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2 Three Schoolboys Loom as D. C. Golf Aces : DETWEILER BRIGHT PROSPECT. AGED 15 Lee and Lunn Have Makings of Fine Players—Young Hunter Gets Hot. BY W. R. McCALLUM. HERE are two schoolboy golfers at the Manor Club and one at the Burning Tree Club who, if the promise of their juvenile golfing years blossoms into the fruit of full perfection, may go a long way toward stopping the slump into which the National Capital has fallen as a place for develop- ment to top-notch golfers. These three, youngsters, none of whom is near his majority, have not yet won any major event. promise of their youth is 50 bright that the next year or two may see one or very near the top of the of Washington amateurs, Pitt sits today, king of all he | Even though all three of them | ment rial is concerned, all show sufficient promise to mark them as| lads who may become the tournament | s of future years | FTHE two Manor lads are Maurice Nee, a_smooth-swinging youngster far in his club’s invita- last year, has course in 71 enough promise went 1 tournament played his home strokes and _shown to justify rosy predictions for his | game, and young Billy Detweller, | an earnest kid of 15 years who has played the Manor course in 74 strokes, is hardly taller than the driver he swings with such unerring accuracy and a youngster who believes in prac- tice first and play next. | The Burning Tree entrant in_the champlonship sweepstakes is Dick Lunn, the same lad who went to the third round in the Chevy Chase Club invitation tourney last Spring. who is of the longest of the long hitters round the Capital, and has scored suf- ficiently low on that tough Burning Tree layout to mark him as a coming young golfer. Dick is only 17 years old, although he has the build of a man of 25. Six feet tall, weight around 185 pounds, he is the ideal picture of a slugging hitter from the tee. Young Nee is a sturdy, stocky young- | F but the | where | in so far as winning tourna- | | in the past. | THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 31, 1932—PART FIVE. Criffith Cli BY JOHN B. KELLER. IRST-CLASS CATCHERS are about the rarest things in bas ball these days, according to Clark Grifith, who ought to| know, for the Washington club’s presi- | dent has been casting about for one | some time. But Griffith has not given up hope of landing such a prize. “I still have lines out for a catcher, some- thing we need badly,” said the prexy yesterday, “and when the major clubs begin pruning their squads near the end of the training season I'll scan every waiver list carefully.” There are now on the Nationals' roster four catchers, but Roy Spencer is the only one of high order. And Spencer not only has yet to come to terms with the club for this season, but | has indicated he may not be in line | for the opening of the championship | campaign. Neither Clif Bolton nor Pat Gharrity could be expected to fill the bill behind the bat for the Washington club. Bolton showed last season that he didn’t meas- | ure up to-big league catching caliber and there is no reason to believe he will be any better this year. Gharrity, although wise in the technique of catching, carries the handicap of age and is figured to be nothing more to | the club than a coach as he has been At that, Gharrity probably would be more serviceable than Bolton to the Nationals behind the bat. Howard Maple, bought sight unseen from Bloomington of the Three-Eye League last week, is merely a gamble. Although he has had at least two sea- sons in professional base ball, Maple never has attracted the big league scouts either as a catcher or batter. Not much promise of help there. No wonder that Griffith has his eyes open for anything that appears to be | a big league catching possibility. The Nationals need another first-class re- ceiver if they would enter the American League flag race quite fit for a strug- gle. Getting one, however, seems qif- fieult to accomplish. RIFFITH makes the task hard for himself at the outset by an- nouncing that first-class catchers are the rarest thing in base ball to- day. A catcher has to be exceptionally good to satisfy the Washington presi- dent, it seems. ‘Really there isn't a great catcher in the majors these days,” was Griffith’s | comment when telling of his search for | material to build up his back-stopping | staff. “There are some good ones, of | course, but altogether the present lot | ster who will become one of the long- est hitters when he puts on 15 or 2) pounds, and today has one of the best | short games around the Capital. Det- | who shot a 74 over courses A | a medal round at East Po- tomac Park last Summer, is a thin Jit- | tle youngster who winds up his driver like Bobby Jones used to do and hits that ball with the full, free swing that | is characteristic of all kid golfers. Pos- sibly Detweiler is the brightest prospect of the three, because of his constant practice, but to date young Nee and Dick Lunn have shown more stuff. All three of them show enough promise and earnestness to go far in the game. NOT since the days of 1923, when Roland MacKenzie was coming along, has a young golfer below the age of 20 been & threat to win a string of tournaments around the Capital. To be sure Frank Roesch looked like & big winner six or seven years ago. So did Page Hufty, and Harry Pitt has devel- d from the uncertain golfefy of a f dozen years back into the sturdy, fident veteran that he is today. But, none of these won a flock of tourna- | ments in their 'teens. Very likely the strongest golfer of the age of 20 or 21| around the Capital is young Monro | Hunter of Indian Spring, who has been romping around his home course lately in unbelievably low figures. But the fact is that not since Roland MacKen~ zie was burning up tournaments here- abouts when he was a student at West- ern High School in 1923 has any school- boy golfer been a serious threat. Such lads as Nee, Detweiler and Lunn | msy become serious threats within a | year or two if they develop as fast as | their early promise predicts. Any| youngster of 15 who can play his home | course in T4 strokes and can knock LhP‘ ball around Maror consistently in the | high 70s may come along quickly within | a year to win a flock of tournaments. | Bill Detweiler, so they tell me, stands out by the results of the practice, which hour after hour, day after day. That is what develops golfers, for the mis- takes of tournament rounds are ironed out by the results of the practice which breeds confidence in shot-making. Young Nee also is a consistent per- former on the practice tee and at pres- ent is a tough nut to crack for any young golfer around the Capital. ICK LUNN'S game has not yet rounded into its full perfection, but he has such power from the tee and such fine accuracy with the Jong irons that he may go far, provided | he is willing to give up a few hours of | play for the more arduous business of | practice. These three youngsters look | like fine prospects, but out at Columbia | young Billy Shannon is coming along 1ast So is Wilbur Garrett, and at Chevy Chase George Rishards, jr., hasi shot & lot of good golf. But none of | these has done as well as Nee, Det-| weiler or Lunn. Harold N. Graves of Indian Spring, with a swing modeled much after that of Monro Hunter, has done well, and Roger Peacock is & pros- pect with bright championship possi- bilities, who has, in his twentieth year, Ju fallen short of winning tourna- ments. One of young Monro Hunter's latest stunts has been the playing of the In- dian Spring course from the back tees 142 strokes for 36 holes in one day. ar for the layout is 71 and Hunter ed a 72 and a 70 under Winter golf conditions. Under any conditions that is quite a piece of golf, but under Win- ter conditions it is surpmssingly fine. HE schedule of the larger women's T golf events around Washington this year has been settled by the mournament Committee of the Women's District Golf Association. Meeting Fri- day, at the home of Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes, chairman of the committee. the tournament body approved the follow- ing dates: Keefer Cup tournament, Chevy Chase Club, April 25, 26. Star gup tourney, Kenwood Golf and Country Club, May 9 and 10 District women’s championship, Manor Club, May 16-20 | Herald Cup tourney, Woodmont Coun- try Club, June 8 Bachelor Girls' Cup tourney, nockburn Golf Club, May 24. Corby Cup tourney, Columbia Coun- try Club, September 22. All of the events listed, with the exception of the District ‘champion- ship, are medal play events. ‘The Dis- trict champlonship tourney, won last year by Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, is 8 match play event. The association this year will again stage a series of team matches between the several clubs, to start on April 4. The matches will be played on the first and third Mondays of each month, where such dates do not conflict with other tourneys of the association. Mrs. Otis F. Glenn of the Kenwood Club has invited Mrs. F. R. Keefer, president of the Women's Dis- trict Association, to address a meeting of the Kenwood Women's Committee next Wednesday, to outline plans for future tournaments. D. L. Thomson, chairman of the Golf and Greens Committee at Manor, and wngsm of the Men's District Golf Ban- IMANGRUM, of catchers is about the poorest I have | seen in the big leagues in many years “We have one of the few good ones nging to Hope Of Landing Clever Catcher Before Flag Season Starts in the American League in Spencer. consider Dickey of the Yankees a good- looking catcher, too. Probably the best in the league. Cochrane I regard as overrated, although he excels most of the others in the circuit. And at that, the Cardinals certainly showed him up in the world series last Fall. “Yes, sir, the catchers have slipped, | and slipped considerably. There's noth- | ing around of the type seen behind the bat before the war. We had catchers | then, catchers who handled pitchers well, held runners to bases, threw | strongly and shrewdly and were excel- | lent receivers. Too bad we haven't a few around now. My club certainly could use one. “Well, maybe Il find something | worth while before the season starts. If I don't land a fair one it'll not be through lack of effort.” RIFFITH is leaving town today for | New York, where tonight he will | attend the annual dinner of the| New York Chapter of the Base Ball| ‘Writers' Association and tomorrow and Tuesday the joint schedule meeting of the major leagues. Shortly after returning to Washing- | ton the Nationals’ president will head | for Biloxi, and he likely .will have | plenty to do in his temporary office in | the Mississippi town where his club | does its training. Signed contracts | have not been coming in as fast as the | prexy anticipated, which means tha many of the Nationals dislike terms of fered and will engage in much corre- spondence with the boss or wait until | they check in at Biloxi for conferences before putting their names on the dot- ted_line. | Griffith declares he has done little | salary slashing, but he also admits he has done little boosting of salaries. It is understood several athletes who are | asked to sign for the amounts given | them last year are unwilling to do so. | The post office at Biloxi will be busy | handling the Washington president’s mail. | DOZEN States and the District of Columbia are drawn upon for the players named on the Washington | ball club's roster just published. With | five claiming the State as “home,” Texas supplies the most Nationals. | North Carolina presses the Lone Star | State, however, sending four to the Capital City's club. | Tllinois, Ohio, Mississippi and_Cali- | fornia_supply two each. New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin, Georgla, Mis- souri and Michigan send one each. Ossie Bluege. Sam Rice and Joe Judge call Washington the “home town.” Maple, the new catcher, was pur- chased after copy for the roster went to the printer and is not included. He hails from Oregon RUNVAN LEAD TEXAS GOLF SCORES EASY NET WIN | Seligson Beats Schein, 6—0, 6—0, in Indoor Title Tourney. | NEW YORK, January 30 (#)—Julius Seligson, former intercollegiate tennis champion at Lehigh, scored a one-sided | BUSY WEEK AHEAD AMONG COLLEGIANS South Atlantic Southern Con- ference Teams Have 25 Contests in 4 Sports. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARLOTTESVILLE, January 30. —FPebruary’s first week finds the eight Southern Conference members in the South Atlantic States engaged in 25 contents—16 bas- ket ball games, 4 boxing matches, 3 wrestling matches and 2 swimming meets. All three North Carolina basket ball teams will be on the road before the | week has ended. Carolina State starts out Monddy on a four-game sweep The North Carolina and Duke teams leave later and will continue their wan- derings weeks after next. One of the boxing matches will bring together what seems to be the two strongest ring teams in this section, | North Carolina and Virginia, conference champions, in Charlottesville, In an- other meeting Maryland will be engag- ing Washington and Lee in the first | ring bouts within the new Ritchie Coli- seum. i Scheduled for next week are the fol- owing contests | Monday, February 1: Basket ball—N. | C State at V. M. I, St. John's at Vir- ginia, Duke vs. Davidson in Charlotte, and Maryville at V. P. I Tuesday, February 2: Basket ball—N C. State at Washington and Lee | Wednesday, February 3: Basket ball— N. C. State at Virginia, Wake Forest at North Carolina, Catholic U. at Mary- land Thursday, February 4: Basket ball— Duke at Washington and Lee, N. C.| State at V. P. I. | Friday, February 5: Basket ball—Ohio State at Virginia, North Carolina at V. P. 1, Duke at V. M. 1. Swimming— ! Washington and Lee at Willlam and Mary. Saturday, February 6: Basket ball— Dulte at Kentucky, North Carolina at Maryland, Washington and Lee vs. West | Virginia in_Beckley. Boxing—North | Carolina at Virginia, V. M. L at V. P. I, | Washington and Lee at Maryland, | South Carolina at N. C. State. Wres—} tling—V. P. 1. at Washington and Lee, | Davidson at Duke, V. M. L at Lehigh. | Swimming—Virginia at Duke. | NOTRE DAME LISTED BY HASKELL ELEVEN Game to Be at South Bend High‘ Spot of Indians’ Shortened Schedule This Year. By the Associated Press. LAWRENCE, Kans., January 30 —The war path of the Haskell Indians, no- | will be consider- | son will be their game with the George | victory today in the first round of the | metropolian indoor tennis champion- Enter Final of Open Meet To- | S0 wewark: & 5. player: 55, 6. Edward W. Burns, jr,, another seeded layer, trounced Milton Emanuel of onkers, Y., 6—1, 6—1. C. Alphonse Smith, former Virginia star, let his first-round match go by default to Giles Merstraten. J day with 143 Scores for ‘ 36 Holes. | By the Associzted Press. LS AN ANTONIO, Tex., January 30— | Ray Mangrum of Los Angeles and | Paul Runyan of Westchester, N Y., professionals, led the field to- day at the end of the first 36 holes of | the $2,500 Texas open golf tournament. | Each had a card of 143. ‘ Mangrum shot even par, turning in 36-3571. Runyan blazed around two under par with 35-34—69. Yesterday | Mangrum had a 38-34—72 and Runyan 36-38—74, ol Joe Kirkwood, noted trick shot arist from Philadelphia, who yesterday led at 18 holes with a one under par 70. was tied with Clarence Clark, Bloomfield, N 7., professional, with 144. Field of 65 Out Today. Tomorrow the final struggle starts with 55 professionals and 10 amateurs in the field. Professionals with scores from 143 to 164 qualified for the final 36 holes and 18 money prizes. Amateurs with cards of 149 and 158 qualified for the “Puritan” trophies. | Gus Moreland of Dallas, Tex., ama- O teur champion, led the Simon-pure field | with & fine 38-36—74. It gave him & total of 149. Gene Sarazen, New York professional, | and Wiffy Cox. Brookiyn pro, tied for| fifth place with 145. After a fine 71 yesterday, Saraze was off his game today and had trouble putting together | & 38-36—T4. | Wifly Cox had a 77 yesterday. Today | he played in a threesome with Harry Cooper and Clarence Clark and breezed in with the best individual score of the day, a 36—32—68. After going out in par he was three under coming home. | Cox whistled through the fairways, and | was accurate on the putting greens. At | no time was he in serious trouble. He | shot four birdies. | Putting Checks Cooper. Harry r, Chicago professional, was well to the front yesterday with a 72, but his putting touch left him today, and his best was a 39—38—77. On the short par 3 second hole Cooper was on in one, but four-putted. He missed a third putt of less than 7 inches. The | miss unsettled him, and he had a hard | time getting a 77 for a total of 149. | Abe Espinosa, defending champion, put another 75 with his one of yesterday | to get a total of 150. { Although he has small chance of win- | ning, Tomekichi Miyamoto, Japan open | champion and winner of the amateur- Dro event, was among the 55 profes- sionals who play the final 36 tomorrow. He was in all sorts of trouble today, taking & 44—37—81 for a 158 total. PARSONS D?CKPIN VICTOR Burt Parsons won the weekly sweep- stakes at the Arcadia alleys last night with a three-game score of 356. Ed Ryder finished second with 347 and Sid Lawhorn was third with 339. Association, declared in his letter offer- ing the Manor course for the women's championship, that the course will be in the finest condition in May and should be a good championship test. Manor never before has held the wom- en’s title tourney. Directors of the Washington Golf and Country Club have reluctantly de- cided to stop publication of the club's monthly paper, “The Tee,” for a few months at least. E. J. Swift, who has been editor of the paper since its in- auguration, more than two years ago, has gone to Europe for & stay of three years. | D. C. Gruver, one of the longest hit- ters at the Washington Club, is knozk- | ing the ball the proverbial mile from the tee these days and is getting ample rever'x_ge on his friend, V. Calbert Dickey, for the series of lickings Dickey gave him a month or so ago. Last Thurs-, day Gruver played the course in 74 and | 3 although showed one of his best games, | chin. pl Y WASHINGTON BEATEN | AT ANNAPOLIS TRAPS Spa Club Gunners Finish on Top, in Singles and Doubles on l Their Own Range. ! ANNAPOLIS, January 30.—Spa Gun Club trapshots of Annapolis defeated Washington Gun Club scatter gunners, 852 to 844, in their special 10-man team match here this afternoon. Dr. Brice of Annapolis, winner of the Maryland all-around title, was high on the 100 sirgles with 92. He also won the 50-target doubles with 40 Annapolis nosed out Washington in the team doubles race, 174 to 172. A return match is planned in Wash- | ington late next month. 100-TARGET SINGLES. ANNAPOLIS. Dr. O. T Brice... E H A, J 323 2 ane V. Strowger. .. Bon....i.il. T. C. Pearce A. V. Parsons Bond M. Treadway Total ...852 Totals 50-TARGET DOUBI 0 L. L. Lane 3 Julius 3 H H 7 | Marcey . Sheiton Morgan Total . ol . Brice. 92: R. D. Morgan. 80: Macey. 88: *E. H. Hartie. | 23 | | LASS B—O. C 7. ‘H. H_Shelton. it CLASS C_A. Jones. 87: R. Zindorf. 85: C. Knighton. 83 DOUBLES (Lewis Clasn)Dr, O, T Brice. 0: H. H. Shelton. 34: R. D. Morgan. 31. Other_ scores—A. Kramer. 80: Dr. J." H Lyons. 70: J. M. Pearce. 18x23: N. Bell. 74 R._Smith. 64: M. Stevens. 25x50. *Tossed for choice. CLAIM DUCKPIN MARK Hyattsville Boys See Record in Winning 1,616 Set. HYATTSVILLE, January 30.— Hy- attsville duckpinners rolled what is claimed a new District Junior League | record when they came through with | a 1616 set in sweeping their match against Georgetown on the Arcade al- leys here this afternoon. Georgetown's | total was 1.362. Hyattsville rolled games of 521, 548 | and 547, while Georgetown's games were 468, 426 and 468. John Wood of Hyattsville had high | game and set at 128 and 363. COLORED RINGMEN SHOW Four Exhibitions Listed Thursday at Twelfth Street “¥.” Members of the Twelfth Street “Y" boxing team will get in action next | Thursday night with four exhlbmoni bouts carded. First at 8 o'clock. Bobby Mosley, amateur champion of | North Carolina, is a new member of the | team and will be on the card. Last year he won four bouts, fought one draw and lost one. SWAVELY IS BEATEN MANASSAS, Va., January 30.—Ran- dolph-Macon Academy'’s basket ball team won a thrilling 37-35 victory over Swavely Prep here today in an extra- period game after the regulation tussel tad ended in a 31-31 draw. Swavely (35) R.-M. A. ¢ GFPt Ross. 1. Fordice, 3 Zollinger, f. Stainaker. Gray. ¢ Strong. Hayes. Rob'tsh: ot ms? coaseron 5 amon eck, Carey, | omrouuwnon: | omma! with & 76, he took it on the s Gruver was out in 36 and back in 38, while Dickey played the | Armstrong of the University of Utah as mads of the gridiron, | ably shortened next Fall, but will in- clude a foray to South Bend, Ind., for |a battle with the Ramblers of Notre Dame on October 8. The 1932 Haskell foot ball schedule lists only eight games in contrast to other years when long campaigns ran up_travel records for the squad. Frank W. McDonald, director of ath- said it was the athletic board's desire that the players not miss so many classes as in the past. The schedule: September 23—Ottawa in Lawrence (night). October 1—Creighton in Omaha (night). | October 8—Notre Dame in South | Bend. October night). October 21—Washburn in Lawrence (night). November 4—Temple in Philadelphia | November 11—st. Louis in St. Louis. November 24—Xavier in Cincinnati SAUREZ SCORES KAY0 letics 14—Baker in Lawrence ( | (night). Oldani Prey in Argentine's First Bout Since Return From U. 8. BUENOS AIRES, January 30 (P).— | Making his first start since his return from the United States, Justo Suarez, | Argentine lightweight, stopped Carlos Oldani of Italy in the first round of their 12-round bout here tonight. CROWLEY SPURNS IOWA Withdraws Application for Grid Job—Armstrong Favored. IOWA CITY, Towa, January 30 (#).— University of Towa athletic officials an- nounced last night that negotiations with James H. Crowley of Michigan State to come here as head foot ball coach have been definitely terminated. Crowley, the statement said, wired that he wished to withdraw his appli- catlon. Crowley's withdrawal establishes Tke perhaps the outstanding prospect for the job. TWO OF GIANTS S;GN. NEW YORK, January 30 (#)—The New York Giants have received the signed contracts of Sam Gibson, right- handed pitcher bought from San Fran- cisgo, and Emil Planeta, recruit twirler, recalied from Bridgeport. Pointers on Golf Although the pitch with is played with the clubhead striking the ball underneath its center on the downswing and then taking a divot, it is necessary to keep this clubhead as low as possible in the follow through. Only in that way can the ball be accurately controlled FOLLOW THROUGH LOW ON ALL PITCHES and backspin imparted. Bobby® Jones calls it, “Holding the left side_down.” This is done, as Abe Mitchell says, by keeping the right arm straight going through just as you keep the left arm straight going back and coming down to the ball. The straight right arm after contact naturally keeps the clubhead low to the ground in the follow through. (Copyright, 1933.) HOWITZER GIANTS MEET ELKS' QUINT Fredericksburgers Invade| Kensington Armery Today for Feature Game. NE of the most attractive bas- ket ball cards hereabout this afternoon 1s booked for the Kensington Armory. In the feature attraction, scheduled for 3:30 o'clock, Howitzer Glants will engage Fredericksburg Elks. Chevy Chase Grays and Census are listed to clash at 2:30, and in the curtain-raiser Swann'’s Service is to meet an opponent to be announced at 1:30. Knights of Columbus unlimited toss- ers will go to Baltimore this afternoon to face the Santa Maria quint of that city in the second game of a series of three. Play will start at 2 o'clock in Hack Hoping His Home Runs Increase in Proper Ratio To His Declared Repentance BY GEORGE CHADWICK. EW YORK, January 30—Hack Wilson made the interesting announcement this week that he will be a good boy in 1932 and strive to win a championship for Brooklyn, caring little how often he mops the perspiration from his manly West Virginia brow. At some time in their base ball lives our home-run champions find it neces- sary to announce publicly their inten- tions to sit in the corner and not run around with the naughty boys in the neighborhood. Babe Ruth, the first home-run cham- pion, ran wild for a time. He threw his base ball glove into the ring against Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commis- sioner of base ball, and for the first time in his care-free life Ruth found himself flattened. The Babe was flambuoyant and | snooty in those days. It had not oc- | curred to him that base ball was more | the Alcazar. The Washington Caseys won the series opener here last Sunday, | Bethesda Fire Department quint, which has been showing strongly, will engage Rockville A. A. Wednesday on | the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School court. The high spot of the Firemen's sea- Washington University freshmen Feb- ruary 18 at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Games for this week with fast un- limited teams are sought by the Fire- men. Call Schaffert at Columbia 2398. Fort Washington basketers are book- unlimited foes at Alexandria 1245. Games with 145-pound or unlimited fves having oourts are wanted by Co- lumbia Helghts Celtics for tomorrow, Wednesday, Priday, Saturday and next Sunday nights. Call Adams 8037 be- tween 5 and 7 p.m. DISTRICT SWIMMING MEET MARCH 18, 19 Eight Events for Men's and Six for Women's Championships Scheduled by A. A. U. i Entry blanks are out for the annual D. C. A. A. U. indoor swimming cham- plonships, to be heid the nights of March 18 and 19 in the Shorenam Hotel pool There will be 14 events men and six for women They are: Men—50. 100-yard freestyle, 150-yard backstroke, 220-yard breast- stroke, 200-yard relay, 300-yard medley relay and fancy diving. Women—50- yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 220~ yard freestyle, 100-yard backstrcke, 100- yard breaststroke and fancy diving. Entries will close at midnight March 12 with A. Earle Weeks, 3727 T street. District A. A. U. champlonship gold, siiver and bronze medals will be award- ed to first, second and third place winners in each event, and trophies will eight for | be presented the club or organization scoring most points in the men’s and women's events. | All athletes registered in the District A. A. U. are eligible to compete. Regis- tration may be made with Charles M. Fyfe, 230 C street | GALLAUDET MATMEN | | of his elders. | play in the Spring he was informed | that he was down for 30 days’ suspen- { bim than a collection of whimiscal players, who could do as they pleased and tell | the bosses they could make the best | of it. He ran loose around the East, barnstorming in direct opposition to the rules of base ball and the advice When he was ready to sion. And down he stayed. Ruth Changed for Better. That made him sulky. When he came back he still had an obsession | that a big player could rule the roost and he carried himself as independently as a Balkan politician. One day it dawned upon him that after all he was playing the part of a fractious colt at the barrier, when he should have been winning races, and the Ruthian mood changed so completely that it has made friends for him ever since. When Judge Jandis set him down all kinds of efforts were made to have reinstated The public never knew the tenth part of it. To all of it the commissioner of base ball was flint. 'His authority had been chal- lenged by a player almost as soon as he had taken office, and Landis was ready for the battle. won. He bad to win. The base ball owners accepted their medicine. They | had elected him for just that kind of |an emergency. | Hack Wilson did not run counter to | Landis, but to the late Willlam Wrigley, jr.. though he became a naughty boy | somewbat on the Ruth order. Hack got caught in a maelstrom of lodges He joined everything there was to join | | Perhaps if he had not joined so many {lodges he would be a member of the today. | 'He was popular with the Wrigley | family personally, and if be had just | been ‘unable to hit home runs in 1931 because his luck had run out for a season there would not have been any But when he be- gan to stay out after hours and repeat it after warnings, he lost one of the | best friends he ever had. Hack Has Brooklyn Astir. | Wken Ruth repented he began to make more home runs than ever be- fore. Now Hack Wilson is coming to Brooklyn to repent. Some persons maintain that it is easier to repent in Brooklyn than in _Chicago. They forget that Brooklyn has grown up and that it is bounded on its Southwestern corner by Coney Island, from which the sounds of gayety can be heard at Ebbetts Fleld when the wind is in the | right direction. | "It Hack repents and his home runs increase in proper ratio to bis repent- ance, he may break the home run record of the National League again and help to bring a pennant to Brook- \Jyn. The rabid fans in Brooklyn arc | bey ing thus early to talk pennant | With Hack and Lefty O'Doul and Babe | Herman to thwack tbe ball in the out- | Rield, Brooklyn fans look for a shower | of rome runs in 1932. | The Yankees won a pennant after | Ruth repented and took up golf and | bridge. ~ 1f Hack's Tepentance is | thorough—he has no desire to play | golf, which he considers effeminate— perhaps Brooklyn will reap similar profits. The moral of all of it is, bust home runs.” | | serious complaint. | | “repent and ROD AND STREAM Y PERRY MILLER WEPSON EARLE, conservation commissioner of Maryland, has issued a new bulletin defining just what the shad and herring fisherman can do this season. He says that the only change in the fishing season over last year is that shad and herring may be caught a month earlier in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries below Pooles Island, except in thé Po- tomac River. The season this year is starting Pebruary 1 instead of March | 1, as formerly. In the Potomac River the season opens March 1 and closes May 31, both dates inclusive. The legal size of mesh in nets are as follows: Pound nets—2%; inches. Haul seines—2%; inches. Gill nets—21; inches Fyke and hook nets—2Y inches This law became effective January 1, 1932 Nets of smaller size than the above are unlawful. T caught on hook and line this year comes from the Eastern Shore Francis Vincent of Linkwood, Md.. lo- cated on a tributary of the Big Chop- tank River, landed 12 bass and pike HE first Teport to reach us of fish | troRing. A bass estimated at 4 or 5 BEATEN BY Y. M. C. A. Take Only One of 10 Matches at Kendall Green; Aloha Lites Lose at Basket Ball. | Chapter. Coach Kirshman's Y. M. C. A wrestlers took all except one match from Gallaudet's aspirants in the | Kendall Green gymnasium last night, winning four falls and three time ad- vantage matches, besides taking two ex- hibitions. Earl Sollenberger, assistant manager of the Kendall Green mat squad, took the only match for his team by winning from A. D. Holt. Gallaudet did not show as strongly | as expected. | Gallaudet meets the Boys' Club next | Friday night in the Gallaudet gym. | In an earlier evening basket ball| game the Aloha Lites were unable to| resume winning ways, going down to :lef;tin before the Athliso quintet, 14 o 31. | In another game the strong Gym | Class team triumphed over the “"31’ Dye- [ partment aggregation, 45 to 26. Summaries: | 120 POUNDS—Buzzelli (G.) lost to Shock- ley (Y) by a fall in 6 minutes 38 seconds. | 30 POUNDS_C. L. P (Y) defeated | Grabill (G.). Tim 6:31 | 135 POUNDS — McGri defeated Greenmun (G). Time advantage. 9:18 135 POUNDS — Broaddus (¥) defeated Patrie (G by a fall in 1 minute 37 sec- onds. 148 POUNDS—Sollenberger (G.) AN RS By e e & 52" bounps_Broth NDS—Brothe) Stack (G.) by a fall in 7 minutes 3 sec- onds. 165 POUNDS—Whitworth (Y) Mants (G) by & {all in 3 minutes 4 Seconds. | 135 POUNDS—Paul (Y) defeated Ellis G.). Time advantage. 7:56, | 4 i XHIBITION, HEAVYIWEIGHT—Paul (Y) | ",;f,‘;‘}’:’,’rlon" €G.) by fall in 3 minutes | TON — Brothers (Y Mantz (G- Time sdvantage.” Gym Class (45) F. E. Stack. {... 6§ Gamblin, | defeated | minutes 45 | defeated | | t i Gray: & Bradiey.' i i 3 4 ! Grinnell. &... 3 1 6 0 0 L] vl omooson 2| oassbeq Totals 19 78 45 Total RefereeMr. J. Gouch_(Ball Siaie) Aloha Lites _(16), Athliso (31) R | rsnmimnts tals . feree—Mr. 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 4 mb! b4 Gi 16 Totals .13 | lin (Gallaudet). | s .. . . | Adds Swimming Title. WORCESTER. Mass., January 30 () —Barbara Norris of this ecity, New England A. A. A. U. breast stroke champlion, added the junior national 220-yard title to her collection tonight, winning the event easily in 1 minute 241-5 seconds. AR WICHITA CLUB SHIFTED. to Tulsa, Okla., this Spring, Art Grigss, manager of the club, said here. WINS TITLE AT SOCCER. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Janu- ary 30 (P).—Linfi2ld today won the championship. of the Irish Soccer League, defeating Bangor, 4 to 1. CHANGES NAME OFTEN ‘The base ball stadium at Newark, only & few years old, has had three names. First it was known as Davids' Stadium, then Bears’ Stadium and now Ruppert Stadium. pounds got away when Vincent's aide, a young colored lad, did the wrong | thing when asked for assistance. Vin- cent says that the fish are up and | about and that he is going to, give them another try this week. G. W. Apgar informs us that he has started another chapter of his “Majestic Anglers” at Ridge Md. to| be known as the Ridge-Point Lookout Apgar says 45 men were present at the organizations meeting. S. Gilbert Hooper of Ridge, Md.. was elected president, and C. D. Druary of ‘Afrdale, Md.. vice president. Apgar says there will be 35 boats ready for the coming season and any onc wishing to fish down there can call Great Mills 32-F-2 and ask for 8. G. Hooper. The Majestic Anglers have arranged for a cab service to Solomons Island and Point Lookout this season at a cost of $2.50 for mem- bers who have no cars. LOCAL angler who when not fishing devotes a deal of his time to the welfare of the denizens of the deep, startled Rod and Stream Te- cently when he phoned that black bass were being shipped into Washing- ton from Virginia every week and sold to fish dealers. He informs us that despite the recent arrests in Pohick Creek, for illegal catching of bass, they were still being shipped to Washington. Talbott Denmead, law enforcement officer of the United States Bureau of Pisheries, when informed of the report, caid he would do all in his power to put a stop to the practice. Facts are stubborn things When a man is arrested for violation of the s (Y) defeated E.|fishing laws of Virginia along the lower | Potomac, it seems to be a hard matter to get a jury to convict him. Several | weeks 8g0 a violator of the bass law, | caught with 67 bass in his possession. and hauling his seine, and fined $351 | ¢ a justice of the peace, was allowed to get off with a fine of only $50. It was alleged that if the case were al- lowed to go to trial, no jury could be obtained that would find him gullty. It was a case of his pleading guilty and paying a fine of $50 or demanding & | Basket Ball Tips Just as in foot ball, there must be variety to any basket ball attack. This is one of the secrets for the success of the West Point five, coached by L. V. Novak. The tap, is to the right forward (3), who drives in toward the two | centers. So does left forward (2). But 2 makes a quick cut to his left just as the ball is tapped. Conse- quently, 3 relays the pass to him, and 2 no sooner gets tho ball than he shoots it to right guard (5), who, as in the other play, starts on the jump at full speed down theé right 3de of ;.h‘;' wmn. for t?e buket' m receiv] e pass from 3, dribbles in for & close-up shot. (Copyrieht, 1982.) (i lalered jury trial, and in all probability getting off scott free. ACK in 1926 Senator Harry B Hawes of Missourl introduced n black bass enforcement bill. It was passed by that session of Congress but no appropriation was authorized In 1929 the bill was amended and pasced the second time, and in 1931 an appropriation of $20,000 was made for enforcement The administration of the law was |placed in the hands of ihe United States Bureau of Pisheries. Before this | the law regarding black bass was in the rands of the United States Department of Justice. They did not have a iech- nical man to carry out the enforcement, and consequently nothing, more or less, was accomplished. ‘When the money for the Hawes bill was appropriated and the enforcement placed in the hands of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, that depart- ment, after a careful survey of avail- able men, finally settled upon Talbott Denmead, who for 10 years has been law enforcement officer of the Biological Survey. Talbott Denmead is a lawyer, a former member of the Maryland Legislature, has written a number of books on fish laws, and has had intro- duced some of Maryland's best fish laws. The Bureau of Fisheries could not have made a better selection if they had combed the country. During the little over a year Den- mead has been at work in his new posi- tion, he has accomplished Wonders. Handicaped by lack of assistants, only two being assigned to him for field work, he has 50 State deputies co- operating with him at no expense to the Federal Government. The present session of Congress, in its endeavor to reduce expenses, has hit upon this item of $20,000 for enforce- ment of the black bass laws of the United States. There is some talk about the ‘appropriation being cut out altogether. Rod and Stream and the thousands of anglers in Washington and the millions throughout the United | States, would hate to see such a back- ward step taken by Congress. 'OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS FOR MOTOR BOATING | Increased Sales and Interest Dis-‘_ | played at Show Encouraging | to Industry. NEW YORK, January 30 (®)—With a flood of statements announcing in- | creased sales and brighter prospects, |the motor-boat industry closed its twenty-seventh national show in Grand Central Palace tonight. As sirens, horns, whistles and bells set yp & din at the final closing gong, ra Hand, secretary of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manu- facurers, declared every one of the 200 exhibitors- had made actual sales or contracted_prospective buyers. Henry P. Sutpen, president of the assoclation, said the show had im- pressed upon the public that boating | was not a luxury. “We' have pounded home to the recration-seeking public,” he said, “that boating really is an economical sport. Our fleld has been widened as never before.” This year's exhibition marked the | introduction of new and lower priced boats and engines and a definite trend to family appeal in all models. On all sides exltibitors praised the one dealer expressed it. Charles A. Criqui of man of the association’s exhibition committee, asserted this year's show had proved conclusively that an an. nual exhibit was an important ad- junet to the industry. SCORE MAT CLEAN-UP Jewish Community Center Team Downs Hagerstown “Y.” Jewish Community nter wrestlers mak':‘hu to none, last night at the T, e Center team claims the city title and expects to meet the Washington “Y" matmen soon. Summaries: 115-POUND CLASS—Iskow defeated Hoo- r by time advantage in _seven minutes. 125-POUND ' CLASS—Kosowsky defeatcd Hyland by fall in four minutes. 135-POUND—Blumberg defeated Einbinder by fall in eight minutes. 18 second: 143-POUND CLASS—Sills defea! by time advantage. | ve LASS—Goldman _ defeated Meyers by time advantage in 8 minutes 45 secone 165-POUND CLASS—Devers defeated Low- man by time advantage in 1 minute 20 seconds (extrs time Limit of two 3-minute ITION—Blum rounds). CLASS E: with Shes (Hagerstown). Of course he | type of crowds that attended. Their | questions were “buying questions,” as | ’ Buffalo, chair- | blanked .Hagerstown “Y" grapplers, six | s ted Zecher | Tennis Solons Face Lively Session OPEN DISCUSSION WILL RULE PARLEY Davis Cup Plans and U. S. Rankings Will Be Warm Topics at N’Orleans. BY GAYLE TALBOT, Associated Press Sports Writer. EW YORK, January 30.— Tennis delegates from every section of the coun- | try will converge on New Orleans the last of the week for what promises to be one of the liveliest sessions in the history of | the United Stajes Lawn Tennis | Association. | Discussion of plans for Amer- ica’s participation in the next | Davis Cutp extravaganza and | ranking of the country’s leading stars for 1931, topics closest to the hearts of most members of the | association, are pretty certain to bring out some choice debate. Previously the delegates to the na- tional convention have been afforded jittle fun. Things hati been smoothed out by the head men well in advance of the meeting. But this time the boys from the outposts will get in on the main show. The whole thing is to be very open with everybody getting a vote. The 1931 rankings, for instance, will not go in the record books until they are approved by a majority vote. The convention might like the list recom- mended three weeks agoby the associa- | tion's selection committee, and again it might not. The consensus is there will be at least a mild argument or two, 'HERE, likely will not be a dissent- ing vote on the selection of Ells- worth Vines, jr. the national champlon, as No. 1, and few will deny George Lott, jr.. his place as No. 2, but from there on, look out! The placing of Francis Shields of New York at No. 3, ahead of Johnny Doeg, left-handed Newark ace, is cer- tamn to get a “rise” out of Johnny's supporters. Doeg, in fact, was dropped clear down to No. 5 on the tentative list, with John Van Ryn a notch above him Yet Doeg, although he lost his na- tional title, reached the semi-finals of 1plonships. defeating Shields y, and made a better show- ing against Vines than any other American player. He carried Vines to five sets in the finals of the Longwood Bowl Tournament and again forced the champion to the limit at Seabright, where three of t five sets were deuced. IT is significant that the Eastern Lawn Teanis Association put Doeg at the top of its 1931 ranking Ilist, with Shields second and Sidney B. Wood. jr., third If further argument is needed on the rankings, it may be supplied by the Southern delegates over the dropping | of Bryan Grant, jr., the Atlanta grass- hopper, to No. 12 on the list, six points below the berth accorded Clifford Sut- ter of New Orleans. California and Texas, each with two players in the first 10, are not likely to offer any argument The recommendation by Samuel Hardy, non-playing ceptain of the last Davis Cup team, that the American plavers pass up the Wimbledon tourna- ment tkis year and go direct to Fra to concentrzte on training for the ints zone final is another important subject before the convention. | sy ARDY, whose recent exchange of pleasantries with Sidney Wood, Jr., over the conduct of the 1931 over- seas expedition made interesting read- |ing, has contended that the Americans | tire themselves out in the big English | tournaments and, consequently, are not at their best for the Davis Cup matches. The convention also may be asked to decide whether the non-playing cap- tain of America's team is privileged to give his charges a high-powered “pep” talk between sets, the basis of Wood's complaint against Hardy While the actual selection of this country’s team will not be made for several months, the convention is ex- pected to discuss the leading candidates end give the Davis Cup Committee the benefit of its thoughts in the matter. | So far, only one thing is certain: That | Vines will be asked to carry the burden |in singles. | = 2% ' SEEKS SEMI-PRO SERIES | Grubb Would Match Howitzer, Vic and Skinker Quints. Brooke Grubb, manager of the How- | itzer Glants of Kensington, Md., wishes | to arrange a_series of games among | that quint, Skinker Eagles and Vic | Sport Shop for the semi-pro basket ball | championship of the District area. } “As a starter, Grubb has challenged the Vic team for a game to be played Feb- ruary 14 at the Silver Spring Armery. 'SUNDAY SCHOOL LOOP BASKET BALL GAMES Calvary Drakes (28) ) G.F.Pts arwood, f... 6 0 12 | Lawless, " 1.0 De Moll, ¢ | Erime. Shank Crow. &...... Davidson, & Mann, g Atonement (11 GF Terry. { Gallagher. ts 1 BususLal = o303500m1y 2l sommwoous Totals 1 A Douslas (2 Castell. £..... Weigel, { Hoover. ¢ 1] 3 Williams. #... Hawkins, §... Trinity (26) GF ] | Qlascock, 1. aubly. 1 St | woaatia 2 Totals Eldbrooke wiler. 1 H. Duryee; Scheele, Hunt, f...... Timmons, ¢. Lilly, ¢ Brown, & A. Durye Howard, Totals Pirst Brethren =l moommo cacuoan® Pen'neton. 1. 1 2000595y ® Totals . vl posomcoony Sl Totals . Un, Brethren 1 1 a5 S © s ol uewooor Newcomer, [OPSDPPS Bl Bancooms Totals .... Mt. Vernon M. P Petworth M. 28, B ~ooony O™ ol woooa0l 5 ol coscas arisa Calvary Y. Ken'w'h M. B S Harris, { Baldwin, | f | M socam—oray