Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1930, Page 25

SP DWNERS ANNOYED BY SHIRES AFFAR Held Within Power of Mag- nates to Prevent Men Entering Ring. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. AJOR league magnates will see to it now that no other base ball player has the opportunity to emulate the ring career of the great Arthur Shires. When the Texan first entered the ring and up until last week the mag- nates either paid no attention to his endeavors to become the Charlie Chap- lin of the squared circle or else re- garded him with the proper amount of levity. But when Shires was haled before the Michigan Boxing Commission and charged with having attempted to make a dry-diving champion of Battling Criss the base ball people came to life and began to realize the seriousness of the affair. Few persons in base ball believe that Shires personally was guilty of having attempted to frame a fight. But they appreciate that the innuendo left by the affair is not at all favorable to their game, and they want no more of it. It is within the power of major league club owners to prevent their rllyeu from participating in any ath- jetic activity outside of base ball. Sec- tion 5 of the contractual regulations of the major leagues reads: Rule to Stop Boxers. “The player, while under contract or reservation shall not engage without the consent of his club in any game or exhibition of base ball (except for the club or for an assignee of this ccn- tract), foot ball, basket ball or other athletic sport.” In view of the Shires affair some club owners already are urging that more severe regulations for the conduct of major league players during the off- season shall be formulated. It is quite certain that the matter will come up for serious discussion at the next meeting of each major league and that the two probably will unite in formulating new regulations. Shires is the only base ball player actually to have entered the ring during the pres- ent outbreak of Winter unrest, but many others have threatened to do so and the club owners are becoming tired of the entire affair and its attendant publicity. ‘The major league clubs have pre- ‘vented many fine foot ball and basket players from picking up loose change during the offseason and the sentiment is that boxing should come under the same ication as other sports. No Action Likely, ‘There is little likelihood that Com- missioner Landis will take any action against Shires on the charges that have been made so far. Should he be found guilty by either the Michigan Boxing Commission or the N. B. A, then Landis would make an investiga- tion of his own and be guided by the findings of his own men. American Leaguers, while not be- lieving Shires guilty of any crookedness, are hoping the suspension hung on him by the N. B. A. and the unfavorable publicity he has received will definitely end his pugilistic career and turn his thoughts back to base ball. (Copyright, 1930.) FIGHT FOR BILLIARD TITLE NOW IS DULL By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 7.—A surpris- ing stand by Augie Kieckhefer, Chicago southpaw, has knocked one corner off the triangular race for the national three-cushion billiards championship, leaving it a duel between Otto Reiselt ;:1 ihflldelphh and Allan Hall of St. uis. After breaking even in his first two games, Kieckhefer last night defeated Johnny Layton of St. Louis, the defend- ing champion, 50 to 38, in 58 innings. It was Layton's first defeat in three years of tournament competition. Rei- selt and Hall still are undefeated. Yesterday Hall beat Harry Schuler of New York, 50 to 18, in 43 innings, while Reiselt turned in a 49-inning victory over Tiff Denton of Kansas City, 50 to 37. . Gus Copulos of Detroit vesterday beat Charles Jordon of Los Angeles, 50 to 45, in 61 innings. Today's matches: Reiselt vs. Hall. Kieckhefer vs. Schuler. Denton vs. Jordon. Layton vs. Copulos. The standing, showing games won, Jost, high run, best games and total points: Plaver Reiselt. .. Hall . Layton Copulo Denton Kieckhefer . Jordan Behuler sopepiolsy (AR I e (Note—Losers do not have best games). RUTH NOT TO RECEIVE BONUS FOR HOME RUNS NEW YORK, January 7 (). ——-Blhe“ Ruth's salary may be bigger this year | than ever before, but he won't get bonus for hitting home runs. General Manager Ed Barrow says that when the time comes the Babe and Col. Jacob Ruppert, the Yankees’ presi. dent, will talk over the contract, buf the bonus system has never been con- sidered. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. — Jackie world _ welterweight champion, _out-| pointed_Alf Ros, France (10). Harry| (Kid) Brown, Philadelphia, outpointed Gaston Le Cadre, France (10). Danny Kramer, Philadelphia, knocked out | Eddie O'Dowd, Columbus, Ohio (4). . NEW YORK —Archie Bell, Brooklyn, | outpointed Eugene Huat, France (10).| Vidal Gregorio, Spain, stopped Sammy | Tisch, New York (3). | CHICAGO.—Clyde Chastain, Dallas, | Tex., outpointed Haakon Hansen, Chi- cago (8). Paul Pantaleo, Chicago, | stopped Blondy Devis, New Orleans ). Fields, | INDIANAPOLIS. — Jimmy Hackley, | Indianapolis, stopped Johnny Conley, | ‘Toledo (5). ROCHESTER, N. Y.—Frankie Wine, | Butte, Mont., and Tiger Jack Payne, | New York, drew (10). LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Jimmy Byrne, ©Owensboro, Ky., outpointed Harry Fay, New York (10); Howard Jones, Louis- ville, outpointed Red Wilson; Indian- apolis (8). SIOUX CITY, Towa—Loul Zack, Sioux City, knocked out Mike Ross, Minneapolis (2). BALTIMORE.—Al Rowe, New York, ‘butpointed Tommy Liberto, York, Pa. «8). - ORTS, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. ' Leagues to Check “Boxing” Players : Shortstop Will “Make” Bucs, Says Traynor THAT WRIGHT-PETTY DEAL. ARLE TO GET INTO WHO WAS ONLA s 20 ERRR B BOUT a year ago, in Decem- ber, 1928, to be exact, the base ball world was more or less startled by the an- nouncement of a trade between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pitts- burgh Pirates. “The good squire of Flatbush must be balmy,” said many & fan as he tapped his skull signifi- cantly, “to trade one of his best pitchers and an infielder for a once- great shortstop, who, though young, is apparently on the downgrade and who has been accused of breaking training more than once.” - Now that a full 12 months have —By FEG MURRAY TRADED B THE %RATE& TWITH RICONDA, IN DEC.192%, FOR GLENN WRIGHT, HE WON Il GAMES AND LoST 1O LAST SEASON. (ns HE YN IN 1929, FOR RICON passed since the deal was consum- mated, let us check up and see who won in the big trade of December, 1928, Brooklyn or Pittsburgh? Ri- conda we can leave out, although what little he did was all in favor of the Pirates. He appeared in only eight contests, but batted .467 before he was shipped off to the minors. Jesse Petty took part in 36 games and pitched 184 innings, official Na- tional League pitching averages show, winning 11 contests and losing 10, and ranking ninth among all older circuit hurlers with an earned-run average of 3.72. He did not have a very good year, you might say, but when you consider that it was the first time since he had been a major league pitcher that he had won more DA, = BATIED 467 IN 8 GAMES FoR FTrsguRi) games in & season than he had lost, why you'll reconsider. Glenn Wright was & total loss for Brooklyn. Unknown to them, and probably to the Pirates as well, he had contracted a+serious arm or shoulder ailment playing hand ball, and while he could swing a bat he couldn’t throw a base ball! Uncle Robbie fumed and swore, threatened to sue Barney Dreyfuss and to take it up with Judge Landis. He liked Wright, however, induced him to wed his childhood sweetheart (I mean (Wright's girl, not Robbie's) in June, and finally to undergo a shoulder operation in August. Maybe the dis- abled shortstop will be O.K. this sea- son, and in the long run Pitt will lose, just as she did in the Tourna- ment of Roses foot ball game. Bredking the Wrists Too Soon Fault of Majority of Golfers This is the fourth of a series of articles written by famous amateur and profes- sional golfers, telling how they overcame outstanding faults in their play. BY CRAIG WOOD, One of the Longest Professional Drivers. Y greatest weakness in golf— one I didn't correct until re- cently—was a tendency to break my wrists too soon. This applied to all shots, and though I managed to get tremendous distance on my drives I never could be quite certain where the ball was going. It always is easler to see others’ faults than to recognize our own. I could have pointed out my error if I had seen it in some one else, but I couldn’t put the finger of certainty on it for myself. Perhaps that is why it remained for Walter Hagen to point out that I was choking my swing by breaking my wrists almost simul- taneously with the start of the back- wing. Tfle fact that my swing was so well grooved counteracted the tendency to break _the wrists too soon on the drives and long shots in the falrway, but when it came to executing mashie- niblick and niblick chip shots the weakness bobbed up like a nightmare. Shortly after the national open I was talking with Hagen, and he called my attention to the fault. I imme- diately set about correcting it, and In the metropolitan open at Lido I felt pleased with the result. I have not changed my stance for Chip Shot Long Approach Putt BY SOL METZGER. The descending scale of golf shots from drive to putt are played much alike, the same principles governing them. The differences are in the length one is striving for. Wrists, arms and body are used for the longer shots. Wrists, arms and very little body in the irons. Wrists and arms alone play the chips and putts. In other words as you ascend the scale you apply more power. But the principle of play is the same. .\ MERELY A “’\ONG RON UP PuTT THE HANDS AND ARMS=NO PLAYED wiITH N (aovv T S il ey ! You encounter this when you come to the chip shot. Experts agree that the chip is nothing but a long ap- proach putt played with a lofted club, such as mashie or jifzer. It's a valuable shot to know and a hard one to master, because of | the touch necessary to gauge dis- | tance exactly. But what a stroke saver it is when mastered. Tomor- | row—Jones' idea in chipping. ‘The pivot is the least understood phase in golf instruction. Sol Metzger has prepared a leaflet on The Pivot which he will gladly send to any reader requesting it. Inclose @ stamped, addressed envelope. (Copyright, 1930.) these short shots, but instead of play- ing the stroke entirely with the wrist suap, I hold the left forearm rigid, tak- ing the club back slowly. Then I let the wrists snap into the shot. After careful study, I am convinced that my fault is the fault of the majority of golfers. Some seem to hit their chips crisply, but like myself before I shied away from the habit of breaking my wrists at the start of the back swing, they have no idea where the ball is going. Read over the preceding paragrap: carefully and get a picture of the thought I intend to convey. Tonigh: get your niblick out and take some practice swings in the living room. Swing in your usual way at first and see if you're not breaking your wrists too soon. Chances are that this is what you have been doing. Then take the club back slowly with the rigid left arm and try letting your wrists snap into the shot that way. Practice that each night, and the first good day see how it works on the course. Of all sportsmen, golfers, I think, take advice most easily. They go out of their way looking for it, and this is fine. It doesn't apply just to the duffer. If you're in the locker house during a tournament, you'll find many a famous professional talking over certain troubles that have cropped up. They’ll ask their rivals, and their rivals will tell them, just as Walter Hagen told me. So I am passing on my experience to you, confident you will accept it in the spirit in which it is offered. (Next—Joe Turnesa.) (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alllance.) SHEA, KOSKY BATTLE FOR TITLE-GO SHOT BY. JOHN J. ROMANO. NEW YORK, January 7.—Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan, who held the world featherweight title back in 1904, now is promoting fights in St. Louis and will present & pair of featherweights in a 10-round contest tonight. Tommy's principals are Eddle Shea, runner-up for the title, and Sailor Kay Kosky Shea seems to have made a hit with the fans of the Mound City and the romoters have been having a hard e digging up opponents for the hard-hitting little battler from Chi- cago. Kosky was pressed into service when a peek into Eddie's record dis- closed the fact that Fay earned a draw with Shea in the latter's home town. Kosky substituted for Bud Taylor and the fans did not miss the Terre Haute terror much. Kosky, fresh from a vie- tory over Andy Martin, was still in high gear and gave Shea plenty of trouble. The fight means a good deal to both Nate Lewis of the Chicago Sta- dium, has been dickering with the featherweight champion, Battling Bat- talino, and Earl Mastro for a titular tilt. Mastro is ill and will be out of the game for a couple of months. His back was badly injured when he tumbled out of the ring with Bud ‘Taylor. Lewis wants to show Battalino to the fans of the Midwest, and with Mastro unavailable Nate wants to use Eddie Shea. As soon as Nate learned that Eddie was billed with Kosky he de- cided that the winner of the contest would be @ better card against the champion and passed the word along to the boys. This means that St. Louis will be the scene of an elimination contest, and with a championship fight in view both boys will be pressing to the limit for a victory. (Copyright. 1930.) ~— More than 1,000,000 persons play smateur soccer in the United States, while professional teams include 3,000 devotees of the sport. GOLFERS IN WEST NEAR END OF CARD Los Angeles, Agua Caliente Events to Draw Fine Pro Fields. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, January 7.—The Far West is about to say adieu to professional followers of the ‘Winter golf trail with a shower of gold for a parting gift. ‘Two big tournaments—the Los An- geles and Agua Caliente opens—will mark the end of the big-money Winter events on the Pacific Coast. Ten thou- sand dollars will find its way into the pockets of the pros at the end of the Los Angeles open which begins to- morrow. Prizes totaling $25,000 will be distributed in the Agua Caliente open starting next Tuesday. There are a score of golfers good enough to win either or both of these events, but the lad who will be most closely watched, perhaps, is Horton Smith, the “Joplin ghost,” who again is showing the way to the Winter cam- paigners, Victories in the Oregon open, the Berkeley open and the Pasadena open, with a second in the Hawailan open, have netted Smith money prizes total- ing approximately $5,000. His three vic- tories all have been won with a 72-hole score of 280, an average of 70 for each of 12 eighteen-hole rounds. A few more rounds like that, put together, will make the Joplin youth a formidable contender at Los Angeles and Agua Caliente. Diegel May Go Well. Leo Diegel, Professional Golfers’' As- sociation champion, may decide to flash his best golf in the two last tourna- ments, especially at Agua Callente. Leo is the pro at Agua Caliente, and prob- ably will be anxious not only to capture the major share of the $25,000 purse but to show his employers that he can tour his own course in better figures than any of the invaders. Walter Hagen hasn't had any luck at all so far this Winter, but the British open title holder is at his best when most is at stake. He won't more $25,000 prizes to shoot Agua Caliente. Craig Wood, the long- driving Bloomfield, N. J., pro, started out well, with victories in the Oklahoma City and Hawailan opens, but hasn't done much since. He may come to life either at Los Angeles or Agua Caliene. Reinforcements _will ~arrive from Florida at Agua Caliente. Gene Sarazen, fresh from his fourth victory in the Miami open, plans to take a shot at the big purse, as will a number of other pros who have been spending the Win- ter on the Southeastern Coast. GANS' DISCOVERER DIES. BALTIMORE, January 7 (#).—Abra- ham L. (Al) Herford, 63, discoverer and manager of the late Joe Gans, famous Negro lightweight boxing champion of the world at one time, died at his home here yesterday after an illness of more than a year. CHISO START EARLY. CHICAGO, January 7 (/).—Chicago White Sox batterymen have been ordered by Manager Donie Bush to re- port at San Antonio, Tex. February 18. ‘The remainder of the squad will be due in camp about 10 days later, Capt. “Buff” Donnelli, noted kicker at Duquense University, Pittsburgh, Pa., wore & football shoe on the left fcot and a soccer shoe on the right. D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1930. SPORTS. SHIRES T0 IO LIS RING B0 Intends to Fight Tonight in St. Paul—Will Cut Investigation. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, January 7.—Charles | Arthur (the Great) Shires does | not propose to permit mectings of State Athletic Commission to cause him to disappoint his public. While he is more or less soured on | the boxing business, the Great One still | is after money, and decided not to at- tend the meeting of the Illinois State Athletic Commission this afternoon, so that he might go through with a bout at St. Paul tonight. C. Arthur said he could not attend the meeting, which was arranged for him to explain some things about his | meeting with Mysterious Dangerous Dan Daly of Cleveland, and still have time to fulfill his engagement in St. Paul with Tony Faeth, a base ball pitcher. Rather than disappoint the fans he de- cided to pass up the meeting. And, t0o, he sifll 13 considerably short of the $25,- | 000 he hopes to get out of boxing. Knessie Blumenthal, the shy one's manager, said Mrs. Blumenthal today would notify the commissicn neither fighter nor manager could at- tend the meeting. Blumenthal also out- lined Shires’ itinerary for the next few days. The Great Man will return to Chicago after the St. Paul fight, but will pause only as long as it takes to catch | a train for Lansing, Mich, where the Michigan Boxing Commission plans to delve into the circumstances surround- ing Shires' proposed bout with Battling Criss of Rockwood, Mich. _Criss' man- ager has charged thai a Shires repre- sentative requested the fighter to fold up in the fight, and C. Arthur has been invited to explain. If the Michigan commission is con- | vinced nothing is amiss, Shires will ful- fill the date with Criss. He then plans to return to Chicago where he hopes to | talk base ball contract with the White | R Sox management. Shires may encounter difficulty when he seeks an audience with the Sox man- agement, for Secretary Harry Grabiner has said the first baseman must clear himself of all charges before the club will be ready to consider offering him a contract. al Promoter Jim Mullen, who staged the | &7, Shires-Daly and Shires-Trafton bouts, also was summoned to attend the meet- ing today, as were Daly and Eddie Meade, who handled the Cleveland fighter in Chicago. None of the three had indicated whether he would attend. Shires will appear in St. Paul in spite of the National Boxing Association suspension, which has ordered him barred in 32 States. DEMPSEY SEWS UP WELTER TITLE GO ¢ Fields-McLarnin Bout Part of | Jack’s Plan to Branch Out as Promoter. EW YORK, January 7.—Score cne for Jack Dempsey. The Manassa Mauler intends to Kin branch out bigger than ever as | I & boxing promoter this year and the writer learns on good authority that Jack has sewed up the welterweight titular match between Champion Jackie Flelds and Jimmy McLarnin for the outdoor season at Wrigley Field, Chi- cago. Furthermore, there is a strong possi- bility that Dempsey will move into the Chicago Stadium for the balance of the indoor season and with the greater seating capacity he will be able to handle the crowds which have turned out for his offerings and were unable to be seated in the restricted arrange- ments prevailing at the Coliseum. Negotiations for Dempsey to take over the Stadium are in the “feeling out” stage. It is said that Jack wants more than the directors of the show place are willing to pay him, and there the matter rests. ‘The McLarnin-Fields match is a nat- ural. Every promoter with a bank rol and visions of replenishing it has his eyes on the match and news that Dempsey obtained the plum will be re- ceived with regret. With the Chicago Stadium for indoor shows and Wrigley Field for outdoor at- tractions, Dempsey will be in a position to dicker for the best matches and wipe | 5 out some of the losses he has sustained | at the Coliseum. ‘The latter place has been the down- fall of more than one promoter and | the popularity of Dempsey was not | great enough to shake off its hoodco. Scott May Be Sharkey Rival in Miami Scrap * NEW YORK, January 7 (#).—The second annual “Battle of the Palms™ at Miami February 27 may yet be- come an international struggle, with Jack Sharkey, the Boston gob, in one corner of the ring and Phil Scott, London’s most, famous fire- man, in the other. Back from Boston and their vain efforts to induce Sharkey to meet Tuffy Griffiths at Miami, Madison Square Garden officials have begun negotiations with Jimmy Johnston, Scott's pint-sized manager. Financial matters already have brought discussion of a Scott- Sharkey match to an impasse, but the wrinkles eventyally may be ironed out to the tisfaction of every one concerned. . Johnston has been holding out for a guarantee of $75,000, with the privilege of 25 per cent of the receipts. Frank Bruen, general manager of the Garden, has countered with an offer of 20 per cent of the receipts. ‘The Garden makes no secret of the fact that it would prefer Grif- fiths, as well as several others, to Scott, but Sharkey appears adamant on the subject of Tuffy and Bruen despairs of bringing the Boston gob around to the cornoration’s way of thinking. Scott may turn out to he the only heavyweight available for the date t:)nd l; the same time, Damag ‘I‘I? l’l-“ ired. o o WITTSTATT'S RADIATOR, FENDER | ik BODY WORKS. llln‘l’:nu Y . N.W. ) TROUSERS ‘To Match Your Odd Coats that | 5 ARRISTER LODGE, which has| won 21 out of 24 games ih’lcei November 1, leads the long| pennant parade in the Masonic Bowling Association with a single game | lead over Naval, New Jerusalem and | Petworth, tied for second place. | Barrister, on November 1, was sunk in the second division of the 36-team league, in about twenty-fifth place.| About that time Capt. J. W. Hussey gotf his combination clicking all down the | line and they began to climb. The | march hasn't stopped. is high man on the team, but rolls only a third of the matches. The regular| line-up is: J, W. Hussey, captain, 106; | Prank Horner, 106; R. F. Staubly, 102; Frank Schlosser, 98, Koehler, 98. They have managed to| collect a lot of maples when most | needed. | Sam Simon is the leading individual, with Charley Phillips, last year's cham- plon, and Malcolm Watson close be-| hind. Simon's average is 116. This flock | of figures is presented by the official scorer, Ray Cross: Team Standing. ew Jei Petworth st. John's . Columbia $EESEEEnr Tiram . Pentalpha Singleton 0303 309 ressiss Sl SR 14 37 13 38 High team game—Hiram, 643; La Favette, id, 612 O e Set--Hiram, 1760; Acacia, m). st 1785 L Favete, 1 AL Favette, 111, High hdividuel averazes_Simon (Hi nef Filips ik Bavie). 112-18; E Fhetite) 111-0, Biah " individuai game—Kennemore 5 West (King e 159 bidual _set—Stleox (National) (Takoma). 404; Doleman Hig] i 416; Needle wlefon), 398: igh . 26 hillips (King David). 125: 1507 Mertz (Riram). 120 . 120, Averages to January ACACIA. st Sp.HG. [} 18 s voana. 0 rwoeSE; PR i 2] = £ L BoE8S i D45 BARRISTER. e s R I LeClair Larcombe Cnee . anner " Schreines Stein . Sincell Wilson Sonne'n, H. 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BY JOHN B. FOSTER. 1IE TRAYNOR, the scintillating third baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, figures that all his team needs to put it out in front in the fight for the 1930 National League pennant is one bang-up good shortstop. Ple confides to this observer his be- lief that if the Pirates can get a short- stop who is as good as the outfielders they will give the Chicago Cubs a rousing battle from the start of the scason fo the finish. The Pittsburgh third baseman was physically upset, before the past season ended and more upset after it had ended, for he exerted all of the base ball skill in his system in an effort to win a pennant for the Pirates. He threw himself around the infield so recklessly that he was blackened and bruised. “They tell me that we have some prospective shortstops for 1930 who are good enough to make the team,” said Ple. “If they will show me one good one I'll say that we'll never be out of the first division all season.” “Who are the shortstops?” Thinks Sankey May Do. “Well, there's Sankey, for one. He played in Selma, Ala. in 1929 and the boys tell me he is good enough to make the grade. Doesn't sound right to think a player out of class D can fall in and fill the bill. But look at Bartel, who kad no class experience of any kind. He was neither A nor Z nor anything between, and what has he done for us? Started just a kid and last year he was the best kid in the league. Maybe he hasn't learned all there is to learn about playing big league ball, but I've seen big league players of long experience who couldn't handle themselves any better than he loes. “Clarke remains over, but I am afrald that he can’t bat hard enough to make the team. But we've got another kid, Engle of Memphis. Southern Associa- tion men think he can be developed well enough to be the coming shortstop for us. He batted better than .300 in 1929. If he could bat that well in the Southern he could bat .280 or .285 in the big show.” “Ever see Suhr, your new first base- man, play ball?” Says Suhr Can Hit. “Yeah. Played against him first as second baseman and then as a first baseman when they thought in Cali- fornia that he could play first well enough to be a better first baseman than anything else on the infield.” “What can he do?” ‘Hit. Believe me when I say that. He can hit more than Shesly. No one can pick up low ones like Sheely. But the way we play ball nowadays you've ot to hit or you don't get a look into ase ball he(%\'tn = CARNERO AND COMPOLO HAVE AMERICAN RIVAL PEORIA, IIl, January 7 (#)—Primo Carnero and Vittorio Compolo, giants of the ring, take heed. James Easte, a_20-year-old truck driver, who stands 7 feet in his hosiery and weighs slightly more than 200 pounds, aspires to boxing accomplish- ment and has taken his first step by entering an amateur tournament. On the Alleys Tonight District League—King Pin vs. - vis, at Lucky Strike. Mutpsine National Capital League—Mount Rainier e, at Lucky Strike. ue—King David vs. Whiting, on vs. Brightwood. Jobpa vs. New Jerusalem. ‘Trinity vs. Washington ‘Gentens fal. La Fayette vs. Petworth. Congress vs. Lebanon s Mount Pleasant Barristers vs. Stans- a M and vs.' Lebanc Ruth, Mount Pleasan! s . Eighy st t vs. Harmony, iorthess! ague—Burkhalter' us Allisd Rookne. Erincys Theatce ve. Olise Cafe, Artie Bells vs. Plumbers, O vs. Sears Lunch. Red Streaks Southpaws, at Northeast Temple. 0Odd Feliows' League_—Section_ A, Columbi vs. Magenenu. Mount Nebo vs. Eastern: Federal City vs. B, Beecon vs. Central, Lapvdon, at Lucky Strike, Vesbington League—Section 1, Trianzie Garake vo. Virgininns., Buick Mo: rs vs. Service Motor: Section 2, Maryiand News vs. Bliss Electrical: Hendrick's Motor vs, Diplomat Coffee. at Silver prin North "of Washinston Ladies rovement ~ Club No. Wynnewood Park. at Silver § King Pin Business Men's tie—Garr son Toy Shop vs. Royal Arcanum. Olym- pians vs. Hartford. at King Pin No. 2. Suburban League—Sigworth's Department vs. Stella Maris, at Petworth. th ' Washington Church Leagie—First Reformation vs. Gunton-Temple. Emory M. vs. Petworth Baptist, Columbia Helghis vs. Central Presbyterian. Wallace Memorial Vs, Asbury M. E. at King Pin. Washington Tadies' Leagiie—Shamroeks vs. Commercials. Becques vs. Columbians, lies Nationals vs. Daugh- o Vs Chrlst. G n vs. Christ. 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