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Evening star., 1948-07-21
Marshall Pulls
AH-StorPunch

AS the situation is now, President
George Marshall of the Redskins
plans no further protest about par
ticipation of four Redskin rookie
players in the All-Star game against
the Chicago Cardinals in Chicago.
Commissioner Bert Bell of the
National Football League was en-
powered at the recent meeting
. to rule on individual cases where
protests. are made. Prior to that
meeting, Marshall was outspoken
against the policies of the games
promoter, Arch Ward, sports editor
of the Chicago Tribune, and indi-
Gated that he didn't want any
Washington men to play on the All.
Star team.
He said yesterday. however, that
right now he doesn't plan to take
advantage of the new league rule
and make protest to Commissioner
Bell. That's the way we stanc
right this minute" he emphasized
However, if Mr.. Ward does any.
thing that I think is a violation o.
his contract with the league, thai
will be different matter. We may
do something then. but right nov
the plan is for our men to play"
The Redskin rockies who are i'm.
vited to play on the AH-Star team
are: Halfbacks Harry Gilmer and
Dan Sandifer, Tackle Weldon Ed
wards and End Sid Halliday.
Commissioner Bell was in Wash
ington yesterday to make his annual
trip to the White House with Mar
shall to present season pass to
President Truman.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
By Angelina J. corobelIi

Dy An9eiino }. (orobeiIi
Two events OF varied interest are
on the horse show calendar for this
weekend. Saturday. the sixth an
nual show sponsored by the Kiwanis
Club of Alexandria will be held at
the Alexandria Municipal Stadium
Sunday, the Silver Spring pony and
junior show is scheduled at the
North End show ring, East-West
Highway.
| The Kiwanis event which has i'm
proved with each holding has good
program and is a member of the
Virginia Horse Shows Association.
Starting at I, O'Clock with q model
f1ve-gaited class. the card consisting
Of Is events is divided into four di-
visions with championship awards
In each. Two classes constitute the
pony division, hunters will perform
in five, jumpers in four and the
gated horses In three.
Jack Prestage from Boyce, Va,
and Thomas J. Trodden, jr., are the
judges. Harold Polk Is the chair
man and can furnish additional in
formation. Proceeds from the show
will 60 to the clubs children's pro-
gram. ..
| The Silver Spring pony and junior
show which is scheduled to start at
$50 on Sunday is a thorough affair
planned and staged by local young
sters and lists the staggering total Of
20 classes. Ponies are divided into
three sections according to size and
riders are given age limits. Cham
Evening star., 1948-07-21
.MixedDoubIes
Pep Pin Show
By Ben McAIwee

The all-star mixed doubles match
which will pit Elizabeth Barger, No
l woman duckpinner of the country
and Clarence Whitey) Miller oi
Baltimore against Washington's Jes.
sic Sacrey and Ray Watson will be
an added attraction in the benefit
bowling show for Gladys Lynn
stricken Rosslyn star. at Greenway
tomorrow night. =
The mixed doubles clash starting
at pm. will precede the summers
standout mems team match between
the new Winchester Packard and
Arcade Pontiac combinations of the
Major District League.
Julie Singer, Winchester captain
and handspring in staging the af-
fair, announced today that the two
teams will meet again Friday night
at Bethesda Bowling Center with a
women's doubles match also on the
card. Jessie Keith and Frances Will
son will oppose Evelyn Nickel, La
dies Major District League indi-
vidual champion, and Mary Brown,
1947 titleholder.
The Winchester Packards which
last season proved the most sensa-
tional scoring team in the history
Of the District League will have
Singer, Sam Simon and Sam Shreve
as holdovers, while the new men,
bers will be Whip Litchfleld and
Tony Santini. Leon Fleisher will be
the only holdover on the Arcade
Pontiac outfit from last season. The
new members are Fred Murphy,
Howard Parsons, Jack Talbert and
Joe Harrison.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
McC cCarihymen Assert
Flag Lies Between
Red Sox, Yanks
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

BOSTON, July 2l.-A less expert
enced major league manager than
Joe Mccarthy most certainly would
be worrying about gaining so little
actual ground while hts club was
playing the best baseball in its
league.
But Mccarthy has indicated that
his Boston Red Sox pennant hopes
are brighter than ever.
Since June /, the Red Sox, with
and without slugger Ted Williams,
who has missed the last IL games
with a torn rib cartilage, have won
80 Of their last Is starts-a brilliant
I'll brand Of play. During that
stretch the Cleveland Indians and
New York Yankees both have played
.561 bah and the Philadelphia Ath-
letics .52l.
But all three of those rivals still
are atop Of the Red Sox in the
American League standings.
On June l, the Red Sox, in q
slump, were in seventh place, 1l11a
games behind the then front-run-
ming Athletics, with woeful record
Of Il wins and 23 losses.
Players Share Optimism.
A month later, however, the Sock
ers were up in fourth, where they
still are today, 71a games in back of
the Indians. Since then, the Red
Sox have won IA of their 20 July
games but have picked up only
three on the league leaders.
That sort of progress appears only
bit more than one could make
butting his head against a wall, but
McCarthy's players are as high" on
their pennant chances as he seems
to be. They agree only the Yankees
can give them an argument from
here in.
That's great" they chorused yes
terday when they learned the De-
troit Tigers had beaten the Yanks,
2-1. That puts us only a game
behind the Yankees"
What about the 1ndians?" a
writer demanded. They're still up
there"
Rookie Southpaw Mel Parnell had
the answer for that one.
Their pitchers are all worn out" !"
he explained. They're using five a
day now. Why Lemon pitched two
successive games in relief and then
had to start with only days rest
Figure AS to Descend.
And they also figure that the only
place the Athletics. now only a
game out of first place, will be 60
ing soon is down.
Such fingers as Joe Dodson and
Jack Kramer, 11-game winners
both. have had much to do with
keeping the Seekers red hot. But
Parnell also rates a fair share of
the credit for winning five of the
six starts he has made since June l.
That portsided fireballer was up
with the club last season but SO
many rivals teed of on his fast ball
that he was shunted to the Louis
vile American Association. farm
club. Recalled late in the season,
he won two and lost three for the
Red Sox while compiling the stag
gering earned-run average of 6.35.
Parnen confesses that he received
some valuable pitching tips from
Birdie Tebbetts, his veterans bat
terry mate, this season but he insists
that Mccarthy has not attempted to
correct any of his faults.
Joe doesn't have to speak to me
about my pitching" he explained.
Il listen every time he talks to the
other pitchers and by 50 doing have
learned to improve myself"
Evening star., 1948-07-21
u. 5. Olympic Stars
Leave for London
After Ship Docks
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

SOUTHAMPTON, England, July
21.-The bulk of the United States
Olympic team - 262 athletes
trooped down the gangplank OF the
S. S. America at am. today and
f1ocked high spiritedly through the
customs inspections.
For the customs officers they
listed items ranging from tiny good
luck charms to 16-foot bamboo poles
carried by pole vaulters.
An hour after leaving the ship
they climbed into feet of buses
and left for London. Most Of the
men went to the Olympic village, a
converted Raj center at suburban
Uxbridge Most of the girls are
being put up at Southlands College
in Wimbledon.
Clouds intermittently shut ont the
sun. The temperature was moderate
for England, but felt cold to Athletes
fresh from the United States heat.
There was only one sour note
John Brooks of Green Farms, Conn,
a Yale University rover who is al
ternate for two and four cared
shells. became i'll with a high fever.
He was put in an ambulance for
trip to st. Mary's Hospital in
London. The nature of his illness
awaited diagnosis
The team was clad in bluejackets
bearing the olympic shield. The
men wore gray trousers and straw
nlc N~
kind of hats which looked fine on
the men, but were unf1attering to
the lassies. They knew they didn't
look so good, but still had to wear
them.
One girl swimmer, hastily count
ing sugar cubes out of bowls on the
ships tables. said she had picked up
$50. She explained she takes three
every quarter-hour to keep up her
energy.
The ship had pulled into port
around midnight, but the delegation
remained on board overnight.
A special flag raising ceremony is
planned at Uxbridge tomorrow for
the American athletes. Ambassa-
dor Lewis Douglas is scheduled to
attend.
| Meanwhile, the Americans re-
ceived their second setback since the
team headed for England.
The 10o-meter4 swimming star
Wally Ris of Iowa, }turnedsup with q
bum knee and had to be sent to an
| orthopedic hosrital for treatment
Coach Bob Kiphuth hopes to have
him ready for the competition, how
ever.
e. The other bit Of misfortune was
suffered by the University Sof CAL
lfornia crew, which found its 60-foot
shell damaged shortly after the
team set sail
Repairs on the boat were begun
imme ediately.
Evening star., 1948-07-21

and raised in New Orleans, and
all the colored boys down there
either turned out to be musicians
or fighters. Louie Armstrong and
I were boyhood chums down
there, and he could play that
cornet just as well then as he
can now. / first met him one
time when the cops put us in
Jail for swimming naked in the
Mississippi River.
But I wanted to be a fighter,
so that's the way it went. MY
brother and mother didn't want
me to fight. They bought me
a cornet and paid for lessons, but
I skipped the lessons and went
to the fights. Finally ran away
from home at IA and started
fighting
Amadee's fight career for the
next 10 years reads like a trava-
logue. He says: Cuba. Panama,
Canada, England, Scotland and
France, and all over the United
States. Been in every State in
this country except Vermont.
Fighting in places where fighting
was legal and in places where it
wasn't legal. Never had any
trouble with those bootleg fights.
We'd just have a fight and get
out of town quick"
Too old to fight any more,
Amadee turned to training, and
has had some notable successes.
Holman Williams, Willie Joyce,
Fred Dawson, Dave Clark, Roscoe
Toles, Jack Malone, Gorilla
Jones, Elmer Ray, Beau Jack and
Bee Bee Wright are just some OF
the boys he's had under his wing
at one time or another.
Now he's handling Hursey, and
Evening star., 1948-07-21

thinks that his new charge has a
real chance of going places. I've
been in this business for "a years
now, and I've never seen a tough
er, rougher fighter. He's a good
prospect-he's got courage, dura-
bility and confidence. He's got,
lot to learn, but he learns fast.
I really think he'll chase Bell
right out of the ring next Mon
day"
Hursey. incidentally, is another
youngster torn between music
and fighting. During yesterdays
conversation, Smuggy revealed
that he's bought both a trumpet
and piano. So far, though, he
hasn't gotten around to learning
one note from another.
Yesterday was quite a busy
one around Liberty A. c.. Among
the visitors was Satchel Paige,
the Cleveland pitcher. He was
invited up there for publicity
purposes to have his picture
taken with Hursey and as it
turned out he took quite a lik-
ing to the local middleweight.
1t appears that Satch is a real
fight fan and he could talk about
Holman Williams and Henry
Armstrong and others with the
best ring experts at the gym. He
hung around most of the after
noon watching Hursey box and
when it was over he compared his
style to Armstrong;. He's a
good tough boy and he's rough
and ready, just like Armstrong"
said Paige. I've seen Bell fight
many times and he's plenty good.
But I like Hursey's chances any,
way. He's younger and stronger
and it should be quite fight"
Evening star., 1948-07-21
ICisseI Soxon to Oppose
Atchison & Keller Nine

Cissel Saxon, which is out from
in the Montgomery County Parl
Baseball League with a record O.
10 wins in IL games, takes on Atchi.
son & Keller. Sunday at Argyle
Other loop games. all beginning al
3 o'clock, find Elks Club and Gler
Echo at Rock Creek No. 2, Silvel
Spring and Kensington at East
Kensington and Myron Cowell anc
VFW at Blair. Standings:
Cissel Saxon Q0-0: Glen Echo
(9-3; Silver Spring (9-3; Elks
Club )8-4; Kensington (6-6): VFW
(3-9; Myron Cowell go; Atchi-
son g. Keller tO-12).
Evening star., 1948-07-21
Army Tennis Is Down
To -Four Survivors
BY the Associofsd Press

WEST POINT, N. Y, July 2l.-A
master sergeant and three officers
are left to battle it out for the
championship in the United States
Army tennis tournament.
The non commissioned entrant-
Master Sergt. Lewis Persinger-con-
tinued his sweep through brass
wearing rivals yesterday. He elimi-
mated Capt. Robert Scruton of the
far eastern command, Is, -.
The officers to survive were 1t.
Frank Mehner of the European
command, 1t. Col. Sanford Webster
of the Sd Army and Capt. Herbert
Henderly Of the I'd Army.
Finals were reached in the doubles
with Webster and Capt. Charles
Daniel prevailing in one bracket
and Scruton and 1t. Bernard Petrie
in the other. Scruton and Petrie
are champions of Gen. MacArthur's s
Far Eastern command.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
BY George Huber

Everybody wants to get into
the act at Liberty A. c., and
they're all banjo players. Some
times there are more musicians
and entertainers around the
place than fighters. Yancey
Henry, the onetime fighter who
now looks after the place for Pro-
moter Goldie Ahearn, started it
all when he developed into quite
a ballad singer after giving up
boxing.
Among the regulars are such
banjo strummers as Mickey Hills,
Joe Hockaday and Horace
Blocker. Ted Pork drops in every
now and then with his bass fiddle
to take part in the almost daily
impromptu concerts. g. Now an
other man has come to town
billed as a trainer of fighters, but
doggone if he doesn't pick up a
DanJo ana start stunning along
with the rest almost the minute
he's here.
This newest addition to Col
dies Band is Larry Amadee, who
really is a good fight trainer.
Amadee isn't the best banjo play
er in the world, as he Is first
to admit, but he can strum we'll
enough to keep up a rhythm as
Smuggy Hursey, the Washington
middleweight he's training for
next Monday nights fight against
Tommy Bell, goes through his
training PAGES.
Il could have been quite a mu-
sician, I suppose, if I'd wanted
to-" he said yesterday. Born
Evening star., 1948-07-21
alexandra and Silver Spring
Horse Shows Pack VARIETY

pionships will be pinned In each
pony size section In both the hunter
and jumper divisions, making six
pony championships to be awarded.
The junior section which Is open
to both horses and ponies Is divided
into three divisions. Championship
tricolors viii be awarded to the high
scorer in the working. open hunter
and open jumping divisions. To
round out the program q lead rein
class for riders six years Of age and
under is included.
Bruce Fales of Silver Spring is in
charge of this event and may be
reached at Sligo 305l for additional
information.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
BY the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, July 2l.-"Old
folks" Fritz Ostermueller wanted
to say down on the farm this
year taking life easy in a rocking
chair tailored to his hurting mo-
tions.
Ostermueller, Pittsburgh Pirate
southpaw, figured that at Al the
only pitching he had left would
be reserved for hay.
But like a fire horse Fritz
tabled "old folks" by his
sprightly younger teammates
elected under persuasion to try
the major league firing line once
more.
Every man in Pirate spangles,
from Manager Billy Meyer down
to the ushers, is thankful that he
did.
CStermueller. the old man with
the low sweeping windup which
looks like a rocking chair, leads
the pirates staff with .750 aver
age on six victories and two losses.
Two of those victories were shut
outs.
He twirled five complete games,
allowing only 4 runs and Is hits.
One of his losses was a 81 heart
breaker to the st. Louis Cardinals.
His most recent victory and
one of his greatest-was a 10
job over the league-leading Bos-
ton Braves:
Old Fritz proved himself great
stopper" in that one-as the
hearts of some $4,000 fans rode
on every pitch.
Fritz's chore broke a four
game losing streak for the Bucs.
At his age that sort of pitch
ing takes a lot out of a man. He
required a week or more rest
between turns.
I'm still tired out smiled the
soft-spoken, lean portsider.
It's at times like these that I
feel I should have stayed on the
farm. But when they asked me
last winter If I wanted to try
again, 1 couldn't resist. / knew
the pitching situation wasn't too
good and I wanted to help If I
could"
They" were Meyer and general
manager, Roy Hamey. They had
every reason to- ask Fritz's in
tantions. He led a poor club last
Evening star., 1948-07-21
Reports Persist Louis
Will Defend His Title
In Spite Of Denial
BY the kssoeiofed Press

NEW YORK. July 21.-Joe Louis
insisted today he meant positively"
when he stepped down as heavy
weight champion, but the ring
world buzzed excitedly over reports
he may defend his title again in
September.
Nat Fleischer, editor of Ring
Magazine, said In a copyright arti-
Gle the Brown Bomber would meet
Light Heavyweight Champion Gus
Lesnevich in Yankee Stadium Sep
tember %.
Fleischer added he came to this
conclusion after an interview with
tine retired champion in which
Louis told him:
Maybe I should meet Lesnevich.
/ can beat him. I still will be
able to retire unbeaten like Gene
Tunney."
But in Detroit late yesterday,
caught Just as he was finishing a
round of golf, Louis drove another
spike into the comeback talk.
Il don't know where those ru-
mors come FROM" he said. 1--we
retired and that's all there is to it"
Louis added he hadn't talked with
Fleisher since the night after he
belted Jersey Joe Walcott into 11th-
round submission at Yankee Sta
dlum and announced he was
through.
He replied absolutely" to ques-
tions on whether he intended to file
formal notice of his abdication with
the New York State Athletic Com
mission.
Despite growing talk of Louis re-
turn to the ring and subsequent de-
malls, certainly something seems to
be stirring.
Sol Strauss, acting promoter Of
the Twentieth Century Sporting
Club, made this significant comment
when queried on the latest report:
Il can only say that I think there
rs probability that he'll fight
again"
Lesnevich now is in London where
he will defend his 175-pound crown
against Freddie Mills July 26.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
A-16s&'THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c.
a.
'RivoI Tracks War
In New England
BY The Assoeiofsd Press

BOSTON, July 2l.-The last
lingering hope of avoiding a ma
jor New England horse-racing
conflict disappeared when the
arrangements of Narragansett
Park in Pawtucket, r. l.. and
Rockingham Park in Salem,
N. H., both announced their
tracks would reopen on August
16.
As a result, there will be a 30
day clash in dates as Nara
gansett goes through with its
summer meeting. Rockingham
has scheduled a continuous 84-
day meeting that will bring it in
conflict with Lincoln Downs on
September 20 for the remainder
of the season.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
McNoir III, BIockburne
IWiII Manage Savannah
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

W T1'e FtsSoeIufsu TTSs$ :
SAVANNAH, Ga, July 21.-Rus-
sell Iena) Blackburne Is expected
here today or tomorrow to take over
the managership of the Savannah
Indians of the South Atlantic
League during the illness OF Eric
McNair. .s..I, ~
Es5 Physicians say McNair, who was
fstricken by heart attack July II
and is now in a Savannah hospital,
will be out indefinitely.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
(Monteith, Veteron Fight
Promoter, Dies at 63

By fhe NSSociofed PTeS1
DETROIT, July Al William
(Scotty) Monteith, 63, veteran fight
promoter, died yesterday after Z
long illness.
Monteith was widely known as
the discoyerer of Johnny Dundee
who went on to win the world feath-
erweight title after he left Mon
teith's stable.
Monteith was manager Of Lou
CKid) Kaplan when Kaplan won
the worlds featherweight cham
pionship by knocking out Danny
Kramer at New York in 1925,
Evening star., 1948-07-21
Hawkins

Continued From Page A-15o
MCGOWAN and players wrote their
versions of the affairs and turned
them over to Kuhel for presentation
at the investigation.
The 52-year-oid MCGOWAN, an
American League umpire since 1925,
operates an umpires' school in
Florida during the winter.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
First Annual Net Meet
.Opened by Press Club

The first annual Press Club ten
mis- title tourney opened yesterday
with four matches. Winners were
Joe Huntlinger, Gordon Mcbride
Jack Levy and Harry Berwick.
Joe Huttlinger defeated Oliver Hoyem
9-6, Cd, Ga; Gordon Mcbride de-
feated Roland Davies, 2-6. 6-3, 6-4;
Jack Levy defeated DR.. D. NJ. Yap, 6-3.
g.; Harry Berwick defeated Travis
Hedrick, 81, 3-6, 6-3
Evening star., 1948-07-21
Ourismun Title Winner

Ourisman Chevrolet wears the
crown in the Playground Softban
League No. after edging Middle
Atlantic, ga, yesterday at the Pole
Grounds. AL Billiards. two-run
homer in the fourth inning was
the winning blow.
Evening star., 1948-07-21

year with II wins against 10
losses.
Hes been a great help to U.s."
said Meyer. There's not a man
on the club who works harder.
Every ounce of him Is on every
pitch. Fritz proves how long
a man can last in this game If
he keeps himself in shape and
has the CUTS to try"
Big, bluff Hamey said:
Whatever Fritz does for us Is
pure gravy. He's a great guy, a
great pitcher and a credit to
the game. And that goes If he
never wins another game
That's strong praise for a
simple, kindly man who willing
Evening star., 1948-07-21
OstermueIIer, Al Lured From Farm, Is Buc Ace

ly would trade the gusts of cheers
in a big league ball park for the
soft breezes soughing over his
farm near Quincy. Ill.
That is he would trade If his
mates didn't need him.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
Mercer Heads Mat Bill
At Turner's Toniqht

Marvin Mercer. outstanding
wrestler from Reading. Pa, gets
his second consecutive headline
billing tonight at Turner's Arena
facing Gino Garibaldi of st. Louis
in a one-hour time limit bout.
Another match on tonight's care
pits former Champion Babe Sharkey
against George Macricostas. In 9
special two-man team bout Johr
Vansky and Herbie Freeman tangle
with Benito Gardini and Francois
Miquette. In the curtain-raiser
Washington's Jesse James opposes
Jim Sisky at 8:45.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
NarbyilIe A.TaoeIe UctarS -
Evening star., 1948-07-21

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Jersey City. 10; Baltimore, 5.
Rochester, 13: Toronto, 3.
Montreal, 5; Buffalo, 4.
Newark, g.; Syracuse, 8.
Evening star., 1948-07-21
Departmental Tennis Leuque

The Agriculture Department edged
the Department of Interior. 80,
and the Patent Office downed CAA,
Al, in Departmental Tennis
League matches yesterday on the
East Potomac Courts.
Evening star., 1948-07-21

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus, IL: ST. Paul, J..
Milwaukee, 13: indianapolis. 3.
0t1er eap1eS nOSfnNpe6
Evening star., 1948-07-21

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Nashville. 4: League All-Stars, 3; 12
inninss
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-05-06
Caution Avoids Small
Injuries in the Home

Cuts, burns, scratches and
pricks are occupational hazards
of homework that can largely be
avoided, Miss Loretta Cowden,
Associate Extension Agent, adj
vised Benton County Homemak-
TerS this week.
Becase burns and cuts are
some of the most frequent home
accidents suffered by women,
more care should be taken with
hot and sharp articles. This is
Especially true, Miss Cowden
said. of some of the picking up"
that must be done around the
house.
For safer and easier pick-ups,
Miss Cowden suggests:
- longs to pick up hot articles
at the stove, outdoor fireplaces or
sink. Use tongs to lift jars from
hot water in canning, hot CRATES
or lids from the fire. Use tongs
to lift silverware from hot rinse
water.
Magnet to pick up pins and
needles in home dressmaking
Damp Cotton to pick up fine
articles of broken glass.