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~~ * Griff Toils on Another Deal\ Club Streaks Four Wins, Adds 10 Twilight Tilts No More Laabs Win, Lose or Draw Single Flashing By FRANCIS E. STAN Games Slated Declares Ball Naval Aviation Builds a Sports Empire Once you get a peek at the Navy's aviation training program, with its strong athletic overtones, It's hard to get away from be- For cause in many ways it is the most stupendous sports project In Daytime Appears Big history. Certainly there was nothing even close to it during the World War. McNair, Just-Acquired Change in Stance Aids More incredible was the spwd with which it was carried out. Last December 19, Capt. Arthur W. Radford, director of aviation training for In Trade for Wilson, Him, Explains Brownie; the Navy, foresaw the need for 30.000 air cadets annually. And he Tabbed for Third Ties Mark wanted his cadets the toughest, hardest-hitting, most versatile young Slugging men in the world. A for 20 an athlete all his flyer years, life, Capt. Br BURTON HAWKINS. Bj tfcf Associated Pre»». Radford put it up to Comdr. Tom Hamilton, also a flyer and one of the Life among the Nats Is becoming It may be that Chet Laabs. husky stars ever from the Navy. biggest graduated more interesting, or at least more St. Louis Browns' outfielder. Is Hamilton suggested, in effect: "Let's try to get the best coaches in complex. With no attempt to clas- whacking the ball so hard lately that, the country, train them, commission them and send them out to the sify developments in the order of it's starting to swell. At any rate, he pre-flight schools to toughen those kids." Cap. Radford ordered Hamilton their importance, here's what's hap- says, it teems to be coming up to the "a whole lot to proceed. pening to the Washington Base- plate bigger." ball Club: Here for a two-game series with the Griffmen. Laabs attributes his <1)—It has a four-game winning Comdr. Hamilton's Detroit Talk Started It clouting streak to "a better streak, longest of the season. present went to view of the ball'' and a change of This is the way Naval Avistton went about Jt. Hamilton (2)—It has come within a few per- stance that has him more Detroit and spoke at the combined convention of the National Collegiate centage points of escaping the cellar. turning toward the Athletic Association, Physical Educators and Association of Football (3)—It will play 10 more "twi- pitcher. Whatever the reason, Laabs has Coaches. It must have been quite a talk. Hamilton hardly had stepped night" games at home, which means, It will no more boosted his home-run collection to from the rostrum before 200 men volunteered. (4J— play single with the of 17 for the season, including six in was of standards. day games, exception One thing Hamilton avoided any lowering Navy the last seven He clouted λ today's game and Sundays, at Grif- days. V-5 instructors are the best there are. mainly men who The physical fith Stadium for the remainder of couple yesterday in a double-header been successful men with There are with the and had coaching college teams; degrees. the year. Philadelphia Athletics, in his outfit. for good measure added a triple, dou- no sports tramps t5)—It has obtained Infielder Eric Better- ble and a single which accounted for Comdr. Hamilton isn't in this show for personal glory. McNair from Detroit in exchange six runs. known coaches than himself not only are welcomed but eagerly sought. for Pitcher Jack Wilson. "Ball When the Marines called up Maj. Bernie Bierman of Minnesota and (6)—Prexy Clark Griffith admits Is Looking Pretty." "It's one of thone brought him to Quantico, Hamilton called the Leatherneck authorities he has another deal brewing, that probably just the wasn't the things," said Laabs. "when you either almost as soon as Bierman's train arrived. "We need that fellow," he Wilson-McNalr swap smack 'em or don't." the Iowa Pre- trade he's been working on for the right you said. He got Ma], Bierman. too, and Bernie now heads 1 last few weeks. "But I know one thing. The ball It was the same with Jimmy Crowley of Fordham, Flight. School. way is looking pretty now—a whole lot. with Bell. Griffith isn't attempting to label who is in charge of the North Carolina Pre-Flighters, and Matty bigger. The reason may be that I ! McNair the cure for Washington's changed my stance a few days ago. infield evils, but he believes it's a y GRAND-SLAMMER —Catcher I I pulled my front foot back a llttl· Sees His Dream Come True 1 in that direction. The veteran The Captain step Rosar (12) extends a and faced the more." in with the Ath- Buddy pitcher are than of these instructors on McNair, who broke Altogether there more 1.000 physical mitt to Short- Laabs' rampage yesterday was just letics in 1929, is a smooth fielder congratulatory duty now in pre-flight schools and at colleges throughout the country. a year and a day after his feat of but light hitter, as testified by his stop Phil Rizzuto (right) as he Radford's to train 30.000 naval air cadets is well under- batting two homers, a triple and a Capt. program ! .186 last and his .167 that average year scores on a homer tallied double to the way. seven months after he swung into action. tie modern long- mark this season in pinch-hitting and and Teammates Rolfe, Keller distance hitting record for a single The war has hurt sports generally, but the United States Army jL U1C*5. cram# them. Some of them The Army's two teams, Di Maggio as the Yanks beat Navy have helped anyway. Probably Will Play Third. and the four Pre- the Indians 8-1. Present Average is .29# plus the Great Lakes Naval Training Station eleven "McNair will take over some spot yesterday, The stocky flelder who bate and Flight School teams are going to play major roles this fall in football. in the infield for us, probably third Yankee batboy Is at left and throws right-handed Is batting over And when this war is over there will be more good swimmers, boxers, base, when he gets in shape," says the a new ball umpire handing .290 now and figures he ought to be and all-around athletes than ever before. 1 Griffith. "He hasn't played much basket ball players to Indian Catcher Otto Den- able to top his best mark of .300. ; this season and he's not in condi- The sports that have been hurt or will be hurt-are tennis, golf and is Joe Rue. which he made In 1939 when he tion, but he'll be all right in a ning baseball to scratch the surface. Golf takes time, tennis calls for rubber, started with Detroit and wound up little while." —A. P. Wirephoto. end as far as to train servicemen baseball has little value. In fact, with the Browne in a trade. helping He has seen service with the who hold that ball are not athletes at all. but Now 28 years old. Laabs broke there are some players Athletics, White Sox. Red Sox and like vaudeville the who into the majors in 1937 with Detroit rather specialists jugglers. Certainly player Tigers and was regarded as one of after a year with Port Wayne and skirts the bases and tumbles in a gasping, exhausted heap isn't ready for the league's finer players until the Welsh Belies Scribes another with Milwaukee. The Tigers of that hand-to-hand fighting or ready to carry a 200-pounder across death of his wife several years ago. any sent him to Toledo for another year or swim clothed and with was a blow to McNair. his shoulders and run 100 yards fully equipment. It crushing of seasoning and him back for several seasons as brought He brooded to Be in 1938. He batted .371 for the his By Refusing play lapsed. Browns in 1940 and .278 last year. Wilson, who was obtained from Lead the Red Sox last December, was a in Tennis Little, Cooper Challenging distinct disappointment as a Nat. Upset Chicards 5 Clubs He launched the season as a starter,, Among but lately had been assigned only All Predictions Go To Train in Wisconsin Golfers Against Ryder Squad occasionally to relief roles. Awry B> tb« Aivoelfttcd Ptm*. "The deal I've really been work- As Persistent Barney CHICAGO. July 18—Charles W. Matches Likely to Net Red Cross $25,000; ing on broke down." informs Grif- fith, "but I believe we'll resume Reaches M. A. Semis Bidwell, owner of the Chicago Car- dinals of the National Pootball to Line-up for Singles negotiations shortly. We still have ι Hagen Juggle a announced his team a chance to make a more important Well, the newspaper boys made League, today would train at Carroll By WATSON SPOELSTRA, deal and I'm still working on it." great effort to unseat Barney Welsh College. Waukesha, Wis., 10. Wide World Snorts Writer. Griffith's decision to add 10 in the Middle Atlantic tennis tour- beginning August into the semifinal Pour other professional grid teams made a bold twilight-night games to Washing- nament, going DETROIT, July 18.—Walter Hagen's challengers will use Wisconsin as their training tons schedule was the result of & round today at Columbia Country bid to seize the lead from Craig Wood's Ryder Cup squad in base, the Green Bay Packers, Chica- today surprisingly good crowd of 11,000 Club, but the squire can take it.