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Welsh’s Brand of Tennis Appears Unbeatable in District Championship Tourney
The
Sportlight
Jockey in Tighter Spot
Than Quarterback
By GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent of The Star.
SARATOGA, N. Y.. Aug. 6 (N.A.
N.A.).—They were talking about
quick thinking in sport—in the com
petition that called for snap judg
ments on a more important scale—
the quarterback, the pitcher, the
fighter, in the sweat and turmoil
of a championship.
The group consisted of several
Jockeys now riding at Saratoga,
Jockeys who had played golf, who
had followed baseball, football and
other sports,
"You had a piece once,” a rider
remarked, "in which you told how
little time a football quarterback
had to call the next play compared
to second-guessers in the stands. It
might be a play that is to win or
lose the game and he has about 10
seconds in which to make up his
mind. That isn't much. But what
about the quick thinking or snap
Judgment a jockey often has to
make? Ever think of that?”
"Probably not as much as we
should have or might have,” we ad
mitted.
To Go Inside or Outside
Is Poser for Jockey.
“Well.” he said, "there are many
times we have to think faster than
any quarterback. Here’s a certain
race where I have to go inside or
swing outside, Gambling on the in
side spot I might get shut off and
never get out. Swinging to the out
side I might lose too much ground.
“When an opening develops you
have less than a split second to de
cide your move. Ten seconds? Why
in 10 seconds a good horse will take
you 200 yards. No seconds for us.
There are horses inside of you. out
side of you. in front of you and be
hind you. There may be a certain
horse in front of w-hich you are not
afraid. There may be one behind
you which is much more dangerous.”
“Being a good jockey,” one' of
them said, “means much more than
just riding a horse. Many of us
play golf. We know how- important
concentration is in golf—how hard
it is to keep on thinking of the
right things. It’s even tougher in
a tough race. You get your in
structions from the trainer. You
start out to follow these instructions, i
But a lot of things can happen that!
the trainer and the jockey and \
even the horse never thought about, i
“First of all. you've got to get
aw-ay right. Even with the new
starting gate a horse can be look- i
ing the other way or be off balance !
when the barrier opens. Then
you've got to know- and judge your
horse. You've also got to know j
and judge the other horses—the
front runners and the stretch finish
ers, which come from nowhere such
as Russia. Fencing, Kievex and
others, which may be 20 lengths i
behind and then bowl ’em over |
down the stretch.
“You may be following your in
structions perfectly, up to a cer
tain point. Then a lot of things
you never looked for begin to hap
pen. You are caught in a tight
spot. You’ve got to find a hole
somew-here, just as a halfback does
in football.
“If you are riding a certain type !
of horse—fast and game—you prob
ably won't take the gamble. You'll
swing him wide, get him free from !
any interference, and then depend
on his speed down the stretch.
“But you may not be on that j
type of horse. You may be on a i
horse for which you must save all j
the ground you can. Then you’ve j
got to find that opening and cut in. 1
You've got to take the chance. But
you've also got to make up your j
mind in a big hurry when you may
be trying to see what the others I
are doing.”
“Here's another angle,” some one !
cut in. “There's no living trainer !
or jockey who knows on what day ’
a horse may want to run—or not
want to run.”
Sonny Workman told me that
some time before.
“Why do good horses suddenlyj
quit on you? Why will a punk
plater suddenly start running like
a stake horse?”
“I don’t know—and neither does
any one else.”
That recalled the day I sat with
Johnny Longden, one of the best,
at Santa Anita. A certain horse was
in the race. I asked Longden about
him.
“I’ve ridden him four times,”
Johnny said. “He’s a 1:13 horse at
best for six furlongs.”
That day he won in 1:10 4-5.
“How could I know.” Longden
groaned, “that he was going to be
over two seconds faster today than
he ever was before? That's 12
lengths.”
The Chief Is Like Lightning
Only When He Wants to Be.
“No, you never know about a horse
until the race is on,” another said,
“and then it's too late. We get ac
cused for this and that, but a horse
Isn't a human being. A track coach
can talk to his sprinters or jumpers.
They can tell him things—whether
they are stale or not, whether they
have a bad ankle or a stiff leg. A
track coach has a pipe job compared
to a horse trainer. The horses can't
tell him anything. And by the time
we find out in a race, it may be too
late.”
I asked Earl Sande one day about
The Chief.
“He can outrun any horse on the
track today, but I don't bet on him.
He likes to run only about once out
of every fivg or six starts, and he
won’t tell me which day he feels like
moving along.
“There’s a lot of racing luck,"
Sande continued. “The crowd never
sees. As a jockey and a trainer I
ought, to know at least a little about
it. You can get bumped—you can
get crowded—you can get shut off.
Ift an automobile accident you may
have driven perfectly, but suppose
the other fellow made a mistake?
The best jockey in the world can get
caught in a spot he can't handle and
he may be on the best horse. The
best horse with the best jockey may
be the best bet—but they don’t al
ways win.
“I only wish the racing crowd
could know just what can happen
in the way of racing luck when the
field is fairly well matched—and I
only wish the racing crowd could
tell us just how certain horses feel
about running on certain days."
-
Barney Merely Tunes
His Game in Streak
01 Four Shutouts
Preparing for Revenge
On Johnsen, Who Beat
Him Earlier in Year
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.
As the District men’s tournament
headed into the quarter-finals this
afternoon at Edgemoor Club it was
strikingly apparent that the lad who
wrests away the crown from Barney
Welsh, defending champion, will
have to show a super game in the
last three rounds.
Around the clubhouse and in the
locker room they say young Davey
Johnsen, considered the most serious
menace to Welsh's eight-year reign,
can't do it this year, that he doesn t
have the game to match the brand
of tennis Welsh is ramming down his
opponents’ throats day after dav.
Yesterday, for example, Welsh
chalked up his fourth victory in
three days without dropping a game,
eliminating Dean Judd. Forty
eight consecutive games has rhe
lean, lank barrister carved from his
victims’ hides in three days’ play
and just where the streak will end
everyone hesitates to say. Possibly
this afternoon when he comes to
grips with lefty Dick Murphy, but
you can't say for certain. He may
sweep Murphy out of the tourna
ment as easily as he did the others.
Form of Four Years Ago Recalled.
Welsh's game is reminiscent of
four years ago when he went to the
final of the District tournament
without lasing a game. That was
the year he reached the doubles
final, playing with Tony Latona,
without losing a point on service.
Barney and Tony lost to Bill How
ard and Dooley Mitchell in the title
round, a disappointing climax after
their brilliant work in the earlier
rounds, but not enough to dull the
luster of Welsh’s Individual play.
As the current tournament pro
gresses. it is increasingly evident
that Barney is using succeeding
matches as a whetstone to hone his
game for the final round. He hasn’t
loafed or missed a single opportu
nity for a point since the first ball
came whizzing over the net in the
preliminary skirmish, and Barney
says he'll keep the pressure on until
it's all over.
Against Judd, he tried for—and
made—returns on shots he might
have passed up at another time. He
played Judd's backhand all after
noon, forcing him into error after
error. Consistency, as a matter of
fact, is Barney's aim. He can crank
up anytime and send a cannon ball
zooming into the enemy's camp, but
he wants to have his game at a pitch
where he can call his shots.
Aot Regarded aa Comeback.
Barney doesn't like this talk of a
comeback on his part, A comeback
after losing one tournament sounds
incongruous to his legal mind. After
all, a man can lose once without
dropping Into the has-been category.
He doesn't say so. but you don't need
much imagination to figure that
Welsh Is pointing for Master John
sen, who conquered him in the Mid
dle Atlantic final earlier in the sum
mer.
Johnsen figures to be his opponent,
although Breese, with a good two
sets under his expansive belt yester
day. added up to anything but a
pushover today. If Davev hurdles
his husky opponent in this Mutt and
Jeff duel he must go right back
against Frank Shore, another con
sistent and persistent rival.
Johnsen s play yesterday bordered
on brilliant at infrequent intervals
but was marred by streaks of wild
ness that served to prolong the
match and shatter his demeanor.
His footwork was excellent and his
court strategy superb. Time and
again he crossed up Breese. no mean
tactician himself, with placements
the big fellow couldn't reach with a
special delivery. Other times he
banged returns out of bounds and
even onto a neighboring court.
Has Streak of Wildness.
But it is these streaks of wildness
that observers point to when com
paring Welsh and Johnsen, which
they consider will be Davey's un
doing. Give Welsh an opening
wedge and he'll beat anybody this
week and if Johnson is erratic
against him Davey's chances will be
slim.
Results yesterday:
Sinrles—Upper Bracket.
Third round—Davey Johnsen was Incl
ine Bill Breese, 8—6. 6—8. when plav was
discontinued. Prank Shore defeated
Charley Sturtevant. 6—2 6—3; Hush
Lynch defeated Charley Channine. 6—1.
i—fi- 6—2: Jimmie Parrln defeated Harry
BrinkerhofT. Jr, 6—4. 6—4.
Lower Bracket.
Barney Welsh defeated Dean Judd. 6—n.
6—0; Dick Murphy defeated Doyle Roya.
6—"■ 7—5: C. Alohonso Smith defeated
Austin Rice 8—1 6—3; Buddy Adair de
feated Bill Howard. 6—0. 6—4.
Doublet.
Second round—Shore and Willis defeated
Niemeyer and 8immnns. f>—7. 6—4, 6—4.
Third round—C. A. Smith and Murphy
defeated Bashore and De Witt Smith.
6—2, 6—4.
PAIRINGS TODAT.
Sineles—Quarter-Finals.
3:36—Welsh vs. Murphy.
4:30—C A Smith vs. Adair. Lynch vs
Perrin, Shore vs. winner of Johnsen-Breese
match.
S 00—Johnsen vs. Breese (continuation
third-round matchi.
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting—RadcllfT. St. Louts. .355:
McCosky. Detroit. .349.
Runs—Williams. Boston. 83; Mc
Cosky. Detroit. 85.
Runs batted In—Greenberg. Detroit.
96: York. Detroit. 89.
Hits—Cramer. Boston, and McCosky,
Detroit. 138.
Doubles—Greenberg. Detroit, and
Boudreau, Cleveland. 35.
Triples—McCosky. Detroit. 13: Fin
ney. Boston, and Keller. New York, 12.
Home runs—Foxx. Boston. 25;
Greenberg. Detroit. 21.
Stolen bases—Case. Washington. 23;
Walker. Washington. IT.
Pitching—Newsom. Detroit, 13-2;
Rowe. Detroit. 10-2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Batting—Danning. New York. .337:
May. Philadelphia. .3.31.
Runs—Frey. Cincinnati, 76: Mike. St.
Louis. 74.
Runs—batted in — F. McCormick.
Cincinnati, 85: Mike. St. Louis. 79.
Hits—Herman. Chicago. 130; F. Mc
Cormick. Cincinnati. 137.
Doubles—F. McCormick. Cincinnati,
31: Heck. Chicago. 30. >
Triple'—Rosa. Boston. 11: Mike, Bt.
Louis. 10. .
Home runs—Mike. St. Louis. 31:
Nicholson. Chicago. 17.
Stolen bases—Reese. Brooklyn, 13:
Hack. Chicago. Werber and Frey. Cin
cinnati, 11. _
Pitching — Fitksimmons. Brooklyn.
10-2; Sewell. Pittsburgh. 9-2.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Durham. 7—3: Charlotte. 4—0.
Norfolk. 6—3: Portsmouth, 3—0.
Winston-Salem, 2: Asheville 1.
Only games.
COACH, PLAYER AND SPECTATORS—The tutor is 4-year-old Jimmy Farrin, Jr., demonstrating
to his proud pappy a slightly unorthodox racket grip, just after the latter had defeated Harry
Brinkerhoff in the quarter-finals of the District men’s tennis tournament at Edgemoor yesterday.
And the winsome trio, all having a rooting interest in the proceedings, are, left to right, the
wives of Contestants Hugh Lynch, Barney Welsh and the aforesaid James Farrin, from among
whom may come the winner of the title. _Star Staff Photo.
Favored Jeanne Echols Meets
May Fitzgerald in Junior
Playground Tennis
A match between La Jeanne
Echols of Takoma and May Fitz
gerald of Garfield was expected to
feature play today in the junior
girls’ division of the Community
Center - Playground Department
tennis tournament at the Mall
courts.
Miss Echols, favorite player in
her division, won her way through
the first round by defeating Sally
Darlington of Taft, 6—0, 6—0. while
Miss Fitzgerald advanced with a
victory over Sophie Comet of Park
View, 6—1, 7—5. Betty Jacob of
Montrose, favorite in the girls’
senior division, has no match list
ed today after winning yesterday's
first-round game over Dorothy
Blake of Rosedale with only the
loss of one game, 6—1, 6—0.
Play in the boys’ Junior division
yesterday was featured by the dou- :
ble victory of Bill Elam of Takoma. j
who won over Wilbert Lince of '
Montrose, 6—0, 6—1, and Charles
Laverty of Chevy Chase. 6—3. 3—6.
6—2. Today he was scheduled to
meet P. Koutsandrous of Sherwood,
who advanced by default over Bob
Thrasher of Langley. Also sched
uled today were first-round doubles
in all divisions.
The summaries:
Junior Bora’ Sinsle*.
Bill Elam iTakoma) defeated Wilbert
Lince (Montrose), (t—0. S—1: Elam de
feated Charles Laverty iChevy Chase).
6—3. 3—a. fi—2: P. Koutsandrous (Sher
wood) defeated Bob Thrasher iLanaley).
default: John Gibbons (Columbia) defeated
Kenneth Hall (Anacostla). S—2. fi—1;
Britt, Schweitzer (Takoma) defeated Nor
man Brown (Taft), ft—1. ft—0: Jim Hard
ing (Chevy Chase) defeated Don Purdy
(Anacoatia). ft—0. ft—0: Pete Loomis
<P°rk View i defeated William 8pindler
(' ft). 7—ft. ft—3: Ezra Hankins (Park
View) defeated John Jacobs (Montrose),
ft—0. 7—ft: John Yetter (Langley) defeated
Warren Helsey (Palisades*, default.
Senior Boy** Single*.
Jim Rhodes tLansley* defeated David
Corbin (Anacostia), 6—4. ft—4: Dick
Schottman (Takoma) defeated Rhodes,
ft—1, 7—6. Ray Battaglinl (Columbia)
defeated Donald Gray (Taft*. ft—0. ft—2:
Mooney Adler (Park View* defeated Robert
Batching (Palisades*, ft—2 ft—1: Corson
Jones (Chevy Chase* defeated Ray Love
(Montrose*, ft—1. ft—1: Joe Hosslck (Lang
ley* defeated Nino Briscuso (Chevy Chase',
ft—3. ft—4: Salvatore Consola (Park
View* defeated Pete Montzzouris (Taft*,
ft—2, 1—ft, ft—4; Joseph Hall (Anacostia*
defeated Herb Adams 'Sherwood*, ft—1.
ft—(): Emmett Sheehan (Takoma* defeated
Jack McClelland (Montrose*, ft—4, 7—5.
Senior Girls' Singlet.
Phyllis Sampagna (Anacostia) defeated
Bessie Montzouris (Taft), ft—4 3—ft. ,
ft—1. Ann Powell (Chevy Chase* defeated
Phyllis Sampagna ft—1. ft—1: June Mul- j
vev tEdgewood) defeated Isabel McManis ;
(Takoma). ft—1. ft—2. Louise Barnes
(Garfield) defeated Cherr^ Puray (George
town). ft—3. ft—2: Mary Gray (Park View* i
defeated Erlee Ritchie (Taft), ft—1. ft—(*: ,
Annette Grolman (Park View) defeated I
Shirley Gibson (Edcewood*. ft—ft. 1—ft
ft—1: Margaret Becker (Parkside) defeated
Shirley Smith (Takoma). 7—5. ft—3; Betty
Jacob (Montrose* defeated Dorothy Blake
(Rosedale). ft—1. ft—0.
Junior Girls’ Singlet.
La Jeanne Echols (Takoma* defeated
Sally Darlington ‘Taft*, ft—0. ft—•*: May
Fitzgerald (Garfield) defeated Sophie Comet
(Park View*, ft—1, 7—5; Mildred Little
(Columbia* defeated Mary Ann Aydt
(Palisades*, ft—2. ft—2: Rose Adriani
(Sherwood* defeated Joan Gustafson (Chevy
Chase*. 8—6. P—7. ft—2: Lois Rizer ‘Mc
Millan* defeated Faye Walker (Takoma*.
ft—3. ft—4; Mary Kiegar (Anacostia* de
feated Ann Dp Malman (Chevy chase*,
ft—0. ft—0; Corrine Miller (Taft) defeated
Charlotte Ward (Georgetown*, ft—3. ft—3:
Margaret Blumen (Langley) defeated Clare
Mortfleld (Georgetown), ft—0. ft—2.
California Cuts Grid
Prices to $1.65 for
All Save Stanford
Ky the Associated Press.
BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 6.—The
University of California performed
a major operation today on foot
ball ticket prices. The slash, most
drastic in the history of the school,
included a maximum of $1.65 for
all home games except the Stan
ford-California contest.
The game with Michigan, Sep
tember 28, for instance, will be $1.65
instead of the $2.75 originally
planned.
Ken Priestly, graduate manager,
explained: “We try to scale our
prices to what we think will mean
the greatest income.”
He voiced belief the new scale
would be continued indefinitely.
Last year the Bears’ football season
netted a $93,000 surplus in spite of
the worst season in years.
Two Rookie Halfbacks
Signed by Chicards
B* the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—The Chicago
Cardinals announced today the
signing of four more rookies for
the National Professional Pootball
League season.
The recruits are Arthur Gottlieb.
200-pound halfback of Rutgers;
Judson Hudson, 185-pound Davis
Elkins halfback; Luke Pappas, 225
pound Utah tackle, and Ruppert
Pate. 210-pound Wake Forest tackle.
The Cards, who now have 28 rook
ies signed, begin practice Friday
under their new coach, Jimmy Con
zelman.
Champs Among 15 Nines
Left in Semi-Pro Play
By the Associated Press.
DENVER. Aug. 6.—The Duncan
(Okla.) Halliburtons, national semi
pro champions, bid tonight for a
place among the two-game winners
at the 25th renewal of the Post
baseball tournament.
Bunched in the two-triumph
bracket are the defending cham
pion, Enid (Okla.) Champlins;
Mount Pleasant (Tex.) Cubs and
Buford (Ga.) Bona Allens, runners
up to Enid here last summer.
Fifteen teams are left in the
double-elimination tourney, which
winds up next Monday.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Jersey City. 12—3; Toronto, 0—1.
Rochester. 3: Baltimore. 2.
Syracuse. 10; Newark. 2.
Only tames.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
St. Paul. A: Kansas City. 0.
Indianapolis. 8: Toledo. 2.
Louisville. 4; Columbus, 3.
Minneapolls-Milwaukee (2), rain.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
No tames scheduled.
EASTERN league.
Hartford. 4: Scranton. 8.
Binghamton. 1—6; Elmira, 0—8.
«e&tks£L. ».
<T\
Anderson's All-Star 1
Grid Aides Will Be
Named Tonight
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Aug. 6 —The coaching !
staff selected by the football fans of
the Nation to handle the College
All-Stars in their game with the
Green Bay Packers August 29 will
be announced tonight.
Voting in the Nation-wide poll to
choose a five-man staff ended Sun
day night. The head coach will be
the man receiving the largest total
of points and his four assistants
will be the four others polling the
most points in their respective sec
tions.
Eddie Anderson of Iowa appeared
to have a prohibitive lead for the
head coachship in the latest tab
ulation, which follows:
Bib Ten—Anderson. 3.0114.648 oolnts;
Mai Elward. Purdue. 720.682
East—Tad Wieman. Princeton. 826.366;
Carl 8navely- Cornell. 646,795.
Midwest—Don Paurot. Missouri. 2.763.
061: Frank Hood. Rockhurst (Kansas
City). 1.720.238
Far West—Buck Shaw. Santa Clara.
830,780: James Phelan, Washinaton.
486.680.
8outh—Lowell Dawson, Tulane 817,268.
Harry Mehre, Mlssissipcl. 621.076.
Niccolai of Steelers
Decides Not to Quit
By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6—Armand
Niccolai, veteran tackle of the
Pittsburgh Steelers Club, who at
the end of last season said he would
retire from professional football,
changed his mind yesterday and
signed to play "just one more year,”
the club announced.
Field-goal kicking is a specialty
of the 235-pounder, who has been
with the club six years.
Griffs' Records
Batting.
O. AB. R. H. 2b. 3b.HR.RBI.PC.
Evans 11 17 1 7 2 0 0 5 .412
Gelbert 20 50 7 20 7 1 0 7 .400
Travis. 84 327 43 109 29 7 0 45 .333
Myer _ 46 141 22 47 11 3 0 26 .333
Lewis 99 401 73 126 27 6 5 41 .314
Walker 99 424 63 125 23 4 8 67 .295
Early_ 49 139 18 41 8 3 2 7 .296
case 101 442 75 126 17 3 3 36 .285
Ferrell 67 216 19 59 14 2 0 24 .273
Bl’w’th 74 290 33 74 10 5 7 47 .255
Welal 66 161 26 41 9 0 2 16 .255
Pofahl 76 261 23 62 17 3 1 25 .238
Hudson 26 60 8142006 .233
Ma son 21 28 6 6 1 0 0 1 .214
West . 44 75 6 16 3 1 1 12 .213
Kraks 21 16 2 3 1 0 0 1 .187
Chase 23 59 7 10 1 1 1 6 .169
M’g'do 19 24 1 4 1 1 0 0 .167
Leon’d 23 69 4 11 O 0 0 4 .159
Ca'quel 15 60 00000 .000
Pitching.
G H BB. SO. IP GS.CG. W. L.
Carol 15 29 14 12 27H 0 0 4 2
Leon d 2.3 203 42 7.3 191% 2.3 16 12 lo
Hudson 26 175 60 63 160 18 11 9 12
Chase 23 167 93 65 163 22 12 8 11
M’g'do 19 87 36 50 74% 6 3 2 4
Haynes 16 62 22 19 52% 6 1 3 6
Mast'n 21 89 56 44 87% 12 3 3 8
Gelbert 2 5 3 1 4 0000
Krak s 21 77 36 39 64 6 0 0 1
•. ___ i
aa.
Good Outside Course
Still Is Needed for
Warrenton Show
Event Has Fine Program,
But Riders Ask Better
Exhibition Facilities
By ROBERT HENRY.
At best, publicity handouts must
be taken with a grain of salt, but
when the tom-tom beaters for the
Warrenton Horse Show comment
glowingly on the beautiful show
grounds more than one grain is
needed.
It is not that Warrenton's show
grounds are unattractive, but for
years horsemen who exhibit there
have paid little attention to the
beauty while complaining of the
lack of an outside hunter course.
Each year there is a rumor that
something will be done about this in
short order, but some how nothing
ever is done about it.
Beauty No Help to Rider.
Styled the “hunter show of Amer
ica.’’ the show is one of the few
main events in the country that
lacks an outside course over which
to show hunters. Many show
grounds have little to offer in the
way of beauty, but still have neces
sary facilities for the proper show
ing of entries. And any rider will
concede that show ground beauty is
secondary to most everything else
about a show.
This year the heads of the War
renton show are putting on a drive
to make it second only to the na
tional show at Madison Square
Garden. It is a big order, but it
can be done if the management is
willing to exert itself. But thus far
one of the most important—and
easily accomplished—improvements
is left undone.
Show Prospectus Out.
In the meantime, the prize list
for the 41st show has been mailed
to several hundred prospective ex
hibitors, revealing that entries will
close with Harold E. Smith on Au
gust 21. Five divisions are listed—
hunter, conformation hunter, work
ing hunter, jumper and junior.
There are five championship classes
-3-year-old, novice or green, hunt
er. final hunter and jumper.
The Committee on Judges has
asked the following to judge: Henry
A. Bell. Bayside, N. Y.; Thomas M.
Baker. Derby, N. Y.; O’MaHy Knott.
New York City, for hunters and
breeding; Maj. Paul S» Morris and
Lt. Col. Please B. Rogers, Front
Royal. Va.. open jumpers, and Julia
Shearer, Locust Dale. Va., ponies.
Drs. R. E. Fernyhough and H. C.
Booth. Warrenton. have been named
official veterinarians.
Dates for the show are August 31
and September 2 (Labor Day).
Sunday Price Boost
Ires Red Sox Fans
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Aug. 6—Timothy W.
Murphy takes his baseball, particu
larly the Boston Red Sox, seriously,
but not seriously enough to pay
extra to see Jimmy Foxx and com
pany on the Sabbath.
Murphy, former city assessor, is
suing the club for an alleged 60
cent overcharge on a pair of tickets
he purchased for Sunday, July 21.
A city ordinance, Murphy contends,
forbids the Red Sox’ hiking their
admission price from the *1.10
week-day price to *1.40 on Sunday.
The City Council ordered an in
vestigation by Mayor Maurice Tobin.
The Red Sox officials declined to
comment.
Minor Leagues
By the Associated Press.
EASTERN SHORE LEAGUE.
Milford. S: Easton. 3.
Federalsburg. 5: Centrevllle. 3.
Dover. 11; Pocomoke. fl.
Salisbury. 8; Cambridge, 0.
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Columbus. 5: Augusta, 8.
Macom. 6; Greenville. 3.
Columbia, 3; Jacksonville. 3.
Savanah. 6; Charleston. 1.
SWIM
And Loll on the
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End Looney, Old Hate
Of O'Brien's, Joins
Him With Eagles
Both Report, With Davy
In Trim, Little Heavier
After Appendectomy
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 6—When
August comes football can’t be far
away—and when ‘’Slingshot" Davey
O'Brien hits town that Just about
makes it official.
The tiny Texan blew in yesterday,
bringing along his bride of a couple
of months and a Texas Christian
teammate who Davey figures will
show the National Professional Foot
ball League some fancy pass re
ceiving this fall.
The teammate is Don Looney, who
played with O'Brien for two years
as a varsity end at the Texas school.
Don graduated last June and was
promptly signed by the Eagles. It
was a smart move, explained Davey,
because:
“There isn’t any one who can catch
passes better than Don. He goes
after them all and snags them. He
should be a big help to the Eagles
this fall."
O'Brien can toss them, as his
league record of 21 completions
against the Chicago Bears last fall
attests, and with Looney may make
a combination spelling trouble for
the rest of the loop .
A bit heavier than his 150 pounds
of 1939. Davey says he has fully re
covered from a recent operation for
appendicitis.
The Eagles start training next
Friday at West Chester and the little
Texan figures the team will be the
league “dark horse." The ones to
beat, he added, "probably will be
the Giants or the Washington Red
skins. But I wouldn't pass off the
Pittsburgh Steelers or Brooklyn as
pushovers."
Ault Mars No-Hit Game
By Giving Lone Walk
Dick Ault has a near-perfect
game to his credit today after
pitching a no-hit, no-run victory
as his Takoma softball team de
feated the Briggs Red Sox, 9-0. in
the second game of a double-header.
Takoma also won the opener,
12-1.
Ault's effort was marred only by
a walk given up in the early in
nings.
Sour and Sweet Notes Mingle
As Redskins Start Training
With Many Overweight
By BILL DISMER, Jr„ ]
Star Staff Correspondent.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 6.—Amid
a kaleidoscopic series of events, both !
favorable and unfavorable to their
cause, the Redskins inaugurated
their 1940 training period for the
second successive year here today, ■
with Owner George Marshall absent
from a season's opening practice
for the first time since he brought
the Indians into the National Foot
ball League in 1932.
Solved, to every one's satisfaction,
were the “mysteries" of Wee Willie
Wilkin and Frank Filchock, alleged
missing tackle and holdout quarter
back, respectively. Wilkin, who met
the main party at the train last
night, was surprised to learn that
General Manager Jack Espev had
been worried over his whereabouts,
for he blew in here Sunday evening
and promptly signed his contract.
And although Filchock isn't here
yet. Coach Ray Flaherty reported
that he had been in contact with
the passing-running field general
and expected him before the week
is out.
Stoecker Is in Hoosegnw.
An unexpected and sudden set
back, however, arose in the case of
Howard Stoecker, the big 220-pound
tackle draftee from the University
of Southern California, who, be
cause of a precipitate act while in
the temporary service of Uncle
Sam, may be prevented from play
ing any football at all this year. To
be blunt about it. Stoecker now' is
confined in the brig of a United
States Army post in California.
It seems that Stoecker, an avia
tion student at one of the flying
schools on the coast, disobeyed reg
ulations by taking a passenger aloft
without permission. As a result he
was slapped into the post’s “jail”
and reportedly sentenced to serve
100 days behind bars. Whether ef
forts to get him released or have
his punishment lightened will be
successful is problematical. Stoeck
er's loss would be serious, as he was
the most highly rated draftee of
all the new lineman who have
signed contracts.
On the whole, training opened to
day on a rather sour note. Despite
a tendency to appear satisfied, it was
evident that conditions and sur
roundings at Gonzaga College.
Flaherty's alma mater and site of
the Redskins training for the next
three weeks, were not up to the
standard afforded last year at the
State's Normal School In Cheney, 18
miles from town.
In the first place, it doesn't pro
vide the comparative privacy the
Redskins enjoyed in 1939. and sec
ondly. dormitories are not yet avail
able for housing the players. As a
result, the boys spent their first
night in the gymnasium and will
continue to sleep there for an in
definite time. Then. too. the turf
isn’t as soft or as well-kept as it
might be and equipment isn't exact
ly modern.
It’s no secret, either, that Flaherty
doesn't relish the idea of the boys
being able to stroll or get hops into
town in the evenings. Thev couldn't
do that out at Cheney. Last year,
conditions were pronounced ideal:
this year, they are something less
than that, although it must be ad
mitted that this vicinity’s cool, dry
climate atones in a large degree for
whatever shortcomings the present
situation may possess.
Many Far Overweight.
For the most part the players re
ported in fairly good shape with a
greatly increased poundage con*
spicuous on several. Capt. Turk.
Edw’ards nearly bowled the new ar
rivals over last night when he said
he tipped the scales near 300. while
Micky’ Parks reported 25 pounds
heavier at 255. Bill Young, as he
usually does, checked in at 270 with
Bo Russell at 230. up 10: Clyde
Shugart at 225. up 13: Bob Master
son at 220, up 10: Clem Stralka at
220, up 10: and Jim Meade at 210,
up 25, were the other leading
weight-gainers.
Dick Todd, his followers should
be glad to learn, appeared to be his
same trim self, with no excess
poundage to hinder him in getting
those jackrabbit dashes of his
started.
Marshall, conspicuous by his ab
sence from today’s workouts, will
come North with Mrs. Marshall from
their California home around Au
gust 15.
Seeking Unlimited Foes
Cardinal A. C. junior baseball
team wants games with strong un
limited teams. Contact Jack Hoff
man at Atlantic 5160 after 5 pm.
The Cards showed they could step
up in fast company by defeating
Fort Dupont's unlimited team yes
terday, 13-2.
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