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New Pro Gridiron Crop Held Certain to Include Number of All-Americas
IS SEEN FOR 11
Influx of Material Likely
to Raise Standard of
Play, Says Halas.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.
CHICAGO. February 26. — A
brilliant class of recruits will
be mustered into professional
foot ball next Fall. George
Halas, owner-coach of the Chicago
Bears, tells me that many of those
who received All - America mention
last year have signified their inten
tion to take a whirl at the profes
sional game.
And why not? Young bachelors of
the arts and sciences find it rather
difficult to land good paying jobs in
these times and the professional grid
iron offers an excellent wage for
those with ability.
Among those who are expected to
join up with the professionals are
such stars as Riley Smith of Alabama,
Bobby Wilson. Spain and Orr of
Southern Methodist: Gomer Jones,
the Ohio State captain and center
of ’35; Dick Crayne. the Iowa full
back, and several members of the
champion Minnesota team. One even
hears that some of the Princeton boys
have listened with attention to the
nf nrnfo&sinnA 1 rltlhs.
Since there is little inclination on
the part of the National Professional
League to increase its membership,
the increasing popularity of the game
eventually will result in the organiza
tion of another major league. The
National, of course, will object strenu
ously to any such move, but several
men identified with the sport believe
another league is sure to come. Not
all of the National League clubs made
money last year, but the losses are
becoming smaller from season to sea
son and. since all of the clubs are
well financed, the organization has j
ho serious problems ahead.
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STAR QUINTS TO CLASH
Amateurs Due to Hold Sway in
Heurich Gym Sunday.
Crack amateur basket ball will dom
inate the Heurich gym next Sunday
afternoon, when two games are ex
pected to overshadow whatever com
petition the management may sched
ule for its professional team.
A game between Delaware & Hud
son and the Resettlement teams is
one of the co-features, while the Ri
naldi Tailor quintet will play a picked
team to be composed of the best play
ers in the Heurich League.
MEYER LEADS ARMY FIVE.
WEST POINT. N. Y.. February 26
(A5).—Charles R. (Monk) Meyer,
Army's foot ball hero last Fall, has
been unanimously elected cadet basket
ball captain for next year.
Mat Matches
.
By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. J.—Ed Don George,
219, Buffalo, and Joe Savoldi, 205,
Three Oaks, Mich., drew, 90:00 (one
fall each).
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—George Kov
erly, 214, California, defeated John
Katan, 218, Montreal, two out of three
falls.
ALBANY, N. Y.—Ernie Dusek, 228,
Omaha, defeated Sam Cordovano, 204,
Buffalo, two out of three falls.
BRIDGETON, N. J.—Jose Manuel,
184, Portugal, defeated Frank Scholl,
182, California, two straight falls.
Rooks Making Big League Bid With Griffs
HUCK WYNNE.
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Popping Off
(Continued From Tenth Page.)
“I knew him when-cackles John.
“Once upon a time when Griff was
made manager of the New York High
landers and the American League was !
just starting, the Old Ftox went to
Chicago in search of a first baseman.
He had his choice of Frank Isbell
or myself.”
"And I took Ganzel," broke in Griff,
grinning.
_
Sold Stars to Nats.
“Yeah.” answered John, “but in
1904—the year we lost the pen
nant on the last day—Griff cut my
salary from $5,000 to $2,400. I called
him up and told him that if I didn’t
get more I'd quit and buy the Grand
Rapids team of the Western League.
“ ‘Sorry,” said Griff. So I quit the
Highlanders."
Ganzel won his first pennant as
manager of Newcastle, Pa„ of the
Interstate League. That was in 1897,
and he was destined to win 10 more
assorted flags and miss another by one
game before he was finished. He man
aged three pennant-winning Grand
Rapids teams of the old Western
League, five championship Rochester
clubs in the International League and
two successful Kansas City teams of
the Western League.
His five International League flags
were won in successive years. In the
sixth season Rochester was out in
front by 11 games in August, but it
was necessary to sell the important
cogs then, and so Ganzel's entry ran
second by two games. Two of the
stars Ganzel sold were Danny Moeller
and Eddie Foster, who were bought by
Washineton.
Success In Federal League.
J-JIS proudest bit of managing, how
ever, was during his term with
Brooklyn of the Federai League. He
took over the Dodgers on July 7 of
,1914 and at the time the Flatbushers
were seventh. When the season was
ended Brooklyn was second and could
have won the flag on the final day
had not a game with #Newark been
rained out. Newark won out by per
centage points only.
Ganzel was the first player ever to
score 130 runs in a single season. That
was in 1902, when in the midst of the
base ball war he jumped from the
New York Giants to Louisville of the
Western League. He batted .426 that
season, too, but that isnt’ the kind of
a topic that voluntarily comes out
when the old boy pulls up a chair and
chews the fat with Altrock and Giiff
in a fashion that magnetically draws
listeners to a walking encyclopedia of
base ball.
Popping off about himself is not
John Ganzel. Didn't the mayor of
Orlando have to stumble across the
fact that he had a chamber of com
merce in a chamber of commerce.
COLORED BOXERS CLASH
12th Street “Y” to Battle Team
From 1360th C. C. C.
Fifteen Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A.
boxers await the bell which tonight
will send them into action against the
1360th C. C. C. boxing team at 8:30
o’clock at the local colored Y. M. C. A.
In matches thus far this season
Twelfth Street punchers have recorded
victories over Richmond Recreational.
Association, Druid Hill Avenue Y. M.
C. A. of Baltimore and the Dunbar
Community Center.
General admision will be J5 cents,
with ringside seats selling for 35 cents.
TAK0MANS TEAM WELL.
Every man in both lirie-ups took
part in the scoring last night as Ta
koma Fire Department basketers de
feated Calvary Methodist Episcopal
dribblers, 32-22, at the Takoma gym.
JOE KRAKAUSKAS.
Among the strictly local lads try
ing to impress Manager Harris at
the Orlando training camp is Huck
Wynne. Western High School prod
uct, who Is a catching candidate.
Krakauskas. a Lithuanian, is a left
handed pitcher picked up from the
semi-pro ranks by ‘‘Scout" Joe
Cambria. His home is in Hamil
ton, Ontario. —Star Staff Photos.
KALMIKOFF IS REAL
SHOWMAN ON MAT
Foe of Cox Tomorrow Night Is
Back After a Successful
Jaunt in Europe.
One of the box office hits and mas
ter s-howmen of Washington's wres
tling renaissance returns to Joe Tur
ner’s arena tomorrow night when
Sergei Kalmikoff, be whiskered Si
berian strong man, muscles it out with
rowdy Joe Cox in the evening’s fea
ture bout.
Having grappled before some of the
largest crowds in the country before
being deported by immigration au
thorities back in 1931, the bearded
Sergei comes back here after a four
year stay in Europe a vastly improved
wrestler and more colorful than ever.
He recently was ranked one of the five
outstanding money winners of the
present crop of heavyweights.
In tomorrow’s semi-final, restricted
to 45 minutes. Emil Dusek, middle man
of the wrestling brothers, meets Mike
Mazurki. If Dusek wins, he will chal
lenge the winner of the Kalmikoff-Cox
bout.
Thirty-minute time limits bring to
gether Jack Donovan and Scott Mc
Dougall and Jack Harder against
Rusty Westcoatt.
PRIMO TO FIGHT HAYNES
Accepts Scrap That Was Turned
Down by Max Baer.
PHILADELPHIA, February 26
Fight Promoters Herman Taylor and
Robert Gunnis have announced the
signing of Primo Camera, former
world heavyweight champion, and Le
roy Haynes, Los Angeles Negro, for a
10-round bout at the Arena March 16.
Taylor and Gunnis recently offered
Max Baer $20,000 to meet Haynes, but
he refused.
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.
Today a year ago—Babe Ruth, given
unconditional release by Col. Ruppert,
signed with Boston Braves as player,
assistant manager and vice president.
Three years ago—Walter Hagen
chosen captain of United States Ryder
Cup golf team to play against British
pros in England.
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GIRL ROLLERS AIM
TO END DEADLOCK
Hosslyn Has Tougher Assignment:
Than Luckies in Seeking
District Loop Lead.
A BREAK in the deadlock that has
existed between Lucky Strike and
Rosslyn in the Ladies' District League
may occur tonight. On their home
drives, the Virginians tangle with the
strong Bill Wood club, which twice
has defeated the Galt Davis entry,
2 to 1.
On the other hand, the Luckies have
had easy sailing against the Conven
tion Hall girls, who invade Lucky
Strike. At Convention Hall. National
Beer is matched against Northeast
Temple.
Casting a covetous eye on the first
division, Swanee promises plenty of
trouble for the fhird-place Arcadians
in their scrap at Arcadia, which com
plete's the night's schedule for the all
star girl circuit.
Eight pins short of a 112 average.
Lucille Young, spearhead of the
Swanee club, Is sporting the second
highest league mark ever recorded by
a Washington girl bowler. For weeks
she has rolled at a steady pace, shoot
ing sets that range from 340 to 360.
Only Lorraine Gulli, the perennial
leader, with 115, tops Mrs. Young.
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G. W. YEARLINGS AHEAD
Trio Gets 28 Points as Western Is
Beaten, 39 to 25.
Bob Paris, Bruce Borum and Sid
Silkowitz accounted for 28 points yes
terday as George Washington’s fresh
men added Western High School to
its list of victims, 39-25, in the losers’
gjm.
Gerald Burns. Western forward, led
the Red Raiders’ attack with 10 points.
G. W. Frosh. G P’.Pts. Western. G.F.Pts
Faris.f_ft 111 Daly.!_ 2 .1 7,
Brennan !_2 2 6 Burns.!_4 2 10
Beronlo.! 1 o 2 DeWitt.c... n o o
Sampson,!_10 2 Borden.c _ o o n
Borum.c_4 19 Wells.*_- 0 0 0
Collins.*. . o 1 1 Shultz.*_o o 0 1
Bilkowitz,g_. 2 4 8 Needle.*_o o o!
Lomax, g . - 1 0 2
Edmonston.* 2 2 0
Totals_lft 9 39 Totals- 9 7 25
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G. W. HIGH IS WINNER
Second Half Pressure Too Much
for Gonzaga Basketers.
Stepping away in the second half,
George Washington High School drib
blers of Alexandria, Va., defeated a
determined Gonzaga quint, 36-21, yes-x
terday on the Gonzaga court.
Paul Shu, the Presidents’ high-scor
ing center, tallied 13 points to pace
the winning attack.
Gonzaga. G F.Pts. O. W. High. G.F.Pts
Boyle.!_ 4 0 8 Burrell.!_4 1 M
OBrlen.f_ 1 O 2 Ennis,!-2 0 4
Kiglibower.!- 0 0 o Shu.c-« 1 13
Flannery,!-- 0 0 O May.*-- 0 0 0
Walsh.c_ 2 0 4 WeUs.g-2 0 4
Hanley.*— 3 17 Nugent.*— 3 n 6
Looke. g_ 0 0 0 Lynch.*-0 0 0
Totals—To~i7l Totals-77 2 36
TEACH LIFE SAVING
Classes for Examiners’ Course
Will Be Held at “Y.”
Life-saving classes designed to
qualify men for the American Red
Cross examiners’ course will be opened
next Monday at the Y. M. C. A. men’s
pool, it has been announced by J.
Dallas Shirley, coach of the Y swim
ming team.
The course will consist of 10 lessons,
which will be held each Monday, Wed
nesday and Thursday nights from 7
until 8 o’clock. Requirements for the
examiners’ course, which starts March
31, will be reviewed. There is no fee
for Y members, a small one being
assessed non-members.
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GET INSTRUCTION
Potomac Squadron Giving
Free Course—Next Class
Slated March 2.
P'VERY man, woman or child who
seeks recreation on water is of
fered an opportunity to learn how to
pilot and handle a motor boat in the
illustrated course sponsored by the
Potomac River Squadron of the United
States Power Squadrons, Inc. The lec
tures are given in the auditorium of
the Interior Department, F street be
tween Eighteenth ’ and Nineteenth
streets northwest.
The course, which started February
24, is open to the public without charge
or obligation. Its purpose is to make
yachting as safe as it is enjoyable.
The Power Squadron course is the
only one of its kind and presents an
unusual opportunity for boat owners
and their friends to obtain authori
tative knowledge on the subject.
Has Over 2,000 Members.
rPHE organization is national in its
scope and now has more than
2,000 members. Those who pass the
entrance examination and become
members are entitled to further in
struction dealing with the more ad
vanced problems of navigation. The
remaining lectures will be as follows:
March 2—Buoys, navigation lights,
day marks and other aids to naviga
tion.
March 9—Lights required for all
classes of boats. Governmental re
quirements for motor boat equipment.
March 16—Fundamentals of the
compass. The compass card.
March 23—How to use the compass.
How to determine and correct com
pass errors.
March 30—Piloting, chart work,
plotting courses and determining po
sition.
April 6—The chart and its use.
April 13—Review.
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Prince Georges
MEN S SECTION.
Team Standing.
HO H S W L
M(l. Dairy Products_637 1.846 44 16
Billhimer A Palmer__ 638 1.884 39 21
Orioles- 614 1.791 37 23
Chillum _ 623 1.754 33 27
Q A S Laundry_ 63(1 1.747 32 28
Dixie Pig_ 621 1.787 32 28
R. E. A. Cleaners_ 612 1.707 32 28
Rector's Ice A Fuel_ 009 1.704 31 26
Maytag Washers_ 595 1.730 30 30
Stare Roads __. 589 1,644 28 29
Architects __r_ 598 1.630 29 31
W. A. T. P. A. 5_ 568 1.620 28 32
Carr Bros. A Boswell-. 621 1.804 27 33
Dept, of Agriculture ... 576 1.633 26 .34 i
Lanhardt's Sea Food 554 1.651 22 32
Ivin's Biscuits_ 570 l.dll 2.3 34
Jolly Scots__ 588 1.555 19 38
Try-Me-Garage_ 589 1.641 19 41
Individual Averages.
MARYLAND DAIRY PRODUCTS.
G. Ave. G. Ave
Temple.. 57 124-13 J.EOtt.. 60 113-22
L.Smith 60 llo-lo R.Reeley 59 112-34
H.Smith. 60 114-57
BILLHIMER A PALMER.
Billhimer 59 119-30 Hutchison 50 110-30
Deputy . 57 119-28 H.McClay 22 110-17
Sheehy.. 60 115-42 Thom son 42 97-23
ORIOLES.
C't.Lllley 48 119-45 Albee... 42 110-4
Hoffman. 60 114-27 Knopp.. 12 108-6
N. Lilley 60 112-42 Garrllli 15 102-2
CHILLUM.
Burton.. 36 115-25 Souder.. 57 111-54
Naylor _ 53 113-28 Miller.. 46 110-27
O. K.Hlser 54 112-51 Morrison 38 109-30
Q A S LAUNDRY.
Snowden 55 115-38 Heilman. 36 111-3
Hershey. 53 114-42 Aldridge 51 111-1
Taliferro 45 112-23 K.Fowler 67 110-31
DIXIE PIG.
C H.Wolfe 57 115-16 Whalley. 57 110-10
McCall.. 57 111-32 Waldrop 30 1 Oil-4
Keeler-. 60 110-26 Slinkman 25 104-23
R. E. A. CLEANERS.
Compton 30 114-2 G.Motyka 44 107-14
L.Motyka lit 113-7 Amiss... 44 105-44
High-48 111-31
RECTOR 8 ICE A FUEL.
wood-57 10d-.ll W.St Cliff 30 104-20
Hector - 54 105-20 Owen_51 101-38
O'Neale. 21 105-17 C.St'ncliff 45 100-43
MAYTAG WASHERS.
Davis— 48 112-47 Worley.. 41 106-8
Cai'cross 46 Ho-31 Browning 36 106
Bobb- 47 100-31 Hoffman 15 104-7
Tenley.. 56 108
STATE ROADS.
P Wolfe. 57 120-38 Clark... 36 101-24
Giles- 36 105-26 Kelly_ 11 100-0
Duncan 47 104-17 Langford 44 92-13
H’hberger 48 103-32
ARCHITECTS.
F.Robbins 56 106-28 Ross_ 66 103-41
Aber thy 55 105-25 Ackerman 45 103-18
E.Robbins 67 104-40
W. A. T. P. A. 6.
Parsons 60 109-13 Wheeler. 60 100-36
Anderson 60 104-33 Troy_ 67 97-26
Anstine.. 60 100-51
CARR BROS. & BOSWELL.
Hilliard- 44 116-32 Trott... 40 106-2
Cross-50 112-18 Ritchie.. 45 105-38
Lamont.. 58 111-17 Belt_ 53 105-24
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Skinner. 51 107-48 Ward_ 11 103-7
Abel-61 106-39 B.Armst'g 61 98
J.Armst'g 56 106-7 James_ 46 96-41
Simmons 18 103-16
LANHARDTS SEA FOOD.
Lanhardt 39 109-2 C.Prey . 47 98-44
Deputy.. 35 105-12 R.Frey_ 32 96-2
Taliferro 39 103-14 Carter - 21 94-17
Cooksey. 45 100-24
IVIN'S BISCUITS.
Kreamer. 36 109-27 Veneiky. 51 101-8
Clarke _ 54 107-50 Espey_ 48 100-20
Funk_18 101-16 Carter_ 30 97-25
JOLLY SCOTS.
Taliferro 52 100-20 D.Morton 24 96-22
Barker 41 98-26 88say_ 30 96-9
Mostow . 31 97-9 R.Morton 21 92-10
TRY-ME-GARAGE.
Mooney. 12 108-4 Bros’han 54 104-2
CashelL. 55 108-1 Salatto.. 56 101-51
Edwards 42 104-2 Stevens_ 49 99-30
Season Records.
High team game—Billhimer Se Palmer.
638.
High team set—Billhimer A Palmer,
1,884.
LADIES' SECTION.
Team Standing. |
H G H S W L
Cheries Beauty Shop_ 503 1.423 35' lo’
Lustine-Nlcholson_ 624 1,483 37 23
Burton s Flowers__ 531 1.468 35 25
Standard Stores_ 517 1.461 35 25
Arcades _ 499 1.427 32 25
Dixie Pie _ _ 591 1.438 33 27
Chlllum _499 1.407 31 29
Riverdale_ 609 1.443 27 33
Lanham_478 1.339 19 38
Brookland Council_ 443 1,262 10 60
. Individual Averaees.
CHERIES BEAUTY SHOP.
G. W. L. G. W. L.
Anderson 64 94-27 Dula_51 90-20
Sanders 61 94-2« Wiseman 45 89-33
Pioret_ 54 92-22
LUSTINE-NfCHOLSON.
Anstlrve_ 60 98-30 Holden.. 60 91-45
H.Hlser.. 67 96-50 M.Turner 46 84-20
Eaton... 60 94-56 Hanson.. 17 81-8
BURTON'S FLOWERS.
C.Hiser_ 60 100-55 Dent.. . 60 93-48
W.Hiser. 18 99-8 R.Elmo . 42 92-24
Brown.. 60 96-64 Blllhlmer 57 84-8
STANDARD STORES.
Rubin_ 67 102-47 Webb_ 57 91-37
Lehman. 60 96-21 Beyer_51 85-49
Berrett _ 60 94-41 G.ElmO— 16 80
ARCADES.
guess... 61 93-47 Balleneer 41 85-16
Woods.. 45 92-6 M.Duncan 21 83-8
Proctor . 67 88-9 Clark— 12 75-6
L. Duncan 55 87-39
DIXIE PIG.
Waldrop . 27 96-3 Sonn’bert 12 90-5
Glttlnes. 45 92-39 Gray_21 88-12
Lewis 61 91-29 E.Turner 60 86-47
Cornell.. 60 90-42 Middleton 18 82-8
CHILLUM.
Souder.. 48 92-34 Shinn... 28 88-19
Gahan.. 47 89-27 Mehaflle. 42 88-6
Motyka— 00 88-57 Miller_ 25 86-23
Rasm’sen 42 88-35
RIVERDALE.
Allsworth 57 92-37 Dorman. 67 89-49
B.Gude— 18 92-16 Penn_ 50 86-46
M. Hlaer. 45 91-41 Alsop_12 82
Hardeety 62 90-30
LANHAM.
Belt—— 42 89-36 Ractor.. 30 85-9
Middleton 67 88-36 Watklne 12 84-4
Curtin.. 67 85-27 Chambers 18 83-14
Lehman. 39 85-20
BROOKLAND COUNCIL.
McKallor 57 83-0 Sh'maker 11 79-6
P.Nau.. 57 82-48 Dodae... 60 77-58
Stromb* 60 79-54 Deputy.. 80 70-16
Season Records.
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THE SPORTLIGHT |
Hoppe’s Billiard Play Top in Raw Skill
With Shots Needing Hairline Precision
_BT GRANTLAND BICE_
OS ANGELES, February 26.—It
would take a micrometer—
that precision instrument able
to measure the thickness of a
human hair, or to split an inch into
10,000 parts—to determine the margin
of error permitted Willie Hoppe on
one of his most delicate billiard shots,
either in balkline or the three-cushion
game.
Not that all the 360 points he
scored to Welker Cochran’s 246 to
wrest from Cochran the world three
i m.
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cushion title had to be figured that
meticulously. As Hoppe himself says,
on some three-cushion shots, the sec
ond object ball is more than seven
inches wide. And he goes on to show
why that is so.
But on the delicate shots,
the eye of the layman, or even
of the expert spectator, could
not measure the allowable mar
gin of error.
But the champion's eye could meas
ure it, transmit the message to his
brain and the brain could direct
wonderfully skilled muscles of wrists,
fingers and arm to execute the shot
within that hair-line margin.
Three decades a champion, the 48
year-old boy wonder, now the silver
king of billiards, in his defeat of
Welker Cochran of San Francisco
gained the only billiard title which
heretofore has eluded him. It was
Hoppe’s twenty-first victory in a
world championship match.
Four days*later, on January 15, the
silver king celebrated the thirtieth
anniversary of his first world ■ title,
won from Maurice Vignaux in Paris,
January 15, 1906, w'hen Willie was a
Knv nf 1 fi
By his defeat of Cochran. Hoppe be
comes the first man in the history of
billiards to hold three world titles at
the same time. Before talcing the
angle crown from Cochran, he already
was 18.1 balkline champion and cush
ion carom champion.
It would not be overstating it
to hail Hoppe as the greatest
master, in this day or any other,
of the most difficult and de
manding game of skill in the
world.
Any layman with fair muscular co
ordination can learn to play billiards
enjoyably. Only a genius can play it
as Hoppe does.
How He Does It.
I IOW does he do it? He has born
A A aptitude, certainly. He started
playing when he was 8 and was better
than a green hand from the start. But
that isn’t all the story. It isn't half.
Hoppe's supremacy has been main- j
tained throughout 40 years of billiards
and 30 years of championships by his
splendid physical condition and by his
rigorous application to every detail that
made for expert proficiency.
Physical condition? He never has
dissipated. No fighter ever trained
more carefully for a title bout than
Hoppe for a championship match.
Golf, in the last two years, has p.ayed
a large part in his conditioning. More
of this later. And road work? When
in New York, in advance of a match
he would jog twice around the Central
Park Reservoir, then walk it once, a
distance of more than 5 miles in ah.
Watch him in match play. The
game may be balkline, where a flock
of points is scored without the player
moving more than a foot from his
original position.
But Hoppe changes his stance
on every play.
Just the fraction of an inch, may
hap. But the position of his feet Is
changed slightly to meet slightly
changed conditions of the stroke. His
cue is carefully chalked between shots
and excess chalk is dusted from the
cue tip.
Hoppe and Golf.
tjoppe took up golf at *6. He was
led into It by Jack Doyle, the sage
of Broadway, long a good golfer, who
shoots in the mideighties.
Let Doyle tell it:
“Willie didn’t warm up until he
had played a half-dozen rounds. Then
he knew he liked it. He wanted to
take lessons. He enrolled with Joe
Sylvester at the St. Albans Golf Club
on Long Island.
“’Never saw a pupil so studious,
who applied himself so earnestly to
the game,’ said Joe. ‘Never anybody
to ask so many questions. He'd take
a half-hour lesson, then stay for two
hours banging out practice shots. He
took more lessons than nine out of ten
enthusiasts.’ .
“In a game," continued Doyle, “if
he had trouble with a certain club,
he'd have to have a lesson with that
club next day. For a time he was the
frowsiest putter in the world, which
is surprising. But he wouldn’t quit
until he ironed that out." He’s putting
well now.”
With the wrists of a heavy
weight, developed in 40 years
of making billiard balls behave,
Hoppe is making progress in golf
surprising in a man who took it
up in middle years.
He now shoots around 90. Had he
taken it up when he started playing
billiards there is little doubt that he
would have been one of America's
great golfers. As it is, he will be a
low handicap golfer before he reaches
the half-century mark.
Hoppe's- "Home Work.*
TTOPPE’S "home work,” by which he
keeps his billiard game up to the
mark, is done on one of the new
streamlined tables, with its twilight
purple cloth, which may be in turn
a billiard table, a pocket billiards
table, or, with a special cover, a ping
pong surface or a buffet.
One point mentioned earlier in this
discussion should be explained in
Hoppe's own words. He said, you re
member, that, in contrast to the shots
of extreme delicacy, there are some
in which the second object ball is
more than 7 inches wide.
How about that. Mr. Hoppe?
"The second object ball is in the
corner,” Willie explained. “It is equi
distant from the cushions, a little
more than the width of the ball from
each cushion. The ball is a full 23* i
inches in diameter, 2 25-64 inches, to
be exact.
“The cue ball, we will say, has I
struck the first object ball and com
pleted the three cushions necessary
for the point before it approaches
the second object ball.
“It can strike the second object
ball going Into the corner, or
coming out.
“So you have the width of the sec
ond object ball and twice the width of
the cue ball to figure on. Three times |
2 25-64 inches is 7 11-64 inches,
which is a comfortable leeway. You
don't have that leeway on all shots.”
How true. Mr. Hoppe, how true!
(Copyright. HKifl. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance.)
Dives Into Task First Day
Back—Tells of Germans’
Fine Preparations.
Br the Associated Preae.
NEW YORK, February 26—The
American Olympic Committee,
with its president, Avery
Brundage of Chicago, back in
this country, today was confronted
with two big problems.
One, and the more important at the
moment, was the task of raising some
$200,000 to send the American team
to Berlin this Summer. The other was
whether to hold the track and field
trials at Randalls Island Stadium in
New York or transfer them to Boston
or Princeton.
Brundage, back with glowing reports
of the preparations being made by the
Germans, plunged into the task of
raising the money by exhorting the
Olympic Committee to give its fullest
co-operation.
Sees It as Big Job.
"IT WILL not be an easy task.” de
clared Brundage in an informal
talk before the committee last night.
"It never has and we should not leave
a stone unturned. We are self-sus
taining but at least one-third of the
Olympic teams are subsidized by their
governments.”
The greater share of the money will
be raised bjs local committees and or
ganizations having representatives on
the teams. Brundage said he expected
the track and field trials to net $25,000.
however, while the basket ball finals in
Madison Square Garden April 3, 4 and
5 should add several thousands to the
general fund.
The locale of the track and field
finals cannot be definitely settled for
several months. The new stadium,
which the City of New York is erecting
on Randall’s Island in the East River,
tentatively had been selected as the
site. Now the question has arisen
whether the stadium and the Tri-Boro
Bridge, which will connect the island
with the mainland, will be completed
in time for the trials July 10-11.
Chips From the Mapleways
BY ROD THOMAS.
THE wisdom of electing Wash
ington City Duckpin Associa
tion officers in the Fall instead
of Spring, just before the an
nual city championships, already is
apparent. Instead of having a welter
of details and disagreeable arguments
to clear up, the association as tourna
ment time approaches this year is all
set for constructive effort.
When the chronic critics of the as
sociation have nothing else to squawk
about they harp on the salary paid
Arville Ebersole as secretary. Eber
sole’s post is worth four or five hun
dred bucks a year, but we know men,
and not lazy ones either, who wouldn’t
handle his task for twice the pay.
It appeared at last election time
that Ebersole would lose out, what
with the strong support for Ben Mc
Alwee, who put on a campaign of
which Jim Farley wouldn't be
ashamed. Nearly unseated, Arville
took immediate and smart steps to
avert a struggle for the post next sea
son, for Ben McAlwee isn’t the sort
who gives up after one setback. The
secretary got the association to hire
Ben as publicity man with the result
that today Ebersole has in McAlwee
not only an ardent, efficient aide, but
a personal friend. Two guys who
might have become bitter enemies
plan to go after things hammer and
tongs to give Washington its biggest
bowling tournament of all time. And
to wipe away completely whatever
friction might have existed, Eb and
Ben have become business partners.
They’ve taken over the Duckpin Rec
ord Book, this year’s edition of which
is in the hands of the typos.
The next job on the hands of Eber
sole and McAlwee is to promote the
annual Masonic-Knights of Columbus
match. This will be held next month
In two blocks, with five games at
Convention Hall and five at the Ren
rezvous, where that staunch old
"Casey,” ’tad Howard, holds forth.
Few bowling proprietors can boast
of loyalty of patrons such as enjoyed
by Howard at the Rendezvous. Rare
ly has he lost a league and none ever
has left his place because of dissatis
faction with the management. A well
known league recently turned down
applications for four franchises for
next season because the Increase in
membership would make It too large
for Rendezvous accommodations. The
action taken was in the nature of a
tribute to Tad Howard.
Dates for Washington bowlers in
the National Duckpin Bowling Con
gress championships at Hartford,
Conn., will be March 2T, 28 and 29,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the
Capital pin shooters likely will make
quite a week end party of it. Special
railroad and hotel rates have been ar
ranged for by George Iseman, Con
gress secretary. Special coaches will
be provided for the exclusive use of
Washington bowlers, the cars, accord
ing to a railroad circular, being
"equipped with a fully stocked buffet
lunch counter and ladies' and gentle
men's lounging rooms," not to speak
of “de luxe reclining seats.”
On one of those bitter cold nights
awhile back when street cars were
struggling and empty cabs difficult to
find, 69 of the 70 members of the
Patent Office League showed up to
bowl at the Rendezvous. It was the
only night of the season that found
the league with so much as a solitary
absentee.
One of these limes Lucile Preble
Young is going to grab herself a big
bowling prize. She has won more sec
ondary awards in tournament compe
tition this season than any other
Washington girl bowler.
The annual Dutch Sherbahn Sweep
stakes will be held February 29
and March 7 at Takoma. All con
testants with averages under 117 will
receive handicaps of half the differ
ence between their averages and
scratch. Then games will be rolled,
with special prizes provided for each
block for bowlers who don’t finish in
the big money. The entry fee of $5
will cover cost of bowling.
The H. O. L. C. and Agricultural,
League picked teams had such a hot
match recently they may meet again.
Regardless, the H. O. L. C. shooters
who cleaned up are in the field for
more action, preferring to meet teams
with averages of from 565 to 570.
Preston Ellis turned in the best indi
vidual effort tor the match with a
425-set in doubles.
Five years ago—Joe Tumesa and
Willy Cox tied at 291 at end of Pensa
cola open golf tournament.
Pin Standings
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DISTRICT.
W L w *
Grand Cent J 33 ‘>1 Arcadia_32 25
Heunch Brew. 34 23 Lucky Strike, 2« 2«
Occidentals,_ 33 24 Conv. Hall,,. 10 47
Season Records.
High team game—Arcadia. tiSS.
High team set—Arcadia. 1.954.
High individual game—joe mrrison.
17*.
High individual set—Paul Jarman. 455.
LADIES' DISTRICT.
W. L W L
Lucky Strike. 4n 17 Swanee_ 17 3ii
2?1?S17J" a — 17 Con'- Hall-., in 31
Bill Woods. _ 30 17 Temple_ 11 35
Arcaoia-30 17 National Beer 13 44
Season Records.
High team game—Rosslyn (51P.
g **} tcam set—Lucky Strike. 1,(590
8 *£ !£2iv!2ua game—Rena Levy. 159.
High individual set—Marge Smith. 393.
COUNTRY CLUB.
Dam No 1 45 15 Argyle No. 1 31* If!’
Ind. Spas 1 42 18 Congres'nal 1 2P 31
wSsht'nS’nA1 ' A? Professionals. 17 30
Washington. .50 11 Congres'nal 1 15 31
Bv. Dam No. . 35 19 Argyle No 1. "5 35
Kenwood 2 33 24 Kenwood 1 "2 35
Manor No. 2. 33 27 Ind. Spgs. 2. 20 37
GRAPHIC ARTS.
W. L W T
Ransdell. Inc. 30 15 Nat. Cap. Pr. "5 "0
- 'll l7 Hayworth Pa. 22 23
Judd A Detw. 25 20 Natl. Engrav 15 30
Pot. Electro, 22 20 R. P. Andrews 13 32
r
Team Standing.
National Capital Parks 33 21 *?i% 1*774
I B. E. W. No. 121 32 22 637 1I755
Investigation __ 30 °4 h.IO 1 755®
Highway Department I 30 24 007 l’7*n
jj?vv vrirHing °fflc* - -2 =» 651 1.813
wavy Yard *j,q 05 ^*’8 1 7~«
O P. O Union Printers 26 28 595 1 T°1
pf>thiieA«I*ln\stration - M 3" «3» 1 *740
PUDlir Schools _ 21 33 5^7 j 7^1
Interstate Commerce 16 :t8 622 1.736
Individual Averages.
NATIONAL CAPITAL parks.
Miller 54 111-49 Raspb'ry 4s KK-Vi
Compton .14 111-12 Gist . 38 107-1
Gartside o4 109-28 Bittner 22 105-9
I B. E. W NO. 121.
Tucker 54 114-15 Lee 42 110-39
& : Ut:1J Hgrtn'u 61110*s
INVESTIGATION.
Clarke 53 121-48 Ott 50 110-5
Newman 4!i 115-44 Ren b ger 35 107-24
Miller o4 114-48 Glavln 21 101-12
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
F.Xanten 54 120-7 Stull __ 51 102-14
Anderson 54 112-30 Hibbs __ 40 101-16
Bernh dt 50 107-10
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
Walker 54 110-7 Cowden 30 115-2
Brown _ 54 117-43 Barnard 54 112-4'!
Holst __ 51 117-6
NAVY YARD. I
Whitman 54 113-14 Kline __ 36 111-2'
Burdette 54 112-44 Myers 45 101-3.1
Bell 46 112-38
G. P. O. UNION PRINTERS.
McCarthy 51 114-36 Purdy - S3 100-14
Mayhew IS 110-2 Endres 45 103-31
Young 54 100-17
VETERANS’ ADMINISTRATION
Share _ 33 110-2 Crowley 54 108-30
Kowder 47 100-43 Taylor 51 106-10
Woods . 51 100-16 Cooper 18 06-1
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Mertz _ 17 114-14 Barnes 32 107-4
Steele 30 111-30 Harbour 40 104-18
W.Xanten 53 110-37 Williams 41 101-31
Wenzel 48 107-13
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Reynolds 33 100-3 Detterer 47 105-22
Bartel ... 42 108-30 Feldman 28 104-15
Dunn _ 33 108-4 Gillis 28 104-10
Gibeaux 30 106-8 Law_ 18 103-4
Varied Sports M
College Boxing.
Villa Nova, 4; Washington & Jeffer
son, 3.
College Swimming.
Nebraska, 55; Carleton, 20.
Eastern Amateur Hockey League.
Pittsburgh, 5; Hershey, 1.
Leiber’s Demands May Be Due to Glad Rags Yarn
Giant Official Takes $800 Wardrobe to Camp—Georgetti Peeves Fans by Quitting Bike Grind.
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Editor.
NEW YORK, February 26.—
Mebbe Hank Leiber raised the ante
on the Giants when he heard Leo
TSondy, vice president of the club,
was taking (800 worth of glad rags
to Pensacola . . . Stubborn though
he is, it’s hard to imagine Hank
passing up (10,000 per year for a
(2,000 coaching job.
Franco Georgetti, who has plenty
of money anyway, doesn’t take the
old chances any more ... He quit
the six-day race cold after a minor
spill the other night .... Leaving
his partner, A1 Letoumer, and all
the Italian customers burned up.
,.. The new French team of Ignat
and Diot looks red hot ... Joe
3 *
Becker, for years a Brooklyn scout,
has become business manager of
the Joplin club of the Western As
sociation, controlled by the Yanks.
The twenty-first edition of Cliff
Bloodgood’s "Who’s Who in Base
Ball” goes on sale March 1 . . .
with the complete life record of
more than 225 major league play
ers . . . This year’s “Who’s Who”
has added a new feature—the high
spots of Babe Ruth’s matchless ca
reer.
- V
For instance, 16 of the Babe’s 714
home runs were made with the
bases full . . . Fifteen additional
homers came in world series games.
. . . Outside of New York, he hit
more round trippers in Philadel
phis—68—than in any other city
... the club to suffer most was
Detroit . . . Ruth hit 123 homers
against the Tigers . .. and only 88
against Washington . . . July was
his big month with 148 ... “Who’s
Who” is a nifty little book and
handy to have around.
Hack Wilson, National League
home-run king only a few yean
ago, now opentes a pool parlor in
Pennsylvania . . .. The Big Ten,
daddy of the foot ball leagues, has
a synthetic hockey championship
set-up . . . the puck title has been
shared by Minnesota and Michigan
for the last 13 years .. '. The only
other school interested in league
hockey ii Wisconsin and the
Badgers are in and outers.
The names that occur most fre
quently in Fordham athletics are
White, Murphy and Smith .. . but
not in that order ... as usual, the
Smiths have it . . . Marquette’s
crack backfleld, including the Ouepe
twins and Buzz Buivid will be back
intact next season .. . Nashville is
bidding for the national clay court
tennis tournament... two reasons
why Minnesota’s cagers are playing
better is that George Roscoe and
Jim Baker have reduced from 204
and 195 to 191 and 174 pounds .. .
Baker was so fat at the start of the
season he couldn’t see his shoes
... tomorrow this bureau will greet
you from sunny (we hope) Florida
.V. choo, choo.
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Berwanger Has Other Ambitions.
TOHN JACOB BERWANGER. Chi
" cago University's all-America back,
has made no definite decision concern
ing professional foot ball and its in
ducements. Halas talked with Ber
wanger some weeks ago, but at that
time the Maroon was too busy with
his class work and ambitions to win
a place on the Olympic track team
to bother with foot ball.
Chances are Berwanger will play
pro foot ball and with the Chicago
Bears. But not at $1,000 per game.
Such salaries are not paid by the pro
fessionals and certainly not by Mr.
George Halas. Professional gates do
not yet warrant any such stipends.
Five hundred dollars per game is
about the top for the greatest stars
in the professional game, and while
Berwanger is good, he's not that good,
according to the club owners’ method
of bookkeeping. “Red” Grange pull
ed down more money from profes
aional foot ball than any star ever
in the business, but any one getting
a grand per game would be second.
Another League in Prospect.
■tlALAS believes that the influx of
new material into the National
Professional League will speed up the
caliber of play to a new level this
year. And with the weaker clubs
of the league having first call on the
outstanding graduates of the 1935
collegiate field, the National will have
better balance and stage a much neat
er race. Owners of the professional !
clubs also believe that 1936 will see
n tremendous increase in public inter
est in their commodity. Weather
conditions are more vital to the pro
fessionals than the collegians, since
the latter have no pay roll to meet,
but that is a gamble the pros must
take, with their season running into
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It’s All In HOW You Fight
BALDNESS!
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stl/bf nourishing starved
hair toon and killing Dandruff
germs-Glovet's I Butyoumust
faithhilly keep up the good
work. Start today with Glovers
Mange Medicine and Glover's
Medicated Soap for the sham*
poo. At all druggists. Or have
youi Barber give you Glover's.