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Detroit evening times., 1943-09-19
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BIRMINGHAM. Sept Is
HR AND MRS. AARON
WI WEBSTER are entertain
ing at cocktail party Sunday
evening In their home on
Fairfax road preceding tho
presidents dinner AT Orchard
Lake Golf Club, al which Mr.
Webster will preside as prcSl-
dent of the club and also AS
champion Of the mems Sailing
races. Mr.. and Mrs Webster
guests include:
. MEss;.S 0sD MESDAMES
Frederick . Weed r n Mott
Pau Tenhelf Lawrence LenhHrdt
p 4 Proctor carl J. Uuderh
Edward S Reid Jr. Cassius J. Miller
Edward Bennett Jr Verne MuFras
Atwood b Oatman Milton Man.ey
Mrs Harvey 3 Greene was
hostess at luncheon az her home
on Mohegan drive 10 members
of her bridge club.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Problem Of Stopping Eastern
Remu;ns as Western Fails
RombIers Run String to Four in 81 Game;
Coolidge Back in Race by Beating Riders

it was the smallest margin allowed
Eastern by any series rival SO far.
Meanwhile the battle for second
place goes on apace with the others
tightly punched behind the Ram
blers. Coolidge jumped back in the
race after two setbacks by topping
Roosevelt, earlier considered real
contender, So yesterday behind the
three-hit pitching of Bob Holzbeier-
lein.
Eastern was able to gather only six
hits off Westerns Gene Gould, but
it took advantage of a couple of
breaks in the fifth inning to lock up
the game. With the score tied at
IL, Edsel Martz lashed out a triple
with the bases loaded to help with
the Ramblers' five-run rally in that
big frame. An error, single and a
walk had packed the sacks.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Mats Lack Batting in General,
But Bottom Of Lineup Is Nil
EorIy's Failure Particularly Is Distressing;
Flores Yields Only Hits as As Win, 81

81 decision. In a previous effort
against the Red Sox, incidentally
he lost a 10 game despite pitching
2-hitter.
Formerly property of the Chicago
Cubs, Flores is screwball specialist
whose style thus far has baffled the
Mats completely. He permitted q
run in the first inning yesterday
when Ellis Clary walked, scooted tc
third on Cases double and scored
after Bob johnson flied deep to left
but thereafter he had the Mats at
his mercy.
Chance In 8th Fades.
Meanwhile Dutch Leonard was
hurting a creditable game. Enter
ing the sixth inning he was nursing
10 lead, but the Athletics par
layed singles by Johnny Welaj, Jo-
10 White and Pete Suder, plus an
error by Clary, into a brace of runs
and picked up another run in the
eighth when Suder doubled to score
Eddie Mayo, who had beaten out a
bunt.
Inc Mats big chance to get back
In the lead came in the eighth when
Case and Spence opened with sue
cesSve singles. Bluege. disdained
ordering a sacrifice, however. and
johnson forced Spence at second as
Case took third. Into that situation
stepped Mickey Vernon and whacked
into a double play. ~ Z Z
Leonard, who was clipped for ii
hits, absorbed his first defeat Of the
season before 1924 fans. It was
the Mats second loss to the AS in
seven games and Mickey Haefner
was to attempt to make it six out OF
eight victories against PHILADELPHIA
here today.
The Mats will tangle with the AS
here tomorrow, then return to meet
the Red Sox in the opener of a four
game series at Griffith Stadium Fri
day night.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Two 1O-Round Fights
Top Turner'S First
Ball Park Show
Honbury Given Remotch
Against Phillips; UIine
Cord on Wednesday

Promoter Joe Turner moves his
boxing programs to Griffith Sta
dlum. beginning next Monday, with
two l0-rounders booked to head the
first outdoor card of the season.
Promoter Goldie Ahearn and the
Liberty A. c. also have a shift to
announce. with next weeks program
to be held on Wednesday night in
stead of Friday as usual at Uline
Arena. A prior booking at the Uline
plant wes the reason. 1t is for one
show only.
Hart to Battle Lane.
The O-rounders on the Turner
program are between Al Hart, the
Dig War College Negro, and Larry
Lane, former Golden Glover from
New York, and between Jimmy
Phillips of Baltimore and Washing
tons Lew Hanbury.
Hart. big attraction here, has
won 10 of his last 20 matches, with
a draw against Joe Baksi in New
York as the only blot. Lane appears
a match for him. however. Recent
ly he fattened Wally Cross in one
round. 1t was Cross whom Hart de-
feated in split decision at the
Arena not long ago, a decision that
drew a lot OF booing from the GUS
toners.
Phillips Is Going Strong.
The Hanbury-Phillips fight is
rematch. Hanbury was No. in
Phillips recent string of victories
here that ended only two weeks ago
when Jimmy Collins, previously
winner of Is straight bouts, held
Phillips to draw. Otherwise Jimmy
has topped Bernie Cady, Roy Lewis
and Oscar Wright under Turner's
auspices. The rematch would have
come off sooner had not Hanbury
been stopped by an attack of boils
on his right hand. He recently re-
sumed training and worked several
good rounds against Henry Arm
strong here last week.
The Ahearn show at Ulines a week
from tonight will be headed by an
eight = rounder sending frankie
Wills, local welterweight who upset
Al Dummy Davis, against Ernie
Robinson of Long Island. Two other
eight-round matches also are
planned.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Landon and Friends,
Will Clash Friday;
Win on Diamond
Foe Scores All Its Runs
At Outset as Blair
Is Defeated, is

Landon's baseball team hopes to
use Friends School as a means of
reaching the 500 mark when they
tangle Friday. Yesterday Landon
turned in it's second victory in five
starts by defeating Montgomery
Blair, Us, and will be favored over
Its private school rival, although
Friends too showed itself in winning
form with a 14-7 victory over Wood
ward yesterday.
A first-inning assault during
which it gathered all seven of its
runs provided Landon with its VIC
tory. Landon made four hits and
received six bases on balls off Randy
Edwards in that inning. while Joe
Schneider, who took over, didn't al
low hit the rest of the Thinning
game. Meanwhile Stan Sager was
nicked for six hits by Blair,
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Jockey Defends the Fleet

To Count Fleets defense rusheS
Jockey Johnny Longden, the
champs rider. He could have run
faster, you know, but there just
wouldn't have been any sense in
pressing him. He had established a
safe margin. 1t wasn't the time
that counted-it was the way he
outclassed the field. If he had been
extended, he at least would have
come close to Whirlaway's record" :"
Blue Swords probably will be the
second best horse in the Preakness,
and while we weren't slipping julep
at Louisville last week, we saw the
Wood Memorial at Jamaica two
weeks ago and the circumstances
we're much the same.
In the Wood, though, Count Fleet
was cut coming out of the gate. Blue
Swords streaked into command past
the clubhouse but Count Fleet
caught him at the turn entering the
back stretch and from there out it
simply was a matter of deciding
place money. Despite blood gushing
from his leg, Count Fleet made it
no contest.
It was Blue Swords that chased
Count Fleet home in the Derby, too,
end if Longden says he wasn't ex-
tended we'd have to believe him.
Blue Swords ran a commendable
sort of race in the Wood Memorial,
but you deserted Jamaica with the
feeling he wasn't in the same class
with Count Fleet.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Braves Lusty Hitting
Eases Confinement
Of Casey 5tenge|
Pilot With Broken Leg,
In Maternity Section,
Is Setup for Wogs
BY the Associated Press.

oy VIC ASSOCldlcu FIcSSs
BOSTON, May 5.-Now that he is
starting his third week in a hospital
bed, Casey Stengel, the Boston
Braves broken-legged manager, ap-
pears to have convinced his doctors
and nurses that he is contented
patient. Previously they feared force
might be needed to detain him.
II guess I'll stay here as long as
they want me-" Stengel told his
latest visitors, Coaches George Kel-
ley and Bob Coleman, who have
been running the club since that
52-year -old manager was felled by
an automobile on the eve of the
National Leagues opening day.
Stengel's improved spirits probably
are misunderstood by the hospital S
personnel. 1t is likely that they
believe he finally has become ac-
customed to his strange surround
ings. But what actually makes
Stengels stay in a hospital bed en-
durable is the fact that his team,
now resting comfortably in the first
division with five wins and three
losses, has outhit every opponent
in every game for total margin
of 1851.
His Best-Hitting Team.
Never before, since he took over
the Braves five seasons back, has
Stengel had such consistent hitting
from the top to the bottom of his
batting order. A year ago today
the Braves were in fourth place
with II wins and as many losses,
but that was due to excellent pitch
ing and tight defense rather than
to the combined efforts of a team
that, as a whole, is slugging at
300 clip.
And I guess they'll be wanting
me here for some time" Stengel con-
tlnued. The doctors say my leg
is doing fine, and the X-rays reveal
it is improving every day. Why, I've
been led to believe that, one of these
days, they'll even set it for me-"
May Give Birth to Pennant.
Due to crowded conditions, STEM
gel is hospitalized in one of the
rooms in ST. Elizabeth's maternity
section, quarters which inspired hun
dreds of hilarious kilograms from
his sharp-witted baseball colleagues.
When he arrived he demanded that
his fractures be set and placed in a
cast, so he could be off almost i'm
mediately to direct his team on
crutches.
But the Stengel fractures were
much too complicated for that.
His leg has been kept under weights,
and he now realizes that it will be
some time before his fibula and tibia
bones can be set.
Being an invalid is not such a
bad life as long as the club keeps
on hitting and winning" Casey
confessed. II do wish they'd rig
me up telephone to the Braves
bench, SO I could yell those base
runners across the plate. But you
can't make any noise in maternity
sections"
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Coin for Fourth
Goes Begging
In Preakness
Only Three Scheduled
To Run, but Slide Rule
Still Is Possibility
BY DONALD SANDERS.
Associated Press Sports Writer

AcooClhLeu fEeSS SpOTtS Wfltef
BALTIMORE, May 5.-Two thou
sand dollars was going begging today
for want of horse to chase Count
Fleet around Pimlco, race track for
the mile and three -sixteenths of the
Preakness Stakes.
OF course, there still isn't anv
gold-plated guarantee that Mrs.
John D. Hertz's brown hurricane
Will take down the major share of
the $50, 0O0-added purse, but his
effort IN the Kentucky Derby was
good enough to scare off all but two
3-year-olds eligible for Maryland's
most famous race.
The $4,000, representing fourth
place money in the second leg of
the triple crown, found no takers
three days from the time the colts
will take the track in the run for
the black-eyed susans and a lot of
cold cash.
Slide Rule in Picture.
One racer, w. E. Boeings Slide
Rule, remained in the Preakness pic
ture, but final decision as to whether
he will start will not be made until
tomorrow.
Besides the Count, the probable
starters now include only Blue
Swords, Allen T. Simmons color
bearer which came home second in
the Derby, and w. L. Brann's Vim
centive, which passed up the
Churchill Downs shindig to point for
the Preakness.
One other candidate, H. l.. Straus
New Moon, virtually was eliminated
yesterday when he failed to do bet
ter than second in the Survivor
Stakes, final public tune-up for Sat-
urday's big money run.
New Moon had been regarded as
a certain starter if he won the
l 1/16-mile Survivor, but he wound
up three and half lengths back of
the Glenn Riddle Farms Strategic
which isn't eligible for the Freak
ness, and thus was removed from
the list of colts likely to parade post
ward when the band strikes up
Maryland, My Maryland"
Field Smallest Since 1889.
Slide Rule was shipped to New
York following his Derby effort, and
unless his handlers make a last
minute decision to ship him to
Baltimore, Pimlico officials predict
ed the field would include only
three colts.
If Slide Rule declines the issue
and no other racer joins the prob
able starting trio, fourth money oil
$4,000 will remain in the MARYLAND
Jockey Club till,
In any event, the field appeared
certain to be the smallest since 1889
when a 1-30 shot, Buddhist, won
the event by 10 lengths in two
horse field. Smallest number OF
starters since that time was in 1899
when Brann's Challedon defeated
five colts, including his Derby con-
queror, Johnstown.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

The question of who might beat
Eastern in the high school baseball
championship series still is un-
answered with the Ramblers combin-
ing too much batting power with
good pitching for the other teams
to match. When the batters falter,
which hasn't happened yet, the
pitchers, notably Clint Speiser, Dave
Lenarduzzi and Stan Pohutsky, ap-
pear able to quiet the opposition.
Speiser, Eastern's star rookie
moundsman, allowed seven hits to
Western yesterday, but scattered
them effectively and tightened
whenever the Raiders threatened
as the Ramblers took a ST. victory
for their fourth straight. At that
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Ey Staff Correspondent of The Star.

Ey & Staff Correspondent of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, May 5.-By now
Manager Ossie Bluege is suspecting
the bottom has dropped out of the
bottom of the Mats batting order
It's been bad enough for Ossie
struggling along with a bumper
crop of slump-shackled specimens
among his more highly regarded
hitters, but he is receiving what
amounts to no help from fellows
swinging in the sixth, seventh and
eighth spots
If it's any ointment on his wound
ed estimation of his hitters, he at
least knows he had them rated in
the correct order. He wasn't ex-
pecting them to knock down any
fences, perhaps, when he installed
Gerald Priddy, Jake Early and
Johnny Sullivan in sixth, seventh
and eighth positions in Washing
tons batting order, but neither was
he anticipating what has happened.
Priddy. Early and Sullivan are
representing the softest touch trio
any pitcher in the league may face
In an inning. Priddy is batting I'll,
while Early and Sullivan are whisk-
ing along at a .167 pace, which
makes a snail's crawl seem as speedy
as the Twentieth Century Limited.
Early Causes Distress.
What worries Bluege is that there
is no indication of any improvement.
In their last combined 49 trips to
the plate Priddy, Early and Sulli-
van. have collected four hits for an
.O82 average. Priddy has registered
one hit in his last II efforts.
More distressing to Bluege, though,
is the failure of Early to get going.
Jake was .433 hitter in spring
training and Ossie was visioning
vast improvement over his .2O2 bat
ting of last year, but Early is fol-
lowing his 1912 footsteps.
George Case, with two hits. and
Stan Spence, with one, were the
only Mats to commit any successful
batting whatsoever here yesterday
as Jesse Flores, 26-year-old Mexi-
can right handler. halted Washing
ton, 81, on three hits.
1t was the second time in a week
Flores checked the Mats. In his
first start against Washington. he
travelled 1928 innings before Weld
Ing run and finally capturing a
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Thrice Two-Horse Roce

A small field in the Preakness will
be no novelty to Pimlico. On three
occasions it has been merely a two
horse race and in 1889 it finally be-
came so farcical that the event was
abandoned until 1909.
1t was tWo-horse race in 1889,
and consider Japhet's embarrass-
ment when he went to the post at
odds of 20-1. Buddhist, the winner,
was 1-30, which meant 5 luck
gamble on the champ would net
enough to buy a pack of chewing
gum and newspaper. Buddhist
collected the major share of S1,130-
slim pickings compared to the $4,000
added at stake Saturday.
The Preakness was a two-horse
race in 1883. when Jacobus spanked
Parnell by 20 lengths, and again in
Evening star., 1943-05-05
4oou NooH Sore Needed Fumes as Cubs Sape Bottom
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Philadelphia.
Dewitt at Tech, 4.
Rockville at Bethesda Chevy
Chase, $3.50.
Georgetown at Navy, Annapolis.
Golf.
Western Maryland VS.. George
Washington, Kenwood.
Tennis.
Central VS.. Wilson High at
Rock Greek, 4.
Tech VS.. Western at Pierce
Mill, 4.
Wrestling.
Weekly program at Turner's
Arena. 8.45.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
6. ". High, Episcopal
Capture Ball Games
Fuirfox, Randolph h-Mocon
Victims Of Big Innings

High school baseball teams at
Alexandria had good afternoon
yesterday. with George Washington
High nine topping Fairfax, North
ern Virginia Conference opponent,
9-4, while Episcopal was defeating
Randolph Macon, a prep school
rival, 1916.
The Presidents used six-run
rally in the fourth inning to top
the Rebels, after both had scored
three runs in the opening frame,
Evening star., 1943-05-05
SuIfo Drug Won Derby,
Says Counts Trainer
BY the Associated Press,


BALTIMORE, May 5.-Only treat
ment with a sulfa drug made pos
sible Count Fleets continued train
ing after the Mrs. D. Hertz speedy
3-year-old suffered a leg cut in the
Wood Memorial, Trainer Don Cam
eron has revealed.
Il slapped a handful of axle
grease on it just before he went to
the post the trainer said. THAT
took up the dirt from the track,
so preventing any chance of infec-
ton. After the race I washed out
the cut thoroughly and again ap-
piled the sulfa."
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Three Victories in Row
Buoy Anucostio Nine

Ihree straight victories have put
Anacostla's baseball fortunes on the
upsWing, and If the Indians con-
tlnue their display of timely hit
Ting they may be able to give the
tough Tech team an argument when
both resume championship action
on Friday.
Anacostia's latest victim was
charlotte Hall, by 1916 score yes
terday.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Eastern Brunch Swim
Meet on tomorrow

Eastern Branch Boys Club swim
mers will meet the Ambassador Club
team in meet tomorrow night al
8 o'clock at Eastern Branch pool.
There also will be a series OF
events for girl swimmers from the
Shoreham and Ambassador teams
There is no admission charge,
Evening star., 1943-05-05
PhiIs Return Del Soyio

BROOKLYN, May (P.-The
Philadelphia Phils today returned
Gar Del Savio, shortstop, to the
Cincinnati Reds. The Phils recently
received the former semipro inflelder
from the Reds.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Win, Lose or Draw

By BURTON HAWKINS,
Star STAFF Correspondent.

5-On Saturday Baltimore
distinct surprise the Count doesn't continue his
3yarods Fleet Count slated
coin in the which isn't expected to be exciting episode
nevertheless
expected
In the SD of the
enough
The has been criticized failing Whiraways
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Man O. War Made Event

Elevating the Preakness to prom
inence in 1920 was rIan o. Wars
presence. 1t was the setting for his
debut as a 3-year-old and he
whipped Upset by length and a
half, year after Vindex had pro-
vided the biggest laugh of all Freak
ness races-for those who hadn t
bet On him-by standing listlessly
at the barrier while his rivals
charged down the track. When
whipped vigorously in an effort to
get him under way, Vindex merely
strolled over to the rail and sur
veyed the scenery.
Count Fleet on Saturday will be
in much the same spot as Whirlaway
in the same race two years ago.
BY that time WhirlaWay had been
cured of running wide on the turn
for home and he had won the Derby
week previously and was pro-
hibitive favorite to win the Freak
ness, which he proceeded to do.
Last year it was different story.
Shut Out had won the Derby, but
when the mutuels closed at Pimlico,
Alsab was the favorite. There was
reason for it, for Alsab had been
hit as he came out of the gate at the
Kentucky Derby, ran into couple
of blind switches going around the
first turn and then, with Basil James
plotting him in and out of the
pack, turned on the steam at the
half-mile post.
Alsab caught With Regards at
the 18th pole and collared Valdina
Orphan in the last stride, but had
to be content with second. In the
Preakness he got off better and won.
Count Fleet should succeed Alsab
on Saturday, but there remains the
formality of running around the
track. If !. it's any more than
formality it will be because some
body viii have hitched an ice wagon
to him. Or would that be too posi-
tive in discussing the worlds most
unpredictable industry?
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Sunday Games SOUGHT

The Brown Bombers baseball team
wants games for Sundays and other
dates this season. Call Barney Cor
don at North 1924.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

Episcopal, too, had big inning,
the seventh, good for five runs, in
topping the. Jackets. Eddie Miller
was the winning pitcher, allowing
nine hits and helping his own cause
with q triple.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Official Score

Runs batted tn-Johnsoh, suder (2).
nsyo snass oa
hle plays--Clary 70 Priddy to Vernon, Su-
der 70 eiehert. Left on 6ases-washing-
ton, q; PhilAdelphia. z. Bases on balls
on Flores, s; On Leonard, 2. Struck out
Dy Flores. By Leonard. L Hit BY
piteher-By flores tCiaryl. umpires -
ancs-1,23z. Tine Of eams-l:z6.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

Friends got good brand of pitch
ing from Carroll Smith against
woodward. In only one inning did
wildness catch up with him as he
allowed seven hits while tanning IL.
Friends big inning was the first
when it pushed across six runs.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Coolidge Has Big Inning.

A three-run rally in the sixth pro-
vided Coolidge's margin over Roose-
velt yesterday. It was another triple
with the bases loaded, this one by
Tiny Webb, 250-pound catcher,
that did the trick. Two walks and a
single by Charles Greenbaum pre-
ceded Webbs' long blow.
Holzbeierlein enjoyed a good after
noon on the Coolidge mound with
his three-hit performance, although
he showed streaks of wildness by
walking seven batters.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

1884, when knight of Ellerslie beat
Welcher by three lengths. There
were only three starters in 1879 and
1852 and only four on four other
occasions.
Count Fleet may be is favorite,
but there have been other over
whelming choices exclusive of
Buddhist. In 1879 Harold was 1-6
and the following year Grenada was
Ia. Vanguard was IT in 1882
and Jacobus is in 1888. War Ad-
miral returned only $670 for 50
win ticket in 1887.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

Runs-Littleton t2), Mattingly (2).
Sweeney, kinesbury. Atwer (2j, Kikta (3).
Littleton (2?. Mattingly (2). Bryant, Heat
ley Two.base hits-Kingsbury, Dent
Three-base hits-Kikta, Kingsbury. Home
Benner to Flaherty; Walker to Atweil to
Piaherty. First base on balls-of Benner.
3: on Heatley, Struck out-By Benner.
BY Benner lSamen. Dent).
Evening star., 1943-05-05
League Statistics

WEDNESDAY, MAY &, 1943.
AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
philadelphia, 3; Washington, 1,
New York, 4: Boston. 8.
cleveland. .: Chicago. 1,
Detroit, 4: st. Louis, 3,
Evening star., 1943-05-05

!baCled lot II. walker IN ninth,
tBatted for e. Gould in ninth.
western ------------ O01 900 GOO-1
eastern ---------- O1O 040 OOx-5
Runs--Smith. Sparrow. Osman. Martz,
David, Bickle, Errors-Smith, Sparrow,
Lamon. Three-base hit-Martz Double
play-Osman to Sparrnw to David. Left
balls-Or E. Gould, 8; OF speiiser, 4. Hits
of E. Gould, 8 in s; off Speiser, I in 3.
Hit by pitcher-By E. Gould DAVID
Balk-E. Gould. Winning pitcher-Speiser.
Losing pitcher-E. Gould. Umpire-Mr.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

Games Today. Games Tomorrov.
WASH. ct Phila. Wash. at Phila
Boston at New York. Bos at N Y (o)
Chi at Clev. 90 CHICAGO at C1eve
Detroit at st. Louis. Detroit at St Louis
Evening star., 1943-05-05
STANDING of Club

Games Today. Games Tomorrow.
n; Y. at Bos. l2). n Y. at Boston.
Phila. at Brooklyn. St. l.. at Chicago.
Pitts. at Gin. (night) .Phila. at Brooklyn.
st. L. at Chicago. Only games.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

NATIONAL.
Results YESTERDAY.
philadelphia. 3; Brooklyn, 1.
Boston, 3: New York. 3.
Pittsburgh, 8: Cincinnati. 3.
St. Louis. IL: Chicago. 3.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

Tilt a gItdI IlUISe uUe 20 IIldC l.U7
time for the mile and quarter
Whirlaway covered the same route
in 2:01.4, all of which would seem
to make Count Fleet bum by COM
parison.
Evening star., 1943-05-05

Iotas 34 "A Totals--3O 6 - l.
.Batted for H. Gould in ninth.
TBatted for H. Walker in ninth,
tBatted for z. Gould in ninth