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Evening star., 1949-05-28
Rain in Boston Gives
Mats Chance 10 Shift
Mound Relief Plans
By Burson howkins
SssT sssst Cesssseesee~s

BOSTON. May as.~~If anything
approaching q crucial period may
develop at this early stage Of the
ls4s season in the life Of the Mats
II Is expected 10 materiaiise over
the week end,
Washington Is confronted with a
two-g game series here with Boston
starting today, Then the Mats viii
hustle home 10 battle the New York
Yankees in a double header on
Monday and while II may be pre-
mature to stamp those games as
critical. they nevertheless are
highly important TO the Mats.
Picked generally 10 finish in the
basement. blasted yiciously In New
York and Boston papers earlier In
the season. the Mats are eager to
prove they're at TO rank with the
more esteemed Red Sox and
Yankees.
Already the Mats have created
CONSERVATION in Cleveland. whose
Indians were co-favored with Bos-
ton in preseason pennant predic-
tions. Washington has swept nye
straight games from the Indians
and has figured prominently In
Cleveland wretched start.
No longer are the Cleveland
players or fans regarding the Nax
lightly. Now the Mats feel they
have \ mission 10 perform aeainss
Boston and New York.
Rain which washed out last
nights scheduled game here may
aid the Mats In their immediate
ambition. for II has presesateA
Manager Joe Kuhl with a relief
pitcher at q time when he may
require one.
Kuhel had planned 10 employ
Ray Scarborough. Waiter Master.
son and Paul Calvert here. Now
he is equipped to reserve Calvert
for relief duty or possibly rest him
In order TO permit Calverts frsyed
fingers to mend.
Sid Hudson and Joe HAYNES.
slated 10 pitch against the Yam
KEGS. will be shipped back TO WASH
ington tonight 10 assure more
comfortable nights sleep than may
be obtained on the train between
Boston and WASHINGTON.
Evening star., 1949-05-28
WI. High Crewmen
In U. ). Finals Today
sess4ss pi.ssss " ne ss~s

EcoRSE. Mich. May IA
Washington Lee High School of
Arlington. Va, a last minute entry.
hoped 20 pocket the National
Senior Scholastic Eisht-oar Cham
pionship today on the petsoit
River.
The LATHE Generals. Who beF-
rowed 81 900 from the Ariinston
School Board To make the trip.
finished second 10 iAFaystis Nigh
of Buffalo In the third heat af The
qualifying races yesterday, They
were putting on q sirons hnssh
and might have won the heat.
but q strong current caused on.
eiais 70 ahorten the coarse 70
seyen~eiehthx Of . mile, Trdays
finals will be over the regulation
mile course,
The Generals finiahed ahead nf
Ecnrse hlgh and ct. Johna Mill
tar k6k<einy of DeiAfsfld. wis.
washsngtcn-fee organized ia crew
in March and received coaching
and q she'll from the Potomac Boat
Club Of Wakhinatnn,
Evening star., 1949-05-28
DAILY DOUBLE TAID ISs:zi

5000: mile pane: u conditioned.
Forbes Hanover tHyian) 4eA $40 Ice
Expendsble tMichseis) TO $50
Sacramento tShcrt) 80
Senator NJ, voiand. Topsy Scott, Morroec.
Gan Scott also rrn. Tina. 1a5n.
&-ssoo: mile .,et; - eonaas,cnsa, :.
Bfeese Up tEylerS SO so
Rapid Hanover tGoodnougb 32o
Lima Buckxhot b.. Eteva Hradsn. Preston
Hanover. Kerr Scott also ran. Time. 2:iebs.
5000: i,s-miie pace: 10 conditioned.
wtdower Joe fvinyard) $40 80 so
TON DiIiard tEyierl 40 300
Captain Castle. Crosby. Bold SALUTE, Blue
s-ssco: mile pace; II conditionec
Honnie's Jr u.ewfs1 l4.4a Z % 500
Duke Harvester fMyer) s.7a 4so
Betty r. Dale twinkatel 3$e
Count ronian. Taiiulah Hanover. Edna
Mite, Mischief. High Seven also ran, Time.
Elsa.
9-si 90: I-miie trot: free-fnr-sn
Mr.. Peter Miss q. Hyianl N.eo u g soe
Deiina Hanover fT. LeSisl 80 - @
IDA Hanover Lake Hanover. Seattle Dean
fnished In that order. Time. 3.ii-
e-ssos: f,s-miis sro4: n ecnditionsd
ncsa hexlvn m'nsman) M@ 80 3se 3see
Poplar 1aY fApplsgasel J1c
6ndeex Hanover. King Brsw. cnessss A1n-
sssr, friEna's Miss watts. AcU ulhea 40
Evening star., 1949-05-28
Mrs. Moksin1's Net 78 Wins
buffers Gun in Manor Golf

Parsons with 94-11-83 and Mrs.
Vern McCaul with 114-31-83 tied
for second. Mrs. Eric King and
Mrs. E. P. Schrup tied for nine
hole honors with Al each, while
Mrs. George Calver and Mrs. Jack
Schuck had ASS.
Mrs. Roy Brister won the WASH
ington' Club 18-hole handicap
medal event with 101-21-80. Mrs.
Frank Mirth was second with 81
1871 and Mrs. M. H. Dineen,
third with 92-10-82.
Evening star., 1949-05-28
By Bill Fuchs

Eastern is In the drivers seat"
today and only something border
ing on the miraculous can keep
the Ramblers from pocketing the
le4S District public high school
baseball championship.
BY virtue Of its l7-2 rout of
Tech yesterday at Griffith Sta
dium. Coach Bobby Hart's team
can relax until next Thursday.
and even then. when 1t meets the
winner OF Tuesdays game between
Wilson and Tech. all the pressure
will be on the opposition. For it's
a double knockout tournament
and Eastern Is the only team left
undefeated.
II the Ramblers lose Thursday.
they still can come back Friday.
whereas the other finalist will
have to pile two straight victories
on top Of win on Tuesday.
Wilson to Seek Revenge.
Tech won eight straight games
in regular series play. including
an astonishing 21-0 victory over
Wilson, a team that beat Eastern.
And yesterday Eastern made Tech
look just as bad as Tech made
Wilson look. Wilson beat West
ern. 7-5. yesterday 10 gain the
semifinals and will be out to
avenge its humiliating loss against
Tech Tuesday. The game will be
played at 0rifiith Stadium.
while the finals are slated for
Georgetown University.
Yesterday Techs pitchers
couldn't sovle Eastern's batters
and the Trainers batters couldn I
solve Jim ODonnell's pitching.
O'Donnell gave up one run and
three hits in the first two innings,
then. held Tech hitless until the
seventh when he allowed one more
rim ord ay,a moro hif
Evening star., 1949-05-28
Eastern Heavy Choice for Title.
With Pressure on RivuI Mines

People seem to be overlook
ing O.Donnell. said Hart. But
he has the same record a. Eddie
Kline. our other pitcher--thre~
wins and no losses. Hes pitched
two shutouts-over Coolidge and
Chamberlain-and has m earned
run average Of /. He's fast and
has a nice breaking curve 70
go with IT,"
Coach Woody Snlitherman Of
Tech accepted the setback grace
fully.
They were lust red hot" he
said. land we were of. II was
the same thing as our victory
over Wilson. Eastern isn't that
much better than we are and I
hope We meet them again in the
finals"
a Men Go 10 Bat.
Eastern. the home team. scored
In all Of the six inning II bstted.
sending Al men to the plate. That's
an average OF almost eight men
per inning.
Twelve Ramblers went TO bat In
the fourth inning and pushed
across six runs. Franny Dyer and
Ralph Sta each collected three
hits In four trips. while Jim Stew
ems got two for four. Tech coll
lected one run In the second on
Bill Jones Triple and Skip Speak
er's infield single. and another In
the seventh on Charley Beckett's
single. an error. Q passed ball and
a fielder's choice.
! Wilson trailed Western by two
runs until the fourth inning when
Ave runs put the Tigers ahead,
Western scored in its half OF the
fourth and again In the fifth TO
tie the count Don Hall doubled
and Chet Cooper singled him home
to give the Tigers the edge In the
seventh.
Evening star., 1949-05-28
WI. Nine Seeks Title
Sce<lei oispusrh 10 Ths Ssor

PORTSMOUTH. Va. May rs
washington-Lee High School OF
Arlington. Va. and Roanoke High
School were scheduled to battle
for the Virginia State group ]
high school baseball championship
here today,
Evening star., 1949-05-28
D. c. Motorcycle Drivers
Competing at Richmond
se.tleI pl.e.,.h !. fh. ..s.

SN*Hof Utkp1sth 70 fhe 3sos
RICHMOND. Va. May is
George Sabine and Bee Bee Smith
are among is motorcycle drivers
from the Washington area here
for the two-day meet at Straw
berry Hill.
Sabine and Smith viii return
to Washington Monday TO com
pete In the races at Pine Grove
Evening star., 1949-05-28
Roadster Rucers to Compete

Carl Anderson of Arlington, Va,
top point scorer of the Eastern
Roadster Racing Club will try for
the honors in the Hybla Valley
Speedway races tomorrow and
Monday at ,2::30 pm. Anderson
will be driving q No. as Mercury
machine owned by Johnny Divers.
Evening star., 1949-05-28
Colts Sign Big ToekIe

BALTIMORE. May % THE
Colts OF the Aii-Amsrica Football
Conference have signed Aihert
Sanders. 6-foot s-inch. sec
pound tackle from Misslssippi.
Evening star., 1949-05-28

OLner
Joe Cronin Bucky Harris Sam Rice and Goose tosln
But Coan collapsed into national prominence
Selected outstanding Lacquer OF l9o oy e sporting
apparently deserving OF the award with MS 3Z
hitting highly proficient conduct in all departments
Victim Of the Nots' Missing Link
After batting with the Mats in 1916 Coan candidy ad-
mtted rushed along too rapidly Ihere was TOO
know said Gil gumy quietly condemning nav
system which presents no AAA 1arm or
development promising youngsters The leap from
frustrated others before him.
Chattanooga 1947 for whatever polish
ing could besow him. Once again ne CLICKED
surroundings with $40 average ana when ne was
promoted to Washington became 500 hitter
He 948 but with the Mats last year
he was batter pointed out though that two 1u
league play had seasoned Coah at nc "ouio
commence to arrive IN 1949
that in spring training when ne oiasteo
everything seemed that after the nrst Is
Gil had compiled lofty 3oz average
against such pitchers Fowler Ed Lopa Vic Rasch Mel
Parnen and Lou Brssie.
Coon Seas While the Mats Squirt
That was in the midst Of misery When
recovered proracteo Coan eppeo OH
creased sliding His 248 Since those
rst 1a games batted at the pathetic pace OF 8s
killed the OF the efthandeo
hitting Coan rght-handers have plunged stleo INTO
him only 10 hits in his last 70 attempts
That batting at 43 clip Facing
over the same period first B Coan has baed
q respectable 800. -
Don't ask happens next Nobody knows Like Eddie
like the Mats team coan could come PACK put
the odds are against going down for the third time in
surroundings yet baseball men admit ne mas tne
equipment to become star. .
coan currently confused batter than at time
career weeks he collapsed completely after
getting spectacular start Its OF nice guy being
murdered.
Evening star., 1949-05-28

lumber.
Coan now Is on the best-smeller list Of
Washington fans who are becoming bored with
plots which seldom have varied Like his first
effort, "The Marvellous Minor and the Miserable
Major" his latest mystery concerns q young
man, successful in smali-town operations, who
Is foiled BY city slickers.
There Is something Of the sameness about
Coan tones. He emerged from Chattanooga
hailed as the Nations most promising author
of base hits Joe Engel, a noted critic OF base
ball talent. said of him, Hes the best ever"
Evening star., 1949-05-28
Rosecroft Results
RESULTS LAST NIGHT.

l-ssoo: mile trot, Is conditioned
Columbus Hanover webb 1870 SO 32o
Billy Rosecroft fMersky) $50 $50
Expensive tEudnickl 40
Connie Hal. Flo Hanover. jaiapa, sally
Dewey. Judge Bohemia also ran. Time. ais
$1,000: mile pace: 81 conditioned.
Crusader Chief 1Eyler) 1910 s 40 <t0
Victory Redstone tRosecrsntsD $50 80
Worthy Land iAvery1 . 40
Peterkin Spencer, Eddie's Ace, Biiiy Ad-
vance also ran Time. 2:iz
DAILY DOUBLE F1ID 1sS.ls.
Evening star., 1949-05-28
Win, Lose, or Draw
The Cose Of q ColIopsine Coon
By BURTON HAWKINS
ssos stoH correspenesni


BOSTON 2sThe most maudlin mystery Of the
Gilbert Coan currently the idol
American League pitchers It's murder accomplished with base
balls fred in the general direction OF handsome out
Evening star., 1949-05-28

sssshsss AssseSstssa-
Chattanoo9a. d: Hsrmirghan, 4.
Nashville. q. Atlanta 4
Little Rock. ias New Orleans. 4.
Mobile, D. Memphis. 4.
Evening star., 1949-05-28
Major League Standings and Schedules
AMERICAN
Hssuits Yesterday

&b8
New York, 3; Phila.. 0.
Cleveland, &; CHICAGO, Q
Detroit, B; 81. Louis. 4.
wash. at Boston, RAIN.
Games Te1ay
wash. ct Boston, 400.
rhila. at New York.
6t. Louis ct Detroit.
Chicaeo at Cleveland.
Games renerfsw
Wssh, st Boston. ZOO.
Phila, at New York.
Chicago at Cleveland CD
O. L,ouis At Detroit.
NATIONAL
Results Yesterday
Chicasc. q; Cinci., 1.
brooklyn, 4; Boston. Q.
4. L.. Z; tttsnurtn.
thiia., B; New York, B.
Games TsAay
Boston st BROOKLYN.
Iev York at PhilA.
itfsbulgh q 81. Louis.
Cincinnati at Chioaso.
Aanss fsnsrfsw
n; Pc. Z s,srIssslkI.a,, %.
{aci. 81 Chicago CD.
6666usb q =. Louis.
Evening star., 1949-06-09
They Got
the Rap
'Undercover Mon'
Trops Master
Criminal

''UEDERCovER MAN" Columbia Pie
ture. produced by Robert Rossen. directed
by Joseph H. Lewis. screenplay by Sydney
Boehm. At the Warner.
Evening star., 1949-06-09

trading public fear os violent re-
prisals. In hrioes and unp-incipaec
legal practices. II screens Itself
perfectly
Well. not quite perfectly. os
course. after Assent Ford gets 10
work on the case
'UndercoYer Man" Is made with
q dramatic kind Of shabby real
ism. and acted with enough
natlraliSsn 70 satisfy al stand
ard tastes In crime cinema. Ford
carries the major burden Of the
drama effectively assisted by
Barry Kelley. Frank Tweddel.
Nina Foch and others. y. C.
Evening star., 1949-06-09
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time Of Showing

Capitol-"The Beautiful Blonde
From Bashful Bend: 11:05 am.
1850, 4:35, 7:20 and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 1855. $40. 6:25 and 9:1C
pm.
Columbia-"Mr. Belvedere Goes
to College," IL am, 1880. 2:40,
4:30, 500, 8:15 and 1905 pm.
Dupont "The Chips Are
Down. 1880, $3.50, $3.50, 1885 and
$40 pm.
HippOdrome - Henry WIZ;
2, 2:15 and $50 pm.
Keith's-"Illegal Entry; Ills
am, 1920. 3:25, $50. TAO and
9:45 pm.
Little-"One Night of Love-: ii
am, 2:35, 6:15 and 10 pm.
Observation-Disclosures; 11:1t
am, 1:15. 800. $50. 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
National-"The Count Of Monte
Cristo";; 1:10. sos and 8 p.m..
Palace --- Champion: liam.
HOS, 3:15. 6:25, 7:S5 and Gas pm
Pix-"Next Time We Love-; II
a m, 2:35, Sis and 10 pm.
Playhouse-"Quartet";; II am,
l, $40, $40. 7:30 and $40 pm.
Trans-Lux - Tulsa: 11:05
am, !, 2:50, 4:40, $50, 500 and
1918 pm.
Warner-"Undercover Man; II
am, 1:10, 3:15. 5:25, 1885 and
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1949-06-09

more rugged branches Of the Gov
ernment's business
Ford's man. q Treasury agent.
Is busy on an income tax case.
evaSiveiy referred 10 as the Big
Fellow" case. II you wanted 10
guess that the culprit involved Is
Al Capone. you probably would
not be far wrong. and Columbia s
hesitation in saying so-right out
may be due TO the fact that the
theme has been dealt with before
The point Of "Undercover Man"
is that the only way 70 handle
q tough mob such as this one b
for the Treasury agent 70 be
tougher. AS big game hunts 20.
this one has no equal. Il net
only exposes a man TO the most
lethal hazards TO ltfe-his own
and his loved ones lives-but de-
mands "a hours of his time daily
for possibly years.
AS Agent Frank Warren, Ford's
desperate pursuit Of his cuorgy
is first and most maddeningly Q
quest for evidence. The racket
is as artful as 1t Is evil. It collects
its levies on all kinds OF small
business. especially gambling. and
it mains or murders its enemies
with apparent wantoness. Yet.
Evening star., 1949-06-09

confidence, the Federal agents fig
ure to bag the gang. They grant
that it is a trick, and not highly
decent one, but since the gang
is killing the aliens after collect
ing the money to bring them in.
it Is at least deemed practicable.
Naturally, the scheme :urns ut
to be as smart as 1t seemed on
the surface, but the intervening
80 minutes Of the film involves
considerable action. Some of this
Is concerned with the work Of the
temporary agent as a pilot for
the smugglers, other bits Of 1t
with the tactics Of the two con-
flicting groups. and the rest with
Duff's courtship Of Miss loren.
No masterpieces of acting re-
suit from this effort to portray
the work Of Washington's famous
immigration agents, but there Is
q quality Of glib compentence In
the work of everyone concerned.
The most ingratiating portrait
of the lot Is that Of Miss loren
who keeps winning one over to
her side even when it Is pretty
clear that she is too lovely a girl
to be mixed up with those
scoundrelly smugglers.
Everything was Strengthened
out happily, Of course, when the
premiere ended and 18th street
settled back to being its normal
billion dollar self.
Evening star., 1949-06-09

cnce O wel-kncwr ssAxs ard
screen actor. Andrews makes
certain that e each q his Aims
Sheldon has q bit pars, ~ least
In Sword n the Desert An
drews ser; further He served as
S;And-tn for his stand IN.
Sheldon vas required 70 rar
long distances IN Scsf sand. ,Ae
SORT cf thing 4 stars stand - has
TO do, But the wo-k Vas SO ttrlnx
that Sheldon was compelled 10
rest between takes On ete oeea-
sacr Andrews volunteered 10 run
for Sheldon. and Director Geosge
Sherman took him up.
Evening star., 1949-06-09

The private and professional
lives Of Federal agents with which
Journalism is mighty busy these
days, also 60 on fascinating
the Hollywood studios. Another
movie, ''Undercover Man." which
opens today at the Warner. testi-
fles to this unfailing interest.
Columbia Pictures is the pro-
ducer of this adventure saga and
Glenn Ford Is its star. 1t Is not
one of the master works Of the
season, but as semidocumentary
melodramas go. it sheds q mod
estly dramatic light on one Of the
Evening star., 1949-06-09

! SearcnQgALS, WHICH were SOue
80 much saved daylight between g.
|. and 8 pm, did their best to add
brilliance to the scene. Extra
. police, with a polite representa-
ton of the military, were on hand
to handle the crowds but the
crowd was much too placid to need
: handling.
The occasion for all this was
the world premiere at Keith's OF
the Universal al-International melo-
drama, illegal Entry" Washing
ton was chosen for the picture
debut for the simple reason that
the plot has to do with the work
of the Federal immigration and
Naturalization Service. You can
not beat Washington as a pre-
miere scene, not even with Holly
wood. Out there, premieres draw
only one kind of celebrities. We
have them by the dozen, with in
4. ternational prestige and more ex-
+. citing accents than can be found
=. anywhere except in midtown
/ New York.
/, Prettiest accent heard during
the ceremonies was that Of Marta
loren, a silken sylph from Sweden
who stars in the picture. Miss
loren, a charming girl with an
admirable 10, spoke a few gra-
cious and grateful words in re-
sponse to the gallant ones At
torney General Thomas c. Clark
had uttered In cultivated Texan,
an effective language.
The atmosphere. as we say. was
gala.
illegal Entry" the occasion OF
all this, nevertheless Is more a
Hollywood melodrama than one
with a Washington flavor. It's
scene is principally Southern
California, by which Hollywood
is obsessed-and vice versa. Its
more virtuous people. to be sure.
represent the immigration Serv-
ice, but they keep looking exactly
like performers In conventional
cinema melodrama. George Brent.
for instance, and Howard Duff
Gar Moore and Paul Richards.
These have been mixed UP IN
90 many similar adventures that
it is difficult to associate them
with the activities Of our WASH
ington neighbors. vino catch the
same buses and eat In the same
restaurants.
Certainly our buses and 'estau-
rants would be more attractive
with, say. Miss loren, but reality
makes no such concession. /
illegal Entry" to get on with
1t, is presumably based upon a
file in the immigration Service.
A foreword says as much, and
who Is to deny 1t?
Yet, once having stated this
fact, the Universal international
production goes in for none of
this realistic background stun
that has become the trade mark
of the semidocumentary film. It
has a Los Angeles gloss about it.1
the Burbank Airport, an unpreten-
tious but still pretty sleek restau-
rant and bar, one of those shiny
apartments that makes one
wonder how they ever keep the
rent under control, and similar
settings. |
Against these backgrounds. Joel
Malone's screenplay, directed by
Frederick de Cordova tells the
story Of an alien smuggling gang
which was broken up by Gov
ernment sleuths.
The principal among the latter
is Howard Duff. temporary I'M
migration agent, pressed into
service for this particular Job. His
major qualification is that ne was
the wartime flying buddy Of an
American whose widow CMjss
Toren) is suspected Of being the
tool of the alien smugglers.
If he can get her friendship and
Evening star., 1949-06-09

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1949-06-09

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Evening star., 1949-06-09
Oscars Were Handy
BY the Assoeiotsd Press
HOLLYWOOD.

BY the Assoeioteo PreSt
HOLLYWOOD.
One scene in Sunset Boule-
ward" represents movie pro-
ducer's Office, and set Director
Ray Meyer decided an Oscar
would be appropriate to the deco
rative scheme.
This was easy. Billy Wilder is
directing the picture, and Charles
Bracket is producer. In 1945 this
team won Academy Awards for
best production, best direction and
best screen-play. The picture:
Lost Weekend"
Meyer Merely raided their office.
Evening star., 1949-06-09
illegal. Entry CONTEST to 7 Town
with Gala Bow at Keith's
By Joy Cormody

The atmosphere gala in Fifteenth street last night society
it, These included official society," social
society society diplomatic society and Just plain human
everything fur and evening ocks baerna skirts
and bandanas, dinner jackets and sport coats.
inhibited By the OF
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-27
Fruit Growers To Visit
Chandler Orchards
Inspection By Sussex Group VIII
Be Held Today

Sussex County fruit growers will
be afforded an opportunity to visit
the Chandler Orchards at Milton
on Friday, May 9th, at 1870 P. NJ,
for the purpose of observing cur
rent results of their disease and
insect control program, soil fertili-
ty program and other orchard man.
agement practices.
The visit, which is being arrang-
ed by the Agricultural Extension
Service in cooperation with Mr..
VIM. Hamilton and Mr.. Alton Long
of the Chandler Orchards. is the
first of a series of such orchard
meetings designed to help fruit
growers with their many and vari-
ed problems.
Mr.. Robert F. Stevens, Extension
HOrticulturist will be present to
assist in conducting the tour of
both the peach and apple orchards.
The tour of the orchard will
start from the packing shed which
is located u mile from Milton on
the Ellendale-Milton road. All in
terested fruit growers are urged to
attend.