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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Scott Date HumbIinq
To Pastor But It's
An Opportunity
Here After Loyoff
CoIorfuI Heavyweight
Will Be Trial Horse

Bob Pastor, so the story goes, went
down to the corner drug store one
warm, summer day for a dish Of
ice cream and ended up in neigh
borhood gymnasium with a brace of
duelling mittens laced on his ample
fists. That was the inauspicious be-
ginning of his ring saga, one of the
stormiest and most colorful heavy
weight histories of modern times,
Bob never reached the drug store.
En- route he was overhauled by a
flStic- minded friend hard up for
sparring partners who persuaded
him to work out with him a couple
OF rounds. Pastor was so impressive
against his more experienced adver-
sary-and so impressed by the
sport, he took up boxing as a career.
Defeated Everett Here.
Pastor. whose only appearance in
Washington was two years ago
when he won a l0-round decision
from Buck Everett. comes back two
weeks from tomorrow night in the
role Of trial horse for Buddy Scott.
1t isn't Savory role for the former
New York University grid star, who
still fancies himself one of the top
flight heavyweights. but he's taking
it to get back in the grind after a
brief lay-of.
Robert acquired negative fight
ing reputation by going 10 rounds
in reverse gear against Joe Louis
In their first engagement, and II
of a scheduled 20-round engage
ment in a return match. This
technique failed to excite the popu-
lace to loud huZZas but it proved
that Louis had difficulty finding
the range on moving target and
the strategy offered a plausible
method of dethroning the champ
Scores Stunning Upset.
Managed by James Johnston, the
boy bandit with the cockney &C
cent, Pastor, nevertheless, is one
of the games most persistent plug
gers, dead-game guy and a. bet
ter than average puncher. He
scored a stunning upset his last
time out, whipping the highly
touted Los Angeles Negro, Turkey
Thompson, in a rip-roaring bout
marked by 10 knockdowns. That
should be proof enough of his cour-
age and durability.
Scott. trying to edge into the
heavyweight spotlight, doesn't
seem to be cut out for the brand
of competition the big fellows Of
fer and this match should be more
than merely a mid-semester exam.
If he hurdles Pastor he'll be pro-
jected squarely into the kaleido-
scopic heavyweight picture and if
he fails 1t may mark the end of
his career.
Pastor and Scott are brave men
trying to lure a crowd to the sta
dium after the recent Louis-Buddy
Baer title go which resulted in one
of the most exciting arguments in
recent years, but it's just about
the best match Promoter Joe Tur-
ner could land to resume opera
tons. L. r. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
TEXAS LEAGUE.
BY WALTER GELB.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

MERIDEN, Conn, June g.
Jerry Travers, the four-time ma
tional amateur golf titlist who
also won the Open in 1915, is
putting his coin on Craig Wood
to come through at Fort Worth,
Tex, this week.
1T takes a fighting heart to
win the Open. just as much as
1t takes golf Shots Travers OBJ
served today. IF Wood didn't
have the heart he never would
have made his grand comeback
from all that terrible bad luck
like Sarazen's double eagle. His
victory at Augusta in the masters
this year should give him enough
confidence.
eff all you needed was the
shots to win, then Joe Kirkwood
would have won every time. He
had the greatest repertoire Of
shots and the best control, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
U. 5. 6. A. 10 Set Limit
On Distance Ball
May Be Driven )
Curb Against Outmodine
Of Courses Is One of
Results Expected

Continuing its moves toward COM
plete Standardization of the imple-
ments used in golf, the United
States Golf Association today an
n0unced that beginning January /,
1912, the distance of the golf ball
will be limited by providing for a
fixed measure of actual performance.
TT is intended" the association
said, ito limit the fight of the ball
so that it will not be any longer than
the so-called championship ball"
A few weeks ago the association
announced it will restrict slotting or
punching club faces to avoid putting
unusual cut on the ball. in an edict
also effective January !, 1912 Club
face markings are to be standardized
under this ruling, both as to depth
and distance between the markings.
Machine Will Standardize Pill.
Core of the new ball regulations is
Iron Mike" a machine developed
at the Armour Research Foundation
in Chicago, which can make an alb
solute test of golf ball performance,
and provides the basis for the as
ISOLATION study of limiting distance.
Several detectives are sought by
complete ball standardization. These
are listed by the association as fol-
lows:
1t should check further outmoding
of golf courses as regards length.
Thus it should prevent clubs land
therefore their individual members)
from having to pay more for golf on
the score of redesigning and length
ening courses, which in the past
has required purchase of more land,
increased taxes and increased course
maintenance expense.
1t should restrict the distance
walked and the time required to
play a round of golf to the point of
the players comfortable endurance.
Would Emphasize Skill.
1t should result in greater en-
phasis on individual playing skill by
promoting uniformity in the manu-
featured elements of the game.
1t should tend to standardize golf
and golf courses by controlling a
factor which, if not controlled. could
distort the whole game as now
known.
At one time the U. S. G. A. con-
sidered rigid specifications for all
component parts and construction of
the ball. as is done in baseball,
tennis and other sports. This ap-
proach was abandoned for many rea-
sons. one of which was possible
tendency to stifle beneficial de-
velopments in ball manufacture
The fathers of golf thought a ball
might be made of materials other
than those now used and that such
a ball might be superior in quality
and lower in cost than the present
ball. Viewing such possible stu
alton as detrimental to the game,
they avoided rigid construction
Specifications.
But they can and. after next Janu-
airy, will restrict the distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
FEEDER
Continued from A.12.)

White Sox and Dodgers bounced
into the top spots were the general
rule all up and down the line on
this strictly "dog-fight Sunday
afternoon in both leagues.
Tribe Well Battered.
Although the White Soxs split
left them one point in front of the
Indians in the American League
percentage standings. the Tribe &C
tually remained a half-game on
top In the won-lost records, despite
the 20 and So thumpings they
absorbed from the Yankees to run
their losing streak to four straight.
Rufus the Red Ruffing, going the
route for the first time since May
IA, tossed an eight-hit coat of white
wash in the opener. Then Johnny
Sturm and George Selkirk put on
one of those old-fashioned Yankee
homer parties in the eighth inning
to clinch the nightcap.
The Boston Red Sox moved into
fourth place and dropped Detroit
all the way to sixth by trouncing the
Tigers twice. Jimmy Foxx's two
run homer went a long way toward
winning the opener, 7-6. A run in
the ninth decided the free-for-all
nightcap. SIS. The amazing Ath-
letics turned in So and So victories
over the Browns behind steady hurl-
ing by Bump Hadley and Phil
Marchildon.
OTIS 400th Homer Tells,
The 400th homer of Mel Otis IT.
year career led the New York Giants
to a 80 win over the Cincinnati
Reds in the first game of their double
bill, but Junior Thompson's eight
hit f1inging gave the Rhinelanders
the after-piece by an identical score.
The Chicago Cubs bombarded the
Phillies, 9-5 in their opener, and then
took the nightcap. 10, as Jake
Mooty won over Lefty Lee Grissom
in heart-breaker pitching duel.
This boosted the Cubs into fourth
place over the Reds.
The Pirates and Braves were
rained out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
CverIin Cont Punch, While
Soose Is Too Cautious

There's something to be said for
this point of view Overlin and his
two-time conqueror, ,aSoose, are not
much to look at, by and large. They
do not put on a good show Overlin
because he simply can't punch
Soose because of strange streak of
caution that infallibly handouts
him at the wrong moments.
But there's nothing in the book
which denies the Fancy Dan, the
boxer, the right to make a living.
Besides, you must remember that
Soose and Overlin have looked worse
than necessary recently because
they've been fighting each other.
The combination of these two styl-
lists is bad-the results are terrible.
Against a rugged puncher like
Yale, Soose, who can hit pretty
sharply with the right hand, is much
more effective Soose is a gifted
youth. If they can persuade him to
throw that right more often-if they
can convince him that 1t is more
graceful to duck or sidestep punch
than to wrap your arms around
your head and back away--William
will become a fair country middle
weight.
And the sooner they match him
with Mr.. Yale, the better for the
state of the world. The world is in
no shape to support two middle
weight champions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Golf Experts Sharply Divided Whether s. Open Record Will Be Broken
Peacock and Rippy Drop Title
In First Golf Loss in ? Years;
Baltimore HumbIes Capital

Such scoring preSages a possible
win by a Bannockburn team in the
coming club invitation event, start
ing Friday.
Pattersons Chevy Chase Winners.
Chevy Chase held a mixed four
some tourney which found Maj. and
Mrs. j. B. Patterson winning the
gross award with 49, Net winners
were Mrs J. c. White and E. Taft,
with 88-26-62.
Gloria Rodgers and w. E. Trevett
won the gross award in a mixed
foursome tourney at Congressional
with 81. The net prize went to
Mrs. G. NJ. Jani and G. F. Buskie,
with 88-18-70.
Three tied for low net score in
the qualifying round for the Presi-
dents Trophy. They we're C. H.
McClain, 80-13-67; Eden MacFar-
land, 78-11-67. and o. T. Smith,
who shot his all-time low with SIS
18-67, after recent victory in the
spring handicap tourney. Three
flights qualified, with pairing to be
announced later.
Lee Ritter won the top spot on the
Manor Country Club ladder with a
card of II. Herb Lacey scored a rs.
Manor held two women's events.
Victors in the medal-play tourney,
staged on the inside nine with big"
course handicaps, were Mrs. H. B.
Stone, 94-26-68; Mrs. George Diff
fenbaugh, 85-17-68; Mrs. H. S.
Farrell, 105-36-69; Mrs. j. E. Ran
dels, 101-30-71; Mrs. F. B. Helan,
97-26-71. Mrs. Helan won the
putting prize with So puts. followed
by Mrs. T. N. Beavers, Mrs. Bert
Gamble and Mrs. William Baker,
with SO puts.
At East Potomac Park Earl
Marcy. president of the East Po-
tomac Golf Club. paired with Mrs.
Grace Long to win mixed four
some tourney with 81. Second we're
Bill Carson and Leona Jones with
"a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

he couldn't seem to win cham
pionships."
Travers, whose record of four
National Amateurs has been
topped only by Bobby Jones five,
now is a Connecticut farmer
golfer and also is acting as pro
at a nine-hole course near his
home. He quit a busy brokers'
life on the New York Cotton Ex-
change in 1882 and now devotes
himself to more rustic pleasures.
He isn't playing much golf at
SO, but he hopes to develop his
16-year-old daughter into q
champion.
To get back to the open, Travers
isn't counting out Lawson Little's
chances to repeat, or even Gene
Sarazen's to come through.
Little had some trouble when
he switched to the pros, prob
ably because he was trying too
hard, but he's on his game now.
As for Sarazen, his secret is tax
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Numa 10 Get Chance
As HeadIiner on
Mat Program

Promoter Joe Turner is expert
menting with another erstwhile
football star on Thursday nights
wrestling show at the arena.
Defeat of Len Macaluso, the for
ner Colgate All-American, last week
at the hands of Lou Plummer hit
Turner's plans for big outdoor
match in which Len was to have fig
ured.
But as a sort of life saver came
Leo Numa of Seattle to defeat Milo
Steinborn, the Memphis strong man,
last week in the semi windup. So
the former University of Washing
tons All-Pacific Coast fullback has
been matched with the Green Hor-
net. masked grappler.
Numas real name is AXel ANDY
Anderson, and he is new to Eastern
mat fans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

The unbeatable boys finally took
a licking. It's been two years since
Roger Peacock and Claude Rippy,
Indian Spring amateurs, have taken
best-ball whipping in any kind of
serious competition. Individually
they might be whipped, but as a
beSt-ball duo they waded through
every combination tossed against
them. When they were licked it
took a good pair to whip them, but
that same good pair did a better
than-fair job.
Spencer Overton, the beSpectacled
Middle Atlantic champ. and Erford
Barnes. both from the Rolling Road
Golf Club, cut loose with tornado
of pars and brides at the Baltimore
Country Club Five Farms course
yesterday to lick Peacock and Rippy
and win the Maryland State Golf
Association best-ball championship.
Overton and Barnes, with the latter
carrying much of the load, won the
title by a 4-and-3 margin from the
defending champs With both pairs
out in "a, under par. they were
even. But Overton and Barnes
started back 4 3 3 4, stretch of
golf which included three brides.
That was too hot for Peacock and
Rippy.
DOnohue Licked in Final.
1t was bad day all around for
Washingtonians in Baltimore, for
John J. Donohue, the Georgetown
sophomore, who is one of the main
stays of the Hoya links team. was
licked in the final round of the
Country Club of Maryland invitation
tourney by tall Otto F. Greiner of
the host club, Greiner winning by a
sands margin.
Donohue, who is the Iowa amateur
champion, licked Eddie Johnston
Of the Country Club of Maryland to
advance to the final.
William F. Hall, well-known pat
ent lawyer. scored an ace on Co.
iumbias sixteenth hole, 154-yarder,
as the country clubs wound up a
big week end of golf. Hall played
the shot with 5-iron.
Bannockburn Golf and Country
Clubs team got ample revenge for a
previous licking handed them by
the Catoctin Club boys from Fred
erick. Md, trouncing the visitors
from Frederick at Bannockburn by
321a to 3ia. Billy Houghton and S. S.
Fletcher teamed together for a best
ball of So to win from E. Rhoderick
and R. Harrington. E. R. Ferguson
and Allen Laing had best ball
of SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Mount Vernon BowIers
Bunauet Tomorrow

Annual banquet of the Mount
Vernon Place Church Bowling
League will be held tomorrow night
at 7 o'clock in the social hall of the
church.
Young Peoples team captured the
league championship by defeating
Dollarhide in a roll-off between first
and second half winners, 2,530-2,385.
Three members of the winning
team. Van Kirk, D. Smith and T..
Smith, topped 500. Others on the
team are w. Smith and Meyer.
Eckstine of the losers had high set
of $50, while T. Smith turned in high
game of 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Claims Auto Record

SIOUX FALLS, S. OAK, June 2
R.-Emory Collins of Lemars, Iowa,
claimed new world record for the
half mile dirt track after sending
his racing car around the Sioux EN-
pire Fair circuit in "a seconds fiat
yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Improving Homesteods
Win DoubIe-Heuder

Washington Homestead Grays of
the Negro National Baseball League
are improving. After splitting their
opening double header at home two
weeks ago, the Grays came back
yesterday to take both ends of a
twin bill at Griffith Stadium, finish
ing with p shutout in the second.
They defeated the Philadelphia
Stars, 6-5 and SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoclated Press.
Today a year ago-Pittsburg :.
won intercollegiate A. A. A. A
track title, collecting 29l2 point
without winning first place in
any event.
Three years ago-Helen Will
Moody beaten in first match O.
comeback" campaign in Eng
land, losing to Mary Hardwick
Is, 6-3, 6-3, in st. George /;
Hill Tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
From the
Press Box
Two Middle Champions
Are One Too Many
BY JOHN LARDNER.
Snacial Cnrrespnnhent of The Star

NEW YORK, June 2 (NANAD.-
The first sensible promoter to reach
the scene with a few banknotes
can now rescue the middleweight
situation by matching the two world
champions, Anthony Yale and Billy
Soose. for the undivided world title
l admit 1t will seem lonely at
first with only one world middle
weight champion, but people will
get used to the idea in time.
Mr.. SooSe has a previous commit
nlent. but he doesn't have to spend
the rest of his life in Mike Jacobs
cage When he disposes of Ken
Overlin or Gergie Abrams-or
when one of those athletes disposes
of him-the ultimate survivor should
be introduced to Mr.. Yale. When
they meet the world will be relieved
of the congestion which has cluttered
up middleweight affairs ever since
the time Gorilla Jones won an extra
world title in a crap game.
The Zale-SooSe match is begging
to be made. 1t will yield a neat
profit to all hands, and it will follow
the fine example set by Lew Jen-
kins and Sammy Angott. the two
world lightweight champions, who
have decided to match their titles.
Boxing Appears in Danger
Of Making Good Sense
If order proceeds out of chaos at
this rate, the boxing game will
begin to make sense, much to the
CONSERVATION of Mr.. Jacobs and the
National Boxing Association.
Mr.. Yale Is riding high. He can
punch, which means green bills at
the box Office. Mr.. Soose defeated
him once before in an overtime
weight match, but that is no reason
why William shouldn't try to do it
again for real money.
AS you may know, Mr.. Yale
khocked out his predecessor, mys-
FERROUS Al Hostak. in the second
round of their fight the other eve
ming. 1t appears to have been
thunderous battle. Hostak belted
Mr. Yale on the whiskers in the first
round and dropped him. Mr. Yale
then launched a panzer attack which
fioored Hostak eight times.
The reason it lasted as long as it
did is because Hostak kept getting
up.
Lately fight fans around Seattle
and Chicago, the respective LARS of
Hostak and Yale, have been writing
in to belittle the likes of Soose and
Overlin, artists and cream puffs."
They point out that Yale and Hostak
are fighters, men with a punch-the
right kind of middleweight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

Five years ago-Jaako Mikkola,
coach of 1920 Finland Olympic
team. named head track coach
at Harvard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Newport News, Is: Petersburg, 2,
Salem 9: Lynchburg. /.
Staunton, @: Harrisonburg, z.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04

UNDATED, June 3 (P)-Hit- ler's command reported that
 746,000 tons of British merchant shipping was destroyed last month. The figure closely ap- preached the 852,00O tons of Al lied ships sent to the bottom in Britain's most critical month of the World War. This was in April 1917, when the Kaisers' sink-on- sight campaign, backed by a fleet of III U-bC.ats sank 430 ships. At the height of the campaign it was that Britain had only 6 w eks food supplies left and one out of every four ships leaving United Kingdom ports never re turned. The German command said that last months assaults on British shipping, the U-boats sank 479.000 tons and the Luft- waffle 250,000 tons. The destruc-
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04

WASHINGTON, June 3 (P) - The Civil Aeronautics Board op- ened bids on four Alaska air field construction projects, on which contracts may be awerded n possibly two or thr.e days. The projects are Big Delta, Boun dary, Nome and West Ruby.
 Bids on Nome and West Ruby follow:
 Portion of field at Nome: R. H. Somers, Juneau, $114,0o8.
 R. H. Stock, Anchorage, SPA : l5O.
 Mckenzie Brother, Minneapol- is, $119,350.
 Complete fl Id at Nome, Som CTS, $595,825.
 Rhcades Brothers, Los Angeles, $165,2O0.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
Says New York
 Can Be Bombed By Nazis Force

LONDON - An article in the authoritative aviation publication Aeroplane, stated that whenever the Germans want to bomb New York, they can do it.
 The article is by Peter Masa- field who declares the Germans are using a four-motor type of long range bombers that could attack the eastern seaboard of Panama from bases in Norway, France, Portugal or West Africa.
 The author apparently takes it for granted the Germans would acquire bases in Portugal and West Africa although these areas are not now German occupied.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
Communists
 Gave Bridges Aid, He Says

SAN FRANCISCO - AS the Government b g2n it's cross eX- animation of Harry Bridges, CIO leader charged with being a mem Der of the Communist Party, Gov ernment Counsel Albert Del Cue rico asked: Now, Mir. Bridges, don't you attribute your success as a great labor leader at least in a small way to the support given you by the Communist Party?"
 Bridges replied: No, think may attribute it more to the at tacks made on me by the Hearst press"
 But you received support from the Communist Party?' Del Guerico queried.
 q wouldn't doubt that is cor rect Bridges answered.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04

The newspaper Chugai declar ed bluntly that If the United States continues her present pol icy of aid to China, conflict with Japan is inevitabls."
 Meanwhile the Japanese news agency Domei, said it was under stood authoritatively that ecom- omic negotiations between the Dutch East Indies and Japan have r-ached a most critical stage. It is said that Matsuoka has demanded the East Indies government come to terms on trade agreements with Japan. He virtually told Great Britain to keep hands off and not interefere in negotiations.
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04
Former Emperor of Germany Kaiser Wilhelm Dead
RAF Cause Large Fires In 10th Raid On Berlin

UNDATED, June 3 lP) - RAF night raiders spread large fires in an .aek on Berlin. The Lon dcm Air M.nistray announced they bombed th1 cities of Dussel- dorf, Duesburg, Ruhrort and oth CT targets in Germany's indus trial Ruhr. It was the 46.h as sault of taa war on Berlin. Other British raiders struck ali decks at St. Nazaire, German U-boat base in France and at Ostend.
 The Germans acknowledged that apartment buildings in Der lin were damaged by bombs and a number of civilians were killed and injured
The Nome nugget., 1941-06-04

BERLIN, June (P) - Former KLais:r Wilhelm the Second, aged 82, died at Doorn, Holland, at l.30 am. PSF following months ot illness. His family was at the bedside.
 General Wilhelm von DOmes, administrator of the Hohenzol- Tern properties said the eX-ruler will be burizd at Doorn.
 The death was announced thru the DNB, official German news agency.
 An intestinal disorder, compile a.ed at the last by a lung emboly caused his death. On the orders O. Hitler, burial will be on Mon ay at Doorn, a military fun-ral with full military honors to be accorded to imperial Germany $ lest emperor. The German com nand has taken full charge of the military phase of the funeral, ard this was taken that perhaps the reconciliation between the Fuehrer and the former emperor was complete.
 At the bedside when he died, was only few close numbers of his family; his second wife, the Princess Hermine, daughter of the Duchess of Bnunswick; his grandson, Louis Ferdinand.
 Karl Franz Joseph, first Kai- serian, died April II, 1921, and is buried at Potsdam. The eldest living son and succ. .ssor as the head of the Hohenzollern family, Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm was at his fathers bedside ear lier,but left late last week when his father seemed to rally.
 The casket bearing Wilhelm's body was inferred temporarily in a little chapel on the Doorn eS- tate, since no mausoleum or crypt was built