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Jarrell Fires 64 Per Cent Ringers to Lead in Star’s Horseshoe Tournament
V " ■ —
Defending Champions
Worried by Scores
In Preliminary
Howery, Danzberger,
Haley and Ronning
Keep Pegs Hot
All four defending champions In
The Evening Star horseshoe tour
nament today had something to
worry over following the opening
night of qualifying play on the
National Capital Parks courts at
Fifteenth street and Constitution
avenue.
Lee Fleshman, the Southern
Maryland champ, watched his chief
rival, Temple Jarrell, fire a score
of 221 with 100 pitches, including
64 ringers.
Clayton Henson, the Virginia
titleholder, who Sunday finished
the Metropolitan Singles League
season with a perfect record, win
ning more than 60 games, saw his
season's ringer average of 61 beaten
by two pitchers who will attempt
to uncrown him. Charley Howery
tossed 64 per cent in scoring 220
points and Southpaw Hoot Danz
berger 62 per cent in gaining 218
points.
Saunders on £he Spot.
Irwin Carlberg. Washington
champion, threw only 47 per cent
and scored 177 points while two
of his principal rivals were doing
better. Walter Haley had 48—191
and Harold Ronning 50—184.
Harry Saunders, who will defend
the Metropolitan District title, the
most important in the tournament,
had all these to consider plus Hen
son and Fleshman and not a few
others who have yet to toss. The
deadline for the qualifying test
falls tonight, with the final group
of players taking over the courts
at 7 o'clock. Any who desire to
enter should report at that hour
at the officials’ desk.
Carlberg was the only champion
and one of the few better known
flippers to shoot last night. Spot
lighted tonight will be Henson,
Fleshman, Bill Woodfleld. Sid Stod
dard, Roy Wilson and others with
ringer reputations, all eager to beat
Jarrell's leading score.
As Metropolitan champion, Saun
ders is exempt from qualifying
and is not eligible to compete for
any title except the Metropolitan.
Thursday and Friday nights the
qualifiers will play elimination
matches for the championships of
Southern Maryland. Northern Vir
ginia and Washington. The out
standing performers in the sectional
competition will move into the
Metropolitan playoffs to be held
next Monday and Tuesday eve
nings.
Merryman. Smith Surprise.
One of last night's surprising
flippers was Long Joe Merryman
of Bladensburg. former Southern
Maryland champion, who put on
61 shoes and scored 191 points.
Another was Preston Smith, in the
Maryland section, with 49—183.
Smith Is an “unknown.” Gus Brailer,
a veteran of the Old Line scraps,
improved a lot over other years
with 52—187.
Jarrell, who has divided his play
time between softball, in which he
is a crack pitcher, and horseshoe
twirling, surprised himself. His
score of 221 was the second highest
he ever made. Several years ago
he marked up 228 points in the
qualifying round of the world
championship tournament at Mo
line, 111. He has held the Southern
Maryland and Metropolitan District
intercollegiate titles, the latter
while a student at the University
of Maryland.
Stars Clash Tonight.
The sectional playoff will start
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and con
tinue to the semifinals and the
titles will be settled the following
evening.
Although “medal play” in horse
shoes is of little interest to the
average spectators, a sizable gal
lery was on hand last night and a
larger one is expected tonight to
see Henson, Fleshman and other
stars attempt to beat Jarrell's
score. The eliminations should fill
the sizable bleachers and other
seating accommodations provided
by the National Capital Parks
Service.
Following are last night's scores:
Washington.
T „ R- ?ts- R. Pts.
I Carlberg 47 177 W. Rudy _ 30 141
W Halev 48 191 T. Wege .14 91
R, H??klns 27 121 J. Buck'ham 49 172
P ToW.^ T- Collt™ 170
F. Johncax .14 131 G Janis . 20 101
E Shanks 38 154 M Weaver 20 119
K. Culver 29 132 C. Pollock 32 143
G. Penstone 11 SO j Mecklin 37 143
C Kannard 30 135 J Hopkins IS 123
A 22 J-™ H Ronning 50 184
9- KiUH.'!n S? 113 r Stamas 19 119
G. Ubele 22 107 D Jones 32 142
Maryland.
, w R Pts. R. Pts.
J. Merryman 61 191 p. Budd ton 13 102
E Clift 28 120 L. Budd'ton. 27 141
? SllfK 22 !2fl p Smlth 49 183
A. Brailer 52 187 T. Jarrell 04 221
R Kannard 37 iTl R ^alT" &
I Miflihrix I? !t3 F F,e“ 25 148
Virginia.
R Pts. R pts
S?'?rtz 42 lfiK w Schubert 23 130
H D sberaer 02 218 R Heflin... 39 155
C Howery 04 220 J. Smith 20 103
S ,, !25 J R°«* - 40 108
E. Bar n wski 44 106
Skeet Club Closed Tomorrow
The National Capital Skeet Club
off Bradley boulevard will be closed
all day tomorrow as the road lead
ing Into the club grounds will be
oiled, making entrance impractical.
The club will be reopened Thursday.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Cleveland
(night).
Auto Racing.
Capitol Speedway, New York
and West Virginia avenues N.E.,
8:30.
THURSDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Detroit, 3:15.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Detroit, 3:15.
Motor Cycle Racing.
Capitol Speedway, New York
and West Virginia avenues N.E.,
8:30.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington at Dotrett, g.
-'I
The
Sportlight
Ambers Is Fiercest
After Being Beaten
By GRANTLAND RICE.
Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, N. Y„ Aug. 22 tN.A.
N.A.).—It will be the second time
around for Henry Armstrong and
Lou Ambers tonight in the Yankee
Stadium. Armstrong, who took the
lightweight championship from Am
bers a year ago, is favored to win
again, but the second time around
against Ambers always has been a
perilous trip for the Herkimer Hur
ricane's opponent. Lou is a rugged
and game little guy and comes back
from a defeat with his head held
high and his fists swirling.
In their fight last summer the
Issue was close—so close there were
many who thought Ambers won.
Armstrong got off in front and for
a while it looked as if Ambers, who
was knocked down twice, couldn't
last the distance, but he fired back
courageously, opened a frightful
gash in Henry's lower lip, battered
him badly at short range in the
latter rounds and came closer to
beating him than anybody else
since Henry hit the front rank as
b fighter.
I thought the decision was right
and that Armstrong had won. But
there was room for argument, espe
cially where the condition of the
two boys at the finish was con
cerned. Henry had to go to a doc
tor's office to have some fancy
stitching done on his lower lip and
both eyelids. Ambers went to his
hotel, where, until 2 o'clock in the
morning, he was host at a party of
his friends. I know because I saw
him there. He didn't have a drink
himself—he never had a drink in
his life. But he was hustling about,
seeing to it that everybody else had
one. If the hammering about the
body he had taken and the hooks
that had exploded against his chin
had hurt him. he gave no sign of it.
I've never seen a fighter come
through a grueling fray so well—
remembering that there were some
early rounds in which it didn't look
as if he could survive the blasts that
Henry turned loose at him.
Henry Delivers Heroically
Under Severe Handicap.
For Henry it must be said that
he came through heroically under
a terrific handicap: Two bad hands
and a mouth that had been cut
during a sparring drill and that was
lacerated by Lou's uppercuts.
Bad hands never have seemed
to bother him greatly. He won three
titles with them and defended two
of them—he outgrew the feather
weight title as soon as he had won
it and let it slide. But they must
have bothered him more than any
body ever knew, because hammer
ing away with cracked bones and
tender knuckles doesn't come under
the head of pleasure.
The cut in his mouth almost
wrecked him. Fearing that if the
referee saw too much of the blood
that boilded in his mouth he would
stop the fight, he swallowed it
round after round and so became
nauseated. Sick and scarcely able
to breathe, he kept banging away—
and when he had finished he was
lightweight champion of the world.
Armstrong Strong and Fast
And His Hands Are Okay.
Since he fought Ambers. Henry
has had two important fights—
with Ceferino Garcia here and with
Ernie Roderick in London. He
also fought Davey Day in New
York. This wasn't an important
fight, but in it he cracked his left
hand again and there is some
question as to how- sound it is even
now.
He has had a rest of three months
or so since the Roderick fight and
he insists his hands are all right.
To protect them, in his boxing at
Pompton Lakes he wore a sponge
under the tape on the knuckles of
each hand. And to those who
feared that the unaccustomed lay
off would hurt him, he gave an im
pressive answer by the sharpness
with which he boxed and the speed
with wrhich he punched.
There was some talk about the
difficulty he was having making
weight but this soon wras exposed as
stiff:- ’’iiiyhoo. He is at weight and
he .ong and fast. He may have
bee., .n better shape for a fight at
some time, but 1 doubt it.
Ambers Never Impressive
In His Training Bouts.
Ambers has been fairly active, but
against lesser foes. And he, too, is as
fit as ever he was for an opening
bell. I saw him at Carmel and I must
say that he wasn't as impressive as
Armstrong was at Pompton Lakes,
but then he never is, especially in his
training bouts. Many outstanding
fighters have been poor training
camp performers—Mickey Walker,
Gene Tunney. and. on occasion, even
Joe Louis. But they always have
been ready on the night of the fight,
which is the only thing that really
matters.
As a matter of fact, Lou fre
quently is not an impressive fighter
In the ring. He has no sharply
etched style and no such seething
drive as Armstrong and he doesn't
catch the eye as many fighters do.
But he is a busy fighter and a win
ning fighter and beating him in an
Important bout is no part of a cinch.
These two—Ambers and Armstrong
—are among the best lightweights to
come swinging along since the time
of Benny Leonard, which W'as one
of the bright periods in lightweight
history. Neither is a dynamic
puncher but each is a wearing, pun
ishing hitter. The urge to fight is
strong in both of them and when
they meet head on again tonight,
they should put on a roaring battle
in the old lightweight tradition,
which is one of the best the ring has
to offer.
Guerra Goes on Hill
Lewis Guerra was to pitch for the
Washington Romans today as they
clashed with the Chevy Chase Red
Box at Chevy Chase Playground at
3 o'clock. The Romans, who have
won 10 of 13 games this season,
were to be opposed by Jerry Footer.
Fight Tonight on WMAL
The Henry Armstrong-Lou Am
bers world lightweight championship
fight tonight at New York will be :
broadcast locally over Station j
WMAL at 9 o’clock. 1
A
A DOUBLE RINGER—Clayton C. (Boo) Henson, Northern Vir
ginia horseshoe champion and sharp favorite to win top honors
in The Star's 11th annual tournament, the qualifying round of
which is in progress on the National Capital Parks courts at
Fifteenth street and Constitution avenue, is shown with his
No. 1 rooter. Until a few days ago she was Anna Mae Lacey of
Arlington. Now she's Mrs. C. C. Henson. —Star Staff Photo.
Seeded Stars Slated
For Ouster Today
At Federal Net
Two Matches Involving
Select Players Listed;
Herbert Scores Upset
At least two more seeded play
ers were due to fall today in the
Government tennis championship,
with Allie Ritzenberg, defending
champion and seeded No. 1, slated
| to face his stiffest opposition to
date in Tom Mangan, former Dis
; trict titleholder who is ranked fifth,
and C. Alphonso Smith, ranked
third, scheduled to encounter
Deane Judd, ranked seventh.
The only other singles match on
; the schedule was to bring Ray
Stocklinski. seeded second, against
Edward Mather, one of the two un
ranked players still in the tourna
ment.
In the doubles George Herbert
and John Smith, seeded third, were
to face Hy Ritzenberg and Stanley
Haney, the winners of the match to
enter the semifinals. The team of
Stocklinski and Sam Hayes, ranked
second, will play the winner of this
match.
As on Sunday, Herbert yester
, day supplied the lone upset when
he beat Austin Rice, seeded fourth.
6—1. V—5. Ritzenberg again scored
an easy victory, beating Lawrence
Phillips with the loss of but two
games. Tom Mangan, who beat
Antonio Bitonti, 6—0, 6—0. and
Judd, victor over Hy Ritzenberg,
6—1, 6—1, were the others to ad
vance.
Today's singles matches were to
start at 4:30, with the doubles get
ting under way half an hour later.
Printers' Lead Stake
In Fed Golf League
Accounts and Deposits, Federal
golf team champions, have a chance
to overhaul the leading Government
Printing Office team Friday when
the Accounts and Deposits outfit
clash with Veterans’ Bureau. The
printers lead the champs by 2 Vi
points, and the typesetters do not
play this week.
If Accounts and Deposits wins a
decisive victory over the Veterans’
Bureau the stage will be set for a
driving finish in Section 2 of The
Star-sponsored tourney. It al
ready is that way in Section 1, where
War and Navy are just a single
point apart.
Ag Rocketers Ahead
Agriculture defeated Procurement,
5 to 0, in a Departmental Tennis
League match yesterday on the Mall
courts.
Golf
(Continued From Page A-9.)
and their scores were: Mrs. Myron
Davy, Congressional, 90; Mrs. Leo
Walper, Capital (District women’s
champion), 92; Mrs. Ellen Kincaid
Harris, Beaver Dam, 94; Mrs. Lan
dra B. Platt. Chevy Chase, 48, with
drew; Mrs. John W. Godfrey,
Beaver Dam, 51, withdrew.
Mrs. Carl H. Martin, the former
Lily Harper, registered from the
Princess Anne Country Club of Vir
ginia Beach, Va., a former Virginia
State champion, also qualified safely
with 85.
Mrs. Walper. playing in her first
national championship, had putting
trouble, and finished three shots too
high for the playoff. Miss Brown
has qualified before and Mrs. Davy
was a qualifier at Chicago last year.
Marion played consistently well
with nines of 41 and 45. Mrs. Hill
had nines of 42 and 45. The Chevy
Chase champion has kept her game
in gear by frequent rounds at Shaw
nee, where she has a summer home.
Marion probably was due for a
quick exit from the tournament to
day, as she was to clash in the open
ing match round with Glenna Col
lett Vare, six times national title
holder, who scored 82 in the medal
round. Mrs. Hill met the lesser
known Harriett Randall of Indian
apolis, who qualified with 82.
Mrs. Jerome Sloman of Baltimore
scored 89 and got into the playoff,
but lost.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Columbus, 7: Jacksonville, 0.
Savannah, 10; Macon, 6.
Columbia 2, Greenville, l.
Spartanburg 14; Augusta, 7.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Staunton. 4—4: Salem. 3—13.
Harrisonburg. 6—0; Lynchburg, 5—S.
THREE-EVE LEAGUE.
Clinton, 2—0; Moline, 0—2.
Cedar Rapids, 4—0; Waterloo, I—S.
Record Lot of '225s'
Is Promised for
Regatta Here
Thomas Trophy, A. P. B. A.
Races Likely to Draw
17 Hydroplanes
The largest fleet of 235-cubic inch
; hydroplanes ever to compete in the
President s Cup Regatta in the last
i 13 years has been assured for this
| year's event on September 23 and
24, L. Gordon Leech, honorary chair
man of the Race Committee, stated
at a regatta luncheon yesterday.
Seventeen of the country's most
popular inboard racers should be on
hand to compete for two stellar
events, the American Power Boat
Association championship and the
class national title for which Bari
tone John Charles Thomas again
has presented a trophy.
“225" Race on Sunday.
The latter event has been moved
back to Sunday, the 24th, in order
to permit additional drivers to quali
fy for a stab at the "225" crown.
The A P. B. A. race staged on Sat
urday will afford them this oppor
! tunity. Leech said.
Andy Duffy, a member of the Race
Committee, told the group of com
mittee heads that he had been suc
cessful in signing up 12 new speed
sters at the Red Bank. N. J„ Na
tional Sweepstakes held the past
week end. He stated that six 135
cubic inch hydros and seven 91s
were assured at this date.
Chauncey J. Hamlin, jr., will en
ter his radically designed Voodoo in
the President's Cup race, one of
eight entries anticipated at this
date, Duffy promised.
New Entry Building.
A sister ship to Voodoo was near
ing completion for an anonymous
“but prominent" racer, and will be
entered.
Two new trophies have been do
nated by the local business houses,
one for the aquaplane race and an
other for one of the inboard races.
Whelan, Ex-C. U. Star,
Made Head Coach
At Iona Prep
Leader in Three Sports,
He Set Scoring Mark
For Cards on Grid
By LEWIS ATCHISON.
Tom Whelan, one of the swiftes!
and most colorful halfbacks in
Catholic University football annals
has signed as head coach of al]
sports at Iona Prep, New Rochelle
N. Y„ and will begin his new duties
September 5, It was learned today
Whelan will replace Buck Free
man, prominent coach who gained
fame for his potent St. John’s ol
Brooklyn basket ball teams, who was
at Iona seven years. Freeman re
signed, presumably to accept a
coaching berth at Long Island U.,
and his success at the school %il]
give the incoming mentor a high
mark at which to shoot.
Coming to Brookland from All
Hallows High School, N. Y„ where
he earned an enviable reputation as
an all-around star of first magni
tude, Whelan quickly justified ad
vance reports of his prowess in his
sophomore year when he ran wild
against the Cardinals’ football oppo
nents. He received all-America
mention, hung up a District scor
ing record of 90 points and was
ranked in the three top scorers of
Eastern collegiate grid circles.
star in Three Sports.
His greatest football feat, however,
was scoring in 15 consecutive games
against such opposition as Boston
College—when the Eagles were in the
forefront of college ranks; Holy
Cross and Detroit. Once in the
open, Whelan was well nigh unstop
pable, as he demonstrated against
Loyola one Thanksgiving Day (old
calendar) when he returned a punt
90 yards for a touchdown.
Whelan also won letters in basket
ball and baseball at Catholic U. and
later coached those sports in addi
tion to football. He assisted "Fod"
Cotton on the court and Dr. John
Clark on the diamond. Iona's new
mentor also absorbed much baseball
strategy under the late John Mc
Graw, who was at the New York
Giants’ helm when the freckle-faced
kid was bat boy for the National
Leaguers.
Whelan graduated with high
rank, and after a year in New York
returned to Washington and entered
the employ of the Maloney Concrete
Co. But coaching was his first love
and he managed to handle a position
as end coach at Catholic U. during
the football season.
Faces Tough Schedule.
At Iona he will have his task cut
out for him, for the New Yorkers
engage formidable opponents in all
branches of sport. Georgetown
Prep, Fordham Prep, Manhattan
Freshmen, and All Hallows are a few
of the schools appearing on its
schedule.
Whelan is married and has one
son, Patrick. 2 years old, who ap
pears to have the makings of a good
halfback, although he'll have to go
some to beat the old gentleman's
speed.
Petworths Dating
The Petworth A. C. is seeking a
double-header baseball engagement
for Labor Day with a strong un
limited team. The club also would
like to sign both a southpaw and a
right-hand pitcher. Call Randolph
5026 after 6 o'clock.
Wildcats Run Wild
Behind the 3-hit pitching of Jim
my Trimble, the Chevy Chase Wild
cats trounced the Grady Boys, 9-0
on the West Ellipse diamond.
Capitals Radio Program
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P.M. 1 WMAL, 630k, , WRC, 950k. WOL, 1,230k, WJSV, 1,460k.
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THE EVENING'S HIGH LIGHTS
7:00 p.m.—Support of the theory that “two can live as cheaply as
one” is aired on the Human Adventure.
7:30 p.m.—H. Napier Moore, editor of McLean’s, the largest maga
zine in Canada, matches wits with Oscar Levant, John
Kieran and Franklin P. Adams. Clifton P. Fadiman
la again maatar of earemonlaa.
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California Kids Gain
Favor as U. S. Davis
Cup Doubles Team
Kramer and Van Horn, 18,
May Oust Riggs, Hunt
As Foes of Aussies
By the Associated Press.
MERION, Pa., Aug. 22.—A couple
of kids from California, Jack Kra
mer and Welby Van Horn, gained
favor today for the coveted—if
slightly suicidal—doubles assign
ment on the United States Davis
Cup team.
New stars on the International
tennis horizon, the 18-year-olds took
the courts at Merion Cricket Club
yesterday confidence they will help
America defend the cup there In
the challenge round Labor Day
week end.
Whoever gets the doubles call will
feel like an untried heavyweight
going in the ring with Joe Louis,
for their opponents are almost sure
to be Adrian Quist and John Brom
wich, Australia’s magnificent pair.
But the prospect doesn’t feaze the
Coast youngsters. All they want is
a chance.
Hope to Win on Merit.
“We hope to prove to Mr. Pate
(Walter Pate, team captain > that on
merit alone we stand as the most
logical choice,” the kids chorused.
As for Quist-Bromwich, Kramer
Van Horn said:
i "You can't beat them at tactics.
! You've got to drive them off the
: courts.”
Bruce Barnes, American coach,
ooked pleased at the youngsters’
performance, but was careful not
to anticipate Pate's decisions. The
team captain said he would not an
nounce his four selections “until
next Sunday at the earliest.”
Pate named Van Horn and Kra
mer to the squad yesterday in a sur
[ prise move tennis followers believe
j was motivated by the stiff battle
the California combination gave
Quist and Bromwich in the national
i doubles championship at Brookline,
Mass. Until then. Bobby Riggs and
Joe Hunt seemed the most likely
choices for the doubles assignment.
Newport Field Unimpressive.
NEWPORT, R. I„ Aug. 22 <A>).—
The field in the 23d Newport Casino
tennis tournament settled down to
day to the important task of produc
ing one singles player and possibly
a doubles combination for the
United States defense of the Davis
Cup.
Before Walter L. Pate, the Davis
Cup team's non-playing captain, de
parted for Merion, Pa., with a six
man squad he promised he would
not come to any final decision until
all returns were in from the Casino
tourney.
Pate's sharp-eyed agents saw
nothing to become excited about
yesterday as the starting field of
104, which included seven foreign
players, waded through the first two
rounds. The only important ab
sentee was the third-seeded Elwood
Cocke of Portland. Oreg., who was
detained at Brookline, Mass., by the
postponed national mixed doubles
final, in which he and Mrs. Sarah
Palfrey Fabyan were defeated by
Alice Marble of California and Har
ry Hopman of Australia.
Althought five of the seven for
eign seeded players were elimi
nated in yesterday's action none was
impressive enough to bolster his
country's Davis Cup hopes. Eleven
of the twelve seeded homebreds.
who were topped by Don McNeill
of Oklahoma City, swung into ac
tion, and only one of them, sixth
ranking Johnny Doeg of Rumson,
N. J„ failed to pass the initial test.
While they were gaining the third
round, however, none displayed any
skill that would comfort the ha
1 rassed Pate.
Straight Off the Tee
By WALTER McCALLUM.
Star feminine golfers of the Na
tion may have set a hot scoring
pace in the national championship
at Noroton, Conn., but had Mrs.
Walter R. Stokes of Indian Spring
been there, and played the same
game she now is playing, she might
have been one of the qualifiers for
the match play rounds starting
today.
The demure Indian Spring ma
tron, who has been playing golf
only four or five years, tied a rec
ord for the Kenwood Golf and
Country Club course yesterday with
a score of 75—two strokes over
women's par for the River road
layout. Playing with Mrs. Judson
C. Dale of Kenwood and Mrs. G. E.
Stratemeyer of Columbia, Mrs.
Stokes played the difficult last nine
in 40 and then moving over to the
first nine negotiated that hazardous
stretch in 35, which equals mens
par.
For three years Mrs. Stokes, a
former winner of The Evening Star
Trophy, has been knocking at the
door of important sectional cham
pionships around Washington. She
hasn’t yet won a big title, but for
the past month she has been play
ing very well. Not long ago she
played the longer and more difficult
I Indian Spring course in 79. But
i yesterday she topped all women's
marks for Kenwood with her 75.
i She putted out on all the holes be
I cause she was playing for a
; handicap.
Ties Meckley Mark.
Several years ago Mrs. Betty P.
' Meckley of Indian Spring played
Kenwood in 75, but the record did
not show that she putted out on all
the holes. Here is Mrs. Stokes' card: |
Out - 444 353 534—35 ,|
In- 445 554 535—40-75
At Columbia "Red" Banagan and
his Junior Committee are getting
ready for the junior club champion
ship, to be played next week, with
an 18-hole qualifying round slated
for Monday. Earl Skinker, the tow
headed lad who won last year, will
not defend his title. "We don’t let
'em win twice in a row here.” said
Banagan. "When they win the
junior championship we think
they're ready for bigger tourna
ments.”
Outstanding boys among the com
petitors are M. B. Woodson, George
Reeder, Soion Kemon. Martin R.
West, jr.: Paul Stewart, jr.; Ben
Hartig. Joe Loftus. Warren Grimes,
jr., and Dana Belser. Jr.
D. C. Championship Next Month.
Secretary William C. Barr of the
District Golf Association, is out
early with announcements of the
top tourney for amateurs around
town this year—the District amateur
championship—slated for Burning
Tree September 20, 21 and 22.
John P. Burke, the Georgetown
junior who won last year, will be
back to defend the title he won at
Congressional last year. Entries
will close September 18 with Dr.
Barr at Burning Tree, and the
course will be open for practice
September 18 and 19. That won't
give the boys much time for prac
tice. for some of them—the lucky
ones—will stick around Chicago to
see the finale of the amateur cham
pionship there September 16.
They didn't get much money,
but they had a good time, those
Washington boys who went up to
Lancaster, Pa., to play in a pro
amateur and pro sweepstakes tour
ney yesterday. They saw the lion's
share of the prize dough go to tall
John Moyer, from the coal coun
; try of Shamokin, Pa.: Carroll Mc
J Master, pro at Woodholme, and
[ the main amateur prizes go to W.
Fetterhof of Lancaster and Otto
I Greiner of Baltimore. These teams
tied for first place in the pro
amateur with 67s, and Moyer won
the pro sweepstakes affair by three
strokes, with a 67, over chunky little
1 Rut Coffey of WTinchester, Va., who
happens to be one of the up-and
coming young pros in this sector.
Coffey scored a 70 to nose out Leo
Walper and A1 Treder tied at 71.
Two local amateur-pro combines
tied for the third spot with cards
of 69. They were Walper and
Roger Peacock and Bobby Brownell
of Manor and George Diffenbaugh
of Indian Spring. Lewis Worsham
of Burning Tree took three putts
on the 18th green to miss a tie
for third money in the sweep
stakes.
Arlington Wants Game
Arlington Indians, who will pro
vide the diamond, are seeking a
Sunday game. Call Chestnut 3851
betw'een 5:30 and 7 p.m.
9:00 p.m.—WMAL, a blow-by-blow description of the lightweight
j title bout between champion Henry Armstrong and
challenger Lou Ambers is described from the ringside
at the Yankee Stadium.
9:30 p.m.—WJSV, H. V. Kaltenbom is heard in his fourth broad
cast from abroad. He speaks tonight from London.
9:30 p.m—WOL, a "Pop Concert” is heard from the New York
World’s Fair.
SHORT-WAVE PROGRAM
7:00 p.m.—BUDAPEST, "March.” HAT4, 9.12 meg., 32.8 m.
7:30 p.m.—ROME, Tuesday Symphonies. 2RO, 11.81 meg., 25.4 m.;
IRF, 9.83 meg., 30.5 m.
8:15 p.m.—TOKIO, A talk in English by Miss Tamiko Yamamuro.
JZL, 17.78 meg., 16.8 m.
9:00 p.m.—COSTA RICA, “Voice of Coast Rica.” TI4NRH, 9.69
meg., 30.9 m.
9:00 p.m.—EINDHOVEN, Happy Program. PCJ, 9.59 meg., 31.3 m.
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.9:30 Jack Berch, songs Plain Bill Melody Strings Hilltop House
9:45 Sweethearts ot the AirjWoman in White_News Stepmother
10:00 Mary Marlin jDavid Harum Choir Boy iHollywood
10:15 Vic and Sade 'Lorenzo Jones Traffic Court Scattergood Baines
10:30 Fran Allison sings Widow Brown Keep Fit to Music Big Sister
10:45 Doctor Says_Road ot Life_Homemaker's Forum Real Life Stories
11:00 Program from Russia IRomanelli’s Orch. Meet Miss Julie 'Girl Intern, serial
11:15 To Be Announced IThe O'Neills Dick O Heren, songs jGirl Marries, seriel
11:30 Farm and_ Home HourlMary Mason Hits and Bits I Helen Trent
TT:45 1_I _Joyce Trio iGal Sunday
12:00 Farm and Home Hour News E. Hoagland's Orch. Goldbergs
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12:30 Peables Takes Charge Devotions Walkathon Road of Life
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1:15 " ” Grimm's Daughter Sportspage Dr. Susan
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<:45_Betty Crocker_ - - Enoch Light's Orch.
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2:30 Pepper Yeung " » Elinor Lee
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