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Evening star., 1943-03-01
Turf Losers Gun
For Marriage
Will Meet Upset Ace
Aqoin in American
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. La. March l.
Some of the Nations top stake
racers, Smarting from a licking at
the hands of Marriage in the New
Orleans Handicap, began prepping
today for another crack at the out
slider who won at odds of 81 to /.
Indications were that most Of the
field OF 10 in last Saturdays special
would be entered in the American
Handicap March q, but Marriages
victory still had racing devotees
agog today.
Jubilance reigned only in the camp
of R. A. Coward and c. L. Dupuy,
owners of Marriage, which won the
$18,575 first prize.
Founders Didn't Like Weight.
Frank Catrone. who saddled En-
erson Woodwards even money fav-
orites. Founders (second) and VAL
dina Orphan (fifth), told the writer:
mo use beefin', you can't win 'em
all. Valdina Orphan was jumped on
behind in the running, but it's
nothing serious. I don't know
whether it helped to beat him: 1t
could have, of course. didn't mind
the 126 pounds on him SO much. but
I don't think Founders should have
been asked to carry 124. The weight
beat him. He's never won for me
with more than 1T up, you know.
"We're staying out the meeting
and I plan to run Founders and
Valdina Orphan in the $4,000
added mile and a furlong American
Handicap March o."
Marriage Is Upset Star.
Saturdays conquest by Marriage
was just another major upset scored
by the one-time 81 900 platter.
Hirsch Jacobs claimed Marriage
for $1,400 at Delaware couple of
seasons back. The gelding raced so
we'll that, toward the end of 194l,
| Coward acquired him for $1,000.
| Shortly afterward Marriage won the
Tanforan's Marchbank Handicap
and purse of $l2,500. Last year
the Strolling Player chestnut earned
$50 $50. including s25 200 for beating
Alsab in the Washington Park Cap
Riverland and Requested were
major disappointments. The former
wearing one-eyed blinker a la
Whirlaway (but on the left eye
instead of the right, never seemed
to hit his stride. Requested. third
early, faltered and was eased up to
last.
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Milwaukee Brewers to Re-Erect Spite Fence
Pull Hitter Gone, Chicken Wire to Return to RIGHT Field Wall

minor league executive in 1912
for any lack of shrewdness, didn't
use the fence last year. He had
a left-handed hitting outfielder,
Hal Peck, who pulled his shots
into right field. The chicken
wire was a handicap.
Down came the fence and up
went Peck's batting average. At
the close of last season the
Brooklyn Dodgers purchased him
and he hasn't any other left
handed pull hitter and can't buy
any, So up goes the barrier,
The fence came into being in
the middle of the l941 season
after Veeck and Charley Grimm
took over the Milwaukee club.
Evening star., 1943-03-01

of whom have scheduled six-month
tours to collect what they can for
the major need.
But they now have sad news.
I see where Babe Didrikson re-
turned to the wars a few days ago
In a California tournament with a
66 Her 36-hole medal score was
1877 Naturally there was no con-
test.
With all masculine competitive
golf closed out-except for Red
Cross and other funds, where golf
has done it's full share-the larrup-
ing ladies will occupy a big part
Of any spotlight that may shine
or gleam through 1943.
Here is field that is full of
stars-at least or 10 who can
emble along in the low 70s.
But will the low 7Os be fast enough
10 surround and lasso the famous
Texas Babe. who now is Mrs. George
Zaharias. her husband, a wrestler,
now among the armed forces?
Texas Babe Is Marvel
The world of sport is replete with
famous Babes-Babe Ruth, Babe
Didrikson. Babe Herman. Babe
White. the 300-pound Syracuse
superman-football player, oarsman,
big-game hunter, wild life conserva-
tor
Babe White, 6 feet inches, dis
placement 300 or more and still
lean-looking, has covered more
ground than all the others-includ-
ing the United States, Tibet, Abys-
sinia, Siberia, Africa. South Amer
;ca. China, Malaga, New Guinea, etc
But to my mind the two most
famous of all the Babes are Ruth
and Didrikson
And the odd part is that if you
picked IL major sports Babe Did
rikson could handle Babe Ruth in
at least 10 of the list.
And I don't mean maybe, in spite
Of Ruth's volcanic denial
Here are the sports where I know
Evening star., 1943-03-01
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 1.-Although
Cornelius Warmerdam, CALIFORNIA;
pole vaulting school teacher, is head
ing home today with the James E.
Sullivan award and a new national
A. A. U. indoor record he is a
thoroughly disgusted young man.
Warnerdam received the Sullivan
trophy as the outstanding amateur
athlete of 1912 yesterday and told
the guests he was disappointed in
not establishing q world mark of
Is feet inches in the nationals
Saturday.
Il never felt better in my life and
I can't understand it. I guess I
wasn't lucky" ne said in explaining
his disgust.
Three times after hiking the
Evening star., 1943-03-01

The Minneapolis Millers spoiled
the duos debut with a home
run barrage over the right field
wall, 265 feet from home plate.
Veeck reflected. He had no
southpaW sluggers to do the same
thing, but he did have some
chicken wire.
When the MlllerS came back on
their next swing the fence con-
fronted them. 1t confounded the
entire circuit the rest of the year.
Veeck served notice today he
had the chicken wire ready for
unrolling and promised the fence
would be erected by May 5, when
the Millers open the l943 season
here.
Evening star., 1943-03-01
burst Recalled to Helm
Of Son DIEGO Padres

BY the Associated Press. J
SAN DIEGO, Calf, March L.
Cedric burst will be retained as
manager of the San Diego Padres.
says Maj. Charles Lott, club pres
ident.
burst, manager of the Padres four
years, had been made a free agent
after the close of the 1912 season.
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Dallas Sells Eight, Four
HurIers, to Newark Club

BY me ASSOcIHted Press,
NEWARK, N. j., March 1.-The
Newark baseball club announced to-
day the purchase Of eight players
from the Dallas club Of the Texas
League, including Catcher Bill
Cronin and Pitcher Ed Marleau
-Four others of the eight are
pitchers.
The others are: Pitchers Salvador
Gliatto, Clemens Hausman, Henry
Perry and Gene Bergerson, Out
fielder Jesse Landrum, and Robert
Dews. who catches and also plays
the Outfiel6
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Ace Fives Of AZ
In Many Groups
Again in Front
Only ; Of 10 Major
Conferences Assured
Of New Champions
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN,
Associated Press SPORTS Writer.

NEW YORK, March War, with
its heavy manpower demands, made
itself felt in every basket ball con-
ference during the season now
rapidly drawing to a close, but not
enough to disturb the reigning
quintets.
OF the country's 10 major con-
ferences, seven Of them definitely
will be ruled by clubs that either
were first or second year ago while
only the Southern, Southwest and
Pacific Coast circuits have prospects
OF different champions.
Already Kansas in the Big Six,
Creighton in the Missouri Valley and
Greeley State of the Rocky Noun
tain have clinched crowns they
shared or held outright IL months.
Illinois is only workout away
from the Big Ten flag, Dartmouth
shouldn't have too great a task to
win its sixth straight Eastern League
title, Wyoming has replaced Colo
RADIO in the Mountain Six layout
and Tennessee succeeded Kentucky
in the Southeastern.
New Coast Champs Reign.
Should Rice in the Southwest and
Duke in the Southern some through,
the list of repeating leaders would
be hiked to 9 of 10.
Neither Stanford nor Oregon
State, divisional champions of the
1912 Pacific Coast campaign. was
able to retain its ranking. Southern
California already has deposed
Stanford in the South and Wash
ington needs only one triumph in
this week ends rivalry with Oregon
to surplant the Beavers.
Rice is leading Texas, fifth placer
a year ago, by half game in the
standings now and the Longhorns
must defeat Texas A. & M. at Austin
Wednesday to share in the title.
Rice and Arkansas were co-cham-
pions last season.
Duke dominated the Southern cir
cult in 1912, winning both the title
tourney and pacing the clubs in
wins and losses during the cam
paign. The Blue Devils already
have repeated on a percentage basi.
and are the favorites in the tourney
at Raleigh, N. c., this week end.
A year ago Tennessee led tn,
Southeast loop in victories during
the season, but Kentucky triumphee
in the meet. This year the picture
was reversed, the Vols taking tn,
title final. SO to 30, Saturday night
Wyoming Easily Gets Title.
Wyoming. second to Colorado IL
1912, took this years crown withou
too much of a struggle when tn,
Buf1aloes gave up intercollegiate
sports for the duration. Wyomin,
swept a three-game series will
Brigham Young to climb aboard tn,
throne.
Creighton, undefeated by a colleg,
f1ve.- is undisputed king of tn,
Missouri Valley circuit after sharin,
with Oklahoma A. &, NJ. last season
and Kansas reigns in the Big Six TO
the fourth straight year. Oklahoma
tied the Jayhawks a year ago
Kansas and Creighton tangle al
Omaha on Thursday.
Illinois high-scoring machine
which Coach Doug Mills says is "just
now reaching its peak" needs only
to give Chicago its 39th straight de-
feat tonight to succeed itself as the
Big Ten champion.
Dartmouth task In the Eastern
circuit is bit more formidable. The
Indians, winners of eight of nine
loop contests, have three games left
and Saturday night are host to
Princeton's second-place Tigers. The
Tigers triumphed, A to 80, in their
January meeting.
Evening star., 1943-03-01
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE, March bill
Weeks up-again, down again
spite fence" 40 feet high, will
be atop the right field wall at
Borchart Field once more this
summer.
The fence, constructed of
chicken wire. was used last in
l941. Visiting American AsSocia-
tion managers, who saw many
long drive ticketed for four bases
shared in its meshes, liked it
very little. Veeck did. The fence
stayed.
The youthful president Of the
Milwaukee Brewers. who didn't
earn his title as the outstanding
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Peters Top Scorer

RICHMOND, Va, March ! fPl-
Tom Peters. Davidson's brilliant all
round athlete, won basket ball scor-
ing honors in the Southern Con-
ference for the 1943 season with a
total of 200 points in II loop games.
an average of 10 points for each
contest,
Evening star., 1943-03-01
May Be Kitchen Dubs, Too
BY the Associated Press

BY ihe Associated Press.
There are lot of buffers, who
have been slicing for years on the
golf course, who are going to be a
tragic disappointment in the kitchen
when WHEY hands them a bread
knife.
Evening star., 1943-03-01
w. GW Seek Lues Here Nations Baees Close in on Loop Titles
Month-Long Fast
Begun by Wills
y the Associated Press.

py ING hSSDC'dteu f'rPSS.
NEW YORK, March Harry
Wills, 51-year-old former Black
Panther OF the boxing ring, be-
gins his annual month of fast
ing today.
Wills. owner Of two upper Har-
lem apartment houses. said he
expected to lose about 30 pounds
and that he goes on a months
hunger strike each spring ito
burn the impurities out Of my
body"
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

Five years ago-Seven Ford
ham athletes, including Ed
Franco, all-America tackle, ruled
Ineligible for further collegiate
competition for participating In
semipro basket ball tourney at
Plainfleld. N !
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Results YeSterda

Results Yesterday
Hershey, II: Washington, r (overtime},
Buffalo. 2: Cleveland. o.
INDIANAPOLIS 4; Providence B.
Evening star., 1943-03-01

Three years ago-Henry Arm
strong, 142, drew with Ceferino
Garcia. 1897, in 10-round mid
dleweight title fight at Los An
geleS.
Evening star., 1943-03-01

Today year ago-Herman Van
Putten and Mrs. Elaine Bogda
Grodon won titles in North
America indoor speed skating
championships.
Evening star., 1943-03-01

Babe Didrikson has been a star
| and I mean better than good.
Track and field. swimming, div
ing, baseball, football, golf, basket
ball, boxing, tennis, handball, riding
If the Texas Babe ever had con-
centrated on any one of these ath-
letic endeavors there would have
been no one else close.
She was one of the greatest wom-
an basket ball players of all time
At track and field she was a
javelin thrower, a shot -putter, a
high jumper, a sprinter and a
hurdler.
What about football? I've seen
her rip through tough line, then
throw a 45-yard pass.
She Can Out-Throw Ruth
Babe Ruth will tell you that he
couldn't outdrive her in golf with a
l40-pound advantage.
Bobby Jones also will tell you that
few pros or star male amateurs
could pass her down the fairWay-
$40 yards-a drive and spoon. No
eXaggeration,
What about baseball? I saw her
make a throw from center field to
the plate that carried 315 feet.
Three hundred and ten is my linn
it Ruth told me-
Il saw more than that" Frank
Frisch told me. II saw her facing
a pro baseball team with the bases
full, the count two and three, gam
BILE on quick breaking curve for
a perfect strike that few big-league
pitchers ever would risk 1t was
one of the top thrills I ever got
from baseball. 1 saw it, but I still
don't believe 1t"
Babe Didrikson now is an anna
teur golfer. You can understand
why the golfing lady stars are none
too happy against woman COM
petitor who plays 420yard hole
with drive and niblick.
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Win, Lose or Draw
Babe Didrikson Reody to Set Foir Golfers Wild
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Corresponds

NEW YORK. March (NANA>-One of the few
petitions that
They hold all rendering
funds
of to in war hep
Evening star., 1943-03-01
Hockey Statistics
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results Yesterday.
Detroit. 3; New York, !.
Toronto, 4. Montreal. ..
Chicago. q: Boston. 4 (tie).
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Charles {. Wager, IS,
Retired D. T.. Worker,
Dies in Cu|peper

Charles Edward Wager, SO, retired
employe of the District Engineering
Department. where he had worked
Tor 81 years, died today at his home.
IN Culpeper, Va, according to word
received here.
Mr.. Wager'S record with the mu-
nlcipal Engineering Department ex-
tended from April 6, 1900, to Febru-
ary %, 1882. He started as a chain
man in a Highway Department field
survey party. He later became rod
man and engineer before his final
promotion to computor, which en-
tailed work on grade maps.
he came up for retirement in
1923, but on recommendation Of the
Commissioners was continued in the
service until 1882. Soon after re-
tiring Ne returned to his home
town of Culpeper He was a grad
uate OF Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Cor
nella Norris Wager, of Culpcper.
three sisters. Mrs. S. Howell Brown
OF Scarsdale, Ny; Mrs. John Bur
roughs of Washington. and Mrs.
John j. Porter of Charlottesville
Va, and a brother, John Wager of
Takoma Park, Md.
Funeral arrangements are being
handled by the Stradley funeral
home in Culpeper. Graveside serv-
ices will be held at pm. tomor-
row In the Masonic Cemetery, Cul-
peper.
Active pallbearers will be S. How
ell Brown, DR.. Maryan Lewis. A. w.
Smith, Maxwell Willis. Malcolm
Crump, Carroll Coons and C. T.
Quinn.
Evening star., 1943-10-22
ParoIee Kills Second Wife
And Commits Suicide

A colored parolee. William Gordon
Carter, SO, of Railroad avenue Sc,
who was sentenced to 30 years for
Staying his first wife, killed his
second wife, Hattie. early today,
then shot himself to death, accord
ing to police
The shooting took place at the
residence of the mans sister. Mrs.
Daisy MoXley. 1885 Providence ave-
nue. NE. where the couple had spent
the night.
R E. L. Smith. executive secretary
of the District Parole Board said
Carter was convicted and sentenced
for killing his first wife on May 9.
1890. He was paroled. however, on
January II, l94l. He remarked
about a year ago.
Police had been searching for
Carter since Saturday, Mr.. Smith
said, with warrant sworn to by
his second wife charging threats
against her
Mrs. MoXley said today arrange
ments had been made with another
sister. Mrs. Almeda Payne. to take
Carter to parole authorities this
morning. But Carter overheard
Mrs. Monkeys plans during tele-
phone conversation with her sister.
she said, and the parolee went to
the second floor and shot his wife
and turned the .32-caliber revolver
upon himself.
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Greeks Are Warned
To Quit SquabbIing

Es the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Oct. 22.-Warning the
Greeks against internal quarrels, "
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson.
commander Of the British 9th Army,
today ordered that "fratricidal
strife in Greece must cease.
His message to the Greeks took
official cognizanee for the first time
of small-scale quarreling between
two groups. the LeftiStS and the
guerrillas, in the mountains of
Greece.
Gen. Wilson told the Greeks blunt
ly that the United Nations are look
ing to them TO fight on shoulder
to shoulder SO the coming day of
freedom will not be postponed
The collapse of Italy. he declared
has confronted the Germans with a
serious problem in the Balkans and
especially in Greece.
Germany cannot afford to with
draw troops from other fronts. She
can only hope to remain in Greece
if she can weaken you by internal
quarrels. This is Germany's last
gamble and it is the responsibility
of each one Of you to see that this
gamble fails he asserted.
Il wish to warn YOU that Germany
is not yet beaten and that she is
still very strong
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Centralized Control
Of Federal Personnel
Urged by Randolph
y the Associated Press.

MORGANTOWN, w. Va. Oct.
22.-"An overall, centralized agency
empowered to control management
policies is the greatest need of Fed
eral departments, Representative
Randolph, Democrat, of West Vir-
ginia declared last night.
Mr.. Randolph, a member on the
House Civil Service Committee, said
such an authority could eliminate
needless hiring and could compel
the departments TO adopt practical
moneY-saving personnel practices"
In a transcribed radio address,
he said that lin the summer and
autumn of last year the Federal
Government was hiring 100000 ad-
ditional workers every 80 days" and
that 1t was not long before the
payroll was carrying more than
100000 workers. but that shortly
after the Civil Service Committee
began its investigation of Govern
ment employment the rate of
hiring by the Government dropped
so per cent"
L think" he said, 1T was more
than a cCincidence-thiS drop in
employment and the beginning of
the investigation. ''' In July and
August of this year, for example, the
War Department alone dropped
$4,000 workers: other cuts were
made all along the line and more
cuts yet remain to be made"
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Release Of Loggers
In Services Urqed
Sy the Associated Press,

Sy the Associated Press
Senator Chandler. Democrat, of
Kentucky proposed today that wood
pulp be declared strategic material
and that enough trained loggers be
released from the armed services to
forestall further newsprint short
age.
The precedent was set last wear
through the release of several thou
sand miners to mine strategic min
erals" Senator Chandler said in
statement. He added:
The current shortage of wood
pulp, from which newsprint is made,
has reached serious proportions.
There should be no shortage of
newsprint in this country. We have
the necessary material. we have the
trained men and we need the news
papers.
Two things have contributed to
this condition: First, an apparent
lack Of definite policy in the dis
tributlon of the available supply,
and second, the fact that many
loggers producing the necessary ma
terial in the forest from which wood
pulp is made were either drafted or
allowed to go into higher-paid jobs
in the ship yards and Industrial
plants without due regard to their
value in their own work"
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Research Unit Denies
Vitamin D Monopoly
BY the Associated Pres,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-George I
Haight. attorney for the Wisconsin
Alumni Research Foundation, in a
broad statement as to the founda-
ton last night denied the organi-
zation had amy monopoly on vita
min D."
Mr.. Haight emphasized he was not
answering statement by Assistant
Attorney General Wendell Berge
that the foundation acts as a
screen" for group of "monopo-
hstlc chemical, pharmaceutical and
food companies
Mr.. Haight. after outlining the
foundations history since its incep-
ton in 1925, and asserting that
prices of foundation licensed vita
min D" were now the lowest of the
known vitamins on a basis of mini
mum daily requirements, said:
The foundation has never had
any monopoly on vitamin D. Sew
eral other processes of making syn
thetic vitamin D have been deve!-
oped and commercially used. none
of which processes are controlled or
owned by the foundation Addi-
tionaliv, vitamin D found in cod
liver oil and other fish liver oils has
long been available"
The statement also asserted that
the foundation had granted Wiscon-
sin University approximately S2,0OO,-
600 for research into l,089 different
projects. He added the foundation
in no way dictates or controls the
research projects in support of
which these funds are to be used
these matters being handled entirely
by the Research Committee of Wis
conSin University"
Evening star., 1943-10-22
|ndustriatUsers GET
Holiday Sugar Bonus
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administration
has announced special holiday
season sugar bonus" for bakers.
confectioners and other industrial
users, amounting to 10 per cent of
their l94l base sugar allotment.
The sugar bonus, effective for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS period. brings
the allotment to 80 per cent of 194l
consumption, instead of 80 per cent
1t is available to all industrial
users except manufacturers of Jams.
lellles and other fruit spreads, since
these producers now may apply for
and receive as much sugar as they
need to process the fruit available
In the meantime. Earl B. Wilson.
chief Of the Commodity Credit
Corps sugar rationing. combined
with high taxes on liquor. would be
the greatest incentive to the produc-
ton of illicit liquor in this country +"
He said that factor, coupled with
demand for sugar out of line with
supplies available because of Ship
ping difficulties, made it impossible
at this time to hold out any hopes of
removing sugar rationing or even
increasing the amounts to consumers
materially
Evening star., 1943-10-22
Warren-Patterson
Contract Clash Finds
Business Neutral
By the A Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Business leaders sought a neutral
corner today in a free swinging
fight between two of the admins
tration's tOptlight officials.
In one corner was square iawed
blunt spoken Controller General
Warren. In the other was mild
hammered Undersecretary of War
Patterson, the Army's official spokes-
man on Capitol Hill
At issue is legislation to determine
the manner in which settlements
will be made on terminated war
contracts. Mr.. Patterson insists that
war agency officers should have
final authority.
Mr.. Warren SAYS they should be
subject to audit by an independent
agency such is his own. Some Army
contracting officers, he argues, have
been handling public funds with
reckless abandon
All we want is quick and a fair
settlement, said Lucien Shaw. an
Official of the Lockheed Aircraft
Corp.
We don't care who makes the
settlement, he replied when COM
mittee members sought to have him
express a preference between the
War Department and the General
Accounting Office.
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee is expected to hear Mr.. War
rem again after executives of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce testify next Monday.