Evening star., 1948-06-06
American Legion
Baseball League
Will Open Today

baseball League
Will Open Today
The Junior American Legion Base
ball League will officially open its
season today at 1890 pm. stimuli
taneously on all four diamonds OF
the White House Elipse. Appro-
pirate ceremonies will take place in
which the Legions 100-man Ma
tional Guard of Honor. the Fort
Stevens Post Drum and Bugle Corps,
Department Comdr. Owen c. Hol-
leran and his staff, and Lester
Brock, representing the Ford Motor
Co., who co-sponsor the project, will
take part. Commissioner of Imni-
grafton and Naturalization Watson
B. Miller will toss out the first ball.
Department Athletic Officer James
A. Munro Is the league president.
Bunker Hill will face the Fort
Dupont nine on the West diamond,
Halloran- Murray will play the Gov
ernment Printing once team on the
South diamond, National Cathedral
will meet the Thad Dulin outfit on
the East diamond and Costello will
engage the Fort Stevens aggrega-
ton on the North diamond.
After playing for nine consecutive
weeks each succeeding Sunday at
the same time, the winning team
will enter the national regional
playoffs to be held August %, % and
"a with the national little world
series to be staged at Indianapolis,
Ind, September 4, 5 and 6.
The Victory Post junior nine at
the same time, playing in the Inter
city League, will meet the Mount
Calvary team on the Fairlawn
diamond and next Saturday after
noon will engage the Carmody Hills
club on the armory diamond.
The post last Friday evening
awarded membership prizes to
George Kramer, Patrick Gill. Rich
ard Bywaters, Robert S. Wheeler,
Patrick Fitzgibbons, Thomas NC
Broom and Allen Souza.
A bronze plaque has been sent to
the Florence Nightingale School OF
Nursing at Bordeaux. France, by
the local Jane A. Delano Post to
be erected In a room furnished by
the post in that hospital at a cost
of over $500. The project was
started last year by Josephine West
ern and recently completed by Bet
ty Champion.
Mary v. Wyatt, Stella Terrell,
Elizabeth v. Hartnett and Rebecca
j. Galley were admitted to mem
bership at the last meeting. Flea
nor Silling, a member OF the Ocean
City IN. j. Nurses Post, delivered
the principal address.
The Securities and Exchange Post
will conduct It's formal initiation OF
members and installation of officers
at 8 pm tomorrow at 425 Second
street NV. with the department
commander, National Guard Of Hon
or and the Forty and Eight degree
team officiating.
Officers to be installed are: Com
mander, Paul S. Davis: vice COM
manders, Edward J. McMurray, Red
ford Burney and Marjorie McCar-
thy; adjutant, Howard Kettl;
finance officer, Francis j. Trainor;
Judge advocate, Arthur Buswell; SER
geant at arms, Sidney Scanlon; his
torian, Ernest Desseckner; chaplain,
William Lesh; Executive Committee,
Baldwin B. Bane, Albert Fones,
Stewart Hoyland and Darlington
Hook. s, -
{ Next Sunday afternoon the post
will hold a picnic and outing at the
Palisades fieldhouse just of Mac
Arthur boulevard. urs 'tD
Kenneth H. Nash Post received
signal honors at its last meeting
when Department Membership Of
ficer Joseph A. Walker attached a
194S membership streamer to its post
colors in recognition of having been
the first post to meet its 1948 quota
in Glass D.
Paul E. Biondi, Lawrence j. Bren-
nan, Harry K. Howes, Robert v.
Irvine, Ernest v. Long, Rupert w.
Morgan, Charles F. Muller and JOS
eph Wolfenden were accepted to
membership.
Potomac Post at its last meeting
admitted James H. Sonnabend
Irving @. Waldecker and Phillip j
Davidson to membership. A softball
team was entered in the Georgetown
Recreation League. A boat ride Is
being planned on July 27.
Costello Post accepted 20 new
members and made % membership
awards. Norman Grant and James
Pistorio are fighting 1t out for the
lead in the Booster Club and Ru-
dolph Blick and Vernon Wilson are
in another tie for second place, with
Sylvan Reichgut in undisputed pos
session of third place.
The Augustus P. Gardner Post
held smoker and election Of Off
GERS at the last meeting at the Army
and Navy Club.
Those selected were: Commander
Col. Harry H. Semmes; vice COM
mander, Bowdoin Craighill, jr.;
finance officer, Douglas D. Hall;
chaplain, the Rev. DR.. c. Leslie
Glenn: surgeon DR.. Victor r. Alfaro;
historian, Fred Nielsen.
Preston w. Grant, adjutant, was
reappointed to serve another year
Samuel Biddle, finance officer fol
the last three years, who will shortly
leave the city to be stationed In
Mexico City with the World Bank
presented a report showing sur
plus in the treasury.
Maj Gen. William Dryden, U. S. A.
retired, retiring commander, was
presented with diamond studded
past commanders button in a speech
by Past Comdr. Howard Eales.
Refreshments were served ano
Richard T. Walsh entertained with