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Tex;signs WILLARD QUICKLY . COMES TO TERMS Aiter Getting Dempsey in zLine, Rickard Scans Map for Fight Site. * This is the only autobiography aritten by Tey Rickard. It was pre- red in collaboration with Bozeman ulger, for publication exclusively dor The Star and the North Amer- Ycan Newspaper Alliance. Shortly before Rickard’s death he discussed with Bulger plans for publication of Ihese memoirs in book form. Fol- dowing is the twenty-third install- fnent of the autobiography, which is @ppearing in daily chapters. - BY TEX RICKARD. In collaboration with Bozeman Bulger.) HEN the war was over and the soldiers had returned I felt that a relief from ihe high tension of those days would be another big cham- Plonship fight. Th 1919 I had about made up my mind to get into the promotion of baxing as a real business. I loved the gdme. In fact, I had played it as a geme, purely and simpiy, up to that It was then I started on th2 trail of a-fight between Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey. Jack had come up so rapidly ihat fight fans were eager for him to hgve a crack at something big. There wes no other apparent successor to the ‘Willard crown. Having followed the ngwspapers closely, I could feel what the public wantzd. At least I thought | I_could. ‘ During the war days I had not for- gotten the fight game entirely. The pliblic had not, either. The greatest jusement attractions in the Army e the boxing matches. I feel sure war did more to give the public a ir viewpont on the game than any er factor. Army officers were quick t see the advantages of boxing as a Wfilder-up of men. ~In one Infantry regiment with which wwas pretty well acquainted the com- mending officer issued an order that every enlisted man in his outfit must hiix at least three rounds every day. His izea was that the mere physical contact would rid the men of any timidity and make them willing to face anybody on l&reven footing. S «This commanding officer laid particu- id men being compelled to box. A dule was arranged by which each sffuad of eight men had to pair off and AMave 15 minutes of boxing as a part of the setting-up exercises. They were also ordered to wade in and slam. Boxing Helped Soldiers, uIn a short while the more timid diers had a different look in their &s. Having socked a man in the jaw ir outlook on life was entirely erent. =1 am not going to get into any argu- i‘: by mentioning the name or num- fimphuu upon the weakest and most r of this regiment, but the records that it came out of France with reputation of being one of the est and hardest-hitting outfits in e whole A. E. F. ‘e fellows who could not get in the y did all we could to help the box- spirit, which meant the fighting t, and we are proud of it. Despite the Intense anxiety of the war, fiomlltmfle.\::swé of tae Army talked ‘arpentier as a boxer. Everybody wanted to see him. We tried and tried to get the French government to let him come over and fight to raise funds for the Red Cross and other similar . I felt it in my bones that Carpentier was bound to be the great drawing card of the boxing generation. Even so, the French govern- ment would not give Cerpentier leave of absence. That added to the eagerness ©f Americans to see him. I was biding my time with the Frenchman. In the meantime I set out to get Wil- lsrd and Dempsey. I had little diffi- culty getting Willard. I have found that the best way to cinch a fight is to sign up the fighters first and make the match afterward. 1 Jocated Jess Willard on the road and o xdc an engagement to meet him in W hicago. There was no particuler match talked ebout at the momment. Several chal- Janges had bzen thrown at Willard, but there was no big money in sight. He | kmew, of course, that I had Dempsey in raind. “Jess,” 1 said to him, “are you willing | fo box any man in the world if the purse is big enough?” Sure,” he said. “What's the idea?” “Well, here it is: Il guarantee you $100,000 if you will sign an agreement o box anybody I name on July 4.” ‘We talked this over at length. Finally, he agreed to sign. Got Jack Easily. In the meantime there was much talk of other matches for Willard, all sorts of offers being made. As in the Jeffries- ohnsca fight, though, I was secure. 1 d the champion signed up to fight for m®. The fight and the place could be decided later. I then went back to New York and gl in touch with Jack Dempsey ond Jok Kearns, his manager. I first met Dempsey in a hotel room. Honestly, I felt serry for him. In - his street clothes he looked so small—almost like 2 middleweight—os compared with the giant Willard. Jack always looks much smaller in his clethes than when stripped. Dempsey was eager to meet Willard. ..I can arrange the fight,” I told him, “4f you will sign an agreement to fight for me on July 4.” Kezrns and Dempsey wanted a crack at Willard at any price. Thay realized that the champion would bz entitled to the big part of the money. XKearns and Dempsey were straight- forviard in their dealings. As a busi- mess manager, Kearns was of immense welue to Dempsey. After much talk they agreed to sizn with me for $27,500. With their names on the agrecment I could breathe easy. In a short while T had the articles of ‘ment signed for a fight on July 4 en Willard and Derapszy. My next thought location Many fight fans 1 staged that fight at Tcledo, and came pretty near making » bust.of it. I knew 1iitle about Toledo and had no personal inferest in that city any more than in eny oer. I got down the map and an to study. . [ b (Nex —Dempsey Socks Willard.) (Sopyright, 1920, by North American News- er Ailiance.) KNDREWS AND FELLOWS TIED FOR TOURNEY LEAD -, Andrews and Fellows still are tied for the lead in the King Pin handicap pocket billiard tourney, with Wells, Coburn and Hobbs close upen the dead- locked pair. High run of 20, made by is the best to date. Stand- w o | his son Ed, jr., soon came forward with | straight from the District Title Co. wondered why T 9 | ton Typographers. His total placed h'm 1 | s2cond for high individual gam= for th: | & OU have to be careful in making assertions concerning your prow- ess on the bowling alleys. There are many wito are likely to dis- pute your claims. Pop Crawley and his son Hugh J. Crawley, co-proprietors of the Mount Rainier Recreation Center drives, let it be known that they think they are the best father-and-son duckpin team in section. Their boast resulted in plans for a father-and-son tournament to be held at their Rhode Island avenue establish- ment from February 11 to 16. ‘There were many father-and-son combinations in Mount Rainier and vicinity willing to contest th2 strength of the Crawley team. Mayor Fred Negus and his son Edgar of Mount Rainler, were among the first to take up the challenge. Ed Chase, sr., and return challenge and numerous other father-and-son combinations announced their intentions to meet the Crawley pair at any time and any place. The Mount Rainier alley promoters found they had started something novel REALTORS' LEAGUE. Team Standing. Associates . .. 8hapiro Co. .. Shannon_& Boss & Phel No. 2 edges & Midd Sansbury Co.. Columbla Title Cafrits ... NcKecver & Gos ¢ Shapiro Co. team reduced the lead of Associates to six games by taking ihree Associates took two games from Mc- Keever & Goss. Shannon & Luchs took two from Wardman No. 1, Bev; & Phelps took three straight games from three from Wardman No. 2, and Cafritz took two from Hedges & Middleton. High individual game and h indi- vidual set were rolled by Rol Wardman No. 1 with 142 and 362. High team gme was rolled by Asso- ciates with 543, and high tecam set of 1,544 was rolled by Shapiro. MARYLAND ALUMNI LEAGUE, Team Standing. Diamendbacks ... Rossburgs . Buzzerd's Ko Terrapins Black_Strabs . Cabs House .. Diamondbacks stepped into a com- manding lead by winning thre: games from Terrapins, while Rosshourgs were defending their = runner-up position against Buzzards’ Rocst. This was a ding-dong battle all the way, Buzzards’ Roost winning the first game by 3 pins when Stanford at anchor spared in the tenth and counted 7. bourgs came right back and, alded by Taw’s fine game of 125, won the second bv 4 nins, while Buzzards’ Roost tcok the odd by a margin of 14 pins. Stan- forc’s double-header strike was largely responsible for the Buzzards’ Roose win. Cab's Heuse shook the jinx the? has | been trailing them and won two {rom | Bilack Straps. Burns, with 354, had the best set, followed by Tew with 347. Van Doren with 325, Stanford with 324, Linkous with 223, and Coster with 321, TYPOTHETAE LEAGUE, Team Standing. Fellowship Forum ..... Hat'onal Copital Pre: r w Thever .. Washington Typorral Vo en A agier M. Joyce Engravics Co Potomae Electrotyne . C. Paper Mfz. Co Cha<. H. Poiter Co. Biz Print Shoo. Washineton Pri Ronsdell, Inc.... H-K Advertising Servise sraving O Coll nting Co.....0 High teem game—F hi g Big Print Shop. 571 fl:‘ v 50 Leem Set—Ji ; Feln e set—idd & Detweller, 1631; 15511en individual’ gdme—Dern, 156: Jenkins, Hish individusl set—] 335, Biogt spates—Cole: 1ase ty 395 Most strikes —Beaity, 29. High averave—Mischou, 110; Beatty, 100, Fellowship Forum romfid into first place last week by downing Big Print Shop in two games while Judd & Det- weiler suffered another three e set- ack at the hands of National Publish- placed them in sixth place. National ssion of second place. Jenkins’ fine game of 152 stood out and enabled M. Joyce Engraving Co. to grab the Columbia Title Co., Sansbury took | Je b ing Co. The triple win for the latter | Economic: | Capital Press remained idle and gained | Accop: 33 | undisputed THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, FEbicUARY 3, 1929—;SPOR’I“S. SECTTON, HuewH QAWLE:{ Father-and-Son Bowling Likely to Be Spirited Affair with prospects of developing into a spirited battle for family honors. They decided to open the tourney to all father-and-son teams in this section. They do not bar any of Washington's formidable father-and-son combinations. Pop Halley, the Recreation manager, has announced his intention to team with his son Harry, in the affair. Jim Ellett and his son Perce, and Pop Wol- stenholme and either of his sons, Glenn or Jack, would make tough teams for all competitors. Entries have been received at Mount Rainfer from John and Cecil Aylor, Richard W. Stewart, sr, and Richard, jr.; Frank T. and Daniel J. Sloan, Charles and Herbert Reichelt, and Ernest C. and Frederick C. Preusser. Each father-and-son team will shoot three games, total pinfall for the pair to determine the winners. Contestants will pay 81 entry fee per team, which will go into the prize fund. Division of the prize fund will depend upon the number of entries. * Entry blanks now are available at Lucky Strike, King Pin, No. 2; Recrea- &nnumd Mount Rainier Recreation nter. BALKLINE TITLE PLAY TO BEGIN TOMORROW By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 2.—Six of the world’s best billlard players representing five nations tuned up their shots tonight for the world's 18.2 balkline champion- ship tournament beginning Monday eve- ning at the Level Club. Edouard Horemans of Belgium, the present champion, is to meet Kinrey Matsuyama of Japan in the opening match and on Tuesday Welker Cochran and Jake Schaefer, the American con- tenders; Eric Hagenlacher of Germany and Felix Grange of France, who com- plete the fleld, go into action. Just how the latter four will be paired up for their first engagements has not yet been determined by the National Billiards Association committee, in chaige. -After Monday there will be afternoon and evening matches every day except Sunday until the tournament ends Tuesday, February 12. To the man emerging with the best record will go the world championship, the major share of the $6,500 prize money, a salary of $6,000 for one year during which time the title will not be subject to challenge and a portion of the gate receipts. The runner-up gets $3,000 salary in addition to a part of DOPE ON RACES IN VAR T dividuals, among them being Beatty's 370 set; Adams, National Publishing g4 | Co., 366; Thornberg and Cole of Lew ‘Thayer, 363 and 359, respectively; Heinzman of H-K Advertising, 345, and 7 | Jenkins of M. Joyce Engraving Co., 342. 508 MASONIC LEAGUE. | Team Standing. Kinz David . . Join' New Jerusalem. Barrister Singieton Petworth Swansbury Whiting Congress . King Solom Brightwood Federal . of | pof Trimty National Parker . Osiris Hiram 3 | Cotumbis No. 3 fount Hermon. Takoria Naval . Silver Spring Aca East Gate. Rooeevelt . . High te — , 633; - (Jlieh team sets—ICing David, 638; La Fay: e 5 High team gemes—King David, 1,703; La PSR dhdeiduat zes—Philll b:d g] individual averages—] ips (King vid), 113-27; Watson ({n Payette), 111-3; Urban '(La_Fayetto), 110-51. High individual s2ls—Phillips _ (King David). 453 Stoner (Singleton), 405; Wil- liame (Lo Fasette), 393. individual’ ‘zames—Phillips (King David), 180: Armiger (La Favette), 163: Koehler (Darrister). - (Ta_Favette). 34: Hich strikes—Watson Phillips (Xing David), 33; Burtner (Cen- gennial), 32. Hieh spares—Phillips (King David). 136: etworth). 148; Urban (La Favetie) Robb (St. John’s), 143. =~ 1 Hig) Stegel (Osiris), 148; David) h weekly ‘ramo: Burtaer (Centennfal), 155. The two Kings met with the usual ning streak to 18 straight wins, Sur- prises of the waek were furnished by Rcosevelt and Naval. Roossvelt took Brightwood for the three, with Naval duplicating against Federal, stopping the latter's wmninf streak, Petworth lost valuable ground by los- ing to the lowly Columbia No. 3. St. John’s, by winning five out of six, went into a tie with Harmony. Silver Spring finished the week of upsets by taking Whiting for the cdd game. Barrister won five out of six, and New Jerusalem took all three to im- prove their positions. week of the season, and if King David can come through with a clean slate for the week, they are as as in. The following rolled 350 or better last week: Pratt of Petworth, 377; Burtner, 371; Sc'gel, 358; Wolfe and Phillips (King Dayid), 357; Smith (New Jerusa- lem), 352; Coe, 334, and Levy, 351. AGRICULTURE INTERBUREAU LEAGUE. Team Standing. P | Blister Rusi Sotls-Chemistry . n o SREEEEReE High | stores, g Higi ‘631: Inter- the last game of the set with Washing- ceason. Several good - performan-es mes—8So-Kems, 631: and Central Stores, 579, te-SRuppert, 370; 'Gor- om, games—Adams, 15 ison and Palm: ! pan. 378; Lindst High individual 1% F. Donalds 3 * were_turned in _anl the week by in- Central Btores kept a 2 bt Next week is the last double-header |,, the prize money and gate receipts. the first rung of the ladder by taking two of the three games from Economics, with Myers occupying the spotlight in compiling a set of 350. Hevener did the best bowling for the Economics quint. Giving the Shops team a handicap of 30 pins a game, Plant Bureau was for- tunate in taking two of the games. dropp'ng the third by a single pin. Lindstrom of Plant placed a 376 sct on the record baoks, while Ferrall con- tributed the high game of the evening, 135. Castle and Clayton did the sharp- shooting for the Shops outfit. erwisse and Stork collaborated in fine scts that enabled the Accounts bowlers to take two games from the Blister Rust shooters, Hopkins bowled 128 in his third game and placed that contest in the wen column for Blister Rust. ‘The surprise of the evening, however, was supplied by Joe McKericher's fast- traveling So-Kems when they put the steam roller into action against Inter- bureaus and won all three games. This makes six games in a row for the So- Kems. Dan Ready and Moller did the effective p'nspilling for the winners while Bill McCarthy led the Interbureau team. LADIES' DISTRICT LEAGUE. Team Standing. 1 Recreation . Arcadia_.. | Ki Hich team set—Meyer Davis. 1,537, High team game—Arcadia, 539. 5 HEh individial sei—Prere (Meser Davie. * Hfeh individual game—Frere (Meyer Dilen’ ste It (Arcadia), 20. trikes —G readia), 20. TR Shrkes g ey Batior. 8, High individual average—Gulli (Arcadia), 105-16. GZORGETOWN CHURCH LEAGUE. Team Standing. West Washington Baptist.. . Alban's eck result, King David cxtending its win- | Grace Fe 2 = P ehimats O First bloek Gulli-Mischou vs. Bradt-Frere match. Washington American Ice Co. tenpin team vs. Baltimore American Ice Co. team at Ar- 11 * (throushont woek)—Father urnament. Mount Rainier alleys. 16—Closing date for entries for Bowling Congress tout Fre 3 Clarence W. Taft. g Star champlon, vs. Bob Myers, Baltimore Sun champion, ter, Baltim ore. , Camphell sweetstakes cham- ovdon” Beibel, " BowHag Conters 1l and Clem Weid: h | Georre Lane wnd Hay Von Dreonie, Bowline 28—Clarence W. Taft vs. Scibel, King Campbell and Clem Weldman_ vs. Lang and Ray Von Dre King S—BIll Wood sweepstakes open at n No. 2. March 0~ Second block Bill Wood sweep- Lucky Strike. h 11—National Duck Pin Congress | R ichmond. VON DREELE SHOOTS 756, 5-GAME DUCKPIN MARK BALTIMORE, Md.,, February 2 () ~Raymond Von Dreele today achieved what was declared to be a duckpin bowling record for five games in a two-man team match. His scores, 166, 156, 114, 157 and 163 for a total of 756, was re| to have su; any previous mark in a similar event, after National Duck- pin Bowling Congress records had been checked by telephone. Von Dreele’s team mate, Ed Rom- mel, with a total of 586, gave them a team total of 1,342, also thought to be a record for a two-man team in match play. TORONTO WOMAN SKATES TO WORLD MILE RECORD TORONTO, February 2 (#).—Easily outdistancing a good field, Lelia Brooks Potter of the Parkdale Ladies’ Club, Toronto, set a new world record in win- Sitirlo" speed skating. cuampionshibs mtario sp skating cham| ips here today. Mrs. Potter made the dis- tance in 3 minutes 2035 seconds over a surveyed course. The mark is 612 sec- onds less than the time of 8:27 for which recognition as a world record is geekngl sought by Loretta Knetchel of troit. IOUS DUCKPIN LEAGUES JEWELERS' LEAGUE. " Team Standing. =] Galt & Go.. Heller Plating Co. Goldsmith's e pREEEERE A Kahn & C INTERNAL REVENUE MEN'S LEAGUE. Team Standing. Special Adjustment . Miscellaneons g Personal Audit Rules and Reg: INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGU Team Standing. inceton Virginia Poiyiechnic NORTH WASHINGTON CHURCH ‘feam Standing. Francis Asbury M..E Emory M. E....... Petworth 'Baptist. . Wallace Memorial Central Prespyteria Columbla Heights First Reformed . Gunton Templ: VALUATION EXAMINERS' LEAGUE. Team Standing. Appreciation Scrap Value BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE. Tezm Standing. Corohial Toe Gz ‘Slontal Ice Crea: Harry Kautman. . o Schwartz Jewelry PLUMBING INDUSTRY LEAGUE. Team Standing. Cunningham Masters No. ‘chrrary $—Annual meeting W. C..D. A. | Schafe WESTERN ELECTRIC LEAGUE. Team Standing. Preanglyzation . n Gollectors Installation 53 inspectors General Assembly . Wood Working . Bureau of Mine: Becretary's Office Forelgn and_Domestic. lx;mn't‘: Ko 1 g ctla.mm 18 ls“l:t 11 ercial Inielligence: Foreign Service. ... Mechanical No. 1 Treasurer Voughers 7 | Long’s Ervast were among 7 outdoors is Greater Interest Among Dubs Sought for City Pin Tourney Duckpin ° Association’s 1929 tournament probably will be effected at the annual meeting of that body to be held next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Raleigh Hotel. Changes that would favor ti mediocre devotees of the game will be the alm of the association officials, Arville L. Ebersole, secretary, indicated in announcing the date and plans for the annual conclave. Other business to occupy the atten- tion of the delegates to the association will be the election of officers, select- ing dates for the coming tournament, consideration of renewing the present system of holding tournaments on a circuit of alleys, awarding medals to the 10 ranking bowlers chosen last Spring and distribution of prizes won in the recent Howard Campbell sweepstakes. With one exception, it is expected that the entire present slate of officers will be re-elected. Perce Ellett, popu~ lar secretary of Odd Fellows’ League, will be tendered the office of vice presi- dent to succeed Joseph B. Yerkes of Bankers' League, who will not seek re- election. Brad Mandley will receive the dia- mond medal and $400 cash as his reward for winning the Campbell sweepstakes. Clem Weidman will re- ceive $200 as second-place money and Howard Campbell, originator of the big event, will receive $125 for finishing third. It is probable the class A average limit qu be raised before the associa- tion ma&lla complete their annual ses- sion. nsideration will be given to the possible establishment of a_double A class open to those pinmen who rate 110 or better for the present campaign. In this case the entrants for the 1929 tourney would be grouped in five classes. At present the classifications are as follows: Class A, 106 and up; class B, 100 to 105_inclusive; class C, 95 to 99, and class D, under 95. The aim of the association officials is to aid the under classes and stimulate interest among the dubs. Addition of a class D last year brought hundreds of bowlers into the tournament who otherwise would not have competed. Further equalization established by a fairer classification system will bring many more bowlers into the fold, the PACIFIC COAST FIGHT AN EARLY SELL-OUT BY FAIRPLAY. LOS ANGELES, February 2.—For the first time in the history of boxing in this State—the writer, at any rate, is EVISION of the classification of R bowlers in the Washington City told that it s the first time—the S. R. O. | ! sign has been hung up for a contem- plated ring event a week before the contest is scheduled to take place next Tuesday. The Tommy Loughran-Armand Eman- uel contest will be unique, in that no tickets have been offered to the general public the last week before the fight, as the reservations have fairly swamped the ticket offices and no pasteboards now are to be 3 Emanuel, a local boy and favorite, has gripped the fancy of the fans, and the possibility that he may overcome the more experienced ring generalship of the light-heavyweight champion is one of the reasons offered for the un- precedented demand for seats. Loughran and Emanuel, with the winner to be pitted against Paolino, the Basque, in June, is the bait Promoter Doyle is dangling in front of the eyes | of fans thirsty for high-class attrac- tions. (Copyright, 1020 o TURF STARS NAMED FOR KENTUCKY DERBY By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 2—E. R. ner's ‘andusen an S Ervas the nomina- tions received this week for the $50,000 added Kentucky Derby to be run at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 18. Entries to the derby and other Spring stakes to be run at Churchill Downs close February 6. Blue Larkspur won $66970 in seven starts as a two-year-old, among his vic- torics being the juvenile stakes at Bel- mont Park, national stallion stakes at Belmont, and the Saratoga special. Ervast, it is said, is undisputed cham- pion of the Pacific Coast, is equally at home in any kind of going and equaled the track record at Tijuana November 29, running five furlongs in :58 3/5. Clyde Vandusen started 17 times as a two-year-old, won eight races, placed three times and ran third twice, win- ning $55,768, of which $32,800 was his portion of the Kentucky Jockey Club |Soi stakes. He is by Man o’ War out of Uncle's Lassie and is said to be one of the best bred of Man o’ War’s sons. LARY YANK HOLD-OUT. VISALIA, Calif., Febmuary 2 (P.— Dissatisfied with the offer made him, Lyn Lary, young shortstop sold by Oak- land to the New York Yankees, has not signed his contract and is dickering for more money from the worid champlons. Lary immy Reese, second base- man, were sold to the Yankees in 1927 for 1929 delivery at a reported price of $125,000. Straight O UT at the Washington Golf and Country Club the members have found a new game to while away the time these cold days when golf on the course ttle more than exercise. One of the locker room boys found in the smooth stone floor of the grill room hall a small hole, extremely shallow in depth. He inveigled one of the - skinned brethren to try to knock a golf ball into this hole and the party was on. All kinds of natural hazards abound near this indoor golf course, for the ball is supposed to be putted along a rubber carpet to a spot near the hole and then knocked in. Frequently it runs off the carpet and sometimes goes into the room, while occasionally it runs be- hind the steps and nflumc the wains- coting around the walls, Par is supposed to be 2, but the hole is so shallow and the deviations of the ball so uncertain that a par score is 584 | almost certain to win. From a game yed only by the locker boys, the !hfi: has intrigued the members. They find i quite as difficult i to get in the shallow hole as the lads who preside in the sacred precincts of the locker room. If the hole were an inch deeper it would be a comparatively easy job to put the ball in if, but too strong a putt will run the ball rigl through, and the surface of the floor is as slij and fast as a billiard . The thing gets lots of laughs, partic- ularly when a player mi a putt of less than an inch. And it has been st the otiher. da George F. Buskie Just other day R missed one of a half inch to halve a hole. On the other hand, Howard plaved his ball from bel door, caromed off against the wall and the. ball, pursuing a devious courzz, ‘wound up in the hole. It isn't so m\w:h officials believe. There has heen no united complaint against the present system, but the leaders believe a better classification system may be . worked out. Last year the class A limit was raised a few points with success. The asso- clation has to deal carefully with this procedure, as the higher the limit is raised the fewer bowlers and the teams become eligible to compete in the class. The field is narrowed so much that. those entered in that class have little to shoot for in the way of prizc money. Raising the entry fee in this class is not advisable, the officials agree. A tentative reclassification plan be-| ing drafted' by leaders of the associa- tion would tend to widen the field in classes C and D. This they believe will be helpful, as the largest number of bowlers are to be found in these groups. These classes will be more at- tractive to a larger number of bowl- ers under the plan contemplated. Little difficulty will be encountered in readopting the 3-alley circuit plan for the annual tournament, contrary to reports that a 5-alley circuit would be suggested, the leaders assert. Owners of major bowling centers favor con- tinuance of the present system, rotat- ing the annual tourney at Convention Hall, King Pin No. 1 and the Coliseum, where the coming event will be staged. All bowlers and those interested in bowling are invited to attend the ses- sion next Sunday, according to Secre- tary Ebersole, but delegates only will be permitted to participate in the vot- ing. Suggestions for the betterment of the association and bowling in general will be welcomed from any source. HORTON SMITH STARS IN HOT SPRINGS GOLF By the Associated Press. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., February 2.— Over a Wintry course, voung Horton Smith, sensational Joplin, Mo., pro, to- day maintained his lead in the South Central open golf tournament, turning in his second successive 71 for a card of 71—71—142, two below par, for the first 36 holes of the 72-hole meet. While both Willlams and Smith turned in better cards than Burke, present North “and South champion, the latter presented the most striking s in a row—five ‘straight threes. He scored these at 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and had a couple of others scattered in. “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn, starting the second round only a stroke behind Smith, had more trouble, taking a 74, two over par, which tacked to his 72 of {uterday gives him 146. Bobby Cruickshank, hitting them much bet- r today to get a 71, is tied with Mehlhorn for third place. Al Espinosa-and Jim Foulis, both of Chicago, brought up next place with 147 each. Espinosa’s card reads 72— 75—147 and Foulis’ 75—72—147. It was the 21-year-old Smith who carried the gallery today and he did . Playing even with par through the first nine, he went one under at the thirteenth, after being one of the few of the day to }'ound the dog-leg twelfth in regization our. Al Watrous, former Canadian open champion, faltered badly on and around the greens today, taking 41 strokes in putting teritory to run his total to 79, which, added to his 72 of yesterday, gave him a 151 total. Scores of 155 or better follow: Horton Smith. Joplin. Mo.. 71-71—142: ¥ 33T sy Bl -71_146: Al Es: 47; Jim Foulis, C| nny * Williams, - : Prancls Gallett, Mil- : John Golden, 49; Joe Kirkwood. Albany. Ga. Henry Ciuci, Brids Dick' Grout, Okmul Julius_Ackerbloom. Frank Walsh, Appletan. Dallas Jeffers. Long Beach, Calif. 750; Paul Runyon, Little Rock,.74-76—150: ‘Washington,' 76-75—151: A . 13-18—151: Al 73-79—1 ony Man- 3 Ranklets. e Cincipnati, 79-° ra< my - i e T, i, Rt B 1 Craig Wood, ,ile,wnrk. N. J., 77- 155: Teonard Schmutte. Lima, Oh] 8-771—155: Jack Porester. Hackensack, 155; Jock Guild. Little Rock, 7 | AGRICULTURE PIN GIRLS BEAT MT. RAINIER TEAM Sweeping the last three-game block of their home-and-home series by 51 pins last night at the Coliseum, Agri- culture Ladies’ League -team annexed ihe series over Mount Rainier Ladies by 66, having gained an edge of 15 pins in the opening block of the competition at Mount Rairier. The scores: MOUNT RAINIER. Carmichael be: Brunelle Totals .. McQuinn Totals YALE WINNER AT POLO. NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 2 (#). —Harvard defeated Yale today, 11 to 10, in an overtime indoor polo match. ff the Tee a game of putting skill as of touch and strategy. Alex (Sandy) Armour, newly ap- pointed professional at the Congression- al Country Club, has gone to Hot Springs, Ark., for a short vacation. He is expected back in Washington within a fortnight. Meanwhile the none too busy golf shop is being presided over by Tony Penna, assistant pro, who is expected to re with_ the elder Armour at Congressional ‘during the coming season. Penna came here from New York last Spring, where he had caddied for Tommy Armour during the latter's days as an amateur golfer. Walter F. Hall, who was golf in- structor at Rock Creek Park last year, will be in charge of golf at the An- napolis Roads Golf and Country Club next season. Hall expects to take charge of the new project near the Maryland capital in April. Glenna Collett, women's golf champlon, is quartered for the Winter at the new Pine Needles Hotel, about four miles from Pinehurst, where she has a hand in some real estate de- velopments in that part of the North Carolina sandhill country. Glenna is to be doing well as a real estate national rted it m'uman. and certainly she keeps up hard golf her golf. Pine Needles has a course, and Glenna romped around it a few weeks ago in 76. en practicing steadily at Pinehurst, Pine Needles and Fagetteville for the coming Winter tournaments‘ in Florida and North Carolina. Radiators, Fenders alio New Radiators Champ Then Arranges Bout : Hagen’s Snubbing of Mehlhorn Defended | INRYDER CUP PLAY “Wild Bill” Too “Tempera- mental” to Represent U. S. Against British. BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. T seems that “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn has been left off the American Ryder Cup team which will move across the water in April to try conclusions with a team of British professionals for the international trophy which corresponds in profes~ sional go!f with the Walker Cup in the simon pure realm. It also appears that various persons are all steamed up over the fact, particularly as the an- nouncement of the personnel of the Ryder Cup team came just a few days before Mehlhorn happened to hit a scoring streak that enabled him to mow down a few records and establish new ones on those easy-scoring courses of the Southwest. *Twas right unclubby of Bill to go out and do his stuff just after he had been administered a slap on the cheek by Walter Hagen, who captains the cru- sading American pros for the third time. It gave vent to statement by sundry observers not “in the know™ that Wild Bill was out to “show up” Hagen and that he intended to pile up a_competitive record that would force Hagen to give Bill a bid for a Ryder Cup team berth. A nice word for such an assumption would be “poppycock.” Other words might be used, such as “hooey” or “bunk.” For one thing, while Bill is piling up this amezing record of his, designed, say his supporters, to show up Hagen, what are the rest of the pro- fessionals who play in the tourneys doing about it? Are they trying just as hard, or are they pulling their punches to help Mehlhorn look good? Or can it be that Willilam simply is out on a wild scoring spree, such as every good golfer has two or three times a year? Earns Name Wild Bill. It seems to us that good golfers have been left off Ryder Cup teams. before, and off Walker Cup teams, too. We didn't see a lot of ink spilled because George went out in the amateur cham- Walker Cup team last year, and yet George went out inthe amateur cham- pionship to win the medal and go to the semi-final. No one wept salt tears because he wasn't one of Bobby. Jones’ trusty men at Chicago. Then why all this fuss about a good golfer, who hap- pehns to blefl left oflna plrufesshumfl “team, where golfing merit alone is supposed to _be the index to the job? It isn't any secret at all. Bfll Mehl- horn was left off the Ryder Cup team simply and solely because his cognomen of “Wild Bill” is not misplaced. Hc was_left off, according to.those closo to Hagen, because Bill's manneris: on the golf course and in the semi-pri vacy of the tearoom savor. more quaint individualism than the Amer- ican team cares to brook. They all admit Bill's golf ability, bu? they do not care to cotintenance som: of his actions on the golf course. Perhaps the rest of the world hds forgotten that incident-at San Antonin two years ago, when Bill, perched sc- curely up in an apple tree, safe from a punch in the jaw, “kidded” Bobby Cruickshank out of making the win- ning putt. But Hagen and the rest of the professionals haven't forgotten it, or the vfls!fll talks and acts when hg gets a bad break on the golf course. Frankly, Hagen hasn't gone into tha declination business without good ad- vice,'and he left Mehlhorn off on good advice. There are many g>if~rs i Hagen feels that winning a ora title is not the only end n(“un, abroad. He feels (and we know he ba- lieves) that more is to be gained by losing gracefully than by winning un- graciously. Naturally he don't want to lose, but if he loses, he feels he can lcse more gracefully without Mehlhorn, On Scoring Streak. If the American team loses by & helf point or so, there will be self-appointed critics who will leap into print with the assumption that Mehlhorn might have | converted the loss into a victory. But | that is Hagen's business, and if that hanpens, he must shoulder the butden. But the process of debunking the sob stuff about Mehlhorn and his loss to the American cohorts might as well g0 on. Mehlhorn isn't winning tourna- ments in the South to show up Hagen or any one else. He is winning them because he hsipe_ns to be on a scoring streak, and likes the money his vic- tories “bring, just like any other pro. Furthermore, his scoring streak is not anywhere near the exhibition John Farrell put on last Winter. ‘The American professional golfer of today is a gentleman, first. He may happen to be a graduate from the cad- die ranks. as Mehlhorn is, but contact with gentlemen has taken off the rougin cdges and he is a polished individual on the golf course. _Bill Mehlhorn grew up, as many pros did, in the social atmosphere of the caddie house. But he has failed to out- grow some of his early teachings.: And for that reason he isn't going to be on the Ryder Cup team this year. Bill may be the gallery’s darling—at & dis- tance—but the British, we are: told, don't like his atmosphere. That is the reason he has not been named on the Ryder Cup’team, and it seems to us that Walter Hagen, always wishing to show the best side of Amer: can golf, has displayed good judgmen’ in choosing the team. . BOXING AND WRESTLING LISTED FOR MIDDLEBURG LEESBURG, Va., February 2.—A program of boxing matches and wrestling bouts is scheduled to be held in Confederate Hall, Middleburg, next Friday at 8:30 pm. Dutch Green of ‘Washington will wrestle agalnst “Sail- or” Donnell and Roy Seaton of Middle- burg will meet George Kiatta of the Waverly A. C. Washington. Don Gartrell of Middleburg will be referee. ‘The boxing bouts will bring together “Battling” Rossi of New York and Middleburg, who is connected with the William Zeigler racing stables, and “Kid” Citraro of the racing stable of Mrs. Katherine Elkins Hitt, who will ive a stiver cup-to the winner. Still “convenmiently located on 14th street” and the same set slogan of “Satisfaction Plus” from smiling sales and service men. 1529 14th St. N.W. radia in stock Vittstatts, Also 319 S tors and cores 18C9 14th North 71773 238 % Block Below Ave. Decatur 3320