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Fickleness of Current Heavyiveight Boxers Astounds Dempsey
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HOW MIGHT
“Dr. Jekyll and Sissy Hide”
Complex Not Understood
by Ex-Ring King.
BY JACK DEMPSEY.
I’M DARNED if I can understand
the “Dr. Jekyll and Sissy Hide”
complex among our current
heavyweight fighters (?). The
contagion has spread to England.
Tom Farr, the new champion of
“Great Britain and the empire,” tried
to do the same
thing to Max
Baer that Jimmy
Braddoek is do
lng to Max
Schmeling; side
track him for
another oppo
nent.
Parr was
s»c h e d u led to
$ght Baer if he,
Tom, won from
Ben Foord. Well,
Tom won from
Foord, but the
first thing he
said after he got
Jack Dempsey.
hi* breath was that he wouldn’t fight
Max, but would rather take on Walter
Neusel first.’
Just like Braddock, wfyo. after
agreeing to fight Schmeling, sud
denly decided he’d rather have Joe
Louis.
_ I
Contract “Scrap of Paper.”
AT THIS writing the Baer-Farr
fight is on for April 15, sounder
heads having talked turkey to Tom,
but it has gotten so a mere contract
doesn't mean a thing from day to
day.
No doubt Farr was impressed by
Baer's size and general looks, and
figured Neusel was a “softer touch.
Anyway, his attempt to duck out was
a big surprise.
His own manager wrote me a letter
I got after the Foord fight, in which
he said, “If Tom wins, as I figure he
will, he meets Baer April 15."
So you never know.
I think Farr figured wrong, for
Neusel probably would have beaten
him, and he wouldn't have gotten a
crack at Max. Baer and Farr would
draw' more money than Farr and
Neusel. for Walter already has showm
In London.
English fans concede Farr little
chance against Neusel. but Max is an
unknown quantity, and having fought
some punk fights since losing to
Louis, he leaves an angle of uncer
tainty. And you need that for a good
draw.
Set-Ups for Louis.
T OtHS' proposed trip to England,
if he really makes it, would take
the edge off Max. Those English
heavies are made to order for Joe,
and after he popped over a couple
of them—which he could do without
exerting himself—Europe might be in
for a return Baer-Louis go.
However, right now it isn’t easy to
forecast. Mike Jacobs stoutly insists
Louis will fight Braddock in Chicago.
Mike should know if anybody does, but
from what I hear nobody really
knows.
One thing they all seem to be do
ing that is not only making forecast
ing impossible, but fans sick and tired,
Is that "Dr. Jekyll and Sissy Hide”
act.
First, everything is peaches and
cream and they sign agreements. But
then another offer comes along and
they hide behind “technicalities.”
Parr, for instance, said:
"Our contract calls for a fight with
either Neusel or Baer. Well, I want
to fight Neusel.”
This statement flabbergasted the
English promoters, left even Baer
speechless and gave the fight fans a
sickening sensation.
But they all do. Maybe some day
tve’ll have a set of a heavies who think
the business of a fighter is to fight—
rot dope out ways to avoid fighting!
(Ooprriiht, 1937. Reproduction Prohib
ited.)
FOUR IN DEADLOCK
IN CUE TITLE PLAY
Champ Caras Only One in Tie-up
Who Will Not See Action
in Tourney Today.
BT the Associated Press.
]^EW YORK, April 6.—The defend
ing champion, Jimmy Caras of
Wilmington, Del.; two former cham
pions. Ralph Greenleaf of New York
and Erwin Rudolph of Cleveland, and
a Brooklyn veteran, Onofrio Lauri,
aU were tied for first place In the
world pocket billiards championship
today.
Caras joined the others yesterday
by trimming Joe Diehl of Rockford,
III., 125 to 95, and Is the only leader
Who will be out of action today.
Greenleaf has a chance to strength
en his position in his match with
Diehl, but Rudolph faces Marcel Camp
of Detroit, who has won tnree and
lo6t three games in the tournament,
and Lauri meets Benny Allen of Kan
sas City, another former titleholder,
who has split four matches.
In the other match of the day, Fay
Gainer, Vineland, N. J„ who rallied
to whip Andrew Ponzi, 1935 champion,
in the final match, last night, plays
Charles Seaback, Boston. This match,
like the Greenleaf-Diehl game, is
scheduled for the afternoon, while the
other two matches will be played to
night.
C* DfiDTP “Gotta Show Us,” Growl
V1 Uli I \ rADE Ffln8 a8 Simmons Buy
k/tUlE Makes ’Em Sizzle.
BV JOHN B. KELLER.
ENERAL reaction of Wash
ington’s base ball fans to the
deai that brought the aging
A1 Simmons from the Tigers
to the Nationals is not so compli
mentary. The lads—yes. and the gals,
too—who put their dough on the line
to take in the pastiming at Griffith
Stadium in the Summer had gone
hook, line and sinker for the ‘ youth”
program Messrs. Griffith and Harris
had so glibly announced would be fol
lowed by the Capital club, and the
sudden departure from it does not set
any too well with the paying patrons.
Most of the comment at John’s
sandwich shop, August’s place, Har
ry’s beer parlor and even at the
snootier rendevous of this town's gay
sportsmen and up - to - the - minute
sportswomen would have made the
ears of Griff and his field commander
blister.
The crowd in general didn’t
think much of the deal and
didn't hesitate to say so.
Some reasonable souls, however, saw
merit in the move. Between his
Scotch-and-sodas at the Purple Rab
bit, one gent observed that "if this
Simmons proves too slow to be used
regularly in the outfield, but manages
to deliver at the plate in pinches to
the tune of winning, say, 15 games
there would be no kick.”
Al’s Smart, Anyway.
'T'HAT'S putting a load on Simmons’
shoulders. Poking that pellet in
pinches to the tune of 15 wins is a
hefty order. Still, if A1 goes along in
his average batting stride he’d have
a sweet chance to do just that. May
be the Scotch-and-soda gent had
something, at that.
Over in the hamburger, house was
another with a pat on the back for Al.
“He ain’t got the legs he did have
when he was with the A's,” remarked
this sunny soul as he ordered two well
done, "but that baby is a smart ball
player. I never saw' him make a
wrong play yet. He'll make up with
his noodle what he lacks In the legs.
And Washnun aint had nothing since
the Goose what could hit like Sim
mons.”
At the tobacco store around the cor
ner a rugged Washington rooter
backed the move made by Griffith
and Harris.
“What fell?. Yuh gotta have
somebody in that there field,”
he sounded off. “Reckon even
a one-legged guy’d be better
than any of that gang Bucky
was trying.”
But Simmons will have to do some
tall outfielding and batting to bring
around most of the crowd. “Getting
a young team, huh? And they pick
up an old spavined hoss,” growled the
doorman of the hotel up the street.
Woman Has Last Word.
("'■AB drivers, street car conductors,
^ police and firemen were Just as
caustic in their criticism. “Al’ll have
to hit ’em a mile to get away with it,”
opined the cop on the beat near the
office. “If he can’t do that, he'll be
the league's leading double-play bat
ter.”
The man behind the necktie counter
was boiling mad. “He’s gotta show me
plenty to make me believe it was right
to cut down the speed of the club to
get right-hand hitting,” he gritted.
It was the practical business
woman who expressed so briefly
and to the point what was puz
zling most of the dissenters.
The insurance company cashier, who
knows her base ball plenty, snorted:
“If he's any good, how'd we get him
so cheap?”
Deep in Wisconsin Woods,
Six Miles From Highway,
24 From a Movie.
By the Associated Press.
STONE LAKE. Wis., April 6 —
James J. Braddock, world
heavyweight champion, took up
the life of a back woodsman
today.
The title holder started the slow
process of conditioning in the rugged
outdoors of a $50,000 private estate on
Little Sissabagama Lake, in the wilds
of the Northern Wisconsin woods.
Braddock s camp is 6 miles from
the closest highway and 24 miles from
the nearest movie, so all he can do is
devote his time to conditioning him
self for his championship ring engage
ment with Joe Louis, in Chicago
June 22.
Will Start at Once.
t> RAD DOCK plans to immediately i
plunge fnto his five weeks of
roughing it, chopping down trees, hik
ing over the wooded trails and other
wise living an outdoor life. At the end
of five weeks he will establish a train
ing camp close to Chicago to sharpen
his boxing. He probably will sneak in
some boxing work here with his spar
ring partners, Charley Massera of
Pittsburgh and Jack McCarthy of j
Boston in one of the finest gym- j
nasiums ever built.
The gym, one of five buildings com
prising the champion’s camp, is of j
log construction and perfectly1
equipped with private dressing rooms, j
shower baths, steel ring, punching
bags and other training parapher- !
nalia.
The champion, with his sparring
mates and Trainer Robb Lippman, is
living in a log cabin built on a knoll
on the edge of the lake. He eats in
the main lodge, a three-story log
building with 12 sleeping rooms.
Makes 425-Mile Trip.
THRIVING through rain, sleet and
^ snow, Braddock arrived here yes
terday after a 425-mile motor trip
from Chicago. There was 3 inches of
snow on the ground and the chill of
Winter in the air, but the champion
expressed eagerness to start his rou
tine despite unfavorable weather con
ditions. He stretched his 205-pound
frame in the outdoor freedom of the
wilds, breathing deeply of the pine
scented air.
Braddock’s appearance in this
wooded section has stirred the curi
osity of the natives, who never before
have seen a world champion. The
camp is closed to the public, but when
he start boxing he may decide to al
low the curious to see him in action.
WILL HONOR LATE COACH
Notre Dame Tilt to Be Played as
O’Brien Memorial.
SOUTH BEND, Ind„ April 6 (JP).—
Elmer Layden, Notre Dame athletic
director, today said a “Johnny O’Brien
memorial game” would be played here
on May 2, as graduating players and
aspirants for next year's squad line
up in the final game of Spring foot
! ball practice sessions.
O’Brien, end coach, was killed in an
auto crash in Chicago March 12.
Layden said no attempts would be
made to fill the vacancy in the coach
ing staff until next Fall. ,
EXCEPT FOR TITLE
Floors Ambers, Takes First
Six Rounds, but Crown
Not at Stake.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 6— Pedro
Montanez of Puerto Rico was
the unofficial lightweight
champion of the world today.
He earned this title, such as it is,
by beating Champion Lou Ambers of
Herkimer, N. Y„ in a 10-round non
title fight at Madison Square Garden
last night, and while from the start it
was assured Ambers would save his
crown, it looked for a while as if he
wouldn't have a head to put it on.
Though he won the last four rounds j
and had Montanez hanging on at the
final bell, the Herkimer hurricane was
just a breeze for Montanez in the first |
six rounds.
Unanimous Decision Booed.
VJONTANEZ dropped the champion
x with a hard right-cross in the
first round and kept pounding effec
tively at long range until Ambers dis
covered he could get somewhere by
fighting at close quarters. But by the
time the champion discovered it, Mon
tanez’s lead was too great.
By his showing last night, Montanez
sewed up a shot at the title, and prob
ably a share of one of the biggest
gates of the coming outdoor season.
Forgetting Montanez’s early margin
and howling for Ambers at the end,
the crowd of 17.352 remained to boo
the unanimous decision.
Ambers must first give Tony Can
zoneri a shot at the title In the Gar
den, May 7. The winner of this will
likely be matched with Montanez In
July.
Want* a Title Fight.
rPHE Golden Kid ha* been fighting
for three years in this country
to get a title shot. For the past year
after each victory, he has put on his
old base ball cap and jabbered in
broken English the same statement:
"Now I want title fight.”
He said it again last night and after
a conference with Lew Burston, his
manager, cleared his throat and
added: “I want say Ambers he is
great champeen.”
Down the hall the “champeen’s”
manager, A1 Weill, was moaning about
the decision, but not Ambers.
“X never judge my fights. Win, lose
or draw, I never know,” he said wisely.
He did insist, however, that Montanez
did not hurt him. This made it even,
because Montanez had said Ambers
didn’t hurt him.
NEW HORSE SHOW PRIZE
Tucker Cup to Be in Competition
at Warrenton April 30.
WARRENTON, Va„ April 6 </P).—
William R. Cummings, jr., of Paw
tucket, R. I., a former Stuyvesant
School student, has presented a trophy
to the Stuyvesant School Horse Show
Association in memory of Luther L.
Tucker, a student who was killed in an
automobile accident near here last
year.
The annual show will be held April
30, when the new trophy will be of
fered in the touch and out class.
The cup must be won three times
before becoming a competitors’ per
manent possession.
Nats Folding Tents at Camp
Move North After Lookout Tussle Thursday at
Orlando—Face Tigers Tomorrow.
Wt ft Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla., April 6—One
more game after today and
Orlando will have seen the
last of the Nationals for at
least a year. Scheduled to meet the
Tigers here this afternoon, barring
more rain, the Griffs will journey
for a return game in Lakeland to
morrow and then wind up their
''grapefruit leagueing" in the home
camp by playing Chattanooga on
Thursday.
I K
They will break camp shortly after
this game with Chattanooga and
head north with the Lookouts as
company. Stop6 will be made at
Chattanooga, Atlanta and Gastonia
en route to Washington.
Pete Appleton and Dick Lanahan
were to face the Tigers today, and
Jack Salveson and Monte Weaver to
morrow in Lakeland. Johnny Stone,
who was shelved yesterday on account
of lumbago, was expected to return
to the game during the Detroit series.
HOLE-IN-ONE JINX.
A hole-in-one on the third of Rock
Creek’s A course, following a par and
a birdie, was too much for Don Garber,
estwhile Western High athlete last
week, who blew up from that point on.
Garber had a total of 8 following his
ace, but took that many strokes on
the next hole alone. He was silent
regarding his remaining play.
HORSE SHOW MEETING.
The Montgomery County Horse Show
Association will select a board of di
rectors and officers at a meeting at
Brookeville on April 14. President
Josiah J. Hutton also announced that
plans for the association’s annual
horse show will be formulated at that
time.
i
t
Every Section of U. S. and
Hawaii Represented in
St. Louis Event.
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, April 6—Seventy
eight amateur boxers, from all
sections of the country and
Hawaii, weighed in today for
the opening rounds tonight of the Na
tional A. A. U. junior boxing cham
pionships.
Forty three-round lights were
scheduled for tonight’s card, and
drawings were completed following
medical examination of the boxers.
Semi-finals and finals will be held to
morrow.
Definitely in the “favorite’’ class
were the six entrants from Honolulu.
Only one, Gilbert Murakami, who
competed in the 1935 senior nationals
here, has ever fought in a United
States ring. Murakami, however, re
tained his eligibility in the junior con
tests by never having won a junior or
senior A. A. U. title. ’ Four other Ha
waiian? will take part ir> the senior
championships at Boston next week.
Two Sets of Brothers.
rpwO sets of brothers head the Ar
kansas delegation. Raymond and
Rayburn Medlock are rated as title
contenders in the 135-pound class.
Neal Kinney, lightweight, and Regan
Kinney, light-heavyweight, will have
Brother Burleigh in the corner as a
second during their battles.
Tad Gorm, coach of the Southern
team, predicted “at least three cham
pions” were included among his
charges. Homer “Red” Davis, Loyola
University heavyweight, has attracted
the attention of fans in his workouts;
Sewele Whitney, 112-pound South
erner, is out to avenge a 1935 defeat
at the hands of Honolulu’s Murakami.
From Texas, Welterweight Arthur
“Darling” Dorrell, Houston, and
Light-heavyweight Johnny Buck of
Texas Tech, Lubbock, are considered
serious obstacles in any fighter’s drive
to the top in those divisions.
Other entries include fighters from
Boston, Memphis. Fort Benning, Ga.;
Shreveport, La.; Tulsa. Okla.; Chiloc
co (Oklahoma! Indian Institute, Ok
lahoma City, Okla.: Evansville. Ind..
and Bloomington, 111., as well as Ozark
A. A. U. boxers.
DEFENDS AT BADMINTON
Faulkner Battles Farrington in
Tourney Final Tonight.
Waldron Faulkner, District cham
pion, will defend his badminton title
tonight against Max Farrington, as
sistant athletic director of George
Washington University, as they meet
in the finals of the National Capital
tournament at Eastern High School.
The match will start at 8:15 o’clock.
Following the singles title match
the semi-finals of the mixed doubles
will be played, with the champion
ship encounter of that event sched
uled for 9:45 o'clock.
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REVIVES GOLD CUP RACE
Hawthorne Will Stage $15,000
Event Next Fall.
CHICAGO, April 6 OP).—The Chi
cago Business Men’s Racing Associa
tion. which operates Hawthorne
track, has decided to revive the Haw
thorne Gold Cup, a weight-for-age
race, during the Fall meeting at Haw
thorne, opening Labor day.
The cup race is expected to be en
dowed with an added money value
of $15,000.
The long, rich Chicago season opens
May 1 with the Aurora meeting.
Six carloads of horses from Oaklawn
Park at Hot Springs, Ark., arrived to
day at the track.
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V. P. I. BLANKS VIRGINIA.
By the Associated Press.
BLACKSBURG, Va„ April 6 —Vir
ginia Tech’s base ball team had lit
tle trouble with Virginia nine here
yesterday, winning, 9-0.
SPaRkS
BY BURTON HAWKINS.
IT WAS Eddie (Choo-Choo)
Johnson, son of the Big Train,
who collected five hits for
Maryland against Virginia . . .
Not George Knepley, as all local
papers reported . . . Eddie was
robbed of a home run by a spec
tacular catch on his first trip to
the plate and then rammed out
five consecutive hits.
Harold Osborn, who high-jumped
6 feet 7Vi inches in 1925, still
is going strong after 12 years . . .
The world record now is 2 Vi inches
higher and is held jointly by Cor
nelius Johnson, David Albritton
and Mel Walker . . . Harvard and
Maryland lacrosse teams, which
clash Thursday at College Park,
first met 25 years ago ... Harvard
won, 8-1.
Bing urosDy pucnes xor uiem
son’s base ball team . . . Joe Kier
nan, who caught for Dartmouth
last year, has given up base ball
. . . The former Central High foot
ball and diamond star preferred
the glee club, which recently re
turned from Chicago . . . Killer
Lamar, local colored heavyweight,
Is preparing for a comeback'effort.
Bill Holm, center on the Flat
bush Boys’ Club basket ball team,
which recently was swamped by
the Washington Boys’ Club Fleet
wings, is indorsed enthusiastically
by Charley Keynolds, who rates
him as the finest scholastic court
player he ever has seen . . . Holm
is a brother of Eleanor Holm, who
was told by the A. A. U. that water
and champagne don’t mix ... He
was an all-New York State selec
tion.
Prosperity definitely is back, ac
cording to Heinie Miller, Maryland
ring coach, who just returned with
Benny Alperstein and* Tom Bir
mingham from the National Col
legiates at Sacramento, Calif. . -. .
If you need proof, he’ll show you
Birmingham’s food bill for five
days there . . It was $48 . . . Tom,
incidentally, fought by far the best
fight of his career, according to
Miller, and still was whipped by
Carl Eckstrom of North Dakota,
who won the featherwe it title.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. — Pedro Montane*,
1 .'IK 'A. Puerto Rico, outpointed Lou
Ambers. 137. world lightweight cham
pion. New York, non-title (10).
CHICAGO—Johnny Cellura. 128,
Detroit, outpointed Pat Robertson, 128.
New York 18).
BUFFALO. — Jimmy Olark. 154,
Jamestown. N. Y.. outpointed Paulie
Mahoney. 183. Buffalo (fli.
LOUISVILLE.—Wishy Jones, 134’/.,
Houston. Tex., stopped Henry Huerta.
134‘/a Peoria. 111. 17).
NEWARK.—Tony OUnzonerl, 138,
New York, stopped Georgle Levy,
13844. Trenton. N. J. 17).
PLAINFIELD. N. J—Joe Wagner,
181. Cleveland, knocked out Hang
Kohl baas. 195, Germany (4).
PADDLES FOR BATTERS.
PORT COLLINS, Colo. (/P).—Before
ever swinging hickory against horse
hide this Spring, Colorado State Col
lege base ball had plenty of "batting
practice”—at table tennis layouts.
Ooach Andrew Clark says: "Playing
table tennis develops the muscles of
the eye.”
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Lands Left, But Gets Left
Nick Camarata (right) here is seen swatting Ray Ingram s head with a lusty lejt in trie final
session of their eight-round affair at Turner’s Arena last night. At the end of an actionful
battle the New Orleans invader found himself on the wrong end of a unanimous decision, how
ever. —Star Staff Photo.
Dorothy Montgomery Named
by Casanova Club, Which
Revives Activities.
By the Associated Press.
WARRENTON, Va„ April 6 —
When the Casanova Hunt
Club's hounds go yelping
I along fox scents this
I Spring, they’ll be under the able rule
of a pretty young woman who learned
to ride when she was hardly able to
sit on a pony.
She is Dorothy Vernon Montgom
ery, who helps Lavinia Hamilton run
the Warrenton branch of the Calvert
School and who, by your leave, is the
new master of fox hounds of the Casa
nova Hunt.
In the language of the chase, she
is M. F, H.
To be elected that distinction she
necessarily must have been able to
ride and make the jumps very well,
as well as know something of the
vagaries of a pack, and tremulous
persons who have risen to don boots
and derby for their first fixture can
testify that to ride and jump well is
not as easy as it reads.
Has All Requisites.
\|ISS MONTGOMERY does have
m the necessary skill, as her elec
tion by fellow members of Casanova
proves.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Montgomery of Magbie Hill, Warren
ton, she began riding with the War
renton Junior Hunt, which sponsors
the oldest recognized pony show in
the country. She soon graduated from
the Shetland pony class; became an
accomplished rider.
England and Scotch by descent, she
was educated at the Warren ton Coun
try School and finished in Prance and
England. She is now with the Wash
ington branch of the Calvert School
and rides with the redcoats of the
Warrenton Hunt.
The Casanova Hunt, established
about 1907, suspended activities dur
ing 1935 and 1936 and leased its hunt
ing territory to the adjoining War
renton club. Its director* recently
voted to re-establish the pack and re
sume hunting.
ESCOBAR VISIT UNLIKELY
New York Seems Sure to Outbid
Capital for Champ.
Little likelihood loomed today of
Sixto Escobar, world bantamweight
champion, accepting the $3,500 offer
of Matchmaker Goldie Aheam to de
fend his title here against Harry Jef
fra of Baltimore, simply because New
York promoters figure to outbid
Aheam before allowing that match to
escape from Gotham.
Escobar, who recently whipped Lou
Salica in Puerto Rico to retain his
crown, twice has been defeated by
Jeffra in non-title fights. Baltimore
also is anxious to obtain the bout, for
Jeffra, rated the No. 1 challenger, has
a large following there.
Aheam wired Lou Brix, Escobar’s
manager, offering $3,500 or 37% per
cent of the gate for a 15-round fight
to be staged at Griffith Stadium in the
latter part of June. The Police Bene
fit Association card is scheduled for
the latter part of May or early in June.
WILL SPONSOR TEAM.
Bond Clothing will sponsor a soft
ball team in the Sports Center League
this year. Manager Charles Morton
has signed the following players: BUI
Bond, Wes Henley, Stan Thurlby, Lee
Leonard, Harry Clevas. Warner
Adams, Robby Williams, John Cheney,
Roxy Roffeld and Bob MacPherson.
LEAGUE MEETS TONIGHT.
A meeting of the National City “A”
League will be held in the Atlas
sports store tonight, beginning at 8
o’clock. The "B” League will meet at
the same time and place tomorrow
night.
Mat Matches
By the Associated Press.
PORTLAND. Me.—Dropkick Murphy.
183. Medford Mass , defeated Curly
Donchln. 186 Milwaukee (referee's de
cision).
LANCASTER. Pa.—Joe Dusek 221.
Omaha, drew with Hank Barber. 200.
Cambridge. Mass.. 34:40. 'Both count
ed out by referee.)
ATLANTIC CITY. N J.—Olno Gari
baldi. 218 St. Louis, won over Laverne
Baxter 225. Rahway N. J 'Baxter
disqualified for fouling Garibaldi.)
MILWAUKEE.—Jack Reynolds. Cin
cinnati welterweight defeated Duke
RuppenthaJ, Milwaukee, two falls out
of three.
CROOKSTON Minn—Dick Raines.
245. Dallas Tex. defeated Earl Wam
pler Scranton, Iowa one fall.
ST LOUIS.—Leo Daniel Boone Sav
age. 245 Horse Cave. Ky. defeated
Tony Romelli, 225, Boulder Dam. Nev.,
9:58
TACOMA. Wash.—Dean Dutton 220.
Salt Lake City defeated Rudy La Ditzi.
230. Poughkeepsie. N. Y.. in straight
falls.
MIDATLANTIC PROS
PLAN SMOOTH LOOP
Expect Diffenbaugh, New Head
of Golfers, to Harmonize,
Strengthen Group.
/"'EORGE DIFFENBAUGH. Indian
Spring's professional, headed the
Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers’ j
Association today as Washington
joined with Baltimore in promising a
stronger and more harmonious sec
tional organization than ever before.
At the same time Indian Spring will
prepare to play host to the section's
best pros on April 29 when its course
becomes the qualifying scene for the i
National P. G. A. tournament.
Supporting DifTenbaugh In leading
the association this year will be Ralph ,
Beach of Baltimore's Suburban Club
as first vice president, Bobby Cruick
shank of Richmond's Country Club
of Virginia as second vice president
and Bill Schreiber of Baltimore's
Mount Pleasant course as secretary-,
treasurer.
Beaver uam. congressional ana
Manor were local clubs drawing tour
naments this season. A new competi
tion, an 18-hole sweepstakes at the
course of the Chamberlain Hotel at
old Point Comfort, Va., Is among the
following dates:
April 1!)—Pro-amateur at Indian Spring,
three amateurs with each professional, full
club handicaps. _ .
April 29—Qualifying rounds. Indian
Spring, for National P. G. A. tournament
at Pittsburgh Field Club. Aspinwall. Pa.,
three Middle Atlantic pros to qualify; 36
holes, medal play.
May 10—Pro sweepstakes, amateurs In
vited: #100 added purse: Chamberlain
Country Club. Old Point Comfort. Va.
May 24.—Pro-pro Scotch foursome.
Mount Pleasant Club Baltimore.
June 7—pro-Junior. Hillendal* Country
Club. Baltimore; Juniors under 21 years
of age. _
June 28—Pro women * tourney. Con
gressional C. C.: handicap allowance.
July 19—Pro-pro best ball tourney.
Rolling Road Club, Baltimore.
August 9—Pro-amateur, handicap al
lowance. Beaver Dam.
August 30—Pro sweepstakes, course to
be selected In Richmond. Va.
September 20—Pro-amateur, one-half
State handicap. Suburban C. C.. Baltimore.
October 11—Pro-amateur. Manor Club,
one-half handicap allowance.
November 1—Pro-amateur, handicap al
lowance. Rodger* Forge Club, Baltimore.
Three yews ago—George Dunlap
won North and South amateur
golf title for third straight year.
DECK GOES TO TOP
OF MUNY NET LIST
Goes Ahead as Nate Ritzenberg
Turns Pro—Heiskell Named
Association Leader.
DAT DECK, hard-working public !
1 parks netman, will be the rank
ing No. 1 player of that group this
season despite the fact that he lost in
the championship match last Summer 1
and has been ranked second by the
National Capital Parks Tennis Asso
ciation.
Deck's elevation to the top spot
came about through the inability of
Nate Ritzenberg, 1936 champion and
the one who was rated No. 1, to play
further amateur tennis. Ritzenberg i
turned professional shortly after win- 1
ning the public parks title for the first
time.
Rated behind Deck are Ritzen
berg's brother Allie, Ray Stocklinski,
Herbert Shenkin, Hy Ritzenberg, Ar
thur Simmons, Billy Contreras, Deane
Judd, Morgan (Happy) Jacob, Joe
Baker, Erwin Niemeyer, Lawrence
Sherfy, Kent Boyle and Maurice Gou
beau—in that order.
Shenking and Stocklinski, however,
will be the bona fide No. 1 doubles
team, due to their victory in the final
last year over the Ritzenbergs. The
later were ranked aecond, with Deck
and Fred Doyle No. 3 and Hy Ritzen
berg and Ezra Gould No. 4.
Jimmy Heiskell, vice president last
year, has been promoted to presidency,
with Deane Judd as vice president.
Felix Silva and Bill Shreve held their
offices as secretary and treasurer, re
spectively. The Public Parks League,
which opens May 1, will be played in
halves this Summer, with the winning
team of each half meeting for the
championship at the end of the sea
son.
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D. C. CYCLISTS SCORE
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. April 6 —
Billy CaufTman and Whilden Heinard
of the National Capital Wheelmen
took first and third places, respectively,
in the 25-mile Gold Cup bicycle race
held yesterday at Philadelphia.
Competing against a field of 50 of
the East’s finest riders, including two
members of the United States Olympic
team, CaufTman and Heinard scored
a major upset.
Buck McDougall, D. C. champion,
also was entered, but came to grief
at the five-mile mark when he went
down in a spill that involved four
other riders.
Buster Logan of the U. S. Olympic
team took second place, barely nosing
out Heinard.
CLARENDON NINE MEETS.
An important meeting of the Clar
endon A. C. base ball team will be
held tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at
2305 North Custis road, Arlington,
Va.
Flashy Despite Camarata’s
Fouls Aiding in Victory.
Rematch Likely.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.
MORE conclusive evidence of
Ray Ingram’s right to rank
as the leading featherweight
in this sector was sought by
Washington’s cauliflower family to
day as Nick Camarata mournfully re
flected on the emphasis that right
fully is placed against fouls here,
■What with local ringworms adding
fuel by heated debates over the re
spective prowess of the lads, and
the booed verdict, which was unam-1
mous, but close in Ingram's favor'
following the eight-round bout last,
night at Turner’s Arena, serving as
additional fodder for a sizable gate,
a rematch appears inevitable.
Prominent in the pattern of most
arguments is the matter of Nick's,
losing the first two rounds through
fouls which undoubtedly swung the
scrap to Ingram. Until Nick erases
that question mark of what might
have happened had he adhered tq
ring rules, however, the burden of
proof must rest with the youthful
Italian simply because Ray won when'
they were tossing above the belt.
The most damaging punch to both
fighters was a left launched by
Camarata in the first round which,
W’ound up in Ray’s groin. Ingram
suffered pain, but Nick suffered the
loss of the round. Camarata, as
later developments substantiated,
handed the fight to Ray in the second
session when he mixed a varied assort
ment of low blows with some rather
punishing butts.
Margin of Victory Slight.
HAD Nick elected to keep hlv
punches in fair territory, the bout
very easily could have been his. Judge
Dr. O. U. Singer and Referee Denny
Hughes voted for Ingram by slight
on and two point margins, respec-.
tively, while Judge Dr. Bob Eller be* .
came a bit more vexed at Camarata'g.
foul tactics and awarded the fight to
Ray by a gap of six points.
Nick later admitted his fouls, but^
also claimed the elusive Ingram is a
clever actor In the matter of making
an illegal punch have a visible affect
on the crowd and judges.
"Gee, he wears his tights up to
here.” offered Nick as he wiped a
towel across an illustrative chest. "I
thought I won both rounds even with
those fouls, but I guess he's too good
an actor. Next time he'll pull those
tights down some.”
Despite his lackadaisical perform
ance in the early milling. Nick denied
the fact he was forced to scale 129
pounds for the bout placed him in a
weakened condition. He first offered,
proof of this in the third round, when
he whipped two solid left hooks to
Ray's head and beat Ingram to the
punch inside.
Concentrating on the midsection,
Ingram retaliated in the fourth frame
with an authoritative right under th®
heart and a stiff left to the stomach,
but Nick bounced back with two
smashing rights to the chin to earn
an even round. Nick earned a slight
margin in the fifth canto, but Ray
came back strongly to the body to
hold the Italian even in the sixth
round.
Ray Wins Final Round.
/'’’•AMARATA focused his attack with
^ success on Ray’s head in the sev
enth round as both missed frequently,t
but Ray rallied in the final heat, con
necting effectively to the midsection
and head before Nick retaliated with
two belated rights to Ingram's bobbing
noggin. *
The Star's score sheet showed In
gram in front by the margin of one
half point, with three rounds to Ray,
three to Nick and two even.
Ossie Stewart, Pittsburgh colored
middleweight, disposed of Rudy Mar
shall very conclusively after 2 minutes
and 30 seconds of the third round in a
scheduled six-round semi-final. A left
hook plunked Rudy through the ropes
head first. He clambered back into
the ring, but arrived on his knees just
as Timekeeper Pat O'Connor tolled
the necessary 10.
Other preliminaries saw Clarence
Sloat, Baltimore lightweight, score a
technical knockout over Paul Scaffaro
of New York when Scaffaro suffered a
broken right thumb in the fifth round;
Hunter Crostic, Richmond welter
weight. gain a split decision over
Sam Bracala of Baltimore, and Ole
Anderson, Leonardtown lightweight,
trim Mike O’Leary of Baltimore
Nearly 1,400 spectators paid $1,682
to witness the fussing.
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