Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1934, Page 36

C—-2 =* Burl Makes DeGra EARLY LEAD GIVES | MARGIN TO EDDIE Veteran, Who Arises From Ring Scrap Heap, Fells Rival in Seventh. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. RIZZLED, battle-marked Ed- die Burl, who stood knee- deep in the fistic scrap heap only six short weeks ago, today had punctured a pet sports axiom—that adage about 'em never coming back—as it rarely has been blasted in this neck of the woods. The scalp of Pete De Grasse dangled from Eddie's belt today, and the broken-nosed, scowling little veteran, who never was nearer the abyss of boxing oblivion than he was a month and a half ago, never was nearer star- dom. With negotiations already well underway for a Burl-Pete Sarron bout, to open the 1935 ring season, the Jacksonville featherweight actually was looking ahead to a new chapter in an almost fantastic career. And only a month and a half ago, after a preliminary kid named Dan Tardugno had thrice knocked him down and whippea nim, thus follow- ing up a previous lechnk_:a} kayo by another prelim boy, Dominick Nicco, friends were telling Eddie to quit be- fore he began answering street car bells with a shadow boxing act. Pete Unable to Match Pace. DDIE licked a good featherweight fighter last night at the Riding and Hunt Club when he walloped Pete De Grasse. Even those ringworms who most vividly remember Burl’s up- set victory over Sarron a couple of years ago, who saw him begin his latest “comeback” during the last few weeks with wins over Carl Guggino and a victory over that same Nicco, hardly expected him to beat De Grasse, certainly not by a unanimous decision. But he did beat him, and by no fluke. Burl possessed the formula needed to outpoint De Grasse—a fo_rmulu many a better fighter than Eddie has lacked. Burl threw punches every moment of the 30 actual minutes of fighting time, and De Grasse, great as he is as a glove-slinger, could not match the pace until late in the fight, when it was too late to overcome Ed- die’s gigantic lead. Burl fought to margins in the first three rounds before De Grasse, who might have taken his foe too lightly, really began to throw fists. In the fourth heat Pete opened up enough to earn a shade on The Star scoresheet, his cleaner punches gaining the heat. The fifth was even and Burl took the sixth on a low blow. De Grasse Floored in Seventh. HE seventh round is one that is ¥ likely to be long remembered ! by the crowd of 1,100 specta- tors, who braved icy streets to wit- ness the scrap. In a wild exchange Burl landed a right-hand wallop flush on Pete’s jaw, and the French-Indian went down, and halfway through the Topes, for a count of nine. Then, in one of those flurries that make him one of the best crowd pleasers in the game, Pete came back to slug toe-to-toe with Eddie for the remainder of the round, which ended with Burl groggy and reeling, but the winner of the session because of the knockdown. De Grasse appeared to have a slight edge in each of the last three rounds, but Burl’s big early lead was too much. This observer credited Burl with five rounds and 44 points, as against four rounds and 42%; points for De Grasse. One round was even. Burl weighed 124, De Grasse 12412, Quarles Mediocre in Draw. ORMENT QUARLES, former University of North Carolina star, failed to match his impres- sive performance of a week previous against Bill Bullack last night and got only a draw after six slow rounds in the semi-wind-up. Bullock, a hard man to fight, weighed 13212 to 12812 for Quarles. In the best of the preliminary bouts, Reoddy Davis of Washington, a stable- mate of Bullock, battled Sid Silas of the 5th Marines to another six-round draw. It was a slam-bang tussle which would have gone to Silas, but for a low blow that cost him the second round. Davis, making his debut as a welter- weight, weighed 141 to 140 for Silas. In a four-round curtain raiser Ches- ter Foutle, Baltimore southpaw, was awarded a decision over Sammy Sweet, Cincinnati bantamweight. : SPORTS. 20 Years Ago IN THE STAR. EORGE WASHINGTON bas- keters open their season to- night, going up against Loyola of Baltimore. Hall and Hoppe, former Y. M. C. A. players, are newcomers to the G. W. line-up. Almon, Shaver and Grossback are among vets on the squad. Catholic University and Gallau- det basketers are to meet tomorrow. C. U. probably will use White and Caffrey, forwards; Keegan and Cartwright, guards, and Lambert, center. Culligan has been chosen captain of the Business High 1915 foot ball team. Principal Allan Davis, Coach White and others spoke in connection with the meeting of let- ter winners at which Culligan was elected. GRANGE THE RUT OF PRO FOOT BALL Game Seeks to Keep Red as Drawing Card—May Be Pittsburgh Coach. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 11.—For the same reason that base ball moguls are anxious to keep Babe Ruth in the game—his ability to make the turnstiles click steadily—professional foot ball is try- ing to keep Harold (Red) Grange from hanging up his moleskins. While the Chicago Bears were los- ing the National League championship to the New York Giants Sunday, Grange, the “Galloping Ghost of Illinois,” was ending his playing ca- reer on the Chicago bench. o “I'm 31 years old and have been playing a long time,” said Grange. “I can’t take it the way I could a couple of years ago, so this is my finale.” It was to have been Grange's swan song from the pro game until Arthur Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Pi- rates, heard about it. Rooney wasn't a bit pleased with the team Coach Luby de Meola turned out for him— it lost 10 of 12 games. De Meola was given his walking papers. Rooney attended the club owners’ meeting yesterday and after the ses- sion went into a long huddle with Grange. During their conference Rooney offered Grange the job as coach of the Pirates next season. “We didn't come to an agreement yesterday,” said Rooney, “but I'm going to see Grange again today.” It also became known that John McEwan had been released as coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers. No suc- cessor has been mentioned. TWO HORSE SHOWS SLATED THIS WEEK Hunter, Jumper, Saddle Steeds to Compete Friday—Children Have Inning on Saturday. #4 RRANGEMENTS for one of the £\ busiest week ends in its history are under way at the Riding and Hunt Club here, with a hunter, jumper and saddle horse show scheduled for Priday night and a children’s horse and pet show on the books for Satur- day morning and afternoon. Eight classes, including two equita- tion contests for student riders, are listed on the Friday night program, slated to begin at 8:15 in the Twenty- second and P street ring. Virtually all the leading show stable owners in the District and nearby Maryland and Virginia will be represented in this exhibition. On Saturday morning, starting at 10 o'clock, there will be six horsemanship classes for children of different ages, ranging from under 10 years up to and including 18. Following a lunch- eon recess the show will resume at 2 pm. with nine novel events for the children’s pets. Prizes will be awarded for the dog with the most tricks, the worst looking mongrel dog, the best dog, the small- est dog, the oldest dog in the show, the best smooth-hair fox terrier, the dog with the longest tail, the largest dog and the dog with the largest ears, pure breeds barred. FISHING AND HUNTING BY PERRY MILLE! DVANCE figures show that the migratory waterfowl hunting stamp, better known as the “duck stamp,” has returned $356,000 up to November 30 to the Post Office Department for transfer to the United States Bureau. of Biological Survey for the purchase and maintenance of Wwaterfowl refuges, according to the American Game Association. No one knows how many water- fowl hunters there are in the United States, but the number of purchases of the duck stamp will give a fair idea. ,(When the seasons in all of the States have closed and all returns from the sale of the duck stamp are in, officials of the Government pro- pose to learn the proportion of water- fowl hunters to upland game hunters. Guesses, based upon personal observa- tion by veteran hunters, hold that not more than one out of seven hunters hunt migratory waterfowl. Through this basis it has been estimated gen- erally that the waterfowl stamp would return about $1,000,000 a year for building nesting and resting refuges for the birds. An unexpected source of revenue has been the purchasing of this unique stamp by stamp collectors. It is the first stamp ever issued by the Post Office for such a purpose. Col- lectors have been buying an appre- ciable number of them. . Charles S. McIntire, 1862 Ontario place northwest, reports buying $200 worth of these stamps for friends in Chile and India. Benito Lopez of Santiago, & mining engineer, for- ‘warded $100 for stamps. He expects to distribute them among his friends. Miss Ecna Pollock, curio collector of Cashmir, India, likewise bought 100 stamps to sell as curios in that far-away land. ‘(ONFEREES of the American Game Conference to be held in New York City in January will a program for the future welfare of wild life in the United States and Canada. Waterfowl, facing the most serious crisis of their history, will oc- cupy much time and thought. Hoyes Lloyd, wild life supervisor of Canada and chairman of the conference, will treat with the waterfowl status in Canada. Members of the United States Biological Survey will outline the breeding conditions and the Fall flights in the United States. Fisheries also will be discussed, in- cluding the program for anglers of North America; stream and lake im- provement progress; the pollution menace, the salt water angler and conservation and the present status of the American fish policy. N AN effort to provide an gdequate system of refuges for waterfowl on both the nesting areas and the flyways, the United States Bureau of Biological Survey is pushing plans as rapidly as possible to acquire a dozen or more such areas before the Spring nuptial flight in March. Mattamuskett Lake in Eastern North Carolina, a veri- table paradise for waterfowl, already has been acquired. There are 50,000 acres in this lake and most of the area is flooded rice fields abandoned re- cently. A large part of this area has been set aside by the Government as in- violate refuge, but the balance is open to hunting under State supervision. | More than a dozen other sites are un- der consideration by the Biological Survey, but their locations are not an- nounced because of the fear that land- owners, learning of this possible ac- quisition, might raise the prices of any land needed. ‘While the survey is acquiring large tracts, its officials and the American Game Association urge that sportsmen and other nature lovers acquire small water areas and set them aside as refuges. Naturalists point out that ducks will frequent éven a horse-lot THE ST. ALBANS QUINT APPEARS STRONG Has Four Letter Wearers. Opposes Rockville in Opener Tomorrow. ITH four letter winners on the job along with several other promising players, St. Albans School basketers were to open their season this after- noon against the Rockville High quint in the St. Albans gym at 3:30 o'clock. While the Cathedral School has lost star performers in Johnny McGee and Page Cornwell, both forwards, who graduated last June, it figures that in Tinsley Adams, captain; Marshall Linn, Bob Snow and Bob Good, letter winners, it has a nucleus for a for- midable team. Adams plays center, Linn will be used at forward or guard, Snow at guard and Good at forward or guard. Doug Phillips, rangy boy, who played stellar ball at end on the foot ball team, also is a candidate for the basket ball quint, as is Bob Fowler, who is said to have had considerable experience. Will Use A. U. Floor. ODAY'S game is the lone one scheduled prior to the New Year. Hereafter the Cathedral School basketers, who are again being coached by Al Wagner, will stage all their home tilts in the American Uni- versity gymnasium, which is much larger than the St. Albans floor. Manager Adam Wyant has arranged 13 games, in addition to today’s match, for St. Albans. Friends, Landon and Georgetown Prep are prep schools of the District area to be met by the Cathedral School quint. Each will be engaged twice. Coach Wagner will take his charges on a trip to Philadelphia to battle Episcopal Academy on Pebruary 22 and Church Farm School the fol- lowing day. St. Albans schedule: Today, Rockville, January 8, Rockville at Rockville; 16, Friends; 23, Georgetown Prep, at Garrett Park; 26, Charlotte Hall, at Charlotte Hall. February 1, Landon, at Landon; 6, Charlotte Hall; 8, Baltimore Friends, at Baltimore; 13, Georgetown Prep; 15, Friends, at Friends; 22, Episcopal Academy, at Philadelphia; 23, Church Farm School, at Philadelphia; 28, Landon. March 2, St. James. , — URGES SANE OFFICIATING Too Much Whistle Tooting, Men- ton Tells Basket Arbiters. Paul Menton, prominent Baltimore basket ball official, last night told the District of Columbia Board of Ap- proved Basket Ball Officials there is too much whistle-blowing in games nowadays. An official, he said, should use common sense in calling his de- cisions. Menton explained the various new rules. The meeting was held at Gonzaga High School. UMPS RE-ELECT GREENE Other Officials Also Are Named by D. C. Association. Jimmy Greene was re-elected pres- ident of the District of Columbia Base Ball Umpires’ Association last night when officers were chosen for 1935. George Watt was elected vice presi- dent and A. C. Jeffries, secretary- treasurer. 1. C. Shoemaker, Snitz Nau, Reds Pettitt and Edgar Morrissey were named to the board of governors, BROWNS DEMAND SECOND:BASEMAN (Continued From First Page.) runner and outfielder, or a pair of promising young pitchers it probably would be very easy for the Washing- ton prexy to change his mind, Sours on Sullivan. Looks as though there will be no business done with Mike Cochrane of the Tigers by Griffith. For a time the Washington boss had an idea he might like to get for his new manager Joe Sullivan, a southpaw slabman the Detroit club pulled in from Holly- wood. Now Griffith has lost interest in the young hurler. “I have heard that Sullivan isn't the pitcher he was cracked up to be when I was first told about him,” said the Washington prexy. “I'm after olnlz high-class pitchers for my ball club.” COUNTY DRIBBLERS MEET. A meeting to further reorganize the Prince Georges County (Md.) Basket Ball League will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the National Guard Armory at Hyattsville, Fights Last Night By the Assoctated Press. CLEVELAND—Barney Ross, 138, world lightweight champion, out- pointed Bobby Pacho, 138%, Los An- geles (12), retained junior welter- weight title; Paul Pirrone, 160, Cleve- land, outpoined Lou Halper, 152, New- ark, N. J. (10); Patsy Perroni, 1813, Boston, outpointed Johnny Risko, 195, Cleveland (10); Buddy Baer, 238, Hol- lywood, Calif., knocked out Mickey McGoorty, 215%,.Detroit (1); Jimmy Vaughn, 137%, Cleveland, outpointed Jackie Sharkey, 1321;, Minneapolis ©). PITTSBURGH—Danny Hassett, 173, Philadelphia, outpointed Sammy Slaughter, 1661, Terre Haute, Ind. (10); Marty Sampson, 158, New York, outpointed Anson Green, 159, Pitts- burgh (10). BALTIMORE—Bob Turner, 1581, Newport News, Va., outpointed Hookie Jackson, 158, Salt Lake City (8). NEWARK, N.J.—George Levy, 1351, ‘Trenton, N. J., knocked out Johnny Toomey, 141%, Newark (5); Mickey Salem, 143!, Wallington, N. J., out- pointed Joe Hatfleld, 137%, Philadel- phia (10). L BOSTON — Harry Devine, 141%, Worcester, knocked out Eddie Ran, 1461, New York (6). HOLYOKE, Mass—Tony Celll, 167, Leominster, outpcinted Tom Chester, 163, Brooklyn (8). NEW YORK — Abe Wasserman, 1283, New York, outpointed Johnny have their hands full trying to provide pond where there is food for waterfowl. | de Foe, 127%, New York (6), ) ) , ' EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THEY DO COME BACK! ’Pr:rs De GRASSE DOWN FOR A COUNT OF NINE AFTER BURL'S RIGHT To THE CHIN=-IN THE SEVENTH.. THE NEW CANVAS-PROTECTING APRONS GOT SOME OF THE Bays A LITTLE CONFUSED / 2—The First Rickard of the Ring. BATTLES of the CENTURIES o g e o 000 S 59 5 T v T e e e . A e i v - o on 7»'72/‘&'/%1 ini Onford R ; e i ude Z?’ imall ackapord X |\ i fome The days when noble lords spon- sored prize fights and bruisers battled by the hour are mirrored in a series of articles, of which this is the second. Rare contemporary accounts have supplied the colorful background for this description of the dawn of fistic history. BY TOM HENRY, HE first Englishman to lay claim to the title of “cham- pion” was one James Figg, who, after establishing his su- premacy with the cudgel and single- stick, came to London, set up es a master of the broadsword, and chal- lenged all comers. Figg appears to have been the first to recognize the money possibilities of prize fighting. On a piece of waste land he put up a wooden building, in imitation of the Roman amphitheater, where contests of all sorts were held and edmission charged. He was a sort of combination Tex Rickard and John L. Sullivan of his day. A diarist of the day described viv- idly one of the “prize fights” in Figg's arena: “We went to see this combat, which was performed on a stage in the mid- dle of the amphitheater, where, on the flourishes of trumpets and the beat of drums, the combatants entered, stripped to their skirts. “On a signal from the drum they drew their swords and immediately began the fight, skirmishing for a long time without any wounds. They were both very skillful and courageous. The tallest had the advantage over the least, for, according to the ¢ JAMES FIGG. The father of prize fighting, first self-styled - champion of Britain, who promoted the fistic contests ‘which replaced battles with broad- uAS; 7 ANt ey, IR 5 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1934, SPORTS. sse Comeback Victim in a Close, Bitterly Fought Battle & —By JIM BERRYMAN T[}[N'I'RAL WESTERN * A THOUSAND ANDSOME FISTIC FANS DISREGARDED THE BLIZZARD AND THE WARNING, OF A CERTAIN LOCAL PUBLIC GUARDUN Yo SEE A GOOD FIGHT CARD AT THE HUNT CLUB---AND Alo ONE WAS INJURED OR INSULTED | eiuRe> m1Sueree <« he had the advantage of being able to strike his antagonist on the head, against which the little one was on his guard. vantage over the great one in being able to give him the right ham, which he left in a manner quite unguarded. So, all things con- sidered, they were equally matched. Nevertheless, the tall one struck his antagonist on the wrist, which he almost cut off. But this did not pre- | vent him from continuing the fight, | after he had been dressed and taken | a glass or two of wine to give him courage. “A little afterward, making a feint at the ham, the tall man, stopping in order to parry it, laid his whole head open while the little one gave him a stroke which took off a slice of his head and almost all his ear. “The surgeons immediately dressed them and bound up their wounds; which being done, they resumed the combat, and both being very sensible of their respective disadvantages, they therefore were a long time with- out giving or receiving a wound, which was the cause that the little one, failing to parry so exactly, being tired with this long battle, received a stroke-on his wounded wrist which, aividing the sinews, he remained van- quished and the tall conqueror re- ceived the applause of the spectators. For my part, I should have had more pleasure in seeing the battle of the bears and dogs which was fought the following day in the same theater.” Prize fighting with hroadswords and cudgels passed with Figg. T WAS too “sissy” for the London fight followers—naturally enough, because men who made their livelihood fighting with lethal weapons, and among whom there arose a sort of craft fellowship, soon concluded that it was unprofitable to kill or seriously maim one another. They contented themselves, as wrestlers have been ac- cused of doing, with providing a good show. They were able actors. Boxing, on the other hand, was more sincere just because there was less danger of death. A man who would hesitate to split open another's skull with a sword could, without compunc- tion, beat him senseless with his bare fists. The boxers gave better—or, at least, more honest—fights, and the crowd soon sensed the difference. Several rings, devoted almost en- A - JupeE - Francis Stan Forsook % "HE HAD, in his turn, an ad-| Jarnac stroke, by cutting him on his | MRS. BURL TOLD | EDDIE To"GET GOIN= THE PRESS BENCH FoR AN OFFICIALS CHAIR -~ AND GUESSED THE RIGHT WINNERS (N SPITE OF COLD FERT ~=-FROM THE TEMPERATURE { CHRTY 0 SOFT FO FORLONDOS .Gained One Fall Over Jim, | Treated Him Roughly in Bout on Coast. IC CHRISTY may fall short of the average Washington rass- ling follower’s idea of a con- tender for Jim Londos' dis- | puted mat crown, but the California youngster, who faces Jeems tomorrow | |at the Washington Auditorium, can lay at least one fairly good claim to fame as an opponent of the Greek. | | He is one of the few growlers ever to win a fall over Jeems since Londos won his “title.” | In a Pacific Coast tie-up two years ago, Vic not only pinned the should- ers of the championship claimant once in three falls, but handled Londos so roughly that Jim was forced to lay off for several weeks. Tomorrow's tussle will mark the first time that any so-called cham- pionship exhibition in Washington will be decided on a two-falls-out-of- three basis. Heretofore Londos, Don George and Jim Browning, all of them title claimants from time to time, have confined their performan- arces to a single fall, with no casual- ties. - ‘The Sandor Szabo-Stanley Sokolis match, originally listed as a prelimi- nary, has been made the 45-minute semi-wind-up. Tor Johnsen will grap- ple Buck Olsen and Abe Kashey will tackle Charley Allen in 30-minute time limit bouts. tirely to fist fighting, sprang up around ll,ondon. Notable among them were Taylor's and Broughton's Amphithe- aters in Tottenham Court road and the ring at Smithfield. The keeper of the Smithfield Ring was Andrew John- | son, an uncle of the celebrated Dr. Samuel Johnson, who is supposed to have taught the art of boxing to his nephew. (Copyright. 1034, by Nort* American Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) BRAKES Relined, 4 Wheels Complete Chrysler 66 775 De Soto 6 and 8 Plymouth Dodge D. D.-H. D. Other Cars Proportionately Low GET COURT TESTS Entertain Charlotte Hall and Georgetown Frosh in Opening Tilts. ENTRAL and Western High basket ball teams will open their campaigns tomorrow, the former against Charlotte Hall on the Central court at 3:30 pm, and the latter against the Georgetown freshmen at Tech at 7:30 in the pre- liminary to the Hoya varsity-Western Maryland match, While Central has lost all its vet- erans it has in Will Thompson, center, who stands 6 feet 5; Charley Nau and John Hunhall, players figured certain to show strongly, and Jack Ray, hus- tling new coach of the squad, has other boys who appear to have some class. Ray is promising nothing, but Central followers are confident the team will make a creditable showing. Western hardly is expected to make more than a creditable showing against the Georgetown freshmen. The Westegners, as usual, are shy on seasoned material, while the Hoya yearlings have a flock of players who starred in scholastic ranks, including ‘Tommy Nolan, Harry Bassin, et al. Roosevelt's hard-working team also is to play again tomorrow, being down for a tilt with the George Washington freshmen {n the Roosevelt c;m at 3:30. HARLOTTE HALL will send an inexperienced team against Cen- tral, having lost heavily by grad- uation. Leading members of the Cadet squad are Wentz, captain; White and Rosenblum, guards; Bowersox, center, and Frosburg, Reynolds and Prior, forwards. In addition to the Central game the Charlotte Hall quint will play several other teams of the Washington area: The Charlotte Hall card: ‘Tomorrow—Central, at Washington: December 14, Hyattsville at Hyatts- ville; 18, Tech. January 5, Mount Rainier; 8, Da- mascus; 11, Bowie, at Bowie; 14 Mount St. Joseph’s, at Baltimore; 18 Cambridge, at Cambridge; 19, Wash- ington College freshmen, at Chester- town: 22, Annapolis, at Annapolis; 26, St. Albans; 31, Bowie. February 2, Takoma-Silver Spring. at Silver Spring; 6, St. Albans, at Washington; 9, Mount St. Joseph's; 12, Franklin Day School; 15, Cam- bridge High School; 19, Damascus, at Damascus; 23, Central; 26, Tech, at Washington. Roosevelt alone among the public high court teams was hit by the ne advisory marks. Frank Baroni, sea- soned forward, was lost for at least the next six weeks by the Ruf Riders because he fell by the wayside scholas- tically. 1 Western High will have a different captain for each foot ball game next season. Coach Dan Ahern believes this system will work better, inasmuch s only one letter winner is listed to return for the next campaign. SEEK BASKET DATES. Mount Rainier A. 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