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Evening star., 1941-09-06
Torid Introsquod Strife Due
As Redskins Tilt Tonight With
Injury-Ht West Underdog

Ed Justice. Slivinski pulled leg
muscle in Wednesdays dummy
scrimmage and Justices right leg,
operated on last spring, has been
giving him trouble lately.
Although few dare to name the
winner. the consensus is that it will
be a free-scoring game, chiefly be-
cause therell always be some Of
fensive threat like Baugh, Farkas,
Todd or Filchock on the field.
Singularly, the' West never has
won one of these intrasquad games,
of which three have been played in
the past two years.
1t will be the Redskins swan song
to San Diego for year, for the
squad leaves here shortly after noon
tomorrow for the Riviera Country
Club in Los Angeles, where it will
train until it's game with the Pa
cific Coast All-Stars in l.. A. next
Friday night.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,
Star Staff Correspondent.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Sept. g.
With the largest advance sale for
any event in this boom towns his
tory betokening a crowd of $4,000,
the Redskins will start separating
their wheat from the chaff tonight
when they engage in the first eXhi-
bition game of their training season.
It's only an intrasquad contest,
billed-for publicity purposes-as an
"East-West" contest between teams
coached by Ray Flaherty and Turk
Edwards, but it promises to be more
rip-snortin, knock-doWn and drag
out than most National League
games WaShingtonians will see this
year. Intrasquad games always are,
players being prone to fight harder
for their own individual survival
than they do for themselves, COL
lectively, in the heart of the cam
paign later on.
Apparently San Diegans realize
this, for the gate" this morning
already was over the $500 mark,
which local officials figured would
assure the financial success of their
promotion. If the attendance does
reach the $4,000 mark, it will be the
greatest crowd which ever saw the
Redskins play among themselves.
Slightly in excess of $4,000 watched
their intrasquad game in Seattle,
Wash, last year, but Spokane'S larg-
est turnout was short of 10000
Minor injuries may keep three
veterans and two rockies on the
side lines. Because three of the five
casualties are members of Edwards
Westerners, who will have Sammy
Baugh and Andy Farkas as their
prize generators, odds are expected
to be slightly in favor of Frank Fill
chock, Dick Todd & Co., who will
represent the East. Tackle injuries
are balanced, with Rookie Fred Da-
Wis of Alabama, originally slated to
cavort for the West, still suffering
with the remnants of boil on his
foot, and Jim Barber, scheduled to
start for the East. pulling up lame
with an infected foot yesterday.
Jack Stonebraker, freshman end
from Southern California, is the
East's other cripple. not having re-
covered fully from the Sprained an
kle suffered last week. But there's
a possibility that Edwards team will
have to worry along without either
Guard Steve Slivinski or Halfback
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Top-FIight Tankers
Compete Tonight
In Regatta Meet
More Than 100 Entered;
Oorsmen, Cunoeists
Race Tomorrow

A crack field of more than 100
top-f1ight swimmers will launch the
18th annual Presidents Cup Re-
gatta program in a meet tonight at
East Potomac Park pool The first
event is scheduled for 730 o'clock
The affair inauguraCes a program
that will be resumed tomorrow with
rowing and canoe races and be con-
cluded a week from tomorrow with
sailing regatta.
Lorraine Fischer of the Women'S
Swimming Association. New York:
Mickey" Chambers and Margaret
Russell of Baltimore. Norma Stretch,
Penn A c.: Ethel Laughlin and
Gwen Bsteman, Tarboro. n. c.;
Arthur Andersen. Arthur Campbell
and Lester Kaplan of BROOKLYN, and
Fred Hoetle. Penn A. c.. are a few
Of the better-known tank stars
entered All indications point IN
a wholesale assault on the records.
Seeks Fourth Title.
Miss Fischer, nationally prom
inent mermaid. will seek her fourth
consecutive victory in the l00-meter
breaststroke and is a top-heavv
favorite even with such formidable
opponents as Barbara Moore, Rubv
Hudson. Jackie Kinsey, Peggy Pate
and Lucille Kirsch.
Another close duel is expected N
the 100-meter free style in which
Miss Stretch. national junior $780,
yard title holder, and Miss Cham
bers, national Junior 5O-yard queen.
will meet. Jean Ort, Penn Hall
Junior College, and Doris Baugher,
Baltimore K. of c., are other out
standing entries in the race.
Medley Relay Featured.
Also spotlighted will be the 300
meter medley relay for men in which
the St. George Dragon Club OF
Brooklyn will seek its second leg on
the trophy. The FlatbuSh fiShmen
won in record time last year and
are favorites to repeat. But Penn
A. c. and Baltimore K of c., both
of which have two legs on the cup,
nave entered StTOng teams ana Will
give the Brooklyn boys a swim for
the laurelS.
Several D. c. A. A U champion
ship events for boys and girls under
Is are scheduled in addition to the
feature races. blending into one
of the best-balanced swim programs
staged here this season.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Net Drama Pits
Helen Jacobs,
Sarah Cooke
Coost Star, 33, Carries
Youthful Zing Into
U. S. SemifinuIs
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Press SportS Writsr.

hoooSAhtCo 1893 opoA Io "EltcI
NEW YORK, Sept. 6-The most
dramatic of the semifinal matches
today in the national tennis cham
pionships at Forest Hills practically
is certain to be the one between
that grand veteran from California,
Helen Hull Jacobs, and her long
time rival and Wightman Cup
teammate. Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke
of New York
1t might seem to some folks that
it was only yesterday when Helen
began her long series of duels with
pig-tailed Helen Wills. But that
actually was back in the fabulous
20s, and Helen the second" today
is mature woman of 80.
Yet, so help this possibly biased
observer, she lacks so little Of be-
ing as good as ever that it Is more
than likely she will be the one to
hold out her arms when they start
passing the silyerware late tomor-
row afternoon. That would be No.
5 for a fine campaigner.
Announcer Skips Helen's Age.
Helen must get bang out of 1t
these days when they announce her
matches on the stadium court. The
man at the mike customarily tells
a little something about each COM
petitor, including his or her record,
birthplace and age. But this year
he pointedly has left Helen's age out
of it. So it must be fun for Helen,
under the circumstances, to kick the
daylights out of the younger gen.
Grafton.
Always noted for her tireless run
ming. Helen seems to have lost lit
tie of her stamina. And, if she is
step slower. she makes up for 1t
with uncanny anticipation and a
hard, fiat forehand drive that she
didn't have when she was a young
ster.
If she trims Mrs Cook today-as
she should-then probably it will
be Helen against Pauline BetZ of
Los Angeles in tomorrow's final. Miss
Betz. the tall golden blond who was
seeded No. !, should prevail over
Margaret Osborne of San Francisco
in the other semifnal.
Riggs Great Beating Parker.
Of the mems semifinals, the cas-
lest to call appeared to be the one
between Bobby Riggs, 1889 cham
pion, and Ted Schroeder of Glen
dale, Calf. Riggs appeared like a
million in trouncing frankie Parker
by "a. 6-3, 4-6. 60 yesterday,
and he figured to be few too manv
for Schroeder, the youngster who is
more noted for his ability at doubles
Schroeder eliminated Bryan
Grant, jr., in four sets yesterday be-
cause of his ability to take charge
of the net and almost literally chase
the Atlanta veteran off the court.
But it is something else again to
get to the net against SharpShooter
like Riggs in his current form.
In the opposite bracket, it was
Defending Champion Don McNeill
against Frank KovacS. the tall boy
who scored three straight victories
over McNeill this summer prior to
the championships.
McNeill appears finally to have re-
captured his 1910 form. and his tri-
umph over Wayne Sabin in the
quarter-finals stamped him a dan
gerous player, indeed. His match
with Kovacs today figured to be a
dinger.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

1t may have been the heat. the
humanity that surrounded him or
the lengthy jump from the skillet
into the blaze, but yesterday Ro-
berto Ortiz simply swooned at the
idea of becoming a Washington out
fielder. After 15-minute workout
at Griffith Stadium, Ortiz collapsed
perhaps feeling that was the first
stylish step toward becoming a Nat.
Unaccustomed as he is to sun
light-after a season with Charlotte
under the blinking lights of the
Piedmont League-Ortiz scampered
after fly balls in the outfield for a
while, then plunged turfward in a
faint. When other Mats realized he
wasn't giving his version of fielding
ground ball they hustled to him
and revived the crumpled Cuban.
Roberto's introduction as a Nat
thus may be delayed a day or so,
although Manager Bucky Harris
may be inclined to employ an ex-
hauSted Ortiz instead of ancient
Sammy West in right field. 1t was
likely, though, that Roberto would
decorate the dugout as the Mats
faced the AS in double header to-
day at Philadelphia.
Picked to Succeed Lewis.
Ortiz is visioned by Prexy Clark
Griffith as the Mats right field re-
placement for Buddy Lewis, who will
finish the season at third base be-
fore becoming Pvt. Lewis of the
Army next month. A sturdy speci-
men who was one of the Piedmont
Leagues leading hitters, Ortiz spent
a generous portion of the summer
ducking bean balls.
The Southern blood of Piedmont
League performers seems to SIM
mer at sight of Cuban. so Ortiz
was required to dodge those high,
hard ones in the vicinity of his
head At that, he was hit on numer-
Gus occasions. Once he sought to
tangle with an opposing pitcher
after one of those incidents, but
when the entire opposing team
closed in on him Ortiz wisely sought
protection behind the umpire.
Ortiz probably will discover the
American League a more healthy
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Baseball Excitement M Until Cardinals and Dodgers 7ange Next Week
Topping Grid Host
To Service Men
By the Associated Press.

oS INC AoSONlhtcN AS0S-
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-The
Brooklyn Football Dodgers will
set aside 1900 seats for each
home game this season, starting
with Tuesday nights exhibition
against the Chicago Bears, for
enlisted men in the Army and
Navy.
Dan Topping, the Dodgers
president and a member Of the
New York City Defense Recrea-
ton Committee. has turned over
the tickets to Mrs. Julius OchS
Adler. head Of the entertainment
division. Mrs. Adler will dis
tribute them through morale Of
ficers of various posts in the I'd
Corps Area and the Sd Naval
Division.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Smith Will Not Defend
Government Net Title

Don Leavens and Frank Shore are
the only seeded players in the mems
singles division of the Government
Employees tennis tournament OPEN
ing today at Rock Greek courts. c.
Alphonso Smith, winner last year,
is not competing.
Play was slated to begin at
o'clock, with first-round matches not
scheduled for completion until to-
morrow. Entries for the women's
division close at 4:30 today at the
Tennis Shop, 1919 Fifteenth street
NV, or at the courts. Wives of
Government employees are eligible
for this division.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Delayed Training Stort Seems Foolish

build
season.
majority football
this doesn't
Ivy getting physical
shape many
Ask their Ivy League directors than
feW personal
wouldn't football be off
than would the
himself physical shape
o
football
Fodams Sntords Texases And probably Nays
Aabamas. will
the And will play full share e
football able coaching
by North American ewspaperA
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Harvard Loses Heavily to Uncle Sam

I'm placing Army Navy the League They
stitltions that work higher harder
The than
will
After springs
that
contrys military thing country
so
Otherwise Harow would faced
tunity of heading their community.
will be
left for purposes of defense
This Dartmouth The Hanover
other
opponent
has 20
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Colored Court Crown
Taken by Chris Hunt

Chris Hunt, former C. I. A. A.
champion from johnson c. Smith
College, won the mems singles title
in the annual District colored recre-
alton tennis tournament at Gan
neker courts.
After dropping the first two sets
in the final to Maurice Jackson,
he rallied to take the last three
and the title, 3-6, As, "a. IS.
"a. The women's singles crown
was taken by Dorothy Morgan over
Mrs. Florence. Barnes, 2-6, "a,
IS.
Flip Jackson and Dudley Wood
ward defeated Hunt and Frank Per-
kins for the mems doubles cham
pionship, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, Is.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Columbia, Cornell Have Promising Material

Columbia Cornell will be
of Lions than he unood from the
of his 1910
much from available
football Both belong the
will b
guesses on the
tell that Spike Nelson already has made hit with his
those blue
in
and 1t will have more than its share Of spirit
I'VE games" member the squad
we'll
had for time We might surprise before
g
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Open Dates Add
To DuI|ness Of
Closing Days
DueIs Over Secondary
Laurel Give Some Pep;
Bucs and Reds Divide
BY JUDS0N BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

These are the dog days in base
ball
One pennant has been won. The
other race has narrowed down to
two teams. Kids you never heard
of are getting their chance in big
league line-upS And open dates
keep more teams idle than there
are playing on any given day.
This is just a temporary letdown.
of courSe-all of the clubs go back
into the trenches today-but 1t has
provided a pause for consideration
of the three weeks that remain of
the season. The rest of the show
will be a closeup Of the National
League stars-the Brooklyn Dodg-
ers and st. Louis Cardinals.
Otherwise, there remain only a
few minor conflicts 10 be straight
ened out-matters like the tie of the
Boston Red Sox and Chicago White
Sox for second place in the Amer
ican League and the struggle be-
tween the Cincinnati Reds and
Pittsburgh Pirates for third place in
the National
Leaders Clash Next Week.
Brooklyn battles the New York
Giants today in one game and to-
morrow in two. The Cards have the
Cincinnati Reds on their hands for
the same schedule.
Tuesday the last intersectional
warfare of the season will get under
way, and two days later the Cards
and Dodgers will get at each others
throatS once more.
The three games these teams will
play at St. Louis Thursday, Friday
an dSaturday might go long way
toward settling things. They're the
games everybody is waiting for.
Leo Durocher is grooming his
Dodger pitching staff for them. Fred
FitZsimmons, fat and 40. is slated to
pitch the first game and won't work
until then He beat the Cards with
magnificent relief job July 81 in
ST Louis and pitched shutout ball
against them for six innings August
26, only to lose because of errors.
Whitlow Wyatt will work the sec
ond contest and Curt Davis the
third, both getting grooming in the
series this week end with the Giants
Billy Southworth will counter with
Ernie White and Howard Pollet in
the first two engagements and, if
these two lefthanders get along all
right. he may throw another south
paw. Max Lanier. at the Dodgers in
the final tilt.
Bucs and Reds Split.
After the East-West skirmishing,
Brooklyn will have six games with
the PhillieS and two with the Bos-
ton Braves. During the same period
the Cards will oppose the Chicago
Cubs five times and the Pittsburgh
Pirates four.
The Pirates split a double-head-
with Cincinnati yesterday to stay a
half game out of third place. In
the opener Eddie Joost hit a homer
with the bases loaded to climax Gin
cinnatis 8-run rally in the eighth
inning and give Paul Derringer a
1914 victory. In the nightcap. which
rain abbreviated to seven innings,
Lloyd Dietz pitched shit ball for a
10 triumph over Ray Starr. who
allowed only five hits in his debut
with the Reds. However. they in
cluded a single by ALI Anderson and
a double by Bob Elliott in the sixth.
Eden Auker pitched 5-hitter as
the st. Louis Brown beat the White
Sox, 81, last night to toss Chicago
back into tie with Boston. 1t was
st. Louis fifth straight victory In the
last week over the Sox.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Moccobees PIoy Tomorrow

Village Motors and Arlington Mac
cabeeS are scheduled to meet
in a Washington-Virginia Baseball
League game tomorrow at 3 o'clock
at Ballston Stadium. Either Lefty
Porter or Aaron Silverman will hurl
for the Motors club against Lanny
Burch.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Shamrock A. G. Seeks Game

Shamrock A. c. unlimited baseball
team wants game for tomorrow.
Phone Warfield 1923 before 6
o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Win, Lose or Draw
Fiery Football Scramble Due Along Ivy Troll
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
I'm the temporary absence OF Francis E. Stan

In searching around for
few fingers
whereas many pointed to Cornell year
But the late Dickens still
wonderful plant For scramble
should the
the ensemble crimson
and than
Ofhand would that Pennsylvania Harvard have suffered
enlmnts
Evening star., 1941-09-06
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Major Statistics

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER g, 1911.
AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
st. Louis, 8; Chicago, l (night).
Cleveland at Detroit. rain.
Others not scheduled
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Chance of Becoming Nat Again
Makes Ortiz Faint; AS Keep
Club Busy for Two Days

spot. He doubtless will hit the dirt
frequently, but not so often as he
was forced to in the Piedmont
League American League pitchers
are inclined TO be more lenient in
that respect. although there are
some hurlers in Mr.. Harridge's loop
who aren't above aiming at ears.
Two Infielders Bought.
Griffith is banking heavily on
Ortiz, for should he show signs of
making the grade one of the boss
problems will be en- route to being
solved. Griff then could concentrate
on obtaining another flychaser to
supplant George Case. big disap-
pointment TO the clubs president.
Griffith has indicated he is throw
ing the second base job open to
Jimmy Bloodworth, Hills Layne and
Charley Letchas. He has announced
the purchase of Laye and Letchas
from Chattanooga of the Southern
Association and both players will
report for trials Immediately after
poSt-SeaSon playoffs for the league
pennant.
Layne. who has been playing
shortstop and third base with Chat
tanooga, will return to second base
with the Mats. A $50 hitter, Layne
is rated by Griffith as "a good sec
ond baseman, fair third baseman
and a horrible shortstop." Letchas,
superior fielder, batted .305.
Aderholt Let Out.
Eliminated from the second base
scramble has been Morris Aderholt,
who has been given his outright
release and paid off for the re-
mainder of the year Aderholt. who
came to the Mats from Springfield
of the Eastern League, next season
will play with Charlotte.
Two-and-a-half games behind the
seventh-place Athletics. the Mats
will meet the AS in another double
header tomorrow at Philadelphia,
returning to action at Griffith Sta
dunn on Tuesday night against the
Chicago White Sox in Washington's
final night game of the season.
EASTERN LEAGUE PLAYOFFs.
Wilkes-Barre, 2: Elmira. Q (tie, called
end seventh. rain).
Scranton at Williamsport, rain.
Evening star., 1941-09-06

NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
Cincinnati. 100: Pittsburgh. Al
(Second game seven innings, darknessD
Others not scheduled
Evening star., 1941-09-06
AderhOlt Let Out.

EASTERN LEAGUE PLAYOFFs.
Wilkes-Barre, 2. Elmira. Q (tie. called
end seventh. rain).
Scranton at Williamsport rain.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Standing OF the Teams.

Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
n Y. at Brooklyn. N Y. at Bkln (2).
Cinci at St Louis. Cinci at s. : (2l.
Chicago at Pitts. Chicago at Pitts.
Phila. at Boston. Phila. at Boston.
Evening star., 1941-09-06
Standing Of the Teams
Games Today.

Wash. at Phila. (el.
ct. L. at Chicago (2).
Clev. at Det. t2).
Boston at N. York.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Britoin's Support of Greece
Reiterated by Churchill

LONDON, March 25 HP.-Prime
Minister Churchill, in special
message to the Greeks on their In
dependence Day, reiterated today
Britain's resolve to sustain Greek
independence.
Recalling the fight 120 years ago,
in which independence was gained
from Turkey, he declared that to-
day that epic struggle is being re-
peated against greater odds, but
with equal courage and with no
less certainty Of success"
The text of his message follows:
On this day of proud memories
I would add one brief tribute to
those which the whole civilized
world is paying TO the valor of the
Greek nation.
"One hundred and twenty years
ago all that was noblest in England
strOve in the cause Of Greek inde-
pendence and rejoiced in it's
achievement. Today. that epic
struggle is being repeated against
greater odds, but with equal courage
and with no less certainty of sue
cess
I'VE in England know that cause
for which Byron died is sacred
cause; We are resolved to sustain it"
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Italians Admit British
Occupation of NeqheHi

ROME. March 25 Gp).-The Italian
high command today acknowledged
that British forces had occupied
Neghelli, Ethiopia, declaring they
moved in after Fascist troops had
abandoned the town.
Capture of Neghelli was an
nounced Sunday by the BritishD
The Italian declared, however,
their forces were holding off British
attacks in the Jiiiga sector in
Ethiopia and around Cheren in
Eritrea.
In Western Ethiopia. the daily war
bulletin said, British attacks in the
Yavello sector we're repulsed with
heavy losses.
British planes were reported to
have bombed and machine -gunned
Italian troops near Sirte, Libya.
casing some casualties.
The Italians also acknowledged
that British Warplanes had raided
Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, kill
ing nine persons, wounding 25 and
damaging civilian property"
In the Mediterranean, the high
command said, Fascist planes tor
pedoed Large steamer transport
ing troops and bombed other ships"
The high command today dis
missed operations on the Greek
front yesterday with a terse moth
ing important to report"
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Legion 0ratorica|
SemifinaIs 10 Be
Held This Week
Brightwood and Central
Zone Contests Slated
For Tomorrow Night

Two semifnal contests Of the
Washington area eliminations in the
$4,000 National Oratorical Contest
sponsored by the American Legion
are scheduled to be held tomorrow
night in Roosevelt High School and
Garnet-Patterson Junior High, the
District department of the Legion
announced today.
Roosevelt High will be the scene
of the Brightwood zone elimina-
tions, beginning at 8 pm, while the
Junior high school will see one of
two semifinals in the central zone.
The latter is scheduled for 7:30 pm.
Joseph E. Walker, zone oratorical
leader, announced the panel of
judges for the Brightwood orations
would include Horace j. Phelps of
the Petworth Citizens Association
and the Rev Chesteen Smith.
Contestants of the central zone.
entered from Brown Junior High,
Terrell Junior High and Martha
Washington Vocational Schools, will
compete at Garnet-Patterson tomor-
row, while Dunbar High School par
tlcipants will be given Thursday eve
ming for their eliminations. accord
ing to Zone Leader J. Franklin
Wilson.
Remaining two Semifnals. an
nounced yesterday, are scheduled for
the Anacostia zone, jefferson Junior
High School, Thursday at II am,
and the TenleytoWn zone, 1903 K
street NV, Friday at pm.
Winners of this weeks contests
will repeat their winning orations
April 4 in the Museum of Natural
History auditorium for the District
title. The Washington winner will
be sent with all expenses paid by the
local department, to Roanoke, Va.
for regional finals on April IS.
The $4,000 four-year scholarship
will be awarded to the winner of the
national contest scheduled late next
month at some point of historic in.
terest to high school students. ac-
cording to Guy U. CogsWell, District
oratorical chairman.