Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1931, Page 31

Constructioneers Have Powerful Nine : Mount Rainier Awarded Finals “HREE FRUM I] B ADVANCE AT NETS Frances Walker Only Loser in Muny Tourney—Rain Delays Matches. SEEN ASBIGGEST THREAT IN SERIES | Has Taken Place Formerly Held by Terminal Team in Weekday Circles. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. 'UST as the Industrial League | assumed the place the Ter- | minal loop formerly held asj the king pin of sandlot ~week-day circuits, §o are the In- ‘dustrial’s champions, thé Con- structioneers, assuming that repu- tation held last year by Terminal's champ, the Pulman team, as “thcg team to beat in the city series.” ‘ As early as the middle of June sand- | ticators predicted the team ! that won the Industrial League cham- | plonship would win the city series title. Despite this seeming encouragement, | the Constructioneers are not taking their rivals lightly. They realize that in any of the other three loop champs | Yests a threat. They realize that in| Commene, Eldbrooke and _ elther P. O. or Naval Hospital there is noL only & trio of tough clubs, but clubs capable of stepping out and winning the flag. The Constructioneers, who on Sun-| days play as the Washington Red Sox, won both halves of the Industrial League. After coasting in easily in the first half they encountered unex] ‘opposition in the second series in Wash- Terminal. A tie ensued, but the> nstructioneers won in a play-off. In Lefty Jewett, the Ind urm, Leaguers have onme of the two standout pitchers due to perform in the series. Leon Riley, Commerce, is the other. Jeweu, rl(ed one of the premier southpaws in city, has done most of the twirling for the ch: Hoffman and Usilton hlve en turns wmx better than average success. | Ault, !ormlr cent.ul High aie 8 ioe g, oo , Jacl ¥, e Sooker and Bowie form the infield, with | Hamel, Jenkins and Young in the oyt- fleld. | Like Pullman Jast year, the Construc- | tioneers not only will go into the unes Now if the serles only will wind un\ for_the Constructioneers the same way | as it did for last year's champs, every- | thing will be all right—for the Oon-i structioneers. i | COLORED HORSESHOE FAVORITE DEFEATED Sergt. Hayes Loses to Williams in Cook Final—Laurel Pitchers Join Metro Tournament. | Sergt. A. Hayes, classed among the | strongestcontenders for high honors | in the colored section of The Star's| metropolitan district horseshoe cham- | pionships, wes in the ranks of the de- feated today following a clash with | Williams in the Cook | . Williams won the by a large and en- h N'n Iur the time h-:.g out. runner-up, he ! 1o compete m the divisicnal umux. Md., August 19. — The Laurel tossers have jomed the m<:o- | , /Dolitan toumey with George Mat ( as chairman. He predicu a large encry, i o champion worthy of State com- | fpflflnn. uml wants & team match HALLS HILL, Vi August 19.—With the Halls mu fans and pitchers bub- bll.u over with enthusiasm, the local ‘itourney is progressing with plenty Fred Ewell, chairman. A | » dual ‘fllfl'uy is in the making between (h Halls Hill and Washington colored firemen. !h& Chllrmm W. T. Hyson is planning 1o make this a big event Mfil“ mm:{ Chief Lloyd ‘Third round phy in the Children's ‘Hoepital emv!oy- tourney will con- | tinue today. irings James Wilson 'l. James Lusier vs. Robert Grayson, Jahn Brown vs. Willlam Fitzgerald, Tence Moten vs, Joseph Mayo, Thoml= Lewis va. E. J. Crane. WANTS SATURDAY GAME. Hyattsville Southern Methodist base ball team is after a game for Saturday afternoon. Oall Ardley Hart at Hyatts- wille 18-J after 6 p.m. d|snd Stanley Stine, THE EV. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 Of County Horseehoe Tourney OUNT RAINIER today was se- lected as the site for the Prince Georges County finals in the metropolitan district | horseshoe championships, sponsored by | The Star. The date will be announced | later by J. Theodore Crown, county tournament chairman, who will be as- sisted in the management of the finals by Prank Bauman. two of the finest courts in the metro- politan area, electric lighted and ideal- | ly sulted to spectators. Several of the larger town events have many matches to be played, and as soon as their finish may be cl reckoned the date for the playoffs wil be set. runners-up will be eligible to compete ! for county honors. RWIN 1. MAIN, chairman of the Seat Pleasant tournament, made no idle threat when he said he would go after the county title, held by Ray Panholzer. Main proved his cham- pionship caliber last night by pitching 23 ringers in 42 innings to beat Keller Newgent, who at one time held a lead of 21 to 3. The final score was 51—37 Tonight Main will meet a worthy foe. man in Edward P. Roberson, secretary of the Seat Pleasant Building and | Loan Association. Roberson’s last victim was George Cady, 50 to 10. In other late matches Luther Milburn defeated Boyd Hoar, 50—45; Louis Palmer trimmed John Berry, 50—43, and John Chnney de- | feated Joseph ‘Gray, 53 to 9. A battle between William Copenhaven county attorneys, will feature play at Marlboro today. Y in the fourth round of the Hyattsville tournament is sched- | uled to be completed tonight, with the pitching of the one remaining match. It will bring togsther Elwyn | ‘Woodward, 15-year-old tosser, whose spectacular play has been a high spot of the competition to date, and Clarke Sandlot Ball GAMES WANTED. Rambler A. C., unlimited foes, West 2498 after 7:30 pm. Palisade, for tomorrow. 2133-J Virginia_Juniors. Call | Cleveland Alexandria 1974. Capitol Heights Juniors.. Adams 2901. | Lincoln 3275. | Lincoln | Nation-Wide Seniors. Phoenix A. C, for Sunday. 7730-W. Resuits. Swann Service, 6: Rovers, 5. ‘War College, 8; American Peewees, 6 Concord, 7; St. Elizabeth's, 1. Mount Rainler has | Town champions and their Owings, starting at 6:30 o'clock Owings advanced last night by Ihlp-‘ ping H. 8. Slinkran, 21—12, 24— | Owings, a son of Irvin Owings, chair- | man of the Maryland-National Capital | Park and Planning Commission, showed | general superiority. He shot nine | | ringers against just one for Slinkman. | { In a fourth-round encounter last night, P. L. Chaney took the meuuru handily of Frank Bowers, 22—3, 22—16. | For the second night in succession Chaney found the peg for 12 ringers G. Hodges Carr put up a stouter show- ing against Rolph Jarrell than expected in another fourth-round tilt, the scores of which were 21—7, 15—21, 22—S5.| Carr caught Jarrell off color in the second game and in the early stages of th» third, but Jarrell then struck as many boxes to win game easily. TEE bs Interior Department tourna- | third m:u‘,g as the res men has narrowed to six players | thon victory Perchonock, Ph"ad(‘lphla 18—16, 1—6, 3—6, 63, 6—3. set only after two_hours of play ‘was a record for the nine years' history of the tourney. and from here out the competition figures to be torrid. 1In quarter-final matches, C. Davis defeated G. Lyons, 21—12, 21—17; Ed Kruse defeated G. Williams, 8; 21—15: C. Bell de- feated E. Walsh, 21—19, 21—13; | Smithson defeated T. Benson. ; F. Jackson defeated E. Smith, | 21—12, and A. Wilson drew a | GOLF PRO lS ACCUSED ‘Walker Charged Wfl.h Intimidat- | ing Caddy to Drop Complaint. HACKENSACK, N. J, August 19 | (#)—Cyril Walker, former national | open golf champion, and Jacob Cox, a | | special county investigator, have been | accused of intimidating John Pagano, Ridgewood Country Club caddy, into | dropping a complaint of assauit and battery against Walker. The assault charged followed an | altercation over stolen balls. Judge J | Wallace Leyden reserved decision on | the assault charge for a week, pending an_investigation of the caddy’s story that “Walker and Cox scared” him | into droppmg the charge; | TIP FOB, FISHEB,XEN | HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, Au‘\ls! 19.—The Potomac River was slightly | cloudy and the Shenandoah was muddy | this mornin; OIL FILTER REPLACEMENTS RECARTRIDGE EVERY 8,000 MILES | LS JULLIEN,buc 1443 P St. N.W. North 8076 AUG. 20 az 9:00 P.M. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OQUTDOOR HIGH BOARD DIVING | CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH GALA iswma MEET SANCTIONED BY THE D. C. A. A. U. GLEN ECHO PARK _CRYSTAL POOL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS Events For Men 60 Yard, Free Style 120 Yard Breaststroke 240 Yard Relay Events for Women 60 Yard, Free Style 60 Yard, Backstroke 240 Yard Relay JUNIOR FOR BOYS 60 Yards, Free Style Fancy Diving—High Board—For Men and Women (4 Compulsory and § Voluntary) Running Plain Front Dive Plain Back Dive Running Forward Di Back Jack Dive ive With Half Screw Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals for First, Second and Third Places in Each Event Team Trophies to be Awarded to Wininng Relays ADMISSION TO GRANDSTAND, 25¢ Awell-shaved morning 'every morning...with the genuine Ever-Ready Blade. It5 extrw been. ETROIT, Mitchell, Mrs. Ruth Martinez of Wa: ington, D. C,, today we: in the fight for singles honors national public parks his stride and reeled off five ringers in |ment here, but the Tourth player from the deciding | the Nation's Capital, | was out of the picture in the last two sets carried him to 11~n | victory. Markey captured two matches, defeat- tended Mrs. August 19.—Dooly | ind Bud Markey and in the tennis toprna- | en’s, Frances Walker, was in the of his mara- over David seeded No. yesterday Mitchell won the first This Mitchell’s strong play lmg William Bell, St. Louis, 6—3, 60, | ard George {64, in the second round, and Bernie | still must meet their second-round | Priedman, ~Philadelphia, ' 8—8, |6—4, 9—7, in the third. He was ex- | engagement. Martinez downed Mrs. Russell, Cleveland, 6—3, 0—8, 6—1. the | winner's standing her in good stead. Miss Walker defeated Lita Cole, Dear- born, 6—0, 6—1, but then bowed to Mrs. Virginia Dueker of St. Louls, defending champion. clever scores were 6—0, 6—1. defeated Mrs plonship match last year. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 19— schedule in the play, further delay in the national pub- lic parks tennis tournament was threat- ened today, due to the weather. ed courts at Gladwin Park forced postponement of this morning’s doubles matches, both men's and wom- but an effort was being made to transfer the afternoon doubles play to the Detroit Tennis Club, The singles will swing into the fourth round tomorrow with five seeded stars among the women and at possibly six, the championship fight George Jennings, champion and seeded No. 1, heads the list of survivors among the men. other sceded men, Fred Royer, Dailas, No. 4; Arnold Simons, Louisville, No. 5, and Thomas Markey, Washington, No. 7 Deoley L. Rain-soa Mitchell, O'Connell, Chicago, No. 8, 6—8, | nents, Jack Castle, Buffalo, No. 8, and Clay Mahoney, Los Angeles, No. 6, were second | eliminated yesterday by Harold Bar- |tel. Cleveland, and Gordon Braudt, Andre | Chicago. Among the women, the first f r driving | sceded stars, Mrs. Virginia Dueker, osut | Louts; Mary Zita McHale, Dallas; Mrs. Ruth Martinez, Washington, and Helen | Germaine, New York, ranked in that order, and Helen Schumsen, Louisville, seeded sixth, were among the pur- vivors, triumph in the back-court in the second round, The Mrs. Dueker | Martinez in the cham- . ' GRID CHAMPS TO MEET. Already be- Centennials, Capital City League 150~ men's singles | Pound foot ball champions last Pall, will hold a reorganization meeting Fri- day night at the home of Bill Smith, 34 Rhode Island avenue northeast, Get 400 Catfish In Seven Hours HARLES SESCOE and Williaim Gordon landed approximately 400 catfish from 11 o'clock last night until 6 o'clock this morning off Scott's boat house at George- town. Each used a single line and only one hook, being unable to change hooks because the fish refused to give them a chance Assoc article least four. | of the men stars still in Chicago, defending The the public fancy. Washington, No. 2, = WYLARNIN 10 MEET - LIGHTER PETROLLE Will Be Rubber Battle and Both Are Determined to Score Knockout. BY HERBERT W. BARKER, ted Press Sports Writer. The wolf has absolutely no show | around Petrolle’s door, for he is reputed | wholly of the O ue to be worth. something like $100,000. He SPORTS. Real Fighters Clash Tomorrow nght podclarnin, in b i Reny 8 fought on! ht«-u return match. wlm !o lu( -lt.huu(h it munt | Petrollel Ilnch last meetm‘; h‘ Buz he hardl; t. He took t! uflered from “Fargo mlly. mrL for the first time in could be P mu:- toand that char- acteristic has been & bit 1o svine o(hhflvlhlntbem mm e rest of the time Smiling Jimmy has | been content to throw leather f; rom first hell-hhd respect Trrva et blamed for worst bea | 1ast November. Petrolle, vlth that dead- | him on the verge of & again. This carefully planned battle. | Iy left hook, that later stopped Justo | Suares’s winning streak, handed Me- | Lornin a sound drubbing and twice hd knockout. A few months later they ciathed time McLarnin fought l Sticking to his left hand almost exclusively, Jimmy EW YORK, August 19.—Fighters who fight are a rather scarce ‘nowed Petrolle’s mad rushes in this day and age jarring lefts and feated Woodley Heights, 4 pay your money to see. 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