Anacostia*s Grid Outlook Is lmproved/ With Squad Now Ample for Scrimmages A ■ <t. -----

5P0RTLIGHT Many Big Sports Tests

During Week End By GRANTLAND RICE.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 (N.A.N.A.V.— The next four days, running from

Thursday through Sunday, will write more than one of sport's im-

portant stories. They are four of the feature days of 1940, hooked in a row.

They start Thursday night with the prospect of a new heavyweight crowding into the almost vacated spotlight. His name is Pat Comis- kev and his barrier is Max Baer. If at the age of 20. with only one or

two hard scrimmages under his belt, Pat can handle the Livermore Lar- ruper he will be well out of the wilderness.

Comiskey's main stymie may be too much greenness. As green as he is more than a few old-timers think he will belt out Baer.

Clevelond-Detroit Series To Provide Fireworks

On Friday through Sunday, Cleve- land and Detroit close out an argu- ment that started last April.

Cleveland’s heavily harassed bat- talion gets Its chance against De- troit at home with a fellow named Feller in charge of the home guard.

This will be the most Important series in over 30 years of baseball play. By Sunday night either can

win and both can tie. A draw would result in a highly compli- cated matter so far as the next World Series goes, forcing a post- ponement until the unfinished busi- ness is cleared up.

A lot depends on how much weari- ness Fellers' arm will carry to the Wire.

This series will hold the attention of a Nation—from the hamlets and citadels to the metropolitan human swirls.

Cleveland has Feller, but Detroit has Rowe and Newsom, plus the heavy’ artillery of Greenberg and York.

Saturday's Football Will Demand Attention

On Saturday, as .an added attrac- tion in the upper zones, football gets away with an unusual card

A highly-touted Washington team

comes from the Pacific Coast to

face a much improved squad from Minnesota.

A tremendous Boston Colege team meets an equally tremendous Tulane team at New Orleans.

Michigan moves west to Cali- fornia—the Wolverine against the Golden Bear.

And Ohio State's Scarlet Scourge leaves the springboard against Pitts- burgh in Columbus.

Qn Friday night S. M. U. moves

out against TJ. C. L. A. in another big-time matter, so there will be at least important teams involved in the week end play.

Washington Team Declared To be Weak in Reserves

A Far Western scout reports that Washington, supposed to be a Rose Bowl favorite, lacks reserves against a good Minnesota squad.

The same scout writes, “In my opinion U. C L. A. is too weak at ends to handle such backs as Pres- ton Johnston and Ray Mallouf of 6. M. U.

“Stub Allison at California has no illusions about stopping Harmon end Michigan. California just isn't that good

“Howard Jones again has three complete elevens ready, all of them good, at Southern California. Jones last 10 or 12 regulars, but don't I start any weeping.”

Ohio State, headed by Don Scott. I the 215-pound quarterback, will put another great potential team into action against Pittsburgh. Scott ;

Is one of the year's best—passer, ball carrier, blocker and kicker—any- thing you want.

When Tulane and Boston College I meet head-on at New Orleans you 1

should hear the crash in Bayou coun-

try 80 miles away. Both are over- j loaded with manpower.

Backs Up Two Evenly Matched Teams With Third Combination

May Be Its Best Outfit And Still Find Some

I Foes Too Powerful

By GEORGE HUBER. The impression around Anacostia

High is that this is its year. Opti- mism can be found all through the school from Principal John Paul Collins, who used to coach football at old Business High School, through Coach Rolland Lund and down to the last player on the third team.

The third team is one reason

Anacostia is so full of pep. Never before has it had enough players to make three teams; in fact it had trouble some years finding enough good boys for the first-stringers to scrimmage. This time, though, there's a second team which Coach Lund declares almost is as good as the first. It will give him plenty of replacements, something the Indi- ans really have needed.

In comparison to previous elevens, the current edition gives something about which to crow. It probably will be a fine outfit for Anacostia, but whether it can stack up against the best in the District is another question.

Western Seen Big Hurdle. Coach Lund predicts that if the

boys get by Western they will be in the playoffs, and that's saying a lot. He thinks he can defeat Eastern, Tech and Wilson and really is worried only about Western. Those are his own predictions. He might take Tech and Wilson, but Eastern is another matter. That's going fo be close, with Eastern currently favored to repeat for the eastern division crown.

The Indians really do have cause for optimism. The boys are bigger

| than usual and there are more of them. Six lettermen—only Western can top that—have returned. They are George Absher. end; John Penn, guard; Arthur Knott and Bruce

; Halett, tackles, and Roy Selph and | Bill Spencer, backs.

That isn't all. Among the experi- enced lads are Eddie Hoffman, a

190-pound blocking back, and Bobby Nolte, another back whom Lund is

1 prepping to take Art Faircloth's place as a triple-threater. On the

squad from last year's reserve are

Gene Crawford. Phil Craig. Henry Mosseau and Frank Burback.

Barks and Ends Promising. The backfield and ends particu-

larly will be good. Spencer is smallish but he's a good open field runner, and Nolte is giving promise of doing all the things Lund claims for him. Absher at one end es-

pecially is good defensively, he also will quarterback the team from his end position.

Ernie Schaffer the other end also ! is a good pass receiver. This is his | senior year and although he was

| a candidate for the past two seasons 1 he didn’t play because of a blood clot on his arm.

That gives Lund the making of a good team and it is small wonder that he has gone off the deep end with his pre-season predictions.

We pick them to finish second in the eastern division, but won’t be too surprised if they come out on

top.

Rutgers Guard Too Fast for Rabbet By the Associated Press.

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Sept. 25 —Rutgers Football Coach Harvey Harman expects anything to happen now' that he has a

195-pound guard fast enough to catch a rabbit.

Husky Bill Schmitt espied a

wild rabbit scampering down the practice field, darted out of the line-up and after a 75-yard chase leaped on the bunny.

By PAUL J. MILLER.

President Arnold Steinbach led his chess players into their second Interclub social match last night when Federal Security Chess Club enter-

tained the Washington Chess Divan, headed by Executive F. W. F. Gleason. Last week the Security aggregation mowed down the Paul Morphy

Chess Club in the opening clash of the current eight.-major-club tourna-

ment, Visitors were surprised at the enthusiasm and smooth-working Security organization, so let us turnt the spotlight on its president who has developed Federal Security Chess Club into one of the largest units here.

He is Arnold Steinbach, who came to Washington in August. 1935. Born in 1891 at Suczawa. Austro-Hungarv, he attended the “gymnasium'’ in Vienna and was

praduated from the local univer-

sity with a doc- tor's degree in >

law and eco- j nomics and later 1

passed a state examination in actuarial science. He became di- rector of the Vienna State Employment Se- curity Agency, a

position he held for about 15 years; also, Dr. Steinbach.

teaching economics in the university extension department at Vienna.

A fluent speaker of German, Dr. Steinbach likewise is versed in Hun- garian and Italian, has traveled ■widely in Europe, and written numerous articles on various em- ployment and unemployment sub- jects.

Among his hobbies are tennis, bridge, music and chess, with the last named a favorite amusement. He learned the elements of chess at the early age of 6 at his Vienna home. He played the game inten- sively during his “gymnasium" years, and around the age of 17 met D. Gruber, who later became one of the strong players of the Vienna Chess Association.

Playing for his school he was

Victorious overfall other local club teams and eifloyed the blindfold game.

When he was graduated in 1909 from the "gymnasium,” Steinbach could play two games of blindfold

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chess simultaneously. But he turned from chess to worldly studies and did not renew his interest in the

game until recently. His favorite opening is the “king's

knight gambit" and he loves an open game of over-the-board chess rather

; than mail-order opponents. To arrange a chess social with

Federal Security Club call Dr. Stein- bach, Woodley 6647, any evening.

Capital City, 1454; Divan, 254- Chess Divan bowed to Capital City

of 17 veterans in its first interclub parley,

Albert W. Fox, international ex-

pert, played top board for Capital Citv. to draw against kleiner meister Carl Hesse. On the next 12 boards

! Capital City whitewashed the Divanites. then Dard Denman halted the streak by defeating W. Nicholas. A little later L. W. Ferris downed

i E. M. Weeks. Individual scoring:

C. C. C. Club. PI. Divan Chess C. Pt. A. W. Fox — ‘4 C. A. Hesse .._ Vi A. Mengarini_1 E. M. Knapp.. 0 M. C. Stark ..1 8. Adler -O H. A. Rousseau. 1 J. O. Hoy -O W. Jacobs_1 Anton Hesse-0 K. Stubbs_1 S. Korda -O R. Feeney ._1 K. Willnich O W. K Watt. «r. 1 Jos. Scribante.. 0 H. Garner_1 B Bogollubov 0 A. E. Love_1 F W. F. Gl'son 0

: H. S. Gay ... 1 Henry Retl O A. E. Woolsey 1 L. Minkoff ~ O

! G. F. Chase ..1 L. N Reynolds. 0 W. Nicholas 0 W. Denman 1 M. K. Rosedale. 1 N. P. Wigginton 0 E. M. Weeks 0 L. W Ferris... 1 C. W. Stark __ 1 W. Riecks- 0

Totals.. 14% Totals_ 2% (September 25. 1040.1

Sports Mirror By the Associated Prats.

Today a year ago—Billy Conn outpointed Melio Bettina to re-

tain light heavyweight cham- pionship.

Five years ago—Lon Warneke hurled two-hit ball to beat Cardi- nals. 1-0, for Chicago’s 19th straight victory.

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INDIAN REGULARS—Here are the athletes who comprise Ana- costia High School's ambitious first-string eleven this season.

Left to right, front row: Ernie Schaffer, right end; Bruce

Halett, right tackle; Bobby Curtis, right guard; Hink Trammell,

center; John Penn, left guard; Arthur Knott, left tackle, and George Absher, left end. Back row: Philip Craig, right half- back; Eddie Hoffman, quarterback; Bob Nolte, fullback, and Billy Spencer, left halfback. —Star Staff Photo.

Hutson's Pass-Snagging, Todd's Flashy Running Go On Despite Defenses Built to Stop Them

By BILL DISMER, Jr. Like a magician's tricks, there

are two mysteries in the National Football League at which the long- er you look, the less you compre- hend. Without stipulating which is the more puzzling, they are:

1. How does Green Bay’s Don Hutson keep on snagging those passes when every defense is built to

stop him? 2. How in h— does Dick Todd

manage to break away when sur- i

rounded, hemmed in, downed and ; mobbed by every one al the enemy's i

11 men? We daresay that these two young

men from Southern and Southwest ; school', Alabama and Texas A. & M are bigger headaches to oppos- ing teams than any other individual men in the loop. For, after all, when defensive plans are carried out to the last detail and they still prove futile, then, brother, you're up agin’ it.

Hutson Keeps Improving. We've seen Mr. Hutson altogether

four times and each time he ap-

Bears Great Hurdle For Rook-Studded Chicard Eleven

Conquerors of Packers Face Almost Entirely New Outfit Tonight

By th<‘ Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Sept. 25.—The Chi-

cago Cardinals, a rookie-studded

squad under a new coach, face their

biggest hurdle of the season tonight in a National Football League game with the Chicago Bears.

The Bears, fresh from a 41-to-10 triumph over the title-holding Green Bay Packers, are heavy fa- i vorites to whip their home town rivals under the arc lights of Comis- key Park.

The Cardinals return to Comiskey Park this season after playing at

Wriglev Field the past 10 years, hoping to build up the same cross-

town rivalry which has meant so

much financially to the Cubs and White Sox in baseball.

The Cards, piloted now by Jimmy Conzelman, are an almost entirely new team. Four rookies will be in the starting line-up tonight, with 18 others ready for service.

The game will afford Bear fans their first look at George McAfee. Duke southpaw who starred in Sunday's conquest of the Packers; Bulldog Turner, center from Har- din-Simmons, and Ed Kolman, Giant tackle from Temple, are

freshmen who have earned varsity berths with George Halas’ machine.

The Cards’ first two league games with Detroit and Pittsburgh re- sulted in tie scores.

Colonels Go Overtime To Beat Blues, 9-8 By the Associated Press

KANSAS CITY. Sept. 25.—A habit the Louisville Colonels and Kansas

City Blues picked up early in the

; season trailed them right into the i American Association final play- off series.

The habit is playing extra innings, and last night it took the Colonels 10 innings to edge out the Blues, 9 to 8. in the opener of the seven- |

| game series.

pears more Incredible. We've heard Coach Ray Flaherty Instruct his

secondary until he was blue In the

face and we've seen them follow his advice to the letter, and still Hutson gets away.

Here's the picture—a Packer back throws a pass. Hutson is away,

sailing down the field, sometimes at full speed, sometimes at a half trot. Two or three defensive men play'the ball, keeping between Don and the

goal-line. The ball descends lower and lower until it is lost in a cluster of six or eight upraised arms

and the next thing you see is Hutson streaking away by himself, with the ball, and the defenders more often than not gazing at each other in confusion.

The last time we saw Don pull that trick was in the Redskins’ Labor Day exhibition with the Packers at Milwaukee. Every one knew what was coming as soon as Hutson en-

tered the game near the end of the first half—and nothing could be done about it. While the eyes of

Washington scribes widened and their jaws dropped, a Milwaukee sportswriter merely yawned.

"He did that three times in the all-star game.” he said simply. And the stars had been set for him.

But if Hutson's feats appear in- credible, how about our own Mr. Todd's locomotive powers which carry him, like Superman, through places it's impossible for any other man to pierce. We wouldn't accuse

dodgin' Dick of saturating his pants with grease, but that's the way it appears as he slides out of the arms

of tacklers apparently set to bring him down. You saw what happened Sunday on his 76-yard touchdown run. Yet. like Hutson's catches, I that wasn't the exceptional for Todd. He does it almost once every game.

At a mere 170 pounds, Dick naturally doesn't possess the brute strength of Andy Farkas who cracks a line as hard as any man we've ever seen, barring Bronko Nagurski.

Incidentally, we just heard a

story about Nagurski illustrating the respect (and fear?) even his own

Chibear teammates used to hold for him. It seems the Bears were lining up for a play in which Nagurski was to carry the ball. As they took their places on the scrim- mage line, the Bear tackle looked across at the opposing lineman and said:

“Nagurski's coming through here with the ball. pal. I don't know wnat you're going to do, but I'm

getting the heck out of the way.” Todd Really Scrambles.

But Todd doesn't have to crack the line. Give him the smallest bit of an opening anywhere and it's enough. His legs start to churn like a miniature dynamo at high speed and when the adjective “scramble” is used to describe his actions, it means just what the dictionary says: “to struggle eagerly for something.” For we never saw

a tot at Christmas time scramble for his toys as fervently as Todd starts to scramble when he gets the ball under his arm.

As for Dick's courage, it can't be questioned. Often we've seen him tackle bigger men wdth a grin which must have been deflating (to the tackled) as it was inspiring to his teammates. And how about last Sunday when he was knocked cold by the fiercest tackle of the day, Nello Falaschi's. and recovered to punt twice and return an opposing kick 76 yards for the most brilliant run of the game within the next five minutes?

Call back those 50 destroyers. Mr.

President, Send Mr. Todd to Eng- land. He's ail they need.

Coast Guard Bans Navigation In Channel Over Week End

The Georgetown Channel of the

Potomac River will be closed to

navigation Friday, Saturday and

Sunday, it was announced today by Lt. C. A. A. Anderson of the United States Coast Guard. Due to the President's Cup Regatta, the channel will be closed on Friday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The movements of all vessels will be under the supervision of the patrol established by the Coast Guard. If time permits between races, the channel will be opened temporarily for the movement of vessels. When a large red flag is flying from the yardarm of the Coast Guard cutter Calypso the channel will be closed officially and no boat other than racing craft shall

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get under way, shift anchorage or

move for any purpose under penalty of a fine.

Spectator craft will be permitted to anchor on outside of course, out- side of red marker buoys, keeping a lane clear for passage of necessary traffic. No vessels will be permitted to anchor between race courses and sea wall and all spectator craft must be at anchor a half hour be- fore the start of the first race on

each day and must remain at anchor a half hour before the start of the first race on each day and must re- main at anchor until the channel is opened officially.

Spectators aboard boats are warned not to throw anything overboard, since contact with a floating bottle may wreck a racing boat and possibly cause loss of life.

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Salica Bantam King Again, but Is Not Sure What For

Shades Pace for Title Escobar Relinquished As Non-Profitable

By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—Lou Sa-

: lica, who held the world bantam-

weight championship five years ago but not for long enough to find ont

what it's worth, has the title back

again. Whether it will prove an

empty honor is another question. ! Salica became champion in 1935

when he outpointed Sixto Escobar in a bout to settle a disputed title. He held the crown a few months, then lost it back to the Puerto Rican. Escobar gave up the title last year, largely because he couldn't find any profitable opposition.

So last night Salica went into an- other one of those fights to settle opposing title claims and again came out with the championship after outpointing Georgie Pace. Cleveland Negro, over the 15-round route. Previously the National Box- ing Association had recognized Pace as champion and the New York Commission had cast its vote for Salica.

Lou had a wide margin at the finish of last night's scrap, al- though Pace kept right after him for the first nine rounds.

The fight, once hopefully sched- uled for the Polo Grounds, took place before 4.184 fans at the Bronx

j Coliseum. The gross gate was $3,272.45, and each fighter received $664. __ i

Gordon and Faircloth Help Wolfpack Frosh To 53-0 Victory Special Dispatch to The Star.

RALEIGH, N. C, Sept. 25 -Two Washington (D. C.) boys now play- ing on the North Carolina State freshman football team give promise of adding considerable strength to next year's Wolfpack varsity.

Robert (Flash) Gordon and Art Faircloth. graduates of Anacostia High School, were outstanding es

the frosh defeated Presbyterian Junior College, 53-0, in its opening game. On the first play after the kickoff, Gordon tossed a pass to Faircloth that was good for 60 yards and a touchdown. After another kickoff, Presbyterian was held for downs and punted, with Gordon gathering in the kick and racing 65 yards for a score.

In the second quarter Faircloth pounded through the line for the third touchdown credited to the Washington duo. Both are half- backs.

Unlicked Birmingham Battle Creek Face In A. B. C. Game By the Associated Press.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Sept. 25. —Birmingham, Ala., and Battle Creek, the only teams to come un-

scathed through three rounds of play in the amateur world series of the American Baseball Congress, squared off today in the feature game of the fourth round.

Three other fourth-round games were to be played today as a result of rain which washed out yesterday's schedule. The pairings were Detroit vs. Holyoke, Mass.; Charlotte, N. C., vs. Grant Town. W. Va., and South Bend, Ind., vs. Chicago.

Today's games will reduce the field to five and leave only one un- defeated team. Two defeats are necessary for elimination.

Three years ago—68,000 at Co- lumbus saw Ohio State down Texas Christian, 14-0: Cornell, with last minute touchdown, out- scored Penn State, 26-19.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Newark. 4: Baltimore. 3 (10 Innings,

series tied. 1-1).

RACES TODAY Havre de Grace

SEVEN RACES DAILY Special Pennsylvania train leaves 12:20 p.n.i direct to Track.

Eastern Standard Time

FIRST RACE AT 2:15 P.M.

Attractive One-Design Class Of President's Cup Regatta To Have Nine Starters

In the newest class of the Presi- dent's Cup Regatta scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sunday over the his-

! toric Potomac nine entries will com- j pete In the Pacific One-Design.

R. Aubrey Bogley. Race Committee chairman, announced today that the following would compete in this new

class starting Saturday at 1:40 p.m. Mel Crook, with Bettlna. Mont-

: riair, N. J.: Charles H. Hayes' Jeep, Arlington. Va.: C. R. Widenhouse's Ikeen of Concord. N. C : Charles W.

Presidents Lose Grid Stars, but Expect Strong Eleven

Four Go Into National

Defense; Team Again To Have Base Here

Washington's homeless profes- sional football team—the Presi-

dents—will operate out of here this

season contrary to a report that the team would be transferred to

Baltimore. They still will claim

Washington as their base and prac- ; i tice here although no local games j are booked.

The Presidents expect to have a

good outfit despite losing two regu-1 lars and four leading candidates to I national defense. Vic Sampson, triple-threat back, has gone to the Air Corps and Joe Katahnas, tackle, is a second lieutenant in the Regu- lar Army. Four other prospects have gone with the F. B. I.

Coach Gene Augusterfer. who also is mentor of St. John's School, still j has a pretty fair squad drilling for the first game Sunday against the Arrows at Richmond. Among the newcomers is Carmen Pirro, captain of last year's Catholic U. team and one of the ranking place kickers In the country. He will take over Katalinas' left tackle position.

Sampson's spot In the backfield will be filled by Frank Cady, former St. John's player.

Among the other local stars now with the Presidents are Wimpy Koazel and Lou Shine of C. U. and Elmer Hogge and Allan Holt of G. W.

I Ving's Duwty, Baltimore. Md.: Charles Edmonson's Pee-Wee of Cambridge. Md.: Irving W. Bamev's Hobo of Fall River. Mass.: W. E. Crem's Seaflea of Cambridge. Mass.; William G. Delano's Hebe of Tiver- ton. R. I., and Dr. R. E. Barnett's Thumb Tack of BuRker Hill, Ind.

Starred in Past Regattas. The Pacific One-Design was

popularized in the East by Mel Brook, who is remembered for his stirring victories with Betty V in the President's Cup Regatta.

The Pacific One-Design is com-

posed of a large number of elements of identical boats. The hulls are

! 13-foot single step hydroplanes, and tlrfe motors are stock V-8 60 s con-

verted for marine use. All boats must be built, according to the

: official drawings and fable of offsets. I of the sizes and kinds of material specified.

With the outboard races opening the three-day series Friday at 12:10

pm., interest in the President's Cup was heightened with the ar-

rival of Zamie Simmons. Greenwich millionaire, and his My Sin. one of

the fastest boats on the waters to-

; day. Stanley Sergeant, mechanic, i was on hand, and he and Sim- j mons were slated to put the 1939 Gold Cup winner through trial spins today.

Simmons’ boat is parked at the Nash Marine Supply Co., where special crane and elevator service is supplied. Simmons went so far

as to predict that ‘‘Wild Bill" Can- trell of Louisville, who pilots Why Worry, had a swell chance of win- ning the President's Cup.

"He's wild, reckless—and you can't figure that guy out.” Sim- mons said.

Has Speeded 100 M. P. H.

My Sin has traveled as fast as

100 miles per hour. The entire troupe of eight or

nine President's Cup entrants was

due on the scene by late tomorrow or Friday morning.

Guy Lombardo, famous orchestra leader, is due here Friday morning. | His boat. Tempo Third, entered in the 225-cubic-inch hydroplane class, will be here some time today.

A special meeting of all members connected with the Race Commit-1 tee headed by Bogley was held last night at the Willard Hotel, regat- ta headquarters, and everything went along In 'shipshape fashion.

Tickets are available at the Wil- lard Hotel.

Brazen, New Mat Ref, Expected to Live Up to His Name

Oil your larynges, boys. Prof. Joe Turner is importing a brand-new referee to handle tomorrow night's rassle contests at his W street torso

tepee. The newcomer's full handle is

Moe (The Merrier) Brazen of the Brooklyn Brazens—as fine a tribe as ever heaved a bottle at an um-

pire's skull. Moe. the professor has been given to understand, is a first- class official who tolerates no horse-

play in the ring—unless he’s in on it. Turner thinks the fans will like him—or vice versa.

Brazen's first assignment will be 1

the all-lady match between Mildred Burke and Vilma Dean, and if all goes well he may be brought back to handle the two-man struggle between the teams of Cltris and Bane Zaharias and Herbie Free- man and Frank Judson.

Columbus Marches On In Sally Playoffs By the Associated Press.

COLUMBUS, Ga„ Sept. 25.—The Columbus Red Birds harvested an- other crop of peaches from the Macon farm in the South Atlantic League, trimming Macon, 3 to 2, in the second game of their final Shaughnessy playoff series.

It was the Red Birds’ second straight win over Macon and their sixth consecutive victory in the playoffs.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Louisville. 9: Kansas City. 8 (10 in-

nings: Louisville leads. 1-0).

FREEMAN’S FINE SHOES Worn by millions of men with

pride. |SJ( and op.

EISEMAN’S—F at 7th

Verbose Max Sees Comiskey's Inexperience as Making It Easy for Him Tomorrow By the Associated Press.

JERSEY CITY, N. J„ Sept. 25 —

Take it easy, folks—Max Baer still talks a good fight.

It's not the same king of the night clubs who dazzled cafe society and associated sororities and fraternities back in the mid ’30s, but Madcap Maxie still thinks he's good enough to take care of a “young punk” like Patrick Edward Comiskey.

Madcap Maxie has been under- going conditioning of sorts at nearby Newark for this heavyweight con-

test, but he’s a far cry from the fellow who drew all those "oohs” and “aahs” from the feminine "ex- perts” five or six years ago. Yet, he thinks he’ll do that thing to Patrick Edward of Paterson tomor- row night with no more trouble than it takes him to say "hello, honey.”

“Don’t worry, pally,” he ad- monished today, as your correspond- ent stepped out of the way of one of his kidding left hooks to a rather rotund tummy. "How can a guy like this kid expect to step in there and box an old guy who knows all the tricks like me?”

"He's only 20 or so, and it stands to reason he’s going to make a few mistakes. Right? And every one he makes your old poppa Max 11 be right there to tell him what he did

wrong—with a left or right. So, well give him a lesson for a couple of rounds. Then we'll belt him out in the fourth or fifth. Does that take care of the situation?”

So far as Max was concerned it does. Yet, old age is rapidly climb- ing aboard Max and taking charge. He’s no longer the guy who hit Pri- mo Camera on the chin and broke his ankle. He’s as far as your first million from the fellow who tcck care of der Max Schmeling and, in most of his gym workouts, he re- sembles just what he is—a 31-year- old man who has returned to the ring because he was guaranteed $30,000 to meet up with a rising young lad with a punch. He looks tired, but he still has his pride.

And as long as he has that, young Patrick is going to be in for a full course on the answers to questions young heavyweights ask.

“I weigh 214 or so now," Baer points out. ‘‘That's about 7 pounds less than I weighed when I flattened Tony Galento last summer. Doesn't that prove I'm in great shape. (Ed.

| note: It proves it to Max, but how about the rest of us? > I feel fine, and I think I can lick this guy. Haven’t all you fellows been writing about the fact that I can lick any- body I think I can lick?"

Will Let Baer Clown, Then Put on Chill, Comiskey Avers

Expects to Finish Max In Five or Six Rounds; Weighs 212 Pounds

By SID FEDER, Associated Press Sport* Writer.

JERSEY CITY. N. J„ Sept. 25 UP'. —If Madcap Maxie Baer obliges with his usual gags and patter, Patrick

I Edward Comiskey, the big kid with

i the overhanging Jaw, has It all figured out how he's going to give the folks two shows for the price of one Vi their fight Thursday night.

Pat explained today as he put the finishing touches on his heavy work: First, I'm going to let Max go all

through his clowning and his gags and comedy for a couple of rounds. Then, when he's all done, we'll start fighting.

Sees It Merely as Delay. “This may delay my putting him

to sleep for a while, but the ladies and gentlemen won't have too long to wait. They'll enjoy Maxie's play- boy stuff. Then 111 flatten him for their entertainment and we'll all go home. Roughly. I guess I'll knock him out in five or six rounds."

This kid. who won't be 20 until next month, talks about knocking out the former heavyweight cham- pion as though it were as pleasant as pulling off your shoes after a day tramping around the World's Fair.

Despite the big edge in experience Maxie will have, the Paterson Irish lad has it all planned how he'll have a few more fights over the winter and then knock Joe Louis’ ears down some time next summer.

“Billy Conn's the only other guy around who is even tabbed as a

possible Louis opponent." Pat point- ed out. "and Billy isn't big enough for it yet. I'm 212 pounds now and growing all the time.

Sure He Can Finish Him. “I know I can stiffen Max. I'm

young and I can hit. The flghtH give me good experience and any other fellows I fight during the winter will do the same. Then next summer, bring on Louis. I’ll be ready and waiting."

Of course, it’s going to take mors than conversation to dispose of Baer. Fresh from his knockout win over the overstuffed Tony Galento, Maxie should have the confidence so vital to his fighting ways, especially since he looks on Pat as a “young punk.'1

Bitterness in Ranks of Six-Day Cyclists Reported After Spill

The entire six-day bike troupe at Riverside Stadium today is show- ing signs of snarling within the ranks after yesterday’s spill in which Charley Bergna received face lacerations which necessitated seven stitches and required his withdrawal from the race. He was to be

X-rayed today to determine if any bones were broken.

Val Melchori was ruled off the track, his action in forcing Bergna through the guard rail being ruled deliberate. A new team of Bill An-

derson and Gustav Kilian was

formed to replace Bergna and Mel-

chori. and the combination lapped the field five times to move from last place into a tie for second.

A three-way tie for the lead vu recorded at the latest report, Torchy Peden and Cesar Morettl, Letoumer and Angelo De Bacco and Heinz Vopel and Jules Audy being deadlocked with a total of 938 miles and 6 laps. One lap behind were Kilian and Anderson, Ship- man and Ottevaere, Bollaert and Debaets and Sellinger and Eller.

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No Bid Made for Costly McCoy When Athletics Ask Waivers By the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 25—The Record today said the Philadelphia Athletics asked waivers 10 days ago on Benny McCoy, second baseman

who coot Connie Mack $65,000 last

spring. The newspaper said that none of

the other major league clubs put In a bid at the $7500 waiver price be- cause “they did not consider the blond youngster worth the $10,000 Mack is paying for him for this season and 1941.”

The Athletics paid McCoy a $45,000 bonus to sign a two-year contract at $10,000 a year after the second baseman was declared a free agent by Judge Kenesaw M. Landis in his order disbanding the Detroit farm system.

In 129 games McCoy got 123 hits in 474 times at bat and drove In 62

runs for a hitting average of .259. The Record added: "The feeler on McCoy through the

waiver route is believed to be Mack’s first step toward rebuilding the A’s for 1941. With the exception of Dick Siebert on first base and possibly A1 Rube ling at third, it is a known fact that he is dissatisfied with the performance of his infield.”

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