davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1942-07-14

added MASSACHUSETTS adHulCap dt
Suffolk Downs.
The 4-year-old Whirly, who is
only $27,244 shy of the all-time
earnings of S437,730 made by Seabis-
cult in his six years of campaign
ing, faces the same difficulties that
the latter encountered while win
ming the Massachusetts, in 1887.
Until then, the Biscuits earnings
we're only average for handicap
performer. But, after dragging
down bit more than $50,000, he
went on to enjoy the most success
full season of his career AS a A.
year-old he earned total of sl68,-
$50 and then he set out to break
Sun Beau's record of $376,744.
Only Favorite to Score.
Seabiscuit happens to be the only
victorious favorite in the history of
the race, which has been the stage
for startling upsets for such out
standing thoroughbreds of the years
as Discovery, War Admiral and
Challedon.
While gaining his Massachusetts,,
seabiscuit in addition to his IA
vorite's jinx, also had to carry top
weight of 130 pounds. And Whirl-
away has been called upon to win
under those same exacting condi-
tionS.
Wright's long tailed star prob
ably will compete against no more
than five rivals, for John L. Sulli-
vans Transfgure is rated as a
doubtful starter and the Circle S.
Ranch has yet to name a rider
for its Hysterical
Although Mrs Parker Corning's
Attention drew only pounds less
Evening star., 1942-07-14

two. Gail Fowler, the. A. P.'s
Northwest (Seattle) sports ed,
is doing his stuff now for Uncle
Sans Signal Corps. Joe Mus
cato gets Jimmy Bivins in a 10
rounder in Cleveland, July %,
as a reward for the way he took
care of Lem Franklin there
couple OF weeks ago. Nice re-
ward. North Carolina, which
sent Bitsy Grant out to become
one of the tennis greats, is pre-
dieting more of the same for Vic
Seixas, the freshman from Philly.
Johnny Williams, the ex-Gold-
en- Glove champ from Chicago,
Is coaching the Fort Sheridan
boxing team.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Gomez Tames
Tigers While
Bosox Idle
Mats Also Aid Champs
By Whipping Tribe;
Mocks Beut Chisox
BY JUDSON BAILEY.


The American League has Just
suffered another chill in the region
of It's pennant race.
The New York Yankees beat down
the Detroit Tigers again yesterday,
4-3, and the Washington Senators
surprisingly shut out the Cleveland
Indians, TO, in night game.
These results, coming as they did
on the heels of the Boston Red Sox'
double somersault before the st.
Louis Browns Sunday, placed an
emphatic damper on whatever rivals
were rash enough to think the world
champions were collapsing.
Tigers Always Are Tough.
All season long Detroit has been
the most troublesome of the Yanks'
opponents and the Tigers we're tough
to handle yesterday even though
Lefty Gomez held them to four
hits and famed seven while going
the route for the second time this
year.
Gomez pitched one-hit ball for
six innings, but in the first frame
he walked one batter, hit another.
made wild pitch and then walked
two more to force in run. In the
seventh he gave three successive
singles to load the bases and then
escaped with one run trickling across
on forceout and another on a fly.
The Yankees themselves were held
to six hits, four by Joe Gordon, who
drove in two runs with a pair Of
doubles, and another a two-run
homer by Red Rolfe, who had re-
turned to the Yankees starting line
up Sunday after long illness.
The Yanks' victory moved them
five full games in front of the idle
Red Sox.
Indians Are Cooled Off.
The Cleveland Indians, who had
won four straight and II of their
last IA Excluding tie), meanwhile
suffered rude jolt at the Nations
Capital and saw their third place
distance from the leaders swell to
seven games.
In the only other game, also a
night session, the Philadelphia Ath-
letics nosed out the Chicago White
Sox, 4-3, in II innings. Phil
Marchildon allowed Chicago just
eight hits and he started the win
ming rally in the 18th with single
after two were out Mike Kreevich,
who had hit his first homer of the
year in the fifth, then waited out
a base on balls from Johnny Hum
phries and Elmer Valo followed with
q run scoring single.
The only game scheduled In the
National League. Philadelphia at
Cincinnati, was postponed.
Dodgers Deny Rule Violation.
This left most of the attention
in the senior circuit centered on
Pittsburgh's protest Of game with
Brooklyn Sunday when the Dodgers
had 26 men in uniform on the bench.
However, Manager Leo Durocher of
the Dodgers contended that the
extra player, Pitcher Max Macon,
still was under contract to Brook
lyn's Montreal farm in the Inter-
national League and therefore did
not violate the major league player
limit.
Whether 1t did or didn't, the pres
ence of Macon made the imminent
subtraction of one player from the
Dodgers roster something to ponder
and there was a possibility that the
victim might be the veteran School,
boy Rowe. The move may be hing
ing on whether the Dodgers can get
waivers in order to send him to
Montreal. If they can't, one Of the
younger pitchers may feel the finger.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Deaf imp Can Hear
$40 Words, Colts
Pitcher Discovers
By the Associated Press.

by tne AhSocIateu PreS1.
RICHMOND, Va, July 14.-Dewey
Wilkins, Richmond southpaw pitch
er, will be q long while before TAX
ing any ones word on umpires.
Told that Umpire Bud Newman
was deaf Che manages to hear only
with an ear trumpet, he protested
loudly decision at the plate.
You blind so-and-so," he roared,
pounding his bat, that ball was a
foot outside"
And that remark" retorted New
man, an adept lip reader, will cost
you So"
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Yankees Further Chill League
Win, Lose or Draw
How SNORT Are Fish =. . and Fishermen?
By FRANCIS {. STAN

Tumbng through the various publications for CHEEKY
Problem the Esquire poll
you believe that correct form is important factor in
fishing other delighted to discover that
question the NO by 5244
cent cup upon learning this opinion because
the old dough pin days have expert
with fishing forms styles to conclude
that if fish hungry enough he will
wrap lips parsnp spearhead and happy
get it.
world specialists like the
much actual demonstration
while the
hamburger full blast Thus pleasant
that certain anonymous people
agree much in fishing, either.
the always fish intelligent? The
so-caIed angler tne
worth the buttons feathers his
Old SpottedSde
Obviously Old held esteem because he hasn't been
he probably well vttes
bad stomach and has be
Evening star., 1942-07-14

doesn't expect birthday greetings
from Leo Durocher.
Ivory hunt-The Cleveland IN
dians have the inside track for
Ed Robinson, the Baltimore first
sacker. And big league scouts
are giving Ray Perry, San Fran
cisco third sacker, and Earl
Torgeson, Seattle's first baseman,
the double-O. Don't look now,
but Van Lingie Mungo, the Ha-
vana Romeo, is making motions
toward a comeback with Mime
apolis. Add interesting thoughts:
Van Lingle and Babe Phelps, a
couple of apples of Larry Mac
Phail's eye, hooking up as Ma
tional League battery somewhere
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Dykes, Jr., Quits Game
To Aim for Air Corps
Py the Associated Press.
nrYvT ADUsY nnTA

Ey the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July IA
Jimmy Dykes, jr., has given up base
ball for the duration.
The 20-year-old son of the Chi
cago White Sox manager, stopping
over here with his dad, said he'd
applied for admission in the Army
Air Corps. The young catcher was
released the other day from the
Lockport IN. " Pony League club
Dykes, ST., who saw his boy in
action last month In an exhibition
game, commented.
Jimmy will be better off in the
Mayor the Army If they'd have
him"
Evening star., 1942-07-14
BY SID FEEDER,
Wide World Sports Write

NEW YORK, July 14.-Holly-
wood Park bosses are keeping
their fingers crossed. Figuring if
there's any racing on the coast
next winter they'll get it. Seems
the Army put in permanent in
stallations at Santa Anita, but
hasn't changed Hollywood much
at all. Jake Mintz, the profound
Pittsburgh professor Of scrambled
sentences has lined up a Claudio
Villar-Harry Bobo braWl to top
off his July 27 fight show in
smokytown. Lou Boudreau will
be IS Friday-and definitely
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Stars Take Command
As MA. Tennis Gets
Into Fourth Round
Bensineer, Adoir, Lynch,
Leovens Encountering
Strong Opposition

An all-star card was on tap for
net fans today at Columbia Country
Club as the Middle Atlantic tourna-
ment moved into the fourth round
OF play.
Bob Bensinger, broad-shouldered,
freckle- faced king of the towns
juniors, was out to trade in his knee
britches for long pants in his match
with Jerry Courtney, veteran New
Yorker, while Buddy Adair, the
sweet swinging Boiling Field SER
geant, was to try to put the skids
under Frank Thompson, tournament
dark horse.
While these matches were In prog
ress Don Leavens, quarterflnalist in
the City of Washington Tourney
was to meet Doyle Royal and Hugh
Lynch was to take on Tim Thaler
Baltimore city champion. You could
take your pick of the four matches
and hardly 60 wrong.
Big Job for Bensinger.
Bensinger has been accused OF
being too nervous and erratie
against older men to make much OF
an impression in this class of COM
pany and he certainly didn't figure
to whip Courtney. But on good
day and at the top of his game Ben
singer would give any of them run
for the marbles.
The Lynch-Thaler affair shaped
up as long, drawn-out match be-
tween a couple OF the steadiest
swatters in the business. Thaler
calmly confident of himself, felt
that the courts, slower than those
he has been accustomed to playing
on, and the slower balls would bt
a major factor in his favor Lynch
however, was more familiar with
both grounds and balls and was the
favorite.
A victory over Adair would be q
prize plume in Thompson's cap, but
the tall Virginian had a big hurdle
to climb in hard-hitting Buddy. The
winner will meet Davey johnson ir
the quarter -finales, not very pleas
ant thought.
Leavens probably was in the most
favorable position in the entire
group, for he figured to win from
Doyle, despite the la.ter's persistent
style and steady improvement, and
beyond that match had only Charley
Charming to whip for a semifinal
berth. Charming, while formidable
would not seem to be in Leavens
class when Don Is right.
Willis Presses Welsh.
A couple of near upsets featured
yesterdays play, with Squire Barney
Welsh, defending champion, being
extended before eliminating Ricky
Willis, "a, Ga. Never a man to be
trif1ed with under any circum-
stances, Willis was at his best while
Welsh played in streaks.
Results yesterday:
! Singles.
Fourth round--Barner Welch % defeat
ea Riess Wills a.e1 e 64 Dick Murphy
81; Charley Claiming 16J defeated Igor
First round0Brises- Robinson defeated
seeond S s defeated
:, Third rcund-Welsh- sh-Lynch "a defeated
Shore-Hayes, 6-3, 64.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
MuurieIIo, Music Bottle

NEW YORK, July IA (P.-Tami
Mauriello of New York, who'd like to
meet Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louis, and Tony Music, squat Chi
cagoan, who went nine rounds with
the champion In ST. Louis last sum-
mer meet tonight in an eight-round
battle.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Whir|y Can Be Turf Money King
By Taking Rich Massachusetts,
Could Pass Seobiscuit, Only Choice to Win
Suffolk Classic, by Victory Tomorrow
BY BILL KING,

BOSTON, July 14-The turf will hail money winning
champion out of enabled the current tt to
et sight on his golden goal Wright famed Whirlawa
can race mile eighth victory tomorrow in the $4,000
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Washington ----------- 13O 010 2Ox-7
Errors-Mack, Fleming Sullivan. Runs
batted in-Spence, Masterson. Case CO.
Estalela (2), Vernon. Two-base hits
Case, Vernon. Sacrifc-Spence Double
plays-Mack. Boudreau and Fleming; Mil
mar. Boudreau and Fleming; Embree. Bou-
dreau and Fleming: Repass, Pofahl and
A; Washington, s. Bases on
balls-On Milnar, 2; on Masterson. 2: OF
bg Embree, 6y qH Perricf asisfsen aItsoa Il
Milnar. in 8 innings; OF Embree. ii
INNINGS: OF Ferrick, / in / inning. Hit
ball-Hegan. Losing pitcher-Milnar.
Umpires-Messrs. MCGOWAN and Hubbard.
Time-1:67. Attendance-6,00 900.
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
Detroit at New York Det. at Wash. $3.50.
ST. Louis at Boston. Cleve. at New York.
Only games. Chi. at Bost. f2).
St. L. at Ph. (nighD.
Evening star., 1942-07-14

HILLTOP HOPEFULS What may prove Georgetowns best
pitching staff its first trial tomorrow when the
Hoyas their schedule against Fort Myer the
medical school field Shown (above from left to right
Earl Branfed Ed Agnew Coach Rome Schwag who replaces
judge Bill McGurk and Danny Murphy At right Billy
Hasse brother of the Yankees hstsacker who has clnched
the shortstop berth. Star Staff Photos.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
League Statistics
TUESDAY, July II. 1042,

TUESDAY, July Ia, 1042.
AMERICAN
Results Yesterday.
Washington, z; Cleveland, o.
New York 4: Detroit, 8.
Philadelphia. 4: Chicago, 3 I'll INNINGS
night.
Others not neh AdulAd
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
N. York at Chicago. N. York at Pittsb.
Bkl at Pitts. (night). Bkl at Chicago t2).
Boston ot St, Louis Phila. at st. Louis.
Phila at Cinci Bos. at Cine. t2).
Evening star., 1942-07-14

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
indianapolis, 8: Louisville, 8 (10 innings)
Minneapolis, 3; st. Paul, O.
Toledo, @; Columbus. /.
Only games.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Montreal. 3: Rochester. 2.
Only same.
Evening star., 1942-07-14
Official Score

Totals-29 8 "a 10 Totals 90 10 81 10
'Batted for Milnar in sixth.
fBatted for Embree in eighth,
Evening star., 1942-07-14

NATIONAL.
Results YESTERDAY.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, postponed.
Others not scheduled.
Evening star., 1942-07-14

Fourth round--Barner welch % defeat
ed Ricky Willis. Cd, 6---4; Dick Murphy
6-2.; Charley Claiming (6) defeated Igor
Cassini, 2-6, ,6-3. 7-5.
First round-oBriggs-R Robinson defeated
Cyr-Bla ckwell, 6-1, 6-4.
Second round-Bensinger-R defeated
Hastings-Theeman, 6--4, g.
Third rcund-Welsh-Lync % defeated
Shore-Hayes, 6-3, Cd.
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MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS 20 make
routine chemical or microscopic analyses
or examinations in a municipal hospital OF
laboratory. Several vacancies at $i.716 per
year TO be filled by competitive examina ,
ton. Applicants must be AZ least twenty
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of the United states. For full details and
applications, write or apply TO Detroit Civil
Service Commission 18th floor. Water
Board Building, 735 Randolph street. De
troit. Michigan. on or before October %,
1870
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
FornerL.v.GirI
weds Army Officer

Announcements have been re-
ceived in Imperial Valley of the
marriage August 16 of Eunice
Carline Sprinkle and 1t. Hubert
Carlyle Troth of Los Angeles, the
wedding taking place in Philadel-
phia, Penn, near which city the
lieutenant is stationed with the U.
S. Army.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Earnest l.. Sprinkle OF San
Gabriel and a sister of Mrs. A. II.
Kramer of Ell Centre. The Sprink-
les are pioneer valley residents,
having moved to San Gabriel re-
Gently. and Mrs. Troth was grad
uated from Ell Centre high school,
receiving her teachers certificate
from U. c. L. A. She taught IN a
number of valley schools: Seeiey,
Brawley and three years in Ell
Centre.
1t. Troth is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. C. Troth of North Holly
wood.
1t. and Mrs. Troth will make
their home in Philadelphia for the
present.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
Germans Report
Sta|ingrad Drive
Now Underway

BERLIN, Aug. ID German
broadcast recorded by United Press
at London) - The German high
command reported today that Nazi
forces in great strength are ad-
vancing toward Stalingrad across
the river Don, and military quar-
ters said that the great decisive
battle" for the Russian industrial
center has started.
Military quarters said that whole
divisions of infantry as well as
rapid mobile troops had forced a
crossing at the big bend of the
Don and are driving ahead toward
the Volga.
These quarters said the high
commands report that the Ger
mans have pierced Russian forti-
fled lines under strong air support
merited special attention.
The communique said that 166
Russian planes had been destroyed
Sunday for a loss of eight German
planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
AIRFIELD STORMED

Chinese forces now are storm
ing the town of Chuhsien, where
the japanese have an important
airfield, and the silk city of Chuki,
the army spokesman said.
The IL cities and towns from
which the japanese have been driv-
en- are Hengfeng. Iyang, Kweiki,
Yingtang, Kwangfeng, Shanghai,
Yukiang, Linchwan, Yushan, Yukan
and Huangchinpu.
The drive cleared the invaders
from the railway .right-of- way for
approximately 135 miles, after the
Japanese had captured all but about
% miles of the important line. Chi
nese forces also have cleared the
enemy from Wenchow, an import
ant port only 600 airline miles from
Japan proper.
Military authorities have much
credit fer their success against the
Japanese to the increased activities
of guerillas who cut the enemy off
from food and munition supplies
and harassed him SO continually he
was without sleep for days on end.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
New Tactics Down Japs

the bulk of the enemy fleet had
fled, scattered, for home
A strange feature of the fight was
that not a single Japanese was
seen to attempt to parachute to
safety.
Cne American pilot who downed
zero over the sea reported:
Il saw a parachute drifting down
1 flew over just to say howdy bui
when I got there. there was nobody
in the parachute.
That was the only parachute seen.
An American pilot who downed
two Zeros, bringing his total bag in
the Darwin area to seven. said
that most of the dog fights were at
close range.
Il could see one Jap pilots face
under his red car" he said. Il
don't know what sort of cap 1t was
but his face looked worried. His
engine and wing were set afire by
a burst of my guns"
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
BY DON CASWELL

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS. Australia, aug. "a =
CAPITALIZED fighter pilots using
new secret battle tactics shot down
at least 13 Japanese planes and
probably Is or more out of an
enemy fleet of AZ which attacked
the great north Australian base of
Darwin, it was announced today.
Not a sinble Allied plane was
downed
Curtis P-40D planes, in what Gen.
Douglas Macarthur himself called
brilliant tactical interception, dived
at all angles on a powerful force
of 20 new japanese Zero fighters
and 27 heavy bombing planes.
Holding their fire until the last,
the Allied pilots smashed the Japa-
nese attack completely. They shot
down at least nine Zeros and four
bombers, saw two ether bombers
struggling off jettisoning their
bombs and trailing smoke and dam
aged others so severely that it SEEM
ed highly unlikely they reached the
nearest enemy bases.
So devastating was the Allied at
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
Nuzis HonmerinQ
Near StoIin9rod

After weeks of costly effort, the
Germans had put both men and
tanks across the great bend of the
Don, where it sweeps closest to
Industrial Stalingrad and the Volga
river lifeline. The noon communi-
que said Soviet forces we're en-
gagged in fierce fighting, trying to
wipe out this crossing. At the same
time, the Russians were tied up in
a desperate struggle on the west
bank against German forces exert
ing their utmost effort to rein
force this crossing and mop up the
bend of the Don on the west bank
so they could move across en-
maSSe.
NIGHT FORAY
In the area of Kletskaya, a So
Wet unit penetrated German posi-
tionS at night and killed more than
100 with bayonets and grenades,
the communi1ie asserted. While
the fighting in the Don bend is
referred to as southeast of Klet-
skaya, which is rs miles northwest
of Stalingrad, this counter blow
evidently was in the direct area of
Kletskavn about so miles above
the crossing.
A prior counter blow had been
reported in the Kletskaya area,
indicating that the Germans had
shifted the bulk of their forces
south.
Northeast of Kotelnikovski, the
enemy concentrated considerable
number of tanks on one sector and
wedged themselves into Soviet for
ward positions" the noon COM
munique said.
Twelve hours earlier, a German
spearhead had driven deep into
Russian positions. Several days ago
a unit of German tanks had driven
into Soviet defenses, but it was
announced they had been sur
rounded.
1t was not determined, however,
whether they had been wiped out
Russian reports said that the
military situation was equally
grave in the north Caucasus where
German column has moved some
distance south of Krasnodar along
the railroad to the naval base of
Novorossisk. There was no indica-
ton of the exact position of this
column.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
Farmer Fires 1st
u. Invasion Shot

LONDON, Aug. "a CUP) - The
first American soldier to fire a
shot for liberty on European soil
in World War II was revealed to-
day to Carp. Franklin Boons, 23-
year-old farmer from Swea City,
Iowa.
Koons was a member of the
American Ranger troops that
stormed Dieppe last week along
with British commandos, Canadian
troops and few fighting French,
There were three other Ameri-
cans in his group, and while he
has been officially credited with
firing the first shot. his compan-
ions also fired at about the same
time.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24

tack. the enemy bombers never
had a chance to drop their bombs
on military targets. Such bombs
as were not jettisoned in wild flight
struck in the bush outside the Dar-
win defense zone and started a few
grass fires. The fires were the only
damage in one of the biggest Japa-
nese raids.
1t was the first enemy attack on
Darwin since July 80 Then seven
enemy fighters and two bombers
were shot down out of fleet of %
Zeros and q bombers, a total of 40,
for the loss of one Allied fighter.
Thus the score in two raids was
at least 22 and probably "a enemy
planes downed out of 96 for an
Allied loss of one plane.
ALLIES ON PROD
Over the northeastern zone, while
tbhe Darwin force was smashing
the enemy attack, an Allied plane
unit on offensive reconnaissance
bombed enemy buildings and the
wharf area on Buka island, at the
northern end of the Solomons. In
the same area Allied planes had
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
GUERILLAS ACTIVE

Guerilla activities that deprived
the Japanese of food and munition
supplies played an important part
in the collapse of the enemy, and
the successful bombing of Japa-
nese targets by American planes
apparently boosted the morale of the
Chinese.
The capture of Linchwan, under
Chinese siege for more than three
weeks. was one of the most import
ant victories for the Chinese army
this year. The invaders had REIN
forced the garrison three times,
and there were as many as 10000
men defending the city at various
times, the military spokesman said.
American planes bombed the Jap
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-24
BY ROBERT p. MARTIN

CHUNGKING, Aug. 24-tUP) -
Japanese forces, driven from II
important Chinese towns last week,
are retreating toward Manchukio
like hungary dogs" starved, fa-
tigued, and ill, Chinese military
spokesman said today.
Important positions have been
recaptured from the enemy along
the important HangchowN Nanchang
railway, which cuts through Che
kiang and Kiangsi provinces. On
Saturday night the 18th city in a
week fell to the Chinese when the
Japanese fled from Yukan, on the
southeastern shores of Lake Poy-
ang, retreating across the lake to
Nanchang.