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Carr Rated Best Quarter-Miter : Mahoney Ranks Jeffries at Top
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WAS BILL’S FORTE
Lawson Robertson Com
pares Great Men at Dis
tance Since Maxey Long.
BV I. AW SON ROBERTSON.
EVER since Maxey Long of Co
lumbia and New York A. C.
ran a quarter mile in 47 sec
onds flat down a straightaway
on the old C uttenberg horse race track
in 1900. track experts have debated the
greatest quarter-miler of this and the
latter part of the
last century.
Besides Long,
they name Ted
Meredith, ex
Penn star, beat
en only once at
the distance; Ray
Barbutti, Syra
cuse's 1928 Olym
pic 400 - meter
champion; Bill
Carr, Penn's 1932
Olympic winner
and world record
holder t:46.2
L. Robertson. ar0U,ld a ful1
oval track): and
Archie Williams. California Univer
sity’s 1936 Olympic king.
Between 440 yards and 400 meters
(437.44 yards) the difference is
slight.
Wiliams won the Berlin 400 on
a full oval in :46.5, 3-10 second off
Carr's record.
But a few weeks previous Archie
d d :46.1 in the N. C. A. A. games in
Chicago on a one-turn, not two-turn
track Carr had covered in beating
Stanford's Ben Eastman in the 1932
Olympics.
Runners Are Classified.
pfKSTMAN was world record holder
at the full 440 (:46.4).
These men fall into two types, Bar
butti, Long and Carr also specialize
in sprints, whereas Eastman and
Meredith were half-milers, world
record holders, in fact.,
Comparing these basically half
miler and sprinter types, which met
halfway in the quarter, it’s interest
ing to note that the dashmon knew
he must use whatever he had early
to offset the closing rush of the half
miler, whose strength should tell in
the second furlong and, most of all, 1
in the rush for the tape.
In the 1932 Olympics Eastman ran
the 400, not the 800, where he was
supreme, and later equaled the world
record. Carr, who moved up from J
the dashes, whereas Ben was moving !
down, showed rare judgment in that I
final 400 heat.
Instead of running the first 200 at |
top speed to shake off Eastman, Carr j
bided his time. In the homestretch
BUI ’’jumped” Ben for a two-yard
lead and kept it.
Carr Uses His Bean.
BUT Eastman in No. 4 lane—Carr ;
was in No. 2—tried to pick up his
field too early. Unused to such a
quick pick-up and his early speed.
Ben burned up his last 50-yard ''kick."
In the Berlin 400 Williams ran his
usual way in beating Brown, greatest
quartermiler ever developed in Eng
land, and Lu Valle, U. C. L. A.
Williams’ method is to speed up
from the gunfire and run rivals into
the ground. Both Brown and Lu
Valle tried to follow him.
So all three, Williams included,
finished in the homestretch “on their
knees.’’ They had made their early
pace too hot.
The best? Well, this is a great
collect ion of runners, so let's line them
up in an imaginary race—Long, Mere
dith, Barbutti, Carr, Eastman, Wil
liams, Brown and Lu Valle, just as
they came down the years.
Now, weigh pace-judging.
Have them all in tiptop peak shape,
find I would have to pick the man
with the greatest speed and racing !
judgment—Bill Carr.
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PLATAK AFTER TWO
HANDBALL CROWNS
Singles, Doubles Finals Today
Draw Chicagoan—Atcheson
Beats D. C. Entrant.
By the Associated Press.
^HICAGO, April 3.—It was Joe
Platak's “party" in the National
A. A. U. hand ball championship finals
today.
The sturdy Chicago Post Office clerk
was in both the singles and doubles i
competition. He opposed Sam Atche- j
non of Memphis, Tenn.. for the singles
crown and was paired with Bob Weil
ler. also of Chicago, against the de
fending champions, Andy Berry and
Joe Gordon of Los Angeles, for the
doubles championship.
Platak was after a third straight
national singles title. In his semi
final match last night he defeated
Jack Srenco of St. Louis. 27—7,
21—14, as Atcheson, a former cham
pion, was whipping Jack Schwartz of
Washington, D. C„ 21—17, 14—21,
21—5. The doubles semi-finals were
played Thursday.
Five years ago—Paavo Nurmi
suspended temporarily by I. A.
A. F. pending Investigation of pro
fessionalism. Emmett Toppino
equaled world record of 10.4 for
100 meters.
Stays in Van
V
BYRON NELSON
Of Reading. Pa., 7i hose 72 yes
terday enabled him to mam
tain lead in the A7igusta Na
tional golf championship.
—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
A. A. U. SQUAD GOAL
OF COLORED BOXERS
More Than 30 Open Elimination
Series of Bouts Tonight at
Twelfth Street “Y.”
VIORE than 30 baxers will mix at
1 1 the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A.
tonight in the A. A. U. elimination
tournament staged for the purpose of
selecting a representative Washington
team to compete in the national
championships at Boston April 12, 13
and 14.
This evening’s bouts will be the
first of a series which is expected to
end next Thursday. Expenses of send
ing the team to Boston are expected
to be defrayed by gate receipts at the
local bouts.
The following were among those
entered early today:
118-pound class—Willie Harcum. Wil
liam Banks, R. Phillip. James Louis,
■'Chick' Briscoe, Charles Higgs and Rob
ert Fountain.
Hlii-pound class—Jimmie Dean. Wyman
Stewart. Allen Walker. Joseph Gradv,
James Stance. Louis Wade. Monroe Liv
ingston, James Williams and Robert Coles.
1.15-pound class—James Moore. May
nard Saunders. Albert Spencer. Billy Tay
lor. Russell Hilies.
147-pound class—James Price. John
Gatlin. Robert Johnson. Herbert Ross.
James Ward, Tom Hogan. Joe Moore. Chi
ton Gans. "Bozzy" Richardson.
lhu-pound class — Zander Ingram.
Adolphus Essex. Joseph Nabinett. Anthony
Kelly.
Heavyweight—James Keener. Henry
Johnson, Washington Garner, Willie Lester.
BADMINTON TITLES
AT STAKE TONIGHT
Finals of National Tournament
Feature Clashes Between
East and West.
HV the Associated Press.
^ CHICAGO, April 3.—Stars from the
A East and Far West will fight it
out tonight in the finals of the first
national Badminton championships.
Hock Sim Ong, University of Cali
fornia Chinese student, will meet
Walter Kramer of Detroit, generally
regarded as the game's top-ranking
star, for the men's singles title. The
women’s singles crown battle will send
Mrs. Del Barkhuff of Seattle, Wash.,
a standout favorite, against Mrs. Ray
Bergman of Westport. Conn.
Ong won his semi-finals match last
night from Henry Raynolds of Chicago,
10—15. 15—10, 15—8, as Kramer was
taking Chester Goss of Los Angeles
into camp, 15—4. 15—6. Mrs. Bergman
defeated Constance O'Donovan of De
troit. 11—6, 11—3. and Mrs. Barkhuff
advanced by trimming Zoe Smith of
Seattle, 11—9, 14—10.
Mrs. Barkhuff and Miss Smith will
meet Helen Gibson and Mrs. Bergman
for the women’s double title.
In the men's doubles final Donald
and Phillip Richardson of Boston will
meet Goss and Don Eversoll of Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Barkhuff and Hamilton Law of
Seattle will meet Mrs. Ray Casey ol
Detroit and Kramer for the mixed
doubles crown.
TERPS TAKE HEARST CUP
Win 3d Corps Area Rifle Shoot
as Jenson Sets Hot Pace.
Paced by William Jenson, who cap
tured individual scoring honors with
194 points out of a possible 200, Mary
land’s rifle team has won first place
in the 3d Corps Area competition, fin
ishing five points ahead of Pittsburgh.
Other members of the Terp team,
which previously had annexed the Re
serve Officers' Training Corps title,
were Raymond Davis, Aaron Welch,
Robert Mattingly and William Davis.
Maryland will receive the William
Randolph Heart trophy.
Blues Sport New Grid Coach
»
Jinnny Tobin Promoted as Orrel Mitchell Quits.
Jack Blindt Directs Publicity. •
TWO new faces were found in
Gallaudet College's ath
letic set-up today as an
other pair of former
workers dropped out of the picture
at Kendall Green.
Jimmy (Turk) Tobin, who has
been Orrel Mitchell's assistant
coach at Gonzaga High School
■fter a successful career at Mount
6t. Mary’s, has been named to
succeed Mitchell as Gailaudet's
coach. The latter had signed a
one-season contract with Kendall
Green authorities last FrII. Tobin
was recommended by Mitchell and
.Will continue the system installecU
' by him last Fall. A
The other change affects Gal
laudet's relations with the local
press in that Jack Blindt has been
appointed to take over the duties
of Henry Stack as the Blues’ pub
licity director. Stack resigned in
order to devote more time to study.
Spring practice will continue
indefinitely in as much as there
will be only 10 days before the
opening of the college next Fall
and the Blues’ first game on Oc
tober 9 against Bridgewater. Only
three regulars of last year—A1
Hoffmeister, Dan Long and Olaf
Tollefson—will be lost through
graduation.
D. C. Pro Is Four Strokes
Behind Leading Nelson,
Who Battles Jinx.
i>r the Associated Press.
Augusta, Ga., April 3.—a wild
finish was in prospect in the
fourth Augusta national golf
championship today as a
closely bunched field of the Nation's
greatest fairway craftsmen moved into
the third round of firing.
Byron Nelson, the lanky ex-railroad
clerk from Texas, still steamed ahead
of his pursuers with a 66—72—138
tally at the halfway mark of the 72
hole race, but nine others trailed him
by from three to six strokes. Bobby
Jones was lost in the smoke with 153
shots that left him tied for thirty-sixth
place in the 45-man field.
Cheering Nelson's rivals was the
fact that a front-runner of the early
rounds has never collared the $1,500
first money in this ecent.
Cox Still in Running.
J-JOtteST in pursuit of Nelson was
Ralph Guldahl, comeback star
from St. Louis, and Big Ed Dudley,
home club pro and pride, who stuck
in the running-with 141 totals. One
blow behind them came Harry Cooper
of Chicago, pre-tournament favorite,
and Wiffy CoX, the garrulous sailor
man from Washington, D. C.
Embraced among the 143 shooters
■with a fine chance of overhauling the
leaders in the final dash were Tony
Manero, national open champion; Ky
Laffoon, Chicago's pitch and putt
star, and Johnny Revolts, former P.
G. A. titleholder. Vic Ghezzi of Deal,
N, J., and Jommy Thomson, golf's
longest hitter, had 144s.
Horton Smith, winner of two out of
three Augusta nationals, was nine big
blows behind the fast-flying Nelson,
but hardly out of it. Horton started
with a ragged 75, but came back with
a second round of par 72 to cling to
an outside chance of making it three
out of four.
Sarazen, Jones Keep Company,
i y^ENE SARAZEN, winner of the
second Augusta show, was so far
behind he was lonesome except for his
neighbor Jones. Gene started with a
74, but flunked with an 80 yesterday,
taking 21 shots on the final four holes
that have a combined par of 16 to land
; a shot behind Jones with 154.
Augusta tournament officials, given
a break by the weather’s offering of
two perfect golfing days in succession
and the prospect of another today,
were eased up further by Jones’
promise of competing again next
year.
"Sure I'll play next year.” said
Jones, hero of the galleryites no mat
ter how he scores, "if you call it
playing.”
Except for his worst competitive
golf stroke, a shanked tee shot that
missed the fourth green by 60 yards,
Bob would have had par or better
j yesterday. Disgusted as he watched
i the ball fly into dense undergrowth,
Bob teed another ball without looking
for the first one and took a two-shot
panalty and a five on the par three
hole.
Given ideal scoring conditions, 16
in the field have shattered par so far,
Nelson breaking the tournament re
cord with his first round 66 that blew
par to pieces by six shots. Cooper,
Guldahl and Bobby Cruickshank, the
wee Scot with a big punch from Rich
mond, Va., have scored 69's.
SIX SHIPPED BY PHILS.
WINTER HAVEN. Fla.—Manager
Wilson announced the release of six
young Phils to the Albany Club of the
New York State League. They are
pitcher Art Rudolph. Ted Evans. Jack
Benninghoff. Earl Grass, Elmer Burk
hart and Catcher Charles Knapp.
EAGLE NETMEN BOW
TO TUFTS IN OPENER!
Triumph Only in One Singles. One
Doubles Match Played
on Home Courts.
VyiNNING only one singles and one
doubles match, American Univer
sity's tennis team lost to its first in
tercollegiate foe of the season, Tufts,
yesterday by a 7—2 score.
Lee gave the Eagles their lone point
at singles and Sarles and Winter com
pased the one victorious doubles team.
After losing an extended first set.
11—13, Lee gave Goldenberg two quick
beatings at identical scores of 6—3.
Sarles’ 3—6, 6—2. 6—2 loss to Boylies
in singles was the only Tufts victory
not recorded in straight sets.
Singles.
Stott (Tufts) defeated .Harris. 7—5.
6—3.
Lee (A. U.) defeated Goldenberg. 31—33.
6— 3. 6—3.
Franfleld (Tufts) defeated May. 6—1,
7— 5.
Rotenbere (Tufts) defeated Hudson.
6—1. 6—0.
Ginsberg (Tufts) defeated Winter, 6—B.
6—2.
Boylies (Tufts) defeated Sarles. 3—6.
6—2. 0—2.
Doubles.
Rotenbere and Stott (Tufts) defeated
Harris and May. 6—4. 6—4.
Ginsberg and Franfleld (Tufts) de
feated Hudson and Lee. 6—3. 7—5.
Sarles and Winter (A. U.) defeated
Gibb and Hastings. (>—2. 6—2.
Base Ball Quiet
on Trust Charge
QRGANIZED base ball evidently
Is not greatly disturbed by the
charge made yesterday by Repre
sentative Raymond J. Cannon of
Wisconsin that it is an absolute
monopoly conducted in violation of
the Sherman anti-trust act and
should be investigated by the De
partment of Justice.
Up to press time today, not a
word of comment was forthcoming
from Judge Kenesaw Mountain
Landis, commissioner of base ball;
Will Harridge, American League
president, or Ford Frick, head of
the National League.
Cannon, in an open letter to
Attorney General Homer Cum
mings, said players are given unfair
contracts which they must accept
or be forever barred from playing.
He contended that this creates an
absolute monoply in restraint of
trade.
Silence of base ball leaders may
be influenced by a 1922 Supreme
Court decision, in which organized
base ball was declared a
not a trade.
Varied Sports
COLLEGE BASE BALL.
Penn State, 9- George Washington. 5.
Dartmouth. 13; Maryland. 12.
Randolph-Macon, 13; Delaware, 12.
North Carolina. 8; Washington and
Lee. <).
Duke. 16: Davidson. 11.
William and Mary. 22; Vermont, 2.
William and Mary (Norfolk. Di
vision. 5; Savage. 4.
Georgia. 13; Clemson. 1.
Alabama. 7; Mississippi College 0.
Long Island. 15; Hampden-Sydney. 3.
De Kalb Teachers. 18; Eastern Ken
tucky 6.
COLLEGE TENNIS.
Tufts. 7; American University. 2.
Mississippi State. H Tennessee. 1.
Richmond. 7: Lehigh, 2.
Wayne University. 7; Georgia. 0.
Work Horse, Pony Express
Units Will Alternate for
Notre Dame.
By the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 3.—
Knute Roekne had his “Four
Horsemen."
Elmer Layden, now the Notre
Dame coach, was one of them.. Lay
ing plans for the 1937 season he an
nounced today that he hopes to have
a couple of equine backfields—a “work
horse” unit and a “pony express”
quartet.
When the Spring practice gets
under way Monday, Layden said to
day, he's going to pick out four heavier
and slower “work horses” for the ball
carrying positions, with the intention
of using them in his starting line-ups.
Picks 10-Second Men.
JN ADDITION he will select four
“ponies," to be sent in when the
opposition seems a bit worn.
For the latter group he has In
mind a quartet, every one of whom in
track clothes can tear off 100 yards
in 10 seconds. The four are Andy
Pupils, quarterback last season; Chuck
O’Reilly, third-string signal caller in
1936; Nevin McCormick, halfback, and
Mario Tonelli, fullback. Tonelli, big
gest of the “ponies,” weighs 185
pounds; the others all less than 160.
Layden’s “work horses” will be se
lected from a list that includes Em
mett Crowe. Willard Hofer, Danny
Sullivan, Harold Gottacker, Jake
Kovalcik, Jack McCarthy and Ed
Simonich.
As Elmer Sees It.
T AYDEN, looking over his prospects,
said:
"One hard day of tackling may
eliminate the lightweight backfield or
cause enough damage so that we will
have to change our plans and our
line-up to get the most possible
strength into one backfield. But, if
the experiment works, we’ll have a
better chance for a successful season
than we would have with only one set
of backs.”
BARRY SO BATTERED
REFEREE ENDS BOUT
Fifth Round Sees Finish for Dis
trict Heavy in St. Louis
Fight With Lewis.
By the Associated Press.
^jT. LOUIS, April 3.—Hard-punch
ing Light. Heavyweight Champion
John Henry Lewis rained leather into
the face and body of Donald (Reds)
Barry for four rounds before Referee
Tommy Sullivan stopped the non-title
battle in the fifth round of a sched
uled 10-round fight last night.
For three rounds the Washington,
D. C, ring veteran managed to dodge
danger in the champion’s flying fists,
but in the fourth Lewis dropped him to
the canvas with a succession of rights
to the head. Barry was up at the
count of nine, as the bell saved him.j
As the fifth round opened, the Phoenix ;
Negro title holder again sent him down
for nine seconds and was pounding;
the battered Barry when the referee
halted the scrap.
Lewis weighed in at 183 and Barry
at 198.
Honeyboy Jones, Lewis’ stablemate,
kayoed St. Louis’ Joe Parks in the
sixth round of their 10-round battle.
Allen Matthews, St. Louis Negro,
knocked out Wilson Dunn, Oklahoma '
City Indian, in the second, and Jimmy
Garrison decisioned Jose Estrada, fel
low Kansas Citian, In 10 rounds.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated P/ess.
ST. LOUIS—John Henry Lewis. 183.
Phoenix. Ariz.. light-heavyweuzht cham
pion. stopped Donald (Reds) Barry. 108.
Washington. D. C.. technical knockout
(non-title». <5>.
HOLLYWOOD. Calif—Glenn Lee.
150. Nebraska, technical knockout over
Babe Marino I49l2. San Francisco (8).
SAN FRANCISCO.—Young Corbett.
100, Fresno. Calif . defeated Dale Sparr,
157. San Diego (10).
BOSTON.—Dante Yanettl. Chelsea.
Mass., stopped Joe Ricciottl, Boston
(7) (welterweights).
PHILADELPHIA.—Vince Dundee. 160,
Newark. N. J.. outpointed Johnny Duca,
157. Paulsboro. N. J. (10); Joe Ryan.
164*6, Newark, outpointed Joe Duca.
15016. Paulsboro (8); Mickey Duca.
137. Paulsboro. N. J.. outpointed Jack
Sheppard. 132. Philadelphia (6).
D.C. ROLLERS FIRE
AT EASY TARGETS
250 Capital Men and Women
Find Mediocre Scores
Leading at Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Va., April 3.—More
than 250 Washington men
and women bowlers were here
today to roll in the tenth
annual National Duck Pin Bowling
Congress tournament which has been
in progress a week at the Health
Center alleys, the spot where Ida Sim
mons learned the rudiments of the
game before establishing herself as
the queen of the country’s rollers.
The District contingent which for
the most part arrived here by boat
this morning consists of 30 men
teams and 14 women combinations.
The Washington fair shooters will de
fend three championships, the men
none.
Lorraine Gulli and her Lucky
Strike team composed of Helen Sul
livan, Catherine Federalinb, Helen
Bailey, Catherine Quigley and Polly
Shugrue are seeking their third na
tional team title. Last year the
Luckies shot a winning 1,762 score to
equal their tournament mark m the
1934 event at Baltimore.
Lurile Young In Cynosure.
D'JT probably the most conspicuous
fair roller of the day will be Lucile
Young of the National Beer team. At
Hartford last year this Washington
star brought the national to a thrilling
finish by establishing a vronid record
nine-game score of 1,169 to win the
all-events after annexing the singles
championship with a 418 three-game
count.
The ladies’ District League is rep
resented by its full raster of 10 teams
while the men's District loop has six
of its eight teams entered. The Cap
ital looks mostly to these super-scor
ing combinations to bring home the
bacon.
As the No. 1 ranking duckpinner of
the country', Astor Clarke, here with
his crack Occidental Restaurant team,
is sure to attract a packed gallery.
He will shoot doubles with Bill Krauss,
who is topping the District League
with a record 125 average. Another
super two-man combination is Ed
Blakene.v, the Heurich Brewers’ rap
tain, and Jeo Harrison. Incidentally
Blakeney won the doubles here with
Chester Bild in 1932.
D. C. Bowlers Do Well.
CINCE 1928, when the National Con
gress held its first tournament in
Baltimore, rollers from the Capital
have w'on four men’s team titles, four |
doubles championships, with Red
Megaw sharing a fifth with John !
Waters of Hartford: three singles an-1
two all-events titles for a total of 14
championships out of a possible 36
during the nine tourneys.
Capital women have copped 19 titles
for a winning percentage of better
titan 50 per cent over the balance of
the country.
After a week of firing at the maples
local and visiting bowlers have yet to
chalk up a score that should survive
the heavy artillery of the invading
forces.
Ida Simmons and Catherine Vick
of Norfolk are leading the women's
doubles with 709. while the top men’s
total of 715 is held by A. Neske and
S. Alkas of Bristol, Conn.
WILSON NINE THREAT
Bortz's Slab Win Over St. Albans
Reveals Strength.
The effective hurling of 16-year
old. Kilmer Bortz stamped Woodrow
Wilson High as a definite threat in
the impending scholastic base ball
series as it tucked away its first victory
of the season, 8-4, over St. Albans
yesterday.
Striking out 18 men while limiting
St. Albans to four hits, Bortz effec
tively throttled the prep school nine,
although seven walks found him in
trouble several times. St. Albans en
joyed a brief 2,0 lead in the first in
ning, but Woodrow Wilson, aided by
poor fielding, retaliated with a six
run rally.
Wilson. AB. H. O A. St Albn AB. H. O A.
C'mack,If 4 0 0 0 Adams.3b 4 1 3 3
Leech rf 2 0 0 0 Brson.lb 3 0 10 o
D'gton. !b ft 1 0 0 Masrh.P 3 10 3
St'ens cf ft 2 0 O Russell.If 3 1 1 0
H'orth.lb ft 0 4 o W'w'rth ss 4 0 O .1
M bian.ss 4 10 0 Hinton.rf 10 0 0
Barbee.c ft 2 10 ft White.cf. 2 0 2 0
H'nson.2b 3 0 4 1 Lee.2b 3 0 3 0
Bortz,p _. 3 10 1 Hare.c 3 010 1
Hawley.rf 1 O 0 0
•Fletcher 1 O O 0
Totals 37 7 27 7 Totals 27 3 27 10
•Batted for Hinton In seventh.
Wilson _0(10 not) Oil—S
St Albans .... 000 201 010-4
Run*—Adams. Marsh. Russell. Cammoeh.
Dunninston. Stevens (2t. Hawksworth. Bar
ber 121. Hosktnson. Errors—Adams 13),
Grayson. Hinton. White. L^e (2>. Hawks- ,
worth. Mesrobian. Barbee. Bortz. Three- i
base hit—Russell. Home run—Stevens.
Struck out—By Marsh. 10: by Bortz. IS.
First base on balls—Off Marsh. 4; off Bortz.
7. Umpire—R. E. McDonald.
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RED SOX ON PILGRIMAGE.
SARASOTA, Fla—The Red Sox
started on a pilgrimage north today to
fill exhibition date* with the Dodgers
at Clearwater this afternoon and the
Reds at Tampa tomorrow.
y
Rudy marshall, colored
New York middleweight,
who bumps Into Ossie
Stewart Monday night at
Turner’s Arena, Is a bouncer in a
Harlem night club . . . Bay In
gram, who flips mittens at Nick
Camarata in the feature on the
same card, pumps a bicycle 5 miles
every day in training . . . Heh, heh,
no cracks about back pedaling.
Tony Wakeman, WOL sports
announcer, was a foot ball, wres
tling and swimming star at Penn
State . . . Tony, incidentally, signed
off rapidly the other night after
vocalizing the Laveme Baxter
George Koverly squirmfest ... He
thought Baxter, with whom he has
feuded, was coming after him and
Wakeman just wanted to be pre
pared . . . Laverne crossed him up,
however, and behaved himself.
That same Baxter leaves instruc
tions at the Annapolis Hotel, where
he hangs his hat, to the effect he
is not registered there, just in case
any one calls... The guy who cre
ates so much violence apparently
is afraid some fans wlal take his
mat antics too seriously . . . Jack
Hader, another villainous twister,
took his 7-year-old son on a tour
of the mat circuit during the kid's
Easter vacation.
Jay Carmody, who scribbles dra
matics for The Star, has played
against some of netdom’s biggest
names and also was a track star
at the University of Chicago . . .
Jay once wrote sports, in St. Louis,
but two years of covering the loiyly
Browns cured him of that . . . Joe
Kuhel’s name, according to the
American League record book,
should be pronounced Cool ... not
Cue-el.
Bernie Beichardt, former Tech
High basket ball ace, is drawing
pay checks from Farm Credit Ad
ministration . . . Chances of the
Freddy Steele-Ken Overlin world
middleweight championship bout
materializing here are fading . . .
Joe Lynch, former Mount St.
Mary's foot ball and basket ball
player, who now is a G-man on a
case in Alabama, and^Kitty Dono
van, will be married <141 June.
South Triumphs Over North
Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill. N. C. (left), shown
receiving congratulations from Miss Virginia Guilfoil of Syra
cuse, N. Y., whom she defeated yesterday for the women’s North
and South golf championship, 1 up. Mrs. Page also won the 1935
tourney, in a close match with Miss Charlotte Glutting of
Orange, N. J. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
TENNIS SLATE STIRS
FUSS IN COMMITTEE
Collom Leads U. S. L. T. A. Group
Protesting Award of All
Meets to New York.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
VEW YORK. April 3.—Charges of
1 "dictatorship" and a fight to take
some of the major lawn tennis tourna
ments away from New York were
planned as the Executive Committee
of the U. S. L. T. A. met here tdday.
Samuel H. Collom, former president '
of the national body and now a mem- i
ber of the Executive and Davis Cup
Committees, will lead the fight with
backing of several other members of
the organization.
Collom claims that the development
of the sport in such centers as Bos
ton Chicago, Philadelphia and the
Pacific Coast is being jeopardized by
concentrating every important major
tournament in New York this year.
The situation reached a climax, he
said, when, after the men s and wom
en's singles championship and the
Wightman Cup matches all were
awarded to the West Side Tennis Club
at Forest Hills, the committee violated
the agreement it had made and took
th» North American zone finals of
th-> Davis Cup between America and
Australia to the same club.
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COLORED BATTLERS
SIGNED AT TURNER’S
Stewart and Marshall Will Back
Up Ingram-Camarata Bout.
Sloat Meets Salvino.
/"VSSIE STEWART, knockout con
queror of Cyclone Sammy Wil
liams in his last appearance here, wall
square off with Rudy Marshall. New
York middleweight, in a colored six
round semi-final to the Ray Ingram
Nick Camarata feature eight-round
bout at Turner's Arena Monday night.
Marshall, a bouncer in a Harlem
night club, holds a decision victory
over Lou Brouillftrd, former world
middleweight champion, and has lost
a close decision to Ken Overlin, No.
2 challenger for Freddy Steele’s title.
Camarata, naturally a bit over the
featherweight limit, must scale down
to 129 pounds for Ingram, who sought
a 10-round bout, but was forced to ac
cede to the New Orleans fighter's
wishes for the eight-round route.
In another preliminary Clarence
Sloat, Baltimore welterweight, will
stack up against Pinboy Salvino of
Brooklyn in a four-rounder. Other
preliminaries have not been an
nounced.
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PLAN SOFT BALL LOOP
Arlington Churoh Teams to Hold
Meeting Tomorrow Night.
Arlington County Church Soft Ball
League will organize for its fifth sea
son tomorrow night in Arlington Pres
byterian Church, Columbia boule
vard and South Lincoln street. Rev.
Walter Wolf, president, announced
today.
Churches wishing to enter are
asked to send a representative.
Sherbahn Stake
Gets Big Field
npKE Dutch Sherbahn 8weep
stakes, Takoma Park’s big
bowling feature, promises to attract
a record field to the suburban
drives today, when the first block
of the third annual event was
scheduled.
With many Washington bowlers
attending the national tournament
at Norfolk today, Sherbahn an
nounced that bowlers will be al
lowed to roll all 10 games next
Saturday, providing the two five
game sets are split between the
aftemon and night. Rolling 10
straight games is taboo.
Ed Stephenson is the defending
champion. Bowlers will receive
half the difference between their
averages and Ope 120 scratch fig
ure. The entryjfee is $6.
S
TABLE NET BATTLE
DOWN TO SIXTEENS
Men's and Women's Singles of
TJ. S. Tournament Move Into
Semi-Finals Tonight.
by the Associated Press.
JVEWARK, N. J, April 3.—The
round of 16 was reached today
by both the men's ang women's singles
divisions of the United States seventh
annual table tennis championships,
and play was ready to go into the
semi-final round tonight.
Entering the select group in the
men's play were Sol Schiff of New
York, Dan Mabee of Chicago, Earl
Coulson of Muncie. Ind.: Isidore Beilis
of Philadelphia, Jimmie McClure of
Indianapolis, Johnny Abrahams of
New York, Bernard Grimes of New
York, Sandor Glancz of Hungary, Abe
Berenbaum of New York. Mel Rose
of New York. George Hendry of St.
Louis, Laszlo Beliak of Hungary. Bud
Blattner of St. Louis. Loe Pagaliaro of
New York. Hollis Cook of Long island
and Standa Kolar of Czechoslovakia.
The players are paired in that order
for the round of 16 competition.
In the women's singles tonight Emily
Fuller of Bethlehem, Pa, matches
strokes with Madeleine Teghtmeyer of
Washington, D. C.
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Cat
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man, flashing the all-America grin,
brought the tidings.
"Boss,” he beamed, "I've found
’er!”
He led the way with Turner, King.
Mack and Bauer at his heels.
More Lurk From Dinah.
TN THE darkest recess of an obscure
A closet, used for storing odds and
ends, they found Dinah—with a
family! Three little princes and
princesses there were, and one of 'em
as black as soot.
That night the all-time record for
attendance at Turner's Arena was
hung up, with many turned away.
Will Turner keep the kitties?
Only, one. A tiger stripped mite
and his black-and-white brother have
been spoken for.
--•-—
Today a year ago—Detroit Tigers
selected to win American League
in Associated Press poll. Harry
Cooper set pace in first round
Agusta national golf, with 70.
BY PAUL J. MILLER, JR.
WITH a string of 17 chess
games behind him, 16 being
victories. William Reynolds,
president of the Washing
ton Interhigh Chess Association, is
leading the field for the “Y” Trophy,
emblematic of the all-city school chess
championship.
Second to Reynolds is Robert
Knox, Interhigh Association
champion of the past year, with
11 games to his credit, one being
an outright loss.
Tallies for the remaining players
are:
District School Championship.
Players W. L. Drawn Pts. Pet.
Reynold*-16 0 1 16W -»7i
Knox -1110 11
Feeney **_ZZZ 3 6 0 3* g
Hostler- 3 6 0 3 .333
Bass - 0 1 3 1 -'33
Pierce- 1 3 1 la
Seidenber*. A. 0 1 1 -552
Stovall - 0 2 1 a .-00
Lybrand-1 1 * 0 1* JU
gJi/el -Z 0 8 0 0 .000
MaKathan_ 0 0 0 0 .000
Adjourned games—Hostler-Stovall,
Seldenberg-Higuera and Pierce-Bass.
Matches for the “Y” Trophy and
the Individual medal will be contin
ued until June 1. All games must be
completed by that date. Meantime the
players may arrange individual en
counters as their leisure permits.
Central High maintains its lead In
the Washington Interhigh Chess Asso
ciation team tourney for the Turover
Silver Cup. With two legs already on
the trophy, Central is striving to cap
ture the award permanently, which j
it may do by»winnlng the cup three j
succeeeive tiga^. I
SKILL AND STEEL
A. A. U. President, 40 Years
an Expert, Gathers His
Dope First Hand.
BY GRANTLAN’D RICE.
TLL time is quite a spell when
you start from the beginning
and move up to date in such a
competition as heavyweight
fighting. In a recent talkfest I asked
Judge Jeremiah T. Mahoney. A A.
U. president, to name the greatest
heavyweight of all time.
You may not know it, but Judge
Mahoney has been a leading boxing
expert for 40 years. In that span of
time, he has boxed with most of the
outstanding leather delegates—so he
gets his angle from the inside. Ha
still is good—as any leading amateur
boxer today can soon find out in a
three-round test.
Jeff’s Footwork Amazing.
“'T'HE answer," he said, "is Jim Jef
fries—the Jeffries of 1901, 1902
and 1903. I happened to box with
Jeffries before his second Corbett
fight. He had come a long way smca
their first meeting, which Corbett
might have wone. In that second
fight, Jeffries was every bit as good a
bo.V/r as Corbett was—and Corbett
hadn't slipped.
"Jeffries’ footwork was amazing for
a big man, weighing over 200 pounds.
He even outfeinted and outblocked Cor
bett, a master at these lost arts. In
addition to being one of the mast
powerful men I ever saw. Jeffries was
as rugged as a hunk of rock. As on*
expert expressed the case, 'you might
as well have started in punching a
hydrant.’
"Fitzsimmons, a deadly hitter, brok*
both hands on Jeffries’ jaw and head.
Called Turn on Dempsey.
"That isn't all. Jeff also was a
punishing puncher. Not a quick kill
er, but his walloping fists soon wore
you down. There was a combination
of boxing skill, durability, hard
punching and gameness to the last
word. I'll admit I lean toward good
boxers. That's why I put Gene Tun
ney up among the first three. That's
why I told Jim Farley before the
first Tunney-Dempsey fight that
Dempsey, for all his ring spirit and
his savage punching, never even had
a chance."
I asked Judge Mahoney what he
considered the main fault with most
of today's crop.
“They simply know little about box
ing.” he said. “I've worked out with
some of the leading amateurs. They
don’t know what blocking and feinting
mean. They know little about the
proper use of a good left. This goe§
for most of the pro heavyweights
since Tunney's time. They haven't
, known what it’s all about. Joe Louis
i looked promising under Jack Black
bum’s training, but he seems to be an
j automaton who gets bewildered too
quickly when any one crosses him up.
Schmeling proved this.
Boxing Skill TelLs Story.
“I hear a lot about young heavy
weights coming on. I doubt that any
I of them knows what a block or a feint
i means. What sort of attack would
j any foot ball team have today without
I a blocker or a threat? That’s what
' the fight game is today.”
Judge Mahoney called the turn in
i the immediate vicinity of 100 per cent.
; Baer beat Camera with a wild right
1 hand. Schmeling stopped Louis with
j nothing but a right. Neither Camera
nor Louis knew what blocking meant.
This left both open targets that a
rookie couldn't miss.
As Judge Mahoney says, “it's boxing
skill that tells the story. Look at
Dempsey against Willard. Carl Mor
ris, Fred Fulton and Firpo. Then
remember Jack against Tom Gibbons
and Gene Tunney—against Harry
Greb and Tommy Loughran in train
ing camps. Some day a smart young
fighter or a teacher will stumble over
the right answer. Maybe.’’
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Base Ball.
Washington vs. Cincinnati.
Tampa, Fla.
Maryland vs. Virginia, Char
lottesville, Va.
Track.
Dartmouth vs. Maryland. College
Park, Md . 2:30.
Racing.
Bowie, Md., 2:30.
Three years ago—Chicago de
feated Detroit. 2-1, in first Stanley
Cup hockey match.
The Roosevelt-Central fray
was a Wt one-sided, Mac Wil
liams of Roosevelt scoring the
sole point for his team.
Individual summary-:
Central va. Rooaevelt.
Reynolds _1 Magathan-0
Hlguera _0 MacWilliama — 1
Schreyer_1 Goodman-0
Hostler_1 Llghtman-— 0
Kurland_1 Macy -_n
4 1
Social Divan to Move.
CEEKING more commodious quar
^ ters for its 105 members, the Wash
ington Social Chess Divan will change
its location from 1625 Connecticut
avenue northwest within the next 10
days.
The new game room probably will
be nearer the business section of
downtown Washington. Also, perma
nent headquarters rather than tem
porary playing accommodations is the
reason for the change.
Interested chess fans who know of
a suitable location should communi
cate the new's to the chess editor of
The Star. A very reasonable rental
is desired with space for either a
game room and lecture room combined
or for separate facilities within the
same building, which may be com
mercial or on the apartment plan.
The instructional chess lec
tures, featured each Wednesday
at the divan, will be held at a
temporary place to be an
nounced shortly.
Treasurer Norval Wigginton of the
Social Chess Divan will receive April
fees of tl per member now. Merely1
poet your check to him at 200 Rhode
Island avetjjJ} northeast.