Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1933, Page 34

c2 SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, Sato, Nunoi Give Japan Tennis Punch : Chicago Is Hot After Baer-Schmeling Go- - D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933. SPORTS. DAVIS GUP LINE-UP 1S BEST IN DECADE Ito Will Get Baptism of Heavy Fire—Team Going to Europe Early. By the Associated Press. \OKIO, Fehruary 2.—Japan is I sending to the 1933 Davis Cup campaigns in Europe her strongest team in many years, with hopes renewed of reaching at least the final round in the European zone. These hopes are based on the confi- dence that this year she has two first- | flight tennis stars, her first such pair, | the experts say, since the brilliant Zenzo Shimizu and the imperturbable Ichiva Kumagai blazed across the ten- nis firmament in 1921 and reached the | challenge round against Bill Tilden | and Bill Johnston. | HEY are Jiro Sato, ace of the 1932 Davis Cup squad, semi-finalist at Says Thick-Skin Umps Big Asset EMPHIS, Tenn., February 2 (#). —Hayry “Steamboat” Johnson, who has ¢alled balls and strikes for 22 years, says a thick skin is a great asset to a base ball umpire. “A good, thick skin is more to be desired than a hard-boiled disposi- tion,” in the opinion of Johnson, who probably ranks as the No. 1 arbiter of the Southern Association. “Being hard-boiled doesn’t help you in handling players like convinc- ing them you are going to do your level best in calling plays right in every game,” he remarked. Johnson got his nickname because of his loud voice. which sometimes sounds like a steamboat fog horn. STECHER TO GRAPPLE RUDY’S KID BROTHER Both Tough Customers for Londos. Three Bouts in Line for Auditorium Show. ROMOTER JOE TURNER today closed another match for his wres- tling show for next Thursday at the Washington Auditorium, bringing up the total to three bouts already Wimbledon and conqueror of Elsworth | pooyeq Vines in two late season tournaments | in California; and young Ryosuke Nunoi of Kobe, who downed Sato on | the latter's return from these triumphs, | in the finals of the national champion- ships here last November. Two others chosen for the 1933 squad | are Ryuki Miki, resident of London and | a veteran internationalist, who will be | end 21-year-old Eikichi Ito, | like Nunoi a student in Kobe Com- mercial Coliege and for three years Nunoi's doubles partner. | In *the 1032 rankings of the Japan Lawn Tennis Association, Nunoi, the champion, and Ito were ranked No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Sato and Miki were not ranked, since the former played in only one home tournament, the championships, and the latter re- mained abroad all year. NUNOI and Sato will be the singles players in all Davis Cup ties. Miki probably will be a non-playing captain, while Ito is expected to get his baptism of international fire in the doubles, paired with either Nunoi or Sato. As in the past three years. Nippon tennis authorities have elected to send | their 1933 team to play in the European | zone, partly because of the wider ex- | perience this gives the ycung players | and partly because the chances of | rising to the interzone or challenge yound are considered brighter against European competition than against the increasing power of the young Ameri- can stars, notably Ellsworth Vines, jr., the world no. 1. 'OR several years the Japanese have failed to progress beyond the Euro- pean semi-finals, usually finding an unexpected obstacle in Italy. This year they are confident Nunoi and Sato can clear that hurdle. Nunoi, Sato and Ito are expected to sail for Marscilles by the long Suez route late in February, arriving on the Riviera in time to compete in a few warming-up tcurnaments before the | Davis Cup struggle opens. 1 BIG TUSSLE FOR COSMOS Colored ' Bagketers Play New York Nationals Tonight. ‘Washington Cosmopolitans will meet the New York Nationals in a basket ball gaime tonight at Masonic Temple, Tenth and U streets. The visitors come with a string of victories, having won over such teams as the Brooklyn Visitations, the Renaissance and the Terrible Swedes. ‘The Cosmepolitans, led by Lanky Jones, include some of the best colored tossers in the city. A volley ball game will precede the basket ball contest, the Twelfth Street Y Spikers meeting the Druid Hill Ave- nue Y of Baltimore. CHICAGO COACH MYSTERY Metcalf Tight-Lipped When Asked About Successor to Stagg. CHICAGO, February 2 (#).—Sports writers, who are accustomed to digging up important scoops on the news hap- penings of the Big Ten Athletic Con- ference season after season, were just about ready to give up today after almost four months of skirmishing with Thomas Nelson Metcalf. The tight-lipped successor to the vet- eran Amos Alonzo Stagg as director of athletics at the University of Chicago still had them guessing over his choice of the next foot ball coach at the Mid- way. The only thing he has told them, or even hinted at, since he was asked to get a new coach last October was that the man would not be Stags. Mat Matches By the Associated Press. NEW YORK (Ridgewood). —Ed Strangler Lewis, 240, Los Angeles, threw Marin Plestina, 240, Yugoslavia, 33:30. NEW YORK (St. Nicholas) —Rudy Dusek, 214, Omaha, threw Dick Davis- court, 225, California, 28:20. HARRISBURG, Pa—Jim Londos, 202. Greece, threw Paul Jones, 212, ‘Texas, 36:20 HEMPSTEAD, N. Y.—John Maxos, 205, Greece, threw Joe Devito, 215, St. Loais, 23:23. FREDERICK, Md.—Sun Jennings, 219, Oklahoma, threw Ghafoor Khan, 212, Turkey, 31:16. PHILADELPHIA.—Stanley Pinto, 200, His pairing today pits Joe Stecher, former world champion, against Ernie Dusek, tough “little” brother of Rudy. Stecher recently held Jim Londos to & one-hour draw, while Ernic has carried the championship claimant 52 minutes. Jacques Humberto and Frank Judson were matched last night for a 45-min- ute semi-final bout. Paul Jones and Jim headline the card. R S FIGHT PO POSTED. SAN FRANCISCO, February 2 (#).— picture-taking, forfeit money for the Jackie Fields-Young Corbett 10-round welterweight title fight here February 22 was posted yesterday. Shadows of the Past BY L C. BRENNER. ERE'S an interesting old photo- graph, which is made especiaily timely becaus> for 1933 Dave Bancrofc has been signed to manage the Minn-apolis club of the Ameri- can_Association, in place of Donie Bush. who has gone to Cincinnati as pilot. The above picture shows Bancroft when he was a star with the Phila- delphia Nationals in 1919. Bannie had come up sensationally from Portland and, despite his lack of size, weight and power, made himself the woutstanding shortstop of the old circuit. In 1920 John McGraw saw that his pennant hopes would go for naught unless he got a great short- stop. He traded Arthur Fletcher to the Phillies for Bannie and tossed $100,000 in cash into the deal. It was a grand move, for in 1921 Ban- croft was the sparkpiug in a pen- nant dash and a world champion- ship victory. Bancroft was on three straight pennant winners and then, in 1924, he was traded to Boston to let Travis Jackson move into his berth- on the Giants. (Copyright. 1933.) Nebraska, threw Paul Boesch, 207, New York, 26:00. Fistic Battles By the Associated Press PARIS —Marcel Moret, France, won on foul from Vincente Parille, Argen- tina (2). PITTSBURGH. — Frankie Goosby, Piitsburgh, outpointed Joe Ruggizzini, Detroit (10). Ray Winbush, Pittsburgh, stopped Walter McTaglen, Detroit (2). Charlie Baxter, Pittsburgh, knocked out Jimmy Kelly, Detroit (5). Anson Green, Pittsburgh, knocked out Andrew An- gelino, Detroit (1). CINCINNATI—George Pavlick, Cleve- land, outpointed Jack O'Dowd, Detroit (10); Wilbur Chevaller, Bay City, Mich., and Frankie Minerva, New York, tjrew (8). [ Smlil ‘Down Plyme‘nl‘ $18 Weekly Buys a New Ford V-8 Sedan Ask for Mr. Belding With considerable flourish and much | HOW'S Tae BooK ColLLECTION VAN COMING ALONG? FINE; | BORROWED THE BOY WHO MADE GOOD. 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EW YORK, February 2.—There was a time when Babe Ruth thought he would be quite happy to round out two full decades in major league base ball and then retire to the bench or grandstand, occupying a sort of “emeritus chalr” in the national game. He's changed his mind. The year 1933 will mark his twentieth campaign in the American League, for which he is already well prepared, even though unsigned. He has not the slightest idea of making it a farewell tour. ¢ QAY, T couldn’t even think of quit- ing base ball, the way I feel now,” Babe told me, “it's not cnly money I can make out of il. know what to o with myself if T was out of the game. regularly at least two or three more vears more, maybe longer. Barring ac- cidents, I do not see why I shouldn't be in every game with the Yankees | this year.” For the time being, at least, Ruth has cast aside any thought of managing a.big league club as a climax to his career. The one thing he is dead sure about is that he will never play in the "lmt\zom' manage or OWn a minor league club. “If I ever did manage a big league club, though, I would like the chance to build it up and'not take over a ready- made out,” he added. The Boston Red Sox would appeal to him, on that account as well as for sentimental reasons. Many big league men would like to have Ruth go back to the Hub, for just that purpose, but as he puts it himself: “Where's the money for that now story of a series | will break the Babe's home run record of 60, though the Athletics | first sacker came within two of equal- | ling the mark last year. In fact Ruth | is not so sure he has much chance now I would't | T ought to be play | UTH does not think Jimmy Fpxx| Ruth Has No Idea of Quitting Majors, Not Even After 1933 to better that mark himself. adding regretfully: “If I was still hitting 'em | in the Polo Grounds I could get 60 | ea | _“Foxx is mot likely to get so many | this year.” Ruth continued, “for the | reason that with Simmons out of that lineup, pitchers will pass Foxx more often. Last year they passed Simmons to get at Foxx and it didn't work. That boy can sure sock ‘em. There is never | any doubt about it when Jimmie con- nects. He's a great kid, too.” | The talk turned to southpaws who | have given Ruth occasional trouble. He recalled Hub Pruett, who came up with { the Browns some years ago and prg- | ceeded to baffle the Babe, striking him | out three straight times in one game. | Ruth_thinks Earl Whitehill, now with | the Washington club, is perhaps as | troublescme ‘as any portsider for him | to solve now. | _ “Grove? he's okay to hit against. | Lefty’s just a throw But when he's good he can throw 'em past you. If he was smarter he would never lose a | ball game. When he first came up he just had a wrinkle on the ball, but now | he’s got a fair curve au . | FORFEIT CLOSE GAME | . | Victory at Hand, Girl Basketers | Complain of Officiating. | POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Pebruary 2 (#.—Leading by a score of 15-14 with only two minutes remaining to | play, the Leavittsburg, Ohio, girl bas- | forfeited to the Beckwith A. A. 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Fidel, who retired once before to| enter Stanford University, has decided | to give up the ring again and return | to his studies with the ultimate object | of becoming a writer. The cause for his decision was his failure to whip Seaman Tom Watson, British feather- weight champion. In 1927, when he still held the fly- weight championship, La Barba retired and began his college career. His in- tention then was to enter the brokerage business. But_ after finishing one year in good style, he succumbed to the lure of big purses and came back for shots | at the bantamweight title and more recently the featherweight champion- ship, now held by Kid Chocolate. Before his recent bout with Choco- late, La Barba decided to go back to col- lege if he lost. The decision was so close, however, that he gave himself | another test against Watson and the way he faded out in the closing rounds settled the matter for him. Watson also was in a state of some- 20 YEARS AGO IN THE STAR. ‘Washington ball team is held by critics to be weak at sec- ond base. Ray Morgan and Prark Laporte are to fight it out for the position. Nautilus Club of the Y. M. C. A. is to swim the Navy team and will , Birney, m:zt race in the Georgetown U. meet. Day, Morris and Cole starred for the Maryland Aggies, as they showed their best form of the basket ball season in trimming Mount St Joseph’s. It was a sweet win for the Farmers, who earlier in the cam- paign lost to the Saints. Gallaudet defeated George Wash- ington University, 38-32, at basket ball. The winners used Driggs, Keeley, Battiste, Classen, Durian, Rockwell and Rasmussen. George ‘Washington's players were Kuehn, Coleman, Gore, Noonan, Reges and Gorman. NAVY ROWING SQUAD HAS STARTED WORK Coach Walsh Has 130 Aspirants for Four Crews—Varsity Ma- terial Apparently Plentiful. NNAPOLIS, Md., February 2.—Row- ing practice got underway yester- day at the Naval Academy, under ASSURED OF SCRAP WITH 15.R0UND ACT Bout Extension Law Is Apt to Be Passed—Dempsey Prefers Site. BY FRANCIS J. POWERS. HICAGO, February 2.—That the Illinois boxing laws will be amended so as to permit 15-round bouts— between heavyweights at least— and that the Max Schmeling-Max Baer bout will be staged at Sol- dier Field, Chicago, next June ap- pears quite certain. Jack Dempsey, the old champion, who holds the conracts of both Schmeling and Baer, has been shopping in Chicago for the past few days and found the | city interested in his commodity. Demp- sey spent much time with Mayor Cer- mak, always a great fight fan, and was guest at a luncheon attended by many of the leading citizens. There has been little question of Dempsey's desire to stage the Schmeling- IBaer battle in Chicago. But Joe Ja- | cobs, manager of Schmeling, refuses to | consider any city where 15-round bouts |are not permissible. That objection | was overcome when it was announced thing like retirement today with no op- Head Coach Charles Walsh, former |that an amendment would be offered to ponents in sight. Chocolate, whom he was scheduled to meet in a title fight, was having his troubles with the im- migration authorities as he attempted to return from Cuba and the seaman turned down & scrap with Tony Canzo- | neri, lightweight champion. VISIT N. T. §. QUINTET. National Training School cagers will| entertain the Bethesda Firemen in a | game scheduled for 6:30 o'clock tonight Washington oarsman. The squad, resident and Academy including varsity 150 pound, Plebe and Plebe 150 pound as- | pirants, numbers about 130, and is one of the largest in recent years. Regulars of last season available are: | Wendt (captain), J. V. Smith, MacMa- | hon and Weeks. There also are a num- ber of good oarsmen from the junior crews and all of the Plebe eight of last the State boxing laws and Gen. John V. Clinin, retiring member of the box- ing commission, set about drawing up the codicil. That it will pass the Legis- lature is not doubted, for Gov. Henry | Horner also is a boxing fan. Definite announcement that the fight | will be staged in Chicago may not be forthcoming until after the boxing law | has been amended, but it seems quite | certain Chicago will be the scene of this | preliminary to the world championship bout. That is, unless some other city in the former's gymnasium on Bladens- year, which was second in the freshmen can offer more favorable terms to Dempe burg road. ce at Poughkeepsie. | sey, which is doubted. YOU'RE RIGHT- Mr. S OBLE .- it°s the same cigar brand in America. 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