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Evening star., 1943-05-22
School Track Finals
And Diamond Ti|ts
Are Postponed
ResIuted for Next Week.;
Wilson and Coolidge
Win Golf Matches

Finals of the District high school
track championships have been reset
for Monday at 3:45 at Central Sta
dium after yesterday afternoons
rain caused a postponement,
Also postponed were the two in
terhigh series baseball games, Tech
at Eastern and Wilson at Anacostia.
They will be played next Friday, be-
ginning at o'clock, this causing an
other setback of the schedule. with
the playoff series. originally to be-
gin then, not to start until the fol-
lowing Tuesday.
Schoolboy golfers did manage to
get out Yesterday, with Wilson and
Coolidge winning by identical 81
scores over Roosevelt and st. Johns.
respectively.
Bob Roy was low scorer for Will
son with rs, while George Black Of
Coolidge also carded 76.
Summaries:
Wilson, 8: Roosevelt, I.
Roy %,n6sIs Wlson ds5sstes 9Is%se9 odo. .Fd
and 5. Best ball-Woodrow Wilson.
and 4.
Diamond CRoosevelN defeated Bundy. 4
and 81 Appleby tWilson) defeated Rocker,
9 up. Best ball-Woodrow Wilson,
Warmack (Wilson) defeated Blum, and
3: Keyser WILSON, defeated Lord. and
6. Best ball-Woodrow wilson. : and 6.
Coolidge, 8; ST. Johns, !.
Black tCoolidgel defeated R. Clarke, I
up Everett (Coolidge) won by default.
Best ball-Coolidge. ! up
Mcdowell (Coolidse) defeated z. Calrke.
! up; Kusch tCoolidge> defeated Fleishell.
6 and 4 Best ball-Coolidge, , and /
Wiesbere (Coolidse) won by default:
Wagner tSt, Johns defeated Rabineau,
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Griffith Wants Gomez
As Starting Pitcher
Moy Test Former Yonk
In Monday Exhibition

Vernon Lefty Gomez, power
house pitcher with the New York
Yankees during the 1930s, and Presi-
dent Clark Griffith of the Nationals
were to get together via long dis
tance phone again today with good
chance that the two would come to
terms that would add Gomez to the
Mats pitching staff.
Gomez, signed as a free agent by
the Boston Braves this season, but
released several days ago without
having pitched a game, contacted
Griffith with the suggestion that he
be given a trial with Washington.
He also has an offer from the Phila-
delphia Phillies, but prefers Wash
ington for several reasons, according
to Griffith.
The warm climate here, where he
would pitch half his games, figures
to aid his arm. and, too, he wants to
get back in the American League
With the Yankees he won l89 games
while losing 10l and is mighty anx-
ious to reach the 200 mark before
retiring. He has six world series
victories without a defeat on his
record.
Griffith figures Gomez worth TAX
ing a chance on. IF he has two
thirds of his old stuff he'll be okay
here" the Mats president said this
morning. After all, he's only 80
years old" If signed, Gomez will be
given a test of several innings in
the War bond game here Monday
night against Norfolk. Griffith also
said Gomez If signed would be used
in starting roles.
Evening star., 1943-05-22

A bowling feud which had its start
last Sunday at Northeast Temple
when Helen Roberts. women's met
ropolitan match game champion,
and Nick Rinaldi the Brookland
Recreation sharpshooter, defeated
Madge Lewis and AL Wright, Clar-
endon Bowling Centers starry two
some, will be renewed tomorrow aft
ernoon at Mount Rainier as an
added feature to the regular week.
end Red Cross benefit tournament.
Action in the all-star mixed
doubles attraction will start at 3
o'clock while the Red Cross event
which weekly has been Turing well
over 100 pinspillers is scheduled to
get under way at 2.
Joe Olson of Hilltop ESQ capped
a 1872 set with 166 to give the rollers
in Greenway Bowls Summer Ma
tional League new high game to
shoot at. The Five Beroos banged
592 and 1851 to sweep Food Fair,
with Leland Nicely's 800 the big
blow.
The exciting Clarendon Ladies
Commercial League race ended with,
Orchid Box and Pauls Dress Shop
deadlocked for first place and Buck
ingham BARRIERS only one game be-
hind In third place. Lillian Tapp
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Baseball Starting Times Reflect u S. Economic State
Continuous Performance Now Suggested Boxers

likely can remember when there
weren't so many places to go and
when a holiday always meant one
game in the morning, lunch at
the place across the street from
the park and another game right
afterward. And on July 4 you
tossed flrecrackers at the jumps
and likely as not hung around to
toss rocks at the carryall in which
the visiting team was riding to
its hotel. Well, you're riding to
the park in streetcars again, so
maybe the rest will come back.
Non-attendance record-A lot
of ball clubs have been polling the
fans about starting times, but the
most novel poll was conducted in
Oakland, Calf, recently result
hasn't reached here yeti. The
idea was to start a double header
at l pm. and count how many
people left after the first game.
If many departed. that was sup
posed to prove that swing shifters,
who had to get to work about 1,
liked the idea Of having q game
Evening star., 1943-05-22

Pvt. James Farley. who plays
for the 18th Signal Training
Regiment baseball team at Fort
Monmouth, N. j., isn't related to
the former Postmaster General,
but he plays first base, too.
Cleaning the cuff-When the
Great Lakes sailors play the
University of Illinois today,
there'u be reunion of two rival
coaches. 1t. Mickey Cochrane
caught for the Tigers and Wallie
Roettger played in the outfield
for the Cardinals in the 1881
World Series. For such an occa-
sion, they should open cham
payne. AL Barlick, the National
League umpire, took his Army
screen test yesterday. He's mar
ried and has a seven-weeks-old
daughter. No wonder Jimmy
Johnston is having little trou-
BILE with names these days. On
June Z his heavyweight, Freddie
Fiducia, fights Nate Bolden and
the next night he'll send Ham
Kiloby against Larry Bolvin.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Athletics Making Brave Effort
To Match Pills Snuppy Pace
Victory Over Browns HiehIghts Major
Program Featuring Smart Slab Work

good efforts, although he hasn't won
a game.
The Athletics 2-1 triumph over
the Browns was a high light of a
three-game major league program
which produced a total of only 36
hits and seven runs. The AS made
just two hits off Niggeling and
Arntzen was in hot water frequently
because Of wildness-he gave eight
walks. But there was no scoring
until the Browns Mike Chartak
belted his third homer of the season
in the eighth inning and the AS
came back to push over two runs in
the ninth, scoring the winning tally
when Catcher Rick Ferrell muffed a
third strike.
Chicago's White Sox kept pace
with the Athletics and dropped
Washington a few points out of sec
ond place by winning another flood
light contest, l to 0, behind the
three-hlt hurting of Johnny Hum
phries, while Detroit's Tigers
grabbed fourth place from st. Louis
as the result of their 2-l, 13-inning
conquest of the Boston Red SoX in
the afternoon. Cleveland's idle In
dams moved into second.
Lupien's Error Proves Fatal.
Tony Lupien's tWo-base muff of
Joe Hoovers pop fly in the 18th
paved the way for Detroit's victory
as Tex Hughson limited the Tigers
to seven hits. Roger Cramer fol-
lowed up the error, made after two
were out, with a winning
single.
The entire National League card
was postponed, but the Phillies
again managed to get into the spot
light. Owner Bill Cox revealed he
had made an offer to Lefty Gomez,
former Yankee great recently cast
adrift by the Boston Braves, and he
listed Saturday night game. a
major league rarity. after last
nights game was called off. The
Cleveland Indians, determined to
meet the Yankees under the lights,
also booked game for tonight after
postponement last night.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Bench Novikoff's S Spot
Unless in Condition
To Play for Cubs
Club Hopes Longtime
HoIdout Can Bottle
Giants Wednesday
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. May 22.-Baseball
fans agreed today that the Chicago
Cubs need Lou Novikoff's slugging
to pull them out of their last-place
berth in the National League-but
the broad-beamed outfielder will get
bench duty If he's not In the tip
top condition he claims, when he
arrives in town tomorrow.
Il have no reason to doubt Novi-
koff's word that he is In shape
after his adventures with his semi
pro outfit" the Cubs general man.
ager, James J. Gallagher, said to-
day. But he must convince Man.
ager Jim Wilson that he's in the
pink before he steps into the lineup.
We hope he's o. X, for We would like
to use him Wednesday when we open
at home against the Giants"
Making arrangements with Ford
Frick, president of the National
League, to have Novikoff reinstated
after he automa tically was placed
on the ineligible list for failing to
report, Gallagher was touchy about
the salary decision reached on the
coast.
Pants Rowland (president OF the
Cubs Los Angeles club actually did
the work of signing Lou" he re-
marked. But it is not our policy to
discuss contracts, and that's that"
Novikoff, however, has stressed
his physical fitness by insisting that
his salary was made retroactive to
include the time spent in training
with his semipro team.
Unofflcially, the most popular
guess was that the Mad Russian.
who hit 800 last year, had signed
at a compromise figure of $500.
This would represent ST 500 less than
he originally thought he was worth,
but considerably more than the So
500 the Cubs had stood pat on dur
| inp tho MONETARY llp-nf-Uar
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Count Fleet Finds 5
Defying His Speed
In Rich WitherS
Hertz Colt Is Aimino
At Record Sweep Made
By Sir Barton in 1919
BY the Associated Press.

L
NEW YORK, May 22-Although
their ability may not be of the best,
no one can question the courage of
the five other 3-year-old thorough
breds which will oppose Count Fleet
today in the Withers Mile at Bel
mont Park.
The quintet is all that is left of
the 81 nominees other than the
Count, names of which we're on the
register when the books closed
April /. Even Blue Swords, which
made career of finishing second to
Mrs. John D. Hertz's Kentucky Der
by and Preakness winner six times,
isn't going to try it today
Although the distance is shorter
than that of the Derby and Freak
ness and the track won't be fast, the
bettors apparently have agreed with
the owners of the other nominees
that the Withers is the Counts per-
sonal property He was held at
1-to-6 odds in the early wagering.
However, w. E. Boeing's Slide
Rule, Townsend B. Martins Bank
rupt, William Woodward's Tip Toe,
William du Points Fairy Manhurst
and R. j. Kleberg's Too Timely will
try for the $4,000 first money.
The Withers, won last year by
Mrs. AL Sabath's Alsab, is the chief
prep for the Belmont, only remain
ing portion of the turf's triple crown
not already captured by Count
Fleet. He was an unchallenged
winner in the Derby and followed a
week later with similar triumph in
the Preakness.
Should the Hertz Hurricane win
both the Withers today and the
Belmont on June he will equal the
feat of Sir Barton. which galloped
to that fame in 1919
Johnny Longden again will be
astride Count Fleet. which is ex-
pected to get most of his little op-
position from Slide Rule, third in
the Derby.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
SIumping Spence May Lose
CenterfieId Job to Moore
Runs-Botted-In Leader Drops to 098 Pace;
Beaten by Chisox, Grffs Fall to Third

Orlando last year? 1t was. IF I
don't outhit that Di Maggie I'll eat
this uniform Well, he didn't have
to eat the uniform with that 1928
hitting he gave us. He outhit Di
Maggie by plenty.
We'll, he proved his point last
year. This year he apparently
doesn't have that fire in him. Well,
we'll have to build fire under him
to get him going He showed me he
was good hitter last year and I
think he'll get going for us again
soon. but it's getting irksome waiting
for it to happen"
Mats Drop to Third Place.
While Spence is shackled in his
slump, the Mats leading hitter,
Moore has been decorating the dug
out. Moore is batting .297, and if
Spence soon doesn't improve the
Mats are likely to have Gene playing
center field
A 10 victim of the Shit pitching
OF Johnny Humphries here last
night before 8,567 fans, the Mats
were to tangle with the White Sox
in single game today and will
battle them in a double -header to-
morrow before returning to Griffith
Stadium to meet Norfolk Naval
Training Station in a War bond
game Monday night Ewald Pyle was
to pitch for the Mats today, with
Early Wynn and Alex Carrasquel
slated to hurl tomorrow.
HUMPHREYS pitching served to
toboggan the Mats into third place
He was in trouble in the first inning
when George Case walked and stole
second with two out, but Bob John
son stranded him. Ellis Clary and
Case singled successfully with two
out in the third, but Mickey Vernon
popped out.
Leonard Scatters Nine Hits.
The next Nat on base was john
son, when the walked to open the
seventh, but Spence promptly drilled
into double play before Gerald
Priddy singled. He was left as Jake
Early flied out and he was the last
Nat to reach first, as Humphries re-
tired the final seven batters in order.
Chicago mustered its run off Dutch
Leonard in the third inning when
Humphries doubled over Cases head,
took third on Early's throw into CEN
ter field in attempting to pick him
off. and scored on Thurman Tucker S
third successive hit, single to right.
Leonard scattered nine hits in los
ing his second decision.
Evening star., 1943-05-22

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
CHICAGO, May 22.-The leagues
leading performer at getting mates
across the plate suddenly may dis
cover himself perched on WASH
ington's bench, for unless Stan
Spence suddenly snaps out OF his
hitting slump, Gene Moore will re-
place him.
Spence is leading both leagues
in the matter OF runs batted in, but
at the moment it's misleading. He
has swatted a cruel .098 in his
last 10 games and over that span
has sent only three mates scurry-
ing across the plate as the result
of his labor Only one of those
runs was scored as the result of
a Spence hit. the others registering
from third after he flied out.
Manager Ossie Bluege has been
tolerant with Spence in view OF his
splendid swatting Of last season,
when he was third in the American
League with his 1923 average. He
has figured Spence would break
out in a rash OF base blows at any
moment, but nothing has happened.
Grudge Hitting, Says Ossie.
When the Mats were in spring
training at College Park, Prexy
Clark Griffith of the Mats scanned
list of noted hitters still left in
the league and nominated Spence
as most likely to wind up leading
the league. With his .183 average
for the season Spence is debating
Grifith's prediction prestige.
Spence's stylish batting last year
seemed to stamp him as one of the
leagues smoother hitters, but that
old jinx that haunts many players
in their second season as regulars
may be annoying Stan. He was a
benchwarner with the Red Sox be-
fore starring with the Mats last
season as regular. This year the
leagues pitchers may have dis
covered flaws in his failing, but
Bluege doesn't believe so.
When Spence came with us last
year he nursed grudge against
Dominic Di Maggie" says Ossie
1T was Di Maggie who kept Spence
from playing regularly at Boston
and Stan was determined he'd
prove he was better hitter than
the fellow who had kept him from
playing.
You remember the first thing he
said to you reporters when he
walked into the dressing room at
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Sox and Cubs Lonely

Il wouldn't be honest if I didn't
say I've always felt he delayed my
really getting started in the ma jors, ?"
explains Priddy, but now that he's
with us, all is forgiven" If Ellis
Clary should falter at third base, in
cidentally, Manager Ossie Bluege
says he'll shift Priddy to third base
and install Kampouris at second
Johnny Burke, the former George
town golfer who recently was killed
in action, once played an Eastern
League match with Prince Fumi
Konoye of Japan, when the latter
was attending Princeton. The
Hoyas and Burke we're favored, but
Princeton won the match as Konoye
beat Burke, 5 and 4.
Chicago clubs are having their
worst financial season in years. In
Guiding last nights crowd here, the
White SoX have drawn less than
$4,000 spectators for the season,
which would fall 1000 short of filling
their stadium if combined and de-
posted in Comiskey Park on the
hehiiAS ouJ- lllSluAlCI III VIC Wltilt
SoX home games have been two
Sunday double -headers, night
game and, of course, the opening
game.
The Cubs, nestled deep in the
National League cellar. also have
failed to excite the citizenry.
They're attracted less than 10000
fans at home The weather has
contributed to the poor crowds, but
the weather hasn't been that bad.
BIuege Burs the Noes
Umpire Bill MCGOWAN, rated the
best in the American League by
ballplayers, says Billy Evans. former
arbiter, was his idol and the man
he sought to emulate as an umpire.
Tommy Connolly also helped me
lot says MCGOWAN, but 1 used
to poster Evans all the time and
he alW3VS was p9tieOt with mo
Evening star., 1943-05-22

early enough for them to see.
Today's guest star-Ben Ep-
stein, Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette:
The Chang Kai-shek of Pine
Bluff is Robert Hing. The Is
year-old Chinese who cut capers
in the backfield for the Colts last
year has been elected president
OF the Pine Bluff Junior High
School student council. Well,
the Zebras always did boast an
an-State Hing back"
Service Dept.-Harris Horder,
former six-day racer who joined
the American Army in Australia,
was the tail gunner in a Liberia
tor bomber that shot down six
of II attacking Jap zeroes over
New Guinea recently. Must have
thought they were trying to steal
a lap at 6 am.
The bakers and cooks softball
team was the first Fort Sheridan
outfit to challenge the newly
organized WAAC squad. If they
lose, the soldiers probably will
dare the gals to try a cooking
contest.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Lyons Still Tops A. A.
AT BAT Despite Skid
Kansas City Ace Drops
Is Points, Hits .405
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 22.-Although
slipping from .481 to 405, AL Lyons,
Kansas City outfielder, is the lead
ing hitter in the American Associa-
tion-but three Milwaukee sluggers
moved up to challenge him.
Based on 40 or more times at
bat in games through Wednesday,
Hershel Martin with 1888, Ted Nor
bert with 1852 and Grey Clarke with
.345-all BreWers-were determined
to overtake Lyons.
Another powerful hitter was Hugh
Holiday of Louisville, who had
tapped out a .387.
Al Hunt of st. Paul headed three
hitting divisions, being first in num-
ber of hits with %, total bases with
80 and doubles with 6. Lyons was
tops in runs batted in with 18.
Otey Clarke of Minneapolis and
Johnny Whitehead of Toledo shared
the pitching honors, each with four
wins and no defeats.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Continuous Pc
By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Write

Associated Press sports write
NEW YORK, May 22.-It has
been said that there's nothing
like good depression to help
baseball, so maybe the pros
perity of these times is re-
flected in the experiments this
season with starting times for
ball games. The depression"
theory is that when men are out
of work they have plenty of time
to visit the ball park, but when
they're working hard they can't
get away afternoons. So far this
season major league clubs have
played afternoon, night, twilight
and morning games-the last
presumably for the benefit of war
workers. Now, with double-head-
ers piling up, the Dodgers and
Reds have scheduled a daylight
and-dusk double header for June
80 and the Phillies and Braves
are booked for morning and aft
ernoon bills June IS. How about
Q continuous performance next?
The old daze-A lot OF you
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Burkhat's 2-Hit Tilt
Is 14th A. A. Shutout
Redbird Stars Despite
Hearing Of Dads Death
By the Associated Press,

~ eAAS AeoOSlaeC0 11Sos.
Fourteen shutout games have
been pitched in the American Asso-
citation so far this season, but prob
ably the one which counted the
most was delivered by Columbus
moundsman, Ken Burkhart.
The Redbirds moved to the front
in the whitewash records last night
by betting st. Paul, 9-0-their third
banking job Of the camapign.
Burkhart came through with a neat
two-hit performance for his second
win Of the season and never allowed
a runner to reach third.
Burkhart's job became all the
more impressive, for it was learned
after the game that he had more
on his mind than just baseball He
took the mound only few hours
before being advised that his father,
A. M. Burkhart, 81, had died Of an
appendicitis attack In Cleveland.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Ohio State Gains Lead
In Big Ten Baseball
BY the Associated Press,

CHICAGO, May 22.-Ohio State
led the Big Ten baseball race today,
crushing Chicago yesterday to push
Wisconsin into second place, al
though the Badgers also won their
game. downing Purdue in night
engagement.
The Buckeyes took over the top
spot with three wins against one
defeat for a $50 mark. whereas Wis
consins five victories and two de-
feats was good for TIA.
Evening star., 1943-05-22

Griffmen Regain
Jacobs June 7
By 4 stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY STAN CORRESPONDENT OF The Star.
CHICAGO, May 22.-Shortstop
Joe Jacobs. 19-year-old Wichita
(Kans.) boy labeled by Boss Clark
Griffith the finest young prospect
ever uncovered by the Mats, will
rejoin the Washington baseball
team shortly, but will be ineligible
to play until June Z.
Jacobs, who returned to Wich-
ita to complete high school after
impressing Griffith and Manager
Ossie Bluege In spring training,
now has finished school but must
wait for 60 days to expire since
he was placed on the voluntary
retired list on April I.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Bows Club Mines Busy

Three baseball games are sched-
uled tomorrow in the Boys Club Of
Washington League, all at l o'clock
on Ellipse diamonds. Michigan Park
meets Central Branch, Manor Park
tackles Merrick and Taft A. c. plays
Eastern Branch.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Mats Stealing Champions

The Mats, as expected, are max
ing a runaway of the leagues base
stealing championship. They've
stolen 21 bases and the White Sox
are next with IL. The Athletics
have stolen only six. The Mats,
though, are leading the league in
errors.
Ellis Clary, Washingtons third
baseman, is being featured in out
of-toWn papers as the result of his
recent scrap with Catcher Johnny
Peacock of the Red SoX. He did
himself no favor by popping Pea
cock, for the bench jockeys now are
pouring it to him.
Judge KenesaW Mountain Lands,
commissioner of baseball, may at
tend the War bond game between
the Mats and Norfolk Naval Train
ing Station Monday night at Grif-
fifth Stadium, which will rank
as the greatest attraction of it's
kind ever staged in Washington.
The Mats we're offered Infelder
Don Hefner of the Browns for
$4,000 but declined. His throwing
arm fails to intrigue Bluege.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Aces to Bowl in Mixed Doubles
AT Mounts Red Cross Meet

carried of individual honors with .
1O3 average. Evelyn Morris 142
and Edith Higgins $50 were season
records, while Dorothy Lee was the
best sparemaker with 166 and Jessie
Wilson and Lynda Chiffon tied for
the most strikes with 30 each.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Zuritu Decisions Vosouez

HOLLYWOOD. May % P.-Juan
Zurita l135) of Mexico City won
10-round decision last night from
Henry vasquez Q30, Puerto Rican
from New York, but the Mexican
was floored once and was reeling at
the final bell,
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Fights Lost Night
. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YoRK.-Bob Montsomery. 1874.
l3S, Augusta uH. (Title.)
Waah1nston.--Lew Hanbury. l29,
WaShlnston, ,outpointed Jackie Callura,
tifis Asm1iton' Ontario uO. Mon
..rQGTLAND. orss.-Lou Nova. 2oS,
Van f'gNn,s. Nnye esYs esIYisHointsS' & Chuck croven.
Evening star., 1943-05-22
Eight in KINGS Plate

TORONTO. May % (P).-Eight
horses will compete today in the
84th running of the Kings Plate at
nearby Woodbine Park Arbor Vita.
owned by Willie Morrissey, is the
heavy favorite.