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Evening star., 1946-09-30
Tie in Pennant Chase
is Fitting Climax 10
Turbulent Season
BY Joe ReiehIer
Associotsd Press Sports Writer

In fitting climax to baseball s
most turbulent year. the close of
the regular season today found the
National League without a cham
pion, since the Brooklyn Dodgers
and st. Louis Cardinals wound up
in dead heat for first place.
1t Is doubtful If ever before 80
many hectic episodes were crowded
into one big league season. Here
are just few of the things that
happened in 1916:
The raiding of the majors by
George PasqueTs Mexican Baseball
League: Robert Murphy's effort to
eStao olish baseball union and the
narrowly averted Pittsburgh Pirates
player strike; resignation OF six
major league managers; evacuation
of the National League cellar by
the Phils, who some thought had
lifelong option there; sale of the
Pittsburgh and Cleveland clubs; Bob
Feller's determined bid for a strike
out record; the Boston Red Sox's
first pennant in % years, and a rec
ord 100000 attendance mark for
the majors.
Both Lack Necessary Punch.
Neither the Dodgers nor the Cards
had the punch necessary to put
over the knockout blow yesterday.
A victory for either team meant the
championship, but the Brooks bowed
to Mort Cooper and the Boston
Braves, 40, while the Cards were
beaten by Johnny Schmitz and the
Chicago Cubs, 8-3.
Cooper, displaying the same bril-
lance which made him one of the
games finest hurlers when he
pitched for the Cards, held the
Dodgers to four singles. It was his
18th victory of the season. His tri-
umph failed to gain for Manager
Billy Southworth and his Braves a
tie for third place because the Cubs
retained their one-game margin in
beating the Cardinals.
But yet it was personal triumph
for Southworth, who was finishing
his first year at the helm of the
Braves after six years with the
Cards. 1t was the Braves initial
Evening star., 1946-09-30
VOL to Broadcast
Curd-Dodqer TiIts

The National League baseball
playoff series beginning tomor =
row will be broadcast locally over
Station VOL.
Jack O'Hara will do the play
by-play from st. Louis, with Bill
Slater and Jack Brickhouse at
the mike in Brooklyn.
Broadcast of tomorroW's game
will start at 2:30, Washington
time, while Thursdays contest
will be aired at 1:30, local time.
Evening star., 1946-09-30

ST. Louis Fans Begin
Scramble for Seats
To Game Tomorrow
BY fhs Assoeioted Prsss

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 30-The st.
Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn
Dodgers will start making baseball
history here tomorrow when thev
60 into the first OF a best -of-thres
series for the National League pen
nant and the right to meet the Bos-
ton Red Sox in the World Series
starting Sunday.
Never before in the 70-year annals
of the game have two teams wound
up the regular season In an exact
f1rst-place tie for a major league
pennant and to accomplish this feat
both Brooklyn and st. Louis lost
their Anal games OF l54-same
schedule yesterday.
The Cards tomorrow will start
either HOWE Pollet. who has been
bothered by an aching muscle in
his side, or Murry Dickson, the rub
ber-armed reliefer who has been
showed into three of the last four
games. Leo Durocher will counter
with Ralph Branca, who shut out
the Cards in Brooklyn during the
| regular season. 4
Both Clubs Blow Chance.
| Each club had a chance to take
the pennant yesterday and each
backed into the history making
piayoh by losing. Johnny Schmitz,
infected toe and all, pitched the
Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 decision
over the Cardinals here, while the
Boston Braves were pounding out
40 win over Brooklyn at Ebbets
Field.
A mad scramble for tickets be.
gan here at 8 o'clock this morning
for what may be the only game
resembling World Series contest to
be seen by st. Louis fans. The
Dodgers and Cardinals move to
Brooklyn for the second game on
Thursday and third game, If
necessary, there on Friday.
OF the two teams Eddie Overs
Cardinals probably found the most
reason to kick themselves today, for
they were well aware yesterday
afternoon that the Dodgers were
having q rough afternoon with
Boston's Mort Cooper.
Cubs Score Five In Sixth.
Every one of the 34,124 fans that
produced Sportsmans Parks largest
crowd of the season knew all about
1t, thanks to announcements over
the public address system. The
Cardinals were leading the Cubs,
FL. when the loud-speakers blared
the news that the Braves had
opened 10 gap on Brooklyn. /;
Then came the fatal sixth. IN
which st. Louis blew up in an ex-
plosion that yielded five Chicago
runs on a double, three infield hits
and wild throw by Stan MusiaI.
The Cards were through after that
and pecked only feebly at Chicagos
lead.
As final preparations were made
for the first game of the playoff
oldtimers still insisted that this
would not be the first playon game
in big league history, referring to
the 1908 affair, in which the Chi
cago Cubs and New York Giants
played of an earlier game that
was tied up by Fred Merkles
famous boner in neglecting to
touch second. The series, however,
will be the first playofT of an exact
1rst-place deadlock.
Evening star., 1946-09-30
Outlook Bright for G. W., Nd,
Dim for Hoyos This Week End

Looking ahead to the District S
FIRST big week end of college foot
ball since 1941, it looks like rough
time for Georgetown against Wake
Forest Friday night at Griffith Sta
diun; a test but victory for Mary
land Friday night against Richmond
at College Park and winning start
for George Washington against
Kings Point Saturday at the Mer-
chant Marine Academy in New York
Navy goes to New York to meet
Columbia in tossup, based on dis
appointing showings in opening
games. Navy was unimpressive in
edging Villanova, TO, and Columbia
figured to beat Rutgers by more
shan the final 1877 margin.
The Demon Deacons from Wake
Forest may be the best college team
TO visit Washington this year Coach
Peshead Walker has a great back
In Reds Cochrane, who helped plas-
ter 1916 beating on Boston College
last Friday night. The Deacons were
outweighed Is pounds per man or
the line, but came out of the game
without injury.
Georgetown was idle over the
week end as far as actual competi-
ton was concerned, but Coach Jack
Hsgerty secuted Wake Forest and
the entire Hoya team watched Villa
nova, future opponent, against
Navy.
Marylsnd's Coach Clark Shaugh-
messy was particularly pleased with
the quarterbacking in Maryland's S
$40 romp over Bainbridge's young
club. Although the Sailors did not
provide enough opposition for
Shaughnessy to get true line on
his squad, he was pleased with what
he saw. The opening game mistakes
were held to minimum.
Richmond has two games under
Its belt, q 46-0 triumph over Ran
oolph Macon and a TT tie with a
Evening star., 1946-09-30

weakened V. M. I. team. Accord
ing to Maryland scouts, the Spiders
have one good line and two fair
back fields.
George Washington's opponent
has been scoreless in it's first two
games and the Colonials hope it
will be three after Saturday. After
a TO shoutout at the hands of Le-
high, the Mariners were blanked
$50 by Yale as the Ellis reportedly
played under wraps Comdr. Bill
Reinhart would like to win this one
however, and the Mariners may get
tough.
Evening star., 1946-09-30

OF Wlllams
like him gusty
penickiy antics WITNESSES
social Ted nts the otherwise drab dull of daily
routine" says.
Evening star., 1946-09-30
F'nol 1916 Major League Standings
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 80 1916
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

xdstefdHyb NefUIts.
Washington, 7; Boston, 0
st. Louis, 8; Chicago, 7.
Cleveland, 4; Detroit, /.
New York, So:
Philadelphia, 0-1
Evening star., 1946-09-30

Il hope Brooklyn wins the National League
pennant." he said "and so do most Boston fans.
For just one reason, of course
Why Brookyn?" we asked.
Because of the fans-thoSe tough Brooklyn
fans They'll ride Ted Williams right out of the
ball park He'll have the roughest World Series
anybody ever had. He'll wish he was a fireman. all
right if Brooklyn beats the Cardinals"
That chum, is a pretty good hate. And the
cabbie swears there more who feel the same
way, who are rejoicing with him that Mickey
Vernon the batting championship of the
American League and Hank Greenberg the home
run title.
The Boston press appears to be divided on the
Evening star., 1946-09-30

NATIONAL LEAGHE.
yestseaa,'s Results.
Boston, 4; Brooklyn, 0.
Chicago, 8; st. Louis, 3.
New York, 3; Phila.. /.
Cincinnati, Is;
Pittsburgh. o..
Evening star., 1946-09-30
Skins, ID; SteeIers, ID

Scoring: Touchoowns-saena, Todd, jan
sante, Dudley. Points after touchdown
poilion 90, Dudley (2l, placements. Sub
stitutions: Redskins-Backs: Todd. Jacobs,
ends: Kovatch, PEBBLES, Lapka, Schillins
tackles; Avery Adams. guards: Stralka,
Britt, Jaf1urs; centerS: De Mao, Ehrhardt.
Pittsburgh-Backs: Lach, Clement, Patrick,
Dutton, Garnaas, Rogers; ends: Bova, jan
sante, Gray; tackles; Repko, Whylie;
guards: Perko, Fife, Skorich; centers.
Titus. Referee-Emil Heintz. Umpire
Joseph Crowley. Head lnesman-Lloyd
Brazil Field ludge-Henry Haines
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
DoWnsfufe workers
to boycott meats

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. = Antici-
pating a return to conditions
where meat will be withheld 10
force buyers to pay Black Mar
ket prices, Springfield. Labor this
week voted for a buyers strike
against high-priced meat and the
calling of public meeting in
September to outline to workers
the reasons for the recent price
increases.
Volunteer delegates of the CLIO.
ALL, Railroad Brotherhoods,
Progressive Miners and the Unit
ed Mine Workers, voted for the
above action as members of the
labor advisory committee to the
Springfield district of the OPA.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
RemRand strikers
urge customer aid

Tabulating maintenance en-
ployees of the Chicago office
of Remington Rand went on
strike with a new twist last
week, after a breakdown in ne
gotiations with the company.
Anticipating activity by the
firm to pin responsibility for the
walkout on the workers, the
tabulating service men, members
of Local 1850, of the UE-CIO,
sent letters to the firms custom
ers describing the issues of the
walkout.
Pointing out that their local
wage and contract demands had
already been met in the COM
pans eastern plants, the strikers
letter regretted the inconvenience
caused by the strike to their
customers, and asked their coop
GRAFTON in urging the company
to settle the dispute.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
Hotpoint election
set aside by NLRB

Announcing that the National
Labor Relations Board had set
aside the election recently con-
Quoted at the three Hotpoint ap-
pliance plants in Cicero, officials
of the CLIO United Electrical
Workers made plans this week
for a final organizing drive to
complete unionization of the local
General Electric subsidiary.
Karl Filter, Acting Regional
Director of the NLRB, upheld UE
charges that the company had
improperly interfered with its
employees freedom of choice in
the plant balloting held last
month.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
THE CHICAGO STAR, SEPTEMBER :, 1916
IN THE
Whitney blasts Truman,
backs PAC program

of the people," declared the
BRIT leader. ut should repre-
sent all the people, but all it
has done is represent the Wall
Street crowd.
"All Americans should ex.
ercise their right of fran
chise at the ballot box by
electing friends of the peo-
ple."
Bitterly critical of the Tru-
man administration, Whitney
nevertheless cautioned against
a third party movement at this
time, declaring that it would
lead only to a ''walkaway" for
the Republicans. In certain dis
tricts, however, he advised labor
to run Independent candidates.
Whitney was the chief speak
er at joint Rail Brotherhoods-
CLIO labor day rally in Ham
mond Monday, sponsored by the
Lake County organizations of
both groups. Both he and James
B. Carey, CLIO Secretary-Treas-
urer, emphasized the need for
united action by labor to halt
the rapidly developing reaction
airy trend in the federal govern
ment.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
Silver spoon kids
act all the breaks

Grand Boulevard, part of
Chicago's Negro ghetto, has a
population of 103,256. 1t has one
recreational facility for every &c.
900 people. Washington Park, an
other area in the ghetto, has
population of 52,736 with the
same ratio of recreational facili-
ties.
West Ridge, well-to-do COM
munity in the 50th Ward, has
population of 1858. It's ratio is
1 to 5000.
THE general catering to veal
thy districts in distributing facili-
ties stems primarily from the
facts that the city's recreational
needs has been made a football
between big corporations who
reap huge profits off park and
playground bond issues and the
city administrations, both Demo.
cratic and Republican.
Today the disparities between
Chicago's working class areas
and the upper middle class COM
munities are growing wider.
Three fourths of all the children
in the city are without adequate
recreation facilities.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
Scientific Co. strike
solid in third week

Out on strike since August
21st, $50 members of Local 758
of the CLIO Mine, Mill and Smell
ter Workers have completely
closed down the Precision Scien-
tific Company because of the
company's refusal to meet union
wage and contract demands.
Pointing out that employees
have received as yet only 71s
cents of the national wage in
crease pattern of 1871 cents,
strike chairman Fred Krimmel
and Secretary Howard Vette
charged that the strike was
called only after continued in
timidation by the company and
refusal to bargin in good faith.
Well organized for the strike,
pickets operate in regular shifts
from the strike headquarters at
North and Hamlin Avenues,
where women strikers operate a
regular soup kitchen as well. Ar
engagements have also been made
for educational classes twice a
week at the headquarters.
Strikes point out that although
the company claims it cannot af-
ford a wage increase, it is never
theless completing a new factory
three times the size of the pres
ent one. .-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
How the Hobbies take
money out ofyour pocket

| WHAT have always objected
to, and always shall object to, is
the spending of millions of dol
lars to influence legislation, with
no public accounting, no respon.
sibility, hidden from the sight OF
the people and even from unsus.
pectlng and inexperienced mem.
bers of Congress, and frequently
In such fragrant opposition to
the public interest that the pro.
paganda activities cry to Heaven
Tor investigation and publication.
l believe, and a vast number
OF the American people agree
with me that the millions scent
by the lobby against OPA will
cost the American public billions.
OF course, some fortunes will
be made; but the national econ
omy will be injured irretrieyablv
II, as l fear, the unsatisfactory
and inadequate price control act
we finally passed opens the door
10 wild Initiation, and a new wave
Oh strikes will be set off as the
price of living advances beyond
any possibility of workers, small
businessmen, twenty million peo-
pie living on small fixed incomes
from trusts, annuities, estates.
pensions and retirement benefits.
veterans, and others to live.
THE EFFECT of numbering
oPA, even though we set an
emaciated corpse back in the
statute books, already is being
felt. Ex-soldiers trying TO get an
education under the CT Bill of
Rights cannot live on their sub.
slstence allowances, which seem
ed generous when we provided
for them; old soldiers cannot live
on their pensions; housewives
cannot stay within their budgets.
When Americans learn how
much lobbying in Washington
can cost everybody in America,
they will demand that our new
lobby registration law be revised
and strengthened.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07

rally in Hammond, Indiana.
In answer to a query about
his views on the CLIO Political
Action Committee, Whitney
pointed out that he is an Off
Ger of the National Citizens
PAC. Naturally, / am in agree
ment with it." he said.
"THE 10Th Congress fell far
from carrying out the policies
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
Bakery victory

Bakery workers hailed a ode
cisive victory" this week after
their week-long strike against
Chicago retail bakeries. AS the
last of the bakery shops involved
agreed to union demands, Locals
2 and 62 of the ALL Bakers I'm
ion completed arrangements for
the return to work of the 500
workers who participated in the
shutdown.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
(Fron Page o.

al facilities in schools and colleges
cooperating under the CT bill Of
rights; and it was only after my
personal Intervention with the
conferees that the ridiculous am
endment to the appropriation bill
which would have put the FEEDER
al government in the position of
breaking its own contracts and
robbing Chicago and other cities
of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars was dropped.
I could go on and on, telling
of the Hobbies which, in defiance
of the demands of all public
spirited doctors and nurses ana
public health. authorities, labor
unions, civic groups, and scores
of others, defeated the Wagner
Dingell Public Health Bill; forced
amendments to- the Hill-Burton
Hospital bill which will reduce
its effectiveness; defeated the Csc
Minimum Wage bill; and killed
or crippled many other forward
looking measures.
ALARMED by the growing
power and arrogance of these
Hobbies, I introduced, more than
six months ago, a resolution call
ing for the appointment of a
strong special committee to tho
roughly investigate the activities
of lobbies and lobbyists and to
recommend legislation to force
public responsibility for their
acts.
However, in the hands of the
unfriendly majority in the Com
mittee on Rules, formed by the
usual coalition Of Republicans
and Southern Democrats, that re-
solution was so emasculated any
investigation under its authority
would have been of little value.
To my pleasure and gratitica-
ton, the strong provisions of
Title III of the Reorganization
bill were adopted without change,
and the lobbyist must expose to
the public gaze what he's work
ing for, who pays the bill, and
who is behind him. I regret only
that we did not go farther to
force the public responsibility of
those who exert pressure on the
executive agencies for favorable
administrative decisions.
I have always said that lobby
ing is not of and by itself wrong.
The Constitution declares the
right of the people to petition
the government, and lobbying is
one form Of petition.
= ? ,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07

o f Americas
largest rail
70 a d union,
told the STAR
this week I'm an
exclusive inter-
view at the
Congress Ho-
tel, shortly aft
er he spoke at
n rso~k 1,Lop
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
By JERRY WERTHIMER

1.-THE Brotherhood of Railway
way Trainmen will cooperate
with everybody who wants to
see clean government and to
defeat Wall Street representa-
ton in Congress-"
So Alexander F. Whitney,
fighting white-haired president
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07
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workingclass communities, you
and your family are the victims
of discrimination.
HUNDREDS of miles of squa-
lid alleys, dusty lots and garbage
dumps make up the overpopulat-
ed Fairgrounds for most of Chi
cago's children.
The areas where recreational
facilities are most needed have
received the least attention from
the city's three top agencies -
The Chicago Park District, the
Municipal Bureau of Parks and
the Board of Educators Bureau
of Recreation.
According to the Citizens Com
-mittee, recently appointed to in
vestigate the operations of the
Chicago Park District -. Eat the
generally accepted ratio of 10
park acres per 1000 persons, Chi
cago should have $4,000 acres in
parks and Fairgrounds :. the
present parks and Fairgrounds
provided only 1870 of the desira-
BILE area"
IN other words, where there
should be one park acre for every
100 people, Chicago now has
roughly one park per 600 per-
sons.
But the contrast between
lOw-incOme communities and
ChicagO's rich and upper class
districts can be seen by the
fact that areas like Lake Bluff,
Highland Park and Glencoe
has three park acres per 100
persons!
The overall picture in Chicago
is one public recreation facility
for every 10000 people. But in
specific low income areas, par
ticularly in the Negro commurl-
ity, there is only one such facili-
ty for every 10000 people.
TAKE a look at some of the
facts about public recreation IA
cilitieS in the loW-income neigh
borhoods.
For instance, the Near North
side area, characterized as zone
of the worst slum areas in Chi
cago", had a population of 1854
in 1914. 1t has only one public
facility for every $4,000 people.
On the other hand Beverly
Hills in the rich 10Th Ward has
a population of 1870. The city's
recreational agencies has provid-
ed it with more than one public
facility for every 1000 people. Tn
the same ward, Morgan Park
with a population of 15,645 has
the same ratio of public facil-
ties.
A.
ON the near West side, which
has long had tradition of juve-
nile delinquency, with popula-
ton of 1868, there is only one
public facility for every $4,000
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-09-07

ON the near West side, which
has long had a tradition of juve-
nile delinquency, with a popula-
ton of 1868, there is only one
public facility for every $4,000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-07
R00SEvELT CLAN
 INCREASES WITH
 BAB!ES' BIRTHS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. T - The second addition to the Roosevelt family in as many days, a son weighing nine pounds, eight ounces, was born today to Mrs. James Roosevelt.
 Condition Of both the baby and the former Romelle Schneider was excellent" Dr. B. J. Hanley said.
 It was the second son in 13 months for the eldest son of F. D. R. He has two other children by his marriage to Betsy Cushing.
 John Roosevelt, youngest son of the late President, and his wife, the former Anne Lindsay Clark of Boston, became the parents of a siX-pound girl, named Sara Delano for her great-grandmother, at Huntington Memorial Hospital in nearby Pasadena yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-07
p-TApR0GRAMlS
 ON BUILDING OF
 CHARACTER, t947

Juneau Parent Teacher Associa- ton is planning its programs for the year, beginning on December l6, around the theme Character Building for Children. Publicity committee, under Mrs, Carol Beery Davis, has given several reasons for the selection.
 Basis for the theme was found by P-TA in the new postwar prob- lems of education, the breaking up of many families and mounting juvenile delinquency. Contributing factor was an awareness of hazards of the new atomic age which are not sufficiently met under the old type of education. With a wealth of material at hand or available for study, P-TA feels that the sub ject will interest parents and teach CTS in concrete ideas for home and school training.
 Program for the December 16 meeting will be Character Build ing in the Home The talk and discussion will be led by the Rev. Walter Soboleff.
 The following articles in recent magazines are suggested by the Publicity Committee to stimulate thought and discussion: The Allan tic Monthly, November, Whats Wrong With the Family?"; Time, November 25, under Medicine, Mammals Boys; American Home, November, "Parents-Architects of Peace; Saturday Evening Post, of October 26 What's Wrong with American Mothers?"; Ladies Home Journal, December, How To Get Along With Children" All mem bers and friends are urged to read these articles in advance, and to take their questions and problems to share in the discussion.