Evening star., 1950-07-30
Legion Baseball
Teams Approaching
PIayoff Season

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The last games of the 1851
Junior American Legion Baseball
League will take place today al
noon on the White House Ellipse
Play-offs for the District Cham
pionship begin next Saturday ane
Sunday, August and 6, accord
ing to James A. Munro, athletic
director.
The winning team will repre-
sent this city in regional elimina'
tons leading to the Nationa
American Legion Junior Baseball
Championship at Fairmont. w
va, August 20 to %. Winning
teams from Delaware, Maryland
and West Virginia play in th'
regional.
: If successful at Falrmont, tht
Washington team will advance te
Parkersburg, w. Va, for Eastern
States eliminations August 81 te
20. The Little Worlds Series" fol
the national championship is il
Omaha, Nebr., September 4 to 8.
Thirty former American Legior
Junior baseball players now per
forming with major leagues were
on the squads of the American anc
National league teams at the ALI
Star game played earlier this
month at Chicago.
Today'S games will see the Fort
Dupont club meet the Victory Post
nine on the North diamond; Fort
Stevens Post and the Government
Printing Office on the East dia-
mond. Thad Dulin Post crosses
bats with the Holleran-Murray
outfit on the South diamond and
Costello post plays the National
Cathedral post on the West dia-
mond.
The Washington Building and
Construction Trades Post can
celed it's July meeting of the Guest
Club because of the Department
Convention held last week. An
other is to be held early next
month under the direction of
Chairman George Burkett. The
post is organizing Squadron of
the Sons of the Legion and at its
last meeting awarded monthly
membership prizes to Thomas
Owens, Frank C. Williams, Ber-
nard C. Moore, Julian B. Groom,
jr., Ronald Mead, Charles Far
rell, Edward Ruckle and Melvin
Fuleton.
Nominations will be the princi-
pal business on the agenda for
Sergt. Jasper Post next Wednes-
day evening at the American Le-
gion Club, 2437 Fifteenth street
NV. Post Comdr. Carlos r. Nc
Gala will preside.
The monthly membership
award went to John A. Bonner, jr
Coder Ascher was appointed tt
serve with Mrs. Merle Cerulla a.
co-chairman of the joint County
Fair and Bazaar Saturday even
ing November 18 at the Legion
Club.
Lydon w. Brandon, of the Ma
tional Economic Commission is on
q three months tour of Latin
American countries to obtain in
formation for veterans who de-
sire to take advantage of their
CT training rights in those coun-
tries. During the goodwill tour
as a representative of the Ameri-
can Legion he will visit nine
American Legion posts.
Nearly 200 attended the last
meeting of Grand Voiture, 174
of the District of Columbia Forty
and Eight, held at the Legion Cluk
and heard addresses by William
j. Daily of Lewiston, Me-. anc
Richard j. Fass of Honolulu. Ter
past grand chefs de gare were
present.
Grand Chef de Care T. jude
announced plans for the election
of officers and delegates and al
ternates to represent the loca
group at the Los Angeles conven
tion. This will take place at Suit.
land. Md, August IL.
September is the deadline fo
yoyaguers to get their records O
membership on file with Member
ship Officer Frank Norton. TIL,
local Voiture will make every eff
fort to retain the Bissell Trophy
won last year at Philadelphia.
I Officers of Vincent B. Costello
Post for the coming year will bt
elected next Tuesday evening a
the American Legion Club. Off.
GERS will be formally installed a.
the meeting in September with
Department Comdr. Walter L
Morgan and his staff officiating
Those nominated are: For pos
commander, George Cox; first vic,
commander. Donald H. Dalton ane
Milton c. McGufin. ST.; seconc
vice commander, Patrick A. Shu
grue;; third vice commander, An
thony J. Luspin; chaplain, Harr,
A.. McMasters and William st
Cyr. harrington; quartermaster
Rome L. Knapp; sergeant at arms
Edward A. Troiano, and maste
At arms. Fred Melaugh, jr.
Meetings this week:
Monday-White- -Whitmire Post
Legion Club.
+, Tuesday-Costello Post, Legiol
Club: Second Division Post, Co
lonial Hotel.
Wednesday-Sgt. Jasper Post
Legion Club.
~ Thursday-George Washingto,
Post; Jane A. Delano Post, Legiol
Club; Fort Stevens Post. Stans