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Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-02-22
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Evening star., 1943-05-09
Commodity Price
Changes in Week

NEW YORK. Nav 4 PN The AS
socIated Press weighted index OF 50
Wholesale commodities. on n weekly
comparison basis advanced to LOG. 81
per cent OF the 1926 average On May
I compared with LOG 3 last week and
l0465 year ago.
Fluctuations were narrow in the
different componentS OF the index
with most percentages at about the
same Levels as in the previous week.
Individual commodities advancing
were eggs, hogs. wheat, rye and cot
ton while declines we're recorded in
cattle, lambs. oats, turpentine and
wool
The staple price barometer, with
the base year 1926 equal to lOO
showing percentages for May 7, a
week ago and year earlier, follow:
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. May Gp,.-short covering
bv local traders in the final half hour
caused wheat to reverse its earlier trend
Today substitutln. small gains for frac-
tlonal losses. Rye was s.11d frm throushout
At the close wheat was "a lower to ss
hisher; May, 40; Julyy 43,2.'s; corn eGE
oats were i4-as lower and rye gained
1s-ss.
The bread cereal eased, at the start
at Kansas City. but liquidation was fairly
light Interest was expressed in the once
of Price Administrator move to roll
back costs Of certain foods, although 1t
had little influence on grains.
Reports concerning crop conditions com :
ins to traders are, confusing, but 1t ap-
peared that more favorable weather Tor
crop growth had developed in the South
west OfSettins this was statement by
the Montana State Department OF Asrl-
culture that severe winter Filling of wheat
had occurred in that State.
Grain range at principal markets today:
Evening star., 1943-05-09
Daily Price AyeraEe.

NEW YORK, May s-The Associated
Press welshted wholesale price index of 35
commodities today Geclined to l06.32: pre-
rloux day. lO6.37: week a-o. l06..9; month
aso, l0633; year ago. 1884.
w., 1a+3. 1914" 1891, 1890.
Hlrh 1868" 1922 95.l2 .S."5
Low 1O343 9554 71.O3 631S
(a26 average equals 1909
Evening star., 1943-05-09
CURB SUMMARY
Al ss~ tsst s,sss ssk Ssss ussts,is..
tara,shsa ~ tie Associated rts.s,

s.lrci.d list of active Storku on
ne y. curb Eschauge, rhovinu tn.
hlsh, low and closing prices for the
week, aud the net change from the
previous SATURDAYS close
Evening star., 1943-05-09

Unit Of trading, 10 shares sales printed in full
r In b,nkrpp!cy receivershp being Teorsanized
companies Rates Of dividend in the foresons table
or semi annual declaration Unless otherwise noted
special or extra dividends are, not included xd Ex
,oek Cash 6.c,9ss g StSef Pa,d las.
h Payable in Canadian funds. Accumulated div.
dends paid declared this year.
Evening star., 1943-05-09
BOND SUMMARY
Al New Serh stsst ana Gurs oaststlsss
furnished BY the Associated Press.

A selected last Of active bonds on the
y y. stock Exchange, showing the
hiRh, low and closing price for the
week. aud the net change from the
previous Saturdays close
Evening star., 1943-05-09

Rates of dividends in the FOREGOING
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
ton Unless otherwise noted, special or
extra dividends are not included. Also
extra or extras d Cash or stock ePaid
last year Payable in stock. Declared
or paid 50 far this year. Payable in
Canadian funds; Accumulated dividends
rants. Nv without warrants =
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Use Boxing as Defense Asset,
Forget Titles, Miller Urges
Proved Worth in Jungle Warfare Has Put 1t
Far Above Commereolism, Heinie Declares

jitsu and judo-are far more i'm
portant than they were in 1e17-18.
TOTO elects to fight that way chiefly
because he is absolutely lousy with
infantry weapons at any range over
$50 yards.
Points to Ross and Biddle.
"And the fellow who doesn't know
what it's all about in a close fight
to the death is as much out of
place as the lad who enters the ring
knowing nothing about infighting.
What's more, he has picked a
tough spot to learn.
so it is boxing's duty to gradu-
ate above the plane that sees only
business and gate receipts. Boxing
right now is a whole lot more i'm
portant than it ever was as either
sport or business. Ask Marine
Corpl, Barney Ross about that"
The most important men in box
ing today, Miller adds, are fellows
like Col. A. j. (Tony) Drexel Biddle,
who is well over so and has come
out of retirement ito give the Ma
rine Corps the benefit of lifetime
of participation in boxing and other
hand-to-hand sport"
He still can teach young marines
how to wrap Jap around the
nearest coconut palm and break the
latter's back. That's the jungle
league"
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Wilson High, Consistent Winner
Outside, Is Ponicky in Series

Stage fright and nothing more
appears the handicap that makes
Wilson Highs basket ball team turn
in such poor showings in the school
boy basket ball series. The Tigers
mostly are inexperienced, but In out
side competition they appear a we'll
balanced quint able to tackle on
even terms anything around town.
Twice they've beaten Bethesda, hav-
ing done it again yesterday, 1926,
as well as st. Johns, two of the bet
ter teams outside the series.
But the moment they hit the court
in series game they freeze. Coach
Tony Kupka says they can't take
advantage of the split-second OPEN
ings and their passing and defensive
work is poor, all because it's cham
pionship game.
Yesterday against the Barons,
Wilson again presented a smooth,
well-rounded brand Of play 1t hasn't
been able to produce in interhigh
competition. It took q 1873 lead in
the first period that was enlarged to
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Ahearn Plans 10 Sue
Boxing Board Men
AS individuals
Restraining Injunction
Denied, Right to Seek
Damages Is Upheld

With preliminary court sparring
over, Promoter Goldie Ahearn and
the individual members of the Dis
trict Boxing Commission are ready
to move into the main part of their
legal battle, with Ahearn planning
to go through with his civil suit for
damages he claims as a result of in
reference with his December 8 box
ing show at Uline Arena.
They broke even yesterday in
District Court. Ahearn was denied
his petition for an injunction to re-
strain the commissioners from func-
tioning until their duties had been
defined more clearly, and the COM
missions motion for dismissal of
Ahearn's s106,224.08 civil suit also
was denied.
Part of the opinion handed down
by Justice James M. Proctor pointed
out that the suit must be directed
against the Commissioners individ-
ually because the Boxing Commits
sion is an arm of the District gov
ernment and has no legal identity
Goldie claims this as a moral VIC
tory. The commissioners hereafter,
he believes, must hire their own law
yers to defend the suit and If they
lose they pay out Of their own pock-
ct, commission funds being unavail-
able to them now. This, he believes,
will make them a bit hesitant about
exercising too much authority.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Bunny Citrenbaum and Preston
Wannan, two of last years subs on
the Roosevelt High basket ball team,
are rounding into the kind of form
Coach Reds Auerbach has been
promising for them, and as a result
the Rough Riders almost are certain
Of a spot in the championship play
off. Both were slow starters and
had they been at their peak three
weeks ago the Riders very we'll
might have beaten Tech in the series
opener. AS it was Tech was 3
point winner in overtime, but if the
two teams meet again Roosevelt
probably will be no worse than an
even choice.
Citrenbaum and Wannan were the
big shots yesterday as Roosevelt won
a thriller over Central, 1921, in the
feature Of the afternoon double
header at Tech gym. About 1000
spectators, better crowd than ex-
pected. were on hand to see this and
the other game in which Eastern
grabbed the series lead by winning
from Anacostia, 1926, for It's third
victory.
Riders Pull Late Rally.
The Riders had to stage come
back to win, putting on grand rally
late in the game after the contest
practically was conceded to Gen.
tral. The Vikings had ga lead
in the first quarter and the half-time
edge was 1912. During the third
quarter Central turned back Rider
threat and seemed to have the edge
1t was during this period that
Roosevelt took a momentary lead
of 1922, but almost immediately the
Vikings turned on the heat. Hank
Lawler pushed one through, Bob
Hill made two successful shots from
the foul line and Johnny Gibbons
potted an outside toss to give Gen.
trail a 1928 lead with 8 minutes
to go.
Then Citrenbsum and Wannan
Evening star., 1943-01-20
New Orleans Racina
Is Riding Along on
Wartime Boom
Betting Nearly Doubles
Last Winters, Crowds
Increase 1000 Daily
BY the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20.-The
sport and business of horse racing,
like virtually everything else in this
roaring, romantic old town, is
thriving on a wartime diet. The
Fair Grounds meeting, scheduled for
rs days, is just past the halfway
mark and shows average daily
wagering practically double that of
last winter, while paid attendance
has Increased about 1000 day.
A group of well known members
Of the turf set took over and re-
vived Crescent City racing last
winter and, after a game struggle
through river of red ink, some
how pulled through. At any rate,
the new deal was welcomed and now
it seems the sponsors are being
rewarded. 1t is reported the Fair
Grounds can make ends meet very
nicely on an average daily play of
100000.
The first 80 days, or through
Saturday. brought total wagering of
S4,3l7Sll, an average of S1l3,626.
Last winter, the 44-day meeting
saw S2,625,424 being bet, or only
S59,668 daily. Average daily pNd
attendance this season to date is
close to 5000. 1t was less than
1000 last winter.
Yesterday, with the new ban on
taxi travel to easily accessible Fair
Grounds in effect, at least an aver
age-size crowd was on hand and
they wagered $131.144.
The blackout of Florida racing re-
suited in several name" horses
being shipped here, so it is only
natural for local turtles to antici-
pate even more success for the sec
ond half Of the Fair Grounds ses-
sion.
The recent arrival Of Warren
Wright's money-winning ace, Whirl-
away. has added interest. Trainer
Ben Jones said yesterday that
Whirly shipped in fine style, as did
l3 others from Miami. Some of the
lesser lights may be ready to race in
a day or two. Jones could not sav
when Whirlaway would start. He
added:
If I run him before the New Or
leans Handicap on February 27 ii
probably would have to be in a
sprint. and Whirly may have for
gotten how to sprint, it's so long
since he did that. But If he starts
in short dash, the object would be
to tighten him up SO he'd be thor
oughly fit for the longer distance"
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Lacks Only Experience

It was a minor tragedy when ex-
Manager Bucky Harris clipped him
from the squad in Charlotte. Bucky
liked the boy, his spirit and poten-
tial ability, but felt two or three
years in the minors would polish the
rough edges. No, Eddie never got to
Washington with the Mats, but he
gave 1t everything he had IN a des-
perate attempt to stick.
Theoretically he never had a
chance. When he reported to the
Mats he was regarded as a punk kid
who had quit Reynolds High to en-
bark on a baseball career. He made
his debut with Concord, N. c., of the
North State League in 1941, shifted
to Charlotte later in the season and
batted .282
Lyons, though, soon stamped him
self as possibly the best potential
player ever unearthed by Scout Joe
Cambria. In his first appearance in
a major league uniform he was sent
in as a pinch-hitter against the In
dians in an exhibition. He delivered
the longest blow hit by any Nat in
spring training, but it was a 400
foot out to Center Fielder Roy
Weatherly.
Several days later, against the New
York Giants, Eddie stepped to the
plate and delivered a pinch single
in the eighth inning to score Stan
Gale from second with the run that
whipped the Giants, 4-3.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Lafayette Pinmen Seek to Slash
Lead Of Romping Clarendon
District League Pocesetters Average 612;
H-Skor Women Face Ice Palace Tonight

Pin, Rosslyn at Georgetown and
Chevy Chase Ice Palace at Arcadia
All matches start at 730.
Out to increase their three game
lead, the front-running Hi-Skors
will tackle the fourth-place Chevy
Chase Ice Palace at Chevy Chase
in one of the seven Ladies' District
League matches scheduled over var
ious mapleways at 7:30.
Other engagements are: Red Circle
at Lafayette, Bethesda at Rosslyn,
Clarendon at Brookland, Arcadia at
Spillway, Rendezvous at Arlington
and King Pin at Takoma.
After an illness of several months,
Howard Campbell is back on the
job, having rejoined the Lucky
Srtike staff.
Broadside Mount No. 2 sports a
one-game lead in the Fort Davis
Navy Yard League after sweeping
Optical No. l while F. & A. No. /
dropped to second place by losing
game to Drawing Room No. 8.
Willie Tayman, who led the new
pacesetters' sweep, also boasts the
seasons record game of ITO. Hugh
Crawley of F. 81 A. leads with 446
season mark while Abe Beavers Is
tops with 1858 average for 48
games. Bill Brazerol and McGarvey
are close behind the veteran Tool
Shop pinman with 116-16 and 1852.
Bill Fredette's top l54 and 407
paved the way as the league Leading
House of Rouse trimmed the cham
pion Shamrocks, 81 in the Rhode
Island Avenue Business Mems
League at King Pin.
George Wilsher High Man.
George Wilsher fired 141 and 412
as Christ Church swept Petworth
with 584 and LIPS in the East WASH
ington Church League at Mount
Rainier.
Jimmy OFT, jr., and Lee Fleshman,
the horseshoe finger, shared the
limelight in the Prince Georges
County loop when the formers All
paced Bowers Jewelry to an odd
game win from Ryans Tavern and
the latter banged out All as Flesh
man Ice whitewashed Service Paint.
Norman Warmers 152 and 4O2
highlighted the Clarendon Major
League while Miss Quarles' 800 was
best in the Clarendon Ladies loop.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Unfeozed by Dust Drive

That happened on a Thursday.
On the following Saturday Lyons
again met the Giants in the role of
pinch-hitter and the pleasure was
all Eddie's. He delivered a ninth
inning double and scored the win
ming run when Stan Spence doubled
over Mel Otis head.
Eddie opened the ninth with that
double and nearly was trapped off
second by Catcher Harry Danning.
He took a olive headfirst back into
second base and came up resembling
the end man in a minstrel show.
He was covered with a heavy
blanket of dust. Dust was in his
mouth, eyes, hair and shoes, but
Eddie got back safely and while the
crowd howled he calmly called for
q towel and bucket of water and
erased the CRIME from his face.
When Spence doubled to fetch him
home Lyons took the Union Pacific
route to the plate, nearly f1attening
Clyde Milan in sweeping wide around
third base
That established Eddie as a
threat. Harris promptly tabled him
ss a mere boy" who would develop
with proper seasoning. Coach Ossie
Bluege was enthusiastic. He rel
ished Lyons fiashy fielding, partic-
ularly his ability in pivoting on
double plays, He was weak in
launching double plays, however,
and that was one of the items Har-
ris hoped he would improve upon in
the minors.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Outdoors
With BILL ACKeRMAN.

Most duck hunters saved their
exploded shells for patriotic rea-
sons. A few, shooting out of rented
blinds, tossed them away. Alto
gether, over the length and breadth
of the bay country, there are mil
lions of brass shell cases-tons Of
vital war material
Junk dealers, however. will have
none of it because of the attached
paper. Even though this could be
burned off. they specify the brass
must be cleaned with acid. And
that's where the save empty shells"
campaign stands.
Possibly some one will offer an
easy way to save the metal in the
shells. In the meantime donate
your hunting knife, as its steel is
needed. It's condition doesn't mat
ter. Send 1t to the Hunting Knife
Collection Committee, 1925 Colum-
bia avenue, San Francisco.
Some skeet clubs haYe enough
shells on hand to take them through
next summer. So far they have
not been needed in the war effort
and the clay pigeon enthusiasts
continued in fairly normal fashion
until the arrival of the ban on
pleasure driving. Now the skeet
fields no longer are happy gathering
places. However, the shells may
come in handy for the 1943 water
fowl season. They are not nearly
as efficient as the usual high We
locity loads used by duck hunters,
but they will do in a pinch if the
birds are allowed to come in close.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Baugh|sC|eared
OF Wrong Intent
In Bowl Battle
Careless in Notifying
Officials He Couldn't
Come, Loyden Finds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-Elmer lay
den, commissioner OF the National
Football League, said today the
case of Sammay Baugh, charged
with willful failure to attend and
participate" in a benefit game at
Philadelphia December 27 between
his Washington Redskin teammates
and a league all-star squad. had
been dropped for want of evidence
in substantiation."
Investigation has proved con-
clusively," Layden declared in
statement, that Baugh did intend
to play" that "he was sick at the
time he was originally scheduled to
leave his Rotan, Tex, ranch" and
that transportation difficulties
thwarted his efforts to reach Phila-
delphia the day before the game.
Publicity Sufficient Punishment.
So there was no alternative"
Layden said, except to find Baugh
not guilty of any violation of good
faith or of any disregard for his obll-
cation to the public, the league and
to his fellow players. The pub
licity and subsequent investigation
attendant upon Baugh's failure to
appear is deemed sufficient punish
ment under the circumstances"
"At most" the statement added,
"Baugh may have been careless in
delegating the duty OF notifying club
officials of his inability to leave on
December %, as originally scheduled.
to Player Dick Todd OF Washington,
who presumed his cancellation of
Baugh's plane reservations would
serve as notification to club off,
cials."
The absence OF Baugh, star passer
and punter Of the champion Red
skins, created furore on the eve
OF the game and was further COM
plicated because a hotel register
mixup had led officials to believe
Baugh was in town until he failed
to report for practice. Frantic calls
| followed In an effort to get Baugh to
appear even If illness would prevent
his playing, but Baugh was unable
| to obtain transportation.
The game, proceeds from which
went to the United Seamen's Serv-
ice, was won by the All-stars, lila.
Tried His Best, Baugh Says.
At the time of the incident Baugh
himself was quoted as saying:
II never have run out on foot
ball game and I didn't do 1t in the
game at Philadelphia. =" wired
Ray Flaherty. Washington coach,
that I had been Ill and couldn't
play. Jack Espey, team manager,
called back and told me I didn t
have to play, but to come anyway"
Baugh said he then made every
effort to get to Philadelphia, but
finally had to give it up. Layden' S
statement said that had Baugh sue
ceeded in arranging transportation
for the better than 200-mile trip to
the Dallas airport, which he at
tempted, he would not have been
able to leave there, since the flight
was Cancelled shortly before take-off
time.
Evening star., 1943-01-20

Averaging eight pins less a game
Lafayette Bowling Center pinmen
figure to have all the worst of ii
in a District League match against
the ace-setting Clarendon sharp
shooters tonight at Clarendon, but
Joe Pricci and his cohorts were one
Of the four clubs to beat the league
leaders in the first series and aim
again to cut down the high flying
Virginians despite their disadvan-
tage.
Latest statistics show Clarendon
topping the 16-club circuit with a
612 team mark, while the Lafayettes
are spilling the NAPLES at a 604
clip.
Two games out of first place, the
deadlocked runners-up. Hyattsville
Recreations and Anacostia Spill
ways, will have no easy rows to hoe
when the former tackle the am
bilious Brookland Recreations al
Brookland and the latter are hosts
to the strong Hi-Skors.
Hi-Skor Meets Ice Palace.
Other matches will find Airing
ton at Alexandria, Convention Hall
at Bethesda, Lucky Strike at King
Evening star., 1943-01-20
BY HAROLD CLAASEN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20. - Be-
cause his wife tainted as they
tried to jam their way through
a crowd blocking the doorway
of a bsndboX basket ball gym
nasium in 1884, Ned Irish today
is the duration" president Of
Madison Square Garden.
why doesn't somebody take
these games to the Garden" de-
manded the perturbed young
husband back there in the days
Of plentiful steaks and gasoline.
~then everyone would have
room"
When nobody took up the idea,
irish, then the basket ball re-
porter for the New York World,
followed his own suggestion.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Win, Lose
or Draw
Nuts Loss Is Marines Guin
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

tN0tS IpS9 10 tNt1i tttCS ~Atu
1t will create no general hoistine
of eyebrows among followers OF the
Nationals to learn that Eddie Lyons
won't be playing at Griffith Stadium
this season. He didn't play there
last Season-he's never played there
but last year when the Mats were
training in Florida he gave a Won
derful imitation of a youngster who
would have given his right arm for
the privilege.
Eddie has joined the marines
which is where he belongs. The
marines will like the confident
good-natured, determined boy who
captivated the Mats as an 18-year-
old last spring. Among a colorless
crop of performers he was as con-
spicuous as a neon sign on the
Sahara.
Lyons didn't make the grade last
season. He was pruned from the
squad when the Mats visited Char
lotte, N. c., en- route home from
Orlando, but chances are Eddie
would have inherited the Mats sec
ond-base duties in another year
or two He had ability that would
have developed. Discouraging him
would have been as fruitleSs as at
tempting to grab fistful of mer-
curry.
He was bubbling over with con-
fdence. His wasn't the Swagger-
ing, loud -mouthed, irritating con-
f1dence of a Dizzy Dean or Buck
Newsom. He simply wanted to play
major league baseball so much that
1t oozed out of every pore.
Evening star., 1943-01-20
Kindly Dame Ruined Day

Several of his mates kidded Eddie
about missing one of Ace Adams
curves about a foot or so before
connecting for that double. Listen,
I knew that if I looked bad on that
curve he'd throw me another" said
Lyons. $50 he did and I conked it..
You gotta be strategic, fellows"
Eddie's glory vanished rapidly.
Back at the hotel that night the
players were standing around on
the porch discussing the days
events when a kindly old lady
walked into their midst, looked at
Eddie and said, And are you the
bat boy, sonny?"
Lyons actually was younger than
the Mats bat boy. but he wasn't
amazed at his mingling with base
balls established stars in touring
Florida with the Mats He ached 10
be one of them and maybe some
day he will