Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1940, Page 16

Win, Lose or Draw By FRANCIS E. STAN. Just a Few Notes to You If you are a hunch player the Dodgers are as good a bet as any In the National League race . .. They won a pennant in 1900, another In 1920 and this is 1940, thanks to an amazingly orderly scheme of things . . . The fact that this is an election year is all right by the Dodger superstitions, too . . . So were 1900 and 1920 presidential years. Private thought: Is Dizzy Dean still news, or just a nuisance? « « « If baseball needs his kind of blabbering for “color” the game isn't In such good shape, after all . . . Joe Cambria, the minor league magnate, was showing reporters around his Greenville, S. C., ball park the other day . .. “I'm a reformed man now,” Joe announced, pointing out his new office, complete with stenographer. “Everthing about me now is big league.” . . . Just then a taxi telephone outside the office rang and Joe looked out the window to see if any cab drivers were around . . . There weren't any so President Cambria slipped outside and picked up the receiver . . . “I thought maybe it might be a customer who wanted to know if there was a game today,” he explained later. ‘We see by the papers where Benny Leonard is in ill repute with some of the fight mob for touting Johnny Paychek before the Louis fight « « « If the mob thinks that Benny's touting is foul they should have seen the way he handled the Archibald-Jeffra fight last summer « .+« Griffith Stadium still smells a little from that one. Injured Powell Most Authentic Throwback Jake Powell, lying in an Ashland, Ky., hospital with a fractured skull never was one of the great outfielders, but the guy is the most authentic throwback to a more violent baseball era in the American League . . . He broke Hank Greenberg's wrist trying to win a ball game for Washington in 1936 and at the time not evenr his teammates condoned it . . . But Jake always plays that way—rough and to win . If a play involves possible injury to himself hell take that chance, too. Al Hollingsworth, the left-handed pitcher from the Dodges, reported to the Nats yesterday and told Clark Griffith he still has a high, hard one . .. “I hope s0,” commented Griff later, “but lots of times those pitch- ers who come back after sore arms are only fast and nuthin’ else. They don't have a hop on that fast ball.” The Washington ball club, by the way, may hire Track Coach Hap Hardell of Georgetown at the end of the season to work on Second Base- man Jimmy Bloodworth . . . “We,can't do it now,” Griffith says. “It woulc be too much of a strain on Bloodworth, practicing running in the mornings and playing in the afternoons. All he's got to do it remember to run on his toes.” Little Butterfly Baller Expected by Leonards The State of Texas, by the way. has approached the Nats with a | view toward getting the Washington club to train there next year . . Griff, though, isn't going to leave Florida . . Except for San Antonio, he says, Texas is too windy for ball clubs . . . Meanwhile, Orlando hasn't acted upon the Nats’ application to return there next year . .. If Orlando doesn't vite the club back, Griffith probably will switch to one of four Florida cities—Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Miami or Miami Beach . . . “The trend now,” Griffith says, “seems to be the east coast of Florida.” Dutch Leonard will be pitching for a family of two this year . . Mrs. Leonard, who wiil remain in their home at Auburn, IIL, all season, is expecting a little butterfly baller in September . . . It will be the | Leorards’ first. | President Roosevelt either maintains at least & casual interest in | baseball or was coached on a few points before he was presented with he Foening Star Fporls “WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940. Yankees Are Not Invincible, 11 of 77 Experts Feel in Pickihg Them' Second Chicago Bears' Home Finish Mark Redskin Schedule for Next Fall Speciel Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April 13.—Particu- larly interesting because it will bring the Chicago Bears to Washington for the first time for a regularly- scheduled National Football League game and because the George Mar- « | shall entry will wind up its season at home for the first time since moving to the Nation's Capital, the Redskins' 1940 schedule was re- leased here today. Six home games, the same num- per as last year, were granted the Indians, with the Bears as the only * | new opponent scheduled to play at Griffith Stadium. team, their coach, Chicago’s other the Cardinals, will return ’39 visit but under a new the recently-appointed Visit and First L The Redskins will make only | one Western trip, visiting Detroit | for a game with the Lions on Octo- ber 27. It will mark the third straight year that these two teams | have met. Election of Storck Assured. | Following an open date on Sep- tember 29, the Redskins will play at | Pittsburgh on October 6, the Chi- cago Cardinals at home on October 13, at Philadelphia and Detroit on | | October 20 and 27, the Steelers at | home on November 3, and at Brook- |lyn on November 10. The Bears | come here for what promises to be | another *blood” battls on November 17, with the Redskins gotng to New York for the Polo Grounds fray | with the Giants on November 24. his annual season pass to American League ball games told Griffith yesterd: rooting against him. . . . Anyway, he “Tell Son-in-law Joe that I'll be out there Tuesday « . . This tickled the Old Fox. Incidentally, the pass given to the President by Grifith is for American League games only . - . If the National League wants to do the same thing, as Ford Frick did last year, it must do so separately . . . ‘The handbag which incloses the First Lady’s pass costs approximately 8150 . . . And all 'iving ex-First Ladies get them, too. although the ex- Presidents aren't given wallets with gold passes in them. Derby, Other Rich 1940 Stakes Are to Test Winter Racing's Value to Coming 3-Year-Olds (This is the last in a series dealing with the outstanding Kentucky Derby eligibles and the leading 3-year-old horses.) By SID FEDER, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, April 13—If you're Yooking for a nice simple way to start a riot, just step up to the near- est bunch of horsemen and bring up the subject of winter racing as a good or an evil for coming 3-year- old gallopers. The resultant argument may not exactly wind up in a war, but if you're of a mind to start the thing; always remember you're strictly on your own thereafter. For years, the pros and cons have | been tossing this subject around | like Babe Ruth used to pitch the medicine ball in the spring to tighten his tummy. Those who believe in racing horses during the winter be- | tween their 2 and 3 year old cam- | paigns argue that a juvenile per- | former never really gets going until | the fall of his first season, and that to put him away then for the cold season is just undoing a lot of good. Each Side Has Argument. They point to Lawrin, who won the Derby two years ago after tak- ing the Flamingo at Hialeah, and to Black Gold, who turned the trick 14 years before that. They contend that's a pretty good average, since | it’s only a comparatively short tlmei since winter racing amounted to more than a nickel's worth, and they shout that this year you're going to see something from such of the re- cent California and Florida cam- paigners as Woof Woof and Sweep- ida, Prompt Pay, Mioland, Chatted and the fillies, Little Risk and Augury. The other side, such authorities as SBunny Jim Fitzsimmons, hee-haw at this theory. They argue that you're wearing your youngster out running him over the winter—that, if you've 8 mind to point him for the big 3- year-old stakes, you're not giving him a chance to grow up right. Their contention is that winter galloping can break more than it can make and that you can count on the fingers of one hand—and still have enough left over to pick up the din- ner check—the number of such gallopers that amounted to anything as 3-year-olds. Chance to Test Theories. Well, from the looks of things, both sides are going to have a chance to test their theories this year. Opposing such of the non- winter hopefuls as Bimelech and Andy K. are eight or a dozen of the California and Florida fellows and lassies who looked as though they might have the stuff. There’s Woof Woof, the Jock Whitney colt who isn't eligible for the Derby, but who won the mile- and-eighth Flamingo hands down in 1:50% this year and will try against Bimmie and Andy K. in the Freakness and Belmont. On the A other coast, it was Sweepida, H. C. Hill's brown gelding, who came home in the Santa Anita Derby, who has won $46,250 in four 1939 outings, and who may be a supplementary Preakness entrant. He, too, was not made eligible for the Kentucky Derby. Charles S. Howard, who probably could drop into a stable full of beer truck horses and come out with a stake winner with his racing luck, paid $15,000 for the “colt of all na- tions,” Mioland, not so long ago, and this son of the German stallion, Mio d'Arezzo, is getting a terrific play in the Kentucky Derby future books, the odds-layers report. Other Good Winter Warriors. Along with him in the run for the Roses May 4 youre likely to see such other of the winter warriors as Chatted, the mud-running fool from Mrs. Ethel V. Mars’ stable; W. H. Hoffman's Royal Crusader, a $1,200 Saratoga yearling sale pur- chase, who even Howard thinks is going places; and Harold A. Clark’s | Royal Man, winner at a mile and an eighth this winter and, on his dam’s side, from the bloodline of The Finn, who sired two Derby win- ners in Zev and Flying Ebony. Herbert M. Woolf has a good- looking Insco colt in Prompt Pay, which ran second in the Flamingo, and Leo J. Marks has Multitude, a fast-closing fourth in the same stake. They're eligible for the Derby, too. ‘Warren Wright's filly, Little Risk, with the fine breeding of Stimulus and a Sir Gallahad III mare, is eligible for the Derby, after win- ning four straight winter starts, but “a filly’s still a filly in the run home” at the Downs. The other half of the top 3-year-old feminine contingent is Augury, winner of $21,700 for Neil McCarthy this win- ter. | University mentor. Succeeding in his aim to give the Redskins a bigger climax to their | season than a game with the Giants | (which, in his estimation, won't be a championship contender next fall), Marshall proudly announced a season-ending tilt on December 1 with Davey O'Brien and his Phila- delphia Eagles. In Marshalls opinion, the Eagles are the Eastern season. sion to schedule two home games before the Nats have completed their '40 home schedule, the Red- skins will play two September games at the Seventh street park. Jock Sutherland will bring his Brooklyn Dodgers here for the league opener on September 15, with the Giants invading the following Sunday. The Griffs do not conclude their home season until September 29. | Jimmy Conzelman, ex-Washington | team for the Redskins to watch next | Bearing Clark Griffith’'s permis- | The home games with the Chi- cago Bears and Cardinals means that Washington will see such Bear backfield stars at Osmanski, Luck- man, MacLeod, Manders, Maniaci and Swisher in addition to one of |1939's All-Americas, Ken Kava- | naugh of Louisiana State, provided | the latter agrees to play pro tout-‘ {ball. The Cardinals' outstanding | selection in the college draft last| | winter was George (Bad News) Ca- | | fego of Tennessee. | The election of Carl Storck as president appeared certain at the | league’s final session today with all other mentioned successors having | dropped out of the picture for one | reason or another. Marshall, alleged | | leader of a clique to oust Storck, | said today that since Arch Ward, | Chicago sports editoy, had declined | to be nominated, he had no other | person to propose for the job. Several rule changes, including | heightening of the goal posts, were | to be discussed. | Winiry Blasts Blow College Program Into Discard Hoya-Navy Track Games All Left of Big Slate Planned for Today Winter's frosty finger traced a chill line through today's collegiate sports program, blotting out every- thing but Georgetown’s dual track meet with Navy at Annapolis. The for Crabtown, determined to run were willing. But frigid winds and ice-encrust- ed playing fields were too much for their neighbors. Postponed or can- celed outright were: A triangular meet among Catho- lic University, American University and Gallaudet at Brookland. Baseball games between Michigan and Maryland, Richmond and Maryland, Michigan and George- town, American University and Elizabethtown and Wilson Teachers and Johns Hopkins. A tennis match, involving Mary- land and Michigan. Not only cold weather, but the welfare of "their athletes moved most coaches to order postponements as soon as they stuck their noses hardy Hoyas enbused at 9 o'clocké despite the weather if the Middies | Redskins to Play Six Games Here The Redskins’ 1940 National Football League schedule: September 15—Brooklyn, here. September 22—New York, here. September 29—Open date. October 6—At Pittsburgh. October 13—Chicago Cardinals, here. October 20—At Philadelphia. October 27—At Detroit. November 3—Pittsburgh, here. November 10—At Brooklyn. November 17—Chicago Bears, here. November 24—At New York. December 1—Philadelphia, here. outdoors this morning. A maximum | of 38 degrees was predicted by the Weather Bureau and the baseball mentors unanimously agreed it would wreck their teams to try and play under such conditions. Catholic U. and its neighbors will reschedule their three-cornered meet on a date mutually agreeable. Maryland has hopes of getting in the baseball game with Richmond next month, but all other contests were definitely canceled. Indians Seek Sponsor ‘The Washington Indians, who hold & franchise in the National City “B” League and are seeking a sponsor through Whitey Bukovac at Mich- igan 0487, will meet Frank Small Motors diamonders tomorrow on the South Ellipse field at 3 o'clock. | field day at Central High Stadium, “SNOWED UNDER"—J. E. ¢——— Dean Must Pitch Winning Ball Or Cub Owner Won't Forgive \Dizzy One’s Indiscretions Widener’s Town Boy, himself not a Kentucky Derby candi- date, defeated five Derby eligibles in winning the Charles Hughes Handicap amid snow flurries at Lexing- ton, Kentucky's Keeneland course, yesterday. Town Boy is shown in center, nearest camera. Inscolad, Derby eli- gible, which finished second, is to the right of Town Boy, with Sirocco, another Derby horse (left), third. —A. P. Wirephoto. Lacrosse Game Stays AsW. A. A. Curtails Field Day Card Fletcher Replaces Hurt Sothoron for Clash With Baltimore A. C. Prospects of continued cold | weather today forced cancellation of the supporting program of the Washington Athletic Association’s but the lacrosse game involving the local outfit and the crack Baltimore, A. C. was to be staged at 2:30 o'clock. | Badminton, horseshoe pitching, | ¢ Red Sox Handily By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 13.—Dizzy Dean, | the greatest one-man show on earth, hasn’t done anything that a few mound victories won't cure. But can he produce those vic- | tories? That's what Manager Gabby | Hartnett, Owner Phil Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs, his teammates and | lots of Cub partisans would like to know. “We're Interested chiefly in whether Dean can pitch and win,” explained Wrigley. “If he can do that we can put up with a lot of departures from orthodox conduct, I suppose.” The Cub owner added he expected insubordination from Dizzy. said he wouldn't pay, but his wife, | Patricia, | Mrs. Dean said Dizzy had been a bad | boy, that Hartnett was right and that her hubby would plank down the $100. So, in Dizzy’s own words, “Every- | thing’s just swell with Gabby and | me—I just want to get out there |end pitch.” How long things would | stay “just swell” is as uncertain as |Dean himself. And when Dizzy would pitch was another unan- swered question. Critics Are Skeptical. Dean won only | rapidly becoming tagged as a wash- |out and a real has-been when he soon changed his tune. | 13 games alto- | gether in 1938 and 1939. He was Top Tribe for No. 2 Berth Tigers Barely Voted Into First Bracket; Nats Dropped Notch By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 13.—Those Yankees can't be so good. They haven't convinced 11 baseball ex- perts they are any better than a second-place club. Of course the other 66 writers taking part in the Associated Press poll selected New York to finish first in the American League, but at least it wasn't unan- imous. It is pretty well agreed by the vot- ers that the champions and the Bos- ton Red Sox will finish 1-2, mean- ing the Red Sox will be No. 2. Nine of the dissenters placed the Red Sox first, another liked the Cleveland Indians for the top spot, and still another put a load on Jimmy Dykes by naming his White Sox as the pennant winner. Tigers Barely Fourth, The Yanks piled up 605 points in the poll, based on eight points for first place, seven for second, etc. The Red Sox rolled up 536, which was 98 more than the third-place Cleveland Indians. Detroit had a margin of only 13 points over the White Sox for fourth place, but Washington, Philadelphia and St. Louis won their sixth, seventh and eighth spots without much competition. With the exception of New York, | which nobody dared put below sece ond, no club was named for less | than four places and the White Sox | were selected for all positions but | second and eighth. Only one transposition was made in the order of the 1939 finish—the placing of Detroit over Chicago. Nats Dropped to Sixth. Incidentally, the first division | teams were named in the same or- der as in the 1939 poll. Among the last four clubs, however, the Aihe | letics, picked to finish last in 1339, were handed seventh place, in a trade of positions with St. Louis, | and Washington, picked for fiftn a year ago, was shoved back to sixth. “We bought that when we bought |silenced his critics for the time be- him. But he'll be fined by Martnett | ing by tossing five innings of shut- track and wrestling exhibitions were clipped from the card, but the stick- | slashers elected to fulfill their en- gagement. The newly-organized local team, composed of former Maryland, Johns | Hopkins and St. John's stars, whip- | ped Swarthmore and lost to Hopkins | in games earlier this season on for- | eign fields, but didn't employ any plays against either club. Against the Baltimore A. C., which lost only one game last year, Washington stickmen were to dig deep into their strategy. Handicapped by the loss of South Sothoron, regular defense man, due to a pair of broken ribbs suffered early in the Hopkins’' game, Wash- ington nevertheless was calculated to give the formidable invaders a struggle. Ed Fletcher was to replace | Sothoron, who will be out for several | weeks. Starters for the Capital contingent were to be Johnny Muncks, goalie; Jim Laughlin, point; Oden Bowie, cover point; Fletcher, first defense; Rod Brooks, second defense; Milt Roberts, center; Harry Hamilton, second attack; Jack Badenhoop, first attack; Leo Hantske, out home, and Temple Jarrell, in home. . Five years ago—State Senate defeated bill to provide pari- mutuel betting system at New York race tracks. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Track. Georgetown vs. napolis, 1:45, Hunt Racing. Middleburg, Va., 2. Lacrosse. Washington A. A. vs. Balti- more A. C, Central High Sta- dium, 2:30. Navy, An- Seattle Quint Claims Road Title With 18,000 Miles Ambers’ Opponent Tooted Salvation Army Horn; New York Papers Pan George Marshall Clique By EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, April 13.—The Seattle Red Wings, a pro bas- ket ball outfit, traveled 18,000 miles to win 123 and lose 12 lasi season and claim the barnstorm- ing title. Wally Hally, who fights Lou Ambers in Denver Wednes- day night, used to play the trom- bone in a Salvation Army band. Bill De Correvont has cinched the center field job on the North- western baseball nine. Aw, nerts. Our old pal, Gerry Nugent, is An optimistic feller; He thinks Chuck Klein can hoist the Phils Out of the baseball cellar. Might be it. For the first time in years, President Ford Frick was reluctant to issue a pre-sea- son forecast of National League prospects. Mebbe he figures there just nin‘t.any. You'd be surprised how many grid prominents are after Bunny (Ouster Egg) Oakes’ old job at Colorado U. If one of the pres- ent staff is picked, it probably will be Track Coach Frank Potts at $4,000, per—a grand less than Oakes drew. Ralph Guldahl has parted company with the Braid- burn C. C. at Madison, N. J,, to concentrate on tournament play. But he’ll duck the Goodall round robin, for he figures that meet cost him his open title. Billy Conn must beat both Lee Savoldi and Gus Lesnevich to rate a fall date with Joe Louis. Fruits to nuts. Southern Flor- ida, where several minor league clubs (including the Phillies) do 3 their spring training, wants to secede from the Grapefruit League and be known as the Cocoanut circuit. Here’s a “once in a lifetime” yarn for Sam Balters: At one of the Florida tracks the other night an eight-dog race came in order, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Babe Ruth, who shoots in the middle 0s, got his first ace on the 220- yard fifteenth hole at St. Albans yesterday. Glenn Cunningham bows out before the home folk in a special mile event at the University of Kansas relays to- day. Eddie Shore wants Brooklyn to build an ice rink, put in a Na- tional League hockey club and let him manage it. Augie Rug- giere, the ex-fighter who won $105,000 in the Irish Sweepstakes, A will take Lou Ambers’ advice and put it in annuities. Today's guest star — Walter Stewart, Memphis Commercial- Appeal: “Connie Mack is the sort of fellow who is genuinely great and doesn’t need a pen- nant to prove it. He can be great without even trying.” Insiders hear work starts soon on a modern racing plant at the Jersey end of the George Wash- ington Bridge. Some of the New York papers have joined the Ohio sheets in panning the George Preston Marshall clique for trying to oust Carl Storck as president of the pro football league. The Dodger knothole gang, 1,000 strong, welcomes the club home with a big dinner tomor- row night. X whenever his conduct merits it,” Wrigley said. Wife Changes Dizzy’s Tune. out’ ball against the St. Browns last Monday. Dizzy immediately proclaimed his |arm was in great shape, but some Louis The Browns did pretty well in | their unanimous last-place choice, but 10 voters picked the Athletics for that doubtful honor, and two others saw Washington as the tail- | ender. One voter pushed the Dizzy stepped out of bounds last | observers with the club figure he | Browns up to sixth, and to more Tuesday in Wichita, Kans., getting will be of little value to the Cubs | than offset Washington's two last- on the train almost an hour after |on the mound. But as a headline | place ballots, three voters picked curfew. Hartnett slapped a $100 | figure he doubless will make a the Nationals to land in the first fine on the eccentric pitcher. Dizzy | strong bid to defend his prized title. | division. Bosox Rated on Yanks' Heels Results of the Associated Press poll, including the number of votes 'Two Western Boxers for each team for each place and the total points figured on an 8-7-6-5-4- | Loose Dynamite i" 3-2-1 basis: Team. New York. Boston _ Cleveland Detroit Chicago St. Louis __ 1939 Finish First Second Third Fifth Fourth Sixth Seventh Eighth Pts. 605 536 . 438 359 346 226 172 920 3 3 18 42 11 2 9 43 22 T 10 65 Nats' Fire to Tickle Fans, Win or Lose, Griffith Claims Predicts No High Place, But Envisions Hustle; Game Today Off Clark Griffith has changed his pre-season " style of appraising his Washington ball club. There was a time when he'd say the Nats had a chance for a pennant, or a first- division post, or anything else that he thought. But this year he is keeping his appraisal to himself. Indeed, Griff's not even predicting the Yankees will crack up. “But I like the way this team of mine plays ball this year and the fans will like it, too, no matter how many games we win or lose. It's a team that’s playing the hustling, old-time Washington style.” In case anybody isn't familiar with the “old-time Washington style” Griffith is willing to explain. Boasts Five .300 Hitters. “It's a team that runs bases and bunts for base hits,” he says. “Like the 1924 team did, you remember. I don’t know how far we'll go this year, but the people will like the club. They'll get a kick out of watching Case, Walker, Lewis, Was- dell and Pofahl run the bases.” The Old Fox admits it doesn’t be- long in the same league with the Yankees, Red Sox and Tigers as far as power is concerned. “No,” he says, “but we've got a funny club. We've got five fellows who are .300 hitters. Case always has hit .300. So has Lewis. Last year Travis fell down below that figure for the first time since he’s been playing ball, but he’ll be back. Wasdell was hitting .300 for us last year when he was sent to Minne- apolis. “Bloodworth is a streaky hitter, but he’ll always be dangerous. Walker is a pretty good hitter, too, and there’s Early, who may catch half the games. Five of these fellows will hit .300 and there aren’t many other teams going to have as many.” Game Today Is Off. Meanwhile, the Nats’ hopes of playing the Orioles here today des- pite yesterday’s combination rain and snow storm, were blasted when club officials called off the game be- cause of cold weather. This was to have been the Nats’ final exhibition here before the open- A Exhibition Games By the Associated Press. At Washington—Baltimore (I L.) vs. Washington (A.). At Cleveland—New York (N.) vs. Cleveland (A.). canceled (snow). At Cincinnati—Detroit (A.) vs. Cin- einnati (N.). At 8t. Louis—8t. Louis (N.) vs. 8t. Louis (A.). (A vs. A mu"ofil‘yn—mw York rool ) At ‘ChlcagoChicago (N.) vs. Chicago At Hopkinsille, Ky.—Pittsbursh (N.) vs. Hobkinsville (K. L. At Boston—Boston (N.) vs. Boston ). At Louisville, Ky.—Philadelphia (N.) vs. Philadelphia (A.). Results Yesterday. All games canceled account rain and coid weather. 'Tech-Wilson Tussle Tuesday fo Start Inferhigh Series Due to the postponement of the Central-Western, Roosevelt-Anacos- tia games, which were to open the 1940 interhigh baseball series yester- day, the Tech-Wilson game at Wil- son next Tuesday will mark the start of series play. Rain and snow, which held up three non-title games as well as the interhigh tilts, moved the latter two contests to May 28, four days after the regularly scheduled games were to end. Episcopal High of Alexandria was to meet the Hill School nine at Pottstown, Pa, today in the only game involving & local or nearby schoolboy team. Resume Pinehurst Tennis PINEHURST, N. C.,, April 13 (#).— Weather permitting, the quarter- finals of the annual North and South amateur tennis tournament will be played here today. The matches were rained out yesterday. ing American League game next Tuesday against the Red Sox. Sid Hudson and Jim Dean, the two Sandford recruits, were to have shared the pitching today. Now Manager Bucky Harris will make & switch in his pitching plans. Instead of holding Hudson over for tomorrow’s game with the Orioles in Baltimore he will substi- tute Ken Chase and thereby keep Hudson eligible for the third game against the Red Sox on Thursday. ‘The only item of any importance yesterday was the reporting of Southpaw Al Hollingsworth, the pitcher obtained from Brooklyn on 30 days’ trial. If the new hurler is ready for the test, Harris may pitch him tomorrow in Baltimore. ). A A. U. Tourney Basler, Maloney Score Knockout Victories On Way to Finals By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 13—A couple of Western youths with knockout punches stood out today in the National Junior A. A. U. boxing championships. Vance Basler of Des Moines, and Dale Maloney of Seattle were fa- vored to capture honors in the 160~ pound and 147-pound classes, re= spectively, following their victories in last night's opening competition before 5,000 spectators. Basler, a sophomore at the Uni- versity of Towa, knocked out Victor Gigli of Reading, Pa., then followed up with a decision over Bob Jacobs of Newtown Square, Pa., in a fierce- ly-fought bout. Jacobs went down for a count of nine in the third round, but got up and was slugging toe to toe with Basler at the final gong. The two victories put Basler in the finals tonight. Maloney kayoed Earl Wentz of Baltimore in the first round, then outpointed John Rivers of Bethle- hem, Pa,, to reach the semifinals of the welterweight class. Maloney is | & sophomore at the University of | Washington. Knockouts also were scored by Joseph Castellanos of New Orleans, 112-pound class; Martin Graves, Des Moines, and Eddie Sulk of Pitts- burgh, 126-pounders; and Oscar Mackey, Philadelphia light heavy- weight. ‘The remaining semifinal bouts and the finals will be held tonight. Alto- gether 18 bouts are listed. Giants" Rucker Voted "Hall of Fame" Niche By Semipro Body By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, April 13.—Rookis Johnny Rucker, New York Giant outfielder, was named to the semi- pro’s hall of fame today. He is the second to be honored. Freddie Hutchinson, prize rookie last year with Detroit, was the first player elected to the national semi- pro organization’s honor roll. Rucker, like Hutchinson, is & graduate of the Semipro Baseball Congress program. Both played in the national tournament at Wichita, Kans,, in 1937, 3 SESSIONS DAILY Alse 61 Bowling Alieys Reservations CHEYY CHASE ICE PALACE 4461 (CONN. AVE. EMERSON 8100