Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1929, Page 26

26 SP ] EVE ORTS. NG STAR, WASHI D, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1929. SPORTS. Sympathy Is Sought for Pitchers : One Pound Holding Up Big Ring Attraction SOME NOW TWIRL 9 INNINGS IN DAY Old-Time Hurlers Now Must Realize How They Were Imposed Upon. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. ROM all over the country com- plaints are coming that the hurling staffs of prefessional base ball clubs are in need of sympathy. The batters are all right, but the pitchers are sadly over- worked. It would seem that something should be done about this. Of course the other members of the club nced no sympathy. All they have to do is field, bat and run bases. To be sure, they have to do these things for nine innings or more, but none of them are required to pitch, although it frequently has looked as if they might be. To an outsider it might appear that the batters are overworked. With the modern base ball, but some of them run around the bases for a total of several miles, but at the same time balls over the fence must be a great rest to the felders. The men on the inner Lne of defense don't have to do much running. ‘They just have to be good dodgers. In case of another war, any of them could dodge bullets with extreme ease. “Driving Willing Horse.” But the true student of base ball kncws that it is the pitchers who suffer from overwork. Why, on some teams those poor hired men are expected to g0 nine innings in the same afternoon. ‘There is such a thing as driving a will- ing horse to death. When the Giants had Matty, Mar- quard, Wiltse and Ames, and the Cubs had Miner Brown, Overall, Pfeister and Ruelbach, wages were lower and condi- tions different. Pitchers were even more oppressed in those days. The men mentioned didn't realize how they were abused. They would pitch a full nine- inning day and sometimes work three days a week. Back in the dark ages, when Joe Mc- Ginnity was working, there was even more oppression. Cases are on record where McGinnity not only worked three days a week, but tolled 18 innings a day. Poor, slaving Joseph did not real- ize how he was being imposed upon. But automobiles, airplanes, stock tickers, golf clubs, mechanical progress and education in general have done a Iot for this country. As a general thing the condition of base ball labor has greatly improved. ‘The old - timer wouldn't have heard of a war in China or any other place outside his league, and his reading was confined to batting, “ pitching and fielding averages. Sure Is Tough Life. ‘The modern ball player turns on his radio, and not only knows of wars in China, but of the latest battle between the aged financier and the chorus lady he did or did not make his wedded wife. The modern ball player has no one-track mind. He is informed on subjects of general interest and never has to sit silent at the party. He may not know the baseball averages as well as the old timers, but he knows the figures on stocks of which they never heard. But there still are conservatives con- nected with the game who would apply the ancient slave-driving methods, and it appears that the pitchers are the ones who are suffering. They are grow- ing pale and wan from too much physi- cal and mental exertion, although it must be said that certain managers, such as John McGraw, do try to lighten the pitchers’ labors by doing their thinking for them, which leaves them only physically exhausted. ‘The thing is to figure out a way to help these sufferers. One suggestion which comes to mind is that they might form a pitchers' organization. They then could demand a five-inning day end a one-day week. Any pitcher could be forbidden to work over 15 games a year. That would be the maximum. Relief pitching would, of course, be vol- untary, and would command overtime pay. Millikin U. Grid Team Lists 4 Night Games DECATUR, Ill, August 5 (#).— James Millikin University foot ball team will play four of its games at night this Fall. The Charleston, Eureka and St. Viator contests will be played under lights at Decatur, while Millikin will inaugurate night foot ball at Wabash College, Crawfords- ville, Ind. BOWIE MOTOR NINE TIES WITH BERWYN HYATTSVILLE, Md., August 5.— Bewie Motor Co. and, Berwyn A. C. nines today are heading the race in the Prince Georges County unlimited class base ball championship series as the result of winning double-headers yester- FATHER GAVE IT T |T FOR 15 ‘(EARS”' 'S A PEACH"® day. ‘The Bowie club downed Henry Hiser's Hyattsville All-Stars in fine battling, 5 to 4 and 2 to 1, and Berwyn trounced Clinton, 11 to 4 and 14 to 8. Bowie's dual win was something of a surprise. Capitol Heights Junior Order and Lan- ham A. C. split their double bill, Capitol Heights winning the first, 16 to 6, but losing the second, 3 to 4. “UT'S Th' WER-R-RY QEST CLOOB MADF SIR-R Y ME = " LOOK AT THAT OLD TIMER J=RRY - ['VE HAD (T 20 YEARS~ MY GRAND® HE USED WHEN THEY PUBLIC " TuerE DOESNT f SEEM To BE ANY WHIP I AND THEN THEY JOINED A PRIVATE CLUB. COURSE S “7 7\ BALANCED” —BY BRIGGS MY STARS RALPH - | THOUGHT MY oVTET WAS THE WORST 1IN THE WORLD - BUT- SEEM To GET A CLUB THAT FEsLS t Mount Rainier and Maryland A. C. will make their debut in the series next | Sunday. Mount Rainier will face Lan- | ham on the Mount Rainier diamond | and M. A. C. will meet Capitol Heights Junior Order at Seat Pleasant. Clinton | and Hyattsville All-Stars will mix at Riverdale, and Bowie and Berwyn at | Berwyn in other engagements. Double- headers are listed in each instance. By the Associated Press. ‘Tennis. SEABRIGHT, N. J.—Helen Jacobs retains women's singles title in Sea- | bright invitation tournament, beating | Edith Cross in straight sets. Berkeley Bell, Austin, Tex., and Marjorie Mor- rill, Dedham, Mass., win mixed doubles. Bell and Gregory Mangin, Newark, N. J.. deafeat old Davis cup team of R. N. | | Williams and Watson Washburn to | capture men's doubles. | EASTHAMPTON. N. Y.—Marjorie | | Gladman, Santa Monica, Calif., reaches final of Maidstone Women's invitation. | Helen Wills and Edith Cross win two | doubles matches although losing 1—6 | | set to Marie Fensterer, Englewood, N. |J. and Genevieve Fox, Southamp- | | ton, N. | Golf. CHICAGO, August 5 (#).—A profit of | | . SCHENECTADY, N. Y.—Maurice more than $80C.000 on its 29-day sea- | | McCarthy, New York, trounces John G. | | Ayling, Syracuse, 9 and 8, to win New | | York State amateur championship. PROVIDENCE.—Walter Hagen and | Horton Smith make best ball score of 68 to win exhibition from Brad Oxnard son at Arlington Park will enable the American National Jockey Club to in- crease its stakes and purses to $600,000 next Summer: The club conducted the meeting on a and Eddie Myers. non-profit_basis and when the large Raci | earnings were revealed plans for 1930 g , were launched for the most ambitious SARATOGA SPRINGS.—Blue Lark- | program ever offered by any racing or- spur injures tendon in training and ganization. may not race again this season. | The American Classic, worth $60,000 DEAUVILLE, France —Jefferson Davis in added money this year, will be en- Cohn’s Sir Lancelot, 10 to 1, wins Prix | riched (substantially, possibly to $100,- | De La Municipalite. 000, while the Arlington Handicap, a - $20,000 race this year, probably will be | nsARATOGA SPRINGS. os SaKUSo: | fncreased to $50.000, making it the rich- | STate oty Co% nkes $10.000) gt gii.nge stake in the country. | | Polo. ‘ | | FEDERAL BOWLERS MEET TO DECIDE ON ALLEYS Officers, committeemen and team Y.— | captains are asked to attend a meeting feats of the Federal Bowling League to be | | held Wednesday night' at 8 o'clock at | the Arcadia alleys to select the alleys for league matches the coming season. Any Government department or bu- | reau wishing to enter the league. should be represented at the meeting. -Harry Seyfarth recently was elected president | of the loop. | GEORGETOWN GRIDIRONER \ GREENWICH, Conn.—Ex Ridge team | wins New Engfiland 13-goal champlon- | | ship, beating Purchase (N. Y. * | four, 14—8. [ | _PORT WASHINGTON, N. Roslyn, led by Eric Pedley, de | Sands Point in high goal series. Track. BOSTON.—Jimmy Henigan, Dor- | chester, wins 15-mile feature of Bos- | ton Caledonia games. Phil Edwards a | double in mile and 600-yard runs. Rowing. SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Kenneth | | Myers, Philadelphia, defeats Jack | | Wright, Canada, to win national single | | sculls title. Penn Athletic Club takes | | | eight-oared event. SAVES LIFE OF SWIMMER Yachting | According to wordh recpl\'id from | NEWPORT.—Perpetual Constellation Stamford, Conn., Joseph Coppola, mem- trophy in Nlrlgan:g(et Bag regatta goes | ber of the 1928 Georgetown Univers v! to C. Roy Keys of Buffalo for second {reshman foot ball eleven, a man from drowning. recently saved ' In order to be perfectly fair to the year. ! followers of the game, it might be best Situining. | | Coppola, employed as a ipr:lclil;lgggf:d to establish imit of twi 7 | man, leape e wate o 2 Minimum limit of tWO| CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Three of team and pulled the man out after he had games each season. Yes, gentlemen, the poor overworked pitchers certainly need protection. (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- paper Alliance.) CYCLISTS IN WARM-UP FOR D. C. TITLE RACES In preparation for the District of Co- | lumbia championship bicycle meet, to be held August 25 under auspices of the Century Road Club Association, a three- event program was staged by the asso- ciation at the West Potomac Park polo field yesterday. The results: One mile open—Won by Bieber: second, d, H 1544 Barnes! thir > Time, 2:154. ches—Kerr defeated - Hetter, rner. Pive-mile handicap—Won by Connor. 2 minute_handicap: second, Bigber, scratch; third, Horner, scratch. How Interlockng Golf Grip Is Used A u"" " - BY SOL METZGER. Sarazen, Ouimet—many stars, in fact—prefer the interlocking grip. It is always widely adopted whenever the winner of either a national open or amateur has been found to em- ploy it. It has for its purpose the tying together of the two hands on the leather se they will work in unison, and there can be no doubt it does tie them together. Note in the sketch what it looks like and how it is taken. The little finger of the right hand locks with the first finger of the left. But the trouble with it, so many stars tell me, is that it tends to cause the user to tighten up too much with his forearms, as this lock of the two hands does not permit the “give” or play. of hands that is pos- sible with the overlapping grip. One thing is certain, both Ouimet and Sarazen when off their games are usually guilty of hooking. Pos- sibly those who slice might help cure, it_by. trying this grip. Johnson, Barnes defeated | !titles in Midatlantic meet won by twice gone under. The Georgetown stu- Charleston, Chattanooga wins fourth. | dent gn‘cl-h'ed special commendation | General. | from the Stamford police chief for his 'CHICAGO.—Maj. Mariano B. South- | act. | wich accepts one of three vacant posts on Illinois State Athletic Commission. | . NEW ORLEANS.—Ted Banks, former Michigan star, signed as head base ball and freshman foot ball coach at Tulane. o CUP REGATTA TOPIC. Another meeting of the Chesapeake | | & Potomac Power Boat Assoclation and | | the heads of the various civic organiza- | | tions pllnnl‘:'lel lfird t)l:e Pl'gslfl':nt:e CI;% | | Mexico's “king of the bullfighters” | regatta to ¢! ere September 13 Rodolfo Gwm.'hu killed 1,800 bulis and 14 will be held tomorrow night lt‘ in the ring in the past 18 years. | the Willard Hotel. Tales of a Wayside Tee BY GRANTLAND RICE. ZAR SIR: To settle a chaotic state of mind over the distribu- tion of weight in the golf swing will you &leue enlighten me | on which leg the weight should be on the down swing? I/ have got it from various sources both ways. Some say !t} should be on the right leg until the ball is hit; others maintain it is on the left leg coming down with the club. The latter seems to me to be inconsistent with everything pertaining to force, rhythm | and reason, as a golfer would be striving to go backward and push forward at the same time. Very truly yours, B.F. K. It is generally conceded that all good They have let the weight get golfers, when they are playing well, ahead of the action of the:hands have the bulk of their weight on the | and club head. They have then right foot and right leg at the top of | turned the control of the swing over the swing. This brings the argument | to the body, which should work with ~ along as to what actually happens on | the hands, not against them. This, the down swing. If you will study | as a rule, is the result of too much closely the action of any good golfer | tension and an over-keen desire to as he starts the down swing you will | hit the ball. The moment the body | see this development: ® takes charge of the swing there is 1. The left heel dropping back to little hope of pleasant results. the ground and the left side be- If you watch a pitcher throwing a ginning to get out of the way to |base ball you will sée his left side turn rmit_the hands to swing the club | well around as he es the ball back. iead through a clear path. The left foot is usually off the ground, . As the hands and club head |for a right hander. As he starts the move into forward or downward |forward motion the left foot drops back action the bulk of the weight is |to be ready to act as a brace, but his still on the ;lghl foot 'hl}dfth: gul- ".fih:h;“ sitx‘ll; b’:g:‘o{ht!he‘;:lk ol;lehfi ting comes from a ri 00! al- S ‘oW ancge or brace. 'rhe‘gbulk of the !right foot and leg, not from the left. weight gets over to the left foot | S ! Jusbg -boen the time the ball is hit. | Leo Diegel lf.y! that, li.: ox-:!et %-;ngé:{x After the ball it hit almost the en- | OPeD, when he was going i tire weight is on the left foot. { he suddenly found his weight brought Bobby Jones says that as he hits the forward to the left side flff.o qulcklg- | ball he has the feeling that he is shov. | Before he could O jing off from the right foot, as.if the i'h‘d used up ;‘r;ough strol “Xcmr o:fm .;‘ right foot was braced against some fixed | title, which he has won Touf e obect, This feeling would be impos. | “When I am hilting the bell rom sible if the weight had come forward right leg,” he sald, nllywac‘r'{xl: "us to the left side too quickly. There |it Well and I 02 L m:‘ Fsil must be 8 feeling that the weight is | But there is always toe terup wmm o back uf the swing. It is sometimes | throw the welght forward too auete:” expressed in the slogan: “Keep back of | It is impossible e ;t; peione. the ball” It must not stay too far ;trol or power when the swing is m: back, just as it must not be thrown ‘.';150 ot ;“H:&w% Ll:n?l,ewn‘:y‘ el feeling of hand and club head control when the weight has been .thrown for- | | Once the back swing is 'completed with the welght naturally transferred | ward too far before the hands can be- to the right foot and right leg, the |gin action. The idea, after all, is to A t it the | use the hands to hit the ball with the e T o > wiereln, {he | head of the club and let the body work ! with the hands. TODAY | hands are the controlling agents. They . BASE BALL; 5% must be. It is for this reason that AMERICAN LEAGUE FAIK the left heel is allowed to drop back WASHINGTON vs DETROIT and the left side to turn out of the road. This first action clears the path for hands and club head. But the fact that the left heel drops back, shown in all slow motion of all good golfers, does not mean that the bulk of the weight has been thrown on the. left foot. This is & common fault of num- berless golfers, who are then completely off balance, _.s. TICKETS ON SALE AT\ PARK AT 9:00 AM. ¢ LEXANDRIA, White Haven A. Field yesterday afternoon before the | while their teammate, Leon Riley, tossed | Va., August 5.-— C. of Washing- | ARLINGTON PLANNING . W hite Haven Wins, 3-2, in 13th, |PRESS CARDS IN TIE FOR RECORD PURSES ()ver Columbia Engine Co. Team| WITH DIXIE PIG NINE at Baggett's Park, and clinched for the locals the three-game series between ton and the Columbia Engine | the two clubs with two consecutive tri- Company of the Fire Department battled neck and neck for 13 innings on Hayden Alexandria | umphs. Joe Hamilton and Russell Kidwell National Press Building Cardinals and | Dixie Pigs today are tied for first place | in the unlimited section of the Capital | City Base Ball League, each with eight | wins and three defeats. Both the lead- | | garnered three hits each for the Celtics, | S gained their positions as the result former pushed over a lone tally that | ¢ 1 D e o in a triple that cleared the automobiles Robey singled for the visitors to open | (nRoBey singled for the visitors to oben | Willie Wolfe. Jack Mattingly. Stahl and and then galloped home on Dyer’s one- base biow. White Haven garnered two was a home run over the right field | seven victorles and three sctbacks. Az- | runs early in the game, but the Fire- men kuotted the count with & two-run | rally in the seventh. Swistake, the White Haven pitching ace, granted the Columbia nine 7 hits and fanned 14, while Ashby Snell- ing, the Fire Fighters flinger, gave up | only 6 hits and fanned 10. ‘The Columbia tossers are anxious to book a game for Sunday with some fast | failed for the second time to put in &N | man tossers, 13 to 8, and Montrose was unlimited nine, the contest to be played | appearance for & - e |on Haydon Pield. Ray phone Manager Billy Padgett or Coach [on Edward Duncan Field, For games, tele- Harvey Lunceford at Alexandria 1774. A seven-run rally in the eighth frame | gave the St. Mary's Celtics a 11-to-6 | signed that post, and Guy Camden has verdict over the Georgetown A. C., one of the outstanding contenders for the District of Columbia crown, yesterday ever. in center field on the fly and a single. “Gook™ Taylor each hit twice safely for the invaders. One of Mattingly's blows fence. ‘The Celtics have booked a game with the Kennedy A. C. of Washington for next Sunday at 3 o'clock in Baggett's Park. The Kennedys have won 13 straight games. Army Headquarters of Washi n glme with the Del ey did not appear in Potoma yesterday. Bob Martin, who has managed the A. C. when ti c, Del Ray team for two seasons, has re- | been elected manager. Martin will con- tinue with the team as a player, how- Sandlotters’ Almanac 8t. Josep Brown's_Corne; Miller Aztecs, RESULTS. League. CAPITAL CITY. Unlimited Seetlon. 13; Brentwood Hawks, 4. 13; Tremonts. 8. uths, 4. Senior Section. ' Try-Me_Aces. 7: Roamers. Miller Furnifure Co.. 13 Montrose, Calhouns. Vic's Sport O'Briens. Langleys, 19; Murphy-Ames, ufman's. 8. € Brookiand Boys' Olub. 3. Junior Section. 2:_Potomacs. 1 Shop. 2; Ty Cobbs. 8,110 innin 6: Lionels. AMERICAN LEGION SERIES. George Washington, Lincoln, 1. Victory, 23; Walcott, . PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY SERIES. Capitol Helghts Junior Order, I . 6-4. P3wle Wotor Co. 5-2: Hiser's All- Berwyn, 11-14; Clinton, Sox. Red Arlingt on “Firemen, Fire Deparument ux Klan. 3; Purcellville, Va., 3 ;. Mechanicsville, (yesterday). 8t. Mary's Celtics, 1 Lan- 8. INDEPENDENT. . i: Bryantown, [} 10; Jefterson District (Sat- an, 6 s 7; Ku Klux' Kl .. y Ot rce A. C., 18. Chevy Chase Gra; c Army Medicos, 8. \iational Press'Biding Cardinals, §: Rock- Mount Rainier, 7: Union Printers, 5. Hume 8prinj Mercury A. En. 3. ‘White Haven, 3; Columbia gine Co., 2 (13 innings). A, B. & W. Busmen, 9; Phoenix A, Cherrydale A. C., 6-f Corinthian Midgets, 1 ts, 11. Corinthian Midgets, 13: Foxx Midgets, 7. Kennedy A. C. 3. 0 4 lack Sox, 3-5. White Haven' Mid- Foxall A. C. Hess A C. 1-8. Union Pla College, 5. sSolgmen Virginia White X, GAMES SCHEDULED. League. TODAY. INDUSTRIAL. Washington South Ellipse, GEORGETOWN CHURCI Calvary Baptist vs. West Wa: Washi south Ell § Light vs. Chestnut Farms, 5 o'clock. ngton. TOMORROW. INDUSTRIAL. ht vs. t 3 R e e FRENCH LEAGUE. Insect Loop. Senators ve. Webcos, South Eilipse, 1 Nehis vs Hess, West Ellipse, 11 a.m. Pla; VACATION LEAGUE. Insect Section, Division B. Hoover Playgrounds vs. Cronins, Missouri Avenue Playground, 11 o'cloc! a: ocl nsect Section, Divisibn A. Yankees vs. St. Joseph's, Missouri Avenue round, i1 o'clock. i1 o TUNE IN ON MID- SUMMER USED CAR SALE 333 % Off LATE MODELS 1928 AND 1920 Chryslers, Fords,” Chevrole Nash and Studebakers Two Stores Jos. McReynolds, Ine. 1701 14th Pot. 1631 1423 “L” Dee. 6868 | | | [ INDEPENDENT. TODAY. District of Columbla Police va, Headau e et hnee “Washington "Barrscke 3 | o'clock. TOMORROW. Brown's Corner ve. Plaza All-Stars, Plaza diamond, 5:18 o'clock, SBATURDAY. Liberty A. C_vs. Red Box. 3 o'cloeck: Lib- erty A C. vs.Jonnny A. C. 4 o'clock. Clark Grifith Stadium. Liberty A. C. field u Ku Xlux Klan vs. Navy, 2:30 o'clock. BUNDAY. Ru Kiux Kign ve Silver Spring Giants, | Silver Bprin; Jefferson Fire Department. Arlington_Firemen vs. McLean A. C., Mc- Lean, Va., 3 o'clock. GAMES WANTED. 5,3 ooclock. istrict Firemen vs. Kensington sday and Thursday. this week next—Union Printers (unlimited), Webb, Main 5260. Week-day limited), Lincoln 1835-J. Any_ day—Corinthians (midgets), Claren- don 1334-J-2 after § p.m. Any day—Ku Kiux_ Klan (unlimiteds). Metropolitan 3333, Del Ray. A, B. & W. Bus- men and Mount Rainier specially challenged. . TO RACE AT CUMBERLAND. BALTIMORE, Md., August 5—So pleased is teh veteran Western turf- man, John Strito, with half-mile rac- ing in this State, that he wired Race | Secretary Edward Brennan to reserve him six stalls for the Cumberland meeting, which ushers in Maryland's Fall season on August 26 o New York Yankees will have paid Babe Ruth $470,000 during his eight years which end this Fall. and Sundays—Hess A, C. (un- | being awarded forfeits yesterday. | Miller Aztecs, Brentwwod Hawks and | St. Joseph's are just one-half game be- ! hind the pacemakers, being locked in a triple tie for third place, each with | tecs yesterday defeated Auths, 7 to 4, | and St. Joseph's scored over Brentwood | Hawks, 13 to 4. Brown's Corner brought | its percentage to .500 by topping Tre- | monts, 12 to 8. ‘Try-Me Aces vanquished Roamers, 7 to 2, to maintain their lead in the sec- | ond 'series in the senior section. Miller Furniture Co. pointed the way to Kauf- | & 6-t0-2 victor over Brookland Boys' | Club. As _the result of getting & for| | feit over Bostonians the Hartfords are | | just one-half game back of the loop-) leading Aces. O'Briens and Vic's Sport Shop nines still boast clean records in the junior | section. O'Briens overcame Lionels in | pag a 10-inning battle for their third win | in as many starts and Vic's team bested Ty Cobbs, 2 to 0, for its second victory | in as'many games. squeezed | through to a 2-to-1 triumph over Po- tomacs and Langleys trounced Murphy- Ames, 19 to 9. In the American Legion series Victory Post, winner yesterday over Walcott, 23 to 6, is in front by half a game over the second-place George Washington tos- BOUT HANGING FIRE By the Associated Press. Heavy rimmed tortoise-shell dark |Cuban Willing to Fight If [ New Yorker Will Weigh lasses worn by Emile (Spider) 128, Not 129 Pounds. gest natural matches this city ladner at his wedding ceremony, bas known in quite some time. Bordeaux, Prance, caused much | The principals doing all the arguing are ulation among his friends. It turned out that “Spider” wore ministered to him. | Kid Chocolate and Al Singer, the scin- tillating star of the New York Ghetto, the glasses to camouflage a lovely yellow and black eye. | who scored such a surprising knockout | over the featherweight champion, Andre | Routis, recently. | Chocolate, a lean fighting man who | tips the beam well under 126 pcunds, re- ‘The former French flyweight champion up to June 20, in spite of | fuses to give ground when asked to per- | mit Singer to weigh in at 129. One 60 or more battles in the ring, had | pound less and the Cuban sweetmeat never been marked and still retained fore his wedding, the contour of his Rlng sensahon F'ths fOr,wlll take his chances with the sharp- | was_somewhat deranged in | BY JOHN J. ROMANO. i EW YORK, August 5—One | pound i ail that stands in the | way of making one of the big- the most stinging defeat ever ad- & schoolboy appearance. But when Small Purse at Club That | he met Gene Huat, practically un- | | known French boxer, two weeks be- Gave Him Start. | BY EDWARD J. NEIL. Assoclated Press Sports Writer. | EW YORK, August 5.—Grati- | tude in a& prize fighter has | come to be such a rare trait | in these days of overthrown | managers, overstuffed purses | and overexaggerated controversies, that | the case of Kid Chocolate is almost | too good to be true. A little more than a year ago the flashing Cuban “keed,” one of the clev- ‘ erest bits of fighting machinery the modern ring has produced, drifted into | New York with his manager, broke and | in need of immediate action. They | visited every fight club in the metrop- | olis without even landing a match in | an_opening four-rounder. | Discouraged, the tall Cuban boy drift- | ed out to the soldiers’ camp at Mitchel | Field where once a week the lesser lights of the leather-tossing industry battle for coffee and cake money at a | tiny/ fight club. The smiling “keed” got his first chance here. | From the first moment Chocolate lifted his hands in action he was a sen- | sation. The Cuban youngster, only 19 years old, is a perfect boxer with thzi technique of the old masters, a stiff | puncher with either hand and engag- ing ring personality. ithin & few | weeks every promoter in the metropolis wanted his services. i Within the year Chocolate bounded up the fistic trail, beating with ease every top-notcher he faced in the ban- tam and featherweight divisions. His victories over Bushey Graham, Fidel Labarba and Vidal Gregorio have left him almest in a class by himself. Pro- moters are pleased to set his night's wages around $15,000. But Chocolate, the sensation now. never has forgotten the days when only the doors of the Mitchel Field Club were | whenever the matchmeker there want- |ed him. This week he will keep his | promise, for a few hundred dollars in- stead of the thousands he will box | Tommy Lorenzo 10 rounds for the sol- | diers Wednesday night. Gans Shares Spot Light. Another Negro, Baby Joe Gans of California, shares the New York spot light with Chocolate. Gans will battle Sergt. Sammy Baker, tough soldier war- rior, in the hcadline match at the Queensboro Stadium™ Tuesday. Jackie Fields, the new welter-weight champion, | promised to meet the winner of a tournament here in the Fall. Jack Berg, the English welterweight, tackles Joe Trabon of Kansas City here tonight. ' The leading heavyweight show this week brings Tuffy Griffith of Sioux City, Towa, and Jack Murphy of Boston together in a 10-round match tonight at Peoria, Ill Other fights on the week's card in- clude: Monday—At New York, Starlight url ‘The latter yesterday downed Lin- coln, | eliminate that team from the pennant race in the second half, and gained a | second victory by forfeit over Delano. Victorv piled up 23 hits in swamping ‘Walcott. Sluggers. G. AB. RH. 3 97 381 73 156 .409 101 362 10 142 .392 101 409 94 155 .380 103 420 68 157 .'7: Player and_Club. Herman, Robins.. | Foxx, Athletics. | O'Doul, Phillies. Terry, Giants ! Manush, Browns.. 99 407 69 152 .37 Run Scorers. | Hornsby, | Douthit, Ott, Giants.. | O'Doul, Phillies | Wilson, . Cubs,.. i Base Stealers. | Swanson, e Frisch, Cardinal | Herman, Robins | Genringer, Tigers... 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BEAUMONT, Tex., August 5 (P).— A 100-mile shot was the boast of Kyle | Wheelous, a golfer. Taking a lesson | from John Spiller, pro at the municipal course, Wheelous lifted a high one into {v.he cockpit of a mail plane taking off {from {he airport which adjoins the course. The plane sailed off for Houston. To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F fthe %ve the oupon for 1¢s Vafusble Write for remium Catalog P FoIL WRAPPED OR PLAIN 1L Lewis Cigar Mfg. Co. Makers Newark, VN3 Washington 1G >EST CIGAR Philadelphia, light- | TROUSERS hitting Singer. The latter's manager balks at paring the youngster down, as Singer has been growing. Rather than take a chance on impairing Al's chances of growing into a full-blown lightweight, Dan Cap- lin is just as adamant as Chocolate's manager about the matter. Singer weighed in at 129 pounds for Routis and was at his best. Speaking of the Routis contest, Luis Guiterrex, manager of Chocolate, is hav- ing a hard job trying to square with his fighter and the colony of Cubans and Spaniards in this city. Chocolate was offered the Routis match, but his man- ager held out for an equal division of the purse, as he figured Chocolate would be_the attraction. ‘While it is undoubtedly true that Kid Chocolate is a prime favorite in this city, his manager failed to take into account that it is a champion's prerog- ative to grab the major end of the }m ‘The challenger is considered ucky if he gets more than training ex- penses for the chance to knock the crown off the title holder's head. Guiterrez has a chance to redeem himself. If he thinks his fighter could | beat Routis he must have the same opinion about the latter's conqueror. Pressure is being brought to bear on the parties to make it possible for this city to witness what looks like the best featherweight fight in years. SILVER SPRING WINS OVER HOSPITAL NINE Breoke Grubb's hustling Silver Spring Giants today are boasting a 6-to-5 win over the crack Naval Hospital team. An carly lead enabled the Springers to triumph over the Tars yeste ver Spring. It was oniv the third de- feat of the campaign for the Hospital nine. Jerry Augustine pitched well for A. B. & W. busmen as they turned back | open to him. He promised to come back ' Phoenix A. C. nine, 9 to 4, at Arling- ton, Va. Mount Rainier contrived to vanquish Union Printers, 7 to 5. in an interesting battle at Mount Rainier. Foxall A. C. furnished Kennedy A. C lively_battling before succumbing in a 4-t0-3 struggle. Ray Francis. winning pitcher, chalked up his twelfth straight victory. Lefty Brown shaded E. Edelen as the sturdy Washington Red Sox -nosed out the Bryantown nine, 1 to 0, in the Marylan v s2venth for National ‘ardinals, who took the mea: to 1. The Cards scored four runs in that session. Cherrydale A. C. for the second time this season grabbed a double-header from Washington Black Sox. The scores were 6 to 3 and 9 t0 5. Jefferson District Fire Dtpartment, beaten by Arlington Firemen, 8 to 10, will meet Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at Manager Beckwith's home. Coleman White Sox took Virginia White Sox to camp, 8 to 3. Army Headguarters and District Po- licemen were to face this afternoon at 2 o'clock on the Army War College dia- mond. Colonial unlimited cl nine was & 9-t0-3 victor over Sam's Wonder team. The los>rs made a triple pla G. U. FIVE TO PLAY PITT. PITTSBURGH, August 5.-—George- town University has beeni listed for basket ball by University of Pittsburgh the coming season. The date has not | been announced. ; .E:n ors snd Cores in Steek atts, 1809 14th North 7177 319 13th. 's_Bloek Balow Ave.