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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
'MUSIAL INCREASES
BATTING AVERAGE
Cardinal Sophomore Leads
National With 1893
Average

NEW YORK. July 20.-lP-Stan
Musial. the sophomore slugger OF
the St. Louis Cardinals, not only
continued to set the pace for the
National league batters this week
but stepped up the beat seven
points to a 1888 average.
His authoritative hitting W a S
more than sufficient to keep him
en- top, although the veteran Billy
Herman of the Brooklyn Dodgers
also improved his mark by four
points to 1882 to stay in second
place and Stan Hack of the Chi
cago Cubs climbed eight points to
$50 and third place.
While this trio of hitting stars
was moving upward, Ellsworth
Babe Dahlgren of the Phillies.
who led the league for m n y
weeks with an average that was
in the .34O-. $50 neighborhood. con-
tinued to slide downward. In the
last week his percentage dropped
from 1923 to .317 and today he
was in fourth place.
Based on 200 or more times at
bat in games played before today
the others in the select society OF
10 leading hitters were Lonnie
Frey. Cincinnati .314: George Ku-
rowski. St. Louis 312: Frank Nc
Cormick, Cincinnati .310; Walker
Cooper, St. Louis, .309; A r k y
Vaughan, Brooklyn .307: and Au-
gle Galan, Brooklyn .306.
Besides leading in percentage.
Musial also was tops in total hits
with 108, in triples with II. and
was second in runs scored with So.
Vaughan of Brooklyn has scored
the most times, 10, has stolen the
most bases, II. and ranked behind
Musial in total hits with 107.
Herman has batted in the most
runs, So, one more than Bill Mich
olson of Chicago, and also has hit
the most doubles, 25.
Mel OFT of the Giants was in
front of the home run parade with
IA as Nicholson again came in Sec
ond with 49,
Truett (Rip) Sewell of the Pitts
burgh Pirates continued as the
leagues leading pitcher with 13
victories and two defeats.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AVERAGES SLUMP
Chicago's Guy Cartwright
Leading With 1888
Mark

CHICAGO, July 2O.-P)-Those
leading American league batting
averages have quit looking like a
war workers income tax and
have begun to resemble the hitting
marks of Joe Shortstop from the
corner sandlot team-much to the
distress Of such young men as Guy
Outright. Vern Stephens and Dick
Wakefield.
Where once the leagues statis'
t;cian was privileged TO compile
such remarkable fl cures as
stephens, .448," HHiggins, 1863, -
and "Hockett, .342," he sat down
today and scrawled off Curt
right, Chicago. 1888; Stephens, St.
Louis. .327, and Wakefield, De-
troit, 1928" without once referring
to his tables on astronomical
mathematics.
That left other places in the
top ten to Oris Hockett OF Cleve'
land at .315, Luke Appling OF Chi
cago at .3o9; Bob johnson oil
Washington at 1896; Pinky Higgins
Of Detroit at .294; Roy Cullenblne
of Cleveland at ,289; Chet LaaDs
Of St. Louis at .288, and johnson
of New York at .293.
Wakefield remained ahead IN TO
tai hits with 109, Stephens in home
runs with 13, and Etten in runs
batted in with So. Ken Keltner OF
cleveland was CREDITED with the
most doubles at IS and johnny
L;ndell of New York and Ruoy
York Of Detroit were tide IN "Trip
les at seven. The "a stolen bases
by George Case of washington
were tops in pilfering.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
TODAY'S GAMES
National League

Brooklyn at Cincinnati o.
Higbe (6-5 and Wyatt (3-A or Da-
Wis $50 VS.. Riddle 01-5) and
Starr (9-O.
New York at St. Louis (2)-Mel-
ton 40 and Fischer (3-3) VS..
Krist (7-2) and Brable (0-0)
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Conger CID VS. Klinger (6-3).
Boston at Chicago-Andrews e.
ID VS.. Bithorn Q0-8).
American League
Detroit at Washington night)-
NeWhouser cd VS.. Candini (7-2)
Cleveland at Philadelphia
Smith (8-3) VS. Flores CD.
St. Louis at New York-Sundra
60 VS.. Donald (3-3).
Chicago at Boston (2)-Grove
go and Dietrich (4-6) VS.. Hugh
son (9-O and Terry go.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21

More than $4,000 enemy aHans
have been taken into custo3g Nv
the Federal Bureau Of Inyegu.
ton since Pearl Harbor
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
ickes Extends Hours
On Migratory Birds

( WASHINGTON, July 2o.-R-
Secretary of Interior Ickes an
nounced today that hunting of mi
gratory game birds will be per-
mltted this year from half an
hour before sunrise to sunset. Last
season, the hours ran from sun
rise to sunset.
Sportsmen will be allowed to re-
TAIN birds lawfully taken for a
period of As days following the
ending of the open season in the
state where the birds were killed
AN extension of Is days
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
Three Games Scheduled
In Local League Today
Remainder OF Cape Fear
Schedule For Season
Is Given

Camp Davis meets the Sheet
metal workers Wednesday after
noon at Hilton in the feature
games as the Cape Fear baseball
association continues play in the
second half.
The Blades engage the Engi-
neers at the stadium and the
Welders under Pete Fish's man
agement travel to the Air Base to
tangle with the Bombers N the
other tits on the program.
The remainder of the second
half schedule follows:
Sunday, July 25 Welders VS.
Camp Davis at Camp Davis;
Sheetmetal VS. Engineers at Hill
ten: and Bombers VS. Blades at
Stadium.
Wednesday, July 28-Camp Da-
Wis VS. Blades at Robert Strange;
Welders VS. Sheetmetal at Stadi-
UNI: and Engineers VS. Bombers
at Air Base.
Sunday, August 1-Engineers VS.
Camp Davis at Camp Davis;
Bombers VS. Sheetmetal at Stadi-
UNI; and Blades VS. Welders at
Robert Strange.
Wednesday, August 4-Bombers
VS. Camp Davis at Camp Davis;
Blades VS. Sheetmetal at Stadium; !;
and Welders VS. Engineers at Hill
ton.
Sunday, August 8-Sheetmetal VS.
Camp Davis at Camp Davis
Bombers VS. Welders at Stadium;
and Blades VS. Engineers at Rob-
ert Strange.
Wednesday, August 11-Camp
Davis VS. Welders at Stadium; En-
gineers VS. Sheetmetal at Robert
Strange; and Blades VS. Bonbers
at Air Base.
Sunday, August 15-Blades VS.
Camp Davis at Camp Davis;
Sheetmetal VS. Welders at Robert
Strange; Bomhers VS. Engineers
al Stadium.
Wednesday, August 1S- Camp
Davis VS. Engineers at Stadium;
Sheetmetal VS. Bombers at Air
Base: and Welders VS. Blades at
Hilton.
sunday, August 22-Camp Da-
Wis VS. Bornbers al Air Base; Sheet
metal VS. Blades at Robert Strange;
Welders VS. Engineers at Stadium.
Wednesday, August 25- Camp
Davis VS. Sheetmetal at Stadium;
Welders VS. Bombers at Air Base;
and Engineers VS. Blades at Rob
ert Strange.
Sunday, August 29-Camp Davis
VS. Welders at Hilton; Sheetmetal
vs. Engineers at Stadium; and
Bombers VS. Blades at Robert
Strange.
Wednesday, Sept. 1-Camp Da-
Wis VS. Blades at Stadium; Sheet
metal VS. Welders at Robert
Strange; and Engineers VS. Bomb
ers at Air Base.
Sunday Sept. 5-Camp Davis VS.
Engineers at Hilton; Bombers VS.
Sheetmetal at 2. Strange: and
Welders VS. Blades at Stadium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
SUNKEL RECALLED

NEW YORK, July 2o.-(P)-
Pitcher Tom Sunkel, who has been
with the Jersey City club on op-
ton, today was recalled by the
New York Giants and his contract
Immediately assigned to the Mont
real club of the international
league in a straight cash deal, the
Giants announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
National League

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
American League
No games scheduled)
National League
Pittsburgh /, Philadelphia 0.
(Only game scheduled
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21

Whiteville 900 o23 o2o 03-Io 3 = ,
Harnett - O13 0l0 O2O O0- : :
Ender, Proctor, Coleman and
Hardy; Chackles, Woodwork and
Hobbs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21

few that come to mind. There are
some others, but not many. In
fact, Senator Mead's own Buffalo
district has a stadium which would
like to be filled. We don't know
how many that one holds. The
senator couldn't be putting in a
plug for his district. could he?
Anyway, this is all conjecture
Just to beat the gun on objections
which are sure to come. We have
a hunch the game will be played.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21

will be objections raised by
the ants. There were last
year, and the same gents still
are around.
Frankly, we can't see any harm
in playing the game. The W .
schools are going to play football
so they might as well play eaci'
other as anyone else.
The major objection last year
was based on the transportation
problem, which was neatly skirt
ed by playing the game IN com
psrative secrecy at Annapohs'
If the crowd still is the man
objection, the situation could pc
handled by playing the game with,
out spectators, as after all cro"o
of 10000 or 100000 is just a man .
alone in a telephone booth insofar
as general interest is concerneo'
That is, the people VINO actuaHy
could see the game under any
conditions would be a negHglole
quantity compared with the NH,
lions who follow it by press ana
radio.
As far as Transporting the teams
to the arena is concerned, that is
minor problem They ev n
could get squad in horse car
if necessary. if the race people
would let them move out tne l'ass
for little while. We've seen the
time when an American horse car
would seem quite luxury. Those
French corn cribs on wheels were
NJ bargain.
However. we don't think h
TRANSFORMATION of the teams Woulo
enter into any argument, as the
baseball teams still go around. In
fact in the case of the Dodgers,
ttev 20 round and round.
So the sole objection w o u q
seem to be the crowd as 1t per-
tains to the transportation PROP
lem. There would seem to be
three alternatives in this situation.
First, they could stage the game
in a speakeasy manner, without
spectators, with the nation at large
snd oul far flung armed forces
being given vivid descriptions.
After all. that's all they get any
way, except for the 10000 or lOo,-
600 who might ordinarily see the
game.
They might hold it with the at
tendance rigidly restricted, as
last year. And lastly, they might
throw the gates wide open and
strive for as large an attendance
as Nossible, and to heck with ev-
erything.
Senator Mead (D.-N. " is one
who advocates bumper attend
ance, the crowd, under his theory,
coming from the large city in
which the game might be held.
He suggests an attendance of from
$4,000 to 100000 to raise respec-
table sum of money, and in ad-
vocating a crowd of that size he
automatically limits the sites in
which the game might be held. as
you can just about count the stad-
iuns of that size in the country
without taking off your shoes.
You have the stadium at Phila-
delrhia, and Soldiers Field in Chi
cago. and Ohio State stadium, and
tine Pasadena Rose Bowl and New
Orleans Sugar Bowl fields, and
Yankee stadium, just to name a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
.-s-e-s- -s-s-s-s
SPORTS TRAIL
By WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, July 20-tP)-Nobody in authority yet
has said that the ArmyNavy football might not be
played this year, would to be good time to
put in plug for it, it's always good idea to start NOV
ing while the other is still fumbllng tor his shootn
iron.
This is strictly "who said snitched the watch is
iar attitude nobody has accused anybody OF
or suggested tn the game should not be played but there
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-21
GENERAL PROMOTED

LONDON, July 20.-tR-The Of
ficial London Gazette announced
today that Maj. Gen. K. A. N. An
derson, commander of the British
First Army, had been promoted tc
the rank of lieutenant general
dating from January %, 1943
Evening star., 1943-11-18
Talent Scout Granted
Continuance in CHICAGO

Arnold Lester, who caused quite
stir In Washington as IL. Foster
Smith," was granted a continuance
until November 20 when he ap-
peared yesterday before United
States Commissioner Edwin K.
Walker in Chicago on request for
his removal to the Capital on a
charge of violating the National
Stolen Property Act.
Lester, who allegedly represented
himself as talent scout when he
stayed at the Statler Hotel here,
engaged an attorney, Clarence w.
Shaeffer, to represent him. His
bond was continued at $4,000. Lester
had pleaded guilty to the stolen
property charge when he appeared
before Commissioner Walker last
Saturday.
Only formal complaint filed
against Lester after his Today visit
here was that of the Statler Hotel,
which charges the talent scout"
cashed s675 in worthless checks at
the hotel and walked out on a bill
of S237. His unsuspecting COM
panlons during his stay here in
cluded Ole Olsen and Chic johnson
Of the Sons O Fun" show then at
the National Theater and members
OF the cast Lester, it is charged,
pretended to be arranging a movie
to be filmed here. with Bette Davis
and John Garfield among the i'm
preSSiye list of stars
Evening star., 1943-11-18
Friction in Moscow
Brings Reduction
|0f2U. ). Generals
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
/ As a sequel to the recent shake
up of American military representa-
ton In Moscow, the War Depart
ment has disclosed that one briga-
dier general has been reduced to
the grade of colonel and another
will shortly revert" to that rank.
The former chief of the United
States supply mission to Russia,
Brig. Gen. Philip r. Faymonville,
now Is on duty as a colonel in the
office of the chief of ordnance here.
Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Michela,
until recently military attache at
the Soviet capital, lis currently in
Washington" the department said
yesterday, and having been relieved
from duty as military attache, will
shortly revert to the temporary
grade of colonel"
Recalled During Conference.
Both were recalled from Moscow
at the time Of the recent confer
ence there, and their places have
been taken by the military mission
headed by Maj. Gen. John r. Deane,
formerly secretary of the joint
American and the combined Anglo
American chiefs of staff.
While the War Department has
refused consistently to comment on
the situation, it was known that the
recall of the two officers ended a
situation which had given great con-
Germ to American officials for many
months.
Friction within the official United
States group in Moscow had been
reported by official emissaries OF.
their return to this country. They
said it was one of the factors con-
tributing to frequent misunderstand-
ings between the Allied powers.
The War Department said last
night that both Col. Faymonville
and Gen. Michela were given the
temporary rank OF brigadier general
because of their assignments in
Moscow and their reduction in grade
when relieved of those assignments
followed normal War Department
policy.
+ Biographies Withdrawn.
However. their official biographies
mere recitals of the dates and
places of service and promotions Of
officers in their military careers
have been placed on the restricted"
list and withdrawn from circulation
by the War Department Bureau of
Public Relations.
A new official biography Of Col.
Faymonville was issued, noting that
he went to Moscow In September,
1941, as member of the special
war supplies mission. but concluding
"he was assigned to the Army group,
Washington, D. c., In December,
l941," and containing no further
reference to the fact that he re-
mained in Moscow as chief of the
supply mission for nearly two years.
Col. Faymonville is said to be one
Of the few Army officers who speak
the Russian language f1uently. He
served with the American forces in
Siberia from 1918 to 1920, and sub
sequently carried out several other
Far Eastern assignments. He is a
native of San Francisco and is S..
Gen. Michela, 40, was born at
Iron Mountain, Mich, and is a 1928
graduate of West Point. He once
was instructor in Russian at
Columbia University.
Evening star., 1943-11-18

slider suitable. He changed 1t, and
she went on to fame.
To-day" he added, "she is doing
the same thing at $4 a seat she did
IN burlesque at IS cents" Miss
Lee Is in musical comedy.
Mickey Rooney sang his first song
at the Gaiety, Mr.. Lake said, ex-
planning that Mickey was just a
boy then.
His father happened to let me
hear him sing" Mr.. Lake said.
Lou Costello wanted to be a prize
fighter and came to him seeking
bouts, Mr.. Lake said, but, after he
heard him sing, he persuaded Lou
to go on the stage.
Mr.. Lake mentioned Will Rogers
and Fanny Brice as among the
Evening star., 1943-11-18
2 Hurt in Fatal Crash
Reported Improved

The condition Of two men injured
in an automobile accident Tuesday
which resulted in the death Of two
members of the British Women's
Auxiliary Air Force was reported
improved today.
John William Franklin, 1902 Four
teenth street NV, driver for the
joint British staff here, was reported
somewhat improved" today by Gal
linger Hospital physicians.
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald, cor
oner, said that Seaman Robert Hite
U. S. NJ, %, of 4541 River road NV.
operator of the automobile which
was in collision with the station
wagon which Mr.. Franklin was
driving, would be turned over to the
custody Of naval authorities and
transferred to the Bethesda Naval
Medical Center The sailor, who is
stationed at Great Lakes Naval
Training Base, ILL.,, now is in Gal
linger Hospital.
Funeral services for Section
Officers Ruth P. Watson and Monica
M. Daventry, the two WAAFS killed
IN the accident, will be held at 10
am. tomorrow at the Fort Myer
Chapel. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1943-11-18
Deaths Reported

Lewis Welton. 81. Chevy Chase. Md.
Lou z. Ballenger, 80; 1901 18th ST. NV
st. ne.
Anna G. Hilleary. rs, 1850 Conn. ave. NV
Henry F. Voght, S. 54ie 2H i Macarthur a.. blvd
Ellzabeth Wlckham 81. Colmar Manor, Md
Frank L. Murton, 50. Centralia. Pa.
John H Duvall. As. I131 st. ne
John R: Sanoules, 3s. 500 9th st. NV.
infant William D. Wallace. Arlington, Va.
Early Wallace, 80 1924 o St. NV,
Madison Brown, as, 231 st. s.w.
Pearl G Smith. 81, 81 Fenton pl. NV.
William Mayberrv. 33. r446 D st. ne.
Elmlra Sanders Is. Arlington. Va
Evening star., 1943-11-18
Gypsy Rose Lee Given
Stage Name by Lake,
Advertising Club Told

Gypsy Rose Lee was given her
stage name by Jimmy Lake, he re-
vealed yesterday In a talk at the
Advertising Club at the Washington
Hotel.
The maestro of local burlesque,
proprietor Of the Gaiety Theater,
said Miss Lee came to him as a
novice with name he did not con-
Evening star., 1943-11-18

famous graduates Of burlesque.
He saw the strip tease originate
at the Buckingham Theater in
Louisville, he explained.
While Mr.. Lake conceded that
Evening star., 1943-11-18

burlesque had fallen into disfavor
In many places, especially New York,
he contended that 1t filled distinct
niche In entertainment. And he said
that many musical comedies con-
Evening star., 1943-11-18
WY?

because with less
meat to eat we must
make up for getting
less Of the great
"bui lding" food ele-
ment, protein. It is
one Of
Evening star., 1943-08-26
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
HOT xyyryN~D

At Director Preston Sturges' ur-
gent invitation we went back to his
synthetic little town in the valley
and practically melted away right
in the same spot where we were
frozen to the marrow last time we
saw the place. OF course, the Cali
fornia weather was to blame for
that difference, but there were other
changes not blamed on the weather.
They made up an interesting day on
location.
Last December we boarded a bus
to see Sturges start work on THE
Miracle of Morgans Creek" in
little town Paramount had whipped
up at its ranch IS miles from Holly
wood boulevard. The frost was on
the pumpkin, breath cracked in
the air, folks wore overcoats and
stood around little stoves.
Now The Miracle" is in the film
can awaiting release and Sturges
has turned his attention to another
film, this one titled Hail the Con-
quering Hero" Like the last one,
this movie takes place in a tiny
town. So Sturges went right back
Evening star., 1943-08-26
Man of Extremes
Is Sam GOldWvn
HOLLYWOOD

HULL WOOD.
Not only does Sam Goldwyn boast
the prettiest girls in captivity for
his musical up in Arms" but he now
goes to the other extreme by claim
ing the homeliest man in the world.
Fellows name is George Mathews,
discovered by Sam while playing on
Broadway in THE Eve of st. Mark"
His phiz is repeatedly the most
ferocious since the days of Louis
Wolheim.
The mugg market is bullish these
days in Hollywood and studio with
out a mugg of its own may have
to pay up to $1,000 a week for the
loan of one like William Bendix.
Goldwyn expects to cash in on
Mathews via the loan-out system.
Eventually, he'll be used to frighten
Bendix, says Sam.
Evening star., 1943-08-26
Same Town, ButHowAltered

to the old spot. Now it's called
Oakridge, Calf, which is only a
name out of Sturges' mind. But
today it's been all changed around
by means of few deft touches.
X X X X
The day started at 7 am, board
ing the bus at the studio. 1t was the
same ride, likely the same bus and
positively the same driver. ONLY
this time no one was in overcoats.
Cast and crew wore light clothes
and sun helmets. Ella Raines, the
heroine-a comely brunette new
conner with vivid blue eyes-was in
white shorts. Eddie Bracken, the
hero, wore get-up that could
have doubled for bathing suit.
So we got to location about $50.
There were coffee jugs out for the
folks, only not so many as last De-
cember. Most popular spot was
surrounding huge container of
iced tomato juice. 1t was soon all
gone. We looked around the town.
1t had been changed in detail,
mostly by moving store fronts
around. The music store was now
a cafe, the bank a drugstore and
so on. This whole new town.
Sturges proudly informed us, was
made out Of the old Morgans Greek
town, with the additional use of
only $1,700 worth of new material.
including paint and nails. Holly
wood can economic if the shoe
pinches.
The movie theater Bracken and
Betty Hutton attended in THE
Miracle" was still named the Re-
gent. That seemed okay because
there's a Regent" in practically
every town in the U. S. A. But the
bill had changed Last time, the
stars saw Sturges' "The Lady Eve"
shorts and newsreel, plus two other
complete features for 80 cents. This
time, Sturges uses one Of his most
recent movies, The Palm Beach
Story" and it's playing with only a
newsreel for 80 cents. Changed
times.
In the town park, where once
there was small bandstand. there
Is now a statue, supposedly of a
bird named Gen. Jacob Zabriski.
Only it's the heroic statue of Joel
McCrea on rearing horse, made
three years ago for THE Great
Mans Lady" Joel has been turned
into Gen. zabriska by the addition
OF lot of plaster whiskers.
There were 1865 persons on the
job that day, including workers, ac-
tors and extras. They all came in
eight huge buses. The extras were
happy, 2l5 of them, because all the
action In town takes place within
three days and they were going to
get two full weeks of work-plus
free food.
Last time we saw this town, the
lunch was piping hot because the
weather was cold. Today they passed
out box lunches of sandwiches, to-
matoes, apple, peach, cake-and all
the milk and lemonade you could
drink. Half the crew ate in swim
ming trunks. The big mess tent
was air r-conditioned.
At the end of the day the busi-
ness manager was fretting. He
told us that the folks there had
drunk IS five-gallon jugs of water,
go gallons of lemonade. so gallons of
milk, 80 gallons of coffee and 18
gallons of tomato juice. And 1t took
1900 pounds of ice to keep the
liquids drinkable.
Miss Raines told us later she lost
three and one-half pounds that day.
Some one said it was lis in the
shade. We believe it; we were in
the shade and remained there. It's
interesting to go out on location a
couple times year. Not any often
er, thanks, Mr.. Sturges.
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Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-08-26
Not a Claw Mark
On a Single Face
HOLLYWOOD.

Z '
Greatest diplomatic coup of the
year was accomplished without a
casualty. 1t was the seating of IS
stars and feature players for a group
photo at MGM, picture made for
forthcoming anniversary celebra-
ton. No ruch group of stars from
a single studio had ever been photo
graphed together before.
The winners?
Greer Carson, this years academy
award winner, sat on the left of
Louis B. Mayer, and Katharine Hep
burn, few years ago rated poison"
at the box office, drew the spot on
the boss right.
The boys in charge all breathed
Evening star., 1943-08-26

Place a stamp In that vacant
space In your War savings stamp
book; 1t will help put the Axis on
the spot.
Evening star., 1943-08-26

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