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Evening star., 1943-08-28
1ooImoker, Victor in AMAZING
Traps Shootoff, Paid $1,000

back door for the handicap's cham
plonShip, Seaman Rudy Etchen
shooting instructor at Navy Pier,
Chicago, did some fancy shooting to
repeat as the national doubles king
with 96 of 100. breaking the last IS
without miss.
The feminine end of the handicap.
went to 17-year-old Skipper" Win
ski of Wellsburg, w. Va, who
cracked 80 of 100 from II yards.
She won the preliminary handicap
with the same score Thursday-the
first woman ever to take two crowns
the same year.
The all-around championship
went to Herschel Cheek, police chief
of Clinton. Ind, who broke 478 of
500 in the doubles, 16-yard and
handicap divisions. Cheek, firing
from "a yards, got into the six-day
shootoff for the handicap title. but
the heavy yardage was too much
and he was the first forced out of
the running.
Also in the shootoff was George
Gillett of Sturtevant. Wis: Sid
Whelen of Norwood, Ohio and Jose
Perez of Havana, Cuba. who finish
ed third, fourth and fifth, respec-
lively.
Rogers shot from 18 yards, GilIett
from 10, Whelen and Wagner from
20 and Perez from %.
Cheeks father, Ben, won the
handicap in 1896, and young Cheeks
defeat in the shootoff wrecked the
first chance a son has had to follow
his father to the throne.
1912 Winner Shoots 80.
field of 815 fired in yesterdays
finale, feature of the Grand Ameri-
can program, cut from eight to three
days because of the war. Last years
handicap attracted about 1000
shooters.
James F. Holderman of Morris. ILL.,,
last years winner, skidded to SO of
100 yesterday, while E. H. Wolfe of
Charleston, w. Va, the 1910 victor,
led nine former champions with "a
from % yards No shooter has won
the title twice in A years of COM
petition.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Games Tom orrow,
Slide Rule Seeks Top
.3-Year-0Id Ratinq,
Fat Purse Today
BY the Associated Press,

1y the AsSoClaJtu SreSS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 28--W. E. Boe-
ing's Slide Rule was to try to gain
recognition as the best of the
3-year-olds still in racing condition
with a victory today in the 33d
running of the venerable American
Derby at Washington Park-a gallop
of mile and quarter paying the
winner $56,150 if all seven horses
in the field started.
Slide Rule, making his first start
after winning the $50, 900 Arlington
Classic, would boost his earnings
for the year to s134, 700 with victory
In today's race, which would carry
a gross value of $74,700 with all en-
tries at the post.
Packing top weight of 1913 pounds.
three more than he shouldered in
the classic, Slide Rule was expected
to find a filly, Hal Price Headley's
Askmenow, as his chief rival Ask
menow, seeking to become the
fourth horse of her sex to capture
the DERBY since IT'S inauguration in
1884, is packing only lis pounds and
is being ridden by George Woolf
one of the country's best jockeys.
The other five entries. all carrying
lit pounds, are Bold Captain, Fa-
nous Victory, Alquest, Dove Pie and
Kanopolis.
Bold Captain won four of seven
races during the Detroit meeting
and beat Occupation by nose at
Washington Park last Monday.
AlqueSt has scored twice in his last
two races, and Famous Victory was
third in the Travers at Saratoga s
Belmont meeting. Dove Pies main
effort was win in the Alger Me-
mortal Handicap of a mile and a
sixteenth at Detroit. Kanopolis was
running in the $4,000 claiming class
last month.
Askmenow is the top filly of the
West after victories in the Arlington
Matron Stakes and the Beverly
Handicap. Slide Rule began the
season by winning the Expert
mental Handicap at Jamaica.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Ace Mermuids Fall in U.S.Meet:
Ruling Helps Rivieros

Women's Swimming Association of
New York, copped first place.
Jeanne Kessler of the Lake Shore
Club of Chicago won the national
senior platform diving title pre-
viously held by Margaret Reinhold
of Lakeland, Fla, who did not COM
pete.
WAVE Defends Two Titles.
Miss Bemis, attractive brunette
pupil of Charles L. CBud) Swain OF
indianapolis, came here from her
station at Dayton, Ohio, to defend
two national titles, the 800-meter
freestyle of the Sunday events and
the 400meter freestyle on which the
gun was fired today.
The Riviera Dolphins were sing
ipg the blues until Sanders an
nounced the official reversal, for
Miss Bemis was high individual
point winner of the 1912 national
women's meet. ....-
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Net Semifina|s on Tap
In D. T.. Men 5 Event

Davey johnson plays 1t. John Cur
tiss and Hugh Lynch meets Austin
Rice in today's singles semifinal
matches in the District mems tennis
tournament at the Edgemoor Club
with the winners meeting tomorrow
at O'Clock for the championship.
Also scheduled tomorrow at 4
o'clock is the doubles final, with 1t.
John Van Ryn and Bud Chandler
against 1t. Dick Murphy and Cliff
Sutter. These two teams displayed
style of tennis usually reserved
for the finals while taking yester-
days semifinals.
Van Ryn and Chandler topped
Lynch and johnson, 81. 50. and
Murphy and Sutton won from Black
and Flournoy, 90, So.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
York s Homer Record
Chance Slim;; Tribe
Crowding Mats
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer.


A tune most baseball fans would
like TO hear this week end would be
The Broken Record" as rendered
by Rudolph Preston York of the
Detroit Tigers.
In August, 1887. the big Cherokee
slugger hit Is home runs, a record
no other major Lacquer ever has
equaled, and he has been busy
booming homers this month in an
attempt to raise his own mark.
For while it looked as though
Rudy would make it, too, but time is
closing in on the husky first sacker
and now he has only three games in
two days in which to get four
homers and eclipse his previous
performance.
Galehouse Curbs York.
Sportsman's Park at st. Louis.
where the Tigers are spending the
week end, is not an impossible bar
rier. York dashed two into the
stands in one game there June 81
but four round-trippers in two days
calls for some expert punching.
York was trying for the fence last
night as Detroit opened the series
but was held hitless by Denny Gale
house while the Browns beat the
Tigers, 81.
In the only other American
League game the Cleveland Indians
walloped the Chicago White Sox,
6-2, behind the six-hit hurting of
Lefty Al Smith and moved closer to
second-place Washington.
Reds Edge Out Cards.
Two games also were played in
the National League with the Gin
cinnati Reds edging out the st.
Louis Cardinals, 80, and the Chi
cago Cubs stopping the Pittsburgh
Pirates by the same score.
The Cards gave Bucky Walters
some rough treatment in the first
three innings, but after the fourth
the veteran righthander allowed
only one hit. Max Marshall and
Bert Haas made seven of Cincin-
MATHS IL hits.
Claude Passeau held Pittsburgh to
f1ve safeties and was given an early
lead by his teammates.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
BY the Associated Press,

VANDALIA, Ohio. Aug 2e.-The
most surprised man in the world 35-
year-old Jasper Rogers of Dayton
had about 81 900 with which to buy
War bonds today following one of
the most amazing finishes the un-
predictable Grand American trap
shoot ever has witnessed.
Rogers, a war plant toolmaker,
won trapdom's No. l prize, the
Grand American Handicap, by de-
feating five others in a 50-target
shootoff after the sextet had tied at
81 of 100, lowest score to win the
event since 1881.
With only two targets to go in the
shootoff, Rogers was one clay behind
Paul Wagner, Limo tOhio) sales
man, who appeared a certain winner
after breaking the first Is in a row
But Wagner missed the last pair to
drop to second place and Rogers
found himself in possession of the
crown.
While Rogers was slipping in the
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Dempsey's Tire Blown,
Lifts Cor Onto Jack

BY the Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 28.-A tire
blew out on the car in which 1t.
Comdr. Jack Dempsey was travelling
to visit a Marine Corps training
school.
The former heavyweight fighting
champion asked his companion to
raise the jack
Then Dempsey lifted the car on
top of the jack and the tire was
changed.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
BY the Associated Press.


SHAKAMAK STATE PARK. Ind.
Aug. 28-The Riviera Club of In
dianapolis. shooting for its third
straight national women's swimming
title, took new lease on life today
as w Leo Sanders, director of
championships for the meet, an
nounced that WAVES will be per-
mitted to compete for their teams
after all.
That meant Betty Bemis, 2O-year-
old WAVE of near Hibby, Mimi,
will be filling a weak spot in the
Riviera lineup created by the pre-
vious ruling that WAVES would
swim as such. BY the same stroke
Helen Perry of Cleveland could and
did enter the 300 meter relay
scheduled for tomorrow as a mem
Der of the Shoreham Club of WASH
ington, D. C.
Tie for Team Lead.
In points counting toward the
national team title, Riviera was
tied al 10 with the Multnomah Club
OF Portland, Greg, by virtue of Is
year-old Joan Fogle's victory in
the 300-meter. individual medley
yesterday. The Riviera entry fin
ished in 1883 over Suzanne Zim-
norman of Portland, the first ma
tional champion to tumble. Miss
Zimmerman lost the 1OO-meter free
style yesterday to Brenda Helser,
her teammate, and Ann Curtis of
the Crystal Plunge team of San
Francisco.
Another defending champion,
dark-haired Nancy Merki of the
Multnomah Club, took the worst
beating of the day yesterday when
she finished seventh in the 1900
meter freestyle event contested by
eight entrants. Florence Schmitt,
l3-year-old pigtailed entry of the
Evening star., 1943-08-28

Johnny Niggeling, the 39-year-oid
knuckle-ball specialist. who thus far
has detected little difference in los
ing close decisions for the Browns
or for the Mats, will make his Grit
fifth Stadium debut in Washington
uniform tonight when the Mats
tangle with the f1oundering Phila-
delphia Athletics at $3.50.
Returning to the Capital long
enough to pick up clean shirts,
the Mats will battle the AS in a
double e-header here tomorrow, then
hit the road again for visits to New
York, Boston and Philadelphia.
Niggeling, recently acquired from
st. Louis with Third Baseman Har-
lond Cliff for Third Baseman Ellis
Clary. Pitcher John Miller and
$4,000, will be making his second
start as Nat and is hoping his
new mates show him more power
than they unleashed for him in his
initial effort.
Roberts Likely to Play.
The thin right-hander presented
the Mats brilliant brand of pitch
ing at st. Louis, limiting the Browns
to six hits and two runs, but mean
while Washington wasn't disturb
ing the pitching of Nelson Potter,
who held the Mats to seven hits and
one run.
With Shortstop Gerald Priddy
contemplating a visit to his New
York draft board, Manager Ossie
Bluege may insert Charley Roberts,
rookie imported from the Mats
Montgomery Ala, farm club, at
shortstop. If Priddy delays the
New York trip Bluege probably will
shift him to second and install
Roberts at shortstop.
Roberts, who batted 1923 for Mont
somery, is regarded as one of the
more promising prospects in the
minor leagues. The Brooklyn
Dodgers, among others, bid heavily
for him, but Prexy Clark Griffith
relished his work in spring training
with the Mats and has snubbed all
offers.
Priddy has been giving the Mats
excellent protection at Shortstop
since replacing Johnny Sullivan
there, but Bluege believes he Is a
better second baseman, and with
Roberts available he'll return
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Talent Miller Digs Up
Boosts Syracuse
BY the Associated Press.


Give Leo Miller enough cigars and
he will wind I'd with a team in the
International League playoffs.
His Syracuse Chiefs, candidates
for the cellar championship early
this season, right now are healthy
third-place outfit and give every in
dication of finishing in that posi-
ton.
Miller, business manager of the
club, spends most of his waking
hours smoking big, black cigars and
digging up the baseball players
Jewel Ems develops into Interna-
tional League threats.
Last night his Chiefs dropped the
Baltimore Orioles, to 2. in the
Maryland city while defeating the
Shaughnessy circuits outstanding
hurler. Ed Klieman. The verdict
was the eighteenth on Tommy De
La Cruz's 1943 skein. De La Cruz
didn't allow more than one hit
an inning until the ninth when the
losers got their second tallv.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Saints Help Brewers
To Better A. A. Lead
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Milwaukee jumped into a 313 game
lead in the American Association
pennant race last night by beating
Indianapolis, to 3, while second
place Columbus was losing to St
Paul, the cellar team, 8 to 2.
With Ray Blaemire, former Red
bird, leading the attack with triple
and double, st. Paul shelled Jack
Creel from the mound in the sixth
inning
At Milwaukee Pitcher George jeff =
coat of Indianapolis had struck out
two batters with bases packed in the
last of the ninth then tossed four
straight wide pitches to force in the
winning run.
Toledo remained in the first divi-
sion by downing Minneapolis, 2 to /.
The Kansas City Blues climbed
from the basement by whipping
Louisville twice, 90 and 10, the
second game going 10 innings and
featuring IA strikeouts by the Blues
Johnny Johnson.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Newberry Coach
Sees Painful Task
BY the Associated Press.

NEWBERRY, S. c., Aug. 26.--
Coach Billy Laval disclosed today
that Fort Benning, Ga, had
offered 10 schedule a grid game
with his 1943 Newberry College
Redskins with the inducement
that the game would get plenty
of publicity because most of their
players were former Orange,
Sugar and Cotton Bowl stars"
After I heard that" Laval
said, II told them it wasn't pub
licity I was worried about-but
decentralization.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Win, Lose or Draw
Sullivan Benehed Because He Wosn't Thinking
By BURTON HAWKINS.

I haven't given up Johnny Sullivan hortsop
ager oss Bueee of the Mats bu getting point
his lack hitting affecting fielding simply
wasn't thinking. He just wasn't using his
AS the smooth Washington qualified
to
hitting when Johnnys fielding oeab
Ossie he wasn't blending matter
lost his
Il hope spell the bench will
tnues Bheg THE most mpoEan item anticipate
they other nhelder how
Evening star., 1943-08-28

conflict in your mind about what
to do with it.
Johnny still is young and has
much to learn, but he has to learn
too, that he can be taught only
the mechanics The difference be-
tween a batter being safe and out
frequently is split-second, so to
be a good baseball player you have
to be split-second thinker.
"Shortstop and third base have
been our biggest problems this sea-
son. Ellis Clary gave us a pretty
good job Of it at third for awhile.
I loved that kid for his great spirit
I'd like to be able to transplant it
in some other player-but he doesn t
have the range for third baseman.
"Priddy has given us fine job
at second base this year. He's made
double plays for us this season that
we weren't getting last year and it's
helped. He has baseball instinct.
He knows what he's going to do be-
fore that ball hits his glove.
Mickey Vernon has improved as
a first baseman. He's getting balls
down the line that he didn't used
to get and he's going to his right
better. He's still timid about going
far to his right, feeling first base
will be unprotected, but I've told
him to take everything he can get
his glove on and let the pitchers
get over and cover first more.
Alex Fine Utility Man
Alex Kampouris has been a
handy man to have around. Second
base is his spot, but he's given us
a good job at third. He's a good
man to have hitting eighth in the
batting order With the pitcher COM
ing up behind him and men on base
he's willing to gamble on hit-and-
run plays. He doesn't get many hits
but when he does they usually are
productive.
sullivan will be all right, too.
If he's smart he'll learn a lot by
being on the bench for awhile and
watching such fellows as Joe Cor
don, frankie Crosetti and Priddy.
If he watches closely he'll see they
anticipate the next play. They have
to do that to be as good as they are.
So will Johnny if he wants to i'm
prove"
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Fete for Leqion Nine

A banquet for the CisseI-Saxon
Post, American Legion, junior base
ball team will be given tonight at
8 o'clock at ODonnells Restaurant.
Players to be honored are Judge
Butler, Bill Bolden, Don Heiszer
Charles Kiesgen, William Paden,
Stanley King, Robert Lincoln, Mack
Walter, Robert Radiffer and Junior
Werdermann.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Volo Song Gets Yeor Off
Ambassador Returns
BY the Associated Press.

GREENVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 28.-
Volo Song, Hambletonian victor of
ls43 and winner of $43,357.49 in the
last two years, will not race in 1914.
Owner Bill Stang of Brooklyn said
today that the trotter would be
given years vacation and that The
Ambassador. also owned by Stang
and winner of the 1912 Hambleton-
ian. would be returned to competi-
ton next season.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Fights Lost Niqht
BY the Associated Press.

1's VIIt hSSUCIHItU FTtSS.
NEW YORK-Corpl. Ray Rob-
inson, 145, New York, outpointed
Henry Armstrong, 140, Los
Angeles 1OD.
WORCESTER, Mass. - Tom
Bell, 142, Youngstown, Ohio.
stopped Ed Brown, 142, New
York go.
HOLLYWOOD-RichieL Lemos.
l39, Los Angeles, outpointed
Tyree White, 1873, San Fran
cisco 10).
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Quit After Muffinq Boil

tOA tllClllSCiNCS.
Quit After Muffine Boil
The specific play that sent Priddy
to shortstop and Sullivan to the
bench happened in Chicago We
had 20 lead with two out in the
ninth inning. Joe Kuhel was on
second base and Dick Cutler on first
and Tommy Turner was batting.
Turner is big and slow. He raped
a grounder at Johnny and he fun
hled it. The tumble was excusable-
everybody makes one occasionally
but the second he made that tumble
Johnny ceased to think. That isn't
excusable.
Johnny hadn't analyzed the sit
uation with Turner batting. When
Sullivan fumbled the ball and saw
there was no chance of forcing
Cutler at second base he gave up
and merely held the ball. The
point is that Johnny could have
fumbled that ball twice and still
thrown out Turner at first base.
His tumble didn't cost us that
ball game We lost it because Sulli-
van wasn't thinking either before
he made that tumble. If he had
sized up the situation correctly when
Turner stepped to the plate Wally
Moses wouldn't have been around
to hit the single that tied the score
and we wouldn't have been defeated
in extra innings.
II understand Johnny couldn't
comprehend why he was benched-
that he later said, Well, why doesn't
somebody tell me those things?'
Well, you can tell player so much,
then put him on his own. You
can't do any split-second thinking
FOR him when that ball is coming
at him.
when I was playing I liked to
turn over in my mind all the pos
sible things that could happen on
the next play, or at least the things
that might happen that would con-
Germ me. I think you have to do
that because once you have that ball
in your hand and a split-second
to get it away you can't have any
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Sturs Yesterday
BY the Associated Press

By tHE ASSOtIslFd FrtSt,
Claude Passeau and Ival Good
man, Cubs--Passeau pitched five-
hit ball and Goodman hit home
run for victory over Pirates.
AL Smith. Indians-pitched six
hit ball to beat White Sox.
Max Marshall, Reds-made
four hits TO spark win over Car
ainals.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Coast Schools Curry On

ASTORIA, Greg, Aug. % (PY.--
Five Pacific Coast Conference
Northern Division schools-Wash-
ington, Washington State, Idaho,
Oregon and Oregon State-have
voted to continue football and
basket ball.
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Minneapolis Legion Choice
After Victory Over Flint
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MILES CITY, Mont. Aug. 23-
Minneapolis became the favorite in
the American Legion junior baseball
world series after upsetting the
strong Flint, Mich, team, So.
The stout pitching arm and bat
Of Bob Danieison. plus errors, gave
Minneapolis its victory last night.
In the other opening game Spring.
field. Ohio, defeated Whiteville,
N. c., 8-6.
The tourney is a two-game elimi-
nation affair.
Today Whiteville will meet New
Orleans, which drew bye yesterday.
Springfield will play Flint tonight.
-
Evening star., 1943-08-28
Routed by Robinson Armstrong Hangs Up Gloves for Keeps
League Statistics

SATURDAY, AUGUST ~, le43,
AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
Cleveland, e; Chicago, tnight).
st. Louis. 2; Detroit. might.
Others not scheduled.
Standing of Clubs.
Evening star., 1943-08-28

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New Orleans. 10; Birmingham, D.
Evening star., 1943-08-28

PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Portsmouth, il: Lynchburs, 2.
Roanoke, 3: Durham, ..
Rtchmond. 4: Norfolk. .
Evening star., 1943-08-28

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Evening star., 1943-08-28

teach them the mechanics of cutoff
plays and double plays, but teaching
goes only so far. They have to think
for themselves.
Evening star., 1943-08-07
Nazis Send Troops
To Hungary on Ruse
BY the Associated Press

NN
ANKARA, Aug. THE first steps
toward the total Nazi occupation of
Hungary were believed to be under
way today, following reports that
the Germans. were increasing their
garrisons in that country under the
ruse of sending troops through Hun
gary en- route to Greece
The Germans, it was reported
have maintained steady pressure on
the government of Premier Nicholas
kallay to send troops into other
Balkan countries to replace the
Italians, but the Hungarians have
refused the request. even in the face
of open threats that their own coun-
try will be occupied
An official statement indicated
that the Hungarian government has
no intention of submitting to Ger
man demands that it send troops
out of the country to meet a pos
sible Allied invading army.
The statement. issued from Buda-
pest, denied false information" in
the foreign press that Hungarian
soldiers already are guarding the
Balkans.
1t was believed here to be Just
another step on the part of a eau
tiouS Hungarian government to as
sure the Allies that she is doing as
little as possible to help the Axis
war effort.
Evening star., 1943-08-07
1.-Two District Workers
Arrive in Middle East

Mrs. Vivian S. Brewer. 1925 Fiji
teenth street NV, and Herbert
Dill, s445 Woodcli1 court, Silver
Spring, Md, are among 46 Amer
ican Red Cross workers whose ar
rival in the Middle East has been
announced by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross now has more than
$500 workers abroad. stationed with
American troops in or near COM
bat areas and in leave areas. Fiji
teen Red Cross clubs now are
operating in Egypt.
Mrs. Brewer, an assistant club di-
rector, is the mother of Yeoman
Robin Hunt Of the WAVES and
Corpl. Paul Reddick, U. S. A. She
is the owner of dairy farms at
Bethesda, Md. Mrs. Brewer came
to Washington from Lewistown,
Mont, and is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. L. P. Slater of that city.
Mr.. Dill, a club director, was an
accountant and analyst for the War
Department prior to going over
seas. Previously, he was executive
director of the Concord Grape Juice
Industry of Buffalo, NJ Y. He is a
graduate Of Cornell University.