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Pirates Are Prepping 'Mystery Team‘ to Give Pro Football Rivals Headaches " The Sportlight Amateur Golf Promises Thrill-Packed Meet By GRANTLAND RICE, Special Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (N.A.N.A.). —Some 830 amateur golfers will lead an assault on 28 different courses tomorrow to provide the champion ship field at the North Shore Coun try Club, Chicago, in mid-Septem ber. There will be approximately 170 survivors by nightfall, all set and ready to go after the crown that Willie Turnesa won at Oakmont a year ago, when Johnny Fischer left the door open by blowing a 12-inch putt on the 15th green. It was hardly 12 inches. Smooth-swinging Turnesa again will be one of the prime favorites, but he also has one of the hardest titles in sports to defend. One of his main challengers will be Bud Ward, the brilliant entry from the Northwest, who came close to winning the recent United States Open. Ward, one of the longer hit ters, also is an accurate iron player and a consistently good putter. Johnny Fischer always is danger ous. Charley Yates can't be over looked if near peak form. The Southwest and Midwest both are loaded with talent, including Gus Moreland, always a strong competi tor. and Wilford Wehrle. American Net Entries Lack Old Steam Philadelphia takes over most of the show for the next 10 days. On Saturday, Sunday and Mon day the United States has the Davis Cup to defend. A few days later Tony Galento and Lou Nova move into action to nominate another championship challenger for next June. So far as the Davis Cup is con cerned. the odds are none too cheer ful for the United States. There was a time when United States power dominated tennis. Such hard hitters as McLoughlin. Tilden. Bill Johnston, Vines and Budge had most of the zip. The softer, but surer hitting of Lacoste and Cochet checked our power for some time. But they couldn't check Don Budge. Now leading United States entries no longer carry the old steam. Their play is on the softer side of de fense. Only a marked improvement will bring them any hopeful chance. Many Interesting Angles To Nova-Galento Fight The Nova-Galento party is replete With interesting angles. On form Lou should punch the rotund Tony full of holes. He is the far better boxer—a big strong, rugged type who now knows what it Is all about. But Tony has proved more than once that he can hit with catapul tic force. Every one knows he is dead game and more than willing. Also, he will not have to catch the Joe Louis thunderbolt that came near tearing his head off some time back. Even Joe Louis discovered that Galento was no mere mass of flesh. If Nova decides to wade in and swap wallops as he did against Max Baer he will have quite a hectic eve ning. Ring Should Be Packed With Determination But it is hardly possible that he will surrender his big edge in boxing to trade with a fellow who might outslug him. His plan will be to keep cutting Tony down, round by round, without taking any of Ga lento's often wild heaves on a vul nerable spot. Nova doesn't believe Galento can hit him a solid punch. Neither did Joe Louis. Nova has been coming along stead ily for over a year. He is dead game and one of the most determined young men I've seen around. For that matter, the ring should be packed with determination on the night of the fight, as Galento is no part of a shrinking violet. No one can say that Tony ever was whipped before the first bell. Tony won t even admit it after the last bell, no matter what the re sult. If those Louis thunderbolts couldn’t convince him. he must be hard to argue with. Lake Will Man Mike At Caps' Field Day Col. James J. Lake, announcing champion of the city and environs, will handle the mircophone next Monday when Washington's police men stage their first annual field day at Griffih Stadium. Boasting a long police record for such events, having announced the Police Boys Club boxing bouts and other affairs, the colonel will be perfectly at home. He will be assisted by a squad of radio announcers in the event that the tonsils begin to show a bit of itrain along about midday. A board of arbitration to settle any disputes which may arise has been appointed and includes Joe Turner. Max Farrington. "Dutch” Bergman. “Fod” Cotton, Dr. John Fitzpatrick. “Bottle" Cox, George Lentz and Mike Martin. Great Lakes Sail Title Goes to Chicago Club By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER. N. Y„ Aug. 28.— Chicago Yacht Club sailors tucked away in their trophy case today the Bartel Cup, representing the 8-meter crew championship of the Great Lakes. The Lake Michigan Tars wound up a series of six races in Lake Ontario off the port of Rochester yesterday with 13% points, with Lake Erie representatives second, with 11%, and Lake Ontario third, with 11%. Black Yankees Score The Black Yankees, New York team in the Negro National League, beat the Newark Eagles. 2-1, and then fought a seven-inning 2-2 tie with the Homestead Grays before 4.500 fans at Griffith Stadium yes terday. Three years ago—George Uhle, former Cleveland pitcher, en gaged as head baseball coach at Cornell, replacing Paul Eckley. i p — ■ ■ Sooners' McCullough Expected to Fill White's Shoes Pittsburgh Aims to Mix Notre Dame, Green Bay Systems in Play By the Associated Press. TWO RIVERS, Wis., Aug. 28.— Here in this quiet woodland coun try Coach Johnny Blood of the Pittsburgh Pirates is assembling what he blandly says is the "mystery team” of the National Professional Football League. "Give us an even break in the luck and well cause a few head aches around the league," says Blood, who has just terminated 15 brilliant years in the professional whirl. "We are going to use a modified style of Notre Dame play, plus some wrinkles borrowed from the Green Bay Packers. Even at this early stage I can promise we'll show a big improvement over the Pirates of last season.” McCullough Main Cog. The main cog in the new Pitts burgh machine will be Hugh McCul lough. young 6-foot. 190-pound back field star from Oklahoma. He's be ing groomed to plug the gap left by the departure for England and higher education of Whizzer White, highly publicized 1938 backfield sen sation. In practice, the Oklahoman has been showing enough of what it takes to more than justify the high hopes Blood and Owner Art Rooney hold for him. Last season McCul lough completed 69 of 109 aerials for a 63.3 per cent average—a better record than was chalked up by the sensational Davey O'Brien at Texas Christian. Besides flipping the pigskin with deadly accuracy, McCullough also runs and plunges and is rated a good kicker and sturdy defensive player. Blood also has a few cheers for Fullback Sam Francis, obtained from the Chicago Bears in a winter trade. Hope for Better Center. Five centers are in camp here. From them Blood hopes to get a pair which can offset the weakness in the middle of the line that so re tarded the 1938 aggregation. The Pirates begin their campaign September 10 ggainst the Eagles at Philadelphia. In turn, they will op pose the Chicago Cardinals at Pitts burgh, September 24; the Bears at Pittsburgh, October 2; the New York Giants at Pittsburgh, October 8; the Redskins at Washington, October 15; the Redskins at Pittsburgh, Oc tober 22; the Rams at Cleveland, October 29; the Brooklyn Dodgers at Pittsburgh, November 5; the Giants at New York, November 19, and the Philadelphia Eagles at Pitts burgh, November 26. ____ I Nine of Duncan, Okla., Is First Repeating Semipro Champ By the Associated Press. WICHITA. Kans., Aug. 2.—Dun can. Okla.. undefeated In the na tional semipro baseball tournament, is the tournament’s first repeating winner, also having won in 1936. The Sooner nine beat Mount Pleasant, Tex., 5-2, last night to win $5,119.56 first money and an all expense trip to Puerto Rico to meet Guayama, insular champion, in a series starting September 7. Piling up 53 runs to 11 in seven victories, the red-clad Oklahomans had to beat down the bouncing Texans twice, the first time, 2-1. The 10 ranking teams will divide $15,027.30 in prize money and mile age, $2,000 more than last year. Aces Defeat Heights One hit was the difference be tween a niche in sandlot’s hall of fame and merely another victory for Clements, of the Maryland Aces, as he turned in a 6-1 victory over Cap itol Heights. Greenwell spoiled his performance with a bingle in the eighth. ACCENT ON YOUTH—Betty Jameson, 20-year-old Texas golfer (right) and winner of the woman’s national championship at Darien, Conn., here is pictured with Dorothy Kirby, 19-year-old Atlantan, the runnerup, and the cup won by the former. The girls were the youngest finalists in the 40-odd year period over which the event has been held. —Wide World Photo. Grid All-Stars Name Osmanski And Wyatt to Captain Team Against Pro Champions By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Aug. 28.—Prepara i tions for the annual all-star char ity fpotball game were in the dress rehearsal stage today. The college boys, senior stars of last season, tonight will hold their I only practice under the floodlights of Soldier Field, where an expected 80.000 spectators will gather Wed nesday to see their game with the New York Giants, professional champions. The All-Stars plan to return to Northwestern University in nearby Evanston for their final workouts tomorrow while the Giants, who have been drilling at their Superior, Wis.. camp, practice at Soldier Field. The 60-odd players on the All Star squad yesterday elected Bow ! den Wyatt, Tennessee end, and Bill Osmanski, Holy Cross fullback. ] as co-captains for the game. Wyatt will start the game at right end. Osmanski is not a starter, but his brilliance in the two weeks of prac I tice indicate he will see plenty of : service against the husky profes sional champions. Officials for the game will be William T. Halloran, Providence, R. I„ referee; Fred Young, Bloom ington. 111., umpire; Larry Conover, Atlantic City. N. J.. head linesman, and Jay Wyatt, Chicago, field judge. The opposing teams have made a few concessions in rules for the contest. The goal posts will be on the goal lines, as in pro foot ball, instead of 10 yards behind the goal line, as in college play. The college rule which prohibits forward passing less than five yards behind the line of scrimmage will hold for this game. In pro foot ball a pass may be thrown any where behind the line. In the last five games the All Stars have won two. the pros one and two ended in ties. Iowa Horseshoe Hurler Heads National Group By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 28.— Leroy Page of Des Moines has been elected president of the National Association of Horse Shoe Pitchers. Guy Zimmerman of Sac City, Iowa, today won 35 of 37 matches to lead the 14 qualifiers into the finals of the Midwest national tournament at the State Pair. Ted Allen of Boulder, Colo., defending champion, held the second spot with 33 victories and 4 defeats. •__ 7-Up on the Bottom 7-Up was home today after fin ishing 1 down to Winchester Park yesterday in their game at Winches ter. The score. 2-1, indicates the closeness of the game. Chamberlain of 7-Up, outpitched Duvall in a mound duel, four hits to six, but still lost. Schwab hit a homer to save the losers from a shutout. Skins' Pass Defense Gets Test Tonight In Coast Clash Pacific All-Stars Plan To Fight Pro in Air; Big Game for Todd By BILL DISMER, Jr„ Star Staff Correspondent. 8AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.—What was considered the Redskins’ out standing weakness last year is apt to be tested right off the bat here tonight as Washington’s professional football team plays its first game against outside competition, the Pa cific Coast All-Stars. Conceding the Redskins' superior ity on the ground, due to the fact that his line will be outweighed nearly 15 pounds to the man, Coach Buck Shaw has instructed his charges to level an aerial attack at the Indians throughout the game. Inasmuch as the Marshallmen still might be world champions if their pass defense had not been extremely vulnerable in 1938, Shaw’s strategy appears logical. Town Not Gridminded. The game will be played at the home of the San Francisco Seals, one of the Pacific Coast League's finest stadia, but the attendance isn’t expected to equal last week's in Spokane, where 10.000 turned out for the intrasquad game. Although advance publicity has been good, football is not yet the talk of the ; town as it was in Spokane. Five of Shaw's 1933 Santa Clara team will be in the stars’ starting - line-up. which will be completed with representatives from six other Coast colleges — Stanford. Washington State. St. Mary's, College of the Pacific, San Francisco and San Jose State. Because he will give Dick Todd a week's leave of absence in order that the Texas A. and M. flash may play with the Texas All-Stars! against the Green Bay Packers in Dallas on Labor Day night, Coach Ray Flaherty has told his quarter backs to give the flashy newcomer every opportunity to run tonight. The red-headed mentor knows that Todd's performance last Wednesday j was no myth, but more and more is growing the Impression that Dick.1 the dodger, may be another great breakaway runner like Cliff Battles used to be, and Flaherty can’t be reassured along that line too soon. Once again Frank Filchock and Jimmy German will share the pass ing duties with Slingin' Sam Baugh, billed, as usual, as the game’s chief attraction. Charley Holm, the new back from Alabama, won’t play for more than a few minutes if at all, as he hardly has had time to ac quaint himself with the Redskins’ system. Flaherty’s closfst tabs will be kept on Steve Uhrinyak and Clyde Shugart, the rookie guard candidates, and Johnny Spirida, who is fighting desperately to snatch that fifth end job from Bob McChesney, the Indians’ crack relief flankman for the last two years. Three Teams Remain In Scrap for D. C. Softball Title Only three contenders for the Dis trict softball championship remained in the titular picture today as Taft Burroughs fell by the wayside, elimi nated by International Business Ma chines, which yesterday dealt the Northeast team its second straight setback, 2-0, at Ballston. Meanwhile, Tru-Blu’s favored forces continued in the lead of the round-robin series, by blanking Plaza Wine and Liquor, 6-0, in the second game of a twin bill. It was Abe Rosenfield's second shutout in as many days, the veteran side wheeler limiting his opponents to three hits. A 5-run rally in the third clinched matters for the Beer men. Ingrassia of Taft-Burroughs and Creamer of I. B. M. tangled in a mound duel in the inaugural, with the former allowing two hits to three. Inability of Ingrassia’s mates to bunch their blows proved costly, while I. B. M. scored on Creamer’s triple, which followed a walk to Keagle, and added a second run on two walks and an error. Semi-finals are scheduled Wednes day at 5 o'clock at Eastern High, with the deciding game to be played Thursday on the same diamond. Today a year ago—Gene Sara zen won $3,000 open golf tourna ment at Lake Placid. N. Y„ card ing 68 on last round for 281 total. I Princeton's Toughest Grid List in Years \ Worries Coach Wieman to Start Drills September 15; Season Opens October 7 By the Associated Press. PRINCETON, N. J., Aug 28 — Head Coach Tad Wieman today cast an unsympathetic eye over Princeton University’s 1939 football schedule, studded with live Ivy League opponents and Nassau’s tra ditional big three rivals, and an nounced it “the most difficult one a Princeton team has faced in years.” The Tigers will begin pre-season drills September 15, two days be fore the semester starts, and will open the campaign against Little Williams in Palmer Stadium- Octo ber 7. On successive Saturdays the Tigers then will meet Cornell at home, Columbia at New York, Brown, Harvard and Dartmouth at home. Yale at New Haven, and Navy at Princeton. Returning lettermen include: Enda-^James Aubrey of Highland Park. 111.; W. Thacher Longstreth of Haverford. Pa : Lawrence Naylor of Baltimore »nd Charles fi. Winston, jr.. of Joliet, 111 Tackle*—Richard n. Bokunn of Chicago, Richard T. Purnell of Baltimore and Rob ert F. Tierney. Jr., of Pearl River. N. Y Guards—Conrad J. Balentine of Easton. Pa : Jay Tschudy. Jr., of Kansas City. Mo., and James H. Worth of Bronxville. N. V. Center—Bruce R. Alger of Webster Groves. Mo. Quarterbacks—David W. Allerdice of Indianapolis. Tnd.. inri Thomas H Dixon and Rtanley W. Pearson. Jr., both of Chest nut Hill. Pa Halfbacks—Robert J Hinchman of Pitts burgh; Robert K. Jackson of Whitman. Mass ; Robert F Van Lengen of Syracuse. N v. and Richard D. Wells of Marble head Mass., Fullback—Alfred L. Lane of Arlington. Mass. ----- Cardinals Win Pair Vienna Cards had too much on the bail for the Petworth A. C. and cap tured both ends of a double-header, 10-1, and 5-4, at Vienna, Va. Lionels Cop Another Lionel A. C. rushed over 10 runs in the fourth and fifth innings to seal an 11-1 victory over Groveton. P. Koerner fanned 14 batters for the winners. Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Baseball. Washington at St. Louis, 4:00. TOMORROW. Washington at St. Louis, 4:00. Midget Ante Racing. Capitol Speedway, New York and Montana avenues, 8:30. WEDNESDAY. Baseball. Washington at Chicago, two games, 1:30. THURSDAY. Baseball. Washington at Chicago, night game. Wrestling. Nanjo Singh vs. Ernie Dusek, feature match, Turner's Arena, 8:30. FRIDAY. Motor Cycle Racing. Capitol Speedway, New York and Montana avenues, 8:30. SATURDAY. Baseball. Washington vs. Philadelphia, Griffith Stadium, 3.00. Horse Show. Warrenton, Va., 9:00. Duckpin League Meets Plans for the approaching cam paign will be mapped Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock by the Prince Georges County Ladies’ Duckpin League. 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