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Evening star., 1948-08-04
Gerry Thomas Win
Among Surprises
In Junior Tennis
Rx the Associated Press

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Aug. A.
The national Junior tennis cham
pionship tournament moves into the
fourth round today with four of the
IL seeded players on the sidelines.
Unheralded Gerry Thomas of
Washington. D. c.. had a hand in
yesterdays upsets. The Princeton
University sophomore knocked out
seventh-seeded Ernest Dubray of
San Francisco, IS, 0-6, 60. The
top surprise was turned in by Steve
Potts of Memphis. Tenn, who
dropped sixth-seeded Jerry Dewitts
of Vallejo, Calf, a semif1nalist last
year, 6-1, 6-8, 8-6. Top-ranking
Dick Mouledous of New Orleans had
to stage a big third set to remain
in the running, which he did by
squeezing past Dick Squires OF
Bronxville, N. Y, 81, As, 60.
Among others in the round OF 16
is third seeded Gil Bogley OF Chevy
Chase, Md. He had an easier time
than most stars yesterday, winning
60, 6-1 over Ted Jax of Ham,
tramck, Mich. Jack Yates and Ed
Wesley of Chevy Chase were elm
mated. Yates fell before Ray De-
berry, jr.. San Angelo, Tex, 60,
|6-1, and Wesley bowed out to Julian
Oates, Waco. Tex, Ga, ST, 6-3.
The boys division ran truer to
form, with Defending Champion
Bob Perry of Los Angeles leading
the advance. Tim Coss of Washing
ton won over Inman Fox, Nashville,
6-1, 6I1, and Ted Rogers of Chevy
Chase sidelined Ed Daley, Harris
burg, 6-3, 6-3. Tony Bradford of
Washington was beaten by Don
Thompson, Jackson Heights, N. Y.
6-3, 6-3.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Press Club Linksmen
To Battle August 80

The golfng members Of the Ma
tional Press Club will hold their
annual tournament Monday, August
30 at Prince Georges Country Club,
Golf Committee Chairman Fred
Perkins announces.
Top prizes in the 18th annual
event will be the George r. Holmes
Memorial Trophy which goes to the
low gross scorer and Press Club
champion. 1t was won last year by
Frank Pace, director of the Budget
Bureau, who shot II at Wood
mont.
The best part about the tourna-
ment is that every contestant
there were 10 last year receives
prize. Principal awards in addition
to the Holmes Trophy are the
American Automobile Association
Cup and the Press Club plaque
The Steinem- Preston handicap sys-
tenn again will be used.
Perkins committee includes Jim
Preston, co-ordinator; Paul Wooton
Sam O'Neal, Ed Jameson. Merri-
man Smith, Albert Steinem, Ray
mond Dickey, DR.. Yap and Joe
Short
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Tommy Ryan, 0Idtime
Ring Great, Dies al 78;
Held Two Crowns
Nv the A,soeio,ed Press


VAN NUYS, Calf, August A.
Death has claimed another OF the
rings old masters, Tommy Ryan,
former welterWeight and middle
weight champion Of the world.
Ryan, who graduated from lum-
ber camp brawls and fought through
the rugged turn -of-the-century era
when bouts went as long as 76
rounds, died OF heart ailment yes
terday
He was 78. Anna, his wife of So
years, was with him when the end
came at their home here.
Ryan was born Joseph Youngs,
jr., at Redwood, N. Y, March 81
1870, son of French glass blower
He left home early, changing his
name to Tommy Ryan, and headed
for the Michigan lumber camps.
Soon he was fighting in Detroit
Chicago and other Midwest cities
At the age of 81 he knocked out
Danny Needham, welterWeight title
claimant, in the 18th round at Min
neapolis, February 16, 1891. 1t was
his longest bout.
Ryan caught up with the lat.
pound championship on July 26
1894, when he outpointed Mysteriou!
Billy Smith in 20 rounds at Min.
neapolis.
He lost the crown on March 2
1896, when Kid Mccoy knocked hin
out in IS rounds at Maspeth, Lone
Island. 1t was the only time, recorc
books show, Ryan ever was stopped
in a career of nearly 200 fights.
BY that time he had outgroWr
the welter ranks and was tackline
and licking the foremost middle
weights.
He assumed the middleweight
crown by acclamation in 1897 after
Champion Bob Fitzsimmons hao
stepped up the ladder to dethrone
Jim Corbett as heavyweight champ
For 10 years, Ryan met and de-
feated the best in his class. His vic
Tins included Jack (the nonpareiD
Dempsey, Red Brennan, Jack Will
kies, Jimmy Murphy Mike Shaugh-
messy, George Lavigne and Mccoy
Most of his victories we're knockouts
Still generally recognized as cham
pion, he retired in 1907.
Ryan's left jab has been rated by
ring experts as one of the sharpest
of his or any other era. His old
friend, Ex-Heavy Champion Jim
Jeffries, once said Ryan could have
kicked hell out of all the heavy
weights"
After his retirement Ryan toured
in vaudeville for some time with
Fitzsimmons. He came to Califor-
MIA 20 years ago.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Rams Open Grid Drills;
Shaughnessy on Hand
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4.-The Los
Angles Rams invaded the Loyola
University campus today to start
their 1nonth-long training for the
National Football League season.
Coach Bob Snyder has 81 players
signed, including the largest con-
tingent of rockies ever invited to
the Rams camp. From the rockies
he hopes to find requirements fol
such missing standouts as Tom
Harmon, Jim Benton, Jack Wilson
and Steve Pritko.
The only newcomers with previous
professional experience are fullback
Jim Mello from Notre Dame and the
Boston Yanks, and halfback jim
Hunnicutt from South Carolina ano
the Charlotte Clippers.
Clark Shaughnessy. leading T,
formation mentor, joins the Rams
staff as advisory coach.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
By the Associo,ed Press

CLEVELAND, Aug. 4.-He was
making his first starting appearance
as a major Lacquer last night. but
old Lero y (SatcheD Paige came
through. He pitched the Cleveland
Indians back into first place.
"Startin' a game is lot easier
than goin in to try to save one ne
drawled in the dressing room as Ed
Klieman was finishing out the. last
two innings. Satch had departed
for a pinch batter, but the Tribe
finished ahead of Washington, 5
to 3. That left Cleveland in first
place by couple of percentage
points as Chicago knocked out Phil
adelphia.
The long, lean pitcher wasn't US
ing much fancy stuff in his seven
inning stint. He hadn't pitched a
full game all year, but had taken
part in eight of the Indians con-
tests for 18 innings, winning one and
losing one. During that time he had
given only two unintentional walks.
There were 72,434 fans in the sta
dium-largest night crowd IN the
towns baseball history-When the
ageless Negro went to the mound.
But at the start, the famous Paige
control was lacking. With one out
in the first inning. he passed Al
Kozar and Gil Coan in succession,
and both scored when Ed Stewart
lined a triple to left center.
After tnat Old Satch settled down,
He issued another pass in the third
and a final one in the seventh, but
he scattered a total OF seven hits
and had six strikeouts. He used his
hesitation pitch" to get the last
one, Eddie Yost.
The blooper he used Just once.
It's better to be few runs ahead
when you use that one" he said
You can't tell what might happen.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Paige, Pitching Tribe to From,
Likes Starting Job Over Relief

At the plate, Satch had one out
of three, a scratch single to deer
short in the sixth inning. Thai
was right after Jim Hogan hac
slammed a home run to break g
3-to-3 deadlock. In the fourth in.
ming Paige had grounded out with
the bases full, and when the same
situation arose in the seventh, Man.
ager Lou Boudreau sent Hal Peck
to bat-Hal forced Hogan at second
Satch said, My left legs little
sore. Bothered my control some
but I'll be all right"
And when some one asked Wheth-
er he was ready to start every
fourth day he came back, Il useo
to start every second day and dc
relief in between. That every-four-
days would be vacation"
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Southampton Net Meet
Held Up by Showers
BY the Assoeiafed Press

SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y, Aug. A.
The weatherman promised more rain
for today-in the form of scattered
showers-as the 58th annual Meadow
Club grass court Invitation tennis
tournament attempted to resume
play.
Second round singles matches
were on tap in the morning, headed
by a match between Top-Seeded
Gardnar Mulloy of Miami, Fla, and
Richard Savitt, East Orange, N. j.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Turk Demands Ferocity to Go
With Redskin Linemens Heft

ability to be one of the circuit S
best tackles but lacks aggreSsiveneSs
The coaching staff figures the slow
easy-going Californian needs a good
swift kick in the pants, figuratively
speaking, to shake off his lethargy
and is going to work on him in
earnest.
Harris DOcility Is Deceiving.
There are some heavily -larded
gentlemen in camp, notably Henry
Harris, 289, and Gene Vellela, 260,
but there are others who are trim
and seemingly ready to go in now
and do an honest days work. One
of these is Mike RousSos, a 235-
FOUNDER from the University OF
Pittsburgh. who is overaWed by his
first trip to big league camp. He's
nice and friendly-almost kittenish
but scout reports indicate Mike
isn't nice company on the football
| field.
One of the best-looking prospects
is Mike KatriShen, a Mississippi
Southern product who halls from
the cotton-dotted fields of Hazleton,
Pa. A tackle in college. Katrishen
has been shifted to guard and unless
Line Coach Tiger Walton misses his
guess, Mike will make the veterans
hustle for their jobs. Katrishen has
square jaw and blond, waVy hair
that would make him good stand
in for Jimmy Cagney.
| Bill Gray, who seems to have got
ten bigger since last year, is an
other dark horse in the race for a
regular guard berth. although his
speed and ability to smell out plays
may keep him in the role of line
backer. But Gray is another of the
lads whose size make you dead GER
tain the Skins will be better this
year. He's mean, in sense that
when he draws a bead on an enemy
he gives him all six barrels and
when they hit they bounce. Edwards
is looking for more of his type.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
By Lewis F. Atchison
Stor Stoff Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Aug 3. Turk
Edwards is looking for mean line
men for his 1948 Redskin football
team and he may have them in the
group assembled at the Tribes Oc-
cidental College training camp.
The Redskins may not even match
last years dismal record of four
wins in the National Football
League, but to the casual eye this
seems to be one of the best-looking
collections of talent the Burgundy
and Gold has boasted recently.
Edwards, fingers crossed, holds up
a warning hand against hasty pre-
season predictions.
They all look good until the
first game" he commented, Then
some fade and others turn out to
be better than you expected. We
think every player in camp has
possibilities or they wouldn't be
here, but we won't know how we
stand for some time yet
Edwards must be discreet, but
when you hear the veterans mar
Yelling at rockies appearances you
know the ability may be there.
Sammy Baugh, for example, couldn't
believe 230-pound Ed Quirk was a
fullback. The Singer thought he
was tackle. Quirk has a square,
bull-necked frame akin to Sal
Rosato's, and they say he's fast
with It, Sam thinks he'll enjoy
plaving in the same backfield with
him.
Wants Fiercer Spirit.
But if there Is any maj jor improve
ment in the Skins it will be in the
line, Edwards feathers ruffle when
the line is blamed for last years
poor record. He thinks defensive
backs, more than linemen, were to
blame for the disasters of AT, and
while the line backing situation will
be improved the lines betterment
figures to be one of the features OF
the approaching season. 1t Will be
big and 1t could be tough. II 1t
will be mean enough is something
else again.
You don't expect to see men as big
and experienced as John Adams,
254: Tom Dean, 255: John Sanchez,
24o, or Ernie Williamson. 235, pushed
around by anybody. But a mean
little guy, weighing pounds less
can do it and Edwards wants his
tackles to be vicious enough to hold
their own in any company.
I'm not asking them to play
dirty football don't want that, "
he explained. but I want 'em to
hit hard and drive in there when
they go after the other guy"
Big Don Avery is case in point,
A complete bust last year, the 255-
pound Avery has enough native
Evening star., 1948-08-04
|Gu|dahI, Afraid 10 Fail
with Son WATCHING,
Sets Tam Golf Mark
By the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, Aug. A high-pow-
cred field in the $4,000 All-Ameri-
can golf tourney today tried to catch
up with an explosive comeback
swinger, stoop-shouldered Ralph
Guldahl, 1878 United States Open
champion.
Guldahl ripped Tam O'Shanters
rolling greens apart yesterday with
a GA record breaking 8 under par
Thus, mild manner Ralph, who
tumbled from the headlines after
winning the 1889 Masters, held 2
stroke lead over Runnerup Dick
Metz of Arkansas City, Kans., in
the rich 72-hole medal play test.
Metz, with 1886, was a stroke
ahead of a brace of 81 shooters,
Chandler Harper of Portsmouth, Va,
and Elmer Reed of Atlanta, Ga.
In all, "a professional contenders
and 4 amateurs, headed by Mike
Stolarik of Waukegan, ILL.,. with an
impressive 68, shattered par u in
the getaway round of the three
ringed Tam fairways circus.
Babe Zaharias PAGES Women.
in the third All-American divi-
sion, the Women's Open, favored
Babe Didrikson Zaharias tapped a
4-under -women's-par u to grab
the lead.
The Babes performance, match
ing the course record, gave her a
4-stroke lead over Patty Berg of
Minneapolis, and two amateurs,
Grace Lenczyk of Newington, Conn,
and Mrs. Eddie Bush of Detroit,
all with 76's.
Guldahls surprising performance
was a sort of family contribution
by the 36-year-old shooter from
Chicago's Medinah course.
You know, my boy, Ralph, jr.. is
Just 13, and all he knows about my
past is what he has read in the
newspapers-sort of ancient his
tory" grinned Guldahl.
HE breaks 80 himself and he has
been wondering just how good his
dad really is. He is watching me
in this tournament, and couldn't
let him down."
Record Is Worth $1,000.
Even if Guldahl fails to maintain
his phenomenal pace in todays Sec
ond 18-hole round, he has $1,000 in
the bank for breaking the course
record of IS held by six players, in
Guiding himself.
Guldahl shot record -breaking
opening nine of 20 in the 1945 ALI
American, but his closing nine that
time was 36 for IS.
Yesterday, he uncorked sizzling
approaching game, missing only one
green from the fairways. Guldahl
banged a 5-under-par 81 on the first
nine and came back in 3-under 33.
Four strokes off the pace in the
pro battle for first prize of $4,000
was Herman Barron of White
Plains, N. Y. with pair of 34s for
68. Barron won the All-American
in 1916.
Seven pros were knotted with 69s
including Lloyd Mangrum of the
host club, Pete Cooper Of Ponte
Vedra Beach, Fla; Dutch Harrison
of Little Rock, Ark; Sam Snead OF
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va; Bill
Nary of Phoenix, Ariz,; Stanley
Kertes of Chicago. and Henry Ran
som of Ravinia, Ill.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Five Football Dodgers
Join AII-Stor Team
BY the Assoeioted Press

PLATTSBURG, N. Y, Aug. A.
Brooklyn Football Coach Car
Voyles lost the services of five star
players today when they left fol
Chicago to compete with the College
All-Stars against the Chicago Car
dinals Aug. 20.
They are Bob Chappuis, Michi-
gan halfback; John Wozniak, Ala
bama guard; George Strohmeyer
Notre Dame center, and Ends Hank
Foldberg, Army, and Dan Edwards
Georgia. The Dodgers will be with
out their services in exhibition
games at Buffalo. August II, and
Montreal. August 10.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Maidstone Women's Mel
Tourney Begins Today
By the Associoted Press

EASTHAMPTON, N. Y, Aug. A.
With the strongest field in recent
years entered, play was scheduled
to start today in the annual Maid
stone Clubs womens invitation ten
mis- championships.
With the Woodin Cup-one of
the few solid gold tennis trophies
in existence the prize, the select
group is headed by Louise Brough
of Beverly Hills, Calf
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Fairfax Police Slated
For Two Softly TiIts

The newly organized Fairfax Po-
lice Department softball team will
play its first game at pm. tomor-
row at Fairfax High School against
the Fairfax Rotary Club.
The police team will play benefit
game in Alexandria against that
city's police team at $50 pm. Sat-
urday. A return game between the
two police teams is scheduled at
Fairfax High August Is, Proceeds
from the latter game will go to the
Fairfax Police Association recrea-
ton and safety fund for boys.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Books G. u, Quontico

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Aug. 4
(SpeciaD Among the games on
the William and Mary basket ball
schedule announced today are
Quantico Marines here on December
4, Georgetown here on January Z,
and Quantico at Quantico on Febru-
ary IA.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Major Tenpin League
Will Meet Tomorrow

Plans for the 1948-49 season OF
the Greater Washington Major Ten
pin League will be discussed at a
meeting of the officers and team
captains tomorrow night at
o'clock at the Bethesda Bowling
Center, Old Georgetown road, Be-
thesda.
The meeting will be open to all
tenpinners wishing to bowl in the
league
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Stors Yesterday
By the Associated Press

Batting-Jack Wallaesa. White
Sox-Cracked a pinch hit single
in the 10th inning to drive In the
run that gave the Chicago White
Sox 81 victory over the Phila-
delphia Athletics.
Pitching-Satchel Paige, In
dians-Triumphed in his first
major league start, pitching the
Cleveland Indians to a 5-3 victory
over the Washington Senators.
He struck out six and allowed
seven hits in seven innings before
being taken out for a pinch hit
ter.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Suenz Succumbs
ToCuII of the Grid
By q stoff Correspondent Of The stor

LOS ANGELES, August B.
Eddie Saenz, who informed
Coach Turk Edwards last March
he would not play football this
year, was waiting on the door,
step of Occidental College when
the Redskins arrived to open
their 1948 training camp.
Il just couldn't stay away when
I read in the newspapers about
the team starting up again." he
told Edwards, "and I've changed
my mind about not playing"
P. S. Edwards already had n
room reserved for him.
Evening star., 1948-08-04

several occasions he went right in
the stands after his tormentors.
Davies became coach at Duquesne
at the ripe age of "a with most Of
his education in the school of hard
knocks. He had been mill worker
and professional basket ball
| player.
Evening star., 1948-08-04
Scribe Hired by W. and l.

LEXINGTON, Va. Aug. 4 {P.-
Jack I. Carper, former Roanoke
Times sport editor, has Joined the
staff of Washington and Lee as di-
rector of sports information.
Evening star., 1948-08-04

Runs-Kozar. Coan. Wynn, Clark, Dolby
batted in--Stewart G9. KeltneI, Coan
hits-Mitchell, Keltner t2), Wynn. Dolby
Three-base hit-Stewart. Home run,
Hogan. Sacrifice - Boudreau: Double
Gordon to Boudreau to Robinson. Left on
bases-washingten, ,6: g.: Cleveland; II
by Masterson, 8; by Klieman. l. Strike
outs-By Wynn, L; by Paige. g.. Hits
on Wynn, 5 in Az innings; of Thompson
innings; of Paige in Z innings: on Klie-
man, o in innings Passed ball--Early
Winning pitcher-Paige. Losing pitcher
THOMPSON Umpires-Messrs. Boyer, Pas
sarella and Rommel Time-2:29. At
tendance-7o, ,434
Evening star., 1948-08-04

Totals 81 724 q Totals SO IL 81
Flied out for Thompson in seventh.
Flied out for Masterson in ninth
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01
FEC OF TILLAGE
ON WEATHER

A group of visitors at my farm
were told by their instructor that
the "cornbelt moved northward on
account of earlier strains of corn
having been developed" Though
scientists and textbooks agree with
this statement, I am convinced that
such a conclusion is in error.
First let us consider the fact that
the Indian Squaw and Flint corn
first grown in the United States
was then and is now the earliest
strains of corn known. All develop
ment has been toward later corn.
Secondly, let us consider that it
was these earlier strains that were
killed by the so-called summer
frosts" of the early days. The ques-
ton as to whether corn could be
successfully grown west of the Miss
issippi was often raised.
Viewed in this light, the incon-
gruity of the statement mentioned
becomes apparent.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-03-01
r SCHOOL PLAN

LAST WINTER the school reor
%ganization plan which received so
much opposition from the rural areas
was defeated in the legislature, but
the Montana Educators association
states that it will reintroduce the
plan next winter divided into sew
eral smaller bills.
The rural people opposed this far
reaching bill for a number OF rea-
sons such as a desire to maintain
the rural way of life, fear of city
controlled school boards, opposition
to transporting young children long
distances, increased school taxes,
fear of centralized control of educa-
ton, etc.
This winter is a good time for dis
cussion of the problems of school re-
organization, and perhaps some
thing acceptable to the rural people
can be formulated. ] believe that If
all the rural and third class school
districts in each county were made
into one large school district it
would equalize taxation, make adj
ministration easier, equahze educa-
tional opportunities, leave control OF
the rural schools in the hands of the
rural people by having just one
school board of trustees of five or
seven people elected by the rural
people.
This N school board and the
county superintendent would adj
minister the affairs of all the rural
elementary schools in the county.
All districts would have the same
tax levy. Petty squabbles and COM
munity quarreling over teachers, etc
| would be eliminated.
If you think this plan has merit
discuss it with others and perhaps
something worthwhile may come Of
it. The rural people present the I'M
plication of some of the educator:
that our children r not properly
educated and that we are not inter
ested in improving their educationa
opportunities because we have op
posed the reorganization plan spon
sored by the educators.
No class of people makes a bigge
effort to get their children properl,
educated than the farm family ant
no class of people spends a large
percentage of their income for edu
cation than the farm family. w
should fight to keep control of rurs
schools in the hands of rural peopl
as farming is a way of life and GU
elementary schools should be con
Elementary to our way of life
DEWITT CLARK, F1athead Count,