Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1940, Page 16

Win, Lose or Draw By FRANCIS E. STAN. - High School Ball With Patches in Pants , Next to Al Blozis of Georgetown, probably the most talked-about athlete in town this spring had been 17-year-old Benny Steiner, short- stop of the Central High Vikings. Up Columbia Heights way they whisper that the Senators, Red Sox, Tigers and other big league clubs have scouts begging Benjamin to go to some nice college at their expense. “A scout from the Cincinnati Reds” is supposed to be here today,” Coach Jackie Ray of the Vikings said, casually, searching the stands. “I;e‘s quite a boy, Benny. I've never seen a high school boy get so many offers.” If there was a Cincinnati scout in the stand yesterday for the Central- Roosevelt game he must have been about 15 and carrying.a couple of books under his arm. But there is no denying that some interest has been shown in Steiner. Even Uncle Clark Griffith, who missed the bus on Billy Werber and Charley Keller, admits that he likes Steiner. “I don't know if he's an infielder,” Griff says, “but he's got a pretty good batting stroke. You can't tell about kids at that age. Some look promising but sometimes they make it and sometimes they don't.” Ray Says the Nats Kidded Jimmy Pofahl Steiner went into action with a batting average of around .500 and picked up a double, two singles and a base on balls for his day’s labor at the plate. Two of his hits sailed over the ludicrously short right-field fence. In almost any sandlot park they would have been caught. But around Central they are indignant when it is suggested that a short fence helps Steiner manufacture his remarkable average. “We also play on other fields,” Mr. Ray hissed, “and if the fence is far in right-field he hits to left or center. He hits to all fields. Benny's Jjust smart. He pulls the ball here to take advantage of the short wall. “Say,” he went on, “did you hear about the Washington players kidding Jimmy Pofahl after they saw Benny? Well, they did. This Pofahl, in my book, has a bad arm and when this boy worked out with the Nats the fellows got to kidding Pofahl. No fooling, Steiner is a two-to-one better thrower than Pofahl right now, although I personally think Benny is an outfielder.” Benny Is Playing in Horrible Company The question was carried to Hardy Pearce, the football and track coach at Central. Mr. Pearce was a little peeved at Steiner. It seems he had held a track meet within the school and Benny won most first places. “I was pulling against him, too,” Mr. Pearce sighed. “I wanted a boy I could use for track to win. Benny, he's no good to me now. He plays ball.” Mr. Pearce, it might be added, isn't a ball fan. “So I couldn't pass any judgment on Steiner as a hitter or as a shortstop or outfielder,” he explained. “I know this, however—the kid is the smartest football player I've ever coached. He kicks, runs, passes and thinks.” If we were scouting we'd have to see more of young Mr. Steiner, and considerably more than that of Billy Fisher, the star Central pitcher who also is supposed to be a major league prospect. It strikes us that Jjudging Benny now is risky because he is playing in pretty horrible company. The age limit and the scarcity of boys playing baseball have taken their toll. Even the coaches admit that high school ball isn't what it used to be. Best Crop of Prospects From 1922-27 It has been a long time since major league material came out of the local scholastic ranks. The last crop, and probably the most bounti- ful, was harvested from 1922-27, roughly recalling. There were no age limits in those days and there were more boys playing ball. Some of them were pretty good. Western had a shortstop named Bobby Stevens. At the same time Tech High had an infielder named Bill Werber and, coming right behind him, another named Bozie Berger. Central presented some standout prospects, like Lefty Stevens and George Brandt and Willie Wolf; Roosevelt (it was Business, then), had Charley May, and Eastern, year in and year out, produced the all-around best teams. Werber and Berger went to college and then reached the majors. Werber still plays for the Reds, National League champions, and Berger is with Montreal. Almost direct from high school, Bobby Stevens went into the International League. More than a dozen during that period earned paid-up college terms, with big league teams sponsoring them, or drifted into minor league ball. They were an older set of ball players in those days but, at the same time, baseball didn't need new blood as it now does. The whole business, we suppose, is equalized. Grid Game Makes Dudes of Vikings High school ball, as it now is committed, is sorry in several spots. An increasing percentage of the participants are playing on teams for the first time. With this type of talent the coaches’ ability to bring out the niceties is limited. Before they can preach the hit-and-run, they must teach the hit, by itself. Cut-off plays and the technique of defending double-steals, planned and otherwise, necessarily are skimmed over. Steiner can absorb the rudiments of the cut-off play. So, probably, can little Pat Fenlon, the Central second baseman who, in time, may be & better prospect than Steiner. But the majority of the high school infielders must be considered in the absolutely fundamental stages. It is too bad, too, that high school ball has been permitted by the brass hats of the educational department, to go around with patches in its pants. We mean that. Roosevelt’s right fielder, for instance, didn’t even have the semblance of a uniform. Maybe they figured a right fielder in Central Stadium, which has a right field the size of a night club floor, isn't an adjunct. Before the game was over Roosevelt ran out of baseballs and the coaches wrangled over whose turn it was to furnish the next scarred ball. Centrel is one of the dude schools of the series race because some of the Vikings' uniforms match. This, it was explained by a school power, was because Central played a night football game last fall against St. John's and drew close to 12,000 people. Football, of course, pays for the other sports. But what of the schools that don't draw 12,000 people a grid season? Roosevelt is one of these. So the Rough Riders, as they aptly are named because they always are getting a rough ride, have to go along with eight uniforms distantly related and the No. 9 guy, a skinny little right fielder, has to look out for himself. He didn't even have stockings. - First Home Run In Chisox Rout Circuit Clouts Tell For Dodgers, Reds; Cub Hurler Stingy By JUDSON BAILEY, Associated Press Sports Writer. Signals over! Left-handed pitch- ing isn't making the world cham- pion New York Yankees lie down and play dead any longer, so the opposing managers in the American League had better scout out some new strategy quickly. There was no doubt that any kind of southpaw slinging would befuddle the Yanks during the first month of the season. The champions faced left-handed hurlers in 14 of their first 20 games and lost 10 of them. But things are different now. During the gloomy days the Yan- kees’ batting order had five left- handed hitters (six when Atley Donald or Vernon Gomez pitched). Yesterday there were only two and the club crushed the Chicago White Sox, 6-1. The second straight triumph raised the Yanks within a half game of the seventh-place White Sox. Like the previous victory, yes- terday’s was at the expense of a southpaw, Edgar Smith, First Homer for Di Mag. Joe Di Maggio, who returned to action last week, hit the first homer of the year for two runs in the first inning and in the fourth the team collected four more, two of them on a triple by Colonel Buster Mills. Bill Dietrich took charge for Sox in the fifth and pitched two-hit shutout ball for five in- nings, but too late. In the best pitching stint, Claude Passeau held the New York Giants to two singles in giving the Chicago Cubs a 4-0 shutout. Passeau had a no-hitter until the sixth. Joe Moore got both New York hits. Bill Herman homered and Passeau himself doubled two runs across. The game was marred by an accident in the first inning when Stan Hack of the Cubs was hit on the head by a ball batted by team- mate Hank Leiber. Hack was knocked unconscious, but the in- jury wasn't as serious as at first believed and the player was due to be released from a New York hospital today. Goodman's Homer Tells. A heroic home run with the bases loaded in the 11th inning was Ival (Poison Ivy) Goodman's good deed for the Cincinnati Reds and helped break up the game with the Phillies, 7-2. Boom-Boom Beck held the Reds helpless for seven innings, but in the eighth Frank McCormick hit a two-run homer to tie the score. Brooklyn managed to edge out the St. Louis Cordinals, 4-3, in a strange game. Whit Wyatt, batted out of the box in the first inning two days before, went the route and held the Cards to seven hits, including a two-run homer by Don Padgett. Brooklyn got only six hits off three pitchers, but homers by Babe Phelps and Dolph Camilli accounted for three funs. Major Leaders By the Associated Press. American _League. Batting_—Averill. Detroit, .468; Fin- ney, Boston, .400. Run ‘ase, Washington, 25; Foxx, Bogton, 24. Runs batted in—Foxx, Boston, 30: Walker, Washington, 23. Hits—Cramer, Boston, 39: Pinney, Boston, 38. Doubles—Boudreau, Cleveland, 12: 8t. Louls, and Mack, Cleveland, 10. Home runs—Foxx, Boston, 9; Tros- ky, Cleveland, 8. Stolen bases—Oase, Washington, 10; Walker. Washington, 5. Pitching—Milnar.” Cleveland, 4-0; Babich, Philadelphia, 4-1 National League, Batting—Walker. Brooklyn, Gustine, Pittsburgh, .380. s—Mize, St. Louis, 22; J. Moore, New York, 18. Runs batted in—Mize, 8t. Louls, 21; three tied with 2 Sln"ulxhler. 8t. Louis, 413 Hits—Mize and and Leiber, Chicago, 31. ubles—Padgett, St. Louis, 8: six tied with 7 witer Dles—Ross, Boston, 6: three tied Home runs—Mize, St. . 9: four tied with 4. fodin e Stolen bases—Frey, Cinzinnatt, 6; g;r'-‘x.utr[x New York, and Werber, Cin- Pitching—Walters, Cincinnatl, 5-0; Thompson, CineinnaLL, Ak "ot » D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1940. Yanks Chase Southpaw Slab Jinx as Their Big Guns Boom on Western Front Di Magg—ioSwaIsT VIKINGS ROLL ON—Catcher Hymie Perlo of Roosevelt High single in made a spectacular but futile effort to prevent Catcher Zello Lagos of Central from scoring on Third Baseman Sam Di Blasi's Maki, Third, Capluve; Plaudits of 20,000 At Relief Show Mehl Wins 2-Mile Race; Stanford Four Beats American Record By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 18.—Taisto Maki, the Flying Finn with the heart too big for his good, went down to defeat before his friendly enemies of America, Walter Mehl and Gregory Rice, but there was a roar of applause for his courageous battle in a losing 2-mile race here last night. Mehl, the Wisconsin star, won this special race in the Finnish re- lief track and field carnival in 9 minutes 18 seconds, breasting the tape 5 yards in front of Rice, Notre Dame’s national collegiate 2-mile cimmpion of 1939, while Maki, out- sprinted in the final kick for the finish line, ran third, 5 yards back of Rice. Sonja Henie Presents Medal. A crowd of some 20,000 turned out for the program, which included acts and introductions of many Hollywood motion picture celebrities. Maki received a big hand when he received his medal from Sonja Henie, the one-time Norwegian Olympic skating champion. Three outstanding marks were achieved in other events, chief of which was the time of the Stanford University quartet, which won the 2-mile relay in 7 minutes 388. The performance eclipsed the American mark of 7 minutes 402 seconds set at the Olympics here in 1932 by a British team. The Stanford team consisted of Ernie Clark, Blair Hyde, | B3 Jack Moore and Paul Moore. Once again Paul Moore defeated | perio.c Louie Zamperini of Southern Cali- fornia. Both ran the anchor lap in the relay, and it was Moore’s final kick that brought him-a close but decisive victory. California was third, not far out of the running. Barely Misses Jumping Record. High Jumpers Johnny Wilson of U. S. C. and Les Steers of the Olympic Club, San Francisco, tied at 6 feet 835 inches, and made a fine attempt to break the world record of 6 feet 9% inches. Wilson, par- ticularly, barely missed on all three tries. Cornelius Warmerdam of the Olympics captured the pole vault at 14 feet 10 inches, with Earle Meadows next at 14 feet. Mozel Ellerbe of Tuskegee Insti- tute, national college sprint cham- pion, won the 100-yard dash as ex- pected, edging out Mickey Anderson of U. 8. C. in 9.7 seeonds, while the California four-man mile relay team captured that event in the fast time of 3 minufes 12.9 seconds. The team was composed of Reese, Froome, Buzeck and Barnes. Dixie Tavern Is Winner Dixie Tavern softball tossers chalked up a 13-6 victory over Metropolitan Bank. Arthur Donovan to Referee Jeffra-Archibald Fight Play-for-Pay Policy Causes Notre Dame to Shun Georgia Tech; Hartnett Practice Fiicier By EDDIE BRIETZ, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, May 18.—Arthur Donovan, New York’s No. 1 ref- eree, will work the Joey Archi- bald-Harry Jeffra featherweight title fight in Baltimore Monday night. Detroit and Duquoin, Ill., are first and second in line for the fall trotting dates originally as- signed Indianapolis. Clayton Heafner ,the North Carolina golf star, has been lost completely five times in the big town's mazes since arriving Wednesday for the Goodall. Notre Dame is calling off its colorful gridiron rivalry with Georgia Tech because of the Southeastern Conference’s play- for-pay policy. up 67 balls (at $1.25 per) in their 13-inning battle the other day. One of the features of commence- ment week at Notre Dame will be an exhibition golf match be- tween Walter Hagen, jr., and his famous popper. The Elon Col- Major League SATURDAY, AMERICAN Results Yesterday. Cleveland. -18; ington, 1. Rew ¥ork. & Chiemar'e™ 1 Boston-St. Louls, rain. Philadelphia-Detroit, cold, STANDING OF THE CLUBS lege (N.C.) baseball team won 20 of 21 games this season, 19 of 'em in a row. Paging Paychek—Johnny Pay- chek offered to meet Red Bur- man free gratis to show East- erners he still can fight. Des Moines fans are wondering why, Statistics May 18, 1940. NATIONAL Results Yesterday. Cincinnati, 7; Philadeiphis, 2 (11 tn’ gm o4} New Sork, 0. Fittaburen-Boston. rain. Watch your h's—Patty Steph- enson, the Minneapolis golferette, shortly will wed Dr. George S. Bergh. Watch out for this: “Sec- ond-round pairings—Patty Berg, ' \ Minneapolis, vs. Patty Bergh, 1 STANDING OF THE CL ‘8 T KT wjudEpey ] -1 3 & : Ppli = Tasuupl £ =T XI0% M3 Minneapolis.” 3118|_6.750! 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Wash. st . 8:00. Detroit. Phila. at St. Louls. 7 GAMES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW. 8t. L. at Brooklyn. Chicago st Brooklya. Chicago at New I}Erk. . Louls at N. Y. Clnfianfllfl :: % & :!4 at M‘l‘% A if he really is sincere, he turned down a bout with Eddie Simms out there for which he would have been paid folding money. Dizzy Dean going to Johns Hopkins was Mrs. D.’s idea. He is paying his own expenses, since the Cubs aren’t that interested any more. Correction: The Kan- sas City (Kans.) Rosedale bowl- ers, who finished second in the A. B. C. team event, did not fin- ish last in their home town league, as we reported. That was a Kansas City (Mo.) team with the same name. Sorry. Gabby Hartnett has pitched bat- ting practice every since the Cubs’ five-game streak began. Arturo Godoy begins training for Joe Louis at Carmel, Ne Y., & week from today. The Reds are making goo-goo eyes at Eddie Shokes, star Duke U. first-sacker. ‘Today’s guest star—Arch Ward, Chicago Tribune: “Mrs, Dizzy Dean is taking her husband’s baseball reverses in a philosophic manner. Asked if the rumor was true that Diz didn't accompany the Cubs on their Eastern trip, she replied, ‘No, Diz went with them, but what for I don’t know.’ ” Same old jinx—Napoleon wasn’t the only guy who couldn't: win at Waterloo. Latest: Three-I League standings show Waterloo in the cellar, with no games won and eight lost. Slim M the third inning of Ce atop the title race. argin of Central’'s Win Over Riders Heartens Rivals Chasing High School Leader Increasing indications that Cen- tral is not invincible despite its un- defeated status in the current school baseball race heartened five other series teams today as the playoff dates loomed in the not-too-distant future. For a Roosevelt nine, which had won only once in three previous starts, not only knocked out the Vikings’ ace pitcher, Bill Fisher, for the first time this year yesterday, but had the tying run on base in both the eighth and ninth innings before losing a 6-5 decision in the Thirteenth street stadium. With Eastern and Western both winning, over Woodrow Wilson and Anacostia, respectively, the standing of the first four teams remained un- changed with the Lincoln Parkers only a game behind Central and Harry it the Red Raiders a game and a half.| B'ic'r.o.1b A big eight-run first inning started Eastern on the way to a 10-3 victory over Wilson, while Western staved off a late rally to down Anacostia, 9-5. Kligman Comes to Rescue. Central may thank Relief Pitcher Charley Kligman for preserving its spotless record as the little black- haired youth got his team out of a | ¥4 hole into which Fisher had plunged it before retiring in the eighth, and again in the ninth, when he fanned Len Michaelson, already credited with a double and a triple, for the last out with two Riders on base. Benny Steiner didn’t hurt his| 4 standing as one of the series’ lead- ing hitters by blasting two singles and a double for a perfect day at o Central, AB. A Fenlon.2b Lag Soumvowscll o. 0 H 8 1 4 1 3 [4 1 al mososmnos 3| surosunson: 8l voroounoua® Totals 36 Roosevelt Central s—Fenlol i - 000 030 020—5 022 020 00x—6 Run: n, Lagos. Evans. Steiner (2). Di_Blasi, Robertson, Wicklein, Mich- aelson, an. Fahey.' Errors—Robert- son. Perlo, Wicklein, Michaelson, Steiner, Di Blasi. Pisher. Two-base hits—Steiner, Michaelson. Three-base hit—Michaelson. Stolen bases—8Steiner (2), Wicklein. Good- man, _Double play—S8teiner fo Fenlon to Whaian, First_base on_balls—Off Ver- million.* 3:"off Kligman. 1. ~Stru Fisher, 4: by Vermiliion. 7: by KI an, 2 Passed balls—Lagos (2). U ‘Purdy. Eastern Wins at Start. Five hits, two walks and two errors culminated in eight runs for Eastern in its first turn at bat Averill Majors' Best At Bat With Spurt To .468 Average Detroit Vet Well Ahead Of National’s Leader, Walker of Dodgers By the Assotiated Press. NEW YORK, May 18.—Earl Averill of the Detroit Tigers popped to the top of the big league hitting heap this week with a 468 percentage that gave him the lead not alone of the American League, but of both majors. The veteran outfielder had not been considered in the ratings previously because he did not start the season as a regular and had been at bat but a few times. He now has been at bat 47 times in 16 games and made 22 hits, thus replacing Chicago’s Taft \yrixht. who slipped from a lofty .405°perch to 375 and fifth place in the Amer- ican League rankings in one week. The week's most impressive gain among the leaders was 27 points by Lou Finney of the Boston Red Sox, who jumped from 373 to 400 even. Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who }tlhld not been rated previously for the same reason as Averill, stepped into the National League’s No. 1 slot with a 413 average. ‘The 10 leaders in each league: 22 i i 39 SRR SREE S NATIONAL LEAGUE. Walker, Brooklyn __ Gustine, Ranm i bt oot o BEIREGRESE s geustazIzay arsagtonii BRSERERNEEE0 against Wilson with Second Base- man Billy Hite the offensive leader with two doubles and two runs. Charley Hoffman relieved Starting Pitcher Mino Briscuso after 11 men had batted and settled down to pitch shutout ball for the next four frames, but the damage had been done and Wilson never got in the | game. Kenny Deavers, making his first interhigh start for the Lincoln Park- ers, had a no-hit game until one was out in the seventh, but Cornwall nicked him for a short single to center and he yielded another to Harry before retiring in favor of Haslup. > ] ] 0 > Srosy . Eastern. AB. Hite 8 b utwl,3b Gatton.1f Cohiil.r{ Walsh. =0 P ooruHonie P ) Hayes.cf Erhardt.cf Deavers.p Haslup.p Totals 33 12 27 10 - 000 000 210— 3 800 002 00x—10 8), > Coppage (2). - Gattou: . Hoffman, 'Haves, Deavers. Corn- wall. Palhamus, Rabbitt. Runs batted in ppage (2).' Conill, Walsh, Haves (2), Deavers _(2). ' Hite, ' Fugler. Cornwall. Errors—Cobpege, Deavers, Calisto, Palha- -base hits—Hite (2), . n bases—Eastern, 5: Wilson, 13. Double nllYl—Fllhlmlu to Briscuso, Kowalski to Columbus to Briscuso. Bases on ball Deavers, 5; off Haslup. 3; off off Norman, 1. by Haslup, . 1: by Hoffma by Nor- . 1. Wild pitch—Hasl Hit pitcher—By Deavers (Fugler, to). Hits Briscuso. 5 in % inning for 8 runs; off Hoffman, 6 in 61 innings for 2 runs: off Norman. 1 in 2 innings for 0 runs Winning pitcher—Deavers. Losing pitcher —Briscuso. Umpire—Mr. Shoemaker. Time—2:30. Anacostia Chases Nance. Anacostia still is looking for its first series victory after being shel- lacked by Western, which compiled a8 6-0 lead before the Indians broke the ice in the sixth. The losers had the satisfaction of driving Car- mel Nance from the box in the RPN S co0s0000H omoy OHONOHOLOORO ! H 3 0 0 2 1 § 1 I 1 1 0 SR D L b Totals 34 324 13 eighth inning during which it scored | four times, but Relief Hurler Nim- nom quelled the threat. Nance had given only five hits before suddenly blowing up. Two of Anacostia’s Tuns scored on a wild throw by Shortstop Hal Mitchell on what should have been the third out. Aside from that, Mitchell’s defensive work along with that of Third Base- man Jim Karas was outstanding. Withersit 5 Stomamizons® Nance.p. Nimnom,p owoncoo0! | lo> B orsons smaseois® Totals_391227 ® Totals__37 *Batted for Penn in the ninth,. Western _ ‘Anacostia _ & hel 2 ‘Withers, Wrenn. Karas, Cockrill, _Bright, Leukhardt (2), 'Soresi, Crawford Errors—Faircloth. Nolte. Mitchell (2). F! base on balls—Off Nunnally, 2: of cloth, 1. Hi| Nance. nings: off Nimnom. 1 in 1% Nunnally, 4 in 413 innings; o in 4% innings. Struck out—I BotsAoatostia e L Stol ostia. d ‘estern._ 6. tolen bases—Soresi, Leukhardt (2). Karas. Um- Dire—Mr. Watt. Time—2:25. e D. C. Bowlers Carry Lead Into Final K. of C. Tilt Leading in the team and singles events, Washington Knights of Co- lumbus bowlers will be host to a delegation of Baltimore K. of C. pinmen in the final of their annual intercity matches tonight at Tad Howard’s Rendezvous: In the first engagement at Balti- more the champion Pinta team de- feated the hometown Patapsco quint by 12 pins and Leo Diegelmann, with 350, won the singles from C. Gravese by 30 sticks. The District doubles team of Carl Betz and John Kane, with 640, lost by 7 pins to Murray and Feldpusch. Railroad Board Ahead Railroad Retirement Board drove over three runs in the sixth to down Railway Mail Clerks, 5-1, in their Government League game. Waple held the losers to six hits. Stars Yesterday By the Assoclated Press. Al Milnar and Jeft Heath, Indians— Milnar held Se-ators o seven hits and one run and Heath hit two home runs, Claude Passeau, Cubs—Held Giants to two hits and batted in two runs with * fVal’ Goodman. Reds—Hit home run with bases loaded in 11th to break up £ 'and "Joe DI Magsio ‘Yankees—Pormer five hits scat- {ored and latter bit two-run homer in and " Phelps, way o by | e, | preliminary assault, but faster cin- © [title battle were expected to threaten 7: | without bearing down whenever pos- ntral’s 6-5 win yesterday to stay ~—Star Staff Photo. Maryland, Duke Snipe At North Carolina’s Track Supremacy Distance Runners Hold Terps’ Southern Loop Championship Chance By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 18— | It was the University of North Caro- |lina’s two-time champions against | the field in the finals of the 18th | annual Southern Conference track | meet today, with Maryland and Duke | given an outside chance to upset | the well-balanced Tar Heel squad. None of the big three lost an ex- pected point winner in the qualifying tests in 10 of the 15 events yesterday, |but an infected foot cost North Carolina the services of Jim Davis, holder of the conference mile record and one of the few collegians in the country who can keep step with Maryland's Mason Chronister. Duke's supremacy in the shot put, javelin and discus, which is expected to net the blueclad Durham contest- ants one-two finishes in each of these events for 27 points, together with Ernie Vail's good showing in the ‘100 and:220-yard heats and Brown’s 50.3 quarter mile yesterday, helped establish Duke as the most | likely team to end Carolina’s reign. Terp Backers Optimistic. Maryland's backers predicted, however, that the black and gold in the half-mile and mile; 220 yard dash individual titles, and the mile relay team would win handily as a nucleus toward de- throning the Tar Heels. North Carolina is counting on one- two finishes for March and Mengel in the high and low hurdles, but Griffin Callahan, a surprising entry from William and Mary who won his low hurdle heat and finished a close second to March in the highs, might beat out one of the favorites. The versatile March is slated to | win the high jump on form and | place no more than second in the broad jump for the Tar Heels. North Carolina’s Crockett, defending 2-mile champion, will have to be at his peak to outrun Maryland's Fields, undefeated this season with am un- extended best time of 9:40. Marks Threatened Today. 15 and Duke 14. None of the other schools has a chance at the team title. There were no qualifying tests in the high jump, pole vault, 1 and 2 mile runs and the 1-mile relay yesterday. Finals in the field events were set | for 3:30 p.m. with the track finals scheduled to start a half-hour later. | A rain-soaked track enabled the | loop records to survive yesterday's| ders and the spirited three-way the best previous performances to- day. The qualifiers won yesterday sible. {Red Sox Want Game A late cancellation by the Eagles has left the Virginia Red Sox with- out a game for tomorrow. They ‘have a diamond or will travel. Call jerseyed Terps would finish one-two | Joe | Murphy would retain his 100 and | D North Carolina’s juggernaut qual- ified 16 entries yesterday, Maryland | B Goodall Triumph For Hogan Seen In 5-Point Lead Little Texas Golfer Burning Up Course In Round Robin By GAYLE TALBOT, Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, May 18—Ben Hogan, the Dublin, Tex., terror, appeared to have the Goodall round robin match play golf tour- nament well in hand when the fourth round started today. With four gruelling rounds still to be played over the Fresh Meadow course, and each of them against the stiffest sort of competition, the swarthy Texan might, of course, be overhauled and beaten. But with three great scores of 71-69-73 be- hind him, and a lead of 5 points over Paul Runyan and Jim Thom- son, Ben promised to be hard to catch. Hogan's Rise Phenomenal. Ben is a little guy with a tremen- dous drive. He weighs only about 135, yet only Sam Snead and Jimmy Thomson can outdrive him con- sistently. He gets his distance through a heroic windup, some- thing like Bobby Feller’s, and a vicious snap of his wri This is Hogan's first big year, and a victory in the Goodall would cap a phenomenal rise. He scored his first big win in the North and South Open at Pinehurst the past winter, then knocked off the Greensboro and Asheville Open tourneys in rapid succession. Ben is noted for his incessant practice. He likes to play two rounds a day, then practice for three or four hours, at least. At night he usually winds up on a driving range somewhere around White Plains, N. Y., where he is assistant professional at the Century Club. Built for Hard Grind. Young, athletic, and as hard as nails, Hogan is perfectly equipped for the Goodall tournament, which calls for seven rounds in four days. ‘Where Hogan had 12 “plus” points going into today’s two rounds, Runyan and Thomson each had 7. Clayton Heafner was fourth with 5, Martin Pose of the Argentine had 4, Dick Metz, 3; Gene Sarazen, 2, and Byron Nelson, the open champion, 1. Horton Smith was even-stephen, and the remainder were battling from far behind. Terps Battling V. M. 1. For 50-50 Break At Lexington Special Dispatch to The Star. LEXINGTON, Va, May 18— Maryland was to meet V. M. I. today with hopes of an even break in its two-game baseball series in this town after being beaten yesterday by Washington and Lee, 3-2. Pere shing Mondorff, big right-hander, was slated to pitch for the visitors. Adam Bengoeche’s homer with “Pop” Wharton on base saved Mary- land from a shutout yesterday and cracked Bob Gregerson's record of 20 scoreless innings. The Generals scored all their runs off Lefty Earl Springer on walks ‘and wild pitches. 'd. A TN 1 PR ey Sorormmoosl rwonoDBowW-0 woooosoouN : K *Gregerson out in fourth, bunting foul on third srike. Maryland ~__000 000 020—2 W. and L. 001 020 00x—3 Benegoechea, Gary, Thompson, Baugher. Errors—springer (2). Thompson. = Runs batted in—Benegoechea (2). Keim, Eccleston. Home run—Bene- goechea. 'Two-base ~ hits—McHale ¥ Siolen bases—Bootn (). Bausher fice hits—Gary. Eccleston. Doub) Eccleston to_Thompson to Booth. n balls—Off Springer, 3: off Gregerson. 2. Struck out—By Springer. 9: by Hunt, by Gregerson. 9. Hits—Of Springer. § in 5 innings: off Hunt. 2 in 3 innings. Left on bases—Maryland, 7: W. and L.. 8. Wild pitches—Springer (). Passed bail— Burns. Hit by Soringer (Thompson) ing pitcher—Springer Umpires—Messrs. Milan and Swink. Time —2:10. Runs—Wharton, Saq e pla: By Petworths Invade Lorton Petworth baseball club will travel to Lorton, Va. to piay the Lorton Blues on their diamond tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Petworth players will meet at 1418 Monroe street N.W. at noon Columbia 6941 until 9:30 p.m. tomorrow. i Occupy District Maryland and Johns Hopkins scraped the moss off their age-old sports rivalry this afternoon at Col- lege Park, where their lacrosse teams hacked away for the 1940 collegiate championship. The face-off was scheduled for 3 o'clock. In baseball George Washington entertained West Virginia at Grif- fith Stadium in a game scheduled for 2:30. Frank McGinnis was slated to pitch for the downtown school. Meanwhile, at Williamsburg, Va., the Terp trackmen were engaged in a heated dispute for the outdoor Southern Conference crown and with trial heats disposed of still were well up in the running. Jim Kehoe and Mason Chronister tied for first in the opening heat of the 880, Joe Murphy ceptured a 220-yard dash heat and was second in the century and Alan Miller won his heat in the 440, Lacrosse, Baseball and Track Collegians pionship games at Homewood Field. Catholic, defending champion, was a strong favorite to repeat, having nosed out Johns Hopkins, its most formidable rival, by a 64-62 margin in a dual mget last week. Georgetown'’s trackmen were at Morgantown, W. Va., for & dual meet with the Mountaineers. The last out-of-town engagement involved the Washington Athletic Associa- tion lacrossemen, who traveled to Baltimore to battle an improved Loyola College team. Hopkins was a slight favorite over Maryland on a basis of comparative records and because of superior re- serve strength, but the Terps had plenty of support. A banner crowd was expected to see the match. —_— CHEVY CHASE ICE RINK At Baltimore Catholic University, American University and Gallaudet matched speed and brawn against & half dozen rivals in the annual Mason-Dixon Conference cham- WILL CLOSE ON Sun., MAY 19 LAST CHANCE TO SKATE UNTIL FALL