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By FRANCIS E. STANN
In the Wake of the Flood
Considering the fact that so far not a baseball has been thrown,
batted, flelaed or fumbled at Griffith Stadium, an astonishing amount
of light already has been tThrown on the 1947 season as far as Wash
ington is concerned.
For instance, the Nats are going to draw at least a million cus
tomers. Even the Washington Club officials were
admitting as much yesterday and the only qualifi
cation they submitted was that Ossie Bluege keep
the team in the first division, a minor matter as
far as the front office is concerned.
Now packing a million customers into the
smallest park in the American League—a venerable
but glistening ballyard which seats less than 30,
000 fans for 77 home games. It’s a feat which has
been accomplished only once—and that due to
fresh postwar prosperity—but this is another
extraordinary year, to hear Vice President Calvin
Griffith and Secretary Edward B. Eynon, jr.
There was a steady drizzle along about 10
o'clock yesterday morning but an unprecedented
Franns stann. bleacherite crowd nevertheless was mobilized be
hind center field, waiting for a handful of tickets to be placed on sale.
"If this park seated 75.000,” sighed Eynon, “we’d have sold out. I’ve
never seen anything like it.”
As it was a record 31.500 tickets were sold, which means that every
seat was bought and paid for, plus 2.200 standing room tickets. And
despite a persistent rain which fell two hours before game time there
were 27,000 persons m the stands 15 minutes earlier and some of them
booed when the opening game was positioned until Friday.
The President Must Have Been Eager, Too „
It seems safe to say there never was an opener In Washington to
parallel the one yesterday which didn't come off. An hour before game
time it was cold and the rain was pouring, but a well-know’n pre-game
principal, name of Harry S. Truman, was leadying himself for a drive
from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to an uncovered box to which he holds
title on a certain day each April.
President Truman must have been pretty determined to see a ball
game, thus sharing the same eagerness with less notable citizens, for his
official chariot was harnessed at 2:15 o'clock—w'hen the rain was falling
at its heaviest—and the Missouri southpaw actually drove into the
stadium minutes before the umpires called the game.
All in all it was almost unbelievable. The rain was creating little
rivers and lakes on the tarpaulin covering the infield. The outfield was
sodden. Box-holders huddled under umbrellas.
There couldn't possibly be a game, yet things i eached such a point
that at 2:55 o'clock, with the Army Band standing in front of the
wet, empty Presidential box, the crowd rose to watch the entrance of
Mr. Truman and the traditional first pitch. And when the Army Band,
after playing everything except “Hail To The Chief,’’ finally lapsed into
soggy silence . . . and after Arch McDonald announced over the loud
speaking system that the game was postponed . . . what should roll
forth but booes!
Dressen Said Chandler Said April 15
There appears to be a new and grimmer aggressiveness about
baseball today. In the Yankee dressing room Coach Chuck Dressen
pulled on his uniform and. when he was asked why he felt qualified to
act as a principal the'd been suspended by Commissioner Chandler for
30 days), the stocky little guy waved a paper and replied:
“This is the commissioner’s official notification of my suspension.
It says I’m suspended as of April 15. I’m carrying it on my person in
case I get challenged.” Obviously it little worried Dressen if Chandler
neglected to take into account the fact that Washington opens its sea
son a day ahead of other clubs and that his firm was to have provided
the opposition.
In the Nats’ dressing room Pitcher Sid Hudson pulled on a new
uniform w'ithj‘“13” stitched on the back of his blouse. Sid is anything
but a belligerent, devil-may-care young man but he explained his
“13” thusly: “What difference does it make? I asked for it, as a
matter of fact. I can’t be any more unlucky than I was last year.”
So it yent throughout the park. The lowly hot dog became a
15-cent tidbit. On a chill day there wasn’t a cup of coffee in the house
—only iced soft drinks. In the press box the Western Union wire
chief ruthlessly yanked out plugs on reporters who "had overstayed
their time" on Mr. Morse's gadget. In short, the die has been cast.
This is going to be a very energetic season.
Preakness Deadline Tonight;
Race May Gross $150,000
By th# Associated Press
Tonight at midnight is the dead-!
line for pptimistic owners of 3-year- j
olds to get into the $100,000 Preak
ness Stakes to be run at Pimlico
May 10. This is the supplementary
closing date foV the second jewel in
racing's Triple Crown and it costs!
$3,000 to get in.
Officials of the Maryland Jock >y
Club estimate this years' running of
the Preakness will gross close to.
if not more than. $150.000—which
would make it the richest race ever
run in the world. Approximately
six to 10 supplementary entries are
expected.
Saturday’s $10,000 Hallandale
Handicap at l'g-mile, closing day
feature at Gulfstream Park, has
attracted 16 nominees, among them
Eternal Reward, three-time stakes
winner at th* meeting; Kingarvie,!
Frere Jacques, Statesman. War;
Watch and Bug Juice. The latter
won the 7-furlong feature at Gulf
stream yesterday.
Basil James is nursing an ulcer
ated cornea of the right eye and
will be hospitalized for the re
mainder of the week. The injury
is the result of a stone bruise suf
fered last winter and aggravated
last Wednesday at Jamaica by
Flying Mud.
Mrs. Elizabeth Graham’s Jet
Pilot indicated that he is ready tor
tomorrow's engagement in the 6
furlong, $15,000 added Jamaica
Handicap by going 3 furlongs from
the barrier in :34as.
Jockey A1 Snider, who w’as lead
ing the riders at Gulfstream Park
when he packed his tack and started
north, got an early start at the
Havre ae Grace opening yesterday
by riding In the Pink, winner of
the second race.
Going into the final week at Gulf
stream Park, the Woolford Farm is
the leading winner with 10 victories.
Trainer M. C. Buxton holds an
edge over all other conditioners
with 13 saddled victories. Eddie
Anspach, trainer for Woolford
Farm, has 10.
Chris Rogers scored a triple, in
cluding victories on both ends of
the daily double, at Gulfstream yes
terday to tie wtih Jimmy Stout for
leadership in the jockey standings.
Rogers, who also had a triple Sat
urday, boosted his score to 21 with
Mend i$14.301. Herrick Belle <*73.60>•
and Photo .Light (*11.90 •. Mend
and Herrick Belle combined for a
double payoff of $469.20.
Hershey, Pittsburgh Pennsylvanian Urges
Meet in Hockey Final National Boxing Czar
1
By th« Associated rress
There will be rejoicing among
Pennsylvania's hockey fans tonight,
but whether it will be in Hershey or
Pittsburgh will depend on the out
come of the seventh and deciding
game £>f the Calder Cup final (for the
American Hockey League cham
pionship.
Hershey's Bears, playing on home
Ice tonight, will be all out for vic
tory over the Pittsburgh Hornets.
Neither club has ever won the AHL
crown, although the Bears battled
through to the playoff finals three
times since entering the league in
1938
Coach Don Penniston will be
counting on his Hershey scoring
aces, Frank Mario. Gordie Bruce
and Herb Cain, along with Babe
Pratt, to bring victory.
The Bears staged an amazing
comeback after dropping three of
their first four playoff games to the
fast-moving Hornets. The Bears
blanked Pittsburgh last Thursday
and evened up the series at three
games apiece with a win at Pitts
burgh last Saturday night.
By The Aisocioted rreps
PHILADELPHIA, April 15.—Leon
Rains, recently named to his fifth
consecutive term as a member of
' the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Commission, says boxing needs a
czar or high commissioner to gov
ern the sports on' a national basis.
“What we need is a mar. with
lots of moral courage, character
and a general athletic background,”
Rains said, adding:
"Boxing is in a healthy condi
tion. but the big trouble is that
there’s no co-ordination between
the various States
“A fighter can be banned in one
city and move right across the State
line to fight the next night. Too
many athletic commissioners are
interested solely in the fighters
from their own immediate neigh
borhoods and the heck with those
from anywhere else.”
Salary, Rains explained, should
be no object—"$50,000 a year
wouldn’t be too much for the right
man"—and the States could carry
the financial burden on a pro rata
basis.
Tigers May Get Ray Mack
DETROIT, April 15 (A’’).—Second
Baseman Ray Mack of the New
York Yankees will be acquired by
the Detroit Tigers within a few
days if Tiger General Manager Billy
Evans approves, the Detroit Free
Press reported today.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Tulsa. 2; Dallas. 1.
Houston 11; Beaumont. 4.
San Antonio. 6; 8hreveport. 1.
Fort Worth-Oklahoma Citr. rain.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Coiumbua, 5: Macon. 2.
Cit >r garnet pottponed, rain.
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Nats Get Delayed Start As Other Clubs Open
Griffs, in Boston, Hope
To Start Champions
Off on Wrong Foot
By Burton Howkins
Stor Staff Correspondent
BOSTON, April 15 —Here In the
confine? of Fenway Park, where the
left-field fence is a flubbed niblick
shot from home plate, the Nats are
hoping to demonstrate that the Bos
ton Red Sox won’t get the tre
mendous leap on the remainder of
the field that they engineered last
year.
Boston last season spurted from
the barrier as if caressed by glow
ing rivets. The Red Sox won their
first 15 games, vaulting into a five
and one-half-game lead before the
other teams in the league blinked
unbelieving eyes and became aware
of the fact that Boston was making
a runaway of the American League
pennant race.
That spectacular start by the Red
Sox was a blow from which the
remainder of the league never re
covered, but this season the Nats
are aiming to remedy that condi
tion at the outset. Beaten by the
Red Sox 16 times in 22 games last
season, the Nats have summoned
fresh optimism in a new start and
what they feel is an improved club.
Early Wynn Due to Start.
Making a delayed debut (weather
permitting) here today after being
rained out of a scheduled opener
with the Yankees yesterday at Grif
fith Stadium, the Nats were to rely
on Early Wynn as a pitching choice
and were convinced there is some
thing prophetic in a name.
Manager Ossie Bluege will stick
with his original pitching plans
against the Red Sox. Tomorrow
he’ll employ stubby Mickey Haefner,
then to& towering Sid Hudson at
Boston, withholding Bobo Newsom
from action until Friday, when the
Nats return to the Capital to battle
t.hp Vanlroec
• — -
Campaign Is Expected
To Produce Greatest
Fireworks in Years
By Joe Reichler
Auociatod Pr«t» Sport, Writer
Despite the decreed absence of
Lippy Leo Durocher, the 1947 maior
league campaign starting today' is
expected to produce the greatest
baseball fireworks in many year.'*
When Jackie Robinson trots out
to his first, base 'position for the
Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field he
will be the first Negro to play in
the major leagues since the turn of
the. century. Twenty-two other
promising rookies also start their
big league careers today.
Stunned by the banishment of
Durocher by Commissioner A. B.
Chandler last Wednesday, President
Branch Rickey of the Dodgers hasn't
found a replacement yet. He con
firmed yesterday a report that he
had tried without success to obtain
Joe McCarthy, former New York
Yankee skipper. Clyde Sukeforth,
manager pro tern in the last three
exhibition games, was slated to di
rect the team today.
Four New Managers.
Meanwhile, four new managers
are making their bow. Bucky Harris,
although not a new face on the
managerial scene since he has han
dled four big league clubs in the last
23 years, takes on his fifth when ha
leads the Yankees against the Phila
delphia Athletics at the Yankee
Stadium.
Herold (Muddy) Ruel, who gave
up a job as assistant to Chandler,
will start a rebuilding program at
St. Louis with* the Browns. Billy
Herman, already beset with the in
jury jinx when Elbie Fletcher
sprained an ankle which is expected
to keep the first baseman out for at
least three weeks, will attempt to
combine playing and managing at
Pittsburgh. Johnny Neun, who
learned his baseball under Mc
Carthy and who followed Marse Joe
as Yankee leader for several weeks
last season, will get a real chance
at Cincinnati.
The New York Yankees, for in
stance. will be handicapped without
Joe Di Maggio. their No. 1 hitter,
who is recovering from an opera
tion.
The New York Giants suffered
a serious blow to their hopes of &
first-division finish when Carroll
(Whiteyt Lockman, highly promis
ing rookie center fielder and tabbed
by experts \s a ‘ can t miss kid,”
broke a leg in an exhibition.
The Detroit Tigers were slated to
start without Dick Wakefield, the
power hitter, who pulled a muscle
and will miss several games.
Greenberg on First.
Fletcher's injury caused Herman
to change his winter plans, which
had Hank Greenberg, his big home
run hitter, in left field. The for
mer Tiger slugger and American
League home run king last year,
has been very happy about his
change from first to the outfield,
but must return to his former posi
tion until Fletcher is ready to take
over.
The Cleveland Indians, minus
their star centerfielder. Hank Ed
wards, who disiocated a shoulder
several weeks ago, will start witn a
rookie. Dale Mitchell.
HARDY PERENNIALS—That downpour yesterday didn’t daunt
this crowd of bleacherites, who arrived early for the scheduled
opening game at Griffith Stadium and refused to leave until
the show definitely was called off at game time. At least they
got a glimpse of the Nationals and New York Yankees, even if
they didn’t see the President. , —AP Photo.
Wood Memorial May Provide
Clue to East's Derby Hopes
281,400 Expected
To See Openers
By the Associated Press
The largest number of fans
ever to witness the opening of a
major league baseball season
was expected today when the
National and American Leagues
| inaugurated their 1947 campaign.
An estimated 281,400 fans are
expected to jam their way to the
four opening games in each cir
cuit and thus shatter the previous
high of 246,010 established in
1931.
New club records are expected
to be set in the American League
by Cleveland and Boston and in
the National by Philadelphia and
Brooklyn.
Woodcock and Baksi
Battle in London for
Louis'Title Chance
By the Associated Press .
LONDON, April 15.—The goal of
their ring careers—a fight with Joe
Louis for the world heavyweight
title—is just around the ringposts
in the 10-round elimination bout
tonight between Bruce Woodcock
and Joe Baksi.
Nat Rogers, New- York match
maker, promised to be one of the
first into the winner’s dressing room
with a contract for the new white
hope to tackle the Brown Bomber
in America next June.
Nearly 11,000 fans, paying 21
pounds ($84) for ringside pews in
Harringay Arena, will cheer Wood
cock in his crusade to make Baksi.
former Pennsylvania coal miner,
just another ex-challenger for the
heavyweight crown.
The 26-year-old British cham
piofl was the first to check into
London from his training camp and
was welcomed at the railroad sta
tion lastn ight by a throng of well
wishers. Woodcock is the ring
king in a one-heavyweight coun
try. He is the best prospect pro
duced here in a decade that started
in 1937, when Briton Tommy Farr
was defeated by Louis.
After his bout with influenza early
last month, Woodcock was pro
nounced completely fit.
Warriors and Stags
Open Playoffs for
Title Tomorrow
By th» Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, April 15.—The
: dark-horse Philadelphia Warriors
; advanced today to the final playoff
j round of the Basket Ball Association
! of America and will meet the
Chicago Stags for the biggest pot of
gold in pro cage history.
Should the Warriors win, it would
bring a major professional cham
pionship to Philadelphia for the
first time since the Philadelphia
Athletics won the American League
baseball pennant in 1931.
The Warriors subdued the New
York Knickerbockers, 73 to 53, at New
York last night for their second
straight triumph in the best-of
three series. The Stags upset the j
Washington Capitols, four games to
two.
First Game Tomorrow.
Philadelphia finished second in the
BAA's Eastern Division behind:
Washington and went on to defeat
the St. Louis Bombers, second-place
club in the Western Division. The
Knicks turned back Cleveland to
win the third-place playoff.
The first game of the best-of
seven play for the title will be held
at the Arena here tomorrow night.
Victory in the final playoff would
provide a total of $24,000 for the
Warriors, who already have earned
$10,000 in the first two rounds.
The losers' share in the final round
is $10,000.
Incidental in the Warriors’ tri
umph over New York were the 16;
points Joe Fulks swished through*
the hoops. It boosted his season
total to 1,480, the highest ever re
corded in one season by a basket
ball player.
Senesky Gets 7 Goals.
George Senesky, the Warriors’ de
fensive ace, chipped in with seven
field goals in addition to holding
Stan Stutz scoreless from thy field
in the first half.
The Warriors, who have been
playing with a six-man squad in the
crucial stages of their playoff con
test, are expected to use the same
strategy against the Stags, who won
five of six regular season contests
from the Philadelphians.
In addition to Fulks and Senesky,
the Warriors No. 1 squad is made up
of playmaker Howie Dallmar, set
shot artist Angy Musi, and 6-foot,
7 Art Hillhouse. Ralph Kaplowitz,
former New York University ace, is
the vital sixth man.
Club Needs Players
Outfielders and pitchers Interested
in Joining the Atchison-Keller un
limited baseball club should call
Hobson at Adams 4622,
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By th« Associated Press
NEW YORK, April 15.—Handi
cappers looking for the Eastern
horse most likely to succeed In the
Kentucky Derby two weeks from
Saturday were stymied today, fol
lowing the defeat of Owner’s Choice
by Inroe yesterday at Jamaica.
Their last possible hope seems to be
that the Wood Memorial, coming up
Saturday, may produce a genuine
candidate for the necklace of roses.
Stepfather and Better Value, high
ly touted Derby entries, flopped
badly in the Experimental Handicap
at Jamaica last Saturday, finishing
last and next to last, respectively.
Toronto Crowds Wait
All Night for Seats
To Hockey Playoff
By th» Associated Press
TORONTO, April 15.—The little
old lady sitting with her knitting
outside Maple Leaf Gardens last
night knew what she was waiting for.
Perched on a camp stool and
wrapped in a plaid blanket, the
lady admitted to 60 years—and with
maidenly* modesty withheld her
name. But she had it all figured
out.
"Sure and after our Leafs beat
that Coach Dick Irvin tomorrow
night all they’ll have to do is win
the next game in Montreal and
they’re Stanley Cup champions."
she said. “Why, that means this is
the last game well see here.”
Others in the crowd that started
forming at 6 o'clock last night, 14
hours before the box office opened
to dispose of a paltry few hundred
tickets reserved for public sale,
weren’t quite so definite. Most fig
ured their Leafs would have trou
ble making it three in a row over
those pesky Montreal Canadiens.
But with camp stool and blanket,
lunch pail and wrapped sand
wiches. they gathered all night for
the privilege of seeing what this
surprising National Hockey League
playoff round could offer next. By
midnight there were more than 200
in the queue.
They may. have been out for exer
cise. but hardly so with a purse of
$14,600 awaiting the winner.
Cornish Knight, owned by Edward
P. Taylor of Toronto, picked up the
money, whipping Phalanx and
Colonel OT, in addition to the pair
already mentioned. But, as impres
sive as was the Knight's second win
of the week the dockers don't rate
him a potential Derby winner be
cause of the long route. His daddy,
Tintagel, was not a distance runner.
Phalanx, to be sure, looked as if
hell be ready to speak a piece down
at the Downs the first Saturday in
May. Making his first start of the
year and toting top weight of 122
pounds, he came cruising along from
last place to finish third. But he
looked as if the Derby’s It* miles
might be too short for him.
Owner's Choice yesterday seemed
to give ample proof he is only a
sprinter, as the railbirds have sus
pected all along. Inroc caught him
in the stretch and outgamed him.
Tomorrow Mrs. Elizabeth Gra
ham's Jet Pilot, a $41,000 yearling
buy, takes a trial run in the Jamaica
Handicap and will draw much at
tention. Saturday Bill Hellis’ Cos
mic Bomb, 5-to-l co-favorite in the
Derby winter books, goes postward
in the Wood Memorial along with
several others, including Stepfather,
Better Value and Cornish Knight.
He may give Eastern hopes a lift
or he may confirm a deepening
suspicion that a horse from some
other section almost certainly will
take the first jewel in the Triple
Crown.
Dodgers, Tigers
Spring Champs
By tho Associated Pross
NEW YORK, April 15.—'The
Brooklyn Dodgers and the De
troit Tigers are the “Grapefruit”
League champions of the Na
tional and American Leagues re
spectively with the completion
of the major league's spring
training program.
Brooklyn woundup its long ex
hibition schedule with a record of
28 wins and 10 defeats for a .737
average.
Detroit had 23 victories and 11
defeats for a .676 percentage.
Meanwhile, the American League
champs were preparing no easv time
of it for the Nats. Slated to take
the mound today was handsome Tex
Hughson and the Nats probably will
draw Mickey Harris tomorrow and
Boo Ferriss on .Thurrsday. A 20
game winner last year, Hughson
generally is rough on the Nats.
It was an eager crowd of 27.000
which braved a steady rain yester
day at Washington, only to be
turned away reluctantly bv Presi
dent Clark Griffith of the Nats.
Griffith delayed his decision until 3
o'clock on a report that rain would
cease an hour before game time.
Truman Promises to Return.
Despite the chilly, damp weather
some fans booed wpen announce
ment of the postponement until
Friday was made over the public
address system. Many fans had
huddled , for hours in unrelenting
rain and until the last moment
Griffith was determined to play the
game.
President Truman's car pulled
Into the stadium grounds behind the
main concession stand and the Pres
ident and Griffith chatted for sev
eral moments before Griffith aban
doned hope of playing. Viewed only
by a few fans, Mr. Truman didn't
walk to a wet, slick seat in his flag
decorated box but promised the
Nats’ boss he would return for de
layed opening game festivities on
Friday. He volunteered to wait
around yesterday to see if the wea
ther would clear, but Griffith grate
fully rejected the offer.
Opening game tickets will be good
only on Friday. If those tickets
are undesired they may be cashed
in at Griffith Stadium today and
tomorrow. Tickets purchased for
Friday's game, which originally
would have been the Nats’ second
contest at Washington, must be
exchanged for a subsequent game.
Wooten Disappointed.
Outfielder Earl Wooten of the
Nats, who was to see his first major
league game today, was the most
disappointed fellow in the stadium
when the game was postponed yes
terday. ... He had his heart set
on seeing the President. . . . The
postponement came as no particu
lar blow to Manager Bucky Harris
of the Yankees. . . . Tommy Hen
rich had a strained wrist and Bobby
Brown had an attack of ptomaine
poisoning, but both may be ready
to play by Friday.
Hitting and fielding practices were
skipped by both clubs as the tar
paulin remained over the infield and
not a ball was thrown. . . . Bobo
Newsom, peeling off his uniform,
said, "They just couldn’t touch me
'Grandmothers' Get Well as Opener Is Delayed
But They'll Take Another Turn for Worse Friday Afternoon
By Lewis F. Atchison
Concerning the postponement
of yesterday's opening game at
Griffith Stadium: Medical au
thorities will be surprised at the
number of grandmothers, ap
parently hopelessly deceased, who
are much improved today, but
who, undoubtedly, will take sud
den turns for the worse Friday.
Driving by Columbia Country
Club's well-groomed tennis courts
may give you the false impression
that a wad of greenbacks, wisely
expended, can produce almost any
desired, effect. You won’t find a
finer set of courts any place in
the country, but if you're think
ing it was.a cash-on-the-barrel
heaa transaction let A. O. White,
a member of the club and secre
tary of the Middle Atlantic Lawn
Tennis Association put you
straight. Those courts are 35
years old this spring and White
well remembers the struggle to
get them ready for play.
"The club golf course was com
pleted in 1911 and, although it
seemed impossible at the time, 11
tennis courts were ready for
play the following spring,” he
writes. “It was not an easy task
to start in a field and build these
courts of the very best clay ob
tainable. There hardly was any
money to start with and the Ten
nis Committee, with Mr. A. Y.
Leech as timekeeper, worked
hard and members Interested in
the game had to pitch into the
struggle with shovels, mules and
teams to get the first courts
ready.
“The effort was well rewarded
as the tennis team of 1912 was
the best in this section. It was
composed of John Davidson, who
was ranked in the first 10 in the
United States, and Conrad Doyle,
who defeated such national
champions as Clothier, Lynn
Murray, Touchard, Bell and Wal
lace Johnson. Other members
were Arthur Slater, Ned McLean.
Ed Leech and A. Y. Leech. They
defeated teams representing the
Old Bachelor’s Club and Chevy
Chase Club, as well as teams from
other cities.
“Prom 1912 to 1920 many other
prominent players were on the
team. Royle Doyle and Fred
Harris, the Dartmouth star and
New Hampshire State champion,
played at the club, along with
Henry Brecht from California,
and Charlton Graves.
I “The late Joseph Eastman who,
until his death, was Defense
Transportation director, was on
the Tennis Committee during
; this period of intense activity.
. Others, such as John Hancock,
j Herbert Shannon, Arthur Heaton
and Lanier McLachlen, not only
encouraged the sport by their
moral and active support but
also held positions of re&ponsibil
j ity in the management of the
club. #
I “After the World War, about
1920, the club took on many
important tournaments and add
ed a concrete court and practice
board. The United States Army
championships were played at
Columbia for a time and in 1921,
after the United States Davis
Cup team had defeated Austra
lia, Bill Tilden, R. Norris Wil
liams and Watson Washburn ap
peared there in exhibition
matches. The Middle Atlantic
championships were held in the
spring and for a number of years
the annual fall invitation tour
nament was a leading event in
this locality."
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today. I was never better. . . .
Bluege had instructed Ray Scar
borough, Tom Ferrick and Walter
Mastersor; to report to the bullpen,
but rain relieved them of any pos
sibility of relieving Newsom.
President Truman jJredicts a 3-2
victory for the Nats on Friday_
He selected that score yesterday at
a senatorial luncheon. . . . Trans
parent rain hoods, Army surplus,
were the day's best sellers. . . . Sec
retary Ed Eynon says a minimum
of 75.000 tickets could have been
sold for the opening game. . . . “The
demand was so heavy," said Eynon.
"that's there is no limit to the
crowd we could have had if we had
a large enough stadium.”
Rainchecks for yesterday’s Wash
ington-New York game will be valid
for the same seats Friday. Fans
unable to attend Friday's game may
return them for resale until to
morrow and obtain a refund. Tickets
previously sold for Friday's game
may be exchanged for a later game.
12-Game Loop Schedule
Announced by Redskins
The Washington Redskins today
announced their complete National
Football League 1947 schedule of
12 games as follows:
AT HOME ABROAD.
Oct. 5—Pittsburgh. Scot. 28—At Phil*
Oct 1C—New York Oct. 19—At Green B.
On Cb—Chi Bears. Nov. 9—At Pittsb'gh.
Nov. -— Phtla phi*. Nov. If)—At Detroit.
Nov. 23—Cardinals. Nov. 30—At Boston.
Dec. 14—Boston. Dec. 7—At New York.
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