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- lre. N.r C'-
.Juuo a birth oi
born January IA, 1854. Mrs G
is the daughter Of Mrs WilHom
Clark. Mrs. Carlyn Reed was in the
home cf the Rushes on business
trip lcs1 week.
Mr.. Eozekiah Baylor and Mr.. Les
sic Rush ootored to NIohile, A'a.
on January 18Th.
Fun rial services were held at the
Pleas mt Grove Baptist Church for
Mrs. Mary Francis Mosely. She died
recently after being exposed TO fire.
She Was ~ years old and leaves to
mourn one daU two sons. 1G
Grandchildren and 6 great grand
children. Rev. W. c. Clark Officiat-
ed. C.J Jones funeral home had
charge Of The body
On January 21st funeral services
were held for Mr.. Willie Bell Of
Meridian, Mississippi Mr.. Bell was
a native Of Lauderdale.
Mrs. c. B. Rush, reporter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
WIN, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS sTANN

JIM lSARGE) BAGBY not great pitcher although
he 81 games back in 1920 but he than earned
the lengthy obituary that put the wire last week.
In another season he had IS games but teammate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Lumbeuu Wants Tuckles
Rams, Forty Miners Seek Deals,
But Redskins Play Hard to Get

be in a trading mood. The fact
that the Steelers haven't signed
Tackle Ernie Stautner, a 6-foot-1 l,
235-pound veteran with four
years experience, makes the Red
skins think they may yet do BUSH
ness for him with Art Rooney.
There are reports, too, that
the Redskins could get Tackle
Ray Krouse from the Giants
for a couple of players, one of
whom might be Sam Morley,
rookie end who is sidelined for
six weeks with a shoulder sepa-
ration. Marshall. for one, is de-
termined that Morley will stick
with the Redskins long enough
to get an honest shot at first
string berth.
May Make Niemi, Brito Deals.
Marshall believes he might
make a deal with some team for
Tackle Laurie Niemi, now with
the British Columbia Lions at
Vancouver, and End Gene Brito,
who is with the Calgary SIAM
peders. They'll finish the Ca
madam football season early in
November and would be avail
able for at least the last six
games of the National Football
League-if Commissioner Bert
Bell okayed their return. Mar
shall could persuade him to do it.
Notes-Charlie Justice. suffer-
ing from leg infection, had to
quit morning practice yesterday
Choo Choo had 101 tenn
perature but wouldn't stay in
bed. Jim Ricca resents being
called "slow" and for proof of
his speed points to motion pic
lures of last Saturdays scrim-
mage showing him leading sew
eral plays. Jim says playing
opposite Little Mo Modzelewski
will make him the best offensive
tackle in the league. The
players like the way Rookie
Halfback Roger Dornburg of
Wisconsin reacts to every play
r.. but they're worried about
button-hook passes. A guy
like Bones Taylor could catch
'em all day over his head.
And speaking Of Taylor, a local
paper published a photo of Bones
and a physiology laboratory
skeleton. Taylor was identi-
fed as fright" -. The big end
was pleased to note that it made
him look big.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Baseball Foctory
Is Forced to Close
As Minors Shrink
BY The A.soeiotsd Press

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Aug.
3.--A' baseball manufacturing
plant. citing a shrinking market,
is closing down.
An official Of the Wilson Ath-
letic Goods & Manufacturing Co..
Inc, said the baseball-making
machinery would be moved to
the Wilson plant in Tullahoma,
Tenn.
The plant had employed SO
persons. who went on vacation
July "a. The company said half
a dozen would return to finish
packaging baseballs made before
the vacation.
A Wilson representative said
the company sold to the 'lion,s
share" Of the minor leagues.
which have dwindled from more
than SO i've years ago to about
80 now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
BY The Asseelassd Press

Casey Stengel has said he
ought to get fired If his Yankees
don't win the pennant this year.
Thus. the high flying Cleve-
land Indians, who open q three
game home series tonight with
the defending world champions,
get a chance not only to set the
Yankees back in their worst
position since 1913 but. in all
likelihood. also get Stengel out
Of their hair.
Nobody actually believes STEM
gel will be dismissed If the In
dams dethrone the Yankees. 1t
is quite possible, however, that
the 64-year-old manager may
call 1t q career If the Yankees
fail to capture their sixth con-
secutive nag. He has said on
more than one occasion that he
will retire when the Yankee pen
nant string comes to an end. In
this. Mrs. Stengel heartily con-
ours.
Even the usually optimistic
Stengel admitted today the YAM
KEGS are in. q precarious spot. It
Is almost q must for them to win
at least two out of three in
Cleveland to escape real trouble.
Although only 21a games behind
the pace-setting Indians, the
Yanks are four games behind in
the important lost column. No
body realizes that more than
Casey.
Not Many Chances Left.
Those four behind in the lost
column is what really hurts" he
said last night as his team left
for Cleveland. We've got to cut
that down while we got the
chance. We may not have many
chances later. The lost column
is where it counts the most at
this stage of the race"
The Yankees are not, counting
on a Cleveland collapse any more
They realize this is the best team
the Indians have had since '48
when Cleveland won its last pen
nant. They have had proof OF
that in IA clashes with the Tribe
in which they could do no better
than break even.
Although the Yankees have
been playing .755 ball during the
last two months, winning 40 out
Of So games. they have been able
to pick up only a half-game or
the Indians. Cleveland has wor
80 out Of SO during the same pc.
Rod.
Actually the Yankees cannot
go into first place even If they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Must Stuy in for One Play
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3.-The
Los Angeles Rams won't be al
lowed to use their quarterbacks
as messenger boys to carry in
formation from Coach Hampton
Pool this season.
Bert Bell. commissioner Of
the National Football League,
has advised Pool by telegram
that this practice as used by the
Rams last week against Fort Ord
is illegal. Pool used his quarter
backs to dash in with a play.
which was whispered to the sig
nal snapper running the team,
and the man who had dashed in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03

The final 3d. favor of the Indians, and lit
the key of the Series The Dodgers the Indians
possibly meet again next October but it doubtful
If there will be such game the fifth in 1920 when
Sarge Bagby pitched.
BAGBY WAS RAKED for 10 hits and normally he
wouldn't have remained the premises very long
kind Of performance There inning when the
Dodgers weren't getting on base And yet he pitched
near-shutout
This much in ITSELF was unusual But then Bagby
hit home for himself, by pitcher in
World Series history Before the game, Manager Iris
Speaker talked to Bagby. >s
Els everything all right? he inquired Georgian
sho isl Bagby replied aconicay cycling the temporary
left and centereld stands in old Field
no toying with righthed. AS it first baseman play
ing fairly deep almost had his back to the wall
What you thinking about?" Speaker asked.
"Ah think ahn bust in them wooden seats"
Bagby drawled. They're just my distance"
SPEAKER WHO COULD take care Of the hitting depart
men almost by himself, unimpressed "Just get those
out" Iris advised You don't have to hit any home
runs, Sarge"
In a manner of speaking Bagby did get the Dodgers
out and in the fourth inning he did dump in the
temporary seats Grimes threw that Sarge liked
the pitcher barely put it away for home run.
It such crazy sort of ball game that nearly
"a later few except the obituary writer's with their
morgue files at hand remembered that Bagby the
winning pitcher fellow yielded hits by
81 He hit the first homer by pitcher and yet this odd
game really belonged to a couple of others.
One named Elmer Smith, the other Bill Wambsganss.
TO ScOreKeeperS WampSganSS shortened
Wamby
NOT ONE OF THE GROUP-Bagby, Smith Wamby-
is likely to make the Cooperstown Hall of Fame what
they did that October afternoon 1920 has yet to
matched. Bagby already disposed Of, but Smith the
thin, wiry outeder who put the game and the Series,
it developed, ice He couted the first basesoaded
homersince duplicated by Tony Lazzer and Gil McDougad
in World Series history
Wamby into the picture in the fifth inning Every
body hitting singles off Bagby and after Kiduf and
nnnd With TTnc1 hcrtR 0hirS0p olIou
his pitcher Clarence Mitchell, to hit for himself It
TO- Indians front, but Robbie couldn't
hitter on his bench than Mitchell.
The southpaw hit fat pitch by Bagby and the ball
shot line toward second base. Wamby leaped and
shared the ball. three strides he managed kick
second base, doubling up Kildu and then he Miller
in dazed condition the base path. Wamby, sur
prsed Miller tagged him out for the only unassisted
triple play in World Series history!
Little wonder that Sarge Bagby, first pitcher to homer
in Series and to win by 81 after giving up Is hits,
wound up unsung hero.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Sieyers, Threatening
Club Homer Record,
Still Puzzles Bosses
By Burton Hawkins
Sta, stoff Correspondent

DETROIT. Aug. 3.-Roy
Sievers is a threat to break the
Senator'S long standing home
run record and perhaps pace the
club in runs batted in, but even
the teams brass doesn't know If
it has possible sensational
slugger or liability on its hands.
Sievers has slammed 10 home
runs, pounding two OF George
>zuverink last night as Washing
ton walloped the Tigers. 11-6. be-
fore 1917 fans. He has smashed
at least one home run in every
park. has pumped across 70 runs
and is in a position to threaten
league leaders in both depart
ments.
But Sievers is a .233 hitter.
Despite his 10 RIBS he has left
runners on base in clusters. He
was benched less than a week
ago for light hitting. He has
bounced around the batting or
der, from fourth to fifth to sixth.
He's a problem child and his
recent activity seems to accent
it. After hitting a home run
his first time at bat in Cleveland.
he went hitless for Is trips UNI
til he clobbered a Zuverink pitch
into the upper deck in the fourth
inning last night. In the fifth
inning he belted another homer
of the facing Of the second deck
and later added single to the
Senators 16-hit attack.
No Happy Medium.
Sievers has a damaged right
shoulder which prevents ade-
quate throwing from the outfield.
Thus, when he isn't hitting he's
hurting the club. When he is
hitting he drives 'em a mile,
There's no happy medium, as
his average reflects. and his case
is confounding his bosses.
Roy probably would fare bet
ter. as a fielder, at first base,
but he can't move Mickey Vernon
out Of the lineup. Mickey con-
tributed his 10th homer last
night and boosted his r.b.i. total
to 68.
\ Sievers needs only four more
homers to break Zeke Bonura's
club record Of %. set in 1888,
He has crashed nine home runs
at Griffith Stadium where only
Bonura has hit as many as II.
Happily removed from Cleye-
land. where they dropped four
In a row, the Senators splurged
against the Tigers as Dean Stone
posted his ninth victory. Stone
mad a three-hitter for five in
nings, but the Tigers mauled
him for four runs in the sixth
and Maury McDermott mopped
up nicely for him. It was Stones
fourth win over Detroit.
Johnny Pesky delivered four
singles against his former team
mates as the Senators lifted
their home run output to Ga
five short of their production
last season.
StObbs Opposes Hoeft.
Chuck Stobbs, sidelined last
night with a mild Attack OF
asthma, will try for his fifth
straight win against the Tigers
Billy Hoeft today. A triumph
would elevate the Senators tc
fourth place.
The first of Bob Nieman's
three doubles, combined with
Ray BONES single, got the
Tigers of in front in the first
inning, but singles by Eddie
Yost. Pesky and Pete Runnels
together with an error BY
~
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Must stuy in for One PIoy
Rams Can't Use Quorterbocks
As Messenger Boys for Coach

promptly ran out, without ever
being In a play
Bells directive informed Pool
yesterday that If a player goes
onto the field of play and COM
municates with a teammate he
must remain in the game for one
play or suffer a penalty for UNI
sportsmanlike conduct.
Coach Paul Brown Of the Cleve-
land Browns uses his two Often
sive guards to carry in his sig
mails. They alternate on each
play In communicating signals
(See PRO FOOTBALL, A-17.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Lead in Earned Runs
Puts AnioneIIi in Line
For Triple Crown
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Johnny
Antonelli, Milwaukee's gift to the
Giants, is headed for pitching's
triple crown-lowest earned-run
average, most victories and
highest winning percentages
he sets the National League
pace today in all three depart
mentS.
Antonelli, acquired from the
Braves in a trade last winter,
has yielded only As earned runs
in 1872 innings for an earned-run
mark of 2.23.
The 24-year-old southpaw has
won 16 ,games-most in the
majors-and dropped only two
for winning percentage of .889.
He has IL straight victories and
has not been beaten since May
81 when the Phillies turned the
trick, 81.
Ned Carver of Detroit is the
American Leagues leader in
earned runs with a 2.35 average.
Curt Simmons Of the Phillies
is second in the National League
with a 2.61 mark and Robin
Roberts, a 15-game winner, is
third with 2.63.
Virgil Trucks of the White
Sox is runnerup to Carver in
the American League with a 2.36
average on 48 earned runs in
1873 innings. He's followed by
Mike Garcia Of Cleveland with
2.48 and Bob Porterfield of
Washington with ESQ.
Only seven National League
pitchers have led in earned runs,
victories and winning percentage
in the same season. The last
to do it was Bill Lee of the
Cubs in 1888. Grover Cleveland
Alexander in 1915, Adolph Luque
in 1923, Dazzy Vance in 1924, Ray
Kremer in 1926, Lon Warneke in
1882 and Carl Hubbell in 1886
were the others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Indians Get Chance to Put Yankees in Toughest Spot Since
StengeI Admits He's Worried
BY Deficit in Losing Column

Sn0ulQ win all three games In
Cleveland The Indians still would
have .683 percentage to the
Yankees .682. Right now the
Tribe is playing .703 ball. This
is a remarkable pace when you
consider that only two American
League teams have ever finished
with a higher percentage-the
1927 Yankees and the 1891 Ath-
leticS.
Mossi Faces Ford.
Southpaw Don Mossi Is due to
start for the Indians tonight.
He seeks his fifth victory against
one loss against Stengel's prob
able choice. Whitley Ford. who
has 1876 record.
Bob Lemon will pitch tomor-
row and either Early Wynn or
Mike Garcia will hurl the finale.
Rookie Bob Grim and the vet
eran Highlander. Allie Reynolds
are expected to follow for the
Yanks.
Both Cleveland and New York
were idle yesterday as the major
league activities were limited to
only three games, one in the Ma
tio4al League and two in the
American. +
The National League contest
was a big one and q long one. It
went Is innings and 8 hours and
IS minutes before the Dodgers
could exc out a thrilling 2-1 vic
tory over the Braves. The win
ming run, produced by Billy Cox's
sacrifice fly, resulted in the fol-
lowing:
/. It snapped the Braves VIM
ming streak at 10.
2. 1t ended the Dodgers los
ing streak at four.
3. It cut the Dodgers deficit to
five games behind the league
leading Giants.
4. It showed the third-place
Braves 10 lengths behind first
and five behind second. .
AS Dumped in Cellar.
In the American League,
Washington moved to within q
half-game of Detroit by trounc-
ing the fourth-place Tigers, 11-6.
Baltimore left Philadelphia all
alone in the cellar, vanquishing
the Athletics. 1912, as Bob Tur-
ley completed his first game since
July 8.
Until they broke through in the
last half of the 18th, it was q
frustrating afternoon for the
Dodgers. Billy Loes was sailing
along on a 10 lead from the sec
ond inning and apparently had q
shutout in his grasp when he re-
tired the first two Braves In the
ninth. Then consecutive singles
by Andy Pafko, Johnny Logan
and Del Crandall, the last hit
coming off reliever Jim Hughes,
tied the score.
From the ninth until the 18th,
the Dodgers blew numerous
chances to score, raising their
left-on-base total to 20, which
tied a league record for a 49,
inning game. With one out in
the 18th, however, Duke Snider
(See BASEBALL, Page A-l7.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
BY Lewis F. Atchison
Stor Stoff Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3.-Un-
happy with their performance
against Fort Ord. the Los An
geles Rams suddenly want to
make a deal with the Redskins.
The San Francisco F'orty-Niners
also are in a trading mood but
neither club has come up with
an offer tempting enough to at
tract the Redskins.
George Marshall thought there
might be some action late to-
day. The Redskins boss talked
to officials of both the Rams and
Forty Miners yesterday and
seemed confident that a deal
could be made.
Both clubs are interested in
Johnny Williams, Redskins de-
fensive back who refuses to
leave his Los Angeles home and
cleaning and dyeing business to
play football in Washington.
Ollie Matson's two long touch
down runs against the Rams last
Saturday night convinced the
Rams that they need defensive
help. Significantly. three of
their defensive backs, Jack
Dryer, Hall Haynes and Don
Doll, were former Redskins.
Wants Toneff or st. Clair.
Redskins Coach Curly Lam
beau warits tackles and he is
willing to give up not only Will
liams but one or two other mem
bers of the squad here in train
ing camp to get them. But Lam
beau yesterday was insisting on
top-hight players, making de-
mands that neither the Rams
nor the Forty Miners seemingly
could meet.
We'll take Bob Toneff or Bob
st. Clair from the Forty-Niners,"
the veteran coach declared. "And
If the Rams want to talk turkey
We'll take one of their tackles
they have plenty to spare"
The Rams are weak at tackle,
however. and news that Johnny
Hook must undergo surgery for
a knee injury suffered against
Fort Ord doesn't help matters.
Rookie Spud Murphy. who played
a bang-up game against the
Soldiers last Saturday night, has
a bruised back and Linebacker
Harland Svare sprained his knee.
The Redskins apparently plan
to keep Paul Lipscomb, hold-out
tackle. who officially signed his
contract yesterday and worked
out with the team. although 1t
was reported previously that he
might be traded.
Krouse Reported Available.
"I'm not going to allow per-
sonal feelings to run a good ball
player off this club again." said
Marshall, evidently remembering
how he gave up Paul Stem and
Fred Davis. a couple of big ano
bruising tackles, who put in sew
eral good seasons for the Chicago
Bears after being shipped out Of
Washington.
The next move in trade negoti-
atoms is up to the Rams and
Forty Miners. but there is a pos
sibility that the New York Giants
or Pittsburgh Steelers also NAV
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Muior League Standings
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1854.
AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.

Results Yesterday.
wash, IL; Det.. 8.
Baltic. 10; Phila,. Q,
(Only games SEIZED
uled.)
Games To-day.
Wash. ct Detroit. 8
N. Y. ct Cleve. (n)
Bos. ct Chicago IND
Phila. OF BALTIC. (n)
Games Tomorrow,
Wash. at Detroit. 8
N. Y. ct Cleve. mi
Phila. at BALTIC. (n)
Boston ct Chicago.
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Probable Pitchers
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BY the AssocIofed Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
washington at Detroit-stobbs te-6)
VS.. Hoeft OLD
Ford (10-6l VS.. Mossi (4-D.
Boston ct Chicago (night)-Sullivan
(7-9) VS.. Harshman (7-6).
Philadelphia at Baltimore (night)-
Portocarrero (6-l0) VS.. Larsen (3-13)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago at New York (night)--Rush
T-1D VS.. Liddle (4-3).
Raschi $3.50 VS.. Erskine J12-IO).
Milwaukee at Philadelphia (night)-
SPAIN Q0-10l VS.. Dickson (7-1D.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (night)-
Podbielan (5-5) VS.. Friend f4-9).
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DETROIT.


washington 002 l43 1OO-11
Deti 5it 100 004 DOL 8
Runs batted tn--vernon 49, Runnels
l2i Sievers t6D. Pesky. Boone. Wilson,
hits--Tipton, yost, Nieman 80. Kuenls.
Three-base hit--Tuttle. Home runs
Sievers CD, Vernon. Double plays
Boiling to DrQpo Left on bases--Wash-
inEton 8; Detroit II. Bases on balls
oE stone Of McDsrmott /; on zu-
Struck out--By stone. s.; hy McDermott,
I: By zpvSrink. s.: ~ Herbert 2. Hits
On stone. : IN 8 innings; on McDer-
8 innings: on GRAY, In inning; on
Herbert. 8 In innings. Runs and
mott III !; on Zuverink, rs: on CRAY,
3-2; on Herbert IL. Wild pitch
ssons WPSn,ns sg n.
pires-paparella, Soar, Runge. Summers.
(Time- -2:4S. Attendanee--13.117.
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Games Tomorrow
NATIONAL.

Results Yesterday.
Bklyn., 9. Milw.. ]
(13 innings.
tOnly game SEIZED.
uled.l
Games To-day
OF. L. at Bklyn. In,
Cnicaeo ct N. Y. IND,
Milw, at Phila. (nl
cincin. ct Pitts. IND.
Games Tomorrow.
81 ss,e !; :. I. S \. 2. .
Milw. ct Phila. tnl
cincin. at Pitts. (nl
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| Locke OutIusts Rees
In 90 Holes to Win
| German Open Title
BY the Associated Press


KREFELD, Aug. 3.-Bobby
Locke of South Africa OUT
lasted England's Dali Rees in
a marathon playoff yester.
day to win the German
Open golf championship
after SO holes.
Locke and Rees were tied
at 279 after u holes and in
an 18-hole playoff racked up
identical sub-par 70s in a
sudden-death continuance,
they matched shots until
Locke finally won on the
eighth extra hole.
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named OCaniey COVeleSKle was tine peCCer
of the two. STILL Bagby was almost as well
remembered as the stolid Pole who pitched
three times and won on each occasion with
five-hitter in the Brooklyn Cleveland
World Series of 20.
Bagby, whose son was to pitch for the
Red Sox in World Series with ST. Louis
26 years later, lost his first start to the
Dodgers and Burleigh Grimes. The second
time out he again faced Grimes, this time
in Cleveland with the. Series tied at 2-2,
and this one contest must occupy a place
of honor in any gallery of athletic perform