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Evening star., 1944-09-17

you can discard belts, pins and
external pads to tighten the burden
on those days" of the month. -.
Perfected By a doctor to be worn inter
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comfortable. Made of pure surgical
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applicators to make insertion quick
and dainty. No chafing, no odor.
No bulges under slacks or dresses -.
Tampax is sold at drug stores and
notion counters in absOrbcncies for
indipidual needs - Regular, Super,
Junior. A whole months supply
will go into your purse. Tampax
Incorporated, Palmer, Mass.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
WARNING! WARNING"
Continued from preceding page

Hermann. where are you?" be
called.
Karl, here - inside. help met
A timber had pinned the Ober's
leg to the floor. Using stout chair
for lever, Karl lifted the timber
away.
Thank God you were here. |
thought you'd gone to your post.
The GoH rerdamte Englische
Schweinehunde,' moaned Her
mann, "the Yankee devils too;
but we shall teach -"
Your leg is broken. I'll help
you; perhaps we can flag an ambu-
lance" said Karl.
At last the Obe1 lay on the side
walk, and Karl sat qulvering on
the curb. his eyes fixed on the
Party building, taut and grim.
Continuous explosions tore all
around it, but miraculously the
solid, two-storied structure re-
manned untouched; its rows of
Greek pillars stood out like barred
fangs against the sky.
Then suddenly the building lift
ed, exploding into chunks of hurt
ling masonry, as if a mighty hand
had hit 1t from below, crushing
Evening star., 1944-09-17

and hinging 1t high into the air.
Karl leaned his head against
lamp post and began to trembIe
violently. Hermann" he whls-
pered, Il -"
Don't collapse now, Karl. The
raid is almost over: bear it like
man - as | do, even with an IN
jured Leg
But Karl did not hear the Ober.
he had slumped to the sidewalk.
1T WAS not until the ambulance
changed to stop that he revived.
There would be an investigation,
he knew. But the trooper was dead.
and Hermann would swear he had
been at the restaurant during the
entire raid.
However, the next valve he
made for an "oxygen-tank must
be set a trlf1e finer, 50 the acid
could eat through to the detonator
a little quicker; and, of course, he
must devise a new way to carry
the explosives his friends brought
hm bit by bit, for there would be
Party headquarters and Party
Leaders until the NaZl evil was
swept from the earth. The End
Evening star., 1944-09-17
''G|ad I'm not
living in days
before Tampax!'
Modern methods in sanitary
protection make q big difference

Women's s clothes
were heavy in
grandmother s
day and there
was little stream
lining of the vari-
Gus supports and
harnesses worn
underneath.
Today, by using
Tdmpar for sanl-
tary protection,
Evening star., 1944-09-17

TN 9-I7-44
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Yonks, Cards Clubs to Conque,
With 9TH of Rich Season Gone

first, 10, on Tommy Holmes homer.
Wes Flowers and Hal Gregg got
credit for Brooklyn's double victory
over Pittsburgh, 9-3 and 4-3, but
Leo Durocher had to call on the
bull pen for help~in both games.
Fred Ostermueller, now ON his way
to Syracuse, saved the first. Curt
Davis had to put down a Pirate
uprising in the ninth of the finale.
Dixie Walker collected two hits in
seven at-bats, his average leveling
off to 431.
Cincinnati regained second place
ahead of the Pirates by dumping the
Phils in both games, 4-3 and IA.
He'd Heusser whitfield Ron Northey
with the bases full to save the
opener for Arnold Carter. Frank
Mccormick unloaded four hits, in
cluding homer and double, to drive
IN four runs in the second.
Paul (Dizzy) Trout added insult
to injury by hitting a home run in
the ninth inning, on top of a seven
hit pitching job, for 2-1 edge over
New York's Yanks. Hal Newhouser
completed Detroit's banner home
day of the season before the days
largest crowd, 37,685, by matching
the seven-hitter for a Al nod.
Chicago stopped Philadelphia S
ambitious rise with double-decker
loss, 5-l and 2-1, but the Sox failed
to quit the cellar. Orval Grove ra-
toned the AS to six blows in the
second after Bill Dietrich left IL
stranded while scattering IL hits in
the opener.
Cleveland topped Boston, 9-3 and
4-3. behind Mel Harder and Chief
Reynolds, with Roy Cullenbine Show
ing the way on four hits, including
homer and two doubles.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
By~JOHN B. KELLER,
Staff Correspondent

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 31.--After
the Mats had completed their con-
ditioning for the American League
campaign, 1t looked as though they
must depend on their pitching and
their speed to get anywhere in the
championship race. And now all
they have left is the pitching, which
certainly doesn't appear to be
enough to carry them along.
It was realized their hitting
hadn't enough power to pile up
runs. What scoring they might dc
would be up to their speed in max
ing the most Of short safeties. What
with many bruises and sprnfns,
however, the Mats have slowed to
almost walk-and what hitting
they're getting isn't amazing any
one by its length.
This was painfully evident In the
Memorial Day double-header here
as the Mats were taken in tow by
the st. Louis Browns, s to 4 and
4 to 2.
Creeping Cripples.
The Mats had big opportunities in
each game to grab the decision. but
with their lineup filled with creeping
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Memorial Day Sports Events Attract Nearly Million Fan
Hayes Has Done All Catching
For Mocks Except One Inning
BY the Associated Press.

{ Ds the ASSUCidteu EItSS.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3l.-The
iron men of baseball will please
move over and make room for a
character built of armor plate.
When frankie Hayessof the Ath-
letics caught his second double
header and fifth game in three days
yesterday it was just in the days
work. The sturdy backstop has
missed only one innings play since
1.-THE start of the season six weeks
|ago.
Topping off this amazing per-
formance, durable Frank is tied for
leadership of the American League
in runs batted in with 26 and in
home runs with six.
In addition he has scored II runs
himself, so he has figured in more
than one-third of a AS season
production of lit. Two of his home
runs came with the bases loaded,
and while his batting average is
only around .230, his "a hits have
included IA that went for extra
bases
The one time he left the game
was after he had made an impor-
|tant hit and pinch runner was
|sent in. He dropped the mask on
|another occasion to fill in at first
base for two innings.
Now some claim a catcher works
harder than a pitcher, who gets
Evening star., 1944-05-31
BY JACK HAND,

ASSOCldteu FTees opoIIs WiiteE.
Baseball passed the quarter pole
today in Stable condition with 160,-
020 holiday admissions in the cash
box, and thee New York Yankees
and st. Louis Cardinals still the
teams to beat.
Cincinnati ana the St. Louis
Browns loomed as the leading con-
tenders after yesterdays food of
double headers, featured by % home
runs. The Reds trailed Billy South
worth's Cards by two games and
a half, and the Brownies closed to
within a half game of the world
champs.
Master Melvin OFT of the New
York Giants led the home run pa
rade with three, upping his total
to 10, as New York trimmed Chicago
twice. 6-5 and 5-4. Two in the
opener did the trick for Pitcher
Harry Feldman, and one in the
finale helped Ewald Pyle to his
fourth win with the assistance of
reliable Ace Adams.
Whitley Kurowski belted his
seventh and eighth round-tripperS
as the Cards rallied to whip Bos-
ton in the second game, 1873, after
bowling to Nate Andrews in the
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Goodies 9Th STRAIGHT
Gives A. A. Slab Lead
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Sylvester (Stretch) Goedde, To-
ledo's elongated southpaw, was top
man In the American Association
today in more than height.
The 6-foot 9-inch rookie pitcher
despite streak of wildness, marked
up his sixth consecutive victory yes
terday to give the Mud Hens an
even break in a double-header with
second-place Columbus and become
the leagues top-ranking hurler.
The holiday twin bills brought
sweeps for leading Milwaukee and
fourth-place Louisville, while st.
Paul and Minneapolis split their two
games.
Results pushed the two bottom
clubs, Kansas City and Indianapolis,
deeper into the second division; gave
the Brewers a three-game lead and
put the fast-stepping Colonels closer
to third-place st. Paul.
Goedde, 19-year-old former FL
mira IN. W hurler, is undefeated.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Stars Tennis Event
To Start June 10;
Other Dates SET

One of Washington's biggest COM
petitive tennis seasons will open
June 10 with the staging Of the an
nual City of Washington tourna-
ment, sponsored by The Star. AS
last year the mems and women's
singles and doubles will be played
on the public courts at Sixteenth
and Kennedy streets NV, with ac-
ton winding up June Is.
Starting the next day and run
ming through June IS the juniors and
boys will have their turns in the
tournament, playing on the Friends
School courts.
Entries for the adults events will
close a week from today, June
II, with gill Shreve at the Tennis
Shop, 1141 Fifteenth street NV,
|phone National 5l65. Entry fees for
the adults will be 50 for singles and
$1.50 per person in doubles.
Davey johnson, WHO ruled the
tennis roost hereahout last season
with firm hand. is expected to have
difficulty retaining The Star Cup.
A medical student at George Wash
ington University, he has had little
time to play. A batch of newcomers
to the tournament may be expected
from the ranks of the Army and
Navy folk.
The Tournament Committee of
the District Tennis Association an
nounces the following dates for
other tournaments:
Z Middle Atlantic mems singles and
doubles, July l-9; District mems
singles and doubles, August 5-13:
Welfare and Recreational Associa-
ton mems and women's singles and
doubles, August 1927, and Govern
ment mems and women's singles and
doubles, September 2-10.
Austin Rice again will direct The
Star tournament. Others on the
associations Tournament Committee
are: Hugh Lynch, Winfree john
sen, Strand johnson, Ross Cham
berlin and Tony Latona.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Betting, Attendance
Marks Set in Turf:
Baseball Booms
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 31.-Nearly a
million sports-hungry fans-917.-
l973-jammed race tracks and ball
parks during the three-day Memo
rial Day holiday.
Forgetting their wartime cares
| for a few hours, total of 43,70l
diamond followers turned out on
Sunday. Monday and Tuesday for
games in the major leagues and the
top minor league loops, the Inter-
national, American Association,
Pacific Coast and Eastern. Other
thousands saw games in the South
|ern Association, Pony, Interstate
and Piedmont circuits.
Over the same span unofficial
figures showed attendance of 486, ,272
lat the - race tracks now operating
They tossed more than $22, ,234,311
into the pari-mutuel machines, a
merry clip that set betting marks
lat Suffolk Downs, Hawthorne, Del
aware Park, Bay Meadows, Charles
Town, North Randall and Beulah.
Record Crowd at Belmont.
The expected first $4,000,000 bet
ting day at Belmont Park did not
|materialize, but that tracks 52,029
turnout set an attendance record.
The Belmont throng wagered $685.
OCT of the record S10,326,027 bet by
PAT, $50 at all tracks yesterday. Suf-
folk Downs, in Boston. reported its
all-time mutuel handle, $1,401, ,76O,
as did Hawthorne, 81 1,229,087 Della
ware Park, sl,120,876, and Bay
Meadows, $1,013,738.
Other Tuesday racing crowds in
cluded the 34,368 at Suffolk Downs,
the 34,406 at Hawthorne, the 23,564
at Detroit, the $500 at Delaware
Park and the 1889 at Bay Meadows.
A total of 10000 witnessed eight
double headers in the major base
ball leagues yesterday at Detroit,
Cleveland, Chicago, st. Louis, New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Brooklyn.
The largest crowd was at Detroit,
where 37,685 watched the Tigers
WHIP bQe dnkeeS TWICE.
Throng to Ball Parks.
Others included the 81 ,469 at the
Polo Gorunds in New York, the a.
763 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, the
81, ,566 at Shibe Park in Philadel-
phia and the 20,707 at the National
League Park in Boston.
Coupled with Sundays total at
tendance of 178,577, plus Mondays
night turnout of 1881, some 1923 ,597
persons saw the major league games
over the three-day span.
The Pacific Coast League, with
double headers at San Diego, Oak
land, Los Angeles and Seattle, re-
ported total Memorial Day attend
ance of 34,928.
The American Association drew
80, ,304, with games at Louisville, To-
ledo, Milwaukee, st. Paul and Min
neapolis. The International, play
ing at Jersey City, Buffalo, Syra-
cslse and Rochester, had a total of
26 6,348, while the Eastern, with
games at Scranton, Wilkes Barre,
Utica, Albany and Elmira, drew
1924.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Every Precouton Taken to Safeguard Health

the schools affected the swimming taking
the regular physical education class held daily with all
properly placed ability ranging
beginners through fesavng advanced swimming Each class
81 to 25 minutes the with
profitable way time provision made
ducking, other nonessential activities
pupils swimming various
regular gym program all
their written permission participate the precautionary
enforced include solution
athletes before entering pools which dy inspected
to the maintenance of correct sanitary conditions at all times
coincidence that tends emphasize its value
the drowning while
n Potomac sailor neither could
SWIM followed official figures disclosing that %
nduce cannot swim distance so feet and that
still could make the
Waiting until life competent instruction
is
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Jersey City Tops |. l.,
TORONTO Taking Dive

Gabby Hartnett had Jersey City
leading the International League to-
day after sweeping two from last
place Newark while Rochester was
betting Toronto out of first.
Bob Barthelson bested Floyd Bev-
ems In a tight duel, 10, in the opener
and the Giants came from behind to
take the finale on Roy Nichols
squeeze-play bunt, 5-4.
Rochester dumped Toronto from
the top to fourth by GA and l0-7
shellackings.
Buffalo chung to second by taking
the nightcap, 81, after losing the
first Montreal's Wayne Collins, 10.
Stan West got credit for both
games as Baltimore swept a pair
from Syracuse, 8-5 and 80.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Stars Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.

George Mcouinn and AL Hollings-
worth. .Browns---Mcouinn drove in four
runs OF. st. Louis Ga edge over Wash
ington in first game and Hollingsworth
sa,;ed sayed ;oS second for Tex Shirley in neat
Paul Trout and Hal Newhouser,
Tigers---Trout beat Yankees with ninth
inning homer for 81 edge and New
houser eoualed his seven-hit Job in
taking niehtcap, Al.
triumph over Red sox, Harder scatter
ing nine hits in 4-3 opener, and Rey-
nolds spacing seven blows in 4-3 finale
Bill Dietrich and Ed Carnett, White
sox-Dietrich scattered II Philadel-
opening game victory, !, and carnett
finale.
Tommy Holmes, Braves, and Whitley
Kurowski, ardinals-Holmes hit homer
in eighth inning to give Nate Andrews
fve runs with two home runs and
single in st. Louis second-game, 1873
victory.
Frenchy Bordagaray and Luis Olmo
Dodgers-Bordagaray collected three
hlfs grove snd IN tSG p runs in opening gs
driving in run with double in 4-3 night
cap win.
Ed Heusser and Frank Mccormick.
Reds--Heusser stopped Phils with bases
loaded in ninth inning of 4-3 first
game victory; Mccormick eracked, four
Mel OFT and Ace Adams. Giants
Master Melvin hit three home runs in
oouole win over Cubs, 6--5, 81, and
ADAMS saved second game, by. stopping
runs scored
Evening star., 1944-05-31

America, according to soldiers at
the Greensboro IN. c. Overseas
Replacement Depot, and a better
baseball player, according to his
coach, hasn't decided between the
two games for his postwar career.
He may, even return to college.
Joe Golembeske, Penn State
pitcher who yielded only five hits
in two games, has been rejected
by the armed forces, and Dale
Bower, .300-hitting outfielder, was
discharged from the Army.
The Football Coaches Associa-
ton has invested all it's surplus
funds in War Bonds.
Bill Ford, member of Michigan's
Big Ten championship team, is a
grandson of Henry Ford. Sup
pose he plays a model A" game?
Evening star., 1944-05-31

Runs--Casc, Spence, McQuinn, Stephens,
Moore Byrnes. Errors-Powell, Christman.
Torres. Runs batted in--Moore, Byrnes.
Case. Shirley, Guerra. Two-base hits
Gutter Sutteridge Msouinn: Home run.case.
Christman. Gutteridge, McQuinn (2),
Spence, Guerra. Myatt. Lefebvre. Left on
on balls-Wynn. i; Shirley, 4: Hoilinss-
worth, 1. Strikeouts-Wynn, A Shirley,
3. Hits--On Shirley, In innings
lingsworth. In 2. Winning pitcher--Shir-
ley. Umpires-Messrs. Summers, Boyer,
Rue. Time hours. Attendance--7.4 Ala
Evening star., 1944-05-31

Health and Physical Education, just about
sums up the aim that seems likely of even
tual fulfillment, considering the splendid
cooperation being accorded the plan by
every interested agency.
The program calls for well-rounded
aquatic schedule paralleling that prevail
ing for the past 20 years at Central High,
the only school building boasting of
pool, and has been made possible through
the lining up of three of the Welfare and
Recreation Association pools, as well as
that of the Southeast Boys Club, in addi-,
tion to instructors generously loaned by the
District Chapter of the American Red
Cross, rounded out by corps of volunteers
to supplement the supervision provided by
the schools regular physical education
teachers.
Only Roosevelt, Wilson and Western
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Attitude Of Rules Group Burns Grid Cooches

come here for the meeting, al
though number of others from
the Southwest made the trip.
One reason why Henry Frnka
came from Tulsa for the meeting
was to try to find shoulder pads
Big enough for one of his line
men, whose name he won't
breathe. a 80 al
Swede Hagberg, Navy grid
coach, hasn't seen a football
game in a year.
1t. q. g. Billy Brown, national
hop, skip and jump. champion,
tried his old speciality recently
at Bainbridge and did so feet
71a inches, just four inches short
of his national record.
Sergt. Charley Trippi, who is
the greatest football player in
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Bout With Shuns to Test
Jeffrd in Comeback
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, May 31.-Harry
Jeffra, slender Baltimore boxing
master who has held the bantam
weight and featherweight crowns,
will put his comeback aspirations
to the acid test tonight against
Cleo Shans, rough and tough Los
Angeles Negro.
The 10-round scrap headlines the
first outdoor show of the Baltimore
season at Oriole Park.
Evening star., 1944-05-31

four days of rest between games,
and it's a question how long Hayes
can go without injury or exhaustion.
But there's little doubt that
Connie Mack made the trade of
the year when he took Hayes from
the st. Louis Browns last winter in
exchange for couple of rockies
from Elmira-Outfielde Barney
Lutz and Pitcher Sam Zoldak.
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Best Reward Turf Victor

STANTON, Del, May 81 (R.-Max
Marmorstein's Best Reward, paying
Sl4.6O for 81, yesterday drove to q
photo-flnish triumph over Ideal Gift
In the $4,000 Wilmington Handicap
on a record-smashing holiday that
brought Delaware Park its first mil
lion-dollar wagering day. ~
Evening star., 1944-05-31
By HUGH FULLERTON, Jr
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, May 31.-What
seems to be bothering the college
grid coaches is not so much that
the. Rules Committee won't rule
! as the fact that the men most
vitally interested in football are
being consistently ignored. AS
one of the coaches pointed out,
they have only minority repre-
sentation on the Rules Commit
tee, and they aren't even per-
mitted to choose the men who
represent them. For example,
Lou Little, head rules man for
the coaches association, isn't on
the committee, but an old stand
by is Dana x. Bible, who didn't
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Pitching Now Griffs' Only Asset
AS Injuries Hit Clubs Speed

cripples and with their punch mis-
sing badly when one good WALTON
would have meant victory they now
find themselves back to q third
place tie with Detroit's railying
Tigers.
In their first game yesterday. in-
terruped by rain for 40 minutes.
they outhit the Browns, IL to 10,
but did little with their blows. In
the second setto they again outhit
the Browns, to s. and had the
benefit Of eight passes and an error.
With all this they were unable to
get any where worth while.
They are only hopeful it1l be diff
ferent tonight when they tackle the
Browns under the lights in Sports
mans Park. but they'll still have
the slowad-up Joe Kuhel. the limp
ing Jake Powell and the sore-legged
George Case Is in the lineup. Case,
OF course, manages to get around in
much better fashion than the others.
but he still is below the trim of the
Case of 1943 who won the base
stealing championship of the league.
Wolff to Take Mound.
Roger Wolff, knuckler, who has
run into rough going after making
a fair getaway this season, Is sched-
uled to pitch for Os Bluege's band.
The Browns are to send Sig Jakucki,
a rignt1hander they got out of the
Army, to the hill.
Should Wolff pitch as well an
Mickey Haefner and Early Wynn did
yesterday, he could get the Mats on
the right side of the score, provided
they get him an ordinary amount Of
runs. But If he slips ever so little.
his chances of victory probably
will be slim.
Haefner was in trouble In Just
two innings In the first game. When
he gave UP three singles and a
double. in addition to hitting a bat.
ter In the fifth, he deserved to have
three runs scored against him. Eut
In the seventh, when the Browns
got three more runs, they de-
Served none.
Gutterldge opened this round
with a walk, but Kreevich struck
out. McQuinn then hit bali to
right that Powell ordinarily would
have caught. But, handicapped by
a bad foot, Jake was slow In getting
to the ball and when he finally
reached 1t he slipped and fell on the
grass that had been made slick by
heavy rain.
Apple Gets on Loose.
So the ball got away for a three
base hit instead of being a second
out. The official scorer first ruled
this single and two-base error
for Powell, then reversed his de-
cision.
Stephens flied out to get Nc
Quinn home, then Laabs came along
to get his first hit in four games and
his first home run of the season,
a drive into the right-field stand.
Haefner had stopped the Browns
cold in the second inning when with
two passes and bunt they had the
sacks full with no one out. Demaree
forced Stephens at the plate and
(See MATS, Page A-19.)
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Major Leaders
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclaEtd PftSs.
American League.
Batting-Tucker Chicago 400
Runs-Cullenbine Cleveland, 81
Runs batted in---Hayes, Philadelphia,
and Tabor. Boston. 26.4. n zs
Hts -Doerr; Boston. and Hall. Phila-
Tf3pleS-Gutteridge St. Louis. g.
Heme runs--Seerey, Cleveland and
Haye6 Philadelphia g.
:. Stolen bases-Gutteridge st. Louis, and
Stirnweiss. New York, g.
Pitching-Borowy, New York. 6-1.
National League.
Battins--Walker. Brooklyn. .431
Runs---Bordagaray. Brooklyn, "a.
Runs batted in--Schultz. Brooklyn 35
Hits--Walker, Brooklyn So
Trtples-Barrett. Pittsburgh 7.
Doubles-Holmes. Boston, 49,
Home runs--Ott, New York 10
Stolen bases-Macon Boston g.
Pitching-Lanier, st. Louis, SO
Evening star., 1944-05-31
Shirley Cites HeIpfuIness of All Agency Heads

this will Offering wen-organlzed and
instruction 49 the schools and girls
Shirley and considering that swimming not only is vital part OF
important the practical side
safety instructions this step the right direction
conclusion the which until the last OF
student will tested note
being placed the beginner in the of having
qualified which consists jumping into
swimming Is feet turning in the water and
turning another Is feet"
helpfuness Milo Christensen superintendent Of
the District Recreation Department who has promised continued
cooperation during the when the schools and of
the Welfare Recreation Association
only having the Takoma Mckinley and Anacoa pools
opened earlier than usual this but providing
gneers watchmen their coing Shirley paid
tribute to Others who have m4 make NE movement
including Charles Fyfe of the Stt Boys Club John
District Health John Gates diec
instruction first aid water safety and accident