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D. C. Strong in M. A. Open Golf : Illinois Finally Gets Grid Heft
COX FORMIDABLE
• —I. .
Absence of Cruickshank Is
Break for Wiffy—Coin
Prizes Attractive.
BT \V. R. McCALU M.
A MAJOR obstacle to a Washing
ton victory in the Middle At
lantic P. O. A. championship
at Old Point Comfort. Va.,
next week may be removed if Bobby
- Cruickshank. the diminutive Scottish
pro at the Country Club of Virginia
doesn't get bark from Scotland in
- time to play in the tourney. Bobby,
twice a runner-up for the national
open championship and one of the
outstanding golfers of the land, went
to Scotland to play in the British open,
and advices from Richmond have it
that he won't be back in time to com
pete in the P. G. A tourney. Hp would
• he a favorite to win. along with Wifly
Cox. if he entered the 72-hole tour
nament to be played July 31 and Au
gust 1 over the Chamberlin Country
Club course.
Thousand Dolla rs I p.
JTS been several years since a local
pro won the sectional crown. For
the last three years Baltimore profes
sionals have held the title. Charlie
Betschler. the rotund mentor at the
HlllenriaJe Country Club, has won for
the last two years and before that
Johnny Bass, a tall youngster from
Baltimore's public courses, grabbed the
title. But in those days the cham
pionship was worth nothing more than
the entry fees. This year it will pay
off in substantial cash rewards for
the in guys who land in the money
positions. Total prize money will be in
the neighborhood of a thousand bucks,
with the winner to get $300. not so
much when you look over the lO.nno
bucks to be distributed at Chicago,
but far more than the local pro brigade
ever has had for their little links
Jousts.
Only about 45 pros will be eligible
for the championship, and probably
about 35 will play. The tnumey will
be open only to Middle Atlantic
P. G. A. members, which definitely
limits the field. Next Friday, the day
. before the tournament opens, an ama
teur-pro tournament will be staged.
Wiffy’g First Attempt.
JN MANY ways the affair will shape
up ax a scrap between the strong
professional delegation from Wash
ington against the best men from
Virginia and Maryland. Ralph Beach
appears to be the top man from Bal
timore, while Errie Ball, Chandler
Harper, A1 Houghton and Jack Isaacs
will be the men to lick from Virginia
But even with that bunch of talent
it's an even-money bet a Washington
pro will grab the major slice of the
dough. Willy Cox will be making his
first start in a Middle Atlantic P. G. A.
championship.
Washington is going to have six
Competitors in a coming national
championship, to be staged at Cleve
land next month. It's the colored
championship of the United States
and one of the local entrants may
, grab the title. Harry- Jackson, a
burly colored lad who has caddied
at Chevy Chase and Columbia, won
the title several years ago and will
enter the tournament again. Others
who will play Include Bobby King
and Billy Adams of Columbia's caddie
pen; Clyde Martin of Beaver Dam,
and probably Pace Rayburg, Con
gressional bag-toterx.
Major Leaders
By tht Associated Press.
American Learnt.
Batting—Gehrig. Yankee*. 3«P Di
Ma«flo. Yankees, and Travis, Senators.
Runs—Di Magelo. Yankees, SO;
Oreenbere Tiger*. TP
Runs buatted in—Greenberg Tigers
®4. Dj Maggio. Yankees. *0.
Hits—Bell. Browns. 120. Di Mae
Bio. Yankees. J 3 7
Doubles—Bonura. White Sox 31;
Gehrig Yankees and Bel! Br^wn* p
Triples—Kreevich White Sox 13;
Kuhel. Senators 3 0.
Home runs—Di Maeeio Yankee*
2*. Foxx. Red Sox. and Trosky In
• dlans 23.
8tolen base*—Chapman Rrd Sox.
23; Walker, Tigers, and Appling. White
Box 13
Pitching—Lawson Tigers, 12-2;
Ruffing. Yankee*. 12-3.
National Learue.
Batting—Medwick. Cardinal*. .4 3 o;
P. Waner Pirate* 377
Runs—Gaian. Cubs. 7 0; Medwick.
Carding]*. 7 2.
Runs batted in—Meda-.-k Cardinals,
©4. Demaree and Collin* Cubs «5
Hit*—Medwick Cardinal*. 3.32. P.
Vaner Pirates 12.3.
Double*—Medwick Cardinals 3.7:
P Waner Pirates, and Bart#*:. Giants,
S3
Triple*—Vaughan. Pirates. 10;
Handley, P;rat*»v 9
Home runs—Medwick, Cardinals,
t f<». Ot?. Giants. IP
Stolen bases—Ga.an, Cubs. 15; J.
Martin Cardinal* 1"
Pitching—Fette Bee«. 12-3; Hub
bell, Giants, 14-5.
TRAIGHT OF
HUE TEE
By Walter McCallum -^sSS^
THERE are more queer angle* to
this golf game than there are
to horse racing. Take the.
case of Bob Barnett, the red
| headed pro at the Chevy Chase Club,
who is one of the smoothest strokers
of a golf ball you'll find anywhere
along the bunkered path. Bob shoots
a 66 over his home course, which has
a par of 69 (and a rugged par it is)
and he loses the golf match by some
thing like 6 and 6.
You'd never think such a thing
could happen, but it, did happen, and
the yam is one of those funny things
that come along every once in a
while on the mashie meadows around
Washington. Bob was playmg Charles
D. Hayes, one of the Chevy Chase
amateurs, who never had broken 80
in his golf career. Bob gate him a
stroke a hole and figured to win even
with that heavy handicap. But Hayes
shot 37 for the first nine, ruined his
score with a couple of 6s and a 7
on the last nine and still had enough
in reserve to lick the pro. George
E. Hamilton, jr., also went along.
pUTTING like an inspired man and
making miraculous recoveries
from trouble, the Barnett man never
went over par on a single hole. He
had 15 pars and 3 birdies in that
66. Jtut it was played from the white
tees, which are the front tees at
Chevy Chase. None the less it. was a
66 and from any set of tees that Chevy
Chase layout is tough enough.
It wasn't Bob's best score. He's
had half a dozen 64s at Chevy Chase
back in the old days before they wa
tered the fairways, and he's had 66
and even a 65 since they started
spraying water on those immaculate
ly groomed fairways. But 66 is quite
a score, in any league and any com
pany. Bob played the nine in 34 and
32.
The card, against par for the
course:
Out. par . 444 344 453—35
Barnett. 444 344 353—34
In, par . 344 J44 444—34—69
Barnett - 344 343 434—32—66
'T'HEY really ought to set aside a
special crying room for men who've
never had aces on the golf course.
For men like Bob Jones and other
y*»'s who stick countless shots up
. ound countless pins and never have
the ball drop for the ace. And for
Walter G. Peter of Chevy Chase, who
confesses to having played for about
40 years and never has had the su
preme thrill of the game—the hole-ln
one. Peter hit a tee shot on the 176
yard thirteenth hole which came to
rest with half the ball hanging over
the cup. Two blades of grass—literally
—were all that kept that ball from
dropping in.
That’s tough lurk for any
golfer after he’s played so long
and been deprived so long of
the thrill that comes with the
hole-in-one.
Bob Jones finally had an ace after
playing for 20 years. Other famous
stars have gone through their golfing
lifetime without getting a hole-in
one. w'hlle countless duffers have
topped 'em and sliced ’em into the cup
from all angles and over all kinds of
terrain.
yyiTH Cliff Spencer and Leo Wal
per out of town, the pros will
have to dig up two more lads to play
in the exhibition match tomorrow at
Columbia. Walper is playing in the
Chicago open and Spencer is in New
York, which means that Mel Shorey
and probably A1 Jamison of Kpnwood
will fill in, with Jamison and A1 Tre
der playing Shorey and Bob Barnett.
The other match finds Wiffv Cox and
Roland MacKenzie paired against
Fred McLeod and George Diffenbaugh.
The matches are open to club mem
bers without charge, and will be con
tinued through August and part of
September.
The Kiwanis Club tourney, post
poned from last Tuesday at Washing
ton. will be played next Tuesday over
the same course.
^JRS J. O. RHYNE, one of Congres
sional s steadiest woman players,
today holds the Noah Pomeroy Tro
! phy, won yesterday in the initial tour
ney for the prizes put up by Dr Pome
roy. Mr*. Rhyne had a net 81. Mrs.
Roland !MacKenzie was second with
an 83. The putting prize went to
Mrs. V. A. Welte, who used only 29
putts in her round.
of COURSE it's a big country and
since the Western boys come East
about 9 years out of every It) for the
amateur championship their sector
should get the big tournaments once
in a while, but you can't convince
many of the top-notch amateurs of
the East that it's going to be worth
while to make the lengthy trek to
Portland, Oreg . for this year's ama
teur classic. Right here in the Mid
dle Atlantic sector, only 21 have en
tered for six qualifying places in the
sectional tourney to be played over
the Five Farms course of the Balti
more Country Cliab next Tuesday.
That ratio of qualifiers to entrants
is significant. It means that the U.
S G. A. faces a lack of Eastern en
tries. and has boosted the qualifying
places all along the line.
Up in the New York sector they
have 57 entries, but the surprising
part of it is that the veteran stars
(many of them) are passing up the
toumev and the expensive 3 000-mile
journey. George Dunlap. 1933 champ,
and Jess Sweetser, 1922 champion,
have not entered. Such stars as
George Voigt, Mark Stuart, Gene
Homans. Dick Chapman. Rudy Knep
per and Charles Whitehead have
overlooked the little matter of en
tering for the tournament. You
couldn't kepp 'em out if the cham
pionship was east of Minneapolis.
Nor could you keep out local men like
Bobby Brownell. Harry Pitt, Volney
Burnett and Billy Dettweller.
That twice-repeated 3,000
mile Jaunt looms as quite an
obstacle to the boys.
Just to give you an idea how the
winds are blowing there have been
only 621 entries this year against
1.118 last year, a net lnas of about
snn players at five bucks an entry.
From the fiscal side alone the U. S.
G. A. might do well to keep the tour
nament in the East or Midwest. The
championship starts at the Aldershot
Country Club at Portland. August 23.
RAY FRYE HEADED
FDR RINGER TITLE
Entrant in Star's Tourney
Declared on Par With
World Champion.
WASHINGTON horseshoe fans
will see a potential world
champion when the ninth
annual Evening Star cham
pionships open next week on the new
Municipal Playground courts at Mc
Millan Park. The young man in ques
tion, Deadpan Ray Frye of Orkney
Springs. Va., is no stranger to these
parts, but since he appeared last in the
Capital, a year ago, Frye's prestige in
the horseshoe world has zoomed.
No less an authority than Clayton
Henson, Virginia champion, who has
seen the best in national competition,
holds that Frye is the equal of Ted
Allen, world title holder.
Has Beaten World Champ.
£JEADPAN, in fact, has beaten Allen.
He gave the renownpd Californian
a trimming last year in an exhibition
match at Orkney Springs, and Allen
is looking forward to another meeting
with the Orkney wizard.
Frye, who is coming to the front, too.
as a trick shot performer, will be asked
to show' his stuff during The Star
j tournament and at the McLean, Va.,
j carnival invitation event August 4, In
| which he will be the defending cham
; pion.
Frye will be a lopsided favorite to
I win the Metropolitan District title,
highest crown at stake in The Star
tournament, of which he was shorn
last year by Bill Moore, who since has
left Washington.
All pitchers of Washington. Mary
land and Virginia are invited to shoot
the qualifying round in The Star's
big ringer party, which will open Mon
day night. Contestants may take the
300-shoe test any time of an evening
from Monday through Friday.
■m M m -m
minor Leagues
INTERNATIONAL.
d T"ron:r) 4 U2 innings),
o'raru.se, ,-> Rochester 4
! , Baltimore. 7 Buffalo •,
Newark, JO. Montreal. 0.
Standing of the Clubs.
. W- L Pct. W L Pc*
.Newark 70 24 7*5 Buffalo 1447 4M
! Montreal 4: 4" 54o Roches’*r 44 .51 463
Svraru«-e 4_ 46 5o5 Bainmme 36 |R fjfi
Toronto 45 46 .405 Jersey q y ao 6i .330
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
To [p do ft 6 Indianapolis ft— ft
Louisvilje jo. Co'.jmbus p
Minneapolis 15 Kansas City, ft
St Paul. 14 Milwaukee. 4
Standing of the Club*.
.. , W L Prt W L pet
Minn pohs 54 40 57 \ Mil* ukre 45 4* 4ftp
Coiumhus 54 4! 56ft Kan City 43 4s 473
Toledo 53 4 1 564 Sr Paul 30 54 4 IP
Inal nous 4ft 43 .577 Louisville 34,56.37ft
SOCTHFRN ASSOCIATION.
Nashville, lft; Atlanta 4
Little Rock 15 Memphis r
Birmingham ft New Orleans, ft.
Knoxville. 7. Chattanooga. 3.
Standing nf the Clubs.
W L Per \v L Pct
L't’le Ft k 62 34 .646 N Orleans 52 4ft .520
Memphis oft 4o rtP2 Bir gham 40 4ft 50ft
Aria nr a 54 4 5 54 5 Knoxville 33 67 330
Nashville 03 45.541 Ch nooga 32 66.327
PACIFIC COAST.
Mis; ions. 7 Seattle ft
Oakland ft San Dieeo 1
Sacramento. 7 San Francisco. 1 (13 in
nings).
Standing of the Clubs.
W L Pct w L Pct
San Diego 6P 46 600 L Angeles 57 ftft 50P
Sac mento 66 4♦*» 5ftrt Oakland ftn 65 430
«an Fran 64 .50 56} Seattle 4$ 6.5 475
: Portland 50 52.532 Missions 40 74.351
TEXAS
Fort Worth. 5 San Antonio 4
Oklahoma City p. Houston. ].
Tulsa. 1“ Galveston ’
Dallas 5. Beaumont. 0.
Standing of the Club*.
W. L Pct W L Pct
OK.la.C3tv op.:. .6,51 S Antonin 54 5d .510
Beaumont 5ft 4ft .541 Galveston 47 56 456
Tulsa .55 4 7 .530 Houston 47 63 400
Ft. Worth 65 50 .574 Dallas 3P 67 ,36ft
EASTERN SHORE.
Easton, ft Pocomoke 0
Salisbury. 11 Fed*ra Isbur k 3.
Cri*fteld .5 Dover 2’
Cambridge. 3 Centreviile ?
Standing of the Clubs.
W L Pct W L Pct
Easton 32 24 571 ra bridf* 28 77 500
Federsls’f 3? 25 561 Pocomoke 27 31 488
Ortifleld 3° ^ 528 Dover 23 20 .442
Centre* lit 20 27.518 Salisbury 22 33 .400
/
BY PAUL J. MILLER. JR.
KURT DREYER m the playoff
with J. Wolpert for the cham
pionship of South Africa won
three out of four games. The
eorresponcienre title now is at stake
and la cinseiv akin to the grand na
tional tourney of the Correspondence
j Chess League of America.
The overseas traveler » .11 be inter
ested jn this Item’ The Imper.a!
Chews Club of London, England, with
headquarter* at 60 Brook street, W. 1.
la offering free accommodations to
I foreign Tisitor* during the Summer
month*, that is, for chess play.
» Maw York State Tournament.
pROBABLY 100 piaver* will com
pete in the annual tournament of
the New York State Chess Associa
tion. which holds Its congress this
year lo Seminary Building at Caze
nona, N. Y. from August 1-7.
laaae Kashdan, Empire State
fthampien. haa departed for
Stockholm to represent Uncle
Kaoi in the international team
battle for world supremacy.
, Prior to his departure. Kashdan re
turned the Binghamton Trophy to
the tournament committee for dis
play In connection with the forth
i coming congress, the winner to re
ceive custody of the award until the
caie of the next annual tournament.
Milton Hanauer and Edward San
tasiere, former State champions, will
j enter the lists to complete for the
trophy.
Rapid Transit Chew, at Divan.
N NAIDEL, tournament direc
_of the Washington Social Chert
DtVkn, v»ell pleased with the *lmul*
tMMOtu exhibition recently given by
Call Hesse, one of the local “mas
ters " of the chessboard, at the So
: cial Chess Lounge, under the aus
| pices of the Divan, announces that
: next Wednesday evening a 10-second
1 elimination tourney will be featured.
The Hesse exhibition attracted IS
•abies of nver-the-board players. The
i score was predominantly in Hexsr's
favor: Fourteen wins, four draws and
one loss.
Conrad Willnich received the gratis
-'L . '
prize of one month's membership in
the Divan for scoring the first ana
only victory against Hesse
The 10-second tourney will be
arranged according to sections,
the winners in each section to
compose a final bracket.
Norval Wigginton. assistant chess
director of the Divan, says that a
membership award will be made to the
rapid-transit rhampion. The public
is invited to participate.
Answer to a query Daniel W.
I Fiske t.s the author of the book titled,
I “The First American Chess Congress"
! ■ 185ai. It is an account of the tri
umph of Paul Morphy in the New
York tournament for the United State'
crown in 1857. The probable market
price today is J2 75
Before investing in “rare and an
tique" chess items, consult a special
ist. Otherwise, like young Beniamin
Franklin, you may pay too much for
your whistle.
* (
Lad in First Davis Battle
Today Hailed as One to
* Regain Cup for U. S.
RY SCOTTY' RESTON.
Associated Pres* Sport* Writer.
WIMBLEDON, England, July
24.—Frankie Parker, who
has been making tennis
headlines almost since he
could read them, had a chance to
make the ancient predictions of the
United States tennis critics come true
today as the youthful American ten
nis forces from across the Atlantic
sought to break England's four-year
hold on the Davis Cup.
Ever since he shared in the United
States boys' doubles titles in 1930
Parker has been hailed as the lad to
get back the coveted tennis trophy
and at last it looked as if he would
at least have a chance to help do just
that.
Now at the superior age of 21
Parker's name was posted on Wimble
don's famed center court board along
side that of Britain's H. W. (Bunny)
Austin in the first of the two singles
matches scheduled for today as the
United States team set out hopeful of
bringing back the cup to New York,
from where it left in 1927 when the
French beat Bill TUden and com
pany.
Of oourse, with red-thatched Don
Budge around. Frankie could practi
cally fall dead and the United States
still would be the outstanding choice
to whip and English team shorn of
much of its strength when Fred Perry
turned professional. Budge plays
Charley Hare in the second singles
match. But British tennis fans have
taken the handsome Parker to their
heart with the result several London
critics give him a good chance of
beating Austin.
British Crirtics Back Parker.
J)ARKER first inspired critical at
tention here at the recent all
England championships when he de
feated Heinrich Henkel, the German
who beat America's Bryan Grant in
the inter-zone finals. Until then
Parker was just “the American boy
wonder" on this side.
When, however, he proceeded to win
a set from Budge in the semi-finals
of.the same tournament—the only set
the American ace lost in the entire
championship—London critics unani
mously named him, “America's No. 2
and a good one at that.” The bench
ing of him in. favor of Grant in the
inter-zone competition only increased
Parker's prestige.
Critics loudly condemned Walter
Pate. American captain, flatly stating
he'd be to blame If the United States
was beaten in the interzone finals by
Germany.
Parker handled this awkward sit
uation well. He went to Grant and
told him: “Don't pay any attention to
those guys. Go out thare and show
them they're wrong." Frankie also
helped Grant practise for the inter
zone matches and was around consol
ing Busy after each defeat.
Grant repaid him for his sports
manship. Before the challenge round
draw, he went to Pate and told him
he was off his game and asked that he
be left off the team in favor of Parker.
England Ha* Lttile Hope.
rJ'HE other singles match of the day
was given Jittle thought. It was
taken for granted that Budge would
beat Hare in straight sets, with little
more than a good workout for Tues
day's clash with Austin.
In fact, England has almost given
up hope of beating the United States
in the senes, with the team of Budge
and Gene Mako strongly favored over
Britain's new- doubles combination of
C. R. D. Turkey and F. H. D. Wilde
Monday. The final singles matches
will bring together Budge and Austin
and Parker and Hare.
The English critics point out that
Budge. Parker and Mako, all born in
1916, are just coming into t.heir prime,
whereas Austin and Von Cramm. their
only serious rivals, are both going
downhill.
The feeling is that the United
States will keep the cup until Budge
goes the way of Perry, Ellsworth Vines
and Bill Tilrien in joining the pro
fessional ranks.
KELLER'S BATTING
AVERAGE GROWING
Former Terrapin, With Slugging
Newark Bruins, lips His
Figure to .352,
Br ths Assocmcd Press.
j^IEW YORK, July 24.—Newark's
stranglehold on the International
League s batting rare berame stronger
than ever during the last, week as the
Bears grabbed the first four places
and threatened to take the fifth as
well.
Buddy Rosar and Bill Hershberger,
the Brums' sensational catching pair,
continued to run one-two with aver
ages of .362 and .358. respectively,
althotigh each dropped 9 points.
At the same time teammates
Charlie Keller, former University of
Maryland star, and Babe Dahlgrpn
showed impressive gams to move right
behind them. Keller picked up 5
points to boost, his average to .352.
while Dahlgren posted the highest,
gain of the Newark contingent, 3 0
points, for .353.
Gus Dugas, Montreal's slugging out
fielder. jumped 2 points to .347 to
take fifth place and prevent George
McQuinn from making it an all-New
ark big five. McQuinn gained 7 points
for a .346 percentage.
Behind McQuinn came Arnie Moser,
Syracuse, .344: Dick Porter. Syracuse,
335; Irv Jeffries, Montreal, .333, and
Ted Petoskey, Toronto, a newcomer
j to the ranking batters, wnth .329
Ab Wright, Baltimore flrstsacker,
was tops in homers with 24. Keller in
run scoring with 79 and Dugas in
two-base hits with 26.
Atlev Donald, the Bpars' rookie
hurling sensation, added another vic
tory during the week, to remain un
beaten with 14 triumphs.
•
CLOSE ONE TO AIRMEN.
It was touch and go all the wav
whpn Bolling Field defeated Bureau of
Engraving In a Federal league game,
7 to 6. Catcher Griffiths led the
Airmen with three hits for a perfect
day. Bolling Field got, the winning
run to the last Inning with two down
t
ItnLHUKN ALUNt
Leads Chicago Open Field
With 70—Six Have 72’s.
Walper Shoots 80.
Br the Associated Press.
Chicago. July 24—Thp rest
of the field m Chicago's $10,
000 open golf tournament has
its collective eye trained on
Bill Mehlhorn of Louisville. Ky., to
day in the second round of the big
money battle.
Wild Bill made himself a marked
man yesterday by achieving the only
sub-par score of the opening salvo,
a 35—35—70 over the Medinah Coun
try Club's No. 3 course. Four birdies,
three on the first nine holes, helped
■him to accomplish something none of
the rest of the field of more than 425
could do.
Guldahl Is Off Stride.
J^ALPH GULDAHL of Chicago, who
set a world record of 281 to win
this year's national open at Birming
ham, Mich , took 76 to negotiate the
No. 1 layout.
Following Mehlhorn and his famous
eight-gallon hat were Gene Sarazen,
winner of numerous titles, but now
holder of none; George Smith of
Chicago, Leonard Dodson of Spring
field. Mo.; Ky I-affoon of Chicago,
Henry Ransom of Bryan, Tex, and
Charlie Penna of Chicago, all pro
fessionals, who were tied for second
with 72s.
Another strokp farther bark was the
tournament favorite, wiry Harry
Cooper, seeking to add thp $3 008 top
prize to the more than $10,000 he
already has won this year. He had
for companv at, 73 such stars as Horton
Smith, Sam Snead. Jim Foulis and
one not so well known. Bud William
son of Fort Wayne. Ind.
Will Reduce Field.
'J'HE 74 shooter group included Gus
Moreland of Peoria. Ill , the top
amateur after the opening round, and
seven professional swingers. Paul Run
yan of White Plains. N Y .; Jimmy
Hines of Oarden City. Long Island;
Orville White of Greensboro, N. C.;
Harry Adams of Nashville, Tenn.;
Henry Kaiser. St. Louis: Sam Ber
nardi of Chicago, and Clarence
Yockey, Kansas City.
After today's milling over the two
courses the huge field will be reduced
to the 50 low-scoring professionals,
25 low' amateurs, and ties in both di
visions.
Ten Walper Washington's lone en
trant, shot 39—41—80 to place far
down the list.
M’DIARMID BATTLING
IN CLAY TENNIS SEMI
Ranking Star of Eastern Meet
Faces Cooke—Bowden, McNeill
in Opposite Bracket.
Br the Associated Press.
^TEW YORK, July 24.—The Eastern
clay court tennis singles cham
pionships came down to the semi
final round today with the top seeded
star and the sixth, seventh and eighth
ranked players still in the running
for the title.
John McDiarmid seeded No. 1,
Princeton University’s professor of
political science from Fort Worth.
Tex , squared off against seventh
ranking Elwood Cooke of Portland,
Ore, in one match The other
brought together Frank Bowden. New
York veteran, and Don McNeill.
Kenyon College star from Oklahoma
City, sixth and eighth seeded, respec
tively.
McDiarmid entered the round of
four yesterday with a 7—5, 6--2 vic
tory over Don Hawley of Oranee,
N J , Cooke turned hark Joseph Fish
bach, New York s Junior star, «—2.
6-—4, while Bowden eliminated wil
liam Lurie of Brooklvn. 2—6. 6—n.
4, McNeill previously had won his
way into th* bracket.
*
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One Needs Stilts,' T’other Sets Pare
- * «*■ m-s* ■ jranvi
Donald Dunklcberger. 11. of Greensboro, N. C., youngest
and smallest entrant in the $10,000 open golf tournament that
got under way at Chicago yesterday, needed the help of Bob
MacDonald, veteran golfer, to see the green as he started first
round of play. Alongside is Moe Springer, 15, of Chicago, an
other youngster in tourney.
Wild Bill Mehlhorn of Louis
ville who set the pace in the
opening round with a par 70
to lead 440 amateurs and pros
in quest of $10.000 in prizes.
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IT WAS a big day for Washington
tennis that started at 10 o'clock
this morning on the Chevy chase
Playground courts. At that hour,
the only title encounter of the day
was to take place, sending Lucille
McDoweJl against Hazel (Jimmy)
Bishopp for the girls’ playground
championship.
But later, scores of other local
players were to be found on the
courts at the Army Navy Club and
the Sixteenth street reservior, in the
late and early rounds of two im
portant tournaments.
Army Navy wu the site of
the semi-final round of the
Middle Atlantic doubles tour
ney, in which four local teams
are battling for the right to
play for the sectional title to
morrow afternoon.
The Reservoir courts furnished the
setting for the opening of the public
parks tournament, in which 72 men
were playing first-round matches to
day. The women and men's doubles
will start tomorrow. >
One Unseeded Duo Sticks.
rJ,HREE of t.he four teams left In
the running for the Middle
Atlantic doubles championship were
among the four seeded. Only the
seeded No. 3 team of Tom Mangan
and Ralph McElvenny was missing,
following their elimination yesterday
by Harry March and Allie Ritzen
berg. the only unseeded pair to reach
thp semis.
Although the result of that match
was more or less expected, it took'
I Harry and Allie five sets to do it. i
victory coming only after scores of |
3—6, 6—2, 6—4. 4—6, 6—4. Were it I
not for Ritzenberg. who is one year
above th» age limit his and March's
match with David Johnsen and Harry
Heffner well might be for a local
junior doubles title.
Hpffner and Johnsen are
Washington's Junior doubles
champs. March was one-half
of the runner-up team, while
Ritzenberg was the junior
champion last year.
Heffner and Johnsen, like their op
ponents of the day, did not win with
out, a struggle yesterday, Ed Mather
and Murray Oould putting up a real
battle before bowing 6—4, 5—7, 9—7,
6- 3,
On the other hand, today's oppo
nents tn the lower half of the draw,
Hugh Lvneh and Bill Breese against
Alan Blade and Stan MrCaskey, won
tn straight sets yesterday. Lynch
and Breese, the ranking team of the
tournament, conquered Ralph (Buddy)
Adair and Frank (Buddy* Goeltz,
winners of some rather important
sectional championships this year, bv
thp convincing scores of 7—5, 6—2,
6--2, Blade and McCaskey, seeded
third, whipped Joe Baker and Fred
Doyle, 6—4, 6—2, 6—2.
Today's winners play for the
championship tomorrow afternoon.
72 in Public Parks Play.
CEVENTY-TWO players, a large
^ entry in \iew of the fact that most
of Washington's better netmen now
are club members, were signed to play
for the local public parks title.
What's more—and it’s unique
in local net history—every one
of them has paid his $2 entry
fee. something which always has
been a bugaboo, particularly in
this tournament.
With neither the winner nor runner
! up of last year's tournament entered,
Ray Storklinski and Allie Ritzenberg—
both semi-finalists last year—were
seeded Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, Billy
Contreras, thp hoys’ playground cham
pion. was seeded 3; Art Simmons, 4.
Erwin Nlemeyer, 8; Hugh Trigg. 6;
Maurice Goubeau. 7, and Harry March.
8. Trigg ** tha only entrant who la a
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former champion, winning the first
local public parks tournament in 1925.
Several good unseeded players were
doomed to be eliminated in the first
round, however, as today's schedule
called for Ted Pierce to meet Stan
Haney, Bob Loney to face Ben JafTe
and Morgan Jacob to meet Bernard
Blankin. All are above the average
parks player.
Calls Turn on Hunt.
^^OT in years has a local netman
held the attention of the national
spotlight as Gilbert Hunt is doing
today up at Brookline, Mass. Playing
Wilmer Allison, former national cham
pion. for the Longwood Bowl, Hunt is
directly on the spot.
Adding to the interest Is the fact
that Allison needs only to win today
to retire the famed piece of silver,
bearing the names of so many other
former champions. And yet Allison
stated at the start of the tournament i
that Hunt, was the man to beat.
If Hunt does win. It may put an
end to any comeback plans lurking
in the mind of the country's former
No. 1 star.
Agriculture, W. p A. and F C. A.
won matches In the Departmental
League yesterday, only one being ex
tended. While W. P. A. and Agrirul
tore were blanking Interstate Com
merce and General Accounting, re
spectively, F. C. A. was forced to fight
before nosing out War Department,
3-2. One of F. C. A '* losses, more
over, was a three-set affair.
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HITTERS IN A. A. LED
BY RIZZO, SLAUGHTER
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Reynolds, Third, and Kress,
Eighth. Setting Pace in Sev
eral Phases of Attack.
Br the Associated Press.
^'"’HICAGO, July 24.—A couple young
outfielders with Columbus. John
Rizzo and Enos Slaughter, continued
this week to set the batting pare, but
a couple "old-timers" with Minne
apolis held most of the other Ameri
can Association hitting and scoring
honors.
According to statistics, which in
cluded games of July 21, Carl Reyn
olds and Ralph iRed) Kress, out
fielder and shortstop, respectively, for
the fast-traveling Millers, held the
lead in six different statistical de
partments.
With a .370 batting average which
placed him third in batting. Reynolds,
who like Kress once starred in the
majors, had scored the most runs, P5;
had hit for the mast total bases, 252;
was tied at 32 for the doubles lead
with a teammate, Allan Cooke, and
led in triples, with 15. Kress, whose
.331 plate mark put him eighth
among the first. 10. had 20 homers to
his credit and had driven in the most
runs. 94.
Rizzo gained three points during
the week to boost his top hitting aver
age to .386. an even 10 points better
than the second place Slaughter, who
slumped four points. Gil English of
Kansas City gained nine points and
was fourth with a mark of .348. Other
leaders: Cooke, Minneapolis. .345;
Steinbacher, St. Paul, .342; Eckhardt,
Indianapolis, .336; Kress. .331; Sher
lock. Indianapolis, .327, and Peacock,
Minneapolis, .324.
Mat Matches
Hr the Associsted Press.
NEW YORK—Steve Casey, 215,
Ireland, defeated Jim Austeri, 200,
Italy. 30:22
NORTH BERGEN. N. J.—Ernie
Dusek. 228, Omaha, defeated Stan- 1
ley Pino. 214. Ravenna. Neb., 27:49.
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Billy Thom,
176. Indiana University roach, pin
ned Jimmy Heffner, 174. Sherman,
Tex, 42 32. lord Patrick Lans
riown. 176, England, tossed Jose
Rodriguez, 178. Mexico, 12.27.
Bobby Bums 227, Chicago, de
clsloned Dutch Heffner. Sherman,
Tex.
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Zuppke Is Likely to Be Set
for Notre Dame Clash
on October 9.
BY FRANCIS J. POWER*.
CHICAGO. July 34—FV.r th*
thirty-third consecutive see
eon Mr. Mike Tobin, the voice
of Illinois, ha* besten all hi*
fellow publicttnrs to the poet office
with glad tidings of the approaching
foot ball season. Year after year Mr.
Tobin's competitors, the likes of Mr.
Woodworth of Purdue, Mr Alfred
Wesson r* Southern California »nd
Mr. Joseph Petritz of Notre Dame,
plot dark and subtle ways of beating
the old voice of old Illinois to the first
foot ball release, but always are out
footed in the stretch
Mr. Tobin has the fine knack of,
timing his first foot ball effusion sol
that it will land on the hottest day
of the year and cause great indigna
tion among sports writers.
I suspect that Mr. Tobin works from
an air-conditioned den and watche*
the thermometer with diabolical glee,
as he makes his opening pronounce
ment on the hopes and chances of Mr.
Robert- Zuppke's Illinl. He catches
Messrs. Woodworth. Wesson and Petrlts
when their resistance to labor is at a
high point and ran be accused of
taking unfair advantage. .
Will Have Nome Weight. 'I
^J'HIS time Mr. Tobin pried Robert
Zuppke away from his pallett* |
long enough to learn that “The
Illinois squad will be sturdier than'
last year, but much greener.”
For the past severaj season* Herr
Zuppke has been obliged to meet
heavyweight competition with ban
tams, but it appears those days hav*
passed and the Illinois coach no longer
Ijas a fetish for ‘'light but fast men.”
The presence of numerous 200-pound
linemen on the Illinois squad indicates
that Zuppke will meet force with force
and that prospect* are looking up.
Zup does not anticipate a champion
ship contender this year, but with th*
influx of much promising talent this
Fall is contemplating the 1938 season
with considerable satisfaction.
Among the big boys from whom
Zuppke anticipates great deeds ars
Cyril Urbas, 210, and A1 Lundberg and
Willard Cramer, 205, tackles; Melvin
Brewer. 205. guard; Bill Lenich and
Pete Kovaehic, centers, and Georg*
Rettinger and BUI Unsinger, half
backs. Urbas also doubles at fullback
and *tay be found at that position,
since Zuppke appears to have tackle*
to spare.
Some Clever Veterans.
'J'HERE Is a fine complement of vet
erans mostly J unlore, and Zup ex
pects Bob Castello to be one of th*
season's outstanding ends. The mini
will rely almost entirely upon home
grown talent, for all but 8 of a
squad of 84 are products of State high
schools.
Illinois meets Notre Dame for the
first time on October 9, and Zuppke
will be pointing for that game. When
the little field marshal makes an ob
jective of any certain game he usually
comes close to winning, so Elmer Lay
den will need a smooth-running ma
chine when the Irish Invade Cham
paign.
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HUNT BIG OBSTACLE 1
TO ALLISON AT NET
Ailing: Vet Mn»t Beat D C. Star
Today to Obtain Coveted
Longfwood Bowl.
By the Assoelsted Press.
££ ROOK LINE. Mam. July J4—Wil
mpr Allison of Austin. Tex., 32
year-old former national tennis cham
pion. reached the climax of his come
back drive today in the finals of the
Longwood Bowl tournament.
The Texas veteran, none too sure
of his ability since a fall Injured hie
right forearm a month ago. encoun
tered 23-year-old Gilbert Hunt of
Washington. D C. the husky former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
star.
Hunt was the only obstacle left in
the way of Allison's permanent pos
session of the silver bowl. The Texan
won previous legs In 1928 and 1934.
Allison exceeded his own expecta
tions yesterday by winning through to
the final with a 6—2, 9—7, 6_2 vic
tory over young Gardner Mulloy of
Miami. Fla. Hunt went two and one
half hours before eliminating Bob
Harman of Berkeley, Calif., 4—6, 7—5,
5—7, 6—1, 6—0.
In the women's singles Mrs. Midga
Gladman Van Ryn of Austin, Tex.,
wife of Allison's business partner, en
countered blond Helen Pederson of
Stamford, Conn.. In the finals, after
scoring a major upset yesterday by the
defeat, of Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan,
Wightman Oup star, 4—6, 6—3. 7—8.
Men's doubles finals brought George
Toley, Los Angeles, and Vemon Mar
cum. St Petersburg, Fla., against Hunt
and Harman.
The women’s doubles pitted Mrs
Fabyan and Katherine Wlnthrop of
Boston against Mr*. Johnson and
Norma Taubele of New York.
NEW MARLIN RECORD
Blundon Gets 130-Pounder Off
Ocean City—D. C. Mao Lnoky.
Bi-taul Dispatch to Tho Star.
OCEAN CITY, Md.. July 24—A new
record for white martin here wu
made yesterday when J. Paul Blundon
of Keyser, W. Va„ landed a 130
pounder In 1 hour and 15 minutes.
He was Ashing with Capt. Crawford
Savage on the Hilda and lighted four
more.
Three angler* from Washington also
landed marlin here. They were Gar
land S. Furgeson and Simon Nichelet,
Ashing with Capt. H. C. Mattison on
the Mousie, and L. A. Tull, flahing
with Capt. Jim Whaley on the Em
press III.
WINS WITH LATE RALLY.
Four runs in the seventh and last
inning gave Division of Disbursement
a 6-5 victory over Interior. 8ands not
only pitched winning ball but mads
three hits and scored two run*.
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S*V0Y theater on top, '
Starting with a rally of five runs and
winding up with one of six, Sevoy.
TheateA * * " * ‘ “
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