Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1929, Page 53

SPORTS. THE EV NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1 SPORT S. 53 Al Singer Looms as a Hands Down Winner Over Ignacio Fernandez Tomorrow JONES, GROVE MiX INNEW YORK ALS0 Jimmy Maloney Is Picked toi Stop Riccardo Bertazollo ‘ BY JOHN J. ROMANO. EW YORK, May 16.—Al Singer 10-round scrap tOMOITOw eve- ning at the local Palace of Swat, while Jimmy Maloney same number of rounds at the Boston Palace. Singer looms as a hands-down win- has been fighting in great form con- sistently since he broke into the bright array of headliners at Tom McArdle's Manny Seamon, handler of three world champions—Ted Lewis, Benny Leonard and Tod Morgan—differs Broadw: Manny says he is surprised that Fernandez has been able to im- prove his form so much since he last good fights here and gave the boys heart failure every time he threw his long right That the Filipino carries the tactics of the opponents who faced him. Staying in close with the long- range puncher was all that pr vented in Boston Bout. faces Ignacio Fernandez in a tackles Riccardo Bertazollo in the ner over the Filipino, as the former Garden. with the curret vein of gossip along saw him. Fernandez made several plenty of force behind it is evident in & clean punch scoring a knockout. o Jones a Tough Scrapper. Of secondary importarice on the same card i¥ Gorilla Jones and lzzy Grove. Jones sprang into prominence by the easy manner he whipped Al Mello, tvuce, conqueror of Champion Joe Dundee! Jones had the handcuffs off and punched the Boston battler around in easy fash- jon. _Jones looks like a mess of trouble for the leading welters. Grove has been trying hard to score a win' over na- tionally known fighters, and \sces his chance against Jones. In the Boston fight Jimmy Maloney 1s apt to send the much touted Italian heavy back to his native land earller than his backers figured. Bertazolla has had one fight in this country. His opponent was Pletro Corri, and it took eight rounds for Riccardo to turn the trick. This is very poor work for a fel- low who expects to hold his own with the rejuvenated Irishman from Boston's fish market. Bertazolla is an investment of $25,000 for the men who brought him over here. Unless the Italian can make a satisfac tory showing against Maloney it will be that much money wasted. . SONNEHBERG SUSPENDED FOR WRESTLING SET-UPS PHILADELPHIA, May 16 (#).—Gus Sonnenberg, heavyweight wrestling champion, has been suspended indefi- nitely by the Pennsylvania State Ath- letic Commission for “wrestling un- worthy opponents and refusing to give logical contenders a chance to wrestle him.” NATIONAL GUARDSMEN IN RING ELIMINATIONS ‘The boxing eliminations of the 29th Military Police Company, District of Columbia National Guard, will con- tinue tonight at the National Guard Armory, with nine bouts listed, to start at 9 o'clock. On the stock farm of John E. 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Just what Schmeling is to receive when the gate receipts are cut & few thousand ways and all of the milk pasteurized and bottled remains to be seen. It probably will take the United States Supreme Court, the Reichstag and the League of Nations to decide that, for the problem has baffled in advance those three great minds on the New York State Boxing Commission that never ducked a fast problem before. The legal complications are terrible, the boys tell me. Max has been signing away pieces of himself at a terrific rate, and when all the evidence is in there may not be a bottle of milk left for the potential heavywelight champion of the world. Claims are siill being staked and filed on him. In this connection, I might reveal the fact that I am entitled to a piece of Schmeling myself. During his absence from this country I received two post- | cards from him which were signed, “Your Max Schmeling.” On the declaration of Mr. James J. Johnston, the boy bandit, who is a or a writ of- habeas corpus, or something that would be pretty hard for Herr Schmeling to duck. But there never has been a plece of a prizefighter in the family whatnot yet, so I refuse to stake my claim. it would mean just one more plece cut out of poor Max, and the German | heavyweight begins to look like mincemeat already. In fact, it is going to take a microscope to discover any remnant of Max after the boys get through cutting. Already he is the most thoroughly cut up of the modern gladiators—and that is saying a great deal. 1t strikes me that the cutting up of Schmeling is one of the saddest crimes ever committed in the name of charity, and that when the babies who are given the milk that comes from the maceration of the German heavyweight grow up and realize by what means their sustenance is gained their lives will be darkened. They will spend their existences bowing their heads in shame. It is 8 mean trick to play on the unsuspecting babies, who, after all, are our future James J. Walkers and Grover Whalens. beatable in his class. No one has taken a decision over him. Joe Scal- faro, slugging little Italian, fought him a draw principally because Joe landed a haymaker in the very first round of their battle, and Chocolate was bad- ly shaken before he really got under way. However, Chocolate showed himself vulnerable in his bout with Bushy Gra- ham, though he won the decision on a foul. Bushy's eccentric style had the colored boy all at sea. They tell me Steve Smith gave Chocolate a close fight in Scranton, Pa., and one of the Judges gave the decision to Smith. I think the Kid is a good fighter, and he is a cracking good hitter. But he isn't greatly experienced. He is still a youngster and hasn't found out everything about the game. In going up against Labarba he will be facing a champion, &, fellow with class. He'll find' that Fidel can carry the pace quite a5 fast as ‘Graham did, and if he tan beat the handsome little Cali- fornian every one will have to admit he is the best in his class. ¥ But it seems that there is nothing to be done about it. The New York State Boxing Commission not only has recommended the bout, but has com- It may be yet that Schmeling might work his way free—not from the bout, of course—but from the piece workers, who are headed by Uncle Joe Jacobs. the pugilistic pawnbroker. Jess Willard, when he became champion, was_ divided which is hardly quite as painful; but he managed to get himself together again. Paulino Uzcudun has been cut only into six parts. But Schmeling has been chopped literally to pieces, and when one of the Humpty-Dumpty’s chance of getting together again. The Ancient Ballyhoo. THE signing of Schmeling at Montreal was the occasion of the start of the . championship in September. Among those present at the signing was the astute Mr. William F. Carey, who succeeded Tex Rickard as manager for Madison Square Garden. . ies Mr. Carey dropped the hint that the final elimination might be held in Montreal, which Started Toronto bidding for the match. This is an old-fashioned, but always successful, ballyhoo. It starts the bidding all along the line, from Medicine Hat to Key West, and much artificial Patriotic customers rise to demand that Mr. Carey keep the great battle in New York, and will maintain that demand even though New York customers were done a great service when the Sharkey-Stribling waltz that Mr. Carey may be partly serious, for in Canada he can escape the 25 per cent Federal tax, which reduces the profits of prize fights in the United States. Battle of What of It at Miami Beach in Montreal. This fact, and not the prize fight itself, might draw more customers to Montreal than if the Battle of Almost a Century were held somewhere else. Milk Fund fight, but he is looking ahead to the main bout, where he will not have to split with the babies. - BY TOMMY LOUGHRAN, Lightweight Champion of the World. HE impending bout between Kid which will come pretty close to deciding the bantamweight cham- pion of the world, is attracting Chocolate has been the fistic sensa- tion of the year. Starting in a pre- liminary bout in one of the smaller brilliantly that within six months he was headlined and his service sought all over the country. | manded it. That is sufficient. The bout must go on. into four portions, but bought himself loose. Jack Dempsey merely was bisected, piece workers is Uncle Joe Jacobs it looks as though he did not even have long ballyhoo which will mark the final elimination for the heavyweight During the signatory ceremon excitement. was held on the polished sands of Miami Beach. There is some chance ‘There are attractions more seductive than prize fights of the type of the But it sounds like the old ballyhoo. Mr. Carey is mildly interested in the TEST INLA BARBA Chocolate and Fidel Labarba, a great deal of interest. New York clubs, he came through so Some folks believe the Cuban is un- | collector of pieces of cauliflower, I learn that this constitutes a lien, a replevin | BRITONS MAY PLAY IN AMERICAN OPEN sz sz e | which the golfers at Congressional have béen talikng for many months is to be an actuality this year. Guy Mason, chairman of the tournament commit- tee, announced today that the date for the duffers’ tourney has been set for September 12 and that it will be open tion to p'ay the Prince of Wales on Sat- urday or Sunday on a course near Lon- don and am delighted to accept. It will be on Saturday, if I am not in the Leeds final. Turnesa, with the other players who made 153, play off tomorrow for the re- maining six qualifying places. All other Americans have qualified ex- cept Golden, who retired. Making Efforts to Visit in 5 3 to all golfers in the city with handi- June—Hagen Retains His | caps of 20 and over. The date happens M)l fall v’nn St. Mlhlel‘)] day& when an P all-American _army aste its way Lead in Tourney. through the German defenses in Sep- tember, 1918, to pinch off the salient e that had thrust its nose into the allied BY WALTER HAGEN, lines in_France - for many months. British Open Golf Champion. Mason chose this day with the hope that all the high-handicap men in the OORTOWN, England, May 16.— | city will be able to play in the tourna- There i’ considerable talk | ment. among the British professionals | pe event will be an 18-hole handi- :‘”“‘X 02533”‘"& 3 ‘1‘,5“ ":" cap affair, for a number of prizes to be merica une to try for the | ny¢ yp by the Congressional Club, and United States open golf champlonship. | jnyitatjons will be sent out just as they but nothing definite has been decided. | are sent to announce the regular invi- Compston, Cotton and Boomer favor the | tation tournaments. The Congressional project, if their clubs will grant the | fournament committee has decided to necessary leaves of absences. end the club invitation event on Friday, Though I started with two 5s against | June 28, instead of the following day, the wind and missed two short putts as has been the custom for several in the match yesterday, I got two long | years. Mason explained that week end putts down and shot & 70 for the ag-| play at Congressional now is so heavy gregate of 139. that the committee feels the course Watrous lost ground with two 6s,|Should be free on Saturday afternoon taking 74 and making his total 144, | for the club members. tying Diegel and Compston, each of | Between us, we took 10 putts on one whom got a 73 to add to his 71. Jose Jurado, who played a good low ball in the wing, was another 74, with a total of 148. Dudley was out of bounds at the seventeenth hole and took a 7, finishing the round in 76, with a total of 149. Horton Smith went into the ditch and was bunkered at the first hole, He took 8 to get out and make 77, with & total of 152. Joe Turnesa putted poor- 1y on the heavy greens and shot a 176, with a total of 153. : I have been honored by an invita- STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE green. If you can call them putts, for we played them with our mashies.” It was C. I. Putnam speaking, and he re- ferred to himself and J. B. Murphy of Columbia, two of the men who were caught in the torrential downpour which almost drowned out the qualify- ing round of the Chevy Chase Club's invitation golf tournament yesterday. But Putnam and Murphy were not the only ones who were drowned out by that heavy rainstorm. Gardiner P. Orme and George B. Christian, jr., nar- rowly missed being struck by lightning as the electrical geysers from the sky played around the woods back of the fifteenth and fourth greens. And a little while later a piece of man-made lightning struck young Henry D. Nich- olson of Washington as he knocked a midiron shot toward the seventh green and had the satisfaction of watching it disappear in the hole fer an eagle 2. ‘Temporary rules came into effect al- most immediately the rain started, but they had no effect on the putting. Greens with four and five putts were common, as the players strove to knock the ball over miniature lakes toward the hole. But the rain vanished quick- ly and later in the afternoon Chevy Chase was soggy, but not at all in bad condition. Di Leo Set Pace. Out of the welter of water and high scoring the performance of a former Georgetown University man, a former golf title holder at the Hilltop, stood out. Along about mid-afternoon, a tall, stocky man wearing a brown mustache walked in to the scoreboard with the score that stood up through the balance of the day to win the qualifying round. He was Joseph Di Leo, almost an unknown golfer around Washington, who is a member of the Forest Hill Club of New Jersey. Di that ruined so many scores, and romp- ing over the last nine holes with a sub-par score of 33 to lead his nearest rivals by three shots. Closest to. him were Harry G. Pitt' of Manor, holder of the mid-Atlantic title, and Charles W. Cole, jr., of Indian Spring, both of whom played through the rain and turned in cards of 7a. Di Leo came to Chevy Chase lacking a pair of wooden clubs and with his full iron complement missing. That is as far as his golf bag was concerned. The iron in his makeup was present, however, as he banged the ball toward the pin with borrowed clubs to pound out the winning score. In his bag were two borrowed wooglen clubs and three loaned irons, with none of which he was familiar. He must haYe liked them, particularly the wooden clubs, for Di Leo, a long hitter under ordinary cir- cumstances, was knocking the ball the proverbial mile. At the sixteenth he put one so_ far over the trees that he had but a short chip shot left, with which he secured a birdie 3. At the eighteenth he drove so far he played his second shot to the green with a mashie niblick. Di Leo has been in the first flight in tourna- ments about Washington before. Two years ago he made the first flight at Congressional, and made it again at Indian Spring last year. On both oc- casions he was beaten in the match play rounds. He had a piece of hard luck at the ninth, where his ball buried in the mud at the left of the green and he took a 5. Page Hufty, who is playing very much improved golf this year, played his first nine through the rain, and it looked as if he would not make the first flight when he turned in 43. But he came back like a champion in the par of 35 and, was in. Scores of 81 marked the qualifying limit in the first flight, and this mark found several top notchers left out. Among those who failed were C. Ashmead Fuller, former Chevy Chase Club titie holder; Albert R. McKenzie (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- paper Alliance.) ng : You never grow tired of cigars Want to check up on that asser- tobacco. e grounds. It's 1—through and through. ten, fifty, a hundred, or a thousand—you’ll ble as the first. 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Among other important features, this guaranty entitles you to thoroughly test the car you purchase and exchange it ‘within 48 hours if it does not give entire satisfaction! Leo registered a 72, sticking to his knitting through the same rain storm —as low as recently won his club invitation tour- ney. Di Leo was paired in the first round today with Charles W. Cole of Indian Spring, who was only three shots back of him in the medal round. Hufty met another dark horse in J. B. Ryerson of Cooperstown, N. Y., who performed creditably in the Florida tournaments last Winter. Scores of 89 were the last to make the fourth flight, which is am- ple evidence of the scoring class in the tourney, notwithstanding the rain. But the rain was dampening to most of the players who started around noon. Ask S. B. Hardwick of Washington. He took six putts on the ninth green. 1BOXING BODY MAY ADD SEVEN JUNIOR TITLES CHICAGO, May 16 (#).—A proposal to create seven additional boxing cham- plonships will be submitted by President | Paul Prehn to the National Boxing As- | sociation at its September meeting. “The great problem confronting box- ing promoters is that of acquiring championship attractions,” Prehn ex- plained, “and official junior champions in each class would double the attrac- tions now offered. This would bring more boxers into prominence, too, and give the unfortunate performer who is between the classes a chance.” Should the plan be adopted, Prehn | said, the seven new champions would be held strictly to the six-month ruling, which requires a champion to defend his title twice a year, provided there is a logical contender and a suitable purse. Fights Last Night By the Associated Pre PARIS.—Emile ‘Spider” Pladner, France, and Kid Francis, New York, drew (12). BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—Johnny and George P. 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