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AL ScHAcHT,s
Ny Own Particular screwboII

never forget the ninth inning
Of that game: Boston still with
out q hit and two men out when
somebody hit q drive down the
first-base line that looked good
all the way.
But Joe Judge made one Of the
greatest fielding plays I ever
saw. Literally sliding on his
belly. he knocked the ball down,
then touched the base with his
fingers before the runner got
there. Johnson's no-hitter was
saved.
In the clubhouse when we were
congratulating Walter, someone
cried. Speech" These were his
exact words:
Goodness gracious sakes alive,
wasn't I lucky"
The Cussin' Battery
That's the strongest language
I ever heard johnson use. In
fact. the Washington club later
had what we playfully called
"the cussin' battery johnson
and Catcher Muddy Ruel with
his "dog-gum it,"
According to the story, this is
how johnson first came to the
majors. Baseball heard about
q powerful. rawboned farm boy
in Kansas who could fire o ball
and Washington sent q scout to
look him over. The scout wired
back: This is the fastest man
I've ever seen pitch" So they
signed him.
He reported to Washington.
all 6-foot-2 and 100 pounds Of
him. in a tweedy suit two sizes
too small, wearing q derby hat.
also too small. and carrying o
paper bag containing his spiked
shoes. They sent him in to pitch
right away and he lost, 2-l. be-
cause he couldn't field o hunted
ball and the other team discoy-
cred 1t and drove him crazy with
hunts.
On dark. cloudy days Johnson's
fast ball was almost invisible and
opposing players wanted no part
of him. ] remember one game
with Cleveland. It was overcast
and johnson was firing aspirin
tablets. He exploded two strikes
past Ray Chapman. who later
was killed by o pitched ball.
Chapman shook his head,
dropped bat and walked back
toward the bench.
Billy Evans. the umpire, called,
Come back, you got another
strike coming"
Chapman said over his shoul-
der. "You can have i'll don't
want it."
Yanks Learn Of Stubbornness.
johnson was quiet and retir-
ing, but he also was stubborn as
a mule. There was q time when
he lost to the Yankees in WASH
ington and all the newspapers
came out with stories that as
great as johnson was. he couldn't
beat the Yanks. His manager
then. Joe Cantillion, told him not
to think anything Of such stories,
but the idea bothered him. So
the next time Washington went
to New York, johnson asked to
open the series. It was on. a
Friday. n
He shut out the Yankees that
day. And when the papers still
said he'd been lucky, he came
back the very next day and shut
them out again. To prove once
and for all that 1t wasn't luck,
he blanked them for the third
straight game on Monday.
(From the book. MY Own Particular
screwball." Copyright. 1855. by Al
Schacht: Distributed by Doubleday
TOn0Frnw-Al Resru1ae fsPify73h
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CUBS, 2; REDLEGs,
Totals SO II 81 ia

Totals SO IL 27l3 Totals SO 10 "a IL
Iran for Greengrass In 9th.
2Qrounded out for Fowler Ia I'd.
3Doubled for Nuxhall IN Ath,
4Doubled for Minarcin Ia 9Th.
Chicago .,----------- 0s1 goo 1po--7
Cancihnau s---------; O02 zoo 001--6
Runs--Bakes (2), jackson, Ranks.
rondy 90. Chit Bell ny, Kluslkwski,
Post, Landrith, Error--Jablonski Runs
batted in--chiti 80. Fsndy (2). Sauer,
Baker, Klusseyski t2lt Bell. Temple,
Baker, Chiti, Sauer, Post, Adams.
chltl Klussewski, sacrifice = wade.
II. Bases on balls--Off Jones. a: on
Fowler. 4; on Nuxhall, /. Struck out
By Jones. b: BY Fowler, L; BY Nuxhall,
I: BY Minarcin, 1. Hits Ion Fowler. 4
In innings; on Nuxhall, A IN innings;
on Minarcin, 8 In 4 innings: on Rush,
To- In az innings: on Jones, . ii
INNINGS; on Collnm. 4 in inning; on
Jencoat, In inning Runs and
earned rIns--Fowlsr 3-3. Nuxhall So,
Minarcin lei. Rush ~, Jones III, Col
luin 90, Jeffcoat 90. Hit BY pitcher
by Jeffcoat Bailey. Passed ball
Bailey. Winning pitcher--Jones 1-0),
.-0oetx, Wascon, warneke and seeory.
Ttme--2:42. Attendance-32.1 1876.
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BASEBALL PRACTICES SET

BASEBALL PkACT1CE SET
The Columbia Heights unlim-
tied baseball team, a member of
the Departmental and Old
Dominion Leagues. will hold a
practice at 5 pm. tomorrow at
the Sixteenth and Kennedy
streets NV. field. Further in
formation can be obtained from
Rick Hanna at Randolph 6-0157.
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now OAA PAV oAAC Al VAC WAAvS
House for him."
Dressen's antics in the third
base coaching box brought back
some wistful reminders Of the
good old days when the team
was q pennant contender and
AL Schacht coached there.
Schacht used a piercing. two
finger whistle to help give sig
nails, and yesterday the fans
discovered that Dresser Is a
whistler. too. But Charlie puts
his arms, legs and voice into it
when the situation demands.
There Is a bit of Casey
Stengel. quite a bit, in Dresser,
too. He shook hands with one
visiting newspaperman in the
dressing room after the game
and then did a double take.
amt never met you, !"
Charlie declared in his pure,
ShakeSpearean prose.
''Oh. yes you have" the writer
replied, but only briefly"
It reminded the gathering of
the time another writer, on being
introduced to Stengel. said they
had met lots of times.
Name oncet," growled the
Yankees manager.
Among those in the press box
was Dick Mccain, general man.
ager of the Redskins and a for
mer baseball writer himself.
When the official scorer intoned
three unearned runs" after one
inning. Mccain was prompted
to remark that I'VE might use
that system for the Redskins. A
$50 victory might not sound so
bad If we point out that 48
points were unearned."
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Dresser Plans
To Show Ydnks
Only Southpaws
Continued From Page C-1

GU0tNUUE0 from rake Ost
eo1 ,or. t,,c,ud;no President
E;sarhower when thew ,oiished
Of ths n,.iolss los at GrifIth
staS;,,n Yesterday. n was q
wild slonnv oame which had its
moments If excitement before
the Senators broke the game
onen with : f,ve-rIIn outburst ia
the seventh inning.
Washington scored two runs
in the third inning on one hit,
Bob Porterfield's leadof1 double
high of the centerfeld bleacher
wall. Eddie Yost was nipped on
the left elbow by q Lou Kretlow
pitch and Porterfield shifted to
third base when kretlow I'M
ieashed = wild pitch.
Jim Busby, who accounted for
three Of the Senators 10 hits,
famed after Yost stole second
base while the absent-minded
Kretlow took q windup. Mickey
Vernon grounded to Eddie Watt
kus at FIRST base and Porterfield
scored when Watkins throw to
the plate was too late. Yost
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been permitted to advance, an
other base. put got nowhere.
kretioW tnen ioIted q single 10
lett which scored both runners.
Washington moved In front to
stay with q three-run splurge in
the sixth after Runnels flied out.
Sievers walked and Tom Umph-
lett singled. Jesse Levan, bat
ting for Edwards. got the tying
run across with q solid single
to center which chased Kretlow.
Bill Miller came along to face
Ernie Oravetz, batting for Kline.
Oravetz's sharp grounder to
Second Baseman Don Leppert
got Implicit across, and, when
Leppert threw wild past the
plate, Pedro Ramos. running for
Levan, dashed to third. Bob
Odds Their ran for Ramos and
scored after Porterfeld flied to
center.
five-run outDurss
The Senators iced it in the
seventh after Yost singled.
Busby followed with a single
which drove Don Johnson from
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SENDING SENATOR'S Tom Implicit scoring
game who had singled scored from third when Second Baeman
futile dive for the ball Lpper had Just made fine stop
Eddie watching
decision photo
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It was In spring training with
the Senator'S In 1920 that I first
got to know Nick Altrock. It
was the beginning Of o clowning
partnership that would become
famous both In baseball and
vaudeville. and would lead to
my own individual success as
baseball's "clown prince" and as
q restaurateur. Many people
who watched Altrock and me
and. I hope. laughed at our
antics. might be interested to
know that almost from the be-
ginning we never liked each
other-and In the later years Of
our partnership, we never spoke.
When ! joined Washington.
Altrock was the recognized clown
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ATCHISON'S
"A NGL E
BY LEWIS r. ATcHIsoN

game. "and told him he should
have 'em put one in the White
House for him."
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he appeared with his cap side
ways on his head and his big
plug Of tobacco popping his jaw,
they loved 1t. And so did Nick.
I guess he felt secure as base
balls No. / clown until the day
! came to Washington. Before I
Joined the club, my old pal Joe
Judge had said to the other
players: "Waitu you see this
screwballl"
Some organization staged q
benefit show in a hotel in Tampa.
They invited Altrock to per-
form. Then. hearing also that
! had a reputation for being
funny. they asked II I'd team
up with Nick that night.
I dreamed up a number for
us. a>singing burlesque Of scene
from the Lucia Sextet," but I
had to talk Nick into doing it.
His type Of comedy was mostly
mugging. while I always leaned
toward planned routines, gags.
We got q pretty good response
from the audience. But ] saw
that our styles didn't blend; nor
did I think that we'd ever see
eye to eye on comedy or anything
else.
Misses Out ON Million
Breaking camp in Tampa, we
had q series of exhibitions with
the Cincinnati Reds. The first
game was in Miami. II I'd had
any money and sense then I'd
be q millionaire.
A former bailplayer named
Doyle approached some of us.
saying he was a real estate man
and had some lots he'd like to
sell us at Miami Beach. About
20 players went with him to
inspect these lots. There was
no causeway across the bay to
Miami Beach then, just a bumpy
string of rocks. And Miami
Beach was a long stretch of
nothing but sand, rocks. weeds
and shrubbery. 1t was the most
desolate spot I'd ever seen.
Doyle announced we could buy
lots along the beach for from
$3.50 to $500. It'd advise you to
buy 10 or So" he told me.
This is q potential gold mine"
I laughed, "Who would ever
want to live in this placer" We
turned around and went back to
Miami.
Sees Johnson's No-Hitter
After the season opened my
record was 5-1 when lost my
second. In Boston. The day
after that defeat I saw my first
no-hitter. Walter johnson
pitched it. While he was In his
14th season with Washington.
he still was by far the fastest
and best pitcher in baseball. I'll
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This Is the ninth Of ~ excerpts from Al
Sehoeht's my Own PorticuIor Screw
ball. Published BY Doubledoy s Co.
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Tomorrow-Al Rescues Grifith
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New York ------- AGO sos Old o o
army --A- 100 900 0-1 8
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are in the book In two Of the
illustrations reference is made 10
his interest in the race problem
as evidenced by his solid support
Of the Governors Interracial Com
mission and his unprecedented
ending Of segregation in the Min
nesota National Guard during his
governorship. The author also
describes how in almost every
speech of the hundreds Youngdahl
made, he made strong plea and
argument for equality Of oppor-
tunity for all people. regardless Of
race, color, creed or national orr
gin.
Those interested in the life and
times Of a great American will
find author Robert Esbiornson's
book on Luther Youngdahl will
give pleasure and information to
the reader. The volume viii make
a wonderful addition TO the library
Of books on great contemporary
Americans.
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JODGE l.. nOUNGDAHL
ernor. he interviewed one time
when a Washington, ID. c. eleva-
tor operator started TO refuse to
transport a Negro attorney. in
sisting, This man is my friend
and he is going to ride up with
me" The operator looked at the
determined CLINT in Youngdahrs
eye, and the attorney was trans
ported to the floor he sought,
with no more ado.
The book is filled with names Of
the well known people who trod
the public life stage in Mime
sofa The book reveals many Of
the behind the scenes happenings
which made Youngdahl one Of the
most popular governors the state
ever had. II tells how shocked the
state was when he resigned the
governorship TO accept the federal
judgeship appointment from
Democratic President Harry s.
Truman. II reveals some OF the
background of his decision.
A number OF handsome photos
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ticipated in by the Oklahoma
conference Of Branches NAACP.
formed the committee for the af-
fair.
Thurgood Marshall, famous at
torney. who has won world ac-
claim for his successful handling
Of many civil rights cases before
the United States Supreme Court.
delivered the main address at the
testimonial He told the dinner
guests that the name Of Roscoe
DunJee and the NAACP Is so
cumulative and heapcd together,
one cannot separate one from the
other. The Oklahoma Conference
Of Branches OF NAAcP was form
ed Is years ago. and Dunjee was
It's president until he took III
several years ago with heart
trouble.
White Editor Praises DunIee
The meeting was interracial. as
the editor wished II 10 be Former
aditor OF the Daily oklahoman.
Walter Harrison. was one OF the
first speakers and said he believed
that Editor Dunjee had done more
'or the Negroes OF Oklahoma In
ne past 40 years than any white
sditor had done for white people
during the same period
Mayor Allan street and wife
we're platform guests along with
Or q Lamar Harrison Of Lang.
ton university Citizens drove as
ar as 500 miles 10 attend the
testimonial including John ,.
Tones ~ Tesarkana. and w. NJ
Wrr~un. Tyler. Texas
Teiegrams ~ communication
rfs received from Roy wilkins
aTy - the sAAcP. New
Governor Raymond oary
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four years ago and has held sew
eral positions OF leadership dur
ing his membership In the organi-
cation He is also a member OF the
9Th Ward DFL club.
In addition TO his active parti-
cipation in politics Jones has been
active In the AFL Dining Car
Employees Union local 5i6, the
Minneapolis Junior Chamber OF
Commerce, Big Brothers. Inc. the
Twin City Council of Clubs, and
the Holy Name Society OF the 81.
Leonard Church, Alumnus Club Of
Boys Town, Nebraska
Jones Is married to Alice Jones.
county welfare employee
He Is the designer Of new
Democratic lapel pin" which is
the official insignia OF Minnesota
Democrats and is also being worn
by national figures including
Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry s. Tru-
man, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and
Democratic National Committee
Chairman, Paul Butler.
In his capacity as chairman OF
the fifth district Young Demo
Gratis, Jones will head the NTH
district delegation at the National
Young Democratic biennial con-
vention at Oklahoma City. okla
hons, Dec. l. 2 and 3.
In commenting on Jones' cleo
tons as chairman OF the fifth dis
trict Young Democrats, Jack
Puterbaugh. former firth dis
trict chairman and present execu-
tive secretary OF the DFL state
central committee. said, The
Democratic Farmer Labor party
OF Minnesota Ia indeed fortunate
20 have leaders like Willard
Jones in the YDFL Clubs"
The nth congressional district
IL composed Of Minneapolis wards
six through thirteen and that part
n the second ward which lies
south Of the Mississippi River.
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Wendell c. Jones
Refires From U. S.
Post Office Service

Wendell c. Jones retired from
the Minneapolis Post office on
November 80, after having spent
3S years and one month In the
service He entered the service on
October 20, 1917 an substitute
clerk and has spent his entire
career In Outgoing Mails Division
Of the Main Post Office.
Jones Is considered responsible
for many gains In classification
by Negroes In the Minneapolis
Postoffice. For a number of years
he was outspoken In his criticism
Of the policy OF passing over quail
flied Negroes when promotions
were made.
Mr.. Jones. a member OF Border
Methodist church, has been church
treasurer for many years and Is
the representative from his church
On he Methodist Union.
He Is secretary-treasurer Of the
North Star Branch OF the Nation
al Alliance of Postal Employees.
a member OF the board OF direct.
ors of Phyllis Wheatley Settle
ment House. past president of
the NAACP and member Of the
Forty club
Mr.. Jones, an avid skater. will
be able to devote more time TO
his two hobbies, skating and ten
mis-.
Mr. Jones lives with his wife,
Harriet, at 1921 Aldrich Az. s.
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welfare programs and expressed
the hope that negotiations be-
tween the 40 & 8 and the Ameri-
can Legion on the national level
would result in the removal Of the
race exclusion rule.
The governor also indicated
that when the white only bar
was removed that he would look
forward with pleasure to accept
ing the 40 & s bid to join the or
ganization.
Originally Freeman planned to
join the society but decided not
to when a member of the Spokes-
man and Recorder staff apprised
him Of the bar against non-white
veterans by the organization.
Freeman's letter to John C.
Alexander. grand chef de Care,
Voiture As, La Societe des 40
Hommes ct Chevaux. said:
Dear John:
was pleased to receive your
communication and to know that
I had been honored by selection
as a prospective member of the 40
and 8. I have been impressed with
the 40 and SIS record of public
service In a number of areas, in
particular that of child welfare
programs. and in addition with
the spirit of comradship and good
fellowship which has distinguished
the 40 and s throughout the coun-
try and the State of Minnesota in
particular.
I also want to compliment you
personally and, through you, other
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goad the Commission into per-
forming a good job
Local sic. having q substantial
number Of Negroes on its member
ship roll. has come to recognize
that nobody except member OF a
minority group knows the feeling
OF being rejected and turned down
from employment because OF ra-
cial discrimination.
The selection OF Mr.. JacobowslSi
as Executive Secretary 20 the
Commission IL the most fragrant
act OF job discrimination that we
have ever witnessed We are aware
OF the recommendation submitted
on behalf OF Mr. Louis Erwin. Mr..
Richard Fox. Mr.. Clifford Rucker
and other applicants for this job
We are also aware OF their long
experiences In the fields of In
dustrial and human relations
However, the Commission totally
disregarded these obvious qualifi-
cations and selected Mr.. Jacobow-
sIsi. We do not wish to discredit
Mr.. Jacobowsld. but he was not
the best qualified. experienced APP
plicant for the job.
This organization has far too
much at stake in this legislation
TO accept FEP Commission con-
ceived In discrimination. We have
also noted that Mrs. Allie Mae
Hampton. the only Negro on the
Commission. has been given the
short term of one year. expiring In
July. 1853.
We are calling upon the other
human relations organizations in
the city and the people Of our COM
munity to support our protest.
Further. we are considering fling
this case with the State F'EP Com
mizzion. charging the Cty FEP
Commission with discriminatory
practices in the hiring OF Its own
staff members.
We strongly urge that q
thorough investigation be made of
this entire matter before this
Commission IL allowed TO function
in It's official capacity.
Yours truly.
Jerry Robins.
President Local 516
Robert NJ. Patterson.
General Chairman,
Local 5i8
Leonard II. Carter.
Secretary-Treasurer
Local 516
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40 and s members on your efforts
to bring about a change in the
present racial exclusion clause
which restricts membership to
white males. believe in our Con-
stitution and its statement that
all men are created equal. / be-
lieve in the spiritual principle
that all men are equal before God.
And I believe in the legal principle
that all men are equal before the
bar Of justice.
Accordingly, / am hopeful that
the negotiations soon to be under
taken between the 40 and 8 and
the American Legion on a nation
al level will result in the removal
Of the present exclusion clause. II
that can be done, it will be a great
victory for democracy. for basic
American principles, and for the
human values we hold so dear.
would appreciate it, John, il you
will let me know how these nego-
tations proceed. and l am very
hopeful that a favorable result
will be reached.
i am looking forward to join
ing you and my other friends in
the 40 and s when the racial ex-
clusion clause has been eliminated
Warmest personal regards and
best respects to you and to the
other officers and members Of the
40 and 8.
Sincerely yours.
Orville Freeman
Governor, State of Minnesota
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field including Louis Erwin, Cliff
ford Rucker and Richard Fox.
who were passed over for Mr.. ia
eobowsld.
The Council suggested that II
might file a complaint with the
state FEPc charging the ST. Paul
FEpc with unfair practice In the
hiring OF Its staff members.
Underlying the complaints 10
the strong feeling in the Negro
community that qualified Negroes
should be given consideration in
setting up the F-EpC agencies
both locally and at the state level.
The letter to Mayor Dillon was
signed by Jerry Robins, president
Local bi6. Robert NJ. Patterson.
general chairman and Leonard II.
Carter, secretary-treasurer.
Local 5l6 played an active part
in recent city and state elections
supporting DFL candidates.
The letter follows;
Honorable Joseph K Dillon
Mayor OF the City OF st. Paul
City Hall
st, Paul. Minnesota
Dear Sir:
Consider this letter an a formal
protest from the Joint Council
Dining Car Employees Union. Lo-
cal 516 against the entire manner
in which the 81 Paul City Council
has set up the Fair Employment
Practices Commission.
This organization. representing
nearly five thousand voting citi-
zens In the State Of Minnesota In
abhorred by the systematic death
blow being dealt this Ordinance.
which we have long spear-hcarcd
the fight to obtain. When review
ing the long succession of evening
meetings throughout the year OF
1854 and considering how our To-
calls headquarters were made a.
valuable 10 the committee that as
sisted In the drafting OF this FEP
Bill, we are now led to wonder did
we win the battle. but lose the
war;
This organization views with
alarm the personnel selected TO
serve on this Commission for
ironically as II may seem. the
Commission itself appears to
carry the stigma OF discrimination
We did not protest the appoint
ments TO the Commission, but In
stead awaited the selection of the
Executive Secretary because u
was believed that good Execu-
tive Secretary would be able TO