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Reports Persist Louis Will Defend His Title In Spite of Denial •y th« Associated Pres* NEW YORK. July 21.—Joe Louis insisted today he meant •positively”! when he stepped down as heavy weight champion. ' but the ring world buzzed excitedly over reports he may defend his title again in September. Nat Fleischer, editor of Ring Magazine, said in a copyright arti cle the Brown Bomber would meet Light Heavyweight Champion Gus Lesnevich in Yankee Stadium Sep tember 22. Fleischer added he came to this conclusion after an interview with the retired champion in which Louis told him: "Maybe I should meet Lesnevich. I can beat him. I still will be able to retire unbeaten like Gene Tunney.” But in Detroit late yesterday, caught just as he was finishing a round of golf. Louis drove another spike into the comeback talk. "I don’t know where those ru mors come from,” he said. “I’ve retired and that’s all there is to it.” Louis added he hadn’t talked with Fleisher since the night after he belted Jersey Joe Walcott into 11th-! jound submission at Yankee sta-j dium and announced he was through. He replied “absolutely” to ques tions on whether he intended to file formal notice of his abdication with the New York State Athletic Com mission. Despite growing talk of Louis' re turn to the ring and subsequent de nials. certainly something seems to be stirring. Sol Strauss, acting promoter of the Twentieth Century Sporting Club, made this significant comment when queried on the latest report: "I can only say that I think there is a probability that he’ll fight again.” Lesnevich now is in London where he will defend his 175-pound crown against Freddie Mills July 26. Marshall Pulls All-Star Punch As the situation is now, President George Marshall of the Redskins plans no further protest about par ticipation of four Redskin rookie players in the All-Star game against the Chicago Cardinals in Chicago. Commissioner Bert Bell of the National Football League was em powered at the recent meeting to rule on individual cases where protests- are made. Prior to that meeting, Marshall was outspoken against the policies of the game's promoter. Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, and indi cated that he didn’t want any Washington men to play on the All Star team. He said yesterday, however, that right now he doesn’t plan to take advantage of the new league rule and make a protest to Commissioner Bell. "That’s the way we stand right this minute,” he emphasized. "However, if Mr. Ward does any thing that I think is a violation of his contract with the league, that will be a different matter. We may do something then, but right now the plan is for our men to play.” The Redskin rookies who are in* vited to play on the AJI-Star teani are: Halfbacks Harry Gilmer and Dan Sandifer, Tackle Weldon Ed wards and End Sid Halliday. Commissioner Bell was In Wash ington yesterday to make his annual trip to the White House, with Mar shall to present a season pass to President Truman. Mercer Heads Mat Bill At Turner's Tonight Marvin Mercer, outstanding | wrestler from Reading, Pa., gets his second consecutive headline billing tonight at Turner’s Arena, facing Gino Garibaldi of St. Louis in a one-hour time limit bout. Another match on tonight’s card pits former Champion Babe Sharkey against George Macricostas. In a special two-man team bout John Vansky and Herbie Freeman tangle with Benito Gardini and Francois Miquette. In the curtain-raiser. Washington’s Jesse James opposes, Jim Sisky at 8:45. SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. Nashville. 4; Letgue All-Stars. 3: 12 innings. • Rival Tracks War In New England ly the Allotiattd tr«l BOSTON, July 21.—The last lingering hope of avoiding a ma jor New England horse-racing conflict disappeared when the managements of Narragansett Parle in Pawtucket, R. I., and Rockingham Park in Salem. N. H., both announced their tracks would reopen on August 16. As a result, there will be a 30 day clash in dates as Narra gansett goes through with its summer meeting. Rockingham has scheduled a continuous 84 day meeting that will bring it in conflict with Lincoln Downs on September 20 for the remainder of the season. U. S. Olympic Stars Leave for London After Ship Docks By th« Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 21.—The bulk of the United States Olympic team — 262 athletes— trooped down the gangplank of the S. S. America at 7 a.m. today and flocked high spiritedly through the customs inspections. For the customs officers they listed items ranging from tiny good luck charms to 16-foot bamboo poles carried by pole vaulters. An hour after - leaving the ship they climbed into a fleet of buses and left for London. Most cf the men went to the Olympic village, a converted RAF center at suburban J Uxbridge. Most of the girls are being put up at Southlands College in Wimbledon. Clouds intermittently shut out the sun. The temperature was moderate for England, but felt cold to Athletes fresh from the United States’ heat. There was only one sour note. John Brooks of Green Farms, Conn., a Yale University rower who is al ternate for two and four oared shells became ill with a high fever. | He was put in -an ambulance for trip to St. Mary's Hospital in London. The nature of his illness awaited diagnosis. The team was clad in bluejackets bearing the Olympic shield. The men wore gray trousers and straw hats. Girls also wore the same kind of hats which looked fine on the men, but were unflattering to the lassies. They knew they didn’t look so good, but still had to wear them. One girl swimmer, hastily count ing sugar cubes out of bowis on the ships' tables, said she had picked up 130. She explained she takes three every quarter-hour to keep up her energy. The ship had pulled into port around midnight, but the delegation remained on board overnight. A special flag-raising ceremony is planned at Uxbridge tomorrow for the American athletes. Ambassa dor Lewis Douglas is scheduled to attend. Meanwhile, the Americans re ceived their second setback since the team headed for England. The 100-meter swimming star, Wally Ris of Iowa, turned.yp with a bum knee and Mud to be sent to an orthopedic hospital for treatment. Coach Bob Kiphuth hopes to have him ready for the competition, how ever. The other bit of rpjsfattune was suffered by the University of Cal ifornia crew, which found its 60-foot shell damaged shortly after the team set sail. Repairs on the boat were begun immediately. First Annual Net Meet Opened by Press Club The first annual Press Club ten nis title tourney opened yesterday with four matches. Winners were Joe Huntlinger, Gordon McBride, Jack Levy and Harry Berwick. Joe Huttlinger defeated Oliver Hoyem. .—ft. ft—f. 6—3: Gordon McBride de feated Roland Davies. 2—6. 6—3, ft—4; Jack Levy defeated Dr. D. M. Yap. 6—3. fi—2: Harry Borwick defeated Travis Hedrick. —1. 3 6. ft—3. Departmental Tennis League The Agriculture Department edged the Department of Interior, 3—2, and the Patent Office downed CAA, 4—1, in Departmental Tennis League matches yesterday on the East Potomac Courts. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Columbus, 1C: St. Paul. 1. Milwaukee. 13: Indianapolis. 3. Other games postponed. Banjos and Blows Harmonize at Gym LARRY AMADEE. SMUGGY HURSEY. By George Huber Everybody wants to get into the act at Liberty A. C., and they’re all banjo players. Some times there are more musicians and entertainers around the place than fighters. Yancey Henry, the onetime fighter who now looks after the place for Pro moter Goldie Ahearn, started it all when he developed into quite a ballad singer after giving up boxing. Among the regulars are such banjo strummers as Mickey Hills, Joe Hockaday and Horace Blocker. Ted Pork drops in every now and then with his bass fiddle to take part in the almost daily impromptu concerts. Now an other man has come to town billed as a trainer of fighters, but doggone if he doesn’t pick up a banjo and start strumming along with the rest almost the minute he’s here. This newest addition to Gol die's Band is Larry Amadee, who really is a good fight trainer. Amadee isn't the best banjo play er in the world, as he is first to admit, but he can strum well enough to keep up a rhythm as Smuggy Hursey, the Washington middleweight he's training for next Monday night’s fight against Tommy Bell, goes through his training paces. “I could have been quite a mu sician, I suppose, if I'd wanted to,” he said yesterday. “Born and raised in New Orleans, and all the colored boys down there either turned out to be musicians 'or fighters. Louie Armstrong and I were boyhood chums down there, and he could play that cbrnet Just as well then as he can now. I first met him one time when the cops put us in jail for swimming naked in the Mississippi River. "But I wanted to be a fighter, so that's the way it went. My brother and mother didn't want me to fight. They bought me a cornet and paid for lessons, but I skipped the lessons and went to the fights. Finally ran away from home at 14 and started fighting." Amadee's fight career for the next 10 years reads like a trava logue. He says: ''Cuba', Panama, Canada, England, Scotland and France, and all over the United States. Been in every State in tnis country except Vermont. Fighting in places where fighting was legal and in places where it wasn’t legal. Never had any trouble with those bootleg fights. We’d just have a fight and get out of town quick.” Too old to fight any more, Amadee turned to training, and has had some notable successes. Holman Williams, "Willie Joyce, Fred Dawson, Dave Clark, ROscoe Toles, Jack Malone, Gorrilla Jones, Elmer Ray, Beau Jack and Bee Bee Wright are just some of the boys he’s had under his wing at one time or another. Now he’s handling Hursey, and thinks that his new charge has a real chance of going places. “I've been in this business for 34 years now, and I’ve never seen a tough er. rougher ’fighter. He’s a good prospect—he’s got courage, dura bility and confidence. He’s got a lot to learn, but he learns fast. I really think he’ll chase Bell right out of the ring next Mon day.” Hursey, incidentally, is another youngster torn between music and fighting. During yesterday’s conversation, Smuggy revealed that he’s bought both a trumpet and a piano. So far, though, he hasn't gotten around to learning one note from another. Yesterday was quite a busy one around Liberty A. C. Among the visitors was Satchel Paige, the Cleveland pitcher. He was invited up there for publicity purposes to have his picture taken with Hursey and as it turned out he took quite a lik ing to the local middleweight. It appears that Satch is a real fight fan and he could talk about Holman Williams and Henry Armstrong and others with the best ring experts at the gym. He hung around mo6t of the after noon watching Hursey box and when it was over he compared his style to Armstrong’s. "He’s a good tough boy and he’s rough and ready. Just like Armstrong,” said Paige. “I’ve seen Bell fight many times and he’s plenty good. But I like Hursey’s chances any way. He’s younger and stronger and it should be quite a fight.” M ixed Doubles Pep Pin Show By Ben McAlwee The all-star mixed doubles match which will pit Elizabeth Barger, No. 1 woman duckpinner of the country and Clarence (Whitey) Miller of Baltimore against Washington's Jes sie Sacrey and Ray Watson will be an added attraction in the benefit bowling show for Gladys Lynn, stricken Rosslyn star, at Greenway tomorrow night. *■ The mixed doubles clash starting at 8 p.m. will precede the summer’s standout men’s team match between the new Winchester Packard and Arcade Pontiac combinations of the Major District League. Julie Singer, Winchester captain and mainspring in staging the af fair, announced today that the two teams will meet again Friday night at Bethesda Bowling Center with a women’s doubles match also on the card. Jessie Keith and Frances Wil son will oppose Evelyn Nickel. La dies’ Major District League indi vidual champion, and Mary Brown, 1947 titleholder., The Winchester Packards which last season proved the most sensa tional scoring team in the history of the District League will have Singer, Sam Simon and Sam Shreve as holdovers, while the new mem bers will be Whip Litchfield and Tony Santinl. Leon Fleisher will be the only holdover on the Arcade Pontiac outfit from last season. The new members are Fred Murphy, Howard Parsons, Jack Talbert and Joe Harrison. Ostermueller, 41, Lured From Farm, Is Buc Ace By th« Associated Press PITTSBURGH. July 21.—“Old folks" Fritz Ostermueller wanted to say down on the farm this year taking life easy in a rocking chair tailored to his hurling mo tions. Ostermueller. Pittsburgh Pirate southpaw, figured that at 41 the only pitching he had left would be reserved for hay. But like .a fire horse Fritz tabbed “old folks" by his sorightly younger teammates— elected under persuasion to try the major league firing line once more. Every man in Pirate spangles, from Manager Billy Meyer down to the ushers, is thankful that he did. Cstermueller, the old man with the low sweeping windup which look* like a rocking chair, leads the pirates staff with a .750 aver age on six victories and two losses. Two of those victories were shut outs. He twirled five complete games, allowing only 4 runs and 25 hits. One of his losses was a 3-1 heart - breaker to the St. Louis Cardinals. His most recent victory— and one of his greatest—was a 1-0 job over the league-leading Bos ton Braves'. Old Fritz proved himself a great "stopper” in that one—as the hearts of some 28,000 fans rode on every pitch. Fritz's chore broke a four game losing streak for the Bucs. At his age that sort of pitch ing takes a lot out of a man. He required a week or more rfcst between turns. "I'm still tired out," smiled the soft-spoken, lean portsider. "It's at times like these that 1 feel I should have stayed on the farm. But when they asked me last winter if I wanted to try again, I couldn't resist. I knew the pitching situation wasn't too good and I wanted to help if I could.” “They” were Meyer and general manager, Roy Harney. They had every reason to ask Fritz’s in tuitions. He led a poor club last FRITZ OSTERMUELLER. ' —A. P. Photo. year with 12 wins against 10 losses. "He's been a great help to us," said Meyer. “There's not a man on the club who works harder. Every ounce of him is on every pitch. Fritz proves how long a man can last in this game if he keeps himself in shape and has the guts to try.” Big, blulT Harney said: “Whatever Fritz does for us is pure gravy. He's a great guy, a great pitcher and a credit to the game. And that goes if he never wins another game.’ That's strong praise for a simple, kindly man who willing ANY AUTO Body and Fender Work PAINTINfi ANY CAR rAimmu any color WE SERVICE ANY MAKE Williams ft Baker, Inc. j DIRECT NAM DEALER 1? TEARS I "Count the Tetri ani Connt on Ut" 2519 M St. N.W. HO. S700 ! ly would trade the gusts of cheers in a big league ball park for the soft breezes soughing over his farm near Quincy, 111. That is he would trade if his mates didn't need him. Free Pickup and Delivery \ I McNair III, Blackburne Will Manage Savannah ly the Associated Press SAVANNAH. Ga„ July 21.—Rus sell (Lena) Blackburne is expected here today or tomorrow to take over the managership of the Savannah Indians of the South Atlantic League during the illness of Eric McNair. t Physicians say McNair stricken by a heart attack and is now in a Savannah hospital, will be out indefinitely. Monteith, Veteran Fight Promoter, Dies at 63 ly tht Associated Pratt DETROIT, July 21. —William (Scotty) Monteith, 63, veteran fight promoter, died yesterday after a long illness. Monteith was widely known as the discoyerer of Johnny Dundee, who went on to win the world feath erweight title after he left Mon teith’s stable. Mont-eith was manager of Lou (Kid) Kaplan when Kaplan won the world’s featherweight cham pionship by knocking out Danny Kramer at New York in 1925. Ourisman Title Winner Ourisman Chevrolet wears the crown in the Playground Softball League No. 5 after edging Middle Atlantic, 6-4, yesterday at the Polo Grounds. A1 Ballard’s two-run homer in the fourth inning was the winning blow. Hawkins 'Continued From Page A-15.) McGowan and players wrote their versions of the affairs and turned them over to Kuhel for presentation at the investigation. The 52-year-oid McGowan, an American League umpire since 1925, operates an umpires’ school in Florida during the winter. in th COOL, CONFOBTABLE SHADE OF A • Prerifea aaximaa iiiImIIm M&iut iib (lire. • Cgitam itilri fu wart, flatiae. Mga appearance. • Chraae triaaei alaaiaaa tea* atraetiaai aethiac ta rut ar ieterferate. > • Easily in stall til aaaaealai at taehaaat. • Oat aaial Its aait aerreat earn. Distrlkatai By L S. JULLIEN. Im. IMS r ft. N.W. NOrth Nil PITTSBURGH AND L.O.F. SAFETY GM5S FOR ALL CHRYSLER G.M. and FORD CARS 4 DOOR SEDAN % P SAFETY GLASS CO. 3301 M STREET N.W. • NO. 5472 Army Tennis Is Down To Four Survivors >y the Associated Presi WEST POINT, N. Y., July 21.—A master sergeant and three officers ate left to battle it out for the i^liunpionship in the United States j Army tends tournament. The non-commissioned entrant— Master Sergt. Lewis Persinger—con tinued his sweep through brass wearing rivals yesterday. He elimi nated Capt. Robert Scruton of the far eastern command, 7—5, 6—4. The officers to survive were Lt. Prank Mehner of the European command, Lt. Col. Sanford Webster of the 3d Army and Capt. Herbert Henderly of the 2d Army. Finals were reached In the doubles with Webster and Capt. Charles Daniel prevailing in cne bracket and Scruton and Lt. Bernard Petrie in the other. Scruton and Petrie are champions of Gen. Mac Arthur's Par Eastern command. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. " Jersey City. 10; Baltimore. 5. Rochester, 13; Toronto, 3. Montreal, 5; Buffalo. 4. Newark. 8; Syracuse. 8. IRREGULAR? Try BUFF'S Purgetivt [lixir Compound AT ANY DRUG STORE Dfstribated by frank Drat Ce. P. 0. lax 3531 Arlington, Va. McCarthymen Assert Flag Lies Between Red Sox, Yanks ly the Associated Press BOSTON, July 21.—A. less experi enced major league manager than Joe McCarthy most certainly would be worrying about gaining so little actual ground while his club was playing the best baseball in its league. But McCarthy has indicated that his Boston Red Sox pennant hopes are brighter than ever. Since June 1, the Red Sox, with and without slugger Ted Williams, who has missed the last 11 games with a torn rib cartilage, have won 32 of their last 45 starts—a brilliant .711 brand of play. During that stretch the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees both have played .581 boll and the Philadelphia Ath letics .521. But all three of those rivals still are atop of the Red Sox in the American League standings. On June 1, the Red Sox, in a slump, were in seventh place, 11 y games behind the then front-run ning Athletics, with a woeful record of 14 wins and 23 losses. Players Share Optimism. A month later, however, the Sock ers were up in fourth, where they still are today, 7>/2 games in back of the Indians. Since then, the Red Sox have won 14 of their 20 July games but have picked up only three on the league leaders. That sort of progress appears only a bit more than one could make butting his head against a wall, but McCarthy’s players are as "high” on their pennant chances as he seems to be. They agree only the Yankees can give them an argument from here in. "That’s great,” they chorused yes terday when they learned the De troit Tigers had beaten the Yanks, 2-1. "That puts us only a game behind the Yankees.” "What about the Indians?” a writer demanded. "They’re still up there.” Rookie Southpaw Mel Parnell had the answer for that one. "Their pitchers are all worn out,” he explained. "They’re using five a day now. Why Lemon pitched two successive games in relief and then! had to start with only a day’s rest.”! Figure A’s to Descend. And they also figure that the only place the Athletics, now only a game out of first place, will be go ing soon is down. Such fllngers as Joe Dodson and Jack Kramer, 11-game winners both, have had much to do with keeping the Sockers red hot. But Parnell also rates a fair share of the credit for winning five of the six starts he has made since June 1. That portsided flreballer was up with the club last season but so many rivals teed off on his fast ball that he was shunted to the Louis ville American Association farm club. Recalled late in the season, he won two and lost three for the Red Sox while compiling the stag gering earned-run average of 6.35. Parnell confesses that he received some valuable pitching tips from Birdie Tebbetts, his veterans bat tery mate, this season but he insists that McCarthy has not attempted to correct any of his faults. "Joe doesn’t have to speak to me about my pitching,” he explained. "I listen every time he talks to the other pitchers and by so doing have learned to improve myself.” THI MISSOURI ! IMS Mm •CMC f^poweMiinon^>™wlMp^j b ram kbits W PAL] HOLLOW GROUND M* *BVGB* 5 ways Lilt longor • imitliir skovini • Koonor •<«« * ><•'• oconomicol • Uniformly porfoct ....! 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Starting at 1 o'clock with a model flve-gaited class, the card consisting of IS events is divided into four di visions with championship awards in each. Two classes constitute the pony division, hunters will perform in five. Jumpers in four and the gaited horses in three. Jack Prestage from Boyce, Va., and Thomas J. Trodden, jr., are the judges. Harold Polk is the chair man and can furnish additional in formation. Proceeds from the show will go to the club's children's pro gram. , The Silver Spring pony and junior show which is scheduled to start at 9:30 on Sunday is a thorough affair planned and staged by local young sters and lists the staggering total of 29 classes. Ponies are divided into; three sections according to size and riders are given age limits. Cham Cissel Saxon to Oppose Atchison & Keller Nine Cissel Saxon, which is out front in the Mongomerv County Park Baseball League, with a record of 10 wins in 12 games, takes on Atchi son & Keller, Sunday at Argyle. 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