lansing Country
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
And the Soldiers Get The Benefit

Here is letter little on the darker side:
Mr. Leo Macdonel
"Sir: Can We be that the Cobb-Ruth feud Is
might II break again?
IF these two fine gentlemen want TO play golf why do
they fine golf play their hearts
content: Why all the publicity stuff?
"Ihey neither ball players golfers OF all the silly
inspired hooey publicity seeking hooey to feed the sports
reading public
sect yourself good high school feud baseball football
anything and well along. Don't feed silly
etuH has beens.
Respectfully.
a. H. Burkemper."
Quite gallery turned and seemed cuv the mattel
and the USO richer by few dollars Every dollar
me USO gets is welcome, presume.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
OFFERS TO HELP GROVER ALEXANDER
LEO A. MacdonelI,
sports Editor,
Detroit Times,

MY Dear Mr.. Macdonell-I enjoyed very much reading
article in The Detroit Times relative putting
golf event in Detroit next and bringing the outstanding
stars of America here.
1T would be fine thing for Detroit besides advertising
the city real golf Other cities ardOing this
why not Detrot Detroit has of the finest professional
and amateur golfers in the United States and they real
credit to the community and finer class boys
met ought to know, for have been following them
the golf courses for many, many years.
H. for shall be glad to contribute TO any fund to raise
for this purpose. feel something these
who have entertained me for many years.
Hoping you will continue the good work
sincerely,
Charles l.. Bartlett,
Former Recorder and Judge
Recorders Court o Detroit"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
Singh-Bruns Maj
Feud Tops Card
ro>IGHrs Borrs


bobby Bruins vs. Mango sinrh IN 3
fans
Walter Roxy vs. Pcr RHh, IN ? fails.
waiter Miller vs. Stanley Burevh fail
"Flash Gordon vs.. serFt Bob Kinni-
". / fan.
Tho feud between Mango Singh
and Bobby RrunS VIII come 10 the
boiling point in Arena Gardens
Bowl tonight when the matmen
square away IN a tuSSlc which
tops the weekly outdoors mat card
Walter Roxy and Bert Rubi two
skillful SpccdboyS. are scheduled
to moot in another clash and there
a." 70 l-fall matches. the first "a
g. ~ $50
= block Of 80 seats has been SCI
aside for member, Of the Detroit
and Cleveland ball clubs.
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BROWNS SCORE FIRST

The Browns drew first blood In
the second inning when. with two
out. Johnny Berardino singled 70
center, advanced 10 second on
single by Swift and later scored
when Muncrief also singled.
punching four hits off Newson,
the Browns scored three more
ITALICS in the fourth First up.
Berardino doubled 70 left and
scored when Swift singled 10 left,
his second blow of the day After
Muncrief and Don Heffner were
disposed Of. Harlond Gift tripled
over Barney McCoSky's head in
center field, Swift scoring. Then
Cliff scored when McQuinn got his
first hit of the afternoon.
punching four hits. as did the
Browns, the Tigers struck back
with two markers in their half of
the fourth Rip Radcliff and
Charley Gehringer opened with
singles, advanced on a single by
McCosky and scored when Pinky
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11

Frank KovacS and Pauline Betz
cop singles honors in the eastern
Grass Courts tourney.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
SWEEP ALL MATCHES

What might have been a de-
lcline in 1899 became an ascension
yesterday as the fellows who play
| golf for a living won all four four
lSomeS matches and all Gig h I
| singles.
Leading the charge Of the pros
was this same limerick kocslS
captain Of the pros Besides
teamlng with big Lorin Shook, the
home pro. for one Of the four
some victories he also scored the
most impressive victory in the
singles.
With five brides on the first
nina for a ; up lead. he went on
10 defeat Ronnie Williams, the
lonG-drIving Clinton Valley anna
tcur. 6-5.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11
WILLIAMS BEST DRIVER

Williams, by the way, got in a
good lick for the amateurs, by
winning the driving contest. thus
repeating the triumph he scored
recently in the State Open al
Grand Rapids. HIS three wallopS
were 305. 30s and 2S4 yards for
IA total OF SGT yards. Chick Har-
bert. the Battle Creek pro. was
second with hits of 270, 30l and
276 for SIT yards.
you're the champ" Harbert.
one Of the games longest hit
tiers said as he congratulated
Williams.
Harbert and Chuck kocsis,
Stonycroft pro, who As amateurs
helped 10 defeat the pros in 1899
stood out in the pros triumph
Yesterday. They parted for ]
up victory over Chris Brinke and
Art Thorncr in the forsomes and
both did some sensational scoring
20 defeat their amateur opponents
IN the singles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-08-11

TODAY CANES.
Cleveland A. DETROIT postponed
RAIN
Boston A. New YORK
s. Ions o. Chicago ~.
Or't gauAs scheduled
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He B Today,
But Can t Erase
Loss TO Browns
BY LEO MACDONELL

Buck NewSom probably wasn't
in the mood today 10 celebrate
his thirty-third birthday in the
wake Of the Tigers defeat at the
hands of tho Browns. Z 10 3. at
Briggs Stadium Sunday set
back in which the big right
handler had an important if not
| distinguished part.
NewSom pitched four innings.
long enough 20 be charged with
his sixteenth loss of the year.
against eight triumphS. a far diff
ferent picture from the giamorous
1910 championship season in
(which Bo Bo piled up u wins
| against but five losses.
Ironic il is that NcwSom, aside
from Sunday Of late has been
pitching fine hall only Ia have
tho breaks 20 against him. While
at the start of the season there
seemed 10 he evidence that Buck
was not in the best Of condition
physically. he did remedy that
lapse, but still couldn't get into
WINNING stride. His teammates OF
course. were of little help 10
| him, the kind Of ball they've been
Iplaying.
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GAVE UP NINE HITS

But Sunday. Newsom, in his
fOur-inning tenure on the hill. gave
up nine hits. which were applied
so as 10 produce four runs, enough
10 win even if the Browns hadn't
Of added three more off Schoolboy
Rowe later in the contest.
Altogether. the Browns accumu-
lated - hits off Newsom and
Rowe. With three each. George
McQuinn and Bob Swift set the
pace for the ST. Louis attack. Two
Iof McQuinn's blows came off Rowe
and two of Swift's off Newsom.
Bob Muncrief. who has been
somewhat of A thorn in the Tigers
sides this season, went the route
for the Browns. Moncrief was
not stingy with hits--he gave up
i10--but, for the most part, kept
them fairly well spaced.
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winning pitcher iLosnE pitcher.
TopAys CANES
Chicago A. So Lous
Philadelphia a. Boston.
Nsv York a. Brooklyn
Only games scheduled
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Major League Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games behind leader
SUNDAYS RESULTS
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
.RACKTEER FIGHT
 MIGHT BE MURDER
Vicious Attack on One of Number=POOl Gang By
 Former Pals

Maiden, Mass, Jan. 17.-(UP)- Alphonse Lavargna, 31, faced dis trict court arraignment today on murderous assault charge in con- nection with the beating of Angelo Di Chiara, A, in an alleged num- ber-pool racket outbreak. Di Chiara, who was beaten with hammer by one of four men in his tobacco shop last night was reported in serious condition at a hospital with pos sible skull fracture, internal in- juries and fractured left leg. La vargna, police said, was captured by Patrolman James J. Lonbardozz only few yards from the scene. Authorities said Di Chiara told them thatht hree days ago he sev- cred connections with Lavargna for whom he worked in an alleged sym dicate and went to work for rival operators. -..
 Di Chiara told police he found his auto was stolen after he closed the shop and so he started to walk home. He said he was halted by a car containing four men, who asked him to ride with them. Di Chiara agreed to ride with one of them and the other three left the auto. He said he returned to the shop with Lavargna and that the others forced entrance as he talked with Lavargna.
 A scuffle ensued and Di Chiara's cries attracted passersby The trio escaped but. Lavargna was seized near the rear of the store.
 Police said that 90 per cent of the cigaret and cigar packages in the shop were dummies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
U. s. Combat Planes
 Praised By British
From Beaverbrook to Pilots, All Refute Charges Amer=
 can Craft Have Been Disappointing

thing. It takes off like a scalded cat. It handles like a cub. It's marvellous for dive-bombing and might add that there are a lot of them in action right now. I wish we had a thousand of them"
 Reynolds visited a plant where Curtiss Mohawks were being assem- bled. They were made to French specifications, taken over by the British, and Is major changes com prising 100 operations are necessary to fit them to British standards. For example, the French didn't order ar- mored pilot seats, or oxygen equip ment, or bullet-proof windshields. This plant was turning out 30 a week. Reynolds quotes the chief test pilot:
 "She can do everything that a hurricane can do. She's g. lovely atplane. I took her to 16,000 feet and found three Spitfires there. I had dogfight with them. Found I could dodge them nicely. I've flown 54 types of aircraft as a test pilot and this is the friendliest air. planes ever flew. It isn't as fast as Spitftre, but what's? She's the most maneuverable aicraft I have handled"
 The Curtiss Tomahawk CP-40), re- ceives enthusiastic praise, the light ly powered Brewster Buffalo, de- signed for take-off from carriers, is widely and effectively used in the Channel patrol. The Glenn Martin bomber is another American aircraft that has won its wings with distinc- ton, Reynolds reports.
 He concludes that England wishes she had five times as many as she has.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
Rv BRUCE CATION

Washington, Jan. 17-The speaker of the House will be more import ant man in the government this year than for long time.
 Sam Rayburn of Texas, who holds the fob, is the sort of man who will return the post of its old im- portance. He won't be & Car Can non, but he definitely will be one of the three or four top men in the administration.
 This is partly because he is a different sort of man than his pre- decessor, the late William B. Bank head, and partly because President Roosevelt has adopted new atti- tude toward his party's leaders in Congress. The important part is that Speaker Rayburn has RooSe- velt's confidence 100 per cent-and, despite half-baked criticisms occaS- ionally heard on the fringes of the New Deal, he gives 100 per cent loy- alty in return.
 TELL 'EM
 THE TRUTH
 Two true stories show the change in the administrations relationship with Congress.
 About year ago, someone at a press conference asked Speaker Bankhead if he expected a presi- dential message on taxation. He replied that as far as he knew no such message was coming. Half an hour later, a presidential message on taxation was laid on his desk to be read to the House.
 Just before the last fireSide chat, FDR had Rayburn in the discussed the defense program and the com ing radio address, remarking that he was highly pleased with some Of the defense program progress, great ly diSpleased with other parts ot 1t.
 'What should tell the people about it, Sam?" he asked.
 "Teu' em the truth" said Ray burn. "Thats what the people ex- pect from you, MT. President. Don't hide the bad parts. Tell the people just what you have told me"
 Roosevelt did so and the point is that now he is talking to the speaker of the House before a speaker or a bill is drafted, not afterward.
 GUIDED KEY
 LEGISLATION
 Sam Ralbnrn came in for @ lot of criticism in the last Congress, which was unruly and often broke away from the President. Rayburn was a close friend of Vice President Garner. Because the House didn't stay in line, he was often accused of quietly sabotaging New Deal ef- forts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17

New York, Jan. 17-Half a dozen types of American bomber and pur- suit planes are now seeing action with the R. A. F. and hanging up an enviable record of successes for their manufacturers, according to Quen- tin Reynolds, war correspondent of Golfers Weekly, who has spent the entire period of the blitzkrieg in England.
 Reynolds received permission from Lord Beaverbrook to make tour of British assembly plants and flying fields, to check for himself on re- ports published in the United States that American planes were no good in combat and that the R. A. F. pi- lots didn't like them. He quotes Beaverbrook as calling the reports "scurrlous."
 Not a word of truth in it." Beav- erbrook told him. "They are mag nificent aircraft. Come and look at them. Talk to the pilots. Fly in them yourself. Go to the factories where they are assembled and test ed"
 Reynolds did, and reports that he found nothing but enthusiasm. For months, he learned, the Lockheed Hudsons have been flying over Nor way and the Channel ports; patrol ling the North Sea looking for, and finding, German submarines. At Dunkirk the Hudson was used as a dive bomber, marrying the German advance, and it was Hudson which located the Altmark.
 He asked bomber pilots, who have flown everything that is heavy, about the Douglas Boston (named Boston by Beaverbrook in honor of former Ambassador Kennedy's birthplace) A squadron leader told him:
 Most controllable twin-engined aircraft I ever flew. It can do any,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
Sam Rayburn Will Be Most Potent Speaker Of House In a Long Time

lots of conflicting friendships, but they don't touch his job.
 The present speaker put through some of the New Deals key legisla- tion-the holding company bill and the bill creating the Federal Com munications Commission are sam pleS-but the job he is most proud of in all his 28 years in Congress is his creation of the Rural Electri- flcation Administration. During the Christmas holidays he was driving Congressman Lyndon Johnson over a back-country roadSin Texas. Sud- denly he pulled up to halt and pointed to an electric light line which swung of to a tiny cabin by a lonely cotton patch.
 "See that?" said. Rayburn. That woman doesn't have to use one of those old lard-oil lamps any more She's got electric lights!"
 OPPOSITES MAKE
 GOOD TEAM
 Rayburn and Mccormack, the party's floor leader, are making a good team. In most ways they are opposites. Rayburn is stolid, stumpy, bald as an Easaer egg, deliberate, given neither to oratory nor back skipping, a Texan from way back. McC Cormack is a "city Democrat" from Massachusetts, an imposing looking chap with an extruding personality and flair for mingling with his fellows. He trieds to be a diplomat; Rayburn is pretty blunt and never dreams of tempering the wind to the shorn congressman.
 Under the surface, Rayburn is a sentimentalist. He still carries a battered watch which members of his delegation gave to him 25 years ago when he was in the Texas leg islature. The gavel with which he calls the House to order each day is souvenir some Dallas high school boys gave him in 1884 in the innocent confidence that some day he was sure to be speaker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17

That wasn't true. Rayburn was in a spot. Speaker Bankhead was in bad health, and in effect Rayburn had to be both majority leader and speaker. In addition, Bankhead was a good presiding officer, but didn't make his job the vehicle for aggres- sive leadership. To top 1t all, the administration was not playing ball with its congressional leadership, but was sending up bills and messages without prior consultation. All of that is now changed.
 Rayburn' biggest asset is the fact that House members have him peg ged as 8 square shooter. He has