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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23

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the Griffith Stadium fans for
spinning the longest string of sue
cessive losses in either league.
AS Of today. while all the majors
except the Yankees and Athletics
rested before opening another in
tersectional series, Wolff had four
wins and one defeat. The sole set
back was in IL innings, 10, after
he relieved Johnny Niggeling in
the 18th frame of an early tilt
with Philadelphia.
He has allowed only nine runs in
AZ % stanzas and hurled five COM
plete games including a ten-inning
IL tie with St. Louis.
Thornton Lee Of the Chicago
White Sox is even more outstand-
ing with a 81 victory mark for
the American League leaders after
a mediocre 3-9 season in 1914
Troubled by elbow and shoulder
ailments since 1912. the 37-year-
old southpaw suffered a broken
bone in his pitching wrist last July
10, benching him until late Septem-
Der.
Now Lee is one of the big reasons
for the success of Jimmy Dykes
Sox, aided by some lusty clouting
from two other veterans hitting the
comeback trail.
Tony Cuccinello, 36-year-old in
fielder, is playing third base in
big time style and leading the
league with a 1856 average. Last
year he hit only 1852. Wally Moses,
80, whose last 300 year was 1941
is smashing the apple at a 1924 clip.
Paul Derringer of the Cubs and
Ernie lombard of the Giants arc
the prize National League exhibits.
Paul clicked for four straight
pitching decisions and boosted
So mark at the end Of his clubs
first Eastern invasion.
Lombardia appears off on one
Of his biggest years with nine
homers-more than anybody else
in either circuit-and a .348 aver
age as compared to a dreary, 255
year ago.
Even Jimmy Foxx, although
throubled by aching dogs, is play
ing third, base for the Phils with
some degree Of regularity, hitting
.314 including a base-loaded pinch
home run. III
Hal Gregg of Brooklyn isn't &C
tually making a comeback for he
never really arrived, but his cur
rent So gait is a complete re-
versal Of 1914 when he struggled
along under a nine-game losin g
string, the longest Of the National.
season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23
Pirates Will Play Davis Nine Tonight
Yanks Beat AS, 80,
Behind Hank Borowv

NEW YORK. May 22H-Twilght was something less than
nowng success today at the Yankee stadium paying
toners turned out in threatening weather to watch the New
Yankees shut out the Philadelphia Athletics 80
Hank Borow recorded one defeat and
ped tve-game losing
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23
BUZAs MARRIED

+ NEW YORK, May 22.-tP)-Joe
Buzas, utility infielder with the
New York Yankees whose home is
at Alpha, N. j., and Helen Pene-
lope Mcconnell of Jersey City
were married late today in St.
GabrieIs church. Buzas will re-
Join his Yankee teammates tomor.
row for their game with the Chi.
cago White Sox in the stadium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23
Optical, Air Base Win
In City SoftbaH Loop

Pitching continued to steal the spotlight the Municipal Soft
night at Robert Strange Clyde tossing no.
the opnRaider and Koczan allowing
in the Air BaseEngneer tilt
nighcap Clyde Jordan League leading
Optical noh 112 victory Buethentha Raiders
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23
MS Poorest Players
Are Showing Up Well

NEW YORK, May 22LHp-Ihrow the
hand hops who odays
Of the nation.
There's Roger Wolff of Washington
anybody last season. losing
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23
TO WORK FOR "Y"

TO WORK FOR "Y''
DURHAM, May 22.-P)-Seaton
Hold, Durham High School base
ball coach, will become boys work
secretary of the YMCA on June /.
Secretary M. P. Knight announced
TODAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23

Louis Adamic, American socio-
logical writer, was born in Yugo-
slavia of peasant parents, and
came to the United States when
not quite Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23
YESTERDAY RESULTS
American League
ew York 3, Philadelphia 0

National League
No games scheduled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-23

x-Botted for Gerkin in Sixts.
XX-Ran for Hayes in Ninth.
Evening star., 1945-06-05
After Dark
News and Comment of the Night Clubs.
Trade Registered o. s. patent once

When in town, a few weeks ago.
Bob Hope took out lifetime mem
bership at the Culinary Arts Club.
This is the spot at 3135 K street
NV, once famous as the Pirates
Den, now opened under new man
agement and currently boasting the
largest dance floor in town. That's
why Bob said he had to join up.
I don't mind getting black and
blue chasing balls around the Chevy
Chase Country Club" Hope said,
but I'll be darned If I'll have any
one casting aspersions on my
rumba."
Soon to be framed and hung in a
place of honor will be Hopes ap-
pilcation for membership. Almost
1llegibly scrawled in pencil it reads
as follows:
Manchester T. Hope
Address-l0346 Moorepark road
Age-Pass
Home phone-Ask for Polly
Business-Postcards (posing with
mustache)
Name of Employer - Broadway
Rose
Business Phone - Candy store
(theyll call me)
Send mail to-Dead letter Office
Other club affiliations-Toughy's
Gang
Evening star., 1945-06-05

count to 10 for each one of my
different nationalities. Usually by
the time I reach so I'm completely
cooled down." she said.
Vanesse recommends the system
highly.
However" she warned, IF it
doesn't work the first time, try
giving the Irish a double count
and if you're just plain Irish" she
wlnked, better not stop until you
hit 100."
With that 1t was time for Va
nesses last show. Our chat was cut
short as the dancer disappeared
toward her dressing room in a
cloud of red hair.
The Spectator just sat there and
calmly counted 100.
The Statler's Henry King, band
leader with a sweet style" reputa-
ton, offers new slant on the 1--WE
kids.
Henry frankly admits that he
was frightened to death recently
when he found himself face to face
with 1000 hep cats and rug cutters
in Chicago's famous Aragon Ball
room. Henry, you know, holds the
coveted New York reputation for
the only band leader to have played
the three rooms of the Waldorf.
Seven thousand of them out
there" Henry repeated, "and I had
heard rumors about what might
happen if I didn't give it to them
hot. I don't mind telling you that
I was just plain scared when
walked out in front of the boys"
"If any one had told me-" the
Evening star., 1945-06-05
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Evening star., 1945-06-05

band leader said, that I would end
up playing Viennese on the piano,
between sets. would have told them
they were crazy. But that's exactly
what happened, 1000 people were
so quiet when I played you could
have heard pin drop. They were
wonderful. AS a matter of fact,
King said, those bobbysocks were
the best hammered audience I ever
expect to play to-"
Include hotel room?" King an
swered, ut certainly does"
*'* Il
Into the Cabana Club the other
evening walked Jack Staples first
boss. In those days the owner of
the Cabana Club was chief short
order cook, specializing in fried
eggs. in a little restaurant on New
York avenue. Tops among the
amateurs is song bird Charlene
Smith who walked off with the re-
cent Night of Champions" contest
at the Club 400 Her reward-an
engagement at the Club 400 in New
York. Addition to the current
Evening star., 1945-06-05

Del Rio show: Dancer Helanine
Jarrow and Comedian Jack Carter
There's grand old Russian free
for-all called Jolly Hunters" being
staged currently at the Balalaika.
The vocalizing's up to standard with
even a talented bulldog doing some
of the warbling. Deserving special
mention, however, is the number
about Russian bandit named
Stinkaourshka as sung by baritone
Slepoushkin (be sure and roll that
"r" in Stinkaourshka). Ray Ter
rell, of all people, tried to bum a
cigarette from the Spectator the
other evening. Rays the magician
who pulls cigarettes effortlessly from
behind peoples ears for a living
you know. When we asked Ray what
was wrong with his magic he laugh
ed. "Oh the atmosphere isn't right
for my particular brand tonight"
Evening star., 1945-06-05
KeniIworth Citizens Told
OF Action on Streets Plea

Speedy improvement of Kenil.
worth streets, resulting from a re-
cent citizens letter to the Highway
Department, was reported at the
citizens association last night by
Mrs. Mabel M. Hubbel, secretary.
She stated that Quarles and Olive
streets were being repaired and
others would be improved in the
near future.
A letter from the Capital Transit
Co. was read expressing the hope
that, war conditions permitting, in
creased personnel and new equip
ment would serve to maintain and
Evening star., 1945-06-05

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Evening star., 1945-06-05

Sponsors Make Rosenbloom,
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X X X X
Being part French, Indian, Swiss
Irish and Dutch, she can't help it.
Vanesse is just one of those
dancers you can't imagine standing
still long enough even to brush her
teeth. She happens to have long
Evening star., 1945-06-05

DEBONAIR DECEPTIONIST-
Ray Terrell gets his cigarettes
the easy 1Day. He pulls them
out from, behind patrons ears,
1oell, almost al,Oays.
red hair and when she moves, 1t
takes on the velocity of a flaming
tornado.
Considering the League of Ma
tions background plus the red hair,
we hardly expected Vanesse to purr
like docile kitten. Then we re-
called that calm before the storm
adage and asked her point blank:
"Temperamental?" she laughed.
First of all, I'll let you in on a
little secret. My hair isn't really
red. I was born with very black
hair but got sick and tired of
being typed on Broadway in nothing
but Indian and Spanish roles"
AS far as the tantrums go, Va
nesse explained contritely, Those
days were gone forever"
Il used to be pretty awful, I
guess the Trade Winds dancer
confessed. but I learned my lesson
when I was laid up for three years
with broken back. I fell down the
stairs of a BMF subway and the
doctor told me then that shouldn't
dance again. That sort of started
me thinking and we'll, now when
something goes wrong, stop and
Evening star., 1945-06-05
ADVERTISEMENT.

Speed victory by buying bonds
through payroll savings.
Evening star., 1945-06-05

improve the Kenilworth area
schedule.
Charles M. Maize, president, con-
Quoted the meeting at the Kenil-
worth Community House, the last
until next September.
Evening star., 1945-06-05
Gorilla Story Shrinks

PHOENIX, Ariz. up. - Heavily
armed deputy sheriffs didn't find
what alarmed residents here de-
scribed as an escaped gorilla but
they did get report from a nearby
zoo that 15-pound monkey had
fled.
Evening star., 1945-06-06
Sen. Fu|bright Sees
International Play
AS Peace Vehicle
BY BUS HAM,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Athletics should play an important
part in future international rela-
tionships under the educational and
cultural program outlined at the
San Francisco Conference, accord
ing to Senator Fulbright, Democrat,
of Arkansas.
He told reporter that "it would
be one of the best ways to break
down existing suspicion and mis-
understanding and foster peace
A star athlete at Arkansas Uni
versity and at Oxford while a
Rhodes scholar. Fulbright said sports
speak universal language, and
through them other peoples would
find out that we're just human be-
ings and we'd learn the same thing
about them"
He mentioned Russia specifically
remarking that the root of our diff
culties with the Soviets is suspicion
by meeting Russia in athletic
games regularly this misunder-
standing could be broken down, and
they would find out that we are
not against them" he said.
Russians and Germans recently
met in a football game in Berlin
indicating that the Soviets are re-
ceptive to athletic relationships anc
place high value on them
Another thing about athletics is
that we could become much better
acquainted with the young people
while they are at formative, i'm
pressionable. open-minded age" Full
bright brought out.
I'VE spend so much on war that
surely little money spent on ath-
ietic and educational contacts would
be warranted"
Fulbright noted that some other
nations do not play certain Ameri-
can sports, but predicted "it would
not be long before most of them
adopted our games, ''if we take the
lead in introducing them"
He forsees the possibility of ma jor
universities sending teams all over
the world for dual meets, climaxeo
by nation vs. nation competitions.
Every boy in the country ought
to have chance at these nationa.
teams he said.
Evening star., 1945-06-06
Dusek, Evans Mat Match
Promises 10 Be Rouqh

One Of the roughest wrestling
matches of the year is in prospect
tonight at Joe Turner's Arena, when
Rudy Dusek, old-time favorite, now
engaged in a comeback campaign,
tangles with Don Evans in another
fareup in their current feud.
When they last met here three
weeks ago the match ended when
Evans was disqualified for ',nneces-
sary roughness. Evans J lew up over
the decision. tried to continue the
battle, and when stopped by police
detail demanded a return match.
In preliminaries, Nick Hitch goes
in against George Macricostas, Duke
Keomuka will try out his judo art
on Red Carter, Hans ;<ampfef faces
Ed (Strangler) White and Lloyd
Mathis tackles Eddie Michaels.
Evening star., 1945-06-06
Boil Game Sturts Action
At War Bond Carnival

A game between Andrews Field
and Boiling Field, which gets under
way at $50 O'Clock today, will begin
an evening of free entertainment
sponsored by the Psi Lambda Tau
Sorority as War Bond sports car
nival.
Following the game. Naval Ord
nance Department will put on a
show in the Commerce Department
Auditorium and then a dance will
be held starting at $50.
Evening star., 1945-06-06
Cornell Alumni Will Meet
McKeever, New Grid Tutor

Ed McKeever. former Notre Dame
football coach. who will direct Cor
neus eleven next season, will meet
District alumni of the school tomor-
row night at smoker in his honor
at 8 o'clock at the Dodge Hotel S
garden house.
McKeever. who succeeds Carl
Snavely. is expected to tell Big Red
supporters something about spring
practice recently ended at Cornell
and to size up its hopes for win
ming team. At Cornell he will use
the T formation he employed last
year when he took over the reins at
Notre Dame. following Frank
Leahy's departure for naval duty
which brought the Irish victory over
all but the powerful service acad-
emies.
Representative Frank Sundstrom
Republican, of New Jersey, an all
America tackle at Cornell in 1924,
is among the guests expected to well
come MCKeeper.
Evening star., 1945-06-06
Betting Fever in u. !
Spreads 10 England
As Derby Nears
BY tie Associated Press.

by lBe ASsOCldleC HTeSS.
LONDON, June 6.-The betting
splurge that has swept race tracks
in the United States has spread to
England Bookmakers reported to-
day that the wagering on Saturdays S
Derby Britains premier racing clas-
sic, already is the heaviest in his
tory They estimated $4,000 900
would be wagered on the race. by
post time.
With Britons able to use their
automobiles once more on limited
scale, thousands of racegoers are
expected to jam the Newmarket
course to witness this last wartime
Derby before it returns to its ira
ditional home at EPSON Downs next
year Many are expected to make
two-day holiday of the affair and
view the running Of the Oaks on
Friday.
The favorite is Lord Roseberry's
Midas.
The choices of English sportswriters
and turf followers seldom win the
DERBY. The last choice to win was
Roseberys Blue Peter in 1899. A
year ago Roseberys Ocean Swell won
in surprise thus giving the peer
an opportunity of matching his
fathers feat of so years ago when
he won two successive Derby races
with Ladas and Sir Visto.
Midas. originally a l00-to-l shot,
jumped into public favor a week ago
with a flashy victory in the New
market Stakes However. he has
shown no liking for an off track and,
if it rains, his chances may be
hampered.
High Peak. owned by Lady Derby
and Lady Irwin. ran second to Midas
in the Newmarket Stake, and may
furnish Midas his chief opposition.
Richard Perryman's Chamossaire
Michael Peacock's Dante, the Aga
Khans Manuchehr and King
Georges Rising Light likewise may
prove threats.
Britaln's top Jockey, Gordon Rich
ards, who never has won a derby
will be up on Manuchehr while Ed
Smith will ride Midas.
Sun Stream is favored for the
Oaks Classic on Friday. but "ex-
perts" think Blue Smoke. Amber
Flash or Naishapur may provide an
upset.
Evening star., 1945-06-06
Bv JOHN B. KELLER.

Dutch Leonard tonight is going
after the rubber" game of the
Mats short series with New York S
Yankees and if his club puts out as
1t did in the second encounter last
night he should breeze to his fifth
win of the season. But if the Mats
roll over and play dead as they did
in the first part Of the twin bill.
Bill Zuber. slated to pitch for the
Bronxmen, ought to have everything
to himself
In the nightcap. the Mats sent
the 1892 Griffith Stadium patrons
home in happy mood by jumping
on the Yanks at the outset and
walking off with 7-to-3 win. In the
initial encounter, however, they had
nothing while the Yanks had every
thing. That made for a 1913 New
York success.
Marino Pieretti, who lost his head
and his game to Chicago's White
Sox last Sunday after balk was
called against him came back for the
second set-to with only day of
rest This time he kept his temper
to get his fifth win of the cam
paign.
Biggest Inning for Mats.
The little Italian held the Yanks
to nine hits and three passes. Six
of the hits came in the last four
rounds when the Yanks Tailed
Two triples and a double blaZed the
way to the scores. Marino had
only one really tough inning, the
sixth Then after two were out two
singles and a walk crowded the
stations. but Pinch-batter Tuck
Stainback's best was a drive to
Fred Vaughn.
In the nightcap the Mats regis
tered three season marks for them
selves in the opening inning. The
five runs they scored made the big
gest total for single round. theil
six hits did the same and for the
first time they had as many as II
men up at the plate in single term
at bat
?. Righthander Floyd Bevens was
the victim. Here's how it happened
Case began with a single through
short and Kuhel shot one through
second. After Torres sacrificed, 6
pass to Vaughn filled the sacks
Binks doubled down the right flelc
line. to tally two and Layne's single
to center sent in two more. Guerra
rolled out, but Powell singled in the
fifth run.
Pieretti got the sixth hit, double
that put Bevens out of action. Case
up for the second time in the round
faced the lefthanded Joe Page ano
grounded into retirement
The Mats got score off Page ane
another off Steve Roser, right.
handler; as they ran their hits to &
dozen.
Yanks Set Hit Mark.
The Yanks swung for a season
record hit-total in the first game
combing Mickey Haefner, Rojt
Roche and Wally Holborow for /!
safeties. Five were doubles and on
a triple. Every Yank contributes
to the attack with Nick Etten tn
heaviest donor with three two
bsggers and a single. HAefner CAV
mp II of the hits to 81 /le lose
in four rounds Rocne yielde,
seven in four innings and Holboroy
was nicked for one in the ninth.
But for four double-plays the
fnade-three back of Haefner-th
Mats would have suffered a NOR
horrible beating They had nothin
70 match the Yanks' power. Jus
Evening star., 1945-06-06
Compulsory Athletics
In All u. ). Schools
Urged by Mails
BY the Associated Fress.

By the Associated Fress.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.-For-
mer Major League pitching stal
Walter Mails, now stationed in Ha
wall with the Red Cross, is urging
compulsory athletics for every
American grade and high school
student.
Mails is an assistant Red Cross
field director. His argument in be-
half of compulsory athletics is en-
phasiZed in this fashion:
Nowadays students who need
conditioning most are being ignored
by coaches who have time only for
those physically and mentally better
equipped for sports.
Only active participation in ath-
letics, to instill the spirit of haro
play-not just gym once or twice 9
week-will build Americans into
men no enemy ever can describe
again as decadent and weak"
The idea of compulsory athletics
is a ticklish one. long advocated by
many during peace times and vigor-
Ouslv opposed by others.
Evening star., 1945-06-06

The "eight old men" of Eastern
Highs baseball team and their little
rookie pitcher, Paul Dutch, Schaef-
fer, today celebrated a 4-to-0 vic
tory over Coolidge for the 1945 in
terhigh title and the schools second
championship of the scholastic year.
The Ramblers were tops in football
and runners-up to Tech in basket
ball.
None of the graybeards is day
over l8, and Schaeffer, chunky s.
foot-9 left-hander. is but Is with
another year to go at Eastern, but
the players behind Dutchs bewil-
dering curve e-ball hurting were all
veterans of the interhlgh baseball
wars who had put in their basic
training several seasons back. That
factor made Eastern stand out this
season over other teams on the cir
cult where many BOYS we're playing
their first year as regulars.
Experienced ball playing in the
inner defense as we'll as expert fly
catching in the outheld backed up
Schaeffer's two-hit pitching yester-
day in Eastern Stadium.
Two Errors Excusable.
Only the most critical of scoring
could mark up two errors against
that crackerjack infield comblra tlor
of Sonny Settle, Walter Kirk. Harry
Hughes and Ralph Speiser in the
title game. and 10 Colts were throw,
out at first base on hard-hit ground
balls that many schoolboy fielder
could tumble without blame The
Eastern outheld performed fault
lessly.
But to most fans the big star of
the team is Schaeffer. a quiet
spoken youngster, who says sir to
his coach. Woody Smitherman.
Pitching against the formidable
Charles tBuck, Henry. 6-foot-4
Coolidge 200 -pounder, whose spe-
cialty is a buzz-bomb drop, Schaef-
fer turned in a beautiful exhibition
of control. He granted only two
passes. and Stan King and Henry
were the only Colt sluggers vino
could nick him for anything that
passed as a hit Both were singles
Kings in the fourth aNi Henry's ir
the eighth.
The duel Of the two hurlers pro.
! duced the best game Of the year
with both inhelds giving the typt
of support rare in scholastic base
ball Schaeffer famed seven anc
Henry whitfield six. but hot fielding
in the clutches. rather than Caseys
was the factor in keeping rhe battle
scoreless up until the sixth inning
| After five blistering frames. wher
the champs went hitless, Jerry Os
borne. Eastern's towering righ
fielder, connected for the Ramblers
first hit. 1t was the turning poin
of the game, and oddly enough th'
/ bingle was one Of those f1uke hit
that drove straight toward Georg
, Brick Neumann. Colt second base
man, only to strike clod of dir
and bound 10 feet over his head
From that point on there was n,
doubt about who was going to vii
the ball game.
Settle Knocks in First Run.
Osborne was forced out at secont
when Speiser next slammed one t,
Shortstop Allen Shaw, and Speise
then stole second and went to thirt
when Catcher Stan Kings at,