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Brownell With Golf Game Well Polished Promises Trouble for D. G Rivals
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Links Tips Picked Up in Meets
Out West Smooth Bob's Play,
Especially With Irons
By WALTER McCALLUM.
There's trouble ahead for a lot of
young golfers around town. The
trouble Isn't exactly new to winning
golf around Washington, for it's
three years back since tow-headed
Bobby Brownell set a lot of golf
wise people back on their ears with
a 3-and-2 victory over Roger Pea
cock in the final round of the Dis
trict amateur championship.
You’d hardly recognize the
Bobby Brownell of those days with
the matured young golfer of today.
Or even the Bobby of last spring
with the far finer shot-maker of
today. For the tall Duke Univer
sity youngster, who thinks George
Diffenbaugh and A1 Treder are the
finest golf pros in the world, is a far
better hitter of a golf ball than the
boy who failed to qualify in the
Middle Atlantic championship last
June. Or even the Bobby who went
to the open championship that same
month.
Tourney Play Helps.
What has caused this improve
ment? Bobby says it's getting out
to play with a flock of good golfers.
Not that he didn't have that chance
before the present summer, for he
did. He has played with some men
who really rate in golf. But Bobby
and Skip Alexander and another
Duke pal made a western trip bacx
in June and July, playing in the
western and the trans-Mississippi
championships. Bobby picked up a
lot of golf dope in those tourna
ments.
Keen to Pick Up Tips.
Keen youngsters like the Brownell
boy. in addition to having a way of
working out their own problems,
also have the knack of absorbing the
little kinks that mark the difference
between champions and near
champs.
"For a week I haven't had mv
putting stroke," said Bobby. "Just
now' I got it. And I can't hit the
greens.”
That, in case you haven't fol
lowed, is the perpetual wail of the
good golfer. One day he’ll hit 16
greens and won't be able to putt a
lick. The next day he'll be scram
bling all over the course, getting his
pars the hard way, and he'll score
about the game. The durned things
never seem to come together—driv
ing, iron shot and putting.
But whatever Bobby's trouble has
been (and he's had his share, like
all good golfers! they haven't come
singly. He has fought them man
fully and has conquered most of
them. He could use a little more
weight on his spare frame, but even
at that the boy is a much longer
hitter today than ever he has been.
And that has been good enough.
A couple of days ago I saw Bobby
cut loose on a tee shot. He hit one
of those screaming wallops, as
straight as a plane flies, with a
slight tail-end hook to give it run.
It wound up just 10 yards short of
a green 345 yards away. That's
pretty good country hitting in any
league.
"Where'd you get that?" I asked
him.
"Picked it u|6 . out West." said
Bobby. "How's it look?" The an
swer? Well, there wasn't an--, at
the moment. It was too obvious.
"How about those iron shots?" I
asked. "Oh, they're O K now.’’
Bobby likes to discuss shots, but he
won't talk much about his own.
Hits C'risp Irons.
The point is that where the 1936
Bobby BrowTiell, who was good
enough to win the District cham
pionship. was by way of being a
scrambler, who depended a good
deal on an accurate chip shot, and
a good putting stroke to make up
for lack of distance from the tee
and rather inadequate iron play,
today is ouite a hi TTPr fvnm fhd too
and a crisp, auihoritative hitter
with the irons. In other words,
Bobby Brownell is pretty close to
being a very good golfer. And I
don't mean in local company alone.
But Bobby even now isn't one of
those boys who occasionally gets
red-hot and scores awav down in
the deep 60s. He hasn't had any
65s or 66s on standard-length
courses. Bobbv has tried to groove
his game to the somewhat monoto
nous idea of hitting every ball the
same way. It is a very fine way to
play golf. A good many other fel
lows do the same thing. Fellows
like Guldahl, for example. They
aren't the most inspiring men in the
world to watch, but they can play
golf. And that's the main idea,
after all. A golf robot is something
to admire, too. even if only for his
mechanical accuracy.
Bobby Greatlv Improved.
So far in his short links career
Bobby's lone big victory around his
home town has been the win of the
1936 District championship. He won
the mid-Atlantic junior last year
with a good score of 145 at Indian
Spring, but he didn't, have to lick
some of the hard-bitten veterans,
who can make it tough for any kid.
He also won the Carolina college
crown last spring. It takes good
golf to win that one.
But Bobby today is a very much
finer plaver than he was in the
spring. Just now he has his eves—
and his heart—set on the national
amateur championship. He did all
right in that one last year, and he
can go farther. After all. only one
man can win.
And Bobby Brownell today, I be
lieve. is as good a golfer as Willie
Turnesa was a couple of years back.
Willie happens to be the reigning
national champion. Maybe Bob will
bring to Washington its first na
tional title. He has gone a long way
along the obstacle-strewn road.
And he has one of the biggest as
sets a kid can have—a doting dad
who'll give him every bit of encour
agement possible to help him win.
You don't need a lot more than
keenness, willingness to work, the
time and the money. And Bobby
has them all.
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT Benny Ooiriberc. 116.
Dr’roij. outnointed Frpiro Santim. 116.
Puerto F’co < 1 n i.
INDIANAPOLIS -Joey Palm© 1C4.
Cincinnati outpointed Patsy Fattprson.
1C6. Sorrersr- Ky iS
WATERBURY Conn - Bobhv Cum
min c s 144 N*v York. defeated
Johnny DouffWilio. 144 Marlboro,
Mass i 6 v
PORTLAND Me —Coley Welch.
1 ’2- Portland defeated Billy Hughes,
loti. Buffalo i Si
PHILADELPHIA Brnnv Bass 113.
Philadelphia knocked ou: Young
Chappy, il'l Albany N Y < ? >
The
Sportlight
Semipro Tournament
Amazing Mushroom
Bv GRANTLANII RICE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
The Amazing Mushroom.
NEW YORK. Aug. 11 (N.A.N.A.l.
—The big league isn’t the complete
story of baseball. The big city isn’t
the final answer to living. It is
still the caddies who make golf what
it is today in tournament play—
Nelson, Snead, Runyan, Revolta—
on and on.
We are all too likely to forget
the foundations upon which the
house is built. And here also is
usually the big human story. Who
makes the game? I can tell you it
isn't the finished product. The gama
comes from the starting point.
America's amazing baseball mush
room. the National Semi-pro Base
ball Congress, once again is ready
to open the gates of Wichita's spa
cious new Lawrence Stadium, built
especially for the congress, to the
32 leading semi-pro teams of the
Nation.
The outstanding clubs, that have
survived the fire of district, State
and regional competition during
late June and July, will compete
at Wichita this reason not only for
the $5,000 cash first prize and the
glory of winning the official na
tional championship but also the
right to represent the United States
in the American series at San Juan.
Puerto Rico, September 7-13.
For the first time in history
semi-professional baseball is mov
ing into international circles on a
permanent basis. The government
of Puerto Rico, after surveying the
huge success of the National Semi
pro Baseball Congress in the States, ;
adopted all rules for its season this
year, which extends from November
until May, when the island in the
West Indies is coolest. The cul
mination of this United States- I
Puerto-Rico affiliation will be the
American series at San Juan. The
island government has declared a
holiday for San Juan on September
4. when the United States squad
arrives at the historic harbor from
Wichita.
More than 25,000 Teams Play
In Preliminary Tourneys
With the American series a big
Incentive for semi-pro clubs this
year from coast to coast, the series
of tournaments was more success
ful than ever. In all States except
Nevada, New Mexico and Tennessee
more than 25.000 teams entered pre- i
liminary district events, w?ith the j
winners moving into State play.
State finalists in 14 States most
heavily populated or displaying the ,
most interest in the sandlot game
will go directly into the United
States finals at Wichita. These j
States Include California, Nebraska, 1
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, j
Alabama, North Carolina, South
Carolina. Ohio. New York, New Jer
sey, Indiana and Pennsylvania.
A total of 34 other States must ;
qualify champions through region- ,
al play, with only the winners of the I
following events eligible for United
States competition:
Washington-Oregon, Montana
Idaho, Nevada-Arizona-Utah-New
Mexico, Colorado-Wyoming. North 1
Dakota-South Dakota, Minnesota
Iowa. Missouri-Arkansas, Uouisiana
Mississippi. Michigan-Wisconstn, |
Kentucky-Tennessee, Georgia-Flor
ida. Maine-New Hampshire, Ver- :
mont-Massachusetts, Connecticut- 1
Rhode Island. Virginia-West Vir- |
ginia and Deiaw^are-Maryland.
The 16 clubs emerging trom re
gional play will join the 14 teams
moving in direct to Wichita. These
will be augmented by the 1938 na
tional champions, the Buford <Ga.)
Bona Allens, and the United States
runnersup, Enid <Okla.) Renners,
to compose a 32-team field for the
national finals at Wichita.
Young and Old, They Hail
From All Walks of Life
Coming with each club will be men.
young and old. from every walk of
life. Some teams are sponsored by
national organizations and employ
every member of the 16-player
teams. Some teams are sponsored
by cities, enthusiastic individuals
and sportsmen and civic clubs, and
thus will send players to Wichita
who are from every occupation.
Some will be barbers, some filling
station attendants, firemen, grocery
clerks, college boys and other walks
ol life.
The veterans competing at Wich
ita will be struggling to realize on
the glory coming to them in their
waning days. They'll also be strug
gling to hold on to jobs provided
them partially through their base
Dan ability.
For the youngsters It will be a
field day. Scouts representing prac
tically every major league club will
be on hand to look over the pros
pects and sign every likely young
ster to a contract. The youngsters
will be remembering that Freddy
Hutchinson, sold for $50,000 and
several players to the Detroit Tigers
this season, played in the 1937 na
tional tournament for the Tacoma
Johnson Paints of Tacoma, Wasn.
Freddy played in three games for
Tacoma as his club finished in a tie
for fifth.
The national event, bigger than
ever this year, will be held for the
fifth consecutive year at Wichita,
located Ideally in the geographic
center of the United States. More
than 125.000 spectators are expected
to watch the two weeks of play,
which will be held under the double
Elimination, or double defeat, sys
tem.
President Gives Full Time;
$isler Is Commissioner
The National Semi-Pro Baseball
Congress was originated in 1935 by
Raymond Dumont, who was a sport
ing goods dealer at the time. Du
mont's main purpose in organizing
the activity was to increase sporting
goods sales, but so spontaneous has
been the interest that Dumont de
votes his entire time to his post as
president of the congress. George
H. Sisler is high commissioner of
fhe congress and works actively at
the job. He is called upon to make
all decisions In case of controversy
1A any State meet, the national
finals or other activities of the or
ganization.
1 Dumont also has organized all
•ami-pro umpires, believing that a
Sjseball game is only as good as its I
officials. These hundreds of arbiters '
- in every State are taught correji
undamentals of the umpire’s work.
In the national finals this season
leveral innovations will be used.
First, the now famous automatic
lome plate duster developed by Du
nont will be used. Then the ar
>iters will wear striped uniforms—
ireen and white coats and white
tnd black trousers to set them apart
rom teams. In addition the Neon
ighted scoreboard not only will fea
ure balls, strikes and outs, but also
’H" and "E” for hits and errors^
HOOF TROUBLE—Gene Sarazen, veteran golfer, gave his tootsies
a break after shooting a 71 yesterday to tie with Denny Shute
for the first-round lead in the Dapper Dan tourney at Pitts
burgh. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Three Favorites Out
Of Eastern Amateur
Golf Tourney
Upsets Hit Strafaci,
Harbert, Billows;
Third Round On
By the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ Aug. 11.—The
Eastern amateur, golf tournament
swung into the third round today
with three favored entries among
those on the sidelines.
Two seeded stars, Rav B'llows of
Poughkeepsie, former Walker Cup
per, and Chick Harbert of Battle
CJreek, Mich., trans-Mississippi
champion, bowed out yesterday.
Frankie Strafaci of Brooklyn, cur
rent Metropolitan titleholder and
runner-up in last year's Eastern,
yas the other major casual.
Other name players came through
lo the round of 16 without great dif
ficulty. They included Willie Tur
nesa of Elmsford. N. Y.. national
amateur champion; Dick Chapman
of Greenwich, C*nn.; New York
State tit leholder, and Bill Holt of the
nome club.
Billows met his Waterloo at the
hands of Paul Guenther. 20-year-old
Syracuse City junior champ, who
hung up a surprising 2-up victory.
Harbert was eliminated by Mort
McCarthy of Norfolk, Va., former
Middle Atlantic States title holder,
who won the match on the last hole.
Strafaci bowed by 3 and 2 to
Tommy Sheehan of Detroit. Notre
Dame golfer, who later went on to
defeat Walter Cisco of New Albany,
Inri . one up, in a hair-raising finish.
McCarthy played Arthur Cran
field of Syracuse today.
Betty Jacobs Plays
Shirley Combs for
Tennis Crown
Betty Jacobs and Shirley Combs,
winner and runnerup in the recent
playground championship, will meet
again in the final of the girls’ tennis
tournament which has been played
at Columbia Country Club.
The title match will be held at
Edgemoor Club Sunday as a pre
liminary to the final doubles of the
Middle Atlantic championship.
Yesterday Miss Jacobs, seeded
No. 1, defeated Ruth Johnsen, 6—0,
3—3. Miss Combs, ranked second,
seat fourth-seeded Roselyn Pope,
5—4, 4—6, 6—3.
In the semi-final consolation
rounds Anne Cullen beat Vivian
Vobst, 6—1, 6—2. and Mary Roeca
won over Frances Berry, 4—6, 6—0,
5—1. They will meet in the final
this afternoon.
Sarazen, Shute Show
Way in Dapper Dan
As Scores Soar
Leaders One Over Par
As Only 68 of 160
Shoot Below 80
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH Aug. 11.—Light
ning greens saved par from a shel
lacking in the first round of the
$10,000 Dapper Dan Open, but
Wildwood Country Club's course
retord is the target as the Nation's
top-ranking money players warm
to their task.
Approaches wouldn't stick and
putts refused to drop yesterday, so
only 68 of the starting field of 160
were able to finish below 80 for the
initial 18 of the 72-hole battle. The
shotmakers were caught ofT guard
as the greens had been soft and
damp for practice rounds.
Topping the field with 1 over par
71s were 37-year-old Gene Sarazen
of Brooklyn, Conn., gentleman
farmer, and lanky Denny Shute of
Huntington, W. Va„ two-time win
ner of the National P. G. A. and
nparine' 36
National Open Champion Byron
Nelson from Reading, Pa., came
home with a 72. Bracketed with
him were Jimmy Thomson, Shaw
nee-on-Delaware, Pa.: Ed Dudley,
Philadelphia: Johnny Revolta,
Evanston. 111.; Harold (Jug) Mc
Spaden. Winchester. Mass., and
Ralph Guldahl. Madison, N. J.
One stroke back were Perry Del
Vecchio. Greensburg, Pa.; Tonv
Penna, Dayton. Ohio; Johnny Bulla,
Chicago; Babe Wagner, Alliance,
Ohio, and Lloyd Mangrum, Los
Angeles.
Trouble pitching and putting
placed National P. G. A. Champion
Henry Picard from Hershey, Pa., in
the 75 group.
Minor Results
By the Associated Press.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Syracuse. 2—14: Montreal. 1—8.
Rochester 2fl: Jersey City. 1.
Newark. 7: Toronto, fi.
Only games
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Indianapolis. P: Toledo, 0.
Columbus. 2: Louisville, 0.
Mllwaukee-St. Paul. ram.
Kansas CPy-MinneaPolis. wet grounds.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Tulsa. 6; Beaumont. J.
Dallas, ft: Shreveport. 4
8an Antonio, rt: Oklahoma City. 3.
Houston. 12: Fort Worth. 2.
PACIFIC COART LEAGUE.
8acramento 3: 8an Diego 2.
Los Angeles. 1: Oakland. 0.
Portland. 11; 8eattle. 3
San Francisco. 5: Hollywooo. 8.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Richmond, ft: Durham. 4
Asheville. 2; Rocky Mount. 0.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Staunton. 2: Lynchburg. 0.
Salem. 0; Harrisonburg, 6.
ROUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Jacksonville. P: Macon. 2.
Augusta. 4: Columbia 0.
Columbus. 8: Savannah, fl.
Amstrong, Ambers
Uneasy as Second
Meeting Nears
Both Keenly Mindful
Of Pain Inflicted
In First Battle
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Two un
easy and unhappy young men will
face each other at Yankee StaWium
a week from Tuesday, when Lou
Ambers and Henry Armstrong fight
for the latter's lightweight title.
It should be a groat fight and a
bitter one, but that doesn't alter the
fact that both of them rather would
be doing almost anything on that
evening than throwing fists at each
other again. They are too evenly
matched and both took too much
punishment when they fought a
year ago.
"This fight has given us more
headaches than any we ever made,”
said an official of the Twentieth
Century Club. "Both sides have
been thinking up silly excuses for a
year. The truth is that they don’t,
want any part of each other, and I
don’t blame them a bit.”
Henry and Lou, probably two as
great little men as we will see,
nearly beat each other to death the
other time. They went at it without
a breathing spell for 15 rounds, and
at the finish both were in bad shape.
Armstrong, the barrel-chested,
tireless little Negro, won Lou’s crown
that night, but they had to put 14
stitches in his mangled mouth the
next morning. Ambers had knots
on his face the size of a turnip.
So it is small wonder they and
their managers have not been too
keen about an encore.
Recreation Softball
Honors at Stake
Both senior and junior champion
ships in the District of Columbia
Recreation Department's softball
elimination tournament were to be
decided this afternoon, with Stod
dert and Van Buren meeting for
the senior crown and Virginia Ave
nue and Powell clashing for the
junior title. The games are sched
uled for 2 o'clock on diamonds 9
and 10 at the Lincoln Memorial
Pool.
In yesterday's senior games Stod
dert eliminated Powell, 8-3, and
Van Buren topped Langley, 2-1. In
the junior division Powell ousted
Park View, 6-5, in an 11-inning fray
and Virginia Avenue outlasted Van
Buren, 12-11.
Fresno Squad Paces
Title Skeet Shoot
With 491 Count
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Au*. 11—A
five-man team from Fresno held a
4-point lead as the second round of
the national all-gauge skeet cham
pionships got under way here today.
Joe Puckett led his teammates in
the first round, cracking 100 straight
for the second perfect score of the
meet. Lloyd Sciaroni and George
Scott shot two of the day's seven
99x100 scores. Joe Yrulegui cracked
97 and Earl Howard 96 for a team
total of 491x500.
Henry Joy of Detroit, defending
singles titlist. smashed out the other
perfect score. Thirteen 100x100
marks were made in competition at
the fourth annual national cham
pionships last year, but windy
weather and a background of lake
and trees accounted for the smaller
scores made during the present
meet, which ends tomorrow.
Pat Laurscn of Akron, Ohio, de
fending her women's single cham
pionship, tied at 94 with Mrs. M. L.
Smythe of Aurora, Ohio, for top
honors in the women's bracket.
Each marksman shoots at 100 tar
gets today and 50 tomorrow to com
plete his 250 shots.
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.
Bob Estalella. Senators—Delivered
otnch single with bases loaded to beat
Yankees. 7-5.
Luke Hamlin. Dodgers, and Joe
Martjr. Phillies—Former's three-hit
Pitching shut out Phils in first game
latter tripled with bases loaded to lead
successful uprising in nightcap.
Cliff Melton. Giants—Stopped Bees
with five-hit pitching chore.
Hank Leiber. Cubs—His double scored
deciding runs in fl-4 victory over Reds.
Tommy Bridges. Tigers—Shut out
White Sox for eight innings and stopped
ninth-inning rally for his 15th triumph
of season.
Bobby Doerr, Red Sox— Drove in
marginal runs with two singles for
Boston’s 7-5 victory against Athletics.
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GOLF SENSATION—Edith Estabrooks of Dubuque, Iowa, who
yesterday shot 2 under woman's par to beat Harriet Randall of
Indianapolis in the Western closed tourney. She had scored the
biggest upset of the event by eliminating Marion Miley of Lex
' ington, Ky., the defending champion, Wednesday.
—A. P. Wirephoto.
Terror Survives Bite
Of Singh’s Cobra
In Mat Battle
Fangs Are Used Freely,
But Outside of Ring
So It Doesn't Count
A series that promises to do as
; much for wrestling as the recent
Washington-New York set did for
the American League pennant race
| was in full flower today, with Nanjo
Singh. M. C.. leading the Golden
Terror by one disqualification to
none after a hectic night of tus
sling at the Arena. The struggle
: endured 19 minutes.
Promoter Joe Turner admitted a
rematch loomed, inasmuch as all
1.200 customers went home thor
oughly disgusted with the ending.
Turner has promised to do his best
I in the matter, but it is a known
fact that the Terror will not agree
to face Singh again unless it's on
a Thursday night.
Singh Leaves Ring.
Things were progressing famously
last night until the bulbous bat
; tier upped and heaved Master
Singh. M. C. (Master of the Cobra),
into a large gathering of citizens
grouped around the ringside and
followed him out to apply the coup
de grace. Now' Singh always car
ries his cobra in his right arm.
and instead of attacking from the
left the Terror tried a tackle thrust
at the other side, and the darn thing
leaped right out and snapped him
around his well-shaven neck.
Referee Casey Berger and Singh
tried to get the cobra, guaranteed to
calm any excited opponent after
three applications, back into fair
territory, but it refused to budge.
One for the Terror.
Berger was willing to count, Singh
was agreeable to return to the
ring, and the Terror was too numb
to resist, but the dobra was not to
be moved, thus Casey had no alter
native but to disqualify its master.
In the semifinal Jack Hader drib
bled Chief Chewaki twice around
the ring before tossing him for a
basket in 10 minutes. Red Ryan
disposed of Ernie Powers in 18‘z
minutes. Rudy Strongberg drew
with Raoul Lopez and Bibber Mc
Coy won over Juan Ologuival in
14 minutes.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATON.
Memrhls. 3—2; Nashville. 2—1.
Knoxville. 3—5: Little Rock. 1—0.
Atlanta, ft—0: New Orleans. 4—6.
Chattanooga. fl—S: Birmingham. 7—1.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic tennis tour
nament, Edgemoor Club, 4.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington at Boston, 2:00.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic tennis tour
nament, Edgemoor Club. 2.
Midget Car Program
To Benefit Family
Of Dead Pilot
Officials of the Capitol Speedway
and A. A. A. were to confer this aft
ernoon on plans for a benefit race
program for the family of Larry
Beckett, midget auto racer, who suc
cumbed to injuries sustained at the
track last Thursday night.
Ted Allen, chairman of the 3-A's
contest board, and Bob McCullough,
vice president of the speedway, are
handling arrangements.
Inadequate lighting at the plant
will be remedied, and additional
safety precautions for both drivers
and fans will be taken after an in
quiry by the District and A. A. A. fol
lowing Beckett's accident.
An infield fence will be erected
and more wire screen placed before
the stands. Beckett crashed into a
bale of hay used as an infield marker
tm a turn.
Motor cycle races originally sched
uled tonight have been canceled.
Palisades Girls Gain
Field Day Honors
Palisades Playground girls dem
onstrated their superiority over a
quartet of other grounds with a
crushing 78-point victory in a field
day yesterday. Twin Oaks. Edge
wood, Langdon and New York Ave
nue were vanquished.
A close battle for second honors
enlivened the proceedings with
Langdon scoring 49 points to nose
out Twin Oaks with 46.
The Becker twins. Dottie and
Margaret, led Palisades' volley ball
team to victory, while Annie Oakley
was outstanding in tennis and bad
minton. The victors also garnered
the lion's share of honors in softball,
shuffleboard, volley ball, table tennis,
archery, newcomb and paddle tennis.
Patent Office Netmen
Get Close to Title
Moncure and Woods. Patent Office,
broke a 2-2 tie with Navy Yard yes
terday by defeating Johnson and
Devaney, 8—6, 5—7, 6—3. to vir
tually clinch the Department League '
tennis championship.
RT-1 -1-1-—
Young Guard Rules
Women's Weslern
Golf Tourney
Edith Estabrooks, Betty
Hicks, Both 18, Loom
As Foes in Final
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Aug. 11—Three Mid
westerners and a California school
girl teed off at Oakland Hills Coun
try- Club here today in the semi
finals of the 39th annual Western
women's closed golf championship.
Here was the lineup for the next
to the last round of a tournament
in which the young guard has pre
dominated:
Edith Estabrooks. 18. daughter of
a public course owner at Dubuque.
Iowa, against Mrs. Russell Mann.
28-year-old wife of a Milwaukee
office manager
Elizabeth Hicks. 18. daughter of
the assistant superintendent of
schools at Long Beach. Calif . against
22-year-old Ella Mae Williams,
daughter of a Chicago professional
On the basis of golf played so far
in the tournament Miss Estabrooks
and Miss Hicks were decided
favorites to advance to the final.
miss tsiaorooxs. runnerup 10 rany
Berg of Minneapolis in the 1938
meet, was 2 under women's par for
13 holes yesterday as she won 6 and
5 over Harriet Randall of Indian
apolis, the Indiana women's cham
pion.
Miss Hicks, who took up golf only
two years ago lost only one hole in
the quarter-finals to Mrs. Hayes
Dansinburg of Minneapolis, the
Minnesota State champion.
The match ended 5 and 4.
Hornets' Best Fan
Is Woman of 71
By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE. N. C . Aug. 11 —
Mrs. Carrie Sam), affectionately
dubbed "Granny" by fellow base
ball fans, is almost as much a part
of the Charlotte Piedmont
League club’s Havman Park as
the home plate or the bleachers.
The gray-haired woman, who
says she Is "71 years young." can
be seen in her box back of the
players' dugout at any home
game.
In 21 years of following the
club's fortunes, win, lose or draw.
Mrs. Sapp has missed only 16
games.
“I've sat in this same seat 12
years now,” she said, as she in
tently watched the game and fre
quently interrupted the interview
to shout, "take him out,” or “let's
have a little hit.”
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Four National League Managers Feel Reds May Blow
Hanley Rates De Correvant Best Big Ten Ball-Toter Since Grange; Love Hits Net Star
By EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11—Broad
way bookies can't see those 1-4
prices Philly is quoting on Billy
Conn to beat Gus Dorazio. Three
other National League managers
have joined Casey Stengel In the
belief the Reds may blow their
lead. Why doesn't that tennis
star who wonders why his game
has blown write Dorothy Dlx or
Beatrice Fairfax?
Dick Hanley, former North
western coach, says Bill de Cor
revant is the best ball toter the
Big Ten will have seen since they
turned Red Grange loose. Kayak
II, the Chilean sensation from
California, is to be shipped to
Saratoga.
Duke wins again—Burgess
Whitehead, the Giants’ Phi Beta
Kappa second-sacker, majored in
baseball at North Carolina, but
didn't graduate. He has fixed
things up so he can complete
his A. B. degree at Duke this fall.
The Dodgers are expected to
buy Jake Mooty, Syracuse south
paw before the week is out. The
familiar maps of Walter St. Denis,
Lionel Levy and Rivington Bis
land are popping out on Detroit
sports pages these days. They
are respectively Mike Jacobs’
press agent, his architect and his
box office expert. Morehead
City, N. C„ has voted favorably
for pari-mutuel betting, so if
anybody wants to start a race
track, there’s his chance. Jim
Mullen, Chicago fight promoter,
is in town to line up a fall ball
park sockeroo.
Today’s guest star—Edward
Burns, Chicago Tribune: "Jap
anese beetles made Shibe Park
their headquarters long before
they were known as interstate
pests. For some reason they
have moved out and now there
are millions of them in the Yan
kee Stadium, where the brand
of bas’ball is much better.”
Ford C. Frick has suggested j
the American and National |
Leagues swao umpires lor 30
days each season. Giants said
they wouldn't play night ball,
but they did just the same. It
was so dark before the second
game with the Bees ended Wed
nesday that Casey Stengel had
to use a flashlight to signal his
bullpen pitchers. Mrs. T. G. al
most hit the ceiling when she
saw that A. P. Wirephoto of the
old Two-ton dancing around a
night spot wearing a hula hula
gal's dress. The Bona Allen Club
of Buford. Ga., traveled 1.540
miles to defend its championship
in the Denver Post's semlpro
tournament.
Gift dept.—Memphis friends of
Doc Prothro gave him a “lucky
horseshoe" at St. Louis the other
day. That's the way it goes—his
friends give him horseshoes, his
players give him horse collars,
and the fans give him the horse
laugh. Which is not what the
doctor ordered.
Are they hot? The Frosty base
ball club of Richmond. Va„ is
that and then some. It has lost
its last 20 games.
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