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Evening star., 1947-08-14
Three Teams Advance
In D. {. Softly Meet

IBM, Mount Rainier and AMMAN
dale & Co. survived the first rounds
of the District softball tournament
at Greenbelt by winning last night
in a triple header which featured
some fine pitching on the part of
Tom Dobbins and a winning
home run by Sid Stein.
Dobbins, hurting for the Mount
Rainier team, limited Southwest
Harbor Liens to two hits, one of
them a homer by Willie Canard, as
the Mounts triumphed, Al. Dobbins
famed II, including the first 10 to
face him.
IBM collected only six hits while
Times Herald was knocking out
seven, but IBM won. 3-2, on the
strength of STEMS homer. Charles
Mastradonata was credited with the
win.
In the third game Annandale de-
feated Naval communications An
mex, 1l-6.
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Pieretti Only Nat to Show Life
As Red Sox Dish Out Lickino

the future appears no brighter than
the present.
The present conduct of the Mats
is horrible to behold. Milo Candini
was staked to his first starting as
signment last night at Boston and
was no slump-shaker. Before he
could get two men out he had been
battered for five runs, including
three homers.
Sam Mele greeted Candini with a
home run over the leftf1eld fence.
Johnny Pesky beat out an infield
hit, stole second and continued to
third when Frank Mancuso threw
wild into center field. Pesky held
third when Shortstop Mark Christ
man threw out Dom Di Maggie, but
Candini promptly solved Pesky's
problem by baking him across.
Candini Chased by Homers
Ted Williams singled to right and
Bobby Doerr pumped a home run
over the centerfield wall. When
Murrell Jones also hammered q
homer over the left field wall, Man
lager Ossie Bluege summoned Pier
etti to the mound.
That SO lead was lifted to TO in
the third when the Red Sox un-
loaded three hits off Pieretti. They
boosted 1t. to 1910 in the seventh
when Jones connected for his sec
ond homer and Boston's fourth after
Doerr had singled. A walk to Birdie
Tebbetts, singles by Sam Dente and
Mele and Pesky's fly to Spence
fetched Boston its final run.
Washington accumulated It's only
runs off Hughson, who held the Mats
to eight hits, In the eighth. With
one out, Sherry Robertson beat out
bunt and Joe Grace was safe
when Jones muffed his liner.
Spence's single to center scored
Robertson and when Di Maggie
fumbled Grace took third and
Spence continued to second. Mickey
Vernon's double to left scored both
runners before Cecil Travis famed
The Mats deserted Fenway Park
with record of eight straight de-
feats and no victories there this
season. Washington has dropped
six of it's last seven games and will
launch a 4-game series with the
Philadelphia Athletics here tomor-
row night with q 3-game losing
streak.
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FBI Nine Setting Torrid Pace
In City Championship Series

Although it's little early to risk
prediction concerning the outcome
of the sandlot city baseball series
now under way on the Ellipse, the
FBI nine of the Departmental
League seems determined to make
the trip to Harrisburg, Pa, for the
all-America championships.
The G-Men have run up a total
Of 80 runs in two games while hold
ing the opposition to three runs
After registering an 1872 decision
over Underwood Typewriters of the
Recreation's Anacostia League in
Mondays opener, FBI showed it was
no fuke by smashing the Capital
Transit Robins, 12-1, yesterday.
The G-Men, the only team to play
two games in the double-knockout
series, will rest today while Costello
PosA, Metro League champ, which
downed Merrick Boys Club of the
Recreation North League, 9-4, yes
terday, tangles with Heurich Brew
ers, Industrial League titleholder
The Brewers nosed out the Fire De-
partment nine, 10. Tuesday.
In the other game scheduled for
today. Underwood Typewriters and
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Injury. to Davis
Blow to AII-Sturs
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

EVANSTON. ILL.,, Aug. IA
Hopes of the College All-Stars
for victory over the Chicago
Bears, champions Of the National
Football League, the night of Au-
gust % received a setback yes
terday when Glenn Davis, Army's
f1ashy back, suffered a sprained
knee in practice.
Team officials could not say
just how long Davis would be
out of action, but indicated it
was the most serious injury of
his career.
With Bob Fennimore, Okla
home A. and Ms famous hack,
also sidelined by injuries, Head
Coach Frank Leahy was begin
ming to find adequate backs
almost as scarce as linemen.
DOC" Blanchard, Davis run
ming mate at West Point, was
expected to join the All-Star
squad at Northwestern Univer-
sity today or tomorrow.
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The Firemen, Recreation East League
champs, battle for survival.
Dick Nichols hurled for FBI ir
yesterdays rout. He scattered sever
hits while his teammates were bang.
ing Celey and Shribner for II
Shortstop Pruitt paced FEI's bat.
ting with homer and double ir
three trips.
The Merrick Boys Club outhit
Costello, 6 to S, but errors, foul
walks and smattering of wilc
pitches proved costly.
Billy Carroll, who toiled the frs
six innings, was credited with thu
win. Carroll gave up two hits ane
famed eight.
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WorshamAmengMai
Threats With Hogan
Portland Favorite
DIX the Associoted Pres.

PORTLAND, Oreg., Aug. IA
Portland's $4,000 open golf derby
got under way today with Ben Hogar
figured as the man to beat and 9e
rivals wondering where he woulc
stand at the finish of the 72-hole
event Sunday.
Beltin' Ben from Hershey, Pa,
although claiming to be slightly of
peak form, teed off as the logica
favorite to make 1t three victorie,
in row at the Portland Country
Club course. He won the Nationa
'PGA championship here last veal
and in l945 set 27-under- par scor.
ing record Of 261 for Y holes.
On the basis Of past performances
the 6,524-yard, par 35-37-72 course
practically is considered Hogan's
private property from competitive
standpoint.
Questioning any such claims, how
ever. as the sharp field strokec
through the first round were such
par crackers as the two national
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Gruziuno Is Booked
For Exhibition Here

World Middleweight Champion
Rocky Graziano will box a four
round exhibition on the next fistic
promotion of the Liberty Athletic
Club scheduled for Griffith Sta
dunn a week from Monday night,
August Is.
Promoter GoIdie Ahearn an
nounced that Graziano will slug it
out with a heavyweight barnstorm-
ing mate.
Evening star., 1947-08-14

Golf Beats Newspaper
Work, BeverIyHanson
Finds in Western Win
BY the Associated Press


EVANSTON. Ill, Aug. 14.-After a
brief, but turbulent start in news
paper work, punctuated by being
fired for ducking her duties to take
in a World Series baseball game,
Beverly Hanson has decided to stick
to golf for a while.
The 22-year-old newcomer to top
flight tournament competition today
found herself in the quarter finals
of the women's Western Amateur
pitted against Jean Hopkins of
Cleveland.
JEANNE made one of her greatest
golflng bids two years ago in the
Western Open at Indianapolis by
pressing Babe Zaharias to 20 holes
before bowling out. She gained the
quarterf1nals yesterday by beating
Ann Casey of Des Moines, 2 and !,
while Miss Hanson of Fargo, the
North Dakota State champion,
downed the veteran Polly Riley OF
Fort Worth, Tex, 2 and l.
Miss Hanson came to the fore In
this meet by sharing medalist honors
with Mrs. Margaret Gunther of
Memphis and Carol Diringer of
Tffin. Ohio.
Dot Kirby was ousted 1-up BY
Peggy Kirk of Findlsy, Ohio. The
Ohio State champion today drew
Miss Diringer. while the third CO.
medalist, Miss Gunther, Tennessee
State titleholder, met Defending
Champion Louise suggs of Atlanta.
The other two quarter finalists
were "darkhorse" Marilyn Smith of
Wichita. 18-year -old high school
girl who won the Kansas State crown
in 1916 and 1947. and Mary Agnes
Wall of Menominee, Mich, who twice
has been Western Amateur run
nerup, but never the winner.
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Horseshoe Tourney Set
For Prince GEORGES

The second annual Prince
Georges County horseshoe pitching
tournament will be held at Magru-
der Park, Hyattsville, September
ST.
Sponsored by the County branch
OF the YMCA, the affair will offer
four trophies to the best horseshoe
players of the county.
Entries may be submitted to Lee
Fleshman, general chairman, at Hy-
attsYille 043l or w. K. Cooper at
Union 2239. A 25-cent entry fee will
be charged.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Major League Standings and Schedules
THURSDAY AUGUST IA
THURSDAY, AUGUST IA, 1947.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Results Yesterday.

NNH -"
Boston, 10; Wash, 3.
Det., IS; st. L., 1-6.
Chicago. g.. Cleyeland. 7
New York. 8; Phila., 2.
Games Today.
Phila. at New York.
Detroit at st. Louis Cn.).
Cleveland at Chicago.
Only games scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
Phlla. at Wash. $50.
Det. at Chicago n).
Cleve. at st. L. (n.).
Boston at New York (n.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Results Yesterday.
Bklyn., 10; Boston. S.
Phila., 5; New York, 2
Pitts, 10; Chicago, 2.
Only games scheduled.
Games Today.
Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Phila.
st. Louis at Pitts.
Only games scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
New York at Boston.
Bklyn. at Phila. (no.
st. L. at Pitts. ND.
Chicago at Cinci. (n.).
Evening star., 1947-08-14
By Burton Hawkins

Any lingering interest the Mats
may display in the rapidly fading
American League race is strictly CO.
incidental, for they're exhausted and
outclassed and they know it. No
longer may they nurture dreams of
a first division finish. They're
finishing the season as a drab
sparkless outfit woefully in need OF
overhauling.
Soon the annual influx Of minor
league chattels will be drifting to
the Mats, all of which will be
heralded as building program for
1913, and if it produces only a few
fresh faces it'll be welcome to most
customers.
Too many Mats are regarding time
spent with the Washington Club as
something akin to Devils Island
sentence. 1t has become such a life
less outfit that Chick Pieretti was
cheered Justify last night at Boston
when he streaked TO first base on a
tap to Pitcher Tex Hughson as the
Mats were in the midst of absorbing
a fearful 1913 pasting from the Red
Sox. That sign of ambition came
as distinct shock to 34,451 fans.
When Pieretti left the game at
the end of the seventh he had been
battered for five runs and nine of
Boston's 16 hits after relieving Milo
Candini in the first inning, but
Chick left with cheers in his ears.
Fans Like Pieretti's Spirit.
1t was no smattering of polite
applause Boston's fans gave Pieretti
He received a whopping ovation
because they recognized the little
Italian Highlander had battled as
if the pennant hinged on the out
come.
That sort of spirit isn't evident
among many of his mates. Prexy
Clark Griffith admits he has come
up with a dead fish" club too in
clined to accept defeat with a con-
certed shrug. Face-lifting among
the Mats is imperative, but how to
accomplish it poses major problem
With the exception of Outfieldel
Gil Coan. who is sparkling at Chat
tanooga, the Mats have no sensa-
tions down on the farm. They're
not developing young players with
any degree of success and they're not
getting any bargains by trading, Sc
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Bosox, 10: Mats, 3

Totals 80 "a Il Totals 3S 16 ~ Z
.Batted for Pieretti in eighth.
tBatted for Cary in ninth.
WoSilihsloH W ------- UuU uuU Ut1tf- $
Boston ------- 502 900 30x-l0
Runs-Grace. Spence, Robertson. Mele,
Pesky, Williams, Doerr 90: Jones (3). Teb-
Runs batted in-Mele. Doerr 12). Jones
q. TebbettS ca. ,Pesky. Spence. Vernon
Tebbets. Vernon. Home runsMMeie,
Double plays-Hughson to Doerr to Jones;
Travis to Priddy to Vernon. Left on
bases~nwashington 8; Boston. TO- Bases
on balls-Of Pieretti 5; off Cary. 1; of
Hughson, /. Struck out-By Pieretti. 3;
by Hughson. 5. -Hits-or Candini, i in
-: of Pieretti. q in 6aa of Cary. in
T.; Winning pitcher -Hughson. Losing
pitcher-Candini. Umpires-Messrs. Pap
parella Hurley. Rue and Summers. Time
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The 1S pro teams including only the two
major leagues, average around SIS sturdy athletes
per team. This totals $50 football players. Well
make it 1000, in behalf of easier mathematics
These football stars range from ITS to 270
pounds each, with few below 1s0 The average
should be in the vicinity of 210 pounds. This
means a total Of 10000 pounds of human f1esh
which would be another Kings Ranch for can
nbals
These mastodonic manpulators Of speed
Drawn and body contact in the MAN, represent
the last 10 years of college stardom. including
the 1946 crop. There are names, on many lists
few have ever heard of, but every now and then
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Major Leaders
BY the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Batting-Boudreau. Cleveland, 1896.
Runs-Williams, Boston. 81
Runs batted in-Doerr. Boston, ~.
Hits-Pesky, Boston, 1875.
Doubles-Boudreau, Cleveland, 32.
Triples-Vernon. Washington, TO-
Home runs-Williams. Boston. 25.
Stolen bases--Dillinger, St. Louis, 81.
Strikeouts-Feller. Cleveland, 14s
Pitching-Shea, New York. liza, .733.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting-walker, Philadelphia, .345.
Runs-Mize, New York, 101.
Runs batted in--MiZe. New York. o..
Hits-BaumholtZ, Cincinnati. 140
Doubles-Baumholtz Cincinnati. %.
Triples-Walker. Philadelphia. IL.
Home runs-Mize, New York. SO
Stolen bases-Robinson, BROOKLYN. II.
Strikeouts-Blackwe1l, Cincinnati, 149.
Pitchine-Blackwell, Cincinnati. 1875,
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Ambassador in Swim Leod

WILSON, N. c., Aug. IA (SpeciaD
Swimming Club OF
Washington. D. c.. which took the
honors in the AAU regional meet at
Sarasota, Fla, last week, now leads
at the halfway mark in the South
ern Open Invitational champion
ships being held here.
Evening star., 1947-08-14
MuyfIower Softies Top

Mayf1ower's softball team wears
the Hotel League crown after turn
ing back Wardman Park, 6-3, yes
terday.
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Seeks Diamond Dutes
Joe Green's Billiard baseball team
| is seeking weekday games. Call
Manager Stover at Franklin 568q,
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set OF statistics announced recently the number
pounds of beef to be found Texas
figures but the total couldn't
displacement boiling off weight pro
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would also be interesting pounds will be
shed in heat before the first
sh TO move around with nv snes " Coulter W White and shur
three the
Notre
There little doubt that the new season will be the best in
history.
part of even.
pro teams ever have made anv money the main excepion
have dropped from 100000 s25ooOo which
contribution in the way of cash
to beyond
player with the football still This rivalry been
pleasant players
and Bert Bell hostile firing broadsdes
gold.
varying
anyone to size this mammoths in advance.
Certainly the addition Admiral the AnAmerica
head Mams replacement Baltimore will be
help the league Miami too far from the Of
Rivalry Around New York, Chicago Will Be Hot
heavy financial shelackng So
did few teams in the National League Club
about 10000 customers
What about the League you look
to the Giants the Bears the Cardinals
for Philadelphia Eagles will be
up there flying syrie height Steve
Cardinals with Tpp many any would
for The Bears always the team to Angeles
job
rivalry Chicago will Hollywood
Toppngs Yankees well strengthened Brooklyn with the brilliant
Donbs who is half a
feature, where his certain a
Just how Chicago going the
Cardinals will
their share against this competition
Baltimore Likely Big Help to A-Americu
In Cleveland the top football cities of
the country But Cleveland will
last
It my belief that Baltimore with anything hrst-cass
squad will be big help than $4,000 in
Baltimore for scrambles
No could be Sid Iackmsn
Bears and Sammy Baugh pases pro
football period
sblest field generals that a
Whether not there is
teams is another matter We
leagues will have face
either bankruptcy serious dents in their
II the league financial the
there almost certainly will
punishment it took last
decided to wait for cracking important
paign for the AAmerica relations 60
NORTH America
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D. c. GoIfinq Cops COP

keithe Kallio, with 70, and Robert
Sherrel, with 81, paced the Metro
politan Police Golf Associat ton team
to a 20-S victory over the Baltimore
police yesterday at the Prince
Georges Country Club.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus. 3; Kansas City. 2.
Indianapolis, 10; Minneapolis, 8.
Louisville, 8; St Paul, s.
MilRaukee 10. Tnladn
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(See GOLF, Page ca
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in the of the next few weeks than 400
will their the bos de the woodbne
Evening star., 1947-08-14
Win, Lose, or Draw
BY GRAkTLAND RICE

2l0, 1000 Pounds of Beef Look to Pro Grid Season
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-25

pany of America. The latter con- trols the huge Consolidated-Vultee concern. EX-CongreSsman Mar tin Smith, formerly mayor of Ho- quiam, Wash, is being boomed for the post to be vacated by Berge. A good man. D. C. Judge George D. Nelson is waging a vig- orous campaign to preserve the re- sidence of Francis Scott Key, au- thor of the Star-Spangled Banner. Keys old home threatens to be de- molished by the widening of Washington boulevard. Congrat- ulations to Norwegian Ambassador Morgenstierne for giving the U. s. public the facts regarding the pro- Quisling activities of Norwegian soprano, Kristen Flakstad. .Un- like Toscanini, who bitterly fought Mussolini, or Pablo Casals, the celliSt who spent ten years in the Spanish mountains rather than bow to Franco, some European artists who collaborated with the Fascists now want to come back and receive the plaudits-and gate receipts ot the American public.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-25

zervas' collaboration as follows:
 Conclusions of the situation The important factor in the above would be that the Allies might be able to force Zervas to give up his, until now, lawful (collaborationistl attitude, and use his troops again for attacks against the German forces. We must also expect con- tinuous activities from the Greek Communist bands in the entire sec tor of this corps, if these forces are not checked by mopping-up opera tions, or if they are not distracted by attacks from the Zervas fore es."
 Note-It is significant th6t when a British Intelligence Officer, Col. L. F. R. Shepherd. who posed as an UNRRA worker, was killed, in his belongings were found receipts from Zervas showing that Zervas was paid gold sovereigns by the British to start a Royalist attack against anti-Royalist Greeks In ether words, Zervas has been on all sides o1 the fence but now is Minister of National Defense in the Kings Cabinet
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-25

Fer the benefit of a few independent members Of the Alaska Legislature we reprint herewith resolution passed recently by the Legislature of the State of Indiana
 Indiana needs no guardian and intends to have none We Hoosers-e the people of our sister States were fooled for quite a spell with the magicans trick that dollar taxed out of our pockets and sent to Washington will be bigger when it comes back to us We have taken a good look at said dollar We lind that it lost weight in its Journey to Washington and back The political brokerage of the bureaucras has been deducted We have decided that there such thing as Federal" aid. We know that there is no wealth to tax that is not already within the boundaries of the 48 States
 50 We propose henceforward to tax ourselves and take care of ourselves We are fed up with subsidies does and paternasm We no ones stepchild We have grown up. We serve notice that will resist Washington, D. C., adopting
 Be it resolved by The House of Representatives of The General Assembly of the State of Indiana The Senate concurring That respectfully petition and urge Indianas Congressmen and Senators to vote to fetch our county house and city halls back from Pennsylvania Avenue We want government to come home Resolved further, that call upon the leg isatures of our sister States and good citizens everywhere who believe in the basic principles of Lnz coin and Jefferson to join with US, and with them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-25
2OO-BED CAPACITY NOW PLANNED FOR
 SlTKA SANhT0R!UM

The new Alice Island Sanatorium at Sitka will soon be expanded to 200 bed capacity if current plans develop for Don c. Foster, General Superintendent of the Alaska Ma tive Service.
 Foster, and two other ANS off cials, left for Sitka today in crder to survey the possibilities of en- larging present facilities so that the hospital can accommodate 200 tu- berculosis patients.
 Foster says he is hoping to se- cure necessary funds from the Ap- propriations Committee in Congress this year
 While at Sitka, the ANS officials will also inspect the new Ortho- pedic Hospital on Japonski Island. The hospital was scheduled to ad= init it's first patient today
 Accompanying Foster were Ralph Mize, District Construction Super visor for the ANS and Dr. Max Van Sandt, Assistant Medical Di- rector for the ANS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-25
HOUSING ADMINISTRATORS
 PROTESTS

The deal was put over by Chair man Jesse Wolcott (Michigan) of the Banking and Currency Com mittee and Chairman Ben Jensen Iowa) of the Government Corpor- ations Subcommittee, both favor able to the big real estate inter- ests.
 However, Housing Administrator Myer has sent a bristling, confi- dential letter to Wolcott and Jen- sen informing them While I shall, of course. comply with your re- quest, l wish to emphasize that, in my judgment, the adoption of a permanent policy that would per- init sales of war housing projects only for cash would not be in the public interest and would cost the treasury millions of dollars.
 Tn the first place. sucn a policy would limit competition in the pur chase of the apartment-type hOus- ing units to those who have large amounts of cash and those who can readily borrow large sums. Such a sharp narrowing of the possible sales market will, in my judgment, drive down steeply the amounts which the Government can hope to reallZa on the sales
 Secondly, the overwhelming ma jority of present occupants of the housing units. and of the veterans. both occupant and non-occupant, who now seek to become home owners by purchasing these units individually or in groups, would be unable to compete successfully on that basis.
 Since Wolcott and Jensen are 10th professed believers in saving money for the Government, and both professed friends of the vet eran, the Myer letter would seem to put the issue squarely up to them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-25
GREEK PRO-NAZIS NEED
 PURGING

The more you probe into the snarled-up Greek mess, the more il appears imperative that some Of the Fascist -Royalists in the pre- sent Greek Cabinet must be busted before the USA dumps millions ot relief and food into King Geerge's lap
 A German military report cap- tured by the American Army in Berlin shows that the present Greek Minister of National De- fense in King Georges Cabinet, Napoleon Zervas. was quietly aiding the Germans during the war. And, despite the fact that Zervas was sabotaging the British, he is now serving with British blessing in the Greek Cabinet.
 The captured German document is titled Military Situation Report From The German XXI Mountain Army Corps and is dated August T, l944 Some of it's most significant excerpts follow
 After a lew days, he (Zervas) ceased these attacks and since then he has kept neutral position and has not complied with any more of the Allied requests to resume his fighting against German troops. During this period of crisis, Zervas increased the territory under his control with the addition of the Tsamouria section, so that at pre- sent, he holds all the coast between Preveza and Igumenitsa. . At present, the relations between Zeryas and the Allied Military Mission are strained. This fact should be attributed, first, to the return of ZelVas to his lawful (col- laborationistJ attitude toward the German occupation forces, and second, to the recurrence of the 'Zeryas) attacks against the Com munlst bands"
 The German report summarized