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Evening star., 1941-04-15
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 15.-Dean
Cromwell rolled out the old Trojan
horse, unloosed a bunch of promis-
ing sophomoreS against a surprised
California track team, and walked
off with a 74-57 victory.
"a rather good performance" he
admitted and then, in an unguarded
minute let slip:
They might work up into very
good team Certainly, they'll i'm
prove. If they (those sophomores)
do well we might have a champion
ship team"
Secretly, though. the willy coach
who has given Southern California
six straight national collegiate A A.
championships already was looking
for spot in his trophy case for the
1941 silverware.
The Trojans Walloped California's
best team in eight years and gave
Cromwell his 17th consecutive duel
victory over the Bears.
Sophomores outsped and out
pitched the Golden Bears in a meet
packed with surprises and disap-
pointments. They collected 371a
points. or just more than half the
Trojans' total.
One of them. Warren Smith, con-
tributed possibly the most crushing
blow. Capt. Clarence Barnes of
California was almost unanimously
handed the $50 and majority of
sideliners gave his teammate, Dick
Peter, second place.
Apparently beaten 80 yards from
the tape, Smith shot from third
into the lead and held it against
Barnes strong bid and the faltering
Peter
That made a difference of four
points in the score and Art Laret
quickly clinched victory by out
lasting Gals John Reese in photo
finish in the 220 low hurdles.
Without Smiths victory-he tied
the duel record of 1:532-the meet
would have gone to the mile relay
finale still undecided. They might
have made big difference, because
Bear Coach Brutus Hamilton wisely
saved some of his best sprinters
out of the baton event. They al
ready had run a couple of races and
they've got to face Nebraska's pow
erful huskers at Berkeley Satur-
day.
California's Grover Klemmer in
the 440 and Trojan Bob Peoples
in the javelin established meet rec
ords. Klemmer, National A. A. u.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
Bar|und and MANAGER
Fined S2,955, Set
Down for Year
Illinois Takes Drastic
Steps for Refusal to
Continue Conn Fight
BY the Associated Press.

BY IDe Associated PTeSS.
CHICAGO, April 15.-Burdened
with the heaviest fine ever imposed
in Illinois boxing annals, Gunnar
Barlund, Finnish heavyweight, and
his manager, Paul Damski, today
were under a years suspension as
punishment for the Finn's unsat-
isfactory showing April against
Billy Conn, Pittsburgh heavyweight.
Sheldon Clark. chairman of the
Illinois Athletic Commission, and his
two associates voted yesterday to
impound Barlunds purse of $500 so,
less 1914 advanced the fighter before
the bout. This amounted to a fine
of s2,95550, which will be turned
over to the State treasury.
DamSki assumed blame for refus-
ing to permit Barlund to continue
because of a cut in his right eyelid,
but in doing so ignored a verdict
given by DR.. Frank Lagorio, COM
mission physician, that the cut was
not of sufficient Importance to war
rant stopping the fight.
Damski appealed to Referee Bar
ney Ross to stop the fight regardless
of this difference of opinion. Damski
would not let Barlund get off his
stool at the start of the eighth round,
thus giving Conn technical knock
out to the disappointment of $4,000
spectators.
The fine was the stiffest ever i'm
posed since boxing was legalized in
Illinois Is years ago. Chairman
Clark served warning that boxing
fans of the State would be protected
and that Chicago would not be-
come dumping ground for matches
of this character"
Damski pleaded that he was act
ing in the best interests of his fight
er, that he feared Barlund would
suffer permanent injury.
Evening star., 1941-04-15

~ a staff Corresp t Of The Star.
BOSTON, April 15.-Catcher
frankie Pytlak of the Red Sox
batted only .141 with the second
place Cleveland club last season,
but he's a guy who might take
Boston places if he doesn't hustle
home to Buffalo too frequently
this year. He's a clever catcher
and any right-hand batter is a
threat to hit 300 with Fenway
Parks left-field fence casting a
shadow over home plate.
Pytlak will be in line for con-
siderable credit if he makes Bos-
TOMS pitching staff click. Red
Sox pitching struck a mine last
season and any Improvement
doubtless will be checked off to
Pytlak's presence, for Manager
Joe Cronin has been pictured as
a pilot who can't handle his
hurlers judiciously.
In tying for fourth place last
season the Red Sox were only
eight games off the pace OF the
triumphant Tigers. Pytlak, the
Improved Dominic Di Maggie.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
Coach Of Hot Georgia
Nine Is Haunted by
Big League Scouts
Catcher KIuk Interests
Red Sox and Others
Claim Attention
By the associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Ga. April 15.-If you
want to set off a galloping case Of
Mysteries, just mention scouts to j.
v. Skies, University of Georgia base
ball coach.
Skies is seeing major and minor
league ivory hunters behind fences
under the grandstand and in every
passing car. And with good reason.
His Bulldogs, which last week end
beat Auburn, 30-4. have blossomed
into the hottest collegiate ball club
seen in these parts for many
year.
Prize of his crop-and one which
the Boston Red Sox hint they'd like
to sign-is fast-throwing. hard-hit-
ting Paul Kluk, catcher. Kluk
talked with the Red Sox manage
ment in Florida during spring train
ing, came back vowing he'd remain
in school his junior and probably
his senior year before deciding about
baseball. He's fast on his feet and
murderous at bath. Skies admits
Kluk is hitting well over 300" and
when he clouted a homer against
the Atlanta Crackers in a recent
exhibition game, the ball still was
burning when it passed through
wire fence $50 feet from home plate.
The scouts also are interested in
young Bob Smith, jr., whose father
pitched for the Boston Braves years
ago. An accomplished senior with
g. terrific fast ball, Smith has won
"a games and lost a half-dozen since
his sophomore year.
Then there's Charley Anderson,
sophomore second baseman and
brother of Pittsburgh Shortstop Alf
Anderson. Skies says he's young
but shows plenty of promise. Bobby
Moore, Junior third baseman, has
been hitting better than 300 against
collegiate, semi-pro and professional
clubs. And so has Clarence Nub)
Welch, junior shortstop. Both, thinks
Skies. are fine ballplayers."
But as for professional baseball
Skies wishes those scouts would go
away, at least until June, 1912.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
Full of Fight Boston Major Baseball Launches General Campaign
Win, Lose or Draw
Random Notes on an Early Boil Come
BY FRANCIS {. STAN

War Uncle Clark
Griffith into baseball
But the old still
training and
ravoi spaghetti Choice
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What happened to the Mats
show earth had something
WaShngons would
Dd Maggie Marius splendid
life these
Di Maggie who made couple His first
10 lead Dutch
single paved the for the final
He stole the first of the
Pegasus and caught it.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
Leiber Of Cubs, Only
Ho|dout, Remains
AT Tucson Home
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 15.-The major
league baseball season opens today
on eight fronts with only one player
-Outfielder Hank Leiber of the
Chicago Cubs-still holding out for
more money.
The Cubs need big Hanks power
in the batting order, but he still is
at his Tucson, Ariz., home The
outfielder and his employer have
exchanged no communications in
recent weeks.
Two weeks ago Hank said the
club had treated him like a rookie"
and added: II won't stand for it.
Since then neither party in the
argument has had anything to say.
It is undersood that Leiber drew
in the neighborhood of SIS, 900 last
year and was offered the same con-
tract this season.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
.Red-Card TussIe
Big Attraction
Of Inaugural
Tigers Facing Tough
Stort in Tilt With
Revomped Browns
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

Sixteen major league baseball
machines were lined up today for
action before more than 100000 fans
but, even on opening day, it was
the old familiar story of chasing
the New York Yankees.
The fearsome bombers from the
Bronx got a jump on the other
teams yesterday by shellacking the
Washington Nationals, 80, before
President Roosevelt and $4,000 other
capital fans.
The way the Yanks took the lead
in the American League before their
rivals could get started was some
thing like the way they used to
scare their foes into submission by
blasting countless home runs" into
the stands and over the fences in
batting practice before their games
began.
The Nationals were up against
marvellous pitching. but they didn't
show any signs they would be
hitting team any time this year.
And the very fact that the opposi-
ton was so wilted may keep other
American League clubs from getting
discouraged Immediately.
Schedule Favors Yankees.
The Yanks were due to open their
home season today against the
Philadelphia Athletics and, after
two other games against the same
foes at New York, return to Wash
ington for a series with the Mats.
Thus, New York has an oppor-
tunity to build up momentum
against the two teams that figure
to be the leagues weakest this
season.
The Detroit Tigers, on the other
hand, were to face the st. Louis
Browns, spoilers" of better teams
all last season, and the Cleveland
Indians were to run into the always
dangerous Chicago White Sox in
their openers today. Friday. the
Indians and the Tigers will tangle
at Detroit.
Fortunately, championships are
not decided in the first month, and
before the end of next September
all of the clubs will have faced the
strong and the weak alike.
This same reasoning may be some
solace to the st. Louis Cardinals
and the Cincinnati Reds, Western
division kingpins of the National
League, who were to clash today
at Cincinnati. while the Brooklyn
Dodgers, their arch-rivals in the
East, took on the luster-lacking New
York Giants.
From a fans viewpoint, how
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Evening star., 1941-04-15

the still sparkling Jimmy Foxx
and effervescent Ted Williams,
plus even mild pitching pickup,
coulG make Boston have much to
say concerning where the 1941
world series will be played.
Joe Di Maggie, Buddy Myer
and Dutch Leonard were tied
tor the American League batting
lead at 3 o'clock today with
averages of 500. Di Mag's two
blows off Leonard marked the
10th consecutive game, including
exhibitions, in which he has hit
safely.
Myer, incidentally, contrib
uted yesterdays fielding gem
when he scooted back of second
base to halt Bill Dickey's scorch-
ing grounder. He threw from of
balance to nip Bill, who squawked
plenty.
Jimmy Bloodworth didn't plead
with Manager Bucky Harris for
a chance to play. He felt groggy
from. his Baltimore beaning and
admitted it. Jimmy dressed and
watched some of the game from
Evening star., 1941-04-15
Four Recruit Pitchers
Formed by White Sox
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, April 15.-The Chi
cago White Sox sliced four pitchers
off the roster today.
Warren Martin, 18-year- old pros
pect, and Clyde Umstead were op-
toned to the Waterloo Qowa club
of the Three-Eye League and Ed
Weiland and Orville Jorgens to the
Milwaukee club of the American
Association
All were shipped away on "a
hour recall basis.
Evening star., 1941-04-15

start to get Washington fans
on his side. He's weary of being
booed. He admits he's hot
headed, but says a lot has been
blamed on him that shouldn't
have been.
Last season, for instance, Ben
"oid a local writer he thought
Oscar Witt had improved consid-
erably after the famed Indians
uprising. Two of the Indians,
who wanted Witt to remain in
the grease with the public, didn't
speak to Chapman the remainder
of the season. Chapman, by the
same token, doesn't defend Witt.
He says Oscar received what he
deserved. B. H.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
Sophs Shine for Trojan Track
Team as 1t Takes 18th in
Row From Clever Bears

senior king at 400 meters, was caught
in Ala, cutting off 3 seconds.
Peoples tossed the elongated splin-
ter 229 feet, inches. He holds
the native American record of 234
feet, rs inches and rapidly is re-
gaining form after being out of the
ring nearly a year because of a
broken wrist.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
II Softly Teams Listed
In Capital City Loop

Twelve teams will play in the
Capital City Softball League this
season and every one will play 81
league games. Each entrant will
be assessed a franchise fee of $50,
but 81 will be returned to all teams
going through their schedules with
out forfeiting game.
The league is composed OF the
following teams: Evening Star, Carr
Brothers, Old Milwaukee, Kavakes
Grill, Standard Linen, May Hard
ware, Navy Yard, Civil Service,
Iansburgh's, Yellow Cab, Post Office
and Franey & Annandale.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
Reds Look to Derrinqer
To Now Down Cards
By the Associated Press.

BY Inc AsSoclated Press.
CINCINNATI, April 15-One of
the National Leagues rarest prizes
a third straight pennant-Stands be-
fore the world champion Cincinnati
Reds today as they open the season
against the vitamized st. Louis
Cardinals.
Scattered thunder showers were
the Weather Bureaus thought for
the day, but capacity crowd of
$4,000 was expected on hand to see
Gov. John w. Bricker lob out the
first ball and watch Paul Derringer,
Redleg ace, and Lon Warneke, Card
veteran, carry on from there.
Evening star., 1941-04-15
Official Score

Runs batted in-Di Maggie. Russo.
Keller. Two-base hitS-Dickey. Russo.
Three-base hit-Di Maggie Stolen base
-Di Maggio, Double plays-Russo to
Rizzuto to Sturm. Russo to Gordon to
on bases-New York. g. Washington 4.
First base on balls-Of Russo, 3. Struck
Of Leonard. in innings: off Chase, 0
in ! inning. Winning pitcher Russo;
losing pitcher, Leonard. Umpires-
Messrs. MCGOWAN. Summers and Quinn.
Tirhe-1:47. Attendance-32,O 600.
Evening star., 1941-04-15

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NAVY REVOLUTION

Slowly the Navy is getting hep to the wonders of science.
 A young officer, Lieut.. Comman- der Tom Brandon, was assigned the job of securing supply of chronometers, used to tell time at sea. They cost $450 each. and four are required for battleship.
 Brandon found that one small part of the delicate mechanism was made in Europe, and is now un- obtainable. He reported this to his superior, and was ordered to take steps to train craftsmen who could make the essential part in the United States.
 After days of planning and fig uring, Brandon suddenly was struck by staggering idea-Why use chronometers at all?
 Its this way, sir" he explained to his superior. We have raido and that makes it possible for all ships at sea to get the correct time every hour. Why have chronome- ters? They are not needed. It would be a lot cheaper and sim
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ment of instability Japan nects into the picture by driving toward the South China Sea-
 On the contrary, Hornbecks ideas closer to the current thinking of the American public Said he recently:
 We could go far without provoking an author ized act of by Japan. The one thing the Japa- nese don't want is war with us while the US.SR. refuses to give them a aggression agreement, while the Japanese Army is deep in China, while Hitler fails to take Britain and while the Greeks fight back successfully"
 This divided counsel resulted first in long series of pious notes on treaty violations. The sham em- bargoes only proved to Tokyo that were bluffng. Since the rise of the crisis in the South China Sea, this country has voted to fortify Guam it has re- nforced its air arm in the Orient but it has said nothing to Japan Notes without action equally as ineffective bidding action without notes. Our position should be made clear to Japan both with notes and ships That is the only way left of avoid ing war.
 There are some persons who believe can get out of the Orient. There are others who hold that our trade with Japan is worth than all we get from the Orient These viewpoints overlook, first our moral obligation to the Philippines and to China Second, from the materialstic side they ignore completely the way in which totalitarian states their economy. Our tin and rubber re- sources in this area, under Japanese control would not mean that we could buy from Tokyo instead of from the Dutch and British. It would mean that Japans friends, Germany and Italy, would get the tin rubber and oil. Moreover, Japan is declining market for American goods as it becomes more in- dustralized. China is the greatest potential market in the world.
 But the United States will be compelled to fight along with the Dutch and the British either for moral material stakes in the Orient if it puts forth strong Far Eastern policy at once. We can best aid Britain in Europe and aid ourselves in this hemisphere by taking a strong stand which we are prepared to maintain.
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MERRY-GO-ROUND

World affairs are not the only worry occupying the minds of con- gressmen. With redistricting due in various legislatures as a result of the 1940 census, many of the boys in the House are concerned about the future of their seats. Both Republican and Democratic state chairmen are slipping into the Capital for secret povwows on gerrymandering plans. Asked by columnist Dave Lawrence for a statement on the political effect of Willkie's trip to Britain, Nebraska National Committeeman Bert Car penter replied that he thought the Republican Party should send Will kie to Europe to study, the war, because the 22.0O0,0OO who voted for him will have to pay for the war, while the government em- ployees and WPA workers who vot- ed Democratic won't have to pay anything" Outside of Ohio, strongest 1944-nomination booster for Goverior John Bricker is In- diana State Chairman Arch Bob- bitt. who is candidate for John Hamilton's former job as executive director of the Republican Nation al Committee.
 Copyright, 194l, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc)
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WHAT IS OUR FAR EASTERN POLICY?

While our State Department looks wise and marks time, Japan in the toalitarian vogue is about to make another bloodess conquest in Asia. French Indo- China it appears has become the Bulgaria of the Far East A major advance thus is achieved in Japan's program to take Malaya, Singapore, the Netherlands Indies and to dominate all of Australasia including this nations protege the Philippines.
 Here is proof that indecision is disastrous. Americas wavering Far Eastern policy-neither hot nor cold-has paved the way for such aggression Similar conquests will follow unless the mental fog which pervades our thinking is immediately dispeled Moreover, diplomacy must be meshed with the means to enforce it; that is with the possibilities of using the navy in the Far East if such becomes necessary. Unless that is done diplomacy is bluff If it is done, diplomacy alone may the day and prevent the rapidly deterioratng situation in Asia from drifting into
 The American public has given repeated demon- stratons of it's mpatience with Japanese aggression and their governments failure to take effective steps to meet it. We have the whereby this end can be accomplished. The bottleneck is in our State Department.
 In normal times the traditional "go-easy" method of the diplomats has much to commend it. But these not normal times. America is threatened from both ends of the Eurasian continent And we have gone easy" so long that the consequence is just such triumphs for aggressor is witnessed in Indo-China today.
 The trouble may lie in divided counsel within the chaste walls of the old building on Pennsylvania Avenue In forming policy the departments politi- cal advisers have great deal to say In charge of the Far Eastern division is Dr. Stanley Hornbeck, who knows the Orient as well as any American The adviser political affairs is James c. Dunn. Un- fortunately, however, Dunn has to say and more readily gains the of Secretary Hull and Undersecretary Weles the Orient than Hornbeck.
 Dunns philosophy be summed up in the idea that "it is of utmost importance to keep the situation in the Far East stabilized and that Tokyo must not be antagonized By that he means that we should do nothing matter how great ele-
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round
Continued from Page Oue)

for fundamental solutions when the emergency is over.
 NOTE-Returns on the recent election of United Mine Worker officers showed Lewis vote consid- erably under that of Vice Presi- dent Phil Murray and Secretary Treasurer Tom Kennedy who sup ported Roosevelt.
 All three were unopposed for re- election, but Lewis received only 123,046 as against 143 ,423 votes for Murray and 1852 for Kennedy Lewis also trailed them as a dele gate to the next CIO convention, with 113,O36 votes against 129, ,683 for Murray and 128,7 for Kenne- dy. This is the first time that Lewis has not led the UNIV bal lot.
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Eyes of Our Army
(NeW York TimeS)

(New York TimeS)
 The present conflict is essentially one of move ment. This does not mean merely territorial move ment but includes bewilderingy rapid changes in strategy, tactics, technology and weapons The war is being fought in ways. Our own Army would be preparing in the dark if it not for the keen eyes of soldier observers the battlefeldS The United States Military Intelligence has 56 off stationed in 40 countries expert students of developments abroad Many others are being sent special assignments
 France, failing to learn enough from the Ger Blitzkreg against Poland demonstrated the fatal weakness of her military intelligence But the brilliant success of General Wavells armies in Africa shows how well and quickly hard lessons can be learned We now have six observers with those armies. Since last July more than 32 high-ranking American officers have visited the British IseS and their reports are shaping the development of our defense Both the German and the Italian fronts closed to us, but did have the benefit of observation by our regular military at- taches both sides of the Polish campaign, in Finland and throughout the tragic collapse of France.
 At home Military Intelligence Division is larger and better equipped than before in peace time to analyze and correate the reports of our field observers. It works harmonously in close operation with the United States Naval Intelligence. It is the advice of these two specialized services that fighting forces on land and being trained in the latest methods of warfare and equipped with modern war-tested weapons.
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narrowed the list down to three very pretty girls. Each was called in and carefully quizzed on her knowledge of American history stenographic experience and other qualifications. Then the board hud- dled into executive session to make it's choice.
 Well boys" began the chair man, which one shall it be? The blonde, the red-head, or the girl with the twinkle in her eye?"
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