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Evening star., 1947-04-07
Ohio State 5 AAU Win
Boosts Swim Coach
BY the Assoeioted Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April Mike
Peppe. Ohio States 50-year-old
swimming coach, is just a little fell
low physically, but he's the big guy
at his trade.
He's the only tank coach the
Bucks ever had, but he's been there
II years and his record for the last
II sounds like a fairy tale.
Saturday his splashers and divers
piled up "a points to capture the
National AAU indoor title by 81
point margin over fine Yale squad,
the highest total the big meet ever
has seen.
Mike took over the Ohio squad In
1880, starting from scratch, and
didn't get under way in the big
time until 1888, but since then he's
been terror to opposing coaches.
His teams have won four West
ern Conference, four National In
tercollegiate and seven AAU crowns,
and In the last 10 years, climaxed
by the week ends rout of the op-
position, his individuals have won
119 championships. IS in the Big
Nine, 38 in the NCAA, 20 In the
indoor AAU, and II in outdoor AAU
competition.
Evening star., 1947-04-07
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April Tn COM
parison with other years, there Is
a scarcity of good young players in
the major league training camps
this spring. Nevertheless, about As
rockies. excluding the pitchers, are
expected to make the grade when
the regular season opens April IA.
Foremost among the hopefuls and
those almost certain to be in the
lineup opening day include First
Baseman Jerry Witte and Catcher
Len Moss, St. Louis Browns: Third
Baseman Bobby Brown and Out
fielder Larry Berra, New York
Yankees; First Baseman Ed Rob-
inson, Cleveland Indians: Outfielder
Dave Philley, Chicago White Sox;
First Baseman Ferris Fain, Phila-
delphia Athletics; Third Baseman
Frank Shofner,- Boston Red Sox;
First Baseman Earl Torgeson, Bos-
ton Braves: Outf1elder Frank Baum
holtz, Cincinnati Reds, and Out
fielders Clint Hartung and Carroll
Lockman. New York Giants.
Another possible starter may be
Jackie Robinson, the Negro SEN
sation, currently on the roster of
the Montreal Royals of the Inter-
national League. President Branch
Hickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers
has indicated he might bring up
the star inflelder with the parent
club by opening day.
Others reasonably certain to re-
main with their respective teams,
at least until the June Is cutting
down period, include Outfielders
Sam Mele. Red Sox; Dale Mitchell,
INDIANS; Clint Conatser, Tigers;
Austin and Jim Poole, Athletics;
Paul Lehner. Browns; Tom Neill,
Braves: Ed Snider, Mary Rackley
and Tom Tatum, Dodgers: Lloyd
Gearaart, Giants; Wally Westlake
and Frank Kalin, Pittsburgh Pi-
rates, and Charlie Diering, st. Louis
Cardinals.
The infielders likely to stick in
clude Joe Bockman, Indians; John
McHale. Tigers; Dick Adams and
Don Richmond, Athletics; Boris
Woyt, Dodgers: Sibby Sisti, Braves;
Cy Block and Henry Schenz, Chi
cago Cubs; Ted Kluszewski, Kermit
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Mitchell Seeks to Diagnose WHISTLE Calling ILLS
u Prep Coach Pons Movie Get Over Ideas for Uniform Code

States will have an official in
terpreter who will attend ma
tional interpretation meeting be-
fore the start of next season.
He, in turn, will explain the rules
to members of official boards in
mis- home State. This should help
settle some OF the disputes in
variably arising in intersectional
games because of varying views of
what is foul and what isn't.
If you have any ideas how to
improve the foul calling, drop
Mitchell line at Georgetown
Prep. where he currently is
grooming the Little Hoyas for
what he hopes will be success
full baseball campaign.
Jimmy Castiglia. Philadelphia
Eagle fullback who has a hank
ering to wear Redskin uniform,
and Leo A. Rover. former Dis
See MITCHELL, Page A-13.l
Evening star., 1947-04-07
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK. April TRACK
coaches will tell you that relay
racing this spring should be
slightly terrific because the re-
turn of prewar athletes has en-
abled so many schools to assemble
four good runners at the same
time instead of just two or three.
-. The college baseball coaches
give you much the same story,
huge squads and ballplayer in
every position. :. And even the
tennis teams give promise OF real
competition all down the line. -.
At Tulane, for instance, where
they like tennis well enough to
have special stadium with l 200
seating capacity, Coach Emmet
Pare will have Jack Tuero, 18th
player in the national rankings;
two former national boy cham
pions, Wade Herren and Dick
Mouledous, and several highly
rated youngsters, including two
sons of the university president
:. william and Mary looks even
stronger with 13th-ranked Card
ner Larned, runnerup for the 1916
intercollegiate title; Big Fred
Kovaleski, Tut Bartzen and the
Canadians, Brendan and Jim
MackeTl. And maybe some
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Hoya, Colonial Mines
On Short Trips Today

Georgetown University's nine,
scrapping to get over the 500 mark,
and George Washington, hoping to
reach it, took short trips today, the
Hoyas to Baltimore to meet Loyola
and G. w. to Fort Belvoir to meet
the soldiers.
Georgetown's golf team left for a
four-match. six-day trip to the
South, opening with matches today
and tomorrow against North Car
olina.
The American U. tennis team
made its debut against Cornell. The
Eagles lost Joe Hossick, ex-D. C.
Fairgrounds champ, to the base
ball team but had Gary Schweftzer
former D. C. boys champ; Bob
Miller, who was ranked 9Th in the
District; Ted Ruben, Cornell's top
man last year, and Jay Rider, twice
Minnesota Junior champ. Cornell
was led by Dick Savitt, 5th ranked
in the East.
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Derby Candidates Get
Telling Tests Today
In Jamaica Races
BY HE Assoeiossd Pssss

NEW YORK. April THE Derby
horses are stepping out for their
early tests on the Northern ovals
and today Better Value, q 20 to !
shot in the winter book for the
Kentucky classic, gets his first
chance Of the year In q mile and .
sixteenth allowance race at Jamaica.
Better Value is one Of the two
outstanding 2-year-olds of last year
Blue Border Is the other--bred by
the late Col z. r. Bradley and the
sportsman had been counting on
one Of them to become the NTH
Bradley bred Derby winner.
After Bradley's death. Better
Value was acquired by the King
Ranch's Robert q. Kleberg. jr.. OF
Kingsville, Tex. Blue Border, q 10
to shot in the winter book and
now owned by the Greentree Farm.
will see action tomorrow In the g.
furlong Experimental Handicap
along with another Derby candi-
date, California radio executive Jay
Paley's I Will.
Max HirSch, who conditioned
King Ranch's Assault for his sweep
of the triple crown last year, Is
training Better Value and hoping
for a reasonable facsimile of The
clubfoot comets 3-par-old sue
cesses,
Although Blue Border rates higher
in the odds books, Jockey Abelardo
Delara, who rode both colts for
Bradley. says he likes Better Value
more as Derby threat.
Meanwhile, 1t was learned that
Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane's Grand
Admiral, a Virginia-bred son Of
War Admiral, who won three Of
six starts last year including the
East View Stakes and the Saratoga
Special, is through with racing.
Nominated for the Preakness and
Belmont this year, the good looking
mud runner who won $51 ,720, suf-
fered a fractured sesamoid bone in
the Hopeful at Saratoga late In
August which cut short his racing
career. He will be placed In stud
at Mrs. Sloane's Brookmeade Farm
in Upperville, Va.
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Triumph Gives Pics
Fourth Hockey Title
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, April THE high
scoring Boston Olympics held their
fourth straight Eastern Amateur
Hockey Association championship
today and were confident of winning
their first United States titls when
they meet the Los Angeles Monarchs
of the Pacific Coast League IN .
best four of-seven series.
The Olympics, farm team Of the
National Leagues Boston Bruins,
have been defeated In the National
Amateur playoffs for the last three
years while competing on the West
Coast.
The fast-skating Boston sextet
gained It's fourth consecutive East
ern title by defeating the New York
Rovers, ga, last night before a
packed 1900 crowd at Boston Gar
den. The victory enabled the
Olympics to defeat the Baltimore
Clippers by / point in the Eastern
Amateur Leagues round-robin play
of.
Evening star., 1947-04-07

trick is to find others who will
develop before these good men
wear out"
The Brow -'ould seem to
have juss enough good men to
finish sixth, a notch above their
1916 position. They we're a dis
organized, cropping outfit last sea-
son and, while this is Ruel's first
experience as a manger, the
,erudite former Nat is too good a
baseball man not to get the most
out of his squad.
/. He's set in the infeld, which
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Duckpinners Open
u. S. Title Tourney

A record entry of STA teams,
totaling more than 5000 men and
women, will begin to slam the
pins tonight at 8 o'clock in the
17th annual National Duckpin
Bowling Congress championship
tournament at the Bethesda
Bowling Center.
Lorraine GULL, No. / ranking
woman duckpinner of the United
States, who took the women's all
events crown in last years
tourney at Providence, r. l.,
heads the Washington list, while
titleholders from all over the
Eastern seaboard will be back to
befend their crowns.
More than $4,000 in cash and
numerous medals and trophies
will be awarded.
The public is invited and for
those who cannot attend Ray
Michael will give 15-minute
broadcast over WMAL at 10:30
pm.
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Kramer Romps to Title
In River Oaks Tennis
By the Associated Press

HOUSTON, Tex, April Jack
Kramer. Davis Cup star and nation
al tennis champion, walked of with
the mems singles championship In
the River Oaks Invitation tennis
tournament yesterday. downing de-
Tending titlist Gardnar Mulloy, 6-1,
60, So.
Barbara Krase, San Francisco,
took the women's singles title with
a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Dorothy
Head, Berkley, Calf
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Mats, II: PhiIIies, 10

Totals 81 1Ox2s Totals As 1e 81
aBatted for Rowe in seventh
bBatted for Hemsley in ninth.
xTwo out when winning run scored
eBatted for Masterson in ninth.
WassIan3nn Rhi.ssdsp6Ia Bdo Bo IoS IoS 9s919 9s919
Runs-LaPointe t2l, Wyrostek, Ennis
t2). Northey. Seminick, Rowe CD, Case
Spence t3). Wooten, Robertson f2l. Man.
sasol sgllfysn ca, s};,, Yost ErTors-Ennis 5aI'i
%. Vernon. Case. Rohsrtson 60, Man
base hits--Northey, Spence, Robertson,
Mancuso. Masterson, Wooten t21. Three
base hits-Robertson Mancuso. Home
runs-Wyrostek; Rowe. Northey stolen
Pointe. Double plays@sulliysn to MyaIt
to Wooten, LaPofnte to Mccormick Left
on bases-Philadelph 6: Washington;
IL. Bases on bails-Of Newsom. 3: of
Masterson. 2: of, Rove. 8; Of Raf1ens-
berger, 2. Struck out-By Newson. 2;
by Masterson. none; by Rowe, 3: BY Raj
fensberger. l. Hits-Of Newsom. il
o1 Rove. 10 in 8 innings; of Raiiens-
berger. 9 in 9 innings. Hit by pitcher
BY Rowe lPriddyl. Winning pitcher
Masterson. Losing pitcher-Raftens-
berger,
Evening star., 1947-04-07

and still others blow feeble peep
on their pipe and apologetically
murmur something about an in
fraction of the rules.
The District has plenty of cap
able officials. Orrei and his broth
er Joe were two of the best when
they were working at it steadily.
As whole We think the local
arbiters are hard to beat, al
though all will pull a bloomer now
and then. The only observation
we could offer is that the District
officials seem to bend over back
wards to be fair to visiting teams,
sometimes at the expense of the
home team.
Dallas Shirley was elected to
the Executive Committee last
week when Mitchell was swept
into the presidency, which is
sufficient evidence of the high
esteem other officials have for
the Washington men.
One important step toward
clarifying the what-is-a-foul
muddle annually confronting
referees is that each of the 48
Evening star., 1947-04-07

in Clarence lott, 10-6 man with
San Antonio, and Fred Stanford,
who had 1910 record at Toledo.
It's no f1rst-division club that
Muddy is handling and it may
not even be a sixth-place team
because there's no getting away
from the fact that last year St.
Louis had the worst club pitching
record in the American League.
But if anybody can improve the
Browns hurting it's the little guy
who was such a stylist behind
the plate 20 years ago. -STANN.
Evening star., 1947-04-07

m a n a 6 e a
seventh = place
ball club which
last year fired
an O t her ex-
catcher, L u k e
Sewen, as pilot.
Ruel had no
lofty expecta-
tions when he
t a ke d with
baseball writer's
at the Browns
camp in Miami.
5"I don't have a
good ball club -
he conf e S sed.
"W e h a'v e t o
b u ! d, position
by positio o n .
S ON e of our
men are as good
as you'll find
and they'll be
the nucleusi The
Evening star., 1947-04-07
U. 5. Unlikely 10 Halt
Duck Hunting This Fall

Despite the sharp drop in the
North American duck and goose
population, there almost certainly
will be hunting this fall, according
to Albert M. Day, director of the
Governments Fish and Wildlife
Service.
The Audubon Society recently
recommended that hunting be sus-
pended for a year as a conservation
measure, but opposition to this pro-
posal Immediately was heard from
other groups.
The combined duck-geese popula-
ton now is about 54,000,000, Day
said. That's 25,000, 900 less than last
year and is the sharpest drop on
record. Last years kill was esti-
mated at 100000 'I think we'll
be able to recommend to the Secre-
tary of the Interior some kind of an
open season." Day said, "but our
final recommendation next July will
depend largely on the conditions at
summer breeding grounds"
He said both bag limits and hunt
ing periods may have to be reduced
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Browns, 9th

has Bob Dillinger at third, Vern
Stephens at short, Johnny Berar-
dino at second and either Chuck
Stevens or the American Asso-
citation home-run king, Jerry
Witte, at first. He's got good
outfleld headed by Walt Judnich,
jeff Heath, Al Zarilla and Chet
Laabs, with a Toledo rookie
named Paul Lehner making a
bid. His catching will be handled
by Hank Helf, Jake Early and
Joe Schultz.
Muddy's big problem is pitch
Evening star., 1947-04-07

Ing and II ne
can't handle it
nobody can. For
years Ruel was
the fellow who
made the White
Sox so tough to
beat, rejuvenat-
ing castofs and
d e v e l o p l n g
youngsters in
his role of coach
dlIu HldlidSCl VI
pitchers"
AS starters he
will have Bob
Muncrief, Sam
zoldak, Nelson
Potter, D e n n y
Galehouse a n d
Cliff Fannin. and
b e h i nd them
he'll h a We a
couple of minor
league winners
Evening star., 1947-04-07
Exhibition Baseball
BY the Associated Press

Detroit fA.), 9; New Orleans Is. Al, !.
Forth Worth ct. L., 4; Chicago N),
3 III inningsl,
Cincinnati (N), o: Boston fA;l, 5.
Cleveland (A,), 2; New York IN }, /.
Brooklyn tN),. g: Montreal 4. L., 0.
Chicago tA.), IA; Dallas IT. L. 8.
St Louis tN.l. 2-10: Houston ct. L.,
80 (second game seven innings.
Chattanooga tS.. Al, 3: Boston (N), z.
Philadelphia (A.), g.. Toronto Il. LIZ, 2.
Evening star., 1947-04-07
HOW THEY'LL FINISH

The story of the 1947 st. Louis
Browns is the story of Herold
muddy Ruel. the little ex-
catcher who caught Johnson's
fast balls as easily as If the Big
Train were throwing badminton
birds.
Muddy will go down in history,
re- ardless of where his Browns
finish, because he Is the fellow
who voluntarily gave up a shiny
big desk in Cincinnati, where he
was Baseball Commissioner A. B.
Chambers right-hand man, to
Evening star., 1947-04-07

Elwood Cooke, and his business
partner, Norman Marks.
Ward said Miss Betz was mot
suspended as yet" but added that
I'VE have asked her for a cabled reply
to the charges and we expect we will
have received 1t by the time we meet
Monday ,
Evening star., 1947-04-07

at Jrlfntn STADIUM LnlS SlI1iI6I tI6I6 WcIc WuiSC
times. Thereu be no Birthplace finish, you can
bet on that, but there has been.
When you finish Mr.. Bealles book you still
don't know the name of the Washingtons, but you
do know they have been called the Senators"
Statesmen" Nationals" Climbers and even
Bandits" OF all these names the gentleman
obviously prefers Senators
Mr. Bealle calls his effort "the story OF an
incurable fsndom" and it might be added, IN
perfectly nice way, of course, that ne Is the most
incurable of ALL With fine for detail, Bealle
goes all the way back to the first Washington
club in history, an 1859 model. and painstakingly
traces the triumphs and heartaches, joys and sor-
Evening star., 1947-04-07

rows of washington fans, whom he
in the world even attempt to approach
them loyalty patience and the ability TO take hceooe mnta
punishment"
In this one line is the tpo Beal himself This fellow
and setting they fit He can't and doesn't pretend 70
he able to keep out of his hopes the bitterness the
bation which has felt and shared with
so Therein lies much OF the cnarm OF MS WORK.
Walter Johnson Played Right Field
Some Washington club niggardy and
saloons along North Capitol
illustrations pair OF pitchers coupled
under the heading the caption
Mr. Beae petuanty pitchers Instead he
writes Long Groom. lsoss1s" and Dolly Gray,
ThroUer, 1909 1913"
gets fulpage Illustration
headed Fourth Temte Bea finds himself viewing Louis Norman
with feelings serving his fourth term WASH
pitcher with five other major and nine minor
the author At times
his brilliant at other times sloppy is mild word
considerable reference
value release emotions Instead penn
spit his hands and got things OF
n
Washington
Walter Johnson for instance
right fielder in 1915 And according to Beale the
National purchased five major league
Boston Columbus Milwaukee and Wasnngtolor slaoooo iooa
Feler salary but this happened in 1891
Sullivan At Short Happened Once Before
the terrible they became famous
way the ball club
the pitching distance of go feet inches
following Beae writes Washington fans
talking the Orioles "the home team He points
45-minue train ride Baltimore which,
that prentday Diesels have nothing those
1894 engines.
Incidentally the Washington
North and Worrying Sullivan hortstop
position 1893 did
fashy finished 18th and last in the National League
all right however because Mr. Beae causay
observes:
"on September washingons they
decisively A. the 13 to o.
Evening star., 1947-04-07
,fis Mats to Be No Lower Than Third BIueee Believes
Win, Lose, or Draw
BeoIIe's Is the PIointive Voice Of d Fan
By FRANCIS E. sTANk

Morris A. Beae local newspaperman and frustrated
payer parayed undyg love for baseball and nconed
days years research into book titled THE Washing
matter how tough things may get
Evening star., 1947-04-07

Ten years ago - Chicago was
awarded the site of the 1898
American Bowling Congress
games.
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Phone
Aids in Negotiating
Rand Strike Peace
ey the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK. July 28.-CIO Elec-
trical union locals of eight Reming-
ton Rand plants in six cities sched-
uled meetings today to ratify strike
settlement formula negotiated with
the aid Of ship-to-shore radio-tele-
phone facilities.
The formula. If ratified, would end
the five-week-old strike of 5000
workers at Herkimer. Syracuse.
Ilion, Tonawanda and North Tona-
wanda. all In New York, and Benton
Harbor, Mich. 1t calls for wage
increase of eight cents an hour and
six. paid holidays annually.
James H. Rand, president of the
office equipment firm, and Albert j.
Fitzgerald. president of the United
Electrical Radio and Machine Work
ers, tCIO), drafted the settlement
plan at an all night session Friday.
Last night, Mr.. Fitzgerald tele-
phoned Mr.. Rand, aboard his yacht
in Long Island Sound to tell him
union officials had approved the plan
at an afternoon session. and ar
for announcing the set
tlement were completed.
$500 Not Affected.
Not affected by the settlement
plan are $500 members of the Inter-
national Association of Meclxnists,
ar independent union, who have
been on strike since May 26 at the
company's plant at Elnira. N. Y.
They seek Is per cent wage in
crease.
The joint announcement by Mr..
Rand and Mr.. Fitzgerald stated the
workers would return to work on
of the settlement plan
and that any further increase
granted the workers would be de-
termined by arbitration. The CIO
groups asked IS cents an hour in
crease across the board.
The agreement also provided that
the contract would extend until
April /. 1949, with provisions that
wage and other issues could be re-
opened next April l.
Three Injured, Two Arrested.
During the strike, three men were
injured and two arrested during a
back-to-work attempt at Ilion on
July IA.
At North Tonawanda, Mayor
Miles W. Joyce declared a state
Of emergency after a picket had
been struck by a policeman who
was escorting payroll employees
into the plant.
At Benton Harbor, police and
sherifi's officers last Wednesday
used fire hoses to disperse pickets.
State police were called in and the
company rescinded its back-to.
work order.
Union spokesmen said present
wage scales for the electrical work.
ers vary. They run from 681a cents
to $780, an hour at Syracuse,
average $1.25 to $1.29 at Ilion and
Herkimer and range from 571a cents
to 81 25 in the Tonawandas
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Diver 10 Search Lake
For Missing Heiress
BY the Asseeiated Press

HOLDERNESS, N. H., July 2s.-
searchers for Anne Straw, missing
2o-year-old Manchester heiress.
called former Navy diver to search
the bottom Of Little Squam Lake
today after graphing irons hooked
what appeared to be pieces OF
women's clothing.
State Police Sergt. Stuart Currier
said investigators still were operat-
ing on theory the attractive Smith
College senior may have drowned.
They planned to contact one OF
he, boy friends who Is working on
forestry survey in Wyoming,
however. in an attempt to find out
whether he knew of her intentions
when she left the luxurious Straw
summer home last Monday night.
State police said they sighted
what appeared to be q clothed
object on the bottom Of the lake
about 800 yards of shore from
where the Straw girls one-piece
white bathing suit and fiashlight
were found
Using graphing irons, they picked
up what looked like a thread from
a dark piece of cloth. The only
clothing of the girl known to be
missing is pair of pink pajamas.
Fred Wallace of Somerville, Mass.
former Navy diver. was reported
en- route here to search the area
Of the lake-believed more than 50
feet deep.
Evening star., 1947-07-28
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. July .s P, tUSDA Sal.
able hogs. 5000, total. 10, 900; fairly active;
50-75 higher on weights under 300 pounds
butchers over 300 pounds and soWs un-
even. but generally rs to 90 higher; tor
pounds. 2S.OO-2s75: 260-2sO pounds
27.0O-2s.O0: 2s0-32O pounds. 25.5O-27.25
330-35O pounds, "a .00-25. so: several lots
350-475 pound butchers firm at 1900
"a 90; good and choice sows under $50
pounds, 90. 50-24 so; few 300 pounds and
under. up to $500: 350-40O pound sows
22.OO-o3.75; 4OO-45O pounds. 20,5O-22 so:
4so.5oo poo1onfdss' od 1e.oo-21.oo; over 500
,is isals5ls cattle 6aGoo, total 6o ol3n9o; sal
choice fed steers and yesrlinEs includine
yearling heifers, $3.50 higher: active: most
good and choice steers 275O-52. .25; strictly
choice offerings. four loads with weisht
32.75: good. and choice heifers, %. 90.
29.50; short, load choice weighty heifers
5000; medium grade steers and heiferi
strons; cows about steady: cutters. 1850
down; good beef cows to 5000: little
above 1880; bulls steady to weak at 1926
down: heavy speciality beef bulls to 1900:
yssers veal, steady at e4oo deUn: stock cattle
salable sheep, l,5oo;; total: 1000; slow;
medium to mostly good srads Missouri Nd
spring lambs prices 24.5o-25 .oo top good
1900 for two loads common to good Texas
so cRccs ssm hasfasss auot
a hla o na.a 20