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First Day of Play May Settle Davis Cup Struggle Between U. S. and Australia
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From the
Press Box
Australians Cocksure
Of Tennis Victory
By JOHN LARDNER.
Special Correspondent of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2
(N. ANAL—Abdul Abulbul Amir
once remarked, in a moment of
strained relations between himself
and his famous contemporary, Ivan
Ska vinsky Scavar:
"So take your last look
At sunshine and brook.
And send your regets to the
czar—
Por by this I imply
You are going to die.
Count Ivan Ska vinsky Scavar!”
In much the same spirit the two
man Australian Davis Cup team of
John Bromwich and Adrian Quist
Is down here urging Americans of
every degree to take a last gander
at Davis' Cup and put on the
bravest of smiles—
As much as to say,
It is going away
A matter of 10.000 miles.
And once the Davis Cup and
saucer are buried in the far Aus
tralian bush we may not see them
agam for a long time. Por all we
know, the hero who will bring the
trophy back now is fighting his or
ange juice and cod liver oil on the
lap of a California mother.
Australian Rocketers
Fronkly Confident
Quist and Bromwich frankly are
confident.
"It won't be as easy as some peo
ple think.” said Quist a couple of
days ago. "because Riggs is capable
of playing magnificent tennis when
he puts his mind to it. and Parker
never is easy to beat—too steady.
But we ought to win. We re cer
tainly ready.
"Last year at Germantown, you
know, the turf, if any. was mis
erable. This year at Merion it is
perfectly satisfactory. Bromwich is
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plaints. I think we can count on
winning the doubles and splitting
the singles. We ll have to fight for
every inch, and that's just what we
plan to do"
The whole world, including the
American team, appears to count on
Australia winning the doubles. That
is t.he complaint of Cap'n Walter
Pate, the small, wide master mind of
America's squad, who delivers his
beef loudly and shrilly.
"The boys have been hearing that
we might as well concede the dou
bles." says the skipper angrily, "and
they're getting to believe it. If we re
going to concede the doubles, let's
make a good job of it and concede
the singles, too. The doubles are
important. We need every point we
can get.
Pate Is Afraid U. S. Team
Is Licked Before Start
"Quist and Bromwich had a tough
time with the Yugoslavians last week
and they'll have to play one more
stiff match apiece before they reach
the doubles round with us. Then
they'll have to save enough stamina
to play the final round of singles
Monday. Believe me. that's a real
strong assignment for two men.
They're good, but I doubt if they're
that. good.
"We can win the doubles, and we
might win two or three singles
matches, too. I know that. I just
hope the boys know it. Over-confi
dence is bad. but in some ways I'd
rather see them over-confident than
licked befire they start.”
The boys have been listening to
Cap'n Pate's pepper talks for some
time now. They have seen him beat
Australia on paper, and their atti
tude seems to be that, while Aus
tralia cant hurt the Cap'n. Aus
tralia might possibly hurt them. In
other words, enthusiasm does not
exactly bubble over from the Amer
ican camp and run down Broad
street in a silver stream.
Australia last won the Davis j
chalice in 1914. In that year she
had Sir Norman Brookes—now root
ing Quist and Bromwich home from
a seat at the finish line—and Tony :
Wilding, a two-man team like the
present one.
Australia Wouldn't Stand
Star Tourney Pro
At Forest Hills Brookes and Wild
ing both whipped Dirk Williams,
and both lost to the flame-haired
slugger. Maurice McLoughlin. in the
singles. The doubles point won the
rup. Brookes and Wilding defeating
ivicijOUgnuri ann i iiiumy jounuy m
straight sets. 6—3. 8—6. 9—7.
Australia made one successful de
fense. against England, in 1915. She
never won again, for the rise of
Gerald Patterson and big Jim An
derson down under coincided with
the rise in this country of little Will
Johnston and large Will Tilden. who
between them licked the platter
clean until the four musketeers ot
France. Lacoste. Cochet, Borotra
and Brugnon came bouncing over
the horizon.
It's been a long time between
drinks out of Davis's cup for Aus
tralia—24 years. No country in the
world takes tennis—and especially
the pursuit of the grail—more se
riously. The man who turned pro
In Australia probably would be
hanged for high treason from the
highest masthead in Sydney Harbor
If he could have helped to win the
cup by staying pure.
American players never have al
lowed this consideration to bother
them. Neither has F. John Perry,
the pride and prop of England. But
the Australians want that silver
ware badly. Some one should tell
them it holds only 4 quarts.
Since they want it so much I feel
pretty sure they will get it—by three
points to two or four points to one.
Cap'n Pate says that the American
boys think they'll be licked, and I
think the boys are right.
Fights Last Night
By thy Associated Press.
CHICAGO —Eddie Simms. IPS;
Clevelsnd. outpointed Tony Musto. 207.
Chicaeo (10).
, LONG BRANCH. N. J.—Pat Comis
key. 1M6. Paterson. N. J . knocked out
Frankie Bruno. ISP. Brooklyn (8).
MOUNT FREEDOM. N J—Bobby
Mclntvre. 138. Detroit, outpointed Wil
liam Henry Cheetum. 139. Newark tSi.
TAMPA. Fla —Chino Alvare*. 128.
Tampa, outpointed Tommy Ricco. 128,
Jersey City uni.
LONG BEACH. N Y —A] Reid.
129'», New York, outpointed Yos Naka
mura. 128. Honolulu iB)
NEW YORK. — Walter "Popere"
Woods. lfln New York outpointed
Frankie Brun. 159. Brooklyn (8).
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Double Defeat Viewed
As Fatal to Cause
Of Americans
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Challengers Rated Cinch
To Win Doubles; War
Is Mental Hazard
By GEORGE SCOTT.
Associated Press Sports Writer.
HAVERFORD. Pa., Sept. 2—The
first day of play may decide today
the winner of the 1939 Davis Cup
challenge round between the United
States and Australia.
The supposedly top men of both
teams—John Bromwich for Austra
lia and Bobby Riggs for the United
States—meet at 1 p.m. <E. S. T.) on
the grass of Merion Cricket Club.
Then Adrian Quist of the challeng
ers takes on Frankie Parker, at 22
the oldest player on the American
team.
If the defending Americans drop
both matches, they can just about
kiss the cup good-by. Even Capt.
Walter Pate “doubts” any doubles
combination he can put together
could beat Bromwich and Quist to
morrow.
Will Announce Players Tonight.
The U. S. pair will be announced
tonight. Pate indicated he would
stick by his tentative selection of
Midshipman Joe yunt and 18-year
old Jack Kramer, the "baby" of the
team.
Monday will bring together Riggs
and Quist—with sinewy Bobby the
favorite—and Bromwich and Parker.
The Americans counted on two
victories today and one Monday.
Parker, who failed to make the team
last year, was considered a poor
match for the Australian No. 1.
The likelihood of double American
defeat today diminished rapidly,
however, as match time approached.
Heavily favored before their matches
at Brookline. Mass., with Yugoslavia,
the challengers now are given only
a slight edge.
W’ar Is Mental Hazard.
Bromwich has been off form in
practice. But there is another,
less tangible reason—the mental
hazard of trying to concentrate on
tennis when both Australians might
be called soon to fight for their
mother country.
Threat of war and grim recollec
tion colored proceedings as Sir Nor
man diuuws m me Ausuauan Lawn
Tennis Association and Holcombe
Ward of the U. S. Lawn Tennis As
sociation made the ceremonial draw
from the cup yesterday.
Sir Norman was a member of the
1914 Australian team which beat
Germanv at Pittsburgh just before
the last World War started. His part
ner. Anthony Wilding, was killed In
action next April Australia last
won the cup in 1919.
Strang, C. U. Gridder,
Due for Canadian Army
Repercussions of the European
disturbance were felt on Catholic 1
University's campus today when
.Terry Strang. Cardinal football and
boxing star, received word from
home that he had been called to the
colors by the Canadian government 1
for possible duty overseas. A native
of Ottawa. Strang is a reservist in
the Royal Air Corps.
Around town Notre Dame alumni
are vigorously denying reports that
Poland's difficulties had forced the
"Irish" to cancel its entire grid
schedule because of heavy losses due
to the draft.
O'Brien Is Headlined
In Hershey Grid Tilt
By the Associated Press.
HERSHEY. Pa.. Sept. 2.—The pig
skin ^premiere of Hershey's new ath
letic stadium brought the Philadel
phia Eagles, led by little Davey
O'Brien, here for a clash tonight
with the Frankford Yellow Jackets
in one of the first play-for-pay
games in Central Pennsylvania.
O'Brien, off on an unimpressive
start in his air game this season, is
expected to unleash some of the
passes that made him a national
sensation last year while playing
with Texas Christian.
The Yellow Jackets will depend
largely on Halfback Ed Kress for
ground-gaining and nuntine
De Chard and Novak
Promise Hot Bout
In Benefit Show
Amateur Heavyweights,
Both Going Places,
Fight for Blind
Jimmy DeChard. young Wash
ington heavyweight, will meet the
severest ■ test of his budding career
at Griffith Stadium, October 11,
when he faces Tony Novak, national
amateur champion. In the feature
bout of a benefit program. Proceeds
from the bouts will be turned over
to the Washington Society of the
Blind.
Considered one of the most prom
ising young pugilists in the city's
history, DeChard has compiled a
sensational record and hopes to
make a strong bid for professional
honors. Last night at Frederick,
Md., he added another knockout vic
tim to a lengthening string by flat
tening Mickey Sinkovlts of Harris
burg. Pa., in the third of a scheduled
five-round bout. It was his fifth
consecutive victory at Frederick,
and boosted his total to well over
30.
Novak, a tall, well-proportioned
youth, hails from Kansas City and
is handled by “Doc" Reilly, George
town University alumnus. The lad
has Olympic aspirations and has
directed H!s whole career toward
winning a berth on the United
States team. Shrewd nad surpris
ingly fast for his 220 pounds, Novak
is a sharp-shooting puncher, and
carries dynamite in both fists. He
and DeChard should present the
best match witnessed here this
summer, professional or amateur.
J. Leighton (Count)Cornwell, is
chairman of the committee arrang
ing the program, and will be as
sisted by Joe AronofT. Bill Mulligan
and other A. A. U. officials.
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OPEN NET WAR—The draw of the Davis Cup challenge round
today sends Robert L. Riggs of the United States team (left)
against John Bromwich, Australian champion, in the first
singles match. —Copyright, A. P. Photo.
Grid Game Murderous, Averred
John L. Sullivan of Sport
When Stagg Was Young
(This is the third in a series
traveling the. 50-year span of the
grand old man of football. Amos
Alonzo Stagg.)
By Rl'SSELL .?. NEWLANI).
Associated Press Sports Writer.
STOCKTON, Calif., Sept. 2.—
Football is an amazingly different
game today from the game Amos
Alonzo Stagg started coaching 50
years ago. The 77-year-old patriarch
of the gridiron has watched it
undergo an almost complete meta
morphosis since he first turned out
for the sport at Yale in 1884.
Peering through the portals of the
past. Stagg recalls the game of his
youth wasn't far removed from mass
riot. The modern counter-part is a
hard-hitting, fast-moving spectacle,
properly supervised and guarded by
stringent rules.
Flying Wedge a Pulverizer.
In the 80s. 90s and early 1900s it
was a combination wrestling match,
tug of war and pileup—and might
the team with the fewest broken
bones win. The late John L. Sulli
van probably was the roughest,
rowdiest prizefight champion in
American history. Yet. after an
early Yale-Harvard game at which
he was an awed spectator, he told
an interviewer:
“There's murder in that game.”
The flying wedge was the famed
pulverizing play of the older version
of the sport. Stagg recalls that
Harvard sprang it on an unsusDect
ing Yale team at Springfield. Mass.,
In 1892. The Harvard kickoff man, ’
instead of booting the ball hard,
barely nudged it with his toe. Mean
while his teammates had formed
parallel lines, the first men in the
lines some 25 yards behind him.
The kicker picked up the ball and
tossed it to one of his mates, who
dodged in between the rows. The
two lines, veering to right or left
on signal, closed in like a wedge
and. with players clinging to each
others’ jackets, charged down the
field.
Yale men tumbled like tenpins.
The play caused a furore. In 1893
all teams used it. The next year
the Rules Committee outlawed the
play.
As late as 1905 it was permissible
either to push or pull the ball car
rier. Massing of play was the key
note. It was 5 yards to go in three
downs. End runs were considered
ineffective. The forward pass had
not been born.
Camp Coaehed by Remote Control.
Stagg. first to span a solid half
century of coaching, is starting his
seventh season at the College of the
Pacific here after his 41-year run
and arbitrary retirement at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
There were no regular coaches
when he first played. Graduates
helped out. In 1884 the late great
Walter Camp, who had played six
years for Yale, helped coach his
alma mater by remote control. He
felt it inadvisable to leave his work
at a New Haven clock company—
so the players visited him at the
plant to receive advice.
Patricia Canning Out
To Dethrone Girls'
Tennis Champ
Meets Helen Bernhard,
Holder of 8 Titles,
In National Final
By the Associated Pres*.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 2—Pa
tricia Canning. 17-year-old Ala
meda. Calif., miss, today sought to
dethrone Helen Bernhard of New
York as national girl tennis cham
pion.
Victory yesterday over a girl three
years her junior, Doris Hart of
Miami. Fla., put Miss Canning in
the final. Miss Hart, unseeded, beat
third-seeded Cissy Madden in the
quarter-finals and gave her more
experienced semifinalist opponent a !
lively battle before succumbing. 6—3,!
5—7, 6-3.
Hard-hitting Miss Bernhard, hold- !
er of eight national titles and
seeded sixth in next week's national
women's tournament, was forced to
her first deuced set of the week be
fore disposing of Louise Brough. Los
Angeles, 8—6, 6—3.
The defending singles champion
and Dorothy Wightman meet Miss
Canning and Miss Madden in the
doubles final after the singles title
has been decided.
Trapshooters Busy
The Washington Gun Club was to
stage its weekly shoot today with
two events carded. A special holi
day registered tournament Monday,
with eight events listed in various
classes, will start at 1 p.m. Prises
will be awarded to all winners.
Pin Franchises Open
Two franchises are open In the
Takoma Duckpin Association. Teams
desiring them should phone Dutch
Sherbahn at National 9160, branch
38. or the Takoma alley, Georgia
9846.
U. S. Mat Champ
Is Navy Plebe
ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Sept. 2.—
Opponents of the Navy Plebe
wrestling team this fall will be
called upon to meet an inter
collegiate and National A. A. U.
champion in John Harrell, lately
of the Oklahoma Aggies.
Harrell holds the intercol-*
legiate heavyweight champion
ship of the A. A. U. at 191
pounds. His present weight is
200 and he is a back on the
Plebe group squad.
A similar situation existed in
tennis last spring, when the Plebe
opponents were pitted against
Joe Hunt, fourth ranking player
in the Nation. Hunt went
through the season without losing
a game and seldom lost a point.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Winston-Salem 8—8; Asheville, 1—6.
Rocks Mount. 3: Charlotte, i,
Portsmouth. 4: Norfolk. 3.
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I. B. M. Softball Team
Battles to Prolong
Scrap for Title
Victory for Tru-Blu
Today Would Mean
District Honors
Calculating on a mild upset today
to further their local softball title
aspirations. International Business
Machines tossers were to clash with
the crack Tru-Blu outfit at 3 o'clock
at Eastern Stadium.
A victory for Tru-Blu. undefeated
in three games in the local tourney,
meant the championship for the
beer boys, but I. B. M. was determ
ined to prolong the feud and force
the issue into another game to- '
morrow at Ballston Stadium.
Tru-Blu, favored to represent
Washington in the national soft-!
ball tourney at Chicago next week,
entered todays game minus the
services of Right Fielder Phil Fox,
declared ineligible due to an ap- j
pointment as a physical education
instructor at Eastern High. Tom
Clark was to replace him.
Trounsed by Tru-Blu. 6-0. last
week, I. B. M. was to send its ace
hurler, Bobby Plaisted. to the
mound, while Tru-Blu was to
counter with Abe Rosenfield. re
garded as the smoothest softball
pitcher in this sector.
Wins Playground Title
David Smith yesterday won the
District junior playground tennis
championship by defeating Art
MacNeil, 6—0, 6—2, at Palisades
Park.
Appointment of Fox
To Grid Staff Seen
Help to Eastern
Eastern High School was doubly
equipped today to make it s pres
ence felt in scholastic football cir
cles this fall as a result of adding
Phil Fox to a coaching staff headed
by the veteran Mike Kelley.
Fox, who fills the gap caused by
the shift of Artie Boyd first to Cen
tral and then to Roosevelt, has
served at several local schools both
as physical education instructor and
coach. He also may assist John
McBride with the basket ball team,
having gained experience in this
sport last year for a short flme at
Central High.
A former quarterback. Fox got
rurther knowledge of football at
Bernie Bierman’s coaching school
this summer and should prove a
valuable aide to the Lincoln Park
outfit, which starts practice Tues
lay.
The Eastern schedule first sends
the team against Episcopal High at
Alexandria on September 23. Other
games:
S£?itm..b*s 5£: *t Wsshington-l**.
OeWber fl Gonsag* • 13 Woodrow Wll
luehmohd“ ’ 27' John *Urtll*u> •*
November 10. at Western; 17, McKinley.
Nine Topnotch Pros
Set Burning Pace
In Hershey Golf
Group's Score Run From
141 to 143 as Meet
Turns Into Stretch
B7 the Associeted Press.
HERSHEY, Pa, Sept. 2.—The
round that often makes a winner or
breaks a contender came up today
in the 72-hole Hershey open golf
tournament with nine topnotch pro
fessionals so close there was no
such thing as a favorite. I
Battling for (1.200 first prize and
an assortment of lesser purses were
United States Open Champion
"teyron Nelson of Reading, husky
Felix Serafln of Scranton, Pa., and
.Jimmy Hines of Great Neck, Long
Island, with his inevitable straw hat,
tied at 141 for 36 holes.
Five under par, these three held
the spotlight yesterday at the half
way mark, but going into the stretch
they held only a one-stroke lead
over big Ed Dudley of Philadelphia,
John Revolts, scrambling ex-P. G.
A. titlist, and Ralph Guldahl, who
had yesterday's best round, a 69.
Byrd in Challenging Spot.
At 143 and in position to challenge
with good third rounds were Sammy :
Byrd, Dudley's assistant; Ben Hogan
of White Plains. N. Y„ and Johnny
Moyer, graceful shotmaker from
Shamokin. Pa.
Hershey s par 73 baffled most of
the headliners in the second round.
Nelson and Serafln, after startling
opening round 68s, slipped to 73
each. Nelson was 3 over par at the
thirteenth, but finished strongly
with three birds in four holes.
Dudley and Hines were more con
sistent. Big Ed. with two 71s. com
plained only of trouble with the
traps; he was unaccustomed to that
kind of sand. Otherwise his shots
wet far and true.
A little more luck on the greens
and Hines could have ripped off a
67 or 68 yesterday, instead of the 70
that went, with his nrevinn* 71
Field Narrowed to 72.
Today 's field was cut to 72 players
by the requirements of qualifying
with 158 or better for the final 36
holes
An interesting battle developed in
the amateur ranks with a four-way
tie at 152 among Harry Haverstlck,
Lancaster, Pa : Sid Solomon, Jr.. St.
Louis. Mo.: Wilfred Wehrle, Racine,
Wis., and Ted Johnston, Philadel
phia.
Expert Figuring
No Aid in Golf
Bt lh» Associated Press.
HERSHEY. Pa., Sept. 2—A
man who adds and subtracts for
a living took the most strokes in !
the first 36 holes of the Hershey
Open golf tournament—and shot
himself right out of it.
Emmett Welch, chief statisti
cian for the Pennsylvania De
partment of Public Assistance,
used 98 strokes in his first round
and the same number yesterday
for 196.
Central Coach Pleased
With Opening Drill
Hardy Pearce, football coach at
Central High School, appeared in a ,
happy mood today after watching .
his grid squad run through a snappy ;
three-hour workout yesterday at
Central Stadium in opening prepa
rations.
Interhigh champion last year, j
Central has only six lettermen back. ;
Three are backs and three ends, j
However, many of the players on
hand are seasoned and it is with ,
optimism that Coach Hardy views !
the coming campaign.
Cedar Rapids Clinches
Three-Eye Loop Lead
By the Associated Press.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Sept. 2 —
Cedar Rapids clinched first place
in the Three-Eye League last night
with a 7-to-6 victory over the sec
ond place Evansville tlnd.) team.
It gave Cedar Rapids a three-game
lead over Evansville. The season
ends Sunday.
The first four teams, which now
at Cedar Rapids. Evansville,
Decatur and Springfield, 111.,
begin their annual post-season
Shaughnessy playoff next Tuesday.
Hordwares Are Busy
Brookland Hardware diamonders
will stack up against the Lorton
Blues at Lorton, Va., tomorrow and
will play Pepsi-Cola tossers in a
double-header at Beltsville, Md., on
Monday.
New Devitt Grid Coach
Faces Difficult Job
Rebuilding Team
Faced with the task of rebuilding
in eleven wrecked by graduation
and whipping it into shape for the
toughest schedule any District prep
Eleven ever attempted, Don Dunlap
will call out Devitt’s grid candidates
Tuesday to get his 1939 program
jnder way. This will be the former
Central High and Washington and
Lee star's first year at the helm,
md he faces a man-sized job.
Joe Becker and "Punchy” Kemp
ire the lone returning veterans from
tast year's eleven, and with the cur
tain-raiser with Mercersburg sched
aled September 30, Dunlap will have
to work miracles to find replace
ments for the others. Three new
jomers who may ease the burden
ire Joe Viehmann, from Western;
roulette of Washington and Lee and
Dverby. All are experienced and
>ig and more than likely will land
-egular berths.
Devitt's schedule includes Harris
jurg Academy, Hampton (Va.)
High, George Washington Frosh,
Portsmouth (Va.) High, Western
Maryland Frosh, Fork Union Mili
tary Academy and Bullis. Only the
0. W. and Bullis games will be
played at home. ,
Straight Off the Tee
By WALTER McCALLUM.
A program of four events for men
and one affair for women to be
staged during September and Oc
tober was announced today by the
Golf Committee of the Chevy Chase
Club. The women's tourney will be
the event for the Sheridan Trophy,
emblematic of the club champion
ship, now held by Mrs. Bishop P.
Hill. It will be held October 2, 4,
5, 6 and 7.
Men's tournaments are those for
the President’s Cup, the I. T. Mann
Liberty Cup, the Siamese Cup (sec
ond of the trophies of the same
name) and the Japanese Cup.
Qualifying rounds for the Presi
dent's Cup will run from today to
September 18, with match rounds
slated to start September 18 and
end on September 30. Club mem
bers will qualify between September
18 and 30 for the Liberty Cup, with
match play to follow between Oc
tober 2 and October 14. The Siam
ese Cup medal rounds will run from
September 30 to October 14, with
match play rounds to run from
October 18 to October 28.
The Japanese Cup tourney is a
one-day affair,- scheduled for Oc
tober 21. It will be at 18 holes
medal play handicap.
Annapolis Roads Tourney Slated.
Down at Annapolis Roads, which
is part of the links empire of S. G.
Leoffler. grandpappy of public links
golf in Washington, they are getting
ready for the club championship
tourney and the affair for the
Charles Denby Trophy. This tour
nament last was played in 1929 over
the course with which few Wash
ingtonians are familiar, but which
• and you’ll have to take our word)
is one of the very best in this sector.
Jack Pomeroy, the club pro. will
put on the tournament tomorrow i
and Monday at 36 holes medal play,
and Pomeroy will arrange the
handicaps. Prizes will go to the
gross and net winners anri tht. cpnt t
with the lowest score will be the
club champion.
It's the first time we've heard
anything much from Annapolis
Roads in the way of competition in
several years. But the good golf
course, laid out by Seth Rainor back
in the boom days, remains the same,
with the same big putting greens
and the old and familiar deep traps.
It isn't any fiction that a few of the
traps are more than 15 feet deep
and that you need a real familiarity
with the sand wedge to get out of
them. Also that you have to be very
much on your putting stroke to
score on those tremendous greens.
It all sounds as if Annapolis
Roads was a back-breaker. It is, if
you keep out of trouble. But it isn't
Archibald Quits Beer
Garden Camp for
Turner's Arena
Champion's Handlers
Make Move to Boost
Title Go Ballyhoo
Finding rurai outdoor life a bit
too strenuous. Joey Archibald, king
of the featherweights who defends
his title against Harry JefTra at
Griffith Stadium a week from Mon
day night, moved indoors to Turn
ers Arena loday to resume training
for the bout.
Coming here from Mt. Carmel.
N. Y„ Archibald was installed at
Mike Young s camp on the fringe of
the District. It is adjacent to a
beer garden and after one day s
work Joey's handlers decided a
quick change in scenery would be
highly beneficial.
Trainer Charley Goldman blamed
the heat for the decision to make a
change in camps, but a better rea
son would be the publicity, which
threatened to suffer with Joey out
in the country. At the arena it will
be possible for prospective custom- i
ers to drop by daily and watch the
champion's progress, and for their
convenience a ticket office will be
kept open.
Archibald was scheduled to work
loday at 1 o'clock. JefTra. training
In Baltimore, will come to Wash- ;
ington tomorow to participate in an
exhibition golf match at the Con
gressional Country Club, and will
remain here to complete training.
He, too. probably will go through his
paces at the arena.
-j
Brooklands Set Drill
Brookland Boys Club football team
will hold its initial practice of the
teason Tuesday at 7 o'clock at Tur
tey Thicket and all candidates are
■equested to be present. Brookland
is booking games at Dupont 2587
ifter 6 o'clock.
Lion Gridders in Field
Lions Club football team of Ana
:ostia, which was launched as a 70
sound team four years ago and now
serforms in unlimited circles, will
itage its first practice session Sep
:ember 11 at Fair lawn Field, with
LiOUis Frick again coaching the out
St.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Staunton 5: Lynchburg. 0.
Harrisonburg, 4: Salem. S.
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.
AMERICAN LEAGUE. _
Batting—Di Magglo. New York. .408;
Foxx. Boston. .364 „ _
Runs—Foxx, Boston, 126: Rolfe, New
Yofcu'n* batted in—Williams. Boston.
310 Di Maggio. New York. 111.
Hits—Rolfe, New York. 171; Foxx.
Boston. 180. „ „ .
Doubles—Rolfe. New York. 36:
Greenberg. Detroit, and Williams, Bos
Triples—Lewis. Washington. 14:
runs^Foxx, Boston. 34: Di
Maxaio and Gordon. New York, and
Trosky. Cleveland. 2S.
Stolen bases—Case. Washington. 47:
Chapman, Cleveland, and Fox. De
troit. 17.
Pitching—Donald. New York. 13-2:
Ruffing. New York. 20-4.
NATIONAL IEAGUE.
Batting—Mixe, St Louis. .360: Arno
vich. Philadelphia, .337.
Run*—Heck, Chicago, 88: Werber,
Cincinnati. 86. _ ,
Run* batted In—McCormick. Cincin
nati. 102: Camllll. Brooklyn. 86.
Hits—McCormick. Cincinnati. 162;
M'ge St Louis. 187.
Doubles—Slaughter. St. Louis. 37;
Mixe. St. Louis. 35.
Triples—^Herman. Chicago. 14;
Vaughan. Pittsburgh. 12.
Home runa--Ott. New York. 27; Mlse.
St. Louis, and Camllll. Brooklyn. 22.
Stolen bases—Handley. Pittsburgh.
18: Bassett. Boston, and Hack, Chi
cago. 13
Pitching — Wyatt, Brooklyn. 3-3:
Bowman. St. Louis. 10-4.
too tough if you can avoid the traps.
Women golfers of the Kenwood
club will play Monday for the
Hutchinson Trophy with the follow
ing pairings: 12:35, Mrs. C. L. Vaile
and Mrs. W. Thomas: 12:40, Mrs.
Walter Furlow, Mrs. R. C. Miller
and Mrs. J. A. Thurston: 12:45, Mrs.
H. Snyder, Mrs. V. G. Myer and Mrs.
Betty Wells: 12:50, Mrs. M. A.
Miller, Mrs. Paul Lion and Mrs. A.
G. Keene: 12:55. Mrs. R. Thornberg
and Mrs. C. M. Underwood.
1:00, Mrs. A. A. McEntee, Mrs.
Mary Hoad and Mrsr Stephen De
La Mater: 1:05, Jane Burke and
Mrs. H. H. Hughes: 1:10, Mrs. W.
R. Stone and Mrs. Leroy Sasscer.
Bush-Stokes Win Tourneys.
Women's tourneys were held at
Congressional and Indian Spring
yesterday. The affair at Congres
sional went to Mrs. W. R. Bush with
94—11—83. Mrs. F. G. Await was
next with 96—12—84. and the put
ting prize went to Mrs. C. S. Teal
with 35 putts.
At Indian Spring Mrs. Walter R
Stokes won the member award with
82. Mrs. K. S. Giles won the mem
ber 9-hole net award with 42—4—38.
The guest prize went to Bertha
Israel of Woodmont with 104, with
the 9-hole net guest prize going to
Mrs. L. G. Pray of Manor, who had
44—3—41.
Many of the feminine golfers
around Washington are at White
Sulphur Springs. W. Va.. preparing
for the Mason and Dixon tourney
which opens at the mountain resort
next Monday. Among the top stars
in the tourney will be Betty P.
Mecklev, former District champion.
A mixed foursome event was to be
held today at White Sulphur.
Fiery Struggle Still
On in Section 1 of
Federal Golf
G. 0. P., Interior Appear
Well fettled at Top
Of Other Groups
With only one more series of
matches listed—to come along in
mid-September—section leaders In
the three divisions of The Star
sponsored match play tourney I
among Government golfers, are
pretty well established. But the
final matches, so close is the tourna
ment. can upset the whole thing.
There's a pretty little scrap going
on in Section 1, where Navy this
week will play a postponed match
with Justice to bring it up to a
level with Federal Housing and War,
the section leaders. If Navy wins
a flock of points in this match it
can go into the lead.
In Section 2, Government Print
ing Office, the dark horse outfit of
the series, is in what seems to be
a safe spot. It has piled up 40‘2
points against 37 for Treasury, in
second place.
In Section 3. Interior leads with
44'2 points and apparently has
that section won.
All teams will play final matches
during the week of September 15.
with round-robin playoff to come
a wpek later.
Here are the standings of the 30
teams:
S*eti«n I.
Points Points
Te»m. Won Los'.
t. H. A.. _ 37Vi |(H,
!*▼» - - - 32'* A',
r*h. a;: — :fb
5 E r *,‘Pl3 24'3
Immigration . _ 25 *2 22
Justice i8*a 23%
Railroad Retirement ] l 37
? * R 10*a 37%
Labor 7 4 6* a
Section 2.
GOP 40*4 7Va
Treasury 3 7 11
Accounts and Deposits 3«% liu
Agriculture 33 15
w P. A. 30 !2
veterans 18 3ft
Post. Office lfi 32
Commerce 13 35
R E. A. 8 4ft
P. N. M. A. 7 Jj
. . Section 3.
interior 441^ 31
0*9 41 ‘2
Agriculture tfc. aft ja
Procurement __ 34 14
"• B. I. _ _ 94 04
R F. c. 9314 u_
Patent, Office 23 31
National Archives IT 31
E. f y a 471
Internal Revenue 3 51 !
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Sportlight
Upset Needed to Keep
Davis Cup in U. S.
By GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2
iN.A.N.A.l.—Unless Bobby Riggs and
Prank Parker can turn on some
thing closely resembling an upset
in the next few days the Davis
Cup will be in for quite a journey.
Its destination will be Australia,
which happens to be on the other
side of this harassed planet.
Capt, Walter L. Pate still was
refusing to surrender today, but he
knows the odds belong to Bromwich
and Qulst, the two Australian in
vaders who will be hard to handle
Without Don Budge in the neighbor
hood.
The Australians have the edge at
both singles and doubles, but it. may
not be a killing one. It wasn't likely
that Riggs and Parker would take
two of the singles matches and It
wasn't likely that young Hunt and
Kramer could overpower as experi
enced a team as Quist and Brom
wich now are.
Brookes Main Factor
In 1914 Victory
Twenty-five years have passed
since Australia last took the cup
from these shores—back in 1914.
Norman Brookes was one of the
main factors in the <^ip removal
in 1914 and he will be on hand
through the present series as Sir
Norman. Brookes through a long
ennis career was one of the smartest
competitors the game ever knew.
Young John Bromwich was five
years from being born when Brookes
and Wilding left for the war zone,
sending the cup to rest under the
alow of the Southern Cross. The
Brookes-McLoughlin match in which
the Comet won the first set at 17-15
still remains one of the big thrills
of all sport.
It w’as McLoughlin the Comet who
first brought power to the United
States game. The United States
has had more than its share of
power ever since—Tilden, Johnston,
Vines and Budge among others—up
to the current show. Neither Riggs
x ai RCJ QIC BlHUHg LHC Httiun
hitters, which means that we must
fall back more upon defense than
attack—finesse in place of wallop.
American Rocketers
Game Competitors
Riggs and Parker are both good
competitors, despite their lack of
power, and so are Kramer and Hunt.
No one of these is likely to curl up
But the two Australians also are
good competitors and they have
shown greater tennis skill. They also
carry more steam into action. Brom
wich always is something to watch
with his two-handed attack, a form
of hitting he picked up at the tender
age of 7. At the time that seemed to
him the natural way to hit the ball
as he wasn't strong enough then to
handle a racket with one hand.
When you pick up a habit that early
in life and carry it along, you seldom
change.
Bromwich has fine power with his
two-handed slug and he can make
amazing returns with the same. He
pulled off a number of startling re
coveries with both hands last fall
and he is a year better off now than
he was in 1938—a more experienced
title hunter.
Adrian Quist isn't likely to run
again into the trouble of foot-fault
ing that upset him so badly last
September. His foot-faulting brought
him no advantage, but too many
called penalties that wrecked his
mental balance and destroyed his
confidence. He is a cool, hard
working. skillful player with more
experience than any of the others
will carry into the Merion melee.
Experience is a vital factor with
a Davis Cup match at stake.
It might be said that both Riggs
and Parker are confident they can
make an even fight. They have more
faith in themselves than most of
their supporters have. But Parker
larks a winning forehand and both
lack the winning punch. They will
have to be two verv agile and alert
voung men to ward off the Australian
thrust.