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Evening star., 1943-04-06
be|ow-Par Hoya Nine
Calls Off lis Game
With Nationals
Strong Enough, Though,
To Take 1917 Bottle
From Catholic u.

Without the caliber team 1t ex-
pected to have, Georgetown has cam
celed its game scheduled Thursday
against the Washington Nationals.
Bill McGurk, Billy Hassett and Dan
Gabbianelu, three good players on
whom Coach Joe Gardner had
counted, are not with the Hoya
diamonders now and without them
we couldn't even give Washington
a good workout" Gardner said.
1--WE are keeping baseball going
at Georgetown because we like to
play for the games sake if Moth
ing else" Gardner added, "but it
wouldn't do us or the Mats any good
If we went out there Thursday"
The Hoyas did manage to play
well enough to defeat Catholic U.
yesterday, 10-7, however, coming up
with four runs in the second and
three more in the third, which,
added to single markers in the fifth,
seventh and eighth, supplied enough
to Withstand the Cardinals late
rally that pushed across four runs
in the last two innings.
Fred Mersch's double with the
bases loaded in the second sent in
three runs, after an earlier tally
had been scored and the sacks
filled with two bases on balls and
two G. U. errors. Three singles and
two walks got G. us three third
inning runs.
The Cards, too, came up with a
couple of good hits, a triple in the
fifth by John Mercak and another
of the same caliber in the ninth by
Dee Pistaiso. Pistaiso's swat scored
AL Hickey and Pistaiso continued
on home when Catcher Tom Costello
dropped the relayed throw from
left.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Split Win for Hart Over Cross
Tops Turner Ring Surprises
Upset Victories by Greer, Petro Precede
Narrow Triumph by Heavy Fovorte

Boxing matches here-and else
where-don't always turn out as ex-
pected. which possibly is one reason
the customers come out week after
week. Last nights snappy pro-
gram at Turner'S Arena furnished
several examples of upsets and
near-upsets and further pleased the
fans by giving them something to
howl about.
Al Hart, local Negro heavyweight,
was a good Al favorite over Wallace
Cross, yet he barely managed to
come out with a split decision.
Bobby Brown was a 81 favorite to
knock out Oakie Greer, but Greer
gave him a generous pasting.
Charley Petro's ability to stage a
comeback was questionable. so
Charley knocks out his opponent in
the first round.
Slugging Match All Way.
The Hart-Cro feature was a
good slugging match all the way
and was close enough at the end
to have the customers standing on
their seats booing the split de-
cision. 1t was close, but in the
opinion of the press bench Hart
won.. Referee Marty Gallagher and
Judge DR.. o. U. Singer voted for
Hart, while Judge Frank Schuyler
called it a draw.
Cross went down for no count in
the third, then staged a good come
back in the fourth, giving Hart
several solid rights to the body and
head. Hart rallied and in the sixth
and dropped Cross for a nine-count.
Gross then staged a furry In the
last two rounds that all but turned
Evening star., 1943-04-06

arcuses my pioneer fighting spirit
to see stunned horsefy light on
my bare leg, make himself sassily
comfortable and start draining off
my life's blood. But what can you
do? Slapping one only serves to
make him mad at you.
At night we sleep. or at least we
simulate sleep, in pup tents made
by our own hands with loving care,
blood, sweat, tears. two pieces Of
waterproof cloth. two lengths of
rope, and handful of turned lum-
ber.
Three Sleep as Two.
I share my little duplex with Pri-
vate Warren, the new student cook
who told me the story about the
man at the clearinghouse. When I
stumbled home last night, primed
to the gills with a blend of sand and
salt water, I discovered that we had
an overnight guest! The chief cook
on our shift, in the task Of packing
the field kitchen, had neglected to
put his own field pack (tent half,
blankets, etc. on the truck, so he
decided to drop over and have us
put him up for the night.
A pup tent, as you probably don't
need to be told, will accommodate two
men, provided neither of them walks
in his sleep. If three men are to
sleep in one tent, at least two of
them must be midgets or babes in
arms. Cooks should never sleep two
to a tent, because of their tendency
toward plumpness.
We arranged ourselves in the tent
by wrapping knees around the tent
poles, putting all feet outside for
the night and raising one side of
the tent high enough to make a
rustic sleeping porch of the whole
affair.
The guest proved to be one of
those loathsome creatures who pull
all the covers to their side of the
bed. We had quite a lot of trouble
with him, since he slept in the mid
die and rolled up in both our
blankets. We remedied this by watt
ing until he started snoring, then
recovered our blankets, rolling our
selves in them and throwing rain
coat over him.
The three-man arrangement was
very uncomfortable for a while.
When I finished opening my eyes
by scooping the sand from them,
found that had rolled through the
opened side of the tent and spent
the night under a myrtle bush ten
yards down the slope.
During my first off hour, I sue
ceeded in getting a tan which must
have darkened the very marrow of
my bones. My chest, back and legs
looked the color of a faded danger
flag and smelled like the roast pork
that the cook forgot to watch. After
that, the surf and the sun went
their ways and I went mine. .~
(To be continued)
oopyrisht. 1912. By Henri Holt Z Co.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
INSTALLMENT XIV.

"This battery is my baby" Corpl.
Henry Ussery said, loosening his
belt for a real bull session. 1--WE
watched it grow from thutty- -one
men to what it is now. It was hard
work building up this battery to
what it is now, but it's worth it
when you look around and see what
you've done"
The assembly sighed en- masse
and decided to loosen its belts.
Ussery was wound up again.
when I got here. there wasn't
anybody here but the instructors.
We spent four weeks eating dust
and running rabbits. There I was
I'd spent thutteen months learning
the old drill and tactics to where I
reckon had it down better than
any man in the whole Army. Then
they started this minute Army
with bunch Of green ignorant
Yankees-and I had to teach them
what they had to know"
The bull session nodded wisely
and Corpl. Ussery went on. Now,
this young Corpl. Joe CAN'T, for in
stance. Now, this Corpl. CAN'T, when
he first came in. was one of the
greenest rockies in the bunch. But
he snapped out of it and made cor
poral in four months.
"Was that soldering" a voice
broke In, "or handshaking-as the
Latins used to say, mittus floppus?"
Much as can't stand CAN'T, I'll
have to admit it was soldering.
That's the way 1t is. You sweat your
head off hammering the drills and
the calisthenics and the military
courtesy and guard duty and the
physical hygiene and the manual
of arms into them. They're all
clumsy and awkward as a bear in
an egg crate at first, but then you
can see them, after a while, snap
ping into it and getting better and
better. BY the time we've had them
thutteen weeks. and they're ready
to be assigned to their posts, they're
as keen and alert as bunch of
West Point cadets. They're extra
good cooks and better soldiers"
Happy as \ Pig.
isn't a good soldier a specialist
at gripping and growling?" somebody
asked him.
When q soldier can gripe," the
corporal announced in q pontificial
manner, "he's happy as a pig in the
sunshine. When he doesn't grippe,
there's something wrong with him.
That's another thing you learn.
When you first came here, you
didn't know the first principles of
gripping. You griped about the
clothes; you griped about the beds;
you griped especially about having
to 60 to bed at 9 o'clock"
Gripping Is an art. just like gold
bricking is an art. Before you leave
here, you learn that you don't en-
Joy gripping . bit when you spread
your energy al over everywhere.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
D. {. Title Battle Planned
For Petro, Alexander

A boxing match between Danny
Petro and Kid Alexander for the
District featherweight championship
is in the making. Alexander's man.
ager, Bob Hayden, appeared before
the District Boxing Commission yes
terday to request that Alexander be
recognized as the champ and the
commission announced it favored a
meeting between Petro and Alexan-
der to decide local supremacy.
Alexander this Friday will meet
joey Archibald at Uline Arena and
next Monday Petro shocked opposite
Lou Transparent at Turner's Arena,
after which Promoter Goldie Ahearn,
who operates at Uline's, and Joe
Turner are expected to try to make
the etro-Alexander match.
Meanwhile. Ahearn added another
match to this Fridays Uline Arena
program, signing Napoleon Mitchell,
Detroit heavyweight, as opponent for
Herbert Marshall of Brooklyn, N. Y.
It's for eight rounds.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, April 6-Whirl-
away, greatest money winner of all
time, which heads a field Of 80 top
notch thoroughbreds for the $4,000
Dixie Handicap May l at Pimlico's
spring meeting, is slated to get his
first test in some time In the Phoe-
nix Handicap at Keeneland's open
ing session at Churchill Downs
Saturday.
For the Keeneland race, Whirly
will have to concede from IA to IS
pounds to such horses as MONDAY
Sun, Boveland, Ocean Wave, Mar
Kell and Quien Es.
When Wihrly runs here on May !
at the 20-day session at Pimlico,
April 16 to May 8, the first five of
which will be for charity, he will
be seeking his second straight vic
tory in the 3-16-mile classic He'll
run against two other Dixie money
winners of last year, Mrs. Parker
Cornings Attention and Charles S.
Howard's Midland.
Also nominated for the Dixie is
Evening star., 1943-04-06
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gripping about everything. You
learn to choose one thing and spe-
cialize in gripping about that.
IF you want to be specialist at
gripping, you have to get on your
toes. You get to where your clothes
are comfortable. Where you used
to think the food was terrible, now
you pretend that you don't get
enough of it. You like the beds
and by nine o'clock you're sleepy.
So you have to find something spe-
cial to grippe about. If you haven't
got any originality at all. pick you
out one special noncom and grippe
about him.
Nov. you take Private Hargrove,
for instance. First came here, he
griped about me telling him he was
carrying his rifle wrong. Now he
gripes when I tell him he's carry
ing it right. He might have some
thing there. He still carries it like
it was -millimeter gun. He's
getting so shiftless, even at gripping,
that he can't find anything to beef
about except not getting any mail.
I'm going to write all his creditors,
so he won't even be able to grippe
about the mail"
THAT reminds me-" I said. Did I
tell you boys what Sergeant Taylor
told me about Ussery today?"
Nine o'clock" Ussery shouted.
Lights out! Break it up!"
BY the Beautiful Sea.
Somewhere on the wild coast of
South Carolina, the battalion in
which I cook is being treated to a
week end to combine business with
pleasure. We can romp in the At
lantic while we get a taste of the
field" With the wind blowing the
sand into kitchens and pup tents
alike, it will be nice to get back to
Fort Bragg for a taste of the food
we eat. A vexed soldier here doesn't
crate his teeth. He crunches them.
We made the trip here in lorries,
which are the mechanical ages
nearest approach in appearance to
covered wagons. You've probably
seen them rolling noisily but
smoothly through town-large can
vas-topped trucks with a folding
bench down each side inside. You'd
expect to be hauled out of one of
them, beaten to death. at the end
Of 130-mile trip. They give a
tolerably bumpy ride, just tolerably.
When we started pitching camp,
about quarter of a mile back from
the beach, we found the place
already inhabited - by cannibals.
These creatures, which masquerade
as harmless flies and even camou-
flaged by the harmless sounding
name of sand flies, must have YAM
pire blood back in the line some
where.
I don't bear any grudge against
the easy-gotng, good -natured house
hy-in fact, feel rather cruel when
I squash one for tickling me-but 1t
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Barbee, lavish Pace
Wilson 10 Victory
Tigers in First TussIe
BureIy Top Episcopal

Wilson Highs baseball team final
ly is away to a winning start after
twice having its opener postponed
because Of inclement weather, with
the punch of yesterdays 5-4 victory
over Episcopal supplied by Monk
Barbee and Bill lavish, two of the
three letter men on the Tiger SQUAD
Barbee scored three runs, lavish
the others.
The Tigers staged a comeback to
win after spotting Episcopal three
runs IN the first inning, two of the
Maroons' early markers coming on
Jack Melvin's triple. lavish and
Barbee got Wilson two runs In the
fifth on a walk, Barbee's triple and
hit. They duplicated this scoring
In the next inning and Barbee came
I'D with a score in tho seveptb
Evening star., 1943-04-06
OUTDOORS
With BILL ACkERMAN

A fisheries transportation act that
would define the sizes of all marine
fishes taken by commercial fisher
men, impose open and closed seasons,
type of gear permissible, and even
limit the catches, isn't an impos-
sibility. AS a matter of fact such
bill already has been drawn, and
pigeonholed until it can be ascer-
tained whether or not the Atlantic
Coastal Marine Compact will achieve
the same ends without taking con-
troll from the States.
Taking as guide the overfshing
and lack of control Of past years it
appears that Federal Migratory
Fisheries Control is needed to dis
pose of once and for all the indeci-
sion and lack of consideration for
others by the various States along
the Atlantic seaboard. It would
work out much the same as does the
regulations stemming from the
Migratory Bird Treaty, and without
which our wildfowl just about would
be gone. There are many persons
advocating Federal control.
During the present session of the
Delaware Legislature, with intent to
stave off Federal control OF migratory
fishes, crabs and Holsters, considera-
ton was given by the Fisheries Com
mittee to raise the catches of all
species to the size limits advocated
by Federal authorities, and at the
same time produce catches large
enough to take care of the present
shortage while making sure of a
brood stock for the future. Other
States already have learned of the
dire need for conservative practices
in marine fishing, and passed legisla-
ton concerning a few species.
Any further procrastination will
not be tolerated. Federal bureaus
charged with the control and con-
tinued well-being of our fisheries at
last have the power to insist that all
species be permitted to remain in
the water until they have spawned
at least once. Be sure they will use
it If the various States fail to make
market fishing practices conform to
reasonable standards.
1t has been proved in fishing for
shad that certain number must
be permitted to get by the nets. It
is only logical that other species
must have the same chance. par
ticularly the few species now facing
extinction.
Evening star., 1943-04-06

With 500 as top prize, even the
star bowler who usually passes up
the numerous handicap events is
expected to take a fling at the big
coin along with the lesser lights in
the first annual Arlington Bowling
Center handicap to be staged Sat-
urday and Sunday at the nearby
Virginia drives.
The seven-game affair will be the
first big tournament Manager Paul
James has attempted since he came
down from Middleburg, Va, where
for several years his annual events
always attracted a galaxy of Capital
topnotchers.
Already a flock of contestants
have signed to roll, with Bill Caul's
name heading the list after the
Modern Way Movers star posted 397
to win preliminary staged in Ia
koma Duckpin Association League.
All contestants will receive a two
thirds handicap based on a scratch
of 1913. Both the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress and Washington
City Duckpin Association have sane
toned the two-day attraction.
Hoover Stars at Rosslyn.
Roy Hoover was the big shot with
408 as the second-place Sher and
Cohen quint trimmed Gary Triplett
Mems Shop, 81, in Arlington County
loop at Rosslyn. Cherrydale Fire
Department maintained its two
game lead with 81 win over Po-
tomac Small Loan. George Mar
tins 375 was the high light as Holly
wood Cleaners swamped Yeatmen's S
Hardware.
Redskins were flag winners in
Bethesda Bowling Center Ladies
League by four-game margin over
Screwballs. Members of the cham
pionship quint, who also led with
season highs Of STA and 1888, were
Mrs. A. c. Paul, Mrs. Frank Murray
Mrs. Charles Garry, Mrs. Frank
Murphy and Mrs. E. A. Swingle
Dolly Puryear. tops with a SO aver
age, also was the best strike maker
with %. Mrs. Sheehan led with n
spares.
With snappy red dresses buttoned
with miniature duckpins, Gertrude
Deitchman, Mary Deny and Donna
Yentzer, members of the third place
Bombers team, set the style in the
Interdepartmental Mixed League at
Lucky Strike.
ShamrOcks Sweep Tits.
Diamond Cab rollers were no
match for the Shamrocks, last year
Rhode Island Avenue Businessmen s
League pennant winners, in a special
match at King Pin. Dick Town
sends 160-43O and Louis Roses 1885,
were features as the Shamrocks
with 1,778, won the team skirmish by
40 pins. The Rose-Townsend COM
bination swamped Lee Rothgeb and
George Simons in doubles, 768 to 702
as Rose fired 162 and 40. Rose eli
NAKED the match with a singles vic
tory over Simons, 1872 to 369 Rose
was only pin shy of a 132-average
for his nine games.
Greenway Bowl won both ends of
a team and doubles match from
visiting City Baking Co. pinmen OF
Anacostia Spillway. Glen Smiths
153-377 and Ed Heller's 367 led the
victors' team score of 1,738, while
Weddy Roberts 378 and Frank
Carter's 355 turned back the father
and-son tWosome of Gus and Pete
Places, 1873 to 701.
Bowers Tops Odd Fellows.
Golden Rules Virgil Bowers
bagged honors in Odd Fellows
League at Brookland Recreation
with 146 and 373. Covenant clinched
second place by winning five of six
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Given 25-Day Racing
Meet, Bay Meadows
To Resume Today
Nation Now Assured Of
Daily Meetings Until
November at Leost
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April Grace track
folk and tho betting gentry, who
had planned to spend most Of the
week trying to parlay eight ration
points into q 2-pound steak, can
return their attention to the horses
at once. :
Bay Meadows, of again-on again :
plant at San Mateo, Calf, received
permission late yesterday to open
25-day session, and the officials
said they would start today-before
mind could be changed. The meet
ing will continue until May 8. with
five days profits going to war relief.
The officials decision filled two
more days of a turf void that was
to have existed from March u to
April g. when the Eastern session
got under way at Jamaica
But the California track already
had closed three days of the sports
only extended holiday in more than
two decades with hastily staged
A$oFy lClASA ploEl Gill oll C1lS
three days of last week.
Now, with Bay Meadows opening
today, there won't be any sched-
uled Interruptions until November
at least. g
Jamaica ushers in the Eastern,
program Thursday with the $5,000s
Experimental Handicap, expected to
be duel between Allen Simons'
Blue Swords and w. E. Boeings
Slide Rule. ~
Keeneland's transplanted spring
meeting gets under way at Church.
i'll Downs Saturday with the $4,000,
Phoenix Handicap as the chief at
traction, and Narragansett with
more than 600 thoroughbreds al
ready on the grounds opens the,
same day with the $4,000 Spring
Handicap.
Pimlico's expanded session has its
1943 debut billed for April 16, but
before then the racing fans will have
witnessed Jamaica's $500 Paua
monok Handicap, In which Mrs:
Tilyou Christopher Doublerab Is
topweighted at 130 pounds.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Mersch Finds Two
On Base Too Muny

Here's an early candidate for
the base-stealing high light of
the year award. 1t happened in
the second inning Of the George
town. Catholic U. game yesterday
at Georgetown.
Fred Mersch of the Hoyas was
on second and Jim Gilroy on
third. Mersch decided to steal
third. He made it, but the sur
prised Gilroy stepped off the
sack and was tagged. Mersch
decided he'd better 60 back to
second.
This time he didn't make 1t.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Whir|y, Which Tops Dixie FieId, ,
Listed at KeeneIund Saturday

Riverland, conqueror of Whirlaway
on one occasion last fall, In the
Riggs Handicap.
Belair Studs Fenelon, Mrs. Ray
Feinberg's Firebroom, Arnold Hang,
ers Dit. T. H. Heard's Boysy. A. J.
Sackett's Tola Rose. the Valdina
Farm pair of Founders and Valdina
Orphan and Woodvale Farms Our
Boots also have been named
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Athlete With One Eve
Enters Medical Corps

HAMILTON, N. Y, April GA
childhood accident cost Colgate's
al Diebolt an eye and 81 operations,
but he became an outstanding
sprinter and holds the world indoor
mark of 0:57.l for the 500-yard run.
Now he has won another victory.
He has been accepted by the Army
Medical Corps and has been sent to
. post ct Charleston. 8. G.
Evening star., 1943-04-06

the decision his way. Hart's early
margin and the two knockdowns
saved him the fight.
Hart weighed 226 and Cross 215.
Greer's Win Big Upset.
The Greer victory was a real
upset. His contemplating style
checked Brown, who was pretty we'll
sliced and bruised at the finish.
Petros knockout of Davis in l
minute so seconds Of the first round
was one of two on the card. Petro
smacked Davis with right to the
head at the start and finished him
OIL in short order, the final punch
being another right as Davis bounced
off the ropes.
John Garner later knocked out
Chappie Manning in 2:23 of the
third. Jimmy Jerico decisioned Joe
August In the opening four -rounder.
An overflow crowd of 2,144 paid
$2,508.60 to see the fights.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Shy Coach and Gridders,
But Repairs Press Box

BY the Associated Press.
LAWRENCE, Kans.. April 6.-New
contender for the whistling- in the
dark championship:
The University Of Kansas Ath-
letic Board, which is spending $500
to repair the football stadium's press
box-despite the fact the school has
no football coach and the Army and
Navy soon will have almost all the
players.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHnADELPH1A.-Bo Montgomery.
1877, Philadelphia, knocked out Roman
Alvarez, 1351s; New York q.
14O. Springfield Mass, outpointed
Chester Rico. 132la, New York 1O.
CHICAGO.-Clarence Brown. 202.
Chicago, knocked out AL Jordan, 1873.
Kansas City %.
BALTIMoRE.-Joe Baski, col: Kulp-
nenf 1s4 wiiminston Viii HutRSntsf Dsf @ Icy Brooks
SCRANTON. Pa.-Sonny Horne, 15s,
Niles, Ohio, outpointed Neil Miller, 50,
NEWARK. N. J.-charley Eagles,
f71h LIZ Waters1ry BY Conn., Gutpointed
HOLYOKE. Mass.-Tommy Jessup.
40. Sprinstield; Mass, knocked out
Vince DelForto, 1877. New York (2).
NEW YORK.-George Kochan.- 169,
Akron, Ohio. stopped Johnny Morris.
1esA sAN FRANciscoHLuther YfnkseS & y , cslugger,
White, 1851, Baltimore. stopped Vern
Bybee, 1876. United States Coast Guard
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Exhibition Baseball
Greer's Win Big Upset.

BY the Associated Press.
Games Today. go
At napolis-Pittsburgh (N.) VS..
Cleveland tAD.
At Wilminston Del.-Philadelphia
(A) VS.. Toronto IntD.
At Asbury Park N. New York
(A.) vs.. Newark (1ntt.
At French Lick. Ind.--Chicaso tN)
VS.. Cincinnati tN).
:, At Baltimore-Boston A) VS.. Ball
timore untD.
At Red Bank. N. New York (N)
vs.. Fort Hancock.
Results Yesterday.
WASHINGTON. 10: Norfolk Naval
Air, 4.
Boston tAD. 8: Baltimore (IntD. 0.
New York (Al Z; Fort Hancock, Q.
Evening star., 1943-04-06
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-Alex1s
Thompson Cancelled remainder
of Riggs-Kovacs pro tennis tour
because of war difficulties.
Three years ago-Frank Loebs,
assistant football coach at St.
Louis Washington University,
promoted to head coach.