Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1927, Page 25

i s S 'SPORTS.”. MANY TEAMS COUNTY DIAMOND HONORS I GEORGES COUNTY'S unlimited base ball cham plonship ‘is becoming very | complicated affair. less .bar five teams ¢ with three clubs now eng eiding the championship of the ¢ Jeague. Maryland A and Triangle A ¢ three cornered fight crown, Marylanders wi trict He in the Tej meet the Sunday oclock on @iamond Henry 1 and the clou = for connty title. cams claim over 1 zed in the league tit and com plications are promised the time arrives for championship award No im the title in de. ity District Heights engaged in a v the league hing over Dis first game. winner t M. A G f n at Al-Stars con rs Hyattsviile nine ar r'e nz the victories Croome hese three Vie Guazza has gm‘tl players Petworth Leag ends its schedule this Sunday. man the team for the remainder of the s n under the nam the Vic Sport Shop. Games are wanted with senior teamn ( Franklin which and will all George Harrison’s Nevalate A. € has scheduled Bradbury Heights tos sers for a me at Bailey's Cre Roads, Va.. next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Simpson's Dairy nine has heen carded for a fray on the same diamond on Seplember 4. Clover A. C. to attend a meetin ¥ street southeast, at portant matters will be discusscd o requested ht at 138 N oclock. Im Department 1me to Field with Manager Police d for ndship t, Call Firemen and rines are challe morrow on ¥ Chevy Chase Bea McAuliffe, at Wis 7 o'clock. Due to the cancellation of Tr A. C.. Nate Sauber is seeking for Rialtos for Sunday with having a diamond. Call Adams 13 0 after 6:30 o'clock Dick Simpson, manager of Simp- son's Dairy nine, would like to hear | from the managers of Annapolis A. C. and Nevalate A. C. Call Atlan-| tic 70. George Faina would like to book | a junior foe for his Smithfields on Saturday. Call Franklin 9619-J after | 5 o'clock Trving’s hitting and Militiz pitching featured Isherwood A. € 7-t0-5 win over Congress Heights yes- | terday. Five runs in the fifth abled White Havens to score win over Triangle A. C. Hume Springs won an exciting 10- |nmn: game from Annandale A. C | 6 to 5. Garland and Rea starred. | ©0'Connor's all-around playing aided | Marlboro to defeat Mitchellville, 6 to 5. He pilfered second, third and home. Bellman hurled Douglas A. C. to a| 4to2 win over Ted Otte's Kennedy | A. C. W. Snellings and Cumberland led | melr teams at bat. Sam_Rice Midgets accounted for their fourteenth straight win when they downed Americans, 14 to 3. Tris Speakers won a hard-fought en- gagement from Swallows, 2 to 1. Har- vey and Davis hit well. frame en- | a 602 Peifer hurled St. Peter's Midzets to a 129 win over Alligators vesterday. | Fall Lincoln 4073 for games with the | Baints. | Cardinal Insects humbled the Aney-| soscer Midgets yesterday, 14 to 7. George Burns Insects defeated the Myees | CLAIMING Panthers Toe pitched for yesterday the winners. Lynch's pitching was too much for Eddie Colling Insscts yvesterday, and Senators added another win, 7 to 6 Douglas A. €. would like to hook an unlimited for this Sunday Call Lincoln 2430.J TWO TRAPSHOOTERS GET PERFECT SCORES DAYTON, Ohio, August 23.—Paul Earle of Starr, 8. C., and Allen Heil of Allentown, Pa. tied for the class AA" crown of the grand American trapshooting tournament here, with 200 each, went to the traps to shoot off the tie oday oth staged sensational comebacks le’s entry in this tournament appearance in a_registered r two yvears, and Heil broke apshooting” fast of nearly fiv = when he won the Pennsylvania & shoot this Summer The Farle-Heil tie was one of such affairs that remained to be shot off today » 1. Peter. Phoenix, kley. Van Cluz, Va., ewix, Springfield, T1., tied and third place in class AA, with 199 H. J. Pendergast, Phoenix, N. Y., is irst in class A, with a_scorg of 200 ind H. B. ( ney, Piqua, Ohio: R Kenton, Ohio, and P Cabbutt, Massillon, Ohio, tied for sec- 1 and third, with 199, Guy V. Deering, Columbus, Wis., is n class B, with 200, and H. Har- on, Rochester, N. Y.; I. M. Stevens, Minneapolis, Min A Dubuque, Towa, and A. E. Conley, Cohocton, N. Y., tied for second and third, with 197 “W.'D. Monroe, Washington, fir. >, with 196, and C. Rice, .'and J. S. Kelley, te i tied for second third, with 19 O F. Dial, Canton, Ohio, and J. A Gilmore, Lishon, Ohio, tied for third ass E, with 187, |NON-STOP BIKE RECORD NOW CLAIMED BY FISH Another your non-stop hieyels riding re Eugene Fish, who vester clocked for 2§9.3 miles in Milton Albert Smith last week was proclaimed the record-holder, with a ride of 24 hours 27 minutes for miles. Halvor hoy. is th Park cour last night, R Ariz: C and Bart for second Sw "A Rock, and Paulsen. 17-vear-old school- latest to try the Potomac He mounted his wheel Fights Last Night By the Associated Press, NEW YORK.—Joe Glick, Brooklyn, defeated Bobby Garcia, Baitimore (10 HOLYOKE, burgh, T i New | Bedford (10). Eddie Eikins, New York, defeated Phil Goldstein, Pittsburgh (10). TROY, N. Y.—Johnny Reiselr, York, vs. Sig Keppen, Beaver Falls, | Pa called no contest (7). Joe Schlocker, California, knocked out Joe | | Joftano, Texas, (1). FIGHTS TONIGHT. MINNEAPOL vs. Ottovon Porat (107 LOS ANGELES.—Fidel Labarba vs. Jobnny Vacca (10). nen-title INDIANAPOLIS.—Russ Whalen ve, rmer Tosacco Co. Duvall | Boyd, | Lit- | New | —Big Boy Peterson | Wit AN THE COACH LITTLE TO LEAVE FOR G. U. CAMP FRIDAY Lou Little, Georgetown Uni- versity director of ‘athletics and head foot ball coach, will leave the city Friday to arrange final | details for the opening of the Blue and Gray Gridiron Camp at | Wildwood, N."J. Hilltoppers will assemble in_Philadelphia and pro- o_Wildwood. EVENI MONROE, D. C. TRAPSHOT, IS TOURNAMENT VICTOR| VANDALIA, Ohio, August With a score of 196 ta ts out 200, Dr. W, D. Monroe of Washing- fon Gun Club yesterday captured the class C championship, the first event of the Amateur Trap Shooting Asso- ciation’s tournament here. R. D. Morgan, another tonian, w2 e behind with 195, D. C. SHOTS CHOSEN FOR TITLE MATCHES Personnel of the civilian rifle team that will represent the District of Co- lumbia at the National Rifle Associa- tion matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. August pleted vesterday with the choosing of the last five to make up the combina- ion of 13. orge C. Gra team, which compr including rred with local public hig Other memt are Dou Dougal, David MacDougal, Radue, Edward Arthur Thomas, R % A. Leighey Kasehagen, Morton ~Silverber nley W. Dinwiddie. ‘Washington's team, places on which were keenly contested, will be pitted against approximately 120 combina- tions representing the best that each | State can offer and crack squads fr m ational Guard units. Reserve Officer aining _Corps, Citizens' Military “Training Camps and from each branch of the military service, | Twenty-five bundred in all will | shoot. Three weeks will be devoted to | in of the harpshoot who have h outtits number Radue John Leo and climination contests, with each man on i -very team for eight LEGION IS PLANNING T0 WELCOME TUNNEY By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August —The Ameri can Legion, ‘he[‘)umom of Illinois, |* inxious to give Gene Tunn a record- | breaking welcome, State ommander | ! Ferre C. Watkins wrote the champion today. ] ”P\l'l‘ the time and place,” Watkins wrote, “when the |in Tllinois can show the pride we have lin the fact that you belong to us, wore the same uniform and have a service record that pleases all of us.’ The Marine post of Chicago, with 400 former comrades of Tunney, would have charge of the official vet: |erans reception to the champion, if | he_accepts. the invitation. “We are anxious, here in Chicago. |\wrote Watkins, “with nearly 30,000 members of the American Legion, for | you to set aside an evening before the fight so we can formally tender you an official reception. We are any |to have you come to Chicago feeling that the heart of the Legion welcomes vou, and that its members want a | chance to show you that the comrade- | hip of 10 vears ago is still kept alive.” firing steadily KNOXVILL —Bill _Barrett, Knoxville catcher, | equaled the South Atlantic Association | home-run record by hitting his thirty- | 'fifth of the se Washing- | 9 to September 18, was com- | 70.000 Legionanires | Tenn., August 23 (). | STAR, WASHIN GTON, D. C. TUESDAY. AUGUST SPORTS:' » 98" 'PLAYGROUND NET EVENTS |BEST FIGHT TICKETS |SEVEN SWIMMING TEAMS WILL START TOMORROW CONTROLLED BY F'VE; IN PRESIDENT'S CUP RACE LAY for the Municipal play ground tennis singles cham- pionship among both white and colored boys will start to- morrow. Twenty-three white racketers who have won the right to .‘mm»m their playground in elimin- ation tournaments will come together nn the Bloomingdale and Plaza courts and the six colored netmen who have brushed preliminary opposition in | their ranks will try conclusions at Cardo: Togan and Willow Tree. About 1,100 netmen competed in the climination tournaments on the var-| | ous playgrounds. White players of the western and castern section of the city will stage eparate competitions with the win- ner of each meeting in the city final. Western players will see first” action tomorrow on Bloomingdale courts with eastern competition siarting Friday a Title holders and the they represent follow: nue, Howard Allman; { Warren Thomson; tonia; Virgin Schneider; Hoover, hee: Takoma, Tracy Avenue. Howard Ha low, William_Burl R. Young: Garfleld, Columbia Road playgrounds New York ave- Burroughs, Corcoran, Anthony Avenue, Robert William Mocka- Coleman; Iowa n; Happy Hol- Georgetown, J. Richard Kelso; Sonny Baker; John- IRLS of Fillmore, Garfield and Bowen playgrounds yester- | day held track meets, and those who placed are eligible to compete in the city cham- pionships on Plaza Field, Septem- ber 1. Dorothy Burgess, in the 83-pound | class, and G. Crocker, in the 100-| | pound group starred in the Fillmore | Teet, Deari Hall, in the 100-pound division, was the luminary in the Gar- | field tests. Sylvia Morris was the most | consistent performer in the Bowen | | competition. Summaries 1 FILLMORE | MIDGET CL. 10-yard dnsh—Won by Mildred Hardesty: | second. Marie Homan Potate race—Won by G. Hardesty | Louise Yingling. 70-POUND CLASS. Ao-yard dash—Won by Margaret Catherine Burke “Ehrow for distance—Won by Janet 0" | second. Heien Weaver | “'Potatg “race—wWon Burke wcond. Marg Novelty second. Ja second. | Reilly eil by Catherine D CLASS. vard dash—Won by Dorothy Burgess d. Ada Hozan 4 | *“Throw for distance—Won by Ada Hogan | second. D. Rurzees Running high lump—Won by D. Burgess second. A, Hogan Novelis race—Won by D. Burgess E. Berman. second, 100-POUND CLASS, 60-yard dash—Won by G.Crocker Louise Ryan. Throw_ for_distance—Won by G. Cocker: second. L. Ryan Running high jump—Won by M. G. Cocker: Yost: fou second, Cocker: sec- : third. G. i Avbbroximately 65 girls took vart in the meet. Rosettes were awarded to the win- ners. GARFIELD. 70-POUND CLAS Dash—Won by Elizaheth Faber: second, Mrgaret Burke: third. Virginia Jacabec. Potato race—Won by Fulga Pizza: second, Elizaheth Faber: third. Teresa Faber. Voliey ball throw—Won by Margaret Burke: second. Ruth Pruss: third, Alice 85-POUND CLASS. ‘Won by Amy Pizza: second. Flor- "Ailen: third. ‘Bernice Hodges. ! Throw for distanre—Won by Virginia | second. I by | lian Diover: | Brooka: " secona, Jenty Jacabec: -third i na"y’."k' Won by Florenca Alle s jamp—Won by Florenc : ond, K. Burnham: third, Amy P Joe Lynch: Bloomingdale. Wil- Phillips, Linwood Jones: Jack Rhodes: Twin Mitchell Park, son, bur Foste Montrose Park, Oaks, Alfred Ogus Billy Russell: Chevy Chase, Walter| Miles; Park View, Eugene Robinson; Cooke, Martin Greene; Ludlow, un determined. | Colored: Howard, Joseph Sewall: Willow Tree, Haves Blake; lfll!fln.‘ Loangro Graham; Barry Farms, CIif-| ford Greener; Rose Park, Pttanay | Cardoza, James Smith. | airings for tomorrow's matches | at Bloomingdale follow: Corcoran vs | Takoma, 1 o'cloc! Iowa Avenue v: | Happy Hollow, 1 o'clock; George- | town vs. Columbia road, 2:30 o'clock; | Johmnson vs. Phillips, 'Montrose vs. | Twin Oaks, Mitchell Park vs. Chevy | Chase and Park View vs. Cooke, all at | Eastern ‘in section play | | moter, Avenue vs. Burroughs, at ginia Avenue vs. Hoover, Garfleld vs. Bloomin; dale, at 3 o'clock, and Rosedale v Ludiow, at 4 o'clock. Colored preliminaries tomorrow will bring togethera Howard and Logan at Cardoza playground, Barry Farms and | ‘Willow Tree at Logan playground and | Rose Park and Cardoza at Willow | Tree, all matches starting at 2 o'clock. | | | ) | 100-POUND CLASS. | Throw_for distance—Won by_Pearl Hall: | Ellen Burnham: third. Helen Breen High jump—Won by Pearl Hall | Ellen’ Burnham. 115-POUND C! Dash—Won by Helen Mabel Breen oal_throwing—Won second. Helen Brown: third Quoit throw—Won by I. Hoffman: Dorothy Kelso: third. Mabel Ball. BOWEN. 70-POUND CLASS. 40-vard dnsh—Won by Katie Schwaner: second. Eather Barity d dash—Won by Edna Saur: second. Liin Blovi 60-yard dash—Won by Sylvia Morris: sec- ond. Eleanor Kelby anket ball throw—Won by Grace Nathan- second. Katie Schwaner. 85-POUND CLASS. Basket ball throw—Won by Lillian Diover: second. Edna Saur. Potato race—Won by Esther Barity: sec- ond. Grace Nathanson Filgh jump—Jenny Grivakos: second, Edna Saur second ASS. Gowell: by Sue Goodwi Dorothy Kelso. second. second. 100-POUND CLASS. Basket ball throw—Won by second. Sylvia Morris. High _Jump—Won by second. Svlvia Morris, Three-legged race—Tie. Sylvia Morri Beatrice Barrett-J. Grivaki leanor Kel- Barrett: Lil- | Beatrice Girl scouts who wish to attend the | next day camp at Fort Foote, Md., | should notify Mrs. Gibbs Lyons, of the Girl Scout Little House, 1748 New York avenue. Under direction of Mrs. Lyons and Miss Janet Broadbent ten girls at- tended day camp yesterday and en- joyed pioneer and athletic activities. In the group were Mary White, Catherine Hammer, Virginia Edge, Margaret Scott, Dorothy Hart, Joyce Valle, Frances Bailey, Ann Russell and Eleanor Newland. . Cash prizes and trophies to a total of almost $100,000 were competed for at the Bisley meeting of the British Rifle_Association. EXPERT SERVICE on Carburetor and Ignition CREEL BROS. 1811-17 14th St. N'W. | 'BIG FOUR TO AGAIN {are back {n the line-up. Potomac 473 | By b Ansociatad ress CHICAGO, August 2 puzzle of the Dempse ing imbroglic 1s Tex Ricl terlous committee of five. This secret set of individuals alone | controls the destiny of the choicest| seats immediately adjoining the ring- side, known as “millionaire’s row and no one can get one of these prize positions without the gratuity of the mysterious five. Tex Rickard maintains that no one will ever know who these mystery | man are, but it is no secret that the | seats they control still are locked in | a bank vault waiting to be passed out | [ to the chosen fow. On September 1, Tex said, his com: mittee will hold its only session, de- termining from the thousands of ad- vance applications just who shall get the most-sought-for seats. Besides Rickard, only his allied pro- the millionaire coal man, George F. Getz, knows who are on the committee, and Tex says Getz won't tell. unney box- | avd's mys- EVEN teams will Presiden compete s Cup 3-mile A. A swimming championships for | fleld. He is in Hawaii, and Clarence U. | Ross. the N. Y. A. C. winner in 1925, hera | has registered for the Toronto mara- Saturday over the course|thon. which makes him eligible for from Chain to ey Bridge, it was | amateur competition. announced following the closing of en- orge Bahlke is the hope of Mary- | tries last night. wimming Club and is considered Although many of the nner. Washington's two- | stars who have competed team entries are not expecting any- | vears will be absent, there are numer- | g great of any one individual, but | ous budding natators who are hopeful | are hopeful of amassing enough points of taking the laurels gained the past|as teams to carry off the cup. | two years by Clarence Ross and Wal-| Capt. Elbidge Colby, U. S. A., has | ter Spence, neither of whom will con- | been appointed referee. Capt. Colby is an_authority on swimming, having contributed a volume enfitled, “Swim. ming Soldier: He is now stationed it Fort Howard. but for a numbe. 4 qts several stars who might | Of years he promoted swimming here weather the long grind to finish ahead | 14 was awarded an honorary mem 1oF e flold. " Their representatives | Pershib in Washington Canoe Club | have been in training for more than a | (°F_his excellent work month and are putting in their final| The race, which is held under the strokes this week. auspices of Washinston Canoe Club, Other entries were received from | Vil start at 3 o'clock. = Arrangements New York Athletic Club, Central Y. M. | 2¥¢ being made at the club to handle €, A.i of Brooklyn, Univers 1 record crowd. The club will also en Bani | Quniitice’ Maxiio | tertain the visiting swimmers, several land_Swimming Club. New York A.[0f Whom ]' be ““l";r-mj to arrive here C.. Brooklyn Y. and Maryland Swim. | 0 Thursday and Friday | niing Club have been annual compet- — PLAY FOR AMERICAMm- for the handsome trophy since GIRLS IN TB.ACK MEET. the institution of the annual race, but the Marines and Alabama collegians| Finals the annual playground track and field meet for colored girl By the Associated Press. ns are con- | NEW YORK, August 23 are unknown quantitie Both of the Gothom t ] = siderably weakened by the loss of | athletes were to be held on Cardoza i nsational polo team of 1924 | Stars. Brooklyn Y carried off the cup | playgrounds today ting at 10:30 was intact today. Two members were | 1ast ear with Spence leading the ' o'clock displaced a fortnight ago. Now they 'he big four which wiil represent the United States | in the serfes against .he British Army in India quartet, starting September 5, at Westbury Y., will be: No. 1—J. Watson Webbh. No. 2—Thomas Hitchcock, jr. No. 3—Malcolm Stevenso No d4—Devereux Milburn. ‘Winton Guest, 21-year-old Yale cap- taln, and J. Cheever Cowdin, although | selected fer the No. 1 and No. 3 posi- tiens ofiginally, have been withdrawn by the Unlted States Polo Association. Official announcement to this effect was made yesterday, following the substitution for them in a practice match Sunday of Webb and Steven- son. Explaining its action the American defense committee said ‘hat previous to the original selection Stevenson waa playing an indifferent game and Webb was away below his usual form. der the circumstances, the officials | felt, there was nothing ¢ do but take | a chance on the potentialities of Guest and Cowdin as against the admitted accomplishments of the past by Webb and_Stevenson. | Guest and Cowdin will be retained as substitutes. and in the event of injuries will be pressed into action. 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