Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1940, Page 12

A—12 paigns off in a cloud of rain, sleet and slush,’ people are beginning to talk about the Kentucky Derby, which is sneaking up. Judging by the winter book odds, this hoss, Bimelech, will race a field of nags on May 4 which has only one thing in common with the Bradley colt. They're all 3 years old, too. Now the Bradley horses, meaning the 3-year-olds belonging to Col. E. R. Bradley of Kentucky, have a habit of winning the Derby. The old colonel is the only owner to have four winners of this par- ticular classic. He had Bubbling Over, Behave Yourself, Burgoo King and Broker’s Tip. This Bradley monopoly, plus Bimelech's record of six wins in six starts last year and $135,000 in the colonel’s coffers, seem‘sl to make Bim the Mr. Big. But there are a lot of angles to most horse races and the Derby, as well as being the excuse for a two-day toot, also is a horse race. A year ago another 2-year-old champion, El Chico, was the winter book favorite. The little fellow, like Bimelech, wasn't beaten as a 2-year-old. But when he finished the Derby it was almost dark and the winner, Johnstown, already was back in his*barn catching a snack. Bim Certain to Run Better Than El Chico ‘ This doesn’t mean that Bimelech must fall down like El Chico. Indeed, he is almost certain to run a better Derby than his predecessor en the 2-year-old throne. In the first place, the Bim seems better bred for the distance. He won the Belmont Futurity, the Hopeful at Saratoga and the Pimlico Futurity and he was a versatile competitor. 8o to the front, come from behind, He could and pack weight. In workouts he even has suggested that he can run in mud. At the time El Chico was the favorite there was another colt, Johns- town, which was achieving a peak. And, while few realized it, the best of them all was being geared for tests to come. Right now, Bimelech doesn’t seem to There is Carrier Pigeon, a C. V. That would be Challedon. have a whole lot to lick. ‘Whitney colt by Equipoise, which won his only two starts last year in overnight raees, but this year he was beaten by Fenelon, owned by the famous Belair Stud. There is a J. E. Widener entry named Roman, fast over a short stretch, but doubrful at a distance. Andy K and Fenelon Beaten by Outsider There is Andy K, which has been a consistent second choice to Bimelech. Here is a colt with speed, but without the blood to run a distance. Besides, Andy K runs wide. He has never beaten Bimelech— indeed, he's lost to The Bim three times—and the other day at Havre de Grace, both Andy K and Fenelon were whipped in the Chesapeake Stakes. The winner happened to be a stablemate of Challedon, an unsung goat named Pictor, which sloshed through the goo and made the dope- sters sit up and take notice. In Pictor’s favor is his being the son of Challenger II, which also is what Challedon was. There are some others—Asp, trained by Jim Fitzsimmons and bred to go a route; Dit, Merry Knight, Marogay, Royal Crusader, Gallahadion, Chatted, Blue Suit, Corydon, Red Dock and maybe a couple of others we haven't recalled. They don’t figure, but, then, dope doesn’t amount to much in a Derby. The test comes too early in the year. The Colonel’s Derby Winners Don’t Hold Up Looking beyond the Derby, how do the 3-year-olds of 1940 stack up? Face folk with whom we have talked don't rate them'highly but, then, they never do. If Bimelech wins the Derby it will be interesting to see how far the Bradley horse goes. Johnstown looked the part of one of the great horses of all times when he tore down the stretch at Churchill Downs last May. But big John ran next to last in the Preakness a week later and as the season wore on it -was Challedon which won the 3-year- old crown—indeed, the all-age title—and Johnstown went wrong and was retired. And, in the meantime, El Chico had to be destroyed. Bradley horses win Derbies but they rarely hold up. Bubbling Over went wrong, so did Burgoo King and Broker's Tip. It may be they are rushed too hard for the Derby. We talked with a racing man recently. He was the man who touted Challedon before the Derby and after it was over. He stuck by the big Maryland horse and stuck to have the last laugh. s “Keep an eye on some horse whose breeding and way of running guggests that he will like a distance,” he said. “A horse which runs a good race once in a while in the next few weeks. You'll find the 3-year- old champion in that group.” Precedent won't be broken, of course, if the fellow is right. Gran- 2-year-olds. They had to improve before gaining real fame. And, by the way, we're wondering if Pictor wouldn’t be that next champ? Blozis' Feats With Shot Luring Choice Lot of Track Talent To Georgetown -~ The full value of Al Blozis’ record- ghattering shot-putting to George- town has not been established, but 4t means more than temporary glory for the school, it appears, for Rome Schwagel, former director of, pub- licity at the Hilltop, and Frank Geiger, another sports - minded alumnus, were in town over the week end bearing glowing reports of rising | Georgetown prestige on the big | track circuit. They unhesitatingly call Blozis | tHie best advertisement in the ool’s history because his feats are fi'ncting the notice of schoolboy | stars. It's only natural for young- s to want to follow in the foot- g;s of a champion, to occupy his | piche, when he has passed on, and Bohwagel and Geiger, voluntary missionaries for Georgetown, say a {Izable group of promising young rackmen has its eyes on the District chool. ! .Some youngsters who may enter Georgetown next September are Fred Araugo. Bill Malloy, Earl ‘Audet, Ed Pekarsky, Hughie Short, Johnny Anderson and Paul James. THey're all thoroughbreds of the cinderpath, champions of one sort or another, and Messrs. Schwagel and Geiger enthusiastically Insist they’re Washington-bound. This will he pleasant news for Coach “Hap” Hardell, who disclaims all credit for the squad’s successful winter cam- paign. He dismisses all poems of praise with a single sentence. . “This team would win for any coach.” Audet and Pekarsky are giants who may fit into the football as well as track picture, although Jack Hagerty is abundantly supplied with linemen—which they would be —and is calling loudly for backs. Audet, a strapping 245-pounder, 6 feet 1% inches, carried off the inter- scholastic shotputting crown in the metropolitan New York area last winter. Pekarsky, all-State New Jersey tackle last year, scales 260 pounds, stands 6 feet 3 inches tall, and is down in the record books as one of the Nation's best outdoor shotputters with a mark of 53 feet 71 inches. This is for the 12-pound ball—not 16-pound shot collegians use. Audet, incidentally, appeared with Blozis in the Finnish Relief games at Newark and the pair struck up & friendship that certainly will not deter Audet from entering Georgetown. Malioy hails from Bishop Laurin High School, Brooklyn, and is Next Fall school’'s championship mile relay team and is touted by Eastman as a coming star quarter-miler. The same school sent Morty Alnwick, currently on the varsity, to George- town. Araugo, a middle-distance runner, is New York’s metropolitan scholas- tic mile champion and turned in the fastest indoor half mile credited to a schoolboy last winter. He is a stu- dent at De La Salle High, famous for its trackmen, which sent Johnny Quigley—speedy quarter-miler—to he Foening Stap Fporls WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940. Boston’s Chill Threatens to Add to Woes of Nats, Hard Hit by Dismal Start Win, Lose or Draw By FRANCIS E. STAN, Star Staff Correspondent. The Derby, and Its Angles, Sneaks Up BOSTON, Mass., April 22.—With the major league baseball cam- Tests This Week May Unfangle Derby Dope Bimmie Faces First 3-Year-Old Start; Rivals on Mettle By SID FEDER, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, April 22—Miss Sec- retary, take another letter please to Big Boy Bimelech down at Lexing- ton, Ky.: Dear Bimmie: Hello again. Remember, we dropped you a line a month or so ago telling how Andy K. was around and about bragging that he was go- ing to run you right out of the park when he got you in the Kentucky Derby? Well, you can just forget about it. In fact, you don’t have to lose any sleep about any of the boys up here. For, from what's been show- ing around the East so far, you'll have to lose a lot of last year's stuff to miss grabbing the brass ring May 4 if the going is fast. Wood May Clarify Situation. Unless something comes up red hot Saturday in the Wood Memorial at Jamaica, you might just as well get fitted for that necklace of roses right now, so far as this neck of the woods is concerned. Yep, those brand new 8-to-5 winter book odds on you look to be a softer touch than even money on the Yankees. Guess you've heard of the Yanks. And, from what the feed bag has been whispering around, there doesn’t seem to be much to get you off your feed down your way either. Oh, they talk a lot about Oregon's Mioland, but he was both yes and no on the Coast this winter. Then, they say that dark hoss, Black Brummel, looks mighty good, too. Well, you'll have a gander at him Tuesday in the mile-and-six- teenth Castleton at Keenland, so you can tell then. And those you don't see there, you'll probably say “howdy” to in the Blue Grass Stages yourself Thursday. You're going to make your first start in that one, so it won't be long now. The Wood is going to have a large field out if we huve a fast track for a change. All the trainers’ll be trying to find some excusé for ship- ping to Louisville to give you a rassle for it at the Downs. Andy K.ll be on hand, but he turned out in the mud for the Chesapeake Saturday at Havre and he ran about as straight as the guy who has absorbed & dozen or 5o of your best bourbons. Fenelon, Flight Command and Carrier Pigeon also may go Satur- day, but their recent outings didn't uncover anything to get you mum- bAng in your oats. Of the Derby eligibles, Arnold Hanger’s Dit, Mrs. H. C. Phipps’ Asp, Mrs. E. Graham Lewis’ Jacomar, H. O. Frelinghuy- sen’s Ekwanok ,and that English fellow with the Dixie name, Robert E. Lee, are the ones who haven't given the folks a line yet. They’ll be ville, Gallant Fox, Omaha, Cavalcade and Challedon were not champion | going all out Saturday. Then there are also Jock Whitney’s crack duet, Calory and Woof Woof, who aren't eligible for the Derby, but who may go in the Wood as a prep for the Preakness two weeks later. All of these have been working like the real McCoy so far. Law of Averages Augurs Rain. In closing, there’s only one warn- ing. The law of averages is a funny thing. You know, you can toss eight or a dozen passes in a row with those ivory cubes, but sooner or later up pops snake-eyes. The same goes for the weather man. He's been mighty good to the Derby here lately, but he’s bound to twrn on the faucet one of these days. If this is the year, you'd better get ready for a lot of mud-running, W. L. Brann's Pictor, who splashed home in” the Chesapeake, and Joe ‘Widenet's Roman, who turned in a neat swimming stunt at Keenland Saturday, are going to be hot stuff on Derby Day if it comes up slop. Best regards from your old pal. Manhattan. Short, of Hillside, N. J., is national indoor 1,000 scholastic titleholder and Anderson, of Brooklyn Tech, is metropolitan quarter-mile scholastic champion. James anchored the sprint relay team of St. Benedict's Prep, Newark, and also holds the national quarter-mile crown. Well, maybe theyll come to Georgetown. Hoya supporters fer- vently hope so, but a lot of things can happen between the close of a high school and beginning of a col- lege career. Certainly Hardell wouldn’t mind having another squad that “would win for any coach,” if | he happened to be that gentleman. Jane Stauffer, Abellera Table Net Victors Jane Stauffer won the women’s intersectional table tennis title and Tommy Abellera captured the men’s in the finals last night at the 1305 E Street Center. Miss Stauffer defeated Hanah Copperman, 22—24, 21—17, 21—10, 21—11. Abellera defeated Norman Dancy, 21—16, 21—17, 21—15. In the men’s doubles R. Daniels and Abellera won from Ray Bressler and Sol Pear, 21—19, 21—18, 19—21, 18—21, 21—10. Trophies were awsarded by C. Ares. SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT FOREVER ! T MIGHT AS WELL GET SLICKED uP AN' BE PREPARED FOR THE *BATTLE OF THE BUNKERS®! <Tegy Fair Weather Brings Variety of Combat ToD. C. Colleges Baseball, Tennis, Track Occupy Three Schools Opening Busy Week ‘What promised to be the Capital’s first real spring day in nearly a week sent District collegians scurry- ing onto the baseball diamond, ten- nis court and cinder path today as three local schools inaugurated a full week of ‘activity. Four baseball games, two tennis matches and a track meef were on this afternoon’s card, with a la- crosse game added to nearly the same program for tomorrow. - American University furnished most of the home competition today, with its baseball team playing off a postponed game with the Wilson Teachers on the East Ellipse, its track team playing host to William and Mary and its tennis team enter- taining Catawba at Columbia Coun- try Club. In addition, the Eagle Jayvee netmen tackled the George- town freshmen at the Hilltop. George Washington and Maryland baseball teams both were playing the first of two games each on brief Virginia trips. The Colonials are at Lexington, Va., where they were to meet Washington and Lee today and V. M. 1. tomorrow. Maryland was at William and Mary today and will meet Randolph-Macon tomor- TOW. A special treat for college baseball fans looms for tomorrow, when Georgetown’s undefeated nine will clash with a classy Fordham team at the Hilltop. Still victorious after games with Pennsylvania, Harvard, ?rtmouth and Navy, Coach Joe 'udge will toss his ace righthander, Vinnie Powers, at the Rams with the hope of making it five straight. B\ — By LEWIS F. ATCHISON. ‘Whoever made the draw for posi- | tions in the Penn Relays coming up Friday and Saturday at Philadelphia did Metropolitan Washington squads no favor, for in all but two races | Washington men will be far on the | outside when the starter’s gun sends them away. This is exclusive of the Mason-Dixon Conference relay, in which American University drew No. 3 position and Catholic Uni- versity, No. 5. In the featured mile college cham- pionship, for example, in which North Texas State drew the pole, New York University’s cinder-scorch- ing crew was placed 7th, Georgetown 8th and Maryland 11th. This means the team on the pole and those close to it will have a decided ad- vantage, for it is the custom at Penn Relays to keep men in their starting lanes, forcing outside teams to run as much as 20 yards farther than the pole team. Few quartets, regardless of proven ability, can give away that brand and win. Burden én Georgetown. Georgetgwn, carrying it further, may have to travel a full yard more than N. Y. U.’s team, and George- town bettered 3:20 only once during the indoor season, while the Violets’ team of Jim McPoland, George Hagans, Harold Bogrow and Jim Herbert hung up a world indoor mark of 3:15 at Dartmouth last month. A yard canbe as good as a mile in a close finish when inches sometimes are the difference be- tween victory and defeat. ‘Worse luck befell District repre- sentatives in the sprint medley championship, which Georgetown hungrily eyes, for the Hoyas drew the last position—20th—and Mary- land fared little better at No. 15. Harridge Canceled Reservations on llI-Fated Train Dykes Makes Sacrifice to Stay With White Sox; Bartell Popular With Detroit Fans By EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, April 22—Will C. Harridge, president of the Amer- ican League, just missed being on the ill-fated Lake Shore Limited, wrecked near Little Falls, N. Y, Saturday with an appalling loss of life. He had reservations on that train, but was able to finish his New York appointments in time to catch the Chicago-bound 20th Century Limited, which left several hours earlier. Old Jim Thorpe, always greatly admired by Knute Rockne, will have a bit in the forthcom- ing “Life of Xnute Rockne.” Henry Armstrong and Paul Junior may play to a $25,000 house in Boston Friday night. Jimmy Dykes turned down a $30,000 Philly offer to remain with the Pale Hose at considerably less. ‘Today’s true story: Josh Cody, new Temple line coach and one of the best, likes to tell this one coached by George Eastman, former Georgetown star. He anchored the on himself: Back in 1917 they ‘were about to give him his walk- ing papers from an officers’ train- ing school at Fort Oglethorpe because of poor eyesight. Next day Josh played in a camp base- ball game and socked two homers. P. S.: The poor eyesight charges were dismissed pronto. Dick Metz, handsomest of the golf pros, has taken over the Oak Park course near Chicago where Horton Smith formerly held forth. The new “sports quiz” pro- gram is getting better, but can get along with a lot less ad libbing. For the fifth consecutive year, Coach Bob Zuppke of Illinois has his paintings on dis- play at Chicago’s Palmer House exhibit. ‘The No. 1 guy in Detroit at the moment is Dick Bartell, who has caught on with the fans in a big league way. Jim Rogers, polo- playing son of the late Will, is bringing his all-California team East on June 2 for a game at the Pegasus Polo Club at Rockleigh, N.J. Good reading: Dick Ander- son'’s swell piece on Honus Wag- & ner in the Evansville (Ind) Courier-Press. Help, help, help! To the mem- bers of this congregation: It is not against the rules to send in dope for this album of song. It takes ammunition to keep any engine going. Look around, see what is going on in your com- munity and keep us posted. Send us the news, gossip and original wisecracks. (Four-line jingles also welcome). Send them to Eddie Brietz, the Associated Press, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. Reason Bill Terry isn’t in the “baseball register” is that he didn’t bother to answer four or five letters requesting information about himself—not because he demanded compensation for same. Belated reports from Venezuela say Jack Dempsey bonered in calling the Sixto Escobar-Simon Chavez fight & draw after Sixto had Chavez all over the floor. Myron McCor- mick, who is making good in the Cincinnat! outfield, failed at every infleld position before shifting to the wide open spaces. “Grandpa Goes to Town,” in which your old friend, Arturo Godoy, is seen in action, was previewed here today (one star and a half). Pitcher Red Evans’ love for bottled suds has Minneapolis club officials viewing with all kinds of alarm. Today’s guest star — Jack Broudy, Boston Traveler: The defense is fine- on the Maginot Line, ‘Where France’s might is massed; But the one for mine is the old Klem line, The line that can't be passedd People’s choice. Why doesn’t Mike Jacobs stop fiddling around with guys like Paychek and Lee Savold and put Arturo Godoy in there against Louis in June? Mail reaching this department rrm l:‘lw ov;x;y the %ountry indi- cal s who pay the boxing freight thing the Chilean rates the over Pastor, Max Bser, or even Gslento. —By JIM BERRYMAN Starting Positions Drawn Far From Pole Greatly Handicap Hoyas, Terps in Penn Meet | baton, the Terps pulled ticket No. 10. | | often duplicated. much ground in competition of this | * In the 4-mile run, which Maryland hopes to capture, with Mason Chronister, Jim Kehoe, Bob Condon and Tommy Fields' carrying the| Over the longer distance the luck of the draw,may not play an im- portant part in the final outcome and Geary Eppley of Maryland says it isn’t too much of a handicap in & sprint medley. Several years ago, he points out, Warren Evans started with his shoulder against the wall on the extreme outside and Mary- land still won. Terps Get Two Breaks. Earl Widmyer, Bob Archer and Coleman Hadley made up the slack, but it isn’t an everyday experience. That group turned in some mighty fancy footwork to get home first and records prove the feat isn't Maryland drew another outside number, 11, in the distance medley relay, but finally got down in the lower bracket with a No. 4 place in the 2-mile relay and No. 2 position in the half-mile relay. Georgetown, entered in only three events, couldn’t even get a break in the freshman championship run, drawing 16th place. New York U, Pitt, Manhattan and Fordham are favored to garner the lion’s share of laurels in the two-day bunion marathon, but both Georgetown and Maryland harbor a feeling they can edge into the pic- ture in one or two events. Mary- land won the Class B title last year in 3:193 with the same team that is moving into faster company this year. North Texas State, with a 3:18 mile team that includes two New Yorkers, Ed Rogers and John Jack- son; Princeton, anchored by Ed Burrows, and Ohio State are others who will make the Violet step their best to take the crown. Murphy’s Absence Hurts. Another second place in the meet with Rutgers last Saturday would have given Maryland a 63-63 tie with its host and a victory would have given it the meat. But Joe Murphy, the Terps® crack sprinter, who figures to win most dual races and at least place second, failed to appear at New Brunswick and Gor- don Kluge was left at home with an ailing knee. Kluge might have gotten the necessary points in the javelin, but Murphy was considered & lock to win his event. Eppley hasnt heard from Joe since Priday when he departed for & visit to his home in Southern New Jersey. He was to motor the 100 miles between home and New Brunswick in time for the games Saturday. “Swede” figures he took a look at the nasty weather and decided the meet wouldn’t be held or it was too risky for him, a re- cent victim of influenza, to expose himself, and the Terp coach has absolved him of any blame—vibtory or no victory. RACES TODAY M fi":!:fl fi%m: E 8T FIRST RACE AT 9:30 P Gamgfit;rlage Plays Hob With Hurling Staff Work Sorely Needed By Slabmen; Money Losses Heavy By a Btaff Correspondent of The Star. BOSTON, April 22.—If the rest of the season goes like the first six days for the Nationals they are subject to several dire fates, such as (1) winding up in the cellar, (2) freez- ing to death and (3) winding up| in the poor house. - This has been a bitter American | League start for.the Washington club. Not only has it lost all three of its games so far but, according to Secretary Edward B. Eynon, jr., three postponements so far have cost the Nats approximately $25,000 in box office receipts. Moreover, according to the Weather Bureau, that isn't all. The Nats’ good fortune stopped after four and one-half innings of their first game—the Washington opener against the Red Sox. With the completion of those four and |+ one-half innings the game was made | legal and the crowd of 31,000 had passed the rain-check stage. Sleet Storm Greets ’Em. But their luck stopped there. They lost the game and were rained out the next day. They played on the third day to a small crowd on a| == gloomy afternoon and lost again. In New York great things were | expected. Big gates and a chance | to win with the Yankees’ Di Maggio | on the side lines. But in the only | game played only 15,000-odd specta- tors turned out and—the Griffs lost again. Saturday and yesterday, week-end dates highly prized by visiting Jiubs in New York, were spent in a hotel lobby while a cold rain fell. Arriving here last night, the Griffs | bumped into a sleet blizzard and a temperature in the mid-30s. They may not be able to play a game in the scheduled three-day stand. Bucky’s Pitchers Need Work. Meanwhile, a new problem con- fronts Manager Bucky Harris. The postponements have played hob with his pitching staff. Some of the boys, except for batting practice, have seen no action in more than a week or 10 days. This is a problem not confronted by Harris alone. Practically all of the major league clubs, plagued by bad weather, have pitchers who are getting out of shape. But Harris, of course, is concerned only with Harris. Weather permitting, Bucky was| to pitch Dutch Leonard today and Joe Haynes tomorrow. Haynes hasn't pitched since April 8 in Greenville, S. C,, when the Griffs were on the way home. Joe Kra- kauskas, who was to have started against the Yankees last Saturday | and again yesterday, probably | won't face the Sox in this scheduled three-game series because. Fenway Park and the Bostons are supposed to be bad for southpaws. Joe, though, needs action. Neither Krakky nor Alex Carrasquel has pitched in 12 days. Nats Would Go to Harvard. It has been 11 days since Gil- berto Torres and Rene Monteagudo have worked in a game. Both times their terms were brief. When Al Hollingsworth relieved Ken Chase last Priday in New York it marked his first competitive action in more than a month. A bitingly cold wind greeted the Nats this morning and made even a workout at the ball park under the stands doubtful. If this can't be done Harris threatens to expose his athletes to culture and take them, with Harvard’s permission, to the Crimson’s big indoor batting cage and infield. Here things would be lovely, Har- ris thinks. The hitters could hit, the pitchers could pitch and the infielders could drill. . But, of course, Harvard's athletic department has to be in a receptive mood. It may be that the Crimson bigwigs won't want their boys ex- posed to the Nats. They might learn some bad habits. Incidentally, the Griffs shed a player with their arrival. He was Hal Quick, diminutive infielder who was sent to the Springfield (Mass.) team of the Eastern League to the surprise of nobody. Maki Far Off Record As He Beats Lash In 3-Mile Race By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, April 22.—Under a warm Southern sun, and scarcely pressed by Indiana’s Don Lash, Taisto Maki of Finland took 28 sec- onds more than his world record time to run 3 miles here for the Finnish relief fund. Maki, in his first outdoor appear- ance in the United States, did the distance in 14 minutes, 10.4 seconds before a crowd of 3,000 yesterday. Lash finished more than 150 yards behind the Finn. Maki’s first scheduled opponent, Greg Rice, was unable to appear because of & foot injury. AUTO TROUBLE? (+//CARL ® BRIGHTWO00D e ® DOWNTOWN e ® KORTHEAST o Phone Dlstrict 2115 Maijor Statistics MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940, AMERICAN Results Yesterday. Washington at New York. rain. Detroit, 12; Cleveland, 2. 0. 6:' 8t. Louis, 2. Philadeiphia ai Boston. rain. STANDING OF THE CLUBS e PuvRAND Ly S0 310X N o) sinox d[apeiud UOIIUTGSEAL - eswjuaomng 2% e = GAMES TODAY. Wash. at Boston. 3. GAMES TOMORROW. Wash. at Bost - Phils. at New York. Phila at New York: Detroit at_Chicago. Detroit at_Chicago. Cleve. at St. Louis. Cleve. at St. Louis. NATIONAL Results Yesterday, ‘hicago, 4. ork at Brooklyn, rain. Boston at Philadelphia. rain. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. cold. STANDING OF THE Eoes T g 5 z i g UADIOOIE | TeuupPUD oaworud = N10K MoN Chil 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. Boston at Brooklyn. Boston at Brooklya. New York at Phila. New York at Phila. Chicago at Pittsh'gh. Chicago at Pittsb'gh. St. Louls at Cinci. St. Louis at Cinel. Basket Date Awards Keep Chicago in Big Ten Group Statement by Hutchins On Athletic Viewpoint Appeases Directors By TOM SILER. Associated Press Sports Writer. CHICAGO, April 22 —The Univer- sity of Chicago, subject of & whis- pering campaign ever since inter- collegiate football was abandoned, still is in there pitching for the re- mainder of its sports program. President Robert M. Hutchins told the athletic directors of the Big Ten yesterday what he had said and what he had not said about intercollegiate football at Chicago and elsewhere, clearing the air of many charges and counter-charges. Directors Were Miffed. After Chicago explained its posi- tion the athletic directors voted unanimously to give ythe midway institution a place on their basket ball schedules for the season of 1940-41. To have declined to sched= ule the Maroons would have meant virtual ostracism from the circuit. The directors, in a meeting March 9, refused to complete the basket ball schedules until they heard from Chicago. Some of them plainly were miffed over remarks attributed to high Chicago officials. An “un- known spokesman” for the trustees had been guoted in the newspapers as saying a winning football team could not be produced in the Big Ten without cheating the rules. The directors asked if this senti- ment was expressed by a school offi- cial and, if so, that the institution either offer proof of rules violations or apologize. Hutchins Restates Stand. A letter from Hutchins, presented to the directors yesterday by T. Nel- son Metcalf, Chicago’s athletic di- rector, said: “On the subject of subsidization in the Big Ten I have said in public and private only this: ‘To achieve the peculiar advantages of winning football, the University of Chicago must, under its conditions, subsidize players. The intercollegiate confer~ ence (Big Ten) has a sweeping rule forbidding subsidization. The uni- versity does not want winning foot- ball at the cost of violating that rule.” The directors deferred drawing up schedules in any other sports until their next meeting May 24-25, dur- ing the outdoor track meet at Northwestern University. The di- rectors awarded the 1941 indoor track meet to Purdue University and set the date for February 28-March 1, a week earlier than usual as a special favor to the Illinois relays. Niles Freeman Honored Niles Freeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Freeman of Washington, has been awarded a letter for swim- ming by the Peddie School of New Jersey. $5.50 Round wip lncluding Parlo <cor seot $300 Wookdeys, April 15-27 EASTERN STANDARD TIME Lv. Washington o « & o o 1230 pm, Lv.Boltimore . o o4 o o HiSpm AL RACETRACK . . o o » USSpm. Coaches—Porlor Cors-Dining Cors Daily Double closes 2:15 pm. First Race 2:30 pm. Returning immedictely after last race. PENNSYLVANIR RAILROARD