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Evening star., 1945-05-22
National Grid League Editorial
BeIittIes Its Proposed Rivals

Iat the All-America Conference which
at a recent meeting here made a
bid for a peace pow-wow with Com
missioner Elmer Layden of the Ma
tional League. Layden declared ther
his league would recognize a rivaI
only after it gets a football ano
plays a game"
The editorial, first public express
sion by the 25-year-old National
League on the organizational prog
ress of rival circuits, criticized
fabulous offers made to National
Leaguers and National League pros
poets in an attempt to get them
under contract" The all-America
has signed a score of former college
stars previously claimed in the Ma
tional League draft.
Far from the mainland in fox,
holes and out-of-the- way bases
these offers unquestionably appear
exceedingly attractive the editoria
continued. But they are only sc
much paper, merely promoter;
promise, unless when the signee
presents himself for collection there
is a team for him to join and op.
ponents for that team to play.
ITO date none of the proposed
organizations has any idea when il
can operate, if ever" Other pro-
posed leagues include Red Oranges
United States Football League anc
Chick Meehan's Trans America
League.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
War College 10 Visit
Fort Myer for Game

Army War College, Military
League pacemaker, had a tough as
signment this afternoon when it
invaded Fort Myer for a tilt with
the fast-improving cavalrymen.
Meanwhile, Maj. Bozle Berger's
Boiling Field nine had Its first
league win of the season on the
books after nipping Army Medical
Center, 11-9, in an abbreviated
game yesterday. The Aviators piled
up a 7-3 lead in the first two in
nings, went into a tailspin, then
came back to clinch the verdict.
Johnny Doody was the winning
pitcher, although not around at the
finish. Freddie Fredericks finished
up and was knicked for two mark
ers in the final frame.
Army Medical - 300 400 Q q 10 3
Boiling Field - 100 2o2 Oil IL 2
Evening star., 1945-05-22
'Kinq Pin BowIers Sensational,
But Temple Easy Flag Victor

Following are the final team
standings and individual averages
Northeast Temple, e6-33; Brookland
4; spillwayi. 53-4s; Beth Bethesda, 5a-e3 -:
Ioniai SdaiSvis Viliage ABS; Lueky Strike, ass
Hi-Skor, 41-5s: Greenway, 36-63.
Northeast T TempleaL Smith; }ah; 1S2-ss ss
watson Watts i2o-Ss: Hayre. I2o-46
atS }sN 551 II; ,1s 1,Sen' 1so-ai: Al Robson
12s-sss: Bsbnit5,,, Iia5lo; HeinOaush go
l1sSs; kiBs PnEnnTpSy Par da73Ss 127-s5. mciotto
So: James 800, i2o-aa; Mischou, 1923
,sssP' ssPilrsasysAvSn isssa Meads sl f5d6 ksIff
psn P'anos t6s2 ,Is, LIES Mehler se'' 1877
pitt, 11s-72: Huguely (9o,, I15-14
waiks4 HEattsvHfrs Us lgfs Rsmsburs s9 la1sS rs
1850; Cook $50, 1l7-41; Purdy (3e)
w5t astaSsekE2a:s 3s5 5Ssa s 1873 11ss
trskos. 1880; Terry, 1851; E Warner
Colonial VillagemFrsschi tes!. 12sooss
Cleaary 900, 117-63; Nelson 1l7-1o; Lynn
lo3), Ilb-l0.
Lucky Strike - Geib (39), 1860
Guethler, 1870; Santini 600, 124-35
Lee $3.50, 117-94; Bradt (s2), Hal; Bald
win t6O, 111-50.
Hi-skor-Blakeney, 1865; Simon t9e>
rison. 1896: W. Kines 1eo), 110-s1.
Greenway-Nash 900. 1924; M. VOL
(2O, 12o-31: Wesley t42). 1917; E
Wolf (54), 117-50: Gordon (sD. 1862
Reidy. 107-73.
Figures in parenthesis denote gam,
rolled Others rolled full season of IS
games.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Navy Has Tough Task
In Facing Five Army
Outfits Saturday
Special Dispatch to The Star.


ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 22.-Navy
teams meet Army in five sports Sat
urday with lacrosse and tennis here
and the Middies travelling to West
Point for baseball, track and golf
AS was the case last year. the
stick battle, which doubtless will be
a hot one, will decide the col
legiate crown. With such powers as
Maryland, Johns Hopkins U. anc
other topnotchers sidelined by the
war, the service squads have beer
the class of the pastime.
Action begins at $3.50 on Worder
Field, and the public will be ad
mitted at Gate 4 starting a hal
hour before the game.
One comparison would give tn,
Cadets the edge Johns Hopkin
Club, made up of ex-college stars
has licked Navy 81 and 7-5. whil'
Army split even with the same out
fit, winning 1876 after losing 10-7
Both have trimmed all other op
ponents.
Barnett Broughton Of College
Park. Tech High graduate WHIT
played reserve goal for Maryland
for a season. is the Army Captain
and net tender. He was all-America
last year.
Navy will be track favorite, as il
edged out Army last week for the
1C-4A title, but likely will be under
dog to the undefeated Cadet nine
and to the West Point linksmer
who last Saturday took the Eastern
intercollegiate crown, with Navy al
runnerup. Both have fine ball teams
and Navy has lost only two game:
in Ii
Evening star., 1945-05-22
BY BEN McALWEE.

/ Knocking down the most pms ano
boasting three of the first six high
average bowlers, including the new
champion, Fred Murphy, with g
mark of 127-65, and the runnerup
Bob Miciotto, with 127-45, not tc
mention two season team record
scores, a game of 729 and set OF
I2O41, does not mean the winning
of pennants in the mems District
League.
| This was proved true today with
the release of the team and individ-
ual records of the city's fastest
duckpin circuit, revealing that the
King Pin team Qast years cham
pions) came up with one of the
strongest ever mustered, yet fin
ished the season II games behind
the winning Temple quint. de-
spite having a margin of 1851 pins
over the Northeasters.
Has Game Average of 623.
King Pin tailed 61,732 pins in SO
games for a game average of 623-55
only seven pins game shy of the
all-time league record of $50 made
by the Rosslyn team several years
ago.
With 104 strikes for SO games
Miciotto is believed to have estab-
lished an all-time league record, be-
ing the first ever to average more
than one strike per game. Murphy
was second with 92
AL Wright of Clarendon fired the
seasons top set of 488, with Karl
Gochenour's ATT second high. South
paw Dick Lee of Lucky Strike
banged out high game of 200, miss
ing by three pins the all-time league
mark held by Wright. Waldorf
Reed of Bethesda posted second
high with 1876.
Paul Jarman of Clarendon and
Gochenour tied for high spares with
BAT each, nosing out Jack Talbert
of Bethesda by one spare.
Smith Is Temple PAGER.
Ed Nash of Greenway was third
in averages with 127-45 and Gich-
enour fourth, 1918. Joe Freschi
posted 1856 for So games, while
Southpaw Frank Carter of King
Pin averaged 126-1O for SO games.
Ed Blakeney, the newly crowned
Washington Metropolitan match
game champion, finished among the
leaders with 1866 for SO games.
Larry Smith, with 122-42 for SO
strings, paced Temple to the pen
nant,
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Western Clubs in A. |
Grab 3 Out Of 5
Games as Hosts
BY JACK HAND,


Pittsburgh sounded warning
note to overheated New York Giants
fans today after the league leaders
had dropped the first game of their
opening Western invasion.
All was well in the Polo Grounds
as Mel Otis gang slugged the bad
men from the West, nine out of IL,
but Pirate pitching was too tough
to handle last night at Forbes field
and Pittsburgh won, to 2.
Max Butcher handcuffed the
Giants with four hits, two of them
home runs by Ernie lombard, CIV
ing him the undisputed Major
League lead with nine. Phil Wein-
traub and OFT were horse -collared
as the Bucs settled down for a long
home stay.
Pirates Get Slow Start.
Preseason dopesters had labeled
the Pirates the chief threat to the
st. Louis Cards, but Frankie Frisch
couldn't get his team started in the
first few weeks. Despite SIS split
in the East, the best record of any
Western team, Pittsburgh still was
in sixth place.
The Eastern ''pushovers" upset
the powerful invaders in the first
intersectional set, 25 games to ID,
with the Giants and Dodgers, who
won of II, showing the way. There
were those who expected things to
return to normal now that New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Brooklyn were headed into enemy
territory.
The Dodgers wound up their home
stay on the wrong note, suffering
40 shutout by the st. Louis Cardi-
mails as Blk Donnely broke a four
game losing streak for his first sue
cess of 1945. Manager Leo Duro-
cher even called on the veteran Curt
Davis for his first relief job, day
after he had started against Chicago
A. L. Teams Head East.
The Cardinals wound up their
jaunt with victories in 13 con-
tests, despite third Mort Cooper
walkout and an epidemic of pitching
miSerieS.
American League teams headed
East today after an open date, with
a twilight Philadelphia -at-New York
Yankee experiment the only sched-
uled action.
AS in the National, the home clubs
enjoyed a wide success margin in
the American East-West contests,
sweeping % of the IS games played
between transforms
Best mark for visiting team was
sorry 3-5 performance by the Bes-
ton Red Sox, while the st. Louis
Browns struck out in a determined
defense of their crown by sweeping
eight of nine tilts, including four
in a row over their old nemesis, the
Yanks
Chicago kept up its first place pace
by 6-3 average, while Cleveland
took five of nine and Detroit broke
even in eight starts.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
I OF, 4 First to Discover Buksi
Got Hurt in Koyoing Oliver

right below the ear and, kid, felt
1t land all the way up in my shoul-
der. He went down for seven, got
up and hit him again with left
and when he was going down
brought up right uppercut to the
stomach"
What did he hit you with?" asked
J. j., who was calling him Joe by
now.
"a left hand" Baksi said. "A
good, hard left. 1t stings plenty.
Don't underrate that boy Oliver.
He's okay. A lot of people are going
to say that he was scared and was
on a bicycle. Believe me, he's got
moxie. There's time to fight and
time to run, and Oliver did little
of both"
Johnny Is Tough Guy.
1t was way past J. J.'s bedtime
and his dad started to take him out
Of the room. Baksi, dripping wet
from his shower, held out a wet
paw to shake hands with the lad,
and J. J. shook finger.
Hey" shouted the boy, "you got
me all wet. I'll hit you right in the
snoot."
Baksi threw back his head and
roared. You got a young fighter
there, Mr.. Knight" he told J. US
father.
In the preliminaries Art Jeter,
181, and Joe Green, 1922, local boys,
fought to four-round draw; Sam
my Thompson, 1885, local, decisioned
Joe Murray, 1875. Camden, N. j., in
six; Paul Radovick, 1863, Naval Re
ceiving Station, won a six-round de-
cision over Ernie Pope, 172, local,
and Don Ellis, 155, punched out
duke in six heats over Flattop
Cummings, 149, in another all-local
bout.
| A crowd of 5000 paid a gross of
] SO 8,004.97. Net was S6,04184.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Hursey Conquers Davis
In Baltimore Scrup

Smuggy Hursey, up-and-coming
District welterweight, last night in
Baltimore pounded out four round
decision over Eddie Davis in a pre-
limlnary to the Archie Moore Lloyd
Marshall middleweight 1O-rounder.
Hursey weight lat to the Balti-
morean's 145.
Moore, 167, st. Louis, came back
after being f1attened twice to win a
unanimous decision over Marshall,
1861, Cleveland.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Continuous 0utfie|d
Experiments Prove
No Help 10 Mats
BY JOHN B, KELLER.

Cleveland's laSt-place ball club
comes in tomorrow night to open
a four-game series, but despite
that the Mats might make some
headway they continue to carry their
outfield along in an experimental
stage.
The Washington clubs front office
sends Jose Zardon to Chattanooga
and leaves the outfield squad almost
at minimum of four members.
While zardon in his eight games
in one of these he was a pinch
batter-batted only .278, at least he
was fair insurance against any
breakdown of the three regulars.
From all that can be cleaned from
the Mats front Office there's nothing
in sight to give the Washington
club the fifth outfielder that any
good ball club needs.
Still May Acquire Heath.
Maybe there's a deal on for an
extra hand. Could be that Geoffrey
Heath of the Cleveland club will be
obtained-if he comes out of his
sulk and signs with the Tribe.
The way the Washington outfield
didn't produce any telling punch
during the recent swing around the
West would indicate that any gar
dener batting $50 or better would
be something to keep on hand. De-
spite the clubbing done by Vince
Ventura, George Case and George
Binks, something still is needed tc
make the Mats consistent winners
Yet Zardon is peddled to Chat
tanooga. Jose is no great shucks
as batter, yet he did help to nc
little extent. AS a fielder, he re-
vealed promise And he had per-
haps more foot than any other mar
in the outfeld squad except Case
But the Washington management
is content to reduce its outfielc
squad to Case, Binks, Ventura ano
Jake Powell with the going aheac
looking plenty tough.
Powell Viewed as Pitcher.
incidentally, there appears to be q
place for Powell, even though he
doesn't rate with the management
as regular outfelder. And ir
these days of wartime baseball
there are many weaker outfielders
playing steadily. After he left the
New York Yankees. Powell was
used as a relief pitcher at times in
the American Association. A relief
pitcher is something the Mats now
need, and how.
In fact, Powell was used as reg
ular pitcher while with New Haven
in the old Eastern League after he
first had his outfield trial with the
Mats back in the '30s at the BILOXI
training camp. He did pretty wei
on the hill then and with St. Pau
/ in the Association he was no weak
ling in relief roles.
/ Powell has been pitching in bat
ting practice recently and at least
has shown he has a strong arm ane
plenty of stamina. If the Mats
management really wants to re-
duce its outfield strength as tht
shipping of Zardon indicates why
doesn't it take a chance with Powell
on the hill in emergencies?
! The Mats need something there a!
we'll as at the plate in, pinches.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
'OIdest Tourney Golfer Beats Age in Score

Mexico and from Colorado. And
they're not doddering in action or
ability. Some very good golf il
turned in. For instance, last year
there was only one score of 80 in
the championship bracket; the
other Is players shot below that
figure. l
There were 1876 in the tourna-
ment in 1914 and that was a record
number. Tuesday when the 1945
play starts officials are expecting
$50. That won't take in all the
membership, however. A lot of
the fellows belong just for the
fellowship and good times they
can have. They leave the young
sters" to do the playing.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Coolidge S Golf Team
Keeps Slate Clean

Coolidge Highs golf team remains
on the undefeated list after chalk
ing up its 10th consecutive win yes
terday by defeating Blair, To, at
Rock Creek, and Tech annexed its
seventh victory with TO triumph
over Central at Woodmont.
CooIidee, :: Rlair, 2.
Clarke lBD defeated weisbere, and /;
Sturses Co defeated Fincham. and 8
Best ball, Blair. . up.
Bingham tCD defeated Hosselbarth. s
and Elting won by forfeit. Best ball
Coolidge. s and s.
Wolf Co defeated Strickland. 5 and 4
Taylor tCl defeated Walen, IS and 4. Best
ball Coolidge, and 3.
Tech. =: Central. Q,
seaton defeated wagshaL 1 up; Bin
swanger defeated Statland, and :. Best
ball, Tech, ) and 4
Guild defeated Cubbert. and g: Com
yer defeated Barkin, S and Z. Best bali,
Tech and g.
Beck. defeated Burke and s: both
teams forfeited sixth match and best bail.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

season-enough, he says, to stock the
country in onions for one day. Even
with u farms and every farmers
problem of help, he's back in the
wrestling for quick look-see. "1
Just got the urge" he said simply.
Marshall is proudest of the fact
that his II farms of onions, sugar
oeets and whatnot support II fam
lies and in harvest seasons employ
322 men, not counting Everett.
That" said he, 'is pretty good for
a lot of people"
In fact it isn't bad for Everett.
The keg-chested towhead reputedly
Is worth around 100000, including
real estate and good will, and he
doesn't deny it.
Evening star., 1945-05-22

sociation of its kind to be found
anywhere.
This is the only tournament
where players can sit in the shade,
drink pop and decide a match by
Tipping coin.
Except for the championship
fight, which is played under strict
regulations, the links daddies make
their own rules. All necessary is
that they agree to these rules on
the first tee.
But it still is a somewhat select
field. A fellow must be SO years
or older to play in it,
They come from all over West
Texas, the south plains, from New
Evening star., 1945-05-22
ADVERTISEMENT.
Do YOU Own a
"Scratching" Dog?

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and nea free, but suffering from an iny
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note the quick Improvement. One owner
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Powders. He was raw and sore from
scratching and Just lay around. Now he
plays and is full Of pep" Ask for Rex
Shop, S12 twelfth St. NV.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Wolker-Godoy Incident
Now Is Closed Affair

No further action regarding the
Arturo Godoy-Buddy walker bout
of May IA is contemplated by the
District Boxing Commission. After
hearing yesterday, the board an
nounced that "the evidence gathered
in this investigation indicates that
the fight was honest"
AS far as the ring board Is con-
cerned, Chairmen Claude Owen
states, the matter is closed.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
200 in Qualifying Test
Of Junior OIympics

More qualifying rounds for the
Junior Olympics, co-sponsored by
the District Recreation Department
and the Junior Board of Commerce
were scheduled at the Anacostia
Playground today with 200 athletes
from nine schools trying out.
Schools participating are Ketcham
Randle Highlands, Stanton, Con-
gress Heights, st. Teresa's, Beers
Patterson, st. Francis and Orr.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Holmes Heads Major
Bat!ers With .426
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 22.-Tommy
Holmes of the Boston Braves and
Tony Cuccinello of the Chicago
White Sox were the major league
batting leaders today as the averages
in the National loop continued to
run much higher than the American
Holmes .426 average could be at
tributed to two big days, for 5
against the Cards and for against
Cincinnati.
Cuccinello dropped off a bit, II
points, but enjoyed a comfortable
23-degree margin over George Case
of Washington and Vern Stephens
of the Browns. tied for second at 1888
The top 10 hitters in each league:
Evening star., 1945-05-22
District Dental Society
To Hold Skeet Shoot

The District Dental Society will
sponsor skeet shoot tomorrow at
the National Capital Skeet and Trap
Club, Bradley lane, starting at 1:15.
More than 300 shooters are expected
to compete for the War Bond prizes
and admission will be by War Bond.
DR.. Joseph A. Madden, who is in
charge of the event, said there would
be enough shells on hand.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Gonzogo Makes 18 Hits
To Rout st. Anthony's

1t began as a close game but ended
pretty much like batting practice
for Gonzaga as the Purple pounded
out Is hits and a 1874 victory over
st. Anthony's High School.
The Saints tied it with a 4-run
rally in the sixth but faltered in the
eighth when Gonzaga sent six runs
across.
Gonzaga ~ ola 600 o6o-1o 10 :
st. Anthony's 600 OO4 000-4 4
Evening star., 1945-05-22
By the Associated Press.


AMARILLO, Tex, May o.
Rugged Elmer Winn is coming to
town to show those upstarts of
so and SIS a thing or two about
golf.
The Plainview (Tex.) links vet
eran can do something they
can't; he can shoot lower than
his age for 18 holes.
Winn, at 80, is termed the
oldest tournament-playing golf
er in the world" He will be here
this week for the 18th annual
tri-State senior tournament
hailed as the largest golf as
Evening star., 1945-05-22
BY BOB MCLEAN.

Youngest of Joe Baksi's visitors
IN his dressing room last night at
Griffith Stadium was John ].
Knight, of the local knights, who
insisted that his father bring him
in to meet Joe. u. j." as every one
calls the youngster, is all of 4 years
old.
Baksi had just knocked out Dixie
Oliver at l:35 of the seventh and
was surrounded by the usual mot
that gathers in the winners quar-
tiers. He was applying an ice bag
to his forehead where several oi
Dixie's left hooks had landed
Little j.. j. looked over the tower.
ing boxer carefully when he was
introduced. Baksi took the ice of
his swollen face to stare back.
"Golly, Mr.. Baksi," j. J. said, "yol
are all hurled"
Baksi Takes Punishment.
| 1t was the first time any one hac
realized that Baksi had received any
injuries in the braWl. For six rounds
the numbering bear of man from
the Pennsylvania coal mines hat
stalked his opponent, taking every.
thing Oliver had and boring il
like the grizzly he resembles. HI
was the master all the way anc
ever yone in the ball park knew it
including Oliver.
yep, kiddo," Baksi said. "I tool
few. I always do. They hur
just like they'd hurt anybody. ever
if lot of people say you couldn'
knock me over with a sledg'
hammer"
Gosh" said j. j., what did yol
| hit poor Dixie WITH"
This said Baksi. holding up hi
big right hand. Il had him in tn
ropes after chasing him six and ;
, half rounds. I connected hare
Evening star., 1945-05-22
American League.
National League
Two Treasury Officers
Top U. S. Pistol Shots

Two Treasury Department law-en-
forcement officers have been rated
as the best pistol shots in the coun-
try by the National Rife Associa-
tion, based on their averages of
scores fired in registered tourna-
ments during 1942,'43 and "A.
M. R. Rogers, Seattle, customs
officer, topped the list with an
average of 96.52 with % and .38
caliber pistols, while Lee Echols of
Laredo, a former customs officer
now in the Navy, was next with
1924.
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Marshall, Rich Onion Grower,
Takes Another FIinu on Mat
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
DENVER, May 23,-Spring in the
Rockies has brought the blond bear
out of several years Information.
Some 5000 whoopers, more or less,
showed up last night at Mammoth
Gardens to watch Everett Marshall,
one time heavyweight ruler of the
grunters, f1atten Prince Emir Badui
two out of three, in his comeback
effort.
Now Marshall needs this wrestling
dough about as acutely as you need
two mothers-in-law. His titles in
clude the 1943 designation of Amer
lcas onion growing champ, with s.
100000 pounds shipped in a single
Evening star., 1945-05-22
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. May 22.-The National
Football League has given an
editorial brushoff to the we'll
financed All America Conference
and other proposed postwar rivals.
An editorial in Touchback, the
National loops publication for serv-
icemen, declared:
Attempts to organize opposition
were inevitable. They have
been tried repeatedly, not to mention
futilely, in the past.
But present efforts appear to
be especially ill-timed. Despite
the vaporizings of well-meaning
neophytes. there is nothing to in
dicate that there is room for another
major league.
athletic enterprises become majo
leagues only by public acceptance
and acclaim over long, hard haul,
not by ambitious declaration around
a conference table"
The editorial obviously was aimed
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Busanda Nine Hoping
To Stay Undefeated

Last undefeated team remaining
in the Industrial League, Busanda
hoped to take firmer grip on the
lead this afternoon when it meets up
with Heurich Brewers on the West
Ellipse.
Cameo Furniture slipped into sec
ond place yesterday by handing
OSS its first setback, 9-3, behind
Tex Williams nine-hit twirling. In
trouble only in the sixth, when the
losers counted twice, Williams
famed 10 and walked only l bat
ter. Wilson and White accounted
for four OSS bingles.
Bill Simonds had a field day for
Cameo, clouting three hits, includ-
ing a double, and driving in five
runs.
Cameo ------- 101 o33 1000 IL Q
OSS 600 002 010-3 4
Evening star., 1945-05-22
Girls Departmental Softly
League Opens Tonight

The Girls Departmental Sofeball
League will open tonight with a
double-header on Monument No.
field starting at 6 o'clock. Games
tonight pit WPB against Chemical
Warfare in the opener, and Trans
portation Corps against FBI in the
nightcap.
Two league games will be played
every Tuesday and one every Thurs
day, the former starting at 6 and
the latter at 7 o'clock.