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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. 1940
'Escape' Has
Third Showing
HereTonight
Kane To Direct Repertory
Players In Galsworthy
Drama Of Convict Life
"Escape," John Galsworthy's dra-
ma about the adventures of an es-
caped convict who attempts to elude
the police, will be presented for the
third time at 8;30 p.m. today in the
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre under
the direction of Whitford Kane, no-
ted Irish actor.
Kane, who acts the part of the
parson in the play, was a great
friend of Galsworthy, acting in many
of the author's productions. He
played prominent parts in "Justice,"
"Strife" and "The Pigeon" as well
as in "Escape."
"Escape," according to Kane, is
a great play because it is built on
a theme of compelling interest. "You
can't escape yourself," he said, "and
Galsworthy handles this theme,
which each generation has to redis-
cover for itself, in a masterly fash-
ion."
The actor, one of those present at
Galsworthy's death bed, promised
the author then that if he ever di-
rected "Escape" he would select the
best cast possible. Kane, a number
of the members of the Michigan Rep-
ertory Players asserted, has worked
very hard with this production im-
pressing them with the fact that
they had to do a good job for "John."
Among the roles he has portrayed
in Ann Arbor in the past has been
that of Matt Lavelle in "The White
Steed" and one of the leads in "The
Winter's Tale" last spring; the part
of the Stage Maager in "Our Town"
Ann Arbor
Here Is Today's News
In Summary
The police department safety drive
against bicycles without licenses or
lights (or both) continued yesterday
as the total of tickets issued recently
reached over 40. The campaign to
eliminate bicycle accidents has been
going on for several weeks now, and
Wednesday 25 tickets were given out.
One dollar lines areimposed on of-
fenders, and cyclists who violate
general traffic regulations have had
to pay $2. Police are also pickingi
up license-less bicycles that they seeI
around town.
The Michigan Sheriff's Association
re-elected Washtenaw County Sher-
iff Jacob B. Andres to its board of
directors Wednesday at the annuall
convention at Mackinac Island.I
Sheriff Miller of Berrien County was1
chosen president. The Convention(
heard Secretary of State Harry F.
Kelly warn against "isms," and ad-I
vocate protection of law enforcement1
fundamentals.I
Falling Wall Perils Fire-Fighters In Factory Blast
Tigers Knock Yanks Out Of First
Division With Stiff, 11
-2
Defeat
Detroit
League
Sluggers Regain
Lead; Red Sox
Humble Indians, 5-2
DETROIT, Aug. L.-(P)-The De-
troit Tigers regained rulership of the
American League today with a crush-
ing 11 to 2 conquest of the New York
Yankees that knocked the World
Champions out of the first division.
The maneuver in the standings
was accomplishediin conjunction
with the Boston Red Sox' 5-2 deci-
rion over Cleveland, giving the Tigers
-xclusive possession of first place,
and Chicago's 5-4 eleven-inning tri-
umph over the Philadelphia Ath-
letics. lifting the White Sox into
fourth place.
Schoolboy Rowe, hero of Detroit's
last pennant era, was the kingpin
again today. He held the Bronx
bombers to seven hits and contribu-
ted a triple and a double toward the
Tigers' own total of 15 safeties, driv-
ing in three runs.
It was the ninth victory against
two defeats for the big righthander
who two years ago was relegated to1
the Minor Leagues with little hope
for his future.
He was scored upon in only one
inning, giving up two runs in the
fourth on sisgles by Tom Henrich
and Joe DiMaggio, a double by Char-
ley Keller and an infield out.
In contrast the Tigers tallied in
six of their eight turns at the plate.
After punching over a run in each of
the first two innings, they drove1
rookie Marvin Breuer off the mound
with five runs in the third.
Barney McCosky started this up-
rising with a triple, Charles Gehrin-
ger walked, Hank Greenbergdhit his
second straight double and Rudy
York singled, before Atley Donald
was rushed to the firing line. He
managed to get the next two batters
to pop up, but Birdie Tebbetts, who
had homered in the second inning,
singled and Rowe tripled ahead of
the third out.
The Tigers continued to hit Don-
Horseshoe Tourney
Is Held Here Today
Michigan's All - Star horseshoe
team, headed by Joe Lasko of Flint,
State champion, will meet the Lat-
tore squad of Detroit at 8 p.m. today
at the Wines Field Courts under the
auspices of the Ann Arbor Horse-
shoe Club.
The Lattore team, which is one of
the strongest in the nation having
a 60 per cent ringer average, con-
sists of Al Field, possessor of a 65
per cent average; Lew Lattore, form-
er Oakland County champion; Wil-
liam Konz, Toledo City champion;
Lee Rose, former State champion,
and Carl Lundg en, Detroit cham-
pion.
In addition to Lasko the All-Star
squad will comprise Bob Hitt of Ply-
mouth, former State champion; Wil-
lam Miller of Flint; and Elmer Raab
and Earl Weihkauf of Ann Arbor.
Raab is the city champion.
Following the contest Lasko will
present an exhibition of fancy and
trick pitching.
ald freely, scoring twice in the fifth
with the help of some uncertain
fielding by Joe DiMaggio, and again
in the seventh and eighth. Pete Fox
hit a triple, a double and a single.
Bill Knickerbocker, utility infield-
er, was chased from the Yankee
bench by Umpire Louis Kolls in the
fourth.
Indians Bow To Boston
CLEVELAND, Aug. 1.-({P)-The
Cleveland Indians' normally airtight
defense all but collapsed today and,
Boston, paced by irrepressible Jimmy
Foxx. made the most of it.
Pounding out a 5 to 2 victory, the
New England wrecking crew dropped
the Indians to second place as De-
troit vanquished the Yankees. The
Sox pounded two hurlers for 10 hits,
including Foxx' 22nd homer of the
season, and in winning salvaged one
contest from their three-game series.
Four errors, three in the seventh
inning, spelled the Indians' undoing.
Two were charged to usually relia-
ble Ray Mack, who let in a run by
throwing wild to first after fumbling
a grounder; and one was committed
by Mel Harder, who also threw past
the first baseman to permit two
unearned runs.
Chicago Downs A's, 5-4
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-(;-Chicago's
1940 White Sox "walked" into the
first division of the American League
for the first time today. With the
bases loaded in the 11th inning, Nel-
son Potter, Philadelphia Athletic
pitcher, walked Joe Kuhel to force
in Bob Kennedy with the run that
gave the Sox a 5 to 4 triumph.
The victory, their 11th in the last
14 games, lifted the Sox into fourth
place by a fraction of a percentage
point ahead of the New York Yank-
ees, although the two were tied on
a games won and lost basis. The
defeat sent the A's back into last
place.
Edgar Smith, Chicago starting
hurler, literally was knocked from
the box in the third inning. He was
felled by, a drive off Bob Johnson's
bat. The ball struck Smith in the
groin and he was carried to the club-
house. The injury was not consid-
ered serious. Pete Appleton and Clint
Brown followed him to the mound,
with Brown getting credit for the
victory.
Dodgers Swamp Reds
BROOKLYN, Aug. 1.-W)-The
Brooklyn Dodgers, having the Na-
tional League stage all to themselves
for a day, swamped the Pittsburgh
Pirates in a doubleheader 8 to 3 and
8 to 7 today to narrow the first place
margin of the Cincinnati Reds to
6% games.
The first encounter was a cut and
dried proposition with Whitlow Wy-
att pitching seven-hit ball for his
tenth triumph of the season.
Dolph Camilli homered in the sev-
enth to taper off a 12-hit offensive
against three Pittsburgh pitchers.
The second game was a spectacle
of no mean proportions. Manager
Leo Durocher of the Dodgers used
four pitchers to hold the Pirates to
six hits as Brooklyn again battered
the Pittsburgh staff with a dozen
blows.
A Philadelphia Inquirer photographer snapped this picture just as a wail collapsed during a fire started
by explosions in a paint plant at Camden, N. J. Firemen in foreground ran to safety as the masonry plunged
into the street. Damage was estimated up to $2,000,000 and two men were known to have perished.
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Washington's Letters Exhibited
In U.S. Culture Study Program
By GEORGE W. SALLADE
Letters of George Washington dat-
ing from 1768-1789 are being ex-
hibited this week and next in the
Clements Library in connection with
the Graduate Study Program in
American Culture and Institutions.
The Library has a collection of 35
letters of which 26 are being shown.
More than half of these came with
the papers of Sir Henry Clinton,
Commander and Chief of the British
forces in North America from 1778-
1782. They had been seized when the
British intercepted the mails. The
letters covered the period when
h _
Washington was a gentleman farm-
er at Mount Vernon, the military
period, and the Confederation.
Among those dealing with the mili-
tary operations are two letters dated
1775 to the British General Gage
protesting the treatment of American
prisoners of war. There are also two
to Major Tallmadge, head Washing-
ton's Intelligence service, in 1779
about the procurement of ink for
two spies in British-held New York,
known to Washington only by as-
sumed names. The most outstanding
military letters, however, are those
to General Nathanael Greene, second
in command to Washington.
A more personal letter is one to
Dr. Baker, Washington's dentist,
which was seized by Clinton and
bears his handwriting. Included also
is a note thanking a Mrs. Mortier
who, although a Tory, had sent some
medicine across the lines to Mrs.
One of the most interesting items
is an account written in 1799 by Lear
Tobias, Washington's Mount Ver-,
non secretary, of his last illness. It
includes Washington's last words and
a description of his funeral.
Oddities among the collection are
a Washington forgery by Robert
Spring, a 19th century bookdealer in
Philadelphia, and a housewifey letter
of Martha Washington showing her
poor grammar.
Pennies From Philadelphia
Sportoscope
By A. P. Blaustein
Late I-M Results
Sometime next week William Yates,
who captured the Intramural Cham-
pionship Flight glof crown Tuesday,
will meet the winner of the First
Flight competition for the campus
championship.
As soon as the date of the match
is learned it will be announced it The
Daily but due to various postpone-
ments and special arrangements it
may not be known by this depart-
ment until the day it is played.
At the beginning of the Summer
Session R. W. Webster, director of
Intramural Sports for the season,
prepared a schedule of dates for the
various matches. Unfortunately, as
the schedule is not adhered to and'
many of the contestants in golf and
tennis fail to announce the result of
their matches on time, The Daily has
been unable to get a complete tab-
ulation of the results of each round
for several days after it has been
completed.
In becoming the Championship
Flight king of the year Yates defeat-
ed George Bisby, W. Worley, S. Shep-
ard, and William Anderson. He shot
a 69 in his match with Bisby-the
lowest score in the competition to
date.
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