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c-2 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1930. SPORTS. Lengthening Odds May Send Sharkey Into Ring a 5 to 1 Favorite to Beat Scott MERCUR CLEVER NETMAN, BUT VERY INCONSISTENT Dangerous for Best When at Top Form, but Often Loses to Mediocre Players—Stronger in Doubles Than in Singles. FOUR-ROUND LIMIT SEEN BY EXPERTS Principal Interest in Show at Miami Is Found in Sup- porting Bouts. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. IAMI, Fla., Pebruary 26.—The 66-ton whale that has been on exhibition along Biscayne Boulevard gives way tomor- TOW as an attraction to a mere ton of heavyweights. ‘With not a great. deal more to be said ebout the proceedings. even by the loquacious manager of Phil Scott, 10| assorted big fellows of the ring, col- lected from five countries, but repre- senting eight nationalities altogether, will be tossed into the arena tomor-ow evening in the second annual battle of the palms. They will be put on view by the Madison Square Garden Corporation, in Winter headquarters here, for the edification of the social aristocrats of the Florida Winter colonies and others who may have been persyaded by the balmy air or the ballyhoo to pay from f&:s :0 $25 for a.seat at the fistic Most of those who motor out to the wooden arena on the outskirts of town eipect to see the American, Jack Sharkey, flatten, the British huv{:} weight hope, pale and gangling P Scott, in a main event that is billed for 15 rounds and not expected to go beyond three or four by & substantial quorum of experts. If the show is a financial and artistic success, it prob- ably will be in spite of the main event, which has developed insufficient inter- est or rivalry to promote much ballyhoo. Preliminaries Attractive. On the other hand, an extraordinarily altractive card of five international Cleveland, has 3 with the South American ruling a slight favorite. Other entertainment is expected from the bouts Loughran, former t-heavyweight champion, against the hard-hitting Bel- gian, Pierre Charles, and Ma- match is one of the last of the long- drawn-out series of heavyweight elimi- nations, the winner of which is slated to box Max Schmeling of Germany for the world championship at New York in June. — The prospects today were t a crowd of between 25,000 and 35,000 will pay upward of $200,000 to witness the show. Prank J. Bruen, general man- ager of Madison Square Garden, and his box office experts were optimistic that the gate would pass $300,000. This ‘would insure a substantial profit. There was no chance whatever of a sell-out, which mean an attendance of 52,000 and receipts of more than $500,- 000. Last year's show drew 30,000 fans and a gate of $407,000. = = Odds Are Lengifiening: Speculation over the outcome of the Most of the wagering length of the fight, with a concensus favoring sbontnx;:r l:m the limit. Big- T, stronger, T punching ap- =nnny harder than ever, Sharkey has Scott. tall and of apprehensive mien has alternately impressed the critics with his boxing or discouraged by his awkwardness the small number who hold out any hope for him. The xenenl‘ feeling is that the Briton has no real | defense for, Sharkey’s left hook or speed | enough to save himself in a crisis. Scott is & slow starter and may be an early mark for Sharkey's rushes, if the Amer- ican is in the mood On the other hand, the thinks knock Sharkey down. Precedents for Upset. ager can converse to any audience or no audience whatever, there ht be no question of the outcome. J has broken a number of his own rec- ords for the marathon monologue and the 16-pound squawk. Jimmy spent the best part of a week squawking about the ring regulations and wound up yester- day with a concession from Referee Lou Magnolia that as a “gentleman's agree- ment” he would look inquiringly at Johnston before stopping Scott from re- ceiving further punishment. Magnolia, however, will be unhampered in any de- cision he sees fit to make as the sole arbiter of the fight under the authority given him by the Miami Com- mission. Fights Last Night By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn.—Bat Battalino, world featherweight champion, out- pointed Ignacio Fernandez, Chile (10) (non-title). INDIANAPOLIS.—Jackie Purvis, To- ronto, outpointed Georgie Kerwin, Chi- cago (10). ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Farmer Joe Cooper, Terre Haute, Ind., outpointed Relampago Saguero, Cuba (10); Harry Muche, Ohio, and Mario Paulo, Cuba, drew (8). LOS ANGELES.—Eddie Mack, Den- ver, outpointed Maurice Holtzer, France 10). ST. LOUIS.—Johnny (Peewee) Kaiser, St. Louis, outpointed Lou Terry, St. Louis (10). KANSAS CITY.—Spider Kelly, Kan- sas City, outpointed Jack Gibbs, Kansas City (10). DENVER.—Ham Jenkins, Denver, §nockeg out Louie Mays, Des Molnes, owa (3). MONROE A. C. NINE PLANS. Monroe A. C. is planning for another ball season. rs ester looked every part of a champion i |the training. Miami Fight Facts By the Associated Press. PRINCIPALS—Jack Sharkey of Boston, recognized American heavy- weight champion, and Phil Scott, British champion, in 15-round match, the winner to meet Max Schmeling n June for “world cham- pionship.” SEMI-FINAL—Victorio Campolo, Argentina, and Johnay Risko, Cleve- land, 10 rounds. PRELIMINARIES—Tommy Lough- ran, Philadelphia, and Pierre Charles, 10 rounds; Jimmy Ma- Prance, Argentina, and Bill Daring, Palm 6 rounds. TIME AND PLACE—First pre- liminary at 8 p.m., Eastern standard time; main bout, 10 p.m., at Madi- son Square Garden Stadium, oc- tagonal wooden arena, located on outskirts of Miami. PROBABLE ATTENDANCE— 25,000 to 35,000. Capacity is 52,800. PROBABLE RECEIPTS—$200,000 to $250,000. TICKET PRICES—29,599 at $5.49, 13,500 at $12.50 and 9,800 at $25. PROBABLE ODDS—5 to 1 on Sharkey to win by knockout, 2 to 1 on Campolo to beat Risko, 5 to 1 on Maloney to beat Bougquillon, 3 to 1 on Loughran to beat les. PROBABLE WEATHER—Partly cloudy. If rain, entire show to be postponed to Friday night. FIGHT CROWD RESENTS MACK WIN OVER HOLTZER LOS ANOEL!Bd, P;bruuy '20 “(fi’; Boos, catealls a shower of c 00 es tossed toward the ring announcement rding Eddie Mack, Denver junior lllzl:ln![hl. a 10-round decision over Maurice Holtzer of Prance here last ht. restored order and ushered the displeased crowd from the auditorium. anrdchn Is Not Opposed To “Bootleg” Broadcast TAMI, ., February 26 (#)— h !:l;re will be no_ ringside day as “bootleg” a! Nor have they any objection {o the assoelation Teports being :: wire such services. by the unewspapers taking YOUNG PIN STARS PLAN ROUND ROBIN Huntt Wants to Meet Viers After Latter Finishes With Eddie Espey. BY R. D. THOMAS. ROUND of challenge matches similar to that held several years ago by the ecity's out- standing bowling stars is in the making among flashy youngsters. Tonight at Silver Spring, Noble L. Viers, jr, of Tech, and Eddie Espey of Gonzaga, will finish a 10-game series and after that Viers probably will take on Al Huntt, a youth who has made his mark at Petworth. Anyway, Huntt Jaid down the gaunt- let to Viers toddy. He wants to meet the Tech stripling in a 10-game series, five strings at Petworth and five at Silver Spring. Eddie Far in Front. Espey will have an 85-pin margin going into the final skirmish of his battle with Viers but this doesn’t mean the victory is cinéhed. It was at Silver Spring that Noble shot the big scores that brought him into notice. He totaled 1,872 for 15 strings in the Silver Spring sweepstakes and if he should hold to this standard and Espey have an off- night the long lead would fade in a hurry. Espey is favored by heavy odds to take the series, but at Silver Spring they're confident Viers will get the better of the last set. Noble gave his weakest performance of the season in the opener. The conditions were new to him. On the other hand, young Espey, callous to the spotlight, was perfectly at home. Age Limit Advisable. Espey is 17 and Viers 16. If the youngsters are to have a round robin it might be well to set an age limit of 17 or 18. Slightly beyond that one finds Paul Harrisons and Jack Wol- stenholme, who doff their lids to neither youngster nor veteran. Incidentally, in a special match at the Lucky Strike recently Jack won seven straight mes from Georgie Friend and nearly all the scores on both sides were big. They rolled 12 games of which Jack won 9. = Johnson Is Favorably Impressed With Rookies En Route to Camp BY JOHN B. KELLER. N ROUTE TO BILOXI, Miss, February 26.—There’s a brother, Henry Schmidt of the Domin. ijcan Order in a house out on Michigan avenue in Washington, who is responsible for the presence of Nel- son John J&mhmuutd?::m Washington base ball club that lue to reach its Spring training basesthis 1t seems Brother Schmidt saw Jester, who. bails from Chincoteague on the Eastern shore of Virginis, play ball last Summer—in August to be exact— t a team in Ocean City and ad- President Clari® Griffith that Washington might.do well to look into possibilities. ut‘fl!l is nnlswlnl. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall and a wonderfully chunky person. He weighs approximately 185 pounds. ‘This was much imp: 3 T e do his stuff at third base and figured him as good a performer at the hot corner as he had been behind the bat. He lost no time in making in- quiries as to the capabilities of Jester in ter discovering TWO PRICES $28.75 $38.75 the boy was rather good endeavored to him for the Red Sox. But Jester felt he would rather hear from other clubs and Wi n_ was fortunate enough to get him in reserve. Jester is only 18 years old, young for a big league ball club pickup. He hasn't had any great amount of experience of course, but getting a recruit at such an age probably is,a help. Jester may not | ™ mean a thing to the club this year out- side of his aid in drilling pitchers at training camp, but the Nationals are | ° always on the lookout for clever ma- terial with which to build up a club and this boy after good polishing may mean as much to the outfit. ‘The other youngsters in the crowd, who left Washington yesterday with Majordomo Nick Altrock, are as ambi- tious and enthusiastic as Jester over their prospects of making their way in the big show. Gordon Phelps, the Bowle, Md., boy, 2delieves he has a great chance to demon- “is not the first time Jester has | paui organized game. Paul has not much of a physique, but he has much gameness. Manager Johnson i3 very well pleased with shese youngsters. He met them for the first time yesterday as they gathered in Union Station at Washington and their general demeanor greatly im- pressed him. Johnson is not overlooking any prospects these days and it is a certainty that these three boys Biloxi training camp. will be | lin's Tnc, va: given a thorough looking over at the | Fepge. b. H Co! A’s Rookie Gets Gravy, Then Quits Base Ball MYERS, Fla, February 26 pitcher . adelphia Athletics last year, has re- signed. e former Dartmouth ace, who is now studying law at Oklahoma Uni- versity, wrote to Connie Mack that he was quitting base ball at the re- quest of his father, a judge in Tuisa, for the bar. Mack had expected to send him to a minor league for ex- perience. Breckenridge found a year with the champions quite profitable. He was given $5,000 as a bonus for sign- ing a contract, $5,000 for salary and slightly more than $5,000 as his share of world series’ money. He turned in something like six or eight innings of big league pitch- lngkand a few innings of exhibition work. MANDELL IS PICKED TO WHIP W’LARNIN CHICAGO, February 26 (#).—Al- though defeated in his last fight with Jimmy McLarnin, Vancouver, British Columbia, welterweight, Sammy Man- dell today was a mild favorite to win their third encounter Saturday night at the Chicago stadium. The boys who supported Mandell when he was outpointed by the baby-faced Irishman at the stadium last Fall, still think Mandell, when “right” can’ beat McLarnin as he did in New York a year ago last Summer. Both have almost finished strenuous training, with Man- dell planning to enter the ring at 137 pounds, and McLarnin at 143, two pounds under the agreed poundage. GIANTS OUGHT TO FINISH ONE-TWO, SAYS M’GRAW SAN ANTONIO, Tex., February 26 (®).—John McGraw thinks his New York Giants should finish one-two in the 1930 National League pennant race. The “Little Napoleon,” on his first day in the Giants’ Spring training camp, prefaced his prediction with the state- ment that his club “should have won the pennant in 1929.” “The man power was there,” he ex- plained. “Circumstances over which no one has control were responsible for the Giants not being in the series. This year's club looks better than ever. It is farther advanced than I expected.” ON THE DRIVES TONIGHT Distriet League—Northeast ‘Temple Hyattsville, at Northeast Temple. National’ Capical League Parkway Pllling Station vs. Grand Palace. at Lucky Strike. Capitol Hill Leam date. Insurance League—Prudential vs. Conti- Peoples vs. Travelers, at 0. Suburban League—York Auto Supply vs. Patent Attorneys. at Petworth. North of Washington Men's League—Sec- ton 1: Silver Spring Dveine & Cleaning va. 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Available literature on Mahon states that he is 20 years old, stands 5 feet 11 final high school games stfuck out 29 opponents in 15 innings. Ehmke and Rommel while they un- wound easy pitches to Mickey Cochrane, Mack said: “On my right is Ehmke, the pitcher who won the first game of the world series with Chicago. Besides myself apparently only one other man in the country picked Ehmke to pitch the first game and moreover win it. That was a man in Texas who bet $400 to $4,000 Ehmke would pitch and win the first game. “The other pitcher is Eddie Rommel, the boy wonder, who pitched in the seventh inning of the fourth game and received credit for the victory. He tells | me he will pitch more than one inning in the next serles.” By the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., February 26.—The New York Yankees catching staff has one consolation—none of the fouls of the 1930 season will be as hard to snare as are base balls dropped from an airplane. 3 All of the club's receivers, Bengough, Dickey, Hargrave, Jorgens and Karlon, tried their hand at this interesting | pastime yesterday. An airplane flew | 350 feet above the camp and its pas- | senger tossed out base balls while the catchers took turns trying to catch them. Not one was caught. ‘WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., February 26 (P)—A dozen faces were missing when the St. Louls Browns started the annual limbering-up exercises yesterday, but “Billy the Red” Killefer, manager, was not alarmed. He declared they were only straggling in and the full complement of 22 who " | were scheduled to take part in the first workout would be here in a day or so. Killefer says he will allow his ath- letes to observe midnight “taps,” with an 8:30 reveille and practice beginning two hours later. NEW ORLEANS, February 26 (#).— Carl Lind, the Cleveland Indians’ s | sparkling second baseman of 1928, has ived at the Tribe camp two weeks head or schedule in perfect condition and fully recovered from the intestinal ailment which kept him off form last season. ‘The likewise early arrival of Out- | fielder Eddie Morgan and demonstration that all the battery men present ex- oeptln{”;hc Shaute are in the best of condition ‘boosted the Tribe's mism. Shaute rested a tender shoulder all ‘Winter and needs plenty of exercise. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., February 26 (). —Manager Donie Bush of the hopeful Chicago White Sox has graduated his early squad from purely conditioning work into the technical end of base ball. lesson in the art of covering first base |lnd lh(;!ol"l’!'l' dfl&::tlme and ‘;l“ up for . . nnally, 'tl?e rubber-armed relief pitcher, arrived yesterday, leaving Dutch Henry as the only member of the early squad yet to appear. PENSACOLA, Fla., February 26 (#).— A big fellow leaned longmgly over the wire fence behind which Red Sox were having their first workout of the Southern training season. Then he walked in, shouting greetings to all the boys and asking for “Mistah Bob.” In less time than it takes to tell big Ed Morris, pride of the lowly Red Stocking mound staff, was in President "X0 those mand a superior cigar, inches, weighs 175 and in one of his| Photographed for the talkies beside | T The pitchers yesterday were given a | Quinn's_office signing on the dotted line, a it no longer. Big Ed's surrender leaves only Catcher Johnny He out in the cold and he’s expected to climb over that wire fence any time now. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., February 26 (#).—Coach “Lena” Blackburne, who last year was manager of Chicago White Sox and “sparting partner” for Arthur (Whataman) Shires, was moan- ing the loss of a pocketbook today. Among other jtems was $50 cash. “I came a long way to lose that,” he commented, “this being my first trip to Florida in 23 years of base ball.” MARYLAND QUINTET LEAVES TOMORROW (Continued From First Page.) napolis with St. John's. The Methodists have a record so far of nine wins and six defeats and if they could take the measure of the Annapolis school, would | finish with an exceptionally good sea- son. | American U. G.F.Pt Golison, '1.... 3 Fuchs y ol moroouiy ol ssosrald Bl arons® Referee—Mr. Ford. Georgetown has announced that John Colrick, one of its new assistant foot ball coaches, will tutor the basket ball team next year. Colrick, besides being a foot ball star at Notre Dame, also was a brilliant basket ball RL‘“L Colrick succeeds Bill Dudack, who leaves to be- gin law practice in the Middle West. American University has made a two- year agreement with the High Point College of High Point, N. C., for foot | ball games in 1930 and 1931. The High | Point team plays here next Fall, on Oc- tober 18, and the corresponding Satur- day has been set for the game in 1931. George Washington and Catholic Uni- versity have scheduled two swimming meets, March 11 and March 19. The | first js to take place at Brookland and ;lhe:l second in the Ambassador Hotel | pool. Catholic University's basket ball team |opens a four-game trip tonight with a |game at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. | The Brooklanders, after meeting Hop- | kins, go to New York, where they play, | respectively, on Thursday, Friday and ?lul”dlcy mmu‘r&h;h'nh Regiment Na- onal Guards, Fordham T Athletic Club. e NO GRID RULE CHANGES LIKELY, WARNER AVERS PALO ALTO, Calif., February 26 (#). —Glenn S. Warner, Stanford University foot ball coach, expressed the opinion today that the foot ball rules will not be subject to nng major chnnfu ‘whi the committee of the National Collegi- ate Athletic Assoclation meets in Ab- secon, N. J., March 21-25. Warner, who will attend the meeting, is not a member of the rules committee but is on the advisory committee. He said efforts would be made to re- codify and simplify the rules. JOE JUDGE TELLS 'EM. Neighborhood House boys got the lowdown on how to play base ball from one of its masters, Joe Judge, in a get-together at the house. Other en- tertaining speakers were Mrs. Clara Neleigh, in charge of the house ac- fes, and M. H. Burton, director of activities, who will organise sev- eral teams. MR, CUEISTS PLAY TONIGHT. J. Ruppert and H. G. Gratham will meet tonight in the pocket billiard tcurnament at Horace Elmer's estab- lishment. In last night's match N. L. Sauls defeated W. N. Snale, 125 to 112. FOXALL A. C. MEETS. Base ball will be talked at a meet- of the Foxall A. C. tonight at 8:30 at 4451 Conduit road. and candidates are asked to attend. MOUNT RAINIERS ELECT. Base ball officers will be elected by the Mount Rainier A. C. tonight at a meeting at 7 o'clock at the home of James Dewhurst, 3534 Thirty-fifth street, Mount Rainier. q4 MILD MIL men who de- Ml we commend this new Cortez at 10c. For even the most initiated can tell the dif- ference. The Cortez cigar makers, famous for more This is ome of a series of stories the plaving ability of the men chosen squad. in which Vincent Richards s analyzing for this year's United States Davis Cup BY VINCENT RICHARDS, International Tennis Star and Pormer Davis Cup Ace. Of all the players on the Davis Cup squad none has a more individual style than Fritz Mercur of Bethlehem, Pa. You have only to_watch him in action for a few minutes to realize there is a difference the team. between his game and that of the other candidates for Mercur was born in Williamsport, Pa., but he went to school In Switzerland, and the foreign influence on his game is partly respon- sible for the difference. His forehand is made with the lower part of the arm; his backhand, which looks awkward, {s made with a lot of wrist, like the strokes of the French. In general it may be said he relies less upon force than most of the players in this country. GOLF TOURNAMENT CARD FOR D. C. CLUBS DRAWN Members of the executive committec of the District Golf Association gathered last night at the home of Herbert T. Shannon and drew up a tentative schedule for the invitation golf tourna. .| ments of the local clubs, which will be discussed at the annual meeting of the association on March 10. Here are the tentative tournament as- signments: Washington Golf and Club—April 30, May 1, 2 and 3. " ‘Woodmont Country Club—May 6, , 8, 9. Chevy Chase Club—May 14, 15, 16. zlzndhn Spring Club—May 20, 21, Middle Atlantic Golf Association championship—June 4, 5, 6, 7. lzcggumbll invitation—June 10, 11, Congressional Country Club—June 17, 18, 19, 20. Bannockburn Golf Club—Septem- ber 10, 11, 12, 13. District junior championship, Washington Golf and Country Club—September 3. District amateur—September 4, 5. The latter championship probably will be played at the Burning Tree Club. NEWBY ELECTED HEAD OF MUNY TENNIS BODY Bob Newby, a leading figure in Washington tennis for five years, has hecn elected president of the Public Parks Tennis Association, with Karl C. Country d 3. <" | Bactaner, vice president; Felix M. Silv secretary, and Herbert Shepard, treas- urer. 8ix teams will compete in the Pub- lic Parks League this year, a new entry Leing the Burroughs A. C.. The others cre Henry, Montrose, Monument, Po- tomac and Rock Creek. Play will start June 7. A match will consist of six singles and three doubles instead of five and three as formerly. Landis Proud of Peace Prevailing in Base Ball BY JOHN B. FOSTER. CHICAGO, TFebruary 26.—Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commis- sioner of base ball, this Spring is proud of the game, its players, the clubs and all. “There is one mighty fine thing about the start of base ball during the present year,” the commissioner sald today. ‘Not a dispute of any serious character, nor a disagree- ment of importance that should af- feet the clubs is on the horizon. We have had no scandals and no hostile gossip, “It is a situation of which I am roud. Some inor adjustments ve had to be made, as is to be in this 1zat F Radiat Mm‘s‘mk OR, FENDER AND BODY WORK 119 18tk §t. N, 1809 14 = Mercur is deceptive to watch. Look- ing at him, one is apt to feel his e lacks sting and severity. But the p! against him knows that his forehand. | a thin shot, comes over the net like a flash and that all his strokes, while easler to handle when they can be reached than the heavier strokes of others, are difficult to get to. This is because Mercur is so shrewd and caleu- | Iating in placing. He has a service easier to look at than to return, and his volley—par- ticularly his'low, backhand, cross-court volley—1is extremely effective, Over- head, however, he is inclined to be erratic, and this is true in general of Mercur's game. At top form he is a dangerous man for the best, and he has beaten many of them, but he frequently falls far short of his best and so loses to players he should beat. That is why Mereur has not gone higher in ranking and why he has falled before to make the Davis Cup team, although he practiced with it at Philadelphia last year. Mercur is not to be classed with the rising generation of players, for he has been in competition for years. But he is only 27 and should have at least four or five years of his best tennis in him. It is only in the last few years that he | has played extensively. Before then he | played n only three or four tourna- ments a year. As a consequence, the game has not taken as much out of him as_from many other players of his age. ‘While Mercur has fine victories to | his credit in_singles, it is as a doubles | player that he has shown to best ad- | vantage. He is especially brilliant at the four-handed game, and last year he won the national clay court- doubles with Gil Hall. Although he has mnever before re- celved serious consideration for the Davis Cup team, Mercur is likely to get the chance to prove himself this year, along with all the other young players. It may be his nomination to the squad will inspire him to greater efforts than in the past, when he never gave the impression of taking the game any too serlously. With his talents Mercur has it in him to go a great deal farther. All he needs is a little more ambition and activity on the court, for with his stroke equipment and his knowledge of the game he has a better endowment than other players who have gone farther. Any one who can beat Manuel Alonso and make the showing. against Cochet that Mercur did in the 1928 champion- ship, in which he teok the first set Lr,ofl n;el “t;mhmme,';‘ carried him —9 in the second, is a good player. Last year Mercur defeated Wilmer Allison after Allison had put out Lott, and Prank Hunter had his hands full to beat Mercur in the semi-finals. Mercur | may be the dark horse of 1930. He will bear watching in the tryout for the cup team. (Covyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F half a century, have com- D D . grant,evenb bined in thisnew cigarthe world’s | finest tobaccos. The result is a mild, fra- . . { cigar, heretofore unobtainable in the 10¢ cigar field. « Try a Cortez to::r\' Your nearest tobacco dealer has them. Other sizes in the new Cortes, 2 for 25¢, 15¢ and 3 for 50c T,