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Evening star., 1943-08-20
Murtaugh Of Phi||ies,
Enriched by Fans,
Is Off for Army
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20--Dan-
ny the double talking Murtaugh
went home to Chester, Pa, today
to rest up before reporting to the
Army next Tuesday while fat Freddy
Fitzsimmons combed the Phillies'
lineup for a successor to the peppery
second baseman.
Hundreds of the men with whom
Danny builds tankers in the off
season were on hand to see his fare
well game for the duration last
highland one of them, John G..
Pew, jr., vice-president of the Sun
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Cor
poration, presented him at the plate
with a bundle of war bonds and
cash.
For Once He's Subdued.
For once the rubber-legged little
leadoff man, only member Of the
Phillies to keep his position since
the season opened, was subdued.
He never mangled the kings Eng
lish once, just said thank YOU
and looked surprised when the
crowd of $4,000 roared approval
Danny's last game was an un-
spectacular end to an unspectacnlar
season for him, though the Phillies
defeated the red-hot st. Louis
Cardinals 6-5. He juggled Harry
Walkers grounder in the first and
went hitless in five trips to the
plate to leave his batting average
suspended at .268.
But If batting was all the Phillies
wanted of him, Danny still would
be playing for Houston in the Texas
League, from which he emerged in
the middle of the 1941 season. Even
though he's hit only one home run
since then, he's built a powerful
reputation as hard-trying, chuckle-
getting ball player,
Pilot Ponders Over Lineup.
To replace his 25-year-old spark
plug, whose son Jimmie just turned
three months. Fitzsimmons con-
sidered Babe Dahlgren with Jimmy
Wasdell taking over first. or Gabby
Stewart, with Ray Hamrick, the
5000 rookie from Nashville, going
to shortstop.
But the boys from Sun Ship will
tell you that nobody will ever be
able to give EN- the old sedda
macreda, or even passen on the
fortesolt-which is double talk in
the pure Murtaugh vein - like
DANNY
Evening star., 1943-08-20
'Schweitzer, Shapiro
Clash Tomorrow
In Tennis Final

Championship in the District
Recreation novice tennis tourna-
ment will be decided tomorrow aft
ernoon at reservoir courts in q
match between Britt Schweitzer,
former Coolidge High athlete, and
Beryl Shapiro. Their meeting Is
scheduled for 2:30 o'clock.
They won semiflnal matches yes
terday without much trouble.
Schweitzer defeated George Shoe
maker, 60, 60, and Shapiro won
over Myles Cooper, 60, 81.
Semifinals in the women's recre-
alton tourney were slated this aft
ernoon with Sarah Moore meeting
Louise Hohenthal and Mrs. David
Gray meeting Pearl Mccoy. Quar-
terfinals also were played yesterday
in the mems doubles tourney, with
semifinals listed today. Pairings:
Haney and Bolts VS.. Shapiro and Kay
and Gottlieb and lie Grand vs.. Love and
Shoemaker.
Doubles Results.
Haney and Bolts defeated Avon and
Meninger, 6--2, 60: Shapiro and Kay
defeated Hedding and Jenkins 6-3, 4-6.
6-3; Gottlieb and lie Grand defeated
and Shumaker defeated Beal and Ainut,
81, b-3.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
.0rioIe Hur|er Claimed
By Tribe Wins 21st
BY the Associated Press.

oS lHe Associated Press.
Ed Klieman, Baltimore Oriole
pitcher, won his 21st game of the
season in the International League
by beating Rochester, S to q, last
night. 1t was his second straight win
since the Cleveland Indians an
nounced they would claim him un-
der q working agreement with the
Orioles
klleman's six-hit performance
gave the Orioles a sweep of double
header since Paul Calvert BANKED
the Redwings, 4 to 0, in the opener.
Flrst-place Toronto turned back
second-place Newark, 2 to 0, on the
neat f1ve-hit twirling Of Jim Hop
per. Harry Davis drove in both runs
with fourth inning single.
Aided by six Montreal errors,
Syracuse beat the Royals, 5 to 2, to
tie for third place Syracuse scored
four unearned runs.
Last-place Jersey City walloped
Buffalo, II to 2, in weird game
marked by six Bison misplays and
II Jersey City hits. Whitley Lock-
man starred with the stick for the
tailenders, getting a base on balls,
single, double and triple.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Loyden, League Discriminate
Against Skins, Says Marshall

drawing card in the league. On his
record alone he Is the best, but he
hasn't received the Joe Carr Award"
This award will go next week to
Don HutSon Of Green Bay, with
Football Commissioner Layden max
ing the presentation.
II see by the papers they are
grooming Glenn Dobbs to throw a
football like Sammy Baugh," said
Marshall. They all try to get men
like Baugh, but Sammy hasn't BEEN
named most valuable player yet.
This Is his seventh year in the
league. It's time he got his due
recognition. Further how come the
All-Stars will play several men in
the service when we can't get Ja-
cobs? Furthermore, the league voted
last spring to give every help to the
pro team playing the All-Stars in
view Of the shortage Of manpower.
What is this. job against the Red
skins. or does the pro league want
to win the All-Star game?"
Meanwhile the Redskins, 80 strong,
were working the travel kinks out of
their legs today at Loyola Univer-
sity Stadium.
Hoya Ola TO Join Squad.
They were to be joined by Ollie
Ola, Georgetown University tackle,
and Warren Plunkett, former Cleve-
land back, obtained in the April
draft by the Tribe.
The train from San Diego was late,
but the boys were hustled to Loyoia
for a brief signal drill and kink-
loosening calisthenics. Last night
they sat before blackboard for two
hours absorbing details of the new
Bergman plays. Practice on the
Loyola field is secret.
The All-Stars, working out at
nearby Northwestern University, are
declared by Chicago newspapermen
to be the best bunch of football
players in the history of the late
summer classic, which will be SELL
out next week. Stars on the ALI
Star squad are Glenn Dobbs OF
Tulsa, Otto Graham of Northwest
ern, Pat Harder of Wisconsin, Char
lie Trippi of Georgia and Paul Gov
ernali of Columbia.
John Kovatch, lieutenant Of
marines and former Redskin star,
will play with the Tribe in next
weeks clash.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Marberry Drops Big Bobe

at was a close play at first base,
but Bucky could see he was going
to be thrown out, so he deliber-
a.oly spiked the first basemans foot
a. he crossed the bag. He was hurt,
of course and dropped the ball.
Msrberry scored.
Naturally the Yankees converged
on Buckv and he was ready for
them. Just in case the Yankees
were going to start swinging,
though, Marberry was there with
him. Between them they chal-
lenged everybody on the Yankees.
Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel were
doing most of the Yankees snarling.
Marberry stuck his nose in Ruth's
face and said, Listen, you big ape,
ore more out of you and you're
gonna be picking yourself up"
Meanwhile Harris was telling off
Meusel.
Things quieted down finally and
when Ruth walked away from Mar
berry he said, Let's let bygones be
bygones, Fred; no hard feelings
"'Bygcnes be bygones, HI,
answered Marberry. You're first up
this inning and you'd better hit the
dust You're going to get one right
at your head
Fred wasn't content to fire just
one pitch at Ruth's head. He
knocked him down three straight
times with high, hard ones. Ruth
wasn't just merely backing away
from the plate ducking on those
pitches, either. He was hitting the
ground on each one Marberry then
struck out Babe and Washington
won, So"
Marberry, a huge Texan. didn't
Evening star., 1943-08-20
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Assncia ted Press Gnnrfs Writnr

Losing streaks cause excitement,
apparently, in proportion to who is
doing the losing
When the Brooklyn Dodgers
dropped 10 in row recently the
frantic Flatbush fans wanted to run
Branch Hickey into the Gowanus
Canal and when the Philadelphia
Phillies tossed off II out of 27
Stanley Raymond (Bucky) Harris,
a manager of proven ability, igno-
miniously was fired.
But the Philadelphia Athletics
now have lost 13 consecutive games
and 10 of their last % and all the
attention they are getting is a broad
yaWn.
Connie is Only Consideration.
One reason for this, of course, is
that losing streaks for the Athletics
are as common as ants at picnic.
One year they dropped 20 straight,
another time Is, and more recentlv,
in 1897, they blew Is in row. They
also had 13-game streak in 1885.
Mostly, however, the calm reaction
to consistent losing by the AS is in
Difference to Connie Mack, the grand
old man of baseball. Every other
major league team is considered the
community property of the fans.
The owners of other clubs simply
are trustees, who soon hear about it
if they don't administer the trust
to the satisfaction of all.
The AS are the exception. They
belong to Mr.. Mack and whether
they finish first or last, nobody is
going to squawk. The important
thing to the fans is that the 30
year-old patriarch continue waggling
that famous scorecard.
The AS latest loss was another
shutout, 40, on four-hit pitching
by Dennis Galehouse of the ST. Louis
Browns last night.
Yanks Prevail in 13 Frames.
At the top of the American League
the New York Yankees squeezed
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Baugh AiIs But Skins
Face AN-Star Game
With Confidence
By DAVE HOFF,
Associated Press Sports Writsr

CHICAGO, Aug. 20. - Sammy
Baugh is so lame he hardly can bend
over to tie his shoelace. and folks
claim the All-Stars have so much
power that the Evanston sky glows
at night like aurora borealis, but
there's no weeping in the Washing
ton Redskins newly pitched tepee
on the Loyola University campus.
A healthy, bruising- looking bunch,
the Redskins have five DAYS left to
finish their training for Wednesday
nights game with the collegians, but
it's obvious they're already in peak
condition after three weeks of prac-
tice on the West Coast.
No Room for Fat Boys.
1--WE don't have any fellows in bad
condition here" Owner George P.
Marshall proclaimed with touch of
pride today. 1--WE tell the fat boys to
stay at home.
Not many people thought we had
much of chance against the Chi
cago Bears in last years champion
ship game" Marshall added, taking
cognizance of wide-open predictions
around town that the all-stars will
murder the professionals Wednes-
day. But we won the game"
The Redskins roster numbered 80
players when the team arrived yes
terday from San Diego, where it
engaged in all preliminary drills and
also played an intra-squad Shriner
benefit game to get used to specta-
tors. Pretty good crowd, too" Mar
shall boasted. 'I understand Lind
bergh and Woodrow Wilson are the
only ones who ever drew more people
out there than we did"
Three Late Reporting.
Fifteen members of last years
Redskin aggregation are back. Five
others will be around only for the
All-Star game and then will go into
the service. Three more were due
to report in Chicago, but didn't show
up yesterday, and three players have
had previous pro league experience
with other clubs. The rookie crop,
Marshall and Coach Dutch Bergman
agree, looks pretty good.
An all-veteran backfield of Wilbur
Moore, Ray Hare, Bob Seymour and
Baugh can be put on the field by
Bergman, and probably will. Then
there are other reliables like Ends
Bob Masterson and Bob McChesney.
Tackles Willie Wilkin and Clyde
Shugart, Guards Steve Slivinski and
Dick Farman and Center George
Smith.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

lico futurity may have a $4,000
pot for the 2-year- -olds this fall.
The Army's youngest general,
35-year-old Brig. Gen. William
E. Hall, was the center on Red
eagles West Point powerhouse
in the 20s. He's the air force
deputy chief of staff. Cunnel
John Chapman, the one time
six-day race boss, is now farm
ing 1000 acres in cotton, tobacco
and corn (the garden variety at
College Park, Ga.
Knife and fork sports-One
soldier correspondent writes:
The mess hall here features
home cooking . one meal, and
you wish you we're home cook
ing"
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Kindness to Mack Keeps Fans
Calm as AS Lose Is in Row

back into the victory column with
81 13-inning decision over the
Cleveland Indians in a night game
that was delayed for more than an
hour by power failure and finally
completed after midnight with the
use of football instead of the base
ball floodlights.
Rookie Allie Reynolds. a tough
customer for the Yanks, held them
to six hits in going the route, but
was beaten when Joe Gordon doubled
and eventually scored on a fly.
The defeat dropped Cleveland
back into a tie for third place as
Washington whipped the Chicago
White Sox, 4-3.
Detroit divided double header
with the Boston Red Sox, losing the
first, 4-3. through Joe Cronin's two
run pinch double and winning the
second, 100, on Virgil Trucks four
hit hurting and the hitting of Rudy
York, who collected his Oath homer
and altogether batted in six runs.
1t was York's 18th round-tripper of
the month, leaving him 13 games in
which to get eight more and break
his own August record.
Phillies Upset Cardinals.
In the National League the st.
Louis Cardinals were upset by the
Philadelphia Phillies, 6-5, in a night
game with the help of four unearned
runs in the sixth inning.
Two home runs by Jim Russell and
one by Vince Di Maggie, his 14th,
accounted for seven runs as the
Pittsburgh Pirates plastered the
New York Giants, 81.
Curt Davis held the Chicago Cubs
to eight hits and scoreless after Bill
Nicholson hit a two-run homer in
the first inning to give Brooklyn a
go triumph over Chicago, ending a
string of six Dodger losses to the
Cubs.
Cincinnati clustered three runs in
the sixth to beat the Boston Braves,
7-5.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Par Seems Doomed
In Victory National;
Byrd, , Cochran Low
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-A select AZ
outstanding pros and amateurs be-
gan a 72-hole grind of the Chicago
Victory National golf championships
today, with the preliminary business
of pro-amateur best-bail tourney
already out of the way.
This tournament, sponsored by the
Chicago District Golf Association
and the professional golfers of
America, attracted the best field of
the 1943 season, and par 36-35-71
of the South Side Beverly Country
Club, scene of the 1881 National
Amateur, appeared doomed
Sam Byrd of Philadelphia and his
partner, Bob Cochran of ST. Louis,
runnerup in the Tam O. Shanter
Amateur tournament, gave par a
slapping around in winning the pre-
lude engagement yesterday, scoring
II strokes under par with their 65-
67-132.
McSpaden- -McHale Second.
Jim McSpaden of Philadelphia,
Tom O. Shanter Open champion, and
Pvt. Jim McHale, ex-Philadelphia
pro who now is an amateur and
stationed at Baltimore, authored
65-67-132 for runnerup honors.
The first 18-hole round was sched-
uled for pm. &C. w. TD today, with
another 18 due tomorrow and final
36 on Sunday.
The stellar field accounted for 2l8
brides and an eagle over Beverly's S
exacting layout yesterday, and
hinted that more of the same type
of golf might be coming up for the
final three days, although players
+ will be strictly on their own from
here in.
It's a Brilliant Lineup.
The meets invitation list included
Byron Nelson, Craig Wood, Gene
SaraZen, Lawson Little, Harry Coop
er Byrd, Denny Shute. Ray Billows,
Wilford Wehrle, Jimmy Demaret
and Johnny Bulla, all proficient with
the irons and woods.
In third place in the pro-amateur
event were Mike Turnesa of White
Plains, N. Y, and Jim Frisina of
Taylorville, Ill, whose combined eff
forts produced nine brides and not
a bogey over the 36-hole tour. Next
were three 1874 combinations-Ton
Manero of Greenwich. Conn, and
Ted Payseur of Evanston. Ill, the
Northwestern University golf coach;
Johnny Revolta of Evanston and
Wehrle, who halls from Racine,
Wis, and Nelson, the Toledo (Ohio)
sharpshooter, and his buddy, Don
Heppes of Oak Park, III.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Mems Tennis Entries
Held Open q Duy

Entry lists in the District mems
singles and doubles tennis tourna-
ment will be held open until o'clock
today, with play to start tomorrow
at Edgemoor Club. Entries, with the
fee 50 for singles and $150 for
doubles, may be filed at Edgemoor.
with Harry Brinkerhoff at the Six
teenth and Kennedy streets courts
and at the Tennis Shop.
The doubles competition particu-
larly promises to be exciting, with
such teams already entered as
Davey Johnsen-H Hugh Lynch, John
Van Ryn-Bud Chandler and Cliff
Sutter-Dick Murphy.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Hummer Mark Pressed

DUBLIN, Aug, 20 .-Irishman
B. Eealion threw the hammer a
distance of 53.57 meters in track
meet yesterday, only a fraction
short of the unofficial world mark
of SO meters 193 feet 634 inches)
made by Erwin Blask of Germany at
Stockholm in August, 1898.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
College Pitchers
In Queer Bottle

oS tllo hSSOCldteu FTeSS.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 90
It's a mite confusing, but a
Columbia pitcher will pitch for
Yale and a Yale pitcher will
pitch for Columbia here tomor-
row when the two schools meet
on the baseball diamond.
Six-foot 4-inch Dick Ames,
mainstay of the Yale nine in
1910 and Al, is now a Viz Navy
medical trainee at Columbia,
while 200-pound Jimmy O'Brien,
twirler for Columbia last year
and the year before, is a Viz
Marine Corps trainee at Yale.
They are the choice of their re-
spective coaches for mound duty
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Bears, Cards Well Manned
For Pro Grid Campaign
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Aug 20.-It seems a
long time ago, every one agreed to-
day. that the Chicago Bears and the
Chicago Cardinals sought to merge
in the National Football League be-
cause of player shortages. Actually
it was just last June that the league
voted down the Chicago plan.
Today the Bears left for their
training camp at Delafield, Wis,
with 80 players, and the Cards
showed off for Waukesha, Wis,
with 80.
The legal limit is 49,
Evening star., 1943-08-20
WIN Lose Draw Worth of Revised Nat |nd Hinges Kampom Work
Harris and Morberry Were Puenocious Pair
By BURTON HAWKINS,

CHICAGO, 20-The subject gameness being
ul Secretary
recalled an incident along these lines
launched smiling.
Maberry
leave that pair.
ut in 1924 when they teamed give vital
Washington playing
the Marberry
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Yesterdays Stors
BY the Associated Press


Dutch Leonard, Senators-Pitched
four-hit ball and singled home deciding
run against White SoX.
Vince Di Maggie and Jim Russell,
Pirates-They drove in seven runs on
three homers to overwhelm Giants
Ray Mueller. Reds-Drove in two
runs with triple for margin of victory
over Braves
Joe Cronin, Red sox, and Rudy York
and Virgil Trucks, TigerS-Cronin
drove in two runs with pinch double
to help win first game while Trucks
pitched, four-ht shutout in nightcap
as York hit his 24th home run and
Curt Davis. Dodgers-Held Cubs to
eight. hits and allowed no runs after
first inning.
Denny Galehouse, Browns-shut out
Athletics on four hits.
Dee Moore, Phillies-Made three hits,
including triple, to drive in three
runs in victory over Cardinals.
Joe Gordon. Yankees-Hit double in
13th inning and scored winning run
against Indians.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Roanoke, %; Portsmouth, o..
Durham, Il; Norfolk. 0-3.
RicchnOnd S-D. TyDChburp n-t
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Eods, Calumet Forms Breuk

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (P).-Calumet
Farms and Jockey Wendell Eads,
rider of Whirlaway, have parted
company. Eads says he planned to
free lance at Washington Park, but
did not disclose the reason for the
break
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Bucky Still Is Spurky

Harris rip roaring baseball
methods decreased as he became
older, but as recently as 1889 he
demonstrated he hadn't lost his tif-
fling touch. When AL Simmons and
Bill Knickerbocker became involved
in scrap at Griffith Stadium,
Bucky stepped up and parked an
authoritative fist on Knickerbocker's
features.
All of which make for dull sort
of reading in times when a soldier
by sticking a finger out of foxhole
or a sailor by stepping aboard a
ship displays more courage than
ever has been shown on baseball
field.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

set around to tossing fists in his
major league career, but it wasn't
because he didn't invite trouble,
Later he shifted to Detroit to pitch
under Harris and there the Mats
accused him of throwing at Heinie
Manush. Marberry challenged the
entire Washington team, but nobody
accepted.
Harris and Marberry we're a tough
combination. Before Bucky acquired
his present suavity he was a rough,
spirited character who, before toss
ing the ball in to Marberry, would
decorate it with tobacco or licorice
juice.
They weren't above taking advan-
tage of anything the umpire didn't
detect. On one occasion Fred
cheated on the mound, moving up at
least three feet toward the batter,
who happened to be Ruth. He un-
leashed one of his more steamy fast
balls, but this time Ruth got the
better of it. He rammed that pitch
deep into Griffith Stadium's center
field stands,
Evening star., 1943-08-20

O6ukSs HUuHSs
Was. at Chi. might
New York at Cleye
Boston at Detroit.
Phila. at st. Louis.
Evening star., 1943-08-20
Major League Statistics
FRIDAY. AUGUST 90 1s4s.

AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
Washington, 4 Chicago, 3.
Boston, 30; Detroit, 3-10.
New York, Q; Cleveland. / I3 innings.
st. Louis, 3; Philadelphia, 0.
Standing Of Clubs.
Evening star., 1943-08-20

on StCOHu baS" Wlln TWO OUT ana
Harris hit an infield grounder
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-10-14
Seabees, U. S. Navy
Sept. 20, 1943

Dear Friends and Voters of
Dickinson County:
When reading this message /
want you to know that this base
is an embarkation point and thai
it won't be long until my outfit
will sail for some war combat
zone. Shall we call this a fare
well message?
The county election will be
coming up soon and wanted to
give you my reasons why my
Dad (Avon B. Sykes should be
elected for the office of Commits
sioner of Revenue. Since there is
no question about his qualifica-
lions for the office from an edu-
cational standpoint or business
experience, I will pass over this.
Since Dad was nominated to run
he has put all his savings into
the campaign and has nothing
left. I understand from reliable
sources that his opponents in this
campaign are telling the people
that my Dad is "a rich man." I
would like to contradict such
statements as this as not true.
If my Dad loses in this campaign
he will have to start all over
again at the bottom. For proof,
please go TO his banker and many
other responsible people who
know his financial standing as
we'll as my father knows it him
self. On his salary, and it is very
small, which he did get from the
garage, he has my two small
brothers, two small sisters and
my mother to clothe, feed and
provide a home for. On the 9TH
er hand, Mr.. Rose does not have
any children to keep up and ed
ucate. His wife is school teach
err and can make her own way
Mr.. Rose is also a teacher and at
the time he was nominated he
had "a good job in the office OF
Clinchfield Coal Corporation. Il
defeated. he can. no doubt, take
up this job again.
My father was a soldier In
World War l and served in the
army't tough infantry. He was in
some of the biggest battles on the
Western Front. He was fighting
then for the same thing we are
again fighting for in this war
Mr.. Rose, not of his own fault
did not serve his country in the
other war and neither does he
i have a son in this one. All of you
who served in the other war
especially at the front, and those
of you who have sons, daughters