Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1930, Page 51

SPORTS. THE EV 3 b oo WEDNESDAY, O OBE SPORTS. Base Ball Player Market Is Active : Maloney Knocks the Profit Out of Carnera MCARTHY 1S TO BE YANKS' REAL BOSS 0’Doul and Thompson Rated as Sure to Strengthen Brooklyn Robins. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, October 15— Gloves and bats ‘may be laid away until next Spring, but the search of base ball magnates for the means by which their clubs can be strengthened goes on forever. The 1930 season has barely elosed, but already four deals of major interest to National and American League fans have been completed. The Chicago Cubs made the first move by obtaining Lester Sweetland, an effective southpaw, from the Phillies in a straight cash deal. Yesterday Brooklyn Robins and Boston Bra both announced player deals of major importance while Jacob Ruppert, presi- dent of the New York Yankees, did the expected and signed Joe McCarthy, former Cub pilot, to manage the Yankees for Lheln:;(: mt):o years at & rted_salary of ! 8 year. M S tel ving a s ‘m“ue contenders argument through most of the season, _ap- parently have B cdtiringthe in services of Frank (Lefty) ©O'Doul, outfielder, an second baseman do much better with than he did with the Phillies. The Braves, who made & good show- g i the 1930 race under Bill Mec- Kechnie's leadership, have acquired Wesley imerick, Los Angeles out- fielder, and William McAfee, Chicago recruit, in a deal by which pitcher Bob Smith went to the Cubs and Out Jimmy Welsh to Los Angeles. - llvrlck‘nlx; .u'lmln l‘he‘em"t:g league while ee, who toiled for Read- itionals, controlled by the Cubs, showed flashes of promise with & seventh-place outfit, » “Terms Not Announced. by which McCarthy, sue- manager Carthy d wb‘-l't“ the “best con- y declared it was - Base ball ob- re | division since from Sammy managerial experience. “Shawkey did as well as any manager could have done with the Yankees last season,” said, “and I hope he will become a great manager.” McCarthy Real Boss. NEW YORK, October 15.—Joe Mc- Carthy, newly. signed manager of the Yankees, -will have as absolute au- thority as the late Miller Huggins had. When el; first was HACK COMES BACK 'z The A P.. AN Ristts Ressrrell BIG WINTER AHEAD OF PRO LINKSMEN Campaign to Be Richest in History if Plans Do Not Miscarry. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, October 15.—Profes- slonal golfers of America are shining up their war clubs for a record cash plunder from tournaments this Winter. Already many new tournaments have been scheduled, and the Professional “. | Golfers’ Association of America reports AN WILSON - -OF THE CUBS~ ~THE. NEW HOME RUN KING, AND MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE —Te ‘Goar’ oF TE ». the Winter campaign will be the richest ip,_its history. “Zhe first event on the schedule is the Salt Lake City open, October 25 to 26, for a purse of $4,000. Special interest is attachied to this competition inasmuch as George von Elm will officially desert the amateur ranks and join the Far- rells, Hagens, Armours and Smiths as a “business man” golfer. From there the money-playing cara- van of golfers moves to the Pacific Northwest for tournaments at Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle and Portiand through- out November. After that the caravan moves on to California for probably the richest seasons in that State—a pro- gram including the first annual San Prancisco open match play champion- ship with prize money of $7,500, De- cember 4 to.7; the Catalina $7,500 open, December 11 to 14; the Pasadena $4,000 open, December 19 to 21; the Glendale $2,500 open, December 27 and 28; the $3,500 Long Beach open, Janu- ary 2 to 4; the $10,000 Los Angeles open, January 9 to 11, and the richest of them all, the $25,000 Agua Caliente open, January 12 to 17. Between the already scheduled Cali- fornia_tournaments, Miss Marion Hol- lins, former national woman's cham- pion, is anxious to sponsor & rich open tournament a¢ Santa Cruz, Calif. The purse, dates and details of this proposed tournament have not been arranged. Following the campaign in California and Agua, Caliente, the P. G. A. Tour- nament Bureau expects a full schedule through the Southwest and in Florida. Dates for these events are now being arranged so that the touring profession- als will be able to make the jumps con- veniently. Cities which are P ing tournaments are San Antonio, Har- linger, Galveston, Houston, New Or- leans, Pensacola, Miami Beach, Savan- nah, Jacksonville, Pinehurst, Augusta, “It's going Winter we ever had,” sald Bob Harlow, bureau manager. - SINGER IS RUNNER IN'WINNING FIGHT Chases Mack All Over Ring to Earn a Decision in Ten-Round Tilt. : | By the Associated Press. HICAGO, October 15.—Al Sing- er, the ruler of the world lightweight boxers, won a de- cisive victory for his initial in Chicago, but was a con- leg-weary young man. in his first bout in his own he knocked crown Mandell’s head last July, Singer scored a one-sided victory over Eddie Mack of Denver in the stadium last t, but it required 10 rounds of eve: running after the West- erner to gain him the decision of the referee and judges. ‘ Mack, who staged a great battle against Tony Canzoneri in Chicago & year ago, appeared awed at finding himself in the same ring with the world champion and devoted the 30 minutes of action running away from Singer's whizzing left hooks and earnest right swings. When he was not on the run, he dove into clinches, and Singer, al- he tried desperately, did not come very close to accomplishing a knockout. Singer was credited with nine of the 10 rounds, with one even. The 9,524 lmtamn, most of whom went to the stadium with the sole hope of seeing the fatten Mack, were disappointed . ""’sndkblzo‘edfludzc o) leader making it emphatic he had no desire to get into & fight for the position which he T ioptng, WS SERGR Wy If McCarthy had not been ei fiwf'e are some who wonder Whether Shawkey would have been retained. Col. Ruppert has had nothing to say about tgfi When he was asked if he would sign Shawkey for 1931— that was some time ago—he replied that he would not have anything to ¢ devastating The fireworks' agai King Levinsky, the West Side fish dis- tributor, who kept letting fly with his right until he tagged Tom Kirby of Boston in the second round of & 10-rounder. The King looked some- what foolish in missing, but when he landed on Kirby's chin the result was extremely convincing. In the third 10-round bout Kid Fran- cis, featherweight contender from Italy, scored & clean-cut decision over Harry Fierro of Chicago. Francis' body- punchk& and superior boxing skill were too much for the aggressive Fierro. in were provided by say about & manager for 1931 until world series. d%:hz unity to get McCarthy was wholly unexpected. No one had said that McCarthy would not remain with Chicago this next season, although it was understood by some, at least, that his contract had expired. It was known to a very few that criticism had been made of his handling of the Cubs in the world series of 1929. The non-success of the Cubs season was not in his favor, although allow- ance was made for the injuries to layers, e fact 15 that certain pitchers of the team were none too particular in keeping fit last Winter and when the Spring training season began they loafed on the Cubs without reason. After that they had too many celebra- tions to attend before the regular sea- son began and when it did begin they were not in the best of condition to pitch good ball. It was their lack of success that had as much to do with troubles of McCarthy as anything the troubles o e | that he might have been for in directing his plays. Under Rogers Hornsby these &ltdwrl halk mark -or they won't Cubs. Any ball player who wishes to string along with him must play ball from the training season and not from the middle of the season. TWO LOYOLAS BATTLE Chicago Eleven’s Chance Lessened by Loss of Quarterback. CHICAGO, October 15 (#).—Two - dozen Loyola University foot ball play- | | i | ers today headed for New Orleans, clash with their namesake %Ulflvfirflwo‘flllfllfi. Connelly, star od mwm ‘hopes d‘h%fi- Thirty. -year-old Melrose (Mass. wimirers after again yinning Von Elm’s Debut as “Business Man Golfer” Eagerly Awaited EORGE VON ELM will step out the latter part of this month J over the course of the Salt Lake City Country Club of Salt Lake City, Utah, to demonstrate to the world just what he means when he sets up a new class of golfer which he calls the “business man golfer.” Within a few miles of the spot where Von Elm got his start in golf, and within striking distance of the city where he gained an amateur boxing championship, the blond who has es- tablished a new sector of thought with regard to the amateur - professional question in golf will attempt to show the world, two weeks hence, just what he means when'he says he no longer can afford to play golf for sport’s sake and will take any money prize he may be fortunate enough to win in open competition. His initial start as a “business man golfer” is scheduled for the open tour- nament at the Salt Lake City Country Club, almost & month to the day from the time George Von Eim resigned his pretentions at the national amateur championship golf crown, when Mau- rice J. McCarthy beat him on the tenth extra hole of their overtime match at Merion. Von Elm’s first venture in his new role will come before the eyes of his home folks, for it was from Salt Lake City eight or nine years ago that reports first came of a new golf prodigy then making his appearance. How short the cycle runs in this game of golf. Only nine years at the out- side since Von Elm first made himself known. Then for a ytar he was barred by the United States Golf Association from amateur competition because of certain things the U. 8. G. A. deemed unethical. And he was taken back in 1923. In 1924 the star of Von Elm had fully risen. This year he was runner- up to Bob Jones in the first amateur championship the Georgian won. And in 1926 Von Elm beat Jones to win the championship at Baltusrol, the only amateur in history who has been able to trounce Ruthless Robert over the 36-hole distance since 1922, when Jess Sweetser did the job at Brookline. And here we have the resignation of Von Elm as an amateur and his de- cision within a month after the ama- teur championship to turn “business man golfer.” It will be interesting to note into what category he will fall if he wins and accepts a money prize in the Salt Lake City open. He cannot be an amateur after taking a money prize. Therefore he must be a profe al, for there are only two classes of golfers. PLUCKY finish over the last three holes, after a bad hole apparently had put her out of the running in the last round, enables Mrs. Harrison Brand, jr, to call herself today the women's golf champion of the Chevy Chase Club. Mrs. Brand, who has been playing golf but a short time, finished with a card of 88 in the last round of the 36-hole medal-play title chase yes- terday to nose out three women who finished but a shot away from the title. At the close of the first day’s play on Monday Mrs. Frank R. Keefer was in first place with 84, followed by Mrs. Brand and Miss Susan Hacker with 85. The defending champion, Mrs, L. O. Cameron, apparently was out of the running with a 93. But Mrs, Cameron came back with a brilliant 81 yesterday to total 174, while Miss Hacker added an 89 to her 85 for the same total. Mrs. Hume Wrong, who had scored 91 on the opening day of the competition, scored a fine 83 yesterday and Mrs. Keefer took 91 yesterday. That left Mrs. Brand needing an 88 to win. She took an 8 on the par 5 fifth hole, where intimate acquaintance with too many bunkers cost her a chance at a par. But the sixteenth hole really won the title for her. Women's par for this hole is 5, and it is by no means an easy 5. She hit a lengthy tee shot and secured a birdie 4, finish- ing with the requisite 55 to win the title by a single stroke. ‘The Chevy Chase championship is the first big tourney Mrs. Brand has won, although she has played in several ‘women’s events about the Capital over the last two years. The chief prize in the tourney is the handsome H. C. Sheridan trophy. Mrs. Brand, Mrs. Cameron and Miss Hacker all tied at 174 for second place. The tie will be played off within a few days for two prizes. A few golfers from Washington clubs ‘were phyll:g today in a medal play tourney at the Rolling Road Golf Club, sponsored by the Maryland State Golf Association. LAYERS at the Washington Golf and Country Club still are talking about the six birdies negotiated in 2 single round of the course last Sun- day by C. H. Pardoe. Five of the song- sters came on the first nine holes. At the same time D. C. Gruver set what must be some sort of a local record when he obtained two eagles in a sin- gle round of the course. Gruver holed utts for 3s on the fourth and fifteenth les—the only par 5 affairs at Wash- ington. The hard ground and mild weather is making conditions for low W&‘ 8s near perfect as they ever OV’ER at Washington Friday night a large group of members of the club are to gather for dinner to honor a lad who might be a nationally prominent golf figure if he had the fighting spirit and overpowering will to win of some other well known players. Frank K. Roesch of Washington, whom the Washington members will honor Friday night, not only is one of the finest stylists about the Capital, and one of the best shot-makers, but also & youngster with everything in his favor in the game of golf except that ap- parent will to win which distinguishes some other competitors, We often have heard well known glzeyen say, “What a golfer Frank sch would be if he was only a little more aggressive. He appears to be diffident about the game—as if he didn’t care whether he wins or loses.” This is the way many people regard Roesch’s game. "It is not altogether true. I know that from many games played against Frank-as a partner or @s an opponent. Frank wants to win, but he does not show it as some of the other competitors do. Frank’s record this year speaks for itself. He has won the District amateur ch‘n:glonlhfli and his club title and is today s amateur about Wi P p terial. ‘There 3 doubt as to his ability, for he has all the golf needed to make a top-notcher. A team of woman pla; led by Mrs. H. A. Knox yest eated a team captained by Mrs. R. L. Rose at Congressional Countay Club, winning by —Underwood Photo. ! 9% points to 5%. EDITH QUIER ONLY FAVORITE T0 LOSE All Other Leading Players Win in Women’s Title Golf Tourney. BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN, Assoclated Press Sports Writer. I OS ANGELES, October 15.—With from the list of contenders in first round match play, the women's thirty-fourth national golf tournament moved into the second bracket today. The freckle-faced Reading, Pa., girl, a member of the 1930 United States Curtis Cup team, suceumbed yesterday to the steady playing of Mrs. Brent Potter, Northern California champion, in the biggest surprise the initial round had to offer. The count was 2 up. All other favorites, including the title defender, Glenna Collett, and two for- mer champions, Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd and Marion Hollins, won in con- ventional fashion. Miss Collett trounced Mrs. Harry Grossman, Los Angeles, 6 and 4. Mrs. Hurd won from Mrs. Russell Fowles, Long Beach, Calif., by the same score. Miss Hollins encounter- ed some difficulty in defeating Mrs. John Taylor, Evanston, Ill, 3 and 2. Two of the youngest stars in the tourney furnished a brilliant first round match when Helen Hicks, 19, former Canadian champion from Inwood, N Y., shot sub-par golf, to defeat Lucille De Long, 18-year-old Coronado, Calif., entrant, 3 and 1. Matching wood shots with her Eastern oPpomm'.‘a irons in many instances, the slight Westerner fought a game uphill battle, for Miss Hicks shot 38 on the par 39 out nine, and, with a par 5 on the unplayed eighteenth of the home round, would have had a 77, four under standard. An eagle 3 on the 430-yard !dhltrteemh started Miss De Long toward lefeat. Mrs, O. 8. Hill, Kansas City, medalist, and Bernice Wall, Oshkosh, Wis., both semi-finalists & year ago, furnished one of the best ma of the day. Fallure of Miss Wall to straighten out her wood :hnudwsu largely responsible for defeat, and 3. Some of the favorites, who found salling rather easy yesterday, faced heavy going today. Included in the list were Mrs, Hurd, who was matched with Maureen Orcutt, Haworth, N. J.; Miss Hollins, pitted against Virginia Van Wie, Chicago, and Mrs. Harley Higbie, Detroit, matched with Peggy Wattles, Buffalo. Other matches were between Miss Collett and Helen Lawson, Los Angeles; Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Potter, A s REACH NET SEMI-FINALS. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., October 15 (#).—Mrs. W. V. Win- chester, Baltimore; Mrs. P. B. Hawks, New York; Barbara Duffy, Chicago, and Florence Le Boutillier, New York, won their way into ¢the semi-finals round in the singles in the Greenbrier Autumn Tennis Tournament. PONTIACS WANT GAMES, Pontiacs are after foot ball games with teams in_the 85-100 d class. NEW MIAMI SHOW IS HIT BY PRIO'S DEFEAT Boston Boy Proves Giant Boxer Mark for Good Ring General. BY SPARROW McGANN. EW YORK, October 15.—Jim Maloney threatens to break Harry Lauder’s record for farewell appearances. Sha- mus has been shelved into re- tirement several times during the past few years. But before the lingering notes of his swan song die away, Maloney bobs up with a surprising victory. Jim's latest victim was none other than Pri- mero Carnera, the man mountain, who had chalked up 23 consecu- tive victories since his advent in American rings. It will be recalled that Malgney, an outsider in the betting, was pitted against Jack Delaney when the light heavyweight champfon was seriously considered as the outstanding contender for Gene Tunney's heavyweight title. In a sizzling 10-rounder the Boston fish peddler astounded the fans by triumph- ing over Delaney in handy fashion. This paved the way to a match with his arch rival, Jack Sharkey. The latter was too good for Maloney that night, and when Shamus was tipped over by George Godfrey and the light- hitting Tom Heeney his obituary as a first-flight heavy was written. Seeking an opponent for Max Schmeling in his native Germany, Joe Jacobs looked over his list of accept- able opponents and decided that Jim Maloney would be a fit sacrifice for the dynamic fists of the champion. The mltched :’l‘lmrldlcgzd, d Jacobs change ind. Carnera’s managers looked over the Boston fat boy and de- cided he was ripe to be taken. The re- sult is ring history now, and Carnera does not shape up any too well in the estimation of those who were begin- ning to change their minds about the big fellow’s workmanship, Carnera Outgeneraled. o Maloney sald after the fight: “I ad- mit I was kind of scared when the big fellow first came at me, but after the first two rounds I decided he was not the terror he was cracked up to be. Weaving around and keeping out of the clinches proved to me that m big fellow lacking ring generalship ld be beaten, did just that.” There is a lot of truth in Maloney's summation. The derelicts of the ring whom Carnera has opposed were terri- fied by the huge size of their opponent. Ace Clarke and Bombo Chevalier wrote a different chapter in the career of Carnera. They proved that the man mountain was not the terrific puncher that his size figured him to be, and Maloney carried the point farther. ‘When Maloney faced Carnera he had iwo purposes in mind. One was to beat the name of Edith Quier crossed | Itali Primo and the other and more impor- tant was to beat Jack Sharkey out of & lucrative match. Maloney loves Sharkey like poison ivy. This feeling is reciprocated by the former sailor. Sharkey has been angling for a crack at Carnera, and would have had it but for the orders of the local boxing com- mission. In the event that Carnera beat Maloney, Sharkey was all set to dicker for a match with the giant an, Hits Miami Show. ‘There is no doubt that Carners was the biggest attraction in the boxing game of the day. The fans were anxious to know if it were possible for & normal heavyweight weighing around 200 pounds to spot his adversary 65 pounds and take his measure. Carnera was to be shelved for the current in- door season and brought back to this country in the Spring with a fanfare of trumpets, hailed as the superman of the ring and pitted against Young Stribling. This match would have tickled the fans and made the Miami annual a rousing success. It is difficult to say just what plans are in the making, but it is safe to pre- dict that Maloney's victory will be clouded by carefully worded stories so that the sting of Carnera’s defeat will be well worn away by the time Spring rolls around. The promoursdof t’he Miami spectacle are in a quandary for nent to face Stribling, who is one calculated to draw well in as Primo Carnera. Students of game have come away from his fights in different frames of mind. On some occasions Primo has looked like a world beater and on others he looked like a raw novice, with nothing to recom- mend him but size and strength. Speed Can Check Primo. The Maloney fight proved two things, and these are sufficient to place Carnera in a definite spot in bue"f,h“vyl:leell‘!}}'“ ranking. Carnera can beat any - 'M‘ht‘who will walk into him. His tremendous strength in the clinches and his bearish chops inside are too much for the ordinary heavyweight. Pitted against an experienced opponent who knows how to bob and weave out of position, the Italian is lost. That is what Maloney proved, and any other fast-moving heavyweight will do the same. Carnera cannot punch out. His bulg- ing muscles are against him when he hits straight out. But in the clinches —that is another story. Primo whales away with short up and down chops while holding with his left hand, and it is too bad for the man he gets in that embrace. The bogey man of the ring has been unmasked, and the American public owes Shamus Maloney a vote of thanks. st st MRS. GRAHAM DEFEATED. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., October 15.—Mrs, Margaret Graham of Washington, D. C., was eliminated yesterday in the quarter- final round of the annual Greenbrier Autumn tennis tournament here by Barbara l)uflyl of Chicago. The scores Phone Frank Dattore, Atlantic 1136-J. were 6—0, 6— McMILLAN, SHIKAT WIN Varga and Harper Are Thrown in Heavyweight Mat Bouts. BALTIMORE, Md., October 15 (#).— Jim McMillan of Baltimore threw Joe Varga of Cleveland in 28 minutes and Dick Shikat of Philadelphia threw Paul of Texas in 41 minutes in a bill here last are heavy- BRAVES-CUB DEAL WAS LONG PLANNED McKechnie Says Cash Obtained Will Be Used to Obtain More Players for Boston. PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 156 (#). —Manager Bill McKechnie of the Bos- ton Braves said here that the deal sending Pitcher Bob Smith and Out- flelder Jimmy Welsh to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Wesley Schulmer- ick, outfielder, and William McAfee, pitcher, was one on which he had been working for some time. “I have been working on that deal for a time,” McKechnie said be- for some time and I think young Bill McAfee, who pitched for Reading this year, will help us in time. Also we secured some money in the exchange of fih’"‘ and we intend to use this in the strengthening of our club.” GEORGE LOTT WEDS PHILADELPHIA GIRL Net Star and Bride, Nee Abigail Allen, Married at Elkton, on Secret Honeymoon. By the Associeted Press. Martin Lo p tennis star, and Miss Al m{m Allen arrived here early yes- afternoon, obtained a license and were the Rev. Edward Minor. They immediately following the ceremony, but the destination was not Lott in the license gave his age as 23 and his address ; his bride sald she was 21 and that her home was at Abington, & suburb of Philadelphia. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clayton Allen and made her debut in December, 1928. Lott, sixth in the national ranking of tennis players for 1929, sprang into the firmament of tennis stars in 1924, by defeating R. Norris Williams, 2nd, twice former holder of the national sin- gles championship, in a tournament at Forest Hills. In 1927, he and John F. Hennessey won the national doubles champlonship. In August of this year, he announced he was withdrawing from competitive km'l:’ l;:’d énwn}-n:nn play. He was quof lew York papers as Mdmnotmtwh&wmtl"m bum, a parasite and a ne’er-do-well.” WESTERN HIGH PLAYING. Western High's foot ball eleven was to face Woodward School's team this afternoon on the Monument xlr:mdl at home for Western and 3:30 o'clock. It was'the of the cam) e opening test for Woodward. DRESSY BLUES DOUBLE-BREASTED The Rage of The Blues you can Afford to have the season— A Happy days are here again—blues, quite the thing with men—these herringbone cheviot Two Pairs Trousers single and double breasted blue suits are the last word—yes, sir; $2950 and the economy buy of the season— 1931 NASH 4 DOOR SEDAN 116-Inch Wheelbase $1,079 DELIVERED AT YOUR DOOR POWER—SPEED—PEP WALLACE MOTOR CO. ® Our Budget Plan Makes It Easier Me\jer’s Shop 1708 L St Dec. 2280 Open Evenings 1331 F St