Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1930, Page 51

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1936. SPORTS. Fifty Cars Under Construction for Indianapolis’ Greatest Speed EUR[]PE’S FAST[SI }Toil Its Own Reward in Case Of Pin Tournament Mechanics Will Accompany in Seven Years. EW YORK, April 17 ®.— American automobile rac- soming into activit paring for the’foreign invasion in the grand prize event, the inter- national 500-mile drive over the May 30. Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker, ace of aces during the World War and himself & famous auto racer of yesteryears and Speedway Organization, is here pre- paring for the arrival of two Italian racing stars and their 16-cylinder car— & Maserati—the fastest car in Europe, Jean Gaudino, the South American driver who recently won for the second time the Gran Primo Nacional of Ar- gentina. an 800-mile road race, has ing American laurels. Mechanics Will Ride. Restorstion of the two-seated racer for the Indianapolis race, according to competitive interest, and the prospects of a record-smashing event More than 50 new cars are under construction for the event, and the ad- uary, is nearly 25 per cent in advance of last year, when the largest crowd in the history of the event—163,000— saw the motor classic. Drivers for First Time ing, like base ball, is blos- Indianapolis motor speedway, on now president of the Indianapolis with a record of 152.89 miles an hour. also announced his intention of seek- Capt. Rickenbacker, has stimulated vanced seat sale, which opened in Jan- For the first time in seven years two men will form the team manning each | car in the race. It is a return to the vogue of the riding mechanic, that picturesque figure, who is the driver's eyes in the rear and who receives and transmits all messages to and from the pit along the track. Instead of the projectile-shaped weapons of speed, the cars will be of many shapes and sizes, powered with motors varying in size from the tiny 9115 cubic inches piston displacement, which have been raced for several years, to gow‘er plants as large as 366 cubic inches. Thirty-three Starters. Whereas only 33 cars have been per- mitted to start the 500-mile grind, 40 cars will be allowed to face the starter this year. The American Automobile Association sanctioned the increase be- ‘cause of the size of the track, which is 2, miles around and has two long straightways, two shorter ones and four rter turns. Places in the 13 rows of 3 cars each and one car in the four- teenth row will be determined by time trials over a 10-mile tour the week pre- ceding the race. The fastest cars get the front positions. Heading the American defense team | will be a brace of two-time national champions. Louis Meyer, 25-year-old champion in 1928 and 1929 and winner of the Indianapolis run in 1928, will ot his own 16-cylinder car. Peter Paolo, nephew of Ralph De Palma, and champion in 1925 and 1927, will | drive a Duesenberg. Italy will make a determined effort with two star drivers in one car. Plan- ning to_ “sprint-drive” each man 250 miles, Ernesto Maserati and Naconi Birzacchini will alternate at the wheel of the Italian speed demon. This is the first time such strategy has been attempted in a long race in America. South America’s strong boy, Jean QGaudino, who has demotstrated his ca- ::ity for physical strain by winning 800-mile road events, does not plan %0 use a relief driver. I BY R. D. THOMAS. ! PINAL count today revealed 377 teams, 581 doubles and 1018 singles entries for the Washing- ton City Duckpin Associatiol | twentieth annual tournament, opening | next Tuesday at Convention Hall. | | And, according to Arville Ebersole, | this record was achieved at a cost of | more labor than ever before put in on the promotion of Washington's largest bowling party. Somehow bowlers don’t warm up to the tournsment as it seems they should It is the most attractive event offered them, yet year after year. about half the entries are gained by solicitation The city association officials remind one of shepherds rounding up their flocks. | Lonnie Says It. | Alonzo Herman Krauss, who has | shared with several others for years | the burden of handling the tournament, | has made a suggestion that ought to re- ceive serious consideration from the as- | sociation officials and bowlers as well | Krauss has urged that the deadline for | entries be held to rigidly and that the | officials make no personal solicitation. “Once the tournament is under way.” in it. If no attention was given those | bowlers who have to be dragged in| or later coming in on their own accor1. | I don't believe the entry total would | slump for more than a year, either.” Every season the association sets a deadline for entries and just us regu- | larly permits a week of grace. Dur- ing this extra week most of the eniries | come in. | If the bowlers had adhered to the | | original deadline they would save the tournament executives many an hour of toil, and only one of these executives, | by the way, is paid for his work. He's underpaid, at that. Last Saturday at 3 p.m. Secretary Ebersole and O. H. P. Scott started the business of classifying and scheduling At 8 p.m. they were joined by Harry Z. Greer, Dave Burrows, Jack Williams, | Rena Levy, Lonnie Krauss and Earle | Stocking. * This group labored until 4 | am. Some returned to the task at 10| am. worked until 11 o'clock Sunday | night. | Ebersole receives small pay, but what is the reward of the others? Just a Job. “Somebody’s got to do it, why not us?” is their common reply. The burden falls yearly on virtually the same group. After the city tournament Ebersole and Stocking will have another job They will carry the load, 100, in the annual Masonic tournament, to be held at Convention Hall May 6, 7, 8 and. 9 Here again it will be necessary to go| begging for entries, if the tournament | is to be a success. Queer, this situation—begging people to play, with a lot of work the beggar's | chief reward. Eighty-nine leagues will be represent- ed in the city tournament by teams and a number of others by doubles and sin- | gles. This is a record, the previous | high mark having been reached last year with teams from 73 leagues. As- sociation leaders had hoped for repre- sentation from 100 leagues. | Por the third successive year the Rec- | reation team, captained by Billie Wil liams, is champion of the Ladies' Dis- trict League. The Recs barely made the | grade, however, because of a late rush | by John Blick's girls, who finished one | | game behind, | | In final matches the Recs swept a | set from the Meyer Davis team and the Blicks whitewashed the Arcadians, who finished third, with the King ' Pins lourth, | Harry, Lonnie reasons, “everybody wants to be | J every year they'd find themselves sooner | 5 |® | Catherine Fortney of Convention Hall Organizers tried valiantly for high-game honors on the last night, but was seven pins shy, with a score of 146. Pauline Ford set the record with 153. Commercial League bowlers will top Off their league season tonight with a high-low dot doubles tournament to- night at Convention Hall. Comes now the Monk Fraser Sweep- stakes. The Arcadia manager will put on the event named for him Sltul’dly\ night at 8 oclock. The entry fee will be $3. Monk will give $60 for first place. $30 for second and $10 for third. Every- body's eligible. The $3 will cover the cost of games. However, trom the fans' viewpoint, the most interesting event at the Ar- cadia Saturday night will be the open- ing of the series between Eddie Espey, young Arcadia star, and Sam Del Vec- chio, who holds the world record with a game of 240. Wally Burton and Dad Burton shot 1,111 to take the lead in the father- and-son tournament at Henry Hiser's Bethesda plant, the youngster havin five-game score of 613 and his father a count of 498 Jack Wolstenholme and his dad, generally regarded as the strongest father-and-son team in town, were second with 1,095. The scores: W. Moore Doc " Moot E. Cannon. Gannon. . T Berren ¥ 3 N J. H J. c c. W. 3 Burton. Interior Department bowling fans will flock to the King Pin No. 1 to- night to see the Secretary and Survey teams fight it out for the Interior pen- nant. They will shoot five games, total pins to count. Each team won a series in the regular league schedule. Fach will be battling for a second leg on the R. Harris & Co. trophy. . LAMAR INJURES HIS LIP AND BOUT IS DELAYEC Postponement of the boxing bout scheduled for next Monday night at Carlins, in Baltimore, between Henry Lamar and Marty Gallagher, Washing. ton heavyweight boxers, has been an- nounced. +It was stated that Lamar has suffered an injured lip in training, rendering him unfit for the match. A new date for the match has not yet been announced. - NAVY GETS TENNIS COACH. ANNAPOLIS, April 17.—George Gau- get of Cincinnati has been engaged to coach the Navy tennis team. He for- merly was associated with the Meadow- ?r‘ookd Club at Southampton, Long sland. RACES TODAY Havre de Grace SEVEN RACES DAILY Special B. & O, train leaves Union Station 12:00 noon. Special Penna. R. R. train leaves Union Station 12:05 P.M., Eastern Standard Ti ADMISSION Grandstand and paddock, $1.50 FIRST RACE AT 2:30 P.M. WHAT DOES “B. P.” MEAN TO YOU? L] TO SOME IT MEANS BICYCLE . which recalls the old song about Daisy Bell who'd look so sweet upon the seat of a bicycle built for two. But to thousands, “B.P."” means‘‘BAYUK PHILLIES""—the cigar that'll be the choice of most men as long as a dime is ten cents. “PHILLIES” are all ripe tobacco. That's why you get nature’s mellow sun-flavor, just as you do with a juicy, ripe apple. Only the smooth-smoking, tender heart- leaves of choice tobacco plants ever go into “PHILLIES.” They’re the kind that paint the smoke-clouds with sunshinel Tonight, loll back in your easy chair and dream of the dear old cycling days as you surround yourself with the fragrant smoke of a “PHILLIE.” Three likeable sizes: Pe . Longfello . . 10e Atter Dinner . Zfor 25¢ PHILLIES " lt5 Ripe Tobaccol Distributor: Washington Tobacco Co., Washingten, D. & THE DRIVES TONIGHT Capitol Hill League — Red Sox va. honey’s Paper Co.. at Capitol Hill City Post Offce League- Delivery masters, Cast Offs. Parcel Post e. Washington Men's League American Legion, Standard 5. Colorado Radio, Miller-Lacey i ciation No. 1, Mont- Carey King, at Silver of Washington Ladies' League - Woman's Improvement Club No. 2 vs. Wil- lam P. Redman Auxiliary, at Bilver Spring King Pin Business Men's League—Hart- ford s Chestnut Farms Dairy, at King o. Pin N Ma: Roosevelt hit ON Ma- ve. Post- at City ue—Harmony vs. is, Acacia v vs. Silver Spring. ai G. O. Ladies’ Buichery vs Light_Artiliery, Casual vs. . Ammuni- tion Train vs. Pack Trains, Balloon vs. De- velopment, Bombardment vs. Mine Planters Military " Police ve. Pursuil, at Kink Pin | o. League—High-low dot and Commereial at Convention Hall. doubles tournament. G. W. GIRLS CAPTURE U. . RIFLE HONORS George Washington University wom- | en’s rifle team has won the champion- ship of the Women's Intercollegiate Rifle Association for the fourth straight season ‘The Colonial girls shot 2,954 to out- score their nearest rivals, Carnegie Tech, by 28 points, the co-eds from the Smoky City school having a 2926. George Washington's last victory was over University of Washington in a telegraphic match University of Maryland, which has won the title in the past, did not com- pete. Members of the George Washington team whose scores counted were: Capt. Roberta Wright, Arline Spencer | and Verna Parsons, each 591; India g:lll Corea, 588, and Naomi Crumley, 587. GIVES RACING TROPHY. NEW YORK, April 17 (#).—Mrs. Payne Whitney, owner of the famous Greentree racing stable, will present a gold cup to be competed for annually in | the grand national steeplechase, run each year at the Fall race meeting at Belmont Park. INET CUP FAVORITES HAVING TOUGH TIME {Doeg Only High Ranker Left in North-South Event. Mangin Survives. By the Associated Press. PIN!.’HURST, N. C, April 17— Tennis experts hereabout are viewing with amazement the | way favored contenders for the | Davis Cup team selection are being | bumped off. Two of them hit the skids in yesterday’s quarter finals of the North and South tournament after three had been eliminated in Tuesday's matches. Yesterday's casualtles were George Lott, who campaigned against the French for Uncle Sam's net glory last year and who is given a fourth-place | ranking, and John Van Ryn, also a member of last year's Davis Cup team, given-fifth ranking. Gregory Mangin, Newark, N. J. Georgetown University student, showed Lott how tennis should be played, and Berkely Bell, Texas collegian, gave Van Ryn his lesson. Bell is rated ninth, Mangin tenth. Lott and Van Ryn follow Francis T. Hunter, No. 2 in the national ratings; Fritz Mercur, No. 6, and Wilmer Allison, No. 7, also rans. Only Johnny Doeg, the California giant, in No. 3 position, re- mains of the six ranking players who started, and he was called upon to sum- mon ail his reserve to defeat Gifford Sutter of New Orleans, a player of no national ranking. On top of this, J. Gilbert Hall of East Orange, N. J., who gave Hunter his trimming Tuesday, was beaten by Emmett Pare of Dayton, Ohio. The score was 6—32, 6—1. Other scores yes- terday were: Doeg beat Sutter, 3—8, | 6—3, 6—4; Mangin beat Lott, 9—11, |6—2, 6—3, and Bell beat Van Ryn, 6—4, 3—86, 6—3. Even in the doubles matches, the | Davis Cup champlons, Allison and Van Ryn, found tough sledding. They nosed out a pair of University of North Carolina freshmen, Bryant Grant and Wilmer Hines, 6—3, 8—7. LEAN AND HEALTHY under a Pacific sun they ride the curling waves . . . tense, vigorous, clear- eyed, they laugh in sport as the long breakers rumble on the beach at Waikiki . ..'and as they lounge along the sand or sit in the cool cafes of the hotels, they find new vigor and refreshment STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE HE golf course of the Columbia Country Club will be opened for Summer play on May 6, when a group of ordinary players, garbed in fantastic costumes, will lead the Boasters’ Club through the desert of fasting and prayer of the long Winter into the oasis of complete fulfiffment of their golfing dreams. Chairman George P. James has chosen the initial party of the Boasters’ Club on May 6 to signalize the formal transfer of play from Winter rules to Summer rules, and make the occasion the formal opening of the course for the season’s play. The layout has been open all Winter, but at Columbia they belleve in saving the rough as well as the fairways and the golfers who play the course have been teeing ‘em up any- where on the course except in bunkers and water hazards. After May 5 the course will not be the easy affair it has been for several months past, for when: a ball strays into the rough after that date it will have to be played where it lies, and there won’t be any more full brassie shots from a teed ball in the high grass, unless the player is lucky enough to get the break that puts his ball up on a tuft of grass. D'Arcy Banagan, who is the boss of the Boasters, reports to the contrary notwithstanding, is puzzled as to what form the tournament shall take on this big Spring occasion at Columbia. The Boasters’ Club, which is an organiza- tion made up of men who talk at some length about their golf game, will be host to the complete golfing membership of the club on May 6. And we might add that some of the foremost golfers of the city have found themselves eligible for the Boasters’ Club through some re- mark dropped in the locker room and overheard by a member of the Boasters. Banagan is hesitating between a two- ball foursome, which provided a lot of fun last year, and some sort of trick club competition, with the balance of thought leaning toward the Scotch fou some. Banagan is somewhat of a pra tical joker and he aimed last year to pair the best golfers with the worst. We recall how the reigning District champion—none other than Miller B Stevinson—was paired with a gent who considers it an occasoin when he breaks 120 for the round. And so it went through the best and the worst, with fun the goal of all and golf a sec- ondary consideration. Herbert. T. Shannon, president of the club, also is president and ding chief of the Boasters, but tradition de- cru; that Banagan shall do the heavy work. Professional golfers from the clubs about Washington will travel over to | the Rolling Road Club of Catonsville, | Md., next Monday to engage in an ama- | teur-professional best ball sweepstakes | event sponsored by the Middle Atlantic | Professional Golfers’ Association as the | second event on its season schedule. Quite a number of the prominent simon- pures and an equal number of pros will | make the journey to the fine course | near Baltimore for the event. Fred Mc- | Leod plans to play either with A. R.| MacKenzie or J. B. Murphy; J. Munro | Hunter and his son, Monro, jr., will be |among the entrants, and Arthur B. | Thorn, the Shorey brothers, Bob Bar-| | nett and a number of others are among | those who will go. The conflict dates between the Chevy | Chase Club and the Baltimore Country Club for their Spring invitation events cannot be avoided, and the two tourn: ments, which are among the most po) {ular in this section, will be run off at| the same time. The Chevy Chase tour- | ney is to be played on May 14, 15 and 16, while the Baltimore tourney is sched- |uled for May 15, 16 and 17. Several local amateurs already have sent their acceptances to the Baltimore Country Club committee. ‘The Baltimore club was not repre- sented at the annual meeting of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association when | dates were discussed. Chairman Stead of the Chevy Chase golf committee has made efforts to so reconcile the dates of the two events that a conflict might be avoided, but has been unable to effect | & change. Inasmuch as next week is an open one on the tournament sched- ule, it seems too bad that change might not have been made by one club or the | other. ‘The Chevy Chase dates could not be changed because of the date set for the playing of the French High Commission Cup for women, which follows the in- vitation event, and because all the mem- bers of the club have been mailed copies | of the Spring golf schedule and are presumed to have made their plans ac- cordingly. In addition, some eight Canadian golfers have agreed to come to the Chevy Chase tournament on the dates of May 14, 15 and 16 and have made their business plans to fit these dates. The Chevy Chase tournament this year D-8 Carnival. SOCCER TEAMS ORDERED TO REPLAY TITLE CLASH Marlboro and British United soccer teams have been ordered by the Wash~ ington and Southeastern District SBoocer Association to replay their recent game for the District championship, which resulted in victory for the Uniteds, 1t00. Marlboro protested the game on the gound thlmhe referee had erred. nited officials have indicated they ma; appeal to the United States Foot Blfi Association. will be an invitation affair, and the club will depart from the handicap method of restricting entries. A large number of woman players have entered for the Phyllis Keeler Mil- ler Memorial tournament, which is to be played at the Washington Golf and Country Club next Monday. The tourney. is an 18-hole medal play handicap. event, open to all woman golfers of the city. Pairings will be made at the tee, and the winner will have her name inscribed on a memorial scroll in the club house. Mrs. Miller was secretary of the Woman’s District Golf Associa- tion for several years and was a former champion of the Washington Golf and Country Club. Capt. Watson B. 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