Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1931, Page 11

SPORTS. N'B. A. Committee Puts Sharkeyat Top in U. S. : 1,000 in Grand American Shoot RATES HIMAS BEST FOF OF SCAMELING Loughran, Schaaf and Walker Follow—Stribling Fifth Among Ten Named. By the Associated Press. HICAGO, August 22.—The Champlonship Committee of the National Boxing .Association, in its quarterly prominent challenger for world heavyweight title owned by Max Schmeling of Germany. Back of the Boston sallorman in order comes Tommy Loughran of Phila- delphia, Ernie Schaaf, Sharkey's protege; Mickey Walker, who gained a Sharkey in their recent 3 Primo the Italian t, and W. L. Stribling, who formerly as the chief challenger, but who Y, No. 7, and is followed by Charley , the Duluth youngster; Paulino jzcudun, the veteran Spaniard, and Steve Hamas, another promising youngster. Two divisions, the light heavyweight and middleweight, are without recog- nized title holders. Maxie Rosenbloom, ‘who recently was voted out of the light heavy title by the N. B. A, however, ranks as No. 1 in his class. Following in the ratings are: Lou Slattery, George Manley, , Billy Jones, Joe Banovic, Olin and Ace Hudkins. middleweights, according are: Harry Smith, Dave 5 Dundee, Marcel Thil, ‘Tiger Thomas, Ben Jeby, Len Harv }mwm ‘Terry, Ignacio Ara and Gori es. Ranking in other classes are: Welterweights. Champion, Young Jack Thompson, followed in order by Young Corbett, 3d; Lou Brouillar Jimmy _McLarnin, , Jackie Pields, Baby Joe Gans, Bucky Lawless, Johnny Indrisano, Billy % send, Jackie Brady and Jack Hood. Junior Welters. Sarron, | the sixth game in LA BARBA WINS AGAIN Featherweight Title Contender De- cisively Beats De Sa. SAN FRANCISCO, August 22 (#).— Pidel La Barba, former fiyweight cham- campaigning pion, now in ‘weight nn& added another victim to his string laét night when he decisively defeated Pihto De Sa of Portugal in & fast 10-round bout. RING DATE IS CHANGED Because of the conflict in dates, the Port Wi fight card, which was to be held Monday, will be staged Mon- day, August 31. ‘{'hn cfl!‘. ‘was made when Wrestling Promoter Joe Turner announced that the matches, called off yesterday, will be held Monday at Grifith Stadium. YANKEE YACHT WINS. YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia, August 22 (#)—~The Pleon Yacht Club of Marbl head, Mass, defeated the Royal No Bcotta Yacht Squadron of Halifax, three victories to one, in the international acadian elass the first holder of the Prince of Wales ‘Trophy for teams of juniors. SANTA PAULA AHEAD. WESTBURY, N. Y., ‘August 22 (%) A Santa Paula team consisting of Al- fredo Hi , Juan and Jose Rey- nal, Manuel Andra and Andres Gazzotti scrimmaged against the United States Army combination of Mitchel Field yestetday, winning by 12 to 5. It was a haphazard game, played without a timekeeper, without a scorer, and in the later period without a referee. YEARLINGS SELL WELL. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. Au- §ust 22 0P —Pifty-five vearling’ colts Tom the Himyar stud of Phil Chinn went under the hammer in the Sara- toga sales last night and brought an .H'nu of $154,600 for an average of 281, e WINS SWIMMING TITLE. LOUISVILLE, Ky. August 22 (&).— Albert Lebedda, Homestead, Pa, won the national junior 440-yard free style champlonship at an A. A. U. swimming meet. His time was 5 minutes 353-5 seconds. Fistic Battles By the Associated Press. MIAMI --Sptke Webb, Miam!, out~ pointed Patsy Pollack, Cnha.o'(lfl). PORT DODGE, Iowa—Owen’ Falegano, Des Molnes the feather- | races, and thus became | BY J. P. ALLEN, EW YORK, August 22.—At last lawn tennis has a woman possessed of all the color, the speed and fighting elements which distinguish men. In Mrs. Efleen Bennett Whittingstall the game is rich. Forest Hills has never before known & ‘woman so rapid and sure of action. It is scarcely saying too much to imply that at court covering, flashing an at- tack at the net and in the production of sudden lightninglike shots she has never becn surpassed—by man or woman—with the racket. There is little doubt that this marvel- ous British player rose to her rreatest fight sgainst our own Miss Helen Jacobs. The latter was strol above her best. She was simply fighting against an opponent not to be denied. The score of 3—6, 6—3, 8—8 is evidence of that.. So today Mrs. Whil 11 faces Miss Betty Nuthall, holder of the American title, in thesemi-finals, in which Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, the lone repre- sentative of this Nation left in tournament, encounters Miss Phyllis E. Mudford, & player of much her own type. Daring, flery, dynamiting her shots, | Mrs. Whittingstall fought through such | a battle as Forest Hills has not known in many a long day. It was a strange trick of fate that caused her tingling encounter to be followed by Mrs. Moody against Miss Dorothy Weisel. The con- trast was deadly, Mrs. Moody's dull stroking, her machine-like performance, was about @s interesting as picking files out of the sugar bowl. Volleying Is Impressive, Mrs. Whittingstall represents all is to the quarter finals of this tourna ment. As a volleyer she is of the class of Vincent Richards. The way she flashed to the net, repeatedly backhand- ing volleys across court, was worthy of the greatest of racket wielders. Those were the shots that wrecked the little Helen of Califc Occasionally she was able to lob herself out of a corner, but not often. Make no mistake about it, this wom- on on her feet is like a flash of it. f‘l'-lue‘;: ll"lylklrx]| me&u, Some of her ‘were al to sword play of skilled :er;oerl. ‘When the two came to grips at close quarters it was the amaz- ing swiftness o?lthe British woman that o b e As the stroke analysis shows, the Brit- tHere BY FRANK W. BYLER Won the match he to determine who shouid piay F. e b e e e plonship of the Dt Toves. which a tie at two each. then seventh and final game in 25 moves, winning the match byumm:so!tm?n:g:dnnd'l B v, rnd Bet- tinger from E. M. Knapp, 4 t7 3 and 5 | draws. three months, and continued all through the 1t will be up to Byler now to piay Walker for . ment. Walker's title only so far as it applied to the match championship. He will still be tournament champion, with two legs on the I. 8. Turover Trophy, even should he lose to Byler. Because of personal iliness and con- tinued sickness of his wife Walker has not played any chess since he won the District championship early last Spring. He is furthermore unwilling to resume | the study of hard chess during the con- | tinuance of the heated term. It is there- fore impracticable to state when the | match_between Byler and Walker will take place. Byler is playing a very strong game, and is perhaps at his best with the pros- pects of & win in ‘his favor. Walker has played scarcely any match chess of late Years ago he played matches with most of the strong players of the District, in- | cluding Wright, Hanna, O’Farrell. Gwyer, | Tharp, Sournin and Zapoleon, with creditable scores. Mr. and Mrs. Byler are to take a va- cation in Virginia 'HE British Chess Magazine for Au gust states that the Western Chess Association, through T. Whit. aker of tals city, applied for a separa! and individual recognition by the F. {1. D. E, from that given the National | Pointers on Golf BY SOL METZGER. Here are sketches of two sound golfers, Archie Compston of the British Ryder Cup team, and Bob MacDonald, & crack American | teacher, both shown as their drivers | come into the ball The drawing of Compston shows | his hips parallel to the direction line. The sketch of MacDonald shows that his left hip, which was back of and to the right of his left heel at address, is now well beyond this line Carefully note any long driver from a -vantage point behind him and you will find that he meets the | beyond his actually occurs, -, ‘boin Saiance snd both and lacking. . IN CHESS CIRCLES o ese matches Have been ‘in [h - unro(re- for over | the | about five weeks, Alekhine, world cham- e | zowitsch, Rubinstein, > | cess, The pleces were operated by Dr. . THE EVENING ST British Woman’s Tennis Play Proclaims a New Era; Moody Alone Against Three Invaders ish player outplaced Miss Jacobs by 34 to 20. On el'ru}l of outs lndml:l'l the two are practically equal on stroke analysis. Actually ‘on the point scoring the British player and the American are separgted by one. Mrs. Whittingstall tallied a total of 106 and her rival 105. Mrs. Whittingstall's service is how- ever a weird thing. She made no less than 13 double faults on service in the | three sets. This is chiefly due to her throwing her body too far forward as she delivers the ball. It 18 her way of attajning . These double faults came near to defeating her, as in one game she made no less than three at critical juncture in ‘the score. U. 8. Woman Is Favorite. | By the Associated Press. ‘FOREST HILLS, N, Y., August 22— Between Great Britain and her second straight triumph in the women's United States tennis champlonship stood: today the formidable figure of Mrs, Helen mlll Moody, six times holder of the e. q yesterday -gave stars three of the semi-final round brackets wxmnngl‘fl.wmb B lpie ihe " improsive” maner tn ive manner which Betty Nuthall, the defending champion; Phyllls Mudford and Mrs. Eileen Bennett Whittingstall swept into. the semi-finals, none is accor better than an outside chance of halting Mrs. Moody's march to her seventh national championship. Pairls in the round before the final oday pitted Mrs. Moody against Miss m{g\l and Miss Nuthall ‘sgainst Mrs, of Berkeley, Calif., & sure semi-finalist, in & set duel, 3—6, 6—3, 8—6. Mrs. Whittingstall had been over- looked in advance calculations, espe- clally as she had been restricted to doubles duty in the recent Wightman Cup matches. But she was strictly on her game Miss Jacobs, her victory was well earned. ‘Mrs. Moody dropped only three games in eliminal Dorothy Weisel of Sac- ramento, Calif, 6—1, 6—2 and Miss Nuthall had no more trouble with her countrywoman, Mrs. Dorathy C. Shep- herd-Barron, 6—2, 6—1. agh t Miss Mudford, however, had & . Lawren ., 48, . 1 player, ice A. of Oakland, Calif. ,C—@.l;.C..rw B. WALKER. | Chess Federation of the United States. The latter is in charge of the United States team at the international team tournament. It is by Whitaker that the National Chess Federation was organized about 1926, and that in 1929 | the unjon between the two United States | organizations was broken. Whitaker argued in favor of the admission of both 1t] to membership. The Brit- isls Chess Magazine says the application was refused at Prague. ‘The Western Chess Association will old 1ts thirty-second annual congress | at “Tulsa, Okls., October 5 t0'13, ngxt. HE tournament scheduled to comy mence at Blud, Jugosiavia, will, with the exception of Capablanca, | include 15 of the world’s best players, It will be a double-round affair, lasting and also Bogoljubow, , , Nim- , Splelmann, Sultan Khan, Tartakower and the natives, Asztaios, Kositch, Pirc and Vidmar, tou quest, and the same course may have been followed this year. Accord] h den: | has gotten down to personalities. Brian Harley writes in the rer, “Nego- tistions having been définitely broken off the return match cannot now be | long delayed.” | Miss Vera Men- chik of Czechoslo- vakia won the womans chess | championship at | Prague by the soore | of 8—0. There were | five competitors. ‘Herman Steiner | of the United States team competed in s tourney at Brunn, Czechoslovakia taking second prize, one point be- low Salo Flohr, na- | tive, whose score |was 8'5—2%. | A GAME of ltving chess, played re. | cently during the “Old Ironsides celebration in Hazlewood Park " New Bedford, on s gigantic board, With | ..J living beings as pleces, was a great suc- J. Gennert, secretary of the New Bed- ford Chess Club, and Harry Elfiand of | Boston. Dr. Gennert won the first game and Elfiand the second. In a tourmament at Buenos Aires, Ar- gentina, played in May and June, | honors were taken by Carlos H. | of La Plata with 102 points; second prize by Dr. 8. G. Tartakower, the cele- | brated player of Poland, with 10 points. Score of the sixth game in the match between Byler and Bettinger, played Au- | gust 12 Ovening—Guioco Plane. r‘ Beitinger. 5@‘ 3 ) p . P. Q Kien Bler. Lo 1 224 K_B | afapbessro s PET T e 4 o Kk KB4 | *] =3 3 :m?j»gvvv BRBNRoEET ( 7, X ) g7woR0 WOULD TAX CONTRACTS Chicago Assessor Sees Dismond Men as Personal Property. CHICAGO, August 22 () —John E. Conroy, secretary of the County Board |of Assessors, has snnounced he will | | attempt to tax contracts of professional | |hlll players, held by Chicago base bell | A series of smashing victories In the | cham juarter-finals British on her hands to put out the American |5 WASHINGTON, MITCHELL, MARKEY INTENNIS RUNNING In Muny Doubles Final and| Latter in Semi-final of Singles at Detroit. ETROIT, August 32—Dooly Mitchell today was the lone Washington, D. C., flayer re- . maining in the singles in the national public parks tennis tourna- ment. Bud Markey and Mrs. Ruth Martinez were eliminated yesterday. Mitchell, who gained the semi-finals by overcoming Harold Bartel, Cleve- land, 4—6, 6—2, 7—5, 6—1, today was to face George O'Connell, Chicago, who vanquished Markey in five sets, 5—7, 4—6, 6—4, 6—4, 6—3. Mrs, Martinez went down before Mrs. B . O, I THE THRILL THAT COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME.—By WEBSTER I'Yflmm A Trhanxs For T 7 B YOUNG MAN. | GUESS 1N ACE NOW. WHAT A WHOPPIN BIGC.TOWN THIS 15 WREW! { DON'T . S€E€ HOW You erTy § TH PACE, t THINK ¥ SwELL PLACE To MsiT BUT 'D § HATE T'LIVE HERE, IF YoU'LL SATURDAY, AUGUST FIND - | STA FoLws CITy 1S A PARDON ME FOR SAYIN' SO [z R v i DOEG, LOTT IN FINAL Put Out Britons and Will Oppose Vines, Gledhill at Newport. NEWPORT, R. I, August 22 (#).— Johnny and George Lott, national ions for the two years, gained final round of Newport Casino team play with a five- victory over Prederick J. Perry and . Patrick Hughes, British Davis Cup , 57, 6—4, 5—17, 6—4, 6—4. lons, however, face the , for KElls- hill, sensa- ve tasted took the bracket by upsetting another m{ ‘West Coasters, Jack Tidball and Stoeffen, 8—6, 6—4, 6—2. TURF FAVORS GRIDIRON Hawthorne Changes Feature Date to Avoid Big Game Conflict. CHICAGO, August 22 (#).—The | $25,000 added Hawthorne Gold Cup, | feature of Hawthorne's Autumn meet- | ing, will be run October 8 instead of October 1 0. The change in dates was made by Hawthorne officials 50 as not to con- flict with the Notre Dame-Northwest- | ern foot ball game October 10, which will be played in Soldier Fleld for charity. 100 CRAFT IN RACES. RED BANK, N. J, August 22 ()— | More than 100 racing craft were gath-| ered in the Shrewsbury River today for | the national motor boat l'.e‘walu’ and other races, comprising a two-day regatta held under the auspices of the | Red Bank Yacht Club and the New | Jersey Gold Cup Association. FIVE EVENTS TAKEN BY MURIEL DONOVAN | Leads Hamilton Playground Girls as They Get Ready for Title Competition. is the daughter of Eddie Dono- van, at one time & pitcher for Western | novan 'rook: third. tie be- mer and Mary Burtn S I i i o betw igh. Fid fane High, third, Mary Bure- n by Muriel Inira, Mary 85-POUND CLASS. -yard_dash_Won by A Com i, Kathering AvEward: thira Eens Byitinte row for digtance_Won by Muriel Dano- van: second, Jane High; third, Katherine Avkward, Runhine niep jumo_won by van: secon: Collechia n by Rutowsky, Me- | th erine Awkward Bean, bat tarsct—Wo Carty. Jacobs, Collechia: second. 8hook Boan, Haycratt: ihird, Golt, AW T, Ginsburs, Battiste. 80-yard dash-_Won by Ruth Hayeraft: end, Bohe' Rumont). " hive: Burbers’ 3¢ riy. O%iTow for distance—Won by Letitis Bogan: third, Ruth Hay- eraft. Running high jump—Wor 4 Borothy “Bhoon; “phira. "Ruth Hes. second. 115-POUND CLASS. van: lotte uriel Dono- third, Kath- | 100-POUND CLASS. secand, Dorothy Shook s s i 1 @1931 ny. TRIGUNE . we., WELL, WYUK SEE, WE'RE KINDA USED TO 1T BUT | S'POSE IT DoES SEEM KINDA HECTIC TO FOLKS'® FROM TH RURAL DISTRICTS, OR TH STIEKS, AS WE BIC TOWNERS CALLTH COUNTRY flfl"l g AWAY FROM THE FARM ONE WEEK AND MISTAKEN FOR A DYED IN THE WOOL URBANITE - STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE T BY WALTER R. McCALLUM. N decided contrast to their condition st this time last year, the goif courses about the Capital are yap- 1dly rounding into the pink of con- dition and, with warm weather almost over, the courses can be expected to Im- | Wi prove until they reach their finest shape about October 1. Under the influence of the series of rains Washington and the surrounding territory has had for more than a fort- night, the golf courses around the Na- tional Capital, which were pointing early ln'Auc\ut to a repetition of the prime Midsummer condition. What contrast they are this Summer to the courses of a year ago. At this time Jast year the great drought had been in progress for more than a month. No rain had fallen for & month and a half t started on July 18 had kept the Capital in its burning grip. The result was the fairways at all the courses were completely burned out and on most of the courses Winter rules were invoked. UT this year, even though high temperatures have prevailed ‘at times, they have been tempered with rain to such a degree that the power of greens forces to keep it mowed and alling putting greens which suf- fered severely from brown patch dur- Ing the sultry days of late July have come back to their normal color. of Capital golfers, many of whom forego f during the hot weather when usually are burned up and un- satisfactory for play. 'O be sure, the fairways at many of the courses are composed largely of crab grass, which makes a good- looking fairway, but one that is not satisfactory for accurate iron play, but must golfers are satisfied if the ball sits up at all well and are glad to have grass—even erab grass. If the sultry weather of July had continued d August, in all prob- eraft. 60-yard dash—Won by Sofie Rutkoskl: sesond, Batbars McCarty row for scuracy-Won by Barbars Mc- gaity: fecond. Dorothy Shook: third. Ruth | aycra —Won by Lepitia n: sec- hird. Meonriy The Battle ond. Jane will miss the support of the property. Conroy sald that s ruling on the clubs, &3 personal be made e Tl two weeks has given them Tespite | they needed and the fast-growing bent grass is coming quickly to cover the bare spots caused by the brown patch of a month ago. Yes, the favorable of Beverly BY GRANTLAND RICE brilliant and likeable Don Moe, but it has two great veterans left in Doc Willing and Frank Dolp. past | fie Al s back again, weather of this Summer has been a :\mdbrul for golfers and greenskeepers e. ASHINGTON professional golfers now are preparing to practice in instorms. ~ After their experi- yesterday, when nome of the entrants qualified in the art rain which fell during the en- tire day of the sectional qualifying rourid for the P. G. A. championship at Five Farms, near Baltimore, they have that x;t,otm in the rain may help them. how, all they had to show for their junket to Baltimore was a lot of wet clothes and Ta! ence of , who is & pro at the Forest Park public course, and Lawrence Wis- ner, assistant to Ralph h _at the Baltimore Suburban Club, wbn the three places, while the Washington en- tries plowed around in the rain and mud and scored oo h to qualify. Glenn Spencer, as might have been expected on such a day when his long- carrying tee shots gave him a decided edge over the other competitors, led the pack with a 36-hole card of 75— 74—149. Next to him was his brother Cliff, with & brace of 758 for a card of 150. And PFreddie McLeod’s pre- diction that 156 would qualify came tfl:;e’“ ‘Wisner qfialified at just that and Kenwood, re- for the last place shot. nbaugh came to & par 4 to tie with Wisner, an after getting on the front edge of the gieen in two shots, took three putts for a 77 and a card of 157. Houghton, who also needed a r 4 to tie, missed his tee shot on the e hole and took 5 for 77 and 157. n_en- ,__ Chevy Chase, 64; Cliff McKimmie, ‘White Flint, 85—80—165; Dave ¥hom- son, Wi , 84—82—166; Tony Sylvester, Bannockburn, 93—89—192; Malloy, Columbia; Gene Larkin, i|Chevy Chase; Al Treder, Manor. and Sandy Armour, Congressional, failed to return cards. Fred McLeod, J. Monro and Arthur B, Thorn did not play. McLeod and Thorn were ill, and Hunter is not & member of the National P. G. A. The national tourn=y will be played at the Wannamoisci Club of Providence, R. I., starting September 14. The Yankee Shadow. YEAR ago Al Simmons, one of the main luminaries of the Athletics, at the wire in tting leadership e. Now the his time to the complete annoyance of Babe Ruth. ‘The Babe had set A n Lou Gehrig ,.mmmmh of the American batting 1 e s dership 7 g § Iy Q Diffenbaugh and Al Hough- | '} Young Darr Wins Horseshoe Title ALLSTON, Va, will have s for- for the midable Northern Virginia in The Star's Mt 50 to 37; then Darr in a semi-final, Mattere errity, 51 to 47. vanquished DASHIELL, 6. U. BACK, neen Is Appointed Moderator of Hilltop Athletics. \ J. Douglas (Whitey) Dashiel, halfback on last year's Georgetown freshman eleven, will not return to school the ) hing gird season, nmmlns to 2 lotter wriiten by him th Charles Cor- home. Dashiell said charge of his mother’s farm. Dashiell was looked upon as s good varsity prospect. He formerly E:nd with the Marine eleven and St. iry's Celtics of Alexandria. Rev. Timothy J. Dineen is the mew faculty moderator of athletics at George- Xy succe v, 3 was announced yesterday. Father formerly was at Wood- stock College, d., and at one time was in of athietics at St. Joseph's Ry Beald, sty johnny y halfback last year and inomm hold forth with the Brookiyn Dodgers in the National Professional Foot 1 League the coming campaign. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, August 22.—The Potomac River was clear and THE SPORTLIGHT BY GRANTLAND RIC ip than they carried | For one thing, they figure the law of averages is about ready to swing their way. The American League has won four years in a row, so Gabby ts“trnt believes the tide is about due to rn. The g:rds also re the addition of chamj ‘The ‘apeed, Rities sl have ‘Grove, Earmahev, Wal- 3 W, Wal- berg, Simmons, Cochrane and Foxx. bett of Alexandria, Va., with whom he | s e closes events, the fifth Hang § L) TOPS ENTRY LT 15-Year-0id Rufus King, Will Try to Repeat in Shotgun Classic. ANDALIA, Ohio, Au‘\m'a (®—~The roll of guns shatter the quietude of m.u) little village the week August 24 to 29, when approxi- mately 1,000 trapshooters from alf’ | tournament. Included among the about 806 mwg in the In addition’ to the American there hami events. FINE FIELD IN TRAVERS. - ata GIVES UP FOOT BALL 5557 Will Remain on Farm—Rev. Di- B s NET LEAGUE OPENS % TOURNEY TOMORROW: Thirty-eight Singles and hll:r{ Doubles to Play in Second Annual Closed Event. » 06 Play in the second annual Capitad: City Tennis League closed singles doubles towrnament will start morning at 9 o'clock on the Sethocldcoum, when ;lho singles 3 get under way. Doubles competition will start at 3 o'clock. After tomorro# matches will be played at Benz'hfl(" ‘Thirty-eight are entered in sin=7 gfia g‘e‘;k""l" te‘msl in the doul e prizes. Alan Staubley is seeded No.: in the singles, in the absenge of Eddie" Yeomans, winner last year. Pat Deck and Bill Seidel, defending champions, - Lare No. 1 in the doubles. Shenandoah was muddy this morning. B vs. v, ock, G. Co: DOUBLES. Pirst round—3 o'clock, Grant and Deck, ~Shore Roberts; 13 o'cl vs. Seidel vs. Garnett vs. Forsythe an Second round—4 o'clock, Dreschler =4 Hoffecker, Gardes man _vs. Fellowes and pa Hermann vs. Ervi CHICAGO. August 22 (#).—The 1 day Summen race meeting at Haw- today with two of the dicap for 2-year- at 6 furl for n‘m.ooo in added money, and o B AT Carstairs Turns - Mere Spectator.: P YORK, August 22 () —Betty'_ BERER. ifiié g 4