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Washington, D. C., Saturday, September 20, 1947—A—11**
W in, Lose,, or Draw
By BURTON HAWKINr
Star Staff Correspondent *
Coan Sure He's Ready This Time
BOSTON. Sept 20.—“If I’m ever gonna “be ready to make the
grade in the major leagues I'm ready now.” says Gil Coan, who still is
regarded as the Nats’ brightest young prospect despite his failure to
improve on his reputation last season after being proclaimed the
minor leagues’ outstanding player with Chat
tanooga in 1945.
Gil batted a meager .209 with the Nats last
season and of that he says, ”1 never should have
been brought up to Washington. I wasn’t ready
and there were too many things I still had to learn.
I needed another year in the minors. Well, I’ve
had it now and I’m ready.”
Coan says his poor showing at the Nats’ spring
training camp last March was traceable to the
fact that his smooth batting stroke vanished.
”1 still don’t know what happened,” confesses Coan,
“but I know I was all fouled up and Just couldn’t
feel right at the plate.
“I didn’t hit my stride until late this season
Burton Hmwkin*. with Chattanoogb,” continued Gil. “I was hitting
for an average but I still wasn’t right. Pinally I recovered my batting
stroke and I’m all right again.”
Football Simplified for Spectators
“Honey, what does Harry Wismer mean when he says 'It's a
single wing to the right with Sohelpus at tailback?’ ” These questions
are in season now', chum, and if the little lady’s persistence is
annoying there's a remedy in a book called “Everybody; Football,” to
my mind the mast sensible approach to an explanation of a confusing
sport ever ofTered to a too-bewildered public.
It’s a book which doesn't bury you under tons of technicalities.
It accomplishes its purpose of clarifying the perplexing scenes of the
week end so simply it could be used as a textbook by candidates for the
Moron Frep eleven. Therein lies Its charm, for most of us are football
dunces groping for a better understanding of a complex game.
Francis E. Stann, The Star’s sports columnist, and Mush
Dubofsky. Georgetown's bright, burly line coach, have collaborated in
a book which is certain to lead many fans out of a football fog, with
Ted Drake's clever illustrations helping to clear the atmosphere. It's
a snort cut to a football education and its simplicity is refreshing.
It. won't enable readers irately to inform coaches how to run their
teams, but if they overhear a cluster of coaches chatting casually of
cross bucks, mousetraps, half spinners, etc., it ston't prompt them to
reel from the conversation, feeling they’ve listened in on the birth of
a new language
College, Pro Rule Differences Cited
.Do you know the chores of the referee, umpire, head linesman
and field judge’ Me you aware of the differences in collegiate and
professional football? The duties of the officials are described and
illustrated, bu at last report there were 155 specific differences be
tween the college game and pro football's version, so only the major
variations are cited to avoid the confusion Stann and Dubofsky sc
neatly have sidestepped.
Here are all the offensive systems and defensive formations,
the plays and assignments, the definitions of football terms, the origin
and development of the sport. Every high school coach in the Nation
should hand “Everybody's Football” to everybody on his squad and say,
"Read this, son, and we'll both save time.” It’s a natural for boys who
want to learn the game and for fans who too long have been guessing
at what is transpiring before their eyes autumn after autumn.
Lou Little Columbia's head football coach, sums it up neatly in
the foreword when he says, in part, "It can put every spectator in a
seat right down there on the bench beside the coach with a clear
understanding of what is going on. Read it and remember it and you
will know how and why that game you saw was won and lost.”
It, will settle bets, too, but the best bet is that ‘‘Everybody’s Foot
ball” will exhaust its initial run quickly, for It bridges the gap between
roach end fan without hours of study.
Hats' Wooten Is Marvel Afield,
But Can't Hit His Weiqht of 154
By Burton Hawkins
Star Staff Correspondent
BOSTON. Sept. 20.—Slim, blond
Earl Wooten is accustomed to peo
ple in the baseball Industry gazing
at his thin frame and muttering
such comments as "what a pity.”
They aren't indicating he’s a can
didate for a hospital—merely ob
serving that Wooten wouldn’t hit his
weight of 154 pounds against major
league pitching.
The FBI won’t investigate, but it’s
» crime Wooten cant hit a little
bit because he’s one of baseball’s
fanciest fielders and most power
ful accurate throwers. He covers
centerfleld with all the finesse of
the Di Maggios and Stan Spence—
but a barrier to a regular major
league job is his weak batting.
Currently playing center field for
the Nats, Wooten compiled a .318
average with Chattanooga in 1945,
hit .312 there last season and batted
an apparently respectable .293 this
year, but those figures are mislead
ing since they were fashioned in the
Southern Association, which uses
camouflaged golf balls.
Amazing in Outfield.
When Wooten reported to the
Nats' 1946 spring training camp he
told reporters frankly "I can't hit”
and he wasn’t wrong. He can’t hit,
but when he roams* across gobs of
geography to haul in well-clouted
balls it s a thing of beauty. Chatta
nooga fans will argue hes the best
outfielder in baseball and they get
no debate from those who have
glimpsed Wooten in a few games.
“He’s done everything but climb
walls to make putouts,” says Gil
Coan. “He’s Just a marvel, that's
all,” and Eddie Lyons, rookie second
baseman up from Chattanooga, con
curs. “fancy catches are routine
with Wooten,” says Lyons. "After
you play with him a while you get
to believe the guy is superhuman.”
Earl probably will stick with the
Nats next season Because he also is
dn accomplished first baseman and
a valuable man to have around to
stick in the outfield as a defensive
measure in the late innings provid
ing the Nats have a slim lead lh a
tight game.
Sammy West is convinced Wooten
is one of the game's most polished
first basemen, for the Nats’ third
base coacjj tested him at, Orlando
one day last spring and came away
weary, but beaming, for Earl had
put on one of the most amazing
fielding demonstrations ever viewed.
For fully a half hour West banged
balls at Wooten—everything in the
book—and after a while the Nats'
veterans stopped their muscle flex
ing and watched in admiration as
Earl scooped up a succession of
difficult chances with remarkable
ease. Wooten wore out West, a great
fielder in his day, and when Sammy
flipped his cap to the back of his
head and stood looking at Wooten
in disbelief it was high tribute to
the Pelzer, S. C., youngster.
Wooten's only chance to land a
regular major league job would lie
in getting with a club which could
have enough power to offset his
batting deficiencies, but at the mo
ment major league teams aren’t
expressing a preference for fielding
over hitting and so one of the
game’s great fielders is doomed to
part time employment.
Rained Out in Boston.
Rained out after,2% innings here
yesterday, by which time they'had
accumulated a 2-0 deficit, the Nats
were to battle Boston in a double
header here today, with Mickey
Haefner or Bill Kennedy and Early
Wynn slated to face Denny Gale
house and Earl Johnson of the Red
Sox.
Coach Clyde Milan has left the
Nats for home and leaving Wash
ington on Monday will be Pitcher
Chick Pieretti, who has orders to
rest for six weeks at San Francisco.
Chick will test his sore arm at that
time and if it still pains him hell
submit to an operation.
Fights Last Night
NEW YORK—Tony Janlro. ISO.
Youngstown, outpointed Tony Pellone.
14S>'«. New Fork (10>.
BOSTON —Johnny Shkor. 218. Bos
ton TKOd Tony Perry. 195W. P«ll
River 12).
WORCESTER. M»ss.—Dave Andrews.
144. Lowel. knocked out Jimmy Wynn.
148’/2. New York (2>.
SOUTH BERWICK. Me. — Wylie
Bums, 169. Philadelphia. TKOd Jimmy
Mulligen. 149. Lowell (41.
SAW DIEGO. Calif.—Jerry McSwtln.
189. Anaheim, outpointed Tommy Car
land. 18S. Los Angeles (101.
Major League Standings and Schedules
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1947.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
Wash, at Boston, rain.
Only game scheduled.
Games Today.
Wash, at Boston (2), 1:30.
New York at Phila.
Cleveland at Detroit (2).
6t. Louis at Chicago.
Games Tomorrow.
Wash, at Boston, 3:00.
New York at Phila.
St, Louis at Chicago (2).
Cleveland at Detroit.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.
St. Louis. 5; Chicago, 2.
Only game
Games Today.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Phila. at New' York.
Chicago at St, Louis.
Only games.
Games Tomorrow.
Boston at Brooklyn.
Phila. at New York <2K
Pittsburgh at Cinei. (2).
Chicago at St. Louis.
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Major Games Mark College Football Start Today
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Tradition Cast Aside
:
As Schedule Makers
Ignore 'Breathers'
By Bob Grubb
Aifociottd Prtn Sports Wrltor
College football sneaks in the back
door, today in its usual early-season
attempt to push baseball off the
sports pages.
The schedule-makers have cast
aside tradition in some cases, and
not all of the several score openers
are of the September “warm-up” va
riety. In fact, sohie of these games,
come late November, may have a
bearing on sectional or national
rankings.
Many a coach this year, boasting
the best material since the war shat
tered promising 1942 squads, has the
thought of a post-season bowl bid
somewhere in the back of his head.
This is the first real postwar season
in many respects and preseason
ticket sales indicate record attend
ances, with several of the major
contests already sold out.
While a certain number of big
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easy opposition, the results of at
least a half-dozen games are going
to be watched for what the politi
cians call “significant trends."
Cougars Play Penn State.
One of these is tonight’s Penn
State-Washington State tussle at
Hershey, Pa. The power-packed
Nittany Lions are regarded as one
of the East's stronger teams, while
the experienced Cougars-may be the
surprise team in the Pacific Coast
Conference race.
Down at Oxford, Miss., Kentucky
and Mississippi get the Southeastern
Conference proceedings off to an
early start, with Kentucky’s Wild
cats slightly favored over aerial
minded Ole Miss if the going is
sloppy. Kentucky bumped Missis
sippi, 20-6, last year and then went
on for a record of seven wins against
three losses.
Kansas, favored in the Big Six)
Conference, has a tough assignment!
in Texas Christian, although the
Horned Frogs don’t figure to cause
much trouble in the Southeast Con
ference race. A capacity crowd of
21,000 is expected at the Kansas
City Blues Stadium for the night
contest.
Kansas State Starting.
Kansas State also gets away under
the lights and the night air may
turn the fortunes of the Wildcats,
who haven't won a game since late
in 1944. The opponent is Oklahoma
A. and M„ turned down in a bid
for Bie Six membership and also
looking forward to better days.
Alabama ought to put on an inter
esting show with 10 veterans start
ing their fourth year as the tide
opens against Mississippi Southern
at Birmingham.
At Texas, where Blair Cherry has
installed the T formation with Bob
by Layne as key man, the Long
horns get their first test in Texas
Tech. The other teams seeking a
return ;to power, Missouri's Tigers
and St.'Louis U., clash at Columbia,
Mo. The Arkansas Razorbacks,
co-owners of the Southeast Confer
ence championship last year, open
against Northwest Louisiana State.
Other curtain-raisers have a
veteran Iowa team, first of the Big
Nlpe in action, entertaining North
Dakota State; Iowa State vs. Iowa
Teachers.' Texas Aggies against|
Southwestern (Texas), Clemson vs.!
Presbyterian. Richmond facing
Randdph-Macon, South Carolina
vs. Newberry, Tulsa vs. West Texas,
Brigham Young vs. Colorado West
ern State and Montana State vs.
Oregon.
Villanova Tune* for Army.
Villanova hopes to get ready to
crack Army's three-year unbeaten
streak next week by tuning up with
the Kings Point Mariners at Phila
delphia. At Pittsburgh, Duquesne
revives the sport after four years
by tuning up with little Geneva.
Georgia's Bulldogs, unbeaten last
year, had a scare as they opened
against a stubborn Furman eleven
at Athens, Ga„ last night, the
Southeastern Conference co-cham
pions finally pulling it out of the fire
13-7. Other games last night saw
Buffalo surprise Niagara, 27-14: De
troit turn back Central Michigan,
34-14; Baylor swamp Stephen F.
Austin, 34-0, and Texas Mines beat
Drake, 19-7.
Demaret Setting Pace
In Atlanta Open Golf
ly th» Asiocietcd Prui
ATLANTA, Sept. 20.—'The *10.000
North Pulton Open golf tournament
was narrowed to the 42 low pro
fessional and the 10 low amateurs
today with smiling Jitnmv Demaret
of Oaji, Calif., in the lead.
The native Texas par-buster went
around the 6,707-yard North Pulton
course yesterday in 69 strokes, two
below regulation, to mark up a total
140 at the halfway mark ih the 72
hole medal play event.
One-stroke back of Demaret was
Tommy Wright of Knoxville, Tenn.,
who shot an amazing 67 for a 36
hole 141, while Cary Middlecoff,
Memphis, Tenn., was tied for third
with a 142 after a similar second
round 67. Tied with Middlecoff were
George Payton, Hampton. Va.; John
ny Palmer, Badin, N. C„ and Toney
Penna. Cincinnati.
Gene Dahlbender, Atlanta ama
teur, led the simon pures with 144.
Avery Beck of Raleigh, N. C., with
146, and Jack Key, jr., of Columbus,
Ga., were next.
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Major Leaders
By the Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting—Williams. Boston. .341; Mc
CoskF. Pniladelphia, .330.
Runs batted in—Williams. Boston,
103; Di Maggio and Henrich, New
York, and Doerr, Boston. 84.
Runs—Williams. Boston, 120; Hen
rich, New York, 10S.
Hits—Pesky, Boston, 188; Kell, De
troit, ITS.
Doubles—Boudreau. Cleveland, 46;
Williams. Boston. 38.
Triples—Vernon. Washington. 12:
Henrich. New York, and Phllley, Chi
cago. 11.
Home runs—Williams, Boston, 30;
Gordon. Cleveland. 28.
Strikeouts—Feller, Cleveland, 188;
Newhouser. Detroit, 104.
Pitching—Shea. New York. 13-5,
.*22: McCahan. Philadelphia. and
Lemon, Cleveland, 10-4. .T14.
national league.
Batting—Walker, .362; Cavaretta,
Chicago, .318.
Runs batted In—Mize. New York,
135. Kiner, Pittsburgh, 124.
Runs—Mite, New York, 130; Robin
son. Brooklyn. 123.
Hits—Walker. Philadelphia. 180:
Holmes. Boston. 182.
Doubles—Miller, Cincinnati, 36;
Holmes. Boston. 34.
Triples—Walker. Philadelphia. 10;
Musial, St. Louis. 12. *
Home runs—Kiner. Pittsburgh. 60;
Mize. New York, 48.
Strikeouts — Blackwell. Cincinnati,
188: Branca. Brooklyn, 139.
Pitching—Jansen. New York. 19-5,
.792, Munger, St. Louis, 14-6, .737.
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HE DIDN’T GET TOO FAR—Western’s George Holmes was totin’ that pigskin right smart till
Washington-Lee’s Johnny Cockerell and Roland Thompson (left) gave him pause. Also shown
are Mike Lloyd (55) and Eddie Holley (97> of Washington-Lee, as well as Norm Wacker (44) of
Western. This was in the 21-7 setback W.-L. handed the Red Raiders yesterday at the Arlington
school. • —Don Rosin Photo.
Bums' Victory Party
Delayed as Cards
Score Over Cubs
By Jack Hand
A»ociat*d Pr»»« Sport* Writor
Brooklyn still awaits, with poised
cowbells and ready sirens, the signal
to celebrate the mathematical pen
nant clinching, now two days over
due.
While the Dodgers lingered in the
vicinity of Hugh Casey's restaurant,
with an ear cocked toward radio
reports of the Cardinal game, the
St. Louis gang fanned their flick
ering hopes rlast night with a 5-2
win over Chicago.
There was nothing the Brooks
could do about it yesterday for the
schedule makers had given them
an off day after an impromptu
"welcome home" celebration at Penn
Station on their arrival from the
West.
They had blown a chance to nail
down the ivauonai league nag ai
Pittsburgh Thursday, but they were
sure they would wrap it up at Ebbets
Field where the Boston Braves will
be their guests both today and
tomorrow.
One more Brooklyn win or one
more St. Louis lass would be the
clincher, sending the Dodgers into
the World Series with the New York
Yankees a week from Tuesday. Al
ready the oddmakers have labeled
the Yanks a 17-10 favorite.
Little Vic Lombardi, their most
consistent winner since early July,
drew the honor of pitching against
the Braves in what could be the
payofT game. Trust Billy South
worth's ambitious Boston gang to
make it tough all the way, for they
still have faint hopes of finishing
second.
Stout pitching by A1 Brazle. until
he faltered'in the ninth, and solid
slugging by Terry Moore, Enos
Slaughter, Red Schoendienst and
Marty Marion highlighted the
Cards' victorious 13-hit attack on
Johnny Schmitz and fcmil Kush.
Claramatan Best Horse
In Tennessee Fair Show
By th# Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 20.—
Claramatan, owned by the Leather
wood Farm of Bluefleld, W. Va„ won
the 2-year-old division'of the Ameri
can Saddle Horse Breeders’ Futurity
of Tennessee at the Tennessee State
Fair last night.
Marine Ace, chestnut stallion
owned by Maryland Farm, Brent
wood, Tenn., was a close second.
The Dodge Stables of Rochester,
Mich., gained their fourth blue rib
bon of the show in the class for
hackney ponies driven to a tandem.
Nolan Loses Golf Crown
Af Congressional Club
The pro staff at Congressional
Country Club has been predicting
that an unexpected club champion
would be crowned. Eugene Pittman
made their prediction look good yes
terday when he upset defending
champion M. Parker Nolan, 5 and 4,
with par golf, Pittman meets W. H.
Wenzel, 1-up victor over Tom Len
non, today.
In the other semifinal, its Billy
Shea, ft*and-7 victor over Bob
Groves, against Hal Roddy, who de
feated Jack Brand, 1 up, with a
birdie on the 19th. Shea was 2
under par for- the duration of his
match,-and played the next three
holes and birdied all three.
Softball Title to Phoenix
Girls; Men Rest for Day
By tha Asiociotad Praia
PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 20.—The
spotlight shifted, today from women
to men as softball teams from the
United States, Canada and Mexico
took a day off between tournaments.
The national women's tournament
ended last night when the A-l
Queens of Phoenix completed the
tournament unbeaten with a 6-to-l
decision over the Oklahoma City
Sooner Queens behind the three
hit pitching of trickballer Charlotte
Armstrong.
The men resume play tomorrow
night.
Anne Stonemetz, Mrs. Little
Tie in Army Navy Golf Play
Anne Stonemetz, completing th
only year in which she will be active
in women’s District golf, tied for
the medal in opening defense of her
Army Navy Club championship.
Miss Stonemetz posted an 83, a score
tied by her future mother-in-law,
Mrs. S. E. Little. Match play be
gins Tuesday.
In a match play against par event
at the Sendee Club yesterday. Miss
Stonemetz and Mrs. R. H. North
wood tied, even with par. and Mrs.
E. E. Herman. Mrs. W. G. Hipps.
Mrs. Little and-Mrs. R. M. Oliver
finished one down.
Mrs. T. W. Chambers, leader at
the half-way mark of the 36-hole
punch bowl trophy tournament at
the Manor Club Women’s Golf
*
:Committee, protected her lead to
win with a net 161 with a 108-24—84
in the second round. Mrs. George
Martin posted second net of 166
and Mrs. Willard Edwards tied Mrs.
W. F. Kerr for third with 168. Low
gross went to Mrs. W. R. Stokes
with 87-85—172.
Mrs. J J. Corson, who recently
won her first tournament at Wash
ington Golf and Country Club in
15 years of competition, sponsored
a special event yesterday in ap
preciation. The winners were Mrs.
R. B. Jacoby with 112-36—76, Mrs.
Samuel Hauser, 114-36—78. and Mrs.
Michael Norton. 98-19—79. Mrs.
George H. Bailey’s 86 won low
gross and Mrs. M. Hale Dinneen
had low putts, 29.
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Fine Putting Marks Brownell's
D. C. Golf Title Win Over Nee
By Merrell Whittlesey
Most golfers who wonder how
Bobby Brownell makes so many
30-foot putts and why he never
misses those 6-footers change put
ters as often as they change socks.
The average golfer always blames
a three-putt green on his putter
and the next time out sports a
different blade that was bought,
borrowed, traded, stolen or has been
in the attic for 10 years.
Take it from Brownell, the 28
year-old Manor and Chevy Chase
Club champion who blitzed the field
in the District Amateur champion
ship that wound up yesterday at
Woodmont, thats' the wrong ap
proach.
Brownell has stuck to a rusty
blade putter with a two-iron shaft
that Kenwood Pro George Diffen
baugh gave him 12 years ago. He
has thrown it a few times, but
never has broken the shaft and the
only time he gave it up he regretted
it. That was in the National Ama
teur match play rounds last year
when he tried a different putter and
three-putted himself right out of
his first round match.
Superb Putting Tells.
If you try to tell Maury Nee,
Brownell’s 9-and-8 victim in the
scheduled 36-hole final of the city
tournament, that Bobby is not the
best putter in the world, Maury will
give you an argument. Particularly
heartbreaking to the 32-year-old
Columbia golfer was Brownell's
streak midway on the front nine of
the afternoon round, where Nee was
inside Brownell on the green on
four stragiht holes, yet lost three of
them and managed only to halve
the other.
For the five rounds of the Dis
trict Amateur over a course in which
11 of the 18 holes have been in play
only four months, Brownell was
two under par. He has played in
the District championship three
times—1936, 1946 and 1947—and
won all three, tying George Voigt
and Ralph Bogart for the most titles
won. His triumphs this season are
too many to recapitulate.
Putting together the last nine
of his first 18 yesterday and the
front nine of the afternoon, Brow
nell played the par 69 course in 65
strokes—33-32. He rapped in nine
birdie putts, some of them beauties,
others the result of iron shots dead
to the pin.
Brownell Wins in Hurry.
In taking a 9 and 8 defeat, Nee,
a pretty good football player with
Georgetown, lost in the manner of
a football team that trailed, 7-0.
at the end of three quarters and
lost the game, 40-0. Three down
at the end of 19 holes after playing
Brownell even for eight, Nee lost
the rest of the holes in a hurry.
It was the first time the District
championship has been played with
32 qualifiers and a 36-hole final
and maybe it's a good thing for
Brownell the system was changed.
His qualifying score was 77, and
that would have landed him in a
playoff if only 16 had qualified.
District Golf Association President
Leopold V. Freudberg, in presenting
the prizes, noted that Brownell
waited 10 years between his first and
second District triumphs, but no time
at all between the second and third.
He said he believed Bobby had the
formula and a fourth was in the
making for next year and all present
concurred.
Devitt, Friends Shine,
But D. C. High Teams
Take Grid Beatings
With the one-sided victories
already marked up, Washington-Lee
High of Arlington appears an almost
certain choice to hang onto the
Northern Virginia class A football
title. The Generals turned back a
good Western High eleven, 31-7,
yesterday, while George Washington
High, its main rival, opened with a
6- 6 deadlock against Thomas Jeffer
son of Richmond • last night at
Alexandria.
District public high eleven failed
to find a win in two other out-of
town starts yesterday. York (Pa.)
High topped Eastern, 13-6, and Mar
tinsburg (W. Va.) High turned in a
6-0 win over Roosevelt.
On the private school front,
Devitt romped to a 33-0 triumph
over Falls Church High, while
Friends School blanked Georgetown
Prep, 31-0.
vt.-Li. iiicven snows Punch.
Monk Carney * passing and Dickie
Lewis running featured Washing
ton-Lee’s drive against Western.
The first marker came in the second
period on a 15-yard pass from Lewis
to Harry Gladden, followed by an
other 40-yard scoring pass from
Carney to Jack McGill. Earlier
scoring threats by both teams were
stopped. The Generals took over on
their 10 to stop a Western drive
sparked by Norm Wacker and Don
■ Strain, while Western's line halted a
drive only 6 inches from a score.
The Red Raiders averted a shut
out in the last period, Wacker
; making up the final 15 yards to end
a drive led by George Holmes and
i Dale Summerbell.
A 64-yard advance after the open
ing kickoff gave Eastern its only
i score at York. A 25-yard pass from
Sal Di Giorgi to Johnny Brown
ended a march sparked by Leo
Kershbaum's and Ray Di Giovanni's
running. York tied the game in the
second period and won with an
other touchdown in the third.
Penalty Stops Riders.
Roosevelt's closest approach to a
score at Martinsburg was in the
second period when big Lenny Roth
kin led a smashing drive to- within
12 yards of the Martinsburg goal.
1A penalty put the Rough Riders
back and ended the threat. Kenn
i Hovermale of Martinsburg sliced 20
; yards through tackle in the third
! frame to tally for the winners.
A 40-yard punt return by Bill
Kohler of Thomas Jefferson only
three minutes before the game's end
tied the score after George Wash
ington had tallied in the second
period with Bob Hanna going 14
yards around end to climax an 80
yard drive. A crowd of 8,000 turned
out for this class A opener.
Tommy Dean was the Friends
School standout in its win over the
Little Hoyas. He scored two touch
downs and passed for a third, be
sides turning' in" the day's longest
gain of 75 yards. Four of Devitt's
five touchdowns against Falls
Church came on passes, three by
Gene Taylor. He also scored once
on a running play.
Navy's Squad Is Flying
To Husky Scrimmage
ty tb« Auecietad Proit
WHIDBY ISLAND NAVAL AIR
STATION, Wash., Sept. 20.—Navy's
60-man football squad was to take
to the air, literally, today for an
all-out scrimmage against the Uni
versity of Washington in Seattle.
Coach Tom Hamilton planned to
herd his full squad aboard Navy
planes to fly from this Puget Sound
training camp shortly before the
time for the afternoon practice ses
sion, in which coaches of both teams
expected to cut loose with the full
offensive repertoires they have
planned for next Saturday's oppo
nents.
All members of the squad who are
physically O.K. are expected to get
into action - before the long after
noon workout is over.
Although “Pistol Pete" Williams
had appeared likely to sit this one
out because of a leg injury, Coach
Hamilton indicated last night that
the Navy left halfback ace was in
good-enough shape that he might
see a bit of action.
Hamilton indicated there still
would be a shuffling of players be
fore decision on the starting lineup
for next Saturday's opener against
California.
Robinson Bout Considered
For Bell-Hursey Winner
George Gainford, nianager of
World Welter Champ Ray Robin
son, appears interested in the 115,
000 guarantee offered for a Robin
.son nontitle fight against the
winner of Monday night’s bout here
between Smuggy Hursey and
Tommy Bell. He promises that he
and Bell will be at the ringside at
Griffith'Stadium. Proposed date for
such a nontitle fight is October 13.
Manager Mel Stevenson, speak
ing for Hursey, quickly accepted the
idea yesterday, but Bell, who lost to
Robinson in a title fight last De
cember, was skeptical. "I’d like the
best in the world to fight Robinson
any place, any time,” Bell said, "but
1 don't think he’ll fight me. I’ve
got his number and Ray knows it,
and he’s turned down some mighty
fine offers to fight me.”
(Minor Baseball
, . .. Sy the Aiwciated Pm* - - . j
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
San Francisco, S—10: Sacramento.
2—1.
Los Anaeles. S: San Dieto. 3.
Hollywood. 4. Seattle, 2.
Portland, 8; Oakland. 2.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS.
Nashville. 12: Mobile, 0 (Mobile leads
2-1'.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS.
Milwaukee. 6: Louisville, 2 (Milwau
kee leads. 1-0).
S. ATLANTIC LEAGUE PLAYOFFS.
Savannah, 7; Au*usta, 1 (Savannah
leads, 1-0). •
WESTERN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS.
Pueblo, 9: Sioux City, 2 (Pueblo leads.
2-1).
international league playoffs.
Syracuse at Buffalo, postponed.
EASTERN LEAGUE FINAL PLAYOFFS.
Utica at Albany, postponed.
TEXAS LEAGUE FINAL PLAYOFFS.
No tame scheduled _
Kavakos Parses Out
Of Softball Tourney
ly the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, Sept. 20.—Kavokos
Grill of Washington is out of con
tention as the 15th annual world
softball title tourney goes into the
home stretch. Kavakos bowed out
yesterday, the victim of no-hit
pitching by Russ Johnson as Toronto
won, 2-1. The Kavakos run came
on three walks and a wild pitch.
Feature attraction today as the
teams square away for semifinal
games is between Fort Wayne Zoll
ners, defending champs, and Han
ford (Calif.) Kings, both unde
feated.
Action in the girls' section was
featured by the tourney's only per- j
feet game so far as Ruth Elston
of Toronto tossed to a 1-0 win over
Fort Worth. Tex. •
big Mine varid rracrice
Slowed by Hot Weather
By the Associated Pre*»
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. — Unseason-!
able hot weather Is playing hob with
Big Nine football practice routine.
With the grand opening of the
season only a week away, many;
coaches have found it necessary in I
cancel important scrimmage sessions
because of the heat, while others;
have cut drills nearly in half.
With any break at all in the hot
spell today, a majority of the teams j
were in for their regular Saturday
contact work and intrasquad games. j
Kane's Win Over Medina
Aids'Bantam Title Drive
By the Associated Press
MANCHESTER, England, Sept.
20.—Peter Kane, former flyweight
champion of the world, established
himself as a leading contender for
the bantamweight crown held by
Manuel Ortiz as he took the Euro
pean bantam title from Theo Me
dina of France here last night.
Casing one of the greatest come
backs in the history of British box
ing, the ^-year-old Kane ham
mered Medina around the ring for
15 rounds to earn a clear-cut deci
sion. Kan# Weighed 117 pounds,
Medina 116*4.
Ed McKeever Starts Well
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 20 UP).— \
Ed McKeever, formerly of Notre
Dame and Cornell, made his West
Coast coaching debut tonight, send
ing a University of San Fran
cisco team with a good ground
game to a 20-6 triumph over San
Jose State before 15.000 fans.
Winner Janiro Spurns
Date With Robinson
ly 111* Aisociat*d Pr*t*
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—It is un
usual, indeed, for a fellow to say
"no thanks” to a chance at a world
championship, even if his chance
of winning it is as puny as a horse
player’s bankroll after the eighth
race. But that is exactly what
baby-faced Tony Janiro is doing
today, even though he has qualified
for a shot at Ray Robinson’s welter
weight crown.
The youngster from Youngstown.
Ohio, gpt through the qualifying
round last night by thumping tough
Tony Pellone from New York's
East Side streets for 10 rounds in
Madison Square Garden.
Robinson had agreed earlier that
he'd put his 147-pound crown on
the line this winter against last
night’s winner, but after it was over,
Janiro declined with pleasure. He
said he just couldn’t make the welter
weight limit any more and still wear
the right number of arms and legs
in the ring. w
Moore's 2-Run Single
Feature of His Party
ly Hi* Aiia<iat*d Pint
ST, LOUIS, Sept. 20.—Celebrating
“Terry Moore” night as the St.
Louis Cardinals defeated the Chi
cago Cubs last night, Moore helped
his club's cause with a first-inning
single which drove in two runs.
Moore, who has been a star per
former in the Redbird outfleid
since 1935, was the recipient of
many gifts Including a new* auto
moble, in ceremonies before the
game.
Presentation was made by Mayor
Aloys P Kaufmann while more than
13,000 fans looked on approvingly.
Fonder Sweeps Midget Car
Races to Tie Schaefer
George Ponder of Lansdale, Pa.,
now Is tied with Dutch Schaefer in
the number of feature races won on
the midget auto track at West Lan
ham Speedway this season. Ponder’s
grand-slam victory last nightr-he
won in qualifying, semifinal and final
heats—gave him him bis fourth fea
ture race triumph of the year there.
The windup program is scheduled
for next Priday.
To take last night’s main event,
Ponder had to fend off a wild stretch
rush by Larry Bloomer before a
turnout of 5,800. Mike Joseph, who
turned in a clean sweep the previous
week, won his qualifying heat last
night but was unable to finish in the
money.
Miss Lenczyk Will Meet
Champ in Canadian Golf
By *h« Asisciatwf
TORONTO, Sept. 30 — Long-lMt
ting Grace Lencsyk, 30-year-fild
Newington (Conn.) sensation, tees
off today in a 38-hole final against
Defending Champion Mrs. F. J
Mulqueen of Toronto for the Cana
dian Ladies' Open golf champion
ship at. the Toronto Golf Club,
V
Previous Winners
Of President's Cup !
Races today and tomorrow for the t
President’s Cup will be the 16th In ;
the series that began in 1926. No
races were held in 1928 and during
the war years from 1941 through
1945.
Previous winners:
year- Craft. Owner
1926 Miss Cigarette IV.L. G. Hammeraley
1927 Miss Syndicate_Hoflce B. Dodge
1928 No race
192P Imp .. ... .Richard P. Hoyt
1930 Hotsy Totsy_H. and V. Klelsrath
1931 B Lagarto_George Reis
1932 Delpbine IV_ Bill Horn
19.13 B Lagarto-Oehrge Reis
1934 B Lagarto_George Reis
1035 Notre Dame_ ..Clel Perry
1936 Ma-Ja. _Jack Rutherford
1937 Notre Dame_ Clel Perry
1938 Algi .. _Theo Rossi
1939 Miss Canada nf_Harold Wliaon
1940 Notre Dame _ Dan Arena
1941-4S—No races
1946 Miss Great Lakea_Penny Poster
Redskins Need Tonic
Win Over Green Bay i
Would Provide
By Lawis F. Atchison
The Redskins need to win over
Green Bay tomorrow for a couple
of reasons. First, it will give them
a .500 average for preseason games
and second, it may give the rookies
some of the confidence they need
to take Philadelphia in their league
debut a week from tomorrow.
Sponsored by the Variety Clubs of
Baltimore and Washington, the
game is expected to lure some 20.000
fans from this city if the weather
is favorable.
The Tribe was dined, if not wined,
at a big homecoming celebration
sponsored by the Touchdown Club
yesterday, then tramped off to
Catholic U. for one of the two drills
scheduled against Green Bay plays.
If the Packers’ QT system is half
as successful tomorrow as it was in
the Redskins’ practice, it will be a
gloomy day for the home club.
Sammy Baugh took his place in
the slot for more than a half hour, »
but limited himself to short throws
and Coach Turk Edwards reiterated
that Sam will not play tomorrow.
Baugh didn't look good and knew
it, but he was anxious to keep his
legs in shape. The damaged rib
cartilage bothers him only when he :
tries long passes and stretches the j
muscles in his side.
Meanwhile, the Tribe was reported !
angling for Jack Sommers. 245
pound Los Angeles Ram tackle, i
Sommers might help the line de
fensively and also kicks oft. Jim
Peebles, who handled this chore for
the Skins last year, hasn’t perfected
his timing and the result has been
ragged.
ine nign-powerea u me ago cardi
nal*, meanwhile, wound up their pre
season schedule by nosing out the
improving Boston Yanks, 7-3, in a
last • minute splurge. Marshall
Goldberg, plunged 2 yards for the
winning touchdown after Nick Seol
lard booted a 35-yard placement
for tlje Yanks’ points.
In the All-America Conference
George Ratterman hung up a new
league passing record as the Buffalo
Bills routed the Chicago Rockets?
31-14, before 22,682 fans at Soldier
Field in Chicago. Ratterman. toss
ing four touchdown passes, gained
294 yards with 18 completions in 8L'
attempt?/ exceeding- the 284-yard
mark hung up last year by Otto
Graham of the Cleveland Browns.
Charley O’Rourke. Olenn Dobbs
and Chuck Fenebock generated
most of the power as the Los An
geles Dons routed the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 48 to 21, before 38,817 at
Los Angeles last night. Brooklyn
gained only 32 yards rushing.
Dobbs’ pass to Fenebock, covering
70 yards, was the moet sensational
play.
Football Results
ly Hie Associated Prw
Buffalo U,. 27; Niagara. 14.
Geeryla, 13; Furman, 7.
Datrolt. 34: Central Mleh , 14.
Texas Mines, 19: Drakt. 7.
Murohysboro, 12; Capa Olrardeau. 0.
Ferris lnatltute, 7; Hope (Mleh.). S, 1
Midland, 13; Bethany (Kans ), 0.
Central (Iowa), 19; Iowa Wesleyan, 7
Kearney (Nebr >. 21); York (Nebr ), S.
Doane, 40; Simpson (lowai. 0
North Dakota. 14: Luther (Iowa). 0.
Arkansas Tech., 32; Western Union. 0
Concordia, 2(t; Jamestown (N. Dak >, 0.
Klrkfvllle, 12; Pittsbura (Kans.), «.
Marytllle Thera. 14; Ottawa (Kana >. 0.
Baylor. 34; Stephen F. Austin, (1.
Sam Houston. 14: Louisiana State. 0.
San Francisco, 20; 8an Jose state. S.
San Dleao State, 24; Utah Aaales. IP.
McMurry, 22; New Mexico A. & M . 7.
New Mexico M. I„ 27; Pueblo J. C . H
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