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SPORTS.' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. ;O TUESDAY. OCTOBER o 1928, SPORTS. ‘Cardinals Are Rated 10-to-7 Favorites Over Champions of American League VANKS WEAKENED * BYLOSS 0F STARS Hugmen Riddled by Injuries, While St. Louis Players Are in Fine Condition. BY HERBERT W. BARKER. Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, October 2.—If they'd only play this world series in a hospital ward the Yankees would win without a simkfl?.‘ As it is the bettors think the | St. Louis Cardinals are going to repeat | their world championship victory of 1926. And being gentlemen of firm con- victions they're ready to put $10 down on the line against $7 to back their Jjudgment, While Bill McKechnie spends his spare time gloating over the fact that his Cardinals came through the stren- uous National League pennant battle without so much as a bruise, Miller Huggins turns his wistful eye to the Yankee ranks and sees nothing but the lame, halt and the blind. Bandaxes“ ere as much a part of standard Yankee | equipment as are gloves. The pungent | Aroma of arnica and iodine discloses | the presence of other casuals who on | the surface appear almost hale and | hearty. But strangely enough, Huggins, the | gloomy Gil Doble of base ball, is not | yeady to bury his hopes of another | world title to add to those he won in| 1923 against the New York Giants, and 1 vear when his clouting circus made he ferocious Pirates of Pitt quite innocuous by compa Some of his cripples d: getting better and better, and Huggins has a “lot of confidenc team. Hagmen Badly Handicapped. But there= no g Yanks are going to enter the first game cf the series on Thursday badly handi- capped. Pennock, as good a world series pitcher as base ba!l history can name, will not be in there mystifying rival brtsmen with his Iofi-handed slants. Nor will Wiley Mcore, who also won cne of the games against the Pirates 2zt Fall. Waite Hoyt, Geerge Pipgras ond Tom Zachary will have to bear the burden this time. Most of the infield would eppsar to | better advantage in a hospital bed than on the ball field. Tcny Lazzeri, who can throw overhand v at_the price o excruciating pain in his shoulder, will b= at second base; Mark Koenig. suf- fering from a sors foct. will limp about shortstop territo Leu Gehrig, struck in the face by a bati~d bzll in_the/last game of the regu’ar s-25on, will do his first-basing with a p=:r of swollen lips, but otherwise ix ouad health; Joe Dugan’s accusier acs at third base probably will bs {aken cire of almost exclusively by Gen» Robertson, who is untried a5 yot ir vies fire. | Bob Meusel and ths on> and only Babe Ruth will b~ in the euifield, al- though the latier i5 troubled by a trick knee. Center ficld duty probably be divided between Cedric Durst and Ben Paschal. althoush there's a possi- bility that Earle Combs' injured wrist may mend fast enough to et the “Ken- tucky colonel” into the line-up before | the series ends. | In sharp contrast to these misfor- $unes that have struck the American | League champions, th Cardinals are | quite ready the serie: McKech- nie's club is in first-rate shape, and with wee Willie Sherdel, Jess Haines, Grover Alexander, Clarence Mitchell | &nd Flint Rhem ready to do the pitch- | ing, Bill, who went through all this with the Pirates in 1925, is not worry- Ing over much. Trio Will Bother Yankees. Sherdel, Alex and Mitchell, on paper | at least, figure to give the Yankees some bad moments. The American League title holders thrive on speed | end generally have trouble with the rlow-ball pitchers with control. Alex- ander and Sherdel both gave the Yank: ell kinds of trouble in 1925, it may be remembered. although Sherdel was un- tuecky enough to lose two games, largely because he was matched with Pennock. Indications are that Sherdel and Faines will pitch the first two games | here and that Alexander will be sent | €5 the mound in the third game at St. louis on Sunday. For reasons easily | understood, Huggins is extremely un- certain as to how he will work his Elwher& but it is generally agreed that e can start no one but the well known | mortician, Hoyt. Pipgras possibly will shoulder the burden in Friday's game and Zachary, who-already has seen a world series with Washington, may get | the call on Sunday. i All the reserved seats for the open- Ing game at the Yankee Stadium have heen sold, but 40,000 unreserved tickets ‘;_‘l’lé g0 {;;‘ saleilhe day of the first game. spects are for an openi y v of close to 80,000. e CITY CLUB BOXERS WILL STAGE TESTS Elimination bouts to determine the make-up of the City Club boxing team will be held tonight in the club gym- nzsium, starting at 7 o'clock. Many Cever local scrappers have entered If it 1s imposible to finish all the 23 bouts listed tonight, the eliminations will be continued next week. There will be competition from the veight to the heavyweight class. 0se picked for the team will be taken1 Cipate. over by Coach Joe Bateman and drilled for two months before they are per- mitted to appear in formal competition for the club. In addition to the elimination bouts | three special tilts have heen arranged tonight. In the 135-pound class Jack O'Leninice will meet Frank Marshall, Frank Dill will engage Joe Ball an Charles Beckett will try conclusions with Leo Coveleskic. Officials in charge of the evening's program include Dr. O. U. Singer, chairman; Dr. Phillip Matz and Dr. Rush Conklin, medical examiners; Ru- dolph Jose, judge: Oscar Thorup and Ernest Spitzer, timers: Charles Orn- stein. announcer, and Jack Whitley and Charles Richardson in the corners. Pairings for the bouts will be made ortly before the program gets un- T ¥ The entries in the various classes: rnl_.x:r,.,i‘_\\’-uhv. Stellabotta, James s o ee and’ Ken Schroyer aughtsr, George Foley, Marshall:” welterweight, 'Leo_Covel illiams, Charles Beckett, Jack De Killeen and Charles Williams: g Pill Stanley, Edward H 1 ivall, _and light George Huffman, 2 George man, George Irwin and Leight ie, Al Prato, UZCUDUN AND VON PORAT TO HEAD FIGHT PROGRAM NEW YORK, October 2 (4#).—Paulino Uzcudun, Spenish heavyweight, will head the next heavyweight boxing card at Madison Square Garden November 5, meeting Otto Von Porat of Chicago in the feature 10-rounder. On the same card Tiny Roebuck of ¥ansas City will make his Eastern debut 25-inst Arthur D= Kuh and Con Kelley cf Ireland will meet Al Fried- oL G s o e saying_that the | ‘TWO-MAN BOWLING LEAGUE IS FORMED District Doubles Duskpin League, a two-man team circuit, was organizad last night at Convention Hall. About 25 crack doubles teams are expected to enter. John S. Blick was elected president. Other officers are: Hap Burtner, vice president; Ben McAlwee, secretary, and Al Gardner, treasurer. All matches will be rolled on Satur- day night, starting October 13, Fran- chise fee was sst at $10. Three teams have already been made. Jack and Glenn Wolstenholme will pair, as will Paul and Joe Harrison and Jack Whalen and Hap Burtner. Al Work will name his partner later, and other star per- formers are seeking mates. WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. OME explanaticn is due the people of Washington for the non- appearance of Helen Wilis on local courts this Fall in view of the announcement made some time ago that she would b2 th~ guest of one of the clubs for ezhibition matches. Circumstances forced Miss Wills to change her plans for coming to Wash- ington this Fall and to put th> Capital on_her early Spring schedule instead. Sh had tentatively accepted an in- vitation to come here in September and | probably would have carried out her plan had not inclement weather held things up both at Forest Hills and in other cities where she wes performing in or following matches of national championships. Although basket ball practice will not begin for six or eight weeks at Eastern | High School, the student manager for | the senior group has bsen chos»n. Helen ‘Thomas, who held the sams pos her team as freshmen, wers school champions, will manage their court af- fairs. Miss Imogene Stockett is facuity advisor for the senijors. ‘Tennis, archery and track will be the three Fall sports 3{: the new Marjorie ‘Webster Schoel Sixteenth street, with swimming being added as an early- Winter activity. The new pool will not be available until the middle of No- vember, according to scheol officials. A dedication pageant will mark the opening of the tank. in which the lead- ting swimmers of the school will parti- ! The date for this affair will be | announced later. Hockey will be reserved for Spring at which time it is hoped that the school | field will be ready for use. Pearl Hicks will continue in the | capacity of physical training director | [ at Marjori> Webster School, assisted by | { Elizabeth Wert and Ruth Kinsler. | Entries are open for the George | Washington University singles tennis | championship, which will get under way i Friday afternoon on the Monument Park courts at Seventeenth and B | streets northwest. |80 far as former champions are con- | jcerned the fleld will be wide open this | | year, as neither the 1927 title holder ! nor any of the ex-crown-wearers will be entered. Miriam Davis, champion last | year, has graduated, as has Frances| | Walker, who held the title for three | years before Miss Davis' reign. Louise {Omwake and Mary Ewin, the No. 1 and No. 3 players of the 1927 varsity squad, also are missing from the ranks. Among the strongest players whose names have been listed so far are Elizabeth Wright, Naomi | Jenny Turnbull members of last year's tennis team. Forty-five racketers have entered to |date. “Entries will close Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. Drawings will be Crumley, nasium. HUDKINS FIGHTS TONIGHT. LOS ANGELES, October 2 (#).— Ace Hudkins, Nebraska ‘“wildcat” middleweight. making his first start since his title sally against Mickey Walker in Chicago, will fire his slash- iing salvos at Joe Anderson. fiery Ken- tuckian, in a 10-round fight here to- | night. { Hungary won the team tournament and Corella Morris, | posted Friday morning in the gym-! ON WORLD By the Ascociated Press. H. 2171 215 307 177 Hoyt (R)... *Pennock (L) Pipgras (iv) H. Johnson (R) Shealy (R). Heimach (L), **Zachary (L). Haines (R). Sherdel (L) Alexander (R).. S. Johnson (R) Rhem (R)....... ***Mitche!l (L). Reinhart (L) 228 247 254 113 197 161 80 *Out of series with injuries. **Includes Washington record. ***Includes Philadelphia record. RECORDS OF MOUNDSMEN NEW YORK, October 2.—The 1928 records of the pitchers in the | | coming world series follow: YANKEES. SERIES LISTS SO. Won. Lost. Pct. 759 139 839 .591 5T 500 450 114 BY WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN, Associated Press Sports Editor. EW YORK, October 2.—Pitch- ing has played a predominant part in the decision of the world serfes through the base ball ages and the star boxmen largely have run true to form, In the impending battle between the Cardinals and the Yankeces, however, two frayed and overworked staffs will be pifted against each other and the big question is whether the rival hurlers will be able to match the form they have shown through the regular campaign. Although Miller Huggins says his pitching “will take care of itself,” any edge in the box rests with the Cardi- nals, Jess Haines had an erratic season, | but finished with nine straight victorie 1 and eight complete gams He “figure as the Cardinal starter, even against a crew of left-hand maulers such as the Yankees. Wee Willie Sherdel lost two tough games to Pennock in the 1926 series, which is one good reason for supposing that he will win this time. If there is any justice in the law of averagss Willie will take the clcse ones in the forthcoming battle. Old Alex the Great is 41 instead of | 39, but still he is Alex the Great—and | many of the Yankees remember it. Another veteran, Clarence Mitchell, the southpaw spitballer, has a mean way of making strong batsmen weep over | that dinky curve. He “hasn't got a| | thing,” but many clubs can't hit it, | particularly the Giants Against this array Miller Huggins must hurl an overworked Hoyt, an un- j certain Pipgras, a veteran Zachary— and no Pennock at all. The Cardinals will depend upon the above mentioned quartet to start all games and Huggins will be tempting a fate of which he i | of the International Chess Federation. lmmmm.mm Cards Have Edge on Yanks In Pitching for World Series | Coveleskie. three” who helped the three-time cham- | plons stagger under the wire. The 1928 series presents to Hoyt the | greatest opportunity for personal achievement since Matty and Coombs and Adams were in their prime. As good as he is, Hoyt is some leagues ! short of Big Six at his best. but he is | young enough and strong. If the Yan- kees are pulled through, the final | check-up doubtless will reveal Master | Hoyt in possession of three victories and no defeats—a mark shared only by Matty, Adams, Coombs and S\anlcy; ‘The former Cleveland Pole won his third victory in a battle which never would have been played in a seven- | game series. It was the fifth Indian | triumph in one of the four five-out~of- nine clashes in world serfes history. But Matty and Adams and Coombs | earned their laurels over the seven-| game route, Matty and Coombs in! seven-game series decided in five. Other pitchers, including Dinneen, Wood and Faber, have won three in a series, but all have lost one or more. CHICAGO SERIES SURE TO BE WELL ATTENDED| ROUTIS GOING HOME AFTER BOSTON BOUT NEW YORK, October 2 (#).—Andre Routis will return to France bearing the first world pugilistic title held in the land of the fleur de lis since Gorgeous Georges Carpentier went back elght years ago with the 175-pound crown aiter flattening old Battling Le- vinsky in four rounds. The new featherweight king will sail immediately for France after keeping his non-championship engagement against Honey Boy Finnegan at the opening of the new Garden in Boston. The date for the Finnegan fight has been advanced from November 16 to November 15 to permit Tex Rickard to aftend both that bout and the Thomp- son-Duncee meeting in New York on the 16th, according to Joe Jacobs, Routis’ manager. The new champion and other Jacobs fighters wiil remain two months in France, but Routis will defend his title only after returning to the United States. LOUGHRAN IS EASY VIGTOR OVER GROSS PHILADELPHIA, October 2.—Tommy Loughran, king of the light-heavy- weights, had no difficulty winning a clean decision over Jack Gross, the hard-punching southpaw heavyweight, in a 10-round contest here at the Phil- lies' ball ground last night. Spotting Gross 19 pounds in weight and 2 inches in height, Loughran was master of the situation at all times, and outscored his opponent at will. Loughran disdained boxing tactics and slugged with Gross. Tommy rocked Gross with solid upper- cuts and straight rights that carried plenty of steam behind them. It was Loughran's fight all the way, with the referce and judges voting unanimously to award him the decision. Loughran at 183 pounds was better than he has been in recent fights, Fights Last N:ght By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA —Tommy Loughran, Philadelphia, outpointed Jack Gross, Salem, N. J. (10). PITTSBURGH. — Garfield Johnson, Pittsburgh, outpointed Chuck Wiggins, Indianapolis (10). Tony La Rose, Cin- cinnati, outpointed Bobby Richardson, Portage, Fa. (6). BOSTON.—Jack Britton, New York, outpointed Pete Pacheco, New Mexico (10). Benny Zabull, Milwaukee, knocked out Frankie Woods, New Bedford, Mass. CHICAGO, October 2 ().—A bit of Winter time spending money will be | picked up by the Cubs and White Sox in thelr city championship s, | which starts tomorrow at Comiskey | Park. | The largest ticket sale in the his- | tory of the series is reported. Crowds | of 40,000 or more are expected for each game . Manager Lena Blackburne has an- nounced he will start Alphonse Thomas | in the opener, Manager Joe McCarthy has made no_definite announcement, a). (10). BUFFALO.—V, stepped Angelo Feola, X3 TULSA, Okla—Babe Hunt, homa, outpointed Big Boy Peterson, Minneapolis (10). ANVILLE, Ill—Moan Baumgart, Fort Wayne, Ind., outpointed Paul An- thonv, Omaha (8). SAN FRANCISCO.—Jackie Flelds, Los il Kinkade, St. Louis, Rochester, N. already is suspiclous it he ven dorth With anybody exopt the but_intimates Percy "Pat”’ Malone wili ho s chalos, _ s Angeles, outpointed Young Jack Thomp- #0R, Oakland (10)e £ Time and again | NEW YORK.—Kid Chocolate, Cubn,l outpointed Johnny Erickson, New York | Okla- | VANCE, CHANGING MIND, WILL SEE SERIES GAME NEW YORK. October 2 (f).— Curosity killed o cat and now it's got Dazzy Vance. He's going to see st world's serics. Dazzy of the has been onc of the major ue's greatest pitchers for seven s but he's never seen a world's SOTics gume. He explains it this w “After the Glants nosed us out back in 1924 T vowed I'd never at- tend a world's series until I could pitch in one. But curiosity seems to have got the better of me, so I'm just going to remain around a while to see what the big series is like. eag 'HANSON NINE RIVALS HANSON HOCKEY FIVE By the Associated Press It is the Hansons of Augsburg, Minn., in hockey and the Hansons of Touchet, Wash., in base ball. Five of the six members of the hockey team of Augsburg College, Minneapolis, are Hansons. All nine members of a base ball team at Touchet are Hansons. In both cases they are all brothers. ‘The Augsburg Hansons. hockey cham- plons of the Minnesota college con- ference, were designated to represent America in the Olympics, but lost out when officials changed their mind about sending a team. The Touchet Hansons are known but they play a mean game of ball, 'tis said. They range in age from 14 to 39. Herbert Hanson, the father, is 63. ROCKNE SAYS THORPE GREATEST GRID STAR By the Associated Pr was the greatest ball carrier of all time? It isn't often that two such competent authorities as Knute Rockne of Notre Dame and Biff Jones of the Army may debate this same question at the same luncheon table. Yet, it was accom- olished recently at a fuhction given to these two ccaches as well as to T. A D. Jones of Yale. Ro~kne's choice is Jim Thorpe, the old Sac and Fox Indian. Jones’ selec- tion is Elmer Oliphant, the Purdue product who romped the West Point plains. Jenes, in handing the palm to Oli- vhant, yields a bit by admitting he did not sze Thorpe in action. Rockne, who waiched both and played against Thorpe, remarks: “‘Oliphant was a wonder, but I pick Therpe, not only as the greatest ball- carrier of all time, but as the greatest all-around foot ball player.” “Rock,” it should be added, has had a few superlative performers under his own wing at Notre Dame, from the late George Gipp down to Christy Flanagan. ears. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. T is true that the Yankees won the American League flag with Pen- nock’s arm tied behind him, Ruth up to both knees in trouble, Laz- zerl with a creaking shoulder need- ing oil and attention, Combs with an injured wrist and various other ail- ments, but they will have a few days to rest, and this is likely to be quite a world series. The Cardinals figure on paper to beat the remnants managed by Miller Hug- gins, but that doesn't mean that they | will do it. New York and St. Louis series anything can happen. The only past performance records we have on the clubs when opposing each other are gained from their world series contests of 1926, won by the Cards, four games to three. In that series the players who hit over .350 were Haines, Thevenow and Combs. Other men who hit above .300 were Southworth. Bottomley, O'Farrell, Gehrig and Dugan. Ruth hit exactly 300. Paschal was used ‘five times. He walked once and once hit a Texas Leaguer which scored a tving run, The other three times he went out. Four Homers for Each. Each club made four home runs, those for the Cards being clouted by Southworth, Lester Bell, Thevenow and Haines New York's four were made by Ruth. Many of the players I have mentioned either are on other teams or injured. From now on I propose to consider only such players as are likely to play in the coming games. Bottomley and Ruth batted in five runs each, Gehrig and Lazzeri each batted in three, Haines and Dugan each batted in two and Koenig, Paschal, Douthit and Holm each sent one run over the plate. Ruth and Hafey each scored six runs, Bottomley scored five, Meusel and Douthit scored three each, Lazzeri, Haines and Koenig scored two and Gehrig, Holm and Alexander each brought one run home. Ruth received ten bases on balls, Gehrig and Meusel five each, Douthit drew three passes and Lazzeri, Paschal and Holm got one each. Hafey struck out seven times, Lazzeri and Koenig fanned six times each, Gehrig struck out four times, Ruth, Sherdel, Bottom- ley, Alexander, Douthit, Holm and Pas- chal each struck out twice, and Dugan, Meusel, Hoyt, Rhem and Haines fanned once. According to the latest unofficial aver- ages the .300 hitters on the Cards at the present time include Hafey, Bot- i tomley, Frisch, Douthit and Orsatti. For the Yankees, Gehrig, Lazzeri, Ruth, Koenig, Meusel and Paschal all have been hitting .300 or better. Now let's look at the general situa- tion. At the present time the Yankees CARDS FIGURE TO DEFEAT CRIPPLED YANKEES, BUT— | both have fighting teams and. in a short | are the base ball champions of the world, having trimmed Pittsburgh last year in four straight games. This is the third straight season they have been {champions of their league, and they have largely the same team they had in 1926. Their greatest handicaps will be the absence of Pennock, one of the greatest money pitchers who ever threw a ball, and the questionable condition of Earl Combs, who 1s mighty close to the most | valuable center fielder in the game. | The other members of the club are not [In the best of shape, but they are a fighting aggregation, and probably at their best in an important series. Hav- ing seen them in post-season games for | the last two seasons, fans know pretty well what to expect of them. St. Louis has a fine and game ball club. It is no easy thing to set the pace down the home stretch with opponent running at your shoulde: One stumble and the Giants would have forged ahead, but the Cards won when they had to win. That is one of their characteristics. Donie Bush Lauds Cards. Owen Bush, manager of Pittsburgh, informs me that the Cards are one of the greatest clubs to grit their teeth and hang on that he ever has seen. He says they never are beaten until the last man was out and I think they proved this in those extra-inning games in Brooklyn and Boston, when they came from behind and hung ‘on until they won. St. Louis is a club where even Wil- son, their first-string catcher, is fast, and where some. of the others are streaks of light. It is a club with plenty of heart, a lot of power and punch, and, outside of Brooklyn, the gieatest pitching staff in the National League, Just as St. Louis must stop Ruth and Gehrig at the bat, so must New York stop Bottomley and Hafey. Bottomley is a great ball player, a great hitter and poison in a pinch. He is one of those free-swingers who are likely to hit anything any time. Hafey is another terrific hitter. He may strike out, but he also may strike the horsehide out of the lot. “Hafey,” says Bush, “caused my Pittsburgh club a lot of moans. He's apt to break up your ball game any minute. Aside from that, he is a fielder who can cover ground like a snowfall, and his arm is one of the best I ever saw. He not only has a strong arm but he has control. That Hafey can throw strikes from the outfield.” (Copyright, 1928 by North American Newspaper Alliance. Joey Ray, United States veteran, who finished Aifth in the Olympic marathon race, plans to retire from running and seek a coaching job. | Fourteen teams, including several {out-of-town combinations, will be rep- {resented in the annual War Department | Fall high and low goal polo tournaments ! which will be staged on the Potomac | Park oval, starting next Monday after- noon. Drawings for the first week of play will be made in the office of the Secretary of War tomorrow morning. It is planned to start the high-goal games Monday at 4 o'clock and to fol- low thereafter with a high and low goal { match each day. ‘The Chief of Staff's trophy and the Chief of Cavalry's trophy will go to the high and low goal winners, respectively. Visiting teams slated for action in- clude Maryland Polo Club and the Lou- | which will have teams both in the low and_high goal play, Governors Island, N. Y., which will send two fours, and the Engineer School, Fort Humphreys, Va.; the 3d Cavalry and the 16th Field Artillery teams of Fort Myer and the War Department, which will be repre- sented by several teams. In the wxonl tourna Ghist of SWE Trophy th ment for the War Depart- i doun-Fauquier Club of Middleburg, Va., | 'Fourteen Polo Teams to Play In War Department Tourneys ment hopes will be centered in the War Whites, whose line-up will include: Maj. A. R. Chaffee, No. 1; Maj. G. S. Patton, ir.,, No. 2; Maj. R. E. Hoy i Capt. L. A. Shafer, back. This combination is a 10-goal team of real ability. Its ace is Maj. Patton, the highest handicapped player to appear in the tournament. He was cap- tain of this year’s Army junior team and has just returned to duty in the office of the chief of Cavalry after spending the Summer at Mitchel Field, Long Island, where he directed Army polo efforts at Meadowbrook. All members of the team are experienced. War Blues and War Yellows will represent the War Department in the low goal tournament. The War Blues, led by Gen. Frank Parker, the only general in the Army playing polo today. has announced the personnel of its squad as follows: Maj. T. DeW. Milling, Maj. Ralph Talbot, Maj. E. J. Dawley, Col. George Williams and Gen. Frank Parker. In the Yellows line-up will be: Capt T. W. Hastey, No. 1; Maj. W. R. Wood- ward, No. 2; Ma). W. Crittenberger, No. 3, and May. J. M. or, back. principally in their own home precinct, | NEW YORK, September 22.—Who May Sutton Bundy has played- tennis FIELDS IS LATEST - FITIG SENSATION Young Los Angeles Scrapper Gives Thompson Sound 1C-Round Lacing. By the Associated Press. AN FRANCISCO. October 2.—. smiling. clean-cut youth of 21, who beat a man who beat a champion, today was the newest ring sensation to rise out of the est. The youth is Jacki» Fields, tireless puncher from Los Angeles, and the 10- round beating he gave young Jack Thompson, negro contender for the welterweight title, last night may have placed him in line for a title bout sson. Fields handed the negro, conqueror of the champion, Joe Dundee, in a non- title fight, the worst beating of his career. Thompson has been matched for a title bout with Dundee in New York November 16, but Gig Rooney, Fields' manager, previously declared he had received a letter from Jess McArdle, New York matchmaker, indicating will- ingness to pit Fields instead of Thomp- | son against the champion, provided Fields defeated the negro contender. Fields, weighing 145': pounds to 144 for Thompson, pummeled his dusky op- ponent with a wilting body attack and short lefts and rights to the face to ;win seven rounds. Thompson's rallies in the sixth and seventh rounds gave him those sessions, while the fifth was even. i Wi | It made straight victories for Ficlds, five of them by knockouts. The bout drew about 10.000 persons, ith gate receipts of $29,539.70. 'W!th the Bouwlers 1 ““HINGTON Ladies League's n teams will bowl tonignt the Coliseum in the open- ing matches of the league ceason, following in the e of four sister organizations ch staried hostilities last night. Eastern Star, Public Debt, Ladies’ District and Ladies’ Aviation leagues all bagan hostilities last night. Na- tional Capital, one of the major men's circuits, also opened last night. Team pairings for the Washington Ladies' inaugural tonight are: Colum- | blans vs. Amidons, Be2ques vs. Ama- zons, Kumbacks vs. Comets, Colonials Commercials and Daughters of 1sabella vs. Hilltoppers. | Officials of the league are predicting | a merry race, as all teams, with the | possible exception of the champion Bee- qu e considerably stronger than la 1500, E Tolling her first game in Ladies District League at the Arcadia last night, Lorraine Gulli, premier woman bowler of the District, registered a le-header strike in the last three . Arcadians were trailing King s by a large margin at the time and Culli's performance seemed certain to ring her team from behind. Her next b2il neited but one pin, however, and | her 134 game fell six pins short of tying the King Pin team's score. Members of both teams registered frequent mar | during the opening match at the Ar- cadia 3 formerly the Billies | | | Recreations, took two of three games from Conven- |tion Hall at Recreation last night in another Ladies’ District League match. | Rena Levy of Recreation had a 305 set. and Gladys Lowd of Convention Hali was close behind with a 302 figure. After dropping the first game by 91 pins, H. B.pl%enhnm bowlers took the next two games to defeat Parkway Fill- ing Station team in the opening I. tional Capital League match at Luc Strike last night. King Pin and Meye: Davis teams are to clash tonight on the same alleys. Thorpe of H. B. Den- ham had the best indiidual set for th- opening match. He had a 362 set. Officials, dignitares and several hu: dred members of the Eastern Star w nessed the ceremonies attending th opening matches of Eastern Sta | League at the Arcadia last night. Muc! interest was shown by both the bow!s and their followers and a banner = son is predicted for the league’s s=c° annual championship race. Plenty of spirit was also manifa:* by teams opening the Ladies Pub Debt League on the same drives. Harry Armiger, veteran Washin | bowler, will lead 2 team of local bow in a match with the Mount Raini: All-Stars at the opening of t! ‘Woodridge-Mount Rainier alley: opened at 3291-3293 Rhode avenue Northeast, this week. NORTHEAST LEAGUE. League Standing. w. Olive Cate Linworth Artie Bells 5% s 5% snecinis. Princess Theater Hil tops. - Czars . . Bureau Pharm: Curb Cafe. PRSI SRRBLR: War Department League. Adjutants retained the lead during the past week by taking all three games from Air Corps. Their record is now six wins and no defeats. ' Other teams to take all games were . the Statistics, three from Hobbies, and | District Engineers, who made a sweep of their set with Auditors. Construction took two from Howitzers, Transportation, two from Quartermas- ters; Engineers, two from Medicos, and Frankies, two from Barbettes. Fort Humphreys, with 1,571, turned in the high set, and their game of 560 is high for the season. Other high records for the week were Geisler, with a set of 351, and McCurdy of Repro- duction, with a game of 141. This league has always operated under a 75 per cent handicap system, with' a limit of 25 pins were game. This year, however, the limit was lifted, and there has been so much criticism of the change that a meeting of the league has been called for Tuesday night for the purpose of giving this matter further consideration. This meeting is | called for 8 p.m. at the Arcadia alleys. Ladies’ Federal League. Handicaps are also playing a promi- nent part in the Ladies’ League, and are the outstanding factor deciding many of their contests, in some cases as much as 30 pins per game being | granted. There are, however, several ) teams that so outmatch the rest of this league t| it is not thought possible to operate without it. Navy still boasts a clean slate with six wins and no defeats. High set and high team game wers both registered by the Navy, their game of 496 and their set of 1434 being the best turned in for the week. Other results were: Agriculture, No. i1, 2; Labor, 1; Interior, 2; Treasury, 1: | Agriculture, No. 2, 2; Construction, 1; | General Accounting, 2; War, 1; Com- | merce, 2, and Interstate Commerce, 3. —_—— ILLINOIS NINE RETURNING. URBANA, IIl, October 2 (#)—Ths ty of Tllincis base ball team will ;elum a(;:gh‘fitr%fl !‘l!l!ln invasion of apan’s onds. The Illini team land- «d at Vancouver, September 29 :