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Manero vs Win Biggest Golf Upset: Gevinson Faces Slasher in Temes
GETS OPEN TITLE
AS mi SHOT
Teaming With Sarazen in
Last Round Held Great
Break for Tony.
BY W. R. McCALLUM.
HE biggest upset in golf during
1936? That’s a cinch.
It was Tony Manero’s victory
in the national open cham
pionship back in June. Here was a
golfer who won only a couple small
tournaments, was definitely out of the
heavy dough, had been dropped from
the pay roll of a sport goods company,
. was a 100-to-l shot in the big tour
nament and so far as any one knew,
a poor gamble at that.
And he woa the championship with
a world record-breaking score for a
major tournament.
If that wasn’t the greatest turnover
of the dope in golf during 1936. Red
Banagan, the Columbia golf shop sage,
is a jockey, and if you can imagine
Big Red on the quarter-deck of a two
bit nag, you can guess how lightly
Tony Manero’s chances of winning
were when the open championship
opened up at Baltusrol early last June.
Tony had fallen out of the big time.
He'd been the pro at Greensboro, N.
C., for a couple years because the
metropolitan area, where he grew up
as a caddy and a rugged lightweight
boxer, as handy with his dukes as
with a putter, couldn’t furnish him
a job in his chosen profession.
Patter Is White Hot.
'ALWAYS a hard worker at the
game, Tony managed tp win the
Santa Catalina and Glens Falls tour
naments, but in so far as the major
money events were concerned, Tony
had been consistently stymied. No
guy tried harder than Tony, but he
couldn’t win the big ones.
Then, just as Sam Parks did in 1935,
another horse of ebony hue won the
national open championship. Tony
Manero, with a white-hot putter, the
fire of ambition driving his Latin blood
to winning heat, paced by the greatest
Italian-American golfer of them all
(Gene Sarazen), blazed down the final
day of the open with rounds of 73—67,
to set a world record of 282 for the
championship.
He won by 2 shots, smashing the
©Id record by 4 strokes. The old mark
had stood for 20 years.
’ As a burst of inspirational golf,
Tony Manero’s final round was the
links’ masterpiece of masterpieces.
There’s only one parallel—Sarazen’s
68 in the closing round of the 1922
open at Skokie. These Latins seem
to have a way with ’em of turning
on the steam in the pinches. Tony’s
putter did it for him—that and Harry
Cooper’s collapse.
Sarazen Is Inspiration.
TJUT I’ll always think that the big
• gest factor in the inspirational
spurt of Manero was the lucky ‘draw
that tossed him in over the final day
with Sarazen as his playing partner.
I didn’t hear Gene say, "Come on,
Tony, hole this one for H Duce,” or
rattle off, "Give this one the Haile
Selassie twist,” but that Roman beak
of Tony Manero means more than a
mere facial adornment when there’s
a Sarazen around to goad him.
Tony has character—golf character.
He showed it in that final dash to
the wire after fretting Harry Cooper
tossed the championship away with a
punk finish.
I wonder if you ever heard the
etory of that final hole up there at
Baltusrol played by Manero when he
had the championship in his lap and
Wanted to play safe on that terrifying
465-yard par 4 stretch? He needed a
6 to win by a shot, and he and his
caddy knew it.
—
Caddy Steeled Manero.
'T'ONY had to wait a little on the
eighteenth tee. He took a No. 1
Iron out of his bag to keep the ball
etraight. “Gimme that," the boy said,
"and take this,” handing Tony his
driver. “And don't steer it. Hit it,”
the caddy cracked, and vanished into
the woods where Tony couldn’t
change.
Plenty of room for trouble. Good
men had taken 6 on that hole before.
But Tony split the middle with his
drive, banged a long iron to the front
edge of the green and rammed home
a 4-footer to win by 2 shots.
The 100-to-l shot had come through.
If that wasn’t golf’s biggest surprise
of 1936, Man o’ War was a two-bit
plater.
EDITS LACROSSE PAPER
LUTHERVILLE, Md., December 28
VP).—William H. (Dinty) Moore,
president of the Maryland College for
women and varsity lacrosse coach at
the United States Navy Academy, has
launched a one-man drive to boost
the college stick game.
As a preliminary step, Moore wrote
and edited the first issue of a four
page paper, the Lacrosse News, taking
four hours to fill 16 columns with in
formation about the stick game.
Moore promises another issue in
March, just before the season opens.
The paper will appear three times
a year, says Coach Moore.
GREENSKEEPERS TO MEET.
Greenskeepers of the Mid-Atlantic
Golf Association will bold a meeting
on January 4 at the New Howard Hotel
in Baltimore. Dinner will be served
at 5:30 o'clock, the meeting following
immediately after.
DODGERS GRID VICTORS.
SALINAS, Calif., December 28
(JP).—Scoring dashes by Joe Maniaci
gave the Brooklyn Dodgers an 18-to-0
victory over the Salinas Packers in a
professional foot ball game here yes
terday.
J. C. C. FIVE NEEDS FOES.
Jewish Community Center’s unde
feated basket ball team is anxious to
schedule games with crack unlimited
quints. Call Manager Joe Cohen at
Columbia 2817,
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press.
Today a year ago—Jesse Owens
ruled ineligible for athletic compe
tition at Ohio State University for
scholastic deficiency.
Three years ago—Jockey Jack
Westrope rode 300th and 301st win
ners at Epsom Downs. First United
States rider to pass 300 mark since
1808.
k
By W-M‘Gliu* V
LWAYS full of Ideas for the
betterment of the game, roly
poly Bob Harlow, now in Cal
ifornia promoting more tour
naments, comes to bat today with an
idea that has in it some sound sense
for improving the spectator’s view of
golf championships.
Bob would have built near the
eighteenth green at the major tourna
ments a grandstand, where hundreds
of the paying customers could get a
real squint at the finishing hole,
without getting their chilblains
rubbed oil by the usual finishing
green crush.
But over and above that Bob and
some other sound thinkers on golf
hold that the galleryites who lay their
dough on the line get less out of their
money at a golf tournament than at
any other major sports event.
"Something should be done to in
crease the attractiveness of golf from
the spectator's standpoint," says Ed
die Conlin, one of the keener minds
connected with the promotion of the
game.
“When a fellow lays three
bucks on the line, as was done
at Garden City last September,
without a chance to get into
the club house, to get shoved
around by a lot of gallery mar
shals. he doesn’t get much for
his money.’’
Harlow points out that at the St.
Paul open tournament and at the
national open of 192S grandstands
were erected at strategic spots where
people could sit and see part of the
play without wearing out shoe leather.
Combined with the grandstand
idea. Bob would have the starting
field on the last day reduced from
60 and ties to 40 and ties, which would
have the effect of leaving in only
those who have a real chance to win
and avoid cluttering up the field with
a lot of guys who are only out for
the walk.
The history of golf championships
shows that any golfer behind fifteenth
place at the end of the first 36 holes
in a 72-hole affair has little chance
of winning.
“Too many golfers are permitted to
compete in open tournaments before
spectators,” Harlow says.
"The crowd is interested only
in the ‘name’ players and while
all professionals should have
equal opportunity to compete,
most of these get this opportu
nity in the preliminary rounds,
far from the big crowds.
“When the curtain goes up and the
public pays, it is entitled to see some
one with a reputation, from a com
fortable seat.”
Diffenbaugh After Laurels.
QEORGE DIFFENBAUGH, the little
guy with the big swing, holder of
_
the District open golf championship,
didn’t play In the early Florida tour
naments, but George Is planning a
whack with a fairly good amateur
partner at the amateur-pro tourney at
St. Augustine starting March 17.
George’s amateur partner, if things
workout as the District champ hopes,
will be Roger Peacock, the uncrowned
king of all the amateurs In this sector.
Roger and George make a rather
rough combination—rough for the
other guys—as a lot of local amateurs
and pros admitted after the 1935 cam
paign, when the two of them won prac
tically all the amateur-pro tourna
ments in this neighborhood.
“I’m trying to get Roger to go along
with me and he’s nibbling,” says
George. "If we get down there we
might have a chance to get In the
money.”
Prize money in that tourna
ment totalz around four grand,
with a handsome slab of silver
for the amateur on the winning
combination.
Since his repeat victory in the Dis
trict open at Bannockburn, George
hasn't played a lot of golf. That was
five weeks ago, but the Indian Spring
pro doesn’t need much practice to
keep his hand in. He played nine
holes the other day—the par 36 last
nine—and managed to scramble
around in 34 wallops, which is fairly
good in any language, including the
Caledonian.
Four birdies he bumped off, and
went over par on both short holes,
which isn’t in the usual Diffenbaugh
book, for if there’s one department
of the game George can play it’s the
iron work.
Short of stature he’s as long from
the tee as any pro playing regularly
around Washington. George has
plenty on the ball any time he totes
his kit out to the first tee and if he
and Roger get to Ray McCarthy’s
well-ballyhooed tournament at St.
Augustine they may very well have
the Sarazens and the Picards asking
questions about 'em before long.
one trung is certain: There won’t
be a better amateur in the field than
Roger Peacock, provided the young
man has a few rounds under his belt
before he starts.
Roger can go for my money
against any amateur in the
country when he’s in the hitting
groove.
Gene Sarazen and Mally Reynolds,
Jacksonville amateur, won the ama
teur-pro at St. Augustine last year.
Thomson in Scoring Mood.
J)AVE THOMSON, Washington Golf
and Country Club pro, may not
be the longest hitter in the world,
but little Dave certainly knows how
to score. He played 12 holes of his
home course in level par and hit only
five greens in regulation figures.
You can't lick a guy like that when
his putter is clicking.
In those 12 holes, Dave knocked in
four putts of more than 15 feet, two
of ’em for birdies. Day in and day
out he’s the best chipper and putter
around the Washington club.
PASS RULE ALONE
CONOSSOLONS
No Big Grid Changes Seen
Unless Interference Is
Made Issue.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 38 —Un
less their discussion of the
controversial pass-lnterferenoe
rule leads to changes, the Na
tion’s foot ball coaches, opening their
annual convention today, don't expect
any major alterations in the gridiron
game for next season.
Bill Cowell, permanent secretary
treasurer of the American Foot Ball
Coaches’ Association, said there may
be a "few” new regulations, but he
didn’t foresee any important changes
unless the pass-lnterferenoe contro
versy came to a head.
"However,” he added, "we ourselves
don’t know yet what our Rules Com
mittee will recommend to the National
Rules Committee in February, so
there’s no way of telling what, If any,
changes will be made.”
Perennial Bugaboo Is Back.
HTHE National Collegiate Athletic
A Association, meeting coincidently
with the coaches—and three other
organizations governing college sports
—opened last night with a closed
council meeting.
Subsidization of athletics, a peren
nial bugaboo in a return engagement,
will get its chance on the convention
floor tomorrow. College presidents are
to give their viewpoints on the topic,
"Are Our Intercollegiate Athletics to
Remain Amateur?”
A comparatively new organization,
the Association of College Track
Coaches of America, plans expansion
throughout the country. According to
meeting room gossip, the cinderpath
pilots intend to include just about
every major coach In the country.
The foot bell coaches will give over
one entire session to the pass-interfer
ence penalty. On Tuesday coaches,
officials and sports writers will be
asked for their viewpoints in an open
meeting. With the material thus
gathered, the association's Rules Com
mittee will decided whether to suggest
a change to the national group.
TMtle Injury rrowem.
'T'HE coaches also are going after the
■*" injury problem in a new manner.
They’ve invited a well-known college
squad trainer to answer questions on
methods of treatment of injuries and
other factors concerned.
As is the custom. Harry Klpke,
Michigan ooach, will be elevated from
the association’s first vice presidency
to the presidency, now held by Tuss
McLaughry of Brown. For this reason,
the coaches generally don’t believe
Kipke will be ousted at Michigan, as
has been rumored.
Two other organisations, in addition
to the foot ball and track coaches and
the N. C. A. A, round out the week's
meetings. Both the College Physical
Education Association and the Sports
manship Brotherhood, also allied with
college sports, open conventions today.
Louis, Braddock Follow in
Group Two—Scott Rated
Eighth Lightweight.
By the Associated Press.
EW YORK, December 28—Por
making Just one fistic ap
pearance before the cash cus
tomers, Max Schmeling is
nominated by the Ring Magazine
as the world’s No. 1 fighting man
for 1936.
Der Moxie knocked out Joe Louis
in his lone competitive start to win
the top spot the Detroit Brown Bomber
held for 1935.
Heavyweight Champion Jimmy
Braddock was not called on to throw
punches in competition, and as a re
sult was dropped to No. 3 on the list.
Aside from Schmeling, the only
other non-champion to top a division
in the Ring’s rankings was Benny
Lynch of Scotland, who headed the
flyweight groupings. The National
Boxing Association’s titleholder, Small
Montana of the Philippines, was rated
second.
The Ring’s rankers put Schmeling
by himself among the heavyweights,
with Louis and Braddock listed one
two in "Group Two.”
Cuuoneri Placed Third.
T IGHT - HEAVYWEIGHT KING
^ JOHN HENRY LEWIS of Phoe
nix, Ariz., was listed alone in group
one in his weight class, as were the
middleweight titlist, Freddy Steele of
TacomB, Wash., and Welterweight
Champion Barney Ross of Chicago.
In the lighter divisions, however, the
top punch-throwers apparently were
regarded as more evenly bunched.
Lou Ambers, the Herkimer (N. Y.)
hurricane who dethroned Tony Can
zoneri as lightweight champion a few
months ago, was placed at the top of
the 135-pounders, but grouped with
him were five others, with Pedro Mon
tanez of Puerto Rico, second, and,
surprisingly, Canzoneri In third place.
Eddie Cool of Philadelphia, who out
pointed Ambers recently in an over
weight match, was placed sixth.
Cowboy Howard Scott of Washing
ton. D. C., was rated eighth In the
lightweight division after defeating
such fighters as Frankie Klick, Bat
Battalino. Norment Quarles and Lew
Massey before bowing recently to
Chino Alvarez and Joe Rivers.
The magazine agreed with the N. B.
A. in rating Petey Sarron In front
among the featherweights, but three
others went into group one with him
Mike Belloise of New York, recognised
as champion by the New York Com
mission, was third, behind Henry
Armstrong, the Los Angeles belter, who
holds title recognition In California.
Freddy Miller of Cincinnati was fourth.
Yank Flyweights Shot Out.
/CHAMPION 8IX TO ESCOBAR
^ headed the bantams, with Harry
Jeffra of Baltimore also In group one.
Jeffra recently beat the tttleholder In
a non-title bout.
Among the flyweights, Amerlcan
bom battlers were shut out com
pletely. In group one, in order, were
Peter Kane of England Jim Warnook,
(\ /
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR
YV7TLLIAM E. (KITTY) BRANS
FIELD, whose appointment
as a National League umpire has
just been announced, was for
many years a familiar figure in
that league. Bransfleld played
first base for Pittsburgh from 1901
to 1904 and for Philadelphia from
1905 to 1910.
In a special bowling match the
Southern All-Stars won from the
Roysals, although a roll-off was re
quired. Two of the three games of
the set ended in ties, the second
with 504 and the third with 553.
J. Carroll, Flaherty, Brent and
Spencer rolled for the winners,
each using a dummy.
Chick Evans, jr„ national ama
teur and open golf champion, is
going to teach batting "form” to
members of the Chicago Cubs.
President Weeghman, president of
the National League entry, believes
that his players will benefit from
Evans’ lessons.
Ireland; Ernst Weiss, Austria, and
Pat Palmer, England.
Gunnar Barlund, recently Imported
Finnish star, was fourth among the
heavyweights, for what probably was
the biggest surprise of the listings . ..
Bob Pastor of New York, boomed as
Joe Louis’ next opponent, was second
in group four, behind Ray Impel
litiere, the giant he recently knocked
out . . . Second among the middle
weights was Marcel Thil of France,
who claims the championship but
doesn’t do much fighting . .. Trailing
him were Fred Apostoli of San Fran
cisco, ex-Champion Teddy Yarosz of
East Liverpool, Ohio, and Ken Overlin,
Norfolk, Va. . . . Another ex-titlist.
Babe Risko, Syracuse, N. Y., was way
down in eighth place.
A1 Gainor, New Haven; Leo Kelly,
San Francisco, and Jock McAvoy, Eng
land, trailed Lewis in the light-heavy
weight list . . . Jimmy McLamln,
coming back among the welterweights,
was third in the 145-pound section,
behind Jack Carroll, Australia's chal
lenger for the throne . . . Ceferino
Garcia of I os Angeles, also boomed
for a title shot, was fourth.
OWEN TENPIN CHAMPION
Gets Central States Title by Boll
ing 761 Score.
INDIANAPOLIS, December 28 (,/P).—
A 761 rolled by Tom Owen of Louis
ville, Ky., was good today for the sin
gles championship of the Central
States Bowling Association. The 1936
tourney, which had been in progress
since November 28, ended here yes
terday.
The Michelobs of Chicago totaled
3,254 for the team title. J. Fehr and
Jess Pritchett of Indianapolis took the
doublet with 1,385, and F. Mount! of
Indianapolis won the all-events with
2,076.
Final standings of the first five lead
ers follow:
Team—Michelobs of Chicago. 8.254:
Barbasols of Indianapolis. 3.227: Walderi
Golden Bock of Cleveland. Ohio, 3.189:
Weber Hotel of Port Wayne, mi,. 3.162.
and Max Orof Insurance of Cleveland.
3.152.
„ Double*—J. Pehr-J. Pritchett of In
dJananolU. 1.986; 8. Rade-W. Flynn of
Cleveland. 1,361; O. Herrplch-J. Bchribner
of Detroit. Mleh.. 1.356; W. Bendich-H.
Navarre of Toledo. Ohio. 1.344. and M
Anderson-P. Kartheiser of Chicato. 1.339.
Singles—T. Owen of Louisville. Ky..
761; T. Moran of Canton. Ohio. 705; B
Votel of Chicago. 705; J. Crimmins of De
troit. 700. and B. Wilson of 8t. Louis
Mo.. 700.
All event*-—P. Mount* of Indianapolis,
2.076; P. Kartheiser of Chicago, 2.039:
J. Crimmins of Detroit, 2,034; T. Owen or
LouirvlUe. 2.014, and J. Pehr of Indian
apolis. 2,008.
»
STAR CUP INSPIRES
BASKE1_BALLERS
Fourteen Unlimited Teams
in Police Boys’ Event
Bid for Trophy.
THE District's finest unlimited
basket ball teams will vie for
The Evening Star trophy in
the third annual Metropolitan
Police Boys’ Club tournament, which
swung into action In the smaller di
visions today at George Washington
University gym, with Delaware and
Hudson and G. P. O. teams launching
the unlimited title fight tonight at 10
o’clock.
Fourteen teams. Including Bureau
of Investigation’s defending cham
pions, the undefeated Jewish Com
munity Center club and the crack W.
P. A. five, will bid for the trophy. Other
teams entered in the unlimited division
Include Congress Heights, Northeast
Boys’ Club, Police Boys’ Club, Flying
Eagles, Clark’s Service Station. Ster
ling Restaurant, District Fire Depart
ment, Rinaldi Tailors and Northeast
Business Men.
Sleuths Again Favorites.
INVESTIGATION again Is favored
to annex the crown with such pol
ished players as Monk MacCartee, For
rest Burgess, Downey Rice, Beroie
Jones, Herb and Jim Thompson in
cluded on its roster, although W. P. A.,
formerly Rinaldi, Is expected to create
trouble.
Bill Noonan, Sam Hook, Ollie Tip
ton, Cliff Keyaer, Will Thompson,
Bobby Lucas and Reds Scheible form
the nucleus of the W. P. A. outfit which
was defeated in the finals last year by
Investigation. The team has been
scrimmaging against local scholastic
quints and Is nearing top form.
With a record total of 62 teams en
tered In six divisions, Morris Fox, di
rector of the Metropolitan Police Boys’
Club, expects the most successful tour
ney in the three-year history of the
event Forty-one teams competed In
1934, while 48 entered last year.
Four games were scheduled .this
morning, with four more slated to be
run off tonight. Following Is tonight's
card and the defending champion in
each class:
130-Paand Clan.
7 p.m.—American Paint Store va.
Oeorsetown Boys' Club. . _ . _ .
8 p.m.—Washington Boys Club But
Wines vs. Police Boys' Club No. 6.
145-Pound Class.
ft p.m.—D. C. Paper Co. vs. Qeorsstown
Boys’ Club.
Unlimited.
10 p.m.—Delaware A Hudson vs. O. P. O.
Defendlns Champions.
86-pound class—Oeorsetown Boys’ Club.
100-pound class—Langley Boys’ Club.
116-pound class—Washington Boys’ Club.
130-pound class—Northeast Boys’ Club.
145-pound class—Merrick Boys’Club.
Unlimited—Bureau of Investigation.
GOPHER UPSET POPULAR.
CHICAGO, December 38 UP).—The
8-to-0 upSet of Minnesota by North
western’s grid team last Nall still is
packing ’em in. Kenneth L. (Tug)
Wilson, Wildcat athletic director, re
ports that the film of the game is in
constant demand by alumni clubs and
other organisations and is one of the
most popular grid films ever taken by
Northwestern. Almost 80,000 saw tbs
actual contest.
1
Aims to Repeat as Ace Scorer of Colonials
TOM O’BRIEN,
Sharpshooting forward of the George Washington basket ball quintet. Last season, when only
a sophomore, the Reading, Pa., lad registered 193 points in 19 games to top all his team mates
and trail just two points behind Hermie Schmarr of Catholic V, who topped all individual col
leters in this section.
Huskies Have First Drill
at Battle Scene—Pitt
Juggling Line-up.
By tne Associated Press.
AS ADEN A. Calif.. December 28.
—Pittsburgh and Washington
began the final stages of prac
tice today for the twenty-sec
ond Pasadena Rose Bowl foot ball
game New Year day.
The Washington Huskies, led by
Coach Jimmy Phelan, trotted out on
Brookside Field, within the shadows
of the huge Rose Bowl, for their first
practice on local soil after a week of
conditioning at Santa Barbara.
Pitt remained at its Arrowhead
Springs hideout at San Bernardino.
Coach Jock Sutherland, continuing to
juggle around for a starting line-up.
said he would bring his squad here
Thursday morning and take a light
workout in the bowl.
reamers' Morale is Hlfb.
"THE boys are In good shape and
fine spirits, and are keenly in
terested in the Rose Bowl game,” said
the taciturn Scot mentor.
Six positions on the Pitt first string
are open to speculation. The veteran
Dante Dalle Tezse and Sophomore
Walter Raskowskl are battling for the
right guard job, Don Hensley bobbed
up to contest Hetnie Adams’ center
position, Tony Matisi rates an edge
over Elmer Merkovsky at left tackle,
John Chickemeo and John Michelosen
seek the quarterback spot, the senior
Bobby La Rue may give way to a pos
sible reinjured leg and Harold Steb
blns for the right halfback post, and
Frank Patrick, sighting a return to
his fine 1935 form, is after the full
back job over Bill Stapulis.
Phelan Fears Injuries.
TO ROUND out the backfleld pic
ture, Sutherland has Marshall
Goldberg at left half and Arnold
Greene at full in case Stapulis or
Patrick can’t handle the situation.
Phelan was still a trifle mournful
over the loss of A1 Cruver, his second
best fullback.
"We have only eight backfleld
men. two for each position, and If in
juries go beyond the second combina
tion well be sunk.” he said.
The eight include Byron (By)
Haines and Jimmy Cain, Elmer Logg.
who should outkick anything Pitt has;
Frits Waskowltz, a fine passer; Merle
Miller, Chuck Newton, Jimmy John
ston and the first-string fullback, Ed
NowogroekL
BREWER BASKETERS
ROUT COLORED FOES
Spurt Hear Finish to Trounce
Renaissance Quintet in
42-34 Clash.
A WEEK ago some skeptics doubted
the importance of the Heurich
Brewers’ basket ball triumph over the
Brooklyn Dux In the weekly profes
sional game at the Heurich gym. To
day such skepticism has been as thor
oughly routed as were the famous
Renaissance colored teasers yesterday,
when Bennie, Zahn and Russell, aided
by Wilson and Wenger, upset them,
43-34.
The Brewers cannot be considered
too much as an upset at that, as the
boys gave some indication on Satur
day night of what was to come yes
terday, when they held the champions
of colored courtdom to a 46-41 de
cision in losing.
The Brewers yesterday had a 19-7
lead at the end of the first 15 min
utes of play, due to pot shots by Wil
son. Bennie and Zahn, and point
matching by both teams left the
Heurich team still with an advantage
at 30-18 at the half. Then Renais
sance spurted to shave the Brewers’
^ ae me
wsa 10 ao-a*.
But the ex-hlgh school lads struck
back with 7 vital points which put
the game on loe.
In a preliminary game Sterling
Restaurant oourtmen defeated the
District of Columbia Fire Department
live, 26-16.
Heurleh. O.F.Pt*. Ren’sanee. O.F.PU.
Russel.!_ 2 2 0 Cooper.!. ..113
Wilson.!_6 111 Bethards.!_0 0 0
Wecner.e_3 17 Saitch.f.._4 0 8
Bennie.■_8 010 Smith.e_3 17
Zehn.t- 8 2 8 Yancey.*_8 17
Jenkins.*_0 0 0
_ssaa“---ii_7
Totals_ 18 0 42 Totals... 16 4 34
aurlln*. O.F.PU. D. C. F.D. O.F.Pts.
Whitlow.!— . 3 0 0 Oalotta.f_2 0 4
McGlbbony,! 3 3 9 Lyles.I_12 4
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C
HE New Year may come right
in the dead of Winter; never
theless it is the beginning of
a new fishing season. All na
tional big fish contests, for instance,
close December SI if they haven’t
already done so, and new ones will be
begun shortly.
The trend in fishing seems to be
more toward the sporting end, with
less emphasis being placed on the
“trading-meat-for-flsh" angle. More
artificial baits are being used and
lighter tackle is coining into popu
larity. One of the local sporting goods
dealers, Sid Atlas, to be exact, tells
us that he had an excellent Christ
mas business in tackle, but what sur
prised him was the number of fly rods
told. He disposed of more “sporty
tackle” this year than ever before.
One of the specifications of
the 19S7 contest of National
Sportsman and H on ting and
Fishing magaslnea it that arti
ficial lures mast be used In all
fresh-water divisions with the
exception of pike and musky.
Even for these two last named spe
cies no live bait may be used. Live
bait Is permitted only in the salt
water division. As many States have
closed seasons at present, the contest
does not open until April 1 except for
tarpon and sallfish, which opens Feb
ruary 1. That is about the earliest
it could open anyway, as those fish
aren't really hitting good until along
in there. Florida does a lot of ad
vertising about its Winter game fish
ing, but it is a fact that sailflshlng is
best from February on through the
Summer, and tarpon cannot be found
there during the Winter months.
Local Anglers Go Sooth.
TT IS remarkable how little really
"*■ is known regarding the life and
habits of the tarpon, the more so
when we consider the number of
anglers interested in this fish. It is
not known when or where it spawns.
We do not know how fast or how
slow It grows. The age of the average
specimen captured is not known. Even
its food does not seem to have been
systematically studied. This is char
acteristic of our knowledge of fish
in general. Living as they do in a
medium which is comparatively Inac
cessible to human beings and roaming
the waters at will, our chances of
direct and continued observation are
necessarily greatly limited.
Two local angling enthusiasts who
have been mentioned in this corner
several times, Milton Gordon and J.
William Lee, are going south soon In
search of blue marlin, sallflsh and
allied game species. They are leaving
for Florida and Bimini January 24
and plan to make It a two-week trip.
They are looking for two more
anglers to accompany them, so
If you would like to make the
trip get In touch with Gordon
either through this column or
by calling Georgia 4287.
the constant action of wet line,
■and and aalt water.
Meat rustless metals, or so-called
rustless metals, are either too soft
or will not take a temper, which
also precludes their use in metal rods.
The Second Annual North Ameri
can Wildlife Conference will be held
In St. Louis March 1, 2, 3 and 4, under
sponsorship of the American Wild
life Institute. Last year it was held
here. It is expected that the General
Wildlife Federation, which was set
up in temporary form last year, will
be made permanent. Former Senator
Frederic C. Walcott, president of the
institute, will preside as general
chairman.
TOME RIGHT IN SWIM
Capital “Y” to B« Mat in One ot
17 Meets Scheduled.
Special Dispatch to Tha Star.
PORT DEPOSIT, Md., December 28.
—Tome School, attempting one of the
most pretentious swimming schedules
in history, will compete in 17 meets
this season, opening against the Y. M.
C. A. of Washington here on January
13 and closing with the Pennsylvania
national Interscholastics.
The natators also will compete in
the Harvard, Lehigh, Maryland and
Rutgers interscholastics. In addition to
facing such crack clubs as the Prince
ton Frosh, Pennsylvania Frc*h and
Meroersburg Academy.
Tome's basket ball teams will play
IS games, while the wrestling squad
has slated six meets.
BED K VET
TEST MICE
Tonight’s Bout Expected 16
Determine Whether Lou
Has Stamina.
BT BURTON HAWKINS.
WASHINGTON'S fistic colony
will drag its collective self
away from turkey hash and
soup at least temporarily
tonight and gather at Turner’s punch
bowl to drink in the final punches of
the 1936 local swat season as Joe
Temes and Lou Gevinson draw the
curtain on a rather successful year In
an eight-round feature bout.
The argument will feature an olive
skinned little Greek veteran who rap
idly is nearing the end of a lengthy
ring career and a youthful Jewish
featherweight with only two profes
sional encounters behind him. but
who already has been hailed as the
sweetest prospect ever developed here.
For Temes. who has been trotting
on the fistic treadmill for many years,
the scrap offers an opportunity for
another small measure of glory be
fore he hangs up his mittens. In trim
ming Gevinson, Joe could terminate
Lou's rise abruptly and cause quite a
few embarrassing moments to those
ringworms who have gone overboard
in Gevinson's favor.
Lou Wants Recognition.
A DEFEAT at this early stage of his
clouting carreer probably would
not affect Lou's future to any great
extent, while a victory over Temes
would buoy his prestige considerably.
Gevinson’s two wins in paid ranks
over poor preliminary fighters have
done little to broaden the scope of his
reputation.
Although a 7-5 favorite among the
District’s gambling family, Gevinson
is fighting for the first time over an
eight-round route and Temes hopes to
capitalise on this fact. Most fight
followers feel Lou must drop Joe early
or stand an excellent chance of losing.
Gevinson is accustomed to mixing
over the three-round amateur dis
tance and many fans doubt his ability
to travel eight rounds. Temes never
has been knocked out and should he
manage to weather Lou's early bar
rage, the question of Gevlnson's
stamina, or lack of it. will be settled.
Neither A1 Schaeffer nor Benny
Wittier, Gevinson’s victims to date,
managed to smack Lou solidly and the
Southwest puncher’s ability to absorb
a stiff sock still is doubted in many
quarters. Temes. despite his 31 years,
figures to lay a few wallops into Lou's
trim frame.
Hough Seeks Revenge.
OUTSTANDING In five preliminary
^ scraps will be a six-round return
engagement between Cyclone Sammy
Williams, local colored middleweight,
and Mark Hough, former international
amateur welterweight champion of
Brooklyn. Williams, defeated but once
in live years of swinging, gained a
technical knockout triumph over
Hough last week when Mark’s eyo
was mangled in the fifth frame.
In another six-rounder, Pete An
dropoulos. New York welterweight,
will launch larrups at Young Palmer
of Camden. Palmer originally was
slated to face Clarence Sloat, who
was eliminated through a cut eyo re
ceived in training.
Four-round bouts list Frankie
Floco, Baltimore bantamweight,
meeting Jimmy Clifton of Fort Myer;
Doug Swetnam, local featherweight,
trading punches with Fenton Blight
of Baltimore, and Sammy Meadows,
New York welterweight, working with
Young Raspi of Baltimore.
The first bout will get under way
at S:30 o'clock.
The new 1937 fishing laws, with
special reference to black bass, have
Just been Issued. It is a 50-page book
let edited by Talbott Deamead, bead
of the law-enforcement division of
the Bureau of Fisheries, and may be
obtained by writing the superintendent
of documents at the Government
Printing Office. Incidentally, they
have upped the price on us to 10
cents this time. That's not a com
plaint; we Just thought we would call
it to your attention, so you wouldn’t
be sending in a nickel as you used
to do.
| Plea for Good Guide*.
THK manufacturer who first discov
A on a process for making good
line guides is going to make a mint
of money. Even the best we have
now, good agate guides, which are a
sort of hard quarts, eventually will
wear through and must be replaced.
If they don’t wear through they will
crack and cut the line anyway.
Metal guides are no better. They
rust, and nothing wean a line out
so rapidly as rough rust spots. If
a rust spot gets an a line it is ruined
then and there. Sand and salt water
make it impossible for manufacturers
to guarantee metal guides. The best
process at present is to coat the guide
with as much rust-resisting cadmium
as Is possible without burning the rod,
but even this pitting eventually will
wear through.
There Is no rust-resisting
BY PAUL J. MILLER, Jr.
college players are exhib
ig a mounting Interest in
•ss. A lively club tilted
„ .th representatives from
Hopkins last year on two separate
occasions, victorious In the first en
counter, but a loser in the return
bout.
President Abe Seidenberg of
the Maryland University Chess
Club now is contacting univer
sity players, anticipating a ban
ner year for the Terp quintet.
It is probable that a series of
match games will be announced
shortly with the Baltimore ag
gregation.
Each Wednesday morning at 11:10
o'clock the Terp chesslsts meet in
room 315 of the Arts and Science
Building on the campus to engage in
Intraclub play, the purpose being to
ascertain their individual playing
strength and determine respective
ratings for college-team tournaments.
Players include Bill Cayton, R. L.
Mattingly. A1 Rabinowitz, Leonard
Sollod, Wilbur Yocum, Paul Myers,
Lee Lemat, Tilman Harris, Rita Du
Brow and Secretary Dan Mermelstein.
Prof. Spann of the mathematics de
partment serves as sponsor, Prof.
Tompkins no longer being connected
with Maryland University.
“Y" Chess.
T^OT 'why chess?” but “Y" chess is
the cry this week as ths school
players line up for a triple round
robin match to decide the individual
chess champion of all city schools.
David Marfold, with Ms fiery
thatch, k getting all excited
ever the forthcoming battle on
Now Year day at the Central
Y. M. C. A. Aa school chairman
be k mending ip all boys and
girts who earn to participate in
the tournament i
It is said that perhaps the Metro
politan Boys’ Clubs will enter some of
their youthful chess stars, although.
President Knox of the Washington
Interhigh Chess Association avers
that the more In the tournament the
merrier, even if a senior high student
may win the individual medal.
Robert Feeney, junior high entry,
says be is not so sure a senior high
player wlU bs ths all-school nhamglrm
\
Samuel Bass, Beamy Pierce and Wal
lace Magathan have no comment.
Promptly at 2 o’clock the tourney
will begin in the main lobby of the
"Y” and all aspirants to the school
title should file their name, address
and school immediately with the chess
editor of The Evening Star. Don’t
forget the entry fee of 25 cents.
W. B. Mundelle, in celebration of
his 81st birthday anniversary, will
meet all comers at chess and checkers
on New Year day at 5 p.m. in ths
“Y” lobby.
Social Chess Club.
PLEDGED members of the Down*
"*■ town Washington Social Chesa
Club are notified that a special bust-1
ness meeting of pledged members and
interested friends will be held at 3
o’clock on New Year day at the “Y.”
The Downtown Club is being
sponsored by the Metropolitan
Chess Association and all pri
vate chesa organizations are in
vited to attend the general busi
ness assembly, says President
E. V. Finersn.
Prof. Paul Miller will outline briefly
the sucoess of the membership drive
and concrete plans will be announced
for the future basis of the social club.
Membership will include men and
women, boys and girls, who shall bo
divided into professional and non
professional groups to facilitate club
operation.
It is possible, according to Abe
Seidenberg, tournament director of the
M. C. A., that a new alignment of
team competition will be made at this
meeting.
LONG SERIES LAPSES
Maryland and Virginia Tech will be
having a relapse in their foot ball re
lations for the first time since 1919
next Pall.
They first began playing in 1897 and
played four Intermittent games prior
to starting their long stretch.
They have met 22 times in all, and
each has won 11 tilts.
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