Evening star., 1945-07-10
GdH Dodger Game Hgghts Lucrative Inter league Play
Advance Sale Heavy,
But $4,000 Tickets
Still Available

Despite healthy advance sale for
tonight's irterleague duel between
Washington and Brooklyn, some
$4,000 seats still were available for
late comers, ball park offlcials an
nounced today.
All reserved seats have been sold,
but 1000 unreseryed grandstand, o.
200 pavilion and 5000 bleacher seats
were left at noon and were being
dispensed on first-come, first
served basis. With favorable wealth.
er an attendance Of at least $4,000
was predicted.
All gate receipts go to the War Re-
lief Fund and club officials hoped
for capacity turnout to swell the
kitty for this worthy cause. On pa
per the game loomed as the best of
a slate. Of interleague games ar
ranged this year in place of the
usual .All-Star game.
In keeping with the spirit of the
evening the Touchdown Club has
co-operated with the baseball club
in arranging a pregame show, be-
ginning at 7 o'clock, featuring a
drill by woman Marines, music by
military bands and a brief welcom-
ing address by Gen. Alexander
A. Vandegrift, commandant of the
Marine Corps.
Shepard Hurls for Griffs.
1t is an important occasion, too,
for 1t. Bert Shepard, war ace who
was shot down over Germany, leav-
ing part of his leg in an enemy
prison hospital, who is determined
to be big league ball player de-
spite that handicap. Tonight Is
Shops" big night as far as his
teammates are concerned. Mana
ger Ossie Bluege has nominated
him for the starting role, and his
big league future may hang in the
balance.
Washington's winning squirt has
captivated the fans, but so have
the boi,terous Buns whose fame
practically is universal. The Buns
may win or lose, but there is some
thing about the way they do it that
delights the customers.
We may see Manager Leo CThe
Lip) Durocher around for a spell,
but nobody can guarantee exactly
how long. He was expelled from
the premises last week for kicking
dirt in the face of Umpire Dusty
Boggess and seems to feel that
brawling with the officials is part
of his job. Luis Olmo, Dodger rookie
star, was given the heave-ho the
same evening for nothing more than
innocently tossing bat at the UNI
pire after striking out.
Expect Anything From Dodgers.
Roy Pfund probably will start for
the visitors but Durocher hasn't
named any other pitchers, although
Bluege intends to give Roger Wolf
and Mickey Haefner couple Of in
nings on the hill. 1t may be that
Durocher Is planning to surprise his
hosts with somebody like Branch
Hickey.
Washington fans want to see the
Mats in winning form. They want
Harlond Cliff, whose home-run
slugging spanked the recent squirt, to
park one in the bleachers. They
want to see George Case 60 round
the bases like a sweep-second hand,
and although they'd like to see Joe
Kuhel on first they're still curious
to know how George Binks handles
the bag. Then, too, there's . re-
cord-holder behind the plate in Rick
Ferrell, who last week shattered Ray
Schalk's endurance mark.
Brooklyn has a few prize pack
ages itself, notably Dixie Walker,
one OF the older circuits most dam
gerous hitters; Goody Rosen, Augie
Galan and 6-foot 7-inch Howie
Schultz, the leaning tower Of Flat
bush," who will be on first. The
Buns came from practically no.
where to top the National League a
couple Of weeks ago and in the last
few days have slipped to second
place as the Cardinals got hot, but
the way they play there's no telling
where they will be a week hence
Some experts figure they're daffy
enough to accidentally win the pen
nant.