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Indian Spring Plans Return to Tourney Field With $500 Pro-Amateur Event
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Would Invite Leading
Paid Performers of
Eastern Seaboard
rjj?
r Makes Decision Today;
Chevy Chase Women
t Snare Two Titles
By WALTER McCALLUM.
For several weeks rumors have
been going around town that Indian
Spring, where a lot of tournaments
Used to be held, is coming back into
the tournament field. Along came
an announcement asking sports
writers and radio people to gather
today at Indian Spring to talk over
a pro-amateur best ball tourney with
£rize money to total $500, which
would make it the biggest such af
fair of the year. It was to be de
cided today, and probably will be
held in the fall.
"We intend to invite all the lead
ing professionals of the Eastern
seaboard,” said Earl W. Clary
president of the Indian Spring Club.
“And we want to make it an out
standing affair.” The date? That
was to be decided today.
1 Chevy Chase Women WTin.
Queens of team play in two of the
three divisions in women's team golf
around Washington, feminine golf
ers of the Chevy Chase Club today
contemplated with considerable sat
isfaction the championship cups in
two of the three divisions. They
wound up the season schedule yes
terday in the first division at Ken
wood, with Chevy Chase, led by Mrs
F. Dickinson Letts, again victorious
among first teams, but not by any
great margin.
Chevy Chase wTas defending the
title they won last year, and only
went into the lead in the matches
a week ago in a stern chase after a
front-running Manor team.
They met Manor yesterday in the
final matches of the season at Ken
wood and took a 7Y2 to 4*/2 licking.
But they had previously amassed
enough points to wind up the season
victorious, a point and a half in
front of the hard-pressing Manor
team.
Chevy Chase ended the season
with a point total of 77. Manor,
Winning yesterday's match, won 751 ^
points. Congressional, licking Army
Navy 9'2 to 2!2, wound up the
season with 72 points, nosing out
Kenwood by one point for third
place as Kenwood drew a last-round
bye. Army Navy was fifth with 47\2
points, and Washington—victorious
over Argyle 12 to 0 in the final
match—was sixth with 36 points.
Columbia and Woodmont split 6 to 6
In the final match, but Columbia
finished the season with 27 !2 points,
while Woodmont won 21 >2 points.
The Chevy Chase second team pre
viously had won in that series.
Argyle Women Plucky.
Down at the tail end was Argyle
with only 31/- points won. But a
special place should be reserved in
the hall of fame for those plucky
Argyle women. Unable to get out a
full team for all their matches,
nevertheless they continued to play
in the matches and kept on, know
ing well they hadn't a chance.
Marion Brown, former Mid-Atlan
tic and District champion, played
for the Manor team in the final
match yesterday, and with Mrs.
Walter R. Stokes, won ? points from
the top Chevy Chase combination of
Mrs. Bishop Hill and Louise Claytor.
Other results:
Mrs. L. G. Pray and Mrs. J. F. Dowdall.
Manor, won 3 points from Mrs. Y. E. Booker
and Mrs. L. B. Platt. Chevy Chase; Eliza
beth Houghton and Mrs. James W. Beller,
Chevy Chase. 2va points; Mrs. H. J. Simons
and Mrs. J. R. Daily, Manor. Va point.
Mrs. F. Dickinson Letts and Mrs L. O.
Cameron. Chevy Chase. 1 point; Mrs. J E
Nell and Mrs. Gale E. Pugh. Manor. 2
points.
Chevy Chase women started play
In the French High Commission Cup
tourney. Elizabeth Houghton won
the medal with 90. The pairings:
Miss Houghton vs. Mrs. F. Dickin
son Letts, Mrs. Hugh Rowan vs. Mrs.
G. Howland Chase, Mrs. J. W. Beller
vs. Mrs. F. R. Keefer, Baroness de
Gruben vs. Mrs. Ralph Hallett, Mrs.
Y. E. Booker vs. Mrs. L. O. Cameron,
Louise Claytor vs. Mrs. Selden
Chapin, Susan Hacker vs. Mrs. A. Y.
P. Garnett, jr.; Mrs. W. J. Flather,
Jr., vs. Mrs. R. B. Wigglesworth.
Dan Moorman, well-known rail
road man, who is in the habit of col
lecting golf cups, collected another
with a victory in the Washington
Traffic Club tourney at Congres
sional. Moorman shot an 82 to win
the main award.
Beavers Wins Rotary Tourney.
At Washington Rotary Club mem
bers staged one of their monthly
tourneys. T. N. Beavers won the
gross award with 79, while Tom Butt
won the net prize with 92—25—67
Tied for second net were Dan Hol
land and E. C. Gott, jr., w'ith 87—
18—69, and 81—12—69. Putting
prizes went to Karl Eiker, Ward
Stringham and Roy Tuerke. Harry
P. Somerville won the prize for the
most strokes from traps and water
hazards. Harry used six strokes in
trouble. Bob Swope won the most
6s prize—with 6.
Roosevelt High School linksmen—
Dawes Cup champions of 1939—won
A 5-to-4 high school match from
Western at Woodmont, It didn’t
mean anything for the lads, for Wil
son has won the Dawes Cup this
year.
Four crack amateurs and four top
pros of the town will play in a spe
cial match at the annual golf outing
6f the District Bar Association at
Congressional June 11. Amateurs
are Roger Peacock, Middle Atlantic
champion; Ralph Bogart, District
champion; Volney Burnett and
Claude Rippy. The pros are Wiffv
Cox, Cliff Spencer, Lewis Worsham
and Leo Walper.
■ In addition to this match the com
mittee will stage a contest between
the 10 best golfers of the District
Bar Association and the 10 best
from the Federal Bar Association.
Pepco Takes Another
> Scoring four runs in the fifth inn
ing, Pepco downed Naval Air Sta
tion by a 7-4 margin in their United
States Government League game.
Librarians Top Clerks
Library of Congress spanked Rail
way Mail Clerks, 10-4, in their Gov
ernment League game. J. Kinnerly
h£d a perfect day at bat, getting
four for four.
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REPEATING CHAMPS—Here’s the Chevy .Chase team which
yesterday won the championship of the Women’s District Golf
Association for the fifth time. Left to right, front row—Mrs. L.
B. Platt, Mrs. Y. E. Booker, Mrs. Bishop Hill, Mrs. Hugh Rowan
and Miss Louise Clayton. Back row—Mrs. L. O. Cameron, Mrs.
J. C. Dale, presenting trophy to Mrs. F. D. Dickinson, team cap
tain; Robert Barnett, club pro; Mrs. J. W. Bellar and Miss
Elizabeth Houghton. —Star Staff Photo.
By PAUL J. MILLER.
Through pluck, perseverance, and a cool head in facing dangerous
and treacherous chasms that yawned for him in game after game con
tested at Hotel Astor in New York City, United States Chess Champion
Samuel Reshevsky emerged undefeated after 17 rounds of battling with
the giants of American chessdom to annex for the third successive time
the national title which he first garnered in open tournament competi
tion in 1936.
In 1936 the National Chess Congress was under the wing of the
national uness deaeration, wmcn
fell heir to the title as a result of
the abdication of “King” Frank
Marshall, holder of the chess crown
for more than a quarter century,
having vanquished all challengers
shortly after the demise of Cham
pion Harry Pillsbury, the blindfold
marvel. Reshevsky was a worthy
successor to Marshall. But the
American Chess Federation felt that
in 1936 the National Chess Federa
tion had robbed it of its birthright,
so the feud was on.
in 1938 at Rockefeller Center, the
National Chess Federation again
conducted a Nation-wide open tour
ney and Reshevsky intrenched him
self two years more as national
champion, with the A. C. F. ema
nating rumbles of discontent.
Come 1936 when the two national
chess organizations effected a mer
ger and agreed to consolidate their
separate flocks into one great chess
combine to be known as the United
States Chess Federation, which was
responsible for the just concluded
national congress.
First Harmony in 40 Years.
Thus after years of factual dis
putes the schism was healed and.
in 1940, the United States Chess
Federation staged the first harmo
nious congress of the last 40 years
In 1939 Reuben Fine won the title
of the American Chess Federation.
He was a favorite in the recent
congress for he had surpassed even
Reshevsky in the A. C. F. 1939 tour
nament.
But now comes Reshevsky to re
move any doubt whatsoever as to
who is the rightful king of Ameri
can chess and his supremacy that
will be unchallenged until 1942,
when the second biennial cham
pionship of the United States Chess
Federation takes place.
it was altogether fitting that none
other than Reuben Pine opposed
Reshevsky in the 17th and final
round of the recent tournament,
what with Reshevsky holding a half
point margin over his famous ad
versary? Pine knew that here was
his chance to realize the ambition
of his life, the capture of the Ameri
can championship. In his game
with Reshevsky a draw meant that
the Reshevsky jinx still prevailed
for Fine needed a positive win to
wrest the crown from his opponent.
So Fine played cautiously and
brilliantly. At his 25th turn he
analyzed the existing position, per
ceived that he could trap Res
hevsky’s isolated black knight, which
advantage meant ultimate victory.
Fine's friends and backers were
jubilant. At last the Reshevsky
jinx was licked.
But, no! The 26th move was
played . . . the 27th—and the best
laid plans of men had gone aft
a-gley—for Reshevsky’s isolated
black knight was not trapped, was
not lost! Fine had missed his
combination, opportunity had slipped
through and now Fine was in dire
straits. Reshevsky, with the skill
of the great master he is, grasped
immediately the significance of the
treacherous abyss and scrambled to
safety, turning the game into the
safe channel: a draw; a draw that
meant shattered hopes for Fine and
the championship of the United
States for the third time for Samuel
Reshevsky, naturalized American of
Polish Jewish extraction. It was a
magnificent ending to the three
weeks of glorious chess matches.
The game:
KING'S PAWN OPENING.
(Two Knight* Defense.)
While. Black While. Black.
Fine. Reshevskv. Fine. Rrshevskv
1 P-Kt P-K4 33 Q-Q5 qr-k
2 Kt-KB.'S Kt-QB I 34 K-Kt2, QxQch
Kt-B-I 35 KtxQ R-K7ch
iKt-Kto P-Qt 36R-B2 R-Rch
£PxP . Kt-QRl 37 KxR K-B2
(! B-Ktoch P-B3 3SP-B) P-QR4
7 PxP PxP 31) P-Kt3 R-K
8 B-K2 P-KR8 411 P-QfM R-QB
!)Kt-KB3 P-K.7 41 Kt-B3 K-K3
1(1 Kt-K5 B-Q3 48 K-K3 K-K4
1 1 P-B4 Q-B2 43 K-Q3 R-QKt
12 Castles Castles 44 Kt-Kt5 R-Qch
18 Kt-QB3 PxKt 45 K-B2 P-R4
14 PxB QxP 4d P-QKt4 PxP
15P-Q4 PxP p. d. 47 PxP P-R5
16 QxP Kt-Kt5 48 P-B5 PxP
17B-B4 Q-B4ch 4!) PxP K-Q4
18K-R Kt-B7ch 50K-Q3 R-KKt
1 f) RxKt QxR 51 Kt-B3ch K-B3
2(1 R-KB Q-R5 52 Kt-K2 R-Kt5
21 Q-Q6 B-Kt5 53 K-B.3 K-Q4
22 B-R6 B-B 54 Kt-B4ch K-B3
23 B-Q8 B-K8 55 K-B4 RxP
24 O-Kt l Q-R4 56 P-Kt5ch K-Q2
25B-B7 Kt-B5 57 K-Q5 R-Kt8
26 BxKt Q-R5 5K Kt-Q3 R-Q8
27B-B4 BxB 5f) K-B4 R-QKt8
28 QxB P-Kt4 60 K1-B4 R-Kt7
2!)P-KKt3 Q-Kt5 61 Kt-Q5 R-Kt8
30 QxP PXB 62 P-Kt6 K-B3
31 RxP 0-K3 63 Kt-Kt4ch K-Kt2
32 Q-B3 P-B4 Drawn
Complete summary of the 1940
United States chess championship:
Total
Players. W. L. D. W. L.
Reshevsky_10 0 H 13 3
Fine _10 1 5 12‘4 3M>
Kashdan_ 7 2 7 10*/a 5Va
Pinkus _ fi 2 8 10 fl
Simonson _ 8 4 4 10 fi
Denker _,_ 0 3 7 9',4 fl>4
Kunchik_I_ 7 4 1i 9>a fi'4
Bernstein_ 5 fi 5 7'4 8Va
Polland_ 4 5 7 7‘4 8>2
Reinfeld _ 1 2 13 7'/a S>'2
Shainswit_ 2 3 11 7'/a 8V4
Adams _ 5 7 4 7 9
Seidman_ 4 0 fi 7 9
Green _ 2 0 8 0 10
Hanauer_ 2 fi 8 0 10
Woliston_ 2 12 2 3 13
Liftman _ 0 12 4 2 14
First nrize. $000: second. $400: third,
$250: fourth. $150: fifth, $100. Non-prize
winners received $8 for each game won
and $4 for each game drawn Champion
Reshevsky also gained custody of the Frank
J. Marshall Trophy.
Through the courtesy of special releases
bv genial Hermann Helms, current accounts
of the U S. C F. Congress have been avail
able to this column. Gratefully acknowl
edge Mr. Helms' co-operation.
(May 29, 1940.)
Annandale Wants Game
A late cancellation has left An
nandale without a game for tomor
row. It has a diamond. Call Alex
andria 839-W-4.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Chattanooga, Knoxville. 0.
Birmingham. 4—7: Memphis. 3—fl
(first game 10 Innings).
Little Rock. 5—4: New Orleans. 4—8
(first game 11 innings).
Only games.
Chevy Chase Player Bags Ace
Needed to Keep Match Alive
How would you like to stand on
the tee at a one-shot hole on a golf
course, with the pin 180 yards away,
and know that nothing but a hole
in-one would keep the match alive?
That nothing but the ten-thousand
to-one chance of an ace—the perfect
shot of all golf shots—was the only
thing that would do?
It actually happened, to Gen. F.
W. Coleman and P. S. Ridsdale, at
the Chevy Chase Club. Here’s how.
Coleman and Ridsdale were playing
a match in the Treasurers’ Cup
tourney against Franklin L. Fisher
and Robert Stead, jr. Stead is
chairman of the Chevy Chase Golf
Committee. Fisher is a member of
that committee. Naturally they
know the golf course pretty well.
nsner ana sieaa were a up wiui
6 to play on the 13th tee. Care
fully selecting a No. 3 iron from
his well stocked bag Fisher stepped
up and whacked the ball into the
cup 180 yards away, for an ace.
That made them 6 yp and 5 to go
1
unless Coleman or Ridsdale also got
an ace. “Well, here’s the old college
try,” they said. But it didn’t hap
nen. It never does
Rumor has It that the ace cost
Franklin Fisher a lot of frogskins.
There was talk of a wine party, and
the customary bottle of Scotch to
the pro—although Bob Barnett is
not a Scotchman and doesn’t use
the stuff. But we wouldn’t know
about that. We do have a lot of
sympathy for the two unfortunates
who stood on the 13th tee, knowing
they needed an ace to halve the hole
and keep the match alive. W. R. M.
1 ^
From the
Press Box
If You Are in Doubt,
Write Mr. Lardner
By JOHN LARDNER.
Special Correspondent of The Star.
NEW YORK, May 29 (N.A.N.A.).—
The Lardner letter-box solves your
problems and presses your pants
while you wait:
Dear Mr. Lardner—What consti
tutes a balk in baseball? If you
know, say so. If not, please do not
waste my time by bluffing.—Inno
cent Bystander.
Answer—I don’t care much for the
tone of your letter, Innocent By
stander, but, nevertheless, I will
give you the old Lardner service. By
a balk in baseball, we mean—just a
minute—well, put it this way. By a
balk we mean that when the pitcher
is in the act of balking, not to be
confused with walking, he checks his
motion—that is to say, he has
started his motion already—anyway,
he has made his motion, which is
duly seconded—but the point is, he
interrupts his motion to throw or
feint a throw—and having already
reached a certain point—or a cer
tain age—so the runner takes an
other base. This does not entitle
the spectator to his money back,
which probably is what you are wor
ried about (I guess that’ll hold him).
Wild Myrtle Is Adored
By Leo Durocher.
Dear sir—I am trying to get a little
information about Leo Durocher.
Please answer the following ques
tions :
1. How old is Durocher?
2. What is his favorite flower?
3. What is he doing these days?
Please clear up these doubtful
points and oblige, Yrs. Resp’y—Re
tired Bartender.
Answer—The Durocher of whom
you speak was born in a log cabin
in West Springfield, Mass., at a
tender age, and soon was dropping
the seven ball in the side pocket
(not his own; Durocher wore a Lord
Fauntleroy suit, whictj contains no
pockets except an inside reces^ for
carrying cigars). Rather than run
for mayor, he left Springfield to be
come a ball player, and I believe he
even now is approaching the cul
mination of his ambition. Scouts
say he has promise. Durocher eats
plenty of fruit. In the floral world,
he is partial to Wild Myrtle and
Queen Anne's lace. There are no
flies on Leo.
If Pants Are Worn Out,
Send Small Check.
Dear Mr. Lardner—As a former
All-America football player at a col
lege not far off the coast of Maine,
I am interested in bringing back
the old canvas pants. What do you
think?—Blue Eyes.
Answer—Bring them back, by all
means, Blue Eyes. Remember, they
are the property of the university
and somebody may be able to use
them again. If the pants are worn
out, send a small check.
Dear Mr. Lardner—Is it sporting
to take trout in a shallow pool?—
Esmeralda.
Answer—Take him anywhere you
want, but get him before midnight
and do not hang around waiting to
be invited in. This is the poorest
sort of taste.
Dear Sir—I hear many references
to the lore of the chase. What is
it?—X. L. M.
Answer—I believe the lore of the :
chase has been repealed. It never
was very popular.
Rules of Court Tennis
Are Kept Secret.
Dear Mr. Larkin (Ed. note: Must
mean me)—What are the rules of
court tennis?—Regretful.
Answer—The rules of court ten
nis are a personal secret among the
three guys who play it. Why pry?
Dear Sir—Is Benny Leonard any
relation to the late Marquis of
Queensberry? The similarity in
their names is very suggestive—
Mother of Twelve.
Answer—You raise an interest
ing point, Mother of Twelve, and
one which caused much speculation.
The truth is that the similarity in
names is pure coincidence. Mr.
Leonard assures me that he is no
relation to the “mark.”
"I have a great respect for him,
though,” Mr. Leonard told me.
“That’s fine, Mr. Leonard,” I said.
“Call me Benny,” said the old
lightweight quietly.
Dear Mr. Lardner—How ya gonna
keep ’em down on the farm, after
they’ve seen Paree?—Ohio State ’42
Answer—Never mind.
Treasury Downs Printers
Although outhit by a 7-9 margin,
Treasury made the most of its safe
ties to hand Union Printers a 6-4
setback in their United States Gov
ernment League game. Four runs
in the first twoTnning carried Treas
ury through.
Flood Nine Meets Aces
J. C. Flood Plumbers will invade
Maryland Park tomorrow for a twin
bill with the Maryland Aces. The
first game is scheduled for 1 o’clock.
The Aces want a game for Satur
day. Call Buck Main at Capitol
Heights 675.
Government Golfers
Battle June 10,11
For F. G. A. Title
Burnett Well Favored
To Retain His Crown;
Worsham Sparkles
Goverment golfers, currently,
locked in a desperate struggle for
the Federal match play champion
ship in the event sponsored an
nually by The Star, are looking
ahead to a tourney in which the
duffers can and will play. The
affair is the championship event of
the Federal Golf Association to be
played at Beaver Dam June 10 and
11.
Volney Burnett, the fireman who
spends most of his time at No. 11
engine when he isn’t cracking par
on the golf course will defend his
individual championship and will
be a red-hot favorite to win again.
Entries will close next Monday with
Paul Carey at the Procurement
Division of the Treasury.
Meanwhile War Department, with
what looms as another strong team,
took a fall out of General Account
ing Office another strong outfit
in the match play tourney winning
a 4 to 2 match at Army Navy. The
results:
Cols. Bradley and Ransom (War)
won 3 points from Joe Wilson and
Jerry Hart (G. A. O.), Tom Belshe
and Capt. Cranston (War) 1 point,'
Sam Harvey and Jock Olmsted,
(G. A. O.) 2.
Good Chance for Worsham
Lewis Worsham, the 22-year-old
Burning Tree pro, who topped the
field in the sectional qualifying
rounds for the open championship,
happens to be a very good golfer.
Lewis conceivably may go along all
right in the open. He won’t win,
for the competition is too fast,
but he can finish pretty well up.
But you have to give a big assist to ;
Bob Barnett and Wiffy Cox in the
development of this youngster, who
came to Washington 6 years ago
from Newport News, Va.. and start
ed as a caddie under Cox at Ken
wood. In those days Worsham was
known to the caddies as “Eagle
Beak.”
Cox, then the Kenwood pro, took
a liking to the personable young
ster, put him in his golf shop and
encouraged him to play. Lewis
had played high school golf around j
Newport News and knew what the
game was all about. Lewis did all
right in a national caddie tourney
at Chicago sponsored by the Hearst
newspapers.
Helped at Chevy Chase.
Then Barnett gave him a job in
the Chevy Chase golf shop, and
also encouraged the youngster to
play. He did a lot of good scoring
at Chevy Chase, qualified for the
National Open in 1937 and the fol
lowing winter went with Barnett to
Miami, where he won a big ama
teur-pro tourney.
Last year Lewis became the pro
at Burning Tree, a spot where he
has plenty of chance for practice
and play. Today he is very good.
But Lewis, while he has made
himself a good player, needed the
push and the chances which Cox
and Barnett gave him.
Handicapper, Penniless,
Found Unconscious
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. May 29 —William
Troy. 44-year-old horse racing
handicapper known as William Tell,
is in a serious condition after being
found unconscious beside a note
saying “If I had played my picks I
could have been a millionaire—now
I haven’t got a penny."
Police said he had taken three
score of sleeping tablets. The note
indicated he once had been em
ployed on a Cleveland newspaper
and had operated a feature syndi
cate for racing selections.
Pagliaro Leads Nation
In Table Tennis
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, May 29.—The United
States Table Tennis Association to
day named Louis Pagliaro of New
York the No. 1 table tennis player
in a national ranking of 40 men’s
singles stars. He is the national sin
gles champion.
The first 15 are:
1. Louis Pagliaro. New York; 2. Sol
SchllT, New York: a. Charles Schmidt. New
York; 4. Cy Sussmann. New York; 5. Rob
ert E. Anderson. Chicago; (i. Leslie Lowry,
Newton Center. Mass.; 7. William Holzrich
ter. Chicago. 8. Ed Pinner. New York;
!». Bernard Grimes. New York; 10. William
R. Price. St. Louis: u, George J. Hendry,
St, Louis; 12, Raich Muchow. Evanston,
111.: 13. Ray Pearson. Seattle: 14, Don
MacCrossen. Milwaukee, and 16. John
Abrahams. Hartford. Conn.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Oklahoma City, 3; Beaumont. 2 (12 In
nings I.
San Antonio at Dallas, postponed, wet
grounds.
Shreveport. 6; Port Worth, 3.
Only games.
Georgetown Prep Rocketers
Favored in Friends Event
Three Georgetown Prep repre
sentatives were favored to reach the
quarter-finals today In the Friends
School interscholastic qualifying
tennis tournament which, with four
quarter-finalists established yester
day, will leave only one berth open
at the end of this affumnnn’H nlov
Harold Titus was the only seeded
contestant scheduled for action,
meeting Don Hegstrom of Eastern,
but Titus’ Prep teammates, Marty
Kuntz and Prank Gannon, were
paired to meet John Waits of Rock
ville and Carl Mair of Central, re
spectively.
Three Roosevelt racketers—David
Kay, Ben Fisher and Eli Gottlieb
all reached the quarters yesterday
at the expense of Carl Holden and
Charles Hackney of Western and
John Martin of Wilson. Kay, seeded
second, whipped Holden, ft—1, ft—3;
third-seeded Gottlieb traveled three
sets to turn back Martin, 6—3, 3—6,
6—1, and Fisher stopped Hackney,
8—3. 6-4.
Conclusion of a first-round match
found Mair producing a reversal of
the previous day’s form to upset
Arthur Farrington of Roosevelt,
7—9, 6—3, 6—1,
Rod and Stream
By GEORGE HUBER.
Ml? 29, 1940.
Wednesday evening sessions will be added to the regular Saturday
afternoon and Sunday morning dates for the Capital Casting Club, start
ing today, with a special feature planned for the opening event.
Meeting at the Seventeenth street end of the Lincoln Memorial Pool—
the usual spot—members will gather at 5:30 p.m. for the regular practice
session and then an exhibition of latest developments in fishing and
laaitug rctfIS.
Special guest at the session will
be Capt. O. L. Hawk, former Florida
fishing guide and boat captain, who
is as much at home on a fresh-water
bass pond as he is in the deeper salt
water areas of the Atlantic Coast.
This well-known fisherman will
demonstrate for local sportsmen
some of the new kinds in fishing
tackle, especially those relating to
reels.
He believes he has a ma
chine which eliminates the
bugaboo of backlashes, an
item that troubles both salt
and fresh water anglers.
He has a salt-water casting reel
to which has been transferred an
anti-backlash feature of one of the
more popular fresh-water casting
reels, and with this outfit he is
going to show the boys some real
distance casting without snarling the
line, something that troubles a lot
of boys around town who think that
if they toss a bait 30 feet they've
done something.
This exhibition is not limited to
casting club nor * Izaak Walton
League members. Because Capt.
Hawk is as well known for his ac
tivities in salt water as well as
sweet, Ray Rogers, secretary of the
casting club, has invited all local
fishermen to the exhibition, espe
cially those who do most of their
angling on Chesapeake Bay.
Prize for Released Fish.
Boat captains at Ocean City, some
of whom like to prove their ability
as fish finders by bringing in all the
dead marlin they can, will have a
real incentive this season for com
ing back with the fewest number
of marlin. They still will catch a
large number of fish, but many will
be tagged and released unhurt.
The incentive for this is a
beautiful plaque and a $100
cash prize for the boat captain
tagging and releasing the
greatest number of marlin this
season.
Donors of this handsome prize
are Paul and Jack Townsend of
Washington, the two boys to whom
goes all the credit for discovering
and developing the marlin grounds
off the Maryland and Northern Vir
ginia coast. Some say the marlin
can last forever, and some say that
at the present rate of fishing they
will be gone soon. Be that as it
may, it's admitted that every fish
put back after being caught means
that many more fish in the ocean.
Last year some 1.435 marlin were
caught at Ocean City. If even half
that number are returned to the
water this season it means a con
tinuous boom for nearby deep
sea angling.
G. F. A. Names Officers.
Even though the marlin season
won’t start there for a month or more
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yet the skippers are getting ready for
the swarm of big-game fishermen.
New Officers of the Game Fisher
men’s Association there are James
B. Whaley, president; Jesse H. Hor
ner, secretary, and Talbot E. Bunt
ing, treasurer. All are well-known
skippers, who have been active lead
ers in sporting and civic affairs at
Ocean City.
About 100 boats are regis
tered with tbe association,
and all fly the red and white
pennant, with the white let
ters G. F. A.
They have standards of motor
equipment and other facilities which
mus* be met before a skipper can
join the association. In addition to
the native Ocean City skippers and
; their boats, which were enough to
; meet the requirements several years
ago, when marlin fishing first start
ed there, many guides from Florida
and other Southern points will make
Ocean City - their fishing head
quarters this summer. Even with
this added influx of boats there will
be times during the height of the
season when there will be a short
age of available space, so before
driving over be sure you have res
ervations in advance. The skippers
already are making commitments
for the season, and some of the
more popular ones even now have
the best dates booked.
Western Pro Grid Clubs
Pick Officials June 4
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May 29.—President
Carl Storck of the National Football
League announced today the meet
ing of club owners and coaches in
the Western division has been moved
back four days to June 4.
The meeting w-as called to consider
the applications and appointment of ’
game officials for the 1940 season.
Neumeyer Captains Hoyas
Charles L. Neumeyer of Jamaica,
Long Island, will lead Georgetown’s
track team next year. A junior,
Neumeyer ran on the quarter and
mile relay teams this season.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Hollywood. 3: Seattle. 2.
Sacramento. 3: San Francisco. 2.
San Diego. Los Angeles. 3.
Oakland. 8; Portland, 4.
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Six Races Included
On 17-Event Card
For Manor Show
Noted Horses Entered
1 For First Running of
Cummings' Memorial
Ponies, show horses and racers
are coming from far and wide to
compete in the annual Manor Hunt
Club Horse Show and races, to be
held at Brooke Johns’ place, near
Norbeck, Md., starting at 10 ajn.
tomorrow.
No less than 17 events are on the
program, four pony classes, two
pony races, one timber race, one
brush race, two flat races and seven
show-ring classes, being listed.
Topping the card is the first run
ning of the Andrew J. (Cy) Cum
mings Memorial Race, 2 miles over
timber. According to E. B. Mc
Intyre, secretary, Louis A. Randall's
Monty R., victor this spring over
the great Blockade, is a likely starter
in this event. Other entries are
expected to come from Virginia,
Maryland and Washington.
The other three races have a purse
value of $100 each. One is at 5'/2
furlongs, one at 11-16 miles and
the other 2 miles over brush. The
pony races will be li-mile dash
affairs.
Featuring the show classes is the
Manor Hunt Trophy for horses and
riders who hunt with the Manor
Hunt. Other features are the
knockdown and out. triple bar and
ladies’ hunters. The four pony
classes will be held in the morning.
Officials will be Louis C. Leith,
William Osborne, Mrs. N. H. Mc
Dowell, Vincent P. Lester, James
Sullivan and James Pfeferkorn.
Parshall Will Drive
For 725th Win in
Meet Tomorrow
By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 29 —H. M.
tHis Majesty) Parshall. match-chew
ing maestro of the sulky, goes after
his 725th harness race victory in
14 years as the Ohio short-strip cir
cuit launches its campaign Memor
ial Day.
The 41-year-old reinsman has
topped the Nation’s trotter-pacer
drivers 12 times in 13 years and was
third in 1928, the only time he was
out of the top spot.
His red, white and blue colors, in
herited fro mfamed Thomas W. Mur
phy, crossed the finish line first in
719 races from 1927 through 1939,
and he has won five jaunts so far
this year in the South.
Parshall won the famed $45,000
Hambletonian twice, in the early 30's,
with Lord Jim and last year with
Peter Astra.
Hilltoppers Want Games
Garrett Park Hilltoppers want
softball games with teams under 15
years of age. Call Kensington 323-W
between 6 and 7 pm.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Binghamton. 2: Hartford. 0.
Scranton. 1: Elmira. 0.
Springfield at Albany, rain.
Wilkes-Barre at Williamsport, post
poned. threatening weather).
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