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Evening star., 1946-06-25
Vernon, Spence Slug, but Mats
Make No Progress in West
BY Burton Hawkins

CHICAGO, June 25.-The Nation
ais are in streak of shabby, in
ept activity and it comes as some
thing of shame, too, because
they're wasting the heavy hitting
of Stan Spence and Mickey Vernon
who between 'em are pacing Wash
ington's batting department in
everything except triples.
Aside from their averages, what
with Vernon swatting at 1868 clip
and Spence hitting a more modest
.295, Mickey and Stan are having
a remarkably similar season. Each
has 10 doubles and triples and each
has blasted across 80 runs.
Spence has batted at a .429 pace
against Detroit this season, while
Vernon displays .462 mark against
Chicago. Last night as the Mats
dropped a hectic 1877 decision to the
White Sox here before 21,537 fans,
Spence drove across two runs and
Vernon sent in three.
Mats Wasting Much Effort.
Mickey is leading the Mats in runs
scored with Al, in hits with 78 and
in stolen bases with 7. Spence s
eight homers give him an edge of
three over Vernon. AS a result OF
their timely hitting, both are ex-
pected to make the American League
All-Star squad, with Vernon rated
a certainty to start, but the Mats
aren't capitalizing on their beautiful
betting.
Washington has lost 10 of its last
13 games. When the Mats get good
pitching they can't hit and when
they're hitting the pitching collapses
When they get both hitting and
pitching. they come up with a
miserable fielding display. They've
followed that formula for two weeks
but they're not detected about it to
the point of giving up on themselves
The Mats are confident they have
team which can finish second
They figure if any cub is challeng-
ing the Red Sox down the stretch
it should be Washington, but thus
far they haven't been able to knit
the brilliant fielding of Billy Hitch
cock and Gerry Priddy. the hitting
of Vernon, Spence and Buddy
Lewis, and pitching which shoulo
be better than it has been. into 8
winning pattern.
Facing Chisox Big Nat Error.
Chicago attempted to hand the
Mats a game last night, but Wash
ington wouldn't take it. The White
Sox Clipped in with five errors
while the Mats committed three
one by Vernon. one by AL Evans anc
another in showing up at Comiskey
Park.
Washington clustered two runs ir
the first off Ed Smith when Spence
doubled and Vernon tripled aftel
Lewis had reached first on Smith.
Evening star., 1946-06-25
By the Assoeiaied Press

SEATTLE, June 25.-Federal Judge
Lloyd L. Black has declared the
terms used in connection with base
ball contracts were reminiscent of
chattels' and observed that if base
ball players and "all the others had
failed in their job Tin the war; there
would be no American managed
baseball played this year."
The judge made his statement in
explaining his Friday ruling that Al
Niemiec, former second baseman for
the Pacific Coast League Seattle
Club, must be reinstated or paid
his salary for one year
Judge Black at the time promised
an explanation. Niemiec had been
released after 3O-day trial with the
team this spring. He was naval
lieutenant during the war.
Since it has been argued cor
rectly that baseball is the great
American game that it is," SAID
Judge Black, "it certainly ought te
bear its share in meeting obliga-
ton to servicemen"
Concerning the clubs contention
that Niemiec was advancing in age
Che is 36), Judge Black added:
Youth must be served, but not
at the expense of men who have
Evening star., 1946-06-25
MusiaI CIouts 10 Top
In n. |. as Vernon
Holds A. |. Edge
~ tho Associoted Press

NEW YORK, June 25.-Playing
first base instead of left field seems
to have acted like a tonic for Stan
Musial of the Cardinals, who has
wrested the National League batting
lead from Brooklyn's Dixie Walker
according to averages including
Sundays games.
Batting at a .516 pace with 16
hits in 81 trips during the past
week, Musial added % points to his
average, displacing Walker with a
1863 mark. Right behind Walkers
1852 comes Johnny Hopp of Boston
at 1861 to make it tough three
way scrap.
Mickey Vernon of Washington
clung to first place in the American
League with 1857 average, a IT.
point spread over Boston's Ted Will
liams. whose mark faded 10 degrees
to $50. The others trailed far
behind.
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Boudreuu Remoins
As indians Pilot
BY the As.oeioted Press

CLEVELAND, June 25.-Bill
Veeck said today he wished spec
ulation about the managership
of the Indians would cease.
Lou Boudreau is our man.
ager,' said the clubs new presi-
dent. I've never heard of a
club having more than one man
ager.
That's not ALL" said Veeck.
He is going to continue as our
manager. certainly for the cur
rent season. There is no change
in prospect, either.
I'm saying that to combat gos-
sip," he continued. Il figure
gossip hurts the club. So let me
repeat it-there is no change in
prospect"
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Clifton Ties for NE. Lead
With Win Over Garvin's

Gravin's Grill, TO loser to
Clifton in Northeast Night Softball
League action last night, will at
tempt to get back in the running to-
night when it meets Pincus Grill at
8:15 in Northeast Stadium.
Clifton'S victory threw the nine
into a tie with Kavakos Grill for
the league lead. In the second game
of the card Landover Hills defeated
Norman Paints, So, as George
Kuker famed IS for the winners.
Tonight's opening game will bring
together the FBI Girls and Great
Eastern Finance at 7 o'clock while
the nightcap of the triple-header
pits Andy Farkas Sports Shop
against Norman Paints at $50.
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Use Of Younger Talent
Boosting Bronx Club;
Brooks Better Lead
By Jack Hond
Assoeiotsd Press Sports Writer

Bill Dickey is earning his man.
ayers spurs on his first Western
jaunt rs New York Yankee skipper
picking up 3ia games on the 'front.'
running Boston Red Sox with a
revitalized lineup.
The trip isn't over yet and the
Yanks have a rugged afternoon date
today with Rapid Robert Feller. But
II victories in 10 starts comes under
the heading of good news in Larry
MacPhail's swank Fifth avenue
Office.
Since the club left the stadium 10
games behind Joe Cronin's gang
Dickey has installed Johnny Lindell
as his regular first baseman and
relegated both Nick Etten and
George Stirnweiss, the 1945 batting
king, to the shadows of the dugout
Young Aaron Robinson and Gus
Niarhos have been doing most OF
the catching and youngsters have
been getting their chance on the hill
Bevens' arrival Aids Yanks.
Propably the most important de-
velopment of the Western swing has
been the arrival of Floyd (call me
Bib Bevens as the No. man on
the pitching staff, right behind Spud
Chandler. Although Red Rufiing re-
mains unbeaten with five straight
decisions, it is evident the veteran
can't be called upon more often
than once week.
Bevens has gone well in the Mid
west. where he topped St. Louis
and Chicago before shutting out
Cleveland, 10, in last nights con-
test.
Although Bevens' 6-5 win record
is several degrees short OF the SEN
sational, he has been drawing the
toughest opponents all around the
circuit. When Bobby Feller threw
his no-hitter against the Yanks,
Bevens was on the losing end, 10.
He lost a 10 game to Tex Hughson,
dropped another decision to Feller
and bowed to Thornton Lee and Hal
Newhouser.
Last night Bevens got a "break"
in drawing Allie Reynolds, pitcher
the Yanks had beaten three times,
as his foe. Phil Rizzuto's infield
scratch fly gave New York the only
run in the first frame.
BOsox Rally to Tie.
Boston played in Detroit, but
could get no better than a SIS tie
in a twilight contest, called after
nine frames because of darkness. AS
result their margin over the
Yanks was sliced to six and one
half games. Briggs Stadium's largest
twilight crowd, 39,957, watched the
Red Sox recover from Pat Mullins s
first-inning grand slam homer and
get out with a tie. Ted williams
and Hank Greenberg made their
17th home runs in the contest.
Brooklyn boosted its National
League lead over idle st. Louis to
three games by outscrambling Gin
cinnati, 6-5, in 13 innings. Rookie
Carl Furillo singled home Dixie
Walker with the winning run to
climax an uphill struggle. Hugh
Casey, fifth Dodger hurler in the
game, received the verdict over Bob
Malloy, also fifth Reds pitcher.
Ed Wright hurled the Boston
Braves to their fifth straight tri-
umph, a neat five-hit shutout of
Chicago, SO. Tommy Holmes
clinched the win with a bases
loaded triple off Johnny Schmitz
in the eighth.
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Riggs, Van Horn Capture
Grown in Pro Doubles

RICHMOND, Va, June 25.-Little
Bobby Riggs shared the professional
doubles crown with Welby van Horn
of Atlanta today.
The pair teamed to take the title
from CALIFORNIA; Don Bulge and
Wayne Sabin, 6-3, Is, 1l-13,
e. 6I3
Evening star., 1946-06-25
By a stoff Correspondent Of The Star

CHICAGO, June 25.-"Baseball
has been mighty good to me-" says
Johnny Niggeling, veteran knuckle-
baller released unconditionally by
the Mats. Il have no complaints.
Thk end has to come for every ball
player and I guess this is the end
or nearly the end-for me.
Il want to finish out the season
in baseball and I'll probably hook
on with some American Association
club. I'll be Al soon and I'm not
kidding mys4 into believing there's
Evening star., 1946-06-25

MI DOnmaIl, Tall, tEal-IaceQ man VINO
wears back-rimmed glasses, came across the
Atlantic for the Louis-Conn fight and he was
talking of the dearth of British fighters during
of Conns training sessions at Greenwood
Lake.
we have only two good prospects, he said,
They are Bruce Woodcock whom you people saw
recently against Tami MauIiello, and Freddie Mills,
the light-heavyweight. But we have nothing be-
low these two chaps.
There a great deal of talk in England
as 1 suppose there was over here-about the mate
rial that would be coming out of the armed forces
But far 1 have not seen any of it and we're
still going along on what we had before the war.
LAS consequence Woodcock and Mills can't
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Harness Horse Trainer
Has 13 Wins in Meet

WESTBURY, N. Y, June 25.-
Trainer Eddie Cobb boasts a string
of 13 victories in the month-old
harness race meet at Roosevelt
Raceway. He racked up No. 13 last
night when he drove his own racer
Royal Man, to victory in a 9ls-
furlong test in 2:27L.
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Myers Heods Rinq Rulers

RICHMOND, Va, June Is tP,.-
The State Boxing and Wrestling
Commission yesterday elected DR..
Edward Myers of Norfolk chairman
at meeting in the Office of Secre-
tary Joe Bauers.
Evening star., 1946-06-25

'Batted for Wolff in seventh
WASHINGTON - 200 800 00O- :
Chicago -- $50 040 11x-12
Runs-Grace. Lewis t2). Spence t2,.
(2), Trosky l2) Piatt. Holloway, wells.
Tresch t2l: Smith. Error-Vernon, Evans.
Michaels, Holloway t2)Wells, Smith Runs
batted in-vernon 90, Spence, Wright
60: Tucker 90, Appling, Trosky. Platt (2l.
Wells, Holloway. Two base hits-Spence
CD, Trosky, Evans, Three-base hits
Vernon, Wright. Platt. Trosky;. Stolen
bases-Wright, Holloway. Sacrince-Hol-
lingsworth. Left on Observation-Disclosures
70; Chicago. Z. Base on balls-Masterson.
4: Scarborough, j. Smith. 3: Hollings-
worth, l. Observation-Disclosures, 2: Wolff.
L. Smith, 2; Hollingsworth, l. Hts
Masterson. 3 in ~ Wolf, in As; Scar
borough, 4 in .; Smith in 3b; Hollings-
wpreh N wd os psss
ed ball-Evans Winning pitcher-Hol-
lingsworth Losing pitcher-Woln. Um-
pires-Messrs. Pasarella and Hubbard.
Tiue-2:41 Attendance-21 800
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Sturs Yesterday

Tommy Holmes, Braves-Trippled
with bases loaded to clinch 80 victory
over Cubs for Ed Wright.
Carl Furillo. Dodgers-Sinsled home
Dixie Walker in 18th inning to break
up game with 6-5 Brooklyn edge over
Cincinnati.
Bill Bevins, Yankees-Shut out
Cleveland with four hits, 10.
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Win, Lose or Draw
A Report on Sports in Great Britoin
By FRANCIS {. STANk

The plight boxing this
in Great Britain far professional talent concerned
That's what Charles F. Donma he should
general of the British Boxing Board of Control
Evening star., 1946-06-25
'PIoyers' and 'GentIemen' Now Use Same Gate

In Great Britain marked
World War H. according Donma
to separate the from the amateurs by certain dstnc
he cited cricket
fessionas and would leading
the field of play The professionals would marked
Players would
men, That practice has been suspended All contestants
the entrance and exit.
At the time there have aoo to increase sal
paid rugby players all ALL Brit
States have few About the only
Jockeys rugby cricket players Most boxers
perform after regular working have tennis golf
professionals to compare with yours"
before Donmall indicated that
England the two might have been required to fight few
meeting heavyweight title The Control
calls possibly would have insisted THE Control is not govern
divided
England each In
land Scotland Wales.
body the order OF the
Jockey professional business public life
amateur body
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Major League Standings and Schedules
TUESDAY, JUNE Is. 1896
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results.
Chicago, IL; Wash, 7.
N. Y, /; Cleveland, 0.
Boston, S; Detroit S.
(Called in ninth, darkness
Only games scheduled.
Games Today.
Wash. at Chicago, 1880.
Boston at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
Phila. at St. Louis (n).
Games Tomorrow.
Wash. at Chicago, 1:30.
Boston at Detroit.
New York at Cleveland.
Phila. at St. Louis tn.
Evening star., 1946-06-25
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.
Brooklyn, 6, Cincinn.,
t13 innings1.
Boston, S; Chicago, 0.
Only games scheduled.
Games Today.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Pittsb'gh at New York (nl
st. Louis at Phila. (n).
Chicago at Boston (n).
Games Tsmerrow.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at New York
Chicago at Boston.
st. Louis at Philadelphia
Evening star., 1946-06-25
It's Possible to Score q One-Round Decision

brought pencil paper
a
knockout he awarded His depending
his showing be given four onehaf points, four
three-quarers"
points
points his then the
underdog knockout? How he win ponts?"
happen, he explained falls
behind other the halted
stronger decision points
other points which
the contest ended At the knockout scored
decision
said fghts-oops contests Great
Evening star., 1946-06-25
Control in Complete Commend in Isles

The Control is in complete command of boxing Great Britain
permission matches
becomes ill injured the Control submits list of substitutes
the promoter Quite often the Control locates
him the generally appearance
Is
Strangely there thing officially
Britain The and public the term, course explained
nowhere
knocked out another
England against prize fighting
Therefore, there prize fighting rather boxing
billed S fight a contest"
if opponent
that called?
points" replied
Evening star., 1946-06-25

Francis learn anything fighting the old chaps
sonay should like them America and renal
time in order to gain experience"
Evening star., 1946-12-19

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Evening star., 1946-12-19
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Evening star., 1946-12-19

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Evening star., 1946-05-26
Unknown Soldier
By MIRIAM OTTENBERG

AS far as Corpl. Hale can remember,
he has been called only oncc-whcn a
cemetery official climbed inside the
railing that surrounds the tomb He
wanted to examine the tomb, but the
guards orders forbade any one t. GO
inside the railing The guard shouted
for the corporal.
Corpl Hale is busy man. Every hour
during the day he commands the chang
ing of the guard Some time during each
hour. he steps out to sec that the soldiers
belt hasn't slipped an inch and that his
ammunition box is exactly ccntcrcd.
NcatncSS in dress must be matched by
precision in military drill At each end
of the walkway before the tomb, the
soldier must remain 80 seconds facing
Washington. 30 seconds facing the walk
way. The guards try to hit the seconds
on the nose by counting. and feel it's a
severe rcprimand if an officer tells them
they're 2 seconds off.
Tourists are warned by their sight
seeing guides that they will be run down
if they get in the guards way. Actually,
that doesn't happen, but they might be
scared to death. If a tourist becomes an
obstacle the guard haltS and snaps his
rifle to port arms with such a bang that
the tourist thinks a hand grenade must
be exploding in front Of his nose.
At night. although the cemetery is
closed, The ceremonial goes on as before.
Then the vigil is 4 lonely one. The
soldiers say the tomb seems to grow
bigger and bigger and squirrel Scurry-
ing across the ground may sound like
an invading army.
But at night comes family the sounds
of Low and Lonely" mo Letter Today"
and Dark Town Poker Club" The boys
waiting in the squadroom arc playing
records.
That music is the only break in their
long routine of duty, and it's allowed
only when the cemetery is closed and
the only movement is of the sentry
guarding the tomb of IAN American
soldier known but to God
Evening star., 1946-05-26

ACROSS The POTOMAC are Il dozen
soldiers whose assignment depends on
the shine of their buttons and the
straight crease in their trousers.
Chosen from the 10000 troops of the
Military District of Washington, they
must be models of military decorum.
Their intelligence must be above the
average and their service records SpOtleSS.
Theirs is the most honOred- perhaps
the loncliest-job III the Army. They
guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
They actually pace before the tomb
only hours out of every sc, but they are
on duty for II hours at a time, spending
their time alternately walking post and
preparing to walk post.
BY Army orders, they are somewhat
more careful of their appearance than
a leading lady on opening night. They
do their own laundry at washing
machine in the barracks because they
think they can do neatcr job than
professional laundercrS. They buy their
own buttons because they want the kind
on which they can get high shine
These buttons have been with the
tomb three years" said Corpl Troy A.
Hale tondling a button shiny as a mirror,
"They're handed down from corporal
to corporal
In the squadroom on the second floor
of the Amphtheatcr Building where
they spend their II duty hours, there's
a full-length mirror. an ironing board
and a leather polishing kit. The men
use them all constantly They press
their clothes, polish their buttons. their
boots and their leather goods four times
a day,
They help each other dress SO the folds
of their trousers will fall just right over
their white putteeS.
They live by set of orders-ll gem
eral ones. special ones. including a rule
that the rifle must never be carried on
the shoulder nearest the tomb One of
the orders tells them to call the corporal
i'll any case not covered by the other
orders
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-21
Shortage
I'm Glass

Although the lS-week glass
strike Is ended, normal production
will not be possible for SIX months,
A. J Roche, Detroit manager of
the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co,
said today
The wage strike OF $4,000 glass
workers ended with the signing
of a contract in Toledo. national
headquarters of the union
L. c. Bryan. vice president Of
Libbey-Owens- Ford. Signe for
the manufacturers and interna-
tional officers of the Federation
of Glass. Ceramic and Silica Sand
Workers, Go, represented the
union.
Roche said supplies would start
trickling into the Detroit area
within the next few days.
Shortage OF glass has caused
many delays i'm automobile pro-
duction. Roche pointed out. Pitts
burgh Glass supplies Chrysler,
Hudson. Packard and Nash and
provides a limited supply TO Ford.
Libbey-OWcnS-Ford supp c ;
General Motors.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-21
81 Steel Plants Shut
81 Steel Plants Shut
I5.5OO Join
Strike Here

Fifty-seven plants employing 15500 workers in the
Detroit area, closed today by the nationwide steel
strike
More than 1lS,000 Michigan workers made idle
sv industrial disputes most of them in the Detroit
Approximately 100000 General Motors Corp. employees
have been on strike for 90 days.
Another 5000 workers at the Dodge main plant were
laid week of shortage caused by the glass
industry strike which settled last night.
large number of other plants in industries dependent
steel will be forced 10 close Detroit and Michigan
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-21
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinity; Partly cloudy snd
much colder tonight. lowest temperature about
Tuesday partly cloudy and continued cold
ShipperS' forecast: Protect shipments dur
inf the neat 80 hours for. North. 10 de-
Ireet vest. zero east. 10 south. 8.
DETROIT DATA
Temperatures sunday; HiFhest, II degrees
ioweSt - mean. 40.
Departure from normal temperature sunday.
"A degrees
Departure from normal tsmpera since
Jan. +il6 degrees
Temperatures one year ago todsv Hgh~s,
- degree lowest. a. mean 80
Temperatures since 1872. Highest SIS de-
Erees In 1906. lowest. IN 1924
Relative humidity SUNDAY 40 m.
2 a0ra 30 . 1875 30 p. n, 9ON
z 30 .. m a4E.
Precipitation IN last "a hours ending st
30 m. today as inch.
Departure from normal precipitation since
Jan. IS inch.
Degree days for SUNDAY Jan 20 IS
Normal fof Jan 40. ~.
Accumulated degree DAYS this month, sq2
Normal degree dAyt for January ass.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-21
Birth of Hitler S Son
To Eva in '38 Reported

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-The
Brazzaville radio said today that
son was born TO Adolf Hitler
and Eva Braun at San Reno.
Italy. Dec. 81, 1898.
The radio added that year
later. in the early morning of
Jan. l, a German foreign office
member was arrested by the GeS-
tapo in Munich for having stated
during the festivities: today, the
Fuehrers son ei g bra tes HE
birthday"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-21

Organization with great ponp
and circumstance 20 come into
being in London.
The single purpose of that orr
ganization, outside of providing a
haven for lame ducks and a hall
for orators, is 10 make the United
States the guarantor of Russian
imperialism. BY the terms of the
deed. the 'UNO can take no action
against Russia without the unani-
nous consent of the Security
Council. Russia is a member OF
that council.
ACT OF CHAPULTEPEC
Al San Francisco, the American
delegation. brilliantly led by Mr..
Stettinius and Senator Vanden-
berg. admitted the Argentine 10
the conference against the protest
of Russia and pledged the Ameri-
can republics that the Act of
Chapultepec would be confirmed
by a treaty guaranteeing hemis-
phere solidarity That meant an
offensive and defensive alliance Of
all the Americas and a barrier
against Communism.
The treaty was due TO be drawn
at Rio De Janeiro last November.
II was blasted by Undersecretary
Of State AcheSon and others IN
the state department.
ENJOYS BETRAYED
The solemn pledge made to
these republics on which
hemisphere unity could have been
built - has been broken and
MeSsrS. Stettinius and Vandenoerg
seem 10 have traded their personal
honor for the empty privilege OF
being delegates to the UNO.
I our country under MessrS. Tru-
man and Byrnes. with the mute
acuuieScence of the Senate and
/ House Foreign Relations Commit
/ tees. has followed the Communist
party line and has eliminated it.
self as a world power
And, as If 10 top off the half
comic tragedy, Great Britain has
arranged for a gift-loan from Us
which may or may not be approved
By the Cnngress-and Russia Is
standing by for another and big
ger gift-loan Both hope 10 re-
habilitate Z h selves at our
cxrcrrsr and also 10 pay their
quotas in the Breton Woods
scheme in order 10 take more
4 of our money.
Never has a nation noSe-dlved
+ 50 quickly