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Thomas Militant Minority in Belief He Can Give Louis Fight ON LANDING EARLY Challenger Can Hit, but Is Deemed Easy Target for Joe Friday Night. By FRANCIS J. POWERS. CHICAGO, March 30. — Harry Thomas, the bravest engineer since old Casey Jones held the throttle, thinks he has a chance against Joe Louis when called to meet the cham pion in a scheduled 15-round bout at the Chicago Stadium Friday night. _ Thomas is almost alone in his opinion, but is a militant minority. In the cultured English of Morning , side College, Thomas tells you: ‘‘I think Louis can be hurt and. when hurt, he does not react quickly or well. Schmeling hurt him with right hands and I believe I can do as much. I hope to land a hard punch early in the fight, and, if I am fortunate in doing that, the match won’t be one sided. I am going to concentrate on Louis’ body, which seems to me is his most vulnerable spot.” Thomas Looks Set-L'p. Conversational wagering on the fight—there’s little money being put on the line—is that Thomas will not come up for the third round. Still, in 70 odd fights the Mlinnesotan never has been actually knocked out. H? still was on his feet, swinging, when Arthur Donovan stopped his bout with Max <3chmeling, and that was the nearest any one ever had him to a full count. Thomas is little more than a swinger, although there is tremendous power in his long right hand. Now Joe Louis is not easily hft with swings and picks that sort of a punch off quite deftly with gloves and arms. Thomas is easy to hit; so easy that Louis is likely to tattoo battleships, auks, butterflies and zebras all over his huge frame. Actually, Thomas’ best defense will be the concrete chin that has with stood the punches of 70-odd opponents and Louis may splinter his hand on that jaw. Another Tunch This Time. Discussing his previous fights, Thomas reckoned that the hardest , puncher he ever fought was Kayo Christner, the old Akron rubber pud aler. If that is so, Harry is in for ^ a new experience Friday, for Christ ner’s best Sunday punches were love taps beside those of Joe Louis. Thomas’ looping rights and his ' strong chin may take him well through the scheduled 15 rounds, but general opinion is he won’t come back for the fourth round. The bookmakers are offering 10 to 1 that the champion parks the Minnesotan where he laid Baer, Braddock, Camera, Ramage and so many others who played with the forked lightning of his gloves. Thomas will go into the ring at 196 and Louis a bit over 200. The cham pion was to finish his training with a brief boxing session today and Thomas was to follow the same program. In , asmuch as this will be Louis’ last en gagement before he meets Schmeling in June, the champion wants to make his victory quick and decisive and looks in just the proper condition to do that. CARDOZO FIVE SCORES Qualifies for Final of Twelfth Street ‘Y’ Tourney. Cardozo Night School's five qualified for the final round of the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A.’s annual basket ■ ball tournament, to bp playpd Satur day, when it trounced the Kappa Crimson and Cream quint, 57-30. last night. Herbert Tobias led the win * ners, with 16 points. In class B the 2314th C. C. C. En rollees of Beltsville trimmed the Ches . apeake & Potomac Telephone Co. courtmen, 25-15, and the “Y” An gletomans advanced by default from the Monroe A. C. ■■ ■ -..• BISON GRIDMEN DATED Eight Games Scheduled for ’38. White Elected Captain. Eight football games, four at home, were announced today as next fall’s schedule for Howard University. The Bisons will open their season here September 25 with Miner Teachers College and end with Lincoln here on Thanksgiving Day. Robert White, out standing end last year, has been elect ed captain. The complete schedule: September 25. Miner Teachers. October 1, Morgan College, at Baltimore; S Shaw University: 15. Virginia State College, at Petersburg; 22. West Virginia Slate. November 5. Hampton Institute, at Hampton: 12. St. Taut, at Laurenceville. Va.; 24, Lincoln. WENTZ SEES CARDS AGAIN. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 30 ■ (/P).—Baseball circles were discussing today the visit to the Cardinals' camp here of Lew Wentz, Ponca City * (Okla.) oil man who was in St. Louis a few years ago asking prices on the ball club. • Know the Nationals """^■■mmmm WELL. NOW I'M \ HERE, I SUPPOSE ) , RICK WON’T (SET i A SCRATCH ALL / SEASON! y' 11 THE EX-BROWNIE SOLVES THE NATS'SECOHD-STRING CATCHING PROBLEM...... . \ [{$ Angelo GIULIANI. HE MADE A BRILLIANT BEGINNING IN THE MINORS -(JETTING FIVE FOR FIVE... Coach Dutch Bergman of Catholic University thought he had a likely looking football warrier back In 1934, when Angelo Giuliani was a freshman. But foot ball did not appeal to Giuliani and Catholic University had no varsity baseball team. So Angy quit school, dug out his catcher’s mitt, and went off to make a living in pro ball. Giuliani has traveled. He went to St. Paul, breaking in with five hits in five times at bat. The St. Louis Browns drafted him in 1936. and he lingered as under study to Rollicking Roliie Hemsley. Last year the Browns sent him to San Antonio of the Texas League, where he batted .277. Giuliana was recalled by St, Louis toward the close of the 1937 season. He batted over .300 for 19 games, and was taken to spring training this year. In the middle of March, however. Owner Clark Griffith bought him for $7,500. He will be retained as the Nat's No. 2 catcher. Angelo is not a strong hitter, but he ranks high as a receiver. He bats right-handed, and, of course, throws the same way. He is 25 years old, stands 5 feet 11 inches, and weights 170 pounds. His home address is St. Paul, Minn. He's married. F. E. S. ARMSTRONG. ROSS TO FIGHT MAY 26 Ambers Then Foe of Victor. Henry Tunes Up Against Feldman Tonight. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 30.—Henry Armstrong, the dark bit of dynamite who rules the featherweights, takes on Lew Feldman at the Hippodrome tonight in a prelude match to one of the stiffest spring and summer cam paigns any fighter ever faced. After nearly three hours of debate yesterday, the New York State Ath letic Commission issued the following schedule for Henry's summer title ap pearances, all of them in New York. (1) The sad-eyed Negro will meet Barney Ross for the welterweight championship May 26. (2) If Ross beats Armstrong, he will defend his title against Lightweight Charfipion Lou Ambers July 26 and Armstrong will meet Ambers for the 135-pound title September 14. (3) Should Armstrong beat Ross on May 26, he will get a shot for his third title against Ambers July 26. Has Great Opportunity. This boils down to the fact that Henry has one of the greatest oppor tunities in the spotty history of the ring. If he wins all three titles, he will eclipse the deeds of such stalwarts among the little fellows as Joe Gans and Terrible Terry McGovern. Only Bob Fitzsimmons, the Cornish heavyweight, held three titles, middle weight, light-heavy and heavyweight, and Fitz didn’t rule all three divisions at one time. So the boys are not talking about the Feldman fight, but about Arm strong’s schedule. For one thing there is not much to say about the fight. Feldman is an aging fighter, whose chief claim to fame is a series of sterling bouts with Kid Chocolate, back when the Kid was somebody. He has only an outside chance to lick Armstrong, who has won his last 29 fights. The bout is scheduled for 10 rounds, but few will bet it goes the limit. * Will Fight Thomas as Though ' Foe Were Schmeling, Says Joe By the Associated press. CHICAGO. March 30.—Swing Man Harry Thomas is going to serve as a double for the only man ever to stop him—Max Schmeling—when he faces Champion Joe Louis in a 15-round battle in the Chicago Stadium Friday night. Louis revealed today that he is go ing to Imagine that he is fighting Schmeling, so that he can prove a few things to himself and correct mistakes he made when the German knocked him out in 11 rounds two years ago. This will be his last engagement be fore a return match with Schmeling somewhere in these United States next June 22. Will Practice on Thomas. *Tm going after Thomas the same way I expect to go after Schmeling," Louis said. “Thomas has an awkward style. He does everything wrong. He fires his shell from any old place and knows nothing about boxing, but that won’t stop me from practicing on him with some of the stuff I will use on the » German." ► The Brown Bomber therefore may be expected to blast away with straight jabs to the head and right uppercuts and right-hand punches to the body and head. He may not attempt to score with left hooks to the body until he is satisfied that he can hold his left hand high and jab straight with it. Thomas, who boxes wide open, be trays his fists with his feet and usually waves his punches, figures to give Louis all the opportunity he wants to do any experimenting. Thomas’ one chance of upsetting the titleholder is to take the skillful Negro by surprise with a knockout crusher on his chin. Expect $80,000 Gate. Louis and the challenger go through their final workouts today. Neither figures to do any more than box a couple of rounds and breese through some loosening up exercises. While Thomas was loafing yesterday, Louis sweated through six rounds against three opponents in the kind of warm weather he likes. The power of the Negro's left hooks and his staright left jabs were convincing. The number of paying customers who will give up from $2 to $10 is a subject for conjecture. The box office attendants say the advance sale is nearing the $35,000 mark, and that the gate will hit $80,000. Fights Last Night Bs the Associated Press. NEW YORK—Jackie Kid Berg. 145. England, outpomtd Frankie Wallace. 140'j, Cleveland (8>; Eddie Brink. l.'tR’j. Scranton. Pa., outpointed A1 Roth. 130. New York (10). LOS ANGELES.—Chuck Crowell. 222. Los Angeles, stopped Johnny Erjavec, 101. St. Paul (8). SEATTLE—Wild BUI Boyd. ISP. Seattle, knocked out Bob Nestell. 18B. Los Angeles (1). DETROIT—A1 Delaney. IPS. Wind sor. Ontario, stopped Max Zona, 200. Chicago (7) JERSEY CITY. N. J.—Lou Lom bardi. 138. Jersey City, outpointed Prank Velez. 140. Puerto Rico (8u Mickey Makar. 140 Bayonne, out pointed Irish Ed Conley, 148. New York 18). TERPS’ ALPERSTEIN FEATURED RINGMAN One of Two Champions Sure to Defend N. C. A. A. Title in Tourney at Virginia. Bs the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.. March 30.—Two boxers from Virginia and Maryland, who won national collegiate titles in California last year, are among the most formidable entries in this year's N. C. A. A. championship tournament, to be held tomorrow, Fri day and Saturday at Virginia. Ray Schmidt, Virginia’s light heavyweight champion, and Ben Al perstein, Maryland’s 1937 lightweight champion, may be the only holdovers from last year's crop of national title winners. There is a possibility, how ever, that Carl Eckstrum, 125-pound champion from North Dakota, may be entered during the week end. If Eckstrum decides to defend his title, the 125-pound competition will be one of the tournament features, since Alperstein is dropping to that divi sion for his second national cham pionship attempt. In addition to Schmidt, who fin ished his college dual meet competi tion this season with a record of not losing a bout in four freshman and varsity years of boxing, Virginia's host competitors will be Maynard Harlow, 145-pound star; John Simpson, 115 pounds, and Stuart Barksdale, 135 pounds. SQUASH PLAY LISTED District Championships to Open at ‘Y’ on April 4. All registered athletics in the D. C. A. A. U. and Y. M. C. A. will be eligible to compete in the District A. A. U. squash singles championships, to be staged on the Central-Y courts April 4 to 9, inclusive. Winners and runners-up will re ceive gold and silver medals and a bronze medal will go to the winner of the consolation round. Y. M. C. A. members may contact Mr. Foster at the Y and A. A. U. members Mr. Joseph Aronoff at 230 C street N.W. Entries will close April 2 at 2 p.m. and the fee will be 25 cents. MAT WEIGHTS RAISED Buie Makers of College Sport Oppose Heavy Shedding. STATE COLLEGE, Pa., March 30 (JP).—Emphatic opposition to indis criminate weight reduction was voiced today by members of the Wrestling Rules Committee of the National Col legiate Athletic Association in raising the limits of three classes. In changing the weight classifica tions from 118, 126, 135, 145, etc., to 121, 128, 136, 145, etc., the committee adopted a recommendation of the American Amateur Wrestling Coaches’ Association that most college wrestlers could not make the 118-pound limit j and retain their strength. I i TABLE NET STARS OFFERKEEN CARD Beliak and Glancz to Show Again With Troupe to Visit Here Friday. Assured of an even better exhibi tion of table tennis than the night or which they witnessed the finals o: the Eastern championships, loca paddle fans are preparing to' storn Heurich’s gymnasium again on Fri day night when the all-star troupe makes a one-night stand in the Capi tal. Two of the five topnotchers wh< are coming will be remembered be those who saw a similar exhibitior last year. One of them is Laszlo Bel lak, the present American cham pion and trick-shot artist supreme who successfully defended his title ii the nationals at Philadelphia last week and the other is Sandor Glancz former world doubles champion anc more recently coach of the flve-timi world singles champion. Other Champs Perform. Beliak and Glancz will perforrr with Louis Pagliaro, New York State champion; Johnny Abrahams, Metro politan New' York title-holder anc Jimmy O'Conner, Florida champ, lr a series of singles and doubles exhibi tion matches which will demonstrate the sport at its best. Although Pagliaro did not get the chance to meet Beliak at Philly. he is ranked No. 3 on the list of outstand ing American paddlers and is though' to have a good chance to upset the champ. Among Pagliaro's victims ir the nationals was Jimmy McClure former U. S. No. 1 player and a mem ber of America’s Swaythllng Cui team. Pagliaro, incidentally, alsc played in the Swaythling Cup matches General admission to Friday night’: exhibition is 50 cents with table-side reserved chairs selling for $1.10 Tickets are on sale at Spalding’s anc the Washington and Earle Table Ten nis Courts. HONORS EARL CLARK Widow Will Present Plaque tc Commissioner Hazen. In memory of Earl Clark, one of thi District's greatest all-around athlete: who was killed in an automobile acci dent several months ago, a plaque wa: to be presented to Commissioner Mel vin C. Hazen today by Mrs. Eleano: Jones Clark, his widow. The plaque, which was given to Mrs Clark by employes of the distributioi division of the Federal Housing Ad ministration with whom Clark worked will be placed in the District Play ground Department and each year th< name of the playground athlete whose skill and sportsmanship most clpselj approaches that of Earl Clark will bi inscribed thereon. SEEKS SOFTBALL FOES. United States Housing Authoritj softballers are seeking strong oppo nents for Saturday afternoon anc Sunday morning games. They espec ially challenge Dr. Pepper and Ole Milwaukee. Call Manager Dave Breni at District 1820, extension 3442, before 4:30 p.m. k TITLE FIGHT HERE NEARING REALITY Escobar - Archibald Battle Contingent on Refusal of London Offer. By BURTON HAWKINS. Washington’s second world* cham pionship fight today moved a step nearer reality as Matchmaker Goldie Ahern telephoned Lou Brix. manager of Slxto Escobar, world bantamweight ruler, an offer of $5,000 for the Puerto Rican to risk his crown at Griffith Stadium June 6 against hard-hitting Joey Archibald. Brix immediately countered with a request for double that amount, but dropped to $7,500 several moments later. The bout, however, is contin gent upon a more lucrative bid from London for Escobar’s services. Escobar, who recently regained the 118-pound title from Harry Jeffra at San Juan, is wanted by London pro moters to defend his championship against Benny Lynch, world flyweight champion, in July and if that bout is sealed the local contest will be squelched. Lynch’s representatives will arrive in New York next week to confer with Brix, who Informed Ah earn he has been offered $10,000 and $2,000 ex pense money to export Escobar to England for that match. Demands Return Bout. Brix will demand an additional $10,000 be deposited in an American bank by the London promoters to assure Escobar a return crack at the title in the event Lynch relieves him of it. Even Brix is dubious that this demand will be granted, but Lou also is wary about the possibility of obtain ing a square deal on a decision there, so unless that stipulation is met, Washington doubtless will entice Escobar. The date is satisfactory to both Brix and A1 Weill, manager of Archibald, and both Brix and Ah earn expressed confidence they could come to terms if the London engagement falls through, Goldie is willing to give Es cobar the champion's usual 37*4 per cent and currently is contemplating buoying the $5,000 bid. Although such champions as Lou Ambers, Jeffra, Freddy Steele, John Henry Lewis, Barney Ross and Henry Armstrong, who became featherweight title holder shortly after appearing here, have swung here in the interim in non-title bouts, local larrup lovers viewed their only world title scrap at Griffith Stadium when Petey Sarron inherited the 126-pound diadem from Freddy Miller on May 11, 19366. Archibald Is D. C. Favorite. Archibald, who invaded this sector about a year ago, to meet Buddy Grimes in a $75 preliminary, rapidly has forged to the front as the Dis trict’s top attraction. The Providence puncher, undefeated in 10 local en counters, met Escobar in 1935 and was kayoed technically in the sixth round through the medium of a gashed eye, but not until he had floor ed Slxto for a count of nine. Aheam will journey to New York next week to hold a confab with Brix and is jubilant over the prospect of returning with a signed contract. Meanwhile Goldie was seeking pre , limlnary talent to support the 10 round feature bout involving Red Bur man and Eddie Mader Monday night 1 at Turner's Arena. Burman has been ranked eighth in the heavyweight di vision by the National Boxing Associa i tion. while Mader, who has appeared here frequently, was the last fighter to , trim Tony Galento. — ■ —-—. • BENTLEY TO COACH : JUNIOR LEGION NINE Silver Spring Youngster* Will Report to Ex-Big League Star for Drill Wednesday. Jack Bentley, former New York 1 Giant and Baltimore Oriole pitcher, will be one of the coaches of the two American Legion baseball teams i now being formed at Silver Spring. The Junior team, for boys who will not have attained their 17th birthday anniversary by April 1, will be en tered in area No. 9 of the Legion's : national baseball program. The win ner of this area, which includes Mary land, Virginia. North Carolina and the District, will compete in the na tional championships at the end of i the year. Candidates are asked to report at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday on the dia ; mond behind the Silver Spring armory. Eighteen boys already have signifled their intention of turning out for . the first practice. SCHMELINGCAN SHOOT Boxer Crowned as ‘King Nimrod' After Bagging 18 Babbits. BERLIN (fP).—Max Schmeling re cently proved that he knows how to , handle a gun as well as his fists. Hunting is Maxie’s favorite sport , next to boxing. In a hunt, he i "knocked out” 18 rabbits. As best , marksman he was crowned “King . Nimrod.” His trainer, Max Machon, took sec ond place, shooting eight rabbits and | one pheasant. Gat squared •way for a ? IPvj better smoke > «• lower price | fflARVCLS The Cl GAR ITT! of Qualh A By PAUL J. MILLER. Walking rapidly for 2 hours and 50 minutes within a quadrangle of 24 boards at the Jewish Community Center, United States Chess Cham pion Samuel Reshevsky traveled ap proximately 2 miles in simultaneous play, dispatching 21, according three draws and enduring no defeats—a re markable display of dynamic and ag gressive chess pyrotechnics. John Dickman and Harold Zucker, playing a board Jointly, obtained a hard-fought draw and the youthful high school lads thrilled at the con cession. D. 8. Burch of the Paul Morphy Chess Club and E. M. Weeks of Capital City Chess Club were the others who received draws. Welcomed to the Nation’s Capital as the house guest of I. S. Turover, international chess expert, the Ameri can champion was given a warm send-olT by W. Kurtz Wimsatt, chair man of the current District Chess Championship Tournament Commit tee. Itinerant spectators totaled 150 odd. The 27-year-old chess virtuoso has returned to New York, where he will defend his championship honors in the national tournament that start Sat urday. Individual scoring: Bd. Player. Opening. Re*. 1. 8. Ashkenazy, Queen’s Gsmblt_0 2. D. 8. Burch. Queen’s Gambit_ Vi 3. Edward 8perling, Vienna ... _ 0 4. Dr. Guy Clinton, Queen’s Gambit. 0 ft. M. K. Rosedale. King s Indian_ O «. P. D. Smith. W. G. Decl-u 7. Max Kessler. Zukertort. _. _0 8. David L. Bard. Queen’s Gambit __ () B. C. W. Stark. Q. G. Decl. _0 10. T. G. Shearman. Q. O. Decl_0 11. Samuel Bass. Q. G. Decl. _0 12. W. K. WimsatT, W. G. Decl_0 13. Albert J. Schneider. Zukertort_o 14. P. A. Bolton. Sicilian _0 15. Albion Taylor. Zukertort. _0 10. Joseph Scrlbante. Q. O. Decl_ 0 17. Robert Martens. English _0 18. George R. Taylor. Zukertort_0 IB. John Dlckman and .. Harold Zucker. Zukertort_ Vi 20. Robert Parr, Q. O. Decl_ 0 21. Paul Miller. Q. O. Decl_0 22. E. M. Weeks. Zukertort _ Vi 23. J. E. Dubois. King’s Indian_0 24. W. B. Mundelle, Vienna_0 Reshvesky’s score: 21 wins, 3 draws, no losses. A benefit dance will be given Satur day to raise funds for chess education and to beget a spirit of good will among local players and their friends. It will be held at 1336 I street N.W. Swing music will be provided by "Whizz" Wheeler's Orchestra and "Whizz” will offer the sight of a strange Instrument he terms a "slid ing saxophone.” Tickets are tl per couple or stag and the affair is informal. Washington Social Chess Divan meets tonight at 8 o’clock at 1336 I street N.W. President Anton Hesse an nounces also a Board of Directors’ meeting at .1:30. Robert Hostler will sound the tocsin, for the fourth round of single robin play among the lnterhigh chess clubs Friday afternoon at the same place. Tomorrow the woman chessists enter the second round of match play for the District championship for women. Chairman Maud Sewall invites all ladles to play In the open tourney at 1336 I street N.W. without charge. Games begin at 8 p.m. Paul Morphy C. C. assembles to morrow at 8 o’clock at 1508 Fourteenth street N.W. for continued play In the club’s tournament. FRANCHISE IS OPEN. Another strong baseball team may enter the National City Sunday-A League tonight when It meets at 7:30 o’clock in the Atlas Sports Shop. A meeting of the Departmental League will be held Thursday night at the same place, but there are no fran chises open. For information call Vic Gauzza at Metropolitan 8878. oil-plating] done here I He overshadows mere “oil-changers” . . . because ONLY YOUH MILEAGE MERCHANT OIL-PLATES YOUR ENGINE It’s past the first signs of Spring, so you don’t want to go past another Red Triangle sign, with its three big points for you. Drive in today and CHANGE TO YOUR CHANGE TO HIS MILEAGE MERCHANTGERM PROCESSED OIL * V CHANGE TO AN OIL-PLATED ENGINE OIL-PLATING forms throughout your engine as soon as you leave the pit with your Conoco Germ Processed oil—the patented oil that metal attracts. 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