Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1932, Page 42

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1932. Downfall of French Stars in Indoor Net Championships Is Presaged by Draw STURDY U. S. FIELD OPPOSES INVADERS Even Borotra Seems Likely to Be Shorn of Laurels in New York Meet. BY J. P. ALLEN. EW YORK, March Unless the draw fails to live up to its prophecy, the N 11.—*‘ French tennis dynasty is| to receive its first setback in the national indoor championship, which begins on the board courts of the Tth Regiment Armory tomorrow. As the list of 80 com- petitors stands, Jean Borotra, bounding Basque that he is, must be of heroic mold to capture the title again. As for the other Frenchmen — Christian Boussus |1 al Antoine Gentien—they are|sportsman and one of the owners of | e . the Agua Caliente race track, has been | not likely to threaten the finals. ‘True enough, the seeded group com- prises that mystical number—13 play- ers. one—and Americans think French it is the Studies American Field. Looking at it in a more equitable way, Gsorge M. Lott, jr. Francis X. Shields and Sidney B. Wood, jr., pre- Basket Ball Card In A.A.U. Tourney Tonight. 7 o'clock—Eastern High Reserves vs. Athliso, 130-pound class (lower bracket, first round). 8 o'clock — Highlanders vs. Be- thesda-Chevy Chase Girls, girls’ junior class (upper bracket, first round). 9 o'clock—Griffith Consumers vs. Naval Reserves, unlimited class (upper bracket, first round). 10 o'clock—St. John's Victors vs. War Department (A. G. O.), 145 pound class (lower bracket, first round). Monday Night. 7 _o'clock — Mount Rainier vs. Brookland Eagles, 100-pound class (upper_bracket, preliminary round). 9 o'clock—Rockville A. A. vs. Diss trict Firemen, unlimited ciass (up- per blacket, first round) 9 o'clock — Central “C” Club vs. Palace A. C., unlimited class (upper bracket, second round) 10 o'clock—Sport Mart vs. Dixiana Barbecue, 130-pound class (lower bracket, first round). TURFMAN IS REINSTATED. AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, March (#). — Baron Long, San Diego restored to good standing on the turf by the racing stewards. He was sus- pended following the Linden Tree in- cident, in which the mutuel price on Which portends ill luck for some | £ 3" vear old was admittedly “built up” by Long. marked one of the officials, as he scan- n+d the draw at its completion. “Well - |If he can stand through such a su cessive grueling, he is entitled to re- sent & Davis Cup trio exactly as do|tjre with all the honors that the game the contenders from overseas. Still, i is 10 Americans seeded against 3, with the home talent strategically placed. Beginning with the assumption that tennis form will run a fairly accurate course then, the semi-finalists, reading from top to bottom of the list, promise to be Lott, Gregory S. Mangin, seeded No. 5; Shields and Borotra. To give the tournament follower a better picture, let us turn back to the quarter finals. Again starting at the’| top, it is Lott, Julius Seligson, Woods, Mangin, Shields, Frank Bowden, Berk- ley Bell and Borotra. If this is not a made-to-order tour- nament, there never was one in the his- tory of the American game. Pitying angels must have been looking down at the veteran Borotra as the draw shuf- fled out. Big Task for Borotra. Here le‘ rently is what he has to accomplish. _In turn he must defeat, supposedly, Edward Jacobs, one of the most_experienced of the collegians from the University of Pittsburgh; Berkel;{ Bell, Francis X. Shields and George N. It's a wonderful picture of & the courts. of retirement,” re- | | hes to offer. It's my own guess, &s Borotra has lost all his other indoor crowns, that he will be shorn of Amer- lcan laurels this time.” By the Associated Pr NEW YORK, March 11.—Jean Bo- rotra starts gunning for his Afth American indoor tennis championship tomorrow, but expert opinion accords him hardly an even chance. The famous Basque, long the greatest of players indoors, has been slipping | steadily for several years. He lost the French indoor title this year—a crown on which he has had a virtual mo- nopoly for season after season—and there js some doubt whether he can wade through the tough opposition he will get in the American tourniment. Some experts, in fact, believe it ques- tionable whether the Freach ace will get as far as the finals. They point out that the luck of the draw, if play fol- lows form, will force Borotra to meet Eddie Jacobs of the University of Pitts- burgh, onle of C.heB mkns‘:’e rlen;:eg‘ of college players; Berke of New York and ;:mk Shields before he can march into the finals, where he prob- ;:rlymwmud meet George Lott waiting m. TWO BIG BATTLES - MARK COURT PLAY Unlimited 145-Posnd Quints | in Headliners Tonight in A. A. Tourney. EADLINING the schedule to- night in the District A, A. U basket ball tournament at Tech { High will be games between Griffith-Consumers and Naval Reserves in the unlimited class and St. John's | Victors and War Department in the 145-pound division. The former tilt is | slated for 9 o'clock and the latter for 10. Consumers will be playing their | first tourney game and St. John's will starts. | Eastern High Reserves and Athliso | fives will elash in the night's opener at | 7 o'clock. Several members of the squad which carried Eastern to the public high title will hold forth. Play in the junior girls' division will | start with Highlanders and Bethesda- | Chevy Chase High sextet meeting at 8 o'clock. There will be no tourney games to- morrow night in deference to the A. A. U. boxing matches at the University of Maryland. Play will be resumed Monday. s Favorites took it on the chin in last night's tourney games. Mount Vernon M. E. tossers conquered Bliss Electrical School, 34 to 28, in the unlimited class and Neighborhood House 100-pounders slipped a victory over on Boys' Club, 25 to 12. Y. M. C. A. Flashes were ex- | tended to overcome Brightwood Indians, 23 to 20, in the 130-pound class and Delaware & Hudson had to hustle to down Levitans, 25 to 20, in another unlimited clash. Bliss did not get g | Mount Vernon until the second half, the score at 14-all. The lead shifted three times in the last five minutes. Goubeau and Minneci traded baskets in 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. Clyde Milan now is the only hold- out on the Washington base ball team and he is expected soon to be in line as the differences between him ?;'Ad Manager Clark Griffith are small. Max Miller, the Iron King, is Tion: 1na wiisting mateh ot e pion, a ma at the Gayety Theater. A straight line is the shortest distance between two points! ONDER uses the straight-line system. 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The game was alive with thrills, UNLIMITED CLASS. Mt. Vernon (34) Bliss (28) G .F.Pts. Melton, f. Monroe, chwad. e jutler, ¢. Totals.... Referee- 100-POUND CLASS. Neigh. House, (23) Boys' Club (12) o Fr q Efchwngr. ¢ ' Tomardy, unch, . ¥lh(r. f.. urnburke. By Blfomarar, Tadwner Cline, & [ & g 5 onounssas Totals..... .10 5 25 Totals Referee—Mr. Enright (A. B.) 130-POUND CLASS, Indians (20 Sumner. awlings. ] | Rubino,” 1.0 ton. 1.... 3 | Hurley. ¢... 8 Qray., 6. [ | Norsw'rthy, 0 | Viehmever. 0 | Totals feree- % ] 3 i T611323 Totals Mr. Enright (A. B.) UNLIMITED CLASS. D & H Levitan (20) | G.F Pt Ryap. f... Gasler. £ | Bach, < Ball, w0 Beall, & Shanklin, curtin, ¥ Bl sacnanon® Totals | motaie oty ) | Referee—0. Mitchen |SEXTON BETTERS RECORD | }Fnrmer Hoya Hurls 12-Pound Shot 59 Feet 3 1-8 Inches. OYSTER BAY, N. Y, March 11 (P).— 3 Leo Sexton, former Georgetown athlete and crack weight man of the New York A. C.. last night eclipsed his own record | for the 12-pound shotput with a toss of 59 feet 31; inches. There is neither world nor Ameri- can record for this event, but the A. A. | U. hand book lists under “Noteworthy | Performances” | inches as the best mark for the 12- | pound shot with leather cover. Sexton |set up that mark at New York two | years ago. HUNTER ANfi GLASCOE DRAW. Jimmie Glascoe and Billy Hunter wrestled 45 minutes to a draw last night in the Twelfth Street Y gym- nasium. Ted Adams disposed of Phil Brooks in 6 minutes, while Vest Syl- vester and Slim Brutus went 40 min- utes to no decision. | the_semi-final round of the annual A. a toss of 56 feet 111, | COLLEGIANS REACH - FORBASKET TITLE {Northwest Missouri Teachers Advance to Semi-Finals of A. A. U. Tourney. | By the Assoctated Press. | ANSAS CITY, March 11.—A coilege team threatens to take the A. A. U. national basket| ball title out of the hands ol “independents,” which have domi- | nated the field both in numbers and quality for 11 years. The Northwest Missourl Teachers of Maryville, exponents of “precision bas- | ket ball” and undefeated champions of the Missour! Intercollegiate Athletic | Association, play the Southern Kansas| Stage Lines team of Wichita, Kans, in| A. U. tournament here tonight. l Only two college teams—Washburn of Topeka, Kans, and Butler of In- dianapolis—have won the champlon- chip since the tournament became a | fixture here in 1921. The Henrys Clothiers of Wichita, winners the last i{wo years, meet the | plon, Schuessler Athletic Club of Chicago in the cther half of the all-Midwestern semi-finals. | The champions defeated the Sugar| Creeks of St. Louis 27 to 20, in & | rough quarter-final game last night “Long Tom" Pickell, Henry ceyter, |and L. Waingte, St. Louls pivot man traded blows after an epparentlv in- advertent mix-vp. Referce H. W. (Bil) Hargiss called a foul on each The Schuessler squad, from the En- | glewood Y. M. A, Chicago, de- feated Dakota Wesleyan 39 to 35 in an_overtime game. | ‘The Stage Lines cagers used a long | range bombardment to oust Young| Men's Institute of San Francisco, a semi-finalist last year, 38 to 18. Olympic Club of San Francisco f!l]f before the Maryville Teachers 26 tot 14, after having held a 9—8 half-time| advantage. | ‘The Maryville scoring plays under- basket shots by “Jumping Jack” Mc-| Cracken, probably the mocst polished center in_ the tournament in recent years, clicked regularly in the second | period. ‘ PLAN INTERCITY BOXING. | Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A’s Boxing Club is planning for its dual boxing match with the Sigma Theta Club of Philadelphia. The “Y” has some clever | mitts. It is planned to stage a duel here March 26 and the local boys will journey to the Quaker City April 9. about. You see them FRENCH TO PLAY EAGLES |BASKETERS NEED TWO| GOLDSTEIN GETS LETTER Seeks Revenge for One-Point De- feat Earlier in Year. Skinker Eagles and French quint clash tomorrow night on m?» oa:;lal Washington University basket ball cour Earlier in the campaign the Eagles eon- quered the French team by a lone point, but the latter since has added Freddy Mesmer, Georgetown coach and former Hoya player, and figures it has a real chance to even scores with the Birds, The game Will go on following an at- tractive liminary between Delaware and Hu and Jewish Community Center fives, starting at 7:30 o'clock, Sises MONGOMERY QUINT BEATS STATE RIVAL Hyattsville Eliminated in Second Round of Maryland Scholas- tic Tourney. 1 | Takoma-Bilver Spring High School quint, Montgomery County champion, | S: “|today is in the third round of the State scholastic championship race as the result of defeating Hyattsville High, Prince Georges County cham- 20 to 23, yesterday in Ritchie Coliseum at the Universit; - Sois y of Mary- | Bozievich, with 16 points, was the ace of the Takoma team, which held the whip hand most of the way The Montgomery County team next will meet Ellicott City High, Howard County standard bearcr. in _Hollins Hall, Baltimore, probably Tuesday. Hagerstown, Washington County final- ist, will meet Allegany, Allegany Coun- ty champ, at Cumberland on Monday. Summary: Takoma-8. 8. Bozievich, 1. Mygatt, Shorb, Clark, Leizear, Pritchard, Hyattsville McClay, 1 Calhoun, 8 curseoniy o "y Brown, Lutz, .. Townsend, well, Kelly, &. Rimmer, Totals ... Totals ..... Referee—Mr. Jory (P. A. L.) SCHOLASTICS WIN aAME Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. Scholas- ties, made up of high school stars, de- feated the St. Augustine Church team last night in the latter's gymnasium, 21 to 8l oZummon® ol caroron Summary: Scholastics E.Yearw'd, St. Augustines ( GFpL ooy @ Probak is a sturdy double-edge razor blade —made for heavy duty on stubborn beards. You know the kind of bristles we’re thinking on regular fellows who like rough sports and hardy living. We’re talk- ing about your beard. You have trouble shaving. Put a Probak in your razor. See the difference. This is a heay- PR THE B 0B LADE AR | Spring | has wo | pleted its schedule. | Hudson_quints on the | won and Fort Myer to Deadlock Investigation. Bolling Field quint, victorious over Naval Hospital, 37 to 18, last night, can tie Investigation, leader in the battle for the second-half title in the | Government Basket Ball League, by defeating Interior tonight and Fort Myer Sunday afternoon at the Silver Armory. Investigation, which n 8 games and lost 1, has com- Bolling Fleld has 6 victories and 1 loss as its record Patent Office can achieve second place by defeating Fort Myer tonight at Bolling Field and Census Sunday at Silver Spring. Team Standine. w Investigation rt Myer Hospital P O..ocoene Commerce Interior PRI Jewish Community Center senior girl basket ball team defeated Green- horns, 24 to 14, but the J. C. C. junior sextet bowed to Park View lassies in a 26-6 tilt. An attractive game has been listed for tomorrow night between Jewish Community Center and Delaware & George Wash- ington U. court at 7:30 o'clock. A game for Sunday night on the Jewisn Community Center court is sought by the J. C. C. unlimited quint. Manager Tash is listing at Cleveland 9596. Swann’s Service quint wants a game for Tuesday night with a team having a court. Call Adams 3306. Eagles, Twice Victors, and Vics Play Third Tilt Sunday. Vic Sport Shop basketers are set for a desperate attempt to stop Skinker Eagles Sunday afternoon when 'WINS TO TIE FOR TOP we ‘ PRITOST | Bolling Field Must Beat Interior| Willlams, & | T A the | {{ teams face in the third game of their | series at the Silver Spring Armory Vics bagged the first two games. Eagles last Sunday by a lone point Bernie Peacock, Eagle manager. sald today Sunday’s tilt will be the last of the season between Skinkers and Vics, The game will follow a tilt between Saks Clothiers and Maroon Scholastics, starting at 2 o'clock. The latter com- prises players who held forth with the Tech High quint this Winter. Both contests are expected to be hard \) /f// / ngton Boy Is Among Boxers Honored at Virginia. UNIVERSITY, Va., March 11.~Ten members of the boxing team that brought 4o the University of Virginia its third championship of the Southern Conference have been awarded varsity major sport letters and silver cham- pionship trophies. These are Capt. Fenton A. Gentry of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Thomas L. Fish- burne of Charlottesvilie, Va.: Robert Goldstein of Washington, D. C.; Doug- las G. Myers of Petersburg, Va.; Lewis G. Reiss of New York City; Mark H. Russell of Willlamson, W. Va.; Hiram M. Smith, jr. of Richmond, Va.; Riel ard Pinckney Sowers of Richmond, Vi Franklin A. Spekker of Pittsburgh, Pa., ?)r;&} Harold C. Stuart of Oklahoma City, a Fishburne has been elected captain for 1033. He has not been deln‘:fl in 24 college bouts during three seasons. : HICKEY IS BASKET ACE Swamping Sophomore Day student tossers, 22 to 4, Senators last night won the Catholic ' University intra-mural basket ball competition. Johnny Hickey, track luminary, was the ace of the winners' attack with eight points. John Nally scored the losers’ four points. Medals will be awarded the members of the championship team. They are, besides Hickey, Charles McVean, Vince McDonald, Bob Bourne, Bob_Dunning~ ton, Al Redrow, Walter O'Loughlin, Francis McGivern and Paul Smith. Gl RANDALL DOUBLE WINNER. Randall Junior High School defeated Francis Junior High for the junior high heavyweight and lightweight basket ball championships yesterday in the QGarnet-Patterson gymnasfum, The Randall heavyweights won, 19 to 17, and the lightweights scored, 48 to_14. Summaries Francis Heavigs (1), Tyler, {. [] 7{'« Randall Heavies (19) 5 FPLs. T s s, 1 Reeder, Hall, . =N Goodman, Gadner, Lawrence, | noo! Totals...... Randall Ligh L. 5 "y - »l mocooromys v ressse aylor, llen, rimennOs ol coommen? Chase, %..... Totals.... | 23 Washington-Philadelphia INTER-CITY PING-PONG TOURNAMENT In the Gold Room of the e “SHOREHAM HOTEL ” ier blade with extremely sharp edges specially honed to shear tough stubble easily. Yon can feel it take hold of the bristles. Buy Probak on our guarantee. Test a blade or two —thoroughly. Then —if you don’t agree this blade is the best you’ve ever used —return the package with unused blades to your dealer and get a full refund of the purchase price. BLADES THAT ARE