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NIGHT BALL BANNED IN NEW YORK CITY i I 'A. I - ^ — Sports HoHge-Podge BY CARLE HODGE Washington’s arm-chair generals are, according to reports, hatching up a new brain child. Pvt. Joseph Louis Barrow will bolster the army’s morale by touring camps in stead of defending his title. . Plans for The Bomber’s big bout for service relief next month will be scrapped by the War Department so that he may put on exhibitions in training centers across the nation and at the same time prepare himself for action against the real enemy. Generally speaking, the place of every service man is in action. But each soldier and each civilian should be platted bv the military in a capacity where he may best help the nation's cause. So far as Joe Louis is con cerned. that place is the ring. Eve'-y cent of the net receipts for the Louis-Buddy Baer match went to navy relief, into the big pot to safe guard the families of sailors who give their lives for de mocracy. Mike Jacobs thinks the army and navy funds could get around $150,000 from the proposed June fight. Just what more could boost the morale of a fighting man than the knowledge that his loved one will be pro tected from ecenomic disaster? Why send a man who can be of that much monetary help to his brother soldiers into battle when another could fill his place just as well? Fight fans will keep on paying good money to see the champ. And a big part of the gate receipts would keep right on adding up for army-navy relief. Private Louis’ cog in the wheel for victory is behind a pair of boxing gloves. Sports Carbon: According to Associated Press re ports. a Louisiana family took this message from a relative, a former ball player now in the service, to mean he had sunk a sub: “Played one game on a wet field today. Got a homerun on the second pitch.” Definite orders banning lights for night games at Wilmington’s Legion stadium came yesterday from Fort Bragg, headquarters for this military district. Brig. Gen. Weatherred, district commandant, told ship yard officials that no more arc-lit fields for athletic con tests will be permitted in this coastal area. The Shipyard semi-pro team had scheduled a game for Friday night. Sportsmen who relax their minds from heavy tax worries by playing golf will probably have to find an other refuge now. With the lowered income tax brack ets, their caddies are going to be complaining about next year’s returns pretty soon. More Of The Same— . . . Reports that the army is investigating Soldier Billy West’s boxing matches here recently as to the money paid the M.P. and possible injuries he received are false, so far as this corner can find out. At least, if such an in quiry was started it probably was dropped when the fighter left the local air base. . . . Opening games in the new Seaboard amateur baseball league, which were rained out Sunday, are slated for the coming Sunday afternoon on the Mason boro and Robert Strange diamonds . , . . . . And speaking of Joe Louis’ possible June title de fense, Cleveland’s chances are much better for getting the big bout—if and when—because of the east coast’s dim-out regulations. . . . Leo Durocher’s photo among a bevy of classy hat models appears in this month’s Vogue. Deah me! Service Teams Enter IC4A Track Contests NEW YORK, May 18—W —For the first time army and Navy this year will be represented in the I.-C.-4-A. Outdoor track and field championships, to be held at Tri borough stadium here May 29-30. Meet director Asa Bushenell said today the Middies have nominated 13 men for the event, and the Cadets two. The two service schools set ahead the date of their own dual meet from May 30 to May 27 to be free for the larger event. 5 We Carry Excellent Quality FISHING TACKLE Reasonable Prices. Reel Repairing. SNEEDEN CYCLE CO. 114 Market St. DODGERS BEAT CHICAGO, 4 TO 1 Brooklyn Stretches League Lead As Allen Bows Cubs With Five Hit Game BROOKLYN, May 18,— W) —The Brooklyn Dodgers boosted their na tional league lead to seven full games today with their seventh straight conquest, a 4 to 1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. Johnny Allen, the veteran right hander. pitched five-hit ball that would have brought him a shutout except for a home run by catcher Clyde McCullough in the ninth in ning. The national league champions scored all their runs with timely hits off Jake Mooty, two of them coming on a pair of doubles by Arky Vaughan. 3 CHICAGO _ 000 000 001—1 5 1 BROOKLYN _ 100 102 00:<—4 9 1 Runs battel in — Vaughan 2. Reese. McCullough. Two bases hits — Vaughan 2, Bilbert. Reese, Hack. Home runs— McCullough. Stolen bases — Merullo, Reiser. Camilli. Owen, Reese. Sacrifice —Allen. Double plays — German arrl Camilli; Reese and Herman: Merullo and Cavarretta. Left on bases — Chica go 8: Brooklyn 8. Bases on balls—Off Mooty 5; off Allen 5. Struck out — By Mooty 1; by Bithom 1; bv Allen 5. Hits —Off Mooty 7 in fi innings; off Bithom 2 in 2. Losing pitcher •— Mooty. Um pires — Stewart, Sears and Dunn. Time —2:20. Attendance — 8,714 paid. -V German Operations Success, Say Nazis BERT.TN (Prom German Broad casts), May 18.—(TP)—German mili tary spokesmen said today that, the operations on the Kerch peninsula were aimed only at “rounding out" their positions and declined to de scribe the action as the beginning of a German offensive. They said the attack on Russian positions was being conducted with "complete suc cess.” Avoid continuous heavy pressure on the brake pedal. Hot, Drakes wear out -trery rapidly. Army May Not Permit Louis To Defend Title CHAMP TO TOUR SERVICE CAMPS AS MORALE AID Authorities Hint That Joe Will Not Fight Profes sionally For Duration By GAYLE TALBOT WASHINGTON, May 18.— OT) — The Army has grown extremely cool toward the idea of Joe Louis de fending his heavyweight champion ship this summer. In all probability. Private Joe has done his last serious ring fight ing until after the war ends. The generals who decide such things have not yet given Promoter Mike Jacobs the bad news, but he received a broad hint when he was here the other day asking around. The Army feels, frankly, that it is time for Louis and all the lesser prizefighters in the armed forces to settle down to their soldiering. There is a war on, it was pointed out to me by a number of high-ranking of ficers, and there has been no indi cation that the nation’s morale would be keened-up by a heavy weight fight. Louis, they feel, would best utilize his great talent by giving exhibitions in the many training camps over the country, and in between such bouts diligently continuing his training for the battlefield. Joe, in fact, already has been assigned to special services to make him more readily available for exhibition bouts. The Army’s frosty attitude is painful to Promoter Jacobs, particu larly so since Mike was under the original impression that he and the armed forces had reached a mutual friendship pact during the past win ter that would make Private Louis available for a big outdoor fight this summer. There was the Louis-Buddy Baer engagement at Madison Square Gar den of which the entire net receipts went to navy relief. Neither Pro moter Jacobs nor Louis drew down a nickel from that one. Then, in March, Joe knocked out Abe Simon in the same ring for the benefit of the Army emergency relief fund. That was supposed to have been the clincher. f However, Promoter Jacobs, as he seeks now to match Louis against Bob Pastor in a big. climactic fight for the benefit of everybody—includ ing Louis, Pastor, the Army emer gency relief fund and Promoter Jacobs—apparently is about to dis cover that his "understanding’’ with the armed forces was only a beauti ful dream. Mike, after his most recent inter view with some of the near-top men here, in which he tried unsuccess fully to get a decision one way or the other, left in a proper temper. The Army remained cool. Mike told them a Louis-Pastor outdoor show should draw in the neighborhood of $600,000, of which he believed he could guarantee the emergency relief fund about $150, 000. He observed, too, that Private Louis needed the fight to meet his income tax obligations. The Army replied, in effect, that it was an ex. traordinary situation that required a soldier to receive a furlough so he could make money to pay his in come tax. A decision will be forthcoming soon, and a poll of responsible quar ters indicated the odds should be about 5 to 1 against Louis fighting this summer—unless there should be a sharp change in Army opinion in the meantime. INDIANS BLAST ATHLETICS, 7-4 Tribe Smothers Philadel phia With Hitting Attack With Dean Hurling CLEVELAND, May 18.—Wl—The Cleveland Indians today slammed their way to within 13 percentage points of the league-leading idle Yankees in a 14-hit attack that smothered the Philadelphia Athlet ics 7 to 4. Chubby Dean held his former teammates to six hits to chalk up his third victory without too much trouble, although he granted nine bases on balls. It was the tribe’s third straight win over the A’s. PHILADELPHIA 020 000 020—4 6 0 CLEVELAND _ 102 130 OOx—7 14 1 Huns batted in — Keltner 2, Heath, Weatherly, Fleming, Denning, Dean, Wollaesa 2, Siebert. Two base hits— Keltner, Denning. Fleming, Caliguiri, Siebert. Three base hits — Keltner, Heath, Hockett. Sacrifice — Boudreau. Double plays — Boudreau, Mack and Fleming; Sudar and Seibert; Keltner. Mack and Fleming. Left on bases—Phil adelphia 7; Cleveland 8. Bases on balls— Off Besse 1, off Caliguiri 1, off Dean 9. Strlckouts — By Dean 3. Hits — Off Besse 7 in 3 innings (none out in 4thl; off Caliguiri 7 in 5; off Dean 6 in 8 2-3; off Having none in 1-3. Winning pitch er — Dean: losing pitcher — Besse. Um pires — Geisel, Grieve and Hue. Time 2:02. Attendance (estimated), 1,300. -v- j Chicubs Suspend Hurler BROOKLYN, May 18.—(^—Val ue Eaves, a righthanded reliel pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, was suspended and sent back to Chi cago last night, Manager Jimmy Wilson disclosed today. He was ac cused of being intoxicated when he came to Ebbets Field for yes terday’s double-header with the Dodger* Pastor-Mauriello Bout Is Reset For Friday NEW YORK, May 18.—(/P)—With the conflict of night baseball eli minated, the Bob Pastor-Tami Mauriello heavyweight fight at Madison Square Garden today was re-scheduled for Friday, May 22. Originally set for that night, the bout was advanced to Thursday because the Giants and Dodgers had a floodlight game scheduled for Friday night. The rival attrac tion was removed today when night baseball was officially banned by Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine as- a war measure. -V ACTION EXPECTED ONFR AY’S CARD Luttrell, McCoy, Hill And Pinto Will Appear On Wrestling Royal “Unless I miss my guess some of the fastest, roughest wrestling ever witnessed here will feature the wrestling royal to be presented Friday night at Thalian Hall,” de clared Bert Causey, promoter, as he completed arrangements for this week's card. Four top-notch wrestlers are be ing brought in for the melee, each an artist in his own right at dish ing out punishment while being able to absorb plenty of it in re turn. Those to participate are Cowboy Luttrell, of Fort Worth; Bibber McCoy. Boston; Stanley Pinto, Chicago, and Sailor Barto Hill, of Nebraska, among the most popular wrestlers who have appeared here. Under rules of the royal, the first two pinned will form the first match, with the victors ap pearing in the main event. A royal is one of those melees where it is all after one and one after all until decisions have been obtained, and, according to the promoter, they offer plenty of action. The first match will be for the best two out of three falls with a sixty minute time limit, while the main event will be for the best two out of three falls with a nine ty minute time limit. A1 Massey, a boxer who appear ed as a substitute on last week’s wrestling card, has been engaged to referee the matches. Doors at Thalian Hall will open at 7:15 o’clock with the first event starting at 8:40 o’clock. ;The Baseball Standings A THE STANDINGS American League Team Won Lost Pet. New York _ 20 9 .690 Cleveland _21 10 .667 Detroit -19 15 .559 Boston -16 13 .552 St. Louis _ 13 20 .394 Washington _12 19 .387 Chicago -12 19 .387 Philadelphia _ 13 21 .382 National League Team Won Lost Pet. Brooklyn - 24 8 .750 Boston -17 15 ,531 Pittsburgh -18 16 .529 St. Louis -16 15 .516 New York -16 17 .485 Cincinnati _14 16 .467 Chicago -14 18 .452 Philadelphia _ 9 23 ,281 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League St. Louis, 16; New York, 4. Brooklyn. 4; Chicago, 1. Cincinnati at Boston, postponed. (Only games scheduled.) American League Boston, 4; Detroit, 2. Cleveland, 7; Philadelphia, 4. Chicago, 7; Washington. 5. New York at St. Louis, postponed. TODAY’S GAMES Probable pitchers in the major leagues tomorrow (won-lost records in paren theses.) National League Chicago at Brooklyn — Lee (5.1) v». Davis (4-1). St. Louis at New York — fftUtt (1 2) or Beazley (3-2 vs. Schumacher (1 3) . Pittsburgh at Philadelphia — Sewell (4-2 vs. Podgajny (1-3). Cincinnati at Boston — Vander Meer (3-3) vs. Errickson (1-0). American League Boston at Detroit — Terry (1-2) ts. Newhouser (1-1). Philadelphia at Cleveland — Knott (0 4) vs. Harder (2-2). (Only games scheduled.) Baseball's Big Six Batting (three leaders in each league.) Player, Club G Ab R H Pet. Spence, Senator_ 29 122 21 50 .410 Doerr, Red Sox_ 22 86 13 35 ,.0*i Gordon, Yankees_ 26 99 11 38 .384 Lamanno, Reds_ 18 57 9 20 .351 Fernandez, Braves_ 32 127 18 42 .331 Reiser, Dodgers_ 30 118 23 39 .331 Home Runs National League F. McCormick, Reds- 7 Camilli, Dodgers - 7 Marshall, Giants - 6 Litwhiler, Philadelphia _~ g American League York, Tigers - „ DiMaggio, Yankees - 8 Williams, Red Sox - 8 Runs Batted In National League Marshall, Giants -- Brown, Cardinals - 28 F. McMormick, Reds _~ 27 Mize, Giants -27 American League Williams, Red Sox .. Johnson. Athletics _ York, Tigers - 3” SHIPYARD TEN BEATS MO LOFT Boatbuilders Advance In to League’s Second Play; Firemen Defeat Phalanx Last night in a Victory league game at Robert Strange the power ful Shipyard softball club defeat ed Moldloft to advance into second place. It was a nip and tuck bat tle, the Builders not able to win out until the last inning. In the Hanover league twilight game the Firemen continued their winning streak as they won from Phalanx, 10-0, in a ball game much better than the score indicates. Cliff Owensby notched his fourth victory of the year as he set the Phalanxers down with five hits. E. Bullard was the star as he homer ed, drove in three runs, and scored another himself. This afternoon at 6:30 Senior Frat will be out to trim the Rail roaders in what promises to be a good game. In the 8:30 Victory league game the Apprentice Ma roons will unveil their new six teen year old pitching star, Lofly Scroggs, as they meet the Air Base Blues. HANOVER LEAGUE Firemen Ab R H E Casteen, 2b _ 3 11 C. Casteen, 3b- 2 0 1 Hall, rf _ 4 1 1 Lee, ss _ 4 2 2 E. Bullard, lb _ 3 2 2 Rivenbark, If - 2 2 1 Hamilton, sf - 3 0 2 Jordan, c - 3 0 1 Wolff, cf - 3 1 1 Owensby, p - 3 11 TOTALS _30 10 13 Phalanx Ab R H Bowen. 3b. c —- 2 11 T. Meier, ss - 3 1 1 D. Jewell, rf, If _ 3 0 1 Taylor, If, 3b- 3 0 0 Walker, lb - 2 0 1 Davis, 2b - 3 0 0 Jones, c - 10 0 Smith, rf _ 2 0 0 Oakley, cf _ 3 0 1 K. Jewell, p _ 2 0 0 H. Meier, sf _ 2 0 0 TOTALS _ 26 2 5 Doubles: T. Miller, Rivenbark, Hamil ton. Homers: E. Bullard. Strike outs: Owensby, 4. Walks: Owensby 4, K. Jewell. 4. PHANLANX _ 0 0 0 1 0 10—2 FIREMEN _ 4 0 3 0 1 2 x—10 Runs batted in T. Meier 1, Walker 1, E. Bullard 3, Hamilton 2, Owensby 1. VICTORY LEAGUE Moldlof Ab R H E. Culbreth, p_ 4 10 Covington, c - 4 12 Allen, lb _ 4 2 3 Jordan, ss - 4 11 K. A. Cousins, sf - 4 0 2 Turner, 2b _ 2 10 Kennedy, If -- 3 0 0 Mapp, cf - 2 0 0 Kornegay, rf _ 2 0 1 C. Culbreth, 3b _ 3 0 0 TOTALS - 32 6 9 Shipbuilders Ab R II Sokol, rf _ 4 0 0 E. Bohaunon, cf - 4 10 Hodges, sf- 4 2 0 Neilson, ss - 4 13 Russell. 3b_ 4 2 3 Velthuis, lb _ 3 2 1 Livesay, 2b - 3 0 0 J. Bohannon, c _ 3 0 3 Kinnell, p - 3 0 0 Whitfield. If - 3 0 0 TOTALS _ 35 8 10 Doubles: Russell: Triples: Velthuis, Neilson. Strike outs: Smith 5. Velthuis 1, Kinnell 1. E. Culbreth 1. Walks: Kinnell I. Velthuis 1, Smith 6. MOLDLOFT _ 012022 0—7 SHIPBUILDERS . 0 3 0 2 2 0 1—8 Runs batted in: Allen 1, Kornegay 1, Velthuis 2, Russell 1, Neilson 3, K. Cousins 1. -v Cardinals Overwhelm N. Y. Giants, 16 To 4 NEW YORK, May 18.—(fl—The St. Louis Cardinals staged a con tinuous 15 - hit barrage against three pitchers today and over whelmed the New York Giants 16 to 4 to break the deadlock between the two clubs for fourth place in the national league. The Redbirds made one tally in the first and after their former star, Johnny Mize, hit his fifth homer with one on in the last half of the inning, the Cardinals made the victory secure with a five run rally in the second. Jim Brown and Terry Moore each singled two runs across in this uprising, which routed Rookie Dave Koslo. 3 ST. LOUIS _ 150 330 002—16 lb 1 NEW YORK _ 201 000 100—4 8 3 Runs batted in — Triplett, Mize 2, Brown 4. T. Moore 2. Musial, W. Coop er 4, Ott 2. Crespi. Blattner. Sanders 3. Two base hits — Musial 2, W. Cooper 2, Brown. Home runs — Mize. Stolen bases —Brown. Musial. Sacrifice — Lanier. Double plays — Brown and Sanders. Left on bases — New York 6; St. Louis 10. Bases on balls — Off Koslo 2. off Warneka 1, off Feldman 3, off Adams 3, off Lanier 2. Struck out — By Koslo 2, by Warneke 3, by Lanier 3, by Feld man 1. Hits — Off Koslo 2 in I 1-3 innigs; off Feldman 4 in 2; off Adams 8 in 4 2-3; off Warneke 4 in 2 1-3; off Lanier 4 in 6 2-3. Hit by pitcher — By Koslo (Blattner); by Lanier (Ott). Wild pitch — Adams. Winning pitcher — Lan ier. Losing pitcher — Oslo. Umpires— Ballanfant, Barlick and Pinelli. Time— 2:37. Attendance — 5,229 paid. ROTHBAUMlS IMP FIVE HEAD DURHAM, May 18—tm~ The Duke university basketball squad today elected Samuel W. (.silent Sam) Rothbaum as its captain for the 1942-43 season. Rothbaum, . 21 years old and a rising senor, is from Palmyra, N. J. He has been a letterman on the Duke basketball team for the last; two years and was an im portant factor in the winning of the southern conference champion ship each year. He succeeds Ray mond (Hap) Spuhler as captain. 5 Joe Louis . ■ . the champion Chisox Hurler Rigney Enlists For The Navy Chicago Mound Mainstay To Be Inducted At Great Lakes Station Tuesday By CHARLES DUNKLEY CHICAGO, May 18.—(TP)—John Dungan Rigney, pitching mainstay of the Chicago White Sox, starts wearing the blue of Uncle Sam’s Navy tomorrow. The 27 year old Rigney, who evi dently made no effort to obtain a commission, enlisted today at the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta tion, and was inducted as a sea man, first class, which is com parable to a private in the Army He was ordered to report back to morrow to receive his uniform. Whether he will be immediately available for Lieut. “Mickey" Cochrane’s Great Lakes Navy baseball team, along with his other duties, was not disclosed by the naval officials. Like all other re cruits, Rigney will be taught the fundamentals of seamanship and will join other “gobs” in the rou tine of marching and drilling. Jimmy Dykes, manager of the White Sox, had regarded the big right hander as a potential twen ty-game winner this season and his loss will be a serious blow to the Sox. He leaves the club at its sea sons peak. Getting the same smooth pitching and fielding they have had all season, but adding to it timely hitting they lacked while dropping 18 of their first 22 games, the Sox are in a winning streak. Said Dykes: “We'll miss him, but Uncle "Sam can use him better than we can. He is a grand boy. I wish him lots of luck.” Rigney has been with the White Sox since 1937. His best year was 1939, when he won 15 and lost 8. His record this season was 3-3. In all, including yesterday’s fare well, Rigney won 57 games and dropped 56. The big, good natured pitcher’s final major league game for the duration was a brilliant 4-3 victory over Washington. He allowed but three hits and none after the third inning. Proudly watching him in the stands was his wife.^ the former Dorothy Comiskey, the daughter of the late Lou Comiskey and granddaughter of Charles A. Co miskey, founder of the White Sox dynasty. She is treasurer of the club. -v Chisox Leave Cellar By Beating Senators CHICAGO, May 18.— UP) —Out fielder Wally Moses lifted the Chi cago White Sox out of the cellar for the first time in more than three weeks today by slamming a homer with one on and two out in the ninth to give the Chicagoans a seventh straight victory and sweep the three - game series from the Washington Senators, 7 to 5. The blow, off reliever Bill Zuber, jumped the Sox over the Philadel phia Athletics into a tie for sixth place with the Senators. 3 WASHINGTON _ 201 001 100—5 9 0 CHICAG O- 020 030 002—7 9 2 Runs batted in — Campbell 3, Vernon. Pofahl, Moses 4, Kuhel, Hoag, Kolloway. Two base hit — Campbell. Three base — Chartak. Home run — Moses. Stolen base — Repass. Sacrifice — Grove. Left on bases — Washington 7, Chica go 4. Bases on balls — Off Cathev 4; off Grove 3. Struck out — by Cathey 1; by Zuber 4; by Grove 3. Hits—Off Cathey 7 in 4 2-3 ininngs; off Zuber 2 in 4. Wild pitch — Grove. Losing pitch ei — Zuber. Umpires — Hubbard. Rom mel and McGowan. Time 2:10. Attendance — (Actual) 1,256,. CAMP DAVIS TEAM SEEKS NICKNAME Soldiers At Post Polled To Select Name For Camp’s Baseball Squad Soldiers of Camp Davis are bal loting merrily to decide a nick name for their athletic teams and more than a dozen monikers are! receiving strong support in various quarters. The poll will end Satur day noon. An unusual feature of the vote to date has been the wide variety of choices. There are twelve sug gested nicknames on each bal lot, and almost every one has a following; many voters are for warding names of their own to contest headquarters. Several nicknames are bunched at the top of the list. Tying for first place in the poll are these names: fagles, Skeeters, Prime Movers and Fighting AA’s. There's a good chance that a "dark horse” choice will overhaul the leaders before voting on the names ends. Original names were an interest ing feature of the first week of bal loting. Sgt. Ivan E. (Frenchy; La France, ubiquitous boxing impres ario, suggested the teams be called the Fighting MacArthurs as a tri bute to General MacArthur. Pvt. Spencer King came up with a good suggestion in the form of Ack Acks, British name for anti aircraft guns. The Yanks was the suggestion of Pvt. Edward Dan forth. One group of voters favored the name Bombardiers. Another voter was in favor of calling the Camp Davis teams Salts. One said he thought they should be called the Sentinels. There was also support for these names: Crusaders, Gunners, Rock ets, Spartans and Warriors, all of which appeared on the ballot. Ballots first appeared last Wednesday in the Holly Ridge Barrage, camp newspaper. Then a large number of ballots were mimeographed for further distri bution. Some ballots have been dis tributed in Wilmington. The poll was begun at the sug gestion of Lieut. H. A. Johnson, Camp Davis athletic officer, who wanted to find a name that would be distinctive and appropriate, feeling that the nicknames now ap plied to camp teams were too gen eral in character. -V St. Albans Golfers Have New Excuse Now; Navy Takes Course ST. ALBANS, N. Y„ May 18—UP —Golfers on the 120-acre St. Al bans golf club went off their game today as mechanical bulldozers and diggers began tearing up the turf in preparation for the construction of a huge U. S. Navy hospital on the site. Action in taking over the club greens was so swift that golfers and workmen met in mid-course While Harry T. Dolan, special as sistant to the U. S. attorney gen eral, was in the Queens county clerk’s office filing condemnation proceedings. OFFICIALS SAY BASEBALL PARKS MUST BE DARK Club Heads Move To Alter Schedules As Arc-Lights Are Ordered Put Out NEW YORK. May 18.-JJ-. T;, war blacked out night baseball ! the Metropolitan area today duration. fJle Police Commissioner Lewis j Valentine, asked if the report Yu mitted by Commissioner John H Morris, in charge of civilian' de fense, concerning the dim-out the coast would mean the bar „ of night ball, replied briefly a finally: “Yes.” The most immediate effect w the ruling is on the New Y( , Gi an t s -B r o oklyn Dodgers san', scheduled for the polo groundsTnex' Friday night. Horace Stonehan Giant president, said the game would be shifted to Friday after noon, and all other games sched uled to be played under the light; would be similarly shifted. Stone, ham indicated that the Giants would not undertake to plav twlight games. Larry MacPhail, Dodgers’ pres, ident. refused to comment until he received official word of the bar, “I don’t know a thing about ,•/’ he said. “I haven't received any orders and I haven't given it any thought. I haven’t even looked a: the schedule yet.” Valentine’s decision followed a test made last Tuesday nigh; in which observers went 25 miles on! to sea; unknowingly passing through a convoy en route, Re turning, the observers found dr. convoy silhouetted against the re flection of the city lights, making the ships vulnerable to submarine attack. Both the Dodgers and Giants have 14 n'ght games schedule'1, and the loss of revenue resulting from the ban has been estimate! at anywhere from $100,000 to S2.i0 000, although Stoneham declined to give an estimate of the possible Giant loss. Newark and Jersey City, metropolis’ neighbors across '.1 Hudson river, have taken no act" against night games for their ci in the International league. The Jersey City Giants played a game under the lights last avec: and the Newark Bears have ext scheduled for tomorrow night. Foxx And Fox Score Bosox Over Tigers DETROIT, May 18.- W - Mana ger Joe Cronin restored Jimmv Foxx and Pete Fox to the Bore Red Sox lineup today and they batted home three runs for a 4' 2 victory over the Detroit Tipere that squared their series at ore game. It was Charley Maone- ■ fourth pitching victory againts t« defeats. Old double X baited a two-re1 homer, his fourth of the sepre in the sixth inning, to bnnp - second defeat to Rookie Hal iU. - who won his first two Amei.c« league games by shutouts. Fox and Ted Williams each sing.' ■ home a run in the third. BOSTON _002 002 000—4 II DETROIT _ 100 001 000-2 - Runs batted in — York 2. r°x bams. Foxx 2. Two base hit - ; Home runs — Foxx. York. Sacr.. ;, Cramer. Double plays — i and Foxx; Tabor. Doerr and on bases — Boston 7: Detroit - on balls - Off Wagner 6: off '■ off Fuchs 1. Struck out - b. 3; by White 2. Hits off - «h!’'A", innings Fuchs 3 in 2. Losing re - , White. Umpires — Passarrl - -. and Summers. Time — 1:43. 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