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Nomay Saddler, Terrier, Favored to Rule Yankee Dogdom in Westminster Show
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From the
Press Box
Maki Is Great Talker
If You Know Finnish
By JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 (N.AN.A.).—
Paavo Nurmi and Taisto Maki,
spike-footed ambassadors from Fin
land, have been in this country long
enough now to give us scouts some
inkling of what they are like.
The silent Nurmi is expanding like
a flower. Just the other day, for
instance, he gave your correspond
ent a long exclusive interview.
"It’s pretty cold all over the world,
isn't it?" said your correspondent
searchlngly.
“Yes,” said Nurmi, without re
serve.
Nurmi also will speak at Los An
geles, San Francisco, Denver, Bos
ton and other key points. His out
put in this country should total well
over a dozen words before he is
through.
Maki, who has the pinkest cheeks
to be found outside a musical com
edy dressing room and a face like
the map of County Donegal, talks
most of the time. All the English
he knows so far is “yes,” "no,"
"hello” and the names of some of
the towns where he will run, but he
keeps up a steady stream of Finn
ish. The difficulty is to find a good
interpreter—I mean an interpreter
who is not more interested in speak
ing his own mind than Maki’s.
Nothing to Night Life
With Nurmi Around
Gunnar Barlund, the Swedish
Finnish prizefighter, is no good for
. my money. For instance, you say
to Maki, “How you done much run
ning on boards?” Mr. Barlund then
will put the question to Maki, and
Maki will reply in what seems like
5,000 words. After listening care
fully, Mr. Barlund will say in Eng
lish:
“Don’t believe all those lies about
Russia breaking the Mannerheim
Line. Pretty soon comes the thaw,
and we will go to town.”
Through other and less single
minded mediums. Maki has hinted
that he would not mind giving New
York's night life a short whirl. The
lights and the music get him. How
ever, he won’t let anything inter
fere with his running program, and
besides, he wouldn't go out without
Nurmi, and one look at Nurmi in the
midst of a gay evening would re
mind you sharply of the folly of it
all.
I learn by telepathy, however, that
Nurmi, though sombre, was never
quite the dry-flsh-and-black-bread
guy that the publicists made him
out to be. When in training, he
throve on beef, rolls, ice cream, etc.,
and roughly one pail of coflee per
meai. Maki’s diet in training is
about the same. The centerpiece
usually is steak or lamb chops.
Fenskts'Hot Pact Fails
To Shaka Maki
Conscientious in Finland’s cause,
Maki trains wherever he can find
elbow room. He is willing to rim
the mile event, that being America’s
"glamor distance.” but he doesn’t
feel he will do himself justice at
anything less than 2 miles.
His word-of-mouth faith in Glenn
Cunningham as the “perfect miler”
was slightly shaken his first day in
this country when he saw Chuck
Fenske jump to a long lead and beat
Cunningham’s sprint to the tape.
The running of that particular mile
impressed him, but not too much.
"It’s a fast pace,” he said.
“Too fast for you?” somebody
asked him.
“Oh, no,” said Maki calmly.
The fact is, Maki thinks of boards
and cinders as pure velvet after his
years of plugging over the sharp,
tough roads of Finland.
Nurmi, though 42, seems to be just
as full of running as Maki. The
other day he made it known (tele
pathically) that he thinks he still
could run a 9:10 2-mile, with a few
’ days’ practice under his belt.
Paavo Might Be Tempted
To Take Track Whirl
This put an idea into the pro
moters’ heads and they are uow try
ing to fish Joie Ray and one or two
more of Paavo’s former playmates
out of retirement for a special race.
It ought to be something to see.
Before the war Nurmi was run
ning a haberdashery shop in Hel
sinki. Six years ago his marriage
broke up when he decided that the
feet of his son Matti were too small
for a potential runner’s and tried
to stretch them.
“This sporting madness!” ex
elaimed his wife, taking her baby
and clearing out of the house.
This sporting madness still con
aumes Nurmi, for whom several vil
lages, bays and lakes in Finland are
named. Still an idol at home, he
will not permit Maki to depart from
hi* own lofty standard of athletic
performance. If there is any run
ning left in the young man after a
month of patrol duty on the Ka
relian front, Nurmi’s stern coaching
will bring it out.
If Maki falls short of expectations
Nurmi will peel off his sweatshirt
and run those races himself.
35 Breed Champions
From Last Exhibit
Back in Field
2,738 Entries on Hand
For Classic Contest
To Start Today
By BILL WHITE,
Assoctited Presi Bports Writer.
NEW YORK. Feb. 13.—Without
any attempt to dispute the calendar,
it's safe to say these' are dog days.
And the dog of dogs may be the
smooth terrier, Champion Nornay
Saddler, winner of 51 shows.
The kennel folk have taken over
the town, lured by the prospect of
winning "best of show" at the Mth
annual Wesminster Kennel Club
event in Madison Square Garden,
which opened today and winds up
Wednesday night.
Will Judge 2,73S Dogs.
Six officials will work from early
morning until late night judging
the 3,738 entries to send the best
of breeds to be scrutinized finally
by Dr. Samuel Milbank, who will
pick out one and name it "best in
show,” an honor that has no equal
in dogdom's classier circles.
The experts think Champion
Nornay Saddler will get the honor.
Best of his breed at Westminster
last year and twice top terrier at
the Morris and Essex show, biggest
of the outdoor events, the dark
faced champion from old Westbury,
Long Island, hardly can be over
looked.
But he will face stiff competition
from American and foreign-bred
dogs. This year, while the West
minster has a smaller field than In
some years past, the quality seems
better than ever.
Two Other 1939 Stars Back.
In addition to Champion Nornay
Saddler, two other finalists will bo
back, seeking the top honor won last
year by the non-defending Cham
pion Ferry von Rauhfelson, the
Doberman Pinscher which jumped
from a boat into the hearts of
America’s dog-loving public. They
the Champion My Own Brucie, the
cocker spaniel which was the best
American bred at the Garden last
year, and the beagle, Champion
Meadowlark Draftsman, winner In
the hound group at the last West
minster.
In all, 35 of last year's breed
champions will be in again this
year.
Because there are some dog lovers
for whom the fine points of bench
judging have little appeal, the West
minster Club has arranged for other
features, including a contest for
teams of obedience-trained dogs and
the judging of hound packs In which
eight packs are entered.
Brown Slight Favorite
To Beat McDonald
In Bout Tonight
Natie Still Determined
To Go Places in Ring;
Prelims Promising
Natie Brown, the rugged local
heavyweight whose return to ring
warfare last week was marred by a
losing low blow after he had Mickey
McAvoy on the verge of a knockout,
will try again tonight, meeting
Sandy McDonald in an eight-round
feature bout at Turner’s Arena.
Brown, who still is nursing ideas
of traveling somewhere in particular
in the boxing industry, will rule a
slight favorite over the hard-hitting
Texan. Natie, somewhat ring rusty
as the result of his lengthy lay-off,
still is over his best fighting weight,
but hopes to shed the excess 20
pounds or so shortly.
Promoter Goldie Aheam's semi
final, involving Jimmy Webb, St»
Louis light-heavyweight, and Johnny
Kaplovich of Baltimore, is regarded
as a likely show-stealer. Both are
young and convincing punchers,
Webb kayoing Jimmy 8mith in the
first round of a preliminary to the
Joe Louis-Arturo Godoy scrap last
Friday night at Madison Square
Garden. The bout is slated for eight
rounds.
A1 Gilbert, who chilled A1 Man
fredo in his last start, will collide
with Ralph McGagin of Jackson
ville, Fla., In a 8-rounder, while a
brace of 4-rounders will complete
the card.
The slugging will get under way
at 8:30 o'clock.
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Brass.
Today a year ago—Eastern In
tercollegiate Basket Ball Con
ference officials announced cir
cuit would disband at close of
1939 season.
Boyhood Pals Rivals in Playoff
After Spurt by Nelson Ties
Hogan in Texas Open Golf
By FELIX B. McKNIGHT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 12.—
Two boyhood pals—National Open
Champion Byron Nelson and Ben
Hogan—tee off today in an 18-hole
match to play off their tie for the
Texas open golf title.
Only a little more than a decade
ago Nelson, freckled and carefree,
and Hogan, small and quiet, worked
on each other's swings while waiting
to caddy at the Glen Garden course
at Fort Worth, Tex.
Nearly 10,000 golf addicts cheered
them at the most exciting finish in
the history of the Texas open
oldest big money tournament of the
Nation. x
Both were around the 72 holes in
271—13 shots under par—despite
sleet, rain and driving north winds.
Nelson came from behind to tie
his hometown friend, then hurried
into the clubhouse to shout at
Hogan:
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“What do you mean, Bennie—
shooting all those 66s?”
“Just to get a crack at you,”
grinned Hogan.
With two holes to play, Nelson
was faced with the necessity of get
ting one birdie to tie. On the 360
yard 71st hole he poured all his
6 feet 1 inch into a terrific tee shot
that bounded on to the green, then
2-putted for his birdie.
On the final hole, a 155-yard par
three set along the banks of a river,
Nelson planted his tee shot 13 feet
past the hole. Not the tie—but vic
tory—was his aim when he stroked
the putt, but the ball scraped the
side of the cup and rolled away.
Hogan had three 66 rounds, 8
under par, but took a 73 on his
second, round. Nelson with 68—67—
69—67, made It eight straight rounds
in below 70 on the Brackenridge
Park’s 36-35—71 course.
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PUPS IN CLOVER—Preliminary to the Westminster Kennel Club show which gets under way
today, the American Pomeranian Fixture and the Boston Terrier Club of New York shows were
held In New York yesterday. Here Rita Elliott (left) holds Sir Satan in her handbag. At right
Ann Schmitt admires Count De Lux. —A. P. Wirephotos.
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Boston Terrier Prize
Taken by Brooklyn
Dog in New York
Newly Imported Models
Score in Associated
Terrier Club Show
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, Peb. 12—Rockefeller
Tops of Idlewood, a black seal and
fully marked Boston terrier dog,
owned by August Droll and Benny
Rosenbloom of Brooklyn and shown
by the latter, went best in breed at
the 32d specialty show of the Bos
ton Terrier Club of New York here
last night.
Mrs. Vincent Matta’s Pomeranian,
Champion Moneybox Gold Goln,
was honored for the sixth time in
being selected best of his breed in
the same show.
The Associated Terrier Club’s
show featured imported models.
Three dogs just over from the Brit
ish Isles, Hinson Stiles’ Airedale,
Cast Iron Monarch; Harold M.
Florsheim’s Welsh, Penhill Perfect
of Harham, and James A. Farrell's
smooth fox terrier, Flomell Check
Mate, topped their breeds.
American-bred winners in the
same show were Andrew Roulston’s
Derg Valentine, an Irish terrier, and
Vera A. Timm and Clara LeVene’s
Tana's Lucky Lady, a Cairn terrier.
Grid Coaches Swamp
Villanova, Temple
With Job Bids
Bf the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12.—Appli
cations for the fooaball coaching
jobs at Temple University and Villa
nova College began to pour in today
as officials of the two institutions
sought successors to Fred Swan and
Maurice J. (Clipper) Smith.
Neither institution indicated when
its new coach would be selected nor
the probable choice. Neither were
the names of the applicants made
public.
Smith’s resignation as head coach
at Villanova to take a similar posi
tion at Loyola University of Los An
geles Saturday followed by 24 hours
Swan’s announcement that he would
leave Temple after a year as the
Owls’ head coach. Swan’s appoint
ment as assistant coach at Colgate
University was announced Saturday
night,
Gallaudet
(Continued From Page A-14.)
son, and Coach Earle Jones, unlike
Smith, isn’t overly optimistic. The
grapplers have suffered three
straight setbacks and the outlook
for future success is decidely gloomy.
Mainstay of the team Is Joe Stotta,
165-pound champion of the city two
consecutive years. Claxton Hess, 118
pounds; Frankie Sullivan, 128;
Dwight Rafferty, 135, and Ted Ohl
son, unlimited, are Jones’ mainstays;
Like the courtmen, they’ve made it
interesting for the foe, but just can’t
break into the victory column.
This is all very painful to Leonard
Warshawsky, Gallaudet’s purveyor of
publicity, who is finding it difficult
to work himself into a lather over
a couple of losing streaks. But War
shawsky is optimistic and has his
fingers crossed awaiting a couple of
victories.
“Just think of what a story it’ll
be when they do win,” he chortles.
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY. t
Basket BaU.
Georgetown vs. West Virginia,
Tech High gym, 8:30.
CathoUo University vs. St.
Peter’s, C. U. gym, 8:18.
Maryland frosh vs. George
Washington frosh, College Park, 4.
Roosevelt vs. St. John’s, Roose
velt gym, 3:30.
Woodrow Wilson vs. George
town Prep, Wilson gym, 3:30.
Landon vs. Boys* Latin of Bal
timore, Landon gym, 3:30.
Washington-Lee High vs. Stan
ley High, Ballston, Va., 8. ;
lee Hookey.
Georgetown vs. Loyola of Bal
timore, Riverside Stadium, 8:10.
Bexing.
Natle Brown vs. Sandy Mc
Donald, 8 rounds, feature bout.
Turner’s Arena, 8:30.
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Olives Tourney Opens String
Of Events tor Dub Bowlers;
Chevy Chase Girls Win
While Washington’! big league
brigade of money shooters are cast
ing about for fame or fortune on
foreign drives, the city’s horde of
dub and medium-average bowlers
will come into their own during
the next seven weeks.
The first special attraction in the
middle class will be the fourth an
nual Charley Olive Superdub
Sweepstakes next Saturday at the
Queen Pin.
A guaranteed first prize of *100,
with an entry fee of $5, promises
to attract a record entry of more
than 75.
Bowlers with 112 averages arid un
der are eligible. The 7-game affair
will be rolled in two shifts The
first squad will shoot at 2 p.m. and
the second at 8.
Santlnl and Bates in Payoff.
Only two of Washington's 13
bowlers made the payoff in the
fourth annual Wiltse King Sweep
stakes last night in Baltimore as
Tony Santlni finished third with a
7-game score of 939 to collect *40
and Ralph Bates pocketed $10 for
his llth-place score ofT 895.
The winner was Baltimore’s Hank
Mowbray, who shot 968 to cop top
prize of $100 and a trophy. Hender
son of Baltimore was the runner-up
with 940 ($60). Astor Clarke with
880 was a pin shy of finishing in
the money. Other District scores
were: Ed Blakeney. 870: Ollie Pacini,
865; Red King, 859; Hokie Smith,
857; Joe Harrison, 831; El Geib,
822; Karl Gouchenour. 810: Harry
Brown, 808; Red Megay, 801, and
Arthur Crown, 762.
Chevy Chase Cleans Up.
The Chevy Chase Ice Palace team
of the Ladies’ District League made
a clean sweep of its matches with
the Poplar-Franklin Club of Bal
timore last night at the Ice Palace
in the first block of a home-and
home series.
Jessie Sacrey and Lucile Young,
with respective sets of 357 and 360,
featured the team victory. Behind
until the last game Washington won,
1,638 to 1,610. Mrs. Stlmmy Hart
and Mrs. Sacrey counted 671 to
annex the doubles by 40 pins from
Lolo Shanahan and Naomi Zim
merman. Mrs. Hart was high with
360. Rolling top game of 151 and
a set of 376, Mrs. Young whipped
Ethel Brewer by 90 pins in singles.
The First Time to Roll 400 Club
has a new member. He is George
Newport of the new Jerusalem team
of the Masonic League. Consistency
marked his achievement as he reeled
off three strings of 135 each for a
405 set.
A hot pennant scrap continued in
the Takoma Duckpin Association
League as Dome Oil, with a 3-0 win
from the Americans, tied Young
blood Hardware for first place while
the latter was losing a game to
Takoma Billiards. Herbie Kaschub's
153—373 featured the Dome Oil
attack.
Navy Yard Race Tightens.
Trimming Breech Mechanism No.
2 in the odd skirmish, despite De
George’s top set of 388. F. & A. No. 1
moved a game back of first place in
the Navy Yard League as the lead
ing Miscellaneous quint dropped a
2-1 decision to Sight Shop No. 2.
Jack Day, with 145—380, featured
for Sight. Matt Farrell shared high
set honors as he paced Broadside
Mount No. l's 2-1 victory over Draw
ing Room No. 2. Joe Goode’s 349
was high as the third-place Progress
outfit spilled Optical twice to climb
two games out of first place.
Dallas Pratt, stealing the thunder
from his more illustrious teammates
—Earl McPhilomy and Billy Labille—
for the second week in a row. was
top shooter with 393 as the Cham
pion Manor No. 1 team licked Ken
wood No. 1 to ward off Indian
Spring and Capital No. 1 in a hectic
Country Club League flag chase. Carl
Rittenhouse’s 381 led Capital’s sweep
over Beaver Dam and Harry Bach
man’s top 154 was the decisive poke
in Indian Spring's 2-1 edge over
Argyle No. 1.
Casinos Are Pressing
For Lead in Roller
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Hockey League
Washington's roller hockey team
was only a half game removed from
the leadership of the Eastern Asso
ciation today following a 12-1 rout
of a hastily-formed Great Leopard
team of Chester, Pa., at the Capital
Casino yesterday.
With only two days’ notice, the
Leopards were able to round up only
seven players, but they promise
much stlfler opposition in a return
game on March 17. Individual
honors were shared by Sugrue, who
led the scoring with five goals, and
by Goalie Graham, who thwarted all
but one of the Leopards’ 21 scoring
attempts.
The Casino team meets the league
leading Newburgh team at New
burgh, N. Y., next Sunday in their
last road game of the year.
Uniteds Meet Delhuds
In Court Headliner
Victors in 34 of 38 games this
season, United Typewriters’ crack
basket ball team tonight will meet
the team responsible for three of its
four defeats when it clashes with
Delaware 8s Hudson in the feature
of a Heurich Amateur League triple
header. Both teams had close calls
yesterday, the D. & H. tosaers nip
ping Petworth, 40-38, and Bantam
Press extending the typists to 38-33.
Tonight's big game will start at
9:30 o’clock and follow those be
tween Jewish Community Center
and United day Products at 7:30
and Federal Bureau of Investigation
and Regal Clothiers at 8:30.
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Fast Soccer Pace Set
By Brewers, Regals
In Sunday Loop
After a free-scoring day of four
games, the Heurich Brewers and
Regal Clothiers continue to loom
as the class of the Washington and
Suburban Soccer League. The
league-leading Brewers, led by Mc
Bain, stopped the strong Maryland
Parkers, 5-1, while the Clothiers,
undefeated in second-half compe
tition, tripped La Plata, 4-1.
A game in which each team played
with only 10 men found Washington
Sport Club blanking the Southern
Maryland Democrats, 6;0, with
Helony, playing his first game with
the winners, proving Impressive.
Silver Spring went those teams
two better when it played with only
eight men, but after leading Sandy
Spring, 2-1, at the half, finally felt
the shortage and lost, 2-7.
Boxer Conn Hit on Head
Convalescing at Home
By (he AsrocUUd Pmi.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 12.—Jimmy
Lindsay, young boxer who suffered
a brain injury during a training
bout with Light-heavyweight Cham
pion Billy Conn last December, has
left a local hospital to convalesce
at his home here.
Physicians said Lindsay has not
fully recovered. He underwent two
operations to remove a blood clot
from his brain.
Pittsburgh boxing fans contrib
uted 1400 to help defray his hos
pital expenses.
Pitt Nine Faces Terps
Early in Season
Br th* AMoeUted Pr*u.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 12.—In the
second year since the revival of
baseball at Pitt, the Panther nine
starts off with a trip into the South
next April.
The schedule: April 1, Duke; 2,
Wake Forest; 4, Virginia University;
6, Maryland; 27, Indiana 8tate
Teachers (home). May 2 and 4,
West Virginia (home); 11, Penn
State (home); 18, Navy; 25, Army.
June 1, West Virginia; 8, Perm State.
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PRIMPING HER PET—Peggy O’Donnell spared no pains in
grooming her favorite pom, Mavourneen, to face the Judges.
Anacostia Basketers
Out of Title Chase,
But Still Potent
*
Present Tough Hurdle
For Tech, Western in
Games This Week
By ROBERT HENRY.
Although it has no chance of
winning the interhigh basket ball
championship, Anacostia may play
an important part this week in de
ciding the fate of two other teams
which still hope at least to reach
the play-off round and possibly
win the title. |
Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. the Indians
are scheduled to entertain Tech,
which, thanks to an upset victory
over Eastern last Friday, ia one bf
the six teams left in the running.
Friday .light they will play Western
at Tech, and while the Red Raiders
are considered in many quarters
Roosevelt's leading rivals for top
honors, it is not unlikely that the
game will be the most important on
the Western program.
Indiana Tough to Down.
Early In the season the Indians
had high hopes of winning the
championship, although entering
the race for only the second time.
Last year they finish in a fifth-place
tie with Western with only one
victory. The players had shown
both spirit and ability in practice
sessions and such capable young
sters as Johnny Placos, Lambeth
Anderson and Art Faircloth figured
to make the comparative newcomers
formidable. Coach Julian Colangelo
promised that his team at least
would make it tough for the rest.
The Indians met Eastern, defending
champions, in the first game of the
series and after putting up a fight
throughout bowed by five points.
Next, Woodrow Wilson came from
behind In the last minute of the
roughest games of the aeries to
shade the Tribe by two points.
Central, which had Just handed
Eastern its first loss in three years,
then all but. put Anacostia out of
the running with a one-point vic
tory that probably would have gone
the other way in another minute or
two, so rapidly was Central fading.
Inability to score from the foul line
proved costly to Anacostia.
Tribe Skill to Be Feared.
Since then Roosevelt handed the
Indians a fairly decisive trimming
to eliminate them, a fact that
should not prevent future foes from
respecting them. Last year Ana
costia just missed whipping both
Tech and Western and on compara
tive scores, at least, it has a slight
edge over them this season. West
ern now is tied for third place with
Central and Tech deadlocked for
fourth with Eastern. Neither can
afford to lose to Anacostia.
Another important game tomor
row pits Eastern and Western, al
though only Eastern will be out
should it lose. This game is set for
Eastern gym at 3:90.
Today at 3:30 non-title games
were scheduled between Roosevelt
and St. John’s at Rooosevelt and
Wilson and Georgetown Prep at
Wilson. Other games bring to
gether Washington-Lee and Stanley
High at Ballston at • o’clock and
London and Boys’ Latin at London
at 3:30.
A lively session is promised for to
morrow when Montgomery Blair’s
ambitious team plays Roosevelt at
Roosevelt at 3:30.
Alto Heater
I SALES—SERVICE
I INSTALLATIONS
LlJaHlMiinc
16 Crowns at Stake
In Golden Gloves
Ring Wednesday
De Chard's Heavy Title
Defense, Mayo-Tapp
Bout Main Events
Sixteen novice and senior boxing
champions will be crowned Wed
nesday night at Turner’s Arena
where the final round of the Golden
Gloves tournament brings together
the cream of Washington’s ama
teur fistic talent.
Five champions will lay their ti
tles on the line and the resulting
bouts should produce some of the
most exciting squabbling stirred up
all year. Orover Davis, flyweight
king; Gilbert Mayo, featherweight;
Billy Kekeris, welterweight; Jim
Brady, light-heavyweight, and Jim
my De Chard, heavyweight, are the
lads who must fend off the chal
lenges of up-and-coming young
sters.
Heavies Promise Action.
De Chard, conqueror of National
Champion Tony Novak last October
at Griffith Stadium, meets Don
Stetson of the National Guard in
what promises to be one of the best
bouts of the evening. It will be the
initial appearance of both in the
tournament and they have trained
faithfully the past three weeks to
be in the best possible physical
condition.
Mayo’s bout with clever Willie
Tapp is another four-star attrac
tion and in the 160-pound class
Johnny Rogers’ tiff with Charley
Maimone figures to be a young war.
Rogers reached the finals by bang
ing out an upset decision over Roy
Dunn, a teammate, in last week’s
semis.
Four in Team Race.
National Guard leads the race
for team honors with four men in
the finals. St. Mary’s of Alexandria,
Police Boys’ Club No. S and Pete’s
A. C. have three men each left. Ten
points will be awarded the winners
and five to losers. St. Mary’s leads
the novice race with four men qual
ified for the finals.
weanesaays pairings:
Nirtw Division.
112-pound clou—A] Horton (Bt. Mary’s)
vs. Cliff Rhodes (Bt. Mary”?.
118-pound class—Joe Moraan (Polio*
No. 5J vs. Paul Coakley (Pete’s A. C).
126-pound class—John nils (Olympia
A. C.) vs Charles Schneider (Colmar
Manor).
135-pound class—Ray Landis (unat
tached) vs. Tommy Johns (St. Mary's).
. 147-pound class—Allen Shreve (Pete’s
A. C.) vs. Jim Prady (Pete’s A. C.).
160-pound clase—Ray Mason (Merrick
Club) vs. Carl RreoU (unattached).
175-pound class—Harry Watson (Olym
gje^Club) vs. Wilbur Mason (Merrick
Heavyweight class—At Spelgel (unat
tached) vs. Larry Paris (St. Mary's). '
_ Sealer Division.
111-pound class—Danny Petro (No. B
Polite) vs. ’Qrover Davis (Pete’s A. C.T.
118-pound , class—Jack Wadsworth
(Pete s a C.) vs. Francis Smith (Bt.
Mary’s).
126-pound class—Willie Tapp (unat
tached) vs. ’Gilbert Mayo (St. Mary's).
.. 135-pound class—Carl Steel* (St.
Mark’s) vs. Leo Marcopulos (No. 6 Folic*
147-pound class—John Mancinl (Pete’s
A. C.) vs. ’Billy Kekerls (National
Guards.
160-pound class—John Rogers (Na
tional Guards) vs. Charley Malmone (Po
lice No. 5).
175-pound elase—Bill Nolan (National
Guards) vs. ’Jim Brady (unattached).
Heavyweight clasa—’Jimmy De Chard
(unattached) va Don Stetson (National
Guards).
’Defending champions. -
Fierce Fights Raging
For Basket Crowns
In Five Big Loops
Big Ten Stages Hottest
Scrap; Leaders in Four
Circuits Appear Set
By HUGH 8. FULLERTON, Jr,
Auoelated Fini Sporu writer.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—There la
no need to worry about the state of
the basket ball races In the Eastern
League, the Missouri Valley Confer
ence, the Southwest Conference, the
Big Seven or the Southern division
of the Pacific Coast loop this week—
the leaders of those circuits appear
set to stay on top for some time.
Meanwhile, basket ball fans can
concentrate upon the state of the
Big Ten, Big Six and Northern Coast
Conferences, the customary confu
sion in the South’s two circuits and
the individual feats of such record
breakers as Bill Hapac of Illinois,
Jackie Robinson of U. C. L. A., Dart
mouth’s Gus Broberg and Okla
homa's Jimmy McNatt.
Situation in Major Races.
The leadership situation In the
various major circuits shapes up thle
way:
Eastern League—Dartmouth—won
5, lost 1—has beaten all its most
Important rivals by big scores; Mis
souri Valley—Oklahoma Aggies, 8-0,
the race now is for second place;
'Southwest—Texas, 7-1, little danger
In sight, although Rice threatens;
Big Seven—Colorado, 7-1, Friday’*
Utah-Utah State game should elim
inate one challenger: Coast South
ern-Southern California, 6-0, out
classes its field.
Big Ten—Indiana, Purdue tied at
4-1, but last Saturday’s 46-39 win
over the Boilermakers gave Indiana
a big edge; Big Six—Oklahoma and
McNatt remained in front of Mis
souri last week, but they will have
to trim the Tigers Tuesday to stay
there; Coast Northern—Oregon
State and Washington, running 1-2,
split last week’s series, but each one
has to take on Oregon’s national
champions this week.
Duke in Southern Van.
South—Duke's 50-44 triumph over
North Carolina settled the Blue
Devils firmly in the Southern Con
ference lead, while Alabama’s deci
sive defeat by Kentucky made Ten
nessee’s hold on the Southeastern
Conference lead stronger.
But regular season standings don’t
mean much in these circuits to any
team that can finish in the first
eight and thus qualify for the title
tournaments.
The individual standouts, from
East to West, are Broberg, who has
scored 82 points in six Eastern
League games and seems likely to
break the league scoring record he
made last year; Hapac, sparkplug
of the good Illinois team, who
cracked the Big Tens one-game
record with 34 points against Min
nesota and who has made 76 points
in five games; McNatt, who set up
a Big Six scoring mark with 30 of
his team’s 45 points against Ne
braska, and Robinson, who has
marked up 85 points in six games
with a losing team to top U. S. C.'s
Ralph Vaughn by seven points.
Lucy Rose Triumphs
In Miami Pin Event
Special Dispatch to The Star.
MIAMI, Fla . Feb. 12 —Lucv Rose,
ace woman duckpin bowler of Ross
lyn, Va.. won the third annual
Paddy Watkins tournament here
last night with a score of 595, and
Blanche Wootton, her star Rosslyn
teammate, was third with 574. Mrs.
Rose won $25. Five other Wash
ington girl bowlers competed. Be
sides Thelma Robinson, Evelyn Ellis
and Gladys Lynn of the Rosslyn
team, Mabelle Hering, national
singles champion, and Virginia Cal
vagno were entrants.
Galt Davis of Rosslyn, Va„ was
second in the men’s division with
827. Leland Tolbert of Miami won
the seven-game event with 876.
The touring Rosslyn girls will roll
the Palace Bowling Center girls of
Miami tonight.
Int Circuit Adds Week
To Playing Schedule
By the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ Peb. 12.—The
International Baseball League final
ly has adopted its 1940 schedule,
calling for an additional week’s
playing time in September.
Listing 161 games between April
18 and September 16, the sched
ule was approved by league direc
tors last night after two previous
attempts ended in failure.
Prank Shaughnessy, loop presi
dent, said the schedule is designed
to provide shorter series, quicker
turnover and greater interest
Parkov, Guard, Is Signed
Again by Grid's Bucs
By the Auoclited Preu.
PITTSBURGH, Peb. 12.—Stanko
Pavkov, former University of Idaho
guard, has been signed by the Pitts
burgh pro football Pirates for the
1940 sedson. Pavkov played with
the Bucs early last season until a
league ruling returned him to his
former employers, the Cincinnati
Bengals.
The Pirates obtained him again
when he was declared a free agent
this year.