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Draw j By Burton Hawkins Win, Lose, Jack Hand The Nats will throw Chico Mar- By By FRANCIS STANN Sox Associated Pros* Sports Writor •ero against the Red tonight Star Staff Correspondent in the opener of their three- Tommy Byrne, a hard-luck guy CHICAGO, AUG. 17.—Herman Hickman, all 325 pounds of same series at Griffith Stadium in from way back, found No. 13 the to halt their five- by all odds the largest head football coach the College All-'Stars i an endeavor charm to interrupting Cleveland’s same losing streak and avert th® ever his head “I had, was shaking sorrowfully. like my squad,” to seventh drive toward the American Dossibility of plunging “but I’d like it a lot better if League Hickman said, that big guy, place. Staton, still was on it.” —.—. pennant. Washington has come up against Which is about the best news a presum- The ex-Yankee, shunted to the he Yankees and Red Sox for th® ably downcast soul in California named last place Browns in mid-June, past 10 days and have a 2-8 rec- ord to show for it. The Athletics George Preston Marshall could ask. Jim Sta- made his 13th start of the season pnce again are threatening to tak® ton, late of Wake Forest, is a tackle. More- yesterday. It coincided with a 13- over, he is the property of Mr. Marshall s Red- game Cleveland winning string. Hickman and on Television skins. And take it from his The result was rough on the In- Game aiaes, oiaion is an luoiDan piayer. dians, whose lead was reduced to Tonight's Boston-Washington I’d like to have that fellow game will be shown on tele- Man, tonight,” 1*2 games by a 4-0 loss. vision over WTTG (Channel 8) Hickman was saying. "We’ll need all the good No Cleveland club ever won starting at 8:20 p.m. line play we can get to stop the Cleveland more than 13 in a row. The 1942 Browns. But the fellow hurt his knee in a Indians got that far in be- May over Washington’s sixth-place po- and and so we fore Boston them. The scrimmage can’t play shipped dumped sition. Philadelphia now is only current Tribe tied that mark him back to the Redskins.” four games back of the Nats. Fr,,lrl* SUn,, Wednesday night. Originally, the Redskins were to have Boston, struggling to present a Byrne took complete charge by furnished five rookies to the All-Stars, who’ll play the Browns more formidable threat to the In- driving home all four runs off Three dians and Yankees, has been slip- before possibly 90,000 people in Soldier Field tonight. loser Mike Garcia before he left ping recently, but the Nats hav® were backs—Johnny of Virginia, Leon Heath of Oklahoma the with a sore Papit game back in no first-hand knowledge of any The were tackles— the and Dick Campbell of Wyoming. others eighth. Duane Plllette fin- Red Sox slump. Boston has wal- ished the on Staton and Walt Yowarsky of Kentucky. And the best of all, shutout job Cleve- loped the Nats 10 times in their land, which hadn't lost since according to the All-Star coaches, is Staton. last 12 games. August 1. Marrero Whipped in 3 out of Lead Cut by Full Game. ONE OF THE MEN from the Chicago Tribune, promoting Marrero, the Nats’ leading pitch- has come from the er with an 11-6 record, rep- this 48th All-Star game, had just down colle- Washington slashed a full game resell lcu uu a. Liquid piuuitui ^ at Delafield, Wis., along with Hickman off the Indians’ lead. Both of p gians’ training camp the Red Sox, who have whipped and in of "You have heard a the other first-division clubs lost advance the squad. could Charley him three times in four starts. —Boston to horse neigh when Staton hurt his knee,” testified this witness. Philadelphia, 10-2, Boston is the only club to hold and Chicago to Detroit, 2-1. "The guy was that good, no kidding. The All-Star coaches— an edge over the Cuban right- There were faint stirrings of Hickman, Bob George Sauer and hander this season. Voights, Andy Gustafson, hope for a belated race in the who Bowden Wyatt—rated him the best tackle in camp. National after New York Like the Yankees, swept League THESE STARS READY TO SHINE—These four backs are ex to start for the the pected College All-Stars against pro Cleve- three games from the Nats by “When it was evident that both Heath and Staton were knocked off Brooklyn, 2-1, for a land Browns tonight in Chicago. Bob Williams from Notre Dame hands the ball to Halfback Rote of series (left), quarterback Kyle beating Dick Starr, 5-3. yester- hurt so badly they couldn’t play,” the fellow went on, "only sweep and a six-game win- Southern Methodist. No. 33 is Halfback Whizzer W7hite of Arizona State and No. 32 is Fullback Don Dufek of Michigan. day. the RedSox hope to rise at Staton was mourned to any extent. I’m not ning streak. The Dodger lead, how- passing judgment —AP Wirephoto. Washington’s expense. Bill Wight ever, still measured 9 Vi games ♦ on Heath, but this is what I heard. One of the coaches said, -♦--- mound -—-- — (5-5) will take the against with 43 to play. T ‘I doubt if he’ll come back across the with the Red- country St. Louis broke loose with six the Nats tonight. skins. But Staton—he’ll as a tackle unless Mar- open regular runs in the seventh to trim Pitts- Browns Picked to Win for Calls Newsmen While Art Schallock muffled the shall has some better linemen than I think he’s got.’ burgh, 9-6, and Chicago exploded Lineups All-Star Game Hogan Nats’ bats, the Yankees blasted By th* Associated Press "What about Yowarsky?” asked a guy. four in the ninth to whip Cincin- Starr for nine hits and all their CHICAGO Aug 17.—The probable starting lineups of the College All-Stars runs in the first five yes- "All the said. "The coaches nati, 8-4, in the only night game Two Touchdowns and innings right,” Chicago newspaperman By Cleveland Browns in tonight s game at Soldier Field: Amid of New in the majors. Boston and Phila- Reports terday. Gene Woodling got New like him. They like Papit, too. Campbell—well, he didn’t COLLEGE ALL-STARS. Po-. CLEVELAND BROWNS. t.lfl) Don York off to a lead in the second delphia were not scheduled. Stonesifer (Northwester*) L. E_ Mac Speedle (Utah) (58) j make any of the first three teams at Delafield. He may play (75) Byrne’s performance against Over All-Stars Bob Gain (Kentucky) -L. T-Lou Groza (Ohio State) <*B) I inning when he rammed his 12th a little tnnifrht hut. nnlv r>n ripfpnsp Tonight <7fi) Bud McFadln (Texas).... _L. Phase in 'Fix’ Cleveland was a super job. Always G_ Abe Gtbron (Purdue) (34) j Inquiry homer of the year over the right- By th* Associated Press (74) Jerry Groom (Notre Dame)-C plagued by wildness, he handed out _Frank Gastski (Marshall) (22) j By th« Associated Press field fence and the Yankees got (3<) Lynn Lynch (Illinois) -R. G.-Lyn Houston (Ohio State) (32)) EVEN WITH STATON AND HEATH in four walks. Until he CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—The proud (73) NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—District a 2-0 lead in the third when Jer- back California, the only left in Mike McCormach (Kansas)-R. T-Lou Rymkus (Notre Dame) (44)1 All-Stars are ex- (30) Bob scored Wilkinson (UCLA) R _ Coleman and on Redskins and the Washington area colleges are represented as the eighth he had allowed only two college tonight E. Dante Lavelli (Ohio State) (58) I Attorney Frank S. Hogan called a ry tripled (ft) Bob Williams hits. One of the hits was a double pected to learn what (Notre Dame) Q. B. Otto Graham (Northwestern) (00)! Gil McDougald’s single. never before in an All-Star game. The University of Maryland football; (33) Whizzer news conference today on college is all about when White (Arizona State)—L. H. Rex Bumgardner (West Virginia) (ftO)j Hank by Larry Doby who pulled a muscle Ireally they: (44) Singles by Bauer, Schal- has contributed three—End Elmer Linebacker Jake Kyle Rote (SMU) -R. H. ..William (Dub) Jones Wingate, crash into the (Tulane) (80) j basketball’s biggest scandal amid and in his left leg on the play. pro champion (32) Don Dufek (Michigan) -—-P. ilock, Joe Collins Bobby Rowden and Tackle Krouse. In addition to the B. Emerson Cole (Toledo) (70) ; Ray Papit, Cleveland Browns before at reports that his inquiry was enter- an error by Mike Byrne's Single Opens Scoring. 90,000 r>Uo2™?taI:SioS,ubDtltutSsir'N0- l8) Bernie Lemonick, Pennsylvania; (10) Leon Heath Brown, plus has Ppte California; (HI William University of Virginia sent End Gene Schroeder, who also Soldier Field. ?ih5hp55i, <\«> Sc,hal>arum. Gay. Notre Dame; d”' ing a new phase. 'McCormick, boosted the Yankees’ It was Byrne's two-run single Hft? A1PTiieV rC;.