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Evening star., 1947-05-01
Lode, Unknown Cubs HurIer,
Makes DODGERS Take Notice

they settled back to enjoy ninth
straight home park success and a
seventh successive Dodger triumph
AS Lade warmed to the task OF
earning his first big league victory
and blanked the Brooks the rest OF
the way, winning in the ninth on
Bill Nicholson's long home run, the
Dodgerites realized they were seeing
a real pitcher.
The husky 26-year- right
handler from Fairbury, Nebr.. wouno
up with four hitter, DETECTING two
smashes through the box into in.
field outs and catching a sizzling
liner off Jackie Robinson's bat that
was tagged base hit"
If 1t hadn't been for Hank
Borowy's blisters, Lade wouldn't
have been pitching yesterday in
Brooklyn. With Hank requiring
more rest, Manager Charley Grimm
called on the rookie to take his
turn. 1t won't be the last time.
Although he was treated roughly
by Cincinnati April % and yanked
for pinch hitter in a game even
tually charged to Paul Erickson
Lade rates high In Grimm's pitch
ing plans.
Il thought he pitched a whale
of a game" Grimm said later
Good fast ball and fine change
Of pace. The kid Is a good pitcher. -
Lade started out as a third base
man, back in his American Legion
days, but the extra weight that
earned him the nickname OF
"Porky," forced him to turn to
pitching. He always has been base
ball minded, for his father, rail-
roader on the Rock Island road, was
an amateur star.
There were red faces In Chicago
after Ladies success, for the White
Sox had first chance at his services
They bought him from Shreveport
In 1912. but he went into the service
and they never saw him until
spring Of 1916. Although he showed
good stuff in training at Pasadena
the Sox didn't feel like meeting
the price tag and turned him back
to Shreveport, where he won u
including six shutouts, before the
Cubs bought him in September.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Hoyos Kostecko, Krous Tempted by Pro Bids
Caps After Andy Colleges Down on Scholarship Athletes

the boys they'll have to get part
time jobs for their pocket money.
The CT bill of rights, tuition plus
S65 per month, is about all the
average athlete can expect these
days, unless he's another Trippi or
Sinkwich. Some schools will con-
tinue or resume doing business at
the old stand, OF course, but most
will be content to let Uncle Sam
foot the entire bill.
Speaking ~ Maryland, last
Saturdays iatrasquad football
struggle brought out raft of old
timers. including Moose" Sur
gent. Tole> Mudhens holdout;
Marine Col Johnny Gormley,
Bob Smith, Blair Smith and Cole
man Headley. Headley is the
man of the year in our book.
A few years ago he was the
Terps' top runner and one of the
East's best. Headley played a
season of football under Frank
Evening star., 1947-05-01
BY the Assoeioisd Press

BROOKLYN, May with First
Baseman Ed Waitkus back in the
lineup, the Chicago Cubs were
hustling through infield practice
yesterday and nobody paid much at
tention when the Ebbets Field loud
speakers cracked, "Lade, pitching
for Chicago"
who's that bum?" was common
observation. The Flatbush GUS
toners, flushed by eight home park
victories without a miss. wouldn't
have been upset il they said
Brecheen or Feller was pitching.
Already six games out in front of
the ST. Louis Cardinals, who had
started an Eastern trip by stubbing
their toes in New York, Dodger Gus
toners weren't In the mood to be
bothered by some kid they never
had heard of before.
When this Lade-first name Doyle
retired the eide in order in both
the first and second innings they
didn't lift an eyebrow. After Pee
Wee Reese broke his no-hitter with
one out in the. third and Pitcher
Ralph Branca followed with double
against the outfield wall for run,
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Fans Rate RiskoIater
Bullet Proof as Best
Derby Long-Shots
By Sid FEEDER
Associated Pres. Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports Writer
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-The
Observation-Disclosures Cheering
and Chowder Society wound up its
anual hair-pulling contest today
in a photo finish between Risko-
later, a stretch-runner which has
made a career out of chasing one
horse, ana Bullet Proof, which is sc
small they'll have to hang a light
on him so he'll be seen Saturday.
This society meets every May Day
just about the time Derbytown gets
filled up like lot of large sardines
in a small can.
With Phalanx and Faultless the
glamour boys this time and Star
Reward and On Trust not far off
the hair-pulling left a lot OF newly
bald heads on the premises. There
was loud support for such as Jet
Pilot, the booming front-runner
and Liberty Road, practically un-
heard-of galloper from Virginia, by
way OF New York, which is such q
dark horse in Saturdays 73d Run
for the Roses they're calling him
Coal-Mine. Cal around here.
7 Best Chances for Upset. -.
But when all the scalping was
finished this time, Riskolater and
Bullet Proof had the floor all to
themselves. They're the young fell
lows voted most likely to be a
ro hhit In CT cod <f q horse If 70 hnif
pops out of a hat when the field
of IL or 13 gets around to the pay
ing window Saturday.
Riskolator has had three chances
at Plain Ben Jones Faultless. The
first time, in Florida, he was four
lengths back at the finish. The
second time, at Keeneland, he wa.
two lengths away. And the thiro
time, only a week ago in the Blue
Grass Stakes, he was second by 8
neck. The way the BTDF Society
members have 1t figured out he's
getting closer all the time.
Beat Faultless Once.
Bullet Proofs rivalry with Fault.
less goes back to Florida. Up tc
now this year, you know, Faultles.
has won six starts, finished secone
in another. The only time 3-year.
old beat him this season was last
February in an overnight race. Anc
the 3-year-old which pulled the stun
was Bullet Proof, which won the
Chesapeake In Maryland last week
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Western-WiIson Tilt
Heads Tomorrow's
High School Card

Westerns attempt to knock Will
son out OF the three-way tie for
leadership in the District public
high baseball race tops tomorrow's
four-game schoolboy program. The
Red Raiders and Tigers meet on
the Western diamond.
Wilson. Coolidge and Eastern are
tied at the top, with Western and
Tech following. Other games to-
morrow are Coolidge at Anacostia,
Central at Eastern and Tech at
Roosevelt. The Wilson Western
clash figures as tossup, while Cool
idge, Eastern and Tech rate as fav-
orites to win their games.
Tomorrow may be another oi
those days in which good pitching
Is featured throughout most of the
league. Bernie Myles of Eastern
Tex Jones Of Coolidge, Fred Cahoon
of Western and Bob Jones of Tech
are some of the pitchers who have
been miserly in giving up hits.
Techs Bob Jones failed to finish
his opening game this year after
straining his back, but he bounced
back last week to toss the years
first no-hitter.
Myles has the best overall record
having allowed only three hits In
his two complete games while fan
ming total of 26 Tex Jones has
two low-hit victories on his record
also, having given up three and two
safeties while keeping the defending
champs on top.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Herman 5 Own Code
Paying Off as Bucs
Crowd Leaders
BY the Assoeiutsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, May billy
Herman has his own code for man.
agerial success-and apparently It's
paying off for the new pilot Of the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
| At this point of the game the
Pirates-a seventh-place club year
ago-are tied for second, a game out
of first place.
And what does 1t take to be a
winning manager, Mr.. Herman?
Here's the formula:
Keep your players hustling. Make
them believe in you. Don't be un-
reasonable Let the player know
you know about his troubles. Keep
him playing his best every minute
and I think that kind Of man
ager is likely at find his team up
front"
"It's something new for me, sure,
said the man who still rates as one
Of the best hit-and-run artists in
baseball. when I was a player, all
I had to do was pay attention te
my job at second base and follow
the managers signs when we were
trying to win game. -
II suppose he mused, "some ot
the managers I played for didn't
sleep, but I don't intend to play
baseball that way. I think most new
managers try to copy managers they
played for
Some managers think they are
John McGraws. Others think they
can do the things Connie Mack did
Or they may try to be a Joe Nc.
Carthy," Herman said, adding:
II can't go for that idea. I don't
copy any manager, for baseball ane
players change from one year to thu
other. What may have been the
winning way for McGraw doesn't
win today.
Look! AS a player I worked un.
der Rogers Hornsby, Charley Grimm
Gabby Hartnett, Jimmy Wilson, Lee
Durocher and Billy Southworth
Each Of these fellows had different
ideas. Some of their ideas were
good, others I thought were bad.
II never was a clubhouse lawyer
I never opened my mouth when
thought manager was making {
mistake. But I watched ane
listened.
Nov that I'm a manager, Nv,
tried to throw out the ideas that
didn't like and incorporate the one
that I thought were good"
Evening star., 1947-05-01

As Last, but Near
Lead in Odd Race
BY The Assoeiossd Press

DETROIT, May In this
topsy-turvy baseball campaign
almost anything can happen,
and just to prove 1t the Phila-
delphia Athletics were a mere
two games out of first place in
the American League today.
But conversely. the AS were
languishing In last place. That's
how close the junior circuit race
was after two weeks Of the 1s47
season.
Resting up yesterday when
their contest with the Cleveland
Indians was washed out, the
Athletics looked back upon q
string Of three straight victories,
all achieved in ninth inning
rallies.
Two came against the Boston
Red Sox and one against the In
dians. Today they're ready to
take on the Detroit Tigers and
to defy further the prognosti-
Gators who almost unanimously
predicted they'd finish some 20
games off the league pace.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Unrepentant kaePh hail
Moves in for Verbal
Clash With Chandler
BY The Associated Press

CINCINNATI, May 1.-ChandIef
and MacPhail formed the battery
for today's big verbal baseball battle
but there was some question as to
which would do the pitching and
which the catching.
The games commissioner, A. B.
(Happy) Chandler, and the carrot
thatched prexy of the Yanks, Larry
MacPhail, were scheduled to argue
their differences at II am.
MacPhail was ordered here by the
commissioner to explain why he had
def1ed a silence" order by talking
out of turn about the 1947 suspen-
sion Chandler handed Leo (Ths
Lip) Durocher, Dodger manager, on
April 9.
The Yankee boss not only ap-
peared ready to back up his state
ments, but took occasion yesterday
to call the New York scribes togeth-
er for the purpose of "re-irritating"
the remarks to which Chandler OBJ
jected. After his new broadside,
MacPhail took a plane for Cincin-
natl and his date.
The Yank chief maintained a
heavy silence on his arrival here
last night, however,
MacPhail, whose charges of defa-
nation against Durocher and
Branch Hickey, head of the Dodger
club, led to the Lips suspension and
fines of $4,000 against the Buns
and the Yanks, said he understood
Chandler had written a letter to
President Will Harridge of the
American League stating that
Durocher's suspension did not re-
suit from any evidence produced at
the Florida hearings.
4 Chandler, shown a copy Of Mac
PhaiIs remarks. just jutted out hh
Jaw a bit and said mo comment"
MacPhail's outburst indicated that
a showdown between the owners
and Chandler over the extent of the
commissioners power might be in
the offlng.
Chandler has maintained silence
since summoning MacPhail, but his
office let 1t be known that sports
writer's and photographers would
not be permitted inside.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Mats Must Sacrifice
Defense for Power;
Newsom Bows Again
By Burton Howkins
Star Staff corrsspondsnt

ST. LOUIS, May 1.-Aggressive,
spirited Jerry Priddy is wallowing
in the midst of the worst batting
slump of his major league career
and unless he displays immediate
signs Of improvement, Manager
Ossie Bluege reluctantly will sup
plant him. Priddy,s puny hitting is
beginning to handicap the Mats.
Normally a fine spring hitter,
Jerry has obtained only two hits in
nine games and one of those was a
pop fly which Boston's .infield mis-
judged into double. He is hitting
! a pathetic .063, has gone hitless in
his last Is attempts and has fash
ioned only one hit in his last %
| efforts.
Priddy already has struck out six
times. In the early part of last
season, Jerry was battling for the
runs-battedin leadership among the
Mats, but this season his reputation
as q clutch hitter is suffering. As
the Mats dropped a So decision to
the White Sox yesterday at Chicago,
Priddy left six runners stranded.
Priddy's woeful batting hasn't
come as a sudden surprise. He was
pitifully inept during spring train
ing, but shrugged 1t off and said,
They'll start dropping In for me
soon" That hasn't developed and
Jerry now finds his job in jeopardy.
Bluege Looking to Myatt.
! George Myatt, whose fielding can't
match the polished play of Priddy
soon will be employed at second
base unless Jerry starts to hit.
Bluege admittedly would be sacri-
flcing defensive f1nesse in an at
tempt to insert more power into his
| lineup. but he's in a mood to make
the move ...
Meanwhile Mickey Vernon and
Stan Spence are indicating they
have shaken their batting slumps.
Mickey, last years American League
batting champion, had obtained
only one hit in "a attempts before
yesterdays game, but notched three
successive singles of Johnny Rig
ney.
| Spence also collected two singles
as the Mats slammed IL hits, for
their seasons peak, but Lewis con-
tinues to be Washington's big boy
with a bat in his hands. Buddy
smashed a double and two singles
yesterday and boosted his average
to .425. Lewis has been the Mats
standout hitter all spring, compil-
ing a .480 average In spring train
ing.
The Mats apparently will receive
no help from Bobo Newsom until
warm weather rolls around. Bobo
has been battered for 10 hits and
10 runs In 112s innings. Against
the White Sox he failed to survive
five innings, yielding Chicago all its
runs on eight hits.
Newsom Raped at Start.
Chicago nicked Newsom for a run
in the first inning when Bob Ken
nedy doubled across Luke Appling
and the White Sox grasped a 20
lead in the fourth when Don Kollo-
(See MATS, Page C-3)
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Newhouser and PoIIei
Having Hard Time
Getting Started
By Joe Reichler
Asseeioied Press Sports Writer


One Of the enigmas of the young
baseball campaign has been the
poor pitching form displayed by Hal
Newhouser and Howie Pollet, the
premier southpaws of the major
leagues.
Newhouser, Detroit's star hurler
who generally is rated as the best
left-hander in the American League
since Bob Grove, has lost his last
three starts after opening the sea-
son for the Tigers with an auspi-
cious shutout against the st. Louis
Browns.
Pollet, the st. Louis Cardinals
stylish twirler, who led the National
League In games won and earned
runs last year, has been belted out
of the box and charged with de-
feat in each Of his three starts this
season.
Fails for Third Time.
Yesterday was the third straight
time that Newhouser failed to &C
the route as the Boston Red SoS
finished him off In the ninth in
ming to whip the Tigers, I'll. Me-
Parnell, rookie southpaw, ended the
Red Sox's four-game losing streak
by holding the Bengals to four hits
in registering his initial major
league victory.
The skidding Cards suffered thei,
seventh successive defeat, 4-3 loss
to the New York Giants at the
Polo Grounds. The situation is SO
serious in st. Louis that President
Sam Breadon announced he was
flying to New York to see for him
self just what is wrong with the
world champions.
The Cards led until two out in
the ninth yesterday, mainly because
Of home runs by AL (Red) Schoen-
dienst and Stan Musial. The
eighth-place Redbirds now are six
full games behind the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
The Chicago Cubs, behind the
four-hit pitching of Rookie Doyle
Lade, snapped the Dodgers sixth
game winning streak, 81. The de-
feat was Brooklyn's first in nine
starts at Ebbets Field, and mar
rowed its flrst-place lead over the
Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates to one
game. The Dodgers Jackie Robin
son went hitless four times at bat
stretching his hitless streak to 20.
Three Big Innings.
The Pirates had three big in
nings, a four-run fifth and three
run eighth and ninth innings to
swamp the Phils in Philadelphia
11-4
The Braves, behind Johnny Sain
toppled the Cincinnati Reds in Bos-
ton, 1913. Sain famed 10 batters
and was helped by Bob Elliott, who
got three hits, and Earl Torgeson
who hit homer and triple.
T., The New York Yankees Western
invasion started in reverse as the
Browns licked them, 1876, in st
Louis. -sz,4 * = -
Evening star., 1947-05-01
By Lewis F. Atchison

Andy Kostecka may pass up
another year of basket ball at
Georgetown to play pro-ball
with the Caps. Red Auerbach
is reported to be dangling five
grand in front of Handy Andy,
the Districts leading collegiate
scorer and great pro prospect,
and Kostecka definitely is inter-
ested. Close friends say he will
turn pro.
At the same time it is learned
that the Providence Steamrollers
are making goo-goo eyes at DAN
ny Kraus, playmaker of Elmer
Ripley's squad. Danny looks
forward to a professional career
and undoubtedly will sign unless
a better offer comes along.
The joy-ride Is over for most
college athletes at Maryland,
Jim Tatum repeatedly informed
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Washington College Nips
Catholic U. Nine, 7 10 6
Speeiol pispoteh 10 The s,or


CHESTERTOWN, Md, May L.
Washington College had more of q
finishing punch than Catholic Uni
versity in their baseball game yes
terday and squeezed out a 7-6 VIC
tory for It's eighth in a row.
The Shoremen drove over five
runs in the sixth with Halls triple
and Tattersall's two-bagger featur-
ing the rally.
Connally's triple featured Catho-
lies four-run counterattack in the
seventh. but the Cards couldn't
catch their hosts.
Catholic o. - 600 100 4lO-6 IL
WASHINGTON - 100 005 10x-7 II {
Riley, Cranston and Cousey; Gray
Lynch and Tiley
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Western Maryland Nips
American u. in Tennis

Western Maryland's edge In
doubles got a 5-4 decision over
American University in hotly con-
tested tennis, match yesterday.
Three singles engagements went
to three sets with Norman Stern
of the victors winning over Bill
Cowan in the afternoons longest
match
Evening star., 1947-05-01

Dobson and, despite his mex
perience. was q good halfback.
But after his graduation and
marriage, tragedy struck. He was
shot in restaurant, trying to
act as peacemaker. The slug
nicked his spine and passed
through a lung. Several times
tSee HOYAS, Page C-3.)
Evening star., 1947-05-01
White Sox, 5; Mats, 7

Totals 81 IL "a IL Totals Fl 10 27 10
.EIied out for Haefner in seventh
fFled out for Harris in ninth
WASHINGTON -~.----- 600 O01 O10-2
GhIcago --e 100 130 0Ox-5
Runs-Grace. Lewis, Appline (2p. Phil
in-Kenneds t31. Dicfey. Whit. Npn 0aSeeo Ver1
non CD. Two-base hits-Kennedy ~,
Travis, Lewis. Stolen bases-Philley,
Bile play-Priddy. Christman and Yer.
non. Left on bases-Washireto s; Chi
caso, 8. Bases on bal1s-Newsom 2:
Newsom,. l. by Rigney. 8. Hits-off New
som, 9 in As innings: off Haefner, j in
=: on Harris, in 2. Losing pitcher
Newsom; Umpires-Messrs Boyer Hur-
ley and Passarella. Time-1:55. At
Evening star., 1947-05-01

even football was woven into general conversation
SO close TO Derby Day.
Bryant Is staging his second annual pre-Derby
gridiron shjndig tonight-a full-dress preview OF
the 1947 Kentucky squad playing a game-and so
complete is his backing that horsemen and breed
ers from miles around are headed here, many
coming from Louisy. 1e. After one season OF OBJ
serving Bryant, Kentuckans are convinced that
the Wildcats are headed back toward prominence
in the Southeastern Conference.
1t Is interesting to note that Bryant is going
along with so many other coaches In varying his
ofense. @All spring the young boss of Kentucky
Evening star., 1947-05-01
None College Stor
Signed by Colts
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, May with
Coach Cecil Isbell of the Balti-
more Colts beating the bushes
for talent, President Bob Roden-
berg has unearthed a prospect
here for the club in the ALL
America Football Conference.
Rodenberg announced yester-
day signing of Bill Irwin, g.
foot end. If Irwin makes the
pro grade he will do it without
benefit of college experience.
Irwin ended his schooling on
graduation from Riverside Mill
tary Academy in New York. But
during the war he played out
standing ball with the Navy team
in Hawaii.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Trupshoot at Gun Club

Washington Gun Club will hold q
registered shoot with 116-yard and
50-yard handicap targets at noon,
Saturday, at the clubs range,
Thirty fourth street and Benning
road NE
Evening star., 1947-05-01

his backfeld aide Frank Mose
Frank Thomas hereto
have pretty single wing
Bryant conses that the influence OF Nays varied attack
against felt here elsewhere 1t Will
double wingback wngack and spread formation
with astonishing results.
1t Won't Necessarily Be Bosc Offense
THAT exhibition by Navy influence coaches"
Bryant This going interesting but
players alike think would like
perfectng system but apparently isn't
enough these
getting pretty good ticks the TT this
spring necessarily Kentucky will be IT team
Basicay suppose we'll be single wing but he laughed with
variations"
significant that Bryants special Derby
guest in the mid 1905
best pair Of ends In football Since their campus Gays
they gone different directions Bryant remaining to
cege joining the to become best
all time.
ssress the but after years National League Don has
come to know especially Chicago
battles, well as nesrly anybody.
If It's LeeoI, Byont Will Use Shift
frequently the coming months this question
going asked:
that combination line backheld shift
pacced notably Snasey North Carolina and
Hamilton O Navy? Is is it legal?
question put his aides they admitted
frankly they didn't whether the NCAA Rules Committee had
stimulates running play Bryant Yet
paused full second before the ball snapped
That's something got before the starts
fact thing decided see."
"I It's legal he continues I'm going A
be foolish to do anything It's terrible threat especially
sparingy the last
looking Snaves shift that Carolina without shifting
caught Georgia hatfooted and outcharged them"
II know thingIm going to get ruling the
Southeastern Conference it's legal until the last
penalty every big yards
season" -.e
Evening star., 1947-05-01
st. GubrieI's in Streuk

st. Gabriel's baseball team now
boasts three wins in a row In the
c. Y. o. league after drubbing st.
Johns Prep, 1875, yesterday. Jimmy
Mitchell led the attack with two
doubles.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
League Statistics
Thursday, May 1, 1947.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
Chicago. 3: Washington. 9.
Boston. Z; Detroit. !.
ST. Louis, Is; New York, 3.
Philadelphis at Cleveland, rain.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Win, Lose, or Draw
Kentucky's r. vies With Derby JuIeps
BY. FRANCIS Z. STANN
3,sr S,~N Coyrsspondsns

LEXINGTON KY, May Here bluegrass country there
only sports Derby speculation heard at
Incredibly lovely hotel obes and and that
until Bryant took charge at the University Of
Evening star., 1947-05-01
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Yesterday Results.
Chicago. 3. Brooklyt. l.
Boston. 10, CincInns 2
PITTSBURGH. II; Philadelphia. 4.
New York, 4 St Louis. 3.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Southeast EoqIes Dutino

Southeast Eagles unlimited base.
ball team is booking Sunday games
Call Amwall at Trinidad 2O81.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Games Today.

Wash at StL. 2:3o. Wash. at St.L., 80.
N Y at ChicsRo. N Y. at Chicago.
Phila. at Detroit Phils at Detroit
Others not scheduled Boston at Cleveland.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Games Today

St Louis at N. Y.
Chicago at Brooklyn
Gin. at Bos., rain,
Pittsbursh at Phila.
Evening star., 1947-05-01
Newsom Raped at Start.

Chicago nicked Newsom for q run
IN the first inning when Bob Ken
nedy doubled across Luke Appling
and the White Sox grasped a 20
lead In the fourth when Don Kollo-
(See MATS, Page C-3)