Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1929, Page 51

SPORTS * Carnera’s Beef May Be His Fortune : England in Favor of Open Tennis Tourney THEY GANT TRIFLE WITH 284 POUNDER ‘Primo Needs Only Convincing Victory or Two to Make Him Big Attraction. BY WALTER TRUMBULL. EW YORK, December 20.— Primo Carnera stopped Franz Diener in six rounds in Lon- don. Now, while this partic- ular accomplishment is not extraordinary—Diener has been stop- ped before—the ' fact remains that PFranz always has been known as tough fellow, which shows at least that Primo is wearing on an opponent. They say that Carnera is no terrific hitter, but few would care to have a 284-pounder, who stands 6 feet 4 inches, even slap them with malicious intent. Carnera has gone in the ring| with tough fellows and with hard hit- ters, all of whom were vastly more ex- perienced than himself, and has come out under his own power. His best @sset, at present, appears to be his size; but that may be a real asset, especially as his chin seems to be fairly solid. “Willard looked so big at Toledo,” Dempsey once said to me, “that wondered whether I could hurt him.” ‘Willard Was “Small.” But Willard, as compared to Carnera, was a flagpole compared to the Wash- ington Monument. It takes a lot of effort to bring one of those giants down. If this Carnera can fight at all, and if he is properly handled, he may vet make a fortune out of the ring. Which is the aim of all pugilists, small or large. ‘The great Shires only gave away some 40 pounds to Trafton. Having failed in that effort, it is unlikely that he would accept a match with Carnera, where he would have to donate some 110 pounds. They do say that the great Shires is now receiving tons of mail, and that it all consists of challenges. Here would have been a great idea for Tex Rickard. By now Tex would have had the base ball leagues, the foot ball leagues, the brakemen's Jeagues, the truck driver's leagues, the drum beaters’ leagues, and all the other Jeagues holding elimination contests. And then he would have matched the winners. But it is noticeable that all the challengers seem to pick on Shires. Apparently very few have challenged ‘Trafton. If Trafton only would stay in the me and trim a few more opponents, e might be of real assistance to Frank Bruen of Madison Square Gar- den. Mr. Bruen is at the present writing in somewhat of a tough spot. Scott a Liability. He has an arena in Miami, and he has Jack Sharkey signed, but it takes two to make a fight and any real op- ponent for Sharkey is as yet undiscov- ered. Phil Scott won on a foul from Von Porat, but his showing in that brief battle entitles him to little, except the world face-making championship. As a drawing card he possibly would be worth several complimentary tickets. ‘Madison Square Garden is, of course, interested in the boxing game from a sporting angle, but it also takes some slight interest in the gate receipts. This latter angle would appear to make Mr. Stott a lability, ra than an asset. Mr. Bruen is -looking for an asset. So the news that Primo Carnera is on his way to this country may be of interest. Whether he will arrive as a passenger or be ship) as freight makes little real difference. It is to be hoped that he is a sailor, as they naturally will wish him to keep to the middle of the ship and not to hang GREENLEAF AGAIN CUETITLE HOLDER Fine Defense Helps in 125- to-69 Win Over Rudolph in Tie Play-off. By the Associated Press. ETROIT, December 20.—Ralph Greenleaf of New York again holds the world pocket billlard championship. This star cue- ist defeated Erwin Rudolph of Chicago in the play-off for the world crown by 125 to 69 in 18 innings. The game was not spectacular, but was marked by hard fighting and oxcellent defensive work. Both players seemed to be showing the strain, Greenleaf mis- cuing twice and making a foul once, offenses seldom charged against the headliners. Rudolph also was guilty cf at least four misses on easy shots. Right from the start it settled down to a battle of defense. At the end of nine innings Rudolph was leading, 25 to 0. In the tenth inning Greenleaf found his stride and, playing deliber- ately, also rather slowly for Greenleaf, and with much care, he accumulated 44, when he miscued on a side rail shot for the corner, Rudolph had an ex- cellent chance at this stage, but was over any rail, but these detalls prob- ably have been worked out. The main thing is that, after Carnera has been unloaded, if he can fall on & couple of heavyweights and keep them down for 10 seconds, he may be a gate attraction. It is true that futher com- plications might arise. If any pro- moter showed Carnera in an outside ring, the fences would have to be built up. Otherwise fans could gather on the outside and see him for nothing. ‘Then there might be difficulty with Sharkey. The Boston battler might justifiably claim that he had signed as a boxer and not as an elephant hunter. These are jjust idle observations. It is not probabie that Carnera will be con- sidered far enough advanced to appear at Miami, where the engineers only have guaranteed the ring platform to stand a certain strain. So Mr. Bruen will have to keep on Jooking for a contender. He certainly would be pleased if somebody gave him a Dempsey or Tunney for Christmas. (Copyright, 1929, by the North Americ Newspaper Alliance.) ARRAY OF GOLFERS IN $4,000 TOURNEY By the Assoclated Press. PASADENA, Calif., December 20.— ‘More than 120 of the Nation's best pro- fessional golfers and nearly an equal number of amateurs started play here today, bent on wresting from Craig Wood, Bloomfield, N. J., professional, the $4,000 Pasadena open golf title. A majority of the “big shots"—Wal- ter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Johnny Farrell, Tony Manero, Horton Smith, Bobby Cruickshank, Tommy Armour—and numerous others, will seek champion- ship money. Wood, whose long drives featured his appearance a year ago, has coupled his hitting ability with a fin- ished style on the putting greens—a style which won for him the recent Hawaiian open and enabled him to go to the third round in the Professional Golfers’ Association tourney. Diegel, Agua Caliente professional, by virtue of his P. G. A. championship, and the runner-up, Johnny Farrell, from New York, are strong favorites, as @lso are Hagen and Smith. The best 100 and tles in today's yound of 18 holes will qualify for Sat- urday’s play, with the 60 low cards for the total 36 holes qualifying the con- tenders for Sunday’s concluding play. NAVY'S RIFLE, FENCING DATES ARE ANNOUNCED ANNAPOLIS, December 20.—Lieut. Comdr. Frederick G. Reinicke, grad- uate manager of athletics at the Naval Academy, has announced the rifle and fencing schedules, as follows: ‘ FENCING. January 18—French Y. M., C. A, New York. January 22—Pennsylvania Athietic Club. 1-New York Pencing Club. 15—Yale. at New Haven. 23_Massachusetts Tech. _Hamilton Collexe. March 15—Princeton. h 22—University of Pennsylvania. 29_Philadelphia Sword Club. ~Semi-finals, Southern Division 1n- February bruary Fencing 'Association. Finals of intercoliegiates, at RIFLE. January 11—Univegaty of Maryland, Jan) 15—Penn gikate 25—Georgs town. 'y 8—-Ohlo State. 15—Virginia Military Institute. z rginia. iEh B el April S—Intercollesiates (to be held at She Naval Academy or in Washington). Janua WOOIiLAWN S WANT FOES. Woodlawn A. C. basketers are seek- fng opponents for next month. Call ‘Clarendon 925, A 9 ¥ THE EVENING ST TON, stopped at 23 when he missed a left- hand shot on a short try for the corner. Greenleaf came right back with 41, missing the six-ball for the corner on a long break shot. Incidentally, that was the only shot Greenleaf ‘pissed on a called ball during the game. He sur- rendered the table to Rudolph in the |other innings on safeties, scratches, miscues and a foul. Rudolph’s answer to Greenleaf's 41 was only 7 when he missed another relatively easy shot. For the next four innings defense was in order but in the sixteenth inning Greenleaf ran 12, when he mis- cued on the four-ball in trying to get position for a break. This brought his total to 102. Rudolph ran 12 and seemed on his way to a long run when he missed his second left-hand shot on a side.rail shot for the corner. His total then was 67. Greenleaf came back with two, being | retired when he fouled on the one ball after pocketing the two. His total then was 103. In Rudolph's half he ran two and said farewell for the tournament when he missed a cut shot for the side. Gtr!‘262nlelf ended the game with a run of 22. By winning the title, Greenleaf earned $1,200 in cash and a salary of $6,000 a year given by the National Billiard As- claticn. Greenleaf also will receive 6 per cent of the net gate receipts. The tournament this year outdrew any previous tournament in the history of pocket billiards. Rudolph will receive $1,000 in cash and a salary of $3,000 a year. He also will receive 15 per cent of the net receipts. PRO BASKET BALL. Brooklyn, 24; Cleveland, 18. Chicago Bruins, 36; Rochester, 20. BASS IS EXPECTED 10 DOWN MORGAN Junior Lightweight Title Apt to Shift Tonight, Fans Figure. EW YORK, December 20.—The betting fraternity is willing to transfer its headquarters from Seattle to Philadelphia tonight, when iscn Square Garden. Overnight odds made the deadly around 6 to 5 at ring time. Tke fight is for 15 rounds. stockily built Bass is much the harder puncher. weight championship. On that occa- sion Bass suffered & broken bone in his By the Assoclated Press. give odds that the junior light- weight championship will Tod Morgan defends his somewhat syn- thetic title against Benny Bass in Mad- punching Bass an 8 to 5 favorite, but these were expected to narrow to Morgan will have an advantage in weight, height and reach, but the Bass' last major engagement here was against Tony Canzoneri for the feather- shoulder early in the fight, but fought 8o savagely that he barely dropped the I €L decision to the great little New York Italian. Morgan is a frail looking fighter who can box with any of them, but whether he can stand up under Bass' punishin; blows, the experts are inclined to doubt. Two English fighters will be seen on the preliminary card. Nel Tarleton, a clever featherweight. meets Al Ridge- way of Jersey City, in the eight-round semi-final, and Dom Volante, another British featherweight, meets Frankie Marchese of New York in another eight- rounder. Fights Last Night By the Assoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla—Bob Goodwin, Day- | tona Beach, Fla., stopped Jimmy de Capua, Flint, Mich. (10); Ginger Jer- nigan, Columbus, Ohio, and Izzy Kap- lan, Meridan, Conn., draw (8). e MUELLER-RIOUX WINNER WILL FIGHT VON PORAT CHICAGO, December 20 (#)—Hein Mueller, clever German heavyweight, and Elzear Rioux, Canadian heavy- weight champion, will be fighting for a match with Otto von Porat, when they meet at the Chicago Stadium De- cember 27. Matchmaker Nate Lewis of the stadium has lined up a promise from Ed Stevenson, Von Porat's manager, to meet the winner late in January or early in February. The Mueller-Rioux bout is down as the semi-final to the Bud Taylor-Earl Mastro bout. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1929. WOULD HAVE PROS AT NET ANNUALLY France, However, Objects to Open Meet, Fearing Big Government Tax. BY VINCENT RICHARDS. HIS year will go down in sport history as the year when more radical changes were made by governing bodies than at any other time. Hockey, tennis, boxing, golf and base ball will all have new rules. At present only two things must be changed in the International Federa- tion rules to allow an open tournament in tennis. If these changes are adopted at the federation’s annual meeting next month, in Paris, there will be an open event next Summer in this country, and probably one in England. ‘The English Lawn Tennis Association has come out flatly in favor of open tournaments, but wants to restrict them to just one a year. Whether the other lawn tennis playing nations will follow suit is hard to say, but I suppose much will depend on the success of the first few open events. France does not look with favor on an open championship. French officials SPORTS. point out that a heavy tax would be levied by the government, whereas amateur events escape. I believe the French are not worrying about the tax situation so much as the effect it would hl’:lve on their own national champion- ships. According to authentic reports from Europe, Rene Lacoste will never again enter serious tournament competition. Tennis followers will regret his passing from such play, especially if open champlonships are held next year. The pale-face French title holder has never been in robust health since the early stages of his brilliant court career. Now that he has entered business and is about to be married, Rene feels that hard tournament tennis is too much of a drain on his physique. It is with a genuine pang of regret that I write this, because as a student of the game Rene was in & class by himself. He was a great inspiration to the younger players in every lawn tennis playing nation. ‘The case of B. I. C. Norton, who turned pro for the Palm Beach profes- sional championship last Winter and then immediately applied for reinstate- ment as an amateur, will probably come up for discussion at the annual meeting of the United States Lawn Tennis As- sociation in February. If the amateur rule committee de- cides to allow Norton to play as an amateur in 1930 I believe that the former South African will come pretty close to winning the national singles champlonship. He has just the game to stop a lot of rising young players. Incidentally Nor- ton believes that he will be reinstated and already has started light training. (Copyright, 1929, North American Newspaper ATliance.) Gifts Thal Cheer- 365 DAYS OF THE YEADN' What Could Please Him More Than a Fine Set of Tools? Stanley Tool Chest | Stanley No. 907 Contains seven tools as shown: Hammer, Rule, ir Stanley Hinges Tool Chest No. 914 Light wood cheat painted biue and yellow. Weighs 7 pounds. Contalns ten_tools Plane, Hammer Screw Driver Boxwood Rule, Bit, Brace, Gauge, T- Square, Awl, Au- ger Bit, Panel Saw ther Sets up to .. %£534.95 Gem or Eveready Stanley Instruct] Book. i i it pox: Knives Official Scout Knife$1.49 Boy Scout Axe with Sheath. Pocket At Columbia Rd. 1724 14th St. N.W. 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