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Evening star., 1945-05-19
Tied Leaders in BOYS
Baseball Loop Clash

First place in the insect division
of the eastern division of the Boys
Club of Washington Baseball League
will be at stake when Eastern and
Maryland Aces, tied for the lead,
meet ON the Anacostia No. 2 dia-
mond tomorrow at 3 pm.
Other insect games pit Mount
Rainier against Greenway Bakers,
Anacostia No. l, at / pm; Sherwood
against Taft A. c., Anacostia No. /, 3
pm; and Held Furniture against
Manor Park, Anacostia No. 2, 1p.m.
Two games were scheduled today
in the peewee division where Rose
dale was to meet District Heights
at o'clock on the Rosedale field,
and Eastern was to take on Barney
Neighborhood on Anacostia No. 2
at 3.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Army and Navy Again
Dominate Picture
In IC4-A Games
BY the Associated Press.

WEST POINT, N. Y, May 10
Twenty-one Eastern colleges send
their picked track and field athletes
after the intercollegiate AAAA out
door championships today but to the
casual observer it'll appear more
like dual meet between Navy and
Army.
The two service schools dominate
the picture just as they did a year
ago when the Middies rolled up 81
points for a new scoring record in
the Nations oldest major track
meet. Army, indoor IC4-A ruler
the last two years, finished second
with IS points.
There isn't expected to be much
change today since the Navy, with
20 Of its Is 1914 scorers back, shapes
up as even more powerful. Coach
Earl Thomson has gone so far as to
predict another new scoring mark
Army has all of its last year scorers
ready to go plus Shot Putter Felix
Blanchard, All-America fullback,
but the Cadets haven't the. all
around strength of the Middies.
Navy particularly is formidable in
the sprints, hurdles and broad jump
with scoring strength also in the
quarter. half-mile, high jump and
broad jump. Army is strongest in
the shot and pole vault with po-
tential scorers in the 440, $50, q
mile, high hurdles, broad jump, ham,
mer throw, discus and the mile re-
lay, in which it is the defending
champion.
If Navy's Jim Petit defends his
220-yard dash crown, six of last
years individual winners will be on
hand. The others are Bob Banks,
Navy high hurdles; Jerry Morrow,
Army, low hurdles; Ben Martin,
Navy, high jump; Frederic Bouw-
man, Navy, broad Jump, and Phil
Lansing. Army, co-champion in pole
vault. Clyde Scott, Navy's brilliant
freshman hurdler, is favored to dis
place Banks.
New York University has the best
chance of breaking into the service
schools first-place monopoly with
Frank Martin, former NCAA 2-mile
champion at Notre Dame, and Rudy
Simms, top-notch miller.
Two finals. hammer throw and
discus. and various trials will be run
in the morning and the remaining
finals in the afternoon since the
meet has been restricted to one day.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Ferriss Credits Randolph Field
Coach for Sudden Success

Bob has hit for me in every
game I've won," Dave explained.
He got two-for-four, including a
homer, when I beat the Yankees
SO. When beat Philadelphia, he
collected three, and when
I won over Detroit, 80, he got two
for-fivea including a homer"
Ferriss, who was released from
Randolph Field, Tex, last February
because of severe asthma, left unex-
planned how he has bested the ton
hurlers in the business-Dizzy Trout
OF the Tigers, Ernie Bonham of the
Yankees, Buck Newsom of the Ath-
letics and Haynes of the White Sox.
who had a 81 record until yester-
day.
Indebted to Bib Falk.
He did admit, however, that he
owes his ability to get the jump on
the batter with a hopping, knee
high fast ball to Bib Falk, former
White Sox outfielder, who coaches
the Randolph Field team. Bib
really gave me some pointers on
big league hitting that I haven't
forgot" Ferriss declared.
Ferriss was snatched from the
Mississippi State College campus by
Scout Happy Campbell of the Red
Sox In ls42 and that year won seven
and lost seven for Greensboro, N. c.,
IN the Piedmont League. He entered
the Air Force in 1S43 and had a
corporaPs rating when DISCHARGED.
Evening star., 1945-05-19

That 2-to-1 defeat by Western
may have knocked a little cockiness
out of the Wilson Green Tigers, but
Coach Sam Feller's boys still think
they have good chance of taking
the 1945 interhigh baseball title. In
fact, they think the tumble was just
what they needed.
Rated the Cinderella Kids of the
circuit after they had climbed from
nowhere to share a tie for the lead
with the league big shots, Eastern
and Coolidge, the Tigers could have
clinched undisputed first place by
slapping down Western yesterday.
Instead, today they find themselves
deadlocked with Central for third.
No alibiS came from the Tiger
camp today. In the place of ex-
cuses, Bengal talk is that they can
settle down and concentrate on
winning the title, now that couple
Of their infielders have forgotten
the headlines of a few weeks past
and realize that they haven't got
automatic arms.
Gould Master on Mound.
The SOLDERING influence of the de-
feat is coupled with the Wilson reali-
zation Of the trouble they can get
into when they run up against good
pitching such as Gene Gould of
Western supplied yesterday. They
may expect much the same treat
ment from Easterns Paul Shaeffer.
Centrals Willie Golf and Coolidge's S
Buck Henry in playof games, and
the Tigers plan to emphasize batting
practice from here on.
The Tigers could collect but two
hits off Gould yesterday at West
ern, and the 1914 all-high ace had
them baffled most of the way. Only
thing that saved Wilson from being
shut out, in fact, was Bill Torreys IS
second-inning circuit clout with
nobody on. Bob Hogue made the
other hit, a single.
At that, the Tigers had the game
in the bag on Torrey's homer, if
some infield blundering in the third
during Western rally had not al
lowed the Red Raiders to squeeze
in the two runs that won the ball
game.
The first of Westerns runs got
on in the third when Billy Cava-
naugh reached first on a bobble
Don Moreland put down a bunt
to advance him to second and Don
Evening star., 1945-05-19
.Ti|den, Playing Here
Tonight, Ba||yhoos
For Open Tennis

1t will be several years after the
war ends before tennis RECEIVERS its
international stride, but an open
tournament, in which amateurs
could compete against pros and get
the benefit of their experience, would
give American players big lead on
their rivals, in the opinion of Big
Bill Tilden.
The ancient king of the courts
arrived here today for his second
exhibition in three months and was
In his usual good oratorical form
after whipping George Lyttleton
Rogers last night at Baltimore, 12-
10, 60. They will clash again
tonight at $3.50 at Uline Arena, with
blond Alice Marble meeting either
Vincent Richards or Buddy Goeltz
in the co-feature. The latter SUBJ
stituted for Richards last night
when Winnie pulled a tendon, and
scored a 80 one-set verdict.
Tennis will have to get a new
start after the war because all of
its most promising younger players
are IN the service, Tilden pointed
out. Building up Davis Cup con-
tender will be a long, tedious task
without the veterans help, and the
most satisfactory assistance proba-
bly, would be in tournament compe-
tition with the oldsters, he said. It
is the pros experience that will
stand them in greatest stead when
those in the armed forces take up
their rackets after VI day, he COM
mented, and experience will be a
big factor in winning supporters for
an open tourney.
Tilden, who long has advocated
and campaigned for an open event
modelled after golf's setup, is con-
fldent the time will come when the
court games brass hats will relent
and permit pros and amateurs to
play. but he doesn't know just when
it will be. One thing certain in his
mind is that the postwar era is 60
ing to bring lot of changes to the
game.
Tilden and Miss Marble this aft
ernoon at E30 at the Sixteenth and
Kennedy streets courts were to con-
duct clinic for high school players.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Fights Lost Night
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YoRK.-Harold Green. 1924,
155h,. Brooklyn, 10. Eddie Compo,
Mintz, 127h, jersey City, /.
ERIE, Pa.-Tee Hubert. 1874, WASH
ington, TKO Harold Refs. 1875. Youngs-
Ind, outpointed Manolo Zurita, 1913.
Mexico City, 8.
WORCESTER, Mass.-Johnny Cool,
1885, Worcester, outpointed Benny Sim
gleton, l42N, waterbury, Conn, 10.
pointed Frankie Wallace, $50, Rox-
PROVIDENCE. - Freddie Camuso.
150h, Fall River, outpointed Jackie
Peters, 150A, Trenton, N. j., 10. Ernie
Eddie Moran, 135. Boston, 2.s
BOSTON.-Steve Kronis, 100. Boston,
outpointed Rocky ProRano, 133, Stan-
ford, 10. Tommy Moore. 131,. Boston,
outpointed Tommy Murray, 134, Mont
real, 8.
PHILADELPHIA. - Danny Devlin,
Isl, Allentown, .outpointed Nat Hines,
1913, Philadelphia, 8. Mayon Pablo,
1A5, Philadelphia, outpointed Stanley
Miller, lat, New York. 8.
SAN FRANCISCO Bobby zander,
1S0, Los Angeles, TKO Jackie Burke,
l72. PITTSBURGH, Z. Jimm Pernell, 1866.
New York, outpointed Speedy Cannon,
154. Seattle. 8.
HOLLYWOOD. Benny GOLDBERG,
lib. Detroit, outpointed Luis Castillo,
lib, Mexico City, 10,
Evening star., 1945-05-19
BY JOHN b. KELLER,
Star Staff Correspondent.

DETROIT, May 19.-Os Bluege
had only one worry on his mind to-
day as his Nationals hoped to plunge
into double -header with Detroit's
Tigers. He was fearful Of how his
players would bear up under sun
shine-if there happened to be sun
shine-after five consecutive days
of rain.
II haven't any idea what the Mats
can do in good weather." the WASH
ington skipper blurted when he
heard the sky might be cloudless
and the temperature seasonable this
afternoon. "You know, we haven't
had a good day. since we started
playing ball on April IT. Now, after
five days of rain there's no telling
what real daylight will do to them.
I'm afraid they aren't toughened up
for play in the sunshine"
And Bluege was only half joshing.
While the sunshine-if present
would be beneficial, the Mats after
their long loaf are in bad plight
physically. The weather enforced
layoff has taken away the keenness
of the Mats pitchers and dulled
what edge other Mats may have had,
according to their manager.
Old-time Stars Cited.
Backing his boss in this conten-
ton, Coach Clyde Milan with 40
years of baseball experience behind
him said "Sllch idleness is worse
on the pitchers than any other play
ers. He pointed out that pitching
records over the years show that
the finer performers on the hill
thrive on work.
why just look at what such
pitchers as Ed Walsh of the old
White SoX, Bob Grove when with
Evening star., 1945-05-19
EIiofs Nose Out Kramer
Junior High Trackmen

The first annual Eastern High E
Club invitational track meet for
Junior high schools, held in the
Eastern Stadium yesterday, was
spanked by the breaking of two city
junior high records and by the first
place team winning top honors by
half-point margin.
Because Paul's 130-pound 44O-yard
relay team noSed out Kramer in
the final event by covering the
quarter-mile in 0:499, which was
1/10th Of q second faster than It'd
previous record, Eliot's thinclads
came out on top with 70 points to
Kramer's 691s. The other record
was set by Kramer's 115-pound 800
yard relay team of Kerge, Haiber,
Davis and Morris, who knocked /
second of the previous record with
q timing Of 0::34.8.
Third place was taken by Paul
with 291z points, and Stuart came
in fourth with 10. jefferson and
Hine, the remaining two schools of
the six in Southeast Washington
that competed. went scoreless.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Girls vs.. Harvard Oar
Race Is On Despite
Faculty Frowns
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON. May 19.-The cool, even
disapproving attitude of officials has
left participants in the Harvard
Radcliffe boat race today more
undaunted than ever. Rain or shine,
they say, the race goes on, and
no handicaps allowed.
Under the watchful eye of top
hated starters and judges recruited
from the Harvard Lampoon, the
boys, who are not a varsity group
but pickup crew made up for
the occasion, say they will race the
girls down the historic Charles in
handlebar moustaches and straw
hats.
They will be accompanied on the
half-mile course by a raft of planks
and barrels manned by reporters
on the Harvard Service News.
The Harvard Athletic Association
has lent the contestants shell
bargeS, said to be about 80 per
cent heavier than standard shells.
Officials of both colleges are at
a loss to explain how the idea got
started, and collectively wash their
hands of the whole affair, but
Coach Carroll Getchell, acting
director of the Harvard Athletic
Association, ventures that some of
the boys took out Radcliffe girls
and a kidding led to a challenge,
and the challenge led to a race"
Harriet Clarke, physical educa-
tion teacher at Radcliffe, who will
act as coxswain for the crew,
acknowledges that the girls "have
rowed only seven times together" !"
but says they have been practicing
singly since last year.
The Harvard boys hope to curry
spectator favor by practicing for
the first time together As minutes
before the race.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Betty Zion Wins One Pin Crown
Shares Two as Tournev Ends

ana Aiken, 2-1 and Emanuele and
Nash by the same margin.
Gochenour Mems Champ.
Bing Moen and Tony Santini, with
81 wins from the Lucille Young-Rex
Stewart and Lois Gladding-Karl
Gochenour twosomes, tied for Sec
ond place in the won and lost col
umns. Losing odd-game decisions,
Madge Lewis and AL Wright. erst-
while runnersup, dropped to fourth
place.
Caroline Hiser and Ell Geib tied
Tor fourth by winning S of 6 games
They started with 2-1 victory over
Lewis and Wright and with FL
Banging out 422 whitewashed Keith
and Guethler in the final.
Gladding and Gochenour finished
sixth after dropping their final
match to Emanuele and Nash. 81
However, Karl, finishing with lusty
sets OF 371 and Alb, shot ahead of
Wright to win the mems individual
championship with an average of
l26-24 for lit games. The league
will award its prize next Friday
night at King Pin.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
M'PhoiI Turf Visit
0. K. Saws 'Czur'

Larry MacPhail's first meeting
with Happy" Chandler since the
Senator became commissioner of
baseball yesterday resulted in OBJ
solution for the boss of New
York's Yankees for attending
Pimlico's turf opening Wednes-
day, despite Chandler recently
having said that race tracks
should be of limits for ball play
erS.
What club officials do is their
own business except where it
may become detrimental to the
game" was Chambers observa-
ton,
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Browns Edge Toward Top in Showing Flashes Of "A Title Form
|Os Voices Worry Over Effect
of Action on His Rusty Mats

the AS and Washington's own
Walter johnson did. They always
pitched every fourth day and fire.
quently between turns did relief
pitching" Milan observed. Then
they were wonderful. But whenever
they had extra-long layoffs they
lost their keenness. And today the
pitcher that gets in plenty of work
is the pitcher who wins. Hal New
houser and Dizzy Trout didn't do
any loafing last season while pitch
ing all those wins for the Tigers" !"
Tigers Also Are Rusty.
Neither Bluege nor Milan was en-
deavoring to build up any alibi for
what lack of success the Nat slab
men might have in the current
series, slated to 60 four games.
However, the Tigers also have been
out Of action for five straight days
and the enforced idleness reason
ably can be expected to have hurt
them as much as 1t may have hurt
the Mats.
The rain-revised Detroit schedule
calls Tor two games today and as
many tomorrow. Should more rain
come and interfere with these plans,
the Mats might have to remain here
over Monday in an effort to fill
their first Detroit series dates. With
10 games already postponed in the
first five weeks of the season, the
Washington club had better catch
up with its schedule as quickly as
possible.
When yesterdays engagement was
deferred by rain a record of con-
secutive postponements was set for
the Mats. The delay ran their
string to five in a row. Previously.
their longest layoffs had extended
to four games, once 80 years ago in
Boston and in 1943 in st, Louis.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
BY BEN McALWEE.

A kevy of Northeast Temple
Ladies League bowlers sparkied
last night at Lafayette to bring
the Oath annual Washington Wom-
ems Duckpin Association tourna-
ment to a bang-up finish.
N. E. Liquor Store quint carried
OIL the E team championship with
a 1,458 score while its ace roller
Betty Zion, not only shot her way
to the c all-events title with a 987
tally, but with Betty Oswald, a
teammate, won the D doubles with
645. Miss lions sets were: Team.
3l4; doubles, 371; singles, 3O2. June
Weber, Frances McCann and Louise
stevens are other members of the
new E titleholders.
Shining with 357, Minnie Schwab
paced the Occidental Restaurant
quint of the Temple loop with third
place in D with 1853. Rosalie Dress
Shop OF the King Pin Ladies' League
gained the runnerup spot in c with
1,543.
Frances Lotus Is Best.
Frances Lotus, Washington Ladies'
loop, tops among the final nights
singles contestants, landed third in
D singles with $40. Marion Mean
drews, Brookland Ladies, gained
eighth place in the same class with
311. Marie Kannary, Veterans Ad-
ministration, posted 303 to finish
second in E singles.
Marie Spates and Eleanor Bark.
Spillway team of the Ladies' District
loop, chalked up 645 to finish fourth
in B doubles. Mrs. Spates bowled
351.
Lorraine Gulli, association secre-
tary, announced that prizes will be
distributed Sunday, May 27, at S
o'clock at Lafayette. At the same
time rollof for the Glass B all
events championship will be held
between Louise Thomas of Silver
Spring and Frances johnson of
Mount Rainier who tied with 1922.
Winning four of six games in a
double-header windup last night,
Jessie Sacrey and Paul Jarman
finished as runnersup on total pins
to the flag winning team of Lorraine
GULL and Bob Miciotto in the King
Pin Mixed Doubles League. With
Paul firing 420 they trimmed Hart
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Stephens One Of Trio
To CIout Grand-5Iam
Homer in Majors
By JACK HAND,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

Thanks to Vern Stephens home
run squirt, the st. Louis Browns
were closing in on the American
League leaders today, showing
flashes of the form that won them
the 1914 championship.
Only two games off the pace be-
cause Of Stephens seventh round
tripper, a grand-slam wallop that
plastered the New York Yankees,
Al, Luke Sewell's club has won
five Of seven at home against the
Eastern invaders. One Of the other
two was a tie.
The slugging shortstop, leading
the American League with a 1863
average and second in runs batted
in with II, has hit four homers in
the last six contests and seven of
the eight his team has belted this
year.
Round Trippers Numerous.
Stephens had plenty of company
in yesterdays slugging bees as three
major leaguers hit for all four with
the sacks loaded. Luis Olmo did the
job for the Brooklyn Dodgers in
their 1912 shellacking of the Chi
cago Cubs and old Jimmy Foxx
belted his first in three years for
the Philadelphia Phils who lost,
nevertheless, to the st. Louis Cardi-
mails, 1l-8.
Only "a grand slammers were hit
last season, but nine already have
been recorded in the first month of
the current campaign, five in the
National and four in the American
Stephens did it twice last year and
Russ Derry of the Yanks had two
this April.
Although the long distance slug
gers stole the show in the arclight
games yesterday, the only day tilt
was STRICTLY a pitchers dream.
Dave Ferriss, the Boston Red Sox
phenomenon, tossed his third shut
out in four straight triumphs,
blanking Chicago, 20. In 36 big
league innings, the Army discharge
has allowed only two runs. Bob
Johnson's double produced the win
ming scores.
Olmo had the biggest night of
the season with a four-run homer
and triple that scored three for
Brooklyn, boosting his r. B. I. total
from Is to third-place %.
Ben Chapman was the winner
over Jorge Comellas, but neither
started nor finished. Olmo's bat
was the big thunder but Bill Mich
olson, Andy Pafko, Bill Hart and
Goody Rosen also hit into the
stands.
Foxx's 529th Homer Wasted,
Foxx's 529th homer was wasted
in a six-run Philly eighth inning
because the Cardinals came back
with four in the ninth to win for
Ken Burkhardt, who gained his
third straight relief decision.
Jack Kramer got the benefit of
Stephens smash to boost his sea-
son mark to Al on the credit side
as Hank Borowy lost a tough four
hitter for his first defeat after five
victories. Last time Borowy worked
at Sportsman's Park during the
Brownies successful flag drive, he
dropped a two-hitter to Nelson
Potter.
Although the American League
managed to play two games, its first
since Sunday, the rest of the cal
endar, Philadelphia at Cleveland
and Washington at Detroit, was
postponed. Rain and wet grounds
also washed away series openers in
the National League between Pitts
burgh and New York and Cincinnati
and Boston.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Major Leaders
BY the Associated Press.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.


AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting-Stephens, st. Louis, .3se:
Cuccinello. Chicago, .349.
Runs--Stephens, st. Louis, Is:
Stirnwciss, New York, II.
- Runs batted in--Derry and Etten,
New York, 1S; Stephens, st. Louis, III.
49,, Hits-Case, Washington, 30; Binks,
washington. and Hall, philadelphia, 25.
Doubles-Bsrnes, st. Louis. and
Moses, Chicago, 8.
Irtples-Eleven players tied with Q.
Home runs-Stephens, st. Louis, z;
perry, New York. and r. johnson, Bos-
Stolen bases-case, Washington,
10; Myatt, Washington, 6.
Pltching-Benton, Detroit, SO.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting-Ott, New York, .41o:
Holmes, Boston, 400.
Run. R.unsaott, New York, 81; Holmes,
= Runs batted in-Lombardi. New
York, "a; Weintraub New York, 23.
Hits-Holmes, Boston, SO; Rucker.
Doubies-Kurowski, st. Louis, II;
Holmes, Boston, 10.
Triples = Walker Brooklyn, and
Nh Home Vert runs-ott and weintraub.
Stolen bases-Mccormick, Cincinnati,
8; Barrett. Pittsburgh. and Clay. Gin
PitchinE-voiselle, New York. 20;
Feldman, New York, 40.
Evening star., 1945-05-19
64 Shoot in Kenwood
Invitation Golf Test:
AuIt, 5horey Win

Sixty-four contestants were to tee
of today in the 18-hole qualifying
round of Kenwood's first annual
invitational tournament, feature of
the weekend golfing calendar.
Match play will begin tomorrow,
continuing through Monday.
Meanwhile, Eddie Ault and Mel
Shorey of Indian Spring had a
couple Of brand-new feathers in
their golfing caps after winning yes
terday's amateur-pro tournament at
Manor Club. Ault was around in. So
strokes, low for the entire tourna-
ment, muffing a chance for 66 by
bogeying the last two holes. Their
best-bau score of 63 was one under
that of Andy Gibson and 1t. Don
McPhail of Baltimore.
AL Houghton's 35-36-71 was low
for the pros.
Spencer Overton of Rolling Road
and Volney G. Burnett and Roger
Peacock of Indian Spring tied for
low gross with TBS, after Ault elected
to accept the net prize. All had
cards of 1876.
A steady brand of golf gave Mrs.
w. F. Ossenfort victory in the Rule
Cup tournament at Kenwood yes
terday, after her 158 total for the
36-hole test was tied by Mrs. H. w.
Bashore's net. In matching cards
against par. Mrs. Ossenfort won out.
Low gross went to Mrs. Rex J..
Howard with 92-91-183. Mrs.
Howard and Mrs. Bashore were tied.
for the net lead at the end of the first
half, and the former continued her
consistent play yesterday to share
the laurels.
Mrs. Bashore also turned in the
low putting score of 81, but elected
to take second low net prize, thereby
giving the putting award to Mrs
Hughes who had 81
Evening star., 1945-05-19
Sees Obstacle Courses
As Fine for Gridders
By the Associated Press,


MINNEAPOLIS, May 19.-Bernie
Bierman, head football coach at the
University of Minnesota, after three
years in the Marines, believes the
obstacle courses used in Army and
Navy training programs may become
an important part of football COACH
ing equipment.
IF we had one of those obstacle
courses" he said, 1--WE could tell in
one day whether new football
candidate might ever make the
grade. We could also distinguish the
line prospects from the backfield
prospects on the basis of their
elapsed time in completing the
course"