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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Open al Greensboro
Next for Worsham
After Tying Hogan
By the Associated Press

AIKEN, S. c., Mar. 1s.-LeU
Worsham, Washington, D. c. gol1
pro whose star is on the ascendency
headed for the Greensboro, N. G.
open today with mounting conf
dence after tying Ben Hogan oil
Hershey, Pa. for pro low-ball honors
in yesterdays one-day stand here
Worsham, second to Clayton Haef-
ner of Charlotte, N. c.. in the $4,000
Jacksonville Open last Monday
carded a SO to split the prize with
Hogan.
Harold Jug McSpaden of San
ford. Me, teamed with Amateur w
R. Kirkland of New York to win the
third annual pro-amateur golf tour
ney staged at the Palmetto Coli
Club with best-ball card OF "a
seven strokes under par.
McSpaden, who shot medal score
of IA over the 18-hole route picked
up approximately $2,400 as his share
Worsham and Hogan divided $3.50
for their respective rounds of 36, 81
and "a, IS.
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Griff Blocks MucPhoiI, Harris,
Rejects 4-for-7 Vernon Deal
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Stuff Corrsspondsnt

single by Kermit Wahl and a triple
by Grady Hatton at time when the
bases were damned. Lum Harris al
lowed only one hit, bunt, in his
three innings on the mound, but
Myatt was making three more er.
rors behind him to permit runs in
the fourth and fifth innings. The
Reds added their final run in the
ninth on successive singles by Frank
Baumholtz, Bob Adams and Hatton
NAT NOTES Gil Coan Is 8
.538 hitter for the Mats in intra-
squad and exhibition games, but his
fielding has the Mats bosses frettine
He has been staggering arounc
the outfeld pitifully and yesterday
dropped a liner off the bat of Gin
cinnati's Kermit VAIL ). Priddy
remains a 500 hitter with II safeties
in % tries.
The Mats were to play Columbus
here today, then journey to Daytons
Beach to battle Rochester tomor-
row Scarborough has pitched
twice for the Mats and on both &C.
casions allowed no hits in the first
two innings. only to be hammered
for five runs in the third :. Priddy
missed a ninth inning homer of
John Hetki when Left Fielder Augie
Galan contributed sparkling catch
i
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-AP Wirephoto.
Scots Dig Up.S4O,00O
For Drive 10 Regain
.GoIfing Prestige
BY the Associated Press

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, Mar 10.
Scotland, cradle of golf, is going
all out to revive its waning prestige
on the fairways.
Scoring the vaudeville Jokes
about their farthing squeezing. the
golf clubs and business men-includ-
ing Sir A. B. King, Scottish cinema
magnate-are turning out their
pockets for 10000 pounds ($40,000)
promotional kitty.
1t will be spent on exclusive Scot
tish tournaments to raise the status
of the players and provide an incen-
tive for them to remain in the coun-
try where golf tradition, 600 years
old, is as thick as highland heather
AYE, let's conf1ne our exports to
whisky and keep our laddies at
home" say the golfing clansmen to
neophytes and good professionals,
who are relied on to recoup honors
in international tournaments.
Fifty years ago Scots dominated
tournaments in Britain and the
world, to which golf was a novelty,
looked to st. Andrews for cues and
coaches.
But as America, England and 9TH
er nations converted COW pastures
into links, the native golfers were
lured to foreign clubs where the pay
was higher and tournaments more
lucrative.
Another blow to the game has
been that the chief source of talent
the artisan players, has been away
from the links during the war. AL
though behind on present day devel-
opments, they are as enthusiastic as
ever.
Best known Scottish-bred pro-
fessionals now with clubs south of
the border are James Adams, twice a
runnerup in the British Open; Jack
Mclean, twice on the British Walker
Cup team and runnerup in the
American amateur tournament in
1896, Tom Halliburton, Willie Ander-
son and Laurie Ayton, jr.
A GROWING blow to Scotland's
pride came when one of its native
sons. Jock Hutchinson, won the Brit
ish Open in 1921, then boasted that
he was an American citizen. Jock
born at St. Andrews, is a profess
sional at Glenview Golf Club, Chi
cago, and one of the most success
full emigrants.
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Shifting Fortunes of Ring Give Boksi Break
New Cinderella Boy Was Almost Washed Up Two Years Ago

from grandma to the baby par
ticipating. Joe Baker and Howard
Holman won the mems mixed
doubles in the tournament at Bal
timore last week end, while Hol-
man paired with Charlotte Decker
to down Baker and Polly Thomp-
son for the mixed doubles crown.
All four are entered in the New
Jersey State Open at Montclalr
this week.
Comes word from Mrs. Harvey
L. Miller wondering how in the
world we overlooked 'Honeyboy
Finnegan on our list of Irish
athletes. We tried to keep it local,
although Honeyboy fought here
enough to be considered in that
category.
Potomac Boat Club members
will burn the mortgage with ap-
propriate ceremonies Sunday at
the clubhouse. 1t will be saturated
in beer. of course, to make sure it
burns brightly.
Pfc. Jay w. Wolfenson, who
csptained George Washington's
fencing team a couple of years
ago, recently placed third in Euro
pean theater foils championship
at Frankfurt, Germany.
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Jimmy De Chard we'll may
ponder the whims of fate that
swept the young District heavy.
weight into obscurity and llfteo
Joe Baksi from the coal dust
of Kulpmont to comparative
fame and fortune. Jimmy was a
promising newcomer when Baksi
beat him in a bloody braWl at
Riverside Stadium several years
ago. It made up Jimmy mlno
to quit the game while he sun
had all his marbles. But Baksl
toiled on, winning and losing IN
strictly class B competition, ap-
parently not going anywhere.
Suddenly Joe seemed an
through. His hands cracked ike
peanut brittle and even a shystef
LAWYER lost fewer decisions, but
before hanging up the gloves ne
wanted one more payday. He
needed the dough. What fol-
lowed is the stuff you find IN
storyboeks. He scored kayo. and
. another and another-four IN
all. But $3.50 isn't much for a
fight. not even tipping money
in the bigtime. Then came the
big break. a bout with Freddy
Mills in London. and he won
by a kayo in the sixth. Next
month Joe faces British Cham
pion Bruce Woodcock in London
for a fat $4,000. Along Rue de
la Biff they say he has a good
chance of winning this one, and
If they're right who knows but
that it might earn him a shot
at Joe Louis crown in June
for yards and yards of lush
green.
Meanwhile. De Chard may
wonder if fate would have been
as kind to him If he hadn't quit
when he did.
Speaking of boxing, yesterdays
luncheon at Fort Myer brought
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TAMPA. Fla, Mar 19.-Grady
Hatto1. Cincinnati's brilliant third
basernan who led the punches Reds
In driving in runs last year although
he sat out the last month OF the
season with leg injury, is starting
to fank TALES across the plate for
the Rhinelanders again.
The 24-year old hot corner guardi-
an, who jumped direct to the Reds
last spring after his release from
The service, drove in SO runs in 1l6
games during the 1916 campaign,
his first in organized baseball.
Hatton fractured his right knee
cap late in August when he ran
against a brick wall attempting TO
avoid spiking young autograph
hunter who got in his path in a
runway leading from the dressing
room to the playing field. He was
out for the rest of the campaign.
The hard hitting infielder re-
ported to camp this spring appar-
emily completely recovered from his
injury and yesterday he belted a
triple with the bases loaded to lead
the Reds to a ga win over Wash
tngton.
LAKELAND.-The Detroit Tigers
will send AL Benton and Rufe Cen
try against the New York Yankees
today as the two teams meet for
their third exhibition game IN 1our
days. Fred Hutchinson and Virgil
Truck hurled the Bengals to FL
win over the American League
Champion Boston Red Sox yester-
day despite four Tiger errors.
MIAMI.-The Boston Braves, who
have won five out of seven starts,
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ORLANDO, Fla, Mar. 19.-Pres-
ident Clark Griffith's professed
desire to string along with the Mats
as now constituted seemingly was
uttered in sincerity, for the Mats
boss has rejected tempting bid by
the New York Yankees for First
Baseman Mickey Vernon. He even
has refused to permit the Yankees
Larry MacPhail and Bucky Harris
to invade Washington's training
camp to talk trade.
The Yankees offered Outfielder
Johnny Lindell, Catcher Aaron
Robinson. FIRST Baseman Nick Etten
and Third Baseman Bill johnson
| to Washington in exchange for
Vernon, league leading hitter with
1853 average last season. Griffith
snubbed that four-for -one deal and
when the Yankee bosses indicated a
desire to talk further, Griffith said,
tits no use and there's no sense
talking about it,
MacPhail and Harris had re-
quested an audience with Griffith
today, but the 77-year-old Washing
ton prexy snorted nothing doing.
Your being here merely would upset
my ball club. There already has
been too much trade talk. I'm not
trading and it won't do you any good
to come over. I'm going along with
the club I have"
President MacPhail and Manager
Harris had planned to visit Orlando
while the Yankees were playing the
Detroit Tigers today at Lakeland,
but Griflth saved them a 55-mile
Journey with his blunt dismissal of
their offer for Vernon.
The most vulnerable position on
the Washington club is second base,
1t now is firmly established. If there
was any doubt of it, George Myatt
dispelled the notion yesterday when
he committed four grievous errors as
Washington dropped an S-4 decision
to the Cincinnati Reds at Tampa.
Eddie Lyons, meanwhile, threw
himself into the thick of the battle
for the second base job by betting. a
pinch home run in the ninth inning.
Hampered by sore arm which has
sidelined him, Eddie now has recov-
cred. The Mats staked Ray Scar
borough to a 80 lead against the
Reds as Priddy singled across run
in the second inning and Travis
singled across two more in the third,
but Scarborough was crushed under
5-run outburst in the third inning.
That materialized as result of
three walks. an error by Wyatt, a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Chandler Is Reported
Good and Sore al
Certain Persons
By GoyIe Tolbot
Associated Press Sports Writer

TAMPA, ria, MAI. 1S.-DtSpltt
Commissioner A. B. Chandler.
somewhat indignant declartion here
that he isn't "prejudicing anybody
in the baseball hearing scheduled
Monday at Sarasota, word has got
ten around the training camp
grapevine that it is likely to set of
a major fireworks display.
With two such flamboyant per.
formers as Presidents Larry Mac
Phail of the Yankees and Branch
Hickey of the Dodgers appearing
as the chief antagonists, it couldn'j
help developing a few fireworks
MacPhail has accused Hickey ano
his associates, including Manager
Leo Durocher, of defaming the New
York Club.
What has the baseball worlo
awaiting the event with consider
able anticipation, however, is the
widespread and apparently accurate
report that the commissioner Il
good and sore at certain individuals
connected with the game and that
at last he is ready to crack dowr
and establish his authority.
Won't Repeat Remark.
Lou Smith, Cincinnati sports
writer, still contends that Chandler
told him two nights ago that some
body may wind up getting kicked
out of baseball" and that the COM
missioner appeared to be in a very
rugged frame of mind
Chandler did not deny having
made the remark, but said he die
not recall having made 1t and thai
he was not going to say it again
The commissioner is a much
tougher character now than he was
when he took baseball's high office
a couple of years ago. 1t would have
been miracle if his sunny DISPOSE
ton had not been altered in some
degree. Baseball numbers some very
difficult mugs, and not all of them
are on the playing field.
Mondays hearing would appear to
present Chandler with an ideal op-
portunity to throw a jolt into the
boys they will not forget The most
popular prediction, In fact, is that
he will do just that-toss off de-
cision or two that will leave the in
dustry Keeling for a time.
World Wide Powers.
Under his wide powers, Chandle,
can do drastic things to persons who
in his judgment, have committed
acts or made statements detrimental
to the game.
MacPhail contends Hickey and
Durocher have injured the Yankees
and, presumably, the game, by stat
ing for publication that a profess
sional gambler sat in MacPhail's
private box during game at
Havana. Harold Parrot, road secre-
tary of the Dodgers, comes into the
picture because it is well known he
writes newspaper articles under
|DurocherS name.
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kentucky, West Va.
Favored Tonight in
Clashes in Garden
BY The Associated Prsss

NEW YORK. Mar. 1s.-Although
Kentucky's defending champions
and West Virginia's sturdy Noun
tanners are favored to meet In the
final of the National Invitation
Basket Ball Tournament, both Utah
and North Carolina State were
primed to dish out a couple of up
sets tonight.
Second-seeded West Virginia was
matched against Utah in the
curtain-raiser and top-rated Ken
lucky was pitted against the slick
North Carolina State Red Terrors
in the windup. The winners will
meet Monday night for the title,
while the two losers will tangIe for
the third-place consolation prize.
Another capacity house Of around
18, 400 was assured for the Madison
Square Garden twin bill.
N. c. State Wins Toss.
Having won the toss with Ken
lucky over which team was to wear
white uniforms, the hotshot Hoosi-
ers representing N. C.. State con-
sidered they had sunk the first bas-
ket. State Coach Everett Case was
ready to follow up with a reshuff1ed
lineup which would include SO Bob
Hahn and 6-4i2 Ed Bartels In order
to counter Kentucky's big back
board grabbers, Alex (The Nose)
Groza. ST and Wah Wah Jones, GA.
Both Groza and Jones played a
terrific game in the $685. first round
conquest of Long Island U. which
eliminated the last New York team
from the tourney. Similarly Hahn
and Bartels were positively destruc-
tive to st. Johns in the Red Ter
rors' 61-55 triumph over the Brook
lyn Redmen.
Even without that altitudinous
quartet, Kentucky and N, C. State
both could field fves averaging
over six feet. Ralph Beard. the
5-10la court wizard of Kentucky.
probably will be the only starter
under the six mark. And Beard,
shifty, heady player and crack shot,
more than holds his own in the
company of the giants.
Utah Only Small Team.
The only small team left In the
tourney is Utah. But even the
spirited Cinderella Kids" will field
three men at 6-4-Vern Gardner,
Arnie Ferrin and Dick Smuin. Odd
ly enough it was Wat Misaka, q
fleet, $50 pound, So junior from
Ogden, Utah, who sank the winning
free throw for the Utes in the 45-44
squeeze over Duquesne Monday
night, and played an inspiring game
all the way through. The Utes' 9TH
er shorty is Leon Watson, at sill.
West Virginia will have a decided
height edge with Jim Walthall. at
six even, the smallest likely starter.
Others expected to open are Fred
Schaus, GA. Bill zirkel, 6-2, Ed
Beach, 6-3 and Leland Byrd, SO
star of the $3.50 win over Bradley.
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Bewhiskered Wrestlers
Head Toniqht's Cord

Big Ben Morgan, 300-pounder
and Rough House" Jack O'Brien
265- FOUNDER from Texas-both be.
whiskered, meet at Turner's Arena
tonight in the headline bout in the
weekly rassle program.
Jan Blears will oppose Jim Auster
in the semiwindup. 1t will be
Blears' bid for headline role.
In supporting bouts, the first al
8:45, Red Ryan will tackle George
Macricostas, Henri Piers will oppose
Abe Stein and George Burckman
local grappler, will meet Harry
FinkelStein.
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Lippy in Hollywood to Fly
His Bride Back to Havana

HOLLYWOOD. Mar. 10 (P.-
Manager Leo Durocher OF the
Brooklyn Dodgers is back in Holly
wood, and, Judging by his airplane
reservations. is planning to return
to Havana March 81 with his bride
Except in California;, LARAMIE Day
the film actress.
Leo arrived here from the Canal
Zone last night, brushed aside all
questions from newsmen with re-
peated mo, no, nos" but made
little or no effort to avoid camera
men. He completed the last lap
of his journey by bus, as his Pan
American plane landed at Palm
dale.
Miss Day and her brother, La
MARI johnson, were at the airport
to meet him, and he left with them
in their cOllpe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Castro of Woodward Gets Bids
From FourMojor League Clubs
By Bill Fuchs

"As far as high school baseball
players go, he's tops! He's phe-
nomenally fast-he was clicked un-
officially for 100 yards at 1872, run
ming in tennis shoes-he has good
eye, can pick out ball and con-
meets for long drives"
That's how Pat Gill, Woodward
Schools baseball coach, describes
Jack Castro, the 19-year-old dia-
mond prodigy who has received
contract offers from four major
league clubs-the Boston Red SoX
Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs
and Cincinnati Reds. Besides these
outright offers, the Cleveland In
dams and st. Louis Browns also
have voiced interest in him.
After weighing the various tempt
ing proposals, Castro has decided
to wait until June, when he gradu-
ates from Woodward, before coming
to a definite decision.
However, I like the Cincinnati
deal" he adds, because it will let
me go to college while playing ball. .
Went to Western High.
Castro, who will be the mainstay
in Woodward's outfield this season.
began acquiring his batting eye
with the Georgetown Branch of the
Washington Boys Club and later
went to Western High where he
made the all-high team three con-
secutive years.
Last year he hit 400 for the Red
Raiders.
Coming to Woodward in February
after graduation from Western
Castro was a sparkplug on the Red
Devils cage team.
His easy stride which makes him
look like he's taking his time throws
off the opposition" Gill explains
That's how he gets his points in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Reds Third Busemun Hutton
Begins Driving In Runs Again

including win and a loss against
New York Yankee "B" team,
will be cunning for their sixth VIC
tory against American League OPP
position when they clash with the
st. Louis Browns today Rookie
Glen Elliott and Veteran Red Bar
rett were selected to share the
Braves mound burden.
WEST PALM BEACH.-Manager
Connie Mack of the Philadelphia
Athletics called the Boston Braves
great team" after the Braves
licked the AS, "a, yesterday. IF
they get the pitching they will go
far" Connie said George Binks,
outfelder obtained from the Wash
ifgton Senators, covered first base
for the AS yesterday and hit two
singles in addition to two long balls
that backed Tommy Holmes to the
wall. He also handled IL chances
without an error.
MIAMI BEACH.-The st. Louis
Browns will be looking for their
fifth win in IA starts today when
they battle the Boston Braves. The
Browns collected only six hits yes
terday while the Pittsburgh Pirates
hammered trio of Brownie tossers
for 10 blows, but the Browns Won
the game, 8-3, as four of their safe
ties went for extra bases, including
a long homer by Walt Judnich.
LOS ANGELES.-The Chicago
Cubs, with seven players on the
ailing list. entertain Seattle at
Wrigley Field today with Doyle Lade
and Hank Wyse sharing the mound
duties. Russ Meyer. rookie hurler,
(See REDS. Page A-l7J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

basket ball and those extra bases
in baseball"
Gill, who began diamond drills
yesterday, is looking forward to the
coming season with optimism.
Sharing the outfield with Castro
will be Danny Bass, former Coolidge
star who also has attracted interest
in Major League circles, and Benny
Duvall, who raped out 1893 last
season while playing with an Amer
lean Legion club Duvall also per-
forms on the mound.
Moreland at Third Base.
Donnie Moreland, better-than-
average hitter, probably will be
holding down the .third-base spot.
(See CASTRO. Page AID
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Totals "a 7241O Totals "a 9 %
Batted for SCARBOROUGH If fourth.

Totals "a 7s41o So., Te,al i, "a y 10
Batted for Harris in seventh.
Batted for Ferrick in ninth.
Batted for Peterson in third.
Cincinnati COS 10 O1x-s
Runs-Coan, Grace. Spence. Lyons
Baumholtz CO. Wahl le,. Adams, Hatton
Kluszewski. Frey, ErEor ss. A:tata -
Travis C2). Priddy. Lyons, Adams. Hat
ton ~ Kuszewsk ski tS YAH k seores Il
in fifth on Coans muf1. Two-base hit
Mueller. Thrse-base hit-Ha tt H. Home me
te,h KIasaexski ouO struck outmsy Scar
poroash by HaTFls; q ob by b petersean
SCARBOROUGH i: off Harris, ., of Peter
son 3 Hitsof s ca Psor3sh in in 3:
off Peterson. 3 in 8 off Erautt, :, in 3;
Of Hetki' in B. Winning p rbo1oMsb
Left on bases-Wa shington, 6: Cincinnati.
8 Umpires--Messrs:- Jorda IN; L., Nc
Kinley "a, l. and Berry "a L.. Time
of eame-1 ~
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Los Angeles to Bid
For 81 OIympics
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 1S.-Los
Angeles will send a seven-man
committee to Stockholm in June
to bid for the 1852 Olympics.
The City OF Angels, which
staged the 1882 international
competition, started the ball roll
ing yesterday by naming its dele
gates to the conference of the In
ternational Olympic Committee.
Three other American cities
Detroit, Minneapolis and Chicago
have indicated desire to hold
the games in 1852. London will
he the site of the 1913 Olympiad
revival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19
Court Crown at Stake

Eastern Branch and Georgetown
Branch basket ball teams fight il
out tonight for the championship
of the Boys Club of Washington
120-pound tournament. The game
will be played as preliminary tt
the Washington Capitols- Providence
Steamrollers contest at Uline Arena
and begins at 7::30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-19

l3 years ago he still Winces when he Is reminded
of the 1884 season.
His pennant winners were the Nationals and,
like his Boston Red Sox of last fall they lost
the World Series The following summer they
lost first place-and also second, third, fourth,
fifth and sixth places They ran seventh
Joe doesn't think the Red Sox are going to
fall apart like his other flag winner. At the
same time he saying, Boston isn't likely to
be any better than last year. Il think, he unused,
well be about the same, provided everybody re-
peats But repeating is large order"
Cronin admits that he had fantastic luck
last year In finding his returning servlcemen
FoHto d NV no
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York to Be Chief Question Mark

The big question mark, thinks, Rudy York IF he
has another all right We don't have
sandot right fielder but we're worse on
than a year ago. and probably are better.
tougher league this season. Joe warned
Maggie back going to be very
rough good ball players who were IN the
eadu themselves Players on otner
teams mean. lucky in that respect 80
(Which team you the most dangerous contender?
Cronn asked.
Joe glance his chief assistant the
I'D Dels old club
his answer pitching staff either league
and get going they'll be awfu rough How
It, De?"
Baker nodded they're talking and
the end of hurt their morale any
Sox Themselves Pull Shift Williams
"Of said reassurng himself Gutenberg
gone Say to miss that guy
secondplace finish He hit
IA or is home month Now it's to Wakehed
somebody supply sold when Greenberg went
to Pittsburgh"
Inevitable questions big guy
really he's stubborn
the various shs Cronn has
times here He calls
the Second Phase, interview is, of
and HowAeThe
Phase.
trying to hit left field Cronin answered Hes
doubles triple to left far But there's
saying you're going hitter like Williams He's
with When have who can swing
bat like Ted you'd be him alone.
LAS concluded heres the feel
of shifting players to anticipate
pulled fied-we him ourselves in ntra-
SQUAD there won't single
defense will be entirely new to him"