* Skins Picked Over Rams Tonight, Despite Ailments
Edwards 330-Pound Tackle Lose or Draw Expects Win, Brown Gets Chance Win, Is Tough to Outfit By FRANCIS E. STANN Even With Bagarus, For Davis ly t*i« Associated Pros* Star Stall Correspondent Cup Spot PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6 — Willow Grove's American Legion Caution: at Work Boy Jacobs Limping In Parker football team has a 330-pound CAMP PERRY, Ohio, Sept. 6.—A baby-faced 18-year-old boy from Facing tackle—and a man-sized problem Lewis F. *h« —on its hands. Washington, D. C.. who looks 13 and is built like a Jockey, is the reign- By Atchison iy AukwM Pr#€l ing sensation of rifle shooting here at the 62d national rifle and pistol Star Staff Correspondent FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Sept. 6.— The team welcomed the ac- Tom the from quisition of 6-f o o t-6 Fred championships. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6.—Stevf Brown, Jr., ex-GI nc is Artnur a luo-pouna wisp oi a iaa San Francisco who flared suddenly Broecker, 18-year-old former ooox, Bagarus and Jack Jacobs limped of] who has the worst case of hay fever and pretty across the tennis firmament at high school star, a few weeks ago the field last the Red- close to the keenest shooting eye of approximately night during Wimbledon a few months back, gets but today teammates are fran- 1,000 of the Nation’s top shooters who are gathered skins’ final workout before the foot- his big chance today when he faces tically trying to find gear big Rankle for him before the season here to split the spoils in the World Series of the ball game with the Pro Champior Parker, toe well-known enough firearms mechanical man, in a quarter-final opens September 28. game. Rams, and although Coach Turk Already the lad known as "Cookie” has of the national championships. Edwards said he thought both would If he should trim the clinched for himself a coveted place on the United defending be States team in the Dewar international match, ready to play tonight there wai champion, Brown would find him- Feller's Fierce self in toe same exalted Slump which will be shot in competition with England an air of apprehension in camp. atmosphere with long Bob Falkenburg, the col- and Canada, and he is all but assured of ranking Jacobs’ loss would be serious, but legiate champ who yesterday ousted among the top 10 riflemen in the land on the Bagarus’ absence could be fatal tc Hits His Chance for Billy Talbert, Jr., in live strange sets. strength of his performance in the show. the Tribe’s hopes. He was a key Brown and Falkenburg have been “Cookie” is by all odds the sensation of the figure in pregame plans and was named by Walter Pate, of championships. Never has a younger performer doped to be on the far end of most captain Uncle Sam’s Davis Cup team, as the Strikeout Mark won a Dewar berth, nor been so close to taking it of Sammy Baugh’s passes. Jacobs leading candidates for the fifth, or an ui uie nauimtu. me wuimiik pica&iiien wvc was scheduled to engineer the Red- Joe Reichler Arthur cook, spare, position on the squad he ex- By him and the older, former champions take him skin attack, at least part of the Associated Press Sports Writer pects to take to Australia in an under their wings, alternately whispering fatherly advice and verbally time—possibly sharing that chore effort to bring back the big trophj Time rapidly is running out on pinning his ears back to "keep him flying straight and level.” The with Baugh. If Injun Jack can’t this winter. Bobby Feller’s hopes of setting a never-was guys talk of the kid’s good luck and their own misfortunes, make it, the full burden will fall Falkenburg and his furious serv- major league strikeout record as but this is so in any game when a newcomer flashes to the front. on Sammy’s shoulders. Jimmy ice went a long way toward clinch- the Cleveland Indians’ great pitcher Youel seems to be too green tc ing toe extra berth In wallows in the worst slump of his He's but Not to be entrusted with the important yesterday. Allergic, Bull's-Eyes sig- scoring his 3—6, 6—1, 2—6, baseball career. nal-calling task, unless the Skins 6—2, Young Cook, as one of the country's crack shots, stretches the 7—5 triumph over the 1944 and 1945 The speedy righthander, who has pile up a commanding lead. Imagination when he walks away from the firing line. Dressed in runnerup, Falkenburg piled in 19 figured a good bet to become the Defensively, the injured pair’s ab- baggy-kneed light blue trousers and wearing a long-billed cap, he clean service aces, six of them in first pitcher since Dizzy Dean of 12 sence wouldn’t make much differ- appears more like a caddy for one of the big shooters than a ranking the deciding set. years ago to notch 30 victories when ence, for Edwards has planned an sharpshooter himself. And when he comes close to you his record in Today’s other quarterfinal will he registered his 20th win last July offensive team to punch holes in pit these matches become even more incredible. Gardnar Mulloy of third- 31, has hit an amazing decline since the Rams’ defense and another Miami, “Cookie’s” nose runs almost all day long and his eyes are red seeded star, against Pancho Segura then, losing six of his next eight eleven to ward off the Los Angeles and watering. "I’ve always had hay fever,” he explains, “and right of Ecuador, the game little Latin starts, including his last three. thrusts. Bagarus pulled a muscle in now it’s worse than ever because I’m allergic to ragweed, pillows, with the two-fisted forehand. Feller’s sudden reversal of form his groin and couldn’t run last night timothy grass and household dust. Sometimes the bull’s-eye is just a While the men are the also practically has ruined his Jacobs worked out briefly before clearing blur but I’ve been lucky so far. The wind’s just been taking those decks from their semifinal chance of overtaking Rube Wad- complaining of a lame back and struggles, bullets and putting ’em in the right spot.” toe girls will reel off one of dell’s 42-year-old listed record of was sent to the rubbing table to theirs, He's been seven it one summer at a between Doris Hart of Miami 343 strikeouts. shooting only years, taking up complete his workout. and Boy Scout camp, “I couldn’t hit 45 out of 50 prone at 50 feet,” he Mrs. Mary Arnold Prentiss of Los In his last eight starts. Feller Edwards Sees Win for laughs. "Couldn't do it for two years.” Tribe. Angeles. The winner will play Sun- has whiffed only 40 batters to in- Edwards still thinks the Redskins final As a student at Paul Junior High in Washington he first was in- day’s against either Pauline crease his season's total to 293. He will win, even with the two stars Betz or Mrs. is to make more starts terested in basket ball. “Then I got socked on the nose and an abscess COMPLETED PASS—George McAfee of the Bears (black falls Patricia Canning Todd expected five on the bench. He thinks jersey) onto Frank Dancewicz of on George of La Jolla, Calif., who which means he must average 10 developed. I’ve had this operated six times,” he added, pointing to the Yanks after the latter had snared an aerial for a in the third of yesterday Koch, brother of Botchy Koch, for- 25-yard gain period the pro defeated Louise strikeouts a to Wad- his crooked nose. exhibition Brough, 6—2, 6—2. game equal mer G. W. U. line Sucic and grid at Boston last night. Other players are: Jimmy Babe Dimancheff coach, Magee (30), Mrs. Todd and Miss Betz will play dell’s mark. Ruthstrom are (18) and Sam Goldman (23) of the Yanks and A1 Summer Earning Pays for His Rifles Los Angeles’ three Baisi of the Bears. —AP Wirephoto. in tomorrow's other semifinal. Bullet Bob suffered his most hu- most dangerous running backs and miliating defeat yesterday in De- He next tried track but developed a heart murmur and switched he saw them play in the intra- troit at the hands of the Tigers to shooting on a serious scale. He’s got 20-15 sight in both eyes and at squad game Compton two weeks Seats in who clubbed him for eight runs in recalls that in junior high his fellow students used to accuse him of Added Left S. Nelson Heads for ago. He likes them better than Jim Swedes, Hopeful Against U. Last the fourth inning, the most runs the eye chart. "But close I can't see much,” he says. memorizing up Gillette, Fred Gehrke and Bob Hoff- ever scored against Feller in one Cook from Tech the Young graduated High School, becoming man, who are good enough to play Will In Net frame since he joined the majors in a minor to win the Circle and he is Make Nats Seek Fear only competitor sport T, plan- first on most Test, Kramer Most 1946 Golf string pro footbail Roundup in 1936. The previous high was to enter the reason ning University of Maryland this month. His chief teams. • y th« Associated Press “the blister was small and probably five by the New York Yankees. is because Maryland sets a store on rifle his because A shooting; second, crowd upward of 80,000 is ex- FOREST HILLS, N. Y„ Sept. 6.— was caused by too much practice. In all Feller was tagged for nine he wants to mechanical "I want to in study engineering. specialize pected to see tonight’s fracas and Right-Hand Hitters I'm permitting Bergelin to rest and In Tam runs and 11 hits in the 3 >4 innings seen some of Amer- Classic he “I’ve some ideas.” j Although they’ve shooting,” explains. got Paul Schissler, directing the game ; expect the hand to be completely he worked with the Tigers beating as Burton Hawkins ica s net artists Eu- ■y the Associated Press His father, who served Assistant Secretary of Labor during the for the Los Angeles Times, has hopes By younger whip healed within two or three days.” him for the third straight time, 1-0. Wilson regime, is dead and young Cook, who has worked the last three of hitting 104,000, which would be Clark Griffith’s reconstruction of rope's best in the national tennis “Speaking of Kramer.” Ostberg CHICAGO, Sept. 6. — Texas Fred Hutchinson hurled the ahutout claims that he s cent of his on a the Nats will be summers, spent every earnings equip- record for pro football. accomplished with championships here, Sweden's Davis commented, ‘T think he's the top Rancher Byron Nelson will be head- for the Tigers. which consists of three rifles, a telescope and a targetscope. The Skins have a the reconstruction of Griffith Sta- still believe have a man on the ment, reputation to Cuppers they American team. He ing for his last 1946 The heated National League pen- This is modest with that to some dium in for next season golfing roundup gear compared belonging target mind, his fighting chance against the United {certainly seems to be better than nant race continues unabated as club in George S. May s $10,000 winner- shooters, but it was good enough not only to win a Dewar berth and will be shooting at a shorter States team in the interzone finals Prank Parker, although I’ve been the front-running St. Louis Car- national but also to crash the famed "400” Club and to set left field fence. Griffith ex- take-all invitational ranking WMAL Airs Game will beginning next Friday. {told by many that Parker practical- tournament at dinals and runner-up Brooklyn a national record with a score of 400 tend the left and center field bleach- The visitors are about their unbeatable. junior perfect points. The Redskins-Rams game to- going ly is Our big worry is Tam O’Shanter Saturday and Sun- Dodgers both won, the Cards shel- ers and fill in the night in Los Angeles will be center field comer business in a very thorough manner, Kramer, and we are looking forward day. lacking the Chicago Cubs in a night In Wind He Outfoxed Veteran with a temporary stand for an of three hours to the match between High broadcast over The Evening Star 1947, practicing average ! him and Riding herd with Nelson in the game at St. Louis, 10-1, and the which means the accent on his trad- daily at various clubs. The one Brooks the Braves ih Bos- For all of his youth the Washingtonian is capable of holding his station, WMAL, starting at 11:05 only Bergelin. 36-hole medal play test will be shading own ing ventures this winter will be on of the Europeans who won’t work “We didn’t come all the ovei 1-0. The Cards retained their with older shooters in every respect. Early during these matches, o’clock, with Harry Wismer and I way United States Open Champion Lloyd ton, right-handed hitters. out is Lennart their to concede while a high cross-wind played havoc with scores, veterans were Jimmy Gibbons manning the today Bergelin, {here defeat,” Ostberg Mangrum, British Open Titlist Sam two-game bulge over the Dodgers, Temporarily to tall ace who is bothered with a added. "If hard and 22 amazed to note the number of bull’s-eyes to appear in Cook’s target. mike. abandoning plans work, concen- Snead and All-America Winner with games remaining on each double-deck the bleachers and ex- blister on his racket hand. Then one focused his targetscope on Arthur’s "sighting bull,” a black tration have anything to do with it, Herman Barron. team’s schedule. tend the upper grandstand 16 rows For a while the Swedes were con- matches should be closer than Yankees their two- circle above the others which is used by shooters for practice and maintain tonight and will put on {the At that, cattle-minded Nelson is The protected due to construction costs which he cerned over the as think.” over the de- wind-testing purposes. Normally a shooter will aim five or seven shots more steam than in an average pre- greatly injury many people only a pinch hitter in the elite four- game margin Tigers by season declares are "outrageous,” Griffith they recalled the blister which The winner of the series the Athletics in Philadel- at the sighting bull before or during the target firing to check wind tilt. This will be their sev- three-day man meet which was billed as a feating revealed his idea of America's Jack Kramer at will meet Australia's and range. enth appearance on the West Coast, installing plagued defending eup “world championship” affair untl phia, 6-2. temporary bleachers to increase the Wimbledon. But Curt their team in the round "down After the at 3-all The observer counted 36 rounds fired by Cook at the sighting their fifth in Los Angeles, and they Ostberg, challenge Ben Hogan, new PGA champion and tying score with park’s seating capacity by 5,000. non said under” in December. three runs in the bottom half of bull. haven’t lost yet. Edwards figures playing captain, yesterday the year’s leading money winner it is a little late It's an encouraging announcement the the White Sox The youngster explained it this way: “We get 20 minutes in which in the game to asked to be excused because of prev- seventh, Chicago start to the league's right-handed bat- defeated the St. Louis to shoot 20 target rounds, plus a few at the sighting bull. That amounts losing. ious commitments. visiting This ters, for they’ll be aiming at a bar- Browns 4-3 in 11 to about 45 seconds for each target round. I need only 3 to 6 will be the Rams’ first home Foes of 168-Game Season Nelson, who claims that goll inAings. rier 30 feet shorter than the present Jack Graham's second home run minutes to shoot my 20 target rounds, so when the wind was high I appearance, the first all-pro foot- Major henceforth will take a back seat to wall. The erection of stands in of shot at the sighting bull instead and either waited for the wind to ball game to be played in the his 630-acre Texas farm and breed- the day, with two mates aboard front of the bleachers will reduce die or to for it." cavernous Coliseum and marks a ing white-faced volunteered in the ninth inning, gave the New adjusted my sights compensate the cattle, milestone in National Football distance to the left field comer Rapidly Obtaining Support back York Giants a 6-5 victory over the A number of the outfoxed veterans grumbled, but a majority —aching and all—to substitute The to 375 feet and at its shortest point ly the Associated Press ef the National League revealed Phillies at the Polo gave the kid his dues. "He’s smart,” says Thurman Randall, a former League history. Rams must for Hogan. His physical ailments Philadelphia or make a decent from home plate—in left center NEW YORK, 6 that several club owners in his Grounds. national "and he’s stamina. Even a strong man finds it win, showing, to Sept. —Opponents were blamed by Nelson, golf’s Mr. champion, got circuit had him of a desire gain in their new field—the distance will be 364 feet. of the informed Held scoreless for eight hard to lie prone, with a sling acting like a tourniquet, and fire 56 support home unprecedented 168-game Big of 1945, for his failure to retain innings, town. Plan Due Trial This Month. schedule for the 1947 to reconsider their decision. Frick the Pittsburgh Pirates got to rounds from a heavy gun. He's a real shooter, that kid.” major league his title in the recent PGA meet at “We'll just have to come with baseball said he had passed the information Vander Meer for three hits RamstKeyed for Contest. up season, approved by league Portland, Oreg. Johnny some at their in along to the other National League and two runs to defeat the Reds 2-1 Coach Adam Walsh has the Rams right-handed hitters,” says heitds recent meeting It was sharp-putting Barron, who Griffith, smiling. “It’s the were teams and that they probably would in Cincinnati. keyed up for the test, although he only way Chicago, gaining support by took most of the wind out of Nel- Williams Coan as 1 we can increase the seating capacity the hour the club meet and take another vote among Figures No. has moaned about the team’s cas- today—from son’s sails this year when he grabbed at To themselves. ualty list. He still has Bob Water- present. double-deck the owners themselves. the $10,500 top swag in the All- bleachers and field, rated the best back in the extend the upper A definite move to throw out the Pointing out that it would take a American classic at Tam O’Shanter BASEBALL for grandstand cost us a seat extra 14 which have drawn to rescind the action Prospect Major Stardom league last season; Kenny Washing- would $60 games, majority ap- five weeks ago. Nelson previously right now and that’s criticism from various ever at Frick said the Ted Willioms ton, hard-hitting Negro ace, and prohibitive.” quarters proved Chicago, had won the lush event four out ol TONITE-8:30 P.M. By Griffith will local since their was announced owners meet in the near Jim Hardy, a fine prospect obtained give fans an adoption might five years. idea under in vs. Boston Postwar baseball, which was Evers, the Detroit Tiger outfielder. from the Redskins in the deal that of what to expect next season was way both leagues and future, rather than wait for the This foursome’s return to Tam Washington to out dozens of He was touted as a when the Boston it that a formal return to winter scheduled at Los supposed bring great prospect. put Jacobs in an Indian suit. Walsh Red Sox invade appeared meetings O’Shanter's par 72 layout puts all AMEBICAM LEAGUE PABK brilliant thus far has He still is. But Hoot has been Griffith for the the old slate not rookies, failed; has a big rugged line, but some Stadium last two 154-game might Angeles. the pressure on Barron. Next heme gome. Sept. 21, Boston to be far off produce any great abundance of hounded by injuries and it’s really Redskin strategists feel his squad games of the season here on Sep- In Chicago, President Will Har- o ii f t o n H I nrr not fair to tember 21 Clark Griffith, owner of the say that he may not yet isn't deep enough to cope with the and 22. Temporary stands ridge of the American League de- --PLAZA SPORT SHOP-- players. At live up to all the preseason dope we Tribe in that respect. Los Angeles in front of the left and center field Washington Senators, first disclosed clined comment on prospective such that the themselves were least, has had on Evers. has experience, but the Skins seem bleachers will be installed for those leagues action In his circuit and Herold been the case in their decision to The only rookie pitcher I've seen to have an edge in manpower. games, although the center field reconsidering play (Muddy) Ruel, assistant to Base- the American who has good possibilities is Ellis corner will not be filled in until the longest schedule in baseball ball Commissioner A. B. Chandler, League this sea- Kinder of the St. Louis Browns. Kin- Toledo's Witte Is Voted next season. Stands in that sector history next season. said in Cincinnati he had heard “a son. der is real quick. His best perform- will be graduated to the top of the “We have decided to reconsider lot of talk” about reconsideration inseparable companions the There are ances were turned in only recently. fence. issue,” saia Griffith, one of those but that “nothing official has come 'Most Valuable' in A. A. who some players in He beat us in Boston to become the wur urw setup win dc similar to opposed the addition of 14 to this office." our who ly the Associated Press games. "I think 154 games are league second St. Louis pitcher to win a seating arrangements we had for Chandler himself, reached at his have been COLUMBUS. Ohio, 6 — enough for anybody.” THROUGH FALL AND WINTER per- game at Fenway Park this year. Sept. our three World Series here,” said Versailles, Ky., home, said he knew forming b r i 1 After that Jerome (Jerry) Witte, Toledo’s Griffith. “Several Meanwhile, President Ford Frick game he went down to times this year very little about the movement since liantly who are New York and beat home-run-hitting first baseman, to- we’ve been forced to the Yankees in turn away he had been away from the office new to me but day was named the American As- the stadium. You can’t overlook two fans and this new seating arrange- two days. But, he said, if the who can’t be sociation’s most valuable for finely pitched games as those. player ment should prevent that next Bears a Title Threat leagues want to reconsider their Mens classified as the 1946 the In the catching department, Gus campaign by loop's year." decision he will submit the ballots rookies as baseball writing fraternity. foul they Niarhos of the Yankees seems about Barring weather, the Nats necessary for joint action. LEATHER JACKETS T*a wirn.ms, his first of have had a little tops to me. He is so classy behind the Playing year baseball seem a certainty to hit the million after a In St. Louis, Sports Editor 8id wartime experience in the big plate that he can’t miss being in the three-year hitch in the mark for home attendance this sea- After Beating Yanks ‘KNOPF Witte is Keener of the Star-Times quoted styled by league. big leagues for some time to come. Army, regarded at the best son, with a crowd of 17,196 last tin Associated ?ross ly an “authoritative” source as saying In this class I would rhere has been a dearth of major league prospect in the loop night boosting the total to place our rookie approxi- the club owners had and is headed for the St. Louis BOSTON, Sept. 6.—It was obvious decided to ©wo Dave Ferriss, a truly great infielders in our league this year. At mately 960,000. Another large crowd club today that the Chicago Bears pack discard the 168-game idea and that pitcher. Mickey Vernon, the Wash-' least, nobody has come to Browns, parent of the Toledo is expected tonight when Bobo New- 16.50 along Mudhens. enough class to make a strong title an official announcement could be ington first baseman and match the first-year mark set our som will attempt to notch his 14th presently by bid in the National Football League. expected from headquarters in a leading our league in and own Johnny when he broke victory, with Mickey Harris slated An oll-leother jacket fea- hitting, Pesky At least they gave that impres- day or two. George Kell, the excellent third in in 1942. Brown to pitch for the Red Sox. turing the full talon zipper Bromwich, Gain sion when they tagged a 24-17 de- A spokesman for the owners was baseman of the Detroit Tigers. Gets No Scarborough Help. feat on the Boston Yanks in an ex- as closure, two-way pockets Of all the first-year I've! whose quoted saying: players Bethesda Australian Net Semis Newsom, only three Josses hibition game before 34,496 fans at seen, I'd have to sate Loop Opening “We encountered several hazards and adjustable wristlets. Gil Coan of ■y the Associated Press in his last 12 starts have been Braves Field last night. with a of 168 46. the Washington Senators as the Heads heartbreakers, will be the schedule games. Ton only. Sizes 36 t* Bowling Card SYDNEY, Sept. 6.—Jack Brom- facing They outgalned the Boston club, mo6t promising prospective big club which has hit him While sufficient open dates are on Tops on the early season wich and Geoff Brown only freely 330 to 99 yards, and, with Sid Luck- star. I mean a real bowling won their the season’s schedule we discovered league outstand- bill of fare since he joined the Nats in June. man 8 of 15 tonight will be the open- way into the doubles** finals of the pitching, completed we would be unable to ing player. He’s impressed me more In his last start the Red complete cer- ing of the Bethesda Thousand- Australian hard court against aerials for a 98-yard total gain. One than the rest. I’ve tennis cham- tain railroad jumps from city to Actually, seen Dollar 8ox, Bobo was shelled for six runs of his a to Ken League at Bethesda Bowling pionships today by Colin tosses, 20-yarder because of numerous only a little of Gil this year. But defeating before he could two men out. city night Center at 7:30 with Lake Construc- Long and Max get Kavanaugh, 6-foot-3 end, gave the what I’ve seen him Bonner, 5—7, 6—3, games. Italned-out games necessi- do has been tion Ray Scarborough tossed an effec- Bears their first in the Co. pinspillers as defending 6—1, 6—1. tally opening double-headers offered an- terrific. He’s fast and he can throw. tive job at the Red Sox last tating champions. Another experimental Davis night, period. other Rather than And it looks like he’s to be Cup but for his problem. experi- going crack lost, 1-0, seventh con- During the second Frank (Monk) a hitter. Johnny Stewart, Silver Spring pair, Dinny Pails and Billy Sidwell, ment with something that might up- good secutive defeat. Jim Bagby stopped Maznlcki, recent Boston pinman, is the new president of the were leading Jack Crawford and College set the past arrangement of 154 My opinion about Coan may be a 20-team the Nats with nine hits, surviving a star, booted the Bears into a 10-0 loop, while Johnny Ressa Lionel Brodie in the other semi- games we decided to drop the plan little unfair to another rookie out- ninth-inning threat when Wash- lead with a field again will serve as secretary and final when rain halted the match 10-yard goal. for 168 games.” fielder. I’m thinking about Hoot scorer. with the ington moved the potential winning In the third period, the Yanks tied score 6—3, 6—5. Much of the criticism leveled at run to second base. the count with Johnny Grigas' 85- the officials came from sources Brucker Scarborough, who hasn’t seen the yard touchdown run with an inter- Rejects Offer which the increase was and Nats score a run for him in the last cepted pass and Nick Scollard’s 14- suggested Major League Standings Schedules PHILADELPHIA. 6