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Evening star., 1943-04-16
Weak New York
Only
By Red Sox
Tribe, Browns, Tigers
Likely to Scramble
For Third Place
BY JUDSON BAILEY,


NEW YORK, April 16.-The New
York Yankees this year are the
worst looking team Joe Mccarthy
ever has managed in the big leagues,
yet everybody is picking them to
win another American League pen
nant and there is no reason to be-
lieve the majority isn't right.
You only have to look once at the
Yanks this spring to realize the
changes that war has brought on
baseball and if you can stop shud-
dering long enough to look at them
two or three times, you start naming
over their rivals in the hope of find
ing some other pennant possibility.
But 1t is a sad commentary on
the caliber of the clubs in the
American League this season that
not one can be counted on to step
out in front OF the Yankees, al
though two or three might cause
commotion If some of their doubtful
sparkplugs should start firing in
rhythm.
Yankee Infield Pathetic.
AAS L oIlhCCo lloFC Ollly OllC ISSu.
lar inf1elder, Joe Gordon, and one
regular outfielder, Charley king
Kong Keller, back from last year
and as result Mccarthy is having
to make over a whole ball club for
the first time in his life. He is
Transforming Pitcher John Lindell
into an outfielder, making a third
ho nl,f nf rNoHin ch et1
Bill johnson. and Transforming an
other rookie, Second Baseman
George Stirnweiss, into a shortstop.
AS it now is pieced together, the
Yankee infield is pathetic. But in
another month Frank Crosetti will
be free of the suspension imposed
upon him by Commissioner Lands
for pushing an umpire in the World
Series and there is possibility that
Red Rolfe may rejoin the club in
the summer after his season as base
bail coach at Yale ends.
The Yankees have lost Joe Di
Maggie and Tom Heinrich from the
outfield, Buddy Hassett and Phil
Rizzuto from the infield and Red
Rufflng from the pitching staff. Yet
these may not prove to be mortal
wounds because other clubs have
been hit equally as hard-and the
| Yankees can afford to relinquish
some of the nine-game margin by
which. they. dominated the league
last year.
Red Sox Are Dangerous.
The Boston Red Sox should finish
second, just as they have in four of
the last five years Manager Joe
Cronin has had to give up his entire
outfleld-Ted Williams, Dominic Di
Maggie and Lou Finney-as we'll as
Shortstop Johnny Pesky. the lead
ing rookie of the league year ago,
and two good pitchers, Bill Butland
and Charley broadway Wagner.
However, Cronin still has a dam
gerous club.
Back of these two clubs may come
a three-way scramble among the
Cleveland Indians, st. Louis Browns
and Detroit Tigers, with their ulti-
mate positions dependent largely on
the draft.
This leaves the Washington Mats,
Chicago White Sox and Philadel-
phia Athletics to bring up the rear.
Washington is much improved, but
is vulnerable to the draft. The
White Sox are uncertain defen-
sively and lack power, while the less
said about the AS the better.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Classes 10 Prep Dogs
For Shows Offered
Rock Creek Park School
Will Be Held Sundoy

Any one who wishes to enter a dog
for the Old Dominion or National
Capital Kennel Club shows may OBJ
tain blanks and assistance in filling
them out Sunday between 2 and 3
o'clock by going to Military and
Glover roads, in Rock Greek Park.
Members of the local dog clubs and
dog training classes will be on hand
with blanks and advice on how to
show and trim pure-bred dogs for
showing. The entry fee is 50 per dog
per class for each show. Pure-bred
dogs of all breeds and any age over
six months are eligible for show.
They do not need to be registered
with the American Kennel Club.
At 3 o'clock, the National Capital
Training Glass will take over the
field. Visitors to the class will be
welcome. Pure-bred dogs of many
breeds are trained regularly for both
simple and advanced obedience work.
New members may start at any time.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
All Nat Hur|ers Except Condini
Near Top Form, BIuege Feels
Leonard SporkIes in Tie Game With As;
Cold Forces Botters to Wear Gloves

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
NEWARK, N. j., April 1--we
need about another week OF hard
work before we'll be in top shape" :"
confesses Manager Ossie Bluege Of
the Mats, who hastens to add, but
everybody else is in the same boat
and I believe we'll move into the
opening game in pretty fair condi-
tion.
Il hope we can get in these three
games up here over the week end
because we need them," continued
Bluege. Most Of ALL the fellows
need to groove their batting strokes.
Our pitchers are coming along all
right. Dutch Leonards in fine con-
dition and Early Wynn is in better
shape than I've ever seen him.
"Of course, I haven't seen too
much of any of them, but off what
I have seen I'd have to say I'm en-
couraged by the shoWings of Ewald
Pyle, Mickey Haefner, Owen Scheetz
and Jim Mertz. Don't underesti-
mate that Mertz-he has a snaky
sort of fast ball and he's cool as an
icicle. Milo Candini has recovered
from the sore arm he had last year
but he's still timid about it and
won't put anything on the ball. I'll
have to wait until he does before
passing judgment on him.
Meore Shaping Up.
I'VE could stand more experience
on the left side OF our inf1eld, but
I can't complain about the way Ellis
Clary and Johnny Sullivan are
coming along. Both have swell
spirit and they're learning fast, but
there may be times when they'll
mess up an occasional play due to
not having played together long.
Only experience can teach you the
fielding range Of the fellow next to
you-when to let him field the ball
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Cards Rough Under Rickey

Hickey, temperance advocate and
Sunday school teacher, may ban liq-
uor in the Dodgers lavish press
room. enforce a 15-cent limit in
poker games and bar Brooklyn
players from race tracks on off days,
but he is regarded as too astute a
businessman to attempt to curb any
tendencies the Dodgers display to-
ward getting rough with the opposi-
ton.
Rickey's record wouldn't indi-
cate he handouts spirit, for he was
connected with the St. Louis Cardi-
nails when the Gas House Gang of
Pepper Martin, frankie Frisch
Dizzy Dean, etc, represented the
rowdy boys of the National League.
Bad language is out" says Mr..
Mcdonald Mr.. Rickey's harshest
expletive is Judas priest and so
will be Durocher's even as he Jaws
at an umpire. AS for bean balls.
they belong with history. War may
have swept the globe but peace has
come to Ebbetts' Field.
It's trite, but time will tell.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Races for Flags
Will Thrill Fans,
Jud ge Believes
Is Pleased So Many
Players Have Gone
In Armed Forces
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

CHICAGO, April 16. Kenesaw
Mountain Lands, 76-year COM
missioner of baseball, eased his feet
down from his Uttered desk and
fixed piercing eyes on his questioner.
mo one knows what will happen
to baseball this summer" he blurted.
ut would only be a guess. But I
have every hope that we will finish
the season, as usual, and that the
pennant races, In both leagues, will
be exciting"
Lands is an excellent listener. but
pulls no punches in expressing his
views on almost everything-except
baseball. His hair white, he
sits in a high-back leather chair,
behind a desk literally covered with
papers, statues of baseball stars, an
airplane clock and various docu-
ments piled 2 or inches deep.
His offices, high in an Upper Mich
1gan boulevard sky-scraper, overlook
cold, blue Lake Michigan.
Chicago Winter Is Brutal.
How old are vou?" he snapped
He was informed honestly and
readily.
Then, how in u do you
manage to stand this cold wea ther?"
he asked. Its brutal"
Lands, who usually spends his
winter vacations in Bellaire, Fla.
and visits the various major league
training camps before returning
North, spent the winter at home in
Chicago in keeping with the times
I had couple of slight colds:
otherwise. my health was fine" he
said. But I don't like cold weather
It's brutal"
Lands likes to discuss the war
which he hopes will be over bv next
fall.
But I want to bring out one
pertinent point" he says, leaning
over to shake long finger in nv
face. I'VE never will know when
such things will end"
Then he explained;
why, I remember talking with a
French Army officer at Camp Grant
IN the spring of 1918. He had lust
come from the front and was verv
pesslmistic about the situation of
the Allies at the time. He led me to
believe that we would be in for a
long war, possibly 10 years. He
thought Germany was prepared to
night on indefinitely. Little did he
realize that Germany was starting
(See BASEBALL Page C-2l
Evening star., 1943-04-16

player would have gained a little
revenge for the things Ty previ-
ously had done to them.
Il knew when Ty was ready to
quit. During the 1928 season, he
had me out to dinner at his home
in Philadelphia and said, Clyde,
baseball has been good to me and
I guess could hang around cou-
pie of more years and pick up good
money but I've been wondering how
a broken leg or some serious in
jury would affect me now
He was through when he said
that, though he hadn't quit playing
at the time. never thought of the
possibility of being injured when I
was in my prime and I know Cobb
didn't, but you think of those things
when you start to slow down.
That same night Ty told me he
was quitting after that season. I
don't know if I can stay out of base
ball. he told me. He said he was
going abroad for while and if he
missed baseball he was coming back
and buy major league team-he
was a millionaire then-and have
me as his manager Well, he went
abroad and while he was overseas
he wrote me, I haven't missed the
game yet He didn't come back
and h,y O fao,,oo
Evening star., 1943-04-16

and when to go for 1t yourself. They
have that to learn.
Gene Moore is a fellow who
should do us a lot of good. He
doesn't figure to break into the regu-
lar outfeld-not many fellows would
with outflelders around like Bob
Johnson, Stan Spence and George
Case-but if any of them falter, he's
the type Of player who can move
into regular job and give a splen-
did account of himself.
Moore will do most of our pinch
hitting against right-handed pitch
ers and Red Marion will be around
to face left-handers. Well keep
practically everybody we have until
May Is, when we have to trim down
to Is players"
Tie Phils / and /.
The Mats today we're to face New
ark here, with Pyle and Candini
slated to toll, and tomorrow will
move into the Polo Grounds at
New York in the opener of a two
game series with the Giants.
Washington staggered to a IL
tie with the Phillies yesterday at
Trenton, but Bluege couldn't con-
demn his athletes for failing to win
that one. Temperature was below
freezing in the twilight engagement
and players were more interested in
attempting to keep warm than in
baseball.
The game finally was called at
the end Of nine innings, with Moore
contributing spectacular over the
shoulder running catch of Babe
Dahlgren's deep drive with two on
base to climax the frost-bitten con-
test.
Steals Give Mats Run.
The only man to reach base
against Leonard in the five innings
he labored scored the Phillies only
run. Ron Northey tripled to right
with one out in the fourth inning
and scored after Danny Litwhiler
flied to Spence. Haefner finished
up for the Mats and permitted only
two hits.
The Mats run was produced in
the seventh when Sullivan singled
and Haefner walked. Clary forced
Haefner, but Sullivan shifted to
third and scored when he and Clary
negotiated a double steal. Case
obtained two of the Mats four hits
OF Johnny Podgajny and Al Ger
heauser.
Batters used fur-lined gloves, as
did coaches. johnson kept a glove
on his throwing hand while in the
outf1eld, which should present a
faint idea of the futility of at
tempting to gauge the performance
of either team.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Exhibition Baseball
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
At Newark-Washinston AD, vs. New
ark Il. L.
VS.. Cleveland tAD
At Muncie, 1nd.-Pittsburgh (Nl, vs.
Detroit tAD.
Al chicaso--chicaso tAl, VS.. Chi
:, At New York-Brooklyn tN), VS.. New
York tN).
AZ St. Louis-st. Louis N), VS.. St.
At Boston-Boston tA). VS. Harvard.
Yesterdays Results.
washington tAo, /: Philadelphia (N). l..
Pittsburgh tNo., s; Detroit (Al, l.
st. Louis tA.), 6: st. Louis (NO, 5.
Brooklyn tND, 4; Montreal q. IL, 3.
Boston tN), VS.. Philadelphia Al, cam
Cincinnati M, VS.. Cleveland tAJ, can
eeled.
New York tA). VS.. New York tN.). can
Oeled.
1oston tA.), ". Harvard. POSTPONED.
Evening star., 1943-04-16

BY the Associated Press.
ANN ARBOR. Mich, April 10
Friends of 1t. Tom Harmon, DASH
ing former All-America halfback,
missing on an Army flight in the
Latin-American area, steadfastly
clung to hope that he was safe to-
day and Fritz Crisler was one to
help them.
Calling Harmon "the greatest
competitor I ever have known" :"
Crisler said there isn't another guy
in the world who has a better
chance of returning If he has had
the slimmest of breaks"
Crisler, football coach and ath-
letic director at the University of
Michigan, was confidante and ad-
wiser to Harmon both when the
Wolverine gridder was piling up a
sensational athletic record and
later in business pursuits.
F'ritz's No. l protege has been
missing since April g. That's all
the word there has been from the
War Department.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Sports Program
For Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.

Washington at Newark.
Wilson at Roosevelt, Anacostia
at Eastern, Tech at Western (high
school series), 400.
Central at George Washington
High, Alexandria,, 400.
Gonzaga at Coolidge, 400.
Landon at Blair, $50.
Field Trials.
Spring trials, National Capital
Field Trials Club, Mount Pleas
ant Farm on Rockville Potomac
road, 8 am. and all day.
Boxing.
All-star program, Uline Arena,
$50.
Track.
Coolidge, Roosevelt and Wilson
at Wilson, 400.
George Washington High,
Westinghouse High and Gen.
trail at Central. 400.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. New York
Giants, New York.
Marine Corps Headquarters at
Catholic u, 400.
Maryland VS.. Curtis Bay Coast
Guard, College Park. 2:30.
Coolidge at Bethesda Chevy
Chase, 800.
Georgetown Prep at Washing
ton-Lee, 800.
Track.
Multilateral meet - Gallaudet,
American u, Loyola, Lynchburg
and Catholic u, Brookland, 200.
Lacrosse.
Maryland at Princeton.
Field Trials.
Spring trials, National Capital
Field Trials Club, Mount Pleasant
Farm on Rockville Potomac road,
. an. and all day.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Armstrong Fights
Here on April 80

Henry Armstrong, former triple
crown boxing champion, will fight
Severe Turrellio here on Friday,
April 30, according to an Associ-
ated Press dispatch from Hot
Springs, Ark.
Armstrong is doing light train
ing at Hot Springs and will re-
main there until April "a doing
road work in the mountains and
taking thermal baths.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
-Four More Big Ten Mines
Swinq Into Title Chase
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 16.-Big Ten
baseball teams get down to the seri-
GUS work of winning the Conference
championship tomorrow with four
clubs opening two-game series.
Northwestern, bolstered by seven
lettermen, will start it's quest for the
title against Iowa at Iowa City, while
Minnesota and Illinois open their
bid at Champaign.
Iowa, co-champion last year with
Michigan. began its Big Ten cam
paign a week ago by splitting with
the Notwithstanding the first
game, 4-3, and dropping the Sec
ond, 7-3.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Dodgers Testing Injured Davis
In Game With Shoky Yankees
Cooper Looms as Cards Inaugural HurIer;
Beaten Cubs Still Hope to Top Chisox

MUNCIE, Ind.-Having jumped to
a 81 lead in the series with the
Tigers, Manager Frankie Frisch of
the Pirates planned to use Hank
Gornicki and Bobby Klinger today
MIDDLETOWN. Ohio.-Manager
Bill McKechnie of the Cincinnati
Reds says Lonnie Frey is the lead
of man for the seasons opener,
with Max Marshall and Frank Nc
Cormick holding down the third
and fourth power spots. The second
man still is undetermined.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
North-South Golfers
Playing 5emifina|s
Williams Facing Ryerson,
Offutt Meeting Brown
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PINEHURST. N. c.. April 10
Semifinals of the North and South
amateur golf tournament today sent
Corpl. Ronnie Williams of Camp
Butner, the medalist, against John
B. Ryerson of Cooperstown, N. Y,
veteran of the Pinehurst fairwavs.
In the other match Harry Offutt,
jr.. of Phoenix. Ariz., was pitted
against Ensign C. Foster Brown of
Maplewood, N. j.
Williams, a Detroit player, came
through the quarter-f finals with
2-and-l win over Navy 1t. Alfred j.
Week of Walden, N. Y. and Ryer-
son triumphed over Eric D. Thom-
son of Bermuda, a veteran here, 3
and l.
Offutt eliminated Joe B. Sylvan,
ir., of Columbia. S. c., 3 and 2. and
Brown advanced over Ralph T.
Strafaci of Brooklyn, l up.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Sports Mirror
y the Associated Press.

Today a year ago-Baseball
leaders decided winner Of 1912
AL Star game would oppose team
of players now In armed services
at Cleveland the following night.
Three years ago-Bob Feller,
Cleveland, pitched no-hit game to
beat Chicago White Sox, 10. It
was first no-hit game ever pitched
on opening day Of major league
season.
Five years ago Seabiscuit won
$4,000 race in track record time.
1:40 for ~ miles, at Bay
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Jim Jeffries. 68, Keeps
In Shape GARDENING
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BURBANK, Calf, April 10
James j. Jeffries, former world
heavyweight champion. was 6s yes
terday. but still retaining an intense
interest in boxing-only now he
keeps in physical condition by culti-
waiting Victory garden.
Jim conducts amateur boxing
shows every week and assists in
sports events for servicemen.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
WrigIey Risks Mint
In Girls SoftbuII
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, April 16.-Johnny
Gottselig, member of the Chicago
BlackhaWk hockey team for the
last 16 years, has signed to man.
age one of the All-America girl
softball league teams, which Phil
K. Wrigley, gum magnate and
owner of the Chicago Cubs, Is
bank rolling.
Each Of the six teams must
earn $4,000 before Wrigley will
have his dough back.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Penn Military Forced
Out Of Polo, Football
Pioneer on Grid, School
Now Is Used by Army

BY the Associated Press
CHESTER. Pa, April 16-Penn-
sylvania Military College, a pioneer
in intercollegiate football and a
leader in polo, has abandoned both
for the duration
An announcement yesterday said
designation of the college for War
Department basic engineering train
ing was responsible.
P. M. C.'s grid team defeated Hart
wick, Albright, Juniata and Lebanon
Valley last season, losing to Lehigh,
Lakehurst Naval Station and Della
ware, and tieing West Chester (Pa)
Teacher, 6-6.
The polo team won six matches
while losing one and playing a tie
Evening star., 1943-04-16
National and D. {. Crowns
AT Stake in Swim Meet

Two national swimming cham
pionships will be decided tomorrow
night as features of the senior AAU
meet at Eastern Branch Boys Club
pool,
Titles at stake are the junior ma
tional mems and women's 5O-yard
freestyle.
District AAU titles will be decided
for men in the so and 22O yard free
style and the 300-yard medley re-
lay and for women in the 10o-yard
backstroke, 220 freestyle and $50 in
dividual medley.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
WI. in Hitting Mood
Against Roosevelt
Shows Much Improvement
In Batting Out Win

Washlngton-Lee Highs baseball
players have their batting eyes
tuned now and Coach Buck Rich
ardson expects additional improve
ment with experience as his charges
play the heaviest schedule of anv
Schoolboy team in this section.
The Generals, who managed only
three hits in their opening game
iast saturday, did much better with
their bats yesterday, collecting 10
hlts of Charley Glazos, Roosevelt
hurler, to take 9-6 victory over the
Rough Riders.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AT HIGHLAND PARK, N. Joe
John Brown, 1b2, New York (s)
FALL RIVER, Mass.-Willie Hagan,
102, Haverhill. knocked out Tom spen-
Al ri PHtiiAbEiIIPsH1A.-Joe Son, 1876.
philadelphia, outpointed Eel Del Paon,
1S4. Philadelphia (Sl.
AT YORK. Pa.-Lou Brooks, 1s9.
Wilmington, Del. knocked out Bill
GashaW, 225, Johnstovn, Pa. u.
4ACHAlf8NTO. CalH-Aldo Spoldi.
143. New York end Manuel vidA, $50.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Ross, Well Again, to Tour

NEW YORK, April 15.-sergt.
Barney Ross, the doughty marine Of
Guadalcanal and former holder of
three world boxing championships,
has recovered from a recurrence of
malaria and will start a tour of
war plants Saturday. the Navy In
centive Division announced today.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
DrexeI Void in Sports
As Lacrosse Goes

PHILADELPHIA. April 16.-Drex-
el Tech abandoned the last of its
intercollegiate sports today when it
dropped lacrosse for the duration.
The dragon stickmen played
Princeton. Maryland and Navy this
year, losing to all three.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Spoldi and Villa Scrap
To Bloody Deadlock
BY the Associated Press.

SACRAMENTO, Calf, April 10
Aldo Spoldi, 142 New York. and
Manuel Villa, $50 Mexico, fought to
bloody l0-round draw in the main
event of a boxing card last night.
Although neither went down. both
suffered cuts which bled freely
throughout the late rounds.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Draft Board Calls Repuss

BALTIMORE, April 16 (P.-Bob
Repass, shortstop for the Baltimore
Orioles, has gone to his home in
Hartford, Conn, after receiving in
duction papers from his draft board.
He came to the Orioles from Wash
inRton.
Evening star., 1943-04-16

Runs",,Cltrenbaum Kennedy (2). Kra
mer' nr' Gelles Gla2os. Crunkleton. BrumfieId
Lester. Errors--Drazin Rupert, DruSen
miller go, Mcpherson. Garland. Two-base
hlt-Glazos. Three-base hit-Glazos. Sac
Glazos, 10; Of Thompson. 3; oil Leister, Z
HltsIOf Thompson. Z in innings; of
Lester, . in 3 innings. Struck out-By
Glazos,. .; by Thompson, 2 by Lester. i.
Thompson
Evening star., 1943-04-16
ans Hopeful Baseball Will Go On Yan Wabb but Look Class Loop
Win, Lose or Draw
BrookIyn's Ex-Roud Secretary Could Be Wronq
By BURTON HAWKINS.
Star Staff Correspondent.

has Ebbets Field that the exit of MacPha and
sealing Manager Leo Durochs explosive and general make
the dizziness big family There skeptc
Mcdonald travelling
the MacPhai weekly
command that Lpp changed that Hickey
balls belong with history
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Challenges D. c. Mines

Indianhead (Md) baseball team
Is booking games to be played on
its home diamond. Write George
p. jenkins or phone Indianhead
4SSl.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
Varied Sports

Catholic U.-Western Maryland (post.
poned.
Clemson. 13; Furman, 12.
New York u. L; Fort Hancock. o.
folk piedmont League), !.
Richmond o.. /: Hampden Sydney. O.
Presbyterian, 21; Georgia, 4.
Lacrosse.
Navy JayveeS, Is. Duke, a.
Evening star., 1943-04-16
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 16-The high
flying Brooklyn Dodgers were to
cross the river again today to battle
the New York Giants, whom they
defeated Wednesday, l to o.
The veteran Curt Davis, who has
been on the shelf with thumb
fracture suffered early in the train
Ing season, was scheduled to see
his first mound action.
Idle yesterday and with only a
workout scheduled today, the
Yankees approach the seasons
opener with pitching staff suffer-
ing from lack of work. Only two
chuckers have hurled as much as
nine innings and Spurgeon Chand-
Ter seems to be the only one ready
to go a full game.
ST. LOUIS.-Cardinal Manager
Billy Southworth was to try Mort
Cooper for the full nine innings
today in the fourth game of the
city series with the Browns, and
hints it is tune-up for a probable
opening-day assignment against the
Reds next Wednesday.
Fritz Ostermueller and Bill Sem
soth were scheduled to work for the
Browns today.
CHICAGO. - Manager Jimmy
Wilson, although his Cubs won only
one Of three games from the White
Sox in camp, forecast his team will
win the spring city series starting
today. Meanwhile. Sox Manager
Jimmy Dykes said the reason he
was using only one rookie on the
mound - Gordon Maltzberger Of
Shreveport-is because the veterans
need work.