Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1929, Page 47

LSPORTS. THE EVENIN (&3 STAR, WASHINGTON, D:. €. FRIDAY, "X fAY 24, 1929. SPORT St 47 ]Wetropolitan Handicap at Belmont Tomorrow Promises to Be a Smart Coniest HISTORIC STAKE IS ONE OF MOST POPULAR RACES Osmand, Which WillTarry Heavy Impost of 12 8 Pounds, Tops List of Eligibles—TFinite Also an Outstan ding Entrant. BY ORLO L. ROBEBTSON, Associated P receives its thirty N lonable Belmont Park. A Belmont Park legacy from Morris Park, the Metropolitan was | instituted in 1891, at the one-time famous Westchester County course. | f running it has always brought | During its nearly four decades of fields of the first-class into ccmpetition, and numbers among its win- | ners such celebratcd flyers as Tri. Wildair. Mad Hatter, Grey Lag, Sa. Mad Hatter wi ica’s “Newmarket,” Sports Writer EW YORK, May 24.—The Metropolitan Handicap, rated as the most popular of American races of one mile for mature horses, | th running tcmorrow with all the color that attends the renewal of a historic stake event at fash- stan, Irish Lad, Whisk Broom II, | 1azen, Black Maria and Nimba. n the event twice, while the first revival at Amer- in 1905, resulted in a dead heat between Sysonby, | one of the best English horses that ever raced on American turf, and | | Race King, an ordinary little plater. Fights Last Night | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Jack Berg, England outpointed Bruce Flowers, New Rochelle | (10); Pete Meyers, San Francisco, and | Tony Vacarelli, New York, drew (10) Harry Blitman, Philadelphia, knocked out Trish Bobby Brady, New Jersey (9). HUNTSVILLE, Ala—Sergt. Sammy Baker, New York, knocked out Irish | Tommy Jordan, Brooklyn (8). 'HIGH HOPE BIG EIGHT | TAKE PIGEON EVENTS | High Hope and Big Eight won races flown from Spartanburg, S. C. and | Salisbury, N. C., respectively, by the Dis trict of Columbia Racing Pigeon Club | High Hope, bred by Harry D. Copen- haver, in capturing the Spartanburg | jaunt won the club's fourth regular old | bird race at 400 miles. Big Eight, bred by Henry C. Hile, in taking the 300- mile Salisbury race won the third sp>- cial trial flight flown by the club. Order of the finish in the races show- ing in yards per minute the first r CHOGOLATE HURT; | against Vidal Gregoria, SHOW IS DELAYED Cuban In]ures Hls Thumb in Fight With LaBarba and | Must Take Rest. ‘ 5 the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 24. — An- nouncement was made by Taylor & Gunnis, local boxing promoters, that the open-air show scheduled for Shibc | ark next Monday night had been post- poned. because Kid Chocolate, flashy Cuban, had been injured in his fight | with Fidel La Barba in New York‘ Wednesday night. Chocolate was to have appeared here | in one of the feature 10-round bouts | Spanish ban- | tamweight. The promoters said they had been | ot existence, | running down an outfleld fly? THE SPORTLIGHT By GRANTLAND RICE ¢ T s difficult to get away from the idea,” says an exchange, “that, after all, victory is the main idea in sport, almost all of it, when the game is fairly played.” | Not quite all of it. In line with those | who like fine art or beauty in any form | there is also a certain | beauty of action, of form and style, that millions have appreciated. In base ball who can forget Johnny | Kling back of the bat; Walter Johnson pitching; the play of Hal Chase at first | and Larry Lajole at second; Speaker Red Grange carrying a foot ball through a broken field; Bobby Jones playing almost any type of shot, es- pecially a long brassle up to a far- away green; the Dempsey of Toledo charging in; Milburn and Hitchcock | she could carry the war into the ene- my's country as well. Miss Wethered has beaten Miss Col- lett twice, but each victory has been won on British soil. This makes a big difference in golf. The American home- bred team crushed the British at Wor- cester two years ago. Back home again, said that'the home advantage was so great that he was doubtful of the wis- especially match play. The home advantage is un- doubtedly heavy. It isn't crushing, but it is an important factor. Not so much to some one like Hagen, who has been across often enough to be at home in British winds and British rains. British golfers are at the same disadvantages over here during the heat of the Summer sea- son. the British won. Lord Northcliff once | dom of attempting international golf, | | ALEXANDRIA FORMS RIDING, HUNT CLUB ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 24 —Alexan- dria Riding and Hunt Club, just or- | canized, with James A. Garvey as pres- | | ident and Miss Barbara Srow secretary, | ,will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Miss Snow, 917 Cameron street, to elect a vice president and secretary and to complete its plans. | "The club has 16 members and plans to have four more before closing its | | membership. Those who have joined | are: Dr. and Mrs. Llewellyn Powell, Kath- ryn Robey, Miss Snow, James A. Gar- vey, Margaret Ogden. Pauline Strauss, | Marjorie = Garvey. e Cole, Nellie Sommers, Mrs. Tereasa Haines, John | Boswell, Leo Garvey, Traynham Hous- i | Mi ton and Everett Brewer. | Additional members will be admitted | as soon as they can be accommodated. | The city stable will be used for keeping ; | the club’s horses until the organiza- | tion's growth warrants the erection of | a place in the country. Alexandria Police Department base ‘bnll tossers will open their season May | not | celebrated | cup for one year. | championship, Miss { th's year IN SPORT| E FRAZIER. R recently crowned sport” by her classmates Gunston Hall, annexed an- other athletic laurel yesterday when she won the Spring golf champlonship, defeating Meta Shackel- ford 6 up in the title match. Aithough given a good battie by her opponent, Miss Love maintained the edge on the match throughout, outplay- ing Miss Shackelford both in the length of her tee shots and in the accuracy of her play on the green, where she sank some difficult putts. The latter was playing the top of her game, but did not relax her efforts to overtake the champion’s lead until the last putt was sunk. Both of the girls will return to Gunston next season and will meet again in the Fall tournament. Miss Love will be awarded a silver golf trophy on class days, which will be next Monday at Gunston She will be privileged to hold the In addition to her golf Love won her letter 25 manager and forward of the varsity basket ball team. t Hall, The impending Metropolitan, which should gross about $20, 000‘ and pay its winner about $16,000, promises to be one of the smartest contests in the history of the beautiful Long Island track. It s quite doubtful that Miss| g0 | Wethered could have beaten Miss Col- | lett as the latter played at Hot Springs advised by Chocolate's manager and a | New York physician that the little Cuban had hurt the thumb of his right in a game here w the Baltimore to cach loft foll e . Tt is thought SPARTANBU With the largest ficld which has com- hitting at full gallop; Helen Meany peted this season, the Army, Navy and Rv"flf- or Pete Des Jardens in mid-air on a ‘Topping the list of 81 eligibles and | potential starters is Osmand, Joseph E. | Widener's great 5-year-old, which turn- | ed in his second Toboggan Handicap | victory last Saturday. The mighty son | of Sweeper II is slated to carry the heavy impost of 128 pounds, the same | weight he packed as he won the open. | ing feature at Belmont. Pounds less in the saddle finds Polydor, Willlam Zeigler, jr. flashy 4-year-old, which made a horse race out of the Toboggan, losing by a head. As a three-year-old Osmand finished second to Whiskery in the Kentucky | Derby. Then he came East and was second to Black Maria in the Metro- politan. Again last year the Belmont Park stake evaded the Widener geld- | ing, Nimba leading the field home, with Chance Shot, Osmand's stable mate, second. Chance Shot is in tomorrow's | fixture with 127 pounds. | Osmand now ranks as the third largest money-winning gelding in the United States turf history. He is sur- passed only by Exterminator, with $252,596 and Sarazen, with $225,000. Osmand's winnings total close to $150,- ‘One horse which may prove danger- ous is Finite, in with the feather of 107 pounds. At Saratoga last year Os- mand and Finite staged a head-for- head duel with the son of the Sweeper winning. Finite, however, does not ap- pear to have reached his best form this season, tiring rapidly in the 6-furlong oboggan, after leading the field for three-quarters of the route. Of the lightweights Begorra, with 95 pounds, appears most formidable in the light of his last race at Jamaica. The son of the Finn, however, may be reserved for | corbett, | Fields—in succ the Withers to be run on Memorial day The same will probably be done with the flashy Jack High, which has been | allotted 112 poun(h "TWO BOUTS PLANNED ‘Harry D. Copenhaver °F. Ernest Roulin Walter . wnm 000 Andrew herty FOR YOUNG CORBETT - s's By the Associated Press. H. O. SAN FRANCISCO, May 24.—Young |R¢ welterweight tifle contender from Fresno, Calif., of his_division—young | Negro, and _Jackie sive bouts in Chicago if present plans work out. William Friestedt, representing Padd: Harmon and the new Chicago Stadium, conferred here yesterday with Larry White, local representative of Corbett, relative to the fights. verbal agreement with Friedstedt and terms will be discussed when the latter returns next week. The Chicagoan will visit Los Angeles in an effort to sign up Ace Hudkins, Nebraska wildcat. . Hudkins Fights Tonight. HOLLYWOOD, Calif, May 24 (#)— Ace Hudkins, Nebraska “Wildcat' return to the middleweight ranks here tonight after a successful venture into the heavyweight division. Hudkins, fighting for, the first time since he decisively icked Armand Emanuel, San Francisco heavyweight, | will meet Tom Moore, rugged Long| Beach, Calif,, boxer in a 10-round bout. ‘The “Wildcat” is a top-heavy fa. vorite, not only to win but to score a knockout. White made a | will meet two of | Un Manor._Loft Ered F.‘Dismer. Alvan 0. Ch | ing Andrew Flaherty Charles Simpson . | E.H. willis H. O. Loch » mlomns rYARBO MALONE SIGNED TO BATTLE WEDNESDAY | OAKLAND, Calif, May 24 | Jock Malone, St. Paul veteran, and Wi son Yarbo, Negro middleweight of | Cleveland, were matched today for a | 10-round main bout here next Wednes- | | day night. | Yarbo, a terrific puncher, has fought | Mickey Walker and other outstanding | | fighters of the m\ddlew\flght dnlsmn 0 | perienced enough fo make Gritith go Maryland Park, hand in one of the late rounds against La Barba and that he would not be in condition by Monday. | Taylor & Gunnis said the bouts prob- ably would be held on June 5. GRIFFITH AND FIELDS FACE TESTS IN RIN By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, May 24—Tuffy Griffith's poientialities as a heavyweight figure and the championship caliber of Jackie Fi e rigorous tests at the Chi- | dium tonight. | pidly outgrowing the light-heavy- | it ranks, Griffith will launch his r in the heavier division by clash- | with Al Friedman of Boston, a SUff puncher and just cagey and ex- | | | his fastest to win, Fie recognized as welterweight champion by the National Boxing Association, will attempt to stop the rush of Clyde Chastain, youthful Texas slasher, who has won 35 of his 43 fights as a professional by knockouts and lost but 1 and that on a foul. These bouts, each scheduled for 10 | rounds, will be supplemented by an- other 10 rounder between Armando | | Santiago of Cuba and Luis Vicentini | |of Chile, 135 pounders. A crowd of | 15,000 is nnuclpn'od OWENS’ PROS }{AVE GAME. Lem Owens' Pros are to face Mary- land A. C. 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But they leave a mem- ory that lasts. ‘There is more to Babe Ruth’s hitting than his mere physical power. There is a smoothness and a beat that is worth watching. ‘There may be a big difference be- tween mental rhythm and physical rhythm, but there is no reason why | both shouldn't add something to the general scheme of life. The Home Advantage. T might be admitted that Joyce Wethered is the best woman golf | last Fall in the final round against Miss Van Wie. It would be the final test if Miss Wethered, a marvelous golfer, could visit the United States and still con- | tinue her winning ways. She has shown that she not only is a star | mechanical player, but also a fine up- | ill fighter, with a 'cool head and a stout heart. She has yet to show that she can come to an entirely different scene and overcome the handicap that will await her. When Mile. De la Chaume won the British women’s championship two years ago she came to the United States later and was beaten in an early round, While beaten at St. Andrews, Glenna Collett made a remarkable showing, when_you consider the handicap she Joyce Wethered caliber, playing upon one of her favorite home links. Even Bobby Jones has made no great headway in Brifish amateur championships at match play in two attempts. Miss Wethered's general average of scoring through several championships has been the lowest ever made by any woman golfer. She is the most con- sistent of them all with every club. It would be interesting to see whether she could extend her domain across the water. In this same connection it might be | recalled that when Helen Wills met Suzanne Lenglen it was on French soil. The next job for Eastern athletes Ss to stop Stanford at the Intercollegiate: now only a week away. If not Stan- ford, then some other California team. player in the world. But the testi- mony would be much more complete if | One of them is always horning in on| the scenes was facing at meeting a golfer of the| ‘lhnt a field day program will be ar- | ranged as an added feature. | Virginia A. C. has listed Fort Humph- | ,l’(‘y Engineers for a game Sunday | afternoon at 2:30 o'clock on the Shlp- | yard Field. | Stanley Dreifus, manager of the Health Cepter bowling alleys, plans to | install an indoor golf course. ‘Walter Thrall, former star oarsman | of the Potomac Boat Club, Washington, | has been named rowing coach of the Old Dominion Boat, Club for the fifth consecutive season. He also served as | coach in 1921, making the current vear his sixth under the Orange and Biack. The club has authorized the employ- ment of additional workmen to com- plete the new float so that it can be | placed in position for launching racing hells by Monday. A contract for con- | ructing a new wharf has awarded. Ellett Cabell has been elected tem- porary captain of the Columbia Engine | Co. nine. |SANTIAGO WILL BATTLE SORIO IN CHICAGO RIN | LOS ANGELES, May 24 (®).—Ar-|R mand Santiago, Cuban lightweight, who recently knocked out Honey Boy Finne- gan, Philadelphia favorite, has signed with Olympic Auditorium officials for a | | bout with Baby Sal Sorio, San Ber- \nardlno, Calif., Mexican. The proposed date for the match fs June 11. Baby Sal, who lost to Tod | Morgan, " junior_lightweight champion, | in a title bout here last Monday night, | | has not signed yet, but Olympic offi- cials said they expected his approval | | soon. | flights for their w; | won | This is the s | K. Kramer, Marine Corps golfers competed in’ three kly handicap prizes at_the service country club in Virginia. Mrs. John N. Hodges tied with Mrs. Guy B. Denit for first honors in flight A. Mrs. Condon McCormack won flight B with a net 40 and Mrs. Holtzman, scor- jng 41, finished second. Flight C was y Mrs. B. 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