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The Omaha guide., 1945-09-22
SPINGARN MEDAL TO robson
OCTOBER 18TH

New York-The 3Oth Spingarn
Medal will be presented formally
to Paul Robson, internationally
day, October IS, at a dinner in the
Hotel Biltmore here, it was
ed last week by the NAACP.
The presentation address will be
made by Marshall Field. Chicago
The Omaha guide., 1945-09-22

medal by a special committee last
spring, but because of his theatre
and concert commitments. including
a USO tour overseas, the formal
PRECIPITATION has been delayed until
now. The citation accompanying
the award STAGED it was for dis
tinguished achievement in the the
atre and on the concert stage"
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LIB. Granger
Tours Pacific
Naval Bases

The party will return to the United
States about the first of November.
As personal representative Of
Secretary Forrestal, Mr.. Granger
will conclude a series of inspect
ions on which he has based a num-
Der of recommendations to the Navy
Department for improvement of
service conditions affecting Negro
personnel. The first trip was made
to West Coast installations in June
Of this year. and the second to GER
tain bases in the South.
CRITICIZES CONDITIONS
IN SOUTHERN BASES
In a recent report to Mr.. Forces
tai, the Urban League executive
severely criticized certain condit-
ions which he found in Southern
Naval bases-conditions which he
described as being sharply at
variance with the Nays official
racial policy" On the basis of OBJ
servations made at the Naval Air
Station, Corpus Christi. Texas. the
Naval Repair Base, New Orleans.
La. and the Naval Mine Depot at
Yorktown, Va. Mr.. Granger de-
clared to the Navy Secretary Sew
eral of the ACTIVITIES which l visit
Continued on pages 50
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publisher. There will be a special
music for the gathering of disting-
uished guests expected to tax the
capacity Of the grand ballroom Of
the hotel.
Mr.. Robson was awarded the
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turned with them.
The A. B. G. Club met Friday,
Oct. 10, at the home of Mrs. Max
inc Jones, 1901 Fourth Ave. So.
Mrs. Lucille Malcomb from the
Isthmus Of Panama was guest. The
next meeting will be Nov. 9 at the
home of Mrs. Katherine Mitchell,
1901 Bryant Ave. No.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Quarterman,
1901 Bryant Ave. No., were hosts
at dinner party Oct. 10, in honor
of their nephew and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Patton of Los Angeles,
Calf. Other guests included Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Miller, Emma
Brown, Katherine Harper, and
daughter, Patricia. Mr.. and Mrs.
Patton left Saturday, Oct. 20, for
Chicago to visit his mother, Mrs.
Goldie Thompson.
Soldier Returned: Sgt. Joe w.
Danforth recently returned from
the European Theater of war. He
has been overseas for two years
and has spent a year in the Pana-
ma Canal Zone. Sgt. Danforth was
honorably discharged on October
10. His wife, Ernestine, lives at
1906 Portland Ave. So. A group of
friends gathered last week to well
come him home. They included Zoe
Oliver, Harriet Thompson, Lois
Budreaux, Grover Ingram, Phil
Blackwell, Benjamin Peery, Jr.,
Kenneth Wallace and Oscar New
man and Messrs. and Mines. Art
Harness and Henry Bowman.
Miss Katherine PettifOrd, 6O4
Eighth Ave. No., celebrated her
18th birthday, Friday, Oct. 10, with
a dinner party at her home. Guests
included the Misses icon Helm,
Jane Stone, Mary Seaton, Betty
Ellis, Geraldine and Maxine Nc
Clellan, Helen, Alice and Leontine
Pettiford, and Mrs. Rose May Bell.
The Dubois Club will meet Fri
day, Oct. &c, at the home of Mrs.
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city for an indefinite stay.
Guest: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry John
son, 795 Edmund Avenue, have as
their guest, Mrs. JOhnson's cousin,
Mrs. Sadie Robinson, who arrived
in the city, Saturday, October 20,
from Boston, Mass, for a two
weeks visit. Mrs. Johnson is a
former resident of St. Paul.
Tuesday, October %, Mrs. John
son entertained at bridge
luncheonette honoring her guest
Visitors: Mrs. Cora Cuthbert, $40
Iglehart Avenue, had as her house
guests, Sunday, October 81, Mrs.
Eugenia Golfer Barnes, of Denver,
Colo, sister of the late Willis Col
ter; Mrs. Alice Morgan, and her
brother, Robert Marshall, both of
Minneapolis.
Mrs. Cuthbert has recently re-
ceived word that Cpl. John Askew,
who made his home with her for a
number of years, is returning TO
the United States from the
European Theater of war.
Mrs. Harold Brown, 4O5 St. An
thony Avenue, who has been i'll for
two weeks, suffering with influenza,
is now recuperating.
Weekend Guests: Mrs. Jack
Rice, of Winnipeg, Canada, was the
weekend guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Brown, 4O5 St. Anthony.
Visiting: Mrs. Minnie Abston,
597 Iglehart Avenue, is visiting in
Chicago, Ill, with friends and rela-
tives.
Discharged: Cpl. Humphrey
Alexander, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Wooten, 457 St. Anthony
Avenue, arrived home, Sunday,
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Club Council which meets
every fourth Monday Of the month
at the Women's city club, solicits
the membership Of all clubs Of the
city, white or colored. The council
has membership Of ninety clubs,
with three Negro clubs participat-
ing. Mrs. Mary D. mcfarland,
as member Of the Program COM
mittee, solicits the membership of
more active Negro clubs. The next
meeting will be held November 26
at loo p. m, and very interest
ing program has been planned. Mrs.
Louise Finkelstein is president.
Pantry Shower: Miss Corrine
Powell, daughter OF Mrs. Carrie
Powell, 697 Carroll Avenue, whose
marriage to Carl Herbert Griffin
will take place November II, was
honored Monday, October %, with
a pantry shower, given by Mrs.
Doris Shannon, Mrs. Mabel Harper,
and Mrs. Antoinette Hickman, at
Mrs. Hickman's home, 766 St. An
thony Avenue. Miss Powell received
many lovely and useful gifts.
Mrs. Jessie Shoffner, GAS Rondo
Avenue, will honor Miss Corrine
Powell at a luncheon, Sunday, Oc-
tober 27, at her home.
Returns Home: Mr.. Z. A. Yves
ton, 672 Aurora, returned home
Sunday, October q, after a two
weeks visit with his mother in San
Antonio, Texas.
Discharged Veteran: Sgt. Law
renee Wycough, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Overton Wycough, 1859 Carroll Ave
nue., returned home with discharge
from the Army, after serving four
and one-half years in the Armed
Forces. Sgt. Wycough left Leg
horn, Italy, September 2, and ar
rived at Newport News, Va, Sep
TENDER 80.
Miss Junauld Brown, TOT lyle
hart Avenue, was hostess to the
Mayor of Bonneville Committee
Saturday night, October 20. After
the business session Miss Brown
served refreshments.
The Cameo Social Club met Sat-
urday night, October 20, with Miss
Margaret Tresvan, 1888 West Cen
trial.
Mrs. Hazel Mann of Petersburg,
Va, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Hazeldel c. Warricks, TAI St. An
thony. Her stay is indefinite.
Mrs. Leah NJ. Butler of Ashville,
N. c., is in the city to be with her
father, R. c. Minor, All W. Central,
who has been i'll. Her husband, DR..
Manuel Butler, arrived in the city
Wednesday, October "a, to be with
her. Mrs. Butler is the former
Leah Mae Minor
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence James re-
turned Saturday from their honey
moon in Los Angeles, Calf. They
left Saturday evening, October 20,
for Dayton, Ohio.
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October IA, with an Army dis
charge, after serving four years,
eight months and twenty-three
days. Before reaching this coun-
try, Cpl. Alexander was stationed
in France.
Cpl./5 Merle Collins, is now at
home on an emergency furlough,
because of the illness of his mother,
Mrs. Boyd Collins, who is confined
to her home at 500 W. Central
Avenue.
Pie-march: st. James Gospel
choir held a Pie-march at the st.
James A NJ. E. Parsonage, Thurs
day, October 10.
Mrs. Gladys Johnson, 971 lyle
hart Ave, left recently for a two
weeks rest-visit on the West Coast.
The finest people in the world
live in this town.
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Rev. G. d. Hancock, of Kansas
City, Kansas, stopped en- route to
Mason City, Iowa, to visit his sister,
in-law, Mrs. Lucille Thurston
Hartzfield, 400 E oath st.
Merry Maids Meet: The Merry
Maids met Monday, Oct. %, at the
home of Mrs. Cleo Hampton, 514
Lyndale Ave. N. The next meet
ing will be Oct. 20 at the home of
Mrs. Winifred Smith, SOL Carroll
Ave-, st. Paul.
COnValescent: R. B. Smith, 3845
Clinton Ave-, veteran Pullman en-
ploye, is convalescing at his home.
Mrs. Nathaniel Tucker, 4044
Fourth Ave. S., returned home Fri
day, Oct. 10, after a two weeks
visit in Detroit.
Mrs. Wilbur A. Lee and her
sister, Miss Ava Cassell of Des
Moines are making their home at
2110 18th Ave. S. Both young
ladies were former government en-
ployes in Dayton, Ohio.
Mrs. Bertha Johnson, 500 Olson
Blvd, was pleasantly surprised
Wednesday evening, Oct. IT, with a
birthday party given by Mrs. Mary
Swain and daughter, Alice. Among
the guests were Mines. Elsie Nc
Moore, Ora Jones, Ora Williams,
Doris Anderson, 1. U. Taylor, and
Beryl Smith, and Miss Villa
Booker; the Messrs. James Free
man, James Gresham, of Mime
apolis and Harry Carter, Walter
Jenkins and Robert Burton, of Chi
cago, ILL.,; Messrs. and Mines.
Robert Wallace, Hiawatha Tatum
and Edwin Carr.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Mason, 1929
Columbus, have as their house
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Porter
of San Gabriel, Calf. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mason recently returned from
a visit in Topeka, Kansas. Their
granddaughter, Carol Jean of To-
peka and Mr.. and Mrs. Porter, re-
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Jewell Burke, 3342 Fourth Ave. So.
Miss Dorothy Wanzy Of Beloit,
Wis, is visiting at the home Of her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sylvester Young, 1901 Bryant
Ave. No.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Owens,
5000 Clinton, had as their dinner
guest Friday, Oct. 10, Mrs. Laura
Wright of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Joe Patterson, $40 Bryant Ave.
No., is back after business trip to
Kansas City, Kans.
Joe Steward, SIG 18th Ave. So,
received a sprained ankle from a
fall last week.
Pvt. Roger WarfieId, left Sun
day, Oct. 81, for Hillfeld, Ogden,
Utah, after visiting friends and
relatives here.
Mrs. Matthew Evans, 3740 Fifth
Ave. &c., is i'll at her home.
Mrs. H. T. Ormes, 1905 18th
Ave. &c., is confined at Eitel Hos
pital following an operation. Her
sister, Mrs. B. Dean, of Lincoln,
Neb., is here to be with her.
Mrs. George Jones and daughter,
Mrs. Avis Carter, 1901 Fifth Ave.
So, had as their dinner guests,
Sunday, Oct. 81, Miss Ethel Smith
of Minneapolis and Laura Mae
Smith of st. Paul.
Mrs. Ruby Craig and Miss Thelma
Mcclure were the dinner guests
Sunday, Oct. 81, of Geniel Ores
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Stewart, 1406
Seventh Ave. No., have as their
guests this week, Mrs. James
Hughes of Milwaukee, Wis. Mr..
Hughes, who works in the city, is
making his home at the Stewards.
Howard Brown, 1851 Bryant
Ave. No, left Tuesday for Buffalo,
N. Y, where he will visit his broth
er, Kenneth, who is with the Buff
falo Urban League.
Mrs. Helen Smith, 3615 Clinton
Ave-, will be the hostess to the
Birthday Club, Saturday, Oct. %.
MOdernettes Meet: The Modern
cite club met at the home of Mrs.
Mary Brady, 4012 Clinton Ave-, last
Wednesday, Oct. II. First prize
winner was Mrs. Marjorie Mason;
second, Mrs. Jewell Alexander. The
next meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. Wilson Johnson, 1927 East
37th St., Wednesday, Oct. 81.
Mr.. Nelson Simmons of Chicago
is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Cleo
Majors of St. Cloud.
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The Cap and Gown Club, 1. B.
P. o. E. W. will give a banquet at
the Phyllis Wheatley House, Friday,
Nov. 9. They will serve turkey din
ners, which are SIPS. The money
received from this dinner goes into
the educational department of the
Elks Lodge. Mrs. Cecilia Patter-
son is chairman and Mrs. Helen
Jackson, co-chairman.-Advt.
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. Taylor of Omaha,
Neb., were the recent visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. o. D. Charles
ton, $40 St. Anthony Ave.
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Social and Personal
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Luncheon: Mrs Caroline L. McWatt 726 Sherburne Ave.
entertained at luncheon Friday October H. honorng Mrs
Minnie Tucker of Los Angeles Caf who house guest of
her sister, Mrs Maude Hoage $50 Charles Ave- Other guests
included Mrs Della Williams Mrs Cora Vaughn, Mrs Eliza
beth Lee and Mrs Maude Hoage Mrs Tucker will be in the
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Social and Personal
MINNEAPOLIS

The W. J. W. Club met Saturday, Oct IT, at the Phyllis
Wheaey House and from there went Theodore Wrh Park
where they had Pow Wow. Mines Betty Srawder Shr Nj
Mayes Florence Mayes, Katherine Harper ONEIDA Davis,
Geraldine Wthers Ruth Bell Charlotte Davis and Mrs Mar
guerite Combs, the club counsellor in the group
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The finest people in the world
live in this town.
Evening star., 1945-08-16
Refs Stiff Left Hook
Is Danger 10 Joyce

Willie Joyce, due here today for a
siege OF public workouts, will be the
betting choice over Morris Reif In
their 10-round bout at Griffith Sta
dium Monday night but the experts
agree that if he gets tagged by one
OF Reif's left hooks the story may
have a surprise ending.
Joyce currently is one of the hot
test fighters In the business. He put
his foot on the first rung Of fistiana s
golden ladder by whipping Henry
Armstrong 4 couple of years ago
when the one-time triple champion
still had lot of fight left and has
been travelling in high gear since.
Reif will have a slight pull in
weights, something around five
pounds, which will be important If
he lands with the left, but Joyce
a natural lightweight, is confident
he'll have no trouble from that
source. Joyce's supporters feel that
Reif's only chance is to win by q
kayo and Willie isn't sticking out
his chin for anything Of that sort.
Efforts to bring in Ref for a few
days Of workouts fell through to-
day when Manager Sam Richman
wired Liberty A. C. officials he
couldn't interrupt his boys training
routine.
Evening star., 1945-08-16
World Series Victor Likely to Play in Tokyo;
Majors Revise Rule to Admit Vets to Classic

The minors had ~ leagues In op-
Grafton in 1912, against only 10 this
year. Next season they hope tc
build back to their figure of three
years ago. Many of the 1000 to 5000
ball players now in service will be
civilians by then.
Stewart Fired as Ump.
Separate from yesterdays routine
discussions, Ernest Stewart, youngest
American League umpire, disclosed
that he has been fired" by Will
Harridge, league president. Rarely
If ever before has big league UNI
pire been dismissed during the sea-
son.
Stewart, 35, and former Univer-
sity of Southern California athlete
in his fifth year of big league UNI
piring, told reporter that Harridge
contended he had caused dissension
and was disloyal to some other
umpires and the league.
The reason for his dismissal
Stewart said, revolved about his in
terest in trying to obtain higher
salaries for umpires.
Said Harridge: IF that's the way
Mr.. Stewart prefers to have the
story go out, that's perfect with me- u
Evening star., 1945-08-16
Zimmerman Among
IS Phi||y Eagle Vets

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16.-Gray-
thatched Coach Earle j. Greasy
Neale smiled broadly as he cast an
appraising eye over the roster of his
l945 Philadelphia Eagles.
Fifteen of his veterans are on
hand to start practice at nearby
West Chester State Teachers Col
lege Saturday. Three others are
within committing distance, and all
but one of the remainder of the
1914 squad is under contract.
Listed as definitely lost is ex-Ma-
rine Arthur (Choo-Choo, Maciosz-
czyk, 210-pound fullback from West
ern Maryland, now pursuing his
hobby of training pigeons-for the
Army at Fort Lewis, Wash.
LIE Roy Zimmerman who, as the
man under the center, is the key to
Neale's "T' offensive, has agreed
to terms. Zimmerman's signing
spiked numerous rumors that the
National Leagues most valuable
player of last year might hold out.
Evening star., 1945-08-16

the seasons, 26,540, who wagered
1858, 1888.
While not breaking any records,
Belmont Park where q crowd Of
45,576 attended, showed a days
play Of $500 ,538, the third
largest in mutuels betting history.
It was topped only by last Satur-
days $4,035, ,465 and the $3,951 ,227
recorded June Q.
Detroit's largest weekday crowd
Of the year, $3.50, showed up for
the first game Of the Tigers
Crucial" series with Washington.
In Chicago, 24,476 fans, comprised
the biggest weekday gathering to
see the White Sox in a daylight
contest.
With only three Of the eight
International clashes listed ~
Evening star., 1945-08-16
KuheI Drives in 7,OOOth Tally
To Rank Second to johnson

DETROIT, Aug. 16. - When Joe
Kuhel yesterday sent a long fly to
Centerfielder Doc Cramer in the
sixth inning to get George Myatt
home from third base In yesterdays
tussle with the Tigers, he batted In
the 1.000th run of his major league
career.
And that gave the. Mats veteran
first baseman a remarkable record
for his slightly less than 16 seasons
in the American League. In all,
Kuhel has made 2,088 hits as big
Lacquer. So he has an average of
almost one run sent home for every
two hits.
The record places Kuhel second
among the active America n
Leaguers in the 1000 RBI Club. "
Bob johnson of Boston's Red Sox-
the slugger the Mats casually rid
themselves of at the end of the
1943 season-ranks first with close
to 1900.
George Case may be back In the
Mats lineup when the four-game
series with the Yankees opens in
New York a week from next Friday.
His sprained ankle had healed to the
extent that he was able to partici-
pate in batting practice here yester-
day. The former se-stealipg
champion Of the league stepped up
to the plate to take several swings
and drove some torrid liners. There
Evening star., 1945-08-16

sessions. They cleared the way for
returning war veterans to play in
the World Series, pending approval
by various leagues of this recon-
mendation. Such action is consid-
cred a mere formality.
The recommendation also applies
to the minor leagues for the Little
World Series and Shaughnessy
playoffs.
II player returns any time dur
ing September, he can participate
in the World Series The normal
deadline for establishing such elig-
ibility is August 81.
No limit was placed on the num-
ber of veterans that each club may
use in the big series. This valves
the old 25-player limit, insofar as
servicemen are concerned.
The officials again expressed de-
termination that veterans shall re-
turn to baseball on the same basis
they left it, plus any advantages
they might have gained had they
not entered the armed forces.
Today the minor leagues will get
down to their personal problem of
reviving minor leagues which were
discontinued during wartime.
Evening star., 1945-08-16
BY BUS HAM.

ASSOClaLeQ fIebS opOIJS WflJef.
It's probably ION to Tokyo" fol-
baseballs major leaguers.
Warren Giles, general manager
Of the Cincinnati Reds, suggested
today as the games bigwigs went
into the second day of a major
minor meeting, that 1t would be a
good idea for big leaguers to play
in the japanese capital on their
contemplated Pacific tour.
Babe Ruth led group Of Amer
ican diamond stars to Tokyo about
20 years ago, and the japanese, fond
of baseball, long considered Ruth
just about the greatest thing that
ever crossed the waters.
Secretary of Navy Forrestal and
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz recently
invited the big leagues to send the
World Series winner on a 90-day
tour of advanced Pacific bases
Japan's surrender is not expected
to make any change in these plans
There could be no more advanced
base than Tokyo, Giles said.
Vets Can Play in Series.
The big leagues played the prin.
cipal parts in yesterdays lengthy
Evening star., 1945-08-16
Slim Skin Squad May Escape
Scrimmuqe; Linnun Is Sharp

cause it takes only one miscue to
gum up the works.
One of the Skins best looking
prospects is a black-thatched vet
eran of Guadalcanal who originally
was headed for the University of
Maryland. The lad is Reid Linnan,
23-year -old Baltimorean, who played
tackle on Baltimore City Colleges
championship team of 1888 and with
the Quntico Marines in 1910 and Al
He was recommended to Doc Spears
during the latter's tenure at Mary
land but with the Redskins SO close
Linnan figured he might as well try
to go all the way up the grid ladder
and aim for a pro berth. He scales
240 pounds, stands feet ! inch and
is fast. De Groot wants to convert
him into a center and Turk Edwards
says If he misses there he's cinch
to land a tackle spot.
Shakes Of Malaria.
Linnan is retiring and modest. A
machine gunner on Guadalcanal
when the Marines were hanging on
by their fingernails, he was given a
medical discharge after recovering
from malaria and all the other trop-
ical diseases the Marines suffered in
that hell hole. About his battle
experiences Linnan simply says, 1--WE
did lot of night fighting and I
can't say how many Japs I got per-
sonally, but we got more of them
than they did of us and I was
mighty lucky to come through un-
scratched"
Linnan says his dad played base
ball for Cleveland, but that's been
so long ago can't remember when
or what position"
1t. Joe David Coomer, 29o-pound
tackle owned by Pittsburgh but cur
rently stationed near Washington,
was a visitor yesterday. Coomer
wants to play with the Redskins
this season but whether a deal can
be worked out with the Steelers is
conjectural. De Groot would like to
have him.
They sure as the devil would
have to go around him." the coach
commented. Because don't think
anybody is going to run over a fel-
low that big" Coomer stands 6 feet
S inches.
Evening star., 1945-08-16
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-If there
remained any doubt that the
wars end would create the big
gest boom In racing and base
balls history, yesterdays huge
crowds at the tracks and ball
parks have erased them.
A survey Of seven Of the cur
rently operating tracks and eight
major league parks revealed that
a total of 345,739 fans-197 ,879
at the races, betting $10,597. .7S6,
and 147,860 at the ball games
turned out to observe the coming
Of peace.
Four tracks established new
attendance marks, another a sea-
sons high, while two ball parks
Evening star., 1945-08-16
Bunker Hill Eliminated
From Legion Tourney

SpeclAI D1Spatch 70 The Star.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, Aug
16.-A home run by Gerald Osborne
with one man on base failed to save
Bunker Hill Post from 4-3 defeat
by Westport Post No. 80 of Balti-
more, so the Washington ID. c.
team today found itself out Of the
American Legion Regional Baseball
Tournament under the double
knockout system. Washington bowed
to South Carolina in its first game
Baltimore grabbed a three-run
lead In the first inning and held 1t
all the way. Washington got seven
hits but couldn't bang the ball In
the pinches.