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Evening star., 1941-01-12
Cafe Boost for Clubs
Near Great Camps
Held Assured
Lone Says Big Crowds
Should Make Players
Better for Majors
BY JOHN FRYE,


CINCINNATI, Jan. 11.--If Frank
Lane knows his business-and that's
what he's paid for-the Army draft
is going to be a great thing for
baseball, especially in the minor
leagues.
AS the Cincinnati Reds farm
chief sees it the expanding Army,
pouring thousands of boys into
camps the country over, has started
a benef1cient spiral which will more
than repay the game for the trifling
number of athletes pulled out of
baseball uniforms and put into
khaki.
First, many of these camps are
close to minor league towns. Four
miles from Columbia, S. c., the
home of pretty good ball club, is
Camp jackson. Columbia is town
Of 10000 or so and the camp pretty
soon will have 10000 young fellows
learning the manual OF arms.
IF you think those boys aren't
going to pile into the ball park Sat-
urdayS and Sundays =. -" said Frank.
Even without sampling the rec
reation interests of the new soldiers
there it would appear that the Co.
lumbia Reds could count on pretty
close to a so per cent jump in week
end paid attendance during l941.
This, however, is not the end of
the story.
You get good crowds in the
stands" Frank continued, and you
get better ball game. When there
are only say 5000 people in a sta
dium built for $4,000, the players
can't help but feel that they're out
of focus half the time. But when
the stands are packed the boys get
out and hustle
From a better brand of baseball
In the minor leagues inevitably fol-
lows the same for the majors. The
players get into the habit of playing
their darnedest and find that handy
when they move up.
Then better baseball in the majors
brings bigger crowds to the big
parks and history records no in
stance of magnate complaining
Finally at least some of the SOL
diers have natural baseball ability
that never got out. They will play
in the camp games and who knows
what major league scout will be sit
ting back of third base, composing
telegram back to the front office?
1T ought to be a great year for
hQSphQ q
$50 dozen balls for spring training.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Leg OK. Again, Young
Signs for His Fifth
Year With Skins

Pronounced physically fit again
despite the severe leg injury he suf-
fered in the return game with the
Giants at New York, Bill Young, the
Redskins 251-pound, 6-foot-2 tackle
guard from Alabama, yesterday
signed his fifth successive contract
to play pro football under Coach Ray
Flaherty in 1941. He was the sew
enth veteran to come to terms.
DR.. Robert (Pete) Moran, the Red
skins physician, stated that Young's
leg had healed perfectly and there
was no need for an operation.
Young, who always has played his
best game against the Chicago
Bears, was given large share of the
credit for the Redskins 7-3 victory
over the new champions three weeks
before the Bears mauled his team in
the playoff 1t may be significant
that Young was unable to play in
that 1870 rout.
Bubbles, as he is called by his
teammates, has decided to make
Washington his permanent resi-
dence and he and Mrs. Young are
buying a home at 4109 Eighteenth
street NE. Living with them at the
present time are two of his Redskin
teammates, .Micky Parks and jim
Meade.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Charlotte WoIther of New York
Wins Free Skating Crown of
Eastern Figure Association

cided not to award a title in this
division.
The runner-up to Miss Walther
was Roberta jerks of the Boston
Skating Club, followed by Phebe
Tucker. Dorothy Lee, Hildegarde
Balmain. Yvonne Sherman and
Innes Drury, all of New York.
The junior mems championship
was won by l6-year-old Richard
More Of Buffalo, N. Y, who over
came a deficit in school figures by
giving a polished free-skating per-
formance.
Dorothy Coos, 12-year-old Middle
Atlantic junior champion from the
Skating Club of New York, eX-
changed her 1910 novice crown for
the women's junior championship by
outskating a big field, many of them
older and more experienced.
Mabel Mcpherson of Atlantic
City, N. j., who trailed Miss Coos
in the school figures, was the run
nerup again at the conclusion of the
free skating.
Michael Driscoll and Dorothy Gla-
zier of Boston captured the senior
pairs title.
Walter Noffke and Doris Schu-
back of Springfield, Mass, won the
junior pairs championship.
Hans Schlup and Mrs. Phyllis
Schroeder of New York won the
junior waltz and were runnersup in
the 14-step. which was taken by DR..
and Mrs. Wilkinson.
Edward Berkson and Bobbie Betj-
man won the senior dance compe-
tition.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Orioles and 0|ympics
Will Battle Eagles
Here This Week
Washington, Baltimore
Clubs Seek to Break
Deadlock Tuesday

The Baltimore Orioles, chief threat
of the Washington Eagles in the
Eastern Amateur Hockey League
championship scramble, will invade
Riverside Stadium for the first time
in a month on Tuesday night.
Washington owns no better than
an even break in five games with
the Orioles, having won two, lost
two and tied one, the same record
the Eagles have compiled against
the Atlantic City Sea Gulls.
The New York Rovers, River Vale
Skeeters and Boston Olympics have
been the stepping stones for Wash
ington's league leadership. the
Eagles winning Is games, losing only
two and tying one in tiffs with those
clubs.
Baltimore. defending champion,
has held its own with the pace
setting local club and has stirred
up a feud in the process. In the
Orioles last game here Johnny
McTeer of the Eagles and Bob Dill
of the Orioles were dealt miscon-
duct penalties as the result of a
fight.
On Friday night the improved
Olympics will provide the opposi-
ton at Riverside.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Draft Bound to Prove Boon Minor Baseball Reds Farm Chief Claims
Reds Appear to Gain as Much
As Dodgers in Winter Deals;
Formhands Bolster Yanks

matter Of fact the world champion
Cincinnati Reds have been maneu-
vering in a quiet way and still are
the team to beat.
Reds Seem to Have Done Well.
Although they already had the
best pitching staff in either league,
the Reds have added Monte Pearson
is a gamble because he had back
ache the last half of the 1910 cam
paign and was worthless to the
Yankees. But if he is right again
and the Reds must have thought he
was, since they bought him for 500
000-then he easily could be as much
of Scourge in the senior circuit as
Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters or
Gene Thompson. Pressnell will be
handy man.
The Reds most important trade,
however, was to give up Shortstop
Billy Myers to Chicago for Jimmy
/ GleeSon, a .3l3 hitting outflelder;
Shortstop Bob Mattick and another
| player still unnamed. Myers might
be a good shortstop for the Cubs;
he was at times for the Reds But
last year he played in only 80
games and hit a picayune .20l. The
champs, with their pitching, could
afford to sacrifice defensive strength
to gain hitting power, and maybe
they did. Or maybe Eddie Joost will
be better shortstop than Myers.
In the American League the
Yankees still are hopeful of putting
through deal before the training
season opens, but can afford to rely
on the graduates of their farm sys-
tenn, such as Phil Rizzuto and
Gerry Priddy. At the present time
the only contending clubs that have
accomplished any appreciable gains
through trading are the Cleveland
Indians and Boston Red Sox-both
of whom figured in a three-cornered
swap with Washington.
That was the hipper- -dipper that
gave the Indians Outfelder Gee
Walker, Pitcher Jim Bagby and
Catcher Gene Desautels: Boston
| Catcher Frank Pytlak, Pitcher Joe
Dobson and Infielder ODell Hale
and the Nationals Outfielder Roger
(Doc) Cramer. In addition, Cleve.
land dealt Outfelder Ben Chapman
to Washington for Pitcher Lefty Joe
Krakauskas.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
|ce-Capades Offering
Noted Sports Star
In U|ine Opener

When the Ice-Capades of 1941
open the new Uline Arena on Janu-
ary % one of sportdom's most noted
athletes will be included in the cast
in Everett MCGOWAN, SO per cent of
the apache dancing team of Nc
Gowan and Mack. The other half
is his blond wife, Ruth Mack.
Before joining the Ice-Capades,
Everett was a member of the Ice
Follies troupe and when the show
rehearsed in Hollywood he worked
out with Make Rosenbloom, for
mer world light-heavyweight boxing
champion. AS an amateur boxer,
he owned a record of II successive
kayos and also was football palyer,
oarsman, expert swimmer, world
champion amateur speed skater and
a trackman
His wife also is versatile, being
an accomplished swimmer and diver,
in addition to being pupil of An
dres de Segurola. Metropolitan tenor,
who has taught such singers as
Deanna Durbin and Rosemary Lane.
Reservations now are being ac-
cepted and ticket sales will start
shortly when arrangements for a
downtown ticket Office have been
completed.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE
Brooklyn Dodgers are the peoples
choice as this winters trading
champions because they have spent
the most money and stirred up
the most noise.
Actually the activities of the red
headed Leland Stanford MacPhail
have served chiefly to obscure the
fact that other. clubs have been
busy bartering, too, and possibly
with equal success.
Since the close of last season the
Dodgers have spent something like
SITS 900 in cash in addition to Civ
ing up five players of various values
to get two men-Pitcher Walter
Kirby Higbe and Catcher Arnold
M. Mickey Owen. They also have
done some other talent shuff1ing,
such as drafting Second BaSeman
Pep Young from Atlanta and trad
ing him TO Cincinnati for Third
Baseman Lew Riggs, but the two
deals that brought them Higbe and
Owen were the only ones that
counted so far as FlatbuSh fans
were concerned.
Dodgers Get Good Talent.
These two pickups ought to help
the Dodgers. Higbe. despite his
record of ID won and 19 lost last
year for the Phillies, was rated one
of the National Leagues outstand-
ing pitching prospects. He has great
potential ability and, working along
side WhitloW Wyatt, Hugh Casey
and Curt Davis, should bolster a
club that already was strong enough
TO finish second.
The other side of the picture
though, is that he has traces OF
temperament and furthermore that
some of the victories he is expected
to bag will only be taking up the
slack that old Freddie Fitzsimmons
likely will have to forfeit from his
record of 16 and 2 last season.
Owen, also a youngster of 23, is
good mechanical catcher and 6
right handed hitter. He will share
the backstopping with Babe Phelps
who bats from the portSide.
If the other National League
clubs had been standing pat these
acquisitions might shift the balance
of power to Brooklyn. But as
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Tigers 10 Hold Camp
Until Week Before
Campaign Starts
Decide Long Exhibition
Jounts Are Harmful;
Will Play Griffs
Fy the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press
DETROIT, Jan. 1.-THE Amer
lean League Champion Detroit T.
gers will remain encamped at their
spring training base at Lakeland
Fla, until one week before the open
ing of the pennant season
The new program will set pre-
cedent for the Tigers, who in the
past have played numerous exhibit
ton engagements on their North
ward journeys. Some time ago the
Tiger owner expressed the opinion
that extended exhibition game
jaunts were more harmful than
beneficial to the athletes.
At the same time it was disclosed
that the Tigers will play 27-game
exhibition schedule highlighted by
series of five games against the
Cincinnati Reds, National League
champions and conquerors of the
Tigers in the 1910 World Series.
The Detroit training camp viii,
open on March 2, when battery
men will report. The rest of the
club will come in on March 8.
The Tigers will play their first
exhibition contest against Cleve-
land on March IS.
Detroit's S trip North will begin or
April with game against Wash
ington at Charlotte, N. c.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Lone Terp Mat Victory
Is Gained by Mcneil

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Jan. Ii
Capt. Paul Mcneil, Maryland's un-
defeated 175-pounder, saved his
team from a shutout defeat as the
Terps lost to Penn States powerful
grapplers here tonight, % to 8.
121 pounds-Stanley. Penn State. threw
Maxwell with a bar arm and body press
Time. 5:25.
12S pounds-Ridenour. Penn State
threw SearleS with a double bar arm ano
front stretch Time. 3:35.
136 pounds-Gleason Penn State. de-
feated Hodson. z to o.
IA? pounds-,crabtree. Penn State. de-
feated Rochstroh. s to 2.
155 pounds-Scalzo. Penn State. de-
feated Dunn. 12 to l.
1865 pounds-Rohrer. Penn State. threw
Weidner with bar and half-Nelson
Time. 1853.
175 pounds-.McNeil. Maryland. de-
feated Valla, 16 to 3.
Hesvyweight-Kerns, Penn State. threw
Leites with a double bar. Time. 5:l4.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RYE, N. Y, Jan. n.-Charlotte
Walther, slender young star of the
Skating Club of New York, gave a
graceful ree-skating performance
today to win the women's senior
championship of the Eastern States
Figure Skating Association.
Earlier she outpointed all other
competitors in the school figures
routine. which forms half the basis
for championship rating
Miss Walther also is the Middle
Atlantic champion and a year ago
was runner-up to Jane Vaughn of
Philadelphia for the Eastern title.
Miss Vaughn and her brother,
Buddy" who won the mems senior
laurels last year, did not defend
their titles.
In fact, Eddie Lemaire of Rye was
the only entry in the mems senior
event this year and the judges de-
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Krakky, Former Nat,
Rookie Adkins Sign
With Indians
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 1.-Two new
Cleveland Indians pitchers-South-
paw Joe Krakauskas and Rookie
Dewey Adkins-have signed 1941
contracts, Business Manager Frank
Kohlbecker of the Tribe announced
tonight Salaries were not revealed.
Cleveland obtained Krakauskas
in a Christmas eve trade which
sent Outfielder Ben Chapman to
Washington. Adkins. purchased
from Oklahoma City of the Texas
League late last season. probably
will be sent to a Cleveland farm
club.
Kohlbecker reported Krakauskas,
Montreal-born, also informed the
management he had applied for
United States citizenship and that
if called for military training it
would be in this country. The
former Washington pitcher is "a
and unmarried.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Brewers Fall Before
PhiIly Sphus, 33-43
Dispatch to The Star

Special DISPATCH TO The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11.-Phila.
delphia's American Basket Bal
League-leading Sphas took 43-3;
decision from the Washington Brew.
ers here tonight in a game which
they dominated after the first period
Washington assumed an 11-9 lead
in the first third, but was over
hauled at the start of the second
period and never regained equal
footing with their hosts. Howard
Bollerman, the Brewers new center
paced his teams attack with four
field goals.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
u. B. Basketers Annex
Lone Close Tilt in
Three ). ). Ti|ts

United Brethren was credited with
winning the hardest-fought game OF
the Y. M. C. A. Junior Sunday
School Basket Ball League yester-
day when it nosed out Mount Vernon,
23-19, in the feature of four games.
Other contests were more or less
routs, the "Y" Flashes doubling the
score on Ninth Street Christian,
3O-15: the "Y" Eagles trouncing
Cleveland Park, 23-9, and Salvation
Army romping over Calvary Bap-
tict d1-10
Evening star., 1941-01-12
College Sports

Boxing.
Maryland g; South Carolina. 2
Virginia Tech. 41a; North Carolina. AZ.
Virginia Tech Frosh. g.; North Carolina
Frosh. 3.
SWIMMING.
Navy 40; North Carolina. 80.
Harvard. As; Columbia, 80.
Army. 43: Cornell, 81
Rutgers As; Fordham. 30
LAFAYETTE. 6S; Manhattan, z.
Hockey.
Army. g.; Lehigh. l.
st. Nicholas Club. 6: Princeton, 3.
Michigan, 4: Michigan Tech. 8.
Wrestling.
Penn State. %: Maryland 8.
Navy. 81; Duke 8.
Pennsylvania. go; Yale. 8.
Northwestern, 16; Bradley Tech, IT,
Cornell. %. Army, 9.
Appalachian. 33; Western Carolina Teach
1esfsh. sfs u II: Kansas State, o.
North Carolina 10: Davidson. II.
Michisan State, s3: Washinston. {.
Minnesota II: Iowa Teachers, IL.
Kent State. SO; wasyn.sburs. IL.
Rihs.
nav. l.SeS; '. ~. Z. lS7e.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Youths Domination of Courts,
Big Advance in Juniors Play
Promise u. s. Tennis Boom

development program of the q. s.
L. T. A. and to the loyal support
and cooperation given by sectional
and local committees working under
the Junior Davis Cup, Junior Wight
man Cup and general Junior devel-
opment systems of the national as
sociation
Famous foreign players who have
visited the United States in the
past two years have been astonished
at the breadth and scope of high
class tennis play in this country.
They have said repeatedly that
nothing like this instructional and
development campaign exists in
their own countries and have re-
turned home to urge their national
associations to adopt similar pro-
grams.
The national rankings are proof
of the development and growth of
our tennis. Don McNeill, moving
from third to first place in men S
singles, and Frank Kovacs and Joe
Hunt, advancing to third and
fourth, all were continuing advances
they had begun in the junior ranks
a few years ago.
Those following in their footsteps
are moving forward at an equally
accelerated pace. In Junior singles
Earl Bartlett of New Orleans went
from sixth to second, Gardner Lar
ned of Chicago from thirteenth to
third and Douglas Woodbury. of Los
Angeles from thirty-first to fourth
Girls Play Progresses.
The same is true among the girls.
Louise Brough of Los Angeles, No
l, was third at the end of 1889.
Pearl Harland, Gertrude Moran and
Robin Briscoe, all of Santa Monica
Calf. were not even listed among
the 80 players ranked in 1899, and
Doris Hart of Miami moved from
sixth to third.
With such a promising and sue
cessful record in 1910, there is every
reason to believe that, if national
conditions permit the maintenance
of similar efforts during the COM
ing year, the United States may
look forward to more and better ten
mis- players and closer competition
during the IL months to come.
Such progress is in step with the
better physical conditioning of the
youth of the land as a whole. In
this most desirable physical i'm
provement the U. S. L. T. A. proposes
to keep pace with the various gov
ernmental, recreational and train
ing organizations and the other
sports governing bodies of our coun-
| try.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Hockey Scores

Toronto Maple Leafs 9: New York Ameri-
cans, 0.
Boston Bruins, 2: Montreal Canadiens, i
Cleveland, 3: indianapolis, 2.
Hershey, 3: Buffalo, 3 (overtime).
SprinsfieId Indians, s; Philadelphia Ram
blers, O.
Rivervale Skeeters, 3; Boston Olympics, 0
New Haven, 5; Pittsburgh, 4.
St. Louiss s; Kansas City. 4.
Omaha, 4; Tulsa, g..
Baltimore, Z: Atlantic City. b.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Limit on Tossers
Has Allen Irked
Py the Associated Press

Fy the Associated Press.
LAWRENCE, Kans., Jan. IL
Phog Allen. renewing his attack
on discrimination against basket
ball in the Big Six Conference"
charged today that nowhere in
other sports do they state that
only a certain number of players
may be dressed for home games"
The Kansas U, coach wants the
l0-player limit lifted.
He said that Bruce Drake
dressed IS men at Norman for the
Kansas-Oklahoma game Wednes-
day, but played only 10.
80 far as I was concerned, he
could have played all Is and l
would have offered no objection
because this rule is discriminatory
and paradoxical."
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Howard U. Again Beaten
At Hampton, 51-46

Special Dispatch to Star.
HAMPTON, Va, Jan. 11.-Howard
University basketers ended an un-
productive two-day road trip to-
night, being beaten by Hampton,
51-46. They started last night by
losing to Union University at
Richmond.
Thompson and Allen led the
Hampton attack, while Jackson and
Giles were outstanding for the
BiSons.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Eosy for Hiser Quint

Hiser Theater's basket ball team
completely outclassed the Internal
Revenue courtmen at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School gym last
night, 5S-12. Horace Hershberger
paced the attack of the winners,
Who held q 23.2 lead st hAU-time.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
Mize Of Cards TO Make
Eurly Training Stort
BY the Associated Press.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. ll.-Johnny Mie
of the Cardinals is going to get
jump on spring training.
The big first baseman said he
plans to leave about February l for
Hot Springs, Ark, for preliminary
workouts before joining his team
mates at st. Petersburg, Fla, Feb
ruary %.
Evening star., 1941-01-12
w. and M. Nine to Be BUSY

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Jan. II
Rl-William and Mary's baseball
squad will open its 20-game schedule
on March 20, meeting Washington
and Lee here, and close May Is with
V. NJ
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-16
Reading Found Guilty
With - Others i'm Plot
Continued from Page One

AhNeN AAoh obc oHN(
lieutenant. who commanded the
racket squad
John Roxborough, CONAN
ager OF Heavyweight Champion
Joe Louis and alleged head OF
the Big Four policy house. 4
Everett Watson, named as
operator of the Yellow Dog pol
icy house and prizefght man.
ager.
Elmer (Buff) Ryan. indicted
as the head of a handbook
syndicate.
Other suspended policemen con
victed are:
Patrolman John Aitken.
Patrolman Raymond Buck.
Sgt. George p. Frank.
Sgt. Ollie Gosney.
Patrolman Glenn d. Mclean.
Sgt. Carl Neubar.
Sgt Marion Ratlia .-
Sgt. Charles Schemanski.
Sgt. Philip Speace.
Patrolman Joseph Whalen.
CIVILIANS GUILTY
Other civilians convicted are:
George Cordell, indicted as
-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-16
DETROIT EVENING rYwrs YpHoNF CHERRY 88oo)

charges against the Others being
dismissed for lack OF evidence.
The number was further re-
duced when former Prosecutor
McCrea and former Police Super
intendant Frahm. also named in
the indictments, were granted sep
arate trial.
Another defendant. Miss Louise
Thrower. was granted "a separate
trial when she became WI, and
indictments against others were
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-16

10 whom the payments were made
by an alleged raeketeer named
William Mcbride. The note served
as the impetus for the entire Judge
Homer Ferguson One-man grand
jury. which has indicted hundreds
Of defendants,
One hundred ffty-one persons
were named in the original
charges which accused 10 police
lieutenants. 35 Sergeants, 30 pa
trolmen and seven detectives
along with public OFFICIALLY and
racketeers Of conspiring in the
operation and protection Of a
$4,000, o00-a-year policy racket.
The number OF defendants was
reduced TO II after the examina-
ton before Judge Ferguson, the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-16

Frank. Philip Speace. Marion Rat
life and Charles Shemanske.
As the testimony against all of
them was the same. Martens said
A decision on one would mean a
decision on all so ballot was
taken on Frank. II was 10 TO
for conviction and stood that way
for nine ballots. On the tenth, all
voted for conviction.
Many of the defendants, IN
GLIDING Elmer Buff" Ryan, for
mer Inspector Arthur Rycknan,
suspended Lieut.. John p. Nc
Carthy. and other policemen. were
convicted on the first ballot. Mar
tens said.
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