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Evening star., 1946-08-06
Goff Pitches Mi. Pleasant
10 City League Pennant

Thanks to the neat four-hit hurl-
ing of Willie Goff, Central High
ace, and the heavy bat of Gene
Taylor, an all-around star at Will
son, Mount Pleasant today holds
the championship of the National
City Junior League.
Golf issued but one walk as he
pitched the Mounts to an Ito tri-
umph over Government Printing
Office in the loops playoff final
yesterday on the Ellipse as Taylor
collected hitting laurels by banging
a three-run homer in the third
frame.
Naiman Photos hold tight to their
lead in the Industrial League with
a TIA decision recorded over the
Boilermarkers, and Costello Post
marked up a 80 win over Wash
ington Gas Co. in the District Rec
reation League in other Ellipe play
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Open Event Is Slated
For 5keet Shooters
BY the Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 6-Skeet
badly crippled during the war, will
leap back into its old place in the
sports parade tomorrow as the first
annual international and ninth ma
tional championships open at the
Capital City Gun Club for a five-day
stand.
Advance entries today assured a
record field of at least 400 shooters
the tournament committee said. II
was all set for the event with two
carloads of clay targets, II all
electric fields and 250000 shells.
The committee obtained shells ir
all standard bores except % gauge
Users of scatterguns in that gauge
will have to bring their own shells
Most OF the country's better
skeeters are entered in the cham.
plonships, which include competition
In junior, sub-junior, ladies, anc
TWO and flve-man team events.
Dick Shaughnessy of Boston, high
over all at the 1912 national in Syra
cuse. N. Y, with 543x55O, will defene
his title.
| Representatives are entered from
New York, Texas, Massachusetts
California, Pennsylvania, Michigan
Ohio, Illinois, Florida, Georgia ane
District of Columbia clubs.
Only shooter from the District OF
Columbia will be Paul Stone, presi-
dent of the National Capital Skeet
Club, who plans to fly here tomor.
row to enter the competition.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Through With Mexico
Says Owen, Anxious
To Play Here Again
By The Assoeioied Press

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. O.
Mickey Owen. former Brooklyn
catcher, who jumped to the Mexican
league. is back in the United States
and said he was through with Jorge
Pasquel and his baseball setup.
IF I can't get back into organized
baseball I'll operate my Springfield
tMo.I farm for a living before
would return to Pasquels Mexican
league, he told the Brownsville
Herald.
Owen arrived in Brownsville last
night and plans to continue to
Springfield, Mo. tonight. He is ac-
companied by his wife.
He said he was highly dissatis-
fed" with the Mexican league and
is returning to the States to be re-
instated with organized baseball il
possible
Il believe l could still help the
Dodgers win the National League
pennant and I'd like to get a shot
at the Boston Red Sox in the Worle
Series this fall" he said.
Owen said he had not talked WITH
Branch Hickey. Dodger president
nor had he made any effort to con-
tact A. B. tHappy Chandler, base
balls high commissioner.
"As far as l have been able tt
learn, / was never put on a sus
pended list in the States" he said
He said he didn't think he was
jumping Mexican League contract
Chandler Has mo Comment"
Chandler, at his Versailles, KY
home, said he had mo comment"
Hickey said be would intercede
with Commissioner Chandler ir
Owens behalf"
My friendship for Owen goes back
nine years. the Dodger chieftain
pointed out IF there is anything
l can do, I'll be glad to do it
Asked if he would take Mickey
back into the Dodger fold. Hickey
answered:
That's something l can't discuss
now. It's up to Commissioner
Chandler to rule on his case first -
Chandler, at the time Jorge Pas
quel and his four brothers were re-
cruiting United States players for
their Mexican League. stated that
players who jumped south of the
border could not be reinstated for
five years.
Durocher Wants Him Back.
Manager Leo Durocher, as sur
priSed as any one over the latest
development. was asked if he would
like to get Owen back Said Leo:
Personally. and as a player, !
would be glad to see him with the
Dodgers again. But it's up to Mr.
Hickey and Commissioner Chandler ;
At Mexico City yesterday Gerardo
Pasquel expressed complete sur
prise" at the report that he had
jumped back to the United States
Luis Olmo, formerly with the
Dodgers, and Danny Gardella. ex-
New York Giant player, who have
been Owens teammates at Vera
Cruz, said he was not at his apart
ment when they stopped by to pick
him up.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Miller Decisions Jacobs,
Jack Fiqht Will Go On

In addition to the featherweight
championship of the feet he won
several wears back, Harvey Miller
now boasts decision over the
formidable promoter, Mike Jacobs
Miller, as chairman of the District
Boxing Commission, was a prime
mover in persuading the crack
Georgia welterweight, Beau Jack
TO sign Tor fight with Danny Kapi-
low in Griffith Stadium August 1s
Jacobs regards Jack as his property
and threatened to file an injunction
Miller told him to go ahead and
inJunct. and reminded Jacobs that
it was illegal for promoter to con-
troll a boxer.
Today word came from Jacobs
Madison Square Garden Offices that
the injunction had been dropped
The fight will go through as planned
and local fans hope that the battle
will match in ferocity the verba
braWl between Featherweight Cham
pion of the Fleet Miller and Jacobs
Evening star., 1946-08-06
BIB Hopes 10 Meet Perry
II He, Wins Over Harris

Bee Bee Washington's plans for
the remainder of the summer box
ing season call for one bout after
he tackles Ossie (Bulldog) Harris of
Pittsburgh Monday night in Griffith
Stadium, and Two Bees camp indi-
Gates it might be return date
against Aaron Perry. Perry scored
a ninth-round KO over Washington
In their first engagement.
First, however, Bee Bees handlers
remind in the usual fashion, Wash
ington must get over Harris. The
two middleweights went to a siz-
zling nine-round draw in Turner's
Arena a while back, and Harris
doesn't shape up as pushover.
Harris will arrive tomorrow night
and will work out in public at the
w street arena starting Thursday
afternoon. Bee Bee is drilling at the
Apollo gym and will shift to the
arena later in the week
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Major Leaders
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN IFACUF

Batting-Vernon. Washington. .351;
Williams, Boston, .351.
Runs-Wiiliams, Boston, 105; Pesky,
Boston, 81
Runs batted Williams, Boston,
Hits-Pesky Boston, I3s; Vernon,
Washington, 1876
Doubles-vernon, Washington, 81;
Spence. Washington, 32.
Triples-Lewis, Washington, and Ed
wards, Cleveland, 10
Home runs-Williams, Boston, 80;
Greenberg, Detroit, "a
Stolen bases-Case. Cleveland, %;
StirnTeiss. New York. Is.
Pitching-Newhouser Detroit. 20-4,
.s33; Ferriss, Boston, 1874, .SIS.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting-Walker, Brooklyn, .377
Hopp, Boston, 1854.
RunsAMnsial, st. Louis, rs; Mize,
Runs batted iD-Slaushter, St Louis.
81: Walker, Brooklyn. 80.
Hits-Musial, St Louis, 142 Walker,
Brooklyn. 1886
Doubles - Musial, St. Louis, 80;
Holmes, Boston. %
Triples - Musial. St. Louis, il;
walker, Brooklyn, T.
Home runs-Mize, New York, ~;
kiner, Pittsburgh, 16.
Stolen bases-Reiser, Brooklyn. 25;
Haas. Cincinnati, II.
Pitching-Dickson, ST. Louis. 1913
.1Sg; Rowe, PhillieS ia IA
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Brooks Hold 10 Lead
By Crushing Second
Division Outfits
BY the Assooioied Press

Brooklyn's ability to defeat the
Boston Braves and the Philadelphia
Phillies with almost montonous
regularity continues and Manager
Leo Durocher has the knack of
yanking a faltering moundsman at
the right time
With 101 games under their belt
the Brooks enjoy two and half =
game margin over the second place
St. Louis Cardinals in the National
League. but only 80 complete games
have been turned in by the Dodger
hurting crew, 26 of them victories.
In So Dodger contests Durocher
employed POI hurlers in bagging sc
victories and losing 32 Little Vic
Lombardi leads the Dodger hurle1s
in turning in complete games,
with H.
Brooks Pick on Phils, Braves.
The Brooks have thumped the
PhilS 10 in row and have taken
the Braves II times against only
defeats. The sixth-place New York
Giants have won out of II games
from the Brooks. The Dodgers have
won II out of II from the tail-end
Pittsburgh Pirates and 10 out of IT
from the Cincinnati Reds.
The st. Louis Redbirds have
copied II battles and lost while
the Chicago Bruins have won and
dropped with the Brooks How
ever, both the Cards and Cubs have
had plenty of difficulty winning
from the second-division clubs.
The Dodgers pulled another game
out of the fire last night as they
trimmed the Braves, IA, before a
total paid attendance of 4l,645, the
largest at Braves Field in more than
13 years.
Trailing 81 in the fourth, the
Dodgers surged ahead in the fifth
by scoring five runs on a three-run
homer by Peewee Reese and two
run circuit clout by Dixie Walker.
Three Dodger HurIers Toll.
Rookie Southpaw Joe Hatten
started for the Dodgers, but lasted
less than three innings. Hank
Behrman and Ralph Branca fn-
ished up, allowing only one run.
Branca received credit for the win.
Mort Cooper began for Boston, but
blew up in the fifth.
In an exhibition contest at New
York the Giants dropped a 80 de-
cisiOn to the New York Yankees and
also lost the services of Johnny
Mize, the senior loops top home run
hitter, for two to three weeks. Mize
suffered a fractured right hand
when struck by a pitched ball by
Joe Page in the first inning.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Cairo to Direct Sports
At Chamberlain School

Frank Cairo, former Catholic Uni
versity star who coached Charlotte
Halls teams through one of their
most successful seasons last year, will
assume command of Chamberlain
High Schools athletics this year
He succeeds Sandy Rogers.
Cairo's biggest problem, however
is locating a place to live in Wash
ington. He has wife and 2-year-
old daughter. At Charlotte Hall
Cairo coached football, basket ball
and baseball, and landed Jay Turner
for boxing coach The latter turned
out prep school championship
SQUAD.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Clifton to Face Kovokos
In SoftbuII Title Series

A three-gam series for the North
east Night Softball League title
opens tomorrow at Washington Sta
dium, with Clifton, second half win
ner by virtue of 80 victory ovel
Norman Paints last night, facing
Kavakos, the first-semester cham
pion. .t.
American Trailers bowled over
Andy Farkas Sport Shop, 81. ano
Pincus Grill shaded Garvin's Grill
So, in preliminaries last night.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Jersey City. SIS; Toronto, -.
tCnly games.)
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Mrs. Lacey Top Golfer
In kenwood Invitotion

Mrs. H. L. Lacey of Manor Coun-
try Club. who has been In a prize
winning streak In the various weekly
women's golf events, posted a 92-1s-
rs, to win first low net in the invita-
ton field day of the Kenwooo
Women's Golf Committee yesterday
Mrs. M. M. Mehan of Belle Haven
was second with 93-16-77 and Mrs
George Jani of Congressional thirc
with 95-17-78
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Barnard Helps GPO
Defeat Census Golfers

Chilly Barnard, president of the
GPO Golf Club, was pressed into
service for the first time this season
yesterday and helped his team
maintain its lead in class B of the
Federal Golf Association series with
a 4A-112 victory over Census at
Prince Georges.
Barnard and Steve Dale won, 2l2
points to Y, for Tony Berlinski and
Andy Anderson. C. E. Purdy and
Harold Lake of GPO won 81 over
Emmet Walsh and Charles Dye.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

a guy IKE tnat Should not belong to one Club
He should be passed around from one club to the
next from week to week"
The record books, however, fail to back up
ONeills contention, unless he intended his words
to be prediction. Williams may become the
greatest hitter of all time, but he isn't yet. The
book doesn't say so.
y Williams is playing only his fifth season in
the majors. True, he has lifetime average of
1856 and in 194l ne batted 406 He's led the Amer
lean League in hitting twice.
Now let's examine the record of fellow like
Ty Cobb, Ty lasted "a years and wound up with
a lifetime average Of .367 He didn't hit the long
ball that Williams belts, but he stole 1872 bases and
won hitting titles II times in Is years, nine in
cilnn
Evening star., 1946-08-06
18 Recreation Centers
Enter Girls Track Meet

Youngsters from ID recreation
centers will compete in the fifth an
nual Montgomery County girls track
meet that gets under way at 10
O'Clock Thursday morning at Rock
Greek Park. East Leland and Beach
drive.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

TODAY year ago-Johnnv
Humphries of the Chicago White
Sox shut out the Detroit Tigers.
TO, on four hits at Chicago.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Auburn Reqoininq Grid Ace

AUBURN. Ala, Aug. 6 tP,.-Au-
burns football fortunes were boil
stored today by news that Bill Abra-
ham. regular halfback last season,
would be out of the Navy in time
for all practice starting Septem-
ber 2.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,
st. Paul. 30; Indianapolis. O-5.
Kansas City IL; Louisville, 2.
Minneapolis. 10: Toledo, 6.
2 Milwaukee, 10: Columbus.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Ted Hos l66 Home Runs: Ruth Hit ia

Williams hit l66 home
isn't bad fellow, Babe
retired Ruth
fielder than Williams thowe
spite his hef. of the good basel runners.
Among rght-handed hiters
Rogers Hornsby AL Simmons baseball
lasted
pionshps hit 400 better three
batting Of 1853.
Williams hitting the
Honsby Ruth Honus Wagner Iris Speaker the other ame
batsmen Probably the
thrown Roger Wolff Dutch
Others But the spitbal
ball and other weird deliveries
Where Williams the talk of baseball this D
few back When
thusiasts Speaker bat
still balplayer Speaker
for 20 years.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
&oen $af Spts Bapayers Owners Agree Main on Reforms
Win, Lose or Draw
Record Books Refute O'NeiIrs Rotinq of William
By FRANCIS {. STANN

As fellow who has been in baseball for long time
oNel contributed weghty vote Ted Williams behalf
when he insisted greatest hitter
Evening star., 1946-08-06
Major League Standings and Schedules
g.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterday's Results
No games scheduled.

Games Jodar.
n. Y at Wash, $40.
Cleveland at Chicago IN
Detroit at ST. Louis tn.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Games Tomorrow.
\. Y. at Wash, $50.
Cleveland at Chicago.
Detroit al st. Louis tny
Phila. at Boston 90.
Evening star., 1946-08-06
He's EosiIy the Class Of Todoy's Hitters

In all Justice Williams he probably has his ahead
OF him he doesn't off his
baseball today. which undoubtedly margin
Down the Red training
iams hit the first pitch
aboard the Williams bandwagon
would
No he answered. Remember,
lot of pitchers have
about pitching to than
-Four players have leading Williams
nlcey Vernon Of the Mats Johnny Hopp the
Musa OF the Cards and Dixie Walker of the Dodgers
Williams class Vernon
Probably the others would likewise i
determination eyes perfect synchronization
batting anything
will be on top for good Then
ONel he is Meanwhile the books
thanO
Evening star., 1946-08-06

The fellow who is one of Williams bosses
Eddie Collins. has fair sort of batting record mai
lasted 25 years and averaged 1888.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

Games To-day.
Br klyn at New York Gn)
Boston at Phila. IN.
Chicago at Cincinnati tn}
st. Louis at Pittsh'gh (n)
Games Tomorrow.
Brooklyn at New York.
Boston at Phila. az.
Only games scheduled.
Evening star., 1946-08-06

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterday's Results.
Brooklyn, 7. Boston, 4.
Only game scheduled.
The midland journal., 1946-03-22
Kansnn Saws
He Predicted
Drouth Cycle

PRATT, KANS. - The dry cycle
is here again-just as Fred Reece
predicted II years ago in an arti-
Gle in the Pratt Daily Tribune.
Recently Fred dug out the old
article he had written in 1884 under
the title, ''Sun Spots" And then he
sat down and wrote another one,
in which he stated:
''In my 1884 article / noted that
observations over almost a century
showed these increased sun spot
outbreaks occurred at fairly regu-
lar intervals of about 11b years. No
body knew why or if that rate would
continue. But on the theory that
it might continue, ! ventured that
1916 might find us in the midst of
another settles of dry years. That
year is here; the sun tornadoes are
here, perhaps bit late but they
started their upsurge more than a
year ago. Last years wheat crop
was not much affected, probably be-
cause we have learned to conserve
moisture. This years crop hangs in
the balance between good subsoil
moisture and a hot, dry, blowing
surface. Maybe the memories of
the dust bowl days of the '30s will
enable you to guess the next two or
three.
The midland journal., 1946-03-22
WOrnOut Land Needs Cultivation
And Fertilising TO Regain VigOr

The notion Of giving worn-out
farm land a crest cure" has for
tunately just about passed, says j..
C. Hackleman, professor of crops
extension at the University Of ILL
nois college of agriculture.
Calcium teaches out of the soil,
and every ton of beef, pork or
mutton or milk produced on these
pastures removes nitrogen, phos-
phorus, potassium and calcium or
lime just as surely as does a crop
of corn, oats, wheat or hay"
Hackleman says. "In addition, as
these permanent pastures become
less productive they provide less
cover, and the result is more loss
through erosion, until on rolling pas
lures the present crop is largely
weeds or unpalatable weed
grasses"
But these worn pastures are not
hopeless, according to the crop spe-
cialist, and the response of most
of them to treatment is almost mir
The midland journal., 1946-03-22

So far, there has been "a little
blow" out in western Kansas and
Oklahoma and it's dry too. But no
one who went through the 'black"
billiards. of a decade ago would
compare this years storms with
those years.
Another dust bowl may develop,
but conditions would have to grow
a lot worse than they are now be-
fore / would climb out on limb
with any such prediction" one
Kansas official has stated after snow
and rain fell.
The winter has been dry one in
all the old dust bowl states. Wheat
made little growth in some areas.
And the U. S. department of agri-
culture has reported that new dust
bowl appeared to be forming in the
"redlands" district of Kansas and
Oklahoma.
Some wheat damage has been re-
ported at Pratt and Liberal, Kans..
but recently SHOWS and rains have
improved the wheat lands west of
Hutchinson. At Amarillo, Tex, Gene
Howe, newspaper publisher, is op-
tirnistic, pointing out that con-
ditions are not yet critical, and
spring SHOWS and rains may end the
threat of a drouth.
Both farmers and the government
combatted the tendency to plow up
grasslands for planting during
World War II, as was done in World
War I. The land is tied down better
this time. Farmers have learned to
pillow and cultivate so as to leave
more stubble to hold the soil.
In some places in the old dust
bowl there has been little or no
moisture all winter, and undoubted-
ly wheat is in bad shape. Whether
or not it will survive much longer
no one knows. Perhaps the fate of
many fields hangs in the balance,
and not until late spring will the
verdict be known.
Even experts in the winter wheat
belt differ widely in their opinions.
Some say the wheat is already
gone; others hold out for an 80 per
cent yield. Still others think that
rain any time within six weeks will
give the fields new life.
Wheat supplies are lower than for
many years. Some of the mills are
working only five days a week. In
The midland journal., 1946-03-22

aculous. Five simple steps will
transform the average worn-out pas
ture into a productive acreage in
one or, at most, two years. The
steps are to test the soil and treat
it with needed minerals, disc these
minerals thoroughly while prepar-
ing reasonably good seedbed, re-
seed with a mixture of legumes and
grasses, control grazing for at least
a year and clip weeds, giving the
legumes and grasses chance.
Because of an increase of culti-
waited acreages during the war, a
greater acreage is now really
ready for legumes than before the
war, Hackleman says. A majority
of the fields lined in recent years
have not yet grown a legune, he
believes.
Rock phosphate which was used
to the full extent of its availability
during the last war years will also
show up in improved alfalfa and
clover production.
The midland journal., 1946-03-22

some places in Texas, Oklahoma
and Kansas, black market in
wheat has sprung up. Latest fig
ures show visible U. S. wheat to
half, compared to a year ago. Mill
ers are paying all the traffic will
bear to keep their mills going.
Newspaper editors in the wheat
lands, who make it their business to
know crop prospects, have made
their own surveys. To man they
say mot yet" to the governments s
prediction. 1t is going to take lot
more dust and dry weather to scare
some of those grizzled old farmers
who weathered the worst nature
had to offer in the '30s.
Where does the dust come from?
That is easy, say the editors:
'Oklahomans say it comes from
Kansas; Jayhawkers say the dust
plague originates in Oklahoma.
The rivers aren't very low yet.
either, one Kansas citizen reported.
They're a little too wet to plow
and little too muddy to drink"
The midland journal., 1946-03-22
Some Scott
AT Idea of
New DF0ufh

Topeka, KANS. - There won't
be repetition of the 1934-38 "dust
bowl" in Kansas, Texas and Okla
homa. At least that's what lot Of
people out here say as they scott
at the u. S.. department of agricul-
ture's report that another drouth
is developing.
"Of course, if it doesn't rain for
four years, it'll 60 blowing again"
Eek Brown, banker and rancher Of
Dalhart, Tex, admitted: "but the
soil is tied down now."
The agriculture departments pes
sinnistic prediction prodded a sore
spot in the memories of Sooners
and Jayhawkers alike. Farmers
The midland journal., 1946-03-22

WASHINGTON, D. c. = Harold
L. Ickes, former secretary Of inte-
rior, estimated just before resign
ing his Office that more than 400
irrigation and multiple purpose
projects are needed in the United
States. About 100 of these have been
authorized and some of them are
already In operation.
BY building 415 irrigation and
multiple purpose projects, almost
200, 900 new farms would be made
The midland journal., 1946-03-22
China Australia and |ron
Plan Irrigation Protects

sent delegations varying in number
from one to nine.
Through unified development OF
such famous river valleys as the
Changes, Yangtse, Euphrates, Ii
girls and Irrawaddy, it will be pos
sible for surrounding areas to be
irrigated, and for the owner-nations
to establish hydro-electric power
production, flood control, municipal
water supplies and improved navi-
cation. In many cases the United
States will send its own engineers
abroad to assist these areas, in
terror officials said.
The midland journal., 1946-03-22

ects would increase employment op-
portunities on a nationwide basis,
they say. Much of the material for
building dams, power plants and
canals comes from the 81 states out
side of the arid and semi-arid re-
gions of the west.
Approximately $1,000 new irri-
gated farms could be created in
the Missouri basin, and the popula-
tion would vastly increase, If pro-
posed reclamation projects embrac-
ing nearly one-sixth Of the U. S. are
carried out, Mr.. Ickes declared.
The midland journal., 1946-03-22
$4,000 New Farms Planned for Missouri Basin

available for settlement of veterans
and others, reclamation experts
claim. The same reservoirs, inn
pounding storage for irrigation,
would make possible the generation
of great blocks of hydro-electric en-
ergy to be used for pumping irriga-
tion water, serving rural electrifica-
tion needs and stimulating food
processing. mineral and related in
dustries.
Construction Of reclamation prof.
The midland journal., 1946-03-22

WASHINGTON, D. c. - In 1945,
more than ITO engineers represent
ing 30 foreign countries visited the
United States for the purpose OF
studying reclamation and irrigation
projects, and they are now return
ing to their native soil to begin work
on similar works in their own coun-
tries.
Heading the list is China, with 66
engineers, while India follows with
"a, Australia with II, and other ma
tions famous for deserts - Iran,
Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan-have